Are We Living Below The Express Image
Of Lavished Grace
“… the Beloved, in Whom we have redemption – the complete loosing
AND separation from bondage to (sin) – THROUGH HIS BLOOD,
the forgiveness – the pardon, the removal by washing – OF OUR
trespasses, ACCORDING TO THE WEALTH OF THE GRACE,
OF-HIM, WHICH HE LAVISHED UPON US.”
. Ephesians 1:6b-8a
“Then summoning him, his lord said to him,
‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt
. because you entreated me.
Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave,
. even as I had mercy on you?‘ “
. Matthew 18:32-33 (NASB)
. There has been for years a prophetic promise, being held fast to, for which many Believers have both fasted and prayed, of a great end-time harvest of peoples into the Kingdom of God.
. Yet there has been, at the same time, an ignoring, at large, of the first breath of Holy Spirit impartation – (John 20:20-23a). (This was addressed in a short Kairos from a year ago, April – (click here to that link).)
. Over the last number of weeks Father God has been speaking, emphatically, with intensity, concerning the issue of unforgiveness within the Bride of Christ, the Ekklesia/church on the earth, we who are to be the express image of Jesus with each other and before a lost and dying world.
. Holy Spirit is addressing this increasingly. Father God is adamant about glorifying His Son -> the purpose, the very intention of Jesus’s whole hearted willingness to give Himself to be sacrificed in order to redeem us, because of His Father’s love for us, indeed, of His own love for His Father – His Father’s heart, His Father’s will, His Father’s desire to have His image, His GLORY manifested through a redeemed people … His children!!! (Rev. 5:9-10)
“Then God said, “Let us make man IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS …” “
. Genesis 1:26a (NASB)
“So the LORD said, ” … indeed, as i live, ALL the earth WILL BE FILLED with GLORY OF THE LORD “ [‘the weightiness of the express image of YHVH”] .
. Numbers 14;20a, 21 (NASB)
“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, “
. Romans 8:29a (NASB)
“For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to given the light of the knowledge of THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST.
But WE HAVE THIS TREASURE in earthen vessels, “
. 2 Corinthians 4:6-7a (NASB)
. “GOD, ‘LOVE’ He is” … John writes this twice in his first epistle, in this exact word order; (1 John 4:8 &16). Consequently, for us to be created a new Creation in Christ Jesus, the reflection, the very fruit of His seed in us, will be the express image of all that is 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a Agape-Love THROUGH us.
. There is a weightiness of Glory that is in the revelation of who God is to us, and thus should be through us, in our being transformed from Glory into Glory, the more we behold Jesus, as He is being unveiled before the eyes of our heart every time we behold Him through the scriptures, in our own private time with Him, and in our gathering together.
. We carry this weightiness that is the Glory in this earthen vessel of our body, Beloved.
. The river of Life that is the river of Grace to us from the Throne of Grace ought to be that very river of Life and river of Grace through us, because of Holy Spirit in us (Jhn. 4;14; 7:38-39a).
. The Revelation of God’s crazy amazing Awesome Love to us is revealed to us through Jesus’s giving Himself to the death of a cross , in God’s sacrificing His only Begotten Son – To FORGIVE us … with ALL that this word means, with EVERYTHING that it connotes and denotes – because it is wholly purely rooted in the heart of Who God is as Love.
. There is NOT a manifest revelation to mankind, whatsoever, of God’s character of Love apart from the sacrifice of Jesus on Golgatha’s cross IN ORDER TO FORGIVE US, UTTERLY & COMPLETELY!!! (ref. Heb. 10;15, 17-22).
( if you understood the depth of these verses in Hebrews, you would weep so uncontrollably, & there would not be in you the ability to even hold on to unforgiveness in your heart towards anyone, bcuz of how beyond comprehension is God’s forgiveness of you out of His Love for you.)
“the love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit, the One having been given to us. …
and God commends His own love [in]to us, that,
in our being still sinners, Christ FOR US died; much more,
then, having been declared righteous now in His blood, … ;
for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God
through the death of His Son, … “
. Romans 5:5b (BLB), 8, 9a-10a(LSV)
. The revelation of ALL that is God’s Love is DIRECTLY linked to the purpose of His redeeming us … through ALL that is His FORGIVENESS of us. … Are you listening, Beloved?
… Selah …
. Having laid down this foundation, what is going to be written over the next several Kairos posts are what Holy Spirit has been unveiling to me concerning our living below the lavished Love poured out into our hearts, through holding onto unforgiveness.
. More than eight years ago I asked Father God for a ‘rubber meets the road’ revelation in my heart concerning His Love.
. I knew the theology, but I was hungry for a revelation that my heart did not have. Pursuing Him for this for months, I was rocked to the core of my being when He began to unveil depths of His love through the youtube teachings by Dan Mohler, (most especially the “School of Kingdom Living” series).
. This unveiling of God’s love, (still going on to this day), sent me a number of times, (and still does), to my knees – in tears, crying out for Abba Father God to change me, to transform me.
. What Holy Spirit has been explaining over these last number of weeks concerning what is forgiveness through the revelation of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a Love, and how unforgiveness is seen through God, how unforgiveness is seen by the angels, and what all this means pertaining to our hindering the harvest because of retained unforgiveness in our heart, has unveiled an even greater depth of God’s intention to transform the Bride of Christ into becoming Love as she has never known, towards manifesting through HER Jesus’s resurrection, Throne-seated Glory, which carries an Authority of Kingdom power beyond anything she has ever known.
. I have written posts on Facebook, which Holy Spirit has put on my heart to get written and posted in these Kairos pages pertaining to all of this. So they will come in increments
. Two words came from Holy Spirit at separate days. I did not realize the first was tied into this entire issue of unforgiveness until about a week or so ago, when Father unveiled His heart to me as to this. This will make sense to you after you see them and they are explained as to their being linked.
Monday, April 22, 2024 – 6;55am
. “I am ‘I AM’. – I am moving & forming My people in My Son
towards (προς) getting you all into My ‘I AM’ time zone in your believing.
I AM answering the decree of Paul’s Eph. 3:16-19 prayer, in order to get you into Eph. 3:20 believing, that I might fulfill Eph. 4:13 in the earth.
For THIS is the fulfillment of My Purpose & My Destiny for My people, as I declared to Moses in Numbers 14:21. (see also Isaiah 9:7).
Do NOT stop praying Eph. 3:16-19 for My people; have I not given to you a mandate? For as I Live declares the LORD, ALL the earth – every tribe & tongue & people & nation – Will Be FILLED w/ the Glory of God.
I AM the LORD [הוה’] ”
( Exodus 3;14; Rom. 5:1-2 – esp v2 / 2 Cor. 3 – esp. v16-18 – & 4:6-9)
. This 2nd word came to me in my morning private time with Jesus Sat. May 18, 2024 – 6:59am
. “Tell the church she will NOT have Revival apart from transformation, apart from the image of the wicked Bond servant in My parable in Matthew 18.
. If she will not walk in the force of My poured out upon her Mercy and Grace towards each other, she will not see the Harvest for which she is asking Me. Because she is living in willful deception of My heart poured out upon her. I am the Lord! (I heard this Name, “Lord”, as how it is spelled, not with all caps – he that has ears to hear … )
. I expect the River of Life to be the outflow of My Holy Spirit in her.
As you have been Graced in My forgiveness,so walk in My Love.”
(Mat. 18:21-5; Eph. 4:31-5:2; Col. 2:6; 3:10-14)
. I will not take time to explain all of this other than when the LORD says, “I am I AM,” and that, “I’m moving and forming My people into My I AM time zone.” that it has everything to do with stepping into the revelation of His love pertaining specifically to unconditional forgiveness according to unconditional love, the way we have been loved – Eph. 4:32-5:2.
. In the Book of Joshua, in the English, chptr 1:5, it says “as I was /as I have been with Moses, I will be with you”, as though it is future tense from past tense. But the Hebrew actually says, “as I was with Moses, I AM with you”, not, “I will be with you.” (How was the LORD Moses? He was, “I AM that I AM” ). There is no future tense in the Old Testament Hebrew. And THIS revelation, of Who the LORD is to His people, had EVERYTHING to do with His delivering them from out of slavery – ultimately through a sacrificed Lamb. (Ex. 6;2, 6; 12:1-13)
. Accordingly, New covenant revelation of His being “I AM” to us has EVERYTHING to with His delivering us from slavery to sin through the sacrifice of His Lamb … through forgiveness because of Love.
. I personally believe that the reason we are not seeing fulfillment of so many prophetic promises has to do, in part, with seeing the LORD as “I was” and “I will be”, and not as “I AM” present tense.
. But, in these recent days, I’m also getting understanding that one of the reasons were not realizing Kingdom victory presently, in areas for which we have been believing Jesus, (and most especially pertaining to a great harvest, about which has been prophesied often for very many years), is because we are hindering angels from “ascending & descending upon the Son of Man” – ( Jhn. 1:31) – the Body of Christ presently on the earth.
. How?
. Angels carry out God the LORD’s word, obeying the Voice of His Word (Ps. 103:20), the decrees from the Throne, where is, presently, the blood of Jesus (Heb. 9;14, 24; 12;22-24), and Jesus Himself, with holes in His hands, His feet, His side – the evidence of God’s beyond comprehesion Love in forgiving us … and yet WE are testifying against this Love of unconditional forgiveness, against the very blood by which WE have been graced/have been forgiven … through unforgiveness (however much or little, by retained record through retained hurt) against one another.
. Too many, who name the Name of Jesus, are the one whom Jesus called “wicked” in Matthew 18:32, by reason of retained unforgiveness.
. I know these are hard words … But they are Grace’s Sword to divide soul and spirit, towards releasing us from what is not a part of the freedom of living transformed into Jesus’s image – (see 2 Cor. 3;17-18). They are Grace’s Sword to cut off the garment of heaviness that we might be clothed in the Bride’s wedding dress of royal righteousness, reflecting the Brilliancy of the glory of the One who redeemed us, towards showing a world the awesomeness of the LOVE of so amazing a God as is our heavenly Father!!! (Jhn.13:34-35; 1 Jhn. 4:10-11; Eph. 4:32-5:2)
. All of this will get unveiled and explained as I move the posts from FB over to here.
. The manifestation of God’s Glory THROUGH the Ekklesia Bride of Christ is DIRECTLY linked to forgiveness from the heart, Beloved, EXACTLY as we have been forgiven … exactly as we have been so lavishly Loved, by our Savior!
with tears in my heart for His Bride,
Mark D
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** – Beloved, you are free to print this and any Kairos for your own study. Take the time to go through these scriptures, and let the Holy Spirit write them and bear witness to them in your hearts and minds. Let the Word of God and the Blood of Jesus and the witness of the Holy Spirit who lives inside of you wash through you and renew your mind. These blogs are meant to be Bible studies, so you are free to print up any newsletter of this blog site for your own study. Feel free to copy and reset these Newsletter with lines in them for notes.
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– If you have never believed into Jesus Christ, you can do so now, from your own heart and words. If you wish help to pray, pray, “LORD Jesus, I believe You died for me and as me because You love me. I receive Your Forgiveness for my sin. Thank You for shedding Your blood to cleanse me, for making me clean, for breaking the power of sin in my life, for transforming me as a gift of Your Grace to me. I ask You to live inside of me. I thank You, Jesus, for giving me eternal life, that I might know You and Your Father, as my God, forever. In Your Name, LORD Jesus. Amen!”
_ If you just believed into Jesus, if you prayed this prayer to believe into Jesus, it is of great importance that you be water baptized (Mk. 16:16a; Acts 10:47-48a; Rom.6:4). And ask Jesus to baptize you in Holy Spirit & fire. Share your faith, what Jesus has done for you.
– For those of you who have believed into Jesus; take communion often (I Cor. 11:23-26; Lk. 24:30-31a). Let communion be a refreshing of the Blood and the Spirit (Heb. 9:14) to cleanse your conscious from sin consciousness to righteousness consciousness, that you are indeed clean, as a gift of His grace. You are no more, Dearly Beloved, under condemnation; rather, you are under justification – eternally! (Rom. 4:25b, 5:21;b; Heb. 9:11-12). You will find the Holy Spirit of Jesus unveiling Jesus to you from the scriptures like you’ve never seen Him before.
kairos – (Kahee-ros’) – Strong’s concordance defines this word: “an occasion, I.e. set or proper time.” The Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible (NASB) defines this word; “season, time, but not merely as a succession of moments, which is chronos,” [from which we derive the English word ‘chronology’]. “Kairos, however, implies not the convenience of the season, but the necessity of the task at hand, whether the time provides a good, convenient opportunity or not.” This must be understood. Strategic times of the Lord do not necessarily imply good or convenient times. We are in Kairos times. Maybe not good or convenient times, but definitely strategic, opportune times because of the season we are in. We must have “ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches,” (Rev. 2:29), so as to respond correctly to the Kairos time.
* Some Scripture for this letter is taken from the (NASB) – NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Other references translated from Grk. Txt as presented in T. Newberry’s Englishman’s Greek New Testament, Zondervan Publishing – 1982- originally published in London, Eng. 1877 Scripture references not showing a Translation in Brackets are this writer’s translation from the Hebrew Massoretic Text as it appears on the web-site “qbible.com”, our from the Greek text of Thomas Newberry’s “Englishman’s Greek New Testament”. Some definitions given to Hebrew words are also referenced from qbible.com website, as well as from Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, Baker Book House Company, (C) 1979
Several Translations and study guides to which this author refers are taken from biblehub.com website.