God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods……I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Only fools die; this might prove a hard nut to crack for many because firstly it sounds utterly arrogant and brash to the hearing of the human mind, which along with the world system have glorified death and willing made a covenant with it. Oh yes, all men one way or the other have reverenced death, bowed before it and unkowingly said, “death, who is like unto thee“. Rather than angrily signing off, calmly compare the statement, “only fool die” with that of Jesus, who seemingly insulted the highly traditional Jews by saying: “let the dead bury the dead”. This was his response to a man who had just gently asked to take a brief leave to bury his father, after which he would come back to follow Jesus.
If you understand the complexities of a truly traditional Hebrew burial rights along with the numerous inheritance laws that accompany it, you will truly understand how offended that young disciple might have been. It would mean that they and generations before them, Moses included, were nothing but a bunch of ignorant dead men who occupy themselves with burying the dead. The young Hebrew man who for a moment saw the light and sought to align with that light would suddenly become astonished and slighted at the remarks of Jesus, and thus withdraw into the dark never to be mentioned among the disciples, thus losing his place at the right hand of glory.
Jesus like anyone who knows truth and walk in the light will have nothing to do with a system or realm wholly aligned with death and hell. He would not be identified with tales of woes and grief from the graveyard below but would rather sing before his brethren in the land of the living, declaring the unspeakable love of His Father who has blessed him with every spiritual blessing and handed over to him all things for his pleasure. He was manifested to expose the deep things of Satan’s realm and dissolve it with the fiery feet of the gospel, liberating his fellow brethren from its grip into the glorious liberty of the Son(s) of God. For this very purpose a thundery voice from heaven accompanied with hail and flashes of lightening to the inhabitants of the earth is declaring, “Your covenant with death shall be disannulled and your agreement with death shall not stand“. It is that same thundery voice that spoke through Jesus in the days of his flesh and speaks this very moment through the angels (messengers) of God who have aligned themselves with truth.
Truly blessed are those that will not be offended by the light even as it reduces to naught the highly revered traditions and values of men in this outer world; it does this by unveiling the One, the only One at the center of all things.
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. (Luke 7:23)
Remember, awareness of this One whom Jesus refers to as me must increase, and I must decrease until my human self and its myriads of beliefs be no more. The earth must indeed be covered with the conscious knowledge of this One as the waters cover the sea, because besides Him there is no other; this is the day of the One, when all shadows fade away and the One is manifest. When standing in the light, it becomes evident that all things outside of the light are mere shadows and parables. If you can see it, name it, touch it, taste it, it is a mere parable pointing to the One in secret. How foolish can man get, burdened, fatigued and pained on all sides while chasing after mere shadows all the days of his life. In the light, everything that men dearly hold on to in this present life suddenly becomes like abominable idols, because they are not rooted in the truth.
..for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God (Luke 16:15).
Like we know, time and time again, Jesus was always faced with mounting fiery opposition of the princes of this age who would have none of His doctrine which says that there is only God, and that He was one with God. Why should this offend men? This pure doctrine unveiling God as all in all is like a hurled piece of rock cut out of eternity without human hands, bringing to naught the very foundation of mans highly exalted beliefs and values.
In one of those moments of great opposition, Jesus gently reminded them that the very scriptures which they regarded as the bedrock and foundation of their faith declares plainly that they themselves are gods, offspring of the Most High. Jesus was literally saying, “Brothers have you forgotten that we are the same substance, same Father, same God, same life, same glory, have you forgotten in the beginning how we shouted together for joy among the congregation of the sons of God and how we made sweet melody among the morning stars“.
Rather than pacify, convert and heal them, that ray of pure revelation light streaming forth from the depth of the Father would only fan the flames of their torment and anger even further as they sought the more to crucify the Christ. The crystal clear word like the morning dew upon the tender herb that was meant to bring remembrance and raise them up into their glory would suddenly be a stumbling block, and an unpleasant odor unto death for them. They turned their backs on their own mercy unto salvation and in so doing crucified the Christ, their true life, unto themselves. They could not comprehend and embrace the light shining in the abyss of their darkened human understanding and consequently they died off in their unbelief as mere mortal men. That light was meant to deliver them from the grip of death and empower them once more with sonship.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not…But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name (John 1)
How could man so foolishly and blindly neglect such a great salvation being announced today to every creature underneath the heavens. Somebody might quickly point the finger to the custodians of the Mosaic and Hebrew believes in the days of Jesus while hypocritically failing to probe inwardly. This mindset of the scribes and Pharisees reveals the human mind so immersed and entangled with the deep things of Satan, clearly unable to comprehend the secret of the offspring of God masked underneath uncountable human forms and expressions both visible and invisible. It is the same fleshy mindset so weak, fragile and forgetful with an inclination towards materiality that even Jesus also had to contend with as he stood in the gap revealing the mystery of godliness. It was that same mindset manifesting as the devil, seeking to entice the Son with the glories of an illusionary world and consequently cause him abandon His first state for the glories of the world as he observed a symbolic fast. Jesus would later exclaim, “indeed the spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak“, in other words it is dull of hearing and perceiving the things of God.
Speaking by the inspiration of the Spirit, the writer in Psalms 82 speaks of a great mystery, the assembly of the almighy – (Almighty God). The author of this brief psalm had his eyes opened to see something that he himself could not fathom; he was beholding the Ekklēsia, interpreted the Church, the universal gathering of elohims in the name the Lord. Isn’t it written that unto the Lord shall the gathering be; it is so because all came out of that gathering. These are literally those who make up the godhead…the body of God; they have the totality of their being hid in God, meaning they live solely on account of Him. It is the same congregation appearing as a cloud hovering over the waters declaring “let there….“, “let us….“. The same celestial congregation of God appearing again as one celestial man declares, “I am the Almighty, I live forever, and I only possess the keys of hell and death“. Of this gathering of myriads of sons of God Jesus says, death has no power; in simple words they can never taste of death.
Jesus again reminds us that we were in that congregation of the Almighty before time when he says, “You were with me from the beginning” (John 15:27). If this truely represents the beginning and origin of all men, then why do men die, why do they seem to have fallen short of that high mark in God? Psalm 82 also gives the simple answer: ” They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: there all the foundations of the earth are out of course“. We can sum these up in three simples expressions, “no knowledge”, “no understanding” and “spiritual blindness”. It all reveals the pure spiritual ignorance that envelops the men of this age who lose out on their celestial state. In their darkened understanding they are reduced to mere morals and hence die off as men. Then the chants of the undertaker goes forth saying, “dust you are …….”.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge (Hosea 4:6)
Can we now comprehend the fact that the son(s) of the most high God is of the same incorruptible and immortal substance like his heavenly Father, hence death has no hold over him. The Father of lights says, “in my very being I have no death, hence I cannot administer it neither can I birth it, rather I can only quicken the dead and transport them into life. In my kingdom corruption is unheard of; nothing that defiles and makes a lie has a place in my kingdom”. That which is birthed by the incorruptible seed is incorruptible and immortal and it yields fruits of life after its kind.
The fool is the one who abbandons his first state by simply not retaining the knowledge of the Lord his life. Professing himself to be wise in the ways of this world, he departs from the knowledge of his true Self, the invisible and incorruptible Lord of glory for that of mortal man. Very much the same story of the sons of God in the days of Noah who being lured by the deceitfulness of riches (materiality), left aside their glory and descended to be united with mortals only to be swept down the slippery path of death in the great abyss of nothingness. Thinking themselves to be wise they became compound fools corrupting themselves by abandoning knowledge of the creator and alligning with the creature, hence dying, they die as men. Hear the words of the Spirit: “what shall it profit a man if he gains the glories of this material world only to lose his soul to the power of the grave“.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. (Psalms 14:1-2)
Think of it, not even one man underneath the heavens is exempted from this folly of denying the knowledge of God. If they had retained the knowledge of God they would not be earth bound mortals but rather sons of God who have their being in Him, in the heavens. Our true dwelling place is in Him, in the heavens, God’s kingdom. When we know this, like Jesus we can say without an iota of doubt that we are not of this world; even though we might for a moment appear in it we are not of it. For this very purpose the messenger of God is announcing the everlasting gospel of reconciliation to the inhabitants of the earth who have strayed away from their first state in God, saying, “repent and return to the Lord your life; be reconciled and be saved”.
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Revelation 14:6-7)
Notice that the evangel is directed to those who inhabit the dimension of the earth not to those in the heavens where the church is situated. To dwell on the earth literally means to be earthly, terrestrial or carnally minded, which of course is death. The good news is designed to bring enlightenment and reconciliation, so that the sons of God might rediscover themselves back in their lot in the celestial gathering of the Almighty.
Sons of God awake and believe once more in that one name; by faith be baptized into that one identity of the Lord of glory. Receive the gospel of grace revealing this splendorous fellowship hid in God, of which you rightfully have a part. Hear the messenger and live.
Speaking in the name of the Father, Jesus would further declare, “if any man does not believe that I am He, he will die off in his sins“. Compare to words of Jesus with this: “the wages of sin is death“. Through all of this we can discern a redefination of sin by Jesus, annulling what men have generally considered sin to be. It is ones inability to recognize His true identity as the son of God who is one with the Father. It is more like misalignment from ones through self. Unbelief is sin on its own, that is why he says, “believe and be saved”. Believe what? Believe that the I in you is the universal I Am. If you can believe this, you then enter into your rest as God did, because the formless wilderness state synonymous with unbelief is converted into a blossoming garden — Eden. Cast out the deceiver who says the contrary and believe once more.
Unbelief leads to death, a present and continuous backsliding away from the source, “THE LORD YOUR GOD”; it is an endless slip into the bottomless pit of nothingness where all conscious awareness of the beauty and glory of the life of the living God is all lost. If man does not truly know himself to be the dearly beloved Son of God, well pleasing and blameless in His sight, he will suffer the ever escalating torments of hell and death. Inability to heed to sound divine counsel which aids in relocating the divine One within, whose origin is from eternity, causes the sloughtful son to die off as a man. As long as he remains in his folly failing to remember his place among the plaides, like a falling wandering star, he will continue in an endless voyage in blackest darkness infinitely far away from his rightful dwelling place upon the sacred hieghts God, the place of all power.
Meditate on these words, “because of the unparalled love of God towards the world, He has given the world His only Son so that it does not perish”. The world is the one absent from the reality of the fellowship of oneness of the Father and the son and thus blinded to the unbreakable fact that “I AM HE”; this is death. How can a man reverse this trend? Simple, receive the free gift of God, which is none other than the revelation that you are the Son. Obediently follow the voice of the inner anointing and loosen the seals over your comprehension; allow the One within emerge. Let the deceiver deceive no more, cast out the god of this world who hinders your return to your rightful abode in Eden.
Be grateful always because the Father of lights has given us light, making us wise in his sight. The irony of it all is that the very wisdom we obtain from above will always sound like pure foolishness to the outer world because it is blinded from the way. The wise in the sight of God though considered fools to the outer world do discover the way called the path of holiness back into life, where death is no more. They stand eternally on that holy ground having rediscovered themselves in the Lord. In Him death is no more, and it’s fruits of sorrow, pain and sighing is no more; this is eternal life. Awake from the dead and reign in life; enjoy.
Isaiah 35:8-10 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Love
Trevor Eghagha
www.sunrayministry.org
