1 JOHN 5:4 The Victory ! Is Our Faith

Eph 6:10 ASV - Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Zec 4:6 ASV - Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon this word is to us to the church the bride ,  we have our own wilderness to endure .  The flesh does not want to die the carnal nature wants to live , 
1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  As you can see in the word to Zerubbabel man has no ability to save himself .  God says only by his spirit shall we be saved healed and delivered .    For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Eph 6:11 ASV - Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.   Armor  Greek: panoplia of the spiritual helps supplied by God for overcoming the temptations of the Devil, Eph 6:11, 13. Among the Greeks the panoplia was the complete equipment used by heavily armed infantry.     Wiles:    denotes "craft, deceit" (meta, "after," hodos, "a way"). "a cunning device, a wile," and is translated "wiles (of error)" in Eph 4:14, RV [AV paraphrases it, "they lie in wait (to deceive)"], lit., "(with a view to) the craft (singular) of deceit;" in Eph 6:11, "the wiles (plural) (of the Devil.)"    The whole armor of God ! we have no armor of our own ,  and we are in a battle for our souls there is a warfare in the spirit going on continually and the purpose of the devil is to kill , steal and destroy .
Eph 6:12 ASV - For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.    Greek: pale    Wrestle, Wrestling:
"a wrestling" (akin to pallo, "to sway, vibrate"), is used figuratively in Eph 6:12, of the spiritual conflict engaged in by believers, RV, "(our) wrestling," AV, "(we) wrestle."   This battle is not against an individual flesh and blood . Satan uses people to come against you to speak and work all manner of evil against you , The war is spiritual not of the flesh seeing that we come against 
the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .  Satan is a spirit so he needs a body to use as a vessel of dishonor a tool
a willing person .  You bind the devil not the person and he will be bound , he must obey your commands if you walk in the name of Jesus , Name in the Greek   Onoma  for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers:   representing the authority of Christ, e.g., Mat 18:5 (with epi, "on the ground of My authority  It is just saying the name of Jesus it is knowing his name in your life representing the authority of Christ, e.g., Mat 18:5 (with epi, "on the ground of My authority .the name is used for everything which the name covers, everything the thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing, remembering, the name, i.e. for one's rank, authority, interests, pleasure, command, excellences, deeds etc.
Eph 6:13 ASV - Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.  The evil day full of labours, annoyances, hardships pressed and harassed by labours bringing toils, annoyances, perils; of a time full of peril to Christian faith and steadfastness; causing pain and trouble .   2Co 12:9 ASV - And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Luk 10:19 ASV - Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.   Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.  Once again its is not by our power  Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts .  2Co 12:9 ASV - And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Its Gods rest we seek , Goliath was a mountain of flesh he is a type and shadow of our warfare ,  and how did David over come him   1Sa 17:40 ASV - And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 
The five stones ,  five is the number of Grace and the Stones represent the foundation of your house , built upon the solid rock of Gods word.   And the Sling in the Heb speaks of the sling as the sail of a ship . A ship can only move by wind and the sail is the power of the ship it is the power of the spirit of God the very breath of God . It is the power of Gods spirit in you he is your strength he is your wisdom he makes the way of escape  , by faith we believe .

1Sa 17:45 ASV - Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the NAME of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.  David knew the name of God hear his boldness came because of his faith in God to deliver .  God proved his power to David in the lion and the bear .
Satan knows who is a child of God and who walks in the power of that name ,   The sons of sceva
tells the story of this    Act 19:13 ASV - But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Act 19:15 ASV - And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye?    They did not know the name of Jesus or walk in the power of his name its not just speaking his name its  possessing his power in you . Jesus said he came in his fathers name he manifest the power of his father in his works .  
1Sa 17:47 ASV - and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand.
1Sa 17:49 ASV - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.    The word of God talks about the mind of man  Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  Mind Greek: nous

Mind (Noun and Verb):
the new nature, which belongs to the believer by reason of the new birth, Rom 7:23, 25, where it is contrasted with "the flesh," the principle of evil which dominates fallen man. Under (b) may come 2Th 2:2, where it stands for the determination to be steadfast amidst afflictions, through the confident expectation of the day of rest and recompense mentioned in the first chapter.
We are transformed by the renewing of your mind , and the way we renew our mind by the word of God be obedient to his word the gospel of God .  We are born with the nature of Adam the flesh of Adam .  The bible speaks of a reconciling of our souls back to God        2Co 5:19 ASV - to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.  Reconciliation  By reason of this men in their sinful condition and alienation from God are invited to be "reconciled" to Him; that is to say, to change their attitude, and accept the provision God had made, whereby their sins can be remitted and they themselves be justified in His sight in Christ.   There was no mistake with Adam and Eve God gave them a choice they were perfect in every way .  In the garden was several trees with freedom to eat from     Gen 2:9 ASV - And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  God said any tree is allowed to eat from but the tree of knowledge of good and evil .  So we see here to eat means much more than filling their bellies .  To devour is the heb for eat ,  to partake of something spiritually to consume to devour .  God gave Adam and Eve a choice and they made the wrong choice they disobeyed Gods command .  Jesus said   Jhn 6:51 ASV - I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Jhn 6:54 ASV - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jhn 6:55 ASV - For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Jhn 6:56 ASV - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
I am the living bread ,   the unleavened bread the word of God he was the word made flesh.
His blood is his very nature for the life is in the blood .  He is the tree of life for us , we choose to feed upon his word the fruit of life everlasting .   And his nature is    Gal 5:22 ASV - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23 ASV - meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 ASV - And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
Gal 5:25 ASV - If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.
There is a choice to be made here to eat the fruit of the world and die or eat the fruit of the spirit and live.    1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Eph 6:14 ASV - Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,  Loins   Greek: osphus     of girding the "loins" of the mind, 1Pe 1:13, RV, "girding," suggestive of the alertness necessary for sobriety and for setting one's hope perfectly on "the grace to be brought... at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (the present participle, "girding," is introductory to the rest of the verse the breastplate protects the heart and it says the breastplate here is of righteousness walking in the righteousness of Gods word protects us.
Heb 5:13 ASV - For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 ASV - But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.  By applying the word of righteousness to our hearts and walking in it we will be able to discern good and evil

Eph 6:15 ASV - and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Shod in the      Greek: hupodeo      Bind, Binding (See Also Bound):
hupo, "under," with No. 1, "to bind underneath," is used of binding of sandals, Act 12:8; rendered "shod" in Mar 6:9; Eph 6:15.  Walking in the light as he is in the light .   Heb 12:14 ASV - Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

Eph 6:16 ASV - withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.     Rev 12:11 ASV - And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the Word of their Testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

Eph 6:17 ASV - And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:  Col 1:26 ASV - even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this Mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Eph 6:18 ASV - with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,   Mat 26:41 ASV - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Eph 6:19 ASV - And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the Mystery of the gospel, Christ in you the hope of our  resurrection

2Co 10:3 ASV - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh
2Co 10:4 ASV - (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),     Using our sling and the stones of our faith , David not only killed the giant he took off his head the mind of the flesh .

2Co 10:5 ASV - casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;  The battle is for your mind and the devil is after your mind remember the word of righteousness and its power over the devil being able to decern good and evil and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ

Zerubbabel The Church Today

ZERUBBABEL      THE CHURCH COMING OUT OF BABYLON

 IN HEBREW =  Zerubbabel = "sown in Babylon"

We being born of the loins of Adam born of his flesh , from the moment he left the garden he was cursed and all his offspring as well .  Rom 3:21 ASV - But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Rom 3:22 ASV - even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;
Rom 3:23 ASV - for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; 
Man at this point needs a savior , redemption from his sins .  Heb 10:4 ASV - For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
1Jo 3:5 ASV - And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
Rom 3:24 ASV - being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Jhn 1:29 ASV - On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
You and I were sown in this world , and God has a perfect plan to redeem us through Christ Jesus 
1Sa 15:20 ASV - And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.  God told Saul to utterly destroy every living thing and burn it with fire .   Just as the sin of Achan he took the devoted things unto himself .   Jos 7:1 ASV - But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel. If you notice Achans sin not only affected himself but those around him   the whole of Israel suffered because of his sin .    Jos 7:11 ASV - Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.
Jos 7:12 ASV - Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.   1Co 12:12 ASV - For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
Today it is the same ,  sin will not be allowed in the camp today.  And if Gods called out people allow this sin in their fellowship it will also fall on them.       2Ti 3:1 ASV - But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.
2Ti 3:2 ASV - For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2Ti 3:3 ASV - without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
2Ti 3:4 ASV - traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
2Ti 3:5 ASV - holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore. From these also turn away.   What power has these men denied in their walk  ?   power over sin !

Greek: arneomai   Deny:     "to deny" by way of disowning a person, as, e.g., the Lord Jesus as Master, e.g., Mat 10:33; Luk 12:9; Jhn 13:38 (in the best mss.); 2Ti 2:12; or, on the other hand, of Christ Himself, "denying" that a person is His follower, Mat 10:33; 2Ti 2:12; or to "deny" the Father and the Son, by apostatizing and by disseminating pernicious teachings, to "deny" Jesus Christ as Master and Lord by immorality under a cloak of religion, 2Pe 2:1; Jud 1:4;

Greek: dunamis  Ability, Able:  is
(a) "power, ability," physical or moral, as residing in a person or thing;

(b) "power in action," as, e.g., when put forth in performing miracles. It occurs 118 times in the NT. It is sometimes used of the miracle or sign itself, the effect being put for the cause, e.g., Mar 6:5, frequently in the Gospels and Acts. In 1Cr 14:11 it is rendered "meaning;" "force" would be more accurate.

1Jo 2:15 ASV - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jo 2:17 ASV - And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Babylon is a type of mans flesh Egypt is a type of mans flesh Jericho also was a well fortified city and it also is a type of mans flesh .  When God calls out his people he calls you out completely ,  this is a type and shadow of man trying to serve God and the world .   When God told the children the land was theirs to go and conquer and take the land .   The land here is your flesh and the word says it is an enemy unto God ,  if you choose to live in your flesh the lust of your flesh ,  you will die.    Gal 5:17 ASV - For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:18 ASV - But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:19 ASV - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20 ASV - idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties,
Gal 5:21 ASV - envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Man needs the spirit of God living in him to have the power to over come sin , the flesh is weak .
 Power   Greek: dunamis the word for dynamite
 You must be born of God ! he is the savior of you soul , Jesus said you have not because you ask not.     There is no righteousness of our own ,  unless God build the house you build in vain and the foundation of the gospel is the rock  you build on .  
Mat 11:28 ASV - Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Jhn 14:18 ASV - I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.
Jhn 15:26 ASV - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
The key to your salvation is to surrender at the feet of Jesus ,  stop trying to save your self .
This is the answer      Tit 3:5 ASV - not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,       Eph 2:8 ASV - for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;       The father calls it a rest ,  entering into his rest

1Sa 15:16 ASV - Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
1Sa 15:17 ASV - And Samuel said, Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel;
1Sa 15:18 ASV - and Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

1Sa 15:21 ASV - But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.
1Sa 15:22 ASV - And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1Sa 15:23 ASV - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
This is a type of people today in their walk unto God ,  they say well just a little bit of the world wont hurt. If I just partake of a little sin God wont mind .   1Co 5:7 ASV - Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:
Gal 5:9 ASV - A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump

  Remember Lots wife , they were warned not to look back at what they were leaving , their worldly life all they possessed was in Sodom . God was most merciful to Lot and his family .   Gen 19:15 ASV - And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
Gen 19:16 ASV - But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.   Lingered = they kept looking at their stuff and their life's in Sodom . Their new house and all the stuff they had amassed everything the world has to offer .   1Jo 2:15 ASV - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.    I know there is a balance here and wisdom is needed to know this truth ,   we need certain things to carry on in this life and the word says the LOVE of money ! not just money but to love it is a root of evil.  Putting these things before God is Idol worship .        Mar 13:14 ASV - But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
Mar 13:15 ASV - and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out his house:
Mar 13:16 ASV - and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Possession are just what they are , you possess them in your Godly living , being wise to the ungodly mammon and how to distribute what God has given us ,  or we will be possessed by our stuff having unrighteous spiritual ties to this earth .  lots wife was longing and sorrowful for her stuff , she looked back one more time ! 

Gen 19:17 ASV - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.  God is always on the mountain he is our safety.
Gen 19:26 ASV - But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"


JEHOSHUA
WAS A TYPE OF JESUS , HE LED THE CHILDREN INTO THE PROMISE LAND ,MOSES BROUGHT THE LAW  THE LETTER ,THEREFORE WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT THE LAW WAS FULFILLED BY A BETTER COVENANT.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOSES AND JOSHUA IS MOSES DID NOT ENTER THE PROMISE LAND,  JOSHUA AND CALEB WALKED IN.    THOSE THAT ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN .     1Th 4:17 KJV - Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Zec 4:7 KJV - Who [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone [thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it.

Mat 17:20 KJV - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and Nothing shall be Impossible unto you.

 Mountain in this verse is speaking of the carnal nature of man , his flesh as a mountain is something in our way which we must overcome.  Goliath in Davids time was a type of mans carnal nature , and he was stopping David from taking the land . And that would be our souls today , and how did David take out the giant !  in the forehead this is our mind ,will and our emotions . Jesus calls it our cross putting to death our carnal nature on the altar of our sacrifice .     Rom 12:1 ASV - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the Renewing Of Your Mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
The word of God is renewing our minds as we read and obey ,   Jas 1:21 ASV - Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Implanted  Greek: emphutos
Implanted:
"implanted," or "rooted" (from emphuo, "to implant"), is used in Jam 1:21, RV, "implanted," for AV, "engrafted," of the Word of God, as the "rooted word," i.e., a word whose property it is to root itself like a seed in the heart. "The AV seems to identify it with emphuteuton, which however would be out of place here, since the word is sown, not grafted, in the heart" Also the word  Transformed in Rom 12-2   Greek: metamorphoo      
of believers, Rom 12:2, "be ye transformed," the obligation being to undergo a complete change which, under the power of God, will find expression in character and conduct; morphe lays stress on the inward change, schema (see the preceding verb in that verse, suschematizo) lays stress on the outward (see FASHION, No. 3, FORM, No. 2); the present continuous tenses indicate a process; 2Cr 3:18 describes believers as being "transformed (RV) into the same image" (i.e., of Christ in all His moral excellencies), the change being effected by the Holy Spirit.

 Luk 3:4 KJV - As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

 Pro 2:20 KJV - That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

 Zec 4:11 KJV - Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?

Rev 11:4 KJV - These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Hag 2:21 NASB - "Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, 'I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

Hag 2:22 NASB - 'I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.'

Hag 2:23 NASB - 'On that day,' declares the LORD of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,' declares the LORD, 'and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,' " declares the LORD of hosts.

Shealtiel or Salathiel = "I have asked of God"

1) father of Zerubbabel

2) son of king Jehoiachin or Jeconiah or Coniah of Judah and uncle of Zerubbabel

ZERUBBABEL IS A TYPE OF THE OVER COMING CHURCH,

1Cr 15:42 KJV - So also [is] the resurrection of the( dead.) It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption
THE WORD DEAD IN THE  GREEK2) metaph.

a) spiritually dead

1) destitute of a life that recognizes and is devoted to God, because given up to trespasses and sins

2) inactive as respects doing right

b) destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative


1Pe 1:23 KJV - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

1Cr 15:47 KJV - The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.

1Cr 15:52 KJV - In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Act 2:39 KJV - For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.

2Pe 1:3 ASV - seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;
2Pe 1:4 ASV - whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.
2Pe 1:5 ASV - Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 ASV - and in your knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patience; and in your patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 ASV - and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love.
2Pe 1:8 ASV - For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We have an altar to fall on and that altar is our own cross .  And the nature of Adam must die on that cross so the nature of Jesus may become that life giving spirit in our bodies.

1Co 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.      The first Adam fail  but the last Adam Jesus over came and resurrected to newness of life .  
Rev 1:18 ASV - and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.