Dear Sisters and Brothers in Jesus the Christ,

“35) So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.  36) You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.  37) For in just a very little while, ‘He who is coming will come and will not delay.  38) But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.’  39) But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.” Hebrews 10:35–39 (NIV).

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The unconditional love, compassion and faithfulness of God the Father allowed our right standing by His grace (Ephesians 2:8-9). After the first Adam committed high treason ushering sin into the earth, man (i.e., male, female) couldn’t hold-up our end of the covenant between God and man. Hence, God cut covenant with Himself for man (Genesis 15:17-18); and again by Himself, ratified a new covenant by the blood of Jesus once for all (Hebrews 7:27; Revelation 1:5). The Word of God never returns void (Isaiah 55:11 & 45:23); hence the Living Word – Jesus the Anointed One paid it forward once for all (Heb 9:15). My gratitude for the fulfillment of Christ Jesus’ mission at the cost of His sinless blood includes perhaps minuscule comprehension of the daily cost during His earth-bound walk. Folk took and took and took and the compassion of Jesus gave and gave and gave, while exemplifying how God created us to dominate in the earth. Oh! To grasp the full dimension of Jesus’ love for mankind (Eph 3:16-19); agreeing to leave the presence of the Father, with Whom He had always been, for our sake (Psalm 40:6-8; Heb 10:5-10). Yet by no means was Jesus a pushover; and as depicted in Matthew 23:1-39 and Luke 22:42-44 and John 17:1-26, neither was His ministry a cakewalk. Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus set His face like flint to do the will of God the Father on our behalf; so we too Hebrews 12:3.

God’s plan for man, created with His DNA is far more than we can ever imagine but it will be made manifest. In the meantime, by revelation of the Holy Spirit we may have joy that we are in the latter rain and the Lord Jesus is coming again soon. Therefore, we apply the Blood, put on the whole armor of GOD (Eph 6:11-18), and exercise the ministry of authority in the Name above all names (Eph 1:19-21). We may say, “come Lord Jesus” in the knowing by the WORD that at the second coming of Christ, we will be “caught up together” with Him (Matthew 24:30-31; 1 Thessalonians 4:17). We aren’t surprised by the increased activity of the enemy. Rather, we pray/ask the Father, in Jesus’ name, to “teach us how to fulfill the sacred ministry and exercise the authority entrusted to each Believer” (Eph 2:5-6). Fear is the opposite of faith just as hate is the opposite of love. Faith is powered by love, of which both we’ve received by the finished work of Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 12:3; 1Th 5:23). Yes, it’s a hard thing that we (Believers) do but Christ Jesus did all the work; He paid it forward once for all. Now (this day) God the Father sees us through the Lord Jesus for we are “in Him”. Yes, a full grown man is seated at the right hand of the Father, and still advocating on our behalf, for the accuser of the brethren never ceases (1 John 2:1; Revelation 12:10). “By standing firm you will gain life” Luke 21:19 (NIV).

Speak the promise . . . Harriet