Matt. 24:27: For as lightening coming from the east is visible even in the west, So will be the coming of the son of man.
Matt. 24 :30-31: Then will appear the sign of the son of man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with Power and Great Glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds from one end of the heavens to the other.
The operations of the Kingdom of God are invisible to the naked eye. Luke 17:20-21: Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God will come, He answered them; The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable; no one will say, Look here! Or there! For you see, the kingdom of God is among you.
The Kingdom of God was there but they could not see it. Romans 8:9 tell us the following:
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If ANYONE DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, they do not belong to Christ.
In John 6:26, Jesus tells the crowd, “ I assure you; you are looking for me; not because you saw the SIGNS, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.” Verse 27 continues, Don’t work for the food that is perishable, but for the food that last for eternal life, which the son of man will give, because God the Father has SET HIS SEAL of approval on HIM.”
The crowd asks Jesus what can we do to perform the WORKS OF GOD? They are talking about signs like the multiplication of the loaves and fishes that they just saw him do. They are seeking the power C glory of the relationship with God, but not the relationship with God. In verse 30, they ask Jesus, what sign are you going to perform so we may see and believe you; after all, their fathers ate manna in the wilderness. Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat to stop the complaining and bring back their faith.
Jesus assured the crowd that Moses did not give you bread from Heaven; For, the real bread from Heaven is the ONE who came down from Heaven and give life to the world. Jesus announces that he is the ONE real bread from heaven and if you believe in me, you will never hunger or thirst again.
THE PROMISE OF THE SEAL
Even though they do not believe, in verse 37, Jesus speaks of the unseen world to the naked eye; Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out. Wow, now that is a guarantee.
Verse 39-40 reveals the REAL FOOD AND REAL DRINK of verse 55; This is the will of Him who sent me; that I should lose none of those He has given me but should raise them up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father.
“Just as the living” Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father”, Verse 57. SO, THE ONE WHO FEEDS ON ME WILL LIVE BECAUSE OF ME.
In this season of time, a sense of our ability to tell the difference between false and real is becoming blurred. Some people’s faiths are being shaken to the very core. It is during these times that we are to stay sober and alert.
1 Peter 5:8 – Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the right time he may lift you up. Throw all your anxieties upon him, because he cares about you. Stay sober, stay alert! Your enemy, the adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Note: God lifts you up.
Many are called but few are chosen. In Ephesians 1:13-14, In him you also when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
2 Corinthians 1:22: and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
I will add other scriptures about the seal of God at the bottom for your devotions. Do you really understand what the word of God is telling you? Just as the scales fell off Paul’s eyes so he could see into the spiritual realm, this only happened because God gave Paul to Jesus on that road to Damascus!
Your birth in Christ is not a random action of the universe. God Called you! (many are called but few are chosen) Even as Paul’s scales feel off his eyes, your eyes see the glimmer of the revelation of the spiritual realm from the awakening of your spirit with the SEAL OF THE SPIRIT.
Jesus told Peter, Flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in Heaven, Matthew 16:17.
The great commission is to make disciples. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:2, Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely, I am to you! For you are the SEAL OF MY APOSTLESHIP IN THE LORD.
Greater work than this shall you also do. Jesus said many times; I can only do what my Father shows me or say what my Father says. If you see me, then you see the Father. God is wanting for others to see into the spiritual realm and to place His seal IN THEM. Romans 8, tells us that the Spirit of God that we received does not make you slaves; instead, it brought you into SONSHIP.
In verse 27 of Romans 8, We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present times. In Verse 19, For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next.
In a time of chaos, God is calling His sons and daughters to the great commission of discipling others into the unseen spiritual realm of Sonship and tilling the ground for the placement of the SEAL OF THE SPIRIT. The real question for each of our hearts is do we look at the waves or focus on the reason Jesus came. All of heaven and earth are waiting for the Son’s /Daughters of God to reveal themselves. Go and make disciples and populate heaven.
Devotional Scriptures:
Phil. 2:12; 1 John 1:9; Acts 2:38; Ro. 8:16; 2 Tim. 2;19; 1 John 4:1; Rev. 9:4; Ps. 2:1=12; 1 John 2:27; Acts
10:38; Ex 31;33; John 31:33 NIV; Eph 1:11-14; 2 corn 5:5; Ro. 10:9; John 1:12; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Cor. 3:16;
1 John 5:1; Heb. 2:10; EZ 9:4; 1 Cor. 6:19; Ro. 1:16; Acts. 2:33; John 14;26; Is. 11:2; 1 Cor. 12:13; Esther
8:8 King’s Seal never void; Last Eph. 1:1-23 summary.