“For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith”  1Jn 5:4.

 After attending two funerals this week, my soul started to become downcast but God didn’t allow me to stay in that place long. He reminded me to be strong and courageous, to continue to walk by faith and to not lose sight of His victory. What was His victory? Jesus was found worthy, because of His great love and sacrifice for His Bride, to open the book, and loose the seals, so He could receive from His Father the Kingdom of Heaven for us.

"And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation. And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth! vs12 Saying in a loud voice, Deserving is the Lamb, Who was sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and majesty (glory, splendor) and blessing!"  
Rev 5:9-10,12.  

He already had the kingdom with His Father but He wanted to share it with His bride!

“And now, Father, glorify Me along with Yourself and restore Me to such majesty and honor in Your presence as I had with You before the world existed” Jn 17:5.

“[Rather, I will say,] Father, glorify (honor and extol) Your [own] name! Then there came a voice out of heaven saying, I have already glorified it, and I will glorify it again” Co 1:13.

“The Father has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” Jn 12:28.  “And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory” Ro 8:17.

When we can personalize the length and extent Jesus went through to have fellowship with mankind, we can begin to comprehend His great love for us, His Bride. The attraction to this world doesn't have the same pull or temptation. It is not until the eyes of our understanding begin to comprehend all that our King was willing to do for us that we surrender our hearts to be won for Christ. We come to believe with all our heart  soul, mind and body that we are truly the objects of all of the Savior’s affection. 

As a new creation in Christ, we begin to discover that through His love and great power, we have been delivered and redeemed, we were healed, forgiven and changed forever, old things are past away, all things become new! Our Savior has come to rescue us from death through His Finished Work on the Cross. He has come to give us the Kingdom that he has won for us. We, as the Bride of Christ, eagerly await for our King to come and deliver us from this world.  

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