For many years I have had the privilege of knowing James and Hazel Register. A saying I have is this is as good as it gets. These are two of the most beautiful people I have ever known. I love and respect them both tremendously. Both hearts are two know and walk before the Lord, and to love His people fervently. What a great witness of Christ they share!
In this sharing from Brother James, he brings into view the Open Heaven. At the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, Luke writes the Heaven was Opened and a voice spoke from Heaven.
“Luke 3:21&22 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”
From the open Heaven the voice declared This is my beloved Son. Here is God pleased. Similarly, there was a voice that came on the Mount of Transfiguration when Jesus took Peter, John and James with Him into the Mount. There Jesus was transfigured before them. The Glory Cloud covers the Mount, Moses and Elijah appears, and Jesus was declared of God. “This is my Son, hear Him.”
What I believe is being said is all the law and prophets are summed up here in Christ. No longer would the law be declared. No longer would the prophets of the Old Covenant declare one who is coming. He had come. Hear Him! Now before all was the Word of God that would shake the Heavens, being declared of God. This Word was THE WORD, Jesus Christ Himself. When we see the Heaven Opened we see The Word of God, Jesus Christ our Lord.
He is the Word we come to. He is the Word of the New Covenant. We do not come to the Law of Moses. We come to the Word of Christ. This Word that was given to us. When we hear this Word we are saved. Listen and hear the Word from Heaven speaking of the offering of the Blood and Body of the Lord Jesus. Hear what this Word speaks, all thy sins are forgiven thee. You have been crucified with Him. When He died you died.
Now listen to the Word of His Resurrection. When He was made alive from the dead you were made alive with Him. When He was raised you were raised with Him. You are a New Creation in Christ. God dwells in you. You have come to the living Temple of the living God. What a glorious place you have come to. The place that God now dwells. God dwells in you. Glory to God! Hear the WORD from Heaven!
