In this message we will take a close look at what the end of this present world is all about. The Father wants us to be totally furnished with spiritual intelligence so that we can firmly take a hold of our inheritance among the saints in His kingdom of light. At this point in time, things might look out of control in this world system, with talk of financial meltdowns and instability in all spheres of human life, but in the midst of this, God’s kingdom is and can never be moved, it’s prosperity and peace remains untouchable. Let us not be troubled by the many voices of religious and human forecasts that litter this world today, they act as winds of doctrines which stir up the seas, so that men find no rest day and night. The voice of the true and only shepherd comes to give us rest for our souls by leading us to the eternal pastures where we can find life and peace in abundance.
GOD’S WORLD A PRESENT REALITY
Nicodemus, a leader among the chiefs of the religious teachers, discerned that Jesus was a product of another system; he perceived that God was truly with Him. In the thick of the night, hidden from His brethren in the Synagogue and from the eyes of His subjects, Nicodemus met with Jesus to investigate this source of life that proceeded forth from Him. His words to Jesus were: “Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.” By this statement, Nicodemus was indirectly attesting to the fact that the system of men that He was so acquainted with, being a chief among them, was actually operating without a true knowledge of the living God, it was a system of human traditions and religious beliefs which have a form of outward godliness but lacking the life and power of God; a system alienated from the life of the living God so to say. The straight forward response of Jesus was: “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”. The response of Jesus, testifies that Jesus was a product of another system called God’s Kingdom or God’s world; He was telling the religious teacher that He could do the things that seemed impossible to men because He was not of that earthly system which He (Nicodemus) was part of, but of another system nested in the living God. If Nicodemus was to ever walk in the unlimited grace that Jesus walked in, He would have to become a product of God’s kingdom born anew of the word of truth.
Though Jesus operated through a flesh body just like the normal man, He was actually walking, living and operating in a totally different world from that of Nicodemus; though His physical members were on earth, He was in heaven, experiencing the Paradise of God. He confirms this when He says, “no man has been to heaven except the son of man who is in heaven” [John 3:12-13]. Jesus did not go about preaching letters and beliefs of some kingdom somewhere in the sky or some of future thing, He was trying to enlighten men of the life He was experiencing in the present; a life nested in fellowship with God the Father. Unlike all men before Him who suffer the sensation of annihilation in their minds from the omnipotent one, He could confess that:
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“I and the Father are one [John 10:30]”,
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“The Father dwells in me [John 14:10]”,
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“I always do the things that please The Father [John 8:29]”,
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“All that the Father has are mine [John 16:15]”,
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“I have known the Father [John 17:25]”,
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“The Father always hears me [John 11:42]”,
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“The Father loves the son [John 5:20]”.
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“I am from another world above while you are of the world beneath [John 8:23]”.
With these kinds of confessions, Jesus was revealing to this world, a system where fear, anxiety, sense of lack, sense of unworthiness and alienation from the living God were alien, a life in the supernatural where all things are positively possible. No man ever made these types of confessions before the coming of Christ, not even Moses, Elijah or John the Baptist, considered the greatest of all men born of natural women. Looking down at men in their reduced state, Jesus would normally have compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd left alone to wonder, seeking for comfort and rest, He could feel this way because He was encompassed by the eternal arms of the living God [Matthew 9:36].
WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE IN THE REALITY OF GOD’S KINGDOM
Shortly after the ministry of Jesus, the Apostles who inherited the mantle of His ministry went about making the same confessions Jesus made, because in reality, that is the life we are called to live, a life in God’s world, a realm of existence of which this present world is totally ignorant of. The Apostles wrote in their writings,
· We are the temple of the living God [2 Corinthians 6:16].
· God has translated us from darkness into the kingdom of His dear Son [Colossians 1:12-13].
· We have come to mount Zion the city of the living God [Hebrews 12:22-23].
· Greater is he that is in us than He that is in the world [1 John 4:4].
· God has richly blessed with every spiritual blessing [Ephesians 1:3-4].
· Anything we ask the Father for will be given to us as long as we abide or maintain ourselves in Christ [1 John 5:14].
· We seat above all principalities and powers in heavenly places in Christ Jesus [Epesians 2:6.
All these confessions were testifying of the life in God’s kingdom that the Apostles were experiencing in the present and hoped to experience in ever greater depths. Over the years the gospel has been watered down and men have interpreted these letters to mean something for the future when we die or when Jesus comes in the sky, or after a fulfillment of some sort of prophecy, but they are greatly mistaken. Christ, the anointed one, who is the image of the living God was manifested in the flesh to testify about God’s Kingdom so that those who can discern His voice of truth and hearken to it, will be delivered from the powers of death that have this present system of things in its grip and find their way through the gates into God’s world. That is why it is written great is the mystery of godliness, God was made manifest in the flesh seen by men and angels alike, preached and believed in this world and taken back into glory. This manifestation is very important because it brought to light once and for all times, the hidden life of God from heaven as a testimony for all to see and believe it so that they might be saved.
A NEW WORLD NESTED IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF FATHER AND SON
Men, who find themselves in this present world below, find themselves here, simply because they have strayed away in their vain imaginations from their place in God’s world into outer darkness as allegorically demonstrated in Adam’s transgression. Adam’s transgression is a progressive state of backsliding from man’s true essence in the spiritual image of the immortal and invisible God into that of a natural man of the earth. Like Adam we all are offspring of God the Father, we exist to rule and reign in perfect harmony with Him and flourish in all things as depicted by the blossoming Garden of Eden. The blossoming garden of God also known as the Paradise of God is the product of the fellowship between the Father and the son. This fellowship is the foundation of the world Jesus lived in and has come to reveal to this dark world. Paul describes it as the mysterious fellowship hidden from the foundation of the world that God seeks to reveal to this present world [Ephesians 3.9]. Having being initiated into this world system by the satanic influence of this age which works according to the natural senses, we are being called to enter back into that fellowship of Father and son so that we can once more live life to the fullest.
John 1:1-3 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
John’s letter confirms that the true life of God from the beginning was revealed through Christ Jesus, this is the life we lost in a spiritual initiation into this material world system, an association which constantly robs us of our fellowship with the Father by blinding the eyes of our understanding. Initiation into this present world causes us to lose knowledge of our true essence as sons in the image of the incorruptible and immortal God, and the unlimited resources freely given to us by the Father by virtue of our being heirs. From John’s letter He is implying that he had contemplated that life of God that has been from the beginning of the world and acts as a witness calling men to enter back into the sacred fellowship of Father and son. For the records, the fellowship with Father and Son does not imply a fellowship between the Father, Jesus and ourselves, it is a fellowship we attain to when we awaken in the Son (Christ).
Many still can not comprehend the fact that we are the exact replica of the glorified Christ who of a truth is not of this present world [John 8:23, John 18:36], they fail to get this mystery because they are deep asleep and are overwhelmed by their pursuit to make ends meet in this corruptible world; like Adam in His cursed state, they are toiling to find peace and satisfaction (good fruits) but they get more trouble and a sense of lack (Thorns and thistles) instead. When they eventually begin to awake they will know that all they need for their peace and satisfaction is to awaken from their deep mental sleep in a corruptible temporal system into their true essence in the image of the living God and consequently enter back into God’s world. Those who awake from the dead will stand in the place of life where Christ stands eternally, and we know He stands eternally before the Father with shouts of joy unspeakable [John 12:26, John 14:3, John 17:24 ].
Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
That which differentiates the son of God from heaven and the man of this present world system is the knowledge of the living God; the world has been blinded by the dark counsel derived from the carnal reasoning of men so that they lose a knowledge of the true and living God and live in relation to idols.
John 17:25-26 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
The dark counsel that blinds the eyes of men gives man a sense of belonging to this present corruptible system. The intention of God is to gather us out of this world and present us once more with joy before the Father in God’s kingdom (The New Jerusalem) [Ephesians 1:10, Jude 1:24]. That is why He says, “If you can hear my voice come out from among them, purify yourself from the lies of your carnal existence that have encompassed you in your Adam-like descent and I will be a Father unto you and your God (or you will remember that I am your Father and you are my son) [2Corinthians 6:17-18], and in that day you will marvel at the love with which I have loved you from the beginning of the world”. As we come out from this present system founded on lies of carnal projections from the natural mind, we discover an infinite entrance into a new world whose maker is God. John the Apostle saw this new world and it‘s city descending from heaven in a revelation given to Him.
Revelations 21:1-7 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth (God’s world): for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away (this present world system); and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Rev 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. Rev 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
The new heaven and new earth is God’s own world, the world Christ came to preach and testify about, it a world where all fruits of death like sorrow and anxiety seize to be, because we are once more united in absolute oneness with the omnipotent one. In that world there is no more sea where men drown into the endless pit of unbelief further and further away from life of God; Jesus demonstrated this when He walked on the waves of the sea, meaning he lived in a world where the horrors of the sea didn’t exist. The confessions of Jesus like: “I and the Father are one”, “I know my Father has not left me”, “My God and your God, My Father and your Father”, “the Father dwells in me”, “all that the Father has are mine”, “I have overcome the world” and many others were enough proof that He was living within the walls of the new Jerusalem. So we can see that we attain to God’s world in our inner consciousness not by observation of the natural eyes; it rather dawns in the consciousness of men who seek it diligently with all their heart. God’s kingdom is a world where you consciously awaken into the sacred fellowship of Father and son, and this is the fellowship that wipes away all the tears and pain we have experienced in our humanity. Every sorrow and pain which men have ever felt in their humanity is simply a result of fellowship in darkness with idols so to say, things that are not God. In His famous conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus was implying that if He was to live the life of the Kingdom, He must be born again and transformed by the word of truth from that carnal creeping nature of mortal man into the spiritual image of the Father; be transformed in you mind from that material sense of life into the spiritual life like your Father, then you will find the Father.
TIME IS FULFILLED, STOP LOOKING FOR OUTWARD SIGNS
Light is shining this very moment into this present erroneous system formed by the carnal imaginations of men in which God has no hand; a world which can be classified as an imaginary entity that does not know God the Father, and being far away in their inner conscious from the presence of God in whom is the fountain of life, they suffer horrors and are constantly being delivered unto death. Peoples have been beholding the light of the world from the days the gospel has been preached and multitudes of spirits who were perishing in the transgression of Adam in this present system have been pressing into God’s Kingdom where they can once more be united with the Father and find life in it’s fullness[Matthew 11:12].
It does not matter how low we have fallen, it does not matter how damaged your moral state, health or emotional situation has been, what matters is to hear this message of Truth that has been preached unto all creatures. If we still suffer in any form, it is simply because we have not stood still to hear the GOOD TIDINGS from God, in other words like Nicodemus we are still hanging on to the beliefs of men therefore not knowing the unlimited spiritual blessings at our disposal. To experience this place of life and exceeding blessings, this present system must pass away in a manner many still do not understand. Know that Christ is not of this present system called the world, the present system, is a system founded by human error otherwise known as lies. The world that God created and placed man in is without flaw; this is reflected in the Garden of Eden where man lived life to the fullest without lack or fear.
Many are still looking out for outward signs, some are still waiting for great end time moves where millions will gather at revivals and witness physical signs and wonders. They do not realize that the true miracles cannot be observed by natural senses except they are manifested through the fruits of God’s kingdom, true substantial miracles of God’s kingdom causes a man to become consciously aware of God’s world, this is enough to make a make whole body, soul and spirit.
On the issues of revival many do this not realizing that the gospel has been handed over to the saints once and for all times and the gates of God’s world has been thrown wide open for all who can hear to enter.
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Somebody might say but what about Russia?, what about communist China?, what about those remote villages where the gospel has never been preached; you do not even need to look that far, do not think that those multitudes who gather in buildings all over your countries are any better, in fact most are worse off with the kind of deceit they are subjected to. Listen!!!, just believe, the gospel has been preached to all creatures under heaven and on your own you can not do anything, believe that at the appointed time they will awaken to hear what God has already revealed. Never look too far into places in the Far East, because many in these places are already listening and entering, but the natural eyes cannot comprehend this. I receive many brethren from china who log on to our ministry site to read and hear messages, so never think that with our limited human understanding we can understand the way God moves. I for one never met in person, the minister whom God sent to me to deliver the message of the kingdom, I might have probably benefitted more from His ministry than those that are directly under Him with a physical presence. So no one knows the ways of God, our part is to believe and submit ourselves to the regeneration by the spirit of truth so that we can enter in through the open gates to find life to its fullness. People are constantly entering through the open gates of the New Jerusalem, but remember never expect the world who look out for signs with the natural senses to comprehend this mystery, they cannot see Christ nor His kingdom [John 14:19].
Revelations 21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. :26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Revelations 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Time is fulfilled, and God has brought to light the eternal life that was hidden from our sight in our descent into this material world of appearances, the work is finished because that which was hidden has been brought to light, but men still go on looking outwardly for signs and wonders to feed their adulterous minds that is glued to appearances. The more men look out for signs the more they forsake their grace unto eternal life and sink further down into the pit of perdition, because like Jonah, they observe lying vanities [Matthew 16:1-4, Jonah 2]. While it is today let us hears the voice of truth which awakens us to our true essence as sons of God and by faith step within the gates of the new heavens and the new earth found within the confines of the new Jerusalem so that we can find rest and glory in the Kingdom of God’s Son. Let us never deceive ourselves by looking out for signs to feed our carnal expectations, because the more you look the less you see, the more you read the letters the less you understand the mystery of His coming. Just receive the word by faith, believe it and confess it, confess that “the resurrected Christ in you, is the hope of glory” and you shall be saved from the destruction that ravages men who live in this dark world. Like Paul says do not look outwardly to the sky for Christ nor to the deep thinking he is there, believe the gospel and conform to Christ within you, because in Him you find everything imaginable that you will ever need.
Romans 10:6-10 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
WHAT IS THE END OF THE WORLD
One often misunderstood term, “THE END OF THE WORLD”, has preached in thousands of ways not just in traditional Christian religion but in all other forms of religion. Look on the internet, the youtube and bookshelves all over the world and you will watch, listen and read tons of messages on “the end of the world or the end times”. Even in Christian movements there are many movements today which tag themselves, “end time movements” and they all are awaiting some form of outward prophetical fulfillment, some are waiting for a nuclear bombs to drop, some are awaiting the mothers of all wars between Israel and its Arab nations or China versus the west or Russia versus America, some tie geographical and social disasters to end time events. Some of these prophesies use biblical symbols to equate some sort of end to the physical world, some even say that after or during the a great war, Christ will suddenly manifest in the Sky, some say there will be a sudden manifestation of the sons of God who will deliver the world from its misery. They are greatly mistaken because Christ is already present and peoples are constantly entering into His kingdom, but you need eyes to see and ears to hear to discern this mystery. Like we will discover the end of this world is simply the emergence of a new world in God, it is a totally spiritual phenomenon that occurs within us.
We will discover that even if the physical world was to end, it has nothing to do with the end of the age because it is a spiritual concept. If a man dies and sheds His flesh, it does not necessarily mean that He is out of this world system, no matter where he is, He still has to conform Himself to the truth otherwise he remains an unregenerate spirit or evil spirit like men commonly it. This might sound deep but take it.
Always remember that the day of God comes like a thief; a thief enters without being noticed and leaves without being noticed. The Scribes and the Pharisees who represent the earthly intellectual custodians of moral traditions and religious beliefs of this world, did not recognize the Christ whom they themselves were also waiting for. They failed to recognize Christ, because they were looking out for fulfillments of their carnally conceived end time prophesies, and were so blinded with their human formed concepts of God’s kingdom and the Messiah that the day of the Lord came upon them like a thief. Thinking they were doing God a service, they crucified the Lord of glory and suffer eternal condemnation because they failed to discern the voice of truth. To this day Christ is continuously crucified and neglected in the world systems and of a truth, there is no way they can understand that the end has come and people are entering and experiencing the life of Christ.
The end of the world or this present system that Jesus and the bible refers to, is the termination of that false system man has lived in relation to this corruptible world; it is the end of this present system that we have erroneously formulated in our darkened imaginations. In Adam we carved out a world in relation to the creature rather than the creator and in the process exchanged the glory and image of the true God [Romans 1:25] who is our true essence for that of a natural brute beast who lives by His natural senses [Jude 1:10]. As a result we lived in a man (beast -serpent) formed world and we were constantly delivered unto death because we were cut off from the life of God, which is the only life. To see life found within the confines of God’s kingdom, we must be delivered out of this present corruptible system, no man can live in two worlds, either we are in this present world or in God’s world. There must be an end to that old system for us to inherit the new; we must come to the end of this world to see the kingdom of God. The end is something we experience individually, it is a phenomenon that occurs within us as we are translated from the lower realms of outer darkness (the world) where Adam was cast in His transgression into the exalted realms of immortal inner light (God’s kingdom), that is why in relation to the end, Jesus says in your patience deliver your souls.
Luke 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
Our souls before now had been trapped in this present corruptible world system and like a trapped bird, it must be delivered from the snare of the fowler, our souls must be delivered by the voice of truth from the powers of this Dark Age so that we can once more sing in the heights of God [Psalm 124:7-8]. Jesus says that you shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. Free from what? Free from the chains of death that bind men to a corruptible nature in this present age
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH LEADS US OUT OF THIS PRESENT WORLD
Today we can speak with such clarity, because we have, the spirit of Christ breathing life into our nostrils so that we can once more know life. The spirit within is breaking up our fallow grounds and watering it with truth and God is breathing into our nostrils the breath of life and transporting us from the land of the dead into the land of the living; this is allegorical demonstrated in
Genesis 2:6-8.
Genesis 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
This present world is founded on dust, which points vanity and corruptibility, but we who can perceive the voice of truth find the only escape route out of this system, into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, free from a sinful nature, free from condemnation, free from fear, free from death and every other evil that you can imagine. This thing happens individually in us, let us stop looking outwardly thinking there will suddenly be a transformation of all the sons of God in one moment like we have done in the past, it is every one after His own order. You can compare the process to that of generating popcorn; the seeds are fried with little oil after which the white popcorns suddenly begin to pop up. They do not all become white and pop up at once, it happens separately in each seed. Another example is demonstrated in the development of a seed into a grown matured plant producing fruit; you might plant the seeds the same day but they do not necessarily produce fruits the same day.
The spirit of truth has come as a gift from our Father to deliver us from the erroneous lying spirit of man, which led us from God’s kingdom into this present world. The spirit does the following:
1) Teaches us all things and brings to remembrance things we forgot in this world of forgetfulness [John 14:26]. When Jesus says the spirit will teach us all things, He is not talking about religious theology, or how to become rich, or Mathematics or new scientific discoveries on the physical plane, what it does, is to teach us all things in relation to deity and to bring back to our conscious awareness of all knowledge we had forgotten in our descent into this system called the world. Somebody will ask, “What we have forgotten?” We have forgotten that we are the image and likeness of the immortal and incorruptible God, and all things are given to us to freely enjoy in God.
2) Guides us into all truth and show us things to come [John 16:13]. Meaning that the spirit reveals to us the end of this present system and the system to come. The spirit causes us to comprehend our high calling in Christ so that we can see the end of the faith from afar off, and walk towards it by faith.
3) Comforts us by revealing to us all that belongs to the son, and all that belongs to the Father belongs to the son [John 16:14-15]. It consciously reveals to us our inheritance in God’s Paradise as joint heir with Christ Jesus in God’s kingdom.
4) He testifies about Christ [John 15:26]. The spirit testifies of Christ, not Just about Jesus of Nazarene after the flesh but about our true inner essence as Christ the son of the living God. Remember that this is the fundamental knowledge that we need to prevail against the gates of hell and death.
We can rightly conclude that the spirit of God, gathers us in Christ and causes us to grow in the sacred knowledge that we are in Him and he is us (Meaning we are Him, Christ the son of the living God) and he is the only true God and eternal life [1John 5:20]. If we find ourselves in Him then we are out of this system called the world, we enter into a new dispensation in God’s world, because Christ is not of this present system. Outside of Christ means subjection to this world system which lies in spiritual wickedness [1John 5:19]; In the world we will find only tribulation, but in Christ who is not of this world, we find the desired peace and life we seek [John 16:33]. When the end of this world system finally dawns on us, we become aware of the fact that we are the son and we are one with the Father; no one knows the Father except the son, so if we awake in the son then the true Father is revealed and the fellowship hidden in man’s descent is restored. The end of this system of things comes when we have been totally reformed in our minds by the spirit of truth and every trace of carnal self knowledge after the flesh is abolished, so that it is no longer us but Christ the pure immaculate spiritual image of the living God, then we are presented unto the Father who in reality is eternally one with the Son, so that it becomes God the Father manifesting through us. This is the mystery of godliness we are called to be partakers of, because conforming to Christ will mean God manifesting Himself to the world through our mortal bodies.
1Corinthians 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
If we rediscover our true essence as the son through the process of regeneration by the word of truth then we live; we pass over from life to death; from the graveyard of this system called the world where the worms never die into the place of immortal life and joy unspeakable; from hell where there is no rest for the soul back into the paradise of God.
SYMBOLS OF THE END IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
There are many events from the Old Testament which act as examples or shadows of the end of this present system called the world. In this regard, Jesus referred to the days of Noah and the days of Lot as examples of how the end of the world unfolds [Luke 17:20-37], years later Paul likened the end to Israel’s journey from Egypt to the Promised Land [1Corinthians 10:1-12].
When asked about the end of this present system (world), Jesus used Noah to explain a trend that occurs from generation to generation, meaning it has happened before, it is happening and it will happen again [Luke 17:26-27].
Noah represents those who can perceive the voice of the Lord calling on them to return from lower realms of mortality back to their original state in immortality Christ. While the men of that day were deceiving and being deceived into uniting themselves in marriage unto corruption in what can be termed spiritual conformation to this temporal order, Noah let go of all and worked out His salvation, looking forward to a new glorious world. After a period of patience and endurance, He was finally ordered into the ark and transported into a new world upon the peak of the mountains, which are symbols of God’s kingdom upon Zion. Noah entered into a new dispensation of dominion and peace because he heard the voice of truth and patiently obeyed. (Read THE SECRETS OF NOAH’S TESTIMONY).
Those who did not position themselves to hear the truth and conform to it while Noah built the ark all perished in the sea of perdition. They all had a chance to repent and enter the ark along with the other animals, but they were dull of hearing. This event is a present continuous event, while one generation is perishing and sinking further into the depths of hell further away from the living God for lack of knowledge of the truth (Christ within), another is being lifted up from the gates of hell into life. Those who hear and obey will rediscover themselves in new glorious life upon the peaks of Zion where the New Jerusalem is situated. Some have experienced this new creation of God, some are presently experiencing it and others will still experience it but like I said the world cannot understand this mystery.
Lot is another example of those who escape the corruption of this present system spiritually called Sodom, and enter into the glorious liberty of the sons of God in God’s world. A watchful Lot was able to discern the two angels who symbolically represent the two witnesses testifying the truth of God’s kingdom and he received them into His house and had fellowship with the truth which them as symbolically represented by the unleavened bread. By doing this, he was set free from the destruction and the miserable end of those who reject and dishonor the truth. While the men of the city who rejected the truth were smitten with blindness which points to greater darkness, ungodliness, and unbelief, Lot was led forth out of the gates of the city unto the Mountains by the Angels symbolically representing the spirit of truth. The mountains represent the higher spiritual realms of elevation where God’s kingdom is found.
In this case God shows us how we can experience the end of this system and experience entrance into God’s world; it comes by diligent watchfulness and fellowshipping with the truth. If can not be still and open the doors of our heart for Christ to enter and dine with us, how can we know the truth? What we need is to put aside the distractions of religion and quietly enter within and invite the Lord to teach you the secrets of life, do not be deceived by the activities we witness outwardly, it is all emptiness in motion.
In a letter to the Corinthians, Paul referred to the journey of the Israelites from Egypt towards the Promised Land as one with eternal significance for those who will partake of God’s salvation, saying these events were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world have come [1Corinthians 10:11].
1Corinthians 10:1-12 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Spiritually speaking Egypt and Sodom represent this present world system privy of the knowledge of God, it is also the same system that crucified the Lord of glory [Revelations 11:8]; the Promised Land on the other hand represents God’s heavenly kingdom where the fruits of unlimited faith, power, love, peace and joy abound. By this statement Paul was saying that the end of the world had come upon them, because they were being transported by the regeneration work of God’s spirit from this present earthly world system into God’s divine system. Let us understand that it is possible to experience exaltation in the spirit into God’s kingdom in the present not tomorrow when we die of when something happens in the world. We have to align ourselves by faith with the true witnesses of God kingdom represented by Caleb and Joshua and possess the kingdom by faith [Numbers 14:6-9]. Many of those who perished in the wilderness, perished because of unbelieving hearts fashioned after the ways of Egypt (The world). They had been taken out of Egypt but Egypt hadn’t been taken out of them, for this reason, God took them through the wilderness journey to perform a regeneration work in them. When they were finally ready to enter the Promised Land, it was a whole new people who had lived by manna and by the leading of the cloud. We can find God’s kingdom and total victory only when we are totally renewed in our minds by the incorruptible word of God from heaven.
All these examples point to a new world founded on righteousness and truth whose maker is the living God, where men can truly contemplate the glory of the living God and live by it. This is the kingdom Jesus came to preach about and demonstrate for all men to behold. Jesus also said behold I give you a kingdom, the very kingdom of my Father where you can come in and freely enjoy all that the Father has given me from the foundation of the world. The ministration of the spirit of Christ makes us aware and therefore causes us to enter in to enjoy things that the ordinary man is not aware of, for this reason the bible says eyes have not seen ears have not the things which God has freely reserved for those that love Him.
MIND HOW YOU SEE AND HEAR, BECAUSE TO HIM THAT HAS, MORE WILL BE GIVEN, AND TO HIM THAT DOES NOT HAVE, EVEN THE LITTLE HE HAS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM. If we position ourselves now to hear the voice of truth and receive it, we will have life in abundance and we will reign and rule with Christ over all the works of God. If any man fails to hear the voice of truth and believe it but prefers to hang out with mortal men who look out for some outward consolation or sign, He will only receive the sign of Jonah who sank down into the depths of hell in His rebellion, or the people in the day of Noah who down into the deep, or the people of Sodom and Gomorrah who are an example of those who reject grace and suffer eternal torment and destruction.
THE DISINTEGRATION OF THIS PRESENT WORLD SYSTEM
2Peter 3:10-14 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Peter wrote of the emergence of God’s kingdom otherwise known as the day of the Lord, He says the elements of this present world will be dissolved fervent heat and burnt up as the day emerges. Many have erroneously thought this to mean a nuclear bomb explosion or some metrological disaster like global warming or the earth colliding with Asteroids and many other strange immaginations. If you take a tour of the youtube and make a search for “end time” or “end of the world”, you will be amused at what people have interpreted the melting the elements by fire to mean. Some websites dedicating themselves to some sort of end time watch have emerged, they look out day and night for some sign that will suddenly end this world and bring God’s perfect kingdom to light. They are greatly mistaken, because the more they look out for His coming with observation of the natural senses the less they see it. Listen to the voice of truth and it will cause you to experience the unsearchable riches in glory deposited in you, when you discover it you will know that all things are beautiful but we were only blinded by the elements of this world.
In the original Greek interpretation, the elements Peter talks about means: something orderly in arrangement, that is, (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively): - element, principle, rudiment.
These represent the corruptible building blocks with which man living in ignorance has built His world (this present world). They represent the lies springing forth from the carnal minds of men which can also be called the depths of Satan. Satan is anti-Christ, it opposes anything that is of the truth and is not aware of the things that are of God [Mark 8:33]. Satan is only aware of a material corruptible world and it deceives men into vainly building their world upon it. The lies injected into the mind of men which have formed traditional and religious beliefs are the elements and rudiments that have formed this world and blinded the hearts of men from contemplating God’s world, this elements has to be dissolved for God’s promise of a new world to come into view.
Our beliefs about self after the outer flesh body, family, race, nationality, sex, religion, God, morality and everything that we have learnt in his present world of physical appearances have to be dissolved in our mind by the voice of truth. The lie comes after the truth, meaning that truth is simply the originality of all things and this is what Jesus is here to restore. We must let go of all the beliefs and teachings that have built up this world system that is why Jesus says that in your ignorance you heard things in the dark, but I who is from the beginning with the Father says it this way.
Examine closely these words of Jesus:
Mathew 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall
Matthew 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Matthew 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
These statements are much deeper than they look but in this message, I want to point to the fact that Christ Jesus was dispelling the elementary rudiments that the Hebrews had gathered together and formed their own world. Those words of old formed the old creation where death reigned because they were purely carnally derived, and they neglect the thing that counts the most, which is Christ in you the son of God. Jesus was saying, “I the Christ who is from the beginning, has come as light of this world to dispel the dark beliefs and traditions that have constantly separated you from your God and your Father and to reveal a whole new glorious realm you lost in your dark hour”. The darkness is passing and the true light is shining, open your eyes, recognize your brethren and return to your first love, return to the things I have reserved for you from the foundation of the world.
The voice of truth, otherwise known as the last trumpet revealing the originality of all things in God and calling men to return to their first estate in Christ, is that great noise which sounds with great intensity in our hearts and dispels these false beliefs that have fashioned the world system we live in. These high beliefs of men have glued us to a corruptible system and therefore bred lust and consequently sin which erects a barrier in our mind between us and God the Father.
Think of it, hatred and intolerance litter the world today simply because people hang on to beliefs that have blinded their eyes so that they do not recognize their brethren of the same origin from the beginning in God. There are even greater divisions in the religious Church realm, fighting over elemental doctrines and beliefs not realizing that the only thing they ever need to do is to recognize the essence of the living God in the brethren and to grow in love. Doctrines of laying of hands, baptisms, eldership, marriage laws, what women should and should not do, head coverings, worship codes, tithes, dressing codes and all these things that bring contention among brethren are simply the elemental rudiments of this world which must be done away with. The only doctrine that exists from the beginning is that we keep ourselves in one in Christ and in God the Father, all other doctrines are lies which originate from the knowledge of good and evil.
Someone may say, “But the laws of God are good, and Christ says not one jot will pass away until it is fulfilled”. Yes, the law is good only when you can perceive it spiritually, they are spiritual laws from heaven before even material form came into view. This means they can only work for us when we applied them spiritually, and if you open your spiritual eyes to behold what the law is saying, it is simply saying, recognize the brethren and love them as yourself because you are one body in God. Those who read the letters of the law with carnal minds like the Jews of old did never benefited from it because they all read it with veiled carnal minds as symbolized by the veil Moses placed over his face while reading the law to them. Reading the letters with veiled minds does not give life, it only promotes spiritual bondage and cruelty. Unknown to many, these laws form the bedrock of all religions, moral institutions, and traditional institutions today, therefore leading men into spiritual Bondage, further and further away from their inheritance in God’s kingdom.
In Christ, the beliefs and the rudiments of religion that have carved out a deceitful world with an outward appearance of godliness but lacking the life therefore have to be done away with.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances
Let us live in the freedom we are called to live in by continuing on in relation to God’s invisible kingdom, no more after the elements and rudiments that make this world.
In the beginning, before men succumbed to the wisdom fetched from the depths of Satan, there was only one family of God, there was one race, one city, neither male nor female, no religion or doctrines like we see all over the place today, there was no God as a separate entity because we moved and had our being in Him, we were one with God. In that day we had all power; fear did not exist neither did emotional pains exist because were hid in Christ, in God. God wants to restore that creation to us; it comes back to us as the new heaven and the new earth where we can once more be satisfied with the fruits of true righteous and fellowship with the Father.
We must submit to the truth however and let the truth like fire consume the layers of lies that have edified the man of the flesh and blinded our eyes from the glory of God in us and consequently separated us from the life of God. At times it gets hot, really hot, but let us let go and God will brings us to an expected end of joy and peace unspeakable. Let us abandon our futile dead works on the earth and begin to sow to God’s eternal spiritual kingdom. Like Peter says we should be diligent to be found in Christ, blameless without spot, so that we can stand before the Father with shouts of Joy.
In truth God’s kingdom is present and has always been present on the inside of all men but the god of the world has blinded men so that they lost all knowledge of this great truth. The world does not know God and it can not know God, because its foundation is build on ignorance of the living God. The moment men awaken to truth the world as we have known in our human experience dissolves until it is no more. The end of the world marks a new beginning in God’s world otherwise known as the kingdom of God.
Let us hear the word of God in this hour so that we can taste of that great salvation which has been revealed once and for all to the saints by the Father of lights.
Amen
Trevor Eghagha
