Peace and grace in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 27 refers to seven sprinklings of blood upon the Ark of Covenant.
Now it means the suffering experienced by Jesus up to His death on the cross to save, purify, and perfect us.
In Matthew 27, there are seven passages that refer to seven sprinklings of blood experienced by Jesus.
We learn about the fifth passage, namely miracles that happen at the time of Jesus’ death [Matthew 27:51-56].
Therefore, do not be afraid of experiencing the death because there are miracles of God behind the death experience.
There are some miracles that happen at the time of Jesus’ death. The first one is the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
Matthew 27:51a
27:51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom;
We can see the Ark of the Covenant when the veil is torn.
The Ark of the Covenant consists of two parts as follows.
- The mercy seat with two cherubim that is made of pure gold as follows.
- The mercy seat with seven sprinklings of blood, referring to the Son of God or Jesus.
- The first cherub, referring to Father God or the Lord.
- The second cherub, referring to Holy Spirit God or Christ.
- The ark.
Exodus 25:10-11
25:10. "And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
25:11 "And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around.
The ark is made of acacia wood overlain with pure gold, inside and out. It refers to the perfect Church of God or Heavenly Bride.
Thus, Jesus’ death results in great miracle, namely sinful carnal man will be perfect and as glorious as Jesus is if he is overlain with the pure gold or godly characteristics, inside and out.
The process is as follows.
- The carnal man must put on the Lord Jesus Christ through water baptism and worship prayer.
Galatians 3:27
3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
The water baptism or Brazen Laver and the worship prayer or Golden Altar of Incense are written in the same chapter in Exodus 30 because of the same process they have, namely the tearing or destroying of flesh.
Thus, the water baptism and the worship prayer are the process to tear the flesh, so we can have life renewal from carnal man to spiritual one as Jesus is or put on the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 3:3-6
3:3 Do not let your adornment be merely outward––arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel––
3:4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
3:5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,
3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
The overlaying with the pure gold is inside and out. The inside refers to the inward man or the hidden person of the heart. The practices are as follows.- Gentleness, meaning the ability to receive the teaching Word, no matter how hard it is.
It is also the ability to forgive and forget the sin of other people. - Quietness, meaning we correct our life many more through the sharpness of the sword of God’s Word.
We have to confess to God and other people when we find sins in our life. After being forgiven, do not repeat them.
Quietness also means we do not gossip or comment many more, or else we will keep the faults or sins in our life.
We will live in peace and rest if we finish our sins. Moreover, all things become easy and light.
For example, Sarah, who has permanent weakness, namely her barrenness and menopause, can be obedient. As a result, God opens the door of her womb.
God is able to remove all impossible things and permanent weaknesses if we can be obedient to the true teaching Word. As a result, we are successful in His time and the door of heaven is opened for us. - Gentleness, meaning the ability to receive the teaching Word, no matter how hard it is.
- The carnal man must put on the armor of light of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 13:12-14
13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
13:13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
We can put on the light of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Place or shepherding, namely perseverance in doing three main services to God as follows.- Golden Altar of Incense or perseverance in doing Prayer Service. We put on the love of Father God or the light of the sun.
- Table of Showbread or perseverance in doing Bible Study Service with Holy Communion. We put on the redemption done by the Son of God or the light of the moon.
- Golden Candlestick or perseverance in doing General Service. We put on the anointing of Holy Spirit God or the light of the stars.
Romans 13:13
13:13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
What must be overlaid with the light?- The darkness of sins concerning eating-drinking such as smoking, being drunk, and drugs abuse.
- The darkness of sins concerning marrying-being given in marriage or sexual sin with all its kinds.
- Strife and envy. Having envy means one does not appreciate the kindness of God.
Arguing about the teaching, the solution we can take is only returning to the Bible, not adding or eliminating it.
12:20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;
If a priest or servant of God is well shepherded and willing to put on the light of the Lord Jesus Christ, it will remove the darkness and he can shine the light, beginning from the marriage, shepherding, up to being the light of the world.
Revelation 12:1
12:1. Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
It means the Veil has been torn and we can see the Ark of the Covenant.
Revelation 11:19
11:19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation 12:2-3
12:2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
12:3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
The condition of the Church of God in the last days is as a woman who is with child and in labor and pain to give birth, facing a great, fiery red dragon.
What we can do is only crying out and groaning in our worship prayer.
Romans 8:26-28
8:26. Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
8:27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
The worship prayer in the anointing of Holy Spirit, a full surrendering and hoping to God with crying the name of Jesus will result in spiritual and physical miracles.
The spiritual miracle is the renewal of our life, beginning from being strong and of good courage, not being disappointed or desperate facing anything but keeping on holding to the true teaching Word. Moreover, we can wait for the time of God patiently.
The physical miracle happens through the protection and preservation of God wonderfully from now until we get beautiful future life. We are protected from antichrist when he reigns over the world. All things become finished, good, and beautiful in time of need until we can be changed to become as glorious as Jesus is and exalted on glorious clouds to be with God forever when Jesus comes a second time.
God blesses you.