Chapter 10: The Life of Jesus Christ
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Her closest friends said he was conceived out of wedlock. The shame marred her young life, which was made the more pathetic by her invention of outlandish fables to assuage her guilt.
They say the illegitimate child was birthed into poverty and reproach, apparently born in a dirty stable. His youth was nondescript. He received no education beyond the common.
When thirty years old he started a cult. His unorthodox ideas attracted a following of indolent peasantry, fishermen and the like. He spent his time traveling, stealing corn, and camping by the lake. He enjoyed the company of harlots, drifters, and tax collectors.
Publicly, he made himself a haughty nuisance, ridiculing men of education and honor. He rejected authority and lambasted government leaders, calling them “snakes” and “hypocrites.” Most of the time he wandered aimlessly, building his sect of followers and encouraging them to join him in boorish vagrancy.
After three and a half years it all caught up with him. He was convicted of sedition and executed as a common criminal. For pity’s sake he was buried in the tomb of a relative.
Such was the perspective of the carnal minds of his day. But this man was supremely blessed of God, and lived a life designed by the perfect wisdom of God. For after his crucifixion, God raised him from the dead, and set him upon the throne of the heavens in majestic glory.
This was the earthly sojourn of the firstborn Son of the Living God. By this brief experience in shame and suffering, he obtained a name that is above every name, and even now all time is reckoned from his birth. By his development on earth he obtained every eternal treasure, and was filled with all the fullness of God. Such is the love of God for him, and for you.
At his
baptism at the Jordan river, Jesus became Jesus the Christ, an
immortal spirit being- but he still had to grow up. After every
conception comes gestation. For he shall grow
up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. After
his baptism, Jesus still needed to be made perfect through suffering. For
it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in
bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation
perfect through sufferings. Jesus still needed a painful
education in obedience. Though he were a Son,
yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. He
still needed to learn about sin.For he hath
made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
Prior to his
resurrection, Jesus still lacked certain pieces of critical
information. But of that day and hour knoweth
no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Jesus
lacked from the universal splendor that his Father possessed. For
my Father is greater than I. The extent of his authority was
curbed and not yet infinite. To sit on my
right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give. Jesus was
still in training, and his power was subject to the limitations of a
training environment. The Son can do nothing
of himself, but what he seeth the Father do.
Thus began
the three and a half years that is commonly called the “ministry”
of Jesus Christ. During this time, Jesus accomplished the tasks his
Father gave him. He taught the message of Sonship and validated it
with miracles. I have manifested thy name unto
the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and
thou gavest them me.
But this “ministry”
was exceedingly narrow in scope. It was not the sweeping, celestial
blast of a glorified Son of God. More appropriately, these three and a
half years should be called the “maturing” of Jesus Christ
for during these years Jesus was personally matured to perfection. The
actions of his life were devoted entirely to the acquisition of
spiritual maturity for himself, and ultimately for his firstborn
brothers.
The true
ministry of Jesus Christ has not yet begun. It will not begin until
all the firstborn Sons of God are conceived, matured, and born into
that corporate ruling counsel known as the “Body of Christ.” I
pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast
given me; for they are thine.
When Jesus
was baptized at the Jordan River his spirit joined with the spirit of
his Father. This was a new spiritual conception, and Jesus became
Jesus the Christ, a spiritually begotten Son of God.
According to
the plan of God, his begotten Sons are to complete their gestation
within an earthly womb of good and evil. Thus immediately after
spiritual conception at his baptism, Jesus was dispatched into Satanic
attack.
Guided by
the spirit and his new heavenly vision, Jesus was sent into the
wilderness near Gilgal. And immediately the
Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. Like baptism, Gilgal
also represents spiritual conception, for it was Israel’s first,
tiny possession in the land of Canaan. Gilgal was like an embryo from
which grew the possession of all the promised land. In the wilderness
near Gilgal, Jesus remained forty days, being taught and tested by the
spirits of God.
The
wilderness was a crash course in the spirit realm. During this time
God unfolded his plan and illuminated the destiny for his firstborn
Son. Trials and temptations are the gestation of a begotten spirit. And
he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was
with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
The Satanic
onslaughts against Jesus continued sporadically for the rest of his
life. He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee
behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not
the things that be of God, but those that be of men. But Satan
never found any foothold in the sinless flesh or in the begotten
spirit of Jesus Christ. All of these events simply ensured his
spiritual maturity. For the prince of this
world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Finally, it was Satanic
betrayal that pushed Jesus into personal perfection, via the cross at
Calvary. Then entered Satan into Judas
surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his
way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might
betray him unto them.
Betrayal and
murder are the progenitors of forgiveness, and this is the path to
becoming agape-love. By his betrayal and murder at Calvary, Jesus
became eternal love, and was made worthy to inherit the universe. Had
he not endured this hardship, and been slain, he would not have been
worthy. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour,
and glory, and blessing.
During his
earthly sojourn Jesus Christ worked entirely under the direction of
his Father. The miracles that Jesus did were provided by God to
substantiate his message. For I have given
unto them the words which thou gavest me. It was his Father
that did the miracles. The Father that
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Whether
feeding the five thousand, walking on water, healing the sick, calming
the sea, or casting out devils, all things were intended to validate
his Father’s plan. If I do not the works of
my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me,
believe the works. For Jesus this was a time of spiritual
gestation. He was still learning, and he demonstrated the instruction
he received. I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
The miracles
of Jesus were wonderful, but these temporal blessings were not his
primary mission. Many thousands of people ate from the loaves and
fishes
but then were dismissed by the Master. They
that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. Everyone
can receive from the wonderful earthly bounty of Jesus Christ, but
this is not the best he has to offer. Ye seek
me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the
loaves, and were filled. Temporal, physical blessings, are only
the crumbs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
By many
miracles, Jesus could feed you, clothe you, heal you, forgive your
sin, and raise you from the dead. Like some sort of spiritual
amusement park, he could let you walk on water and cast out devils. He
could possess you totally, but you would possess nothing.
The
benevolence of God’s plan is much grander than this. For the real
mission of Jesus Christ was not to show you miracles, but rather, to
give you autonomous spirit life. Rejoice not,
that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because
your names are written in heaven.
Since the
beginning of time throughout the created realm, life has always been
transferred as a seed. Let the earth bring
forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit
after his kind, whose seed is in itself. And each of these
seeds when mature, produces a life that is identical to the original
parent.
So also, it
was the mission of Jesus Christ to perfect an overcoming seed of
resurrected spirit life. I am come that they
might have life. This seed could then be planted inside the
spirits of men. He that hath the Son hath
life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. With
the acquisition of this spirit seed, every Adamite can reproduce all
that Jesus Christ is. Except the Lord of
Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like
unto Gomorrha.
Those who receive this seed into their own spirit will conceive a new spirit being; one that has never existed before. This new spirit embryo is a begotten Son of God. These infants will then have the opportunity to complete a spiritual gestation on earth, exactly as Jesus demonstrated. When they come to spirit birth, they will be resurrected as the full blood brothers of Jesus Christ. But as many as received him [the seed], to them gave he power to become the sons of God.
At the
present time, God is only working to bring forth a small “firstfruits”
company of Sons. I have manifested thy name
unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were,
and thou gavest them me. He is not calling all people to this
firstborn group. As many as were ordained to
eternal life believed. The imperative ministry of Jesus Christ
was only for the completion of his firstborn brothers. Those
that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost. All
the other people heard only fanciful stories. Without
a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he
expounded all things to his disciples.
The
teachings of Jesus Christ were all devoted to explaining “Sonship.”
He called it the “Kingdom of Heaven.” This is a cryptic phrase
that represents the begetting of God’s spiritual offspring. This was
the only subject that Jesus ever talked about. From
that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom
of heaven [Sonship] is at hand.
The “Kingdom
of Heaven” is not of this world, for it is not entered using a
physical door. The only doorway to this kingdom is through the birth
of righteousness in you. Except your
righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. This
kingdom will be obtained by those who desire spiritual perfection,
more than any earthly thing. Hath not God
chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom
which he hath promised to them that love him? The pursuit of
this spirit birth is the only endeavor worthy of your time on this
planet. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
The Kingdom
of Heaven (Sonship) is entered through earthly travail. Blessed
are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The
inheritors of this Kingdom appear now to weep. Blessed
are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven. But by their fleeting sorrow, they
purchase an eternal possession in the spirit realm. Blessed
are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that
weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Some things
will definitely disbar you from the Kingdom of Heaven. Earthly wealth
is a great obstacle that guards the entrance. A
rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. A
passion for human affairs will turn you from its gate. They
made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his
merchandise. Organized religion will not enter into the Kingdom
of Sonship. Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against
men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are
entering to go in. Those who adore the physical but cannot
perceive the spirit, will fail to enter this begotten realm. They
that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them.
The Kingdom
of Heaven (Sonship) is not open to all people, or even to all
Israelites. Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. In fact, it
is not open to people at all. Those who remain human, will not be
accepted. He saith unto him, Friend, how
camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was
speechless. John the Baptist was the best human ever born, but
humans are not admitted into the Kingdom of Heaven. Verily
I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen
a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in
the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Do not think
for an instant that any physical thing or natural heritage will get
you into this spiritual domain. Human birth alone leaves you woefully
short of the Kingdom of God. Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. To find the
entrance to Sonship, you must turn your life upside down and expunge
the glory of men. Except ye be converted, and
become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of
heaven. This kingdom can only be entered by a new spirit birth,
which opens into a new sphere of existence. Except
a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God.
The Kingdom
of Heaven is like a small seed planted in a field. Or like a net that
gathers many fish, but selects only a few. It is acquired by the
mixture of old treasures with new, as your spirit combines with the
seed of life from Christ Jesus. Therefore
every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like
unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his
treasure things new and old.
At the end
of this dispensation, Jesus Christ will certainly rule over physical
beings who dwell on the earth. But the phrases, “the Kingdom of God”
and “the Kingdom of Heaven,” do not refer to anything physical.
They speak of something entirely different. The Kingdom of Heaven is
not Republican or Democrat. It is not a gaggle of “good” people,
gloating in earthly ease or carnal splendor. It is not a happy place
where people live during the Millennium.
The Kingdom
of Heaven is not a place at all
it is a state of being. The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo
there! It is the condition of possessing autonomous life. For,
behold, the kingdom of God is within you. It is the dimension
where God now resides. It is beyond the created realm of flesh or even
spirit. It is the Begotten Realm. It is the celestial habitation of
God and his immortal Sons. No one else enters or can even perceive
this abode in the ethereal realm of begotten glory. For
the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
The Kingdom
of Heaven is Sonship, and it is a precious prize sought for and
pursued by the greatest warriors who will ever exist. From
the days of John the Baptist until the present time the kingdom of
heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force,
as a precious prize. A share in the heavenly kingdom is sought for
with most ardent zeal and intense exertion. Matthew 11:12 (Amplified).
The Kingdom
of Heaven is open only to the spiritual offspring of Elohim. Unless it
is conceived within you, you will never see it. Jesus Christ dwelt in
this kingdom in 33 AD, while standing in Roman occupied Jerusalem. No
man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man which is in heaven.
The earthly
mission of Jesus Christ was to create an entrance into the Begotten
Realm for himself and his firstborn brothers. Thus he preached only
the “Kingdom of God,” and this is the begetting of Sonship.
In the
garden of Eden, mankind entered the fallen realm of failure and
depravity. At the Tree of Good & Evil, Adam was infused with
Satanic iniquity, and death passed upon all men. As a result of Adam’s
transgression God cursed the mind and body of man. In that fallen
state man would remain for four thousand years, until the process
could be reversed by Jesus Christ.
The sinful
nature of man needed to be obliterated. Satan’s stranglehold needed
to be broken. Fallen man needed to be redeemed. Death needed to be
destroyed. The curses of Eden needed to be eradicated. Agape-love
needed to be birthed. And a group of sinless spirit seeds of life
needed to be perfected, that could reproduce all these same genetics
inside every man. All this would be accomplished by the maturing of
Jesus Christ.
Jesus knew
that he was God’s plan for the perfecting of his brothers. Now, as
he saw them stranded in veiled ignorance and spiritual death, the
desire of Jesus burned to affect their deliverance. And
deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage.
Jesus
grieved for the empty anguish of his Elohim-Adamite brothers, and
desired that they also should partake of spirit life. Father,
I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.
He became consumed with this singular purpose, desiring that
his brethren might share in the same glory that he had obtained. That
they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
But Jesus
was not yet able to share his life, for he was not yet fully mature.
He had not yet reached spiritual “puberty.” Jesus still needed to
complete his own personal growth. Except a
corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but
if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Jesus Christ
still needed to surrender unto self-sacrifice. He needed to give his
life for the thankless and the ungrateful. He needed to pour out all
his goodness, affection, and care, trading them for the contemptuous
ridicule of the foolish and the carnal. Jesus required the bewildering
agony of giving all he possessed to those who would despise and
disdain him, and spit on him, and turn on him, and crucify him. Love
ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and
your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the
Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Jesus Christ
still needed to become agape-love. He still needed to generate
agape-love within himself. This love is developed on earth, and
matured individually by the anguish of lies, betrayal, and rejection. Greater
love (agape) hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends. It is birthed amidst Satanic destruction, as
selfishness wounds kindness. Agape is formed as virtue drains from the
gash made by the ingratitude of carnal ignorance. Agape is born as
grievous personal evil against you is vaporized by forgiveness. For
when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly.
Without
these things, agape-love cannot be formed in you. Hereby
perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and
we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. Every Son of
God must develop this love individually. Walk
in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us
an offering and a sacrifice to God. Jesus still needed to
perfect this agape-love within himself, and this he did by his cross.
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed
unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn
him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to
scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
By the cross
Jesus Christ completed his own personal perfection. And as a byproduct
he gained the power to redeem the fallen Adamic race. By his cross
Jesus perfected the first batch of sinless spirit seeds that could be
planted into his Elohim brothers. These spirit seeds contained the
power they required to follow him to resurrection.
With this in
mind, Jesus pressed for his own victory. He resolved to give his life for
you, that he might be enabled to give his life to you. And
for their sakes I sanctify myself. This became his consuming
desire, as he pursued Gethsemane. And I, if I
be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
With
unearthly intensity Jesus set his resolve and focused on his cross. And
his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house
hath eaten me up. Every earthly care waned and fell away as the
importance of his death loomed into view. And
it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up,
he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. This compelling
quest pushed Jesus the few remaining steps to his perfection. And
he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover
with you before I suffer.
According to
the plan of God, Satan entered into Judas on the eve of Passover. And
after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That
thou doest, do quickly. This was the last time that Satan
assaulted Jesus Christ. This was the final battle, and it brought
Jesus to Gethsemane. This is your hour, and
the power of darkness.
At
Gethsemane, Jesus retraced the steps of Adam. Adam had been hand-made
by God as a sinless being. So also, Jesus Christ had been physically
conceived by God as a sinless being. Just as Adam was betrayed in the
garden of Eden, so also Jesus was betrayed in the garden of
Gethsemane. Both instances brought forth the curses of Eden and
heralded the arrival of carnal minded death. This was the last step
necessary for Jesus to experience all the evil that his Elohim
brethren had been born into. Wherefore in all
things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren.
In
Gethsemane, Jesus took upon himself all the sins of mankind. The
LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. To accomplish
this, Jesus did not go out and commit any evil. Instead, he simply
accepted the curses of Eden. This made him like all the other Adamites.
And with these curses came the source of Adamic failure. For
he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
At
Gethsemane a dark specter slithered near and settled around the
sinless lamb. Engulfed in a horror of foreboding, Jesus Christ fell
into anguish and a black mist oozed its way into his thoughts. And
He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be struck with
terror and amazement and deeply troubled and depressed. Mark 14:33
(Amplified). Slowly gripped by the virulent fingers of cursed
carnality, Jesus’ joy was extinguished and his earthly hopes
abandoned. And He said to them, My soul is
exceedingly sad, overwhelmed with grief, so that it almost kills Me!
Mark 14:34 (Amplified).
With the
curses of Eden came the twofold enmity of the carnal mind and a
diseased body. And being in an agony of
mind, He prayed the more earnestly and intently; and his sweat
became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground.
Luke 22:44 (Amplified).
With the
poison of the carnal mind, Jesus for the first time discovered within
himself a desire for failure. His own best interests became clouded
and confused. Jesus knew that the cross was his destiny. Yet now for
the first time, he sought to avoid it. And he
said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this
cup from me.
Earlier,
when Peter had suggested that he should avoid the cross, Jesus had
rebuked him as Satan. Yet in Gethsemane Jesus requested the same
thing. If Jesus had successfully avoided the cross, he would have
brought the plan of God to ruin. This desire for failure was new to
Jesus, and came from the self-preservation of the carnal mind.
Quickly this
desire for Satanic self-preservation was struck down by Jesus’
immortal spirit. In a battle intense as life itself, Jesus silenced
carnality, by willing surrender unto self-sacrifice. Saying,
... nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. As this
warfare raged the celestial halls echoed with pain, and the servants
of God were dispatched to his aid. And there
appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Like Adam,
Jesus was not deceived. Jesus knew the ramifications of his actions,
and took the curses of Eden willingly, at the sovereign direction of
God. Adam was not deceived, but the woman
being deceived was in the transgression. By this, Jesus annexed
all the sins of mankind, yet his spirit remained sinless. Only a
sinless lamb was an acceptable sacrifice for Calvary’s cross. The
sins of mankind did not corrupt the immortal spirit of Jesus. Instead,
they became a loathsome burden, a package of horror that he was
required to carry all the way to his cross.
This is the same situation in your life today. Your spirit has not sinned, just as Jesus never sinned. Your spirit has been enslaved, coerced, and deceived, but the sin has fallen upon your carnality. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son. The curses of Eden are tyrants that you will serve until you are empowered to kill them and throw off their oppression. By this warfare you will also perfect and redeem the spirit within you. The body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Jesus had
been specially prepared for this eventuality. He had been conceived of
God, both physically and spiritually. He knew precisely what to do.
Having gained the Satanic carnal mind in the evening, the next morning
Jesus took it to the cross and crucified it.
By taking
the curses of Eden unto himself, Jesus mandated his own crucifixion,
for these curses come with the sentence of death. For
in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. At
the cross, Jesus carried out this sentence. After acquiring the curses
in Gethsemane, he killed them at Calvary. By this victory Jesus Christ
became the first man to destroy the Satanic carnal mind, and to
eradicate the curses of Eden in his own life. God
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh.
By this
willing surrender unto self-sacrifice, Jesus Christ became God’s
prescription for Adamic failure. Jesus completed his spiritual
maturity by the death of carnality. This is the same process that must
happen in you. The birth of the carnal mind launched the fallen Adamic
race. The crucifixion of this mind is the end of the Adamic race. As
you crucify your own carnal mind, you will eradicate the curses of
Eden in your own life, and be birthed into the Begotten Realm. Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who ... being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath
highly exalted him.
This willing
surrender unto self-sacrifice is the maturing of agape-love, and the
path that leads to resurrection. Therefore
doth my Father love (agapao) me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again. Agape-love can be birthed only at certain
rare portals of opportunity, as your cross emerges from the mist. The
birth of agape-love demands giving all that you are, in the face of
grim adversity. At the cross, the firstbegotten Son of God gave all
that he had. No man taketh it from me, but I
lay it down of myself.
Jesus knew
that all things in the universe came from his Father’s wisdom. He
saw his Father’s purpose in every work, whether labeled good or
evil. He felt his Father’s love swaddling every action. Thus he
lived in total surrender to his Father’s will. From conception to
crucifixion, Jesus Christ lived in abandonment to the perfect working
of God. He was not fighting evil- he was experiencing it, at the
direction of God. All things are delivered
unto me of my Father.
This
knowledge of God’s limitless sovereignty is true power. It is the
authority required to destroy the self-preservation of carnality. By
his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many. In
Gethsemane, Jesus did not surrender to evil or to human circumstance.
He surrendered to the wisdom of his Father. Then
said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which
my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Jesus
understood the supreme sovereignty of God and demonstrated this
knowledge by choosing the secret wisdom of the cross. Thinkest
thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give
me more than twelve legions of angels? He could have prevented
his own crucifixion, but this would not have achieved his goals.
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of
this world, then would my servants fight.
Jesus faced
his crucifixion alone. Then all the disciples
forsook him, and fled. His closest friends denied him, betrayed
him, and deserted him. Saying, I know not the
man. And immediately the cock crew.
The Son of
God was made subject to the pathetic forces of the common religious
and civil governments. Then the band and the
captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him. But
this ridiculous visible authority was only a patsy. For these dullards
were the same people who had already been rejected for the anointing
of John, by-passed for the Melchisedec priesthood, and dismissed with
the multitude. Now Annas had sent him bound
unto Caiaphas the high priest.
Jesus was
not really alone. Though the situation was grim, he was actually in
the hands of his loving Heavenly Father. Jesus
answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it
were given thee from above. Every stroke of the whip was the
wisdom of divine love. Then Pilate therefore
took Jesus, and scourged him. Through painful taunting mockery,
Jesus was given the opportunity to perfect this love within himself. And
the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and
they put on him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and
they smote him with their hands.
This is the
only way it happens. The nails, the spear, and the thorns solidified
his character and pierced him with power. This evil treatment was not
the result of any wrong doing in his life. Then
said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in
this man. Jesus’ crucifixion was the result of having done
everything just right. The Jews answered him,
We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself
the Son of God.
Jesus Christ
was cast out of the city and crucified on Calvary’s hill. In lonely
pain and apparent failure, Jesus surrendered to a seemingly senseless
waste.
But this sad
picture of defeat was in fact the greatest victory ever conceived in
the mind of God. For the cross of Jesus Christ was the culmination and
transfer of God’s wisdom. All the aeonian works of God focused on
that moment, and the future of the heavens teetered with anticipation.
At the
cross, the forces of life surrendered to the power of death, and the
laws of eternity suddenly turned, to be based on giving rather than
receiving. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
them; for they know not what they do. At the cross, love
conquered fear, and obedience overcame selfishness. At the cross, for
the first time in history, a love for God preempted every other value
in the universe. For love is strong as death. By
his cross, Jesus Christ became agape-love, crucified the curses of
Eden, and obtained his own perfection. When
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and
he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Jesus had a
wonderful glory before the world was. But this splendor was only as a
servant in his Father’s house. And the
servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. Jesus
also had a unique glory prior to his cross, but those were still the
days of his humility. Jesus Christ came to universal, eternal
perfection, only after his death and resurrection.
After three
days in the tomb the boundless authority of radiant life exploded in
Jesus Christ and he rose from the dead. Fear
not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not
here: for he is risen, as he said. This resurrection was not to
the life of an Adamic man, but rather, to the life of an immortal
creator.
By this
resurrection Jesus Christ became the firstbegotten Son of God in the
fullest possible sense. In that he hath raised
up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my
Son, this day have I begotten thee. At his resurrection Jesus
entered a new state of being as the limitless deity that he is today.
It was then that he began to display all the opulent character and
power of his Father. Who, being the effulgence
of His grandeur, and the representative of His essence, supporting all
things by His powerful Decree, having made a purification from sins,
seated Himself in right of the Majesty on high. Hebrews 1:3 (Fenton).
After his
resurrection Jesus’ knowledge was complete. His maturity was
achieved. His agape-love was infinite. His power was universal and
absolute. And he had a new body, fashioned at will from congealed
spirit. Who shall change our vile body, that
it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.
Having
reached this state of spiritual “puberty,” Jesus was then capable
of sharing his life. By his crucifixion and resurrection he had
perfected an overcoming spirit. A cellule or “seed” from his
spirit then contained all the genetics of his spiritual victory. This
spirit seed had the power to eradicate the curses of Eden. It could
empower willing surrender unto self-sacrifice, and instigate the birth
of agape-love.
Immediately
after his resurrection, Jesus presented himself to his Father as the
wave sheaf offering of the feast of Harvest. Jesus
saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father. No
firstfruits in all the land of Israel could be eaten until after this
ceremony. The firstfruits of the Elohim-Adamites, the brothers of
Jesus Christ, were held in abeyance until this feast was fulfilled.
Jesus then
hastened to his brothers to share the unveiled wisdom of God’s plan.
Then opened he their understanding, that they
might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is
written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the
dead the third day.
Only twenty
four hours after his resurrection Jesus used fear to assemble his
disciples in the upper room. Jesus then appeared in their midst and
proclaimed the limitless victory of his own perfection. And
Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth. Jesus could not say those words at any
time prior to his crucifixion.
By his death
and resurrection, Jesus Christ became agape-love and obtained all the
fullness of God. With this achieved, he then accomplished the single
greatest joy of his entire existence. He turned to his disciples and
“breathed” on them.
In the
garden of Eden, God fashioned Adam from dust and then “breathed”
on him. This first breath of God planted a spirit from the Elohim into
Adam’s body, and Adam became a “living soul.” A “living soul”
is a feminine spirit from God, dwelling in a body of flesh. And
the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Now the
resurrected Jesus had a room full of these “living souls” and he
breathed on them a second time. This second breathing was the
impartation of the “masculine” spirit of God. And
when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost [the seed of spirit life].
This breath
of Jesus Christ was the male half of God’s life. At that moment, the
feminine spirits who occupied the room “conceived.” Within them, a
new embryonic spirit Son, begotten of God, was suddenly present. The
disciples became spiritually pregnant. But as
many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.
You received
your human life in two parts. Half of your life came from your mother
and half came from your father. When these two cells joined they
produced a new being.
In like
manner, Jesus also received his spiritual life in two parts. Jesus was
overshadowed by the Holy Spirit once in Mary’s womb, and a second
time at the Jordan river.
In just this
same fashion, all the Elohim-Adamites receive their spiritual life in
two parts. The feminine half is given them at their birth, and the
masculine half comes later on, from the resurrected Jesus Christ.
During your
time on earth you are expected to fuse with the masculine spirit of
God now available from Christ Jesus. For out
of His fulness as a source we all received. John 1:16 (Wuest). A
seed from his resurrected spirit contains the male chromosomes
required for your spiritual success. He that
is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. This spiritual union
produces within you, a new begotten spirit being, a Son of God. The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God.
This newly conceived Son is not human-- it is the literal offspring of God himself. They were not begotten from blood, nor from natural desire, nor yet from the design of man; but from God Himself. John 1:13 (Fenton). This spirit Son is then matured inside your Adamic body, through the trials and tribulations of earth. And why did God make you two one? Because He sought a godly offspring from your union. Malachi 2:15 (Amplified).
Everyone
knows that Jesus died to forgive your sins. But this forgiveness is
only achieved as you take a seed from his resurrected life and bring
it to maturity. For if, when we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
You are not
to remain a washed, forgiven Adamite forever. You are to become a new
sinless being, begotten of God. As you become a new Son of God your
sins are not only forgiven, but made nonexistent. The sins of your
flesh remain with your flesh and will die with your flesh. But when
your spirit is born of God you become a new creature, a new spirit
being that has never sinned. Whosoever is born
of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he
cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Along with
the seed of life, Jesus transferred to his brothers an awesome
spiritual power that had previously belonged to God alone. This single
supernatural power is the only tool that you require to bring your new
spirit Son to maturity. This first power of Christ given unto mortals,
is the power of forgiveness. Whose soever sins
ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye
retain, they are retained.
The
exquisite power of forgiveness produces the spiritual energy required
for sustained spirit growth. As you unconditionally forgive sin
against you, your carnal mind dies. This is the crucifixion of your
carnality. The death and decay of this loathsome adversary then
becomes the mulch that feeds your new spirit man. The embryonic Son of
God that pulses inside you will grow, only as your carnality is
killed.
Forgiveness
is not a trait of the carnal. It is a power given only to God and his
Sons. Forgiveness is agape-love made visible, and these two are the
keys to the Kingdom of Sonship in you. And I
will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
After his
resurrection, Jesus Christ comforted and strengthened his newly
conceived brothers. To whom also he shewed
himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen
of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the
kingdom of God.
Just prior
to his departure, Jesus instructed his disciples to wait for the Holy
Spirit. 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. With these final words Jesus Christ concluded his
earthly pilgrimage, and stepped out of the created realm. And
when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up;
and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Jesus had
victoriously achieved his own perfection. He came to earth as a
feminine spirit of Elohim, and left with all the fullness of God. And
all this accomplishment he left behind in the seeds of spirit life
planted into his Elohim-Adamite brothers. Jesus Christ magnificently
finished all that his Father sent him to do. I
have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do. The next time he visits planet earth in bodily
form, he will no more be a maturing spirit, but will manifest the
astonishing galactic ministry of a spiritually begotten Son of God.
After Jesus’
ascension the disciples waited just ten more days, when suddenly the
Holy Spirit fell upon them like rain. Suddenly
there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it
filled all the house where they were sitting.
After your
spiritual conception, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in you. And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. The Holy Spirit is the water
of God, sent to germinate your new spirit seed. After
that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.
This tutor moves into your nursery, to act as personal mentor for the
child of God in you. Even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be
in you.
His job is
to encourage and educate the infant Son of God that dwells within your
mortal frame. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. This Spirit
is your source of revelation and instruction. As the guide for a
journey, the Holy Spirit follows a map, steering the spiritual infant
within you through life’s successes and failures. Without this guide
you may be all dressed up, but you are going nowhere. God
hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God.
The Holy
Spirit is a spiritual force from God, a down payment of hope, and the
proof of your promised inheritance. If you have not received this
earnest, you have no inheritance. Which is the
earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession.
The Holy
Spirit is a personality of power, a supernatural guide sent to the
heirs of salvation. As a tireless worker he arranges the circumstances
of your life, to affect the purpose of God for you. His work
encompasses all that enters your life, and ranges from cuddling
comfort to ruthless destruction. But ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me.
This word witnesses
is the Greek word martus,
from which comes the English word, martyr.
The Holy Spirit brings you the power to become a martyr. He empowers
your willing surrender unto self-sacrifice. By this you can mature the
seed of life within you and become agape-love, even as Jesus Christ
demonstrated. For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find
it.
When God
orders a fire, the Holy Spirit lights the match. With searing blasts
he will consume the dross of your carnality. His resources are
limitless as he devises hammers, anvils, and a fiery forge, to temper
the mettle of Christ in you. And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon
each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.
The abiding
presence of the Holy Spirit is God’s reassurance to you that all is
well in the unseen realm of the spirit, even while he unravels your
earthly life. If you stay spiritually healthy his work will continue
in your life, until your carnality is destroyed, and your spiritual
Son is birthed.
Jesus Christ
is the emergency exit from the dark realm of carnal mortality. I
am the light of the world. Only through him can you depart the
incomplete, corruptible existence of Adam. I
am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out, and find pasture. Jesus Christ poured out his
life for you, in selfless agape-love. I am the
good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. Now
he has further arranged that you shall possess this same love as your
own character.
Jesus Christ
became the distributor of God’s masculine spiritual life. If you
want it, you must get it from him. Jesus saith
unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me. Those who obtain the life of Christ, and
conceive, and bring this life to maturity, will become what Jesus
Christ is. They will become the Sons of God and eventually dwell in
the self-sufficiency of autonomous immortality. And
Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. This
is the only process that can produce eternal life in you. Jesus
said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth
in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
This is the
account of Jesus Christ, the firstborn Son of God. These things are
but hints of his boundless glory. There is no limit to the wonderful
words that could be showered upon him, for his life and love now fills
every facet of heaven and earth. And there are
also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be
written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not
contain the books that should be written.
Jesus Christ
is the firstborn among many brethren, and you are to become one of
these brethren. His life is a record of your destiny. You too shall
one day be reborn to become what he is. Like him, you too shall be
filled with all the fullness of God, according to his own word. To
know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be
filled with all the fulness of God.
Paul lay in
a heap and peered into the brilliant light. As the reality of this
impossible event smashed into his consciousness, his aching heart
sputtered, “Who art thou, Lord?”
Instant came the response, “I am Jesus whom
thou persecutest.”
The sick
feeling in Paul’s stomach got worse, and his life was suddenly
seized by the revelation of Jesus Christ. How is it that the son of an
earth-woman, became the Son of God? This revelation is the ultimate
adventure ever to enter the mind of mortals. Its discovery is an
unending proposition, a one-way journey to the celestial realm.
His Hebrew
name was Yahshua, which
means “Yahweh is Salvation.” The New Testament writers
transliterated this name, letter-for-letter into Greek and called him
“Iesous.” And she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name JESUS (Iesous): for he shall save his
people from their sins. The numerical value of Iesous
is 888, which signifies complete resurrection. Thus the salvation of
Yahweh is Jesus, and he portends the complete resurrection of man.
But still,
both Jesus and Yahshua
are only human, earthly names. These names incorporate the humiliation
associated with being Adamic. Thus his disciples and friends never
addressed Jesus by his first name. They always called him “Master”
or “Teacher.” Only demons irreverently called him “Jesus” or
“Yahshua” to his face. In the epistles of James, Peter, John, and
Jude, the personal name Jesus
is always found along with the title, Lord
or Christ, it is never once
found alone. In all the writings of Paul, Jesus
is found alone just thirteen times.
In any
regard, the human names for Jesus Christ are only phonetic handles for
mortals. By these, the minds of silly men malign and prod the
glorified Son, thinking to invoke his power by speaking with tongue
and larynx.
But any
names that can be uttered in human language convey only the pathetic
pittance of human thought, and circumscribe but the tiniest portion of
the grandeur that Jesus Christ is. No earthly name can hope to
encompass all the majestic deity of God or his Son. Accordingly, Jesus
Christ long ago discarded all these human labels and even now he has a
new name, which better suits his estate as King of Kings. His
eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he
had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
The man
Christ Jesus was not the nauseating wimp currently depicted by
Organized Christianity. He was a man of power, fire, purpose, and
intensity. He was ruled by a pervading sense of destiny. His speech
was biting and his actions void of any feigned emotion. O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
Jesus was
confrontational and harshly intolerant of religious arrogance. Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres. With incisive severity he dispatched the
presumptuous. And no man was able to answer
him a word. He was impatient with human weakness. O
faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? His
manners were considered rude by the pompously self-indulged. One
of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand,
saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? To them his methods
appeared unacceptably crude. He spat on the
ground.
Jesus Christ
knew all men, and didn’t like some. Ye are
of your father the devil. To the misguided he was fiercely
aggressive. When he had made a scourge of
small cords, he drove them all out of the temple.This same
zealous devotion he demands from his followers. Except
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no
life in you.
Jesus
nurtured and protected his friends. He took
them, and went aside privately into a desert. He was
compassionate to those who sensed his spirit. Jesus
went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion
toward them, and he healed their sick. The unassuming people
loved him. The common people heard him gladly.
He specially sought out some to receive his bounty. And
when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son
of God? But others he ignored, even when they asked for his
help. But he answered her not a word.
Jesus walked
through this world without regard for human constraints. They
need not depart; give ye them to eat. He cared nothing for
earthly wealth. To day I must abide at thy
house. He boldly displayed his control of the heavens. Then
he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea. Yet he chose his
own destruction, according to the wisdom of his Father. Have
not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
Jesus Christ
was a very private person. He longed for the solitude of fellowship
with the only other being in the universe who could understand him. He
went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come,
he was there alone. He was secretive about his plans. See
thou say nothing to any man. He spoke in riddles, so people
would not understand. And without a parable
spake he not unto them. He never told all he knew. Neither
tell I you by what authority I do these things. Though he
ministered to the multitudes, he never intended to convert them.
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should
not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be
converted, and I should heal them. He kept his secrets close,
and guarded them as a precious prize. And when
they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Jesus was
not an idle pacifist milquetoast, as today’s hirelings would have
you believe. He was the glorious firstborn Son of God. He accomplished
his tasks with the intensity of a professional warrior. His life was
an ardent storm, a bold and efficient drive to complete the secret
workings of God.
Jesus Christ
today, is the literal offspring of God. Thou
art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as God said in
the garden of Eden, everything brings forth after its own kind. Thus a
child and parent are extremely similar, and yet they are two
independent beings. So also, Jesus Christ and his Father are nearly
identical, but they are two separate beings. They are two different
containers, each possessing the same immortality, love, wisdom, and
power. For as the Father hath life in himself;
so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
Jesus and
his Father are the same in quantity and quality. I
and my Father are one. But they are different packages, with
distinct personalities. Grace be to you, and
peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus
Christ is the firstborn Son of the omnipotent God, and just like any
parent, God is very proud of this accomplishment. This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
In
manifestation, Jesus and his Father appear to be indistinguishable. Who
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature. Jesus
Christ claimed the same attributes that his Father possessed. But
said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Thus
every aspect of Jesus Christ reveals his Father as well. He
that hath seen me hath seen the Father. All that mortals can
ever know of God, will be seen in his Son. No
man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Jesus Christ
originated from Elohim, a living portion of God. I
came forth from the Father, and am come into the world. Thus,
like his Father, Jesus Christ has no beginning and no end. Without
father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of
days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God. Both
Father and Son are composed of the same eternal spirit. Believe
me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. Both Father
and Son have the same power. The Father loveth
the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. They are
worthy of identical veneration. That all men
should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. But
these similarities do not make them the same being. Jesus Christ is
not his own Father, nor is he an appendage of God. Jesus Christ is a
separate, complete being, just like his Father.
In the Old
Testament, God said he was the only deity in existence. I
am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me. But
the big news in the New Testament is that God had a baby. The New
Testament is a birth announcement for the firstborn Son of God. Now
there are two beings in the universe who possess immortal deity.
Yahweh is the divine Father of Jesus Christ; and Jesus Christ is also
divine, just like his Father. Unto the Son
he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.
Jesus and
his Father are composed of the same divinity and are permanently
joined by the bonds of agape-love. Their manifestations are
inseparably entwined, as the light from two candles. But they are two
very separate and distinct light sources. Jesus Christ has a distinct
personality and existence. He is a separate, autonomous source of
eternal life. Jesus Christ and his Father are individual containers
with equal dimensions and contents. Only these two can share the
intimacy of perfect fellowship. No man knoweth
the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the
Son.
Now, the
amazing work of Jesus Christ has called you to this same destiny. You
are to follow his example and become what he is. As
my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. His Father is your
Father. As certainly as Jesus was begotten, so shall it happen to you.
I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and
to my God, and your God. When God is finished with you, you
will be a sovereign, self-contained source of eternal life, just like
Jesus Christ. The water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Like Jesus,
you are to become more than spirit, for even spirit is the substance
of created beings. God and his Sons are not part of the created realm.
Creation is their playground. Everything in the created realm is but a
manifestation of their power. God and his Sons are living reactors of
immortality. Each is a self-sustaining fire that creates the energy to
fuel its own growth. They are the celestial purity of immortal love.
To develop this character and capacity in you is the plan of God, and
the purpose for your presence on planet earth. To
him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as
I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
The revelation of Jesus Christ is an ongoing experience. When you first meet Jesus of Nazareth you identify with his humanity. He is a supernatural God who can lift you out of your troubles.
At this
first encounter you are a “sinner” and he is your “Savior.” He
is the lamb slain to forgive your sins, to take away your guilt and
wash you in his blood. O wretched man that I
am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Here you
establish an initial relationship, based on his great sacrifice and
your desperate need. Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
After this first meeting you are allowed to perceive the “goodness” of Jesus Christ, and your life is radically changed. Jesus becomes your “shepherd” and you join his “flock.” For I am the least of the apostles.
As you follow after your shepherd, his revelation begins to expand. He becomes more than just a sacrifice. You fall in love with his higher qualities, his grace, his spiritual beauty. You become enraptured by his mercy and benevolence. You worship his power and abilities. Jesus Christ becomes the supply for all the missing elements in your life. You want to bask in his glory, to bathe in his splendor, to know him intimately.
Then your
relationship to Jesus Christ changes again. It comes to be based on
his strength and your desire. You become his “bride” and he
becomes your “bridegroom.” You dress-up and pine for your handsome
prince. As a goodly husband he is the source of every wonderful thing
that you crave. He brought me to the
banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
At this point, Jesus Christ and his Father are typically considered to be a single entity. And if they aren’t, it seems of no large importance, and a puzzle beyond the purview of mortals. You believe that those who dally in these unknowable mysteries are looking for trouble.
But you also feel a tinge of parental exasperation, a hint of snobbish disdain for those “new” Christians who know him only as “Savior,” for you have moved beyond that first stage. To you, Jesus Christ has become a proven and faithful companion, the provider of your bounteous feast, and that is all that matters.
But if you
are a good wife, soon the inevitable happens. After a time with your
husband, you become spiritually pregnant. How
fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse!
The first portent of this new relationship is “morning sickness.” Suddenly your good time ends and your life takes a nauseous turn for the worse. The honeymoon is over. Affliction arises, you throw up, you’re confused, and then your belly swells.
More and more the new child within you begins to dominate your life. Your priorities change. Your goals and values are reassessed. You cannot do the things that you had previously enjoyed. Jesus Christ is there supporting all along, but you are the one who is sick. At times the experience becomes overwhelming, and Jesus Christ becomes little more than the perpetrator who did this to you.
Your friends that are not pregnant cannot relate to the events of your life. They determine you must be in error. They run with sleek figures while you groan in stretch pants. You are too hot, you are getting kicked, your life is distended, you cry out to God, you weep on the floor, your misery increases, and then, suddenly, it happens.
Abruptly you perceive the existence of a divine conception. You finally realize that the masculine spirit of God has united with your feminine spirit. You are spiritually pregnant, and are bringing forth a new creature. Within your being pulses a Son of the Living God, who is destined to inherit all that his Father possesses. When it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me.
Then your identity switches. No longer are you a pregnant female spirit. Instead, you identify with the child growing within you, a Son of God. Ye have received the Spirit of adoption [SonPlacing], whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Interest in human affairs wanes almost to nothing; your intensity burns white-hot for the day of your birth. You wish only to know as you are known, to see God as he is. And all of us, as with unveiled face, continued to behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (Amplified).
When you
realize that you are becoming a new Son of God, then you establish a
new relationship with Jesus Christ. No longer is he your husband, for
now you are both Sons of your Father, and he is your older brother. He
is the firstborn Son of God, and you will be his sibling. Though
we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him
no more.
Your new
hope for perfection becomes tied to the painful processings of earth,
as the gestation process matures your spirit. I
will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou
shalt bring forth children.
Then you
begin to enter the fellowship of conquerors, for you, your brother,
and your Father, are becoming inseparably joined into a singular
character, in the bonds of agape-love. Above
all these things put on charity (agape), which is the bond of
perfectness. You begin to glimpse a Begotten Realm, adorned in
dazzling splendor. And ultimately, entering that new state of begotten
life, there you will dwell forever. For whom
he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image
of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and
whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them
he also glorified.
Jesus went
one day to the synagogue in Nazareth. And he
came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom
was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day. Jesus began
to read from Isaiah 61. But after reading verse one, and only half of
verse two, he closed the book and sat down. The
Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me
to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of
the LORD. His earthly mission was composed entirely of these
few words. And he began to say unto them, This
day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Jesus quit
in the middle of verse two, because the second half of that verse was
to be accomplished much later, by the glorified Jesus Christ and his
firstborn brothers. This, and on through verse nine, are the province
of the second coming of Christ. This is the soon coming “ministry”
of Jesus and the corporate Christ.
Consider
Isaiah 61:2.5 - 9. At the second coming of Jesus, when all the
firstborn Sons are manifest, vengeance against evil and comfort for
the righteous will be the first order of business. ... the
day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn. Only
the Sons of God can rend the black veil that now encircles the earth.
These magnificent beings will be the answer to every problem. To
appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the
spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
After they
have cleaned up the earth and terminated evil, the Sons will begin a
heavenly restoration. And they shall build the
old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. As
Melchisedec priests they will correct every physical and spiritual
error. Ye shall be named the Priests of the
LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God.
This group
will shimmer in celestial glory, the light of life will roll off them
in waves. Ye shall eat the riches of the
Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. They
will inherit the double portion blessing, reserved for the firstborn
of Israel. For your shame ye shall have
double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy
shall be unto them.
These Sons
of God are the living New Covenant, the essence of God’s heart. For
I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I
will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them. They are the forsaken but fortunate, the
chosen and proven, the offscouring of earth who become the offspring
of God. Their seed shall be known among the
Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them
shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath
blessed. Isaiah 61:2-9.
At the
second coming of Jesus, he will first spark the resurrection of his
firstborn brothers. These Sons will gather to form the governing
council of the universe, called the “Body of Christ.” Then
shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the
four winds. Jesus will take his rightful place at the helm of
this invincible cartel. And he is the head of
the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
All these
firstborn Sons will have been birthed in the image of their Father.
These are fantastic beings. They are fierce, untamed stoics, intensely
focused, conquering warriors who love their job and rule the created
realms with all the power of God. And I
looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in
their foreheads.
As an
invading army of Kings they shall rise to subdue the earth. These Sons
are the celestial elite, trained and empowered for battle. In tumult
and conflict, their truth and light will cover the land. And
I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon
him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge
and make war. No device in creation shall deter this
unstoppable army. They will crush the ignorance of carnality, and
abolish the Satanic enslavement of man. And he
was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The
Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon
white horses.
The
glorified Sons of God will fear not to slay, for they are also the
resurrection. Out of his mouth goeth a
sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall
rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Their actions are wisdom,
their weapons are truth, and their intentions are the development of
agape-love. They will dispense knowledge as a clear stream, to bring
forth judgment unto victory. He hath on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF
LORDS.
All the worlds of creation will become the personal possession of the firstborn Sons of God. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Then shall mortal man know peace in a new and brilliant tranquillity, for righteousness will rule in their midst. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end. All the creation shall rest, and this divine serenity will continue unmolested for one thousand years. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
At the first resurrection, all the firstborn Sons of God will step into magnificent permanence, and find themselves clothed with the glory of stellar power. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. Their hearts will whirl with the aria of agape-love. They sung as it were a new song before the throne. This is the divine plan of God, and its implementation is the legacy, ministry, and destiny of Jesus Christ.
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