The Parables of Christ no. 43
New
Cloth the crown of Glory
Rev. Brian Kocourek
This morning we will take one last parable which is
not a parable of Christ, but it is more a symbol that has to do with the new
garment we spoke of last night. And remember the garment the Bride s to wear is
a wedding garment and is also the garment of His righteousness.
Now, last night we spoke from matthew
mark and Luke about this new patch upon an old garment. But this morning I want
to address another piece of the wedding garment and that is the head piece. Now,
you may recall the parable of the ten pieces of silver. This is worn by the
woman that is married. We spoke of the ten pieces of silver and how the number
ten is one of the perfect numbers and it is significant because it is the first
decade and represents the entire numerical
system. The entire numerical system coming to a completion. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10
starts is all over again, because the fist two numbers 0, and 1 are both used
in this first decade showing there are no more numbers to be used. And the
number ten signifies that the whole cycle is now complete.
I PETER 5:1 ¶ The elders which are among you I
exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and
also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God
which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but
willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords
over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief
Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown
of glory that fadeth not away.
Therefore this morning we want to look at this crown
of Glory. Now, we know the word glory is the greek
word doxa which means opinion, assessment, or judgment. This hen tells us that
the Elect will have the very opinion of God, His assessment of Himself and His
Judgment. In other words, what He says, she says. Br. Branham said, The Bride will have Thus Saith the Lord or she will
keep still.
Therefore with these thoughts in mind let’s look into
this head piece that the Bride will have placed upon here head at that great
marriage.
James
Revelations
2:10-11 Fear none of those things which thou shalt
suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison,
that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou
faithful unto death, and I will give thee a
crown of life. 11 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be
hurt of the second death.
Revelations
We
are talking about the hedge that GOD has put around us;
Ps
1:6 For
the LORD knoweth (YADA, to watch
over with an active particpation) the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall
perish.
Ps
27:5 For in the time of trouble he
shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide
me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Ps
31:20 Thou
shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt
keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Job
JOB
1:6 ¶
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the LORD said
unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered
the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast
thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a
perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 9 Then
Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God
for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him,
and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance
is increased in the land.
Now let’s compare PS 103:4 to PS 1:6 and PS 31:20, we see He encircles us and we are caught up into Him as a cyclotron of His presence or to
be more scriptural;like a whirlwind all around us.
PSALMS
103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee
with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
2nd
COR 3:18 NIV "And we,who with unveiled faces all
reflect the LORD'S Glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever
increasing glory,which comes from the LORD, Who is The Spirit.
This crowning is one which fadeth not away as we see
in 1 PET 5:4 And
when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that
fadeth not away.
but we see in ISA 40:5-9 that man
fades and everything that is created will fade,so this crown which fades not
must be the Word as ISAIAH says,"only the Word of
GOD will not fade but endures forever."
ISAIAH
40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be
revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken [it]. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What
shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the
flower of the field: 7 The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is]
grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall
stand for ever. 9 ¶ O
Now ISA 28:5 says He is our Crown. In that day
shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty,
unto the residue of his people.
Wm Branham from a message entitled TESTIMONY OF A
TRUE WITNESS says,"I got Isaiah 28:11, let's just read for a moment and find out here what He said
about the coming of the HOLY SPIRIT. Isaiah the 28th chapter, let's begin at the 5th verse"'
In that day shall the Lord of Hosts be for a crown of Glory."' "He's speaking of this great day when the Witness would
come.What is our crown? ( pounds on pulpit ) The Holy
Spirit crowns us. A
crown of Glory,"and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of His
people." 'The residue, the people that's left
over. He'll be a Diadem, a Crown
of Glory, a Diadem of beauty. Think, this is seven
hundred years before it happened'." For a spirit of judgment to him that
is setting in judgment," 'That's what He does to us at the altar. '"For
strength to them that turn the battle to the gate." 'Let
me see,"that turn the battle to the
gate," 'them who are standing for Him and
with Him, this Great Spirit, Holy Spirit that
is prophesied , will be the strength of him that stands at the gate in
the battle. He is our strength, we rely upon Him, not
upon culture, not upon education, not upon things of the world. "Not by power,
not by might but by My Spirit,Saith the Lord." The church rest's solemnly in that. He will
be the strength of him that stands in the gate, not his theological background,
not his denomination, but the Holy Ghost will be his strength. He'll be the One
that'll stand at the gate. He'll rely
upon the strength of the Holy Spirit to turn the alien away.'
Now Jesus received this same crown HEB 2:9 But we see Jesus,
who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned
with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every
man.
PS
8:5 For
thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with
glory and honour.
Now, When then does this
crown come to the Elect? 2 TIM 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me
only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
1
PET 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Notice it is Aat the time of THE appearing. This word
for crown is the Greek word ( stephanos )'A BADGE OF ROYALTY.'Brother Branham
said to Lee Vayle in his private audio letter,"For as He come then to the
natural seed,Abraham, He comes now to the Royal seed Abraham, who is ALSO
waiting for the promised Son, not the natural son Isaac, but the Royal
promised Son." 1 Pet 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear,
ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Now as she receives this crown which is Himself,she gives back to Him this revelation which she received by
Him and this then becomes her offering unto Him. She then becomes His crown as
we see in ISA
62:3 Thou
shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in
the hand of thy God.
and in PROVERBS 12:4 we read. ¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband:
but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
The difference between Him as her crown and her as
His crown is that the word for Him as CROWN is TSePHIYRAH meaning a crown ( as encircling the head). The word for her as a crown is
TSANIYPHAH a head dress (ie. a piece of cloth wrapped around
) a hood, diadem, mitre. MITRE=
the official headdress of the ancient Jewish Highpriest.
So we see
that she is not for His protection as He is for her, but rather she is for his
beauty personified,in which she, by her beauty, is to
attract attention to the head, giving the head the full preeminence.Thus we
have a true picture of a bride and her groom and how each compliments the
other.
MAL3:16-18 gives us a better understandingthen of this
protection he gives her and her giving back this revelation to Him which He has
given to her. 16"Then
those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and
heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who
feared the LORD and honored His name.
17 "They will be mine,"says the
LORD ALMIGHTY, "in the day when I make up My treasured possession.I will
spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him.18 And
you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked,between
those who serve God and those who do not."
Now once again we have a perfect picture of Eden
again where husband was to feed wife from the tree of life ,she
then would feed him of the same tree ( a beautiful type of giving back to GOD
the revelation He has given to HIS bride)but instead, before Adam gave to
her,the serpent got to her with the wrong tree and thus perverted the original
course GOD had intended for man. But at this time He has come back "to restore the
kingdom to its rightly position that fell by sin by the first Adam, back to
where He walked in the cool of the evening with His people, talked with them,
fellowshipped with them." Christ is the Mystery of God revealed pp 24-5
Now we see here a beautiful picture of Bride and Groom.
As she dresses to meet her mate, she first puts on her shoes
(which is the preparation of the Gospel). She is then dressed in the
Word and the last piece of apparel she puts on before she is presented to her
Groom is the crown or headpiece which consists of a headband, veil and train,
representing God before her, GOD behind her, GOD over her and all around her.
She is then ready to proceed down the isle to meet her Groom. As she walks toward her Husband she is veiled
to all who happen to look on. She then takes her place before Him and as she
stands in His presence, He reaches forward, removes her veil once and for all.
He then kisses her and for the first time she is purely face
to face and mouth to mouth. (and the Bride will have
"Thus Saith the LORD," or she will keep still.)
ZEPH
3:9-17 " Then will I purify the lips
of the peoples,that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve Him
shoulder to shoulder.