THE RECORD OF THE TRUTH
1 John 5:7-8 KJV
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. [8] And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
A record is a written testimony that makes a testament. It testifies about the truth of something by giving the evidence of it. And for all spiritual things faith is what bears record of them, for faith is the testimony of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Therefore, faith is the testimony in the testament pertaining to the realities of the unseen things, things eternal yet invisible.
Hebrews 11:1-3 KJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [2] For by it the elders obtained a good report. [3] Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Being an evidence of that which is not visible, it means faith is a testimony of the truth and the being of eternal realities. The moment you get that faith, it proves the being there of truth. For indeed truth is all about the eternal realities which is there and of course it is invisible. The only truth that ever was is the eternal reality. Anything else besides is false or a lie.
And thus faith bears record about all that is true. And truth is that which is real and eternal in contrast that which is not and therefore not eternal.
Therefore, faith is the recorded testimony of the truth of all things, the eternal realities of Him who is invisible. This recorded testimony is called the faith of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:13 KJV
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
These saints were holding fast the name of Jesus Christ which is the word of God and they did not deny his faith, that means they confessed his faith, that faith is the record of his testimony about the truth.
John 1:14,17 KJV
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. [17] For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Truth is that which changes not, that which eternally remains the same. And only that which is perfect can remain unchanged eternally. Thus eternal things are perfect and thus eternal.
Anything which changes with time is a lie, for today it says this and tomorrow it says something else. Thus, you can’t depend on something like that; something that is ever changing, that is like shifting sands, you can’t trust in that, but truth is that which perfectly remains unchanged world without end.
Whatever changes with time has an end, for it is a lie, and a lie corrupts and wastes away with time.
Thus Jesus bears record of the truth which is in him, and that truth is the unchanging eternal God and the same is eternal life.
Malachi 3:6 KJV
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
The Lord changes not because he is the truth. The truth about something cannot be changed. For instance, if a child went out to play with his friends, then his father, who is suspicious about his movements, asks him where he has been all along, and the child answers, “I have just been here at home, I have not gone out at all.”
Now, has that lie changed the truth about what the child had done? No! Not at all. The truth remains that he went out and played. His lie won’t change the truth.
His father might put him in a corner by tangible evidence that at least he was missing part of the day, and being in a corner the child may change his first statement slightly in self defense and say, “I left a little to collect my pen from my play mate.”
You see, the lie can change any time and still remain a lie. A lie has no foundation, it has no direction, it is ever shifting and ever remains a lie. It may change a million times but ever remains a lie, the same lie. The truth is that the child went out and played against the instructions of the father. There is no way of the child changing that truth, no matter how he frames the lie. He might keep shifting the statement, but it remains the same lie, he is lying that he did not go out to play. So whatever he says it amounts to that lie. So a lie can change a million times, but truth cannot change. Eternally it remains that the child went out against the will of the father and played. There is no way of changing that. So is the truth, the real truth, and that is eternal life.
He is the truth. Who is He? The God of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. He who is revealed through him, who dwells in him, never changes but remains the same because he is perfect. Perfect things never can change.
And the faith of Jesus Christ is the testimony of the life which is in him, it’s a never-changing life, and therefore a never-ending life. The same is the eternal Father.
A lie must always change and it changes always for the worst, thus corrupting. For a lie claims what it is not, and therefore it testifies of what it is not; what it can’t do, what it can’t afford, what it can’t achieve, what it can’t provide, what it can’t amount to, and therefore, by and by its folly is made manifest.
That is the lie that is in the world, claiming what it is not, promising what it cannot provide. It promises life, yet all end in death. It promises rest yet all end in misery. Promises riches yet all end in poverty. Promises a sublime future yet all end in wretchedness. Promises happiness and yet all end in sorrow and gloom. Promises treasures yet all end in vanities which cannot satisfy the least craving in the soul!
Oh, how Death is a liar! Yes, it is Death which is the lie that is in the world. Pretends to be life when it is very death! Ever changing, ever corrupting, ever dying.
Yes, for as Life lives and lives forever, so Death dies and dies forever. Dying means wasting, decaying, corrupting and fading away.
Now, this is the testimony which is in Jesus Christ, the testimony of eternal life. A life that has no end, and that is true life. True life bears a record of truth about everything, and it provides all things needed in truth. And that is the testimony that Jesus Christ bears.
John 18:37 KJV
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Yes, grace and truth came with Jesus Christ, for in him is grace and truth. The true record about everything is in him. The true record about life and living is in him. He bears record of that which is true and the same is eternal life. He has the true testimony about all things: riches, treasures, love, peace, houses, habitations, and all.
1 John 1:1-2 KJV
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; [2] (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it , and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
All about life eternal, holy and perfect in all ways is recorded in Jesus Christ, and he is that record. That true record pertaining to life eternal and Jesus are the same. He is the record of eternal life and he is the book of that record. The book and its record are one. So Jesus is the book of the record of eternal life, and that book and its record is the word of God which God spoke and recorded. In spoken form it is a testimony but in written form it is a record. That testimony is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of prophecy, while that record is his workmanship, inside and outside. The spirit is the brightness of God’s glory while the record is the image of God’s person.
Now, life is not just about being conscious; you can be conscious but in misery, that is not life but death! That is not living but dying! Yes, you can be conscious but in want of true peace, joy, comfort, rest, assurance, etc. That is not living but it means dying! Yes, you can be conscious yet your soul is burdened, is in bondage, in chains of darkness, in prison. That is not living, it is dying! Yes, you can be conscious yet deceived by the world, thinking you are enjoying, that you are attended with every good thing, when it is only but a lie, in that you are not living but dying! Yes, you can be conscious but yet in sin, in transgressions, in iniquities, in corruption and every evil way, that is not life but death! Very death!
Life is true. Life is holy. Life is righteous. Life is perfect.
Life transgresses not. Life sinneth not. Life has no iniquity. Life changes not. Life remains the same yesterday, today and forever.
Life is light. Life is meek. Life is lowly. Life is kind. Life is humble. Life is quick. Life is full of love. Life is full of charity.
The way of life is light. The way of life is holy. The way of life is just. The way of life is long-suffering. The way of life is patience. The way of life is forgiving. The way of life is full of hope. The way of life is faithful. The way of life is full of loving kindness. The way of life is full of goodness and soberness. The way of life is merciful. The way of life is gracious. The way of life is true judgement.
Life pretends not. Life covers up nothing. Life does not corrupt but sanctifies.
Life makes pure. Life makes holy. Life makes kind. Life makes merciful. Life makes just. Life makes perfect. Life makes true. Life makes faithful. Life makes humble. Life makes meek. Life makes lowly. Life makes righteous.
Life clothes in white raiments, as white as snow. Life clothes in glory, excellent glory.
Life opens the eyes and enlightens the soul. Life delivers from darkness. Life opens the prison, breaks prison bars and sets free. Life proclaims liberty for the captives and the opening of prison for them that are bound.
Life saves from sin. Life redeems from all bondage. Life ransoms all souls from destruction. Life converts the soul from the way of death into the way of life. Life transforms and translates into glory. Life regenerates, renews and glorifies. Life heals, refreshes and sustains. Life provides a peaceful habitation.
Life lays itself down for the sake of others. Life spends itself for the sake of others. Life offers grace unto salvation. Life provides mercy for the needy. Life makes a way through the land of desolations and forgetfulness.
Oh, life is good and only good! He is a messenger of good news! He brings glad tidings of great things. He publishes peace and salvation!
Life is reviving, so reviving. It is quickening, it quickens from the dead. Life resurrects the dead! It reaches lower than all things and brings them up, clothing in glory and imparting true hope and assurance.
Life is unchangeable, incorruptible, cannot be stained, cannot be spotted, cannot be deceived, cannot be misled, cannot be mixed up, cannot be influenced in the wrong way, cannot be tempted, cannot be beguiled.
Life is never boring. It never becomes common. It never becomes monotonous. It never becomes usual. It never becomes formal. It makes no formalities. It never becomes ritualistic. It never becomes a tradition neither is it a source of traditions and formalities. It is never boringly repetitious.
Life is never satiated neither can it satiete. Life is never adulterous neither can it be adulterated. But life is holy and pure as crystal.
Life is free. It is never bound by any laws. It does not operate by a law, but operates freely. It is never tiresome. It is never burdensome. It is never cumbersome. It is never tedious. It is never complicated. It has no difficult endeavors. It offers no hardships. It is not turbulent. It is not rough. It is has no challenges.
Life is so tender, oh how tender is the voice of life. How sweet! How Melodious! It is full of song, sweet songs only! It is full of mellowness and thus melodies. It is rich with poetry that cannot be exhausted nor become common. It is rich with words, words of love, words sweeter than the honeycomb tripping.
Life provides bread so sweet and so satisfying beyond language. Life provides drink so satisfying beyond language. Life provides rest (starehe) of all comforts untold. Life makes a paradise for the soul to ever live in joy without an end.
Life is so caring, quite a mother at home! Provides every true refreshment, reviving and renewing. With life, thou shall not want anything good. It brings out gardens of delights untold on mortal tongue.
Oh, life is rich, it is full of eternal riches. Its stores cannot be exhausted world without end. Oh, life is a treasure of all eternal good things which can never be reduced as it supplies. It supplies everything for good and only for good!
Oh, life is fruitful, exceedingly fruitful beyond measure. (Life is a fountain of gardens, but knowledge is the poverty of whoredoms and misery!)
Life is invisible, immortal and eternal. Life crowns. Life enthrons. Life clothes you in glory and majesty.
Life cannot fail. Life does all things needful. Life believes all things. Life endures all things. Life hopeth all things. Life provides all things. Life is a fountain of love.
This is the gospel of life in Jesus Christ. It’s the testimony of life speaking through him. And that is his faith.
Revelation 19:10 KJV
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
What is this testimony of Jesus? It is the Spirit of prophecy. What is that Spirit of prophecy? The record of life in Jesus Christ. Amen!
Revelation 12:17 KJV
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
They keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, that is the testimony of Jesus. That is what Jesus testifies as concerns life and the way of life. The truth is in Him as concerns life, life eternal and the same is his Father. It is life that begot him. He is the first begotten of life, eternal life, so all the record of eternal life is in him. That record is the book of life, and it’s testimony is the Spirit of truth. It is what Jesus testifies as concerns the truth of life, even as it concerns his Father who dwells in him. That Father is eternal life.
Revelation 14:12 KJV
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Thus the testimony of Jesus is the faith of Jesus. A testimony is an expressed evidence of the truth that is. Faith is the testimony of eternal things found in Jesus. Faith is the testimony of eternal life in Jesus. The same faith is the Spirit of prophecy and the same is the Spirit of truth. So faith is not an imagination; it is not a feeling; it is not a strong inclination, neither is it a claim. Faith is the Spirit of truth which is the testimony of Jesus, and therefore as it bears witness of what has been, what is and what is to come, it is then the Spirit of prophecy. To receive the Spirit of truth is to receive faith.
Ephesians 2:7-8 KJV
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. [8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
See? Faith is a gift from God. What is that gift? The Spirit of truth. He abides as whole in Jesus Christ, but upon the saints of the church ages he has been upon them in measure. The same is called the gift of grace, of the measure of grace given to one, for that gift called faith is also the Spirit of grace.
He is the Spirit of grace in Jesus Christ. For grace and truth came with Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of life (testimony of life) in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of holiness in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of adoption in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of prophecy in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of revelation in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of meekness in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of lowliness in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of loving-kindness in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of humility in Jesus Christ. He is the Spirit of supplication in Jesus Christ.
This is the tree of life that bears record of eternal life. He is in the midst of the river, everywhere within the water of life, and he is on either side of the river of water of life. He is in the river and the river is in him. He is the testimony of eternal life which is in Jesus Christ. He bears twelve manner of fruits, yielding his fruit monthly. Those twelve fruits are the true testimony of eternal life which is in Jesus Christ.
John 16:13 KJV
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Romans 8:2 KJV
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Zechariah 12:10 KJV
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son , and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
1 Peter 3:3-4 KJV
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; [4] But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Proverbs 16:19 KJV
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Romans 1:4 KJV
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
Galatians 4:6 KJV
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:15 KJV
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Ephesians 1:17 KJV
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Thus, the Spirit bears the record of eternal life which is in Jesus Christ by bearing twelve manner of fruits. He is the tree of life which is in the midst of the river of life. He is the record of eternal life in Jesus Christ.
1 John 5:4-12 KJV
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. [5] Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? [6] This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. [7] For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. [8] And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. [9] If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. [10] He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Three bears record. This is the record of what? That God has given us eternal life, and this life which He has given us is in His son.
A record must be in a book, and if the record is about life then the book is a living book. The record of life is alive. The record of life is quick. The record of life is a living book.
What is that book in which life was recorded? He is the son of God. When was it recorded? In the beginning. What is that book? He is the son of God. What is recorded in him? The testimony of Life. Who is that Life? The Father. What is His testimony? The Spirit. Where is it recorded? In the book? What is that book? The son of God. What is that son of God? The book of the record of eternal life. What is eternal life? The Father.
Then, the book, the record in it and the life that bears that record and its testimony are one. For life is in the record and the record is in the book, and the testimony is all about that life.
Now, let us see the book of the record of Life.
1 John 1:1-2 KJV
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; [2] (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it , and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
As it is written,
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 KJV
The word that was spoken by God is the book of the record of Life, and the record in it is light and that burning light is Spirit.
John 1:2-5 KJV
The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. [4] In him was life; and the life was the light of men. [5] And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
What is that word that was spoken that became the book of the record of life? It is that which was in the beginning. What was it?
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 KJV
That is the word which was in the beginning with God, it was the heaven, the new heaven, and it was the earth, the new earth, and this was and is Jesus Christ the son of the living God. Notice that the physical heaven and earth which were made in the beginning were an outward manifestation of the true heaven and earth. They are a shadow of the true heaven and earth. They are a sketch of the truth which is in Jesus Christ. That which we see outwardly, which is not in Christ is only a shadow heaven and earth, only an echo of the truth. But the true heaven and earth is in Jesus Christ. Just as the world lies in the evil one, that is the present world, so the true heaven and earth is in Jesus Christ. As it is written, “In heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
These are the true things that God created in the beginning: the testimony of life (heaven) and the record of that testimony (earth). The new heaven and the new earth sealed in the seventh seal. A place where no man has been, and that which no man by himself can approach. The new heaven and the new earth in Christ Jesus.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:1-2 KJV
Romans 9:4-5 KJV
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; [5] Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Isaiah 30:29 KJV
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Isaiah 2:2 KJV
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
And then from God out of heaven descends a city adorned as a bride prepared for the bridegroom: that is new Jerusalem which is not spoken about in the beginning. She remained completely silent in the beginning. Nothing was spoken about her in Genesis. Why? She was in Jesus, one with Jesus the way Eve initially was. Jesus was both groom and bride. The bride was in him sealed. No eye of the enemy should look at her. Why? She is most holy. A tabernacle of the living God, a house of rest for His holy feet.
Yes, back to the beginning, we have seen him who is called the word that was in the beginning with God. First he is heaven, true heaven which is Spirit, and that is the testimony of life. A testimony is that which has been expressed by speaking, that which is heard by the ear, that which comes from the mouth, the breath from lips. So is the Spirit of truth, the same is the Spirit of life in Jesus Christ. That Spirit is what makes Jesus the Christ.
Romans 8:1-2 KJV
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Ephesians 1:3 KJV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Ephesians 2:6 KJV
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
So, that makes it clear of what was in the beginning. First the Spirit called heaven, new heaven, an eternal heaven, a bright shining heaven clear and Serene. A heaven full of all heavenly things which are spirits, and they form clouds of glory. And from such clouds are glorious showers of blessings.
Yes, first came the Spirit as the testimony of Life, then followed on the record of life and that is the earth, the new earth, the exceedingly fruitful earth, fruitful beyond measure, a Beulah land, a land of delights, a pleasant land, just a paradise full of all rich dainties untold on mortal tongue, and that is the soul, the soul of the just one. This is the record of the testimony of life, the book and what is written within it are one. It is a living, fruitful earth full of eternal comforts and nourishment of all kinds of refreshments for all. Her waters are alive, her air is alive, her stones are alive, her bright clouds are alive full of showers of blessings, and her showers are lively and lovely drops of the riches of grace. Her mountains melt with new wine in every season, and her rivers flows with milk and honey.
Her trees are great with fruit which never corrupt, fruit whose juice makes your heart compose sweet songs to the praise of the loving Father. Her herbs are most pleasant flowers rich with pleasant odours that when smelled makes one’s heart melt in love for the loving God who has provided all.
Her grass is a comforting bed full of life and thrills. Her birds are full of song, heart melting songs. Her cattle are full of savour, the smell thereof makes your knees yield and down you go in worship of the most high. Oh, all things from her are rich, pleasant and exceedingly fruitful. Her firmament is bright with lights that makes you break into visions of the glory of the treasures of the unsearchable realities of the eternal Spirit, just steals away lost in the Spirit of truth. Her space is quick and lively, it is full of the knowledge of God as the waters fill the sea. That is the new earth earth and all her divine records. And all that is the soul of the just one. What an offering so acceptable!
And her peoples, like young children full of life and youthful strength and frolic in every way: in song, in play, in dance; all holy and true. They flock together like birds of a feather. They are full of life, song, happiness, joy and glee, and they are not ashamed to shout on the top of their voices praises to most high. They sing, dance, play, jump, skid, rejoice, shout in praise of the most high, and none can make them ashamed. They are sweet children, yea, most sweet! And they are a portion of the fruitfulness of the soul of the just one, the new earth. What a wonder of all wonders to mortal man, yet it’s true and real. That new earth which is the soul of the just one is full of children sweetly playing everywhere. There plays are holy and pure, it is like the nectar of the most pleasant flowers.
Oh, you have never seen children! Just get over there, then you will know the truth about children. That is why all the people of Israel were always referred to us the children of Israel. That is a shadow of a shadow of shadows of what the true children of God are in that home yonder called the new earth. What a home for children! For indeed who truly enjoys home and is always homesick when away? Children!
Oh, over yonder there is a home for children! There we shall have true children, they will ever remain children, and will never grow any older. You ask, “Where will they come from?”
Think of the number of children who died when still children since the world began. How many are they? Obviously they are billions! They will raised a new and be born again through the bride and bridegroom as their children, and they will remain children fourever, in the range of 3 years to 12 years.
Then the youth will also be there, those who died in innocence will be raised a new and be born again through the communion of the bride and bridegroom and being filled with eternal life, and there stay will be in that home called the new earth, to order everything within it. They are in the age of teenagers, both girls and boys. Pure, holy, clean, mellow, full of song and glee! Amen! Caring the little ones in a heavenly way. That is there service and eternal appointment, which they gloriously enjoy. Leading the little ones variously in song, in dance, in play, in hymns, in chorus, in the use of all the good things brought forth by the earth, and all the dainties brought forth by the moon, a honeymoon, yea, showing them how to use them for edification so as to be inspired in everyway to the praise of the most high. What a home to visit every now and again and be welcomed by children with songs and dances in praise of the most high, with no least restrain whatsoever! Amen!
Yes, it is the soul of the just one revealing the invisible realities of the soul of the most high. And as that new earth is the soul of the just one, so everything from it is soulful to the mark.
That is what was in the beginning with God. The Spirit as a burning light that filled all and in all, and secondly the soul within the Spirit. New heaven and new earth. That is what Genesis chapter one verse one means. It was twofold. The heaven and earth within Jesus who is the Word of God and the echo of that on the outside, a shadow of heaven and earth.
The word which was in the beginning. That word was new heaven and all in it and the new earth and all in it. But the earth and heaven that were outside Jesus Christ were only a shadow of Him, made only as a testing ground. But the new heaven and earth were made when Christ was brought forth and are part of Him, that is part of the records of the spoken Word. The word “new” here does not mean that which is lately come forth, but it means that which does not corrupt, does not waste away, does not get old.
Ephesians 4:22-24 KJV
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; [23] And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; [24] And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
The old man means that which gets old, that which ages, that which corrupts, that which changes, that which is not true. The new man means that which never grows old, that which does not age, that which remains the same, that which changes not, thus that which is true.
Old does not mean it was there earlier, or that it was ahead, no, an old thing is that which grows old. A new thing remains new. Siya ng’a (new) means that with a burning clear light. A light without spot or shadow. Serene and clear. That is what new real means. That whose face is as clear as light.
Colossians 3:9-10 KJV
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; [10] And have put on the new man , which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
See? The old man is a liar. That lie in him is what corrupts him and makes him waste and decay, by that he passes away. This old man is the old heaven and the old earth which shall pass away, these came in as a result of the fall. By old does not mean it was there first, but it is that which ever grows old from the very onset.
Revelation 21:1 KJV
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
John does not say, “And finally God created a new heaven and a new earth.” No! He says that he saw. That means they were revealed to him. These were always there from the beginning, sealed in Jesus Christ, the same one by whom God created the aging world. Then after the passing away of the aging heaven and earth, and after the vanishing away of the sea, and after hell and death were cast in the lake of fire, then new heaven and earth appeared; yes, they were revealed, for they have always been there.
That is the final revelation of Jesus Christ. It is a fourfold revelation. First he is the new heaven in all the fullness thereof; secondly, he is the new earth with all its fullness, thirdly he is the great and high mountain, the holy mountain of God, and finally he is new Jerusalem with the fullness within. He is all things new. His Spirit is the new heaven and his soul is the new earth, his body is the great and high mountain, while his heart is the new Jerusalem with the throne of God within. The lights of heaven are the thoughts of his mind revealed. The light of Jerusalem is his love revealed, even the thoughts of his heart. The river of life are the words of life from the thoughts of love from his heart. The tree of life is the record of the Spirit of life in him.
This is the record of the testimony of life in Jesus Christ and the same is the house of God. It is Jesus Christ. The heavens declare his glory and majesty and the earth his praise. The great and high mountain declare his holiness. And the city, new Jerusalem, declare his love and perfections.
The great mountain is the ground and pillar of strength, a strong tower, a fortress that cannot be broken through, a sanctuary of strength, a rock that cannot be moved, an elect and tried stone, a sure cornerstone, as it is written,
Isaiah 28:16 KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone , a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
That is the great and high mountain shown to John:
Revelation 21:9-11 KJV
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. [10] And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, [11] Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
The great and high mountain is the cornerstone of the house of God, which is the pillar and ground of truth.
Then the light of the city is like unto a stone most precious, a Jasper stone, clear as crystal. What is that? The king upon the throne seated. And the same is the eternal Godhead revealed in Jesus Christ. That light from the stone most precious is the revelation of the eternal Father who dwells in him. For the eternal one dwells in a light which no man can approach. Only perfect things can abide that presence.
Revelation 21:12 KJV
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
The twelve foundations upon that rock are the stones of his breastplate of righteousness and of judgement which is part of the urim and thummim.
Exodus 28:15-21 KJV
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. [16] Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. [17] And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. [18] And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. [19] And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. [20] And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. [21] And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Thus are the twelve foundations of the twelve stones, a breastplate of Jesus Christ upon his chest, for he is the high priest of God. And like the twelve ribs it is, and the ribs are round about the two lungs (the ephod of prophecy) and the heart, the beloved city upon the twelve foundations.
Exodus 28:6-14 KJV
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. [7] It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. [8] And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. [9] And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: [10] Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. [11] With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. [12] And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. [13] And thou shalt make ouches of gold; [14] And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
The ephod signified the spirit of prophecy which was upon the twelve minor prophets of Israel. It had two onyx stones engraved with the twelve names of the tribes of Israel. This is a two-fold testimony of Jesus Christ, at his first coming and at his second. For the testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy. The same is as the two lungs by which the power of utterance is given. So, are the twelve names of the tribes of Israel upon each gate.
All these things are of the fullness of Jesus Christ as he was revealed in the beginning by his Father. What is he? The pillar and ground of truth, the anointed Jesus. He is the rock, the tower, the fortress that God Himself built.
Deuteronomy 32:1-4,18,29-31 KJV
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. [2] My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: [3] Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. [4] He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. [18] Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. [29] O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! [30] How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? [31] For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Finally, that is the house of God, it is Christ the pillar and ground of truth. The heaven, the earth, the great mountain and new Jerusalem upon it are his fullness: the house of God which is the pillar and ground of truth.
Psalm 18:1-2 KJV
I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. [2] The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
After he was thus manifested from the thoughts and intends of God in the fourfolds (the heights of heaven, the depth of the earth, the length of the holy mountain and the breadth of the city), then his soul (earth) was made a sacrifice unto God.
The likeness of his soul was as a lamb with seven horns and seven eyes. That is as a deer, the stature of grace in him. All about his soul is pure grace. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Jesus the lamb (soul) of God revealed is all grace and the Spirit in him is all truth (earth and heaven). He is grace and truth. Grace enclosed in truth. Grace is the record of eternal Life and truth is its testimony. And that is Jesus Christ. And love is his heart which is the city of God and the great mountain is his sanctuary, God’s holiness revealed. Fourfold.
Psalm 19:1-2 KJV
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. [2] Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psalm 50:1-6 KJV
The mighty God, even the Lord , hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. [2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. [3] Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. [4] He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. [5] Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. [6] And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Then the just one, taking on flesh, was offered as a lamb without spot, without blemish. He was offered to God through the eternal Spirit. And when that happened a fountain of life was opened in him and the waters thereof made a channel and freely flows out of his heart. That river is the way of life.
Thus by the lamb being offered, a tabernacle was revealed from him. It has three sections. The inner most is the holy of holies and the same is the throne of God and of the lamb, even the beloved city. This is the innermost place called the Oracle. The throne within is the ark of the covenant.
The second section of this tabernacle in the light is the tabernacle of the congregation called the sanctuary (even the great and high mountain), in there is the sevenfold lampstand, the table of shewbread and the golden altar for offering incense. These two parts are one and are the tabernacle and they make up the city and the mountain. The city as the Oracle and the mountain as the sanctuary of strength, the ground of truth, for truth is both strength and holiness. That makes a sanctuary round about the Oracle as it was shown to Ezekiel. The innermost part of the house was surrounded by the sanctuary of strength. Truth is strength, it endures forever.
The outer section is called the court and it has the altar of brass in it. That means the exact measure, even the foursquare measure. Its breadth is as long as its length which is equal to the height. That is the court surrounding the sanctuary. It is a court of bearing witness unto the truth and the same is the earth. For the earth is a place for bearing witness.
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. John 5:33 KJV
That country upon the new earth is a court of true witness, an exact measure. No less no more. The moment one stands in that all truth about him is clearly seen. In that court you can’t hide anything about yourself. It is a court of divine judgement that bears true witness.
[Sisialo sie siyalo siya ng’a. Boosi bali musialo esio bayalibwa. Sili sasialo sie luyali lwa papa wele oli nyasaye.] That is a court round about the sanctuary is a place of judgement.
This city is the heart of the just one which was not made known in the beginning, it is the bride, the lamb’s wife. She was always one with him. She is revealed at the end time through the last day church that receives the headstone messenger.
In him also was the Spirit of truth which was the fullness of new heaven. Within that were four standards representing four worlds without an end. The first world is as a lion, the second as a calf, the third like a man and the fourth like an eagle. They are gospel standards of the testimony of life in the Spirit. They are worlds of glory in the heavens round about the earth. They are thrones, dominions, principalities and powers.
Then these are the things that pertain to his fullness to wit the throne of grace in the city of pure gold as the oracle, the great mountain as the sanctuary of strength, the court of pure brass which is the earth, the lion world in the eastern heaven, the calf world in the southern heaven, the man world in the western heaven and the eagle world in the northern heaven. These seven are one in him and were the seed that was sown in the beginning.
Then being a sacrifice, he was slain being divided into two for the purpose of making a covenant. By him God made a covenant of life, promising life unto all that will believe on him. This covenant was sealed by his blood which gushed from him as he was slain. His soul was divided from his spirit, and a gap was found in between. For the spirit returned back into the bosom of the Father, in his invisible being, while the soul without the spirit was rendered lifeless and descended in the deep.
Death had occured and therefore the statutes of death appeared in the place where the spirit had been, for now there was a gap between the head (the spirit) and the soul (the body). So his soul was found among the dead: things which had not been until he was slain. Things which occured when he died. Things which appeared as the spirit pulled away from the soul. Things that replaced the spirit of life and the record of life. Things which replaced the ministration of life. What are those things? The shadows of death, the first death. Kifo sio mauti, kifo kinasapapishwa na upanga wa roho, lakini mauti inaletwa na uaribivu wa dhambi. (Death that is caused by the sword of the Spirit, not the death which is due to the corruption of sin.)
This ministration of death which appeared as the lamb died was engraved on stone tablets and laid before God as a memorial of him who had died. And therefore things which had not been there, which are in the likeness of the law of death, came into God’s remembrance as the blood of the lamb cried to Him from the ground of the dead which had appeared as he died. So God allowed them to spring up being quickened by the life speaking from the blood of the lamb on their behalf.
Therefore a world of the statutes of the ministry of death came into being, with the four hosts on the four corners thereof and the tabernacle of their ministry in the midst thereof before God, taking the place of the very soul of the one who had been slain. Thus, was the second creation, that which bears the testimony of death. “If you do this you will die, if you don’t do that you will die.” See? Commissions and omissions done against the rules of the ministry of death.
The custodians of those statutes of death and its judgements were angels that came into being as the lamb died. So, those kind of angels are of the ministry of death. For the law was given to Moses by the disposition of such angels in the hand of a mediator.
Thus, this second creation was also a book, a book of the memorial of death. And it was exactly the shadow of he who was slain. It had a holy of holies, a sanctuary and a court round about them. In the holy of holies was an ark and a mercy seat on it with the overshadowing cherubim. It was meant for the ministry of atonement. In the ark of that covenant of death were the commandments written on two table stones. In the ark was there also manna which is the memorial bread, a memory of him who had died by which all these things that are shadows were brought forth.
In the sanctuary there was the table of shewbread, the sevenfold golden lampstand and the golden altar.
Then within the court of the tabernacle was their the altar of earth and a brazen sea by it.
Thus the tabernacle was dedicated to God in place of him who had been slain, to serve in his place. And the same was the shadow of the heavenly city, the new Jerusalem. The court round about it was the shadow of the new earth. And the worlds in the four corners thereof were the shadows of the heavenly worlds in the Spirit of truth. The shadows of the new heaven in Christ Jesus with all the new worlds of glory.
Then the service of the priesthood of these things was written upon stone tables and laid in the hands of the priests thereof, who were angels. Among these angels (servants) was one a high priest of the ministration of death, standing in the room of him who was slain, and it was clearly stated before him and in him that he was to serve in that capacity until the time comes when him who was slain returns, and that if he will be faithful in all the ways of this house, which was only a shadow of what had been, then he will receive a great reward. Thus, he was a steward, not a son, of that second house, a shadow of what had been. See? He was a high priest of the ministration of death, an advocate of the ministry of death whose statutes are of the knowledge of good and evil, and it is that which is taught and learned. Whoever is to live by that must walk in the whole counsel thereof. That is the origin of the law, its house and its ministry.
Galatians 3:15-19 KJV
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. [16] Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. [17] And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. [18] For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. [19] Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
The things concerning the ministration of the law, as a memorial of the lamb, were clearly written before these angel servants of the ministry of death. Their ministry was based on the second covenant, the covenant of death, which came in after the covenant of life. The same is the covenant of the law. Therefore, it is a conditional covenant.
Thus, the covenant of life in Jesus Christ was superior than the covenant of death. And there was no way for the covenant of death to replace the covenant of life.
2 Corinthians 3:6-13 KJV
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. [7] But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: [8] How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? [9] For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. [10] For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. [11] For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. [12] Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: [13] And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished.
See ye these things? They were there from the foundation of the world. They were only allegorized in Abraham and Moses. As Abraham went to slay his only begotten son, Isaac, so also God indeed slew his own son to provide a way for the world which was not there to exist. And as Abraham, God made a free covenant with his son, promising a great inheritance and glory and majesty. This covenant was sealed before the foundation of the world. Then the covenant of the testimony of the law of death which replaced him as he died could not nullify the free covenant of grace.
Therefore, the ministry of death was allotted a time in which it was to serve until life returns back again; yea, until the seed comes back again exactly as it had been.
Now, how was the seed going to come back? For he says the law was to hold on until the seed comes to whom the promise was made. How? The seed of eternal life had been sown. The purpose of sowing it was to multiply it in every way, for it was full of riches and was exceedingly fruitful.
In order to grow and multiply it had to take on a body from the ground of the ministration of death. The ground of the ministration of death was the shadow creation that had taken the place of the pillar and ground of truth as the lamb was slain. From that ground the seed would grow absorbing nourishment from it until it matures. Then it would flower and produce a seed like a pollen and a shuck with a womb to receive the kind of seed. That means that when it matures it breaks into two, the bridegroom and the bride. The bride is well sealed while the bridegroom comes into light. She receives that light in herself and conceives seed to bring forth him who was sown first, then together they come up, perfectly united yet two. Then in their marriage, they unite and the bride receives strength to bring forth an innumerable company of sons and daughters besides many servants and treasures all clothed in life eternal.
Thus was the purpose of the ministration of death, with its priesthood, its priests, Levites (servants of the priests) and the tabernacle for that service which was the whole second creation, a shadow of what was slain: it was to hold the place of the one who was slain, and provide nourishment for the growth of his body until it matures to bring him back.
These worlds of the dead were shadows of what was in the lamb, for whatever was in him are perfect things from eternity.
And as the true heaven was the Spirit of truth, so the old heaven which came up later was also spirit, perfect from the day he was created until iniquity was found in him:
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; [2] Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Ephesians 2:1-2 KJV
Thus are the old heaven which were a shadow of the new. The same became the spirit of disobedience also called the spirit of error.
1 John 4:5-6 KJV
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. [6] We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Therefore, it is clearly manifest, that as the Spirit of truth is the new heaven sealed in Christ before the foundation of the world, so the spirit of error is another heaven, an old heaven, an aging heaven. This spirit of error originally was perfect according to the judgement of the law and perfectly walked before God accomplishing that which he was charged with in faithfulness according to the ministration of death. But he later rebelled against the commandments by which he was to live, and thus he sank into death and abides there still. He changed that which was a shadow of the truth into that which is a lie.
Ezekiel 28:11-19 KJV
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God ; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. [13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. [14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so : thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. [15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. [16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. [17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. [18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. [19] All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Then when was iniquity found in him? At the stage of fruiting. That is the time of latter rain, for he had been faithful all through the season of former rain, upholding the ministry of the memorial of the lamb rightly as he was commanded, to nourish and nurture the crop from the seed of the word.
Then when fruitfulness was close, God sent down the spirit of adoption, the spirit of his son which had been received by God at his death; He sent that spirit back upon the creation that sprung from the shadows of the memorial of the lamb. This was the latter rain to quicken the crop into fruitfulness. Being the spirit of truth, he had the true testimony of the life that had been shade when the lamb was slain, so he was coming upon the creation to begin the work of restoration of life and all the things of life. It was the seasons of refreshment coming upon the earth to revive her so as to bring forth what had been sown in her. He was the spirit of liberty coming back on earth (motherhood) to quicken her into readiness to receive seed (the record of life) so as to bring forth him who went into the ground for the sake of all.
Acts 3:19-21 KJV
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; [20] And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: [21] Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
The spirit had been received into heaven, for it was heavenly, but the soul with the body had been preserved in the earth, being watched over by him whom God had appointed.
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.Jude 1:9 KJV
As the body of Moses had been preserved, being an example, so was the body of the lamb preserved and watched over. And as the body of Joseph was preserved until the time of restoration, the day of redemption, so was the body of the lamb preserved. What will be its use? It will be served as bread in the time of life, the same is the marriage feast.
For as some manna was preserved in the ark of the Testament in the holy of holies, so was the body of the lamb preserved, waiting for the time of the end, during the dispensation of the fullness of time, when the body growing from the ground of the memorial puts on a male and the female, then the male (the lamb in a memorial body from the ground of death) takes his own original body and and feeds the bride, so that upon that they unite and bring forth themselves into a new body, twain yet perfectly one.
Therefore, when time drew nigh for that to be done, as the creation had just matured and was about to flower, God sent a forerunner with the message of his coming again, preparing the way for he who was promised to every creature to come in, for he was the first born of every creature. So all were in expectation of him, and therefore there attention began shifting away from the covering cherub towards the spirit of truth which was now evidently upon the earth. For the laws of death were supposed to give way for the word of life. The servants and their steward were to hand over all to the Spirit of grace. Their laws had to come to an end. Their covenant had to come to an end.
His return was to be the joy of all creation, for they earnestly waited for him, for they were serving under the law, a memorial of death, and thus were burdened. That day will be a great day for them, a day of redemption, a day of Jubilee. So, the creatures learning that him by whom they were created is about to appear, they shifted their attention from the covering spirit, the vail of the law, the ruler of all the powers of the memorial heaven, towards him who was being heralded.
And when he realized that the coming in of the just one meant that he would lose that great exalted position which he had afforded by his wisdom, then he planned a rebellion against the coming of the just one. But God knowing all hearts, knew all along what these principalities of the memorial heaven will do, He brought his only begotten in the world without the knowledge of any of them. For the crop was flowering getting ready for seed.
But when this chief principality of the powers of the air realized that he who would be seed for the bride was already in the world, he organized a conspiracy against him, to be slain and cast out the vineyard of God.
And when they slew him out of him proceeded water, blood and Spirit. These were another record of life of things that have a beginning.
Then all heaven of memorial worlds was covered in darkness. The foundations of the earth gave way. Great waters of death gushed out, prevailing upon all the earth, and kept rising higher and higher. The wrath of God came into his face to consume all things at once for what they had done to his only begotten in the time of life. But the spirit of the son, the spirit of grace and supplication fell before him interceding for all. Then His wrath was stayed before the fire broke out to consume all things pertaining to the memorial of the death the lamb.
For first all were covered in darkness, then second the foundations of the deep broke and caused great waters to gush out swallowing all the creation. Then, just before the fire broke out of the wrath of God to consume all things, the supplications of the Spirit were accepted and that wrath passed over, promising to visit them later. Thus a passover.
Numbers 14:11-33 KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? [12] I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. [13] And Moses said unto the Lord , Then the Egyptians shall hear it , (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) [14] And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. [15] Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, [16] Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. [17] And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, [18] The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation . [19] Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. [20] And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: [21] But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord . [22] Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; [23] Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: [24] But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. [25] (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. [26] And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, [27] How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. [28] Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord , as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: [29] Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, [30] Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. [31] But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. [32] But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. [33] And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
So, it happened at the beginning, for they brought up a conspiracy, an evil report about the just one, he who was the promised land of rest, in whom there was new heaven, new earth and finally new Jerusalem; so they slew him and cast him away from the memorial world. This was the end of the book of the generations of the memorial world, the shadows of the true things in the book of life. This is the end of that world, a world that had rejected their redeemer. All about the things of that world was sealed and kept away. This is the second book. For the first book was of the generations of the testimony of life in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. The book of the generations of the new heaven, the new earth and new Jerusalem upon the holy mountain.
Notice, Joshua was silent. Caleb was the spokesman. And God says He will give the land they searched to Caleb, not to Joshua, why? Joshua represented the land of rest, all Israel were to get inheritance from Joshua. So is Jesus the Christ, in him is new heaven, new earth, the holy mountain and new Jerusalem and all that are in them.
Now begins the book of the generations of the things redeemed from death by the crucifixion of the lamb. His death is never in vain. The more they reject and crucify him and cast him out, the more they glorify him. This will happen six times to fulfill the number of the creation.
First, he was offered as a sacrifice for the creation of all, thus honoured by the Father. But six times must he be rejected, dishonoured, crucified and cast out. And each time another book of the generation of life opens up. First, rejected by angels. Second rejected in Eden. Third rejected in the days of Noah. Fourth rejected by Israel and crucified physically. Fifth by the apostolic church. Sixth by the Laodicean church.
Thus the Spirit moved upon the waters of the great deep which resulted from the crucifying of the lamb. Darkness of death (mauti) prevailed upon the face of the deep. Instead of the ministration of the memorial law of the lamb that was slain as a Passover, darkness took over. That darkness was death upon the face of the deep.
Genesis 1:2 KJV
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Three testimonies are highlighted here. The testimony of Spirit, the testimony of the water above the firmament and the testimony of the blood upon the earth. These agree in one. But in heavenly places in Christ Jesus is the testimony of the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one.
Instead of the memorial world which was a testimony of the one who was offered by the Father for redemption of all things, came up another world, a memorial of his crucifixion. This is the earth without form and void and a great deep wrapped in darkness.
And finally, God remembered the promise in the covenant of life, what he promised his son and started a work of regeneration of life. This is to be in four folds and seven steps. Four folds holding the testimony of the gospel of life while seven for perfection.
Genesis 1:3-5 KJV
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. [5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
This word was spoken in heavenly places in Christ Jesus and was borne witness by the Father, by the Word and by the Holy, and there testimony was one. It was the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ the word of God. It was full of quickening power. It was spiritual light of life, bearing the testimony of life in Jesus Christ. Jesus as pertains to the earth, for that was his earthly name and Christ as pertains to heaven, for that was his heavenly name.
Now, that spoken word which brought forth light accomplished a fourfold work of restoration. That word had an effect in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, it had an effect in the Spirit of truth under heaven, it had an effect on the waters above the firmament and it had an effect on earth under water. It was a gospel of light for all.
Thus, it was preached to the earth, to the waters, to the world of the waters above the firmament and to the worlds in the Spirit of truth. All heard this gospel of good news.
Colossians 1:23 KJV
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.
Mark 16:15 KJV
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
2 Corinthians 4:3-6 KJV
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: [4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. [5] For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. [6] For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Thus, this true light shined upon all things in the four regions, reaching all depths, all breadths, all lengths and all heights.
Genesis 1:6-8 KJV
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. [7] And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. [8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
There was a division between the waters under the firmament from the waters above the firmament because the two were not the same kind. The waters above the firmament was of a different kind from the waters below the firmament. The waters under the firmament was natural while the waters above the firmament was supernatural.
Secondly, as an empty space called a firmament was made between the waters, so on the same day an empty space was made above the waters which were above the firmament, that is a supernatural firmament above the supernatural waters.
Thirdly, the same thing happened within the Spirit of truth, making a spiritual firmament above the spiritual waters.
And fourthly, the same was witnessed in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: a heavenly firmament was made above the earth in him.
Genesis 1:9-10 KJV
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. [10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
So as the waters upon the earth were gathered together exposing the dry land, so the waters that were above the firmament also pooled up and a dry land appeared above the waters.
And thirdly, the same thing happened in the world of the Spirit of life unveiling the spiritual earth.
And the same thing happened in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, unveiling a heavenly earth within his fullness.
Genesis 1:11-13 KJV
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. [12] And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. [13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
As the dry earth under the firmament brought forth natural grass, herbs and trees as commanded by the word, so the supernatural isles upon the waters which are above the firmament brought forth supernatural grass, herbs and trees, each after its own kind, and each was commanded to bring forth according to its kind. The fruit trees bearing fruits with seed in them according to their kind.
And also the spiritual land in the Spirit of life brought forth spiritual grass, herbs and trees after their kind. And these spiritual trees also brought forth fruits after their kind with seed within the fruits.
And as these things were done in the earth, in the supernatural worlds and in the Spirit of truth so it also happened in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, by the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost bearing witness, there was brought forth grass, the herb bearing seed and trees bearing fruit with seed within after its kind.
Everything was made to bring forth in four folds. The natural, the supernatural, the spiritual and the heavenly. All was done according to the record of life in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, for the same things happened in him who thus spoke, only those in him were glorious above all. He was acting by His own word of promise upon Himself and upon all others, manifesting life at different levels.
Genesis 1:14-19 KJV
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: [15] And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. [16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. [17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, [18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. [19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
As the firmament upon the earth was made to bring forth a greater light, a lesser light and stars also, so was the supernatural firmament above the supernatural worlds made to bring forth a greater supernatural light, a lesser supernatural light and supernatural stars of that order on the fourth day. The greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night, and the stars were for signs.
The same thing was done in the spiritual firmament above the spiritual country: a greater spiritual light was made, a lesser spiritual light and spiritual stars also.
And the same thing happened in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, a greater heavenly light was manifested, a lesser heavenly light and bright heavenly stars also.
Genesis 1:20-23 KJV
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. [21] And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. [22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. [23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
As the waters under the firmament was made to bring forth the natural moving creature after his kind and it brought forth the fish, the whales and fowl, so also the waters above the firmament brought forth the supernatural moving creature after his kind: that is supernatural fowl, fish and the great supernatural whales, each in their positions in the supernatural world.
And so was the spiritual water in the Spirit of truth made to bring for the moving creature after his kind, of fowl, fish and whales after their own kind. These three bears witness of life: the physical world, the supernatural world and the spiritual world. They agree in one.
And so also in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, the waters of life brought forth the moving creature after his kind, fowl, fish and whales of that kind, according to the heavenly country. It is the testimony of the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost. These are one.
Genesis 1:24-25 KJV
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. [25] And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
As the natural earth was made to bring forth the natural living creature after his kind, that is cattle with cattle life, beast and beast life and the creeping thing with creeping-thing life, so also the supernatural isles upon the supernatural waters above the firmament brought forth supernatural cattle, beast and the creeping thing of that kind, each with supernatural life of its kind.
And so did the spiritual ground of the spiritual earth in the Spirit bring forth the spiritual living creature after his kind, cattle, beast and creeping thing each after the kind of life in it according to the spiritual life.
And as these things were so done, so did the new earth in heavenly places in Christ Jesus bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, beast and creeping thing after their kind.
Genesis 1:26-28 KJV
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. [28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
As God made a natural man upon the earth in his image, both male and female and blessed them to be fruitful and multiply, to replenish the earth and subdued, so also he made a similar supernatural man upon the isle in the midst of the supernatural worlds, and the same was commanded to be fruitful and multiply, to subdue all and have dominion.
And a similar man, but a spiritual one was made in the spiritual heavenly country. And all were equally blessed to be fruitful by the word according to their kind.
So did God make a heavenly man in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and blessed him to be fruitful and to multiply and fill the new earth with children and to reign over all. For there were four living creatures, each of them like a man.
So everything was brought forth in four races in four worlds. And God placed a boundary between the four worlds and sealed all of them.
Genesis 1:29-31 KJV
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. [30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. [31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
And He gave all food after their kind. The natural creature was given natural food, the supernatural ones supernatural food, the spiritual one spiritual food after their kind. And the heavenly one heavenly food. Each creature was given particular kind of food.
And God saw the array of the fourfold creation, and behold it was very good! Amen! Oh, it was so pleasing to his heart!
Genesis 2:1-2 KJV
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
The heavens! Plural, the supernatural heavens, the spiritual heaven and the new heaven which is in Christ Jesus. Amen! Three heavens were made in parallel with the earth at the same time. Amen! A fourfold work went on at the same time.
In Genesis 1:1 before the fall of angel it speaks in singularly:
Genesis 1:1 KJV
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Now, after the fall, regeneration brought forth in four folds. This is what He has said unto you, that the more Christ is rejected the more he multiplies and the more he gets the glory.
The same thing applies to any faithful elect of God. The more you are rejected, persecuted and cast out, the more you increase in fruitfulness and glory. Therefore always rejoice in persecutions and tribulations. By that you are made more fruitful and by that glory is added unto you a hundred fold.
Look at Joseph, the more he was persecuted the more he became fruitful. What of Job? All was doubled after his tribulations. What of David? From among the Gentile he got might men of valour and finally his crown was more glorious. Reigning not only upon the house of Judah in Hebron but also upon the house of Israel and upon the Gentiles round about Israel. The Edomites, the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Philistines and the Syrians were all submitted unto David.
What of Elijah? Seven thousand men were kept in the true faith by his travails against Ahab and Jezebel.
Genesis 2:2-3 KJV
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. [3] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
So, God rested on the seventh day and was refreshed. And he blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for in it He rested. That shows the seven days of creation were more real than what we have on earth today. Those seven days were real days. For they could be blessed and hallowed. But the present earthly days are a fleeting shadow, just an imagination. How could any of them be blessed. But the seven days of creation are real. They are their. They are seven lights. For light was called Day, and if there are seven such days, then each is a particular light shining his light in his season. So they could be blessed.
Then what happened in the seventh day that it was so blessed?
1 Kings 6:7 KJV
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
All the materials that were used by Solomon to built the temple to be a resting place of God’s feet were cut and chopped elsewhere and were brought to the temple side when ready. There was no chopping, no cutting and no hammering. The stones were cut in a way that a stone joined into another below it and on every side. So was also the timber. All were perfectly cut. No other wisdom could do that but that of God Himself.
So, their was no noise, labour or any strive during the building of the temple. Why so? It was to be a house of rest. And for a house to provide rest it must be a quiet place. But a house built by noise will always be noisy. A house built through strives will always be full of the same. A house built by shedding blood will remain a bloody house. A house built by wars is a house of wars.
The house takes the nature of the prevailing atmosphere from the work of its building. A house built by labour will be a house of labouring, it can’t afford any rest.
Thus for a house to afford test for the owner, it should be build by the effect of resting.
Isaiah 32:15-18 KJV
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. [16] Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. [17] And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. [18] And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Isaiah 33:20-21 KJV
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. [21] But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
So, what did God do in the seventh day? He rested, perfectly rested, no labour, no noise, no strives, just perfect rest. What happened as he rested? What He had made during the six days were the parts of His house of rest. They were made ready from their quarries then transported to the side where to build the house of God, and there they lay in all quietness. Then as God rested on the seventh day, stone came upon stone and timber upon timber without any hand working, for they were made so agreeable that it was their joy and happiness to unite on sight. The moment they see each other it is just love and only love drawing hearts together. Thus in love they unite and the result is a house of love, a house of life, a house of refreshment, a house of rest. So did God bless the seventh day and separated it from all the six, for in it He had entered into the house of His rest. So the seventh day could not be put together with the rest lest it takes after the manner of those others.
1 Chronicles 22:7-10 KJV
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God: [8] But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. [9] Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. [10] He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Thus is the seventh day. It is such a day of complete rest and quietness. A man of peace, a man of rest. A quiet peaceful man without strives. In him and by him God builds a house of rest.
Genesis 2:4 KJV
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
This is the book of the gospel that was preached to every creature.
Thus these fourfold book was sealed and kept for the day of redemption.
Colossians 1:23 KJV
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.
Now to show that these things are so let us look at the earnest of their revelation. When the Word was made flesh all these things were in him, and he preached an earnest of these things as the gospel of the kingdom of God. His message was recorded in four gospel books. That is Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Matthew records the gospel according to the testimony of water, a lion-like roar. That is the gospel preached to the things under water by which they were created and made.
Mark records the gospel according to the testimony of blood, the gospel of the ox, that which is sacrificial, that is slain shedding blood for atonement: the gospel preached to the supernatural creatures upon the surface of the earth, that is above the sea. This is the gospel by which these things were created and made.
Luke records the gospel according to man, a creature with spirit, and therefore this is the testimony of the Spirit of truth by which the things in the world of spirits were created and made. Remember, it is Luke who also writes the book of the Acts of the Apostles, and that is the Acts of the Spirit of truth by the apostles. The Spirit manifests four standards around about it: the standard of the lion, the ox, the man and the eagle. That was revealed in earnest in the apostolic lion, dark ages ox, the man of the Reformation and the eagle of end time restoration. That ends Luke’s gospel testimony.
Then John the revelator steps on the scene with the gospel according to the eagle. He doesn’t record like the first three, just mere history, but receives divine revelation of the Word. His record is the testimony of the Father and of the Word and of the Holy Ghost, and the same is one record, for the three are one. And therefore it is a record of the gospel that was preached to the things in the heaven itself, things in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, things in the new heaven, in the new earth and in the new Jerusalem, and things concerning the holy mountain.
Yes, the gospel of John is the earnest witness of the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost. It is a glorious gospel of Jesus Christ the son of God, a three in one gospel testifying of the Father, of the Word and of the Holy Ghost.
There is the book of the fourfold creation; a fourfold story building. The creation from water according to Matthew, the creation from the earth according to mark, the creation in the Spirit according to Luke and the creation in heavenly places in Jesus Christ according to John.
How many men are those? Four men! Abraham called out from a land between two floods, the Tigris and the Euphrates: that is a man from under water.
Isaac as a calf to be offered as a sacrifice, a man upon the earth with the testimony of blood.
Jacob as the Spirit, a prince who has power with God, has four ensigns around him like Luke. Four as Jacob had twelve sons so Luke writes the book of the acts of the twelve apostles.
And Joseph is the eagle with the message of perfection. He was a beloved son like John who was a believed apostle.
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy bring out the same gospel order. Exodus delivering Israel from under water, the waters of the Red Sea. Leviticus is a book of sacrifice, a book of blood for atonement. Numbers is a book of man with four standards. And Deuteronomy is the three in one, a glorious prophetic book of Moses.
Isaiah, a spiritual Exodus; Jeremiah, an ox; Ezekiel a son of man with four gospel standards, and Daniel quite an eagle seeing to the end of the world like John.
So there was the gospel according to man from under water, the gospel according to man upon the earth, the gospel according to the man in the Spirit and the gospel according to the heavenly man in Christ Jesus. This gospel of the kingdom of God was recorded in a book and sealed as we have seen. It is the gospel of creation.
Revelation 10:1-6 KJV
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: [2] And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, [3] And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. [4] And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. [5] And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, [6] And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
The third man in this gospel book has four phases around him, that is the spirit man, just like Jacob, like Numbers, like Ezekiel and like Luke. These faces were first unfolded in shadows. The first face in Adam and his generation. The second face in Noah and his generation. The third face in the generations of Israel and the fourth face in the generations of the Christians.
So since the faces around the third man are over, and the same were fully unveiled through Branham when he was given the seals, revealing the Antichrist from Adam to his time, then what is next ahead of us? The actual fourfold creation, the fourfold story building! The house that God built in the beginning by His word. Amen. The great fourfold auditorium! The first floor from water, the second floor from the blood, the third floor from the Spirit, and the tremendous fourth floor is from the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost who are one, and the same fourth floor is the new heaven, the new earth, the great high mountain and the new Jerusalem upon the holy mountain! That fourth floor is so tremendous! The final and complete revelation of Jesus Christ!
At the end of all, all that have the testimony of life in the sea under the water, and in the earth above the waters are gathered into the Spirit. And the Spirit is gathered into the new heaven and new earth with all that it has. Then what remains behind is a mere husk which is burned.
Ephesians 1:9-10 KJV
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: [10] That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him.
Now do you think where we are is on top of the earth or in water under the earth? Look at Genesis 1:1-5 again. The great deep was divided in the midst and a great part of it was taken above the firmament. Thus, we on this earth are under that great deep of Genesis.
There were mainly two precepts which that world under water was given to keep. First everything was to bring forth of its kind. Hybridizing was forbidden. Why? Hybridizing corrupts and kills life. Secondly, they were to keep the Sabbath day, a day of complete rest. Nothing else was to be done. No more addition on anything which God had done. No addition and no subtraction. No work of any kind was to be done.
Revelation 22:17-19 KJV
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. [18] For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: [19] And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
That was the kind of commandment given them in order to maintain that place as a house of God’s rest, for God had descended in His fullness into His house and rested there and therefore commanded all to keep that rest, a Sabbath day forever. No work to be done anymore, for what God had done was perfect. It was very good. It needed no addition of any kind, and no subtraction of any kind in all the three realms of existence.
The spiritual world, the supernatural world and the natural world were given the same commandment, to love God with all their heart, with all their soul and all their might, so as to keep his commandment of adding nothing or subtracting nothing to His works, so as to keep the Sabbath day holy and maintain His rest.
Just eating and drinking and rejoicing in worship.
1 Kings 4:25 KJV
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 4:20-21 KJV
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. [21] And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
That is the type of what was in Genesis after God finishing His work and resting on the seventh day, the way Solomon finished the work of the house of God in peace and rest, so that rest was to be maintained by adding nothing to that house nor subtracting nothing. Any addition will immediately start plaques and any subtraction will immediately subtract them from such a place. Everything must maintain that rest, whether the world under water, above the water or in the spirit. By so abiding by that commandment, then the word sown in them would grow perfectly to maturity to bear perfect fruits, then all will be gathered into perfect eternal rest. That place of perfect rest is in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. It is the body of Jesus Christ consisting of new heaven (that is his Spirit), the new earth (that is his soul, quite a home!), the holy mountain (a place of worship) and the new Jerusalem, his heart. In him is the fullness of God revealed. That is the great auditorium! The new heaven, the new earth, the great mountain and new Jerusalem upon that mountain is the great auditorium, the great tent, the house of God for He will rest in His people forever and ever, world without end.
The new heaven has four worlds in it, like a lion, like an calf, like a man and like an eagle. The four gospel standards. That makes the great tent spanning the skies.
In between them is the earth, the new earth, quite big and spacious. And that is the outer court.
Then the great mountain is the cornerstone. That is the sanctuary of strength. That is the body of Jesus Christ. For the great mountain covers all the face of the earth, thus is a body which is the sanctuary of the soul. That mountain replaces the sea above the earth. The soul is within the body, so the new earth is within the mountain.
Daniel 2:34-35 KJV
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. [35] Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
John 2:19 KJV
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
As the soul is within the body, and the body is its sanctuary, so the earth is within the holy mountain. The great sea is taken away and replaced with this great sanctuary for all souls! Amen! The earth within it is a soul of souls. All souls saved are gathered into one soul, the soul of the holy one of God, even the soul of Jesus Christ. And all bodies are of one body, even that great holy mountain, a sanctuary of sanctuaries. Then final all hearts are of one heart, the heart of Jesus Christ, even the beloved city upon the holy mountain. All hearts are like that heart, and all are one heart in him. And that heart is the throne of God and of the lamb.
Then all spirits are of one Spirit, and that one Spirit is the new heaven, and the same has the fourfold gospel standards in it. And those gospel standards together is the mind of Christ in the Spirit, and by that he knows all things for he compasses all things. And all spirits being of that one Spirit therefore they all have one mind, built together for the habitation of God. The eternal habitation for the God of Jacob.
Ephesians 3:15-21 KJV
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, [16] That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; [17] That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, [18] May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; [19] And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. [20] Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, [21] Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Echoes From Paradise
Echoes From Paradise 