Revelations 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having
the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And
he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil,
and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the
bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he
should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should
be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for
the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not
worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead
lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no
power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall
reign with him a thousand years.
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Let
us be thoroughly illumed with the proper understanding of the hope
of our calling in Christ Jesus. The prayer is that we be filled with
all celestial wisdom knowing the hope of our calling in Christ and
our eternal heritage in Him, in the ages to come. In revelations
chapter 20, the Apostle John reveals a highly important event that
must be fulfilled in everyone that will taste of the glory of Christ
in God’s kingdom. This Chapter is highly prophetic and simple to
understand, all we need to do is to seat at the feet of Christ the
teacher as he opens our ears to hear sacred mysteries hidden in the
heart of God. The elect of God are equipped by the spirit to know
the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end so that
they remain unshaken in their faith towards God and His promises for
those who love His name.
This message will treat the first resurrect, which is commonly
called the millennium reign. The Spirit says, “Blessed and holy
is He that hath part in the first resurrection, they will not be
touched by the second death and they shall reign as priests and
kings a thousand years with Christ”. When the spirit says
blessed and holy are those who partake in the first resurrection,
you just have to stop and listen attentively, because like we will
soon find out, if any man does not experience new life in the
resurrection or the millennium reign with Christ, He has not seen
life at all. We will discover that the life that men live in this
present age is no life at all; it is just tribulation upon
tribulation in His pursuit after vain imaginations that really do
not exist.
As
we read through this article, let us lay down our lives at the feet
of the king and humbly receive that which is able to save our souls.
Humility means patience to be able to rightfully discern the spirit
as it speaks, and never assuming we know it all. It does not matter
how versed we may be in the bible, neither does it matter the amount
of knowledge we might have heaped up for many years. Never mind what
a so called great man of God wrote or said some time back, nor
should we bother on what majority out there think, just listen
attentively to the spirit, the anointing within you and He will
teach you all things.
THE
ANGEL THAT DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN
Out
of Zion, the beauty of perfection is shining, illuminating those who
live under the thick covering of the shadow of death. This
phenomenon is fulfilled over and over again in individuals and in
nations as revelation truth proceeds from the Father’s presence to
illuminate the darkened hearts of men. The son of God who is also
the angel or messenger of God, descends from heaven to destroy the
works of the devil by giving us true divine understanding.
Jesus in His capacity as the angel (messenger or servant) of God in Revelations 20:1 confirms in John 6:38-40,
that He is the one who descends from heaven to accomplish the will
of God on the earth.
John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will,
but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's
will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should
lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And
this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the
Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will
raise him up at the last day.
Meaning of the word Angel from the original Greek manuscripts:
Aggelos ang'-el-os From aggellō (probably derived from G71; compare G34; to bring tidings); a messenger;
especially an “angel”; by implication a pastor: - angel, messenger. |
From the definition of angel we can see it is intended to mean
messenger, pastor or one who brings tidings. God wants us to be
aware that an angel is not a physically winged creature, like
religion and fairy tales taught us. An angel is simply a messenger
or servant of God, whose glory is to accomplish the will of God,
meaning they live solely on account of God, acting as couriers of
His thoughts in the heavens and on earth. By transmitting the deep
thoughts of God, the angels of God quicken the dead upon the earth
who are annihilated from the life of God, and strengthen those who
already dwell in the heights of the spirit (the brethren). They are
executors of God’s word.
Spiritually speaking, you can view the angel as winged creatures,
reflecting their celestial attributes and ability to sour liberally
in the heights of heaven far above the principalities and powers of
this dark age. Mortal man who is dead in a mistaken identity that
binds him to a corruptible nature is very much like the soul caged
in the snare of the fowler so that He cannot sour in the liberty of
the spirit. Just imagine a caged bird and it’s limitations in
comparison to the free birds that have unlimited resources at their
disposal, this shows the clear distinction between the God’s
servants (the angels) and mortal man of the earth who is bound to an
earthly nature.
If
you have spiritual insight you will discern that Jesus had spiritual
wings, even though on earth with His physical body, He operated from
the heavens [John 3:13]. He
operated as an angel of God from above, not of this world [John
8:23], whose only meat was to do the will of Him (the Father)
that sent Him.
John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, my meat is to do the will of him
that sent me, and to finish his work.
This means that He had no life of His own as a man, but to please
the Father always by executing His will upon the earth.
John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son
of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do
nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these
things. 29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left
me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
With all these confessions of Jesus, it is dawning on us that He was
the messenger of God executing the will of God on the earth. And we
know the will of God is that EVERY ONE SHOULD SEE (COMPREHEND) THE
HIDDEN MYSTERY OF CHRIST, THE TRUE CREATION OF GOD, BELIEVE IN IT,
AND BE SAVED THROUGH IT [John 6:40].
So the messenger principaly tries to reveal Christ to those that the
Lord commits into His hand.
That allegorical view of the angel which descends from heaven in Revelation 20:1 is a continuous
event that occurs from generation to generation as Christ descends
to deliver His elect from the jaws of death. This is not something
that can be discerned by men of this age except those who know the
truth, or in other words, those to whom it is given to know the
mysteries of the kingdom. Today we recognize Christ by the spirit
and we testify to the work of deliverance he is accomplishing in our
lives, but the world (religious systems included) cannot see Him
because they are looking out for the flesh body of Jesus or some
other some of outward manifestation. Christ is very much present in
the spirit, and working through vessels that have united themselves
in one to Him.
Those who will be delivered from the jaws of death by the spirit of
Christ, also become deliverers, being coworkers so to say with
Christ, doing the very works that He did and is still doing. Now we
understand what He means when He says, “If you believe in me, you
will do the same works that I do [John
14:12]”.
In Colossians 1:25-29, Paul
testifies that He was called to be a minister to do the will of
God by revealing the mystery of Christ the son of God for all
men to see and believe.
Colossians 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister (servant or
messenger), according to the dispensation of God which is given
to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 26 Even the
mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now
is made manifest to his saints: 27 To whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all
wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 29
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which
worketh in me mightily.
Meaning of minister from the original Greek manuscripts:
Diakonos dee-ak'-on-os Probably from (obsolete, to run on errands;
compare G1377); an attendant, that is, (generally) a
waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specifically a
Christian teacher and pastor (technically a deacon or
deaconess): - deacon, minister, servant. |
From the definitions of angel and minister, it is plain to see that
they mean the same thing. It was the spirit of Christ working
mightily in Paul to accomplish the will of God, which like we
already know is unveiling the incorruptible seed of Christ in us.
Some of us reading this message with discerning eyes will recognize
that it is the same spirit of Christ descending from heaven to
accomplish the will of God in our lives, so that we can obtain true
salvation of our souls.
By
the spirit, even Elihu the wise young man in the days of Job spoke
on the immerse benefits of hearkening to the messenger, long before
the arrival of Jesus on the scene. So if you are reading this
message, understand that hearkening to the messenger is the only
thing that can deliver man from the jaws of death.
Job 33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his
life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to
shew unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him,
and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found
a ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall
return to the days of his youth: 26 He shall pray unto God, and he
will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for
he will render unto man his righteousness. Job 27 He looketh upon
men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that
which was right, and it profited me not; 28 He will deliver
his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
The
messenger is defined in the original Hebrew transcripts as:
mal'âk mal-awk' From an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy;
a messenger; specifically of God, that is, an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher): - ambassador,
angel, king, messenger. |
By
these definitions, it is absolutely clear that the word “messenger”
used in Job 33:23 and the word
“angel “used in Revelations 20:1 mean the same thing. Elihu in Job 33 is simply revealing the only
solution for man’s revival unto eternal life. The word messenger
used in Job 33:23 is meant to
depict an intercessor between God and man who is the only one able
to deliver man from the power of the grave by reconciling Him back
with God so that He can once more see true rich life which never
fades; this is the ministry Christ descends to accomplish in those
about to be saved. There is no other way to life than to hear the
messenger of God.
It
is marvelous to see that thousands of years before the appearing of
the Lord Jesus, the spirit of Christ was already testifying of the
great work of deliverance and healing that the messenger of God will
performs in those who receive Him. I can assure you that even though
most of the holy prophets of old prophesied of this great salvation,
none of them thoroughly comprehended the mystery. Just sit back and
imagine millions that have perished off from the time Elihu spoke
these words till the coming of Jesus, yet today, we have the grace
to stand before the messenger out of a thousand and receive complete
redemption, so that our souls are lifted up from the horrible
destructive pit into the very light of the Lord where all traces of
darkness and death are no more.
For
God so loved the world that he has given us His messenger, so that
all who can believe Him will not be consumed by the power of the
grave but to shall arise into abundant life. For this reason the
Father says, “hear Him”
Before I move on I want you to notice that Elihu, calls Him one
among a thousand. Like we will see further down that number,
”thousand” is a symbolic number for the day of the Lord which is
synonymous with God’s kingdom. Meaning that Christ, the messenger of
God descends from God’s kingdom to instruct man on the way to life
and to reconcile man to God.
THE
KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND THE GREAT CHAIN
The
messenger from heaven, which like we established is servant aspect
of Christ revealed from heaven to destroy the works of the devil
chief of which is death, so that all who are held captive to the
powers of death are liberated. He does this by binding up the devil
and casting Him down the bottomless pit so that the devil seizes to
exist in our lives. The whole world being influenced by the devil is
encompassed with spiritual wickedness, but the messenger of God has
descended to liberate man, and He does this by giving Him
understanding.
1John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole
world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is
come (descended), and hath given us an understanding, that we
may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
The key of the bottomless pit and the great chain in the hand of the
messenger (Christ) is the celestial wisdom and understand revealing
truth to us in this hour.
It is this same truth that liberates us from the dominion of the
devil, like He says; you shall know the truth and the truth shall
set you free. The truth like we just read is revelation of our true
origin in the invisible, incorruptible and immortal God. Meaning we
are part and parcel of the God’s body and temple (Christ); this is truth. Christ is the true God and eternal life and
we originated from that body, but somehow we lost track of this
truth and we have suffered greatly as a result of this. Paul says
the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him bodily, being the very
expression of the invisible and incorruptible God and we are called
to be partakers of His divine nature [Colossians
2:9-10].
In
response to Jesus’ question asking, “who do men say that I am?”,
Peter answered and said you are Christ the son of the living God.
Jesus’ response was, “flesh and blood has not revealed this to you
but my Father who is in heaven”. Meaning human wisdom and knowledge
is not aware of this sacred mystery, only my Father who is in heaven
is aware.
Matthew 16:16-19 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath
not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this
rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of
the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Jesus Christ further confirms that this sacred revelation is the
very foundation of the Church which is Himself, His own body; it is
the key that sets the captives free and opens the doors to God’s
kingdom; it is also that great chain with which the devil is bound
and banished forever from our lives. With this divine illumination
the powers of hell, death included, will be overcome and every evil
work of the devil will seize in our lives.
That flash of revelation which Peter received from the Father, is
the same revelation that the messenger of God descending from heaven
transmits to those who are about to inherit true salvation. It is
this revelation of divinity in us that opens up the entrance into
God’s marvelous kingdom and closes the bottomless pit in the hearts
of men.
The
bottomless pit can be defined as the infinite source of iniquity
that flows forth from the hearts of men who live according to the
flesh. Living life after the flesh opens up this endless font of
iniquity because man now becomes corrupted by a lustful nature.
Jesus makes a reference to that font of endless iniquity flowing
from the hearts of men, attesting to the fact that this is what
defiles the conscience of men.
Mark 7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that
defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart
of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things
come from within, and defile the man.
God never condemns any man; neither does he withhold any thing from
Him. It is the defiled conscience derived from a corruptible nature
that defiles man and causes man to shrink back from the Father’s
presence. The devil which is the accuser of the brethren, works
through the conscience of man to accuse Him day and night before
God, causing man to lose boldness to access the father’s presence.
Losing access to the Father’s presence means inheriting the
spiritual wilderness of unbelief, sorrow and pain; this is the
spiritual environment of this present world. This is the state of
mortal man who is ignorance of the truth, and perishes constantly in
His mistaken identity of flesh and blood.
Christ the offspring of God does not sin, because He is born of God
and possesses the same incorruptible nature of the Father. Men of
this age that are known to be sinners are simply offspring of the
devil, meaning in their carnal states they are simply a product
falsehood. Only revelation of the true incorruptible seed of God in
us can cause us to overcome the sinful nature of flesh and blood.
That revelation of the seed of God in us is what the son of God in
His capacity as the messenger was manifested to deliver to us so as
to destroy the works of the devil which like we know is sin and
death.
1John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth
in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
The revelation of our true divine substance and our origin in God is
the key and chain which delivers us from a sinful corruptible nature and a defiled conscience, therefore giving us access to our true
incorruptible inheritance in the heavens and our dominion as
offspring of the living God. Remember awakening to the knowledge of
Christ in us is the only escape route from the corruption that is
this world like Peter writes in 2Peter 1:1-4
2Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his
divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto
us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust.
If
we can comprehend the fact that we are pure invisible spirits beings
exactly like our Father, and our world or kingdom is purely
spiritual, we will awaken to a glorious new life free from the power
of lust, sin and death. Only through awakening to the inner
revelation of Christ that we can we sing O death where is thy sting,
Oh grave where is thy victory. This is the key and chain in the hand
of God’s messenger in this hour.
We
must patiently allow this key and chain to work in our lives, no
matter how monstrous the dragon in our lives seems to be, it will be
bound up and cast away forever shortly. No matter how hopelessly and
infinitely corrupt and carnal we think we are, all we need is
patience and daily increase in the knowledge of divinity in us, one
step at a time and surely, the righteous Lord and God of peace will
place Satan under our feet.
Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your
feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Amen.
UNDERSTANDING DECEPTION OF THE DEVIL
The
Apostle John says that the devil, the serpent, the dragon and Satan
was chained and cast into the bottomless pit where it can no longer
deceive the nations for a thousand years.
One
is tempted to ponder on what the deception of the devil really is.
We can discern that the deception of the devil is the cause of the
entire problem in man today. The deception is simple the erroneous
wisdom of this age which portrays man as an entity separate from
God. It causes the erection of an imaginary wall of separation from
God in the mind and hearts of men so that they are cut off from the
only life that there is.
If
any man cannot confess like Jesus that, “I and the Father are one”,
the eyes of His understanding has been darkened by Satan [2Corinthians
4:3-4]; He is walking in the deception of the devil. So we
can simply say that the absence of the consciousness of Christ which
says, “I and the Father are one” is the deception of the devil and
remains the source of man’s tribulation to this day. The
consciousness of ourselves as the incorruptible and immortal son of
God nested in the bosom of the Father is that which causes us to
flourish like the Garden of Eden where nothing of the evil one can
touch us. On the other hand, the deception of the devil which says,
“I and the Father are separate entities” causes the state of man to
be like the arid desert places where there is no life, because man
is cut off from God the very fountain of living waters [Jeremiah
17:13].
In
Adam’s transgression, when God asked Him who told you that you
naked, He was simply asking Him, “who deceived you and striped
you of the knowledge of our oneness.” As long as man falls prey
to the deception of the devil, He dies off being absent from the
only source in the universe.
God
is still asking man to this very day, “who deceived you and
disconnected you from the source”, for this reason He sends the
messenger to banish the influence of the devil in His life and
deliver Him from the deception so that He can once more stand in the
perfect day of the Lord. From John 14:20,
we can discern that Christ, the messenger is here to restore us back
to that perfect day (the millennium), where we awaken from the dead
and become consciously aware that we are one with God the Father.
John 14:20 At that day (the millennium or day of the Lord)
ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in
you (Christ consciousness).
Any
spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ (Consciousness that
says I and the Father are one) is come in the flesh is the
spirit of the deceiver or the anti- Christ [1John
4:1 -6]; this is also the devil, the dragon, Satan etc. The
spirit of the deceiver is the same spirit that works in the systems
of religion and in all spheres of humanity and it stands opposed to
that sacred consciousness of Christ. Just go out with the revelation
of this mystery and see what men will do to you; tell your Church
pastor or friends of this revelation, thinking that you have been
deceived and indoctrinated by the devil, they will go on a fast for
you. The spirit of the deceiver is the very spirit that arose
against Jesus in the days of His ministry and is still very much out
there.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one. 31 Then the Jews
took up stones again to stone him.
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent
into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of
God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But
if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out
of their hand,
Of
course by now we know that the anti-Christ or the deceiver is not
somebody coming from the Middle East, it is simply that which
opposes the knowledge of Christ. That wisdom that opposes the
knowledge of Christ is the wisdom of this dark world. We who know
the truth are admonished to reject the deception and begin to walk
in truth according to the light we are receiving this moment. We are
called to pull down all the high concepts of men that try to exalt
themselves against the simple consciousness of Christ. This is where
our battle is, to maintaining this consciousness by guarding it
jealously in the midst of this ignorant dark world. We are called to
recognize ourselves the way we are known of the Father, that we all
are one indivisible eternal body in God, any other belief is the
deception of the devil.
BEHEADED FOR THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST
During the thousand years in which the devil was bound, cast into
the bottomless pit and sealed up, John saw the souls of the faithful
witnesses of Christ arising from the dead, and they lived and
reigned with Christ. John further says that these souls are the
souls of men, beheaded for the testimony of Christ, and they also
refused to worship the beast and its image and they also rejected
the mark of the beast. These are the ones who are worthy to rule and
reign in Christ in the millennium, they have received the testimony
and obeyed the words of the Father, by rejecting the lie of God and
uniting themselves with the truth.
The
image of the beast is the very image that every mortal man in this
present dark world lives by as a result of the deception. It is
either a man puts on the celestial and spiritual image of God the
Father or He walks in the lie by putting on the carnal image of the
beast. One may ask what the beast is. The bible clearly pinpoints
the beast in Genesis Charter 3:1
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of
the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the
woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
garden?
Already we see a reference to that old antic serpent as the most
cunning of the beast of the field. It is this beast that goes on to
tempt Eve with the vain glories of this outer material world and
causes both Adam and Eve to lose every knowledge of their
inheritance in God’s eternal and invisible kingdom. When Adam
reigned in glory, He was living in the spiritual and incorruptible
image and likeness of God His Father, but in the transgression all
that changes. In the transgression Adam, substitutes the glory of
God (image) for that of the subtle beast called the Serpent, the
devil etc.
Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image
made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts,
and creeping things.
What we see in Roman 1:22-23, is
the tendency of all men out there today, in their quest to gain this
world and its illusionary glories, they lose their celestial state
in God and consequently their place in God’s kingdom. From then
onwards Adam had the very imprints of the mark of the beast and
became a worshiper of an eternal material god (Himself), otherwise
known as the god of this world (self).
Flesh and blood which is mortal man’s material conscious state is
simply a product of man’s union with the serpent of the dust (carnal
mind). In this abominable union the man’s head (mind) now becomes
that of the serpent (carnal mind). So man’s wisdom is now that of
Satan, wisdom which is totally ignorant of the things of God but
sees and knows things after the natural human instincts. As long as
man is guided by the beastly instincts, He is lead through that wide
torturous road that leads to hell and death. In this state He is
perceives himself as an adversary of God, not being able to subject
Himself to the spiritual law of God.
All
men are liars [Psalms 116:11] and
false witnesses [Proverbs 19:5]
by virtue of the fact that they live by the carnal mind which denies
the son of God within and extols outer identity after the flesh. If
any man gets the revelation of the truth within (Christ) and desires
to once more partake of His glory in God’s perfect day, He must lose
His natural head on account of the gospel by putting on the mind of
Christ. That is why Jesus says in plain words, that we must lose our
life (head or mind) which attaches us to an outward and falsely
derived identity, to gain it in His eternal kingdom. If we are to
reign with Christ in the glory of the Father, we must detach
ourselves from the outer world and begin to live by the spirit.
Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily,
and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it:
but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save
it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
and lose himself, or be cast away?
Losing our head (serpent or the carnal mind) causes a total loss of
the life we once lived in this world. That personality that we
obtained from our natural parents and the wisdom of this world is
brought to naught, so that the true creation of God otherwise known
as the new creation within emerges. For this reason we are
admonished to transform our minds from that of the old corrupt
carnal man to that of the new man who is in the image of God. As we
do this, the outer world that we once held in high esteem dissolves
and becomes like a parable, and beyond the parable a new glorious
realm emerges where we become once more consciously aware of our
unlimited blessing in Christ Jesus the son of God.
The
eyes of the natural carnal man of this world cannot perceive the
things that God has freely given those who love His name, but those
who put on the spiritual mind of Christ, do see it and enter into
it. Like we read in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, the things
that pertain to God are known only by the spirit of Christ, not by
man.
1Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the
things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
If
anyone therefore seeks to see the perfect day of the Lord
(Millennium), He must lose His Head and put on the mind of Christ,
because no carnality (the beast) knows the path to this place of
glory talk less of entering it. Daily we must remind ourselves that
the old life we lived in ignorance is worthless and deserves nothing
but death on the cross; only as we let go of the old can we inherit
new life of Christ.
REIGNING IN CHRIST IN THE MILLENIUM
The
grace of God that is able to save all men has been made manifest to
us through the messenger who descends from heaven, teaching us to
recognize our true substance and origin in the Father and to
therefore shun the lusts of this present age. We are admonished to
exercise ourselves in the very nature of our Father, by conforming
ourselves to our original celestial image from the beginning and to
patiently wait for the dawning of the new day in Christ.
This new day (the Millennium) we are being ushered into is a day
unknown to man, it is the perfect day of The Lord, a day where there
is no trace of darkness, where death, sorrow and every imaginable
evil is alien. It is the day, in which man awakens in the likeness
and beauty of God [Psalm 17:15];
where every wall of separation in the mind is abolished and man
becomes aware that His is one and inseparable from the Father. In
this high consciousness, Lordship and authority is restored to man
so that He lives by the glory and the power of God [Psalm
8:4-9].
The
thousand years represent a spiritual realm or consciousness of total
peace, dominion and victory for those who receive the truth from God’s messenger and keep it. It is not a literal
thousand years like we know in this age; it is only symbolic of the
perfect eternal day of the Lord. We who are progressing into God’s
kingdom have to come to terms with the fact that time doesn’t exist
in God’s realm, with God a thousand years can be a second, an
hours, a day or any measure of time. The book of revelation uses
numbers as symbols for those who can understand the mind of God.
2Peter
3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is
with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Somebody says, “But the bible says:
“when the thousand years expires….””. Yes it expires, like it did
for Adam when He transgressed, it expires when one does not keep
Himself in the knowledge of the truth even after being delivered
from the lie.
Somebody asks, “What do you mean, was Adam in the Millennium?” Yes,
His glorious reign and dominion, is depicted by the garden state of
Eden, a conscious of absolute completeness and peace; He was ruling
and reigning in and as the Son(Christ), to whom all dominion and
glory is given as seen in (Genesis 1:26).
Adam was alive in the glory of God as long as He kept Himself in the
spiritual image of God. In that state there was no influence of the
devil, no fear, no sorrow, no pain, and no sin consciousness. All
that ends as He transgresses against God, by putting on the image of
flesh and blood. In His transgression Adam dies, and comes under the
influence of imaginary forces of darkness working through His
defiled conscience. As long as he remains in that falsely derived
state He will never see the perfect day of the Lord.
In
Jesus’ Parable of the marriage supper in [Matthew
22:11-13], He made mention of one who was in the bridal
chamber without a wedding gown, the same was shown the way out into
outer darkness where unbelief and aguish of soul reigns. This
parable is reference to those who see the Lord’s perfect day and
taste of His goodness and still do not keep themselves in the
knowledge of the truth. As long as a man keeps Himself in the truth
undefiled by the corruption of this outer world, the devil can never
touch Him again; the thousand years expire only as man goes back to
His folly by losing His celestial state.
Jesus, the second Adam, knew and abided in the day of the Lord (The
millennium), that is why He could manifest the Father to the world.
He could confess that the prince of this world has nothing in Him,
meaning no trace of carnality of materialism in Him, just pure
spiritual consciousness. He walked like no man ever walked, because
He was a product of God’s world. He promises that those who keep His
word will enter into this blessed supernatural realm where all
things are possible because they awaken to the fact that they are
one with God, confirming Jesus’ words when He says “With God all
things are possible”.
Those who patiently apply themselves to the truth, by walking in
perfect love in relation to the brethren and increasing in divine
knowledge of the Christ within, will be exalted in the day of their
visitation. They will be lifted up from the dung Hill of humanity
(waste, vanity) and made to sit alongside kings (other brethren in
Christ) in heavenly places in Christ, high above all principalities
and powers of this Dark Age, where they will exercise Lordship as
they rule on the eternal throne of the Father.
Job 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with
kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for
ever, and they are exalted.
Psalms 113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Those who suffer contradiction and affliction on account of this
revelation, but patiently endure with Him will also reign with Him
in the day He appears to be glorified in His saints.
2 Timothy 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead
with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If we
suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
This means we should never be discouraged, but always bear it in
mind that the day of our visitation is at hand. It is the Fathers
good pleasure to give us His kingdom, where we can enter in and
freely enjoy the totality of His glory; any thought that contradicts
this is of the devil.
If
we cling on to His word and confess Him (Christ within) before men
whose minds are stayed on this world and its vain glory, we will be
in the company of His angels and messengers alongside Christ in the
millennium as they are revealed for the whole world to behold. And
we will not be touched by the second death as promised by the Lord.
2Thessalonians 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and
that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 2Th 1:9 Who
shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of
the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to
be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that
believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
If
you look at Paul’s letter closely [2Thessalonians
1:7-10],
He is writing of the rest and glory which awaits those who have
obeyed the message which He the messenger delivered unto them. You
can discern that Paul was saying that He had entered into that rest
and glory of God, and was expecting His obedient children in the
lord to join Him at the appointed time when they are ushered into
the day of the Lord. Those who obey the gospel are the once who will
manifest the glory and the power of the Lord for all to see, because the Lord is glorified IN His faithful ones. His manifestation
is great joy and delights to those who obey Him because they awaken
in Him and become partakers in His glory in what is referred to as
the first resurrection. On the other hand His unveiling inflicts
great tribulation and wrath to those who refuse to obey the gospel,
because they will have to go through the dreaded second death.
God is a consuming fire, and we know fire consumes everything which
comes its way; His manifestation through Christ brings judgment to
the prince of this world who is none other than our human identity
which opposes exalts itself against anything that is of God. The
extreme brightness of His appearing through His saints is the thing
that convicts the world of Sin. His appearing means wrath and
torment for those who cling on to falsehood and reject the call to
subjection to Christ. Once a man appears before the Lord’s presence,
He stands eternally before the throne of His Judgment and He will
find no rest till He agrees with Him. The fiery consummation of
flesh and blood and every form of ungodliness is what is called the
second death. Those who refuse to identify with the death of the
Lord Jesus Christ will have to go through the second death. It is a
dreadful thing to fall into this form of judgment because there is
no escape from it, for this reason we are all admonished to obey the
gospel and put on Christ. Some brethren have already asked for a
complete message on the second death and the lake of fire, and I
believe we will treat these topics thoroughly in the near future, as
the Lord gives release.
Brethren, let us awaken to love and righteousness, let us awaken to
the reality that we are members of each other, the one and only body
that exists eternally, otherwise known as the only true God and
eternal life. Time has come to live and enjoy the totally of God’s
glory which He has freely made available to us in the Son.
Amen
Trevor Eghagha
