2-14-2016 weekly message

Meditation of the week: Psalms 146:1-10

Main scripture: Deuteronomy 33:26-29

Subject: The one that is happy with most blessing

               Man wants to be happy. We hear of greeting each other “Happy New year” welcoming a new year. They that do not know God want to be blessed in the meaning of blessing in Chinese word. They want to wear clothes of famous brand name; want to dwell luxurious mansion enjoying healthy foods such as organic; want establish financially sound business so that they may able to inherit unto their children from generation to generation. Such kinds of men are called blessed ones, and they are envied by others. In other word, men in the world are busy to fill them with the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.

             In the main passage, Moses, man of God is blessing the people of Israel before he died. He called Israel as Jeshurun saying their God ride upon the heaven in their help, and in his Excellency on the sky. He also is saying, the eternal God is their refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms, and he shall thrust out the enemy from before them, and shall say destroy them. In other word, when they are fallen down by the hands of their enemies, the hands of God shall destroy their enemies. He also blessed them, saying, Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine: also his heavens shall drop down dew.

           Moses blessed the people of Israel as happy nation of people. He also testify of the reason why they are happy ones:

“Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy Excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.”(Deut. 33:29)

             King David, man of God also testified of them that are happy:

“Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord…. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:”(Ps. 144:15; 146:5)

           King Solomon that received wisdom and understanding from God in his young age also testified of them that are happy:

“She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her…. He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he…. Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.”(Prov. 3:18; 16:20; 28:14)

             God has chosen Israel as his chosen people to make them the head of all the Gentiles, when the Lord Jesus Christ is coming as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords to take the earth back unto him. The earth has been robbed by the devil for six thousand years. The people of Israel shall be happy nation as the nation of priest in the kingdom of Christ. This is the reason why they are blessed to be happy nation at all.

             But in reality, Israel seems not to be happy nation at all to the eyes of the world concerning their miserable history. They have been ruled by so many Gentile nations such as Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Persia and Roman Empire. As we know, during the world war, they were robbed all their possessions by Nazis and murdered in shame.

            But God has never given up his plan for them at all. Even though they have been worshipping the idols of the Gentile nations departing their God until now, no one can change the word of promise for them as testified by the scriptures:

“Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep…… That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:”(Ps. 121:4, Heb. 6:18)

                  Even though the most of the people of Israel are still not believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, as their God and Messiah. But the scriptures testify they shall receive the man of sin that is Antichrist as their Messiah to achieve their Zionism through him to be ended up understanding him as not their Messiah but Antichrist at the end. The Lord Jesus Christ shall appear unto them just before they are destroyed by the Antichrist in the midst of flee just as they were killed by Hitler; then they shall receive Jesus . God had known of what to happen unto them as a future history. God has considered as two days of the last two thousand years, and he shall make them the nation of priest in his kingdom finally.

               Prophet Isaiah prophesied of the zeal of the LORD God toward Israel:

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.”(Isa. 9:6-7)

             Yeah! Even though the devil has been making them worship Baal and their idols for them to put under the wrath of God, God has been longsuffering for a thousand year as one day looking forward the day when they repent to be the happy nation as Moses prophesied.

                God not only planned the nation of Israel as the priest for them taking care of the earth that was created by him , also he made another mysterious plan before the foundation the world. Apostle Paul testified of this understanding the will of God:

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”(Eph. 1:4-6)

               He testified of the identity of the children of God as the different kind of people from Israel that are chosen by God:

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together….. For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”

(Rom. 8:16-17, Phil. 3:20-21)

               Apostle Peter testified of the children of God in different point of view:

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”(1Pet. 2:9)

                 The people of Israel have been chosen by God through calling Abraham to make the twelve children of Jacob the grandson of Abraham chosen to give them the earth created by him. But the children of God have been chosen in Christ to enter the kingdom of God calling God as Abba Father through purging their conscience by the blood of Christ by faith, and born of the Spirit of God for last two thousand years whether they are Jew or Gentiles. This is the reason why they are called a generation. For four thousand years before Christ Jesus came to the world to die, and also after the church of God translated to heaven, no one could be the children of God at all. This is the reason why the church of God consisting of the children of God is more blesses than the people of God.

                 When Apostle Paul testified of the kingdom of God, he said, it is not of meat and drink for it is never comparable with happiness in the world. He also testified of the kingdom of God in the Holy Ghost. He means, the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ only begotten Son of God within them. As Jesus said, the Father in me, and I in him, the Christians dwelling in the kingdom of God are one body with him.

             He also testified of the kingdom of God as righteousness and peace and joy. What is the most blessing? It is to be cleansed from all sins through remission of sins unto purification. People say of happy man that has no more worry and concern. The heaviest worry and concern is the burden of sins. This is the reason why Jesus spoke unto the people:

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”(Matt. 11:28-29)

                 However man may be rich and successful, he is not happy unless he has the rest of his soul. King David testified of men in the world not having the rest of soul in the midst of busy life:

“Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.”(Ps. 39:6)

                He is the real happy man that has the rest of soul putting off the burden of sins. he is the one that gives thanks in every thing, and satisfies with food to eat and clothes to wear and live in godliness. he is living in peace with God with rejoicing.

               Yeah! They are ones that have most blessing living in the world physically, but living their spirit and soul in the kingdom of God filled with Holy Ghost. King David testified of the most blessing in his prayer:

“For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.”(Ps. 21:6)

He confessed of Christ to come as the one that received most blessing. He also submit his only hope unto the LORD God to receive the most blessing when he shall see the Lord face to face changes exactly as Christ in the day of resurrection.

               Whosoever the children of God born again of the Spirit are supposed to live in purity as he is purity led by the Spirit of God in the happiness in righteousness and peace and joy in the hope of being changed as Christ. Then they shall have the most blessing eternally with him that is received by him from the Father.

Amen! Hallelujah!