Christ The Antidote Regarding Death

CHRIST THE ANTIDOTE REGARDING DEATH

Part 54.
The Judgement Unto Victory!
''BUT [in the midst of judgement there is the promise and the certainty of the Lord's deliverance and]
there shall be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time [the Lord] brought into contempt
the land of Zebulun - Jacob's territory - and the land of Naphtali, - fight or struggle - but in the latter time
He will make it glorious, by the way of the ea [of !alilee, the land] beyond the Jordan, !alilee of the
nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light" tho#e who dwelt in the land of
intense darkness and the shadow of death upon them has the Light shined.'' sa !"#-$. Am%. sa. 4$"&-'
(att. 4"#5-#&.
)hat *onderful encouragement+ Judgement is most necessary , it does not e-er come in a
condemning *ay *hen it comes from .od/ but come it *ill , come it must for our s%irits to become
submissi-e to the %erfect *ill of .od. .od's creation has *al0ed in 1T2132 dar0ness for generations/ but
*onderfully/ gradually , yet also suddenly4 n the shadow of death a great , *onderful light has shined
, *hen the light shines it sho*s u% all that is close by , *e ha-e a clear -ie* of all that is in the
surrounding en-ironment of our s%iritual understandings/ both that *hich is useful , that *hich should be
discarded. This is all coming to %ass by , through the )51D2R678 8592 56 .5D/ in , by :is
;udgements.
''The earth was without form and an empty waste and darkness was upon the face of the very
great deep! The "pirit of #od was moving $hovering brooding% over the face of the waters! &nd #od
said Let there be light' and there was light! &nd #od saw that the light was good $suitable pleasant%
and (e approved it' and #od separated the light from the darkness! &nd #od called the light )ay and
the darkness (e called *ight! &nd there was evening and there was morning one day!'' .en #"$-5.
Am%.
1otice that .od se%arated the light from the dar0ness/ this is *hat is ha%%ening to :is chosen ones
e-en no* in the form of ;udgement , ;udgement can come in many/ many *ays. 3ome *hen they thin0
of ;udgement/ *ould li0en it to one forcing another into submission/ or maybe a stern ;udge behind a
bench/ not so *ith our *onderful/ gracious lo-ing .od *ith :is belo-ed offs%ring :is son's , daughters.
Love is the %rime reason+ .od has a *ay of separating light from dar0ness , *hen they are se%arated in
their com%lete form they are totally different. And se%arated they *ill be. Then ''in the midst of
judgement there is the promise of the +,-T&.*T/ of the Lord's deliverance and there shall be no gloom
for her who was in anguish!'' say *onderful/ *onderful/ *onderful+

To return to sa !"#,$/ in former times the land of <ebulun $ %a&ob# territory $ *as brought into
contempt as *as the land of 1a%htali $ fight or #truggle $ but in the atter time today ' in the future :e
*ill ma0e it .85R573/ beyond the Gaiee of the nations. 6or the %eo%le ha-e , *ill see a .R2AT
8.:T. :o* true this is considering the contem%t that has been to*ard .od , :is %eo%le in %ast times ,
the ang!ish that they ha-e suffered. The intense dar0ness , the shado* of death is *onderfully
disa%%earing for a great , *onderful light is no* shining. A%%lying the follo*ing for today's scene
inasmuch that the light is no* closer to full strength/ in #Thess *e are told.
''0ut you brothers are not in darkness that the )ay should overtake you like a thief! /ou are all
the sons of light and the sons of the day! 1e are not of the night or of darkness!'' #Th 5"4-5.
''Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do but let us watch and be calm! 2or those sleeping sleep in the
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night and those being drunken are drunken in the night! #Th 5"&-'. (=J9.

''(or !od )ho #aid, ''Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts #o a# [to bea* forth]
the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of #od [a# it i# *anife#t in the
+er#on and i# re,ealed] in the face of Jesus +hrist -the .e##iah/. Howe,er, we po##e## thi# pre&iou#
trea#ure [the di,ine Light of the !o#pel] in 3frail human4 vessels of earth, that the grandeur and
e0&eeding greatne## of the power may be shown to be from #od and not fro* our#el,e#.'' $ Co 4"&-'.
Am%. )hilst searching for something regarding another sub;ect/ ama>ingly ha%%ened to turn to this -ery
?uote by our great forerunner @ill @ritton in ''Jesus The Pattern 3on'' series/ *hich -erifies our theme
today. Auote"-
)ay &nd *ight 5 &t The "ame Time!
''This %hysical natural *orld is made u% so that right no* *hile the sun is setting u%on millions of %eo%le/
bringing in the blac0ness of the midnight hour4 u%on millions more it is ;ust rising *ith the %romise of a
ne* day+ As in the natural/ so in the s%iritual. .od is se%arating the light from dar0ness/ , :e is clearly
identifying each. The light is getting brighter/ ne* truths are being seen by the light of .od's di-ine
re-elation/ ne* realms in .od are being seen , attained to. )hile at the same time those *ho at one time
seemed to ha-e a measure of truth are denying the 8ight , going into.....dar0ness of the 1ight. Children
of the night+'' 7n?uote.
)hilst this may be true/ *e are glad to be reminded that the dar0ness is not 'ne-er ending+'
''0ut let us who are of the day be calm, ha,ing put on the brea#tplate of faith and lo,e and the hope
of #al,ation for a hel*et. (or #od has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain #al,ation by our Lord
%e#u# 1hri#t,'' #Th 5"B-!. (=J9.
n the third day understanding this -erse along *ith the rest of the @ible *hen ta0en in its o-erall
intended a%%lication is that no-one is a%%ointed to an eternal *rath but through , by the *onderful act of
obedience of Christ at Cal-ary/ :is death %aid the %rice for A88 sin/ for A88 men , if read my @ible
correctly/ Christ ne-er *as a failure in any *ay but is the com%lete -ictor o-er sin/ redeeming A88 men
unto :imself , has in the overa scene not a%%ointed any of :is children $ &reation $ to *rath. @lessed
be our .od , 3a-iour. Christ is the com%lete 9CT5R o-er A88 T:1.3. :eb. $"#4-#5.
The 6eal 7f #od 1ill &ccomplish (is 8urpose!

''(or to u# a 1hild i# born, to u# a on i# given' and the government #hall be on (is shoulder" and Hi#
na*e #hall be &alled )onderful, 1oun#ellor, The *ighty !od, The e,erla#ting (ather, The +rin&e of +ea&e.
There i# no end of the increase of (is government and peace on the throne of 2a,id, and on (is
kingdom, to order it and to e#tabli#h it with 3udge*ent and with 3u#ti&e from now on, e,en forever. The
9eal of %eho,ah of Ho#t# will do this.'' sa !"&-'. (=J9.
There are many directions that *e could go *ith the abo-e t*o -erses. @ut *e must 0ee% in mind the
theme that .od *ould ha-e us share. )e *ere most definitely gi-en these four -erses/ the first -erses #,$
, the t*o directly abo-e. 3o let us see *here the 3%irit *ill ta0e us today. A most ama>ing %oint
mentioned here is that this go-ernment of this 0ingdom of peace is to ha-e no end/ from no* on even
forever4 )onderful+ Also it is an ever increasing go-ernment from no* on/ e-en forever/ , *hat is the
dri-ing force behind it all4 it is the *onderful "EAL of Jeho-ah the 8ord of :osts/ e-en Jesus Christ that is
%erforming this. This go-ernment is to be on the sho!der of this Son who is given. as0 the ?uestion
*ho is this 3on/ is it only Jesus Christ the (an *ho died o-er t*o millenniums agoC 1otice again that this
go-ernment is an E#ER INCREASING ONE. 1ot only in ?uality but also in ?uantity. n :ebre*s *e
read.

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''Therefore when He &o*e# into the world, He #ay#, 4a&rifi&e and offering 5ou did not de#ire, but 5ou
have prepared a body for :e!'' :eb #D"5. This is certainly s%ea0ing of the man Jesus but is there more to
this body that .od has %re%ared for :imself. thin0 that *e *ill find a further clue as *e co-;oin this *ith
the follo*ing in John's .os%el.
''%e#u# an#wered and #aid to the*, 2e#troy thi# te*ple and in three days I will rai#e it up. Then the
%ew# #aid, Thi# te*ple wa# forty$#i0 year# building, and will you rear it up in three days6 0ut (e spoke
of the temple of (is body!'' Jn $"#!-$#. ncidentally the tem%le that Jesus is referring to is in no *ay
connected to bric0s , mortar. In ,er#e 78 the 9*plified #tate# ''0ut (e had spoken of the temple which
was (is body'' To understand the dee%er s%iritual content of *hat Jesus is saying here the follo*ing
should hel% us.

Jesus destroyed the tem%le E Hi# Te*ple, Hi# #ingle *e*bered body $ and in three da$s :e *ill raise
u% :is man$ mem%ered corporate %od$.
ncidentally *hen Joshua *as %re%aring to %ass o-er Jordan , ta0e %ossession of the %romised land he
said to the %eo%le ''+repare your pro,i#ion#, for within three days you #hall pa## o,er thi# %ordan to go in
to take possession of the land whi&h the Lord your #od is giving you to possess!'' Joshua #"##. Am%.
:ere it is in the ty%ology within three da$s&
(ost of us reading this *ould realise immediately that ''a day with the Lord i# a# a thou#and year# and
one thou#and year# a# one day'' 3o *e *ould assume that this *ould be right about no*4 much could be
said here , maybe some *ould beg to differ. @ut let us mo-e on. n (at B"$D *e read.
''9nd %e#u# replied to hi*, (o0e# ha,e hole# and the bird# of the air ha,e lodging pla&e#, but the on
of .an ha# nowhere to lay (is head.'' (at B"$D. Am%. A head *ithout a bodyC Can you imagine a head
*ithout a fully functioning body. once had an uncle *ho *as a -ery -ibrant , successful man *ho li-ed
life to the full. 7nfortunately he *as in a car accident , *as %aralysed from the nec0 do*n/ it *as so sad
to see this fine man entra%%ed in a body that *as useless to him/ a non functioning hindrance. :e *as
actually a head *ithout a functioning body. 1o* 0no* that this is not the %erfect analogy but it *ill hel%
to em%hasise the %oint that *e are ma0ing.

To understand the meaning of the *ord head more clearly *e shall enlarge the *ord head into
headship& Jesus has been %re%aring this %lace for :is headshi% *hich has been *ithout a body that is $
yet to be perfe&ted $ since the resurrection , even aeons before4 The 'ea of the 8ord is bringing this to
%ass , it *ill be so. To di-ert slightly , em%hasise the aeons before thought/ The follo*ing is a -ery
interesting eight line ?uotation from Dale 8uttrell *ho %ublishes the '(Love Of The Tr!th )i%e St!dies((

Auote" '')e under#tand that %e#u# 1hri#t wa# with the (ather :before the world wa#; -before the
phy#i&al &reation wa# #po<en into e0i#ten&e/, and #o were we, for we were all IN HI. -1hri#t %e#u#
theon/ when He wa# begotten of the (ather. %e#u# 1hri#t ha# alway# been the on of !od, for He wa#
begotten of the (ather long before there wa# e,er a phy#i&al &reation, for He i# a# eternal a# Hi# (ather i#
eternal and #o are we. 9nd we were there al#o for we all were in the loin# of the (ir#t Begotten of the
(ather, the on of !od. %e#u# 1hri#t ha# alway# been the on of !od for He wa# eternally begotten of the
(ather before ti*e and #pa&e were e,er &reated. =ur origin date# ba&< IN HI. for we were all within Hi#
loin# when He wa# begotten of the father.'' 2nd Auote.

''9nd He #aid to the*, !o and tell that fo0 [#ly and &rafty, #<ul<ing and &owardly], Behold, I dri,e out
de*on# and perfor* healing$# today and tomorrow, and on the T(.-) day . finish -&o*plete/ :y
course!'' 8u0e #F"F$. Am%.

Different translators *rite the last three *ords differently/ here are some to consider. ''. reach :y
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goal'' 19 '' . shall be consummated'' .urdo&h, or I reach res!rrection ife. 8ast but not least the
=J9 renders them ''. shall be perfected!''
Jesus Christ/ is in the 'ea of .od *or0ing in us to reach His goa* bringing !s to perfection* to reach
the understanding of the R237RR2CT51 862 that is already a %art of our true identity. )e must 0ee% in
mind that it is God in !s that *or0s to do of :is o*n good %leasure. Remember that *e in our flesh can
do nothing. 3ome may say it is too high for me to attain. :ear again the *ords of Da-id.
''I will [not *erely wal<, but4 run the way of 5our &o**and*ent#, when /ou give me a heart that is
willing!'' Ps ##!"F$/ Am%. re%eat it is .od in HIS "EAL *ho %erforms :is o*n good %leasure.

''I will run the way of 5our 1o**and*ent#, when /ou shall enlarge my heart!'' Psa ##!"F$. (=J9.
And again it is .od *ho *ill enlarge our hearts , our understanding. To be an o-ercomer *e need to ha-e
a *illing heart , .od heard in Da-id's heart/ that *illing cry , it *as certainly ans*ered/ for do *e not
read that Da-id had heart after .od's o*n heart. )e must ne-er forget this. t is His 'ea in us that *ill
accom%lish :is %ur%ose in 73 A88. Praises u%on %raises to our Creator Redeemer.
''9fter two day# (e will revive us ->ui&<en u#, gi,e u# life/" on the third day He will rai#e u# up that
we *ay li,e before (im.'' :os &"$. Am%.
''&fter two days he will restore us to life on the third day he will rai#e u# up, and we will live in his
presence.'' :os &"$/ 39. Please notice the *ord restore* *hich means returning us to something that *e
once had %re-iously.
''&fter two days will he re,i,e u#? in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.''
:os &"$. =J9.

''9fter two day# will he revive us" on the third day he will rai#e u# up, and we #hall li,e before his
face''' :os &"$. Darby

5nce again *e *e see that the third da$ is mentioned/ after two day# :e *ill re-i-e us >ui&<en u#,
gi,e u# life that *e may @ABCDEF *hich is the .ree0 for the end *ord in this teGt. This -ery last *ord is
ta0en from the *ord @ABCDEF %ronounced paw$nee*' 3trongs (;<<= *hich entails all of the abo-e
meanings *hich are"- before him, in (is presence, in (is sight, ' before (is face. They are each
im%ortant but it is the last one that really s%ea0s to me4 %efore His face.
''9t pre#ent we are *en loo<ing at puHHling refle&tion# in a *irror. The ti*e will &o*e when we #hall
#ee reality whole and face to faceI 9t pre#ent all I <now i# a little fra&tion of the truth, but the ti*e will
&o*e when . shall know it as fully as #od now knows me!'' #Cor #F"#$. Philli%s. )e are told that no
man can see .od face to face , li-e/ but in this last day it is not man per$e that *ill be seeing .od face
to face $ it i# in no way the *an of the fi,e #en#e# J let us read *hat Paul is sharing *ith the Philli%ians.

''we earne#tly and patiently await [the &o*ing of] the Lord %e#u# 1hri#t -the .e##iah/ [a#] a,iour,
)ho will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to &onfor* to and be like the body of
(is glory and majesty by e0erting that power whi&h enable# Hi* e,en to #ub3e&t everything to Hi*#elf.''
Phil F"$Db -$#. 3o *e see that those *ho see .od face to face are changed %eings/ changed into :is
image , glory.

''Ta<e noti&eI . tell you a mystery $a secret truth an e,ent decreed by the hidden purpose or &oun#el
of !od/. 1e shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we #hall all be changed -tran#for*ed/'' #Co #5"5#.
Am%.
t *ill not be mortal men that *ill see .od face to face. )e *ill be changed beings/ ''changed from
the mortal to immortality'' 5ur bodies *ill be li0e ''the body of (is glory > majesty'' and *e *ill see
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:im face to face *ithin our -ery o*n being/ *e *ill 0no* :im in the -ery same *ay that :e 0no*s us ,
that is in 3%irit/ *ithin oursel-es. s this not *onderfulC The 'ea of the Lord is no doubt %erforming this
for :is belo-ed one's. n ans*er to our earlier ?uestion *ho is this 3onC )e see that Christ has a
cor%orate body *hich com%rises of those that .od has prepared for Him& :eb #D"5.

'')e are &hildren of !od now, belo,ed" what we are to be i# not apparent yet, but we do <now that when
he appears, we are to be like him K for we are to see him as he is. 9nd everyone who re#t# thi# hope on
him purifies himself as he is pure'' #Jn F"$-F. (offatt. Ta0e note4 that it is this ho%e that %urifies us.
''Belo,ed, we are [e,en here and] now !od'# &hildren" it i# not yet di#&lo#ed -*ade &lear/ what we
#hall be [hereafter], but we <now that when (e comes and is manifested, we #hall [a# !od'# &hildren]
re#e*ble and be like (im, for we #hall see (im just as (e 3really4 is. 9nd e,eryone who has this hope
[re#ting] on (im cleanses -purifie#/ hi*#elf just as (e is pure -&ha#te, undefiled, guiltle##/.'' #Jn F"$-F.
Am%.
And e-eryone $ the &orporate body $ *ho has this ho%e %urifies himself , is ;ust as %ure as the head
Jesus Christ is %ure. )hen :e has fully come , is re-ealed in :is saints/ is not underestimating the fact
that the :ead Christ has no* come , is *ell on the *ay to being f!$ manifested/ reveaed4 )hereC n
:is 3aints. Are )e :is saintsC ''. will come again and will receive you unto myself that 1(,-, . &:
there you may be also!'' 8et us begin to go there/ where He is/ , ta0e these things %ersonally.
The #overnment "hall 0e Upon (is "houlder!
7%on this 3on/ this cor%orate son/ this many membered body *hich :e Christ is raising u% in three da$s/
this same 3on *hich is given , not born as a nat!ra child/ sa !"&.''2or to us a +hild is born to us a
"on is given''' the government *ill be u%on :isHtheir shoulder/ this is same one is also referred to as the
man-child in Re-#$"5/ ''&nd she brought forth a male +hild 7ne 1ho is destined to shepherd $rule% all
the nations with an iron staff $scepter% and her +hild was caught up to #od and to (is throne!'' Am%.
As *e can see the the go-ernment is aso u%on the shoulder of this man-child , of course is the -ery
same one as referred to in sa !"&. This is *hy many of .od's %eo%le are being ;udged/ e-en though this
;udgement unto -ictory is for all e-entually/ the +!dgement ,nto #ictor$ for the man-child com%any is
for a further s%ecial reason inasmuch as *e ha-e mentioned se-eral times they *ill be the forer!nners that
*ill e-entually lead ALL of man0ind into the same *onderful eG%erience. The 3%irit *ould *ish to urge
all of us to raise the bar in our thin0ing , to consider that *hat .od has called us into :e is *ell able to
%erform , finish it. Do *e thin0 that it is out of our thin0ing range , understanding/ ''changed from the
mortal to immortality'' these are not ;ust thoughts/ these are *ords of life. Please allo* me once again to
remind , encourage you from the end of the ?uote that *e had in our Part 5$ from our belo-ed .eorge
:a*tin.
Auote" ''&ll this was but the beginning! .t is not the end! 1e do not need another 8entecost whi&h
wa# the Larne#t of our inheritan&e. 1, :U"T *71 87"","" T(, .*(,-.T&*+, .T",L2 $$$ our
#piritual 1anaan, our hea,enly &itiHen#hip. The e0&ellen&e of the real* of whi&h we #pea< *ay #ee* to
&a#t a #hadow of doubt o,er our *ind#, for tradition has not taught us to e?pect these glories here > now
a# part of our inheritan&e, but ha# taught us rather to e?pect them after death in some far distant day!
But for the #a<e of faith ' hope that *a<eth not a#ha*ed, the word of !od i# replete with .any )itne##e#
of *en ' wo*en who, while here on thi# earth, wal<ed in the light of an =pen Hea,en, ha,ing all their
spiritual senses wide awake to see, hear, ta#te tou&h ' feel ' #*ell the effulgent glory of an open
hea,en.; 7n?uote.
-hat o!r dear %rother is act!a$ sa$ing here is that the time that we are to possess the
inheritance of o!r caing is now&
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The go-ernment shall be u%on the shoulder of this 3on *hich is gi-en , *hen :e comes *e shall be
li0e :im/ the man-child shall come forth out of the *oman *ho is destined to rule/ she%herd all nations ,
:e shall be caught u% to .od , :is throne , ''(is kingdom, to order it and to e#tabli#h it with 3udge*ent
and with 3u#ti&e from now on, e,en forever. The 9eal of Jehovah of (osts will do this!'' sa !"&-'. (=J9.
:ear the declaration of saiah calling once again to us from the distant %ast but yet so much no* in the
-ery %resent.
''9nd He will destroy on this mountain, The #urfa&e of the covering cast over all people, 9nd the ,eil
that i# spread over all nations. (e will swallow up death forever, 9nd the Lord !od will wipe away tears
from all faces" The rebuke of (is people He will ta<e away from all the earth" (or the Lord ha# #po<en.''
sa $5 '"B. 1=J9.

''Thy dead shall live' my dead bodies - *ho *ere dead in their mista0en identity , are no* ali-e to
the realities of their true Christ identity - shall arise. 9wa<e and #ing, ye that dwell in the dust" - or the
earthly natural *ay of thin0ing - for thy dew i# a# the dew of herb#, and the earth shall cast forth the
dead!'' sa $&"#!. A39.
Lift Up /our (eads 7h /ou #ates!
''Lift up your heads 7 you gates" and be lifted up, you age$abiding door#, that the Ming of glory *ay
&o*e in. )ho i# the Ming of glory6 The Lord #trong and *ighty, the Lord *ighty in battle. Lift up your
head#, = you gate#" ye#, lift the* up, you age$abiding door#, that the @ing of glory may come in. 1ho is
3(e then4 this @ing of gloryA The Lord of ho#t#, He i# the Ming of glory. elah [pau#e, and thin< of that]I''
Psa $4"'-$4. Am%.
According to 3trong's concordance/ gates really mean an opening , is referring to the o%ening of
acce%tance that is found *ithin oursel-es in our mind *ill , s%irit. 3o *e are urged to lift u% our heads ,
o%en our gates in our outloo0/ in our *ay of thin0ing that the =ing of .lory may come in/ in a greater
fullness of understanding. This =ing of glory is none other than recei-ing the %erce%tion that *e *ere
created in Christ +es!s *ho is the Spirit Son of our =ing of glory , as *e *ere told by this Christ *hilst
on earth that ''. and :y 2ather are one'' that our true hidden dee%/ within ourselves identity is none other
than Christ Jesus *ho's identity *as actually .od. ''.n the beginning was the 1ord and the 1ord with
#od and the 1ord was #od'' Jn #"#. To ma0e it more eG%licit/ after the *ord .od the Am%lified tac0s on
a *ord , states ((the -ord was God HI.SEL/&((
3o *hat is this outloo0 , *ay of thin0ing that the "ea of .od *ould *ant us to see/ *hat *ould :e
*ant us at this time to lift u% our heads , o%en our gates toC *ould -enture to agree *ith , re%eat the
*ords of our dear @ro :a*tin ''1, :U"T *71 87"","" T(, .*(,-.T&*+, .T",L2 '' belie-e that
the 0ey is *illingness/ This is *hat Da-id's attitude *as/ ''I will [not *erely wal<, but4 run the way of
5our &o**and*ent#, when /ou give me a heart that is willing!'' Ps ##!"F$/ Am%. A *illing heart *as
*hat Da-id desired+ 8et us no* in con;unction *ith the abo-e -erse no* turn to Psa B'.
''%eho,ah lo,e# the gates of 6ion :ore than all the dwellings of Jacob. N. !loriou# thing# are #po<en
of thee, 7 city of #od. elah.'' Psa B'"$-F. A39.
The reason that many gi-e u% on the @ible is that they try to read e-erything ad ,erbati* for they do
not realise that a -ast amount of the contents are in %arables *hich cannot al*ays be understood by surface
reading. This is ho* feel that this -erse a%%lies in todayIs true third day Mingdo* of !od scene. Jeho-ah
lo-es the gates of <ion $ tho#e who ha,e the !ene#i# 8?7O under#tanding of the <ingdo* of !od within $
more than all the d*ellings of Jacob/ notice that Jacob is mentioned , not srael. Jacob *as the name he
bore *hilst he *as still a flesh man/ before he *restled *ith the angel , recei-ed a name change *hich
*as Israe. 3o loo0ing at the conteGt once again ''Jeho-ah lo-es the gates of <ion , their d*ellings - .
will dwell in them and they in :e B of ISRAEL&(( 1o* in the conclusion of this -erse/ after this
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statement is made , *e ha-e dissected , gras%ed a dee%er meaning it as it *ere, in -erse F *e are
encouraged greatly as *e read. .lorious things are s%o0en of thee/ O cit$ of God/ 3elah/ or thin< on thi#.
Did not Jesus tell us that ''0o! are indeed a CIT0 that is set on a hi&(( 3o once again *e are encouraged
that if *e o%en our gates , lift u% our heads you ageBabiding doors* the =ing of glory *ill come in/ in a
greater reality than e-er before. )hen *e consider that our true identity is the Christ :imself , that in
reality the -eil is our flesh *hich has been u% to date a -ery strong delusion for most/ the se%aration is non
eGistent/ there has ne-er e-er been any se%aration bet*een s%irit , soul. As one *riter ?uite often states it
is im%ossible to di-ide Christ. n reality *hat Christ is *e are. :ear these *ords.
''(e is the sole e?pression of the glory of #od 3the LightBbeing the outBraying or radiance of the
divine4 and (e is the perfect imprint and very image of 3#od's4 nature, upholding and *aintaining and
guiding and propelling the uni,er#e by Hi# *ighty word of power. )hen He had by offering Hi*#elf
accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He #at down at the right hand of the di,ine
.a3e#ty on high, [Ta<ing a pla&e and ran< by whi&h] He Hi*#elf became as much superior to angels a#
the gloriou# Na*e -title/ whi&h He ha# inherited i# different fro* and *ore e0&ellent than their#.'' :eb #"F-
4. Am%.
)ith the added realisation of the com%lete cleansing of our sin consciousness/ *hich brings a riddance
of guilt4 in the realising of our .en #"$' true identity *hen *e read the abo-e -erse *e need to realise that
it is our legitimate Christ right as re%licas of :imself to identify es%ecially *ith the first t*o lines of the
abo-e -erse. :e is the soe e1pression of the glory of .od/ *e need to realise that the cor%orate son
inherits , ta0es on , is %art of the eGact identity of the Head of :is body+ 2-en your o*n body , head
are ONE.
,ternity!

''He ha# *ade e,erything beautiful in it# ti*e, He al#o ha# planted eternity in men's hearts and *ind# [a
di,inely i*planted #en#e of a purpo#e wor<ing through the age# whi&h nothing under the #un but !od
alone &an #ati#fy], yet #o that men &annot find out what !od ha# done fro* the beginning to the end.'' 2cc
F4##. Am%.
At first glance the abo-e -erse may seem to some to be a contradiction. :e has im%lanted eternit$ in
men's hearts 2 minds& 3o that men cannot find out *hat .od has done from the beginning to the end.
feel the the ans*er to this seeming dilemma is the *ord men& As mere men *e ha-e not the slightest
ho%e of e-er understanding *hat .od has %lanned for us but Ah4 in our heart of hearts/ in the mind of
Christ or our true .en #"$' Christ identity *e ha-e e-ery ho%e of 0no*ing in our s%iritual intuition eGactly
*hat .od is %lanning for each of us. To you *ho are reading this/ *hoe-er you may be/ the 3%irit of .od
*ould ha-e you 0no* that this eternity is *ithin 292RJ (A1'3 heart. 2-en though the =J9 does not use
the *ord eternity am %leased to see that that the '(odern =J9' along *ith the '1e* =J9' the A39 the 239
the .) , a number of others included ha-e rectified this. The root *ord for eternity is 58A( , 3trong's
has included the follo*ing in it's eG%lanation of the meaning. t is usage that determines the meaning of
any *ord as in most cases 58A( does not mean eternal e-en in this case it really means age-lasting but to
illustrate the %oint this seems to be the strongest *ord a-ailable. The follo*ing is an eGtract from the
*hole of the eG%lanation.
''always $Bs% ancient $time% any more continuance eternal $for 3nB4% ever $Blasting Bmore of old%
lasting long $time% $of% old $time% perpetual at any time $beginning of the% world $C without end%!
+ompare (DEEF (DG=E''!
This of course is another eGistence $ that the natural *an <now# nothing of $ from *hich *e all
originated , is eternal , *e come into the reality of fully realising this in our in our true Christ identity4
;udgement must be %art , %arcel of .od's dealings *ith us , ''The judgements of #od are glorious >
they are past finding out!'' +!dgement !nto victor$ is our title/ this is sho*ing us the -ictory that is for
all men after the ;udgements are o-er.
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The things that .od has %re%ared for :is children are sim%ly mind boggling.
/ou "hall .nherit That 1hich . (ave "worn!

n finalising this article let us return to Joshua. As leader he *as told in Joshua #"&. ''Be #trong '
&onfident for you shall cause this people to inherit the land whi&h I swore to their fathers to give them.''
Then in in -erse ##b ''(or within three day# you #hall pa## o,er thi# %ordan to go in and take
possession of the land whi&h the Lord your #od is giving you to possess.'' =ee% in mind that it *as
foreordained that they *ere to %ossess the land/ .od chose the land/ :e chose the leader/ :e also chose
the situation/ .od had %re-s*orn to their fathers that this *as going to come to %ass no matter *hat+ 5h
yes *e can hear the but-buts , so did Joshua but remember that he *as told that as *as *ith (oses so
*ill be *ith you/ -erse 5. Remember that it *as an almost im%ossible thing considering the giants etc4 it
*as a %lace that they had ne-er been before it *as a new e1perience to them. 3o it is *ith us today it has
been %re-s*orn to our fathers the %ro%hets that there *ill be a man-child born that *ill %ossess the land ,
%ossessing it many of us are doing. 15 (ATT2R ):AT T:2 3T7AT51 , 15 (ATT2R :5) (A1J 56
T:2 71@28291. 56 3RA28 3T55D A.A13T J53:7A , CA82@4 Jes surely Joshua , his follo*ers
heard from the religiosity of srael/ im%ossible/ im%ossible too much against it the giants *ill 0ill us. @ut
then those *ho are the chosen hear the *ords loud , clear/ ((-ITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE 3OSSI)LE&((

)e are the land that is no* being %ossessed/ as *e o%en u% all that *e are/ *e are %ossessing a Da-id's
heart/ thy will =h !od. ''1hen you give me a heart that is willing'' n truth that *illing heart is in
e-eryone of us/ 5h yes e-en in our Christ self/ e-en our true original identity+

(ay *e than0 .od for the ((+!dgement -hich Is ,nto #ictor$&((
& note to those concerned!
As *e are all in a learning %rocess/ the *onderful ;udgement of .od is changing us daily. *ish no* $ a#
it wa# brought to *y attention $ to a%ologise to certain of my brothers for not co-ering them *hen should
ha-e. 3ometimes *e are so ignorant of the greatness of the lo-e , the oneness of .od that it ta0es a bum%
on the head a# it were to *a0e us u% to s%iritual reality in certain areas. @lessings to any may ha-e
offended.
.od's richest to you all.
Raph 4nowes* .arch 5678&
f *e ha-e been %rone to human error in this article it is not %ur%osely/ , trust that a little 0indness *ould allo* for any fault/ , that *e *ill consider ,
imbibe the better or s%iritual %art of that *hich is %resented , intended. R)=.
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