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February 4, 2007 "Christ, Our ‘Bread Of Presence’ In Our Father’s Temple" (Vision)
[NOTE: This teaching is part of a series of visions and lessons given to Chris Williams by God in February 2007. They were given for a specific reason. This reason becomes very clear as you read them one by one. The visions were given to me on several separate days, but are best read together if possible. You will want to read the following Visions and Teachings together: February 4, 11, 16, 17, 18 and Updates and Summary.]

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The Bread:
This morning, before taking communion, Jesus said to wait and allow Him to pray through me. I stood before our Father, in His Holy of Holies, where only the High Priest was once allowed. Jesus asked our Father, through my mouth, to accept His {Jesus’} people/children.

My eyes were closed, and I heard Jesus say to take the bread of His Body into my mouth and to chew. As I did this, Jesus caused me to see that I was actually taking Christ’s communion with our Father. He {Jesus} said, as I ate the wafer, that the other members in His Body were one with me/Him in my mouth. He then said to see them pressed against our Father’s breast/bosom while still in my mouth. He said this was feeding His people, my brothers and sisters, at our Father’s breast. I realized that we are given our Father’s eternal life force as members in "Christ’s ONE Body", and that this is given to us by our Father Himself.

Previous to this lesson I understood that we were taking communion with Jesus as His disciples did, but never realized that each time we take communion we spiritually take it with , and in the presence of, our Father. This is what this vision and teaching is about.

God has reminded me that the Passover meal, later known as Christ’s last supper and/or communion, was taken by the Hebrews prior to Jesus’ death and resurrection. God has also reminded me that Christ, as our High Priest, made Himself the sacrifice SO THAT WE COULD enter into the Holy of Holies and (1)"commune" with our Father. Because of Christ, this gift no longer belongs to the High Priest alone, nor are we limited to one time a year. We can, and should, enter into the Holy of Holies {the Most Holy} and be eternally in our Father’s Spiritual presence.

The Wine/Grape Juice:
Then Jesus said to make a "toast" in His {Jesus’} name TO, and WITH, our Father. As I lifted my glass I saw a revelation clearly. I saw, for the first time, that Jesus not only had to bring Himself to our Father as the final sacrifice for sin, but that our Father also blessed us by accepting Him {Jesus} as the final sacrifice for mankind. God taught me that our Father gives/gave us this blessing when Our Father accepts us as a member in Christ, and therefore, allows us to take communion with Him. He does this in memory, and for the glorification, of His Son every time we take Christ’s communion. I began to cry almost hysterically because I was so full of Joy and gratitude.

As members in Christ’s Body we are accepted by our Father, but we are also taken before the Father for His acceptance. This process can be compared to a priest, under the High Priest, in the Old Testament Temple service. The priests maintained the "Bread of Presence" positioned outside the veil, between the Holy of Holies {where our Father resided/sat} and the congregation; and the Priests ministered to our Father. Now, having been washed and baptized in Christ’s blood, we stand in the Holy of Holies ministering to our Father; and we do this (3)as Priests, serving under our High Priest, Christ Jesus, as we take communion with God our Father.

Because of Christ’s righteous sacrifice, as our substitute and as our High Priest, (4)the veil between the Holy of Holies and Christ’s congregation, His Bride, has been removed. In God’s spiritual reality, our Father is the Holy of Holies. We all have gone behind/through the veil and stand in the "Presence" of our Father every time we take Christ’s communion; and we are literally partaking in the final sacrifice, who is Christ Jesus. It is at this point that our Father accepts us as His children, and literally feeds us at His breast, or bosom. This is one of the reasons our Father removed the veil between Himself and His congregation.

[NOTE (*): {incense} Lk 1:9-11, Rev 8:3-4; {aroma} 2 Cor 2:16, Eph 5:2, Php 4:18]

God said to Moses in Exodus 19:5-6, "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel." [NKJV] Yahweh promised, through Moses, to form both His kingdom and holy nation with priests who obey His voice.

In Revelations 1:5-6 John boldly says that we are already "kings and priests to Yahweh" through the blood of Jesus Christ: "... To Him {Jesus Christ} who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father..." [Rev 1:5-6]. Christ’s blood and Yahweh’s Holy Spirit, separate us into Yahweh’s "Kingdom of priests and a holy nation".

Though Christ is the final sacrifice for the sins of mankind <Matt 26:28-29; Heb 9:22>, Yahweh has continued commanding his people to make sacrifices and offerings <(ie) Heb 13:15, Phil 4:18 etc> to Him throughout all generations. Examples of the Old Testament sacrifices include the "burnt", "peace", "heave", "grain and drink", "guilt", "peace"... offerings. In all generations the offerings were instituted by Yahweh to "edify" and "lift up" His people.

A Peace Offering:
As I said above, the "peace offering" was one of many offerings and sacrifices God commanded His people to offer Him as He gave His Law through Moses. Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary tells us that the "peace offering "... always followed all other sacrifices, including the blood sacrifice....". The New Unger's Bible Dictionary adds to this, saying "This sacrificial {peace} offering was also called a heave offering and a wave offering. This was a bloody offering presented to God. Part of the offering was eaten by the priest (representing God's acceptance) and part was eaten by the worshiper and his guests (non-officiating priests or Levites and the poor, Deut 12:18; 16:11). Thus, God hosted the meal, communing with the worshiper and other participants. This sacrifice celebrated covering of sin, forgiveness by God, and the restoration of a right and meaningful relationship with God and with life itself (Judg 20:26; 21:4).

Jesus and our Father have taught me the following regarding Christ’s communion:

1. The "veil", or separation, between God our Father and Christ’s congregation has been removed through Christ the final sacrifice for sin.

2. Because this veil has been removed we are allowed, and EXPECTED, to enter into "communion" with God our Father. He is our Father BECAUSE of Christ’s sacrifice.

3. As we stand before our Father, in His Presence, we are both able to hear and speak with Him. This is the foremost reason He has given us His Holy Spirit. The same Holy Spirit that spoke through God’s holy prophets, at one time, has now been given to all of God’s children. His voice and holy presence within us causes our transformation into the image of God.

God is Spirit. When we are reborn, the Spirit who is holy takes up His residence in us. Everyone who acknowledges Christ as the Son of God and as their personal Savior has access to their Father through His Holy Spirit. We have become both the legitimate Sons of God our Father, and Christ’s Wife, through Christ Jesus. The Bible tells us that:

5. Through Christ’s blood, Christ’s Body members are "offered", and have been "offered", to our Father as a "Peace Offering", an ETERNAL "love feast", AND covenant. In the past, this may have been with, or without, our full understanding. We call this "communion". Our Father has accepted Christ’s Body members as "Christ’s Bride/Wife/Church and His Holy nation of Priests", because of Christ! Christ’s sacrifice was once and for all, but it is to be celebrated by you, and your spiritual Father and family, as often as God leads you to do so. For years, God has told me to take communion daily.

6. Through our full understanding of this "COVENANT" and "love feast" God produces, and gives us a new level of Joy. Because Christ understood why He endured the cross, He received this same Joy <Heb 12:2>, and the Joy of the Lord is our strength <Neh 8:10>. This Joy comes from our Father’s acceptance of us, Christ’s Bride, Wife, Church <Eph 5:25-27>; and it is spiritually produced as each believer celebrates Christ’s gift with our Father during Christ’s communion. Communion should be a time of great celebration. We must offer up Joy-Full "Thank" and "Praise" offerings to our Father BECAUSE He has accepted Christ as our substitute {for sin}. Because He accepted Christ as the final sacrifice, we are also "accepted as family" in God’s presence.

7. Remember (5)Cain and Abel? One’s "sacrifice" was acceptable and the other’s wasn’t. There has never been a time, on the face of the earth, when all sacrifices were acceptable to God. He has always maintained the right to "accept" and celebrate" a sacrifice, or reject the sacrifice. Our Father, through Christ’s blood and righteousness, has judged the members "in Christ" as an "acceptable" "offering, mate, woman, bride, and finally "Wife" for His Son Christ Jesus <Rev 19:6-10; Eph 5:25-27>, because we are in Christ who is the acceptable sacrifice. Praise God!

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(1) "commune": "To converse intimately; exchange thoughts and feelings. 2. To receive the Eucharist; Intimate conversation; communion [Middle English: to distribute, share, communicate]" (American Heritage Dictionary)

[NOTE: God is the Word, and He reproduces using "verbal intercourse", as we in the physical reproduce using "physical intercourse".]

(2) "communion": "A possessing or sharing in common; participation. 2. A sharing of thoughts or feelings; intimate talk. 3. A religious or spiritual fellowship... 4. ... the consecrated elements of the Eucharist." (American Heritage Dictionary)

[NOTE: God is the Word, and He reproduces using "verbal intercourse", as we in the physical reproduce using "physical intercourse".]

(3) "as Priests under our High Priest Christ Jesus.":

There are numerous verses in the Old Testament that confirm that the Priests "ministered" to God our Father <Ex 28:41, Lev 7:35, Num 3:3, Ne 10:36...> . I have referenced only a few, but if you would like to see more you can use the Bible index, Old Testament, under the word "minister" and begin to research this yourself. You’ll have a lot of fun.

(4) "the veil between the Holy of Holies and Christ’s congregation, His Bride, has been removed": "Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. [Matt 27:51-53; NKJV]

(5) "Cain and Abel? One’s "sacrifice" was acceptable and the other’s wasn’t": Cain’s sacrifice was not "blood", whereas Jesus and Abel offered our Father a "blood sacrifice". As we know "...almost all things are purified with blood , and without shedding of blood there is no (5a)remission {freedom, pardon}." [Heb 9:22; NKJV]

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