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A
NEW SONG. |
(Of Revelation
14:1-5). |
To
the ONLY LIVING GOD
and CREATOR of all things:
Dear FATHER, Your
Great Name
is sanctified in the glory which is Yours alone
even to those who
seek the vindication of Your Holy Name.
Before all, You permitted rigorous legal
examination of Yourself by those You gave life to.
Many have proven to be
Your enemies.
In Your defence You permitted 144,000
anointed witnesses to receive spiritual insight on earth.
For righteousness'
sake we endured the reproach of our enemies.
All whom You declared righteous shared in
the preparation of a legal case,
and delighted in Your Holy revelations.
FATHER, through his proven obedience to Your Holy Will,
You provided The
Christ Michael for our salvation,
Your greatest heavenly witness. He suffered,
and received Your Loving Kindness, Mercy and Justice.
On the Way of Holiness, through him, we are subjected as Your sons before Your
Great Throne.
Although the nations have not shown us
mercy, as the "land" of Your mercy we rejoice in the spiritual
birthright of Your creating, a gift from You, the Most High! Through disciplines we are
created in the
Spirit "image" and "likeness" of You and Your Son as members of
Your heavenly household.
But what is the reward for the sons of
disobedience, who in selfish cravings robbed the nation in its entirety,
and sought a
"house of intense lovers" for themselves? They will receive
"wounds" of
shame in the midst
of themselves. With eyes of justice You saw through their
smooth fabrications and silky cleverness,
and plucked out their 'seeing'. Their veiled disobedience You removed from us,
and we see clearly Your Word and the
bitter end of their apostate flesh.
During the period of Your anger You
sharpened our 'seeing', and we became willing messengers
of Your denunciations stored up like "hail" until our faces became hard as flint.
FATHER, as willing sons we saw Your
love for us, first as children, then as earthly fathers, and we delight
in the offspring You gave into our charge. Making broad in their midst, room for Your
creating.
Who can know all Your Name, Your entire
works, Your excellence,
without coming to know
Your Holy Spirit that perfected
us?
You chose an appointed time for refining
out our enemies, directing Your anointed
sons in the outpouring of Your "bowls"
of denunciations and appointed doom.
During two thousand three hundred evenings
and mornings "on the wing" was sent a bitter scroll,
though sweet in our mouths.
They even rejected Michael, the Prince of Your covenant,
so that holy
"offerings" through him on their behalf ceased.
During that time, Your legal case and the
justification of Your sons was concluded in glory.
We rejoiced over their
'piercing' of us. They are the "disgusting thing". They even removed the
anointed
sons of Your sanctuary on earth. Their 'seeing' lost, their tongues
will rot. This is their reward for
having usurped anointed ones that You
appointed, for "trampling" us with their persecution.
They knew they were
"trampling" upon Your Kingdom heirs who observe Your commandments.
There was no "hedge" around us. We
fulfilled our sworn oath to You,
we observed
Your commandments, Lord, and Your
covenant with us through The Christ.
A "disgusting thing" of lies was not in our
hearts. For a while we were left for
"dead" on the "broad way" of "Sodom", among
the tyrannical natures of "Egypt".
They rejoiced over our "deaths" and sent
"gifts" to one another "in consideration of a
bribe".
This is now as dung on
their faces. They are an "object of astonishment".
Like Your arch-enemy, they forsook their
proper dwelling place, and the floodgate of demons hungering and
thirsting for
evil resting places was opened residing within their
"disgusting
thing" to cause desolation.
FATHER, the nations are ruining the
earth, destroying its beauty, and are wrathful against You.
Please come.
We eagerly await Your final wrath
"upon the
air", followed by Your righteous Kingdom, and humbly beseech
Your forgiveness of
our sins. We will continue to entreat You with many supplications on behalf of
all Your
loyal obedient servants who fear Your Name, for we have deep and
loving affection for You, our FATHER.
Through The Christ Michael Your Son,
I offer this song in prayer to the Lord my God. Amen.
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