Pure in Heart
Exactly what does “pure in heart” mean? Does it mean we are sin free? Or does it mean we are to be perfect? Let’s look at what scripture tells us.
Psalm 24:3-5 – Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hand and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from GOD of his salvation.
Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the pure at heart; for they shall see God.
James 4:8 – “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse you hands ye sinners; and purify your hearts ye double minded.”
This set of scripture from King James Version of The Holy Bible used above addresses “pure of heart” separately from sin. To wash your hands from sin, to clean them and get ride of the sin. Purification is linked directly to being doubled minded and deceitful. What is occurring in your mind. Saying one thing and thinking another? Or judging one person for an action when your are guilty of the same?
Talmage analyses Rev 20:17-15, Isaiah 65:17-25 and 11:6-9 and what shall come of those who are impure of heart. He states “The Millennium is to precede the time designated in scriptural phrases “the end of the world”. When the thousand years are passed, Satan shall be loosed for a little season, and the final test of man’s integrity to God shall ensue. Such as are prone to impurity of the heart shall yield to temptation while the righteous shall endure to the end.”
In Talmage’s notes on Chapter 42 he discusses “Regeneration of the Earth” and says this; In speaking of the graded and progressive glories provided for His creations, and of the laws of regeneration and sanctification, the Lord has thus spoken through revelation in the present dispensation; “And again, I say unto you, the earth abideth the law of the celestial kingdom, for it filleth the measure of its creation, and transgresseth not the law. Wherefore it shall be sanctified; yea notwithstanding it shall die, it shall be quickened again, and it shall abide the power by which it is quickened, the righteous shall inherit it. The appointed change, by which the earth shall pass to the condition of the celestialized world, is referred to in numerous scriptures as the institution of “a new heaven and new earth”. (Rev 21:1, 3 & 4)
The Law of the GOD conscious and the celestial will be abided by the earth. It’s obvious the destruction of man is the deceitfulness in his/her mind. One must be TRUE in ones heart and to God. Be true to each other for there are no secrets in the spiritual realm. It is clear how this is to be dealt with and one should not wait for this time to reconcile their condition and/or state of mind.
Here's info on the Muslim "Heart Purification"
Ramadan Purification of Hearts
Christ Control over Matter and Energy
Further analysis and review of this book by Talmage titled “Jesus the Christ” I became amazed at the observation that Talmage made in this book. The subject matter is “Christ’s control over matter and energy”. We all know about the story when Christ was in the boat with Peter and a great storm came and all the men thought they would parish. Christ calmed the storm and waters with his voice.
Talmage’s observation is a follows; Among the recorded miracles of Christ, none elicited greater diversity in comment and in attempt to elucidation than the marvelous instance of control over the forces of nature. Science ventures no explanation. The Lord of earth, air and sea spoke and was obeyed. He is who, amidst the black chaos of creation’s earliest stages, had commanded with immediate effect – Let there be light: Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters; Let the dry land appear – and, as He decreed, so it was. The dominion of the Creator over the created is real and absolute. A small part of that dominion has been committed to man as the offspring of God, tabernacle in the very image of his DIVINE father. But man exercises that delegated control through secondary agencies, and by means of complicated mechanism. Man’s power over the objects to his own devising is limited. It is according to the curse evoked by Adam’s fall, which came through transgression, which by the strain of his muscles, by the sweat of his brow, and by the stress of his mind, shall be achieved. His word is yet but a sound wave in the air. Through the Spirit that emanates from the very persona of Deity, which pervades all space, the command of God is immediately operative.
Not man alone, but also the earth and all the elemental forces pertaining thereto came under Adamic curse; and as the soil no longer brought forth good and useful fruit, but gave of its substance to nurture thorns and thistles, so the several forces of nature ceased to be obedient to man as agents subject to his direct control. What we call natural forces – heat, light, electricity, chemical affinity – are but a few of the manifestations of eternal energy through which the Creator’s purposes are subserved; and these few, man is able to direct and utilize only through mechanical contrivance and physical adjustment. But the earth shall vet be “renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory”; then soil, water, air and the forces acting upon them shall directly respond to the command of glorified man, as they now obey the word of the Creator.
I found this revelation profound! Talmage is basically saying that we being created as the offspring of GOD we have the power to command the elements of nature. Furthermore, as we approach the new millennium, it is obvious that all curses placed upon us in the “fall of man” will be lifted and we would regain control over the elements. Moses also commanded this power over the elements as well. These were acts of “will” by high holy beings. The new millennium promises us all beings will be higher in their vibration level and love will be the dominate power. It makes perfect sense to only trust such powers to higher beings . . . we should begin to see signs of “higher beings” or “beings of light” gaining these controls back as we move closer to the dimensional shift.
