The one who illuminates ALL MEN who have descended into this world
came to His own, but His own people of the same stock received Him not. To those who receive
Him, He has given them the Power to become begotten of the Father
like He is the only begotten of the Father. Those who receive Him
will have their true state in Him restored a hundredfold. That true
state of man in which we were all created in, is the image of God which
is Christ.
Man was charged with only one thing in the beginning, He was commanded to keep His
Christ-like State of incorruptibility, of fruitfulness and dominion. All men in an Adam-like
consciousness have fallen from the heights of glory in God into the
deep places of the earth known as the abyss or hell; They have not kept
their states in Christ but have rather descended to becoming of the
beastly stock (The Serpent). All men have sinned by not retaining their states in
God and have therefore been chained and thrown into dark dungeon
places of corruption; in the fall man has become corrupt, powerless
and unfruitful.
Thank God for the saving hand which has extended to the whole of
humanity languishing in the Fall. He has given us the keys to
returning back to the Christ-like image we fell from, so that we can
once more know that we are among the beloved of God. He has given us
the opportunity once more to reign in life over the creation
and to once more bear fruits of joy and peace. As we
rediscover our true selves in Him the tribulations of this
wilderness-like world
pass away and they are no more.
The spirit of God who the world can not receive nor can it
understand is here to restore us back to the glorious state in which
we were generated in God. He does this by teaching us and bringing
to remembrance the things which we had forgotten about our true
Selves in Christ. The spirit awakens us from the deep sleep which we
all had fallen into in the Adam-like consciousness by a process called the
resurrection. We awaken to the conscious realization that we are
created perfect and complete in Christ Jesus; We are complete in Him
in all aspects, be it in righteousness, in holiness
,in glory; in
him we are blessed with every spiritual blessings in Heavenly
places, and God who is not unrighteous will not withhold any good thing from us [Ephesians 1:3].
We will take a deep look into the
structure called the Tabernacle of God. By now, most of us have read
at least a little on the temporal tent God used in the days when he led the
Children of Israel through the wilderness (For more on the
Tabernacle read
THE
3
PHASE EVOLUTION OF GOD'S TEMPLE).
God
in
His infinite wisdom ordered the tabernacle in such a way that every
detail of the human structure both seen and unseen has a mapping to
it. God never really dwelt in the Tabernacle of Moses nor did He
really dwell in the temple of Solomon. God ordained that the
Tabernacle be use as an instrument to Educate and enlighten us on
His true Eternal dwelling place not made with human hands in the
heavens or in the high place of elevation in the spirit.
From the days the kingdom of God
has been preached on earth starting from the Head and the leader of
our faith, Christ Jesus, the true plan of God has been unfolded. It
is now clear and and evident that God is spirit and He does not
dwell in houses made by the hands of men, but He dwells in spiritual houses
which are houses of men. That true model was first demonstrated in Jesus, God dwelt in
Christ Jesus and He worked through Christ Jesus, The
body of Jesus was the Tabernacle or the temple of God [John 14:10]. The same
glory that appeared as clouds by day and fire by night over the the Tabernacle of Moses, were also
over Jesus Throughout His ministry and he was aware of it. Peter,
James and John, saw it all first hand on the mountain of
transfiguration. God thundered several times from those invisible
clouds of His glory, saying this is my beloved son in whom I am well
pleased; remember in the same way He spoke from the clouds of His glory to the
Israelites and Moses.
Christ Jesus being the Tabernacle of God in this new dispensation is
also the House of God or the Temple of God. I say new dispensation
because the old dispensation of temples and a God somewhere far away
over the rainbows is no more. Jesus departed the scene
for the the good of those who are called by His name; He departed to prepare or open up places for
us in His Father's House, which by now we know is His body (The body
of Christ). Remember that when the disciples asked Him to show them
the Father, he made it clear that the Father dwells in Him and does
the works in Him. It was Jesus speaking as the Christ here;
that man born in a manger of a woman called Mary was no more at this
point in time, he had been crucified by faith so that it was no
longer Jesus of the human stock but Christ the son of the living
God. His baptism in the river of Jordan was symbolic of the death of
the human Jesus and the Resurrection of a new Jesus in Christ and
appearing as Christ, no wonder the Father immediately thundered from
Heaven saying this is my son in whom I am well pleased. It was only as
Jesus received the spirit of God or in other words joined Himself to
the spirit that He was recognized as the Son. The Father and
the son are inseparable, the Father dwells in the Son and the son in
the Father, if you see the son you see the Father; this is a concept
called truth and is from the beginning. The heavens and
the earth and all the things created declare this concept of truth. So Christ is the Body
or the house of God not made with hands. If we abide in Christ, we
abide in the House of God which is actually a house in the heavens
not seen nor perceived by carnal men walking in ignorance. It was for our good He left the scene, without which we
wouldn't have gotten the justification of His Blood and the holy
spirit which keeps us in Him by the power of the resurrection. The
things we understand and share in fellowship today were only
possible by the release of His spirit which teach us the deep things
of God and His infinite thoughts of love towards us. When
we receive the spirit the same way Jesus received the spirit or
agree with the spirit like He agreed with the spirit, it is
the glory of God dwelling in us or revealed in us, so that we are now the temples of
the living God [2 Corinthians 6:16].
PICTURE OF THE HIDDEN LINEN COVERING OVER THE TABERNACLE.
The photo on the linen covering is obviously not a perfect example,
but it gives us some light on the linen cloth engraved with Cherubim
(angels). The linen covering underneath the Dense skin layers and
immediately over the The tabernacle frame was colored scarlet, blue
and purple which is a joining together of the earthly (RED--- BLOOD,
FLESH, EARTHLY) to the heavenly (BLUE---SKY, HEAVEN, SPIRIT) to
produce royalty or Lordship (RED + BLUE =PURPLE --- NOBLE, KINGLY,
HONOR ).
The
resurrection is an awakening to truth; we awake from the graveyard of
Humanity where there is no knowledge of the true and living God. We
awake from the slumbering on the bed of this world into a perfect day
where the terrors and torments of the night are no more. As we awake we
become aware of our true incorruptible bodies that have been hidden from our sight in
our descent into this material world. We arise out of the flesh and
blood consciousness and begin to be aware of the fact that we are
neither male or female, black or while, short or tall, rich nor poor; we become aware
of our inner identity as Sons or angels of God, Holy and righteous
before God.
Do
not let the word "angels" frighten you, we have all been deceived
from the moment we were born into thinking angels are creature born
with wings and so on. Remember angels are spirits, if they appeared
to people in the bible, they only took up material form at that
point in time to manifest themselves to people. Understand that all
those things we read in the bible were only tools for educating us
or leading us into the truth. Angels are simple perfected servants
or messengers of God who do only the will of God. When they speak, it
is the Lord speaking, when they appear it is the Lord appearing. We
who lose our lives to live unto God are glorified into being just
like angels. When John bowed down to worship the disciple who showed
Him things to come in the book of revelation, the angel told Him not
to, He further said that He was a brother just like John the Apostle [Revelation
22:8-9]. So let us not get worried about the term "Angels". This
topic is too big so we will have to save it for another time.
Jesus once compared those who arise from the dead as being like Angels
or Sons of God. They walk in a new realm and a new age where there are
no more limitations. [Luke 20:35-36].
Luke 20:34-36
34 And Jesus answered and said to them, "The sons of this age marry
and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are counted worthy to
attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry
nor are given in marriage; 36 nor can they die anymore, for they are
equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the
resurrection
Like I explained earlier on,
arising from the dead, has nothing to do with the bodies of dead
people in the graveyards arising out of their graves someday, all
those are fables of religion. Men living in the
darkness of their mind and ignorance of their true selves in
relation to God are dead in their sins and transgression. We
awake from this state of the dead only as we hear the voice of our
master telling us to come forth from the ignorance of this world and
come into light or into the knowledge of the Christ in you.
Some of he angels that were
revealed throughout the Bible normally radiated with bright light
because they walk, in the consciousness of the spirit man. In that
consciousness, the glory of God becomes transparent so that we can see
that glory and reflect that same glory. Angels have no personal
identity; they are not limited by time and space; the only thing they do
is to serve the Lord and reflect His glory. This is the same image we
who are called to glory are transformed into, when we rediscover our
true selves in Christ. Angels do not try to love or to try be good like we
have tried in religion, all they have to do is maintain their states
of spirituality in God, exactly the way they were fashioned out in
the beginning.
When the Bible talks about The Lord appearing with thousand of His
angels like prophesied by Jesus, Enoch and others He is simply talking
about the Lord revealing Himself through those who have shed that
outer flesh and blood identity (The Tabernacle Skins) and Have laid a hold on
their true internal identity which is the body of the Lord not made
with hands (The inner transparent covering) [Matthew 16:27],
[Matthew 25:31], [Mark 8:38], [2 Thessalonians 1:7]. Individually and
corporately we appear as the angels of God revealed from the heavens
or from the spirit realm. We appear in glory as we lay hold on that man
hidden underneath the skins and deny the outer man of flesh and
blood who is corruptible. The brightness of the glory of God
that had been hidden underneath the sheet now radiates forth
strongly for all to see. It was that glory that healed the sick and
convicted the world of sin during the days of the ministry of the
Christ.
The
resurrection Body is our true body which we lost to the consciousness of
this material world. That spiritual Body knows no limitation in terms
of space and time, it walks in the infinite realm of God. When we walk
in this consciousness hundredfold, our physical bodies are quicken by
the glory of God within, so that we can do things the ordinary men can
not do. Jesus could walk on the sea and pass through people because He
walked in the consciousness of His true self which is the spiritual
body. Elijah once got that quickening effect when He ran past men on
horses. Philip was caught up and transported from one spot to
another because he hooked up to the spiritual body at that point as
the Father willed it. Paul was stoned and left for dead, but he was
quickened by that glorious body He was conscious of. I personally
have been clothed with that consciousness where I felt I could run a
hundred miles in a twinkling of an eye, I also felt I could walk
through walls, I had many other experiences that I discuss and share
with the matured in the faith. Those who have health and psychological problems become healed as
they become aware of the spiritual body hidden on the inside of them.
You will agree with me that every man no matter how good He looks on the
outward has some form of madness in Him. That madness is cured, as we
are clothed with our spiritual bodies from above.
Remember our concentration and struggle is to put on that spiritual
House in Heaven so that we can feel His love and His presence. Even
Jesus at times did things like the ordinary man. It was recorded
that he was was tired, hungry or He cried at times. Like a dear
brother would say, He was in-between two worlds at certain times.
While the world is bothered about what to eat, wear, drink and other
material worries, we are admonished to concentrate on realizing the
Christ consciousness in us.
MAN’S LOSS OF HIS TRUE IDENTITY
When
we slept in our Adam-Like state, we lost knowledge of our true selves.
We now understand that individually and corporately we are the house or
the Temple of God because the glory of God is on the inside of us even
though we did not understand this initially. In the desecration of the
Temple, man has lived in a consciousness outside of the knowledge of the
Christ within. Christ was revealed to reverse that trend.
Like
we stated earlier on, Man
is a spiritual being created in the image of God and the image of God is
Christ [Colossians 1:15, 2 Corinthians 4:4].
God is spirit and Christ who is created in His image is spirit as we
know [2 Corinthians 3:17, John 4:24]. So if we are created in
the image of God we are spiritual beings. Man was never created
imperfect beings, in fact man was one with God in the beginning. In the
beginning, the soul of man acting as the female was one with the
male who is the Christ within us; Christ as we know is one with
God from the beginning, so that our uniting with Christ means a
uniting with God in complete oneness.
We
will agree that something went wrong with the men we see around this
world today. They all have fallen from that original state of
perfection and holiness in this world through what I liken to an
Adam-like consciousness. Someone may ask "but what do you mean
Adam-like consciousness ?" We all like Adam have our own
environment where we were placed to rule and prosper in it, but we
all have fallen from that original glorious state in God by doing
exactly what Adam did. The Adam-like consciousness is that
consciousness which we put on as mortal men; that consciousness is lured
and influenced by the whisper of the serpent or the devil from
without. It is the temptation of this world that lures men to seek
the gain and glories of this world as a separate entity from God. In
the Adam-like consciousness we unite ourselves to the wisdom of this
world by holding on to the earthly flesh body and exalting it above
God. Man living the Adam-like consciousness is continually deceived
by the evil one working through His mind into thinking that He is God
and He will endure forever only to discover He is a fool at the end
of the day. The knowledge of this world which originates from the
dark carnal minds of this world teaches us to be wise in our own
eyes and deny the true knowledge from above.
In
the Adam-like consciousness we all turned our backs on God and worshipped an
image that is not God. This is an abomination before God, before now we
have highly esteemed the knowledge and images that come from the world
without. We have worshipped the elements and order of this world system and esteemed them
higher that the knowledge of God the maker. We were told we are being
wise when we extol the knowledge of this world more than that of God,
but God says that those things highly esteemed among men are an
abomination in the sight of God [Luke 16:14-15]].
In
the original state man received all His influence from from the
Lord, but man
in the fall living the Adam-like consciousness functions in another
mode. The soul now gets its influence from the outer world which is
influenced by the powers of darkness of Satan. The soul in its sins and
trespasses sees only the lies and idols of man’s satanic system and for
this cause it is eternally condemned. . When
man falls what happens is that He is continuously annihilated from God’s presence, out of
the condemnation welling up from within Him. The further and
further man goes away from the source of His life the more He wears
a consciousness of flesh and blood an identity separate from God. Skins of flesh
over the mind cover the true perfect light body of man in His fall
from God’s presence, so that He loses a knowledge of His true
self.
Genesis 3:20-24 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the
mother of all living. 21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD
God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
We
should be careful to note that the god that covers man in the Adam-like
experience is only an imaginary God. In the state of transgression man’s
conscience reveals a God of Wrath and anger. It is so because of the
guilty conscience. God does not go out seeking to lock up man out of
His presence; it is man who withdraws from God. Somebody might say, “But
the bible says if we withdraw from God He equally withdraws from us”.
That statement is relative, God never withdraws from man, it is man who
withdraws. On withdrawing, when man turns around to see the gap between
Him and God, he feels God withdrew from Him but it is not so.
So
man is locked up or in relative terms locked out in skins of flesh so
that His true light body and identity is hidden. Man identifies Himself
with His flesh body and a carnally derived identity. Away from God’s
presence, man finds Himself in a flesh consciousness; It is what Paul
calls being absent from the Lord and present in the Body. Being in the
flesh consciousness man finds Himself subject to a new system called the
world system. The world system is a system founded on wickedness where
the foundations are not in the name of the Lord. In the world, the
consciousness of the love of God is lost, prompting man to search for
safety and covering. In man’s search for safety and covering He finds
nothing but tribulation. All the schemes of men that center on improving
this world system will never work until they all revert back to the
Christ within. Jesus once said, “in this world you will find nothing but
tribulation but back in your true self which is the Christ consciousness
you will find the peace and victory you desire” [John 16:33 ].
The true eternal part of man is seen in the invisible part of
man, it is the inner spirit or angelic body. The
Father who is spirit lives in a spiritual Temple which is man (spiritual
body, the Soul and spirit). What did mean Jesus mean when He said if you
keep the word of truth, the Father and the son will come and dwell in
you, what He was saying is if you have a revelation of the truth and
apply it to your life diligently you will suddenly become consciously
aware of your oneness in love with the Father. In that day you will call
on Him and He will answer, and anything you ask for will be done for
you. [Isaiah 58:9, John 8:29, John 15:16]
WE MUST BE BORN AGAIN
To
see the glory of God or the kingdom of God hidden within men [Like
17:21], a man must be born again [John 3:5-6]. We can not see the glory of
God as long as we retain the flesh and blood consciousness. We must
repent and now return to the spiritual consciousness in Christ Jesus,
like Paul says we should put on the mind of Christ Jesus [Romans
12:2, Philippians 2:5-10].
Jesus was saying we have to change our thinking and therefore regenerate
ourselves back from our carnal flesh states back into the Christ-like
spiritual state we have fallen from. As long as our soul and our
affections continues on wandering in a flesh and blood consciousness we
will not see the good of God‘s glory Hidden in us. Remember that the
kingdom of God is within you, but we can only discover it when we
spiritualize ourselves in fellowshipping with the Father. True worship
is in retaining our true spiritual state, which is why He says the true
worshippers will worship Him in spirit and in truth. Retaining and
increasing in Christ is the only thing that can please God. As long as
we continue to retain that man of flesh of this world we remain in
death.
Paul wrote to the Corinthians stating that some are weak, sick
and burdened with all forms of problems because they do not discern
the Lord's glorious body or kingdom within us. We live in tribulation and want because we have not
consciously understood the meaning of the Lord's body which we are
part and parcel of. We are worthy of the glory only when we lay
aside the vanities of this world and become watchful in the spirit;
we have to arise from among the dead by faith and begin to set the
affects and mind on the things hidden within the skins (The kingdom
within).
1Corinthians 15:50 -54 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption
inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in
victory
The
message of truth known as the last trump is sounding this very moment for all who have ears to
hear. If we open our ears to hearken to Him, we will be found in Him
once more. If we put on the spiritual eyes to behold the thoughts of God
continuously, then we are transformed into that incorruptible body, or
in other words we rediscover that true spiritual glorious body
within us. That body is one with the Lord, and is the Lord's own
body.
We
will carry on with this message in the coming weeks.
Stay blessed as you
discover that light body hidden in you.
Trevor Eghagha and
Emiemineni Amurun
