Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times has relevance today. While you believe these are the times of the end are here, there are those who disagree. The truth here is that it matters not that you agree. Let me summarize here, not that I have too. We find the persecution of Christians worldwide increasing. We also see oppressed people groups like the Uyghurs in China still in concentration camps. All the while nations do business with China as if they do not care. Which they do not, my opinion here. We have seen and continue to see the push of globalist doctrines through Covid mandates and COVID-ID’s. In America radical Marxist policies by leftist democrats are pushing society to the brink of collapse. Meanwhile the party in power is intent on overflowing America with illegals. All the while globally we find national troubles and lockdowns. There is no doubt that through much tribulation do Christian believers enter the Kingdom of God!
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Let me stop here and point out this. Remember the Lord Jesus Christ Praying to His Father. “Jesus’ Personal prayer to his Father concerning his purpose, plan, and outcome. Jesus looks to His Father, but through Jesus, His Father is now our Father.” With these words Jesus addressed His Father, calling him Father Six Times in these twenty-three verses in John chapter 17. Jesus used the personal pronouns: thy, thee, thou, and thine, forty-eight times in this section. What is relevant to this is the fact that the message is clear. This section of scripture is one I call the real Lord’s prayer. He directs it at his Father, whom is the positive addressee in this prayer. To add all the personal pronouns, the reader will get the idea that this Son, whom he addresses himself as “thy Son” twice in the first verse of John, is looking to his Father. Through Christ Jesus today believers have this Father and His Son who watches over us.
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God
Act 14:22 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
It was to his Father, alongside him in Eternity, that “thy Son”, whom we know as Yeshua [Jesus] found glory, had love for his Father, and fellowship. It is to that “Father” that Jesus is now looking. He found the hand of the Father moving in his life, ministry, and all that our Lord did, he did it with his Fathers approval. To our Lord, the Father was all of those and now in his trial that he was sent to accomplished, death awaited. A fate to be called a sinner, hung on a tree, becoming a curse. This, “thy Son” was perfect, obedient, and overcame the world.
Yet for all of this, “thy Son”, whom Jesus Calls himself to the Father in this prayer would wind up being spat upon, hit, cursed, mocked, beaten, and have the crowds jeering him and mocking his Father as well. From the start to the finish the devils in hell would be inciting the romans, gentiles, pagans, and Jews to yell “crucify him” at the top of their lungs. For all of this, “thy Son” would need his Father, yet in the final hour, when he became sin for us, a curse by hanging on that tree and his blood was shed, the “Father” would turn his head away for a moment. But in the closing chapter, Jesus would see ‘his Father’ raise him from the dead.
Jesus Christ Praying to His Father – ‘Pater’ nourisher
Father, pater (G3962), from a root signifying “a nourisher, protector, upholder” (Lat., pater, Eng., “father,” are akin) These words spake Jesus, and lifted his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 17: 1-3 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
The truth to why he came is found in the prayer as well. This “thy Son” was given power over all flesh. This power would be to give eternal life to as many as the ‘Father’ had given him! Jesus addresses this in John chapter six, verses thirty-seven & thirty-nine. Here he says, “all that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out.” Further, Jesus says “This is the will of the Father who sent me, that of all he has given me I should lose nothing but should raise it up at the last day.” Now the final judgment here is determined.
Who would be given to Jesus by the Father? Was it a blank check? Was it directed to all humanity? John chapter six and verse forty, says “this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” Indeed, the check is blank, the Father has given his Son for all. He has given men and women choice, yet in all this, many do not believe. The Apostle Paul in Acts chapter 17, verse thirty says God “commandeth all men everywhere to repent.” In this offer for salvation, God commands men to repent yet man does not! If there was one commandment all men should follow and obey it would be that one which says, “God commands all men everywhere to repent.” If you know the Lord today and his Father, our God, then you must be thankful, and praise be to God on your behalf. For you have indeed partook of that gift, which our Lord was sent to give.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
John 17: 4-5 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
Jesus had gloried his Father on earth, he had finished the work he was given to do. Here in verse five, he asks of his Father to “glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” This is who the Son of God always was. Before Abraham was, Jesus said of himself ‘IAM’. He is the one who emptied himself, losing the glory that he had to come to earth, be borne, live as a man, fulfill scripture, reveal his Father, and give life for a ransom for many. Those that would believe on him and his work on the cross as the Passover Lamb of God. Yet the scriptures themselves revealed prophecy that “his own would not receive him, they would reject him.”
He is the stone the builders rejected, yet he is the head of the corner. The very salvation the Jews claimed and the knowledge of God they said they knew, did not allow them to believe on this Son of God. The truth is, they followed for commandments the doctrines of men that made the Word of God of non-effect. The very scriptures and law they touted; they did not keep themselves. Their law of God had become man made doctrines of men. To this day, blindness in Israel has been going on. But scriptures point out that when the ‘fullness of the Gentiles’ is done, then the blindness of Israel will be no more. There will be a day that many of these Jews will recognize the Messiah Yeshua.
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
John 17: 6-8 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
The Lord now directs his prayer to the work he had come to do in his Father’s name. Our Lord first manifested the Fathers name unto the men the Father had given to him. These were those who saw the miracles, heard the word of God, believed it and followed the Son of God. These who followed him, “have kept thy word” Jesus Says. This is important because it is not just head belief or just heart belief. But a belief that transforms body and soul, making a person with the power of God into the Son of God. They were not only believers, but they kept the Word of God. Here let it be noted, God expects us to keep his Word!
Thus, those who followed him became aware of and knew that this Messiah, Jesus Christ was from God, and they knew those things he spake came directly from the Father. They received the words Christ gave them. They believed and were assured of the fact he came out from the Father and knew the Father had sent him.
Further our Lord prays for them whom are his that the Father gave him. Here we see him saying “for they are thine.” And further he says, “all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.” These words define that indeed the Father is in the Son and the Son would be in his disciples. The unity of the love and union of Father and Son were so closely knit that when asked by Thomas to see the Father, Jesus replied, “If you have seen me you have seen the Father.”
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17: 9-11 | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
As our Lord prayed, he made a purposeful point to pray for all those who would come to him. He had, as he mentioned in this prayer, kept them in ‘thy name’, the Fathers name. When Hosanna’s rang out as he triumphantly entered Jerusalem all the crowds chanted and shouted, “blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.” He was the one commissioned and sent by the LORD, this crowd thus sang and blessed the Son of God. Shortly afterwards, the same crowds turned on him saying “crucify him.” Further they were even willing to have “his blood be upon our heads and our children.” Through all this Jesus not only kept them in his Fathers name, but he lost none except Judas, the son of perdition, that scripture might be fulfilled.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
John 17: 12-13 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
The Lord has a desire that those who knew him, watched him, and came to know who he was would have “my joy fulfilled in themselves.” This is the joy of the Lord that our savior prayed for us to have. That knowing, in a sure and certain fact, according to scripture, Jesus Christ is the Son of God, our Father. That believing in him, keeping his word, we are the Sons of God. Knowing this, with his Spirit in us, his engrafted word in us, we can have peace, love, and joy. We can indeed have this what our Lord prayed ‘that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.” Although we have the word of the Lord, we know the world hates us, because we are not of the world just as our Lord was not of the world. We and the church should not forget this fact. This truth is clearly brought home to believers every hour of the day on planet earth. Even the freedoms of America and the western world are threatened.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 17:14 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
Jesus further prays not that ‘thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.’ Here, his disciples were not to be taken out of the world. Why? To let the light shine, the light of testimony and the power of God through his own so that more could be saved, thus further fulfilling the Fathers words of this gift of life. Here we find in this prayer the clue, “they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world”. “Sanctify them”, Jesus says, “through thy truth: thy word is truth. “The Father did not need reminding here, this prayer and the very words were to be written in a gospel, to be recorded as a witness. These words became the Word of truth and the gospel of God. Thus, those who read them and believed would find the salvation spoken of by the Son of God. This is the basis for the commission, and here in this prayer Jesus says, “as thou has sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.” The Commission of Jesus Christ was to go into the world and bring salvation to all men through his vicarious death and sure resurrection.
Our Lords mission to us is to go into the world! What or why do we go? Is it to build houses, homes, lifestyles, marriages, bank accounts, retirement funds, or CD’s, etc.? No, of course not. Furthermore, our course is explained in the next verse when the Lord says, “Neither I pray for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” Here we find the mission is to give our word of testimony as to who Jesus Christ is. Along the way, you may get married or not, have a job or not. The mission is directly given to us to continue the word and give the testimony of the Son of God who was sent by the Father. The eternal purpose being, so that, all men may have a chance to hear, receive, and believe on him in assurance of Eternal life through the Lamb of God.
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.
John 17: 15-20 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
In the end the goal is salvation but the point of this, as well, is to have all who are saved to be one in Christ Jesus. This oneness is founded in Christ, in love, united to him and the Father and each other. An eternal bond of love through the Spirit. The example is “as thou Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou has sent me.” To be one in both the Father and the Son. By this unity, loving each other and bring the testimony of the Son of God to a lost and dying world. A testimony with power and veracity of the presence of the Holy Ghost in us.
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
John 17: 21-22 KJV| Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
It is to this end, to be in the Father and the Son. But here we see that the Lord says, “the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them, that they may be one, even as we are one.” It is that eternal gift and reward that God gives to those who love him. That place where mere humanity that is lost, is saved, and brought again into the Fathers presence with glory and salvation. It is a place where Jesus Christ is in us and the Father in Him, so that we all who believe may be made perfect in one. That indeed the world may know in the end, beyond all the worlds lies, there is truth. This truth is Gods Son who revealed the Fathers love and salvation for all men. Yes, that they may see that the Father really did send the Son and that the Father has loved them, as the Father loved his only begotten Son Jesus Christ. This is a love so complete that the Lord prays that all those who believe, whom the Father has given to the Son, may be with “me where I am. That they may behold my glory”, which the Father gave to him, for the Father loved him before the “foundation of the World.”
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
John 17: 23-26 KJV| Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
It is in this triumphant act, to be there with the Father and the Son in Glory. United in the Lord, that place when we see him, we shall be like him. That place of knowing that while we are in this world, we are not of it. That the worlds final place is not our final place. That even though we are to be in the world and not taken out of it, yet there will be a time in our Fathers own hand that we will be with our Savior and our Father, in Glory, beholding the Glory that the Son had before the foundation of the world. We shall behold, experience it, see it, and find ourselves wrapped up in the eternal coil of the love of God our Father and of the Son. This shall never end! This is our hope, our goal, and our purpose. To be in the Son and in the Father, keeping his Word, and bringing forth the testimony of Jesus Christ to all the world so that those whom the Father has given the Son may believe and receive as we have, Eternal life.
Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21 KJV | Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
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Eternal Call of the Day of the Lord meets every human being from the beginning of time to the end of all things. Humans spend their time under the auspices of the Eternal Himself. His Grace, Mercy, Benevolence, and Love shadows over mankind even as the world which the Eternal created finds itself in turmoil. This turmoil has had gigantic effects, even during the time of these United States from creation of it to now. Continue reading
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Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times has relevance today. While you believe these are the times of the end are here, there are those who disagree. The truth here is that it matters not that you agree. Let me summarize here, not that I have too. We find the persecution of Christians worldwide increasing. We also see oppressed people groups like the Uyghurs in China still in concentration camps. All the while nations do business with China as if they do not care. Which they do not, my opinion here. We have seen and continue to see the push of globalist doctrines through Covid mandates and COVID-ID’s. In America radical Marxist policies by leftist democrats are pushing society to the brink of collapse. Meanwhile the party in power is intent on overflowing America with illegals. All the while globally we find national troubles and lockdowns. There is no doubt that through much tribulation do Christian believers enter the Kingdom of God!
Struggle of Generations in Perilous Times
Let me stop here and point out this. Remember the Lord Jesus Christ Praying to His Father. “Jesus’ Personal prayer to his Father concerning his purpose, plan, and outcome. Jesus looks to His Father, but through Jesus, His Father is now our Father.” With these words Jesus addressed His Father, calling him Father Six Times in these twenty-three verses in John chapter 17. Jesus used the personal pronouns: thy, thee, thou, and thine, forty-eight times in this section. What is relevant to this is the fact that the message is clear. This section of scripture is one I call the real Lord’s prayer. He directs it at his Father, whom is the positive addressee in this prayer. To add all the personal pronouns, the reader will get the idea that this Son, whom he addresses himself as “thy Son” twice in the first verse of John, is looking to his Father. Through Christ Jesus today believers have this Father and His Son who watches over us.
It was to his Father, alongside him in Eternity, that “thy Son”, whom we know as Yeshua [Jesus] found glory, had love for his Father, and fellowship. It is to that “Father” that Jesus is now looking. He found the hand of the Father moving in his life, ministry, and all that our Lord did, he did it with his Fathers approval. To our Lord, the Father was all of those and now in his trial that he was sent to accomplished, death awaited. A fate to be called a sinner, hung on a tree, becoming a curse. This, “thy Son” was perfect, obedient, and overcame the world.
Yet for all of this, “thy Son”, whom Jesus Calls himself to the Father in this prayer would wind up being spat upon, hit, cursed, mocked, beaten, and have the crowds jeering him and mocking his Father as well. From the start to the finish the devils in hell would be inciting the romans, gentiles, pagans, and Jews to yell “crucify him” at the top of their lungs. For all of this, “thy Son” would need his Father, yet in the final hour, when he became sin for us, a curse by hanging on that tree and his blood was shed, the “Father” would turn his head away for a moment. But in the closing chapter, Jesus would see ‘his Father’ raise him from the dead.
Jesus Christ Praying to His Father – ‘Pater’ nourisher
The truth to why he came is found in the prayer as well. This “thy Son” was given power over all flesh. This power would be to give eternal life to as many as the ‘Father’ had given him! Jesus addresses this in John chapter six, verses thirty-seven & thirty-nine. Here he says, “all that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out.” Further, Jesus says “This is the will of the Father who sent me, that of all he has given me I should lose nothing but should raise it up at the last day.” Now the final judgment here is determined.
Who would be given to Jesus by the Father? Was it a blank check? Was it directed to all humanity? John chapter six and verse forty, says “this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” Indeed, the check is blank, the Father has given his Son for all. He has given men and women choice, yet in all this, many do not believe. The Apostle Paul in Acts chapter 17, verse thirty says God “commandeth all men everywhere to repent.” In this offer for salvation, God commands men to repent yet man does not! If there was one commandment all men should follow and obey it would be that one which says, “God commands all men everywhere to repent.” If you know the Lord today and his Father, our God, then you must be thankful, and praise be to God on your behalf. For you have indeed partook of that gift, which our Lord was sent to give.
Jesus had gloried his Father on earth, he had finished the work he was given to do. Here in verse five, he asks of his Father to “glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” This is who the Son of God always was. Before Abraham was, Jesus said of himself ‘IAM’. He is the one who emptied himself, losing the glory that he had to come to earth, be borne, live as a man, fulfill scripture, reveal his Father, and give life for a ransom for many. Those that would believe on him and his work on the cross as the Passover Lamb of God. Yet the scriptures themselves revealed prophecy that “his own would not receive him, they would reject him.”
He is the stone the builders rejected, yet he is the head of the corner. The very salvation the Jews claimed and the knowledge of God they said they knew, did not allow them to believe on this Son of God. The truth is, they followed for commandments the doctrines of men that made the Word of God of non-effect. The very scriptures and law they touted; they did not keep themselves. Their law of God had become man made doctrines of men. To this day, blindness in Israel has been going on. But scriptures point out that when the ‘fullness of the Gentiles’ is done, then the blindness of Israel will be no more. There will be a day that many of these Jews will recognize the Messiah Yeshua.
The Lord now directs his prayer to the work he had come to do in his Father’s name. Our Lord first manifested the Fathers name unto the men the Father had given to him. These were those who saw the miracles, heard the word of God, believed it and followed the Son of God. These who followed him, “have kept thy word” Jesus Says. This is important because it is not just head belief or just heart belief. But a belief that transforms body and soul, making a person with the power of God into the Son of God. They were not only believers, but they kept the Word of God. Here let it be noted, God expects us to keep his Word!
Thus, those who followed him became aware of and knew that this Messiah, Jesus Christ was from God, and they knew those things he spake came directly from the Father. They received the words Christ gave them. They believed and were assured of the fact he came out from the Father and knew the Father had sent him.
Further our Lord prays for them whom are his that the Father gave him. Here we see him saying “for they are thine.” And further he says, “all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.” These words define that indeed the Father is in the Son and the Son would be in his disciples. The unity of the love and union of Father and Son were so closely knit that when asked by Thomas to see the Father, Jesus replied, “If you have seen me you have seen the Father.”
As our Lord prayed, he made a purposeful point to pray for all those who would come to him. He had, as he mentioned in this prayer, kept them in ‘thy name’, the Fathers name. When Hosanna’s rang out as he triumphantly entered Jerusalem all the crowds chanted and shouted, “blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.” He was the one commissioned and sent by the LORD, this crowd thus sang and blessed the Son of God. Shortly afterwards, the same crowds turned on him saying “crucify him.” Further they were even willing to have “his blood be upon our heads and our children.” Through all this Jesus not only kept them in his Fathers name, but he lost none except Judas, the son of perdition, that scripture might be fulfilled.
The Lord has a desire that those who knew him, watched him, and came to know who he was would have “my joy fulfilled in themselves.” This is the joy of the Lord that our savior prayed for us to have. That knowing, in a sure and certain fact, according to scripture, Jesus Christ is the Son of God, our Father. That believing in him, keeping his word, we are the Sons of God. Knowing this, with his Spirit in us, his engrafted word in us, we can have peace, love, and joy. We can indeed have this what our Lord prayed ‘that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.” Although we have the word of the Lord, we know the world hates us, because we are not of the world just as our Lord was not of the world. We and the church should not forget this fact. This truth is clearly brought home to believers every hour of the day on planet earth. Even the freedoms of America and the western world are threatened.
Jesus further prays not that ‘thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.’ Here, his disciples were not to be taken out of the world. Why? To let the light shine, the light of testimony and the power of God through his own so that more could be saved, thus further fulfilling the Fathers words of this gift of life. Here we find in this prayer the clue, “they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world”. “Sanctify them”, Jesus says, “through thy truth: thy word is truth. “The Father did not need reminding here, this prayer and the very words were to be written in a gospel, to be recorded as a witness. These words became the Word of truth and the gospel of God. Thus, those who read them and believed would find the salvation spoken of by the Son of God. This is the basis for the commission, and here in this prayer Jesus says, “as thou has sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.” The Commission of Jesus Christ was to go into the world and bring salvation to all men through his vicarious death and sure resurrection.
Our Lords mission to us is to go into the world! What or why do we go? Is it to build houses, homes, lifestyles, marriages, bank accounts, retirement funds, or CD’s, etc.? No, of course not. Furthermore, our course is explained in the next verse when the Lord says, “Neither I pray for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” Here we find the mission is to give our word of testimony as to who Jesus Christ is. Along the way, you may get married or not, have a job or not. The mission is directly given to us to continue the word and give the testimony of the Son of God who was sent by the Father. The eternal purpose being, so that, all men may have a chance to hear, receive, and believe on him in assurance of Eternal life through the Lamb of God.
In the end the goal is salvation but the point of this, as well, is to have all who are saved to be one in Christ Jesus. This oneness is founded in Christ, in love, united to him and the Father and each other. An eternal bond of love through the Spirit. The example is “as thou Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou has sent me.” To be one in both the Father and the Son. By this unity, loving each other and bring the testimony of the Son of God to a lost and dying world. A testimony with power and veracity of the presence of the Holy Ghost in us.
It is to this end, to be in the Father and the Son. But here we see that the Lord says, “the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them, that they may be one, even as we are one.” It is that eternal gift and reward that God gives to those who love him. That place where mere humanity that is lost, is saved, and brought again into the Fathers presence with glory and salvation. It is a place where Jesus Christ is in us and the Father in Him, so that we all who believe may be made perfect in one. That indeed the world may know in the end, beyond all the worlds lies, there is truth. This truth is Gods Son who revealed the Fathers love and salvation for all men. Yes, that they may see that the Father really did send the Son and that the Father has loved them, as the Father loved his only begotten Son Jesus Christ. This is a love so complete that the Lord prays that all those who believe, whom the Father has given to the Son, may be with “me where I am. That they may behold my glory”, which the Father gave to him, for the Father loved him before the “foundation of the World.”
It is in this triumphant act, to be there with the Father and the Son in Glory. United in the Lord, that place when we see him, we shall be like him. That place of knowing that while we are in this world, we are not of it. That the worlds final place is not our final place. That even though we are to be in the world and not taken out of it, yet there will be a time in our Fathers own hand that we will be with our Savior and our Father, in Glory, beholding the Glory that the Son had before the foundation of the world. We shall behold, experience it, see it, and find ourselves wrapped up in the eternal coil of the love of God our Father and of the Son. This shall never end! This is our hope, our goal, and our purpose. To be in the Son and in the Father, keeping his Word, and bringing forth the testimony of Jesus Christ to all the world so that those whom the Father has given the Son may believe and receive as we have, Eternal life.
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