The trouble with turning to Christ to understand is how image of Christ is so subjective
It doesn't have to be, though, really ( really ):
"You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life." John 5:39, 40
" Come to Me , all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me , for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
“To you, O men, I call , And my voice is to the sons of men. O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things; For my mouth will speak truth ; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them. They are all plain to him who understands , And right to those who find knowledge. Receive my instruction , and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold..." Proverbs 8:4-10
“JaHVeH possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning , before there was ever an earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth ; While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there , When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep, When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth, I was beside Him as a master fosterling And I was daily His delight , Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men .
“Now therefore, listen to me , my children , For blessed are those who keep my ways . Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain it . Blessed is the man who listens to me , Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoever finds me finds life , And obtains favor from JaHVeH..." Proverbs 8:22-35
"This is my Son , the Beloved. Listen to HIM ." Matthew 17:5
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice ; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out . And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them ; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” John 10:1-5
I am the door . If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and My sheep know Me. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. ... you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:9-16, 26, 27
"For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire , and to blackness and darkness and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words , so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. (For they could not endure what was commanded: “And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.” And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem , to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to [Jesus] the Mediator of the new covenant , and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel . See that you do not refuse Him who speaks . For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven , whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” Hebrews 12:18-26
"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
"[Jesus] said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.' The woman said to Him, 'Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?' [ Jesus] answered and said to her, ' Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst . But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life .” John 4:10-13
"'If anyone thirsts , let him come to Me and drink . He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said , out of his innermost parts flowrivers of livingwater .' This He spoke concerning the spirit, whom those believing in him would receive because for holy spirit had not yet been poured out, because [Jesus] had not yet been glorified." John 7:37-39
"These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you ; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie , and just as it has taught you , you will abide in Him." 1 John 2:26, 27
"He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb ." Revelation 22:1
"And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come !” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life free!" Revelation 22:17
“... the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” 2 Corinthians 3:17
“Since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech - unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unliftedin the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.” 2 Corinthians 3:12-16
There is only one "me", “he”, “him,” and “I”, here: the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Son and Chosen One of JAH (MischaJah). Some will get this truth, some won't:
“All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”
“You did not choose me; I chose you.”
Everyone can , though. Indeed, as the Spirit that is Christ... and His Bride, the NEW Jerusalem KEEP inviting:
“Come! ... Whoever desires, let him take the water of life free!"
Peace!
Servant to the Household of God, Israel, and all those who go with... and a slave of the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJah), His Christ,
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