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HENRY L BUNCH (henryrna@juno.com)
Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:49:45 EST



 mark> and the Life. Jesus did not start being God at any
>    mark> time. Jesus Christ , the same , yesterday , today , and
>    mark> forever. There is neither variableness,nor shadow of turning
Mark> obedience is the key.
>
>
>Bro. Mathis, you have certainly blessed me with the word of wisdom you
>gave us from the LORD in this post.  
>
>   "The Bible is so simple , it is the same story over and over."  
>
>That is so true, yet so few really see it transparently.  Some of the
>greatest revelations I have had in prayer and study come from the
>discovery of just these isomorphisms in scripture that you referred to
>here.
>communion and foot washing New Year's Eve, and afterward, I spoke with

>But then I asked him, "Why do we drink the blood?"
>
>In the Old Testament, the blood was forbidden.  It was reserved for the
>Lord.  Men were forbidden to drink of the blood.  Why now, in the New
>Testament dispensation, are we then commanded to do that which was
>forbidden before?
>
>He was puzzled, and had no answer.
>
>I then pointed out that the blood was used to purify and sanctify.
>That the blood was placed upon the Ark of the Covenant -- the place
>where God dwelled among the men of the world.  This blood was placed
>there every year on the Day of Atonement, and only then did the Spirit
>of the Lord come down to the Mercy Seat and commune with the high
>priest to confirm that the sins had been forgiven.
>
>Now days, the blood is still applied to the place where God dwells
>among the men of the world.  It is applied to us, the born again Holy
>Ghost filled Christians of the world, for indeed that is where God
>dwells among men today.  God no longer lives in a wooden box; he lives
>
Brother Brown,
Not only Bro.Mathis giving us an example,OF SIMPLICITY  but what you said
about the blood was TERRIFIC!!!!

May be that Bro. Mathis might share his revelation on who God was talking
to,
when He aid let us make man.

It was a great revelation, to my way of thinking.

Henry