12/29/2019 

Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.  For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;  and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’  He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.  And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.  He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.  Matthew 10:34-39

Confident proclamation of the Gospel doesn’t Bring Peace it brings a Sword.

• Jesus said so.
• What did He mean?

How does the Law of First Mention apply to the word “Sword”?

So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.  Genesis 3:24

• The Sword separates those with access to the Tree of Life from those without.
• It is the Sword of Judgment.
• Judgment to Life or Death.

Access to the Tree of Life is given to us when we have started to Overcome. 

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.  The Revelation of Jesus Christ 2:7

The Sword is also found in The Revelation of Jesus Christ. 

• As One Son of Man we have a sharp 2-edged sword coming out of our mouth.
• Those in active rebellion against God are killed with this sword.

An antichrist Sword is also mentioned in The Revelation of Jesus Christ. 

• This is the Sword of the threat of Death.
• It is wielded by Military Babylon.
• Military Babylon threatens Witnesses who Testify to Jesus the King with Death.
• Death by this Sword.
• Before The End many Saints are killed by the Sword.
• In The End those seeking to kill the Saints by the Sword are killed by the Sword.

This distinction between 2 Swords is why Jesus told Peter to put away his Sword.

• Peter was using the wrong Sword.

Jesus at His coming didn’t bring Peace. 

• It caused the Sword of Military Babylon to be revealed.
• The sharp 2-edged Sword is in the Mouth of the One Son of Man at His coming.

Sadly, choosing to be a Witness can result in your Household being split into 2. 

• Those Journeying towards Life.
• Those Journeying towards Death.

…a man’s enemies will be those of his own household. 

The Key to understanding the divine order in Marriage is the principle that Jesus spoke in Matthew 19:8. 

He (Jesus) said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 

• What Marriage was in the beginning is meant to be the Pattern for Marriage now.
• Any other Pattern for Marriage found in scripture is present because of the hardness of our hearts.
• And is a lower Blueprint.
• The highest Blueprint for Marriage is found In the Beginning before the Fall. 

Genesis 3:16 is a curse.  

• It is not a command.

 To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.” 

It’s a 5-fold curse placed on the woman. 

• I will greatly multiply your sorrow.
• I will greatly multiply your conception.
• In pain you shall bring forth children.
• Your desire shall be for your husband.
• Your husband shall rule over you.

I will greatly multiply your sorrow. 

• Giving birth is sorrow until the birth is complete.
• Then it’s joy.
• Your husband ruling over you is sorrow.

Your husband shall rule over you is a curse.

• Spoken to Wives.
• Not a Commandment spoken to Husbands. 

Husbands ruling over Wives is not divine ordering of marriage.  

• It is not part of the pre-Fall condition of man. 

Let’s look at what Peter says about the relationship between husband and wife: 

Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.  1 Peter 3:1-7

Wives are told to submit themselves to their husbands.

• They are told why to submit.
• So that their husbands may be won.
• They are told how to submit.

Husbands are not told to rule over their wives.

• They are told how to live with their wives.
• They are warned that not doing so will result in their prayers not being answered.

Again, husbands are not told to rule over their lives.

• When a husband does so he is doing this on his own initiative.
• Not at the Lord’s command.

Note the key word “likewise” appearing repeatedly.

• What does this refer to?
• It has to be in the previous context.
• It refers back to the example of Christ of suffering in 1 Peter 2:21-23.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

“Who committed no sin,

Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously…

“Likewise” refers to how we are to suffer in marriage.

• We are to suffer in the way that Jesus suffered.
• Without sinning by what we say.
• By committing ourselves to God’s judgment.

… committed Himself to Him who judges righteously…

• This has meaning to us who have been given Thrones from which to Judge.
• We are able to Judge our marriages righteously.

I am newly seeing that the Husband holds the key to the condition of a marriage.

• This is a special caution to those women who are unmarried and want to marry.

Spouses seated on Thrones for Judgment are able to do much for their marriage.  

• Much more than spouses not seated on Thrones for Judgement can do.

Wife, in Oneness with Jesus the King you are freed from the Genesis 3 curse. 

• Your husband will get free from ruling over you when He overcomes.
• If not before. 

Jesus doesn’t rule over you. 

• You are not under Him.
• He is not over you.
• You are in Him.

Ruling is for the purpose of subduing. 

• Ruling is to bring something under you that has been over you.
• You rule over your Enemies.
• Not over your friends. 

Religion says that a wife is under her husband. 

• As a Son of God a wife is called to the glorious freedom of the Sons of God.
• Just as much as a husband is. 

A husband who has not come out of the Old may not see it this way. 

• Religion supports him in his ruling over you.
• The Old Wine Skin church may support him in this.
• The law in some countries will support him.
• In others it will not.

Again:

 A Husband is not told to rule over his wife.

• The wife is told that a Husband will rule over her.
• She is told to submit to him when he does.
• But the husband is not told to rule over his wife.
• When he does rule over her he is not doing so at God’s command.

Marriage, in its highest form, is a partnership between 2 believers. 

• Both of whom have overcome.
• Both of whom have come into the Glorious Freedom of the Sons of God.
• Both of whom are One with the Godhead.

Like everything else, marriage is a Journey. 

• It works best when both spouses want the same things.
• Or at least, can agree to disagree. 

If one spouse insists on controlling the other then Marriage is not a Journey. 

• It is slavery. 

Here is what Peter says about Slaves / Servants and Masters. 

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.  For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.  For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.  1 Peter 2:18-20

• Sounds a lot like what Peter tells a wife to do when her husband rules over her.

Husband, if you rule over your wife you are not doing so at God’s command. 

• You are not doing so with God’s support.
• You are on your own doing this on your own.
• It will hinder your prayers.
• Because you are sinning when you rule over your wife.

Husband, you can not rule over your wife with a flow of Holy Spirit. 

• Take a look at how you rule over your wife.
• It’s probably with anger.
• Not with the gentle flow of Holy Spirit.
• It’s probably with anger because you feel that your wife is not honoring you.
• When the truth is that you are not honoring her.
• In Christ your wife is your complete equal.
• By ruling over her you are not honoring her as your equal.

Do we see the same Pattern in Ephesians 5? 

…be filled with the Spirit, …  submitting to one another in the fear of God.

Wives submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.  For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.  Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,  that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,  that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.  So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.  For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.  For we are members of His body,^]of His flesh and of His bones.  “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.  Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:18-33

Yes, we see the same Pattern in Ephesians 5.

• Submitting to one another in the fear of God is an aspect of being filled with the Spirit.
• Both Husbands and Wives are to be filled with the Spirit.
• Husbands and Wives are told to submit to one another.
• Wives are told to submit to their Husbands because the Husband is the Head of the Wife as Christ is the Head of the Church.
• Husbands are not told to Rule Over their Wives.
• Nowhere does it say that a Husband is to make his Wife submit to him.
• Instead, Husbands are told to Love their Wives as Christ Loves the Ecclesia.
• A Wife will respect a Husband to the degree that he loves her.

1 Corinthians 7 is the key scripture about a believer married to an unbeliever. 

• The below is based on a reading of the NKJV.
• Verify by discovery.
• The translation may not be entirely correct.

The believer appears to have two choices. 

• Staying.
• Leaving, but not divorcing appears to be not approved, but permitted.

The unbeliever appears to have 3 choices.

• Be saved by the believing spouse.
• Not be saved by the believing spouse and stay.
• Not be saved by the believing spouse and leave.

In this last case the believer who remains is said to be “called to Peace”. 

• This implies that the other cases involve a lack of Peace between the spouses.
• Though the believing Spouse can have internal Peace throughout the process.

This Peace comes internally to the believer.

 It comes initially when the believing Spouse puts things in the right priority.

• Unashamed testimony first.
• Believing for the salvation of your children second.
• Holding loosely to your Spouse allowing them to go if they want to.
• Loving them while they stay.