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ARE WE CHRIST?

Jacob Israel24 Comments


ARE WE CHRIST?

Now I wasn’t planning to write an essay for awhile, but on my recent trip I couldn’t help but feel like a stranger in a strange land. So many wonderful people surrounding me, yet so very few that I was inspired to speak to about higher things. But what would a Sunday for me at home be without rolling up my sleeves and tackling another majorly controversial (howbeit true) topic. Hope the title got your attention, because there is more attention that will come, I pray.

On my recent trip I asked many “christians” who go to church, work for their church, attend bible study, etc, etc, just what they are saved from? And what is Salvation? And sadly, not one had a good answer to give. Truly many don’t understand salvation, in regards to the HERE AND NOW. Which is what salvation is.

Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

You are NOT saved from some future terrible torture, (see my article “To Hell with Hell.” NO! You are saved from the life you are living, you are saved from Yourself/hell. Your Ego and all the bells and whistles of pain and suffering that goes along with it. Now the question many will ask, is why haven’t these people found the TRUTH of God. (Christ) – More to the point, what is the Truth? And why haven’t they found it.

Well there is a great story in scripture that spells it out. (They are looking in the wrong place) You see, so many who are SEEKING JESUS among their Kinsfolk (friends, congregations, bible studies etc.)

Luke 2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

And yet, when they REALLY wanted to find the WAY and the TRUTH, it wasn’t there.

45And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

You will NEVER find the truth among your friends, family, congregations, etc… you will NOT find the TRUTH until you TURN BACK AGAIN toward JERUSALEM which is HEBREW means “TEACHING OF PEACE” – You cannot and WILL NOT find the TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST, at your religious halls, in your bible studies, mosques, or man made temple’s… You will NOT find the TRUTH there at all. You will need to RETURN to the TEACHING OF PEACE, and go WITHIN (the Temple = YOUR HEART) to find Christ.

Luke 2:46 And it came to pass, that after THREE days they found him in the TEMPLE, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

There we see that number THREE again (Tri-Mester) A period of time before the child (CHRIST) is born IN YOU, from you. – This is the sign of Jonah, three days in the BELLY (WOMB) of the earth (MAN’S SOUL)… Just like all of that, after THREE DAYS Joseph and Mary FIND CHRIST. And where do they find Christ? (Their Child)

Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a child is born,

We find this CHILD (CHRIST) their JESUS in the TEMPLE of God (Which is us).

Many may wonder why we, and they, couldn’t find the TRUTH (Christ) among their Kinfolk, in their churches and Temple’s and Mosque’s or Kingdom Halls, etc… Well, the reason is God’s ways are above man’s and you will never FIND the TRUTH among other men and women.

BECAUSE Christ is ALWAYS about HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS.

Luke 2:48,49 48And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?

Like Mary and Joseph, many “religious” folk. Will not understand why they couldn’t find the TRUTH in the high places of Mankind like Religion. So many cry out in their man made Churches, seeking Christ, begging for Christ, and yet they cannot find Christ. The reason is you will never FIND THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD!

THE religious world is NOT about God’s business they are about church business, and for many, business it is booming! However, when you leave all that mess and return to Jerusalem (the teaching of Peace) you will find Christ, IN THE TEMPLE (Within You) – “the hope of Glory which is Christ In You” and you will learn, the reason you could NOT find Christ in those religious circles is because Christ is ALWAYS about the FATHER’S BUSINESS.

And what is the FATHER’S BUSINESS you ask? – Well God is in the IMAGE MAKING business, getting us to lay down our (carnal life in Adam) so we can take our TRUE LIFE back up.

John 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

God’s will is for ALL MANKIND to be SAVED. And nothing stops God’s will. This is the FATHER’S business.

Ephesians 1:8-10 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9Having made known unto us the MYSTERY OF HIS WILL, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one ALL things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

He is going to gather everything TOGETHER in HIS TRUTH and SPIRIT(Christ) we will ALL come to full stature of the perfect man. And nothing can stop the Father’s WILL.

Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Now I know what many of you are thinking… WE HAVE CHOICE! And I am NOT going to say we don’t. But I will say, that OUR choices will ALWAYS bring us back to God’s will come HELL or HEAVEN! This is what Reaping and Sowing is all about. When you follow the shepherd (Christ) our journey is pleasant, if we fall of path that sheepdog (Satan) will bite our rear ends and put us back in line.

And if we fall off the path enough times, the Shepherd may even break our leg and carry us for awhile, until we learn never to do it again. You see God works ALL things according to his plan and purpose, our CREATOR is IN CONTROL and this should give us hope. It takes the pressure is OFF US, we are no longer under the law of works but the grace of FAITH. And with FAITH we CANNOT FAIL. Because out of all the FATHER GAVE THE SON TO SAVE, the CHRIST INSIDE US ALL, has LOST NOT ONE!

2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

It has nothing to do with our works but God’s purpose and will, which is the ONLY THING CHRIST IS ABOUT! Bringing us all to that PLACE (the Kingdom of God) = Righteousness, Peace, and Joy, and power in the Holy Ghost. Ultimately, God is bringing us all to the same place, CHRIST (Beccoming his ANNOINTED ONE, his ONLY BEGOTTEN). Not a birth of Flesh and Blood from of SPIRIT.

John 1
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

You see there is ONLY ONE SPIRIT, BAPTISM, LORD, AND GOD. ONE, not several as so many believe. Where many of us see Bob, Helen, Charlotte, and Larry, God only see’s CHRIST – his finished CREATION, WHICH despite what many religious leaders state, will be finished in VICTORY! “ALL OF CREATION WILL SING GOD’S PRAISES”

There is ONLY ONE IMAGE OF GOD. Humanity! “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE!” – “Christ the express IMAGE OF GOD.”

Oh yes, we are either DEAD (ignorant) in ADAM or ALIVE (Enlightened) in CHRIST. We too are both, the 1st and the LAST.

1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The FIRST man Adam was made a living soul; the LAST Adam was made a quickening spirit.

The first MAN is a living SOUL (Jacob) the last MAN is a QUICKENING SPIRIT (CHRIST). You see when Jesus said, I am the First and the Last, he understood, he was both ADAM and JESUS.

I also, am the FIRST and the LAST, you are as well. We ALL are the FIRST AND THE LAST.

There is ONLY ONE SON of God (Israel). The first STATE of that ONE MAN is DEAD and the second state is ALIVE.

Revelation 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

I know this is a hard saying for many of you. You don’t see Jesus as being Adam as well, MUCH LESS as seeing JESUS AS YOURSELF… 🙂

But CLEARLY, Jesus was DEAD and is ALIVE. And, CLEARLY, this is our story as well. We are no different. For…

1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

We have to stop looking at this Jesus character from thousands of years ago as the SAVIOR of the WORLD, and stop putting our faith in a MAN from thousands of years ago who died, who was but a PATTERN for us…

1 Timothy 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a PATTERN to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

We have to STOP putting our faith in PAST EVENTS. As what is behind us, does NOT PROFIT US.

Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

It’s time to FORGET what is BEHIND US, and REACH for what is before us, ETERNAL LIFE (Knowing God the Father and CHRIST IN US)

We MUST put our FAITH in the SON OF GOD within, that DIED for us (So we could become Jacob, Bob, Helen, and Ruth) and now we die to our EGO’S so CHRIST (Our true Identity) can live. And NOTHING can seperate us from becoming CHRIST. – Don’t misunderstand me, God does the work however, we simply go along for the ride. 🙂 If we are IN HIS REST. And like I said, NOTHING shall prevent God’s will (to have all be saved)

Romans 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Now I know many of you do not want to believe, that you TOO are the SON/DAUGHTER of God, the ONLY BEGOTTEN of God. However, to believe that you are NOT THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF GOD is to DENY the TRUTH/GOD. So if people seeing and talking with you, and you are RISEN in CHRIST, they they are actually talking to and seeing Christ.

Matthew 10:40
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

This is why we should not DENY this great mystery which has been hidden. CHRIST IN YOU, AS YOU, IS YOU. Instead, DENY who you THINK YOU ARE.

Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

My Friend Larry (Uriah) and I had a nice talk about what it means to DENY yourself. For many years, many have believed this meant to DEPRIVE yourself, but that is NOT WHAT THE WORD DENY means.

The definition of the word DENY is as follows: “to declare untrue” When we are told to DENY our “SELF” we are actually being told, to DENY that “who we think we are” actually exists.

DENY your EGO, it isn’t real. IT IS UNTRUE.

After we do this then we TAKE UP THE CROSS (we move from IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT/LIFE) So if we DENY (declare untrue) OURSELVES/HELL, then all that is left is CHRIST. (God’s son) OUR TRUE LIFE.

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

The word APPEAR is translated from the Hebrew as this: to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way

Now why must we believe that we are CHRIST? … And Members in particular? Because if you are NOT THE SON/DAUGHTER than you cannot know God. And you cannot be SAVED! Now does God see us this way? Well YES, God does.

2 Corinthians 2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

But if you were to tell another human being. That in fact they ARE JESUS CHRIST, meaning, they are NO DIFFERENT, than Christ. They would flip out, but the truth is, IF THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS REVEALED IN THEM/US, than they are ANTI-CHRIST (opposite the truth) – They haven’t DENIED themselves.

1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come (revealed/manifested) in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

On my trip, I was very sad to see so few OF MY PEERS who desired to know God and the mysteries of the Kingdom. Everyone was so consumed with the bump and grind of the cares of the world that they hadn’t even bothered to take the time, to think of those things which TRULY MATTER.

There was a time when I was younger in my faith when I would witness to everyone, I didn’t care what any thought OF WHAT I SAID, and like Moses I was killing the Egyptians left and right. I too shared things with people that just weren’t ready. I was carnally doing what God was preparing to be spiritually done. It is true that God has perfected praise in the young (immature to their faith), but they are still babes and as excited as they are to share the deeper things of God, they must first mature to understand it. And they must have those growing pains, and man do they hurt.

We forget it is through much tribulation that we enter the kingdom of God, we forget, like the man Jesus we must take up our Cross (death to self) to enter into life. We must come to the place that PAUL came, DENYING PAUL… where he said. “It is no LONGER I PAUL that LIVE, but Christ.”

Now I want to be clear, there is Only One way to enter. Those who enter the sheep gate, the same become the shephard of the sheep. (Christ) No one knows the Father but the Son. So in order to know God you must be the Son (Gods only begotten).

Now when I share Who we really are, most people freak out. They refuse it. They will not accept the truth of who they are, because that Truth is in a far away country. Out of sight (understanding) out of mind. And when this truth is presented it is met with anger, hate, betrayal, and worse. Because the Anti Christ (your Ego) believes he or she really exists.

Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names (Natures/greed/lust/pride/etc) were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Our EGO is that BEAST. Ecclesiates calls men BRUTE BEASTS. the Beasts’ number is 666, the NUMBER OF MAN. You see, who you think you are, exists and yet doesn’t EXIST. It is simply who you THINK you are. It will only exist as long as you don’t DENY it’s very existence, which is a LIE to begin with.

Cane Killed Abel. This CARNAL nature IN us, wants to be REAL, and it will put down the TRUTH, but that is for but a moment. The first man, (which we all are, as well as the last) is always a KILLER. You’ll notice the first born in scripture Adam, Cane, Ishmael, Esau, etc, alway deal in death. They are hunters, seeking whom they may kill and then devour.

However, the second nature of man, the second born, Christ, Abel, isaac, Jacob who becomes Israel is Always a shephard. In the first ignorant nature of mankind there is death, this death is lived out in the external and temporal things of the world. But the second Goes Within. It’s life is found inside MANKIND. Their true LIFE is in fact CHRIST. I know for many, this still may be hard to believe but let us take a look at Gal 3 and 4.

Gal 3 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

You see, there is no more Jacob, Tim, Joanne, and Bertha… there is only ABRAHAMS SEED. Now, we see many, but scripture clearly states, there is but ONE SEED.

16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is CHRIST.

Easy to see, that ABRAHAMS SEED is CHRIST. Now watch this… let’s read on a bit and see what this says about you and me and everyone else in the world.

29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Now if you be CHRIST’S than you are ABRAHAMS’ SEED (christ). Here let me put this plainly, if CHRIST is REVEALED to you, within you, than you ARE CHRIST. No ifs ands or buts about it. Yeah, try sharing that if you are Catholic, Lutheran, or in any other church… This is the MESSIAH the JEWS were waiting for… IMMANUEL – GOD WITH/IN/AS YOU.

Now, don’t try and go and carnally tell the world you are Jesus, because that is NOT the TRUTH. You need to DENY who you THINK YOU ARE, die to your SELF, and CHRIST will THEN BE REVEALED. When you realize that your EGO NATURE (WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE) is actaully the SON OF PERDITION, that WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, is actually the ANTICHRIST sitting on the THRONE OF GOD (YOUR MIND AND HEART) – then AND only then, can the TRUTH be REVEALED about who you REALLY ARE IN CHRIST, and it will destroy WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE, and then my friends, you will know what it means to be saved! And to be a SON/DAUGHTER.

Now, to finish this essay off right, I want to show you how sharing this revelation can be met in not the nicest of ways –

John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

You see NO ONE is going to HEAVEN (ENLIGHTENMENT) but the ONE who CAME DOWN… There is only ONE (humanity) – We are the SON OF MAN and the SON OF GOD…. WE ARE. We are as the Prophet Obediah said, the SAVIORS OF THE WORLD.

Obediah 1 21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.

So what Jacob? Are you saying we are ALL CHRIST? — Well if you are the body of Christ. You are given the name of Christ. And you have the Mind of Christ…. Who are you?

Now I understand this is a hard saying, but I want to show you in scripture how (there is nothing new under the sun) and since they rejected Jesus for saying he is the Son of God, many will reject you for saying the same. But be of good courage, for as CHRIST in YOU has overcome the world (carnal mind and it’s lusts) so shall we all. So when listening to Luke 22 some things shot out at me…. I began to see that this chapter, like so many chapters spoke more about me, than it did about some people who have long been dead and buried.

Scripture is better applied to our lives today as sons and daughters of God, and as a united people who have finally come out of the darkness and shouted into the light the Hope of Glory. So let’s start shall we?

Luke 22
1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

Leaven is used to Puff something up, since we are the Bread/body of Christ this takes on a whole new meaning. We are told a little leaven, leavens the whole lump, and to beware the Leaven (lies/pride) of the Pharasees. So here we are entering into a day where the body of believers will no longer be filled with these lies. It is called the Passover because “death” is passing over us. During this season we will no longer be ruled by the carnal leaven of religion. But this is a season that is still to come for some. And a scary day this will be for the religious leaders of the land.

2And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

When the truth of who we are (CHRIST) is revealed, it threatens the religious system that is in place. People today are hungrier now to experience God and to know the Truth than I can remember. And when the winds (doctrines) change from being filled with leaven/lies/vanity/pride to humility and love, the religious leaders will be scared that they may lose their bank roll and so-called ministry, because at the Passover no one goes to temple, each man is to sacrafice and worship in His own house.

Now if word got out that mankind didn’t need religion, and that each would be enlightened to the truth of who they are without any effort on their behalf, we would say buh bye Babylon and hello Kingdom.

3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot(meaning great man or masculine – Man of Kerioth), being of the number of the twelve. 4And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.

Now first let me get rid of this false belief that SATAN was some spirit outside of Judas and literally entered him. The word ENTERED is translated as “of thoughts that come into the mind” – So really, this THOUGHT arose from WITHIN. As Jesus said, “Nothing going into a man defiles him”… Yes that serpent is hanging in your garden (your soul)… So this thought arose inside JUDAS to deny AND betray the TRUTH, as opposed to DENYING HIMSELF.

Even reading this paper, there will be thoughts rising inside SOME OF YOU, thinking about all your religious leaders have taught you. You may even go and speak to them about this, seeing how you may BETRAY this great truth. – You see JUDAS, was of the same tribe as Jesus, looked like Jesus, acted like Jesus, but he carried the money bag. In the beginning, the Kingdom’s teaching were accepted BY HIM, but once the Carnal Man (Judas) was threatened, and that he had to deny himself… he wanted nothing to do with that. AS MANY OF YOU READING THIS WILL AS WELL.

21But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

The One who BETRAYS the truth , is the same one the TRUTH is presented to. You see your Carnal Ego (who doesn’t really exist) will fight tooth and nail to hang unto the Field the Lord has given him. But when the TRUTH arises, they will seek to KILL IT, because to accept CHRIST AS LORD, is to accept that you are NO LONGER IN CONTROL.

1 Corinthians 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

BUT WHAT LIBERTY IS FOUND IN THIS! WHAT PEACE? WHAT FREEDOM?

48But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

You see there are many here, who have greeted this TRUTH (with a kiss = accepting) but once CHRIST begins to move farther, they refuse. They don’t to stop worshipping the CREATURE (the man Jesus) as opposed to the Creator (Our Father and our Lord Christ Within, which is our life)

52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

You see there will come a time for all of us, where we will be rejected for coming to understand who we are. When once we were embraced and loved, soon we will be treated as THIEVES. ( a thief is someone who tries to get into the Kingdom another way) – They will call you heretic, liar, antichrist, but DON’T LOSE HOPE! For the day is here, when these things will be revealed. Nothing shall stop this mighty move of God. This is what the whole creation has been groaning for, the MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD (the first and the last)

53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

Even though CHRIST is within all, teaching and leading at a pace that God has set… If they ask you plainly…

67Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

They will not believe the GREAT TRUTH of who we are. That in fact we are the SON/DAUGHTER of God. That JESUS was no different than any of us. “as he is so are we in this world”

2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

There will be many that will deny this great truth. But I say, turn them over to SATAN (thier own egotistical imagination) for the destruction of their flesh so their SPIRIT may be saved on the day of the Lord.

70Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.

When we all realize we are the SAME, there will be no more war, famine, hate, disease, we will be FREE!

SO JACOB ARE YOU THE SON OF GOD? — Yes I am, and so are you! Deal with it. 🙂 Peace to you all.

“THE KEY TO BREAK FREE”

Jacob Israel18 Comments


THE KEY TO BREAK FREE

You may have read articles about some of the trials I’ve experienced in life, from abuse, life threatening disease, alienation, loss, and so on… This happened from childhood and really hasn’t stopped, and in most cases it doesn’t end, what ends is the fear, worry, and suffering that comes along with trials and tribulation. Your faith sees you through all of these circumstances and like Daniel in the Lion’s den, or the three in the furnace you won’t be hurt by your circumstances. We must endure until the end and we will overcome. Remember we have never been promised a simple and trouble free life but we have been promised victory and joy. There are many things that hurt us in our lives, the greatest of all is fear.

However, what always bothered me quite a bit was what other people thought of me. How they treated me weighed on me so heavy. Their cutting words, rumors, lies, can cut deeper than any knife, and hurt worse than any of my many visits to the hospital over the years.

And foolishly, when I would be attacked or abused in any way, I would replay the events, repeatedly, and torture myself all over again with things that no longer existed. If I repaid hate with hate I would also accuse myself, condemn myself, I would question if what they had said about me was true. I would cry because I didn’t understand why they would hurt me so. I would wonder why so many seemed to hate me for no good reason at all… Then I would even condemn myself for standing up for myself when I KNEW I was right, because the outcome always seemed to turn out terribly wrong for me. Mainly, because I would always feel bad after my angry words were heard.

The problem was, I CARED TOO MUCH FOR WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT AS OPPOSED TO CARING ONLY FOR WHAT GOD THOUGHT.

(That was my sin, for which there was and is no forgiveness.)

The ACCUSER, the FATHER OF ALL LIES, the DEVIL (MY Carnal egotistical mind – and more, which you will learn later) would condemn everything from what I had done right, to what I had done wrong in the past. I couldn’t shake my past pain. I carried around this pain day and night. The man who was given such great revelation, the man who writes the inspiring words, this man was DEAD IN HIS TRESPASSES, living in the PAST and not the present, as he so easily wrote about how we all should.

THIS WAS NOT LIFE, it IS NOT LIFE, it IS DEATH.

Where was the promise of peace, joy, and righteousness? Since childhood I sought the TRUTH, but all I found was revelation that helped others, and pain that hurt me over and over, again. (Because I would remind myself of this hurt daily.)

But “Church” = “Called out of Babylon Ones” that has all changed. And I believe many of you, if you haven’t already experienced being BORN AGAIN (Because this is what I am talking about) will soon be BORN AGAIN INDEED, if the many words of this essay is taken to heart and understood.

Many have taught if you say a couple of words, accept Jesus in your life, heart, whatever, thenpoof your BORN AGAIN. But my friends this is a shadow, it is a clever trap and lie. To keep you relying on what you have DONE instead of what you DO.

This is why so many people in RELIGION ask the question. “Are you SAVED?” – PAST TENSE… Existing in something they had done, as opposed to what they do. This is a great lie.

For those Mothers out there, you know you don’t get pregnant and whamo you have a child. It is a process, it takes time, and there is great patience, excitement, pain, sadness, and other emotions that come before that child is born. And before that child is finally BORN, there is SUFFERING like that MOTHER HAS NEVER KNOWN.

For me this has all come to it’s head recently. I have lost my immediate family over their issues and my past issues (which I no longer cling to) and remain here ready for them to return. I had others calling me an abuser, a brain washer, David Koresh and spreading terrible lies about my wife and I around town. Then of course, there was the financial worry, and a mountain of other daily things we all go through.

But my prayer to God was I can deal with everything, because my relationship with my wife was always so good and I had a great job.

Ah, there’s the heel that needed to be snapped 🙂 So, I begged God, please, PLEASE don’t let there be issues with business. I don’t know if I could handle that with everything else going on right now.

Well a couple of weeks ago, I went from being called my companies greatest asset to someone who was being portrayed as high maintenance, a problem, and this new supervisor even leveled threats that I might lose my job, if didn’t respect their authority and get in line. The problem was, I had done nothing wrong, it was one person who possibly felt threatened by me, accused me of lying and when I set the record straight it only threatened my job security more (In my mind at least).

Needless to say, this was the last straw for me emotionally… I am purposely leaving out what has happened in my life to protect the guilty LOL, but it has been a hard one since childhood to a couple of days ago, but praise God now I know, NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT HAS JUST BEEN REVEALED IN and TO ME!

So I immediately went into a deep depression about my job. My family depends on it, “what would I do?” I love my job, I love reaching people through the written word. I had done so many great things, won awards, but all of it could be forgotten if one was to lie, manipulate my good name. Now I don’t want to say that is what was done, I believe there was miscommunication and I believe I was meant to learn some great things through the process. My whole problem has always been about caring what others think. I have a spot less reputation and that was being threatened for no good reason. (That I was aware of) But it was meant for my good.

Those people that hurt us, aren’t bad people, they really don’t know what they are doing. And sometimes we just should sit back and not feel the need to stand up for ourselves, do the work, take whatever comes your way and be done, but I stood up and it caused me great pain and worry. Which of course was all self imposed. Its amazing how we let fear rule us, instead of hope.

BUT “CHURCH” = (Those called out of their circumstances), it was NOT this person’s fault. This was God’s handy work, as are all things in our lives.


Amos 3:6
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

A TRUMPET is an instrument that turns a man’s BREATH TO VIBRATION, Much like how we speak. But a TRUMPET is a SIGN that something is to come. Trumpet are HERALDS of sorts. Used to announce the arrival of KINGS, QUEENS, ROYALTY, etc… TRUMPETS ANNOUNCE A COMING (remember that next time you read scripture and wonder why you see Trumpets everywhere) – This TRUMPET in the above scripture announces the TROUBLE that will come upon us. And it was LOUD in my ears.

2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

But we must remember these things are being done FOR US not TO US.

Now that doesn’t mean we need to continue to stick around to be abused, but these situations in our lives are PRESSURES that are CLOSING IN on us to FORM SOMETHING PRECIOUS WITHIN US. oUR PRESENT TROUBLE is meant to SET US FREE.

The problem is there is a LARGE STONE that needs to be rolled away from our lives so we can be. You see, the main thing that keeps us from FREEDOM is that we care so much for the outside world, and what people think about us, that we continue to abuse ourselves with the PAST.

Many want OTHERS TO LOVE THEM, as opposed to realizing this LINE OF THINKING is the very thing keeping THEM in HELL. (the prison of our negative emotions) – for that is what HELL IS. I don’t care what every Priest, Pastor, or Religious leader says… HELL is IN OUR MIND, and MOST OF US ARE IN IT. I was in it. And there is only ONE WAY OUT and that is to be BORN AGAIN. (To RENEW OUR THINKING)

John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

You can NEVER know RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY and POWER (the Kingdom of God) without RENEWING YOUR MIND, without BEING BORN AGAIN.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

I don’t care what line of pig slop you have been fed. The Kingdom of God is not some place far beyond the milky way. The Kingdom (Reign) of God (Spirit and Truth) is the PEACE, JOY, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WE CRAVE. And it is ONLY found WITHIN US.

So, there is only ONE way out of the HELL we are in right now, and that is to THINK differently… You need to understand that scripture is primarily written allegorically. Now, that doesn’t mean things didn’t literally happen. As you’ll see in this paper, things literally happened in my life, that were ALLEGORIES for me to LEARN FROM. And in scripture, Thoughts are compared to SEEDS. A corruptible seed is a thought based on a LIE or is a LIE, and incorruptible seed is a THOUGHT that is TRUTH.

When you know the TRUTH and WALK IN IT you will be free indeed. “The Truth will set you free, and you shall know the Truth.” that’s the good news, we all will eventually…

1 Peter 1:23
Be born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

So, back to my story. Like every pregnancy there will come a day when your LABOR will be over and your child delivered. That day for me has come… I was so down, praying, “Lord what am I to learn from all of this?” “When am I going to GET IT?” “When will I stop caring what others think?” “When will I know as I am known?” “When will I be free?”

First illness, abuse, family, extended family, then friends, NOW WORK?

Everyone seemed to be turning against me. I felt so lost. I kept coming across passages about Daniel being delivered from the Lion’s den, I kept reading things about the temple finally being cleansed, but I wasn’t relating any of this to my life. My life felt like such a mess. I kept having terrible dreams about my wife, which I know to be symbolic of my soul.

Then one morning, I woke up and decided I was going to forgive. Just like that. I felt unburdened all of a sudden. I did what I so easily wrote about in “Let God and Let God” but couldn’t before do it.

What I didn’t realize was that all of my suffering was leading me to this point, even though I would say this, teach this, and intellectually understand this, I was EXPERIENCING THIS. You see, all of my heartache was creating something precious in me. And finally God was going to release me from the chains of my PAST and BIRTH the NEW ME.

Matthew 13:45
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

A PEARL is produced by the constant suffering, healing, suffering, healing, suffering of the OYSTER. And then to find the PEARL produced, there must be the ultimate death of that OYSTER (vessel carrying the PEARL)

Ever hear the term, PEARL OF WISDOM? Well that is the allegory here.
We are the OYSTER, the PEARL is the UNDERSTANDING/WISDOM within us, and that UNDERSTANDING grows, and grows, and grows, and becomes more PRECIOUS AND VALUABLE the more that Oyster (vessel = us) suffers.

Well it is all well and good to understand this, but another thing completely to DIE TO YOUR CARNAL MINDSET. The carnal Mindset (antichrist nature at work in man) is what causes us the pain and suffering. It accuses and condemns us constantly, we suffer and suffer and suffer… But once we DIE (To this CARNAL MAN/ADAM) and allow that PEARL to so shine before men, it no longer matters what we suffered, as it doesn’t matter to the one who finds the pearl, what the oyster had to go through so that man could become rich.

You see all that will matter is what has been RELEASED AND REVEALED from WITHIN us. And we will thank God for making it so.

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:

So the REVELATION finally hit me yesterday. And it came in the form of a simple thing we all do from time to time, I LOCKED MY KEYS IN MY CAR and was stuck.

I had no way of getting in to my jeep. I only had one key, no way of getting in touch of a locksmith etc… Well God showed me three amazing things from this experience. I was about to find that PEARL finally, I was about to see that I was SET FREE from everything that has tormented me before. Hell was cast into the lake of fire and destroyed, now all God had to do was show me.

Let me start by saying that OUR CIRCUMSTANCES all point to what is going on spiritually inside of us. Whether you want to believe it or not, whatever you are going through is happening FOR YOU not TO YOU, as my friend Dave Fields (Davefields.org) used to tell me.

Our circumstances are ALLEGORIES if you will, from where we work, to how messy or clean our home and yard is, to how our children act, etc… These are all PARABLES for us to learn from.

For example, a friend of mine, Scott, whom I love dearly, is having surgery to make his eye sight better, but he also recognized that God was bringing him into a deeper understanding of God’s truth. So, basically what was being bound and loosed in his life, was already bound and loosed in HIS SPIRIT.

I look at everything as a parable AND so should you, here’s why.

Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

So I prayed, Lord what am I to learn about this car thing? Well it wouldn’t be until the next day that I understood everything. However, God was showing me all I had been delivered from, all I had overcome in Christ, and that the future was mine to inherit… ALL FROM BEING LOCKED OUT OF MY OLD JEEP.

First of all, I didn’t know the KEYS were in my car. I thought I had either left them in the stores I went to, or that I threw them out in the huge garbage CONTAINER on the sidewalk of this huge outside mall I stopped by to get a sandwich, from one of the shops. Let’s just say ALOT OF PEOPLE walk that sidewalk.

GOD’S FIRST LESSON:
So there I was in my sweats, rummaging through the outside garbage of this outside mall area. People passing and looking at me. They didn’t know I was looking for my keys. Who knows what was going through their minds? So I finally got to the bottom of this huge garbage can, and as I swished my fingers back and forth through the filthy water at the bottom of it, realizing my keys HAD TO BE IN MY CAR, something dawned on me… I didn’t care that for about fifteen minutes all of these people had passed me digging through the trash… I DIDN’T CARE WHAT THEY THOUGHT. So as I replaced the garbage back into its container, I smiled to myself and was amazed.

Usually I would be mortified as I did this task. I would have worried about what everyone thought of me, but NOPE! I did not care at all.

I knew what kind of person I was, I knew what my task was, and no one’s idea or perception of me was going to change that. So I walked away feeling a bit surprised by this new understanding.

And as I walked into a restaurant to wash my nasty, stinky hands, I thought back on all those that had wronged me. And I was surprised to find out, there was not one part of me that had ill toward them anymore. WHERE HAD IT ALL GONE? This one time co-dependent depressed meat-head was now walking with such security and strength. I thought of each individual and I saw why their attacks came. .. The lesson was, people’s opinion do not matter.

I always stated that in my many essays, “when people come against you it is their problem not yours”, but now I had EXPERIENTIAL WISDOM of this. NOW, I was walking in it! UNBELIEVEABLE, I thought.

But my ordeal over my keys locked in my car wasn’t over.

GOD’S SECOND LESSON:
I knew the only way into my eleven year old Jeep Wrangler (another allegory of my nature, a wrangler of souls) was through the back plexi-glass window. I would have to smash my way in like the Hulk!

So as I was tearing this thick plastic window apart, I realized yet another thing. I was laughing to myself about how this must appear to others. I never once got upset that now I would have a broken rear window, I knew that I had no control, IT WAS WHAT IT WAS, and I was actually enjoying the moment. AMAZING, I thought once again.

So I BROKE THROUGH THE BACK climbed into the jeep got my keys. Went into a store, borrowed some packing tape and put it back together. Then drove off…

The lesson was everything that happens, happens for a reason and when you truly understand this you are free from the pain of that event and you can actually sort of enjoy it.

But the greatest of all lessons did not come until yesterday. I was walking toward my jeep, looking at my schlocky tape job and I finally had the REVELATION I had been waiting to have my entire life, yet didn’t know it.

I understood why GOD had me lock my keys in my car.

GOD’S THIRD AND GREATEST LESSON:
Our Cars are an allegorical representation of our LIVES, our JOURNEY, how we get from one place to another. God was showing me the KEY to moving from where I was to where God wanted me to be was TRAPPED INSIDE. And I was TRAPPED OUTSIDE. I had been living from the OUTSIDE and LOOKING IN for the KEY, as opposed to LIVING WITHIN and LOOKING OUT… the KEY represents the TRUTH that would help me in my life. That TRUTH is CHRIST. The Key would help me on the way of LIFE.

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.

You see what was happening in my conscious world/earth was bound and loosed from HEAVEN (the SPIRIT within) – Whatever happens to us, is a representation of what is spiritually happening to us.

So, I saw that the KEY = CHRIST(TRUTH) I needed to deliver me from being TRAPPED IN THIS COLD OUTSIDE HARSH WORLD, where people walk by and pass judgment on me, was the INSIDE ME… And there was only one way to get that KEY in the NATURAL WORLD and that was to BREAKTHROUGH THE BACK!

So I entered my jeep, and looked in my rearview window and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I HAD TO BREAK THROUGH what was BEHIND ME, I had to GET OVER AND BREAK THROUGH my PAST to FIND THE KEY that would help me MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE.

As I drove I continueD to look at the rearview mirror. What was once in my present, in my view, like A BURGER KING as I passed was now behind me… I thought, “While I drive I don’t keep dwelling on that Burger King I passed, because it is now in my PAST.”

So too, if I were to continue living in what I LIVED already, I wouldn’t be living at all would I?

The lesson learned is you have to BREAKTHROUGH your PAST EXPERIENCES and move beyond them, and dwell on them no more. And God showed me, God had, through much tribulation DELIVERED ME FROM IT ALL!

Acts 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

No wonder I was light, unburdened, no wonder I could no longer hold unto the pain others have caused me, it no longer existed, the moment was gone, it was DEATH, and to exist in my PAST was to live in the SHADOW OF THAT DEATH!

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.

Now, look I know this has been a long essay and we are now half way there. But I want you to continue on, because there is a HUGE REVELATION at the end of this chapter that will blow your mind.

So the KEY is within, to get to that KEY we need to breakthrough what was once behind us, stop existing without and start driving from within. No longer looking at those things BEHIND YOU, but REACHING FORWARD to those things BEFORE YOU!

Now for the REMNANT that are hurting, hear this next part of this essay VERY CLEARLY.

There are many like me, scattered across the four winds (a fancy way of saying across the world) that have been hurt by the religious system, or at least by members of that system.

It is hard when you don’t you believe what those around you believe, harder still if you haven’t come to terms with the fact that everyone is where God wants them to be, and that “God makes everything BEAUTIFUL in ITS TIME”.

You may find yourself mocked, misunderstood by family or friends. You may share your faith with those so-called brothers and sisters in your congregation and soon find yourself called into your Pastor’s office and reprimanded. You may write articles like I have written and find those that once loved you, and embraced you, tell you how much worry they for your soul (Which is nice really, if you think about it, so long as you don’t that they believe you are lost, when you know you have been found)… They may quote Galatians “You foolish Galatians… who has bewitched you… and turned you away from the Gospel of truth.”

But here is another verse from Galatians I like to quote:

Galatians 4:16
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

The truth is, if you have TRUTH, or are on your way to recieving the TRUTH, then PAIN WILL FOLLOW until understand what I now understand. And, it will hurt you terribly if you can’t move beyond what other people think of you, and can’t let go of what has happened. If you blame yourself, or if you try to fix things out of your carnal soulish nature, you will fail… IF YOU TRY TO SAVE YOUR LIFE as opposed to LOSING IT, you will hurt terribly, as I have hurt.

If you are anything like me, if you have any of the understanding I believe God has blessed me with, (which solely has come out of that which I suffered), then you may be hated, alienated or attacked. Whether at work for no seeming reason at all, at stores you may be mistreated by sales associates (LISTEN UP PC RICHARDS in STONYBROOK NY). You may be mistreated by neighbors, your children, your spouse, a waiter, a passer by, or even while driving your car you may be honked at by those who seem to hate you and you have done nothing wrong.

At times it may seem like the whole world is against you.

But I tell you, these are all FOR YOUR BENEFIT! To get you to understand what I explained above. It hurts, it pains you, you pray for those that are treating you so poorly, but if you ignorantly hang onto that pain CAUSED in the PAST like a WEIGHT AROUND YOUR NECK, you’ll NEVER be free from it!

There is a reason in the Lord’s prayer, we pray “FORGIVE US OUR SINS AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST US” – We are asking God to forgive us, the way we forgive. And you see, FORGIVING means letting go, letting the past be the past, no longer bringing it up again, or dwelling on it. This is why we are warned…

Matthew 6:15
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

You see, many MISUNDERSTOOD this… This simple scripture says “If you do not forgive others…”, you will be haunted by that very fact, THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN’T FORGIVE.

You will continue to suffer and God will not forgive you of that suffering UNTIL YOU DO.” – This scripture doesn’t mean, if you don’t forgive Bob or Helen for calling you a big jerk, that God won’t forgive you when you cheated at pinnacle last night… It means you won’t be forgiven of the ANGER YOU ARE CONDEMING YOURSELF WITH. You won’t be free from the animosity you hold against your brother or sister. YOU WON’T BE FREE YOU WILL BE A SLAVE TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED, INSTEAD OF BE FREE TO LIVE WHAT IS HAPPENING!

This brings us back to the simple and yet profound teaching, that we must LEAVE THE PAST and LIVE FOR THE PRESENT. Stop looking at what is behind, and start looking at the vision of what God has before you. For we all have a PROFOUND DESTINY AWAITING!

But even some of the most enlightened teachers out there are still burdened by this THORN (the cares of the world, what others think,)

Why, you ask? Because our CARNAL WORLDY NATURE wants acceptance and approval from those around us, we want everyone to like us, treat us with respect.

Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

So, you may ask why so many seem to come against you? Well, it is because YOU are trying to win the world as opposed to realizing you have already inherited the Kingdom and need not WIN ANYTHING.

Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

In other words, it doesn’t matter if the whole world loves you, the KEY is INSIDE, and your trapped outside in your own personal hell until you let the world of the past go, and the cares of others go, and stop trying to win people over.

The battle is already won, the Kingdom is here, and it is all yours IN CHRIST (the understanding of the TRUTH of WHO YOU ARE) – But to be FREE you need to GO INSIDE, get that KEY AND DRIVE, by BREAKING THROUGH AND FORGETTING what is behind you.

This is why we are told to REJOICE when trouble comes.

1 Peter 4:13
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Our present suffering are TRULY NOTHING compared to what will be revealed in us later. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE JUST LEARNED!

What power, purpose, and peace is found in understanding that GOD IS IN CONTROL? Think about it. Why is it when you do good you say IT’S GOD, and when you mess up, you say MY FOUL! And why do you seldom rejoice in the good things done in your life, but you replay, regret, and continue to live in the pain of what “you believe” you have done wrong.

Did it ever occur to you, that YOUR GREAT FALL could have just been what God had needed to deliver the world? Jesus took on SIN to save, and so we SIN and through our salvation and redemption from it, others are saved.

Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the LORD SHALL BE REVEALED, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

You want to know why there are so many MEAT-HEADS attacking you, threatening your job security, your family, your sanity? … IT IS TO FREE YOU! It is to rid you of the nonsense belief that we need Mankind’s approval, or that our past mistakes still matter today… I DO NOT NEED MAN’S APPROVAL, do YOU? My past no longer exists, does yours?

Let me show you who I AM!

Acts 2:22
… a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

I really don’t care if you believe that or not. I once did. But your opinion of me, your perception of me, does not take away from who I AM in CHRIST (truth/spirit of God)!

We, who know the Truth, whose lives are NO LONGER HID IN CHRIST. We who have been called out of Babylon (Religious system which stinks to the heights of heaven) and the WORLD (Lusts of the flesh, eyes, and Pride) in to the highest of all callings, the CALLING OF FREEDOM IN CHRIST, this is WHO WE ARE, and this below is what we must do.

Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

I AM SET AT LIBERTY! FINALLY, FREE, FREE, AT LAST! And it is high time, you follow suit and BREAKTHROUGH!

Don’t you know that we are justified by our FAITH, and that IS THE understanding that our trouble works patience and experience, and finally gives us HOPE!

Romans 5
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

You, who at the moment, were once like me. Scared, hurting, screaming to God, “WHY ARE SO MANY AGAINST ME?” “WHY DO I KEEP MESSING UP?”… You, who at the moment, were once like me, alone, sad, put down and alienated… You, who at the moment, were once like me, believing you had the truth and desperately wanted to share it with the world but were attacked for doing so for seeming no reason at all… LISTEN TO THESE WORDS!

Hebrews
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

What does this tell you?

The carnal man sees THIS as unfair. That God is harsh to us because we want to know HIM. The carnal will see that God is up there punishing us for every wrong turn, for every misstep… and although there is some truth in that, THIS IS NOT A SCARY PASSAGE!

IT IS ONE THAT SHOULD GIVE ALL OF YOU READING AMAZING HOPE.

Since God Loves you and Receives you, He SAVES you, by correcting you. And, here is the best part… IF YOU ARE NOT BEING CHASTENED, if you are WITHOUT CHASTISMENT, then you are NOT GOD’S CHILD! You are still a child of the world, of the DEVIL… I’m about to reveal something about this spooky DEVIL I don’t believe anyone has ever shared before. But it blew my mind when I saw this, as I am sure it will with you.

But I digress, we need to stop looking at those who seem to be blessed, who seem to have everything going right for them, and we must SEE that WE ARE THE ONES, WE are the LIGHTS OF THE WORLD!

We are being prepared, being put on the right path, being SET FREE… AS I NOW AM… FREE!

This is why we are told to rejoice. And most importantly to…

Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God:

Once we stop worrying about what others think and say about us, once we stop living in our past pain and hurt and betrayal, once we stop wishing things could go smoothly, as it seems to go for others… Once we SEE our present suffering are a TREASURE and we understand that we should….

Philippians 1:6
Be confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. = UNTIL CHRIST IS FORMED IN YOU, not waiting for some God of Love to send his son to murder people that are ignorant of him. The only one that is destroyed is our EGO. OUR CARNAL NATURE IS KILLED!

Christ is the TRUTH, the ANTICHRIST is the LIE at work in the hearts of most today. Tricking people into believing they are in control, when God is. And when the TRUTH COMES it’s BRIGHTNESS OF ITS COMING destroys the DARK IGNORANCE of your CARNAL EGO that you have been living out of.

You are a prisoner TO YOUR PAST, AND WORLDY CARES, and man made church is not going to save you. GOD IS.

When we really believe this… We have no reason to Fear, worry, or be depressed. We will then know ALL THINGS ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD.

You know, for many years I used to joke about that expression, “REJOICE when you are persecuted, for CHRIST.”

Matthew 5:10
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But LOOK… this is why we are persecuted. It is for RIGHTEOUSNESS sake!… So we can be HOLY, BLAMELESS, AND WITHOUT SPOT. This is what the RELIGIOUS LIONS of the world do not understand. Today, they believe a simple confession of faith makes you such… But most don’t really want to know the TRUTH at all. They want to know man’s truth WHICH IS A LIE. God’s ways are above MAN’S, HIS WAYS ARE PAST FINDING OUT by CARNAL MAN.

So, this is why some don’t seem to have the troubles some of us have. (Like being attacked for our beliefs)

The reason is these have NOT yet been drawn by God. And the truth is those that are persecuting you, attacking you, coming against you, are the very SPIRITUAL RESISTANCE YOU NEED to become GOD STRONG….

For in our (soulish) WEAKNESS, God’s STRENGTH is PERFECTED.

And without all of these trials and tribulations that beset us, we would not feel so weak. HOWEVER, here is what most are missing and it is the most important of all lessons to learn… They have not yet had their EYES OPENED that TROUBLE is something we SHOULD rejoice over! And when we do it becomes a BLESSING and no longer a CURSE.

Like me laughing instead of cursing and getting angry that the keys were trapped inside the jeep. I KNEW THERE WAS A GOOD REASON. And look at all the GOOD that came out of it, the understanding, the wisdom, all from a simple act that God forced upon me.

Here is a hard truth for many to swallow. Everything that is happening in your life at the moment… HAS TO HAPPEN. You have heard the expression growing pains, well this is all for our GROWTH.

The man who touches the hot stove eventually learns he will get burned.

If we were to step back and see our circumstances as a hot stove, instead of continuing to try and put the flame out by ourselves, we would just to be STILL, we would no longer get burned and eventually the fire would run out of its gas.

Every trial comes to an end when the individual ceases to add fuel to it. This is how we can apply this to our waking life below.

At times we ignorantly feel that when we are wronged, lied about, persecuted against, that WE need to take action! I have been guilty of this as well, many, many times. And it only made my trial harder and more painful. I, like many of you, believed I needed to stand up for myself (Notice that last word, SELF/EGO) – we believe we need to fight for OUR SELF (ego). We ignorantly believe we need to clear our good name… But CHURCH (Those called out of stupidity) your name is no longer your own, you are given a new name and that is JESUS CHRIST. This name is above all other names (natures)… And it is only your PRIDE that keeps you trapped outside the Kingdom in your perpetual hell you suffer, thinking there is something you need to do. GROW UP!

John 8:54
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

1 Corinthians 4:4
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

It is our WANT/LUST to be right, that continues our fight! (Because deep down we are all so insecure, and we all feel like phonies and God forbid anyone finds that out.)

But CHURCH (Those Called out of INSECURITY)… this is all EGO/pride, it is the very spirit of ANTICHRIST in you keeping you bound, as it once kept me bound.

We worry too much what others think, we worry about our jobs, our family, our friends, we worry and worry and worry (Thorns = Cares of the World)… And WORRY is FEAR, and if God does not give us the SPIRIT OF FEAR. So, guess who is creating the suffering in your life? (Your Carnal/ignorant SELF)

Luke 17:33
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

If you keep FIGHTING to hang onto the PITIFUL life you have now, because lets be real, if you are suffering and you are scared, as I have been, then a PITIFUL PERSON YOU ARE.

The one without understanding who has the seed of the gospel taken root and growing in their heart WILL be under attack, yet this is but the beginning, and the END is to be BORN AGAIN.

John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

How many of you right now, feel sorry for yourself… There is that word (SELF) again. Well, that in a nutshell is why you feel SORRY, because the LIFE that is under attack is NOT LIFE AT ALL, BUT it is YOUR DEATH!

YOU ARE DEAD (IGNORANT) IN ADAM, regardless of how many times a man has dunked you in water, regardless of how many altar calls you have made, regardless of how many times you have said LORD LORD…

Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

YOU NEED TO DENY YOUR SELF (EGO/ANTICHRIST) put that sucker to death. PICK UP YOUR CROSS, AND CROSS OVER from IGNORANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT, from DEATH TO LIFE!

And, God has sent these enemies to YOU to BREAK YOU, so you too can BREAKTHROUGH and grab those KEYS TO THE KINGDOM and be set at Liberty AND DRIVE AHEAD.

Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Either way, the good news is, WE ALL WILL BE BROKEN so we ALL CAN ENTER INTO THIS REST. The quickest and best way for us to wake up out of a NIGHTMARE is for the Nightmare to become so HORRIBLE it SCARES US AWAKE! — People, this is the WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN!

We have been asleep, and God is using every single one of our experiences to WAKE US UP! And it only gets worse, until you do. So when you are CALLED, as I have been CALLED, when God’s alarm clock goes off, storms WILL FOLLOW… But after the storm there is a calm, and you will HEAR GOD SPEAK.

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.

After our time of TESTING, we enter into a GLORIOUS REST! And what is REST? What is that SABBATH REST that everyone talks about? … It is when you CEASE TO RELY ON YOUR EGO’S WIT. You no longer put on the Flesh of your older carnal nature “Esau” to trick your Father into giving you the BLESSING and INHERITANCE that God has already PREORDAINDED TO BE YOURS!

That is the hilarity of it all, the KINGDOM IS OURS, and there is nothing we need to do but accept this TRUTH (CHRIST) and believe it!

But the enemy our adversary (the devil) – who I will tell you plainly is WHO YOU THOUGHT (Past tense) YOU WERE, IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOURSELF AS GODS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON!

1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Everyone hears the word DEVIL and gets all FREAKED out… But here is an AMAZING REVELATION if you have EYES AND EARS TO HEAR AND SEE IT…

I’m sure many of you have noticed how strange it is the (EVIL is LIVE) spelled backwards and vice versa.

But let me show you who the TRUE ENEMY is… using the same system.

DEVIL spelled backwards is LIVED.

You see the whole world of LUST operates out of their PAST. They hold onto to their pain, bitterness, the life they have LIVED becomes the VERY EGO/ DEVIL that holds them back from moving forward into the KINGDOM.

The first man is formed from the experiences/lies/traditions/etc that he LEARNED as he LIVED his life… AND man began to SEE himself as an EGO, A creation living not in the moment, but existing out of the PAST.

Yet, the PAST does not exist, those moments are DEAD… This is why the ignorant man is DEAD IN HIS SINS (ignorance).

The DUST of the earth is not a good thing… It is DEAD FLESH (carnal thinking) and this is what the DEVIL EATS!!!!!! As we go about our lives we hold onto our past, we relive our past, we EAT IT ALL UP!

We ARE ADDICTED to the things we SUFFERED, even though we would never admit to it… But telling the world how hard your LIFE HAS BEEN (past) and how terrible THINGS WERE (past), is an addiction to us. EVERYONE LOVES TO GOSSIP ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.

Few want to let go of the past, this is why so many are still angry at relatives… hint, hint, any relative of mine reading this right now… I love you, now love your life, don’t complain about what you LIVED.

MOST scream out loud about how unfair LIFE HAS BEEN… Meanwhile, that is the life that had already been (LIVED – DEVIL) so your life that has been LIVED is the very DEVIL that is continuing to accuse you and condemn you.

Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

When we PUT THE PAST BEHIND US… When we no longer listen, dwell, and live out of the DEATH of our PAST EXPERIENCES… WHEN we no longer allow the life we LIVED-DEVIL to ACCUSE US and we cast this spirit (PAST THOUGHTS) out, then is come salvation!

This whole revelation hit me BECAUSE, as I STATED I have been under attack from so many, family, friends, a new boss, etc etc… lies and accusation leveled against me… I HEARD (PAST TENSE) about these things and couldn’t let go… I was walking in the SHADOW OF DEATH as opposed to the NEWNESS OF LIFE… I was listening to what had already been (LIVED-DEVIL) instead of focusing on LIFE which is CHRIST AND TRUTH.

What I (LIVED – DEVIL) was my Father and I was it’s child. A child of PAST IGNORANCE. Instead of being the CHILD OF GOD I AM NOW!

These were great judgments against me, great chastening to bring me out of the life that I LIVED so I could begin to LIVE IN THE MOMENT!

We need to learn to keep the PAST, BEHIND US! As we do with those things we pass along the road as we drive.

We can continue to look into the rear view mirror and see what we had already LIVED, we can keep our eyes focused on that rear view mirror on what is behind us and forget about what is before us, and what happens? … WE CRASH AND DIE!

That is your real enemy, the life and suffering you have (LIVED- DEVIL). And it is time to put it, and keep it, BEHIND US!

Luke 4:8
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee BEHIND ME, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Put the pain and suffering and hurt of others from the PAST BEHIND YOU… Really look at this passage… SATAN only cares about the things of MANKIND, and CARNAL MANKIND only cares about worshipping, and suffering, in the LIFE they have already LIVED. That is why they continue on in dead works and dead traditions of men.

Every company, gives you a review of your PAST ACHIEVEMENTS. The whole world system is set up to keep you in the HELL of your PAST as opposed to walking free from your past sins, and LIVING IN PEACE AND JOY of the NOW!

You want freedom? you want to no longer suffer? You want to enter the KINGDOM OF GOD? (which is RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY)…

Then YOU need to finally accept that what is happening in your life is there to teach you to LET GO, and no longer allow the DEVIL (the Life you LIVED) to rule over you.

Want to have a marriage that works? Stop living in the past.

Want to enjoy your job? Stop thinking on the things in the past that suck about your job.

Want to be a better parent? Stop looking at what your children have done, and look at what they are doing.

Want to love your life? Then LOSE the LIFE YOU LIVED! And you will save it.

WANT TO BE FREE? … ALLOW the trouble in your life to get you to the place, where you can break through what has already been, and move into what is going to be.

Hebrews 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

READ THAT SCRIPTURE and focus on the line… NOT LAYING AGAIN THE FOUNDATION OF REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS! – let me open your eyes to what this means CHURCH….

You MADE A MISTAKE IN THE LIFE YOU LIVED, you said SORRY, but you DON’T LET IT GO… You allow the DEVIL (the LIFE YOU LIVED) to continue to accuse you, to torment you, and this is why you have no freedom.

You are all slaves to YOUR PAST. You are all DEAD because those moments no longer exist, there is no life in what is GONE, there is ONLY LIFE IS WHAT IS!

Jesus when asked, did not say “I WAS” he didn’t live in the past… Jesus said “I AM”

This is YOUR WAY OUT, this is Your Key, this is FREEDOM INDEED!

SO BREAKTHROUGH, GRABS THOSE KEYS, AND DRIVE BABY, DRIVE!

Peace to you and yours,
Jacob
http://www.JacobIsrael.org

THE OTHER SIDE

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                   THE OTHER SIDE


This weekend I wanted to do something different. Instead of doing a paper on a particular subject, I decided to take one chapter out of the book of Matthew and see what interpretation comes to me with it.


I didn’t know what to write this morning, but felt like I needed to. As a writer you get that itch and its needs a scratching, so I began to think about what would I share… One of the things that came to mind was where Jesus said he had “no where to lay his head”. That was about 5am, I went about my usual routine and then sat to write, forgetting the thought I had.

Then when going through some of my older papers I noticed I had a page title MATTHEW CHAPTER 8, I opened it and there was nothing but the chapter, no insight, no notes, no nothing… But then, I SAW IT! The very thing I had originally thought about this morning, “foxes have holes, but Jesus had nowhere to lay his head.” Now if you have learned anything about me, you know, I do not believe in coincidence. There was a reason I thought of this scripture this morning, and there was a reason why I found it one hour later.

So let’s see what comes out of Matthew 8 this morning. Enjoy! Matthew 8

1When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Christ, we know by now is the TRUTH OF GOD. Well when the TRUTH comes down from the mountain. It is symbolic of a “HIGHER SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING”  coming down to us. This HIGHER TRUTH which is Christ is now in our midst, our grasp, our understanding.  And when this TRUTH is revealed to us, we see how “sick’ we were before it.

2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

A leper is a great symbol, it is the disease of the FLESH, and it is incredibly contagious. As a lie spreads quickly, so does Leprousy. The individual covers in leprous sores and scales as the Flesh rots away until death.

 Scripture teaches us in Ecclesiastes that “scales” are a symbol of our “Carnal Pride”. When the TRUTH is revealed to us, we see how SICK we are. Let’s face it before CHRIST, we are all sick in the FLESH (our carnality) and when the TRUTH of GOD is revealed to us, we want to become clean (MADE WHOLE)

3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

The Hand is a SYMBOL of one’s authority and position. Christ sits on the RIGHT HAND of the FATHER. Moses led Israel out with his HAND. This is why we see the allegory of the Christ healing the man with the WITHERED hand on the Sabbath. I even used this wonderful allegory in my novel, where the lead character’s teacher “Mr. Brooks” has a withered hand. Being symbolic of how the first spiritual teachers we have in life are stunted, and do not have the AUTHORITY of GOD. But Christ is the embodiment of GOD’S TRUTH, and it is only the TRUTH that can heal the DISEASE of the FLESH (carnal mind) –And the instant we embrace this GOSPEL, the instant the TRUTH OF GOD is revealed to us, we want to be made WHOLE. And the process begins. You see, the TRUTH casts out the LIE, so once we UNDERSTAND the MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD (that is CHRIST within you/is you/as you). You are no longer under the curse of the Law and Flesh. But to be healed of your PRIDE AND CARNALITY you MUST understand that GOD IS IN CONTROL. You must submit to God’s authority. As Isaiah puts it in Chapt 46, “I am God and there is none else, I am God, and there is NONE like me. Declaring the end from the beginning.” … We must understand this to be made whole, for the life we live before the TRUTH is REVEALED to us, is an illusion, a lie. Indeed the first nature of MAN is dead/ignorant, all ego and no truth.

But when Christ comes down from that mountain, when the Truth is revealed to us from the heights of HEAVEN WITHIN, then we say… “it is no longer I that live, But Christ” as Paul said, and our DISEASE of the FLESH (IGNORANCE) is healed by recognizing its authority in our lives. “I can do nothing of myself” in other words. 

4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Many question why after Jesus healed someone, he always said, “tell no one”. Here is the reason. The HEALING is WITHIN, and the understanding that these men and women came to, could NOT be understood until God drew others to the same Truth.

It is actually good advice. When I first came to some understanding, I went around telling everyone. Needless to say, few, if any at all were ready for such things. And I was attacked for this beautiful Gospel I had been given.

Instead, Jesus says, go and show the TRUTH to the PRIEST and to offer the gift that Moses commanded… Now this was a CLEANSING process, which always had to do with TWO ANIMALS, Birds, Lambs, etc… You can find the account in Leviticus 14. But I believe the point Jesus is making here, is there is no QUICK FIX. Even though we have been cleansed of the LIE (sin of our CARNAL MIND/FLESH) there is still a process we MUST go through. And part of that process, in Levititus we find, is cutting off all our hair (Our self effort and strength), clothes must be changed and cleaned (we need to wear new beliefs) etc… For those who think there is a POOF, your whole! Well, there isn’t.

Sure, there is A POOF when we are told the truth, we recognize it, understanding it, but it may take many, many years for us to WALK IT.

The big lie is looking at these “miracles” as something you can find at some Miracle healing crusade, it just doesn’t happen that way. This is why we have great reason to hope and not get discouraged. It is a process, even though the TRUTH has been revealed to us, we still have to go through the steps to bringing what is WITHIN, WITHOUT… and when that happens, WE BECOME THE LIVING EPISTLE read of all me. We become the TESTMONY.

5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Now what is interesting is the definition of some of the words in this passage. Capernaum, for example literally translates into “Village of Comfort”. When the Truth is revealed to US, our COMFORTER (Christ/Holy Spirit) does come indeed, and we enter into to a place where we are brought to remembrance all things. This CENTURION which means “Ruler over One Hundred” or a soldier in the Roman Army, has a SERVANT. The one who SERVED him, he recognized was of great importance to him. “the greatest of all is servant to all”. His SERVANT was sick with the PALSY. Palsy which translates into PARALYTIC, is an allegory for us to learn from.

This servant had no ability to MOVE, to WALK, He was WEAK. – The symbol here is that THE SERVANT is CHRIST IN US, and before the TRUTH was revealed we had no hope for this SERVANT OF ALL, would be able to WALK/WORK/SERVE again.

This does not have much to do with a literal servant and literal Roman guard, but it has everything to do with Faith. The Guard understood by looking to the natural world and order of things, he learned the same would be true of spiritual things. As God created the temporal world to teach us and lead us to His Great Truth and Nature and Unity of Spirit. 

The Centurion knew that as He was in charge of others and only needed to say “do this” and others would do it. That in the spiritual he only needed to Believe, and this Great Truth that was Revealed In Him, would strength the SERVANT WITHIN. It was not the Centurion good works, study of scripture, or even his devotion to a church that gave him this favor, it was his UNDERSTANDING and FAITH. A lesson we all can learn from. But few do today.

11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

This great message, this great understanding, OUR HOPE OF GLORY will be revealed to MANY! And some today, will embrace their TRUE NATURE in Christ. But we will see many others will not, in fact they will fight the good news tooth and nail.

12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The outer darkness is a wonderful allegory… NO, IT IS NOT SOME PLACE OF INFINITE TORTURE… It is exactly what it is called, OUTER (outside) DARKNESS (ignorance) – There will be many that will put their faith in the EXTERNAL WORLD and in their own works. They will not see that God is in control AND within… They will not submit to the Truth that is within, they won’t seek this TRUTH/SPIRIT OF GOD to heal them. Instead, they will rely on their self effort, their own strength, which is why they find WEEPING and GNASHING OF TEETH. Which is another way of saying, suffering, backbiting, gossip, lies, sadness, they will find more testing instead of rest.

13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

This is why the CENTURION, who was NATURALLY looked upon as the enemy of ISRAEL was a picture of the Grafted ISRAEL, understanding that his own EFFORT was worthless, and that the TRUTH REVEALED could do all things. Notice, Jesus didn’t say I HEALED HIM… Jesus said, “as you have believed, so be it done unto you” …

We must realize in CHRIST ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, and that WITHOUT FAITH nothing is possible at all. Without faith we cannot please God, and if we cannot please God, we will not be PLEASED. (anyone catch that? :))

14And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.

Here the allegory continues, Peter’s House is symbolic of the TEMPLE of the LORD. His BODY is Peter’s house and WITHIN this “HOUSE” … His Mother was SICK. The Mother GIVES BIRTH to a person, the MOTHER is a picture of Mankind’s Soul/sense of Being, and IT WAS SICK.

The Mother was not MINISTERING to others, she was laid UP, much like the Centurion’s servant (useless)… But when the TRUTH was revealed WITHIN Peter’s HOUSE (Understanding)….

15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

Notice where Jesus touched her “the Hand” – He restored HIS AUTHORITY within. The TRUTH healed the MOTHER (Man’s SOUL). No longer would she produce disease, the SOUL would now minister the TRUTH… You see, we cannot be fruitful if our SOUL (who we think we are) is ILL. We need our SOUL and God’s Spirit to TOUCH, to become ONE. Then we will be ready to share the GOOD NEWS to the world, to cast out devils (false beliefs) and heal the sick (ignorant)

16When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Think about that last line. CHRIST TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES… BORE OUR SICKNESS. This again, is a great mystery. For our LIFE is HID WITH CHRIST…In other words, CHRIST IS OUR LIFE. And because we have been separated from CHRIST in our THINKING, Christ DIED  because we began to believe we were something and someone that we were not.

For example, if I am the son of god and I begin to believe that I am merely a sinner, failed mortal who will die, the Truth of who I am DIES (I become ignorant of my TRUE NATURE) …

You see, when we began to believe that the EXTERNAL TEMPORAL world was truth, and that WE (our ego/antichrist) were god – The TRUTH (Christ IN us) was made subject to this VANITY, and had to BARE our sickness and infirmities (ignorance and suffering).

But when the TRUTH comes to us (revealed to us) we can be healed. All the lies we once believed are cast away, all the things that kept us from peace are disposed of. As Ishmael was cast away so Isaac could inherit the Kingdom, so we learn to rid ourselves of our First Natural Carnal Nature, so the CHRIST WITHIN can rule and reign. For that day we learn, it is not longer I (Jacob) that live, but CHRIST.

18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

When the CHRIST (truth) is revealed IN US, we see those around us. We understand that not all of them are ready to hear what we hear(UNDERSTAND). We are told NOT TO TELL OTHERS of the miracle that has taken place inside of us, and we listen.

Here we see Jesus telling the multitudes to LEAVE HIM and go to the OTHERSIDE… In scripture we see the “Other side” as being the opposite of Truth… Remember the Good Samaritan, those who lacked the truth and charity passed along the “Other Side”… And like Jesus we must not try and force anyone to come and stay on the SIDE OF CHRIST, for not all will embrace such things at our whim and will.

We need to let them go, the Lord will deal with them as God dealt with us. No one can come to the Son unless the Father draws them, anyway. Jesus knew this, this is why he said, “get away from me” … Like Jack Nicholson in a few good men, Jesus could have screamed “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH” and, few this day can. But the good news is all will.

19And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

So many will say they want to know God, they want to know Christ, they want the Truth and nothing but the Truth. But Jesus understood, as we MUST understand, NOT EVERYONE in the WORLD is ready to follow this great MESSAGE wherever it will lead us. Even those who the world would think, would follow God, like the  SCRIBE we see here… But Jesus knew better.

20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Jesus knew, and we must understand also, that there is plenty of room in a man or woman’s heart for lies, false beliefs, and misconceptions, but the SON OF MAN has nowhere to lay his head. – Now this can be seen two different ways. One way is there are many that will not take on the Mind of Christ…

HOWEVER, the words SON OF MAN, give us another angle to look at this verse from. You see the SON OF GOD finds rest, but the SON OF MAN, will NEVER FIND REST. The Child of NATURAL MAN will never find rest, it is only the CHILD OF GOD that enters into this rest…

So we learn two things from this very revealing verse.

21And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

The CHILDREN of NATURAL MAN are too hung up on natural things. They always mistake the NATURE (spirit) for the NATURAL, The Messenger for the Message (Spirit).

A man or woman is not the body in which they inhabit, they are the SPIRIT within. If a disciple cannot get past this, how could they ever follow the TRUTH? If they believe they must BURY THEIR DEAD FATHER, they are DEAD (Ignorant) themselves.

23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

This picture of the great storm and Jesus asleep, is the picture of US in the world. The Book of Revelation reveals that the SEA is mankind’s ways, nations, etc… The ways of the world. A SHIP is what is used to travel those seas. The SHIP is also compared to a good women in proverbs, and we see the woman is the one who gives birth, perhaps another allegory of our SOUL…

And when the TRUTH is ASLEEP inside of the ship (Our Soul) Meaning we are ignorant of it – STORMS come, WINDS (false doctrines), waves (Mankinds ways and thoughts pounding us) –

So the disciples STIRRED UP THEIR FAITH… and WOKE CHRIST UP. This is what we must do, WAKE UP the CHRIST WITHIN. This is the HOPE OF GLORY. When the TRUTH is alive and working in our lives, the storms of life become calm to us. We learn there is nothing to fear at all.

 28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

Here we see the OTHERSIDE again. This means the WORLD (lusts of flesh/eyes and pride of life) Jesus (The TRUTH) was revealing itself in GERGESENES – which literally means “a stranger drawing near” 

These demoniacs as they were known, are nothing more than STRANGERS to the faith. Notice there were TWO (duality), where there should be ONE in CHRIST. But they were COMING OUT OF THE TOMBS… This is actually a wonderful thing, as the TRUTH is REVEALED it draws the worldly men and women out of their old beliefs, they start to come out of the LIE.

29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Here shows the IGNORANCE of what the RELIGIOUS have taught us all. That JESUS comes to TORMENT instead of SAVE. We see this again and again in scripture, anyone who is “possessed” believes that the TRUE CHRIST will Torment them, instead of save them.

Think about what is taught today is a majority of Churches andReligions in the world… When the SAVIOR comes, those who do not follow will be TORTURED or HORRIBLY PUNISHED… This is a great lie. In fact it is because of this lie, that we are suffering. “according to your faith be it done unto you”… But these demoniacs did not know the TRUTH. That Christ has come to the world not to condemn it but to save it.

So what were they possessed with, that would make them think such things? LIES PEOPLE, FALSE BELIEFS, nothing more. Not spooky invisible monsters. So the POSSESSED come out of the TOMB (Carnal nature), and Jesus does NOT TORMENT them, instead, he casts the LIES out of them. So they come to their RIGHT MIND.

30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. 31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

These lies are only welcome in the SWINE now. The SWINE are a picture of those who will believe about any slop thrown in front of them. The SWINE believe these lies, and guess what, they end up destroying themselves. Because the LIE brings Death, where the TRUTH will life.

32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Those that believe the LIES and FOLLOW the LUSTS OF THE WORLD will run quickly and dive deep into the traditions, and vain beliefs and ways of mankind. And yes, they will perish (become ignorant) in the waters (beliefs/lies)

33And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

Now this many of you reading right now have probably already experienced. Once someone on the “Other side” is FREED from the lies they have been fed over the years, the False Prophets, Teachers, and Shepherds, become angry… They think the work done in those delivered and saved is not of God, but many will say it is the work of the devil. Like some who have read my articles and most likely believed the same.

34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

And this is the sad state of affairs today, most of the world is so lost, they will believe these blind guides and kick out the TRUTH to continue on in the LIE. The darkness hates the Light, because it shows them their ways are evil (wrong). And no one wants to be wrong, do they?

So, don’t be offended if few, if any at all, will rejoice in your new found freedom in Christ. Do not be upset if you are attacked because of the liberty that has been revealed in you, as it was to so many before you.

Rejoice, and again I say Rejoice, because those on the OTHER SIDE will one day allow the TRUTH to be revealed WITHIN. And then there will be only one side, and that is CHRIST’S SIDE, out of which COMES A RIVER OF FLOWING WATER OF TRUTH!

Peace Jacob

Who is Jesus’ Mother Anyway?

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WHO IS JESUS’ MOTHER ANYWAY?


When the disciples came to Jesus to tell him that his Mom and brothers were trying to get to him and couldn’t, Jesus did something that, if anyone did the same to their literal Mother, they’d never hear the end of it.

He basically said, look Mary and the fam aren’t my mother and brother, ONLY THOSE who do the will of my Father are my Mother and brother…

This reveals a great mystery to us… And sheds quite a bit of light on what it means to HONOR Mother and Father… Let’s take a look at that scripture.

Matt 12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

This reveals a great mystery over who ACTUALLY GIVES BIRTH to Christ!

 Who really is Christ’s mother?…  Because you see, Jesus said while pointing out at those who were following him, “Behold My Mother” then he goes on to explain that those who do the will of God is the same as brother, sister and mother.

Now what does this mean spiritually? Well it means, that THOSE who do the will of God, GIVE BIRTH TO CHRIST.

Remember the Hope of Glory, is not Christ coming to you OUTSIDE YOU, it is  CHRIST IN YOU…  Not outside you, not far from you, not returning to you, not forsaking you unless you do this or that… The hope of Glory is CHRIST IN YOU! The revealed mystery of God. – And when you understand this mystery, you will do GOD’S WILL.

So the question is… How do we do the WILL OF GOD? The answer is all over scripture, and it is not by keeping man made tradition, tithing, or handing out tracks at your local bus stop… Here is the ONLY WAY.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The WILL OF GOD is to have our THOUGHTS RENEWED. The WILL of God is for us to know the truth of who we are, and who everyone else is in relation to us. For we are ALL ONE in Christ.

So here Jesus is telling us, His Mother, Brother, Sister, etc, are those that DO THE WILL OF GOD, they are those who have HAD THEIR MINDS RENEWED, to prove what is Good and Acceptable  and perfect (whole) in God.

Who is the Mother of Christ? Those who know the truth, those who do the will of the FATHER are those that GIVE BIRTH TO CHRIST… They are the MOTHER of Christ, they are the brother and sister of Christ… Our literal families are a wonderful representation of the spiritual… But the LITERAL is not the SPIRITUAL.

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

Much like our literal Mother, a seed must be planted, a process begins as that seed grows, great labor pains ensue, the child is birthed and slowly grows and matures…. This is EXACTLY what happens SPIRITUALLY with CHRIST IN US.

Christ’s Mother is an allegory for OUR SOUL… our sense of being… In scripture this is represented by the literal mother of Jesus Mary which ironically means “Man’s rebellion” in Greek… Out of Man’s rebellious spirit the truth is planted, grows and becomes the Christ… A seed must first DIE to resurrect and produce many others.

This is all a picture of how Christ is RISEN in us. Christ IS risen IN US the instant we do GOD’S WILL (we enter the Truth)

Let’s take a look at how scripture describes how Mary was impregnated… THE HOLY SPIRIT OVERSHADOWED HER….

Luke 1:35
And 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.

So after the HOLY SPIRIT overshadows Mary, the HOLY thing born is called the SON OF GOD…

Now if the MOTHER of Christ, are those that do the WILL OF THE FATHER, that must mean when the Holy Spirit overshadows US, when the TRUTH of God becomes greater in us and overshadows the truth of our carnal soul, then the CHRIST is concieved inside us.

To better see a picture of this, lets take a look at another place in scripture where this “OVERSHADOWING” happens, to better understand how this is also speaking of us.

ACTS 2: 17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

When we are overshadowed by God’s Truth (Holy Spirit) we are Baptised into a new name, the name Christ and the SON OF GOD is birthed inside us.

49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And when CHRIST is birthed inside of us, that day the world knows that Christ is in the Father and the Father is in Christ and they (who are ONE) become ONE in us, with us, as US.

Many see Christ Jesus, ressurecting outside of us, even though, we are clearly told we are his body… We are told he is the fistborn of the DEAD. Most take this to mean, the literal Jesus was literally dead and he was the first to literally rise from it… But let me offer an alternative view.

The ONLY DEATH we need to rise from is the DEATH OF SIN (carnal ignorance) – we need to RISE from the DEATH of ADAM. And when we do, we enter the WILL OF GOD… You see ADAM’S DEATH was his exiting the will of God, for the ways of the world (lusts eyes, flesh, pride of life)… and all of humanity are DEAD (carnal/ignorant) in this world… But those that RENEW their minds, will find, CHRIST RISING INSIDE.

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

1 Cor 15:  20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Notice the word “DEAD” it does not say, Christ is RISEN from HIS DEATH, but from the DEAD (HUMANITIES IGNORANCE) – And then the rest of the sentence takes the nail out of this ignorant coffin.

…and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

THEM, is PLURAL… Christ RISES from HUMANITIES DEATH and he Becomes the FIRSTFRUITS OF THEM that SLEPT (were ignorant)

 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Notice, the word “MAN” here is not a singular word, but plural…By MANKIND came DEATH (IGNORANCE AND REBELLION) and by MANKIND also comes the RESSURECTION (ENLIGHTENMENT) of the DEAD (IGNORANT MAN)

 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

For those who don’t think everyone will experience this, look at the verse above… ALL DIE IN ADAM (ignorance) ALL LIVE IN CHRIST (TRUTH)

When the TRUTH overshadows the LIES we have believed, then INSIDE OUR SOUL the SEED OF CHRIST (TRUTH) is born. Then the process begins, until CHRIST IS ALL IN ALL.

So truly, we, who have the TRUTH, and are in God’s will, are Christ’s Mother, Brother, and Sister.

Oh and I know what you’re saying… there is only ONE MOTHER OF JESUS, and she was a LITERAL VIRGIN… Now, I’m not going to arue this point, as a Virgin, in every religion and philosophy and mythology is used to descibe the birth of a savior. A Virgin, has not had “relations” with mankind… Having sex is a symbol of giving birth to a child, the seed being implanted in the womb… Symbolically, a Virgin does not have MAN’S SEED but God’s seed, in other words, only the TRUTH is planted and birthed. But let’s also look at the other allegories used for the “Church”

Matthew 25:1
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

In this parable, we see the VIRGINS are a picture of those waiting for their SAVIOR to IMPREGNATE AND MARRY THEM.

In fact, all over scripture you hear the word Virgin, Virgin of Zion, Virgin of Babylon, Virgin of Israel, Virgin of etc and etc…

So when people came to Jesus saying, his mother and brothers were here to speak with him. He pointed to all the believers and said, “THOSE THAT DO THE WILL OF GOD ARE MY BROTHERS, SISTERS AND MOTHERS”

Jesus was teaching a great lesson. For indeed, we are the VIRGIN that gives birth to our SAVIOR (Immanuel) = which means “God WITH US/IN US”

This is the Hope of Glory, Christ IN YOU, not outside you. — This is why I write these papers, hoping it opens the eyes of your understanding, so I too can say, as Paul said.

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

It is all about the INWARD not Outward. Remember the Kingdom of God DOES NOT COME WITH OBSERVATION.

You see, when we understand the symbolism of us being CHRIST’S MOTHER… then this next passage in Isaiah truly hits home.

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

The word BORN translated from the HEBREW, means (to bear, bring forth, beget) — Literaly WE bring forth the CHRIST WITHIN. We are infact the Mother’s of Jesus as well as the brothers and sisters.

I just want to add, this paper, as all of my other papers in no way are discounting what literally happened or did not happen. I simply want to explain what these literal or non-literal stories reveal about the spirit of God and how, by understanding them, we can grow in grace. So, I do not say Mary did not exist, nor will I say she wasn’t a virgin, but I will say, that the only thing that matter to me, is that I am the VIRGIN that gives birth to Christ TODAY!

Peace to you all,
Jacob
http://www.JacobIsrael.org
“The Truth Will Change You”