A Clean Restoration Like No Other

This is what The Lord God says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities. I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by. Then the people will say, "This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited." Then the nations that remain around you will know that I Yahweh have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate.

Ezekiel 36:33-36

As soon as He got out of the boat a man with an unclean spirit met him. He lived in the tombs. No one was able to restrain him anymore even with chains...and always night and day he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones... Jesus said, "Come out of the man you unclean spirit!"... The people came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon possessed, sitting, at Jesus feet, dressed and in his right mind and they were afraid. The eyewitnesses described to them what had happened to the man who had been demon possessed.

Mark 5:1-20

These stories are one in the same. People and all creation can always tell where Jesus has been... from desolate and uncultivated to replanted like the garden of Eden, rebuilt for everyone to see, like the lighted city on the hill that Christ spoke of, that's you...Now that should be a sobering thought. My favorite part though is, "Sitting at Jesus feet (free and relaxed), dressed and in his right mind. Again these stories are one in the same, they are our story, you and I...for ALL TO SEE. Your Father wants to show off His handiwork, in you. Like being in Macy's window without the glass.

Today, there are many who name the name of Christ but who never depart from iniquity. They are false converts who ask Jesus into their heart, but are actually unconverted because they have never truly repented. So it is important that you examine yourself to see if you are in the faith. Those who allow sin into their lives are actually opening themselves up to demonic influence. Don't give your ground to the devil. Afflictions only work together for our good

if and when we are called and respond according to God's purpose. Again it seems that your restoration and future are in your hands, declared by your response to Him in word and in deed for all creation and the world to see.

The Evidence Bible Bridge-Logos 2002