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

Revelation 21: 4   And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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

Hallelujah

The Lord builds Zion

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we saw regarding possessing the promise that God has given us. The God who gave the promise does not change in his promise. But after we receive the promise from God, if we have to obtain the eternal possession, we have to wait patiently and receive it. Also we should not leave God's commandments, but we must correct our life with his commandments. If we do not correct ourselves, when God breaks us and forms us, we should be patient without becoming weary and if we  submit ourselves, God will manifest as the God who does and fulfills the things that he has told us.

In the past days, we meditated regarding how God corrected Jacob (Israel the church) and made the generation to multiply. Even in our personal lives, God is doing the same thing and we have been meditating about this.

In the Book of Jeremiah the prophet, we meditated about it being written that  I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom.

My dear people, what we are going to meditate upon today is Jacob, called his twelve sons and made them gather together (mainly the church) and said that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days: and says certain things. When we say last days, we come to know that it is the days of the Son. Also, we know that there are twelve different types of stones in Israel, the church. Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. God is telling that each one of us is a stone. The Cornerstone for these stones is Christ. He is the Cornerstone for Zion. Also, the twelve different types of stones, God is gathering it in Zion and building it. In this manner, only he is putting the foundation for Zion.

From this we come to know that, all these stones are stones with brightness. If we have to be such stones, we have to be very clean, have to follow the commandments, have to obey, have to be with love, have to be with chastity and offer everything completely to God only then we can be blessed in this manner. Therefore, this is God's kingdom that is rising in our soul. 

Therefore, those who will change their lives in this manner, will manifest as a holy church. 

God's word regarding Jacob and the father's of the twelve tribes and regarding the last days - 

Reuben, you are my firstborn, Unstable as water, you shall not excel, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it—

“Simeon and Levi are brothers; Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place. For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob And scatter them in Israel.

“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you.

Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

Binding his donkey to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes.

His eyes are darker than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.

My dear people who are reading this, we see that Jesus Christ is born in the tribe of Judah and that all the people will reach him and that he is the vine and God makes us, who are his donkeys to be bound to the vine, who is Christ  and to the choice vine he binds his donkey's colt by the tribe of Judah and he shall wash his garments in wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes.

What this shows is that our Lord Jesus Christ's garment will be filled with glory and his clothes, for the sake of our sin, when he suffered, the stains of our sin, if we are not the grapes of the choice vine, due to the blood from the stains of our sin, his garment becomes stained with blood. That is what it is written his clothes will be washed in the blood of the grapes.  That is why, in Revelation 19: 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, (He will walk in all worldly ways)

Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between two burdens; And  he saw that the land was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden, And became a band of slaves. (He will not attain full salvation)

Dan shall judge his people As one of the tribes of Israel.

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, A viper by the path, That bites the horse’s heels So that its rider shall fall backward.

Dan will be one who always expects that the rider who is sitting on the horse will fall. (He will not allow the people to grow with grace.)

But the souls of that church, will always have to wait patiently for salvation and then only receive it. He has the character of pushing everyone down.

“Gad, a troop shall tramp upon him, But he shall triumph at last. (There will be no peace there, the soul will be always drowned in war)

“Bread from Asher shall be rich, And he shall yield royal dainties.

This is in whom, food (God's word) will be rich for our soul and will be tasty to eat.

But the soul has to wait for salvation.

“Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.

This church will give beautiful words for the people. (But the soul has to wait and receive the salvation)

“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.

The church will be filled with many people and will also give fruit. That church will be hated by many. It will be a church which leads the people. In the church, God's words will be showered. Worldly blessings will be there. The church will be blessed by the birth of fruits. This is because, people of the church will increase.

“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at night he shall divide the spoil.”

This church is a ravenous wolf. He will lead the people in that manner. But he will receive the prey in the morning and in the night he will divide the spoil. (The twelve gates are the names of the twelve tribes)

In this manner, in the tribe of Israel, it shows twelve different type of deeds with which the church is being led. But, only in the tribe of Judah, the Lord of peace comes. Our Lord Jesus Christ, unites these twelve tribes with each other as Zion, with him as the Cornerstone and due to the light which shines from that stone, it makes the other stones shine, and all the people's evil traditional deeds, customs and traditions, fleshly thoughts, worldly thoughts, fleshly lusts, worldly worship and all the evil intentions is washed through the blood which he shed on the cross, he makes us clean and in order to be glorified, God builds one glorious city, as Zion and unites us also with him and builds us and manifests himself in his glory.

My dear people, if we be pleasing to God and we walk in the holy walk, always obeying God's commandments, God in us Psalms 102: 16, 17 For the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.

He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer.

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

-To be continued