THE KINGDOM GARDEN OF OUR RESURRECTION

MF Blume
August 2, 2015


John 19:41-42 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. (42) There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.



Like the Garden of Eden, Jesus laid in the Garden.
Adam laid down his life, so to speak, in a Garden so he would not be all alone.
Jesus spoke of being alone.

Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man  should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Genesis 2:21-22 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; (22) And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a  woman, and brought her unto the man.

John 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

Like Adam, Jesus was like a kernel of wheat that would be alone except it fall and die.
And just as Adam went into a deep sleep, and God took from him material inside to make the woman, Jesus fell in death and that death was indicated by the
wound in His side.
The side spoke of death when Adam had his side opened up.
Blood and water came forth.
 
John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

Jesus was laid in a GARDEN and that’s where His resurrection occurred.
But his resurrection saw US COME FORTH.
He’s not alone now because WE AROSE WITH HIM.

Recall the holiest of holies in the Tabernacle had a VEIL WITH  CHERUBIMS on it, like the entrance of the Garden was blocked by cherubims.
In order to prove High Priesthood, the rods of Israel were placed in the holiest before the ark of the covenant.

Numbers 17:3-5 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of  Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. (4) And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. (5) And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall
blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the  children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

Numbers 17:7-8 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. (8) And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was  budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

Jesus is the rod.
Recall the SEED that is planted GROWS and is NOT ALONE.
That rod was in the Holiest behind cherubims on a veil like the tree of life was behind the cherubims in the garden.
And the rod was dead, laid in that garden tomb, and resurrected to NO MORE BE ALONE.
WE AROSE WITH HIM.
THE TREE OF LIFE IN THE GARDEN IS A RESURRECTION TREE!
It’s like the GARDEN WAS PLANTED ALL OVER AGAIN!
THE TREE OF LIFE PLANTED TOO!
Planted in DEATH OF JESUS, and we come up with Him as BRANCHES.

Genesis 2:8-9 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man  whom he had formed. (9) And out of the ground made the
LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Jesus was made to GROW OUT OF THE GROUND.

Growing from a planting of the seed is RESURRECTION OF JESUS.

He would not be alone.

Notice the ROD OF AARON was an ALMOND ROD.

Numbers 17: (8) And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds,  and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Exodus 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his  knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.

Exodus 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop
and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

So the candlesticks branches had the SAME BUDS, FLOWERS and ALMONDS that Aaron’s RESURRECTED rod had!

And when Jesus said He’d be alone unless he fall into ground like a  seed and die, he said He’d be like a plant growing from the seed with MANY OTHER SEEDS.
The branches are the churches.

Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me.  And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

There were seven candlesticks, because John saw the SAME BRANCHED candlesticks of the Tabernacle!
Everything in Revelation is based on the TEMPLE and TABERNACLE.
You have a holiest of holies called heaven where no one is worthy  to go except JESUS the HIGH PRIEST/LAMB.

Revelation 1:20 …and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

So the GARDEN TOMB where Jesus was PLANTED IN DEATH is like the Lord PLANTING A GARDEN in EDEN.
The TREE OF LIFE is being planted.
And we are the BRANCHES.

Notice something else.

John 20:11-12 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, (12) And seeth two
angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

Ark was placed inside the HOLIEST past the VEIL.
Carrying cherubims!
Representations of all animals Adam named in the GARDEN.

1 Kings 6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

15 feet high

1 Kings 6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house:  and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall,
and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

Jesus laid between two angels in the garden tomb like the blood was  sprinkled beneath the cherubims’ wings on the ark of the covenant.

IT ALL POINTS TO THE DEATH OF JESUS, SHEDDING HIS BLOOD AND bringing us INTO THE GARDEN AGAIN by RESURRECTION LIFE!



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