(12/11/2020) Both Existence and Life

 

Operations of GOD that establish rebirth, continuing relationship between divinity and mankind, and the resurrection to life from death are in view, today, along with divinity as the only origin for existence and life within mankind. In addition to life on the earth that results from animal behavior and sexuality life also appears through the operations of consecrated spirit imparted from the makeup of GOD. The life essence shared in sexual reproduction became altered responding to human transgression of sacred law and is not the same endowment of Spirit as that provided to the first male and female in their Creation. In the same way Adam as a living soul was created through divine process and sacred substance rather than finite, human sexual activity and reproduction, Jesus Christ came to the earth as an offspring of GOD through acts of divine prerogative, eternal purpose, and the sovereign will of GOD. Incarnation is a divine use of human form and life-process that goes forward using substance imparted from the divine fullness. Men must endure a condition of mortality while on the earth, yet, mankind may receive inseparable aspects of Spirit imparted from the makeup of GOD through rebirth (death, burial, and resurrection of ones inborn spirit) that is different from the return to life (resurrection) that occurs so the dead may complete divine judgment. Included are balance, faith, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. A writer in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality who used the ID “Mark” (Level 1 with139 points) posted the following:

Was adam the son of God according to the bible luke 3:38?

THE GOLDEN ARROW: All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. (1^st Corinthians 15: 39-46, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Device of Inheritance (12/01/2020); The Power We Receive (11/19/2020); Made Perfect By Divinity (11/10/2020); When Does Resurrection Occur? (10/25/2020); “What if” and “Maybe” (10/20/2020); Why Are Sinners “saved?” (10/11/2020); Chosen Because Already Committed (09/07/2020)

“Mark”, many mature Christian believers acknowledge Adam as an offspring and child of GOD on the basis of the holy writings that appear in Genesis. Without using the finite human process of sexual reproduction, the process and substance of mankind has been one of divinity imparting spirit matter into a material form fashioned by GOD. Operations of spirit from the makeup and personhood of divine fullness (we say, the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) were required for man to become a “living soul.” In Christian belief, to this very hour, the only origins for both existence and life essence (i.e., breath; spirit; utterance; word) continue to be GOD. Adam was first made to be a single, stand-alone, male entity; GOD altered the male figure by removing one of his ribs to fashion the female, and the pair were regarded by divinity as one unit. Consider again the following that uses language from the Bible:

(1.) Genesis 2: 4-8, King James Version (KJV): 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

(2.) Genesis 2: 15-18, KJV: 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

(3.) Genesis 2: 21-25, KJV: 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (4.) Job 12: 7-10, KJV: 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(04/09/2020) Angels Appearing As Men

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Today, reply is on the divine use of angels who also appear to mankind displaying human form and process. The holy writings document angelic visitations as one of the many divine operations used to clarify both the sanctions of sacred law that oppose transgression, and the sacred provisions for the correction and recovery of mankind from sin. Included are death, deliverance, mortality, rebirth, and the second death. Divinity now requires there be more than a spirit form for things from GOD appearing in the earth; there must be recognizable spirit content, process, and substance. It is written: 1^st Corinthians 13: 1-3, King James Version (KJV): 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality who uses the ID “Leila” (Level 6 with 19,240 points) posted the following:

Jehovah’s witlesses, if God is not a man, then how did He appear alongside two other men, and meet with Abraham ?

Genesis 18 1-8

Abe even got Sarah to get some fine meal, knead it and make cakes for the Lord and his companions.

Should’ve made pie, but never mind.

THE GOLDEN ARROW: Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. (Colossians 2: 18-19, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Born Mortal or Immortal? (03/11/2020); Godliness Characterizes Authentic Humanity (02/06/2020); Divine Dominion Over Nature (02/04/2019); Opposing The Divine Will (03/30/2018); Lower Than The Angels? (09/12/2017); Miracles Are Not Everlasting (07/18/2017); Names of the Adversary? (03/19/2017)

“Leila”, the process of Christian belief is one of gradually coming to correctly know and understand the operations and substance of divine spirit. Things that are too high for mankind because they communicate awe, mystery, and wonder have been focused and softened to be suitable for human experience; thus, the core of our sacred knowledge consists primarily of human eyewitness reports and testimonies. GOD is a spirit (we say, breath; active presence; divine fullness; word from an anointed language and celestial vocabulary) who appears and is manifest to mankind even without using material form, measurable dimensions, familiar similitude, or any fixed visual configuration. Divinity can be known to the living because spirit may exist and occupy the consciousness and self-will of created beings and living creatures. GOD has used various settings and devices that provide men on the earth with material experiences of immortal, invisible divinity that are graphic and memorable. Included are the ram caught in the thicket that appeared to Abraham, the burning bush that was displayed to Moses, the glory of GOD that was proclaimed and shown while Moses was in a cleft of the rocks, and divinity using human flesh and life process to appear on the earth as Jesus Christ (we say, the Incarnation).

The divine use of angels as companions, messengers, sentinels, or spokespersons from GOD to mankind may be found within the holy writings in accounts that go back as far as Eden. Descriptions and depictions of angels as celestial beings, as those appointed by GOD to exercise dominion over the natural world, and as those who may continually appear in the presence of GOD often include their adornment having multiple faces, lights, wheels, and wings. Thus, the prophets describe cherubim and seraphs as “other worldly”. No angels were reported to have appeared to Noah; and their appearance having the form of ordinary men occurs with Abraham, with Daniel, with Lot and his family delivered at Sodom, with Mary at the tomb of Jesus, and with the apostles assembled at the ascension of Jesus.

The revelation of death as finite, and life to mankind as an eternal purpose unfold over the course of thousand of years and includes the use of sleep to protect Adam during the creation of the female; the removal of Enoch from the earth through translation; the prophet Elijah taken up by whirlwind and a chariot of fire; and Lazarus called forth from the tomb. The angel who appeared to Joshua as Captain of the Host is regarded as an early appearance of Jesus Christ prior to his Incarnation. As with the use of miracles, the use of angelic visitations did not always result in men having greater faith; their responses included confusion, defiance, fear, skepticism, superstition, and uncertainty. Consider again the following that uses language from the Bible, and a selection from the music ministry of John Michael Talbot:

(1.) Isaiah 55: 6-11, King James Version (KJV): 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

(2.) Psalms 34: 6-8, KJV: 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

(3.) 2^nd Kings 6: 15-17, KJV: 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

(4.) Revelation 22: 8-11, KJV: 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (5.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hYRA2PYkos.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(03/02/2020) Aspects Defining Human Life?

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Today, reply is on the operations of divinity as only a single source among the many different frameworks that shape and structure human life, and existence. The earth as a sphere of life has been created by GOD; and while there are many fixed elements and features making up the world system that man has created for survival, neither existence nor life in the earth have been made to be predictable by mankind. The causes and origins determining behavior, events, and occurrences that make us appear as salt and light or error and darkness also include appetite and emotion, evil (i.e., calamity; catastrophe; upheaval), covetousness, finite human knowledge, mechanical and natural law, misfortune, risk-taking, trial and error, inbred wickedness as well as indwelling spirits that may be defiled and profaned. Exchange, joining, interaction, and separation of the discrete elements for life have resulted in diverse challenges, recurring conditions, and fruits. It is written: Ecclesiastes 9: 10-12, King James Version (KJV): 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality who used the ID “Anonymous” (no profile data shared) posted the following:

Why does God allow murder, natural disasters, diseases, mental illness, wars, cancer, fatal accidents, disabilities, evil and child abuse?

Could he not stop them if he wanted to?

THE GOLDEN ARROW: I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? (Isaiah 45: 5-10, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Light Of Life (12/04/2019); Divinity and Human Reproduction (11/08/2019); The Purpose Of Worship (10//10/2019); Believing That GOD Is (06/24/2019); The Impartiality of GOD (03/18/2019); Time and Chance Happen... (02/27/2018); The Administration Of Death (07/11/2017)

“Anonymous”, here are some points to consider: All do not acknowledge the sovereignty of GOD; the events in human life are not all caused and made to happen by divinity; and divinity should not be thought of as the origin and source for all human experience. A mature understanding of the spheres for life and the multiple frameworks for human existence requires acceptance of many fixed conditions, diverse operations consistent with the form and substance of material objects as well as a realization of continuous motion that is directed and harmonized with features that are not man-made, that are unseen, and that nonetheless exert influence and power. In addition, to divine prerogative, eternal purpose, sacred law, the sovereign will of GOD, and the immutable, unchanging operations of divinity (we also say, divine fullness; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) whose makeup is Spirit and active presence, the living are challenged to respond within life-frameworks that include relying on secular knowledge and information that are incomplete and unreliable, measurable dimension (i.e., form), finite self-will (i.e., limited willpower), time and space, mechanical process and natural law (we say, chemistry; history, physics, politics, etc.), mortality, chance occurrences (i.e., bad and good luck; unanticipated, unintended “random” events), and the operations of sin. Sin is no spirit substance or material object put forth by divinity; yet, sin has direction, effect, and presence. Even though sin is irrational, and does not appear in accordance with careful thought and healthy decision-making, the operations of sin can dominate awareness and self-will within created beings and living creatures. Sin promotes destruction, nonexistence, and a return to the conditions of chaos, confusion, and corruption that were in place before the founding of heaven and earth (we say, preexistence). Sin opposes the continued existence of divine law, the Lawgiver, and the universe produced through divine order. The process of GOD appearing as Jesus Christ on the earth to alter the impact of sin upon the living has required thousands of years, and thousands of sacred events, within thousands of lives to bring us to our present state of readiness to receive Christ at his appearing to harvest those who are his from the earth (the Advent; the Rapture; the Second Coming).

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, consider the following from the music ministry of Steve Amerson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owkc0PZWigc). Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(09/11/2019) Divine Fullness Is Spirit

Today, reply is on the existence of divinity as spirit displaying personhood, rather than as an abstraction or an operation appearing through sequence and mechanical process. Were it that the substance of Jesus Christ in his resurrection is not the same as the substance of the Father, mankind could not be joined to He that rules the heaven by He who has appeared on the earth. The oneness of GOD is a matter of accord and agreement in content, eternal duration, purpose, and substance. Multiple expressions of divine nature, person, and discrete existence are known to have been manifest. Properly read, the holy writings do not dispute whether divinity has appeared on the earth using flesh and human form as Jesus Christ, or whether the spirit presence of GOD is continuing his ministry that was begun in the earth. Even so, the Scriptures do identify one GOD as the source of multiple operations on behalf of mankind. In addition to redemption and salvation there are edification, justification, rebirth, sanctification, glorification, and more. It is written: Romans 8: 29-30, King James Version (KJV): 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. The fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “norine” (Level 1 with 22 points, a member since July 12, 2019) posted the following:

Re Deut 6:4 Why do most see God as 3 persons although He is **"many"** "diversities of operations but One God" (I Cor 12:6; 11-12)?

Update: ISN'T >>>"DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS"<<<

MORE THAN JUST "3" OR A "TRINITY?"

DOESN'T I CORINTHIANS 12:11-12 DEFINES CHRIST AS >>>"MANY"<<< AND I CORINTHIANS 12:6 SAYS HE IS >>>"DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS BUT ONE GOD?"<<<

THE GOLDEN ARROW: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. (1^st John 5: 7-9, King James Version, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Understanding Oneness Without Sameness (08/27/2019); The Divinity Of Christ? (06/14/2018); Bible Language About Spirit? (06/13/2018); Why Spirit Displays Personhood (06/06/2018); Called “The Anointed One” (05/08/2018); Thoughts On Divine Personhood (12/07/2017); The Complete Divine Revelation? (03/10/2017); More About the Trinity? (03/30/2015)

“norine”, increasingly, mature Christian believers acknowledge that the makeup, process and substance of divine fullness (we also say, active presence; divinity; the Godhead; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is entirely of spirit. The inseparable aspects of GOD include faith, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness, personhood, righteousness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. We describe spirit as being (1) indestructible, (2) invisible, (3) without finite form that has measurable bounds and limits, yet (4) alive (having and displaying such features as breath, consciousness, existence, integrity of being, and will). Our human tools of intellect, logic, philosophy and science encourage us to think and speak as though GOD exists as an abstraction, as an animal found in the natural world, or as a mathematical or mechanical sequence embedded within the synchronized movements of astronomical bodies. Carnal reasoning denies that the Creator of heaven and earth maintains all that is through divine order and sacred law. Created beings and living creatures may communicate, exchange, and interact with divinity because they contain deposits and fresh endowments of sacred spirit imparted from the Godhead at Creation, and through the ongoing ministries of Jesus Christ. The appearance of multiple administrations, gifts, operations, sacred events, and stages of transformation are generated from the eternal purpose of divinity that is immutable and unchanging, yet, employs diversity. There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(08/27/2019) Understanding Oneness Without Sameness

Today, reply is on the independent personhood displayed by divinity, and the existence of GOD who is the sum of all spirit content. Just as GOD is to be described as immortal and invisible, his character, process and substance displays authority, dominion, oneness without sameness, and personhood. Ongoing relationship between the Creator and the created should be understood as appearing primarily through consciousness, existence, and operations of will, rather than exchange or interactions using social behavior, intellect, or events and occurrences determined through mechanical and natural law. Even so, it is written: Numbers 23: 19, King James Version (KJV): 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile is shared) posted the following:

If Father, Son, Holy Spirit are three equal distinct persons that form the Deity of God, does that mean that each by himself is NOT God?

They’re only God when they all get together?

THE GOLDEN ARROW: God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4: 24, King James Version, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: We Must Acknowledge Christ (08/08/2019); The Requirements for Relationship (06/30/2019); GOD’s Will Be Done? (03/27/2019); Abraham In Divine Judgment (03/10/2019); Discovering The Holy Spirit (12/23/2018); These Three Are One (10/03/2018); Having Personhood Without Gender? (12/13/2017)

“Anonymous”, being spirit, divinity has existence without form. Your reply requires sacred knowledge, and uses concepts and language that has allowed many mature Christians to avoid spiritual confusion when speaking of “divine fullness” (we also say, active presence; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit; the summation of all spirit matter). Once we acknowledge that the makeup and substance of divinity is spirit in its character, form, and process, we also should grasp that spirit does not display the measurable dimensions (e.g., depth, breadth, height, length, weight) associated with carnal and material things. Spirit may operate within the frameworks of time and space; spirit may put forth concrete and tangible matter; and spirit may exist within the consciousness of created beings and living creatures. The inseparable aspects of divine fullness include balance, faith, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness, personhood, righteousness; wisdom, and wrath against sin. Faith is made only of faith; holiness consists only of holiness; righteousness is only of righteousness.

Independence, influence, and integrity of being exists for all the appearances and manifestations of divine personhood. GOD can not be altered, changed, manipulated, or reconfigured by whatever has origin, existence and life from the expression of divine prerogative, eternal purpose, and sovereign will. Divinity has used visible forms to communicate with the living (e.g., the burning bush; the rainbow about his shoulders; and the form of human flesh, we say, the Incarnation, appearing on the earth as Jesus Christ). The divine actuality transcends being in accord, having agreement, or unity of doctrine and purpose that are all language describing human social behavior. Developing and mature Christians are encouraged to realize that spirit exists as both concentrated and diffuse at the same time; and divinity continues as immortal displaying oneness without sameness. Consider again the following that uses language from the Bible:

1. Genesis 18: 1-6, King James Version (KJV): 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

2. John 8: 57-59, KJV: 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, 3. Romans 12: 4-5, KJV: 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(08/16/2019) Spirit Using Human Form

Today, reply is on the sacred process and operations of Incarnation, where divinity appears using the form of human flesh. Christians acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Son of Man, the Son of GOD, and a divinity because of operations within their consciousness, desire, and living substance that are performed by GOD the Father and the Holy Spirit, not because of intellect, logic, persuasion and carnal reason. Jesus went beyond answering as a spokesperson from GOD: the Lord portrayed the Father; completed divine works; provided sacred counsel and guidance; and pronounced sacred judgments. So to speak, Christian believers endorse the truth that Jesus Christ has appeared in the earth realm as an offspring and embodiment of divine spirit substance (i.e., holy seed; sacred DNA). Incarnation has been used on the earth as a tool for divinity to continue the correction of Creation required because of sin. There must be salvation and a new creation produced through direct action and participation by divinity both on the earth and in heaven before the penalty of death that came upon Adam and Eve can be completely removed and satisfied. Along with openly bestowing forgiveness, fresh endowments of divine content may be imparted to mankind; the penalties for sin can be delayed; and there can be a period of grace marked by reconciliation between Creator and created. Even so, these provisions do not totally eliminate sin; and there are operations in the heaven that must be completed that include continuing eternal life that is already begun, judgment, resurrection, the end of mortality, and fulfilling the second death. We are reminded: 1^st John 2: 21-25, King James Version (KJV): 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile is shared) posted the following:

If Jesus prayed to his Father and said he can not do anything without the Father in heaven, How can he be God?

THE GOLDEN ARROW: No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. (John 1: 18, King James Version, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: We Must Acknowledge Christ (08/08/2019); Jesus Had GOD’s Approval (06/06/2019); The Evidence Is Spirit (05/29/2019); The Presence of GOD (04/02/2019); Continuing and Refreshing Creation (04/01/2019); Christians Are Following Jesus (01/24/2019); On Seeing The Father (12/04/2018); GOD Has Come Down (10/09/2018); These Three Are One (10/03/2018)

“Anonymous”, you already have the answer to your question, however, like all Christian believers, you now are in a process from divinity to discover and realize what has been given you already. Mature Christian believers acknowledge instruction and sacred teachings that declare divinity has appeared among mankind on the earth using human form as Jesus Christ, and, in addition to accomplishing a holy sacrifice for atonement and propitiation for the sins of mankind, has demonstrated the authentic human makeup, process and substance intended by the Creator. To truly grasp these points of truth, one must first be established in the truth that GOD is a spirit. Later is becomes clear that GOD has authority, dominion, influence, ownership, power, and sovereignty over all that exists. The possibilities, process, and substance of spirit are different from those for material objects and physical matter. Spirit may become concentrated, or spread out (we say, diffuse); and may become infused within, or become intermingled within the spaces that exist as parts of any full structure visible to men. Spirit is not bound or limited by the frameworks of time and space used by men. The active presence of divine spirit can exist in an ongoing manner within human awareness and consciousness. Even so, spirit remains invisible and untouchable to physical human senses (i.e., seeing, tasting).

Through deposits from the divine makeup, mankind is to contain fresh endowments of spirit content imparted from the divine fullness (we also say, the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit). Included are faith, holiness, joy, longsuffering, lovingkindness, personhood, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Man must receive sacred knowledge that allows humans to function in the earth, to enter into relationship with one another as well as to communicate, exchange, and interact with the Creator. While Christians acknowledge GOD as the origin for all existence and life essence (breath; spirit; word), Christians are not pantheists who believe that divinity exists within everything on earth (e.g., all animals, insects, people, plants, rocks, trees). Consider again the following that uses language from the Bible:

1. Deuteronomy 29: 29, King James Version (KJV): 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

2. John 1: 1-5, KJV: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, 3. Isaiah 55: 6-13, KJV: 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(04/07/2019) Nothing Impossible For GOD?

A depiction of Isaiah 35: 1, King James Version (KJV): 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. (see reference below)

Today, reply is on divine possibility, and responses to prayer. GOD has established that many answers to the prayers of created beings and living creatures are properly provided through material, mechanical, and natural processes that are determined by specific laws for recurring patterns, regularities, and sequences. Other responses also may appear that are in accord with challenge, chance, and opportunity. One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile information shown) posted the following:

How can Christians say that nothing is impossible for God, when there are many things he has not done in spite of prayers?

THE GOLDEN ARROW: And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (Revelation 21: 5-8, King James Version, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: One Died For All (04/05/2019); Divine Fruit From Suffering? (12/19/2018); A Possible “Home Remedy?” (11/08/2018); Receiving What We Ask (09/20/2018); Possibilities Through “Active Presence” (04/30/2018); GOD’s Will Be Done (04/27/2018); “I Am The Resurrection” (03/25/2018); About Using “Sacred Logic” (11/19/2017); Holy Fire From GOD? (04/27/2017); Did GOD Lose Control? (03/23/2017); Can GOD Give Life? (08/14/2016)

“Anonymous”, nothing is impossible for GOD that continues the things already begun by GOD, or the things in agreement with divine prerogative, sacred law, eternal purposes, and the sovereign will of GOD. Mature Christian believers are to be grounded in the revelation shared by divinity to make Deity knowable, known, accessible, and approachable. The holy writings are respected as an accurate record of divinity appearing on the earth using thousands of events, within thousands of human lives, over the course of thousands of years. In addition to descriptions, examples and models from the past, the Scriptures present divine judgment, promises and prophesies that are still in effect, and are continuing to be fulfilled. Many sacred events are discrete “one time” occurrences that were complete, conclusive, and will never be repeated, yet, are made fresh, ongoing, and present by the operations of imparted spirit from the makeup of GOD. Included are faith, forbearance, holiness, hope, joy, meekness, righteousness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Consider again the following that uses language from the Bible:

1. Genesis 1: 1-10, King James Version (KJV): 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 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. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

2. Numbers 23: 19, KJV: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

3. Joel 2: 23-32, KJV: 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, 4. Romans 8: 5-9, KJV: 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(04/05/2019) One Died For All

(See reference below)

Today, reply is on the use of human form by divinity as Jesus Christ, on being like Christ, and how divinity met the demands made of men that include being continually aware of Deity, completing mortality (death), and expressing finite self-will. Being a man in flesh, Jesus as the Son of GOD had to display an ongoing relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit that acknowledged their divinity and glory as eternal, yet, answered his own divine wholeness as from the past, and as yet to come. Jesus would guide the living to abide on the earth in accord with the sovereign will of GOD that was declared before the founding of heaven and earth, and is promised to continue throughout eternal ages. Jesus would demonstrate being an embodiment and vessel of the spirit substance imparted to mankind from the divine fullness. While on the earth, Jesus maintained a godly balance and soundness within his ministry by performing amazing and wondrous works, yet, continuing anchored in dependence, lowliness, and meekness. He did not boast or preach his own feelings and opinions so much as he faithfully reported and witnessed to prophecy and vision, sacred law, mature insight, and the doctrine of the Father. One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile information shown) posted the following:

Romans 5:19 means that it took God Almighty himself to die for humans, right?

Romans 5:19 “For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.”

THE GOLDEN ARROW: For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (2^nd Corinthians 5: 14-19, King James Version, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: GOD’s Will Be Done? (03/27/2019); Divinity Embodied In Flesh (12/30/2018); Completeness, Integrity And Wholeness? (06/21/2018); Changed And Made Christ-like? (06/19/2018); Yes, Jesus Did Die (04/01/2018) From Glory to Glory (11/14/2017); Human Nature, Divine Spirit? (05/18/2017); The Hope of Glory (03/02/2017); Different Form, Same Relationship? (11/20/2016); In The Image of Man (05/04/2016)

“Anonymous”, GOD is immortal, immutable, and unchanging; GOD will never be subject to death. When divinity (we also say, divine fullness; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit) chose to appear among created beings and living creatures on the earth using human form as Jesus Christ, the same finite limits and constricting frameworks that apply to mankind (e.g., aging; appetite; demands from mechanical process and natural law; sensation; time and space) were imposed on the Son of the Highest. Christ was to demonstrate that, through the operations of divine grace, the living may be infused with consciousness of the Holy, eternal purpose, maturity, and perfection. In displaying humanity that was authentic and genuine in every aspect, Jesus also had to endure birth, death, grief, joy, pain, sorrow, and uncertainty. As a man living on the earth Jesus contained the same life essence (breath; spirit; word) that was imparted to Adam and Eve at Creation, rather than the material and seed altered by sin that the pair passed on to their offspring. It was containing inseparable spirit substances from the makeup of the Father that made Jesus different and godly despite his appearing in flesh. Included were faith, holiness, hope of an eternal inheritance and glory, longsuffering, lovingkindness, personhood, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Jesus was able to heal, perform miracles, explain mysteries, and provide sacred knowledge as an anointed servant and spokesperson from GOD. Sinners who become “born again” must “grow up again” having a fresh endowment of Spirit. It is the imparted Spirit that allows the living to exist as sons and daughters of GOD, joint heirs with Jesus, and the new creation of Christ. Consider the following that uses language from the Bible:

1. Philippians 2: 5-11, King James Version (KJV): 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

2. Romans 6: 3-6, KJV: 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

3. Romans 8: 5-9, KJV: 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, 4. Hebrews 1: 1-6, KJV: 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 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; 3 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: 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

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THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC

(12/23/2018) Discovering The Holy Spirit

Ron DiCianni Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Today, points are shared on the Holy Spirit as an inseparable aspect of divine fullness. A writer in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “glenda” (Level 1 with 4 points, a member since March 16, 2018) posted the following:

The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit and THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.?

THE GOLDEN ARROW: Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. (John 7: 14-18, King James Version, KJV)

THE DOUBLE DAGGER: How GOD Speaks Today (12/10/2018); By Reading The Bible? (11/18/2018); Christ Rejected By Pharisees? (06/17/2018); Bible Language About Spirit? (06/13/2018); Why Spirit Displays Personhood (06/06/2018); Did The Prophets Know? (05/23/2018); What Is A Spirit? (03/06/2018); Tools For Knowing Divinity (05/12/2017)

“glenda”, here are some points to consider as you continue to discover the sacred knowledge that is shared among mature Christian believers:

1. Each aspect of the divine fullness (we also say, divinity; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) is described having completeness, discrete form, integrity, personhood, purpose, substance, and works. The Father is the origin of sacred doctrine provided to mankind that appears among the three. Jesus Christ, who has appeared and ministered on the earth, and who is made known by the revelation that is recorded throughout the Bible, is the chief spokesperson who proclaims the doctrine. The Holy Spirit (we also say, the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Prophecy, the Spirit of Truth) has no doctrine of his own, and he authenticates, certifies, and complements the appearance of divinity as active presence, sacred doctrine, and sovereign will.

2. Ordinarily, divine fullness is spirit in form, process, and substance; spirit is diffuse and unrestricted by the frameworks of time and space. Jesus Christ has appeared in heaven and on earth using flesh and blood to connect with and represent humanity. In addition to life essence (i.e., breath, spirit, word) from the makeup of GOD, the human form may embody measures of spirit substance from the makeup of divinity, we say, imparted, indwelling Spirit. Included are balance, faith, holiness, longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness, wisdom, and wrath against sin.

3. The Holy Spirit is not self-promoting; and there is no forgiveness to those who blaspheme the Spirit. Many mistakenly think that the presence and works of the Holy Spirit appear only in the New Testament following the death of Jesus on the cross. It was not until Pentecost that there was an outpouring of gifts from the Holy Spirit for the establishment of the early church. Careful reading of the Scriptures show that the Spirit was present from the beginning of Creation, and provides consciousness and self-will within created beings and living creatures that establish communication, exchange, and interaction (ongoing relationship) with GOD.

There is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, 4. John 3: 31-36, King James Version (KJV): 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.

THE BLACK PHOENIX

Washington, DC