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Saturday, April 13, 2019

4-14-2019 The Watchman and the Intercessor

Watchman Intercessor

Watchman

In the Old Testament, the watchman stands watch over the people to sound the alarm for when the enemy approaches, or as with Jonah His impending judgment on Nineveh. The intercessor stands the gap for others with prayer before God. Take note that the term “watchman” is used only in the Old Testament while watch or intercede is used in the New Testament.

Let’s look at the Hebrew and Greek words used for ‘watchman’ and ‘intercessor’.

6822 tsaphah (tsawfaw) lean forward, look into the distance, behold, wait for, espy, watch

2 Sam. 18:24-27 David sent a watchman up the tower who saw two men running separately

2 Kings 9:17-20 The watchman watched from the wall of Jezreel and saw the company of Jehu coming

Isaiah 56:10 The watchman needs to be diligent

Jer. 6:17 People need to listen for the sound of the watchman’s trumpet

Ezek. 3:17 The watchman warns the people on God’s behalf

Ezek. 33:2-7 Set a watchman upon your coasts to watch for trouble. When he sees trouble coming, he sounds the trumpet. If the people hear the warning and don’t heed it, they die, their blood is on their own head. He who heeds the warning shall be delivered. Should the watchman not sound the alarm and those will still die but their blood is required at the hand of the watchman. The watchmen should warn the people.

Hosea 9:8 The watchmen should be with God (have a solid relationship)

8104 shamar (shawmar) hedge with thorns, behold, be circumspect, heed, mark, look narrowly, observe, regard, preserve, lay in wait for, watch

Jer. 51:12 Set watchmen in time of trouble

5341 natsar (nawtsar) Guard or protect, or hid or conceal, monument, observe, preserve, be subtle, watcher of man

Jer. 31:6 The watchman of Zion call the people to God

Intercession/intercessor

6293 paga (pawga) cause, fall upon, entreat, intercede, intercession, entreat, pray, meet (together), run

Isaiah 59:16 (noun) There was no intercessor

Jer. 27:18 Make intercession to God

Jer. 36:25 Make intercession for those in authority

1783 enteuxis (entyooksis) intercession, prayer

1 Tim. 2:1 Make intercession for all men (saved & unsaved)

1793 entugehano (root 1722 en –give self wholly to, intermediate, from 5177 tugchano – make ready, bring to pass) deal with, make intercession

Rom. 8:26-27, 34 Makes intercession according to the will of God, Christ intercedes for us (wouldn’t hurt us to do the same)

Rom. 11:2 Isaiah interceded for Israel

Heb. 7:22-25 Jesus continually intercedes for us

5241 huperentugchano (hooperentoongkhano) make intercession

1127 gregoreuo (graygoryoo-o) watch, be vigilant

Matt. 25:13 Watch, for we don’t know the hour nor the day of the Son of man

Rev. 3:2 Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain, our works are not yet perfect before God

69 agrupneo (agroopneoh) be awake, be sleepless, watch

Matt. 26:41 Watch so we don’t enter into temptation

Heb. 13:17 Obey those who rule over us for they watch for our souls

So just what does a watchman do?

Stands watch for danger (or God’s judgment)

Sounds the alarm of that impending danger (or judgement)

Warning heeded, people saved (prepared for battle or repent)

Warning not heeded, danger ignored (people will be conquered, die in their sins, any good works perish with them, blood is on their head)

Warning NOT sounded, no chance to defend (people die in their sin, blood on watchman’s head

He is selected from within “ranks”

Be faithful

Be obedient to God’s Law

Be always ready (operating, living, in God’s love)

Be filled with the Holy Ghost (Holy Ghost knows how to pray even if we don’t – Rom. 8:26)

What does the intercessor do?

Stands watch for danger (or God’s judgment)

Prays for the people that they might open their eyes to evil

And turn back to God

Is selected from within “ranks”

Is faithful

Is obedient to God’s Law

Is always ready (operating, living, in God’s love via the Holy Ghost)

Jesus is the ultimate watchman.

Father sent Jesus down from the throne room to issue the warning to His people to shape up or suffer the consequences. So Jesus not only came to set us right, but also provides the way.

For 3 ½ years He preached God’s kingdom in love showing souls how to turn from their evil ways and come into or back into our Father’s kingdom.

But Father has set his servants (us - believers) as watchmen over the people as well. If nothing else, we can always serve as a watchman for someone else. Keep our noses clean though (Matt. 7:3-5).

Though not a Ninevite, Jonah acted as a watchman on their behalf. Begrudgingly he entered the city proclaiming that God’s judgement was coming upon the people because of their evil ways (Jonah 3:1-10). The people repented.

When the watchman issues the warning of God’s judgment and the people repent and turn – all will be well. Nineveh bought @200 hundred more years with their repentance. Then, with no watchman, they finally fulfilled God’s prophecy of their demise, and died in their own wickedness - anyway.

*Jonah visited Nineveh @780-790BC

*Nineveh falls to the Assyrians @ 612BC

Jesus is the ultimate intercessor

Jesus intercedes before the Father in heaven on our behalf (1 John 2:1).

While the Holy Ghost intercedes for us on earth (He dwells within our hearts)(Rom. 8:27).

Yet, we are to remember our brothers and sisters in prayer always (Eph. 6:18).

Comparison between the intercessor and the watchman

Intercessor prays for people

He prays that God may not bring judgement upon His people. That their eyes be opened that they might be turned from their evil ways

Watchman puts those prayers into action

Goes out, in love, to warn the people to turn from their evil ways so that evil or God’s judgment, does not befall them.

Yet both must:

Stand watch on behalf of the people

Be in tune with God

Be knowledgeable of God’s word (bible) and will

Have a compassion for the people

Be aware of the enemy’s activities

The intercessor speaks to God on behalf of the people

The watchman speaks to the people on behalf of God

So why bother with this today? Not only the world, but the church is also in turmoil. Open sin is widespread with clergy and parishioners. Father is preparing to move to open eyes. The impending Spiritual explosion will ignite hearts for the Father through Jesus Christ once again.

Amen?

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THE FIRST STEP

Luke chapter 15 relates the story of a son who took his portion of the inheritance, left home and ‘did his own thing’. He found ‘friends’ in his new surroundings, partied and basically did whatever he felt like doing. His money ran out, his ‘friends’ disappeared and he came upon some very hard times. He finally came to his senses realizing the error of his ways and decided to go back home and tell his father how sorry he was for having left hoping that his father would receive him back into the homestead, not as a son but at least as a servant. His father did more than that. Even though his son had squandered his inheritance dad threw a big party to welcome his son back home where he belonged. Once he was lost but now he's saved.

If we knew Jesus and walked away (for whatever the reason) Homecoming is about coming back into fellowship with the Creator of the universe and re-establishing a relationship with Him. Even if we never truly ever knew Jesus, Homecoming is learning how to fellowship with the everlasting God and securing our eternity by establishing that relationship with Him.

If we never truly ever knew Jesus, our first step is to do just that by giving Him our hearts and lives.

We have to recognize that we have not been not operating in God’s will and done things contrary to the operation of His love. God is love and everything He does or stands for is based in His true love.

When Adam & Eve disobeyed God and fell out of His fellowship by eating the ‘fruit of the knowledge of good and evil', God promised them that He would provide a way that man could come back into His (God’s) fellowship.

He re-enforced this with Abraham by using his son Isaac as an example and then reminding Israel through all the prophets of the coming Messiah.

Finally, the time was right and God found a righteous woman whom he would bless with the bringing of His Son into this world. Everything was just one big void so God had nothing to work with except His Word. So, in the beginning God spoke everything into existence. God spoke and the Holy Ghost put God’s Word into action creating everything that is. God then put His Word into Mary’s womb and as the bible says ‘she was with child of the Holy Ghost (Matt. chapter 2). The Greek word used for 'of' carries the connotation ‘about’ or ‘spontaneously happening’, like she wasn’t pregnant, now she is – boom! Jesus had to be born of this world (via Mary) so He could legitimately deliver us from the world but Jesus’ Father is God so even though He is born into this world, He is not bound by the ways of this world. We believe, as the bible says ‘Jesus is born of a virgin’ but He is the Son of God.

We believe that Jesus pleased the Father as He lived in this world for 30 years as He found favor with God and man.

The last 3 ½ years of His life (here on earth), Jesus spent teaching His disciples and those who would listen, the ways of God, the Father.

Then at the end of that 3 ½ year ministry, He was arrested by the Jewish leadership (yielded Himself to them), turned over to Pontius Pilate for crucifixion which Pilate, though reservedly, obliged the Jewish leaders and did so. Jesus (willingly) was crucified and died on the cross. My understanding is that at death, if the body is punctured, water mixed with blood will come out, confirming death. Spiritually, for us the shed blood is for the atonement of our sins and our sin nature and the water represents our cleansing. Jesus died on the cross taking my sins away (and yours) and was buried.

We believe that on the third day Jesus arose from the grave, alive and well and ministered to His disciples for another 40 days.

After which He ascended back into Heaven (from whence He came) and is preparing a place in eternity for all those who believe and He is coming back for us so we can be with Him throughout all eternity.

We believe this with all our hearts, confess our sins (by speaking them out), repenting our part in doing those things against God’s will, with our voices speak out thanks for what Jesus has done for us and invite Him into our hearts and lives determining to live our lives for Him from now on.

When we pray the ‘sinner’s prayer, don’t mince with a formula of words but rather cover the points and mean it:

Jesus is God, Messiah, Savior

He shed His blood cleansing us of our sin nature and all those individual sins we have ever committed

We need to confess those sins (speak them out loud to God) and repent of those sins (be truly sorry we committed them)

He died on the cross then rose from the dead on the third day giving us access to the Father through His actions

Determine (dedicate our lives) to live for Him by keeping His commandment which is learning about and living in His love.

He will come back for us so we can be with Him throughout all eternity.

If we have known Jesus but have ‘slid away’

Repent of and confess our sins (as with the prodigal son)

Receive God’s forgiveness. Isaiah tells us once we’ve repented God puts those sins behind His back. Should we do any less?

Determine (make the decision) to live for Him by keeping His commandment which is learning about and living in His love.

Once we've taken this first step, that is to connect or reconnect with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, then hold on because everything we experience from that point on is an experience in growth in our life. Everything becomes a stepping stone in our life to help us to grow closer to and and stronger in our relationship with God that we may magnify and glorify His Holy Name in all that we say and do and impact the lives of those around us.

A long time ago Father shared with me that I (we) can walk as close to Him as we dare. It is our choice. How close do we dare?

When the time is come, may we all re-unite in God’s wondrous kingdom.

PRAYERS

Saturday, April 13, 2019

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