Thank you Gino for your post. I understand and please know that you and I are on the same page.
Knowing that our God is the first and the last, the I Am, the Father, The Son/ The Word, and The Holy Ghost/ Holy Spirit.
These are our God, our creator, our savior, our Lord, our redeemer, and our comforter.
We know these three are ONE and we know that John saw on the throne set in heaven ONE.
We know also that when there was "No Man" found in heaven or in the earth nor below the earth, who was worthy to open the 7 sealed book/scroll, and John fell down and wept.
BUT, the Lamb came forth in the midst of the throne and was worthy to open the book to begin "judgment" PRAISE THE LORD !
Why? do you think " it had to be a man?
We know also that of these three, EACH has and does conduct a separate work, [unified], in man. Yet all THREE took part in creation.
The Holy Spirit was [sent] to us after our Lord Jesus Christ went to the Father, to Comfort us. He [also] was sent unto Mary and overshadowed her and she did conceive the Christ [a man.] He (Jesus) said HE would never leave us or forsake us.
We know that "The Word" was made 'flesh' that the world through him might be saved.
Though we as believers are [millions] the Holy Spirit does dwell within us all, and does comfort us, and teach us [all] things.
The Bible does make distinction [at times] concerning the Lord [and] his Holy One.
The Lord being God,(Father) and The Holy One being "The Word" Jesus.(Son)
Isn't it possible for our God to come from one location, and the Holy One from another? I know so.But here; I believe it is the Son/God who comes from Te'man and He [also] shines forth from mount Paran with ten thousands of his saints.Deuteronomy 33:2 KJV
This is the same distinction in Habakkuk 3:3 as we see in Isaiah 49:7.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost working together yet distinguished.
Today we have the Holy Ghost with us dwelling within millions of believers, and he [is] still today, teaching us all things. " Should we ask, desire, and seek."
Does this mean he is not present in heaven? NoDoes this mean that he is broken up in little pieces to be within us all? No
As God is Spirit, so were we [also] created in [his] image.It is through Spirit that we worship and know God.
Even so, does the Spirit have a mass, It has a form, and though it may pass through matter, AS OUR LORD DID, it is [not] as some perceive as a ghost.
How do we know this?
The Lord tells us in Rev 6:11 KJV
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants [also] and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
There has to be a mass or form to hang a robe on, Amen?
Thus John tells us that he was in [the spirit] and again that it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him [as] he is.
We are only like the angels [in that] they [do not] give and take in marriage. And in heaven [neither] will we.God said in Genesis 6:3 KJV
And the Lord said,
My Spirit [shall not always] strive with man,
[for that he (also)] is flesh (:)
yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
1 Peter 3:19 KJV By which [also] he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
10, which were [sometime] were disobedient,
when [once] the longsuffering of God [waited] in the days of Noah,
while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is,
eight souls were saved by water.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 KJV For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:
only [he] who [now] letteth will let,
until [he] be taken out of the way.( Holy Spirit in us/church.
Interesting; don't you think? [for that he (also) is flesh] Genesis 6:3 KJV
Though the Book of Enoch is [not] scripture, Enoch was mentioned in Jude.
I have read Enoch many times.
While Enoch was among the angels and they showed him all the heavens,
Enoch saw a [man] in heaven.
He said "I am 7th from Adam and I know all men upon the earth,
but I do not know this man."
( in the image of God, made he man) (in that he ( man) [also] is flesh) ?!?!?!
These are Jubilee years. 120 x 50= 6000. 7x7=49 and the following year is a Jubilee.
What is man
This phrase is used 6/6 times in the Bible KJV
1. Job 7:17 KJV
2. Job 15:14 KJV
3. Psalms 8:4 KJV
4.Psalms 144:3 KJV
5.Ecclesiastes 6:11 KJV
6.Hebrews 2:6 KJV
6 is the # of man created on the 6th day The # of the AC is... 666
7 is the # for perfection/completion.....777 ...all creation was complete
8 is the # for Christ..... 888 [above] that which is God's # for perfection
Yet here in Revelation 17:11 KJV we read:
And the beast that was, and is not, [even he] is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
When I read these scriptures it causes me to pause and want to [seek] answers, understanding.
We as believers sometime will give Satan railing accusation, and speak against him continuously. We must remember that he was the cherub who covered the throne of God and is still today retains the privilege of going before God an accuse us daily.
This man in Revelation 17:11 KJV
He is a 6 because he is a man
He is a 7 because the Creator creates perfection
He is an 8 because he is a god with a little (g).
Genesis 3
Now the serpent was more subtil than any [beast] of the field which the Lord God made.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall [not] surely die:For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, ye shall be as gods, knowing good from evil.
Satan/Lucifer is a Dominion and the disobedience of Adam and his wife Eve, gave him the Dominion over this earth. And until our Lord comes as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords , Satan still has the dominion.
We should as believers be mindful of this fact.Jude brings it to mind when he spoke to us living in the time of Apostasy.
Verse 8
Likewise [also] these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst [not] bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Dear brother in Christ
God [is] a mystery !
Revelation 10:7 KJV
Colossians 2:2,3 KJV
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the [acknowledgment] of the mystery of God, and the Father, and of Christ;
In whom [are hid all] the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Thank you again for your post, I enjoyed reading it.All of it.
Blessing
KML