{"id":3912,"date":"2012-04-23T01:22:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T01:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2017-03-06T17:39:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:39:04","slug":"another-coffee-break-the-call-of-the-bridegroom-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-the-call-of-the-bridegroom-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: THE CALL OF THE BRIDEGROOM, PART 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"281\" title=\"image002-2\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image002-2.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image002-2-200x109.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image002-2-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image002-2.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#171717;--awb-margin-top:5px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:0px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-flex\"><h2>ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: THE CALL OF THE BRIDEGROOM, PART 4<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;\nmargin-left:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:\n\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#322C20'>April\n&nbsp;23, '12 1:22 PM<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>\n<!&#091;if !supportLineBreakNewLine&#093;><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>\n<!&#091;endif&#093;><\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;\nmargin-left:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>By <span\nclass=SpellE>Regner<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Capener<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nline-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\njustify;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>If\never there has been a day for the manifestation of the Bride of Christ -- the\nSons of God, THIS IS IT!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:\njustify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>In\nthe last Coffee Break I told you about Della's return from <span class=SpellE>Alaska.However<\/span>,\nI did not tell you about an extraordinary event that took place with her and\nour longtime friend, <span class=SpellE>Dorie<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Wassilie<\/span>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>It\nwas roughly ten days ago when Della and <span class=SpellE>Dorie<\/span> decided\nto take a drive from Anchorage to Seward -- a distance (one-way) of roughly 110\nmiles -- for no other purpose than to simply enjoy God's spectacular <span\nclass=SpellE>handiwork.If<\/span> you've never been to Alaska, it easily has\nsome of the most gorgeous scenery you've ever seen in your life, and the drive\nto Seward takes you past some major glaciers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>On\nthe return trip (and it was getting late in the afternoon) the sun was getting\nlower and lower in the sky, and at one point was somewhat obscured from their\nvision because of the <span class=SpellE>mountains.As<\/span> they came around a\nparticular bend in the highway, they had a very clear view of the sun in front\nof <span class=SpellE>them.What<\/span> I should say is that they had a very\nclear view of TWO SUNS in the <span class=SpellE>sky.No<\/span>, I don't mean a\nshadow or a sun dog; we're talking about two very distinct suns of at least\nequal brightness spread about 10 degrees apart in the sky!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>If\nyou've ever seen Star Trek or <span class=SpellE>Stargate<\/span> episodes where\nthe main characters in the series have visited planets with two <span\nclass=SpellE>suns<\/span>, or even the concluding scenes in the movie 2010: A\nSpace Odyssey (the follow-up to 2001), then you know exactly what I'm talking <span\nclass=SpellE>about.That's<\/span> how clear it was in front of <span\nclass=SpellE>them.What<\/span> made it all the more interesting was the fact\nthat there was a ring around the second sun (a sun dog) -- not the main <span\nclass=SpellE>sun!They<\/span> pulled off the road and got out to watch <span\nclass=SpellE>it.They<\/span> had to watch for five or more minutes before the\nsecond sun began to diminish in brightness and they realized that the sun dog\nsurrounded it instead of the main sun.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Della\ncalled me immediately to tell me what was happening, and I asked her if she had\na camera with her to photograph the <span class=SpellE>event.She<\/span> had\nforgotten our camera, but <span class=SpellE>Dorie<\/span> had hers and snapped\nsome pictures (unfortunately, AFTER the second sun was diminishing in size and\nbrightness).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Consider\nsomething that Jesus said:<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and\nin the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea\nand the waves roaring; Men\u2019s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking\nafter those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven\nshall be shaken.&quot;<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>(Luke 21:25-26)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Then\nthere's Joel's prophecy (the same one that Peter quoted on the Day of\nPentecost):<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>&quot;And\nit shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;\nand your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream\ndreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon\nthe handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>And I will show wonders in the heavens<\/span><\/u><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun\nshall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and\nthe terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever\nshall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered:<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the\nLORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.<\/span><\/u><i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>(Joel\n2:28-32)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Now,\nput that double-sun event in the light of these prophecies, and we have a\nwake-up call from the <span class=SpellE>Lord!And<\/span> let's not forget that\nat the time of Creation, (Genesis 1:14) God said that He was placing the sun,\nthe moon and the stars in the skies as His &quot;signs.&quot;When we see a\ndoubling of the sun, and a display that puts two distinct suns of equal\nbrightness ten degrees apart (and by the way, to the best of my knowledge, this\nis an exceedingly rare event!), Holy Spirit is communicating something of great\nprophetic significance to us.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>What\nis the significance?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Beyond\nthe fact that we all know this portends and prophesies the return of Jesus\nChrist, let's get to the last statement in this prophecy since it spells out\nexactly what we've been talking about with the calling of the Bridegroom to the\nBride.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>First, let me share\none other pertinent scripture which uses a unique description of Jesus in a way\nthat no other prophecy uses: (Malachi 4:2-3)<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;But unto you that fear my name<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>shall the Sun of righteousness arise<\/span><\/u><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as\ncalves of the <span class=SpellE>stall.<u><span style='font-style:normal'>And<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/i><u><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'> ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under\nthe soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, <span class=SpellE>saith<\/span>\nthe LORD of hosts.<\/span><\/u><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Notice\nthat Malachi refers to the Lord as the<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Sun of Righteousness&quot;<\/span><\/i><i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>--\nNOT the Son of <span class=SpellE>Righteousness.Why<\/span> does he phrase it\nlike <span class=SpellE>that?Because<\/span> Malachi has seen a prophetic\npicture of the Sons of God arising in this hour after the same pattern that\nJoel <span class=SpellE>described.Some<\/span> of you may think that I'm really\ntaking this out of context so let me remind you first of all how Malachi ends\nhis prophecy, and then take you back to the specific wording that Joel uses.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Here\nwe go:<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;And<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>ye<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the\nsoles of<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>your<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>feet in the day that I\nshall do this, <span class=SpellE>saith<\/span> the Lord of hosts.&quot;<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\nrising of the<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>&quot;Sun\nof Righteousness&quot;<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>is manifested IN the\npeople of God -- and more specifically, IN THE BRIDE, that same people Paul\ndescribes in Romans 8:19 as the SONS OF <span class=SpellE>GOD!Still<\/span>\nthink I've left the planet or that I'm out in La-La <span class=SpellE>Land?Then<\/span>\nconsider Joel's last statement in his prophecy.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance,\nas the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.&quot;<\/span><\/u><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Who?Where<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>?<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>In\nMount <span class=SpellE>Zion.In<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Jerusalem.In<\/span>\nthe remnant whom the Lord shall <span class=SpellE>call.If<\/span> that doesn't\nmake sense to you, or you are still seeing these words and phrases as a\ndescription of the literal city of Jerusalem (and in fact they are!) the prophets\nbegan to use these descriptions -- Mount Zion, and Jerusalem -- to\nprophetically describe, first of all, the larger body of God's people\n(Jerusalem), and then that distinct and called-out people -- the Bride --\n(Mount Zion) who represented those who understood and sought after the heart\nand the heart's desire of our Bridegroom.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Of\ncourse, Jerusalem and Mount Zion were representative of God's people, Israel,\nand because His covenant was a covenant that lasts &quot;through all\ngenerations&quot; (the Hebrew phraseology makes it much clearer: the eternity\nof eternities), it certainly applied to the Jews, and more specifically, to\nthose Jews who recognized, acknowledged and worshiped Jesus <span class=SpellE>Christ!But<\/span>\nthese prophets of old had a much larger vision which included the Vine (Jesus)\nand the branches (non-Jewish Christians) grafted into the Vine -- or, as Paul\ndescribes in Romans 11, we as Christians being grafted into the olive tree (the\nsymbol of Israel) as God's chosen and called-out people.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>So\nwhat are we saying <span class=SpellE>here?In<\/span> Jerusalem and in Mount\nZion SHALL BE <span class=SpellE>DELIVERANCE!Hello?Are<\/span> you seeing <span\nclass=SpellE>it?Deliverance<\/span>, Salvation, Healing -- it is all available\nto the world today in the Sons (Suns) of God as they are arising in the midst\nof this darkening world.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>One\nmore prophetic word and I'll get on (I hope) with where I originally planned to\ngo in this Coffee Break.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>What\nwas it that Isaiah prophesied?<\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>&quot;Arise, shine; for\nthy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon <span class=SpellE>thee.For<\/span>,\nbehold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but\nthe LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the\nGentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy\nrising.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Now,\nWHO is <span class=SpellE>arising?The<\/span> people of <span class=SpellE>God!That<\/span>\nchosen, called-out and set-apart people we corporately refer to as &quot;The\nBride of Christ&quot; -- or as the Song of Solomon phrases it, &quot;My Sister,\nMy Spouse&quot; (KJV), and more accurately translated from this Hebrew\nmetaphor, &quot;My Counterpart, My Other Self!&quot;And, folks, this is a\npeople arising and shining during a darkening age, an age in which<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;gross darkness shall cover the earth.&quot;<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>THAT,\nFamily of God, is precisely what the call of the Bridegroom is designed to do:\nto call to attention, to commission, and to send forth in the earth a people\nupon whom the Glory of the Lord has <span class=SpellE>arisen.Now<\/span> do you\nsee the significance of the double-sun <span class=SpellE>event?Do<\/span> you\nsee, do you hear the call of the <span class=SpellE>Bridegroom?Do<\/span> you\nsee His signs in the <span class=SpellE>heavens?Then<\/span>, my friends, you\nare beginning to grasp what Holy Spirit is doing and saying in the earth today.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Whewww<\/span><\/b><\/span><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>!!!<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>That explanation took\na whole lot longer than I expected -- and honestly, Holy Spirit just began to\ndownload things into my spirit as I <span class=SpellE>wrote.You're<\/span>\ngetting it fresh as I'm receiving it!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>That\nsaid, perhaps you are seeing the immediacy that comes with a<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span class=SpellE><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>rhema<\/span><\/i><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Word.Let<\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> me pick up with\nwhere I left off in our last discussion as we talk about the revealed (in us)\nWord vs. academic study of the written Word.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\nhave shared in these Coffee Breaks in time past the travesty of the KJV\ntranslation of II Timothy 2:15 in which the word &quot;Study&quot; has been\ntranslated from the Greek<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>&quot;<span\nclass=SpellE>spoudason<\/span>&quot;<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>in\ncontradistinction to the real message of Holy <span class=SpellE>Spirit.That<\/span>\n<span class=SpellE>messageis<\/span> to &quot;Be instantly responsive!&quot;What\na huge difference in <span class=SpellE>meaning!What<\/span> a huge difference\nthat one single word represents to those of us who are pressing in for the\nintimate presence of the Lord.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>A\nverse of Scripture which we have all heard hundreds, if not thousands of times,\nis found in II Timothy 2:15.The KJV renders it,<\/span><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that <span\nclass=SpellE>needeth<\/span> not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of\ntruth.&quot;<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>This\nis an absolutely tragic <span class=SpellE>translation.Although<\/span> the NASB\nand NIV both render it more accurately,<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a\nworkman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of\ntruth,&quot;<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>the KJV rendition,<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&quot;Study,&quot;<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>has\nbeen a mainstay of many messages and doctrinal presentations.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Reading\nthis passage in the original Greek text one day, I discovered that it has some\nvery immediate and potent applications in the call of the Bridegroom to the\nBride.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\nverse begins with the Greek word,<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;<span class=SpellE><i>spoudason<\/i><\/span>.&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>While the NASB\nrendering, &quot;Be diligent,&quot; is an acceptable translation, this word has\nsome deeper meanings. It is eminently more accurate to translate it, &quot;Be\ninstantly responsive...&quot;Where the Greek word,<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;<span class=SpellE><i>dokimon<\/i><\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>,&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>is\nrendered &quot;approved&quot; in most of the translations, this word has a\nunique background, and a special application for this particular passage.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;<span class=SpellE><i>Dokimon<\/i><\/span>&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>was\na word originated among numismatists to identify the process by which gold and\nsilver coins were tested after smelting in a <span class=SpellE>crucible.It<\/span>\nwas the process which allowed them to determine the genuineness and purity of\ncoins, as well as to detect any counterfeit coins, bars, <span class=SpellE>etc.The<\/span>\ntranslation which renders this word &quot;approved&quot; is sort of OK, but you\nreally need the context in order to appreciate it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>In\nthe same vein, the word,<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>&quot;<span class=SpellE><i>parasteesai<\/i><\/span>,&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>translated:\n&quot;to present,&quot; was first used by the Septuagint translators within the\ncontext of &quot;making oneself available for the purpose of being\nquestioned,&quot; as well as &quot;making oneself available&quot;\nmetaphorically &quot;for fellowship and intimacy.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>It\ntherefore becomes a powerful message from the Holy Spirit when we translate it\nthus:<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>&quot;Be\ninstantly responsive to the Lord, making yourself available to Him in the midst\nof the crucible, a tried and tested laborer, who has no fear of being examined\n-- one who, by virtue of God's testing and the time spent in the crucible with\nHim, knows the proven word of truth.&quot;<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\n&quot;proven word of truth&quot; in this instance can be identified as a<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;<span class=SpellE><i>rhema<\/i><\/span>&quot;<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>word\nfrom the Lord which has been walked out and put to the test in our <span\nclass=SpellE>lives.It<\/span> is an experiential <span class=SpellE>word!It<\/span>\nis an incontestable word no man can combat with any doctrinal argument or\ntheory.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Verses\n16 and 17 of the same chapter reinforce <span class=SpellE>this.Without<\/span>\ntaking the time, here, to break down each of the pertinent Greek words or\nphrases, it can be rendered,<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> <\/span><i><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Stand aloof from, and avoid the untested, untried\n&quot;word&quot; which comes forth from those who would propagate speculation\nand create their own doctrines. These profane speculations and so-called\n&quot;words&quot; are empty babblings which only serve to advance ungodliness;\nand those who spread these doctrines will only yield a gangrene pasture -- a\nsource of poison to those who ingest their &quot;word&quot;......&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\nunbalanced emphasis on &quot;Study&quot; which has been ingrained into the\nfabric of church structure has led to a large majority of the doctrines which\nskillfully bring division among God's people. The push to &quot;study&quot; has\nled to the creation of seminaries and Bible colleges, with the subsequent\n&quot;ordination&quot; of those who complete the &quot;approved&quot; courses\nof <span class=SpellE>study.Those<\/span> who graduate are supposedly ready for\n&quot;ministry,&quot; ready to step out and speak in the name of the <span\nclass=SpellE>Lord,ready<\/span> to administer guidance and correction to those\nwho are growing in the Lord.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Please\ndon't throw rocks at me for saying <span class=SpellE>this!I'm<\/span> not quibbling\nwith the need to study or (better, yet) immerse oneself in the <span\nclass=SpellE>Word.David<\/span> wrote and sang,<\/span><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\n<\/span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;Thy Word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin\nagainst thee.<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>&quot;\n(Psalm 119:11)In this case where we see &quot;word&quot; it is the Hebrew\nparallel to &quot;<span class=SpellE>rhema<\/span>.&quot;Thus, the\n&quot;Word&quot; that David was hiding in his heart was the spoken Word that he\nheard in his <span class=SpellE>spirit.It<\/span> was directly spoken into him\nby Holy <span class=SpellE>Spirit.David<\/span> had no written &quot;Word&quot;\nto &quot;study.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Unfortunately,\nBible colleges and seminaries tend to produce formulas and <span class=SpellE>doctrines.When<\/span>\nthe formulas fail, and the lives of those people who depend on the pastor or\nchurch leader crash, condemnation sets <span class=SpellE>in.Because<\/span> the\n&quot;minister&quot; has put his or her dependence on formulas and doctrines\nwhich are ingrained into the very core of his existence -- in the name of\nputting that dependence in the Lord -- the &quot;minister&quot; now feels that\nthe Lord has failed <span class=SpellE>him.Despair<\/span> sets in, depression\nreigns, and questions arise by the <span class=SpellE>multitude.What's<\/span>\nthe problem?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\n&quot;minister&quot; never heard from the <span class=SpellE>Lord.Much<\/span>\nof his upbringing and preparation for &quot;ministry&quot; was predicated on\n&quot;profane, empty babblings which only serve to advance ungodliness.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I'll\nnever forget the day that I asked the pastor of a large church how the Lord\ncalled him into the <span class=SpellE>ministry.He<\/span> looked rather blank\nat me, stammered and stuttered around momentarily, and then said, &quot;It just\nseemed like a good occupation for me to go to, and the pay looked pretty good,\nso I went to seminary.&quot;When I tried to explain the call of the Bridegroom,\nand the absolute knowing that happens in one's spirit when you hear that call,\nit was apparent that I was speaking a language he did not understand at all.<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Sadly,\nthose who sit under these teachers receive a mix of truth with <span\nclass=SpellE>poison.Taken<\/span> to its logical extension, it results in\n&quot;Christians&quot; who have a name that they are alive, when in fact they\nare <span class=SpellE>dead.It<\/span> is nothing less than the spectacular\ngrace and mercy of God that many have survived this era in the life of the Body\nof Christ to come to a place of recognizing the reality of a love relationship\nwith the Lord, and have responded -- even within the limited framework of their\n<span class=SpellE>understanding.Fortunately<\/span>, the Lord is greater --\nmuch greater -- than the church, the structure, and the doctrines of men; and\nHe leads those on who follow by faith.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Californian FB\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>That's\nwhere we'll go next time.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\n14.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Technical\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#244061'>&quot;We are called to be heirs of God in Christ. There is no\nhigher calling in all of creation. <\/span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Technical\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#244061'>Everything\nhappening in our lives is intended to prepare us for this high calling by\nworking in us Christ's nature<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Technical\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#244061'>. Christ is the answer to\nevery human problem, and He is the answer to every problem we're now <span\nclass=SpellE>facing.It<\/span> is not just that He has the answers, but He is\nthe <span class=SpellE>answer.If<\/span> we are living in the knowledge that the\nOne we serve is over all rule and authority and dominion, how can we <span\nclass=SpellE>fear?Every<\/span> challenge is an opportunity to grow in faith, so\na key to the victorious life is to not waste our trials.(Prophetic Word from\nRick Joyner)<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\n14.0pt'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;\nfont-family:\"Garamond\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Blessings on you!<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> \n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:left;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"72\" title=\"Signature\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Signature.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4230\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=Section1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Regner\n  A. 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