INDEED A GREATER THAN JONAH
IS HERE MT 12. 41
6-Aug-11
Jon 2: 2--Out of the belly of Sheol---2 You heard my
voice.—
3—Jonah realised -- he is in the heart of seas—yet Jonah
looked towards entering LORD’s Temple
now the church is in the seas, in darkness, in pit---just
as Jonah looked towards entering LORD’s temple---the Laodecians should look
towards entering LORD’s temple!
And JESUS CHRIST
when He was in the grave, He prepared the way for His chosen ISRAEL to come out
of darkness, out of sins, out of unrighteousness, Ro 6!
These are the
lessons from Jonah! ---read more----
Lu 11:29 -This is an evil
generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah --. Mt 12:41-men
of Nineveh -condemn it (this generation), because they repented at the
preaching of Jonah;-- indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
Men of Nineveh repented at the
words of one prophet—but
this generation did not repent even though the LORD sent all the prophets, Jer
44: 4,5! SO JESUS CHRIST HAS
TO HIMSELF WORK WITH THIS GENERATION—read and prove---
ALL THESE THINGS COMING UPON
THE LAST ERA GENERATION --
Lu 11:30 "For as
Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this
generation. –vs. 50 "that the blood
of all the prophets -- may be required of this generation,
THAT IS PROPHECY FOR END TIME
GENERATION OF ISRAEL- Mt 23:36 --Mt 24:34 --LORD HAD SAID ISRAEL IS NOT ALL
ISRAEL—BUT THOSE WHO HAVE THE COVENANT AND GOD’S SERVICE, ROM 9: 4,6---THEN
THOSE IN TABERNACLE OF GOD ARE CONSIDERED AS THIS GENERATION!
Lu 17:25 "But
first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
JESUS CHRIST WAS TO BE
REJECTED BY THIS GENERATION—IT HAPPENED, LEADER OF THIS GENERATION(PCG), SAID
JESUS CHRIST IS A PEON WHO DELIVERED Revelations
TO JOHN!
JONAH’S SIGN--
Jon 1:17--Jonah was in the belly of the fish three
days and three nights.
Jon 2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly.--
2
-- "Out of the
belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
3 - You cast me into
the deep, Into the heart of the seas, -- floods surrounded me; All Your billows
and Your waves passed over me.
4 Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
5 The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have brought
up my life from the pit, O LORD, my God.
7 "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD;
And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple.
8
"Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.
9 But I
will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have
vowed. Salvation is of the LORD."
THEREFORE, WHILE JONAH WAS IN
THE BELLY HE UNDERSTOOD THE FOLLOWING—
- Jon
2: 2--Out of the belly of Sheol---2 You
heard my voice.—
- 3—Jonah realised -- he
is in the heart of seas—yet Jonah looked towards entering LORD’s Temple---Laodecians
in seas, La 2: 13, they should look towards temple of God!---THAT IS THE
SIGN Laodecians should get!
- 4—6--Jonah knew that unless the
LORD intervenes the bars of earth will be closed to him, he cannot
escape forever! –he was suffering in the deep—it was a pit!---Laodecians should
look to JESUS CHRIST to escape the pit!
- 7--UNLESS
THE LORD BRINGS UP HIS LIFE, HE HAD NO WAY OUT! ---WHEN HE REALISED HIS
PLIGHT, HE KNEW THE DELIVERANCE IS OF THE LORD---SO HE PRAYED TOWARDS HIS
HOLY TEMPLE! JESUS CHRIST is
the answer!
- 8—those
who regard idols are foolish, they FORSAKE THE MERCY OF GOD!
---
- 9---but Jonah made his SACRIFICE OF THE LIPS, Heb 13:15---THANKING HIM, as
SALVATION IS OF THE LORD! offer the sacrifice of
praise to JESUS CHRIST
If we think of the
plight of Laodecians ---they are in night, darkness, LORD brought them to seas,
La 2; 13, pit, Sheol, Isa 14:15, Isa 28:15, like the weeds in belly of Jonah,
Laodecians could have maggots, worms, Isa 14:11-- Sheol nor death cannot thank
or praise God, Isa 38:18---So like Jonah they should cry unto JESUS CHRIST to
deliver them! They should understand that like Jonah they are without God, they are unable
to come to the Temple of God UNLESS THE LORD DELIVERS
THEM!
Laodecians in the
seas, La. 2: 13—LORD sent them into captivity, they are in nations, Eze. 12:
3-15, unknown nations, Eze. 32: 9, (LORD uses many parables for He
is building the Kingdom of God, Mt 13: 34, 35).
- JONAH WAS TAKEN
OUT FROM FISH, SIMILARLY LORD TAKES Laodecians OUT FROM
CAPTIVITY, Eze. 39: 28,29, Jer 23: 7,8!
Mt 12:40—Jonah in
belly of fish and JESUS CHRIST in heart of earth, three days and three nights----
in the heart of the earth.---------THEN,
JONAH PLEADED WITH GOD! -----
WHAT WAS LORD’S
FUNCTIONS DURING THE THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH?
- Holy one would not see corruption, Ps 16:10, Ac 2:27—all men see corruption, David a man after God’s own heart, Ac 13:
22, saw corruption, Ac 13:36, corruption
cannot inherit incorruption, 1Co 15:50, it is only JESUS CHRIST who could deliver all
from the bondage of corruption, Ro 8:21, AS HE DID
NOT SEE CORRUPTION-- Ac 2:31 , Ac 4:33—JESUS CHRIST paved
the way for death to be swallowed up in victory, 1Co 15:54 , 55----RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD IS RAISING IN INCORRUPTION
when it was sown in CORRUPTION, 1Co 15:42-50 ( as the last Adam gives life, second
man is LORD from heaven, vs. 47, therefore when we are raised by Him, we
are heavenly, bearing the image of the heavenly JESUS CHRIST, 47-49. ------if
anyone sow to flesh, he would see CORRUPTION!-- Ga 6:8—if he sows to spirit, he would reap
everlasting life, Ga 6:8, we are to escape the corruption that is in the
world through lust, 2Pe 2:12, WE ARE
TO WATCH TEACHERS WHO PREACH LIBERTY, BUT WHO THEMSELVES ARE IN
CORRUPTION, 2Pe 2:19, THEY WILL PERISH IN THEIR OWN CORRUPTION, 2Pe 2:12. WE SHOULD GET KNOWLEDGE
OF JESUS CHRIST TO BE RAISED IN INCORRUPTION!
- He would resurrect by His power, Jn 10:
18, Ac 2:31, Heb 7: 3, God is not the God of the dead, but of the living,
Mt 22: 32, ------there is a resurrection of life, --and a resurrection of condemnation, Joh
5:29, Ac 24:15, but—he who believes in
JESUS CHRIST , though he may die, he shall live, as He is the
resurrection and the life, Joh 11:25.
He was declared to be the Son of God with power according
to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Ro 1:4.
when we get baptized into His death, we also shall be in the likeness of
His resurrection, Ro 6:3-5, since by man came death, by Man also
came the resurrection of the dead, 1Co 15:21, sinners like all of us could
be hopeful because of His Resurrection, 1Pe 1:3,
now if we hope in the blessings of the Resurrection, we are to be baptised (not
the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience
toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1Pe
3:21---HOW COULD WE ANSWER
WITH A GOOD CONSCIENCE---???----
WE ARE TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AND HIS WORDS—
When we get baptised
into His death, Rom 6: 3-5, He takes all
our sins on Himself while we believe Him, Isa 53: 6,10, His blood is the
blood of the covenant which is commanded, Heb 9:20, it enables us to be part
of the covenant with Him as new Jerusalem, enables us to dwell with Him
in His TABERNACLE, Eze. 16: 60-63, Re 21: 2,3, if you are a captive, you
could be released, Zec 9: 11, you could be released from captivity in
nations when you get a sprinkling of His blood, Isa 52:15,
The iniquity of performing ordinances of SANCTUARY in
ignorance would be nailed to the cross, Col 2:14-16, when
we are buried with Him in BAPTISM, Col 2: 12 , we are raised with the circumcision
of Christ, we put off the body of sins of the flesh, Col 2: 11,
JESUS CHRIST had
triumphed over all powers of church (leaders), Col 2: 15, word of oath appoints
JESUS CHRIST, who has been perfected forever, Heb 7:28---therefore NO ONE OF THEM COULD JUDGE ANYONE, Col 2: 16---as our sins are forgiven through
His perfect sacrifice, when we are sanctified (if we cry unto Him in prayer, He
would sanctify us), Heb 10:14, Col 2:13,
Having been perfected, He became the
author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, Heb 5: 9,
After Resurrection when
the LORD was ascended he sent the helper, the Holy Spirit, Joh 16:7, with that
helper He poured His spirit on us, and along with the spirit HE HAD SHED ABROAD HIS LOVE IN OUR HEARTS, ROM 5: 5, which will help us to keep the
laws of love of JESUS CHRIST, Jas 2:8, Ga 5:14, Ro 13: 8-10,
Those in captivity
ought to examine and study the word of God which is poured as spirit to them,
Eze. 39: 29, Jn 6: 63, Whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God
is perfected in him, 1Jo 2:5.
Cup of blessing that
we partake of the Passover has all these benefits of the death of JESUS CHRIST.
Blessings
from LORD’S CROSS, is beyond our imagination!
Whatever word could
be related to the cross! ---the above is a summary of the recent writings sent
to you all. Blessings include SALVATION—getting His Righteousness –Holiness--REMISSION OF SINS—to such a level that the LORD creates a harlot, Re 17: 5, into a pure
virgin, Isa 62: 4,5 (the land Jerusalem that was spoiled would be made new
Jerusalem). Please keep studying the
bible prayerfully, so that the LORD would open your eyes and mind, to grasp the
heavenly things He is speaking! They are amazing, what a joy one would
have when all the unspeakable sins are removed from that person to make Him a
loyal follower, A JEWEL for JESUS CHRIST , the GOD OF WHOLE EARTH! -- HE CHOOSES HIS PEOPLE, THEY ARE NOT ALL ISRAEL, ROM 9: 4,6.
ALL THE FOLLIES WE HAD DONE ARE FORGIVEN! AFTER ALL WE ARE HUMAN—WE
MAKE MISTAKES WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE PROPER GUIDANCE—BUT IN NEW JERUSALEM NOTHING
LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN, AS THE LORD IS THERE TO GUIDE ALL OF US! WHAT A
CONSOLATION!
When JESUS CHRIST
was three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, He had done
marvellous things beyond our comprehension! Jonah realised that JESUS CHRIST
could only help him! When all prophets could not save this generation, Jer 44:
4,5, it is Christ who SAVES, REDEEMS ISRAEL, Isa 41:14! Is not JESUS CHRIST greater than Jonah? --Mt 12:41 --Jonah’s sign for the captives is
to rely on the GOD OF SALVATION, JESUS CHRIST.
ALL PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
TO JESUS CHRIST THE REDEEMER AND SAVIOUR OF ISRAEL, of Rom 9: 4,6. Amen.
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