Restoring The Church Of Jesus Christ For the Times to Come Part III

EASTER GREETINGS

Even us we are almost done celebrating the Easter, let everything that we think necessitate this celebration have an impact on our lives. The death and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest event in the history of humanity. If anything powerful, better and awesome has ever happened in the history of humanity,
it happened when Jesus Christ paid it all on the cross of Calvary that you and I might be set free. I will admonish that as we celebrate Easter, we will not do that just for fun, but rather to commemorate the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On this note, I wish all Ekklessia fans and followers happy Easter Monday.

We have been discussing some things that we need to put in place in the Church in order to realise the full manifestation of the glory of God as it was on the day of Pentecost. We talked about going up to the mountains and the offering of Gold today we will continue with the offering of Silver. This object of offering is very crucial to the seasonal celebrations. And us you read I pray that the Lord will open your eyes that you may see His desire for your life in the Church as far as this sacrifice is concerned; that the Lord will also open your heart to understand the times and how applicable this will be in them. Be filled with the Spirit of understanding as you read. AMEN.

SILVER

Ex 25:3(NKJV)
 "And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze;" 

SILVER

Silver is the next object of offering, after gold, that God asked the Israelite to bring to Him. In the biblical times silver was used as an instrument of trade or in place of money (Gen 37: 28). Silver is also God's own instrument of trade.

Num 18:15-17(NKJV)
 "Everything that first opens the womb of all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. 16 And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your  valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs."

God told the the Children of Israel that everything that first open the womb is His (Ex 13:13-15), but concerning the  first born of His people, He commanded them to pay for; meaning, since the first born are for Him, in order to prevent using them as sacrifices just as they will do to the animals, God asked them to exchange the offering of their first born with Silver, and any other person that will want to dedicate Himself to the Lord, must exchange himself with silver.

Lev 27:1-7 

"Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your valuation, 3 if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your
valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4  If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels; 5 and if from five years  old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for  a female ten shekels; 6 and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for  a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver; 7 and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall
be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels."
By now I hope you are fully convinced that God transact monetary business with men through the use of Silver.

Judas sold Jesus for silver

Anytime God mention silver which is an instrument of trade, He is referring to redemption in spiritual terms. Redemption always cost a price, before the children of Israel can redeem their first born children and animals that are already redeemed to the Lord, they have to pay something when they are one month old. "And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs." So it is clear that when God talks about trade with silver, He is referring to the price for redemption or simply put redemption. We can even verify this further by looking at the medium of transaction the Pharisees used in buying Jesus Christ - Silver - it is a symbol of redemption; the moment Judas gave Jesus in exchange of silver, God honoured that covenant of redemption by abandoning His own son.

This does not mean man bought Jesus from God, but it was done to fulfill the faithfulness of God in the scriptures; a symbol of God
turning His back from His only begotten son. God took away what man was having, which is perishable - silver - and gave him something more everlasting - Jesus Christ His only begotten son. We realised Judas could not even spend the money, the money did not bring him  life but death by his own hands. Silver is the hard earned money by men in those days, it was used to pay workers or given in exchange for  services. Judas was rewarded with this material for his work, but he died before he could enjoy it. Brethren, work cannot give us life, it will only kill us. So silver is God's symbol of redemption. Anytime God mentions silver He meant redemption.
 

 The Offering of Silver

To be part of the Lord's restored Church, you have to bring the offering of silver. In the previous parts, we learnt that we will be gathered and those who will be gathered will be judged and will enter into a covenant with the Lord through sacrifice. Silver is also one of the objects of the sacrifice. The gathered ones must possess silver in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord. This silver is redemption; you should receive true salvation, all the members of this gathering should be truly redeemed. They must have Christ as their truthful Lord and Personal saviour. No other name is recognised in the heavens, on the earth and beneath the earth through which men will possess this offering of redemption to give to the Lord, but the name Jesus Christ. I believe most people reading this article has already justified themselves as redeemed, well I'm not the judge of that, but to be called the redeemed of the Lord, you would have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord - Jesus is now the ruler of your life. He dictates what you do, you cannot do anything without consulting Him, He can send you anywhere at anytime without you complaining. Jesus must simply reign in your life.

True Redemption through the cross

 You must also accept Jesus as your personal saviour - Jesus will be the only refuge of your life, when you are in trouble, He is the only one you look up to. When situations get tough, you trust only Him; you cannot trust your parents or any other relative apart from Him.(Click here to read more about giving your life to Christ Jesus). This is what it means to possess the offering of silver. Without this offering, the death of Jesus Christ will mean nothing to you, and that is why I said earlier that this aspect of the article is very crucial to the seasonal celebration. We know that all these offerings of metals (Gold, Silver and Bronze) that we are learning about becomes brighter when they go through fire, so instead of being over confident of our redemption, let's rather endeavour to brighten this offering of silver day by day. We are redeemed (The redemption of our spirits), We are being redeemed (The redemption of our soul life - this is the redemption of our human nature and its desires; this part of the redemption is still in progress; God is still working on us and we believe that He who begun the work in us is faithful and He also will accomplish it. AMEN.), We shall be redeemed(This is the redemption of the body, where we will wear the theophany - the Godly body. This will happen during the rapture where we will be transformed in a twinkling of an eye).
 
Brothers and Sisters, let us workout our own salvation with fear and trembling till we are conformed into the image of Christ. God bless you for reading and grant you more grace to be transformed day by day until you are completely transformed into the image and the likeness of Christ Jesus our Lord. AMEN.
 
Prayer: Lord cause me to live under your Lordship and help me to abide there even after I become what you want me to be. Jesus I
pray your death and resurrection will always be renewed in my life day by day so that I will always be under your salvation even
as you remain my Lord and saviour in Jesus name. AMEN.

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