The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God

As I progress through this study of the “kingdom” we must learn to listen closely to the words, terms and phrases recorded as witness to John the Baptist, Jesus and then Paul's own words, terms and phrases because they reveal the intolerance to error, the spirit of Religion. It is my personal belief that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth who is to guide us into the deeper revelation of Christ, causes a sharpened discernment just as Jesus did with those disciples who walked and talked with Him after His first ascension and return, while they walked on the roads of Israel. This is made plain in Luke 24 and in particular in verse 45 and of the Apostle Paul, in Acts 17:2-3 and 28:23 and is again witnessed to in Isaiah 50:4, and Jeremiah 15:16 and 20:9, of those who have become a son of God and even Jesus' own words of John 6:63, also bear this out. All of these are again witnessed to by the writer of Hebrews in chapter 4 verse 12 where he says that God's word is sharper than a double edged sword. As I progress through the passages listen for the voice of Christ's own Spirit to speak within your soul as He has done mine and others for almost 2000 years now. We are not to be as His disciples were when He said to them that they could not bear to receive of the deeper revelations of Him, at that time (in John 16:12), but would when the Spirit of Truth would come, to testify of Him. This said, there is a spirit of error which works among those who profess and even confess a trust in Christ which is false as witnessed to in 1John 1. They claim to be seeking Truth by the true Spirit of Truth, when in fact this spirit is not the ontological essence of Christ, because this spirit misdirects them to Israel's past history, in a literal and often a futuristic understanding of deception, these things are not Christ. Mans Religion is not Christ centered but it is world centered, in a gospel of self exultation, which has many forms as said elsewhere. This self exultation is the error which the Priest's of Israel, at the time of John the Baptist and Jesus, exhibited and we will be able to hear and see this as we pass through these scriptures which lay ahead of us. Before I leave this subject I must say this, “If” these words cause offense or a clanging like sound of a loud symbol with an off key metallic sound, in your ears, chances are good that this spirit of error is at work within you, as it was in me for many years. This is born out by the ancient Prophets, who spoke as directed by God's own Spirit to Israel, for Israel itself also had this same kind of reception to all things spiritual, when spoken to them.

The Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 13:3-9, 10-18, 19-23, 24-30, 31-32, 33, 34-52 He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when He sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root (no understanding), they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit (the uprightness of God restored to man), some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who has ears to hear, let him hear. (parallel passages Mark 4:1-9 and Luke 8:4-8)

The disciples came, and said to Him, Why do You speak to them in parables? He said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:9-10; 1Corinthians 2:9-10, 14, 1John 2:27), but to them it is not given. For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever have not, from him shall be taken away even what he has. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias (Isaiah 6:9-10; Ezekiel 12:2; Hosea 12:10; 2Corinthians 3:14), who said, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and have ears that are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see these things which you see, and have not seen and to hear these things which you hear, and have not heard. (parallel passages Mark 4:10-12 and Luke 8:9-10)

Hear therefore the parable of the sower. When any one hears the words of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and anon (at once) with joy receives it; Yet has he no root in himself, but endures for a while: for when tribulation or persecution arise because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands; which also bears fruit (Philippians 1:11), and brings forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (parallel passages Mark 4:13-20 and Luke 8:11-15)

Another parable put He forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? From whence then has it tares? He said to them, an enemy has done this. The servants said to him, will you then that we go and gather them up? But he said, nay; lest while you gather up the tares, and root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Another parable put He forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. (parallel passages Mark 4:30-32 and Luke 13:18-21; Isaiah 2:2-3, Micah 4:1, 5)

Another parable spoke He to them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (parallel passage Mark 4:33-34 and Luke 13:20-21)
  
All these things spoke Jesus to the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke He not to them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. ( John16:12-13, Philippians 1:6, 9, 2:13-16; Ezekiel 17:22-23; 1Corinthians 5:6-7; Psalm 78:1-3, Romans 16:25, 1Corinthians 2:7, Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 1:26) 

Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and His disciples came to Him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. (parallel passage Daniel 12:1-3) Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
 
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to treasure hid in a field; the which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. (parallel passages Philippians 3:7-9, Revelation 3:18)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (parallel passage Proverbs 3:13-18, 8:10-10, 18-20, Ecclesiastes 12:13)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (parallel passage Matthew 22:10)

Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe* which is instructed and understands the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is an householder (a steward, a husbandman), which brings forth out of his treasure things new and old**. (Parallel passage 2Timothy 3:14-17; Song of Solomon 7:13; Daniel 9:25, 10:13, 12:1)   

The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God

To aid us in our understanding of the similitude's or parables used by Jesus and those of the ancient writers (Moses and the Prophets) I will show the parallel passages of the other synoptic gospel writers, at the end of each passage, where they used the terms “kingdom of heaven or kingdom of God”. It should be noted that in each of the parallel passages where the reference is to “the kingdom of God”, we can summarize from this, that the two kingdom's are one and not two separate initiates as many have drawn the conclusion of, which has caused many to have a wrong perception (this is not to say that I am beyond having this same miss conception also, but my trust is in God the Holy Spirit and His leading as the originator of all scripture). The word kingdom itself means a foundation of power, not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over all other kingdoms. A kingdom maybe compared to a state or nation in which a Government, Economy or Religious idealism pervades over people, as the governing influence. It consists of time and realm, where time is a relevant word and means duration of, meaning it has a beginning and end appointed it. In our case it means the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah (Christ), used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah, Christ who rules through Love, from within the soul of His disciples. Love which fosters trust through knowledge and understanding of the mysteries of God in Christ. For us as with all peoples the revelation of God's mysteries begins with John the Baptist and ends in Christ. Paul continues this revelation of Christ and the growth of God's kingdom within the receptive heart, as God in Christ restored to Himself a people through the knowledge of the ontological essence of Christ restored within them. A knowledge received by a meek and contriteness of heart. As King David said, create in me a pure heart, Lord (Psalm 51:10; 2Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:10; Jeremiah 32:39, Ezekiel 11:19, 36:25-27; Matthew 5:8), this being a key of entry into this kingdom. A trusting as a little child.

If I could have made a spreadsheet or a wide enough parallel passages page, style of work, I could have all the parallels laid side by side, I would have done that with this study. I believe the easiest way to see and understand the significance of the parallels in the terms used and the teachings in these parallels can best be served when clearly seen side by side. Because of the difference of personalities in the writers, even though the Holy Spirit worked within them, He does not change that one feature of man, our individual personality. When we have truly entered into the kingdom relationship we become like a good crime detective and soon learn that with each passage there is the element of trace evidence left behind to tie all things together. We become our own sleuth, a form of Sherlock Holmes with his constant companion Dr. Watson, who for us is the Holy Spirit who aids and helps us throughout our adventure of spiritual growth in the knowledge and revelation of Christ, in Whom is found all wisdom, of God.

Luke and Matthew reveal Jesus' heirship to Davids throne and His ownership as the promised King of that throne through his father, Joseph, which is not the direct rout for Jesus. Whereas to trace it back through Mary is the more direct and accurate rout. Why? Because Joseph was in Jesus' blood line but Jesus could not come through him because the blood of Joseph and even Mary was tainted with sin, but he was the first surrogate father. As modern doctors have found out the mothers blood does not mingle with that of the fetus within her womb. I do not want to over play our hand but the Apostate church which is warned about is what propagates this misconception, which leads to greater error. When the veil is taken away by the Holy Spirit, while we are in our first estate of true Redemption, we will begin to see and hear God's Word in a New and Living way. This manner of perception is an even greater understanding of our Lord, Christ Jesus. Jesus said that when He, the Spirit of Truth come, that He would lead us to a true and accurate knowledge of the LORD, Christ Jesus Himself. How is this possible you may ask, because unregenerate man walks in fear of change and is therefore highly resistant to it. Man will unconsciously choose that which is familiar over that which is not and will disregard that as apostasy which they are not familiar with. More on this later elsewhere in this paper where I have shared some writings of friends who have unknowingly confirmed in their own words what I have said thus far.

In Luke 3:23-38 and Matthew 1:1-17 are Jesus' genealogy through Joseph. What is not understood by those who are distracted by a manufactured Religious holiday is that Joseph had nothing in the propagation of Jesus and therefore this is a wrong direction to His Kingship. Even though Joseph held the legal right to the throne, over Mary's right. Yes, both John the Baptist and Jesus were Hebrews-Jews and each held heirship to a particular line for the purpose of their being the finality of God's dealings solely with Israel. The following will aid us in the knowledge of Jesus' correct lineage to David through Nathan even though it was a bit removed. God in His sovereignty holds right to change dispensations whenever He may choose and in the way He may also choose. These ways remain the mystery which God holds in reserve within Himself. For God through the Prophets tell us that IF you do this then I Will do this and so with each prophesy there is a condition whether spoken or implied. Just look at Zephaniah 3:4-5 to see this. Back to the blood line.

The kingly line came from David through his son Solomon, right? . . . David had more than one child. The royal line came through Solomon, the right to the throne. The royal blood also came through his other son Nathan. Mary was a descendant of Nathan, thus she carried royal blood, but not the right to the throne. Joseph had the right to the throne but couldn't take it because his seed was cursed. How are you going to resolve this? Go back to Matthew chapter 1 and watch this. Verse 16, "And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary," not the father of Jesus, right? "The husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus called Christ."

  

If Jesus had been born of the seed of Joseph, he never could have taken the throne, but because Joseph was not His physical father He was not cursed. But because he (Joseph) was His legal father, He inherited the right to the throne without the curse of Jeconiah and He got the royal blood credit through Mary. Nobody could have figured that out but God.

In the early hours of this morning the Lord told me, by impressing in my soul, two words not mentioned in this paper so far, and to date there is over one hundred pages in it. These two words are intolerance and tolerance and both of them lead to such words a heresy and apostasy. In our current forms of the Bible there is the watering down of these two terms, caused by the translators who became slothful in their work. I must say that I have not read the writings of the ancients like Josephus and Polycarp nor have I read the Commentaries of Matthew Henry and others, which my version of e-Sword has within it. So what I am about to say is from what I believe the Lord has revealed within me because I have chosen to seek first His kingdom's rule and righteousness before my own, as we are all to do. In to days versions of the Bible the teachings of John the Baptist, Jesus, and then Paul and the Lord's own disciples, in their constant battle with those who oppose God's kingdom have been corrupted by mans hand. And therefore the understanding of God and the LORD have been corrupted as well. The culprit is none other than the worlds deceiver the originator of deception and all heresy and apostasy, Satan. John, while on Patmos, described as the great whore and harlot of mystery Babylon which I know as Religion, which had its roots back before creation. I say this because the word used by the Lord to Adam and woman in Genesis 3:15, “heel” in the French language means to withhold or restrain, liar in wait (to supplant) and then in the NT the word used means “religare” in Latin and is the source of Religion, which supplants. When our eyes and ears have been opened by the Lord we can begin to properly discern the Truth from the deception of error no matter how small that deception maybe. This opening I have come to believe is received by us only after we have passed through Redemption's beginning work by having passed through, if you will, the eye of the needle through a death of all self-will. Which is the further revelation of the mysteries of God held back for those who become His sons like onto Christ Jesus. In the following text it is my hope to do God and Christ justice by opening His words, for our understanding, of the secrets of Christ and His Body, the Church. Which He is about building from the nations as called out people unto Himself, as seen in Psalm 2:8, and other referenced works such Psalm 22:27, 72:8 and Daniel 7:13, and as the Lord's high prayer of John 17 and verses 4-5 in particular reveal.

The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God

the subject of Jesus' teachings, an active reality within His disciples of this present day.

What is my purpose for writing this paper? It is to bring to light the revelation of Christ Jesus which has been hidden under a blanket of secrecy and obscurity by the church and of this worlds Governments and Religious systems. These Religious systems are found first in Genesis and then in Revelation where they is called “the great harlot”, in chapters 17-18. These systems have pervaded the history of man from before the foundation of the world and it covers man, in mans Religions and mans Governmental and Economic systems, in the 6-6-6 of Revelation, as the number of the beast. It is these demonic (and diabolical) systems of deception that the conflict and wars in the book of Revelation have revealed, when it is understood ("in the hearing let him hear and in the seeing let him see"). It is basically a battle between good and evil, God verses Satan, when stated in its simplest form. Satan being the deceiver of mankind, and is mans greatest adversary, as well as God's. His deception has plagued mankind by keeping a veil over mans mind and eyes from the get go, causing a paralysis of understanding, or as Jesus called it, "a beam in the eye". It causes mans perception to be blurred or non existent and it plays one against the other is a battle of self wills. It also causes man to look at things in a purely literal standpoint of understanding, with the physical, material and futuristic thought patterns of the unredeemed (unbelieving) man. It is this battle that John the Baptist, Jesus and then Paul brought to light as this battle bears down on them and their singular kingdom message, opposing them through the workings of the worlds Governments and Religious church (whether outright occultic or hidden by obscurity calling its self "Christian"). In their case it was the Jewish church under the leadership of the elders, Sanhedrin, Pharisee's, scribes, and Sadducees and a few lawyers. These men set the standard of the great deception by use of the materialism and nationalism as the yoke under the burden of the Law of Moses, as it darkens mans soul. And like them this same yoke has been passed down to all who are brought up in Governmental and Religions deception, and it is this yoke which is passed down to all mankind the worldwide, because it knows no boundaries. Jesus came to break this yoke which I believe from scriptures is a double yoke because it has both mans sin nature and fills mans need for Government and Religious need, which we unwittingly have need and hunger for in Satan's own nature. My wish is to bring all of this to the surface and to expose it through this paper for what it really is. To have the victory which Christ Jesus came to bring about we need to learn and know Him, Who has set us free. It is for freedom that He set us free, with a two edged sword, the Light of Truth in God.

The synoptic gospels, (this whole section of scripture) is rich with the revelation of Christ and the workings of God both in and then through His subjects, returned to Him. The fabric of the foundational things which for many remain a mystery hidden, veiled in God, by God. That being said, what do I mean by “returned to Him”? For the answer, we have to know first what was lost or stolen. Along with this understanding comes our gaining that which was once hidden, in this statement is this mystery, only through death can we be born again, the exact reversal of how mankind was lost. What was lost, where, when and even how did it come about. The answer is in Genesis 1-3 where the beginning is and which is the foundation upon which all revelation of Christ, and even the kingdom message is based. Man (male and female) is seen in Genesis 1:26-27, were with God in eternity past as a spirit being, one with God for God is Spirit. And man being spirit, was given dominion over the earth into which he will be placed. Man and God share God's rest from creation into which man is about to become placed in a created body (which the angels did not have). In Genesis 2:7, the spirit of man (in the breath of God) has a home or house made for him (male and female) of the elements of the earth, the making of a physical body, into which God then places this spiritual essence (Christ and man, one being). In Genesis 2:20-23 we find that when this man was naming all things of the earth, that he found no help meet for himself, as he was a complete being within himself. Then God puts this man to sleep and removes from him a bone from which God makes woman, mans help meet, and God seals up this wound in mans side, from which both water and blood flowed. Woman is now bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh, they are equal and one spirit. Then comes the earths prisoner, the deceiver Satan, over which man is to rule and have dominion of. But woman becomes ensnared by his cunning devices (Religion) and eats from the tree they were told not to eat of. In Genesis 3; woman, as mans voice of the flesh, first eats and then man eats, listening to and heeding this voice, the voice of his own flesh. Which causes eternal separation from God, mans Father and His divine kingdom into which man was created and this sets in motion mans physical dying and man's new nature of sin (where deception and perception are veiled). Here is what, the world and mankind, composed of fallen mankind needs to know or understand, that every person born does not have God's nature and character (though hidden within mans soul as a seed in nature), but now has sin's nature and character (the character of Satan, now rules mans flesh, as mans predominate ruler). Because of this, mankind has had an obscured perception of God, and his relationship with God is now obscured. Then in verse 15 of this same chapter, we find the mystery hidden from Satan (the revelation of the restoring of mankind back into God's nature and character of Christ and His kingdom) and mans view of the process through the seed of woman will come. This seed follows all the way through scripture as a red thread of man's promised redemption (the first part in which mans perception is to be restored), when man accepts this redemption it will bring into operation the power to become sons of God through this journey, which is Christ being restored within man again, called Salvation and which will find man's spirit unite with God, known as healing. This is the good news of the kingdom being restored to God, that which had been lost or stolen from God in disease, corruption and death. This disease, corruption and death itself is what we now have the victory in, an over, as long as we remain willful participants and receptive ones of God's working in us. (Daniel 7:27-28; Revelation 11:15, 17:14) When we have entered into this process of His Salvation, and this only after passing through redemption's process (for only through death can we be reborn, Matthew 7:1-8; Luke 6:37-38, 41-42, John 12:24), do we gain the understanding of this revelation as restored son's of God, that we can now call God our Father, Abba.(Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6) It is from here then that I will with the help of the Holy One, take us through the kingdom revelation of this process. And will endeavor to show the resistance to this Gospel and of the resistance to the Lord caused by God's and mankind's enemy, in what is known as Religion. It is religion that will become the LORD's footstool.

Where and when did governments originate? Through Noah, God creates, mans government as found in Genesis 9 and this pecking order is further found in chapters 11 and 27 (29) in the blessings of Isaac to his sons. But we would not consider these things a governmental foundations but when heard as God intends them, then they become clear to us. In each passage it states that one will serve the other in a service of a weaker to the stronger which is governments origin, man being the weak link and the unity of family being the greater.

Service to all.

I'm not trying to come up with something new ....then why do I do this...because the Lord impressed it in my soul by His Spirit, to help and minister as He leads....I can only obey....If one person is helped it's worth it.......no, I don't know everything...but...I do know Who is at work....I listen when I'm being taught....When a circumstance comes up I may miss it sometimes but because God is patient with me, when I fail, I have learned how to walk in faith's darkness, I don't quit....I sit under God listening...If one person can learn, then it is all worth it....so that which is written, many may not understand, to this I suggest, just read, pray and seek the Word and worship God as Father, then He will start imparting His Love, Grace and Truth and understanding within you...I am are all about helping people....though at times some of the things revealed may seem as heresy...we all need to learn of the Lord, for this is what He has asked not only of me but you also in Matthew 11:28-29, 30.

Israel's Blindness or Hardheartedness and its root.

I shared this on someone else's page: No one has the right to throw stones at any one. We are all born with the nature of fallen Adam, sin and death. Which is the nature of Satan in the heart of man, both redeemed (because they are but children and feed by milk) and unredeemed. Even though God's Spiritual essence is hidden deep within the seed He planted in man.(Gen. 3:15)

This seed requires the Light and Truth be received by our heart to break the shell of sin, which surrounds it. Like the chaff or husk of the wheat kernel, which speaks of a thick layer of skin, usually on the heel of the foot. It requires the Holy Spirit's receptivity and activity to pulverize our stony heart (to circumcise it) to this the LORD told Isaiah this:
Isa 57:15-17, 20-21 "Thus said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before Me, and the souls which I have made. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness (Israel had made covenants with the pagans which were contrary to God) was I wroth, and smote him: I hid Me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart (this is the character and nature exemplified in Jacob as the supplanter and Israel as his heirs)......20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked."

Now what comes next will require our listening closely to, as it is God speaking to Jacob in Genesis: Gen 28:13-17 "Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth (this is Israel as they are the earthy people, they will rule over this earth after the LORD establishes His earthly Kingdom) be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither you go, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

From here we will move forward to chapter 32 and listen again very closely to what it says: 24 "Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man (this is Yehovah-Christ as an angel in mans flesh) with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When He saw that He prevailed not against him (this is Jacob), He touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with Him. 26 And He said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he (Jacob) said, I will not let you go, except You bless (Jacob is using his contriteness of heart) me. 27 He said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 He said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob (supplanter), but Israel (this means he prevailed and will rule as God, Yisrael, this is his character and nature which he passed down to his heirs): for as a prince you power with God and with men, and have prevailed. 29 Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. He said, Wherefore is it that you do ask after my name? He blessed (now this is not as many would suppose a good thing because Jacob used deceit to turn the head of this person away, so this is actually a curse, a negative thing on) him (Jacob/Israel) there. 30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

If you have made it this far you now know one of the many secrets hidden within scripture for our learning.(Deu. 29:29, Hosea12:10) We have to have ears to hear and sees to see other wise we will not see nor understand. Luke reveals this in: 24:44-45 "He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me. 45 Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures." Why do you suppose Jesus did this? because of what he earlier as recorded by Mark:
Mark 4:9-13 He (Jesus) said to them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when He was alone, they that were about Him with the twelve asked of Him the parable. 11 He said to them, to you it is given to know the mystery (secrets) of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without (the redeemed and the unredeemed of Israel and the Gentiles), all these things are done in parables (see Hosea 12:10): 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 13 And He said to them, Know you not this parable? and how then will you know all parables?" 

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Understanding the Mysteries and Secrets of Spiritual Life

For years if not centuries men have been wandering through life wondering for what purpose they exist and what purpose they serve in the over all scheme of things. It is in answer to these and other such questions this blog has been developed. Because God has give us a ministry, which we are titling:

Understanding the Mysteries and Secrets of Spiritual Life

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A Ministry of Reconciliation and Preservation

Jude 21-23 and 1Peter 4:19

Jude 21-23 “Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.”
1Peter 4:18-19 “If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the Will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as to a faithful Creator.”

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The Character of Christ to be received and restored within us.

My wife Glenda in her quest for Truth seeks the Lord each time she looks for a piece of literature. Then she begins her search all the while listening under God for what He desires for us, in our quest for learning and the knowledge of Christ. The quote that I am about to share is taken from one of those publications. It is a short essay titled, "Spirit of Truth" written by Paul Volk and Arthur Katz from Minneapolis, Minnesota, it has no reference to publisher so none is here given. For some unknown reason I am unable to copy and paste from this publication so please if you find this post, look for a copy of this small book as it will enrich your life in Christ's understanding. For God has Only One Way for us all, through the Cross as our door into His kingdom in Christ, Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

A True an Accurate Meaning of Passover part 25

Now we can pick back up at verse 11 and continue through to verse 24 which reveals the

following:

Hebrews 10: 11-24
“And every priest stood daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man (Jesus as the Christ of God), after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever (in accord with the promise first spoken by God to Adam in Genesis 3:15), sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool (these are they who oppose God's Christ and all that God through Him accomplished in accord with Genesis 3:15, which began the evening of His Passover, Marriage Feast meal ofter called the Lord's Supper on through His ascension and return at Pentecost). For by one offering he has perfected forever them that are sanctified (those who discern the Lord's body aright and do not become part of the dissipation and take it in an unworthily manner 1Corinthians 11:27, 29). Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that He had said before, 'this is the covenant that I will make with them after those days', saith the Lord, 'I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more'. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin (no further need to partake of the Sacrament of the Last Supper, as is the manner or habit of some and by so doing have become guilty of unbelief). Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a New and Living Way, which He has consecrated for us, through the veil (this implies the old Temple veil into the holiest place, which God tore from the top down while the body of Christ was on the tree and as it was a shadow of the true body of flesh first created for Him, mans flesh), that is to say, His flesh; and having an High Priest over the house of God (Christ is this High Priest in the eternal order of Melchizedek, king of righteousness); Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised; This Promised is in Genesis 3:15) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, for the exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
So when we have the knowledge of the Truth and the secret or mystery of God (Deuteronomy 29:29, found in Genesis 3:15) which were withheld from Israel and the churches of anti-Christ, the enemies of Christ. For those who have passed through righteousness (by entering redemption) into the LORD's Salvation there remains no more need of sacrifice. By any other external means of worship, for we now worship in Spirit and Truth, of any kind as we have entered His rest in union again with Him. Again as is the habit of ritualistic, purely external, a literalistic practice, anyone who partakes of the LORD's table and alter as a habit or ritual as an external practice do so for no benefit other than damnation to themselves. Because they have no revelation or enlightenment of the Truth. Because to do so is to crucify the LORD again. Just as the practice of Easter (the practicing of His death again, keeping Him on the stake) or Christmas (the keeping of Jesus as a babe) are nothing but pagan holidays in disguise or veiled from their true meaning and origin. Which does not remove the power of the spirit therein hidden and hidden by none other than the church itself. Matters not its name or denominational affiliation, sect or form of religious practice. And again its because they take the word in a literal manor, of common usage and in many cases, as a futuristic meaning, a not yet but at some future date. The not dividing of the earthy from the spiritual as Jesus Himself revealed by the cloth and the new wine illustration (Matthew 9:16-17 and Mark 2:21-22).

Upon what is this statement based? To find out we need but return to Genesis because hidden within it is found the bases of mans future redemption and ultimate Salvation and his being restored to God. The restoration by so doing with woman and Adam as the corporate and federal head of all mankind is made available to all as they spring from Adams loins and the seed of the Father of spirits hidden within all. This is foundation is in the text of chapter 3 and verse 15.

Genesis 3:15 “'I will put enmity between you (the serpent, Satan) and the woman, and between your seed (as the children of the world, the unredeemed and even more than them those who find the ancient path and the way to Life) and her seed (those who would by way of personal choice choose Life from death through Christ's Redemption and Salvation); it (this seed, hidden within mans soul, the ontological essences of Spirit who is Christ, to be restored to Life again as from the dead) shall bruise your head (every one who accepts their redemption bruises the head of Satan), and you shall bruise his heel (this is the suffering which all who chose this path will share until the day of Christ).'” 

Here we can find two an only two kinds of man, the lost and forever damned and those who by way of choice of free will choose the kingdom of God, and His righteousness and kingdom of spiritual rule restored in them as was in Adam before he fell into death and sin in that death. God here is saying that the power which brought Light, when He called Him forth, into the darkness and chaos. When life, order, harmony and goodness was imparted into an otherwise dead earth. He backs up His Word by so expressing it without really revealing it's intent. For He already knows what natural man will do to it in his imagination, vial reasoning's and wisdom, make light and mock it, by taking of it as with all His hidden revelation, literally. Or in the common usage of language and by so doing twist and distort His Word, His Law, His Grace, His Love, Faith and Goodness and His Truth even down to His virtue.

Paul warns Timothy about such in 1 Timothy 4 and the Hebrew Christians as found in Hebrews and those in Galatia found in the Galatians letter. So we also warn everyone who finds and reads our message.

A True an Accurate Meaning of Passover part 24

Please allow me to back up a bit to something I said yesterday it being; To get a clearer understanding lets look at Hebrews where Paul is speaking to those who have turned from their Jewish roots and forsaken the external religion, to the obedience in Christ and have tasted of the good things in Christ, that is to say the abundance of His Life in them. Here's the thought all of mans external religion has in effect compartmentalized the spirit world and thereby reduces Malachi's question;

Malachi 2:5

"'My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear (to dread, to stand in terror of) wherewith he feared (to reverence) Me, and was afraid before My name.'"

The fear of God has been reduced to one of no value, no respect for Him and especially in the western churches. For they have unknowingly followed the same course as Israel by adopting its religious forms and styles. For example a friend had a missionary visiting from North Africa, who asked me, if I would be willing to come and teach in his native land. To which I said yes, the Lord willing. Then he asked, how I would deal with and handle evil spirits as they have great power in his land. I said that, that posed no concern to me because the greater One lives in me. In other words through Christ's ontological essence restored, I have the same authority man was given as found in Genesis 1:26-28. Most western missionaries don't know how to handle such events as they've been hoodwinked into not believing in the supernatural by being told that all has passed away long ago. Not so! Nature itself suffers violence because of mans lack of knowledge through that falseness of western theology and the religare of the Spirit within man by that religion. The warning of Paul as we've been explaining here. By the taking of the elements unworthily.

Hebrews 10:25-31
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together (the style or custom learned by continual practice in Judaism), as the manner (or habit, by custom, rite or usage in the compartmentalizing) of some is; but exhorting one another (to stand strong in the faith of Christ by way of comforting and instruction): and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. For if we sin willfully (we cannot crucify the Lord again to ourselves) after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries (those who oppose themselves in the practice of external ritualism). He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, 'Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.' And again, 'The Lord shall judge his people.' It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

Here's Malachi's question now being answered, and why is this so, look above to verses 3 through 10 to find out:

Hebrews 10:3-10
“But in those sacrifices (under the rituals and common practices, the literal and religious) there is a remembrance (Exodus 30:10; Hebrews 9:8; Matthew 26:28) again made of sins every year (this is the same practice of the churches of anti-Christ of this day). For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when He came into the world, He said, 'Sacrifice and offering You would not, but a body have You prepared Me (Genesis 3:15, 1:26-28, 2:7): In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have had no pleasure.' Then said I, 'Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do Your will, O God.' Above when he said, 'Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin You would not, neither have pleasure therein; which are offered by the law'; Then said he, 'Lo, I come to do Your will, O God.' He toke away the first, that He may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

Then in Galatians Paul tells us this:

Galatians 4:2-7
“But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world (as found in nature itself, sins control, the system of religion, the Law and all man made custom, rites and rituals in ceremonies of religious activities which serve to bind and restrict us): But when the fulness of the time was come (the end, the last days, the for ever one, for ever or other such related titles of Christ), God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law (Genesis 1:28, 3:15) , To redeem them that were under the law Genesis 2:16-17) , that we might receive the adoption of sons (Genesis 3:15). And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ (Psalm 2:8).” 

A True an Accurate Meaning of Passover part 23

1 Corinthians 11: 28-32
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.” 

Can we say that we've listened with care to what is here stated as a warning for us all? I personally think not. And why now because in all my years searching and seeking the kingdom of God not one pastor in any church has ever, to my recollection and knowledge, shared a message based on this passage of scripture. So let's us do so and the first word I see that draws my attention is "unworthily" so now turning to any dictionary available lets look it up. The closest one at my finger tips is the Webster's 1828 Dictionary here's what it says;

adv. "[See Worthy and Worth.] Not according to desert; without due regard to merit; as, to treat a man unworthily."
Here we have another word used, "desert" just what does it mean lets look shall we: a. S as z [L. To sow, plant or scatter.] 1. Literally, forsaken; hence, uninhabited; as a desert isle. Hence, wild; untilled; waste; uncultivated; as a desert land or country.
 2. Void; emprty; unoccupied. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air.

DESERT, n. An uninhabited tract of land; a region in its natural state; a wilderness; a solitude; particularly, a vast sandy plain, as the deserts of Arabia and Africa. But the word may be applied to an uninhabited country covered with wood.

DESERT, v.t. [L. To forsake.]
1. To forsake; to leave utterly; to abandon; to quit with a view not to return to; as, to desert a friend; to desert our country; to desert a cause.
2. To leave, without permission, a military band, or a ship, in which one is enlisted; to forsake the service in which one is engaged, in violation of duty; as, to desert the army; to desert ones colors; to desert a ship.

DESERT, v.i. To run away; to quit a service without permission; as, to desert from the army.

DESERT, n. 
1. A deserving; that which gives a right to reward or demands, or which renders liable to punishment; merit or demerit; that which entitles to a recompense of equal to the offense; good conferred, or evil done, which merits an equivalent return. A wise legislature will reward or punish men according to their deserts.
2. That which is deserved; reward or punishment merited. In a future life, every man will receive his desert.


So we can see that anyone who forsakes his call, or we might say turns his back (in this case from the Lord) by not understanding aright all that was accomplished throughout the meal or Last Supper, as well as what was accomplished shortly thereafter, as a continuance of the whole (His death, burial, resurrection and ascension) we might say, that person is automatically guilty of not properly discerning our being one in Him in the redemption of all. And because of that, is unworthy of the whole and remains an enemy, a traitor a deserter and in this case an anti-Christ. For in redemption and in accordance to the promise spoken to Adam and woman in Genesis 3:15, all Adams seed is redeemed in and by that one continuous action. God in His divine wisdom then built upon this one promise all other promises or covenants. For a vow is just that, a covenant and greater than. Through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and even king David we find that the nations are to be blessed, not just one particular group such as Israel alone.

And again we'll turn to a dictionary for help with the word "vow":
VOW, n. 1. A solemn promise made to God, or by God or by a pagan to his deity. The Roman generals when they went to war, sometimes made a vow that they would build a temple to some favorite deity, if he would give them victory. A vow is a promise of something to be given or done hereafter.

A person is constituted a religious by taking three vows, of chastity, of poverty, and of obedience. Among the Isrealites, the vows of children were not binding, unless ratified by the express or tacit consent of their father. Num 30.

2. A solemn promise; as the vows of unchangeable love and fidelity. In a moral and religious sense, vows are promises to God, as they appeal to God to witness their sincerity, and the violation of them is a most heinous offense.

VOW, v.t. 1. To give, consecrate or dedicate to God by a solemn promise. When Jacob went to Mesopotamia, he vowed to God a tenth of this substance, and his own future devotion to his service. Gen 28. 
When thou vowest a vow, defer not to pay it. Eccl 5.
2. To devote.
VOW, v.i. To make vows or solemn promises. He that vows, must be careful to perform.

Again in Genesis 3:15 it is God making the vow to all of man kind as they are the seed of woman and Adam as the nations. When God spoke to Adam, He did not give a certain day or way of worship, nor is it recorded that he was to every year practice the sacrificing of an animal as his covering of sin.

Keep in mind the habit or manner of some in the assembling together, wherein they practice as a rite or ritual, the Lord's Supper and the washing of feet, by way of their church doctrine. In the same fashion as the Hebrew Orthodoxy who worshiped God as an external being, who made an agreement with them which required to keeping of Saturday as their Sabbath. And by their so doing promised to help them. Therefore they had not the understanding of the internal reality which Jesus' message revealed. This message was in accord with the promise first spoken to mankind through Adam and is found in Genesis 3:15 and the seal of it in verse 21. They have not the revelation of Christ or of His words spoken within the confines of the synoptic gospels or of all that the Old Testament reveals of Him, let alone the witness of Paul or the other New Covenant writers. They are held by the religare of their respective denominations through its rites, rituals, customs, ceremonies and traditions of men, that is to say their doctrines of an external and material faith. And are therefore refusing Christ and are then in reality anti-Christ, though they deceive themselves by their practice of religious ceremonies. To get a clearer understanding lets look at Hebrews where Paul is speaking to those who have turned from their Jewish roots and forsaken the external religion, to the obedience in Christ and have tasted of the good things in Christ, that is to say the abundance of His Life in them.

A True an Accurate Meaning of Passover part 22

Before continuing, one thing needs to be said, we did not get into the elements of the meal nor deed we cover the fact that the very evening and morning of Christ's betrayal the sheep had been gathered and the inspection of them had begun. So while Jesus was standing before the court of priest's there assembled and being grilled and inspected by them others were also doing the same with the animals for sacrifice. Of which one goat was chosen it had a red or scarlet cord tied about its throat or horns and was lead outside the city to the hill country there to be released. But Jesus was lead through the same streets and those who had just before laid hands on the scape goat and confessed their sins now were the same ones jeering at Him as He made His way outside the city to the hill of execution. Can we get hold of the paradox here?

Now we'll look at the hymns song by the Lord and His disciples after the Feast of Passover and I'll let them speak for themselves.
Psalm 116:1-19
“I love the LORD, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gather hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech You, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful. The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and He helped me. Return unto your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with me. For You have delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars. What shall I render unto the LORD for all His benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all His people. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, and the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all His people, In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.”

Psalm 117:1-2
“O praise the LORD, all you nations: praise Him, all you people. For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD.”

Psalm 118:1-29
“O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: because His mercy endures for ever. Let Israel now say, that His mercy endures for ever. Let the house of Aaron now say, that His mercy endures for ever. Let them now that fear the LORD say, that His mercy endures for ever. I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The LORD took my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. They compassed me about; yes, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. You have thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. The LORD has chastened me sore: but He has not given me over unto death. Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise You: for You have heard me, and are become my salvation. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech You, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech You, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD: we have blessed You out of the house of the LORD. God is the LORD, which has shown us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I will praise You: You are my God, I will exalt You. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: for His mercy endures for ever.”

These are the customary hymns song after the taking of the Passover and if we'll pay particular attention to them we'll learn of their spiritual Truth and reality.

I'll attempt to bring this to a reasonable conclusion. To do this we need to look again at our scripture where we find that we're to examine our own selves to see if we have already received the revelation of Christ in me (Galatians 2:20). If we have there remains no more need to repeat this table and alter of the LORD because His being in us is the table and our alter in our flesh. Then to do so we are refusing His ontological presence and rule of His kingdom and Priesthood which we now are one with. In simple other words, we crucify again the Lord to our selves by so doing and this is unbelief to the max. Its saying that all the revelation of Him is nothing to us and that we have to follow the few who walk contrary to God by the common practice of man made customs rites and ceremonies of men. 

1 Corinthians 11: 28-32
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”