THE WORD: LIGHT and LIFE..!!

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THE WORD LIGHT and LIFE..!!

1. John 11-5
2. The WORD LOGOS vs RHEMA
3. THE LIGHT
4. THE LIFE
5. The Tabernacle Symbols from the Holy Place

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THE WORD LIGHT and LIFE..!!

• THE WORD
• John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
  Word was with God, and the Word was God. (Ps
  902)
• John 12 The same was in the beginning with God.
  
• John 13 All things were made by Him and
  without Him was not any thing made that was made.
  (Col 115-18)
• John 14 In Him was life and the life was the
  light of men.
• Joh 15 And the light shineth in darkness and
  the darkness comprehended it not. (could not
  overcome it)
• The WORD of GOD is the VOICE of GOD...which is
  GOD HIMSELF
• It is not just the Bible as we know it the
  WORD is much more.. It is Jesus the Fullness of
  God Himself
• Col 29 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of
  the Godhead bodily.
• In the GREEK there are 2 words used for the
  term WORD
• G3056 LOGOS From G3004(LEGO A primary verb
  properly to lay forth,) something said
  (including the thought) by implication a topic
  (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the
  mental faculty) or motive by extension a
  computation specifically (with the article in
  John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ) -
  account, cause, communication, X concerning,
  doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter,
  mouth, preaching, question, reason, reckon,
  remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech,
  talk, thing, tidings, treatise, utterance, word,
  work.
• G4487 RHEMA From G4483(RHEO to utter, that is,
  speak or say) an utterance (individually,
  collectively or specifically) by implication a
  matter or topic (especially of narration, command
  or dispute) saying, word.
• In John 11 the word LOGOS is used.
• But in Mat 44 Jesus says But He answered and
  said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread
  alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of
  the mouth of God.
• Here the Word RHEMA is used.
• LOGOS Meaning the Full or Bigger Picture
• RHEMA Meaning A portion of that Picture (or a
  piece of the puzzle)
• Mar 414 The sower soweth the word (Logos)..

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• LOGOS vs RHEMA
• LOGOS Gods FULL PLAN PURPOSE the Word of
  TRUTH, settled forever in Heaven
• John 1717 Sanctify them through Thy Truth thy
  Word is Truth.
• John 114 And the Word (Logos) was made flesh,
  and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
  glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
  full of grace and truth.
• THUS Jesus, The Son of God may be called the
  LOGOS Word, because He is the medium by which
• God declares or proclaim His Will and
• Issues His Commandments.
• HEB 11-3 God, who at sundry times and in divers
  manners spake in time past unto the fathers by
  the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto
  us by his Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all
  things, by Whom also He made the worlds Who
  being the brightness of His glory, and the
  express image of His person, and upholding all
  things by the word of His power, when He had by
  himself purged our sins, sat down on the right
  hand of the Majesty on high
• RHEMA a Prophetic Word leading you towards the
  Logos Bigger Picture Purpose
• Which in fact means A word from The WORD
• Rhema denotes that which is spoken, what is
  uttered in speech and writing in the singular, a
  word.
• Eph 617 And take the helmet of salvation, and
  the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
  (Rhema) of God
• Luk 138 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of
  the Lord be it unto me according to thy word
  (Rhema). And the angel departed from her.
• 1Pet 125 But the word (Rhema) of the Lord
  endureth for ever. And this is the word (Rhema)
  which by the gospel is preached unto you.
• 1John 57 For there are three that bear record
  in heaven, the Father, the Word (Logos), and the
  Holy Ghost and these three are one.
• Rev 38 I know thy works behold, I have set
  before thee an open door, and no man can shut it
  for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my
  word(Logos), and hast not denied my name.

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1. Now term The WORD of GOD was well known amongst
   the Israelites in the Old Testament times already
   pointing towards GOD Himself as being the
   Word..
2. H565 - 'imrah 'emrah - commandment, speech,
   word. (similar to Rhema in the NT)
3. This term was used for example when Moses spoke a
   blessing over Levi
4. Deut 338-9 And of Levi he said, "Give to Levi
   your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one,
   whom you tested at Massah, with whom you
   quarreled at the waters of Meribah who said of
   his father and mother, 'I regard them not' he
   disowned his brothers and ignored his children.
   For they observed Your Word and kept Your
   covenant.
5. 2Sam 2231 As for God, his way is perfect the
   word of the LORD is tried he is a buckler to all
   them that trust in him. (Ps 1830)
6. Psa 119172 My tongue shall speak of thy word
   for all thy commandments are righteousness.
7. Ps 119 is full of this term the Word (18 out of
   38 times)
8. Psa 119140 Thy word is very pure therefore thy
   servant loveth it.
9. Another Hebrew word is also used in Ps119
10. H1697 - dabar meaning from H1696 a word
    by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing
    adverbially a cause - act, advice, answer, X any
    such (thing), song, speech, X spoken, talk,
    task, that, X there done, thing (concerning),
    thought, thus, tidings, what -soever,
    wherewith, which, word, work. (similar to Logos
    in the NT which is used the other 20 times )
11. Psalm 119160 Thy word is true from the
    beginning and every one of thy righteous
    judgments endureth for ever.
12. Psalm 119105 NUN. Thy Word is a lamp unto my
    feet, and a light unto my path.

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• The LIGHT
• Jam 117 Every good gift and every perfect gift
  is from above, and cometh down from the Father of
  lights, with whom is no variableness, neither
  shadow of turning.
• Gen 11-2 In the beginning God created the
  heaven and the earth. And the earth was without
  form, and void and darkness was upon the face of
  the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
  face of the waters.
• Gen 13 And God said, Let there be light and
  there was light.
• Gen 14-5 And God saw the light, that it was
  good and God divided the light from the
  darkness. And God called the light Day, and the
  darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
  morning were the first day.
• The Hebrew word used here for Light in verse 3
• H216 Ore meaning From H215(luminous, break of
  day, glorious, kindle, light (-en, -ened), set on
  fire, shine.) illumination or (concretely)
  luminary (in every sense, including lightning,
  happiness, etc.) - bright, clear, day, light
  (-ning), morning, sun
• But the Hebrew Sentence LIGHT216 BE1961
  literary meant A Lightning Shot, that split open
  the heavens and revealed everything for a moment
• H1961 hayah meaning to come to pass, or
  become, something is about to become
• It was the Very First Command from God to Start
  Transforming the chaos situation on earth.
• NOTE In Hebrew culture, a new day starts at
  sunset.
• THUS In Prophetic terms
• When you look into the face of adversity (or
  chaos), start speaking the LIGHT of GOD to be
  made known (to be revealed) first!!
• THEN thereafter once the LIGHT has revealed
  the full situation to you, start Speaking
  Creating Words to CHANGE the situation, and to
  bring order and direction!!!
• 1John 15-7 This then is the message which we
  have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God
  is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we
  say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in
  darkness, we lie, and do not the truth But if we
  walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have
  fellowship one with another, and the blood of
  Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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1. Hab 34 And his brightness was as the light he
   had horns (rays of light implicating power)
   coming out of His hand and there was the hiding
   of his power. (Also see Moses Face Exo 3429,
   Compare 2 Cor 3)
2. John 318 He that believeth on him is not
   condemned but he that believeth not is condemned
   already, because he hath not believed in the name
   of the only begotten Son of God.
3. John 319 And this is the condemnation, that
   light is come into the world, and men loved
   darkness rather than light, because their deeds
   were evil.
4. John 320 For every one that doeth evil hateth
   the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his
   deeds should be reproved.
5. John 321 But he that doeth truth cometh to the
   light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that
   they are wrought in God.
6. G5457 phos Greek for Light - meaning phao
   (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays
   compare G5316(to lighten (shine), that is, show)
   and G5346(to show or make known ones thoughts,
   that is, speak or say)) luminousness (in the
   widest application, natural or artificial,
   abstract or concrete, literal or figurative) -
   fire, light.
7. God wants us not to be scared of His LIGHT but
   to come to it, not to be condemned, but to be set
   free from all the evil / darkness deeds, and to
   start doing the things of God which is in the
   Open so everyone can see
8. NOTE FIRE is what Brings LIGHT
9. It also brings warmth as well as LIFE !!
10. Heb 1229 For our God is a consuming fire.
11. Rev 2122-24 And I saw no temple therein for
    the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple
    of it. And the city had no need of the sun,
    neither of the moon, to shine in it for the
    glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the
    light thereof. And the nations of them which are
    saved shall walk in the light of it and the
    kings of the earth do bring their glory and
    honour into it.
12. 2Cor 43-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid
    to them that are lost In whom the god of this
    world hath blinded the minds of them which
    believe not, lest the light of the glorious
    gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should
    shine unto them.
13. 2Cor 45 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ
    Jesus the Lord and ourselves your servants for
    Jesus' sake.
14. 2Cor 46 For God, who commanded the light to
    shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
    to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
    of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
15. 2Cor 47 But we have this treasure in earthen
    vessels, that the excellency of the power may be
    of God, and not of us.
16. Mat 514 Ye are the light of the world. A city
    that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

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• The LIFE
• Joh 14 In Him was Life and the Life was the
  Light of men.
• 1John 11 That which was from the beginning,
  which we have heard, which we have seen with our
  eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands
  have handled, of the Word of life
• Joh 524 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
  heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent
  me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come
  into condemnation but is passed from death unto
  life.
• Joh 1125-26 Jesus said unto her, I am the
  resurrection, and the life he that believeth in
  me, though he were dead, yet shall he live And
  whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never
  die. Believest thou this?
• Col 31 Therefore, if you have been raised with
  Christ, keep focusing on the things that are
  above, where Christ is seated at the right hand
  of God. Keep your minds on things that are
  above, not on things that are on the earth. (see
  Amp)
• Col 33 For you have died, and your (real, new)
  life is hidden with Christ in God.
• Col 34 When Christ (who is) your life is
  revealed, then you, too, will be revealed with
  Him in glory.
• Col 35 So put to death your worldly impulses.
• Our True LIFE is HIDDEN FOR US (not from us)
  until we come to Christ Jesus
• And that LIFE that Jesus Brought for us is our
  Hope a Light in front of us..
• John 633 For the bread of God is he which
  cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the
  world.
• John 651 I am the living bread which came down
  from heaven if any man eat of this bread, he
  shall live for ever and the bread that I will
  give is my flesh, which I will give for the life
  of the world.
• Joh 1513 Greater love hath no man than this,
  that a man lay down his life for his friends.
• Joh 1225 He that loveth his life shall lose it
  and he that hateth his life in this world shall
  keep it unto life eternal.
• Meaning we need to lay our old
  adamic/earthy/fleshly life down, and take up the
  Promised, Eternal LIFE that Jesus brought about
  for us
• 1 Cor 1522, 34, 43-49

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1. SO Be QUICKENED unto the True LIFE that God has
   for us!!!
2. Eph 21-2 And you hath He quickened, who were
   dead in trespasses and sins Wherein in time
   past ye walked according to the course of this
   world, according to the prince of the power of
   the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
   children of disobedience
3. Eph 23-6 Among whom also we all had our
   conversation in times past in the lusts of our
   flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
   the mind and were by nature the children of
   wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in
   mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
   Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
   (made alive) us together with Christ, (by grace
   ye are saved) And hath raised us up together,
   and made us sit together in heavenly places in
   Christ Jesus
4. The Word QUICKEN means to (re-) vitalize
   (literally or figuratively) - make alive, give
   life, quicken.
5. Joh 1010 The thief cometh not, but for to
   steal, and to kill, and to destroy I am come
   that they might have life, and that they might
   have it more abundantly.
6. To LIVE is different from just Existing
7. You LIVE when you have PURPOSE Direction and
   HOPE and a FUTURE
8. THUS EAT from the TREE of LIFE..
9. Rev 27 He that hath an ear, let him hear what
   the Spirit saith unto the churches To him that
   overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of
   life, which is in the midst of the paradise of
   God.
10. Pro 35-7 Trust in the LORD with all thine
    heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.
    In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall
    direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes
    fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
11. Pro 313 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
    and the man that getteth understanding.
12. Pro 318 She (wisdom) is a tree of life to them
    that lay hold upon her and happy is every one
    that retaineth her.
13. Pro 1130 The fruit of the righteous is a tree
    of life and he that winneth souls is wise.
14. Pro 154 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life
    but perverseness therein is a breach in the
    spirit.

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THE WORD LIGHT and LIFE..!!

• The Tabernacle Symbols
• In the Tabernacle the Holy Place - were the
  following objects
• The LAMP STAND or 7 Candle Sticks
• The Table of Show Bread
• The Altar of Incense
• Exo 2635 And you shall set the table outside
  the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of
  the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall
  put the table (of shew bread) on the north side.
• Exo 404-5 And you shall bring in the table and
  arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand
  and set up its lamps. And you shall put the
  golden altar for incense before the ark of the
  testimony, and set up the screen for the door of
  the tabernacle.
• These are the symbols all from the Holy Place
• The BREAD ? the WORD (Mat 44, Joh 633-35)
• The Lamp Stand ? LIGHT (Rev 225)
• The Alter of Incense ? Worshiping God which is
  our LIFE (Joh 423-24)
• Remember The Tabernacle in the desert was only a
  Shadow of the things to come
• Heb 85 They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy
  and shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses
  was warned when he was about to build the
  tabernacle "See to it that you make everything
  according to the pattern that was shown you on
  the mountain."
• A Shadow is cast when something is coming
  before the light
• But in order to see what is causing the shadow
  you need to come to the light to see what it
  reveals then the shadow will be gone and the
  truth will be made known.
• Heb 813 In speaking of a "new" covenant, he has
  made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete
  and aging will soon disappear.
• Come to the LIGHT of GOD through His WORD (LOGOS
  RHEMA)
• WHICH bring you LIFE Everlasting !!!
• A M E N