How we may perceive and understand “REST”?

[Santoso]

Dear ones,

This is what we have heard:

 

“Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.”

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

“When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.”

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

Dear one, where is this place that the Lord have chosen for Himself as a house of sacrifice? Dear one, where is this place that now the eyes of the Lord will be open and His ears attentive to prayer ? 

 

This is what we have heard:

 

“Coming to Him (Christ) as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

‭‭I Peter‬ ‭2:4-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

Likewise, we heard :

 

“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭6:19-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

So dear ones, the Lord  has chosen this place, that is our bodies, for Himself as a house of sacrifice, the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in us, whom we have from God and that our bodies and our spirits are not our own, for we are bought at a price, therefore, we glorify God in our bodies and in our spirits, which are God’s.

 

Dear ones, for now the Lord’s eyes will be open and His ears attentive to prayer made in this place, where we come to Christ as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, we also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

 

Dear one, 

Let us be strengthen in our faith in our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us speak and believe in our hearts,that is, the righteousness of our faith, that we declare: 

 

Beloved Lord Jesus Christ, for we are Your people  who are called by Your name, we humble ourselves, and pray and seek Your face, and grant us the strength to turn from our wicked ways.

Lord, hear us from heaven, and forgive our sin and heal our land.

 

Now Lord, let Your eyes be opened and Your ears be attentive to prayer made in this place, where we come to Christ as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, we also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

 

Lord, we behold, that You lay in Zion, a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and we who believes on Christ will by no means be put to shame. Therefore, to us who believe, Christ is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

But we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, Christ’s own special people, that we may proclaim the praises of Christ who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

 

As Beloved of the apostles, as sojourners and pilgrims, grant us Your strength, O Lord, to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the souls. 

Grant us Your strength, O Lord, we pray, to order our conduct aright, that our conduct may be found honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against us as evildoers, they may, by our good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Amen. 

[meshak]

2 hours ago, Santoso said:

Dear ones,

This is what we have heard:

 

“Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.”

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

“When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.”

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

Dear one, where is this place that the Lord have chosen for Himself as a house of sacrifice? Dear one, where is this place that now the eyes of the Lord will be open and His ears attentive to prayer ? 

 

This is what we have heard:

 

“Coming to Him (Christ) as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

‭‭I Peter‬ ‭2:4-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

Likewise, we heard :

 

“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭6:19-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

 

So dear ones, the Lord  has chosen this place, that is our bodies, for Himself as a house of sacrifice, the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in us, whom we have from God and that our bodies and our spirits are not our own, for we are bought at a price, therefore, we glorify God in our bodies and in our spirits, which are God’s.

 

Dear ones, for now the Lord’s eyes will be open and His ears attentive to prayer made in this place, where we come to Christ as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, we also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

 

Dear one, 

Let us be strengthen in our faith in our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us speak and believe in our hearts,that is, the righteousness of our faith, that we declare: 

 

Beloved Lord Jesus Christ, for we are Your people  who are called by Your name, we humble ourselves, and pray and seek Your face, and grant us the strength to turn from our wicked ways.

Lord, hear us from heaven, and forgive our sin and heal our land.

 

Now Lord, let Your eyes be opened and Your ears be attentive to prayer made in this place, where we come to Christ as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, we also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

 

Lord, we behold, that You lay in Zion, a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and we who believes on Christ will by no means be put to shame. Therefore, to us who believe, Christ is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

But we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, Christ’s own special people, that we may proclaim the praises of Christ who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

 

As Beloved of the apostles, as sojourners and pilgrims, grant us Your strength, O Lord, to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the souls. 

Grant us Your strength, O Lord, we pray, to order our conduct aright, that our conduct may be found honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against us as evildoers, they may, by our good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Amen. 

What's your point?

[Santoso]

The spiritual house is the house of rest. 

[garee]

On 8/15/2023 at 7:35 PM, Dennis1209 said:

I have grappled with this question: What was in Eden and the world that needed subduing? The only thing I can come up with is some animals became fierce and predatory, and now lawlessness would have to be subdued. Thoughts?

Hi . I would offer looking at the word "subduing" which is of a person or their manner "quiet and rather reflective or depressed" a call of peace take care and support . Mankind failed to subdue. . . he ate he forbidden fruit rather than fruit of Christ's righteousness the hidden glory of God.God's reflective  glory was not in the garden (what the eyes see)  but was in mankind a temple of God  mankind was to care for it water, plow. .  not eat of the forbidden fruit they failed to subdue it  (you will surely not die look at my beauty and live forever why believe in a God not seen) it subdued them    

The kind of subduing I would offer would be when the demonstration of Spirit of Christ hid Elijah in a cave protecting him from the enemy of the gospel. . When the time was up  at first he used thunder, lightning earthquake in a hope he would come out before the walls clasped in. . .  but he had no strength to come out for fear of his enemy. Then Christ subdued  Elijah. by the small gospel voice  of faith . "Come out,  I have more work for you to do". . and "it was good" peace was made anew he was strengthened to come out  .

Elijah a picture or parable of Christ repenting mankind returning them to His love. . Then when moved Elijah did bear the reminder how childish it was to not move by trusting God the first time like he did the first 450 false apostles against 1 true .  . 

Jeremiah 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth

God uses caves that way through the bible. .  makes a great study . 

1 Kings 19:12-13 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

The gospel water of the word the still small voice put out the fiery wrath  

Hebrews 11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.

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Edited August 17, 2023 by garee