Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Fast Disarming the Populace

A watering down project.....

Matt. 13:10-12 "And the disciples coming near said to Him,' Wherefore in parables are you speaking to them?' And He answering said,' Because unto you it has been given to get to know the sacred secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens-whereas unto them has it not been given. For whosoever has, it shall be given to him and he shall be made to abound, BUT WHOEVER HAS NOT, EVEN WHAT HE HAS (what he thinks he has) SHALL BE TAKEN FROM HIM'".

The "populace" of the title refers to the Assembly, which in it's present day condition thinks it has the truth, but doesn't, and the "truth" which it thinks it has is beginning to be taken away.

The sacred secrets or "mysteries" of the Kingdom of the Heavens are only revealed to THOSE WHOM THE DISCIPLES REPRESENT, WHO, LIKE THEY ARE FEW IN NUMBER. Then in turn, they reveal the secrets to the populace in the Fathers timing.

The "truths" which are taken away from the populace are their "weapons" which they are disarmed of, through a process called a "watering down project"; which is completed in a short span of time as inferred by the word "fast".

These "truths" which the populace has come to trust in have not come by revelation of the Spirit, but by reason guided study and much mental exertion. One of these "truths" has to do with the "return" of Christ.

There is much speaking about a "second coming" of Christ off in a distant future, but the so called second coming was actually initiated with the coming of the Holy Spirit recorded in the beginning of Acts and is an ongoing occurrance to a select few on down to today. The outpouring of the Spirit IS THE SECOND COMING, because the Holy Spirit is THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, the same Spirit that indwelled Jesus in His earthly sojourn, and is also the Spirit of the Father, otherwise Jesus could not have done anything. ("I can of my own self do nothing")

John14:2-3, 16-18, 21, 23 "In the house of My Father are many dwellings; or else I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, AGAIN I AM COMING and will take you home to Myself, that where I am you also may be......And I will request the Father and another Advocate (helper) will He give unto you, that He may be with you age-abidingly; the Spirit of Truth.......I will not leave you bereft, I AM COMING TO YOU......He that has My commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves Me; and he that loves Me shall be loved by My Father and I will love him AND WILL MANIFEST MYSELF UNTO HIM....And My Father will love him AND UNTO HIM WILL-WE-COME AND AN ABODE WITH-HIM-WILL-WE-MAKE".

The Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit are ONE AND THE SAME. The "Advocate", "comforter", "helper"; "I am coming and will take you home to Myself"; "the Spirit of Truth"; "I am coming to you"; "I will manifest Myself to you"; "We will come and an abode with him will we make"- ALL REFER TO ONE THING, THE "COMING", "APPEARANCE", OR "MANIFESTATION" OF CHRIST-AS-SPIRIT TO/IN THE INDIVIDUAL, WHICH IS THE "SECOND COMING" OF CHRIST.


In the above scripture passages Jesus was not talking to the multitude, but to the 12 disciples, who are symbolic types of a LIMITED NUMBER of individuals, called "sons of God" who ONLY experience this "second coming" IN THEMSELVES. This second appearing/coming is NOT TO THE POPULACE OR ASSEMBLY. There is an appearance or coming to the populace/assembly, which is yet to be, but it is not going to be in the manner that they presently think they "see"; ie, according to the "truth" they hold. The latter appearance/coming/manifestation of Christ is the "third" one. Christ "comes" in this third coming through means of MANY SONS, who "appear" throughout the earth wherein "every eye shall see HIM (Him in the sons), Rev.1:7. These sons are described in Rev. 14:1-4 by the number 144,000.

Another so called "truth" that the populace is going to have taken away has to do with resurrection.

2Tim.2:16-18 " But profane pratings shun; for unto more ungodliness will they force themselves on; and their discourse as a gangrene will eat it's way; of whom are Hymanaeus and Philetus, men who concerning the truth have erred, affirming a resurrection already to have taken place, and are overthrowing the faith of some".

There are two resurrections; the first is presently being carried out in those who are called sons. The first resurrection is not a raising of the physical body, but is spiritual, in that it occurs while the individual is still alive in his physical body and is when the individual overcomes all things and sits with Christ on His throne as He overcame all things and sits with the Father in His throne: Rev.3:21. Of course the throne is symbolic and not a literal fancy chair, but is a sphere of authority given to these individuals. A description of this condition of being-and that is what it is; not a "place"- is given in:

Rev.20:4-6 "And I saw thrones and THEY SAT UPON THEM ("they" are those who have overcome all things and experienced the first resurrection-otherwise they wouldn't be pictured as "sitting on thrones"), and sentence of judgment was given unto them and I (also)saw the souls of them who had been beheaded because of the witness of Jesus and because of the Word of God, (I also saw) such as had not done homage unto the wild beast or unto his image, nor had received the mark upon their forehead or upon their hand; AND THEY LIVED AND REIGNED WITH THE CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years were ended. THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION. Happy and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; upon these the second death has no authority; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ and shall reign with Him for the thousand years".

So, not everyone is going to experience this first resurrection. The "placement" in this resurrection is determined by a willing attitude to follow the pattern of God's Pattern Son, the Lord Jesus, in His suffering and not loving one's own life until death. Only this attitude of determination will result in the condition of being described in the previous paragraph.

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