Restoring the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ for the Times to Come Part IV.

This is the day that the Lord has made that we may rejoice and be glad in it. I greet you fellow brethren with a holy kiss. A new day has been given to us that we may make manifest the full glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is my prayer that as the day continue to unfold its opportunities and challenges, the Lord Himself will open the eyes of our heart to see them and grant us courage to take them by the neck for fullness of His glory. Over these past days we have been learning something very important about the plan of God for the Church in these last days. Yesterday we looked at the offering of silver, which is a symbol of true redemption, as one the very
important quality we must possess to be able to stand in these last days as part of the restored Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today we will be looking at the last offering of metal which is bronze. This offering is also very important in holding us together for the Lord's full purpose to be realised in our lives. May you be filled with the
Spirit of understanding, even as we enter into the undiluted word of the Lord God almighty. God bless you as you read. Amen.

The Offering Of Bronze

BRONZE SYMBOLISES GOD'S STANDARD

Ex 25:3-4 (NKJV)
 And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze; 

We have dwelt on this scripture from part one of this article. These are the offerings the Lord is asking the Children of Israel to bring to Him. The last offering of metal, in the verse 3, bronze. In the bible, bronze is used to represent the standard of
God's judgement and salvation. When God want to judge His people in the Biblical world He always put a standard down, for men to reach in order to skip the judgement. In cases like this, man has no way of escape except by means of the standard of God.

Num 21:4-9 (NKJV)
Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread." 6 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. 8 Then the Lord said to Moses,"Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live." 9 So Moses made a bronze
serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

In Numbers God used the bronze serpent to represent His standard of salvation to the Jews in the wilderness. So that whoever looks
at the bronze serpent will not be killed by the venom of the deadly snakes. God's standard in all times is righteousness and holiness
which is an embodiment of His word - Doing what God says in His word is what makes men righteous - So He told Joshua that the book of the Lord shall not depart from His mouth; but he should meditate upon it day and night ten he shall prosper. All the standards of God concerning every aspect of our lives are embedded in His word, therefore the standard of God is surely His word.

Today, the standard of God has not changed; it is still the same and it is still His word. As Christians we have to drop all our own
standards and carry the standard of God. When you have bronze, you have the standard of God. Bronze simply means that the word of God is the only standard of measurement, not the word or the principle of man. Today, it rather unfortunate the most denominations are establish upon the standard of men and not the standard of God. Politics and religious practices are the standards of men and it is based on these two phenomena that most denominations are built. Please, if you are a Christian and the only word you take into your spirit is what your pastor preaches, I'm sorry to announce to you that you are in a great danger, it is high time changed. In the latter parts of this article we shall discuss into details the 'Politics and Religion' in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Look at the Numbers 21: 4-9 again, you will realise that the children of God suffered death from poisonous snakes, but the same image of the poisonous snakes gave them life. Today there are a lot of poisonous snakes among the Children of God today, all kinds pf messages and practices have entered the Church just like apostle Paul warned Timothy in the Ch 3 of his second epistle that he wrote to Timothy. These poisonous snakes has gain their way into the Church and only the standard of God, which is His word, can save us. I know in the Bible Christ has been used to represent this bronze snake, so that anyone that looked up to Christ will be saved. Yes this is true also, but over here the bible is referring to the salvation of the lost sinner, but I'm talking about the deliverance of the Lord's
Church. And this same bronze serpent - Jesus Christ - That gave them life in the beginning will save them once again. We should also remember that this Christ is also the word of God. Therefore in our testament, Jesus Christ is the true standard of God. He should be the foundation of every Church. Today, as I said earlier, so many things has taken the place of Christ in the Church unknowingly and only Christ can deliver us.

Heb 12:2 (NKJV)
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

This race set before us can only be run, according to the will God, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today the main foundation set for the Church which is Christ Jesus has been exchange with the custom of men. Brethren, God is calling us unto restoration, stop jumping from one miracle service to the other and engulf yourself with the word of God, pray to God to teach you the truth and I believe He who is faithful will hear us and will lead us to the whole truth. I'm not saying that we should not read other materials of men of God. We can and we should, but whiles reading these books and articles (example, this particular one), we should use the principle in 1 Thessalonians 5:

1 Thess 5:19-22 (NKJV)
 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good.

Prove everything with the word of God. This is the underlying factor and be sincere to accept any material that is in conformity to

Prove everything with the word of God.

the word of God and to reject any material that is not scriptural irrespective of whom this things are coming from. Do not accept and I repeat do not accept anything just because it is man of God that said it or reject something because the one saying it has no profound title in the realms of the spirit or whatsoever. This has become a problem in today's Christianity; we are ready to listen and perform the teachings of certain people (Especially our Pastors, Prophets and so forth) and anyone outside this classification is just bubbling. We are always protecting the doctrines, customs and traditions of our denominations. What we practice in our 'church' is right irrespective of what the bible says. We twist the standard of God to suit our desired customs, traditions and teachings. May God have mercy on us. Brethren, do not go around preaching and teaching thou says my pastor under the guise of thou says the Lord, be very careful. The Church of Jesus Christ  and the word of God comes first before any individual denomination, pastor, prophet, bishop, arc bishop or whatsoever.

God helps us realise the truth and grant us the grace to be bold about them. If you have any doubt about this message contact the bible. You can also put your doubts or concerns in the comment box for all the saints to comment on and by the grace of God you may be resolved. All suggestions and additions are humbly welcome. God bless you all.

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