A Way of Thinking

Spiritual truth is one as God is one,but the expression of the One Truth into creation becomes MANY. God cannot fully express Himself except it be through a multitude of forms, embodiments, words and terms.

The bible is the multiple expression of one truth, the truth that God IS. The spirit, being one, expressing Himself in time using human faculties, uses many words and terms to say the same thing. This is where men stumble in their attempts to interpret scripture; ie, they see words like light,life, faith, salvation, power, word, authority, glory and etc., and give them separate meanings, when they all mean the same thing.

The spirit said through John that the word came into existence and in the word was life and that life was the light of men. He said again, that light coming into the world was the light that lightens every man. Again the spirit said through Paul that God has given to every man the measure of faith. Through John again-He gives men the power to become sons of God. Through Paul He says the cross is the power unto salvation. Single words, expressed different ways, saying the same thing. God is simple, but men have made Him complicated and thereby hinder others from entering the kingdom by making differences and distinctions where God has made none.

This hateful system-a way of thinking called Babylon-began in earnest at the turn of the century following Jesus' resurrection and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. It came through the letters, teachings and philosophies of the educated ones called "fathers" and spread it's poison throughout the earth from there. All warfare and persecution and destruction supposedly done "in the name of Christ", have their foundation in these men. They made the simple grace of God toward men into a complicated religious system of doctrine, dogma, good works, "pomp and circumstance", outward ceremony, creeds and statements of belief (proof that says you are not a heretic-you fit in with everyone else; you are "orthodox"), pagan temples called churches, phallic symbols called steeples, nicolaitanism-priest/clergy/laity, full time ministry, peons sitting in the pews/chairs, celebrating of certain days/weeks-easter (ishtar)/christ-mass/lent/good friday, eating and not eating certain foods (and on certain days), worshipping and praying
to dead people, christianity through family heritage (my ---- was one so therefore so am I), sprinkling babies, dedications, etc. Also the exaltation of men; so called "pastors", "preachers", "bishops", "elders", "deacons", "ministers", "prophets", "evangelists", "apostles", christian celebrities all.

This system is a broken down house filled with philosophy and vain deceit and is the foundation of all false teaching such as the "trinity" and "man has two natures" lie.

The seed of God which is in every man- the LIGHT that lightens everyman; the POWER of God unto salvation; the measure of FAITH given to every man; the GRACE of God which has appeared to all men, is the same power that men turn into their own self glorification, claiming the knowledge, understanding, discoveries, inventions that come through their faculties, as THEIRS. They take credit for the gift of God
and exalt themselves, thereby turning the Glory of God into shame and making light-darkness, and good-evil.

The Evangelical Movement - Part 3

The Misunderstanding They Have of the Woman

The evangelical does not understand the nature or character of God and therefore misunderstands what the woman (or female) represents or is the embodiment of. In this manner, or because of this, evangelicals are deceived as Eve was in her "non knowing" state. Because of this they have bought the lie of egalitarianism/equality of sexes, today called feminism, which is actually Jezebelism.

The two sexes are physical embodiments of the two aspects/properties/qualities of which God is. THEY ARE NOT EQUAL IN THE SENSE THAT HUMANS THINK OF EQUALITY. I have provided a limited description of these two in previous posts. Here, for brevity, I will call the two: Initiation and Response (to initiation). In God's essence the two act and move harmoniously in a play like dance. It is a back and forth/in and out/circular motion which, if you could put God on a slide under a microscope, you could not tell which aspect was which because of the movement. At creation the two came into existence as two separate aspects WITH TWO DIFFERENT ROLES TO PLAY, and were manifested in innumerable forms/entities/embodiments/discrip tive words and terms, throughout the created order. At creation a "law of being" came into existence and each aspect operated according to it's law. Heat could not be cold; expansion could not be contraction and vice versa, and most important for the sake of this discussion, MALE
COULD NOT BE FEMALE and vice versa, for to do so would be against each's law of being and God refers to this in scripture as confusion - a thing hated.

Therefore male is the embodiment of Initiation and female is Response
(to initiation). THIS IS THE ULTIMATE REASON WHY THE SPIRIT SPOKE THROUGH PAUL AND PETER REGARDING WOMANS ROLE in her various sphere's of life and in particular as being the representation of Christ's body, the assembly, bride. They wrote what they wrote not because they were "male chauvinist pigs" and were only speaking according to the culture of their day. This is Jezebel talking. She thinks she's enlightened, but is actually ENDARKENED. Evangelicals, being infected with this poisoned way of thinking and teaching, that this "women's role stuff" is part of the unenlightened culture of the past, are busy arguing and debating with others who don't see it their way. However, neither group has gone back to the source of God Himself to see Who He is and what His character consists of. As log as they continue to see a three-in-one God they never will.

The woman, being Response is quiet/silence/non-knowing/led by emotion rather than thought-her thoughts are "emotion triggered" -
they "feel" such and such. Response doesn't know as Initiation does. Woman doesn't "know herself"; the "why's" of herself. This does not mean man is better than her, just different. Since creation and Response's embodiment as Eve, role reversal became possible and has come to it's ulimate fulfillment in this age like a festering boil about ready to burst.

The Evangelical Movement - Part 2

Arguing Over Dead Details

Another symptom of evangelicals is their reliance upon "systematic" doctrinal teachings in the form of "commentaries" written by men who have passed on (polite term for dead). These are very detailed writings about the lives of individuals recorded in the bible and/or about individual books of the bible, written in past centuries. These may have been Godly men who had the "word of the Lord" for their generation, but that was then and this is now.

Evangelicals use these writings/authors as foundations for arguments/debates between themselves and by doing so continue to show forth their babyhood/immaturity. All this is ABOUT CHRIST-it is shadow and not substance and goes into the head and puffs up intellect, not affecting one's life or increase one's faith. It is the fulfillment of 1Tim 6:3-5

"....if anyone does otherwise teach and does not adhere to healthful discourses (life changing), those of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the teaching that is according to Godliness, he is be clouded (walking in fog-blind), knowing nothing rightly, but is diseased (poisoned-infected) about questionings and word battles - out of which spring envy, strife, defamation (calling of names), wicked surmisings (questioning thoughts and motives of others), incessant quarelling of men wholly corrupt in their mind and bereft of the truth-supposing Godliness to be a means of gain (a method of one upmanship-getting the upper hand in arguments and debates)!" - (Rotherham) -

All this began just after the apostles passed on, among the group called "church fathers", who engaged each other with pen and ink, hurling around the word "heretic" at each other: arguing about Christ's divinity; whose letters were and were not "inspired", etc. It continues down to today.

Who is Going to Smoke in a Graveyard?

Another symptom of evangelicalism is the exaltation, pedestal placing, idolatrous worship and deference to/of the "christian celebrities" of the past. They look down their noses at romanism and it's exaltation and so called "canonization" of those it calls "saints", while simultaneously doing the same thing with their "heroes of the faith". This is nothing more than ancestor worship. They exalt the people, but not the God who was in those people. The evangelical is "seeking the living among the dead" and there is no life changing truth there, only information. Even Paul said he and the other apostles were not special; merely instruments and vessels whom God used at that founding age. Jesus said the disciples were not to "lord it over " one another, but were equal brothers.

The Evangelical Movement - Part 1

Their Own Exile

The "faith" of the evangelical has created their own "exile". By exile I mean separation. Separation is always "man sided", never God sided. It is man who "feels" separated from God. God has no experience of separation even though some scripture passages taken literally- at face value-may seem to say so. Separation is an illusion based on emotion, which itself is founded on fear; a "consciousness of sin", and is the result of Eve's choice in the garden, and which takes place IN THE MIND. The evangelical creates his own exile/separation, by holding a "split" mentally, causing him to live his life as though he was/is "down here" and God/Jesus is "up there". This is the evangelical's state or condition of being-a "suspension between heaven and earth" and is the fulfillment of scripture which says, "as a man thinks in his heart so is he" and Jesus' many times saying, "according to your faith be it unto you". According to how you see -you are.

Have Run Out of Breath

Jesus talked about 10 virgins-five wise and five foolish. The subject of the passage was oil-the supply or lack thereof. Oil of course as most know is spirit. The spirit is as breath or air. Spirit then is God's breath or God's breathing.

Evangelicals rely on "christian celebrities" for their oil and by doing so run out of it. They need the latest most up to date how-to book, tape lecture, conference, rendezvous, praise/worship meeting/service, in order to keep them going so that they can feel all goosey-bumpy-touchy-feely and "experience the presence of God". Their reliance upon these things shows that they have run out of breath (oil) and are of those five foolish virgins who are in flesh not spirit.

Oil must be used. The more you draw on what you are given, the more you have/are given, and the more of that you use, the more you are given and on and on. The more you rely on others for oil, the less oil you have. This oil/spirit is also faith.

"God has given to every man the measure of faith" - Rom 12:3 -

and also it is

"the power of God (to bring you...) unto salvation" - 1Cor 1:18 -

In the natural, babies are nursed only a short period of time and then are weaned and BEGIN TO FEED THEMSELVES. Evangelicals are staying in babyhood their whole lives. They never grow up. As long as they rely on others they never will and the "christian celebrities" they rely on will also dry up and continue "ministering" in flesh and not spirit.

"For there will be a season when the healthful teaching they will not endure, but according to their own covetings (desires) will unto themselves heap up teachers because they have an itching ear, and from the truth indeed their ear will they turn away, while unto stories will they turn themselves aside" - 2Tim 4:3-4 - (Rotherham)

Other teachers are the "breasts" which feed baby christians for a short period UNTIL THEY FIND THEIR OWN INNER TEACHER (oil supply)WITHIN THEMSELVES. This is God's way...as in nature, so in spirit.

The Day of the Lord

The day of the Lord, the day of God, the hour of trial, and the great
tribulation are one and the same.

The two most important events in history are Jesus' life, death and resurrection, which is the display to the world of Christ consciousness, and the destruction of self consciousness showed by the destruction of
Jerusalem in 70AD by fratricide within and Roman armies without.

These two historical events are replicated or played out in the individual lives of each member of the assembly/body/bride of the Lamb. However, in this case the order is reversed because she (bride/body/assembly) presently lives in self consciousness, which must be transformed into Christ consciousness and in order for this to be done shemust endure the first sentence above. She endures it and comes out of
it - see Rev 7:9-17.

Here are two discriptions of this transformation/change process:

"Expecting and hastening the day of God, by reason of which, heavens being on fire will be dissolved and elements becoming intensly hot are to be melted." - 2Peter 3:12 -

"Near is the great day of Yahweh,-A strong man-there! bitterly crying out! A day of indignation that day! Day of danger and distress. Day of rush and crash; day of obscurity and deep gloom;
day of cloud and thick darkness; day of horn and war shout-against the fortified cities and against the high towers" - Zeph 1:14-16 -

This "day" is God's attack against the self conscious mind and emotions of man-his "heaven and earth". Fortified cities and high towers are built up mental security thought systems and mental defence thought systems, which control the emotions.

Because Christ consciousness is hidden within self consciousness, a
"disturbance" is caused within the individual when the two "switch roles" so to speak. A "heating up" and "melting" take place which indicates a changing of one form into another. The "elements" which make up both are "reversed"; self consciousness is resistance and/or "against" (this is where the "heat" comes from)-Christ consciousness is yielding and accepting.

Christ consciousness is "New Jerusalem" which "comes down out of heaven from God" and effects the individual's whole being, just as self consciousness did. The "coming down out of heaven" speaks of the new mental condition that Christ consciousness is. It "comes down" and effects the whole being.

Cities in scripture refer to the mind: Zion, the city of the great king, Jerusalem/New Jerusalem, Babylon, etc.

When this transformation occurs then man experiences the "new heaven and earth wherein dwells righteousness" and the "first heaven and first earth are passed away and there is no more sea" (Rev21:1).

I've discussed the heavens and earths but not the "sea". The sea is that which is movable in man. Daniel's "four winds of heaven bursting forth upon the great sea"; Isaiah's "the lawless (wicked) are like the troubled sea which cannot rest", and Paul's "being blown about with every wind of doctrine". The thoughts continually running to and fro with what if's and surmisings and the emotions going up and down in response to thoughts and outward stimulants. So when Christ consciousness is manifested the sea is "no more". Yes, we still have emotions and ability to think, BUT THEY DON'T CONTROL US ANYMORE, hence the sea is no more. This then is the fullfillment of Rev 7:9-17 and Rev 21:3-6. Read it yourself.

All this occurs in time, in individuals, while yet in their physical body.

An Everywhere Christ

"Because the Lord himself shall decend from heaven.....and the dead in Christ shall rise first. After that, we the living who
are left together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air;- and thus evermore with the Lord shall we be" - 1Thess 4:16 -

1Cor15:22-23 "For just as in Adam all die so in the Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own rank;-a firstfruit Christ, after that, they who are the Christ's in His presence" - 1Cor 15:22-23 -

(Rotherham)

I've discussed the mistaken belief in a physical "rapture" in a previous post, but will expand on that to a certain extent here in order to explain the TRUE "catching up".

Bible scholars/theologians/teachers of this day, being embodiments of the same teaching/worldview as the pharisees/scribes of Jesus' day, cannot see the hidden meanings behind the literal words on the page because their education and intellectualism blinds them to it. (I've given a passage of scripture referring to this in a previous post) The hidden things of the mystery of God are only revealed to "babes" (not baby christians, but those who have the spirit of humility), as Jesus
said. He WILL reveal them to educated/intellectual ones WHO FORSAKE THEIR EARTHLY EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE like Paul, who considered what he formerly "knew" to be as dung. (Phil4:3-6) But not to those who "think they've got it figured out" according to reason/human intellect, which is what the high minded ones of Jesus' day thought.

The "catching up" which many believe is physical is actually an internal "catching up"; a realization/recognition which occurs WITHIN thousands of individuals which causes them to "see Christ in every-
thing". This is why it speaks of "Christ meeting them in the air". What is air? It is an ever present substance without which we could not live. Likewise is Christ.

He is everywhere present and many mouth words to that effect, but don't have an inward knowing of it. To understand it intellectually does
no one any good, for it doesn't change one's life.

When you experience the inward knowing/realization/recognition, then all "trying" and struggle to live the "christian life" ceases.

"Hence there is left over a sabbath keeping (lay aside all literal special day stuff think-
ing here) for the people of God. For he that has entered into his rest, he too has rested from his works-just as from His own, God rested. Let us therefore give diligence to enter that rest"- Heb 4:9-11 (Rotherham) -

This has nothing to do with setting aside a special day for "worship" or "services" and trying to be holy once a week. Forget that stuff. That's religion; it's not LIFE.

Once you experience the inward recognition that Christ is everywhere
present in your life, then YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED YOUR RESURRECTION. It is AN ONGOING, CONTINUOUS RESURRECTION EXPERIENCE, wherein the things of earthly religion fall away.

You don't need to pray and ask someone as though He's "up there" to
do something for you or to supply a need that you have, because He is everywhere present and knows what your need is before you ask. You don't need to be in a building anymore on a certain day to "worship" and be taught, for YOUR LIFE IS WORSHIP(Jesus to the Samaritan woman) and you HAVE A TEACHER ALWAYS PRESENT, so you don't need to sit looking at the back of someone's head, listening to someone who has a certificate on his wall and only follows what he was told in bible school/cemetary ; excuse me - seminary.

Now you realize He has given you the life you have; yes-with all of it's trials and tribulation. The family you came into this world in; maybe you were abused as a child: your parents divorced; your father was a drunk; your mother was a domineering shrew. All the adversity you have suffered has brought you to this day and this new inward knowing.

Did you know that HE EXPERIENCED WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED WHILE YOU WERE EXPERIENCING IT??? He suffered what you suffered right along with you. So now you can live life to the fullest as He lives it right along with you!!

The Coming Persecution

Persecution is faith's test.

"He shall rule them with a rod (sceptre) of iron; they shall be broken in pieces like a potter's vessel". - Psalm 2:9 -

"For whom the Lord loves, He does discipline (uses the rod), and scourges every son whom He does welcome home...For who is a son whom a father does not discipline? If however, you are without discipline whereof all have received a share, then you are bastards and not sons" - Hebrews 12:6-8 -

"For it is time for judgment to begin with the house of God" - 1Peter 4:17 -

(Rotherham)

The entity called the Bride/Body of Christ/called out assembly, must go through the burning of persecution in order for all that is false to be separated from that which is true. The rod/sceptre of iron is the burning fire and the breaking in pieces like a potter's vessel is a dividing/separating. They work simultaneously within each individual body "member" and between the members and those who are closely related or acquainted; ie, friends, co workers, neighbors, etc.

The assembly cannot have any mixture in ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER, hence, the persecution. Mixture actually draws persecution to itself.

Mixture is represented by the earthly city Jerusalem. Cities in scripture represent the mind in it's "way of thinking" or thought tendency, world view, outlook, etc.

The individual who is "in mixture" is living in faith and fear. He or she "has faith" in the Jesus of history (the past) and the Jesus Who is "coming again" and "is going to heaven when I die"; future. Their life of present day living however, is based on fear, which is manifested in their use of emotion-based reason in their daily decision making. They continuously "take thought", which Jesus admonished not to do. Daily they "make provision for the flesh"(not speaking of going out to buy groceries here): which the scripture they claim to believe, also admonishes not to do. In their daily life they exercise faith for nothing.

They act as though their earthly life is THE life and that "eternity" exists only in the future-a-pie-in-the-sky-in-the-sweet-by-and-by. They don't realize that heaven or "eternity" are PRESENT TIME CONTINUOUS STATES OR CONDITIONS OF BEING, not "places", and that as you live a life of faith you are LIVING IN HEAVEN while you are yet living in your physical body.

The coming persecution is going to be a "big one". Part of the reason
for this is because of the large number of so-called "professing" christians.

Many of these hold a doctrine they call the "rapture". This doctrine has taught them that they are going to escape the coming persecution, which
they call "the great tribulation", by being "caught up" physically to "meet the Lord in the air". If they are driving a car when this happens their car will crash, being left without a driver, and many such other scenarios. I guess Jesus is going to purge away all their mixture-fear living-in the catching away process so that they will be pure and be able to stand in His presence..

They who teach and hold this doctrine are mistaken. This teaching didn't come from the spirit of God, but is earthly (understood through reasoning ability), and sensual (fear based emotion). It caters to the flesh. They are literal minded and interpret scripture according to human reason and intelligence, dividing and parsing; concerned about context and tenses of words and phrases and HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT. This doctrine was not revealed by the spirit, but rather came through a supposed vision given to a woman in the early 1800's and certain men took it and ran with it. They claim they can find traces of this doctrine all the way back to the so-called "fathers". If they can, then that "father" was deceived. (call no man father......)(As an aside....most of the so called "fathers" were "Harvard educated" - schooled in the greek "philosophers" who wrote and interpreted what they knew of Jesus and
christianity according to their intellectual, educated "filter". They were not simple believers. This is what the scripture says about this: 1Cor 1:17-30. (Read it for yourself.)

Only sons are kept from the "hour of trial which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth" - Rev 3:10 - They that "dwell upon the earth" are those previously written of who live by reason and emotionally based fear. These are they who refuse to "love not their life unto death", so will, like Job say, "For a dread I dreaded and it has come upon me, and that which I shrank from has overtaken me" - Job3:25 (Rotherham) - Another translation reads, "That which I greatly feared has come upon me".

You cannot have a "past" and "future" religion and in between live your daily life in reason/emotion based fear and not have the results of that
fear take it's effect in your physical body and circumstances.

All means All

The purchase price for everything has been paid; EVERYTHING-
EVERYONE. The born, not yet born and yet to be conceived;-the
"national church of Zurich notwithstanding"

Jesus' work on the cross was sufficient for all. He paid the price for sin didn't He? Has sin infected all; or has sin infected only a few who have acknowledged it? Jesus was /is the one time/once for all sin offering.

What is sin? We all know what "sinful" acts are, but where do they come from? I know, the "sin principle". But what is that?
The essence/source/root or ground of sin is SELF CONSCIOUS-
NESS.

Gen.3:6-7 "....then took she of the fruit thereof
and did eat-and she gave to her husband also
along with her and he did eat. THEN WERE
OPENED THE EYES OF THEM BOTH AND
THEY KNEW THAT NAKED THEY WERE..."
(Rotherham)

They became self conscious. You might say, "what's wrong with
that?-everyone's self conscious: it's part of the human condition!"
So is sin.

Everything Jesus taught points to the "losing" of self conscious-
ness: "resist not evil; turn the other cheek; stop worrying about your life, what you eat and what you wear; lay down your earthly life and gain the true life; don't defend yourself; etc, etc.

Concern for onesself is sin, for that is self consciousness. Jesus, the Pattern Son; the Word clothed in flesh, shows man the "way back" to the garden in paradise, before the dividing of the female
from the male, when/where there was no such thing as "concern for self". Don't think literally like Nicodemus. It is a condition or state of being that one experiences while yet in his physical body

You might say, "what if this happens?" or "what if that happens?" You will not be given the answers to your "what ifs",
for they come from "taking thought for yourself"; ie, self concern;
self preservation; self consciousness. You will not be able to understand until you experience in your life the truth of what I am saying. You will find the answers when you follow the Patt-
ern and not before.

Jesus didn't really die for "you". He died for/because of sin, which you are/were infected with. His offering up Himself as payment (the theologians call it "atonement") for sin was without limit; ie, for all. Not for only those who "accept it" or "exercise
faith in it", as some say who call themselves by the name of a man who lived in Switzerland a few centuries ago- a name which, by the way, God has not given them, for God doesn't name his
children/sons after men.

Yes, there are millions who have died without "accepting/ack-
nowledging" Jesus' payment and God's offer of reconciliation by
Him. HE STILL PAID THE PRICE FOR "THEIR" SIN!

Unbelief does not negate the facts of what Jesus did. God solved the sin problem in Him. It just has to be experienced individually
for it to work.

My Father's Task/The Parousia

The Father's task in the present age we live in is the formation of sonS (plural), for it is they who He shall use in the completing of the Bride. These are "they who make wise"-the instructors of Dan 12:10.

The reason for this is the sons represent the "head"of the body-the assembly. They are what is called "a firstfruit Christ".

1Cor15:22-23" For just as in Adam all die, so
also in the Christ shall all be made alive. BUT,
each in his own rank (or order). (first in rank
or order is....)A FIRSTFRUIT CHRIST(these are
the sons); after that (the next rank or order is...)
they who are the Christ's in His presence (coming-
"parousia").

Rev 14:1,2,3,4-5: "And I saw and lo! the Lamb
standing upon mount Zion-and with Him a hund-
red forty four thousand, having His Name and His
Father's Name on their foreheads.....And they
sang as it were a new song (they are all filled with
the same Spirit; having experienced the same ex-
perience, and say the same thing)....and no one
was able to learn the song, save the hundred
forty four thousand, WHO HAD BEEN REDEEM-
ED FROM THE EARTH (caught up to God and
to His throne). These are they who with women
were not defiled(they were not held back in their
spiritual journey by "women"; ie, desire-for the
things of earth),for they are virgin (spiritual-
wholly taken up with God and His will) These are
they who follow the Lamb WITHERSOEVER HE
IS GOING (continuously spirit led). These were
REDEEMED FROM MANKIND AS A FIRSTFRUIT
unto God and the Lamb, and in their mouth is
no falsehood-fautless they are" (Rotherham)

As in a natural birth the head is "born first"(comes into the new world first), so there is a group called "firstfruit Christ", who rep-
resent the "head" of the body/assembly- the spirit body of Christ,
who are "born first";ie, they experience resurrection first in order.
The head is where the mind is-the control center of the body. These have the mind of Christ and "go before"the body into the spirit realm(resurrection), "making straight "the way of the Lord, teaching the body members the way of Spirit

Jesus, the spirit of God/Christ, comes IN and THROUGH the sons to individual members of the body/bride. This is the "coming with clouds" (clouds of witnesses). Only individual members of the bride will recognize THE SON in the sons. When
individual bride members see Jesus in the sons, HE, Jesus "comes"to them (or appears to them in the sons); it is instantaneous-they see Him in the sons/He comes/appears!

This is the "parousia" or the "coming" or "appearing" of Christ. They who see THE SON in the sons are those described in 1Cor 15
(above)as the Christ's in His presence (coming/appearing/"parousia")

Christmastime Special

Dan 12:10 "....Many shall purify them-
selves and be made white and refined,
but the lawless shall act lawlessly and
none of the lawless shall understand-
but they who make wise (the instructors)
shall understand...."

Rev.3:1,2,3,5 : "...And to the messenger of
the assembly in Sardis write.....I know your
works, that a name you have that you are
living and are dead. Become you watchful
.....If then you shall not watch I will have
come as a thief, and in nowise shall you get
to know during what sort of hour I will
have come upon you. Nevertheless, you have
a FEW names.....who have not defiled their
garments, and they shall walk with Me in
white for they are worthy. He that over-
comes shall thus array himself in white gar-
ments....." (Rotherham)

God is sending Elijah to teach His bride so that SHE WILL RECOGNIZE HIM WHEN HE APPEARS WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER. This is the "second coming" of Christ.

How did God appear on earth the first time in the middle of history? He came as a baby in the womb of Mary. He was born and lived 33 years and ministered probably only 3 of those years.
Once again, how was Jesus, Who was God's Pattern Son, brought into the world? BY BIRTH THROUGH THE BODY OF A WOMAN. How is He to "come again"? BY BIRTH THROUGH THE BODIES OF MANY Mary's-Godly, submissive, obedient to their God given roles, WOMEN.

This is why God is restoring the truth of the roles of husband and wife in this age-so that He might bring forth a "Godly seed"
through Godly women who know and WILLINGLY walk in the role God has ordained. They say as Mary,

"be it unto me according to your word"

Get it Straightened Out

Math 3:3 ".....a voice of one crying aloud!
In the wilderness prepare you the Way of
the Lord. Straight be making His paths"
(Rotherham)

The present day that we live in is the age of the "forerunner". Whereas in the day of Jesus' appearance God's way was sending ONE-the single man Jesus and ONE forerunner-John the immerser, in this day God is sending MANY; ie, many sonS (plural), speaking as MANY Elijah's or forerunnerS (plural).

When God sent His Word clothed in the flesh of Jesus, He thwarted the messianic expectations of the scribes, pharisees and other high minded ones, by sending Him LOW; ie, as a suffering, lonely, despised and rejected servant, murdered on a cross of crucifixion. The Jews were expecting HIGH; ie, an almighty powerful king who would sit on a fancy chair in Jerusalem and put down all their enemies.

The same thing is occurring in this day/age. God is thwarting the expectations of the highminded theologian/"teachers" of this day who think they also see a coming one man messiah who will set on a fancy chair in Jerusalem and put down all enemies. Like their forefathers, they are sadly mistaken.

As God sent a LOW one to those expecting a HIGH one; in this age He is sending MANY to those expecting ONE.

More to come.......

What is heaven and earth?

"But a man of the soul does not welcome the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him and he cannot get to know them, because spiritually are they examined;but the man of the spirit on the one hand examines (understands) all things, but on the other, he himself by no one is examined (understood)" - 1Cor 2:14-15 - (Rotherham)

The age we are presently in is the age of revelation; the age of "Elijah"who restores all things. Not meaning here specifically the book called Revelation, although that is included, rather the revelation of those things which formerly God has hidden. In this age they are to be "shouted from the housetops".

Heaven and earth as seen in creation are many things. First, they are two words used to describe the two-in-one God. Yes, you read that correctly-it wasn't a case of my striking the wrong keys. And yes, I know that many believe and are taught that God is three persons-a trinity or three-in-one God. They are mistaken. The proof is in Genesis 1:

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"

The two words "heavens" and "earth" are scripture words which are describing the two "realms" or "properties" or "qualities" or "aspects" of which God consists. These two are the great opposites from which all opposites in creation have their being. The following are some words to expand on the meanings of the two. Heavens=Will; earth=desire; expansion/contraction;male/female; heat/cold; spirit/soul, etc.Each realm/property/quality/aspect has, or becomes manifested as multitudinous representations or forms or embodiments throughout creation.

"Prior"to creation the two operated in perfect harmony-oneness ("the Lord our God is one"). At the creation the two became divided and the possibility for disorder came into existance. The reason for this is because the outgoingness/Will/expansion aspect is "knowing", whereas the inwarddrawingness/desire/contraction aspect is "non-knowing" or "darkness"

Yes, I know John says in his letter that "God is light and in Him is no darkness at all". To God, darkness and light are the same. If there is no darkness in Him then where did it come from? Everything-all the created order that we humans live in and touch with our senses came out of Him. If there is some other power responsible for darkness, then God is not Who He says He is. But He is the ONLY power in the universe, OF WHOM all other so-called "powers" derive their power.

"There is NONE BESIDES ME (no other power). I am Yahweh and there is none else; forming light and CREATING DARKNESS; making prosperity and CREATING MISFORTUNE (some translations say evil). I Yahweh do all these things". - Isaiah 44:6-7 -

So when John wrote in one of his letters that God had no darkness in Him, he does not mean what the theologians/teachers think he means. Where is the "abyss", the deep dark pit that John described in Revelation where the adversary is "chained and cast into"? Outside of God? If something can be outside of God or outside of His authority, then He's not the God I worship, but is some figment of man's imagination. Nothing is outside of God. Even hell is in God, otherwise where does hell get it's "power"?

So to sum up. God, as to His essence is two; an outgoingness and inwarddrawingness, which are the two words in Gen1-heaven and earth. The characteristics of each are "played out" or replicated, multitudinous ways throughout creation as "opposites". Prior to creation the two "played and danced" together in harmony as one. At creation the two were divided.

This is just a taste for those who are hungry and come across these writings.

#3 "I'm for retirement"

This is the place of rest. In this realm one knows that "doing" flows out of "being". The essence of christianity is "being" - what one IS; rather than "doing" - what one does. One who is "retired" is "above the fray." This one does not involve himself in the "doctrinal debates", for that is what those who are "outside" do.

"He that overcomes, I will make him a pillar (permanent fixture) in the sanctuary of My God, and OUTSIDE shall he nowise go forth any more....." - Revelations 3:12 -

This one has left behind all the systems of earth, especially the religious one. It is all actually one system of which religion is merely an aspect, called Babylon. It is a mental outlook; a world view; a way of seeing; a "faith", which is FEAR. It is "what if?" It is the foundation for all systems that man has erected for his own salvation/security; politics, government, education, science, medicine, religion, etc.

This retirement or place of rest means freedom from care. Unconcernedness. Here one knows the Father is directing (not allowing)all things according to His purposes. He is not concerned with all the so-called evil in the world. They who practice it are corrected by it. See Psalms 2:1-5 and Proverbs 1:24-32.

The essence of sin is self consciousness.

Gen3:6-7=".....then she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and she gave to her husband also along with her and he did eat. Then were opened the eyes of them both and they knew that they were naked......." - Genesis 3:6-7 -

They became conscious of themselves......Maybe more on this later.

#2 "We're not guilty men!"

This is the next idea, which is actually the next level up in maturity of an individual who is seeking God with his whole heart. This is the realm of the accusing, pointing finger where others who have been close to us "before christianity", begin their accusing, name calling of us, because of our new found faith and beginning to walk/live by that faith. Here the individual learns the proper response to accusations which is "non response". In this situation, death and resurrection occur within the individual simultaneously. His non response shows his death or dying.

This realm of accusation means just the opposite of the accusations is true; ie, not guiltiness- "we're not guilty men!" This is not expressed verbally because to do so is to defend onesself and this we don't do. What it is, is an inward knowing. It is experience, not outward trust of words written on the pages of a book.

In this realm we learn that they who are of earth-our accusers-see the exact opposite of what is true. They actually see what is in themselves, not us, but are not aware of it. Earth in this sense, is not the spinning ball we live on but is rather a "spirit of opposition" where the one who opposes has free reign.

"And the adversary said unto him (Jesus) unto you will I give this authority all together, and their glory, because unto me it has been delivered up....." - Luke 4:6 -

In this realm, the maturing one begins to live or enter the heavenlies; ie, the Kingdom of God. He begins to experience the mind of Christ which is God's perspective, and leaves behind the realm of earth with it's judgments made by outward appearance, reason and emotion - "feel sorryism".

The basic ideas of "fray"

Fray: disorderly or protracted (drawn out)fight, struggle or dispute.

Fray is the description of what is presently occuring in the "woman in the wilderness"; ie, the assembly/body "church", who lives by reason and emotion based fear instead of faith.

Fray can be described by three basic ideas. These three ideas I will describe in three sentences in parable or indirect form and then will explain the meaning of each sentence. If anyone has ears to hear this, then hear it. #1. "I'm going to let you go!"#2. "We're not guilty men!"#3. "I'm for retirement".

Fray is the God directed struggle which is on-going within the woman in the wilderness, the end result of which will be the SPIRITUAL bride of Christ. The fray is actually the "heavenly fire" of God purging out all dross and purifying and cleansing within the woman in the wilderness, so that she will be a suitable submissive wife of He who bought and paid for her.

Fray is also earthquake or shaking or sifting within the life of each individual member who makes up this woman. God is "loosening things up a bit" in and between those who make up the woman.

"Beloved! be not held in surprise by the BURNING among you which for putting you to the proof is befalling you as though a surprising thing were happening to you" - 1Peter 4:12 -

"Whose voice shook the earth then, but now has He promised saying-yet once for all I will SHAKE not only the earth, but also the heaven. But the saying-yet once for all-makes clear the removal of the things which can be SHAKEN as of things done with- that they remain which cannot be SHAKEN" - Heb 12:26-27 - Rotherham translation

Now for the first parabolic sentence. "I am going to let you go!" The idea behind this is fear. This fear leads to the individual's working for salvation, because if they don't, God is "going to let them go"and they will be lost. Fear causes (is) torment or correction.

"Fear exists not in love, but perfect(complete) love casts fear outside, because fear has torment (or correction)); he that fears has not been made perfect (complete) in love." - 1John 4:18 -

This is the fear of God much spoken of in scripture, which is good WHEN it leads an individual to mature by seeking God with his whole heart(heart:center of man's being; the ground or seat of his intentions or motives). When the individual does this his former fear-living is turned into faith-living and begins to live eventually (as long as he continues on this "road") in idea #3. More on that number later. This fear or "heavenly fire" is God's burning in the individual member of the wilderness woman, and is God's shaking earthquake which causes the individual to leave off those things which hinder the life of faith (flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God). These are worldly habits and attachments which as the individual wholeheartedly seeks to know God, fall away, as it were, without effort on the part of the individual. Idea #2 to come.

The divided outlook

"If you seek Me you will find me, WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART" / "The divided outlook"

The reason many professing christians never mature is because they cannot do the first statement above due to the fact they are living in the second statement. You cannot live in faith and fear simultaneously. Faith and fear, being opposites, exist simultaneously in humans. Lest it seem I have contradicted myself in the span of two sentences, let me explain. Faith/fear are two sides of "the same coin" so to speak. They both exist at the same time in humans, but one is manifested (or in operation), while the other is present, but hidden (not manifested).

In the unbelieving who live their lives in darkness, fear is their "seeing". To the professing christian, faith is SUPPOSED to be his "seeing". However it doesn't work that way in many, if not most, because they have a divided outlook. This is how the divided outlook works in most professing christians. They look to the past and future, but have no present. They believe in the historical man Jesus who God sent into the world for sin and His death, burial and resurrection. They also believe He is coming again and when they die they will go into heaven and will live in a big house beside streets paved with gold.

In between this belief in past and future, they live their daily lives in fear. I'm not speaking of nail biting fear, but the type of fear one is not even conscious of because to live otherwise they view it as not being "reasonable", "normal", or "wise". They continuously talk of how defeated they are. They are more conscious of sin then they are of Christ. The end result of what they believe is that Christ's work on the cross is of no benefit to them other than to "push the forgiveness button" when they need it. He's just a talisman to them-an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune. "Need forgiveness? Take Jesus!" The rest of the time He's on the back burner. They witness to others and tell them they need to get saved, but in their own life "being saved"hasn't produced any benefit because they still live by reason, emotion and fear. What they are actually doing is "continuing in sin so that grace may abound". They know not that true christianity exists in the replication of the pattern which Jesus showed by His life-IN THEIR OWN LIVES! In this they are no different than the jews of Jesus' day-they looked BACK to "Abraham is our father", and FORWARD to a coming messiah who would literally set on a fancy chair in Jerusalem and put down all other authority with His heavenly army.

Jesus didn't come the way the teachers and theologians and bible scholars of His day thought He would. The exact same thing is happening in this day. God always does the opposite of what the highminded ones think He is going to do.

Worship as a way of life

"Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship."Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in sprit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
- John 4:20-24 -

Somehow over the years we've all been led to believe that worship must take place in the "Worship Center" on Sunday morning. (Actually twice on Sunday mornings and once on Saturday evening for those who attend the Mega Worship Centers). The other belief is that worship entails singing, dancing, and/or raising your hands. Of course no one outright says they believe this. In fact just about every Christian who attends these ceremonies would vehemently deny that they believed this way. They would all probably quote that same verse I listed above. But their actions speak much louder. If they didn't believe it then why would they give these places special names like "The Sanctuary", or "Worship Hall"?

Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with singing songs of praise or raising your hands, or even dancing with joy. In fact I even like a lot of the songs that are sung, and litsen to them on the radio quite often. Also there are many times throughout the bible where godly people sang songs and praised God vocally. But not once was it ever "led" by someone.

The truth is that the modern-day version of Christianity has become no different than the version of Judaism in Christs day. Yes, of course, there are obvious differences (like the whole "believing in Christ" thing), but at the core the issues are the same: It was/is no longer actually about worshipping God, but about the religious practices themselves.

We treat worship as an event only made possible by our trusty "worship leaders". How on earth would we know how to worship if it wasn't a coordinated event? Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if people all showed up and started praising and singing without someone to direct them? Or worse yet, what would happen if people stopped showing up and began worshipping God with the way they lived their life instead of just on special days, in special places, as a coordinated effort?

"In Worship Leader Magazine you hear from the leading thinkers, artists, and pastors on how we can more effectively worship God.
- Pastor Greg Laurie - Harvest Ministries - Taken from a quote on www.worshipleader.com

Here is one of my all time favorite verses which relates to the quote above:

"Appoint ye a leader over thine chuches that when ye come to worship God ye may do so more effectively."
Hezekiah 6:17

All kidding aside, how can we consider our worship services truly worship if it's just conforming to a certain set of standards?

Under the old Jewish ways everything was about rigidity and structure. But that was all established before he had revealed freedom to us through Christ. What Jesus is telling the woman is that worship isn't an event or a certain set of songs that you sing, nor does it happen in a special place. There will be a time where people will worship the Father in their hearts and he will know they are worshipping Him by the way in which they live their lives. There will no longer be a need for places or rituals. That time is now. God is seeking people who will worship Him in this way.

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate, and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
- Matthew 7:13-14 -

A few really? Not the hundreds upon hundreds of thousands that flock weekly to the pews to be led in worship?

The devil tries to catch him

"and there appeared another sign in heaven, and lo! a great red dragon.......and the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, that as soon as she should bring forth he might devour her child".
- Revelations 12:3-4 -

I've already given a description of the woman with the exception of one thing and I will mention it here before discussing the dragon. The woman is guided according to the thought processes of this world (arrayed with the sun-the "light"of this world) and has the moon beneath her feet. Not only is that "light" reason, but also emotion and both have their ground or source in fear which is "opposite faith". The dragon is of course the adversary, called in scripture by various terms which are not necessary to be mentioned here. He gets way too much credit and hence, worship, as it is. The dragon's red color is anger.

In order for spirit to be expressed, it must have a vessel through which to express itself-a body; a willing instrument. As Jesus, the spirit of God/Christ must have willing vessels to express Himself through, likewise the adversary/opposer. The adversary in this case uses humans to express anger at the sons who are in the process of being "caught up to God and to His Throne". These angry humans have had a close relationship to the chosen son-in-training. God is using those who are vessels of anger (the dragon) as NECESSARY INSTRUMENTS OF OPPOSITION to the son-in-training in his journey to the throne. He-the son-is dying and being raised simultaneously. As he refuses to be influenced by the emotion/reason (he won't listen to reason!) fear controlled relations, he is dying to their "pull" on him, because he is single focused on knowing God and nothing else can satisfy him. This is the Pattern shown by Lord Jesus, which all those who want to mature MUST FOLLOW. There are no short cuts.

The anger symptoms are: pointing the finger, accusing, name calling-fanatic, holier than thou, super spiritual, high and mighty, you want us to bow down to you?, you're so heavenly minded- you're no earthly good, and,"how could you do this to me/us?", etc.
The adversary is the necessary opposition that God uses to bring His sons to maturity-"catching them to Himself and to His throne". The New Creation does not become a New Creation without opposition. All opposition must be overcome in order to become a son. (see the "he that overcomes"passages in Rev.2&3)

Experiencing adversity/opposition is nothing more than opportunity to overcome.

On Being Filled With the Spirit

They who are filled with the spirit are sons of God (Rom.8:14) Their outlook/viewpoint/worldview is from the throne of God, for they have been caught up to God and to His Throne (Rev:12:5) They have overcome and taken their seat (a condition of being at rest) with Jesus in His throne as He overcame and sits with Father in His (Rev3:21). The throne is not a literal chair as men think, but is rather a position/sphere of authority; a state or condition of being which gives one the ability of seeing things as they really are, not as they appear to be through viewing from earth, using reason and logic and emotion.

These sons have paid the price laid down by the Pattern Son, Jesus. The scripture verse quoted above, Rev 12:5, is not just referring to the Jesus of history; ie, the human that God sent to show the way to Himself, but is, because it occurs in time, a continuous-on going occurance, experienced individually in those who have been chosen from before the foundation. The "catching up to God and to His Throne", because it occurs in time, is a process. Time, being Spirit "stretched out" or "expanded", is where spiritual realities are "played out".

The sons, being joint heirs with the Pattern Son, Jesus, go through what He went through. They are dispised and rejected by family members; they are accused of being crazy and fanatics; of having "gone off the deep end" or "gone round the bend", etc. They keep their mouth shut and suffer it all without defending themselves, for they know this is part of their "chosenship"-it is the pattern. They experience death (the loss of all things) while yet in their physical body. The death they endure is the "first death", so they experience the "first resurrection"(Rev20:5) while yet alive in their physical bodies.

There is a strong bond which is a "power" operating in families and is similar to that we know as gravity. People call it "family ties". In order for an individual to become a son, family ties are broken because those ties are of the earth and cannot be "taken into the Kingdom of God". To be a mature son, one cannot "bow the knee" to familial expectations. Familial expectations blind one to truth. The example/pattern is Jesus" relationship" to His earthly family. See also see Lk 14:26-27 and other related passages.

Heb 10:38 talks about living by faith and then says,"If any man draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him" To draw back is to withold onesself from God. The following is how this occurs. Math13:20-21, "and he on the rocky places sown, the same is he that hears the word and straightway with joy receives it; yet he has no root in himself, but is only for a season-and there arising tribulation or persecution because of the word, straightway he finds cause of stumbling".

This is why most christians stay babies and never mature(to mature is to become spiritual). Some having professed their "christianhood" for decades. They believe in the Jesus of history and say they are going to heaven when they die, but know not that heaven and hell are not places like the preachers and theologians say, but rather are conditions or states of soul or being, and the "mansion" or dwelling place they are to inherit when they leave their body is determined by their level of maturity (or babyhood) that they have lived in their earthly life. In other words they are "building their mansion" in this life. The Lord continually knocks on their door in this life saying, "come up here", but they refuse to do so because they are tied to this earth through the family tie of earthly expectations, so reason and logic come to the fore and faith goes out the door.

These are of the "church in the wilderness"; ie, the "woman arrayed with the sun (the light of THIS world-reason/logic) and with the moon at her feet(conscience working in conjunction with reason and logic)". God is with her and feeds her in this world /wilderness of reason/logic/conscience, but she never matures to the realm where she can see from God's perspective; ie, be filled with the spirit.
To understand what it means to be filled with the spirit, one must mature and become a son being filled with spirit. A concept, to be understood fully, must be experienced and this takes faith. Reason and logic cannot go here.

Reason comes to "reason away" that which is sown in the heart. When this occurs they then are "pitching their tent toward sodom" as Lot. Their door is opened to the thinking of this world and faith becomes foolishness to them. Their sensory perception is black, for one who supposedly confesses Jesus as savior and that heaven is his or her destiny and lives by reason/logic/conscience, thereby forsaking faith, is in for a surprise when he or she departs the body.