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| I+ have not yet ASCENDED to My+ FATHER |
RESURRECTION SEASON
~ Day 10, Meditations
[ The Resurrection Season was not
limited to Resurrection Sunday. It lasted until Ascension Day. This Resurrection "season" was the
40 days and 40 nights the Resurrected LORD Y'SHU+ ha M'SHIKHA spent with His+ disciples--- in His+
glorified body ---, teaching them things and opening their understanding unto
the Scriptures which told about
HIM+.
These Scriptures, of course, were
the Prophets and Patriarchs and Psalms found in the Old Covenant because ...
the New had not yet been written. ]
John 20:17
Y'SHU+ said unto her [ Mary Magdalene ],
Touch ME+ not;
for I+ am not yet ascended
to My+ FATHER:
but go to My+ brethren,
and say unto them,
I+ ascend
unto My+ FATHER,
and your FATHER;
and to My+ GOD,
and your GOD.
+ + +
MEDITATION
There was a lot of movement ... A
LOT of movement... going on between earth and Heaven during the days
of His+ immediate Resurrection.
In this passage, we see the
Resurrected Y'SHU+ meeting one of the Sisters of their company who came to the
tomb bringing spices for His+ proper burial.
She was over-joyed to see HIM+ !
We will be too.
However, notice what HE+ told
her:
"... I+ have
NOT YET ASCENDED
to My+ FATHER ... "
So, Our LORD Y'SHU+ had just
arrived --- supernaturally --- from Hades / Sheol back to the grave and supernaturally re-entered
His+ Body --- now glorified via Power from on High --- and was en route to the
Heavenly realm to present Himself+ to His+ Heavenly FATHER !
HE+ had not yet returned
unto His+ Heavenly FATHER when HE+ encountered this Christian sister outside of
the tomb.
Notice this: The Apostle John's account
focuses only on one of the three women who went early to the tomb to bring
spices. THIS WOMAN, Mary Magdelene, was told "not to touch HIM+.
"
The account in Matthew 28:1-9
mentions only two women ( Mary Magdelene and the other Mary )... and when HE+
met THEM, THEY ( notice
the plural )
held HIM+ by the feet !
In Luke 24:10, three women are
mentioned by name. This account has Joanna included in the women who followed
HIM+ from Galilee.
In The Apostle John's account,
HE+ gave her an obedience to perform: she was to carry a message to the
disciples, an IMPORTANT message.
HE+
called them BRETHREN. HE+ told them HE+ was ascending to their FATHER and
GOD... which was HIS+ FATHER and GOD !
HE+ reminded His+ followers that
they remained His+ FAMILY. HE+ had told them much earlier that those who
obeyed were "in the Family."
Matthew 12:47-50 ( See also Mark
3:31-35 and Luke 8: 19-21 )
Then one said unto HIM+,
Behold, Thy+ mother and
Thy+ brethren stand without,
desiring to speak with THEE+.
But HE+ answered
and said unto him that told HIM+,
Who is My+ mother?
and who are My+ brethren?
And HE+ stretched forth
His+ Hand toward His+ disciples,
and said,
Behold
My+ mother and My+ brethren!
For whosoever shall do the Will
of My+ FATHER
WHO is in Heaven,
the same is
My+ brother,
and sister,
and mother.
+ + +
From Tertullian*** ~ "Against
Praxeas" ( See notes below the quote).
“ Y'SHU+ saith unto her,
“Touch ME+ not,
for I+ am not yet ascended to My+ FATHER;
but go to My+ brethren” ...
(and even in this HE+ proves
Himself+ to be the SON+; for if HE+ had been The
FATHER, HE+ would have called them His+ children, (instead
of His+ brethren),
... “and say unto them,
I+ ascend unto
My+ FATHER and your FATHER,
and to My+ GOD and your GOD.”
Now, does this mean, I+
ascend as The FATHER to The
FATHER, and as GOD to GOD?
Or as The SON+ to The
FATHER, and as the WORD+ to GOD?
Wherefore also does this Gospel,
at its very termination, intimate that these things were ever written, if it be not, to
use its own words,
“that ye might believe
that Y'SHU+ ha M'SHIKHA
is the SON+ of GOD?”
... ...
...
For these things certainly are NOT
written that you may believe that Y'SHU+ ha M'SHIKHA is The
FATHER, but The SON+. ”
~ end of Tertullian’s quote.
+ + +
*** Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 3.,
Tertullian, Part Second, # 7 Against Praxeas, chapter 25, page
621, from the edition: Hendrickson Publishers Inc., Peabody, MA, 2nd printing,
June 1995.
*** Tertullian was a Christian apologist from
Carthage, North Africa, c. 160-230. He wrote in Latin.
**** Praxeas taught the heresy
that it was The FATHER Who descended into the virgin, was born and put to
death, etc. , in an un-balanced effort to unify The FATHER, The SON+, and The
HOLY SPIRIT, making the three as one person instead of one essence or
substance. See footnote #1, chapter 1,
pg. 597. In contrast, the Early Christians said that The FATHER sent His+ Eternal WORD+, the SON+, to become human flesh for the suffering of death in order to redeem the human race. The FATHER did not leave Heaven.
+ + +
LET US PRAY...
HOLY FATHER of Our LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA and of us... yes, Our dear, Heavenly FATHER also...
We come to THEE through the
Victorious Name of Thy SON+ Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA, Who+ loved us and gave His+ Life for
us.
Thank YOU for the Resurrection
Victory YOU gave as a commandment to YOUR SON+ Y'SHU+ in WHOM+ YOU were well
pleased. YOU gave HIM+ the authority to lay down His+ Life and the authority to
take IT+ again... as a commandment.
O LORD, the M'SHIKHA+, we have been born
anew into Thy+ Royal Family. Help us so
to walk in obedience that we may REMAIN in Thy+ Family , both now and forever.
Increase our faith. Help us to
trust that Resurrection Power is there to keep us when lay down our Self, our
lives unto THEE+. Help us to trust that same Resurrection Power that promises
we will NOT be destroyed if we walk as YOU+ walked on earth, as an
obedient SON+.
Help us not to fear embracing
meekness, humbleness, and lowliness, knowing that YOU+, O LORD, have walked the
valley of humiliation first and came forth VICTORIOUS.
Help us to embrace the humility
of heart that is required of Thy+ Brethren, O LORD, the M'SHIKHA+.
Then, we will know Thy+ Peace,
as Thy+ Resurrection Power descends upon the meek and lowly of heart.
Yes, LORD, we want to be called
"Thy+ Brethren" ... both here and in the Heavenlies.
In the glorious Name of our
Resurrected LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA ... Whom+ death could not conquer and hell could
not hold... we pray. Amen.
+ + +
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