REAL RESURRECTION OF CHRIST NOW!

Jacob Israel24 Comments


REAL RESURRECTION OF CHRIST NOW

Recently, I, and a group of new friends, have been discussing a very important topic, the resurrection. I posted an essay on this subject awhile ago which laid out many reasons that I believe the resurrection takes place inside of us, and may not necessarily be something that happens after we physically die. Not that I don’t believe in an after life, or that we may in fact return to earth in a new body, as Elijah did, to carry out our purpose if not complete. The truth is no one really know what happens after we die, but there is plenty of evidence out there with Near Death Experiences and the study of brain activity to prove that after we die physically, who we are spiritually lives on.

But today’s paper is not about what happens after we physically die, it is about what is happening in the here and now. I believe the problem with most religions is they are too focused on what happens after you die. What they don’t teach is that experiencing Eternal Life and the Kingdom of God is not a future event but a NOW event.

Luke 17:19-21
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. 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: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you

So while many religious leaders and religious organizations focus everyone’s attention to what happens after they die, I will focus people to the here and now. Because NOW is where salvation is, it has nothing to do with something you experience after you die.

Luke 19:9
And Jesus said unto him, THIS DAY is salvation come to this house

And what is salvation? Is salvation being set free from something that happens in the future? Or is salvation something that saves you now? Use your head, if you are drowning you don’t need a lifeguard after you drown, you need to be saved in the here and now. And SALVATION is a now event. It is the moment you cross over from the death of your suffering, ignorance, fear, and struggle, into the life of liberty, peace, truth, and hope.

You will find that this is what the resurrection of Christ is, as well. You become a new creature, the old you was dead (ignorant) and the new you is born again (resurrected)…. This essay will show you how that is possible.

Now I will not condemn anyone as ignorant if they say there IS a literal flesh and bone resurrection. You never know, the ways of God are beyond us all. But once again, I am not focused on the future which is not here or even real, I am focused on the here and now, which is all we have. And so is God…

However, regardless of whether you believe in a literal physical bodily resurrection from the literal grave there is still much that can be spiritually learned from this essay. And if you understand that the TOMB is mankind’s ignorant soul, that Christ (The power and wisdom of God) rises out of than, yes indeed this essay is for you as well.

Matthew 23:27
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

So regardless of what your particular belief is you will benefit from this essay. Personally I am moving past the old teaching of resurrection unto perfection (the whole truth and wholeness of God) – This is my desire, to know the truth no matter what the cost. I pray it is the same for you.

Hebrews 6
1 Therefore LEAVING the principles of the doctrine of Christ, LET US GO UNTO PERFECTION; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD…

We do find clearly spelled out in scripture that FLESH can never inherit the Kingdom of God, so I question why so many believe there will be a physical flesh resurrection after literal death. With that being stated, if you’re still with me, we’re about to move on to some insight that I hope will open your eyes wide and get you saying, “Wow, I never saw that before!”… Then again you may not say that at all, but I ask only that you read with an open heart, and if you really want to know the truth I know you will one day KNOW the Truth/Word/Christ.

First of all, I am neither better or worse for stating there is no literal resurrection (the way it is taught in churches I mean). For, if there is a literal physical resurrection like something out of the movies than good, and if not, well then… good. I cannot prove either and neither can anyone of you. It all boils down to what we’ve been taught or what we have been allowed to see and believe. Seeing as I cannot prove there is not, and neither can anyone prove there is a literal flesh and bone resurrection I will instead make a strong statement of my faith using the scriptures. I will say that the RESURRECTION of CHRIST takes place WITHIN US and while many are CRAVING THE DEAD BODY OF JESUS to return again alive and well, I understand that Christ is resurrected in HIS BODY, but that HIS BODY IS ALL OF US. We are the hosts, the lord of Hosts is revealed in. Our life is Christ, Our life is hid in Christ. Christ IN US is the Hope of Glory, not Christ outside of us coming again in the future. Christ is not returning, for…

Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I (CHRIST) will NEVER LEAVE YOU, nor forsake thee

Since, Christ (The power and wisdom of God) NEVER LEFT, that means it is still within 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 INSIDE you, the hope of glory

Notice, this is a MYSTERY, scripture goes on to explain that it has been HIDDEN. After all it is the Glory of God to hide a thing!

Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing

And Christ comes (which literally means REVEALED) in the Glory of God. In other words, the Truth of who we are in Christ is revealed in our understanding of this great mystery. WHICH believe it or not is the mystery of who we really are.

I believe it is more important for us to consider what this resurrection means in the here and now. What does any doctrine benefit me, if it is a future thing. Christ said, I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, will live! I hope you understand literal physical dead people cannot believe anything, because THEY ARE PHYSICALLY, LITERALLY DEAD… I hope you can see the allegorical DEATH Jesus was talking about is mankind’s ignorance, or being ruled by their carnal mind.!

Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is DEATH; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

It’s simple really, for many life is more like death than living at all. For many their days are filled with misery and no hope at all. When trouble comes they think the worst and believe “well that’s just my life”.

Everyone that is not LIFE that is DEATH. Life is understanding who you are, that all things (even the bad) work together for the good. LIFE is following the desires of your heart, loving others, and knowing love yourself. LIFE doesn’t mean you’ll always be happy, but it does mean you understand that there is a reason for all things and that all things are meant for our learning and our enlightenment.

So DEATH, in scripture is not explaining the literal physical decay of the body, where the LIGHT (Life force) of that body has fled and only a dead shell remains. NO! The Death scripture explains is very clear, it is being ignorant to the truth of God and who you are. But there is hope for those who are living a life of Death. The Dead will RISE as scripture promises. The way for this to happen is when you are enlightened to the TRUTH/WORD of GOD, and the Power and Wisdom of God (which is Christ) is active in your thinking and evident in your life. The Dead RISE, when the Ignorant to BELIEVE the TRUTH OF GOD and become spiritual minded.

Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is DEATH; but to be SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE and peace.

Now I understand, a lot of you are waiting for JESUS to return in his LITERAL BODY. To which I say, you need to fully understand just who JESUS CHRIST’S BODY IS. YES, Christ will be resurrected in His literal Body… which is ALL OF HUMANITY.

“Know you not that YOU ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST” 

Oh I know, some will say, “How can that be, there is only ONE JESUS… and that is not ALLEGORICAL but LITERAL.” I in no way am saying that there was no Jesus of Nazareth. Not at all. In fact without his example, and the gospels we would not be able to discern who we are. His life was a pattern of our life. he clearly said, if you do not take up the cross and follow in the same steps you are none of his. the scripture go so far as to say, AS JESUS IS SO ARE WE.

1 John 4:17
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because AS HE IS SO ARE WE in this world.

Jesus said he is the Light of the World, and told his disciples WE TOO ARE THE LIGHTS of the World.

Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid

Now this many people aren’t ready to handle. But it doesn’t make it any less true.

1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are WE the SONS(offspring) of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM

At the moment it may not appear that we are who we are in Christ. But when THIS GREAT TRUTH, this GOSPEL is revealed to us, this LIFE IS RESURRECTED in us, then WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM. Because AS JESUS CHRIST IS SO ARE WE.

Pay attention to this next verse. Right now we are as sheep following a Shepherd, but look WHO WE BECOME when we enter into this understanding.

John 10
1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2But he that entereth in by the door IS THE SHEPHERD of the sheep.

Now here is the reason that we must all come to the UNITY OF THE FAITH. Because in fact we are all ONE IN CHRIST.

Romans 12:5
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another

We are ALL ONE BODY! This is why a majority of scripture teaches to do unto others as you want done to yourself. In fact, when you hurt others you are indeed hurting yourself. When you love and lift up others you are loving and lifting yourself up. Notice how scripture states, Love others as you love YOURSELF.

Romans 13:9
YOU shall love your neighbour as YOURSELF.

The entire law rests on these two things, Loving God, Loving Others. And the others you love are to be loved as yourself, for you are ONE WITH THEM!

According to scripture God only has one SON (child of God) – ADAM & CHRIST, the 1st child and the last child. But ONLY ONE begotten SON of God.

Adam, which literally means MANKIND, is the first NATURE OF MAN (Ignorant) and the second ADAM (Mankind) is RISEN, ENLIGHTENED…. So even though you see many, many people, we, the MANY make up the ONE SON (CHILD OF GOD)

Romans 12:5
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Should the hand say to the foot, you’re not Christ. Should Bob say to Bertha, you’re not Christ? I think not… Although, not all have CHRIST RISEN (revealed) in them… HOWEVER, CHRIST is in all.

Meaning most are still DEAD IN ADAM (ignorant of who they are, which is of course God’s child) but when you BELIEVE THE TRUTH you will LIVE (Be resurrected in Christ, as Christ) — too much for some to comprehend, I understand. But think about it, we are given the NAME OF CHRIST, THE MIND OF CHRIST, AND WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST… who truly are we?

The instant we ate of that TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. The POWER AND WISDOM of God was buried underneath the lies of who began to believe ourself to be. Then we put God outside of us far away from us and we DIED (Became Ignorant).

Look, the Hope of Glory is not Christ outside of me returning soon. The Hope of Glory is CHRIST IN ME. It does not say the Hope of Glory is for Christ to resurrect in a separate literal flesh body outside of our own. In fact, before Jesus died he told everyone where he was going and where he, and we, would be.

John 14
1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Now many will say THE FATHERS HOUSE is some place far away, a place called Heaven, where Jesus (the great carpenter that he is, will be building us a mansion of gold) — However, people the FATHERS HOUSE is not outside of us, in fact, WE ARE THE FATHERS HOUSE. The Temple of God – US!

Luke 19:46
Saying unto them, It is written, My house (the Temple) is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

This is an allegory. Jesus, had to go before his followers made him God himself. And today that is exactly what a majority of Christians have done. Made Jesus separate from us, and called him God, instead of seeing Jesus as a brother.

Romans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

This false belief takes the focus of God and finding the truth of who we are in God. Jesus always put the focus on the Father, and he also said we would do greater things than he, “Greater things than these we shall do”, that as he is a Light in this world, we are the Lights of this world, that as John put it “As Christ is, so are we in this world”. Jesus understood that we were no different from him, he was just the First born among the DEAD (Ignorant), the First Born among many brethren… – which means people, we are all ONE IN GOD. Which was the very nature of Jesus’s prayer in the Gospel of John.

John 17:11
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

The prayer basically means, God let them understand that WE ARE THE SAME!

There is NO DIVISION in ONE. Meaning we are ALL ONE, all the SAME, all united. Think about how much better the world would be if we saw each other as a part of ourselves. If we knew what we did to them, we do to ourselves. This is a great mystery, because so many people are selfish and think they are separate from others, when in fact, as Jesus said, “Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.” – Meaning what you do to others, will most surely be done to you, because we are all ONE.

In truth, Hosea puts the 3rd day resurrection wonderfully and it paints a clearer picture of how this truly speaks of all of us.

Hosea 6
1 Come, let US RETURN to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. 2 After two days he will revive US; on the THIRD DAY he will restore US, that WE may live in his presence.

The resurrection spoken here is about restoring ALL OF US to the Power and Wisdom of God (Christ), after being stricken by the darkness of our vain imagination. It is all about RETURNING TO GOD (Truth).

But, I will answer, in a nutshell, why I am not worried, or concerned, that I do not hold onto a belief that “Literal Decaying Bodies or skeletons in the ground” will rise again in the judgment. And why I am only concerned with our RISING from the DEATH of our ignorance, as judgment begins at the house of the Lord. (ME and YOU). And if judgment begins IN US then that means God is going to destroy everything IN US that is not IN HIM (GOD/TRUTH/SPIRIT) until CHRIST is formed in us, as Paul said. Every false belief (portrayed as goats, tares, etc in scripture) will be destroyed, burned away (spiritually), when Christ is RESURRECTED IN US.

Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you

Look at a very similar passage in Revelation.

Revelation 12:2
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

Just who do you think that WOMAN is… The WOMAN is our SOUL, who is going to deliver CHRIST. So the WORD will be RESURRECTED in our FLESH.

I spent a good deal of my life in carnal practices and principles. There was a time that I believed I had to baptize my son thanks to Catholic guilt. But I wised up and did not do the same for my daughter Shiloh, who according to the Catholic church is damned until she does so. Ah, the foolishness of vain traditions built on fear and shame.

Carnal mankind has made a god in their image. A god they can control. A god they can give birth to every year, persecute and crucify every year, and raise again every year. This is what many are celebrating today. The resurrection of Jesus, which takes all of the focus off the TRUE RESURRECTION that is to take place within us all. They look OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES and WAIT. When God looks WITHIN and MADE CLEAR through Jesus RESURRECTION IS IN THE HERE AND NOW! So please tell me why everyone is looking to the sky and waiting and not wanting the kingdom to come (be revealed) on earth (in our waking life) as in heaven (the true spirit life/God’s ways and wisdom)

Ephesians 3:10
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God

But now, I am moving unto perfection and I challenge you all to at least question and possibly do the same. Even though I understand “Each Man in His Order”.

Look, like Paul, there was a time that I, too, knew Jesus after the FLESH (My carnal mind) but No longer. Now I find it hard to know anyone, or anything, after the Flesh. In fact, if you’ve read my articles enough times it should be pretty clear I’m all about the “spirit” of a thing. I look for the “spirit” of what the scriptures teach, and I leave the literal (letter) because it doesn’t profit me, or anyone, at all.

In the discussion I mentioned earlier a new friend raised an important point. “What about those that witnessed Jesus placed in the Tomb, and witnessed his disappearance and ascension, etc.”

This point is the genesis of this essay and deals specifically with what was “quickened” to me about this event. Quick note of that, look again at what I wrote, “what was QUICKENED to me”. You when reading this had no problem understanding I meant, what was revealed to me, what was made clear to me. Yet, there are many people who will say a “Quickening” spirit is a spirit that will re-animated a literally physically dead body. As opposed to understanding it is all about QUICKENING (giving understanding and wisdom which is a tree of life to one who had previously been ignorant.)

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. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

Our first nature is all about our five senses, it’s all about the temporal, sensual world. The first man, in other words, is NATURAL. (Get it?) Our second nature (after the truth has been RISEN within us) was made a quickening spirit. In other words, we don’t look to the nature, literal letter of things, we see to the SPIRIT of things. We don’t say the parable is literal, we say, “this is what the parable is teaching us.”

But I digress, I am going to attempt to show you that the events after Jesus’ death, where Joseph and Nicodemus begged for the dead body of Jesus from Pilate and buried him is ACTUALLY a picture of carnal Christians who CRAVE that DEAD JESUS (who they continue to worship today as a Dead Man from two thousand years ago). You find an image of that Dead Man hanging from crosses in Churches, in paintings, in movies, on tv, on tee-shirts, jewelry, etc… And then many go so far as to say that Dead Man Jesus is God. Knowing full well, Jesus never taught this, and that the scriptures are pretty clear we are not to place an image to what God looks like at all. He shouldn’t be likened to anything in the sea, in the air, in the earth, beneath the earth, and most definitely not in the IMAGE OF CORRUPTIBLE NATURAL MAN!

Romans 1:23
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man

You see God is not Man, God is the SPIRIT WITHIN MAN! God was IN JESUS, God is in CHRIST reconciling the world to himself.

2 Corinthians 5:19
To wit, that God was IN Christ, reconciling the world unto himself

You see, most today ignorantly worship a Dead Flesh Man from 2000 years ago, as opposed to worshipping the LIFE GIVING SPIRIT that is the SON OF GOD, which is the WORD OF GOD, which is the LIGHT OF ALL MANKIND, which we ALL HAVE OUR LIFE HID IN (Christ). This WORD is what LIVES and is RESURRECTS WITHIN US and BECOMES US and we BECOME HIM.

John 17:22
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one

This is like me praying, God please let them understand what I understand that we are one, so that they can understand that they are one, that we are all ONE! You in me, I in them, etc, etc. ONE! Please tell me how this leaves room for a resurrection outside of us, separate from us?

No, Christ is FORMED/BIRTHED in us. Christ is revealed in us! Christ is resurrected IN US!

“Until Christ be formed IN you.”

But the many that call themselves Christians today, are just like Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus. They don’t want CHRIST resurrected WITHIN THEM! They want the DEAD JESUS MAN. And so they take this belief and tuck it away in their Tomb (hearts/soul/ignorant understanding) and of course when people come looking for the WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE it is nowhere to be found. Because you can’t find the LIVING (enlightened) among the DEAD (carnal/ignorant).

 John 19
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pound weight.  40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

Here we see the picture of two men, Joseph and Nicodemus. Let’s first look at Joseph of Arimathaea.

JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA

1) Joseph was a disciple in SECRET – He was ashamed of knowing the living Jesus. — And we know how that goes over with Christ.

“Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed”

2) Joseph was STILL WAITING for the Kingdom of God to come.

“He was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself WAITED for the kingdom of God.” Luke 23

I guess Joseph missed Jesus’ lesson that the KINGDOM of GOD is here now and WITHIN. Perhaps that is why he was still waiting.

Now onto Nicodemus.

NICODEMUS

1) Nicodemus was also ashamed of the TRUTH (Jesus) this is why he came to Jesus at NIGHT. A symbol of seeing Jesus in the DARK (carnally)

“There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:  The same came to Jesus by NIGHT” John 3

2) Nicodemus was ignorant of the truth, much like Joseph of A.

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?  

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Both Joseph and Nicodemus were ignorant and ashamed of Christ. But BOTH CRAVED THAT DEAD BODY of JESUS. Isn’t this what so many so-called Christians are doing today. Aren’t they waiting for that Dead Jesus to return. Isn’t that REALLY what the Easter celebration is all about. One day every year getting together to celebrate something that happened in the past (whether literal or allegorical) it is obvious this was something that happened in the past. And Mankind re-peat the past again and again. Yet, we are clearly instructed to FORGET ABOUT THE PAST and MOVE UNTO PERFECTION.

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

Paul said, he FORGOT what happened in the past and reached for what was to come. Why do most people today continue to live in the past. Why does mankind continue to look back and wait for the future, instead of looking within in the here and now? The reason is, “they know not what they do.”

So in their ignorance, ignorant mankind does what Joseph of A and Nicodemus did. They dress up dead Jesus, by wearing dead Jesus jewelry, talking about how Jesus died, acting it out and getting everyone to put their faith in past events instead of NOW. It’s a faith based on Death (THAT WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS/LIVES). Yes, carnal/ignorant mankind also CRAVES THE DEAD BODY OF JESUS…

They just can’t wrap their minds around the truth of the resurrection which is unto LIFE IN THEM. But the DEATH of someone in the past, and that dead man’s resurrection they say is literally true. And so instead of reaching for Christ within, they keep looking behind and say he is coming again.

Like many today, Joseph, and Nicodemus, didn’t have a clue about the things of God. If they did, they probably would not have been so concerned about “preserving” and “storing” the DEAD BODY of Jesus after following a bunch of vain religious burial rites and traditions. However, many today elevate these men as faithful disciples. They talk about how AWESOME NICK AT NIGHT AND JOSEPH A are, for taking that Dead Body of Jesus and parading it around, wrapping it all nice with sugar and spice and burying that dead body away in their new tomb. But people, they didn’t know the first thing about the truth. They wouldn’t be seen in public with the LIVING CHRIST, but the DEAD JESUS they were all about. That should say something.

Just like I will say, look we are all ONE WITH CHRIST, CHRIST’S LIFE IS OUR LIFE, CHRIST IS YOU AND I when that Daystar is risen in our heart(understanding)… people don’t want to have a part of this LIFE! No, they only want the version where Jesus is dead and gone and coming again. Just like Nick at Night and Joseph A.

These two ignorant men followed the ritual LAW for burial. Something that they would NOT DO had they the slightest understanding of CHRIST WITHIN. In Fact, I don’t think they would have paid much attention to the Dead Flesh Body of Jesus at all, if they knew the truth.

But, Joseph and Nicodemus are like many today that focus on the OUTWARD MAN which perishes, and ignore of the inward man, that is renewed. They worship the Creature, as opposed to the CREATOR. Which NO MAN can literally see!

“No one has seen the Father at any time” “God is spirit and truth”

Now a side note about what Jesus said we will be like in the Resurrection, for those who are waiting for us to rise again as immortal flesh bodies that we have right now.

29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the RESURRECTION they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are AS THE MESSENGERS of God in heaven.”

In the Resurrection we are AS THE ANGELS (MESSENGERS OF GOD’S TRUTH), not as we are now (SELFISH CARNAL SOULS)… When we are RESURRECTED we are as God’s messengers, as Sons and Daughters of the most high! (United in God’s spirit) 

So, now that we have a clearer picture of Joseph and Nicodemus. We see that they were two ignorant, howbeit well-meaning, good men, who CRAVED the LITERAL DEAD BODY of Jesus, and then followed the DEAD LAW and BURIED their DEAD JESUS in a TOMB for the DEAD.

Had they paid attention in the “Living” Jesus school, they would not have done such a thing.

Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Joseph and Nicodemus must have missed that day. Since they were BURYING DEAD JESUS. And as I mentioned earlier many today are the same. On Easter many are acting out the death and resurrection of that man who died two thousand years ago, never once understanding that Christ and they are in fact one.

There are carnal people who will wrap, bury, and protect that DEAD JESUS, they crave that DEAD BODY (The flesh man) and yet, they will NEVER admit that CHRIST Resurrects IN THEM. Like Nicodemus and Joseph they are ashamed of the LIVING CHRIST. Because this wisdom has not yet been quickened to them. But one day it will, each man in his order. They see themselves separate from Christ, not realizing it is impossible to be separate from Christ, as everything has its existence in the Power and Wisdom of God’s Holy Spirit.

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.

Look we can NEVER be separate from CHRIST (which is God’s word/truth/wisdom/spirit/son). We can only be DEAD (ignorant) to the TRUTH of that.

Now, I want to tell all of you what and who CHRIST is. We know many say, it means annointed ONE. But really, what does CHRIST MEAN, and what does CHRIST DO, and why Christ? Well check out what scripture says, Christ is made to become for us!

1 Corinthians 1:30
But OF him are YOU -IN- Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Re-read that people. The WORD OF GOD is TRUTH, a LAMP to our FEET, LIFE. And Christ is MADE to become for us, WISDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS, SANCTIFICATION, AND REDEMPTION. Christ is TRUE LIFE. And we are OF HIM meaning our very essence is GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT revealed in CHRIST. But no one seems to want this, they want and crave that DEAD BODY OF JESUS.

The Natural man cares only about Natural things. So it makes sense that so many are waiting for a literal natural appearance of Jesus Christ. But the Spiritual Man, which is our SECOND NATURE, knows nothing naturally, waits for nothing, and looks for nothing, for everything is WITHIN!

2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more SURE WORD of prophecy; whereunto YOU DO WELL THAT YOU LISTEN, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the DAY STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEART.

Notice, it doesn’t say, the DAYSTAR coming again from a far off distant place. This SURE WORD OF PROPHECY speaks ONLY OF Christ RISING IN YOUR HEART to become Wisdom, understanding, righteousness, redemption, sanctification. CHRIST ONLY RESURRECTS IN YOU PEOPLE!

Few will believe Peter’s “SURE WORD” of prophesy. Because they have been taught since they were children, the same error they continue to teach today to their children. And if you dare say a word otherwise, you will be threatened, attacked, torn down, because the Darkness (Ignorant) hate the Light. (Truth)

“Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:”

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.”

It’s all about the OUTSIDE with those stuck in Adam (The natural carnal man). They worship the Flesh, which is why they condemn and attack, as these are fruits of Carnality. To the carnal religious it’s all about the Flesh. They are right in their own carnality and pride and the rest who believe differently (In “their” eyes will burn for all of eternity)

Now, does that sound like they worship a God of Love? A God, who teaches humility, long-suffering, patience? A Teacher is to be apt in these areas, not quick to judge and condemn. Christ did NOT come (rise/revealed) into the world to CONDEMN it but to SAVE it. And when Christ RISES in each of us, we too will be saved! Saved from our own ignorance, not some future torture.

Today on Easter, many may dress up their DEAD BELIEFS and do all they can to make their false beliefs look, and smell good. They want to “PRESERVE” their error and hold unto it forever. No matter how you slice it, the Jesus they are working so hard to “PRESERVE” is DEAD. Then, like the ignorant and ashamed Joseph and Nicodemus, MANY want to make sure their TOMB is sealed so they can KEEP THAT DEAD JESUS safe, so no one will take what they now own away. And they do this by ROLLING A GREAT STONE in front of the TOMB.

And what does this stone represent? Their works, beliefs and laws!

Consider, how the STONE needs to be rolled away to water he sheep. The STONE needs to be thrown to kill the Giant. The STONE is used to KILL and PUNISH. The STONES are what the LAW is written on to begin with. Joseph, and Nicodemus are pictures of those who worship a DEAD JESUS and keep that DEAD JESUS tucked away and covered by their works of the law, which is all death.

How do I know this? Well, what did the ANGEL say when everyone was looking in a TOMB (Carnal soul) for the RISEN CHRIST? Mind you they were NOT looking for the dead Christ at this point but the RISEN CHRIST and they could not find Christ there… and what did the ANGEL SAY?

“Why seek you the living among the dead?”

You cannot FIND THE TRUTH in DEAD BELIEFS or CARNAL UNDERSTANDING. You will NEVER find the TRUTH if you continue to look for DEAD FLESH to be raised. No matter how many Easter services you attend.

The good news is even this GREAT STONE (works, carnal beliefs, laws and traditions) will be rolled away when the TRUTH descends from a higher place of understanding and is revealed to us. And it will shake our beliefs and traditions to the very core, breaking apart every foundational belief we once put our faith in.

Matthew 28:
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

And when that day comes, we will know Christ as we are known by Christ!

1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

News flash people, when you know as you are known, YOU KNOW YOUR TRUE SELF!

Colossians 3:
4 When Christ, who is OUR LIFE, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Jacob
http://www.JacobIsrael.org
“The Truth Will Change You”

DO THIS OR ELSE? HAVE I DONE WRONG?

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DO THIS OR ELSE? HAVE I DONE WRONG?

On my last trip while traveling I like to do some reading, and almost every time things will jump out at me that never did before. I end up having one of those moments, where I think, “Wow, what a dummy I was to not see this before.” Of course, that’s the wrong attitude to have because we can only learn what we learn when we are meant to learn it.

Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

There is a time for everything. Not everyone will be where you are, and you won’t be where others are, we are all in the process of coming to the knowledge of the truth, and each person according to their order. Which is why, we shouldn’t worry if people we speak to don’t hear what we hear or agree with what we say. It is not our job to prove anyone wrong and prove ourselves right. Despite what the religious mind has taught us over the years, we don’t need to fight for or defend the truth, the TRUTH stands on its own without our help. In fact, it’s vanity to think that we can lead anyone to Christ. All any of us can do is bear witness of the good news, we can plant, others can water, but it is God that gives the increase. So for all those religious leaders out there that brag about how many salvations, alter calls, and how many people they led to Christ they are really only fooling themselves and those that believe them. For NO ON can come to the knowledge of the truth UNLESS THEY ARE MEANT TO!

John 6:44
No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

It is always the Creator that creates, we are the clay, the Potter has power over the clay to make it as it pleases. In fact, this is great news. This is why we must not worry about others who may not believe what we believe, or see what we see. We must not get upset when we are attacked, persecuted, tempted, and accused for being who God has made us to be, for truly they know no better. In addition, their torment (testing) of us is always for our good.

Ephesians 4
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
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:

There it is again, Till we ALL come to the unity of the Faith and Knowledge of the Son of God (in us/as us), unto the perfect man (whom we are and become), and to the fulness of Christ (power and wisdom of God). We need not worry about defending out faith, we need not worry about leaving any behind in knowledge because they cannot hear unless God has opened their ears to hear, they cannot see unless God has opened their eyes to see. So it is a fruitless and vain endeavour to try to convert anyone. Something to consider is, if you still believe you MUST do this then you still have much to learn yourself. We are not meant to force anyone to believe what we know to be true, we are meant to share the Gospel (good news of who humanity is, how not one will be lost, how God is in control, how everyone has purpose, how our trials and hard times pave the way for greater days, how our life and everything that has happened to us was meant for us, how forgiveness, compassion, and love is the key to the kingdom of God.)

I know this may come as a shock, to say, it’s not our job to convince anyone of anything. But it is nevertheless true. And what a relief it is to know this. We are simply meant to be LIVING EPISTLES for all of mankind to read, we are to be LIGHTS in this world. Our words and reciting of scripture is not what saves anyone, God saves, and he does this by letting his LIGHT shine through us.

Acts 13:47
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

We are meant to be LIGHTS in this world, living examples of God’s mercy, love, and forgiveness. A tall order, one we all fall short on I understand that all to well. But we move on to what is ahead, never looking back on the failures of yesterday or what we believe to be our shortcomings. So if you lose your temper, or you tell a fib, or you eat one too many pieces of cake 🙂 don’t beat yourself up. In fact, you would be surprised to know that sometimes God will provoke you to do what you believe God does not want you to do, so His Will is done in another. Yes, God can harden our hearts and provoke us to do anything God wills, and when you understand this, it becomes easier to live your life. In fact, it is impossible to do anything outside of God’s will. It’s written nothing can thwart God’s plan and will. You see, it is impossible for us to know what God is doing in our lives, what God has done in our lives, so worrying about what we consider our past mistakes, or dwelling in the “should have, could have, would of’s” is in direct opposition to the very heart and will of God. Because his ways are past our finding out.

Isaiah 55
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

We all struggle and suffer with some of the choices we have made. We all have replayed things in our minds, asking for forgiveness for things we have said or done. But we MUST understand that if that wasn’t part of God’s plan for our life, IT WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED. All of these actions are there for our learning, and for the benefit of others. I know that sounds radically different. And by no means am I saying, we can go buck wild and live anyway we want, GOD FORBID! I would never want anyone to take that away from what I am saying. What I am saying is there is no profit in dwelling in our past. We must put our past behind us, as I have written in the past, the accused of the brethren, the DEVIL spelled backwards is LIVED. What you have LIVED is not LIVING, is is death. It is dwelling in Death. We must move onto the promise of tomorrow, and live for the moment. We can’t get stuck on the things we do in life and constantly question if it was right or wrong, for only God knows, if we feel bad and you need to acknowledge it, than do that and move on. You don’t need to repent of something more than once.

Worry and Doubt are strangling the very life out of us all. It is this worry that people so vigorously fight to get people to believe what they believe. Because if everyone agrees with them, then they feel better about their own personal beliefs. I hope you can see the vanity in this and how this line of thinking has nothing to do with God. Sure we are to share the Gospel, but if it isn’t received, or if it is questioned and attacked we aren’t commanded to stay around and defend it. True love doesn’t need to prove itself. It needs to simply accept people are where they are at, and be patient, long-suffering, meek, gentle, and not seeking to strive or fight or debate.

Matthew 10
13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Those that will hear the truth, will receive the peace that you have in your faith, but if they will not hear then keep your peace, don’t let it bring you down and don’t stick around trying to prove them wrong. Simply shake the Dust (hurt, lies, idolatry that was put on you while trying to share), shake that dust from your feet (your walk/journey in Christ). So much for sticking around for a back and forth sword/words fight about what the bible really means and says.

But as I stated earlier, we all allow worry and doubt to kill our spirit. We constantly worry, “did I make the right decision”,”should I have said this or that”,”why did I do that, now I made things worse”,”should I have left that job”,”should I have stood up for myself”, “should I have sold my house”…. the list goes on and on. We worry about everything. We second, third, fourth, and fifth guess almost everything we do, NEVER ONCE considering that God wouldn’t have allowed us to do this or that, unless it was meant to be.

We have been sold this lie, that is we are suffering we have done something wrong. We have been sold a lie that if we do everything right life will be perfect for us. But that wasn’t the case for any of God’s chosen vessels, and it isn’t the case for any of us.

2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears

We will have trials, we will have anguish, we will cry, and yes we will have doubts and fears. Which is why we MUST REMEMBER that even if a decision we have made brings sorrow to our heart, that we should rejoice instead trusting that God is big enough to work all things together for the good, and that if God didn’t want you to say or do what you did, he wouldn’t have had you make the decision you made.

Let me give you a great example of how I believed I had sinned greatly against God, but years later realized God had provoked me to do what I did to get me to where I am now. Years ago I have a very large fight with a family member that I was allowing to stay at our home. I ended up screaming and yelling, I kicked her out of the house (she had many others homes of her own to stay at anyway). This caused a greater rift in my relationship with my wife’s family than was already there. The fallout would only get worse. I would be attacked, I would attack back, and all of it was so very foolish. And even though in the natural I could have said I was completely in the right, and even though my wife would tell me this, in my heart I had done wrong. I cursed, I yelled, I screamed, I thought bad about her in my heart, and I SUFFERED TERRIBLY BECAUSE OF IT! I asked God multiple times to forgive me for kicking her out. But today, that was the catalyst for the next two years of our lives. Because of that fight we would sell our house, and end up moving into my wife’s dream home. A larger home for less money. With an apartment that our family members in need are now sharing, and yes even enough room to create a room for my Mother in law, who gets along with me now famously.

The point is, what seemed to be a work of wickedness and pride was actually a necessity, because without it we would have never sold our home, and moved here. And now, we have three family members in need living here and helping us with out needs. God was working through it all. I realized that God does inspire us to act the way we must to motivate us to go where God needs us to be. God will use our suffering and fear to move us from place to place. And when we understand this, we can finally REST! Knowing that no matter what we have done, or do, regardless of the cost we may have to pay because YES WE DO REAP WHAT WE SOW, but even in reaping what we have sown God opens our eyes, heals our hearts and moves us to the place we need to be.

Micah 4
9Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. 10Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

We need to know that God is in control of our lives, every aspect of our lives. We need to know that we will make decisions, or do and say things that we may question and believe to be wrong, but in so doing we MUST KNOW that even though we may cry and scream God is within us, working all things for us, and we will be delivered from our ENEMIES!

Enemies, by the way, are not people coming against us. Our enemies are our negative thoughts, the lies we have believed, our fears, our hatred, our bias. When people literally seem like our enemies and are doing things to truly hurt us, the TRUE ENEMY is our negative feelings toward these people. Regardless of what anyone does to us, the real enemies are the carnal thoughts within us. Our enemies are found in our own house (temple/our soul).

Luke 12
53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

In the natural sure we may have problems with family members, but this scripture is not speaking of that. It is speaking of what gives birth to our thoughts. Christ came to bring division, to divide the lies we have believed and been taught from the truth of God. And this is the separation that is written about in Genesis.

Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

The wife we cleave unto is WISDOM! Wisdom which is a tree of life. We will leave our old beliefs that gave birth to who we think we are, and we shall become ONE with the WISDOM AND TRUTH OF GOD.

Proverbs 3
13 Happy is the man that findeth WISDOM, and the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 SHE is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18 SHE is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Mark 10
11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

Is this speaking of literal marriage, sure why not. I pray all marriages will be blessed. But since God doesn’t look to the outward man, but the inward man, TRULY what is being taught here is an allegory. HE WHO PUTS AWAY THE WISDOM/UNDERSTANDING AND TRUTH OF GOD for OTHER BELIEFS commits adultery. This is the adultery God is speaking of in the Ten Commandments. And yes, of course you SHOULDN’T CHEAT ON YOUR SPOUSE, because if you do one day you will feel the same betrayal.

And the BELIEFS that make us worry, fear, and doubt. The BELIEFS that make us believe we have to prove everyone wrong and convince everyone what we believe, is actually MARRYING ANOTHER. Everytime we allow our worries and doubts and fears to take over our thoughts, we are leaving the TRUTH OF GOD for an adulterous relationship. In fact, we BECOME ONE with these false beliefs by leaving the truth of God. The good news is, God will even use the torment this caused to put us back on the right track. But how much better would be to cast away every thought of fear because you know….

2 Timothy 1:7
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

So if God doesn’t give us thoughts of fear, then our fear isn’t coming from God now is it? So we need to learn how to take these thoughts captive and accept things that have happened in our lives, accept things that we have or have not done and just know God is in the middle of it all, and will work all things after the COUNSEL OF GOD’S WILL. Which means, WE CAN’T FAIL! EVER!

Ephesians 1
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will

We are pre-destined, pre-programmed, no we are not robots but we are led and drawn, and yes we make decisions and have consequences for our actions but all of this is in accordance to what God has purposed for us. Which is why it is time to stop debating, looking down on others for their beliefs, thinking we know more or are somehow more blessed, as well as stop worrying, doubting, and repenting again and again of what we have done. It is time to walk into the promise of tomorrow’s light, it is time to lay our cares upon Christ… Meaning it is time to let go of our worries and fears and beliefs and just rest in the power and wisdom of God.

There is a great burden to carry when you believe you are the one at the helm. There is a light burden to carry when you know it is God directing your steps.

You can choose this…

Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death

Or this…

Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

So trust in God. Let the truth stand for itself. Stop worrying about whether you have done right or wrong and simply seek the Lord in every way. The road won’t always be easy, you may question whether what you have done was God’s will or not, His ways are above ours, understand that and also understand that if God didn’t want whatever it is you are going through in your life, you wouldn’t be going through it. But above all else, know that he who endures until the end OVERCOMES, and every one of you are overcomers and will overcome because you have all been predestined to do so!

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Much love and peace,
Jacob
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WHAT WE’RE REALLY WRESTLING AGAINST

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WHAT WE’RE REALLY WRESTLING AGAINST
PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS… BRING IT!

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

This above scripture has been used to suggest that there are spooky demonic forces OUTSIDE of us, battling for our very souls… Sounds scary right? Well of course it is, bad religion is all about instilling fear. Sort of the opposite of why people get sucked into bad religion to begin with. People want to find peace, and they believe to do this they must find God, and they believe that the only way to do this is to go to whatever church their upbringing deemed fit. Most people don’t know any better, and so when they go to their new churches they believe whatever those religious leaders say… And they love to tell you about the devil and his spooky demons. The problem is, none of what bad religion teaches is true. By the end of this paper you will “see” what we we are really wrestling against, find out what a demon really is, and find out why freedom is found within.

So first let me address this “demon” teaching, that there are evil beings that are trying to possess us and keep us from knowing God. We’ve all seen movies about this nonsense, and probably heard about priests, pastors, and others casting out demons in their services, once again I say, nonsense. Now if you want an in-depth teaching on Demons, I have an article that you can find to the left of the screen that will open your eyes to what they are.

Let me simply tell you, all a demon is, is a FALSE BELIEF, A LIE. We’ve all heard the expression, “They are battling with their demons”. And we understand those “demons” are the problems they have. Well that is much closer to the truth than what you see in the movies and hear from the pulpit today.

This is simple way of clearing things up for you. According to scripture a demon is a messenger of Satan. Satan is the FATHER OF ALL LIES, so any messenger birthed from Satan, would be….. a LIE. Satan is the Father of all LIES, hence his demons are LIES. (That is pretty simple, but I understand many need more explanation – my article will help that).

People will say, they are WICKED SPIRITS, and they are correct. But most people don’t know what a SPIRIT is to begin with. Scripture gives us a very clear answer.

John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Did you catch that, the SPIRIT QUICKENS (makes you aware of things/brings life to your understanding). He then explains that the Words he speaks are SPIRIT. And so they are, WORDS are SPOKEN THOUGHT. And that very simply put is what a SPIRIT is, a THOUGHT! There are thoughts of truth and thoughts of lies. There are Angels and there are Demons.

Jesus said “I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life” – His words are SPIRITS (spoken thoughts) of TRUTH. When you have this understanding, you easily understand how it is that Jesus cast out demons.

People believed in LIES, these LIES ruled their thinking, Jesus revealed to them the TRUTH, and the TRUTH always trumps the Lie, and once the TRUTH is understood the LIE is cast out.

For example, there was a time people believed the world was flat, and the center of the universe. LIES! They believed it do deeply they thought it blasphemy to state differently. But now thanks to satellite imaging there are few on this planet that believe the world is flat, much less that it is the center of the universe. The TRUTH cast out that LIE.

If you can hear it, this is what it means when…

2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming

The wicked, are the wicked thoughts of LIES within us, that shall be consumed with the words of truth spoken to them, and these lies shall be destroyed with the enlightenment of the TRUTH.

Oh I know what some are thinking, the WICKED are evil people who do bad things. Well, that’s part right, when you believe a bunch of lies about yourself and others, you can do some pretty terrible things to yourself and others (Because you know no better). But believe me when I say, a PERSON ONLY BECOMES WICKED when they believe LIES. But don’t take my word for it.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked

So, that gives you some groundwork about what demons are. Demons=Lies period. They aren’t Intellectual beings outside of you entering you and making you do bad things.

Jesus said. Mark 7:15 There is nothing from OUTSIDE a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

No everything wrong with man, is already within the heart of man. Because of all the lies mankind has believed about themselves, about the world, and mainly about God.

So now to the heart of the paper. What are we really wrestling against? You’ve heard it said that it is a spooky battle taking place outside of us all around us, these principles and powers that we wrestles against, many religious teachers say are demonic forces… well if they mean the lies of religious leaders they would be right. But trust me when I say, there is no literal spiritual battle taking place outside of us for our souls. In fact, it is pretty simple to find out what we wrestle against, by simply looking us what scripture tells us principalities and powers are.

Okay, so for those that believe there is some spiritual war waging above our heads in the “invisible realm” get ready to get over it! Those are nothing more than fairy tales, false beliefs of men and women dead set on scaring people into submission. And doing a good job I may add… As I child I was horrified there were demons outside my window, trying to possess me.

Now try to catch this “Church” — God does NOT give us the SPIRIT (THOUGHTS) OF FEAR! But religion is all about Fear tactics, they say do this, or do that, OR ELSE! They get you to fear everything from invisible creatures outside of you, people of others faiths, terrorists, an imaginary place of infinite torture, and more. But GOD doesn’t give us these THOUGHTS, so why is everyone so scared? The answer is, these principalities and powers!

We must remember there is a war is WITHIN. Two nations at war in your womb/soul (Carnal Man and Spirit Man) – (Flesh and Spirit) (Adam and Christ) (Dead and Life) (Ignorance and Truth)

Now granted, this demon stuff makes for great scary movies. With all the scary monsters and screams and stuff, but all of those images are coming from the HEART OF MAN, which is on evil (ignorance and lies) pretty much twenty-four seven.

You see, everything INSIDE OF US already possesses us and the only way out of these LIES in our head is CHRIST (the TRUTH) – Christ (The TRUTH reveals the Lie for what it is, and destroys the LIE with the BRIGHTNESS (Enlightenment) of its coming (revealing).

As I stated earlier it didn’t matter how many people agreed it the world was flat, the TRUTH was and is, IT ISN’T… And once the TRUTH reveals this LIE, the LIE is destroyed, and now we know THE EARTH is NOT FLAT but is actually resting on the back of a GIGANTIC TURTLE 🙂 … GET IT? GOT IT? GOOD! 🙂

So let’s move onto this passage in Ephesians and let me show you what it REALLY MEANS, (or what I pray and hope it means, as you all know I could be completely off my rocker and this is why you MUST take everything to GOD) – But I’ll back up these statements with many biblical witnesses that will make it hard for you to disagree… And if you do, well it’s always your right to believe what you will.

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Okay, so let’s start at the beginning of Ephesians 6 to get an idea of where Paul was coming from.

He starts by explaining, 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

First of all, he isn’t speaking of literal children here. Paul is saying to those NEW TO THE FAITH, listen to those who are instructing you into the truth. Then he goes on to say many other things very similar to this. Honor mother and father, do good to all men, as if doing it to the Lord and not men. (Good advice)

Ephesians 6:8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Another great and IMPORTANT LESSON – REAPING AND SOWING. You always get what you put out… But let’s continue.

Ephesians 6:9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. 10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

The whole of this chapter up till this point is how we are to act toward OTHERS in and out of the faith. Up till this point there is nothing spooooky about what Paul is teaching here. It is simply a lesson in how to deal with PEOPLE period.

But it is the next line that every go bananas over! And in some cases I do mean that literally.

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Now if we were to take this to mean demonic forces like the movies depict it would be out-of-place in relation to the rest of this epistle. Let’s put in simple terms as to what Paul is basically saying up to that point.

Pretend for a moment, I am Paul writing this letter.

“Hey everyone, remember to listen to those who are instructing you. Honor those who have Fathered and Mothered you in the faith. And you Fathers of the Faith don’t provoke those you teach, don’t mess with their heads or treat them in poor fashion, otherwise they may grow in the Lord and start to despise you. But nurture them and be gentle with them. Those who serve others, do it as if you are doing it to God, don’t be fake, be real, genuine, show them love and let the light of Christ show in all things you do. Knowing that whatever you sow you will reap, so do good and you’ll get good. And you bosses, don’t threaten, be kind, knowing God is no respecter of persons and you are no better than the one serving you. So give your employees a big fat raise, don’t be cheap! 🙂 … Finally brothers and sisters, be strong in God who is Love, and in the power of his might, be quick to forgive and encourage. Put on the whole thinking of God dwell in the complete truth so you won’t fall victim to the lies of your carnal mind, which are LIES spoken against us, and the lies we may fall victim to if we listen to our carnal mind.”

This letter, that I loosely translated is clear, Paul is instructing people how to act and how not to act.

So what does the next line mean? Does Paul all of a sudden dive off the deep end and start talking about scary monsters and evil spirits… Is he one moment is giving good advice and then says, but BEWARE there are EVILLLLLLL SPIRITS CIRCLING YOUR HEAD, they want to EAT YOUR HEART AND BRAINS… So WRESTLE THEM?… OR, is PAUL speaking about the literal RULERS OF DARKNESS of his day (The Pharisees and Religious of the land) those who were seeking to have them all killed for the liberty they all found, in the great mystery of CHRIST WITHIN.

Would it not make more sense that Paul is speaking of SOME OF the RELIGIOUS LEADERS, who were liars and deceivers of Paul’s day, that his students should be weary off.

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Well everyone that is EXACTLY what this verse means. It has NOTHING to do with monsters that go bump in the night, but it has everything to do with the MONSTERS of the day who would KILL THE TRUTH OF GOD rather than allow it to be spread.

Don’t believe me? Well let’s just take a look at who these RULERS are?

Luke 24:20
And how the chief priests and our RULERS delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

The RULERS of this DARKNESS (Ignorance/lies/idolatry/false beliefs/tradition) are the RELIGIOUS RULERS of the land. Who scour the earth to make one proselyte twice the SON OF HELL THEY ARE! These RULERS we indeed wrestle against… They don’t like our type.

Think about it, how hard was it to let go of all the false beliefs you once to come to where you are today. We are all wrestling to break free from our ignorance, our idolatry, we are all wrestling against all those religious, political, matriarchal, and patriarchal rules and beliefs we have been force-fed since birth.

John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved DARKNESS rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Darkness has no LIGHT (TRUTH) – The Darkness is IGNORANCE. And the RULERS of this DARKNESS are those spouting the lies and error from the altar, pulpit, public office, and our own homes, who are convincing the world to worship the lies they believe and spread instead of God within.

Now Ephesians 6:12 also mentions “principalities” and yes again mankind has taken a cue from Dante’s inferno and assumed that these also represent DEMONIC GHOULS, MONSTERS as opposed to the badddddd RELIGIOUS/POLITICAL MEN AND WOMEN who are in a position of authority, who are out to smother the TRUTH of GOD, for what they believe to be true.

Titus 3:1
Put them in mind to be subject to PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Principalities and Powers are PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY and CONTROL. Religious and/or Political leaders that did not like a gospel going around that promised salvation WITHIN and WITHOUT Religion. A Gospel that says to love your enemies, to do good to those that hurt you, to love everyone, especially those in need. These principalities and powers don’t like that. Which is why we have war, famine, poverty, racism, prejudice, condemnation, hate crimes, and worse.

Now these RULER of DARKNESS were OF THIS WORLD. They were CARNAL and is it not true that even today these are who we wrestle with? Maybe not literally wrestling with them but do we not wrestle with what religion and politics is saying is right and wrong. Don’t we wrestle with the beliefs, traditions, and lies, bad religion, or those who claim to be the end all be all when it comes to knowing God, spout?

Aren’t some of you reading this right now wrestling to hear (comprehend) some of the new things God is revealing in even this essay? And aren’t those who have had these great truths revealed, aren’t some even scared to speak these TRUTHS openly for fear of what might happen? Aren’t MANY worried what will happen if anyone finds out THAT THEY believe in a GOD THAT IS IN CONTROL, a GOD that WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE SAVED?

Are these not the “principalities AND powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Paul is speaking of?

And let’s take it a bit farther. What are the HIGH PLACES where all this spiritual wickedness is taking place?

Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your HIGH PLACES, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

These HIGH PLACES are the sanctuaries, temples, churches, and altars made to false gods(Beliefs).

1 Kings 3:2
Only the people sacrificed in HIGH PLACES, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

2 Chronicles 14:3
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the HIGH PLACES, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

Psalm 78:58
For they provoked him to anger with their HIGH PLACES, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Starting to put it all together now everyone? Can we now throw out the Harry Potter magic nonsense, put away the scary teaching of spooky monsters out to get us all, and know our enemy for what it is…. LIES/FALSE BELIEFS spoken by people in positions of authority.

These HIGH PLACES are the very places where the RULERS OF DARKNESS (Ignorant religious/political teachers) say YOU MUST GO TO OR ELSE! – Sound familiar?

I can name a bunch of religions that say if you don’t go to their HIGH PLACE you can’t inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. But we, who are waking up to this great gospel understand that the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is WITHIN. And the HOPE OF GLORY is CHRIST, who is OUR LIFE. And we don’t need to go anywhere but WITHIN! For that is where our hope lies!

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Okay, so now we know Paul was NOT talking about ghouls and monsters but about Religious, Political, Mean Men and Women who stand in the way of the GOSPEL being spread.

Luke 21:12
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and RULERS for my name’s sake.

If you STILL have a problem believing that this verse in Ephesians has nothing to do with monsters, ghosts, ghouls then READ ON, YE OF LITTLE FAITH!

Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

This is Paul’s advice, he is telling us when we go out to preach the TRUTH we need to keep the whole truth in our heart and mind. So we will be able to stand with the TRUTH in the face of adversity… He teaches above all else to have PEACE and to make peace with all, even the wicked (ignorant)

But truly it is verse 16 that should give most of you that smack on your head, like you forgot to have your V8 today.

Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

And what are the FIERY DARTS of the WICKED? They are the words, accusations, and condemnations of those who say you are decieved. This is why we need the SHIELD OF FAITH. Without Faith it is impossible to please God. Without Faith you will never be able to walk in this Truth. Your FAITH makes you whole and keeps you from be ruined, hurt, or even believing that somehow you have made a mistake. Your Faith should always be that GOD IS IN CONTROL, NOT MAN!

This morning early, this scripture came (revealed) to me. And now I put it to all of you. So you also can have liberty from this ancient lie. And the only thing that could keep you from this liberty are the PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, AND RULES OF DARKNESS OF THE WORLD. (Who are simply ignorant men and women who want to be in control, instead of admitting God is ALL IN ALL)

But don’t take this LIBERTY lightly, even though it has…

Colossians 2:14 Blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15And having spoiled PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

SOOOOOOOO,

17 LET NO MAN therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days.

I pray one day we will no longer need to wrestle against these vain beliefs, traditions, and errors of the day. But that we will walk in newness of life knowing that WE AND CHRIST are ONE! In the meantime, spread the GOOD WORD. 🙂

Peace to you all,
Jacob
http://www.JacobIsrael.org
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WE WAIT AND WE WAIT!

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“THE BARREN WOMB OF SCRIPTURE”

Recently my wife and I were surprised by an amazing miracle. And I’m not talking about the kind most religious leaders brag about (which are usually hoxes to begin with). No, I’m talking about a miracle many take for granted, and others sadly (in this life) never get to experience… Pregnancy. That’s right my wife is pregnant, and we just found it is a boy, who we will name Ethan, God willing.

We were already blessed to have three children and now to expect a fourth, our cup runneth over indeed. I understand what a gift this is, because there are so many couples that cannot have children. And others who have to go through painful injections, and procedures, and pay thousands of dollars to basically have a child like everyone else. I cannot begin to understand the pain these couples must feel. What should be fun and rewarding, soon becomes a ritual, where making love has to be done at a certain time, in a certain way, and soon the joy of this great unity is replaced by the remorse of not having that “Promise Child” you dreamed and prayed for.

Well the same is true spiritually. We each have a God given purpose and dream that needs to be birthed, but most importantly it is CHRIST IN US, the hope of Glory, that must be delivered from our SOULISH WOMB.

And like the physical barren womb, so too, the spiritual womb can seem barren as well. This too brings great sorrow and pain to the woman and man who desire to have the peace they have been promised. They wonder where that peace that passes understanding is, where is the hope, where is that rest, where is that promise already? We believe life should be exciting and fun, that our lives should have meaning, that our God gives desires should be birthed into our lives, but no such life is found.

So, like those who cannot physically give birth who go to specialists in this area. Most men and women got to those they believe to be specialist in the area of Spirit. They go to religious doctors, in hopes that these “doctors” will help them to finally give birth to the life they desire. And they go many, many times, and just like those who pay fertility costs, they pay religious costs, again, and again. They give so much money at “church” to find what they know deep down is their God given right. These religious doctors, like the fertility experts, give you a list of things to do in order to give spiritual birth as well. And as much as it hurts, as much as it costs them, they still suffer from the cares of the world, they still have no hope and they still are not pregnant with the possibility of Christ.

I often write about how the natural world and everything in it, is an outward projection of the spiritual world. This is a great truth. Whatever is bound in heaven in bound in earth, whatever is loosed in heaven is loosed in earth, in other words (whatever you believe you can or cannot do because of your faith, you will or will not do because of your faith). Your physical waking life is an amazing allegory of what is going on spiritually. If you really take the time to look at what you are going through physically in the temporal world, you will find a direct link to something in your spiritual life that needs to be dealt with. This is why the scriptures called “the wicked God’s sword”, our greatest adversaries are our greatest teachers. So don’t curse them, LEARN FROM THEM. If we don’t understand that our troubles could easily be turned into birth pangs for a new life, then we will continue to suffer believing our spiritual womb is barren.

Years ago I wrote a song about infertility, sang by my friend Eddie Coronado, http://payplay.fm/eddiecoronado2 , and produced by Joseph Ninowski.

The song represents the pain one couple felt after years or trying to have a baby, praying for a baby and still having none. This is a pain not all of us have felt physically, but one I am sure we can relate to spiritually and emotionally. Truly, the song, as in life, is an allegory for us all to learn from. We wonder, “what is wrong with us?” Why can’t we “be where we believe we should be”, “why we are suffering, and waiting, and why it is so hard to simply do, and be, what God created us to be?”

Like waiting and waiting for the line to turn blue or pink on that little stick, the wait, the anticipation, the hope that today, this day, all our dreams will begin to come true… But, then after five minutes or so, the world’s reality sets in, “Not Pregnant” AGAIN!

Today’s paper is going to take this heart wrenching experience and bring it into the spiritual realm, to show us, that many of us with barren wombs crying out for the TRUE LIFE of CHRIST, may not need wait for much longer… in fact, they may not need to wait at all. That’s right, Christ isn’t coming in thr future, from some far away galaxy called heaven to destroy all his enemies (who people call unbelievers), no Christ comes (that word means, REVEALED by the way), Christ is REVEALED within us, and destroys the enemies WITHIN US, our worry, our fear, our unbelief. The hope of glory, is Christ IN you, not far away from you. So stop waiting and start believing. If we are waiting for something to arrive, that means we don’t have it, that’s our first mistake (believing we don’t have the spirit of God’s child within us). Religion has done a good job at putting that off into the future, that way it can continue to bleed you dry because it can’t deliver what you already posses. “YOUR LIFE IS HID IN CHRIST!” This is the great mystery that has been HIDDEN from the ages, CHRIST IN YOU. Christ is the LIGHT/LIFE of ALL MANKIND from the womb. Read John 1 if you don’t believe me.

So this essay will take a look at some of the many “barren” women of scripture who believed they would never conceive, and in the end brought forth the child of promise. THIS LIFE WILL BE DELIVERED OF YOU AS WELL, I PROMISE!

We will learn that these “children” the many barren women of scripture desire to have, are symbols of dreams/hopes/destinies/ and wisdom that is ONLY found in CHRIST. And to become pregnant with the TRUTH, we will also learn it is NOT up to us, it is God that does all and wills all. We will DO, that is true, but trust me when I say, we are only doing because GOD FIRST REVEALED that we must cast aside every idol (false belief) in our heart, to have the CHILD OF PROMISE RESSURECTED WITHIN!

“Our True Life = Christ”

Colossians 3:2-4
2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Galatians 2:20
…nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me

So for your enjoyment while reading on. Enjoy, “We wait and We Wait”. It is not for sale, just for your enjoyment and while listening to this song I wrote, imagine the child the couple is waiting for, is the full REVELATION OF CHRIST within!

To write this song I drew on the emotional pains of my past. And I used the empty feeling of not seeing the dreams of my heart come true, as a way to express the anguish of not being able to bring life into this world.

First I want to express my heart felt sorrow for those who have such physical difficulty, and my heart felt thanks for those that reach out to the unwanted children of the world and make them their own through adoption and foster care. And I want us all to remember, that even if we have few literal family members, we have many family members in the faith.

Mark 3:35
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Now, this is a mystery, that I wrote about in another essay, but I will simply say, those that do the will of God, give Birth to Christ, and are the brother and sister of Christ. 🙂

God is going to heal us all, that is not me itching your ears, this is fact. He will turn even your enemies to your supporters, when we learn the lessons of reaping what we have sown, and sowing for tomorrow only the good that we want done unto ourselves. For what we do to one, we do to ourselves. The more we hate, the more we will be hated, the more we love, the more love we will know.

1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

If we say we love God and hate our brother, we are liars, because even our “adversaries for our good” are as much a part of God as we are. At this moment their treatment, as dreadful as it seems, is for our benefit and learning. So, take this chastening with patience and rejoice, for the sooner we turn to God the sooner CHRIST will be birthed from our BARREN WOMB/SOUL. And once again, it is God doing the work, even through what we suffer. (This is why we cannot fail, we must realize God is IN control!)

SO LET ME…

Acts 14:22
Confirm the souls of the disciples, and exhort them to continue in the faith, that WE MUST THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

Just like a natural pregnancy, spiritually we WILL suffer to give BIRTH. This is what God means when he states the WOMEN WILL NOT BE SAVED FROM CHILD BEARING… The WOMAN is our SOUL (sense of ourselves/sense of being) – Not one of us will escape the pangs of Christ childbirth. The good news is, when that SEED (TRUTH/WORD/CHRIST) is conceived in us, when things get so bad we DON’T THINK WE WILL MAKE IT, that is when WE WILL HAVE OUR PROMISE CHILD DELIVERED and we will FINALLY ENTER THAT PROMISE LAND!

Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly

Conception in a literal womb is what happens when MAN makes MAN in the IMAGE OF MAN… So, conception in the spiritual womb of our (SOUL) IS God making A “God” In His Image. — Too much? Well, chew on it then. (Eat that bread)

Look, when a dog has a baby it is a dog, when a mouse has a baby it is a mouse, when a Human has a baby it is a Human…. SO, when GOD has a baby what do you think God’s child would be, a Giraffe?

Ps 82 6I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

1 John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

In other words, we don’t know who we really are, what we will become. But we do know when Christ appears WITHIN US, we shall be as he is, because we will understand the Truth and life and the Way as it REALLY IS! – (Now that is a great revelation for those who can see it)

That’s right, that is the PROMISE OF God, THE PROMISE CHILD we are all to give birth to… IN OUR BODY! or should I say, Christ’s Body, because our body, our mind, our name is all CHRIST’S!

Life, Birth, a Child in the womb in the natural, is all and allegorical symbol of CHRIST being birthed within!

As man and woman comes together, God’s Spirit and Man’s soul comes together. As a man gives his seed to a woman and the woman delivers a child. God’s plants his seed (christ) into Man’s soul, and what is birthed is a child of God!

John 6:63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are LIFE.

These words are TRUTH. And the Truth of God has been lying dormant for many years inside the whole of mankind. KILLED AT GOLGATHA (the place of the skull) – our thinking. This is why the Holy Spirit overshadows us, so we REMEMBER who we are!

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.

So, today is about getting some spiritual nooky so the BARREN WOMB produces the FRUIT OF GOD’S LOINS (The spirit of TRUTH, LIFE, LIGHT, THE WAY) – CHRIST

And these stories of the BARREN WOMB are everywhere.

Genesis 11:30
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 29:31
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Even Samson’s Mother was barren… but as in all the other cases we see in the Bible…

Judges 13:3
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

But this could only happens when Man returns to the Lord, and begins to trust in the Lord and NOT on his own ways.

Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Oh, and just to be clear the FLESH is not YOUR SKIN. The FLESH is your CARNAL/IGNORANT THINKING. Which is why it produces DEATH! Because in ADAM (dead man/mankinds ignorant mortal thinking, believing God is far from them), in ADAM, we are a bunch of meat-heads walking around trying to work our way to heaven.

Paul said, he knew that there was NO GOOD THING in his Flesh (Soulish, carnal mind).

Think about it. How can IGNORANCE ever produce TRUTH? … A spring cannot produce both fresh and salt water, can it? … I mean really, can it? I was never good at science. 🙂

The BARREN WOMAN is an allegory of the state of MANKIND’S SOUL (WHEN IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH OF WHO THEY ARE). And it is not just the BARREN WOMB, the scriptures speak of the BARREN VESSELS used for ritual washing that Jesus had to FILL with WATER (Doctrine/Word/Truth) so it could be turned to WINE (SPIRIT/LIFE)

We are the VESSELS that are BARREN, at the marriage we are the Barren Vessels that need WATER (teaching of the truth/remembering the truth). The vessels Jesus filled at the MARRIAGE (when soul and spirit become one) were bone dry (barren) And there were SIX of them. More symbolism to give the mystery away. The NUMBER of vessels was 6 (THE NUMBER OF MAN)

We have this treasure (CHRIST) hidden in our EARTHEN (SOULISH) VESSELS… So the WATER (word of God) needs to be poured into us (heard/understood) and then the SEED inside GROWS and becomes a LIVING SPIRIT (pictured in this story as WINE)… Every SEED needs water to grow. And EVERY SEED first has to DIE to grow. The same is true for us. And when we finally GROW, we PRODUCE many other seeds, that too will die from their ignorant ways, be watered/taught of God, and then REACH FOR THE SUN/SON!

Now, in this wonderful marriage wine parable the Master of the CEREMONY declares, “GOD saves the BEST FOR LAST. Meaning the 1st Man (adam) is not the best, the last Man (Christ) is! This is why the 1st shall be Last and the LAST (Christ) shall be first in our thoughts and in the Kingdom of God.

We see the word Barren used in many places, the Barren womb, the Barren Vessels, the Barren Land… The womb, the Vessels, the Land, all symbols of us… And it is time that we, that were barren will be barren no more.

Luke 1:48
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Remember, how MARY got pregnant again… The HOLY SPIRIT OVERSHADOWED HER.

35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Many say this is literal but miss the whole point of what it means to have the HOLY SPIRIT OVERSHADOW them.

Ever try hard to be the best at something, but there was that one person that always OVERSHADOWED YOU? This is what it means SIMPLY.

To be Overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Means the TRUTH of GOD takes precedence over your life, as God did with MARY, and when this happens… The HOLY THING BIRTHED inside is called the SON OF GOD. It’s interesting to note what the name MARY means in Greek “Their Rebellion”… It is out of our REBELLION that SALVATION is birthed. And this is NOT OF OURSELVES, God does the work.

Many say this only happes to the VIRGIN MARY. But I assure “Mary” is also a symbol of our soul. And the VIRGIN, is an allegory as well. A VIRGIN is one who has not had relations (become one) with another. A VIRGIN is allegorical of humanity when it no longer commits adultery with false beliefs and vanity and prepares itself for ONLY God.

ONLY when we return to God with a PURE HEART (undefiled soul) as a VIRGIN can God germinate the holy seed Christ within. And there are multiple scriptures that prove this DOES NOT ONLY HAPPEN TO MARY.

Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

Look’s like CHRIST is formed in US as well. And what is that HOPE OF GLORY AGAIN?

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, this is the GREAT MYSTERY, the one that has been hidden from the ages now revealed to you, if you can receive it… You are Mary, Rachel, Sarah, you are the Barren vessels, the Barren Land that soon produces fruit.

There is only ONE SON of GOD… and that is HUMANITY. ADAM actually means HUMANITY. And you are either DEAD IN CARNAL ADAM (your ignorant ego) or ALIVE AND RESURRECTED IN CHRIST (your TRUE SPIRIT AND NATURE) – the express image of GOD.

But now, we cry out, WHEN LORD, WHEN? Like the song, We wait and We wait for the child to come. We wait and cry for Christ is to be BIRTHED INSIDE US ALL. And then of course DELIVERED TO THE WORLD!

But, the ONLY way for this to happen is when the TRUTH OF GOD (Holy Spirit) = “my words are truth and spirit” OVERSHADOWS your carnal nature (man’s thoughts).

Because “TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH” and death cannot produce life. Which is why we see so many PEOPLE living a life that is unfulfilled and more like death. They have believed they were who, and what they are not. It’s like we’ve all been tricked into believing we are these bankrupt, insecure, weak, greedy, arrogant, scared, prideful fools. Our carnal experiences in this world has defined us to ourselves. THIS SHOULD NOT BE. We need to wake out of this ignorant slumber and let CHRIST (The Truth of who we are in Christ) Shine (be known to us and the world)

Matthew 17:5
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

When we are OVERSHADOWED with the TRUTH. We understand, that we are GOD’S CHILD. And that GOD is pleased with us. No matter what we have done, and we have all done wrong. That does not mean we will not have to pay the price for our mistake. When you drop the cookie jar you have to clean up the mess. So too, our mistakes we will reap, so we learn never to make the same again.

And just as a woman in the literal, physical world cries and laments over not being able to bring life into this world. So we too cry and lament over our present sufferings which never seem to end. We weep because the dreams that have been placed in our heart have not been brought forth as was the case with Abraham.

God had placed a dream in his heart, he said…

Genesis 17:16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

This is what Abraham always wanted. Sort of like what all of us want, a TRUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. To walk in the DESTINY GOD HAS FOR US ALL. And we can, and we WILL! Whether in this world or the next. Whatever we do now, decides what is to come.

Matthew 12:32
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

But remember when God plants a promise in your heart, GOD BRINGS IT TO PASS. Even if you feel like giving up, even if you believe you have made a mistake. Ultimately, God is in control. SO HAVE FAITH, but not faith in yourself, Faith in God, so his promise can be BIRTHED WITHIN and then expressed without.

For Abraham, the dream to have a child, always lingered in the back of his mind, “when lord, when?” he cried as we cry. And after “waiting and waiting” and not seeing this come to pass. His WIFE comes up with a great idea. Once again, a symbol of our soulish nature, convincing us, we don’t need to wait on God, we need to ACT NOW! (That philosophy didn’t work so well with King Saul, he lost the Kingdom, did he not… Oh and God sent a TORMENTING/TESTING SPIRIT to trouble him.)

So Abraham finally listens to his carnal wife(HIS CARNAL SOUL). And He takes her slave/maidservant to make a child with, he commits adultery, symbolic of cheating on GOD with IDOLATROUS WORKS. Trying to bring about God’s promise for your life, with WORKS. Going to MAN instead of God.

But what does God do? He speaks to Abraham, he promises him, but after years of not seeing a child, Abraham does not believe it. (Like we don’t believe after years of not seeing out promise come to pass)

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

How many of us do the exact same? God places a desire in our heart. We don’t trust God can do it so we set out to bring it to pass with our strength, with our hands and thoughts (carnal soulish ways) and we fail miserably. We do as Abraham did, we rely on our WORKS and WITS… We use the FLESH where God’s spirit gives Life.

Jacob was the King at this. God promised Jacob the kingdom, but he manipulated, twisted, and even LITERALLY put on the flesh of his OLDER BROTHER (THE CARNAL MAN) to bring his promise to pass. I, Myself can relate. The irony is Jacob prevailed when it came to God and Man, but at a great price. And boy can I relate.

There are many times, I don’t trust God, I act like those in this world, I play their games and I can play them with the best of them, and I may even win the day, but when all is said and done… I am not left with the promise of Rachel, but the ugly near sighted Leah. ( No offence Leah, but the Jacob wanted his true bride, and he was tricked into marrying someone who could see (understand) — So he had to WORK, WORK, AND WORK until he was finally set free from the shackles of LABAN (sheep shearers) – (Religious men and women and their ways)

Like Jacob I wanted the promise and went after it. But I LISTENED to my Mother (carnal soul/reason) telling me to trick the Father into giving me the blessing. Do this Jacob, do that Jacob, and you’ll get what God promised you, and believe me I have spent a life trying to do just that and it brought me nothing but pain. So to find God’s kingdom I ended up working for LABAN, the soul’s brother (religious thinking). I went to “Religion” and I found they had ALOT OF IDOLS (false beliefs). But I wanted RACHEL so bad that I stayed there and continued to rely on my WORKS which is what religion teaches you. “YOU HAVE TO DO THIS OR THAT”

Abraham didn’t trust God would give them HIS PROMISE child (an allegory of CHRIST IN YOU revealed). So he went about bringing this child into the world, through his FLESH, through ADULTERY, through his WORKS. Which is exactly what many of us are doing today?

How do we do this? You ask…

You go to your churches, sing in your choirs, tithe, sacrifice your time for your church, you hand out your flyers and your tapes, working, working, working your way into the KINGDOM OF SAUL (carnality) not the Kingdom of God.

Remember what God promised would happen to the people of Israel when they demanded to have a MAN as a KING, instead of God as KING. Just like Israel, ignorantly, few of us want God to be our King, we want our Pastors, Priests, Imans, Rabbis. Gurus, to teach us… But watch what we receive when we demand a MAN to be King where God is meant to rule.

1 Samuel 8:6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. 7 And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.

Most today do not go to God to learn or be ruled. Most men and women want a KING, they want a Carnal man or woman to itch their ears, tell them what to do and allow them to continue on in pride, judgment, hate, and idolatry.

God said, Man has REJECTED ME as their King… So, God gave them over to the REPROBATE MIND and he allowed SAUL to be their King. But look at the price… And remember there is nothing NEW UNDER THE SUN.

God warned them, the INSTANT Mankind placed a CARNAL MAN in the position of spiritual leadership, they would lose everything and become slaves TO A CORRUPT SYSTEM. (Babylon anyone?)

He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will do: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

Churches today, manipulate the young men and women, brainwash the children at daycare and raise them up to be good supporters of whatever particular man made church they attend. They raise them up to FIGHT AND RECRUIT for their ministry. Some are so cruel, they make them wear white short sleeve button down shirt, black slacks, and goofy helmets, and lame bikes… (Just kidding Mormons, we’re all a mess, but seriously, change the duds people! I think Joseph Smith had better fashion sense than that… Just saying)

12 Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.

Churches today, act more like major corporations, and even act and sound like a military organizations. And of course for thousands of years, differents races, sexual orientations, and woman have been prejudiced against and put down. Some have gone so far as to say, “a woman cant even speak in church” — Meanwhile they haven’t the slightest idea of what the scripture means. The “woman” is a symbol of man’s soul… as stated earlier. And it is the SPIRIT of God that should lead, not man’s soul… But back to what God promised. Put a Carnal Man over you as King, Pastor, whatever and your woman will take over your bake sales, house meetings, and coffee shops, choir etc. Of course not all churches do this, but God warned them, Man cannot rule you spiritually, ADAM is corrupt.


He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.

This is what Carnal man does..

14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants.

Some churches today even convince their blind flock to give everything to their religious organization. To leave behind their property to the church when they die. The Catholics wrote the book on that one. This is why they forbid Priests to Marry, that way all of the money made by these poor misled men, reverts back to the church… But didn’t God say, it was FORBIDDEN to not let a MAN MARRY?


1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

The Catholic church must have missed that one and the whole abstaining from meat (which is really an allegory for deeper revelation) but in the natural… I mean come on GOOD FRIDAY?

Now, look, I don’t want to be picking on the Catholics either. WE HAVE ALL GONE ASTRAY.


Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

And allowing CARNAL MANKIND to rule over us spiritually is not making things any easier. The WOMB STILL SEEMS BARREN. But let’s see what else God promised would happen if we made CARNAL MANKIND to be our KING (rule over us spiritually)

15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your menservants and maidservants and the best of your cattle [b] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

Is it not irony, that every church teaches that you should give “god” TEN PERCENT of everything you have! God warned them, Man would only take and destroy, where God wants to add to your life, Carnal Mankind’s Ego only wants to kill, steal, and destroy. (Sort of sounds like the Devil, doesn’t it? I wonder why that is? :))

Hosea 7:1
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

The TITHE — PHEWY! Give to those who need it and sure if you love your certain church, temple, mosque, kingdom hall, etc, and they are doing good, bless them, but don’t do it because SAUL TELLS YOU!

Now the good news. The PROMISE IS AT HAND, as it always is. The BARREN WOMB may become a thing of the past. If we hold onto this great hope and high calling that is found by returning to the Lord. Which means we turn away from thinking we are in control, and God is separate from us.

Genesis 15:3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.” Then the word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son coming FROM YOUR OWN BODY will be your heir

The PROMISED SON, comes from WITHIN. THIS IS THE KING that is to RULE US SPIRITUALLY. It is Christ we are talking about here. We aren’t talking about a literal child. The SON comes from his OWN BODY(HEART/SOUL) who will be the HEIR. – We are talking about birthing CHRIST IN US people… THE SON who is HEIR over our HOUSE. (HEART/TEMPLE OF GOD)

Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

But this promise of salvation eludes us because so many are brainwashed and even petrified to simply pray, GOD TEACH ME THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.

This is why we still suffer, worry and fear. Because we have not HELD FAST THE CONFIDENCE and the COVENANT of God. We don’t trust God, we don’t rely on God, we rely on our own wits and works. We don’t go to God, we go a Pastor, or Priest, a Rabbi, or so called Profit (spelling intended)

Myself included people, Jacob doesn’t know it all, far from it. And don’t think for one moment I am not suffering with you. “Out of the abundance of revelation given to me, I gots me this THORN in my flesh.” I am humbled still by how little I truly trust God, and how much I really fear some people… This is why you MUST NEVER mistake the messenger for the message.

I’m a big goofball if truth be told, my close friends will tell you that. I don’t know why these things are put on my heart the way they are, but writing them, helping others, sharing with others, is about the closet thing I have ever felt to TRUE PEACE. — Well that and an extended stay in one of those massage chairs at Brookstone.

But I digress,

As Abraham did, when we go off and commit adultery with a slave (any thought that binds you) to give birth to an Ishmael, we are in fact having relations with Religion, and man made traditions and doctrines.

Religion creates a new god for us to worship, we call him Jesus, and every year our traditions allow us to control him. We give birth to him, we kill him, and we ressurect him. Every single year. With man’s holidays like Christmas and Easter, etc. Then Religion says, all you have to do is accept him (it’s us who does the work) and then we have to continue to go to man made church until he returns. Even the Lord of Hosts has never left us, nor forsaken us.

(Now look, I LOVE the holidays, and I think it is even a good thing that God has permitted such. But we need to remember the ONLY PLACE CHRIST IS BORN is WITHIN US)

The Christ child, birthed right there AMONG THE ANIMALS (MAN’S CARNAL THOUGHTS)

You see the Barren womb (our soul) wants to be filled, and if we are not careful, we will give birth to the exact opposite of what God had promised to begin with.

ABRAHAM impregnating Hagar is a symbol of Mankind, giving birth to the FALSE CHRIST, ANTI-CHRIST, CARNAL RELIGIOUS MAN… ISHMAEL

This 1st born man is NOT SPIRITUAL but NATURAL/SENSUAL/TEMPORAL not eternal – We create this Ishmael, because we are so desperate to be free from our affliction (which is where Ishmael gets his name, from affliction/suffering. We would rather commit adultery with man’s god and become a slave to Man’s tradition and vile teachings than to simply wait on the Lord.

Genesis 16:11
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

And for awhile we rejoice in this for a moment. But this Ishmael (first born carnal religious) man ends up threatening the TRUE CHILD of CHRIST within which will manifest one day.

This is why, just like Abraham, we must rid ourselves of the CARNAL FIRST BORN EGO MAN – so our TRUE LIFE (Christ) can be born and rule.

In that day. The ELDER (CARNAL) will serve the younger (Christ)

We can look at ISHMAEL AND ISAAC another way. Look at Ishmael as our conscious temporal mind, the mind that has to conquer and kill with its bare hands (Ishmael was a hunter) – Ishmael is our waking mind, our Ego, the man that lacks true faith in God… Now look at Isaac, the CHRIST WITHIN, in whom ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE… If we don’t allow CHRIST TO INCREASE and our CARNAL EGO to decrease, our purpose will never become full.

We must in fact, get rid of ISHMAEL. We must cast away our carnal thoughts and every thought that exhalts itself above the TRUTH/CHRIST. We have to KICK THIS OLD MAN OUT, and let CHRIST RULE AND REIGN.

For that is who we are, CHRIST TRAPPED INSIDE the prison of this FLESH (CARNAL/SOULISH) THINKING.

We see stories of the Barren womb all over scripture. I really want to hammer this point home. The reason in the physical there are abortion, infertility, rapes, and other horrendous acts, is because in the spiritual these are happening as well.

Matthew 16:19
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Whatever we think, carnal or spiritual, becomes. WHATEVER SOMEONE BELIEVES IN THEIR HEART THAT THEY ARE! … WITH FAITH ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! (shall I go on) It’s all about our beliefs and where they are coming from.

And what is HEAVEN and what is EARTH?

Well there was a time, I looked into the stars and prayed to God as if he was out there afar. I looked beneath at my feet and said this is the earth isn’t it neat? But then the 1st Heaven and 1ST Earth passed away.

I no longer saw HEAVEN and EARTH carnally. I DID NOT SEE IT AS OUTSIDE MYSELF. I did not see God as an angry lightning bolt thrower sitting on a throne past the milky way… The 1st Heaven and Earth passed away.

Because I know that what I see, IS NOT REAL or INFINITE. So I understood there was a SECOND HEAVEN AND EARTH.

I saw a SECOND HEAVEN AND EARTH open up to me. And I realized that HEAVEN and EARTH are both WITHIN. Heaven is GOD’S TRUTH AND WAYS… Earth is Man’s understanding and ways.


“As the Heavens are above the Earth, so are God’s ways above Man’s”

The 2nd Heaven and Earth, is the union of God’s ways in Man’s heart. But until that day, our carnal sick thoughts produce the sick things in the world today. The physical is an expression of the spiritual state of things. And WE CAN CHANGE THIS! We are the miracle makers, because we BECOME THE CHRIST, when OUR ISHMAEL IS SENT AWAY.

You want to know the mystery of the new heaven and earth. Here.

Isaiah 65:17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

2 Peter 3:13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

In the New Heaven and Earth DWELLS righteousness… It boggles my mind, how people will make up fairy tales and explain what the new heaven and earth is WITHOUT EVER CONSIDERING what scripture says it to be.

2 Peter 3:13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

In the NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH – Dwells RIGHTEOUSNESS … let’s see where else, Righteousness dwells, as it dwells IN US, in the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (which is Righteousness, peace, and joy)

Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

The NEW HEAVEN and the NEW EARTH, is when the TWO become one. When Man’s soul and God’s spirit unite and CHRIST IN US is manifested for all to see!

1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Now when Abraham was promised a Child, first God gave him a key to unlock this great potential that was dormant in his loins (soul/heart) — God said.

Genesis 17:9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

This is the point, God promised that he would give Abraham the desire of his heart, only if he FIRST, kept God’s covenant. Which was to circumcise the Flesh.

Romans 7:18
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

This has NOTHING to do with literal circumcision, but has everything to do with PUTTING OFF THE CORRUPT WORKS OF THE FLESH.

There are dreams God has placed in our hearts, these are the CHILDREN (purpose, destiny, with CHRIST IN YOU) that are waiting to be birthed within us all. BUT FIRST WE MUST put off the works of the Flesh. To have these “children (God’s promise)” we must return to the Lord.

And what is the WORLD, (It is not the literal world that comes to an end) it is ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD, The lust of the Flesh, The Lust of the eyes, the pride of Life.

Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

So we see that to give BIRTH to our DESTINY which is CHRIST REVEALED IN US, AS US, THROUGH US, FOR US. We must do as Abraham did. WE MUST put off that former conversation, we must become BORN AGAIN in our THINKING!

So you want your purpose to be fulfilled, you want to find peace, you want CHRIST, and I mean the REAL SON OF GOD, that is WITHIN YOU… put off your false beliefs, leave your man made shadow lodges and come into the LIGHT. FLEE BABYLON ALREADY and God will give you your promise.

Exudos 23:25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.

When you do this…. Guess what happens? It’s time for Karaoke! (singing)

Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Love you all, don’t be a stranger, write Jacob make a comment or two. And check out my novel already. 🙂 Peace

Jacob
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Make a Marriage in Heaven!

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MAKE A MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN!

My wife reminded me last night of the parable of the pearl and the oyster. When we first met, I would use this parable and others like it often. I put this in my novel, “The Calling”, where the lead character explains to another who has had a hard life of all the good the hardship has done in her life. He said, “If not for the suffering of the oyster, where would the pearl be? If not for the manure how would the flowers grow to be so sweet?”

I try to be as transparent about my life as possible here. I let many know, that I don’t have all the answers, that I suffer terribly as well, like Paul, I have cried out, TAKE THIS THORN AWAY ALREADY!!!!! Yet, as my wife reminded me last night, if not for my hardship I wouldn’t be the pearl that I am today. Yes, I know, my wife is pretty awesome. She had an excellent point, how could I ever understand suffering if I haven’t first suffered, and how could I ever learn how to overcome suffering, if I didn’t have suffering to overcome. So yes, I can count it all joy, because of all the fruit that has come of it. Not to mention, that I have learned a thing or two along the way, especially when it comes to being married.

You see, when Danielle and I first got married, many things came against us and our marriage. It was a hard time for us, but we only became stronger because of it all. While many outside of our relationship were working to tear us apart, inside our relationship we were enduring, overcoming, and learning to love each other on a level that we would have never known had we not had these difficult times. And now, as the scripture says, our past sufferings seem as nothing compared to the relationship we have today. Family abandoned us, financial hardship, friends left, it was a sad time, but we had each other, we had our kids, and we had a marriage that was going to last. We had a marriage that we wanted to enjoy, and so we fought for it.

It really isn’t very hard to make a marriage work if you take the time to really think about it. All a great marriage takes is two people willing to put the other before themselves. Or at the very least, one who will be patient until the other comes around. You’ll see me quote this many times in my essays, “Love draws a multitude to change”, not proving you’re right, not shaming someone when they have done wrong, and certainly not carrying a grudge for days because you don’t like what someone said to you, about you, or how they acted.

Arguments, as fun as we all know them to be, don’t have to continue on for days and days, if one person will put their hurt feelings aside and simply love the person they married. This is what Danielle and I try to do. Now this does take time, because overcoming our ego isn’t a simple task.

Over the years we each have built walls to protect our insecurities, and our loved ones learn very quickly how to get in those cracks and expose those insecurities, and vice versa. And so the mud-slinging can begin if you aren’t careful to guard your spouse and your own heart. And yes in my marriage there has been mud slinging, but less and less, the more we grow to admire and appreciate each other. Sure, every relationship has these moments, but the trick is seeing that hurting your spouse, life partner, etc, will never make you feel any better about yourself. The only thing that will make you feel better is peace in your home. And the only way to have peace in your home, is to learn to have mutual respect and admiration for each other. Yes I know, sometimes easier said then done. But there is a principal I would like to share that I believe if applied to your marriage it could change everything. And no I am not a pro, in fact the fact I am writing this article is proof I want to make my marriage better than ever before. It’s easy to say, you should do this and do that, and forgive and live in harmony… It’s a whole other thing to actually do it. But I promise you, when you do, buckle up because the love ride is going to take you places like never before.

The principle is as old as time itself… Some call it Karma or the boomerang effect, I call it Reaping and Sowing, and no I didn’t coin the term, we can thank tha author and finisher of our life and faith for that one, and the others :).

Reaping and Sowing is one of the greatest lessons anyone can learn, not just for your relationships but for you life. And this is a flat-out guarantee, if you begin to put this principle in practice today, I GUARANTEE your relationship, regardless of how far gone it may seem it will turn around. And if you are just beginning your journey together if you put this in practice together, you will have that marriage made in heaven we all talk about and wish for. Now it won’t happen overnight, you will be tested and tried, but if you keep at it, and you say “I am going to have LOVE, I am going to be in LOVE, and I am going to do what it takes to keep that LOVE!” Then you will succeed. Sadly more people are hung up on the “what have you done for me lately” attitude, as opposed to the “what can I do for you attitude,” which by far outweighs and outshines the first.

So let’s talk about this Reaping and Sowing principle for marriage.

This world is governed by laws, the law of gravity is one we all know and understand. But few know that Reaping and Sowing is also a law. The Law of Cause and Effect. You can take a glass and throw it against the wall, it breaks. Cause-Effect. Now people have no problem understanding this law in the material world, but few understand the profound significance of it in the spiritual and emotional world. Simply put… YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE! AND WHAT YOU GIVE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY GET!

If people really believed this, we would see an end to war, famine, heartache, divorce, rape, murder, theft, arguments, the list goes on and on. I call “Reaping and Sowing” our Creator’s fail safe. Because of this principle, not one will be lost, be eventually everyone will learn it is better to give then recieve. ESPECIALLY IN A MARRIAGE!

Now if you look at life as limited to this single timeline you know as life, it would be easy to deduce that there are many people who don’t get what they put out. But we need to take God out of the box, and we need to understand that this world, is not the only world there is. The scriptures speak of the worlds to come. But i don’t want to go down that rabbit hole for this paper. I simply want to point out how if we change how we treat others, how others treat us will change. Especially in marriage.

The problem is, most people have been raised to be selfish. Most people have been conditioned to believe that others should put them first, as opposed to putting others first to receive it in return.

Now in a moment, I am going to list a bunch of passages that Jesus of Nazareth was quoted as saying in the scriptures that illustrates the EXTREME IMPORTANCE of this concept. But if you are not a Christian, don’t let that bother you, the buddha taught the same, so do the Vedic scriptures, the Tao, well, let’s just say the principle is found in every so-called holy book, and embraced and taught by every great spiritual teacher… So let’s get into it shall we?

IF YOU WANT YOUR LIFE AND YOUR MARRIAGE TO TURN AROUND YOU NEED TO TAKE THESE WORDS TO HEART AND ACT NOW!

Now does this mean, that once you start putting out good that you will never again receive bad in return? Of course not! We will always be tested and tried until we finally overcome, and unfortunately for those “Rapture” believers it will never be a POOF Moment when your healed and made whole. You can’t do as Charlie Sheen said, and just heal yourself with your mind in an instant. Like anything else in life, it takes practice and discipline. And this is why we find ourself in the mystery of this world, it is our testing ground. Our school. This world is the place for it all, this is our learning place.

Luke 4:13
And when the devil(adverse thinking/lies/false beliefs) had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season

We will be tempted by our carnal ego many times in our relationship. Perhaps our partner, husband, or wife, will say something to hurt our feelings. That insecure beast of an ego of ours will want to rise up, show its fangs and go on the attack. Thoughts will run through your mind, “I don’t deserve this””how dare they””oh I show them!”…

But can someone tell me, when picking up a stone and throwing it back at someone ever solved anything? War will never bring peace, just as Peace will never bring about war. So we see pictured in the scripture above, when we are tempted to go on the attack, that if we…

James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil (These nonsence thoughts), and he will flee from you.

If we submit to LOVE and TRUTH and resist our bruised carnal ego, all that pain caused by those negative thoughts will go bye, bye.

However, that carnal ego of ours is always around, waiting, just waiting, to return. Sure it may depart for a season, but those that endure until the end of their “temptation to lash out” will overcome.

James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

The Crown of Life, isn’t something we need to wait for. Re-read that passage again. Religion has us all so screwed up, religion puts our reward in the future, when our reward in RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

A crown represents a RULE, or AUTHORITY. Life is joy, peace, purpose, hope, and a marriage that ROCKS!

So when we re-read that passage in James with the right eyes (understanding) we see what it really is saying. It states, when you endure and overcome the temptation to lash out and fight and you choose not to, you receive peace, joy, etc… Right here, Right now. This has nothing to do with the future. You don’t need your marriage to have joy and peace and love in the hereafter, you need it now. So there are some things you need to remember if you want this.

First:

Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue

Matthew 12:36
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

AND JUDGMENT IS NOT A FUTURE EVENT, it is right now. You say bad things, you will get those bad things in return. You will give account for every idle word you speak in this life. Remember judgment is not the way many religious leaders and religious paintings portray it to be, JUDGMENT begins…

1 Peter 4:17
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the HOUSE OF GOD (us)

And we are the HOUSE OF GOD, the Temple of the Holy Spirit of God. It all takes place WITHIN US. Which is why our words are so important. They are like toothpaste, once they leave you can’t put it back in. But your return on those idle words won’t be fresh breath, but a bitter feeling in your head and heart.

So, be careful what you say. Your words can bless your life and relationship and they can curse them. But it goes deeper than that. It’s not just words, you must take captive your thoughts. Racing negative thoughts will be the death of your relationship. You need to find ways to change the tune playing in your head.

For example, some of you reading this right now, will think… “My wife, Husband, or Partner, will NEVER do that…” – You see, as long as you believe it, you will receive it!

Book of Proverbs chapter 23 verse 7, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he

So yes, if you believe your spouse or partner is a big jerk, they will be a big jerk. EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT! Your perception is your reality, so change your perception. And to do this, you MUST put your partner or spouse before yourself.

John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends

That scripture is often used to describe people going off to war and fighting, but the scripture really is about putting others first. It is about LOVING OTHERS enough to LAY DOWN your hurt feelings or desires to build another up. This is the very key to a Marriage made in heaven. In Fact, it is EXACTLY what that phrase means. To make a Marriage in heaven, one must make that marriage in HEAVEN (which means, a higher understanding of what life and marriage is, according to the Holy Spirit within).

Well, look, I think you all get the point by now. You get what you put out.

We all need to think higher of our partners, and spouses, than we do of ourselves. Even if you think that this will never work, try telling yourself it will.

If your marriage is falling apart, get together, talk to each other, tell each other you want to have a better marriage, you want to have joy and be excited about things together again. Then make a commitment to each other to do just that. Lift each other up, put each other first, and FORGIVE!

Remember when people lash out at you, they only do it because they themselves are hurting, keep that in mind. And begin to build a better relationship by your actions and thoughts.

If you want your husband to buy you flowers, surprise him with a gift. If you want your wife to snuggle more, then begin to show her more attention.

What you put out, YOU RECIEVE! This is not a belief, this is a LAW! It works, don’t believe me? Next time a fight is started, just say you are sorry and you will do better, EVEN IF YOU DID NOTHING WRONG. If you continue to LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE you are showing your spouse or partner how much you love them and I promise you they will have no choice but to reciprocate. IT’S THE LAW! 🙂

REAPING AND SOWING is probably one of the laws Jesus taught ON the most. Take a look.

1)Whatever you wish others to do to you, do to them (and they will)
2) Forgive and you will be forgiven (because that’s what you will get)
3) Show mercy and mercy will be shown (because that’s what you will get)
4) Judge not and you won’t be judged (because that’s what you will get)
5) Love your enemies (because that’s what you will get… eventually)

The list goes on and on. The simple truth is, whatever you PLANT will GROW! If you believe your marriage is cursed, it will be cursed, if you act like your marriage is amazing your marriage will be amazing. Just as whatever you plant in a garden grows into what you plant, and the health of that plant depends on how well you tend to it and cherish, the same is true for your marriage!

So make that MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN! Rise above the cares of this world, put your fears, insecurities, and your carnal ego aside, cast away terrible thoughts and start planting good thoughts and good deeds into your home. Resist the Devil/Your Ego – Resist your insecurity, resist your fears, resist your bruised ego and those negative thoughts will flee. And always remember that tough times will come, tribulation will come, you will make mistakes, but this time use them to make your marriage and your life stronger and better than ever before!

Oh, and for those divorced out there that think that God hates them, because some religious leader states that “God hates divorce” and attributes it to literal marriage. The truth is, if people took the time to study the word divorce in the scriptures, and took the time to find out what really matters to God, it is DIVORCING YOURSELF FROM GOD AND THE TRUTH that God hates.

Literal marriage is a great symbol of this union, but remember it is a tradition of man and if your marriage ends, same rules apply, love, forgive, and be kind and you will get it in return. Especially if there are kids in the mix.

Coming from a divorced man who has full custody of his two children and is re-married, I understand how hard blended families and re-marriage can be. The stats prove there is a greater chance of divorce the second, third, or fifth time around, but if you put this into action, if you SOW LOVE you will REAP LOVE in return!

Forgive me if there are a bunch of spelling and grammar mistakes, I write these quickly and don’t edit so I can spend more time with my family! And now that you’re done reading, maybe you all should do the same. God bless and keep you all!

Jacob
http://www.JacobIsrael.org

PS… here is my latest Youtube Video – CALLED LIVE YOUR LIFE! It’s about existing in the moment. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zps0hl9LQg

BOOK OF LIFE REVEALED?

Jacob Israel13 Comments

“The Lamb’s Book of Life Revealed”

Last night after talking with my good friend Dean I asked him to do what we do sometimes just to see what comes out of it. Some people call it Bible Roulette, I call it good old fashion bible fun. You basically have your friend flip through the scriptures and when you feel it, you say stop. Whatever page they open to, you then pick one of the four columns, and give a number, and you come up with a single passage.

Now I have found that when I do this, sometimes I learn great things, other times I learn nothing at all. Yesterday was the former. The verse Dean opened up to was…

Rev 4:10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne,

At first glance, you’d be like… “What the heck does this tell us?” – But it actually tells us a lot, and will start us off on a treasure hunt into the mystery of scripture.

Let’s first establish some things, how I go about understanding scripture is as follows. (Many times people ask me, “where do you come up with this stuff?”, so I figured now would be a good time to share that with you, and hopefully open your eyes to a new way of exploring the scriptures!)

First I take the words found in the verses of scripture, and then I use the rest of the canon of scripture to back up what I believe a verse means. I used a simple bible search engine, to look these things up. For example if a certain verse contains the word “thorns” in it, I would then read everything in scripture that mentions thorns, and very quickly I find the meaning of what the “thorns” are. In the case it is simple, Jesus clearly tell the disciples the thorns are the “cares of the world, and deceitfulness of riches”… Now, I also use science, and some other things the internet drums up to define my findings (revelations = Things revealed = understood now but once a mystery).

Now this is how it starts. I read a certain verse, and then WHAMO! Something hit me, like a light going off in my head. So I get this inspiration that a certain verse may mean something. But I can’t now go and share that, I must have some “witness” of it. Because “in the mouth of two of three witnesses the truth is established”… Meaning if what I believe in my heart is REALLY TRUE, there will be proof of it. So I begin to dig. I go to bible search engine and read all I can, then I go to the Strong’s if needed to find out what certain words literally mean. Then eventually that inspiration that hit me, and revealed to me what certain passages mean, like “Lightning from heaven”, well now I have more than just what I believe, “This is what that MUST mean.”

In order to get some confirmation and not just rely on an idea that popped into your head, we have to go and find a witness of that “new understanding” in scripture, science, etc. As we can’t just say something means something because we “feel” it does, as anyone proving a theory we must find data to back it up.

Now you may not realize this but you do this frequently when reading the scriptures. We all have the greatest teacher there is within. (The SPIRIT OF GOD which is within you)

John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost… shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you

So when reading certain passages, something inside of us, will go, “Hey I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!” You won’t know why you know these things, but, you feel it, you think, THAT IS WHAT IT MUST MEAN!

Then if you go off and look for proof that your “Revelation” was in fact correct, you find that it was and it feels like you found a hidden treasure. And that is EXACTLY what the word (truth) of God is, a HIDDEN TREASURE inside this, our earthen vessels (egos).

So when looking at that scripture we flipped to, I use this method.

I’m going to prove to you right now, everyone has the gift of revelation, SO LONG AS YOU FREE YOURSELF FROM YOUR RELIGIOUS MIND! You have to let go of everything people have taught you, and allow the Creative Spirit of God within to teach you.

So let’s look at that passage again: This time with new eyes.

Rev 4:10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

Okay, now I want you to have your own revelations. Let’s take it a word at a time. Now don’t think, just read the words I write and then pay attention to the FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND… And then we’ll see if that is what it is, by searching the scriptures for a “witness” of it.

Let’s start with the word “THRONE”… Where is the Throne of God? — FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND, not what people have taught you, where do you think God’s throne is? REALLY!

Okay, if you said, OUR HEART or OUR MIND, you JUST HAD REVELATION! Or you already had this revelation before reading this paper. Now if you said a Golden seat in a place called heaven far away, you did NOT have revelation, but you simply regurgitated what religion has told you. What I am attempting to do with this paper is to help people to see they don’t need man to teach them, the greatest teacher is within.

SO, is the throne of God, our Mind and Heart? Let’s see, by doing a simply internet biblegateway.com search of the word THRONE and reading everything we can about the word, to find where the throne is, and what it is.

Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Okay the first thing that stands out, is this scripture. God is IN his TEMPLE. And his THRONE is in Heaven. It should be obvious, the THRONE OF GOD is WITHIN US… As we are the TEMPLE.

1 Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you

So we know the THRONE is not some far away place, but within us! Now let’s narrow it down to where.

Psalm 9:7
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment

The THRONE of God is prepared for Judgment. Another clue.

Psalm 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face

So we see Justice and Judgment are found at God’s throne. I think it’s safe to say, the place within us that Judgment resides is not the liver or kidneys. I would deduce, that the THRONE of God must be the MIND. Well if that is true, than we must see how important the MIND is to God.

1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

It should be pretty safe to say, the THRONE of God is the Mind, where Judgment takes place. Of course we are talking about YOUR MIND, YOUR THOUGHTS! Not some far away kingdom in the sky. God is sitting on the THRONE OF YOUR MIND.

And that is how I interpret scriptures. It starts with a simple feeling, or an idea within, and then I seek it out to see if what I am “feeling/revelation” is true.

Now over the years, I have learned to look at scripture as symbols, and certain words have meaning to me. For example when Dean read that passage over the phone, he was saying one thing, and I was SEEING something completely different. I’d like to share that with you now.

Rev 4:10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

So there are 24 Elders that have CROWNS… I know that a CROWN represents AUTHORITY/RULE. So these 24 Elders had to basically submit their AUTHORITY and RULE to the ONE THAT SITS ON THE THRONE. Since I know the THRONE OF GOD is the MIND, really I should say the physical Brain, Then I think to myself, there must be a physical representation of these 24 Elders that surround the THRONE (BRAIN).

Now for this, I go to another site. To study the brain, and as it turns out, (as you may have read in other articles I have written) there are 12 pairs of Cranial nerves that surround the Brain. 24 in total. And these 24 Cranial Nerves, MUST serve completely, and carry out whatever comes out of the THRONE.

Here is a good explanation of what the cranial nerves do:
The cranial nerves appear in pairs at the bottom surface of the brain. Their functions vary, but main functions include muscle control, helping the brain interpret the five senses, and controlling glands in the human body. Each cranial nerve pair controls specific functions of the human body

It’s interesting that the very thing that keep us in the bondage of this world is the TEMPORAL WORLD, and those FIVE SENSES. So we see in revelation, these Elders must be put in subjection to the one on the throne. In other words, the flesh body is completely put in subjection to the thoughts of God.

Cool right? Sure, but that is not what this paper is about. It is about the LAMB that takes the BOOK OF LIFE, and exactly what is found in this book, and what that means to us. I wanted to first establish, how you yourself can rightly divide the scriptures, and allow the spirit of Truth within you to lead you. Then i wanted to establish just where all of this Revelation John is having is taking place… It is ALL taking place in the mind.

So let’s move on, shall we?

11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

This is the very next line. The 24 elders are stating that the ONE that SITS ON THE THRONE has CREATED ALL THINGS… But here is the important part, everything was created for THE ONE on the THRONE’S PLEASURE! In other words, everything that is, has been created by the SPIRIT OF LIFE running the show you call your life. WITHIN YOU! And everything that is happening, is happening according to a great plan, and it is for the PLEASURE of the ONE SITTING ON THE THRONE.

Ephesians 1:9 Having 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:

Now, his good pleasure according to scripture is to GATHER ALL THINGS INTO CHRIST, meaning there only is CHRIST. Now this is the WILL of the ONE who sits on the throne, and it was purposed in HIMSELF, WHICH IS IN YOU! (If you can grasp that, you seriously have a gift)

Next line starts Rev 5

Revelation 5
1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

Notice in the RIGHT HAND is where the BOOK is. The book can only be found in the right hand.

Ecclesiastes 10:2
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left

The “BOOK” is found as wisdom. And we know WISDOM is a TREE OF LIFE.

Many overlook an important detail here, the book was WRITTEN WITHIN, and on the backside (the completion of the book (the end)) sealed with seven seals. What that means is the END is SEALED UP, and it is impossible for any to find out the END, until the seven seals are broken.

First the question is, are these SEALS LITERAL? The answer should be obvious, NO! Since this is all taking place in our Mind, the SEALS are not literal seals, but they are thoughts that we cannot access, we cannot understand the end of the Book, because it is sealed. Meaning WE DON’T UNDERSTAND IT, that’s all.

Isaiah 29:11
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

It’s all about understanding. We cannot understand this BOOK, because we have been blinded to its meaning.

Romans 8:20
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

We were made subject to vanity. The One sitting on the throne (some great minds call this the “Ghost in the Machine” – I call it the Holy Ghost in my Mind 🙂 But we now know, this has nothing to do with literal seals, but spiritual blocks put in place to keep us from understanding the END OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.

So what are these SEVEN SEALS that have to be broken? Is it more than the symbolism we find when each seal is broken? Well of course, the answer is yes. And I think it is no coincidence that I just wrote a paper about the SEVENTH DAY! You have never heard that the SEALS were literal days, and they aren’t, they are spiritual days/ages/periods of time that have been PURPOSED and when the time is right, one by one these days will begin and end.

Now where do I get that the SEVEN SEALS are the SEVEN DAYS of creation where God finally rests? The answer is within, not the trick is to find a witness of that in scripture.

Daniel 12:9
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end

But there is more. The BOOK that is SEALED is found in the RIGHT HAND, and it is SEALED. And who sits at the RIGHT HAND of the Father, Christ (The POWER AND WISDOM) of God. Now wouldn’t it be something if THE BOOK that is SEALED contains the Wisdom of God? – well it does.

John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Here we see the SON OF MAN is what God has sealed. And what is SEALED within us, is GOD’S TRUTH, POWER, WISDOM, BLESSING, AND MORE… which you will soon find out.

So the BOOK that is SEALED, that we cannot understand, is our TRUE LIFE/ the Book of Life! Found in God’s right hand!

Psalm 80:17
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself

The SON OF MAN is upon the One on the Throne RIGHT HAND! And it is SEALED UP, in other words people, our lives are in God’s HANDS! And we cannot know the TRUTH of who we are until the SEALS ARE BROKEN! And to break these seals first the Book (that was written within you) must be taken from the RIGHT HAND of the ONE WHO SITS ON THE THRONE. And the problem here, is NO CARNAL MAN is worthy to take the book and open it.

2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

Now many read this and say, JESUS! And that is correct. BUT! If all things are gathered into ONE, is there any division? The question becomes who is this Lamb slain? IN 1st John we are told that “as He is so are we”, Jesus states, “greater things than these shall you do”, Jesus there is none good but the Father. But is Jesus the only Lamb Slain? If we are all ONE IN CHRIST, and scripture states we are crucified with Christ, that we partake of his suffering, in fact we are ONE, AS HE IS SO ARE WE? So in this account, we find the only ONE worthy to open the BOOK appears as A LAMB slain, which also has the SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD.

Well you don’t have to go far to find may passages where prophets are also considered a Lamb slain, or led to slaughter, in fact Jesus said, we are sent out as LAMBS among wolves.

Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered

Hosea 4:16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place

Luke 10:3
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves

We see that only a broken, and slain Lamb, having SEVEN HORNS (THE SEVEN SPIRITS of God) can take the book and open it, to find the truth of who they are and the truth of all things. It is the Book of Life after all, found within us, written within us, and opened WITHIN US PEOPLE! — This is a fact many forget! If it all takes place within, that Book is taken within and opened within.

So the LAMB slain is a symbol of what we must become to finally open this book and understand the meaning of our existence. Now first of all, a Lamb slain has no choice, it is LED TO SLAUGHTER. So there is no carnal self effort, this is all part of the script. But for a clearer understanding let’s find out what the seven spirits are, and more of the puzzle unravels.

In Isaiah we find the seven spirits that are on this root of david.

Isaiah 11
1And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.
2Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah. 3To refresh him in the fear of Jehovah, And by the sight of his eyes he judgeth not, Nor by the hearing of his ears decideth.

The seven spirits are the Spirit of God, Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Might, Knowledge, Fear… Now the key is the next line, which states — That the one who these SEVEN SPIRITS rest on, they will NO LONGER JUDGE BY LITERAL SIGHT OR HEARING… We will no longer rely on our temporal sensual understanding. Which makes sense, seeing as the 24 Elders (representing the Cranial nerves) are put under the power of the ONE ON THE THRONE. So of course, the LAMB will not judge the outward, but the inward.

When we have these SPIRITS resting on us, when we too have been through hell and back, as a LAMB SLAIN then, and ONLY THEN, will we be worthy to TAKE THAT BOOK from the ONE ON THE THRONE, and OPEN IT! WE MUST DIE TO WHO WE THINK WE ARE! TO FIND OUT WHO WE TRULY ARE IN GOD!

9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

NOTICE the key words here, EVERY KINDRED, TONGUE, PEOPLE, NATION – this work is DONE WITHIN EVERYONE! And it is being done as I type this, we are all on our journey, one that has been written within us. And to open this book, As Jesus did, we too, must die to who we think we are.

Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:

Now the SON OF GOD (which is ONE) DIED so we could live. Now we must die, so the SON OF GOD lives. In other words, playtime is over, it’s time to let go of everything we believe ourselves to be in this world. It is time to lay down our life in this world, take hold of this BOOK and find what is within it. And when you do, you will find, that what is WRITTEN in this book, and what you RECEIVE when you finally overcome and are worthy to take hold of this BOOK (which is your TRUE LIFE) YOU WILL RECEIVE

12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

What did the Lamb receive (the Book) what did the Lamb receive (POWER, RICHES, WISDOM, STRENGTH, WISDOM, HONOUR, AND GLORY) – Now count those up… SEVEN things that were SEALED, no released. If you can receive this, that is awesome… The Lamb takes the book and receives (POWER, RICHES, WISDOM, STRENGTH, WISDOM, HONOUR, AND GLORY)

Now, as I conclude this essay I want you to consider something.

Anyone whose NAME (which literally translates into nature) is NOT written in the LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE is destroyed. So in the end all that remains for us, is what the LAMB RECIEVED (POWER, RICHES, WISDOM, STRENGTH, WISDOM, HONOUR, AND GLORY).

With each seal that is broken we come closer to the knowing the end from the beginning. With each seal that is broken we find the truth of our very existence, and as I stated and clearly proved with scripture this ALL TAKES PLACE WITHIN US! So that’s the good news, our sufferings will eventually lead us to being able to take hold of the BOOK OF LIFE and being worthy to recieve its contents… (POWER, RICHES, WISDOM, STRENGTH, UNDERSTANDING, HONOUR, AND GLORY) – Because at that point, we will use them RIGHTEOUSLY!

Of course, I could be completely wrong in everything I have written. It’s not my job to convince anyone anything, but it is my privilege to hopefully inspire all of you to seek the truth by going to THE ONE SITTING ON THE THRONE of your HEART/MIND/TEMPLE! Peace

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THE SEVENTH DAY?

Jacob Israel7 Comments

“THE SEVENTH DAY?”

Note: This is more of a nuts and bolts paper, I basically break down the amount of years from Adam to Today, I take a little license here and there toward the end, because I don’t have all month to research this, just a passing saturday morning thought compelled me to write this. But it is cool none the less. I hope you enjoy it. Peace Jacob

Hebrews 4:4
For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

The number seven has long been known to be a number of completion. Why the number seven you say? Well seven is important in many societies, our daily life, physiology, chemistry, the list goes on and on. Let me just show you, how pervasive the number seven is with this list below.

1) Seven Days to every week
2) Seven Continents
3) Seven Chakras
4) Seven phases of the moon
5) Seven colors in a rainbow
6) Seven divisions of the brain
7) Seven functions of the nervous system
8) Seven major metals
9) Seven major organs
10) Seven notes in a music scale
11) Seven places you physically exist in the world, north, south, east, west, up, down, where you are now.
12) Seven steps “scientific method”:1) problem, 2) research, 3) hypothesis, 4) experiment, 5) data, 6) results, 7) conclusion

I’d like to end with the “scientific method” because it is also our spiritual quest method. 1) the problem arises “who am I?” 2) We begin to seek out answers 3) We begin to theorise ideas of what God is and is not 4) We put these beliefs to practice, we try to live by them 5) Our experiences and the experiences and beliefs of others are calculated into equation 6) We look over all we have learned and experienced 7) We conclude that our beliefs are true.

But what many forget about the scientific method, is that often, conclusions have to change when new data is added into the equation. Then we must begin the spiritual quest method all over again. This is why we must never believe we know it all! We should always be testing, seeking, knocking, and finding more. For we know in part, until that which is perfect is come (we know in part, into the full truth is revealed to us).

My point is, it should be easy to see, why seven is such a significant number. And in almost every case, the number SEVEN marks the conclusion of a matter. I’m not just talking about God finishing creation on the sixth day and resting on the seventh… I’m talk about that seventh inning stretch, because that is what we are entering into baby! The SEVENTH DAY – The day of God’s rest. Right now we are being completed. This is why so many are having such trouble, this is why the world seems to be going all cooky! As a woman who travails in birth, so are we, and that new creation is going to be born.

Now this simple essay, is not going to blow anyone away who is looking for allegory and symbolism. But this is something the “literalists” of the world will LOVE! However, my closing thought I don’t believe they will find so comforting.

Years ago, I did an experiment. A thought came to mind.

2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

A DAY is a Thousand years? – What did this mean? So the idea hits me “Years and years ago” – WHAT IF I CAN CALCULATE USING THE BIBLE that from ADAM to JESUS is five thousand years, and another two thousand years to today… Meaning, that from ADAM to TODAY, would bring us to that SEVENTH DAY!

So that is what I am going to do for you all. The way I figured out how to do this, was to use the age of each individual when they gave birth to another, for example ADAM was 130 when he gave birth to SETH. Meaning “Adam’s Generation” was only around 130 years when Seth was born, and so on and so on… So below is the fascinating calculations. It will make you scratch your head and go HHHHHHMMMNNN! 🙂

1) ADAM to SETH -Genesis 5:3 = 130 Years
2) SETH to ENOS – Genesis 5:6 = 105 years
3) ENOS to CAINAN – Gen 5:9 = 90 years
4) CAINAN to MAHALALEEL – Gen 5:12 = 70 years
5) MAHALALEEL to JARED – Gen 5:15 = 65 years
6) JARED to ENOCH – Gen 5:18 = 162 years
7) ENOCH to METHUSELAH – Gen 5:21 = 65 years
8) METHUSELAH to LAMECH – Gen 5:25 = 187 years
9) LAMECH to NOAH – Gen 5:28 = 82 years

Now this is where it gets tricky. Because it says that Noah had his sons are five hundred years old, but the trick is finding SHEM, and when he had his son, how old he was, and an important detail included in Gen. about this.

10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

We see here that SHEM was 100 years old when he had Arphaxad, TWO YEARS after the flood. The good news is, we are given the exact amount of years from noah to the Flood. Let’s continue. It should be noted by the way that 4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. – that’s right 7th month, 7th day the ARC (that which contains LIFE/SPIRIT OF GOD) RESTS! On mount ARarat of all places, ARARAT means appropriately “the cursed reversed” – look it up 🙂 – But back to our study.

10) NOAH to END OF FLOOD – Gen 8: 13 = 601 years
11) SHEM was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad TWO YEARS after FLOOD: = 2 years
12) ARPHAXAD to SALAH – gen 11:12 = 35 years
13) SALAH to EBER – Gen 11:14 = 30 years
14) EBER to PELEG – Gen 11:16 = 34 years
15) PELEG to REU – Gen 11:18 = 30 years
16) REU to SERUG – Gen 11:20 = 32 years
17) SERUG to NAHOR – Gen 11:22 = 30 years
18) NAHOR to TERAH – Gen 11:24 = 29 years
19) TERAH to ABRAM – Gen 11:26 = 70 years (This may be off by a couple of years)
20) ABRAHAM to ISAAC – Gen 21:5 =100 years
21) ISAAC to JACOB – Gen 25:26 = 60 years
22) JACOB to JOSEPH – = 91 years

How I got this was is a litte tricky, so I called upon the help of “specialityinterests.net” for this next explanation: We know that Jacob died at age 147 (Gen. 47:28)[5], further do we know that Joseph was 30 years old when Pharaoh elevated him to second in power in Egypt (Gen. 41:46). Right at that time when Joseph was 30 years of age the 7 years of plenty began (Gen. 41:47) and Joseph harvested and stored the grain. This was followed by the 7 years of drought during which Jacob and his family moved to Egypt when he was 130 years old (Gen. 47:9). Calculation: (147 (Gen. 47:9) – 17 (Gen. 47:28)= 130). The year Jacob moved to Egypt was after the 2nd year in the drought (Gen. 45:6) before Jacob moved his whole family to Goshen. That would make the age of Joseph 39 when he met his father again and 56 years of age (39 + 17 = 56) when his father Jacob died. Joseph died when he was 110 years old (Gen. 50:22). Therefore Jacob was, 147 – 17 – 39 = 91 years of age when Joseph was born

FROM ADAM to the BIRTH of JOSEPH = 2,100 years

Now what is interesting about this, is one day many years ago I was thinking on something Joseph said right after the famine started.

Genesis 45:6
For these TWO YEARS hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest

I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be cool, if that TWO YEARS, was symbolic of two thousand years since ADAM (the beginning of ADAM’S GENERATION) and that for another FIVE YEARS – meant another Five Thousand which would bring us up to TODAY. Meaning the FAMINE for SEVEN YEARS, has been going on since the very beginning of this GENERATION OF ADAM (Humanity) – If you have “ears to hear” it, Jesus said this GENERATION will not pass away until all is accomplished.

Matthew 24:34
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Wouldn’t it be something if there really was NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

So it’s been two thousand years from ADAM to JOSEPH… well what about up to Jesus? And then us?

23) JOSEPH to his death – Gen 50:26 = 110 years

(I have not narrowed down the exact time between Joseph’s death, and Israel’s captivity, but we can assume that it didn’t happen overnight. Time had to have passed)

24) Israel captive until Moses sets them free: Exudos 12:41 = 430 years
25) Israel in wilderness – Exudos 16:35 = 40 years

An important thing to note, was they WANDERED until all the “men of war” were killed off. This is symbolic of how our wilderness journey, we will continue to wander in the wilderness of our lives until ever last thing we learned in egypt is gone, and peace resides in our heart.

Joshua 5:6
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

And remember, just because we enter the promise land, doesn’t mean we posses it. We can enter into a great understanding, but until it because experience and we “OWN IT” and nothing can separate us from it, then we don’t posses it. So once again, time will pass between when Israel enters the promise land, and they actually possess it and defeat all their enemies.

I am going to end this essay with the idea that, if ISRAEL possessed the Promise land, 3000 YEARS after ADAM comes on the scene… That would be the 3rd day, wouldn’t it?

But it would be another 2000 years until Jesus is BORN, which man believe is around 9/11 3 BC – there is debate over the actual birth of Jesus, but many state it may very well be 3 BC on September 11. So for conspiracy theorists sake, let’s go with the commonly held 3BC 9/11 belief.

Here is the reason. If it is FIVE THOUSAND YEARS to the birth of Jesus at 3BC. That would be the 5th day. COOL RIGHT?

The number 5 has long been represented as the NUMBER of GRACE.

And what does Jesus bring again?

John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

But on the fifth day is when God made ANIMALS. Scripture tells us that Men are brute beasts… The number 5 in Hebrew means “strength, to take hold, contraction of five fingers” – Five senses, Five fingers and toes on each hand and foot. FIVE is a significant number.

So we can easily see that from ADAM to JESUS is about 5000 YEARS. But it does get cooler, if the 6BC 9/11 date is right on target.

Because that would mean, 2000 years later on 9/11/03 we would enter the SEVENTH DAY!

Two years after 9/11 when TWINS were thrown to the ground and three thousand people were swallowed by the earth, right near the Golden Bull of Wall street… – Sound familiar?

Now the question is how do we know, that from Joseph to Jesus to Us, is the right amount of time. Now, early this morning, I wasn’t planning on doing an exhaustive study on this. And so I brought you up to where I brought you… But I knew there was a missing piece to this puzzle. I wanted to give all of you hard data to work with, so it wasn’t guestimation, but from the scriptures themselves. But I couldn’t remember, the key to doing that. So I basically, let God with that thought.

Then around noon, after I already finished this article I remember a request that Marshall Kinney sent me, saying “Call me.” He had some revelation to share I was sure. So I called him, and low and behold, just what was he and a friend studying GENERATIONS… And he mentions the very scripture that I needed…. WITHOUT ME EVER TELLING HIM I NEEDED IT! Then I explained how cool that was, about the paper I had written and how he just mentioned the key to solving the problem essay (In my opinion) of course… So HERE IT IS!

Matthew 1:17
Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.

You see with this verse, I can take us from Abraham to Christ accurately.

From ADAM to ABRAHAM = 1,849 YEARS

This verse from Matthew, tells us then all we need to do is figure out what 42 generations are…

Now to find the GENERATION, how many years. We do a simple search and find…

Psalm 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

That means between 70 and 80 (depending) is how long a generation is. As a score is 20 people. So let’s split it right down the middle and call it 75.

So a generation is 75 years, 42 generations from Abraham to Christ. From Adam to Abraham is 1849… Wouldn’t it be cool, if 75 times 42 gave us a number that brought us up to 5000 years?

Well 75 years times 42 generations = 3150 years.

You add 1849 plus 3150 and you get… wait for it 🙂


4999 YEARS before CHRIST IS BORN.

There it is in black and white! The Bible accurately describes the years from ADAM to CHRIST as 5000 years, and you can’t argue differently…

Now here we are TWO THOUSAND YEARS later… And that must then mean, it has been 7000 years since ADAM, and WE (THIS GENERATION) have entered into that 7TH DAY. If a day is a thousand years literally, which you all know I’m not a huge fan of LOL… Just kidding.

Now isn’t that amazing, that I knew there had to be an answer. I didn’t have the answer when I first wrote the paper, BUT KNEW THERE WAS AN EASY WAY SOMEWHERE… Then a simply phone call later, and WHAMO PAPER IS NOW COMPLETE!

POINT MADE ETC!!!!!!

But I digress…

What does any of this have to do with anything, really? Well it could very well be the reason so many people are starting to wake up to the Truth. It could be the reason people like Rob Bell are writing books about how a God of love couldn’t subject us to infinite torture… “It’s about time Rob, welcome to the party, but there is still so much more to go.”

Could it be, that Satan/That Serpent/CARNAL MIND of ours may (as scripture states) be bound right now, so we can WAKE UP and ENTER INTO THIS REST.

Revelation 20
1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Eh who knows, who cares really, all that really matter is what God is doing in our life, and in our thinking/hearts. Maybe if we are in that SEVENTH day, we should do as God did, and look at all that has been created in our lives, and say, HEY IT’S PRETTY GOOD! Understand God is in control and buckle up and enjoy the ride.

In any event, there you have a little history lesson, mixed in with a little conspiracy and hopefully a revelation or two. So are we in the SEVENTH DAY? If a day is like a Thousand years, from Adam to Today is around that time don’t you think?

So there you have it, fun with dates, times, and numbers. Jacob

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From Lamb to Lion – A video

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This video will mean different things to different people. I hope people will learn to not tear down what they don’t understand, but seek the truth no matter what the cost. I also hope people will learn to embrace all they have suffered and in return love others and see the good that comes out of the brokeness of their lives and how at one point, they who once felt as a lamb to be slain, will stand proud as a Lion who simply loves an protects the sheep…..Micah 5: 8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. — Yes, I interpret scriptures, so some passages may not line up exactly as your bible has it written, instead I share what I believe the passage to mean. Enjoy and love others, Jacob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuVDP5OfbU

TRADING SWORDS FOR KEYS

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TRADING SWORDS FOR KEYS

This morning I started reading First John in the New Testament and felt like sharing a couple of things with you all. I mainly want to show you how I “see” (perceive) scripture, and how I come to say and write the things I say and write.

You see when I read scripture sometimes things pop out at me, certain words, over the years, I have come to know are allegorical of certain things… For example “Light” is symbolic of “TRUTH/GOD/WISDOM” -Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light”.

John 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy WORD is truth.

Through connecting a lot of dots you begin to find more. When you want to know what a certain passage means, or what to find the symbolism and the spiritual meaning behind it all you need to do is find a witness of it in scripture. BUT FIRST, I guarantee something inside you will give you a hint. You’ll find yourself thinking “I bet the Virgins Lamps, in the parable of the Virgins, was actually the WORD/LOGOS/LOGIC/WISDOM of God.” — You will deduce this because you will remember another passage where the WORD of God is compared to a Lamp, or a light to your feet.

Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path

Now when you get that. You understand, anything that produces LIGHT, whether it is the Sun, A Lamp, A Candle, etc… is all symbolism for the TRUTH/WISDOM/UNDERSTANDING/LOGIC of God. Which is why we are to let our LIGHT shine.

Many people come into greater understanding, but are still in religious organizations that would frown on such insight. So for many, they bottle it up, they keep that LIGHT hidden away, because of fear. Which, we know God doesn’t give us the spirit(thoughts) of.

Luke 8:16
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

No, we are to SO LET THIS LIGHT SHINE! So those who are desiring to ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM (reign) of GOD…. CAN! You see, we in effect are a candle, we are a lamp, God provides the FIRE that ignites us so the whole world can know the TRUTH.

Psalm 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

Proverbs 20, says the Spirit (Thoughts) of Man, IS the CANDLE.

So if the “LIGHT” or anything that emanates “LIGHT” is a symbol for God’s Wisdom, Power, and Truth (Christ)… Then when do you believe Darkness to be? …. That’s right, IGNORANCE. I’ll use another word HELL.

Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they KNOW NOT at what they stumble

2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the messengers that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness

When many read this passage, they think of infinite burning and torture. But what really is being said here is that, God’s doesn’t even spare his messengers from the depths of ignorance (hell), and even his messengers are delivered into chains (the bondage of) darkness (ignorance).

When you walk in Darkness, you don’t know which way to go, where you are going, and what path you are on. In darkness, you don’t know much, beside the darkness you are in. But a lit Candle will help show you some of the way. And the FULL SUN will show you the whole picture, you won’t stumble, you’ll be able to walk and you will know everything that you did not “perceive/see” when you were in darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

By now, you should be able to understand the meaning of darkness in Solomon’s rant of the vanity of this temporal world and the cares thereof.

A Wise man = One who understands the Truth of God, has EYES (perception) in his HEAD (thinking)… But the FOOL (those that don’t know God “the fool in his heart says there is no God) walks (exists) in Darkness (Ignorance)

GET IT? Good… moving on.

So this is what I am about to do with 1st John 1. I am going to go through line by line and basically interpret it as a symbolist would. And yes that is a word, look it up. Symbology is the study and use of symbols to find meaning. That is what we MUST do to find the SPIRIT of the scriptures. The good news is, we can’t force it, the Holy Spirit within us, “Our True Life”, gives us the answers little by little.

This is symbolically shown as Christ coming like Lightning from heaven. In the dark of night it is hard to see, but LIGHTNING for an instant shows you the whole picture when it illuminates the area. At that moment you can only pick up a couple of things in your surroundings, but NOW you know they are there. This is the same way revelation works. A bit here, a bit there, until, the day-star Rises in your heart, and you are no longer walking in darkness.

It’s easy to read scriptures that talk about Jesus Christ, and picture that tall man, 6′ with a beard, handsome, kind, and a guy who flies into a rage when he see things done against the will of God. Like when he turned over the tables, or called the religious leaders of the time a “generation of vipers”.

Unfortunately, many Christians do not see that these words, as demeaning as they sound, as ALLEGORIES. These word recorded do not show the heart of love, which is understanding where people are at. For example when my child acts out, and doesn’t behave, I don’t say “you are of your father the devil”, or call them “terrible brats”… I correct them, and tell them that is NOT WHO THEY ARE. This is the heart of love.

Too many Christians today have taken these allegorical words to heart, and now feel that they are justified to call others, vipers, evil, demonic, satanic, etc… I get my share of that.

But when you understand that symbols. And you begin to understand that the TEMPLE that had the tables that needed to be overthrown was YOUR HEART/MIND, and that the Religious Leaders condemned that were ruling the Temple, were the very same false teachings that you have clung to for so many years, you begin to understand why Jesus said “TEAR DOWN THIS TEMPLE” and I will rebuild it in THREE DAYS (symbolical of a trimester for birth) – Jesus was speaking of HIS BODY, we know this in scripture. But few care to SEE (perceive/understand) that WE HUMANS are the BODY OF CHRIST, whose first nature (Adam/old man) needs to be torn down, so the New Man, Second Adam (Man) can rule.

Romans 12:5
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

THIS IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, this is the TEMPLE OF GOD, EVERY ONE A MEMBER OF ONE ANOTHER. MEANING PEOPLE WE ARE ALL ONE!

The problem is, WITHIN US, there is a lot of nonsense going on. Religion has turned our hearts and minds into something that can be purchased or stolen.

Luke 19:46
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves

We are the HOUSE. And religious false teaching, man’s lust for power and control, has turned our hearts into a place where peace, wisdom, hope, and freedom can be stolen.

So what does it mean to be the HOUSE OF GOD? Simply put, we are the VESSEL in which God exists. This is why God is Called the Lord of Hosts. Look up the word Host in the dictionary. A Host is a living entity whose purpose is to house and give life to another living entity. I hate to use the word parasite, but we are a host for parasites as well… A wonderful allegory of how we allow people who are ignorant to God’s truth, to suck us dry, and steal our strength and health. Yes Religious leaders who spew lies from their pulpits if we ingest and believe them, the lies of the religious ignorant leaders become parasites of sorts… but the TRUTH of God will always trump. Even though for some, they walk in darkness, GOD IS THERE!

For many God is hiding away in their ignorance (Darkness) – David understood this well, when he stated if he made his bed in HELL (ignorance) God was there.

Psalm 18:11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies

Yes, ignorance is part of God’s plan. Without the Dark we would never know the Light. Without the Light we would never know the Dark. It’s all about God’s Truth and Man’s lies.

You see this is why we can never just take things at face value. We must LOOK to the heart of scripture, as God looks to the heart of Mankind. If we simply take things at face value, we will make the same mistake of those who think it’s okay to tear down, mock, and attack people who “see” things differently than they do. If we don’t understand the parable we will do as we see in some countries where thieves hands are cut off, or adulterers are stoned to death… never once seeing that a “hand” is symbolic of authority… and it is the authority of the thief that must be cut off, and the stone is the Truth which should put to death the false spirit (thoughts) and false worship (which really is what an adulterer is) – Not what we know an adulterer to be but what God is speaking of. Which is Mankind leaving the union of His Spirit and understanding of his Truth for FALSE GODS.

Jeremiah 5:7
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses

Here we see clearly, but you can look elsewhere, that God is talking about how people have forsaken the TRUTH and gone after false gods, by doing this THEY COMMITTED ADULTERY… We also see that a HARLOTS HOUSE is symbolic of a place where lies are taught.

This should be a great comfort for those who are divorced, because truly, this is the ONLY DIVORCE GOD HATES… When we leave the light for darkness. The good news is….

Romans 11
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

You see ultimately, God is in control of it all. He makes Light and he makes the Darkness.

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things

I suppose the thing that I hope you take away from this paper is, the most important thing in the world is not outside of you, behind you, or coming to you in the future. The most important thing is IN YOU! It is a mystery that is for sure. But here are some keys for you to unlock some doors. Find the meaning of things you don’t understand.

When you read about Paul being Blind and SCALES falling from his eyes. Don’t take that literally, go to scripture and search the word SCALES out, and find out what was keeping PAUL BLIND (ignorant) and you will find a great truth…

Job 41:15
His SCALES are his PRIDE, shut up together as with a close seal

It is our foolish pride that keeps us blind to the truth. But the LIGHT will SHINE, and when it does, darkness flees from it.

This is OUR STORY everyone. Every story, every parable, from Adam and Eve, to Joseph and Mary, it’s all about us. GOD’S ONLY CHILD HUMANITY!

And in the DARK OF NIGHT – in our Ignorance he leads us by FIRE (what we suffer). And in the Daylight it is a CLOUD (the witness and truth of God)… either way, God is LEADING US and WE CANNOT FAIL.

Exodus 13:18
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

As God led the people out of their bondage, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, he will lead us out of our bondage through the wilderness of this thing here called our life and the cares of this world, because like the children of Israel, we are HARNESSED, and God is DRAGGING us where we need to go. So don’t condemn others who are different, don’t draw your sword (words) to kill those who threaten CHRIST (the Truth within you revealed to you) because those that live this way, will die this way. Debate is foolish it leads nowhere, you don’t need to protect the Gospel, the Gospel cannot fail. You don’t need to do, as I have done in the past and point out the ignorance and lies of many, for their ignorance and lies will be revealed without any of us having to take up our sword (words) and cut them with them.

Above all else, LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS, which means LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THOSE THAT HURT YOU… Don’t go calling them serpents, devils, or whatever other allegory that was written to help us see the bigger picture. Perfect Love doesn’t condemn, hate, and it casts out all fear, it cannot be offended and doesn’t need to be defended, so LOVE PEOPLE, LOVE! Because God is not mocked, whatever a man sows that they shall also reap. SO SOW LOVE! TRADE YOUR SWORD FOR KEYS! And unlock the mysteries that have been hidden for ages and ages, but is now being revealed. 🙂

I hope you enjoyed this paper, didn’t have a clue as to what to write, just felt like writing and I went for it. Much love to you all, Jacob

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JESUS HUNGERED! WE HUNGERED!

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JESUS HUNGERED! WE HUNGERED!



About ten years ago, I was going through many things emotionally, physically, spiritually, etc. It was an especially hard time, but I am grateful for it. During that time I learned so much.

There is something about losing everything you thought mattered in the world, to help you realize you lost nothing and gained your own soul. Well that was what this period of my life was. A time of enlightening and enduring. It has been going on since I was about twelve and to this day I continue to learn new and exciting things that I can’t wait to share.

Back then, I had lost everything, I also was dealing with my Crohn’s disease. I was living in a small, small apartment above some woman’s house, trying to raise two kids alone as a single father. I didn’t go out much, so after the kids went down I would spend hours writing my novel. And since I really was alone, I spent the other time thinking, questioning , seeking, and trusting that there was a point to it all. Which, if you know me by now, you know of course there was and is.


However, that all is just the stage that I wanted to set for you. Many today are making the mistake of pretending to have all the answers when it comes to God, the hereafter etc…

I hope I never come across as one of those people. The reason is because of how incredibly exciting and miraculous and an unbelievably amazing life can be, when one begins to see their place in the center of it all, and seek the truth on their own.

There is only one thing we all share. One thing we all have in common. Only one thing we know for sure. We exist. The day begins and ends with us.

Revelation 22:13
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

We literally are the center of our universe. Now this is an experience each of us has. Which proves we are all the same at the very core.

Now what does all this have to do with the title, Jesus Hungered?

Well the answer is everything. “as he is so are we in this world”. This was his experience as well. And by he, I mean the historical figure we know as Jesus, who was called Yeshua. You know, that guy everyone says is the savior of the world. Well within the pages of scripture we find, that Jesus understood this concept. He knew he was the beginning and the end of himself. He understood who he was in the temporal world “his Jesus” identity wasn’t what mattered, it was the Spirit of Life inside him that mattered. When the rich man asked him, “good master what must I do to inherit eternal life”, Jesus said “why are you calling me good, there is no one good but our Father in Heaven”. He knew, as I know, you can’t be looking at the messenger, but you must find the Message! It is not the messenger that is important it is understanding the messengers Logic (Logos). The Messenger doesn’t set you free, the truth the messenger reveals is the TRUTH that sets you free.

Now I want to share how, all anyone needs to do is ask, be quiet, allow the question to stir inside you, and than one day YOU will have the answer.

This lesson I learned well, many, many years ago when I was at the gym. I hadn’t been to an organized church for awhile, but I had this craving to go. I had a craving to enter into the church, and to be fed spiritually. Because I was HUNGRY.

So I began to drive looking for a church that was opened. But as I drove I realized, none were open, and none had anything to offer me. So this thought came over me.

“Your kids are visiting your ex, you have the whole day… Go to the beach, enjoy yourself, and seek there.”

So I went to the beach. I grabbed a chair and my bible. Looking out at the awesome water, I closed my eyes and imagined myself learning something amazing. As I did, when I used to pray for God to teach me something. I then flipped through my bible like a roulette wheel, stopped on a random page and read.

“Jesus hungered” I read. It was the story of how Jesus was waking up one day. The sun was just rising and he was hungry. He was looking to be fed. He sees a fig tree in the distance and thinks… Surely I’ll get some fruit there. But what happens is, he gets there and he realizes, what should have been producing fruit to feed him wasn’t. It was covered in leaves. Jesus then cursed the tree and it withered up and died.

Well, I had been fed indeed. In that moment on the beach I understood the parable. Jesus’ food was his Fathers business, Gods truth. That is what he ate. Jesus was Hungry for wisdom, as I was. And like Jesus, I went to a place where I thought I could find it. Organized religion. But I only found leaves. Meaning I knew it was a fig tree, a place that produced the truth of God, but it wasn’t producing.

I remember being upset as I left that church before the beach. Being angry, wanting to be fed and realizing that it couldn’t help me. I actually said, “I’ll never go there again.”

Did you catch that? I too cursed the fig tree. I said this religious system will never feed me, only God will, and all I need to do to find God is separate myself from those around me and seek.

Since that day I have never eaten from that tree. Nor has it produced fruit. Spiritually for me, it withers away. But I wouldn’t have learned any of this, had I not gone through this experience. I wouldn’t have had this revelation, unless I experienced this revelation.

You see as I sit and write this, not knowing why I am so compelled to do so, I am reminded that we don’t need to go here or there to find fruit, to find the truth, to find the Kingdom of Heaven, or to know who and what God really is. All we need to do is… Be still and Know I AM Lord… Now get yourself still and say… I AM Lord.

After saying this, then look up the definition of the word “Lord” – It means, “The one who exists, The existing One.”— The time has come when we don’t need to go door to door saying, know the Lord, for all will know God from the least to greatest. WHY? Because the truth is written in our hearts! And that truth will rise and can never be put out. We may forget who we are for awhile, what is real what is not, but eventually that dead seed we call our life, gets dosed with the water of truth, and the life of the SON beats down on us, and we begin to grow. And as we grow, many more seeds are produced within us, that will also fall and be scattered around and these seeds will also germinate and grow, until we all know that GOD IS ALL IN ALL!

Ask yourself why this is so important to learn. And begin to create a new world. We don’t need religion or politics or money or power, we need to know who we are, and we need to begin to change the conversation in our head. We need to realize we are all one in Christ and what we do to one we do to all. We need to begin to Enjoy the mystery that is out life(Christ). And we need to stop looking for the answers outside of us, but within. And the. We need to create a new world. Not the wills of yesterday but the will of God, which saves all men.

So be still and know…. What?

Jacob
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