The Pardon | Ep. 149

This episode starts with the story of Joshua the high priest, who stands as a mediator between humanity and God, facing accusations from Satan, the adversary. Exploring these accusations reveals the profound grace and pardon offered despite human frailty.

Our exploration doesn't stop there. We traverse the moral dilemmas faced by key biblical figures such as Sarai, Abraham, Moses, and David, who all walk a fine line between divine promises and human imperfection. These stories prompt us to confront difficult questions about justification, forgiveness, and the human condition. Through this narrative, we explore themes of grace, redemption, and the enduring struggle of maintaining integrity and faith in the face of adversity, drawing parallels to the modern challenges we face.

As we journey further, we unravel the theological significance of Jesus as the ultimate mediator, the embodiment of divine promises fulfilled. By drawing connections between Jesus and Joshua, we highlight the transformation from sin to righteousness and the promise of redemption. The episode culminates in a celebration of divine love and identity, emphasizing the profound assurance that we are the children of God, destined for a future of hope and transformation. 

Chapters

• 5:36 Accusations and Redemption
• 23:19 Promise of Redemption Through Jesus
• 29:23 The Lamb of God and Redemption
• 43:38 Unveiling Divine Love and Identity

Transcript

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 0:03

The vision received was that of blood cells traveling throughout the body, supplying the much-needed oxygen and other nutrients to the differing members of the body to fulfill their purpose. Once the blood cells are spent, they must return back to the heart to be refilled before being sent out again and fulfill their purpose and fulfill their purpose. Good afternoon everyone. As always, it is a pleasure to be in this place. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to stand before you and be given the honor of ministering to you the word, and today the Lord would have me to share with you a story. It's a story that, as I've gone through it and sort of compiled the information that I needed, I realized that I'm just going to title it the Pardon. So if you're interested in knowing what the title of the message is, I'm going to call it the pardon. There was a man in the scriptures that held a very significant position in office in the house of God. He was a Levite, and being a Levite meant that he kind of stood in the gap for all the people. He was commissioned, he was sanctioned by the Lord as a Levite to serve God in the stead of the people of God, and in this particular position. He stood as a mediator between God and the people, and this man named Joshua the high priest found himself standing before the Lord and the adversary was standing at his right hand to oppose him. This is found in Zechariah 3.1. Now, the adversary was standing to oppose Joshua the high priest, who was standing at the right hand of God. And how does Satan oppose Joshua the high priest? It is revealed in Revelation 12, verse 10. There's this declaration, there's this loud voice in heaven saying now, salvation and strength in the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ have come. That really doesn't have anything to do with what I'm talking about in this story, but the very next phrase in this sentence for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, what was Satan doing to oppose Joshua standing before the presence of the Lord. He was standing before God accusing Joshua. Finding fault with Joshua. Condemning Joshua for the things that he's done, for the things that he's said. Because this is what the adversary does. Now, Joshua's standing in the office of the high priest, knowing that he is standing in the stead of all the people.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 3:55

What would the adversary have to say to contend Joshua? If Joshua is representing all the people of God before God, being the high priest, what would the adversary have to say? And I thought let's go back to the beginning. Let's imagine what would the adversary be saying about a man who was standing in the stead of all the people before God. What would he say to condemn Joshua? Well, he might start with Adam. Adam blamed God because of the woman that God had given him. The adversary would be saying that before God. How could you stand and justify him? He blamed you, God, for the woman that you gave him as a gift to be his helpmeet. His seed, Cain, murdered his brother Abel, condemning the people of God.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 5:12

How about Noah? Yeah, he listened to you to build the ark. Yeah, he did it for 120 years. Yeah, you delivered him and his wife and his three children and their wives. But even after that he found himself drunk in the tent, shamefully naked. How about him, lord?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 5:36

How about Sarai, who literally gave Abram her handmaid to wife? It says she gave Hagar to Abram to lie in bed with, when you had already promised to give him a seed through Sarah? How about when Abraham was passing through the regions of King Abimelech and he lied to him saying, oh, she's only my sister". Because he feared for his life, he allowed his own wife to go with King Abimelech and be with the king, knowing that the king will have whatsoever he likes, because that's what kings did, because he feared for his own life, it says. How about his son Isaac? Abraham, Isaac, what did he do? The very same thing his father did lied to King Abimelech again and saying that his wife was really just his sister. So the curse of sin fell from him to his son. How can you justify them? How can you stand for them? I oppose this",

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 7:01

the prosecutor says. How about Jacob, the son of Isaac? He was a deceiver all of his life, at every turn. He not only took his older brother's birthright, but he also took the blessing of the oldest in a deceitful and deceptive manner. How can you stand for him being that he was just like me, deceiving, taking what was not rightfully his. Talk about a band of brothers. Jacob had 12 brothers, excuse me, Jacob had 12 sons and before he had his 12th son, he only had 11, and the youngest one was Joseph. And what did that band of brothers do to Joseph? They took him, they beat him, they threw him in a pit. They contemplated murdering him, only to have him disappear on them. And then they lie to their father and say oh, a wild beast ate him and took him. This is all that we have left, putting his coat of many colors and dipping it in blood. How can you stand for them, Lord?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 8:24

How about Moses? He murdered an Egyptian who simply hit one of your people. That's all he did. He just hit them, and Moses came in in fury and murdered him and buried him. How could you stand for him? How about the first high priest, Aaron? What happened when Moses went up to the mountain to just be there for 40 days? What did Aaron do? He took all the gold of all the people and he made a golden molten calf. How could you stand for him, the ? You delivered the Israelites out of Egypt. What happened to them, Lord? Within 40 years, they died in the wilderness. Lord, how could you stand for them? You allowed their carcasses to rot in the wilderness. You even said it was because of their unbelief, it was because of their rebellion. How could you stand for them, Lord? Except for two? I'll give you that Two got in, but millions died.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 9:44

Lord, how about David, your precious king, the precious man after your own heart. He was an adulterer, he was a murderer and when he sinned, he caused 70,000 of your people to die. Not because of what they did, because of what he did. How can you stand for him, Lord? Guilty as sin, I say, says the adversary. How about his son, Solomon? He was forbidden to marry other women outside of the nation of Israel and he purposely and willfully married 700 of them. And what did that cause, Lord? It resulted in your divided kingdom, lord, and the kingdom was literally obliterated by me, lord, how could you stand for Solomon?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 10:50

I would venture to say, Lord, that all of the Israelites have broken all of the commandments that you listed in Exodus 20. Lord, not one have they not broken and not one have they not broken more than once, more than twice, more than three times, Lord, how can you stand for them? Says the adversary, the accuser of the brethren. You know, but it didn't end there. You brought about your precious new covenant. You came on the days of the flesh. Yeah, you poured out your Spirit. But what did the disciples do with you when I took you? They betrayed you. They ran away. None of them stood up for you. They ran with their tails between their legs, cowering like cowards that they were. Lord, how can you stand for them? Not one of them. Not one of them stood up for what I did to you as the precious son of God. How do you stand for them, Lord? How can you stand them, Lord?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 11:58

Peter, your precious rock. He denied you three times, just as you said he would, before the cocking of the crow. How do you stand him? How do you stand for him? He was the coward of cowards. So what if he walked on water when the going got tough? He denied you three times and went away weeping like the coward that he was. How do you stand him, Lord? How do you stand for him, Lord? But you know what? So what? You gave him your precious Holy Ghost afterward and he had to be rebuked by Paul because, in fear, he cowered away from the Gentiles when they came around and he was hanging around with the Jews. How could you stand him? He gave him the spirit and he still cowered away in fear. You had to write two letters to the Corinthian church because of the mess that they were involved in. You poured out the spirit and you gave them gifts, and they were all wild, they were all carnal as the day before they were born again. How many times did you have to correct them, lord? How could you stand them, lord? How do you stand for them, lord? They were a mess.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 13:21

The people that you have chosen, all throughout history, says the accuser, have failed, all the old and all the new. They've all failed you. They failed a thousand times over. How do you stand for them, Lord? I oppose this, says the adversary. They are not worthy. They are mine. They should be in death and hell with me, says the accuser of the brethren. They're not worthy. This is the condemnation that comes from the prosecution and it is done day and night before the Lord. It is unceasing, it is unrelenting. How many of you hear the accusations? How many of you hear the accusations of the prosecution? He's not worthy. He's a liar, just like the rest of them. He's a coward, just like the rest of them. When he had his moment, he didn't say anything. She didn't do anything. They didn't give to the poor, they didn't give to the needy. They thought about themselves. They paid for this, they paid for that and they didn't take care of your people. They're guilty, they're absolutely guilty, he's saying of them and he's saying of us. Day and night. He's accusing us.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 14:56

And you know what the Lord said to Satan when he heard all of these accusations. He says the Lord, rebuke you, satan. The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you, satan. Is this not a brand plucked from the fires? Yes, is this not the people that I have rescued from your grips, from the fire of death and hell and brimstone? These are my people. The Lord rebuke you, satan.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 15:36

It reminds me of Job. It reminds me of another time where the Lord was with the angels of God and Satan came in from walking to and fro throughout the earth and he was upset because he had no one that he could touch. And the Lord says to him how about Job? How about my servant?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 16:06

And you all know the story in Job, chapter 1, verse 7 and verse 10 through 11. And Satan says what about him? I can't touch him. You protect everything that he has. I can't touch his family. I can't touch his belongings. I can't touch him. But you know what? I challenge you If you stretch out your hand and you touch all that he has, he will surely curse you to your face, condemning us again, condemning him again. Saying to the Lord, god Almighty, what he is going to do when he have not the knowledge to know? And the Lord says you may touch all that he has, but you may not touch him. And we know the story as it continues, that he got to take his family, he got to take some of his belongings and he got to plunder him, but Satan still wasn't satisfied. Satan still wasn't satisfied because what he said Job would do, he did not do. He says to the Lord who questions him about Job again, satan answers skin for skin yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out your hand now, touch his bone, touch his flesh, and he will surely curse you to your face, accusing again.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 17:38

Now, remember, this is what the adversary does. He stands before the Lord, accusing, condemning, and Joshua the high priest I come back to Joshua, the high priest. He presided in an office that represented as a whole the people of God. And here Joshua is standing before the Lord and he's rebuked. It said after the Lord said to him isn't this not the brand plucked from the fire? It says something very revealing. The Lord wrote now Joshua, in verse 3, was filled or, excuse me, now, joshua was clothed with filthy garments and was standing before the angel. It's not that God did not see the filthiness and the sin, but it is not what saith his adversary that stands, it is what saith the Lord that stands forever. Say of the Lord that stands forever. So, without denying what the adversary was, condemning and accusing him, he says the Lord rebuke you. I have redeemed this from the fire of hell.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 19:13

He says in verse 4 and 5 of Zechariah 3,. Then he answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying the Lord says take away his filthy garments from him. And to him he said see, I have removed iniquity from you and I will clothe you with rich robes. He's speaking to Joshua, the high priest, and he's telling him this. And I said let them put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head and they put the clothes on him. God changed everything, took away his filthy garments, clothed them with new garments, gave him a turban on his head. But what stands out to me in this particular verse is what it says in verse 5. After he does all the cleaning, after he does everything that he did for Joshua.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 20:01

It says and the angel of the Lord stood by. The angel of the Lord stood by Joshua in the state that God had cleaned him into. He didn't leave, but he's standing by him. Why? Because the adversary is right there condemning and accusing and he's trying to oppose, but the Lord is standing right by. It reminds me of when Moses died. Anybody know what happened between Satan and the Lord then? Does anybody remember the adversary trying to do something when Moses died and the archangel Michael contending with the devil, because contending is another word for opposing. And he's now contending with the devil, because contending is another word for opposing. And he's now contending with him disputing over the body of Moses. It's mine, it's mine, it's mine. He's a failure, he's not worthy. He didn't even get into the promised land. It's mine. And yet the angel says the archangel Michael says exactly what the Lord said.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 21:21

The Lord rebuke you again In Jude 1, verse 9. And when we read this, do we have an understanding? Do we know? Have we not heard what the Lord has done? We sang about that. Do you recognize and appreciate what the Lord has done in this pardon? It says in Zechariah 12, 6, 12 to 13,. Then speak to him saying Thus the Lord of hosts, saying behold the man Not Joshua, not the high priest. He says behold the man whose name is the branch. From his place he shall branch out and he shall build the temple of the Lord. Yes, he shall build the temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule on his throne. So he shall be a priest on his throne and the council of peace shall be between them both and the council of peace shall be between them both. It's not what the adversary says that stands. It is what the Lord has declared, and he declares of a man whose name is the branch, who will build a temple and the glory shall rest upon him and he shall sit and rule as a priest. This branch shall rule as a priest on the throne. So now, don't just think of Joshua as the high priest, don't just think of him as he's representing the people of God.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 23:19

Now realize that Jesus, as the son of God, stands as the one and only mediator between man and God. He is the one standing in that place, and you may wonder why does he have filthy garments on him? Have you not known, have you not heard that Joshua is the Hebrew name for Jesus, the Greek name. There's a connection there. Are you seeing what's going on? Because something that the Lord hath done hath placed upon this man, the branch, these filthy garments. And yet, because of what the Lord hath declared, take away his filthy garments, put on him robes that are clean and white and put the turban on his head. What has the Lord done? It was through a man who stood as a mediator, who stood as the propitiation between God and man that came out, that came forth, who stood as the propitiation between God and man that came out, that came forth, that God had declared would come and do a work. Do we see what the Lord has done?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 24:34

In Isaiah 11, 1 through 5, it speaks more of this man whose name is the branch. It says there shall come forth a rod from the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord, and in this man will delight. He delights in the fear of the Lord. He delights and he shall not judge by the sight of his eyes, nor decide by the hearing of his ears. But with righteousness he shall judge the poor and decide with equity the meek of the earth. He shall strike the earth with a rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his loins and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 25:34

Do we understand what this man Jesus did for us? It says in Romans 5.19,. For as by one man's disobedience, many were made sinners, which is why God did not correct him in that respect. He accused of the failing, of the failures, he prosecuted for all the sin, for all the iniquity. But still the Lord says the Lord rebuke you, because the Lord knew from the foundation of the world that he was going to make a way, and he says so also by one man's obedience, many will be made righteous, hallelujah.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 26:17

Do we understand what the Lord hath done when he pardoned? When he pardoned? You see, it says in 1 Peter 2: 24 that Jesus took upon himself, upon his body. What? Does anybody know? What did he take upon himself and his body? The sins? Whose sins? It says Our sins, it says, for it says, who himself bore sin, our sins, in his own body, on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness, by whose stripes you were healed. But it's not only us that he did it for, for that's remarkable in and of itself, but I consider it absolutely astounding that he did it for the sins of the whole world, knowing that they would not choose him in the end. For it says in 1 John, 2 and 2, and that of the sins of the whole world, he himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. Do you understand what the Lord has done? What the Lord has given us opportunity? What the new birth has given us is a second chance, because there is no doubt that the old man is guilty as sin and is worthy of death.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 27:56

But I say behold, for there was a man named John the Baptist who came to prepare the way, and during the days of his ministry, it says that John saw Jesus coming toward him in John 1, verse 29, and said behold, the Lamb of God revealed before you. Behold, see, hear, look upon him, look what the Lord has done, because this Lamb of God takes away the sins of all the world. This is he whom I have said. After me comes a man don't get too hung up on that, because it's true A man who was preferred before me, for he was before me. I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel. Therefore, I came baptizing with water. Behold, be revealed that Jesus is the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. And John, but witness saying I saw the Spirit descending upon him from heaven like a dove that takes away the sins of the world. And John, but witness saying I saw the spirit descending upon him from heaven like a dove, and it remained upon him. But we just read about that, did we not? Did we not In Isaiah? The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 29:23

John the Baptist is a part of this prophecy because it's coming to pass right before his very eyes. For he was told upon whom you see the Spirit of the Lord descending and resting upon him. It is he who is the Messiah, the Lamb of God. God said to John the Baptist upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 30:01

And I skip over to verse 36. And looking at Jesus as he walked, he said Behold, behold, see the Lamb of God. That behold" word is to get your attention. That behold word is to get you to hear, to see, to open up your heart to the Lamb of God. It says in Isaiah 42, verse 1, this beautiful word Behold my servant whom I uphold, my elect one in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. Do we understand what the Lord has done? Who is this man, this branch? Who is this Jesus?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 31:03

If I turn to Revelation 5, verse 1 through 10, john, taken up in the spirit, is seeing things in the spirit by revelation. And he says and I saw in the right hand of him, who sat on the throne, a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice who is worthy to open up the scroll and loose its seals. And no one, no one in heaven, no one in the earth, no one under the earth, was able to open this scroll or to look at it. And he began to weep. He began to weep because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll. No one was found worthy to look at it. One of the elders said to him do not weep.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 32:04

Behold the lion. Behold the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open up the scroll and to loose its seals. See this, Jesus. And I looked and behold, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders stood a Lamb, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that we read about in Isaiah. And when he had come and he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lord, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints, and they sang a new song. You, Jesus, lamb of God, are worthy to take open this scroll, to open its seals, for you were slain and have redeemed us to God by your blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God and we shall reign on the earth. Amen, amen, amen, amen. Look what the Lord has done.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 33:30

When Stephen was stoned, he was full of the Holy Spirit. He gazed up into heaven. He saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. The right hand is a metaphor for power, for worthiness, for preeminence. When you were the right hand man of the king, you were his right hand man, and all that entails, and you were blessed and you were a place of prominence and position. And that's all that means. Jesus has been placed in a place of prominence, in a place of position where he should be looked at with high esteem and worthy for what he had done and what he had done and what he had done for his people. For it says look, I see the heavens open and the son of man standing at the right hand of God. And he saw this as he was stoned, was stoned. God says to us who are dealing with the condemnation, who are dealing with the struggles of the daily life, of our own faults and our own weaknesses and how we don't measure up to even our own standards. This is what the Lord says.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 34:46

Isaiah 41, verse 10. Fear not, for I am with you. Do you remember Joshua being cleansed and whole? The angel of the Lord stood by. Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed. I am your God. The adversary has nothing on you, for I stand by you, I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. That is my promise to you. But I have to balance this out, because some people are going to hear this message and say oh my God, how glorious your work is. I can do whatsoever I want. You've pardoned me, you've forgiven me, you've given me clothes of righteousness. I stand right before you. I don't have to worry about what I say, what I do, what I think. I haven't finished the story.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 36:00

Zechariah 6, excuse me, zechariah 3, verse 6. After the Lord cleansed him and he's standing by him, being opposed by the enemy but not allowing the enemy to touch him the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, I've given you a new lease on life. Yeah, you were filthy, but I've declared you clean and whole by the word that I've declared from heaven, by the word that I declared from the foundation of the world. Hear me, because I admonish you, Joshua. Thus saith the Lord of hosts if, if, if, you will walk in my ways and if you will keep my command, then you shall also judge my house. You see, even though he was cleansed and cleaned and made whole, there's still a condition to that maintaining that state of righteousness in God. If you will walk in my ways, if you will keep my command, then you will judge my house and likewise have charge over my courts. You will have in my ways. If you will keep my command, then you will judge my house and likewise have charge over my courts. You will have whatsoever I have, you will have the inheritance. It will all be yours. If you walk in my ways, if you walk in my statutes, hear O Joshua, the high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wonder sign. I have declared that you and the people that stand in the midst of you, my people, are a sign and a wonder in the earth. I have declared it. For behold, I am bringing forth my servant, the branch. I'm going to take care of this. Fear not, I am with you, be not dismayed, but if you walk in my ways and my statutes, then you shall have what I have. For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua. Upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave. Its inscription says the Lord of hosts and I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day. Do we understand what the Lord has done for us? Do we understand what the Lord has done for us? Because it was beyond our comprehension what the Lord had already thought of before Adam was even created, that he not only took upon me personally, my sin, but everyone in this room, and it went beyond that to everyone in the world. He's given everyone a second chance.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 38:53

In Hosea 14, I'm not going to read the whole thing, but you can write it down in your notes. I'm going to just paraphrase what happens in here. Hosea 14 says when we return to the Lord, we bring of our lips. We bring because our lips is connected to our hearts. So we said we bring of our hearts to him, words which ask him take away our iniquity. We are humbled, we are broken, we acknowledge our sin. Lord, cleanse us. Lord, take away our iniquities. Lord, purify us, purify our hearts, purify our minds. We sang that today because we were singing the word, we were declaring the word back to him. Purify our hearts, purify our minds, take us back. Take us back. I fell like the prodigal. Take me back. Put me wherever you want in the house, just take me back.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 39:53

It's total humbleness, total humility and surrender, recognizing the price that he paid to purchase us. And in Hosea 14, there has to be an acknowledgement, there has to be an admittance, because repentance is the acknowledgement of the truth. You can find that in the scriptures I don't have the verse for it but repentance is the acknowledgement of the truth. And when we come to him and we ask him to take us back and we ask him to be gracious with us, we must admit the other gods. I call them other loves. We must admit and acknowledge the other loves that have separated us from the love of God. We have to admit that the other loves will not save us. That's in Hosea 14. We have to admit that having the possession of horses, which represents man's power because in that day and age, if you had horses in your army, oh, forget it, we're surrendering. Now, that's how they interpret it. If you had horses and chariots, that's it, we're not fighting.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 41:09

But it's a metaphor for the things that in this life we put our trust in, whether it's power, whether it's wealth, whether it's fame, whether it's our jobs we have to admit these things will not save us. I'm not putting my trust in these things, saith the Lord. Nor will any work of our hands redeem or save us. Because I fall down in your feet, Lord, because I realize that, because in you I will find mercy, and that's what I need. I need mercy. Mercy is what causes me to stand with filthy garments while the accuser is rebuking me, trying to rebuke the Lord, and trying to condemn me and persecute me. It's what allows me to be able to stand there and stay standing, because, if not for the Lord's mercy, we would have been done away with a long time ago. And stay standing Because, if not for the Lord's mercy, we would have been done away with a long time ago. It is his mercy that endures forever.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 42:20

And God responds in Hosea, with the heart of people who come to him in this fashion that I've just described. He says I will heal your backslidings. I will love you freely, for my anger with you is gone. Do you understand what that means? I love you freely. My anger is gone. I don't have it for you anymore. I'm standing by you and I will not let him touch you. You are not his. I have chosen you. Don't worry about what he says. Don't get depressed, don't fall down on your knees because of him. Stand up, I am standing here with you. He says.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 43:23

I will cover you, I will cause you to grow beautifully and bountifully. I understand you've had a rough life. I understand you've fallen. I understand you have a bloody nose. I understand you're scarred. I understand you're wounded.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 43:38

But I'm telling you to fear not, for I am with you. Be not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will cover you, I will strengthen you. I will cover you, I will strengthen you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. And when you're there, none can touch you, none, not in heaven, not in the earth, not under the earth. You are mine, untouchable by my adversary.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 44:07

All who dwell under the shadow. My shadow shall return, shall revive, shall grow. And you, even though you don't look like it, even though you don't smell it, even though you don't see it, you are going to be a sweet fragrance. So I say to end behold, behold, behold, behold. What manner of love is this? Oh my god, what manner of love you have bestowed upon us that we should be called the children of God? Hallelujah, hallelujah.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 44:46

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