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Are you plugged into the true
vine?
John - Chapter 16
If you have been plugged into
the True Vine
long enough to have received
nutrition from most of the other books of Bible,
then you will be able to easily
see the parallels between
"then and now"
when Jesus is talking to His disciples.
In other words His teaching was
not only directly to them,
but directly to you and me,
if we be His disciples.
Even the sending of the Comforter
to speak in the multi-cloven tongue that needs no interpreter back then,
will be sent again in these
last days to speak that which is recorded in Joel.
In John, Chapter 16, Jesus warns the disciples to be mentally and spiritually prepared for the trying times just ahead,
He is at the same time warning us to be ready for hour of temptation just ahead of us.
That's why He has taught us these things.
Here are His own words:
John 16:1 These things
have I spoken unto you,
that ye should not be offended.
These things have I spoken unto
you that you should not be "tripped up" or "enticed",
i.e. fall away as in the great
apostasy (II Thes. 2:3).
He wanted them then, and He
wants us now, to BE PREPARED.
Here's what the word "offended"
means:
skandalizo, skan-dal-id'-zo,
Greek 4624; ("scandalize"); from Greek 4625 (skandalon); to entrap,
i.e. trip up (figurative stumble
[transitive] or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure) :- (make to) offend.
Satan is the master of scandal. (I know what that word makes you think of.)
Yes, he and his own are heavily
into Politics.
He and his own are the devisors
of the New World Order
scandal.
And don't forget the other three hidden dynasties:
(2) Economics:
he and his own are the devisors of the debt system, central bank, scandal.
(3) Education:
He and his own control curriculum texts, publishing, entertainment and
main stream media. Talk about scandalous! And of course
(4) Religion:
He and own now sit not only in the seat of Moses, but on the boards of
most major religions. They control the puppets in the pulpits. Scandal
indeed!)
And the time is just ahead when His disciples will be delivered up, for His name sake.
Mark 13:9 But take heed
to yourselves:
for they shall deliver
you up to councils;
and in the synagogues ye
shall be beaten:
and ye shall be brought
before rulers and kings for my sake,
for a testimony against
them.
Do you realize that when the
spurious messiah (Satin) shows up in the temple, performing miracles,
and claiming to the world that
he is Jesus,
that many of our loved ones
will believe he is in fact Jesus?
Therefore, because they love
him
(though they know not who they
worship)
and their families too,
they will deliver their loved
ones to him,
to be saved (remember his name
is death) believing that they do a good thing,
"that they doeth God service".
Mark 13:12 Now the brother
shall betray the brother to death,
and the father the son;
and children shall rise up against their parents,
and shall cause them to
be put to death.
They do these things because
they don't know the True Vine.
They have been scandalized by
Satan.
John 16:3 And these things
will they do unto you,
because they have not known
the Father, nor me.
They don't have the spirit of
truth because again,
they have never been fed His
nourishment,
for they are hanging on a dead
vine.
[4] But these things have
I told you,
that when the time shall
come,
ye may remember that I
told you of them.
And these things I said
not unto you at the beginning,
because I was with you.
Not only would they not have
understood at the beginning of His ministry,
before the miracles, etc., but
He wants to tell them now,
just before He goes away.
And be sure "the time shall
come" for His elect of this day,
the end times,
so remember what He has said.
[5] But now I go my way
to him that sent me;
and none of you asketh
me,
Whither goest thou?
[6] But because I have said
these things unto you,
sorrow hath filled your
heart.
They didn't get the big picture.
If they truly had known Him,
as He said before, they would not have been so sorrowful,
for they would know that the
"I AM" cannot be killed.
He IS Life!
[7]Nevertheless I tell you
the truth;
It is expedient for you
that I go away:
for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not
come unto you;
but if I depart,
I will send him unto you.
Again, it is a good thing that
He goes away.
He must pay the price else there
would be no Comforter.
[8] And when he is come,
he will reprove the world
of sin,
and of righteousness, and
of judgment:
Reprove means to convince or
convict.
Notice the three parts of this
verse: sin, righteousness, and judgment.
Here then are "becauses" of
each conviction:
[9] Of sin, because they believe not on me;
[10] Of righteousness, because
I go to my Father,
and ye see me no more;
[11] Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
The prince of this world has been judged.
He was judged in the "world that then was" (II Pet. 3) and sentenced to die (Ezek. 28).
But though he has been judged,
his death sentence isn't carried
out until after the judgment of everyone else,
even after the great white throne
judgment.
Meanwhile, he is the "messiah"
of this world.
[12] I have yet many things
to say unto you,
but ye cannot bear them
now.
[13] Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of truth, is
come,
he will guide you into
all truth:
for he shall not speak
of himself;
but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things
to come.
Yes, He will pour out His Spirit
on his servants and handmaidens
and they will "see visions",
better translated "see the visions", i.e.
He will cause you to understand
[see] the prophecies [visions],
THINGS TO COME.
It is so written in Daniel 12
that Daniel's "sealed" words would be understood in these last days,
by the wise,
those who will have the spirit
poured out on them.
How does it feel?
Do you SEE?
And the time is coming when He
will once again send the Comforter to speak through His elect,
as was done on that 1st Pentecost
Day.
Has that happened yet.
No it has not,
for you see it was a sample
of the time that the prophecy of Joel pertained to,
and that was not Pentecost Day.
It is the time of the Locust Army and the reign of Instead-of-Jesus, Satan, the false-christ.
What a time that will be.
Can you imagine it?
And since the Comforter will
do all the speaking,
there's no need,
in fact DON'T worry or premeditate
about you're going to say.
Mark 13:11 But when they
shall lead you,
and deliver you up,
take no thought beforehand
what ye shall speak,
neither do ye premeditate:
but whatsoever shall be
given you in that hour,
that speak ye:
for it is not ye that speak,
but the Holy Ghost.
Back to John and the words of Jesus concerning the Comforter.
John 16:14 He shall glorify
me:
for he shall receive of
mine,
and shall shew it unto
you.
[15] All things that the
Father hath are mine:
therefore said I,
that he shall take of mine,
and shall shew it unto
you.
This is a phenomenal statement.
Remember John 3:35?
John 3:35 The Father loveth
the Son,
and hath given all things
into his hand.
Therefore what the Father reveals
unto them,
even us,
through the Comforter,
is of Christ.
Now this next statement that
Jesus makes to His disciples,
which causes a private
"what the..."
discussion amongst themselves,
and then Jesus' subsequent address
to them,
has quite an element of humor
in it.
(Or maybe I stand alone in how
I picture this occurring,
but you know some of these disciples
were "characters", like Peter.
And even in the face of the momentous
events about to occur,
even in the face of His own
crucifixion and death,
Jesus tried to comfort these
men and even,
shall we say,
get them to lighten-up a little,
for though this is all very
serious,
He wants them to see the positive
aspect of it.)
When we get to verse 19,
it will document that Jesus
knows exactly
"How"
He is wording what He is about
to say.
In other words,
He KNOWS that this statement
will "torque" these "geniuses"
and they will huddle together
with all the wisdom they can "muster up"
and try to figure out what He
just said.
Don't forget,
we know He was crucified and
rose again and appeared unto the disciples.
They don't know all that yet.
Here'
Jesus giving a little "double-talk"
to His friends:
John 16:16 A little while,
and ye shall not see me:
and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me,
because I go to the Father.
"What? Huh?"
This will confuse the disciples.
Of course they did see the miracle
of the raising up of Lazarus,
who died,
and they saw him no more,
and then He came back to life,
and they saw him again.
OK, conference time!
John 16:17 Then said some
of his disciples among themselves,
What is this that he saith
unto us,
A little while, and ye
shall not see me:
and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me:
and, Because I go to the
Father?
[18] They said therefore,
What is this that he saith,
A little while?
we cannot tell what he
saith.
You read this next verse at what ever level of sobriety you wish.
Here's how I see it:
"Now Jesus KNEW they were "just
dying" to ask Him what He meant."
(You have to ask yourself why
they didn't come right out and ask Him, huh?)
"Are you guys trying to figure
out among yourselves what I said...?"
(Now you know He KNOWS what
they are talking about,
we just read He knew they wanted
to ask Him.)
So why the question?
It is a most effective way to
get one's attention,
because as it is written they
are now "desirous", i.e. they REALLY want to know,
and that's good,
because He wants them to pay
real close attention to what He has to say!
John 16:19 Now Jesus knew
that they were desirous to ask him,
and said unto them,
Do ye enquire among yourselves
of that I said,
A little while, and ye
shall not see me:
and again,
a little while, and ye
shall see me?
Verily, verily is like saying "Truly, truly" or "Now listen carefully".
[20] Verily, verily, I say
unto you,
That ye shall weep and
lament,
but the world shall rejoice:
and ye shall be sorrowful,
but your sorrow shall be
turned into joy.
The world,
which crucified Him,
will rejoice at His death,
while the disciples will be
sorrowful,
until they see Him again.
What a thrill that will be!
Hey, wait a minute!
We are in the generation of the
fig tree,
the Baby Boomer generation!
That's the generation that will see His return.
What a thrill that will be!
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