Title: If You Can't Awaken from Yourself
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We have faith that is set free from sin, but we cannot sing “the song of going up to the temple” if we do not have faith that awakens from ourselves.
God's desire in Christ Jesus is to bring many children into the Father's house with Christ Jesus singing “the song of the ascent to the temple.”
This song is not a song of the wilderness, it is a song of Zion. The song of the wilderness is the song of atonement, free from the slavery of four hundred and thirty years. The Bible says, “Aaron’s sister Miriam the prophet took the trumpet in her hand, and all the women followed her, holding the trumpet and dancing. Because he threw his rider into the sea.”
The Bible does not end with a song in the wilderness. It just ends with the song of Zion. The Bible was not written for songs in the wilderness. It was written only for the song of Zion.
The song of the wilderness is a song of liberation from sin, and the song of Zion is a song of righteousness. If you are set free only from sin and do not abide in righteousness, only ten thousand talents will be forgiven, and you will not be able to abide in that love, and you will become a fruitless autumn tree that is uprooted.
If they say that they are thankful and happy because they have received eternal atonement, but do not have the love of Christ in them, they know the songs of the wilderness but do not know the songs of Zion. Only those who will sing the “Song of Ascension to the Temple” enter the temple of God.
Regarding those who know only redemption, forgiveness of sins, and cannot wake up from themselves, the Bible says, “Shouldn’t you also have compassion on your brother-in-law, just as I have compassion on you?” And again, “My master is angry, put it on you.”
Because the cross not only solves sins, it also solves self, so the message of the cross is God's power and God's wisdom.
Therefore, not only sin, but “the flesh and its passions and desires” were crucified. It is Satan's scheme to say that only “passion and lust,” that is, sin has been crucified, and that the “flesh” escape from the cross.
The Lord Jesus Himself said, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." Therefore, faith that does not deny itself and unites only its sins with the cross has only “song of the wilderness” and not “song of Zion.”
The master took pity on him and forgave ten thousand talents, not because he was thankful and happy, but because he wanted to appear as a new life with love, peace, and compassion just like himself.
Therefore, the Lord did not say anything about the thanksgiving and joy of the servant who received the forgiveness of ten thousand talents, but simply said, “Shouldn’t you also have pity on your brother-in-law, just as I have compassion on you?”
Therefore, the Bible does not end with the liberation from sin alone, but with the liberation from the body of sin.
It is written, “The body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.” And again, “He who is united to the Lord is one spirit.”
Therefore, the Bible does not end with the liberation from Egypt, but with the creation of the temple, the glorious body of the Canaanites, who were set free from the Babylonian captivity and there will be no more Canaanites.
The Bible concludes with the temple of Zerubbabel, not Solomon's temple. Therefore, we conclude that it is not the temple of Solomon built after being liberated from the Pharaoh king of Egypt, but a temple flowing with living water that is rebuilt by moving the heart of Cyrus king of Persia. Of this it is written, “Of Cyrus he says, He is my shepherd, and he will fulfill all my joy; of Jerusalem, saying, It will be built, and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid’” (Isaiah 44:28) I am prophesying.
Therefore, the temple that God desires for us in Christ Jesus is not the first temple built free from sin, but the last temple built from the redemption of the body and rebuilt. Therefore, it was prophesied about this, “The latter glory of this temple will be greater than the former glory, saith the LORD of hosts, I will give this place peace, saith the LORD of hosts” (Haggai 2:9).
Therefore, even if you have been released from sin, you cannot enter the true tabernacle unless you are released from yourself. This is God's gift only to those who do not love themselves but who love God, who are called according to His purpose.
As it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has conceived of all that God has prepared for those who love him..." (1 Corinthians 2:9). is. Those who love me and the world cannot love God. Because love is one, not two. Therefore, someone testifies, “Through Christ the world was crucified to me, and I to the world.”
Therefore, Christ is called “one husband,” that is, “one love.” Of this truth it is written, “He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me” (Matthew 10:37).
Truly, loving him above all else can never be accomplished without forsaking self. The Lord is still speaking. “Do you love me more than these people?”
Regarding this, “Do you not know that because I love you, I hate even my life?” From the depths of the soul of those who can answer, Zion's song will flow.
However, if you have not yet been released from the captivity of your body (if 70 years have not been completed), you cannot sing the song of Zion. The Bible says, “We sat there by the rivers of Babylon, and wept in memory of Zion. On the willows among them we played our harps, for there the captors sang to us, and the one who laid us waste. Ask for joy, and sing one of the songs of Zion for them. How shall we sing the song of the Lord in the Gentiles? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget his craft. My tongue will stick to the roof of my mouth, if not more than my greatest pleasure” (Psalm 137:1-6).
But Zion's captivity he will surely turn. It was prophesied, "[The song of going up to the temple] was like a dream we were dreaming when the LORD turned away the captivity of Zion" (Psalm 126:1). You will surely achieve it, write it, and finish it. And you will be glorified forever. Amen, thank you Lord.
Therefore, "Behold, the days are coming, saith the LORD, when they will no longer swear by the LORD, who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; As the LORD lives, he will swear, and they will dwell in his land” (Jeremiah 23:7-8). We give eternal praise to God our Father who will surely accomplish this in our Lord Jesus Christ.
“…The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet through a book, and he understood the number of years that he had spoken, that the desolation of Jerusalem would be finished in seventy years” (Daniel 9:2). It is done to us in Christ Jesus.
Not only sin, but “the body of sin was destroyed....” Amen, thank you for the Spirit of truth that makes me realize this truth.
little brother kim yoon-goo