Move - Jesus Culture 2018 - (singing by Mo Tk & Psalm 30)

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Psalms 30:1-12

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of David.

1I will exalt you, Lord,

for you lifted me out of the depths

and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

2Lord my God, I called to you for help,

and you healed me.

3You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;

you spared me from going down to the pit.

4Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;

praise his holy name.

5For his anger lasts only a moment,

but his favor lasts a lifetime;

weeping may stay for the night,

but rejoicing comes in the morning.

6When I felt secure, I said,

“I will never be shaken.”

7Lord, when you favored me,

you made my royal mountain stand firm;

but when you hid your face,

I was dismayed.

8To you, Lord, I called;

to the Lord I cried for mercy:

9“What is gained if I am silenced,

if I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

10Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me;

Lord, be my help.”

11You turned my wailing into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

12that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.

Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

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Revival, N., renewal, N.,           = libm].Kibn];'Em;mun];mG],mG],'(tac];-/lgc]:-/An]-)

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1 Samuel - Introduction - and Hannah's Prayer (1 Sam. 2:1-1) - in Tai & English

 

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1 Samuel 2:1-10

Hannah’s Prayer

1Then Hannah prayed and said:

“My heart rejoices in the Lord;

in the Lord my horn is lifted high.

My mouth boasts over my enemies,

for I delight in your deliverance.

2“There is no one holy like the Lord;

there is no one besides you;

there is no Rock like our God.

3“Do not keep talking so proudly

or let your mouth speak such arrogance,

for the Lord is a God who knows,

and by him deeds are weighed.

4“The bows of the warriors are broken,

but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

5Those who were full hire themselves out for food,

but those who were hungry are hungry no more.

She who was barren has borne seven children,

but she who has had many sons pines away.

6“The Lord brings death and makes alive;

he brings down to the grave and raises up.

7The Lord sends poverty and wealth;

he humbles and he exalts.

8He raises the poor from the dust

and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

he seats them with princes

and has them inherit a throne of honor.

“For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;

on them he has set the world.

9He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,

but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.

“It is not by strength that one prevails;

10those who oppose the Lord will be broken.

The Most High will thunder from heaven;

the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to his king

and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

Because He Lives (singing by Mo Tk)

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First Heaven & Third Heaven Vs. New Heaven - Study

Discovery: The Third heaven and Paradise had been brought into the New Heaven by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The second death is mentioned in Rev.21:8, [(this is the fiery lake of burning sulfur). This place is certainly not for anyone who believers in Jesus Christ.]

So, should or could we consider the new Jerusalem as the second heaven, in a new heaven?[Not at all. (1.12.2020.)]

Because of that: “…, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,…” (Rev. 21:1) 

 

And “the third heaven” is the paradise …”(2 Cor. 12:4) {This could be a temporary place, where the Spirit or the whole being of our Lord Jesus had been -(I don’t know but God knows)- after the crucifixion and/or before the resurrection – that’s a period of literally 3 days from good Friday to resurrection Sunday}.

 

After Jesus’s resurrection, He showed up to the believers, eating with them, talking to them, and sending them out to preach the gospel, etc.

Then, after 40 days, He ascended to heaven (a new heaven) where he sits on the Throne at the right hand of God, the Father. This is where all believers are going to meet with the Lord Jesus in eternal life (there is where every believer going to be, after life on earth). It is a place where Jesus has prepared for his people.

 

May we simply recognize it (the paradise) as the second heaven? ['No, it's not necessary.'  I believe this: the answer the Lord gave and told me this morning on Jan 12, 2020. Although, I do not get clearer understanding,] Because it’s clear that, the thief who died on the cross on the same day our Lord Jesus was crucified, caught up with the Lord to paradise, which is the third heaven (2 Cor. 12-2-4). Now he is with the Lord in heaven (which I meant by the second heaven; 'No, I should not make an assumption. (January 2nd 2020), the new heaven. [Now, by His resurrection, Jesus has made everything new. He has brought the third heaven and the paradise into heaven with Him. He has a house (mansion) prepared for all Christians to live eternal life in the new heaven. He said all believers will be one as He and the Father is one. There is one heaven, where our Lord sits on the throne at the right hand of the Father God revealed to me on 1.12.2020]

 

In conclusion, God’s people - those whose savior is the Lord Jesus Christ (Messiah) will be in heaven (the second heaven or new heaven); while the others will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur (the second death). (Rev.21:8)

 

P.S.

I just curiously study and pray. For I wrote in Tai to encourage Tai people to come to Jesus, by using such questions: Do you want to go heaven? Do you want to go to paradise?, etc. From that point, I began to search about the paradise and heaven. I had learned, even not as a clearer picture, that Jesus had been in paradise (the third heaven), while his body was still might or might not be in the tomb from the good Friday till the moment of resurrection on Sunday morning. I don’t know, but God knows. Now here, I am grateful to God and praising his name. I’ll keep on reading Bible and pray. Thank you my wife, son and daughter for praying with me on every side.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done. Thank you so very much.

I praise you, Lord Jesus! Thank you that you lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. (prayed on 1.7.2020)

Thank you Holy Father God in heaven in Jesus' name. Amen. (1.12.2020)
I sang Hallelujah! (1:09pm 1.12.2020)

 

Thank you Lord our God, for your blessings after blessings, the Salvation, Healing, and Redemption (Deliverance). Thank you for this revelation and more teachings as you have had for me. I pray and praise your name Jesus today on October 2nd 2021, 7:39 a.m. 

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The Bible verses:

 

² I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. ³ And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— ⁴ was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. (2 Cor. 12:2-4)

 

⁴² Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.^[d]”⁴³ Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:42-43)

 

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. ¹⁹ After being made alive,^[d] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— ²⁰ to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, ²¹ and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.^[e] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²² who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.(1 Pe 3:18-22)

 

¹³ But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:13)

 

⁸ By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. ⁹ By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. ¹⁰ For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. (Hebrews 11:8-10)

 

¹⁴ Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. ¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:14-15)

 

Revelation 21

A New Heaven and a New Earth

¹Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. ² I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴ ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’^[b] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

⁵ He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

⁶ He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. ⁷ Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. ⁸ But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

⁹ One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. ¹¹ It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹² It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. ¹³ There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. ¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. ¹⁶ The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia^[c] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. ¹⁷ The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits^[d] thick.^[e] 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. ¹⁹ The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.^[f] 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.

²² I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ²³ The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. ²⁴ The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. ²⁵ On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. ²⁶ The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. ²⁷ Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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 “… For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.” (2 Cor. 6:16)