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1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11.
THE BEGINNINGS OF HOLY ONES.
"What! Do you not know that
unrighteous persons will not inherit God's kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes,
nor men who lie with men, nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God's kingdom. And yet that is what
some of you were. But you have been washed clean, but you have been
sanctified, but you have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ and with the Spirit of our God."
(1 Cor 6:9-11).
"AND YET THAT IS WHAT SOME OF YOU WERE"?
These members of the congregation of
God were transformed by taking the necessary steps to come to know the Will of
God for them. What they proved for themselves of His Will, they practised. (Rom
12:1,2). Almighty God then anointed and sanctified them in spirit. The heavenly
Kingdom of God is made up of 144,000 of these sanctified ones. (Rev 7:3,4). The
important point is that they had to be "washed clean" of
unrighteous practices. The remainder gathered from among mankind who have
"washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" are
described by The Christ as the "other sheep, which are not of this fold;
those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become
one flock one shepherd." (John 10:16. Rev 7:14). They are to be subjects
under the heavenly Kingdom of the "little flock" of 144,000
underpriests. (Rev 5:9,10. Luke 12:32). These underpriests will judge as to the
"good deed" toward one's spirit sanctification. (Rev 20:4). This
is in contrast to those judging as to the "bad deed" and issuing
ineffective punishments, as is the case of those ruling today. (See Rom 13:3).
SPIRITUAL
"JEWS", AND THE WAY THAT THE
"OTHER SHEEP" TAKE HOLD OF THEIR "SKIRT".
In persecuting The Christ's spiritual
brothers, Saul was persecuting The Christ. However, he was transformed by our
Lord. (Acts 9:1-8). But the "great crowd" of survivors that come
through the "great tribulation" as "sheep"-like ones
"not of this [anointed] fold" have already embarked on the
process of spirit transformation by taking hold of the skirt of a man who is a
"Jew", just as it is written: "This is what Jehovah
of armies has said, 'It will be in those days that ten men out of all the
languages of the nations will take hold, yes, they will actually take hold of
the skirt of a man who is a Jew, saying: "We will go with you people, for we
have heard [that] God is with you people.'" (Zech 8:23). These
"Jews" are of course Spirit anointed ones. Their "circumcision is
that of the heart by Spirit". (Rom 2:28,29). Taking hold of their
"skirt" is to accept Spirit teachings of God being administered through
them and proving He is with them. The "LITTLE SCROLL" contains Spirit
teachings, "bitter"/"sweet" spiritual understandings. (Rev
10:8-11). These teachings are the "skirt" (garment) of a "Jew".
The love of God is directed toward those crushed
and lowly in spirit. Only then are they malleable for spirit growth toward
becoming a "new creation". (Gal 6:15). But instead of allowing
superfluous badness to be removed by the "circumcision" of the
heart by Spirit toward holy conduct, cowards make self-destructive excuses. (Rev
21:8). Whereas, those allowing the process of spirit creation have already begun
to offer up spirit sacrifices by correcting ways of life that offend God. But
the longer this process is postponed, the more difficult it becomes, and the
more needless are the sufferings endured, without hope or benefit at the end of
it. So why delay?
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