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The Church Is the House of My Soul
(Jn14:1-6; 1Ti3:15-16)

God is He who lives (Ps18:46).
His being is alive and His word is also alive (He4:12).
He takes those who believe Him to His house to live with Him (Jn14:3).
 
Faith is my soul longing to dwell in the courts of God (Ps84:10), and
Faith life is, in order to build the house of my soul in heaven, building the house of my soul on earth (Pr30:24, 26).
 
A house is for the living as it is: 1) a critical condition to survive; 2) a resting place to return to; and
3) a measurement for status, wealth, success (#1 possession).
 
The Bible is a book that describes the house of God:
A place to burn incense to God whom the heaven and heavens cannot contain (2Ch2:6).
•    The heavens—three heavens—1) the atmosphere; 2) the universe/ Hades; 3) the spiritual heaven (2Ch12:2);
•    Hades—the universe—the first heaven and the first earth (Rev21:1)—after the judgement of the angels who sinned, the place that will become hell (Is14:12-15; Mt25:41; Jude1:6; 2Pe3:7-13).
 
After Adam, the ancestor of all mankind, sinned deceived by the devil,
He was driven out of the Garden of Eden and a flaming sword was placed
So man could never return (Ge3:4-6, 24) and all men became wanderers (Ge4:12).
When Abraham was called, by faith he left without knowing where and
Dwelled in the promised land in tents, looking toward to the city that God was building (He11:7-10).
 
As Israel rebelled, they wandered 40 years in the wilderness (Nu14:33).
Although they were promised to not wander from Canaan if they kept the Law (2Ki21:8),
Because they did not keep it, they became wanderers scattered all over the world.
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would tear down the house that bears the name of Jehovah (1Ki8:43) and
Build the house that bears the name of Yeshua, that is, the church (Mt16:18).
 
For the Son of Man had no plan to dwell on earth forever (Mt8:20),
He promised that when He goes to the Father’s house and prepares a place for believers,
He would come back and take them to be with Him (Jn14:1-3).
 
As He died, as the temple veil tore, He said, “It is finished” (Lk23:45), declaring that He:
1)    Died following the command and committed his soul into the Father’s hands (Jn10:18; Lk23:46);
2)    Condemned the origin of sin, the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3)    His death—redeemed all men’s sin—set them free—opened the way to the Father’s house (Jn14:6; He10:20),
      His blood—sprinkled on souls—the qualification to build the house of their souls.
 
He resurrected and entered the Father’s house which He completed with His blood (He9:21), and
The Holy Spirit comes to the church,
The gathering of the souls born in the blood of Yeshua (Ac2:1-4), and
The house of God on earth (1Ti3:15).
He teaches the qualifications of those who will enter the kingdom of heaven:
1)    Those who do the will of the Father (Mt7:21);
2)    Those who build a house on the rock/ the rock=the foundation=Yeshua Christ (Mt7:24; 1Co3:10);
3)    Those who become pillars of truth raised on the foundation of truth (1Co3:12-14; 1Ti3:15).
 
Christians are those who put effort to return to the Father’s house:
1)    On the Lord’s Day, returning to God’s house on earth, the church, and see the face of the Father;
2)    Washing with the word, eating the word and sharing with brothers (Eph5:26; Ac4:32);
3)    Finding lost sheep and bringing them to the Father’s house and celebrate (Lk15:4-6);
4)    Serving according to their gifts (Rm12:6); and
5)    Becoming pillars of truth on the foundation of truth—the pastor appointed by the Holy Spirit preaches and teaches the word of truth (Mt28:20; Ac20:28), while the rest become supporters so that the ministry can be done according to the truth, e.g. Aaron and Hur for Moses (Ex17:10-13).
 
O Lord,
Church of Jesus has reached its 41st anniversary this year!
May we know the mystery of godliness (1Ti3:16) and the mystery of Christ and the Church (Eph5:32)!
On the day that my soul leaves the flesh…
To return to the Father’s house,
May the house of my soul on earth be built upon the truth, teaching to keep the Word of Truth, and
May we become pillars of the church that ministers by the truth.
May we leave behind the greatest church on this earth!  Amen.