Manifesting the Kingdom of God 4 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 2

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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.

It's a beautiful morning, and I'm so excited

once again to be in this place. Yesterday was

a great moment for us, and I believe once again

God will continue in what he has been doing in

our midst. You know, we go gradually. The way

God exposes us to his truth is step by step.

Amen. Step by step, gradually. You know, Isaiah

28. Verse 10. Isaiah 28. Verse 10 says, he tells

us everything. Yes, give me the NLT. Give me

the NLT. I love the way the NLT put it. So he

tells us everything over and over. One line at

a time. One line at a time. A little here and

a little there. See, this is how. You know, truth

is unveiled gradually, little by little, here

and there. And then before we know it, we see

the insight that comes from God's word. So what

I want you to do is that you should be encouraged

to follow every single thing that is done in

this place. All right? Just know that this meeting

is arranged specifically for you. This meeting

is for you, and it's not for anybody. Just have

this kind of mindset that this meeting is for

you. Even if there's nobody here and I'm the

only one here, I'm going to enjoy what God is

doing. God is taking this moment to invest into

my life because he has a plan for my life. So

from what we will be doing and everything that

every other speaker will be coming to lead us,

it is a build -up on every aspect of what God...

We want us to see in this season. So please be

very conscious. And see how it links. See how

it links. See how it's connected. Because step

by step. Little by little. We see the build up

of what God is doing for us. And there is an

admonition. Paul gave to Timothy. In 2 Timothy

2 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3. From verse 10. 2 Timothy chapter 3.

2 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

From verse 10. He says but you. You have carefully

followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,

faith, long -suffering, love, perseverance, persecutions,

afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch,

at Iconium, at Lystra. What persecutions I endured,

and out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yes.

and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus

will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors

will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being

deceived. This is what is happening. But then

for you, that is for us individually here, it

says, but you must continue in the things which

you have learned. and being assured of knowing

from whom you have learned them. How we are learning

in this place will be productive. We'll see the

fruitfulness in your life is when you continue,

that is when you practice what you learn in this

place. So whatever thing that will be coming

to us and coming for us, let our mindset be that

we are looking at how we can apply, where we

can obey. But continue, you must continue in

things which you have learned and been assured

of knowing from whom you have learned them. And

that from childhood, you have known the holy

scriptures. From childhood, from when you were

born again, you've been exposed to God's word,

which are able to make you wise for salvation

through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. All

scripture. That is all scripture is given by

inspiration of God. And it is profitable, meaning

that it is advantageous, meaning that it is useful.

It is important for doctrine. Doctrine here means

teaching. It is important. The scripture is a

material by which we receive instruction for

life. So the scripture. is advantage, is profitable,

is advantageous for doctrine, for reproof, for

correction, for instruction in righteousness.

And this is a goal that the man of God may be

complete, thoroughly equipped by, equipped for

every good work. So the goal is for our equipping.

that we will be made ready for every good work.

So the intention is that God will help us to

be equipped for the work that he has for us.

And moving down to chapter 4, he continued by

saying, I charge you therefore before God and

the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living

and the dead at his appearance. At his kingdom.

Preach the word. Be ready in season and out of

season. Convince, rebuke, exhort. With all longsuffering

and teaching. Verse 3. For time will come when

they will not endure sound doctrine. People will

not be willing to sit for a long time. Enduring

has to do with making yourself to be under the

authority of the word of God. Time is coming

that many will not endure, many will not give

themselves up to the instruction that comes from

God's word. For the time will come when they

will not endure sound doctrine, but according

to their own desires, because they have itching

ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers,

and they will turn their ears away from truth

and be torn aside to fables. But you, Be watchful

in all things. Endure afflictions. Do the work

of an evangelist and fulfill your ministry. Hallelujah.

So what I want to encourage us is to endure every

single thing. It's not easy. Training is not

an easy task. Discipline is not easy. It's not

easy for the body. But when we look at the goal

that it will achieve in our lives, it will motivate

us to do what? To make ourselves readily available

under the instruction of God's word so that we

will be built up. So my desire is that our hearts

will be here, our mind will be here, and our

attention will be fixed on seeing what God will

say. Hallelujah. That we will be fixed, fixated

on seeing. Our desire is to see. what God will

say, and then what we will do from what God will

say. Hallelujah. Now let's get to our scripture,

our key scripture for this conference that we've

been looking at since yesterday. Manifesting

the kingdom of God. Matthew chapter 16. Matthew

Matthew 16 · chapter mention Matthew 16 · chapter mention

chapter 16. From what's starting. When Jesus

came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he

asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that

I, the Son of Man, am? So they said some say

John the Baptist, some Elijah, others Jeremiah,

or one of the prophets. He said to them, But

who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered

and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the

living God. Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed

are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has

not revealed this to you, but my Father who is

where? Who is in heaven. And I say to you that

you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build

my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail

against it. And I will give you the keys of the

kingdom of heaven. And whatever you bind on earth

will be bound in heaven. And whatever you lose

on earth will be loosed in heaven. Hallelujah.

And we're able to go through, you know, the preliminary

verses. We look at the context. And then we say

that, you know, the disciples were sent out by

Jesus Christ to go out and preach the gospel.

And then when they came back, Jesus was asking

them of their reports. Of course, they came back

very joyful, you know, seeing what God has worked

by their hands. They went to preach concerning

the kingdom. They went to proclaim the kingdom.

And then signs and wonders were done by them.

Because Jesus Christ has authorized them, has

given them power, has given them authority. They

cast out devils, they heal, they perform wonderful

miracles, accompanying, you know, the preaching

of the kingdom, preaching of the message of the

kingdom. And we saw from the text we read yesterday

that, you know, there were different accounts.

People have different perception. People have

different, you know. about who Jesus is. And

we established that the idea about who Jesus

Christ is is founded on ignorance, is founded

on unbelief. And we say that for us to be effective

in the work of ministry, it is important that

our theology about Jesus Christ be accurate because

Jesus Christ shifted from what they heard from

the people, from the crowd, to what they themselves.

Say about the Messiah. About the son of man.

About Jesus Christ. Which shows to us the importance

of. Understanding. The importance of understanding.

Who God is. The importance of understanding.

What the message is. And we say that the message

is a person. The message is Jesus Christ. And

it is important for us. To comprehend. To understand.

To know who Jesus is. To have a revelation. We

say revelation of Christ. is crucial, is important,

is vital to doing the work of ministry. And our

preparation is knowing God, having a revelation

of who Jesus is so that we can be able to preach

him accurately. And we see, you know, the instance

where Peter made a proclamation. you know, about

who Jesus is. And we establish also that Peter's

revelation of Jesus Christ was founded on the

writings of the prophets, which means that he

believed on the prophetic writings of, you know,

the scriptures concerning who Jesus is. And this

is what we define as revelation. From this revelation,

you know, He professed or he confessed who Jesus

is. So we're going to continue from verse 18.

From verse 18 of this text. Let me read verse

17, then I will go down to verse 18. Jesus answered

and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona,

for flesh and blood, which means that this understanding

is not coming from human point of view. Flesh

and blood has not revealed this to you, but my

Father who is in heaven. So what God does to

us is that he opens us to his word. That is what

God does to us, give us revelation. And the revelation

which God will give us is in the word of God,

is in the scriptures. And I also say to you that

you are Peter. And on this rock, I will build

my church. And the gates of Hades shall not prevail

against it. On this rock, verse 18. And I also

say to you that you are Peter. And on this rock,

I will build my church. And the gates of Hades

shall not prevail against it. If you are an intelligent

reader of the text. I think a question should

rise in your heart. What is this rock? Because,

you know, Jesus Christ was not talking about,

was not teaching about the types of rocks. Right?

The conversation in this text is not geology

or geography or construction. In a way, they

are building a house, so Jesus is explaining

construction, engineering, or whatever. Where

will Jesus, or what will Jesus mean by the rock?

The rock. What did Jesus mean when he said this

rock? Was he pointing at a rock? Was he pointing

at a rock? When he said this rock, was there

a rock there that Jesus pointed at? What is this

rock? So it is important. Jesus is not speaking

out of point. Amen. He's not just, you know,

he's talking, he's on a conversation and then

lo and behold, he switches to another entirely

not. This consistency in what Jesus is saying

and it's left for us to investigate, to understand

what is this rock that Jesus is explaining? What

is the implication of the rock that Jesus? He's

explaining. And that is what I trust God will

help us to see and to establish as we go through

what we'll be doing today. Hallelujah. So, what

is this rock? What is the church that Jesus is

referring to? What is the church which Jesus

is referring to in this particular verse? Now,

the Roman Catholic Church, you know what the

Roman Catholic Church is? The global Roman Catholic

Church holds the assertion that the Apostle Peter

is the rock. Not only them, but some, of course,

some scholars also, you know, hold the assertion

that the Apostle Peter is a rock upon which the

church is built. Because if you look at the verse,

it seems that that's what he's saying. And I

also say to you that you are Peter. And on this

rock, I will build my church and the gates of

Hades shall not prevail against it. Of course,

we know that there's no scripture that is of

private interpretation. If we must interpret

this text as Jesus is referring to Peter as the

rock, then we should be able to find collaborative

scriptures that will help us in establishing

this particular idea. So, they also hold that

the church that Jesus Christ is referring to

here is the Roman Catholic Church and that Apostle

Peter is the rock upon which the church is built.

Therefore, he is the first pope. He is the pope

of the church. Now, how true is this assertion?

Because our basic knowledge of scriptures will

help us to understand that Peter had a wife,

right? He was married. He had a family. And then

the Pope of today does not marry. So when we

try to, I mean, it becomes difficult to establish

this fact. But let's go deeper and we'll see.

Now it is important to note that the background.

we've said this time and time and time immemorial,

that the background of everything that Jesus

would do, the background of everything that Jesus

did while he was on earth, the background, the

context of everything Jesus taught while he was

on earth is from the writings of Moses, from

the Psalms, and from the prophets. That is to

say that there's nothing that Jesus Christ do

that is from the blues. Including the words he

speak. Including the actions he took. Including

what he accomplished. It's from what? It's from

the writings of Moses. And what are the writings

of Moses? The first five books of the Bible.

And then the Psalms and the prophets. Luke chapter

Luke 24:44

24 verse 44. Luke 24 verse 44. Then he said to

Luke 24:44

them, these are the words which I spoke to you

while I was still with you. The words Jesus spoke

to them. And what are the words Jesus was speaking

to them? That all things must be fulfilled which

were written in the law of Moses and the prophets

and the Psalms concerning me. So Jesus Christ

spoke to them or he taught them The generality

of all that Jesus taught them was from the writings

of Moses, was from what the prophets have prophesied

about, and from what the Psalms have written

concerning Jesus. Matthew 5, verse 17, we see

Matthew 5:17

where Jesus Christ will say that he has not come

to destroy the law. Do not think that I have

come to destroy the law. All the prophets, that

is, Jesus Christ did not come to condemn or to

do away with what the laws, the laws of Moses,

what Moses have written, what the prophets have

said. I did not come to destroy, but to do what?

But to accomplish them, to fulfill them. Because

these were promises, these were prophecies. So

my coming... Is to bring toward to accomplishment.

What all the prophets have said. Verse 18. For

as surely I say to you. Till heaven and earth

pass away. One dot. Or one little. Or one little.

Will by no means pass. From the law. Till all

is what. Till all is fulfilled. So Jesus Christ

was to fulfill what has been said or what has

been written. So if Jesus preaches a message

apart from that of the prophets, he wouldn't

be the Christ. If Jesus Christ would teach anything

that is outside the scriptures, if Jesus Christ

would say any word that is outside the scriptures,

then he would not be the Messiah. Because the

writings in the Old Testament were actually...

The words of Jesus. The prophets were able to

see by divine inspiration what Jesus will do.

So specifically, the prophets and Moses were

writing the words of Jesus Christ. They were

writing what Jesus will come to do. So therefore,

whatever Jesus will say, the vocabulary and the

choice of words, that Jesus will use in his ministry,

the language, the verbiage by which Jesus will

use in his teachings will definitely be from

where? From what the prophets have said. From

what Moses have written. From what we will see

in the Holy Scripture. His words must be from

what we call the Old Testament Scripture. From

Genesis to Malachi. So the rock and the church

that Jesus Christ will be speaking, because remember

I said that Jesus Christ asked a question. He

said, who do men say I am? And we agree or we

saw that the question that Jesus Christ was asking

was not out of what? Was not out of identity

crisis, right? He was not trying to know from

them, but the goal of his question is to what?

Is to teach. Hallelujah. The goal of his question

is what? Is for teaching. It's to explain a truth.

It's to bring light to a reality, to a truth.

So the rock and the church that Jesus will speak

about, the rock and the church that Jesus Christ

will teach about, will speak about, or will speak

of must be those spoken or that which was spoken

of by the prophets. All right? That which was

spoken of by the prophets, that which was spoken

of, was written by Moses, was taught by Moses

and in the Psalms. Jesus only came to do what?

To fulfill and not to establish something new.

So if we see Jesus Christ making reference to

something, it must be something that has already

been what? Been prophesied or has been said by

the prophets. So, most of what Jesus said in

the four gospels, you know, will be fulfilled

in his resurrection. I want you to note this

very, very well. Because Jesus says, upon this

rock, I will build, which means that upon this

rock, he has not built yet, right? It's a promise.

So, while Jesus was on earth, before dying, Most

of the things he taught were promises. They were

not fulfilled before his death, his burial, and

his resurrection. So, most of what Jesus would

say in the four gospels was not fulfilled there

when he was saying them. Which means that much

of Jesus' sermon in the four gospels will be

promises to be fulfilled when? When will these

promises be fulfilled? In his resurrection, right?

In his resurrection. So that is a very important

truth we should note. So, for example, now the

Sermon on the Mount. Let's go to the Sermon on

the Mount and see the teachings he did before

he died and rose again. Matthew chapter 5 from

Matthew 5 · chapter mention

verse 1. And seeing the multitude. He went up

on a mountain, and when he was seated, his disciples

came to him. And then he opened his mouth and

taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in

spirit, for theirs is a kingdom of heaven. How

will the kingdom of heaven be established? In

his resurrection. All right? So what Jesus Christ

will be teaching here will actually be what will

be established at his resurrection. He will say,

What is the source of comfort of the believer?

Who comforts the believer? The Holy Spirit. So

by this time, has the Holy Spirit been given?

It has not been given. Why? Because he has not

yet died. He has not died. He has not been raised

from the dead yet. He has not been taken up to

glory yet. Because we saw that the condition

for the outpouring of the Spirit of God is that

Jesus will be taken away, that Jesus will be

gone to heaven. So it is important to note that.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit

the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst

for righteousness. For they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful. For they shall obtain

mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart. For they

shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers. For

they shall be called the sons of God. How will

men be called the sons of God? Men will be called

the sons of God. The Bible will say that as many

as did receive him, right? He gave them the ability.

As many as did believe. Receiving him means believing

in what he has, he will do, believing in what

he has done. That is how they will become the

sons of God. From the viewpoint of his resurrection.

Alright? So blessed are those who are persecuted

for righteousness' sake. For theirs is the kingdom

of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and

persecute you and say all kinds of evil against

you, falsely for my sake. Rejoice and exceedingly

glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for

they persecuted the prophets who were before

you. So all these things, the ability, right,

to become all. That has been taught in these

scriptures. If you go on and on. We see Jesus

Christ teaching several things. You know. We

see where Jesus Christ is talking about. Love

for your enemies. Like in verse 43. It says you

have heard that it was said. You shall love your

neighbor. And hate your enemy. That is what the

law says. But I say to you. Love your enemies.

Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who

hate you. And pray for those who spitefully use

you and persecute you. That you may be the sons

of your father in heaven. For he makes his son

to rise on the evil and on the good. And send

rain on the just and on the unjust. It takes

only a man that has been filled by the spirit.

That can what? That can express this kind of

life. I believe so much that those who were listening

to him did not have the ability to what? To live

out these things that Jesus was saying. Amen?

Imagine someone that is not born again and I

tell him to love his enemies. How is he going

to do it? How is he going to do it? So, most

of Jesus' teachings and what he taught were what?

Were what will be fulfilled or what will be accomplished

at his word, at his resurrection. So, Matthew

Matthew 16:18

16, verse 18 will also be similar, right? It

will be what will be accomplished when? At his

resurrection. All his miracles, not only teachings,

but even the miracles, the sermons, and the parables

are about his death, his burial, and his resurrection.

It's about the kingdom. Hallelujah. The parables

are not just for fun. It's not comedy. They are

to teach about what he will do at his death,

his burial, and his resurrection. They are to

proclaim, to help in bringing about the knowledge

of what he will do. You know, in his death, his

burial, and his resurrection. Let's look at one

of his miracles. Let's look at one of his miracles.

The first miracle he did. Which was the first

miracle recorded by Jesus? Turn your water into

wine. Amen. Let's go to John chapter 2. John

John 2 · chapter mention John 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2. From verse 1 to 10. We'll read from

verse 1 to 10. On the third day, there was a

wedding in Cana of Galilee. And the mother of

Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and his disciples

were invited to the wedding. And when they ran

out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him,

they have no wine. Okay? She came to Jesus and

said, see. Their wine has finished. There's a

debate. Some say it's alcohol. Some say it's

not alcohol. But let's just know that there's

something called wine. All right? And when you

drink wine, what will happen to you? If you drink

it in excess, what will happen to you? Eh? You'll

be drunk, right? So, wine. Whatever way you want

to explain it is wine. And if you drink plenty

of it, you'll be drunk. Hallelujah. So Jesus

turned water into wine. That's the context here.

Look how Jesus replied to her. She came to Jesus

and said, Your wine has finished. And Jesus said

to her, Woman, what does your concern have to

do with me? My hour has not yet come. My hour

has not yet come. His mother said to the servants,

whatever he says to you, do it. Now they set

their six water pots of stone according to the

manner of purification of the Jews containing

20 or 30 gallons apiece. Jesus said to them,

fill the water pots with water and they fill

them up to the brim. And he said to them, draw

some out now. Draw some out now and take it to

the master of the feast. That is the chairman

of the wedding. And they took it. When the master

of the feast had tested the water that was made

wine and did not know where it came from, but

the servants who had drawn the water knew, the

master of the feast called the bridegroom. And

he said to him, every man at the beginning set

out the good wine. And when the guests have well

drunk, then the inferior, you know, the wine

Jesus was a quality wine, you know, original

wine, not diluted. He was surprised. At every

wedding, people bring out the best so that people

will drink. And when they drink, they are drunk.

Then we can now see, you know, when you are drunk,

you will not know, you know. When you're hungry,

no matter how bad the food is, the food is always

sweet in your mouth when you're hungry. Understand?

But when you keep eating, you keep eating, no

matter how sweet it is, when you are full, you

know, we call it diminishing utility, right?

The more you take of a substance, the value or

the satisfaction you get from it drops. So the

master said of the wedding says, every man at

the beginning set out the good wine. And when

the guests have well drunk, then the inferior,

you have kept the good wine until now. I think

he was shouting there. Because it's an exclamation

mark. Right? This beginning of signs Jesus did

in Cana of Galilee and manifested his word, his

glory, and his disciples' word, they believed

him. Now. Why wine? Upon all the miracles that

Jesus will set out his ministry. Why alcohol?

Amen? Why wine? And we say that everything that

Jesus will teach, will do, okay, will say, must

have his root from where? From scripture. Hallelujah.

So why wine? We will see from the story that

fiscal wine, we will see from the story that

the fiscal wine finished at the party, right?

When Jesus was approached, he said in verse 4,

give me verse 4. He says, my hour is not yet

come. My hour has not yet come. Give me verse

4 again. He said, my hour has not yet come. What

does Jesus mean by my hour has not yet come?

Which means that he's talking about time, right?

This is not my time. This will mean that at his

hour, there shall be wine. Okay? He said, my

hour has not come, which means that at his hour,

what will happen? There will be wine. There will

be wine. So what does his hour mean? Or when

is his hour? If you are writing, you can put,

when is his hour? Let's investigate and see his

hour. What does his hour mean? What kind of wine

will we have at his hour? The original wine.

Amen? Remember, when he brought out the wine,

it was what? It was a high quality wine. It says,

my hour has not yet come. What is that hour?

And what kind of wine will we have at his hour?

Now, my hour will refer to a particular time,

a specific time. My hour will refer to a specific

time. Let's look at it in scriptures. John chapter

John 4:21

4 verse 21. John chapter 4 verse 21. John 4 verse

John 4:21 John 4:21

21. Jesus said to her, this is Jesus' interaction

with, you know, the Samaritan woman, right? Jesus

said to her, Woman, believe me. The hour, you

see the hour. My hour. The hour is coming. When

you will need on this mountain in Jerusalem worship

the father. Do you have an idea of when this

will happen? Huh? When? Help me. When? At his

resurrection, right? That's a hint. Verse 22.

You will worship what you do not know. We know

what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

23. But the hour, the hour, the hour is coming.

And now is when the true worshipers will worship

the Father in spirit and truth. In spirit, which

is truth. So the hour is the hour where worship

will be what? By the spirit. For the father is

seeking such to worship him. Verse 24. God is

spirit. And those who worship him must worship

him in spirit. Which is truth. Which is true

worship. Jump to chapter 12. That same John.

John 12:23

Chapter 12 verse 23. John 12 verse 23. John chapter

John 12:23 John 12:23

12 verse 23. But Jesus answered them saying.

The hour has come. All right. Previously, we

established that the hour is when? It's after

his resurrection, right? Now, the specific time

where we see as the hour is after his resurrection.

Here, but Jesus answered them saying, the hour

has come that the son of man should be glorified.

Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain

of wheat, he explains. How the son of man will

be glorified. I say to you, unless a grain of

wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains

all alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.

So it produces much grain. Verse 26, 25, 25,

25. He who loves his life will lose it. And he

who hates his life in this world will keep it

for eternal life. If anyone serves me, let him

follow me. And there where I am, there my servant

will be also. If anyone serves me, him my father

will honor. Now, go back to the previous verses.

It talks about unless a ground of wheat is what?

Dies. And he's making reference to what? To himself.

He's making reference to his death. If you plant

a seed on the ground, right? What happens to

the seed? A corn. It dies. then it comes back

to life. It germinates. And when it grows, it

has different, much more, it multiplies. That

is to say that at his death, right, at his death

and his resurrection, there will be many. There

will be many. There will be us. There will be

many. The grain of wheat falls into the ground

and dies. It remains alone. Unless it is dead,

as of that moment, it remains alone. He's the

only begotten. But once he dies and then he rise

again from the dead, we all became sons of God.

We share in that sonship with him. Hallelujah.

So that hour is referring to what? It's referring

to the time of his resurrection. Amen? His resurrection.

Now, chapter 17, John chapter 17, verse 1 also,

John 17:1

we'll see also. Referring to the hour. John chapter

John 17:1

17 verse 1. Jesus spoke this word, lifted up

his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour

has come. Glorify your son that your son may

also glorify you. Hallelujah. So the hour, from

the text we've read, we can derive that the hour

refers to Jesus' resurrection. The specific time,

okay, that Jesus Christ, He's referring to is

what? His resurrection. So the miracle of turning

water into wine is symbolic of what will happen

in Jesus' resurrection. Okay? The symbolism of

what the miracle of turning water into wine is

a teaching on what Jesus will do at his resurrection.

Mary, was speaking of what? What was she speaking

of? She was speaking of a physical wine. Right?

While Jesus' focus is on something spiritual,

is on spiritual wine. Because the hour of Jesus

Christ will be at his resurrection. And what

will happen at his resurrection is a spiritual

activity. So we'll see that his wine will be

what? Will be at his hour. Jesus will give God's

wine in his hour, in his time, at his time, at

his hour. Now this new wine will be in the father's

kingdom. The kingdom is at his resurrection.

This one will be at his father's resurrection.

His father's kingdom, rather. Matthew 26, 29,

we see where he said this clearly. This wine

will be what? Will be in his father's kingdom.

Matthew 26, 29. But I say to you. Now the context

is that he was at a table with the disciples.

But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit

of the vine. That is wine. From now until the

day. When I drink it new with you in my father's

kingdom. What is this wine? He also referred

to the wine as his blood. Now, what we're trying

to do right now is we're trying to find definitions,

terminologies that Jesus used in his teaching.

And the goal is to help us to explain that rock.

Don't be confused. All right? So here, what is

Jesus' wine? What is the wine? He also called

the wine his blood. Go back to verse 26 of that

same Matthew 26, from verse 26. And as they were

eating, Jesus took the bread and blessed and

broke it and gave it to the disciples and said,

take, eat, this is my body. So what did he call

the bread? He called the bread his body. All

right? If I were you, I would also cycle somewhere

the bread. Because it is something. It symbolizes

something. So, 27. Then he took the cup and gave

thanks and gave it to them, saying, drink from

it, all of you. Drink from it, all of you. For

this is my blood. This is my blood of the new

covenant, which is shed for many for the remissions

of sins. So what is he talking about here? His

resurrection, right? What will happen in the

resurrection? But I say to you, I will not drink

of this fruit of the vine from now until that

day when I drink it now, new rather, with you.

In my father's kingdom. So he also referred to

the wine as his blood. So it is important to

take note of how Jesus uses vocabularies and

terminologies. Okay? It is important to see.

Now let's study more about his usage of words.

John chapter 6 verse 26. John chapter 6. Verse

John 6:26 John 6 · chapter mention

26. Jesus answered them and said, Most assuredly,

I say to you, you seek me not because you sowed

the signs, but you ate of the loaves and were

filled. Remember we saw bread when he was with

his disciples, right? Now we're going to explain

what is his bread. Because do not label. Take

me back to verse 26. Jesus answered them and

said, most assuredly I say to you, you seek me

not because you saw the signs, but because you

ate of loaves and were filled. They ate what?

They ate physical bread and they were filled.

Verse 27. Do not labor for the food which perishes,

but for the food which endures to everlasting

life. Which the son of man will give you because

God, the father, has set his seed on him. Now

in this verse 27, we can see that there are two

types of food. Okay? First, there is a food which

perishes. And what is that food? The physical

food that you eat. And then the perishing of

that is that you go and throw it in the sewage.

Right? And it has perished. But Jesus now introduces

another food that yields, that he says, but for

the food which endures to everlasting life, which

the Son of Man will give you. So Jesus will give

a certain food, which when you eat, will lead

to eternal life. Amen? It will lead to eternal

life. So the background story here in this John

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chapter 6. It's from verse 1. When Jesus had

performed the miracle of the feeding of the 5

,000, and then he began teaching about the kingdom.

Now, in verse 27, we see him contrasting two

kinds of food. Fiscal food and what? And spiritual

food. Amen? Fiscal food and what? And spiritual

food. Now, let's go to, let's continue our reading.

Verse 28. Then they said to him, what shall we

do that we may walk the works of God? As if they

are, you know, really out for the work of God.

What shall we do to walk the works of God? Now

look at what the work of God is. What is the

work of God? This is the work of God. Jesus said

to them, that you what? That you believe in him

whom he sent. Therefore they said to him, what

sign? Will you perform then that we may see it

and believe you? What work will you do? These

guys, they want food. They make reference to

their father. Who is their father? Their ancestors

under Moses. They said, our fathers ate the manna

in the desert as it is written. They knew from

scriptures, right? He gave them bread from heaven

to eat. Then Jesus said to them, most assuredly,

I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread

from heaven. All right? The bread you eat is

a physical bread. Moses did not give you the

bread from heaven, but my father gives the true

bread from heaven. The true bread from heaven,

true bread means, what does it mean? The word

true. The real bread, right? The one that is

permanent. We're not saying that the bread they

ate is a false bread, no. True here means one

that lasts forever and is from heaven. For a

bread of God, let's look at the definition of

a God's bread now. What is the definition of

their own bread? It's flour. Mixed with dough

baked in the oven. That is their own bread, right?

That is the definition of their bread. What is

God's definition of bread? For the bread of God

is what? Is a person. Amen? So when you see bread,

in God's language, the bread is a person. For

the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven

and gives life to the world. It means that what

Moses did was a picture or was speaking about

what Jesus will do. Jesus is the bread that gives

life. But started, yeah, 34. Then he said to

him, then they said to him, Lord, give us this

bread always. Give us this bread when? Always.

And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life.

I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall

never hunger. Because it's a true bread. It's

an eternal bread. Once you eat this bread, you

will never be hungry again. Alright? And he who

believes in me shall never thirst. But I say

to you, that you have seen me and yet do not

believe. So what does it mean to eat? It means

to believe. Yet you've seen this bread, but you've

refused to eat of this bread. God's definition

for eating is believing, right? We've done this

several times in church here. But I said to you

that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

All that the Father gives me, Will come to me.

And the one who comes to me. I will by no means

cast out. For I have come down from heaven. Not

to do my own will. But the will of him. Who sent

me. This is the will of the father. Who sent

me. That of all that he has given me. I should

lose nothing. But should raise it up. At the

last day. And this is the will of him who sent

me. That everyone who sees the son will do what?

And believes in him may have everlasting life.

And I will raise him up at the last day. Now,

what Jesus is doing here is telling them what

Moses did. Amen? He's teaching them Moses here.

What Moses did by giving them the physical bread.

The miracle Moses demonstrated of. Of feeding

the nation of Israel with the loves of bread.

Jesus replicated that by feeding 5 ,000. Moses

fed the children of Israel in the wilderness.

For how long? For 40 years. Jesus replicated

that miracle by feeding the 5 ,000. Verse 41.

And the Jews then complained about him because,

you know, the bread they were looking for is

not really Jesus. They want bread. They want

to eat food. The Jews then complained about him

because he said, I am the bread which came down

from heaven. And they said, is not this Jesus

the son of Joseph whose father and mother we

know? But you people ate 5 ,000, you people ate

that bread after, you didn't complain. Now when

he's telling you that he's a bread of life that

comes down from heaven, even with a sign he did,

he didn't believe. Whose father and mother we

know. How is it then that he says, I came, I

have come down from heaven. Jesus therefore answered

and said to them, do not murmur among yourselves.

No one can come to me unless the father. Who

sent me draws him. And I will raise him up at

the last day. It is written in the prophets.

Look at Jesus. Continuation of his teaching.

It is written in the prophets. And they shall

be taught by God. Therefore. Therefore. Everyone

who has heard and learned from the father. Comes

to me. Not that anyone. Has seen the father.

Except he. who is from God, he has seen the Father.

Most assuredly, I say to you, that is verily,

he who believes in me has everlasting life. He

who believes in me has everlasting life. 48.

I am, what? The bread of life. He keep hammering,

I am the bread of life. I am the bread of life.

Verse 49. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness.

Now he's bringing home the teaching to them.

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness

and what happened to them? They died. Which means

that that bread is not a true bread. Which means

that that bread, if you eat it, you will not

live forever. You will not live everlasting life.

You will not have everlasting life. If you eat

the physical bread, you yourself will even perish.

This is the bread which comes down from heaven,

that one may eat of it and not die. So there's

a contrasting between the bread that Jesus was

speaking about and the bread that the men were

expecting. Similarly with the wine that we saw

earlier on at Cana. Okay? I am the living bread

which comes down from heaven. If anyone eats

of this bread, he will live when? Forever. And

the bread that I shall give is what? What is

the bread? The bread is my flesh. This bread

is my flesh which I shall give for the life of

the world. The bread is my flesh which I shall

give for the life of the world. Then the Jews

therefore quarreled among themselves saying,

how can this man give us his flesh to eat? How

can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus

said to them, most assuredly I say to you, unless

you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink

his blood, you have what? You have no life in

you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood,

Has eternal life. And I will raise him up at

the last day. So is Jesus referring to physical

flesh? Is Jesus referring to physical blood?

For my flesh is food indeed. And my blood is

what? Is drink indeed. So I want you to make

some parallel assumptions here right now. The

wine is what? Is a blood. Alright? The flesh

is also the what? Is the bread. Do we agree?

Can we see the parallel of this in his teachings?

So do we know the wine of God? Is the blood,

right? Do we know the bread of God? It is flesh.

Alright? So, let's continue. He who eats my flesh

and drinks my blood abides in me. Amen? You eat

the flesh, you drink the blood, you abide in

him, and I in him. How does a man come in union

with God? How does a man come in union with God?

How does God enter a man? By faith. By what?

The Spirit. All are there. As the living Father

sent me, and I live because of the Father, so

he who feeds on me will live because of me. Last

verse. This is the bread which comes down from

heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and

are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.

He who eats this bread will live forever. So

in verses 32, 33, we will see the bread Moses

gave their fathers and also the bread God gives.

Contrast of two different breads. Two kinds of

bread. The true bread means it is real and permanent.

It gives eternal life for one who eats it will

never hunger again. And what is their bread?

Their bread is what is egg make. It's flour.

And it is a shadow. It is a shadow. It is a symbol.

It is pointing toward the God's bread, the true

bread, the body of Jesus Christ. So we accept

the divination of Jesus, right? So when we see

bread, we know what it means. It's a vocabulary

in the kingdom. We know what it means. Hallelujah.

So when you say bread, when we say bread in this

house, we know what bread is. What is bread?

Bread is the body of Jesus Christ. We know what

blood is, blood of Jesus Christ. Blood of Jesus

Christ is what we drink in the kingdom so that

we can have life. Amen? But if you tell an unbeliever

outside there that you eat flesh and you drink

blood, how will they understand what you are

saying? It becomes what? It becomes a mystery.

But this mystery can be explained. By what? By

explanation, by teaching. As we are knowing now,

that when we say blood, flesh and blood in the

context of Jesus Christ, we are referring to

his body. And that is what we eat. So that we

can have him in us. Hallelujah. So we accept

the definition of Jesus as the kingdom vocabulary.

Our bread is the body of Jesus. We have eaten.

And what does it mean to eat? We have believed.

the body, and have drunk his blood. And then

from verse 60 to 65, that's John 60, 65, chapter

6, verse 60 to 65, we see they refuse to believe.

Give me verse 60, from verse 60. It says, therefore

many of his disciples, when they had this said,

this is a hard saying, who can understand it?

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples

complained about this, he said to them, does

this offend you? Do you get offended by this

thing? What then if I should see, what if you

should see the son of man ascending where he

was before? And then he made it clear. This is

what I'm meaning. What gives life? It is the

spirit who gives life. You eat bread, you have

life. So what he's explaining to disciples here,

he's telling them that the bread is what? Is

spirit. Alright? The bread, the blood, the wine,

is his spirit. Do we understand? Do you understand?

Jamila, what is the bread? His spirit. What is

the wine? His spirit. What is the blood? His

spirit. Alright? So, these symbols is referring

to what? His spirit. It is the spirit who gives

life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that

I speak to you are spirit and they are life.

But there are some of you who do not believe.

For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were,

who did not believe, and who would betray him.

And he said, therefore I have said to you that

no one can come to me unless it has been granted

to him by my Father. And of course, it's through

faith. Hallelujah. So we can see that the flesh

of Jesus Christ, the blood of Jesus Christ, refers

to what? To his spirit, to his spirit. So our

definition of the flesh is a spirit. Our definition

of the bread is a spirit. Jesus also used water

in teaching about the spirit. Symbolism, right?

Jesus also used water in teaching about the spirit.

John chapter 3 from verse 1, we'll see. Let's

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go to John chapter 3 verse 1. John chapter 3

John 3:1 John 3:1

verse 1. There was a man of the Pharisees named

Nicodemus. This man came to Jesus by night and

said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher.

Come from God, for no one can do these signs

that you do unless God Is with him. Unless God

is with him. Jesus answered and said to him.

Most assuredly I say to you. Unless one is born

again. He cannot see. The kingdom of heaven.

So to be in the kingdom of heaven. You must be

born again. So Nicodemus. Now there is a contrast

here. Okay. Jesus Christ was explaining. Birth.

Alright? Jesus Christ was explaining birth, the

new birth. And then what Nicodemus was able to

see was a physical birth. Now, let's continue.

Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be born

when he is old? Can he enter a second time into

his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered,

most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born

of what? Of water. And the spirit, now we've

explained in church here that the water, that

idea is best explained as what? Which is, right?

Born of water, which is the spirit. He cannot

enter the kingdom of God. That which is born

of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of

the spirit, spirit. Do not marvel that I say

to you, you must be born again. The wind blows

where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it,

but cannot tell where it comes from and where

it goes. So it's everyone who is born of the

Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said to him, How

can these things be? Jesus answered and said

to him, Are you the teacher of Israel and not

know these things? Because these things have

been explained in the writings of the prophets.

These things have been explained by the writings

of Moses. How can you not understand these things

and you are a teacher of Israel? Most assuredly

I say to you, we speak what we know and testify

what we have seen. And you do not receive our

witness. It's referring to the unbelief of the

people. If I have told you earthly things and

you do not believe, how will you believe if I

tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended

to heaven, but he who came down from heaven,

that is the son of man who is in heaven. Now,

he went back to the books of Moses, Numbers 29.

To bring home the point, he says, and as Moses

lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even

so must the son of man be lifted up. That is,

as Moses taught the children of Israel. All right?

Lifting up the serpent is Moses' teaching about

Jesus. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the

wilderness, the men will look up, the men will

see and believe that whoever believes in him

should not perish, but have eternal life. And

then, for God so loved the world that he gave

his only begotten son. It was not direct. Whoever

believes in him should not perish, but have what?

Have everlasting life. For God did not send his

son into the world to condemn the world, but

that the world through him might be saved. And

of course, this prophecy about water being the

spirit, we see it in Ezekiel 36, verse 25 to

Ezekiel 36:25–27

27. That is where Jesus Christ Was. Teaching

from. Water as the spirit. Where is that you

must be born. You must be what. So let's look

at John. John chapter 7 verse 37. Where he explicitly.

John 7:37

John 7 verse 37. On the last day. That great

John 7:37

day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out saying,

if anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and do

what? And drink. He who believes in me, as the

scripture has said, out of his heart will flow.

Rivers of living water. Verse 39. But this. Look

at it. The rivers of living water. But this he

speaks of what? He spoke concerning the spirit.

Whom those believing in him will receive. For

the Holy Spirit was not yet given. Because Jesus

was not yet what? Glorified. So what is the water?

The spirit. All right? Go back to verse 38. He

says, verse 37. If anyone tasks, let him come

to me and drink. 38, yes. He who believes in

me as the scripture has said. Jesus said, as

the scripture has said. Okay, what does it mean

by as the scripture has said? Is there any verse

in the Bible that said this specific thing that

Jesus said? As the scripture have said, out of

his heart will flow the rivers of living water.

Now, if you go through the Old Testament, right,

you will not see anywhere in scripture exactly

as portrayed at the heart of his heart. Some

people, oftentimes, they say it's Zechariah 14

Zechariah 14:8

verse 8. Let's look at Zechariah chapter 14 verse

Zechariah 14:8

8. This is not this text. That's not a reference.

Zechariah 14 verse 8. Zechariah 14 verse 8. Media,

Zechariah 14:8 Zechariah 14:8

help me. They don't have Zechariah in their Bible.

Okay? Zechariah 14 verse 8. Alright, they are

Zechariah 14:8

here. And in that day, It shall be that living

water shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them

towards the eastern sea and half of them towards

the western sea, in both summer and winter, and

in all winter it shall occur. And the Lord shall

be king over the earth. In that day it shall

be the Lord is one, and his name is one. Now,

this is not exactly the same quotation. But then,

when Jesus Christ said that, As the scripture

says, what he's meaning here, right? Listen to

me carefully. What he's meaning here is that

the entire scripture is a context of what Jesus

say here. Are we together? The entire scripture

that is from Malachi, from Genesis to Malachi,

is the context of what Jesus Christ is speaking

here. So we can conclude based on this evidence

that what? That the teachings, this is what we

are trying to hit. This is where we're headed

to. That the teachings and the miracles of Jesus

Christ are concerning what he will do when? When

will he do them? In his resurrection. Alright?

These are the things that will be accomplished

at his resurrection. The vocabulary or the use

of words Jesus employed in teaching about the

kingdom, in explaining the things concerning

the kingdom, are different from that of which

we see in the world. Meaning that what? That

what Jesus Christ will say is bread. Okay? Will

be different from what the world will say is

bread. What Jesus Christ will say is water. When

you see water, what Jesus Christ will mean will

be different from what the world will say is

water. Are we together? So in this kingdom, we

have a vocabulary. We have terminologies that

we must understand. It's very important. It's

crucial to understanding scriptures. It's important

in understanding scriptures. Hallelujah. Are

we together? So, in the same light, the rock

and the church, right? When Jesus Christ said

the rock and when he said the church, it must

be the same. Rock and church that has been spoken

of by Moses. That have been taught by the writings

of Moses. The Psalms and the prophets. Because

we have seen the background of all that Jesus

did and taught. Where from what? Where from the

Old Testament text. The church will be the church

when? In his resurrection. So. What is expected

of us, therefore, is that we can accept, that

we should accept Jesus' use of terminologies.

What he says is what it is. God's definition

must be our definition. We believe what he says

it is so that we can understand his word and

walk in his word. Now, what is the rock? What

is the rock? Matthew 16, verse 18. Matthew 16,

Matthew 16:18 Matthew 16:18

verse 18. And I also say to you that you are

Peter. And on this rock, I will build my church,

and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against

it. So how are we going to explain this rock?

Someone should help us. How are we going to explain

this rock now? We've done, this is a biblical

interpretation, right, Pastor Victor? Okay, so

how are we going to explain this rock now? Someone

should chorus it for us. How are we going to

explain this rock? Hmm? From the scripture? From

Matthew? Because Matthew is scripture too. From

where? From the Old Testament. What is Old Testament?

Hmm? Sisters, do you agree with him? If we want

to understand what that rock is, where should

we go to? Speak louder, we can hear. Writings

of Moses, right? Because Jesus Christ will not

bring in something from somewhere. Are we together?

Because he came to fulfill, to accomplish what

was already written. So if you want to see what

the rock is, then we have to go back to where?

Let's go back. to the writings of Moses in order

for us to understand what that rock is. So let's

see what Moses wrote concerning the rock. What

Moses wrote concerning the rock. Exodus chapter

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33. Exodus 33. Amen. Move to verse 12, from verse

12. Then the Lord said to Moses, no, then Moses

said to the Lord, see, you say to me, bring up

these people, bring up these people, but you

have not let me know whom you will send with

me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and

you have also found grace in my sight. Now, therefore,

I pray, if I have found favor in your sight,

show me your way, that I may know you, that I

may find grace in your sight, and consider that

this nation is your people. And he said, my presence

will go with you and I will give you rest. Then

he said to him, if your presence does not go

with us, do not bring us up from here. For how

then will it be known that your people and I

have found grace in your sight, except you go

with us? So we shall be separate, your people

and I, from all the people who are upon the face

of the earth. So the Lord said to Moses, I will

also do this thing that you have spoken. For

you have found grace in my sight. And I know

you by name. And he said, please, please, please

show me your glory. Then he said, I will make

all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim

the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious

to whom I will be gracious, and I will have mercy

on whom I will have compassion. That's what compassion

is, mercy. But he said, you cannot see my face,

for no man shall see me and live. And the Lord

said, here is a place by me. And you shall stand

on the rock. Do we see a rock here? Amen? Do

we see the rock? And you shall what? And you

shall stand on what? On the rock. So the terminology

of Jesus Christ is not what? It's not new. Okay?

In fact. Even when Jesus Christ was talking about

a house, that he will hear my word and what?

Matthew 7, right? It's likened unto a man who

do what? Who build his house on what? On a rock.

Okay? That is way because he will not bring out

something from nowhere. And the Lord said, here

is a place by me. and you shall stand on the

rock. So it shall be while my glory passes by,

that I will put you in the cleft of the rock,

and will cover you with my hand while I pass

by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall

see my back, but my face shall not be seen. Hallelujah.

So, verse 18. Verse 18. Moses asks for something.

Say, please, show me your glory. Show me your

glory. Amen? And the question is, what is glory?

What is the glory that Moses wants to see? You

know, when we were younger, we've been, oh, ignorance

of consumers. We used to pray this prayer, you

know. God, show us your glory. And what we define

as glory was we want to see power. You know?

Moses was asking for power from God. Moses was

asking for a new dimension. He was asking for

a new dimension of operation. And that is how

oftentimes we've interpreted this passage. Moses

requested to see the glory of God. Now, I want

us to pause a little bit and look at who Moses

is. Right? Moses has experienced the power of

God. Do we agree? That Moses have seen the miraculous.

Do we agree? In fact, in the entire scriptures,

right? Nobody. Nobody. has worked in the dimension

of power that Moses has worked in. If it's miraculous,

nobody has performed the miracles that Moses

did. Even Jesus Christ, when he was in earth,

did not do the miracles Moses did. Do you know

why? Okay, let's take one miracle and analyze.

Jesus fed the 5 ,000, right? Moses fed the entire

nation of Israel for 40 years. With bread. Jesus

asked for lots of bread and do the miracle. Moses

commanded the bread to appear for 40 years. Only

men and women above, right? Okay, only men. That's

the census, right? 20 years and above were counted,

right? In the time of Moses. So over 600 ,000

people. Without women and children. For how many

years? For 40 years. Okay. Imagine the magnitude

of miracle that Moses performed. When they were

tasked for water, Moses made water come out of

rock, rock, stone. Water came out of it. Is this

not power? Peter walked on water, right? Moses

separated the sea. People walk on dry ground.

Peter even doubted. Amen? Moses is a dangerous

man. He asked the water to separate. Part in

one end. Let them march until the entire nation

of Israel pass through the Red Sea. Then he turned

and said, we are closed back. This is power.

This is miracle. This is dimension. Let's even

go to Egypt and let's begin to count the things

that he did in Egypt. What was the first thing

he did in Egypt? Let's count it randomly. Please

tell me. What are the plagues? Give us one. Water

in the entire country. He turned it into blood.

What else again? Frogs were everywhere, full

everywhere. What again? Flies and locusts. What

again? Darkness. Imagine you cause the entire

nation to be dark. No sunlight. He controlled

nature. Tell me who in the Bible performed this

kind of miracle apart from Moses? What is again?

Just imagine. That one is the pig. He performed

snake. Came out from his staff. He turned into

snake. All right. What else? I want us to, this

is important in understanding what Moses was

asking for. If you cannot catch this revelation,

then it will be difficult. When we begin to interpret

what that glory is, it's going to be difficult.

He saw the burning bush. In fact, when he encountered

God first, God gave him an appetizer. Say Moses,

throw your stuff on the ground, right? It didn't

turn to snake. Say pick it up, pick it up. This

is stage one. Stage one is burning bush. Fire

was burning, right? And it was not burning. Imagine,

you see fire catching something and then it's

not burning. Moses, let me just turn and see.

Okay? And then leprosy. His hand became leprous.

This one came too close. So if it's power and

the miraculous, even the birth and the survival

of Moses is a miracle. When they were killing

people, killing children, How did Moses survive

that age? Was it ordinary? His survival, he grew

up in the very place where the order to kill

children was made. So Moses is a definition of

what? of the experience of power, of the miraculous,

and even his death was a miracle. Even his death

is a miracle. He died, nobody could know where

his body is. Some contemporary writers, when

they write about Moses, they see him as a mystery.

No wonder when you begin to write the things

you wrote in Genesis, Exodus, sometimes you begin

to wonder what kind of understanding did this

man have? Where did he get this wisdom of writing

the things he wrote? He was not there. He was

not even born. Some of the things he saw, he

wrote. The entire Bible, let me tell you, the

entire scripture. is founded on what Moses wrote.

The writings of Moses is the Bible. If you take

away the writings of Moses, there is no Bible,

there is no Christianity. So this is a man that

I've tested. That's tested. He has experienced

God mightily. You know. We've not even talked

about the tabernacle. Where Moses will climb

up to the mountain and then cloud will cover.

All the mysterious things that happen. In the

wilderness, when some people gang up against

him, the ground open and swallow them up. See,

sometimes I wonder. With the kind of, with the

things you see in this man's life, you're not

scared of Miriam and Cody. We're not scared of

even saying bad things about him. Somebody that

when he comes down, the Bible says that he covers

his face, right? Hallelujah. But Moses requested,

say Lord. Show me what? Show me thy glory. Show

me thy glory. What is this glory? What is this

glory? There was something that he was looking

for to see. I just want you to just begin to

pray. I feel that you just start praying on your

seat. Just speak to God. Open your mouth and

speak to God. Speak to God. Speak to God. What

is your desire? What do you desire? What do you

desire? We look forward to having you with us

next time. God bless.