This is just a short little video, if you’re down I pray this lifts you up. Two great articles in the works, keep your eyes peeled for them. HAVE FAITH, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT! 🙂
Author: Jacob Israel
ASCENSION
THE ASCENSION
Before you read this, please understand I wrote this quick, early, early this morning and have not yet edited. So forgive me for the many errors and spelling mistakes. Forgive and you too shall be forgiven for your bad spelling and grammar (wink wink nudge nudge) 🙂
Today, we celebrate the FEAST OF ASCENSION. Which is awesome… if you’re into manmade tradition and all.
Colossians 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Hey, I’m just messing around. There is nothing wrong with celebrating things, unlike the Jehovah Witness, I celebrate birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, etc. etc… Don’t let anyone fool you there is nothing wrong with traditions, they can be so much fun after all. Hiding presents under the tree, eggs around the house, and watching the little one’s faces when they find it. Now I know many would disagree with me, but let me point something out, when I celebrate these things, I also make sure that my family understands the TRUTH about these holidays, that they are merely just fun days to celebrate. While many are giving birth to Jesus, Killing him, Raising Him, and then like Today Ascending Him, I am not taking any part of that, I just enjoy the fun that goes along with the tradition. You see, I don’t put my faith in what HAPPENED, but what HAPPENS. I put my faith in the present, not the past. I don’t recreate what happened, I experience what is happening WITHIN.
Luke 9:62
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.
SIDE NOTE: This is great advice for us all by the way. When you mess up, don’t dwell on it. Don’t look at what you did, press on.
In any event, here is why we need to be careful about traditions. You see they put their focus on things that HAPPENED, as opposed to pointing us toward what HAPPENS WITHIN, and that is a big no, no. We are not to put our faith in things we SEE, or anything OUTSIDE of us, but we are to focus our FAITH WITHIN.
Luke 17:20
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is WITHIN YOU.
It should be pretty clear from this scripture we shouldn’t be looking up into the sky, and waiting to LITERALLY SEE any kingdom coming. And, it should be pretty clear we shouldn’t be WAITING around for some future event, as the Kingdom is NOW AT HAND. But so many today are WAITING and preaching about what is to COME in the FUTURE. Looking for something TANGIBLE like a physical body of Jesus… they want to see things with their two eyes, and this is the trap. You see, the TEMPORAL WORLD is TEMPORARY, we are not to put our faith in this, but in the ETERNAL, which cannot be literally seen.
2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
We are told in many place we are NOT to look at that which is TEMPORAL. Our faith is the EVIDENCE of the UNSEEN, not the seen.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Yet, it seems the whole world is waiting to literally SEE something. As the TWO DISCIPLES who watched Jesus ASCEND were standing around WAITING and LOOKING up into the SKY waiting for JESUS TO RETURN. They, like people today, didn’t understand how Christ COMES (IS REVEALED)
YES, PEOPLE, when you see the word “COME” in scripture, in reference to Jesus COMING the translated word for COME is REVEALED, MANIFESTED, UNVEILED.
John 21:22
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
First I want to point out, the word “COME” is NOT a FUTURE TENSE, it is in PRESENT TENSE. The word speaks of presently COMING, (being revealed)
Here is the strong’s definition of the this Metaphor right here.
COME: Erchomai = To come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence, be established, become known, to come (fall) into or unto.
Now, that would mean that when CHRIST COMES, Christ (who is the way, the truth, and the Light) he is revealed, shown, finds a place of influence, is established, becomes known, comes into existence.
Now this is a very important thing to point out and understand. Because scripture is NOT talking about Jesus RETURNING outside of us, but COMING (being REVEALED AND ESTABLISHED) WITHIN US…
So, those that celebrate past things like the resurrection of one man, the literal ascension of one man, are going to be very confused about how it all goes down. If, in fact, the ASCENSION takes place WITHIN. (Which of course, I believe to be true)
And if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a bunch more times on this blog, the HOPE OF GLORY is NOT Christ OUTSIDE of YOU, but WITHIN YOU.
Colossians 1:27
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:
YES, the Kingdom of HEAVEN is WITHIN YOU. Not outside you, not coming from a far, far away galaxy, not returning, but unveiling. The WORD KINGDOM itself, is translated thus, “not a literal kingdom, but REIGN”
So when we read, the KINGDOM OF GOD is within. It really means the REIGN OF GOD is within. And that REIGN/RULE is CHRIST. Who is HEAD OVER ALL.
Now, I know a lot of you are saying, Christ is going to RETURN. Even though scripture clearly states, Christ NEVER LEFT.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will NEVER LEAVE thee, nor forsake thee.
Simple logic (logos) states, that if Christ never LEFT, he never needed to RETURN. Christ simply needs to be REVEALED. An UNVEILING must take place. THE VEIL that is to say, the FLESH (your carnal mind) must be taken away. And then when that CARNAL NATURE called the ANTI-CHRIST is revealed, THEN CHRIST WILL DESTROY IT with the BRIGHTNESS of his COMING (UNVEILING). And you will know that Christ IS and has ALWAYS BEEN WITHIN you. And that your life has been HID IN CHRIST. (Colosians – read it some time)
I have in other articles, described how we are given the Mind of Christ, the Name of Christ, and we are the Body of Christ… with all of that stated, I surmise, that it is IMPOSSIBLE for us, in the end, to be anything else but CHRIST.
You see, there are only TWO MEN in scripture. ADAM (First born son of God) and CHRIST JESUS (The LAST MAN – ONLY BEGOTTEN OF GOD) – And we bear the IMAGE OF BOTH.
1 Corinthians 15:49
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Notice, it says, as we HAVE born (past tense) the IMAGE of the EARTHY (adam). This means all of humanity has sinned (become ignorant) of who they are in Christ. In doing so, they were expelled from the Garden (paradise/kingdom of heaven) and began to put their faith in the EXTERNAL instead of seeking salvation from their ignorance within, which is CHRIST.
Even today, we hear on almost every pulpit, Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming soon. This ADAMIC thinking is the big problem. To say he is NOT YET HERE, is to NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH… For Christ is the TRUTH. And if the TRUTH is NOT HERE, then you are still DEAD (Ignorant) in your trespasses.
1 Corinthians 15:13
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Many will look at this word DEAD and believe it to be PHYSICAL AND LITERAL. Even though, scripture CLEARLY states NOT TO PUT OUR FAITH IN SUCH.
No, the DEATH Christ is RESSURECTED out of is YOU (Your ADAMIC THINKING/Your IGNORANCE)
Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is DEATH; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Now if there is no RISING out of our IGNORANCE, than even this blog of mine is in VAIN. If the TRUTH (Christ) is not RISEN IN ME then MY faith (evidence of the UNSEEN) is in VAIN.
Now watch this next verse: LOOK CLOSELY
1 Corinthians 15:20
But now is Christ risen from the DEAD, and become the firstfruits of THEM that slept.
The word DEAD is A PLURAL WORD… meaning THE word DEAD here refers to MANY… This is why the next line is, CHRIST is becomes the FIRSTFRUITS (PLURAL) of THEM (PLURAL/MANY/MANKIND) … THEM.
Notice, the word THEM is used, not HIM a singular word. What? Still need more proof that CHRIST is only RISEN WITHIN, and not WITHOUT?
Colossians 3:1
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Paul, is not talking about someone fresh from the literal grave, he is talking about someone who is RISEN (enlightened) into the TRUTH OF CHRIST. He says, IF YOU ARE RISEN seek the things which are ABOVE, where CHRIST sits, the RIGHT HAND OF GOD… which is WITHIN YOU, the Temple of God, which YOU ARE.
KNOW YOU NOT THAT YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD?
Know you not, that the THRONE OF GOD is your heart/mind? And the RIGHT HAND of GOD, where God sits is NOT a literal location. That the RIGHT HAND OF GOD is an allegorical representation of the AUTHORITY AND RULE, and TEACHING of God. This is the RIGHT HAND. (God’s WISDOM)
Ecclesiastes 10:2
A wise man’s heart is at his RIGHT HAND; but a fool’s heart at his left.
Remember the FOOL in his heart says “there is no God” and who always shows up on the LEFT. Satan and the unbelievers (thoughts that aren’t true).
God judges the THOUGHTS and INTENTS of man. He doesn’t JUDGE LITERAL PHYSICAL PEOPLE as some would say. HE JUDGES OUR THOUGHTS AND WORDS. Scripture states clearly, that we will be judged for every word that comes out of our mouth. And every word that comes out of our mouth, comes from the HEART/MIND.
Recently, I have been condemned by some to be destined to the Left side at the judgment. As if this is a literal physical place where we, allegoricallly called sheeps and goats, are taken to be judged and condemned. Well it isn’t!
God judges and separates our thoughts from WITHIN. His THRONE of judgment is INSIDE US ALREADY. Don’t you know that JUDGMENT begins at the HOUSE OF THE LORD. (WHICH WE ALL ARE)
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a DISCERNER of the THOUGHTS and INTENTS OF THE HEART.
Every thought that is not rooted in TRUTH is cut away and destroyed. This is how God deals with us.
TALK ABOUT TANGENTS… In any event, let me get back on track here.
I wanted to write about the ASCENSION. I pointed out how this is NOT a physical event that takes place, but a spiritual event that takes place WITHIN US ALL.
Now, today is the FEAST OF ASCENSION… And this man made tradition is brought to us courtesy of the first passage in ACTS.
ACTS 1: 10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11″Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
Now, I want to show you something perhaps none of you have seen before. Now you need to pay attention.
Here is a picture of DISCIPLES looking UP in the SKY and WAITING for JESUS TO RETURN… Much like the millions of Christians around the world today. (By now, it should be obvios Christ never left. John 1, he is the Light that lights all from the womb.)
And what happens in ACTS here, is these disciples looking up in the sky are visited by a MESSENGER of God. Who says, 11″Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the sky?
Why are you LOOKING UP IN THE SKY?
Now if Jesus was to RETURN that way, as many believe, don’t you think, the MESSENGER would have said, “Hey, good job, keep looking up there fellow Christian!” … But NO, that’s not what is said. The two are asked, WHAT ARE YOU DOING LOOKING UP IN THE SKY MEAT-HEADS?
The disciples were confused. Surely, THEY THOUGHT, Jesus would return by descending from the sky above, they thought. But look at what the MESSENGER says next.
“…This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the SAME WAY you have seen him go into heaven.”
Did you catch that? The SAME WAY he was TAKEN FROM YOU, he will COME BACK.”… THE SAME WAY. CHRIST ASCENDED out of their SIGHT (understanding), and this is the SAME WAY he will COME (BE REVEALED) BACK… By ASCENDING within us.
When Christ is RISEN within us, there are some things we cannot grasp. There are some TRUTHS that are BEYOND OUR SIGHT.
Now there are some that are waiting for a physical return, waiting and waiting. But if they kept that up, they’d be waiting for eternity.
Christ has been TAKEN from the disciples. The TRUTH is too much for some to see, so they cannot SEE (UNDERSTAND) Christ. There are some that cannot understand the TRUTH OF CHRIST when it is REVEALED within others, much less, themselves.
But CHRIST (THE TRUTH) is always WITH US. CHRIST is TAKEN from us, and COMES to us… Let me explain this further.
The Word TAKEN, in the Greek means to RECEIVE, to BELIEVE, TO ACCEPT as TRUE… It doesn’t mean to be physically TAKEN AWAY from.
The TRUTH of God, the WORD OF GOD, is WITHIN. And the same way CHRIST ASCENDED is how he comes back, by ASCENDING. The scripture does not say…
“this same Jesus that was taken from you will return in THE OPPOSITE way he left.”
No, the scripture is clear… “…This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in THE SAME WAY you have SEEN HIM GO into heaven.”
When REVELATION HITS, this is CHRIST within you, you SEE (UNDERSTAND) then when you no longer have further REVELATION, Christ is not gone, but will once again have to ASCEND for you to SEE (UNDERSTAND) the TRUTH AGAIN.
I know this is a tough saying…. But look at how Christ RISES.
Romans 10:6-8
6But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say NOT in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
Don’t say who will LITERALLY GO into HEAVEN. Because to ASCEND into HEAVEN is to BRING CHRIST (truth/word) DOWN from ABOVE (HIGHER TRUTHS OF GOD) – To ascend means to have REVELATION of CHRIST.
7Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
To DESCEND into the DEEP, means to bring CHRIST again from the DEAD (our ignorance)
8But what saith it? The WORD is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and IN YOUR HEART: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.
You see people. Jesus Christ is not far, far, away, waiting to return.
CHRIST is IN YOU, IN YOUR HEART/MIND…. All one needs to do is to either bring Christ down to others, or raise Christ up from your death (ignorance) — But if truth be told, none of this is in our control ANY WAY. So thank God for it all, and pray YOUR WILL BE DONE, NOT MINE!
I hope this article made a whip of sense to you, and I pray as always you SEEK GOD for the Truth. Because as always, I could be COMPLETELY WRONG. I just don’t believe that to be so. Peace out “Church”
Jacob
FOLLOW THE MAN WITH THE PITCHER OF WATER
FOLLOW THE MAN WITH THE PITCHER
Recently as I was talking with my new friend TJ Whitworth, a 29 year old dude who has come into some great revelation. Who reminds me, of me when I was about his age. Not that I’m an old man, shoot I’m just about forty, and that is when the real fun begins, am I right “church”?
In any event, TJ kept bringing up the passage from two gospels, where Jesus tells his disciples to prepare for the passover. That they will find a man with a Pitcher of Water. Now at first I sort of blew this off, not that I was blowing off what TJ was inspired to talk about but I didn’t realize how important this topic was. So, TJ, being led by the Spirit of God, saw fit to write me a lengthy and encouraging email, STRESSING the importance of the MAN WITH THE PITCHER. He spoke of many things that it could represent, one of them being the AGE OF AQUARIUS, to which I won’t deny. As you know me, I only share what I have come to understand, and God knows if it is true or not. So, my disclaimer always stands… Take this SHORT ARTICLE (everyone claps), yes this article is not ten pages long, a short one. But a pointed one, and a revealing one I hope.
Coincidently, over the weekend, I had been studying this very chapter for my last article, called “Are We Christ?” … The weird part is, it tied in beautifully with this next article.
Now before I get into the Pitcher of Water and this Man we should follow, I want to start off with the first two passages in this Chapter of Luke…. Enjoy.
Luke 22 1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people
This is symbolic People, the FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, is actually a symbol of the spiritual FEAST of TRUTH (unleavened = no lies) that is coming for many, and for some has come(been revealed).
And yes LEAVEN is the LIES AND PRIDE of the RELIGIOUS PEOPLE/LEADERS and our own RELIGIOUS IDEALS. This is why we are warned to BEWARE THE LEAVEN of the PHARASEES, which is A BUNCH OF HOGWASH/LIES/IDOLATRY.
So the REVEALING of the TRUTH (feast of unleavened bread) is drawing near, called the PASS-OVER. Which is PASSING from DEATH to LIFE. No longer allowing the spirit of DEATH (ignorance) to rule over us. And when this FEAST COMES it is CHRIST (TRUTH) that is bringing it near. And when this happens, the RELIGIOUS thoughts in MANKIND do everything they can to keep the TRUTH (christ) from being revealed to us. Pictured here, by the Religious leaders seeking oppurtunity to KILL CHRIST.
Now, let’s skip ahead a bit and get into this PITCHER OF WATER MAN and all.
8And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
You see, inside each of us, there comes a time when we know it is TIME to get ready to PASS-OVER from Death to life. The problem is, many of us DON’T KNOW HOW TO. We need to be led. We don’t know where to go, what to do. What church to attend? What religion to put our faith in? What to believe and cast away? This is why Peter and John said, “HEY JESUS, DUDE, where are supposed to go to do this?”
10And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
Let me just point out the symbols here. To get everyone out of the LETTER (LITERAL) which KILLS, and into the SPIRITUAL which gives LIFE and more ABUNDANT life (a large upper furnished room:) you’ll see)
So, the CITY mentioned here that they are about to enter in, is not a literal CITY. It is what they put their faith in, their mindset.
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Proverbs 21:22
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
So the CITY – Christ (The TRUTH) sends them/us to, is a place where we can LAY DOWN OUR CARNAL LIFE and IMAGINATIONS and pick up the TRUTH (Christ’s cross).
No longer shall our CITY (where we put our trust and faith) be a harlot, but, this CITY we enter into is where we become RIGHTEOUS in Christ.
Isaiah 1:26
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Now when we ENTER INTO THIS PLACE, CITY, we find “A MAN” bearing a “PITCHER OF WATER” – This is a picture of following the TRUTH into a HIGHER PLACE.
Water is so wonderfully symbolic. The FLOOD rids the world (our hearts) of the EVIL/WICKEDNESS in it. Jesus fills the SIX BARREN VESSELS (mankinds carnal heart) with WATER (truth/doctrine) and it is only after that, that the WATER (TRUTH) is turned to WINE (SPIRIT OF TRUTH/JOY)
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
The problem is so few have entered this city to find this man with water. That is why there is so much pain and sadness in the world. Overall, the literal world has not come to the Knowledge of the Truth. They will, but remember the FEAST is drawing near. For many it hasn’t happened. This is why they cry for the WATER, to get the WINE (JOY)
Isaiah 24:11
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
We see WATER pictured everywhere in scripture. We see WELLS being dug, women at wells, water being drunk, people being dunked… WATER is the WORD OF GOD that we are told to drink.
Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Now this WATER (doctrine/logic of God/logos) SHOULD be drank out of our own cistern.
Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
In other words. The TRUTH IS WITHIN all of us. We don’t NEED to go to another to DRINK from their WELLS. This is why Jesus said to the woman at the well, I will give you DRINK that will spring up into ETERNAL LIFE (KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND THE SON/YOU)
So, when Jesus told his disciples to follow the MAN with the PITCHER of WATER. This is also a symbol of a spiritual shift that takes place INSIDE of us. And sure outside as well. Many will come across our paths with WATER for us to drink. But we can only drink what we already have inside of us. When people share things with us, God has already revealed this WATER to us, within. We already know what we need to know, it simply must be remembered. And this is why we will have others that share with us, and we say “WOW” that is so true… But if truth be told, it isn’t the messenger that revealed this, it is only REVEALED within. Sometimes God uses other people to allow this to happen. But there will come a time, and for many it has, when you won’t need to go DOOR TO DOOR saying know the LORD, for ALL WILL.
Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 “They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Notice, this is HEART work God does. When we enter into that CITY (UNDERSTANDING/FAITH)r we will no longer go to those wells (Religious principles/traditions/teachings) that our forefathers dug that are dried up and have to be continually dug, but we will have water within that continually flows. And so yes, until we do, one way we come to this place is we find others, who have received insight and share this revelation with us. So in essence, we are also following the “man” or “woman” (Their is no male or female in Christ, which we all are) who has revelation to share which will lead us to a higher place. And we will know whether he is the ONE with the pitcher of water by the Voice(words spoken) – Christ sheep hear the Voice. Because, this TRUTH though appearing to come from without, is actually coming from WITHIN and being projected without. (confused yet? lol)
MOVING ON:
11And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
Now, OUR SOUL (Who we think we are) is the GOODMAN of the HOUSE.
Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the GOODMAN of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Understanding that we in fact are the GOODMAN OF THE HOUSE, is VERY IMPORTANT to realize. Look, pretty much everything in scripture is an allegory. Whether it literally happened or not, IS NOT IMPORTANT. But what it SPIRITUALLY MEANS is IMPORTANT.
We are the GOODMAN of the HOUSE… When the CHRIST (TRUTH/OUR LIFE) begins to rise inside of us, when THE PASS-OVER is about to take place. CHRIST needs a place IN US. The TRUTH needs to take residence in our heart.
WHERE IS THE GUESTCHAMBER? Well, if your a fan of the OLD TESTAMENT, you’ll realize that GUESTCHAMBER is what we should always make available for when the PROPHET arrives. To receive the PROPHET’S REWARD which is TRUTH and REVELATION.
2 Kings 4:10
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Proverbs 24:4
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
This GUEST CHAMBER is our HEART… And even our LITERAL HEART has CHAMBERS for the BLOOD to flow in and out of. (blood being the life of the body/christ). This is the GUEST CHAMBER. Our HEART. The literal heart has four chambers. The two ventricles (right and left) are muscular chambers that propel the blood out of the heart. – Aren’t there FOUR RIVERS that flow out of the GARDEN OF EDEN as well. 🙂
In any event, OUR HEART is the GUEST CHAMBER the TRUTH/CHRIST/OUR TRUE LIFE is having us look for, and leading us to.
You see when you begin to follow the REVELATION within (Pictured here by Following the Man with the PICTHER of WATER) you are led to a HIGHER PLACE. You are led to a place of greater discernment, enlightenment, a place where you can finally put to DEATH that CARNAL NATURE that has ruled for so long. And when you find this PLACE in your HEART (THINKING) for the pass-over to take place, there you will find something you NEVER DREAMED OF.
12And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
Notice, this UPPER ROOM is furnished. Everything you need is in the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. In this HIGHER PLACE you shall not need to do anything, but GET READY for what is to come NEXT!
2 Timothy 3:17
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Remember, the UPPER ROOM is also where the SPIRIT OF GOD is poured out upon the DISCIPLES, this is the DAY OF THE LORD JOEL spoke of. Where everyone began to speak in different tongues (they began to speak the TRUTH of God as opposed to the lies of the world)
Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,
The UPPER ROOM is not just FURNISHED, but it is ALSO LARGE. When we are brought up higher, we are brought into GREAT POSSIBILTY AND TRUTH. It is not a small place but a LARGE ROOM. And look at what that LARGE ROOM really is…
PSALM 31 5Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. 6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; 8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a LARGE ROOM.
The LARGE UPPER room is GOD’S SPIRIT, the Kingdom of HEAVEN and there is ONLY ONE WAY THERE. By following the ONE WITH THE WATER (TRUTH)
Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And this exactly what the PASS-OVER is all about. No longer allowing the SPIRIT of DEATH to destroy you. The FEAST of UNLEAVENED bread is COMING, and for SOME it is ALREADY HERE. There is a cry going out in the hearts of the land… FOLLOW the one with the TRUTH and come up HIGHER. There are many that want peace, righteousness, faith, and hope to rule their hearts… And that is the GUESTCHAMBER that BECOMES the LARGE ROOM, which is the SPIRIT OF GOD.
13And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
And when these people follow the TRUTH (spirit of God) inside of them, they will FIND such a place. And when they FIND THIS PLACE, this great revelation of the Kingdom of God = That God is COMPLETELY IN CONTROL, they will make ready the PASSOVER, even though there are still many thoughts in their midst that seek to betray such (judas)… The PASSOVER still happens, and it is all because they FOLLOWED the MAN WITH THE PITCHER OF WATER.
Okay, I know I said this one was going to be short. Well sorry, I just go on and on, but I hope this article opened your eyes (understanding) to the UPPERROOM that is YOUR HEART and you find the KINGDOM OF GOD right there INSIDE YOU. The HOPE OF GLORY.
Peace Jacob
ARE WE CHRIST?
ARE WE CHRIST?
Now I wasn’t planning to write an essay for awhile, but on my recent trip I couldn’t help but feel like a stranger in a strange land. So many wonderful people surrounding me, yet so very few that I was inspired to speak to about higher things. But what would a Sunday for me at home be without rolling up my sleeves and tackling another majorly controversial (howbeit true) topic. Hope the title got your attention, because there is more attention that will come, I pray.
On my recent trip I asked many “christians” who go to church, work for their church, attend bible study, etc, etc, just what they are saved from? And what is Salvation? And sadly, not one had a good answer to give. Truly many don’t understand salvation, in regards to the HERE AND NOW. Which is what salvation is.
Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
You are NOT saved from some future terrible torture, (see my article “To Hell with Hell.” NO! You are saved from the life you are living, you are saved from Yourself/hell. Your Ego and all the bells and whistles of pain and suffering that goes along with it. Now the question many will ask, is why haven’t these people found the TRUTH of God. (Christ) – More to the point, what is the Truth? And why haven’t they found it.
Well there is a great story in scripture that spells it out. (They are looking in the wrong place) You see, so many who are SEEKING JESUS among their Kinsfolk (friends, congregations, bible studies etc.)
Luke 2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
And yet, when they REALLY wanted to find the WAY and the TRUTH, it wasn’t there.
45And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
You will NEVER find the truth among your friends, family, congregations, etc… you will NOT find the TRUTH until you TURN BACK AGAIN toward JERUSALEM which is HEBREW means “TEACHING OF PEACE” – You cannot and WILL NOT find the TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST, at your religious halls, in your bible studies, mosques, or man made temple’s… You will NOT find the TRUTH there at all. You will need to RETURN to the TEACHING OF PEACE, and go WITHIN (the Temple = YOUR HEART) to find Christ.
Luke 2:46 And it came to pass, that after THREE days they found him in the TEMPLE, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
There we see that number THREE again (Tri-Mester) A period of time before the child (CHRIST) is born IN YOU, from you. – This is the sign of Jonah, three days in the BELLY (WOMB) of the earth (MAN’S SOUL)… Just like all of that, after THREE DAYS Joseph and Mary FIND CHRIST. And where do they find Christ? (Their Child)
Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a child is born,
We find this CHILD (CHRIST) their JESUS in the TEMPLE of God (Which is us).
Many may wonder why we, and they, couldn’t find the TRUTH (Christ) among their Kinfolk, in their churches and Temple’s and Mosque’s or Kingdom Halls, etc… Well, the reason is God’s ways are above man’s and you will never FIND the TRUTH among other men and women.
BECAUSE Christ is ALWAYS about HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS.
Luke 2:48,49 48And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
Like Mary and Joseph, many “religious” folk. Will not understand why they couldn’t find the TRUTH in the high places of Mankind like Religion. So many cry out in their man made Churches, seeking Christ, begging for Christ, and yet they cannot find Christ. The reason is you will never FIND THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD!
THE religious world is NOT about God’s business they are about church business, and for many, business it is booming! However, when you leave all that mess and return to Jerusalem (the teaching of Peace) you will find Christ, IN THE TEMPLE (Within You) – “the hope of Glory which is Christ In You” and you will learn, the reason you could NOT find Christ in those religious circles is because Christ is ALWAYS about the FATHER’S BUSINESS.
And what is the FATHER’S BUSINESS you ask? – Well God is in the IMAGE MAKING business, getting us to lay down our (carnal life in Adam) so we can take our TRUE LIFE back up.
John 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
God’s will is for ALL MANKIND to be SAVED. And nothing stops God’s will. This is the FATHER’S business.
Ephesians 1:8-10 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9Having made known unto us the MYSTERY OF HIS WILL, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one ALL things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
He is going to gather everything TOGETHER in HIS TRUTH and SPIRIT(Christ) we will ALL come to full stature of the perfect man. And nothing can stop the Father’s WILL.
Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Now I know what many of you are thinking… WE HAVE CHOICE! And I am NOT going to say we don’t. But I will say, that OUR choices will ALWAYS bring us back to God’s will come HELL or HEAVEN! This is what Reaping and Sowing is all about. When you follow the shepherd (Christ) our journey is pleasant, if we fall of path that sheepdog (Satan) will bite our rear ends and put us back in line.
And if we fall off the path enough times, the Shepherd may even break our leg and carry us for awhile, until we learn never to do it again. You see God works ALL things according to his plan and purpose, our CREATOR is IN CONTROL and this should give us hope. It takes the pressure is OFF US, we are no longer under the law of works but the grace of FAITH. And with FAITH we CANNOT FAIL. Because out of all the FATHER GAVE THE SON TO SAVE, the CHRIST INSIDE US ALL, has LOST NOT ONE!
2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
It has nothing to do with our works but God’s purpose and will, which is the ONLY THING CHRIST IS ABOUT! Bringing us all to that PLACE (the Kingdom of God) = Righteousness, Peace, and Joy, and power in the Holy Ghost. Ultimately, God is bringing us all to the same place, CHRIST (Beccoming his ANNOINTED ONE, his ONLY BEGOTTEN). Not a birth of Flesh and Blood from of SPIRIT.
John 1
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
You see there is ONLY ONE SPIRIT, BAPTISM, LORD, AND GOD. ONE, not several as so many believe. Where many of us see Bob, Helen, Charlotte, and Larry, God only see’s CHRIST – his finished CREATION, WHICH despite what many religious leaders state, will be finished in VICTORY! “ALL OF CREATION WILL SING GOD’S PRAISES”
There is ONLY ONE IMAGE OF GOD. Humanity! “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE!” – “Christ the express IMAGE OF GOD.”
Oh yes, we are either DEAD (ignorant) in ADAM or ALIVE (Enlightened) in CHRIST. We too are both, the 1st and the LAST.
1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The FIRST man Adam was made a living soul; the LAST Adam was made a quickening spirit.
The first MAN is a living SOUL (Jacob) the last MAN is a QUICKENING SPIRIT (CHRIST). You see when Jesus said, I am the First and the Last, he understood, he was both ADAM and JESUS.
I also, am the FIRST and the LAST, you are as well. We ALL are the FIRST AND THE LAST.
There is ONLY ONE SON of God (Israel). The first STATE of that ONE MAN is DEAD and the second state is ALIVE.
Revelation 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
I know this is a hard saying for many of you. You don’t see Jesus as being Adam as well, MUCH LESS as seeing JESUS AS YOURSELF… 🙂
But CLEARLY, Jesus was DEAD and is ALIVE. And, CLEARLY, this is our story as well. We are no different. For…
1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
We have to stop looking at this Jesus character from thousands of years ago as the SAVIOR of the WORLD, and stop putting our faith in a MAN from thousands of years ago who died, who was but a PATTERN for us…
1 Timothy 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a PATTERN to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
We have to STOP putting our faith in PAST EVENTS. As what is behind us, does NOT PROFIT US.
Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
It’s time to FORGET what is BEHIND US, and REACH for what is before us, ETERNAL LIFE (Knowing God the Father and CHRIST IN US)
We MUST put our FAITH in the SON OF GOD within, that DIED for us (So we could become Jacob, Bob, Helen, and Ruth) and now we die to our EGO’S so CHRIST (Our true Identity) can live. And NOTHING can seperate us from becoming CHRIST. – Don’t misunderstand me, God does the work however, we simply go along for the ride. 🙂 If we are IN HIS REST. And like I said, NOTHING shall prevent God’s will (to have all be saved)
Romans 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Now I know many of you do not want to believe, that you TOO are the SON/DAUGHTER of God, the ONLY BEGOTTEN of God. However, to believe that you are NOT THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF GOD is to DENY the TRUTH/GOD. So if people seeing and talking with you, and you are RISEN in CHRIST, they they are actually talking to and seeing Christ.
Matthew 10:40
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
This is why we should not DENY this great mystery which has been hidden. CHRIST IN YOU, AS YOU, IS YOU. Instead, DENY who you THINK YOU ARE.
Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
My Friend Larry (Uriah) and I had a nice talk about what it means to DENY yourself. For many years, many have believed this meant to DEPRIVE yourself, but that is NOT WHAT THE WORD DENY means.
The definition of the word DENY is as follows: “to declare untrue” When we are told to DENY our “SELF” we are actually being told, to DENY that “who we think we are” actually exists.
DENY your EGO, it isn’t real. IT IS UNTRUE.
After we do this then we TAKE UP THE CROSS (we move from IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT/LIFE) So if we DENY (declare untrue) OURSELVES/HELL, then all that is left is CHRIST. (God’s son) OUR TRUE LIFE.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
The word APPEAR is translated from the Hebrew as this: to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way
Now why must we believe that we are CHRIST? … And Members in particular? Because if you are NOT THE SON/DAUGHTER than you cannot know God. And you cannot be SAVED! Now does God see us this way? Well YES, God does.
2 Corinthians 2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
But if you were to tell another human being. That in fact they ARE JESUS CHRIST, meaning, they are NO DIFFERENT, than Christ. They would flip out, but the truth is, IF THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS REVEALED IN THEM/US, than they are ANTI-CHRIST (opposite the truth) – They haven’t DENIED themselves.
1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come (revealed/manifested) in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
On my trip, I was very sad to see so few OF MY PEERS who desired to know God and the mysteries of the Kingdom. Everyone was so consumed with the bump and grind of the cares of the world that they hadn’t even bothered to take the time, to think of those things which TRULY MATTER.
There was a time when I was younger in my faith when I would witness to everyone, I didn’t care what any thought OF WHAT I SAID, and like Moses I was killing the Egyptians left and right. I too shared things with people that just weren’t ready. I was carnally doing what God was preparing to be spiritually done. It is true that God has perfected praise in the young (immature to their faith), but they are still babes and as excited as they are to share the deeper things of God, they must first mature to understand it. And they must have those growing pains, and man do they hurt.
We forget it is through much tribulation that we enter the kingdom of God, we forget, like the man Jesus we must take up our Cross (death to self) to enter into life. We must come to the place that PAUL came, DENYING PAUL… where he said. “It is no LONGER I PAUL that LIVE, but Christ.”
Now I want to be clear, there is Only One way to enter. Those who enter the sheep gate, the same become the shephard of the sheep. (Christ) No one knows the Father but the Son. So in order to know God you must be the Son (Gods only begotten).
Now when I share Who we really are, most people freak out. They refuse it. They will not accept the truth of who they are, because that Truth is in a far away country. Out of sight (understanding) out of mind. And when this truth is presented it is met with anger, hate, betrayal, and worse. Because the Anti Christ (your Ego) believes he or she really exists.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names (Natures/greed/lust/pride/etc) were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Our EGO is that BEAST. Ecclesiates calls men BRUTE BEASTS. the Beasts’ number is 666, the NUMBER OF MAN. You see, who you think you are, exists and yet doesn’t EXIST. It is simply who you THINK you are. It will only exist as long as you don’t DENY it’s very existence, which is a LIE to begin with.
Cane Killed Abel. This CARNAL nature IN us, wants to be REAL, and it will put down the TRUTH, but that is for but a moment. The first man, (which we all are, as well as the last) is always a KILLER. You’ll notice the first born in scripture Adam, Cane, Ishmael, Esau, etc, alway deal in death. They are hunters, seeking whom they may kill and then devour.
However, the second nature of man, the second born, Christ, Abel, isaac, Jacob who becomes Israel is Always a shephard. In the first ignorant nature of mankind there is death, this death is lived out in the external and temporal things of the world. But the second Goes Within. It’s life is found inside MANKIND. Their true LIFE is in fact CHRIST. I know for many, this still may be hard to believe but let us take a look at Gal 3 and 4.
Gal 3 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
You see, there is no more Jacob, Tim, Joanne, and Bertha… there is only ABRAHAMS SEED. Now, we see many, but scripture clearly states, there is but ONE SEED.
16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is CHRIST.
Easy to see, that ABRAHAMS SEED is CHRIST. Now watch this… let’s read on a bit and see what this says about you and me and everyone else in the world.
29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Now if you be CHRIST’S than you are ABRAHAMS’ SEED (christ). Here let me put this plainly, if CHRIST is REVEALED to you, within you, than you ARE CHRIST. No ifs ands or buts about it. Yeah, try sharing that if you are Catholic, Lutheran, or in any other church… This is the MESSIAH the JEWS were waiting for… IMMANUEL – GOD WITH/IN/AS YOU.
Now, don’t try and go and carnally tell the world you are Jesus, because that is NOT the TRUTH. You need to DENY who you THINK YOU ARE, die to your SELF, and CHRIST will THEN BE REVEALED. When you realize that your EGO NATURE (WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE) is actaully the SON OF PERDITION, that WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, is actually the ANTICHRIST sitting on the THRONE OF GOD (YOUR MIND AND HEART) – then AND only then, can the TRUTH be REVEALED about who you REALLY ARE IN CHRIST, and it will destroy WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE, and then my friends, you will know what it means to be saved! And to be a SON/DAUGHTER.
Now, to finish this essay off right, I want to show you how sharing this revelation can be met in not the nicest of ways –
John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
You see NO ONE is going to HEAVEN (ENLIGHTENMENT) but the ONE who CAME DOWN… There is only ONE (humanity) – We are the SON OF MAN and the SON OF GOD…. WE ARE. We are as the Prophet Obediah said, the SAVIORS OF THE WORLD.
Obediah 1 21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.
So what Jacob? Are you saying we are ALL CHRIST? — Well if you are the body of Christ. You are given the name of Christ. And you have the Mind of Christ…. Who are you?
Now I understand this is a hard saying, but I want to show you in scripture how (there is nothing new under the sun) and since they rejected Jesus for saying he is the Son of God, many will reject you for saying the same. But be of good courage, for as CHRIST in YOU has overcome the world (carnal mind and it’s lusts) so shall we all. So when listening to Luke 22 some things shot out at me…. I began to see that this chapter, like so many chapters spoke more about me, than it did about some people who have long been dead and buried.
Scripture is better applied to our lives today as sons and daughters of God, and as a united people who have finally come out of the darkness and shouted into the light the Hope of Glory. So let’s start shall we?
Luke 22
1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Leaven is used to Puff something up, since we are the Bread/body of Christ this takes on a whole new meaning. We are told a little leaven, leavens the whole lump, and to beware the Leaven (lies/pride) of the Pharasees. So here we are entering into a day where the body of believers will no longer be filled with these lies. It is called the Passover because “death” is passing over us. During this season we will no longer be ruled by the carnal leaven of religion. But this is a season that is still to come for some. And a scary day this will be for the religious leaders of the land.
2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
When the truth of who we are (CHRIST) is revealed, it threatens the religious system that is in place. People today are hungrier now to experience God and to know the Truth than I can remember. And when the winds (doctrines) change from being filled with leaven/lies/vanity/pride to humility and love, the religious leaders will be scared that they may lose their bank roll and so-called ministry, because at the Passover no one goes to temple, each man is to sacrafice and worship in His own house.
Now if word got out that mankind didn’t need religion, and that each would be enlightened to the truth of who they are without any effort on their behalf, we would say buh bye Babylon and hello Kingdom.
3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot(meaning great man or masculine – Man of Kerioth), being of the number of the twelve. 4And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
Now first let me get rid of this false belief that SATAN was some spirit outside of Judas and literally entered him. The word ENTERED is translated as “of thoughts that come into the mind” – So really, this THOUGHT arose from WITHIN. As Jesus said, “Nothing going into a man defiles him”… Yes that serpent is hanging in your garden (your soul)… So this thought arose inside JUDAS to deny AND betray the TRUTH, as opposed to DENYING HIMSELF.
Even reading this paper, there will be thoughts rising inside SOME OF YOU, thinking about all your religious leaders have taught you. You may even go and speak to them about this, seeing how you may BETRAY this great truth. – You see JUDAS, was of the same tribe as Jesus, looked like Jesus, acted like Jesus, but he carried the money bag. In the beginning, the Kingdom’s teaching were accepted BY HIM, but once the Carnal Man (Judas) was threatened, and that he had to deny himself… he wanted nothing to do with that. AS MANY OF YOU READING THIS WILL AS WELL.
21But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
The One who BETRAYS the truth , is the same one the TRUTH is presented to. You see your Carnal Ego (who doesn’t really exist) will fight tooth and nail to hang unto the Field the Lord has given him. But when the TRUTH arises, they will seek to KILL IT, because to accept CHRIST AS LORD, is to accept that you are NO LONGER IN CONTROL.
1 Corinthians 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
BUT WHAT LIBERTY IS FOUND IN THIS! WHAT PEACE? WHAT FREEDOM?
48But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
You see there are many here, who have greeted this TRUTH (with a kiss = accepting) but once CHRIST begins to move farther, they refuse. They don’t to stop worshipping the CREATURE (the man Jesus) as opposed to the Creator (Our Father and our Lord Christ Within, which is our life)
52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
You see there will come a time for all of us, where we will be rejected for coming to understand who we are. When once we were embraced and loved, soon we will be treated as THIEVES. ( a thief is someone who tries to get into the Kingdom another way) – They will call you heretic, liar, antichrist, but DON’T LOSE HOPE! For the day is here, when these things will be revealed. Nothing shall stop this mighty move of God. This is what the whole creation has been groaning for, the MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD (the first and the last)
53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Even though CHRIST is within all, teaching and leading at a pace that God has set… If they ask you plainly…
67Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
They will not believe the GREAT TRUTH of who we are. That in fact we are the SON/DAUGHTER of God. That JESUS was no different than any of us. “as he is so are we in this world”
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
There will be many that will deny this great truth. But I say, turn them over to SATAN (thier own egotistical imagination) for the destruction of their flesh so their SPIRIT may be saved on the day of the Lord.
70Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
When we all realize we are the SAME, there will be no more war, famine, hate, disease, we will be FREE!
SO JACOB ARE YOU THE SON OF GOD? — Yes I am, and so are you! Deal with it. 🙂 Peace to you all.
THE WALL SHALL FALL
SHALL THE WALL FALL
You ever get a troubling thought that you can’t seem to get out of your head? You ever think this thought may be God warning you of events to come, or challenging you to step out in faith and share what most would consider completely ridiculous?
Well, this happens to me quite often. Go figure, “no not you Jacob, you totally seem to be on the level with most religious thinkers today.” the peanut gallery says. 🙂 lol
In any event, usually I keep these thoughts to myself, but more, and more, lately it seems I am being challenged by myself, and others to share some of these things. As they may indeed be something that the world needs to read, for more reasons than just that these thoughts may literally be true and literally happen, God knows, not me.
In the past, I have felt strongly that I must share something, and only shared with a chosen few, and then realized what a fool I was not to step out in faith and say, “hey I know this sounds a bit off, but guess what, I believe so and so may soon happen.”
The last time this happened, was this past Easter, with the MexiCali earthquake. I knew in my heart an Earthquake was coming on Easter, (see my article TWELVE DISCIPLES IN YOU) for the timestamp email I sent out the day before. I had it on my heart to share that news, yet I didn’t, because I thought to myself… “This may not be true” “People will think I’ve gone even deeper off the deep end then they say I have already.”
Well, after the Earthquake hit, I prayed and asked God, what I was supposed to learn from this. I flipped open my bible and came to the book of Jonah and then it dawned on me. I was like Jonah.
You see, Jonah was scared to tell the people of Nineveh to Repent, because A) He thought they would kill him for saying such things. B) Because he didn’t believe it would matter at all. C) He didn’t believe they would listen. — My personal Jonah issue was D) I didn’t know if what I was thinking was true or not.
I mean how do we really EVER know. We get feelings inside of us, sometimes things happen, sometimes they don’t. God’s ways are above Man’s. So I didn’t know truly if what I thought would occur would occur, as I am not sure what I am about to share is going to occur, or if this is just a symbol of something spiritual within me, that God is dealing with. In any event, I’m stepping out in faith and sharing it. (Remember, I have no real understanding of whether or not this is really going to happen. I just keep thinking about it. And I have had some strange bits of comfirmation that have made me feel like I would be unfaithful NOT TO SHARE.) – So, regardless if this happens or not, there is SOMETHING here that we will, and can, ALL LEARN FROM. That much I know to be true.
I have been praying lately, that God would increase my faith and boldness to step out in that faith. And this article is on HUGE STEP for me. Because what I have been thinking about lately is a very specific event, the question is, it is Imagined (created out of my carnal mind), is it allegorical in meaning (a symbol of what God is doing spiritually), or is it literally going to happen?
Then of course the big question is do you go out on a limb and say, “Hey everyone, got something that sounds a little nutty to tell you.” Then the worry that follows, “What if it doesn’t happen?” “What will people think?” “What if it does, what will that mean?” Worse still, would I become one of those wackado’s that make crazy bold claims and God says, “I haven’t told you thus!”
That is a whole mess of worry and doubt, over a troubling thought that I feel like I am supposed to write about. Don’t you think?
Why is it so easy, for so many other men and women to make bold proclamations saying, “Thus sayeth the Lord” and then none of what they say comes to pass? The people don’t seem to mind much, they keep coming back for more. I really don’t get it. I mean, don’t these so-called Profits struggle with the same worry as I do. Do they return to God again and again and say, “Lord is this what you really want? Is this really going to happen? Am I off my rocker here? Do I just have an overactive imagination?”
Well, I would like all of you to consider how many RELUCTANT PROPHETS there were in the Old testaments. Moses, Jeremiah, Elijah, Isaiah, Amos. They all struggled with their calling. Even Jesus prayed, “Lord take this cup from me” but not my will be done!
And that is the key, I don’t want my will. I want God’s will. The question is sometimes, it is hard to really know. Even after sign and sign is given.
The sign of Jonah, TELL THE PEOPLE TO REPENT, after being the belly of Hell, and Rising out of it. Is that what is going on here? God knows, not me.
How many prophets like Jonah, did not want to do, and say, what God told them. Perhaps like me, for Jonah and other prophets, it wasn’t so clear to hear God.
Perhaps it was a thought in Jonah’s head. Maybe it was in IDEA that came to him. And Jonah said, “NAH, THAT CAN’T BE TRUE!”
After all God speaks in a still small voice. Perhaps, Jonah had this “seemingly crazy” idea pop into his head, “I should go over to Ninevah and tell them to get their act together.” And then Jonah was like, THAT’S NUTS! They would kill me, call me a lunatic, and even if it was true they wouldn’t listen. SURELY GOD DOESN’T WANT ME TO DO THIS?
Psalm 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
God doesn’t speak to us clearly, where would be our faith if the literal clouds opened up and he said, “Jacob tell the people this, or do that, and don’t forget to buckle up IT’S THE LAW!”
No God doesn’t speak in LOUD EVENTS.
1 Kings 19:12
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
God’s words become clear to us, after we SUFFER because we didn’t HEAR him through all the clutter in our mind to begin with.
Maybe, like me, Jonah, thought that this “IDEA” that came to him, was his pride. Maybe he was like, “Oh I’m a big sinner, because I’m looking down on these people for the way they live, how terrible it is for me to think God will destroy their city and tear down their WALL if they don’t turn things around.” —
News flash, if these are the thoughts going through my head at times, why would it be any different for Jonah, Moses, and others?
I mean if they really heard God clearly and KNEW without a shadow of a doubt what they were meant to do. Then why all the running, hiding in caves, departing into the wilderness, fearing for their lives, etc. etc.
Don’t you think, IF THEY KNEW WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT they would have did it. THE WAY GOD INTENDED? … But no, I believe like us, God speaks and it isn’t as clear as we would like, BECAUSE WE ARE YET WALKING IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
God provides a multitude of shows and we pass them off as “coincidence”. And then if we put all of these clues aside and say, “Surely what I am thinking is not God’s will” and it IS GOD’S WILL… Then we haven’t been faithful in what has been given.
Luke 12:48
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
So today, I am stepping out in faith. Whether what I am about to share is going to literally happen or not, is not going to concern me… Okay, that’s a fib, IT DOES CONCERN ME… This is something I have never done publically before. But I know that if it be literal or allegorical, there is a reason for me to share this.
You know how I know… BECAUSE I’M SHARING IT! 🙂
Sometimes we need to STEP OUT and be willing to look foolish, and be willing to be wrong, and be willing to take the chance that what is on our heart just might be true.
Now, this doesn’t mean that any and every bizarre thought that comes to mind we should shout to the rooftops. Believe me when I say, I have spoken to many about this, prayed about this and have seen many CLUES along the way.
Some clues are funny, when you think about them. For example ONE CLUE, was that PINK FLOYD was reuniting for THE WALL tour. (Ridiculous as it seems, that is just one, in many)
Another happened yesterday as I was watching a video, and this scripture stood out to me.
Luke 19:40
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Now stones in scripture mean many things. A Stone could be Christ, the law, the very things in our lives sealing us in the tomb of ignorance, the things that stand in the way of the SHEEP getting watered, etc. etc…
However, when I saw this scripture I thought, how does a STONE LITERALLY CRY OUT and make a STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE?
Well, it has been taught that Jesus was talking about literal STONES crying out and praising God, but when you take this chapter in context. Jesus is speaking with the Pharisees and pointing out their wickedness. Look at the next verse.
41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Why would Jesus weep over the city of Jerusalem. Because they were putting their faith in man made traditions, man made teachings, man made things, like the MAN MADE TEMPLE as we put our faith in the MAN MADE CHURCH! They were putting their faith in greed, this is why he soon overturns the money changers tables, releases the doves etc…
And sadly this is going on today people. Go to any conference and event. In the outer court/foyer/hallway you will see tables lined with the SACRAFICES TO SELL… oils, books, cd’s, tee-shirt, gum, coffee, video’s, music… Man Made Church is a MARKET PLACE and a DEN OF THIEVES today. This is why judgment (correction) is come.
Now read the rest of this Chapter.
42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Jesus is telling them, that God is going to DESTROY everything they have put their FAITH IN. And this, is the reason I am writing this paper today. Because I believe that may be happening again. The truth has been hid from the eyes of the Religious, they cling to their traditions and vain teachings. And God is beginning to show in the physical what he is doing in the spiritual. He is slowly but surely tearing down all the High Places of man. And with what I have been thinking about, and the above scripture dealing with Stones Crying out… I began to see this as a WALL FALLING and the sound the stones make.
Then not a half hour later, when speaking to my friend Dean, I asked him to grab his bible, to play some bible roulette LOL…. But as I waited for him to grab it, he said… “Okay, this is what I just opened up to… Habakkuk 2:11: For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.”
My face turns a shade of white. What a coincidence… or as I like to say now “COME IN AND SEE DENSE ONE”
Very bizarre indeed, yet another clue, and puzzle piece backing up what I had been thinking about. So I began to share this terrible thought with some friends, like Dean, and Charles (JesusReligion.com) and they both said the same thing to me. “You should tell people. There is nothing wrong with saying, hey this has been on your mind lately, that you don’t really know what it means, but perhaps we should all think about it.”
So let me come to point of this paper already. For weeks now I have been thinking of literal land of Israel… The place millions around the world call the Holy Land. Mind you, only God is HOLY AND GOOD… No piece of literal earth is HOLY.
Even Jesus said, He “Jesus” wasn’t good, only GOD WAS GOOD.
Mark 10:18
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mankind is not Good, the temporal earth is not Good, Israel is not good or holy. It is just another country, like any other country in the world. And the WORLD and ALL IN IT are the LORDS.
God does not esteem one man or country above another.
Many mistake the literal land of ISRAEL for the ISRAEL that IS WITHIN (Christ).
Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
So just like any other HIGH PLACE that is EXALTED above God, it must be TORN DOWN. We see the POPE being Torn down at the moment, we see man made traditions like Christmas, Easter, and Others being torn down… Can’t say Merry Christmas in any major stores, it’s happy holidays now… And the religious cry out, “THEY ARE TAKING CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS, They are ALLOWING GAYS TO MARRY, OUR TAX EXEMPT STATUS is not in question, WE’RE ALL BECOMING SOCIALISTS!!!!! It’s the enemy, IT’S THE DEVIL!!!!!”
Yet God is doing all this. God does all for his good pleasure.
Amos 3:6
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Listen, the Promise land is not literal Israel. It is the Kingdom of God, which is within.
This is YET another big idol in Religion today. People make their annual trips to this so-called Holy Land, and yet never once bother to journey within. And look, I want to go there too. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, Israel is bautiful and it would be so very cool to see all the places where Jesus stood, etc… BUT, going there does not bring you any closer to God. The literal LAND of ISRAEL is NOT THE PROMISE LAND, it was SYMBOL of the KINGDOM OF GOD WITHIN!
This is why I kept thinking, the WALL IS COMING DOWN, The Wall is coming down.
I don’t know why, but it just made sense to me. The West Wall where so many stick their prayers, kiss the stones, and pray, sing, and dance in front of, as if this wall was GOD itself. As if sticking a prayer in this wall, would expedite these prayers to be answered. I know many ministries even take the prayers of their partners to Israel and place the prayers in the wall. It seems like a nice thing to do, and it is. Nevertheless it is far from what God wants to be done.
So I get this Idea, that something may befall literal Israel, and in particular this Wailing Wall, and of course for weeks I keep my mouth shut about it. I pray about it, and I play bible roulette begging God to open my eyes to what this all means.
Is this imagined, allegorical, literal, and why do I feel like I am supposed to write about it? SURELY THIS SOUNDS NUTTY! But if God be in control of all things, and I believe God is, WHAT CHOICE DO I HAVE TO SHARE WHAT I AM TO SHARE?
Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
No one can stop what God wants done. No one can keep God’s will from being done!
And it is GOD’S will that ALL be saved and come to the Knowledge of the TRUTH.
1 Timothy 2:4
Who WILL have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Oh I know many of you will say… Well that what God wants, (to have all mankind saved) but that isn’t going to happen… Well WAKE UP PEOPLE, God works all things to ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL.
Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh ALL things after the counsel of his own WILL:
His will is to have all men saved, that is why we are all predestined to be saved, this is why we all died in ADAM, so we would ALL be made ALIVE IN CHRIST.
So, really, whether what I am writing is going to happen or not, I am meant to write and share this paper. I don’t claim to know God’s will, I don’t claim to know without a shadow of a doubt that the WEST WALL MAY BE coming down, somehow, someway, whether it be now or in FORTY DAYS as was the case with Jonah. But I am taking my friends advice and sharing this troubling thought.
Here is the reason, if it happens perhaps people will begin to turn their faces toward God again. And if not, perhaps this article will give people something to think about when it comes to putting your faith in TEMPORAL THINGS instead of ETERNAL.
I have to be honest, sharing this article has taken me way out of my comfort zone. But perhaps that is what FAITH is… Stepping out where you have never been before, willing to put your neck on the line regardless of the outcome in hopes that you are doing the will of God.
There is a reason, I have been thinking this terrible thought. I have not had any visions of it, not dreams about it… But I have been THINKING ON IT.
Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
I hope this article has in no way offended any of you. But if this is something that any of you have been “Thinking” on lately, please comment, if not. Please think on these words as to why they were recorded this morning. Because I sure don’t really know why. Of course I wouldn’t want to see anything like that happen, but perhaps it is all just picture of the WALLS in our hearts that we put our faith in that GOD is going to TEAR DOWN!!!! And as the STONES FALL they shall cry OUT, “Return to me, says the Lord of Hosts!”
I will leave you will one last confirming CLUE, that hit me yesterday.
Ezekiel 13
1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; 3Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. 6They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? 8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I AM AGAINST YOU, saith the Lord GOD.
9And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 10Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
11Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that IT SHALL FALL:
It’s time to come out of Babylon everyone. It is time to run for the HILLS of GOD. Because if you don’t when, and if, these and other things come to pass, you will believe you are under attack as opposed to seeing God is trying to wake everyone out of our slumber.
And if these things be true, I pray no one will be hurt physically. I pray only for God’s will to be done in my life and the lives of others, and GOD WILLS ALL TO BE SAVED AND COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.
“Nothing is ever lost that isn’t recovered and when it is, it is one thousand times more precious then when it was lost to begin with.”
Look to the very important but least known Jewish Holy day, Shavout… This year it begins May 18th. Here is a brief history of it. During this time, there is a “pedestrian pilgrimage”. Early on Shavuot morning -– after a full night of Torah learning — the streets of Jerusalem are filled with tens of thousands of Jews walking to the WESTERN WALL.This tradition has biblical precedence.
Shavuot is one of Judaism’s three main pilgrimage festivals, where the entire nation would gather in Jerusalem for celebration and study.
Now look at the importance of this Jewish Holy day.
This is the anniversary of Matan Torah, the giving of the Torah, at Mount Sinai. It also MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER HARVEST.
What does Shavuot mean?
The Torah refers to the holiday of Shavuot with three names: Chag HaKatzir – the REAPING HOLIDAY
Yom HaBikkurim – Day of the FIRST FRUITS
Shavout – Weeks
Will the wall come down on or around this festival, I do not know. But it sure would blow the minds of the thousands pilgriming there.
If not a wonderful allegory, of the WALL inside of us all, called the VEIL that is soon to come crumbling down around us. But either way, I belive the STONES WILL CRY OUT TO THE WORLD. Peace Jacob
Much love to you all, Jacob
SHALL NOT TASTE DEATH?
SHALL NOT TASTE DEATH?
Luke 9:27
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, till they see the kingdom of God.
By the end of this essay, you won’t read that scripture the same way, that I promise you. If you have eyes to see and ears to hear.
You see, for some time now there has been a teaching out there, that some of Jesus’ disciples are somehow still walking around today, alive and well, and never physically died.
This false belief is another reason, everyone is waiting for the day their TEMPORAL physical body will become immortal, instead of focusing on attaining true eternal life. Which is only found be looking within.
John 17:3
And THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Very clearly Jesus spells out what Eternal Life is. It is to KNOW GOD, and the CHRIST WITHIN. Now of course, this does not mean that we are not infinite beings, WE ARE!!! But our finite physical bodies (the outward man) perish.
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
What a sad and terrible teaching it is, to state that one day our temporal bodies will become infinite bodies. I see so many that have great understanding, but still cling to this fallacy. And it brings them great sadness as they grow older and their eyesight fades or illness attacks their body. They watch their loved ones die and wonder WHAT HAPPENED TO ME LIVING FOREVER?
You see that is the problem to being with. WE (as we are) don’t live forever, CHRIST (the SPIRIT within) lives forever, the SPIRIT within is infinite, our temporal bodies perish. Our mistake is to think we are this body as opposed to understanding our LIFE is HIDDEN IN CHRIST. (We are Christ, when Christ be risen). Too much? Okay, well back on topic then.
Think of your physical body as a car that you drive around in for a time, but soon that car brakes down. Now the good news is, that isn’t the end for us, we continue on, JUST NOT AS WE ARE/WERE.
For some, who have not attained the Truth, they enter the physical womb of the world again to reap what they have sown and learn more. Like graduating from one class, flunking and having to do it over again. This world is our classroom, this is our hope, BECAUSE GOD IS THE GREATEST OF TEACHERS.
When we understand that our temporal bodies are merely vehicles we can learn from, and put our faith in the UNSEEN and take our faith away from the SEEN (physical body), then WE will have overcome this WORLD (Lust of the eyes, flesh, pride of life)
Like the other science fiction beliefs out there like the rapture, eternal torture, we can add this false teaching (that some of Jesus’ disciples are alive today in their same body from thousands of years ago) to the list.
Oh and what damage this belief has done to those that are sick and dying. They are taught that, “If only they have enough faith, they will not TASTE DEATH.” And then, low and behold, they taste physical death… You see, physical death is part of the process people, it is an allegory if you will. But to learn this we must stop putting our faith in OUTWARD APPEARANCES!
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
God does not save the OUTWARD MAN! He does not make INFINITE the TEMPORAL BODY… I cannot tell you how many insightful teachers I have met over the years that have let go of so many of Babylon’s teachings, yet cling to this one for dear LIFE.
“What of the GLORIFIED BODY that is promised?” they ask.
Well, we are the BODY OF CHRIST, and when he is RISEN, then he is GLORIFIED in the body.
2 Thessalonians 1:10
When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
This has nothing at all to do, with our flesh bodies becoming like superman being able to live for ever and leap tall building in a simple bound. The Glorified Body, is the WITNESS OF GOD in US. Period.
The reason why many have mistaken THEIR PHYSICAL BODY for the LIFE that ANIMATES the physical body, is because of the erroneous teaching out there that brain wash believers to put their faith in the outward man, as opposed to the inward. You see CHRIST is our LIFE… And LIFE is not TEMPORAL or PHYSICAL but SPIRITUAL.
The KINGDOM does not come (is not revealed) physically, but INWARDLY.
So let this essay be a wake up call for you all… The TEMPORAL WORLD is NOT and will NEVER BE ETERNAL.
2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
If you can PHYSICALLY SEE IT, FEEL IT, TASTE IT, SMELL IT, then it is SENSUAL not SPIRITUAL. And the SENSUAL world is the problem to begin with.
Now, I know some of you will say, WHAT OF THOSE JESUS SAID WILL NOT TASTE OF DEATH!
Well let me open your eyes by pointing out the simple revelation of what this scripture literally means. (And as always, I COULD BE WRONG SO SEEK GOD, but I HIGHLY DOUBT IT)
So let me tackle some of these verses for you, and put things in PERSPECTIVE (your perception).
Luke 9:27
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, till they see the kingdom of God.
The key word here is TILL, UNTIL… In plain terms, Jesus is saying you will not taste death (your ignorance) until the Kingdom of God (reign and truth of God) is revealed to you. – But I know, for some further explanation is necessary. So here goes it!
In Luke chapter 9, Jesus is talking to a group of his followers. He is telling them they need to DENY THEMSELVES and pick up their cross.
Jesus is not teaching them to EMBRACE THEMSELVES and their PHYSICAL BODIES. He is NOT saying they will be infinite beings in their TEMPORARY BODIES. No, the opposite is true. He is making it clear to them, they must BELIEVE the TRUTH and FOLLOW, and DIE to their old ways and beliefs.
25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Jesus is teaching them, that the OUTWARD WORLD and all of its trappings (Including the physical body) means nothing. The only thing that matters is TAKING UP THE CROSS, which means DYING TO YOURSELF (EGO).
Which brings us to the verse that so many have taught so ignorantly wrong.
Luke 9:27
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, till they see the kingdom of God.
Now, let’s first really look at what is being said… Jesus is saying, They will NOT taste of DEATH… UNTIL they see the Kingdom of God… Did you catch that?
JESUS IS SAYING THEY WILL TASTE DEATH! He is NOT saying they will NOT TASTE DEATH… Jesus is clearly saying, they WILL NOT TASTE DEATH UNTIL THE KINGDOM IS REVEALED!
Oh, you catching on now? Good.
It’s funny, LITERALLY, what is being said here is that THEY WILL TASTE DEATH! They will. Jesus is NOT SAYING they will NEVER TASTE DEATH, he is saying…
Luke 9:27
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, till they see the kingdom of God.
And according to JESUS the Kingdom of God is not only HERE in the NOW, but it is WITHIN. And cannot be literally SEEN. This has to do with the REVELATION OF THE TRUTH “church”.
You see there were people around Jesus, who had NO IDEA how truly DEAD (Carnal, ignorant) they were. They thought they were alive. They thought they were LIVING, as so many of us believe until we are enlightened to the Kingdom.
Jesus knew that MANY AROUND HIM, listening to him, were ignorant. He knew that they would not understand how LOST they were UNTIL THE KINGDOM OF GOD was revealed.
First let us consider what DEATH, Jesus is talking about here. If the Kingdom does not come with observation (meaning you cant literally see it) then this Death is the same.
Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is DEATH; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
The Carnal Mind is the IGNORANT MIND. This is DEATH. But for the LOST have no idea that they are DEAD men and women walking IN ADAM.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all DIE, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Jesus is not talking about LITERAL DEATH. He is not saying some of the people standing around him will be walking the earth like THE HIGHLANDER (80’s movie google it) “THERE SHALL BE ONLY ONE!!!!!”
No, Jesus is saying, they will not UNDERSTAND what DEATH really is, until the KINGDOM (REIGN) OF GOD – (righteousness, peace, and joy) is revealed to them.
Now, here is the good news. They WILL TASTE Death. They will understand that THEY WERE ONCE IGNORANT, and THEN they will know TRUE LIFE, which is CHRIST, the Hope of Glory.
Now, let’s talk about the TASTE aspect here. I hope you know that Death isn’t something you can put in your mouth and literally taste… If you did, it would probably taste pretty nasty. Allegorically, when we TASTE our own IGNORANCE it is pretty nasty as well… Moving on!
Wel I hope you understand the symbolism. But if you dont…
When food is placed before you, and you have never EATEN it. To truly UNDERSTAND what it is you are about to eat, you must TASTE IT.
If you are blindfolded and your loved one is having you try all sorts of foods, (It’s fun try it) to see if you can guess what they are. Just by taste you can understand an orange, pasta, a potato chip, chocolate mmmmmmnnnnn! Get my meaning? Can anyone say WHIP CREAM…. “Out of the gutter Jacob!” 🙂 Have I mentioned how crazy in love I am with my wife?
So TASTE is an ALLEGORY. It means, to understand what something is. And, this is EXACTLY what Jesus is saying here. He was just telling those around them, they need to DENY THEMSELVES. Jesus just fed the multitude, they weren’t following because they truly understood what he was SAYING/TEACHING… They were following because of all they HEARD Jesus had done. These that were with Jesus were still so carnal and lost. This is why he said…
23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
They hadn’t denied themselves yet, so they weren’t IN THE KINGDOM.
They were DEAD and didn’t know it, yet. Like many religious today, like Paul before his conversion… They thought they were alive and well, but Jesus was about to show them HOW DEAD THEY WERE.
Now, to do this, the TRUTH needed to be revealed to them.
25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
He was trying to show them, the TEMPORAL WORLD and all of its trappings MEAN NOTHING. You can lose the TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST, by putting your faith in who you think you are in the Flesh. (Which is exactly what many are doing by believing this scripture means some of those around Jesus are still alive and well today). As opposed to understanding that once the TRUTH was revealed to them, they understood (TASTED) death (to be CARNALLY MINDED)
26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Jesus is telling them. LOOK if you don’t believe the words I’m telling you will NEVER know the TRUTH. He understood many of those with him, could not possibly fathom what he was saying, as I am sure there may be some reading this that can’t get what I am writing… And as Jesus said, I will say the same…
There be some READING this article that will not UNDERSTAND how IGNORANT and CARNAL they are UNTIL THE TRUTH is revealed to them.
Seems, almost foolish now, to think we once believed this scripture meant that Jesus somehow magically made some people live forever in their TEMPORAL BODIES.
We have to stop seeing the word DEATH and thinking it means physically dying. None of us go away, EVERYTHING THAT IS HAS ALWAYS BEEN. Read the book of Ecclesiastes. We don’t just go away when our physical bodies die, we go on. God makes everything beautiful in its time and if it ain’t our time, in the next life or the one following perhaps it will be… But, that is not what this paper is about.
This essay is about putting the rest the LIE that there are some disciples walking around today in the same body they had thousands of years ago… By now, I hope you understand what TASTING DEATH means.
Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Matthew 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
People will not taste (UNDERSTAND) their ignorance (death) until they UNDERSTAND the CHRIST (TRUTH) that is within.
Remember, “Church” the Kingdom is not coming soon,from some far, far, away in a galaxy… NO! I say again, as horse says NEY! You see the KINGDOM IS WITHIN. And the longer you put your faith in things OUTSIDE of YOU, the LONGER you will remain DEAD and NOT KNOW IT.
The only way to NOT TASTE DEATH (To understand you are ignorant) is to KNOW GOD, and keep the sayings of CHRIST in your heart,
John 8:52
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man KEEP MY SAYING, he SHALL NEVER TASTE OF DEATH.
The longer you walk in the TRUTH, the longer you will LIVE and you shall NEVER TASTE DEATH. You shall NEVER be IGNORANT!
Romans 6:9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him
When the TRUTH is RISEN in you. You no longer are DEAD in your trespasses, you are no longer ignorant. You are ALIVE!
You see “church”, you are the DEAD (plural) that Christ (Truth and Spirit of God) rises from. And when the DAYSTAR rises in your heart, DEATH (whose power is sin) has no more rule over you.
1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
If we are talking about literal Death here, how can we sin? Hhhmmmn?
Look, Sin is the FOOLISH THOUGHT, it is believing a LIE when the Truth has yet to be revealed. This is why when CHRIST RISES, you can no longer SIN (die/be ignorant and carnal) because you are walking in newness of LIFE.
So the day these disciples TASTED DEATH was the day the KINGDOM (REIGN) OF GOD came (rose/was revealed in them). It is when the SON (The truth of God) was risen IN THEM…. Once this happens, you taste DEATH (the lies) because you now understand the truth.
1 John 1:2
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
Once the LIFE is manifested and we understand, we can die no more! (we can be ignorant no more)
And what is ETERNAL LIFE you ask? Well it isn’t walking around in a Temporal Body forever… it is…
John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
So Church remember… the wages of SIN (error, foolish thinking) is DEATH (carnal ignorance) but the Gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE (Wisdom and Understanding) through Christ WITHIN!
So the next time, you hear it taught that Jesus made some disciples walk around for thousands of years in the Flesh, tell them, ZIP IT YOU!
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Jacob
DEMONIAC WAS OR IS YOU!
THE DEMONIAC WAS, OR IS, YOU
I know, I know, what sort of title is that? The Demonic Was You? Who does Jacob think he is 🙂 In any event, it is true. You either were the DEMONIAC or you ARE the DEMONIAC. Like every story in scripture, it is an allegory ABOUT YOU!
So today I take on LEGION (OH NOOOOOO! Screams the fearful peanut gallery)… Well I am sure many of you have heard the story of the demoniac, named Legion. “I am Legion for I am many” <-insert scary voice.
Many movies have been made about this so called possesed man. Many STORIES have been told about this possessed man. So what and who is this "demoniac".
Mark 5
1And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
First let me point out, about the COUNTRY Jesus came into, a great allegory of OUR JOURNEY. “Gadarenes” in Greek translates into “Reward at the End”. Notice when he enters this “country” IMMEDIATELY he is met by someone COMING OUT OF THE TOMBS. (Jesus dealt with many people coming out of tombs, his flesh body placed in a tomb, and many people he actually called “white washes tombs”.)
Psalm 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open TOMB; they flatter with their tongue.
He also compared many of the Religious to White washed tombs, looking all clean on the outside but on the inside filled with dead men’s bones… Indeed, many of us have come out of the TOMB of RELIGIOUS IGNORANCE. We walk in those doors and soon we are told we are DEAD in our Trespasses, and that we are SINNERS hellbound, unless we do exactly what they say… And that is of course, to LIVE by the LAW, which was written on STONES. And we end up “cutting” ourselves with these stones. We begin to hate ourselves, we think we are no good, we learn to condemn ourselves for every little thing we don’t do right. We become SPIRITUAL DEAD and wait patiently for someone to rescue us. Because of course, we are told that salvation is “COMING SOON” instead of RIGHT NOW.
But WE WILL learn much about how to be saved, and healed, by the story of the DEMONIAC, which could in fact be a wonderful allegory of everyone of us… Notice what had to FIRST HAPPEN before the Demoniac was HEALED… “He” had to COME OUT OF THE TOMB TO MEET CHRIST… We need to do the same. We need to FIRST COME OUT OF THE TOMB (religious ignorance/vain tradition/man made teachings) and MEET CHRIST/TRUTH.
Today I will focus on the account written in the Book of Luke. And hopefully by the end of this article it will open our eyes to a greater understand of what this story is about. And we will let go of all the spooky things we have believed about it.
Once again, we are about to learn how the story presented in scripture is an ALLEGORY, a PARABLE, a STORY with a Moral to learn. It is, as Jesus says, a MYSTERY. And mysteries are meant to be solved, the truth needs to be revealed. And this story, regardless of how many of you will disagree, is about HUMANITY as a whole. But for the sake of this paper, I am going to write about YOU! That’s right, you either are, or have been, this DEMONIAC. So put down the holy water Father Tom, and stop clinging to that Gold Cross Eunice, because silly superstition has no place at the LADDER. We deal WITH TRUTH here. Well, at least I pray that is what is presented below.
And like always say, I am not the authority on the things of God, God is. So go within, seek God to see if these things be true. Because I could be wrong. I DOUBT IT! But I don’t want anyone to just say, “Hey this makes sense… I want it to resonate in your spirit, and then have each of you ask God, IS THIS TRUE?”
Okay now that I got my disclaimer out of the way, let’s move on shall we?
Now for those of you that are going to say, there was a literal possessed naked man, who broke literal chains, and lived in a literal tomb, and cut himself with literal stones… I say, GET OVER IT ALREADY! These are all SYMBOLS!
Now, granted there may have been some nut running around nude in a tomb, but if that be the case it was only, so the MORAL, and TRUTH, of this STORY can be revealed IN US, TO US, FOR US.
But hey, believe what you want to believe and I am not going to argue over whether or not this story HAPPENED (past tense). Because we are NOT meant to focus on the PAST, unless it is to reveal a PRESENT TRUTH. So don’t look behind you! Look at what is before you.
So choose this day what you will serve, things that literally happened and no longer exist. Which profits you nothing. Or put aside the debate over whether or not things literally happened, and ask God to reveal what these stories mean IN PRESENT TRUTH. This is how we MOVE ON to the HIGH CALLING OF CHRIST.
Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, FORGETTING those things which are BEHIND, and reaching forth unto those things which are before
Like our mistakes, our glories, we need never look behind. Once we start dealing in what no longer exists (as opposed to seeing in the LIGHT (truth) what it means) we are like Lot’s wife.
Luke 9:62
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and LOOKING BACK, is fit for the kingdom of God.
It’s time for us to stop with all the vain traditions and beliefs. We need to stop re-creating and re-living what may or may not have literally happened, and move unto perfect understanding.
This essay will show you why we all need to allow the Spirit WITHIN us, to reveal what these “stories” mean, not to recite and re-live these “stories” as if they are literal.
When you are through reading this article, I believe you will SEE (perceive) who and what this Demoniac really is… CARNAL MANKIND!
Don’t believe me, read on as I break this “story” down line by line.
LUKE 8: 26 -And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
The “they” in this story are THOSE in the VESSEL with CHRIST. IS A PICTURE OF US, the BODY OF CHRIST!
But I continue on, Christ had just calmed the WINDS (false doctrines) after being WAKENED out of his SLEEP. This is a picture of THE TRUTH being AWAKENED inside of us and calming all of the fears manmade religion and worldly thinking has placed inside us.
Ephesians 4:14
That we henceforth be no more children (Immature on the faith), tossed to and fro, and carried about with every WIND OF DOCTRINE, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
Here it is easy to see, the WIND is compared to the deciet of CARNAL MAN… This is the GREAT STORM, the disciples (US) need to be SAVED FROM. This storm of LIES, can only come to an end when the CHRIST (TRUTH) within us, is ROUSED FROM SLEEP. (Ressurected from the death of our CARNALITY)
Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
The instant the TRUTH (CHRIST) is risen in our hearts, we are saved from the MANY LIES religion throws our way. We also learn that we had so little faith.
After this happens, we arrive at a new place, AS we see recorded in this Gospel. The disciples came to The GADARENES, which as I wrote earlier, in the GREEK translates into Gadarenes = “Reward at the END”
Let me translate some other words from STRONGS, for you as well.
LUKE 8: 26 -And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against (On the opposite side) Galilee. (Circuit/Unbroken cycle)
Now, let me place US where the word THEY is, with all the translations in place. And a great mystery unfolds.
And “WE” arrived at a place in (our) lives where (we) understand the REWARD COMES AT THE END of (our) journey. Which is in direct opposition to where we once were (going round and round and round with no hope of finding an end to the hellish storms we face in life/death=our ignorance)
You men of “Galillee” – You people wondering in circles will never find the promise land, until you stop doing what you have always done.
27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
Yes, like every story in scripture, it is a story about us. We are the VESSEL Christ was asleep in, we are those that WOKE CHRIST UP from within. This is a picture of OUR BEGINNING to understand the TRUTH of who we are, who God is, A GOD NOT TO BE FEARED BUT A GOD WHO LOVES, HEALS, AND FORGIVES.
We begin to understand that all the nonsense religious teachings that told us we were on a one way trip to eternal torture we no longer need fear. We learn the REWARD is found at the END of our journey, and we now find a purpose, no longer trapped in a meaningless cycle/circuit/Galillee.
And when the TRUTH (Holy Spirit/Christ) goes forth, which means (arises) we find ourselves face to face with a “certain Man” – We come face to face with ourself. (The Carnal Man IN us.) The one that had DEVILS a long time… Now a DEVIL is not some spooky monster, see my article on this. A DEVIL is merely a FALSE BELIEF, LIES… The Devil is the FATHER OF ALL LIES, devils WOULD be LIES than wouldn’t they?
We see our NAKEDNESS, as this Demoniac was naked. This is a symbol of living in SHAME. ADAM saw his nakedness and began to FEAR GOD… The Demoniac had the same problem. “Legion” who is MANY. TOO MANY of us, hate ourselves, are ashamed of who we are, and see God as a hateful monster waiting to torture us for all eternity.
But when we EXIT THE TOMB we face CHRIST for the first time. We like the demoniac believe WE WILL BE TORMENTED by Christ. Or Condemned by the Great LIFE AND TRUTH of God, but Christ didn’t come to condemn but to save.
28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
When WE can only see all of our faults, which RELIGION’S FALSE BELIEFS (TOMBS) brainwashed us to FOCUS ON, and not on the TRUTH OF WHO WE ARE WITHIN… When we see the TRUTH, we believe we are so UNWORTHY OF GOD, this is why the DEMONIAC fell down, and screamed, “WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?” –The STONES of RELIGION we have been CUT WITH, teach us, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CHRIST… They teach that Christ will RETURN (as opposed to being revealed in us) and that CHRIST will KILL AND DESTROY anyone who doesn’t do what those white washed tombs tell you, you have to do. “What have “I” to do with the SON OF THE MOST HIGH?”
At this point in our walk, we are still so IMMATURE in our faith. We can’t possibly grasp who we ARE in CHRIST. We think that we have NOTHING at all to do with CHRIST. Thanks to our RELIGIOUS LEADERS and the WORLD.
Galatians 3-4
“As a child we differ nothing from a slave, THOUGH WE BE LORD OF ALL”
We were taught that Christ condemns, yet NOW we learn that CHRIST did not come to do that. Christ ARISES to SAVE US from our ignorance. That is exactly what Christ does for the DEMONIAC (us in our ignorance). Christ doesn’t TORMENT him as “He/HUMANITY” thinks… NO! He heals!
29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Our false beliefs had to be driven out. These lies we believed kept us in CHAINS. And when the TRUTH of God RISES in your heart/mind, these lies are driven out indeed. We are tested in the wilderness of this world until every lie is gone. This is a process. You don’t get your Masters Degree from the Master in one simple lesson/revelation. Like the layers of the onion, each stinking lie needs to be peeled away until you get to the sweet core of your being, (I be n God), which is CHRIST.
30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
The TRUTH within, (WHICH IS CHRIST), get’s US to truly question, WHO WE ARE? 30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name?
And in our ignorance, HUMANITY thinks we are MANY SEPERATE BEINGS, as opposed to being ONE PART, ONE BODY, ONE CHRIST. We believed we were seperate from others, because of the MANY LIES (devils) we believed.
In Mark’s account, he says “Legion, for we are many” – these are the MANY demons/lies that afflict us. Look at what the MANY really are… Enemies, Lies, strongholds, Laws, imaginations, etc. DON’T BELIEVE ME, CHECK OUT THE MANY VERSES BELOW ON THE “MANY”.
Psalm 25:19
Consider mine enemies; for they are MANY; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Proverbs 19:21
There are MANY devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Psalm 55:18
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were MANY with me.
Psalm 34:19
MANY are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
This is the battle in HEAVEN (within us/kingdom of Heaven is within) taking place. The ENEMIES (lies about God and You) “enemies of God”, have nothing to do with LITERAL MEN AND WOMEN, but the enemy of God, is ANY THOUGHT that exhalts itself ABOVE the truth. These are the MANY LIES, we believed. The MANY thoughts/beliefs we have that keep us BOUND, that make our dwelling place (temple) a tomb (death/ignorance). This is why Christ saves us, from thie ENEMIES/DEMONS/LIES/IMAGINATIONS…
2 Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ
Yes, God delivers us all out of our afflictions, which are but for a moment. The question is when the LIES are cast out, where do they go?
31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the DEEP.
What is this “deep” that these LIES should NOT go?
Psalm 92:5
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very DEEP.
These ARE the works/TRUTHS of the LORD, and his wonders in THE DEEP. When the LIGHT of Christ rises in our heart, we pray to no longer have these LIES in our HEART (Christ’s thoughts are not mans). We want to know the TRUTH no matter what the cost. We don’t want these lies in our thoughts. We pray, “Lord please don’t let me believe lies anymore, please don’t let them take residence in my heart.”
These “devils” are not intelligent beings that are literally having a conversation with Jesus here. It is a picture of how there is no longer a place for these lies IN US. The question then becomes, WHERE ARE THESE LIES (devils) welcome?
32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Ah, a herd of swine. Now for those who think these are literal PIGS, you have another thing coming. SWINE are filthy animals that eat anything, even their own feces, as well as living in their own filth. SWINE are an allegory for the CARNAL MAN AND WOMAN of the world.
Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before SWINE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Proverbs 11:22
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
SWINE are the lost ignorant masses that have no understanding, discretion, wisdom. They will eat whatever slop (DOCTRINES) is thrown in front of them. They do not discern between what is right/true and wrong/lies.
33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and were choked.
When the TRUTH rises in our heart, we are set free from all the lies that kept us in the bonds of shame (pictured as nakedness, earlier). We begin to see the LIES in those around us, the many religious lost.
The LIES that once possessed us (we believed) we now see in so many others. And we realize they will DIE (continue in their ignorance) the longer they are possessed (believe) by them.
In this account we see them, RUNNING VIOLENTLY toward the SEA… And what is the SEA again people? (The unrepentant, ignorant thinking of carnality, death and hell)
Revelation 20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
There is no LIFE in the SEA. This is why JESUS walked ABOVE it, he NEVER fell in like Peter did (That dirty SINNER lol). Jesus FISHED men out of the SEA, as shall we. WE MUST FISH MEN OUT OF THE IGNORANCE OF THE WORLD AND RELIGION. “I will make you fishers of mankind”
So of course, once the SWINE believe these lies, they would run for the SEA. IT IS WHERE THE DEAD DWELL (where the ignorant exist).
The good news is ONE DAY, there will be no more SEA.
Revelation 21:1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Like the Demoniac in this “story” when we no longer look above for Heaven or below our Feet for the Earth (Physical 1st heaven and earth) a NEW HEAVEN and NEW EARTH opens up to us, a NEW UNDERSTANDING AND TRUTH WITHIN. When this happens, there will be no ignorance, there will be no place for DEATH.
But back to the rest of the story.
34When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
This happens to many of us today, as well. Once we are delivered from the bondage of religious and worldly chains, once we RETURN TO OUR RIGHT MIND (The Mind of Christ). We flee from Babylon and all of its beliefs. And when the Religious leaders of the world SEE that we have been released from the bondage of their lies, they DEPART from us. They want nothing to do with us.
Try telling any legalistic Priest, Pastor, Evangelist, Rabbi, Iman, etc that that God will deliver everyone, and has a plan and purpose for everyone, and will make “EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN IT’S TIME”. You will see how quickly he departs from you, or asks you to depart. And so is the same for us, the FORMER Demoniac.
We were once blind, lost, dead in our ignorance. Then Christ rose, the Truth inside of us, cast out the lies. We saw others in the world who SWALLOWED these very same lies whole. And when those that FEED THEM (Shephard/Pastor them), when the swines RELIGIOUS LEADERS see we are in our RIGHT MIND… they get scared.
And why wouldn’t they? The Day of the Lord is a scary day! When the TRUTH comes, it shows you everything you once believed is a lie. Many don’t want to give up their man made churches and temples, many don’t want to give up their vain traditions and beliefs. They would rather remain with the pigs then with the Truth.
35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 36They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
And the same will happen to you. If you understand the words of this paper, than you have been delivered as the Demoniac.
The Christ In You will begin to shine bright. But you MUST remember, many, many, many are NOT where you now are. That doesn’t make you better, it just means you are where you are and they are where they are. We are not to make judgments against the unbelievers, we are to love them and understand that they are limited for the moment in their understanding.
So if you are kicked out of your churches or temples or mosques for your new understanding. Leave without a fight. Don’t get upset, don’t be hurt, PRAISE GOD FOR IT!
2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
You have been set FREE from the YOLK of religious LIES (DEVILS). Don’t allow yourself to be entangled in it again. The Truth In You has no place with the Lies of Religious Man. So leave when asked, as Christ left.
37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear
Now here is the good news, THE FEAR OF THE LORD is the BEGINNING of WISDOM. Remember the SOWER scattered the SEED everywhere. Even in places most would think the SEED would NEVER grow.
Even though your one time brothers and sisters in Church, may reject you. The TRUTH has still been planted in their hearts by your witness. And God’s word does not return void.
So rejoice if you are rejected or persecuted for being delivered from the many lies that kept you bound and existing in death (ignorance)…
The TRUTH WITHIN you is a GREAT LIGHT that will draw all mankind, once it is LIFTED UP WITHIN YOU.
John 12:32
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
And isn’t that exactly what happened in this “story”?
Once you raise the TRUTH (CHRIST) up from your SOULISH NATURE, ALL will be drawn.
38Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
For the moment, it may seem that your new found understanding is falling upon deaf ears. For the moment, you may be attacked by others, torn down, mocked, but soon what Christ has done will be PUBLISHED (remembered) throughout the whole CITY and those that, for the moment, act as your enemy will soon return to greet you as a friend.
Peace to you all,
Jacob
TWELVE DISCIPLES REVEALED IN YOU
TWELVES DISCIPLES REVEALED IN YOU
If you have been to this site before you know I write a good deal about the allegory of scripture. If you want to know the truth about God and who you are in relation to God than you MUST look past the literal and swim in the waters of the spiritual. Remember the Kingdom of God is a mystery and to find the truth one must seek that truth until the mystery is no more. The scriptures tell us that the Letter (literal) kills and that only the spirit (of the story) gives life. Like the stories told to us when we were younger the historical parts of the story are not what is important it is the SPIRIT of the story, or the MORAL of the story that matters. The truth has never been about the history but about uncovering the mystery. For example in the story of the boy who cried wolf we learn from it we should never lie. It doesn’t matter if there was a boy or a wolf, what matters is the MORAL, the LESSON for us all.
I see scripture the same way. Whether many things literally happened is not what concerns me, as we are NOT to concern ourselves with physical things, but spiritual. I concern myself with what these things MEAN. For example, What is the Red Sea (spiritually) why did God part it under Moses’s hand? – What does the flood, the arc, and Noah represent? – Does it really matter if there was a literal arc, flood, etc? In the grand scheme of things, the answer unequivocally is “NO!”. What matters is what God is trying to tell us through these stories, whether they be literal or not, I do not even bother to debate, for I know that All things are possible with God. So if you are going to be turned off by someone saying, “There was no literal Garden of Eden”, no worries. I won’t say that, as I wouldn’t say their weren’t TWELVE tribes if Israel, TWELVE disciples, etc… I am sure there were, the question is… WHY TWELVE?
We see this number again and again and again in scripture. Twelve Tribes, Twelve Pillars, Twelve stones, Twelve Disciples. The number TWELVE is not an accident. Numbers play an important role in scripture, and understanding the hidden meaning of these passages. For example, whenever you see 40 days, 40 years, etc… understand this is symbolic of a Gestation period, Birth. Even the number 3 (Trimester) – These numbers point to the period of time, spent in the Death of our Carnal mind, before being BIRTHED from ABOVE (Born Again).
Today, this paper is a short one. I just want to point out how amazing, the scriptures are and how NOTHING in scripture is random and meaningless. So let’s start with the DISCIPLES… First, let me tell you what the word MEANS.
DISCIPLES: In Greek, the word translates as LEARNER, PUPIL. But when you go to the word origin it reveals even more… “To increase ones knowledge, to be increased in knowledge, to hear, to be informed, to learn by USE and HABIT and PRACTICE”
So we see the Disciples of Jesus are a symbol of sorts. A symbol of OUR LEARNING. A Disciple MUST FOLLOW and is NOT ABOVE the MASTER.
The question is what are we a disciple of? The Law and Works (John the Baptist, less than the least in the Kingdom) or LIFE and REST (Christ)
Luke 5:33
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
This is why the disciples of JOHN fast often, and make Prayers, because they have not entered in to a RELATIONSHIP where God is in control of all things, they are FASTING because they are not EATING (assimilating) the TRUTH (Christ) … Disciples of Religion will fast and pray and never be filled, But disciples of CHRIST (THE TRUTH WITHIN) EAT AND DRINK (are fed by the SPIRIT ALWAYS)
And yes, literal FASTING is a SYMBOL as well. And those that still LITERALLY FAST are yet DISCIPLES OF JOHN the BAPTIST (The law)
So we see here, when we follow the TRUTH (Christ), hear the TRUTH, understand the TRUTH, and increase in the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH, we are disciples of Christ indeed. To do this we must, submit ourselves FULLY.
Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
That’s right if you want to follow after the TRUTH, you must give up everything that ISN’T THE TRUTH, meaning “who you think you are”. your egotistical carnal nature has to hit the bricks. You must DIE to everything you once thought you were, and RISE after the CHRIST WITHIN. Which is your TRUE LIFE.
You must understand you are more than Human, you are God’s child. And the only way to do this is to fully submit yourself to GOD’S WILL.
John 8:28
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
And once you LIFT UP — once this TRUTH is RISEN in your heart, you SHALL KNOW that You can DO NOTHING OF YOURSELF.
Jesus understood this VERY WELL. He understood, that HE (Jesus the MAN) was NOT in control. He understood he could DO NOTHING of himself, but as GOD taught him. He prayed, as we Pray “Not my will Father, but yours.”
Okay, so I hope your getting the idea. To be a disciple you must FULLY GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO GOD… Your entirety, your thoughts, sight, sounds, movement…. Everything.
Which brings us to the CRUX of this essay. WHY THE NUMBER TWELVE?
Well to give yourself over to God completely, you must give your BRAIN over to God completely… Well to be honest, it is more of an understanding that God reveals to you. As we don’t do the work, God does. This is why there is hope for all, even the most lost.
When the time is right, the Lights go on, and you become a SON/DAUGHTER. To enter however, you will suffer. “Through much tribulation enter we the Kingdom of God.”
So much for the whole, come to Jesus and life is awesome mentality. To come to the TRUTH, it is a scary, scary day… A day of Earthquakes, and great tribulation… But remember, we are but a shadow of things to come, the Literal Earthquakes are merely representations of the great earthquakes taking place within the chosen “Church = Called out” remnant. Those that are in this day, being prepared to completely submit to God’s truth. And yes, this takes place literally as well as spiritually as you will soon see.
So since, the Brain is where all of our thoughts, and BE-ING comes from… Let’s talk about the BRAIN, it’s workings and the NUMBER TWELVE.
You see there is a great scientific explanation for the NUMBER TWELVE. And it has to do with out BRAIN!
Did you know there are TWELVE SETS of CRANIAL NERVES? These nerves control EVERYTHING about us. Below is each set, and what their major function is.
CRANIAL NERVE: Major Functions:
I Olfactory smell
II Optic vision
III Oculomotor eyelid and eyeball movement
IV Trochlear innervates superior oblique turns eye downward and laterally
V Trigeminal chewing, face & mouth touch & pain
VI Abducens turns eye laterally
VII Facial controls most facial expressions, secretion of tears & saliva taste
VIII Vestibulocochlear(auditory) hearing, equillibrium, sensation
IX Glossopharyngeal taste, senses, carotid blood pressure
X Vagus senses, aortic blood pressure, slows heart rate, stimulates digestive organs taste
XI Spinal Accessory controls trapezius & sternocleidomastoid
controls swallowing movements
XII Hypoglossal controls tongue movements
Now look, I am not important person, with great knowledge of these things, so forgive me if I cannot completly dissect the inner working of the Brain for you… but the jist is, without these TWELVE SETS of CRANIAL NERVES we wouldn’t FUNCTION or LIVE. They are our “EVERYTHING” that must be turned over to God.
No I know there is no such thing as coincidence. But take a moment and REALLY think about how amazing this is. Everything in scriptures points to us taking on the MIND OF CHRIST.
Christ (the TRUTH) is killed at Golgatha (Place of the SKULL) = We become ignorant of the TRUTH in our THINKING.
Everything in scripture has to do with THOUGHTS. And where do we process our THOUGHTS? In the Brain. And this is why our EVERY THOUGHT and ACTION must be in CHRIST. (TRUTH, LOVE, PEACE, JOY, = GOD’S SPIRIT)
2 Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
To be a disciple we must do this indeed. We are taught to take each thought captive. We MUST consider every thought we have and see whether or not it is rooted in love, peace, hope, and faith. We must test the spirits (thoughts) to see if they be Christ… And how does one do this?
1 John 4:2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
That is a NOW thought. Any thought that does not understand that CHRIST IS, IS, IS, COME (revealed) in the Flesh is of God. Christ IS revealed in our FLESH. Anyone who does not understand the HOPE OF GLORY, (CHRIST IN YOU) is not of God. There is a great peace that comes with understanding the truth of who you are, and that God is in control of it ALL. (12 sets of cranial nerves)
So, if our thoughts cause us worry, division, strife, etc… they are NOT thoughts of Christ, but thoughts of the WORLD (Our Vain Imaginations)
Matthew 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
We must completely submit ourselves to GOD, and KNOW that God is IN CONTROL. And to do this, every one of these CRANIAL NERVES must bow down and SUBMIT themselves to the TRUTH WITHIN.
Let’s tell you what the CRANIAL NERVES do.
Cranial nerves are nerves that emerge directly from the brain, in contrast to spinal nerves which emerge from segments of the spinal cord. In humans, there are 12 pairs of cranial nerves. These 12 PAIRS -are the reason, we see, hear, taste, touch, smell, swallow, move, breath, etc… In other words, THE ENTIRETY of our EXISTENCE (12 pairs of CRANIAL nerves) – These 12 disciples are what MUST follow CHRIST (which is our life).
The 12 cranial nerves are the MACHINE. CHRIST is the “holy ghost” in the MACHINE.
So, you see it is no coincidence that there are TWELVE DISCIPLES, TRIBES, PILLARS, STONES, ETC… The NUMBER TWELVE points to these Cranial nerves. Which controls every function, thought, etc, that we have and experience. This is what the message is. That God is ALL IN ALL and one day we will know GOD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN US, steering us through this valley of the shadow of death.
1 Corinthians 15:28
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
And just as each Cranial nerve plays a different part to our existence in this physical realm, so each member of the Body of Christ plays an important role, but not all do the same thing and have the same function.
1 Corinthians 12:6
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Yes, we all have different parts to play, but GOD works it all together for OUR GOOD. (Romans 8:28)… For a moment the great truth of GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY is missed by 99.999 percent of all of us in the world, but soon, all will come to the understanding that we indeed do Reap what we Sow, and everything in our lives, (Good, Bad, Beautiful, and Ugly) is playing it’s part to humble us. Our experiences are meant to bring us to the GREAT TRUTH within us all. And the GOSPEL (good news) is EVERYONE will come to the fullness (understanding of the Truth).
Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
However, the timing is not ours, but God’s.
“God makes EVERYTHING beautiful in ITS TIME.”
I wanted to simply share this wonderful “IN-SIGHT/understanding” with all of you. The amazing thing is, I am pretty sure years ago I read about this, and knew this, it is almost like I had to be reminded of how amazing the allegory of these scriptures are. And wonderful it is that science fact and biblical passages work perfectly together. When you have EYES to see and EARS to hear.
Now what is even more interesting about these TWELVE pairs of CRANIAL NERVES is that they are PAIRS (TWO BY TWO). There are in fact, 24 NERVES in total. 24 NERVES that control everything. Now watch this!
Remember how JESUS sent out his DISCIPLES… (those that FOLLOW CHRIST) – two by two (in pairs)
In Revelation how many KINGS surround the THRONE of GOD? 24
Revelation 4:4
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Where is the THRONE of GOD? = Our MIND
Revelation 4:10
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever
Revelation 19:4
And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
24 Kings (Authority/Rule) 12 Disciples, 12 CRANIAL NERVES = 24 KINGS.
The TWELVE DISCIPLES – are pictures of OUR ENTIRE THOUGHT process. Our ENTIRE body, soul, and mind needs to follow the TRUTH WITHIN. And in the REVELATION of Jesus Christ to John, we SEE, these Nerves represented as KINGS bowing down and subjecting themselves to GOD. (How cool is that?) What does a KING do? It RULES… What do these 24 nerves, 12 pairs do? They RULE… But who are they SUBJECT TO? —– GOD and CHRIST.
The question is, do we continue to SEEK GOD? Do we search the scriptures, praying each and every day, “Lord teach me the Truth no matter what the cost!”
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Do we submit that God is COMPLETELY in CONTROL? Or do we believe we are?
Romans 7:23
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Do we have a UNITY of spirit, no longer ruled by the Carnal Mind (which is DEATH/IGNORANCE) – Do we have ONE MIND that Glorfies (makes known the mysteries of God) God.
Romans 15:6
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Do we trust, that even our enemies are working GOOD in us? Do we believe that every circumstance is of God, for God, and To God? That it will all work together for GOD’S GOOD in US = Our Good.
Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Have we come out of our ignorance, into this Glorious Liberty?
Colossians 1:21
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he RECONSILED!
You see, it is all about the MIND, the THOUGHT, and these 24 Kings/ 12 Disciples will eventually follow completely, every one will be of ONE MIND! That mind of course is CHRIST. For there is only one way to the Father and that is through the SON… Which means, you will NOT know God, until you know you are God’s Child, and you know it!
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ROAD TO EMMAUS
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS
Yesterday while driving, as my custom is, I turned on Christian Radio to listen to the preachers there. Now, I do not do this to hear their interpretation, but over the years I’ve learned God can reveal things to you through even the most lost and confused in the world. God spoke through an Ass, He spoke through a Bush, God can speak, and does speak often if only we have ears to hear.
Mainly I listen to Christian radio because now and then a Pastor or Priest will quote scripture. Often times when a scripture is heard, a LIGHT (Christ) goes off inside me and shows me just what that scripture means. It finally makes sense, like I remembered what I had long forgotten. And that is exactly what happened to me yesterday.
It has to do with the ROAD TO EMMAUS, and I am going to share that with you(God Willing and Leading hopefully) to help open the eyes of those who also are on their way to the VILLAGE of EMMAUS…
In the Greek, the word “VILLAGE” translates (to the common SLEEPING place to which laborers in the field return) – Why is this important you ask? Well, because their “Savior” had been crucified before them, they knew Jesus after the Flesh and were waiting for him to Return (AFTER THE FLESH). And after three long days, the TWO on this road found NOTHING… So they were GIVING UP… They were going to a place of SLEEP (becoming unconscious of the Truth/ignorant)
Now people this is exactly where most are today. Walking down that road to EMMAUS which translates to “AN UNCERTAIN PLACE” … Most don’t know where they are going, they have lost hope and simply want to go to sleep and forget it all… “WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING” they ask?
So many Christians are waiting for Jesus to return to make everything right. So many Christians are waiting to be Raptured and whisked away so they can finally be free. SO MANY CHRISTIANS are lost, they are like the son in my below poem.
The Son waits outside for his Father to return. He looks for Him high and low. He says he will come soon, this he knows. However, the Son is scared and alone. He thinks his Father will come from the east or west. In the sky on a plane, riding a white horse is the belief he likes the best. Nevertheless, the longer he waits, the longer he is sad, lost and alone. If only the Son knew his Father never left and was waiting for him within, If only the Son knew that he was never alone to begin. Then the Son would enter happily in and would know fear, pain, and suffering never again.
It breaks my heart when people write me and ask me “Are you saved?”. It tears me up when they claim Christ and I see how they behave.
So I continue to seek and I continue to pray God will allow me to find. As I always say in my papers, I never claim to have answers, I can never say for sure if these words be true that I write, God knows. The reason I give this disclaimer is because the charge is YOURS. God’s ways are above Man’s, and we should NEVER take the word of a man. So whatever I write here, know that I am simply a man who desires with all my heart to know the things of God, and whether these things be true or not, that is for the Lord of Hosts (we are the Host) to decide and reveal to you. (Of course in my heart, I believe them to be absolutely true… but this is what you MUST find for yourself, or it will FIND YOU 🙂 )
Good now that I have my weekly disclaimer out-of-the-way we can begin.
As I was saying, I see many today, as those TWO (double minded) men walking on the Road to Emmaus… They are headed toward a place where they can SLEEP not a place where they can WAKE. And they don’t know where they are going. But then something happens. Out of nowhere, a Messenger appears, and everything changes for these poor, sad, hopeless fools (the fool in his heart says there is no God)
However, before I begin this essay I want to touch on something that lately I can’t seem to get away from. It has to do with the way things are today. The way they are in religions around the world, those with, or without faith, those who have not “tasted of that heavenly fruit”, those who are yet still in their SIN (Foolish thinking/ignorance)
About two weeks ago, I kept opening the scriptures to Daniel the second chapter.
DANIEL 2
1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
Let me first point out what the name “Nebuchadnezzar” means, as it will open your eyes to the great parable this story has hidden.
“Nebuchadnezzar” means “may Nebu protect” – Now Nebu is the god of Man’s Lofty Prideful Intelligence, Nebu was a god worshipped back in the day. So truly, the KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR means “Man is RULED by The wisdom of Men, the prideful lofty intelligence, that they believe will PROTECT THEM” = May Nebu Protect.
News flash “Church” good old Nebuchadnezzar has been ruling a long time, but all of that is about to change.
So he has this troubling dream, and no sorcerer, magician, prophet, etc… can tell him this dream and it’s interpretation, so he KILLS THEM ALL!
2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. … 5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
You see, there will come a TIME in EVERY MAN’S life when the Vision of God will visit them. And their MAN MADE WISDOM will fail them, they won’t understand what God is saying to them. So like King Neb. they will turn to those they once put their faith in. But in those place, the sorcerers, magicians, preachers, priests, friends, imams, etc, they won’t find answers… FOR THERE IS NO TRUTH IN BABYLON PEOPLE!
So like King Neb. these people will do what he did symbolically. They will understand these Religious teaching NEED TO BE DESTROYED and are FIT FOR THE DUNG HILL (That’s a big old pile of poop everyone!)
Then comes along Daniel, little Daniel.
26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
May I point out HOW AWESOME Daniel’s real name is, in HEBREW… Belteshazzar means “Lord of the straitened’s treasure” –
Daniel, was one who could MAKE STRAIGHT where only the CROOKED has been. Daniel came to inform King Neb. that God was about to make everything right again!
Now this is what struck me so. I finally understood the vision of King Neb. Daniel says, this statue he saw represents five different kingdoms that will rise and fall.
Now don’t go listening to those who say these are literal kingdom, like the US, CHINA, RUSSIA etc… God doesn’t deal in literal, as Daniel said…
22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
These are SPIRITUAL KINGDOMS, strongholds, Principalities, that we wrestle against. And it was the last Kingdom in particular that drew my interest and sent shivers up my neck.
Take a look at King Neb.’s dream.
32This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33His legs of iron, his FEET PART IRON and CLAY. 34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his FEET that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Daniel, goes unto say, that each represents a Kingdom. Now I am not going to interpret each and every Kingdom for you, but it is the LAST KINGDOM that you need to pay attention to. Because this LAST KINGDOM IS ABOUT TO FALL RIGHT AROUND YOU!
FEET are so SYMBOLIC HERE. Notice what FEET are called in scripture.
Romans 10:15
… as it is written, How beautiful are the FEET of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Ephesians 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
The FEET is the WITNESS of God.
This is why JESUS (truth revealed in man) WASHED their FEET. (Their witness and understanding of Truth was dirty, corrupt)
We even see scriptures that speak of those whose FEET are quick to do evil. Which represents most Religious leaders today.
THIS IS THE KINGDOM MIXED WITH IRON AND CLAY!
41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
THE FEET, King Neb. saw in his dream was DIVIDED. Partly strong, partly brittle. Iron and Clay.
What does IRON represent you ask?
Psalm 107:10
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Ignorant CORRECTION/PUNISHMENT…
And what does CLAY represent?
Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry CLAY, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
CLAY is the very ignorance of HELL that is being preached today as truth. Iron is the very cruel ignorant punishment and judgment that is being used to bind and break the spirits of those who NEED GOD MORE THAN EVER.
THIS IS THE FIFTH and FINAL KINGDOM in this world. RELIGION.
The FEET = Those that bring a perverse message of lies and condemnation is the last Kingdom. And then I say GOD DESTROYING IT as Daniel did.
44And in the days of these kings shall the GOD OF HEAVEN SET UP A KINGDOM, WHICH SHALL NEVER BE DESTROYED: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
This is the TRUE MESSAGE that you MAY BE HEARING today. Our God of LOVE is tearing the MOTHER of ALL HARLOTS down. This is why we are told to FLEE from Babylon, because what is about to happen to the RELIGIONS of the world is COMING TO A CHURCH/ TEMPLE/ MOSQUE/ KINGDOM HALL/ MEETING HOUSE near you!
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
THE STONE is the TRUTH (CHRIST) which is WITHIN US ALL!
A remnant are standing up now, declaring this truth. THIS IS THE ARMY JOEL SPOKE OF. This is what my Novel, THE CALLING is all about. I just never knew, I would see the day when it all came down.
You see this TRUTH is not made with man’s hands, no, it is cut from the MOUNTAIN called GOD. And if you have faith, the size of a mustard seed, you shall say to this GREAT MOUNTAIN OF LOVE AND TRUTH be thou cast into the SEA (Humanities ignorance) and IT SHALL BE. — As I pray I am doing now.
This LAST KINGDOM, is about to fall. It’s true colors are being shown wide and far. Their god is money, their worship is their belly (carnality). They are not setting people free, no, they are making them TWICE THE CHILDREN OF HELL the RELIGIOUS LEADERS of the day are already.
The TRUTH is going out “Church”. The Time is now, it will be SHOUTED FROM THE ROOFTOPS!
“The Kingdom (reign) of Heaven (God’s ways/truth) is come (revealed)”
God has made known to KING NEB. (Carnal Man) what shall come to pass… THIS DREAM IS CERTAIN and the interpretation you all have just read is SURE!
And it is time for people to get in line, take a healthy serving of the love, truth and spirit being poured out today!
You see, while everyone is up in arms over whether or not we have universal healthcare, gay marriage, Christ in Christmas, God’s name on the coin at the Post office or said in the Pledge, I am sitting back and marveling at how God is wiping the slate of lies clean.
God is not money, he is not reserved to one nation, Christ is not something we can sell every December, marriage is a man-made tradition, and bias and prejudice will no longer stand. Your churches will be taxed, gays will be allowed to marry, the name of god (Man’s god) will be taken from every high place, and everything carnal man truly puts his faith in, MONEY, POWER, AUTHORITY, IS COMING DOWN! What has been done in secret will be secret no more. So speak up, confess and repent, for the KINGDOM IS HERE!
The world is about to change everyone. Praise God for that. We will know a God of love, not hate and condemnation. We will learn that we reap what we sow, we will turn from our wicked ways (false beliefs and ideas) and understand that God is in control.
Yesterday at lunch I called a friend, a mighty man of God, named Dean Dosher. You may not have heard of him, but I have sneaking suspicion the world soon will. As we spoke, I joked about how sometimes, when I don’t know what to write I simply pray, flip through the bible, and write on what I find.
So I grabbed my bible, and after talking about the state things while I ate my awesome hot Roast Beef Sandwich (MEAT) I asked him to stop me as I flipped through my bible… Then I gave him a choice of four columns of which I could read from, he chose FOUR.
It was in the Book of Jeremiah, and both Dean and I shook in our hearts as I read it aloud.
For this chapter, described the state of the world and religion today to a tee. It expressed the heartache of God, because his creation had become so corrupt that even when exchanging pleasantries with a neighbors, their hearts were devising evil ambush.
So true and compelling was this chapter that I want to share some of the verses with you. Because this was yet more confirmation that EVERYTHING WE KNOW IS ABOUT TO CHANGE!
JEREMIAH 8
5Why is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
(The Wives are CONGREGANTS, God is saying, he is going to take the Blind flock away from these false teachers and give them to ANOTHER)
11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
(Religion makes grand promises that are never kept.)
12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
(That Time is NOW!)
15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
JEREMIAH 9
3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Is this NOT the way things are today? Are there any of you that truly trust those that say “Lord, Lord” in Religion. Are there not many in Religion that do not frown upon, or look down upon, or condemn others to feel better about their own pitiful existence? DOES ANYONE WANT TO PRAY, GOD TEACH ME THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT THE COST?
8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. 9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
What has been done in private will be revealed openly. The time is now, God will visit, as he has with Me, with all the wrong I have done in my life, and continue to do. I am no better or worse than the most lost in this world. For we are all one. And those God corrects, he loves. Your sufferings is God’s love poured out on you, so you will wake up and realize you are NOT IN CONTROL.
12Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
ARE WE GOING TO DECLARE IT? Who is going to stand up for this generation and say I AM!
Our Road to Emmaus REVEALED
Luke 24
13And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
(The Interpretation)
The double minded man is unstable in all his ways, he walks with no hope toward uncertainty, leaving the Truth behind. And along this journey the TRUTH is revealed within them, it is the Hope of Glory, Christ within. But the double minded man does not understand what TREASURE lay within. The double minded man does not understand the TRUTH that is within.
17And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
Why have you worshipped a god that can be killed, and cannot save. Why don’t you have the hope, that is only found within?
18And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? 19And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. 21But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. 22Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; 23And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. 24And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
Cleopas translates to “Of a Renowned Father” – This is who we are God’s child. The Double minded man trusted that a man named JESUS would redeem Israel. They looked for this literal man high and low, many wait for his return.
“Don’t you understand?”, the Child of a Renowned Father says ignorantly. “We heard this Jesus was ALIVE, but in the TOMB we could not find him”… Because you will NEVER find the living among the dead.
“Church” you will NEVER find the TRUTH among the DEAD. Leave the carnal death of religion and vain tradition, the TRUTH is not found there. YOU WILL NEVER FIND THE TRUTH IN THE IGNORANT ONES. In ADAM all die. And the DEAD (Ignorant) know not God.
25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Jesus called the double minded man a FOOL (doesn’t believe the Truth). They did not believe. And then, through the scriptures the TRUTH was revealed to the double minded man. He began to see, what the prophets had spoken concerning CHRIST. They saw what they couldn’t see before… They did not know WHO THEY WERE or what the PROPHETS had said of the COMING (REVEALING OF) Christ.
Do you know, what the PROPHETS said about the COMING (REVEALING) of Christ? – Let’s take a look at some.
2 Samuel 7:12-16 (NIV) When your days are over and you rest with your fathers (WHEN YOU DIE TO YOURSELF) I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body (WITHIN YOU), and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with the rod of men, with floggings inflicted by men. 15 But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me ; your throne will be established forever.'”
Psalms 2:7 (NIV) I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, “You are my Son ; today I have become your Father.
(Notice, it doesn’t say I was ALWAYS YOUR FATHER, Today I have become your FATHER, because before we know the Truth, our Father is the DEVIL (our egotistical carnal mind)
Isaiah 11:2 (NIV) The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him– the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD—
The Son (Child) of God, understands the TRUTH of who He is.
Isaiah 61:1 (NIV) The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Psalms 45:7-8 (NIV) You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. 8 All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad.
Deuteronomy 18:18 (NIV) I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (WHICH MEANS GOD IN ME)
The prophets spoke of CHRIST that would rise from within the loins of ISRAEL… The Hope of Glory is CHRIST WITHIN. The Glory is the concealed TRUTH of God.
“It is the Glory of God to conceal a thing.”
Christ comes in the Glory of God = The TRUTH/SPIRIT OF GOD (Christ) comes (is revealed) in the HIDDEN THING.
Now follow these scriptures and SEE!
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Matthew 13:11
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
The Double Minded man, does not understand this mystery. Until the TRUTH begins to reveal it from WITHIN.
Can you see? Can you hear the glorious trumpet ringing in your ears right now? COMMENT AMEN AND AMEN!
28And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
The CHRIST within wants to go farther, to explain more, but the doubleminded man was not ready. He wanted to stay where he was, he did not want to go farther, because these words and truths were dark to him, he did not understand.
The double minded man can only go so far with revelation alone You see, SOMETHING ELSE IS NEEDED so the TWO can become ONE WITH GOD. And that is, HE MUST LEARN OBEDIANCE THROUGH THE THINGS HE SUFFERS.
30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
We are the BREAD that is BROKEN.
1 Corinthians 10:17
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Through much tribulation we enter the kingdom (Ruled by Truth and Spirit of God.
And after we are broken we will SEE! We will know the truth, and it will BURN WITHIN US, and it will SET US FREE!
32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
We will RISE and RETURN to the place of TRUTH we left and find others to share THE GOOD NEWS of what we now know!
33And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
We will say, CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED! And that this great truth was made know to us, by what we suffered.
34Saying, The Lord is risen indeed… 35And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
This “Church” is the GLORIOUS DAY we are in. What God has done for one, he does for all! He is no respector of persons and does not esteem one man greater than the next.
The Hope of Glory is no longer something we need to hope for… For, we no longer “hope” to understand that which is hidden, we will KNOW that which is hidden WITHIN US and it is CHRIST!
And we will know as we are known…. WE WILL FINALLY KNOW OUR TRUE SELF and as King Neb saw in his dream, this STONE within us, will grow into a great mountain whose rule shall have no end!
Jacob
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LAKE OF FIRE
THE LAKE OF FIRE
First I want to say how good it feels to have liberty and to no longer be under the thumb of scary teachings like the whole “burn forever and ever and ever” one. It feels good to know God is in control and that God makes EVERYTHING beautiful in its time. He takes everything (ignorant/carnal) mankind makes ugly, and God makes it appear NEW and “BE-U-TIL-FULL”!
Now there was a time, THE LAKE OF FIRE to me, was a scary, ugly place, a lake of horrors indeed. Oh yes, Man has made the LAKE OF FIRE as VILE as the heart of carnal man itself… However, God changed all that in me, and He is going to take this UGLY LIE and turn it into the WONDERFUL TRUTH, that is TRULY “The Lake of Fire”.
I first want to point out that ONCE the LIES of MANKIND are let go (like the one they have created about the LAKE OF FIRE), and the TRUTH of GOD embracedTHE WORLD WILL CHANGE.
Let me explain why the teaching of infinite torture, promotes literal torture, prejudice and hate in the world. Why painting God as a god that acts like a Villian creates more Villians than Saviors in the world.
If your “literal” Father raised you to hate the JEWS, as Hitler taught many Germans to do, you would think you were doing your Father’s WILL be exterminating, torturing, and ridiculing them.
If your “literal” Father taught you to hate other races, as many of our fore fathers taught their children, you would grow up buying, selling and beating slaves, you would rape, and even murder them the instant they wanted to have rights and to be treated with respect. You would eradicate any race that was not your own, like the Indians. The reason? Because your “literal” Fathers taught would have taught you, it was the WAY.
If your literal Father taught you to hate anything, History proves you will hate. When a child is CONDITIONED to believe a certain way, UNLESS that child matures and changes their beliefs, they will do and be exactly what they were FORMED to be, by their hateful, bigoted, misinformed and biased “literal” Father’s of the world.
Now, you may question what this has to do with the “Lake of Fire”. Let me spell it out for you.
If you are TAUGHT and CONDITIONED to believe that YOUR FATHER in HEAVEN will endlessly torture (worse than any human has done before) those that don’t believe as “he” wants them to believe. THEN YOU will believe it is okay to do the same!
No, you say?
Do a google search of how many people have been killed in the name of God? It is going on today, it has been going on since the beginning of RELIGION. Whether you are a Jew, A Christian, or a Muslim, more sects than not, of all these faiths are engaged in what they believe to be a holy war. First let me point out what the word HOLY is described as being in scripture, then you will see how disgusting it is to place the word HOLY in from of the word WAR.
Timothy 2:8
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up HOLY hands, without wrath and doubting.
Holy hands according to the New testament, have no wrath or doubt. To be Holy is to be without spot or blemish, God is spirit and TRUTH, God’s spirit of TRUTH is HOLY. But most believe God to be a monster, far away, hands off, and incompetant. They believe a lie. Let me share what most believe about our HOLY GOD. “Most believe God will NOT finish his creation in Victory, but after being defeated by the very same devil he created, he will then have sour grapes and send a majority of his creation to a place of endless torture. That is unless of course they do what BENNY HINN, and other charlatans have done, say JESUS IS LORD, you do this and you can lie to the people, rip them off, and have affairs, live anyway you want. They believe anyone else who is not part of the club get the FIRE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! HA HA HA HA!!!!!” – Now if this alone won’t make you run for the hills and want to find another God, or make you an atheist I don’t know what will.
Look, if you believe your FATHER in HEAVEN hates, then YOU WILL HATE… If you believe your Father in Heaven condemns, then you will condemn. If you believe your Father in Heaven tortures and kills, you will do the same.
John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3And these things will they do unto you, because THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THE FATHER…
But if the TRUTH of your FATHER IN HEAVEN is revealed, then you will do as your father does.
There is a reason Jesus said there should NEVER be an end to your forgiveness, if you live by the sword you’ll die by it, to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
It is because Jesus, knew the TRUTH, as the TRUTH was revealed WITHIN HIM, AND THE IMAGE OF GOD was seen of all men. And that IMAGE, LOVED, FORGAVE, WAS PATIENT, AND LONG SUFFERING.
Jesus did not come to CONDEMN (as we see so many preachers condeming any and everyone that is different, like gays, democrats :), those of varying faiths, etc) No, Jesus did not come to CONDEMN, Jesus came to SAVE! And I am here to do the same.
So, I’m about to tear ANOTHER MOTHER of a FALSE BELIEF down, so join me and help spread the word. Because the longer we believe God TORTURES and does not HEAL, the longer MANKIND WILL DO THE SAME.
So let’s get right into it…
Revelation 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:14,15
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Ah, the Lake of Fire, for many a horrifying place to be sent. This “Lake of Fire” is burning with BRIMSTOME, and the ONLY place that mentions THIS PLACE is John’s Book, “His Revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Now there are so many misconceptions (Beliefs- that MISS the mark – and CONCIEVE a LIE in mankind’s heart) about the Lake of Fire that I would have to write a whole book on the subject. But not today, I am going to keep this paper as brief as possible.
So let’s start by pointing out what THE LAKE OF FIRE is NOT!
HELL – Many claim that the Lake of Fire is actually a place of infinite torture called HELL. Well all one needs to do is LOOK up and re-read Rev 20:14 to find out that HELL is cast into the Lake of Fire, to rid God’s creation of it.
Why? You ask. Because HELL is not eternal, it is not infinite. Hell also simply put, means “grave, hidden place” and we’re all in it people. If you are in the Flesh than you are in the GRAVE (Hell) UNLESS you are born of spirit. Then you are IN HEAVEN (living WITHIN YOURSELF and not putting faith OUTSIDE YOURSELF). Truer words were not spoken about HELL, Hell is your IGNORANCE. And yes there is much suffering there. Hell is a MINDSET, it is a place we enter spiritually/emotionally when we believe the LIES from our carnal mind/ego and flee from the Truth of Christ within. THAT IS HELL. (See my article To Hell with Hell) – But for those who state that the Lake of Fire is another name for HELL, wake up and smell the BRIMSTONE (which by the way is an essential ELEMENT FOR LIFE, it’s not only a purifying agent, but it is also NECESSARY FOR GROWTH) – Any chemistry teacher knows this. BRIMSTONE, which is commonly known as SULFUR, is a GOOD THING! Not a band thing! Take a look at the definition of BRIMSTONE/SULFUR
Sulfur, in its native form, is a bright yellow crystalline solid. In nature, it can be found as the pure element and as sulfide and sulfate minerals. It is an essential element for life and is found in two amino acids: cysteine and methionine. Its commercial uses are primarily in fertilizers, also known as BRIMSTONE
So much for it being a scary smoky terrible thing. Brimstone is ESSENTIAL for LIFE AND GROWTH and PURIFICATION!
And just as Hell (our ignorance) HAS PURPOSE for our growth, as pressure makes the diamond, manure helps the flower, irritation makes the pearl etc… For a time, Hell will be around, but even this God will deliver us from, and that’s when it is cast into THE LAKE OF FIRE. So the TRUTH will grow, and every lie we have believed will be “burned” (not literally, allegorically) away.
Don’t you find it interesting that so many teach, that the “names” that aren’t written in the Book of Life are PUNISHED by being cast there, but never once mention, that HELL is also cast there?
SIDE NOTE: Name = Nature… These aren’t literal names like Bob, Pamela, Ezekeil, etc, that are cast there, but NATURES in mankind that need to be purified. (Hate, greed, lust, envy, etc)
Listen, my hope is that people will understand that WONDERFUL, THE LAKE OF FIRE IS. Our GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE, which WILL CONSUME US, until we are the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIM. Now, look, don’t think only a select few will experience the LAW OF FIRE. Scripture states very clearly, EVERYONE will have their part in it.
That’s right, every single person on this planet, experiences the LAKE OF FIRE. Oh what, did you Blind Religious Leaders forget to mention that minor detail? Take a look.
Revelation 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
THE SECOND DEATH = LAKE OF FIRE.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Now pay attention here because if you’re ears aren’t ready to hear this, you may have to re-read this paper at a later date.
Notice who is thrown into the SECOND DEATH, fearful, unbelieving, and liars…. These three alone describe every single person on the planet. We have all been fearful, unbelieving, and we have all lied and probably still tell those little white lies, and get scared, and lack faith. For example, we may lie because we don’t believe someone we care about will understand, we are fearful yet… You see? Now stay with me… watch the next verse.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Those who have BEEN RESURRECTED (see my article on the True First Resurrection) the SECOND DEATH (LAKE OF FIRE) has no power… Why? You ask.
Because those who have taken part of the first resurrection, have already TAKEN PART OF THE SECOND DEATH. Meaning they have DIED to their carnal nature/themselves spiritually. They understand that they reap what they sow, when trouble comes their way, they understand it is to purify them further.
You see, our troubles, what torments (tests) us, is there to better us. Once you understand this, you will no longer be hurt by the SECOND DEATH.
This LAKE OF FIRE is NOT A FUTURE EVENT, as some would claim. It is a NOW event. Each of us, has our part in the LAKE OF FIRE. By now, I hope you see this is GREAT NEWS!
For some those words “LAKE OF FIRE” inspire SUCH FEAR… But if God doesn’t give us the spirit (thought/words) of Fear, then where is your fear coming from? … The CARNAL ANTICHRIST SPIRIT within, that’s where. And guess what, the FEARFUL are thrown into the LAKE OF FIRE, until they FEAR NO MORE.
When you are done reading this essay, I pray you will never again worry about the lies meat-heads have told you about this place, and you will thank God, because it is HIS FIRE that is doing it’s work in you, for you. HE that began a good work in you, shall complete it. Meaning…
1 Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
And yes, that word ALL means THE ENTIRETY OF HIS CREATION, shall be SAVED… How are we saved? = BY, coming to the KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH. What are we save from? = Our ignorance
You see it is the TRUTH that sets us FREE. The WORD (Logos/Truth) of God saves us… This WORD is better understood by knowing the TRUE DEFINITION of what LOGOS really means… You can thank my friend “URIAH” for pointing that out to me, as we spoke yesterday. (By the way, be on the look out for his book of poetry which will be released soon)…
So we are saved by believing and TRUSTING the WORD OF GOD. Word is an English translation for LOGOS, which literally translates to: “Use as respect to the MIND alone. Reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating account, regard, considering, reckoning, answer or explanation.”
You see the WORD of GOD is not a LITERAL MAN people, it is the MENTAL FACULTY of THINKING, REASONING, CALCULATING, the Understanding of an ANSWER or EXPLANATION, it is the WISDOM that is WITHIN A MAN, that saves him… The LOGOS, is the THOUGHT OF GOD’S TRUTH, the UNDERSTANDING of who God is, and who you are in relation to God (ONE).
This is how we are saved. This is why, the scripture states GOD WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED. And God does this, by having ALL OF MANKIND come TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.
Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
But how on EARTH would any of us do that, when we have been formed in a SEA OF DECEPTION AND LIES?
The answer is THE LAKE OF FIRE.
Now before I even translate these words to show you how wonderful their true meaning is. I want to point out how we are saved, from the scriptural account.
Jesus saves right? Amen… And who was IN Jesus… GOD!
2 Corinthians 5:19
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
And who is IN ALL OF US?
Colossians 1:27
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
You see, CHRIST is IN US ALL… In John 1, we are told, this TRUTH is in everyone from the womb. The LIGHT shines in DARKNESS. Meaning the TRUTH is in ALL mankind, and it is shining even though many are ignorant. This is why there are many good natured people who do wonderful things, but don’t even believe in God. But this, I must admit is a mystery, and mysteries needs to be found out.
You never find out the REAL ANSWERS in a Mystery Novel until you FINISH the novel itself. So why would this mysterious life, (The Kingdom of Heaven is a Mystery) be any different in you?
You will not KNOW THE TRUTH and be SET FREE from your CARNAL SELF, until you come to the END OF YOURSELF. Until you turn that last page and see as you are seen. HINT: if you SEE as you are SEEN, you are SEEING YOURSELF.
And this, this my friends is the purpose of the LAKE OF FIRE. To help us SEE as we are SEEN. As it purges away EVERYTHING that is not WRITTEN in the BOOK OF LIFE.
The word WRITTEN (Grapho) means to record, so things are not forgotten, BUT REMEMBERED. In other words, everything that is NOT TRUE, everything that is not to be REMEMBERED is destroyed.
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your REMEMBRANCE, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Everything that IS TO BE REMEMBERED, will be REMEMBERED, and we will no longer think on those things that are NOT TRUTH. We will only think on those things which be of God.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Now, let me point out something about the word FIRE.
Fire is used to BURN DOWN what we no longer want or need, like Garbage. FIRE is used to purify precious metals, like Silver, etc… FIRE is a wonderful allegory of how things are MADE CLEAN, and freed from the dross and impurities that keep it from being whole.
FIRE is used to kill germs. Fire is used to aid in the healing of wounds. FIRE is used to cook food, to kill bacteria, to make things profitable, etc… FIRE is a good thing. This is why, Christ baptizes with FIRE… Oh you forgot about that did you.
Don’t Forget God Holds Us Over The Hottest Part of the Flame LIKE A SILVERSMITH!
And what does the word BAPTISM means, TO COMPLETELY SUBMERGE. So we are completely submerged in this FIRE to rid us of anything that is NOT TO BE REMEMBERED. This FIRE = TRUTH = The SPIRIT OF TRUTH/GOD
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with FIRE:
Wait a minute Jacob… Then FIRE is a GOOD THING?
That’s right and not just that, sparky, FIRE IS A GOD THING!
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
Have you ever heard someone say, “I got a fire inside me that is burning me up!”
God is the very TRUTH that CONSUMES US. When we leave this TRUTH for the lies of man, we BURN with our SUFFERING. The process is no fun. As I am sure, the SILVER does not like being held to the hottest part of the Flame until all of the impurities are released from it.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and WILL REFINE THEM AS SILVER IS REFINED, and will TRY THEM AS GOLD IS TRIED: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Silver is REFINED with FIRE = God Refines us with THE LAKE OF FIRE (HIS CONSUMING SPIRIT)
Gold is TRIED with a Touchstone (tormented) = We are Tormented (tested until pure)
“CHURCH” this is how God chose to deliver us.
Do you know why the SMITH must never take his eye of the SILVER as he is holding it over the flame… Because he doesn’t want to lose any of the SILVER, he wants only to burns away everything that ISN’T SILVER…. Do you know when the SMITH knows that the SILVER is totally pure? … WHEN THE SMITH SEES IT’S IMAGE IN THE SILVER!
God does the same with us. He TESTS (torments) us until he sees HIS IMAGE clearly. And so then WE can be LIVING EPISTLES to be read of ALL MANKIND.
He could have chosen butterflys and daffodils to make us pure, but he chose the FURNACE OF AFFLICTION.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee… I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
I know it sounds awful. But think about it. We are stubborn animals by our carnal nature, and nothing is a better teacher than what we suffer by our own hands.
Like that time I stuck a paperclip in the socket, OW! But guess what, it was a great lesson I learned last week, now I understand never to do that again. (snicker, snicker)
You see, God is not mocked whatever a man sows he shall also reap.
One day, all will come to the knowledge that God is in control, and we will stop hating, debating, we will no longer be biased or fearful, we will not tear down, we will build up, EVERY NAME (NATURE) not WRITTEN (remembered) will be BURNED AWAY. Until all that is left is CHRIST!
Now, let me share with you the definitions of some of these words. Like torment, Lake, etc… so you understand that this SECOND DEATH, is a process we ALL endure. And it is there for OUR GOOD.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Please remember, God ONLY has thoughts of PEACE for us, to GIVE US an EXPECTED END (victory in/as CHRIST). And God ONLY creates what he THINKS. It is THOUGHT that Creates, and HIS THOUGHTS TOWARD US are for PEACE and an EXPECTED END (THE END of our ignorant ways)
So let’s look AGAIN at what is really CAST into the LAKE OF FIRE.
Revelation 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The DEVIL, BEAST and FALSE PROPHET. THE CARNAL MIND is CAST there. As well as DEATH, HELL, and EVERY NATURE in MANKIND that is not TRUTH, PEACE AND LOVE (fear, hate, murder, greed, lies, etc)
The question is why? Why are they CAST there?
The answer is, to RID us from the POWER they once had OVER US.
Now, look I want to point out what some of these words literally mean. Let’s start with LAKE.
LAKE – Comes from word liðmnh – Which was derived from the word limh/n (which means HAVEN)
FIRE: God is a comsuming Fire, fire is used for offerings, and mainly used for purification
BURNING: Which means to LIGHT, or CONSUME
BRIMSTONE: comes from the Original word Theoin (which speaks of purification, growth, essential for LIFE) the word is taken from the Word “Theios” Which speaks of God.
TORMENT is BASANISMO which means: testing by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal
Torment means to TEST the PURITY OF. It does not mean TORTURE.
Think about it, if we are talking about literal torture here, and literal hell and literal DEATH, how can DEATH be tortured?… HELLO? IS THIS THING ON? TORMENT, TORMENT, ON, TWO, THREE… Get it “Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three.” 🙂
So “THE LAKE OF FIRE BURNING WITH BRIMSTONE” is actually “A HAVEN where GODS SPIRIT consumes US with his Presence/Truth and TESTS the purity of our hearts, until we are clean and pure.”
This is why only the wicked natures in man are sent there, the LAKE OF FIRE is the very place that frees us from DEATH, HELL, THE FALSE PROPHET, LIES, HATE, THE DEVIL, AND EVERY EVIL THOUGHT.
Just as there are TWO BIRTHS recorded in scripture. The First is PHYSICAL and the second is SPIRITUAL. There are also TWO DEATHS IN SCRIPTURE, the FIRST DEATH is what we experience in ADAM and the SECOND DEATH is when that ADAMIC NATURE (the carnal man) is put to death, so the TRUTH OF CHRIST WITHIN can rule and reign again.
So today let us all THANK GOD for His Spirit which is a LAKE OF FIRE, and let us joyfully allow this FIRE to CONTINUE TO BURN until GOD is seen IN and OF US ALL!
Peace and love to you all,
Jacob
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