The Church which is His Body – Jehovah M-Kaddesh
THE LORD WHO SANCTIFIES
God declared himself to Moses at the burning bush as the I AM THAT I AM. As He began to reveal Himself to Israel, He began to reveal Himself through the Jehovah names. One of which is Jehovah M-Kaddesh, which means the LORD who sanctifies. Let us hear this. The Church which is His Body. We are sanctified or set apart to Him. We are His Body.
God said to Israel, “I will be your God, you shall be my people.” God led them out of Egypt unto Himself. They were set apart to Him, to what He is. We could say being sanctified is what He is being made known in you. Exodus 19:4 “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.” This was the reality God brought to Israel. God Himself was in their midst. He dwelled in the Tent of Meeting and the Temple. He filled the place with the Cloud of His presence. God came to Israel and brought Israel from cruel bondage unto the unlimited supply of Himself. Glory to God!
Now Jesus says in John 14:3 the same thing. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” In verse 10 of this same Chapter, it is declared that Jesus was IN the Father. Hear this. I will come again and receive you to myself that where I AM. Jesus declares I AM in the Father. Now He says, He is going to bring us to where HE IS. We are coming to where he is the I AM.
As we travel down through John 14, Jesus declares that the Father shall send another comforter. When this comforter comes, the Holy Spirit, we SHALL KNOW! Know what? “At that day you shall know I AM in the Father, you are in me, and I AM in you.” We shall know where He is. We shall be where He is. We have been set apart by the Holy Spirit, through the work of God in Christ, to where He is. The DAY the Holy Spirit came, we know we are in Him. We have been received to the place of where He is, IN THE FATHER. “I AM IN THE FATHER, You are in Me, and I AM IN YOU.”
Now we are set apart to what the I AM is. Jesus declares the I AM that He is in John’s Gospel. I AM The Bread of Life. I AM The Light of the World. I AM The Door of the Sheepfold. I AM The Good Shepherd of the Sheep. I AM The Resurrection and Life. I AM The Way, the Truth, and the Life. I AM the True Vine. He declares, I AM COME that you may have life. We are now the Body of the I AM. Jesus Christ our Lord is revealing Himself in all of these names or identities that He is, and we are the Body who Minister’s Him in the Earth! Glory to God!
