Our heavenly Father sees suffering as a necessity, without suffering there would be no freedom from sin, because Jesus Christ, his Son, took sin on the Cross of Calvary. Our Father has given a solution, he took all sickness and disease and your death.

'Suffering' implies an actor. For example, what is the cause of cancer? Who causes cancer? If no one causes cancer then why is it suffering? If someone or something causes cancer then it's suffering? Right? This is what people believe?

Take pain; pain is an indicator of something that is wrong. A warning sound, created by the Creator to warn you that something is not right. What is not right then? Pain? No – the cause of pain – yes! So, why pain? The curse – that is sin – that's what's wrong. Who caused sin? The Devil. Who caused the pain to manifest? The Devil. Who was defeated on the Cross? The Devil and his weapons – disease – death was defeated.

Who often gets the blame for pain and disease? Our heavenly Father does; but he suffered in unity with Jesus on the Cross. Suffering was necessary. Only in Jesus can human suffering be alleviated. Jesus suffered that all may live. To 'suffer' implies it is out of your control. Not so, the answer is repent and come to our Father, through Jesus, who has defeated death. It breaks his heart that people continue to suffer (at the hand of the Devil) when in fact he has suffered for them that they might come to him, know him and live with him forever in heaven where there is no pain or tears.

Our human mind often sees pain as suffering but our Father sees it as a necessity to build his kingdom. This is why the Apostle Paul was able to rejoice in his suffering because the eternal rewards far out-weigh the earthly pain. We will not live forever on Earth but we will live forever with him, where there is no pain and no tears.

Is there a Problem of Human Suffering?

Our relationship with our heavenly Father is built on love. We must always come to the Throne of our Father at all times with all of life's problems and questions. We are expected by him to reflect his love to the world and to reflect this back to him. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit exist in eternity because they reflect love back to each other. Our relationship with him is dependent on how much we love him.

To be sealed with the Holy Spirit is on-going (aka sanctification) [Ephesians 1.13]. It is not just a once sealing because it is a relationship. It is like a human relationship, they too are sealed with trust and on-going experience, for example a married couple want to have a baby to seal their relationship – a combination of both of them in a new baby – a reflection of themselves – a sealing of their relationship.

Each experience with our heavenly Father is another sealing of our relationship; a sealing with the Holy Spirit. The sealing allows you to reflect him to your surroundings, i.e. the people you meet. To be sealed is to be loved, to be loved by an everlasting Father through his Son's death and resurrection power. Everything begins and ends with Jesus. We are to be sealed for eternity. 'Seal' is not in the past tense it is present continuous, i.e. 'the Christian is sealing' and 'the Christian is always being sealed': it is until we die, until eternity, until we behold Jesus face to face. Each encounter/sealing of him is faith increasing.

Faith is coming to Christ.  Faith is boldly coming to the throne of our heavenly Father where our Lord Jesus Christ is now sat interceding for us night and day.  In him and through faith in him we can approach our heavenly Father with freedom and confidence (Ephesians 3.12).  He is the faithful one.  If we believe, we will receive whatever we ask (Matthew 21.22).  Whatever you ask in prayer you SHALL receive.  If you have not, it is because you ask not, Jesus said.  This is belief.  Belief that he is who he says he is and that he does what he says he will do.  In this example, answering whatever we ask in his name (Jesus' name).  So therefore, let us approach his throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need (Hebrews 4.16).  Faith is a coming; coming to him and an asking; asking him in boldness as sons and daughters of the King, adopted and redeemed by his blood and sacrifice on the Cross.

What is Faith?

Who is God?

God is love.  He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Why was there an Ark of the Covenant? In the Levitical law, given to Moses, God commanded that an Ark be made for his people. His Ark was the law, a holy law of ordinances to show his children his holiness. And to show that he dwells in inescapable light. You cannot escape his light because he is light. He is the light that lights the way to his holiness. The Ark contained his glory, his light. It was carried in front of Israelites because God's light shows the way. No human can look at his glory and live. But all can see his face, in his son Jesus Christ, the true light of the world. The love that lights a way. His light led the way for the Israelites so that they knew the way to the promised land. Jesus now lights the way to the promised land. He is the promised land in the hearts of all who believe in him. It is his kingdom come on Earth, his will on Earth as it is in Heaven. What comes from him is truth. Truth to believe and to rest in him. Be assured that he is the light and that his Ark was him. It was a safe shelter like Noah's Ark. He is the true Ark that lights and leads his children everywhere (see 1 Samuel 5). His face is a comfort to his people but his face is also a judgement to the unrepentant heart. So too was his Ark to the Israelites' enemies, the Philistines, when they took the Ark from the Israelites. They did not see his glory, his light, as a pleasant thing. But his light shone upon his Israel and brought them healing not sores. If you walk outside of his light you walk out of his covenant. His covenant was with Israel so therefore his light was with them. It was through his light that all were saved. His son is the light of the world. Jesus obeyed and honoured the Father. The Father honoured him and they both honoured their Holy Spirit. There is no one like God. He alone is wise. Solomon's wisdom was not his own it was God's wisdom. God let loose his light upon the world so that all might behold his wisdom. But it was foolishness to human ears. His wisdom can seem foolish but trust in him because he will never let you down. He never let Israel down. They forsook his laws and he was forced to withdraw his holiness from them, for a time. But he sent his lovely, glorious son to be their light and bring them home. The Father wants Israel to come home to him, so that they may behold him in his eternal glory. So that he might love them, comfort them and heal them. He is in love with Israel. He loved them since before the foundation of the world. He cries:

'You are Israel; my children are all Israel, but I want my nation home. I cry out to them every day: come home my special children, come to your Father. Come home to the promised land – My Son, my Light, my Way, my Truth. In me is no darkness. I am the only way to be free. I created Abraham, I created Isaac and I created Jacob. I created David. I created Moses and the prophets before and after.'

What is Jewishness? It is a family, it is a nation, it is a homeland, it is a life, it is a way, it is a company of people in tune, it is a song of life, it is a collective history, it is a memory, it is a suffering, it is a sanctifying, a washing, a ritual, it is a peace, it is a place, it is a legend/an ancient nation, it is is a longing for a homeland, it is a craving for a better world, it is an existential moment of light (Mount Moriah), it is a flowing of heavenly power (Moses and the Red Sea), it is a burning/an offering, it is a hope, it is an outpouring of mercy; it is a family.

Who is Jesus the Messiah? He was a mercy, he was a covenant fulfilled, he is a prince, he is the son of the Most High, he is a life, he is a coming reign, he is the anointed of Israel, he is the redeemer of a people, he is the covenant head, he is the uniter of people, he is the well-spring of life, he is the originator of everything, he is the lamb of the Most High God of Israel. He is the supplicatory (humble) pronouncement over God's people on Earth; in him the fulfilment of promise emerged, he was a light sent into a dying world to free a people from their labour/sin; who hung and fulfilled Isaiah, who was born of a Jewess called Mary, an Ezekielan promise (Ezekiel chapter 44, verse 2). Who showered the harvest with bright-offerings as a fulfilment of Daniel. Who sought and found the lost, as a fulfilment of Jeremiah (Jeremiah chapter 50, verse 6). Who waited patiently for his Father's voice.

The Father cries: 'Take nothing from my Son, Oh Israel, be you not accursed any more, be you transformed by my Spirit into the likeness of the living God of Israel who sings for you. Come home, oh Israel, come home my beloved, come home my sweet promise, my child of affliction, let me heal your wounds, let me bind your broken vessels, let me know you once more, oh Israel , come home, come home to your Father, see me in love not as the Philistines did in judgement. See your Father calling - “come home”. Oh Israel, come home, take note of my son and come home. I did it all for you, oh Israel, come come. You see, my lost son, I have not forgotten you I still call you – come home. Fear not, come home. I love you and I sign this song with a kiss (Song of Songs 1.2).'

What about Israel?  A Letter from the Father of Israel

What is Sanctification ?

Contents

Who is God?

What is Faith?

What is Sanctification?

What about Israel?

Is there a Problem with Human Suffering?

What is God's Jealousy?

Our heavenly Father burns with a jealousy for his little children – his Church. Would you, as a human, not burn for your child if he was stolen from you? The mother who has her little boy snatched away from her; the father who cannot have access to his little children – this is our heavenly Father. The devil stole us all away – Adam and Eve gave up their birthright in the Garden of Eden when they ate of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil – Jesus Christ, the Son of our Father, paid the price to restore us to our heavenly Father. The Father is jealous for the hearts of his children, that they would not give their hearts to the Devil. He is jealous that they all come back to him.

Exodus 34.14  Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

What is God's Jealousy?

Our Father Forgives

The Big Questions in Life