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We have a King who is Reigning & we do not really realise it. His greatest desire is to Reign not only on this Earth; "The earth is the Lord's & the fullness thereof" but in our hearts that are freely given to Him in LOVE.
We have a King who is Reigning & we do not really realise it. His greatest desire is to Reign not only on this Earth; "The earth is the Lord's & the fullness thereof" but in our hearts that are freely given to Him in LOVE.
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We have a King who is Reigning & we do not really realise it. His greatest desire is to Reign not only on this Earth; "The earth is the Lord's & the fullness thereof" but in our hearts that are freely given to Him in LOVE.
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Part 12. OUR REIGNING KING In the days of Samuel the people decided that they anted their on !ing" #p until this time their go$ernment had %een a &'()CRAC* that is + rule of the state by God %ut the people had made up their mind , anted a -).ARC'* + a human king of course Samuel tried to reason ith them/ ''Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, & they said , No !e "ill have a #in$ over us, %hat "e also may &e li#e all the nations, & that our #in$ may $overn us & $o out &efore us & fi$ht our &attles''' 1Sam.01 12324. In Other !ords %hey !anted %heir O"n Kin$dom &his of course has %een the pro%lem of man since he first %ecame a god in the 3 soulish sense - hen ($e first listened to the + serpent hich represents our carnal or natural mind the ord S(RP(.& in S&R).56S is from 7 8192 : "hisper, spell, enchanter, learn &y e(perience, dili$ently o&serve' , is also related to the ord psyche. 'ear the ords that ere spo!en into the mind of ($e. '')or God #no"s that in the day you eat of it your eyes "ill &e opened, & you "ill &e li#e God, #no"in$ the difference &et"een $ood & evil, &lessin$ & calamity'* +o" does this apply to us today, +o" do "e activate God's Kin$dom,'' %+E KING-O. O) GO- IS NO! !I%+IN US %his Gospel of the KING-O., shall &e preached in all the "orld' &he almost general understanding of religiosity is that 5od is up in the s!y somehere/ 3 or any-where but in us/ 3 , is a 5od ho needs to %e placated ith our ith our acts of sincere or insincere ca;olery6s/ only to return the ne<t ee! to their particular place of felloship/ in defeat/ to ma!e further penance/ this is simply %ecause of the fact that most people are not aare that our onderful creator is in each , e$ery one of us. 'ear the ords of Paul the Apostle spea!ing to those ho had not heard the truth a%out =esus Christ. >2?.''/nd +e made from one 0common ori$in, one source, one &lood1 all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, havin$ definitely determined 0their1 allotted periods of time & the fi(ed &oundaries of their ha&itation 2their settlements, lands, & a&odes3'45' So that they should see# God, in the hope that they mi$ht feel after +im & find +im, althou$h +e is not far from each of us' 46' )or in +im "e live & move & have our &ein$7 as even some of your 0o"n1 poets have said, )OR !E /RE /8SO +IS O))S9RING''' Acts 191 2?320. All scriptural references are from the Amplified/ unless otherise stated. &he truth of the matter is that none of us ha$e e$er %een separated from our most onderful sa$iour redeemer , creator. @e/ man!ind ha$e generally %elie$ed a lie/ hich origin is from e<actly the same source as the first lie that ($e recei$ed , that is from ithin oursel$es. *our S)#A or PS*C'( + our mind will & emotions ill ne$er tell us the truth for the natural man cannot receive the things concerning the Kingdom of God, for they are foolishness to him & these things are spiritually discerned %ut hear the @ord of 5od. ''So God created man in +is O!N ima$e, in the ima$e & li#eness of God +e created him7 male & female +e created them''' 5en 1129. )nce e %egin to realise that e are not separate from 5od , e %egin to thin! on these things , meditate on that part of us that is divine/ then a ne understanding %egins to ell3up from inside us , e %egin to clothe oursel$es or our inner3self ith our ne spiritual self/ again these ords from Paul ill help us. ''/nd have clothed yourselves "ith the ne" 0spiritual self1, "hich is 0ever in the process of &ein$1 rene"ed & re:moulded into 0fuller & more perfect #no"led$e upon1 #no"led$e after the ima$e 2the li#eness3 of +im !ho created it''' Col B1 14. I ant to %orro the ne<t heading from Des @alter6s last article. ;reated .ale & )emale 1 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death !E .US% 8I<E => !+/% GO- IS S/>ING, NO% => /NO%+ER <OI;E REG/R-8ESS O) +O! RIG+% I% SOUN-S A! 12181. ''-o you suppose that I have come to $ive peace upon the earth, No I say to you &ut rather division''' @hen 5od re$eals further truth than hat e ha$e pre$iously !non/ you can mar! it don that you ill recei$e opposition , that opposition ill %e from 5od6s on ord. It is ne$er easy to recei$e further light , to !eep the closeness of old friends ho cannot see any further than hat they ha$e !non for so long. @hen =ohn the Corerunner , =esus Christ came ith the message of the day/ %oth the Pharisees , the Sadducee6s , others could not see , they held firm/ , staunchly opposed these to 5od ordained prophets/ , ;ustified themsel$es ith such reasoning6s that the Sa%%ath day as to %e !ept forever + ebrew! O8/. + no the ironic side to this is that they ere partly right/ %ut not ha$ing a full understanding of the complete picture they doggedly stuc! to their 3 in-part 3 realisation of a truth/ , in doing so they made themsel$es an enemy of the full truth/ , they self3righteously used 5od6s on ord + the letter that is - against the Christ himself. Decause of their understanding of 5od6s ord/ they ere so con$inced in their Eeal of error/ that they had no fle<i%ility hatsoe$er. .o e can understand , not onder/ hy =esus as so angry , upset ith them for they had no humility , no listening ear/ only a rigidity in the letter of the la , if =esus the Christ could not con$ince some/ e should not orry unduly/ if e can6t" In the concept of the -ost 'oly Place 3 as opposed, as many think 3 to the realm of the 'oly Place/ their ought not to %e any mention of the ord opposed/ as it is simply a stepping stone/ %ut so many ma!e it personal + as with the "harisees etc they felt that they ere %eing personally attac!ed. @hyF Decause of their $alued traditions hich ere in their minds. If =ohn , =esus had not stood their ground e could still/ ell %e in that system today. Dut as as needed then/ the same is needed today/ , that is a/ S&A.DI.5 CIR- , a + #uantum leap, of a $ew %hing to gain incorrupti%ility/ hich ill .(>(R/ .(>(R/ .(>(R come in the second realm or hat e !no as the ')A* PAAC( or the Pentecostal in3part concept. ''"e "ere stamped "ith the seal of the lon$ promised +oly Spirit' %hat 0spirit1 is the $uarantee of our inheritance 0the first:fruits, the pled$e & foretaste, the do"n payment on our herita$e1, in anticipation of its full redemption & our ac?uirin$ 0complete1 possession of it @ to the praise of +is $lory''' (ph 111B%31G. .o is the time that Paul anticipated/ 5)D 'AS .)@ -)>(D A'(AD Huite a %it further than many unenlightened realise. &hose ho minister in %oth realms ha$e a pro%lem , that is honesty/ hen I left Passo$er it as fore$er/ , the same needs to %e in the mo$ing ahead from the ')A* PAAC( to the -)S& ')A* PAAC(. It is one thing to minister 6&)6/ , an entirely different thing to minister 6@I&'6 those ho e are trying to enlighten. If e minister @I&' those ho e are trying to help e finish up ith a mi<ed message/ ith a foot in %oth camps + as it were - , there is nothing orse than 5R(* &'I.II.5/ the trumpet note must %e a long loud , clear one to ha$e any effect. Aet the Pentecostal3s minister to their on ith their on message , let those ho ha$e further light minister to %oth their on , to those ho ha$e open ears , hearts , are listening. )ur popularity must sometimes %e put on the line/ sure e should use isdom/ %ut let not that isdom %e one of compromise. Aet our spiritual energies %e used to thrust forth 5od6s message for today/ no matter hat others thin!. Since hen ere any of 5od6s prophets popular. Can you thin! of oneF )f course/ not that e ould ant to deli%erately ma!e oursel$es unpopular/ that ould %e futile. 8E% %+IS .IN- =E IN >OU !+I;+ !/S /8SO IN ;+RIS% AESUS Defore reading the folloing/ remem%er that the &a%ernacle of Da$id as mentioned in + Acts 1811?319 + is right no in the throes of %eing raised up , represents all those ho are folloing all the ay into the &'IRD R(AA- namely &'( -)S& ')A* PAAC( or the S(CR(& PAAC( )C &'( -)S& 'I5'. ''I have made a covenant "ith .y chosen one, I have s"orn to -avid .y servant' >our SEE- "ill I 2 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death esta&lish )ORE<ER, & I "ill &uild up your throne for /88 GENER/%IONS' Selah 0pause, & calmly thin# of that1 Ps 021 B3G. After Da$id as set on the throne e read that. B-avid &ecame $reater & $reater, for the 8ord God of hosts "as "ith him''' 2 Sam 8114. '' I have found -avid .y servant7 "ith my +oly oil have I anointed +im''' Ps 02124. &he typology of Da$id is so far reaching/ one thing that it is shoing us/ is that he is a type of the Christ/ hen e say the Christ this is not referring to flesh , %lood/ this is referring to the Son hich is gi$en + not born as mentioned in Isaiah 21?. And also ''the $overnment shall &e upon +is shoulder,* <5' Of the increase of his $overnment & of peace there shall &e NO EN-, upon the %+RONE O) -/<I- & over his #in$dom, to esta&lish it & to uphold it "ith Custice & "ith ri$hteousness from the 08/%%ER1 time forth, even )ORE<ER.ORE' %he Deal of the 8ord of hosts "ill perform this''' .o this Son hich is none other than the Christ hich is in us , also this same Da$id has a S((D of hich you are/ , so %ecause of this seed you li!e Da$id + have &een found - , %ecause of the seed + C'RIS& + you are %ecoming 5R(A&(R , 5R(A&(R for the A)RD 5)D )C ')S&S is not only ith you %ut is I. *)#. &'IS ).( CA..)& , @IAA .)& CAIA/ &'(R(C)R( *)# CA..)& CAIA. @hyF @ell you are in the co$enant of Da$id" And further remem%er Christ as of the seed of Da$id" Delo$ed is this is a good dealF Dut sadly as in Da$id6s day/ , in Samuel6s day , in =oseph6s day/ ''+is &rothers said to him, Shall you indeed REIGN over us, Or are you $oin$ to have us as your su&Cects & dominate us, /nd they hated him all the more for his dreams & for "hat he said''' 5en B91 0. In at least four cases in scripture/ the anser of the people as in this conte<t. !e "ill NO% have %his Kin$ to rule over us !hat Kin$, %he Kin$ -avid of the %a&ernacle of -avid' Oh you say, &ut I do not see it that "ay, I don't a$ree "ith the "ay that you see it' %hat is e(actly "hat I am sayin$ & meanin$' Aoseph's &rothers could not see it Aoseph's "ay "hich "as God's "ay' %he people of Samuel's day could not see it Samuel's "ay "hich "as God's "ay' In the days of -avid even after God had anointed -avid throu$h & &y Samuel, the maCority &y far "ere a$ainst -avid & "ere still on the side of Saul, &ut as time pro$ressed -/<I- =E;/.E GRE/%ER & GRE/%ER' /nd so it is today, &e encoura$ed saints ;hrist is sittin$ on the throne of -avid' Isa 21?39 @here is ChristF 'e is ali$e in 'is %ody or &emple of hich you are. @here is this &hroneF It is not a geographical one/ it is a spiritual &hrone 3 within us/3 a &hrone of authority/ one of the realisation of man6s true 5odly status/ , as to ho e are/ =esus taught us that ''I and .y father are ONE'' Someone said that is audacious" .o" @hen =esus the man spo!e 'e alays spo!e in , %y the Christ that as in 'im/ , if you can recei$e it =esus came + as our elder brother - to sho us ''that +e "as the )IRS%=ORN amon$ 2of3 many =RO%+ERS''' Rom 0122%. ''%hen in mercy & lovin$ #indness shall a %+RONE &e esta&lished, & ONE @ &hrist in the man-child shall sit upon it in truth & faithfulness IN %+E %EN% O) -/<I-, Cud$in$ & see#in$ Custice & &ein$ s"ift to do ri$hteousness''' Isa 1?18. I thin! I ill say 5lory" @e notice the ord ;udging in the immediate a%o$e $erse/ ;udgement does not necessarily mean doom , gloom there is a ''Cud$ement unto victory'' in saying this I ould no li!e to share ith you the first to $erses in Isaiah 2... >.1/''=ut in the midst of Cud$ement there is the promise & the ;ER%/IN%> of the 8ord's -E8I<ER/N;E and1 there shall &e no $loom for her "ho "as in an$uish' In the former time 0the 8ord1 &rou$ht into contempt the land of Ee&ulun & the land of Naphtali, &ut in the 8/%%ER time +e "ill ma#e it $lorious, &y the "ay of the Sea 0of Galilee, & the land1 &eyond the Aordan, Galilee of the nations' 4' %he people "ho "al#ed in -/RKNESS have seen a GRE/% 8IG+%7 those "ho d"elt in the land of IN%ENSE -/RKNESS & the shado" of -E/%+, upon %+E. has the 8IG+% S+INE-''' &he hole conte<t of these to $erses is one of deli$erance for the once dontrodden/ %oth the land of Je%ulun , .aphtali hich had %een in disrepute/ are promised deli$erance. Dut the thing that stri!es me is that those 3 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death that ha$e al!ed in the dar!ness , shado of D(A&'/ are going to %e deli$ered as ''the last enemy to &e destroyed is -E/%+'' this to me is meaning the gra$e/ !eeping in mind that this is a prophecy for the AA&&(R &I-(. .otice also that those ho are a part of the &a%ernacle of Da$id company , are sitting on the &'R).( ill %e ministering this sort of ;udgement , those ho are sitting on this ''esta&lished throne in the in the tent of -avid, "ill in faithfulness & lovin$ #indness & mercy &e Cud$in$ & see#in$ Custice & "ill &e s"ift to do ri$hteousness''' Isa 1?18. And might I also say that your tent that you possess has an inner , an outer portion to it. &he inner is a %uilding/ a house not made ith hands , this is here the &hrone of Da$id is. )nce again the ords of Paul adeHuately descri%e this. '')or "e #no" that if the tent "hich is our earthly home is destroyed 2dissolved3, "e have from God a &uildin$, a house not made "ith hands, E%ERN/8 in the heavens''' 2 Cor 811. &'( &'R).( , &'R).(3R))- IS I.SID( &'( &(.&. .o after perusing this aspect of 5od6s presence/ , !noing that 'e is in 'is throne ithin us/ let us loo! at it in a different slightly different ay. @here else does 5od dellF In %he /=O<E !+/% >OU ;/N /SK OR %+INK, RE/8. @hene$er 5od decides to mo$e in a so$ereign ay it is alays in this R(AA- sureK %ut this realm is not only for 5od alone to mo$e in ithout our ha$ing a part in it/ , I onder at times if e ha$e not put this realm in 5od6s on personal court/ , in our minds e ha$e disassociated oursel$es from this realm. @hat I am a%out to say is not only for your edification/ %ut especially for myself. ''No" to +im !ho, &y 2in conse?uence of3 the 2action of +is3 po"er that is at "or# !I%+IN US, is a&le to 0carry out his purpose and1 do super:a&undantly, far over & /=O<E /88 that "e 0-/RE1 as# or thin# 0infinitely =E>ON- our hi$hest prayers, desires, thou$hts, hopes, or dreams1''' (ph B1 24. .o e/ or should I say 3 some of us 3 in our mind ha$e not yet %een inclined to %rea! through the $eil on this issue. @hyF Decause of the greatness of hat it entails/ CAR AD)>(. .o I am addressing more a 3 mode of thinking, rather than people 3 %ut at the same time e are told to + encoura$e one another daily as "e see the time approachin$ no e may ha$e thought that in one sense of the ord/ e had di$orced oursel$es from this realm/ hether it %e %ecause of e<pediency/ to escape the effort it ould entail to come to this place + @'IC' IS A AI( 3 or no matter hate$er the reason. &he good nes is that it is impossi%le to %e separated from this R(AA-. @hyF Aisten to it" &he II.5 of the AD)>( @'A& *)# CA. ASI )R &'I.I R(AA- is not in a &hrone aay up in the s!y somehere %ut is in 'is &hrone3room inside the &a%ernacle or &ent of Da$id of hich @( AR(. Can I hide or separate myself from this realm. .)" Impossi%le" 'is 5lory is in us e$er increasing. Can you see itF ;hrist is sittin$ on the throne of -avid & it is &ein$ esta&lished in a $reater depth & "ay even as "e spea#, & it is as this depth & understandin$ increases in us that, %+IS IS /;%U/88> +IS ;O.ING' +E ;/.E, +E IS +ERE, & +E !I88 ;O.E' +e is al"ays ;omin$, and is al"ays increasin$ in us, to"ard +is )ullness' .o please do not misunderstand me , thin! that I mean that there is not onderful dramatic culmination to the complete re$ealing of 5od6s full %irth , manifestation. .o" @hen the e$ent of A! 191BG3B8/ ta!es place ''t"o in a &ed & one ta#en & the other left'''''t"o $rindin$, one ta#en & the other left''' I see this as a sudden corporate e$ent/ as shon in the fact that simultaneously on different sides of the orld this e$ent ta!es place. At the moment the forerunner message is %eing loudly proclaimed %ut then hen the + 'ohn the (aptist message is no longer needed the Aord ill + suddenly come to +is temple @ -al B11a.''=ehold, I send .y messen$er, & he shall prepare the "ay &efore me' /nd the 8ord 0the .essiah1 !hom you see# "ill SU--EN8> come to +is temple7'' I ould add/ I. 'IS C#AA.(SS. #nfortunately many that are in the religious orld are today spending millions of dollars on so called 3&(-PA(S 3 , Church %uildings/ hich can ne$er %e 5od6s delling place/ , sadly/ in doing so , %ecause of this e<ample , their teaching/ ha$e missed the mar! entirely , ha$e neglected to teach the people ho to create their on sanctuary for 'im. In the 21 st Chapter of the %oo! of Re$elation , the B rd $erse e read/ ''%hen I heard a mi$hty voice from the throne & I perceived its distinct "ords, sayin$, See %he /=O-E 4 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death of God is "ith men, & +e "ill live 2encamp3 amon$ them7 & they shall &e +is people, & God shall personally &e "ith them & &e their God,'' Also found in (Ee!iel B91 29. And so the DAR( &) ASI AD)>( @'A& *)# CA. &'I.I R(AA- is for those ho are realising that ''I and .y )ather are ONE''' In the 5ree! Diaglott/ =ames 1110/ there is a phrase that I ould li!e to Huote/ ''in order that to &e us''' .o this is in no ay out of conte<t ith hat 5od is doing no. If e are going to sit on 'IS &'R).( 3 & if you can receive it, in one sense we are already are & e are 'IS D)D*/ , if 'e is sitting on 'IS &'R).(/ I. 'IS &(-PA(/ I A- I. 'I- , '( IS I. -( , -* &R#( ID(.&I&* IS 'IS ID(.&I&*" &his means that e are one , are ell on the ay to %ecoming/ ''+e as us''' I thin! e are ma!ing it plain enough" Allo me to Huote the full $erse in =ames from the Diaglott. ''+avin$ "illed he &e$at us &y a "ord of truth, IN OR-ER %+/% %O =E US, first fruit a #ind of the himself creatures''' =ames 1110. Cor the interest of other del$ing Di%le students/ 5eorge Ric!er Derry Huotes these same ords as Bfor to &e us,* -y dear %rothers , sisters I feel that our onderful Cather ould ant us to ''-are to thin# infinitely far over & a&ove & &eyond our hi$hest desires, thou$hts, hopes, or dreams,'' .o I ish to arn you all if you do not already !no it that there are a num%er of articles on the internet that ould not agree ith hat e are saying today/ D) .)& (LP(C& &')S( @') AR( I. &'( )#&(R C)#R& or ')A* PAAC( #.D(RS&A.DI.5 &) A5R(( @I&' @'A& @( AR( SA*I.5 '(R( &)DA*. #nless 5od has called , chosen them they ill ne$er see it. Re$ 1911G%. '' and those "ith him & on +is side are chosen & called 0elected1 & loyal & faithful follo"ers''' Also Rom 01 223B4. @hene$er you read any spiritual literature/ %efore e read it/ e need to as! oursel$es. @'A& R(AA- IS &'IS AR&ICA( C)-I.5 CR)-F KINGS & 9RIES%S Also e need to !eep in mind the $erse/ I=> Re$ 11?. ''/nd has made us #in$s & priests unto God, +is )ather 7 to +im &e $lory & dominion for ever & ever''' /men'* In con;unction ith this $erse I ould no li!e us to loo! at Jech G11G. ''%hen said he, %hese are the t"o sons of oil 0Aoshua the +IG+ 9RIES% & Eeru&&a&el the 9RIN;E of Audah, the t"o anointed ones1 "ho stand &efore the 8ord of the "hole earth 0as +is anointed instruments1''' In this $erse e ha$e a prophecy regarding the to itnesses or forerunners as mentioned in Re$ 111G/ ''%hese 0"itnesses1 are the t"o olive trees & the t"o lamp:stands "hich stand &efore the 8ord of the earth''' &he point that I ant us to see is that not only are e those forerunners/ %ut these itnesses depict either a to3fold ministry or to different groups of people ith a type of (li;ah ministry + so that no rain may fall - , the -oses ministry + they have power to turn the waters into blood no I am not going to %e adamant on the lesser points as to ho they represent or hether they are to groups or one etc/ for remem%er that all of this is happening firstly ithin us , then it graduates to the outer man , effects the hole earth. &he point I am ma!ing is that %efore the %irthing of the -an3child there ere =oshua6s 3 'I5' PRI(S&S + also there ere Jeru%%a%el6s 3 PRI.C(S or R)*AA&* + the understanding to us is/ @( AR( .)@ the 3 S).S )C )IA/ 'I5' PRI(S&S , II.5S + unto our 5)DK !+/% ./N ;/N 8I<E & NO% SEE -E/%+ In Psalm 021G0. &he riter as!s the Huestion. ''!hat man can live & shall not see death, or "ho can deliver himself from the 0po"erful 1hand of Sheol 2the place of the dead3, Selah 0pause calmly & consider that1'' In this present delusion/ this present uni$ersal acceptance of to poers + good & evil one poer against the other/ hich entails the dia%olical %elief of a span of life of perhaps three score , ten years/ or if you are luc!y a fe more. )*ead the foot-note in the +mplified on "s ,-. &his understanding came from eating the fruit from the tree of + good & evil hich as gained from not listening/ , not eating from the + %ree of /ife in the &R(( )C AIC(/ 6C'RIS&/6 there is only one poer not to. Changing our old ay of thin!ing ill not come from our + mind will & emotions or our soul/ it ill only come from eating the &R(( )C AIC( , nothing else. @hen our desire is centred only upon the + tree that &udded, the manner from heaven, & the &oo# of the la" of life in ;hrist Aesus hich of course is in the 3 or our 3 ARI I. &'( 5 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death &'( -)S& ')A* PAAC(/ then , only then ill our + mind will & emotions %e cleared of all the gar%age that has stemmed from our eating from the rong tree. &his not only entails our former religious understandings , R(AA-S of thin!ing/ %ut mostly our uni$ersal concept 0which is a part of the worlds way of thinking10 In lea$ing the religious idea of the 23*/4 then e %egin to understand a little more of hat =esus meant hen he referred to &'( @)RAD or uni$ersalism. A human %eing is ne$er immortal or spiritual/ he cannot %e/ he is to die daily. &hose ho ha$e %een Huic!ened %y 5od to attain the heights of not only the + above what we dare to ask or think realm also ha$e their sights set on + the man or man:child that shall not see death - , if our aim is to eat ).A* from the &R(( )C AIC(/ then e$entually e ill find oursel$es no longer seeing + throu$h a $lass dar#ly 3 , ill %e seeing + face to face @ in other ords e ill see things as they truly are , that is 6in reality/6 hich is 5)D alone/ , that there is no )&'(R P)@(R/3D#&35)D3 AA).(. &his -A. in the a%o$e $erse is none other than the -A.C'IAD. 'e is the B !hat man can live & shall not see death,* ''=ut those "ho "ait for the 8ord 0"ho e(pect, loo# for, & hope in +im1 shall ;+/NGE & rene" their stren$th & po"er7 & they shall lift their "in$s & mount up 0close to God1 as ea$les 0mount up to the sun17 @ 5on of righteousness + they shall run & not &e "eary, "al# & not faint or &ecome tired''' @hyF Cor they ha$e %een changed/ they ha$e li$ed in e<pectation , he has come in 'is fullness in us , %ecause of the C'A.5(/ as in + we shall be changed from the mortal to the immortal they @( ill ne$er again !no faintness or tiredness. Ps G41B1. &hin! of it"" I thin! I ill say S) D( I&" %+E SON IN US ''%hen ans"ered Aesus & said to them, .ost assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothin$ of +imself, &ut "hat +e sees the )ather do7 for "hatever +e does, the Son does in li#e manner' )or the )ather loves the Son, & sho"s +im all thin$s that +e +imself does7 & "ill sho" +im $reater "or#s than these that you may marvel' )or as the )ather raises the dead & $ives life to them, even so the Son $ives life to "hom +e "ill''' =n 8112321. .e I=>. As e read the a%o$e $erse !eep ell in mind that e are reading this in the light of the &'IRD R(AA-. &his Son ho is in us + this 5on who is 3$6 with the 7ather ho is + coming +5 85 this Son in us/ ho can do nothing of 'imself/ ill %y the oneness ith the Cather/ in us/ sho us 5R(A&(R @)RIS/ e$en to the e<tent of + raising the dead & giving life to whom e will, -the Son in us ill %e doing these things. 'o , hyF Cor the Son has %ecome our full &R#( ID(.&I&* our )AD ID(.&I&* has %een ''s"allo"ed up 3 with the life of the 5on unto victory'* BO death "here is your victory, Oh death, "here is your stin$,'' 1Cor 181 8G%388. 'os 1B11G. Also for further encouragement/ '')or even as the )ather has life in +imself & is self e(istent, so +e has $iven to the Son to have life in +imself & &e self e(istent''' =n 8129. .o this self e<istent Son is already no ithin us , is already our &R#( ID(.&I&* , of course the Huestion you are as!ing right no is. If this is a fact/ ho come e are not seeing the $isual e$idence of these thingsF @e can al! into any room at any gi$en time , in most cases e$en though there is a light present/ , is connected ith a sitch on the all/ unless the sitch is acti$ated e ill still ha$e a pro%lem $ieing the scene clearly + "e are seein$ throu$h a $lass dar#ly @ &'( S@I&C' -#S& D( AC&I>A&(D. 'o do e acti$ate that sitchF Dy CAI&'" 'o did =ohn Aa!e/ Ale<ander Doie/ Smith @igglesorth/ @illiam Dranham , others/ ha$e such onderful results" Dy CAI&'"" So ho do e reach higher/ ''If you a&ide in me & my "ords a&ide in you, you shall as# "hat you "ill & it shall &e done unto you''' =n 1819. )nce again this is the ''/&ove !hat !e %hin# !e ;an /s# Realm''' )or the la" of the Spirit of life in ;hrist Aesus has made me free from the la" of sin & death' @hat a onderful/ encouraging $erse. Is this for real right noF )h my" Aet us try to a%sor% this" -any in the past ha$e a%sor%ed these ords in a great ay , ha$e shon us onderful results. @e as Son6s ho ha$e a great desire to %ecome -A.IC(S&(D/ , are anting this to %e re$ealed in oursel$es in it6s fullest sense + free from the la" of sin & -E/%+ @ this is hat the Christ accomplished in , through the man =esus/ after 'e rose from the dead/ all the chains of the la of sin , death/ ,/ or+ our mistaken identity hich is the result of eating from the tree + of two powers, ere o$ercome %y our onderful elder %rother =esus the C'RIS&. As Christ is in us .)@/ so this Christ ho has already o$ercome the + 8a" of sin & death + is a reality in us in that as our &R#( ID(.&I&* e ha$e inherited 'is o$ercoming -I.D , .A&#R(. As 6 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death e thin!/ meditate , pray on these things the reality %ecomes clearer/ also !eeping in mind at the same time our seals are %eing dealt ith , %ro!en/ , each time this happens our spiritual $ision %ecomes clearer , %righter. OUR REIGNING KING ($en though it had not %een yet realised $isually/ or in the understanding of the people/ as far as 5od as concerned/ Da$id had already in actual fact inherited the &hrone , as really the !ing long %efore -)S& of the people of his day !ne. And so it is ith us today"... Da$id as actually anointed !ing three times. Cirst he as sought out , anointed + secretly : %y Samuel 1Sam 1?11B. &hen again %y the men of Judah 2 Sam 21G39. &hen thirdly %y the elders of Irae!" 2Sam 81B. @hy the three timesF Da$id as did =esus Christ fulfilled three roles/ he as a #rophet$ a #riet % a King all at the same time. 'e also represented the three realms/ Outer Court$ Ho!& #!ace$ % the 'ot Ho!& #!ace$ , also %eing the Da$id of the &a%ernacle of Da$id hich represented an (>(RAAS&I.5 II.5D)-. ''Of the increase of +is $overnment & of peace there shall &e NO EN-, upon the throne of -avid & over his #in$dom, to esta&lish it''''' Isa 219a . 'is !ingdom as in type an everlastin$ #in$dom' &he !ingdom of 5od in its fullness/ or &'( C(AS& )C &AD(R.ACA(S. Da$id as also ecret!& anointed a !ing %y a PR)P'(& Samuel/ also as e ere/ or are %y %+E 9RO9+E%' &hen the #riet of Judah came , anointed him a #riet$ as e are %y the one ho + sprang from the tribe of Audah then thirdly after a period he as recognised King %y AAA of Irae!$ , then e$entually there as unity in the land , so it ill %e ith us/ in the THIRD anointing. In this anointing/ Da$id reigns o$er all/ =udah , Israel. In Da$id or 'IS third anointing/ there is no di$ided !ingdom. Israel %ecame e<alted %efore the Aord/ , the Philistines + rolling in the dust !ne that Da$id as anointed as Iing o$er Israel. 2 Sam 8119. So it ill %e also ith the True Irae! &he three anointing3s also represented the/ B4 C)AD/ &'( ?4 C)AD , &'(144 C)AD" &he 144 fold. As Da$id is our &*P( that e loo! to/ our &'IRD anointing in &'( &AD(R.ACA( )C DA>ID this ill not come until the fulfilment of hat e ha$e %een pondering for some time + "ho #no"s "hether you are come to the #in$dom for such a time as this + then 5od ill ha$e 'is elect in place + 'is -A.C'IAD/ S).6S )C 5)D/ those ho ha$e %een delling in the S(CR(& PAAC( )C &'( -)S& 'I5'/ , they ill %e the fullness of the Da$id6ic company of the threefold/ #RO#HET$ #RIEST % KING" .o ith Saul e ha$e an entirely different story. ($en though Saul as chosen %y 5od , as anointed %y Samuel/ the %ac!ground as an altogether different scene to the one of Da$id/ Saul as chosen in response to the peoples ill + their mistaken identity + that they ha$e a -onarchy as opposed to a &heocracy. I am sorry/ %ut I need to say it/ sadly the scene of the Pentecostal mo$ement today is largely one of a -onarchy/ need I say anything further. Da$id as chosen as 5od6s representati$e + a man after God0s own heart - it is interesting also to note that Saul as anointed !ing on the day of the + wheat harvest hich of course represents the feast of P(.&(C)S&. In 1Sam11118a/ e read ''/ll the people "ent to Gil$al & there they made Saul #in$''' &hen in Chap 12119a/ e are told ''Is it not the "heat harvest today,'' .o 5od can , ill use all things for 'is 5lory , purpose , &*P(S. 'e ga$e the people hat they anted %ut it as not going to %e good enough to get the ;o% done. @hyF Cor the simple reason that here flesh is still in$ol$ed + the will of the people it ill %e not %e good enough. @hen e loo! at hat Saul represented (.>*/ -AAIC(/ -#RD(R/ SAD)&A5(/ , &RICI(R*/ Saul openly sought out Da$id6s destruction , though frustrated %y Samuel , the priests at .o%/ he did succeed in dri$ing Da$id into a life of outlary for a short hile/ 1Sam 12111/ 2112318. Also Saul was anointed only once/ , his !ingdom as not for long , ended in shame. &here is a lesson for us here today. @hyF @ell it represented the + in part @ realm. 1Cor1B112. Da$id e<perienced hat most of us e<perience/ + we, perhaps in a milder manner - again e read in 2 Sam B11/ ''%here "as a lon$ "ar &et"een the house of Saul & the house of -avid' =ut -avid $re" stron$er & stron$er, & the house of Saul $re" "ea#er & "ea#er''' Is not this encouraging to us SaintsF )ne thing I must mention/ that in this hat e are saying regarding Pentecost/ is not to so much to denigrate it/ as to sho that it asMis a stepping stone/ it as most certainly ordained of 5od/ , also in my on e<perience hilst e ere in$ol$ed/ I as a participant of many onderful times of refreshin$/ %ut e$en + blind 7reddie ould ha$e to admit that the Pentecost of the early Church , e$en of se$eral years 7 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death ago is long gone. Say hat you ill/ %ut this is a fact" &he point that e ha$e %een ma!ing in the a%o$e paragraph is that hen flesh %ecomes in$ol$ed e ha$e a real pro%lem/ , mar! my ords it is no $ery much in$ol$ed. .o the Huestion can %e as!edK If Pentecost as not the completion of hat 5od had in mind hy did 'e choose it F &his is a $ery thought pro$o!ing Huestion , no dou%t many ould already !no the anser. 5od in 'is isdom in %ringing us %ac! to the (denic e<perience that e once had/ needed to cater to those ho ere still deep in the flesh realm or + still living in their mistaken identity - %lind to the deeper truth6s that ere in the isdom of 5od/ , also in oursel$es/ furthermore our great Sa$iour anted us also unco$er the !noledge of our true identity 3 G34 (69$G5 as it were, - in our spiritual e$olution %ac! to the Cather/ %ac! to (den. So from the early chapters of 5enesis right through the )ld &estament to here e are no/ 5od has had to cater to those in the sin realm 3 those who were living in another world or understanding - other than 'is on. &he orld of 5od/ the realm of the @)RD is in another II.5D)- apart from this one. @hen =esus Christ came/ died , as resurrected/ 5od %rought us at last to the highest point that he could in the mi<ture realm + flesh & spirit, or in part - Pentecost as the tool or ay that 'e used to get us thus far/ %ut of course as e ha$e stated it as not enough/ there as one more step/ &AD(R.ACA(S" %he realm of incorruption' In this realm e ''for$ettin$ "hat lies &ehind & strainin$ for"ard to "hat lies ahead' IF"e press on to"ard the $oal to "in the 0supreme & heavenly1 priDe to "hich God in ;hrist Aesus is callin$ us up"ard''' Phil B11B%31G. &his is the realm of ;omplete chan$e, IN;ORRU9%I=I8I%>' So e ha$e those ho stay in the second realm/ those ho are %eginning to understand/ those ho are on the ay out of the second realm / those ho are out/ , those ho ha$e declared that they are pressing into The feat of ta(ernac!e" @ould you consider as!ing yourself the Huestion" @'(R( A- I .)@ F /S )OR .INE !E !I88 +/<E %+IS -/<I-I; KING-O., & NO% S/U8'S %O REIGN O<ER US %o &e in this num&er "e need to allo" the Ta(ernac!e of David to &e our active choice NO! Pro$ G110/ ''=ut the path of the 0uncompromisin$ly1 Cust & ri$hteous is li#e the li$ht of da"n, that shines more & more 2&ri$hter & clearer3 until 0 it reaches its full stren$th & $lory in1 the perfect day''' Ps ??112. I=>/''%hou hast caused men to ride over our heads7 "e "ent throu$h the fire & throu$h "aterG &ut thou hast &rou$ht us out into a !E/8%+> place''' I ould also mention that the ar %eteen Saul , Da$id as $ery one sided/ Da$id had a num%er of opportunities to harm Saul , e$en to ta!e his life , hat as his response. ''%ouch not my anointed & do my prophets no harm'''Ps 148118. ''/ a man thin#s in his heart so is he''' Pro$/ 2B19. 66.y thou$hts are not your thou$hts, & neither are your "ays .y "ays, says the 8ord''' Isa/ 8810 ''=e transformed &y the rene"in$ of the mind''' Rom/ 1212. ''=uy the truth & sell it not''' Pro$ 2B12B. %+E GOO-NESS O) GO- .o my $ery good friends , %rothers , sisters/ this is all $ery great , onderful , it is $ery needful that e share these things/ %ut in the realising of the greatness of hat 5od has gi$en to us/ e need not to forget , re;oice in the lo$e , the mercy , the 5))D.(SS of 5od. @hat 5od is desiring more than anything is our Ao$e/ desire , the affection of 'is chosen ones/ ho 'e has particularly chosen unto 'imself. I ould no li!e to Huote an e<cerpt from a recent corporate letter/ ritten , sent to his friends/ %y -ichael @ood. Nuote13 2e are finding so many who are being led on an inward :ourney of meditative & contemplative prayer beyond the chatter & self talk of the rampant 08n-mastered ;ind01 %hat nearly always manages to focus our attention into the future or back to the past, yet away from the present in our prayer time1 9reventin$ us d"ellin$ in 'the sacred presence' of God @ in the here & no" 8 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death %here is a global company of people today, being individually taught of the 5pirit, to find the 0off switch0, of their conscious awareness in 0the knowledge of good & evil0 thus discovering new levels of interiority & oneness, hitherto never before imagined or thought possible,spiritually speaking1-1 (nd Huote. If e could only !eep in our conscious aareness that/ '.en carry "ith them all the time, the secret place "here they may meet their God'' @hen this thought %ecomes a constant part of the understanding of our entire %eing/ then there ill %e a constant prayer issuing from us as ell as a raising of our faith , closeness of our al! ith 5od. Also if e insist on a al! of legality/ , not one of Ao$e , trust in that ''/88 %+INGS "or# to$ether for GOO- to them that love GO-'' in other ords that 5od must anser me according to the letter of the ord/ 'e ill %rea! us of that concept of legalism/ hich is nothing more than 6superstition6. In this world of conflict, or two powers e must understand that in the realising of the .ost +oly 9lace that e ha$e .) -)R( (.(-I(S/ 5od does not ha$e any enemies 'e is 5)D , there is none other. &he %elief of &@) P)@(RS comes only in the eating of the tree of 3 good & evil %ut you say e are no in this/ "orld of conflict *es e areK %ut as our 3 God allo"ed 3 conflicts , trials come upon usK @hat is our reactionF @hat is our choiceF @here do I run toF Do I choose , hide in the realm of the $od of the + good & evil or do I choose the 5od or Christ of the &R(( )C AIC(. @hene$er a conflict comes upon us remem%er it is 5)D AAA)@(D or e$en 5)D CA#S(D. *ou dou%t thatF Aoo! at =o%K ''/dversary, you can do "hat you li#e, &ut you cannot ta#e his life'' @hyF 'e is %ringing us to understand hat our true le$el of faith is + not our self perceived le$el of faith. @hy againF &hat e may realise here e are faith:"ise so that e may reach out , that our faith %e increased. )h yes our Aord =esus Christ is doing a %rilliant :ob in %ringing us to the high place that e need to %e at the moment of +is sudden appearance, -! 1B1B? ''0!atch I say1 lest +e come suddenly & une(pectedly & find you asleep''' @hat is the !ey ord or 3 formula + for the desired result/ it is no secretK 3SI'#)E*O+EDIENCE* I must also add that our onderful 5od %rings us to these places of conflict/ %ecause e are ready for them , if e do not learn this time + or make the right choice e ho are chosen of 5od ill %e faced ith the same place of conflict again , again , again/ until e )>(RC)-(. Is not our 5od onderful" As someone stated recently/ +E !I88 E<EN%U/88> GE% >OU 'oF .ot %y the rantings of some hell fire preacher that depicts 5od as an almost merciless tyrant/ %ut %y the lo$ing personal dealings of the Spirit/ of a 5od/ ho So loved the "orld, that +e $ave' A 'ESSAGE TO THE ,ISE @hile these conflicts rage on 'the land & the sea', the Prince of Peace ill stand a%o$e the 'clouds of heaven' , say once again1 Peace/ peace on earthK good ill to menK , e$ery man ill thro aay his sord/ , nations ill not learn ar any more. At that time the realisation of the truth of the man ho %ears the pitcher of ater ill come to many , as they loo! to the hea$ens ithin themsel$es they ill see him al! across the arc of their hea$en , the sign of the Son of -an ill stand forth in their eastern s!y. &he ise ill then lift up their heads , !no that the redemption of the earth is near. Dut %efore these days shall come/ false Christ6s , many poor deluded prophets ill arise in many lands. And they ill sho signs/ , do a multitude of mighty or!sK , they ill lead astray the many ho are not iseK , many of the ise ill %e decei$ed. And no I tell you once again/ hen men shall say/ that Christ is in the ilderness/ go not forth. And if they say that Christ is in a particular secret place/ %elie$e it notK for hen 'e comes the orld ill !no that 'e has come. Cor as the morning light comes from the east , shines to the estK so shall %e the coming of the age , the Son of -an. References/ Isa/ 21G. A!/ 22114. -t/ 2G129. A!/ 21129320. -!/ 1B122. Dan/111B8. -t/2G12?329. I ,I)) SER-E THE KING$ IN THE REA)' O. THE 'OST HO)/ #)ACE !e can &e deceived &y the self ri$hteous letter of the 8a"' In the early Church/ as e !no the role of %oth =ohn the Daptist , =esus Christ as to %ring the people not only )#& )C/ %ut #P , I.&) to a higher ay of thin!ing/ %ut alas 6.)6 as the anser of the ma;ority. &hen after the 'oly 5host as poured out/ e ould ha$e thought that this ould ha$e + cleared the air from their old ay of thin!ing. .)& S) "" It is hard to %elie$e %ut many ould , did insist on a carry3o$er of se$eral doctrines or old ays of thin!ing from the AA@. Some of us today ould say/ #.D(AI(>ADA(" 9 Christ the Antidote Regarding Death .o the first reaction to this %y many/ can one of ;udgement. Aet us not %e too hasty. As I stated in our last article/ the hardest part for myself personally as not so much in the reprogramming/ %ut in the deprogramming. As I %egan to realise a ne ay of loo!ing at things/ I found that it as $ery interesting , e<citing/ #.&IAK it %egan to affect one or to of my + "entecostal hobby horses then I %egan to ha$e trou%le ithin myself %ut 'the truth shall ma#e you free' some of us are sloer than others especially if something is plainly ritten in the A(&&(R of the ord/ 3 as it was for those who believed in &ircumcision & also the 5abbath 4ay etc1 then one day the spirit of the Aord spo!e to my heart , I as as!ed the Huestion as I as pondering this $ery su%;ect. @hy hen it as once right as it no longer necessary for those ho had %een under the la/ not to !eep it any longerF -y anser as of course that once =ohn , =esus had declared a ne understanding/ or ay of thin!ing/ the old did not apply any more. .o I ant us to understand $ery clearly that this %egan to %e applied %efore the 'oly Spirit out3pouring on the day of Pentecost. @hen =esus ate the corn on the Sa%%ath/ 6my6 hat an insult to/ , hat an uproar that came from the legalist6s. &he ma;or point of 'is reply is found in/ -att 121?. ''=ut I tell you, Somethin$ $reater & more e(alted & more maCestic than the temple is here''' @hen =esus dro$e those sheep , o<en out of the temple , in the process the money changers trays , stands ere thron a%out , their ta%les ere completely upset. &he reply of =esus is found in this case in =n/ 211?%. ''%a#e these thin$s a"ay 2out of here3 .a#e not .y )ather's house a house of merchandise 2a mar#et place, a sales shop3'' Ps/ 2B18%. In &oth cases =esus referred to the sanctity of the &emple. @'*F @ell" 6*( AR( &'( &(-PA( )C 5)D.6 &his last phrase is the cru< of the hole plan of 5od. ($erything is centred around the &emple of 5od , hat is necessary to %ring us to the ape< ofMin 5od" @hat seemed to %e right to many of the Pharisees/ Scri%es , =es/ as not right , as no %eing outmoded + there is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is death as I said earlier e must not %e too hasty to ;udge , in this I am considering my on e<perience , my %ac!ground. @hat made the difference in Paul6s attitude to the legalist6s as in that if they ere ha$ing a pro%lem ith their conscience in the changeo$er/ he ga$e them space to hear from 5od/ %ut if they insisted on %eing trou%lesome to the Assem%lies that as a different story. And so it is today. 5od is not moc!ed" !hat once applied to us in the +oly 9lace no lon$er applies in the .ost +oly 9lace' It is Outmoded, & is &ein$ Outmoded !ithin Us' No" As circumcision , the !eeping of the literal Sa%%ath Day as no longer in$o!ed %y =esus it no longer applied to the people of 5od. @hyF Decause it as no longer necessary. So it is today" &hat hich as a necessity , as right in &he 'oly Place is no longer needful in &he -ost 'oly Place" @e ha$e mo$ed/ , are/ -)>I.5 )." &rust that this has %een of help to you all. 5od6s richest to each , e$ery one of you. ,ritten (& Ra!ph Kno0!e" .e(ruar& 1 'arch" 2343" 10