Seeing the Kingdom on Earth
John 3:3-8 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot SEE the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot ENTER the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Jesus did not simply repeat himself in speaking to Nicodemus. Being Born Again is a requirement to SEE the Kingdom of God and to ENTER the Kingdom of God. In this post, I want to speak to my understanding of the two distinctions Jesus made to Nicodemus about the kingdom of God.
Let’s first understand that most professing Christians consider themselves to be Born Again, however, I believe the vast majority of professing Christians are deceived and have been misinformed about what has to happen to become Born Again. These false converts are under a delusion and have been swept up into the rampant apostasy of the modern church. These deceived “Christians” are the “many” Jesus spoke about in Matthew Chapter 7.
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
We of course do not re-birth ourselves. It is the power of God that calls us to Him and completes the transformation once we answer His call through true repentance. One sure fire characteristic of being Born Again is that we will be DIFFERENT. We will indeed be changed, a new creature Paul told us.
2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
Far too many Christians are not changed people. While they may profess a belief in Jesus, they continue to live as they did prior to the so called conversion. These are what Jesus called Tares in His parable as recorded in Matthew Chapter 13. As Jesus explains, it was the enemy (Satan) who has sown the seed that led to the tares. False teaching and apostasy has continued to feed upon itself deceiving and being deceived those that practice “false” worship. In Mark 7:7-8, Jesus spoke of this explaining that the worship was false and would be in vain.
SEEING versus ENTERING the Kingdom of God
When Jesus says one must be born again to SEE the kingdom of God, I believe He meant seeing the kingdom of God in the here and now in this body on earth. We ENTER the kingdom when He comes for us at the end of the age but we can SEE the kingdom now if we have spiritual eyes to see it. SEEING God is a different distinction than ENTERING the Kingdom that Jesus mentioned secondly in the discussion with Nicodemus. There are several other verses where Jesus speaks to SEEING the kingdom of God.
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God
Luke 8:10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ” ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ Jesus says here that His truth and kingdom is veiled except to those He reveals the truth too. Of course He reveals Himself to those who seek Him earnestly.
Mark 9:1 Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power.
Matthew 25:44 “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Here the goats ask Jesus when they did not see Him while they were alive on the earth as their excuse for not helping those in need. These goats failed to see the kingdom of God here on earth. They were spiritually blind and deceived. They were the tares.
Matthew 16:28 Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” This verse and the prior one from Mark are things Jesus said right before he took Peter and John up to the high mountain where they witnessed the transfiguration. I don’t believe that is what Jesus was referring to at all. I believe Jesus spoke of SEEING the Kingdom and its POWER here on earth through spiritual eyes that He gives those that purify themselves and walk according to His Spirit.
I believe Jesus was referring to the completion of sanctification of His Apostles while they still walked this earth in their fleshly bodies. They achieved purity, which is the same thing as holiness; which means one has been TOTALLY sanctified through repentance and the forgiveness of sins that flows from the grace of God. That is God’s will according to Paul that WE BE SANCTIFIED. We will certainly be sanctified when transformed into our new heavenly bodies, but I believe the call to holiness and obedience was for us to achieve that here and now, in the flesh, even in these earthly mortal bodies. That is the power of Grace and the walk the Lord has called us for. The more we achieve holiness, the more revelation into SEEING the Kingdom of God here on earth.
Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord
We are called to be disciples of Christ and do the works He did and even greater ones. Our ability to DO these things Jesus spoke of are directly related to our status of being sanctified. As Paul told Timothy, God will only use those that purify themselves as an instrument for nobles purposes.
2 Tim 2:20-21 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21IF a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. Oh this verse has troubled me as I am not perfect and continue to do things that impede my testimony. I am striving but I have not been pure at all times and the Spirit of Truth continues to convict me of this. I share this with my readers so you will know of my struggle and perhaps you may be encouraged to overcome, which of course we all MUST to receive the crown of life.
I believe sanctification can be immediate and instantaneous but that for the vast majority of believers it is a process. We should not take comfort in that process however as just like the man that built bigger barns, we never know when the Lord will require our soul. Only He knows how many days we have, so we should by no means play around with sin and cling to unrighteousness of any kind.
God gives us spiritual eyes and ears to hear Him and to see Him. This only happens when are are truly Born Again, of water and of Spirit. Just as the words of the song Amazing Grace go, “I once was blind but now I see“; when we are born again, our eyes are opened to the power and presence of God in our lives and the lives and events the world over. God is indeed Sovereign but unless we are born again, we cannot SEE His kingdom operating. In Luke’s gospel, Jesus sent out 70 disciples to spread the good news and when they came back, Jesus reminded them of the blessing they had received.
Luke 10:23-24 Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; 24 for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.” What did these disciples see? We know they saw demons manifest and come out of people when instructed in Jesus name. They saw the power of God working through them in the here and now. This is what Jesus told us would happen if we followed Him.
Mark 16:15-18 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
Seeing the Kingdom of God is our calling here on the earth. Jesus said we would do the things He did and even greater things here on earth. Obviously the metaphor of snakes and poison has been taken literally by some crack pot Christians, but the point is the power of the Kingdom of God is manifest here and now to those that believe and have been Born Again.
Lastly as it relates to SEEING God; Jesus told us the conditions upon which He will reveal Himself to us.
John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” If we want to SEE the Kingdom of God here and now, we must love the Lord as demonstrated by our obedience.
My own experience confirms this truth from the gospels. When I finally at age 48 began to seek after the Lord and strive to obey Him I had a timely visit from the Holy Spirit. From that day forward, the scales fell off my eyes and the ear plugs came out. I viewed the whole world differently; I noticed things I never saw before. I now see the glory of God on people’s faces that truly love God; I see the forces of evil and power of darkness insidiously at work in the lives of the majority and I see the deceptive religious spirits that have overtaken what is known as Christianity today. Those that are truly Born Again SEE the kingdom of God right now.
We do not need to die or wait until the Lord returns to SEE the kingdom. He is here NOW and at work via His Spirit and if our eyes are opened to Him, we shall see Him now. Many professing Christians say they never hear from God nor see any of His kingdom here on earth. The reason is these Christians are dead in their sins and their faith is on their lips only not in their hearts. They have not yet repented and fully surrendered and submitted themselves unto God. They are not Born Again and Jesus is their Lord in name only, their actions belie their true heart.
The scales on my eyes have been removed. I see it now. I see evil whereas before I did not. It is indeed amazing and I thank God for His revealing of the truth to me. He has told me in my prayer sessions that if I will fully purify myself, I would be blown away by what He will reveal. To my own admonishment, I still fall into valleys of sin and during those times, I feel removed from the presence of God. Sin separates us from God and until we follow the heeding of the Spirit and confess our sin, we remain separated unable to discern His voice and follow Him.
Born of Water and Spirit
The baptism of Jesus performed by John the Baptist was the perfect illustration of what Jesus meant when He said we must be born of water and Spirit. There is a tremendous amount of dispute and debate amongst Christians about what was meant by these profound words of Jesus. Most of this discussion is making mountains out molehills of a simple consistent truth about God. Being born of water and Spirit is just another way of saying being Born Again the same thing Jesus told Nicodemus a few verses earlier. There are two aspects to being Born Again as consistently explained by Jesus throughout the gospels.
Born of Water: This simply means to be cleansed of our past sins. Our sins are cleansed when we repent and turn towards God and trust in Him and His power to save us and transform us. We are washed by His word! Repentance is the key, a true turning away from sin and wickedness and towards God. God knows when this happens, it is in your heart, which God judges and until true repentance occurs, one is not born of the water. They remain in the filth of their sins.
Born of Spirit: Jesus promised us the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth; His Holy Spirit that would come live inside of us and be with us always. This Spirit will teach us, guide us, remind of us all Jesus said, give us words to say when we are persecuted and tell us of things to come. When we are Born Again, we are alive and IN CHRIST, walking in His Spirit and being led by God. We are sanctified in this body by the work of the Holy Spirit! We must hear His voice and follow Him, otherwise our faith is all in vain.
John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
There is no such thing as eternal security or Once Saved Always Saved. I have blogged extensively on these topics. Just because we are Born Again does not guarantee eternal life. We can choose to disobey and not listen to the voice of God. If we sow to our flesh, listen to demons we can be led astray and backslide into sin. We must stay in the race until the end, overcoming all obstacles on the narrow and difficult road. If we get off course, we disqualify ourselves from the prize God has promised us. He does not cast us out, nobody snatches us away after we are Born Again; but we can be lost if we stop following the Spirit.
Luke 9:62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Even the Apostle Paul understood the need to finish the race otherwise we will not receive the prize of eternal life.
1 Cor 9:25-27 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Our Lord and Savior told us exactly what must happen for us to see the kingdom of God. We must be BORN AGAIN. While this is common knowledge what Jesus really meant by these words remains a mystery to many Christians and they have been blinded to the truth by their love for sin, unwillingness to suffer for God and the continued and persistent false teaching and apostasy that has overwhelmed the body of believers. Their hearts have been hardened and their eyes have been blinded to the truth. Unless and until they repent and suffer for Christ they will remain dead in their sins and have NOT been born again and have NOT passed from death unto life. Jesus came not for the righteous but to call sinners to repentance.
I would like to know what others feel about this topic. Please comment.
May God Bless You Richly!
Good am Mark,
You will have peace, my Brother. Rest today, you will be fed and clothed by the Lord.
Good am Jerimiah 33:3,
I am blessed by your testimony. This is the meat of scripture at the very temple. The Truth. The battle is raging 24/7, except in us. We have peace.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is cleaning out the Temple. The whole world lies is wickedness, with not forgiveness
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Them that will suck us into a snare, a plague to destroy every green thing, to a uncrossable casim, pitch black darkness. Satan in man kills millions.
Everyone waits for a sign when not only is no sign given, the parables do the job, not letting any enter, as not to bring this darkness within the Kingdom.
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divorcing a harlot
separated
removed departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
I pray for all to understand the Truth. There are no two ways about it.
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2 Thessalonians 1 verse found 2 matches
falling awayG646
Feminine of the same as G647; defection from truth (properly the state), (“apostasy”): – falling away, forsake.
Neuter of a (presumed) adjective from a derivative of G868; properly something separative, that is, (specifically) divorce: – (writing of) divorcement.
From G575 and G2476; to remove, that is, (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.: – depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw self.
A primary particle; “off”, that is, away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literally or figuratively): – (X here-) after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for (-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-) on (-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
The opposite of falling away is to abide in covenant and endure
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A prolonged form of a primary word στάω staō (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively): – abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up). Compare G5087.
Mat 20:32 AndG2532 JesusG2424 stood still,G2476 and calledG5455 them,G846 andG2532 said,G2036 WhatG5101 willG2309 ye that I shall doG4160 unto you?G5213
Mat 20:33 They sayG3004 unto him,G846 Lord,G2962 thatG2443 ourG2257 eyesG3788 may be opened.G455
Mat 20:34 SoG1161 JesusG2424 had compassionG4697 on them, and touchedG680 theirG846 eyes:G3788 andG2532 immediatelyG2112 theirG846 eyesG3788 received sight,G308 andG2532 they followedG190 him.G846
They followed Him. Be well my Friends.
bob
Thank you Charles. I have come to see exactly what you are speaking of here. I cannot count how many times I sat down with someone to have a conversation on an issue and the beast came out and ensured NO fruit was borne and the gap/divide between me and the others only got bigger. I love Isaiah 48:10, I find myself thinking on that one quite often when I feel stress. Peace and blessings to you and yours Charles. Mark enjoy the getaway.
Behold I have refined you in the furnace of affliction
Charles, Your post brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart. It seems we each have different areas of light, the Lord revealing the deception of this world and the POD in a more specific place to each. I see that in several of the saints on this site. Different parts[places of light] in one body[eye], praise God. It’s like a little different kindness or mercy for each one of us, that when shared, gives us all a more perfect sight. I seem to reap far more than I give. Thank you for sharing more of your path. And thank both you and Bill for your love, affirmations and encouragement. The peace and strength of our Lord be with you both, and all those IN Christ Jesus. mark Bob, our study is still on my mind.
Mark,
I will share another part of my testimony , that I have not shared before to show victory in Christ. I grew up in a family of hatred , unforgiveness: the hatred was even there while I was in my mothers womb as she attempted to stop my birth through a failed abortion. My Father showed contempt , hatred and jealousy towards his chilren, extreme condemnation and unforgiveness filled the house in which I grew up: both of my parents professed Christianity but I never new as a confused child what a relationship with God was about until he revealed himself , and his living WORD to me personally.. . My sister cannot forgive our parents, even though they are at an advanced age, she still suffers from years of scaring. Unforgiveness cannot be defeated by her because Christ has not been fully formed within the heart, a spirit of religion sits upon the throne of her heart , it has no power to forgive. Mark, I said all of that to say to you that today I stand as a new creation in Christ as you do , I love my unchanged parents because greater is Christ in me than he who is in the world. The spirits of hatred, unforgiveness , condemnation projected by the son of perdition have been revealed to me as my true enemies, and only Christ formed in me can give me victory, I can do nothing of myself to defeat this man of sin. I write a lot about this son of perdition because I am humbly blessed by God to see him , and I want others to see him as he so cleverly tries to to rise out of the sea of adversity within my heart as the ravaging beast that he truly is. We are born again , blood bought , filled with the WORD followers of Christ, but we are not exempt from allowing this clever beast of the field on occasion to gain victory, to sit upon the throne of the heart in anger , unforgiveness, condemnation : but brother we should be getting in a position to better see him, and once we see him start to “RISE UP”through these wicked devices he can be defeated with the living WORD of God formed within us on a day to day basis. I will tell you what happened to me recently to illustrate how clever this beast / son of perdition is , and how the Father revealed him to me in the heat of a recent battle: Two people of whom I love very much and who are very close to me were doing something very wrong. The Lord convicted my heart to sit down and tell them of this sin that they were committing in their lives. My conversation with them stared out very calmly but my words cut very deep, they manifested in their heart anger, and contempt as their voices became loud : I then became angry and raised my voice as we went back and forth with no understanding being achieved, and then I saw him, that filthy piece of trash, this son of perdition who had so cleverly ascended upon the throne of my heart as ruler / god in a split second. Not only did I see him in myself “Rise up”as ruler in myself but I also saw him do the same thing within the hearts of my loved ones, this is what Christ in me had me do : I stopped arguing , and went to both of them , and hugged them , and told them that I loved them both. The real battle , and the battlefield was within the heart, I recognized it , and so did they as they told me that they loved me also: it shut the beast , and his father satan down. Mark, mostly what I write about is an attempt to bring reality to the spiritual intent of the scriptures, that center around the heart of man, the spirit that Christ gave his life to restore, the internal fight for lordship of the powers of darkness over our hearts . You are not alone in your fight, we are connected spiritually in the body of Christ even though we are hundreds of miles away. We are marching from victory to victory on a daily basis as Christ formation in us matures through the furnace of affliction . Enjoy the mountains , in Christ love, Charles
God bless you brother Mark, enjoy yourself on your retreat, your posts are always a witnesses of HIS grace, truth, and mercy….your always an edification to the spirit..
peace be with you
bill
The millienium reign did catch my attention. I see it as beginning at Calvary, but on a whole found so much spiritual understanding speaking to my heart, it paled in comparison. The deal is, this speaks to a basic struggle I’m dealing with right now. As this son of perdition is being revealed, I’m coming to detest, even hate him and the flesh that is/was him. I can see where I’ve entertained thoughts and given Satan ground in the past, as the Holy Spirit leads me to do battle and take thoughts captive. I’ve deliverance in some things and some things are a war. This doesn’t fit my idea of what a Christian should look like, but you know what, too bad, because this is what I’m going through. I’m not a mature, squeaky clean, shiny christian. It doesn’t matter what I look like, I already look pretty rough in Gods eyes. I just wanted to get this off my chest because I like to appear as if I’ve got it all together and that’s not the case. I stumble sometimes. I get these knock down, drag outs, and it’s not peaches and cream all the time. I’m telling you, I see this battle and it’s a serious thing, because if it wasn’t for Christ, Satan would have my ass forever and ever. I would go to destruction. With everything I am, and all that I’ve got, I just can’t do it by myself, I’ve tried, he’s stronger than me. This is it, this is the place of blood shed and death. The place of: “Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. ” Nobody around Arlington is familiar with this place. I see it in the word, and there’s no doubt I didn’t come here on my own, so why is it so foreign a place to those”christians” around me? ” Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ” Can the ratio be that extreme? The TIS website seems to be the only place people hear what I’m talking about. I need to be thankful, and I am, that at least somewhere, somebody is seeing the same truth I am being shown. Not just havin a nice day, and hangin in there, [they're ALL doing that] but resisting and overcoming by the power of God. If it wasn’t for Jesus Christ and Him working in y’all, I’d be alone out here. Thank you Lord, that WILL be enough, to see me through, to endure to the end. I love the cerebral exchanges, and am edified by the spiritual food but I feel like I’m leaving out part of who I am and what my walk is like, if I don’t share things like this with you all. It’s just that it’s hard for me to focus on tomorrow, or what may physically happen down the road, with all the trouble I see going on today. Sometimes I’ve got my hands so full with the here and now that’s all I can afford to deal with. It requires everything I’ve got and more. [some of HIS]. We’re not losing, but it IS a battle. Does there ever come a time, here on earth, that this war for the soul subsides? I’m not complaining, but is it where I’ve been?, the grounds I’ve given the enemy? Am I an extreme case?? I’ve never, ever, seen a pursuit quite like this. I’m headed for a retreat to the solitude of the mountains tomorrow, so I’ll be out of touch for awhile. Y’all are going along in my heart and my prayers. God bless you all, I love you. m
The spiritual understanding in the text is all but gone today…Thank you for sharing your understandings……The one place i disagree is the mill reign, and i have a different view point of Adam and Eve, and their original existence, but that’s Ok,….. I appreciate much of your insight…..Adam and Eve were never “quickened spirits”, as 1 Cor. explaines.. We are not meant to get back to the garden, God always moves forward, the garden, like Mt Sanai was good for its time and had a purpose, but we are never going back there…..Our life in our new bodies will far exceed anything from the conditions in the Garden of Eden…..A day as a 1000 years was just Peters way of explaining to the earthly minded carnal man, that there is no time in God’s spiritual realm. Peter was expressing eternity in the best way he could at that time..The human mind is not capable of understanding eternity in this realm..we will know in the realm to come….
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.
1 Timothy 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
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bill
“my question to the reader is what good will it do you to see a flesh and blood embodiment of this son of perdition , our warfare is spiritual so start waking up to the internal battle within the spirit” I’ve been 20 minutes trying to configure a response to your post, C. I can add nothing . A heartfelt AMEN will have to suffice. Excellent, truthful, and edifying post. I love you brother. m
Maybe this can also help with our understanding in in our battle againist the forces of Darkness. God bless.
Gods Trinity ,and satans counterfeit trinity
Let us understand that satan is a dead spirit , and not a creative force : he can only counterfeit / duplicate what he see’s God doing in his darkened realm of sin. This duplication in the dark realm relates to many things but lets just look at the trinity in these writings.
Looking at the trinity we have God the Father who controls / directs, we have Jesus Christ the Son of God who proceeds from the Father as the creative , eternal Living WORD,and we Have the Holy spirit of God that gives power to the living WORD of God , and is the spirit of truth: those three are one, and the born again are one with all three. We are one in the body with Christ by being born again spiritually, this means we have partaken of Christ s blood for a sin sacrifice, and that we have consumed his flesh, forming his loving presence spiritually within as the living WORD of God: applying the blood of the lamb first is the correct order , the passover feast reflects this in Christ, first applying the blood over the lintels of our hearts clearing a passage way for the flesh of the lamb , the living WORD of GOD. Getting back to the Godhead being three , but yet one, if I may use this illustration : just as I am a father , son , and spirit being in the image of God but yet I am still one person, so it is with Gods trinity. I am three people but yet one person having different responsibilities in this triune makeup in order for everything to function as it should: Gods trinity is no different having different functions while still being one. The trinity of God is easy to understand if we have the spiritual mind of Christ , but yet it is so hard if a carnal / literal mind starts rationalizing with the limitations of the senses, it simply cannot be understood with a mind that has not been renewed by Christ. Looking at satans counterfeit unholy trinity the same principles exist in the realm of darkness: satan plays the part of god who tries to control / direct, satans offspring is the son of perdition or beast that was formed in the garden of Eden within the heart of Adam and Eve ( this is the beginning of the serpent seed line of the beast ): he try’s to stand in for the son of God , his living WORD, Christ Jesus but is a son conceived in sin and death ,and not by faith . Just as Mary the mother of Jesus conceived the Son of God by faith so Eve by believing in the seed of satans words conceived this man of sin , this son of perdition within her heart.After that sin in the garden or image of God within man a dual nature existed or two nations waring against each other : as God described it to Rebecca during her pregnancy with Jacob and Esau as they fought an internal battle within her before her “DELIVERENCE” as “the bride”. We are son be be delivered of this dual nature only leaving the brides true Son standing in this house, the story of Ishmael being removed by Sarah illustrates this taking away of the child conceived in faiyhlessness. Two nations will exist within us until the day of DELIVERENCE, again this is what the spiritual scripture reference of one taken , one left behind , and the tares / wheat are all about, a complete removing of the son of perdition within the temple of mans spirit. One son operates on the word of God and the other operates on disobedience to Gods word through performing his own will over Gods.. The real war or battleground of these two sons takes place within the mind or soul: the land to be taken or won is within the heart or kingdom within, Joshua and the children of Israel illustrate what is taking place spiritually within the “promised land “ or image of God . Through the decision process in the battleground of the mind between good and evil is where the decision is to be made by each and everyone one of us of whom we will serve : Those who have the mind of Christ , and are spiritually reborn spiritually march into victory upon victory within the promised land of their heart, within the “Kingdom Within”. Good and evil war within the spirit just like the battle between Jacob and Esau within the womb of Rebecca. Only the living WORD of God can overcome this man of sin, again his complete destruction is reserved for God, it is coming soon : no more water for Ishmael , his destruction is near. This darkened man of sin that was formed within the heart through sin is called the son of perdition, and he opposes the spirit of God within man: those who serve or give themselves over through self will, self exaltation to this son of perdition or BEAST are one with him bodily just as Gods children give themselves over to Christ , becoming part of the body , so it is with those who are one with this beastly son of perdition. Those who serve their self will , self exalting lifestyle are part of this Babylon bride of the son of perdition, who plays the bridegroom in the realm of darkness to those who are locked up in spiritual babylon ( self will,religious pride self glorification , sin) they play the son of perdition’s bride . The demons are the false prophet, and are the darkened reflection of the Holy Ghost of truth and power, but they provide perverted lies and a false sense of power. :the demons provide the fuel or evil “lamp oil” for this darkened ministry that only can carry their victims to hell , and not the wedding feast of the lamb. This darkened trinity’s goal or existence is to kill, steal and destroy the image of God within man, the eternal human spirit, the tabernacle of Gods dwelling place .The soul objective of this godless son of perdition or offspring of satans is to seat himself in the temple or image of God within man in place of the living WORD of God , Christ as Lord / ruler. Just as Gods true Sons want the increased presence of the Holy Ghost so do those who have knowingly given themselves over to satan want the presence of demons, and seducing spirits because they believe that it is a source of power, and carnal intellect to do the ministry of their father, satan : and understand this , when the lost fulfill their own lusts , and desires of self exaltation by performing their will over Gods, they inadvertently open their hearts door to these demonic forces and succumb to the same fate , the lake of fire. God bless us to come to him , and him alone by faith for our understanding
Jer 33:3
These writings maybe a repetitive mess to some people because it has not been completed or reviewed thoroughly ( It is in an uncompleted book form at present) God has revealed that there is a need today for such writings as they are to go forward to show the spiritual intent of his of his Living WORD in these last days .Just looked in and saw comments regarding the “mark of the beast”,son of perdition and the coming of Christ : humbly led by Gods spirit to write the following for those saints who can open Their heart to consider the following.
The firstborn,
One Taken , and one left behind
There is a man who has been responsible for every murder,rape, act of hatred, child abuse, , theft etc. for the last several thousand years , but only a handful of people can truly see him and these filthy acts he commits. I have grown to hate this man , and have a desired instilled in my heart by the Father to expose this “BEAST” this son of perdition who was conceived in the Garden of mans heart some several thousand years ago. Since being first being conceived / formed through sin by Eve in the heart / spirit of man / or Garden this animal has had one objective, to separate the spirit of man from God causing spiritual death. This “Beast” destroys from the inside out, he attacks the image of God in man by enacting self will, sin , self exaltation , and glorification of self. he wants to be Lord and master in the temple / spirit of man that is in Gods image. To paraphrase what our Lord said to the pharisee’s , You say if you commit adultery that you are an adulterer , you say if you commit murder that you are a murderer, but I say if you do these things in your “heart/spirit/ image of God within man/ kingdom within/ or temple etc. ( all these words describe the spirit being within man) you have just as well have done them. If you are sealed with the Holy Spirit , a born again overcomer ,washed in the blood , filled with the Living, loving WORD of God ( The loving presence of Christ) , you will not have, or receive the “mark of the beast” : even if the new world order holds you down like a run away dog from the pound , and implants an RFD chip under your skin, it still boils down to a spiritual condition of the heart / spirit .As far as God is concerned this mark is a matter regarding the heart / spirit , and it is not, nor ever will be a matter of our temporal flesh. For those who have only allowed the literal word of God to travel to the mind / soul , receiving only a natural, carnal interpretation of his literal word, having not formed by faith the Living WORD, Christ Jesus within the heart / spirit, you will not be able to understand the mark of the beast or other issues regarding the spiritual intent of Gods WORD; those who cannot go beyond the literal nature of scripture have limited their understanding and will not be see the spiritual intent of what is being written ,you can stop reading because these writings are not for you. God is a searcher of the hearts , and the literal/ carnal mind looks at the fleshly, temporal exterior surface of the temple, and its surroundings trying to figure out what God is going to do next :he is not interested in exterior stone walled or fleshly temples of which not one stone will stand upon another, they will all pass away. Paul says ALL creation groans for the manifestation of the sons of God, no other form of his creation has been given the spiritual image of God , and no other form of creation has been given his Son to restore that image. Until men realize through the Living WORD of God the importance the Father places on his spiritual image within the temple of man , and that all creation is focused on this apple of Gods eye , including satan, the spiritual intent of the written scriptures will be veiled in the literal / carnal realm of the mind / soul. To receive this animalistic mark of the beast requires continuing in an unregenerate spiritual condition of sin, continuing in a lifestyle of being ruled by self will instead of Gods will, exalting / glorifying self , which is in opposition to Gods covenant that commands sacrifice / dying to self : the only way to die to self is to put the living WORD of GOD, Christ Jesus formed presence back within the garden of our hearts ( the tree of Life , the living WORD of God is available once again) by first removing sin through his blood.. The unregenerate, self willed beastly life style “marks” the spirit as a tare to be hewn down , and cast into the lake of fire with the son of perdition. This beastly marked, tare type condition of heart was formed / received by the most subtle, craftiest “beast” of the field, satan : the only difference between a wheat, and a tare is on the inside, not on the outside, satan attacks the inner spiritual image of God within man to destroy it through sin , and the wages of sin is death .The outside of a tare looks just like the wheat, they both look the same , it is only when the tares poisonous inside (spirit) is revealed that a difference is revealed, the distinction is that tares represent spiritually dead children of the evil one, and the wheat are the children of God who are indwelt with the Living WORD of God. God cannot consume in oneness or inhabit a polluted temple / spirit or tare that is marked by l, sin,which seeks its own will, glorifying self, and is marked for destruction in the lake of fire. The King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar , reflected his “beastly” spiritually marked condition of his heart of self will , and pride, on the outside by eating grass like the “Beast of the field” that he truly was : what was on the inside spiritually within the heart simply manifested itself on the outside. The reverse of being washed in the blood, filled with the living WORD of God , and sealed with the Holy Ghost as a born again new creation of the Father is being “marked” spiritually like a “beast of the field”, filled with self will, ruled by the lusts of the flesh and the senses, living a life of sin ,, self glorification / self exaltation : this beastly spiritual condition marks the heart / spirit, and separates these tares from the true source of life, Christ the living WORD of God .They are marked spiritually in the heart because they have profaned the temple of God by allowing the “son of perdition” / man of sin to stand in Gods spiritual image of himself within man . This standing in the spiritual image of God within man by the son of perdition , and declaring himself to be god is the abomination of desolation: he should not be standing in the spiritual image of God as Lord. We are Gods beloved premier creation , and to allow this son of perdition to stand in the image of God , declaring himself to be god , will bring into judgment the lake of fire. We need to understand that satan is the most crafty , subtle BEAST of the field, and so is his son , the man of perdition who was first formed within the “Garden” of mans heart in the days of Adam and Eve. He was conceived or formed in the Garden of mans heart through sin, within the very image of God within man. There will be many who will not be able to understand the the following concerning there being two gardens in the days of Adam , and Eve, but here is the revelation of the following scripture with commentary along with other insights:
Genesis 3: 6- 11
6 And when the woman “saw” (senses over the Living WORD of faith) that the tree was good for food, and that it was “pleasant to the eyes”( once again the senses becoming more persuasive than the Living WORD of God), and a tree to be desired ( desire , self will over the WORD) to make one wise ( carnal sense knowledge desired over the knowledge of faith in the Living WORD, Christ) , she took( took not given) of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband “with her” ( order of submission reversed , woman became the head over man) ; and he did eat. In this verse we see the senses that the flesh posses, the soul / mind gaining ascendency through self will ,and desire preferencing carnal knowledge , the senses and self will over the Living WORD of God contained within their spirit / Garden .
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. They had lost their inward spiritual covering or protection of the living WORD, Christ through sin ( disobedience to Gods WORD) , and it simply manifested itself outwardly in regards to their physical nakedness: What had occurred on the inside manifested itself on the outside, Gods WORD of protection was removed. Their eyes were opened ; now they would know the flip side of the coin concerning the realm of darkness, love versus hate, joy versus bitterness, etc : God is sill in control even though sin has been introduced to the spirit of man. Everything is working for good in maturing / developing a well pleasing full stature Son for God , and a chaste ,humble bride for Christ through adversity.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. We need to understand at this point that there are two gardens,one was physically on this earth, and one is the “kingdom of heaven” ( Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is within you) within the spiritual Image of God. We need to understand that everything that appears outwardly in the physical realm came from within God through the spoken WORD by faith.Matter was not simply in existence outside of God for him to use to form the earth, stars, etc. , everything that is came from within our God of love. The spiritual garden or sin free image of God within them was a spiritual dimension separate from the sense realm garden on the earth: it was the assessable image of God , and God is the one who lights that kingdom with his brightness : the new Jerusalem in the book of Revelations is the reestablishment of the spiritual image of God in man , the born again overcomers who are joined in oneness with the Godhead. The three dimensional garden on earth was a natural reflection of the spiritual image of God. To explain further,If we look at John the revelator on the island of Patmos we need to understand that John never left this island physically : everything John wrote about took place within the Garden of his heart, from within the born again , sin free image of God within himself. Adam before sin with his glorified body could go from the spiritual image of God, and then back to the natural , three dimensional realm of the natural garden on earth. Jesus illustrated this ability to go from one dimension to another after he had risen from the dead , and had received a “GLORIFIED” body: Jesus was able to appear physically in a sealed room here on earth or on the Emmaus road with the two men , and then return to the kingdom of heaven or garden in the spiritual realm.Adam was given the command by God to tend and keep the garden, Jesus was supposed to be the gardener by Mary, these references to the garden are concerning the spiritual garden or image of God within man. When sin came into the image of God within man a man of sin was formed or conceived within that image : Adam and Eve fell from this heavenly place of oneness with God , and had fallen or limited themselves to this physical , earthly garden where God was looking for them: sin had removed them from the spiritual garden within the image of God , and they had fallen from the kingdom of heaven ( the kingdom of heaven is within you) : this is what Isaiah 14 : 12 is all about as it goes on to describe the spiritual image of of man as lightbearers . As long as Adam , and Eve held up the living WORD of God over the things seen in the physical realm they were the lightbearers of the tree of life , Christ the living WORD of God by faith. It is no different for us today we can have faith in the things we can detect with the senses or we can have faith in the living WORD, Christ, nothing has changed regarding this temptation. Once Adam and Eve preferenced the carnal tree of knowledge in the physical realm of the senses they brought sin into the spiritual image of God, and were “cut down to the ground , regulated to an earthly realm of existence only. It says they “Hid Themselves” from the presence of the Lord:The new spiritual nature of sin within them is the firstborn of satan, the son of perdition wants to conceal himself from the site of this outward physical earth and also from from within the person of man. The self proclaimed elites who have been given temporary authority of this world have allowed this son of perdition to seat himself as Lord upon the temple of their spirits. These elites hide themselves behind layers upon layers of occult organizations because it is the spiritual make up of this filthy son of perdition that is lord of their lives : the occult movie the wizard of OZ portrays this “Man behind the Curtain” as a benevolent old man but in reality he is a cowardly imposter who hides and wants to rule the kindom of heaven within man.Look what Issaih says about this cowardly man in verse 14:16-19 , and how this abomidible branch that was formed within the heart of man will be destroyed and those who are linked in oneness with this filthy “BEAST” will meet the same fate described in verses 20 and 21. The new testament equivent to these verse are regarding one taken , one left behind , those linked to this son of perdition will be gathered up like dead branches, and thrown into the fire like a tare.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? God can’t help but know where Adam is at: he is really asking him if he knows where he is at spiritually, after allowing sin to come into his spiritual garden , and profaning Gods Holy Temple that was in his spiritual image, and falling from a state of spiritual oneness with him.
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Look at what this newly formed darkened nature that branched out from sin started imparting to the spirit of man: he is naked Spiritually and physically, no more covering from the tree of life , he is AFRAID which is the opposite of faith in the Living WORD of God, and is HIDING . Sin that has become a part of the spirit of man at this point cannot stand in the presence of God, it must be veiled or death may occur if there is not a proper “covering” ( blood sacrifice of animals just provided a covering, not a removal of sin, Christ would be the perfect sacrifice for the total removal of sin) : some examples of concealing Gods presence or his BRIGHTNESS (2 Thessalonians 2: 8) from man are, the veil that Moses wore hid the presence of God that radiated from him after “40ty days” on the mountain of “God”, the veil that was placed in front of the Ark ( shadow of Gods presence ) is another example of God veiling his presence because of the destructive nature he has in the presence of sin :when God unveiled presence is unveiled before the son of perdition that is standing in the spiritual temple of God, he will be thrown into the lake of fire along with those who have given themselves over to him.This firstborn of satan, this son of perdition’s time has almost most run out , and he will be removed physically , and spiritually like pharoahs firstborn at the midnight hour of darkness.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?God asked “ Who told thee that thou wast naked?It was this newly formed lord of their lives , this filthy , scared, concealed son of perdition, this MAN OF SIN who had revealed through their newly found carnal knowledge of Good and evil that they were naked physically , and spiritualy.
Let us look at a few verses in Isaiah 14 : 12 – 18 . These verses will further illustrate that Lucifer ( one time light bearer of the living WORD of God) is not satan, but is in fact the spiritually fallen Adamic man or nature who forfeited his heavenly abode with God by preferencing the tree of carnal knowledge in the physical realm over the tree of life , Christ the spiritual living WORD of God by faith. When this discission to elevate this tree of carnal knowledge over the living WORD of God by faith , Christ Jesus it removed Adam and Eve from Gods heavenly abode with him and rendered them earthbound in the physical dimension. Sin which is disobedience to Gods WORD , removed Adams glorified body that would have lived forever, and reduced it to a mortal body that would experience death. God said in the day that you eat of the tree of good in evil you shall surely die, : a day is like a thousand years , and no one including Methuselah lived past a thousand years. That glorified body of Adams before sin could go from the spiritual Garden in oneness with God, and then back into the three dimensional Garden on a natural earth: Jesus as the second Adam after his resurection received a glorified body that allowed him to appear into a closed room, or appear physically with those two on the Emmaus Road , and then back into the spiritual realm in the presence of his Father after “breaking bread” : those who are born again are also promised a glorified body like Jesus, in order to once again be able to go from one dimension to the other. There will be new heavens( born again spiritually) and a new earth ( glorified body ) and it will be reflected physically also . After Adam fell like a rock spiritually unto a one dimensional existence here on earth , God cursed the earthly Ground ( our earthen bodies also) after sin ravaged the spirit, turning it into a spiritual wilderness . As we read these verses in Isaiah we need to understand that satan was never a man, and that he was a liar , thief and murderer from the beginning : never was satan a “light bearer” of the living WORD of God, but the spiritually fallen Adamic man was.
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Adam fell from the Kingdom of Heaven,the spiritual garden of God where he had a relationship of oneness with the creator, but through sin was limited to just the physical earth which God had cursed after sin entered in. Isaiah says “O Lucifer” or light bearer, son of the morning which refers to the daybreak of mans creative existence that: paul said through t Adam sin entered into world or man , and know through Christ as the glorified man of God sin can be taken away through once again believing by faith in the tree of life , Jesus Christ the living WORD of God.
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:The temptation offered to Eve by satan was to be like God, and she believed him.She took that seed ( words are seeds) of the serpent down into the womb of her spirit and did bring into existence this serpent seed line, forming within her the son of perdition ( satans firstborn son). Now when Jacob is born there is also an Esau , two nations within the spirit of man that war againiast each other , one of light the other of darkness. Only the blood of Christ and his living WORD can bring defeat to this internal nature of this son of perdition who stands in Gods spiritual image within man , where he shouldn’t be.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. These words from satan were seeds of self exaltation that were planted as thoughts within the soul / mind of eve.telling her she would be like God .these words kindled a fire in Eve that promted her to use her own self will over Gods, stimulated by the carnal senses. These words were used by satan to tempt Eve, they are the fiery darts or thoughts that satan uses to have sin commuted in the only place that it can be committed , within the heart. The seeds of those lying words were taken down into Eve’s heart or spiritual image of God within her and sin was conceived: this is where the serpent seed line sprung up from, the children of the evil one originated from this sin and has been producing a bumper crop throughout the exsistance of mankind.. Eve brought those lying words down into her heart by believing a lie over the living WORD of God, and then graciously shared the fruit of sin with her husband, who was “with her “. Eve was told that she would be like the gods , that was not true, it was all a plot to destroy the image of God within man by forming the man of sin , satans son of perdition within the spirit in order to destroy Gods premier creation from the inside out. Looking at Mary the natural mother of Jesus, when she was visited by the angel of the Lord and told that she would conceive the Son of God, she said to the angel “Let it be according to your word”. Mary was overshadowed by the Holy Ghost and believed the word of the angel, conception was immediate. In Luke 8: 11 it says “the parable is this , the seed is the WORD of God” so when Mary or the bride of Christ / body of born again believers, through faith in his WORD believe , conception is immediate and delivery of the son for all the world to see follows ; thats what Revelation the 12th chapter is describing , the birth of the sons of God through his living WORD. I said all of that to say this, Eve took satans untrue words in by faith and conceived / formed within her like Mary did a spiritual man formed not by faith in the living WORD but by disobedience to it , a formed the man of sin, the som of perdition spiritually within her, that was the dark conception of the children of the evil one. This son of perdition has the nature of the beast within it like his lying daddy who was the most subtle , crafty of all the beasts of the field. As we form Christ on the inside ( Gal. 4: 19) he is the manifested on the outside, so it is also with the son of perdition : he is formed and given lordship within the heart or spirit through sin, self will, self exaltation / glorification: he then manifests himself on the outside through hatred, bitterness, deceit and so on, of which most of the world is given over to. Cain who slew Abel was the first person that was physically born that outwardly manifested this son of perdition by killing Abel ,whom manifested Gods Son / WORD in opposition to his brothers darkened nature : Cain was the physically “first born” of the spiritually formed son of perdition within the heart that started the serpent seed line of inhabits upon this earth. This spiritual formation within the hearts / spirits of Adam and Eve produced dual natures of Good and evil, Cain and Abel, Ishmael and Issac, Jacob and Esau etc. When the abomination of desolation occurs profaning the holy temple of Gods Image within man, where it ought not to be, it MARKS it with the image of the BEAST : remember the beasts father is the most subtle or craftiest beast of the field, and his wicked son is a chip of the old block..
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. Anyone who exalts or glorify ‘s themselves through their own self will , seats this son of perdition upon the throne or temple of their heart as god :he has not been born again through the living WORD of God unto eternal life.Issaih 14 : 19 -21 describes the judgment as stated before of this son of perdition , and those that follow him : the abominable branch of desolation will be cast out of the spiritual kingdom of God within man , and those who are joined in oneness with him will also be cast into the lake of fire.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the “man” (satan has never been a man) that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ( spiritual kingdoms without and within the person of man);They that SEE thee : not to many people are seeing this piece of trash called the son of perdition or man of sin, that kills , steals and destroys the spiritual kingdoms of man : and if you cannot see him, he cannot be fought spiritually . They may see this son of perdition within their enemies to a degree , but cannot see his lordship within themselves every time rage , hatred , bitterness, and lets not forget religious pride etc. rises up like the beast of the sea within the heart, and know that once again he has so cleverly assumed lordship within the kingdom of the heart.He most certainly is standing in lordship every time someone hates, goes into a rage, becomes insensitive, murders, steals etc., he has ascended to the status of a god within the temple of mans heart. Will there be a natural temple constructed in Jeruslem where this man of sin goes in and declares himself to be god, probably , because what is within the spiritual heart of man manifests itself outwardly dosent it? : my question to the reader is what good will it do you to see a flesh and blood embodiment of this son of perdition , our warfare is spiritual so start waking up to the internal battle within the spirit because we have alredy seen that embodiment within the Hitlers, Obama’s, Rockafeller’s, Rothchild’s etc . It says “Is this the MAN “: friends satan is not a man, but his son is a counterfeit man formed ,not created by sin within the image of God inside of mans spirit : Paul says put this old man off, but his total destruction is reserved for God.The son of perdition filthy daddy satan brought him on the scene by planting seeds / words of sin in Eves mind which were then swallowed down into the heart / spirit forming this man of sin, satans son. This serpent seed line beginning was through the conception of sin in mans spirit as it traveled from the thought realm of the mind / soul into the heart / spirit where all sin is committed.
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? This , filthy , disgusting new nature made the exterior and the interior temple of man a wilderness by decimating it with this sin nature. It says “ that opened not the house of the prisoners : every man who does not have Christ as a sin sacrifice through being born again is held within this house of flesh as an earth dweller or prisoner of sin, and is destined for the wrath of God. We who are born again are seated with Christ in heaven ( Revelation 12 tells the story of the bride and Son), we do not come under the wrath of God as those who are considered earth dwellers because our spiritual home , the image of God within man has been restored.
Friends,heaven and earth shall indeed pass away but his eternal WORD will never pass away , knowing this we must take this opportunity while in these bodies of flesh to fill ourselves with the fruit from the tree of life after being washed of sin in the blood of the lamb. The son of perdition’s father, feeds or nurtures his son with his fiery darts or thoughts of hatred , bitterness, lies promoting self rule and self exaltation, those who are not sealed with the Holy Ghost have no shield of faith to repel ALL the fiery darts of satan , and are “marked “ in the heart by seating this beast upon the throne of their heart. “Do what thou wilt” coined by a son of satan Alester Crowley is the catalyst for cementing in the “mark of the beast” within the hearts of men.
Jesus coming in the clouds
Let me apolgize for repetitiously continuing the description, formation , characteristic’s , tactic’s etc. of this concealed low life son of perdition who is responsible for every murder, rape, beating etc. that has ever occurred upon the face of this planet, I truly want us to be one of those that SEE HIM ( Isaiah 14:16) This man of sin, this son of perdition who eats only from the literal , carnal tree of good and evil of faithlessness, is ear “marked” for destruction, along with those who have joined him spiritually in oneness, and are part of his body will be destroyed by the brightness of the living WORD of Gods unveiled presence coming back to remove his presence from within his spiritual image within man: that’s what 2 Thessalonians the second chapter is describing to us if we have the spiritual eyes of revelation and understanding that God wishes to give us. Oh yes the great, and terrible unveiled day of our Lord is coming at the midnight hour of darkness upon this earth to uproot the chief of satans strength, his firstborn (Psalm 105 : 36), this filthy son of perdition conceived first within the hearts of Eve, and then Adam. This son of perdition’s, satans first born “taking away” will be likened unto the living WORD of God coming into Egypt ( sin stained body of imprisonment) during the days of Moses, and removing the FIRST BORN ( son of perdition is the spiritual first born of satan) of pharaoh who is a type or shadow of satan .Jesus is coming to set up his earthly millennial kingdom at the pinnacle of darkness of satans rule here on earth/ in earth. God very soon through his living word as always is going to “Take Away” physically and most importantly this time spiritually this son of perdition from the spiritual root within mans heart , also removing his physical presence in the great taking away The children of Israel were delivered at the midnight hour of darkness from the rule of pharoah who is a type of satan by removing the chief of his strenghth from Egypt, HIS FIRSTBORN. God will remove satans firstborn son ( the son of perdition, the chief of ALL satans strength , psalm 105:36) from the land of Egypt ( sin stained body of imprisonment), and their will be no more strength in the land of Egypt, folks this is shadow of the great taking away describing two men in bed, two women grinding : there are two natures one belonging to satan and one belonging to God through the redemptive power of the born again process through the living WORD of God. Just imagine having a glorified body like Christ ti begin the millennial reign of Christ with no adversary present to tempt us with hatred , anger , religious pride , it is something to indeed look forward to. No one knows the day or the hour of Christs return , not even himself, only the Father , but he is giving us hope, faith and his promise to understand how he return will occur in all of this midnight hour of darkness that is soon reaching its pinnacle His return will indeed be in the glory clouds of his transfigured presence within the temple of mans spirit, it will be a glorious day for those who are born again , and a destructive day of judgement for those who have given themselves over to the rule of this son of perdition and his father satan : they will not be able to stand in the loving brightness of his appearance being conformed and attached to the darkness of this man of sin.. The unveiled brightness of Gods living WORD is coming within the glory clouds of his presence once again to fully consume the presence of his spiritual temple within man: dosen’t the shadows in the old testament of the tent in the wilderness , the temple of God Soloman, testify of a constructed , completed temple being permeated with the glory cloud of Gods presence, HIS Living WORD?All those people who cannot see a spiritual coming of Christ always want to say he is coming in the clouds , but there vision within their carnal minds has them beiving christ will be riding a literal cloud like a magic carpet or that every eye will see him in a literal sense : that would require Christ to be a million miles high in physical stature, how ridiculous is that mind set that is locked up in carnality. A all consuming presence of Christ is coming in the glory cloud of his presence restoring fully the image of himself within man.Jesus is coming like a thief in the night , just like when he took away the firstborn of pharoah a type of satan at the midnight hour. No more veils concealing the brightness of Gods presence like the veiled face of Moses concealing the brightness, no more veil l in front of the ark of the covenant, the shadow of Gods presence on earth that was veiled for mans protection. He is most definitely is coming in the clouds of the brightness of his coming , and only those who are recreated spiritually through his living WORD Christ can stand in oneness with him: only the priests / ministers of God in his temple who have been washed in the blood, filled with his living WORD, can stand in the brightness of his unveiled presence .Those who stand in the unprotected literal , carnal outer court who are void of the living WORD need to experience what Jesus told Nicodemus , and not just see the kingdom or temple of Gods spiritual presence in the distance , but enter in by experiencing the covenant relationship of being washed in the blood and truly filled with his living WORD formed spiritually within : and I am not talking about having a head knowledge full of scripture , its about the living loving WORD being reformed in the image of God within you! The born again re-creative process FIRST begins with being washed in the blood which clears a passage way back into the garden or temple of mans heart, removing the swords that turn every which way and once again allowing access back to the tree of life. It all fits so perfectly if we come to God by faith for his understanding. Jesus said I have told you all things , it is so that we can understand , understanding brings Gods peace , this expounded message is not confusion , but the simplicity of the Gospels revealed through the revelation of Jesus Christ ( Rev. 1:1) God wants us to partake of the tree of life once again , he has given he Son in love so that we can do so and regain the etrnal life that was lost. Again the cloud of his presence consumed Moses for 40ty days, the glory cloud of his presence filled the “tent” in the wilderness, Solomon s temple also was filled with the brightness of Gods presence , and the glory cloud of our Lords transfiguration on the mount was a preview of the brightness of his his spiritual coming, and no earthly temple of unregenrate men will be able to construct a tabernacle for his presence to dwell in as Peter , James and John tried to do be the spirit of God was recreated through being born again: and not just them but a world full of men who are possessed with the spirit of babylon who try to construct a church for God, God builds the church , it is the spiritual born again temple of himself within man. Understanding that only those who are born again through the lambs sacrifice of blood and water will be joined in oneness with him in marriage, the children of the evil one who are consumed with the presence of the son of perdition are destined to partake of the lake of fire. He most certainly is coming in the clouds of his glorified presence,which will consume the internal enemy of the spirit, the son of perdition. The lost of today are being scorched with the fire of his Living Word as the plagues are being poured out on those who dwell upon the earth,the comfort and security of a natural world is disappearing : praise God for this driving force of these plagues that return a portion of babylons captives back to him , returning them to Jerusalem , the spiritual image of himself. It is time to see the spiritual intent of Gods living WORD, Christ Jesus, and not just a hand full of literal scripture that creates misdirection away fro the true battle that we are fighting , and what God is going to accomplish. The days of much revelation / understandings are here , the literal word of God is giving way to the living WORD of God, the formed loving presence of our Lord. Some people as they stand are 16 inches away the the kingdom of God, that is the distance between the head , and the heart : SEEING the kingdom of God is not good enough , that is the story of the 5 wise virgins , and unwise, one SEE”S , one ENTERS IN : one group is in the unprotected area of the outer court in the natural literal realm looking at a natural light for direction within soulish realm of their minds, the other faithful group is in the TEMPLE OR IMAGE OF GODS PRESENCE PROTECTED BY THE SALVATION OF HIS LIVING WORD , it is so easy but yet so hard.
God bless, Jer. 33:3
For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to His own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not his mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.
Isaiah 53:2-7
Thank you Brother Charles, I gleaned from it.
I think I was so long winded I ran out of space on the previous post. I will close with God bless you in your service to him Jer. 33:3
Thank you Brother Pete,
I grew up babtist believing that a trip to a natural altar at the front of the “church ” was all that you needed to do to receive salvation. I came to find out it is a worthless insurance policy if you do not perform your part ( Dying to self ).
Moses said to the childern of Israel after “passover” to shod your feet, and take up your staff because we are just “starting our walk ” to complete deliverence.
Acceptance of the sacrificial lamb, Christ, is the beginning and not the end .
It gets you in the ballgame so that you can play in it.
The childern of Israel had left a natural egypt behind, But their personal egypt (lusts ,desres of a temporal body ) were still rooted within them.
Our heart / spirit / image of God that is eternal is like a garden.
Remember when God told Adam to ” Tend and keep the GARDEN” ?
I don’t think the good Lord wanted Adam to go around a natural garden , pruning , hedgeing and cutting grass with a john deere mower.
Remember when Mary saw Jesus after his resurection and supposed him to be the “GARDNER”?
There is not one jot nor tittle in Gods WORD that is in there for naught.
What happened when Adam ate from the tree of knowledge( self / senses / intelect / desire )in preference to the tree of life { GODS WORD OF FAITH) ?
Look at the language between eve and satan, look what really hapened internaly within the person of Eve.
IN Gen 3:6 Eve saw ( senses over WORD ) Eyes (senses over WORD ) desired (emotions over the WORD) wise ( earthly intelect over WORD).
It is always the same battle, sense knowledge/emotions/intelect versus FAITH IN GODS WORD. Self/babylon versus the WORD.
You don’t even have to get up from your couch to fight this battle because it is internal.
Always has been, always will be.
If we want to truly understand what went on in the “garden ” we need to examine what the triune function of the KINGDOM WITHIN is all about.
Lets start with Adam and Eve and the function ,condition and correct order of submission regarding their spirit , mind/soul, and body.
Defining the functions of the triune person of man before sin.
The spirit is the image of God filled with the WORD before sin entered the picture . It is the control center, telling the mind/soul what to do and then corresponding action of the body in obedience.The spirit posses a conscience that tells us instinctivelly what is right or wrong. It also posses intuition. It is where we comunicate with God.It is the image of God.
The mind/soul houses intelect , emotions , and desire. It is between the spirit and body and is our internal battleground . It is always trying to be persuaded by either the spirit which had been filled with the Word before the fall or the desires of the flesh. Before the fall it was the mind of Christ working in obedience to the spirit.Remember Christ being full of the Holy Spirit which directed his mind/soul and body through his earthly ministry.
The body before the fall is a glorified body like Jesus had after his resurection. It could go from the natural realm into the spiritual realm in the presence of the father. It is our container or vessel that also posses the five senses.Remember Christ appearing in the room with the disciples , and then going back into the spiritual realm with the Father?This is what the overcomer can expect when things get back to “normal”
Now lets look at how this natural order that God put within the man got reversed .
The serpent/ devil brings thoughts to the mind of man . They are always thoughts in disobedience to Gods WORD. He allways uses earthly intelect, senses , emotions ( tree of knowledge junk ) which are what the body, and mind/soul posses aganist the spirit or Image of God.. He wants to reverse the proper and correct order and have the body with its lusts and desires , senses tell the mind what to do and with its emotions , intellect what to do and then force it or as we may better be able to describe , swallow it down into the spirit of man.
Thats what happened in the “garden” and it tranformed the glory of God into a son of perdition.This spirit was once the light bearer ( Luciher) of Gods WORD but it is no longer capable with sin present.
Christ came back as the second Adam , who sinned not. He restored the order of the spirit telling the mind what to do and then having the body perform corresponding actions.
Jesus grew tired and weary just like us , he never allowed his body to dictate to his spirit what to do. He could well say at the end of his earthly life ” the evil one has nothing in me”.Not one did he reverse that correct order of submission.
Brothers and sisters I hope this is not endless babble to you.
One quick example to illustrate this point.
For those who have learned to drive a
Not once did he reverse the order.
I believe in Baptism, not infant Baptism. Whether or not there is a big ceremony or just two people standing in a pool, matters not. If one’s heart is right and they have a brother/sister baptize them and there are witnesses, then it is what Peter said in response to the question in Acts 2:38 What shall we do to be saved ? REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED. Little babies cannot repent, they cannnot even sin because where there is no law there is no sin.
Pete
Do you believe in ceremonial baptism like most of people doing today?