The Spirit, the Water and the Blood
The Spirit, the Water and the Blood
By Richard St.James
Bible 1611.Com / Old Paths Baptist Mission © 2024
2.
Water
Water is the second witness in earth.
Water, water, is everywhere.
We will begin in the book
of Job, chapter thirty-eight, verse thirty. We
read:
“The waters are hid as
with a stone, and the face of the deep is
frozen.
Canst thou bind the
sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of
Orion?
Canst thou bring forth
Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide
Arcturus with his sons?
Knowest thou the
ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?” [Job
38:30-33]
The face of the deep is frozen.
Beyond,
and higher than the clouds, [the first
heaven] and beyond our solar system [the sun,
the moon and the planets], are the star
constellations, which is the second heaven].
To the north, and
beyond, and higher than these star
constellations, and beyond the expanse of the
universe, we leave the domain of time to pass into
eternity, and thus, we come to the third
heaven.
2 Corinthians 12:2: “I
knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out
of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an
one caught up to the third heaven.”
We must now cross
the waters of the frozen deep.
Frozen deep?
Job 38:30: “The
waters are hid as with a stone, and the face
of the deep is frozen.”
These waters form a
sea of glass with the appearance much
like as unto crystal. This
is the frozen deep.
Revelation 4:6: “And
before the throne there was a sea of glass
like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne,
and round about the throne, were four beasts
full of eyes before and behind.”
And above this crystal
sea is a THRONE.
Psalm 48:2: “Beautiful
for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is
mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the
city of the great King.”
Our interest will be now
focused on what is below the throne that is
in the third heaven. Below the third heaven is
the frozen deep.
This frozen deep
is the source for all the waters in the
universe. It is the fountain for all
the waters involved in the creation in all that was
created. We see the deep in the first
book of Moses called Genesis in the first chapter:
Genesis 1:2 “And the
earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
What is water?
Water
is a substance that is clear, colorless, odorless,
and a tasteless liquid, H2O, and is essential for
life. The freezing point is 0°C
(32°F); the boiling point is 100°C (212°F); and the
specific gravity at (4°C) is 1.0000; and its weight
per gallon is (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).
Water is a universal solvent.
Water is called the
“universal solvent” because it is capable of
dissolving more substances than any other liquid on
the planet. This is very important to every living
thing on this earth. It means that wherever water
goes, either through the air, the ground, or through
our bodies, it takes along valuable chemicals,
minerals, and nutrients.
Water sprinkled cleansed or purified the
Levitical priests for service:
Cleanse them!
Wash their clothes! Make them ever so
clean!
Numbers 8:7:
“And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them:
Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them
shave all their flesh, and let them wash their
clothes, and so make themselves clean.”
In the Mosaic Law there was provision for a
water of purification.
Numbers 19:9:
“And a man that is clean shall gather up the
ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without
the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for
the congregation of the children of Israel for a
water of separation: it is a purification for
sin.”
The face of the waters:
Notice where the water
came from in the flood in Noah’s day. It
came from the fountains of the great
deep. The LORD used WATER in
the judgment of all that lived on the earth
in the great Noachian Flood.
Proverbs 8:28: “When
he established the clouds above: when he
strengthened the fountains of the deep:”
The world-wide flood
occurred when the fountains of the great deep
were broken up, as is seen in the book of
Moses called Genesis:
Genesis 7:11: “In the
six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second
month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same
day were all the fountains of the great deep broken
up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
Upon the noise of God’s
waterspouts, the deep [the flood] covered
this earth.
Psalm 104:6: “Thou
coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:
the waters stood above the mountains.”
Genesis 8:2: “The
fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven
were stopped, and the rain from heaven was
restrained;”
Again we find the location of the deep is
below the third heaven.
Genesis 49:25:
“Even by the God of thy father, who shall
help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee
with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the
deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and
of the womb:”
Deuteronomy 33:13:
“And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be
his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the
dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,”
Again, we find the original state of the
deep is frozen.
Job 38:30: “The waters
are hid as with a stone, and the face of the
deep is frozen.”
The water of the frozen deep can be
transformed and found in three states, as a solid,
as a liquid or as a gas.
Water can be boiled
and can exist in a gaseous state: Job 41:31:
“He maketh the deep to
boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of
ointment.”
Water can even exist as a
hoar frost as found in the books of Exodus
and of Job [Exodus 16:14, Job 41:32]:
“He maketh a path to
shine after him; one would think the deep
to be hoary.”
The deep also
refers to the oceans and the seas of this earth,
and to the rivers, too. The frozen deep
of the second heaven calls to the deep
upon the earth at a signal [at the noise] of the
waterspouts, and as the fountains do from
the deep above.
Deep calleth unto deep [as if it were a
person].
Here it is in the Psalms:
Psalm 42:7:
“Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy
waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone
over me.”
The Deep is calling!
Now, who is the One that
controls the great deep?
Answer: The waters
of the great deep are controlled by
God as shown in these three verses:
·
Amos 7:4: “Thus
hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the
Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured
the great deep, and did eat up a part.”
·
Ezekiel 26:19: “For
thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a
desolate city, like the cities that are not
inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep
upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;”
·
Isaiah 51:10: “Art
thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of
the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea
a way for the ransomed to pass over?”
Now, the Deep can
be heard as a voice. This Deep
can be heard in the book of Habakkuk the
prophet:
Habakkuk 3:10: “The
mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the
overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered
his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.”
Also, there is this
telling reference to the Mediterranean Sea as
being the deep, wherein the floods
compassed the prophet Jonah:
Jonah 2:3: “For thou
hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the
seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy
billows and thy waves passed over me.”
The LORD covered
with the deep Pharaoh [who is a type of the
Devil]:
Ezekiel 31:15: “Thus
saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to
the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep
for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and
the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon
to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field
fainted for him.”
The LORD manipulates
the deep as when HE led Israel through the
deep in the exodus from Egypt:
Isaiah 63:13: “That
led them through the deep, as an horse in the
wilderness, that they should not stumble?”
Even the Apostle Paul had
spent time in the deep:
2 Corinthians 11:25:
“Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned,
thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I
have been in the deep;”
Note: The devils
did not want to be banished to the deep in
the Gospel according to Luke:
Luke 8:31: “And they
besought him that he would not command them to go
out into the deep.”
Furthermore, there are
areas in the Sea of Galilee that can be called
the deep:
Luke 5:4: “Now when he
had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out
into the deep, and let down your nets for a
draught.”
And something else, the
deep can also refer to the rivers of this
earth. For this, look in the book of Isaiah,
the prophet:
Isaiah 44:27: “That
saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy
rivers:”
Hell is also, referred
as the deep. This can be seen in the
epistle to the Romans:
Romans 10:7: “Or, Who
shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up
Christ again from the dead.)”
All these references to
the deep are sourced from the frozen deep
[which is the crystal sea] which is below the
throne of God in the third heaven.
What can we learn here?
We can learn that, the mightiness of the LORD
God is revealed by HIS wonders in the deep:
Psalm 107:24: “These
see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the
deep.”
1 John 5:8:
“And there are three that bear witness in
earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and
these three agree in one.
The third witness is the
Blood:
Next - 3. The Blood
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