The Act that Stands Perpetually (Part 1) | Ep. 169

This message uncovers how Samuel—standing between God and a people who had rejected divine leadership—prefigured Christ's ultimate mediatorial role.

The heart of intercession beats powerfully in Samuel's declaration: "God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you." This commitment to persistent prayer and teaching "the good and right way" reveals the eternal nature of Christ's intercession for believers.

Through Isaiah's prophetic lens, we discover Jesus hidden in the symbolic names and imagery. Eliakim ("God raises") and the "nail fastened in a sure place" point to Christ's unique ministry and sacrifice. When God searched the earth for an intercessor and found none, "His own arm brought salvation"—He himself entered human history to accomplish what no mere human could.

This message illuminates Christ's two-fold ministry: first coming in righteousness to save the unrighteous, then returning to execute judgment. Just as Israel was delivered from Egypt before taking the Promised Land, Christ established salvation before his eventual return to establish justice.

Most powerfully, we see how God's covenant extends through generations—His Spirit and words remaining in the mouths of believers and their spiritual offspring. The promise is "for you and for your children and all that are afar off," creating an unbroken chain of faith through time.

Discover how these interconnected prophecies reveal the magnificent continuity of God's redemptive plan—a plan that began before creation and continues to unfold through Christ's body today. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Blood Cells Vision and Purpose
• 8:45 Samuel as Mediator and Intercessor
• 9:55 Prophetic Names in Isaiah 22
• 19:05 The Key of David's Authority
• 22:50 God's Arm Brings Salvation
• 30:20 The Redeemer's Two-Fold Ministry
• 32:35 God's Covenant with His People

Transcript

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 0:04

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. I'm going to try to do the sharing of the word today a little bit differently. So if you don't have a Bible, you best get yourself a Bible, because I might be calling on you, I'm going to call on everybody randomly and you're going to need a Bible because I'm going to ask you to read verses and then you can just I need you to stand when I call on you Stand, read the verses, and then you can just I need you to stand when I call on you stand, read the verses and then you can sit down and then you can listen and be ready to stand next, because there's going to be a lot of reading today. And, uh, you know, I I think when, when you come to fellowship and you read the word, I think we kind of get uncomfortable, literally reading the word and reading every word in the word. And if you look into Jewish history, you would realize that they took a whole book and they sometimes would read that whole book and it would literally take all day long, and they all went there to hear the reading of the word. I don't know whether they elaborated, I don't know whether they you know, like we do today when we take some pieces of the word and we try to expound and clarify, but they literally spent their day reading the word. And so we're going to do a lot of that today and I'm going to try to clarify some things and maybe highlight some things that we may not have come to realize. So be ready when I call upon you and hopefully this kind of change will create in you a greater appreciation for the word and what he has done and what he has said and the things that he has not only declared but that he has also fulfilled.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 2:06

So we're going to start in 1 Samuel. I was reading that recently and some section of it popped out of me and, although it's not the whole gist of today's message, somehow God took that highlight in me and just led me somewhere down the road where I realized, wow, I didn't really see that connection initially, even though you highlighted some of its significance to me, and we're going to start in 1 Samuel 12. And just to intro it, this is the period where Israelites looked around at all the pagan nations. They had kings and they did something wicked. They asked for a king and God told Samuel do whatever it is that they've told you to do, and Samuel did it, but there was consequences to that. And so it's right around that time that we're gonna start reading In 1 Samuel 12, and ask Jordan to stand up loud and proudly and read 16 and verse 17.

Dante: 3:15

Therefore, stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes. It is the night we part us today.

Katy Leyva: 3:21

I will call unto the Lord and you shall send thunder and rain, and he may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which he hath done beside the Lord, and ask him to do it again.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 3:36

Right now, we see that whenever you substitute the King of Glory for anything else, it is a wicked thing, it is Antichrist. Antichrist is not simply against Christ, it's in substitution of the Lord of glory, and that is who Christ is. And when they asked for a king, they actually did a very wicked thing in asking for a king. And the interesting thing is that the Lord said give them what they want, give them their king. And so, Dante, I'm going to ask you to read 18 and verse 19.

Dante: 4:18

So Samuel called unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people great in fear of the Lord. And Samuel and all the people said unto Samuel Pray for thy servants, unto the Lord, thy God, that we die not that we have added unto all our sins evil to ask us of kingdom.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 4:41

The Lord said unto Samuel that I'm going to send thunder and rain. Tell them that, and it's going to be a sign unto them, a sign unto them of how wicked they have done in asking for a king. And when the Lord sent the thunder and the rain in the time of the harvest, the mediator, who I now see, is Samuel. Samuel was acting as a mediator, as an intercessor. He proclaimed that the thunder and the rain would come. And when it did come because it came as he, when he spoke it already the thunder and the rain were coming the people greatly feared and acknowledged their sins. They asked their mediator to plead to the Lord to forgive them. Would you read verse 20 and 21? Lina?

Lina Cook: 5:37

And Samuel said unto the people Fear not, ye have done all this wickedness, yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart and turn ye not aside, for then shall ye go after vain things.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 5:54

So God responds through Samuel, the mediator between him and between man, and he admonishes them Don't turn aside from following the Lord and serving him with all your heart. Do not turn after vain things, idols, which cannot bless and cannot deliver like I can. This is what the Lord said to his people. Sherry, would you read verse 22? Verse 22. So God then promises right then and there even though you've asked for a king and it's a very wicked thing that you have done I will not forsake you for my namesake. And if you remember Moses in the wilderness because of God's anger and wrath, he would always remind the Lord. Lord, remember thy name, because if you do away with these people, all of the nations around are going to see the type of God that you are.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 7:04

It's going to kind of mar your name. So remember, you know the promises that you made to your people and there are times in our life that I don't believe that we recognize or that we understand the honor it is, the privilege it is to be chosen by God to be his people. It pleased him to choose us. So there's something in the next few verses that I asked Sister Katy to read that caught my attention. This is the part that was highlighted to me, and then I just began to go off in something else just this past week when I realized I needed to deliver the word for this week, Katy, if you'll read 23, 24, and 25.

Katy Leyva: 8:00

Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sit against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you, but I will teach you the good and the right way. Only fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart, for consider how great things he has done for you, but if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your kingdom.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 8:19

So the mediator Samuel, excuse me, mediator Samuel, excuse me. So I begin to realize in this moment that Samuel is acting as a mediator, as an intercessor, and he says something that really, really caught my attention. He said God forbid that I should sin and stop praying for you, in ceasing to intercede for you and teaching you the good and the right way. We're going to come back to that at the end, because we're going to conclude with that chapter, but I find this interesting because, after meditating on this particular word why did this grab my attention? It occurred to me that Samuel was a type. We talk about types and shadows a lot. Well, Samuel is a type of what the only mediator between God and man would do. He does not cease to intercede for his people, he does not cease to show them the good and teach them the good and the right way. And I want to focus on that aspect of how did this form, how did this come about to be fulfilled? And so the next set of scriptures that we're going to focus on are prophetic concerning the man, Jesus Christ, his work and his purpose as the son of God. So we're going to turn to Isaiah, chapter 22.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 10:08

Now I'm going to ask my dad if he'll read verse 20 in Isaiah 22. It's on the screen, if you want Just verse 20. And it shall come to pass in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, correct? Now let me re-read this with the meaning of those two particular names there. So just listen.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 10:55

And it shall come to pass in that day that I will call my servant "God raises". The meaning of the name Eliakim is God raises the one whom God sets up, the one whom God raises. So think about the meaning of that when it says and it shall come to pass in that day that I will call my servant the one whom God raises, the son of my portion of Jehovah, my portion meaning my inheritance in Jehovah. Now remember this is prophetic of the man, Jesus Christ. Jesus is not named here, but if you look at the meaning of the names, you realize that it's prophetic, because I will call my servant the one whom I will raise. Who's the son of the portion of my inheritance. I will raise him up. I'll tell you if you read 21 and 22.

Althea Harris: 11:59

Althea, if you'll read 21 and 22. And I will clothe him with thy robe and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah, and the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulders, so he shall open and none shall shut. And he shall shut and none shall open.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 12:24

Now, if you ever delve into the scriptures, you know that the key of David is referring to Jesus Christ. It's referring to that he has been given an authority, he's been given a power to open doors that no man can shut. And if he chooses to close doors that no man can open, the key of David speaks to an authority that is given unto his servant, like what was given to David. David did something that seemed in the time, maybe in the moment, something that seemed in the time, maybe in the moment, contrary to what the Lord had established through his word and the Levitical priesthood. If you remember, the ark at one time was taken by the Philistines. They had defeated, they had slaughtered Israel. It was the day that Samuel's the high, it was the day that what's his name? The high priest Eli. It was the day that Eli died. They had taken the ark and his sons had died, and the ark was taken. The ark, the presence of God, was taken from Israel and Philistine took it. And you know what he did with the God, the idol. He crashed it down, he cut off its head and its arms and he slaughtered them with boils Not boils, I'm sorry, hemorrhoids, I mean, if you think you had hemorrhoids, you do not want the wrath of God through hemorrhoids. They literally died of it. So, anyways, the ark was brought back. At some point they realized the error of their ways and I'm not going to get into that. But when it came back to Israel they had placed the ark in the house of Obed-Edom for him to hold it, because David was a man with blood on his hands and he had to eventually build the temple. But it was not to be built by him. It would be built by his son, solomon. But what happened was David set up and pitched a tent for the ark in Zion and he delegated priests and Levites to minister before the Lord in music and in song daily. But you have to understand, David was not a Levite. Levites took care of the ark, Levites pitched a tent and Levites did all of these things. But it was David that sanctioned a new order of worship and he was not of the tribe of Levi. So what he was doing was kind of well. Well, hold on. The Lord gave us the law through Moses and told us to do certain things with the ark. But it wasn't this. And so you have to realize that in that moment David was also playing a type. He was playing a type of a transition that no one understood at the time, but we have understanding in Revelation as we look back on now. He was like John the Baptist. He was a person in the period of transition doing something that seemed new, but he was always pointing to the one that would come after him, that would come and baptize in the Holy Ghost and fire. So David then placed certain priests, levites, to minister and he established what we call the Davidic order of worship. And he established what we call the Davidic order of worship.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 16:01

Now, remember, in Acts 15, there was a great argument amongst the Christians and they established a council to be had in Jerusalem because they were discussing well, if the Gentiles are coming in, then they need to be circumcised. And I'm not. I don't want to branch off into that, but I'm just trying to remind you of that episode. But the apostle said James in particular he referred to after this, I will return and will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and I will build again the ruins thereof and I will set it up. The residue of men might seek after the Lord, the residue of men, not the Jews, the residue. The rest of the men might seek after the Lord, the residue of men, not the Jews, the residue. The rest of the men might seek after the Lord and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called. Sayeth the Lord who do with all of these things?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 16:59

David did something in the moment that seemed contrary to the law that was established through Moses, but in fact David was doing something that actually revealed God's heart, and God's heart has always been. God's heart has always been the salvation and redemption of all mankind, not just the chosen few. Jesus, in fulfilling this, davidic tabernacle, opened up, being given the key of David, the authority to open up something that no man can shut. He opened up salvation and redemption to all men, to the Gentiles, and though they tried to shut that door in the first century, and though many men and many denominations and organizations have tried to shut the door of salvation, it can't be shut. It is a door that he opened that none can touch.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 18:07

So if we will now read and continue in Isaiah 22, verse 23 and 24, I'll ask Stephen to stand and read and I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place and he shall be able to put a glorious throne to his father's house and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of a small quantity, from the vessels of cups even to all the vessels of flagons, amen, or flagons.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 18:46

And when the Lord makes this prophetic decree in Isaiah, I'm reminded of something in particular that Jesus prayed on the night of the Last Supper. It says in verse 24, and they shall hang upon him Remember, we're talking about my servant, whom God raises up, who is my inheritance, or the portion of the inheritance of God. I'm going to hang upon him all the glory of his father's house. Well, Jesus said something very particular in John 17, verse 5.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 19:19

As he prayed, he said and now, o Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, thou me with thine own self, glorify me with thine own self, the self of God, the glory which I had with thee before the world was, you see, when God came as a man, he disrobed himself of glory, his original glory, he took it all off and he became a mere mortal man.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 20:04

And he prayed that when his work was finished, that he would be be clothed with the glory of his father's self. In other words, the glory that he originally had from the beginning it says in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God, God and the word was God. God, in all of his glory, disrobed himself and became flesh, just like you, just like me, and he lived his life as a mere man and everything that he accomplished was as a man, through the power of the spirit that was in him without measure. He had to yield to the self of God that was in him without measure. And it says in verse 25, talking about this nail that was placed in a sure place.

Dante: 21:18

Joshua, if you read verse 25 in Isaiah 22.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 21:26

He calls him my servant, my servant whom God raises and whom I have given my inheritance to. He's like a nail fastened in a sure place, and I will give him the glory of my father's house. But it says that nail that was fastened in a sure place is going to be removed, is going to be cut down, and the burden that was upon that nail is going to be cut off. Now, as for me, that's a dark saying. What is that speaking of?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 22:09

If I was in the day of time Isaiah, and he said that I was like you're a prophet of God, what in the world are you talking about? I have no idea. That doesn't help me. None of that makes any sense. What are you talking about? That nail that was fastened in a sure place is going to be removed, it's going to be cut down, and the burden sure place is going to be removed, is going to be cut down, and the burden upon him is going to be cut off. Yes, that's a dark saying, indeed, but I believe the answer is found in the volume of the book, and so let's seek it out, because is it a glory for God to hide something and for a king to search out the matter. So let's turn to Isaiah 63. Brother Allen, would you read verse 4 and 5 in Isaiah, chapter 63?

Allen Cook: 23:09

For the day of vengeance is in my heart and the year of my redeeming has come. And I looked and there was none to help, and I wondered that there was none to uphold. Therefore, my own arm brought salvation unto me and my fury, it upheld me.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 23:28

My God is exposing his heart to us and He's saying there's some deep-seated vengeance in me. I see what's going on across this world. I see the sin, the wickedness, the defilement and the degradation that's going on and there's vengeance rising in my heart. And I see the day that's going to come where my redeemed is come, the year of my redeemed. And I looked down upon the earth and there was no one there to help. There was no one there praying, there was no one there interceding, there was no man available to do the work that needed to be done. And so he says, therefore, my own arm brought salvation to me, my fury, my vengeance, it upheld me. Let's go to verse 11 of the same chapter. Ashley, are you able? Okay, verse 11 through 13.

Althea Harris: 24:33

Then he remembered the days of old Moses and his people saying when is he that brought them up out of the sea With the shepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his Holy Spirit within them? That led them by the right hand of Moses, with his glorious arm Dividing the water before them To make themselves an everlasting name? That led them to the deep, as in the course of the wilderness?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 24:55

You see, Moses here is acting as a type again. He is a type of the glorious arm of salvation. He says my own arm brought salvation, but when he delivered the people out of Egypt, the Israelites out of Egypt, he also used the same metaphor my glorious arm. Moses was God's glorious hand or arm of deliverance, of salvation and of healing to the people. He did all three of those things. He delivered them out of Egypt, he saved them. Salvation and of healing to the people. He did all three of those things. He delivered them out of Egypt, he saved them From the enemy that was coming after him and he healed them. All those three things were taking place and it was through Moses, a man Acting as a type Of the redeemer, that would come. Let's read more into this. Let's go back a few chapters to Isaiah 59.

Lydia Ruiz: 26:06

Lydia. Read 15, 16, and 17, please. Yea, truth faileth, and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And the Lord saw, and it displeased him, that there was no judgment, and he saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore, his arm brought salvation unto him and his righteousness is sustained, for he put on righteousness as the breastplate and a helmet of salvation upon his head, and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 26:42

Whether you understand this or not, this is already beginning to speak of the ministry of Jesus Christ. God again looking about throughout the earth and he says truth is failing, Truth is failing the person that departs from evil. He's actually making himself vulnerable because he's been taken out like lions take out their prey. So when people walk in righteousness, they get taken advantage of, they get abused. And He sees this and his indignation is rising up within Him because He wants to set the record straight. He wants to see justice in the earth, but there is no man to bring it. He cannot find him. He's searching to and fro throughout the earth and He can't find it, and it's displeasing him. There was no judgment for the poor, there was no judgment for the weak, there was no judgment for the widow for the fatherless, and he's rising up with fury and anger, but he doesn't find a man that will take care of the situation. And since he saw no man and he wondered why there was no intercessor, His own arm, that meaning He Himself, brought the salvation that was needed to rectify the injustices that he saw on the earth. And the righteousness his own righteousness, sustained that man. God's righteousness sustained the arm of salvation that would bring redemption to mankind. He put on the breastplate of righteousness. It was his protection, it was his covering. He was untouchable in the days of his flesh, until the fullness of time came. It says he put on the helmet of salvation upon his head and the salvation of many was impressed upon his mind because he said his face as a flint, not for his own salvation but because he saw that his sacrifice would bring many sons to glory. So he put on a helmet of salvation and it was constantly on his mind I'm here to save, I'm here to save, I've come to save them which are lost, He says. So as we read these three verses. He also had a garment of vengeance,

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 29:23

it says. We see his ministry twofold. The first and it began this description is that he came in righteousness to save the unrighteous. That was his first ministry. He had to take care of saving his people first. In the latter part of his ministry it consists of taking vengeance on all of those who will not accept the work of salvation for themselves. It says very clearly in the New Covenant Scriptures two places 1 Thessalonians 1.8 and 1 Peter 4.17. I'm just going to summarize it, but you can write those down 1 Thessalonians 1.8, 1 Peter 14. 1 Thessalonians 1.8, 1 Peter 14. It says very clearly he's returning to take vengeance on them that don't know God and have not obeyed the gospel, and that his judgment will begin where In the house of God. So there is an aspect to Christ's ministry that has to do with vengeance, but first it was dealing with the salvation of his people. And you see that in the account of the Israelites Did they just destroy all of Pharaoh and all of his kingdom, the people? No, they first had to get delivered.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 30:42

When they got delivered and brought out. Then he prepared them in the wilderness so that they could go forth and take vengeance on his enemies that were in the promised land. The same happens for us, the same happened for him. He was not there to set up an earthly kingdom, not yet. That was not the time. The time was to take care of the salvation of his people. Amen, taylor, would you please stand up and read verse 18, 19, and 20 of Isaiah 59, the same place we were at.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 31:45

Isaiah 59, 18, 19, and 20. Is that Isaiah 59?, 18, 19, and 20? Did y'all get it? I don't know. It sounded kind of different. That's fine, thank you. I'm going to go ahead and read it. It says according to their deeds accordingly he will repay Fury to his adversaries. Recompense to his enemies to the islands. He will repay Fury to his adversaries. Recompense to his enemies to the islands. He will repay recompense. So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like the flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him and the Redeemer shall come to Zion and unto them that turn from transgression. In Jacob saith, the Lord, the Redeemer, comes to Zion. Zion is a word that has been used countless of times in the Scripture to refer to His people. The Redeemer shall come to His people and those that will turn away from their sin. He'll come to them, to those that repent. He will come to them, Patricia, if you read verse 21.

Patricia Ruiz: 33:05

As for me, this is my covenant with them.

Patricia Ruiz: 33:07

Say it the Lord, my spirit that is upon thee and my words, which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed seed saith the Lord from henceforth and forever.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 33:24

This is not only prophetic of the man, of Jesus Christ, this is also prophetic of the body. It says as for me, this is my covenant with him, with them, this is my covenant with them. There is a body, there is a many-membered body that I'm making a covenant with. But I'm speaking now prophetically of the man, Jesus Christ, and saying that My Spirit is upon thee. My words I have put in thy mouth. Did not Jesus say that, whatever I hear from the Father, that is what I say. He's putting his words in the man, Jesus' mouth. It shall not depart from thy mouth, and nor did it ever do. Nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of the offspring of Jesus will it depart. My Spirit is upon Him and them, and they will speak my words. It will not depart from their mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed. Didn't it say in Acts 2 that the promise is for you and for your children and all that are afar off that shall call upon the name of the Lord? He's got it all covered for all mankind.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 34:39

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