I titled it "Come and dine." The background behind "Come and Dine" comes from three different foundations that I believe God opened for relationship unto his people throughout the entire bible. To learn of his ways and be salvaged from a dying world by the eternal life that he now gives through his Son. If you have some time to read and or receive please by no means be shy.

In the beginning it was "Come and hear" what God is saying, has said, and what God was doing. If you turn to Genesis 3: 8-10 The spirit and voice of the Lord was heard by Adam and Eve after they had sinned in the Garden of Eden. The same voice was apparent all through Genesis as God spoke to many people through a audible voice from the sky to make communication with his people. Why? Some theologians call this period of life the "Age of Consciousness" these is where there was a conscious awareness of God. There was not a bible or written word of the inspiration of God. Nor were there many testimonies of man of the works that God did. Before Noah was sparred with the Ark there were many sons of God the bible calls that fell and slept with the daughters of men. (Genesis 6: 2) Who could visualize God? Therefore there are many areas where it says they did what they saw right in there own eyes. However, there weren many that by his word moved by faith as Abraham did. That is why he is called the father or faith.

Where does the "Come and See" relationship come from? Well let look further into history of what God did. As history recalls there were Egyptian kings that did not know of Joseph or the lineage of the Hebrews. Therefore they were soon enslaved by the Egyptians. The bible recalls that the Israelites were enslaved for 430 years and unto them came Moses, the deliverer. Thus we have a new message and communication of God unto his people. God appeared: unto Moses and the Israelites by the burning bush, the miracles of God (Split of Red Sea), the wraths of God (The killing of the First Born), the Ark of the covenant, God speaking to Moses on the mountain, and the Prophets of God. God then made his mark on the world in visual aspects. Thus he was able to have objects, people, environments, and other manifestations to show all people that he was real and he is a jealous God. This period called the "Age of the Law" whereas the commandments of God were given unto Moses and the establishment of the Levitical priesthood for men to usher sacrifices unto God for the atonement of their sins. This was the Old Testament approach of God from Moses all the way unto Malachi. He further used the prophets of God to be men and women that stood and boldly proclaim what God was saying. Others such as Elijah showed manifestation of God through the miracles that he and Elisha did. Why a come and see? Well I believe that the increase of sorceries and witchcrafts that were going on in that day. Even Abraham himself was pulled from the Chaldean tribes which in the Book of the Daniel the Chaldeans were known as the "Enchanters". How many times before Moses was able to breach the door the Israelites to be freed were some of the miracles duplicated by the magicians? People who erected their own God and called unto their names were making things physically manifest in the world. All through the Old Testament after the book of Genesis are stories of people who in their attempt to duplicate, reach or display a power of God used a demonically influenced method and in exchange of their thirst of fame and power seduced many men into deception.

This reference was more noticeable in the New Testament with the fulfillment of Jesus Christ. Jesus was the walking manifestation of the word of God. Many men came with the word of God in their mouths but none fulfilled it by not only God's intent but God's spirit. He was the son of the almighty God... All that Jesus was: from birth by the word in creation, promise, prophecy, and presentation was a visual to the world of the character of God in the flesh. He fulfilled all that was spoken of himself (John 12:49), he cherished all that his Father established, and he related unto the people a bridge to allow people to understand whom his Father really was. God, his father, was not someone always destroying everything or drowning the world, but he is a compassionate and merciful Father.

Why did people need to see this aspect of God?

Because of the many people who did not believe.

When Jesus resurrected from the dead there we have the where I believe God was speaking unto the people to "Come and Dine." When He (Jesus) first makes his appearance back to the disciples in the book of John we see a continuance of what he did before he was captured to be crucified. (John 21:12). They did not recognize him nor would they ever imagine the first words unto them would be "Children, have ye any meat?" (John 21:5) He tells them to come to the shore (They were fishing) to dine with him. This is such the life that we are now called to live. We are to come to the table of the Lord and dine with him upon his body. (Mark 14:51) What is this bread which and why Jesus called the Bread of Life? (John 6:22-40) It is Jesus. Jesus says those who "Come" to him shall never hunger and he who "Believes" shall never thirst. The partaking of his flesh and blood was the communion with God of the bread of life and the sanctifying blood of the new Covenant. This was established through Christ. This "coming and dining" is such an invitation to anyone God draws unto himself. He wants you to hear him, he wants you to love him, and most of all he wants to dwell in you to manifest his Glory through you. He is all that you will ever need...you just have to "Come and Dine" with him as a Child who fervently believes and loves with a pure heart.

What is the conclusion of it all. Because now we can hear and see and now dine with him. We have a perfect example of how we should live in this world. We have it through Jesus Christ. In your daily walk in life feed upon his bread to enrich your life so you can fulfill all that God has called you to fulfill and with power, purpose, and intent of honoring your spiritual father. It's nothing more fulfilling in life that to be of his fulfillments through you and to engage a level of love not by what you say or do. But how much of yourself you give in the name of Jesus.

R.Williams

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