Revelation ch 1:4-6



....Grace and peace to you from his who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be kings and priests to serve His God and Father - to Him be glory and power forever and ever! AMEN

Psalm ch 110:4

...The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”..

The one thing that I noticed in the bible is that many of God's servants, both in the old and the new testament had names that described their destiny with God. You see, God made them, created them even before the founding of the world; He had a vision of who they were and what they would become, and He had a master plan that He used to accomplish His goals. This means that if you are a child of God, every circumstance of your life was preordained, so that the Lord may shape you into His image, so that your life would produce the fruit of the Spirit, for His purposes, and for His glory.



It is always a little disconcerting to know that the Creator of the universe had you on His mind even before your parents were born, and that He knows you so well that He devised a plan to encourage you to become a citizen of the kingdom of God. His loving care of me gives me the courage to live another day whenever I place my thoughts on Him and focus my mind to meditate on His word.

His purpose was to create a family for Himself who would love Him with all their hearts, and who would offer sacrifices of praise, to live in His presence forever and ever, and to rule with Him and His Son, Jesus Christ. God is Holy, and so that means everything and everyone that comes into His presence must be Holy as well. He created us in His image and gave us free will, the ability to understand who we are in this world and in the universe, and to decide if we would follow Him or go our own way.



He knew that many of us would follow our own hearts, but He also knew that many more would choose to be with Him, and so He decided to show true grace and mercy by sending His only Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to give us the greatest gift, redemption and salvation through the atoning death of His Son. By His sacrifice, we are saved and deemed righteous in the Lords' eyes, for now when He sees us, He does not see our fallen human nature, or our weaknesses; He sees the Blood of the Lamb, the blood of His Son, that was shed for us on Calvary, Because we choose to believe in Him, and to call on His Name, The Lord has judged us to be Holy and Righteous, and we may minister in His presence, with words of thanksgiving and praise, and with expressions of our love.

Jesus is always our example of what a born again believer should be. He came into the world to show us what God is really like, to fellowship with us, and to save us. He is the first born of God, and if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then you are counted as His first born in Him. You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek, you are a king or queen, destined to rule with Him and for Him. No one can take you from Him, and no one will be able to stop you from becoming what He has predestined you to become.

When Jesus lived with us, He showed who He was by His words, actions, and deeds. It is now up to us to decide if we believe in what He said and what he did. He will not force anyone to come to Him, but He will show His love for you, if you let him do so. You must have a willingness to hear His voice in your heart, and you must choose to see the world for what it really is, and not how you want it to be. God will not be mocked, you cannot force Him to show you anything, and there is already enough evidence in the world and in the heavens to show that life was created by an intelligent force, a loving creative force for good.

We have all been shaped by our experiences, by our families, and by our environment, but the most powerful influence that we can ever have on our lives is the love and grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He cares for us with a loving passion that defies all explanation. When I think of what He has done for me, I cannot express my gratitude and my love for Him enough. I know who I am and the mistakes that I have made, and it amazes me that He would love me so much, and would die such a horrible and soul wrenching death on a cross for me.

He gave His life for me, so that I can live in His presence forever and ever, so that I can minister to Him, offering sacrifices of praise and love, so that I can serve Him and rule with Him in His beautiful and wondrous universe, and to know what it means to live with peace in my heart, in unity with God and my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, to feel apart of something bigger and greater than myself, to feel accepted and not rejected, to know everlasting love and mercy. When I realized how much He loved me, and how He loves me just as I am, I accepted His gift wholeheartedly. It is the best deal you will ever find!

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