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 The Supernatural StoneÂ
  In this life upon the earth, our knowledge and understanding is extremely limited; however, God gives us marvelous light by His Spirit in giving us understanding and light in the word of God. When we ascend into glory and see Him as He is we will be LIKE Him in the surroundings of His glory, but until then, we have to trust the word of God and the Spirit of God that the eyes of our understanding will be open to the truth of EVERY word that God has given to us.
  Again, I repeat that the Old Testament was given for our LEARNING as well as the New Testament today. When you study the Levitical offerings that were given to Israel, a lot of the principles apply back to Abel.
  This is why God mentioned the FAT thereof. This not only completes the offering, but it is the element that ascends up to God as a sweet savor AND it is proving that the COMPLETE offering was consumed by fire. With Noah, after the flood, it is recorded that Noah built an altar. With Abraham, Isaac and Jacob we have the continuation of the altar, however, with Abel it WAS the lamb and the LAMB alone that had the preeminence and NOT the altar. It was not until later in the Scriptures in 1st Samuel that the Spirit’s voice reveals the great stone of Abel, or the great altar of Abel. And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. (1st Samuel 6:18) Â
  You should understand spiritual numbers in Scripture. This 6th Chapter of 1st Samuel begins with JUDGMENT upon the Philistines, for they had captured the Ark of the Covenant, and were defiling the Ark by placing it in their house, in their temple, the temple of Dagon, who was half fish and half man. You can further see the depravity of the Philistines with their golden emrods and their golden mice. When man casts off God, first, man creates imaginary gods from the things around him, and lastly, himself. Now, I bring out that this is the 6th Chapter, AGAIN, go back to the 6th Chapter of Genesis, and then forward into the future to the 6th Chapter of the book of the Revelation.
  God reveals in 1st Samuel, in verse 18 a wonderful truth in spiritual numbers. Six (6) is the number of man, three (3) times six (6) is eighteen (18), three (3) sixes (6) is the number of the name of The Beast (6 – 6 – 6). In 6:18 we have four (4) sixes (6) and four sixes show us the number of man as the whole world (4) and they that dwell therein. Remember, before you bring up all the impossibilities, before you want to discredit the Spirit of God, if you think that you know more than the Spirit of God, then you are in big trouble for nothing is impossible with God. This is why we have the progressive revelation of God. This was a Chapter of judgment, and the great stone of Abel was the PLACE of the offering. The Spirit of God desires to show us that Abel used a great stone for his altar, A STONE, a tried stone that had not been cut by human hands.
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (1st Peter 2:2)
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. (1st Peter 2:3)
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, (1st Peter 2:4)
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. (1st Peter 2:5)
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. (1st Peter 2:6)
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, (1st Peter 2:7)
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (1st Peter 2:8)
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1st Peter 2:9)
  In 1st and 2nd Peter, there are only four mentions of the word stone, and all of these mentions are in 1st Peter in the 2nd Chapter. The first mention of stone is found in 1st Peter, verse 4, Christ is A LIVING STONE, for in Him is life. To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious. And this life is the life of man, but man loves darkness and HATES the light, so the Spirit of God informs us that this precious stone is disallowed by man. But He is chosen by God as the glory of God and as the express image of His Person, most precious.
  The second mention of the word stone in the epistle of Peter is also found in Chapter 2, in verse 6. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. This verse has both a present and future application. It is also a possessor of prophecy from Psalm 2:6, Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. In 1st Peter, 2:6, we have the chief corner stone, that the building cannot be built without a corner stone. We cannot be spiritual houses of lively stones unless we are attached to the chief corner stone, the Lord Jesus Christ, who IS the ELECT of God. We can prove the election of the Lord Jesus Christ. Where? In the determinate counsels and foreknowledge of God. Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain. (Acts 2:23) This is the result of His election BEFORE the foundation of the world. Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, (1st Peter 1:20) I would also like to bring out in verse 6, that it is the second witness of the word precious referring to the Lord Jesus Christ. This verse closes with the voice of Abel, and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
 In the third mention of the word stone in 1st Peter 2:7, we read, Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner. We not only have the third mention of stone, but we also have the third mention of the word precious. Will you allow me to throw in not only the presence of the Spirit of God but the fullness of the Godhead bodily? HE IS PRECIOUS THREE TIMES. He is the undeniable STONE of redemption THREE TIMES. He is the way, the truth and the life as the HEAD corner stone that man has rejected and disallowed.
  In 1st Peter 2:8, we have the fourth mention of the word stone. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. To the world: the Lord Jesus Christ is a stone of stumbling in their unbelief. They become offended at the name of Jesus. They stumble because they do not know the word of God. Those with a deceptive heart stumble at the word, being disobedient, as Cain was disobedient to God and the envy and iniquity of his heart caused him to rise up against his brother and murder him. Now this verse closes with five words . . . whereunto also they were appointed. Whether you like it or not, it doesn’t matter to me . . . because the Spirit of God knows the word of God for in the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God the disobedient world was APPOINTED to their end.
  Their end is at the great white throne judgment. It is there that we see the END of the spirit of man in Adam. All their wickedness, all their evil and all their unbelief and faithlessness will be read out AGAINST them as the Supreme Judge of heaven and earth sits upon His throne and issues the deserved and righteous JUDGMENT with the scepter of righteousness in His right hand. There is NO hope, there is NO reprieve, there is NO lenient justice because the ungodly have determined their own fate by their ungodly works. We have yet not arrived at this time and point. Although we live in the world of the ungodly, the message of mercy, the message of peace, the message of reconciliation, the message of redemption is traveling throughout the entire world to offer salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. There is a door of escape from that great white throne judgment, a door that is opened by Jesus Christ to the wonders of eternal life and the beauties and wonder of heaven above.
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Published on August 9th, 2024 @ 2:00 PM (EST)
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