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As the Father extends authority to His son, so Jesus extends authority to
the son [the counselor, the Holy Spirit, the student and teacher]; for the
glory of the Father [Jesus], the Son of God [son of man] shepherds the
flock. However, this flock is not for slaughter; the flock is protected and
spiritually fortified by the truth. The truth is not privileged, nor is it to be
dangled in front of the sheep as a carrot. The shepherd does not keep the
flock so that they provide food for the shepherd; he leads them to green
pastures where they are delivered from evil, and they thrive.
Wealth, money, power, and high political positions or even the highest
religious positions will not suffice for the son. Satan has expended those
luxuries and many have accepted but they are of no significance to the son.
Such gratuitous favors have caused most of humanity to bow to the beast.
The world does not offer a spiritual solution. The faithful are intended, by
the world, to use the world’s standards, but they are not to be of the world.
Accepting immorality or liberal standards is to be of the world, to which
most fall prey. The evils in this world have converted almost everything,
and Satan is now ready to lead humanity to perdition— a final blow! Evil
has never been greater at any other time in history, and time is coming to an
end, the end drawing ever so near, but destined to be renewed.
“The s e ar e t he wo rds o f h im who ho l ds t he s e v en sp i r i t s o f God and t he
s e v en s t ar s .
I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but
you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I
have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember,
therefore, what you have received and heard, obey it, and repent. But if you
do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time
I will come to you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled
their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out
his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my
Father and his angels. He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to
the churches.”
(Revelations 2: 1-6)
The holy temple is a sacred place, a place within the heart or soul, but your
mind is a place where worship is extended and where gratitude is expressed.
The abomination is standing in the holy place; so let the light within shine.
For Jesus said,
“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the
temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he
is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the