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9th December 2007

[A series of emails by David Weber]

Kiss the Son

David Weber

6th Dec 07
I'm going to share with you here a few things that I shared with our brother Chris, and that about what he shared with us all the other day ...

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I think that we've all been missing it, Chris, the reason for "the fall" that is, and just what it is that God is looking for from us. Our Father could remove all of our sin from us in a moment, and He'd then have a people who behave just marvelously, but that is not at all what He is after.

No, if God did such a thing, He would have only what He started with in the beginning -- Adam; a creature who was innocent and perfectly created, but who had only a limited knowledge and understanding of God because THE HOLY ONE can only be fully KNOWN along with a revelation of His mercy and grace. Without an experiential knowledge of God's mercy and grace, Adam could not KNOW God, not in the sense that God desires to be KNOWN by US, anyway.

So, God has allowed us all (of Adam) to slip into the futility, frailty, and frustration of the fallen creature, and that, not so much that we will somehow get over it all (by way of the cross) to then be able to "get into heaven someday," but, so that even in our struggles with sin and the sinful nature we might get a revelation of just who OUR FATHER REALLY IS!

What I'm saying here is that the light of the glory of God is seen in the FACE of Jesus Christ, and His FACE is often revealed to us IN THE MIDST of even our greatest failures. But because of a Christian preoccupation with trying to clean up the old Adam rather than just resting in what God has already accomplished for us in Christ, GOD is often overlooked in our trials and tribulations, and we then find ourselves no better off at the end of those trials (in our KNOWING of God) than we were when they first began.

Are you hearing me, man? What I'm sharing here is that most Christians today are not SEEING THE FACE OF GOD in the very things that are designed (by God) for them to SEE HIM. God really does use ALL things for a good purpose, and that even includes our sin, believe it or not. When we come to know this, really KNOW this, then we can learn just how to see the FACE OF GOD in ALL of our situations. That's what this life is really all about, you know? That we might come to KNOW HIM in the power of His resurrection life by overcoming our carnal perspective on things to the point that we can fully put on the mind of Christ. This "overcoming" place in Christ is a place where we can't even tell where WE END and HE BEGINS, man! This is because our perspective on most everything has become as ONE with HIM, and because of that, our will and purpose is as ONE also!

Along these lines, the Lord quickened something to me the other day that said, "Kiss My Face." Now, I didn't know at the time just what He meant by that, but I'm now seeing that in that phrase He is describing the INTIMACY that He desires to have with His Bride. I can see now, Chris, that God is bringing His Bride elect to the place where she can SEE HIS FACE now, and He is doing that so that she can eventually get to the place where she can even KISS HIS FACE.

To SEE HIS FACE, is to behold His glory and be changed by that glory, Chris. To KISS HIS FACE though, well, that seems to me to be the place in Him where all sin is actually removed from us. There is a time in our relationship with Him where our sin is removed altogether, for even sin is only a tool to be used for a specific and divine purpose, and when that purpose is fully accomplished in us, well, then there is no longer a need for that tool.

I'm going to end this here, Chris, but I will say one last thing, and that is that the body of Christ needs to get a revelation of the love of God as that is seen in the FACE of Jesus Christ. The opportunities for SEEING HIS FACE come to us in many different ways, we just need to take advantage of those opportunities so that we can be of those who are so changed by the glory of SEEING HIM that we can also KISS HIS FACE.

This "KISSING" thing that I speak of here, brother, well, that is describing none other than the Marriage of the Lamb.

Bless you,man.

D
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7th Dec 07

In the light of the most recent e-mail, you all should be very blessed by this psalm. This psalm bespeaks of a Davidic order of "sons" that will come forth in the end of the age when "the heathen rage" and the minds of the people of the earth are filled with "vain things."

This psalm has a three-fold fulfillment; one - in the celebration of the coronation an Israelite king (David), two- in the celebration of the coronation of the eternal King (Jesus Christ), but most specifically, this particular psalm prophesies of many kings/priests/sons/rulers/judges (in Christ Jesus) to come; the corporate "Manchild" who shall be caught up to the Throne of God to rule the nations of the earth with "a rod of iron."

Dearly beloved, Jesus didn't pray for the "heathen" nations for His inheritance, nor for the "uttermost parts of the earth for His possession." That's because WE (as Christ's "overcomers") are to pray for that ...

"He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father..." (Revelation 2:26-27).

In the light of what I have just recently shared with you about "Kissing the Son," please read this psalm all the way through to the end. You should be very blessed if you do that. -- D

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Psalm 2

1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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7th Dec 07

A sister has brought to my attention that the Hebrew word for "kiss" is "nashaq," and that not only means "to touch physically," but it can also mean "to equip with weapons," or "to rule."

With this definition, we should be able to see how the Lord is tying in our "intimacy" with Him with our ability to "rule and reign" with Him. The expression, "Kiss the Son" seems to not only imply great intimacy with the "Son", but it also seems to express an "equipping for war" by the Son!

Psalm 2 and Song of Solomon 6:4 both seem to confirm this very thing, and that is that the Bride of Christ will not be innocent and unproven as were Adam and Eve, but She shall be a thoroughly tested, tried, and proven company of CHRISTIAN WARRIORS; a Davidic order of "overcomers" through which ALL enemies of Christ shall be put underfoot in the coming days!

You've read Psalm 2. Now take a look at the description of the Bride of Christ in Song of Solomon 6:4;

"Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners."

Did that say, "Terrible as an army with banners"?!! Wow!!

Are y'all hearin what He's sayin, folks? Are ya hearin Him?!!!!

As for "BANNERS," in the Hebrew that means "that which shines" or "that which is to be lifted up." It also refers to a military "standard," signifying "that which is meant to be seen."

Are ya hearing Him, folks? Are you catching the vision for where He is leading us? It's not an escape rapture ... I can assure you of that.

D
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