Jesus intercedes for His disciples, NOT the world
Jesus has...become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 6:20)
This Week’s Spiritual Nuggets
1. Our High Priest—Jesus—intercedes for us, NOT the world
Here’s the verse I was reading when this revelation hit:
“So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the LORD.” (Exodus 28:29, ESV)
Jesus is our High Priest. Exodus 28 goes into great detail describing the high priest’s garments.
All the symbolic elements of his garments were focused only on the 12 tribes of Israel—not other nations.
Christian believers are grafted into Israel, so we are included in the 12 tribes of spiritual Israel. (Romans 11:17-24)
Jesus is interceding in the heavenly temple for His people (Israel’s 12 tribes) now.
In John 17:9 Jesus said, “I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.”
Jesus doesn’t pray for ‘the world,’ but He prays for His disciples.
What is ‘the world?’
1 John 5:19 teaches, “We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”
‘The world’ includes all the systems that Satan controls, including governments, economies, and religions. It is synonymous with Babylon in the Bible. For more about end-time Babylon, read Revelation 17/18.
2. A Christian Haggadah
A Haggadah is the traditional, written program for a Jewish Passover Seder feast, like Jesus’ Last Supper. It’s purpose is to commemorate and teach families (especially children) how God miraculously delivered His people from slavery in Egypt.
I revised a Jewish Haggadah from a New Covenant perspective, showing how Jesus fulfilled Passover as the true Lamb of God. He miraculously delivered us from slavery to sin, and gave us His new, resurrection life.
I’ve already used my Haggadah to lead two Christian Passover Seders, and last week two groups separately asked me to lead another Seder on Passover this year, which I’m planning to do on Saturday, April 12th.
Click the button below to learn more about Passover from a Christian perspective. It includes a link to download my Christian Haggadah, so you can host a Seder yourself!
2025 Projects Status Update
These are my 2025 goals and their status:
Today I’m expecting to receive a box of paperback copies of Book 1, Birth Pangs of the End Times.
On Monday I’ll be sending my launch team a free, signed copy, with my thanks for helping to make it an Amazon #1 Bestseller.
Publish PDF, eBook, and paperback versions of my trilogy Books 2 and 3 (Q1)
This week I worked on Book 2, including:
The Title: Martyrs and Miracles
Subtitle: Then the End Shall Come
Cover Image: I used MidJourney AI to compose a high-resolution image of Katie and Gooch, the 9-foot brown bear that escorts her into Ketchikan in Book 2. Here’s a preview of the image I’m using for the cover.
Composed the Amazon book description and back cover text.
Engaged a European cover design company to produce my final cover designs for both the eBook and paperback.
Added a new scene and made small text improvements based on reader suggestions.
Formatted draft eBook and paperback versions. The draft 6x9” paperback version is currently 238 pages. I have some minor additions to make, which will take a few hours, but the manuscript is now 95% ready to publish in both formats.
As a final QA step, I’ll listen to the entire book being read by my computer.
Assuming my cover designs are completed by Friday, Feb 7th, my next newsletter will have links to buy both the eBook and paperback books on Amazon.
Once Martyrs and Miracles is published, I’ll turn my focus onto Book 3. I’m going to expand it from 40 pages to 200 pages, and I already have a good outline to work from. I plan to have the trilogy available as a paperback box set by the end of March.
Produce English audiobooks for the trilogy (Q2)
Leverage technology to publish the trilogy in 9 additional languages (Q3)
Publish hardcover trilogy collection (600-700 pages, Q4)
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