THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SECOND ABOVE THE FIRST

Most of us would agree that there are two births for man, namely a physical birth and a spiritual birth.

Why couldn’t we just have been born spiritually together with our physical birth? If there had not been a Fall, it would have been like this.  With the Fall, the spiritual died, therefore the spiritual in a person must be born again.  That’s an important fact.  

The whole issue of rebirth is the exercise of this spiritual law, namely that the physical is temporary and perishes, while the spiritual is eternal.  The big problem is that the physical comes first, just as a baby must first be born physically before it can be born spiritually.

Natural resources cannot fulfill spiritual needs.  What is of the first Adam is not of much help if we want to live the life of the last Adam.

Now the question is:  do you have the second, or do you only have the first?  Do you live from the physical or do you live from the spiritual?  Are you really born again and did you experience after that the baptising of infilling of the Spirit?  We call it Spiritual fulfillment.  One can also have had it and lost it again.

To be reborn and saved is to be “washed clean”.  Then, after that, we are ”to be clothed” with the Spirit of YaHUsha.

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GAAN AF NA DIE POTTEBAKKER SE HUIS

In die Woord word die mens as ‘n aardse kruik uitgebeeld.  Adam is gemaak uit die stof van die aarde (Gen. 2:7). 

Die woord vir ‘n houer van klei (kleipot) is Strong’s H3627 wat kom vanaf die wortelwoord H3615 “kalah”, wat beteken “om te end”. 

Dit is soos om iets af te rond totdat dit reg is, soos wat ‘n houer voltooid en reg moet wees vir die inhoud wat dit gaan vul, gereed om gebruik te kan word.

Die Hebreeuse woord vir “bruid”, nl. “kallah” (H3618), is afgelei vanaf dieselfde wortelwoord.  Die bruid vul haar man aan en maak hom “kompleet”, volgens die betekenis van die wortelwoord.  In die begin is die vrou uit die man geneem  (Gen. 2:18, 21 – 24).

Paulus het die verloste mens beskryf as ‘n erdekruik, maar met JaHUsha se Gees van verligting as ‘n ”skat” daar binne-in (2 Kor. 4:5 – 7).

5 Want ons verkondig nie onsself nie, maar Messias JaHUsha as Meester, en onsself as julle diensknegte om JaHUsha se ontwil.

6 Want Elohiem wat gesê het dat daar uit duisternis lig moet skyn — dit is Hy wat in ons harte geskyn het om ons te verlig met die kennis van die heerlikheid van Elohiem in die aangesig van JaHUsha Messias.

7 Maar ons het hierdie skat in erdekruike, sodat die voortreflikheid van die krag van Elohiem mag wees en nie uit ons nie.

Die 6 klipkanne by die Bruilof te Kana is verteenwoordigend van die mens (die getal 6 is simbolies van die mens) wat as die Bruid van JaHUsha met Sy Gees vervul moet wees en dit word gesimboliseer  deurdat die water in die waterkanne in wyn verander het.

As deel van die Bruid van die Bruidegom, word gelowiges simbolies as verskillende kruike uitgebeeld in die Woord.  Ons is soos “klei in die hande van die Pottebakker”.

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GO DOWN TO THE POTTER’S HOUSE

In Scripture, man is depicted as an earthen vessel.  Adam was made from the dust of the earth (Gen. 2:7).

The word for a vessel of clay is Strong’s H3627 which comes from the root word H3615 “kalah”, which means “to end”.

It is to finish something off until it is ready, like a container must be completely finished and ready for the contents that it will hold, ready to be used.

The Hebrew word for “bride”, namely “kallah” (H3618), is derived from the same root. The bride complements the man as she makes him “complete”, according to the meaning of the prime root.

Paul described the redeemed person as an earthly vessel, with YaHUsha’s Spirit of enlightenment as a “treasure” inside (2 Cor. 4:5 – 7).

“For we preach not ourselves, but Messiah YaHUsha the Master;  and ourselves your servants for YaHUsha’s sake. For Elohim, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of Elohim in the face of YaHUsha Messiah. But we have THIS TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS, that the excellency of the power may be of Elohim, and not of us.”

The 6 water pots of stone at the Wedding at Cana are representative of man (the number 6 is symbolic of man), as the Bride of YaHUsha who must be filled with His Spirit and this is symbolised by the water which was in the pots that was turned into wine.

As part of the Bride of the Bridegroom, believers in Messiah YaHUsha are symbolised as different vessels in Scripture.  We are “like clay in the hands of the Potter”.

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SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be changed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of Elohim”. Rom. 12:2.

In these videos dr. Louis Kroon explains practically from the Word how to achieve spiritual renewal in Messiah which will lead to the developing of your overall potential in life.

Spiritual Renewal in Christ, Part 1 – Dr. Louis Kroon
Spiritual Renewal in Christ, Part 2 – Dr. Louis Kroon


	

THE WORD INTO OUR HANDS

Almost everyone has a Bible or three to read from in our day, but it was not always like that.  How did the Bible reached each of us personally?  Let us briefly look at the last part of the road that the Word took to reach us.

The Bible Society started with a Welsh girl, Mary Jones, who had a deep desire for a Bible.  Mary was born at a time when Bibles were very rare and expensive and she had a deep longing from an early age to have her own Bible.  At the age of 15, after she had saved for years and years, she walked about 40 km to get a Bible.

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DIE WOORD TOT IN ONS HANDE

Ons het vandag byna elkeen ‘n Bybel of drie om vanuit te lees, maar dit was nie altyd so nie.  Hoe het die Bybel tot by ons persoonlik gekom?  Kom ons kyk kortliks wat was die laaste ent van die pad wat die Woord geloop het sodat dit vandag binne elkeen van ons se bereik is.

Die Bybelgenootskap het begin by ‘n Walliese meisie, Mary Jones, wat ‘n diep begeerte na ‘n Bybel gehad het.  Mary is gebore in ‘n tyd toe Bybels baie skaars en duur was en sy het van kleins af ‘n diep verlange na ‘n eie Bybel gehad.  Op 15-jarige ouderdom, nadat sy vir jare en jare gespaar het, het sy ongeveer 40 km te voet afgelê om ‘n Bybel te bekom.

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BOME IN DIE WOORD

‘n Boom is die grootste van alle lewende organismes.  Bome is die longe van die aarde. 

In die Woord word die mens dikwels vergelyk met ‘n boom.  Die Woord begin en eindig met die Boom van die lewe (Gen. 2:16 – 17, Open. 2:7, Open. 22:2).

Ons praat van die familieboom van mense en mens kan sê dat die Boom van die lewe die “familieboom” van Elohiem is.  Die boom van kennis van goed en kwaad aan die anderkant kom dan ooreen met die “familieboom van Satan”, hy wat die teenstander van JaHUaH is.

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TREES IN SCRIPTURE

A tree is the largest of all living organisms. Trees are the lungs of the earth.  In the Word, man is often compared to a tree.  

The Word begins and ends with the Tree of life.

We are talking about the family tree of people and one can say that the Tree of Life is the “family tree” of Elohim.  The tree of the knowledge of good and evil on the other side then corresponds to the “family tree of Satan”, he who is the opponent of YaHUaH.

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