John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come
that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
There ever remains a glorious rest of God reserved for man as He
comes back to His senses from the realm of nothingness and begins to
hear the voice of truth. This is the rest of God promised for all
who hear and diligently follow the guidance of the inner voice of
God’s spirit which seeks to lead man back into God’s glory, far away
from the tribulation of the world. According to the word from the
mouth of the prophets of old, at the end of days men will seek this
place of glory and rest where they will find comfort, healing, joy
and safety. For this reason the Father is presently showing us an
open door through which we may pass through and rediscover life.
This is what Jesus meant when in His capacity as Christ He says, “my
sheep hear my voice and follow me unto the place of rest, glory and
abundance”. He further says, “He is the door by which the sheep
enters through into the place of true abundant life”.
Beyond the open door is the realm of God’s omnipotent power; it is
the realm of the eternal invisible spirit realm where the immortal
glory of God is situated. This is the place Jesus has come to show
us and gather us into; a place where death and it’s fruits of sorrow
and pain are not heard of, but rather love, eternal blitz, peace and
gladness abound. This is the door through which the redeemed of God
pass through and are saved, it is the infinite open door which God
in His compassion continuously seeks to reveal and administer to men
as they groan on their bed of humanity.
The door into God’s presence remains open and present but had been
hidden all along from man. That which hid the open door into God’s
presence from man, is the voice of the thief and destroyer, Satan.
This is the spirit that governs this world and obscures the heart of
man so that He is ignorant of this passage way into life. Unknown to
many it was the voice of Satan (the serpent) working through the
carnal mind that drove Adam out of God’s presence and cast Him out
without the door, so that to this day He gropes hopelessly without
in outer darkness not knowing His way back into the place of life.
Yes, Satan disguises as an angel of light administering lies which
lead men away from God’s presence. He appears disguised in many
sophisticated ways, it could be as a minister of the gospel, or
through the moralistic traditions and beliefs of men and subtly
leads men away from the light into outer darkness.
In this hour the hidden works of darkness are being exposed and as
Satan is being exposed by the brightness of Christ’s awakening in
us, we are becoming aware of the true loving unchanging will of the
Father towards us. His will is to have all men saved by giving us
His kingdom, not to destroy us or cast us out of His presence. He is
here to lead us back to His presence through the door.
We will see in this article that God has been trying to show man the
passage way through the door back to His presence right from the
days of the fall of Adam. We will look at John’s experience as He
was allegorically caught up into heaven and led through the open
door into the throne room of God. We will also examine the striking
resemblance of John’s experience with that Noah’s experience
thousands of years earlier.
As it is written the Lord never hides anything from those that seek
Him, His secrets are with those who wait on Him, for this reason, He
will always reveal to us, things to come concerning the end of our
faith. As the Father faithfully shows us things to come concerning
our rest and dominion in the glorious age of Christ, He leads us
through the door into His world. This is demonstrated when God
picked up John the Apostle and granted Him entrance through an open
door in heaven and gave Him a firsthand revelation of things to come
concerning the end of our faith in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was
opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it
were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither,
and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
When John was caught up into the spirit and passed through the
opened door, what He immediately saw, was one which had an emerald
like appearance seated on a throne encircled by a rainbow. Among the
things He saw was a crystal-like sea of glass and seven
burning lamps before the throne, twenty-four elders
clothed in white garments having golden crowns and
four beast with eyes all over them round about the throne paying
homage to Him that sat on the throne [Revelations 4:2-11].
We are quick to remind readers, especially those who are new to
spiritual truths, that the things John saw are purely allegorical.
The spirit of God uses allegories to teach us about His invisible
kingdom, so we should cancel from our minds the idea that God seats
on a chair in a room somewhere in the sky. God is spirit and does
not live in relation to a physical material world.
The revelation that God intends to pass to us through John’s
heavenly encounter, is what we realize within us as we pass through
the open door into God’s kingdom. We pass through the door as we
ascend spiritually in our consciousness. Of course by now we know
all this happens within us, because God’s kingdom is within us [Luke
17:20-21]. That which distinguished Jesus from other men was
that He knew this precious secret, that is why He often confessed
that it is the Father in Him that works through Him and we know the
Lord is enthroned in His kingdom. This indeed is the greatest wonder
of all ages, because we are becoming aware of the fact that all that
we seek and we will ever need is locked up within us. The earnest
seekers of old never got this mystery straight, neither do majority
of the people out there get it to this day, but thank God for His
grace, for he is giving us eyes to hear [Hebrews 11:15].
The Father is beckoning on us today to come up hither from the dark
places of the earth into His glorious kingdom. We ascend only as we
hear the truth from the inner spirit and conform to Christ the image
of God. We can ascend only as we apply hear the trumpet of God and
have the seals over our life that tie us to a an imaginary earthly
identity separate from God, loosened. All along we were all sealed
up not knowing the stuff we were really made of, but our divinity is
unveiled as we attentively listen to the voice of the spirit.
The book of revelation is a book comprised of seven seals, seven
trumpets, seven messages and seven vials. The seven trumpets in the
book of revelation represent the voice of the spirit of God, and the
seven messages to the seven Churches represent the contents of the
voice of the spirit. As the seven trumpet sounds with the seven
messages, the seven seals are loosened in us and the mystery of God
is unfolded in us. The seven vials represent the wrath of God that
awaits those who refuse to hearken to the call of obedience unto
Christ. The voice of the spirit guides us through an open door back
into the presence of God and causes us to rediscover our lost glory.
So we have got to be extremely mindful of how we hear the voice of
the spirit in order to live, let us not be carried away by the
voices of men without because they will all definitely end up in
naught.
We will briefly summarize the significance of the revelation which
the Apostle John saw beyond the door:
THE OPEN DOOR:
The open door represents the entrance into God’s kingdom for those
who hearken to the voice of the spirit by confessing Christ in them.
Revelations 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he
that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth;
and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have
set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for
thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not
denied my name.
Remember our salvation comes simply by confessing Christ, this is
done by living the life of the inner spirit man by faith and letting
go of the outer. As we do this faithfully and patiently, not being
discouraged by the opposition of the flesh and those without who do
not have the revelation that we have, an entrance is administered to
us into God’s everlasting kingdom of light, also known as the new
Jerusalem. Like we know herein lies our consolation forever.
Remember, continuity and patience in applying that which the spirit
reveals to us is fundamental if we hope the pass through the door
into God’s world.
Revelations 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience,
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come
upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man
take thy crown. 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the
temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon
him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is
new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I
will write upon him my new name.
SITTING
ON THE THRONE:
The ultimate promise of the Father for those who remain faithful in
executing His incorruptible word, is that all authority in heaven
and on earth is given to them as we go through the open door and
access God’s presence. He promises that we will be granted to sit on
the throne of God the Father, where we can freely rule and reign; a
sign of our restored dominion. Glory
Revelations 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.
This might shock you, but receive it, the one who seats on the
throne is you and I in our fully awoken states ruling and reigning
in one with the Father. Remember the words of Jesus: “All power in
heaven and earth is given unto me” [Mark 28:18], so if we
rediscover ourselves in Him (the image of God) we rule together with
our Father. Amen.
Those who come to this place live by the power of God, and we know
with God, all things are possible. This is the place of all power
and infinite possibilities because in this high level of
consciousness all things possible (with God all things are
possible). It is by this infinite power that all things seen, both
visible and invisible are created. This is the consciousness Jesus
walked in, so that He could do things that seemed impossible to men.
The famous confession of Jesus which says, “I and the Father are
one” is enough proof that He was seated on the throne of the
Father. We are grateful for this privilege, because the works he
did, we do also because He has granted us access to that same throne
of God.
THE GOLDEN CROWNS:
The golden crowns represent the crown of life and kingship promised
the one who is faithful to death unto themselves.
Revelations 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:
behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye
may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou
faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
By now we know that we must lose our human derived identities in
relation to this temporal physical world and begin to live by the
spirit man. Those who faithfully withstand the trying and tempting
periods caused by opposition of the old corrupt man will rediscover
themselves in reigning in life in due season.
Thank God who lifts us up from the realm of death and crowns us with
loving-kindness and tender mercies.
THE WHITE GARMENTS WORN BY THE TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS:
The white garments represent our light coverings which God is
restoring to us in this hour.
Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in
white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of
life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his
angels.
Also called the righteousness of the saints, it is the covering or
light consciousness man had with God in the beginning before He was
defiled and corrupted with the fleshly carnal mind, which opened up
an endless shaft of sin consciousness and consequent loss of
boldness and towards God. This is demonstrated in Adam’s sense of
nakedness and consequence withdrawal from God’s presence.
If we repent and start hearkening to the voice of the spirit by
awakening in our inner consciousness from the realm of the dead
[flesh] and begin to once more live by the illumination derived from
the seven spirits of God [Revelations 3:1-3], we will once
more rediscover our innocence and be gathered with joy among the
innumerable perfected spirits (angels) gathered in one before the
throne of God [Revelations 5:11]. [ FOR MORE ON THIS, READ:
RECLAIMING OUR LIGHT GARMENTS]
THE SEVEN BURNING LAMPS BEFORE THE THRONE:
The seven lamps before the throne of God represent the spirit of God
which illuminates man, causing an awakening to the truth and reality
of God’s invisible presence. It’s regenerative power provokes a
rebirth in man and leads Him through the open door back to His place
in glory. Those who will live beyond the open door live strictly by
the illumination derived from the spirit of God no more by the
inspiration derived from the natural spirit of man. The spirit of
man which taps from the depth of Satan, does not see into the
invisible, it cannot know the things of God and therefore causes man
to lose awareness of His glorious inheritance in the light.
When Adam reigned in glory, He lived strictly by the spirit of God
(the breath of God | tree of life). His free fall into the
bottomless pit started when He started to live from the spirit of
natural man (the serpent | beast | tree of the knowledge of good
and evil). If a man lives by the spirit of God He lives eternally in
the glory of God, if on the other hand He chooses to live by man’s
wisdom, He will die as a man.
Jesus says, “If the light in you is darkness how great is that
darkness”. That light He is referring to here is the intelligence
derived from man’s carnal spirit. So you see, any man who seeks to
retrace His steps back into the glory of God must be illuminated and
led by the seven lamps of God burning before the throne. This is
synonymous with following the leading of the lamb of God on whom are
the seven eyes | lamps of God [Revelation 14:4].
Revelations 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne
and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb
as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are
the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Notice in Revelation 5:6 that the lamb of God suddenly
appears in place of the seven burning lambs. This is the lamb that
takes away the sins of the world by illuminating men with the light
of life. The mystery here is that those who rediscover themselves
beyond the open door become the very lamb of God illuminating the
world with the light of life.
THE FOUR BEASTS WITH EYES ALL OVER:
The four beast talks about the different aspect of our personality
that eventually become harmonized with the spirit of God. These are
the faces of the (lion)-emotions/soul,
(man)-heart/desire, (calf)-will/strength and (eagle)-thoughts/mind
which become totally subjected and harmonized with Christ as He
rules and reigns in man. Remember the goal is to have everything in
us subject to Christ, then the end comes when the kingdom (we) is
handed over to God, so that God becomes all in all. When this is
accomplished in us, then what the world beholds in us is God
manifest in the flesh.
Man living out of the Adam-like life without the door, suffers pain
and anguish within him because those four beast within are untamed;
they run wild and are totally out of control. With life out of the
flesh, the emotions are uncontrollable, the desires run wild and are
insatiable, the thoughts are carnal and man simply cannot be subject
to the law of God. This is why you see the bad fruits of anger,
jealousy, greed, emotional anguish, bitterness, hate etc abounding
in men of this age. In this state the soul is in tribulation and
finds no rest, it is like a barren womb that always wants but never
gets satisfied. All these outflow of negativity in man defiles His
conscience and consequently denies Him access to the Father’s
presence. We know that in His presence is life to the fullest, on
the other hand away from His presence means death and destruction.
When Jesus healed the insane, incontrollable and violent man from
the Gadarenes, He was demonstrating that our peace and sanity is
restored to us only as we become subject to the spirit (Christ) [Luke
8:26-35]. After the miraculous healing, the mad man was found at
the foot of Jesus receiving instruction from Him, symbolizing total
subjection to Christ. In His insanity the various departments of His
being [the four beast] were untamable by men and He went about
inflicting injuries unto Himself, signifying self destruction. This
is the slippery path into destruction man follows when the various
compartments within Him are not subject to the spirit of Christ.
The only way out of emotional turmoil and unbraided lusts and habits
within, is allowing the holy Ghost totally overtake us. Notice that
the four beasts before the throne had eyes all over them. This is
the state of a totally enlightened man, as He awakens to the full
awareness of God’s glory and presence which in reality is the only
presence that there is. When the eyes of our understanding opens up
by the light proceeding from the seven spirits of God, man begins to
see only what God sees; He sees only the Father and the son in all
of the creation. You no longer recognize people by their humanly
derived identities in this world, but by the spirit. The desires are
now set on things that are above, the mind now soars in the spirit,
the emotions become set on God and the will become God’s. This is
why Jesus says that we must exercise the faces of the eagle
(mind | thoughts), the lion ( emotions |
soul), the man (desires | heart) and the
calf [will | strength] to loving God totally.
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart
, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment.
In this awakening within, there is no occasion for darkness,
liberation comes from all attachments to vanity and man now
continuously beholds the beauty and glory of the living God. For
this reason the Lord says let your eyes be single, beholding only
the glory of God beyond the veil of human consciousness.
THE
SEA OF GLASS:
The sea of glass before the throne represents the beautiful still
view of the glory of God from the perspective of the one who seats
on the throne. When Jesus prayed, He asked that we may be where he
is and behold His glory, this is the inheritance of the saints
forever [John 17:24]. The prophets prophesied that the
knowledge of the glory of the Lord shall fill the earth as the
waters cover the sea, in that day we shall awaken to behold the
beauty and the majesty in all of God’s creation [Habakuk 2:14].
Man awakens realizing that all things are holy and pure, reflect the
knowledge of the living God. In this divine realization, unlimited
peace and liberty abounds, the roaring waves of uncertainty and
change that we contemplated in our humanity becomes like a forgotten
nightmare.
Now we understand why Jesus slept peacefully like a baby, while
those with Him were horrified when the turbulent waves rocked their
boat. In His awoken state (Christ), He simply is not aware of the
turbulent seas which men behold, He only sees a still crystal-like
glass sea before Him. In this high level of consciousness fear and
anxiety for survival does not exist because the abounding loving
presence of the living God encompassed us. Oh that men will praise
the Lord because He is calming the turbulent waters in our lives.
Amen
Psalms 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof
are still.
THE TWENTYFOUR ELDERS:
The twenty-four elders represent the priests of God who instruct the
nations and leads them back to God. It shows us as pillars and
administrators of the life of God upon the earth when we come to the
place.
From the little we read we are beginning to have insight into the
powers of the ages to come and the glory that awaits those who can
hear the voice of their master in this hour beckoning to them to
“come up hither”. Beyond the door lies our rest forever because we
are totally reconciled back to God.
NOAH’S PASSAGE THROUGH THE DOOR
To show the importance of this open door which God is revealing to
man this very day, the never changing spirit of God makes mention of
it in the widely read story of Noah. The bible records that Noah
entered the through the door of the ark and God locked Him in.
Entering the ark was the passage way for Noah into a new world
unknown to those without. To pass through this door, you must be
able to see beyond the natural by faith; you must have a revelation
of the reality invisible presence of God. Like we know those without
were all destroyed in the sea of perdition while those whose entered
in through the door of the Ark were exalted into a new world. Any
man who passes through this door will never die.
Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy
house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation. …………. Genesis 7:5 And Noah did according unto all that
the LORD commanded him. ………………….. Genesis 7:16 And they that went
in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him:
and the LORD shut him in.
Seeing the ungodliness and the corruption on the face of the earth,
Noah had heard the voice of God (the seven trumpets) and had a
revelation of the passing away of that old corrupt order, and the
ushering in of a new righteous order founded by God. Moved with fear
and a sense of urgency, he obediently followed the guidance of the
spirit by laboring to built the ark. His laboring to build the ark
is the labor we are all admonished to enter into in order to realize
the rest of God. Our laboring is more like exercising ourselves in
godliness or in other words sowing to the spirit (Christ). As we do
this, the Lord leads us and administers an open door for us into His
world. God His faithful and He will never disappoint those who seek
Him and hope in His salvation. We do not have to wait for any
outward sign, what is needed is to begin NOW to act by faith by
putting on Christ the man of the spirit who is before all.
While Noah labored to build the ark, the men of His day went about
their daily business, marrying and being given over into marriage.
This is a pointer to the manner in which men gather vainly unto
themselves in this world. In their foolish quest to gain this world
they lose their lives, drowning in the bottomless sea of perdition.
By the wisdom that comes from above, we like Noah are called to
rather divorce ourselves from this world and to lay hold on eternal
life, by keeping ourselves undefiled until we finally find ourselves
on the other side. If you have heard from God like Noah, and are
able to see afar off, you will patiently labor in the things of the
Spirit [1 Timothy 6:6-12]. This means we should not be
deceived by the deceit of men in their quest to gain this world, but
rather stay focused on the things of the spirit because all works of
men without will definitely come to naught.
It calls for strong dedication, and focus on the work within not
without. I mentioned this because, at times we get carried away with
trying to save people, or to educate others, but let us not fool
ourselves, the focus has to be in developing ourselves and
increasing in the knowledge of the son in us. It is the light in you
that brings healing to people, and eventually all those assigned to
you by the Father will meet you at the appointed time. This is
demonstrated by the beasts which gathered unto Noah for the saving
of their souls. Noah did not go about hunting for animals, they
were drawn to Him at the construction site; His focus was on the
ark.
This means we do not have to go about knocking on the doors of
people, neither do we have to go about occupying ourselves in trying
to perfect others, otherwise we lose out on both ends. It is like
the scribes and Pharisees (princes of this world), who travel over
land and sea in an attempt to save others, not knowing that they
simply produce sons of hell [Matthew 23:15]. We are
admonished to exercise ourselves in godliness, in us and the rest
will happen naturally. Somebody might argue, but we were told to
preach the gospel to all men. Yes we do it by ascending unto the
holy hill of God where the new Jerusalem is situated for all men to
behold its glory. A city set on a hill cannot be hid, if we ascend
the light will shine for all men to see. The light in us does the
witnessing and directs others into the place of safety and glory.
Observe the stars, all they do is maintain their position and just
be what they are, in so doing they transfer energy and light to a
dark world. In likewise manner, our work is to increase in Christ
and remain rooted in Him eternally.
One may ask, “Why did God lock the door after Noah entered in?” He
did that to demonstrate that no man can find the entrance into God’s
kingdom except those that do the will of God [Matthew 7:21-23].
One may ask what is the will of God? His will is that we allow His
spirit conform us back into the celestial image of His only begotten
son. This confirms the words of Jesus when He says, no man can see
the kingdom of God unless He is born again and no one can enter
except He is born of the spirit. So we see clearly that a natural
man cannot enter into the place of life He must undergo a
regeneration by the inner spirit and be conformed unto the celestial
image of Christ. Herein lies our groaning and laboring, that Christ
be formed in us.
Noah finally entered the ark, and the rains began to fall and
underneath the sea there were quakes that broke open the deep. This
occurred for forty days and forty nights. As the rains fell the ark
was lifted from off the earth and finally made to rest on the peak
of the highest mountain in that region. This represents the power of
the resurrection that operates in those who continue on faithfully
in the truth as God quickens them from their dead human states into
that of His beloved son, Christ. This is the honor and glorification
which the Father bestows on those who adhere to the truth, by
following the guidance of the Spirit. Remember, hearing, obeying and
trust are key words as we enter in by faith confessing the name of
the Lord of glory.
Noah’s entrance into the ark signifies a total loss off His life on
the earth and consequent entrance into God’s spiritual world by
faith. God demonstrates this in architecture of the Ark. As seen in
the rough sketch below:
Genesis 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make
in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of:
The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou
finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side
thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt
thou make it.
Noah’s ark had two openings, the door at the bottom side and
the window at the top of the ark. It is worth nothing that
the ark also has three levels. Knowing that God is the designer of
this ark, the spirit definitely has something to reveal to us. The
design reveals the door into the thirds heavens where the paradise
of God is situated. After laboring and trusting in God, Noah was
allegorically ushered into a new dimension unknown to man through
the Door. The is the same entrance into heaven which John the
Apostle passed through before beholding the power of the ages to
come. It is very easy to discern from the blessings God pronounced
on Noah on arrival, that God was pointing to a total restoration of
the glory and power man lost in the beginning.
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear
of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth,
and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
delivered.
Dominion is restored so that the beasts and the fowls become once
more subject to Noah as it was in the beginning when dominion was
bestowed on man.
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
God is not just speaking about having dominion over lions in the
Sahara nor control over sharks in the sea, of course it is part of
it, but He is speaking more of our nature being brought into
subjection of the spirit man (Christ). The eagle, the ox, the lion
and the man have to confess the Lordship of the Spirit, they must
say “Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.”
Like we mentioned earlier on, this is synonymous to having every
aspect of our being, being perfectly harmonized with the spirit of
God. The violence, lack of control, uncontrollable lusts and all
forms of negativity seizes because they become subject to Christ. In
this realization, man begins to be fruitful once more, He begins to
experience and enjoy unlimited faith and power to operate as a son
of God, the abundance of love, peace and righteousness becomes His
portion.
In this place Noah makes a burnt offering and it goes up as a sweet
smelling savor, well pleasing unto God. Meaning all sin conscious
and sense of condemnation seizes, Noah walks knowing that He is
pleasing God, He can now confess like Jesus that: “I always do the
things that please Him” [John 8:29]. In that day anything you
ask the Father will be done for you, because the Father loves the
son.
John 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto
you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself
loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came
out from God.
This is the power of the age to come, when everyone walks and lives
by faith in relation to the Father, for we know that we please Him
and He us given us all things.
As Noah stands on the mountain peak and beholds the seas below they
are no more the turbulent violent seas He once saw. He now beholds
a calm sea with assurances from God that no more will the horror of
the past come to mind. The Lord places a rainbow in the sky as proof
of His covenant of unfailing love for His redeemed.
Genesis 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither
shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood;
neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with
you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud,
and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my
covenant, which is between me and you and every living
creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood
to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and
I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant
between God and every living creature of all flesh that is
upon the earth.
This is the same rainbow John saw encircling the throne of God in
heaven and it is the everlasting covenant of love between God an all
those who pass through the door into eternity [Revelation 4:3].
What more can we do than to stir up each other in love and to boldly
enter in through the door, remembering that we are eternally
forgiven by the blood of Jesus, and His good unchangeable will is to
have us entering in. It is not time to look back or to feel guilty
of the past, but rather to awaken boldly at the clear cry of the
Lord calling us back into His loving presence.
The spirit says enter in.
Amen
Trevor Eghagha
