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LESSON 1
PENTATEUCH - PART I
GENESIS PART 1
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Lesson 1 – Pentateuch Pt. 1
INTRODUCTION TO LESSON 1
THE PENTATEUCH - PART I
GENESIS PART 1
Don't panic, we know there seems like many lessons and material, but our study
into the Bible is one holding many wonderful and exciting adventures. Along the way you'll
discover things you wondered about, or things you haven't considered, you may even
have some I know areas; however, rediscovery can be an adventure.
We are a people of Faith, but how many of us know what Faith really entails? We
are also a people assigned to the Grace of God, but how many of us really know what it
entails? We use the Name of Jesus, but what does it mean? Peter tells us the purpose of
our faith is the salvation of our souls (I Pet 1:9); the Book of Hebrews tells us if we are the
Just who live by faith, we are not of them who draw back to perdition, but of them who
believe unto the saving of the soul (Heb 10:38-39). There is an End, or Conclusion we’re
reaching to, if there is a End there has to be a Beginning. The Word Genesis means
Beginning, but if it's the Beginning, what does it Begin? Genesis 1:1 begins with a paradox
by telling us "In The Beginning", yet we see God existed before the Beginning. Does it
mean there is no Beginning for God? How can it be? We are creations, thus there had to
be a Creator, but is the Creator created?
Genesis holds the beginning of Knowledge, leading us to the understanding of what
denying the self is all about, as well as showing how mankind can actually tell the Creator
"No". Did it happen? Yes, it still does. Can we accept Life, but reject the promise of having
it More Abundantly? Did Adam have the same type of Life as those who accept the Cross?
If there was a Fall, from where did Adam fall? Was Adam male and Adam female the only
ones who fell? If they fell, where did they fall to? What does their experience have to do
with us? If God is so good, why make us suffer for something Adam and Eve did? Perhaps
we all played out the fall in our own lives.
Genesis has many Beginnings as it sets the stage for many discoveries, including
the End Times. There can be no End Time, unless there is first a Beginning Time. The
importance of Genesis demands time, thus you will find two lessons, rather than one to
cover the material. The first Lesson looks at the Genesis Creation by God as it pertains to
the Purpose of God, then a look at the Fall. There are many questions regarding the Fall
we need answers to, if we can't understand the fall, how will we know what we are saved
from? Or saved to, or is it saved be to saved? What is Life? What does having it More
Abundantly mean?
To the Jew the first five books of the Bible are the most important, in many ways
they are right, as far as the Old Testament goes. The first four lessons of this Bible study
look at what is called the Pentateuch by the Christian Church, or the Torah by the Jew (the
first Five Books of the Bible). The first five books of the Bible cover nearly twenty percent
of the Old Testament, they are referred to as “the books” by Daniel and John (Dan 7:10 &
Rev 20:12). They are vital to the Jewish mindset, yet they also contain great amounts of
knowledge and blessings for us; it behooves us to study these areas precept upon
precept. Perhaps we will find many areas in the Old Testament to help us understand the
New in a clearer, more informative light. Jesus said a good scribe knows both the Old and
New, it doesn't mean they live the Old, it means they know it (Matt 13:51-52).
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This study begins with Genesis, yet holds to the simple premise, all revelation must
center on the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus. Revelation becoming self-based tends to
end in a mental revolution, becoming so deep it buries itself in opinion and false doctrine.
Revelation of Scripture is merely the Holy Ghost showing us what is already there, thus
there is no New Revelation, only clarity regarding what has been there for years. The word
Revelation means, an opening, or a discovery, it doesn't mean a new Scripture. No
revelation of Scripture belongs to any one person, the Holy Ghost gave them to the Body,
thus they belong to the entire Body of Christ.
There are many spirits talked about in the Bible, the Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit we
know are of God, but there is the spirit of disobedience, the spirit of man, the spirit of the
world, the spirit of antichrist and the spirit of error. We also find the phrase, “Born of the
Spirit is Spirit”, who is Born? If we are Born Again it shows we gained the Spirit which is of
God (I Cor 2:11-13), thus our souls are being formed into a Spiritual nature by the Spirit.
When the New Birth takes place our condition and position changes, we may have a body
of flesh, but we are becoming Spiritual in nature to fit the Glorified body Jesus has for us.
Another way to view John 3:6 is simply, “I was born of the flesh, therefore I was flesh in my
thinking and ability, but I am now born to be Spirit, therefore my thinking is changing to
being Spiritual”. It’s not the Spirit in us birthed by another Spirit, rather our souls change
from natural to Spirit through the New Birth. The equation is how the flesh moves from
conception, to the fetus, to birth, thus we celebrate our birthday, not our conception day.
The New Birth is not a Birth until the Birth takes place, thus we find the Corinthians had the
Spirit, but they were carnal and unable to understand Spiritual matters (I Cor 3:3-16).
Having the Spirit and being Born Again are different, as the letters to the Romans and
Corinthians show. We want to move forward with God, but we all have our Beginning
place.
The Book of Genesis begins with many divisions, yet the purpose is for the two to
be one. Would God divide, in order to join? Yes. Can God divide things He never wants to
be joined? Yes, the Genesis account will tell us there are some things God has divided, as
they are to remain divided. The perfect example is Light and Darkness, God brought the
Light to dispel the darkness, He never intended them to be One.
Christians have an advantage over the rest of the world, we have the opportunity to
have the Mind of Christ, to be Born Again to operate in the Name of Jesus. There is only
one Body of Christ, although it has members many. The Born Again Christian has the
unique ability to have a Birthed conscience and guide within called "the Word of God"
(James 1:21 et al). Therefore, we find there are Commandments for the natural, yet there
are Commandments for the Spiritual. Do we need a written document telling us "thou shall
not kill"? Hopefully not, but the world does. How does the world know murder is wrong?
God said so, even Cain didn’t know murder was wrong until God told him sin was at the
door. The Ten Commandments define man's fallen nature, there is no need for a law
unless the potential to violate the law is evident. The first Commandment for man in the
Garden was To multiply, but the first Commandment with punishment was “do not eat the
fruit of the tree”. When we have a punishment attached to the Commandment, it then
becomes a Law. Therefore, Laws lay out the violation and punishment, but a
Commandment may or may not have a punishment attached. For instance we read, Seek
ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, then the things shall be added. There
is no punishment, but there is a reward. In the Garden the punishment was, “in dying you
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shall die”; however if death was something which never happened, how was Adam to
know what death was? After the fact? “See son it’s death”? A cruel god would use
deception, our God does not, there has to be answers for all these questions. Adam knew
the consequences of the action, before he took of the fruit.
When God granted the Ten Commandments He also interjected them with a Power
and Authority, so does it mean they are alive? Not like man or the animals, yet they do
have a Power and Authority to condemn unto death. The Ten Commandments were never
an issue for Abraham, or Adam. One would think of all people, God would have given The
Commandments to Adam. After all Adam's first son was a murderer; however, before we
get too far ahead of ourselves we want to stop and view the Beginning. We desire to find
where we came from, as well as why we find there are Commandments for the Christian
which can only be done by a Christian.
The studies we are about to enter are designed around the Commandments; "deny
yourself, and pick up your Cross". No where in the Ten Commandments, or Law of Moses
do we find these commands; rather they are given to people who have the God granted
ability to complete them. The Lessons are formulated to impart knowledge and share
Wisdom, they are not designed to take the place of the Holy Ghost, or your faith. Scholars
are great, but we never elevate a scholar above the Bible. When we make the Bible
measure up to the words of our scholars, we’ve elevated man above the Bible, not real
wise. These lessons are helps, they are not governments (I Cor 12:28). The first place we
go is to the Bible, allowing the Holy Ghost to guide us through the words of Spirit filled
teachers; however, if the first place we run to are the words of the scholars, we are still
students, when we should be teachers.
The Holy Ghost is the only One who can bring us God's Knowledge and Wisdom,
yet sharing given knowledge and wisdom from the Lord is the position of the teacher.
Anyone with the Spirit can share God's Knowledge, these Lessons become more of a
sharing program in order for you to be edified. The purpose for us to gather together, or to
assemble is to edify one another, we pray this material will edify you, if you are edified, so
are we.
God's Wisdom and man's wisdom differ considerably, just as man's knowledge and
God's Knowledge differ. James points out how God's Wisdom is really a spiritual attitude
allowing us to deal with events and people in a Godly manner (James 2:1-3). Knowledge is
the mental awareness of information, thus God's knowledge views all things from the Light,
man's knowledge views all things from the darkness. However, knowledge is not the same
as Wisdom; Knowledge explores the information, Wisdom is the ability to apply it. The
religious rulers and Pharisees had Scripture knowledge to a point, but they attempted to
apply it through the wisdom of man. Jesus said they were of their father the devil and the
lusts of their father they would do (Jn 8:44). How can it be? The Pharisees with the other
religious rulers were the very guards of the Law of Moses, the same ones who were
placed in charge of the Temple, yet Jesus said they would do the lusts of their father the
devil! Could it be all have sinned, simply because all have applied the wisdom of man to
people and events? Yes, sin isn't limited to murder, or stealing, a majority of sin is found in
how people deal with people in an ungodly manner.
Jude, James and others will show us how any good gift is from God, but they also
show how the fallen nature of man takes the good gift, filters it through a lust, or the self,
then uses the good gift in an ungodly manner. Regardless of the good gift, if it's good it's
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from God, the test is in how does man apply it, or who gets the glory? Man? Or God? Can
man take a Good gift and make it evil? Yes, Jude 4 tells us some take the Grace of God,
then turn it into Lasciviousness. Wait, it's by Grace through Faith we are Saved (Eph 2:8).
My oh my, but wait is there another example of man twisting the good into evil? Yes, in the
Garden of Eden everything was Good, everything was Created or Formed by God, even
the devil was a creation (Ezek 28:13-14). However, was the devil created as the devil? Or
did the cherubim make the choice to twist his position into evil? Can God even create evil?
No, there is no evil in God, thus God cannot tempt us to do evil, neither can He create evil,
thus all things created by God are Good for the purpose. If God is Light, why do we read in
Genesis 1:2 how darkness covered the earth? Can God become darkness? No, First John
tells us there is no darkness in God. What happened? When God told Adam, "in the day
thereof", moral choice was granted, meaning the potential to do evil was also present, just
as the will to do good was given Adam in the breath of life. Choice without various
elements to chose from, is not choice at all. Once choice entered the Garden, the cherub
found iniquity was also possible.
We know how Adam (Adam male and Adam female) had the choice to take the
fruit, or reject it, thus choice was a factor before the fall. Just as they (Adam male and
Adam female) had the choice to admit their sin, or form self-justifying excuses. However,
did they have free choice? Or free moral choice? There is a difference. The Beginning
gives us many Firsts yet all of them were seen by God long before they came into
existence. The Beginning will point out how much God granted man on the earth, but it will
also show the Final Authority in all things is still God.
In the Lessons when we speak of choice we really don't want to go through all the
variables each time, thus we will define Choice here. There is Limited Free Choice guided
by the rules of society, there is Choice limited only by the mind of the person making the
Choice, there is Free Moral Choice, the basis of all choice. As creations or formations of
God mankind is limited to the realm of Free Moral Choice, but man can twist the premise
into either Limited Free Choice or Self-Choice limited by the self-made rules of society.
There is no free choice as such, since it would mean there are no consequences or
rewards for the choice, the person could do whatever they wanted, we know even society
refuses to allow free choice. When some world leader attempts to enforce free choice, the
other nations in the world bring judgment, thus what the leader thought was free choice,
ended as free moral choice with consequences. Free Moral Choice means there exists
consequences, or rewards based on the choice made. Even the choice of "you choose
death or life" tells us the choice has a consequence, or reward. The Fall was a result of
Adam making a free moral choice; therefore, there were consequences for the violation of
rejecting the responsibilities, as there were Rewards for obeying the commandment.
The danger comes when mankind takes Free Moral Choice, then twists it into
Social Free Choice. A premise arrived at by the Fall mentality, ending teaching children
they are their own conscience. Children are given logic problems wherein they determine
who lives, or dies. Once they obtain the power over life, they think they can make the
determination in real life, when they put their new found determination into an action they
justify their behavior, yet hold no remorse for their actions. Today we hear about the
concept of free choice, but we find it actually removes Choice. One can have free choice
over another, ending taking the choice from the one they are over, which is slavery. Today
Abortion is called free choice, although it still has some social limits, it still violates the God
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given principal of Free Moral Choice. Free Moral Choice would consider the rights of the
unborn, Free Choice does not. Free Choice is self-based, without regard for the life of
another, which manifested in children taking the lives of other children without remorse.
The problem would be stretching the choice to eating unborn babies, or removing children
under the age of five who don’t meet their parents expectations calling it, “extended
abortion”. It sounds barbaric, but history shows it has happened, in some parts of the world
it still does.
Social Choice is only limited by the rules, or laws of the society, thus whatever
society deems proper becomes lawful. Moral Choice carries with it Consequence;
therefore, the Ten Commandments have religious overtones, but in truth they were a
written Conscience to a people who lacked internal guidelines. Social choice determines
its own conscience based on what society determines legal, or what society says mankind
has a right to do; however, it doesn't mean God deems it right; the children making the
golden calf in the wilderness is a prime example.
We as Christians cannot mix Moral Choice into Social Choice, neither can we form
our own standards. We have Commandments, as did Adam, a Commandment still leaves
us Choice, but it also leaves us consequences, rewards and responsibilities. The Fall is
based on this issue, violating the Commandment, yet attempting to justify the violation got
Adam nowhere with God, thus self-justification is not Repentance in any sense of the
word. Remorse in and of itself is not true repentance either, Cain will have great remorse,
but not because he killed his brother, it will be because of the punishment regarding the
consequence of his actions. Judas had remorse, but not because of what he did to Jesus,
rather it was based on his plan not turning out the way he wanted. Repentance begins with
the desire to be changed, if we are sorry for doing the same thing over and over, we have
yet to gain the fruit of repentance. Our feet are shod with the Preparation of the Gospel of
Peace (Eph 6:15). We heard the Truth of the Gospel of our Salvation, we Believed, by
showing our act of Repentance, then we are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise (Eph
1:12-13). John the Baptist noted how the religious leaders lacked the Fruit of Repentance,
indicating they didn’t desire to change. Our ability to be changed in being Born Again by
the Holy Ghost to have the Spirit of Truth making the change in our nature to Spiritual.
God has established a Law for the particular grouping we're in, adding the true
remorse of knowing against whom we have sinned. For example the Ten Commandments
said "thou shall not commit adultery", to those under those Commandments it means the
actual physical act. However, to the Jewish male in the days of Jesus it was limited to the
females only. In response Jesus said, If we ponder the thought, play with it, figure out
some way to make it come to pass, we have committed adultery. Adultery is when we
share a special feeling reserved for our mate with anyone not our mate, it also includes
inappropriate conversations, flirting, or using others to make our mate jealous or envious.
Therefore, to the natural person the Commandment pointed to the nature of man, but
Jesus elevated the concept to the mental realm, yet at the same time promised us a
remedy wherein we can be Free Indeed.
The Jewish mindset felt if a person desired to eat pork, yet resisted the temptation
they were holier than a person who never desired pork. It’s the same premise as the
mindset regarding any of the Commandments, thus the Pharisees felt if a man thought on
adultery, even to the point of planning it, yet didn’t do it, he was holier than the man who
never considered adultery; however, Jesus said if one plans, or figures a way to carry it out
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(thinks on), they have committed the act in their mind. Therefore, the Ten Commandments
didn’t address the cause of sin, they defined the result of sin. Jesus gave us the ability to
be free of the cause of sin by the Cross and Resurrection.
God gave us a promise of Liberty through the New Birth, which begins with a
cleaning process, bringing us to a place of victory. The New Birth brings a New Nature, not
like earthly Adam who was a living soul, but one like Jesus, a quickening Spirit (Cor 15:45-
49). What has this to do with Genesis? Everything, Adam is termed a Living Soul, no
where is the First Adam termed spirit; Paul makes it clear (I Cor 15:45-48), there is a very
good explanation. There are other questions as well, How do we explain prehistoric man to
our children? Where are the dinosaurs in the Bible? How old is the earth? How come
Noah didn’t have any big lizards on the Ark? When faced with a religion ignoring, or
excusing facts on one hand, while facing a big stack of bones on the other, who do you
think the children will believe? There must be answers, if the Lamb of God was slain from
the foundation of the world, then there has to be evidence in Genesis to prove it.
Adam had choice, the angels had choice, but choice didn't come to Adam until God
said, "in the day you eat thereof". Did God trick Adam? No, Adam was given an intellect
and choice, the test on Adam was whether he loved God enough to obey. We know Adam
had intellect, he named the animals. Did Adam love his own existence more than he loved
God? Adam lost the most important thing he had at the fall, but mankind didn't lose
everything. We still have free moral choice, we still name the animals, the planets, as well
as our offspring, thus some of the authority remains, yet the position of natural man is
much different since the fall. We know from Hebrews chapter 11 man still had the ability to
have faith in God, from the knowledge we gained regarding the children in the wilderness
we know man has the choice to believe God, or not.
Whenever we make a choice without holding ourselves accountable to the
responsibilities God has imposed, we have transgressed the Law of Responsibility. The
Law was set in place when God said, "in the day you eat thereof you will die". The
statement imposed a responsibility and consequence for the choice. God never said, "If
you name one of the animals wrong, you will die", He never said, "If you fail to multiply you
will die". The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was good, but it was not for Adam's
consumption, yet it was up to Adam to care for it. The moment Adam moved from "caring"
to "eating" he introduced the spirit of man into the equation, yet they were held responsible
for their choice.
Natural man is moved by the now, God knows the end before the beginning begins
(Isa 46:10). God sees by spiritual insight, man is limited to the natural. God's Knowledge
and Wisdom are elements God desires for us to have through the Spirit of Christ as
attributes of Grace. It's the Wisdom of God making the Knowledge found in the Bible a
practical instrument in our lives. It does little good to know "blessed are the merciful", if we
can't be merciful, or know what merciful entails. God said His people were destroyed for a
lack of knowledge, but when Adam took of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil he entered death. It's not knowledge in general, but knowledge from God, any
attempt to fill the void outside of God ends in natural knowledge. Paul said we all have
knowledge, yet knowledge puffs up ( I Cor 8:1). Paul was not talking about knowledge in
general, but a specific knowledge absent love causing one to use the knowledge in a
prideful manner (I Cor 8:2-4). We can have knowledge regarding the freedom of Grace,
but without love we will flaunt it, rather than live it. Today the world has tons of knowledge
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and wisdom all of which are based in the self and empowered by darkness, thus it's not
knowledge alone, but from where the Knowledge comes from making the difference.
Jesus said we are to be as Holy and Merciful as our Father, as well as having our
Righteousness exceed the Pharisees self-righteousness. Those elements are impossible
through the works of the flesh, or by carnal deeds. How is anyone going to be as Holy as
God? How many holies are there anyway? Four, the Tabernacle had three as an example,
the courtyard was holy, anyone allowed into the Courtyard entered based on the sacrifice.
The Holy Place was also holy, only the priests were allowed therein, it was also up to the
priests to keep the Golden Lamp burning. Then there was the Holiest of All, if it was the
Holiest of All, there were other holies. The Light in the Holiest of All was maintained by
God, not man; only one person was allowed in the Holy of Holies (Holiest of All), once a
year for the specific purpose of atoning of the sins of the people. There are thee types of
Holiness defined in the Tabernacle, yet the New Man is created, (or formed same Greek
word), after God’s True Holiness, giving us the fourth (Eph 4:24); therein lays the ability to
be as Holy as our Father. God’s Holiness is included in His Mercy, meaning His Mercy is
an attribute of His Holiness, if we have God’s Holiness, we have God’s Mercy: it’s the
application which seems to get us bogged down.
Two of Aaron's sons tossed "strange fire" into the Tabernacle and died (Lev 10:1),
they made a choice then placed an act to the choice, but there was a responsibility and a
consequence for their action. The wrong fire, by the wrong people for the wrong reason,
yet there was Fire in the Holy Place found in the golden candlestick (Menorah). When we
keep things in order, we will walk the path of Righteousness as honorable saints of the
Most High God. Knowing what the Order is, if we have God's Knowledge, with His Wisdom
we will deal with the various variables through God's Wisdom.
It was once said a change in attitude can't bring us a better job, more money, or
peace. It’s so far from the truth, a change from darkness to Light brings a change in
natures, producing a change in attitude, giving us the nature of Christ. Jesus promised us
when we give Mercy, it shall be given back to us, shaken down, pressed together and
running over, shall men give unto our bosom (Luke 6:37-38). Mercy is the forgiveness of
wrongs, sins, or misgivings, if men will give this Mercy back to us, surely we can see the
advantage in holding the attitude of Mercy.
Interesting enough we find the New Nature promoting good actions, rather than
sitting around thinking of good things to do. There are things people do by nature, we are
in a Nature changing Process called Grace. As we move deeper into the Nature of Christ
there are things we simply don't do anymore, yet we do good things without thinking about
them. Jesus went about doing good, not because He thought “is this good?”, but because
it was His character and nature to do good. This process of change is called Transfigured,
or Metamorphosis; as the process progresses we find we do good deeds by nature we
don’t really think about. Someone will say “Thank You”, or “That was a good word, thanks”,
we then wonder “what word?”; we did by nature what was good. As the Transfiguration
brings us further into the New Nature we find many things of the old nature have fallen to
the wayside, we simply don’t do them anymore, thus the mind of flesh is giving way to the
mind of the Spirit. On the same note, no one can change their attitude without a change in
nature, they can use a mask, or pretend they have a new nature, but when pressure is
applied to the mask the old nature surfaces.
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God declared His Justification over us at the Cross by the Report, the Witness is
carrying it out in us (I Jn 5:7-8). Paul said we are being justified by Grace (Rom 3:24), we
are being justified by faith (Rom 3:28), we are being justified by the Blood of Christ (Rom
5:9), we are being justified in the Name of Jesus, by the Spirit (I Cor 6:11), we are justified
by the Faith of Christ (Gal 2:16), we are being justified by Christ (Gal 2:17), we are justified
in the Spirit (I Tim 3:16), finally we are being justified by God’s Grace (Titus 3:7); all
pointing to a process, yet there is a declaration of Justification? We don’t want to confuse
the Report (Declaration) with the Process, a Report is a document showing what has taken
place. In First John 5:7-8 we find the Report consists of the Father, Word and Holy Ghost;
however, the Witness is carrying out the report in our lives. The Witness consists of the
Water, Blood and Spirit; Water is a metaphor for Mercy, when we add the Spirit to it we
gain Living Waters, or Mercy with Life. The Blood is the Blood of Jesus, which is the basis
for the New Testament, known as Grace. Jesus didn’t say the Body was the New
Testament, but He did say His Blood was (Matt 26:28). The Report says we are Justified,
the Witness is bringing it to pass, thus the Father in the Report relates to the Water, the
Word (Jesus) to the Blood, the Holy Ghost to the Spirit. The Witness is bringing to pass the
New Nature, as we walk in the New nature it becomes a living liberty promised to us. To
begin the venture we have to understand the elements of denying the self, but we must
understand the self. The self-nature doesn't mind being religious, the Pharisees proved it,
but the self-nature is incapable of being Godly. The "old man" is the old nature, it's not a
devil, but it is devilish in nature, meaning it’s more prone to sin, than not. The nature is a
product of the spirit of man, thus the Bible has two definitions for the word "spirit". One
definition is an entity, whether the Spirit of God, or an evil spirit, but the other definition
points to a nature, or the character of a person, often termed the spirit about the person.
The context of the verse defines which one is being used, we can't assume we were "devil
possessed" because we were under the spirit of man (disobedience). It's a nature with
certain traits, Paul called it "the wiles", or methods of operation to identify the nature. The
self nature is hidden behind masks, wild emotions, self-based agendas, centered in
promoting the self, or establishing fear.
Man gets involved in many social projects, but if we just look at their "good deeds"
we would see the self-nature involved somehow. Natural man does things to either gain
personally from the concern, or gain some self-glory from the effort. The self nature is bent
on one thing, to destroy mankind, it uses "I'm you're best buddy" as a mask of friendship,
while searching out a place to plunge the dagger of deception. We are going to view the
self-nature, as it becomes exposed, allowing us to deal with it in a Godly manner. If you
are not willing to do the effort, then you will gain some knowledge, but in the end you will
gain nothing. If we are serious about, Following Jesus, we must engage in the two basic
Commandments of Deny the Self and Pick up our Cross. Both of those deal with death,
they are things we do as part of the New Covenant. These are not works of the flesh, they
are duties of Belief and Faith.
Knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding must all work together before any of them
become beneficial servants to our New nature. Isn't it interesting how God didn't say we
were destroyed for a lack of the anointing, or a lack of faith, or a lack of money, or a lack of
position, or a lack of power, rather it was a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6). We can have
Power, yet without knowledge we will misuse it, power used outside of authority becomes
witchcraft, or rebellion. Authority is the granted permission allowing us to act within the
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confines of the rules and regulations set down by the source giving us the authority: Power
is the ability to carry out the Authority granted. The use of the word “Name” is not a form of
identification, such as “there goes Joe”, rather we find it stands for Authority, thus the
phrase “Name of Jesus”, means we are using the granted Authority Jesus gave us as
members of the Body of Christ. The phrase “name of the law”, doesn’t mean the law has a
name, it means the person who makes the statement is granted Authority by the Law they
represent. We can get all involved in using a name regarding the identification for God, yet
not operating in the granted Authority.
Is there an authority in darkness? Yes, the devil gave his authority, power and seat
to the beast of the sea, we know there is the prince of the power (authority) of the air (Eph
2:2). We can see why knowledge is important, what if we said, “in the Name of Jesus”, but
used a wile of the devil as our power? Right authority, wrong power.
We can have position, yet without knowledge we will misuse, or abuse it. Today we
find something akin to the "position of the month club", everyone wanting a position, yet
how many have the knowledge of what the position entails? It does little good to say, "I am
a Prophet", if we don't know what the office calls for. It does less good to say, "I am a
Bishop" if we use the fable lined knowledge of man to define the position, rather than the
Bible definition. Knowledge gives us guidelines regarding our calling and position. Grace
empowers us to engage in the acts of the calling, but Grace has limits, or areas of the
authority granted restricting the use of the power. For instance we know "all things are
legal", but are all things profitable? If we have the power and authority to do anything, does
it mean we have the power to destroy others? Does it mean we can sin freely? Does it
mean we can be unjust? No, we know better, thus the Things, are the Things of Christ, not
Things in general. The same is true with the concept of "faith", we could say "anything not
done in faith is sin, so I committed adultery in faith, thus it's not sin". Sound weird? People
say those things as a means of self-justification. Misused knowledge is death on the move,
yet Godly knowledge keeps us within the purpose of Grace.
What about the premise of Christians believing all things? Do we? Yes, but it
doesn’t mean we do them. We believe there is a devil, but we don’t lunch with him. We
believe there is a hell, but we don’t plan on visiting it. We believe there is eternal judgment
(Heb 6:1-2), but we are seeking eternal life. Fables lack a Godly, or Bible foundation, thus
when we are confronted with a fable, we must remember it lacks authority. For instance
we say we believe all things, then comes someone to challenge it; “If you are a son of
God, and you believe all things, then you must believe the devil is God”. “Nay say I, to
thee, I don’t believe that”. “Well you are not a Christian, since Christians believe all things”.
Deception is deception, it’s always a vicious trap. It’s not saying we don’t believe it, or
believe it, rather there is no Bible authority to make the fable something to consider, thus it
becomes moot. How would Wisdom answer the question? “I believe it’s a fable, lacking
Bible authority, I refuse to considered it”. End of story, end of the temptation. Knowledge
gives our Wisdom ability to respond, not react.
The Old Testament is a shadow of the Gospel, but without an awareness of the
Jewish mindset, we will never gain all we can from the Gospel. Jesus said, the Prophets,
Psalms and Law Testified of Him, but He called us to be His Witnesses. A testimony
speaks about someone, a Witness speaks from the place of a personal experience. How
can we be witnesses to the death and resurrection of Jesus? We weren't there, we never
saw it, wait we have the Word (Spirit) in us, first hand knowledge (Rom 1:4).
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The "word of our testimony" is not what we say, it's what others say about us; it's
their word regarding our testimony. A Testimony is something said, a Witness is something
done, if we talk the talk, we better have the right source to walk the walk.
In the Welcome Lesson we talked about study discipline, but there are all sorts of
methods for one to study. One can read the study material, then read the books or verses
in their Bible pertaining to the study. They can read the books in the Bible first, then the
study, or they can break down the study into sections then read their Bible along with the
sections of study. Whichever method the Spirit leads you to do, do, but always seek the
Spirit for clarity in applying the knowledge gained in the studies.
We also want to mention how some of us make the mistake of not studying the
Bible, but studying what others say about the Bible. These Lessons mandate for you use
your Bible, the Lessons are not greater, or equal to your Bible. There is no precise method
of study for everyone, nor a formula, or method best for all people. The best method is the
one for you, but it may not be the best for another. What if it takes you a long time to finish
a lesson? Jesus never left anyone, we take the same approach. Even if it takes you a year
to finish one lesson, Lord willing we will be there for you when it's done. We will not pester
you, send you little notes, or suggestions about finishing a lesson, the time and timing are
between you and the Lord.
In order for the Sparks to build into the Fire, one must have some Sparks. Once the
Sparks are planted, the Holy Ghost will bring the Fire. These studies may appear hard for
some, or beyond ones ability, but Wisdom is justified by her children. On the other hand it
may be seem to be redundant in some areas, but review always helps us to affirm what
we know. Strongholds tend to block knowledge and clarity, but the Spirit is fully able to use
Truth to knock down the walls of strongholds. Also there is no learning disability with the
Spirit, He is fully able to bring the material into the person's capabilities. A learning
disability is simply a lack of clarity, if you have a child who has a learning disability, or even
if you have difficulty, pray for Clarity.
What if you come across an area going against your theology? Study it out, look at
the premise, read the Bible, then rest in what the Spirit gives you. Share the conclusion
with us, we are willing to listen, we will change to the Scripture to proven truth. However,
have chapter and verse, not “someone once told me”.
Confusion is not of God, yet Truth often brings confusion. Say what? Confusion
comes when we hold a stronghold or fable then truth comes knocking on the door of the
stronghold. The fable causes the confusion, but the confusion will tell us, "you were fine
until they showed up, now look, it must be them". No, Truth is never confused, thus when
we are confused we must look inward, rather than blame someone else. There are little
areas producing the seeds to strongholds, some half-truth, or a fable sounding right, but
lacking solid Bible support. A word missing in a context, rather than see “being Justified”
we see, “Justified” as past tense. Our souls accept the bad seed (tare), it grows to become
a private doctrine. The Pharisees used many traditions of men, all of which were half-truths
or fables accepted as Doctrine. We endeavor to comply to Bible concepts, precepts and
truths; but you may find the hammer of truth knocking at the door of some stronghold. If so,
allow Truth to have her way as the Believers in Berea (Acts 17:10-11). Can a Christian
have a stronghold? Yes, some of the converted Jews did, they planted the stronghold of
having to be circumcised of the flesh in many Gentiles. There were also some who only
knew the baptism of John, but John’s baptism ended with John was cast into prison (Acts
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18:24-19:5). The solution is the Word in us (New Man) dividing, separating and bringing
clarity of purpose (James 1:21).
Not to offend, but to make clear an area, the Bible does not interpret itself, the Holy
Ghost interprets the Scriptures, yet the Bible will define itself, the Bible calls itself the
Scriptures (Matt 21:42, Jn 5:39, Acts 18:24, II Tim 3:15, et al), but it defines the Word
(Logos) as Jesus (Jn 1:1-8 et al). When we speak of the “Word in us” we’re not speaking
of the Bible, rather it’s the New Man (Eph 4:24, I Jn 4:1-4, James 1:21 et al). Jesus told the
Pharisees because they read about life, it didn’t mean they had it (Jn 5:39). The Bible
speaks of Life, but only the Holy Ghost can impart it (Jn 5:40, I Jn 5:11-13 et al).
Belief and Faith are twins but different, Belief is an awareness based on knowledge
or experiences of the past giving us a confidence in the Now. Faith comes from an unseen
source projected to a future hope as a Now confidence. Hebrews 11:6 tells us faith begins
with a Belief of “God Is”, the projection of faith looks to God being a Rewarder of those
who Diligently seek God. If our Belief is “God can’t”, “God won’t”, “I will”, “the devil is”, or
“man is” we lack the foundation for faith, meaning our faith will attempt to stop, hinder,
avoid, or produce something ungodly. In the Lessons we endeavor to center on a God Is
belief, even in defining the self.
Some of us know we're called to a ministry, God may have told us the ministry is
one of healing, yet someone else will tell us there is no such thing as a healing ministry. It’s
true, we can't find the phrases, ministry of healing, or ministry of offense, or ministry of
prophecy in the Bible, rather we are told the Ministry is one of Reconciliation (II Cor 5:18-
21), but healing, or prophecy are included in the Ministry of Reconciliation (I Cor 12:1-11),
with the purpose pointing to Reconciling people unto God. Paul never said he had a
healing ministry, but the Bible shows by his hands people were healed (Acts 14:1-3). Peter
never said he had a healing ministry, yet by his shadow people were healed (Acts 5:15):
thus there are facets within the ministry of Reconciliation we will explore.
Offense happens when exposure comes, but offense to belittle someone, in order
to exalt ourselves is not Godly in any sense. Offense to expose in order to bring correction
unto perfection is Godly in purpose and function. Jesus exposed the thoughts and intents
of the Pharisees, not to belittle them, but to give them the opportunity to see their nature,
as God saw it. Exposure removes the masks, or uncovers the lust so we can see it for
what it is, then we can say unto the thing, "Go", adding our faith in God to remove it. "Oh
yes, I know I remove all sorts of things myself". No, we mask them, push them back down,
or ignore them, only God can remove them. The worldly religions all focus on the power of
the spirit of man to rid itself of evils, so the religious think they can please God, not so, God
is pleased by faith, not self-righteousness or self-willed holiness. How could a God who
gave us His Righteousness, be impressed by self-righteousness?
The Spirit of Christ in us is the New Birth, or Seal of Grace, the New Man is also
known as the Greater He, Another Comforter, the Word being engrafted, as well as many
other metaphors and positions, all pointing to the salvation of our souls by Grace. One
might think, "Gee with all those in me, there's no room for me". Positional titles define the
purpose regarding the activity at the time for the One Spirit of Truth in us. For instance
Jesus said He was the "son of man", but wasn't He the Son of God? Whose Son is He?
Position, Jesus came from the Father, yet in His Position as the Son of man He stood for
man in God’s Mercy, in His position as the Son of God He stands for God by Grace, thus
He is the only True Mediator.
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The Law of Moses separated man from God, but allowed God through the Law to
bless man by man’s deed, but the Law never stood for God, rather it came to place a man
between the people and God, thus it was termed the Law of Moses. Jesus on the other
hand is the Authority bringing us to God, by having the Seed of God in us; therefore, for
the Christian it's, "come boldly to the throne of Grace, to Obtain Mercy, and Find Grace"
(Heb 4:16). It’s something the Law of Moses didn't promise, nor granted. The Law of
Moses is good, it came from God, but it's never from whom the Law came, but to whom it
was directed.
Isaiah 46:10 shows us how God had the End in hand before there was a Beginning,
thus He will allude and point to the End in the Beginning. If one who is versed in the Bible
the know there are many End Time prophecies in the first Five Books of the Bible. We will
approach some of the areas as they appear, but the vision is only clear regarding the End
Times when the words of the Prophets are added.
The Book of Revelation is a compiling of the words of the Prophets, with the vision
of John to answer a three part question asked of Jesus by the disciples (Matt 24:3). The
"End Times" was not something the Jew during the earthly ministry of Jesus was not
unaware of, but the details and clarity of those times are revealed to the New Testament
saint. Perhaps one of the defining statements by Jesus regarding the End Times is, "work
while it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no man can work" (Jn 9:4). The saying is
seen in the creation account of Genesis, but only understood by the saying of Jesus. This
will show the End Times are not some mystery, or some mystic space adventure, or
hidden in some secret code, rather the things written about and defined for us in the
Scriptures. There is no mystery in the Bible, not explained in the Bible. However, one can
use the End Times to scare people, sell books, or become rich, or we can use the
knowledge to give us hope by showing people how to avoid something just ahead.
It's always better for our study disciple to start at the beginning and move to the
result. Genesis is a treasure chest of knowledge, it gives us a great deal of awareness
regarding God's plan and purpose. The spiritual without the Bible brings fanaticism, the
Bible without the spiritual brings legalism. We are expecting the Spirit to enlighten your
nature by bringing the Power of His Christ into an active role in your life. The Word in us
uses the Bible, making the Bible is food to enhance the growth process, the more Bible
knowledge we gain, the greater our awareness. It’s imperative for us to believe the Bible is
inspired by God, if we don’t believe the Bible, how will we believe what Jesus said in the
Bible? Most of our God Is belief is found in the Bible. We are not looking for theological
discourses absent God's knowledge, nor are we looking for dead history. God is still the
God of the living, we desire to be among the living.
However, we reserve the right to make typos, we desire not to, but they do happen.
We have taken pains to see there are none, these lessons have been proof read several
times, but some do slip by. If you notice one, please drop us an e-mail telling us which
lesson, the page and the typo. The correction will help future students. If you find an area
you feel needs more explanation, or if you have something you wish to contribute, please
advise us, we prayerfully consider all suggestions. These lessons are the source of many
contributors, we do appreciate the input.
The Bible is full of metaphors, those sayings, or words speaking of one thing, but
pointing to another. They are not definitions, but the metaphoric or allegory applications.
We know the Bible says we are "sheep", so does it mean we are really some fuzzy thing
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going "baa, baa"? No, it's a metaphor showing we are "like unto" sheep, yet not really
sheep. When we see the phrase “Lamb of God” we know it points to Jesus, but did Jesus
turn into some lamb at the baptism? Of course not, we know the phrase refers to the
Sacrifice. We may not like metaphors, but God used many, it behooves us to know what
they mean. Metaphors are a type of mystery, the glory of God is to conceal a thing, the
honor of the king is to find it (Prov 25:2): following is a beginning list.
ADAM - The beginning of something, the first Adam stands for Natural man with a Living
soul, the second Adam stands for a quickening spirit. The first Adam has two
positions noted in the Bible, one as evil, the other as good, depending on the usage.
AGE - A period of time, or a Season, often termed “worlds”.
ASHES - Sign of affliction, used with sackclothe to show repentance.
BABE as a FETUS - The root stage of the Seed.
BABE - The time when one is just Born Again, or the Blade.
BAD FISH - The Tares, the Children of the Wicked in the Net (Jude 22-23).
BEASTS OF
THE DESERT - Sons of perdition, workers of iniquity, the tares in the desert or field.
BEAST OF Sons of perdition as they surface after the Rapture, near the end of the Time
THE EARTH - of Comfort , or Night.
BEASTS OF
THE FIELD - The Wicked in the Season of the Day, the tares in the field planted by the enemy.
BEASTS OF THE Those who are above the Sea, all dry land is considered an island, these are those
ISLAND- who are raised above the sea, but still used the authority of the world.
BEAST OF THE The beast in the Gentile World, the one who was given the Seat, Power and
SEA - Authority of the dragon, by the dragon.
BEAST - Depends on usage and word used, there are good beasts and bad.
BELL - The sound of a witness, the product of a hundredfold.
BLADE - That which has been born, where one produces fruit, known as Born Again.
BREACHES- Holes, or openings through which the enemy can attack, or send darts.
BIRDS- Plural usage refers to someone pretending to be someone else, an example

would be a false christ.
CHILDREN OF Those who use the authority of the world, this group is of the world, some can be
THE DARKNESS- seen in the kingdom of heaven, but not the Kingdom of God.
CHILDREN OF The children of the world, those who follow the prince of the power (authority)
DISOBEDIENCE- of the air, of which we all were before we accepted the Cross.
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CHILDREN OF
THE DAY OR LIGHT- Those of the Season of Grace, who walk by the Spirit.
CHILDREN OF The Remnant who are of the Lesser Light, their position is to make the enemies of
THE NIGHT - Jesus His footstool, by being overcome, whereas we are overcomers.
CHURCH- The place of pure Grace, the place where the Bride of Christ is found.
CHURCHES- Groupings of those found in the Rock, not to be confused with The Church which
is located on the Rock ie: the seven churches in the Book of Revelation.
CLAY - Man made of the earth, natural or soulish.
CLOUD - One age of witnesses - three types of clouds are seen, one is the Great Cloud of
Witnesses who were taken captive by Jesus, the second Cloud is the Greater Cloud
of Witnesses from this Season, then the dark cloud is comprised of false witnesses.
CLOUDS- More than one age of witnesses, i.e.: Jesus ascended with a Cloud, but returns
with the Clouds.
COURTYARD- Kingdom of heaven, or the place of judgment, the place of entrance where the
Lamb was slain, but not the place where the Blood was shed for remission.
CROWN - Sign of authority, or power for ruling a nation or kingdom - There are two
different types of crowns in the New Testament, one worn by us, the other worn
by the kings of the world.
CROWN OF LIFE- Held by the Holy Ghost; given to those of the Promise who endure; sign of Life, also
known as the Crown of Righteousness.
CROWN OF SATAN- The point of authority granted by the devil to those who love darkness.
CRYSTAL- The Bride of Christ before the Throne.
CUT OFF - Two usage's depending on the Hebrew word used, one means to push away
and forget, the other means to Cut some part of the Body away either to enter a
a Covenant, or a result of a broken Covenant, the latter points to the broken Body of
Christ at the Rapture; the Good are cut and taken, the wicked cut off and remain.
DARKNESS- Worldly minded, those who use the authority, power or seat of the dragon, those
who say they are in the Light, but hate (slander) their brother (I John).
DARTS- Works, deeds, or methods of operation of the devil.
DAUGHTER OF
JERUSALEM - The people within the city of Jerusalem of the earth.
DAUGHTER OF
ZION - The city of Jerusalem, as it sits on mount Zion of the earth.
DAUGHTERS (pl.)
OF ZION The Remnant or the last part of the order marked on Zion of the earth. .
DAY - The Time and Season for the Christ minded Church of Grace.
DEAD IN CHRIST - Those who are crucified with Christ, with the Spirit to prove it
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DIVERS COLORS - Pretending to be someone else, without the ability to be someone else,
much like a false christ, or a false prophet, not to be confused with a "coat of
many colors", many colors and divers colors are very different.
DOOR- Method of entry; for the Christian it's the Door into heaven, for the Remnant
it's the Door of David.
EARTH - Kingdom of heaven; the Sea refers to the Gentile, Sand of the sea to the Jew.
EUPHRATES - A boundary, or mark of division between Israel and the world.
EVE - Means Life, but metaphorically it means the soul.
EVENING AND Creation time for the things of the Night Season.
MORNING -
EVER - An age, or something lasting until another event begins, such as the phrase ever
and ever, meaning an age coupled with another age.
FIELD - Kingdom of heaven; the womb to the Kingdom of God, has both wheat and tares.
FIG TREE - Religious order of Israel, the covering of the flesh alone.
FISH - Those appointed to the kingdom of heaven, the Gentiles in the (world).
FOWLS OF THE AIR - Children of the Wicked, or Tares, those who take, but give nothing.
THE AIR - A place unseen; there are two places unseen, the natural, and the spiritual, the
prince of the power of the air operates in the natural, the Air where we meet Jesus
is spiritual.
FURNITURE - Tools or means used to protect the House, defining the character of the soul.
GATE - Something preventing entry, or an element of ungodly division.
GOOD FISH - Children of God, who desire or walk in love, mercy and grace.
GRASS - People, or flesh.
GREATER LIGHT - Light given the Day, for the children of the Day.
GROUND - The center of a person; soft ground, a soft heart; hard ground, a hard heart.
HAIR - Covering, anointing.
HAIR AS WOOL - Covering or anointing belonging to God alone.
HAIR - WHITE - A sign of wisdom.
HAY - What is cut off, lacking Water (mercy).
HARVEST - Pertains to the field, the place of separation between the wheat and tares.
HEADS - Authorities, those with authority.
HEART - The place where a person's character is formed, the place where intents come from.
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HEAVENLIES - Appointed spiritual positions.
HOLY PLACE - Kingdom of God, the place just before the Holiest of All, the place where the
Light, Bread and Blood are first found together.
HOLY OF HOLIES- Head of the Body, the place where the Promise is in hand for all time.
HORN - Symbol of power.
HOUSE- A place where something, or someone dwells, the soul, not the contents, but the
place where one finds the character of the person.
IMAGE - To resemble something or someone.
IMAGINATIONS - Concepts, ideas and thoughts coming against the knowledge of God; stronghold;
a formed fable lacking truthful evidence to support it.
INHABITANTS - Those who are spiritual, or hold a sound Star position.
JERUSALEM- The center of something of God, Jerusalem of the earth is the center of God's
Judgment; New Jerusalem of heaven as the center of God's Salvation.
KINGS - Rulers in a kingdom, regardless of the kingdom; there are good kings and bad kings
in the kingdom of heaven, a king is defined by how they rule and the methods used.
KINGDOM - A place were power or authority can be exercised, a Kingdom is the place where
the Will of the King is being carried out.
KINGDOM OF Spiritual kingdom where God rules, the place where the Blood of Jesus is found,
GOD - the place of Salvation, the Kingdom is within the person by the Spirit.
KINGDOM OF Kingdom on the earth belonging to God for the purpose of separating the Wheat
HEAVEN - from the Tares, the place where Mercy is tested, the place of Judgment, often
referred to as the earth, the womb to the Kingdom of God.
KINGDOM OF
SATAN - The world, the place where the dragon gave his power, authority and seat.
LESSER LIGHT - Light given the Night, or Remnant, a lesser power than the Greater Light of the Day.
MOUNTAINS - Nations.
MOON - Zion of the earth.
NAME - Point of authority.
NIGHT - Time for the restoration of Israel (remnant of the seed of the Woman).
OLIVE TREE - Anointed ones, or the anointing, a symbol of God’s Mercy.
PRINCE - One who begins something, either good or evil; i.e.: Jesus the Prince of Peace, as
Good ; Satan as the Prince of the power of the air, as evil; a prince is defined by the
principality they represent.
PRINCES - Holding an area in the nation, identified by the principality they rule.
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PRINCIPALITIES - A beginning of something, or the principle place, the formation of something, the
foundational thing, the Law of Moses is known as a principality,
ROCK, THE - Christ, the Body of Christ, or Zion of heaven, which the Church is built on.
RULER - Anything or anyone guiding our decisions, or causes us to react, anything, or

anyone who dominates us.
SACKCLOTHE - Repentance.
SAND OF THE SEA- The nation, or land of Israel.
SEA - Gentile world, often referred to as "the world".
SEA MONSTERS - Sons of perdition, those who left the world, but returned to perdition (world).
SEED - The very beginning of something purposed to grow, the conception process.
SCRIPTURES - Written word about God, inspired and Authored by the Holy Ghost.
SHORE - Place separating the Sea from the Sand of the Sea, thus it's neither the Sand of the
Sea, or the Sea; the place of calling and teaching; the place which is akin to the
"Gentile Court" in the old temple.
SILLY WOMEN - Teachers without wisdom or Godly knowledge, nothing to do with gender.
SON OF GOD - One who represents God by having the Spirit of Christ in residence.
SON OF MAN - One who represents the Mercy of the Father, or Mercy to the people.
SON OF PERDITION- One who has left Perdition (world), but goes back based on using the authority
of the world, one who received the Mercy of God, but refuses to give it.
SPROUT - The first aspect of the blade, a novice.
STONES - Foundational, but can be an offense unto stumbling or judgment for those who
fail to believe - Jesus as our Corner stone or foundational stone unto the building.
STRONGHOLDS - Thoughts, ideas, hurts, pains, or other mental hindrances coming against the
knowledge of God.
TABERNACLE - Salvation, the Gentile Church, designed of God, movable and teachable.
TARES - Children or off-spring of the wicked, planted evil concepts and attitudes, refers to the
works of the devil, or those who use them.
TEMPLE - Judgment, made of stone, which is not movable.
TENT - Tabernacle, place where salvation rests, movable.
TONGUES, NATIONS,
KINDREDS - Gentiles.
VESSEL OF HONOR - One who has received and walks in the Mercy of God
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VESSEL OF
DISHONOR - One who received the Mercy of God, but refuses to walk in it.
WHITE ROBE - Resurrected body for the saint in heaven.
WIFE - Congregation.
WOOD - Idol worship, or something cut from a tree.
WORD OF GOD - Jesus (Greek Logos), or Spirit – Life (Greek Rhema - Jn 6:63).
WORDS OF GOD - The Prophetic word, Jesus, the Spirit, the Bible, words of wisdom and
Knowledge, any communicated method God uses to inform us.
NUMBERS (these are not the negative association, but the positive usage).
ONE - God, Unity, of one mind TWO - Joining together as One.

THREE - Trinity. FOUR - Creative works.
FIVE - Grace. SIX - Man - Living soul.
SEVEN - Rest, completeness. EIGHT - New beginnings.
NINE - Holy Spirit. TEN - Testing.
ELEVEN - God's work with man. TWELVE - Government.
THIRTEEN - Rebellion. HUNDRED- Testing ending.
METALS:
SILVER = Redemption
GOLD = Purity
BRASS = Judgment
IRON = Bondage.
Tarnish Silver = Redemption misused, or twisted (Jude 4).
How does one arrive at the meaning of a metaphor? Some are found in first
usages, some are defined later. For instance the use of Water as it relates to Mercy, one
might think it would be more apt to be the Spirit since Jesus said from our bellies will flow
Living Waters, this He spoke of the Spirit (Jn 7:38-39). However, it’s living Water, not
simply Water. When we add the word Living, it shows when we are Born Again with the
ability to produce Mercies from within pertaining to Life. It doesn’t mean when we speak
water is going to come out of our mouths. The same is true with the “washing of the water
by the Word”, it’s the Word using the Water (Mercy), not the Water and Word as the same.
Genesis 2:10 is the first place we find the word Water in reference to the Garden,
showing God’s Mercy flowing into the Garden. Genesis 16:7 and 18:4 also show acts of
Mercy related to the use of Water. The most profound is I John 5:7-8; the Report is in
Heaven as the Declaration of the Plan consisting of the Father, Word and Holy Ghost. The
Witness on earth is the Water, Blood and Spirit, thus the Witness is carrying out the
Report. Jesus as the Word said, “This is My Blood” relating to the New Covenant and
Grace, so it makes the connection between the Report and Witness in the area of Word as
the Blood. We know the Holy Ghost brings the Gift, which Gift is the Holy Spirit (Acts
10:44-47 with 11:15-17). It makes the correlation between the Holy Ghost in the Report
and the Spirit in the Witness. Leaving the Water coupled to the Father, we are to be as
merciful as our Father, yet Jesus came by both Water and Blood (Luke 6:36, I Jn 5:6, II
Cor 1:3, Titus 3:5). We are saved by Mercy, to be saved by Grace through faith, but there
is both the Water and Blood (Eph 2:5 & 2:8). Putting all this together we find the Metaphor
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Water relates to Mercy, it doesn’t mean the definition of the word Water means Mercy,
rather it’s the metaphoric usage, just as the metaphor Blood relates to Grace as the New
Covenant. We will see Metaphors, Parables and Allegories relating to the Mysteries of
God, it’s our honor to know them (Prov 25:2). Having settled those issues, let us begin with
the Beginning.
LESSON 1
THE PENTATEUCH PART I
GENESIS PART 1
We know God is Love, Light, and Life, but the Bible also shows God is All Powerful,
All Knowing and All Present. These three terms are also known as Omnipotent (om-nip-o-
tent - All Powerful); Omniscient (Omni-nis-cenct - All Knowing); and Omnipresence (omni-
presence - All Presence) attributes belonging to God only. These elements tell us God is
not surprised by any event, neither will we impress, or excite Him, rather He knew about it
before it was an event, thus faith pleases God, it doesn’t impress Him (Heb 11:6). God
may ask us questions, as He did Adam, but the result is for us, God already knows, a vital
concept when we speak of the fall.
There are also the basic tenets to the Christian knowledge outlined in the "Doctrine
of Christ" (Heb 6:1). Hebrews 6:1-2 is not all the Doctrine of Christ entails, rather the six
areas are the rudiments, or foundation for the Doctrine of Christ. Don't Limit the Doctrine of
Christ to these six elements, or you will miss a great deal. A Tenet is a basic element of
information wherein the purpose, intent and performance of the matter are known, thus the
Doctrine of Christ has Tenets. Theology is the Study of God, but doctrines are what we
teach and believe. A tradition of man is something other people did in the past, we never
questioned it, but we did accept it as "Scriptural", then we performed it as a duty, when it
was not. The next generation called the Tradition a Fact, the next generation accepts it as
Doctrine; it then becomes a Stronghold coming against the knowledge of God. We find the
same in the world today, Evolution as a cross-over concept has never been proven. It
began as a thesis, then someone accepted it as fact, then it became doctrine. No
evidence, no proof, yet it's taught as Truth. Can it happen in the Body of Christ? Yes, today
we seem to have more doctrines then some people have socks, but Unity calls for us to
enter the One Doctrine of Christ already provided in the Bible.
The biggest division between members in the Body of Christ centers around the
saying, "we have different doctrines". There is only one Doctrine a Christian, yet we find
any of us can be carried away by the winds of doctrine, which are fringe elements lacking
the heart of the doctrine itself. Theology is our study of God (Theo - God; Logy - Study),
but it may not be God's study of God. Theology must be sensitive to the Truth, it must
bend, or even break in light of Truth.
The six basics in the Doctrine of Christ are; 1) repentance from dead works, 2) faith
toward God, 3) the doctrine of baptisms (pl.), 4) laying on of hands, 5) the resurrection of
the dead, and 6) eternal judgment. In this we find there is a doctrine within a Doctrine,
showing there are extensions or Tenets to these areas. However, how many of us know
how the One Baptism found in Ephesians fits with the doctrine of baptisms? How many of
us really know what a dead work is? Not a dead teaching, or a dead sermon, but a dead
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work. If Jesus said, 'Ye Must be Born Again" why isn’t it listed among the six? Where is
Grace? Where is Mercy? Where is Salvation? How come Paul said we are saved by
Grace through faith, yet Grace isn't listed among the six? These six areas are the
foundational premises from which we are able to rightly divide the Word. If the Bible
defined itself as the Scriptures, as well as the Word as Jesus, how can we divide Jesus
Rightfully? If the Word is divided, then it has two aspects, one regarding Salvation, the
other regarding Judgment, they are not Parted into two parts: the Word is opened so we
can discern the differences between the two elements. Like a sacrifice we find Jesus was
seen on the Mount of Transfiguration, yet seen in the Book of Revelation, the two are
completely different visions. The Mount gives us Jesus of Grace, the Book of Revelation
shows Jesus as the Son of man returning for Judgment (Matt 17:2 & Rev 1:12-16). The
two representations are different, on the Mount the concern was the Head and Body of
Jesus, in the Book of Revelation it’s the feet, double-edged sword, coupled with the fire of
judgment, yet the same John saw both. Salvation is termed. The Day, thus we are children
of the Day, but the Night is set aside for Judgment, we are never to mix the things of the
Day into the Night, or the Night into the Day (I Thess 5:5). Is it bad? It isn't good, since just
ahead we will find God dividing the Day from the Night, He intends for them to remain so.
Division is part of Unity, we are divided from the world to be in Unity with Christ.
There is a Godly division and an ungodly division, wisdom discerns the differences. It’s the
same as judged and judgment; judged is the pronouncement of sentence, judgment is the
execution of the sentence (Rev 20:10). The prince of this world is judged, but the judgment
comes on the last day (Jn 16:11). The devil was judged at the fall, defeated by Jesus
during the temptations, destroyed by Jesus through the Cross, is last seen being cast into
the lake of fire at the Judgment (Gen 3:14, Matt 4:11, Heb 2:14 & Rev 20:10).
Our study will contain concepts based on precepts, line upon line, premise upon
premise, each building onto the other with the Doctrine of Christ as our foundation. Our
desire is to open doors of knowledge, not rooms of understanding. Understanding God, or
the things of God can only come from the experiences we have with the Spirit. Knowledge
is the mental awareness of things, people, concepts, facts or words. Wisdom is the
method in which we deal with people and events, Understanding is based on experience.
There are two types of Knowledge and two types of Wisdom, with many forms of
experience, how we view them is important. When we read about the children in the
wilderness, who do we think was dealing with them? God? Or the devil? Or Pharaoh? It
was God, it's obvious to us, but to them it wasn't. What was God doing with them?
Destroying them? Or delivering them? Delivering them, it’s obvious to us, but the children
presumed God brought them into the wilderness to kill them. Their premise of “God Is” was
“God is going to kill us”, which defines the premise of “God Is” must connect to the Reward
for diligently seeking Him, indicating God is for us, not against us.
The children heard from God, saw His wonders, but they were unable to judge what
God was telling them. God said one thing, they heard something else. God was speaking
Deliverance, they heard destruction. Their preconditioned thinking was based on their
belief, which turned out to be unbelief. The Word spoken to them was present tense, their
faith should have pointed to the Promised Land. We believe Jesus is raised from the dead,
but our faith reaches to be partakers in the First Resurrection (Rev 20:6). The assurance
God gave us is the Holy Spirit as the Greater He in us (I Jn 4:1-4).
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The evidence of God being with the children was evident, but the testings didn't
make them happy, they were not pleased with the method God was using. God wasn't
entertaining them, so they attacked the man of God, in so doing they attacked God. Simply
because something doesn't please us, doesn't mean God isn't involved. Our belief must be
“God Is”, or we will use our measure of faith against God, rather than in accordance with
Him. In Hebrews 11:6 the phrase “He is” or as we know it, “God is” is the Greek Estee a
third person singular present indicative of the Greek Eimi referring to a present tense
thinking denoting God as “I Am”, or to be present, indicating our belief knows God is with
us, the event is something God allowed for our good, with the proper Belief our Faith then
has a confidence enabling us to find the Reward God has for us. If we enter the event with
“the devil is”, or “we’re all going to die”, it’s hardly “God Is” belief. Absent the God Is
thinking we will form an illusion, or something we think is true and correct, but is really a
fable. One such fable is the false concept of faith being an element sent to please us,
rather than something to please God. Ungodly acts begin with, “I wanted to do it, I did it,
I’m happy, since God loves me, and I’m happy, God is pleased, thus I did it by faith”. Silly?
We know it’s natural reasoning excusing bad behavior, yet it’s done. We want something,
we say we trust God, but we use our faith outside of “God Is” belief to bring it pass, we end
forming illusions, until the day comes when our faith develops into witchcraft. Illusions are
the doormats to deception, yet deception is the calling card of the enemy. Discernment
comes with Light, Light comes in the New Birth, it keeps us from doing dead works of self-
righteousness in some feeble attempt to impress God, or our selves.
The Book of Proverbs tells us we have to know Wisdom, in order to Perceive the
words of Understanding, then we can Receive the Instruction in order to Give (Prov 1:1-4).
Progressive? Yes, we find areas building one on the other to reach the purpose; from
Knowing Wisdom, to Perceiving the Understanding, from words of Understanding, to
Receiving the Instruction, then we are able to Give. If we use the wrong wisdom, we will
not receive the instruction as God intended; rather we will invent our own determinations,
ending confused, bitter, or wandering in a wilderness. We will still give, but we will give our
opinion, or the opinions of others, yet an opinion is based on natural knowledge, it's
something we think to be true, but lack the Godly evidence to prove it so. Someone says
something about someone, then adds, "well it's the Truth". No it's not, it's their opinion. In
order to Give Godly instruction there is a Process we must go through. God hates the
ways of the wicked, as He does hypocritical behavior, a hypocrite in this area would be
one who uses the experiences of others as if they were their own. Opinions often twist the
knowledge into some self-based area bringing harm, rather than edification. We are
commanded to direct our faith in one direction, toward (in) God. We are not told to have
faith in our faith, or faith in our ability, or faith in our talents. Faith is given so we can have
something from God in order to please God (Rom 12:3 & Heb 11:6). Using our faith in
some effort to make sure we are pleased, doesn't mean we pleased God. Natural man
presumes if he is happy, so is every one else; a carnal Christian presumes if they are
happy, so is God. When the children made their golden calf they were tickled pink, but was
God pleased? No, when the Corinthians attacked Paul, they were pleased with their
endeavors, but was God? No, God tolerated, applied mercy, with correction, but it doesn’t
mean He was pleased (I Cor 10:5).
If our faith is in God, it will be manifested and displayed during those times of
testing. Knowing the signs of God's Wisdom are important as well; God's Wisdom is Pure,
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Peaceable, Gentle, Easy to be entreated (teachable), Full of Mercy, Good Fruits, without
partiality and without hypocrisy (James 3:17). This type of Wisdom is Peace motivated and
activated, it's never confused, or mislead. If we're good warriors for God, we war from a
position of Peace. The other wisdom is of the earth, thus it’s earthly, sensual and devilish,
this wisdom produces wars of strive and envy, which lead to confusion (James 3: 14-16 &
4:1-4). Confusion is a battle initiated by a stronghold when Truth appears on the scene.
The holder of Truth is never confused, rather confusion hides itself behind the mask of
deception. Did Truth bring the confusion? No, Truth exposed the error, it was the error
bringing the confusion. Therefore, confusion is always in the mind of the confused, not in
the mind of the Truth bearer. Perhaps we held an error for years, it became a tradition or
doctrine of man we believed. Then Truth came, usually in the form of Scripture being
taught, we became confused, finding our belief was unbelief. We reacted in anger, we
didn't care what the Scripture said, yet we knew better than to attack the Scripture, so like
the children in the wilderness, we attacked the person God sent. A servant bows to
Scripture, a stronghold makes the Scripture bow.
Opportunity is a word we will run into along this road of Grace, a missed opportunity
doesn't mean it's lost forever. If God knows all things, then He knows when we will miss
opportunities as well. God has worked those times into the plan as lessons for us, thus all
lessons with the Holy Ghost build our understanding, as our souls become more spiritual
in nature. We have no idea what tomorrow holds, but God does, He has made a way for
us through all this.
If we are looking for intellect in the Wisdom of God, we missed it, the intellect of
God comes in the Knowledge of God. God grants us His Knowledge and Wisdom in the
New Birth, thus we have a God given teacher and guide within, but God also uses
teachers to help us gain clarity. The Holy Ghost teaches by comparing spiritual to spiritual,
the Holy Ghost is spiritual, the New Man is spiritual, if our souls remain carnal, we miss the
teaching. However, we also know First John says we have no need of a teacher, but First
John is a teaching letter? First John tells us no one can teach us how to Love, they may
define Love, or preach on it, but only the Unction (covering) of the Holy Ghost on the Body
can teach us how to love. For the most part the teaching is by experience, usually when
we are faced with unlovable. We prayed, “Oh God I want to walk in Your Love”, do we
think it comes without experiences? Or without training? Anyone can love the lovable, it’s
loving the unlovable which gains us the victory.
The Gospel of the New Covenant, is called the "Gospel of Peace"; therefore, it
behooves us to find out what Peace is. If we walk by faith, we must also be able to stand in
faith, which means we must have our feet shod (covered) with the Preparation of the
Gospel of Peace (Eph 6:15). James tells us the Wisdom of God produces Peace, Paul
says we Stand with the Gospel of Peace. This type of Peace is our Peace with God, the
knowledge of God having made Peace with us. It’s Comfort in the time of trouble, our High
Priest (Jesus) is always making intercession for us, He is always there waiting for us to
come boldly to obtain Mercy and find Grace in the time of need.
In Genesis we will meet Adam, he will give us much to consider, did he walk with
God before the fall? Yes, his walk appeared to be just fine, but could it have been better?
Yes, the fall proved it. Our walk with God may seem just fine to us, but could it be better? If
so, we must grow in Christ. The first step is knowledge, giving us information to define why
we have faith in God.
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The deception of the old man presents false impressions, we begin to think we are
either not walking, or walking closer to God than anyone else, or the biggest deception of
all, we are the only one walking with God. It's the old premise, "I hear from God", as
though no one else does. These false perceptions are pride based, they spell defeat, thus
our walk with God always entails our desire to be closer to Him than we are: love demands
it, the relationship demands it, our faith demands it, but truth acknowledges there are many
others with the same desire to walk with God.
Before the fall Adam was without sin, but was sin defined? Yes, when God said, "if
you eat of the fruit of the tree you will die" sin was defined, as strange as it seems, once
sin was defined the potential to sin was also present. Now a great dilemma, if death was a
factor, how was Adam to know what dying was? Something the Bible answers for us.
So did God cause Adam to sin? No, God presented Adam a choice; therefore,
choice is a God granted gift. If there is an eternal Judgment in the Doctrine of Christ, yet
we also find Jesus is the Author of Eternal Salvation, we find choice presented, Judgment?
Or Salvation? When God presented Salvation, choice demanded for Eternal Judgment to
be presented as well (Heb 5:9 & 6:1-2). God doesn't send anyone to hell, they send their
self by the choices they make. The fruit of the tree was for Adam’s obedience, not his
failure. We also know God presented the choice between Death and Life, but He said
choose Life, thus He presented the Choice, but He wasn't going to force Choice. Proverbs
18:21 does places death before life, for good reason. In the world we are stuck in dying we
shall die, but through Jesus we have Life. God is not going to force the Cross on anyone,
Salvation is by choice, thus it takes choice to leave death to enter Life.
What about iniquity? Was it defined as well? Yes, the first command was to
multiply, a failure to do the commandment would have been classed as iniquity (failure to
do something, while doing something else). Sin is a transgression, or doing something
we're not suppose to, but Iniquity is a failure to do something we're suppose to, or being
unequal. Iniquity is sometimes defined as "without law", or “wickedness”, the aspect of
“without law” doesn’t mean breaking a law, rather it means one who made themselves
without law, a premise of being free of the Law of Moses, but rejecting the Law of the
Spirit. The English word Iniquity comes from the Latin In (not) Aequus (equal), some
concordances use the term "transgression", but in order to Transgress you must have a
law, in the case of Iniquity the meaning of the word removes it from the area of
transgression. The Greek word for Iniquity in the New Testament is Anomia meaning Not
equal: Brown, Easton and others define it as Not equal as well. The Hebrew word for
Iniquity is Avon meaning Without law, correlating to the Latin, thus the person rejects the
Law presented, but only after they receive a benefit of being free from another Law. Scots
Law defines iniquity as Inequity, or someone who fails to be Just; Inequity means failing to
conform to the acceptable standards of God. The term Unjust doesn’t mean “without Just”,
it means one has the ability to be Just, but remains Unjust: much like the word Undo, in
order to Undo, one must have the ability to Do. Therefore we find the Just live by faith, the
Unjust do not. Jesus best defined the word Iniquity in Matthew 7:21-23 in His warning to
the "workers of Iniquity”, as He said, “Not every one who says unto Me, Lord, Lord shall
enter the Kingdom of Heaven: but he who Does the Will of My Father”. Clearly the division
was made, they call Jesus “Lord, Lord”, but they were unequal, they did some things they
were suppose to, but failed to do other things they were required to do (will of the Father,
or Mercy). The “Lord, Lord” people cast out devils, prophesied, and did wonderful works all
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in the Name of Jesus, thus they had Authority by their use of the Name. None of them
said, “we attempted to”, they all said they did. It wasn’t what they did, but what they failed
to do. Casting out devils is not wrong, Jesus did it. Surely doing wonderful works is not
wrong. It was the failure to do the least of the Commandments which made them
unbalanced, or unequal. Mercy is a work, it’s not easy to apply mercy in the face of
adversity. Because the workers of iniquity were unequal, Jesus told them, “Depart from
Me”. It wasn’t what they did, but their failure to do the “Will of the Father”. Jesus doesn't
call them, "Ye sinners", but He does call them "workers of iniquity". This same group are
termed the Wicked as well, they love to do the fun things, but refuse to do what is required,
yet anyone has the ability to apply mercy. The earthly ministry was based in Mercy, Grace
was not a factor until the Holy Ghost gave the gift of the Holy Spirit (Grace).
This area is vital, these workers of iniquity operated within the “Name of Jesus”,
showing they were of the Body since they had the authority, but worked at being unequal.
The key is the working part, this is not something they simply forgot to do, or they were
ignorant of, they actually worked harder at not doing, than we do at doing.
Understanding how Matthew is the only scribe pointing to the kingdom of heaven,
as well as showing it’s the place where we find the bad and good fish, the wheat and tares
indicates to us how there are the Just and the Unjust in the same field. Paul talks about the
“vessels of honor”, as he does those of “dishonor”, the only difference is application of, or
the refusal to give Mercy (Rom 9:21-24). Iniquity is not “doing nothing”, it’s a failure to do
something we have the power, authority and are commanded to do, it’s also based on
accepting the benefit, but rejecting the obligation connected to the benefit. In this case we
find they asked God to forgive their sins, they freely received the Mercy of God, but they
work at not giving it, rather they slander, attack, lie in wait to deceive, consider themselves
some self-appointed protector of Jesus, by attempting to rid the Body of everyone who
doesn’t agree with them. However, we also find iniquity will lead to sin, thus the devil found
iniquity in his heart, then he caused the sin of Adam, thus one does lead to the other.
The Least Commandments are not inferior, rather they are Least we should do,
they were given by Jesus on the Mount of Olives as Mercy based. It’s important to keep in
mind how Iniquity is not a mistake, or lack of knowledge, it’s a set pattern of work at not
doing something we are required to do. The “Lord, Lord” people did what they wanted to
do, not what they were required to do. They became "inadequate" in one area by working
at it, thus they are not equal. Not because Jesus made them so, it's because they made
themselves so, we have the keys. John tells us there are those who deny the Father and
Son, the Father standing for Mercy, the Son for Grace are antichrist (I Jn 2:22-23). The
“Lord, Lord” people did things to appear popular, but failed at the will of the Father, thus
they became antichrist in nature (I Jn 2:22 & 4:1-4).
God defined Iniquity this way, “Yet the children of your people say, The way of the
Lord is not equal, but as for them, their way is not equal. When the righteous turns from his
righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die thereby” (Ezek 18:25-26 & 33:17-18).
The righteousness here are associated to the Commandments and Law, but we can see
the Unequal aspect is defined by God as Iniquity. Judas was known as a worker of iniquity,
he was also termed the first "son of perdition", the 30 pieces of silver were known as the
"reward of iniquity" (Acts 1:18). In truth Judas "did something", but in the doing he twisted
his position into something it was never intended, his lack of Mercy toward Jesus was
obvious.
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Paul shows the Wicked are those who hold the "mystery of iniquity", if one was to
study the term “Wicked”, they would find God speaks more of them, than He does the Just.
We can add Hebrews 10:38-39 to this, since the word Iniquity means “unjust”. “Now the
Just live by faith, but if any man draw back My soul shall have no pleasure in him, But we
are not of them who draw back to perdition, but of them who believe unto the saving of the
soul”. Here is a division between the Just who believe unto the saving of the soul, or the
unjust who draw back to Perdition. If they draw back, they were in a higher position, if they
enter perdition they were re-born back to perdition making them sons of perdition. They
had the opportunity to believe unto the saving of the soul, but refused to. Hebrews 10:38
gives two steps to failure, first they “draw back”, or move in a sneaky manner back to
perdition, but it also means they fell from their present position, thus they are unequal.
How does this fit with being in the hand of Jesus where no man can remove us? No other
person can remove us, yet Jude shows these are they who separate themselves (Jude 18-
19). No devil, or person can remove, Jesus is not going to remove us, but Paul makes it
clear our own unbelief will cause us to remove ourselves (Rom 11:20-21). The last verses
in Mark are not a discourse on baptism, they tell us we must continually believe.
This also connects to Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please
God”. Therefore we put the verses together finding the Just Please God because they
coupled their belief and faith unto the saving of the soul, which means they trust in God to
bring to pass the Promise of Grace.
First John shows two brothers, both say they walk in the Light, but one has the
evidence of the Light displayed in his nature, the other does not because he hates his
brother. If one hates a brother it shows they have failed to walk in mercy; rather than
forgive their brother, they slander him. By the one brother hating. It shows he did
something, yet by hate he also failed to do the Commandment, “love one another as I
have loved you”, thus iniquity is not the same as doing nothing, after all they are called the
Workers of iniquity.
James says the tongue is a world of iniquity (James 3:6, different Greek word,
same thought), for with it we bless God, yet curse man (James 3:9). Clearly the tongue
does something if it curses man, but it failed to do what it's suppose to do, which is bless
both God and man. It would be Unequal, or leaning one way, but refusing to lean the
other. The word Iniquity can be misconstrued as sin, but sin is act breaking a law, or
transgressing, often it means missing the mark, whereas the workers of iniquity have
made themselves law-less. In II Thessalonians we are told the son of perdition opposes
and exalts himself above all called God, associating it to the mystery of iniquity (II Thess
2:3-7). The son of perdition is doing something, but he also is defined as the Wicked or
without law, thus helping define the Wicked as the sons of perdition, or the workers of
iniquity. They work at not being in the Law presented to them, but made themselves free of
the Law of Moses by accepting the Cross. Therefore, the simplest definition for iniquity is a
failure to do what one has the ability to do within the confines of the requirements
presented by God for the position they are in. Jesus used a parable to show what Thank
(Greek Charis – Grace) do we expect for doing what we are expected to do? This would
negate the tendency to fall into iniquity, there are times when Mercy is a difficult task, but
the Father forgave us based on our forgiving others.
Never confuse a worker of iniquity with a backslider, they are much different. A
backslider lacks a foundation, they never placed their belief in “God is” thinking, they felt
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the devil was, or God couldn’t, thus weakening the foundation, then when affliction or
persecution came, the slipped away.
Peter failed because he overestimated his ability, Judas committed iniquity by doing
something unequal to his calling. A backslider would be the a sheep who wanders, a
worker of iniquity still remains as the self-transformed, they are still very active, but they fail
to be equal. A backslider is lost, the Wicked are goats in sheep clothing.
Was Adam told to have faith in God? No, but his heart should have told him God
was Just, what God said, God means. Every person is given the measure of faith, Adam fit
the every part, just as Abel or Moses (Rom 12:3). It’s evident everyone has been given the
measure based on the eleventh chapter of the Book of Hebrews. If only the Body has faith,
what were the Old Testament saints using? There is a difference between the measure of
faith and the Faith of Jesus. The Faith of Jesus is proven, it was His faith not ours bringing
to pass the Cross and Resurrection, the New Man follows the path left by the Faith, thus
we are called of “the Faith”, referring to the Faith of Jesus, not our measure of faith (Heb
11:39 et al). However, we find no mention of Adam having faith, rather the first human
recorded as having faith is Abel (Heb 11:4). If everyone is given the measure of faith, can
they misuse it? Or perhaps not use it? We know we can have faith in most anything, even
the world. Therefore, Jesus gave us the Commandment, "have faith in God"; if having faith
in God was automatic, why tell us? Because it's not automatic, some have faith in their
faith, some have faith in their denomination, some in their abilities, some even have faith in
their religious behavior, but the command is to have faith in God. Faith is not a religious
viewpoint, it is an active power designed to reach the Hope God set before us.
Each person has a calling in the Calling, it takes the Spirit to bring the ability to the
calling. Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word, but simply hearing doesn't end it.
Once Faith comes, it must be received, then acted upon before it can be applied. Paul
talks about receiving faith, James talks about the testing after we receive. The Book of
Romans shows us the foundational aspects of our faith, as it centers on the justification
process by the Spirit through the Righteousness of God, rather than having faith in our
self-righteousness. As we saw we are being Justified by faith, by Christ, by the Spirit, yet
the Plan in heaven says we are justified (Rom 3:24, 5:1,Gal 2:16 & 2:17). Galatians 2:16
says we are justified by the Faith of Christ, rather than our measure of faith. It’s important
to make the distinction, if we think our measure of faith can destroy the devil, raise us from
the dead, or get us into heaven, we are sadly mistaken, the same mindset is see in the
traits of Lucifer (Isa 14:13-14). The Faith of Jesus has proven the course, our faith in God
is still reaching to the Hope, thus the same Spirit who raised Jesus (past tense) will raise
us (future tense). Our measure of faith is vital, but it doesn’t replace the Faith of Jesus.
Our faith in God keeps us from attempting to establish our own righteousness, or
doing deeds of the flesh to establish our personal self-holiness, or going about in some
self-justification process thinking the Witness is not necessary. Simple faith is a confidence
in God's ability to accomplish for us, what we are incapable of doing in a Godly manner.
Our faith holds a confidence in God, we put our trust in God to accomplish the task, thus
God gave us the Spirit as our Seal of assurance of being in Grace. In the Doctrine of Christ
this concept it's called, "Faith toward God", the word "toward" is the Greek Epi meaning to
rest upon, or in, it mandates direction.
What then is the difference between Obedience and Self-Righteousness? After all
we are told to do many things, seek the Kingdom, put off the old man, put on the new, walk
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in the Spirit, as well as many other things. The Law of Moses had many things to do as
well, so what is the difference? Self-righteousness is based on one deed, when the deed is
done, the self-righteousness is also done, meaning it must begin again; thus they kept
each sabbath day, not just one. They have to give many sacrifices, not just one, because
self-righteousness is of the flesh, it was dead before it began. However, the Righteousness
of Jesus is based in Life, it never ceases, thus Jesus gave one Sacrifice for all time. Our
Obedience is by faith, not the flesh.
The doctrine of baptisms defines the various baptisms, in Acts 19 Paul said the
Baptism of John was good, saying the people should believe, but it ceased with John was
cast into prison, becoming ineffective when the people had the evidence To Believe. Paul
asked the disciples, "by what baptism were you baptized Since you Believed?". When he
heard "John's" he knew there needed to be another water baptism. John baptized in his
own name, we baptize in the Name of Jesus. No one enters the “Body of John”, but our
token of water baptism accepts the mercy of the Father, then introduces us into the Body
of Christ. After Paul watered baptized the disciples, he laid hands on them, then they
received the gift of the Holy Ghost. What baptism did John do? Well, he did one and
preached another, if we mix his doing with his preaching we would form another
stronghold, making it a tradition, then later it would become a doctrine of men. John did
baptize in water telling the people to repent, but he preached Another would come after
him who would baptize us in the Holy Ghost and Fire. We know the Other is Jesus, in
John’s Account we find the disciples of Jesus did baptize others in water before John was
cast into prison, but Jesus didn't baptize anyone, the time for Jesus to baptize would be
after the Ascension, not before (Acts 19:1-5, Mark 1:6-8 & Jn 4:1-2).
When we are baptized in the “Name of Jesus”, or “In the Name of the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost” it’s still one Name (authority), it’s was our token or signature of
acceptance into the Body by the Mercy of the Father. We believed and Identified with the
death and resurrection of Jesus, it doesn’t mean the Water is the death and resurrection.
The water didn’t save us, Jesus wasn’t buried in water, if it wasn’t identification, then our
baptism would be in dirt, so we could be resurrected. After all wouldn’t it be better to be
baptized in dirt for the death? Water is a metaphor for Mercy, our water baptism is vital, but
it’s not all the baptisms we go through, thus we find the Doctrine of Baptisms joined into
the One Baptism. The Greek has several words for the word One, there is word one
meaning without parts, but there is also one with parts. A car is one car, but it’s made up
from parts, thus the One Baptism is not only made of parts, but we find the Greek word
Pas is used in many manuscripts, meaning Place. Therefore, the only baptism we do is in
water by the Authority of Jesus, we don’t do the baptism of John. Thereby we find the
phrase, “in the Name of Jesus only”, separates the baptism we do from the one John did.
The significance points to the Body of Christ being the only God granted element on earth
who has the authority to water baptize anyone into the Body of Christ.
From Acts 19 we find what being baptized in "the Name of Jesus" is all about. If it
was merely saying, "In the Name of Jesus", why didn't John say it? Because John
baptized in his own name, the Authority for us to baptize in Water didn’t come until after
the Resurrection, yet the Power came after the Ascension. The Name of the Father, the
Son and of the Holy Ghost (Matt 28:19) is one Name, not "names" as many, thus the
Authority of God was granted to Jesus, Who in turn granted it to His Body; thus in
Hebrews we find the only voice of God on earth is by the Son (Heb 1:2), usually through
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the Spirit of Christ in us. The Name of the Father (Mercy), Son (Blood - Grace), and Holy
Ghost (Grace - Spirit - Born Again) are combined in the Witness, thus Jesus came by
Water and Blood. The Father didn’t change His Name to Jesus, rather it refers to Authority.
How important is it? Mark 16:16-18 tells us if we are baptized and continue to believe, the
saying, “shall be saved” applies. Our Water Baptism identified us to the Body, it was a
“Token”, or Sign of our acceptance of the Body, the person who baptized us accepted us
into the Body based on our confession of belief. If we are not joining to the Body of Christ,
then we took a bath, did the back stroke, got wet, but we were not baptized. Any religious
system can say they are baptizing, but without the Authority of God it means nothing. So, if
someone said, “in the Name of Jesus”, or “In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost”, does it make a difference? No, it’s still the one and only Name (Authority), after all
in the phrase “Father, Son and Holy Ghost”, we find the Son. Evidence? Are you in the
Body? Then it worked.
The only requirement for us to water baptize anyone (other than the water) is for
them to say they believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus. The candidate is not
commanded to be baptized, but we are commanded to baptize them. So, was Adam
baptized? No, John came doing the baptism of John, thus his baptism stopped when John
was cast into prison. The Law and Prophets were until John, thus baptism was introduced
by John, but his ministry was to be a witness to the Word of God coming in the flesh. All
this is to show we have a better Covenant, one much better than Adam could dream of.
Even if there was baptism before the Resurrection, it became ineffective, as did John’s,
proven by Paul’s statements and actions in Acts 19:1-7.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Heb
11:1). Some of us read it backwards, thinking Faith produces the unseen, it’s not what the
verse says. It tells us faith can be seen, just as James shows, but it comes from the
unseen. What is unseen? Hope laying ahead for one, another is any promise God gave us
yet to manifest, of course the New Man whom we cannot see will guide our faith to the
Hope. The New Man is the Kingdom of God within, Jesus said the Kingdom of God does
not come with observation (Luke 17:21-22). Faith then is a Now confidence being
projected to a future hope, but belief is also a Now element based on prior information,
experiences, knowledge or awareness. Both join in the Now, yet belief is not the unseen,
but it does provide a platform of knowledge to guide our faith, thus Jesus said “have faith
in God”, since it’s a past tense statement, it fortified our belief, giving our faith a direction. If
we were not told, “have faith in God”, we would send our faith in all sorts of directions.
However, in Hebrews we find the children in the wilderness could not enter God’s Rest
because of their unbelief, not because of a lack of faith. We view Hebrews 10:38-39 where
we are told about the just who believe unto the saving of the soul, so it seems future tense,
how does it fit? The phrase "who believe" show us this saving process is always in the
NOW, the word Believe is the same Greek word translated as Faith, so what does it
mean? It couples with Hebrews 11:6, our belief must entail God Is purposed to save our
souls, our faith then reaches to the result, in the process of Justification we add Patience,
meaning we stay the course. The word Salvation is not the Greek Sozo, or Soteria, as one
would think, rather the Greek word means To redeem a purchased possession, Jesus paid
the price, indicating the prize in all this is our souls. God desires for them to be saved, the
devil uses them in some evil competition against God. The devil could care less about us,
all he wants to do is stop God.
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Adam was in the Garden, yet because of his failure he was cast out, never able to
return, is it the type of “glory” we seek? No, for us we were on the outside, desiring to leave
by entering the Kingdom. However, for years we had faith in all sorts of things, from the
sun coming up to the salary the boss gave us. As Babes in Christ we played with this new
found faith, but there comes a time to grow up. Faith as a self-tool often leads into
witchcraft, or winds of doctrine, but faith in God brings us closer to God. Interesting aspect
of faith is how it’s foundation is belief, faith tells us we must Believe God Is, then our faith
points to the Hope of God being a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, indicating
before faith can be effective, our belief must be in order.
Assumption comes after the fact, presumption before the act. Assumption would be
doing something, then thinking God will honor it. Lying would be saying God told us to do
something, when God didn't "saith" a thing. Presumption is acting on what we think to be a
God based idea, yet we either haven't heard from God, or we are ignoring what God just
said, or we are using something God said prior, or something God said to another people.
David prayed to be delivered from the sin of presumption, the children in the wilderness fell
into it. God told the children to Go, they said No, then God said, fine No, then they said Oh
we will Go, God called their acts presumption. They had one word, rejected it, had another,
rejected it by going back to the first, presuming God would honor one word, while rejecting
another. Once they had the proceeding word, it’s the one to follow. We can have a word
God gave to a people of another generation, then a Proceeding or Prevailing word for now,
if we reject the Prevailing word, yet do the prior word thinking we are being obedient, we’re
not, rather we have committed the sin of Presumption; making Presumption the mother of
unbelief. It was the exact situation Paul ran into with the Galatia, the Galatians felt by doing
something God gave another people they would be closer to the Lord, but in truth they
were about to fall from Grace, by doing something not associated with Grace.
Self-confidence is the same as the Pride of life, the world not only tells us to have
self-confidence, they rebuke us when we don't; however, it’s the world. Confidence in the
self is the complete opposite of faith in God; self-confidence is faith in the power of the self,
hardly denying it. Faith toward God is a command regarding direction. "Yeah, but don't we
say Go to the mountain?". Yes, we say, but we don't move it, God does, we still have faith
in Him to move it. Ahh, we said, thus we believe in what we said, but the faith issue is in
God’s ability to move the mountain. Instead of jumping into some act of self-confidence
with the shovel of presumption, we stand in our belief of what we said, projecting our faith
toward God to remove the obstacle. Abraham will prove the point, although the man did
acts, they were acts of obedience based in his belief. He knew God was able to bring
Isaac as the promised son, a faith issue after the Covenant was established. Did Abraham
say anything? Yes, he did many things, but his obedience was based in his faith. Yet,
obedience didn't bring faith, it was his faith bringing the obedience.
Presumption is often making up our own command, obeying it, then presuming God
will honor our act, thus it’s not of faith. The Fall will prove the point, they heard from God,
but rejected what God said by making up their own rules.
The Report is firm in heaven, God merely placed the Record into action by
speaking it into existence, yet Adam tested God’s plan. In the Genesis account the earth
and the elements obeyed God, yet the earth didn't have faith, but it did yield when God
spoke. We will also see there was a obvious time span took place, the span was also in
the overall plan. The seeds were in the earth, many things, including some animals were
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called forth, yet others were created. It’s a question in itself, if the seeds were in the earth,
yet they came forth as plants, adding, Jesus said a seed must die before it can come forth
(Gen 1:11 & Jn 12:24). It’s a principle of God, if the principle is not true, Jesus was not
Resurrected, since Jesus applied the principle to the Resurrection. Therefore, before a
seed can become a plant the seed has to die, in our case we impute the flesh dead on the
Cross in order to have the Life of Christ.
Adam was the only creature to receive the "breath of life", but he was not the only
"living soul". What say thee? The whales were the first living souls, as we will see, but they
didn't have faith, nor were they granted a place of authority, no whale ever built a “sea car”,
or a home for aged whales, because God never breathed into them. The correlation shows
both Adam and the whale depended on life outside of their environment. The whale is in
water, but has to surface to breath. Adam was in the Garden, but his life was external
(Tree of Life). When Adam was separated from the Tree of Life, his existence was dated
and timed. Take a whale out of water, they will die. Adam received much, but we may find
we have assumed he received something he didn't. The sea didn't have faith, but it did
bring forth animals when God told it to. Was the issue faith in God? No, but it was Authority
speaking to an element, meaning the earth has no choice, it hears, it does.
The opposite of obedience is rebellion, rebellion is the use of a lower authority to
overthrow a higher authority. Usurping Authority is not the same as rebellion, when one
usurps authority they are using the authority of another without the right to do so. If the
bees told the earth “bring forth the flowers”, it would be usurping authority. If the flowers
rejected the word of the Lord, then came forth as bees it would be rebellion.
By now we understand there only two types of faith, neither relates to ones religious
conviction. “What faith are you?” is a concept not in the Bible, it’s a worldly thought to
identify someone’s religious persuasion. The Bible tells us there is the measure of faith
(Rom 12:3), then the Faith of Jesus (Gal 2:20 et al). Jesus as the Son of man faced the
Cross, thus He knew all things intuitively, but nonetheless no human ever defeated death,
not Adam, Moses, Aaron, David, no one. “Well now friend I think those verses say faith of
Jesus, really mean faith in Jesus”. The evidence of the faith of Jesus is found in Romans
3:22 as compared to Romans 4:12 and 4:16. Romans 3:22 says “faith of Jesus”, Romans
4:12 and 26 say “faith of Abraham”, thus if we read 3:22 as “faith in Jesus”, we must also
read 4:12 and 16 as “faith in Abraham”, yet the verses concerning Abraham’s faith relate
directly to the man having faith. When Jesus went to the Cross He said, “Father why have
You forsaken Me”, we tend to think it’s accusing the Father of leaving Jesus, but it’s a
question. The answer is of course Jesus had to face death and defeat it for us as the Son
of man by faith, which faith was looking toward the Resurrection, thus we are told to have
faith. In Luke 23:46 Jesus said, “Father into Your hands I commend My Spirit”. The word
Commend means to hold as security until a certain work is completed, the statement is
faith based looking to the conclusion. Grammatically speaking the term “faith of Jesus” is
called the Objective Genitive, which means the possession of the pronoun or verb belong
to the subject. Possession is one of the rules of Translation, one does not change the
possession of a object from one subject to another, they must remain intact. A prime
example is James 2:1, as we see “have not the faith of our Lord Jesus”, in order to get
around the verse, we find some just removed it, which is a sign of a cultist translation. Our
faith is by measure, yet the Faith of Jesus defeated death, hell, the grave, then destroyed
(made ineffective) the devil. Sound interpretation shows Jesus has faith, a faith proven by
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Him sitting at the right hand of Majesty on High. How can Jesus expect us to have faith, if
He didn’t?
Hebrews chapter 11 lists all sorts of saints who had faith, they gained a good
report, as great as their faith was, it still was not able to obtain the Promise (Heb 11:39).
Paul tells us the Promise is the Holy Spirit, or New Birth, thus in order to gain the New Birth
one had to break the bounds of death and grave, something only Jesus did. Our measure
of faith is vital, but it will not defeat death, it will not open heaven, because the Faith of
Jesus is proven, we have faith in God to accomplish the same tasks for us. By the Faith of
Jesus we are granted access and boldness to the throne (Eph 3:12), by His Faith we know
our Faith in Him will get us through this (Gal 2:16, 2:20 & 3:22). How? He has already
defeated death, the New Birth puts the same Seed of confidence in us. The Greater He is
Greater because He is a result of the Resurrection, the same Spirit who raised Jesus will
raise us (Rom 8:11). The Spirit of Christ is the ability, our faith in God assures us we trust
God to complete the purpose for us, even the salvation of our souls. It’s the Faith of Christ
granting us the ability to be Justified by God (Gal 2:16).
Paul and others referred to the Christian walk as “The Faith”, or the “Way”. There
will be a falling away from The Faith, but it doesn’t mean there will be a loss of faith. Falling
from The Faith would be falling from the Faith of Jesus, by refusing to recognize it. Paul
said from faith to Faith (Rom 1:17), he also told us faith came with Jesus, yet he also
pointed to the faith of Abraham (Gal 3:22-25). Galatians 3:22-25 tells us to have faith in
Christ Jesus, yet Jesus said to have faith in God, the Doctrine of Christ says to have faith
toward God, yet in the same verses in Galatians we find, “the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them who believe” (Gal 3:22). The Faith of Jesus did obtain the
Promise, the measure of faith was never designed to (Heb 11:39). If we understand God,
we can also understand why the measure of faith is by measure, it’s a gift, but limited to
the natural realm, the Faith of Jesus is not limited.
In the Genesis Beginning we don't see Faith as an issue, but in John's account we
find another Beginning wherein Belief is at issue. Is there a division in the Beginning, does
it relate to Beginnings? Did God need faith to begin the Beginnings? No, He saw the end
before the beginning, thus He had it in hand. God was not hoping Light would come, He
knew it. John’s account in the Gospel has been termed the “faith account”, but the word
Faith never appears in the entire document, however he uses the word Believe in one form
or another more times than did Paul in all his letters, including the Book of Hebrews.
Sound faith is based on belief, acquired by knowledge, without belief, faith doesn’t have a
chance, the first time adversity hits, our faith takes a walk, anger or disappointment begins
to rule our minds. Puny faith shows off in the storms, rather than completing the call. Great
Faith hears and obeys, regardless of the adversity it faces.
The Book of Hebrews will ask a very interesting question, If God finished the work,
why even Speak in another place about the Rest of God? If the Sabbath day was so
important, why not speak to Adam about it? Or Noah? Or Abraham? Of Isaac? Or Jacob?
Or Joseph? If the Law of Moses or the Ten Commandments granted man life why didn't
Abraham know about it? Adam failed once and was cast from the Garden, Moses hit the
Rock when he was told to speak to it, based on his error he missed the Promised Land.
Yet, we miss it nearly everyday, but we're still in the Kingdom. By our faith? Nay, but by the
Faith of Jesus; whose Faith is proven and completed, it’s not a matter of having the faith of
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Jesus, it’s the proof of Him obtaining the Promise for us. Our faith is in the Lord for Him to
complete the same victory in our lives by the same Spirit who raised Him from the dead.
All this still plays a part in our fellowship with Jesus, if we confuse Power with Faith,
we will demand things, rather than pray for them. Jesus equated us to the Ground, the
Word (Jesus in us) as the Seed. It points to a division, the Seed is not the Ground, neither
is the Ground the Seed, neither is the ground the Sower. Neither does the Seed Plant
itself, yet it's growth is dependent on the ground with the type of water being used, not on
the Sower. The Seed (Jesus) had to die, in order to bring forth fruit, a principle established
before the foundation of the world. In our case we must die to the self, pick up our cross
before the Seed can grow.
The Sower sows on all sorts of grounds, some receptive, some not. Hard ground is
not conducive to Growth, neither is bitter water beneficial to the Seed. Soft ground is easily
entreated, mercy is always sweet water. We can see how the Ground can Hear, yet be so
hard it will not receive the Seed unto Growth. The Seed lays on the ground until the birds
pluck it away; therefore, faith came, but it wasn't received, if not received it can't be acted
upon, if its not acted on, the Seed won't grow. How can this be? Faith comes by hearing,
but the hearing by the Word (Greek Rhema - Rom 10:17). The Hearing ear is willing to
receive the Truth, even if it exposes a faulty thinking we’ve maintained for years.
When our faith allows the Seed to take root and begin to grow, then we stop going
about attempting to impress God with our acts of self-righteousness. We understand the
New Man is created (or formed same Greek word) after God's righteousness and true
holiness, our faith in God extends to the ability of the New Man to get us through this (Eph
4:24). We find the purpose of our faith is the salvation of our souls, the Just live (a day to
day progression) by faith. We can't save our own souls, we can't become Justified in God's
eyes by our own efforts; however both are possible through God. "So it means we do
nothing, right?": it means there are things we do, there are things God is doing, but we
don't cross the line to tell God what to do. There is a vast difference in working to obtain,
and doing deeds because we have obtained. Just as there is a difference between
seeking to please God, or seeking to impress Him. There are things we are suppose to do
as residents of the kingdom of heaven, there are duties we are suppose to do as kings and
priests in the Kingdom of God. Jesus told us to seek the Kingdom of God and His
Righteousness, then the Things will be added (Matt 6:33). Two sides, something we do,
something God will do, but what happens if we cross over the line and seek the things?
We violate the Covenant, as well as telling Jesus He isn't getting us the things soon
enough. It is best to know what we are to do, then do it. We are told to deny the self and
pick up our cross, thus Jesus isn't about to pick up our cross for us; He already picked up
His. So, what is deny the self and picking up our cross relate to? Death, we take care of
the death part, Jesus will take care of the Life.
However, we know it's God's desire for all to come to the saving knowledge of the
Gospel, yet we also know some of the Seed falls to the way side, or to the side of the Way
as the fowls consume it before it can take root. Was the Seed given? Yes, but the ground
wasn't willing to yield to the Seed. Did the Seed die? No, the Seed is Life, being a product
of the Resurrection of Jesus, but it must be received by the Ground before Life can benefit
the person. Genesis will teach us how to prepare the ground, as well as how difficult it is to
work with rebellious ground. The earth was there, the seeds were in the earth, God called
the seed forth, then the seed became productive. One plants, another waters, but God
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brings the increase. The earth yielded without a fight, struggle, or debate, yet it lacks faith.
What then could be our excuse?
We are told faith is the substance of things hoped for, the very evidence of things
not seen (Heb 11:1). James tells us we can see the faith of a person (James 2:18), thus
the manner of faith displayed shows us the source. If someone is using their faith to please
their self, the source is self-based, if they are using their faith to reach for the faith of Jesus
to please God, their source is God based. The Process of faith could be seen as: Unseen
producing - faith - reaching for the hope - displaying the source of faith. All working
together to bring the result, thus faith without a Godly foundation, or a hope set before it
based on a God given Covenant is dead. All this shows by Faith, Jesus destroyed the devil
through death, we enter the Faith by our measure of faith, never cast one away for the
other, they are designed to work together (Heb 2:14 & Gal 2:20).
We now enter the Pentateuch, the English word Pentateuch (Pen-te-took). comes
from the Greek word Pentateuchus, which is a compound word meaning, Five (Penta) and
Scroll (Teukhos), or Five Scrolls. However, this is the Greek, or Gentile rendering; the
Jews knows the first five books as the Torah, the word Torah means "Instruction from a
sacred source". For the most part a Jew will use the first word of the Book to identify the
book, we use the context of the Book, or the Scribe, or the Prophet involved to identify the
Book. The Jews feel by using the first word they are not giving the person who penned the
work more credit than God who gave the utterance. The Jews correctly see those who
penned the words as scribes, God as the Author. Confusing the scribe for the author can
produce a problem; one can assume John was giving us his opinion, or Mark his, or
Matthew his, or the four accounts were merely the separate ways as the men saw things.
However, if we hold to the basic premise, all Scripture is God inspired, we can be affirmed
in knowing the Author is the Holy Ghost, the person the Scribe.
The Jewish religion holds three pillars, the Torah, Circumcision and the Sabbath.
The Torah contains the Law in the first five books of the Old Testament, not the entire Old
Testament. Circumcision of the flesh is found in the Law as a token toward the Abrahamic
Covenant. Keeping the Sabbath Day is the sign (token) for keeping the Law of Moses.
One can pay tithe under the Law, yet if they don’t keep the sabbath day they are a
Covenant breaker. The sabbath day also connects the Ten Commandments to the Law of
Moses, since the sabbath day appears in both.
When one reads the Ten Commandments one thing is obviously missing, Where is
circumcision? Wasn't it a "sign of the Covenant"? Where does the Covenant of Noah fit
into the Covenant given Abraham? Or does it? A token or sign is something giving
someone a right to some Covenant.; we are “sealed by the Holy Spirit”, which is God’s
Token regarding the New Testament, but we are also water baptized, which is our Token
of acceptance toward the conditions for entry into the Body based on the Mercy of the
Father. Jesus will baptize us with the Holy Ghost and Fire, which are His tokens given to
us. Tokens are like signatures on a contract, they are acceptance of the conditions of the
Covenant, or granting one the ability to carry out the Covenant.
The Torah details the rules in the Noah, Abrahamic, and Moses Covenants. The
sign, or token means one who held the sign or token had a right to enter the covenant, but
it doesn’t mean one was automatically taken into the covenant. In our case we accept the
entire Scripture both Old and New, but we are circumcised at heart, not the flesh. We are
also sealed by the Holy Spirit, yet we can Grieve the Holy Spirit by Whom we are sealed
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(Eph 1:13 & 4:30). The Tokens mean entering doesn't show we are automatically secured,
as the Letter to the Galatians shows (Gal 3:1-3).
The Christian also has three earthly pillars and three heavenly pillars, all of which
are connected. The Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost as One bear the Record in
heaven, the Water, Blood and Spirit (New Man) agree as One Witness on earth. Isn't it
interesting neither the flesh or the soul are noted in First John 5:7-8? The flesh we could
understand, but the soul is the purpose, or treasure in all this. The treasure cannot save
itself, but it can be saved by the Word (Jesus) in us (James 1:21). It's when we think our
souls or minds are the Word, we get into trouble (Jn 1:1-8). The Record holds the
Predestined Plan God has for us, the Witness forms us into the Plan. If God desires all to
be saved, then God has established a means for all to be saved, are all saved? No, yet if
it’s God’s desire, then God has made room, but God’s reality can differ from His desire.
Although the Jew doesn't know it, all three pillars of their religion point to the
Christian experience. We hold to the Word of God as the Logos and Rhema (Christlogic
referring to Jesus and the Spirit; Jn 1:1 & 6:63), but is the Word the Bible alone? We found
the Bible defines itself as the Scriptures. To presume the Bible is the only Word of God
means the Father, the Bible and the Holy Ghost bear record to the Bible. If it’s the case,
where is the Son? Why would we want to make the Bible the only Word of God? Control,
we can control the written document, even change it, but we can't control the Seed of God
in us. We can also deny the New Birth, presuming if we can read the Bible we have Life,
then we can interpret the Bible to mean anything we want. Dangerous? Very.
The Bible speaks of life, it doesn't impart it. The Word (Jesus) is life, Life is imparted
in us by the Holy Ghost granting us the Seed. We need the Bible, but the Pharisees had
the Scriptures, but they didn't understand them. Jesus told them they presumed they had
Life because they read about it, but they didn't have the Word abiding in them (Jn 5:38-
42). Some of us make the same mistake, we think we have Grace because we read about
it. We can read about planes, it doesn't mean we can fly. We need the Bible, but we need
the Word in us bringing life to the Scriptures. Therefore, we must have the New Man, the
Spirit of Truth, Another Comforter in us in order to have the Word in us. The New Man
uses the Bible to guide and instruct us, but without the New Man guess who will guide and
instruct? The old man, as he uses the knowledge of the world.
To the Jew the signs of their Covenants are physical in nature, to us we have the
unseen establishing our faith. Our Torah (Book of the Law) is written on our hearts by the
New Man, but we accept all Scripture, whether in the Old or New as God inspired. Belief is
based on something of the past we accept as Truth, none of us were around with
Abraham, Noah, or when the earthly ministry took place, but we have a document based
on God’s integrity. We read, we have not seen, yet we believe, thus we are Blessed (Jn
20:29). The confirmation then comes from within, the unseen foundation for our faith is
proven by our belief in Jesus by the Spirit.
The Jew may look to the Torah as God inspired, but they view the prophets as
Agenda. Agenda means, By opinion, rather than debate about what the prophets said,
they simply say, Agenda. However, it removes the wording all Inspired, indicating they hold
the Torah is God inspired, yet we know the prophets were speaking as they were moved
by the Holy Ghost. if we leave any of the Bible open to private interpretation, we leave it all
open. Compromise is the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which means "victory over the
people". Compromise allows us to take some good and some bad, then call it all good.
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The doctrine of the Nicolaitanes accepts social accepted behavior as the norm. There are
those who attack the Bible; however, the proof is in the evidence. If God uses some
Scripture to draw someone to the Cross, then He must honor what is written. We never get
into translation bashing contests, we look at the result to determine the cause. If someone
demon possessed came to us, yet we said, “come out in the Name of Jesus”, if the demon
came out, obviously the devils knew we held the authority found in the Name of Jesus.
Where then did we gain the knowledge of the Name of Jesus? The Bible.
For the Jew any change in the person is done by the person, which is self-
righteousness, but to the Christian the proof of the Spirit making the change in us to a New
Nature. Rather than say "I won't do it", we find ourselves saying, "I don't want to do it
anymore". The Shadow in the Old Testament has some like terms, but the definitions are
different. They had circumcision, and so do we. They had their sabbath, and so do we, the
terms sounding the same, but they are very different in deed, purpose and definition. Our
circumcision is of heart done without hands, our rest is in Jesus, our priesthood is much
different, our method of being king is also much different.
In all this we find the Jewish Torah has shadows, but we have the Image. For
instance we see the Tabernacle as a shadow of Jesus, but without knowing about the
Tabernacle, or when and where it was established, we will miss some of the finer points of
Jesus. Knowing about the Temple is as true, without knowing there are mass differences
between the Tabernacle and Temple we will miss the greatness of either.
Genesis will begin with the Beginning, but in John we find another Beginning, one
connecting to the Beginning in Genesis, yet it doesn't become the Beginning until Jesus
came as the Word made flesh (Jn 1:1-14). There are two aspects of Creation, if not there
couldn't be a New Creature in Christ. We will find the Beginning of the New Creation was
Last, but came First in the Record of God, thus the New Creation becomes First in the
Plan of Salvation. Man thinks Judgment must come before Salvation, today some in the
Body think in like manner; however, Salvation came before Judgment, yet God formed the
Judgment before the Salvation, just to prove there is a Salvation of God.
However, in the Beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the purpose of
the Word becoming flesh is Salvation (Jn 1:1-14). We also find when Jesus came, so did
the Light, if it’s the case what is going on here in Genesis? (Jn 1:5-11). So, does it mean
there is no Judgment? Hardly, eternal judgment is one of the six basic rudiments to the
Doctrine of Christ. If all things are done, is judgment finished? God's part maybe, but the
time for Judgment is yet to come. How do we know the difference between the time of
Salvation and the time of Judgment? It’s as different as Day and Night, but how do we
know the difference between Day and Night? Perhaps we will find the answer in the
phrase, "work while it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no man can work" (Jn 9:4).
God's plan of creation was precise, God has a purpose in all things, yet we also find
there is an aspect of God based on just because. It doesn't mean God didn't have
Purpose, the Just Because of God is based in His Love for us, the Purpose is still our
Salvation. God doesn't do a thing without purpose, since it would make Him vain (without
purpose). Each item in the Creation plan has Purpose, even the earth being found void
and in darkness also had a purpose.
However, God's Love is not manipulative, if man elects to reject God, or go to hell,
then God will allow it based on His love. Sounds funny, but if we think of how much God
loves us, we also know how void He is of any act of manipulation, it becomes evident He
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grants man a free will to accept or deny the Plan of Salvation. Free election keeps us from
thinking God is going to reject us based on some predestined plan even if we beg, pray, or
ask to be saved. Predestined simply means God has a plan of victory, but we must enter
the Record by the Witness to make it effective in our lives (I Jn 5:7-8).
We know if we tell a child not to do something, it drives them nuts until they do it.
One might wonder if God telling Adam not to eat of the fruit, wasn’t tempting Adam to do
evil. Can’t be, James tells us God cannot tempt us to do evil, nor can we tempt God to do
evil. Granting choice toward obedience and tempting are far different. God gave Adam two
Commandments, one Adam was suppose to do, the other was a do not. The do was to
multiply, the do not was not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Therein we find balance with choice; we will find God is Equal, the very premise demands
for us to understand if there is Eternal Salvation, then there is Eternal Judgment.
The Tree of life was Adam's, but it was not in him, it was in the Garden, becoming
his association to God. As long as Adam and the Tree of Life were in the same area, then
Adam could walk with God in the cool of the Day. If Adam separated himself from the Tree
of Life then he also accepted death meaning he was separated from God: which would
Cause God to ask, "Adam where are you?". God was not blind, rather Adam had removed
himself from the sight of God. Jesus brought us Light (clarity), so we could become Light in
order for God to see us as sons.
The Tree of the knowledge of good and evil was Good, it had a purpose, the
purpose was not bring about the fall, although it was by the serpent to produce the Fall.
The evidence will show Adam failed to do the do, but did the do not.
The teaching of James regarding how it’s impossible for God to tempt us to do evil,
because there is no evil in God opens all sorts of areas. John also tells us God is Light,
meaning there is no darkness in God; so, where does darkness come from? The removal
of Light, usually does it. Darkness is not a creation, it’s the result of the removal of light. Sin
is not a creation, it’s when the person involves themselves in the things of darkness. Isn’t it
strange how darkness was on the face of the earth before Adam was formed and created?
There had to be a purpose and reason, especially when we find the flesh of Adam was
formed from the dust.
In order for any temptation to be complete there must be two elements, a lust in the
one being tempted, with a lust in the one doing the tempting. We know God said the
children in the wilderness tempted Him some forty years (Ps 95:10 & Heb 3:9), we also
know the Spirit took Jesus into the wilderness for the specific task of being tempted by the
devil (Matt 4:1). So then, was Jesus tempted? The temptation came, but since there was
no evil in Jesus to make the temptation complete it became a test for Jesus, yet remained
a temptation for the devil. The one issue tends to show Jesus as the true Son of man by
displaying there was no lust in Him to be tempted. The same three elements of temptation
the devil uses at the tree, he will use on Jesus, but the results will be completely different.
We can't tempt God to do evil, but it doesn't mean there is no lust in us, it means
there is no lust in God to complete the temptation. God will test us, but if we have a lust in
us, the same test can become a temptation if we use the lust to test the test. So did God
tempt us? No, we found we can take a Good gift, then twist it through a lust to make it evil
(James 4:1-4 & Jude 4). Discern, don’t burn.
The examples in the Shadow become teaching examples, the Book of Hebrews
warns us not to fall into the same exampled of unbelief as the children in the wilderness.
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Paul told the Corinthians these things happened as examples for us. God made sure they
were recorded, so we could benefit. The Jews have no trouble with the concept of being
the chosen people of God. God told them, "You only have I known of all the families of the
earth" (Amos 3:2). Ahh, of the earth, so there is another group belonging to God not of the
earth, wonder who they could be? The only nation, sounds really neat, until we get to the
rest of Amos 3:2, where we find, "therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities". In our
case we find, "I will forgive your sins and iniquities". If we desire the blessing of natural
Israel, we must also accept two other things. First we must admit as sinners we were
subject to the punishment of God, rather than His Salvation. Next we must accept the
precept of being surrounded by enemies all the days of our lives. There is some good
news, from Amos we find there are two groups of people on the earth, the Jew and the
Gentile; however, the Christian is neither Jew or Gentile, nor is their kingdom of this earth.
Ahh, we found the illusive third group. The Christian is the sojourner telling others about
their Kingdom as they bring gifts from their King. So, what is the role of the Jewish people?
Since God has two sides of the Cross, one for Salvation, the other for Judgment, it stands,
He also has two groups reflecting those areas. The Christian points to the Salvation of
God, the Jew the Judgment of God. How is the Judgment reflected? Those who persecute
the Jews are the enemies of God’s Plan of Mercy, making them subject to His wrath.
The Law of Moses are known as the Books, Jesus will use to judge the Jews by
(Dan 7:10 & Rev 20:12), but Mercy will be the judge of the Gentile. What about us? We
are judged by the Spirit to be free of the wrath of God. Jesus returns to Judge as the Son
of man, thus the least Commandments will be the scale He will use. We find Jesus saying,
Work while it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no man can work. Something to think
about in view of what we call the Rapture.
Some contend the concept of the Rapture was introduced by John Nelson Darby of
the Plymouth Brethren in 1827; however, Darby merely gave his views on the Latin word
Rapture, found in the Latin Text of the Bible. Paul called it a Catching away, John the
Apostle called it the Door, but the word Rapture itself is Latin, thus no one is going to find it
in the English language Bibles. There is more than enough evidence to believe there will
be a division between what Jesus called the Day and the Night, the division begins here in
Genesis. At the same time we can’t find the word Responsibility in the King James either,
so does it mean we are not responsible?
There are two Adams in Scripture one is earthly, made of the earth, as a natural
living soul. The other is heavenly, as a quickening Spirit. So, how does it fit with "let us
make man in Our image"? It does, as we will see. Paul tells us Adam was a living Soul, yet
Jesus a quickening Spirit, but he also says the first Adam was natural, the second Adam
spiritual. The metaphor Adam points to a Beginning, the first Adam was earthly, natural,
but if he was natural he was not spiritual, but he was also without sin before the Fall (I Cor
15:44-52). The Second Adam is from Heaven, Spiritual in nature, continually without Sin
before or after the Fall taking place. Which came first for man? The natural, then the
spiritual (I Cor 15:44-51). Therefore, we find the Cross of Jesus is a Beginning place,
where we begin our change from natural to spiritual, but we must travel the path to the
Grave, then to the Resurrection to achieve the declaration of being sons of God (Rom 1:3-
4). Paul tells us we must believe God raised Jesus from the dead (Rom 10:9). Why not
believe in the Cross? Or the earthly ministry? Or the many miracles? Because the same
Spirit who raised Jesus will raise us, thus our belief centers on the Resurrection of Jesus,
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but our faith reaches to being Partakers in the First Resurrection (Rev 20:5-6). Without the
Resurrection, the Cross would be a vain act, thus the Resurrection is our proof of Life
beyond the grave. To assure us it’s real, we gained the Holy Spirit of Promise.
There are two positions for us after we receive the Cross; life, then to have it more
abundantly (Jn 10:10). Just as we find we come to the throne of Grace to Obtain Mercy
and find Grace, just as we find the Bread and Wine, we find Mercy and Grace. Direct
Mercy came by the Cross based on the words of Jesus, "Father forgive them", but those
words become effective for us when we, "forgive, if you have aught against any: so your
Father also which is in heaven May forgive you your trespasses, but if you do not forgive,
neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses" Mark 11:25-26 et al).
Life is found in God’s Mercy, Life more Abundantly is found in Grace, yet Mercy is
the power used by the Spirit to keep us in Grace. Therefore, the Cross gives us Life
through God's Mercy by the Power of the Resurrection (Spirit - Rom 1:3-4) Life More
Abundantly is Grace through the Blood of Jesus. We are saved from the world to enter the
salvation of our souls: thus we find two elements in Communion, Bread, which we are, the
Blood which we are sprinkled with (I Cor 11:28 & I Pet 1:2). This life more abundantly is
something Adam of the earth was not privy to, there is more yet regarding this Adam we
will learn about.
There are times when we tend to give certain people more credit then God gives
them, Adam seems to be one of those. Adam was good, created by the hand of God, but
so is your soul. Adam’s flesh was also formed of the dust of the earth, although Adam had
the Breath of Life, he sinned. Jesus on the other hand never failed, He gained all which
was lost, plus much more. Which Adam would you desire to associate with? It better be
Jesus if you want to win this. Adam faced, In dying you will die, yet we face, In life so you
can have it more abundantly.
The Genesis account will show us God rested from all His works, yet there appears
much work being done after the Seventh Day. So, did God fail? Did God have to revise the
Plan? Or did God not know the future? Is there more to this, than the natural eye can see.
Was the work God did for a specific Purpose in the Record, leaving another work for the
Son to do (Jn 5:17)? Was there rain in the first days of creation? If not, where did the rain
come from? Did God run around in the time of Noah with a heavenly eraser? If all was
done by the Sixth Day, why did God have Abraham circumcise on the Eighth Day? If there
is an Eighth day, does it mean God didn't rest on the Seventh? If God rested on the
Seventh, why even begin with the Eighth day? When something is finished, is it completely
done? Or does it mean an aspect in overall operation is finished? The Genesis account
gives us insight to the overall plan of God, showing God changes not, God's nature is
always the same. We don't have to worry regarding sudden changes on path before us;
God is a Constant, there is no wavering in Him. On the other hand we know man's
emotions are variables, love you today, beat your brains out tomorrow, thus God is not a
man. Therefore, God deals with us through His Love, yet it doesn't matter if it's blessing,
salvation, or judgment, He still deals with us through His Love, simply because He is love.
Man loves, God is love, much different. Even the Judgment is a product of God's Love.
What? Yes, wrath or judgment without love is demonic. However, thank God, we are not
appointed to His wrath (I Thess 5:9).
The Torah is a shadow of something, yet being a shadow it's like unto a Negative,
we find opposites between the Law of Moses and the Law of the Spirit. For instance the
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Law of Moses called for the priests to sacrifice animals, but the New calls for us to give
ourselves as a Living Sacrifice, which is our reasonable service (Rom 12:1). The Law of
Moses depended on man's efforts by self-righteousness, but the New depends on God's
righteousness working in the Born Again Believer (Eph 4:24). The Old called for man to
enter a structure to find God, the New shows we are the structure wherein God dwells (I Jn
4:1-4). The Old called for a circumcision of the flesh, the New calls for a circumcision of the
heart not done with hands. The Old called for a "day of rest", the New gives us God’s Rest.
We understand the Sacrifice of Jesus is the center point of our faith, but there are
other sacrifices we must give. Jesus gave His Sacrifice gladly, some of us give ours with
reluctance. Jesus suffered on the Cross, but held His Joy. Joy is not always laughing your
head off, it's looking to the result of the endeavor with anticipation of good. If we balk at
counting the cost, we will become bitter and hateful in the midst of adverse events. If we
think the cost is too high, we will fall into self-pity, or depression in the face of adverse
events. If we know the cost was our reasonable sacrifice, we will maintain our joy,
regardless of the event.
What would be a phrase of someone who thinks the cost is too high? "This isn’t
fair". Some assume they are singled out for punishment, yet faith tells us we are being
raised from darkness to a pure spiritual light. The children in the wilderness will be a great
warning for us, they were in bondage under Pharaoh, then set free with signs and
wonders, they crossed the Red Sea by faith, but left their faith on the banks. Their failure
was in their refusal to believe, causing them to murmur and complain, they kept the day of
rest, but never entered the Rest of God, because of their unbelief.
Faith is narrow minded, it never views the vile, yet it doesn't ignore it either. Faith
focuses on seeking the Precious knowing it’s in the hand of God. The children in the
wilderness only sought God in the face of danger, for the most part they caused the
danger through their unbelief. Jude would have us remember, how the Lord having Saved
the children, destroyed those who believed not (Jude 5). Being saved from the world is not
a sure guaranty of making it to heaven, but it’s a beginning on the path of Grace.
The Law of Moses came from God, thus Paul said the Law of Moses is Holy, yet at
the same time he warned us, if we use any deed therein to gain favor from the Law, we will
fall from God's Grace. Often it's not from Whom something came, but to whom it was
intended. The Law of Moses has a place or realm of effectiveness, take it from it’s realm
attempting to apply it in a realm it was not intended turns it to witchcraft. Paul tells us the
Law of Moses with it’s foundation of the Ten Commandments are nailed to the Cross of
Jesus (Col 2:14-16).
Viewing any Law one cannot mistake the one sending the Law, as the one doing it.
When the Government powers make a law regarding the punishment of terrorists, it
doesn't mean the Government is a terrorist. The Law came from them, but was directed at
a particular group; the Law of Moses is the same way. It came from God to Moses, but it
was designed for a people who needed a self-based incentive in order to obey. God will
tell Jeremiah the sacrifices in the Law of Moses were merely tools to get the people to
obey (Jere 7:21-23). Everything created by God is good, so why did God all of a sudden
say, "it’s unclean"? To gain Obedience, the children lacked belief, much less faith, but if
they would just obey, then God could bless them through the Law of Moses; however,
anything not done in faith is sin. How can this be? When Faith came by Jesus all things
changed, there was a New Beginning with its own special Creation, Law and Priesthood.
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The nature of the person who does the Law of Moses is defined by Paul in First
Timothy 1:9-10, if one's nature fits the definition, they are to do the Law of Moses, if they
do the Law of Moses, they fit the definition. The Law of Moses defined sin, then applies the
punishment, but it also grants someone long life on earth, but it couldn't rid the person of
the sin nature, it couldn't grant them entry into heaven, it couldn't grant them Grace, or
Salvation, it couldn't save their souls, it couldn't even get them to the Bosom of Abraham.
Why? It wasn't designed to, it was designed to find man guilty, then give man a way to
balance the scale, yet man was still subject to the law of sin and death. The Law of the
Spirit is different, it doesn't balance the scale, it does away with it, Behold all things are
New. The Law of Moses was Behold all things are balanced, for now, it couldn’t grant
mankind a Nature conducive to heaven, but the Law of the Spirit is based on a providing
us a heavenly Nature by the New Birth. The Law of the Spirit takes effect for those who
receive the death of Jesus in their place, then receive the Spirit as they accept the
responsibility of the First Resurrection. Two Laws, both from God, yet sent to completely
different people, for completely different reasons.
Why would Paul get so upset over the thought of someone who said they were
Christian doing some deed from the Law of Moses to gain favor? Because being a
Christian means they are Grace motivated, Salvation minded, thus they have completed
the purpose of the Law of Moses by the Cross of Jesus.
For us the Torah is a text book regarding how God set forth the Report, for the Jew
it's different, it's the very heart of their existence. There are two other Documents used by
the Jew, one is called the Shebiktav, or Mikra, it’s written as well, but there is also the Oral
Talmud, or Sheb'al Peh. The two Talmuds are termed the Jerusalem Talmud, and the
Babylonian Talmud, they are commentaries on the codes of the Law. The Law doesn’t
address demonic activity, things in the afterlife, or spiritual matters, because it was not
directed to those areas, thus the Sadducees rejected the resurrection, since it was not
specially found in the Torah.
The Jerusalem Talmud was written by those who remained in Jerusalem well after
the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. The Babylonian Talmud was written by the rabbis
who were forced to leave their homeland in the dispersion, thus both came into being after
the Cross, not before, neither concern our view of the Old Testament. Since both Talmuds
came after the rejection of the Cross by the religious leaders, it makes little sense to study
them; however, the Old Testament leads one to the Cross, making a great deal of sense to
study it.
Even the Jewish scholars know there is a knowledge of God from God, they also
knew man cannot understand the mysteries of the Bible without knowledge, yet they also
admit no human can have God’s knowledge. Lacking God's Knowledge, they are left with
Agenda; therefore, we find Agenda is a result of lacking the knowledge of God. Since the
Jew holds man in and of himself cannot know these mysteries, they never hold anyone
accountable to Agenda, but they do hold man accountable to the points of the Law. In the
various Letters of Paul we find him making reference to mysteries, since in his life before
Christ he was a Pharisee, as such he believed in the resurrection, spirits and the after life,
but didn’t know to acquire them. We can understand his life after he received the Spirit
opened the mysteries; a good deal of the mysteries we will view in a few seconds.
Peter tells us the holy men of Old were moved by the Holy Ghost to write the
words, but it doesn't mean the holy men of Old knew what they were writing (II Pet 1:17-
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21). Prophesy is always In Part (I Cor 13:9), the Prophets of Old gave us many "in parts",
but the Holy Ghost defines the parts as they relate to the total (I Cor 2:13). We find the
Holy Ghost will take the same verse giving one person an interpretation for their event,
another person an interpretation for their event, yet He will not change the context of the
verse, merely the application.
Interpretation and Translation are much different, a Translation is taking words from
one language, putting them in another, without changing meaning, possession, or tense.
The Interpretation is the Author telling us what they had in mind when the words were
written. If we want to know what was in the mind of the artist we don’t ask the person who
framed the painting, we ask the artist. The same is true with understanding the Bible, no
amount of natural intellectual knowledge regarding the Bible will bring us the interpretation,
nor will it give us the Proper insight regarding events. Natural intellectual endeavors
attempting to tell us what the Holy Ghost was doing become a vain attempt at “private
interpretation”. Someone could be up to their ears in a testing, yet hear someone tell them,
"I tell you what I would do..”, who cares? That‘s not ministry, it’s opinion. The same is true
when man attempts to use earthly knowledge to interpret the Bible, it ends in natural
reasoning, the same person will use earthly wisdom in dealing with people and events, the
end thereof is natural (James 3:15). One thing is for sure, God never said, "Oops".
The Law of the Spirit is the governing element for those with the Spirit, the Hebrew
word Halacha means Law, it's the Halacha of Moses for the Jew. However, this same
thinking introduces intellectualism as the governing agent to determine what God was
saying, but the Law of the Spirit uses the Interpretation by the Holy Ghost through the
Wisdom of God by the Word of God in us. The endeavor takes a change in Nature, under
the Law of Moses the nature was the sin nature, but under the Law of the Spirit the Nature
is Christ in us, the hope of glory (Col 1:27).
We can't presume knowledge in any degree falls under the heresy of Gnosticism,
after all God did say we are destroyed for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6). "Yeah, well
Paul said knowledge puffs up". Really, where did learn that? "From my knowledge, oops".
Paul is talking about the use of the knowledge without love, thus the absence of love tends
to use knowledge to belittle people, or exalt the one with the knowledge, ending in pride,
yet he also said, we all have knowledge (I Cor 8:1-7). The problem wasn’t knowledge, it
was knowledge without love.
The use of Natural Knowledge to save our souls was called Gnosticism, a defined
heresy in the Book of Colossians, but knowledge is not evil. Things are not evil, it's the lust
in the person making them evil; using Knowledge to enhance the self makes knowledge
evil. Gnosticism trusts in the knowledge of the self to bring the self to a point of being holy,
not only is it heresy, it's stupid. The idea is to deny the self, not use it, Gnosticism used the
self to save the self, much like the blind leading the blind (Matt 15:14).
The Bible has words of God about God, about God's people, or about the enemies
of God. When we read, we gain knowledge of those events, but it doesn't mean we have
God's Knowledge. Is the Bible "the knowledge of God", or is it "a knowledge About God"?
The latter, the Holy Ghost brings us the Knowledge of God, the Bible speaks About God.
One can read the Bible presuming it's okay to sacrifice our children, or it's okay to kill the
uncircumcised, which we know is wrong. One could read something in the Bible then say,
"well I got faith now, I can do as I please": we know it’s wrong as well, everyone is led
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away by their own lust. We must allow the Spirit in us to discern the applicable areas so
we can be free under the perfect of Law of Liberty.
The Bible is Truth, so does it mean everything quoted in the Bible is Truth? No, of
course not, since the devil is quoted, yet there is no Truth in him. The devil said something,
the Bible tells us what he said, thus it’s true he said it, but what he said is not true. We
must see who is talking, what they are talking about, the event, then listen to find what the
Holy Ghost is saying.
Since man without the Spirit is bound to the natural intellectual level, Agenda
becomes a primary source for man’s natural reasoning. Agenda is a "I think based on my
studies" principle, leaving no room for the interpretation by the Holy Ghost. The end times
for the Jew is a mixture of Agenda with natural knowledge, yet for the most part they have
a better understanding of the end times, than some of us.
The intellectual view by the Jew regarding the Law brings the Law into a vast
Commandment bucket containing more Commandments, than man has days in a year.
According to the Jew there are 613 Commandments in the Torah, the first is found in
Genesis 1:28; "Be fruitful multiply and replenish the earth". This Commandment was the
basis for the self-determination reasoning allowing for one man to have many wives.
Accordingly they felt completing the Commandment was more important than holding to
the one wife, one husband principle. Although they know God began with one man and
one woman, the Commandment said “multiply”, thus the natural reasoning made it
permissible for a Jewish male to have more than one wife. After all, how could a man
multiply with only one wife? Even nature shows a bull has many cows, ahh, natural
reasoning. They failed to see even Adam remained with the one wife God gave him, thus
Jesus taught us before God said, "Replenish the earth", God also created him; male and
female created He them (Gen 1:27). The commandment was directed to one male and
one female, not one male and many females. God did not create male and females, rather
He brought forth the Woman from the Man, so the Two could be One as they were in the
Creation, God's intent is Just, mans manipulation of God’s purpose is not.
This gives us a clue to the Image of God, not saying Adam was the completeness,
but the concept was presented in the beginning when the plan for redemption was
opened; therefore, we find the person with the New Birth is the Image of God, making
Adam a walking prophecy pointing to God’s intentions, yet Adam was also the Beginning.
It’s clearer when Paul tells us Adam was natural, then the process of being the Image is to
be Justified, but to be Justified one needs to be Born Again. Genesis 2:6-7 are profound at
best, laying out a premise we must explore. To assume Adam was the exact Image of God
leaves great holes in the theory, for one God is Spirit, Adam was natural and flesh. No
where do we find Adam had faith, Adam lost his position as well as his relationship with
God because he didn't believe in what God said, thus to assume Adam was the Image of
God, also presumes God doesn’t believe. We term Hebrews Chapter 11 the "table of
faith", yet the first recorded human with faith is Abel, not Adam (Heb 11:4). If Adam was
"the exact image of God" why don't we find Adam as the first human with faith? After all,
doesn't it take Faith to please God? Does it mean God made a mistake in the creation of
Adam? No, the premise would be foolishness birthed, growing into the full ear of stupid. Is
there a mystery in Genesis explaining this? Yes, one we will see over and over again. We
will find some very interesting Hebrew words in the first chapters of Genesis, some of
which open the mystery to the Image of God.
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The Genesis account shows the female came from the male as his “help meet”; the
New Birth proves our Help Meet in our Bosom is the Greater He (I Jn 4:1-4). Unless one
has the Greater He in them, how are they going to discern anything? When we asked for
the Spirit of Christ to bring us into the New Birth, God made sure no counterfeit could take
place. There are those who counterfeit the result of the experience, but no devil, or man
can counterfeit the New Birth in us. The New Birth produces a change in nature by
producing a New Spiritual Nature, it begins with an outward transforming by the Mercy of
God, but an inward transfiguration by the Grace (Spirit) of God. If we ask for Bread (Body
of Jesus), will God give us a Stone? If we ask for the Fish (metaphor for Spirit, or the Blood
of Jesus), will God give us a serpent (metaphor for the devil)? Of course not, it’s not God's
nature or purpose, when we ask, we ask in faith, which means we are honest in our desire
to walk in what we asked for, knowing God will grant us the Holy Spirit when we ask.
Wait, I thought the fish were in the Sea? True, God so loved the world (sea) He
gave, yet we know there are Good Fish in the net as there are Wheat in the field who are
the children of the kingdom, but in the case of the Spirit, the metaphor is one, not many,
the metaphoric sense points to what grants the fish the ability to be Wheat, or as we know
it, Born Again. We also know there are bad fish in the net, as well as tares in the field,
discerning which is which is a spiritual endeavor.
The very foundation of the phrase, "ask and you shall receive" points to the New
Birth. We asked for the New Man (Spirit), we received, then our faith holds to every step
we take centered on the purpose of our faith, even the salvation of our souls (I Pet 1:9).
We also know there is a process involved, thus we must have patience coupled to our faith
knowing the Word in us is working and growing. "It sounds like a mind game". Not so, a
mind game doesn't have the foundation, faith does. It's the same when we accepted the
Cross of Jesus, did we die? No? You think not? If you received the Cross of Jesus, you
received His death when you imputed the old flesh dead by His Cross. Did you touch the
Cross? No, how do you know it wasn't a mind game? Because you know the Cross is real,
you believed the Scripture, the Holy Ghost touched our measure of faith pulling us at the y
face of the Cross, then we knew it was Truth. Mind games are based on self-premises,
faith is based on something God promised, or did, supported by a belief in the what God
has done.
The 613th Mitzva (commandment) is found in Deuteronomy 31:19, which reads,
"Now, therefore, write you this song". Therefore, the Jew assumes it is required for every
Jewish congregation to own a Torah Scroll. What does a song have to do with the Law?
Did they miss it? Does this mean the Jews are wrong? Does it mean God cast them away,
never to consider them again? No, God said He would recover the Remnant when He puts
His hand a Second time to Israel (Isa 11:11-14). The prophecy for the particular Remnant
came from God at the judgment of the fall, they are known as the "Remnant of the seed of
the woman", not the "Seed". The word Remnant means An element from a larger element
to finish something, much like the 144,000 being removed from the thousands. Of course
the Body of Christ is established on multiplication as ten thousand times ten thousand
(Rev 5:11). Sounds like the Day and Night has a division doesn't it?
The Jews are still the chosen among the families of the earth, whereas we are the
called and chosen in the Kingdom of God. In order to grasp the New Testament we must
know the Old, in order to understand the many concepts Jesus taught, we must know the
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type of thinking the religious leaders held at the time of the Cross. If Jesus said, "You have
heard of them of old", wouldn't it nice to know what those of Old said?
The Old Testament is broken up into three sections by the Jewish community, the
Law, the History, then the Prophets, with History and the Prophets falling under Agenda.
One thing becomes evident, when we see the acts of the prophets we never see where
they did the Law. Does it mean a Prophet is above the Law? No, it means God has a
purpose in His division, the purpose shows the Body is established on the Apostles and
Prophets of the New Testament, not the Law and Prophets of the Old Testament. It may
not seem like a big deal, but the office of the Apostle brings Commandment, or begins
bodies in virgin areas; the Prophets bring doctrine, or direction, they didn’t make doctrine,
they delivered it (Acts 15:32).
We must also take into consideration some important Bible principles; can one
have the Spirit, yet be carnal? Paul answered it by telling the Corinthians they were carnal,
yet he also said they had the Spirit (I Cor 3:1-3 & 3:16). What problem did the carnal mind
produce for the Corinthians? They were unable to understand spiritual matters, even when
those matters were explained in great detail (I Cor 2:13-14). Could Paul simply say, "you
are carnal, and not of the Body"? No, neither could he say, "I'm sick of this, I'm no longer of
the Body, I will begin my own". God places us where it pleases Him, it may not please us,
it may not be comfortable, but it is always profitable. Therefore, the letter to the Corinthians
along with Romans 8:1 shows us there are some in the Body who mind the flesh, others
who mind the Spirit. Those who mind the flesh equate holiness to the appearance of the
flesh, those who mind the Spirit follow the Spirit. The proof would be the Corinthians, who
fought over who baptized them, rather than why they were baptized (I Cor 1:10-14).
There is a Holiness found in Salvation, a Holiness found in Judgment, perhaps
some of us are looking for Judgment to satisfy a vengeful lust of revenge, but what we
really need is a Heart Transplant to seek the Holiness of Salvation. We also read about the
Kingdom of God within, yet it's also to come. Can both be correct? Yes, the evidence of
the Kingdom of God is the Spirit of Christ in us, thus the Kingdom is inside of everyone
who is Born Again. Yet, the Kingdom will not be complete until the Judgment is complete,
as found in Second Timothy (II Tim 4:1). Therefore, we find a holiness in Salvation for the
children of the Day, a holiness in Judgment for the children of the Night, just as we find the
Kingdom of God within, or the Kingdom of God to come. Who is the center of all this?
Jesus, the sustaining Light, thus we will find a Light for the Day, and a Lesser Light for the
Night. The Light has come, the Light of the Day is now, the Light of the Night is yet to
come (Rom 13:12), but all three are spoken of in Genesis.
THE BEGINNING
The last Book in the Bible is the Book of Revelation, therein we read, "the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev 13:8), if it’s the case where do we find the
Lamb Slain in Genesis? Where is Jesus in the Beginning? Are there clues to these
matters? Could be; just perhaps, God has a plan? Okay, what about John's Account,
doesn't he say, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God"? (Jn 1:1). Then John tells us the Word became flesh, so where is the
Word here? Could it be, just perhaps we will find all these things in Genesis?
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The Hebrew name for Genesis is Bereshith (beginning), we obtained the name
Genesis from a Greek word meaning Beginning, but the Beginning of What? The
Beginning is not the Beginning of God, rather it's the beginning of God's plan for the
redemption of man. Is it the Beginning of the earth? Yes and no, Genesis 1:1 says, "in the
Beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen 1:1). Clearly God created, but
what does "created" mean? We will find different Hebrew words used for create and form,
meaning they are different terms. The Hebrew Bara means to create, or make something
from nothing. However, to Form or Make means to make something from something,
which is either the Hebrew Yatsar or Asah (made). Using the Hebrew language we find
man is incapable of creation, but he does form things from the things created.
We must look at Genesis 1:2, behold we find the earth in existence, but take a look
at the condition; it's void, which means useless, or in a state of non-function, with darkness
upon it, yet First John tells us there is no darkness in God, James tells us it's impossible for
God to tempt us unto evil, since there is no evil in God, thus showing the darkness is not of
God. How then can the earth be in darkness and useless? So, what makes the darkness?
The devil? No, it can't be since he didn't become the devil until the fall (Ezek 28:13-16).
Wow, look at this, before sin we find the earth was already in darkness, how can this be?
In verse 2 some feel the Hebrew verb Hayah indicated a judgment between verses 1 and
2, adding the wording “without form and void”, others render it “unformed and unfilled”,
which is still void, or useless. Rather than a Chaos on the face of the earth the text shows
there was nothing worth anything, yet it’s obvious there was water since the land masses
were not on the surface, there were also dead seeds in the earth, this is evident when we
find God calling the seeds from the earth. How did the seeds get there? How did the water
get there? Whether we like it or not we have to explain this condition found in Genesis 1:2.
We know it can’t be a type of Judgment, since Judgment comes after Salvation, thus
before there can be Judgment the objects judged must have souls. Therein lays the
division, the living soul of Adam, he will be the first to make the choice to sin, in so doing
he will bring about death as a result of sin, producing the Law of sin and death. Even roses
die, but they don’t sin.
For years the stronghold in the Body was the thought of the earth, as well as the
universe being created by God some 7,000 years ago, then someone found some bones,
leaving us with dinosaur egg on our face. Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 tell us a very important
aspect about God's Love, as well as God being all knowing. John 3:16 tells us God so
loved the world, but what was the world like then? Full of destruction, sin, and darkness,
but God loved the people in the world, thus God saw the potential of Christ for a people
who had yet to accept Christ. God’s foreknowledge is not God guessing at the future, it’s
God knowing the future before there was a beginning. The purpose for creating Adam
wasn't Adam, it was Jesus appearing as the Word taking on flesh for mankind (Col 1:16).
We find another type in all this, the earth looks dead, no life at all, it’s useless, yet
from the death, God will bring forth Life as He puts the Plan of redemption into action. The
Lamb being slain from the foundation of the world also includes the evidence of the
Resurrection in the Plan. We have certain principles God has established, if God changes
a Principal, then God is not God. Genesis clearly shows God calling forth the seeds from
the earth (Gen 1:11-12), yet Jesus told us the principle was for a seed to die, then come
forth, the principle is the basis for the Resurrection (Jn 12:24). If we are crucified with
Christ, yet God changes a principle, then are we really crucified? Our confidence in God is
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knowing He changes not. True power is having the ability to do something, yet not doing it
for the Good of all concerned, we have firm principles in God, allowing us to Trust in Him.
Another aspect is knowing God could have done many things, but He didn’t;
meaning some hold unforgiveness against God. We find God could have stopped the fall,
but He didn't. God could have stopped Cain from killing Abel, but He didn't. God could
have stopped the flood, but He didn't. Of course He could have stopped the Cross, but He
didn't. God could have done many things, thus saying, "God you could have stopped this"
is really a display of a lack of belief in God’s knowledge, rather the phrase, “God could
have”, indicates blame, rather than honor. Confidence in God is an element of faith, it's not
all faith is, but it's nonetheless an element. Confidence in God’s knowledge accepts the
Will of God, even if it doesn't make sense to us. It's also true those who don't accept God
will be destroyed, but they will be destroyed because of the choices they make, not
because of God's choice. We can't say, "oh well, they were a good person, even if they
hated God, they will make it". How can you be good, yet not walk with God? Being nice
and being good are different; being likable is also different from Good: being a pleasure to
be around, is different from Good. There are none Good but God, all good gifts come from
the Father of Lights (James 1:17).
God does nothing in vain, yet void is the result of some vain act, thus we find
evidence of something happening to turn the earth into something void and dark. God
always has purpose, thus a lack of purpose is also vain. God will not create something in
vain, since it means without purpose. We have to consider the evidence in the Bible first
and foremost, yet the evidence also shows how God had the Report and Plan in hand well
before He said, “Let there be Light” (Isa 46:10). God is still the Alpha and Omega, not the
Alpha or Omega, nor is He the Alpha then the Omega, nor is He the Alpha today, or the
Omega tomorrow, He is Alpha and Omega at the same time, at all times. God didn't just
happen to come across the earth, then say, "Wow, the place is void, the light is out, got to
do something about it, Hey Mike check the light switch". We as humans with flesh, know
the flesh has a beginning with an end, but none of us have the end in hand while yet in the
beginning, thus we have an alpha, a middle, then the omega; whereas, God is Alpha and
Omega at the same time. We do have something which is Alpha, but no Omega; our
souls, they have a beginning, but no end. On of the six basic rudiments in the Doctrine of
Christ is our knowledge of Eternal Judgment (Heb 6:1-2), which also proves there must be
Eternal Salvation (Heb 5:9). The Cross has two sides, one is the Day, the other is the
Night, this is the Day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it, for it’s unto
Salvation. The Night comes when no man can work, it’s set aside to make the enemies of
Jesus His footstool. All this is Purpose, thus a god without Purpose is called an idol.
Therefore, the earth had a purpose before God said, "Let there be Light", one not evident
to Moses, or Abraham, or even to Peter and Paul, but one evident to us today. Genesis
gives us some graphic differences we must explore and will.
Daniel was told as knowledge increased, man would begin to run to and fro (Dan
12:4). This point in creation leaves room for something to exist, yet has nothing to do with
redemption, but does have to do with free moral choice based on increased knowledge.
Today we find various sides to the dinosaur issue, one is the false concept of evolution,
which fails to really answer the question, “Where did the dinosaurs go?”. Another is the
Christian scientific view, really it doesn't address the question of dinosaurs, but does show
there is no cross evolution evidence. Another claims Adam and those who followed walked
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with the dinosaurs, but there are many problems with this concept. First there is no
mention of dinosaurs in Genesis 1, next the flood was about 1,000 years from the fall,
meaning if there were dinosaurs around they would have been included in “of the beasts
who are not clean by two, the male and female” (Gen 7:1-3). Another concept agrees with
the Christian scientific view, it also shows the time space between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2
proves God saw the advancement of man then provided another choice, fossil remains for
fuel. It does not agree with the so-called, Gap theory, but it does take into account Bible
evidence, as well as factual evidence. The premise of sin and death was not at issue until
Adam the “living soul” made the choice to sin, there is no question there. However, God
did call the seeds from the ground, thus the flowers don’t sin, but they die, yet the first
created being who had choice to sin was Adam. To us this is Hope upon hope, if God back
in the Beginning made sure man would have choice based on fuel, surely He made sure
we would have enough Grace in these trouble times to make it.
One can disagree with all the views, but certain questions remain regardless of the
view, “If Noah was told to take two of every animal, where are the dinosaurs?”. If we have
bones, we have evidence, there has to be an answer. We can’t say well maybe God just
made it appear as if there were dinosaurs, however, it makes God deceptive in nature,
hardly an attribute of God. The real question remains, “If everything produces after its own
kind, yet God called the plants from the earth, then the seeds were dead before Adam was
created, how does death fit into the equation?”. The Law of sin and death is a combined
element, it points to committing sin to produce death, but in order to sin there must be a
Commandment to violate, with a punishment equating to death. Merely failing to exist
doesn’t mean sin and death is the cause. The key to this is the soul of man, the soul
makes mankind, yet it’s the element science cannot find. God created the soul of man
from nothing, it still can’t be seen with the naked eye, yet it makes the distinction between
man and all other elements created or formed.
What "image" is Adam, why does God make a point of it? We find the "face of the
waters" refers to the external, or surface element, when water is without heat turns to ice;
the word does not mean the interior, only the exterior (face) pointing to a surface hardness,
thus between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 we have what appears to be a massive time gap,
mistakenly referred to by some as the Gap Theory; however the Theory adds the fall of
Satan between verses 1 and 2 as a great judgment to bring about the darkness. Yet, it
can’t be the case, since Ezekiel 28 tells us the cherub who was anointed, was in the
Garden, but the Garden isn’t a factor until after the Light appeared. The Hebrew word
Maukkah (purpose, protect or embellishment) is translated as Covering, but Ezekiel 28:14
is the only place the Hebrew word is used, the verses around it indicate the Anointed
Cherub who Covers was in the Garden with a purpose (Ezek 28:12-16). The Jewels in the
Garden refer to various things, metaphorically they refer to people. Those we bring to the
Lord are jewels in our crown of life, thus the Jewels were the Cherub’s purpose, but he
twisted his position by finding iniquity in his heart, which simply means when choice was
introduced into the Garden, the cherub found he could make choices as well. All this
shows the Cherub did not fall before Genesis 1:2, rather later in the Garden. This also
explains sin and death were not a factor until the fall, sin and death were introduced when
God said, “In the day thereof”.
The word “face” in both the phrase “face of the deep”, and “face of the waters” is
the same Hebrew word, so was it the deep or the water? The word Deep is the Hebrew
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Te-Home often referring to the Abyss or Grave, both relate to death, indicting death had
taken place. The word for Water is always referred to as water or waters either physically
or metaphorically. Therefore we find the darkness and such went down to the depths of
the earth as death, there was nothing alive. The face of the waters would be the surface of
the waters, at the time there was no surfaced dry earth, since the dry land does not appear
until 1:9, showing this Face of water covered the entire earth. Yet, we know Death by Sin
was introduced by Adam, but does it mean there was no death prior? In Genesis 1:11,
which was the Third Day God called forth the seed from the earth, if God would have
created plants, then the concept of no death until Adam would be correct, but since God
called the seed forth we find there had to be death, but it’s different form “sin and death”. It
also indicates there was no Breath of God as a soul in any creature prior to the time when
God made Adam a Living soul opening the Redemption plan. In Genesis we find God
creating and forming, also some of the animals have souls, yet none of the animals were
living souls as a result of the Breath of God as was Adam, but the whales are termed living
souls, but not by the breath of God (Gen 1:20). The soul of Adam had many attributes not
found in any animal or plant, as we will see. The point however shows sin and death were
not prior to the fall of Adam, human mankind was not prior to Adam, but we do find
Scriptural evidence of things. Don’t confuse bones with a soul, just because it’s a skull of
something appearing like a person, it doesn’t mean it was a man with a soul.
God will not change principles mid-way, it would negate God from being God. If
God is the Alpha and Omega, then the principle of a Seed dying to bring forth Life has to
be constant. As we saw, Jesus equated this death and life principle to the Resurrection,
the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world, thus showing not only is the principle
seen in nature as everything produces after its own kind, but it has to relate to the Lamb
slain marking the Resurrection (Gen 1:12). If it’s true, then the seeds had to be dead in the
earth, before they brought forth plant life. Adam is the first to introduce Death to the human
species as a result of sin, thus Romans 5:15-17 doesn’t say the Adam started death, it
says by his offence death came, since Adam was the first to have the ability to make a
choice between doing the Commandment, or not. Paul tells us death reigned from Adam,
showing for us Adam is the starting point of death by sin, yet Adam was not in existence
until the six day.
The fact remains Adam was told about death, but if there was no example of death,
how then could he be held responsible? There had to be some knowledge of death, not
the experience, nonetheless knowledge. We know about death, but Adam didn’t, when
God said, “In dying you will die”, what possible sense could it make to Adam? “Huh? Oh
okay God, dying huh?, hey monkey was is death?”. In order for God to hold Adam
accountable there had to be knowledge of the result of violating the Commandment.
Unless we can answer these questions, the various Theories are useless.
Genesis 1:2 shows the earth in three realms, without form (useless), void (without
purpose as it holds the appearance of death) and darkness (as in the darkness of a
grave), if it was the darkness of a grave, surely there was some form of death. Yet, none of
these three are representative of God, rather they become the opposites of God. God is
Light, God is Life, yet there is the appearance of death, God is with Purpose, yet there
appears no purpose. However, in Genesis 1:1 we find, God created the heaven and earth,
how can this be? In order for there to be an earth in verse 2, there had to one created
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prior. For the heavens to exist, they had to be created, Genesis 1:1 simply rebuts any
concept of the Egyptian gods creating the earth.
There are many choices, the angels had choice as well, or they couldn’t join the
devil, thus the devil had choice. The iniquity was discovered when he used his choice in
the wrong manner to gain what he wanted, rather than do what God desired.
Why don't have the name Dinosaur in the Bible? Because there was no such word
back then, but more important we find another clue to the famed missing link. The
mysteries in the Bible are in the little words which draw our attention. In Genesis 1:28 God
told Adam male and Adam female to Multiply, or to "Replenish" the earth. The same
Hebrew word was used in the case of Noah being told to Replenish the earth (Gen 9:1). In
Noah's case it's easy to see Replenish means to Refill, but Adam? It's the same word,
meaning To fill again, or To bring back to fullness. Also we find God called the seeds and
many animals from the earth and sea (Gen 1:11, 1:20-21 & 1:24). This gives us a type of
Resurrection, there was death, the creatures, including plant life were dead under the
"face of the waters", but God introduced Light, the Light would generate Life, the life
appeared in a different forms. It’s a type, no one is saying these things were Resurrected,
only the type is seen pointing the Lamb being slain and Resurrected. However, we do find
Jesus said He is the Light of the world, John also said Jesus is the Light (Jn 8:12 & 1:4-5).
We find modern man has shown connections, vague and slight, but nonetheless
connections between some plants now, and plants which were in existence before the ice
age, as well as some animals. The error of course is making a direct correlation, rather
than considering how God called things forth from the existing elements in a different form.
Everything after its own kind does not mean an exactness, but a kind, thus we find over
two hundred plants similar to those in prehistoric times, or to the times of Pre History.
John 1:4 tells us In Him (Jesus) was Life, the Life was the Light of men. The same
Light shined in darkness, yet the darkness comprehended it not (Jn 1:5). Connecting to
what we are about to enter, it may seem like we are taking forever to get there, but we see
all these prophetic connections projecting to each one of us. If the earth is 8,000 years old,
or 50 million, it still stands God so love us, He sent Jesus, as well as Jesus loving us so
much He gave Himself for us. If we accept the age of the planet as millions of years, it only
shows God is faithful beyond our greatest expectations, His love changed not, we are just
as important to God now as we ever were then.
From this we can see how modern man can be so confused over "pre-historic man"
as it relates to "modern man". Neanderthal was around for millions of years, yet he couldn't
make a shoe, must less tie it. Yet from Adam it took 7,000 years for man to put foot on the
moon. If evolution is true, why didn't Neanderthal advance? There is a Bible answer, one
overlooked by the natural intellect of natural man. All this is answered in Genesis, plus
some other information we will look at showing us how important Grace unto Salvation is.
As interesting as it seems, today many who study Neanderthal have come to a
profound conclusion, there is no way the human being could have come from Neanderthal,
the structures are so dissimilar, even evolution couldn’t account for the change. There is
no logically progression, thus we find a division, one God ordained, yet provides man free
moral choice.
Even the angels have a beginning, thus anything created or anything formed from a
creation has a beginning. Only the Creator has no beginning. How can it be? Must be,
since any creation, regardless of the creation must come from the Creator, but the Creator
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is not a creation. If the Creator is a creation, who then created the Creator? It stands there
must be a Creator who always was, or there could be no creation. The premise of the
humanist is based on the concept of no Creator, just a bunch of "just so happens";
however, one has to travel back to the beginning to find what brought about the first “just
so happen”, which still ends with something being created. If it was a Big Bang, what
caused the Bang? If it's a cell, who created the cell? If it was a gas cloud, who created the
gas? Whatever started it, had to be created. For us it's simple, God formed man of the
earth, then breathed into man, as man became a living soul. Years later, Jesus died on the
Cross, making it possible for man to be a quickening Spirit. The completed Image of God
is Spirit, Jesus in us, Christ in us conforming our souls into sons of God by the Spirit. To
the natural mind of man the thought of God having no beginning causes their minds to go
tilt, at times their mind simply crashes. Equating God to man, or man to God is always
error, in order for any creation to take place there has to be a Creator, if the Creator is a
creation, He is not a Creator, but created.
The concept of God being Alpha and Omega is called Omnipresence or all places,
at all times, at the same time. This is a very hard concept for the natural mind of man to
accept. It's hard enough to accept God being in all places at the same time, but in all times
at the same time? Wow, yet God is not bound by time. Time is an element of importance
when death of the flesh was introduced, thus time was not a factor for Adam until death
entered the scene. To Jesus time is not an element, a day is like a thousand years, or
better there is no difference between the time element of a day, or a thousand years. Yet,
God’s love toward us shows He considers Time as a factor (praise the Lord), but we also
know the day will come when Eternity will remove the concept of time. Since the flesh is
bound to time, it predicates its decisions on time; if the soul is flesh minded it will also
predicate decisions on time. The flesh is concerned about one thing, existence, yet the
soul goes on forever. As soon as Adam entering dying, the flesh rebelled and has ever
since, thus the temptation was flesh related, but the soul joined in.
However, on this earth we have our yesterday, today and tomorrow, thus the
definition of eternity would be a place where there is no time. Without time, one cannot
age, since age depends on having a tomorrow, thus eternity is always Now. Therefore, we
are told not to mind the things of the flesh, since the flesh is bound to time. God "formed"
the flesh of Adam, thus the flesh has no concept of eternal existence. If we are flesh
minded then our concept of heaven will be flesh based, we will think heaven is merely an
extension of man's time, based in man's natural reasoning. "Isn't our soul based on time?".
Only because of the flesh, not the Spirit. Our soul equates its reasoning by the flesh, the
mind is based on the experiences of the flesh, thus it's easy to be flesh minded, only those
Born Again can be Spirit minded. The change is from the soul equating things to the flesh,
to equating itself to the Spirit. It’s not an easy task, it takes faith, time and patience. God's
people are spiritual, they must think spiritually. If someone didn’t tell us, or if our flesh didn’t
tell us we were fifty years old, our souls won’t know it.
The word Omnipresence comes from the Latin Omnis (All) and Praesens (Presents
[to be present]), meaning present at all events, at all times, at the same time. The
Pharisees knew this, when Jesus said, "before Abraham was, I Am", He was declaring His
Omnipresence, thus the Pharisees were moved by their own natural awareness of flesh
and time, causing them to attack Jesus. “How can this be? He is standing here before us?
He is subject to time, as we are”. Why would they stone Him? Because of His good
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works? Nay, they said it was for blasphemy, in their words, "For a good work we stone You
not; but for blasphemy; because You, being a man, make Yourself God" (Jn 10:33). All
they wanted was an excuse, since they were looking for error. Jesus didn’t make Himself
God, rather it was God’s Word taking on the form of man.
Since God is not bound to time, He can say all He is going to say in the Beginning,
yet have those words fall into areas we know as time. God has spoken, yet God is
speaking, we have to hear the Proceeding Words of God for our certain time, it doesn’t
mean God will say something opposed to the Bible, but it does show the Pharisees lost out
because they rejected the Proceeding Word. When God finished His work, it's was not the
same as you or I finishing our work; rather when God finished this work in Genesis, it
finished an area of work. Once it was done, it was all done, yet at the same time there was
a process of Time. Jesus tells us to work while it is yet Day for the Night comes when no
one can work. It shows the Night follows the Day, but if no man can work, does it mean the
work is done? Could be, but if Jesus told us to work during the Day, is there a work for
those of the Day? Could be.
Faith says God framed the worlds (ages), thus all things are well in hand, all things
are going on as the plan dictates. "Well I tell you what, the world looks like its going to hell
in a hand basket, everything else looks upside down". The world is suppose to look like
upside down, one of the tricks of the enemy is to make us think we're to make the world
the Kingdom of God, rather than call the called from the world into the Kingdom. Holding to
the Faith isn't easy, even faith people can get caught into worldly thinking, supposing gain
is Godly. If one looks at numbers as a mark of success, they must also say God failed.
"What?". Only a Few make it, God picked the smallest of all families of the earth, Paul also
shows God picks the weak to confound the strong and so on. It's not numbers proving
Gain, it's Righteousness in the Holy Ghost.
Hebrews 11:3 in respect to our faith gives us two words to look at, "Framed" and
"Worlds"; the word "Framed" is the Greek Katartisis meaning The process is completed;
"Worlds" which is the Greek Aion meaning An age, not a planet. Each Age is complete in
the Record (plan), each was or is being played out on earth in the Process of time. Serving
a God who is guessing at the outcome is scary at best, but serving a God who framed all
these ages gives us confidence. Does it mean God designed the evil in the world? No, it's
why we're not suppose to blame Him. It does mean God saw all the obstacles before they
were placed before us, He has a way around or through them to benefit His children.
The devil wasn't created the devil, rather he was an angel of high ranking, but
iniquity was found in him. Who put it there? Choice, the angels have choice, if not, none of
them would have fallen. From the wrong choice came the evil, which only proves the right
choice holds the good.
Faith knows all things work together for good to them who love God, or to them who
are called according to His purpose (Rom 8:28). Notice in Romans 8:28 it says "to them",
rather than "for them"? Interesting isn't it? If it was "for them" then it would mean the event
or thing would have to be pleasing to our senses, but it says "to them", referring to our well
being in the overall picture. The benefit need not be immediate, but there is a benefit to be
found.
Not withstanding the concept of God being in all times, at the same time, we must
add the concept of God hearing all our prayers at the same time. We could live in a city
with 5,000 people, one day we pick up the telephone and speak to all of them at the same
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time. As long as we were doing the talking, we would not be confused, but if all of them
started speaking to us, watch out! Each one of them with a different situation, or a different
request, not only would we hear their words, but if we were God we could discern their
hearts, then answer their requests accordingly. On the other hand, just because God is
talking, does it mean we’re listening? Prayer is not to move God, it's to move us where the
answer is waiting. Jesus said our Father has answered our prayer before we ask. "Well if
it’s the case, I won't ask". The premise points to God’s foreknowledge, although He knows,
we have the keys, it’s our asking allowing Him to guide us to the answer.
God made a route of escape regardless of the event, or temptation, long before we
faced the event or the temptation (I Cor 10:13). We can either allow Him to show us the
route of escape, or crawl around in the midst of self-pity looking for it ourselves. Did Adam
have a route of escape? Yes, but did he take it?
If we're Born Again we have an upper hand in this, God gave us a direct connection
to Him through the New Man. The Holy Ghost is The Comforter, but we have Another
Comforter within, one just like the first, the Spirit in us becomes our proof of the Cross and
Resurrection of Jesus. No one can have the Spirit until death takes place, yet Jesus died
for us, so we can have the Spirit of Holiness based on the Resurrection. Therefore, we
have something from God no other human before Pentecost was privy to, something so
great, so wonderful, so powerful it proves Jesus was Resurrected.
The New Man hears from the Holy Ghost relaying the information to our souls. We
then make the determination if we are going to obey or not. Does it mean we are greater
than God? No, it means we can resist God, since the Gift is for us to be saved, not for God
to be saved. Who resisted Jesus? The devils or the Pharisees? The devils did as they
were told, the Pharisees picked up stones. Who had power over the temple? God or the
religious leaders? Mark 11:17 tells us the religious leaders turned the House of God into a
den of thieves. Why didn't God send a little fire on them? "See those guys they repented,
see those ashes, they didn't". Why not? God gave the temple to the people, but like any
Talent, they had to give an account regarding how they cared for it. The evidence in the
Gospel Accounts prove the Pharisees had more power to resist Jesus, than did the devils,
yet most of us are scared out of our wits over some devil. Does it mean there is no devil?
Hardly, it means far too many of us have given the devil too much credit. We have the Life
of Christ in us by the Spirit, thus our souls are being regenerated by the Spirit, as our souls
are changing from flesh to Spiritual in nature.
In Proverbs a Tree of Life is equated to a "she", as is Wisdom (Prov 3:18), a Tree of
Life is also equated to the fruit of Righteousness, James also equates God's Wisdom to
the Fruit of Righteousness (Prov 11:30 & James 3:18). The Water of life comes from
within, the Tree of Life is on either side (Rev 22:1-2). Adam had access to the Tree of Life,
but he never had the Tree of Life within, nor did he have the Living Water (Jn 7:38-39).
The first four chapters of Genesis give us the foundation for the Gospel: if we've
read the Bible, we know Jesus is the Lion from the Tribe of Judah, the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world (Rev 13:8), the Word, the Truth, the Way, the Life, the Light, Grace
and many other things, thus the Foundation of the world must hold mysteries relating to
Jesus, meaning Jesus is always the basis of the Good News (Gospel). All this wasn't
created for us, it was created by and for the Word of God. Is the earth and the world the
same? No, the earth was here, but there was no world until the fall, there was no spirit of
the world until God granted us the Spirit which is of God (I Cor 2:12-13, I Jn 2:19 & 4:1-4).
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Actually the first time we find the word World is in I Samuel 2:8, the first time we find the
word “worldly” is in Titus 2:12. The world is the population of mankind who are among the
disobedient, they are under the hand of the prince of the power of the air (Eph 2:12-13).
The wild thought of natural man in and of himself being the image of God, misses
the point by miles. We forget God is timeless, He is looking at something yet future to us,
as a Now to Him, while He is watching something in the past to us as a Now to Him, while
speaking to us in the present, which is Now to both Him and us. God does call things
appearing as a not to us (present) as though they are, because He is looking at them in
the future as He is talking to us. They are future tense to us, not to God. It’s important in
the creation aspect of Genesis, we will find little hints to the mystery, which become big
wonders based on the Hebrew words used.
God speaks to man in the confines of time, but it doesn't mean God is confined to
time. Prophecy is much different from telling the future, prophecy is not foretelling the
future, neither is prophecy a guess, or a mystic vision into the future, rather prophecy is
God speaking through a human regarding what God is seeing, which man will soon see, or
could see. Since we are bound to time we presume a look into the future is some form of
time travel, not so, we must keep in mind the prophets of old were not guessing at the
future, nor was God giving them words to cause the future to come to pass, rather God
was speaking through the prophets regarding what God saw happening. Prophets don't
say, "So saith the Lord, I think this might happen". Witchcraft speaks with the desire to
change the future, the prophet of God does not. The example? Peter told Jesus to change
the future, yet Jesus rebuked Peter by saying, "Get thee behind Me Satan, you are an
offense to Me" (Matt 16:23). Not wise to play games or faith games in some attempt to
change the future to appease our will. The false prophets in the time of Jeremiah were
saying things, with the hope of God bringing their words to pass, yet the prophetic word is
from God, not to God.
God did say, "Let us make man after our Image", in Genesis 1:27 we find God did
make man in His image, male and female, oops, what does it mean? Genesis 1:27 is still
prophetic, as it says, "so God created man in His own image, in the image of God created
He him; male and female created He them". Notice the changes, "He him" to "He them",
didn't God know what He did? Yes, Adam was only the beginning, the process of time
leads to the Cross and Resurrection, where man would be able to have the Spirit, thus
Adam was flesh and blood. Adam was formed of the dust of the earth, he was restricted to
the earth, a concept we need to explore. If we are the Body of Christ as a He, yet there is
no male or female in Christ then Genesis 1:27 makes sense, since we also the Bride.
This still connects to God calling things a not to us, as a were to Him. When Adam
was first formed, then he became a Living Soul the plan was activated, no man could stop
it. To answer the question of the "Image", is determined by the difference between Adam
and the whale. The whale didn't land on the moon, nor make a house, never invented a
thing. The "Breath of God" brought many things to mankind, with the Measure of Faith as
the foundation, coupled with the Agapao love (not Agape, but Agapao), then the ability to
be creative, not as God, but nonetheless the ability to reason, invent, evaluate and make
choices based on a reasoning greater than the animals. Every invention of man has been
in the last 7,000 years, old Neanderthal never invented a thing.
In Genesis 1:26 we find the phrase, "Let us make man in our Image, after our
Likeness...", why make a division between Image and Likeness? The word Image is the
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Hebrew Tselem from an unused root meaning to shade, or cause a shadow, it's translated
as Image 16 times, Vain Show 17 times, it was used to define the heathen gods, it doesn't
mean an image as the exact same, rather it means a type of likeness, or resemblance,
often referring to a resemblance on the outside, but void of the substance on the inside.
The word Likeness is the Hebrew Damuwth meaning a likeness, or a fashion, or
something as a similitude, again it doesn't mean an exact copy, it suggests merely
something beginning the fashion until the rest can be inserted. If the “image” was lost in
the Fall why did God tell Noah man was still the “image of God” (Gen 9:6)? The Image
began with the living soul, it became completed in the New Birth. Therefore, natural man
has the ability to reason and invent, but lacks the foresight to see what his inventions will
do. Also we have Adam being created, God is not created, rather He is the Creator. Adam
has a beginning, God does not have a beginning, thus there are many differences, but if
Adam is the beginning, yet empty, then there must be more to the plan to reach what we
might term "a filling", or better, when a New Creature can fill man to bring the Image into
completion. Therefore the New Creature in Christ would complete the prophecy, so does it
mean Adam was completely void of the Image? No, he was the beginning, mankind has
many attributes from God, reasoning, the ability to invent, have visions, the measure of
faith, plus other attributes within the soul. The New Birth brings more attributes, raising
mankind above the natural to the spiritual, thus God is Spirit.
God's plan considered all things, even the evil in the world was in the plan, but it
was more like planning for a flat tire we know will happen, but we didn't cause the flat, or
the corruption in the tire, yet we knew it would happen, thus we planned around it. The
purpose of the plan was not evil, rather the purpose of the plan is our Salvation from evil.
The Record in heaven consists of the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost, it doesn't
consist of angels, or clouds, or the twenty-four elders, although all those things are in
heaven. The Witness on earth consists of the Water, the Blood and the Spirit (New Man), it
doesn't consist of the world, the flesh, or our soul. Are there angels in heaven? Yes, are
they servants of God? Yes, but they are not forming the Record, or Witness. Are the
twenty-four elders in heaven? Yes, the Book of Revelation says so, but they do not form
the Record. Are our souls the prize in this? Yes, the purpose of our faith is the salvation of
our souls, but our souls are not part of the Witness. Keeping things in their proper order
helps us remain in faith, knowing whatever lays ahead, God has already completed in the
Ages, but we're in the Process of being saved in an Age.
The evidence in the Book of Revelation, with the words of the prophets are not
guesses at what may happen, they tell us what God saw happening. Many of the words
are yet to happen, but the Book of Revelation being the "little book" in the larger Book
shows those words will come to pass. The Book of Revelation is a great example of God's
reality, as opposed to God's desire. We know the desire of God is for all to come to saving
knowledge of the Gospel; so none would be lost, so how does the lake of fire fit? If God's
desire is for all to be saved, why doesn't He just call those things so? Desire and Reality
differ, even for God. We must always add man’s choice, it’s not God who makes the
decision, but it’s God who presents the evidence. If God never revealed Himself, we would
never know there was a God. However, it still takes the Witness in us to bring the Record
to pass; our Justification is declared, yet it’s being worked out by the Witness in us on a
day to day basis.
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Faith is designed to work, thus it will work, but simply saying something we do
works doesn't make the act holy. Witchcraft works, it’s why witches use it, but it's not holy
(Acts 16:16). Faith in God gives us a place to put our faith, Faith toward God defines it,
confirms it, makes it clear, we must put our faith in God. Faith also knows God is the
Justifier, the entire Book of Romans centers on the issue; however, we must define
Justified, Just and Justice. The Just live by faith, because God is justifying them, so they
won't face God's Justice, God’s Justice is a matter of division, sheep from goats, so forth.
Some trust in God to perform, they feel God will do as we think He should, we
believe in God to accomplish what pleases us, then we will love Him. However, we form an
opinion regarding how God should act in a given situation, when He doesn’t we get
frustrated, mad, or depressed. Trusting in God is not the same as trusting God to perform
according to our will. Having faith in God to please us, is not the same as having a faith
pleasing God. We are in the hand of God, what God does with us, is for the betterment of
us, as well as the Body of Christ. We may not understand it, we may not like it, but our
Trust in God knows He understands, our faith in God knows the result is Good, our belief
in God is established on His promises in the New Covenant, our Love for God is just as
unconditional as His Love for us. We hear much about the unconditional Love of God, but
if this is a Covenant, there are two sides. If we are Born Again we have the potential to
walk in the same Love (I Cor 13:1-13). God’s love has certain attributes identifying it, the
signs become our banner of love. Faith has signs, faith comes from an unseen source,
projected to a future hope, but it’s still a Now confidence in God. We can say we love God,
but without belief, faith and trust our Love will turn to vengeance in the face of adversity. If
we are going to claim God’s unconditional love, we must be willing to show Him our
unconditional love as well.
Abraham believed God, then it was accounted (imputed) to him as righteousness,
but we also read, "Now to him who works is the reward not reckoned (imputed) of grace,
but of debt. But to him who works not, but believes on Him who Justifies the ungodly, his
faith is counted (imputed) for righteousness" (Rom 4:4-5). Abraham was around well
before the Law of Moses, his belief in God was the basis to receive the imputed
righteousness, so it could be by faith. Self-righteousness is for the moment, the doer of the
Law couldn’t keep just one sabbath, they had to keep them all. Once one was kept the act
was over, the next act waited. It was a continual effort to obtain, but they never really
obtained God’s Rest. The Righteousness of Jesus is like His Faith, it has obtained.
The thought of our works impressing God is self-righteousness, the very second we
do the act, it dies. We must do it again and again, meaning we never enter Rest, in the
end the Commandment “Thou shall not covet” finds us guilty, calls us dead in sin. Some of
us think we can do some act assuming we will impress God to the point He can't help but
wonder at our greatness, but faith is not designed to impress God, it’s designed to please
Him. If we love God as we say, then our concern should be to please Him. In Hebrews
11:6 the second step to Godly faith is To Seek God Diligently, the word Diligently is in the
Present Participle tense which expresses a continuous or repeated action, thus it is
continual, just as our belief must be continual. Diligent also means searching for God in
every event, thus one could call it searching for the Precious. For the most part seeking
God when it appears as if its all over, or certain danger is near, is a faith of desperation. Of
course if we need to run to God to see if we're to brush our teeth, we need a nursemaid,
not God. Neither does God expect us to run to Him regarding matters He has already
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talked to us about. How would we like it if our 15 year old child ran to us every two minutes
wanting to know if they were to pick up their room, say Please, or Thank you? There are
some things attached to the position, we are required to do.
What was lacking in Adam? Faith and Obedience, he didn't believe God, neither did
he obey the voice of the Lord, rather he sat and watched his help meet fall into the hands
of the enemy. Then he joined her, but when he was caught he turned and blamed her and
God. Does it sound like the completed Image of God?
We are also told to believe in our Heart. In our Heart? Wow, what happens if we
have a physical heart transplant, does our belief go away? What if the other person who
had the heart before us didn't believe? Does it mean our belief left with the old heart, now
we have to start over again with the new one? Don't confuse the physical with the natural,
or the natural with the spiritual, they are all different. The Heart of man could be considered
the deep place where intents and motives are found. We are circumcised of heart,
meaning we gain a new heart, defined as the Spirit of Truth. When we were under the
spirit of disobedience, disobedience governed our intent. The spirit of disobedience is also
the spirit of man, who is completely ignorant of the things of the Spirit of God (I Cor 2:11).
Jesus said from the heart comes no good thing, Paul said we had to believe in our heart,
thus it’s two different hearts. Could it relate to the old man and the New Man? Yes, it’s
impossible to truly believe God raised Jesus from the dead through the old nature, since
it’s based in disobedience. The circumcision of the heart cut away the fleshly heart, which
was the spirit of man. The New Heart is the New Man, the Spirit of Truth, the one source
forming us into sons of God by bringing our souls into a spiritual nature. This gives us the
metaphor of heart meaning the spirit behind the person’s thoughts and actions.
The Root is the hidden aspect from which a tree grows, the fruit of the tree identifies
the type of tree. Painting the old fruit with good paint, doesn't make the fruit good, it’s
merely using a mask appearing for the moment, the mask will fade and the old fruit will
come forth. Jesus said we needed a tree transplant, Paul says we need a new heart, thus
the New Man is the Good Tree, or New Heart, the very center of our Life in Christ. The
precious Gift came in the New Birth, the New Birth came as a result of the death and
resurrection of Jesus (Jn 7:38-39).
There is Hope in Christ, just think about the mass change which took place when
we received Jesus; we gained a new heart, a new mind, a new character, a new attitude, a
new way of thinking, a new wisdom, a new nature, a kingdom, a priesthood, yet all the old
memories were still there, some based in hurts, pains, misconceptions, strongholds, or
areas we simply didn't want to face. A change had to take place to bring us into the New,
removing us from the Old, but it's still Process. Our souls are cleaned as they are purified
in the Justification process. If it was immediate then Jesus would never have told us first
comes the seed, then the root, then the blade. Jesus spent a great deal of time with the
disciples before the Cross, if all this was instant, then Jesus wasted a great deal of time
disciplining His disciples.
This is still a Covenant, we have to make the decision to put off the old, then put on
the new. These people in the Old Testament didn't have what we do, but to whom much is
given, much is required. We find ourselves facing things they didn't, but we have more
power, authority, coupled with a better promise.
Our will is the basis for the desire, or the motivation to accomplish some act, or to
prevent an act from taking place. We will to do, or we will not to do, our will has a power,
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thus we call it "will power". When we say, "not my will, but Your will oh Lord", we are not
giving up our will, we are giving up the worldly power behind our will, by changing our will
to the will (desire) of the Lord. Our will is also our agenda, if our old agenda was to use
power in a religious way to appear moral, or superior before men, we have yet to learn of
the Will of the Lord. We had to learn Kingdom principles and experience spiritual matters
by the Spirit for the old agenda to fall to wayside. From there, we must obtain, know and
hold the agenda God has for us. If we retain our old self-based desires, we have not
changed wills, thus our desire must change to the desire of the Lord. This is a picture of
the Fall, Adam male and female held their agenda, rejecting the plan God gave them.
For the most part we presume if we do religious acts, we are doing the Will of the
Lord, not so. Jesus said the Will of the Father is for us to believe in Jesus as we walk in
Mercy. Paul defined the Will of the Lord as; "Wherefore be you not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess;
but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all
things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Eph 5:17-20). This
is based in speaking to ourselves, rather than attempting to impress everyone else with
our endeavors.
Joy was fundamental in the Old Testament, even under the Law, thus the curse of
the Law fell on the people if they failed to serve "the Lord your God with joyfulness and
gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things" (Deut 28:47). The key is "All Things",
not merely the things which please us. When God moves to expose, or bring us into a
different place, we tend to complain, or murmur, yet we are fighting God, which in turn is
failing at the premise of, Thanking God for all things. "Well I know Jesus has made me free
from the curse". Oh so very true, but being free doesn't mean you can't do things causing
the curse to fall on you. The curse never comes without cause, regardless (Prov 26:2).
Adam wasn’t cursed for what he did, the ground was, he had a personal attachment to the
“dust of the earth” through his flesh. Since Adam attempted to fill his own need, he found
God would no longer meet his, thus Adam had to secure his need from the ground, yet
because of what he did the ground was cursed (Gen 3:17). This alone shows the Fall was
based on the flesh, the soul made the decision, but from the dust which formed the flesh
the motivation took place.
The nature of evil hasn't changed since the fall, we find the devil had no idea his
plan would be discovered by God, rather he presumed his plan was hidden. Yet, before
the fall God said "Let there be Light", the Light did shine in a dark place, thus the entire
matter was known and settled. Today the devil attempts to tell us he has the victory, the
world bows to him, he has attacked the Body of Christ with his gates of division, he again
thinks God is unaware. However, God is all Knowing, there is always a plan in the plan
about ready to break forth to show the glory of God. Never give up on God, He hasn't
given up on us.
There are times when we see how God Repented from something He was going to
do, thus we can draw two wrong conclusions. We can assume God sinned, so He
repented. No, the word Repent means to turn. Next we can assume since it appears as if
He didn't do as He said He would, God changed His mind. No, God didn't change His
mind, the people changed positions. We know in order for one to change their mind they
must be subject to time, since God is not subject to time He won't change His mind.
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Another element showing how God won't change His mind (Omniscience). When we
change our mind, it means we made an error in our thinking, or obtained new information
to revise our decision, which means we had no idea what the future held. It cannot be the
case with God, since He knows all things, before they are things. A third aspect is found in
knowing all things are created for and by Jesus (Col 1:16), thus all things are subject to the
Creator. If all things are subject to the Creator, then the Creator knows what those subjects
will do, before they do them. A prime example of this is the phrase, "no weapon formed
(Yatsar) against you shall prosper" (Isa 54:17), but why? Because anything created (Bara),
formed (Yatsar), or made (Asah) is still subject to the Creator. It's not because we're so
great, rather it's because God is. We seem to think the devil has more power than God, we
run around like chicken little waiting for the devil to beat us up. The devil is a created
being, whatever plan he devised was known by God long before the devil became the
devil. The devil cannot create, but he can form, thus anything formed shall not prosper
against us, simply because God said so. So what does God repenting mean? It shows He
turned, but as we will find the only thing really changing was the position of the people.
God did, what God said He would do, but some, or all of the people changed positions
meaning they were speared.
No where in the Bible do we find where the First Adam was "spirit", rather we find
the First Adam was a natural "living soul", yet "God is Spirit" (I Cor 15:45 & Jn 4:24). That
born of the flesh is flesh, that born of the Spirit is Spirit, but we also read where God also
has a Soul (Heb 10:38-39), we know He took on flesh (Jn 1:1-8). Does it mean God is a
glorified human? Not at all, God has a soul, His Word took on flesh, but He is Spirit. Man
has flesh, has a soul, has the opportunity to become spiritual by being Born Again. Much
different.
In order to worship God one must have two things, Spirit and Truth. Jesus said He
is Truth, we know to be able to worship God one must have the Spirit of Truth, thus Adam
couldn't truthfully worship God. We never see one line where Adam praised God, but we
do see where he was unhappy with what God gave him. Could the First Adam be more of
a warning to man, than a blessing? Could be, to assume Adam was like God, also
assumes God can be tricked by the devil. Perhaps it’s why we are never told to be Adam
like, yet often told to be Christ Like.
The concept of the Second Adam being Jesus could also confuse us, if we don't
know what the metaphor Adam means a beginning. The First Adam was in the living soul
position, the Second Adam Is a Quickening Spirit, as Jesus begun the Age of the Spiritual
(I Cor 15:45). The First Adam was formed of the dust with a created soul, the Second
Adam is the creator, for all things are created for the Word, by the Word, Jesus is the Word
of God sent to heal (save) us. In this we must keep in mind a few things, the first Adam
was the first creation to have the breath of God, he was also the first to have the measure
of faith, but he was also the first to sin and bring death as a result of sin to his entire family.
We are going over all this to make the division, it’s very important for us to keep the
order in what God is doing in Genesis. The Plan is set, but any of us can end walking in
our own self-motivated path, dreaming our own dream. There are paths many, but only
one has the Witness. God will form a path around or through the event where we can gain,
but it doesn't mean God will beat us half to death to get us on the path, rather Presentation
is God's part, Receiving is ours. If we dream our own dream, or attempt to form our own
path, we soon find God is waiting back at the beginning, we have to repent, or turn. Does it
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mean we will lose our salvation? No, since salvation is not ours to lose (Jonah 2:9). It does
mean we will face some self-induced hard times until we do learn to turn, and do it God’s
way. God sees us from His position as the Master Potter, a Potter has a mental picture of
what they want to Form, they take a lump of clay and begin. If the clay yields to the hand of
the Potter the product fits the picture, but if the clay resists the hand of the Potter, then the
Potter forms the vessel into something to be used, but not as intended (Rom 9:21). Does it
mean God changes His mind in the process of forming? No, it means God forms the clay
based on the desire of the clay. Can the clay say to the Potter, "why have you made me
this way?". No, since the condition of the clay determined what the Potter would form. This
is the premise behind Paul telling us how God takes one lump of clay, but can form the
lump into a vessel of honor, or one of dishonor depending on the condition of the clay; soft
clay is easy to mold. It's the same lump of clay, but the condition of the clay dictates which
vessel it will become, yet the clay cannot form itself, it must be formed. What makes soft
clay? Water, the metaphor Water means Mercy. The only difference between a vessel of
honor and one of dishonor is Mercy (Rom 9:21-24). We are told to be Merciful as our
Father is Merciful, how can we? By the New Man, yet the softness comes when we keep
the Mercy Commandments.
Christians are special, not because of who they are, but because they are Born
Again. It's the New Man making us special, he will guide us into all truth (Jn 16:13). The
word Guide in John 16:13 is the Greek Hodegeo meaning A leader, or Guide, one taking
another along a conducting way; not by force, but by permission, we learn by experience,
knowledge as we gain clarity while our nature is changing.
The Old Testament holds lessons many, yet the one hindrance of imaginations
stands out. Paul tells us strongholds are imaginations coming against the knowledge of
God, they don't come against us, they don't come against God, they come against the
knowledge of God (II Cor 10:4-5). God's people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge
(Hosea 4:6). Paul also told us to cast strongholds down by bringing every thought into the
obedience of Christ. The children in the wilderness are only one example of wild
imaginations, there are many others. After Jacob left Laban, he was headed back home
when he saw Esau, he then presumed Esau would kill him, yet the result of the meeting
between Jacob and Esau was good. The perception of Jacob was not in line with the
Truth, rather he based his opinion on past experiences. Has it happened to us? Yes,
everyone of us, some more than others, but nonetheless it has happened. It's not a matter
of ignoring the event, but a matter of God leading us through it, or around it, with the clarity
to learn from the experience.
Jumping from mountain top to mountain top is not faith, it's a soulish trait to avoid
test of faith. The purpose of Grace toward salvation is for our benefit, a matter for our gain,
not a matter of our loss. Paul told Timothy, "you have fully known my doctrine, manner of
life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity (love), patience, persecutions, afflictions, which
came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of
them all the Lord delivered me" (II Tim 3:10-11). The Lord didn't deliver Paul around the
events, He delivered him out of them. Paul understood the concept of being the Blessed
as he looked for the Good in all things, thus he was delivered.
We have gone through all this so we can view the Creation and the Fall in a
Scriptural manner, by studying what happened, knowing God knew all things before they
happened. The Beginning was Good, all things were Good, nothing was Bad, yet Evil
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happened. Did God know Evil would happen? Of course, but evil also has a good side, it
provides choice, choice without choice is no choice at all. Could God create evil? No, there
is no evil in Him. How then could evil happen? God created Adam as the beginning of the
Prophetic word, not the ending of it, thus Adam lacked something; being earthly and
natural he made choices based on his foundation. God can create things perfect for the
purpose, yet the element can be imperfect in reference to God’s Perfection.
When the children wanted a king, they wanted a king to their liking, not God’s. They
picked Saul, but God allowed it for a purpose. God knew Saul would fail, so why not just
reject Saul, then go right to David? Choice, plus lessons for all. Evil shows us there is a
Good, since there could be no Evil until there was first a Good. It doesn't mean we do evil,
it means the evidence of evil shows Good is about, we seek the Good to find God, thus
avoiding the evil. The second God said, "It is Good", evil had it's potential in the concept of
Choice. However, the natural is only earth related, thus the first opposite had to be
between heaven and earth. There are other opposites placed into existences, the Day and
Night, Cold and Hot. God never said, “It is evil”, nor “It’s kind of good”, it was all Good, it
could remain good, or be twisted, the keys were in the hands of the creations.
Even the Law of Moses has opposites, blessing and cursing. The Law of the Spirit
on the other hand is for the heavenly citizens, it’s void of the curse, or cursing. We are told
to bless and curse not, never render evil for evil, rather render good for evil (I Thess 5:15).
The New Man is all God, yet he is not all God is. We are sons of God, not God. We are
guided by God, we don’t guide God. The greatness of the New Birth can only be enjoyed if
we keep the principles in order, remain humble, know we are a people of Authority, but we
are also subject to Authority.
In our studies we will also find how, "God hardened the heart of Pharaoh", so how
can it be? By doing Good, but allowing Pharaoh to make up his own mind regarding the
signs. God would do a sign to show His people how the Power of God was far greater than
the power of Egypt, yet Pharaoh took it as a personal challenge. God was not out to
impress Pharaoh, but the people of God needed incentive to leave the bondage of Egypt.
So did we, healings, words of knowledge or wisdom, the Truth are all signs showing us the
Cross is our escape from the bondage of Egypt. The Pharisees were like Pharaoh, they
saw, yet misconstrued the purpose by assuming the miracles of Jesus were personal
challenges to their positions. Some today judge by carnal reasoning, thinking the signs are
personal challenges to their theology. On the same note there are those who are carnal in
nature who flaunt signs to impress their selves or others. In the case of Pharaoh, we find
God did something Good for the children, but Pharaoh and those with a like mindset
allowed their hearts to receive the opposite of the intended purpose, which in turn made
their hearts hard.
Choice is God granted gift, yet it’s also the power to either receive, or reject God’s
plan. God made the choice to receive all who received Him, we have free moral choice to
accept or reject what God presents. Guess who else had choice? The angels; however,
the angels were in the very presence of God, yet rejected their first estate for the darkness,
thereby losing their position with God forever and ever.
Taking Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 without seeing the division produces conflict. Genesis
1:1 says "God created the heaven and earth", it doesn't say God created "the heavens",
thus we are speaking of One Heaven and One Earth. Then in Genesis 1:2 we see the
earth is without form and void, did God create it formless and void? If so, wouldn’t it mean
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God failed in His Creation? Since there is no darkness in God, how can God fellowship
with darkness, we begin with a dilemma. God is Light, yet "darkness was upon the face of
the deep" (Gen 1:2). How did the darkness get there? Was it sin? Couldn't be, the fall was
yet future tense, man as a living soul had yet to be created, along with the Garden and the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil. There must be a division between verses 1 and 2
explaining why we find there is a void and dark planet in verse two. This has to be one
heaven, since the firmament of division didn’t come until the second day (Gen 1:8). Since
no human died, there was no need for Paradise, yet Jesus called Paradise the “Bosom of
Abraham”, indicating it took belief and faith to get there, yet in Genesis 1:2 no human
existed, the breath of God with the measure of faith was not yet granted.
We can't discard this darkness, or the face of waters, they were before Adam, thus
the earth had many things prior to Adam, but they were void of the Breath of Life. This
becomes an important issue, we can dig up millions of bones, yet those bones will not tell
us if the element from which they came had a soul, without a soul those bones are just
another flower, which became a not.
Another issue to the Image of God of importance in the case of Adam. Jumping
ahead to Genesis 9:3 we find Noah was not allowed to eat raw meat, but he was allowed
to eat meat. The killing of man was prohibited, since man was made in the image of God
(Genesis 9:6). If the concept here is the perfect Image of God, what about Ham? Or
Nimrod? What about all those who died in the flood? Clearly if the Image of God is still
seen after the flood, then Adam as the Image didn’t change because of the fall. Adam then
has to be representative, rather than the complete Image The word Image can't mean
spirit, since Noah is being told about the Image, yet if the spirit was lost at the fall, how can
Noah be told man is the Image?
The beginning of the Plan is not the end of it, there is progression along the path
leading to the fulfillment. This is another clue, whatever was before Adam was not the
beginning of the Image of God in any way, shape or form. The beginning of the image
starts with the Breath of God; making Adam the beginning in the Plan of redemption, yet
Jesus being our Redemption, brought us perfection of the Image by the Spirit.
This issue is more than a little difference between Adam and pre-historic man, it's a
Big difference. Does pre-historic man serve a purpose? Yes, choice, not for him, one we
see today. The more knowledge grows regarding the things of God, the more the natural
mind of man fights God’s knowledge by using the knowledge of the spirit of man. However,
guess which one holds Truth? The knowledge of man has facts many, but the conclusions
are based on natural reasoning, completely ignorant of the things of the Spirit of God.
Truth must center on the Creator, before one can move to understanding the creation.
Jesus said He is Truth, He didn’t say He was a holder of Truth, or part Truth, or aware of
Truth, He is Truth, all things are created for Him and by Him, thus Truth begins with Jesus,
without the mind of Christ one will never understand the purpose of creation.
The first chapters of Genesis also tell us why Jesus said, "work while it is yet Day,
for the Night comes when no man can work". If God created all these things and rested,
why would we work at all? Why would Jesus say, "The Father worked until (hitherto in
KJV) now I work" (Jn 5:17)? If God rested what was He doing working up to the time Jesus
appeared as the Word made flesh? Maybe the work was done, but the Father got a part
time job to help ends meet, after all His Son was in the ministry. No, there is more.
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If All the work was complete on the sixth day, if God rested on the seventh, why did
Circumcision become a command for the Eighth Day? It wasn’t the first day after the
seventh, but the Eighth Day of a male child’s life. Perhaps there is a mystery in Genesis,
one showing a vast difference between the Day and Night, and why the Day comes before
the Night. Could there be two areas of Creation? One based on the Night which was
completed in Genesis, then one based on the Day completed by Jesus?
Adam was created and formed Perfect for his purpose, yet the Seed of God is the
Perfection of God bringing us into Perfection. There is a difference between something
being made perfect for the purpose, and something being as Perfect as God. We invent a
gun and it works, thus it's perfect for its purpose. We invent a knife and it works, thus it's
perfect for it's purpose, but it doesn't mean the gun or the knife are as Perfect as God.
Does it mean the missing link isn't missing, but misplaced? Does it mean there
were dinosaurs? If so, does God tell us? Did they have a purpose just for us? Why didn't
God stop the fall, and keep the dinosaurs? All these questions and many more are
answered for us in the Book of Beginnings.
We all know the discovery of the Resurrection was on the First Day of the week, but
why did God pick the First Day for the discovery of the Resurrection, rather than the
Seventh? If the First Day of the Week Begins something, what did it Begin? Why was the
First Day of the week in reference to the Resurrection really the Eighth day of the following
week of the Cross? The Resurrection is tied to the Cross, the Cross to the events of the
week, thus the Resurrection was discovered by man on the First Day of the week following
the Cross, but it was the Eighth Day in succession of the week of the Cross by association.
It joins the First Day of the Beginning of the New Creation with the Eighth Day regarding
the New Covenant, showing the Spirit is the result of the circumcision not made with
hands, becoming our New Heart (Spirit).
John said Jesus is the Light, the Light is the Life of man (Jn 1:4-5). If it’s so what is
this Light in Genesis? John didn’t say Jesus is Light, as in many lights, or even as one of
two, rather John says Jesus is The Light, a very important issue, especially when we
couple it with Light and Life. On the Mount of Transfiguration Jesus was seen as Light, yet
the first thing said in the Genesis Creation is, Let there be Light; could they relate? Could
all this tie into the week of the Cross? Could it be while God was creating the physical
things, He was really proclaiming the Gospel? Is there a Creation for the Day? Another for
the Night? All this before Adam came into being.
We find the Genesis account gives us the evening and morning as the days, but
wait, didn't God know evening to morning is really the Night? Of course, this also explains
two periods of Creation, one for the Night, which is done and waiting to be complete.
Another for the Day which is being completed in us, by the Spirit giving us Rest for our
souls. This explains why Jesus said "work while it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no
man can work" (Jn 9:4). Clearly the Day came before the Night, yet the works for the Night
were done here in Genesis. What realm were these people in the Old Testament? Mud
soup? Paul said we are children of the Day, not the Night, nor the Darkness, thus giving us
three periods, Day, Night and Darkness. When Jesus came man was in Darkness, neither
in the Light of the Day nor the Light of Night, thus Jesus came to open the Day as the
Bright Morning Star, when the Day ends, the Night begins.
The Darkness was first, then the Day, then the Night, three dispensations of time.
There was a dispensation of darkness between Adam and Moses, where death reigned
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without a Law. Then a dispensation of darkness for the Law of Moses, which defined sin
and applied death. Then the dispensation of Grace and Salvation for those of the Day from
the Cross until the Rapture as the Greater Light. Then the dispensation of the Night for
Judgment as a Lesser Light.
The Night has two periods, it begins as Peace and Safety, then comes sudden
destruction (I Thess 5:3). We also find there are those appointed to the Day and those to
the Night. The Book of Revelation has a group of ten thousand times ten thousand, but
another group of thousands of (from) thousands, one for the Day, one for the Night (Rev
5:11). Are all these End Time elements seen here in Genesis? If they are, the only
conclusion we can draw is God had the end in hand, before there was a beginning.
The fall is surely in the plan, it wasn't some big News Break in Heaven, neither did
God have to wait, for film at 11, it was seen, noted and planned for. Whatever God
creates, or gives is Good, since God is Good. God doesn't merely do Good, He is Good.
The Fall is a perfect example of someone being free of sin, yet having the potential to sin.
The devil was a angel, perfect in all his ways, until he found he could twist his duties into
not doing what he was called to do (iniquity – Ezek 28:14). Adam was free of sin, yet when
temptation came he was lead away, but James says we are lead away by our own lusts.
How could perfect Adam have a lust? Adam is a warning, showing us the danger of
obtaining Life, but rejecting Life More Abundantly.
The first Adam was not in some bottle in heaven, then transferred to the earth,
rather the flesh of Adam was formed of the earth, thus Adam was earthly in nature, but
Jesus came from heaven making Him heavenly in nature. Before Adam was a living soul,
he was flesh based, made of the earth. The Fall was based on a religious debate to be
something better than God intended. Cult systems have the lustful desire to be the special
of the special, the holders of a truth greater than the rest of the Body. They have secret
books, or a secret beginning not seen in Scripture. This type of thinking is not only prideful,
but destructive. We all began with a Beginning, the Cross is equal in all its ways, it didn’t
make any of us greater than the rest of the Body. God doesn’t love any one of us more
than anyone else, whether male or female, Jew or Gentile, we are all God’s children If we
are in the Body Christ (Rom 8:1-16).
We don't serve a multiple God, but we do serve a God Who has multiple purposes
within the purpose. There are several Hebrew words denoting God, or better the Titles
used for God, each points to a particular aspect of God. For example the Hebrew El is
translated as God, but so is the Hebrew Elohiym, but we find the Hebrew Elohiym refers to
gods, or images as idols, as well as referring to men appointed by God, such as Moses
being a god before Pharaoh. The Hebrew El means Almighty or great, but the best
rendering is found in the title "Almighty God", meaning The God with All the Might, which is
the meaning of Omnipotent. Although the Hebrew El is used for God, we also see it in
reference to idols. Wait, didn't the devil make some promise to Adam and Eve about
becoming gods? Yes, but it was the devil making the promise, not God. God has the
authority to appoint gods as His representatives, the devil never had the authority to
appoint anyone to anything.
Wow, does it mean God condones idols? Hardly, it means there are idols many,
none of them match one small part of God, thus just using the title doesn't mean one is
talking about the One God. Laban will prove this, when he calls his images Elohiym, but he
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also calls the God of Abraham, Elohiym. Laban couldn't define the difference between the
God of Abraham, or the dumb little image made by his own hands.
The devil had so much trouble attempting to copy God, he had to use more idols
than most of us have socks, thus there are so many idols tending to prove the One God is
All Mighty. We will find the Hebrew Elohiym translated as gods, judges, mighty (as in
mighty ones), as well as God, it means both gods in the ordinary sense and the Supreme
God, depending on the usage and context. Metaphorically the Hebrew Elohiym can also
mean God as the Tree with gods as the branches thereof, thus Elohiym is seen in the first
verse of Genesis before the concept of idols was even introduced. Adam didn’t have a
concept of a multiple god theology, there were no idols in the Garden, there were no idol
makers in the Garden, thus Adam knew nothing of idols, yet the devil will use the term
"gods" in the temptation, what then was the devil referring to?
The name, or title Jehovah is translated as LORD, this Name is so holy the Jew
won't mention it out loud or write it; the first time we find LORD is in Genesis 2:4. The title
Jehovah is termed a Tetragammaton which means a compound word, we often find it in
the letters "JAH", this title was in reference to God's dealings with man, thus in Job we will
find the title Jehovah does have special meaning. Jehovah is also the Covenant Name of
God after the Covenant is acted upon, most prominently it was associated with His
relationship with the Nation Israel, it was also used in reference to God's delivering Power.
The word “Lord” in one form or another appears over 6,500 times in the Bible, thus we find
it mainly refers to Authority.
Abraham knew God as "Almighty", but Moses knew God as "Jehovah" (Ex 6:3).
Does it mean Moses had a better relationship with God, then did Abraham? Not at all, the
Name applies to the event: Abraham didn't need a Deliverer, he needed a Covenant
Maker. Abraham named places Jehovah, indicating the Covenant title (Gen 22:14), but he
knew God as “God Almighty” (Ex 6:3). Moses needed the Delivering Power of God; same
God, different events. The title Jehovah is found in reference to God's dealings with man
before the flood (Gen 2:4-5 & 6:3), during the patriarchal period (Gen 15:1, 27:7 & 49:18),
as well as during the period of the Law of Moses (Ex 20:2 & Deut 6:4); however, it still
remains Abraham, Isaac and Jacob knew God as “God Almighty”.
The Jews would substitute the Hebrew Adhonay (Lord), or used JAH to refer to the
name of God, this is important when we view some of the names of the Jews, finding they
knew the concept of calling things not, as though they were, but they also made the
mistake of thinking by merely calling it so, it would be so. The premise counts when we
have heard from God, we can call an orange tree an apple tree all day long, at the end of
the day it will still be an orange tree.
The Jews took the extreme; history shows the Jews were fully aware the Messiah
was about to appear. As the time neared many parents named their male children "Jesus",
or "Judas", since both of those names point to "Emmanuel". Jesus means "Jehovah's
Salvation", or "The Salvation of Jehovah", and Judas refers to "One of Judah", we know
Jesus is also known as "the Lion from the tribe of Judah". Since all these children were
named in connection to the Messiah, does it mean they all became the Messiah? Of
course not, we also know one who was named Judas betrayed the Messiah.
The name Jude is short for Judas, we know of one person called, "Judas not
Iscariot", showing an opposite. Adding, we have one Book entitled Jude, who is the brother
of James the Less, thus the name didn’t make Judas a betrayer, his own lustful nature did.
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Jesus changed some of the names of the disciples, but not all, thus having the name
doesn't mean one is automatically fitted to the name. God gave Adam his name, but Adam
named the animals. The name Adam had meaning, the names for the animals were for
identification, much different.
We can see there were Names used for the Name of God, but the Name of Jesus
is above All Names, which includes El, Elohiym, Adhona, and the other names referring to
God. God never told the Jews, "In My Name you shall cast out devils", but Jesus told us to.
The metaphor Name points to Authority, each of the names of God point to an authority, or
activity associated with the Name. All this shows the importance of the statement, "all
Authority has been given to Me", or "name above all names". Does it mean the name
Jehovah is less than Jesus? No, it means there were names for God relating to the
Authority being used, all good, all of honor, yet they all became included in one name, the
Name above all names, which Name we operate under, simply because the entire
Authority of the Record (Father, Word and Holy Ghost) were given to Jesus, because we
operate in the Body of Christ. What happens when we speak the Name of Jesus? Every
name and authority of God becomes inclusive, it’s an awesome honor and responsibility,
not one to be taken lightly.
Since the Name (Authority) of Jesus points to many areas of Authority within the
New Covenant; such as Grace, Love, Faith, Liberty, Freedom, Healing, Deliverance and A
Newness no man knew before, it stands, Salvation is greater than Judgment. Is there a
clue to this concept in Genesis? Yes, the Light of the Day is greater than the Light of the
Night. We will find three Lights, one is The Light, then there are the Lights of the Day and
Night. The Lights of the Day and Night are different from The Light as we will see.
However, doesn’t it give us three lights? Yes, how can it be?
God didn't wake up one day to His heavenly alarm clock and say, "Hey, Michael,
want to do something with the earth today?", or "Michael, what do you think would happen
if I make a thing called man?", neither did God say, "Hey, Mike, want to be Jesus?". God
didn't create the world for Adam, rather Adam will become an example of man without
Jesus. All things are created by and for Jesus, thus the earth became useful to the plan,
but it is not the Kingdom of God. Adam walked with God in the cool of the Day, but Adam
didn’t have the Seed of God.
When God came on the scene in Genesis 1:2 there was no Light, no life, no
apparent use for the earth, yet God saw "Usefulness". God needed the earth for the plan, it
became the testing ground of choice. Two main trees were in the Garden, one was the
Tree of Life, the other the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, both were good. The
Tree of Life granted life, but the choice remained with the Tree of the Knowledge of good
and evil. The Tree of Life was not inside Adam, but as long as he was privy to it, he had
Life, but even Adam never had Life More Abundantly. When Adam was separated from
the Tree of Life he entered Death; our Life is internal, found in the New Man. If there was
no choice it would have been the Tree of the Knowledge of good. Once the use of "good
and evil" was introduced, so was choice, so was the potential for sin. If not, why would
God tell Adam not to eat the fruit thereof? Therefore, in order to save man, man would
have to make the choice to fall, man still does by connection to the flesh. We found the
earth was void and darkness covered it, but God also formed the flesh of Adam from the
very same earth. What was in the earth? All the elements which form the flesh, yet they
came from darkness. So why would God use the dust? Because He had another Body, a
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Created Resurrected Body waiting at the end of the plan. Everyone will receive a
resurrected body, it’s not the issue, since there is a resurrection unto damnation as well.
The key is Life, for those who are dead in Christ the life is in them now, on the last day
there will be a resurrection unto Life (Jn 5:29 & Rom 6:5). Finding Adam's flesh formed of
the dust shows God's knowledge went beyond Adam's time, to the end of time.
What about the breath of God? It’s coming up soon (promise). In order for man to
make the choice to be saved, man had to be in a position calling for it. Peter, James, Jude
and Paul all speak roughly regarding those who enter into the Body based on the Mercy of
God, yet make the choice to continue to use the authority of the world. A man’s enemies
are still of his own house, the Pharisees or Romans couldn’t betray Jesus, but one of His
own could (Micah 7:6). Will we see the shadow giving us the clues? Could be.
God needed a plan in which He could insert Himself, in a manner conducive to the
creation of man, at the same time bring about events to give us a reason to believe, so it
might be by faith. It’s not easy, the only way to accomplish it is to have a finish in hand,
then begin the beginning: inserting something of God from God's nature, yet be able to
take on something to represent all mankind. God not only read the last Book, He set all the
events in place, then moved back through history making ways for us to escape the
various temptations. There are paths many, roads many, along those routes we find signs
placed just for us so we can find the one path to allow us to finish this with a joyous kick in
our step.
The Book of Revelation is not a guessing game, or the result of John eating some
bad cheese, it's a combination of the prophecies by the prophets of Old, the words of
Jesus coupled with the vision of John, as it answers the three part question asked of the
disciples. The Book of Revelation has an introduction to the seven churches as a layout of
the Record, then it covers events from three angles, but it all centers on, "Tell us, when
shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming? And of the end of the
world?" (Matt 24:3). The End begins here in Genesis, if we don't understand what this
Creation is all about we will forget there is a New Creation for the children of the Day.
We know the path for the early martyrs was death. Why allow them to die? To
judge the evil doers. God allows leaders to rule, but it doesn’t mean the leader is holy. The
Scriptures show us God allowed Pharaoh to rule, but we also know Pharaoh was anything
but holy (Rom 9:17). The leader in their evil doings not only judge themselves as they
pronounce their own end, they also entice those with like lusts to become judged by their
doings as well. Leaders judge evil doers, if the leader is an evil doer they are judged by
their own ways.
We presume since we’re kings we can dominate the world, or sit on some high
throne saying “I told you so”, it’s not how we rule. We rule based on the knowledge, “you
can do nothing to me, unless it’s granted from on high”. Being a king in the Kingdom is far
different from being a king in the world. If we’re all kings, who then are our subjects?
Surely you are not mine, nor am I yours. Who then? Or better, What then? We will find out.
Adam was not an angel, then made flesh, just as the devil was not flesh, then made
an angel. There is enough science fiction without adding to it. The devil was a spirit,
created as an angel, but the time would come when something in him would be discovered
by him, he would allow it to guide him into darkness. The devil found man could say “no” to
God, but how? Choice always has two sides, the iniquity in the devil became an issue
when Choice was introduced. So then, did God create the iniquity? No, the devil had
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choice, just as Adam did, if not, he could not make the choice to become the devil. The
devil being a spirit shows us one thing, you can't kill a spirit. The devil ends in the lake of
fire where he remains forever. There is the concept of Eternal, and the concept of
Immortal, they are different. Immortal means without beginning or end while void of death,
Eternal means without end. The flesh of man is temporal, from dust it came, to dust it will
go. However, the soul of man is eternal, God is Immortal and Eternal.
Is there any evidence where man can join to an Immortal position? Yes, as it brings
up another reason to be Christ Like. Adam had an eternal existence in the Garden, as long
as he obeyed God, he could remain in the area of the Tree of Life. Death is merely a
separation, in the Book of Acts the term, "giving up the ghost", in the Greek means “out the
soul comes" (ExPsuche), or a separation of the soul from the flesh. It doesn't answer the
question does it? The word for Immortal in the Greek is Aphthartos, it was used in the
phrase, "Unto the King eternal, Immortal" (I Tim 1:17). However, when either Paul or Peter
talked about those who are Born Again they used the same word only it's translated as
"incorruptible" (I Cor 9:25, 15:52, I Pet 1:4, 1:23 & 3:4); it was also used in Romans 1:23 in
speaking of God being "incorruptible". Incorruptible means "without death", or free of the
result of the second death. Our souls are eternal, if not there would be no heaven, or hell.
Jesus called the unsaved soul a worm, or something associated with dust (metaphor for
the flesh). Adam was eternal, he was not immortal. The Tree of Life was his connection to
Life, the Tree of Life was in the Garden, it was not in Adam.
The Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil was good as well, but the fallen angel
used it in a manner it was not created for, the misuse, not the tree caused the fall. Once
darkness was accepted by man it overshadowed him, yet his offspring did not surface until
after the fall, meaning all mankind was subject to the fall nature.
The fruit did nothing, the act did. When Adam female took of the fruit from the
wrong source, for the wrong reason, based on the wrong motive she also took a nature.
Adam male took the same fruit with the wrong intent, acquiring a like nature, yet he knew
what he was doing. Their viewpoint changed, they saw things differently, they became
flesh minded and self based, they accepted the spirit of man to rule their lives.
Adam had skin, bones as well as inner physical parts, all from the elements of the
earth. Being earth formed kept him bound to the earth, man still must take his earth
environment with him if he travels into space. Even hell is earth related, the soul of man
without the Spirit is earth bound. Why? The soul of man was granted when man was
formed of the earth, thus the soul without the Spirit of Christ is still bound to the realm of
the earth. The only way to be free of the earth is to have the Greater He in us.
At the Resurrection Jesus took those captive of the earth, placing captive in another
location, under the altar of God; a concept known as, taking captivity captive. The point
being Adam’s flesh was formed of the earth, the same earth God saw as void and
darkness. The soul of Adam was the creation, yet it too was created in man on the earth,
not in heaven, nonetheless, the soul of man is the treasure in all this.
The evidence of Adam’s fall proves it would take someone greater than all of
mankind to put this together, someone who could not only obtain what was lost, but
introduce a much greater reward in a better Covenant, a Covenant so holy and righteous
no human, or any number of humans could obtain it on their own. The entire purpose for
the creation of the world was the Cross of Jesus, thus the Lamb was slain from the
foundation of the world.
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Jesus was born to die, we die to be Born Again. Therefore, in Jesus we find a win
situation, one so great it takes being Born Again to receive it. The second we accept Jesus
we have the same Life as Adam had, with the knowledge of how man is incapable, then
we accept the Spirit entering Life more abundantly, as a spiritual way of life like Jesus,
completing the prophecy, “let us make man in Our image”. Jesus was not Resurrected as
Spirit, but He is nonetheless Spirit in nature, just as the Father is Spirit in nature.
Jesus said He came so we Might (suggestive, or choice) have Life, so we could
have it more abundantly (another choice). Both areas are indicated by the word "might"
meaning we have choice, it was not shall have life.
The question regarding how long was a Creation Day is moot, our goal is to find
Jesus in the act of creation, since this is the Day. To the Lord a day is like a thousand
years, and a thousand years like a day. We could say a day is a 24 hour period, or it was a
1,000 years. The clarity comes when we find a an interruption between Genesis 1:1 and
1:2, explaining a great deal regarding the Ice Age, the dinosaurs and prehistoric man. God
wasn't attempting to create a calendar or clock, then use it to guide Him in the creation of
the world, rather He was laying out a frame work, a pattern of Process. Could God have
snapped His fingers causing the entire thing to be done in a second? Yes, could He have
completed all creation in one second. Yes, but He didn't, God always has Purpose. We
find some things created, some came from the elements already in the earth.
Another aspect in Genesis 1:2 is the darkness, which was already on the earth
before the Light, but when Light came it separated Light from darkness by giving a
comparison. If darkness was all there was, then there is no division, because there is no
comparison. Whether frozen, or not until Light came it was nonetheless Darkness. The
period from the creation of man to the fall was a period where time was not an element to
man, but from the fall to the time of Abraham was a period of time, from Abraham to
Moses a period of time, from Moses to the Promised Land a period of time, from the
Promised Land to David a period of time, from David to the captivity a period of time, from
the captivity to the end of the Old Testament, a period of time, from Malachi to John the
Baptist another period of time, from John the Baptist to the Cross another period of time,
from the Cross to the Resurrection another, from the Resurrection to the Ascension
another, from the Ascension to the end of the Day another, from the beginning of the Night
to Jacob's trouble another, from Jacob's trouble to the end of the Night another. The “sixth
days of creation” really shows us two things, one is process, assuring us the work in us
wasn’t over in two seconds, it’s still going on. Next we find God divided many things as He
was setting things in order.
It's interesting we are in the Seventh Day if we think about it. Jesus said work while
it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no man can work, it defines a 24 hour period, so
was it all over the day after Jesus said it? No, we are not a bunch of germs in a bowl
somewhere as figments of someone’s imagination. We find it's not Time as man knows it,
but a Process within a time as God sees it. The Day has lasted 2,000 years, so does it
mean we have another 10,000 years to finish the Day? No, it can't be right since the Bible
talks about the Night being 1,000 years. We find the Lord is not slack, rather He has a
timing, thus He said no man can open or close the Door to David (Night). It’s important
since Jesus also talked about the "time of Doors". Were there Doors in the Beginning? No,
was the Door something for the Old Testament saint? No, God poured the blessing out of
the Windows, the Door was closed until the Cross. In the Book of Revelation we find a
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Door opened for John to enter into the realm of heaven, then a door no man can open,
then a door only man can open, thus it’s the Time of Doors, not the Time of Door (Matt
24:33, Rev 3:8, 3:20 & 4:1-2). A thief attempts to climb in the window, a son, or heir enters
by the Door.
If God knows all things, then He knows all things, without exception. Some of us
think God came down to earth saw Adam in a fig leaf, and said, “Oh man, now what?”. Or,
“Wow, now I have to send My Word as My Son to the Cross”. No, the Plan was designed
around the Cross, not the other way around. The Bible is the beginning of our belief, yet
we can call it Truth, or we can call it Agenda, the choice is ours, the result is in God's hand.
How is the Bible the beginning of our belief? We have something written, we can either
say, "it's of man", or "it's inspired by God"; only the latter produces belief. The evidence of
the Bible being inspired is found in Genesis, penned by the man Moses, but Authored by
the Holy Ghost.
To assume God saw something in us so holy and great He just couldn't help but
give us the New Birth, is absurd. God so loved the world He gave, it was His Love, not our
greatness. The evidence shows Jesus is Truth, then we find the Spirit was not given until
the Resurrection of Jesus (Jn 3:6 & 7:39); how then could man have a spirit if the Spirit by
the New Birth was based on the Resurrection of Jesus? Well maybe it was a spirit who
died. Not so, if it were the case we could kill the devil. Adam is clearly called "a living soul",
so what did God breathe into the man? Mouth to mouth? The Bible calls it the "breath of
life", but if it’s the case, why did he need the Tree of Life? What kind of Life did God give
Adam? Or was the Life a Soul? Ahh, perhaps a mystery, in the Greek the word Psuche is
translated as soul and life, thus the fall was a mental choice involving the flesh, or better
something to please the flesh, bringing death to the flesh.
If it were not for God we would have nothing to believe in, nor would we have faith
or love. Therefore, it’s appointed unto All men to die once, then comes the Judgment (Heb
9:27). Indicating the Judgment will not come until all humans are dead, it’s the Judgment
bringing about “unto Life” for some, for others the “second death”. The Greek gives us the
evidence, Paul said Adam was a living soul, we know the Greek word Psuche means Soul
or Life, Adam lost life, which means he lost his relationship with God. So, did Adam drop
down dead? No, it was a process, it was in dying he would die.
The Breath of God is very interesting, God didn't breath into the whale, or the
monkey, nor do monkeys have the measure of faith. There are other elements associated
with the breath of life, love is one. "Oh the great Agape love of God". No, Agape love is
self-less, hardly the love natural man has. The Greek Agape is a noun, thus God is Love,
but God also has love. Man is man, as a human he has love, but man is not Love: a big
difference. One of the more used verses from the Bible is John 3:16, which tells us God so
loved the world, but the word for Loved is not Agape, but Agapao a verb, meaning a love
based in some joy. God's love for the world was based in the joy of knowing He had a plan
of redemption for mankind from the foundation of the world, but it was put into action when
He gave His Only Son as the Light came to open the Day.
There is another verse in John which is not so widely used, it reads, "and this is the
condemnation, the Light is come into the world, and men loved (Agapao) darkness, rather
than Light, because their deeds were evil" (Jn 3:19). Two verses apart, both show the
same type of love based in a joy. In God's case its based on redemption, in man's case it’s
based on the joy he obtained from the things of darkness, yet the point is man has Agapao
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love coupled with the measure of faith transmitted into man by the breath of life from God.
"Wait, I thought the word Breath means Spirit". No, as we will find, there are many Hebrew
words for the word Breath, some can mean Spirit, but some do not, we have the phrase
"Living Soul", but in reference to Adam we never find the phrase Spirit. It’s important, there
was a process in the Plan, if man had a spirit, then we were not Born Again, rather it would
be a “Re-born”, a concept not Scriptural.
God rested because He was confident the works He did would come to pass in the
time assigned to accomplish the purpose. The children in the wilderness kept the sabbath
day, but failed to enter God's Rest because of their unbelief. We have the opportunity to
enter God's Rest as we cease from our own works (Heb 4:10). As we will see the Sabbath
Day is a sign of the events taking place as God has set them for the Night. God rested
because the Night works were done, the Day works were waiting, thus God worked from
sunset to sunrise, or evening till morning, thus Jesus could say, “for the works which the
Father has given Me to finish, the same works I do” (Jn 5:36). If the works are done, what
was Jesus doing? The works here in Genesis are finished, but they are purposed for a
Season. All this explains how keeping the sabbath day is attached to Judgment, not
Salvation. It was given to show the children just how close they came to seeing the Wrath
of God. For us it’s the Rest of Jesus, the place where we find Rest for our Souls (Matt
11:29). Two different rests, only one of those gains us the Rest of God, thus there remains
a Rest for the people of God (Heb 4:9-10).
Since we find Prophecy in the Beginning, we should have some understanding of
Prophecy. We viewed how Prophecy is God telling man what God is seeing in the future of
man. However, we don’t attempt to bring Prophecy to pass, rather prophecy proves itself
by coming to pass. In the days of Jeremiah the Prophets of God were troubled at the
events, thus they began to speak with the presumption of God bringing their words to
pass, it’s the opposite of the course of Prophecy. The various self-prophets, or "whackos"
project their self-prophecy, then attempt to bring it to pass. Prideful people who hear a
prophecy about them, will fight to make it come to pass, so they can brag in it. A false
prophet speaks from their own fears and lusts, then uses, "so saith the Lord" to control,
dominate or force change on people. The spirits (hearts or thoughts - I Cor 14:32) of the
prophets are subject to the prophet, the prophet can allow their own fears, or lusts to
counterfeit the voice of God. A misguided prophet who has allowed their own fears or ego
to speak in the place of God will be moved by worldly concerns; thus the other prophets
must judge righteously (I Cor 14:29 & 14:37).
Whether a whacko or a false prophet, or just some guy down the street, anyone
can produce a self-prophecy, then make it come to pass. "So, saith the Lord, I shall go
tomorrow and pick up two quarts of milk", comes the next day they buy two quarts of milk
and everyone goes, "wow a prophet". There is also the person who gives a word of
knowledge thinking they are a prophet: the Office of Prophet is much different from
someone who gives a word. All of us in the Body who have the Spirit are capable of giving
words of knowledge, or wisdom, but it doesn’t make us Prophets.
Adam not only didn’t give a Word, he didn’t believe the one given him. He was
formed of the earth, he was earthly, thus confined to the earth. He was not an angel, he
wasn't a spaceman, he wasn't even spiritual, but he was important as he gives us the
Beginning, thus the first is natural, but Jesus is spiritual (I Cor 15:45-47).
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There is also the danger of self-interpretation of prophecy, which produces more

confusion than the sky has stars, as well as producing Fables, or Imaginations. For the
most part much of the problems we seem to encounter in End Time thinking are the result
of mixing the day into the night, or the night into the day, something God tells us we should
not do (Acts 1:6-8 & Gen 1:14). Self-prophecy is always a means for man to gain control
over people, his religion, or his future, as he makes up words, then attempts to make God
bring them to pass. Jezebel is a prime example of this, she was used in the Book of
Revelation to show how the self-appointed use control and self-prophecy to benefit their
own self-nature (I Kings 19:2-3 & Rev 2:20-23). Jezebel was married to the king of the
land, thus the warning is within the grouping, not without. Jezebel even attempted to call
things a not, as a were. When she did, she caused the prophet of God to make sandal
prints in the sand. What did she say? Elijah’s words and signs caused the people to kill the
prophets of Baal, the prophets of Baal were not only idol worshipers, but were employed
by Jezebel. When she heard of this, she sent the prophet a message, "So let the gods do
to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about
this time" (I Kings 19:2). Elijah was moved by the words of Jezebel, making him run. In
essence she said she was going to kill the prophet of God in the near future, making her
words prophetic, when the prophet gained his senses, he wanted to die. The point being
she used a principle in an ungodly manner, the same thing the devil attempts to get us to
do. The Fall is a perfect example of twisting the words of God to entice someone to use a
Godly principle in an ungodly manner.
All this doesn't remove prophecy from our lives, really it shows the importance of
prophecy. Whenever the enemy goes to such lengths to discourage the use of some
attribute of God, we know the attribute has to be very important. To understand the end
times one has to rightly divide the Word, the Beginning gives us the first steps to the
Division. When Paul tells us to Rightly Divide the Word, he is not talking about the Bible,
when he referred to the Bible he used the word Scriptures, when he talked about Jesus he
used the term "Word". When we preach the Word, we preach Jesus. Anyone can preach
the Bible, yet never mention Jesus. Do we divide Jesus? No, we divide the Day from the
Night, as we separate the things of Salvation by Grace, from the things of Judgment.
This is very important since God grants us abilities and weapons designed for the
Season we're in. We can't use the abilities of the Night during the Day, nor can those of
the Night use the abilities granted to those of the Day. Paul said we are children of the
Day, we are not children of the Night, or of the Darkness. We used to be children of the
darkness, but we were never appointed to the Night. The Night is "far spent", or near at
hand (coming fast, the meaning of far spent - I Thess 5:5 & Rom 13:12).
We can have a prophecy in the Bible directed only for those of the Night, then
misinterpret it by attempting to apply it to Day; meaning we attempt to bring Judgment into
the Season of Salvation by Grace. We have the Gospel of Peace, but there is also the
Everlasting Gospel for the Night (Rev 14:6). Our Gospel is based on Salvation, the
Everlasting Gospel is based on Judgment; therefore, rightly dividing the Word is simply
making the division between Salvation and Judgment. The First Coming of Jesus relates
to Salvation, the Second Coming to Judgment. The Day is for Salvation, the Night for
Judgment. We then see the methods God has appointed for the two Seasons. All these
factors are given us in the Beginning. Just a few chapters, but a great deal of information.
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Just hearing God speak is nice, but look at some of the people God talked to?
Adam after the fall, Cain after he killed his brother, Balaam, and others, thus it’s not simply
God talking to us, but it’s understanding and obeying what God is saying. The voice of
God walked with Adam in the cool of the day, but it doesn't mean they had fellowship, nor
does it mean Adam communicated with God on God's level. God will see it's not right for
man to be alone, but God was there! How could man be alone with God? How indeed,
thus man being natural and earthly wasn't able to communicate with God. First John tells
us the first principle to having Fellowship with God is to treat the people of God as God
does. Would God allow His help meet to violate the Commandment? No, He would warn,
beg, send many signs, but Adam watched as if the entire thing was a study on death.
The mere fact of Adam needing a Help Meet when God was there shows Adam
was incapable of spiritual communication or fellowship. There isn’t one verse to show
Adam was spiritual in nature. None of this is belittling Adam, or judging him, rather we
must keep things in order. Never elevate anyone or anything higher than God has; exalting
things above measure is dangerously close to idol worship.
We will see how the New Birth was proclaimed by God in the Garden, since He
proclaimed it, it would come to Pass. The Purpose came in a rhetorical statement, "let us
make man in our Image". How many Gods are there? Must be a bunch for them to use the
plural; yet we know, "Hear oh Israel, your God is One”. Was God talking to Himself? Yes,
He was speaking to the Son as the Word who would take on flesh, to the Holy Ghost who
would bring the Spirit, to the Father who would Love the world enough to Send His only
begotten Son. Cultist have more than a hard time with this, they have a complete melt
down. However, if we understand we have a mind, a body and other aspects of our make-
up, we can understand how God sent His Word, not His entire Self. We send our word to
the store on a list, expecting the word to come back complete. What would happen if we
sent the list, yet the list did the shopping? We would be the hit of the weekly news tabloids.
We find God sent His Word, then His Word became flesh, thus His Word was not flesh
before. The Purpose is in the Prophecy, not a bunch of Gods, but making it possible for
many sons of God.
Before God formed and created man, He laid out the process of salvation. Three
principles of creation become a foundation for faith. Regardless of the creation, it's Good,
even the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil was good, it was the misuse making the
evil. Next, everything produces after its own kind, flesh for flesh, Spirit for Spirit, seed for
seed. The Seed of God is nonetheless God, created (or formed) after God's true Holiness
and Righteousness (Eph 4:24). Lastly, the purpose is the salvation of our souls (I Pet 1:9).
Although we will find when God finished the creation of the Night it also means the earth
was ready to be destroyed, yet the purpose is still the salvation of our souls.
The phrase, Born Again is a metaphor (figure of speech) meaning we received the
Seed of God from the Holy Ghost, the Seed is Spirit, but we have to define Born Again.
Jesus said we must be Born Again, then He used the Parable of the Sower to explain the
process: the Seed is planted, which would akin to conception, then the root grows, which
would be akin to the fetus stage, then comes the Blade which is akin to being Born. Paul
said he had to speak to the Corinthians as if to Babes (fetus); therefore the concept shows
we are not Born Again by having the Spirit in us, rather when the Spirit produces fruit
(Blade) then we are Born Again.
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Man is natural, born of the flesh, the flesh is related to the earth, it is not formed in
heaven, it is not formed on Mars. God formed Adam's flesh here on earth, man has been a
reproduction of the flesh since; however, not the case with the soul. The Soul is created,
who we are is determined by the soul, yet the natural soul equates who we are by the
flesh. It's only when the Spirit of Christ is introduced into us do we become complete. The
flesh was first, the soul associated to the flesh, bringing to pass the soul born of the flesh,
but when we are Born Again the Spirit becomes the focus of the soul, as the soul then
changes from flesh to Spirit, yet no where do we find the phrase, "born of the soul is soul".
The word Born in the phrases of that born of the flesh is flesh, or that born of the Spirit is
Spirit is the Greek Gennao, meaning Born, but Jesus was talking to Nicodemus, thus to
him it would mean the Jewish idiom of converting, thus our souls were attached to the
flesh, we were run by the spirit of man, we were ignorant of the things of the Spirit of God,
but then we were Born Again, we gained the Spirit which is of God, thus the process is
converting our souls to becoming spiritual in nature (Jn 3:16 & I Cor 2:11-13).
God knew Jeremiah before Jeremiah was even conceived, but it doesn't say
Jeremiah knew God before Jeremiah was born. God is in all places at all times as He
knows all things, but it doesn't mean we do. Before Adam took of the fruit God knew it
would happen, but it was worked into the plan. God knew, God allowed, but God also
warned. If God loves, can He hate? The concept of God hating could be hard for some to
accept, we could say the Bible says it, so accept it, but it’s not the role of a teacher. God is
Love, but can He hate? It seems to be the question doesn’t it? In Proverbs 6:16-19 we
read, “six things the Lord does hate…”, then “yea, the seventh an abomination unto Him”.
We know there are abominations unto the Lord, the context in Proverbs shows the
abomination holds more disfavor with God, than the things God hates! Wow, let’s look at
the six, a proud look, does the face give the proud look? Or the person? The person of
course. Then a lying tongue, but can a tongue lie? Or is it the Person? Hands shedding
innocent blood, but do the hands do it? Or the person? A heart devising wicked
imaginations, then feet swift in running to mischief, then a false witness speaking lies, all
are elements of a person. God hates the things, thus if the person does the things, they
are seen in the hate, but if they turn from the things, or separate themselves from the old
nature, they are no longer attached to the things God hates. The abomination is “he who
sows discord among the brethren”, the example is seen in the excuses of the fall, in this
we find flesh and blood are not the enemy, the things God hates are.
God said “vengeance is mine says the Lord, I will repay”, thus as the Creator He
has perfect and pure justice, but does this mean we can hate? Does this mean God walks
around hating? Paul addressed this question in his letter to the Romans by using Esau as
an example; “as it is written, Jacob I have loved, but Esau have I hated” (Rom 9:13 &
Malachi 1:2). Paul then says God said this before either Jacob or Esau had done either
good or evil (Rom 9:11). However, we do see there was a point when both were babies,
having not done anything evil, but having not done anything good either, making them as
Adam in the Garden, showing no baby goes to hell, they have done nothing to accuse
them by. They were born under the sin nature, which is flesh centered, but committing sin
is what makes one a sinner. Under the sin nature we are prone to sin, but it doesn’t make
a baby a “sinner”.
Two things should stand out, first before Esau or Jacob were born God knew
exactly what type of people they would be, but neither Esau or Jacob did. Next the
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Scriptures used “have I hated” which is a past tense statement. How can this be? Let’s find
what verse Paul used, is it found here in Genesis? No, we have to travel to Malachi, there
we will find the answer to all this. In Malachi 1:2-3 we read, “I have loved you, says the
Lord, Yet you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? Says the
Lord: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste
for the dragons of the wilderness”. Esau was the elder, yet God made him second in
position, then we find “a son honors his father and a servant his master, if then I be Father,
where is My honor?”. Esau rebelled in more ways then one, the clarity comes in Hebrews
where we find Esau sold his birthright for a morsel of meat (flesh - Heb 12:16). The
birthright was something special from the beginning as a sign of how special our Birthright
is in the New Birth.
Malachi speaks to two groups of people, both of which have accepted the premise
of being “God’s children”. One group faces the “table”, yet we read, “The table of the Lord
is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even His meat is contemptible” (Mal 1:12). The word for
Meat also means Bread, thus in this passage we find the Bread (Body), but not the Wine
(Blood). The Wine as a metaphor for the Blood of Jesus, the Blood can never be made
contemptible, it’s always perfect, it’s protected by the Lord; however, the Bread is different,
it’s in the hands of the Bread, we are the Bread (I Cor 10:17). Contemptible Bread is when
someone sows discord among the brethren, producing contempt.
The next group addressed in Malachi are the Tithers who rob God, this group says,
“It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it for us to keep the ordinance..” (Mal 3:14). This
group is self-based, seeking all they can get, they won’t give until they have a clear cut
incentive of personal gain. Does it connect to Esau? Yes, he wanted food, it didn’t matter
at the time if he had to give up his birthright, after all he wasn’t using the birthright at the
moment; until the time came for him to gain it, yet it was gone, no amount of repentance
could gain it back for him. Jacob saw the importance of the birthright, Esau mocked it: God
is never happy with someone who mocks their Birthright in the New Covenant.
In reference to God hating, Paul added, What shall we say then? Is there
unrighteousness with God? God forbid (Rom 9:14). This is joined to the phrase, “For the
gift and calling of God are without repentance” (Rom 11:29), with, “For if God spared not
the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not you” (Rom 11:21), with, “for
whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved” (Rom 10:13). None of
these seem to fit together, yet they do. The Esau mentality is a disregard for the birthright
which was granted, the rejection causes a person to sow discord among the brethren. It’s
what God hates, yet He loves those who honor the birthright as a chosen child. Simply
God is motivated by Love, but there are areas where we find God does hate.
First came the flesh, then God created our souls, but the purpose isn't complete
until we are Born Again by having the Spirit. The flesh gives us the right to be on this earth,
the soul gives us the right to be Born Again, the Spirit gives us the right to enter the Door
to heaven. Only the human was given the breath of God, it’s the breath making man a
human, not the flesh, or the bones.
The method of keeping a day for the Jew is based on the creation of God, the
Gentile still uses midnight to midnight as a means to tell one day from another; whereas,
the Jew looks at the evening, or the time when the sunsets as the beginning of a day until
the sunsets again as one day; thus they saw how God began at the evening. In essence
we find God only worked in the Night, regarding the things of the Night.
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The day for the Jew being sunset to sunset helps us when we look at the day of the
Cross; Jesus took His Passover at evening, went to the Cross in what we might consider
the next day, but it wasn't, it was still the same day according to the Jewish time keeping
method. Therefore, the Passover meal and Cross were one day, not two. However,
whether it's the Jewish method of sunset to sunset, or the Gentile method of midnight to
midnight, we find both use the darkness as a guide to divide days.
Jesus is our Bright Morning Star, a star shining in the Day; Peter tells us to pay
attention to the sure word of prophecy until the Day dawn when the Day Star (New Man)
arises in our hearts (II Pet 1:19). Our life begins at Dawn, although we find God saying,
"Let there be Light", we also find the Light didn't come until Jesus came as the Day Star
dawned.
We know the Scriptures tell us, "Joy comes in the Morning", with "This is the Day
the Lord has made, let us Rejoice and be Glad in it", or in Hebrews where we're told
"While it is yet Today (This Day)". What do all those mean? It's Sunday? No, which Day do
we rejoice in? The Day, not any day, rather the Day for us began when we accepted the
Cross and Resurrection of Jesus. The Rapture or Catching Away is the completeness of
the First Resurrection, thus the same Spirit who raised Jesus will raise us. The First
Resurrection is the Resurrection of Jesus, since He was the first. Others were raised from
the dead, but they were not Resurrected, they came back to the same flesh they had
before, then later died. In the Book of Revelation it talks about those who are Partakers of
the First Resurrection (Rev 20:5-6), taking place before the 1,000 years. Then we see the
144,000 marked on Zion of the earth, we also see a great multitude of all nations
(Gentiles) in heaven, guess who they are (Rev 7:1-9). All these factors separate the Day
from the Night; Jesus warned His disciples regarding this issue in Acts 1:6-8.
God called the Greater Light "Day" and the Lesser Light "Night", yet He said, the
evening came first, then the morning (Gen 1:5). Why would He say the Light appears first,
yet darkness came first? In the Beginning was the Word (Jn 1:1), then John tells us, the
Light shined in darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not, so which was first? (Jn
1:5). He didn't say the Light shined in the Night, or the Night comprehended it not, nor did
he say the Light came in the Day, and the Day comprehended it not, thus showing before
Jesus came as the Word of God made flesh, the Age from Adam to Jesus was still one of
darkness, as the darkness continues in its realm until the end of time, yet we as children of
the Day, we are not children of the Night, or the Darkness (I Thess 5:4-5).
One could make the mistake of assuming the Light being a creation means Jesus
was created. Not so, the Bible doesn't say God created "the Light", rather we find a
permissive statement asking the Light to take its place in the Plan. God didn't say "Light
Be" as a command, or "Light come forth", it was based on a request, the Light came forth
from where it was (Gen 1:3). Later in Genesis 1:14 God again makes a permissive
statement in reference to "the lights" (plural). Commands leave no choice, permissive
statements do. If the Light is Jesus, as John says, then the Father would not Command
the Light, it would be permissive allowing the Light to be obedient.
We said there was much in the creation account, we haven't even touched the
surface. With the addition of John's Account we obtain more clues; in Genesis God said,
"Let there be Light", this word means A self-generating Light, or one burning forever
without assistance from any source, it can't be the sun as we know it, but it does relate to
John 1:4, where we are told Jesus is the Life and Light of men, yet wasn't there a sun
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before? Were not people walking around on the earth before? Yes, but man's concept of
light is much different from God's, just as man's concept of Life is different from God's.
Man presumes being able to breath air is life, God looks at Life as having the constant
presence of God in ones existence. We also find John the Baptist wasn't the Light, or the
beginning of lights, rather his role was to bear witness of the Light (Jn 1:8). Then in John
1:12-13 we find the Light made it possible for man to be born of God. Until then no man
could be Born of God, since Born of God means Born Again. We begin to see the Genesis
Account begins the Plan, it doesn't end it.
Could it be the saying, "Let there be Light" connected to the "the Lamb slain from
the foundation of the world"? Yes, it’s why we're going over all this. Without seeing how
God is projecting His plan, we will assume we have found mistakes in the Genesis
account, or make the mistake of thinking all creation begins when God says, "Let there be
Light". If the earth was void, it was in existence before God said, "Let there be Light", thus
the earth itself is much older than the life span of Adam, thus God's plan of redemption
began when He said "Let there be Light", not before.
The earth already in existence and void means it had an existence before Adam.
Another clue to the pre-existence is how God spoke to the earth and the seeds in the earth
came forth. God didn't plant them, nor did God say, "plant be", rather the earth obeyed by
releasing the dead seeds of the plants in the earth. No seed can produce unless it’s dead,
thus showing how there were plants prior. All this shows whatever was pre-existing was
worked into the plan, but had nothing to do with the redemption of man.
Natural man is convinced he has found mistakes in the creation record, from his
false premise he ran to the natural conclusions of Darwin, a created human, over the
record of the Creator. One foolish mistake always leads to another. The Bible does show
species and man adapting to surroundings, especially in Genesis chapter 10, which is
referred to as the table of nations. Races, languages and the such show how man adapted
to his surroundings, but Darwin took it one step further, violating the plan of God. There is
no evidence of a cross-over evolution, no monkey - man, bird - snake, or mouse - dog
evidence at all, only a theory. A theory is a guess made by a human, then man sets out to
prove or disprove the theory, but it’s still a theory until proof is found. Suggestions
regarding the theory are not good enough to prove theory, there remains disputed
evidence. The evidence of pre-historic man shows a form of creation pre (before) historic
(history), but it does not show a cross over, nor does it show a living soul. No one disputes
the bones, but to make the leap from the bone to a possessor of a soul goes beyond
Theory to Fable. The real evidence is language and inventions, the evidence shows from
Adam to modern man we traveled from a language to landing on the moon. In Genesis 1:2
we find the earth void, but in existence, showing us there was no life forms, nothing to
evolve from, but God did call forth seeds from the earth, as well as animals, but we don’t
see Him creating all of them. It’s a far cry from evolved; the evidence of plant life shows
similar traces between pre-historic plants and what we find today, not saying they are the
same, only a kind. The evidence of Adam shows death as a result of sin, to commit sin it
takes a matter of choice to violate a Commandment, or Law, there was no choice until God
told Adam, “in the day you eat thereof”; but Adam knew of death, since he knew of life.
The result of sin is death, the human race began with Adam, whatever was prior
really doesn’t matter in the Plan of Redemption. Nonetheless this we know, we who were
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dead, are now alive by the faith of the Son of God who loves us and gave Himself for us
(Gal 2:20).
The Redemption is a creation in and of itself, nothing prior to a species having the
breath of God had the choice to sin. Intellect begins with the ability to make a choice, from
the God given intellect man could invent, or bring about his ideas into a physical form,
showing the beginning of the image of God. All this indicates the difference between
prehistoric man and Adam is based on the breath of God.
When God said, "Let there be Light" it shows the first aspect of the Plan is the Self-
existing Light. From then forward the Light would always be the dominate factor, thus
when the Light appeared the darkness became subordinate, or dissipated. The principle
has been established ever since, becoming a hope for those of us who are the Greater
Light. The first Light is not the Greater Light or the Lesser Light, but it does bring a division
between Day and Night.
In the case of, "let there be Light", we find the Light humbled Himself becoming
obedient, this Light is the projection of God's Nature as His Word; in the perfect timing of
God the same Light will come to His own as the very Word of God, although many children
were named Jesus, only one held the title of Christ. Although the Light was given
permission in the Beginning, the same Light did not manifest in human form until several
thousand years later. The Plan was in action, but the result of the plan was yet future
tense. Time and timing are elements the child of God must always be aware of. If we make
up our own timing, or presume God must condone to our timing we might bring about
something called an Ishmael, the manipulative product of testing the Promise of God.
Unbelief is the thought of God not being able to begin, but doubt is the thought of
God not able to finish what He has begun. Belief secures the process, faith maintains it,
patience keeps the boat steady.
Wait, it’s not all, the Light was introduced before any creation pertaining to
Judgment, before the Night became a factor, or before Adam was formed and created the
premise of the Light and Life of men was set in the Plan. Once the Father said, "Let there
be Light", the Lamb accepted the Cross. The Light would later say, "For this reason came I
into the world" (Jn 18:37), showing the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world.
On the same note, God didn't use science to perform creation, He used His Word
and His "fingers". "Wait, where does it say that?". In Psalm 8:3, the moon, stars and
heavens are the work of God's fingers. Wait, is there a mystery here as well? Are not the
heavens a metaphor for those appointed to heaven? Are not the sun and moon metaphors
pointing to Israel? Yes, God spoke, things happened on the earth, but God was also
projecting the works of His hands to a time yet to come.
God had the end in hand, before He began, but science must determine the
exactness of what was, in order to make a guess at what might be, thus the attitude of
Science would see only the darkness, or emptiness, then determine there was no light,
thus there could be no light, since there was no evidence of light. Once science
determines what it assumes was, it can determine what it thinks is, but it can never
determine what will be. Science is not exact, today it's, "eat this and it will kill you", but
tomorrow it's "well, you can eat some", then the next day it's, "you know, we found its really
good for you": the cares of this world are still the cares of this world. Science through the
reasoning of man only views the natural, it has no concept of the spiritual (I Cor 2:14).
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In Genesis 1:2 we find the Darkness was upon the Face of the Deep, the word
Darkness is the Hebrew Choshekh meaning Obscurity, Dark, Darkness, Falsehood or
Ignorance, none of which God created, all of which are things appearing when the Light of
God is removed. However, they become the very essence of the spirit of man.
Before the work could begin the attribute of Light was introduced, which also means
Life was now on the scene. Is the Light the sun? If so what is the Greater Light? Or the
Lesser Light? These Lights must go further than "sun and moon", for many reasons, just
as the darkness must also go further than the absence of physical light. The same Hebrew
word used for darkness can also refer to the darkness of the grave, which indicates death,
adding to the premise (I Sam 2:9 & Job 10:21). When we were in the world we were
darkness, spiritually void, without hope of ever being spiritual in nature, the walking dead,
waiting to die. We were in a no win situation, until Jesus came as the Light and Life of man
with the Good News, granting us permission to be Born Again.
Of course we also see the obvious, the darkness shows a death had taken place
on the earth, but it doesn’t show death was the result of sin. If there was a death, could it
mean there were other creatures on the earth before the darkness? Interesting, let's see
what the Bible shows us. Adam had not seen death, but death was in his flesh from the
beginning, the only thing providing him Life was the Living Soul maintained by the external
Tree of Life while he was in the Garden. The Garden was the place of protection, just as
the Unction over the Body is our protection.
The word Face in the phrase, Face of the deep adds to this as well, it's the Hebrew
Panim meaning To turn, or The surface of a thing. The word Deep is the Hebrew Thowm
meaning Wave or Waters, it was also used to point to the Abyss. What did God see in
Genesis 1:2? A hardness of water on the face of the earth, with the darkness of the grave,
meaning no life, or activity, yet a place already in existence. What does all this show? The
earth was there, the face of the waters was there; therefore, the Beginning in Genesis
refers to the Redemption process after what is known as the Ice Age. This is clear when
we see the earth was here before God said, "Let there be Light", but it was in a harden
water form, with no earthen material on the surface. The Light came, the waters melted,
then God set some of the waters as a firmament, the dry land did not appear until the third
day (Gen 1:9).
Then another creation took place, much of the forming or creating was calling forth
in a different form the creatures and plants from the earth. We find connections between
plants and animals in our day to pre-historic times, but not an exactness. There are several
thoughts by various scholars involving what we see in Genesis, there is the Gap View,
which sees Genesis 1:1 as one aspect of creation, then a length of time for the earth to
become the state of darkness and void, then God reappearing on the scene in Genesis
1:2. This is based on the phrase, God created the heaven and earth, then adding how the
earth was void and full of darkness. This view sees a period of time between Genesis 1:1
and 1:2 as a great time, which would explain the missing link. The Gap View does go one
step further, as we saw, presuming the darkness was the result of the devil being judged,
but Ezekiel 28 shows it’s not the case.
Some contend this accounts for the Ice Age, which would account for the use of the
Hebrew wording showing a hardness of the face of the waters. This theory also accounts
for the seven days of creation, since they don't begin until verse 2. Some questioned the
Gap Theory by using Exodus 20:11 which says, "for in six days the Lord made heaven and
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earth, the sea and all in them"; however, in this we find another mystery. There are
different words used for Creation and Formed, each means something different. The
Hebrew Asah is translated as Formed or Made, it means to make something from
something; whereas the Hebrew Bara is translated as Create, it means to make something
from nothing. In Exodus 20:11 we are told God "formed (Asah)" not "created (Bara)" the
heaven and earth in seven days, it supports the Prophetic Theory. How? It shows during
the six nights of Creation God formed (includes calling forth something in seed form) the
elements, which shows some things were created, but many were Formed, or Made from
the dead seeds already in the earth. If it’s the case, then the seeds were already in the
earth before Genesis 1:2.
Whether it's a dinosaur, or prehistoric man, the evidence shows they are no longer.
No matter what, we know intelligent man came about after the Ice Age, not before. No
pots, no evidence of art, no evidence of advancement, no language, nothing to show
intellect, yet the mind of man is found in the soul. The mind and brain are different, the
brain stores information regarding the flesh, the soul contains the mind, will, emotions as
well as the intellect of man, no soul no intellect, defining soulless Neanderthal.
Well perhaps the dinosaurs were around, but not written about. If it’s the case then
either Noah or God missed it when Noah was told to take two of every animal, if every
animal, it was every animal (Gen 7:2-3).
The other views of creation include the Pictorial Day Theory, claiming the six days
mentioned for creation refer to the six days God revealed the Creation Story to Moses;
however, Moses was on the mount for several days, no where in the Bible is it suggested.
Then the Intermittent Day view, which claims the days mentioned are literal days,
but between each day is a time span not accounted for. However, in the Genesis account
we find God creating from evening to morning, which means He did nothing during the
Day.
The Day-Age theory says the Hebrew word Yom used for Day refers to periods of
indefinite length, not literal days. This theory contends the length of time for prehistoric
man would be the time Adam was in the Garden before the Fall; however, it doesn't take
into account the first Commandment given Adam, "go and multiply", yet the Bible shows
Adam didn't even begin the Commandment until after the fall (Gen 4:1). If taking the fruit
was a violation of the Commandment, then not multiplying would also be a violation.
Adding the word “replenish” in Genesis 1:28, which we found is the word God gave Noah
in Genesis 9:1, showing Adam was told to Replenish the earth. Paul tells us death reigned
from Adam to Moses (Rom 5:14), but he does not preclude death before Adam, rather
Adam is the beginning of “mankind”, the first created element on the planet in whom God
breathed, the very first who could make a choice to sin. Adam introduced death by sin, yet
he was the beginning of something special, not the result of it.
Death as a result of sin entered the human race by Adam, but it’s hard to look on
the bones of pre-historic animals, then say, “Everything produces after it’s own kind”, yet
not see some evidence of those animals in the Bible account. Especially when we know
Noah took two of everything, the Ark wasn’t big enough for old Dino and his friends. The
answer is of course, Adam is the first human, anything before was plant like, even if it had
flesh. We also find Adam’s flesh was formed of the dirt, thus DNA connections would be
there, but hardly defining a human.
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The Literal Day Theory accepts the meaning of the text to mean six literal days,
with no other creations of any kind before Genesis 1:2; however, does it mean God can
create evil and darkness, as well as God being void and without purpose? Not the case at
all, the Literal Day theory uses the evening and morning to show they are days; however,
evening to morning is not Day, but Night. It has to connect to, work while it is yet Day, for
the Night comes when no man can work.
We are stuck with the obvious, everything produces after its own kind, God only
created in the Night, thus the things created were for the Night, there is no darkness in
God, yet the earth was without form, void and darkness, unless we can answer these
questions, we haven’t answered anything, regardless of which theory one holds.
There is another Theory, one fitting all the questions, the Prophetic Theory, yet it
doesn’t discount the day, but points to the Night as God completing creation for Judgment
in the Beginning, leaving a time when the Light would come as Jesus, opening the time for
the Greater and Lesser Lights, bringing into focus the prophecy of “let us make man in our
image”. This Theory also accepts the thought of the space of time between Genesis 1:1
and 1:2, but does not accept the concept of Satan falling at the time. Rather God’s
knowledge had the end in hand, before there was a beginning, God not only gave choice
to mankind, but gave man many blessings.
Nonetheless we do find there was no punishment stated for Adam’s failure to
multiply, at the fall there will a punishment toward Adam female regarding the subject. We
all know we can obey God with Joy, or reluctantly, but we can also presume since God
didn't state a punishment for His request, we don't have to do it. God could tell us to "pray",
but since God didn't say, "if you don't pray in dying you will die", we presume we really
don't have to. The evidence shows Adam was not in the Garden very long, but he was
there long enough to name the animals, walk with God in the cool of the day, then partake
of the fruit of the tree, but why not obey God and multiply? No stated punishment, which
shows Adam had faith, he simply didn't walk in it. Faith in God involves obedience to God
because we want to obey, just as faith in the self involves obedience to the self because
we serve the self.
It was only after the Adam fall he decided to obey the Commandment, then he went
so far as to name his wife as he did the animals. This shows Adam wasn't in the Garden
long, the Day-Age theory depends on something not evidenced by Scripture. God walking
with Adam in the cool of the day shows several things, first God didn't walk with Adam in
the Night. Next it was one day, rather than days as many. The key to the amount of time
Adam spent in the Garden is found in the Commandments. The first commandment to
multiply involved conception, yet Eve did not conceive until they were cast from the
Garden (Gen 4:1). The theory of the Yom day should have taken into consideration the
concept of God walking with Adam in the cool of the Yom. If God rested on the Seventh
Day, which Day did God walk with Adam? After the Seventh? Or before?
Which takes us back to the Literal Day theory, which accepts the Hebrew Yom to
mean a literal 24 hour Day. This theory is the one which begun the thought of the entire
universe being only 7,000 years old. However, it doesn't take into account the time
element of the Day, it presumes God worked day and night for six days. According to
Genesis, God worked nights becoming the first swing shift worker (just kidding). It also
doesn’t take into account the darkness, void and without form, none of these elements are
attributes of God, they are elements occurring when creation is separated from God.
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God is speaking of Lights, not one, not two, but Three, then He speaks of the Day
and Night, yet the time before the appearance of Jesus in the flesh was darkness (Jn 1:5).
Then Jesus tells us to work while it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no man can work
(Jn 9:4). If the Night was yet future tense, but the Day began with Jesus as the Light, then
the time before was under the Shadow in darkness. Therefore, how could God point to the
Day as His time of work? In all this what is a Day? Simply a measurement of time for man
to understand, it doesn’t matter if it was 24 hours, or 24 minutes, or 5,000 years, it was
simply a measurement of time.
Then Jesus tells us the first will be last, but the last will be first. The Prophetic
theory says the Day began with Jesus as the Word taking on flesh came as the Light (Jn
1:1-8), then those who are Born Again are the Greater Light of the Day, when they are
gone then comes the Lesser Light of the Night. The creation for the Night of Judgment is
taken care of here in Genesis, but the creation of the Day is a work in progress. Therefore
the saying of Jesus regarding Work while it is yet Day (present tense) indicates the
Greater Works of Salvation, but we also find no man can work in the Night since it will be
based on Judgment, thus those works were completed here in Genesis. Paul backed this
up by telling us we are children of the Day, not the Night, as the Night was far spent
(coming quickly - I Thess 5:5 & Rom 13:12).
This theory also says Adam could not be the completed image of God, since Adam
fell the first chance he got, which is also evidenced by the birth of Cain, as well as Adam
not engaging in any sexual relationship with Eve until after the Fall (Gen 4:1). Also First
Corinthians chapter 15 points out the First Adam was natural, made of the earth, for the
earth as a living soul, but the Second Adam is of Heaven, a Quickening Spirit. Couple this
with the Greek Psuche which is the soul life of man and we find Adam as the beginning
unto the Image, but the completed Image was presented when Jesus said, “Ye must be
Born Again”. Therefore the completed Image of God would be found in those who are
Born Again, who have Jesus in them of a truth, as Christ in them, the hope of Glory.
It’s important to remember whatever was before Adam was not human, making
Adam the first man on the earth. We can’t forget the fall didn’t take place on the moon, or
outside the Garden, it took place in the Garden, the very place where God said everything
was Good. The word Good means Pleasant, Agreeable, Excellent, or Perfect for its
purpose. It was Good for the purpose, it has to be taken into consideration, or we are left
with God not being all knowing, which is never the case.
The animal mind will fight, or seek flight, man reasons and invents. Animals have to
be trained, but man learns, much different. The Prophetic Theory takes into consideration
is found in the New Testament, but it doesn't approach the length of a Day, rather it looks
at the elements created or formed as they relate to the Redemption of man. It doesn't see
the term Day as from morning to morning, rather it sees it as it's indicated in the Scriptures,
evening to morning, which leaves a period of time for the New Creation. Not the exactness
of time, but the promise of a New Creation yet to come as a division between the creation
already done for the Night in Genesis, and the creation for the Day in progress now.
Without the Beginning found here in Genesis, we would not know what Jesus was
talking about regarding the New Creation, or the Light, or the Night. John's Account adds
to Genesis showing us the Light which is self-illuminating is Jesus. This is clear when we
find man was in darkness until the Light (Jesus) shined in the darkness, but the darkness
comprehended it not (Jn 1:5). If God said Let there be Light here in Genesis, how come
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man was in darkness? The fall? Yes, but the Light is still self-illuminating, thus the Light
was still hidden from man until the time appointed.
Some of us have been told Adam had a spirit, yet the fall killed his spirit, thus the
New Birth is merely a rejuvenation of the old spirit, but negates the word New (never
before), it also negates the phrase, "Behold all things are New". Paul told us the spirit of
man hasn’t a clue to the Spiritual things of God, ye the spirit of the world is opposed to the
Spirit which is of God (I Cor 2:11-14) God also knew we would need a new body to fit the
Resurrection by forming (not creating) the flesh of Adam of the earth, then God also knew
the New Birth would be something which was never before. In Genesis 1:26 in the phrase
"Let us make man in our image" the Hebrew word is Asah, not Bara; the only thing God
Asah with Adam was the flesh of Adam, yet Jesus as the Word took on flesh for us. The
soul was Bara, yet the New Birth is Asah based on a Bara, thus in Genesis 1:27 we find
God did create man in God’s Image, but there it’s the word Bara but Asah, relating to the
soul, or what the soul consisted of, rather than the flesh of man. The division between the
two verses is also a division of time, the Image of God is a Forming Process, but the soul
is a creative process, thus the principle is we are being “formed” into the Image of God’s
Son by the Spirit through the New Birth. All this explains why the purpose of our faith is the
salvation of our souls (I Pet 1:9).
Using the Hebrew we could read Genesis 1:26 as, "Let us Form man in our image",
but the prophetic language would be "let us Create man in our image". The Breath of Life
produced something Created, not Formed. Look at the flesh of man, do we get a new flesh
when we are born into the world? Or do we get a reproduction of the flesh? A reproduction
of course, the egg and seed join to reproduce or Asah the flesh, but our souls are still Bara
(created). We don’t get an independent separate Spirit when we are Born Again, rather the
New Man is created (or formed, same Greek word – Eph 4:24) after, not instead of God’s
holiness and righteousness. Therefore, the New Man is a reproduction of the Spirit which
is of God (I Cor 2:11-13). Christ in us then becomes the Image of the Son of the Living
God; the New Man is then the completeness of the prophecy, Let us make man in our
image (Jn 7:39). If the New Man is a reproduction, how then is it New? It’s New to man, no
man before the Resurrection of Jesus had the Spirit, therefore the New Man makes us
New Creatures, a Creature which was never before in the human race (Jn 7:38-39, II Cor
5:17 & Gal 6:15). Clearer when we find the same Spirit who raised Jesus, will raise us,
thus the Spirit is based on the Resurrection (Rom 1:4). The evidence shows the same
Spirit who raised Jesus will raise us, based on the interwoven relationship of “Father and
Son”, but Jesus had to be raised First before any of this was possible. It’s important, since
some think the New Man is an independent element, not so, being Born Again grants us
Adoption into the Family of God, whereby we cry, “ABBA Father”. This New Birth is the
greatest gift any human could have, thus we find the Esau attitude of rejecting the
Birthright is something causing God to hate.
When we were born of the flesh the potential to sin was there, each of us did
consume the fruit willingly. When we come to the Cross those sins are forgiven, but we
were also removed from the darkness, so we could be cleaned from the stains of sin by
the washing of the Water by the Word. From there the work begins, as we become New
Creatures in Christ by the Justifying process.
Simply, before Jesus came as the Word made flesh there was darkness, thus God
did deal with man before the Cross, but man was still in darkness (Jn 1:5 & 3:19). Although
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we see God saying, "let there be Light", the Light didn't come until Jesus as the Word was
made (not created) flesh, thereby showing the amount of prophecy involved in the Genesis
account. Simply because our physical eye sees the sun come up, or someone turn on a
light, it doesn't mean we are light. How do we know? We need an external light to bring
light, take away the external source and we're in darkness. Take the wire from the switch
and we can use all the faith in the world, yet it won’t work, it has to have Power.
We now know the word used for Light in the phrase "Let there be Light" means a
self-illuminating Light generating Life, something to bring light to other sources. The sun in
the sky is a sign, the sun’s rays help the plants to grow, but the sun does not produce the
Life of Christ. This Light and Life of Christ was seen in the Book of Revelation as Jesus
walking among the seven golden candlesticks, it’s clear churches didn’t appear until the
Church was birthed on Pentecost. The Jew knows the candlestick as the Menorah, they
know it takes Oil to keep the light burning. We know the Oil as a symbol of the Anointing of
God’s Mercy, seen as Olive Oil, the same Oil keeping the lamp burning. The Olive itself
represents Mercy, under pressure it brings forth the Anointing.
What else is very important here? Grace and Salvation, when God said, "Let there
be Light", Grace and Salvation were in the plan waiting for the time when Jesus would
bring Grace to mankind, thus the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world. From
the Cross to the Resurrection, then Pentecost for the birth of the Church, the time when
the Day would be open to man through the New Birth. Here in Genesis the plan is in
motion, God spoke of the Greater Light for the Day, which is us, then the Lesser Light for
the Night, which is yet to come: He defined how the Word is rightly divided at the Cross.
The division between the two show the works of Judgment are being completed here in
Genesis, thus if there is Eternal Judgment, there has to be Eternal Salvation, the two
premises came after Genesis 1:2, not before.
If we fail to see God is giving prophecy, or how this creation account goes much
further than trees, bugs and birds, we will presume there is an error in the Creation
Account. We see the sun and moon, we know any light on the moon is merely a reflection
from the light of the sun, yet here in Genesis we find the lesser light has its own light, it's
also separated from the light of the Day. The division or separation shows one light doesn’t
touch the other, yet we know any light on the moon, is by the sun. They are for two
completely different purposes and times, yet both gain their Light from The Light. We end
with far too many lights, there is the Light of the Day, okay fine, the Lesser light of the
Night, nay, the reflection of the sun, but then comes The Light causing us to go tilt. Where
are these lights? Was Moses nuts? Whacko? What? "Oh just an old man who liked to
write, but didn't know what we smart people do". Ouch, the man wrote as he was moved
by the Holy Ghost, surely the Holy Ghost knew what was going on.
Then we find the Hebrew has a word for Sun (Shemesh) it was first used in
Genesis 15:12, the Hebrew word for Moon is Yareach it was first used in Genesis 37:9.
Here in Genesis neither the English or Hebrew words for sun and moon are used, but we
do find three lights, supporting the Prophetic View. The Hebrew has specific words for sun
and moon, the words used here are very different. The Light is a self-generating source of
Light, it needs nothing but itself, only God fits the description. The Greater Light and
Lesser Light are not self-generating, they need assistance, the Hebrew word used for Light
in their case connects to the Menorah, but the word for The Light does not.
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Simply, The Light is Jesus, the Greater Light supplying the light for the remaining
two lights, one for the Day unto Salvation, one Lesser light for the Night unto Judgment.
The Son brought the creation for the Day, the Father did the creation for the Night, thus the
Father will make the enemies of Jesus His footstool, the times of the Night are in the hand
of the Father (Acts 1:6-8). The Formation and Creation of the Day is the New Man, the
creation for the Night is much different. There is no error in the Bible, only error in the mind
of the one seeking error.
Darkness is always the result of the absence of light; darkness cannot force Light
out of the picture, but Light can force darkness out of the picture, it's never the other way
around. God used the darkness over the earth to give us hope. What hope? The power of
Light is always greater than the power of darkness, much like the Greater He being greater
than the he in the world (I Jn 4:1-4). Paul said the spirit of the world is opposed to the Spirit
which is of God (I Cor 2:11-13); the Spirit which is of God is the product of the New Birth,
thus there couldn’t be a spirit of the world, until the Spirit which is of God appeared as the
Seed planted. However, the spirit of man is ignorant of the things of the Spirit of God, we
will find the proof in the fall, which brought about the spirit of man.
God didn't have to remove the darkness, then bring light, rather the Light dispelled
darkness. Adding how God's Word will not return to Him void, but will accomplish what the
Word was sent to do, it also shows how the Word in us is fully able to bring us through this.
The Word of God is quicker, powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, dividing
asunder within us, removing the darkness by being the Light (Heb 4:12).
Whether the earth became dark based on the result of some comet, or some great
prehistoric dilemma doesn't matter, God knowing it would happen does. God knows all
things, thus He didn't show up one day and say, "Now, what happened here? Someone
made it all icy and cold, it's void; what happened? Did someone forget to pay the light
bill?". God had a purpose, the purpose was not for Noah, it was not for Moses, it was not
for John the Baptist, it was for those of us who live in Jesus. Rejoice this is the Day the
Lord has made, it's the Day of Salvation, our Bright Morning Star Jesus came to open the
Day to give us Light and Life. What a time to be born, what a time to be Born Again.
When we talk about God’s creation being good, it sounds fine and well, then we run
into a theological dilemma in Isaiah 54:16 where we find God saying, "I have created the
waster to destroy". If God cannot create evil, how could He create the Waster? He created
Good with a choice, the Waster makes the decision to be a Waster, yet God knew it, thus
God took the responsibility. In the foreknowledge we find God created one thing, knowing
it would be another. The same is true with Pharaoh, God said He raised Pharaoh to show
God's power, yet Pharaoh was anything but Good. God allowed Pharaoh to sit in power
showing God allowed, but God allowed for a purpose benefiting God's children, not
Pharaoh.
Of course the real point in Isaiah 54:16 is how the waster can't do good, can't save,
can't be nice, can't do anything, but destroy. Like the idol made from the hand of man, the
Waster is a product of natural reasoning. The Waster is not a creator in any sense of the
word, all the waster knows how to do is destroy as its unchangeable nature. However,
even the Waster is a product of creation, but when did the Waster surface? At the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil. The Waster had an end result of evil, but started out as
good. The devil is in an un-restorable state, his fall was on earth, but he sinned against
heaven, which was his first estate, a far cry from us who are trying to get to heaven.
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The devil will attempt to sell Adam female a bill of goods to promote the tree as
having an ability it did not. The Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil was based in
Knowledge, not Ability. The devil not only misused the Tree, he falsely promoted it. This
shows Knowledge doesn't give us ability, it gives us awareness. We can have knowledge
on how to fly, but it doesn't mean we can. We can have knowledge on how to drive a car,
but it doesn't mean we a car. The Pharisees made the same mistake, assuming since they
read about Life in the Scriptures, they had it. Jesus said, the Scriptures tell us about Life,
they can't grant it (Jn 5:38-42). We should never confuse knowledge with ability.
Do we really presume God sits in heaven and says, "Wow, look, what did they call
it? A computer? It’s catchy, wish I'd thought of it."? Or, "Wonder how it works? Hey Mike,
do you think they will give Me classes, we could use one of those up here?", or "Hey guys,
no more prayer, we're going e-mail". Not so, God saw it all well before the beginning of
time, man will never surprise, or impress God, but we can please God by faith. Pleasing
God and impressing Him are different, some of us have fallen for the false thought of our
works impressing God. Not so, it's faith pleasing Him, but even faith won't impress Him.
What is man, that he should glory?
We have another phrase in Genesis 1:2, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters". If the word Deep means Waters, why not use it again? Why did God
use another Hebrew word for waters? The word for Waters is the Hebrew Mayim meaning
Juice, or Wine, or Flowing water, thus we find the Prophetic Theory has merit. We find the
Hardness of the Water, then the Spirit moving over causing the Juice or Flowing water,
thus showing a melting of some type. This gives room for soulless creatures before Adam,
showing how these creatures were plant like, no more, no less, they didn’t have a soul,
they were as the plants, a thing for a purpose.
Even a monkey can start a fire, so what? Can a monkey worship the Lord God with
all his heart? Man attempting to exalt his existence has placed himself with the monkeys,
ending more the monkey, than the apes. If man wanted to be "like unto" something, why
not pick the whales? They were the first living souls (living creatures - Gen 1:21). The
English phrase, living creature is the same Hebrew wording for living soul, thus man had
something granted him by the Breath of God which separated man’s life existence from
the animals. God never breathed into the whales, yet they are a type of living soul, yet no
whale ever built a house, but they need something outside of their environment to live.
Could the breath of God be a spirit? No, our study discipline must accept First
Corinthians 15:44-47, where Adam is termed a living soul, natural, neither spirit or spiritual.
We were first natural, then made living souls by the Cross, but there remains the Grave
and Resurrection for us to gain the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead (Rom 1:3-
4 et al).
Paul also told us there is the glory of a bird, the glory of a fish, the glory of the sun,
the glory of the moon, and the glory of the Stars, yet the Stars differ in their glory, thus we
find there are at least two classes of Stars, one with number, one without number, as they
differ in Glory, yet some will even lose their glory (I Cor 15:40-41, Jude 13. Rev 1:20, et al).
Paul also placed this in the same area where we find the difference between a, living soul
and a quickening spirit (I Cor 15:45-48). There must be a mystery here, one connecting to
the Newness for the Children of the Day. We can't elevate Adam above what God
intended, we must keep in mind if God knows all things, He knew about the fall before He
said, "Let there be light". Indicating the fall was purposed to be in the plan, it was allowed
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to happen in order to bring something to pass. Since God cannot tempt us with evil, He
allowed the one who found the iniquity in himself to produce the evil. The devil was once
an angel, but he allowed himself to be impressed by himself, envy entered causing him to
find the iniquity, which caused him to fail at his God given task. Did God know it? Yes, God
knows all things. Who created this angel? God, thus He knew at the time of the creation
this same angel would be the devil. However, God created him for a purpose, the purpose
of choice.
We don't want to be redundant, but this is so important, it demands a further look.
The Greater Light rules the Day, the problem is some of those in the Greater Light don't
know what the word Rule means. Jesus has made us kings and priests (Rev 1:6), so do
we know what our Priesthood Order calls for? If we're all kings, who are our subjects? A
king, or queen are only king and queen in their realm. The purpose of any kingdom is to
carry out the will of the king, but we also know the Queen of England isn't going to come to
the United States, sit in the Speaker of the House's chair saying, "Well, this is what I want
you to do". Why? Wrong realm. There are kings of the earth, but there are kings of the
Kingdom as well. If we confuse which realm we are in, we could find ourselves doing for
the devil, what he can’t do for himself.
Again, who are our subjects? Am I yours? No, are you mine? No, yet we're both
kings. So, who are our subjects? Who made us kings? Jesus has (past tense) made us
kings and priests (Rev 1:6 & 5:10). Answer this, Who then are our subjects? We think of
subjects in a kingdom as people, but it’s the world’s view, not ours. In our kingdom Mercy
is a subject, but so is anger; Grace is one, but so is slander. A king has rule over who or
what they allow into their kingdom, of course in our case we answer to the King of kings.
Nonetheless, Jesus gave us the keys, He has made us kings, thus we are the ones who
say what can and cannot exist in our realm, meaning we have authority over things. If we
want Mercy in our kingdom, we turn the key and allow it, but we can also pull back the key
refusing Mercy a position. We can chase after winds of doctrine, or refuse to, we can allow
uncontrolled anger a place, or refuse it a place in our realm, we have the keys.
God created the earth then gave it to man, but wait, doesn't God own the cattle on
a thousand hills? Doesn't God say all the gold and silver are His? Ahh, the earth was given
to man as Psalm 115:16 says, but in Psalm 114:7 we find the earth trembles at the
presence of the Lord. If the earth no longer belongs to God in any respect why would it
tremble? We find the earth was given to man, but the ownership remained with God, the
future of the earth is already determined here in Genesis, no man or devil is going to stop
it. We find our realm is not of this world, we are a people of a Kingdom far greater in scope
and ability.
The Spirit moved, the Father saw, the Word spoke and the Record was established
in the Beginning (I Jn 5:7-8). Did the Spirit touch the water, or move Upon it? Good
question, the answer is found in the Hebrew word Al (upon) meaning Above, or Over,
showing a position from an upward view to a lower view, without the premise of touching
or entering. The Spirit of God hovered over the Waters, but in our case the Holy Ghost
plants the Seed of God in us.
Even in the beginning man was Garden bound, not heaven loosed. Some of us
think the anointing destroys the yoke, but Isaiah 10:27 says, "and it shall come to pass in
that Day, his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy
neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing". The word Because is the
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Hebrew Pamiym meaning Before, or Prior to. It doesn't say the anointing will destroy the
yoke, it says the yoke will be destroyed Because of the anointing. If we are Born Again we
know several things, but among them we must know there is no Yoke of burden on us, we
are Anointed. Jesus made it clear when He said, "the Spirit of the Lord is upon Me
Because He has anointed Me". Which came first the Spirit or the Anointing? The
Anointing, thus we find the Yoke is broken to bring the Anointing, then the Holy Ghost
brings the Spirit, the same thing we find here, the Spirit came, then the Light.
Next God would make a Firmament in the midst of the waters, it's purpose was to
Divide the waters (Gen 1:6). What Waters? The waters the Spirit moved upon? Why divide
them, they looked okay to begin with. The word Firmament is the Hebrew Raqia meaning
An expanse of Sky, or a series of Plates beaten down, thus this Firmament was a Division
in the atmosphere placing the various airs in position. It would seem strange we don't find
Rain until Noah, not only Rain, but the flood saw the waters of the deep coming up, as well
as the waters above coming down. If it’s the case did God forget to place rain in the
creation equation? No, it was in the forecast, seen here in the firmament. Is this separation
still in effect? No, we know the salt water of the ocean evaporates, then forms clouds as
the rain falls as fresh water on the land. Here it's not fresh water, or salt water, but a
division forming a vapor over the earth. We wonder how some of these people lived long,
the evidence shows it was this separation. After the flood it all changes, the waters from
above fell in what God called rain, from then on the ages of mankind decreased.
The length of age for man is so dramatic one can't mistake a great change took
place. Noah was 600 years old when the flood began (Gen 7:11), Noah lived another 350
years after the flood (Gen 9:29), yet after the flood the ages of man decreased (Gen
11:10-28). Two years after the flood Shem was 100 years old, he beget Arphaxad and
Shem lived another 403 years after the birth of Arphaxad (Gen 11:11-12). If one does the
math, they would find Abraham was born 292 years after the flood, thus both Noah and
Shem would have been alive, we even find Shem would have outlived Abraham by nearly
35 years. Maybe they kept different lengths of years? If it’s the case they would have
fathered these children at the ripe old age of 7. The entire point is the decline in ages,
regardless of what we use to determine the age, it nonetheless shows a decline taking
place just after the Flood. If God finished all the work, where did the Flood come from?
Was the rain the only new thing regarding Noah? No, we find the concept of
Covenant with Noah (Gen 6:18). Adam never heard the word Covenant, but Noah did. We
also find the Noahic Covenant changed something else with man, providing another
choice. Noah was given permission to eat cooked meat, thus Adam and all those leading
up to Noah were vegetarians, or herb eaters. What they ate, or didn't eat didn't make them
holy, the Flood proved it (Gen 9:1-6). The problem came on the other side of the flood,
man could eat meat, but some of the animals were then allowed to eat man. It’s not what
goes into a man, but what comes out of his mouth determining man’s position.
Here in Genesis we run into another dilemma, back in verse 3 God said, "Let there
be Light", but here in verse 16 we find God made two lights, one to rule the Day, the other
to rule the Night. God didn't make the First Light, He requested it. Ahh, let's take a close
look here. In verse 3 God made a request, the Light obeyed, thus God didn't create, or
make The Light, He isn't creating the other Lights either, He is making, or forming them.
Clearly this indicates the End was in hand before the Beginning began. This also connects
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to the division of the firmament, the division between Gentile and Jew was seen in the
Genesis account, long before there was a Jew.
The moon is a creation, as the sun is a creation, since both are types of planets.
Did God really make the sun and moon at this point? Or where they in place when the
Spirit moved over the waters? God is creating and making all the physical elements we
see here, but He is also laying out the Gospel. The Light being permissive was asked to
shine to dissipate the darkness, it did. However we also find the Ages are being framed,
yet there is also a physical creation taking place as well. This explains why the Night has a
lesser light, but we know the physical moon has no light of its own. The Night is Judgment
with a light set for Judgment based in mercy, although it begins with Peace and Safety, it
ends in sudden destruction. Salvation is always greater, thus it has the Greater Light, but
to whom much is given, much is required.
However, we're waiting for the Day of the Lord, yet the prophet Amos said, "Woe
unto you who desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is
darkness and not light" (Amos 5:18). The word Light in Amos is the same Hebrew word
used in Genesis 1:3 for the phrase "Let there be Light". How can it be? Wait, a Day to the
Lord is like a thousand years, could it be the Day of the Lord begins when the Day of
Salvation is done, meaning the Day of the Lord is the Night ending in the Judgment?
Could be. How could it be? Right here in Genesis, the first day was evening to morning,
showing the Day of the Lord is really Night. We wait for the Day of the Lord, since it begins
the Night, it will also end the Day. The Day of the Lord is the Day of Vengeance and
Judgment, but for the Daytime the Lord is focused on Salvation.
Since we know the phrase living creature and living soul are the same, does it
mean God gave the whales mouth to mouth? No, it shows God called to the earth, then
the earth brought forth the animals as individual classes, but when it came time for Man,
God put His own hand to the task. No whale is the work of the hand of God, but all
mankind is, as we found the whale and man are in one environment, but require another.
All the life of the earth, except for man, who was nonetheless formed of the earth,
or were already in the earth when God said, "Let there be light". There were no living souls
with the breath of God before Adam, creatures of the earth who had a slight resemblance
to man may have walked around, but they lacked many things a human has, they were a
type of plant, not even close to a living soul, nor close to the whale, much less a human.
Modern man studies pre-historic man, but did pre-historic man study anything? No,
modern man looks at bones, pre-historic man chewed on them. Monkeys don't study men,
men study monkeys. God gave man something in the created soul to separate mankind
from all the other creatures on the earth, pre-historic or not.
We assume God created all creatures, but we find, "God said, Let the earth bring
forth the living creature" (Gen 1:24), and "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature who has life" (a type of forming - Gen 1:20). Man's concept of life coming from the
waters is almost correct, but man thinks a cell one day decided to become a living thing: it
stretches the concept to a fable. Man did not come from the Waters, rather God formed
the flesh of man from the earth, then God breathed into man, as man became a living soul.
Simply looking at flesh and bone one could think man was like unto the animals, but
for man to "reason and invent" takes something the dust of the earth could not provide.
There were no creatures before Adam who had like abilities, rather it would take a created
soul from God to produce intelligence. The soul would contain certain attributes from God,
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a type of Love based in a joy, the measure of faith, the ability to reason, an intellect far
above the animal world, the ability to form things from ideas, yet man would also be
limited. Man was given authority to name the animals, but even Adam didn’t have
permission to eat them. In the ark of Noah there were loins, lambs, bears and birds, yet
none of them attempted to eat each other. At first the animals and man were vegetarian,
herb, fruit, or grain eaters. Even after the fall it remained, Noah would be the first to be
granted permission to eat cooked red meat, yet as we found the meat would also be given
permission to eat man.
The creatures coming from the earth obtained their life from the earth, thus they are
earth Bound. We also find the moving creature, the living creature, the winged fowl all with
a metaphoric meaning as well. The beast of the earth comes out of the earth, in this we
find the three stages of the enemies of Jesus. Jesus will tell us the birds attack the Seed,
they rest in the shadow of the tree, yet they are not the tree, nor the Seed, nor the Fruit.
The birds are not to confused with the Dove, the dove represents the Holy Spirit. Then the
living creature points to those who enter the Kingdom of heaven, obtain a living soul
condition, but reject the Quickening Spirit position. The Moving creature is a type of subject
beginning in one area, but moves to another, yet never makes a real change in elevation.
Peter said they Riot during the daytime, Jude said they feast with us, yet they despise
dominion; Paul said they are formed into vessels of dishonor. They are called to enter the
Day, they even enter in the morning (Beginning), but they seek power alone, or want to
feel morally superior over mankind. They are classed as the workers of Iniquity or the
Wicked, they are the antichrist ones who came from us, but were not of us (I Jn 2:19).
Today we hear much about the antichrist, but the title only appears in two letters, both from
John. In those letters we find the spirit of this antichrist can only come about after someone
enters the Body, yet rejects the Greater He for the he of the world (I Jn 2:18-23, 4:1-4 & II
Jn 1:7). The Saving of our souls removes us from the realm by giving us the Greater He as
our means of escape (I Jn 4:1-4). The ability to “confess Jesus is come in the flesh” is not
the same as saying there was a historical Jesus. The term means we display Jesus as we
live by the Spirit in us, thus the Greater He is us refers to our confession (I Jn 4:1-4).
However, there had to be a male and female to begin this. One of the hardest
things in the concept of cross-over evolution is the male, female requirement. Even if a
million years goes by then some bird egg gives way to a snake, what sex was it? If a male,
what then is the probability of a female coming forth in the life span of the one male? Far
too great, far, far, far too great. It would seem the opponents of the Bible in their effort to
show their wisdom, have become fools (Isa 19:13 et al).
When it comes to man, why didn't God just create the entire man, soul and flesh,
why Form the flesh out of the dust of the earth? (Gen 2:7). It’s another clue showing the
End was in hand, before the Beginning began, God made room for the Resurrection. The
creation need not remain in the same form, it can change, yet last forever. The earth will
remain forever, perhaps in a different form, but nonetheless forever. The soul of man will
last forever, God intended it so.
We can see God breathed into Adam, but in the New Testament we see the Seed
of God bringing a Birth process within. Adam was not born as we know it, but his soul
came the same way as ours. His mother was the earth, the very egg of the flesh, but his
soul became the product of God, thus Adam is called a son of God, because God formed
him by the hand of God, but The Son Of God (Jesus) is much different. Jesus who was
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equal to God, Adam who was never equal to God; Jesus who took on flesh, Adam who
was flesh; Jesus who died for us, Adam who caused death by sin.
As we read Genesis we see all these mysteries unfolding, yet we must recall the
words were penned by Moses, there is no way Moses had a clue to DNA, or prehistoric
elements, or why Adam was told to Replenish the earth. If the Bible was by the hand of
man, the wording would be much different. To Moses the three lights had to seem weird at
best, but he wrote what he was told. Moses was raised in the house of Pharaoh, his
training regarding how life begun was much different from the words he was writing.
Moses was a faithful servant, as he wrote what he is told, even if he didn’t understand it.
The Breath of God imparted something from God connected to Adam making
Adam a Living Soul by the Breath of Life, separating Adam from the whales, giving Adam
a position above the animals. Position is important, John the Baptist was filled with the
Holy Ghost, but he didn’t lay hands on the sick, or raise the dead, or cast out devils. His
position and authority were limited to preparing the way by preaching, water baptizing
people, saying they should believe, then washing the Sacrificial Lamb of God. The Holy
Ghost will never fill us to go beyond our God granted authority, thus we find Mercy has an
authority for the Son of man, Grace for the Son of God.
The word Breath doesn't mean God gave man Spirit, rather it means the Breath
was the method God used in delivering something to man. If someone handed us an egg
in a spoon, would we obtain the egg? The spoon? Or their hand? The egg of course, thus
the hand and spoon were the methods used to make the delivery, but the egg became the
thing delivered. It’s what we find here, God transferred something to man by His breath
into the nostrils of Adam, then Adam obtained the ability to breath in and out as a living
soul. From then on man lives on the earth by breathing the earth related oxygen in and out
through his nose. Man does not breath through his ears, or belly button, it’s the oxygen
man must have in order to exist in the flesh. The soul didn’t need oxygen, but it does need
the flesh to remain connected to the earth, thus the flesh became connected to the soul,
the soul to the flesh, but they are different elements.
There are several Hebrew words for Breath, some do mean Spirit, but the word
used here is not one of them. Genesis 2:7 gives us two words to look at, first we find "God
formed man of the dust of the ground and Breathed", then we read, "the breath of life". It
would seem the breathing and the breath are one in the same, but they are two different
Hebrew words. We went over some of this prior, finding Adam was made a hollow image
or Tselem, one lacking the inward Image. The New Birth finishes the process, thus Adam
was the beginning of the plan, not the end. However, the first word for Breathed as it
relates to God breathing into the nostrils of Adam is the Hebrew Naphach meaning To
puff, Kindle, or Scatter, it's means to breathe out, rather than in and out, but it is not the
Hebrew word generally used for spirit, rather it means more of the actual breath going out,
showing the method of transference was something from the mouth, or lungs if you will, to
a source, but nothing taken back in return. God breathed into Adam, He didn't breathe in
and out into Adam. So what? God didn't take back anything from Adam, the breath
transferred something into Adam making him a "living soul". Adam was not a "living soul"
before then, thus it shows the flesh of Adam was not the connection to God, yet modern
man still thinks the image of God is the flesh of man. Adam’s flesh being formed of the
dust could not be the Image of God, since God is Spirit, the beginning of the Image started
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when God breathed into man, then Adam was elevated to a higher position as a living
soul. This shows God’s progressive nature, everything pointed to advancement.
The other word Breath as it relates to the breath of life is the Hebrew NeShamah
meaning A puff of air, it was translated twice as spirit once in Job 26:4 showing the breath
of man is a product of God and once in Proverbs 20:27 which is a prophetic verse pointing
to a time yet to come when man would be able to let his light shine. The Hebrew word
most often connected to the word spirit is the Hebrew Ruach, which we do not see here.
The Living Soul aspect is two Hebrew words, the word for Living is the Hebrew Chay
meaning alive, or to have a life, the word for Soul is the Hebrew Nephesh translated as
soul, meaning a creature having flesh and a soul. No where do we find the Hebrew words
showing Adam was flesh, soul and spirit. Is it important? Yes, we saw some reasons why,
if a Spirit can die, it means we have no confidence in Eternal Salvation, since it depends
on an Eternal Spirit. Adam made one error, causing him to be cast from the Garden, hardly
what we who are Born Again experience. To assume Adam killed off his spirit would also
mean we can kill the devil, or we can kill God, yet we know it’s never the case. If we
already have a spirit brought back to life, then we don't need our souls saved, we can be
rein-soul. If Adam had a spirit, then Paul was in error when he said Adam was a living soul.
All this helps us see Adam was Perfect, but Perfect for what?
On the same note, Adam was above the animals and special. If Adam became a
Living Soul, then the Life he held must be different from the animals, all humans must have
something different from the animals. God is Love, God is Light, unto every man is given
the measure of faith: if it's given, it's a gift (Rom 12:3). The Wicked and Unreasonable twist
their measure of faith into the self, thus Paul says they lack faith, yet they made the choice
to become Wicked or Unreasonable, in the beginning they had faith (II Thess 3:2).
Adam fits the grouping of mankind with the ability to reason, form, love, analyze,
study, think, or have faith. Adam may have had a type of Life, but why have the Tree of
Life? If his life was internal and forever, then he would care less if he was separated from
the Tree of Life. Adam's Life had to be maintained externally, without the New Man we
won't be able to maintain Life either, but for Adam it was external, for us it's internal.
Adam's flesh came from the earth, a place with the potential to become dark and
void, it had all the elements of any creature who walked on the face of the earth before the
face of the waters covered it, thus it was more animal than human. Since the Bible tells us
the earth was in darkness and void until the Light came, the flesh from the earth had flaws.
The Light wasn't in the earth, nor the Spirit in the earth, they were over it; clearly without
the Light the earth would have remained dark and void. The reproduction of the flesh didn't
get rid of those flaws, they carried on. The evidence is the calling forth of the seeds, if they
weren’t there, God would have created new plants, not called them forth. Why? Everything
produces after its own kind. However, those same flaws of the flesh became an incentive
for us to leave the realm of the flesh by gaining the New Birth. Jesus called it something
associated to the flesh is flesh, but when our souls are associated to the Spirit we become
Spiritual.
Laws and Principles are important, when God gives us His Spirit it’s exactly what
we get, everything produces after it's own kind. The same is true with the concept of the
Comforter, Jesus said we would have a Comforter, then He talked about Another
Comforter. The word Another means like the first, thus we are Born of the Comforter by
having Another Comforter. Did Adam possess the Comforter? No, couldn't be, since the
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word New used in the New Birth means never before in all the time of man. Also John 7:39
we read where no one had the Spirit, nor were they Born Again until Jesus was glorified by
the Resurrection. You can't be Born Again until death takes place, no one, not Adam,
Abraham, David or anyone else before the Cross could impute death by the Cross in order
to receive the New Birth. They had no foundation, there was no act on the earth by God in
order to grant them the authority to impute death, thus they lacked Position, but we have
position, Praise the Lord.
We can determine from the text how much of the Creation was calling things forth
already created yet dead in the earth. The earth brought forth seed, the earth didn't hear
grass, then bring forth an elephant. Everything produced after its own kind, in some cases
the kind did change in degree, but it was still in the kind group. Today we hear of the
ancestors of this animal or the next, thus the grouping was the same Kind, but different for
the Season of man. God has set forth the evidence of the Purpose over the years, the
clues are there, the Purpose is to have Christ in us as the hope of glory. Let us rejoice and
be glad, this is the Day of Salvation.
Let's get back to understanding the flesh, if we understand the fall, we will
understand why the purpose of our faith is the saving of our souls. We receive the type of
life Adam had through the Mercy of the Father, as we carry the Mercy with us, but we must
move on to Grace for the saving of our souls. Jesus didn’t remain on the Cross, He didn’t
remain in the Grave, He moved on in the Process to the Ascension. We are no different,
we accept the Cross, death takes place, we bury the old, then receive the power of the
Resurrection, wherein we gain confidence in God raising us as Jesus was raised from the
Dead, because we have the same Spirit of Holiness (Rom 1:3-4). Then we move unto to
the time when we are caught up to meet Jesus in the air. The entire time we are learning,
discerning and growing. The Mercy of God grants us the Living Soul condition, Grace
grants us the Quickening Spirit position, we need both to fit, “Let us make man in our
image”.
If the earth obeyed, then the flesh has the capacity to obey, but it won't unless it
sees a self-benefit of some type. The earth isn't a human, it's dirt, chemical and elements;
however, the flesh seems to have a voice of its own, here we see the earth heard and
obeyed. So, where is the ear? Some hidden mount somewhere? No, we know better.
What had to be in place before the elements submitted? Light, when our light shines in a
dark place we will hear and obey.
God told Adam in the day he did eat of the fruit, in dying he would die, but Adam
had no idea what death was, he had not seen death, experienced it, or had any memory of
the darkness. Why would God tell him about death? If sin was not an issue before the Fall,
why even bring the subject up? Potential, God knew within the forming process there was
a potential to sin. From the earth God did form the flesh of man, the earth had the potential
to revert to animalist behavior. The second God warned Adam, choice was presented, if
choice, there must be elements from which to make the choice, if a consequence was
introduced, knowledge of the consequence had to be imparted. To Adam the evidence
before him in nature showed nothing had died in the Garden, thus perhaps nothing would,
becoming one of the first issues of unbelief for man. Would man believe what God said?
Or the things he sees? Would man obey the Voice of the Lord walking with him in the cool
of the Day, or would man obey the voice of the serpent? Adam will test the command by
partaking of the fruit, which really removes him from using faith. Did he have faith? Yes,
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unto Every man is given the measure of faith, the verse doesn't say unto every man
except Adam, neither does it say the measure of faith will work automatically (Rom 12:3). If
Adam had exercised his faith, not only would he have rejected the fruit, but he would have
intervened to keep Adam female from being enticed.
Adam didn't believe what God said, thus his faith was inactive. At the Fall Adam
believed what he saw, not what God told him. Showing a choice was granted, Adam could
believe what the serpent told him, or what God told him. Faith entails a driving desire to
please God, we can please God in two ways by obedience, or faith. Adam did neither, yet
Jesus was constant in His belief and faith, so much so He is the only one who broke the
chains of death. Therefore, when we are Born Again allowing us to follow the Faith of
Jesus, thus the New Man uses our measure of faith to guide us on the path the Faith of
Jesus. Who then was more the Image of God? Adam or Jesus? The Completed Image of
God is then found in Jesus, finished by Christ in us, evidenced by the New Birth (Rom
8:29). As God is Spirit, the completed Image of God in us makes us Spirit with Spiritual
abilities, we are no longer carnal or natural. Justification makes us innocent, but the flesh is
always guilty, thus the process is the engrafting of our souls to Spirit (Word in us), from
natural to spiritual, until the soul and Spirit become One. Being Born Again does not make
us robots, it does bring us into perfection. Our personality is a gift, but a healed personality
is always a pleasing element, the unsaved personality is always self-based.
As we found the Hebrew word for Image as it's used in Genesis 1:26, is Tselem
meaning an Illusion, or a Vague resemblance, but not an exact likeness. A Tselem would
be akin to drawing a car, knowing the Drawing is not the car, one can't drive it, neither can
they sit in it, but it's nonetheless a likeness of the car. Today the Jew calls the Crucifix a
Tselem (image), in part they are right, since Jesus is no longer on the Cross, but their view
of the Cross is in error. They consider the Cross an image of a god, rather than the Image
holding the true Son of man, who died for us. It's not the Cross itself, since there were
many crosses, it's Who was on the One Cross bringing importance to the Cross.
Worshipping a Tselem is error, but worshipping Him who was on the Cross is True and
Holy. Wow is a Cross wrong? No, but worshipping it is. The piece of metal, or wood is not
God, it's an object, using it to make a point is one thing, thinking it's so holy it can grant you
right standing with God is another. We Pick up our cross, we don’t worship it.
The mystery of the completed Image was unveiled in the New Testament, Paul tells
us the image of God is Jesus (Col 1:15) we are being formed into the Image by the Spirit
(Rom 8:29); therefore, God had the plan for Jesus to be in us by the Spirit already
complete in His heart before Adam was. The Holy Ghost is not the Gift, the Holy Ghost
brings the Gift, the Gift is Grace as the Holy Spirit, thus our sign or token granted us to
assures us we are in Grace by the Seal of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit or New Man is
forming us into sons of God on a daily basis, there are days we may not think so, but our
belief and faith knows so.
We also see Redemption as the heart of the plan, thus there had to be works to
begin the process. Judgment would be one of those works, since it remains if Judgment is
a fact, then Salvation must also be a fact. Our Hope is knowing if God formed the
Judgment, we know Salvation had to come before the Judgment. Salvation after Judgment
is useless, thus the Doctrine of Christ helps us keep the division between Day and Night
(Heb 6:1-2).
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The term Theophany means, the appearance of God in the Old Testament in the
form conducive to man's surroundings; however, even a Theophany couldn't save man.
For the most part we will find these are not appearances of Jesus, but either events
wherein God put them in the Plan, or angels speaking on behalf of God. God had a plan
so perfect all the elements were accounted for. This is made clearer when we see God
brought forth the seeds from the earth, rather than create new ones (Gen 1:11-12). He
also brought the birds and fish from the waters (Gen 1:20), He also Formed new animals
(Gen 1:25); however, we don't find where He breathed into them, thus an animal has a
type of glory limited to a reasoning far below man; therefore, there is a glory of the fish,
one for the birds, one for man (I Cor 15:39-41). Animals live in surroundings conducive to
them, or they move to an area which is conducive, but man makes his surroundings
conducive to him, thus in the heat man wears different clothing than he would in the cold.
Wait, animals grow long hair for winter, true, but it’s still conducive to the surroundings,
their fur changes, but not as a result of their inventive reasoning; animals don't have a fur
store from which they purchase their winter coats.
If a bear could fly, they would go south with the birds, but a bear does by nature
what bears do. Man observes animals, then makes determinations, thus instead of man
flying south, he killed the bear and made a coat. Man has the capability to adapt to his
surroundings, or make his surroundings adapt to him, animals do not.
We already know God told man to Replenish the earth, the word Replenish is a
compound word beginning with Re or repeat; therefore, the word Replenish means To fill
or Make complete Again, it doesn't mean to Begin to fill the earth. God did not say, “Fill the
earth”, but He did say, Replenish, thus the English word Replenish is only found in two
places, once in reference to Adam, once in reference to Noah (Gen 1:28 & 9:1). This
shows Adam was not the first formed creature who walked on two legs, but he was the first
human formed by hand of God to be a living soul, the first to have the gift of the measure
of faith, he was also the first to have a choice to remain in the Garden, or sin, the first to
have the ability to say Yes to God, or No to God, it makes the difference between a human
and prehistoric elements.
Adam was told to name the animals, man still does, thus man still has authority, if
not, man couldn't name a thing. Man goes so far as to name the planets showing the
authority continues on, Adam lost something more precious than the soil, or the ability to
name animals, he lost his position and relationship with God as well as his connection to
the Tree of Life. It’s important, after the fall he named his wife "Eve", which means Life, or
The mother of all living. Adam wanted to be back with the Tree of Life, but calling Adam
female Life wasn't going to produce it. In and of itself shows a difference between the
Adam connection to the Tree of Life and ours. With Adam it was through the flesh, with us
it's a new heart. Our Tree of Life is the New Man (metaphorically), our connection is far
greater than the one Adam had.
Paul tells us the Spirit bears witness to our Spirit saying we are sons of God, so
what kind of communicated or witness did Adam have? None, he was the product of the
hand of God, yet he couldn't fellowship, or communicate with God on God's level. This is
apparent when we view Adam's search to find a Help Meet (this is correct, it's help meet,
not helpmate), thus Adam was as Paul says, natural. Adam didn’t go to God to help in the
search, but God nonetheless provided.
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The word Help Meet has various meanings, the Help aspect is found in Psalm
33:20, 70:5 and 115:9, in each case it shows the Lord is our Help, or better without the
Lord we have no help. The word Help Meet is the Hebrew Ezer we find the word Help
Meet in just two verses, both here in Genesis (Gen 2:18 & 2:20). The meaning is “to help”,
which doesn’t tell us much, if we look at what was expected, then we can tell much for the
principle. God created “them”, then separated the female from the male, then told them to
be One, if One then there was a unity. Why not leave them as One to begin with? Free
moral choice, the idea in the Garden was for the two to be one, for some reason we think it
means our mate must be one with us, rather than one with each other. Adam fell for the
same illusion, ending using bone of my bone, as an experiment to determine if death was
real.
Adam termed her “flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone”, yet she was obviously
physically different. God showed why He removed the female from the male, a man shall
cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh, not one soul. They are designed to unite,
thus the principle is to fill the void in each other, thus Adam male never said, “soul of my
soul”. Once something was removed, a void was caused, the purpose was to fill the void.
The void was already calling out from within, thus God brought forth the desire before the
separation. However, Adam male had to see his answer, showing he was incapable of
fellowship with God. There was nothing like Adam, thus his communication with God was
limited, meaning he was looking for someone he could fellowship with on his own level.
The female with her own soul would fill the short comings of the male, the male the
short comings of the female. We hear much today about a soul mate, but God never
intended for our souls to be mated, it was one flesh, the souls were to make the choice to
be joined to another, yet each was a separate person.
Before the female came forth the commandment to multiply was impossible, this
shows the short time element involved. So, if God told them to multiply, does He condone
pre-marital sex? No, right after Adam male said, "bone of my bone", God said, “Therefore
shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be
one flesh" (Gen 2:23-24). When God said, wife a marriage took place, the chain of
command for Adam was not one over the other, but the two shall be one flesh, thus
pointing to being Equal, rather than one superior over the other. The Fall produced one
being superior over the other, but it’s the result of the Fall. The meaning of Iniquity is
Unequal, or doing one thing we’re suppose to, but refusing to do other things just as
important. God is Equal, thus His concept of One is Equality (Ezek 18:25-29).
This chain of command regarding communication was seen in other areas, the
animals were lower in position, meaning they were unable to communicate with Adam,
although Adam could communicate with the animals. The monkey didn't say, "Monkey? I
don't like it, how about something else, like rabbit, it’s such a cool name?". Adam named
the animals, he didn't have conversations with them, neither did the animals name Adam.
We don't read where Adam told God, "guess what the monkey told me this morning?".
In this we must remember, God allowed for many reasons. There was something in
the angel who was the anointed covering which needed to surface. Did God make the
angel beautiful? Yes, but when the angel was impressed with his own beauty, he forgot
who made him. At times we forget who gave us the Anointing, we become so impressed
with the Anointing on us, we think it’s a result of our goodness.
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The methods of the devil are displayed for us at the Tree, they haven’t changed.
Paul called them the Wiles, or the methodology of the devil, thus he was fully aware of the
devils devises (II Cor 2:11 & Eph 6:11). The iniquity was not in the creation of the angel,
but it was something produced as a result of choice. Angels had choice, if not none of
them could make the choice to remain with God, or as some, make the choice to follow the
devil. This angel had a charge, a duty, one he could carry out loyally, or twist it to his own
self-purpose. If he twisted it he would be doing one thing, while not doing what he was
suppose to, thus the iniquity. The anointed cherub had authority, but was under authority.
His job was to communicate to Adam in a suggestive manner, in order to assist Adam in
the areas of the knowledge of good and evil, indicating again how Adam lacked a spirit,
thus God provided an outside source who was spirit. The devil didn't use the Tree of Life,
since the temptation was not Life, but Knowledge. He didn't force Adam female to take the
fruit, he made a suggestion based on deception, indicating the fruit was the source of the
beauty, rather than God. The winds of doctrine are the same, they take away from the
heart of the matter, attempting to place the importance on some fringe matter.
The cherub lacked authority to make the suggestion, he was also void of any power
to grant it, thus he used his position in an evil manner. Ezekiel 28 says this cherub was the
anointed cherub who covered, God set him as such. The word Cover (Covereth in KJV) is
the Hebrew Cakak meaning to cover, or better to hedge, or protect, it was used in
reference to guarding persons, or gardens, it was also used in reference to the cherubs
over the ark, not saying the devil was one of them, only the word means to guide and
protect. Rather than protect his charge, he made the decision to destroy it, rather than
guide between good and evil, he portrayed good as evil, and evil as good. As he began
the deception his nature changed to slander, he became the waster, causing his beauty to
fade, he became disobedient loosing any spiritual ability, meaning he can only entice by
using natural things, because he was using natural against the natural.
You have been provided with a list of metaphors, but it may benefit you to start
adding to the list now, one never knows, it may come in handy. In word studies, or studies
having to do with metaphors, we have to caution ourselves against Imaginations, which
includes extended metaphors, or taking the metaphor beyond it's intended purpose
producing fables. Any metaphor is like the definition of a number, it's defined by either it's
first usage, or later in a clear concise usage. For example we find the phrases "Let there
be Light", then we are told about the Greater Light and the Lesser Light all in Chapter One
of Genesis, but it's not until we read John's Account in the Gospel where we find The Light
is Jesus. To define The Light here as the sun, rather than the Son misses the point. The
same is true with the phrase living soul, to take the premise to mean some spirit is beyond
the context. Paul defined the first Adam as, natural, earthly, a living soul (I Cor 15:47). In
addition we find, "was not first which is spiritual, but it was natural; and afterward which is
spiritual" (I Cor 15:46). The clarity of the First Adam comes in First Corinthians, thus the
First Adam didn't have a spirit, since he was never spiritual. The Genesis Adam is clearly
of the earth, he was not heavenly or spiritual. If this first Adam is natural, then he held the
wisdom and knowledge of the natural, meaning spiritual matters were foolishness to him.
Although the wisdom and knowledge was not corrupt until the fall, it was still earthly in
nature, thus it began earthly, remained sensual, or soulish becoming devilish at the tree by
the temptation (James 3:15).
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God's Knowledge is from above, yet there is a knowledge of the earth. There are
four different Greek words used in the New Testament for Knowledge, one is Gnosis
meaning To know, but the source of the knowing is more important than the knowing.
Then the Greek Epignosis meaning A clarity of what one knows, this type of knowledge is
not fogged by self-determinations, or natural reasonings, but made clear by the Light. Then
there is the Greek Sunesis (Eph 3:4), meaning To have a Comprehension, or Perception
of something, it pertains to understanding concepts. Then there is the Greek Epistemon
(James 3:13), meaning To know thoroughly, to be endued with knowledge and expertise
from the basis of the Expert in all knowledge. It's one thing to know about something,
another to have the knowledge based in the expertise of how the something operates. In
this case we find James explains how there is a Knowledge gained when one experiences
the Wisdom of God at work in their lives. This word in James 3:13 is used to define the
good conversation as a manner of life displaying the works of our faith with meekness of
Wisdom. By now we know Wisdom is not intellectual, it's the manner in which we deal with
events and people.
There is also the heresy called the Gnostic Heresy, from the Greek word Gnosis,
meaning knowledge, so is having knowledge a heresy? No, as we found the Gnostic
approach used the self in a feeble attempt to save the self. Somewhat like the fable of a
glorified Adam, they also taught Jesus was merely a man who obtained His position by the
use of His self. Hardly the concept of Grace, or the saving of the soul, but it does show
what happened to Adam. The soul of man without the Spirit of Christ uses natural
reasoning, "hum she ate and didn't die, maybe this serpent is right, hey, what can it hurt?";
natural reasoning, always a mistake.
This brings us back to the division to be joined; the them were a One, then God
divided them so they could become joined through their own free moral choice. When
Adam female was hidden in Adam, there was no choice, but when the separation came,
choice was presented. The same is true with us, we who were separated from God, yet
made the choice to be One with God, predicated on having the Spirit, still a choice to seek
the Kingdom of God (Spirit within) and His Righteousness.
First there was Adam as a them, but Adam didn’t know it. Then God separated
Adam into Adam male, Adam female, with the purpose of them becoming one again,
which is termed reconciliation. Eve was not her name until after the fall, they were Adam in
the Garden, thus God intended them to be One as He treated them as One. Since Adam
male and female were considered One, does it mean we have two masters at work in the
Garden, Adam male and Adam female? No, can't be, since the word Help Meet also
shows a joining to become One, or equal standing, it was still Adam before the fall. The
same is found in the concept of each of us as kings in the kingdom, there is no king higher
than another, we are not slaves under a king, but we are responsible to the King of kings.
All this division and choice is before the fall, yet the wife being subject to her
husband is a result of the Fall. To make the result of the Fall some type of doctrine for the
saved husband and wife is completely void of Mercy, Grace, or Liberty. "Well, Paul said
the man is the head of the woman", true and he also said the "head" of the woman was to
have a long hair. Yikes the 60's! Metaphors, the word "head" means Authority, a study of
Paul's comments shows us he is speaking of the leaders (husbands) and congregation
(wives). To presume the wives must remain silent, means the widows and single women
can run the aisles, yelling and making all sorts of noise. Paul tells us when the leadership
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places a false covering, or a yoke between them and Christ, the congregation is then
powerless, they must remain silent. Hardly a doctrine on marriage, but a clear warning to
leadership. Even if we made it doctrine, it would mean the husband has separated himself
from God, yet the mouth is on the face, but the head of the woman is the man.
God has a better plan for the union of marriage, one wherein both the husband and
wife can become One. Some of us want to remain in our position and have our mate come
to our side to become One, but it’s not the premise of the two becoming one. There is a
joining, some in the middle, some slightly to one side or the other depending on the event,
but each has areas to support the other in joy and peace when each knows the assigned
duties. "Oh, then since the Bible says husbands love your wives, but it doesn't say the
wives are to love their husbands; therefore, a wife doesn't have to. Or since it says wives
should submit, the husbands don't have to". No, since the same Bible tells us to love one
another, as well as submit to one another, therein is the mystery. One knows how to
submit, the other to love, put them together, we have love and submission in a Godly
sense. The premise reverses the fall, did Adam male love his wife? No, did Adam female
submit to her husband? No. Yet if they become one they would both love and submit in a
Godly manner.
When the pastor says, "we are to submit to one another, and love one another as
Jesus loves us", we say, "Amen brother, that's right, praise God". When the pastor says,
"Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for it, and wives
submit to your husbands as unto the Lord", we say, "give me a rock, a stick, or a rope, let’s
get him". What happened? It was the same principle, but the anointing on the pastor
brought it down to the husband and wife. Could it be we still have some of the old fall
nature hanging on? Could be, Paul also told us this Mystery concerned Christ and the
Church (Eph 5:32). If we can't conduct this mystery in the home, how are we’re going to
understand the mystery of the Church? The word submit simply means not to provoke,
cause an argument, or to hinder, it doesn't mean, you're my slave. The natural definition of
submit comes from the Fall, “and he shall rule over you” (Gen 3:16). It was not God’s
desire, it was the result of the Fall.
Could Adam male bring forth Adam female? No, but he had to display a desire for
the need, thus Adam female didn't come forth until God made the decision, yet it was still
based on Adam's desire. The principle also shows Adam female wasn't something taken
from Adam male as a last minute change in the plan, rather since they were a them, while
being a he, they were both formed and created at the same time. God knew the desire
would come, thus He made provision; yet it’s also a lesson, from where does the Bride of
Christ come from? The Body of Christ, to be the Church to be the Bride, displaying how
God was using this experience to show us the Gospel.
When did the desire take place? When Adam male sought out his help meet, yet
was unable to find one among the animals. So, the female was in the plan, but did Adam
male know it? No, but God made them a he, yet the he was still a them when God made
them Adam. God didn't look around and say, "Wonder what would happen if I took one of
this his ribs?", or "Mike, I'm not sure what's going to happen, but why don't we knock Adam
out, if it turns sour, he'll never know", or "wonder if he will walk sideways after this?". It was
all accounted for, even the fall was in the plan. "Oh no, no, no, God would never make
evil". God didn't make evil, the devil made the choice to be evil, much different. However,
we also know God is able to form the vessel into one of honor, or one of dishonor, so does
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God force them to be dishonorable? No, they refuse to grant Mercy after God grants them
Mercy, thus their decision determines the forming, the same was true with the devil. When
the devil was still the covering angel, he found something in himself, rather than go to the
Lord with it, he made the choice to use it for his benefit to get rid of one of the Adams so
he could have the other one all to himself. The devil was the first to violate his position,
becoming disobedient, as well as the first to produce iniquity.
All of us at one time or another will fail at doing something we're suppose to do, but
it doesn't mean we worked at it. It was not our profession, we didn't make a choice to use it
continually, we didn't make the choice to completely disrupt God's will just to see our will
complete, we lacked the wherewithal to do the job. Judas became the first son of perdition,
yet Peter isn't. Both men did something, Peter denied the Lord three times, Judas betrayed
Him once, Peter was restored, Judas wasn't. Doesn't seem fair, but Peter wasn't
attempting to force Jesus to do something, Peter overestimated his abilities, then found he
was weak, causing him to become frightened; whereas Judas took money from the enemy
to force Jesus into a situation wherein Judas felt he could make a personal financial gain.
Much different, yet we find Judas used the same thought process the devil used here in
the Garden. In order for the devil to use the three lusts, he had to have them, thus the devil
fell before Adam female even entered the conversation. As soon as the devil found the
iniquity, he made a plan, the plan produced the lusts. The more the devil put his evil plan
of iniquity together, the more his anointing and beauty failed until they soon vanished. The
devil thought his best attribute was his beauty, yet it was the result of his anointing, the
anointing a result of his position. In his selfish endeavor to protect his beauty, he lost it.
The devil was created perfect in his ways, until iniquity was found in him (Ezek
28:15). The word Found in Ezekiel 28:15 is the Hebrew Matsa meaning the devil found the
iniquity, which produced the sin. The devil was a very beautiful angel, but when he thought
his beauty was by his own hand, iniquity set in, so did his evil plan to takeover the creation
of God (Ezek 28:16-18). The first takeover of a congregation was done by the devil in the
Garden, it has been one of his most used plans ever since. God created the cherub as a
beautiful angel, which was good, but the devil was so impressed with his beauty he
couldn’t see how he could be rejected for Adam female, thus he also had choice. The devil
felt his position was so powerful he would never lose the title of the anointed cherub who
covers, he entered iniquity, based on overconfidence in his position, very dangerous.
We found the meaning of cover; although Adam was in charge of the Garden, we
find the cherub was a type of elder, or one who would give suggestions and guidance;
however, being an angel he needed something to help him in the determination of his duty
in reference to natural Adam. His beauty couldn’t make those types of determinations,
being a spirit he had no knowledge of natural man, thus the something was the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. The tree of Life belonged to Adam, the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil to the angel, thus he used the tree as his deception. The fruit of the tree
taken by the spiritual to know the natural was the purpose, but if taken by the natural it
would become twisted into the self.
The conversation at the tree shows the cherub was in the midst of giving
instruction, but in an evil manner. An interesting aspect is how his knowledge changed as
well, Paul tells us the spirit of man knows the things of man, but is completely ignorant of
the things of the Spirit of God (I Cor 2:11). The devil lost all spiritual awareness, yet the
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spirit of man was being formed, both man and the devil became natural thinkers, with
natural wisdom and abilities, thus losing any insight they had regarding God.
What about Adam? After all it was one time, yet the one incident would be played
out again and again for many years. God never introduced repentance in the Garden,
since there was no sin to repent from before the Fall. God did not say, "in dying you shall
die, unless you repent". Adam male had the warning, with the power to resist, yet made
the decision to abandon his help meet, then watch to see if in dying she would die. In
essence Adam was in a type of kingdom, yet cast it away for the flesh, much like Esau.
The fall produced many things, but in order for one to Fall, they must be in a High
Position. Adam was not in the same position as God at anytime, rather Adam fell into a
state of death, which explains why he couldn't have the Tree of Life. Since his connection
to the Tree of Life was through his flesh, but now his flesh was in corruption (death), thus if
he had the Tree of Life, his flesh and soul would be connected forever in a state of death
and corruption. Although he will attempt other ways to gain back his connection to the Tree
of Life, each one will fail.
Adam was a master of his domain, he had not tasted sin, he was in a Mercy state,
yet made the willful decision to test God. It’s a far cry from those of us who were under the
sin nature, then accepted Jesus. Yes, we'll still make mistakes, but it's because of the past
corruption. We're in a Process, the old is being washed away daily. If any of us were to
see all the tares, pains, hurts, more importantly all the wiles of darkness we’ve used, all
gone in one second, the result would be Pride. We would begin to think it was by our hand
or might, as we would begin to impress ourselves, causing pride to take over our kingdom.
The Process is for Purpose, it keeps us humble as we appreciate all God is doing for us.
Adam is a completely different set of events, he had the Garden in hand, but he
tossed it away to see if God was really faithful. Therefore, he may have walked with God in
the cool of the day, but he didn't know God. God tests man, man never tests God. Since
the fall nature is death, man's soul life nature in the world is a walking death waiting for the
result, then it's true all souls will die, but it's also true the soul being formed by the Spirit
shall live. The problem then is what is death? Is it a time with a great big nothing? Can't be,
since there is a Second Death, how many times can you kill a dead cow? As we found the
first Death is a separation of the soul from the flesh, or the Greek ExPsuche. This is found
in the phrase, giving up the ghost, showing the ghost part is the unseen soul. Adam's flesh
was first, then the soul with a living condition making Adam a living soul. Adam was not a
living flesh, since his flesh was first, the soul made connection to the earth surroundings
through the flesh. Therefore, the flesh of Adam was useless until the breath of God
introduced the soul with the measure of faith. Take the breath (soul) away and the flesh it
reenters the earth, from dust it came, to dust it goes. The soul is without end, thus the first
death is not a nothing state. The resurrection unto damnation is having a resurrected body,
but having it melt and come back time after time forever. Therein we know there is Eternal
(without end) Judgment, a great incentive to seek Eternal Life in Christ. The Second Death
is a complete separation from any attribute of God, it’s the void, darkness and uselessness
forever without end. Yet, those with the Spirit of Christ are free of the second death (Rev
2:11& 20:6).
However, before the Fall, God was already in the process of division. What premise
is found in Genesis chapter one pointing to joining and division? God used a Firmament to
Divide the Waters, then the Land divided the Sea into Seas, but the Seas were joined as
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the Waters in the beginning. There was a division taking place right along, all signs
showing two seasons, the Day and Night. The Greater Light was divided from the Lesser
Light, yet in the very end they are joined again in heaven. Adam male and Adam female
were one, then divided to become one. Purpose is something we tend to overlook, we
don't serve a multiple God, but we do serve a God with multiple things going on.
The division is what could be termed a variable, or something subject to change,
but there are also constants, things not subject to change. Jesus is never divided from the
Father, neither is Life divided from Jesus, the Two are One, regardless of time. Jesus
confessed the Father based on this Oneness of Nature plus the Exactness of Character,
yet Jesus as the Son of man was obviously His own Man. Jesus had the authority to say,
"Although the Father has told Me what to say, I think I will tell you guys what I think". He
could of, but He didn't. Do we? Oh man, let's don't go there.
We are not being formed into the physical likeness of Jesus, it would be heresy,
since anyone could have a physical appearance as Jesus, yet be nothing like Him in
nature, or character. It's the Nature and Character of Jesus we seek, not the physical
likeness. This formation process is called Justification, the Just still live by faith.
Adam was given authority over the natural elements (earthly), but the spiritual
wasn't a factor in any regard, nor was Adam given authority over the Lights, heaven, or the
stars. There is the physical, the natural, and the spiritual; man is physical (earthly) and
natural (soul), but he cannot be spiritual without the Spirit, yet one can have the Spirit of
God in them, yet not be spiritual (I Cor 3:1-3 & 3:16). The goal is to obtain the Spirit by the
New Birth, then enter the process for our souls to become spiritual in nature.
Natural man calls many things spiritual, but the natural mind cannot understand
spiritual matters, they have no idea what spiritual means. Paul's letters to the Corinthians
prove having the Spirit does not make one automatically spiritual, it takes a process and
growth. They also prove natural man has no idea what spiritual means, but the Holy Ghost
teaches us by comparing spiritual to spiritual (I Cor 2:13).
We know the devil is a spirit, but he lost his heavenly ability, now he uses those
things common (natural) to man as his tools (works) against man; therefore, we find the
devil is a spirit, but not spiritual. This also helps in understanding the word "spiritual", which
means one who has the nature and clarity of heaven by walking in the Spirit of Christ.
Since the devil is spirit, yet not spiritual we find the demonic forces use what is
common to man, which is earthly in nature (I Cor 10:13). Paul told us the spirit of man is
ignorant of the things of the Spirit of God, thus the devils are also ignorant of the things of
the Spirit of God (I Cor 2:11-12). This concept is found in the phrases, "the prince of the
power of the air", as well as the "spirit of disobedience". If we are carnal we hear the voices
of the natural air, if we are spiritual we hear the Spirit of Christ. Physical sounds and
natural sounds are different, we can't confuse them, just as natural sounds and spiritual
sounds are different. Man presumes many things, one is assuming he can define
something according to his reasoning. Not so, all things are created by God, it takes God's
definition of things to discern the purpose, not the spirit of man.
Two things are evident and important; some tend to elevate the devil to some super
state, as if he can go about doing whatever he desires. The Scriptures tell us not to give
place to the devil (Eph 4:27); therefore, if we have the power to give place, we also have
the power not to; it also means we have the power to cast out devils. Elevating anything
above measure is dangerous; some tend to elevate Adam to a higher plateau than God
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ever did, some even elevate him higher than Jesus, but why? One thing is obvious,
although Adam walked with God, Adam never had Christ in him. The natural mind desires
to be Adam like, but it also desires to elevate Adam to some great state, thus they think by
being Adam like they are like the Most High without the Spirit of Christ. Very, very
dangerous. We never exalt anyone or anything above measure; the anointing is great, we
must have it, but we don’t worship it.
The tree was the platform, the fruit the bait as the enticing the weapon. The devil
began to elevate the position of Adam higher than God had, which began the enticing. The
devil couldn't force Adam female to take the fruit, rather he had to promise her something,
although the something was beyond his control to give. This is the same method he uses
today, the devil promises something he is unable to deliver, but the suggestion must
contact to a lust in the person to be effective. The fall shows one thing above all, the devil
had to promise, or trick Adam female by allowing her to think like him, which introduced a
lustful nature called the spirit of man; yet, he couldn't force her to partake.
The devil's suggestion was for her to violate the Commandment by promising her
something she assumed would gain her a greater benefit than the Commandment. Again,
this is true today, the devil goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, thus
he cannot devour at will, he cannot read minds, but he looks for something showing him
the person is either impressed by the roar, or frightened of it (I Pet 5:8). The devil is not a
roaring lion, he goes about as one, there is a difference. One can make the sounds of a
lion, but it doesn't mean they are one.
This brings us to the concept of Counterfeit, generally when we see phrases like,
as, or such as, they refer to something like something, but not the something. Whether it's
a counterfeit or not depends on intent, if we keep the as is in order, without attempting to
project it as the original, then it's not a counterfeit, but a copy. However, if we take the as is
then attempt to convince people it's the original, it would be a counterfeit. We see phrase,
The devil goes about as a roaring lion, it doesn't mean he is a lion, only he wants others to
think he is. The point being we can't lock onto the phase, presuming it's a counterfeit, we
must discern the intent. The New Man is Christ in us, so is He a counterfeit? No, the New
Man is a reproduction after the true holiness and righteousness of God. A counterfeit is by
an unauthorized source produced to trick people into thinking it's an original, when it is not.
A counterfeit fifty dollar bill is a close likeness to the real thing, but it was made by those
who lack the given Authority to make fifty dollar bills, thus the counterfeit is designed to
trick people through deception. Therein lays the difference, the counterfeit may look better
than the original, but the maker lacks the authority to make it. The devil made promises he
never had the authority to grant, yet there was a wisdom and knowledge granted in the fall,
Adam’s eyes were open, but since it was a counterfeit it was backward from what was
promised.
The devil could care less if the principle is Godly, as long as we use his ways to
accomplish what we think is a Godly act. The reason would be using the suggestion of the
devil without the authority, making our actions rebellion. It doesn't take long in reading the
three temptations he used against Jesus to see this is true, the same temptations used at
the tree were used against Jesus, with much different results. God shall meet your need,
so why not fudge a little by turning the stones into bread. God desires for us to know about
Him, so why not show off our ability a little by making the angels dance. God desires all to
come to the saving knowledge, so none will be lost, so why not lie, cheat, or use fear to
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capture the lost. The principles may be Godly, the methods are demonic, we war against
the wiles (methods) of the devil, by using God's methods. Using a Godly element in an evil
manner, still makes the endeavor evil.
In reference to the devil going about As a roaring lion we find the word Roaring
gives us another clue to the deception of the enemy. The word Roaring is the Greek
Oruomai meaning the sound made as the lion goes after its prey. Oruomai is connected to
the Greek Echeo meaning to respond as the brass, yet brass is a metaphor for Judgment,
thus the devil goes about attempting to place judgment on us, often by accusing us to the
brethren, or to ourselves, or causing us to accuse the brethren, or ourselves. We don't
ignore our behavior when it's wrong, but neither do we go around for days beating
ourselves up. We repent, learn the lesson, allow the Spirit to correct the source of the
problem, then move on with the knowledge gained. The devil can only give what he has,
corruption, slander, death, destruction, iniquity and sin.
When we were in the world we were sinners, some of us sinners supreme, but
Jesus forgave us, granting us a position and condition so New it was never before, but the
New is a Process, something most of us forget. Jesus has the authority to grant anything,
His Name (Authority) is above all names (authorities). So, will Jesus grant us a devil? No, it
would go against the promises He made to us, He is still Truth, the devil is still the father of
all lies.
We are in a Process, it doesn't remain in the same place, we advance by making
gains. God didn’t stop with the Light, thus the use of days has to tell us there was a
Process in effect. Yet, the enemy doesn't want us to believe we're making gains, so the
flesh reminds us of who we were. The New Man keeps telling us of who we are in Christ,
while showing us we can be more then conquers in Christ. Which voice we listen to
determines our attitude in the process.
The devil is looking for factual evidence upon which to accuse, but facts and truth
are different. It's a fact, we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. However
the truth tells us there is Now no condemnation to those who in Christ Jesus who walk
after the Spirit, and not after the flesh. The Truth tells us the Blood of Jesus is cleansing us
from all unrighteousness, thus the Cleaning is a Process. We are not what we used to be,
but we are not what we are going to be either. It's for this reason we never compare
ourselves to others; we can’t tell where we are in the Process by looking at someone else.
The enemy uses deception in his comparison, he has us look at someone who appears
much further along, then tells us, "see, you will never make it", at the same time showing
us someone who appears further behind than us, telling us, "see how wonderful you are?”;
therefore, Jesus told us, "what do you care what I do with them, you follow Me". We keep
our eyes on Jesus, we allow the New Man to guide us on the footsteps of the Faith of
Jesus.
The evidence is found at the tree, showing Adam female wasn't forced to take of
the fruit, the devil didn't say, "I command you to take it", rather the devil used something
God said, but used it in an evil manner. The devil does the same when God grants us
Mercy, "Has God really forgiven you?", or "What about the unpardonable sin, surely you
have committed it more than once?". We will learn about the unpardonable sin, but for
here we must know the unpardonable sin is unpardonable because the person doesn't
seek change, rather than think their ability to slander, waste and destroy is based in some
sort of God granted gift. The Pharisees felt their ability to attack by using Scripture was not
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only something God wanted, they felt it was the anointing at work. Would Christ destroy
Christ? Not hardly, so why do those of Christ go about as a roaring lion seeking to devour
others in Christ?
Before we venture into the Fall, let us determine the purpose of the creation. Is the
purpose to save us? Or is it to set the foundation from which we are to be saved? Genesis
2:1 tells us the heavens and the earth were finished, but what does it mean? If they were
finished what about all things yet to come? What about Salvation? What about Grace?
What about rain? The wording, were finished is the Hebrew word Kalah meaning Ready to
be destroyed, thus the first creation was Good for its purpose, which shows Adam was
prefect, but far from perfection. Now we can see how the fall is in the plan, thus we can
move on to the first step leading to Redemption, which is man bringing destruction to his
own realm, in order to make redemption necessary.
When Jesus was on the Cross He said, "It is Finished", He didn't say, "It is Done",
there is a difference between the two. God Finished the works of the Night, the Cross
provided the Day as a way to escape the Night, but it was Finished, not Done. Finished
means something in the overall plan is complete, Done means the plan is complete. When
we build a house and finish the roof, it doesn’t mean we’re done, but it does mean the roof
is finished (Jn 19:30 & Rev 21:6).
Like the children in the wilderness we can Escape the world, yet think God brought
us here so we can exalt ourselves, or for God to kill us, both thoughts are unbelief. Any
belief not in God, or in line with the Process becomes unbelief. You can believe the devil
has power over you, but it’s unbelief according to the Process of Justification. Simply
because someone believes in something, doesn't define it as Belief, one can believe in
unbelief, it doesn’t make them a believer.
So far we have established a few things, Adam was really the caretaker of the
Garden, what he allowed in, came in. God didn’t come down and stop the devil from
tempting Adam, since Adam had the power to allow whoever he desired into the Garden.
We as kings have the same power over our kingdom, if we say no to violent anger, then
anger cannot enter our kingdom. If we say no to Mercy, we banish Mercy as well. God will
not force us to grant Mercy to others, it’s something we’re suppose to do, but as kings we
also have the keys. Of course we will face the King of kings in the end to give an account
of our kingly efforts. This of course only pertains to the kingdom of heaven, not the
Kingdom of God. The kingdom of heaven is a place for the citizens of heaven, but the
Kingdom of God is within. God rules in the Kingdom of God by the Spirit, we rule in the
kingdom of heaven (soul). The kingdom of heaven is a place, the Kingdom of God is
where God dwells by the New Man, thus we are in the kingdom of heaven, but the
Kingdom of God is within us.
In the case of Adam we find an allegory, we can allow old familiar things into our
kingdom, but it doesn’t mean they are conducive to the Kingdom order. Manipulation was
familiar, so we granted it stay in our kingdom, we found our flesh was comfortable, but the
Kingdom was not. We have engaged in a war (James 4:1-4) by allowing something not
compatible to the purpose of the King of kings to remain in our kingdom.
The devil as the angel had a position at the tree, but he didn’t have a right to twist
the purpose of the tree. Once he violated his position, he would lose his covering, the
same happened to Judas. Adam had the opportunity and authority to remove the devil
from the Garden the second the violation of authority took place. However, we know it
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didn’t happen, we also know Adam male and Adam female submitted themselves to the
temptation of the devil, obtaining a nature not conducive to the Garden.
Before we can determine why we should be redeemed, we must determine how all
mankind fell because of what one couple did. If we assume it was all Adam, or we had no
part in it, we will fail to see the importance of the fall. The premise of everything producing
after it’s own kind, became the reason, the flesh became dominate over the soul, but the
spirit of man governed the flesh. If we haven't accepted the Cross of Jesus, we caused it.
Each and everyone of us have followed this same path of the flesh, all have taken of the
fruit. We entered this world by the flesh under the sin nature, as babies we did neither right
or wrong, good or evil, but the day came when we did take of the fruit of the wrong tree as
we became sinners. Our souls made the choice to use the flesh to satisfy the flesh, when
we found it worked we liked the feeling, then used more ways to gain what we wanted as
we entered the darkness of the self nature. We ended judging people on what we felt we
saw, but judged ourselves on our good merits.
The potential to sin was before Adam when God warned him not to eat of the fruit
of the tree, the potential for us to sin is based on the same premise. One day we found if
we acted a certain way, people moved, then we got what we wanted. It produced a self-
centered effect, the effect moved to an action, the action became a sin. Is it fair? Define
fair, we have no idea what goes on in the soul at an early age, but we also find the time we
took of the fruit was not at one week old, it was much later, it was after a time when we
knew what yes and no stood for. The warning was there for all of us, but we wanted to test
the no, we wanted what we wanted, then we did partake of the fruit. We tested the
commandment, whether the commandment came from our parents, or God, in the testing
we enjoyed the feeling of violation, producing a nature not conducive to the things of God.
The evidence of the fall shows any of us could have, or did have the same beginning as
Adam, yet without the Spirit of Christ we all did the same, we did partake of the fruit. The
desire to be Adam Like is a deception in it's darkest form, the delusion is to presume since
Adam fell, we won't, yet all of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God proving
we did partake of the forbidden fruit.
Adam had access to the Tree of Life, thus the dying he would die not only caused a
separation from the Garden, but it also caused a separation from the Tree of Life which
kept the life of the soul of Adam intact (Gen 3:22). Once Adam was removed from the Tree
of Life, he was also removed from Life, then the process of death began. Therefore, it’s
obvious the life was in the tree, not in his flesh. God didn't say, "We have to rip his soul out
of him, or he will live forever". God said, "take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever", thus the tree was Adam’s connection to life, not his soul (Gen 3:22). The word for
Life in this verse is the Hebrew Chayay, it not only means to Live, it means To revive,
which shows the Life of Adam had to be regenerated continually from an outside source.
We are Born Again, our life is internal, we are being renewed day by day.
It's obvious Adam lived after the fall, but it was a matter of the flesh existing in death
as a timed process of dying, a span natural man mistakes for life. In order for it to be Life
Eternal man must be free of the bondage accompanying death; thus Death is a result of
sin, meaning sin is corruption.
Adam never had Grace, the New Testament concept of Grace can be a confusing
issue, especially when we see the word Grace appearing in the Old Testament. Any of us
can construe the English word Grace as being just as much Old Testament as it is New,
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since the English word appears in both, but they are miles apart in the original languages
and meanings. John 1:17 tells us Grace and Truth came by Jesus, thus there is a division
between the Grace found in the Old and the Grace in the New. Simply, Grace in the Old
Testament is different word, from a different language with a different meaning than the
word Grace in the New. In the Old it refers to mercy extended to someone, but in the New
it means a change in position, condition, nature by having the Spirit of Christ as the Word
in us, which is far outside the ability of natural man, yet granted by God based on God’s
love, not our goodness, or lack thereof.
Grace is Spiritual in nature, but man cannot be Spiritual in the true sense of the
word without the Spirit of Christ. In order to do the things of Grace, one must have Grace,
but as natural humans Grace is far out of our reach. What to do? Jesus; He is Grace,
having Jesus in us is the same as Grace in us, the same as the Spirit in us, the same as
Christ in us the hope of Glory, the product of being Born Again.
This will be important since one might think Adam had Grace before Jesus went to
the Cross, if it were the case, the Cross was a vain act on God's part. Not so, when Jesus
was on the Cross He said, "Father forgive them", thus when we came to the Cross it's the
Father who forgives us through His Mercy, granting us Life. From there we receive the
Spirit then enter the Process of Justification which includes the washing of the water by the
Word, coupled with the Blood of Jesus cleaning us from all unrighteousness, which is Life
more abundantly as Grace. The washing of the Water by the Word is how the Word
(Rhema or working aspect of the Logos [Jesus] in us) uses Mercy (water) to wash us, but
the Blood of Jesus is Grace, thus the New Covenant is found in the Blood, not the Body.
Jesus gave us the Bread, then He took the cup, saying, His Blood was the New Covenant
(Matt 26:28 et al). The Bread, or Body is the point between places, it's not the Church, yet
is it not the world, it's the Rock from which Jesus builds the Church. Unless one is in the
Body (Rock) they cannot be of the Church, Jesus builds the Church from the Rock, not the
world. Peter was a piece of the Rock, not the entire Rock, which becomes clear by the
words used by Jesus. Jesus said Upon this rock (massive Rock, present tense) I will build
My Church (future tense at the time), but the name Peter means a Piece of the Rock, not
the entire Rock. The Rock was in place, the Church was yet to be birthed on Pentecost
(Matt 16:18). Jude says we build the Rock (Jude 22-23), thus those of the Rock build the
Rock, but only Jesus builds the Church.
Adam was not subject to the Law of Moses, yet he and those after him gave
sacrifices after the fall, but not before. A sacrifice at the hand of man means atoning
(making amends) for his sin. There was no need for a Sacrifice before the Fall, but it may
surprise to us who gave the first Sacrifice after the fall.
According to the Torah if we caused someone else to hold unforgiveness against
us, their unforgiveness sat on us like a mountain. We had to beg them to forgive us, which
means the power of forgiveness rested with them, not us. Jesus as the Truth, He showed
us if we hold unforgiveness, it sits on us like a mountain, not the other person. Why did this
change? Was the Law of Moses in error? No, A change in Season brought a New Law
with a new ability, yet it didn't do away with the Old. The person changed realms, there is a
realm for the Law of Moses, one for the Law of the Spirit, but one cannot mix one into the
other, the Day and Night are separated, just as Light and Darkness are forever separated.
When we accept the Cross we complete the purpose of the Law of Moses, then we
move on to another Law for those who have the Spirit. The Law of Moses presented a way
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of life, it didn't present Life. The Law of Moses defined sin, it didn't do away with it. The
Law of Moses was sent to those who had more of a potential to sin, than they did to do
good. The Law of the Spirit is sent to those who have more of a potential to do good, than
to sin. Since the Old is completed for those in the New, the deeds under the Old are no
longer required by those in the New. The Old was a means to avoid physical death for a
period of time, yet it also defined sin, found the doer guilty, then pronounced death as the
punishment. It was designed to; yet we find a New Priesthood for those in the New with
duties separating them from the Old.
Isn't it interesting how God formed, called forth, then created all these elements,
then on the Sixth day formed and created Adam. However, Adam wasn't the only element
God brought forth on the sixth day. Genesis 1:24 explains this as God said, Let the earth
bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, creeping things and beast of the earth
after his kind. Then in Genesis 1:25 God made (formed) the beast of the earth, how many
beasts of the earth are there? In verse 24 it was the earth bringing forth the beast of the
earth, then in verse 25 God formed the beast of the earth, could this be another prophetic
message? In Revelation 13:11 John sees "the beast of the earth" who uses the power
(authority) of the beast of the sea. Are we looking at some space monster, or metaphors?
Metaphors of course, the beast of the earth will also be connected to the devil in Genesis
3:1, thus we find the Wicked are alluded to by prophecy in the very beginning.
Since the beast of the earth came on the same day as Adam we find another
allegory, the Tares and Wheat in the same field. Jesus didn't call the Wheat "sons of God",
but He didn’t call them "children of God", rather they are "children of the kingdom", which
shows a potential invested in the Wheat to become sons of God, not saying they are.
Therefore, the Wheat are those with Life, but have yet to obtain Life More Abundantly, thus
they would equate to the little children John talks about. It's the little children who battle the
he in the world, the youngmen have overcome the Wicked (I Jn 4:1-4 & 2:12-14). The
tares on the other hand were planted in the same field by the enemy, a tare has the
appearance of wheat, yet lacks the internal seed. The Sixth day produced many things,
bringing to a conclusion the elements to bring about the Judgment, yet they were Good.
The devil could care less about us as people, we're toys, things to be used to attack
God with. The devil is not dumb, crazy as a loon, but not dumb. The devil's motivation is
envy, anger, strife and pride; the mixed seed behind the spirit of man. On the other hand
(thank God), we have something far better, the Spirit of Christ, purposed for Salvation as
Spirit in us, the New Man, the product of Grace, designed to save our souls so we can
walk with Jesus in heaven. The New Man cannot do evil, he will expose it, but not do it.
The goodness of God is imbedded in the character of the New Man, thus the Waster
knows nothing but to destroy, the New Man knows nothing but to Save.
Another question, If God finished all the work on the sixth day, the same day Adam
was formed and created, how then can God judge the Fall? The works of Judgment in the
final day are done, not all the works of God. It’s the point, the creation didn't mean all
things were complete, it means the Judgment was finished’ thus judgment would then play
out in the fall nature, it would move through time until it reaches the Judgment seat of
Christ. In the Process of time the same Lamb slain from the foundation of the world would
go to the Cross, be Resurrected on the Third day, present the Eternal Sacrifice, becoming
the Bishop and Shepherd of our souls, the Captain and Author of Salvation, our High
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Priest, the Prince of Peace, the King of kings, whether those kings are kings in the
Kingdom, or kings of the earth, giving us a means to have the Power of the Resurrection.
What happened after the fall is the evidence of all things of the Night being finished.
There is much for us in the Beginning, all these concepts will become clearer as we move
along. One aspect separating the Day from the Night is the Name of the Lord. The Name
of the Lord is really a division between Day and Night, Jesus said He came to bring
division, but this type of Division is very good for us. The Greek word is Dia-Merismos or a
Division which causes a Separation as we leave the world to enter the kingdom. The
devil's division is to divide us from God, then to divide us from the things of God. We find a
Godly division to help us, then an ungodly division to destroy us, yet both are divisions.
There is another Godly division going on in us by the Word, but it’s not Dia-
Merismos, but Merismos. The Greek word Dia-Merismos means to completely remove
one part from another, whereas Merismos means to open up for examination, or gain
clarity, without removing one part from the other (Heb 4:12). The Word in us separates,
and divides, it is not a Sword, but sharper than one, meaning the Word can divide or
separate without causing one part to be removed from the other, the Word in us will define
between soul and Spirit, but it will not remove the soul from the Spirit. Adam was Merismos
from the Tree of Life before the Fall, but the Fall made him Dia-Merismos from the Garden
and the Tree of Life.
The Garden was a place of Preparation, not completion, if we miss the fine point,
we will assume the Garden is heaven, not so, it was on the earth. If we are earth minded,
we will assume the Garden is heaven, when in truth it’s the place of preparation. When we
come to the Cross we enter the kingdom of heaven, a place like unto the Garden as it
relates to preparation. There were still elements outside the Garden, but the Garden was
like a hedge around Adam and the animals. The Prophets tell us the Night (1,000 years)
will be like the garden of God (Joel 2:3 et al), which means many things will appear on the
surface as peace and safety, but sudden destruction will still come based on the
wickedness of the Wicked (I Thess 5:3). The Prophets have much to say in this area, by
the time we finish the Old Testament we will have a firm grasp on the End Times.
However, we must see where the Fall took place and by whom. The Fall was in the
Garden, by members entrusted with the Garden. Judas was a member of the ministry, he
was not a Roman, or a Pharisee, he was a hand picked apostle, anointed and ordained,
with a special position in the ministry granted by Jesus. The devil sinned against heaven
by being on earth. Judas left the table of the Lord to betray the Lord. The table was only for
those within the ministry of Jesus, a man’s foes (enemies) are of his own house (Matt
10:36).
By this time we have to pose the question, How did the devil get into the garden?
The devil was not equal to man, yet he had a position and place. In order to find what the
devil had in the overall picture we have to jump forward to the Prophets. We looked at
Ezekiel 28 prior, but for here we want to gain a better understanding. Ezekiel was a
prophet and a priest (Ezek 1:3), the Lord also called him son of man (Ezek 28:12). Wasn't
Jesus termed The Son of man? Yes, the phrase means to Stand for man, in the case of
Jesus it was to stand for man by the Mercy of the Father, nonetheless a priest stood for
the people before the Law of Moses, thus giving Ezekiel the title, son of man as a priest.
Although Ezekiel was a prophet and we have his prophetic writings, God still
viewed his position as a priest more important than his position as a prophet. What man
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sees as a position of honor and glory, doesn't mean God sees the position as such. Some
of us think we have the lowest position in the Body of Christ one can have, yet it isn't how
God views it. In Ezekiel we find the prince of Tyrus, is a Prince is not a king, a prince has a
territory called a Principality, from which they gain their title. The word Tyrus means Rock,
thus this is metaphorically directed to the princes of the rock, not kings in the kingdom.
Here in Ezekiel we find someone who is associated to the Rock, but not a king. The
metaphor Prince means One who begins something, or represents a segment within a
kingdom known as a Principality, it’s not representative of the entire kingdom, but part of it.
Jesus as the Prince of Peace, thus He began the ability for us to have Peace with God, yet
Peace is not all the Kingdom is made of, but clearly an important segment. A prince is also
identified by the location from which they hold title, an example is Jesus the "Prince of
Peace", showing the location is Peace. We also know of the prince of the power (authority)
of the air, this prince is not the prince of the air, rather it’s the authority in the natural air,
giving us the realm of the natural.
The prince of Tyrus could translate as, one who has begun in the Rock, yet his
heart was lifted up, showing he lacked a New heart. From his pride he says, "I am a God, I
sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the Seas" (Ezek 28:2). The metaphor Seas means
the Gentile world, thus this prince is not a Jew, but a Gentile who has entered the Rock.
It's one thing to have a humble heart as the Spirit bears witness to our Spirit, another to
take our position as a means to brag in: knowledge without love still puffs up. Take this
same thought to Isaiah 14 where we find Lucifer, the son of the morning. Morning? A Clue!
In Isaiah 14:16 we find Lucifer is a man, he also says in his heart, "I will ascend unto
heaven", which shows a self-righteous attitude, based on his illusion of his own goodness.
Then he says in his heart, "I will exalt my throne above the stars of God", clearly the heart
is not changed, it’s based on the spirit of the world. Lucifer says he will exalt his throne as
the Head of the Body, again it's based on his illusions of his self-importance. Then he says
in his heart, "I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north",
meaning Mount Zion, again showing he thinks he is better than any member of the
congregation. Then he says in his heart, "I will ascend about the heights of the clouds",
clouds is a metaphor for witnesses, here Lucifer says he is greater than all the witnesses,
thus his illusion is based in an overconfidence of his importance, he has no fear of God.
Then he adds, "I will be like the Most High" (Isa 14:12-14). Lucifer doesn't say he will be
the Most High, rather he will claim to be God like, to have as much power as God,
indicating he presumes he is the special of the special, or there wouldn’t be a Body of
Christ if it weren’t for him, the illusion of the cultist. We have the Spirit which is of God, God
is the Spirit of God. Satan is defined by the Jewish mindset as the character of the devil
posed against mankind, as the devil is posed against God. Not three separate devils, but
the devil, as the devil, the character of the devil as Satan, then Lucifer as the sons of
perdition who are connected to the authority of the devil. They are the he in the world, who
are run by the spirit of the world, who are set against the Spirit which is of God (I Jn 4:1-4
& I Cor 2:11-13). They produce the spirit of error, by attempting to use the spirit of the
world in place of the Spirit which is of God.
Lucifer is classed as son of the morning, but the name means light-bearer, yet he
still relates to the Morning, yet the Morning is the beginning of the Day. Paul used the
same definitive statement of this prince by saying, “who opposes and exalts himself above
all called God, or is worshipped; so he as God sits in the Temple (holy of holies) of God,
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showing himself as God” (II Thess 2:4). Paul titled this subject as the son of perdition (II
Thess 2:3). However, Jesus said, He lost none but the son of perdition (Jn 17:12). The son
of perdition was also identified as Judas (Jn 18:5-9). If it was Judas, who is Paul talking
about? A position, Judas began in the Morning, he was a man, he felt in his heart he could
control and dominate the Lord to get what he wanted, the same mindset as Lucifer. Those
with the Lucifer mindset are the Wicked, the Beasts of the Field, the workers of iniquity,
those who are the unjust who fail to believe unto the saving of the soul (Heb 10:38-39). Are
they seen prophetically in Genesis? Yes, the beasts of the field will be identified as Subtle,
the same definition given to the serpent.
In Ezekiel we are told this Prince of Tyrus doesn't say he will obtain Through God,
or Through the Spirit, rather he is saying in his heart he will advance through his own self-
efforts. The prince, like Lucifer says in the heart, yet the mouth is saying something
different, yet from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Wait, does it mean
words? Or intent? Intent, the Pharisees said one thing, Jesus answered their intent, thus
Jesus was able to see the abundance of the heart by the manner in which the words were
used. Two people can say, “I’m a child of God”, one says it with humbleness and faith,
thus we know they are. The other says it with pride, a puffed out chest full of arrogance,
we know they are not, yet both said the same thing.
Jezebel came from Tyrus, yet she married a king in the nation of God becoming the
queen. In the Book of Revelation we find at least one of the seven churches allowed the
self-appointed Jezebels to teach. The prince has a king over him, the king of Tyrus who
assumes he is master of all, yet he is nothing, thus this Rock is the counterfeit, it’s termed
by Jesus as the, synagogue (gathering) of Satan. This king was in the Garden of Eden,
everything he needed was given to him, he was the anointed cherub who covers (Ezek
28:14). We know the word Covers means to protect or guide, defining the position of the
cherub. This Cherub was not only in the Garden, he was Anointed for the purpose of
protecting something, the Cherub was created Perfect, until Iniquity was found in him
(Ezek 28:13-15). This can’t be Adam, since Adam wasn’t a Cherub, it only leaves one
other. This Cherub had the equipment to make the stones into jewels, later he will tempt
Jesus by saying, "turn these stones into bread". Stones can become jewels, if they are
polished and cared for, but stones are not bread. Everything this Cherub needed to
complete his task in a Godly manner was in hand, yet he found a way to twist it into
destruction to get his own way. When he tempted the woman what did he use?
Knowledge, where was he? In the tree, so what was his iniquity? He was teaching, but
teaching evil as good, and good as evil, meaning his teaching was now unequal.
The word for Beauty in Ezekiel 28:17 is the Hebrew Yophiy meaning Splendor, or
Brightness, it was used some 19 times, but it only refers to the outward covering. We know
God made the angel beautiful, but what was the beauty attached to? The anointing, when
the angel operated in the anointing he was Beauty, when he moved against his position,
he became the serpent. Was he a “snake”? No, look at his attributes before he fell, he was
an angel, not effected by gravity, he was anointed, able to cover. Then he found he could
twist his position, then he lost all his attributes, he was given the dust (flesh) as his food, he
was bound the earth, under darkness, limited to the natural things of man, losing all
spiritual ability, his anointing was gone, so was his beauty. His own self-based evil became
his covering: whatsoever he sowed, he reaped.
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This Cherub is not Lucifer, since Isaiah says Lucifer is a man, yet the Cherub is
seen as the king of Tyrus, but Lucifer as the prince (Isa 14:16). The prince of Tyrus was
yet future tense to the prophet, but the king of Tyrus was past tense, with a future tense
endeavor. The prophet shows how the devil was once a Cherub, anointed to protect, guide
and instruct man in the Garden. This Cherub was a spirit, so how would he know how to
instruct natural man? What could God give him to assist him in this knowledge? The
Cherub needed a knowledge from his spirit position to determine what was good and evil
in the natural so he could guide man, thus God gave him a tree, a tree off-limits to man.
The tree was designed for a spirit to view the natural, it was never designed for the natural
to view the natural. The natural viewing the natural from the prospective of the fruit of the
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil would pervert the knowledge, causing it to be self-
based and self-centered.
Since it was knowledge it was designed to open eyes, but if one was natural and
took of the fruit the process of eye opening would reverse, thus their eyes would be open,
but open to their own self desires, producing the spirit of man. The self nature is just the
opposite of the God nature, thus the self nature thinks of me, the God nature thinks of
thee.
Some of us think the devil can read minds, not so, he is a master of detecting the
nature of natural man. He was able to learn by the tree, so what about the angels of God?
Do they need a tree? No, it was not the tree of messages, the tree was used in teaching a
human the differences between good and evil. Even today the devil goes about seeking
whom he may devour, he is attracted to those who like the same things as he does. What
would prevent him? The Mind of Christ, he has no idea how the Mind Of Christ or the New
Nature responds. The devil is forever limited in scope to the common things of man, the
devil doesn’t have a clue to the spiritual things (I Cor 2:11 & 10:13). Natural man is still
under the authority of the prince of the power (authority) of the air, but there is an escape
for all mankind if they want it.
God gave the man the Tree of Life, yet this tree was off-limits to the Cherub. Did the
Cherub take of the Tree of Life? No, it would be a transgression, not an iniquity. Did the
devil use the Tree of Life in the temptation? No, the temptation was knowledge, not Life.
So, if we are destroyed for a lack of knowledge, it would seem the devil is doing a good
deed by giving the fruit to Adam female? Nay, knowledge from the wrong source is deadly.
Since we are spiritual, don't you think we should have the tree as well? No, strong
meat belongs to those who are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their
senses exercised to discern both good and evil, without taking of the fruit (Heb 5:13-14).
Those who are Full Age hear the Word in them, they don’t need the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil. The angels of God follow the instructions from on High, they don’t need
the tree either.
There comes a time when we know dogs bite, or fire burns, we don't have to stick
our hand in the mouth of a mad dog to discover teeth are sharp, nor do we hold our hand
in a fire to know a raging fire burns. Both the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of
Good and Evil were in the Midst of the Garden. The word Midst is the Hebrew Tevek
meaning Middle, it was used to show a place of separation, or a line of separation. These
two trees became the dividing point, take the fruit of one, you can't have the other, thus
when Adam took of the wrong tree, he separated himself from the Tree of Life. After the
fall God put an angel at the opening to make sure the separation was complete.
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When Adam was looking for a Help Meet all the creatures of the Garden were
brought to him, yet he found none. God then gave him something he desired, by bringing
forth Adam female from the middle, or side of Adam male. When the devil saw Adam
female the iniquity within him began to take hold, he saw a beauty more desirable than the
beauty in his cherub position. Envy became the drive, the spirit of disobedience became
the motive behind the fall nature. The spirit of man, or nature was being formed in man
each second the devil was hatching his plan. Paul said the spirit of man knows the things
of man, but is ignorant of the Spiritual things of God, we find the fruit caused a separation
between man and God (1 Cor 2:11-12). The phrase spirit lusting to envy is not the Spirit of
Christ, the word envy used by James means the inability to do good. James doesn’t use
the complete title, spirit of man, he simply says spirit lusting to envy, but when we add the
context of envy we find this can only be the spirit of man. Putting James 4:5 with, “if you
have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not” (James 3:14), with, “for where
envying and strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work” (James 3:16), with “even of
your lusts warring in your members?” (James 4:1), and “you lust and have not” (James
4:2), with, “you may consume it upon your lusts” (James 4:4), adding, “you adulterers and
adulteresses”, we get a good idea of what this lusting to envy spirit is about. Then we have
to add the escape, Submit, Resist the devil, draw near to God, cleanse your hands you
sinners, be afflicted, mourn, weep, humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord (James 4:6-
10). All areas pointing to repenting from using the deeds of the spirit lusting to envy, then
receiving with Meekness the Engrafted Word which is able to save our souls (James 1:21).
The devil placed himself at his own tree, then used it to come against the Help
Meet, thus instead of using the Tree to assist the natural creation, he used it against the
natural creation, twisting the purpose. What did he promise? Ability, yet knowledge is not
ability, it’s awareness. Why did Adam female listen to him anyway? As the prophet shows,
the devil was a covering, or instructor, thus to her, he was merely instructing, but she knew
something was wrong. The words of the Lord were still ringing in the Garden, the devil not
only questioned the words, he was attempting to get Adam female to question them as
well. The introduction of doubt and unbelief became the seeds of rebellion.
The tree was under the cherub’s authority, it was created good, but he was using it
an evil way. Jude tells us there are some who Grace into lasciviousness (Jude 4). An
example of misusing a position or gift of God is found here in the Garden, the devil was
misusing his position. Adam female was being mentality corrupted: Adam male was
watching this whole thing, doing nothing, yet God said, A man shall leave his mother and
father and cleave to his wife, but this man was watching his wife slowly drown in the sea of
iniquity. We can't put all the blame on Adam male either, since both were equals, everyone
is still drawn away by their own lust. What lust? The lust they birthed when they started to
test the Commandment. They were still one, only now they were one in rebellion, which
caused them to be divided even the more.
The serpent was entrusted with the gifts and calling of God, but he used them for
his own self-based interest in a manner not conducive to the Will of God, not conducive to
the gift and calling either. The misuse of the fruit of the tree is a perfect example, the fruit
was good, the tree was good, the misuse didn’t make the fruit evil, or the tree evil, thus the
act of misuse was the evil, which turned the fruit from good to evil. It’s not the credit card,
it’s the misuse, the card, book, day or whatever are things, what we do with them
determines whether they are good or evil. We are not drawn away by the credit card, we
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are drawn away by our own lust to use it wrongly. The Process of the New Birth is
changing us from the wiles of the spirit of man, which we find was introduced in the Fall, to
the perfection of the Spirit of Christ.
Genesis 3:1 shows the serpent was more Subtle than any beast of the field;
therefore, the beasts of the field were Subtle, if not, how could the serpent be more so?
Wow, not just one beast, it's any beast of the field. If there was no sin until the fruit was
taken, and no iniquity until it was found by the devil in himself, how then can these beasts
be Subtle? These are the formed beasts, the prophetic word pointing to the vessels of
dishonor. The word Subtle is the Hebrew Arum meaning cunning, it comes from the
Hebrew Aram meaning crafty, defining witchcraft, or the use of one thing to bring about
something hidden from the eye. Here we find the prophetic connection to Ezekiel, the king
was in the tree, his beasts of the field took their prince positions when Judas opened the
position for them, thus bringing about the spirit of the world, producing the he of the world.
This one verse shows God has it all in hand, He knew about the fall, He knew about
Judas, He also knows we will win if we continue to believe, yet there were beasts here
about to speak for the devil. The word Serpent means Malicious; we know what Subtle
means, thus Subtle is a Wile of the devil. Malicious is connected to Slander, which is
based on the intent to cause harm to a person or their reputation. Slander doesn’t need to
be a lie, Libel is based on lies. Something can be factual, but if we use it to harm someone,
we are a slandering serpent, not to be confused with correction, rather correction is to help
another, slander it harm them.
The devil didn't become a snake, neither does this mean all snakes are devils. It
does show not all snakes are reptiles, metaphorically some are human reptiles, however, it
shows the restriction of the devil from the Fall on. We have been given power over the
serpents, in fact we can tread on them, it has nothing to do with reptiles, it has to do with
being able to resist the cunning ways of slander. In Mark we are told we can take up
serpents, it has nothing to do with playing with reptiles either, it means the Gospel is able
to save even the serpents, turning them into doves, with Paul being the example.
Some think the beasts of the field are fallen angels, but prophetically we find some
real interesting facets; angels are created, these beasts were formed back in Genesis
1:25. The beasts of the earth are earth related, yet identified by John in the Book of
Revelation as the Wicked, or false prophets who were run by the spirit of antichrist in our
season (Rev 13:11-14). After the beasts were formed we find God then created and
formed the man, then gave the man dominion over the earth. If the beasts of the earth
were angels, then Adam had power over them, meaning they had fallen before the Fall,
which can’t be. It has to be prophetic in nature, like their father the devil, they are cunning
and Subtle.
Although God created the angels, we know some of them made the choice to fall,
God neither formed them to fall, nor created them to fall, they made the choice to follow
the Serpent. When did they make the choice? After the Fall, since Choice became a factor
when God presented it in reference to the Tree.
Going to Ezekiel 34:8 we find God Himself defining the beast of the field as the
Wicked, those who go about in sheep's clothing, but are wolves inside. This shows the
prophetic message is also a warning, the beasts of the field are the tares, they are like
their father the devil, they hold serpent's lips. They are fallen, but not angels, they fit the
warning in Hebrews chapter 6, they tasted of the good things of God, but still liked the
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feeling they obtained from using the he of the world, but in the Night they attempt to crucify
the Son of God, yet it was the Son of man who went to the Cross. How can this be? The
Son of God was declared by the Spirit of Holiness by the Resurrection, to attempt to put
Jesus back on the Cross would be attempting to crucify the Son of God, an impossible act.
The Fall shows how the devil wanted to remove the competition, he changed from
protector, to forming a competition. Since the devil is spirit, it shows taking of his fruit does
put a spirit over man, the spirit of man also know as the spirit of disobedience. Does it
mean man is possessed? No, it means the spirit of disobedience is the nature of the man
as a result of the Fall. Paul shows we all were subject to the spirit of man as the children of
disobedience (Eph 2:2 & Col 3:6). However, God removed us from that realm, placing us
into the Kingdom of His Son (Eph 5:5).
The word Subtle becomes important, there are times when things, or events seem
petty in nature, but there is something going on behind the scenes. The evidence is here
at the tree, what was the big deal? One little bite, just one piece of fruit from a tree loaded
with fruit. After all, it probably lost some fruit through growth, so who would miss one?
Subtle is the use of tricky words, or hidden agendas to trap someone. Paul connected this
to the slight of men who lie in wait to deceive with their winds of doctrine (Eph 4:14). Subtle
is best defined as one using words with a hidden motive, one not clear at the moment. The
Subtle words are difficult to analyze, they are elusive, devious and tricky. After someone
uses those Subtle words we walk away wondering what was really said, or the next day
we see through the deception and remark, “Wait a minute!”.
The conversation at the tree only took a minute or two, just a few words spoken
among the many words spoken in all of time, yet the repercussions were great. By their
words they were condemned, yet if they would have made the right choice, then by their
words they would have been justified. The Fall was an action, but the action came as a
result of words, the words as a result of slandering the repetition of God.
The choice was there, God allowed knowing the result. Isn’t it strange how we
never see where Adam prayed, yet he walked with God in the cool of the day, but the first
words we find Adam saying are "This is now bone of my bones...", but those words were
directed toward the woman, in reference to words directed to God his first were, "I heard
Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself" (Gen
3:10). The spirit of man defined his sin as being naked, yet he was naked before, yet he
didn't have any trouble walking with God, now things have changed. Adam not is making
his own determination regarding sin, he is also determining how to correct it. After the fall
his knowledge of good and evil was corrupted, making his concepts faulty. The evidence is
found in his determination of being naked being the fault, but it does show the flesh is now
his concern, indicating the spirit of man had taken root. Why couldn’t God see Adam after
the Fall (Gen 3:9)? The Adam God knew was dead, but God is the God of the Living. God
was showing Adam how the Fall separated Adam from God, no more cool of the Day.
There was a competition going on, who was right? Did God say? Or didn't He?
Competition need not have two parties involved, it can have two involved, but it's not
necessary for the attitude of competition to take hold. We can be in competition with
someone who is not in competition with us. Competition is the means one uses to show
their self superior over another. It takes two to make war, but only one to make peace. This
thing could have ended faster than it began if Adam female, or Adam male would have
said, "Let's ask God".
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The devil used something God said; he not only used it out of context, but his intent
was to cause harm, thus the first slander was spoken by the devil in Genesis 3:1. The devil
didn’t say, “God has lied to you”, but he did began with, "Yea", or as the Hebrew shows,
"Yea because", then he added, "has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the
garden?" (Gen 3:1). How many debates, or self-justifications begin with "yeah, because"?
God said, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil, you shall not eat of it..." (Gen 2:16-17). The devil began with bits of what
God said, then made it appear as if God said "shall not" regarding every tree, which would
include the Tree of Life. He began the first theological debate, his intent was to discredit
God, yet trap another individual, causing them to fall. The Subtle aspect is the devil making
his words sound superior to the Words of God, the devil desires for any of us to use a
Godly principle, but in an ungodly manner. The female added to the premise, instead of
the shall not for the entire Garden, she narrowed it down to the one tree; however, she
took it one step further by adding a restriction (touch not). When she added to the premise
the devil knew the race was on, she had taken the bait of competition, she was now going
beyond what God said in order to win the debate. She was now becoming cunning, she
was using the same technique against the devil, he was using against her.
The devil could care less if we yell at him all the time, as long as we use his ways.
Michael the Archangel knew better than to get into a match of wits with the devil, rather he
said, “The Lord rebuke you” (Zech 3:2 & Jude 9). Michael didn’t attempt a knowledge
debate, nor did he say, “I come against you”, or “I rebuke you”, he knew the rebuke of the
Lord was more than sufficient.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not evil, the fruit was not evil, or
deadly. The act of disobedience produced the death, not the fruit. Like the food items in
the Law of Moses, the purpose was not to make one food better than another, or to say
God created unclean foods, rather the purpose was to gain obedience (Jere 7:22-23). God
lays these matters before us for the purpose for obedience, the item is merely a tool. What
God has cleaned, let no man call common (Acts 10:15).
Adam was given one commandment to do, with one not to do, his obedience was
before him. The evidence shows he lacked faith in God, he didn't even believe God.
Rather, he didn't do the Do, yet did the Do Not. Two commandments, he broke them both.
So, was Adam in the Garden for 8,000 years? More like eight seconds. If taking of the fruit
was a violation of the commandment, so was not multiplying, the evidence shows Adam
didn't know his wife until they left the Garden (Gen 4:1). As soon as they were banished
Adam begins his acts of restoration, but they are all self-based, he was using the spirit of
man to accomplish his personal agenda.
The devil sinned against the woman, the woman caused the man to sin, but we
can't blame the woman alone, the man also had choice, he was there with her, yet he
engaged in partaking of the fruit willingly. Every person is drawn away by their own lusts,
the male was not drawn away by the lust of the female, the female was not drawn away by
the lust of the devil, each was separately responsible for their own actions. Where did the
lust come from? The second they rejected the word of the Lord, their flesh started to take
on the role of master, it’s evident in Adam’s conclusion regarding his nakedness being his
sin: he was now Flesh minded.
The male sinned against himself, producing a situation where he couldn't redeem
himself, or his wife, yet they were One. Since everything produces after its own kind, we
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were all born with the same potential to partake of the wrong fruit, we did. "Wow, I thought
man could lift himself up by his own bootstraps". Try it, you will end upside down.
Adam still kept the two principles as he remained married to the one woman even
after the Fall. So, why not restore him? We could say, it's not fair, but in essence it is fair,
really a blessing. Adam proved all mankind will come short, all need a Savior, One who is
Greater and Mightier than we, even mightier than those with a Living Soul. We needed a
Savior, one who can defeat death, bringing us to a place where sin becomes a moot
subject. God provided us with our Victory, we have more than enough to win this. So, is
Adam in hell forever? Jesus preached to those in Paradise and hell, those who wanted to
leave became the captivity, He took captive (Ps 22:10-31).
We know the devil was never God, or a brother of Jesus, but he did have a position
as a protector or covering in the Garden. The devil was also appointed by God, thus one
could term him a god in the form of representation (Ezek 28:14). Jesus is not a product of
Creation, rather He took on the form of man, as a type and shadow of each of us being
Formed into the Image of God’s Son, as sons of God. The devil was clearly Created as the
prophet notes (Ezek 28:15), yet Jesus was not created, thus any thought of Jesus and the
devil being brothers is heresy. The concept of good against evil is not the issue, rather it's
how evil attempts to corrupt good.
All this is happening at a time when there were two humans and the angel called to
protect, there were no idols in the Garden. There were no gods of stone or wood in the
Garden, so even if the devil say, "you shall be as gods", so what? What are gods? Wait,
the word means representatives of God, there was an appointed anointed representative
in the Garden. The Cherub was given a tree so he could guide and protect the creation of
God, but he made it appear as if the fruit of the tree made him an angel. The devil had
taken of the tree, so did the tree cause him to be wise? Did the tree give him power to fly?
Did the tree make him beautiful? Was the tree the means giving him the anointing? The
first wind of doctrine was to elevate the fruit above the ability of God. The devil was the
anointed cherub who covered, but was it God who made him so, or was it the fruit of the
tree? There were two ways to find out, obey God by believing what God said, or take of
the fruit. Wonder which they did?
Adam female was beginning to wonder, if this angel became wise by the fruit;
maybe he is right, God just doesn't want us to fly around, or figure things out for ourselves.
We can see how the devil twisted knowledge into ability, then promised natural man a
power, by a fruit which could only give knowledge. The tree of the knowledge of good and
evil was not two trees, it was one tree with one type of fruit, but the fruit had two
characteristics. This tree was not the tree of good and evil, but of the Knowledge of good
and evil. The fruit allowed a division for clarification, but it was never designed for the
natural mind. The fall produced a knowledge, or mindset which was corrupt, the corrupt
mind then became the basis from which man would judge his standards of what is good,
or what is bad. The violation set up an order of disobedience introducing man to a nature
we se today; one says it’s right, another says it is not, man making his own determinations.
Did Adam actually see God? After all he walked with God in the cool of the day.
What about John 1:18, or First John 4:12 where we find no man has seen God at any
time. John used two different Greek words for seen in the verses, meaning to Perceive,
Understand, but it still stands no man has seen God. So what was Adam looking at? Or
was he? One can walk in the cool of day with God and never see God with the physical
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eye; we do it all the time. In Genesis 3:10 Adam said, “I heard Thy voice in the Garden”, in
Genesis 3:8 we find the “voice of the Lord God” walking in the Garden. The Voice of the
Lord God? Who has heard a voice walk? John was right, Adam walked with God, but he
never saw God, it was the Voice of God Adam heard. Adam never understood God, if he
did he would never have allowed the Fall to take place.
One might think the devil was saying they could be as God and finally see God with
their naked eyes. Perhaps, since the Hebrew Elohiym, was used for both God and gods in
Genesis 3:5, except the latter use points to the plural. The enticing was to be as the angels
of God, to be as wise as the protecting angel. In all this we want to make sure we don't
miss what god resulted in the fall, the flesh of Adam became his god, thus his nakedness
was at issue, but his flesh wasn't the problem, his soul was. Prior the flesh was subject to
the living soul, now the flesh gained mastery over the soul, placing the created soul in
bondage to the formation. The same carries on today, the drive to make the flesh safe and
comfortable is the driving force of the spirit of man. The Cross however is the place to
impute the flesh dead; Grace is the place to see the soul saved by the Spirit.
We also find the devil wasn't real bright to begin with, he limited himself to three
areas, he is still limited to those three. Although the three may wear different clothes, they
all have the same hats. The devil discovered how a creation of God can say No to God,
but Yes to evil, but the devil always comes up short, or goes too far. The fall also shows
how the devil can’t see two seconds into the future, he limited himself for all time by using
the three temptations of the world. The devil used the same three against Jesus, he still
uses them against all mankind. The three elements? The lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eye and the pride of life, they are also seen as the power, authority and seat of Satan, or
as the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust for other things; they are
also known as natural, sensual (soulish) and devilish. All three are common: right about
now you are wondering about the term spiritual wickedness means. The word Wickedness
means Iniquity, thus it's not a wicked action by spiritual means, but the failure to be
spiritual after one gains the Spirit (Eph 6:12). Therefore, remaining natural when we have
the Spirit is spiritual wickedness, the only place spiritual wickedness can happen is in high
places, or better by those who enter the high places by the Mercies of God.
When the woman took of the fruit, the character of the devil took seed and root in
her heart (spirit of man) and soul (spirit lusting to envy), her offspring had the same seed of
the spirit of man in their hearts ready to spring forth. The very first child was a murderer,
who killed his brother over a sacrifice to God. At the same time there was the measure of
faith was working in man; Hebrews chapter 11 has a list of many who held to the measure
of faith in the face of adversity, yet even the measure of faith was not enough to gain the
Promise (Heb 11:39). Were there people who were not driven by evil? Yes, Abel was one,
but man was still bound by the spirit of man. David was a man after God’s own heart, but
he took Bathsheba, then had her husband killed. Even if someone does something good,
the idea came from God, yet the flesh of man seeks the glory, the iniquity would be failing
to give God the glory. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
The fall was a transfer of wills, desires and agendas by gaining a corrupt thought
process, in no stretch of the imagination was there any sexual contact between the devil
and the woman, it was a mental seduction. Adam didn’t know Eve until after the fall, thus
Eve was still a virgin at the tree. We know Jesus had to come from a virgin, in so doing He
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was able to immediately bring us to a Garden of God position as living souls, then by His
Resurrection we were granted the opportunity to become sons of God.
The mental seduction of the devil is played out daily in the mind games of man.
Mind games hold hidden agendas, or deceptive plans to get people to do something for
us, without directly asking them. A mind game is to cause something to happen, while at
the same time not letting the other party know our intent. We speak of one thing, in order
to manipulate the person to do something else, yet it's the something else we really want.
We don't want to owe anyone, so we make suggestions knowing the person can hear, but
do we owe them? No, we didn't tell them to do it, they Just did it. "Oh my back, I wish I had
some help around here", "Ah gee I can help, where do you want it?" "Over there is fine".
"There, oh I wonder if you can help me with this paperwork". "No, I'm sorry I don't have
time". "Wait, I helped you". "I didn't ask". Mind games are deceptive, manipulative and
demonic; being Honest is straight forward and open. The devil played a mind game at the
tree, Eve started to use the same wiles, playing her own mind game, yet her own trap
slammed shut on her. Adam male played a silent mind game, but the wheels were turning.
Adam male's mind game also trapped him, all three were caught in their own traps. We
presume our mind games have trapped others, but in truth they trap us by our self-
deception. Therefore, deception holds its own hidden agenda, when we use deception it
weaves a web around us. Paul shows those who teach deception become deceived. The
same is true with mind games, our own mind games trap us, we become our own victim.
When God judged, He was merely informing Adam male, Adam female and the
serpent the result of their actions. True Judgment is the division between the Precious and
the Vile, with the information of the consequences of ones actions. Adam had free moral
choice, the reward would have been long life, the consequence was death. God merely
granted unto man the product of man's doing, God didn't curse Adam or Eve at the fall, but
was there a curse connected to the fall? It’s important, since some think God brought
judgment on Adam, but God was merely showing them the results of their actions. The
ground was cursed, not because God said so, but because Adam made it so. In Genesis
3:13 God said, "What is this you have done?", then in Genesis 3:14 God told the serpent,
"because you have done this", then again in Genesis 3:17 He says, "Because you have
hearkened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree". All of these show God
was explaining the consequences, or showing them the wages of sin are death. God
merely made a statement of fact by informing them the result of their folly. This would be
the first time death came as the result of sin, yet it came based on being enticed to test
God through misused knowledge.
When Adam male and Adam female left the Garden, they took the Fall nature with
them: the same nature is around today, it's the controlling element in the world, the fear
found in the spirit of man dominates the world. The evidence is obvious, not only do we
find some saying something is good while another says it's evil, they advance the premise
to what they call a right. One says they have a right, the other says they don't. Most of us
took of the fruit from the hand of another person, someone enticed us, we did partake, we
then made our own self-determinations on what is good, or what is evil.
Now we know the reason for the Ten Commandments, should a Christian be told to
honor God? Should we be told not to steal? The nature of fallen man is revealed in the
Ten Commandments, proven by the Law of Moses. Natural man hates to be confronted
with the truth regarding his fallen nature, thus natural man hates the Ten Commandments.
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They are not only afraid of them, they hate the exposure of the self-nature. The Ten
Commandments are good, they are the basis for man’s Law. Where did man obtain the
punishment for stealing? How about murder? How does man know murder is wrong to
begin with? Not from the fallen nature, rather because God said it was wrong.
Other things came with the fall, we know the fall lacked faith, since it produced fear,
becoming the main element in the spirit of man. The first time we find the concept of Fear
is after the fall, just as the first time we find the concepts of Shame and Self-awareness are
after the Fall. God was no longer the center point of man’s attention, rather man became
the focus of man’s attention. Religious carnal thinking is no different, "what can God do for
me?", rather than, "what can I do for God?". Carnal religious thinking wants to be
entertained, they want God to serve them, to perform for them, when He doesn't they get
mad.
The word Knowledge means An awareness, thus the purpose of the tree was for
the devil to have an awareness of man, in order to protect man, but the tree taken by man,
produced a view of man from man's prospective, which caused man to be self-protective,
or self-aware. The paradox is how the devil ended introducing the spirit of man, knowing
the things of man, but completely ignorant of the Spiritual things of God. To the spirit of
man, the Spiritual things of God are still foolishness.
Adam's action came as a result of his reasoning, his reasoning as a result of his
thinking, his thinking as a result of his intent; his intent was formed as he watched to see
what would happen to bone of my bone. Jesus told us from the heart comes no good
thing, yet Paul said we must believe from our heart. We must have a new heart, but how?
By the Holy Ghost bringing a circumcision of our heart not made with hands, giving us the
New Man as our New heart (Prov 16:1, Mark 7:20-23 & Rom 10:6-10). If God creates a
Clean heart in us, then the old one wasn't a creation to begin with, thus the old man is not
the soul, since the soul is a creation. The old man, is the hidden nature derived from the
fall, a spirit not embedded, but nonetheless an element guiding the flesh, as the flesh
guides the soul, explaining, that born of the flesh is flesh. We asked God to give us the
Spirit, we gained a new heart where the intent is pure, so we could truly believe Jesus was
raised from the dead. The New Man believes in the Resurrection of Jesus without fault,
because he is a product of the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead. The New Man
(Spirit in us) calls out ABBA Father; without the New Man we don't have the basis to
Believe in our heart; of course anyone can have an intellectual view, but it will fail in the
face of adversity. The Bible points out Belief is more than a mental view, it's a way of life.
In order for us to walk in the Spirit, we must have the Spirit. In order to believe the Spirit
raised Jesus from the dead, we need the same Spirit of Holiness.
The soul of man studying the soul of man is the blind leading the blind. The New
Man allows us to view the natural through the spiritual, but natural man is not spiritual in
nature, thus the natural attempting to view the natural from the natural produces confusion,
then fear causing a self-determined drive for self-preservation. There is a vast difference
between man studying a bone, and the bone studying man.
The fruit gave man a self-based knowledge, causing self determinations based in
the knowledge of self-awareness. It's for this reason the concept of the saving of the soul
could not come until the New Birth was granted. The Spirit in us by the New Birth is saving
our soul by a forming process, the cleaning away all those traits, tares and evil concepts
planted while we under the spirit of man. God’s people are still destroyed (cut off) because
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of a lack of knowledge, God didn’t keep the knowledge from man, rather man rejected the
knowledge of God for the corrupt knowledge of the self (Hosea 4:6).
It's a true saying; if we really want to see our enemy, just look in the bathroom
mirror. Prior to Pentecost the disciples wanted to know God, but there was something
hindering them, even Philip asked, "Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us", but Jesus
said, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not Known Me Philip? he who
has Seen Me has Seen the Father" (Jn 14:8-9). Couldn't Philip see it? No, none of the
disciples were Born Again until Pentecost. All this brings us an interesting question, what
do the words Show and Seen mean? They are the same Greek word, meaning To
Perceive, or Understand, yet this same Philip walked with Jesus in the cool of the day, sat
with Him at the table, saw the Lord do many things, even saw the Lord apply the doctrine
of the Father, but his Understanding was still natural, he was still using the old man to
discern the events. Peter was like Philip, it took a horrid experience of exposure for Peter
to change from "not so Lord", to "You know all things Lord". Peter felt his walk with the
Lord had come to an end, but his walk was just beginning, it would be greater than he ever
thought possible. John chapter 21 is recovery of Peter, thus the Lord doesn’t case us off
because of a mistake, rather this is the Season of reconciliation (II Cor 5:19).
The Old Testament saint attempted to get a right spirit (attitude) toward God, we in
the New get Right with God by the Spirit. We find the Old Testament has references to
many types of spirits, both good and evil: spirit of jealousy (Numb 5:14), another spirit
(Numb 14:24), a sorrowful spirit (I Sam 1:15), an evil spirit from the Lord (I Sam 16:14), a
sad spirit (I Kings 21:5), a lying spirit (I Kings 22:22), the spirit of king Cyrus (II Chron
36:22), and so on, all showing natures. In the case of Saul we read where God put an evil
spirit on the man, so does God has an evil spirit? No, God removes the covering, allowing
the evil in man to come forth, in most cases it’s the attitude of the old nature. Isn’t it what
happened to the Cherub? Yes, he moved outside of his position and anointing, causing his
iniquity to become his covering.
When God took His hand off Saul, the real Saul surfaced, causing him to run after
witches for his knowledge. There are demons who possess and oppress people, there are
Tares planted by the enemy, there is the spirit of man as the old nature, all of which have
the same source, they know nothing but to destroy. The anointing is a protection and
ability, it can be on us, or in us, or both on and in. In Saul's case his anointing was based
on his position, not on the man, when the anointing of the position changed from Saul to
David, the real Saul surfaced. There is a difference between Position and Office, Saul was
given a Position, the Office was promised after the test, but he never got past the test. The
self-based, self-centered heart of Saul sought after things his lust desired; making Saul a
type and shadow of the Wicked. There is an anointing on the Body of Christ, anyone who
enters is covered by the anointing (Unction). A point in case is Judas, he was accepted
into a position, thus the position carried an anointing, but the man remained the same. The
anointing is the ability granted by God to perform some task, yet there are various types of
anointing. The priests under the Old Covenant had an anointing specific in nature for the
task of carrying out the duties of their position. Jesus is The Christ, meaning all anointed
One, or the One from whom all anointing comes. John says we have a Unction (covering)
to guide us, then he talks about the anti-anointed ones, also know as "antichrist", or
opposed to the anointing (I Jn 2:19-20). The New Man carries an anointing unto Salvation,
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a powerful and dynamic anointing, thus we have the Unction on us, with an Anointing in us
by the New Birth (I Jn 2:20 & 2:27).
The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil taken by man started a entire
era wherein man equated everything, including God, to man’s natural thinking. "God must
have a beginning", why? Because man has one. "God must be out to hurt us", why?
Because man is out to hurt himself. "God must be limited", why? Man is limited. Even
heaven had to equate to man, streets of gold, houses and the such were all equated to
earthly things so natural man could gain a grasp of heaven. God does speak to us in
relationship to earthly things, but we can see why. Paul said the things of Paradise cannot
be uttered with a human language without discrediting, or blaspheming them (II Cor 12:2-
4). The things of God in heaven are so far above the natural state of man, even the best of
intentions to describe them in a natural language ends in blasphemy, since no natural
language can render heavenly things due respect. What above John with his Book of
Revelation? It’s a vision, plus he was told to write what he saw, Paul was not.
Before the fall Adam male and Adam female were naked and not ashamed, this
doesn't mean they enjoyed their nakedness, it means it wasn't a factor (Gen 2:25). They
were not concerned with their appearance, self-awareness had not entered, rather they
were concerned with the things around them. Until the time when they were no longer
pleased, then the door was open for the devil to insert his plan. In essence they gave the
devil place, he took it.
Adam's choice involved pleasure in God, or pleasure in his surroundings, he picked
the surroundings, the wrong choice always falls short of the expectation. Adam had
something in him created by God, but Adam's flesh was a reproduction of the earth, being
Formed from the elements of the earth, thus Adam picked the reproduction over the
creation. God gave Adam the Garden, failure comes when we honor the gift, more than
the Giver. This was termed by Paul as loving pleasure more than God, they do love God,
it’s what we find at the fall (II Tim 3:1-4).
Adam is known as a "son of God", later Seth will also be termed a "son of God", but
it’s not the same as being the Son of God, or a son of God by the Spirit. Adam begins all
this, Seth begins the line to Jesus, but neither could save man from himself. God looked at
Purpose, then spoke as if the Plan was complete. The term “son of God” as it relates to
these people means one who worships God. Adam still worshiped God, he even gave
sacrifices after the Fall. How do we think Cain and Abel learned how to sacrifice?
Would they multiply? Yes, the command is still being carried out. However, isn't it
interesting how Adam was not told to leave her mother and father? Males have the
tendency to long for home, females have the mother instinct, they are ready to begin a
family. Adam is being told the animals, the Garden, even the angel protecting them is not
as important as his wife. However, at the tree his wife became an experiment to determine
if one would die from eating the fruit.
The devil's position at the time was to protect Adam, but the devil wanted to be
Adam's companion, friend and provider. The devil was not bone of my bone, but he
desired to have the position (Gen 2:23). The desire to obtain a position not granted, then
control the position is the evil motivation behind the fall. The tree was suppose to be used
to assist the devil, not to control Adam. Adam female heard gods then thought she could
be as the angels, thus she sought a position not granted to her. The devil wanted the
woman's position, the woman wanted to be like the angels (gods), the man wanted to be a
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part of what was going on. The fall nature begins when we desire something not afforded
us by God. The New Birth brings a New Creature so we can be spiritual in nature, thus we
don't seek something not afforded, but seek to be complete in something granted by God.
Adam was a living soul, he was not promised or given a spirit, thus his desire to have a
spiritual position was his rebellion.
Now we can answer the question, ”were there other beasts of the field?”. When
Adam male said, “it was the woman you gave me”, when Adam female said, “it was the
serpent”, they were being tricky, or subtle. Rather than Adam of the Garden, they became
“beasts of the field”; therefore showing us the dual usage of Adam. In some cases we’re
looking at “Adam of the Garden”, but we also see “Adam of the field, the subtle beast”.
Who else does it sound like? Judas? Yes, Judas the preacher who cast out devils, then
there was Judas the thief and betrayer.
After the fall God merely moved Adam male and female to the locale they had
joined to, like some people once they find the folly of their sin, they want to force change,
without wanting to be changed. The beast of the field hasn’t changed, they still desire to
make the world the kingdom by forcing life principles on those who have no life. Same old
thing, it was the world you gave me, but it still doesn’t move God.
The devil wasn't happy with the manner in which God operated, he then moved
against the Will of God, twisting his position of protection to one of destruction. Once the
devil allowed iniquity to rule his mind, the fall was established. The acts merely brought the
thoughts into a place of action, the action brought the result. James tells us the thought is
only a thought until we make it an action, but Jesus said if we think it, we did it, go figure?
The context Jesus uses is not a the thought alone, but a constant thought forming plans,
or attempting to make the thought come to pass. Therefore, Jesus was explaining the fall
nature as the motivation of the natural unsaved soul of man. Man not only had to be told
"thou shall not commit adultery", but the mind of man proved how man thought on the act,
thus the Commandment only exposed the act as sin. Jesus pointed out the source of the
act, He was showing there is an escape. Walk in the Father’s Mercy, it will transform the
mind of man.
The devil made his plan, put it into action, but why didn’t he use the multiply issue?
No violation, the only premise he had was knowledge, Adam female was making her plan
as she went, but she nonetheless had a plan. Adam male had his plan in the works as
well, “if she drops down dead, then I'm not about to touch the fruit, but if the serpent is
right, or if she becomes a god, then count me in”. The deception of the devil was obvious
to the spiritually minded, he felt God wouldn't know what he was doing until it was done, he
assumed his plan and thoughts were hidden from God, even if they were discovered, he
was the anointed cherub, the protection of creation was in his hands, under his power,
who would dare challenge him, yet prior this same creation stood before the very throne of
God, for who knows how long. One form of self-deception is using the things of God in a
wrongful manner, then presuming they have done God a service. The misuse of the
position changed the Cherub into the devil, thus Judas was called a "devil" since he was
misusing his God given position (Jn 6:70).
The devil had a plan, on the surface it looked like it would work, but the result
shows it went awry. The evidence? Losing his position for one, yet we must remember
Adam named all the animals, yet the Woman was his Help Meet, thus we are not talking
about a couple of idiots, they had intellect before the fall, but the mind they used was not
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the Mind of Christ, rather their mind was still natural in nature. Paul tells us without the
Spirit there is no way to know the ways of God, for they are spiritually discerned (I Cor 2:9-
10 & 13-14). Any natural person will lack the ability to handle the spiritual things of God,
thus we must be Born Again in order to enter the realm of the Spiritual.
The devil's plan had to center on something of the earth, but heaven related. There
must have been something in the Garden to make Eve think by taking of the fruit she
would become a god. Ezekiel 28:17 tells us this anointed cherub who covers was
beautiful, but the beauty also caused him to be lifted up, rather than give God the glory for
the beauty, he became self-impressed. We found the angels are known as gods, the same
Hebrew word was used to describe the people of God as extensions of God (Job 1:6 & Ps
82:1-8). The enticing factor? To be like this beautiful cherub. Angels are sent as ministers
to those who shall be heirs of salvation, not those who are heirs (Heb 1:14). What was the
lust in the devil? To be the help meet, thus the lust of one was drawing on the lust of the
other, but the desires were different. The devil is the tempter because he is all lust, yet he
entices by seeking a lust in his victims.
At the tree we find the first evil prophecy going forth, we also find it was received
then acted upon. The devil made a prophecy, if Adam female believes it by acting upon it,
then she will make it happen. Yet we will find the devil used wording suggesting one thing,
but produced another, which is the basis of a lie. The devil said their eyes would be open,
were their eyes opened? Yes, read Genesis 3:5 then 3:7; in 3:5 the devil said, "then your
eyes shall be opened", in 3:7 after they took of the fruit we read, "the eyes of them both
were opened". Did the devil tell the truth? No, on the surface it would seem their eyes
would be open to the things of God, but their eyes were closed to the things of God, yet
opened to self-awareness of the flesh. Something the devil left out, making his statement a
lie. It was once said a half truth suggesting one thing, but produces another is still a lie. At
times it’s not what a person says, but what they fail to say. We must discern, we could
hear fifty minutes of Truth, five minutes of personal agenda, yet toss out the Baby Jesus
with the dirty bath water. We discern, we keep the fifty minutes of truth, toss out the
personal agenda. Here the devil made a suggestion containing facts, but his intent was to
deceive, meaning he left out the important areas, thus it was the first wind of doctrine; or
something connected to the doctrine as a fringe area, which fails to give the heart of the
doctrine.
In the Hebrew the word Knew means self-aware, the self nature became the works
of the devil, known as the spirit of man. Eve felt she would have the same clarity as God,
to be wise; she was willing to violate the Commandment to get it, or was she? She was
enticed, thus she didn't think she was violating the Commandment, she thought she had
passed the test, but what she thought and what was happening were completely different.
Look at the event, she stood firm, added to the Commandment yes, but still she was firm,
until she saw; then her flesh became the prominent factor in her life, she then interpreted
what she Saw, making each of the three lusts her guides. Food for her flesh, something to
make her feel good, something to make her think she was wise. Those three elements are
the pillars to the fall nature (spirit of man).
It's all here at the tree, the serpent's Method of Operation (wiles), are the methods
his workers use as well. So, do we fight the workers? Or the methods? The methods of
course, we don't use the same methods then claim victory over the devil. Don't forget God
placed the serpent with the beasts of the field in the realm of the Subtil. Why is this so
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important? The Book of Hebrews tells us we can Fall (or fail at) from Grace, allowing the
Root of Bitterness to spring up (Heb 12:15). What runs hand in hand with Bitterness?
Unbelief, murmuring and complaining, then comes slander, jealousy, envy, then attacking
the members of the Body of Christ. If the devil is bound to his Wiles, then it behooves us to
find out what those Wiles are. If we are given Weapons through God, it behooves us to
find out what those Weapons are, so we don't mix one into the other. Paul told us to
preach the truth in love, the devil wants us to preach fear by deception.
Adam female and Adam male were in a state of exposure, God gave them more
than their need, but they weren’t satisfied, greed took over, they sought things outside
those God granted. There are only three subjects here, yet none of them said, "Hold it,
wait, this is wrong". They were gathered together, but not to edify. Now wait, if the Garden
of God was protected, how could the serpent cause the fall? He was granted a position
within, just like Judas. What motivated Judas? The bag, more money, he sought things
outside those God granted.
Was Eve confused? No, she admits she was tricked, not confused. Three people
can hear the same message, one hears Truth, then receives it, another is offended, the
third is confused, yet all three heard the same words. If we have Truth, then we won't be
confused, or offended at the Truth, but if we have a Stronghold the Truth will expose the
Stronghold, thus the Stronghold will cause the confusion, or offense. The enemy attempts
to tell us the Confusion is the Truth, or the Truth is the Confusion. "Well I wasn't confused
until they showed up". Ahh, it's the clue, we held a stronghold, Truth came as a hammer to
the stronghold, we became confused. Paul was not fooled by the false apostles, but the
Corinthians were. What made the difference? Being Spiritual in nature, the Corinthians
were carnal, thus they were easily impressed by personality, or natural intellect. Paul was
Spiritual, he was not moved by natural things.
Adam female didn't run to the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil to take of the
fruit immediately, rather she engaged in a theological debate. She then added to the
Commandment, causing her to become enticed. She began to use the same means as
those being used against her, which is the trick of the enemy. Questions leading us into
debates, or mind-games are demonic in nature, the devil used a question to draw the
debate into the specific area where his plan waits. The conversation at the tree is an
example of lying in wait to deceive. The devil didn't ask Adam female, "Is the Tree of Life
really in the midst of the Garden?". Why? He wanted to focus the conversation in one
area, the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Once Eve entered the debate
it was only a matter of time before she would fall.
The devil challenges the Word, ignores the Word, or denies the Word, but his
weapons are still the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, or the pride of life. The devil can
quote Scripture with the best of them, it's the interpretation and wisdom he can't get right.
Simply quoting Scripture isn't a sign of holiness, the Pharisees quoted Scripture, but Jesus
interpreted it.
Adam felt he could violate the Commandment, yet still remain in the Garden with
his the Tree of Life, thus he lacked a fear of God, as well as an awareness of God's
integrity, he found what God says, He means. Therefore, Adam assumed God would not
punish him, he became overconfident in his position, just as Judas. "After all I'm Adam, I
walk in the cool of the day with God, don't you know", “after all I’m Judas, Jesus told me to
do this quickly”, both lacked a fear of God. While we are on this earth this lesson of Adam
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proves one thing, faith is a confidence in God to bring us through this, but we can become
so overconfident in our position thinking we can't fall regardless of what we do. The latter is
why the Wicked do fall, yet we know faith in God will please God.
The paradox is seeing the Day of Rest had passed, here God was working on the
result of the Fall. Adding we find the formation of the woman had to be after the Seventh
day, since Adam named the animals and searched for his help meet. God’s work
regarding the Judgment was done, but now it’s pointing to the Day, the time of
Redemption.
The devil also assumed the Woman would fall, be cast from the Garden, leaving
the devil and Adam male as help meets; however, like all the plans of the devil, it soon
turned to testify against him. From this we gain four elements, first and foremost the devil
can't see two seconds into the future. Second the moment we use slander against
another, it testifies against us, not them. They may suffer as a result of our words, we may
take pride in our efforts, we may even assume we got away with it, but in the end, if we fail
to repent, we will pay. Thirdly we find the concept of, a point of view, the devil's point of
view saw Adam female intruding into his space, but in God's point of view Adam male and
Adam female were to be One, the entire Garden was theirs. Fourth is how the devil knows
the nature of natural man, so much so he doesn't have to read mankind’s mind.
The devil began by questioning God's command, when Adam female attempted to
defend God, she introduced the first heresy, yet the male was the leader of the
congregation, but sat idle. The role of a Pastor is to protect the flock in a Godly manner,
here the leader watched as his flock was on the road of destruction.
The attempt of Adam female to go beyond the words to the introduce her opinion
regarding what God said opened the door for the devil to insert his opinion; Paul called it
giving place to the devil. She attempted to out God the devil; we’ve all seen it, “God is so
good, I needed five dollars and He delivered”, “Oh yes I know, I needed fifty, but He gave
me a hundred”, “Oh I prayed and God healed my sore finger”, “Oh yes I know, I prayed
and God healed my entire leg, and my neighbor’s sore corns”. Competition, even in the
things of God relate to the fall nature. The devil's presentations often seem "good to the
eyes", or able to "make one wise", it can even "seem right" to the natural mind of man, but
there is a way unto man which seems right, yet leads to death (Prov 14:12).
The devil hasn't changed since the tree, the proof of his limitation is seen in
Scripture:
Gen 3:6 Mark 4:19 James 3:15 I Jn 2:16

saw the tree was good for food cares of this world earthly lust of the flesh
pleasant to the eyes deceitfulness of riches sensual lust of the eye
one to make one wise lusts for other things devilish pride of life
Correlation indeed, the three elements of the spirit of man, are the same as the power,
authority and seat of Satan, all of which are a product of the fall, the same elements
motivating the spirit of disobedience, or the spirit lusting to envy. No wonder Jesus told us
to seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
When Adam female took the Commandment out of context, the devil then gave his
false teaching on the subject, introducing the first false prophecy. The false prophecy was
"You shall not surely die", which is a future tense statement, making it a prophetic, but it
was based on false information, making it false. Adam male followed suit by making his
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own conclusion regarding the Commandment, but he also failed to protect his help meet.
When God said, "cleave unto her", it’s what He meant, allowing her to fall into the hands of
the serpent, was hardly Cleaving. All three introduced the various false elements of wicked
ministry, they brought about false teaching, false prophecy, carnal views regarding what
God said, ending in rebellion regarding the things of God. All these things happened in just
a few moments in a conversation carrying repercussions Adam couldn’t even begin to
conceive.
Prior God told Adam, "for in the day you eat thereof you shall surely die" (Gen
2:17). In the Hebrew the phrase reads, "In dying you shall die", showing a progression of
death, or a declining of life, if Adam knew of life, he knew the reverse would be death. The
commandment was, not to eat thereof, Adam could touch it, water it, look at it, wonder
about it, make a painting of it, or ignore it, but he could not eat thereof. Adam female
transgressed, or ventured into a place she should not be, Adam male failed to protect
bone of my bone, thus both failed at their God given positions, both would reap what they
sowed, yet both will justify their actions by blaming each other.
It's clear the fall came because they failed to Obey the Commandment, but is there
only one form of Obedience? No, one can obey out of fear, or obey out of love, or one can
even obey reluctantly. If someone told us to hand them a glass of water, we could obey
the command, but be nasty in the doing. We can hand them the glass, but in our minds we
could be saying, "I always have to do this, I don't like this guy anyway, but I'll do it, bless
God, I'll do it because God told me to, but I hate it". It’s not the type of obedience God is
looking for. In the Greek there are several words for Obey, one is Hupakouo meaning To
hear or hearken with the idea of listening to something with attention; it was used in
Ephesians 6:1 in reference to Children Obeying their parents. There is the Greek Hupakoe
which was used in reference to a slave hearing their master, then obeying with joy and
gladness. This word shows Faith must entail a willingness to obey, based in respect and
honor for the Master's desires. The point being, there are different ways to do something,
then claim we Obeyed, yet if all we did was an act, were we really obeying? Simply doing
the act isn't necessarily Godly obedience, we must obey in joy. Doing what God wants
while being nasty about it, is hardly Godly Obedience, no one likes a nasty spirited person.
Did Adam or Eve repent? Not hardly, Adam blamed God and the woman, Eve
blamed God and the devil. The devil had two workers speaking for him, it would seem as if
the devil won, but God is the real winner in this, the evidence is Jesus. All this was in the
Plan, God didn't design it, His design included it. However, on the surface it would appear
as if the devil's plan worked, after all, there were only two humans, both followed the
dictates of the devil, thus one would think the devil was able to win 100 percent of the
subjects, but the beginning is not the end, the end shows there are a people of God, a
people who refuse to use the works of darkness, a people who love the Lord with all their
heart, who are willing to pay the price. God knew the potential was there, Adam was
created in the Garden to be tempted of the devil. Much later Jesus would be taken into the
wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil. The results between the First Adam and
the Second Adam are much different, Amen?
At first we find Adam female wasn’t enticed, but she started to debate the issue,
through debating she went beyond the truth to make her point, by making her point sound
greater than it was, therein she became bewitched. It sounded like she was defending the
faith, but she was using the same means as the serpent. The second she crossed over the
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line she gave birth to the Pride of life causing her to receive a new mindset. All this is
taking place before she took of the fruit, thus the taking of the fruit was the result of the lust
of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life, not the cause, making the fruit a victim.
The evidence? Genesis 3:6 shows she Saw the tree before she took of the fruit, thus she
was drawn away by her lust, then she did partake. Where did this lust come from? The
debate, it was birthed from the flesh, the reproduction of the darkness. Once the exposure
came it was time to deal with it, not play with it, but rather than deal with it, she used it.
When she saw the tree her eyes were being opened to self-awareness, the very
things she saw as Good were about to turn into Evil. She became the center of attention,
the devil made a promise to her, she was being entertained by the devil as he exalted her,
yet she was being separated from God. The devil planted his tare through suggestions,
then promising a condition and position he wasn't able to provide, yet there was a transfer
of attitudes, natures and characters taking place. The more the devil deceived, the more
he became deceived. The Woman received a different thinking process, she began to see
things as the devil saw them. Her mind turned to the flesh, her soul began to concern itself
with the flesh. Was she demon possessed? No, she took of the wiles of the devil, she
didn't take the devil, he remained at the tree. By taking the byproduct of the devil, she also
took of his mindset, nature, ending with the spirit of man.
The devil became the devil (deceiver) by his own words, he was created perfect,
but when he used iniquity, he became the first worker of iniquity, the other beasts of the
field follow his course. The devil used slander and accusation to promote his self-pleasure,
but who was the first one the devil accused? God, he attacked the words spoken by God,
thus the attack was against words spoken by God. The same attitude was transferred to
the soul of the woman, she became a byproduct of the works of the devil. She then gave
the fruit to her husband who was with her, the two became one in death. The first product
after the fall was Cain, the one who killed his brother over a sacrifice to God.
Jesus told us, "deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow Me", at the tree we see
the devil's intent was "enhance your self nature, deny the commandment and be like me".
The three elements Jesus gave us will overcome the enticing ways of the enemy, the
Water, Blood and Spirit are still the Witness. Without Jesus we haven’t a chance, we can
pray fifty times a day, yet go to hell in a hand basket. However, with Jesus we’re in win
situation, thus Jesus has won, we enjoy the victory.
As far as partaking of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it's still
a sin, but it became iniquity for the devil to fail at his position of protecting by presenting
the fruit to natural man. When God appoints Pastors or Leaders, their job is to Feed the
flock of God among them, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint (compulsion), but
willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready (willing) mind; neither being lords over God's
heritage, but being ensamples (examples) to the flock (I Pet 5:2-3). The word oversight
doesn't mean to guard, or keep in one place, rather it's the Greek Episkopeo meaning To
look upon, or Observe, as in examining the state of affairs in order to provide what is
needed. The devil could have said it was exactly what he was doing, he needed the
woman out of there, but he used a twisted concept of covering.
When Adam was caught he defined his sin as being naked, then he used a Fig
Leaf as his covering. The act would produce another metaphor, the Fig Tree, which
became a metaphor for the religious order of Israel, thus the religious order of Israel could
not do away with sin, it would only cover it for the moment. The Law of Moses proves this
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concept, since it had two products, blessing and cursing, it still became a way to balance
the scale for taking of the fruit, not a way to return man back to innocence. The Law of the
Spirit is a changing of the heart, nature, condition and position unto the saving of the soul,
justifying us so we will be innocent before God; much different.
The woman was in transgression, but it was based on being deceived; however,
she became deceived based on two elements (I Tim 2:11-14). She wanted what the devil
promised, then she entered a debate over theology. What theology? "Did God say",
discussions pertaining to what God has said become points of theology. The man was not
deceived, he knew what was going on, but failed to intervene, thus his action was more
iniquity, causing him to sin when he took the fruit. The wife became a symbol of the
congregation in the Body of Christ, the husband a symbol of the leaders of the Body. This
exact premise would be used by Paul to explain the danger of entering an ineffective
condition by placing some yoke between us and Christ (Anointing of the Body - I Cor 11:1-
11). Look at what Adam male did as a leader, he gave his podium to the devil, then
allowed the devil to preach to his congregation (Adam female), the result was his
congregation becoming deceived, then falling into the snare of the devil, yet Adam male
followed right behind.
Adam was now afraid, a trait of the spirit of man, causing him to run to the Fig Tree
for his covering. His fear of God came after the fact, if he had obtained a fear of God
before the fact, the fall would never have happened; however, God knew Adam didn't fear
Him, He also knew the fall would happen, it had a purpose. It's for this reason we don't find
Adam connected to the word Faith. A Godly fear of God is connected to real faith, if
someone has no fear of God, they are not using faith, they are using mind power.
How do we know there was a mind changing? The word Wise is the Hebrew Sakal
meaning Intelligent, or Intellect, all Intellect relates to knowledge. Paul said there was a
knowledge of man, and a knowledge from heaven. The knowledge they gained at the tree
was destructive in nature, it was based on the Waster who knows nothing else but to
destroy.
The result of the fall changed "bone of my bone" to "the woman you gave me" (Gen
3:12). Excuses with accusations became the result of your eyes shall be opened. Eve
found both she and her husband ended as gods, but those gods were self-idols formed in
their own minds. The first excuse out of the mouth of man after the fall was self-
justification. "Well, I wouldn't have done it if old so and so hadn't made me". No, every one
is drawn away by their own lust, true the other did entice, but we our own lust did accept
the enticement.
The first line of excuses came from man, Adam blamed Eve and God; whereas,
Eve blamed the devil and God. Neither Adam or Eve took the responsibly for their iniquity
or transgression, meaning the devil didn't have to say a word (Gen 3:12-13). This becomes
our first premise of Warfare. They used the wrong weapons by attempting to place the
blame on others, rather than seek repentance. The heart of Repentance is taking
responsibility for our failures, then seeking God’s restoration.
The devil was the first in line for judgment, really the only one of the three to be
cursed (Gen 3:14). The ground was cursed because of Adam man, the Woman would
suffer in childbirth, but the text shows out of the three only the devil is cursed. The first time
we find the word Cursed, or Curse it relates to the Serpent (Gen 3:14).
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Within all this we find a Prophecy which goes directly to the Seed of the Woman,
not the Seeds of Abraham, there is a difference. The Woman will bring the Man Child, the
Remnant are noted as the Remnant of her seed (Rev 12:17). The Remnant are never
seen as the Seed of God, the word Remnant means The remaining area, thus the
Remnant are the Lesser Light to complete the judgment, or as Jesus called them, the little
flock. How will they bring Judgment? They die at the hands of the wicked, when all the
righteous are gone, then comes the prophecy, "it's appointed unto all men once to die,
then comes the judgment". God will not destroy the righteous with the wicked, but He will
wait until the Wicked have destroyed everyone, including themselves.
We are the Greater Light who have the Seed of God, purposed for Salvation. There
is a difference between "seed of the woman", and "seed of God". Jesus came as the Seed
of the Woman, but who is the Woman? The Church? No, the Church was birthed on
Pentecost, Jesus said He would build His Church, thus the Church didn't give birth to
Jesus, rather Jesus gave birth to the Church. The Woman is seen in prophecy as "a city",
not any city, but a special city, thus Jesus wept over the city.
The language of Genesis 3:15 is strange at best, if we forget about the rest of the
Bible. Verse 14 clearly shows the serpent is cursed, yet one can only give what they have,
thus the only thing the serpent can bring is cursing. Did God curse the serpent? No, the
serpent cursed himself, God merely made the obvious more obvious. From this we find the
Law of Moses is a two-way street, if a one under the Law failed at the Law then the Law
would cause the curse to take effect. Therefore, we are told to bless and curse not, we are
under a different Law.
In verse 15 we find Jesus isn't going to bruise the serpent, rather the serpent will
bruise the heel of Jesus; however, we also find an It will bruise the serpent. There is only
one group who can fit an It, the Body of Christ, who are neither male or female, but an It.
The Remnant are a people, as a them. Another division between Day and Night, in the
Night the Father will make the enemies of Jesus His footstool, thus the enemies will bruise
the heel of Jesus when He sets His foot on the earth. One would think Jesus would gain
the bruise by slamming His heel down, but it’s not the case. The Footstool of the Lord is
the earth (Isa 66:1), yet God so loved the world, thus the bruise is one of pain and sorrow.
What is a bruise made of? The bruise is just under the flesh caused by blood gathering,
but not leaving the Body. In the Day the Wicked are seen as antichrist, in the Night they
are the Beast of the Earth, but it’s in the Night where they end as the enemies of Jesus,
becoming His footstool. Since they entered, yet denied the purpose for entering, they
cause a deep pain in the Body of Jesus, something none of us want to do.
This prophecy in Genesis 3:15 comes as a result of the fall, not as a result of faith,
we don't want to forget all this is relative to the Night. We worship at the footstool of Jesus
since His Footstool is the earth, yet there will come a time when the beast of the earth will
bruise the heel of Jesus. Division of Seasons makes it easier to understand the difference
between the Day and Night.
If the violation was based on a Commandment, why not give Adam a law? Why not
the Law of Adam? Why wait for Moses? There was a Law, when God spoke of the
consequences of the Fall it became a Law, called the law of sin and death.
Eve became a slave to her husband, she lost her Help Meet position, Adam lost the
relationship with God, yet he would continue with a type of life, since he lived past the fall,
but his life was a flesh based leading to death (Gen 3:16-19). The more we learn of the
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differences between a soul life based in the flesh and a Living Soul, as well as between a
Living Soul and a Quickening Spirit the more we can appreciate Jesus.
It's very important to see how the slave issue came as result of the Fall, rather than
of Grace. Before the Fall she was a help meet, not a slave. Holding the slavery mentality is
still holding to the fall nature. Why was the ground cursed? Adam was formed of the
ground, his flesh was a byproduct of the earth, he was called to be a caretaker of the
Garden, thus the flesh became the tool, making the ground from whence the flesh came
cursed. His soul made the decision, his flesh consumed the fruit. From this we find Adam
was not from the monkeys, or God would have said "cursed are the monkeys for your
sake".
Adam male said, "it was the woman you gave me", Adam female said, "it was the
serpent", but the serpent said nothing, why not? (we're not going to say he didn't have a
leg to stand on, oops, just said it). The serpent heard his advocates speaking for him. Did
the devil care if Eve said, "the serpent beguiled me"? Not at all, he enjoyed it. Why? She
was saying the devil won, she became the first to give the devil credit. Whenever we give
the devil credit we are saying he has won, yet the death of Jesus on the Cross made the
devil ineffective, how than can he win now?
God separated the Tree of Life from Adam, since the twisted knowledge of good
and evil is completely opposed to the purpose of the Tree of Life. Adam became flesh
minded and self-based, now his concern was to keep his corrupt flesh in existence for as
long as he could. His soul then became servant to the flesh, he would use intellect to keep
the flesh happy and safe, in return the soul would have pleasure in the things of the flesh.
The fruit of the fall was in full force. Is there Hope? We will have to move in the Process to
conclude some of the elements leading up the first sacrifice. Would Adam be the first to
give a sacrifice? One would think so. Let's go on to the next lesson and see.
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AGE - A period of time, or a Season, often termed “worlds”.

ASHES - Sign of affliction, used with sackclothe to show repentance.

BABE as a FETUS - The root stage of the Seed.

BELL - The sound of a witness, the product of a hundredfold.

BIRDS- Plural usage refers to someone pretending to be someone else, an example

CLAY - Man made of the earth, natural or soulish.

CRYSTAL- The Bride of Christ before the Throne.

DARTS- Works, deeds, or methods of operation of the devil.

EUPHRATES - A boundary, or mark of division between Israel and the world.

EVE - Means Life, but metaphorically it means the soul.

GATE - Something preventing entry, or an element of ungodly division.

GRASS - People, or flesh.

HAIR - Covering, anointing.

HAIR AS WOOL - Covering or anointing belonging to God alone.

HAIR - WHITE - A sign of wisdom.

HAY - What is cut off, lacking Water (mercy).

HEADS - Authorities, those with authority.

HEAVENLIES - Appointed spiritual positions.

HORN - Symbol of power.

IMAGE - To resemble something or someone.

INHABITANTS - Those who are spiritual, or hold a sound Star position.

MOON - Zion of the earth.

NAME - Point of authority.

OLIVE TREE - Anointed ones, or the anointing, a symbol of God’s Mercy.

RULER - Anything or anyone guiding our decisions, or causes us to react, anything, or

SAND OF THE SEA- The nation, or land of Israel.

SEA - Gentile world, often referred to as "the world".

SPROUT - The first aspect of the blade, a novice.

TEMPLE - Judgment, made of stone, which is not movable.

TENT - Tabernacle, place where salvation rests, movable.

WHITE ROBE - Resurrected body for the saint in heaven.

WOOD - Idol worship, or something cut from a tree.

ONE - God, Unity, of one mind TWO - Joining together as One.

There is also the danger of self-interpretation of prophecy, which produces more

Gen 3:6 Mark 4:19 James 3:15 I Jn 2:16

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