IN HIM

Luke 24:1-5 (1) Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. (2) And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. (3) And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. (4) And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: (5)And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

As light is to darkness, so life is to death. They are completely adjacent from each other. There is no comparison, either the thought of similarity when it comes to these two states of beings.

To my dear fellow reader, this simple truth that I stated has been considered elementary to the Christian world. Sad to say, most of the Church today has kept it elementary and not foundational. This posting is to simply encourage us all to find life in Jesus and no where else. Why? Because it can not be found in anything else but in Him!

Genesis 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and EVERY THING that is IN the earth shall DIE.

Genesis 9:11,15 (11) And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. (15) And I will remember my covenant, which is BETWEEN me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he CONDEMNED the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

The ark that God had Noah build is indeed a shadow and type of Jesus Christ. The vessel it self resembles the saving grace that Jesus in the New Covenant provides for all who are willing to believe AND enter in. Salvation is all in Him! There was no other ark, not other vessel that preserved life, but the ark God had Noah build. Amen?

Today in many churches we have people who claim to be on the “ark” per say of Christianity, but are indeed NOT in it! God sent the flood to CONDEMN the world, but with Noah he and his family didn’t experience condemnation, but rather…conviction! Noah didn’t build the ark out of condemnation, but conviction! How so? Simply, condemnation draws us away from the presence of God and true conviction draws us to the presence of God! In other words, as everyone in the world were being drawn away from life in general by experiencing DEATH (not eternal torment, but perishing and consumed death), Noah and his family were drawn to and dwelled in a life saving vessel! What stood between Noah and his family from within the ark and the flood waters outside of the ark weren’t just planks of wood, but a wall of covenant that placed the division between life and death! Covenant in Christ sets the complete distinction that you are to be one either on one side or the other!

Isaiah 59:19 …When the enemy shall come in, like a flood the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

In the Bible, there is no record that the ark had a deck. Noah didn’t have a deck to just walk out on and look around. There was nothing to see but judgmental waters and death that lurked beneath! Nothing but the reminder death by God’s judgment to all that is not in the ark! For Noah and his family they were either in the ark or not! No in between. Only through a window Noah was able to look out. One window, not many, but ONE window! And Noah relied on the dove to find out if any form of life could be found! Folks, we got to depend on the leading of God and the Holy spirit to reveal us to life! It’s all in Him!

Many churches today had built themselves an ark. They have built many windows, many decks, and made it very religiously good looking. When the angels asked Mary, why seek the living among the dead, she was looking outside the ark. In other words, if Mary was on the ark and if the ark had a deck, it would be like looking into the waters of deadly judgment for any life when God has indeed killed all flesh. The preserved life is IN the ark! The tomb walls were the encasement of 1st death, but inside, by the spirit and promise of God’s Word was a living RIGHTEOUS seed planted within the tomb, the true ark! Also known to be the ark of testimony, the ark of covenant, the ark that bore the law of God, the provision of bread from heaven and the divine fruitfulness of Aaron’s rod! The seed made it’s way in the grave’s encasement, but really the tomb was the soil needed, so that divine and promising fruit would grow off the Judgmental rod of God, something began to blossom, some one began to receive life again, Righteousness was found and became the dwelling for all who believe and will enter in to the true ark, known as only Jesus Christ! Glory then began to sprout out of the soil (tomb) when the stone was rolled away!

Too many churches are building their own ark! Arks with decks, rather arks with poop decks! Arks that reek with abomination and disorder! Looking to the dead world for the living realm, rather than looking to Jesus for life and life abundant!

This word is not meant to condemn the church built rather convict us all! There is NO salvation in man made programs, pageant shows, or in anything man on his own will do, especially if we are looking for the world’s approval rather than God’s! Why seek the living among the dead? When some churches will allow leadership to come and function in ministry, meanwhile there is no foundation in their life, but only a good talent of music ability, of speaking, and so forth. Why seek the living among the dead? God anoints those in His dwelling! He empowers those found in His refuge! The world is a dead place, a place of corpses unless by the window of opportunity those in the world shall come, REPENT and enter into Jesus! To be baptized INTO the saving name of the Lord Jesus Christ! To be born again into Newness of Life!

Like the Tabernacle of Moses, the outer court of the divine patterned facility could NOT be looked into FROM the outside. By recorded measurements the wall around the tabernacle was too high, so that no man can see in. The wall by divine pattern was higher than man. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23). Sin from the outside, death, fleshiness, has disqualified man from the outside to be able to look in to the tabernacle or dwelling place of God, UNLESS he went through one door! There was only one door and NOT many, but only ONE! In John 10:7, Jesus says…I AM the door! Not only that, but Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: NO MAN cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).

The Church in America today got to stop preaching that there are many doors or many ways to Christ, to the dwelling place of God! There is only one way, one door, one life to live! Only through repentance, only through One cross, one death, one type of blood can we all be saved from our iniquities! There was ONE ARK! The Mercy seat on top of the ark of covenant was reserved for one Chief Priest to sit on and that is Jesus, when He took His rightful place at the right hand of God after He resurrected! Too many leaders who preach another way, another Jesus, even in the Church have foolishly thought they can sit on top of the ark! It’s called man trying to be God! These are they in the church that doesn’t know their rightful place by divine and elected position in Christ! Those who do not seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and NOTHING is added to them from the Lord!!! Nothing! Only when you seek God’s righteousness you find your place, your purpose, your election, your identity BY FAITH as righteous sons and priests and kings before Him! So we got to get off the boat we build and get back in line with the divine pattern, the right ark!!! No more Bibles with “ultimate / enhanced” versions. When you have become a citizen of a new country, you got to learn eventually the language or you can NOT function properly according to the set laws of that country! We need to learn the language of the Word of God! If we call ourselves citizens of the Kingdom, then learn the language, the walk, the laws, so that we all as one body can function in proper order according to the set constitution authorized by the King Himself and Not we the people! We are not called to follow an American Jesus or some other Christ, we are called to follow and be IN this Kingdom born Ruler of all named Jesus!

Genesis 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. (NOT male and male, female and female) The churches today that allowed same sex unions and claim to know Jesus, but they really know of Him but don’t know him by virtue of intimacy and are NOT in Him! It would be a sin if Noah allowed same sex animals IN to the ark! Why? Because he would be disobeying God’s command! These types of churches that practice such abominable works are obedient to one thing Jesus said and that is… “let the dead bury the dead”.

Proverbs 29:3 ... but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.There are some churches that claim "Christian" but are really nothing but harlots. They are ones who are prostitutes that know what just to say, make enticing sounds, enough to get ones fleshiness aroused but leave you empty and decieved and itching your ears! They are churches that will do and say anything you want as long as they got your money! It is a false sense of relationship, it is a one night stand! My cry is to those caught up in a harlot church is to get up and get out! Get into Jesus! We must pray for the salvation and order of these so called churches, that they would come into correct alignment with the Headship and Chief Cornerstone! One day recorded in the Bible Jesus was outraged at the temple because there were merchants and those selling doves outside the temple! Jesus was upset, because spiritually, man was trying to sell the Holy Spirit! Man or religion was trying to sell what God has freely given to those willing to obey the Lord and bear witness of His name! Religion trying to sell the anointing! The House of God is to be a place of prayer! We got to, GOT TO, pray for those stranded outside of the truth and not waling therein!

Genesis7:14 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

When we do things God’s way, life is found! So why seek the living among the dead? For living is all in Him! It’s all in Jesus!

Does this convict you my fellow reader? Does this cause a groaning in your spirit? Noah outwardly built the ark in plain view. He worked on the walls of not just wood, but of covenant! Covenant that would come for all humanity! It preached to people and all who seen him! The worse thing we can be as a believer is a silent witness and unproductive to what God, not man, but God told us to do! We got to be loud, proud, and IN the RIGHT spirit and NOT our own. And so I write this in this spirit, as my heart breaks to see my generation, especially young people, but all people of this ONE generation to allow the world to have greater influence than and in the church! The church is to be a family, but the family is scattered! Scattered away from the presence and person of Christ! How is this? Because when conviction came, we didn’t want to change! Not knowing, that only true conviction can draw you closer to God! My cry is for the church to get out of the worldliness and back to first love, back in to Jesus! That when you draw nigh to Him, Satan has to flee from you! Folks, Christianity is NOT about how you can improve your life! Not at all! True Christianity IS how you can obtain NEW life all together! You are either in the ark or not! And my heart breaks to see lost brothers and sisters dyeing all because they have allowed sin to keep them short of the glory and salvation of God! We got to reach out! We got to walk in the divine pattern of foundation! We got to hear the present word of the Lord! We got to be married to Him! We got to establish His word in all the earth! In all the earthen vessels that they may be and be in the habitation of His dwelling and invite others to be saved! Truth is not a destination for us believers, it is a highway that leads toward the mark of the high calling and that in Jesus Christ!

I encourage you my fellow reader and life in Him dweller, that everything you need to accomplish in this life is in the King OF life! Allow Jesus to plant the righteous seed in your flesh and deadly vessel and cultivate that seed, wash it in the Word of God daily, and watch life begin to resurrect and dominate! Watch the tomb stone of deathly judgment begin to roll away and you see that before everything around you was flooded with iniquity, anxiety, pain, and so on, but when life is activated within you, newness (ZOE) life, you then see the new land of promise and begin to walk after and in it! Don’t cut your life short from God’s glory, but keep on pressing toward the mark! Keep driving on the highway of the word of truth! As the dove left Noah’s ark and never came back but found the true ark in the waters of Jordan, Jesus Christ, let the Holy Spirit LIKE a dove and lightning so gracefully and powerfully counteract in your life! Walk and know it’s all in him!

John 17:15,21 (15) I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. (21) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

God Bless