God's Urgent Appeal

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. (Hebrews 12:22-24)

I looked up the word for come here and it added even more to my excitement about this passage. In essence it means the goal or focus of the forward direction in which you are headed, the object of worship and our movement closer toward that object. What I would like to do here is to put these verses into words that I believe more accurately convey the original intent of the author.

(referring back to verses 9 and 18) As a person willing to be discipled by the Father of our spirits, you are not moving toward an external religion of fear, outward and obvious displays of power or performance but you are moving toward intimacy with all of those who with you are focused on the mountain of God, Mount Zion which represents the concentration of all those who are connected with the living, real God and are going to spend eternity together in the real Jerusalem.

Your focus of direction is toward becoming reconnected in close fellowship and joy with all the unfallen angels and other beings throughout all the universe, to collectively make up the true church that reflects the likeness and character of the Son of God. These are the ones who's names and identities are recorded in heaven as being safe to preserve alive so that the unity of heaven will never be in danger of a relapse into sin.

You are moving closer to God the Father who by His very presence causes exposure of the inner truth about each being and whose likeness is increasingly becoming more obvious in the spirits of all those who are willing to be made perfect through transformation and synchronization by His Spirit.

You are coming to Jesus, the one who most perfectly represents the Father and whose purpose is to convince everyone possible to believe the real truth about God and His attitude toward all His created beings – how He is unconditionally committed to their good and who's ultimate desire is full reunification of the perfect fellowship and harmony enjoyed before all the slander of Lucifer broke out. The true covenant of God, the one He made (instead of the one thought up by humans) means that God is unequivocally committed to the salvation of everyone willing to have their spirit brought back into harmony with His heart irregardless of their performance. The demonstration of God as revealed in the torture and death of Jesus by demoniacally inspired humans was the ultimate demonstration, far more so than Abel's death was at the hands of his own brother Cain, that there is absolutely nothing we can do that can cause God to hate us or desire to do us harm.

See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. (Hebrews 12:25)

Given the overwhelming evidence of the desire of God for our restoration into fellowship, not only with Him but with all His loyal beings throughout all the universe, if we refuse His heart's call to us and turn away to the false imitations of external religion or selfish living we will prepare ourselves to suffer the terrible, self-inflicted consequences of unimaginable torture in hell and ultimate annihilation, not inflicted by an angry God but self-induced by the resistance of our own hearts and minds to the immense and intense power of the love of the One who not only created us for love but died to convince us of that love. If we refuse – which is embedding more resistance into our psyche – that very resistance will be the cause of the destructive fire caused when our resistance meets the full “current and voltage” of the revelation of the truth about God and His love on the day of Judgment.

Notice that this verse does NOT say that it is those who turn away from some set of doctrines or some denomination or group or who turn away from some religion or belief system or even a religious leader. It is a person, in essence the One who is all heart from which they choose to turn away to some other source from which they hope to receive life or salvation. It is only in directly connecting with God without any intermediary that we can ever hope to enjoy fellowship with God and His children throughout eternity.

Father, my growing desire and obsession is to more accurately and perfectly reflect the truth about You. Please use the gifts and skills that You have given me to improve Your reputation in the minds of those around me. That is a passion You have implanted in my heart and that is growing more intense. I want to genuinely bring glory to Your reputation and not to myself. Continue to transform and heal my mind and heart as You make me a demonstration of Your successful experiments with hearts. Thank-you for what You have done and are continuing to do. I choose to worship and praise You for what You have revealed to me here and for all the plans You yet have to share with me. You are incredible, perfect, compassionate and always the same. Bring my heart and spirit into closer harmony with Yours.

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