REPOST WORD OUT OF 2005Honour The Son With A Kiss
by
Catharina Schouten
Psalms 2:12
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
With thanks to : Johan Schouten
Translation: Jan Pruis
Psalms 2
I Myself have anointed My King
1 Why do the nations rage,
And the peoples plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth take a stand,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, The word “anointed” is the same as the word for “Messiah” or “Christ”saying,
3 “Let’s break their bonds apart,
And cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
The Lord will have them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his anger,
And terrify them in his wrath:
6 “Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.”
7 I will tell of the decree.
Yahweh said to me, “You are my son.
Today I have become your father.
8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron.
You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve Yahwehwith fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
For his wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Distribution and updates: www.ebible.org
The Lord drew my attention to the following:
His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts.
The Lord is Lord of Hosts, He is the Most High Who rules in the kingdom of men!
The title heading this article is : “Honour the Son with a kiss”
Upon reading this, my spirit was briefly struck by a bolt of lightning !
In order to betray Him, Jude greeted our Messiah with a kiss…
But because of him doing so, you and I came to be redeemed and delivered! For as a result of Jude kissing Him, Jesus could get run in and be crucified!
After all it had to happen, the Son was to be crucified according to the divine schedule!
Isn’t this a striking example of how highly elevated Gods plans and thoughts are……how wonderful His ways?
Not to be fathomed by any of us!
Let’s have a closer look at what the Lord is working on, insofar as we are capable of understanding and probing His dealings…..
It looks as if chaos reigns supreme, as if we do not function whatsoever……
The one celebrates Christmas with a tree and balls, the other observes Chanuka. One celebrates the birth of Jesus year after year, the other is convinced that we should only commemorates His resurrection…..
No matter how, we have been taken away from our Jewish/Hebrew roots (think of Emperor Constantine).
And, yes: the christmas tree is derived from the pagan Winter Solstice rituals!!!
The balls symbolize fertility of the land and fertility in offspring – in other words, it has NOTHING to do with Jesus!
Also His birth couldn’t possibly have occurred in the month of December and the word CHRISTMAS is not mentioned ANYWHERE in the Bible!
Why do even unbelievers flock to churches on Christmas Eve ?
Well, baby Jesus is easy to tolerate… You do not need to die to yourself to hold it… It’s small, cute, ‘safe’ and quite managable.....
But Jesus, being the King He is, calls for decisions of another kind !
Psalms 2:10-12,
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve Yahweh with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
For his wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Jesus also says it Himself: The Law and the Prophets depend on: LOVE! And that Love, that is HE HIMSELF!!! HE IS THE LOVE, THE REDEEMER!!!
Time and again He reminds me of the fact that if only EVERYONE FOR HIM/HERSELF turns toward Him, then the natural result will be that we become one …..Therefore it is vitally important that you make the choice for yourself that you learn to hear and perceive His voice for yourself, so that He can lead you and fulfil his purposes in you!
To come to Him means giving up on EVERYTHING! In order to be filled with the Spirit, all of you – your own flesh, your ambitions, your ‘self’ - will have to die......
But the beauty of it all is that He will then proceed to bring forth your real you, the ‘you’ He meant you to be when He formed you in the mother’s womb, free of sin.....perfect!
So, what then should be our foremost commission?
Love God above ALL ELSE! And your neighbour like YOURSELF!
And whatever course the path of the other person will take……that is up to Him!
Your only assignment is to love that other person…….But first of all you have to love GOD and follow Him!
Lord, what is it that You want me to do today? That should be our daily question… Crucifying our own self on a daily basis!
He will then lead you in His truth, so that you won’t be like the other nations! He will purge you of all idolatry and uncleanliness, if only you give Him your ALL!
It is not a matter of God having to bless you, but of giving yourself to him in an attitude of
LORD, YOU MAY HAVE ALL OF ME SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE ME INTO THE PERSON YOU WANT ME TO BE, TO THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME!!!
The Lord wants to build of us a powerful army, capable of bringing about the latter rain and bringing about the ensuing endtime harvest of souls…..
We have to be forged into a spearhead, an arrow of LOVE!
Let’s now take a closer look at the spearhead:
The beginning of a spearhead is a lump of steel.
No more, no less than a lump of steel, to begin with.
Formless, odourless, tasteless.
This lump is being thrown into the fire which turns it :
- white-hot
- glowing red
It is then being forged into the right shape.
When that has happened, it is being submerged in water or in oil…..As a result of this treatment it cools down very quickly and becomes ‘as hard as steel’ !
Now let’s look what this all implies for us:
We start off as a formless lump…..
We come to the Lord, give our heart to Him, we repent and are being born again.
Being born again means (this time) being born by the Spirit and (as it should be) by water (baptism by immersion)!
John 3: 5
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!
This baptism by immersion means that you consciously choose for it. In other words, this is not a matter of infant baptism, as you have to be able to discern, to know, to realize that you are partaking in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection!
Subsequently (or so it should be) we are being made red-hot or white-hot by the (purging) fire of God. Literally we are set ablaze with passion for Him as His fire is spiritually cleansing and purifying us.
We are being moulded!
And then comes this period that we are being situated in the desert (How long this will be depends on the calling on our life.)
In that barren place you are being filled with His Word (His living water) which hardens you……(so that you will be better able to stand some rough handling) and you are being filled with oil (His Spirit)
Meanwhile you are being die-cast in the right mold…..(resembling Him)
But, you are not alone! You are part of a whole Body! Part of an army!
Let’s now look how an army fits together.
Definition of an army:
Unity in diversity, functioning under one General!
- same Name
- same Body
- same uniform
And this army consists of distinct units in which everyone has his/her own specialty and unique assignment.
Now we are going to look at it from a spiritual perspective:
If everything works out as it is meant to be, we are a unity in diversity,
functioning under The Head:
Jesus Christ
We all bear the same name: followers of Jesus/Yeshua
We belong to the same Body: believers
We wear the same uniform: clothed with LOVE
And our army is made up of diverse units:
Apostles, Teachers, Pastors (Shepherds) et cetera.
Ephesians 4,11
11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds
and teachers;
Each of us has his or her own specialty and unique assignment, within the diverse units.
The place where you are called by the Lord, is the place where you have to function, doing whatever He gives you to do!
There is no blending in the army. The units are existing in themselves but all the while operating from the vision that they are functioning as part of one and the same army, an army that only functions well if ALL units function well!
And so it is with us! God’s army functions from diverse locations, with people serving with different assignments, but all the same we need each other to make the army as a whole function and to show forth the diversity of God’s splendour!
Each and everyone of us has to listen to the General! And that General is: Yeshua !!
The army cannot be victorious if only the cavalry (soldiers on horseback) marches on. We need each other to win the war!
No let’s return to the beginning:
The chaos and confusion on
- the baptism
- the meaning and validity of Christmas
- ….. (complete the list for yourself)
Jesus says: do not judge, abide in My Love and preach the Gospel!
Paul who knew everything, said after his conversion:
“I do not know anything, except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified!”
Tell the people about Jesus, His sacrifice, His blood ! There lies our blessing!
Let everyone of us get closer to Him and then do what is being asked of you:
Repent and be baptized! And He will forge you just like that spearhead, He will make you hard as steel so as to function according to your calling and assignment in His great army!
Jeremiah 10:1-16
DON’T LEARN THE WAYS OF THE NATIONS!
10
1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
2 Thus says Yahweh, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move. 5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak: they must be carried, because they can’t go. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.” 6 There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? for to you does it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.
8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men. 10 But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: 13 when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries. 14 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name
Serving Him, before I serve you!
Johan & Catharina Schouten Teshuva Ministries
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by
Catharina Schouten
Psalms 2:12
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
With thanks to : Johan Schouten
Translation: Jan Pruis
Psalms 2
I Myself have anointed My King
1 Why do the nations rage,
And the peoples plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth take a stand,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, The word “anointed” is the same as the word for “Messiah” or “Christ”saying,
3 “Let’s break their bonds apart,
And cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
The Lord will have them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his anger,
And terrify them in his wrath:
6 “Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.”
7 I will tell of the decree.
Yahweh said to me, “You are my son.
Today I have become your father.
8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron.
You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve Yahwehwith fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
For his wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Distribution and updates: www.ebible.org
The Lord drew my attention to the following:
His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts.
The Lord is Lord of Hosts, He is the Most High Who rules in the kingdom of men!
The title heading this article is : “Honour the Son with a kiss”
Upon reading this, my spirit was briefly struck by a bolt of lightning !
In order to betray Him, Jude greeted our Messiah with a kiss…
But because of him doing so, you and I came to be redeemed and delivered! For as a result of Jude kissing Him, Jesus could get run in and be crucified!
After all it had to happen, the Son was to be crucified according to the divine schedule!
Isn’t this a striking example of how highly elevated Gods plans and thoughts are……how wonderful His ways?
Not to be fathomed by any of us!
Let’s have a closer look at what the Lord is working on, insofar as we are capable of understanding and probing His dealings…..
It looks as if chaos reigns supreme, as if we do not function whatsoever……
The one celebrates Christmas with a tree and balls, the other observes Chanuka. One celebrates the birth of Jesus year after year, the other is convinced that we should only commemorates His resurrection…..
No matter how, we have been taken away from our Jewish/Hebrew roots (think of Emperor Constantine).
And, yes: the christmas tree is derived from the pagan Winter Solstice rituals!!!
The balls symbolize fertility of the land and fertility in offspring – in other words, it has NOTHING to do with Jesus!
Also His birth couldn’t possibly have occurred in the month of December and the word CHRISTMAS is not mentioned ANYWHERE in the Bible!
Why do even unbelievers flock to churches on Christmas Eve ?
Well, baby Jesus is easy to tolerate… You do not need to die to yourself to hold it… It’s small, cute, ‘safe’ and quite managable.....
But Jesus, being the King He is, calls for decisions of another kind !
Psalms 2:10-12,
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve Yahweh with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
For his wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
Jesus also says it Himself: The Law and the Prophets depend on: LOVE! And that Love, that is HE HIMSELF!!! HE IS THE LOVE, THE REDEEMER!!!
Time and again He reminds me of the fact that if only EVERYONE FOR HIM/HERSELF turns toward Him, then the natural result will be that we become one …..Therefore it is vitally important that you make the choice for yourself that you learn to hear and perceive His voice for yourself, so that He can lead you and fulfil his purposes in you!
To come to Him means giving up on EVERYTHING! In order to be filled with the Spirit, all of you – your own flesh, your ambitions, your ‘self’ - will have to die......
But the beauty of it all is that He will then proceed to bring forth your real you, the ‘you’ He meant you to be when He formed you in the mother’s womb, free of sin.....perfect!
So, what then should be our foremost commission?
Love God above ALL ELSE! And your neighbour like YOURSELF!
And whatever course the path of the other person will take……that is up to Him!
Your only assignment is to love that other person…….But first of all you have to love GOD and follow Him!
Lord, what is it that You want me to do today? That should be our daily question… Crucifying our own self on a daily basis!
He will then lead you in His truth, so that you won’t be like the other nations! He will purge you of all idolatry and uncleanliness, if only you give Him your ALL!
It is not a matter of God having to bless you, but of giving yourself to him in an attitude of
LORD, YOU MAY HAVE ALL OF ME SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE ME INTO THE PERSON YOU WANT ME TO BE, TO THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME!!!
The Lord wants to build of us a powerful army, capable of bringing about the latter rain and bringing about the ensuing endtime harvest of souls…..
We have to be forged into a spearhead, an arrow of LOVE!
Let’s now take a closer look at the spearhead:
The beginning of a spearhead is a lump of steel.
No more, no less than a lump of steel, to begin with.
Formless, odourless, tasteless.
This lump is being thrown into the fire which turns it :
- white-hot
- glowing red
It is then being forged into the right shape.
When that has happened, it is being submerged in water or in oil…..As a result of this treatment it cools down very quickly and becomes ‘as hard as steel’ !
Now let’s look what this all implies for us:
We start off as a formless lump…..
We come to the Lord, give our heart to Him, we repent and are being born again.
Being born again means (this time) being born by the Spirit and (as it should be) by water (baptism by immersion)!
John 3: 5
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!
This baptism by immersion means that you consciously choose for it. In other words, this is not a matter of infant baptism, as you have to be able to discern, to know, to realize that you are partaking in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection!
Subsequently (or so it should be) we are being made red-hot or white-hot by the (purging) fire of God. Literally we are set ablaze with passion for Him as His fire is spiritually cleansing and purifying us.
We are being moulded!
And then comes this period that we are being situated in the desert (How long this will be depends on the calling on our life.)
In that barren place you are being filled with His Word (His living water) which hardens you……(so that you will be better able to stand some rough handling) and you are being filled with oil (His Spirit)
Meanwhile you are being die-cast in the right mold…..(resembling Him)
But, you are not alone! You are part of a whole Body! Part of an army!
Let’s now look how an army fits together.
Definition of an army:
Unity in diversity, functioning under one General!
- same Name
- same Body
- same uniform
And this army consists of distinct units in which everyone has his/her own specialty and unique assignment.
Now we are going to look at it from a spiritual perspective:
If everything works out as it is meant to be, we are a unity in diversity,
functioning under The Head:
Jesus Christ
We all bear the same name: followers of Jesus/Yeshua
We belong to the same Body: believers
We wear the same uniform: clothed with LOVE
And our army is made up of diverse units:
Apostles, Teachers, Pastors (Shepherds) et cetera.
Ephesians 4,11
11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds
and teachers;
Each of us has his or her own specialty and unique assignment, within the diverse units.
The place where you are called by the Lord, is the place where you have to function, doing whatever He gives you to do!
There is no blending in the army. The units are existing in themselves but all the while operating from the vision that they are functioning as part of one and the same army, an army that only functions well if ALL units function well!
And so it is with us! God’s army functions from diverse locations, with people serving with different assignments, but all the same we need each other to make the army as a whole function and to show forth the diversity of God’s splendour!
Each and everyone of us has to listen to the General! And that General is: Yeshua !!
The army cannot be victorious if only the cavalry (soldiers on horseback) marches on. We need each other to win the war!
No let’s return to the beginning:
The chaos and confusion on
- the baptism
- the meaning and validity of Christmas
- ….. (complete the list for yourself)
Jesus says: do not judge, abide in My Love and preach the Gospel!
Paul who knew everything, said after his conversion:
“I do not know anything, except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified!”
Tell the people about Jesus, His sacrifice, His blood ! There lies our blessing!
Let everyone of us get closer to Him and then do what is being asked of you:
Repent and be baptized! And He will forge you just like that spearhead, He will make you hard as steel so as to function according to your calling and assignment in His great army!
Jeremiah 10:1-16
DON’T LEARN THE WAYS OF THE NATIONS!
10
1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
2 Thus says Yahweh, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move. 5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak: they must be carried, because they can’t go. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.” 6 There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? for to you does it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.
8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men. 10 But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens: 13 when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries. 14 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name
Serving Him, before I serve you!
Johan & Catharina Schouten Teshuva Ministries
COPYRIGHT POLICY:
Articles and prophetic words may be copied for free distribution or personal use provided they are reproduced in their entirety and with no changes. If printed in a publication, 'or copied to a website' we have one request: Please include the following information with the article Will you mention here name and websiteaddress:
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