Apostle Verses a Prophet.
Scripture says that “All the Law and all the prophets were till John the Baptist. Since that time the Kingdom is preached and all started entering.”
The point here is that John was the last Prophet, and as the last Prophet, he was also the first to proclaim that “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” (Mathew 3.2), also saying to the Jewish leaders “who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? As the Jews were the recipient’s of that wrath. Christ then said “Therefor bear fruits worthy of repentance.” And “Even NOW the ax is laid to the root of the tree”, to mean them and pronouncing their Judgment.
For if The Old Covenant system had worked as it was suppose to, they would not have been judged, condemned , shut down and wrathfully put out of business as evidenced by that “wrath to come”, that started first with the coming of Christ, The Son of God who set things in order first at The Sermon on the Mount saying “you have heard it said of old… as not not good enough by saying, “But I say unto you… As a matter of verbally condemning them in hopes they would turn before that ‘wrath to come”. Even as He went and said “oh Jerusalem how I’ve wept for you. If you only knew this, your time of visitation.
If you remember the account about John the Baptist was, 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came to bear witness of The Light, that through him (the Light) all may believe. 8 He (John) was NOT that Light, but was sent to bear witness of THAT Light. 9 That was the TRUE Light which gives light to every man who comes into the world”. This was John the Baptist passing the proverbial baton from The Old Covenant to the New Will and Testament. The proof of that was that Christ’s invitation to “The Kingdom at Hand” (to proverbially mean within reach) started there after, as a brand new never been before place we still preach. A place (meaning in Christ).
For this reason John the Baptist correctly announced Christ his replacement to conclude the Law era with Christ, the anticipated “Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”. For this sacrificial lamb was central to the Old Covenant as anticipating Christ’s death because He was to be Gods one time, eternal sacrificial lamb of God that would expire all other sacrifices and services associated with the Old Covenant to become old and expired from that point. Why? because the Son of God was sufficient, so that no more sacrifices would ever need to be offered. And as scripture concurs saying “He takes away the first to establish the second, which is also the final to need no more blood shed. Christ the Lamb of God was sufficient. He became “a new and living way to the Father.”
To mean that not only was Christ “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” past present and future, but also by that act He expired that whole Old Covenant Law era, as the method of keeping track of sin to be replaced as well and not just the old covenant which also had a collection of “thou shalt not’s” with an anticipation of being expired by a New Covenant, Will and Testament as having to do with the death and the distribution of the dead mans goods, to pass on to the heirs (US) their inheritance as a result of THAT death.
For this reason His Will and Testament is the gospel being preached that “The Kingdom of God is at hand” to mean the distribution of the estate of the dearly departed in the flesh only. But also known to us as the “I will never leave you or forsake you, even so today. And for this reason we who reiterate Christ invitation into “The Kingdom of God at hand” has present day recipients of that very same Kingdom, through that “Will and Testament”, as recipient’s of the deceased mans possessions, to speak of “what God has freely given us”. And we receive it now! And because of that, The Cross of Christ is that point in time we all look to, for those past present and future for He is all we would ever need as it pertains to eternal life. For this reason He is also called “The Lamb Slain from the Foundations of the World” to mean the gift was retroactive from the beginning, and that He is now “seated far above all powers and principalities in Heavenly places, waiting for His enemies to become His footstool. This is what His work at the Cross accomplished. Amen.
It was the Apostles who were sent forth to preach about that event as having happened saying “go forth to the ends of the world and the end of the age preaching and teaching all I have commanded you. That it was the coming of Christ to save, as the demarcation line between old and New Covenants. It was Christ’s blood as THAT lamb that grants us passage into the new Covenant Kingdom, quite different from the continued Old sacrifices. That His blood is given to wash us from all sin, doubts and fears that are antagonistic to the true gospel.
Prophets verses the Apostles.
So now here is the difference between the offices of the Prophets of the Old and the Apostles as the testifiers of “the New and living way to the Father. The prophets spoke of a future coming event, and an Apostle directs you to the event as having already happened. To mean that anyone today that is called a “prophet” or as having to do with events still needing to happen to fulfill scripture for you to receive your inheritance, especially when they are asserted as a prophet? They are liars because John the Baptist was the last and the greatest prophet as Christ Himself proclaimed. And just so you get it, we will quote again, “All the Law and all the prophets were (only) until John the Baptist. Since that time the New message of an Eternal King and Kingdom has come and been preached and “all are entering. “This is the Kingdom that comes down of Heaven from God, as written of at the end of The Book of The Revelation of Christ.
Paul had this to say about prophecies; “where there are prophecies they will fail”? This is because any modern day prophets are operating presumptuously without Gods authority because of the factors we have just described. That they represent an Old dead, historical document called a “Covenant”, which is quite different from a Will and Testament.
Therefore any and every modern day prophet to prophecy anything good or bad, or to even use the old as if they had NOT been expired, are all operating by the SPIRIT OF ERROR and are of the anti-christ, for they deny Him by doing so because at the cross, His last words were “it is finished!” And NOT, this should hold you over till I come back, like for a second coming. So they can in no way speak any truth by stepping over a dead mans office. John The Baptist was the last of that era of the prophets, and the Apostles replaced them, period… Take it or not.
The importance of this today is that if you are still looking forward for God to do something for you later, to especially mean a second coming (not found once in scripture) or any other form of distribution of goods other than “The Kingdom of God at hand” as having been preached, you are on the wrong side of the resurrection. And if you teach it, especially after getting this warning, and you persist in your ways, you will be slated for judgment as a false prophet from the God of salvation, who paid the price through His Only Begotten Son for His offspring to receive their inheritance now and enter their rest with Him. That our wrangling over these truths are over.
He is the good news, and ever since the disciples were instructed to “Go ye therefore to all the nations teaching and preaching all things I have commanded you”, that presented “The Kingdom of God is at hand“. In the place where two or more are gathered in My Name”, as His “living stones built up a habitation of God in the Spirit, that commenced with the last and final carnal Jerusalem’s demise saying “assuredly there shall not be one stone left upon another that shall not be cast down.
That the Kingdom of God that is at hand and is “The Kingdom prepared from the foundations of the world”. That we are accredited here as joint heirs as written in Hebrews 12 “But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He had prepared a city for them.
That “The Kingdom is preached and all are entering”, ever since to as many as can receive this. Amen!
So then to promote a modern day earthen rendition of Jerusalem as if to appease God? That is blasphemous. We quote again from the Book of Hebrews saying “22 But you (emphatically) have (and can) come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the spirits of justified men (to mean us), But not something on earth.
And from The Revelation “12 Those who overcome, I will make them pillars in the temple of My God, and they shall go out no more. I will write on them the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God.
And again from the Revelation “Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And again” “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, and not of earth at all!
And “The Glory of the New Jerusalem
But I saw no (physical, or man made) temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb is its temple.
And that is the condition of Gods Temple today too so you can be certain that The Lamb of God did not nor does not need to wait some supposed 2000 plus years to do something more. Why? Because He told us to go ye forth teaching and preaching The Kingdom of God is at hand”. To mean graspable and able to enter it anywhere that invitation is proclaimed. So how could it ever be taught that it’s in an end times Jerusalem in an end times Israel when that’s been expired along with all the law and the Prophets were till John the Baptist. Their time is over. That is what both expired and fulfilled means. Don’t let the modern day second coming prophets fool you. We have already been gifted with everything that pertains to life and Godliness through knowing Him who has called us to His Glory through Christ”. Are you in Christ?0
Part 2
If you are with us thus far, here is a mind blower. If you have understood the difference between the old and New Covenants through this discourse, and the difference between the offices and duties of the Prophets in contrast with the Apostles, then you may be able to get this.
It is believed by most Christians today that John the Beloved disciple who became Apostle, wrote the book of The Revelation Of Jesus Christ, but this cannot be so because throughout the book of The author of Revelation, referred to himself as a “servant” for Christ. But it was Christ before He sent the twelve out who told His disciples who would turn into Apostles that “I No longer call you servants, for a servant does NOT know what his master is doing; but (instead) I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
So in truth, it is servants who call their Masters Lords, as did the John who wrote the Revelation. So it cannot be John the Apostle who wrote The Book of The Revelation of The Christ, he had to have done so before he was a son set free.
Also, if you remember the John of the Revelation that said ” Then I, John (the Baptist), saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven (not of the earth) from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband”? We have to ask, did John the Baptist really see the Marriage take place to qualify to write the book of The Revelation? To which we emphatically say “YES”. It is this same John the Baptist who said “29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the friend (John the Baptist and cousin of Christ) of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him (Jesus Christ), rejoices greatly because he hears the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy (purpose and calling) of mine is fulfilled.
And his calling and purpose was over who was heard of no more other than he was beheaded. That this was done to silence all opposition. That the last and the greatest prophet spoke, and there was to be nothing added or taken away.
And we have these truths to correct the wayward teachers we were warned about, that “in the latter days men will give in to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons teaching things for dishonest gain”. To mean for pay.
No More Prophets
Now then, not only did John the Baptist say “my joy is fulfilled” to mean he has finished, but so was his office as the last and “greatest prophet”. But because these things happened unnoticeable to carnal perceptions, we go back to the Gospel for this insight as to what the Kingdom of God at hand”, to include Gods Heavenly Jerusalem as the Bride of Christ, the Mother of the Elect and the Capitol city of Gods Kingdom.
So Christ was asked “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come (down) from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 3 Christ answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Christ answered him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit (symbolized as baptism), they cannot enter the kingdom of God.
So after that they can. Have you?
And however John the Baptist did not enter the Kingdom of God, he did see it coming down as seen here. “And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband……..
This is Johns final testimony in the Apostle Johns Epistles.
But then in the Revelation to mean “The Bride of Christ and Heavenly Jerusalem, we have this, “6 Then he (the angel who spoke to John) said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets (an Old Covenant office) sent His angel to show His servants (an Old Covenant job) the things which must shortly take place. 7 “Behold, I am coming (soon saying) quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8 Now I, John, [b]saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. [c]For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets (the New Covenant Johns title is an Apostle as those who replaced the offices of Prophets now expired, another word for dead or useless), and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” Read full chapter
And to state again that “All the Law and the Prophets were till John. And John was the last and only John who was a prophet, to mean Old Covenant, and that John just confessed that he was only a prophet, an office expired by the time of Christ. To mean that the book of The Revelation would be more accurately described as the Prophets last testament of The Old Covenant, because that John knew Christ as his cousin and childhood friend. For this he was called greatest of those born among women, because he was not born of the spirit. However he performed the fist baptism of being born of the spirit by baptizing his cousin because John saw the Holy Spirit descend upon Him to remain” was the two become one in a marriage. And because both John and Yeshua’s/Jesus family served in the temple at the end of the law era, there is no one from the old era who could have known Christ as John did.
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And just like with Sodom the men were blind and trying to find the door out, today the blind to the Holy Spirit as Heavenly Jerusalem are blind of the Spirit and looking for a physical kingdom to appease their carnal features and appetites proving that they have NOT been born again or borne from above.
And Again the words of Christ from John 3
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? (To infer that Nicodemus should have known these things as an Old Testament steward) 11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We (who have received this understanding from Christ and His Holy Spirit) speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you (and all those walking by sight) do not receive Our testimony. 12 (Christ went on to say) If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man WHO HAD HEAVEN IN HIM WHILE HE WAS TALKING TO THEM). 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world (NOR DID GOD SEND HIM FOR YOU TO IN TURN GO BACK TO WALLOWING IN YOUR OLD NATURE AND WAIT FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO HAPOEN( but that the world through Him would be saved (in purpose in fulfilling the number of those who are called “the body of Christ” as His echo’s into a world that is by and large, dead to the things of God having not the Spirit to understand these things. That;
18 “Thosr who believe in Him are not condemned; but those who do not believein Him are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God (in the way we expound upon). 19 And this is what condemnation is, that The Light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
To mean they reject “The Kingdom prepared from (b4) the foundations of the world”, for an expectation of something physical and temporary. Where are you with all this?
20 For everyone practicing (this kind of) evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest their deeds are exposed. 21 But those who do the truth, come to the light, that his deeds may to clearly seen, that what is required of them has been (credited to them as being done (for us) in Christ.”
This is the gift of Eternal life that one must believe to receive to have and to hold for ever.
John the Baptist Exalts Christ; 22 After these things Christ and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23 Now John (the Baptist) also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. 24 For John had not yet been thrown into prison. 25 Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testify of—behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!” 27 John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been gifted to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent to introduce Him.’
And John the Baptist testimony was this “ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the friend (cousin and best man at the wedding) of the bridegroom, who stands and hears Him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. That is why this joy of mine is fulfilled (along with Johns purpose and ministry saying). 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 Those who come from above are above all; those who are of the earth are earthen and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no carnal centered person receives His testimony. 33 He (this is John the Baptist speaking of himself) who has received His testimony has certified that God is true. 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words (about the things) of God, for God does not give the Spirit in increments. 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36 Those who believe in the Son (like this) has everlasting life; and those who doe not believe the Son (in this way) shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
It is at this point that we make the claim that, it was John the Baptist who wrote “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,
That a “servant” is an Old Covenant description that included all the prophets who were the head of that body of believers. For if you remember that Christ specifically told His disciples “I no longer call you servants because servants do not know what their Master is doing. That’s why I tell you all things I have heard from My Father”. For us to do and say what the Father and His Only Begotten does and says. That everything He has and does are ours too as joint heirs with a vested interest.
Blessed are those who read and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keeps the things which are written in it; for the time is at hand.
If you cannot receive what John the Baptist wrote in his Revelation of what he saw in the Spirit when he baptized Christ, that John was not only Christs cousin and childhood friend he grew up with, John was also Christ’s Best Man and Witness at His Wedding by seeing The Spirit of God descending upon Him to remain? This is the same as was written in Johns revelation of The City of God, Heavenly Jerusalem descending from God out o Heaven as The Mother of us all. The account at Christ’s Baptism was the carnal view, and John’s account from the The Book of The Revelation, was the Heavenly view of the same event, both accounts are from the same person. Both were John’s, both were called “Gods servants the prophets” being terms assigned to Old Covenant offers expired and unused in the New Covenant.
Christ could NOT preach “the Kingdom of God is at hand”
And it was then, that the one they call Jesus Christ today, went preaching and teaching that The Kingdom of God is at hand, and also commissioned his disciples to do the same. To “whatever you house you come to, tell them that the Kingdom of God is at hand, and if they refuse? Shake your dust off for it will be more tolerable in the day of judgement than for them.
What about you? Where are you in relation to Gods Only Begotten, His Bride and Wife and Mother of His Children “the Mother of us all”? That “only those who are born again can see the Kingdom, and only those borne from above can enter?” And if they went preaching from house to house in earthen Jerusalem first, to depart and go to the nations preaching the same thing. That was because that harlot Jerusalem made of mans devising? With hewn stone? That we are “living stones built up a habitation of God in the Spirit? That we are family of God in this way and authorized to speak as such? That the first will be last and the last shall be first? Yes! For we have been empowered from above and have been left with the Holy Spirit as our Teacher, Helper, Comforter and Mother of all who can accept these series of truths come down like a meal on a plate of spiritual food for your empowerment to join us in such a great salvation that was first spoken of by Christ, and confirmed in us who have heard it”, as evidenced by our ability to scrub off the dust and the debris of the ages, to lay this out so susincly and clear. So that still, even now as back then? The Kingdom of God is at hand. Have you ever really asked the creator why He would send everyone out with that invitation if it was not true? Well maybe now is the time for you to initiate that conversation because if you don’t? You will not be able to sleep for awhile, unless you are that far gone as to be catagorized as reprobate already. Nevertheless, The Kingdom of God is at hand still as “The Jerusalem that descends from Heaven”. Or as Barnabas wrote in Hebrews “22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, See that you do not refuse Him who speaks from Heaven!
Amen