K073. Jesus is The Word who came in the flesh (2)

This is the second time I talk about The Word who came in the flesh (after I first mentioned about Him in K058). I have said that The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory) John 1:14, and how in the glory we saw Moses and Elijah appeared with Him in the transfiguration, how the logos became the rhema, and how the glory of the whole universe (which encompasses all its logic, truth, principles, laws, and dimensions) was revealed in that awesome instant of blinding light and brightness. I believe that it was beyond our words or imagination. What I saw was the joining of the Spirit and the flesh, the communion of The Word, and .. ..
Initially, in my previous post K058, I saw Him only as the triune Word in that transfiguration when Moses and Elijah appeared. It was a glorious 'picture' of The Word with the life (manna), the commandments (tablets), and the power (rod) of God.

But now I can see Him as the triune God - God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit in that transfiguration picture too. It is because I see:
1. God the Father as the lawgiver
Moses was not really the lawgiver or the judge; he was a delivery boy. Jas 4:12 KJV  There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
2. God the Son as the bread of life
Joh 6:31-35 KJV  Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat .. (35)  And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life ..
3. God the Holy Spirit as the power of God
Luk 24:49 KJV  And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Act 1:8 KJV  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

The Bible has shown us many 'pictures', but how many of us can really see? I believe that the Lord will not penalize us if we cannot see. But if we are the preachers and we need to preach the true and triune God, we cannot afford to miss this important truth. As God's watchmen in the last days, we should be diligent enough to know the scheme of the Lawless One or the devil. The devil will try to convince us to preach a God who is incapacitated or reduced to be only a 'bread' who has no commandments or power for them.

Do you remember how the Jews would only want 'bread'? Of course, they would only want any 'bread' which could fill their stomachs and prosper them. When Jesus showed that He was more than their bread, many could not take it. They departed.
Joh 6:26-27 KJV  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 ..  .. (61) When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? .. (63)  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.  (64)  But there are some of you that believe not .. (66)  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Similarly, there are lukewarm believers today who think that they can just enjoy life, believe anyway they like, and want only Jesus Christ to serve as their 'living bread' or the 'supernatural bread' that will satisfy ALL their physical needs as well as their spiritual needs. But they refuse to obey (keep) any God's commandments or seek for God's power to do His will. Unknowingly they have rejected God the Father or the Holy Spirit too. I do not think they are much better than those who do not know the Lord. They could be the lukewarm believers whom the Lord will spue out from His mouth in the last days.

Many may ask, "Are there really lukewarm believers who are so foolish that they will reject God the Father or the Holy Spirit, after they have received Jesus Christ?" I will say, Yes, you bet. It could be possible even if they will always confess, practice, or partake the 'holy communion' daily, ritualistically, or even faithfully. Have you heard of the preachers who preached about grace or the salvation from punishment of sins, but they would lie that it does not matter even if they remain in the rebellion of sins or the power of sins, and that they are still saved? They promised life through the partaking of their holy communion, but subtly and secretly they would preach against the holy commandments of God and the conviction power of the Holy Spirit? In another words, they believe in the 'bread'; but reject all the commandments of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. They would prove that the Holy Spirit does not have the power to convict them of sins, correct them, or rebuke them. But it is a lie.

I know that it is harsh to say it, but I have to say it: Christians who reject the commandments of God and the power of the Holy Spirit could be  'antiChrist' too. They are not Christians in the eyes of the Lord; they are the lukewarm.
2Pe 2:21 KJV  For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2Pe 3:1-3 KJV  This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:  (2)  That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:  (3)  Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
Please think, What were the commandments (or the words spoken before by the holy prophets) during Peter's time? Of course, the Old Testament and the Ten Commandments! So, isn't it clear to us that under the New Testament, Peter would still want us to keep (or be mindful of) the holy commandments of God in the Old Testament?

Many people today agreed that Jesus is the living ark because the Bible show that He is the fulfillment of the words of God in:
Exo 25:18-19 KJV  And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.  (19)  And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Joh 20:12 KJV  And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
But many still ask, "We saw the ark or the manna (or the bread) only. Where is the commandments or the rod?"
I will tell them, Do you see the sequence? First we saw the 'manna of life', 'the tablets of commandments', and 'the rod of power' in the transfiguration, then the shedding of the blood, and the sacrifice of the lamb - all fulfilled through the life and body of Jesus. Why did I mention the sequence? Please think, Does it make sense to offer God's sacrifice before His altar was there? Hence, I believe that the transfiguration was also the formation of God's altar or ark in the spirit realm before the shedding of the blood and the offering of His sacrifice was made.

I believe that John was the disciple who saw, understood, and preached it the most. He wrote in:
Joh 1:14 KJV  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
2Jn 1:6-7 KJV  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.  (7)  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

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