The Restoration Of Man - Des Walter

THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT A BOOK,
BUT A LIVING PERSON, JESUS CHRIST,
John 1:1

For many Christians, the Bible is simple a "BOOK" just like any other book, so that if we are capable of reading the language, then we should be able to understand what it is saying. Such an attitude has resulted in much confusion, among God’s people. Paul declares to Timothy, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." In Job 32:8 we find another interesting statement, "But there is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding." The word "Inspiration," simply means it is GOD BREATHED.
Everything on this earth that has breath is being sustained, and a correspondence is maintained by God breathing in them. Knowledge and information is passed between God and man also by means of the breath of God. To use another analogy God and man are not "Hard Wired," so that means that there must be a spiritual link that connects us to God. A Radio has the capacity to tune in to the transmitter of a Radio Station and be able to pick up the signal without a hard wire connection between the Radio and the Station. We now have "Mobile Phones" that do not require a hard wire back to some Phone connection, but has the capacity to pick up the signal from towers scattered over the country, just like a wireless.
In the same way the connection between God and man is the ability put within us whereby we can hear his voice and receive knowledge and direction through the SPIRIT. However, we do not function constantly in our life on a spiritual frequency, but often one that is natural. This means that a man can live his whole life without hearing the voice of God even though God dwells in every man. Having laid this foundation let us explore these things further. There were men who discovered that it was possible for a man to actually hear from God and to receive information that he wanted to be made known to mankind. These are the ones that Paul spoke to Timothy about, confirming that what they had written was what God had BREATHED into them, the words and knowledge he wanted recorded.
From this we understand that just as a book on medicine is written in medical language, which is only intelligible to Doctors, so a book that is generated by the SPIRIT can only be understood by those who have the same "Breath" breathed into them. I pick up a book on electronics and I do not understand what the signs and symbols mean, so if I was asked to speak on electronics everybody would end up confused not because I wanted to confuse everyone, but I would not know what I am talking about. Can you not see that the reason for the utter confusion in the religious world is that a man says, I understand English so give me a Bible and I will tell you what it is saying. That man is ignorant of the fact that the book called the Bible DOES NOT SPEAK. It does not say a word. The man is using what we call the mind to interpret the letters and words that are ink on the paper, and that is what he will tell you. Now that is not illegal and nor is it wrong if you want to learn some academic subject, but it is very confusing when you use the Bible that way.
People look at the "CHURCH" in the world today and ask the question, "Which Church or denomination is right?" They are all different having different doctrines and different rules or laws to which you must adhere to be a member. So, many people walk away from the Church without realizing many times they are walking away from God also, for there is a big difference between the Living God of all creation, and the God the traditional Church presents. Here we are discovering the reason for the confusion. In the beginning Man was spoken into existence as God breathed out the words, "Let us make MAN," and there was the man. Breath is required if we are to communicate through words. There are three words in our English language that are translated from the ONE Greek word, "PNEUMA," and those three words are, SPIRIT, WIND, and BREATH.
It is interesting that in the Hebrew language those same three words are also translated from ONE word, "RUACH." These three words define the mystical connection between God and all of his creation, even down to the animals. The elephants began to get agitated and trumpeted one hour before the tsunami hit Asia. How did they know when humans were ignorant of what was happening until they were in the wave of destruction. The birds disappear before the storm arrives, for there is a spiritual connection involved between them and their creator. But so often, man fumbles along in the darkness as if he has no connection with the divine.
"Inspiration," is not some magical power that we can conjure up but is the BREATH OF GOD breathing IN US that results in a divine knowledge or wisdom being made available to us to accomplish something that God needs to do. In the scriptures, we see that God breathed the words into certain men, who were required to record them for all mankind. One day the religious leaders sent out spies to gather information about what Jesus was saying, that would provide evidence that would allow him to be brought to trial for treason. When they returned to their masters, their only comment was, "We never heard another man speak like this man." It is recorded of Jesus that, "His Words are SPIRIT and LIFE." The truth is that the GOD BREATHED word will never return to God, without first having accomplished what that word was sent to do.
John begins his Gospel by saying, "In the beginning was the WORD," which is the Greek word LOGOS and means, a word uttered by a living voice, and embodies a conception or idea. God spoke out of his infinite mind in creation, and that word found expression as MAN who is spirit and in the likeness and image of God. Therefore the "Word of God" is not simply words that are spoken, but a PERSON who is CHRIST. So we can see that when God speaks whatever he says is intended to bring forth an expression of the Christ. John continued by saying, "And the WORD was with God (Face to Face) and the WORD WAS GOD." So after creating the heavens and the earth, the pinnacle of all creation was to be an expression of himself that is called MAN. But that man was at that point, a true spirit form with no visible body. That man was CHRIST the only Son of the living God who would remain in the (Invisible) spirit world until the time appointed when he would be revealed as the Savior of the World.
But as the Son of God, his role was to see what the Father was doing in the spirit realm, and then bring it to pass in the earth realm. He now brings forth a manifestation of himself but because he was to dwell on the earth he needed to have a body that would make him visible. So he forms the body from the dust of the earth complete in every detail, except it had no life. We are told that the Lord God the Man of Gen 1:26 who is Christ, now BREATHED INTO the NOSTRILS of the body formed from the dust of the earth the breath of life which he had received from God. This was ADAM who was placed in the Garden of Eden who was the same spirit as the man in Gen 1:26. This man was put to sleep in which he lost consciousness of his true identity which was established in Creation. He now discovers he is no longer alone but the woman has been taken out of him and presented to him as a separate entity. He recognizes that she is bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh for she was taken out of him, so he calls her "Woman."
The female part of Adam, which is the woman, begins to function on her own, which is not what God created in the beginning when the male and the female functioned together as one. This woman had lost that spiritual connection to Adam, which she had in the beginning so she had no way of tuning into the voice of God. The woman who now represents the SOUL is separated from Adam who represents the spirit, and so she has lost her connection with the spirit. It was at this point that another voice was raised in her, that came from within but it was the voice of the snake, which represents the CARNAL MIND. Of course the Garden of Eden is an allegory and not literal so it enables us to understand how man functions as a "Living Soul." The "Snake" we are told is more subtle than all the beasts of the field, and represents the natural or Carnal MIND. This is what has kept mankind in darkness and under a hypnotic spell for so long. God had told Adam that he could eat of all the trees in the Garden except the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for the day you eat thereof you will surely die.
There had been no death in the Garden so Adam had no previous knowledge of it, but the snake saw its opportunity to possess Adam through the woman and thus to be able to produce his own heritage. But Eve is functioning alone with no input from the Spirit, so the snake threw doubt on what God had said, asking the question, "Did God say you shall not eat of every tree in the Garden?" Eve exercises her natural mind to challenge the assumption of the snake, being far more subtle than she is, so the carnal mind becomes the one that wins the argument. Eve convinced herself that she would not die if she ate the fruit of the forbidden tree; in fact she believed she would be as God. So she ate of the fruit and took it to Adam to share with him.
Adam had the ability to make a choice being under no pressure to eat the fruit, for he never spoke to the snake so it had no influence over him. But because he had the foreknowledge of God he realized what Eve had done, therefore it was necessary for him to partake of the fruit with her, or there could be no redemption for anyone. Therefore he ate the fruit with his eyes wide open knowing exactly what it would cost him, but he did it willingly to become ONE with you and me. We recognize that Christ is that Spirit that dwells in every man, so we all have the breath of God breathing in us, yet for so many there is no consciousness of any divine activity within them, for they have no spiritual awareness.
In Job 32:8 he reminds us that "Wisdom" is an expression of the Christ dwelling within us, so he says, "There is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. Here we are told that the communication between God and man is through the SPIRIT and not through the natural mind. Listen to Job again, "Job 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, it is not in me: and the sea saith, it is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold; neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire the gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it; neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
There are really two questions here; the first is WHERE is the source of wisdom, and secondly how does it get from its source to find expression in me? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living (Souls), and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, we have heard the fame thereof with our ears. God has ordered its pathway and he knows where it is stored. For he surveys everything concerning MAN from the END to the very beginning, and establishes it.
Let us answer the two questions posed here by Job regarding wisdom, the first being the source of wisdom. It may come as a shock to many people and perhaps especially those who present themselves as ministries to God’s people that Wisdom is not to be found in the natural man. Job spoke about the "SPIRIT" that is in man, but he declares that it is the "Breath of the Almighty" that gives them understanding. Here is another translation, Job 32:8 "But there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches." This is more accurate and helps us to understand more clearly what Father is saying to us. God breathing his word into us is not simply dropping words of wisdom on us, but it must be taught to us. So wisdom comes from God through the "Word" imparted by the spirit.
We come to the conclusion that apart from God man is no better than the brute beasts of the field. Some of the heinous crimes perpetrated by man in the world today have so often brought forth the response that such a person "Is an animal." The second question is probably more important than the first, for it concerns the way in which the Wisdom of God is delivered to man. Job tells us that the communication of wisdom is through the spirit in us receiving understanding. If we are to hear what the spirit is saying to us here, we must go back to the Garden of Eden, for it is here that we find the answers that have eluded us for so long. In Gen 2:21 we read that the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept. In so many cases I believe Adam is still sleeping being ignorant of his true identity and the knowledge of God. Jesus said concerning Lazarus "He is asleep."
So we can see that the separation of the soul and spirit has brought about a dynamic change to the way we function as a person. Man had now become a LIVING SOUL expressed as that woman that Adam called EVE functioning as a separate entity from Adam, the spirit. Since that time man had no divine connection to the spirit and therefore he has lost the inspiration of the almighty that he should have had, giving him wisdom and direction in his life.
Now we need to hear the truth concerning these things or we will remain in the sleep state and walk in the darkness of ignorance. Gen 1-3, represent an allegory, which does not mean that we can treat them as a fairy tale with no truth. But it means that we cannot read these chapters and interpret them as being LITERAL. An allegory is writing in which abstract ideas are personified, conveying a different meaning from that which is expressed, so that it becomes a continuing metaphor. First of all let us be clear that it was not possible to separate the FEMALE from the MALE, because CHRIST is spirit and spirit cannot be divided, for that is impossible, you cannot have half a spirit for there is no such thing.
So we must look at the "Allegory" to listen to what God is saying to us here. In the allegory Adam represents SPIRIT and the "Female" represents the SOUL, which are separated the one from the other to begin to function independently. But in the beginning the Spirit and the Soul functioned together, with the SOUL having the womb through which MAN was to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. However, the true "SEED" of the woman or the SOUL is in the spirit, therefore she cannot reproduce according to the divine will but can only reproduce the SEED of the SERPENT. The reason for this is that the Serpent’s "SEED" was planted in the "MIND" of the Soul representing EVE in the Garden of Eden. This happened when Eve lost the argument with the snake and ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This means that while we believe that we were separated from Adam (Spirit) in the Garden of Eden, we will have a sense of separation from God in our present lives.
This is evident when we speak of God up in the sky in some ethereal heaven, or praying to God that is out side of ourselves. The "Soul" of man consists of three main aspects and they are, Mind, Emotions and the Will. Let us consider the mind, because the other two, the Emotions and the Will receive their activation from the Mind. The Soul of man is a part of the SPIRIT, for it is not physical, and is invisible for no one has seen their Soul. However, the function of the soul is directed by one of three laws according to the scripture and this will determine how we live our lives. Paul speaks of one of those laws in Romans 7:22, "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man," and the Inward Man is Christ. The Psalmist says in, Psalm 37:23, "The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way." This is true when a man is governed BY THE LAW OF THE LORD THROUGH HIS CHRIST MIND.
The Mind of MAN was created by God in the beginning so that he would be, "In the likeness and Image of God." For God to be able to create all things even the Atoms and the millions of living creatures as well as the heavens and the earth, he must have an INFINITE MIND, therefore man was designed with the same capacity. But when the WOMAN (Soul) began to explore a knowledge system that had nothing to do with God, the carnal mind took control of her. From that very moment the mind of the woman became "Carnal" or "Natural" and no longer spiritual, because it was based upon a pseudo knowledge system based upon the five natural senses of the soul, Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell and Taste that are not based upon TRUTH. It is through this counterfeit knowledge that man declares his own reality.
At the end of Creation God inspected all that he had created and pronounced it VERY GOOD, for there was no such thing as evil. Once you introduce evil into your understanding you have violated truth. The words "Good and Evil" are not absolute terms for whenever you use the adjective "GOOD" it is a comparison term, and it poses the question, "Good compared to what?" If I say, "That was a "GOOD" cup of tea, I am saying it was good by comparison with other cups of tea I have had. We need to remember that the Mind of man is not "Robotic" with abilities that would automatically function, or we would all become an "Einstein." Some have been gifted with the knowledge of Music and so became great composers, while others were gifted in different ways bringing forth wonderful inventions that enable mankind to do extraordinary things.
The Apostle also speaks of a different mind, Romans 8:7 because the carnal Mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." This is the same "Mind" of man but Paul refers to it now as being CARNAL. Romans 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, (that is) I have the nature of flesh that is subject to sin. This is the same as ADAM declaring to God, "I AM NAKED." I have the nature of FLESH because my mind is functioning under the LAW OF SIN AND DEATH, which is the nature of the unregenerate man. Adam began life in the Garden of Eden with his mind being governed by the Law of God as it was given to man in the beginning. But when the SOUL of man was separated from him and became a separate entity as the WOMAN, the mind no longer came under the direction of the spirit but declared its own reality, for it was separated from Adam the spirit.
We are then told that Eve the Soul began to function on her own and the Mind that was originally under the control of the Spirit, came in contact with the serpent. Eve had never had anything to do with the serpent before this, because it was not some slithering snake talking to Eve, but it was simply her "Mind" that was separated from the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, asserting its own natural knowledge as reality. This "Mind" was no longer controlled by the Spirit, but is now under the control of the woman, functioning independently from Adam who had been united to her in creation. Another "LAW" had now taken control of the mind of Eve because the Law of the Spirit of life in Adam was now being over-ruled by the law of the flesh to which she had not submitted. But it did not happen without a battle for the Law of the Spirit had been well planted and had never been questioned until this moment.
The battle for supremacy was in fact the battle between the divine authority that had been in control of her life up to this point, and a new mental energy that was emerging as Eve ponders her unquestioned allegiance to God under which she had previously lived. It all had to do with authority and who would control the future of this woman that Adam called Eve. The snake in the allegory set out in the scriptures personifies this authority, but is actually the will of the WOMAN opposing the WILL OF GOD. We would naturally consider that God was far stronger than the Woman so there could be no doubt what the outcome would be, but the woman won and declared that she would NOT DIE if she ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Eve relied on the carnal mind instead of God, declaring "MY WILL instead of God’s will."
Never forget the warning given to Adam, when he was told that, "The "Serpent" was more subtle above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, 'Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?" The challenge here was to Eve asking her, "Do you really believe God?" For her to deny that God had told them that they could eat the fruit of all the trees of the Garden would have been too much, but that was not the question, for her memory would have saved her. BUT do you really believe that you will die if you eat that fruit.? This required her to explore the whole activity of the mind without any input from spirit, and the snake knew this.
In the Allegory the snake speaks of a superior WISDOM that is why it is the symbol of the Medical Fraternity mounted on a Pole. So here is our introduction to the "VOICE" of the Snake. This is no ordinary snake that has been divinely gifted to be able to speak, but let me present to you the SATAN of the Bible, who is declared to be the ACCUSER OF THE BRETHEREN, who accuses us day and night before God. Beloved when the Snake deceived Eve it deceived all of mankind who would be BORN OF THAT WOMAN and that includes everyone. The voice of the snake is the voice of the natural or carnal mind that challenged God’s authority in Eden for control of the MIND that is the authority centre for the whole being of man.
Now we are beginning to see how the mind has control over what we think and what we do. Here is Paul’s experience in Rom 7:18-23, "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I really desire I do not do, but the evil, which I do not want to do, that is what I do. Now if I do that which I really do not want to do, it is no more the "I" of my true identity that does it, but sin (a controlling force in my mind) that dwells in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present and opposes me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man, but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members."
This helps us to get an insight into the mind of the man that has been impregnated by the serpent in Gen 3, and its effect has not changed to this day. The subtlety of the snake lies in the fact that we do not have any consciousness of its activity, for to us our mind appears to function normally. Our sense of loneliness, or lack of the consciousness of God’s presence we put down to our circumstances, or lack of knowledge, so we seek for answers, which many times are irrelevant. There is a LAW operating in the carnal mind of mankind today, including the Christians, which declares that you will not obey the will of God for you are, perhaps unknowingly being governed by the LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. If you understood this and began to rebel against it then of course you would set about to cancel it out, but for most Christians they do not consider their life to be unusual or in any way even sinful. That is the subtlety of the Snake.
Paul tells us in Romans 8:5 "For they that are after the flesh are of the same mind and agree with the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit live in harmony with the things of the Spirit. For to function out of a carnal mind will result in death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is an enemy of God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither can it be changed. So then they that are functioning out of the carnal mind cannot under any circumstances please God." Now we realize that the carnal mind IS DEATH, it is a poison for which there is no antidote. The "Infection" that has put the poison into the mind of man, is a "Knowledge System" that challenges everything concerning TRUTH." Remember what God said to Adam in the Garden of Eden, "The day you eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, IN THAT DAY YOU WILL D-I-E."
It is so remarkable to me that many Christians today have embraced the concept of good and evil without considering that this has robbed mankind of experiencing the Life we received in creation. Good and evil constitutes another life that does not flow from God but is the life lived by a MORTAL HUMAN BEING. But we have been so used to living in the wilderness that many Christians cannot even imagine what Jesus was talking about when he said, "I have come that you might have LIFE and have it in abundance."
When Jesus Christ came preaching that the Kingdom of God is IN YOU, it hardly raised a stir among the people and it is not very different today. The "Good News of the Gospel" is that we have never been excluded from the presence of God, nor from his bountiful love and mercy, but calls upon mankind to focus on another life that has been available for 2000 years. This Life is "ETERNAL" and has its source and continuous flow from God, and was demonstrated for everyone to see, by Jesus Christ during his life here on earth.
The Gospel contains a clear invitation to return from the wilderness of our experience to the care and provision of our heavenly Father. There will never be a repeat of what happened in the Garden of Eden, for we are no longer coming to Mount Sinai reminding us of our past failure, but to Mount ZION the CITY of our GOD.
A New Heavens and Earth.
"Father, open the eyes of your people that they might SEE and understand that the NEW HEAVENS and the NEW EARTH are a reality for us today."
John, who was a prisoner of Rome on the Island of Patmos, but who lived as a free man in another world, which he saw in a vision, recorded it for us so that we could enter into that same reality. There could never be a release from the slavery of this world of good and evil, until we have been released from its power. We will put in order the issues that must be dealt with before we can be free to enter into the New Heaven and Earth. There is no simple transfer from darkness into light. The darkness itself must be exposed and its power must be seen to be destroyed. There are three basic issues that we will deal with in this study, in order to understand how we can be released from the bondages that presently prevent us from walking into the liberty and freedom of the Sons of God.
The first one is the raising up of the KING who is represented as the birthing of the "Man-Child" by a people on the earth. The next one has to do with the destruction of the "Beast" that rises out of the sea of humanity. Finally, we need to see that "Babylon" which has imprisoned so many, who has tried to walk with God, is finally destroyed and its power removed never to rise again. In all these issues we are not looking at a calendar and certain consecutive dates in the future, but we must recognize all the works of God were finished FROM THE BEGINNING. It is important to note that all of the opposing forces to our walk and development in God are WITHIN US and not external to us.
Everything that could hold you bound in any way, and able to restrict your growth and development in Christ has already been dealt with. To bring the victory into reality in your own personal life only requires that you "BELIEVE" (that is to have FAITH) that it is already accomplished at the CROSS when Jesus said, "IT, (That is everything that has sought to change or destroy the will and purpose of God on this earth from the "Snake" in the Garden of Eden to DEATH ITSELF) IS FINISHED." This word "Finished" literally means to perform the last act, which completes a process, to accomplish the perfect will of God.
The beginning of our personal release from mortality to immortality begins with the birthing of the man-child in Rev 12. The first command given to Adam was to be fruitful and fill the earth. This he did in Gen 2:7 when he brought forth a manifestation of himself who would be the SEED in all of mankind. The opposition to God on the earth has always been focused on the destruction of that Seed. Now move the clock forward about 4000 years and a "Virgin" in Israel brings forth a seed which is not the "Seed of the Serpent," but the "Seed of God." The divine messenger told Mary, " And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
So we can see that God has fulfilled every requirement to set us free and to overcome all opposition to our walking as Christ in this world. The KING was born 2000 years ago and, "Of his Kingdom there shall be NO END." Christians celebrate Christmas and hold special services to commemorate the birth of Christ, but that event has little or nothing to do with them personally. But this was the birthing of the Christ IN EVERY MAN, for we are ALL IN CHRIST according to Eph 2:10, having been created in him. Herod the King tried to kill him at the time of his birth, just as Pharaoh tried to KILL MOSES who was the deliverer of Israel from Slavery. Religion has majored on the word "SAVIOR" of the world, but this word is not used in Matthew or Mark because in the whole of the Old Testament the concept was on the DELIVERER.
The revelation of God from Genesis is that "God is the deliverer of his people" and it is that concept on which, virtually the whole Old Testament is based as the Hebrews did not seem to have felt the need of a title for God that would sum up this "Saving" aspect of His relation to man. When Jesus began his ministry he did not elevate the concept of SAVIOR, but the KING and the Kingdom of God. This carried on from the "Deliverer" concept of the Old Testament. Israel was 400 years in Egypt many of which were spent in slavery. Their cry that ascended to the Lord was not to be "Saved" but to be SET FREE, so that looked for a DELIVERER. The Passover has been wrongly considered as the sacrificial Lamb of God dying to "SAVE" God’s people. Instead, Passover was the symbol of a slain LAMB that would lead Israel out of the greatest military nation on the earth at that time. Israel never had a gun or a sword but calmly walked out of Egypt with the wealth of the nation, and not even a dog could bark against them. The mighty army of Egypt that followed them perished in the Red Sea without a shot being fired. Such is our deliverer.
Psalm 2 sets the world stage in this battle when it says, "Why do the nations assemble together with commotion (uproar and confusion of voices), and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme." This must have included Pharaoh who heard about the birth of a deliverer for Israel, and ordered the death of every male child, but not only was Moses born but he survived and was raised as the son of Pharaoh in the palace. Finally he fulfilled his destiny by delivering Israel from servitude under Pharaoh, and crushed the power of Egypt’s army.
Likewise when Jesus was born Herod the King at that time tried to find out where he was to be born so he could destroy him, but he also failed just as did Pharaoh. Jesus Christ grew up in obscurity as far as the world was concerned for he could have been mistaken for any man, but known to God’s people. The Psalmist says in Psalm 2:4, "He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord has them in derision and in supreme contempt he mocks them…… Yet I have anointed and installed MY KING (firmly) on my holy hill of Zion." I will declare the decree of the Lord. He said to me, you are my Son, and today (I declare) I have begotten you." (Amp)
Yes, that prophecy applies to Jesus Christ, but also to every one who has HEARD THAT VOICE whoever they are, all over the world. There will be many red faces among those who today consider they are the select of the elect and the ones, who will become the "Man-Child," when that "one" (Many membered body) is revealed to the world as CHRIST. If that Man-Child were to be born in a certain place or through a certain people, it may be destroyed, but it is being birthed IN A PEOPLE in the silence and obscurity of the spirit.
John tells us, that there is something that is appearing in the realm of Spirit, and not in the Middle East, and it has to do with a WOMAN. This woman began her so called existence in the Garden of Eden when the Lord God was said to have put Adam to sleep and removed the female part of his being. This inevitably was the intention of the serpent to frustrate the purposes of God in producing the man-child. Although in creation that Woman was a part of Adam who represents the Spirit, yet in her state of separation she lacked the divine seed to bring forth after the spirit. This woman represents all of mankind for she became the "Mother of all living." The first MAN came out of God, but since that time every other man has come out of that woman. The first man she gave birth to was a murderer and his name was CAIN.
When God spoke to Adam about being "Fruitful," he was not speaking simply about the union of an egg and a sperm as in natural childbirth, but the bringing to birth of man’s true identity, which is Christ. This was revealed in prophecy by the Prophet Isaiah, "Behold a virgin shall conceive and bring forth a son and shall call his name Immanuel which is God with us." Isa 7:14. Then in Isa 9:6, after King Ahaz had brought Israel into a time of darkness, the hope of salvation was promised and was fulfilled ultimately after 4000 years of human history, just as the Prophet Isaiah said it would be. In fact the destiny of all mankind including Israel was revealed through another woman who was a virgin who birthed the deliverer.
"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 Counselor, Mighty God, the Everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace." However, this child that was born represented a people who would fill the earth all having the same seed of divine destiny within themselves. This is the one that Peter identified in Matt 16:16 as "The CHRIST the Son of the Living God." In this, God was fulfilling his own desire when he said, "For you are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." 2Cor 6:16.
The prophecy of Isaiah had now been fulfilled and God had taken up residence on the earth walking as man. He is "EMMANUEL" God with us, and this was confirmed by his ministry for he told the people that the Kingdom of God was within them as a present experience, and it was not some event that would come thousands of years later. Living in that Kingdom today involves the Government of our life resting upon his shoulder, and to us he becomes the Wonderful counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace. No wonder the Psalmist declared, Mercy and Truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Psalm 85:10.
But we must go on, for there is yet to be a manifestation of the Christ that will flow forth from a people on this earth not as a Babe born in a manger any longer but this will be the birthing of the MAN CHILD, the King of Glory with divine power to RULE THE NATIONS. His birth in Bethlehem was as Savior and Redeemer, despised and rejected of men and a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. However, they rejected and crucified him and buried him in a rock tomb, thinking that was the end of him. BUT on the third day the tomb burst open to reveal the power of death had been forever broken, and the NEW CREATION MAN revealed himself in all his glory to those with eyes to see. The "Nations that the Christ is to rule over are not simply the present nations of the world, but are the Nations Israel had to conquer when they took up residence in the Land of Canaan. They are the "Nations" of "Ites" who had settled in to the Promised Land but had no right to be there. God said to Israel "YOU cast them out for I have given the land TO YOU." God acted on their behalf as the DELIVERER.
The cross continues to destroy the power of death for all those who dare to believe we were created immortal, born to rule and reign victorious over sin and death IN THIS WORLD. The resurrection is the end of our false identity as a Mortal Human Being, and the end of the power of DEATH, as the transformation of our MIND destroys the power of the serpent’s deception, being replaced by the MIND OF CHRIST. Now we can say, "For me to live IS CHRIST expressing himself through me? If you have seen me in reality you have seen my Father, for "I" and my Father ARE no longer separate entities but we are O-N-E."
Now we have a people all of whom are walking in the reality of their true identity with Christ dwelling IN THEM, but this is not the end of the story, for so many Christians declare that Christ dwells in them, but there is no evidence for others to see. It is so easy to parrot the statements above without any reality attached to them. It is the Apostle Paul who tells us that our ministry is to birth this Christ bringing him into manifestation in our lives. Not by seeking to imitate Jesus Christ as so many Christians do for that is a waste of time. We must do what Mary did and birth the Christ, but not as a physical experience, but spiritually. Paul said to the Galatian Christians, "My little Children for whom I am suffering birth pangs until Christ is completely formed within you." James 4:19. (Amp)
The "Woman" in the Garden of Eden is what all of mankind has become, "A Living Soul," functioning out of her soul’s faculties, which include the Mind, the Emotions and the Will. The Living soul can never become CHRIST, for the soul functions out of MORTAL LIFE, and so that life has to die before the Christ Life can function instead. You can only LIVE ONE LIFE AT A TIME, either Mortal life or Eternal life, but never can the two function together. This is the whole purpose of the CROSS-, to surrender our mortal life and lay it down on the cross. This has nothing to do with the cemetery for you were IN CHRIST when he died on the cross, so HIS DEATH was YOUR DEATH, which means that 2000 years ago YOU died to your human identity to take up your true identity as the one who walked out of the tomb on the third day. He did not die INSTEAD of you, but he died AS YOU.
Jesus declared that he had power to lay down his life and he had power to take it up again, and we also have the power to do the same. BUT the life he lay down was not the life he took up in resurrection. His body was changed from mortal flesh and blood as he lived on the earth, to an immortal body that nothing on this earth could touch such as sickness, pain or death, he could walk through the walls and appear and disappear, and be here and then appear somewhere else. "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God." Rom 8:21. "Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”? Phil 3:21.
Now we come to the time of the true manifestation of that Christ that is being birthed in us today, in Rev 12. John saw this day when in the spirit realm there appeared a SIGN or a SYMBOL of a spiritual reality. It was a WOMAN, clothed with the SUN and with the MOON under her feet, and with a crown or tiara of 12 Stars upon her head. What a picture of the BODY OF CHRIST the WOMAN that was taken out of the man in the garden of Eden, that was deceived by the snake and brought mankind into a wilderness. But NOW there has been deliverance and a transformation, she is clothed in LIGHT, just as Adam was in the Garden before Eve took the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. She has the crown of a KING on her head and the Pseudo reflected light of the moon that she had walked in for so long is now under her feet.
There is another ominous sign or symbol that was seen in this vision and this was a Red (color of fire) Dragon with seven heads and ten horns, which are symbols of power and authority. This "Dragon" is nothing but the serpent from the Garden of Eden pretending now to be a dragon. It represents Satan who accuses the brethren day and night and is the enemy of God. This "Dragon" is on a mission just as Pharaoh tried to kill Israel’s deliverer by killing all the male children, and Just as Herod tried to kill the baby Jesus who was said to be King of the Jews. Now the dragon remains before the Woman who is about to deliver the MAN-CHILD who is to rule the nations.
However, the woman who was considered to be separated from Adam, now has been restored to her rightful place IN CHRIST making it possible for the MAN–CHILD to be brought forth. All duality has now gone, as the TWO shall be one, for the man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife and the two shall be one. As soon as the Man-Child was delivered it was immediately caught up into the realm of spirit to God and to the Throne, out of the reach of the dragon, and immediately to his position of power and authority. In this birthing Christ and his Church which is his Body, have become ONE in the Lord God Almighty who will rule as a shepherd over the nations. This brings a change to the earth as God’s need for the opposition is drawing to a close. This event signals a great change that is taking place to the earth, for the woman or the Body of Christ is divinely preserved at this time.
The age-old serpent and dragon was cast down and was relegated to the dust of the earth. But there was also a war that broke out in the heavens of man’s being. The spiritual part of man needed adjusting for the serpent had infected and polluted the mind in the Garden of Eden so there was a skirmish as the snake tried to defend his place in the heavens of mankind. But with the help of Michael the Arch Angel whose name means, "Who is LIKE GOD?" For man was created in the likeness and image of God, so they overcame the serpent by the blood (LIFE) of the Lamb and by the testimony of their lips, because they did not love their lives but willingly laid then down in exchange for life everlasting.
The Beast Rising out of the Sea
In this study we are not going into the details of these visions, which closely relate to the visions of Daniel and their application to the Roman Empire and the emperors themselves. John begins in Rev 13:1 stating that he stopped as he stood upon the Sand of the sea. This refers to a great multitude just as the Lord promised Abraham, in Gen 22:17, "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies." There is a distinction between the "SEED of Abraham," which would be as the STARS of heaven, and the natural seed, which would be as the sand, which is upon the seashore. One was a heavenly seed and the other was natural.
In Rev 12. John had been is looking at the scene from a heavenly perspective, but now he stops to check out the scene from the earthly viewpoint. A "BEAST" that has all the traits of a wild animal, rises up out of the sea of humanity and this represents MAN living under the power of the carnal mind. This runs parallel with Daniel’s vision only he speaks of four beasts, while here there is only ONE Beast, but it has the characteristics of all four that Daniel saw. We need to note that none of these "Beasts" have the power to function on their own, and so they receive their power, position and authority from the "Dragon." So the "Man-Beast" is dependent upon the dragon for its ability to function, and so

However, it becomes evident that this "beast" is simply MAN functioning under the power of Satan or the carnal mind. When ever man believes he is separated from God all that is left is nothing more than the animal. That man is capable of giving way to the animal instinct and can function accordingly.
The "Beast" has ten heads alluding to the fullness of human power and authority, as ten is the number of testing as far as man is concerned. Then the "Beast" also has ten "Crowns" designating his position and his authority. Some of the crimes today against humanity bear all the hallmarks of animalism, and it is difficult at times to understand how any man could do such things.
The world or the Earth wondered after the "Beast" as it suffered a set back, in that one of its "Heads"heads was killed but it was able to recover. We will not go into the historical side of this for that is not our concern in this study. Remember this "Beast" is not physical or material, for this whole book is written in Signs and Symbols.
The beast has grown and developed over the years under the Nazi Regime when millions of Jews were sent to their death in gas chambers and other horrible means. Weapons of mass destruction now do not just kill a few people but whole cities are wiped out with one atomic bomb. However, the work of the dragon today consists of other things besides war that enslave mankind and rob them of Peace, Love and even Life itself, by filling their minds with lies that hide or destroy the Truth. How many people wrongly believe that money will bring health and happiness. Others seek after pleasure as the pathway to satisfaction in Life. These and many other popular suggestions are all dead ends that simply put people on a treadmill that absorbs their time and energy but returns very little. These have lost their way and cannot find the answers to life that they are seeking. But Jesus Christ did declare, "Be of good cheer for I have overcome the world (the COSMOS)." So we can have confidence that this "dragon" is not like a "loose Cannon" on the earth, but it has been overcome experientially by the Lord himself proving that it need not be feared.
God has not abandoned man on the earth but has provided an answer to the power of the dragon. One day, a man named Saul who worked for the religious authority of his day, carried in his pocket papers giving him the right to take any who followed the Nazarene, and kill them. Filled with such evil intent and authority he is traveling towards Damascus, with his team of blood-thirsty men when all of a sudden a LIGHT FROM HEAVEN brought him to the ground, and he heard a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Acts 9. Regardless of the papers he had, that gave him authority from the State Saul replies, "Who are you LORD (Master and Owner)?" He recognized he had made contact with a higher authority than the Roman Empire. And the voice replied, "I AM JESUS whom you are persecuting." Saul’s response indicated the change the voice made to him, for he said, "What do you desire me to do?" he was told to go into the city and wait for further orders.
Such is the ease with which God deals with the "Beast" that controls the mind of so many. The mighty Saul, who once was feared by every Christian, now becomes as meek as a lamb in submission to the authority of the King, Jesus Christ. For him the "Beast" has been stripped of its authority bringing about a radical change in his life and behavior. In the Garden of Eden the serpent that is more subtle than any other "Beast" of the field infiltrated the MIND of the Woman destroying its integrity. The Apostle Paul speaks of the CARNAL or Natural mind as the "Mind" that now functions in mankind, until a change is brought about through a renewing by the Spirit of God. The natural "Mind" has no input from God so it cannot know the things that are of God, because they can only be spiritually discerned.
This carnal mind is where the "Beast" sets up his head quarters in man, from which he controls those who do not establish a connection with God and tap into his wisdom. The Apostle John tells us in Rev.13:8, "All that dwell upon the earth shall worship the "Beast", whose names are not written in the "BOOK OF THE LIFE OF THE LAMB." Here we see the contrast between the BEAST and the LAMB for the Beast functions through raw power and brute strength, whereas the LAMB has no natural strength or defense mechanism at all and yet the LAMB WINS EVERY TIME. Why is that true, because the LAMB functions under the authority of the Shepherd that is CHRIST, the KING of the WHOLE EARTH?
I once heard a man say, "An army of 100 sheep under the control of a LION, will always be able to destroy an army of 100 lions under the control of a SHEEP, and that is so true. The Lamb upon the Throne of God is the King of all KINGS, and the LORD of all LORDS. Beloved it is the Lamb that is upon the throne in the Kingdom of our God. So in Rev 14 we find the LAMB who is the first MAN created in Gen 1:26-27, but now he is standing with 144000 whose minds are free from Satanic infiltration and so function as the MIND of the Father. This number is symbolic being twelve which is the number of divine Government multiplied by 12. They are singing a song that only the redeemed from the earth could sing.
These are not defiled by women or the LIVING SOULS, so they were not impregnated with the seed of the Serpent from the Garden, so their minds remained unaffected. These are the FIRST FRUITS of a harvest who are the product of the divine seed, which is CHRIST. This seed is growing day by day in number and will eventually fill the earth and the "Beast" will disappear.
Babylon is fallen
The third impediment to the fulfillment of our spiritual destiny is represented by Babylon which is the Name of a City that had its beginning in antiquity. If we go back to Gen. 10:8 we come to Cush who was the son of Ham, and he gives birth to a son called "NIMROD" which means, "Rebellion." Nimrod was Noah’s Great Grandson and the Bible records that he was a "Mighty Hunter." This man whose name means rebellion now is called a "Mighty Hunter or, "One who seizes and takes control." It is recorded that he established an empire in the area of Babylon and Assyria where he built a walled city, in which he offered protection to those who would come under his authority. In this brief history we can see that Babylon was established on the basis of Rebellion against God, and the enslavement of people to the same cause.
John was shown the destruction of Babylon that is referred to in Rev 17, under the title of the "GREAT WHORE." In keeping with the whole book we need to remember that the writer is using signs and symbols so it is not the literal city of Babylon that is in view here. This "WOMAN" is presented as a PROSTITUTE who has control over a large portion of humanity, who also is encouraged to function as prostitutes. This "Woman" is accused of having committed fornication with the "KINGS of the Earth" causing them to be intoxicated by her subtle advances. These "Kings" are not part of any human royalty, but these are the "Children of the KING of the whole EARTH." So this "Woman" is now facing the Wrath of God, for his children who are citizens of the Kingdom of God have become involved, and the King’s reputation is being brought into disrepute.
In Rev.16:16, God steps in and brings together the opposing forces at ARMAGEDDON the hill or city of Megiddo is in the valley of Esdraelon, and by the waters of the Kishon River. We are told in Jud 5:19 that it was at this place where Israel gained a decisive victory over Sisera, the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor. Celebrated in Deborah's song. See also Re 20:8ff. and Eze 39:2,4.
It says every ISLAND fled away, but the Greek word used here is "Naus" that relates to a very big ship which indicates that Babylon was the headquarters of a great commerce. Then the Mountains are mentioned, speaking of Babylon’s elevated authority in the world. Both of these aspects of Babylon, it seems were destroyed in the Judgment of God. But then John speaks about a great HAIL STORM with the hail weighing as much as 45kg that caused such devastation. However in keeping with John’s direction that this is not literal but symbolic let us consider what the hail could represent.
Let us look at Isa 28:17-18, "Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place, or Affliction will discover their vain confidence, which they kept secret to themselves." Here we can see that the "HAIL" is designed to remove the hiding place for LIES. A LIE cannot live in the open under scrutiny, but it must conceal itself and so to bring Babylon down God sends the hail to deal with the LIES by which people have been deceived so that they will not believe the Truth. Babylon has presented God as a monster who judges everything we do and will destroy everyone who fails to do what the religious world says they must do. These are the lies that prevent people from loving God, for you cannot love someone who would destroy you.
So the "Hail" is today simply the TRUTH that is marching triumphantly through the world destroying the lies the Religious word has spread, telling the world the Judgment is over at Calvary and now there is no more condemnation. All that DIED IN ADAM are MADE ALIVE IN CHRIST.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Born Of The Spirit - Des Walter

For many Christians, prayer has simply been telling God what we would like him to do in certain circumstances. But this was never the intention behind our communication with God, because He is God and we are his children. However, many Christians have never understood the basis on which we approach God. First of all, we have created a problem because we have not understood our relationship with God, and so have lost our true identity. There is no way that we can cause God to change his mind about anything. So spending time telling him what to do is a complete waste of time.Proverbs 19:21 says, “There are many thoughts and ideas in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.” Man may have his mind full of plans about what he considers he should be doing for God, but in the end it is the WILL and PURPOSE of God that will prevail. This is a very important thing for us to understand.
So prayer was never intended to be a tool to try and persuade God to do our will. Once we recognize this, much of the time we spend praying can be filled in more productive ways. I remember back in the days before I understood these things, the prayer meetings was always a boring time, listening to people praying for missionaries around the world, telling God what to do for each one. It was often a great effort to stay awake in those meetings. Then we had those very special “All Night of Prayer Meetings,” which were intended to really get God’s attention, and the people’s spirituality was gauged on those who attended. In one Church where I was ministering they had planned to have one of these “All Night” prayer meetings so I asked the Pastor what was it that they were going to pray for. I was told that they were going to ask God to correct a certain situation that had developed in their country. I said to the Pastor, do you consider it to be right for us to tell God what to do, or would it not be better if we sat quietly in God’s presence, and asked him if there was not something that we could be doing to correct the problem.
If we go back to the creation of man we discover that God gave man dominion over the birds of the air, the animal kingdom and the fish of the sea, as well as over all the works of God’s hands. The word dominion means, “The right to rule,” and so we are the ones that are to bring this world under the control of the King Jesus Christ, so it can function as the Kingdom of God. Because God gave man dominion over the earth, we are responsible for what happens down here.
Psalm 115:16. “The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”
Because that is so, God cannot affect the earth without our permission for God has never rescinded our dominion over the earth. But because man has forgotten his true identity he no longer believes he has dominion to rule on the earth, so he lives subject to his circumstances, and the limitation his natural mind put upon him. It is interesting that when things go wrong here on the earth, the first one we blame is God.
The natural or carnal mind has so distorted our vision that we have become subject to all the circumstances that occur in our lives. Moses stood before the sea as the Egyptian army closed in behind Israel intending to destroy them, and the people said, “Moses, do something,” so he turns his eyes heavenward and says, “Lord we have a problem here, please do something!” God said to Moses, “Why do you stand there crying unto me, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND?” Moses said I have the Rod you gave me to release Israel from Pharaoh. “Well stretch it out over the sea,” and immediately a path was opened through the sea for Israel to cross.
What Moses did, saved the nation and finally brought destruction to their enemies who were never seen again. Did God come down from heaven and deliver Israel?? No, God had a man there who discovered he was equipped to do all that was necessary to fulfil the will and purpose of God in every situation. Mankind is the “Body” through which God can accomplish everything on this earth, if we can only believe it. This is a classic example of how God functions on the earth today.Did not Jesus say, John 14:12 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”
Of course we believe every word that Jesus spoke but to be able to actually do what he said requires much more than whatever “Believing” involves. We speak with great joy about the miracles Jesus did and how he stopped the storm out on the lake, and how he fed 5000 people with just a few sandwiches and two little fish. Beloved it is time to wake up and get out of the dream world, and realize that Christ has never left the earth.
He said, John 14:19 “Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but YOU WILL SEE ME, and because I live, (in you) you shall live also. At that day (when you SEE ME) you shall know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” Stop looking up into the sky hoping to see Jesus coming back, for the will and the purpose of God is not to have just ONE MAN on the earth to restore earth to its pristine glory, hear what the Apostle John had to say: -,
Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, “Thou art worthy to take the book (of the life of the Lamb, which is OUR LIFE) and to open the seals thereof and release us from all limitation to do your perfect will. You were slain on the cross to set us free from our mortality and HAVE redeemed us to God by your eternal life (blood) out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, and hast made us unto our God KINGS and PRIESTS and we DO reign on this earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels (messengers) round about the throne and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.”
Have you discovered the purpose that you are to fulfil, for which God has put you on this earth? The scriptures remind us that, “Without a VISION the people perish or dwell carelessly.” The disciples came to Jesus one day and asked him to teach them, not how to pray because they knew how to pray as that was an integral part of Jewish life, but what to pray for. Prayer acknowledges our desperate need for divine assistance, wisdom, and direction for us to fulfil God’s will on this earth regarding the work of the ministry in which we are to be involved.
Remember how, many people joined Jesus as the result of a simple request he made to them…… “Follow me.” In everything he said, he carried an authority that caused the people to respond, but he never wearied of doing his Father’s will. The disciples listened to the Sermon on the Mount, that changed many of the religious concepts and traditions, which caused them to feel unsure of where this ministry would lead them.
In truth Jesus did not preach sermons, or give a set of rules to follow, but he started a movement that was gathering momentum. He was not starting some new organization but began to introduce a completely new way of LIVING. The frightening thing that shocked the disciples, was that it was obvious this new life was intended to spread far beyond the bounds of Judaism, and in fact seemed set to transform the whole world, regardless of colour, religion or language.
What he preached was totally relevant to all the peoples of the world, and removed traditional barriers that had up to that time, remained secure. Judaism had managed to survive even while Israel was under the control of Rome, including the priesthood and the religious authority of the High Priest and the Sanhedrin. In fact they abused the liberty that was given to the priesthood in such a subtle way that they used it to establish their financial empire right in the Temple itself. This would have remained hidden except Jesus saw through their duplicity and cast the moneychangers out, and shut down their dishonest network that fleeced the people.
Jesus Christ set up an authority that could not be overthrown, yet it was not a dictatorship, and there was no army in support of his movement. All this was established while Rome governed Judea under the hand of the cruel and ruthless King Herod who would stop at nothing to keep the people under control. History records that during this time hundreds of people were crucified and the authorities forbad the bodies to be taken down from the crosses but left them to rot, filling the atmosphere with the stench of death. This was their way of filling the hearts of the people with fear to foster obedience to the Roman regime
Jesus began his ministry by introducing an authority on the earth such as had never been seen or understood before. He told the people that a Kingdom was already established but it was IN A PEOPLE and not something exterior to them. The King had already been born in Bethlehem and was establishing his credentials right at that time. King Herod under the Roman Authority did his best to destroy the King who was born in Bethlehem but he could not find him. Who would think of looking for a King that was born in a manger where they fed animals? Normally a King would be born in a palace, but this King represented a Government that was not of this world, so he was not tied to the culture or the ethics of the world in which he was born. It was necessary for him to establish the constitution of his Kingdom, because it was different to anything that had previously been set up on this earth. Israel was the first and only constituted nation on the earth that was established as a THEOCRACY under divine authority, for God was their King. However, even though they accepted the obligation of circumcision in their flesh, as a distinguishing mark that separated them from the other nations, the hearts of the people had never been circumcised. So their obedience to the King was never really established.
The time came when Israel revolted against the divine authority that ruled them, even though they never voted for God to be their King. Therefore they had no constitutional right to dethrone him, but the eldership of Israel sent a delegation to Samuel requesting a change of Government. They wanted a KING LIKE ALL THE OTHER NATIONS, who they could elect and if they were not satisfied with his leadership they could dispose of him and choose another. All this is recorded in 1 Samuel 8:4-7
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said; Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
In order to understand what is happening here let us look back to the creation of man in Gen 1:26, when God spoke the man into existence in the likeness and image of God. Man was given DOMINION over the birds of the air, the fish of the sea and the animal kingdom, but was never given dominion over M-A-N-K-I-N-D. The creator who spoke MAN into existence in the likeness and image of God, only ever-created ONE SON and that was Christ Jesus. However, every other man who has ever lived or will live on this earth was INCORPORATED IN THAT ONE SON. Paul expresses it in Eph, 2:10,
“You are God’s workmanship (speaking of our body that was FORMED in our mother’s womb) but, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS, the ONE SON, unto good works (distinguished, upright and honorable) which GOD BEFORE ORDAINED that we should walk, live and express in our lives on the earth.”
The creator’s purpose was that ALL MEN would live on this earth as a CORPORATE EXPRESSION OF THAT ONE SON, who said,“I only SAY what I hear my Father say, and I only DO what I see my Father do.” This is the obedient SON in whom all of mankind has been incorporated in Creation. Citizenship in the Kingdom of God is granted, dependant upon total obedience to the King, JESUS CHRIST. For man to live as Jesus Christ lived on this earth under the constitution of the Kingdom of God, he must live under the authority of the King, and subject to the Father. Jesus himself demonstrated his submission to the Father from his birth in Bethlehem 2000 years ago.
In Abraham, God was providing another opportunity for man to conform to the Kingdom constitution, and function under divine authority. He was told to count the stars, and even though he was 90 years old, and Sarah had never conceived a child, God told him that his SEED would be as the STARS OF HEAVEN, both in quality and quantity. Abraham responded to the word of the Lord in faith establishing it in his heart without question. This response was accepted by the Lord who credited Abraham as being RIGHTEOUS. In this, there is a beautiful picture of the birthing of another people, who would achieve what Adam failed to accomplish.
It was Sarai who suggested they use Hagar as a surrogate mother, as her natural mind could not conceive that she could produce such a child as God had promised. Abraham’s humanity gets involved as he seeks to fulfil the divine word using human means, as he impregnates Hagar with his natural seed. Abraham birthed a son, even though he did not seek the Lord for the details as to how the child was to be conceived. Sarai developed an attitude towards Hagar after she conceived and scorned her driving her away even while she was bearing Abraham’s child.
Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. And he said, “Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” And she said, “I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.” And the angel of the LORD said unto her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” And the angel of the LORD said unto her, “I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.” And the angel of the LORD said unto her, “Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.” And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, “God, you see me” for she said, “And have I also looked upon him that sees me?”
As we view all these events recorded here, we see behind the scenes that God is working out his will and purpose, even though those involved did not always know what the outcome would be. Abraham yielded to Sarai’s plan to produce the promised child, but had an insight beyond that of his wife, to see a seed as the stars of heaven for multitude that would expand to include the entire human race. For this reason the nation of Israel birthed through Abraham never would satisfy God’s promise to him, that his seed would be as the stars of heaven which as we know today are countless.
But here is the beginning of the fulfilment of God’s promise that does not seem to fit the will and purpose of God for we are looking at a seed through Hagar and Egyptian slave girl. However God sent his messenger to return Hagar to Sarai for the child had to be born there to fulfil God’s purpose. This was Abraham’s son regardless of whatever other issues were involved. Hagar followed the direction of the Angel, receiving the promises that were given to her regarding the child, and returned and submitted to Sarai. The Angel said to her, “I will multiply your seed exceedingly that it shall not be numbered for multitude, and then he named the child ISHMAEL which means “God shall hear.”
Hagar was told that Ishmael would be a Wild Man, or a wild ass, so never elect him as a King for he will cause strife and division.. Eventually the child Ishmael was born and Abraham was delighted, believing that this one was destined to be his own son and heir. But God had other plans that were as yet unfulfilled in the life of Abraham. God made it clear to Abraham that Ishmael was not to be his son and heir as promised by the Lord. Ishmael had the right Father but his mother was not the one that God had intended.
This raises a very interesting issue, for ADAM in the beginning was told to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. In creation man came forth as SPIRIT and it was to this spirit man that the direction to be fruitful and multiply was given. Spirit has no gender, but is both MALE and FEMALE, functioning together as one giving the man the ability to bring forth out of himself. We are told that the MAN was created in the likeness and image of God who also was able to bring forth out of himself his SON and HEIR.
For those with ears to hear let us pursue this important matter a little further. Please note: -
When we speak about reproduction we need to remember that the command to be fruitful was not given to ADAM and EVE but to ADAM who was a SPIRIT MAN. Therefore this reproduction is to be spiritual and not physical.
Genesis 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof, and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman (ISHAW) because she was taken out of Man (ISH).
This event is an allegory, because SPIRIT is MALE and FEMALE functioning as ONE and therefore cannot be divided. There is no such thing as half a spirit as SPIRIT IS SPIRIT and is indivisible. But because this is so important for us to understand, we are given this allegory that reveals the role that the MALE and the FEMALE have formulated today in this world of duality. In God’s world of spirit there are no men and women only the children, or sons of God, all of whom are SPIRIT, being male and female. So there is a big difference between the fulfilment of God’s direction given to Adam in the Garden, and those of mankind who were all birthed using EVE as the mother from which mankind has come.
Most Christians would deny that God included all of mankind in his request for all of us to be birthed BY THE SPIRIT, in order to be a part of the Body of Christ on the earth. Every member of the Body of Christ must be BORN OF THE SPIRIT. Jesus told Nicodemus you must be BORN AGAIN, or BORN FROM ABOVE, or you will not be able to see the Kingdom of God.
Paul said to the saints in Corinth, “Do I have to travail in pain again until Christ is birthed in you.” He saw his ministry as birthing the Christ first of all in himself, and then in others until the world is filled with, “The GOD KIND OF PEOPLE.” James 1:18, “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures, or of the GOD KIND OF PEOPLE.”
The Lord is speaking to his people today concerning fruitfulness. Did he not speak about the VINE that represented him, and the branches that represent us? The fruit does not appear on the VINE but on the branches, so he continued saying, John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me or separated from me you can do NOTHING.” Now let us relate these truths to Abraham in his situation. Remember that the spirit is male and female functioning as ONE, so Abraham and Sarai using the allegory were ONE, BUT they did not abide as one to produce his son and heir, but used a substitute female to bring forth the conception.
This is why Ishmael was not allowed to remain in Abraham’s house, from the point of view of the allegory. How was the son and heir finally produced? Only when Abraham and Sarah (the Princess) functioned together as ONE did conception take place between a 90-year-old woman who had been barren all her life and a 100-year-old man. In the same way, we cannot bring forth the Christ unless we also as the “Woman” are united as ONE with CHRIST who is spirit. For this reason it was not just a woman and a man or an EGG AND A SPERM that produced the child of promise, but the spirit of God. How do I know, because Isaac, Abraham’s son is recognized as Christ in Matt 1:1.
So how are we to see Ishmael in the light of these things? He becomes a wild man who is against everyone and everyone is against him. Do not elect him as a King because he will never unite anyone, his nature is divisive and antagonistic. As we view the Church not critically but generally, we find that it also has set man against man and nation against nation, color against color, and Christian against Christian and the Church against the heathen. Christians quote the verse, 2 Corinthians 6:17 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Christians interpret this verse, saying that we should have nothing to do with unbelievers, or those who do not agree with us. This is part of the deception into which God’s people have fallen in this our day.
Jesus failed completely if we are not to have anything to do with UNBELIEVERS. He made the statement that we were not to be UNEQUALLY YOKED TOGETHER as in marriage, unless both parties agree about the direction their lives would take, for they are to become ONE FLESH. Marriage is impossible if the man and his wife have totally different goals in life, and this is not a spiritual issue as much as it is natural. We are not speaking about doctrines but simply the course of our life. Two people in business cannot function together if they are not agreed concerning what they want to achieve and how that is to be achieved. That is not a religious issue but is very down to earth and natural. Imagine two oxen pulling a cart where the one ox was a large strong beast, but it is bound to a small inferior Ox. Such a combination would never be able to do what the driver sought to achieve in moving the load.
Amos the prophet said in Ch. 3:3, “How can two walk together except they be agreed”? How many people who were healed being touched by Jesus were Christians?? Was the mad man of the Gadarenes, a Christian, because if not, Jesus had no right to touch him or associate with him according to the religious concepts of many today. Jesus showed compassion for 5000 people and fed them and had a meal with them, was that all right? Jesus chose Judas as a disciple, but was he a believer?? I do not think that the voice the Church is following today is the voice of the CHRIST. Very few people belonging to heathenism are being added to the Christ today, for they are considered to be OUTCAST FROM GOD. The Church has no power to change the world, or stop the killing or the riots that are destroying so many countries today.
What is behind this situation that is worldwide today, remembering that Jesus said, “Without me you can do nothing.” We have therefore proceeded to do what Abraham did and we looked for a woman who could fill the role, allowing us to bring forth children. It is quite legal even today to use a surrogate mother to produce a child for a couple who cannot conceive on their own.
Today the Church is struggling to produce ”Fruit” of itself, therefore it has resorted to programs and activities that are the product of the carnal mind.. Therefore what we see produced is usually not an ISAAC but an ISHMAEL. Many Christians have MARRIED THE CHURCH in the world, because they are unable to produce spiritual children for God.
However, God has declared that out of your inner being we would bring forth the Christ, for the seed of God is within every man. Christianity has spread around the world .through converts many of whom were not birthed by the spirit. But Without being born of the spirit we cannot see the Kingdom of God. Jesus Christ never came to establish Christianity, but to see the KINGDOM OF GOD functioning on this earth. The Church in the world has continued to divide the peoples of the world in every country, kindred, tribe and tongue, even providing the basis of many of the wars to this very day. The hardest thing to overcome in every country where I minister each year, is the division and separation between the Churches, with each one believing they are more correct than the others. But a house that is divided cannot stand, so the impact that the Church has on the world is minimal. Even the heathen laugh at the lack of agreement and cohesion that there is between the Churches. But in the Kingdom message there are no divisions because there is only ONE HEAD and ONE AUTHORITY, which is Jesus Christ the KING.
The Church has done very little to establish the Kingdom of God on this earth, even though we pray, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on this earth as it is being done in heaven.” That is what Jesus Christ the KING came to do, but the Church decided that it was more important to fill the Churches with people, so they declared that Jesus came to save the world by dying on the Cross for their sins, so they could go to heaven. Religion has focused the attention of God’s people on HEAVEN as their eternal inheritance, although that is not what the Bible teaches. Psalm 115:16 declares that, “The Heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth has been given to the children of men.” In the “Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught that the “Meek shall inherit the earth.” The church in the world today is big business.
The greatest deception that affected man in the Garden of Eden was when Eve was deceived into believing that they would not die, if they ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Instead of believing what God said, she believed that to eat the fruit of that tree would open their eyes and they would become as Gods. This was based upon the concept that the Knowledge of good and evil was part of the divine mind. However, as the Apostle John listened to the revelation of Jesus Christ looking into the reality of the Church, as he comes to the last of the seven Churches, which relates to the Church of today this is what he said: -
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodicea’s write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (Jesus Christ) “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would rather that you were either cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. (This means to reject with extreme disgust, for what you do is neither my will, nor do you deliberately oppose me, you are neither one thing nor the other.) Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and you do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy of me,
1. Gold tried in the fire, that thou may be possess true riches.
2. White raiment, that you may be clothed, and the shame of your nakedness do not appear.
3. And anoint your eyes with eye-salve that you may see (into the reality of things). As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
The counsel given to correct the situation, is to seek the Lord for the GOLD that is tried in the fire. Gold always speaks of divinity and in this case we are to seek after the PURE GOLD that is tried in the fire, which has been tested and proven to be pure. This represents Christ crucified, buried and risen from the dead, and now glorified at the right hand of the Father.
The true riches of this world are all spiritual, and can only be found in Jesus Christ. He came to establish two things, Justice and Righteousness, which are so often missing from God’s people today. Is it “JUST,” for many Christians to be starving today in this world while the Church is building more and better buildings costing millions of dollars? Is this justice in the eyes of the Lord? Is it righteous for a Christian in business to cheat and lie to increase his wealth? How often do we see leadership in the Church that lacks in righteousness, bringing disgrace to the name of the Lord? Perhaps these are some of the reasons why in so many cases people are turning away from the Church. But the problem goes much deeper than this.
From the time that the Church in Jerusalem was established the expression of the love of God began to diminish. It was not long before division appeared and was brought out into the open, between Peter who represented the Church in Jerusalem and the Apostle Paul who was apprehended of the Lord on the road to Damascus. The Church decided that Paul should not be allowed to minister and establish other churches without getting permission from the Church in Jerusalem. After all Peter walked and talked with Jesus during most of his ministry on this earth while Paul was at that time seeking to kill Christians. So the question of Authority and doctrine became an issue. Unlike Peter, Paul received his teaching by the Spirit, during two and a half years in the Arabian Desert, in which he was divinely taught the Kingdom message that was directed towards the Gentile people where he established the ECCLESIA or the Church. These are the “Called out ones,” that are called out to teach the constitution of the Kingdom of God to the people.
Jesus Christ came unto his own, that is to Israel, who were intended to be the manifestation of the Kingdom of God on the earth, but their failure to walk in the ways of God disqualified them from fulfilling that function. Jesus made the declaration in Matthew 21:43, Therefore say I unto you, “The Kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof,” which referred to the Gentiles. Israel could never demonstrate the constitution of the Kingdom of God because they remained under the Law of commandments, which is not the issue in the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is established upon pure obedience, not to a written LAW, but to the VOICE OF THE KING.
The elders in Jerusalem had already disrupted Paul’s ministry by demanding that the people who responded to the Gospel to the Gentiles must keep the Law also. This issue continues to be the stumbling block for the Church until this day. Peter and Paul represent two different Gospels as they are designed for different peoples. One is the Gospel to the CIRCUMCISION, which was given to Peter, and the Gospel to the UNCIRCUMCISION was given to Paul. Galatians 2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, the Apostle Paul and (the gospel) of the circumcision was committed unto Peter, (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles.)
It was not that one was to be better than the other for the same sacrifice at Calvary was to be effective for both the Jews and the Gentiles. If we trace history back we come to Abraham who actually birthed the Christ in Isaac. Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Most Christians find it hard to accept these things but we need to understand that all of mankind was created to bring forth the Son of God including you and I today. God said to Adam, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” James 1:18 also reminds us of this wonderful expectation we must all have. “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits or an original of the God kind of people.” We have all been IN CHRIST from creation; therefore we were in him when he was birthed into this world through the Virgin Mary.
It was after the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his ascension, and return as the spirit on the day of Pentecost that Jesus was able to share many things with the disciples. Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, Jesus commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. What is the Promise of the Father that the disciples were told to wait in Jerusalem until it was fulfilled in them? There are many promises that the Father has made but there is a specific promise that to me lies right at the foundation of our redemption. It is found in Gen 3:15. “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
God is speaking to the serpent that represents the carnal mind, making a promise that there would be a natural enmity between the woman who was taken out of Adam, and the Serpent who represents the Natural or carnal mind. Both of these will become productive, producing children and there will be the same enmity between the offspring as well. Finally the promise is that the seed issuing from the woman, that represents Jesus Christ born of the Virgin in Bethlehem, and all those who have been born of the Spirit will crush the “Head” of the serpent, but the serpent will in the process bruise his heel in the hope of limiting the activity of the Christ ones.
They shall walk in the power and strength of the Lord. The carnal mind having been dealt a deathblow, now allows the MIND OF CHRIST to function in them, thus releasing the spiritual weapons of our warfare, which are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds. Once the Spirit and the mind agree as one, God’s people are invincible. John 14:20 “At that day (Pentecost) you shall know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” It is no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me, and he is LORD.
The word in the Greek language that is translated Church is “Ekklesia” which in Strong’s Concordance means, a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly of the people forming a council for the purpose of deliberating. If we go back to the history of the days of the Roman Empire, who knew and used the Ecclesia to control the many countries that they had conquered, we get a very clear view of how it functioned. The Roman authorities called out a people from the population to form such an Ecclesia.
This company had nothing to do with religion but was appointed to form a council to establish the Roman constitution over the people on that country. Rome would send a delegation to this group instructing them on the Roman rules of Government that would control that country from now on. They were given certain authority that would allow them to see that the people acted according to the rules and regulations, and so were responsible to establish the Roman authority over that country. The idea behind this arrangement was that over time the people would become familiar with the form of Roman Government and so would become good Roman citizens.
This is what the true Church was intended to do in the world. We have been given the constitution of the Kingdom of God, and the Ecclesia or Church is intended to establish that constitution bringing the world under the dominion of the KING Jesus Christ.
However, instead of the Church fulfilling its true function as the Ecclesia, we have spent our energy and time building a religious structure that has divided the world instead of unifying it under the KING. We are the SALT of the earth designed to have a dynamic effect upon society, but if our salt has lost its savor, how can it be seasoned.
When Jesus sent out his disciples he told them to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and heal the sick. Today there are just as many sick in the Church as there are outside. There are no sick people who are citizens of the Kingdom of God. When God released Israel from Egypt about two and a half million people walked out of Egypt, the greatest military power of its time, and they never had a sword or a spear. It is recorded that there was not one sick amongst them. The Church is powerless to stop aggression, depression, marriage break ups, abuse of children, or any other crime. Those in the world often fare better than Christians and many times are more righteous than those in the Church.
Why are these things so, for it is evident that there are forces at work in the religious world that are exercising a control that is keeping many of God’s people blind, to the things of the spirit, and DEAF to the voice of God, thus cutting them off from eating of the tree of LIFE. The Apostle John on the Isle of Patmos as a prisoner, was given a wonderful insight to the hidden powers that have affected humanity all over the world. In Revelation 17 one of the messengers from God shared with him what was happening behind the scene in the world. John was shown a WOMAN who is referred to, as the great whore that sits upon many waters. She is a HARLOT who has cast her spell over the peoples on the earth. Then we discover that the KINGS of the earth, referring to God’s people all of whom are KINGS and PRIESTS unto God, have been seduced by her. They seem to be the target of this woman whose effect upon them is likened to drunkenness, where these kings cannot function coherently, and their thoughts and function are seriously affected. We are speaking here about God’s people being brought under the spell of this woman causing them to think and act out of character, for a child of God.
In the next scene, John sees this same woman in a wilderness now riding upon a scarlet colored beast, which she is guiding and directing. The beast does not refer to a literal animal, but to mankind who is under the control of the carnal mind that can only manifest the animal aspect of man. The Woman is dressed in purple and scarlet which are the colors of Kingship and authority, as well as being adorned with Gold, precious stones and pearls. So the woman (which was taken out of Adam in Gen 2) who functions as a Living Soul, under the authority of the CARNAL MIND, .now has a vehicle through which to carry out her mission. The beast is the collective company of those who still function under the Carnal Mind, and have committed fornication with the WOMAN bringing them under the spell of her intoxicating influence.
Many people who love the Lord and are found on Sunday morning in praise and worship in Church, subscribing to Christ’s authority mentally, but are unaware of the insidious influence of this WOMAN. The reason that is given for her ability to manipulate God’s people is because they have been made “DRUNK,” through the wine of her fornication which is “Using your body for an illegal purpose.” Remember that Paul declares that “Your BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD and does not belong to you. Spiritual fornication is therefore using our BODY for any purpose that is not sanctioned by God. The purpose behind everything she seeks to do is to trick us into activity that is not part of the will and purpose of God, and therefore is illegal for us. The power of EVIL in this world is totally dependent upon a person functioning out of their natural of carnal MIND.
Everyone of us create our own world, and depending on which mind we function out of it will be either filled with beauty, love, joy and peace, or sin, wickedness, murder, sickness, pain and sorrow followed by death. Both are looking at the same world so how can this be. One person is using the MIND of their true identity which is Christ and they see GOD”S WORLD which was created in the beginning, and on completion God looked at everything and said, “It is very good.” Man was created spirit and that spirit is CHRIST and Paul makes a plea to all people, “Let this mind dwell in you which was also IN CHRIST JESUS.”
The function of that mind enables one to do everything Jesus did including raising the dead. That is the only mind that can activate true spiritual worship in us. The natural or carnal mind is subject to manipulation by the serpent as Eve discovered in the Garden of Eden. The “Beast” in Rev 17 is just another figure to represent the same power that is generated in MAN. It is just as true today as it was in the Garden of Eden that the Serpent or carnal mind is more subtle than all the beasts of the field.
In Rev 13 and 17 God is unmasking the great adversary of both God and the Truth in the world. Revelation 17:13 “These have one MIND and (think the same things) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.” Do not be concerned about some “devil” chasing you, for the great enemy of God is not to be found outside of you but is within, it is your natural or carnal MIND.
Romans 8:5 “For they that function out of the flesh (Consciousness) do MIND or become involved with the things of the flesh; but they that function out of a Spirit (Consciousness), are only concerned with the things of the Spirit. Because the CARNAL MIND IS AN ENEMY OF GOD, for it is not subject to the law of God, but is set in opposition to God.”
One of the last things Jesus did before he ascended, was to OPEN THE SPIRITUAL MINDS of the disciples so they could understand the scriptures. In the Garden of Eden all the enemy had to do to destroy Adam’s place and privileges was to get Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and his task was complete. That foreign knowledge reprogrammed Adam’s mind in a flash, making God his enemy, and introducing a sin consciousness that he had not known before. Apart from a NEW MIND SET, nothing else had changed in reality. That NEW PARADIME has infected the NATURAL MIND of all humanity from that time on, so people automatically believe they are sinners. This makes God to be their enemy, and produces the illusion, that we have an enemy outside of us who constantly harasses us, messing up everything God does.

NONE OF WHICH IS TRUE!

Man was created as spirit with only ONE MIND, and that mind is the mind of our TRUE SPIRITUAL IDENTITY which is CHRIST. Remember that Jesus Christ said, “I and my Father are ONE,” so the mind of Christ is in total agreement with GOD. Therefore that MIND of Christ thinks like God, and believes like God, and everything it believes is TRUTH. However, the Mind of Christ in many people is not the mind that controls their thoughts and actions. It is the mind of the natural or Carnal man that has been deceived by the serpent that decides what we believe, and what we do. Why do most people believe that they are sinners and that God is angry with them? Because that is what most preachers tell the congregation every Sunday, and multitudes of books will tell you the same thing.
But we are today under the New Covenant that God has made with all of humanity, which says, “YOUR SINS AND INIQUITIES I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE.” The Bible says, “God so loved the world.” We live our lives out of a state of being that is determined by our consciousness. According to which Mind we use so we will develop either a sin consciousness believing we are sinners and God is angry with us, or the Mind of Christ, which will tell us that we are the children of God and are greatly loved. Only then I can believe that “I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who is my strength. This allows me to live in a Christ consciousness that is filled with Love, Joy and Peace.
The Apostle exhorts us not to be conformed to this world, but to be TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING OF OUR MIND, (by the spirit) that you might prove that which is good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. Rom 12:2
Finally Jesus revealed the true basis of our relationship with God in John 14:20. Speaking about the DAY of PENTECOST when he returned not as JESUS THE MAN, to WALK WITH the disciples, but in his true spiritual identity TO DWELL IN THEM. This is what he said: -

At that day, you shall know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I (Christ) am in you.
No longer is Christ identified as a man called Jesus who was born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth. That man DIED on Calvary BUT was raised as the true expression of the New Creation Man, which we are also becoming in him. Now Christ has returned on the day of Pentecost to take up residence within all those who have been BORN OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. These are the people who are empowered to DO what Jesus did to become an expression in this world, of the same Christ who healed the sick, gave sight to the blind and raised the dead.
The NEW BIRTH is a birthing by the spirit, and: -

If that same spirit that raised Christ from the Dead DWELL IN YOU, then he will make alive your mortal body, by that same spirit that dwells in you.


May the Lord give you understanding of these things.
Des Walter April 2008