Contemplations

*The Choice

Music & Lyrics: Rhonda S. Galizia

I just want to sit and bask

In the warmth of your love

I don't want to talk about

What I've suffered from

What I've suffered from...

I just want to feel

The silence of your voice

And to quietly remember...

You did not have a choice

Because You hoped, to save me

For I could not, save myself

Thereby, you created, the situation

Where You alone, could be, my Help!

I just want to sit and bask

In the beauty of your love;

How can I, discuss

What I am guilty of

What I am guilty of...

I just want to remember

You've suffered more than me

And that still, I find you here

...waiting endlessly

...waiting endlessly!

I just want to hear

The silence of your voice

When You took my stripes

So I could have the choice.

Because you hoped, to save me

For I could not, save myself

So you created, a situation

Where you alone, could be, my Help!

I just want to sit and bask

In the truth of your smile

I don't want to try to explain

nor do I know how...

I just want to touch

The silence of your voice

When you loved me

Most of all

So I could have... the choice.

Because you hoped to save me

For I could not save myself

So you created, my situation

Where you alone, could be, my Help!

I just want to sit and bask

In the warmth of your love, My Saviour

There's no need to talk about

What I have suffered from

What I have suffered from...

For I can truly feel

The silence of your voice

As I quietly remember

Making YOU...my choice.

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St. Matthew 13:52

CONTEMPLATION

At the very moment Father GOD turned His back on His Son - so the Redemption of Mankind could be finished - it became the same moment Mankind could experience every drop of His Love.

GOD is love. When He gave us Jesus, there was nothing left of Himself TO give.

He poured out ALL His love on us at once .. the nth degree of Himself!

His Love came pouring down on us through Jesus Christ, His Holy Seed.

Now, the only Child he had ever sired Himself.. He sacrificed

for our sakes, because it was the only way to restore lost Mankind to Himself.

Have you found your way back to your Heavenly Father, through Jesus?

Contemplation

The Angel of The LORD

His Halo, a crown of thorns

His Wings, a white linen cloth

His Proof, an empty tomb!

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Crucified, Again

Music & Lyrics: Rhonda S. Galizia

My heart is broken

I can’t see beyond the pain

My soul screams out

For a token!

Of the love, that still, remains..

Crucified! Crucified!

I’m crucified, again

Every time he

Does not remember,

Crucified! Crucified!

I'm crucified again

I am crucified.. with Him.

A Writing-Counseling Ministry for CHRIST in Prose, Poetry & Song

Rhonda S. Galizia Founder & Scribe Unto The LORD

St. Matthew 13:52

Contemplation: Christ - likeness

RE: The crucifixion of the flesh, when absorbing the sins of others

"Grace to you and peace from Him, who is and who was, and who is to come, and from...Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and freed us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and father; to Him be glory and dominion, forever and ever, Amen.." Rev.1:5-6

RESURRECTION LORD

Music & Lyrics: Rhonda S. Galizia,

JESUS… JESUS… JESUS…

RESURRECTION LORD! JESUS… (ECHO)

RESURRECTION LORD! JESUS…

HE BROKE DOWN THE GATES OF HELL

HE BROKE FORTH FROM THE GRAVE

AND HE EVEN BROKE THE SPIRIT OF DEATH;

HIS FATHER’S CHILDREN TO SAVE.

RESURRECTION LORD!

HE WAS THE FIRST TO BE RAISED.

HE IS THE FIRSTFRUIT

HE IS THE CORNERSTONE

AND HE’S THE HEAD

OF THE BODY OF BELIEVERS,

THE FATHER HATH SAID…

OUR RESURRECTION LORD!

Repeat

AND SOON HE WILL RETURN

TO GATHER US AWAY

AND THOSE WHO DIED IN HIM

WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY

O’ HALLELU-YAH! O’ HALLELU- AY!

TO OUR RESURRECTION LORD!

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A Writing-Counseling Ministry for CHRIST in Prose, Poetry & Song

Rhonda S. Galizia, 1992 Founder & Scribe Unto The LORD

~ St. Matthew 13:52 ~

WHERE

THE GRACE OF GOD

AND

THE WRATH OF GOD

MET

WHERE

THE SON OF MAN

AND

THE SON OF GOD

HUNG

WHERE

THE WAGES OF SIN

AND

THE COST OF JUSTICE

WAS PAID

WHERE

THE LOVE OF THE FATHER

AND

THE LOVE OF THE SON

WAS PROVEN

WHERE

HIS LOVE TRIUMPHED

AND

HIS WRATH WAS

SATISFIED

WHERE

JESUS WAS THE GRACE OF GOD

AND

THE GRACE OF GOD SPARED US

HIS FATHER'S WRATH

WHERE

JESUS CRIED, 'IT IS FINISHED'

AND

THE PUNISHMENT OF THE WORLD

WAS ENDED

COME TO THE CROSS

Beloved,

To try to fully comprehend what Jesus did for us (an act of Divine Intervention), we must first try to fully comprehend the Father's wrath - caused by His perfect hatred of sin - and His perfect sense of justice.

GOD is Spirit; He is Love, He is Pure, and He is Perfect.

Because Adam sinned, it is written that sin came into all the world by one man. Therefore, sin had to also be removed by one man. That is why Jesus willingly left His place of Glory and emptied Himself of all His Godly-power, only to became like every other man - except that He remained sinless, so He could fulfill the Father's plan.

That is, His plan to "justify" us ( to declare us not guilty! ). This meant that through His Own Son's sacrificial death (Jesus was willing to die to redeem us [buy us back] for the Father's glory.) His death, burial and resurrection ( which was His triumph over death ), meant the price of all sin would be paid at one time for all people ever created!

Having to bear all that sin in His person, was what separated Jesus from the Father - for the Father is Holy, and cannot even look upon sin! Can we even imagine how grieved the Father's heart was when that time of separation came? NO! How do we feel as parents, when we are necessarily separated from our children for a time of suffering?

That is what caused Jesus to sweat tears of blood in the garden... He knew what kind of cruel death (the Roman crucifixion) He would face - but even worse, He knew bearing the sins of the world, and paying the penalty of all sin for all time (the wages of sin is death), would separate Him from His Father's love!

SEPARATION FROM THE FATHER'S LOVE IS.. HELL! AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE UNSAVED WILL FACE. NO LOVE AND NO LIGHT.. FOR ETERNITY.

BUT for those of us who have already accepted Jesus' death on the Cross (as the complete payment for our sin), we have the sure confidence that when the Father looks at us, all He sees is the blood of His Son Jesus Christ, and we are made acceptable in His sight!

Jesus' death also gained us the privilege of prayer (speaking directly to the Father and being heard/answered), access to His throne to obtain grace and mercy, and ascertaining the power of His promises through the Holy Spirit. ( You must read the Bible for yourself to find out how many! )

GOD never changes, He never varies, and He is no respecter of persons (thinking one better than the other). He is exactly the same to you, as He is to me, Beloved, or any other person on earth... but His grace overflows towards us, when we love Him, and become His child, by being re-born in our spirit.. so we can be with Him forever, and ever, Amen.

Have you surrendered your heart to Jesus? If not, what are you waiting for? Think about it.. if Father GOD could not even look at His Own Son while He bore sin - what makes you think He can bear you in His sight?

He can't and He won't. That is part of His perfect justice.

Jesus' death was for everyone. Father GOD's will is that none should perish. His will is my will, and I boldy, but tenderly, invite you to receive Jesus as your own Saviour, right here, right now.

The Final Battle, Bill Stevens

“Choose this day whom you will serve.” I Kings 18:21

Heavenly Father, I confess I am a sinner, and I need Your Son Jesus Christ to come into my heart, take over my life, and make me a new creature in Himself. Forgive me for my sins against You, Father GOD. Wash me in the blood of Your Son Jesus, and cleanse me from all my iniquities. Blot out every stain, and make me white as snow. I renounce Satan and the kingdom of darkness and everything that I have ever I thought, said, or done, that was from, and/or for him. Make me a child of the Light! Send Your Holy Spirit to live in my heart so that I may worship You in Spirit and in truth, and deliver me from all evil. With my whole heart, I accept Jesus Christ as my LORD, Master and Saviour. I acknowledge that He is the Messiah, whom the world is awaiting. Only Him, will I love, honor, serve, trust, worship and obey, so that Your name might be magnified forever and ever, Amen.

He was pierced

for our transgressions,

He was crushed

for our

iniquities.

The punishment

that brought us peace

was upon

Him.

Therefore,

By His wounds

are healed.

Taken from

Isaiah 53:5

Senryu

Life In Him: OBEDIENCE

Outwardly, I shout!

Inwardly, I tremble

Prayerfully, I reach the lost.

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~ St. Matthew 13:52 ~

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Being found in human form,

Jesus humbled himself,

and became obedient,

even unto death..

Philippians 2:8

Nothing hurts worse

than to be

genuinely sorry

and yet

not to be

forgiven..

Except than

Being the One

Who took the blame

And paid the price

For you..

And yet

Is still not

Accepted

By you.

SEPARATED FROM THE LIGHT

HANGING

FROM THE

CROSS

JESUS, THE

SON OF GOD

BORE EVERY

SIN THAT

THE ENTIRE

WORLD HAD

- OR EVER WOULD -

COMMIT.

THE DARKNESS

OF THE SIN

HE BORE

SEPARATED

HIM

FROM

HIS FATHER

IN HEAVEN.

PROVING THAT HE

WHO CAME FROM THE LIGHT

AND WAS THE LIGHT

HAD POURED HIMSELF OUT

FOR THE SAKE OF MANKIND

AND WAS NOW, HIMSELF,

JUST A.. MAN.

FOR THREE

SOLID HOURS

SEPARATED FROM THE LIGHT

THE SON OF GOD AGONIZED

IN UTTER DARKNESS

LITERALLY ENDURING

A LIVING HELL..

BECAUSE HE

WAS DYING FOR

THOSE WHO

WOULD BELIEVE

ON HIM AND

BE SAVED

- AND FOR

THOSE WHO

WOULD DENY

HIM AND ENTER

INTO HELL

FOR ALL

ETERNITY.

TO THIS DAY,

OUR SIN

SEPARATES US

FROM THE FATHER.

WE REMAIN IN

UTTER DARKNESS

UNTIL WE

ALLOW JESUS

TO RESTORE US

TO THE LIGHT

OF HIS FATHER'S PRESENCE

THROUGH SALVATION.

"Now from the sixth hour until the ninth, there was darkness over all the land.

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying

"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" Which is to say,

"My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" ~ St. Matthew 27:45-46

"This is My body given for you..

Do this in remembrance of Me."

St. Luke 22:19

We remember you, LORD!

We remember that NO ONE took Your life from You

but that You gave Yourself up willingly

- in OUR stead -

that we might be set free

from sin and the ways of darkness

at YOUR cost!

We remember, LORD!

That Your body was GIVEN for ours

That NOT ONE BONE WAS BROKEN!

Yet You were bruised, crushed and scourged

as You received the punishment

WE DESERVED.

But He was bruised for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

We remember, LORD!

That receiving the Bread & Cup is not a light thing

It is Sacred and Holy Communion with YOU!

For we are received, a living member, into Your Body

Even as we are receiving the New Covenant of Your Blood

Shed for the remission (forgiveness) of our sins.

That one day we may enter into Your Father's Kingdom

and drink it anew with You there

Literally, in Your Physical Presence!

ALL HAIL KING JESUS!

THEREFORE, LET US JUDGE OURSELVES FIRST

LET US EXAMINE OUR HEARTS

BEFORE WE ENTER INTO THE SACRED COVENANT

OF COMMUNION.

FOR IF OUR OWN HEARTS CONDEMN US,

HOW MUCH MORE THE HEART OF GOD!

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you; how the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a loaf of bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying, 'This is my body that is given for you. Keep doing this in memory of me.' He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me.' For as often as you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks from the cup in an unworthy manner will be held responsible for the Lord's body and blood. A person must examine himself and then eat the bread and drink from the cup, because whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

That's why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying.

But if we judged ourselves correctly, we would not be judged. Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so we won’t be condemned along with the world.

St. Paul, Corinthians 11: 23-30

*Taking Holy Communion unworthily - without judging ourselves -

confessing, repenting, and asking forgiveness FIRST -

is a sin unto death.

ALL HAIL KING JESUS!

Speaking of Lent

Using the word lent as a verb, the story of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ can be told.

When He was an infant, they lent him a manger;

Animals watched o'er him, the innocent stranger.

As a 12-year-old lad, they lent him respect

As a teacher from God, younger than they'd expect.

When He was a young man, his disciples he led;

They lent him their shelter, for he didn't own a bed.

Then, on his last evening, approaching the end,

One lent him a room to break bread with his friends.

After they had tortured and laughed in scorn,

Soldiers pulled off his clothes, lent a crown made of thorns.

Then they lent him a cross from a tree he created;

Cruel spikes to secure him, while mocking, they waited.

The burden he carried, the sin of mankind,

Was lent through his Father to bring light to the blind.

Though the sin was not his, Jesus bore the disgrace,

Lending his righteousness to a lost human race.

The tomb of a rich man for his body was lent

To give silent witness to a startling event

As out of the grave the immortal one rose;

Victorious o'er death, he defeated his foes.

Jesus lived on borrowed things, no worldly goods had he;

When I gave him my sin-debt, he paid it all for me!

Then I lent him my life, and my love as a token

To thank him for lending his life to be broken.

2 Corinthians 5:21 New King James Version

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,

that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

ONE DAY

I WILL BE

IN HIS VERY

PRESENCE.

BUT FOR

NOW

HIS VERY

PRESENCE

IS IN

ME.

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Senryu:

HUNGER & THIRST

I will always hear

And respond, to your cry

To have more.. of Me.

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~ St. Matthew 13:52 ~

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"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled."

Jesus - Beatitudes, St. Matthew 5:6

Senryu:

LIVE!

I died.. that you might

have a more abundant life

now please.. go LIVE it!

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~ St. Matthew 13:52 ~

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If anyone thirsts

let him come to Me

and drink..

St. John 7:37

Let the Blood of Jesus Fall on Me

Lyrics: Connie M. Faust

Blood dripped down from His wounded hands,

outstretched for all to see.

It stained the wood on which He hung

as it trickled down that tree.

Too precious was His blood that flowed

to soak into the ground,

But I was standing there that day,

in sin and sorrow bound,

And as the blood began to fall

in droplets all around,

He drew me to His loving heart,

where sweet salvation I found.

Let the blood from Jesus' wounds fall on me.

Let His blood wash away each guilty stain,

Flowing down into my heart,

Giving me a brand new start

as forgiveness covers me like falling rain.

Blood ran down from His wounded feet,

cruelly nailed to the cross.

His blood told of the dying King

Who came to save the lost.

Too precious was His blood that flowed

to soak into the ground,

But I was standing there that day,

in sin and sorrow bound,

And as the blood began to fall

in droplets all around,

He drew me to His loving heart,

where sweet salvation I found.

Let the blood from Jesus' wounds fall on me.

Let His blood wash away each guilty stain,

Flowing down into my heart,

Giving me a brand new start

as forgiveness covers me like falling rain.

Oh, the saving blood of Jesus,

falling down to cover me.

Sin condemned me to damnation,

but His blood has set me free!

"Understanding

begins, when

when you

take Him,

at His Word!"

OPEN ARMS

The Son of GOD Opened His Arms

To All Mankind

He was saying, I LOVE YOU... THIS MUCH.

Who else do you know,

who would die for you

just to erase your sin record?

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A Teaching Book Unlike Any Other On Earth

Rhonda S. Galizia, Scribe Unto The LORD

CONTEMPLATION: SPIRITUAL WARFARE: THE POWER IN HIS BLOOD:

Jesus said, "Behold, I give unto you power, to tread on serpents and scorpions,

and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." St. Luke 10:19

Beloved, you have already read my ministry quote on my banner above:

'Understanding begins, when you take Him, at His Word! '

So tell me... what do you believe? Or rather, WHOM, do you believe?

(Genesis 3:14-15 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this

[brought sin to His creation], thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;

upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity

between thee (Satan) and the woman [Virgin Mary], and between thy seed (Satanic offspring) and

her seed [Jesus]; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.)

The greatest spiritual battle

ever fought,

was at the center

Cross

on a hill

called Golgotha.

When Jesus willingly

laid down His Own life,

so that we

might receive eternal life,

Satan was rendered utterly powerless!

For in so doing,

Jesus fulfilled the Scripture,

~ the Written Word of God ~

by becoming

The Living Word of God

when He crushed

Satan’s serpentine head

with His wounded heel!

Now consider this:

One drop of Jesus' Blood

is more potent

than

the atom

bomb!

The bomb

destroys.

Jesus' Blood

SAVES.

Jesus' Blood

SAVES.

LOVE LIFTED ME!

For [Father] God so loved [the people of] the world [that He created, that] He gave [up] His Only Begotten [Only Sired] Son, that whoseover [anyone who] believeth on Him [as their personal Saviour] should not perish [die in condemnation] but have [go on to possess] everlasting life [with the Father and Son & Holy Ghost, Amen!] Scripture taken from St. John 3:16

Do you remember Jesus in horrific agony on Good Friday, as He took your place on the Cross? Do you also remember Jesus in Victory over death, hell, and the grave, as He walked out of the Tomb to prove to YOU, that He is the Living Son of GOD.. and that He Alone can give YOU eternal life? ALL HAIL KING JESUS!

NightVision

I dreamed a dream

Upon my bed..

Rivers of water

Flowed down,

On my head.

They trickled inside

Cleansing each place

Where’er they traveled

Leaving no trace..

Of sin or darkness

Or anything ill

The only remainder:

All was still.

The waters coursed

Through my ev’ry vein;

A channel of love

That gave refrain..

To the sound of refreshing

Filling my soul

As the waters continued

To make me whole.

Now I was one:

One, with the Father

One, with the Son

One, with the Spirit

When the cleansing was done!

The river then flowed

Right out of my toes

Only to gather

At my feet;

It seemed inane

That I remain

For the cycle to repeat.

But the Voice of

The Holy One

Instructed me, Stay!

And so, in His flow

I have remained..

Unto this very day!

Continually am I

Cleansed and renewed

Therefore, I recommend

This River to you..

For He Who is Holy

Has kept me deeply awed

Since He told me I’m standing

In the River of GOD.

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From His Word..

"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says:

“When He ascended on high,

He took many captives

and gave gifts to His people.”

(What does “He ascended” mean except that He also descended to the lower, earthly regions? He who descended is the very One who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)

So Christ Himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, [the gifts He gave to His people]

to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."

Ephesians 4:1-13

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED, BELOVED, WHAT CHRIST DID DURING THOSE THREE DAYS OF BURIAL?

Descended is the word, but yes. Paradise was once a compartment under the earth where the righteous souls were until Jesus died for our sins and rose again. He preached to the fallen angels there proclaiming His victory. Now those righteous souls are with Him in heaven. Paradise is now empty, its contents being removed to heaven.

See:THE FIFTH COMPARTMENT is called Paradise (Luke 16:19-31, 23:43). It is a place of comfort, water, and bliss. It was where the righteous souls and spirits lived after leaving their bodies at physical death. All the righteous went into this prison and were held captive by the devil against their will (Hebrews 2:14,15; Ephesians 4:7-11). The devil had the power of death and of the underworld before Christ conquered him. (Colossians 2:14-17; Revelations 1:18) It was into this prison that the penitent thief and Jesus went on the day they died. Luke 23:43, Matthew 12:40, Ephesians 4:7-11 make it clear that Paradise is located in the heart and lower parts of the Earth. Christ not only went into his prison, but He also went into Tartarus and preached to the angels. In fact, He conquered death, hell and the grave during his crucifixion and during the three days He was in the underworld. He rescued all the righteous souls who were in Paradise and took them to Heaven when he ascended on high. He now has the keys of hell and death. Ever since that time, the righteous go directly to Heaven (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:21-35; Hebrews 12:23; and Revelations 6:9,11

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Question: "Where was Jesus for the three days between His death and resurrection?"

Answer: 1 Peter 3:18-19 states, "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison." The phrase, "by the Spirit," in verse 18 is exactly the same construction as the phrase, "in the flesh." So it seems best to relate the word "spirit" to the same realm as the word "flesh." The flesh and spirit are Christ's flesh and spirit. The words "made alive by (in) the spirit" point to the fact that Christ's sin-bearing and death brought about the separation of His human spirit from the Father (Matthew 27:46). The contrast is between flesh and spirit, as in Matthew 27:46 and Romans 1:3-4, and not between Christ's flesh and the Holy Spirit. When Christ's atonement for sin was completed, His spirit restored the fellowship which had been broken.

First Peter 3:18-22 describes a necessary link between Christ's suffering (verse 18) and His glorification (verse 22). Only Peter gives specific information about what happened between these two events. The word "preached" in verse 19 is not the usual word in the New Testament to describe the preaching of the gospel. It literally means to herald a message. Jesus suffered and died on the Cross, His body being put to death, and His spirit died when He was made sin. But His spirit was made alive and He yielded it to the Father. According to Peter, sometime between His death and His resurrection Jesus made a special proclamation to "the spirits in prison."

To begin with, Peter referred to people as "souls" and not "spirits" (3:20). In the New Testament, the word "spirits" is used to describe angels or demons, not human beings, and verse 22 seems to bear out this meaning. Also, nowhere in the Bible are we told that Jesus visited hell. Acts 2:31 says that He went to "Hades" (New American Standard Bible), but "Hades" is not hell. The word "Hades" refers to the realm of the dead, a temporary place where they await the resurrection. Revelation 20:11-15 in the NASB or the New International Version give a clear distinction between the two. Hell is the permanent and final place of judgment for the lost. Hades is a temporary place.

Our Lord yielded His spirit to the Father, died, and at some time between death and resurrection, visited the realm of the dead where He delivered a message to spirit beings (probably fallen angels; see Jude 6) who were somehow related to the period before the flood in Noah's time. Verse 20 makes this clear. Peter did not tell us what He proclaimed to these imprisoned spirits, but it could not be a message of redemption since angels cannot be saved (Hebrews 2:16). It was probably a declaration of victory over Satan and his hosts (1 Peter 3:22; Colossians 2:15). Ephesians 4:8-10 also seems to indicate that Christ went to “paradise” (Luke 16:20; 23:43) and took to heaven all those who had believed in Him prior to His death. The passage doesn’t give a great amount of detail about what occurred, but most Bible scholars agree that this is what is meant by “led captivity captive.”

So, all that to say, the Bible isn’t entirely clear what exactly Christ did for the three days between His death and resurrection. It does seem, though, that He was preaching victory over the fallen angels and/or unbelievers. What we can know for sure is that Jesus was not giving people a second chance for salvation. The Bible tells us that we face judgment after death (Hebrews 9:27), not a second chance. There isn't really any definitively clear answer for what Jesus was doing for the time between His death and resurrection. Perhaps this is one of the mysteries we will understand once we reach glory.

Recommended Resources: Jesus: The Greatest Life of All by Charles Swindoll and Logos Bible Software.

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Resurrection LORD

[modern hymn]

Music & Lyrics: Rhonda S. Galizia

minor chords; slow, intense, the sound of

the hammer nailing Christ to the Cross

choral whisper

.. Jesus... Jesus... Jesus

Refrain

Resurrection, Resurrection,

Resurrection LORD!

Resurrection, Resurrection,

Resurrection LORD!

You broke the spirit of death,

When You broke forth from the grave!

You preached victory o'er hell..

Your Father's children to save!

Resurrection LORD, Resurrection LORD

You were the First to be raised!

1. You are the Firstfruit,

You are the Cornerstone

You are the Head,

Of the Body of Believers,

The Father hath said,

Our Resurrection LORD!

2. Soon You will return,

Just to gather us away

And bring us to Yourself,

When You rapture us that Day

Our Resurrection LORD!

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3. If our minds stay on You,

Then we will always know,

That we will always be with You,

And go where'er You go,

Our Resurrection LORD!

4. This is an act of faith,

Provided by God's grace,

That we should believe,

Upon His only Son

Then we, too, shall be raised,

When the time is come,

To our Resurrection LORD!

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Resurrection, Resurrection,

Resurrection LORD!

You broke the spirit of death,

When You broke forth from the grave

You preached victory o'er hell..

Your Father's children to save,

Our Resurrection LORD!

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Do not be deceived, my Beloved:

"There is only one flight out", as t

But I warn you, Beloved, that "Rapture" is a Supernatural Event. Therefore, we must have the Holy Ghost dwelling in us, for it is He Who will perform the Supernatural change in us "in the twinkling of an eye", that we may be gathered up with all true saints- which is to say, The Bride of Christ!

Jesus knows those who are called by His name, and we must be earnestly watching for HIM, have our lamps trimmed and be ready to depart instantly upon the sounding of the last trump of Father GOD!

ARE YOU PREPARED?

DO NOT DELAY!

Still don't believe me?

Read the Scripture for yourself

The Return of the Lord

"…For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord..

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

In the meantime, we must work (complete our Assignments/ the purpose for which we were created) while there is still daylight to work in! Beloved!

(see St. John 9:4)

IF YOU HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED CHRIST INTO YOUR HEART, IT IS STILL NOT TOO LATE AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING!

DROP TO YOUR KNEES NOW, BELOVED, AND CONFESS ALOUD FROM YOUR HEART THAT YOU BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD AND THAT HE DIED TO TAKE AWAY ALL OF YOUR SINS AND TO GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM!

ADMIT TO HIM YOU ARE A SINNER AND ASK TO BE FORGIVEN..AND HAVE YOUR SINS BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOKS BY HIS BLOOD!

THEN RENOUNCE SATAN AND THE KiNGDOM OF DARKNESS AND EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING RELATED TO IT.

IF YOU ARE SINCERE, CHRIST WILL KNOW - HE KNOWS ALL HEARTS - AND YOU WILL BE SAVED. .FROM DEATH, THE GRAVE AND HELL!

In St.Mark 16:16 Jesus Himself said,

"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."

I BEG YOU, BELOVED

DO NOT PUT OFF TODAY

WHAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE

TO PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW!

"But of that day or hour

no one knows,

not even the angels in heaven,

nor the Son,

only the Father alone.

"Take heed, therefore:

keep on the alert;

for you do not know

when

the appointed time will come."

St. Matthew 13:32-33

*I know, because by GOD's grace, I am one of Rev. Angley's Band of Prayer Warriors :)

Two very separate matters...

TRES LINHAUS: Forgiving

(5-6-7)

Giving forgiveness

Does not equal, Asking

To be forgiven... yourself.

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Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38

PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP

"For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. What did you think?

If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?

And if it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray." ~ Jesus, St. Matthew 12:11-13

LOST SHEEP

ARE YOU STILL COUNTED AS A LOST SHEEP?

HAS JESUS BEEN OUT SEARCHING FOR YOU?

OR ARE YOU COUNTED AS A STRAY SHEEP?

ONE WHO HAS WILLINGLY LEFT THE TENDER SHEPHERD'S FLOCK?

YOU ALREADY KNOW THE TRUTH IN YOUR HEART OF HEARTS, BELOVED..

SCARS

The scars of Christ

-The Son of GOD -

Etched deeply in His hands

Are not, at all

The scars of GOD -

But the evil

Scars of Man.

But if we confess our sins

He is faithful and just

to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us from

all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:19

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See! I will not forget you...

Your names are carved ...

in the palm of My hand!

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Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:

Jesus took all of our diseases and sufferings upon Himself ...and they were nailed to the Cross with Him.

yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But we just thought it was Father GOD allowing Him to experience severe affliction.

But He was [actually being] bruised for our transgressions,

However, Jesus took the beating for us,

for every time that we have ever sinned...

and crossed over, into the Enemy’s camp.

He was crushed for our iniquities:

Jesus bore all the weight of our wickedness in trying

to make His Word conform to fit into our lives...

rather than, conforming our lives to fit into His Word.

the chastisement of our peace was upon Him;

To this day, Jesus carries the scars

of our lawlessness and rebellion, 

therefore, by His stripes, we are healed.

That we might inherit the healing peace

that surpasses human understanding...

The priceless gift of Peace with His Father...

by Whom, we are made whole.

Isaiah 53: 4-5

Be sure to go to the Cross, Beloved,

and spend some time there,

reflecting on the Ultimate Sacrifice

made for your sake -

by the very Son of GOD Himself!

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Take me

Eli, Eli,lama sabachthani?

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

CONTEMPLATION: FOR 3 HOURS, DARKNESS COVERED ALL THE LAND. THE DARKNESS WAS THE SIN OF MAN AND IT SEPARATED THE FATHER FROM THE SON. THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO HAD DESCENDED UPON CHRIST WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN, LIVED IN HIM, HELPING HIM ENDURE THE CROSS, UNTIL JESUS BREATHED HIS LAST BREATH - AND GAVE UP THE [HOLY] GHOST- WHO THEN RETURNED TO THE FATHER IN HEAVEN, UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER WHEN FATHER GOD SENT HIM BACK TO EARTH TO RESURRECT HIS SON!

And even when Jesus' Father [in Heaven] could not look upon Him

because GOD is Holy - and His Only Begotten Son Jesus was bearing ALL THE SINS OF THE WORLD -PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE -

His mother still did!

Incomprehensible Mercy

Biblical Wisdom & Counseling

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45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. 50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

55And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

HOLY POWER!

If Jesus had not physically exited the Tomb, His Crucifixion would have been rendered futile.

The power of His Resurrection IS the power of the Holy Spirit...HIS Spirit.

This same power delivered to us at the moment of our Salvation, is once and for all: THE DIVINE: THE BLESSED HOPE OF LIFE EVERMORE!

THE CHRIST OVERCAME WHAT HE HIMSELF CALLED THE LAST ENEMY: DEATH.

Because HE LIVES ETERNALLY,

we shall also live eternally!

"...that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death."

Apostle Paul, Philippians 3:10

His Bride... from His side

Jesus taught that a seed has to die to itself in order to grow/produce.

"Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone. But if it dies, it brings forth much fruit.". St. John 12:24

Jesus IS the HOLY Seed of GOD.

Father GOD planted Him on Earth, in order to produce more Holiness via "The Church" - which literally consists of all True Believers on Earth! Those of us who diligently KEEP AND DO His commandments.

WE ARE HIS HOLY BODY ON EARTH.

Jesus is also called the "Second Adam"

Father GOD pierced the First Adam's side, too - to create Eve, the first woman.

So GOD created man in His Own Image;in the Image of GOD He created him; Male and Female made He created Them. Genesis 1:28

When Jesus' side was pierced - to prove or disprove - His death on the Cross, both Water and Blood poured out together as Witness.

Adam's Bride, Eve - and the whole Human Race - came from the First Adam...

The Bride of Christ -The Church Body - came from the Second Adam, Jesus The Christ..

When we are born in the Flesh, Blood and Water are Witness to the birth.

When we are re-born in our spirit, His Blood and Water (Holy Spirit) Baptism are Witness!

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