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RENEWED DAY BY DAY

I am leading up the 7 sealed book now with this subject as it 
continues discussing the "candlestick" means God uses to 
imprint His image into us that we might be a Revelation
of Christ.


The Bible relates the account of the rebuilding of the earth 
in Genesis 1. It is indicated in Scripture that the Genesis 
account is not so much a creation as it is a repairing done
upon a world devastated and ruined into a state that is void 
and without form. Psalm 104 parallels the first six days of 
Genesis day by day. 

     Day One - Let there be light 
          -Psalm 104:1-5
     Day Two - Divide the waters 
          -Psalm 104:6
     Day Three - dry land rise and bring forth grass and plant life. 
          -Psalm 104:7-18
     Day Four - sun, moon and stars appear 
          -Psalm 14:19-23
     Day Five - sea beasts 
          -Psalm 104:25-27
     Day Six - beasts and made from dust of the earth 
          -Psalm 104:28-29

The summary of this work of God is described in very interesting 
words. 

     Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou 
	renewest the face of the earth. 
	Psa 104:30 

All accomplished by the Spirit. The face of the earth is not 
created in these six days, but rather renewed. The Hebrew 
word used in this instance is "chadash", to be new; cause
to rebuild. 

God renewed a damaged World and rebuilt it by His Spirit. He 
"created" and "renewed". There is a passage in the Psalms which 
also mentions these two terms "create" and "renew", but regards 
the work of God's Spirit upon devastated mankind! 

     Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right 
	spirit within me.
	Psa 51:10 

The world having been renewed in Genesis typifies the soul that is 
renewed by God's Spirit to return to the image of God which 
God originally created humanity to be. That image was lost. And 
it is ministry of Spirit which rebuilds that image. 

     But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory 
	of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to 
	glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 
	2 Cor 3:18 

Christ is God's image. And we are conformed into that image. 

     In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them 
	which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel 
	of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 
	2 Cor 4:4 

     For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be 
	conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the 
	firstborn among many brethren. 
	Rom 8:29 

We know Paul had this rebuilding of Genesis in mind when he wrote 
of the ministry of spirit in 2 Corinthians, because of the 
following words. 

     For God, 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 God in the face of Jesus
`	Christ. 
	2 Cor 4:6 

And Paul referred to this work of rebuilding with words that remind 
us of the picture we see in Genesis 1 involving six "days". 

     For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, 
	yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 
	2 Cor 4:16 

We are renewed day by day. Day after day, God renewed the face of 
the earth. The world's "image" or "face" was rebuilt. Spirit ministry 
through true ministers of God accomplishes this renewal of God's 
image - this revelation of Jesus Christ within God's people! 

Having God's image, as did Jesus Christ, allows God to reveal 
Himself to humanity. The Father within Christ actually did the 
works Christ accomplished, since Christ was a true vessel of God's 
Spirit. 

     Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in 
	me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: 
	but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
	John 14:10 

We must likewise be revealers of Christ!! We must receive the ministry 
of spirit from the ministers of God that we in turn might be changed 
into the image of God as is Christ Jesus. 

                       

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In Christ,  
Michael F. Blume   
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mfblume/mblume.htm
http://www.netdot.com/jwg7192/writings/mike.htm