Having written thousands and thousands of pages of the revealed Word during the passed fifty years, I must say that no revelation has excelled that which I have received on ' A LAMB FOR EVERY HOUSE".
It seems that I have been a 'pilgrim' climbing from one rugged ledge to another, always reaching heights of glory that have been beyond description, yet filling my heart with a burning desire to share each new 'sunset' with the world around me. On this spiritual journey of fifty some years, I have found the sea of life to be most turbulent and boisterous to the point of loosing my directions and crying out in confusion and weakness I have always found the 'light of the world', Jesus my great Redeemer always there to see me through! And now, as I look back over the days of my 'sojourning' I am finding in my old age, a peace and serenity as I reach another 'summit'. It is a summit of which I have known nothing about until the brilliance of this seventh sunrise has arisen to expose all the dark places and bring all things to my remembrance; And to place all things into their rightful position as the panoramic picture of His ultimate purpose fills the earth , as the Creator becomes one with His creature. I have reached my destiny, the spiritual house of the 'royal priesthood' to offer up spiritual sacrifices unto God by Christ Jesus. I have found the utter bliss of being ;
' A LAMB FOR EVERY HOUSE'
Acts 28;23.
We find here that the apostle Paul ' expounded the kingdom concerning Jesus, both out of the laws of Moses and out of the prophets from morning until evening. Jesus Himself taught us to 'search the old scriptures' and it is within them that we find such rich truths laid out in patterns and prototypes and parallels. It is within the old scriptures that have been so lovingly and carefully preserved for this last age, that we can find so many mysteries unveiled in God's relationship with His people, both before and after the apostolic age of the mother church. Many times God's purposes were hid until this end time revealing 'Seal it up and write it not', the angel said. These awesome mysteries were only to be revealed in this last day.
Many are missing the endtime message because they refuse to study the'first' scriptures and find in them the many patterns and examples, and shadows to lead them out into the life message. These great ' prototypes ' and parallels were stamped upon the horizon of time in flesh and blood suffering and death……in heart aches and bondage and cruel testings according to Hebrews ch 11. All of these stand like mounumental milestones to lead this last age out through the worst time of tribulation this world has ever known.
If we neglect to see these guidelines then we will be lost in the shuffle of a confused humanity
All the ages of the past have left their own milestone to this last age. They are guidelines which have endured the pressure of time and stood true to form in a beautiful panoramic scenario of the full consummation of all things. If one can disregard these messages, written in blood so that we might see, then you cannot know the will of the Father. In this article,' A LAMB FOR EVERY HOUSE we will be going into one of the greatest prototype of all as it shows in detail, along with the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, the unity of Christ in His Headship and His many member body as a lamb. The Christ body and Headship function as one.
' A MALE OF THE FIRST BORN WITHOUT BLEMISH'
EXODUS 12; 2/3……..' And the house of Israel shall take every man 'a lamb for a house' Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of he first year( first born).
This lamb was to be killed and the blood was to be applied to the door post on the houses of the Hebrews. And when the death angel came by and saw the blood on the door posts he passed over the house. The flesh of the sacrifice was to be eaten with 'bitter herbs' and unleavened bread.
They were to eat with their 'feet shod' and their staff in their hands, and they were to eat in haste.
The type and shadow for us here is full of meaning . It speaks of an 'urgency', of a 'preparedness' . It speaks of a total obedience and of a total protection and leading of God in a time of darkness and death. It speaks to us clearly of this day which we are now in. The same death angel which shadowed Egypt so long ago is hovering over our nation in the darkest time this world has ever known. The whole world scenario has changed, suddenly overnight and will never be the same. As of Sept. 11,01. the whole world has took on a 'ferverent' spirit of 'preparedness' against death and distruction. 'AMERICA ON ALERT' hangs like a 'motto' on our TV screens.
The Hebrew children were on 'alert' that dark night so long ago. They too, heard the screams of the dying and suffering. The death angel was passing over…….they were in the midst of it all!!
Oh Yes! But look and listen here to what is going on……..God has seperated them and they are behind closed doors 'with the blood on the doorposts'. They are eating the passover lamb with the bitter herbs and the unleaven bread……their feet are shod, the staff is in their hands, and they are eating 'in haste'! THEY ARE PREPARED! THE DEATH ANGEL CANNOT PASS THROUGH WHERE THE BLOOD IS! ' WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD I WILL PASS OVER YOU' . NOT WHEN I SEE YOUR 'GOOD INTENTIONS AND WORKS OR YOUR CHURCH AFFILIATION, YOUR NEW AGE THEORIES……..NO, NO ! ONLY THE BLOOD STOPS THE DEATH ANGEL! There had to be a sacrifice for every house. It had to be one called out of the religious system (the flock) a lamb without blemish…….A MALE OF THE FIRST BORN……….YOU CAN ONLY COME INTO THIS POSITION BY BEING A 'JOINT-HEIR-PARTAKER WITH CHRIST JESUS YOUR ASCENDED HEAD!
AS THE BODY TO THE HEAD, AND AS THE BRANCH TO THE VINE, SO ARE WE TO CHRIST JESUS. WHATEVER HE IS , HE HAS MADE US TO BE! EVEN LAMBS FOR OUR OWN HOUSE! As jointheirs with Him we become what he is by eating His flesh and drinking His blood. Thus we become a lamb without blemish, a male of the first born; a lamb for every house.
Death will reign upon this earth for forty two months now as the greatest tribulations man has ever known takes one third of the earths population. Amid the groans of the dying , in the blackest of nights, Israel found a 'hiding place'. They prepared themselves, and they 'eat the passover' ! God's Elect and predestined Christ Body is now feasting at a 'passover' they are eating the flesh of the son of man( see St. John 6; 53/ 58 ), they are drinking that 'same cup' which He drink! (Matt.20; 22/23.) Only the branch of the Vine will drink this cup, because they are partaker and jointheirs with Him. We must come to recognize the 'sameness' the exactness, of the Vine and the branch, the body and the Head. Unless we come to see and accept this we will miss the only light that God has prepared for this time of 'gross darkness'.
That 'light' is His Body, a 'city sit on a hill'. Like the harbor lights at sea, Jesus shall beam His great beacons out across the sea of humanity ' through His many member body in this day of darkness. All outside this 'Body' will be 'weeping and gnashing of teeth'. Only those who see and come to this great light will make it in the days ahead. Jesus is the light of the world! He is the only light of the world, outside of Him is total darkness. He shines out His beacons through His many member body. The prophet Isaiah saw this terrible day which we are now in and prophesied of it…….(.Isa 26; 20-21)
" Come my people and enter into your chambers, shut the doors about thee…hid thyself for a moment until the indignation be overpast…….for behold, (look!) the Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth…….
There is a place where God is gathering His people unto Himself at this very moment to hid them away until this chaos and turmoil has ended. This place is not in another world, it is here in the midst of the battle. It is a spiritual place where He covers us with His wings; ( Isa. 4; 5/6. ) " And the Lord will create upon every 'dwelling place' of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and a flaming fire by night, for upon all his glory shall there be a defence………and there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from the storm and the rain…… So, fear not little flock for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom!!!!
" THE CALLED OUT, PREDESTINED, ORDAINED AND CHOSEN
BODY OF CHRIST"___________________AND HIS ONENESS WITH IT…….
The body of Christ is a small remnant of 144000 who have been chosen in Christ from the foundation of the world. They are predestined, and preordained; a peculiar people, a holy nation……..A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD. (1ST. Pet. 2;9.) This is a chosen generation. According to Romans 8; 29, this is a people whom He knew 'before' and predestined to be ' conformed to the image of His son' ( see Eph. 1; 4/5/6/ )
This conformation does not pertain to all people, only His 'elect'. Many are 'called' but few are chosen. Just as the man who entered into the wedding chamber as a guest and did not wear a wedding garment, he was cast out. So many who are called have failed to 'put-on' their house from heaven' they have tried to enter in their old robe of the Adam nature and the Master said ; ' cast him out into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth!
He had received the 'call', but he refused to change his garment.
This small 'remnant' people are one with the Lord Jesus, they are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh (Eph. 5;30.)
Because the oneness of the Christ-Head and the Christ-Body has not been fully recognized and in some instances completely ignored, we are bringing into focus here some scriptures which confirms this oneness. To understand this very important lesson on' A LAMB FOR EVERY HOUSE' we must come to fully understand that the ascended Christ-Head and His many-member body function as one and are one and the same. His 'Body' makes up the fullness of Him who fills all things. (Eph. 1;22-23.)
According to Eph. 4; 11/12/13/, the apostles doctrine were to edify the church 'until'
IT CAME INTO UNITY OF FAITH, AND INTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON, AND INTO THE MEASURE OF THE FULL STATURE OF CHRIST.
The 'true' church today has certainly come into the 'Son-knowledge' and unity of faith and is reaching its measure of full-stature of the fullness of Christ. This 'body' is recognized in scripture as ' the fullness of Him who fills everything! ( Eph. 1; 20/23 )
If we don't have a 'knowledge of the Son' then we cannot possibly be in the true body of Christ because His body 'is' the Son!
We find the oneness of Christ and His body in St. John 17; 22/23, along with many other scriptures. Jesus said in His prayer to the Father that the church was not of this world, ' even as He is not of this world. He spoke this same thing twice in ver. 14/16 St. John 17. The church( which is His body) IS NOT OF THIS WORLD, EVEN AS HE IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. We have not seen the body of Christ in its true light until we see Him ' as He is, so are we in this world; accordingto(1st.John4;17'CHARACTERISTICS OF A JOINT-HEIR IN HIS LAMBSHIP' In 2nd Cor. 4; 10/11 we find; ' we are always bearing in our body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life of him might also be manifested in our mortal flesh.
This 'bearing of His death in our mortal body is characteristic of being a lamb for our house. We must come to understand that in our oneness and unity with Him we are made to be 'joint-heir-partakers of His death.
The Apostle Paul said that He bore in His body the ' marks ' of the Lord Jesus, and it is 'by His stripes that we are healed'. The apostle spoke often of his 'suffering' for Christ and his suffering for the body. It is plain that this apostle was certainly a member of Christ in His Lambship. " For as many of us as have been babtized into Christ, have been babtized into His death. (Romans 6;3) For we who live are always delivered to death for His sake. In 2nd OCR. ; 20 we find where the apostle says that he is crucified with Christ, then again in Romans 6;6 again he speaks of his crucifiction with Christ. There are many more scriptures on this subject which cannot be added here at this time.
We are trying to make it clear that the oneness of Christ and His many-member body is distinctively expressed in scriptures, especially the oneness of His Lambship.
'By one spirit are we all babtized into one body' 1ST. Cor. 12; 13.
And all who are babtized into Him are babtized into His death. Romans 6;3.
No one is in oneness with Him until they are babtized into Him by one spirit.
This is a babtisim that places us into unity with Christ and all that He has done becomes an actvated power in us. Here, we are made to be 'bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh' and are made subject to all that He is and all that He has done, as jointheirs of Him.
"For we are His 'workmanship' ( created in Christ Jesus) in whom we are builded together for a habitation of God…….Do you not know that your body is a member of Christ, a temple of the Holy Ghost??? ( 1st. Cor. 6;15.)
You have been bought with a price!!! You are not your own!
'For as many of you as have been ' babtized ' into Christ have put-on Christ.
(Gal. 3;27.) You have not 'put-on' a part of Christ because He is not divided; you have put on the Whole Christ and become one with Him in His death and resurrection and ascension!
Although you may never allow Him to come into the measure of ' His full stature' in you, yet if you have been babtized into Him then the potential for fullness is there.
But just as the conceived seed in a natural birth, in may be aborted in any of the different
stages of growth . If it should fall by the 'wayside' the fowls of the air will devour it, if it falls among the rocks it cannot develop sufficient roots and when the 'heat of the day ' appears it withers and dies. Also, there is a place among the thorns where the ' cares of this life' choke out the life In the seed and it again dies out . There was a full potential for maturity in each one here, but for each condition there was an endurance, and a resistence to pressure to be formulated in each situation to stimulate growth. So some brought forth thirty, some sixty and some one hundred fold. Many like the dead branches from the Olive Vine, died without fruit and were severed from the body.
To be in Christ is to be a son and to be a son makes us all lambs to suffer for His sake, to suffer for our brethern in the body; to be a son means that we are a lamb for our' house'. Many are called into this highcalling but few are chosen because not many will make the ultimate sacrifice of being a lamb. This is the supreme sacrifice; ' Greater love has no man than that a man lay down his life for his friend'. One must become born of His love before this awesome sacrifice can be made. Remember, the sacrifice was a lamb called out from the flock, without spot or wrinkle, a male of the first born who stood before his 'shearers' and opened not His mouth. Thus the body member is called out of the flock, out of the religious systems, and has been cleansed through the sprinkling of blood and become a male of the first born through his participation and oneness in Christ.
Many will come to the light of this great 'fullness' of Christ in His body who will not enter into its high courts of power but will walk in its light from a distant.
This Christ-body is a chosen generation, a pecular people, a Royal Priesthood.1st. Pet.2;
They are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh.
"The whole body being 'fitly joined together' and compacted by the work of each joint working in measure of every part increases the body and edifies it in love………".( see Eph. 4; 15/16)
The formation of this many member body of Christ has been long and many of its prototypes have come into consummation as the six church ages have come to a close and the body is reaching its fullness and bringing in the ful-statures of Christ .
No man has seen Him in His fullness. His fullness is manifested through His body.(( Eph. 1; 22/23 )) In His Body He fills all things.What a most glorious age we are now entering into as the Christ Head and His Body merge together in this last phase which is the Lambship and the great passover supper."for we being many are one body and all partake of that one Bread. And this is the communion of His flesh and blood which is our passover from Egypt to Cannan.
" THE DAY WE FEARED HAS COME UPON US "
The day we have spoke about and wrote about and thought about has come upon us. The world will never be the same after September 11, 01.
The day the prophets spoke of and the day which Jesus said would come is here, and who has made themselves ready? I watched the horror of Sept. 11 on TV and sobbed and sobbed day after day as the sorrow of a nation swept across the screen in horrible reality. The word came that the worst was yet to come, and my mind darted back to the dark night in Egypt so long ago when the death angel touched the house of every Egptian as it slew the first born of every family. There were two worlds represented here; God's chosen people and the people of the world who loved Egypt. Judgement was falling on the Egyptians. The Hebrews were having their first passover supper before the Exodus begun. A lamb for every house had been taken out from the 'flock', (called out of the religious system) it was a lamb without blemish, a male of the first born.
This lamb was slain and its blood was placed on the door posts of each house where the Hebrews were assembled. God had instructed His people as to what to do……..THEY WERE EATING THE PASSOVER LAMB…….., THEY EAT STANDING, THEIR FEET SHOD AND THEIR 'STAFF IN THEIR HAND' THEY EAT IN HASTE, IT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE EXODUS.( see Exodus ch 12 )
This is one of the most predominate prototypes in scripture, a type of the passover, the Body of Christ is now partaking of as they eat the flesh of the son of man and drink His blood. ( see St. John 6; 53. )
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We are now in the time when the many member body of Christ is coming into His fullness and will fill all things, according to Ephesians 1; 23.
Every 'body-member' is bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh and is a jointheir partaker in all that He did and is . The 'oneness' of the Christhead and the Christbody must be seen and understood as one in action and in fullness as the branch is to the Vine,
so our bodies are members of Christ.
The powers of Christ in His death , resurrection, and ascension , even His creative powers, and in this age, the powers of His Lambship are all a continous power which permeates through every body-member and The Lord Jesus will only work in this age through His Body. It is in our membership of jointheir with Him that we are made to me bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh,a' lamb for every house'.
Although Jesus was the one and only 'ultimate' sacrifice and there can never be another, yet that one sacrifice continues in power and full action in every member of His many member body. As we bear the 'dying' of the Lord Jesus in our 'bodies'( 2nd Cor. 4;10 ) Our 'bodies' are members of Christ ; We are the temple of God……( 1st. Cor. 6; 15…….verse 19.) All the powers of His death, resurrection and ascension are extended in activated powers through out His many-member body. Each member becomes a lamb to suffer His death in their bodies that others might live. He has made us to be kings and priests and we shall reign on earth. There is a 'suffering for others' which comes about as we are made into 'living sacrifice' to be offered up as a lamb without blemish……a male of the first born.
Today we have come to another exodus, we are eating another 'passover'. There is a call for a lamb for every house as the blood again is placed on the door posts as we again enter into the dark night of death in the land of Egypt. The death angel is hovering over our land tonight just as it did that night so long ago. And again, it will only be the blood on the door post that will keep the death angel away from your house!
We are again in a time of 'a lamb for every house'as the death and resurrection powers of the Lord Jesus is manifested throughout every member of His body. We are fully jointed to Him as bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh! All one has to do to find the details on this is to read the scriptures. There is no excuse for ignorance!
The Lord is now in the process of taking a lamb out of every flock, it must be a male of the first born, without blemish……we can only become a male of the first born, without blemish as we are made a joint-heir-partaker of Christ. As the branch is to the Vine, so is the body of Christ to Christ the Head. I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES, JESUS SAID.
The Lord Jesus is the Head of His many member body which is the fullness of Him ( Eph. 1; 22/23.) Just as your natural body is in complete aliegnment with its head, and does not move or breath or think without the full functions of its head; so is Christ and His Body. The 'fullness' of Him will be manifested only through His many member body!
It is in and through His Body that He manifests Himself as the light of the world……, The City sit on a hill…..the Tabernacle of David…….the Bright and Morning Star……etc. He comes in likemanner in His Body………' Likemanner' is in a flesh that has followed Him through His death and resurrection and out into His ascension! ( see Phil. 3; 21.) ' Who will change our vile bodies and fashion them likeunto His glorious body according to the 'working' whereby He is able to subdue all things unto Himself! Now. We are a believer or we are an unbeliever.
There are a lot of unbelievers when it comes to something that does not coincide with their traditional teaching.It doesn't matter much any more if it's the Word, so long as it is of the Pentecostal, Baptist, Wesley, etc.. ' Just don't disturb my peace' is what they are all saying. Jesus 'disturbed their peace' big time when He taught them in (St. John 6; 53/66) Here The Lord told them that unless they eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood they had no life in them. AND MANY WENT BACK AND FOLLOWED HIM NO MORE!!
I'm sure that as we go along in our studies on' A LAMB FOR EVERY HOUSE' that we too shall be disturbing the peace among tradition;
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR……. IF WE FOLLOW JESUS WE WILL BE
'ROCKING BOATS' AND 'MAKING WAVES' ……… HE DID THIS EVERY WHERE HE WENT. HE SAID THAT HE CAME TO SET DIVISIONS……..THAT'S BECAUSE THE WORD WILL NOT MIX WITH DOCTRINES OF MEN…….
THE WORD FOR THIS DAY IS THIS; 'COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!
THAT YOU BE NOT PARTAKERS OF HER EVIL DEEDS!
'A LAMB FOR EVERY HOUSE' CONTINUED.
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