“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Jeremiah 31: 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

We, the bride, the church should be as his children as those who see him always.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that our soul, the bride, the church should be as the watered garden of God. As an example for that God is showing us the daughter of Caleb, Achsah as a pattern. Also, when he asked her father to give her the land with springs of water, he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. What this shows as a pattern is that on heaven and on earth, we will be the garden of God.

Next, what we are meditating is that Joshua 16: 1 – 10 The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel, 

then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 

and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon.

And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah. 

Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

The border went out from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families. 

The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.

The fact regarding the above-mentioned verses is that the lot that fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel, then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to its border and it ended at the sea. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took this as their inheritance.

The explanation regarding this is that Joseph is a fruitful bough. How these fruits come is that each one of our soul as Bethel living in many ways and at the end will go and end in the sea. The sea signifies the crowd of the scornful who walk in the lusts of the wicked. They are like the waves of the sea without quietness and peace. 

Those who are possessing this are Manasseh and Ephraim. The inheritance of Ephraim is being given. The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. But they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.

My dear people, God is telling that Ephraim is a cake unturned. The reason for this is that Ephraimites, the Israelites have not attained complete salvation and in their soul because they are doing the deeds of the Canaanites, the devil they are not able to attain salvation. Therefore their soul is filled with pride. Regarding that, Hosea 5: 3 – 6 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled.

“They do not direct their deeds toward turning to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, and they do not know the Lord.

The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.

“With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

The deeds in the above-mentioned verses, should not have a place in our soul and we must safeguard it. If we seek God keeping such deeds in our soul how much ever sacrifices, we offer we cannot see God. He will leave us and go away. But regarding Ephraim what God is telling is that Jeremiah 31: 20 Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Therefore, my dear people we must meditate upon the above-mentioned verses and if we seek God with our whole heart, we will see him. He will not leave away from us. In this manner, let us all submit ourselves to become his child.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

- To be continued