Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” Isaiah 9:2 (KJV)

“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” John 1:5 (KJV)

Abba Father gave Jesus in exchange for you and I, and Jesus agreed to God’s plan; this was the mystery of God’s plan from the beginning. The Sovereign LORD created us in His image for fellowship with Him, and no devil in hell was going to thwart the plan of He Who is Sovereign.

“I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End’ . . . who is and who was and who is to come. . . . I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.” Revelation 1:8,17c,18 (NKJV)

And that Jesus was with God in the beginning begs the (rhetorical) questions posed by K. Copeland (2011): “How precious was the blood of Jesus that was shed? How Precious was the spotless Lamb of God who laid down His life for me?” (D 268). This is why Jesus is LORD of Lords and KING of Kings . . . Jesus did the hard part in order to set us up for exceedingly abundant life. For sickness Jesus has given us health (see Isaiah 53:5; 1Pe 2:24); for poverty Jesus has given us wealth (see 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 10:10b); for death Jesus has given us eternal life (see John 5:24). Jesus seeded His sinless lifeblood so that we might (free-will) have the quality of life that God designed us to have at the beginning. Our Lord Jesus is divine love exemplified; the very image and expression of God Who is Love came in the flesh just because He loved/loves you and I.

“For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;” Ephesians 2:8 (AMP)

It is awesome to come into the beginning of the reality as to right standing in the Family of God . . . that The Lord Jesus is also our Elder Brother Who has made us co-heirs with Him of the inheritance . . . that the Spirit of the Sovereign LORD God is sealed together with me until the Second Coming of Christ Jesus; He is coming soon and very soon. So I echo Apostle John when I say, “come (quickly) Lord Jesus” (see Revelation 22:20b); for I desire to be caught-up with Him in the Rapture of the Church. Glorious! “I will bless the LORD forever, His praise will continually be in my mouth.”

“Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Revelation 1:5b-6 (KJV)

(Read – Matthew 24:3-8 & 36-39; 1Co 15:20-28; 1Th 3:13, 4:15-17 & 5:23; 2Th 2:1; James 5:7-8; 1Jn 2:28.)

Speak the promise . . . Harriet