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Daniel 10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. Daniel 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. Dan 10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; Daniel 10:5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: Daniel 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. Daniel 10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. As you read on, bear in mind that the scope of the ministry which the Lord has committed into our hands is purely to act as witnesses to the true perfect heavenly model for all men to see, and by it be saved. The true heavenly model is all embedded in God’s offspring whom we call Christ Jesus in this present time. I am careful to mention this present time, because you need discerning eyes to recognize Him after the Spirit not after some form of outer human derived identity or name tag. If you have a true revelation of Christ, you will know that He is simply the living one, who can manifest Himself in any form that He so chooses to, for all things are His and for His pleasure [Revelations 4:11]. The good news from heaven known as the gospel, only seeks to awaken us to the reality that we originated from that perfect heavenly model and remain part and parcel of that model. In this article, we will by the Spirit, decode Daniel’s encounter with a man from Heaven and see what God was trying to transmit to us through this encounter. Some of the things you will read about might initially sound disturbing, because humanly conceived concepts of Christ, ourselves, angels, prayers, fasting, principalities and powers, spiritual warfare etc will be overturned. Patient scrutiny of the words by the Spirit will cause you to see light, for in His light we see light. Confirming the manifold and unsearchable wisdom, and the consistency of the word of God, many hundred years before the Apostle John had His heavenly encounter with the Alpha and the Omega, while on the Island of Patmos, as recorded in the book of Revelations, the Prophet Daniel had already seen it and recorded it in His manuscripts. Revelation translated in the Greek to mean “the Apocalypse of Jesus”, is all about the unveiling, manifestation, revealing etc…. of the invisible and incorruptible Son of God who is from eternity. You can never know that Daniel saw this same revelation, if your eyes are stayed on Jesus after the flesh. We must grow up and awaken to the reality that He simply is, without any genealogy that ties Him to a natural birth. If we still try to pin point Him to some visible form or nameable entity upon the earth, we only create imaginary idols in our mind that cannot in any way give life. During the time of Daniel, His native country, Israel, which was meant to be the epitome of perfection and joy above all the nations of the earth, was reduced to rubbles and it’s inhabitants dispersed among the nations with no land of theirs. Seeing the desolation of Israel, Daniel in intercession mode, sought the Lord in prayers and supplication; He sought to enquire about the end, when Israel will be restored back to their country as prophesied by the Prophets of old (Daniel 9). In the same vain in which the Prophets of old prophesied calamity, destruction and the dispersing of Israel among the Nations, they all prophesied of the glorious return of the Israelites, back to the Promised Land, never to be destroyed again. Israel like we know was brutally sacked from the promise land because they failed to fulfil their part of their covenant with God, and further failed to heed to the voices of the many prophets God sent to them warning them of impending doom.
Daniel however, knew from the books of the prophets that God promised a glorious end for His people dispersed among the nations (Jeremiah 29:10-14). After seventy years of desolations and tribulation among the nations, Gods promise was that he will restore them to their land, never to be taken away from it again because God had promised to write his laws in their hearts and give them a new Spirit so that they never ever transgress against Him anymore [Jeremiah 31:33-37], [Ezekiel 36]. As Daniel sought the face of the Lord, His mind was set on the glorious return of The Hebrews back into their inheritance. His waiting on the Lord led to a series of visions revealing prophetic events pertaining to the end and the restoration of Israel. Some say that the restoration of Israel was fulfilled in the time of Zerubabel; others say it was fulfilled when Israel was restored to their land through the unexpected United Nations resolution. Many today still look towards the Middle East, expecting that something will happen there, but they are greatly mistaken. If you have ears, hear, nothing will happen in the middle east, even if something happens, it has nothing to do with the ingathering of the Lord’s people into their glorious land. From generation to generation, as people look out for signs, a people will always enter in unnoticed by the outer world. We are however discovering that those prophesies of old, concerning the restoration of Israel, are mere shadows of that eternal work which God is performing in his people today. Unknown to Daniel and many others, what He was seeing in His visions were simply parables and pointers to God’s eternal plan to redeem his people from among the nations where we were once pining away in the transgression of Adam. For we know His good will is to gather all of us from among the nations in one in Christ, the offspring of God. This is why he is sounding the trumpet today, to awaken his people and to gather them from among the nations into His everlasting Kingdom (the New Jerusalem) where they can find the true beauty and glory of the living God. Isaiah 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. You see, from the perspective of God, His people, His Kingdom or Garden city is not some piece of land in the Middle East, but rather it is His eternal celestial kingdom, otherwise known as the heavenly Jerusalem or the Garden and Paradise of God. This is the thing that the Father is revealing to us today. We all originated from that celestial City, but we descended in what we can call the transgression of Adam. The transgression of Adam is all about a conformation from the incorruptible celestial nature of God to that which is earthly and corruptible. As long as a man goes this way, He transgresses against God and loses out on His inheritance in the eternal city of light. This is the way we were when we walked like the earthly minded gentiles (the nations) who walk according to the vanity of their minds [Ephesians 4:17-19]. God in His mercy seeks to gather us from among the gentiles, back into His celestial everlasting kingdom, where we can once more live in the totality of His glory. All this is fulfilled in His people who are Jews after the Spirit, not after the flesh, so if you have your mind focused on a physical nation you better sit back and listen to what the Spirit has to say. We must awaken from the realms of parables and begin to see truth as it is in the mind of God. INSIGHT INTO THE END The visions of Daniel were all visions concerning the end, which is why Jesus quoted Him when He was speaking of the signs of the end in Matthew 24. Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: One might ask, “What is this end that Jesus was speaking about?” The end that Jesus was referring to is directed to the Disciples of Christ not to the world. If you study Matthew 24 properly, you will know that Jesus was addressing the disciples who hear His voice and are being gathered unto Him, in God’s kingdom, the city set upon the Hill. Of course by now we know that the words of Jesus, being the voice of the spirit, is the same throughout all eternity, meaning those words of Jesus are still applicable to we who hear the voice of the Spirit today. So never be fooled into thinking that the end is reference to some event that occurred some time back, or some event that will happen tomorrow, it is applicable to those who are awakening in Christ and gathering unto Him NOW!. The end is the realization of the accomplished redemptive work of God in our individual lives, which we know is none other that we be found perfect in Christ the offspring of God. The end comes after the gospel is preached, and received with gratitude by those who are about to be saved. What is the gospel that Jesus was referring to? It is the message from above, revealing the mystery of Christ the image and glory of God within us [2 Corinthians 4:4, Colossians 1:25-27 ]. As you receive the light of the gospel of God’s Kingdom within, the abomination of desolation standing in the Holy Place is exposed and we see Him (know or identify Him). That abomination of desolation is the beastly image of mortal man that we bore in our ignorance. He is the man of Sin that sits in the Temple of God (the holy place), as if he is God, but He must be swept away by the brightness of the revelation of Christ through the evangel from above [2 Thessalonians 2:3-4]. You see nobody is doing anything to us; we suffer what we suffer because we lived in ignorance of the nature our true selves. When the light shines, you begin to realize that your problem is the carnal identity we put on in ignorance, and as long as we continue in carnality we lose out on the unlimited spiritual blessings committed to us from the foundation of the world. If a man sees the light and reverts back to truth, by putting on the spiritual man of God from heaven, who is created perfect, in the image of God, He once more rediscovers that all things are positively His, for His pleasure [Colossians 3:9-10]. As our eyes of understanding are being enlightened, we recognize the futility of the lawless and boastful man of the flesh. When we see Him, we are admonished to flee into the high mountains of Zion, where God’s kingdom is situated. We flee the abomination of our earthly identity by ascending by the spirit of truth back into the image of Christ that we had in the beginning. It’s all about leaving aside the corrupt image of the earthly and putting on the image of the heavenly [1Corinthians 15:49]. The Spirit says, “Ascend up unto the spiritual heights of God until every shadow that has beclouded your comprehension of your celestial nature be no more” [Solomon 2:17, Solomon 4:6 ]. For where the eagles are gathered (The mountain peak), that is where the celestial body of Christ is. Matthew 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. As the shadows flee, the morning star dawns in our hearts and the beauty of God’s creation within and without us is unveiled before our very eyes. This is the famous lightening coming out of the east unto the west; it is the movement of the sun (the morning star) as it comes out of its hidden chamber and dawns in us. Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. As all this occurs in the elect, Death is no more, and its fruits of pain, fear and anxiety pass away and in its place, life, eternal security, abundance and everlasting joy and laughter are ushered in. This is the end of the matter, for those who know truth. The end comes, when we have consciously rediscovered ourselves in Christ, who inherits God’s kingdom. In that day, man awakens to the reality that we are Him, and He is us, and we are in God the Father [John 14:20]. So you see the end has nothing to do with the fairy tale versions that we hear from pulpits and many other sources today, it is all within we who are consciously being gathered out of the outer darkness that consists of our mortal identities and this present world system into Christ the image of God. DANIEL IN PRAYER AND FASTING
In terms of needs in this present world, as lowly mortal men we truly do not know what to pray about. A man is programmed to think that He needs money, a marriage partner, a good family, good job, good health, extra money and investments to secure Him in His old age and many others but He is greatly mistaken. Those things men try to lay hold on in this world as a covering or some form of security, only evaporate with time, your pensions or savings can vanish in a moment; health can disappoint when you least expect it, your loved ones whom you invest and hope in, can turn against you, we see this so often that is why people get heart broken and miserable. These things that men hope on have no eternal value, what we need is the kingdom and the power therein, this is what we ever need to seek and lay a hold on throughout all eternity. We must grow and learn to believe that our God and Father is in charge and have our eyes focused in the spirit, at the right hand of God where the throne of Christ is situated. This might sound alien, but better believe it, the power of God is enough to sustain the sons of God in all things. This was the original design in the beginning, not for us to go about struggling for survival like the nations who do not know the power of God do. When Adam, was reigning in glory in Eden, there was no thought for tomorrow, nor the anxieties that we experience as men because He was enveloped in the knowledge and the power of God. It was that same power that clothed Jesus, fed Him, multiplied the loaves of bread and fed multitudes, paid his taxes, provided His transportation, kept Him in perfect peace in the midst of the raging sea and kept Him save and untouchable until the appointed time of His Crucifixion. So our part is to seek the kingdom and its power diligently, and to keep it, knowing every other thing will be added. Those who seek the kingdom of God, also seek to be aligned with His will, because only those who do His will, can experience the unfolding of His kingdom and power within [(Thy will be done …..)Matthew 7:21]. What is the will of God? The will of God is that we live after our true celestial model from the beginning and retain it throughout all eternity. Like we know Christ is the truth, He is the true creature known of God, so conformation to Christ the Spirit is the will of God; we must recognize Him first and conform ourselves to that celestial image by faith in meditation, prayers and fasting. Today we pray and fast by exercising ourselves in the mystery of godliness being revealed from heaven today. True prayer and fasting is abstention from the flesh (the carnal mindset) and walking in the spirit (spiritual mindset) by faith, this is the fast acceptable to God [Isaiah 58]. It is all about exercising ourselves in godliness, while awaiting the coming or the unveiling of God’s kingdom and omnipotent power of God within us. Exercising ourselves in the mystery of godliness is about changing our mindset and exercising ourselves to speak His word and do His will. As Daniel humbled Himself and walked soberly before the Lord in fasting and prayers, He experienced a great visitation by the river of Hiddekel [Daniel 10:4-7]. Daniel saw a man clothed in linen, with a body like a precious transparent gem stone; He had a belt made of pure gold, eyes burning like lamps of fire, arms and feet as polished brass and a voice like the voice of a multitude. The appearance of the man was so dreadful and glorious that those who were by the river fled. That thing Daniel saw, is the same thing that any man who is determined to humble Himself before the face of the living God, and receive understanding from above, will see this very day [Daniel 10:12]. Daniels 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. THE CELESTIAL MAN FROM PARADISE Allegorically speaking, what the Spirit was trying to demonstrate, is that in waiting on the Lord, Daniel was able to reach out to the other side of the river to contact that celestial man from Eden. Remember that the river Hiddekel (Same as Tigris) is one of the four rivers of Eden, and Eden like we know represents God’s Kingdom and Paradise [Genesis 2:10]. In the man’s descent (transgression), He finds Himself on the other side of the river, dispersed among the nations of the earth. Today those who have the true vision of the Kingdom, seek to connect to that celestial man who only inhabits the paradise of God. That celestial man is the one we call the Lord Jesus Christ this very day; it represents the image of the invisible living one, which Jesus was trying to reveal to world, so that through Him all men can be saved. This is the Alpha and Omega, the bright and morning star, the Almighty one, who is was and is to come [Revelations 22:13, Revelations 22:16]. He is the answer to prayers of the saints and indeed all men, for He will appear again to those who earnestly seek Him.
His coming or appearing is after a secretive manner within those that have this mystery and guard it jealously. Everyman should lift up His face to the everlasting hills in prayers and expectation, awaiting the unspeakable mercy of the Lord unto salvation. If you can comprehend this marvellous hope, like Paul, your prayer will be, “that I might be found in Him” [Philippians 3:8-9]; like Peter you will say, “That we may be found in Him in peace, without spot, and blameless” [2 Peter 3:14]. He represents the salvation of God for all men, because in Him lies the totality of everything that God is and has [Colossians 2:9-10]. This is the same image of the invisible and incorruptible son of God that Jesus was revealing to His handful of dedicated disciples as He went up the isolated mountain and transfigured before them. It is also the same image that the Apostle John saw while in isolation on the Island of Patmos, as He stood before the Alfa and the Omega. One thing you will notice about these visitations is that they are always hidden from the multitudes who mind earthly things. If you will see the living one, you must go into the quiet far away from the many contradicting voices of the world below; it’s a place for the solitary, those who choose to fast away from the world to gain Christ. Let us examine the striking similarities in these three manifestations of Christ, the celestial man, in the table below.
Remember the parable of the great harvest at the end of the world? Jesus says the righteous will shine as the sun in their Father’s kingdom [Matthew 13:36-43]. When the tares which represent the veil of the flesh is weeded out and destroyed in man by the revelation of truth (fire), the image of Christ in its brilliance is unveiled in Him exactly the way Daniel saw it in the appearance of the man from Heaven. The sun shining in its brilliance is pure immaculate light image of Christ that is unveiled within us as this world passes away. When Daniel saw the celestial man, He observed that His voice was like the voice of a multitude, some versions likened it to a roar of a great crowd; John later described it as the voice of many waters. The many waters representing the multitudes, nations and tongues gathered in one in Christ [Revelations 17:15]. This multitude represents the cooperate body of Christ which consists of redeemed and perfected spirits of men in the unity of the faith in Christ. It’s one celestial spiritual body with many members who are divinely and perfectly fitted in one, in a manner that is unimaginable to man. 1Corinthians 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many. This perfect union is achieved only in those have converted themselves to that spiritual image of man; they become one spirit with Him [1 Corinthians 6:17]. It is not possible for those who live after the flesh to speak in one accord, the more they try the more they get divided as typified by the confusion of Babylon. The spirit was trying to communicate this perfect celestial union through the Psalmist, when He says, “How lovely is it when the brethren dwell in unity”…… Psalms 133:1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. If we truly want access into God’s kingdom we must be aware of our celestial union with each other, for we are members of one another, we are one. We form the body of the invisible and incorruptible son of God, in whom is invested the fullness of God. In the last chapter of the book of Daniel, when Daniel was told that He will stand in His lot at the end of days, it was reference to His joining His other brethren who have awoken from the dust and rediscovered themselves among the innumerable perfected spirits that make up the man from heaven. Daniel 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. If you open your spiritual eyes, you will see yourself among that multitude speaking in unity with that one voice of the man from heaven. Brethren, let conscious knowledge of the inner man within (Christ), increase, let brotherly kindness and love increase through this sacred revelation of Christ from heaven today, in so doing, the passage way back to God’s kingdom is made plain to us [2Peter 1:2-11]. This is the unity and end of the faith that Paul so often wrote about in His letters to the brethren. The power of the resurrection (awakening) is working in the saints today to bring them back from the deadness (ignorance) of their falsely derived mortal image and cause them to realize that same image Daniel Saw by the river Tigris. That is our image from the beginning (the first) and the image we put on at the end (the last) when death is no more. For this cause He says “I am the first and the last [Revelation 22:13].” and “the first shall be the last and the last the first” [Matthew 19:30]. Yes, we were once dead in the ignorance of the nations below when we bore the beastly image of the man of the dust, but the time has come to put on Christ our true celestial image and live. For this cause He says: “I was dead, but now I live forever”. Revelations 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; Those who rediscover their first states in Eden and continue in truth, will live forever, never to taste death again, for this reason He says some standing here (in Eden, in Christ) will not taste death [Matthew 16:28]. REGAINING OUR STATES IN EDEN If any man can perceive the beauty, the majesty and the glory of His image in the true creature of God who is also the beginning of the creation of God, He will realize how miserable, wretched, blind, poor and naked He is in is humanity. Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; …… …… ……… ……… Revevelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: The god of this world whom we will identify shortly, had blinded our inner eyes of comprehension by quenched our flaming eyes burning with pure celestial intelligence, so that we lived in relation to vanity and consequently suffered tribulation and spiritual poverty. In the deception, we were also striped of our spiritual covering and suffered a total loss of awareness of our perfection and righteousness before the Father. All these describe the pitiable manner in which we descended in that Adam-like shift and lost all awareness of our true selves and God’s paradise. The workings the Spirit within us, is to restore us back to that celestial image, which is why He is giving us such illumination in this hour. He wants to anoint our eyes with the anointing of the holy Ghost and restore the burning lamps so that we can once more see clearly into His vast spiritual kingdom and be free from the beggarly elements of this material age (Revelations 3:18). This was what Jesus was trying to demonstrate in the healing of the blind man, as He led the blind man out of the city and anointed His eyes with saliva [Mark 8:22-25]. The saliva represents truth from the depths of God which restores our sight. Initially when the man’s eyes were opened, He saw men as trees, because God was demonstrating that His eyes were opened to the realm of Eden where you find the trees of life. Notice that Jesus had to lead the man out of the city to accomplish this miracle. God divinely ordered it this way to demonstrate that truth cannot be found among the systems of men and the systems of religion; you find truth and healing only as you let the Spirit lead you into the quiet. Like I earlier wrote, this healing is for the solitary to who leave all to walk by faith with Spirit and the Spirit alone. Eden, the realm of God’s presence never left us; it is always present in and without us. It is the darkened comprehension of man’s inner eyes that hides that realm from man. Jesus says, “If the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness”; seeing and living in relation to the natural is darkness, seeing into the invisible with the eyes of the spirit is light. Eyes of the carnal man have not and cannot see the ever present blooming realm of Eden, but by the inner anointing of God’s Spirit we become consciously aware of Eden and all the things freely given to us by the Father, for our enjoyment. 1Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. When the inner eyes of our understanding are totally illumed as depicted by the flaming eyes of the man from heaven, the power of lust and sin is broken and we can once more walk in the liberty of the son of God. This is what Paul, calls the glorious liberty of the Son(s) of God. The spiritual consciousness of I, called, the Christ consciousness is restored. This is the linen covering seen over the celestial man, depicting the covering of the glory of God. This is the same garment man lost in His descent in Adam. Along with the loss of the covering of the glory the Son of God, came sin consciousness, guilt, fear, diminished faith and consequent banishment from God’s presence. The Spirit wants to restore that covering and cause us to once more walk immaculate and blameless with boldness before the face of the Father. Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. When all this is accomplished in His redeemed ones, the Alfa and Omega power that created and sustains the universe is once more at our disposal because we are sit with Him on His throne ruling and reigning as He ordained from the beginning[Revelation 3:21 ]. Revelations 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Rev 3:21 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. Rev 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. All that is required of the saints is to enter into intimate inner fellowship with the Father. As we patiently dine with the word of truth, the much needed transformation work occurs and a new realm unfolds. RESISTANCE FROM THE PRINCE OF PERSIA From the little we have read, it is clear that the appearing of the man from heaven is the much talked about appearing of Christ as he appears to be glorified in His Saints. Meaning, His coming is within us, it all about the unveiling of God’s true creature in us. There is something shocking I want to share, on the resistance that the man from heaven faced for 21 days before he could get to Daniel. Daniel 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. The man from heaven was saying that from the moment Daniel humbled himself in prayer to seek the face of God, He was dispatched to meet with Daniel, but He couldn’t get to Daniel immediately because of fierce resistance from the prince of Persia. When people read scriptures like this with the human comprehension, it creates a false impression that these are references to demons in the spirit realm that delay your answered prayers from God. Some brethren have strong convictions within themselves that every country or city has its own principality and power in the Spirit, so we have to fight against these spiritual princes to win over those territories to Christ. In third world countries, many brethren have traditional beliefs of invisible territorial gods that have to be overcome to kind of have the victory that Christ intends for us. I have seen prayers warriors, praying and shouting for long stretches at a time, probable all night, thinking they are fighting against principalities in the Spirit. Some go on twenty-one day fasts, thinking that by so doing, they can overcome the principalities and received blessings from God. Many people have been doing this year after year, but never coming to the conscious knowledge of the truth, that the way His is, is the way we are. These believes of men are only deviations from the real source of the Problem. Men always sort of seek for solutions without themselves not realizing that the focus is within. The prince of Persia that resisted the man from heaven for twenty-one days is an allegorical picture of the thing that resists the coming of Christ within us; we can call Him the spirit of the anti-Christ, the prince of the world, principalities and powers, the god of this age etc. They represent the carnal wisdom of this age that simply does not know the things that pertain to God and His kingdom, but rather knows the things of mortal man who perishes. Like we have established Christ is the answer to our prayers and passport into God realm of unlimited blessings. The spirit is simply trying to explain why some who have this vision have to tarry at times while awaiting His coming. That which resists the knowledge of Christ in man is the false beliefs planted in Him by the spirit of this age. This is the mystery of iniquity at work that has to be first of all exposed, and then taken away by the spirit of truth proceeding from the mouth of the Lord. 2Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: The spirit of this age, also known as the spirit of man, had along moulded out of us, a beastly creature of the flesh (self) that opposes anything that is of Christ the Spirit. The spirit of truth proceeding from the depths of the lord is the only thing that can annihilate that beastly creature in man that opposes the unveiling of Christ in Him. Prince Michael, the archangel who represents the ministerial arm of the Lord, battles for the saints by sounding the trumpet of truth. Only our uniting with the truth can bring victory over the beastly man in us (SELF). Although I have nothing against fasting the way men go about it, but let us understand that denying ourselves of food, and praying for twenty-one days, can in no way bring about that desired victory that we seek in Christ. It is how we hear the shout of the Archangel Michael (Christ) and conform ourselves to it that gives us the victory of the prince of Persia and causes us to stand in our lot in Christ. In plain language, the obstacle to knowing Christ the inner man is self knowledge after the outer man. Understanding from above is the thing that can give us the victory. This calls for patience and continuity on the part of the saints who look out for His coming. RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF GOD
I will cause you to eat of the tree of life in Eden, the Paradise of God [Revelation 2:7]. I will crown you with true rich life [Revelation 2:10]. I will give you the morning star [Revelation 2:28]. I will restore your covering that you lost in Adam [Revelation 3:5]. I will grant you entrance into the New Jerusalem [Revelation 3:12]. I will cause you to sit on my throne and to rule and reign with me [Revelations 3:21]. All these promises are fulfilled as we awaken to our true celestial image known of God. Before now, we had been looking darkly through the lenses of our human understanding and comprehended things in parts and in shadows (1Corinthians 13:8-13). Man’s darkened eyes of understanding and His erroneous walk in relation to shadows is what constitutes the dense covering of death over the nations today. Insecurity Fear, anxiety, emotional turmoil and name it, are simply fruits of the man who walks in the gross ignorance of this present world. However the time has come to put away the shadows and to begin to see our true immaculate light image through the mirror of the word from heaven and to know ourselves the way we are known of the Father, no more after the carnal perceptions that rule this age. If you can see this great gift of life through the knowledge of divinity shining forth today from the face of Jesus, willingly allow the word chastise you and remould you into that true perfect creature that you are. At times correction and truth is bitter, but we are admonished to receive it with gratitude and live. Read the following inspiring words from the book of Job. Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: Job 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. Job 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Job 5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Job 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. Job 5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. Job 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. Job 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. Job 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Job 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. Job 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. Six troubles refer to the troubles of mortal man who lives in ignorance of the truth, while seven refers to our perfect states in Christ. So the work of God is to deliver us from a falsely derived mortal identity and bring us back into the knowledge of His only begotten. In this sacred consciousness no evil things has power over you, neither do you suffer the sin consciousness and sense of lack and annihilation from God that men of this age are subject to. The power of the accusing and condemning tongue seize to have any power over you. Peace is restored and flows like the rivers and man sees the beauty and the glory of God. Correction from the Father is all about submitting to the celestial model of truth and rediscovering ourselves the way we are known of the Father who is the true and righteous God. We must bear in mind that this is the focus of the gospel that was preached by Jesus unto this world. He simply came to bear witness of our true image from the beginning as we are known of the Father; only in awakening consciously to that image can we rediscover Eden, the paradise of God. The way He is, is the way we are in truth and as we behold Him with unveiled faces, we are transformed into that same image. We behold Him through the mirror of the word of truth and are converted to that same image. The Apostle John confirms this when He says when He shall appear, we shall be as Him, for we see Him as he is. Today, by the brightness of the illumination of the Holy Ghost in our hearts, we are beholding the true image known of God and we being converted daily into that immaculate image who inherits Eden.
Our calling as saints of God is to rediscover and maintain ourselves in that true immaculate image from the foundation of the world exactly the way the Prophet Daniel, the disciples and the Apostle John saw it. Hang on tight to this mystery brethren, and the Lord bless you out of Zion. In His name |
Bearing witness to the divine age coming into view
