WHAT Was HE+ Doing down there in the the heart of the earth for 3 Days and 3 Nights ?

Taking Captivity Captive

THREE UNIQUE

DAYS AND NIGHTS

ON PLANET EARTH…

 

Never having occurred before

and never to be repeated !

 

What Was HE+ Doing Down There ?

 

 

 

For as Jonah was

three days and three nights

in the whale’s belly;

 

so shall the SON+ of Man be

three days and three nights

in the heart of

the earth.

Matthew 12:40

 

 

What was HE+ doing down there in the heart of the earth, for three days and three nights ?

 

We KNOW HE+ was not sleeping !

 

We KNOW HE+ was not recuperating !

 

We KNOW HE+ was not being punished by the devil ! ( As some heretical teachers assert and witch covens too!)

 

For M'SHIKHA+ also has once suffered for sins, the RIGHTEOUS+ for the unrighteous, that HE+ might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh, but MADE LIVING by the HOLY SPIRIT: 1 Peter 3:18 ( literal translation) .

 

Forasmuch then as M'SHIKHA+  has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 1 Peter 4:1

 

We KNOW HE+ HAD FINISHED

THE JOB.

 

FATHER, it is FINISHED.

Into Thy Hands I+ commend My+ Spirit.

John 19:30 and Luke 23:46

 

  Y'SHU+ answered and said unto them,

Destroy this Temple,

 

and in three days

I will raise it up.

 

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this Temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

 

But he spake of the temple of His+ Body.

  John 2: 19-21

 

The Witness from Matthew 26:61

 

And they ( His+ enemies) said,

This Fellow+ said,

 

I+ am able to destroy

the Temple of GOD,

and to build it

in three days.

 

Matthew 26:61

 

The Witness from Mark 14:58

 

We heard HIM+ say,

 

I+ will destroy this temple

that is made with hands,

 

and

 

within three days

 

I+ will build another

made without hands.

Mark 14:58

 

THOU+ hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: THOU+ hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Psalm 68:18

 

Oh that the Salvation+ of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 53:6

 And;

Oh that the Salvation+ of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the  captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 14:7

 

For the M'SHIKHA+ also has once suffered for sins,

the RIGHTEOUS+ for the unrighteous,

 

that HE+ might bring us to GOD,

 

being put to death in the flesh,

but MADE ALIVE by the HOLY SPIRIT:

 

By WHOM also HE+ went

and preached unto the spirits in prison;

 

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long suffering of GOD waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

 

The like figure whereunto 

even baptism doth also now save us.

 1 Peter 3:18-21

 

So, WHAT  was  

HE+ Doing

in the Heart of the Earth

 for 3 days and 3 nights ?

 

HE+ was PREACHING !

HE+ was proclaiming!

 

HE+ was forming the CHURCH in the heart of the earth… the Ecclesia … the Called-Out ones… literally, called out of sheol, hades, hell, Abraham’s Bosom, the Heart of the Earth.

 

HE+ was preaching to the Captives, those in Abraham’s bosom, as per Luke 16.  

• HE+ was preaching to those who died, from Adam to Noah. 

  • HE+ was proclaiming the Good News of Salvation to the Patriarchs up to the time of Moses.  

    • HE+ was proclaiming the fulfillment of the Salvation Message to the Righteous Jews in Abraham's Bosom who had died following The LAW of Moses with all of their hearts, like David did. 

 

HE+ brought the Message of Salvation through HIMSELF+ to the Righteous Dead, whoever they were, that followed a Right Way of Life. 

[ Keep in mind: they were not CHRIST- REJECTORS . . . for they had had NO OPPORTUNITY to know the Saving GRACE of our LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+  until HE+ preached the GOOD NEWS in the heart of the earth. ] 

 

Romans 2: 14-15

For when the Gentiles, which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a law unto themselves:

Who shew the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another in the day when GOD shall judge the secrets of men by JESUS CHRIST according to my gospel.

 

For,

for this cause

 

was the Gospel preached

 

also to them that are dead,

 

that they might be judged

according to men in the flesh,

but live according to GOD in the spirit.

1 Peter 4:6

 

Your father Abraham rejoiced

to see My+ Day:

and he saw IT,

and was glad !

John 8:56

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My substance was not hid from THEE,

when I was made in secret,

and curiously wrought

 in the lowest parts of the earth.

 

Thine eyes did see my substance,

yet being unperfect;

 and in Thy+ Book

all my members were written, 

 

which in continuance were fashioned,

when as yet there was none of them. 

( that is, literally, which in a day were formed into ECHAD, the unified,

plural ONE ... which equals the CHURCH ) 

Psalm 139: 15-16

 

Thus, the CHURCH, the Ecclesia, 

the Called-Out ones …

 was formed

 

when Our VICTORIOUS LORD descended

 

into Hades, Sheol, the Heart of the Earth, 

Abraham’s Bosom

and preached

the GOSPEL unto the dead.

 

It had never been done before.

 

Not only the Patriarchs before M'SHIKHA+  came, but also those dead ones who had never heard of the LIVING LORD and the commonwealth of Israel, the ones who had never had the first chance to join themselves unto Israel to worship the Living LORD… now had the opportunity to receive the GOSPEL of CHRIST.

 

THAT  is what HE+ was “doing” down there in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights:  FORMING THE CHURCH.

 

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Thus, as HE+ preached the GOSPEL to the Captives and took those who were held captive in hades, sheol, Abraham’s Bosom, ( i.e., the righteous dead ) … HE+ formed the Church and MOVED IT INTO THE PARADISE OF GOD, which is now located in the Third Heaven !  (see  2 Corinthians 12:2 ).

 

Hear the Prophet Hosea:

 

Come, and let us return unto the Lord:

for HE+ hath torn, and HE+ will heal us;

HE+ hath smitten, and HE+ will bind us up.

 

After two days

will HE+ revive us:

in the third day

HE+ will raise us up,

 

and we shall live in His+ sight.  !!!

 

Hosea 6:1-2

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 Glory to GOD in the Highest!

The REPROOF of ELISHA ... A WARNING !

"Is it the TIME ... ?

to receive money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male and female servants?"

With these words, Elisha the Prophet issued correction to his guileful  servant, Gehazi, a correction which Gehazi never forgot.

Elisha's corrective was accompanied by a most dire consequence: instantly the leprosy of Naaman descended upon Gehazi. Gehazi left the presence of Elisha leprous, as white as snow.  

It was also promised to descend upon his family line forever. 

What did Gehazi DO

to warrant such terrible consequences ? 

 

Let's look at the account in 2 Kings 5 of Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, being healed of leprosy. 

First of all, Naaman was NOT a Jew and was NOT part of the commonwealth of Israel or Judea.

 

He came to the king of Israel to be healed of leprosy, and the distraught king said, 

" Am I THE ELOHIM, to kill and make alive...

to heal [Naaman] of his leprosy ? "

Elisha intervened and comforted the king, telling him to send Naaman to him that Naaman “might KNOW there is a prophet”  of The Most High God   “in ISRAEL.”

 

Likely, there were quite a few OTHERS who received this knowledge, along with Naaman !

 

Naaman almost missed his blessing, though, angrily refusing to dip himself in the Jordan River.

 

However, he eventually listened to the pleadings and counsel of his servants who seemed to have loved him, calling him  “my father.”

Humbling himself to listen to servants, humbling himself to set aside his anger, humbling himself to obey, obediently dipping himself 7 times in the Jordan river, Naaman was miraculously cleansed.  

Thus, Naaman's healing was a testimony to this important army commander himself that THE ELOHIM really existed and was known among GOD'S people Israel.

 

NAAMAN'S RESPONSE ...

"Now I KNOW there is no ELOHIM in all the earth, except in Israel," Naaman the Syrian said, in open testimony before Elisha, who now received the Syrian.

 Naaman was so thankful to be healed of that dreaded leprosy that he wished to bless Elisha with silver and changes of garments. 

Elisha refused all gifts, vowing before The LORD  

"… before Whom I stand"  to receive NOTHING.

 

GEHAZI'S RESPONSE ...

Gehazi , unlike Naaman,  seemed not so impressed with the miraculous healing.  Perhaps, Gehazi was not so glad GOD  healed someone who was not of the tribes of Israel, saying, "  ... my master has spared Naaman  this Syrian."  vs. 20

Obviously, Gehazi DISAGREED with Elisha's refusal to take a blessing, a gift, Naaman offered after his healing.

THUS, a disgruntled heart about the Syrian's healing and a disagreement in the inner man with his master Elisha's decision nested in Gehazi’s bosom.  

Two problems Gehazi had in his heart.  Two problems not dealt with in righteous repentance before GOD.  Two problems paved the way for a life-time of sorrow.

BECAUSE Gehazi ignored

those two UN-righteous things working in his heart ... Gehazi’s judgment became skewered.  Thus, we next see Gehazi DECIDING to step beyond the authority Elisha had placed upon him.

Operating out of his now-warped judgement, Gehazi planned out exactly what to do in order to control the situation for his benefit and receive temporal wealth and goods.

He pursued Naaman's chariot, and that good man stopped to see if all was well.

Gehazi promptly told lies to Naaman in order to receive silver and garments; now they become STOLEN GOODS and he used Elisha's name to do it.

WHAT HAD HE DONE ?

Gehazi injured Elisha's word to Naaman, when Elisha said, " As The ELOHIM lives, before Whom I stand, I will receive nothing."

Gehazi, you see, told Naaman that "... my master has sent me.... please give ..."

Elisha would not receive a gift for Naaman's healing because the healing was from GOD, The ELOHIM.  

Naaman's healing was freely given to him.  It was to be used as a witness to The ELOHIM to draw all the nations unto The ONE TRUE GOD.

Naaman's healing showed the character of GOD. It showed The ELOHIM'S mercy to sinners when they humble themselves to obey The Word of the LORD... whether they like it or not, whether they even understand it or not. 

Instead of reflecting the true character of The ELOHIM ,  Gehazi reflected the character of  the father of lies and his demon, mammona.

His eyes still dazzled by the demon mammona, Gehazi's judgment was confused enough to lie to the Prophet Elisha ! 

 WRONG Move...

Elisha's heart, Scripture says, accompanied Gehazi when he met Naaman in his chariot. vs 26

We notice that Naaman did NOT give Gehazi   "... olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, male and female servants."

Those plans were only in Gehazi's guileful heart. The SPIRIT of The LORD made Elisha very much aware of these secret schemes.

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There is NO hiding place where The SPIRIT of GOD cannot see, hear, or go.  To invite the demon mammona into a miraculous healing from The LORD is anathema to The ELOHIM.

To invite the demon mammona into ANY workings of The LORD GOD ELOHIM, is asking for anathema to be written upon one's project and upon one's Self. Remember Ananias and Sapphira.

Y'SHU+ said

it is IMPOSSIBLE

to serve GOD and mammon.

Beware of the spirit of Guile.

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Psalm 139

 O LORD, THOU hast searched me,

and known me.

THOU knowest my downsitting

and mine uprising,

THOU understandest my thought afar off.

THOU

compassest my path

and my lying down,

and art acquainted

with all my ways.

For there is not a word in my tongue,

but, lo, O LORD,

THOU

knowest it altogether.

THOU hast beset me behind and before,

and laid Thine hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

 

Whither shall I go from Thy SPIRIT?

 or whither shall I flee

from Thy PRESENCE?

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A warning to the organized religious systems in the West and elsewhere.

Is it a time  ... to seek more material goods, bigger houses, more land, gold and silver, guns and ammo?

The TIME is upon us...  to begin to live our lives as The MESSIAH-The Eternal SON+ of GOD-YHWH Adonai, has taught and commanded us to live them, to become anchored in Y’SHU+ The M’SHIKHA . 

It IS Time to stop bringing reproach on HIS+ Precious and most Holy Name with our man-made doctrines and traditions of IGNORING HIS+ Words whenever they do not fit our self-serving life styles  or the political  "correctness"  of the world.

Will the REPROOF of ELISHA settle on a Reprobate church system that refuses to separate from materialism, hedonism, politics and endless mammon-serving? 

The Time for Repentance is NOW.

If corporate Repentance does NOT happen, then by all means SAVE yourself from this untoward and rebellious generation.

Individual Repentance IS possible, even if the religious systems refuse to repent.

When the Fire of The Judgment and Wrath of The LORD GOD/YHWH ELOHIM falls upon a religious system that has brought shame and reproach upon HIS Beloved SON+, it will be too late to avoid being taken in the judgment with the worldlings.

TAKE HEED what you hear.

TAKE HEED not to mingle society's standards with The LORD'S RIGHTEOUS WAYS. 

Now is the time

to Humble ourselves under The Mighty Hand of GOD, and seek HIS Face while HE may be found.

Time is short. Judgment approaches.

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LET US PRAY:

O Gracious Heavenly FATHER, we humble ourselves to YOU.  We admit that YOU know us better than we know ourselves. YOU  understand  the  hidden desires of our heart, both good and evil. 

Help us not to hide from YOU.  Help us not to run from YOU or ignore Your conviction of warning. Help us to come clean in purest honesty when we react.  Help us to admit our guilt when we hold unrighteous thoughts that go against Your Word... that besmirch Your character. 

We are ashamed of our guile. Our hidden agenda, expedient for us, is not hidden to YOU, LORD.  We are ashamed of pretending to be pure, when we are not.  We know, O Righteous FATHER, that we have grieved Your Heart with our secrets and schemes.

And worse, we have ignored Your conviction sent to warn us that we are harboring wrong things. How can YOU bless wrong ? 

We are sorry to have hurt YOU, dear LORD.

We lay our hearts open to YOU to  remove those desires --- both good and bad --- that are not Your Will for us; we freely give them up to YOU... good desires as well as bad. 

Set us straight on the path of total  honesty before YOU. We yield  the  controls  over to Thy Righteous SON+ Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA, our LORD and SAVIOR.

Then shall YOU be glorified in our lives, and rivers of Living Water will flow forth from us, Your children. 

We ask Thy help for the sake of Thy Beloved SON+,  our LORD and SAVIOR , Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA ... Who+ lives and reigns with THEE and Thy Blessed HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD,  both now and forever. Amen.

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