#Noughts & Crosses

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🕊️🌺Wendy🌺🕊️:

The Mystery of the Church The New Testament calls God's plans "mysteries."

The Companion Bible says: The English word "mystery" is a transliteration of the Greek word musterion, which means a sacred secret...something concealed that can be revealed.1 Some of the mysteries the New Testament speaks about are: the mystery of Israel (Romans 11:25,26); the mystery of iniquity (2 Thessalonians 2:7); and the mystery of the church (numerous references).

God concealed His plan for the church throughout the Old Testament.

Prophets prophesied about it, while they wondered of what and of whom they were speaking. Even the Gospel writers did not grasp the meaning of the mystery. It was not until a man named Paul came along that God revealed what He had concealed, the mystery of the church.

The Holy Spirit through Paul refers to it as: "...the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began" (Romans 16:25); "...the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God..." (Ephesians 3:9).

What a hiding place! It seemed to me there was a door in the midst of God marked "Top Secret."

When I saw the following passage I saw where the mystery led:

1 CORINTHIANS 2:6,7 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.

When did He ordain the plan?

Before the world!

For what purpose?

Unto our glory! Hallelujah! Circle of Glory Consider how strong this verse is in The Amplified Bible.2 1 CORINTHIANS 2:7 AMP 7 But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God; [that wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [that is, to lift us into the glory of His presence].

To lift us into the glory of His Presence! Hallelujah!

Now let's go on with the passage from the King James Version. We'll pick it up again at verse seven.

1 CORINTHIANS 2:7,8 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

The Father of Glory (Ephesians 1:17), sent the Lord of Glory to lift up the man who had been crowned with the Glory, but had fallen from the Glory, back into the Glory of His Presence.

Do you see why I came to call the Bible "The Story of the Glory"?

If Satan had seen the plan, he never would have lifted God's spotless Lamb to the altar of the Cross where His innocent Blood could be shed to cleanse man to once again stand in the Glory of God's Presence.

The crux of the mystery is stated succinctly in Colossians 1:27:

COLOSSIANS 1:26,27 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Imagine Satan's dismay when the first man was born again!

The Blood and the Glory When he saw that the Anointed One came to take up abode inside the man, and to become his hope of glory, I can picture the devil replacing his "What-are-ya-gonna-do-now?" chant with a cry of, "Curses! Foiled again!" and falling backwards.

Since Jesus arose, when a person believes in his heart that Jesus died on the Cross and that God raised Him from me dead, and confesses with His mouth the Lord Jesus, he is saved. He is born from above. He is born again.

At our new birth, the process of glorification begins and progresses according to the plan as we look into God's Word for His glory and yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Again, The Amplified Bible makes it so clear:

2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 AMP 18 And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another...

In the last hours before He appears to receive the church, it will change in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another, until there is only one more capstone of glory to be added to the Temple. That will be the glorious rapture of the glorious church (Ephesians 5:27).

Glory! That is what you and I are saved "to".

Salvation is not just what we are saved "from"—the devil and sin.

Salvation is what we are saved "to"—God and His Glory!

Circle of Glory The church is destined to stand before God's face forever, in the Presence of His Glory (Ephesians 1:4; 3:21).

It is the last of the last days. God's glory is to be manifested in greater degree in His church. Very soon now we will walk the streets with our faces shining, and men and women will come to us to accept the Lord Jesus Christ they see within us.

The Blood of Jesus has everything to do with it. For it is His Blood that cleanses us, and covers us, and enables us to stand in His glory.☕️Billye Brim

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Quote of the Day - February 17, 2021

Quote of the Day – February 17, 2021

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Press Review: Noughts & Crosses at The Alexandra Theatre

Press Review: Noughts & Crosses at The Alexandra Theatre

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Gripping and thought-provoking Sephy and Callum sit together on a beach. They are in love. It is forbidden. Sephy is a Cross and Callum is a Nought. Between Noughts and Crosses there are racial and social divides. A segregated society teeters on a volatile knife edge. As violence breaks out, Sephy and Callum draw closer, but this is a romance that will lead them into terrible…

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Quote of the Day – September 17, 2020

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Quote of the Day – February 26, 2020

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Off the Grid

NOUGHTS & CROSSES

Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Wednesday 27th March, 2019

  Malorie Blackman��s seminal YA novel puts a spin on Romeo and Juliet, setting the love story in a parallel world that is rife with segregation and discrimination.  Now it comes to the stage in this pacey new adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz.  Simon Kenny’s set has movable flats that bear the 3×3 grid of the time-honoured game,…

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THE REVIEW: NOUGHTS & CROSSES

THE REVIEW: NOUGHTS & CROSSES

It is about to be a stage show, and the BBC drama is already in the works, not to mention the 5th book is on the way so if you didn’t get stuck into Noughts & Crosses when you were a kid the time to start is now. (more…)

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June 2020 TBR

June 2020 TBR All the books I am reading in June for the Black Lives Matter and George Floyd Movement!

This month I am dedicating my TBR’s to black writers and creators to support the Black Lives Matter and George Floyd movement in my own small way and to bring awareness to these amazing books. I have a mixture of history, Marvel and fantasy which I am super excited to read and reread. The one I think I am most excited to read is Shuri which is the story of Black Panther’s sister written by Nic…

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#SciFiMonth | 5 Star Books in 5 Words

#SciFiMonth | 5 Star Books in 5 Words

This tag was originally created by Matthew Sciarappa, and when I saw imyril��s sci-fi edition (inspired by Lauren @ Always Me), I knew I had to have a go, too!

The Rules:

Choose 5 books that you gave 5 stars

Share 5 words that in some way describe why you liked it so much.

Give no other explanations of those words. Some of the words may only make sense if you’ve read it yourself.

Feedby Mira Grant

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Jay-Z's Roc Nation Joins BBC's Highly-Anticipated "Noughts & Crosses" Series

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Joins BBC’s Highly-Anticipated “Noughts & Crosses” Series

Roc Nation has partnered with Participant Media to be the show’s executive producers. Disregard the fact that Jay-Z has told us in the past that he’s not a businessman, he’s a “business, man.” In truth, Jigga is one of the most successful businessmen in the world of hip-hop. That may have something to do with himself being an actual business but these are…

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Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses #3) - Malorie Blackman

Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses #3) – Malorie Blackman

What’s it all about?:

Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but as Rose grows into a young adult, she unexpectedly discovers the…

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Just remember, when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you fall. - Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses

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What I've Watched - April 2020

What I’ve Watched – April 2020

It’s been a while since we’ve published one of these, but with lockdown still trudging on, there seems no better time than now to give out some recommendations based on what I’ve been watching recently – and as I’m sure is the same with you all, there’s been a lot. Let’s get into it:

Films

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (rewatch)

High Life

The Death of Stalin

He’s Just Not That Into You

Birds of Prey 

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People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge. - Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses

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Book Review #29 Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Book Review #29 Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Now for a change of author. I am fully aware that there have been a few books by Sarah J. Maas on my book list so I resisted the overwhelming urge to go and get the next in the THRONE OF GLASS series and enjoyed reading a different author instead.

In fact, this was a totally new author to me. I decided to start the NOUGHTS & CROSSES series.

Callum is a Nought- an inferior white citizen in a…

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Noughts and Crosses - Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco - 20th September 2012 on Flickr.