Part 9 [Third Gear]
Now we are entering the third phase of God's plan: The age of Tabernacles, or "3rd gear"!
I have previously stated several times in this article, that the age of Pentecost was a dark, dreary time for the religious people of the church, as well as for the irreligious people of the world [the rest of mankind, who , unfortunately, suffered immensely under the bondage of their demonic doctrines of devils]. But then, that is what God had planned on, wasn't it? You see; although the church of Pentecost had started out that age uncorrupted by greed [by holding true to the teachings that Jesus had taught among them], by the time 2,000 years had passed, they were rotten to the core, and those same, pristine, true teachings of Jesus were considered to be heretical by the vast majority of the church masses! As it i8s written in the Gospel,
"The love of many grew cold!"
Me: The priesthood of that era had watered down the truth of the Gospel [for the sake of gaining filthy money], until their doctrines finally reached the point of being EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM THAT CHRIST HAD PREACHED! Predestination [the belief that man has no will, but is completely controlled by God's sovereignty], universal reconciliation, and the suffering of hardships for the perfecting of the saints - all doctrines embraced by the early church - were eventually replaced with the free will, eternal damnation, and prosperity doctrines we hear taught today. Instead of progressively coming into perfection, by following the example Jesus laid out for them [as the spirits of just men made perfect], the church began to idolize Jesus; seeing Him, instead, as having suffered for them, so that they wouldn't have to! In doing this, they completely abandoned the very things that Jesus taught [which was that, "Those who live a godly life in Christ Jesus WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION AND HARDSHIP"], and they exchanged the truth of God for a lie; which said, "Jesus suffered, so that creation wouldn't have to"! This lie became the status-quo doctrine throughout Christendom, as well as the "bill of goods" doctrine the priests of Pentecost sold to the people - and for a steep price! You would think [after considering the amount of money that was siphoned off of the people during that wicked age] that the preachers of Pentecost would have at least given the people SOMETHING GOOD to eat [maybe, at least a bone, or something], BUT NOT SO - IT WAS ALL DUNG!
So, instead of teaching suffering, tribulation, and hardship as being manifest "tokens" of what would accompany a righteous
person's life [during their walk in Christ]; the church told the people that any person who was afflicted with such calamities, WAS OUTSIDE OF THE WILL OF
GOD, AND DID NOT HAVE HIS FAVOR! This doctrine served the teachers of Pentecost well, because they soon realized that it was a great means for accumulating
wealth from the people [income; financial gain], along with the "selling of Jesus as an idol", and the "threatening of the people with the fear
of hell fire, and eternal damnation"! And let me tell you, brothers... THERE DEFINITELY AREN'T ANY OFFERINGS GIVEN TO A PREACHER WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH
ABOUT SUFFERING - I CAN TELL YOU THAT BY EXPERIENCE! People don't want to hear a Gospel that sees suffering as part of God's will for them, and the
quickest way for a Pastor to see his congregation dry up, is to start preaching that "TRIBULATION WORKS PATIENCE"! Heh heh heh! No sir; there will
be NO FINANCIAL GAIN for those who teach the true Gospel - BUT THERE IS A REWARD THAT CANNOT BE MEASURED IN MONETARY WORTH [dollars and cents]!
It's a good thing that I don't want the people's money, or that I don't receive payment for teaching God's precious Word, because that fact guarantees my readers that they will ALWAYS hear the truth! My income does not depend upon preaching the Gospel to "itching ears", so I have no reason to ever have to water down the Word of God's truth, in order to appease any pissed off religious benefactors!
Anyway...
For over 2,000 years, these evil doctrines of demons [frogs] waxed progressively worse, and worse, until finally, by the late 20th
century, the whole realm of Christendom was permeated with every kind of "evil bird" ["evil birds", and "frogs" being symbolic of
the MANY false ideas, and heretical doctrines of Pentecost]. And yet; those who taught agape love for free, along with the practicing of God's kingdom
principles among the people, were maligned, condemned, and looked upon as heretics by the vast majority of the so called "Christian believers"! This
religious corruption, and greed increased incrementally over the centuries, until finally; the church began measuring a doctrine's validity, based upon how
many people aGREED with it [while at the same time; they totally disregarded the Words of Jesus, which said "Narrow is the way that leads to life, and few
there be that find it"]! By the end of the age of Pentecost [1993 A.D.]; organized Christianity did not even resemble the first century church!
And so the centuries passed [during the age of Pentecost: A.D. 33 - A.D. 1993], and the church became progressively, and grossly blinded to anything that resembled the truth [even killing the prophets whom God sent to restore them back to spiritual sanity]!
The age of 2nd gear didn't want to change to 3rd gear, any more than the age of first gear had wanted to change to 2nd gear [2,000
years earlier]!
Father... I ask that you not lay it to their charge. Forgive us our shame, Lord... deliver us from our own evil consciousness.
Now; I know it appears that I have been blaming man for his present predicament [based on what I have already said in the first parts of
this writing], but the truth is: I am not condemning anyone! I am innocent of the blood of all men, but I am also obligated to tell the truth. I am, also, well
aware that the only way that men can come to the Father, is if the Father chooses to draw them unto Himself; and neither do I blame any particular vessel of
God, if it be that God may see fit to use that person for evil purposes, in order that good may eventually come out of it. As a matter of fact; I see all men
as equal in the eyes of God, and therefore; I have full confidence in the knowledge that God works out all things in accordance with the good purpose of His
will [and His will is that ALL MEN be saved]! As it is written,
Romans
11:26
And so all Israel [ALL MEN] will be saved. As it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, and He will banish ungodliness from Jacob.
And again in Proverbs,
"The deceived, and the deceiver are His!"
Me: All I am trying to do here, folks, is attempt to get a handle on the purposes God had for this mess we presently live in, and to maybe... possibly... catch a glimpse as to WHY we are having to endure it!
Shoot... I have no qualms with any person: Jew or Gentile alike. All I am trying to establish, IS WHO THE TRUE JEW AND A THE TRUE GENTILE REALLY ARE NOW [in God's view of these things]! What I have found out is amazing: THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF "WHO IS A JEW, AND WHO IS A GENTILE(?)", IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING [moving from glory to glory]!
Now it is not as though God is the One Who is changing, because we all know that it is impossible that God change [and in Him is no shadow
of turning]. So that just leaves one other party - man, and as man grows up into the unchangeable Father, MAN'S attitudes and understandings are what is
continuously changing; [ascending up the ladder of revelation], moving upward, from glory to glory. Thus, with each incremental step, man's knowledge of
God becomes more and more refined, purified like fine gold, which increases in worth as it is tried in the fiery furnace.
AND WHEN EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE,
AND GOD HAS FINISHED CREATING THIS WORLD,
AND JESUS HAS ACCOMPLISHED HIS SUFFERINGS, BY DRINKING THE CUP OF GOD'S WRATH,
AND JESUS' BLOOD HAS BEEN COMPLETELY POURED OUT UPON THE EARTH,
AND ISRAEL IS DONE PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS OVER THE BIRTHRIGHT OF JACOB,
AND MAN HAS FINALLY ENTERED INTO THE PROMISED REST OF THE FATHER...
THEN, [AND ONLY THEN], WILL ALL MEN BE SAVED! FOR THOSE LOST TRIBES [ALL OF GOD'S CREATION WAS LOST], WHO WERE [FORMERLY] BLINDED TO
THEIR TRUE IDENTITY AS THE ROYAL HOUSE OF ISRAEL, WILL FINALLY BE CONSUMMATED TOGETHER UNDER ONE HEAD: CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD!
Now, while we are enduring that spiritual "PRESSING", it can be a grievous process, but there is some good news: When God has
finished ironing out all of our wrinkles, and has completely obliterated the sin in our flesh, by the fire baptism of His Holy Spirit; then He will no longer
see our titles as being "THE BAD FIGS OF JUDAH", or "THE IDOLATROUS HOUSE OF ISRAEL"! No sir ree... men will receive a new title, and there
will be one new name [title] written in their foreheads:
"THE LORD IS THERE"!
THEN THEY WILL BE CALLED THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD OF JUDAH [THE HEAD OF CHRIST'S BODY], AND THE TRUE ROYAL HOUSE OF ISRAEL [THE TORSO OF CHRIST'S BODY], AND WHEN THAT OCCURS; THE TWO SHALL BE MADE ONE FLESH!
HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD!
However, I do know that whatever a man becomes in this life, has nothing to do with that man's will! As it is written in Romans,
Romans 9:16 (Amplified Bible)
16So then [God's gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God's mercy. [It depends not on one's own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God's having mercy on him.]
Me: Listen... I teach what I am told to teach; I go where the path leads me. A little angel whispers in me ear, and I write it down. So, if it sounds to you guys like I am being bias, or prejudice towards any race, or gender of people, just know that I do NOT desire to malign any man, and that I do not see any difference between any two people in this world [on the inside, that is]. Now, that doesn't negate the fact that I see God using different people for different purposes [both for noble, as well as ignoble scenarios] - because HE DOES! But... by studying the scriptures, we can see many different allegorical pictures of how God uses both the positive and the negative natures IN MEN, to form the circumstances with which to create life in His natural world. Oh, and one more thing: The only reason God EVER made any historic person perform ANY antichrist function [as a vessel of dishonour in the OUTER natural world], was to show us, His people, how that all of us have that very same antichrist nature within ourselves [which nature is the sole vessel of dishonour in the INNER spiritual world of all men]! What goes for the outer, shrinks down, and applies to the inner! First the natural, and THEN the spiritual! This world, and all of it's lessons of adversity, and scenarios of sadness, is nothing but a giant mirror of the world within each one of us.
That is exactly why God gave us Jesus!
Jesus is a perfect picture of our shortcomings [our sins and iniquities], as well as our glorious triumphs [the Christ within each of us]! Jesus represents both the good, as well as the bad parts of humanity; the flesh of man, that is being combined with the Spirit of God. Jesus was the tree of good and evil, who became the tree of life!
Think of a car battery... it won't start the engine, unless both the positive, AND THE NEGATIVE terminals are hooked up!
Besides that - Jesus was a sign. Not an OUTER sign, or wonder that appeared in a natural sky, or a natural cloud, but rather, an INNER sign, raised up in us - His cloud of witnesses, in order to show us what direction we need to go [an advertisement-sign that tells us how to get there]!
Jesus was the high priest during the age of Pentecost, whose flesh was the first veil that God rent, and once that veil was rent, Jesus
entered into the holy place [us, our heart, the holy place of the
temple of God we are]. Christ Jesus died [was hung on the cross], and was buried [that is, the Christ Seed of love was buried IN JESUS], just as all of the
previous priests from past ages were buried. The only difference is... Jesus rose, but then that does not nullify the fact that He died! Jesus did NOT enter
into the HOLY OF HOLIES - not yet, that is! I'll say that again... JESUS, THE MAN, DID NOT GO INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES! As it is written in Hebrews,
Hebrews 9:8
By this the Holy Spirit points out that the way into the [true Holy of] Holies IS NOT YET THROWN OPEN, as long as the former [the outer portion of the] tabernacle remains a recognized institution and is still standing.
Me: However, when Jesus finally does go into the Most Holy Place [the Holy of Holies], it will NOT be as the Lion of the tribe of Judah; no... IT WILL BE AS HE IS NOW - THE LAMB OF THE TRIBE OF JOSEPH! THE LION HAS LAID DOWN HIS LIFE IN DEATH, SO THAT WHEN HE AWAKENS FROM HIS SLEEP; HE WILL RISE UP ANEW, AS THE LAMB WITHOUT SPOT, OR WRINKLE [IN US - HIS HOLY PEOPLE]!
The next era is going to bring in a new type of high priest [an eternal, immortal priest], along with a new age [Tabernacles] in which we are to serve as that new order. That new priesthood has no father or mother, no beginning of days, and no end of life, but abides perpetually; living forever [after the order of Melchizedek]! That priesthood will enter into the Holy of Holies, once for all, so making peace, by delivering God's creation! That priesthood is of a different order than the order of Judah - that priesthood holds the scepter of Joseph!
HALLELUJAH TO HEAVEN!
Jesus was the last priest to die in the order of Pentecost. He "WENT AWAY" [gave up the form of a seed, and was willingly planted in the ground of our flesh by God], so that He could send the Spirit of the comforter into the high priesthood of Melchizedek [the branches of the Tree of Life], and enter into the Holy of Holies [the glorified body of His elect] under the loving banner of Joseph [Israel's birthright son, the lost son to whom the scepter rightly belongs]! Jesus said in Matthew 15:24,
He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Me: So, Christ Jesus [Judah] was to the age of Pentecost [the moon was to the night], what the many membered Christ [Joseph] are now to the age of Tabernacles [the Sun is to the day]!
Christ is the high priest in BOTH orders [Pentecost and Tabernacles]; only in the order of Pentecost, Christ was in the flesh of Ben Judah [Jesus], but in the second coming, He enters into the HOLY OF HOLIES - as Christ Ben Joseph [us]!
What was IN the cup didn't change, IT WAS THE VESSEL THAT CHANGED! It is written in Jesus,
"You can't put NEW WINE in old wineskins. You have to put NEW WINE into NEW WINESKINS!"
Me: Obedience [Joseph in the age of Tabernacles] is better than sacrifice [Jesus was sacrificed in the age of Pentecost]!
Jesus Christ of Judah came bearing sin [in his flesh], but when He [Christ] appears as Joseph this [second] time, He appears WITHOUT SIN [in His elect remnant]! The blood of bulls and goats is the allegorical picture of Israel's sacrifice for sin during the age of Pentecost, and the offering of Christ is the allegorical picture of Israel's obedience [without sin] during the age of Tabernacles!
Everything the age of Pentecost represents is seen, in type, by observing the high priest of Pentecost: Jesus, and the positive and
negative events that He endured, and triumphed over - during the age of Pentecost. If Jesus had not come before us, as our prototype, and example to follow,
THEN WE WOULD BE TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS AS TO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO SUFFER, AND COMPLETELY IN THE DARK ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD BECOME, AND THE GLORY THAT WE WOULD
RECEIVE AS OVERCOMERS!
But we see Jesus... WE HAVE A PICTURE TO LOOK AT - A GOLDEN MIRROR THAT SHOWS US BOTH OUR FAULTS, AND OUR STRENGTHS; OUR BLEMISHES, AS
WELL AS OUR BEAUTY!
If you guys will remember, everything that went on in the holy place of the temple [behind the first veil of Jesus' flesh] was SYMBOLIC of the age of Pentecost [A.D. 33 - A.D. 1993]. When Jesus was crucified, THE FIRST VEIL WAS RENT [not the second veil, that veil represents our flesh - THE CURTAIN THAT MUST BE RENT IN US BEFORE THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST]! Now that we have that key in our hands, let's take a look at the articles that were in the holy place [in the temple of Solomon], and unlock them [spiritually]:
The three articles in the holy place are: The table of shewbread, the candlesticks - lampstands, and the altar of Incense. Now let's look at what they represent:
[1] Jesus talked about the shewbread in the holy place. Remember, only the priests could lawfully eat the shewbread.
[2] Jesus was always talking about the candlesticks being removed from their place [in the book of Revelation]. The candlesticks represent the church during the seven fold progression of Spirit-fire baptism, which they would have to endure in the Pentecost age.
[3] Jesus was the incense that was in the holy place , and the cloud that the incense became represents Jesus in the ben Joseph tribe, who were the clouds of incense that passed into the Holy of Holies [with Christ - the high priest entering into heaven, with His cloud of witnesses]. It is written,
Revelation 1:7
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).
And again in Hebrews,
Hebrews 12:1
THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us.
Me: Jesus rose from the dead, and ascended into us: His cloud of witnesses. Likewise; when the high priest took the cloud of incense from the Holy Place, and walked into the Holy of Holies; it was an allegorical type of Christ Jesus laying down His natural body [during the age of Pentecost], ascending into us, His clouds, and then floating into the Holy of Holies [the age of Tabernacles - the new glorified body of the eternal order of Melchizedek - ETERNAL LIFE]! These are those that were, and then are NOT, and then are again!
Another type of this transfer into the new age of Tabernacles, can be seen when Moses approached the bush with many BRANCHES [symbolic of the many membered Christ in Tabernacles], and was told by a voice of God [speaking out of it] that he was in the holy place [on holy ground]. Jesus knew that God would eventually be speaking out of us: ELOHIM - THE TREE OF LIFE WITH MANY BRANCHES! Jesus said He went to prepare a place for us [He entered into His elect in the Holy place]. Likewise, the lamb was found HUNG UP in the branches of the bramble bush, when Abraham [a type of Jesus] needed a sacrifice [in place of his son, Isaac].
Yes, Jesus was the pattern of good things to come, but not the reality itself, we, the many membered Joseph company are the true messiah, of which Joshua [Jesus] was only a type!
If Joshua had given them rest, then God would not have spoken of another day [the Joseph company, many membered Christ].
Jesus' crucifixion was the first veil being rent [between outer court and holy place]; whereas, the death of the many membered Christ
is the second veil, the way into the Holy of Holies. The church taught that the SECOND veil was Jesus' flesh: THEY WERE WRONG - AGAIN! Jesus was only the
prototype of the true Christ [us, His many membered body], and He entered into the holy place of our hearts and minds, in order to serve as an example for a
GREATER PRIESTHOOD THAT WOULD FOLLOW, A PRIESTHOOD THAT WOULD BE THE REALITY OF HIS METAPHORIC PICTURE!
We are purified by Jesus [given John's baptism in the holy place], with the progression of lighting the seven golden candlesticks, which is the progression of faith unto faith, until we progressively attain ALL righteousness [we enter the Holy of Holies, by having the (2nd) veil of our flesh rent]. We also eat the shewbread [Jesus is the bread of life], and he who eats of this bread [in the holy place], shall progressively overcome, and have eternal life, and thus, enter into the Holy of Holies! It is written,
John 6:5
I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).
And again,
54He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.
Me: Guess what? Receiving the substance of Christ Jesus into your soul, by eating of His glorified flesh, and drinking the blood of His Spirit, will progressively purify you of all sin, and make you perfect before God - through fire, thereby gaining you entrance into the kingdom of heaven, which is the glorified body, and life eternal!
Look at the articles in the Holy of Holies, and what we have in store for us NOW - at the dawning of the present age - the age of
Tabernacles!
8and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides]. The holy place held:
[1] The candlesticks [Spirit]
[2] The table of shewbread [Water of the Word]
[3] The altar of incense [Blood]
The holy place is representative of the age of Pentecost, during which Jesus [from the tribe of Judah] was the high priest, and prototype
of those who would follow after [in the following age]. Now look at verse 7,
7So there are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One. The Ark [Christ] that rested in the Holy of Holies held:
[1] Aaron's rod that budded [The Father - full maturity]
[2] The stone tablets of the testimony - the law [The Word]
[3] The jar of manna [The Holy Spirit].
The Holy of Holies is representative of the age of Tabernacles, during which the elect remnant [from the tribe of Joseph] is high priest, and the true reality of what Jesus allegorically typified by example.
The main point I want to get across to you is this: There are two orders: Pentecost and Tabernacles, and these two orders are clashing
right now! I will show more on this in the next chapter.
More coming! bb
