D - 1TransformingtheMindROM 12:2And be not conformed to this
world:but be ye transformed by the renewing of yourmind, that ye
may prove what is that good, andacceptable, and perfect, will of
God.DaySpring from on High,P. O. Box 820,Alvin, Texas 77512-0820
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for sale or resale.TransformingtheMindD - 3ISAIAH'S VISIONOF THE
SERAPHIMS,THE THRONE, ANDTHE OAK TREEISA 6:1In the year that king
Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne,high and
lifted up, and his train filled the temple.2Above it stood the
seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered hisface,
and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.3And
one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of
hosts: thewhole earth is full of his glory.4And the posts of the
door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house wasfilled
with smoke.5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a
man of unclean lips, and Idwell in the midst of a people of unclean
lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, theLORD of hosts.6Then flew
one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which
he hadtaken with the tongs from off the altar:7And he laid it upon
my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and
thineiniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.8Also I heard the
voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go
forus? Then said I, Here am I; send me.9And he said, Go, and tell
this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see yeindeed,
but perceive not.10Make the heart of this people fat, and make
their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;lest they see with their
eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart,and
convert, and be healed.11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he
answered, Until the cities be wasted withoutinhabitant, and the
houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,12And the LORD
have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in
themidst of the land.13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall
return, and shall be eaten: as a teiltree, and as an oak, whose
substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: sothe holy seed
shall be the substance thereof.Beyondthe Glassy SeaD -
4MountHermonThe story has been told about a team of
scientiststhatwereclimbingamountain.Thegistofthestory goes
something like this. The scientists weredriven by an intense
curiosity of what was on theother side of the mountain.For, to
their knowl-edge, no one had ever seen the other side of
themountain before.As they painstakingly
climbedtowardthetop,theexcitementmounted.Theywould finally get to
see what was on the other sideof the mountain.And finally they
reached the top and looked
overtoseethebreathtakingview.Andastheysur-veyed the scene, they
noted a group sitting by aboulder and talking among themselves.This
groupintroducedthemselvestothescientistsasbeingtheologians.They
said, "Where have you been,we have been waiting a long time for
you?"PSA 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together inunity!2It is like the precious ointment upon
the head, that ran down upon the beard, evenAaron's beard: that
went down to the skirts of his garments;3As the dew of Hermon, and
as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: forthere the
LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.DAN 1:4Children
in whom was no blemish,butwellfavoured,andskilfulinallwisdom,and
cunning in knowledge, and understand-ing science, and such as had
ability in themto stand in the king's palace, and whom
theymightteachthelearningandthetongueofthe Chaldeans.1TI 6:20O
Timothy, keep that which is com-mitted to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vainbabblings,andoppositionsofsciencefalsely so
called:Daniel was one of the group of children that wasbrought to
the king's palace.And he and brethrenhad a true understanding of
science and of
spiri-tualthings.Therewasnotaconflictsuchthatspiritual principles
and science seemed to be in op-position to each other.D -
5Somehow,somewhere,inthecorridorsoftime,the spiritual and the
scientific (logic) became
sepa-ratedfromeachother.Thescientiststookonatechnical arrogance of
thinking that through thepower of their own intellect, they knew or
couldexplainallthings.Littledidtheyrealizehowblinded they were to
the unseen world.REV3:17Becausethousayest,Iamrich,and increased
with goods, and have need
ofnothing;andknowestnotthatthouartwretched,andmiserable,andpoor,andblind,
and naked:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried
inthefire,thatthoumayestberich;andwhiteraiment, that thou mayest be
clothed, and thatthe shame of thy nakedness do not appear;and
anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, thatthou mayest see.But, on the
other hand, have the religionists faredany better?Even as the
scientists have a technicalarrogance, many of the religionists have
a corre-sponding spiritual arrogance.Consider the fate ofone
Galileo who was severely persecuted by thereligionists of his day
because he dared to proposetheories about the earth's rotation and
shape."Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer,who,
with the German astronomer Johannes
Kepler,initiatedthescientificrevolutionthatfloweredinthework of the
English physicist Sir Isaac Newton.
BornGalileoGalilei,hismaincontributionswere,inas-tronomy, the use
of the telescope in observation
andthediscoveryofsunspots,lunarmountainsandval-leys,thefourlargestsatellitesofJupiter,andthephases
of Venus. In physics, he discovered the lawsof falling bodies and
the motions of projectiles. In
thehistoryofculture,Galileostandsasasymbolofthebattle against
authority for freedom of inquiry.
...Heshowedlittleinterestinastronomy,althoughbe-ginningin1595hepreferredtheCopernicantheory(see
ASTRONOMY: THE COPERNICAN THEORY)that the earth revolves around the
sunto the Aristo-telian and Ptolemaic assumption that planets
circle afixedearth.OnlytheCopernicanmodelsupportedGalileo's tide
theory, which was based on motions ofthe earth.
...Earlyin1616,Copernicanbooksweresubjectedtocensorshipbyedict,andtheJesuitcardinalRobertBellarmine
instructed Galileo that he must no longerhold or defend the concept
that the earth moves. ...In 1624 Galileo began a book he wished to
call Dia-logue on the Tides, in which he discussed the
Ptole-maicandCopernicanhypothesesinrelationtothephysicsoftides.In1630thebookwaslicensedforprinting
by Roman Catholic censors at Rome, but
theyalteredthetitletoDialogueontheTwoChiefWorldSystems (trans.
1661). It was published at Florence in1632. Despite two official
licenses, Galileo was
sum-monedtoRomebytheInquisitiontostandtrialforgrave suspicion of
heresy. ...Since the full publication of Galileo's trial
documentsinthe1870s,entireresponsibilityforGalileo'scon-demnationhascustomarilybeenplacedontheRo-manCatholicchurch.Thisconcealstheroleofthephilosophy
professors who first persuaded theologiansto link Galileo's science
with heresy. An investigationinto the astronomer's condemnation,
calling for its re-versal, was opened in 1979 by Pope John Paul II.
InOctober 1992 a papal commission acknowledged theVatican's
error."Contributed by: Stillman Drake"Galileo," Microsoft (R)
Encarta. Copyright (c)
1994MicrosoftCorporation.Copyright(c)1994Funk&Wagnall'sCorporation.Many
religionists have long argued that the earth isflat and have drawn
various models of the earth likeapancake with the sun and stars
going through theheavens.But, the spirit of Jobremembered
some-thing about what it had seen as it watched the earthbeing
created.Was the description below writtenby an astronaut or by
Job?JOB26:7Hestretchethoutthenorthovertheemptyplace,andhangeththeearthuponnothing.8He
bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds;and the cloud is not rent
under them.9He holdeth back the face of his throne, andspreadeth
his cloud upon
it.10Hehathcompassedthewaterswithbounds,untilthedayandnightcometoan
end.Who, living at that time, can forget that Christmaseve in 1968
when astronauts Borman, Lovell, andAnders orbited themoon andsent
back pictures ofthe earth.There the earth was, suspended in
space,hanging "upon nothing."And one could see where"the day and
night come to anend".One could seethe circular bounds that
"compassed the waters".Who says that the scriptures say the earth
is flat?D - 6JOB 38:1Then the LORD answered Jobout of the
whirlwind, and said,2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by
wordswithout knowledge?3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I
willdemand of thee, and answer thou me.4Where wast thou when I laid
thefoundationsoftheearth?declare,ifthou hast understanding.Job
38:21You know, for you were bornthen, and the number of your days
is great!(RSV).PSA 90:1Lord, thou hast beenour dwelling place in
all
genera-tions.2Beforethemountainswerebroughtforth,oreverthouhadst
formed the earth and theworld,evenfromeverlastingtoeverlast-ing,
thou art God.3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest,Return,
ye children of men.4For a thousand years in thysight are but as
yesterday whenit is past, and as a watch in
thenight.5Thoucarriestthemawayaswithaflood;they are as a sleep: in
the morning they arelike grass which groweth
up.6Inthemorningitflourisheth,andgrowethup; in the evening it is
cut down, and withereth.I'mreallyveryhappywith my crutches.Whydo
you want me to walkon both feet?The problem of blindness due to
losing contact withthe unseen world of the spirit is not just
limited tosomescientists, it is also common to religionistswho
major on the "letter of the law" without hav-ing the benefit of the
spiritual realm to interpretthe letter.We have considered the
various tree experiencesthat we go through in our ascension to the
throneof God.But now we come to the point of beingbirthed from the
glassy sea Rev 15:2) and tryingto stand so that we get the victory
over the beast,and his image, mark, and number.We can beginto see
the dimensions of the Seraphims, but whatis the tree experience we
are dealing with?2CO3:5Notthatwearesufficientofourselves to think
any thing as of our-selves; but our sufficiency is of God;6Who also
hath made us able ministers ofthe new testament; not of the letter,
but of thespirit: for the letter killeth, but the spiritgiveth
life.7But if the ministration of death, written andengraven in
stones, was glorious, so that thechildren of Israel could not
stedfastly beholdthe face of Moses for the glory of his
counte-nance; which glory was to be done away:8How shall not the
ministration of thespirit be rather glorious?D -
7TheclueisgiventousbythatprophetofZionnamedIsaiahwhointroducesthesubjectoftheseraphims
to us in the following way.ISA 6:1In the year that king Uzziah
diedIsawalsotheLordsittinguponathrone, high and lifted up, and his
trainfilled the temple.2Above it stood the seraphims: each onehad
six wings; with twain he covered his face,and with twain he covered
his feet, and withtwain he did fly. ... [description of seraphiims)
...ISA 6:13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and itshall return, and
shall be eaten: as a teil tree,andasanoak,whosesubstanceisinthem,
when they cast their leaves:
sotheholyseedshallbethesubstancethereof.One might wonder why both a
teil tree and an oakis mentioned.Some of the other translations
referto the teil tree given above as an terebinth.TheEncyclopedia
Judaica has this to say about the tere-binth.TEREBINTH, a tree of
the genus Pistacia of whichfour species grow in Israel (for two of
these see *Mas-tic (Lentisk) and *Pistachio).Most important of
themare Pistacia atlanticaandPistacia palaestina,
whichareamongthelargestandmostwidespreadforesttrees of Israel.Their
biblical name, elah--like--allon,the *oak--is derived from el,
meaning strong and sturdy.Therefore, the "teil tree" (in the KJV)
is in the oakfamily.And also, we find that the oak has a mean-ing
of being "strong and sturdy".But, what
doestheoaktreehavetodowithIsaiah'saccountofthe seraphims?We can get
a clue from the factthat his vision came "In the year that king
Uzziahdied". What could the death of Uzziah have to dowith the oak
tree?STRONG ANDSTURDYThe scriptures have quite a bit to say about
KingUzziah, but the following sums it up very well.2CH 26:8And the
Ammonites gave gifts toUzziah: and his name spread abroad even
totheenteringinofEgypt;forhestrength-ened himself
exceedingly.9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalemat the corner
gate, and at the valley gate, andat the turning of the wall, and
fortified them.15AndhemadeinJerusalemengines,in-vented by cunning
men, to be on the towersand upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows
andgreat stones withal. And his name
spreadfarabroad;forhewasmarvellouslyhelped, till he was
strong.16But when he was strong, his heartwas lifted up to his
destruction: for hetransgressedagainsttheLORDhisGod, and went into
the temple of the LORDto burn incense upon the altar of
incense.2CH26:18AndtheywithstoodUzziahtheking,andsaiduntohim,Itappertainethnotuntothee,Uzziah,toburnincenseuntotheLORD,buttotheprieststhesonsofAaron,that
are consecrated to burn incense: go
outofthesanctuary;forthouhasttrespassed;neithershallitbeforthinehonourfromtheLORD
God."While Uzziahwas in this state andmaking prepa-rations[for
futurity,] hewas corrupted in his
mindbypride,andbecameinsolent,andthisonac-count of that abundance
which he had ofthingsthatwillsoonperish,anddespisedthatpowerwhich
is of eternal duration, (which consisted
inpietytowardGod,andintheobservationofhislaws;) so he fell by the
occasion of the good suc-cess of his affairs, and was carried
headlong
intothosesinsofhisfather,whichthesplendourofthatprosperityheenjoyed,andthegloriousac-tions
he had done, led him into, while he was notable to govern himself
well about them.And so we come to the paradox of the
oaktree.It'sstrengthbecomeit'sweaknesswhen the confidence and
strength is in one'sselfratherthantheLord.Thescripturesgo on to
describe how his strength led himto go into the temple where he was
opposedby the priests and tragedy befell
him.WepickuptheaccountfromthehistoryofJosephus.D - 8According, when
a remarkable day was come, anda general festival was to be
celebrated, he put
ontheholygarment,wentintothetempletoofferincensetoGoduponthegoldenaltar,whichhewasprohibitedtodobyAzariahthehighpriest,who
had fourscore priests with him, and who toldhim that it was not
lawful for him to offer sacrifice,and that "none besides the
posterity of Aaron werepermitted so to do."And when they cried out,
thathe must go out of the temple, and not
transgressagainstGod,hewaswrothatthem,andthreat-enedtokillthem,unlesstheywouldholdtheirpeace.Inthemeantime,agreatearthquakeshooktheground,
and a rent was made in the temple, and
thebrightraysofthesunshonethroughit,andfellupontheking'sface,insomuchthattheleprosyseized
upon him immediately; and before the city,at a place called Eroge,
half the mountain broke offfrom the reston thewest, and rolled
itselffourfurlongs, and stood still at the east mountain,
tilltheroads,aswellastheking'sgardens,werespoiled by the
obstruction. Now, as soon as the priests saw that the king'sface
was infected with the leprosy, they told him ofthe calamity he was
under, and commanded thathe should go outofthe city as a polluted
person.Hereupon, he was so confounded at the sad dis-temper, and
sensible thathe was not atliberty tocontradict, thathe did as
commanded,
underwentthismiserableandterriblepunishmentforanintention beyond
what befitted a man to have, andfor that impiety against God
whichwas implied."The incident of the earthquake - is also
mentionedin Zechariah - that rent the top of the temple suchthat
the sun shone through it.This account links itin allegory to the
return of Christ.So, if we un-derstand what happened to Uzziah, we
can obtainclues about events precedingChrist's return.Andthen
Christ's "train" can fill the temple of our
body.ZEC14:1Behold,thedayoftheLORDcometh, and thy spoil shall be
divided in themidst of thee.2For I will gather all nations
againstJerusalem to battle; and the city shall betaken, and the
houses rifled, and the
womenravished;andhalfofthecityshallgoforthintocaptivity,andtheresidueofthepeopleshall
not be cut off from the city.3Then shall the LORD go forth, and
fightagainstthosenations,aswhenhefought in the day of battle.ZEC
14:4And his feet shall stand in thatday upon the mount of Olives,
which isbefore Jerusalem on the east, and the mountof Olives shall
cleave in the midst thereof to-ward the east and toward the west,
and thereshallbeaverygreatvalley;andhalfofthemountain shall remove
toward the north, andhalf of it toward the south.5And ye shall flee
to the valley of the
moun-tains;forthevalleyofthemountainsshallreachuntoAzal:yea,yeshallflee,likeasye
fled from before the earthquake inthe days of Uzziah king of Judah:
andthe LORD my God shall come, and allthe saints with thee.6And it
shall come to pass in that day, thatthe light shall not be clear,
nor dark:7But it shall be one day which shall be
knowntotheLORD,notday,nornight:butitshallcome to pass, that at
evening time it shall belight.8And it shall be in that day, that
living watersshall go out from Jerusalem; half of them to-ward the
former sea, and half of them towardthe hinder sea: in summer and in
winter shallit
be.9AndtheLORDshallbekingoveralltheearth:inthatdayshalltherebeoneLORD,and
his name one.10All the land shall be turned as a plain fromGeba to
Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and itshall be lifted up, and inhabited
in herplace,fromBenjamin'sgateuntotheplace of the first gate, unto
the cornergate, and from the tower of Hananeelunto the king's
winepresses.11And men shall dwell in it, and there shallbe no more
utter destruction; but Jerusalemshall be safely inhabited.12And
this shall be the plague wherewith theLORD will smite all the
people that have foughtagainst Jerusalem; Their flesh shall
consumeaway while they stand upon their feet, and theireyes shall
consume away in their holes,
andtheirtongueshallconsumeawayintheirmouth.We can, like Uzziah,
become proud of all the
spiri-tualwarfaremethodsweknowandconquestsoftheenemythatwehavemade.But,ifwewantChrist's
train to fill the temple, we must let the KingUzziah die within
us.In that year, we become can-didates to see the seraphims
described by Isaiah.D - 9567Firmament over
CherubimsFRONTVIEWANDSECTIONOF TEMPLEAgain we return to the temple
and the representa-tion above is a front view except that we will
useour eyes like x-rays and look inside and see
thefirmamentinthecloudandfireabovetheCherubims.Note that the
adjacent Zechariah description doesnot seem to be describing the
crucifixion of Christ.Rather it seems to be referring to the second
com-ing and the Armageddon type battles.HEB 9:28So Christ was once
offered to
bearthesinsofmany;anduntothemthatlookforhimshallheappearthesecondtimewithout
sin unto salvation.When Jesus was crucified on the cross, this
wasour apple tree experience (sweet as apples for us,bitter as
apple vinegar for Him).MAT 27:48And straightway one of them ran,and
took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar,and put it on a reed, and
gave him to drink.49The rest said, Let be, let us see whetherElias
will come to save him.50Jesus,whenhehadcriedagainwithaloud voice,
yielded up the ghost.51And, behold, the veil of the
templewasrentintwainfromthetoptothebottom; and the earth did quake,
andthe rocks rent;52And the graves were opened; and manybodies of
the saints which slept arose,53And came out of the graves after his
res-urrection, and went into the holy city, and ap-peared unto
many.When Jesus was crucified, the veil in front of theholiest
place was rent and the firstfruit of the res-urrection
occurred.But, when He returns a sec-ond time, the firmament over
the cherubims willbe split and the Sun of righteousness shall shine
inthe glory of transfiguration.First, it shall be, as inHebrews
9:28 "unto them that look for him"
andthenitshallbemanifestedeventuallytoalltheworld.Remember, when
Jesus was transfiguredon the mount, He held the three disciples to
se-crecy and pulled the glory of the transfigured bodyback within
the clay vessel.When He and His dis-ciples went back down the
mountain, He had theappearance of a normal man.Jacob also
wrestledat Penuel during the night until the "Sun arose
uponhim."Thus,theoldtempleiscrackedandthe"Sun"shines in all the
glory of the face to face
relation-shipwithGod.Nolongerdoweseethroughaglass darkly!And also
note that the geography ofthe gates is changed:"from Benjamin's
gate
untotheplaceofthefirstgate,untothecornergate,andfromthetowerofHananeeluntotheking'swinepresses."But,
more about the twelve gatesof the outer city later.And what is a
vital and essential step in this trans-formation?ROM 12:2And be not
conformed to this world:but be ye transformed by the
renewingofyourmind,thatyemayprovewhatisthat good, and acceptable,
and perfect, will
ofGod.Thewordtransformedabovehastherootword"metamorphoo" which is
the same word used forthe mountain top "transfiguration".In order
forthe "Sun" to shine through and remove the
dark-enedglassoftheveil,wemustunderstandtheworkings of the oak tree
experience.And the les-son to be learned from Uzziah's experience
is tobe let our strength and sufficiency be in the Lordand not in
ourselves (2 Cor 3:5).D - 10But once we come to our oak tree
experience, weare shown that the "good spiritual works" that weare
so proud of can become an albatross aroundour neck.And we can find
the oak tree experi-ence marked on the path outlined in the Song
ofSolomon.It comes just after the apple
tree.SON8:2Iwouldleadthee,andbringtheeintomymother'shouse,whowouldinstructme:
I would cause thee to drink of spiced wineof the juice of my
pomegranate.5Who is this that cometh up from the
wilder-ness,leaninguponherbeloved?Iraisedtheeupundertheappletree:therethymother
brought thee forth: there she broughtthee forth that bare thee.6Set
me as a seal upon thine heart, as a
sealuponthinearm:forloveisstrongasdeath;jealousyiscruelasthegrave:the
coals thereof are coals of fire, whichhath a most vehement
flame.7Many waters cannot quench love,
nei-thercanthefloodsdrownit:ifamanwould give all the substance of
his house forlove, it would utterly be contemned.REV 12:1And there
appeared a great won-der in heaven; a woman clothed with thesun,
and the moon under her feet, and uponher head a crown of twelve
stars:2Andshebeingwithchildcried,travailing in birth, and pained to
be delivered.3Andthereappearedanotherwonderinheaven; and behold a
great red dragon, hav-ingsevenheadsandtenhorns,andsevencrowns upon
his heads.4And his tail drew the third part of the starsof heaven,
and did cast them to the earth: andthe dragon stood before the
woman which wasready to be delivered, for to devour her childas
soon as it was born.5And she brought forth a man child,who was to
rule all nations with a rod of iron:and her child was caught up
unto God,and to his throne.It is very clear that the Most High has
a plan andpreparation for us as we travel the path of returnto
Him.If we fail to go through this preparation,the state of our mind
spiritually would be like theleprosy manifested in King Uzziah.HEB
4:15For we have not an high priest whichcannot be touched with the
feeling of our in-firmities; but was in all points tempted like
aswe are, yet without sin.16Let us therefore come boldly
untothethroneofgrace,thatwemayobtainmercy, and find grace to help
in time of need.One may wonder about all the vails that we
havediscussed since the scripture speaks that we may"come boldly to
the throne of grace" and indeedwe may, for the blood of Jesus
prepared the way.And the boldness is an attitude of the heart of
com-ing before God in earnestness and sincerity.But,what part of us
is it that is prepared to come to thethrone of grace?Is it our
spirit, our soul, or ourbody - or all three?And it is true that
Jesus made the way for our spiritto return to the throne of grace
for our basic salva-tion, but there is a further outworking for the
HolySpirit and the Father to deal with our soul and body.Until our
mind or soul is dealt with, coming to thethrone of judgement
prematurely would result in asoul and body manifestation similar to
that whichbefell King Uzziah.We must learn not only to seeworkings
of the Son Jesus in one another, but alsothe workings of the Holy
Spirit and the Father.And this is a process.The workings of the Son
ismanifested in the feast of Passover, the workings ofthe Holy
Spirit (the earnest) is manifested in Pente-cost, and workings of
the Father is manifested inTabernacles (Heb 8:10,11).JOH 14:25These
things have I spoken untoyou, being yet present with
you.26ButtheComforter,whichistheHolyGhost, whom the Father will
send in my
name,heshallteachyouallthings,andbringallthingstoyourremembrance,whatsoeverIhave
said unto you.JOH 14:23Jesus answered and said unto him,If a man
love me, he will keep my words: andmy Father will love him, and we
will comeunto him, and make our abode with him.Under the apple
tree, the manchild is
birthed.Andthedragonofprideandself-sufficiencywarsagainst this
manchild in the oak tree experience.D - 11REV 12:10And I heard a
loud voice saying inheaven, Now is come salvation, and strength,and
the kingdom of our God, and the powerof his Christ: for the accuser
of our brethren iscastdown,whichaccusedthembeforeourGod day and
night.11And they overcame him by the bloodof the Lamb, and by the
word of theirtestimony; and they loved not their livesunto the
death.REV 12:15And the serpent cast out
ofhismouthwaterasafloodafterthewoman, that he might cause her to be
car-ried away of the flood.16And the earth helped the woman, and
theearthopenedhermouth,andswallowedupthefloodwhichthedragoncastoutofhismouth.So
we go from the bliss of the apple tree
experi-encetothewarfareoftheoaktreeexperience.And really, this is
no different than Joseph's
expe-rience.Josephovercamealltorulerightinthemidst of Egypt (or the
world).We, who would beovercomers, must learn to do the same.But,
inactuality, what was the greatest enemy Joseph hadto overcome.Was
it the jealousy of his brothers?Was it the Ishmeelites and
Midianites who took himto Egypt?Was it the tribulations of
Potiphar;s houseor the horrors of the Pharaoh's prison?Or was
itJoseph's pride and self-sufficiency in the coat of manycolors and
his father's blessings given to him?GEN 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph
morethan all his children, because he
wasthesonofhisoldage:andhemadehim a coat of many colours.4And when
his brethren saw that their
fatherlovedhimmorethanallhisbrethren,theyhatedhim,andcouldnotspeakpeaceablyunto
him.5And Joseph dreamed a dream, andhe told it his brethren: and
they hatedhim yet the
more.7For,behold,wewerebindingsheavesinthefield,and,lo,mysheafarose,andalsostoodupright;and,behold,yoursheavesstoodroundabout,andmadeobei-sance
to my sheaf.JOB 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan withan hook? or
his tongue with a cord which thoulettest down?JOB 41:15His scales
are his pride, shut uptogether as with a close
seal.34Hebeholdethallhighthings:heisaking over all the children of
pride.In retrospect, probably even Joseph would haveagreed that his
greatest enemy was pride
within,ratherthanmistreatmentfromwithout.But,inGod'splan,whenitwastimeforJosephtoruleand
reign, that pride had already been dealt with.The net effect of the
oak tree experience is to high-light the problem with the dragon of
pride.But, itremains for the processings of another tree
expe-rience to remove that dragon from within.Andthat dragon within
sits within the very temple ofthe body on the throne and proclaims
he is God.And what is the name of this pretender? -- it is thehuman
ego.2TH 2:2That ye be not soon shaken in mind,or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by
word,norbyletterasfromus,asthatthedayofChrist is at hand.3Let no
man deceive you by any means: forthat day shall not come, except
there come afalling away first, and that man of sin be re-vealed,
the son of perdition;4Who opposeth and exalteth
himselfaboveallthatiscalledGod,orthatisworshipped;sothatheasGodsittethinthe
temple of God, shewing himself thathe is God.The oak tree
experience only shows us the activi-ties of the human ego.It is
through the experi-encesofanothertreethatwefinallyputthismonster's
neck in a noose and choke the windpipeof the spirit of the fallen
angel behind it.But,
inthemeantimewewanttolearnmoreaboutthemanifestations of the oak
tree.You will note in Rev 12:11 that they overcame thedragon by the
blood of Lamb and the word of theirtestimony.The blood of the Lamb
is an absoluteessential to overcome the "brain barrier".D - 12THE
BLOOD BARRIER OR VEIL"Metabolic processes in the brain depend on a
steady supply of glucose and oxygen
carriedbythebloodbymeansofthearteries.Nervecellsrequirebothsubstancesinabundantamounts
because of their constant physiological activity, day and night.
Many
substancescirculatingintheblooddonotenterthebrainbecausetinyelementsinboththechoroid
plexus of the ventricles and the capillary beds within the brainact
as a
mo-lecularandionicfilter.Thisfiltrationsystemiscalledtheblood-brainbarrier.Manybiological
compounds having a high molecular weight, such as adrenal hormones
or aminoacids, do not pass through this barrier readily, and
certain smaller molecules and even ionsdo not penetrate the barrier
at all, because of their polarity (ionic charge). Thus, the
chemis-tryofthebrainiskeptinequilibriumandwellprotectedfromtheabnormalchemicalchal-lenges
often posed by what humans eat and drink."Brain," Microsoft (R)
Encarta. Copy-right (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c)
1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.We think of the blood system
for the body as being one blood system.This is
onlypartlytruebecausethebloodsystemforthebrainreceivesspecialtreatment.Before
the blood supply can go to the brain, it must traverse a veil or
"blood-brain barrier."We pick up the account below.HEB 9:6Now when
these things were thus ordained, the priests wentalways into the
first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of
God.HEB9:7Butintothesecondwentthehighpriestaloneonceeveryyear, not
without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errorsof
the people:8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the
holiest of all wasnot yet made manifest, while as the first
tabernacle was yet standing:D -
13Certainsubstancescannotpenetratethebrainbarriereasilyandothersreadilygotothebrainonce
ingested.Wine (alcohol) and coffee (caffeine)readily traverse the
brain barrier.To a certain extent, we have discussed the physi-cal
functioning of the mind.But the greatest fron-tier remaining is the
river of consciousness of themind in thoughts and spirituality.And
we thinkthat we know all about ourselves, but do we re-ally?Do we
know from whence we have comeand whither we go from here?PSA
90:4For a thousand years in thy sightare but as yesterday when it
is past, andas a watch in the night.JOH 1:51And he saith unto him,
Verily, verily,I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see
heavenopen,andtheangelsofGodascendingand descending upon the Son of
man.EPH4:8Whereforehesaith,Whenheas-cendeduponhigh,heledcaptivitycaptive,and
gave gifts unto men.9(Nowthatheascended,whatisitbutthat he also
descended first into the lowerparts of the earth?10He that
descended is the same also
thatascendedupfaraboveallheavens,thathemight fill all things.)We do
not really know our past as our spirit
de-scendeddownJacob'sladdertotheearth.Andwe only know a little
about the ascent of our spiritback toward God.But how much of what
we arenow was formed in this earth and how much of itoccurred from
the realms before?1TI 5:24Some men's sins are open
be-forehand,goingbeforetojudgment;and some men they follow
after.25Likewise also the good works of some aremanifest
beforehand; and they that are other-wise cannot be
hid.HEB12:15LookingdiligentlylestanymanfailofthegraceofGod;lestanyrootofbitterness
springing up trouble you, andthereby many be
defiled;WhenoneisdealingwithanEsautyperootofbitterness, what realm
is that root anchored in?Isit anchored in the earth realm, or did
we pick upthe baggage of bitterness somewhere before ourbirth in
the earth as we descended Jacob's ladder?The Bible speaks of the
garments of the soul and itwould seem reasonable that each realm
results
inagarmentaddedtooursoul.But,ifwedonotlearnthelessonsofthatrealm,thenoursoulisnaked
and our soulrewards are more
limited.REV3:4ThouhastafewnameseveninSardis which have not defiled
their gar-ments; and they shall walk with me in white:for they are
worthy.REV16:15Behold,Icomeasathief.Blessedishethatwatcheth,andkeepeth
his garments, lest he walk na-ked, and they see his shame.JUD
1:23And others save with fear, pullingthem out of the fire; hating
even the gar-ment spotted by the flesh.1JO 1:7But if we walk in the
light, as he is inthe light, we have fellowship one with
another,and the blood of Jesus Christ his Soncleanseth us from all
sin.The blood of the Lamb is not limited to just theearth realm -
it can reach back into previous realmsbefore the foundation of the
world and deal withan Esau root of bitterness that occurred even
be-fore the world was.And when was the blood ofthe Lamb made
available?The blood of Jesus Christ is an integral part of
oursalvation, whether it be for our spirit, soul orbody.REV 13:8And
all that dwell upon the earthshall worship him, whose names are not
writ-teninthebookoflifeoftheLambslainfrom the foundation of the
world.1TH 5:23And the very God of peace sanctifyyou wholly; and I
pray God your whole spiritand soul and body be preserved blame-less
unto the coming of our Lord JesusChrist.D - 14Have you ever had an
experience where some in-cident happened, and your heart begin to
race, yourpalms became sweaty, and the adrenaline
flowed?Andthen,whenitwasover,youlookedatitinperspective and
realized that the situation did
notwarranttheresponsethatwasgeneratedwithinyou.Coulditbethatthemostrecentincidentreminded
you of something that had happened pre-viously and had simply
"triggered" the memoriesof that bad event?Scientists tell us that
our brain stores in
memoryourreactionstocertaintraumaticevents.Andwhen something
triggers that memory, our systemshows all the same reactions as it
did to the origi-nal event.And, could it be that part of our
reac-tions (or overreactions) to events in the earth realmare
flashbacks to some traumatic experiences thathappened in the fall -
after we left God's throne -but before we were birthed into the
earth.We are about to begin an adventure in dealing withthe earlier
realms but this is something that youshould only do if the Lord
personally quickens itto you.As truths are brought forth, we come
to abranch in the roads of choice - whether we walk
inthattruth-orwhetherwewalkinthepathoferror.And for each truth, we
will be tested in it.The function of the enemy is to stand at each
roadbranch of opportunity and test us in our resolveand choice -
and if possible - to mislead us intotaking anotherroad that appears
to be very spiri-tual and attractive.1PE 1:7That the trial of your
faith, being muchmorepreciousthanofgoldthatperisheth,though it be
tried with fire, might be foundunto praise and honour and glory at
the ap-pearing of Jesus Christ:So, before we continue in this
adventure, there arecertain preparations and essentials that are
neededfor the journey.The first is to acknowledge theshed blood of
the Lord Jesus Christ and to appro-priate it for our cleansing, our
protection, and ourtransformation from one glory to another.We
cannot emphasize this too strongly:If you find a groupthat does not
honor the role of the shed blood ofthe Lord Jesus Christ-
BEWARE!The second admonition is to beware of groups thatdo not give
the Lord Jesus Christ the preeminentplace in the spiritual
hierarchy.If Jesus is
placedsubservienttoany(otherthanGodtheFather),trash the literature
and avoid the teaching!EPH 1:19And what is the
exceed-inggreatnessofhispowertous-ward who believe, according to
theworking of his mighty power,20Which he wrought in Christ,when he
raised him from the dead,andsethimathisownrighthandin the heavenly
places,21Far above all principality, and power, and
might,anddominion,andeverynamethatisnamed,notonly in this world,
but also in that which is to come:22And hath put all things under
his feet, and gave himto be the head over all things to the
church,The easiest way to find out this information is tosimply ask
the group to show you the organiza-tionchart of spiritual
hierarchy.And many groupswill place one or more so-called"masters"
aboveJesus in this hierarchy.A third area is that of merchandising
the gospel.Granted, there are legitimate expenses that go
withpublishing and presenting the gospel.Isprovi-sion made to help
the poor buy the Bibles that
areneeded?Lookatthespiritbehindhowthisishandled and you will know
the motivations of theheart. Freely ye have received, freely
give!The fourth area is that of the activity of familiarspirits.A
familiar spirit is one that may live alongside or even possess an
individual.And when thatperson dies, the familiar spirit will seek
a new host.And after that host dies, the familiar spirit will
re-side with someone else.The upshot of it is thatthe familiar
spirit is familiar with the details of thelives of its many
hosts.And these details are pre-sented in many cases as being "past
lives on earth"D - 15VULTURESThis would be similar to oneflunking
the first grade overand over and over.It com-pletely ignores the
blood ofJesus and the hope of resur-rection for those who die.Yes,
it is true that on Jacob's ladder, there are
manyrealmsthatexistsimultaneously(atleastthreeheavens).But, one
either descends down the lad-der or ascends back up the ladder.One
does notenter the flesh or carne (meat) of this earth overand over
and over again.And while we want toexplore the things that happened
before the foun-dation of the world, let us not be trapped by
hang-ing on to dead doctrines that promise endless cyclesof
funerals.JOH 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am
theresurrection,andthelife:hethatbelievethinme,thoughheweredead,yet
shall he live:26And whosoever liveth and believethin me shall never
die. Believest thou this?Doctrines That PromiseEndless Cycles of
DeathThese four areas that we have discussed are doc-trines of the
dreaded four horsemen of the apoca-lypse in Revelation chapter
six.But enough saidonthetacticsoftheenemy-wemustmoveonwith Jesus as
the captain our salvation:1.We appropriate the blood of Jesus as
atonement for sins and as our protection against the enemy.2.We
acknowledge that Jesus is the Firstborn Son of God and He is the
Head of the Church3.We thank Jesus for the free gift of the gospel
and salvation.4.We acknowledge the Jesus Christ has over-come death
and is the resurrection and life.JOH 14:2In my Father's house are
manyrooms:if it were not so, I would have toldyou.Igo to prepare a
place for you (LAMSA)Our body is the house and temple of our
heavenlyFather.Andinthathousearemanyroomsanddimensions that we are
not even aware of - par-ticularly within our mind. And, it is Jesus
whoprepares these rooms for us.There are dimensions or rooms within
our mindwhich are in our subconscious.From time to time,the
memories buried in our subconscious manifestin ways that we do not
understand and we
evenwonderwherethesethoughtsandactionscomefrom.And when certain
situations in the worldremind us and "trigger" these memories
within us,we are very puzzled at why we react or overreactin
certain ways.Some of these memories comefrom even before the
foundation of the world.Anduntil our subconscious mind is set in
order, we willstill be captive to these imperfections.The world has
had it's methods of trying to cor-rect these problems and most of
them have donemore harm than good.Therefore, we must let Jesusbe
the governor of this process so that it is doneby His methods and
in His way.This is why wehave insisted on acknowledging the
position andblood of Jesus.We will not overcome the worldany other
way.Those who try to become part ofthe manchild company of
overcomers are wastingtheir time unless and until they overcome the
en-emy by "the blood of the Lamb and by the word oftheir
testimony."REV 12:10And I heard a loud voice saying
inheaven,Nowiscomesalvation,andstrength, and the kingdom of our
God,and the power of his Christ: for the
ac-cuserofourbrethreniscastdown,whichaccusedthembeforeourGodday and
night.11Andtheyovercamehimbytheblood of the Lamb, and by the wordof
their testimony; and they loved nottheir lives unto the death.D -
16ECC 3:1To every thing there is a
sea-son,andatimetoeverypurposeun-der the heaven:2A time to be born,
and a time to die; atime to plant, and a time to pluck up that
whichis planted;3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time tobreak
down, and a time to build up;4A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a timeto mourn, and a time to dance;5A time to cast away stones,
and a time togatherstonestogether;atimetoembrace,and a time to
refrain from embracing;6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time
tokeep, and a time to cast away;7A time to rend, and a time to sew;
a timeto keep silence, and a time to speak;8A time to love, and a
time to hate; a time ofwar, and a time of peace.There is a time for
everything and there is a timefor Jesus to open each of the
chambers or roomswithin our subconscious and to set things in
orderin that room.If we try to run ahead of the pro-cess, the
results can be very harmful.If we areimpatient, we will have
tribulation.And that tribu-lation will then work
patience.Therefore, can weagree that we should ask Jesus to take
control ofthe timing and opening of the chambers of our
sub-conscious mind?Are we willing to give the Sonof David the keys
to doors of the chambers of ourmind so that our mind may be
sealed?REV3:7AndtotheangelofthechurchinPhiladelphia write; These
things saith he thatis holy, he that is true, he that hath the
keyof David, he that openeth, and no
manshutteth;andshutteth,andnomanopeneth;8I know thy works: behold,
I have set be-fore thee an open door, and no man canshut it: for
thou hast a little strength, and hastkept my word, and hast not
denied my name.REV3:10Becausethouhastkepttheword of my patience, I
also will keep theefrom the hour of temptation, which shall
comeupon all the world, to try them that dwell uponthe
earth.11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast whichthou hast, that
no man take thy crown.12Him that overcometh will I make apillar in
the temple of my God, and heshall go no more out: and I will write
uponhim the name of my God, and the nameof the city of my God,
which is new Jerusa-lem, which cometh down out of heaven frommy
God: and I will write upon him my newname.If we are patience in
this process and cooperatewith the Lord, our mind is transformed
into a newmind.We will no longer have the mark of the beast,but
instead will have the "new name" written uponour mind.Father, El
Elyon, MostHigh God, wecometo youin thenameof J esus andthrough
theshed blood ofJ esus.Weask that our minds becleansed and
transformed.Weask J esus to takere-sponsibility for themethodand
timing of this process.Weask that all of our sinswould becleansed
and all ofour memories healed fromthetimeof thebirth of ourspirit
to thevery presenttime.I n our Savior,Y eshua' s Name, weaskthis ,
Amen.D - 17When we pray prayers for healing of
memories,wesometimesexpectJesustoinstantaneously"zap"theoffendingmemoriesandtobeonourway.And
in some cases, He does work in an in-stantaneous way.But, in most
cases - as shown inthe scriptures below - it will be a process -
donelittle by little till the whole is accomplished.Note in
Deuteronomy 7:20 that these kings "hidethemselves from thee".And
the Lord will send a"hornet" to stir up these kings so that we may
be-come aware of them and destroy them.And
whatisthe"hornet".Itisacircumstanceorasome-whatoffensive person
specifically usedby theLord to bring a hidden king of a stronghold
to thesurface - even if we have hidden it under layers ofChristian
piety. So, if you have prayed the prayer on the adjacentpage, have
your spiritual eyes open as to how theLord might answer your
prayer.And if a hornetcomes,cooperatewiththeLordtodestroythathidden
king which has come to the surface withinyour very own being.EXO
23:28And I will send hornets
be-forethee,whichshalldriveouttheHivite,theCanaanite,andtheHittite,frombeforethee.29I
will not drive them out from beforethee in one year; lest the land
becomedesolate, and the beast of the field mul-tiply against
thee.30By little and little I will drive
themoutfrombeforethee,untilthoubein-creased, and inherit the
land.DEU 7:20Moreover the LORD thy God willsend the hornet among
them, until they thatare left, and hide themselves from thee,be
destroyed.When many Christians think of Tabernacles, theythink of
one giant step from Pentecost to Taber-nacles.But actually, there
are the smaller steps oftrumpets and atonement before we come to
Tab-ernacles.The impossible step becomes possible ifwe take the
smaller steps in the order prescribed.PENTECOST - COMPLETE AT
GILEADTRUMPETS AT MAHANAIMATONEMENT - PENIEL
SUCCOTHSTEPSTOTABERNACLESWecanseethesestepsinJacob'sjourney.Hestarted
at Beersheeba and came to Rachel's well inPadan-aram.It was at
Gilead that he left the
in-partPentecostrealmofLabanbehindandjour-neyed toward
Tabernacles.It was at Mahanaimthat he received the vision of the
"mahanaim" orthe two armies of the left and right described inSongs
6:13.It was at Peniel that he wrestled withthe angel and the "Sun
arose upon him."He thencrossedtheJordanandcameintothepromisedland
to celebrate Succoth or booths.But his jour-ney was far from
done.He would then come toShechem and the dreaded "oak tree
experience".MountGileadJACOB'S JOURNEYD - 18GEN 35:4And they gave
unto Jacob all thestrange gods which were in their hand, and
alltheirearringswhichwereintheirears;andJacobhidthemundertheoakwhichwas
by Shechem.Theparadoxoftheoaktreeisthatwecanhideour idols under the
strength of the Christian worksthat we are doing.Consider the words
of Paul ashe describes this paradox.2CO 12:9And he said unto me, My
grace issufficient for thee: for my strength is madeperfect in
weakness. Most gladly
thereforewillIrathergloryinmyinfirmities,thatthepower of Christ may
rest upon me.ACT9:17AndAnaniaswenthisway,andentered into the house;
and putting his handsonhimsaid,BrotherSaul,theLord,evenJesus, that
appeared unto thee in the way
asthoucamest,hathsentme,thatthoumightest receive thy sight, and be
filledwith the Holy Ghost.18And immediately there fell from
hiseyesasithadbeenscales:andhere-ceivedsightforthwith,andarose,andwasbaptized.JOB
41:15His scales are his pride, shut uptogether as with a close
seal.JOB 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan withan hook? or his
tongue with a cord which thoulettest down?And so it was, that Paul,
a pharisee of the phari-sees, found the scales of the leviathan
dragon ofpride peering out from the very eyes of his owntemple.And,
it was the blinding light of the LordJesus Christ that removed
those scales.It was at Shechem, that Jacob and his family
learnedsomeveryexpensivelessons.First,considerJacob's only
daughter, a virgin named Dinah
whodecidedthatshewouldgoouttotourtheland.And she got herself into
tremendous and far reach-ing trouble, because she went out naively
and with-out protection.She was not warned about whatmight happen
to her.GEN 34:1And Dinah the daughter of Leah,which she bare unto
Jacob, went out to seethe daughters of the land.2And when Shechem
the son of Hamor theHivite, prince of the country, saw her, he
tookher, and lay with her, and defiled her.And there are many that
go out to various groupswith all the innocence of a Dinah and find,
in
theend,thattheirmindhasbeenrapedbytheveryoneswhosupposedlywerehelpingthem.Andsince
the soul is where thoughts are conceived
andisfeminine,thisexperiencecanhappentobothnatural men and women.We
can not emphasize strongly enough how im-portant the protection of
the blood, name and tim-ing of the Lord Jesus Christ is when you
come toShechem and your oak tree experience.Yes, youmay find
someone to teach you the techniques ofthe "primordial scream" to
"clear your mind" butwhat price will you pay?DINAHD -
19Therewasanotherkingthatwasbroughttothesurface by the incident at
Shechem.And this kingmanifested in Simeon and Levi who took pride
inthe strength of their sword.A parallel in
today'stermswouldbeusetheswordofthe"word"toslay someone.We may be
right - but also cruel.GEN34:24AnduntoHamoranduntoShechem his son
hearkened all that went
outofthegateofhiscity;andeverymalewascircumcised,allthatwentoutofthegateofhis
city.25And it came to pass on the third day,
whentheyweresore,thattwoofthesonsofJacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's
breth-ren,tookeachmanhissword,andcame upon the city boldly, and
slew allthe males.26And they slew Hamor and Shechem hisson with the
edge of the sword, and took Dinahout of Shechem's house, and went
out.27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,and spoiled the city,
because they had de-filed their sister.And while this revenge was
sweet to Simeon andLevi and proved their strength and virility, it
camealso with a price - when it was time for their father'sblessing
to be given.Their own strength had be-come an idol to them -
manifesting in cruelty.GEN49:5SimeonandLeviarebreth-ren;
instruments of cruelty are in theirhabitations.6O my soul, come not
thou into their secret;unto their assembly, mine honour, be not
thouunited: for in their anger they slew a man, andin their
selfwill they digged down a
wall.7Cursedbetheiranger,foritwasfierce; and their wrath, for it
was cruel:I will divide them in Jacob, and scatterthem in
Israel.EZE 6:13Then shall ye know that I am
theLORD,whentheirslainmenshallbeamong their idols round about their
altars,upon every high hill, in all the tops of the moun-tains, and
under every green tree, and un-der every thick oak, the place where
theydid offer sweet savour to all their idols.We say that we want
to be overcomers and over-come all things - even death.But, when we
cometo our oak tree experience, either we overcomethe spirit of
pride or it buries us beneath theoak tree.Consider the fate of one
who was bur-ied under the oak tree at
Jabesh-Gilead.1SA15:17AndSamuelsaid,Whenthouwast little in thine
own sight, wast thounot made the head of the tribes of Is-rael, and
the LORD anointed thee king overIsrael?18And the LORD sent thee on
a journey, andsaid,GoandutterlydestroythesinnerstheAmalekites, and
fight against them until theybe
consumed.23Forrebellionisasthesinofwitchcraft,andstubbornnessisasiniquityandidolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the wordof the LORD, he hath also
rejected thee frombeing king.1CH 10:12They arose, all the valiant
men,and took away the body of Saul, and
thebodiesofhissons,andbroughtthemtoJabesh,andburiedtheirbonesunderthe
oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.It is curious that the oak
tree is a symbol of ourstrength in God and yet at the same time can
be asymbol of pride which can become our
downfall.2SA14:25ButinallIsraeltherewasnonetobesomuchpraisedasAbsalom
for his beauty: from the sole ofhis foot even to the crown of his
head therewas no blemish in
him.14:26Andwhenhepolledhishead,(foritwas at every year's end that
he polled it: be-cause the hair was heavy on him ...2SA 18:9And
Absalom met the servants ofDavid. And Absalom rode upon a mule,
andthemulewentunderthethickboughsofagreatoak,andhisheadcaughtholdofthe
oak, and he was taken up betweenthe heaven and the earth; and the
mule thatwas under him went away.10And a certain man saw it, and
told Joab,and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hangedin an oak.D - 20MAT
15:13But he answered and said, Every plant, which myheavenly Father
hath not planted, shall be rooted up.It is said that the enemy
tries to counterfeit everything that God has.So, if Godhas twelve
manner of fruit which make up the tree of life - the enemy will try
tocounterfeit it.And these corrupt, counterfeit trees of the enemy
were used tobring about the fall.Therefore, if we are to rid
ourselves of the memories andtrauma of the fall, these trees that
our heavenly Father hath not planted must berooted out and
destroyed.It appears that enemy has twelve main strongholds inthe
human psyche and these are listed as spirits at various places in
the scriptures.So, we will list these twelve counterfeits.PRO
16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.NUM 5:14And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be
jealous of his wife, and she bedefiled: or if the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be
notdefiled:MAR9:25WhenJesussawthatthepeoplecamerunningtogether,herebukedthefoulspirit,sayinguntohim,Thoudumbanddeafspirit,Ichargethee,comeoutofhim,andenternomore
into him.ISA 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give
unto them beauty for ashes, the oil ofjoy for mourning, the garment
of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be
calledtrees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he
might be glorified.1JO 4:3And every spirit that confesseth not that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:and this is that
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come;
and even nowalready is it in the world.2CH 18:21And he said, I will
go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.
Andthe Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also
prevail: go out, and do even so.1SA 28:7Then said Saul unto his
servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, thatI may go
to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold,
there is a woman thathath a familiar spirit at Endor.ISA 19:14The
LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they
have causedEgypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man
staggereth in his
vomit.HOS4:12Mypeopleaskcounselattheirstocks,andtheirstaffdeclarethuntothem:forthespirit
of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring
from under theirGod.MAR 1:23And there was in their synagogue a man
with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,ACT 16:16And it came to
pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a
spiritof divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by
soothsaying:2TI 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.D -
21NEGATIVECONSEQUENCESACTING OUTEMOTIONSOR
PAINDEPRESSIONSHAME,GUILTAContinuumofEmotions AContinuumofEmotions
AContinuumofEmotions AContinuumofEmotions
AContinuumofEmotionsPOSITIVERESOLUTIONJOY, PEACEAN INCIDENT
CAUSES:SORROW,ANGER, RAGEFEAR, ETC.WHICH CAN
BEHANDLEDPOSITIVELYORNEGATIVELYANGERINDIGNATIONAbove is shown a
continuumof events which can have
ei-therapositiveornegativeresolution.Becauseweareborninthisworld,
we willhave incidents to deal with.And these incidentswill cause
emotions which could be sorrow, anger,rage, fear, etc.While we can
avoid unpleasant situ-ations to a degree - others are part of life
and mustbe faced and dealt with.And the more importantaspect is not
the incident itself, but how we dealwith it.Even God and Jesus
expressed emotions -so we must deal with ouremotions - but in a
posi-tive way.GEN 6:6And it repented the LORD that hehad made man
on the earth, and it grieved himat his heart.PSA 79:5How long,
LORD? wilt thou be angryfor ever? shall thy jealousy burn like
fire?JOH 2:15And when he had made a scourge ofsmall cords, he drove
them all out of the temple,and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured
out thechangers' money, and overthrew the tables;17And his
disciples remembered that it was writ-ten, The zeal of thine house
hath eaten me up.SORROW AND GRIEFOnce an incident occurs, we
willdealwithitinonewayortheother.We will either deal
withandresolvethesituationposi-tively or the pain of it will
sur-HEB 12:14Follow peace with all men ...15Looking diligently lest
any man fail of thegraceofGod;lestanyrootofbitternessspringing up
trouble you, and thereby manybe defiled;16Lest there be any
fornicator, or profane per-son,asEsau,whoforonemorselofmeatsold his
birthright.faceinotherwaysandresultinnegativeconse-quences.A
negative consequence could result frommisdirected anger.Instead of
dealing with the prob-lem, the anger is vented at whatever is
nearby whichcauses negative consequences and then depression,shame,
and guilt.This then results in other inci-dents which starts the
whole cycle over again.Thisdownward cycle is a type of the
fall.Esau's diffi-culty started when he sold his birthright.He
thenbecame bitter because he no longer had the rightsof the elder
son and begin to vent his jealousy, an-ger, and hatred against
Jacob.But, Esau could havebroken the cycle by dealing with those
problemswhich caused him so much distress that he was will-ing to
sell his birthright.Instead, he fell into a down-ward spiral that
ultimately caused him untold grief.D - 22If you look closely at the
adjacentdrawing,youwillseethattwoofthe roots are rooted in the sins
thatwere committed in the
earth..But,onerootgoesmuchdeeperthanthat.It is tied into to
something thathappened before birth.DAN 4:14He cried aloud, and
said thus, Hewdown the tree, and cut off his branches, shakeoff his
leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beastsget away from under
it, and the fowls from hisbranches:15Nevertheless leave the stump
of hisroots in the earth, even with a band ofiron and brass, in the
tender grass of the field;and let it be wet with the dew of heaven,
and lethis portion be with the beasts in the grass of theearth:Some
think that the fall is only that which ends inphysical death - and
for Adam and descendents,that is the way of earth.But the fall from
heavento heaven is also a diminishing of the spirit andsoul so that
they no longer function in the mannerthat they were first
created.When Jesus came tobecome subject to the infirmities and
temptationsof earth, he had to "empty Himself" to come downto our
level coming down through at least threeheavens.Consider the fall
of Nebuchadnezzar.PSA 25:6Remember, O LORD, thy tender mer-cies and
thy lovingkindnesses; for they havebeen ever of old.7Remember not
the sins of my youth,nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy
re-member thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.1TI 5:24Some men's
sins are open before-hand, going before to judgment; and some
menthey follow after.25Likewise also the good works of some
aremanifest beforehand; and they that are otherwisecannot be
hid.DEU 28:23And thy heaven that is overthy head shall be brass,
and the earththat is under thee shall be iron.TREE STUMPSINS OF
THEEARTH LIFETHE ROOT OF BITTERNESSSINS OF ONE'SYOUTH IN
THEPREVIOUS HEAVENDAN 4:16Let his heart be changed from
man's,andletabeast'sheartbegivenuntohim; and let seven times pass
over him.17This matter is by the decree of the watchers,and the
demand by the word of the holy ones: tothe intent that the living
may know thatthe most High ruleth in the kingdom ofmen, and giveth
it to whomsoever he will, andsetteth up over it the basest of
men.ItappearsthatthekingofBabylonfelldownastairs of seven steps in
order to learn that El Elyon,the Most High God rules all
things.Have you ever wondered why some people willgo through a
deliverance for some condition andfor a while will do just
wonderfully?Then, lateron,theconditionwillreturnandsometimesbe-come
worse than it was initially.Could it be thatthey had asked
forgiveness and appropriated theblood of Jesus only for those sins
and faults thatoccurred in their earth experience?They were
notaware that the blood of Jesus could be applied backinto the
earlier realms to the very root of the prob-lem which caused the
fall.Then, the unresolvedroot of bitterness would sprout back on
them.We have our conscious mind and we have our sub-conscious mind
that has chambers and doors of an-cient times and experiences.We
will not be totallywholeuntilboththeconsciousandsubconsciousminds
have been cleansed.The subconscious mindis opened up like opening
the layers of an onion.Thetears and griefs of one realm are dealt
with and thenthe next is opened - until finally the whole is
purified.PSA 24:7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and beye lift up,
ye everlasting doors; and the Kingof glory shall come in.D -
23ADDICTION-SOMETHINGTHATTAKESAWAYOURFREEDOM OF CHOICE (OR ABILITY
TO CHOOSE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL).And, because we are
so conditioned to falling short of our God given potential, we fall
into a victim'smind set - which is the same mind set of prisoner in
captivity.VICTIM'SMIND SET - RECEIVES COMMUNICATIONS IN A NEGATIVE
FORM AND FEELS LIKE THEY ARE VICTIMIZED BY EVEN THOSE WHO ARE
TRYING TO HELP THEM.DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO SET NEW HORIZONS OR NEW
PRINCIPLES FOR A CHANGED LIFE.EPH 4:7But unto every one of us is
given grace according to the measure of the gift
ofChrist.8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gavegifts unto men.JOH 17:11And now I am no
more in the world, but these are in the world, and I cometo thee.
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given
me,that they may be one, as we are.We are asking our Heavenly
Father and Jesus to lead our captivity captive.In other words,the
very things that have kept us in bondage will be put in bondage
themselves and we will beset free of all captivity.Then, we, like
Jesus, may say of the enemy:JOH 14:30... for the prince of this
worldcometh, and hath nothing in me.Please consider the prayer
given below and the Lord's timing for you to pray it.We usually
define addiction as being unable to escape the influence of habit
forming substances such asdrugs or alcohol.But, in a much broader
sense, addiction can be defined as follows:Father, El Elyon, Most
High God and our Heavenly Father, wecometo you inthenameof J esus
and through theblood of J esus.Weacknowledgethescripturethat
states, "Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted,
shall berooted up."Father, weask that by your processes and perfect
timing that allseeds and plants which theenemy has planted within
usin any realmwould berooted up and removed.Weask redemption in all
realms by J esus'blood. Weask that our captivity to the enemy any
in way will bereversed and that "captiv-ity shall beled
captive."Weask this in thenameof Y eshua, our Savior.Amen.D -
24HEALTHYMIND SET - ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWNBEHAVIOR AND
LEARN HOW TO SET HEALTHYHORIZONS.OPEN MIND TO COMMUNICATIVETHOUGHTS
FROM OTHERS AND ADAPT WHATIS APPLICABLE TO OUR
SITUATION.PSA37:4DelightthyselfalsointheLORD:andheshallgivethee the
desires of thine heart.While most of work in leading captivity
captive belongs to Jesus and the Father, thereis a very important
element of this work that belongs to us.And that is to cooperate
byour own free will in earnestly desiring the changes that renew
the mind.So, we mustaccept responsibility for our own behavior in
this effort and work hand in hand withour Savior.And truly, the
desires in our heart will be those desires that are placedthere by
our Heavenly Father - so that His desires and our desires of the
heart are oneand the same.And a mind set is like a mold.Will we
allow our mind to be squeezedby the world's moldor will it be
expanded to fit the heavenly pattern?ROM 12:2And be not conformed
to this world: but be ye trans-formed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what isthat good, and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.Ultimately, each one of us is to be under our own vine
and fig tree and have a face toface relationship with God.But, in
the meantime, a child leans upon it's mother breastfor milk.But
after, a while that child should grow up and become weaned.When
welean on others for support, we should examine the foundations of
those whose helpwe seek.If these foundations are built on sand,
then we will not really have beenhelped.We refer to a childhood
cartoon to illustrate this point.There is another type of behavior
that depends on the interactivebehavior of oth-ers.It is called
co-dependency.The scriptures point out the fallacy of co-depen-dent
relationships which are built on shaky foundations.LEANS ON
WEAKNESS OF OTHERS FOR SUP-PORT,BOUNDARYSETTINGANDDECISIONMAKING -
AND THOSE THAT ARELEANED
ONUSUALLYCOMMISERATEINSTEADOFSPEAKINGTOUGHLOVECO-DEPENDENT-MAT
7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
them, I willliken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a
rock:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon thathouse; and it fell not: for it was founded
upon a
rock.26Andeveryonethatheareththesesayingsofmine,anddoeththemnot,shallbelikened
unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:D -
25JOB1:19And,behold,therecameagreatwindfromthewilderness,andsmote
the four corners of the house, andit fell upon the young men, and
they aredead; and I only am escaped alone to tellthee.MAT
7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
them, I will liken him untoa wise man, which built his house upon a
rock:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house; and itfell not: for it was founded
upon a rock.26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them not, shall be likened unto afoolish man, which built his
house upon the sand:REV 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to
sitwith me in my throne, even as I also overcame, andam set down
with my Father in his throne.THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGSTHIS
LITTLE PIGBUILT HIS HOUSEFROM STRAWTHIS LITTLE PIGBUILT HIS
HOUSEFROM STICKSTHISLITTLEPIGGYBUILTHIS HOUSEOFBRICK1CO 3:11For
other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus
Christ.12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;13Every man's work shall be
made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall
berevealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what
sort it is.14If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon,
he shall receive a reward.15If any man's work shall be burned, he
shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yetso as by
fire.D - 26The first little piggy built his house of straw.Andwhen
the straw house was huffed and puffed down,the first little piggy
sought shelter with the secondlittle piggy who had a house of
sticks.So, the firstlittle piggy entered into a co-dependent
relation-ship with the second little piggy.And both of themhad
their confidence in a house of sticks that wassoon huffed and
puffed away.JAM 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, lethim ask of God,
that giveth to all men liber-ally, and upbraideth not; and it shall
be givenhim.6But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.For he that
wavereth is like a wave oftheseadrivenwiththewindandtossed.7For let
not that man think that he shall re-ceive any thing of the Lord.8A
double minded man is unstable inall his ways.And then the first and
second little piggies tookshelter in the brick house built by the
third littlepiggy.And when the wind and waves come, thehouse
remained secure.MAT 7:25And the rain descended, and
thefloodscame,andthewindsblew,andbeatupon that house; and it fell
not: for it wasfounded upon a rock.And so we learn from our
experiences to examineour relationships.If the interactive
behaviors onlypromote weakness and dependency, then it is timeto
look from a different perspective.It is time toask for the wisdom
from above that God gives lib-erally and upbraideth us not for
asking.The third little piggy had choices to make when hewas about
to build his house.He made an
indepen-dentchoicetomakehishousesturdysothathewouldbeprotected.But,therewasaco-depen-dent
pressure on him before he built to depend on thestraw and sticks
architecture being used by his broth-ers.And even though he made an
independent choicefrom the errors of his brothers, he still loved
his broth-ers.And while he offered them sound counsel
abouthouses,he did not press the case further while theywere living
in their straw and stick
houses.Inotherwords,thethirdlittlepiggydidnotat-tempt to rescue his
brothers living in their housesbecause they did not want to be
rescued.How-ever, when calamity befell them and they recog-nized
the error of their ways, the third little piggyopened his brick
house to them in order that theymight be protected.Isn't this what
Jesus does withus?Ifweinsistonbuildingco-dependentrela-tionships
with houses of straw and sticks, He willlet us have our freedom of
choice.But, when thestormscomeandtheco-dependentrelationshipfails,
Jesus is always there to guide us to the rock.And part of the
stability of the rock is remaining
inperfectbalanceandnotbeingwashedbackandforthbydoubleminded-likewavesofthesea.Some
Christians feel that a perfect behavior pat-tern is always to turn
the other cheek and be like alamb led to the slaughter.After all,
isn't that whatJesus tells us in Luke 6:29?Note the top panel
onthepagetotheright.Ifourpersonalityissuchthat our lamb nature is
predominant and we have
alittle,bittylionforprotection,wewillcertainlyget slaughtered.But,
isn't this what Jesus teaches?Yes, it was His mission to be a "lamb
led to the slaugh-ter" for our sins.But, before we assume that this
is thetype of personality that we should always manifest -consider
the middle panel.Here we have a little, bittylamb and a large lion
- a lion which displays overwhelm-ing power and authority.And when
Jesus came intothe temple and saw the money changers merchandis-ing
the things of God,His authority and anger be-came powerfully known
to the money changers.Hetook a scourge of small cords and drove
them out.So, is a display of authority andeven anger appro-priate
for a Christian?We need to take our thoughtsout of the arena of how
we want to react and
con-siderwhatisappropriateforthosethatwearedealingwith.WhatwouldGodhavethemlearnfrom
our dealings with them?In the case of the moneychangers, the
tenderness of the lamb nature
wouldnothavebroughtaboutthecorrectionthatwasneeded.And in the
bottom panel, we see a
balancingoftheloveandauthoritythatwasneededbythewoman about to be
stoned. There was no doubt
inthewoman'smindaboutJesus'loveforher(asalamb), but at the same
time, she knew the authorityof His admonition (as a lion).A perfect
balance!.D - 27LION AND LAMB DWELL WITH EACH OTHERTHE BALANCING OF
THE LION AND LAMB WITHIN USBALANCE TILTEDTOWARDRIGHTLITTLELIONREV
5:6And I beheld, and, lo,in the midst of the throne and ofthe four
beasts, and in the midstof the elders, stood a Lamb asit had been
slain ...REV 5:5 ...Weep not: behold,
theLionofthetribeofJuda,theRoot of David, hath prevailed toopen the
book, and to loose theseven seals thereof.VULNERABLELAMBLUK 6:29And
unto himthatsmiteththeeontheonecheekofferalsotheother; and him that
takethaway thy cloak forbid not totake thy coat
also.OURINTERACTIONWITHOTH-ERS SHOULD BE GOVERNED BYWHAT IS
APPROPRIATE FOR
THESITUATIONATHAND-NOTBYOURFEARSANDPREDISPOSI-TIONS.BALANCE
TILTEDTOWARDLEFTJOH8:7Sowhentheycontinuedaskinghim,helifted up
himself, and saidunto them, He that is
with-outsinamongyou,lethimfirstcastastoneather.PRO 11:1A false
balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his
delight.JOH 2:15And when
hehadmadeascourgeofsmallcords,hedrovethemalloutofthetemple,andthesheep,and
the oxen; and pouredout the changers' money,and overthrew the
tables;OVERPOWERING LION?LACK OFTENDER LOVE?ROLEINTERACTION AND
INTERCHANGELION TEMPEREDBY TENDERNESSOF LAMBJOH 8:10When Jesus had
lifted up him-self, and saw none but the woman, he saidunto her,
Woman, where are those thineaccusers? hath no man condemned
thee?11Shesaid,Noman,Lord.AndJesussaid unto her, Neither do I
condemn thee:go, and sin no more.LAMB HASAUTHORITYOF LIOND -
28YAHWEHEYE OFWORDEL SHADDAIEYEOFSPIRITELELYONELOHIMTWO EYES BECOME
A SINGLE EYEMAT 6:22The light of the body is the eye: iftherefore
thine eye be single, thy whole bodyshall be full of
light.PSA91:1HethatdwellethinthesecretplaceofthemostHigh[El
Elyon]shallabide under the shadow of the Almighty [El
Shaddai].2IwillsayoftheLORD[Yahweh],Heismyrefugeandmyfortress:myGod[Elohim];
in him will I trust."stone with seveneyes"Zec 3:9PRO 8:1Doth not
wisdom cry? and under-standing put forth her voice?PRO 8:22The LORD
[Yahweh] possessedmeinthebeginningofhisway,beforehisworks of
old.PRO 8:30Then I was by him, as one broughtup with him: and I was
daily his delight,rejoicing always before him;The names and natures
of the Godhead are given inPsalm 91:1&2.Yahweh is the giver of
the law andis the masculine, lion like power.El Shaddai em-bodies
the Wisdom of Proverbs 8 and has the femi-nine,lamb like nature.She
is Yahweh's delight.YahwehandElShaddaitogethermanifesttheElohim -
which is both male and female in nature.And the All in All of all
the natures is El Elyon whichis another name for the Most High
God."Seven Spiritsof God"LIONLAMBJesus is the priest of El
Elyon,the Most High God.Assuch,Herepresentstheperfectbal-ance of
theGodhead.D - 29GEN 1:26And God [Elohim] said, Let usmake man in
our image, after our likeness:and let them have dominion over the
fish of thesea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle,and over all the earth, and over every creepingthing that
creepeth upon the earth.27So God created man in his own image, in
theimageofGod[Elohim]createdhehim;male and female created he
them.The potential for doublemindedness occurred whenthe tree of
good and evil was placed in the
garden.Foritwasingardenthattheserpentcausedabreach in the mind and
took advantage of the na-kedness of the soul that had already
occurred.Andwhat is the garden?Isn't it our soul?ISA 58:11And the
LORD shall guide thee con-tinually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought,and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt belike a watered
garden, and like a spring ofwater, whose waters fail not.12And they
that shall be of thee shallbuild the old waste places: thou shalt
raiseup the foundations of many generations;and thou shalt be
called, The repairer of thebreach, The restorer of paths to dwell
in.We are promised that there will be a restoration
ofthesoulthatwaswastedandthefoundationsthatwere disrupted.But, it
does appear that the serpentwas allowed to disturb even the
foundations of
oursoul.Inotherwords,theserpentputsandinourfoundationssothatwhenthewavesofdoublemindedness
washed back and forth, our housesfell into disrepair.Our soul was
breached and wefunctioned at only a fraction of our potential.MAT
5:14Ye are the light of the world. A citythat is set on an hill
cannot be hid.REV 3:12Him that overcometh will I make apillar in
the temple of my God, and he shall go nomore out: and I will write
upon him the name ofmy God, and the name of the city of
myGod,whichisnewJerusalem,whichcomethdownoutofheavenfrommyGod: and
I will write upon him my new name.REV 21:2And I John saw the holy
city, newJerusalem, coming down from God outof heaven, prepared as
a bride adornedfor her husband.In the realm of the kingdom within,
the New Jerusa-lem is that city set on a hill (our renewed soul)
whichcomesdownoutofheaven.Thesoulconceivesthoughts and is feminine
(in both natural men andwomen).When we are transformed by the
renew-ing of our mind, our soul is changed or transformedso that
she is like a bride adorned for her husband.In the creation
patterned after Elohim, the
creationwasonecreature,havingbothmaleandfemaleattributes.Andallthetreesofthegardenweregood
to eat - there was no fracture into a tree oflife and a tree of
good and evil.GEN 1:29And God said, Behold, I have givenyou every
herb bearing seed, which isupon the face of all the earth, and
everytree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yieldingseed; to you
it shall be for meat.And then, Adam was formed after that.Note
thathe was not created, but that he was formed.Andrather than being
created by Elohim (which in-cludes El Shaddai and Yahweh), he was
formedby the Yahweh nature of the Elohim family.GEN2:7 And the LORD
God [YahwehElohim] formed man of the dust of theground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breathof life; and man became a
living soul.And it was after this formation, that the
fractureshowed up in the formed Adam in the way of
aseparationintomanandwomanandaresultingnakedness of the soul.GEN
2:17But of the tree of the knowledge ofgood and evil, thou shalt
not eat of it: for in theday that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die.GEN2:21AndtheLORDGod[YahwehElohim] caused a deep sleep
to fall upon
Adam...22Andtherib,whichtheLORDGod[YahwehElohim]hadtakenfromman,made
he a woman, and brought her unto theman.25And they were both naked,
the man andhis wife, and were not ashamed.D - 30If we are to repair
the foundations of many generations, what pre-cisely are these
foundations?We find that there are twelve founda-tions in the wall
of the New Jerusalem as listed in Revelation 21 .1.JASPER == J
ASPER2.SAPPHIRE == SAPPHIRE3.CHALCEDONY4.EMERALD ==
EMERALD5.SARDONYX == ONYX6.SARDIUS ==
SARDIUS7.CHRYSOLYTE10.CHRYSOPRASUS11.JACINTH12. AMETHYSTFOUNDATIONS
OFTHE WALL OF THENEW JERUSALEMREV 21:19And the foundations of the
wall of the city were garnishedwith all manner of precious stones.
The first foundation was jasper; thesecond, sapphire; the third, a
chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;20The fifth, sardonyx; the
sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; theeighth, beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh,a jacinth;
the twelfth, an amethyst.The above outlines the twelve foundations
of the wall of the New Jerusalem.Now, we will ask the question, how
many of the above foundations was theenemy allowed to damage when
he was in Eden's garden?For a clue, look onthe page to your
right.9.TOPAZ == TOPAZISA 58:12And they that shall be of thee shall
build the old wasteplaces: thou shalt raise up the foundations of
manygenerations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the
breach,The restorer of paths to dwell in.8.BERYL == BERYLD - 31EZE
28:2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up,and thou hast said, I am a
God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou
art a man, and not God,though thou set thine heart as the heart of
God:EZE 28:5By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou
increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted upbecause of thy
riches:EZE 28:12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of
Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the LordGOD; Thou sealest up
the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.13Thou 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,andgold:theworkmanshipofthytabretsandofthypipeswaspreparedintheeinthedaythatthouwastcreated.14Thou
art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou
wast upon the holy mountain ofGod; thou hast walked up and down in
the midst of the stones of fire.When we compare the list of the
nine stones above with the list of the twelve stones fromRevelation
21, we find that most of them match (note = = signs denoting
matches in thedrawing on the page to the left). But we have some
leftovers which we are not sureabout.And while we could spend
additional time trying to completely match the remain-ing stones,
we will be content to simply point out what we have not yet
matched.Also, we can match the nine stones that the enemy
appropriated as a covering with nine ofthe twelve stones in the
breastplate.Note that the matching stones are underlined in
theverses below describing the breastplate.Strangely enough, the
missing three stones notmatched are the ligure, agate, and amethyst
in the third row of the breast plate.EXO 28:17And thou shalt set in
it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row
shall be asardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the
first row.18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and
a diamond.19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an
amethyst.20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper:
they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.Ezekiel
28DiamondCarbuncleRevelation
21AmethystJacinthChrysoprasusChrysolyteChalcedonyWith the
widespread use of the internet, many companies have what is called
a "firewall"program which monitors and regulates messages flowing
into and out of the companycomputer system.This "firewall" is to
deny unauthorized access and to screen out mes-sages which have
"viruses".It does appear that the enemy has been able to breach
thesecurity of the nine lower realms and bring viruses, diseases,
and even death into the veryfoundations of our mind.Like a
transformer lowers voltage, the Most High God [Hebrew Name El
Elyon] madeHis presence, throne and natures less fiery from the
highest (twelfth) realm to the firstrealm where Jesus walked the
earth in the form of a man as a mediator for men.It is ourbelief
that the holy "fire" of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth realms was
literally too hot forthe enemy to breach.And does the Most High God
have a plan to restore that full firewallof protection around our
tabernacle.Yes, He does!D - 32ISA 4:1And in that day seven women
shall take hold of one man, saying, We willeat our own bread, and
wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to
takeaway our reproach.2In that day shall the branch of the LORD be
beautiful and glorious,and the fruit of the earth shall be
excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.3And it
shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem,shall be called holy, even every one that is
written among the living in Jerusalem:4When the Lord shall have
washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shallhave
purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit
of judg-ment, and by the spirit of burning.5And the LORD will
create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon
herassemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a
flamingfire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.The
seven woman represent the seven
garmentsofthesoulandthesouliscoveredinallsevenrealms by the garment
of one Man as outlined inthe verses below:ROM 13:12The night is far
spent, the day isat hand: let us therefore cast off the works
ofdarkness,andletusputonthearmourof
light.14ButputyeontheLordJesusChrist,and make not provision for the
flesh, to fulfilthe lusts
thereof.Thesevenstepsofthesoulcanbefoundinthetabernacle in the
wilderness.They start with rec-ognizing Jesus as the Son of God and
coming inouter court gate way into the body of Christ - andcontinue
in the outer court with the Lamb sacri-fice at the altar
(forgiveness) and water baptism atthe laver. They end with the
fiery presence abovethe ark (Cherubims at the garden gate). Then,
webegin to leave the earth walk and ascend into therealms of the
Spirit toward the throne of the MostHigh God.Unfortunately, when we
come back into the gar-den(theeighthrealmofthesoul),wefindthatsame
serpent enemy that beguiled the Adam racein the
beginning.Apparently, the enemy penetratednot only the eighth
foundation - but also the ninthfoundation and these must be
restored.Once we come back to the garden, we have
comeintotheseventhrealmofthesoulortheAdamrealm.But the eighth realm
is above the Adamrealm and is known as the elohim realm.GEN 1:27So
God [Elohim] created manin his own image, in the image of God
cre-atedhehim;maleandfemalecreatedhethem.And did the enemy
penetrate this eighth realm and razethe foundation of the elohims
created in the image ofElohim?Let, us read the account of what
happened.PSA 82:1God [Elohim] standeth in thecongregation of the
mighty; he judgethamong the gods [elohims].2How long will ye judge
unjustly, and acceptthe persons of the wicked? Selah.3Defend the
poor and fatherless: do justiceto the afflicted and needy.4Deliver
the poor and needy: rid them out ofthe hand of the wicked.5They
know not, neither will they
understand;theywalkonindarkness:allthefounda-tions of the earth are
out of course.6I have said, Ye are gods [elohims]; andall of you
are children of the most High[El Elyon].7But ye shall die like men,
and fall like oneof the princes.D - 33This darkness and foundations
being out of courseis also described in Genesis 1:2.GEN 1:1In the
beginning God [Elohim] cre-ated the heaven and the earth.2And the
earth was without form, andvoid; and darkness was upon the
faceofthedeep.AndtheSpiritofGodmoved upon the face of the
waters.And we should point out that the most literal trans-lation
of Genesis 1:1 is "In a beginning" and not"In the beginning".The
darkness, chaos, and foundations being out ofcourse manifested in
the eighth or elohim realm.We would proposed that the fall began in
the ninthrealm when the enemy razed the ninth foundation.Remember,
the spiritual world is the pattern, andwhat happens in the spirit
world will eventuallymanifest in the earth world.A model of
"Jacob'sladder" shown in a slightly different form is givenin the
drawing just to the right of this column.EVEOUTERREALMSelohimsEL
ELYONCRYSTALSEABrideClosetBridegroomChamberEl
ShaddaiYahwehDivisionintoSeparatenaturesMarriageRoom1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.SpiritbroodsoverchaosCHAOS
SEVENWOMEN ORGARMENTS OF
THESOULISA58:11AndtheLORDshallguidetheecontinually, and satisfy thy
soul in drought, andmake fat thy bones: and thou shalt be likea
watered garden, and like a spring of wa-ter, whose waters fail
not.12And they that shall be of thee shall buildthe old waste
places: thou shalt raiseupthefoundationsofmanygenera-tions; and
thou shalt be called, The repairerof the breach, The restorer of
paths todwell in.If you are ready to rebuild the old waste
places,raiseupthefoundations,repairthebreach,andrestore the paths
in which we once walked, thenwe would recommend that you pray the
scripturesgiven above.For the promises of God are given inscripture
and are "yea" and "Amen."
Also,youmaywanttoprayIsaiah4:4-6inorderthatthe"firewall" of glory
for a defence be restored overyour tabernacle.But, before you do,
be willing toput yourself in the "spirit of judgment, and spiritof
burning" so that God may correct things
need-ingcorrection.Andfinally,rememberthattheblood of Jesus is
available for healing in all the subconscious realms - even before
the earth existed!D - 34FROM EL ELYON'S THRONEIN THE TWELFTH
REALMJOH 17:24Father, I will that they also, whomthou hast given
me, be with me where I am;that they may behold my glory, whichthou
hast given me: for thou lovedst mebefore the foundation of the
world.25OrighteousFather,theworldhathnotknown thee: but I have
known thee, and thesehave known that thou hast sent me.EMPTIED
HIMSELF TO THELOWER REALM OF EARTHPHI 2:7Have this attitude in
yourselves whichwas also in Christ
Jesus,8who,althoughHeexistedintheformofGod, did not regard equality
with God a thingto be grasped,9but emptied Himself, taking the
formof a bond servant, and being made inthe likeness of men.10And
being found in appearance as a
man,HehumbledHimselfbybecomingobedientto the point of death, even
death on
across.RVJOH12:13Tookbranchesofpalmtrees,andwentforthtomeethim,andcried,Ho-sanna:BlessedistheKingofIsraelthatcometh
in the name of the Lord.MAT 26:36Then cometh Jesus with them untoa
place called Gethsemane [olive press],and saith unto the disciples,
Sit ye here, whileI go and pray yonder.JOH 19:29Now there was set a
vessel full ofvinegar:andtheyfilledaspungewithvin-egar [apple
tree], and put it upon hyssop,and put it to his
mouth.30WhenJesusthereforehadreceivedthevinegar, he said, It is
finished: and he bowedhis head, and gave up the
ghost.WENTTHROUGHTREEEXPERI-ENCES AND DEATH OF SELFWAS BURIED,
RESURRECTED,AND THEN ASCENDEDEL ELYON'S THRONELUK 24:49And, behold,
I send the prom-ise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye inthe city
of Jerusalem, until ye be enduedwith power from on high.50And he
led them out as far as to Bethany,and he lifted up his hands, and
blessed them.51Anditcametopass,whileheblessedthem, he was parted
from them, and car-ried up into heaven.LUK 19:29And it came to
pass, when he wascome nigh to Bethphage [house of greenfigs] and
Bethany [house of dates], atthe mount called the mount of Olives,
he senttwo of his disciples,JOH 15:26But when the
Comforteriscome,whomIwillsenduntoyoufromtheFather,eventheSpiritoftruth,whichproceedethfrom
the Father, he shall testify of
me:27Andyealsoshallbearwitness,because ye have been with me
fromthebeginning.JOH 14:23Jesus answered and
saiduntohim,Ifamanloveme,hewillkeep my words: and my Father
willlove him, and we will come
untohim,andmakeourabodewithhim.ASCENDED TO THERIGHT HAND OF THE
FATHERHOLY SPIRIT(EL SHADDAI) SENTTO FALLEN MAND - 35! !! !!
RESTORER OF PATHS TO DWELL IN! !! !! REPAIRER OF THE BREACH! !! !!
RAISES UP THE OLD FOUNDATIONS! !! !! REBUILDER OF THE WASTE
PLACESJESUS - THE ONE WHO LEADS USBACK TO THE FATHER'S THRONEThe
page to the left gives a bare outline of howJesus leads the way and
marks the path for us toreturn to the blessings of the Most High
God.You will note, although it is somewhat veiled, thatJesus went
through His tree experiences - some ofthe bare details we have
outlined here.It was atBethany that Mary anointed His head with the
vialof costly spikenard.He then went to Jerusalemand encountered
the unfruitful fig tree.He rodeinto Jerusalem on a roadway of
palmbranches.Hebroughtjudgementtothetemplebycastingout the money
changers.Then Jesus had His experience in the garden ofGethsemanee
which means "olive press" .It washere that He overcame His own self
will.MAT 26:53Thinkest thou that I
cannotnowpraytomyFather,andheshallpresently give me more than
twelve le-gions of angels?54But how then shall the scriptures be
ful-filled, that thus it must be?And in the above scripture, Jesus
dealt with theoak tree of pride in one's strength.When He wasc