"Divine Insurrection"

 "Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews." (John 19:21 KJV) 

  "For the LORD declares, "I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain." The king proclaims the LORD'S decree: "The LORD said to me, 'You are my son. Today I have become your Father. Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession. You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.'"" (Psalm 2:6-9 NLT)

 For the record, Jesus, Himself never did say that He was, 'King of the Jews,' but He did say He was a King! THE KING OF HEAVEN! Just imagine for a moment what we are talking about, because there are so many that put Jesus in a class, just slightly above a prophet or a teacher, as if what He did by dying on the cross was slightly better than the offering of a lamb or bull; that God still requires more, because His death did not eliminate our sins, but only covered them! 

 I really don't want to get into that right now; but it will be the topic for another day, no pun intended! But, I will say one thing: On judgment day, there will be books that are opened, which show the sins of all people, both those done out in open, and those that are done in secret. However! There we be another book that will be opened, The Lamb's Book of Life; anyone written in that Book, is not included in those other books; whether they are skimmed over or just not listed, that doesn't matter! Because whatever it might say, has been put upon Christ Jesus, and has been taken off of us!  

 Besides, Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:7, "So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness towards us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus." If you think about what that implies, I have a feeling that it means, 'The misfit toys are no longer misfits, but are Saints!' 

 I went to catch the movie, "Journey to Bethlehem", yesterday; what a wonderful movie to experience! I have read some reviews, and it appears that some people are not that impressed with the movie, and think they took too much liberty in some of the characters attitudes and personalities. Let's get real! People were the same back then as they are now, they only lacked social media, electricity, and cars! 

 By the way, I had another talk with a friend of mine about my heart's passion to tell godly men how to love their wives, and what they can expect from doing so. My friend reminded me again, as always, "Women can sin too!" And then he continued to prove that statement by showing me how Bathsheba put herself out there for David. 

 Fair point; but! David tried to get Uriah to go sleep with his wife several times; and he refused to do so, because it wasn't fair to his fellow soldiers out on the battlefield. What does that say about the love relationship between Uriah and Bathsheba? Do you think maybe she was feeling a little bit unloved? 

 I am just saying, and I will say it again: If your wife loved and adored you when you married her, and now she loves you less; it is your fault! If you don't think it is true, you don't know your wife's desire to be cared for, is stronger than your desire to care for her...

"And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means to submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God's word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without spot or wrinkle or any blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. And we are members of his body. As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."" (Ephesians 5:21-31 NLT)