We are told in the Bible that we have the mind of the
anointed one. That takes some action on our part, but the reason we have Jesus’
mind is because we believed first. Jesus tells us that we will receive above
and beyond if we ask for the Holy Spirit. That seal marks us for complete
redemption on the day of redemption. God has made a down payment on our behalf
and the Holy Spirit lives in our hearts. If we fully understand this we will
not have any questions regarding the end times. The age we live in is a
different time period than prior to Pentecost. Let’s explore.
1 Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that
he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. KJV
Isa 40:13 Who hath directed
the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? KJV
We have the mind of Christ. If we remember last week’s
study, Christ means “anointed”, this
literally means we have the mind of the anointed or anointed one. This group of
anointed people have the Holy Spirit residing inside of them. The anointed ones
do not deny the power or ministry of the anointed. Isaiah’s question puts
people into their proper place. We do not direct the Spirit, albeit some
believe they should direct the Holy Spirit, the obvious answer is that humans
are not smart enough to direct, or instruct, or counsel the Holy Spirit. We
have to renew our minds’; this implies that our mind can think “off track” and
we need to put it back “on track” to align with the Holy Spirit.
Eph 4:22-24 That ye put off concerning the former
conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;23
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;24 And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. KJV
While we have the mind of the anointed or the anointed one,
we have to guard it and make ourselves behave according to righteousness and
holiness. We are established in the anointing, and in the anointed one with a
token. The token we have is the Spirit.
2 Cor 1:21-22 Now he which stablisheth [950] us with you
in Christ [5547], and hath anointed [5548] us, is God;22 Who hath also sealed
[4972] us, and given the earnest [728] of the Spirit in our hearts [2588].KJV
NT:950 bebaioo (beb-ah-yo'-o); from NT:949; to
stabilitate (figuratively): KJV - confirm, (e-) stablish.(Biblesoft's New
Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:5547 Christos (khris-tos'); from NT:5548; anointed,
i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus: KJV - Christ.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary.
Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible
Translators, Inc.)
NT:5548 chrio (khree'-o); probably akin to NT:5530
through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to
consecrate to an office or religious service: KJV - anoint. (Biblesoft's New
Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:4972 sphragizo (sfrag-id'-zo); from NT:4973; to stamp
(with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or
figuratively); by implication, to keep secret, to attest: KJV - (set a, set to)
seal up, stop.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc.
and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:4973 sphragis
(sfrag-ece'); probably strengthened from NT:5420; a signet (as fencing in or
protecting from misappropriation); by implication, the stamp impressed (as a
mark of privacy, or genuineness), literally or figuratively: KJV -
seal.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded
Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and
International Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:728 arrhabon (ar-hrab-ohn'); of Hebrew origin
[OT:6162]; a pledge, i.e. part of the purchase-money or property given in
advance as security for the rest: KJV - earnest.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive
Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary.
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Translators, Inc.)
OT:6162 arabown
(ar-aw-bone'); from OT:6148 (in the sense of exchange); a pawn (given as
security): KJV - pledge. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006
Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:2588 kardia (kar-dee'-ah); prolonged from a primary
kar (Latin, cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the
thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle: KJV - (+broken-)
heart (-ed).(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc.
and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
Let’s understand this literally. God established or
confirmed a group of anointed and consecrated humans with a private stamp and
escrow or a security deposit of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. In the old days
a wax seal on an envelope or document would be stamped with a signet ring which
had the symbol of the master of a household. The Creator of the Heavens and the
Earth stamped you and paid money up front for you. How did he do that? He sent
His son Jesus as your ransom and then sent the Holy Spirit as your security
deposit. Jesus purchased us, but the seal and down payment leave no question as
to who you belong to. By believing first, you were anointed in your heart and
established forever as a Son of God.
Have you ever been around people who wish to fight and
contend with others in regards to the Holy Spirit and the ministry of the Holy
Spirit? One cannot understand the Holy Spirit from the carnal mind, therefore
in order for the argumentative one to understand anything at all regarding the
Holy Spirit, that individual has to believe and ask for the Holy Spirit.
Rom 8:8-11 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.10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but
the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11 But if the Spirit of him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the
dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. KJV
Not only can flesh not please God, works of the flesh
cannot please God. We have to have the Holy Spirit in our hearts to please God.
It does not matter how well I keep laws or rules, without the Holy Spirit I
will not be pleasing to God Almighty. Why? Because God sent His Son and the
Holy Spirit, if we refuse both or one or the other, we are refusing His gift.
Have you ever know anyone who may have acted this way: “Well gee God I think
I’ll reject your Son, but feel free to give me your Spirit” or “God I really
don’t want your Spirit, I’ll just take your Son”; or “God, you are trying to
give me your Son and your Spirit, but I don’t’ want either, I’d rather be in
charge and tell you what to do”. Humans
are so funny; we seem to have a problem with ego.
Jesus told us to ask for the Holy Spirit. How hard is
that?
Luke 11:9-13 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.10
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that
is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish
give him a serpent?12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion?13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him? KJV
If we humans who are evil can give good gifts, surely God
Almighty can do better than we can. Jesus says that the Heavenly Father will
give us the Holy Spirit and more if we ask. Remember Solomon? What did he ask
for? He asked for Wisdom, and Wisdom is the Holy Spirit.
2 Chron 1:11-12 And God said to Solomon, Because this was
in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life
of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and
knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made
thee king:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee
riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have
been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. KJV
Solomon got the “and more” from God because he asked for
wisdom not for riches. When the Tabernacle was being built, Bezaleel was filled
with the Holy Spirit and more.
Ex 31:1-3 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,2 See, I
have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, KJV
Today we can also be filled with the Spirit of the living
God, and more.
1 Cor 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of
wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; KJV
The Holy Spirit distributes wisdom and knowledge and
more. All we have to do is ask, and believe. All the Kings of the earth desired
to hear from Solomon because he had something no one else had. And where did
God put wisdom? In his heart. Isn’t this where the Holy Spirit abides?
2 Chron 9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the
presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. KJV
Paul just told us that the Spirit is in our hearts, and He
is the earnest, or the security deposit, in our hearts. Solomon tells us that mortal men are weighed
down and can hardly understand what is going on in the earth. Humans cannot
understand anything, archeology, paleontology, history, science, without the
Holy Spirit.
Wisdom 9:14-17 For the thoughts of mortal men are
miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.15 For the corruptible body
presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that
museth upon many things.16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are
upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the
things that are in heaven who hath searched out?17 And thy counsel who hath
known, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above? KJV
Unless we have the Holy Spirit inside as our teacher, we
will not understand the world, the heavens, or the Bible. Here is the bigger
problem for humanity, those who reject or refuse to believe are damned, rather
than set apart as holy.
2 Thess 2:12-14 That they all might be damned [2919] who
believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.13 But we are bound
to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God
hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation [4991] through sanctification [38]
of the Spirit and belief of the truth:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel,
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. KJV
NT:2919 krino (kree'-no); properly, to distinguish, i.e.
decide (mentally or judicially); by implication, to try, condemn, punish: KJV -
avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue
at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.(Biblesoft's New
Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:4991 soteria (so-tay-ree'-ah); feminine of a
derivative of NT:4990 as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety
(physically or morally): KJV - deliver, health, salvation, save,
saving.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc.
and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:38 hagiasmos (hag-ee-as-mos'); from NT:37; properly,
purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier: KJV
- holiness, sanctification.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and
Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006
Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
Purification of the Spirit sets the anointed ones apart
from the condemned ones. Those who are sanctified, or purified, are separated
from the condemned or damned, and we may not see it with our earthly eyes. but
spiritually we have a stamp on us that shows we belong to the Almighty God. There
is then a group of people who are in Christ. Sometimes we call this the “body
of Christ”, as we studied last week. The phrases “in Christ”, “of Christ”, or
“with Christ” (add any proposition you can think of), really tell us of a group
that is separate or apart from everyone else. The group of redeemed is: of, in,
by, or through, the anointed. We are of the anointed. We are in the anointed,
etc. This is why Paul was so adamant regarding the law, the law was not for
those “in” the anointing. One keeps the law with their head but the Holy Spirit
resides in one’s heart. The group that formed on the day of Pentecost is a
group of marked and ransomed people.
Col 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in
drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath
days:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. KJV
Let’s look at this slightly differently, the reality
belongs to the anointed. The reality belongs to the anointed one and his
anointed.
Col 2:17 Such [things] are only the shadow of things that
are to come, and they have only a symbolic value. But the reality (the
substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it) belongs to
Christ. AMP
Paul understood this and called it “the mystery”; you are
the mystery. You are living in an age where the Holy Spirit seals you until the
day of redemption. After that day, you won’t need the seal, you will be
redeemed.
Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby
ye are sealed [4972] unto the day of redemption. KJV
If it is possible for the Holy Spirit to be grieved; we
should do our best not to cause the Holy Spirit grief. I bet the Holy Spirit
has a big bottle of Pepto-Bismol on account of us silly humans. But understand
this, we are awaiting the day of our redeeming.
A better understanding is that we are waiting, whether dead or alive, for a
particular day, in which we will be bought back for good. Today we live in the
devil’s domain, but we have our citizenship in heaven. We may die, and as Jesus
told us no one goes to heaven, we instead are with him in the garden of God
where he gives us to eat of the tree of life. We are waiting for this age of
the anointed, who are of the anointed
one, Jesus. We are also sealed with the Holy Spirit and a down payment has been
made for a particular day to be fully purchased.
Jesus told us he was sealed as well. Jesus was sealed
with the Holy Spirit and we are sealed with the Holy Spirit.
John 6:26-27 Jesus answered them and said, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but
because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.27 Labour not for the meat
which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which
the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed [4972]. KJV
Again, we have to first believe and trust in the anointed
one, then we will be to the praise of His glory. We trust after we hear, then
we believe. At that time we are sealed with the Holy Spirit.
Eph 1:12-14 That we should be to the praise of his glory,
who first trusted in Christ.13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye
believed, ye were sealed [4972] with that holy Spirit of promise,14 Which is
the earnest [728] of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory. KJV
We are sealed until we are redeemed or transferred. Have
you ever cut out a coupon and put it in your wallet so that the next time you
went to the store you could use it? You didn’t get the money printed on the
coupon just because you cut the coupon out, you had to purchase the product,
then give the cashier the coupon, then you got the amount of money promised on
the coupon; you have redeemed that
coupon. You have been sealed until you are redeemed. When the Father sends His
Son to call from the clouds, he will redeem us. Those “in” Christ are sealed
until they are redeemed. And just as Jesus was sealed and raised from the dead,
the dead in Christ rise first. Those who are in the anointing, and of
the anointed one, rise first. Then those who are alive, who are anointed and
sealed, are caught up with them; that is the day of redemption. Not all the
dead rise at that time, only the sealed in Christ. Not all the people are
caught up, only the sealed in Christ. This is part of the mystery that if the
devil knew, he would not have crucified Jesus the anointed.
1 Thess 4:15-17 For this we declare to you by the Lord's
[own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall
in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those
who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. 16 For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an
archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have
departed this life in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we, the living ones who
remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the
resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always
(through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! AMP
Some people don’t think the ministry and age of the Holy
Spirit is important, but being sealed is very important. The purpose of the
tribulation is so that Israel will call on Jesus.
Matt 23:37-39 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest
the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.39 For
I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord. KJV
Let’s look at similar passage from 2 Ezra.
2 Esd 1:30-37 I gathered you together, as a hen gathereth
her chickens under her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast
you out from my face.31 When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you:
for your solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I
forsaken.32 I sent unto you my servants the prophets, whom ye have taken and
slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will require of your
hands, saith the Lord.33 Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Your house is desolate,
I will cast you out as the wind doth stubble.34 And your children shall not be
fruitful; for they have despised my commandment, and done the thing that is an
evil before me.35 Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which
not having heard of me yet shall believe me; to whom I have shewed no signs,
yet they shall do that I have commanded them.36 They have seen no prophets, yet
they shall call their sins to remembrance, and acknowledge them.37 I take to
witness the grace of the people to come, whose little ones rejoice in gladness:
and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they believe
the thing that I say. KJV
Second Ezra is quite interesting. This is what Paul was
saying in Colossians, regardless of feasts and holidays, which are simply a
shadow, this new group of people, who believe first, are the ones in Christ. What is different is that the
nations didn’t have prophets or commandments, but this special group, the
anointed, confesses and acknowledges their sins. Even though this group has not
seen God with their eyes, they believe Him. If there is any Godly jealousy this
is it. God was rejected, Jesus came and he was rejected, and lastly the Holy
Spirit and the time of Holy Spirit are rejected. Therefore the tribulation
occurs so that the ones who reject God will call on Jesus, and Jesus will come
back with his armies to fight for Jerusalem.
If you are among those who believe on Jesus and the Holy
Spirit by faith, then you are of the group awaiting the day of redemption. We
have been sealed and a down payment has been made on our behalf until the day
of redemption. On that day we will be redeemed in full. Hardness of heart does
not get one redeemed. Believing on Jesus as the Christ, the anointed, and
asking for the Holy Spirit, is the way to the day of redemption.
