King of Kings and Lord of Lords; The Word of God

Once before, after the flood, man banded together in common tongue to raise up the Tower of Babel:

[Gen 11:1 KJV] "And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And the Lord saw it and intervened - this was post-flood intervention too! 

Genesis 11:5-7: And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 

Woe to us for our prideful inclinations and aspirations on this earth: 

Proverbs 16:18: Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall

Proverbs 11:2: When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom 

Perhaps man again will change the world, through divine intervention, if the Church rise up as a unit.  What would happen if the children of God banded together to herald the truth with common tongue and will? 

Let us be a light unto the world! Park Church, Brave Church, Calvary Chapel Church, Grace Chapel, Grace City, Bridgeway Church, The River Church, Fellowship Denver Church, the Heights Church, Beacon, Calvary Wellspring, Upperroom When can we begin a revival in Denver? Where do we start? I pray it be so for I am ready. Are you? Let us spread the fire and love for the Lord's goodness and grace. We were not instructed on how to pray with the right ingredients?

[Jhn 1:50 ESV] "Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these.""

The Word of God will arrive someday as it is written, for '...His Kingdom come, as earth as it is in heaven! ' 

[Rev 19:11-16 NASB20] "And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it [is] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes [are] a flame of fire, and on His head [are] many crowns; and He has a name written [on Him] which no one knows except Himself. [He is] clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white [and] clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: 

"KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.""

So this passage raises the question for me: Did Jesus have a tattoo? 

We'll have to wait and see... the real question is: Are you ready?

In the meantime I will get a second so I can pay right homage to my King. If it is ever asked of me - then I can say I am only but a 'little king' that serves the King of Kings. Already an eternal reminder for me. So I would do this as a witness and testimony of fealty to the one who made me in His image. For even the ones covered in ink of vanity should know of their need for fealty to the Lord. Time to lead by bold example so the Holy Spirit can work in the hearts of those I speak to. I must grow in my self-discipline for a race set before me. I am to live as I am called.

[1Co 9:22-27 ESV] "To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified." 

[1Co 7:15-17 ESV] "But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches." 

For I am convinced that I am not saved by works of my own rightousness but by my faith in Jesus. And what is faith without works? Dead. Works are the evidence, not the means, of salvation. There is nothing I can do but choose to follow and to serve; God's grace powers the choice and sustains faith. What matters most is faith in Jesus, expressed in love. It says it just so! (Galations 5:6)

[Rom 9:31-33 NIV] "but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.

[Rom 5:1-2 KJV] "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." 

It was even written in the Old Testament that some would write on their hand - as the slaves or cattle were once branded. I am now a slave that embraces his identify in Christ - what joyous privilege! 

[Isa 44:5-6 NASB20] ""This one will say, 'I am the LORD'S'; And that one will call on the name of Jacob; And another will write [on] his hand, 'Belonging to the LORD,' And will give himself Israel's name with honor. "This is what the LORD says, [He who is] the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of armies: 'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me."

I do think the alpha omega tattoo comes first - I am reminded again in this passage. Each image will have a verse for this is how I will remember best in this life - what is written. I may also then be witness even after my death when my body lay bare before I turn back to dust:  Again I say - it is all matter of the heart. Some face consequence for choices made in this life. We all will face them in the next. And so I am thankful for the certainty of salvation; the justification of my sins and freedom from the rigid laws of the Jews. 

The new law is simple: love your neighbor as yourself, as He has loved me! 

[Jhn 13:34-36 NIV] ""A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later."" 

For we are not justified because of anything done in us or by us - it is Christ who has done this. Only by the free grace are we justified! For Jesus was the atonement. A necessary shedding of blood for our transgressions:

Leviticus 17:11: For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life

[Eph 1:7 NASB20] "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace"

He is also called the second Adam for the first failed us, a curse for generations to come, but then Jesus came to make it right. For He loved us so even to a brutal death! I strive to choose differently than Adam in the moments I can... though I too am a sinful man. 

[Mat 19:26 ESV] "But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.""

For there was a moment when Eve extended an apple, after the deceiver tricked her, and Adam had not yet succumbed to a bite. Though in his heart a choice to sin was sealed - for He loved Eve all but too much whom the Lord had provided in kindness:

[1Ti 2:13-14 ESV] "For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor."

And one... the one I had forgot... it was written in my heart once.  It was lost to me for too long as I grieved and quenched the Spirit with my pattern of choices:

[1Co 10:13 NIV] "No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."

There is also a warning I did not heed close enough. Take note brothers: for why did I proclaim myself as the helper to my help mate when The Helper was sent? Should have kept the main thing the main thing. What reversal of the ordained order of things for me to do otherwise; I should have read more in my youth and sought wisdom. So where it should have been healthy interdependent, a thing complementary but different in other aspects, equal in value and worth...turned into co-dependent idolaty. A risk to be aware of and present since sin first entered the world:

[Gen 3:16 KJV] "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

[1Co 11:12 ESV] "for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God." 

For the path I followed was with my own heart. The neivity and foolishness of my youth lead me astray and may yet again - I will attempt to be not so naive. Rather I will guard my heart more closely now fully aware of its nature and awakened:

• [Pro 4:23 KJV] "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life."
• [Jer 17:9 KJV] "The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
• [Psa 51:10 KJV] "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." 
• [Isa 55:9 KJV] "For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

[Mat 22:37-40 KJV] "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

Something about His presence makes me feel good: I don't have to worry about a thing! (an ode to forrest frank there - video below)

Rest in peace, safety and love under the olive tree my friend. For that I who I seek.

You are loved! 

Will you love Him? He waits for it with open arms.