Two-Edged Sword
Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Most Christians would believe that the description of the sword coming out of the mouth of the Lord is the word of God. As recorded in Matthew 4, Jesus said “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” We live through God’s word, which is in us. As we have made note of many times in our fellowship, Christ is in us. His indwelling presence is to be the reality in the hearts of the believer. We must hear the Word of the Living Christ of God, who dwells within us and be transformed by His power.
Speaking in regards to hearing His Word as recorded in John 14:10 Jesus said, "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.” Examining His words closely should cause us to consider common Christian belief. Many believe Jesus was down on the earth while the Father was far away in heaven. Jesus words bring a stark contrast to that belief. He said the Father in me does His works. He said to His disciples that they were to believe that He was in the Father as He was speaking to them and that His Father was working out of Him. “God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself.”
Now seeing that God was in Christ as Jesus said in verse 10. Let’s look at verse 3. Here Jesus says, “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.” In verse 10 Jesus tells us where He is. He is in the Father. This is the place we must see that Jesus is declaring. Many have believed that Jesus was talking of some place far away that He must take us away too. I want to be clear He takes us away, but in an entirely different fashion. He does it through the cross.
Jesus said, I go to prepare a place for you. He was speaking of a place in the Father’s house. His preparation for us was made at the cross. At the cross Jesus made a way for us in the Father’s House. He took the old man in His flesh and put him away, and brought us forth in a new creation to dwell IN the very presence of God. In John 14:20 Jesus said, “In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.” Jesus is speaking of the day the Holy Spirit comes. When the Spirit comes, we are to know that Jesus is IN the Father and we are IN Him and He is in us. This is the place He was coming to receive us unto, IN Christ!
“Now we are no more strangers, but we are of the household of God,” Paul writes in Ephesians 2. Paul goes on to say that we are here in God’s household and are built on the foundation of Jesus Christ. This foundation is Christ in us. Here we are built for a habitation of God by His Spirit. This is where Jesus brought us to. This is the way He made, and this is what His WORD declares. Glory to God!
