JESUS OUR HIGH PRIEST

We talk about Jesus as our Savior, as our King, but we seem to have forgotten 

is that Jesus is also our High Priest.  It is only through Jesus can one come to 

the Father. Only Jesus our High Priest can intercede on our behalf.

³⁴ Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died,

and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand 

of God, who also makes intercession for us.

ROMANS 8:34

For there is one God and one Mediator between

God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.

1 TIMOTHY 2:5

Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren,

that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining 

to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

HEBREWS 2:17

Our Compassionate High Priest

¹⁴ Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through 

the heavens,Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵ For we 

do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, 

but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.¹⁶ Let us therefore 

come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy 

and find grace to help in time of need.

HEBREWS 4:14-16

  

²⁴ But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 

²⁵ Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God

through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

²⁶ For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled,

separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

HEBREWS 7:24-26

(The Heavenly Sanctuary) But Christ came as High Priest of the good

things to come with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made

with hands, that is, not of this creation.

HEBREWS 9:11

When you go into church and look towards the front and see the cross, are you 

showing the respect and honor our High Priest deserves. Unfortunately too many 

churches have removed the cross. It has become just a stage, a place of loud 

music and entertainment. There is no respect for our Savior, King and High Priest.

⁷ In that day a man will look to his Maker,
And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

ISAIAH 17:7

¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with

wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:17

For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a

voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son,

in whom I am well pleased.”

 2 PETER 1:17

It is only by God’s will that you were created and exist. Jesus gives life only to 

those He wills.

²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, 

even so the Son gives life to whom He will.

JOHN 5:21

¹⁶ For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth,

visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or

powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

COLOSSIANS 1:16

“You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor 

and power; For You created all things,

And by Your will they exist and were created.”

REVELATION 4:11

There are those pastors believing they are doing God’s work, but are deceiving 

themselves, for they are not keeping God’s house holy. They know how to use 

God’s word to further there desire of what they want church to be. They tell the 

people what they want to hear, rather than what they need to hear, the truth.

²¹ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom 

of heaven,but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. ²² Many will say 

to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out 

demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, 

you who practice lawlessness!’

MATTHEW 7:21-23

⁸ ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
⁹ And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

MATTHEW 15:8,9

⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things

the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 

⁷ Therefore do not be partakers with them.

EPHESIANS 5:6,7

When you go into God’s house, you are coming before Jesus, your High Priest. 

Look around and see for yourself, is this what God intended His Holy Sanctuary 

to sound like and look like. Where is the honor, respect, and fear for are High 

Priest who will judge the living and the dead? For no one living or dead will 

escape His judgment. You will either receive your reward or punishment.

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.

But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

MATTHEW 10:28

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed,

has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

LUKE 12:5

And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He 

who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

ACTS 10:42

³⁰ For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the 

Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 

³¹ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

HEBREWS 10:30-31

Asked yourself why you attend that church. You may say, I like the music and it 

makes me feel good, but you should know it’s not about you. It is about our 

Savior, our Holy High Priest and King. We are in church to praise Him, give Him 

glory, fear Him, and sing psalms to Him.

I will declare Your name to My brethren

In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

PSALM 22:22

Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name.

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

PSALM 29:2

 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints.

And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.

PSALM 89:7

Church is a place for God’s saints, believers to come together. Remember the 

church is the body of Christ. Judgment will come to all people, believers and 

unbelievers.

²² And He put all things under His feet,

and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

²³ which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

EPHESIANS 1:22-23

Sacrificial Service for Christ

²⁴ I now rejoice in my sufferings for you,

and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ,

for the sake of His body, which is the church,

COLOSSIANS 1:24

¹⁰ But why do you judge your brother?

Or why do you show contempt for your brother?

For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 

¹¹ For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”

¹² So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

ROMANS 14:10-12

JESUS WILL COME

COMING  TO  THE  CLOUDS

First there will be the rapture of the church, His saints. This is when Jesus 

Himself will come down to the clouds to call His bride home. This is a joyful 

time that all believers are looking forward to.

looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing

of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Titus 2:13

¹⁶ For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,

with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.

And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive and

remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet

the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

At the end of the tribulation, Jesus returns to earth with His saints, every eye, person on earth will see Him coming. There will be great mourning, not joy. There are two events, His appearing, and His returning. We know that no Christian would mourn the appearing of Jesus Christ. He is our blessed hope that we are watching for.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,

and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn,

and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds

of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 24:30

Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him,

even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth

will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

Revelation 1:7

Jesus will appear a second time apart from sin to save His bride from God’s wrath to come, not return, but appear.  A pre-tribulation rapture.

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead,

even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

²⁸ so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who

eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time,

apart from sin, for salvation.

Hebrews 9:28

A  THIEF  IN  THE  NIGHT

Only with a pre-tribulation rapture can Jesus come when no one knows the day or the hour. A thief in the night to the world, but true believers are told to watch for his appearing, which will be a joyful time.

For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord

so comes as a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

But you, brethren, are not in darkness,

so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

Remember therefore how you have received and heard;

hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch,

I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know

what hour I will come upon you.

Revelation 3:3

KEEP  WATCH

We are told to always keep watching for our blessed hope and His glorious appearing, not His returning to earth. Those on this earth are so wrapped up in themselves, they can’t watch, let alone see through the darkness that blinds them to the truth.

⁴² Watch therefore, for you do not know

what hour your Lord is coming.

Matthew 24:42

“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour

in which the Son of Man is coming.

Matthew 25:13

⁵ You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 

⁶ Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:5, 6

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should

see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,

So that I should heal them.”

John 12:40

There are those who mock us for believing in a pre-tribulation rapture. They say if you think you can escape, that is not in the scriptures, but it is. Only through Jesus Christ is one worthy to escape the coming tribulation. Do you really think that Jesus will drag His bride through the tribulation before taking us the heaven.

Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape

all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 21:36

Much more then, having now been justified but His blood,

we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Romans 5:9

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead,

even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

Do not be deceived, there are those who say we are already in the tribulation. But remember Jesus said there would always be tribulation in this world. If you read the  book of Revelation, you would know we are not in Thee Tribulation. 

God’s word tells us that Satan is the prince of the air.

² in which you once walked according to the course of this world,

according to the prince of the power of the air,

the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

Ephesians 2:2

We know God cast him out of heaven because Satan wanted to be like God, the Most High. Satan plans to make war against Jesus and His saints and exalt himself above God.

The Fall of Lucifer

¹² “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
¹³ For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’

Isaiah 14:12-14

We can only imagine what great anger Satan will have from the book of Revelation, when he sees Jesus descend to the clouds to claim the dead in Christ and also the living. Souls Satan knows he can never touch. At this point Satan knows his time is short, bringing great wrath down to the earth. Thankfully we are in heaven rejoicing.

Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them!

Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea!

For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath,

because he knows that he has a short time.”

Revelation 12:12

During the tribulation many will realize that Jesus is the promised Messiah and be saved, their names are written in the Book of Life. These new believers will make a stand against Satan. At this time God grants Satan authority to make war with His saints on earth. But those who worship Satan do not have their names in the Book of Life, they had been blotted out.

“He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garment,

and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but

I will confess his name before My Father and before the angel.

Revelation 3:5

⁶ Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to

blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell

in heaven. ⁷ It was granted to him to make war with the saints

and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every

tribe, tongue, and nation. ⁸ All who dwell on the earth will worship

him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the

Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 13:6-8

The saints that were raptured before the tribulation will be returning with Jesus at the end, they are coming with Him for battle, when Jesus sets up His kingdom. These saints are referred to as His bride. We are given a description of how the saints will be clothed.

⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage

of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”

⁸ And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright,

for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Revelation 19:7-8

¹⁴ And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen,

white and clean, followed Him on white horses.

Revelation 19:14

His bride watches, and is always ready, for He will come as a thief in the night, coming to the clouds at an hour you do not expect.

Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man

is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 24:44

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came,

and those who were ready went in with him

to the wedding; and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:10

¹⁷ Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:17, 18

GOD IS MERCIFUL

  GOD  IS  MERCIFUL

God’s invitation

You chose to decline

Know without Jesus

You’ll be totally blind

When the darkness comes

You won’t even see

To the son of perdition

You’ll fall on your knees

But know God is merciful

Jesus’ light fills His place

Come out of the darkness

Be saved by His grace

Jesus died for your sins

To set you free

From the evil of the world

Once blind now you see

In this darkened world

Your light now shines

Know when Jesus calls

You won’t be left behind

January 16, 2016

whose minds the god of this age has blinded,

who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel

of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God,

should shine on them.

2 CORINTHIANS 4:4

13    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven

14    with a shout, with the voice of an archangel,

15    and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ

16    will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive and remain

shall be caught up together with them in the clouds

to meet the Lord in the air.

And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:16-17

even when we were dead in trespasses,

made us alive together with Christ

(by grace you have been saved),

EPHESIANS 2:5

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,

and their sins and their lawless deeds

I will remember no more.”

HEBREWS 8:12

ARE YOU PREPARED

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR ETERNITY ?

Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,

but now commands all men everywhere to repent,

Acts 17:30

For I delivered to you first of all that I

also received that Christ died for our sins

according to the Scriptures, and that He was

buried, and that He rose again the third day

according to the Scriptures.

1 Corinthians 15:3,4

"But go and learn what this means:

“I desire mercy and not sacrifice.”

For I did not come to call the righteous,

but sinners, to repentance.”

Matthew 9:13

In Him we have redemption through His blood,

the forgiveness of sins, according to

the riches of His grace.

Ephesians 1:7

For by grace you have been saved through faith,

and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 

not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

For God so loved the world that He gave His

only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him

should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

THE NAME OF JESUS

"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no

other name under heaven given among men

by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

Receiving the end of your faith-the salvation of your souls.

1 Peter 1:9

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,

nor have entered into the heart of man

the things which God has prepared

for those who love Him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

Father In Heaven Hear My Prayer

I believe that Jesus died in my place for my sins

I repent of all my sins

I ask Father forgive me my sins for His sake

Wash me clean in the blood of Jesus

Send Your Holy Spirit to dwell in me

And seal me as Yours forever and

I will serve You and follow Your commands

All the days of my life

This I Pray In Jesus Name

  

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE HERE AND NOW ?

For Snow Storms

Power Outages

Tornados

Earthquakes

Terrorist Attack

For Any Unseen Disaster

In the last snow storm we saw the grocery store shelves 

empty out, not only where the storm hit, but also in all 

of western New York due to the fact the delivery trucks

 could not get through. Are you  prepared if there is a storm, 

a disaster, or if hackers take down our power supply?

                                1. Have a support group.

  

One of the complaints heard from those trapped 

in this last snow storm was that they felt all alone.

a.We need a support group of family, friends,       

                                     or neighbors that will check up on each              

                                     others' well being.

                                 b. Sharing supplies and needed purchases could be

                                     divided up in your group. One may be able to

                                     afford more and one may have a larger storage     

                                     place. Another may have a generator to share.

                                 c. One might have a fireplace if you need heat to

                                     keep warm or a gas grill to cook on. Have              

                                     extra propane for your grill.

                                 2. Have extra food in the house, at least one months 

                                     supply.

                                 a. Buy a little extra food to put in storage when        

                                     you go shopping.

                                 b. Know which foods store for long periods of         

                                     time and how to prepare them to last for               

                                     months or even years.

                                 c. Consider a supply of canned or dried foods          

                                     since in a power failure you may not have            

                                     refrigeration.

                                 3. Have extra water stored.         

                      

                                 a. Use plastic juice or milk bottles washed out         

                                     well with soap or bleach to store water.           

                                 b. Use only unscented bleach to clean bottles.

                                 4. If you can, always try to keep one month supply of 

                                     prescription medication on hand.    

   

                                     Check with your doctor about prescription               

                                     medications. Some may allow you to have a 90       

                                     day supply. Remember the normal medications       

                                     such as aspirin, cold meds, antacids, whatever         

                                     your personal needs are as well as a First Aid Kit.

                                 5. Think about what type of tools may be needed.     

   

                                     Flashlights, candles, matches, radio, extra               

                                     batteries, fishing supplies, cell phone chargers.

                                 6. Stock up on Personal items you may need.   

    

                                     Rubbing alcohol, witch hazel, peroxide,                

                                     laundry, dish and bar soaps, shampoo,                  

                                     conditioner, toilet paper, paper towels.

                                 7. Provide for Kitchen needs.   

                    

                                 a. Disposable plates, bowls, cups, and plastic      

                                     utensils, manual can opener.                       

                                 b. Cooking utensils, pots, pans, coffee pot.          

                                     spices, gravy mix.

                                 8. Store extra Cash.          

                                 

                                    Cash, only bills under $20.00.  Stores may      

                                    not be able to give change or use credit           

                                    cards if the electric goes out.

                                 9. Maintain your vehicles.

                                     Keep your vehicle's gas tank filled at all                

                                     times. No power, no gas.

I don’t think we want to count on the government to 

ration out daily provisions  I have seen that not only 

local governments did not come to help, but they also 

prevented friends from coming to help those trapped in 

the snow storm. Do you really want to depend on 

government in a disaster?    

And there will be great earthquakes in various places,

and famines and pestilences; and there will be

fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

Luke 21:11

But if anyone does not provide for his own,

and especially for those of his household,

he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8