LYING VANITIES – YOUR ESCAPE
Jonah’s great plunge into the depths of the sea and entrapment in the belly of the whale simply depicts man’s voyage into the bottomless pit of death where pain, sorrow, fear know no bound. Having fled God’s presence and sealed his identity as a Hebrew, a worshiper of God, he was found deep asleep in a ship which was being rocked by boisterous winds. Discerning that He was the cause of their woes the occupants of the ship threw Jonah into the sea where he was swallowed up by a whale.
You may ask yourself, who is the true Hebrew and worshipper of God? It is far from human religious affiliations and beliefs we observe in this world today. The true Hebrew/Jew an worshipper of God from the mind of God is, the man that walks and maintains himself in Spirit and Truth. The Spirit is the Truth and Truth is the Spirit. We can summarize it in one sacred word, The Lord himself is the Spirit and the Truth.
Abiding in the Lord would be abiding in his identity and nature which is purely immaterial. We may live in a material age and be consciously aware of the fact that we are not of this age. This is truth because there is no other one in the universe in this present time nor will there ever be another in the future.
The worshipper of God abides in his true image which is the Lord’s. He does not deny the Lord by sealing up his identity like those who sleep do. The one who sleeps forgets the voice of many waters that say, “I AM THE LORD, THE BEGINNING AND THE END, THE INFINITE ONE”. Man must keep in remembrance the thing from the beginning in so doing he is a true worshipper.
While not retaining the knowledge of truth man conforms himself to a lower finite state of existence. In this state he is swept away by his own vain imagination and cast into the abyss of lies. These are the lying vanities that form the darkness of this present age today.
The state of Jonah in the belly of the whale in the depths of the sea is that of the man who is trapped in a despicable corruptible nature in which he is labeled a sinner on death row. He is orphaned and completely cut off from the awareness that He is inheritor of all things, the Lord from heaven.
The condition a man finds himself in is a function of his own mind and confession. The mind and confession go hand in hand because you confess what your mind sees by faith. If you confess the Lord as your life you will see the open mouth of the whale and discover your beautiful realm on the mountain of Zion. Jonah in his misery repented and looked up to heaven and prayed once more. Your prayer will be, “that I may rediscover my true self who is the image of the Lord God”. Along with your prayer you are moved by faith to walk NOW in the name and nature of the Lord.
Only worshippers of God find escape and are gathered out from the uttermost depths of forgetfulness and despair to the furthermost parts of the heavens upon mount Zion, the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion is God’s holy place, meaning only the Lord inhabits Zion. It is also called the house of prayers where true worshippers are gathered in one in the Lord with shouts of unspeakable Joy.
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