PAUL WROTE OF A GREAT MYSTERY CONCERNING CHRIST AND THE CHURCH EPH 5. 32 

Eph 5: 32--This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

---If a husband and wife do not care for each other or for their children, that family breaks, so is the church when they do not honour husband JESUS CHRIST, not obeying His words! SHEEP OF GOD WOULD GO ASTRAY.

THE LIVING GOD GIVES EVERLASTING LIFE FOR THOSE WHO OBEY HIM! 

JESUS CHRIST marries the land, as a pure virgin, Is 62:4,5. Therefore, it is church purified as New Jerusalem, the bride of JESUS CHRIST, Rev. 19: 7,8; --21; 2, 3, 10.

LORD made PCG a living land—Eze. 16: 6—what does that mean?

IN A LIVING LAND OF GOD—there should be no famine—trees, beasts, birds, fountains, rivers, mountains, Sanctuary and people --all things should be prosperous, beautiful, joyful …---that’s why LORD speaks of prophet who was compared to a ‘STATELY CEDAR”, but he became the Assyrian, Eze 31:3, LORD planted them as goodly trees, with lots of sap, Ps 104:16 ---as strong bulls of Bashan, Ps 22:12.

These cedars of Lebanon had become corrupt—reproached God, Isa 37:24, fire would devour cedars, Zec 11:1 - cut down the tall cedars, Isa 37:24, it should be cut down, Isa 14:8—Bashan destroyed, land mourneth, Isa 33:9, Jer 22:20,

So all these vv. mean that LORD compares His ministry in different ways! He uses words of His creations to describe what had happened in God’s land!

BUT HE WOULD REVIVE ISRAEL AGAIN-- Jer 50:19- And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. (ISRAEL has to be brought by God TO HIS HABITATION –because they are now scattered in captivity, Eze. 12: 13-15, Eze. 39: 28, 29, Jer. 23: 7, 8).

They have famine of the word, Amos 8: 11 (PCG live on words of H.W.Armstrong!).

In Zep 1:2-3-we see that LORD consumes everything from the land (from Judah and Jerusalem, vs. 4) consume man, beasts, birds, fish, during LORD’S DAY, vs. 7.

(LORD brings down leaders of Egypt, Assyria, Ephraim as birds, He chastens them, as congregation had heard, Hos 7:11, 12, because of wickedness as explained in Hos 7). Mal 3: 1-3 express LORD’S DAY as purification of ministry.

Egypt, Assyria, Ephraim are all comparisons to PCG leaders. Read in—article No. 323--http://www.restoringcaptivity.com .

Hos 8: 3 -Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Hos 8: 4 -They have set up kings, but not by Me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols,

Hos 7: 16- They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

So ISRAEL had gone to Egypt---the leader had made his own ministers---the gold and silver God gave them in Eze. 16: 8-14 had been used for idols!

Ps 68:30 -Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

LORD’s people, His own ISRAEL church is fighting Him—so He had scattered them! They are to be rebuked UNTIL THEY SUBMIT TO THE LORD, WITH SILVER—silver means pure words of God, Ps. 12: 6---repentance, obeying to His judgments, agreeing with His laws, commandments, honouring His covenant—are such pieces of silver! ---so PCG ministry are required to SUBMIT THOSE WORDS TO JESUS CHRIST!

Zep 1: 8  And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. (they adorn with clothes of H.W.Armstrong!).

In the day of the LORD’S sacrifice, princes ARE found CLOTHED with STRANGE APPAREL---so that is why they need clothes as LINEN, white and clean—Righteousness of SAINTS should be worn for the WEDDING! Rev. 19: 7, 8.

Rev. 19: 8- And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Rev. 19: 9-- He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And He saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Rev. 19: 17---saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

18  That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

LORD brings down ministry, leaders as fowls of heaven, Hos 7; 12—and these fowls are invited to the SUPPER OF THE GREAT GOD—and they are to eat flesh of kings, captains, mighty men, Pharaoh and horses,….those above.

HOW COULD LEADERS as birds, EAT LEADERS---THEY THEMSELVES HAVE TO EAT THEMSELVES?????

Ps 94:23--And He shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Pr 11:5 --the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Jer 2:19- Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that My fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

THEREFORE---LORD’S marriage supper would cause TO CORRECT THE LEADERS!  Birds fall when they eat their wickedness!

Jer. 2; 19--Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that My fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

 Pr 9:10 --The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. FEAR OF GOD ---

If you fear God---He would give you wisdom and understanding!

When prophet said unkind things about JESUS CHRIST, he did not have fear of God! --Then---NO WISDOM, NO UNDERSTANDING!

Pr 1:7 -The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Ps 107:17 -Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Pr 3:35--The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

JESUS CHRIST marries the land, Is 62:4,5, when purified are in the land, they are those of tribes of ISRAEL, Rev. 14: 1- 5 . they are considered without sin, Jer. 50: 20, just as said in Rev. 14, because they would be purified through Rom. 6: 3-7.

ISRAEL land is considered as virgin which would be married to JESUS CHRIST , Isa. 62:4,5 and old Jerusalem desolated would become new Jerusalem, Rev. 21:2,3,10.

In a deeper sense, according to the new testament laws, those of ISRAEL (Ro 9:4,6) who get purified through Christ, Rom. 6: 3-7, would be in God’s land, and they are to follow the  laws of faith written in new testament, so that they live holy lives. In such a manner they could continue generations, Isa. 59: 21.

Isa. 59: 20--And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

21-- As for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and forever.

JESUS CHRIST COULD DO ANYHING WITH THE WORDS—HIS WORDS ARE POWERFUL—

Eze 14:17--Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

Eze 28:18  Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Eze 39:25 -Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for My holy name;

Am 9: 1-- Lord standing upon the altar:---- I will slay the last of them with the sword:

2 -Though they dig into hell, thence shall Mine hand take them;

THE ABOVE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES—JESUS CHRIST commands His sword, which is word of God, Eph. 6: 17 to GO THROUGH THE LAND! -----IN ALTAR slain by sword of God---this is a strange work, Isa. 28: 21, by fulfilling word of God, Eze. 12: 25-28---He brings back the captivity of Jacob by word of God, Eze. 39: 25—then LORD WOULD BE MERCIFUL—they as nations were scattered in captivity, BY WORDS, Eze. 12: 13-15, they are in PITS, HELL, Eze.32---AND FROM THERE HE WOULD REDEEM THEM, through His blood, Zec 9; 11.

(Eze. 12: 3 says how the prophet was sent into captivity—it happened by word of God!—the ministry too went into captivity by word, Eze. 12: 13-15, they went to land of Chaldea—and they were seen there, Eze. 1: 1-3---that again is by word of God—LORD shows acts BY WORD OF GOD, in His strange act, Isa. 28; 21!

Amos 9: 5 -And the Lord GOD of hosts is He that toucheth the land, and it shall melt,

SO LORD CLEANSES THE LAND OF ISRAEL, and HIS STRONGHOLD Zion, Jerusalem! He purges ministry melting them as silver and gold! Mal 3: 1-3.

JESUS CHRIST MAKES ALL THINGS TO BE KNOWN IN CHURCH, Rom. 9: 4, 6, AS HE IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH.

Eph 5: 13- But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.—JESUS CHRIST makes known things in church!

14 -Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light."---those nations in pits are in death, hell, Eze. 32. They are to be made alive by JESUS CHRIST, Eze. 37.

15 -See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,--all should seek wisdom of God.

16 -redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Those vss. say that JESUS CHRIST is the LIGHT which leads us through exposed things, (iniquities of church are exposed, so that all would learn from one another)  ---and HE REQUIRES THOSE WHO SLEEP TO ARISE AS HE GIVES LIGHT! –days are evil, troublesome, so redeem the time!

There may be good things and evil things happening around us—they are exposed, they prove that the words of God are TRUTH! They fulfill!

For instance—when prophet wrote that JESUS CHRIST did not open seals of Revelations, Mt 24 transcript, 18/5/2013---Rev. 6: 1,3,5,7,9,12, 7; 17, 8: 1 proved that JESUS CHRIST opened the seals as the LAMB!

Good works according to Judgments of JESUS CHRIST make us happy---evil things make us unhappy! People make mistakes and sin, does against the word of God!

THEY PRODUCE UNHAPPINESS AMONG ALL AROUND!

Eph 5: 17 -Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

18  And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

Be filled with the SPIRIT---spirit is the LIFE –GIVING WORDS of JESUS CHRIST, Jn 6: 63. and UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF JESUS CHRIST!

JESUS CHRIST requires a perfect ministry, Mal 3: 2,3, Ro 9: 4,6 are to be SANCTIFIED in Eze. 43: 18-27.

EPH 5: 19 -speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

20  giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 - submitting to one another in the fear of God.

How many could do so? How many had done so? Is any one perfect? How could we become perfect? –questions galore! BUT WE NEED TO BE DOERS OF THE WORD! –LORD GIVES US HIS Righteousness unto Holiness when we get Baptizm unto His death, to be born again in newness of life, Rom 6: 3-7, which gives HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO HOLINESS, to serve Him, Vs. 19, 22. Then we start doing the above verses.    

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING Vv. WHICH COMPARES CHURCH AND JESUS CHRIST –the church has to be as wife of Christ-AND SEE WHETHER ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE PERFECT WITH JESUS CHRIST?

EPH 5: 22 -Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

23 - For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

24 -Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

25  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

26  that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

27  that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Notice---He presents church to Himself as a glorious church! Washed by water by WORD! ---the words do everything---LORD’S WORDS ARE POWERFUL---HE SAYS THINGS—IT IS DONE! ---HE WOULD MAKE HIS PEOPLE OBEDIENT TO HIM---BY HIS WORDS!—thereby He creates His perfect church!

Eph. 5: 28 - So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.--29  For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

30  For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

31  "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

32  This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 -Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Well, we see that JESUS CHRIST had shown that relationships of “husband—wife type” as an EXAMPLE HOW WE SHOULD LOVE JESUS CHRIST TO BE A GLORIOUS CHURCH to HIM!----ARE ISRAEL PEOPLE OF GOD of Rom. 9: 4, 6, (PCG),  RESPECTING JESUS CHRIST?---they should understand and change, as JESUS CHRIST is ALMIGHTY, Rev. 1: 8, Isa. 9; 6, Isa. 54: 5!

EPH 5: 25— Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

26  that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27  that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

SO THAT IS THE WILL OF JESUS CHRIST!

Ge 2:24 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

De 10:20--Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou cleave,

LORD’S PEOPLE SHOULD CLEAVE UNTO HIM—just as a husband cleaves unto his wife--

HOW COULD WE CLEAVE?----De 13:4  Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him, and cleave unto Him.

INHERITANCE WOULD BE GIVEN WHEN HIS PEOPLE LOVE HIM AND CLEAVE UNTO HIM--De 30:20 - That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

LORD REQUIRES HOUSES OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH AS A PEOPLE UNTO HIM—FOR A NAME—FOR A PRAISE—FOR GLORY---BUT THEY HAD NOT SUBMITTED TO HIM--

Jer 13:11- For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto Me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto Me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

What does God require of ISRAEL—Deut 10: 12-22 -

Deut 10: 12-15—

12 - And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

13  To keep the commandments of the LORD, and His statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

14  Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

Priesthood would be the helpmeet of JESUS CHRIST to take care of His sheep and make them produce holy Righteous men. Their generations would continue then, Ps. 78: 4-7.

Holy generations would be perpetuated---- because of the work of JESUS CHRIST, Himself being the atonement and sacrifice to have accomplished this and ISRAEL would worship Him as He wills--------

• JESUS CHRIST marries the land of ISRAEL just as a man would a woman.

They cleave as one-one body----leave mother and father.

Just as a human marriage is destroyed by adultery, fornication, when you do against God’s loving laws, Rom. 13: 8-10,  spiritual marriage with God too could be broken through whoredom, adultery, fornication through disobedience to His laws.

In prophecies --

Isa 62: 4 - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 5--For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

And it will be accomplished in New Jerusalem, Re 21: 2,3.

Philadelphia Church of God broke covenant through spiritual harlotry- Ez 16:15, 59. That means if you break laws---you break marriage covenant, -and you could be dead through breaking law, as LORD gives the key to hell, He has it, Rev. 1: 18, as He slays with His sword, Amos 9: 1,2!

Ro 7:14-- For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin, BUT LORD HELPS US WITH HIS WISDOM, AND CROSS, 1Co 15:31.

Rom. 8:13,14-sons of God would live if they live according to spirit----that is how you become sons and daughters. That is how they become joint heirs with Christ 8:17----inheritance is given to all those who are saved among ISRAEL through His sacrifice, Heb. 9; 15, and they would be sanctified in Ezekiel temple, Eze. 43, and they get inheritance as we see in Ezekiel temple matters, Eze 48 (gentiles who bear children among ISRAEL too would get inheritance, Eze. 47: 22!).

Eze.48: 35-- and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

Rev. 21: 2 -And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3- And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

ALL PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING BE TO SAVIOUR AND REDEEMER OF ISRAEL, JESUS CHRIST, AMEN AND AMEN.

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