Jesus says: Mark 8:36
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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True riches come as we hear from God and follow HIS instructions, doing the word of God in our lives.
The Bible is like a field filled with treasure. It is more precious than rubies and nothing is to be compared with it, the Word of God.
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II Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
I find a nugget of scripture and meditate on it and do it and make it a part of my own life, following what it says to do and conforming to those instructions.
And I am recreated over and over in the image of Christ, The Word, each time I follow a Word from God.
There is no greater treasure than applying the Word of God to your own life, living that Word, one scripture at a time, seeing Jesus as "The Word".
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Here are some treasures that I want to keep living:
II Peter 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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Recent revelation from God:
We read a scripture many times and then God sometimes opens our eyes to understand. This happened to me on October 21,2020.
Acts 2 (Peter speaking of David)
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He (David) seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that HIS soul was not left in hell, neither HIS flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (says Peter)
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, HE hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
I realized what David was saying in verse 34 is this:
31 He (David) seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that HIS soul was not left in hell, neither HIS flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (says Peter)
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, HE hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
I realized what David was saying in verse 34 is this:
* The LORD (God) said unto my Lord (Jesus), Sit thou on my right hand.
Then I understood.
David saw God bring Jesus into heaven and seat Jesus on HIS own right hand.
A few days ago, I realized this: After Jesus was taken into heaven, Jesus no longer came to earth revealing Himself to another human in bodily form.
Jesus did take John into heaven (Rev. 1) to see visions of Himself in a human body form but Jesus did not return to this earth to do that.
It may seem like a small point, but I really believe this was from God and I am diligent to report those things I believe to have been revealed to me by God.
Lately God has been having me to warn the church concerning visions where it seems that "Jesus" came to earth and revealed Himself to them in "chambers" (their bedrooms), for many false Christs will appear on this earth, likely in form of visions, and many will be deceived.
Jesus warns:
Matthew 24
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, HE is in the desert; go not forth: behold, HE is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Every eye of man will see Jesus when HE returns the second time.
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.
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Jesus came to earth once in the form of a man and gave up HIS spiritual body to live here as a human and be crucified and resurrected by God and then after 40 days taken back into heaven.
To have to come back to this earth again in the human form of a man seems to put Jesus in the position of having to sacrifice again by giving up HIS own spiritual body in heaven and a second time taking on the form of a human body which is subject to pains of the flesh of man. I do not believe that will happen.
Concerning Jesus suffering:
Hebrews 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Jesus came to this earth once in the form of a human which was subject to the pains of humans. For Jesus to have to return again to this earth in the form of a human would be to suffer pains of humans again.
Jesus will not suffer again for our sins.
So if we sin after being forgiven, there is no more sacrifice remaining for our sins. Heb. 10:26
To expect this would to be crucify Jesus afresh.
Therefore I don't believe Jesus will appear again on this present earth in the form of a human but these false Christ might do this in visions.
I Corinthians 2:2 Paul says: For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
Paul was preaching the crucified Christ, the Jesus, "The Word", who sits in spiritual body at the right hand of God who is Spirit.
So many people in churches today picture a physical, fleshly Jesus rather than a spiritual Jesus who is "The Word", who is not in the form of a man of this earth, but is a voice from heaven.
Hebrews 6
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.
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For when Jesus came before to this earth, in the human form of a man, we read:
Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of HIS glory (God's glory), and the express image of HIS (God's) person, and upholding all things by the word of HIS power, when HE (Jesus) had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Jesus gave up HIS position as God, HIS spiritual form, to come to this earth as a human to die for man.
Jesus agreed to be made lower than the angels so HE could suffer as a human. For had Jesus come to this earth as an angel, there would be no suffering for angels do not suffer as humans since they do not have these fleshly bodies as humans.
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that HE by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
So to think that Jesus would have to return to this earth again as a human is to put Jesus in the position of having to suffer again in the flesh.
Now Jesus has no flesh but is again in heaven as a Spirit, The Word.
Thus I see false Christs coming to this earth in the form of "Jesus", calling themselves "Jesus", making people think they are the real Jesus, but we need to know it is not so, that we be not deceived by them, for they are false Christs.
And I believe these false Christs, in the form of human bodies, will appear in visions to many people at the end times.
Here is a dream Pam Padgett had about being in heaven:
Pam says:
There were many of us, all in white robes. I knew we were praising God, but I didn't see God nor Jesus, yet I knew they were there.
When I was transported into heaven in the night shortly after I was born again, it was this same way as Pam described. I knew I was with God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit but I saw no physical type images at all but I knew them.
I was asleep in the night and was transported into heaven where I was with God, with Jesus, and with the Holy Spirit. (I saw no images. It was a spiritual experience.) I was merged into the body of Jesus, made one with The Word of God, God and the Holy Spirit witnessing.
A few nights later, the exact same thing happened a second time.
I have also had a dream where I was in a house, in heaven, with Jesus (but no physical images of a human body.) He was leaving me for a little while and I didn't want HIM to go but HE did. I felt it meant I had to spend a little more time on this earth, although we know Jesus is in us and never really leaves us.
There is a situation in heaven where we do not have these human bodies yet we know one another and certainly we know God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
We will be in our new spiritual bodies in heaven.
Some church people are so fleshly they cannot imagine anything other than the form of a human body.
Therefore these false Christs should be able to trick them into thinking Jesus appeared to them on this earth in visions.
Jesus speaks of this warning us in Matthew 24.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
These are such new concepts to most of us we need to see these verses in Matthew 24 many times.
Certainly God can open our eyes to these truths.
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