A Fully Obedient Human With The Fulness Of God, Now Sits At The Right Hand Of God.

Philippians 2:5

Exercise your mind with the same mindset in yourselves, which also is in Messiah Y’shua...

Now, this is not earth shattering, but it blew me away, to read this verse, in the NIV. The NIV actually adds the words, "In your relationships," to the beginning of this verse. Again, not too dramatic, but it drives the points home that most interpreters have an allegiance to their beliefs and put them before God's Word. Starting in this verse, Paul is beginning to state a very important lesson, How to become one with the Messiah. Instead the NIV interpreters take it on themselves to change the object of this lesson. I know this is a small thing, but if they were willing to change this small part, what else have they changed???

OK, Back to the real Word of God, the Word for Word translation reveals that Paul is telling us and the Philippians that we need to exercise our minds, in the ways of the Messiah. Make our minds Echad, one, with the Messiah. We do this by allowing God's Spirit to lead us into God's Word and transform our worldly minds to the Minds of God. Get into His Word, everyday. It will amaze you how fast God's Spirit will work the change. Like a favorite song, we need to sing it everyday, to make God's Word our own.

Every moment of our day reveals that we are on the precipice of our future. We need to stand against the false and allow the Truth of God's Word to guide our future.

Philippians 2:6-7

...who came into existence in the figurative shape or form of God, not thinking or regarding equality with God, who as to be presented or seized as a prize, but laying aside equality with God, with himself taking the form of a bond servant, being made in the form of mankind, discovering having been comprised of everything which strikes the senses habitus like mankind, humbled himself, obedient as far as death (separation of the soul from the body, enduring the miseries of hell) moreover death on the cross.
This is theology time. We are about to get into some heavy stuff. Y'shua, who is the Word of God incarnate, came into existence, in the figurative shape or form of God. Think about what this says. Many say that Y'shua is God alone. Others say that he is only a man, a creation of God. What does this verse really say? It says that Y'shua, the Word of God is equal to God. This is absolutely true.

All aspects of God are equal to God, because they are of God. Whether it be his Word, his hand, his finger, his presence, his mind, his Spirit, ect., they are part of God. They never stop being part of God. If a hand is removed from the body, does it stop being the body's hand? When you remove a living cell or organ from a body and it continues to be nourished, whether in a petri dish and transplanted into another body, does it stop having the original characteristics of the original body? No, of course not. In another aspect, when you say something original, does that original saying stop being your statement? Again, the answer is no.

Y'shua, the Messiah, who is the Word of God, momentarily left the immediate presence of God, who inhabits eternity, left his rightful place and came into our existence. That's what John 1 says. The actual Word of God, who created our Space/Time was infused into a small human egg, within a virgin woman. This egg was nurtured by the humanity of Mary and the Spirit of God and allowed to grow into a human being, who could exist within our Space-Time. This human possessed humanity, with fullness of God. I honestly don't know how his human form, with all its frailty could contain the Fulness of God and not explode. But, with the presence of God's Holy Spirit, he not only existed, but grew into a man, that would be obedient unto death for the sake of mankind's ultimate sacrifice in the form of the blood covering of their offenses toward God.

During his time on earth, this verse tells us that never once did Y'shua use his equality with God, to give himself an unfair advantage. Y'shua lived as a human and totally within the confines of his humanity, he lived a perfect life, so we are not burdened with the stringent requirements of the Law. Do we have that same capability to live a perfect life? Yes. Do we utilized the Spirit of God, in the way Y'shua did? No. Why? Because, every day, we choose to live our lives, in opposition to God's Word. We are weak but Y'shua, having the same trials and tribulations as we do, chose to be a obedient bondservant unto death.

Notice in verse 8.

"...having been comprised of everything which strikes the senses habitus like mankind..."

This is where we are told that Y'shua were the same as all humanity.

Even more than that, the verse goes on to tell us that the Messiah endured the miseries of Hell, after his death on the cross. We don't have the capacity to fully understand what that means. For the first time in a life of any human being, Yahweh, our God, withdrew himself away. Again, we don't have any capacity to fathom the agony and pain, Y'shua went through on the cross and afterwards, until his resurrection.

In 2 Peter 3:10, Peter gives us some insight as to what total separation means to an individual. When God removes himself away from this reality, gone will be the coalescing force, of God, that holds all things together. At that point, even the elements will melt away, in a fervent heat. Paul tells us in 2 Thessolonians 1:9, that the unbelievers will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might. In the words of Y'shua, Matthew 24:41, we are told that nonbelievers will be commanded to depart from his presence, be cursed and be casted into an existence, that will be as an eternal fire, in the presence of Satan and his angels.

Why? So, we, who place our faith, allegiance, obedience, in Yahweh, through dedicating our lives to live as the Messiah, unto our deaths, will have everlasting life with him and not be casted with Satan, his angels and nonbelievers, into an existence that will be as an eternal fire.

Philippians 2:9-11

Wherefore, on his account, God exalted him to the highest rank and power and graciously restored to him the one name above all names, in order that in the name of Y’shua, each and every knee will bend in worship, in heaven, on earth and those who dwell in the infernal world below and all tongues will acknowledge openly and joyfully to his honor, to celebrate and give praise to the fact that Messiah Y’shua is Lord and Master, to the Glory of God, the Father.

Now, what did Y'shua get out of this? By living the perfect and obedient life, God raised the human part of Y'shua, to the same level as his Spirital side, the highest rank and power possible. That is, the Word of God, on the same level, as God, even to the right hand of God. In addition, in the end, this position will cause everyone, on earth, in heaven and in the infernal world below, that is Hell, to not only confess that Y'shua is their master and Lord, but to joyfully, openly acknowledge the same. They will even celebrate the fact and Praise him openly. All these things will be done, not only for Y'shua, the obedient Son, but to the Glory of Yahweh, our Father, because he was the one to make it all possible. He is our salvation. To this effect, Y'shua's name, the name above all names, will be forever proclaim it's meaning, Yahweh Saves or Yahweh is our Salvation. Amen and Shalom.