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Heaven’s Rule: The Light of the World Has Come!
Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Author: Martha Kilpatrick
The giant universe reveals God and points to His Son . . . for Whose delight it was fashioned and in Whose holy hand it is held. The heavens preside. Heaven rules the day, the night, the hour, the year . . . the crops, the tides. And we live ever under the lines drawn by the heavens above us. For us. If not to God, at least to the "lights," we submit. In the Heavens, the Father utterly rules, issuing life-in-light, down to us.
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Lamp of the Body
1 June 2004
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The Eye is the Lamp
". . . if your eye is clear,
your whole body will be full of light."
Matthew 6:22 NAS
The eye as the lamp depends on
Light from an other-outside source.
The eye does not produce the flame,
but can only catch it
by drawing close to the Source of Fire.
The eye is the lamp of all else.
And the lamp is lit . . . or it is not lit.
With God it is All or Nothing.
Light or Dark.
Yes or No.
There can be no mixture once we have seen.
God rejects the sacrifice and
Cain does not understand why
Abel, who had light on God's wishes
was received and rewarded.
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1
The Heavens Declare
The heavens declare the glory of God
and the firmament shows His handiwork.
Psalm 19:1 NKJ
The giant universe reveals God...continue reading
2
The Sun, The Son
In them He has pitched a tent for the sun,
Which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
and...continue reading
3
The Light Has Come!
What David saw symbolized in the heavens,
and glimpsed in scripture:
a Light only in hint and occasional glimpsing,
came blazing to earth,
contained...continue reading
4
The Light of the Word
The heavens are telling of the glory of God
Psalm 19:1
David pondered the wonders of the heavens
and saw the lights as...continue reading
5
Life is Light
Jesus is Life and Light.
As to His life, not comparable to human life.
All earthly beings die.
The longest living thing will...continue reading
6
Light Begets Light
This word "light" used of God takes Him
straight into the realm of enigma, into the
barely knowable, the great beyond-us.
Light is...continue reading
7
Light is Judgment
"And this is the judgment,
that the light is come into the world,
and men loved the darkness rather than the...continue reading
8
Light Rises
But all things become visible when they are
exposed by the light,
for everything that becomes visible is light.
Eph....continue reading
9
His Marvelous Light
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people for God's own possession,
that you may...continue reading
10
You Are the Light
To the disciples who followed,
but not to the crowds,
Jesus declared,
You are the light of the world . . . .
You...continue reading
11
Is There Light?
Reading: Revelation 1:12-2:7
Jesus in His white haired glory, feet aflame,
and eyes "like flaming fire"
spoke to the church at Ephesus by...continue reading
12
The Opening of Light
Introduction:
Light and Darkness are entities, spiritual beings. God being Light; Satan, Darkness.
Darkness stalks humanity and Light pursues mankind. If Light...continue reading
13
Light and Repentance
In Your light we see light.
Psalm 36:9
Light received becomes repentance . . .
a divine intervention in our pursuit of delusion.
Repentance...continue reading
14
Children of Light
The disciples were given a glimpse of their new life
by Christ's description of Himself as 'the light.'
It was a call...continue reading
15
The Single Eye
The lamp of the body is the eye
if therefore your eye is clear,
your whole body will be
...continue reading
17
A Body Full of Darkness
But if your eye is bad, your whole body
will be full of darkness.
If then the light that is in you...continue reading
