Blessed Night, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone…And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion…For All Your Brothers And Sisters In Spirit. And Even Tho We Have The Free Will To Choose To Be Loving Or Not…We Should All Make Every Effort Possible To Think Loving Thoughts…And Be Sincere Love To Others, Often. For In Our Unity With The One Living God That Created Us From Love And Sustains Us…Love Is Our Essence. And No Matter Our Religious Views And Beliefs, Status, Or Skin Color…It Is For Certain That The Loving Energy Within Everyone On This Earth…Is A Necessity In This World…For Mankind’s Salvation, Preservation, And Elevation! Amen…

Give Thanks And Praises For Love And Life…

And Y’all Be Love…

“And thou dost not understand that they were justified by faith, Abraham, and David, and all the Prophets, one after the other, who prophesied concerning the coming of the Son of God. And Abraham said, “Wilt Thou in my days, O Lord, cast Thy word upon the ground?” And God said unto him, “By no means. His time hath not yet come, but I will shew thee a similitude of His coming. Get thee over the Jordan, and dip thyself in the water as thou goest over, and arrive at the city of Sâlêm, where thou shalt meet Melchizedek, and I will command him to show thee the sign and similitude of Him.” And Abraham did this, and he found Melchizedek, and he gave him the mystery of the bread and wine, that same which is celebrated in our Passover for our salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

This was the desire and the joy of Abraham as he went round the altar which Melchizedek had made, carrying branch and palm on the day of the Sabbath. See how they rejoiced in his belief, and see how he was justified by his belief, O blind Jew, who though having eyes seest not, and having ears hearest not, even as the Prophet Isaiah saith concerning you, “Their eyes are blind, and their hearts are covered with darkness, so that they may not understand, and God may not show compassion unto them.”

And now hearken how each one of them hath prophesied concerning Him, for the narrative is pleasant to hear. Isaiah the Prophet prophesied concerning His coming and said, “A Son is born unto us. A Child is given unto us. Dominion is written upon His shoulder. He is God, strong in rule, King, great Counsellor is His name.”

Now the meaning of this is manifest: the Son of God is born, Whose sovereignty was written down before the world was, and He is wiser than anyone else: this is what he saith unto thee. And again Isaiah prophesied and said, “Behold, My servant Whom I have chosen, on Whom is the delight of My soul, and the nations shall put their confidence in Him.” And these words give us to understand that Christ is the Spirit of God, the Word of the Father Who put on our flesh and was born for us: and the peoples of Rômê and Ethiopia and all other nations have believed in Him. And he spake unto the people of Israel, and again he prophesied, saying, “Many shall follow after Thee with their loins girded up, and their backs bound with fetters, and they shall pray to Thee and worship Thee, for thou art God, and we have not recognized Thee.”

Now this he spake concerning the martyrs, and those who became monks in the desert and solitary monks, whose hearts were fettered with His commandment, and who prayed to Him, meaning that reward was meet for both the martyrs and the solitary monks. “And we did not recognize Thee.” Israel made itself blind, and crucified Him, and refused to walk in His righteousness. And again, Isaiah prophesied and said, “God shall come, and the heathen shall put their trust in Him and shall know Him;” this meaneth that Christ shall come, and the Jews shall reject Him, but the heathen shall believe in Him.

And again he prophesied and said, “Be strong ye weak hands and tired knees, and rejoice ye hearts that are cast down, for God hath come, Who shall requite our debt, and save us. And He shall open the eyes of the blind, and He shall make the ears of the deaf to hear, and the feet that are lame shall run, and the tongues of the dumb shall speak.” These words are spoken in respect of those who err in worshipping idols, and those who are dead in sin, and those whose hearts are darkened, and of you who do not know that God created you. Rejoice ye this day: He hath come Who will redeem the sin of Adam and make Adam’s debt His own. He was crucified being sinless. He hath killed Death by means of His own death, and the blind see, and the lame walk, and the deaf hear, and the dumb speak unhaltingly, and besides all these things the dead are raised.

…Thus all the Prophets and many of the early Fathers prophesied concerning His Ascension and His Second Coming to judge the living and the dead. And David said concerning His Resurrection, “He hath gone up into the heights. Thou hast made captive captivity, and hast given grace to the children of men.” And he also said, “Having gone forth, I will come back, and I will return from the abyss of the sea.” And again, he said, “Sing ye unto God Who hath gone up into the heavens, the heavens which are opposite the morning.”

…Thus David said, “Open ye the gates of the princes, and let the doors which were from the creation be opened, and the King of glory shall come! Who is this King of glory? God, the mighty and strong One, God, the mighty One in battle.” And he also made known and said, “Open ye the gates of princes, and let the doors which were from the creation be opened, and the King of glory shall come! Who is this King of glory? The Lord God of Hosts is this King.” And again, concerning His coming – He shall judge the living and the dead – He to Whom belongeth glory for ever and ever; Amen.

…Thus spake Daniel the Prophet and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, there came one like unto the Son of man to the Ancient of Days, and there were given unto him dominion, and glory, and sovereignty, and all the nations and peoples and countries shall serve Him, and His dominion shall have no end, for ever and ever; Amen.””

The Kebra Nagast, by E.A.W. Budge, 1922

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