And the word says Jesus baptizes us with the holy spirit and with FIRE . Luk 3:16 ASV - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
He fills us with his power and seals us with the spirit and than we go into our wilderness to , not escape the fire but to go through it . Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.
Fire: Greek pur of the holiness of God, which consumes all that is inconsistent therewith, Hbr 10:27; 12:29; cp. Rev 1:14; 2:18; 10:1; 15:2; 19:12; similarly of the holy angels as His ministers, Hbr 1:7; in Rev 3:18 it is symbolic of that which tries the faith of saints, producing what will glorify the Lord;
1Co 3:13 ASV - each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.
1Pe 1:7 ASV - that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
In the old testament the altar was for the sacrifice of sins , it says that the blood was sprinkled on the altar and the fat of the liver and the entrails was put on the altar to burn . And the body was burned outside the camp but the inner parts signifying the the heart of man , was purged with fire on the altar and our altar is our cross to bear . I believe the fat on the inner part of the sacrifice was the metaphorical type of the extreme carnal living of man kind , the excesses of a fleshly undisciplined life . For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. The father loves the smell of burning flesh , a sweet sacrifice unto God holy and acceptable unto God a living sacrifice unto God Rom 12 :1-2
Lev 9:10 ASV - but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin-offering, he burnt upon the altar; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Lev 9:24 ASV - And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.Lev 17:6 ASV - And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
2Co 2:15 ASV - For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved,
13:10 KJV - We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
Heb 13:11 KJV - For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
Heb 13:12 KJV - Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Heb 13:13 KJV - Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Heb 13:14 KJV - For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
1Co 3:13 ASV - each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.
1Pe 1:7 ASV - that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
In the old testament the altar was for the sacrifice of sins , it says that the blood was sprinkled on the altar and the fat of the liver and the entrails was what was put on the altar to burn . But the body was burned outside the camp but the inner parts signifying the the heart of man , was purged with fire on the alter and our altar is our cross to bear . I believe the fat on the inner part of the sacrifice was the metaphorical type of the extreme carnal living of man kind , the excesses of a fleshly undisciplined life .
Gen 5:28 ASV - And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Gen 5:29 ASV - and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
Noah = "rest" son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood . Gen 7:1 ASV - And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 1Pe 3:20 ASV - that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: The ark Noah built was a type and shadow of the strong tower we as children of God run into for safey . Psa 61:3 ASV - For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.
Pro 18:10 ASV - The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Two Arks of God with the same spiritual meaning . The ark of the covenant contained the Golden jar of manna the Bread of life . Gold is a type of the presence of God , and the manna was a type and shadow of Christ Jesus coming to the earth to save man kind . The commandants also were in the ark , the law today of righteous living . The rod of Aaron this rod was a dead stick in the hands of Aaron and Moses but God was the power in their faith and obedience to his word. To use this rod of correction as he commanded. Num 17:8 ASV - And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. But the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.” 11 And Moses did so; just as the Lord had commanded him, so he did.
Num 17-10 But the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.” 11 And Moses did so; just as the Lord had commanded him, so he did. Rod in Heb maṭṭeh, mat-teh'; or (feminine) מַטָּה maṭṭâh; from H5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread):—rod, staff, tribe. branch (of vine)
And Jesus himself said he was the fulfilling of tha Law .
Mat 5:17 ASV - Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18 ASV - For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
Luk 16:17 ASV - But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Col 2-10 and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power: in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ; having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcised of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses; having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it
And this cursed earth is passing away the end of all things is near . 1Pe 4:6 ASV - For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
1Pe 4:7 ASV - But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
1Pe 4:8 ASV - above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
1Pe 4:12 ASV - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:
1Pe 4:13 ASV - but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.
1Pe 4:14 ASV - If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
1Pe 4:17 ASV - For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Gen 6:11 ASV - And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12 ASV - And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Gen 6:13 ASV - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
And today according to The words of Jesus in Matt 24 , and this time with fire once more shall the Lord destroy the earth .
And how shall a man escape this coming judgement upon the earth . It is not as the church of men will tell you . But according to the gospel of GOD through Christ Jesus our Lamb of sacrifice .
Act 2:36 ASV - Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.
Act 2:37 ASV - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 ASV - For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
Act 2:40 ASV - And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
Act 2:41 ASV - They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.
Heb 11:7 ASV - By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Noah was found righteous by God and he chose to serve God , With Godly fear he condemned the world and its lust and saved his family by entering into the ark of God.
