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The dynamics of this study are directed to
those seekers of Spiritual Truth who already know, in the Christed Mind,
what is herein written; but may have forgotten. Also, this study is for
anyone to whom the Holy Spirit has planted a seed of unquenchable spiritual
curiosity... this is why you are reading these words.
You will find in this material scriptural references designed to provoke you
to remember that you knew what is said even before you read it. Have you
never said; ³I knew that already²? This knowing comes out of your vast
library of truth in your spirit.
I do not pretend the ability to teach anything new. I am sent to help you
remember those things you were taught in the beginning... to you who were
chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world.
I want you to discover that Œlearningı is simply Œremembering.ı And that we
are spirits sent here for a pre-arranged earthly purpose. Selah --
I believe that it is the Master Plan of our Father for the ultimate
reconciliation of all things. And to accomplish this ³salvation of the
earth² and all that therein is... He is, at this time, calling out a
pre-prepared -- trained and tested Priesthood -- to administer a fourth
dimensional spirit oriented kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven.
Yeshuaıs (Jesusı) ministry was, according to His own words, to the ³lost
sheep of Israel² who were chosen for Priesthood -- but had lost their
conscious identity of who they were. They (or we) had been scattered among
the goyee (gentiles) and had become "Lo-Ami," a people with no particular
purpose except to survive.
We are claiming Yehwahıs (our LORD Godıs) promise that He is re-gathering us
and that we are "Ami," Godıs ³I Am² people, the lost/found sheep of Israel.
Since you are reading this, and since we have prayed that the Holy Spirit
would draw only those who are seeking His Will to these writings -- I
believe you are one of those who were called by name before you were in your
mothers womb.
To you, there is nothing new under the sun; your life was hid with Christ
in God. And as the Father, El Elyon, sent Jesus into the world as a Priest
-- so are you sent as an anointed Priest to fulfill Israelıs Covenant and be
part of Jesusı Priestly Body.
Scriptural Israel is not a geographical place. It is the Fatherıs
Life in you as your personal identity, where ever you are. The ultimate
question Jesus gave us is; ³Canst thou believe?²
Holy beloved, do you know who you are?
What is the ³Covenant²
our Fore Father made with Scriptural Israel?
Our fore fathers, in these United States, set forth to
form a ³more perfect union,² to establish justice, to insure domestic
tranquility, etc., about 200 years ago.
In the Judeo-Christian history... our fore fathers set forth to form a ³more
perfect union,² to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, etc.,
about 3500 years ago, when our Fore Father called a constitutional
meeting on top of Mt. Sinai in Arabia.
Our Fore Father delivered to Moses and 70 elders and the Supreme Court
Justices (the Priests) the perfect document with 10 Articles, which He
called His Covenant; we call it the 10 Commandments. It was and is a
Covenant between the Spirit of God and the spirit of man. Spiritually -- it
is ³The Perfect Union.²
The problem was that the Covenant was spiritual, written to the spirit of
man; but man, who is actually spirit, was under the rule of and imprisoned
by the flesh nature god. The deception, of the flesh nature god, continually
makes war with the spirit keeping man ignorant and blind to the Truth of
who he really is.
So Moses was given the responsibility to write an interpretation of the
intent of the Constitution of ³The Perfect Union² so that the enemy of the
spirit, the flesh, would recognize its inability to uphold the
Constitution. So instead of ³The Perfect Union,² the document became known
as ³The Law² -- which in every article, found the flesh guilty of
non-conformity and incompatibility with the spirit -- which the Law called
sin.
The problem continues; the Spirit of the Law demanded death as the penalty
for breaking the Law. It was necessary therefore to institute a ³Grace
Clause²; otherwise all would die for ³all have sinned² and The Perfect Union
would have dissolved. The Grace factor (the first amendment) operated on
the principle of allowing a substitute which could take the place of the
offender, pay the penalty, and permit the offender to continue to live.
But the situation continued to be a problem because the death of ³animal²
substitutes did not release the offender from his old flesh nature. In his
flesh, the offender remained guilty in the presence of the spiritual
Covenant Law, because the Law was a perfect portrait of the Truth. And the
Truth declares that man is spirit -- not flesh. But man loved darkness more
than light and chose to believe the lie, rather than the Truth.
The Law shows us that the only way to escape this dilemma was to find a way
to change the nature of man from the flesh ruled man to a spirit of God
ruled man. (I guess you already know that God had a Plan already in place.)
History teaches us that there have been innumerable attempts to find a
workable union without changing the nature of man; We have had Judges,
Kings, Dictators, self-appointed Gods, Chiefs and Counsels, Fathers and
Cardinals, and on and on. There have been efforts to enslave, efforts to
keep man illiterate, efforts to educate, efforts to control by taxation,
efforts to have all things in common, etc., etc. But nothing has worked
because the flesh nature is selfish and self-centered at best -- and unable,
in the flesh, to love God or man.
Our study of the Tabernacle sets forth to investigate (from a spiritual
viewpoint) how man, who in Truth is Spirit, fell into the trap of believing
himself to be flesh and became imprisoned in the limited realm of the
senses. We will also investigate Godıs solution to His problem, and study
the Plan, the Goal, which He had already put in place before the foundation
of the earth; and is today, at the end of the age, putting His Plan into
operation.
What
is the Goal of Salvation?
The Goal is NOT to Populate Heaven.
Did you know that Godıs Goal is to have on earth a corporate
Priesthood who will make visible His Love?
The Goal: John 1:14 clearly states the
fulfilled goal; ³And the Word was made flesh....²
The Word, which was manifested in flesh, is the Covenant Word God made with
man. A covenant is an agreement, a contract, between two or more persons to
complete a defined goal. A Word Covenant always clearly defines the goal.
"Logos," which is translated ³word,² in John 1:14 is defined as ³something
said, including the thought and the intent.² David wrote in Psalms 138:2
that God honors His Word even above His Name. Jesus, the Christ, is
portrayed by John as the completed, perfect intent of God -- the Man who
made God visible. Jesus said; ³I and my Father are
one² (John 10:30). ³ ...the Father is in me,
and I in him² ( John 10:38). ³He that hath
seen me hath seen the Father...² (John 14:9). ³I
seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me²
(John 5:30). Here was a man -- born of the Spirit -- Who always chose to be
submissive to His Father, and denied the flesh nature any authority. Godıs
complex Covenant was perfectly expressed in ONE Word -- Jesus. His Life was
and is the goal for every person -- making the Father visible.
Our
goal is to find buried inside man...
the TRUE spiritual IDENTITY of man.
This is where YOU become vitally
important! Every Christian has heard the Holy Spiritıs statement; ³Christ
in you, the hope of glory.² (Col. 1:27) The Covenant (the perfect
intent of God) can only be complete in Christ -- because -- Godıs Covenant
was originally made with Christ. The Original Covenant was between the
Father and His Son, which we will later show as illustrated in the Covenant
with Abraham.
The Man ³created² in Genesis 1:26-27, is a Spiritual Man.
³Let us [Spirit] make man in our image
[Spirit], after our likeness [Spirit]: [to]... have dominion... over
all the earth.² That Spiritual Man was Adam, the Christ, created in
the image and likeness of the God Company (Elohim). The English word ³man²
in the Hebrew is ³adom.² Our English translation of the Hebrew word ³adom²
is rendered both man and Adam. To that Spiritual Man Adam was given ³DOMINION²
over all (on-in-and above) the earth (Gen. 1:26, 28). In the book of
Hebrews chapter 2, we are shown that it is only in Jesus the Christ,
the Spirit Man, that we see all things under subjection to man;
³But now we see not yet all things put under him
[natural man]. But we see Jesus...² (Heb. 2:8-9). Christ, the
Spirit Man, is the only Man Who is LORD over the earth. Thus you can see
why Christ in YOU is the hope of glory. When He is living His Life
in you, He has dominion
The Difficulty: Incompatibility. The
Spirit is the Christ Life and the flesh is the lustful appetites of the
carnal earthy man. Romans 8:7 portrays the Holy Spirit showing how
difficult the problem is; ³...the carnal mind is
enmity against God, for it is not subject to God, neither can be.²
When the Spirit Man Adam, The LORD of the whole Earth, intentionally
covenanted Himself to the Earth Man Adam by the Breath Covenant (Gen. 2:7);
He transferred His earth authority to a totally incompatible partner. The
natural earthy animal appetites for self-preservation, independence, and
lustful pleasures -- (portrayed as lions and bears and giants and dragons)
-- are in stark contrast and ³war² against the Spirit Nature of Christ and
have no desire to be submissive. The self-giving Spirit Life in the Spirit
Life of Adam and the self-serving flesh nature with its lustful carnal
appetites of the Earth Man create a dichotomy.
REMEMBER?
This study is all about helping you to discover the true you.
(The spiritual you, inside of you.)
The Problem: The problem, however, is in
Godıs plan to restore the earth, which was without form and void (without
order and void of purpose). He, Who is Spirit, needed a visible physical
earth man as a Œlegalı expression of His authority in the earth. A man,
made of the earth, was and is a necessary part of the legality of a
Spiritual Covenant. Your understanding, of your important role in your
covenant with Christ, hinges on this point. You, the Œliving soulı part of
your union, have the responsibility of giving physical life to the invisible
spirit of Christ.
When the Lord God (Christ, the Spirit Man) in Genesis Chapter 2:7,
³...formed man of the dust of the earth; and
breathed into man the breath of life; and man became a living soul,²
the Lord Christ invested in and transferred His Covenant authority
over the earth to the man He formed of the earth. And He, through His
Covenant Union, was made ONE with man. The invisible God in His
Covenant union with man, was limited in the expression of His Will. It is
only through His Covenant visible man that His heavenly authority can be
given expression in the earth. (Understanding this dichotomy will explain
the universal question: ³If God is Love and God is Sovereign, how can He
allow so much suffering caused by wicked men?²) The fact is that Christ,
the perfect expression of the sovereign authority of God, CANNOT --
because of His sworn oath of faithfulness to His Covenant Word -- CANNOT
do anything -- in the earth unless His visible partner in the Covenant
Union invites Him to exercise His authority. When you know -- from His
Rhema Word and by the confirmation of the written Word -- His Will; and you
say, ³Thy Will be done,² then there are two who agree and the
restorative Love of God is released in the earth. You are His visible soul
part... He in you and you in Him. ³Surely the LORD
God will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the
prophets.² (Amos 3:7,)
The Mystery: God has a hidden secret
Plan and it is wonderful when you are given insight into the Sovereign
Wisdom of God. Because He put His Covenant Anointing into the man who was
of the Earth, earthy -- through this union between Christ and the man --
Godıs purpose in His Plan will eventually not only save man, but also the
Earth. His Sovereign Plan is to RESTORE all things unto Himself. ³For
we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.² This is
the great mystery of Ephesians 5:30-32; ³...but I
speak concerning Christ and the church.² You are the church. The
word ³ekklesia² is the Greek word translated church and is interpreted; ³To
be called by name, or given your name, from the origin of motion² (r. jones).
The church is not a particular building, nor a structured denomination.
The church is you and the family of ³in Christ believers.² Jesus asked,
³Who is My mother? and who are My brethren?²
And then He answered, ³For whosoever shall do the
will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister,
and mother² (Matt. 12:48, 12:50). And we now understand Ephesians
3:14-15, ³For this cause I bow my knees unto the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and
earth is named....² Can you see this?; By saving man -- He will
also save the Earth. ³How great is thy salvation; Oh LORD!² Wow! Can you
see?; When we come into Oneness with Christ (Spirit, Soul, and Body) the
earth itself and all nature will experience Godıs glorious Salvation! We
are the union, joint and the connective tissue which joins heaven and earth.
Through us, His Kingdom will come on earth, just as it is in heaven.
Do
you believe that God created for Himself
this problem
and that He is up to the challenge?
Manıs Dilemma: The Old Testament (Old
Covenant) is filled with Godıs examples of blessings and rewards. It records
the blessings promised for obedience to His commandments and also the
cursings and punishments for disobedience. To prove that the carnal flesh
will not and indeed cannot be made compatible with the Spirit of
Christ, God instituted the Feast of Pentecost at Sinai. At Pentecost, He
made the symbols of wheat and leaven to show clearly that the nature of the
flesh is to puff up and become ego-arrogant.
So what can save man from this body of death? Did God dream the impossible
dream? I think not. His answer to manıs dilemma is Jesus Christ, who came
in the fulness of time, after years of God proving to man that natural man
cannot fix the problem. Jesus fixed the
problem.
Now back to Genesis, chapters one and two...
Christ, the Spirit Adam, joined Himself -- through the Breath Covenant to
the blood man, Adam, whose condition is like the earth without order and
void of purpose and in need of redemption and restoration. Christ -- having
the eternal Spirit Life of the Father -- united Himself with this earthy man
who is under the fallen condition of earth. Christ came in the flesh to
eliminate through His death and resurrection the rule of the flesh.
Can
you now see how God came to destroy the power of flesh
without destroying the flesh?
The Holy Spirit, in Ephesians
2:15, summarizes the story; ³[Christ] having
abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of comandments, contained in
ordinances [which were spiritual; which were contrary to the flesh] for to
make in himself--of two--one new man [one new quality of humanity], so
making peace [between the two].² He showed us the only way to
make peace was to DIE to the ruling appetites
of the flesh. We are allowed the benefit of what He did (death to the
flesh) by choosing to believe that He died for us, in our place, to remove
the rule of our flesh appetities. ³Canst thou
believe?² Believing into union with Him in His death and
resurrection, we can institute in our life the rule of His Spirit. It was
necessary for man to see in the Plan of God that the only way to deal with
the power of the flesh was to accept the judgement of the cross.
Praise God, by His Grace He allows us to experience the cross in our
Substitute.
I will tell you the Truth and make it simple: Christ hid Himself in the
earthy man -- and through Covenant and Commandments and Ordinances and
Statutes, He condemned sin (the separated, independent consciousness of
carnal man) which is the flesh. The Father prepared for Himself a Body
(virgin born, Spirit conceived, Spirit led). He could through Covenant with
His Son carry to the cross the rebellious, carnal, aggressively disobedient
Adam nature (with the form of Godliness and void of Godıs purpose and
without hope). Jesus Christ died on the cross -- as ONE Man -- representing
every man and all mankind -- representing even the Earth from which Adam was
formed. He died as perfect man in perfect faith that His Father (Our
Father) would bring forth out of death and the grave -- the New Overcomer
Model -- still a man with a body, but now different in that the New Model is
led by the Spirit. The New Creation Man seeks the things of God instead of
the flesh. This is the believersı new/now nature. Halleluiah!
Where is the Problem? Actually now, in
Christ, there is no problem. The problem is now the most wonderful and the
most exciting opportunity of fulfilling manıs purpose -- experiencing
the Christ Life in your body -- released from all guilt and condemnation and
having every Ordinance which was against you removed totally and forever.
(The liar and the lie have been destroyed.) FREE AT LAST! Any religion
that teaches or preaches any other gospel -- receive not!
Isnıt that a great Idea -- a great Pageant -- a great Salvation? Isnıt this
His Sovereign Plan: To save this planet and reconcile all things to
Himself?
Did God reveal
His Plan
in a pattern for a corporate Priesthood
in the Levites ?
He is looking for a few ³good² believers
to put His Plan into operation. How many are needed? If the Levites of
Exodus 3:39 are a pattern -- God needs 22,000 (born from above, sold out,
submissive) believers all over the Earth to make up a Priesthood Body -- to
present this message of Hope to the world. Hope is the anchor of the soul
which enters within the veil (Heb. 6:19 paraphrase).
A friend, in whose church I was teaching the Tabernacle, said something to
me which has proven to be an unchanging truth. My friend was an unlettered
black pastor who had profound Godly wisdom in homespun sayings. He said;
³You canıt anymore become what you already are than you can come back from
where you have never been² (S. Golden).
I believe that God wanted Israel, while they were in the Wilderness, to
learn that the ³Promised Land² was not geographical -- but spiritual. Moses
said to them; ³For this commandment which I command
thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far
off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up
for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it,
and do it: Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest
say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we
may hear it, and do it. But the Word is very nigh unto
thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. See, I
have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil²
(Deut. 30:11-15).
Doesnıt that sound a lot like what Jesus said; ³...The
kingdom of God cometh not with observation; Neither shall they say, Lo
here! or, lo there! for behold, the kingdom of God is within you²
(Luke 17:20-21).
It surely looks like to me that Jesus was teaching the same truth that Moses
was teaching. The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place to go to -- it is not
something you do -- it is a person called the Word -- He is nigh unto you,
in your heart and in your mouth. Christ in you is the city; He is the
government; and He will fill your whole earth.
The scriptures teach that Abraham looked for a city whose builder and maker
is God. Jesus said to His disciples, ³Ye are the
light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid²
(Matt. 5:14). Can you see the inference; ³the light of Christ which is
given you is a city which cannot be hidden² (Matt. 5:14 paraphrase).
God has hidden the Seed in you -- He had hidden His Kingdom within you -- He
hid His City (the New Jerusalem) within you. He is your Hope -- you are His
Hope.
The word translated ³city² in Hebrew is Strongıs #5892: ³Ayar² -- to open
the eyes; to awake. This sounds to me like Our Father is saying; ³Come on,
wake up. Wake up to who you are. You have been trying to go to where you
already are.² Wouldnıt it be something to get there only to find that you
had been there, all the time? ³Arise, shine; for thy
light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you² (Isaiah
60:1).
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