The Secret of His Presence
John 14:21-23 He that has My commandments,
and keeps them, he it is that loves Me: and he that loves Me
shall be loved of My Father, and
I will love him, and (I)
will manifest Myself to him.
Judas says to Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that
You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world? Jesus
answered and said to him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will
love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.
I will love him and manifest myself to him. The
Greek word for manifest is Empaniso – it means: To fully
reveal. To make publicly
known. To bodily manifest one’s self.
This word that Christ chose was used in the Old
Testament in the following verses:
Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince
and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst
the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing
is known.
Moses said in the Greek: Surely this thing has been made manifest.
Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the
last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it.
This passage should read: “It shall come to pass
in the last days that the mountain of the Lord shall
be made manifest and the house of God shall be on
top of the mountains and it shall be exalted above the hills
and all the nations shall come to it.”
And many nations shall go and say come and let us go
up to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of Jacob and
He will tell us His way and we will walk in it. For out of Zion
shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem.
(This passage is
strangely similar to Christ’s words about a light on a hill.)
Micah 4:1-2 But in the last days it shall
come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established (Shall be made manifest) in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills;
and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come,
and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of
his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go
forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
There can be no mistake that the translators
of the KJV in two places with the identical word mistranslated
intentionally thus obscuring these passages from the words of
Christ. If the Disciples are to be a light made manifest upon
a hill – it believers are the temple this passage has great
significance.
The next passage is even more significant and
in the KJV again it is grossly mistranslated. The translation
is so bad it does not even make sense. How
can Christ be sought by those who do not seek him?
Isaiah 65:1 I am sought of them that asked not for
me; I am found of them that sought me not:
I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called
by my name.
The passage
should read: I became
manifest (I manifested myself) to those that asked not for me. I was found of those who sought
me not. I said behold
I am here to a nation that called not on my name.
As powerful as these verses of Scripture
are this is not what Christ was referring to when he said: John 14:21
He that has
My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me: and
he that loves Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love
him, and (I) will manifest Myself to him.
This is the promise
that Christ has given to those that love him and keep His commandments.
The word Manifest is used twice
in the following passage in verses 13 and 18.
Exodus 33:13-18 Now therefore, I pray thee, if
I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now
thy way, (Manifest
thyself) that
I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy
sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. And He (God)
said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
And he (Moses)
said unto Him, (The Lord)
If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For
wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found
grace in thy sight? is it not in that
thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people,
from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. And
the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou
hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know
thee by name. And he (Moses)
said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. (Manifest
thyself)
Even
with all that Moses had seen and heard of the Lord, the burning
bush, God speaking through Moses mouth to instruct him and the
people, the gifts of apostleship that had been given unto him,
the signs and wonders that God performed through Moses, God
speaking to Moses in an audible voice, Moses on the mount able
to enter the fire of God and to see in heaven the true tabernacle
of God. God writing with his finger the ten commandments, Moses
seeing with all of Israel God sitting on his throne with his
body as the stars in the heavens, and eat and commune before
Him. -- And yet there was a cry, a deep yearning within Moses
"That I might know Him" That I might see the Glory
of the Lord, that I might see the Goodness of The Lord -- that
if I am found so worthy that I might see the Goodness of Lord
-- while I yet live in the flesh. (08/07)
Do
you so yearn for a deeper more abiding relationship with God,
-- even as Moses did? (08/07)
Do you so hunger and thirst so that you might taste of His righteousness,
and Holiness, -- even as Moses did? (08/07)
When
we look at Aaron, when we look at the 70 elders, and we look
at the multitude of the Israelites -- We do not find that cry,
that yearning, or for that fact a seeking after the Lord. But
what the Lord required of these obedience to His commandments
-- that as Paul declares these were to be tutors
and governors
to lead one to the Lord and to the path of righteousness.(08/07)
What Christ is saying in John 14:21-23 is
that to those that Love him and keep his commandments He will
manifest himself and the Father in the land of the living in
the same manner as The Father revealed Himself to Moses.
(Some of this indeed occurred
after the Jesus Christ was raised from the dead -- And He manifested
Himself to His disciples and not the world for forty days. --
But Christ manifested Himself a few years later to Stephen as
he was stoned, Christ manifested Himself two decades later to
Paul the Apostle, and Christ manifested Himself six decades
later beyond all measure to the Apostle John in prison on the
Isle of Patmos. -- We show these things to declare unto you
that just as Peter declared that the gift of the Holy Ghost
was to them that are afar off and even to as many as receive
the Lord -- So is Christ's promise that He will manifest Himself
to those that love Him, and keep His commandments. 08/07)
So where
then is the disconnect? Why has Christ not seen fit to manifest Himself
and the Father to us as He so did to Moses?
John
14:22 Judas says to Him, not Iscariot, Lord, How
is it that You will manifest Yourself to US,
(His disciples) and
NOT to the world? (Those
that call themselves by thy name, but walk A-Nomian [Without
law, Willful disobedience,] seeking after the things of the
flesh, and the lusts thereof,)
(This is Christ coming
individually to those who have truly become His disciples. Not
in word alone but in deed. This is Christ coming and manifesting
Himself with those who love Him with all their heart, all their
soul all their mind and all their strength, and then let that
same love be shed abroad. 08/07)
Judas understood Christ words that He
was going to reveal himself to his disciples
and NOT to the world (Nor to those
that walk in the image and likeness of this world 08/07)
and he asked how was Jesus going to do that?
This contains the first
part of the answer why why Christ has not seen fit to reveal
Himself to us.
--
It is because we are not truly his disciples.
And if we can be wholy honest with ourselves neither at any
point have we ever really been. We instead have divided hearts
and divided loyalties as we are the disciples of our pastors,
our teachers and numerous preachers and ministries here there
and everywhere. --But we have not been with our whole heart
and all our loyalties a disciple of Jesus Christ.
There
used to be an old Christain Maxim decades ago; He is either
Lord of all, or not Lord at all. This is the true plumbline
against which all shall be measured. So for the greatest number
of part time lovers of Christ, and country club jet set beleivers
who call themselves by His name, they are in fact not known
of Him.
As
is testified by Christ Himself
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name
have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work (Teach
and demonstrate)
iniquity (A
Nomion Without law, Willful disobedience)
In the bible School I attended some years ago this "Knowing
Him" in this passage was routinely interprested
as: "An intimate and personal knowledge of Him."
And this "Not knowing Him" was declared
as the "Lack of an intimate knowledge and personal
knowledge of Him" -- But this teaching completely
ignoresg Christ charge against those who cried out Lord, Lord
in this passage: Christ demands obediance. So that regardless
of how much we say we love Him and how intimate we beleive ourselves
to be -- if we disobey Christ's words and Christ's commandments
and even worse we teach others to Sin against Christ and God
-- These Never Knew Him, and Were Never Known of Him.
You can not mix and match truth and be Christ's
disciple.
If
we accept over the commandments and Teachings of Jesus Christ,
the words of our pastor, the words of our teacher, or the words
of any number of ministries -- we despise Christ's words, and
take the words instead of our true masters.
He that has
My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me:
So he that despises Christ disobeys his commandments and teaches
others to disobey them as well. And whosoever does so shall
be hated of Christ and hated of the Father.
The second part of this disconnect is explained
in the words of Christ
He that has My commandments, and keeps them,
he it is that loves Me: and He that loves Me shall be loved
of My Father, and I will love him, and (I)
will manifest Myself to him.
One can not be Christ's disciple
and act as an independant agent seeking to negotiate some corrupt
version of the Gospel that is acceptable to this person or ministry
-- yet in essence this is what is declared to us by every preacher
and ministry. -- This is A-Nomian. When every man does that
which is right in their own eyes -- This is A- Nomian. There
are not many ways and paths that lead to heaven. There is not
the Catholic road, the Lutheran road, the Presbyterian road,
the Southern Baptist road, the Word of Faith road, etc, there
is only one road and Jesus Christ is the gate keeper. (I
am the door) Without Christ you don't get through the
straight and narrow gate, to even begin to walk the straight
and narrow path.
Many in this hour believe they can seek and follow
Him for their own personal gain, entertainment, and pleasure.
-- This is not the Narrow and Invisible Gate, guarded by Christ
Himself and neither is this the Narrow Way. Those that are Nomian
Lawful, obedient, are those that love Christ and are translated
through this narrow invisible gate, onto the path of the righteous,
and along this path these can expect to see the things that
the Apostles and prophets of old saw and heard of the Lord,
because this path is the path of the manifest presence of God.
For 1800 long years believers have forsaken being
Disciples of Christ alone, and following His words and commands
alone. The graveyards of earth and hell are filled to over flowing
with all of those who have perished as A- Nomian -- none of
which entered into the promise. Just as none of the millions
of Israelites that left Egypt becasue of sin corruption and
A-Nomian these entered not the promise.
We can no longer do what our fathers did before
us, and their fathers did before them. We need with our whole
heart to turn unto the Lord Jesus Christ and become His disciples,
and children of obedience and righteousness..
Song
of Solomon 2:9 -- He stands behind our
wall, He looks forth at the windows, showing (Glimpses
0f)
Himself through the lattice.”
The revivals in church history have not been
an end in themselves to create more and bigger denominations
as men have supposed. The revivals have been God manifesting
himself to create a hunger and thirst for God Alone in a people
that:
Isaiah 65:1
I became manifest (I manifested myself) to those that asked not for me. I was
found of those who sought me not.
I said behold I am here to a nation that
called not on my name.
How
else do you explain generation after generation of Christ going
outside the camp of established churches and denominations and
reaching out to sinners and creating for himself a people out
of those who did not ask for Him, who did not seek Him, and
who called not on his name?
Paul
notes this passage:
Romans
10:20 But Esaias is very bold,
and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made
manifest unto them that asked not after me.
When we speak of sin we need to speak
of defilement as well.
Leviticus
22:3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth
unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto
the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be
cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
Those that are unclean body, soul, or spirit, shall be cut off from
God’s manifest presence, Sin and uncleaness; even after “salvation”
will still separate you from God. Christ will not manifest himself
nor the Father to those that have defiled themselves with other
people words and teachings.Much less those who have committed
what is listed in the Old and New covnenants as Sins unto death.
For generations
believers have been lied to; that they can live anyway they
like and that Christ will still forgive their sins and give
them a complete pass.
Numbers 14:20-24 And the LORD said, I have pardoned
according to thy word: (Read this as I have forgiven their sins) But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory
of the LORD. Because all those men which have
seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in
the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and
have not hearkened to my voice; Surely they shall not see the
land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of
them that provoked me see it: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and
hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where
into he went; and his seed shall possess it. (We
want to make note here that this was not just Caleb that entered
the land but Caleb sanctified all that were within his household,
as did Joshua and Eliezer the priest and his household as well
entered the land.)
But as for the rest of the Israelites that had so sinned though these
men were forgiven of their sins and they received a pardon,
they all perished in the wilderness none the less as the consequences
of their unbelief, their disobedience, and their rebellion against
the Lord.
After David had committed adultery and then murdered Uriah
the Hittite and took this man’s wife as his own. He repented
Psalm 51:11
Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
David when his sin was found out was in abject fear of God's Spirit
departing him as the Holy Spirit departed Saul and an evil spirit
came upon him. -- David moved heaven and earth in repentence
before God. And when David was forgiven, the consequences of
his heineous acts never departed from his house for the rest
of the days of his life.
2 Samuel 12:10 Now
therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house;
because thou hast despised me,(David's
acts were against God -- And showed David's contempt for God's
commandments) and hast taken the wife of Uriah
the Hittite to be thy wife.(To
Cover up his Adultery) (08/07)
When
the Church cherry picks what it wants to believe -- It despises
Christ and despeises God. (08/07)
When
we fill ourselves with other mens books and teaching tapes --
We despise Christ and we despeise God. (08/07)
When
we receive good teaching and we read in the word of God and
obey not the commandments of Christ and God -- we despise Christ
and we despise God. (08/07)
But the bible says that God shall remember their sins no more
Yes
it does,
Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth
out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember
thy sins.
And
it does here again.
Jeremiah
31:34 And they shall teach no more
every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying,
Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of
them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
But note what the same prophet says
in another place:
Jeremiah
14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this
people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained
their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their
iniquity, and visit their sins.
Some will say but that;s old covenant brother,
and seek to as they have been taught to disregard scripture.
To those we need only ask, When Jesus died on the cross did
he forgive the Jews? Yes he did.
So then why then if they were forgiven in the New Covenant bt Christ
Himself. did Christ destroy Jerusalem in 70 AD slaughtering
hundreds of thousands and leaving no stone left upon another?
The
answer to this question is found among other places herein scripture:
Ezekiel 3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth
turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I
lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou
hast not given him warning, (The
preachers of that day no longer cried against the sins of the
children of Israel) he
shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done
shall not be remembered; but his blood will
I require at thine hand. (Ezekiel
is speaking here of sins unto death fornication, adultry, unjust
divorce, murder, bearing false witness, beastiality, homosexuality,
lesbianality, etc.)
Ezekiel
18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the
soul that sinneth, (The sins unto death)
it shall die
Ezekiel 18:20-28
The soul that sinneth, (The
sins unto death) it
shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of
the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the
son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and
the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. But
if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed,
and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right,
he shall surely live, he shall not die. All
his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be
mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he
shall live. Have I any pleasure at all that
the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should
return from his ways, and live? But
when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, (The
sins unto death) and
doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man
doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done
shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed,
and in his sin (The
sins unto death) that
he hath sinned, in them shall he die. Yet ye
say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of
Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? When
a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done
shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turneth
away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that
which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Because
he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions
that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel
33:1- 19 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son
of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them,
When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land
take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land,
he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and
taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his
blood shall be upon his own head. He heard
the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his
blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning
shall deliver his soul. But if the watchman see the
sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not
warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them,
he is taken away in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto
the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the
word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the
wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not
speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall
die in his iniquity; but his blood
will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou
warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn
from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered
thy soul. Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus
ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon
us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I
have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked
turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil
ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of
thy people, The righteousness of
the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression:
(The
sins unto death) as
for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby
in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall
the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day
that he sinneth. (The
sins unto death) When
I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if
he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, (The
sins unto death) all
his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity
(The
sins unto death)
that he hath committed, he shall die for it. Again,
when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn
from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he
had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing
iniquity;
(The sins unto death)
he shall surely live, he shall not die.
None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned
unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall
surely live. Yet the children of thy people say, The way
of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not
equal. When the righteous
turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he
shall even die thereby. But
if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Salvation
is a life-long walk not an event at a point of time that we
can simply check off on our "spiritual" To Do List
and then just walk away.
Solomon although he walked with God in his
youth, although God visited him at least twice and honored him
with the Spirit of wisdom – Solomon turned away from
the Lord and died in his sins – King Solomon is therefore
in hell for having loved the world and the things of the world.
Note here that at no point after Solomon died does the
bible call a remembrance of him.
It is David though he had sinned greatly
– to a level that many would say there is no repentance from,
and he paid dearly for that with persecutions and suffering
for the rest of his natural life – YET David had turned from
his sins and never looked back and for that HE LIVED, AND HE
WAS SAVED and scripture continually looks back at King David
and his righteousness before God.
1 Timothy
1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy
of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Christ came to save sinners – think of the
words on the Apostle’s lips. For ALL of them had great sin,
perhaps sin well beyond the average believer. – Sins that although
they had been forgiven, though they experienced great grace,
and they were greatly beloved of the Lord, yet the sins that
they had commited even before coming to Christ, were none the
less on their hearts and minds even until their deaths.-- Yet
in this day this remorse is called condemnation and declared
to be of the devil. -- We openly declare this this is the acts
of one that is just and right before the Lord. And not only
over ones sins, but to be so troubled and burdened by the sins
of others as well.
For him who
has been for given much loveth much.
Luke 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her
sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much:
but to whom little is forgiven,
the same loveth little. This having their personal greivieous sin ever
before the frontlets of their eyes wrought great repentance
in their lives. It made it so that they were continually aware
that they were not called for their righteousness or holiness,
and they did not any of their works because of any goodness
or power that resided in them – this kept them lowly and humble.
Philippians
3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were
already perfect: Paul is
declaring here that he is yet not without sin, that though he
is an apostle and has entered into what we would understand
to be personal justification and personal sanctification --
he walks not in a state of sinless perfection.
John
1:8 If we say that we have no sin,(John includes himself here)
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Likewise see here that the Apostle John, the one who had laid his
head on Christ’s breast and heard the heartbeat of God s who
himself entered into what we would understand to be personal
justification and personal sanctifcation from the hand of Christ
-- states here that he himself
had not entered into a state of sinless perfection,
that the disciple whom the Lord loved still had sin in his life,
but that sin was NOT any of what scripture, Christ and the apostles
list as sins unto death. And as trying to conform into Christ;s image
and likeness John walked in a state of continual repentance
before the Lord staying under the laver and staying under Christ's
blood.
John is further saying here that he if were to tell believers that
because of his close relationship with Christ even as he was
singled out as the disciple that the Lord loved
-- that from this personal
relationship, and spiritual intimacy with Christ that somehow
from personal relationship, and personal intimacy with Christ
that John was now a man of special privilege, removing from
him the burden of having to obey any lower realm things like
the commandments of Christ, and that in this
same deal John had also received some special dispensation of
grace regarding his being able to sin (like Luther and Calvin, and Christ would just wink it away. -- If
the Apostle John would have said or hinted at any of this, John
declares here that he John the Apostle would be a liar. That
John would have deceived himself, and that the truth is not
in him.
1
John 2:3-5 And hereby
we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He
that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is
a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso
keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected:
hereby know we that we are in him.
When we examine closely the deeper life message of devotion
and initmate spiritual fellowship with Christ -- when it is
preached without repentence, and without one adhering to the
teachings and commandments of Christ -- these
teachings become utterly false. -- As they teach
that we enter into a special grace and we are above the law
even the law of Christ. This is unscriptural, and when someone
so walks they are on the broad way and have not passed christ
who is the guardian of the gate.
Equally when we closely the deeper life message on praise and
worship of Christ and God -- when it is preached without repentence,
and without one adhering to the teachings and commandments of
Christ -- these
teachings become utterly false. -- as they teach
that we enter into a special grace and we are above the law
even the law of Christ. This is unscriptural, and when someone
so walks they are on the broad way and have not passed christ
who is the guardian of the gate.
These are beguiling
spiritual short cuts -- snares of the evil one to take one into
the miriad of paths that lead no where that compose what is
called the broad way.
How many times have I heard it espoused that evangelists in their
lofty position, pastors or a ministries have been given a certain
leeway with personal sin because of their importance God and
to the body of Christ. How many times have I been told that
God winks at their adulteries, winks at their fornications,
winks at them embezzling their ministries and robbing churches,
winks at their drug use, winks at their love of the things of
the world ie their loaded Lincolns, their Leer jets, their portfolio
of houses and lands.
It has been repeatedly espoused that these men and women are under
"great pressure", greater than mere mortals like you
and I, and because of the great work they are doing that they
are not to be judged by their peers or have these behaviors
misconstrued as their disqualification for ministry.
This my friends does not stand up to the scrutiny of scripture. And
all those that would knowing participate in such corrupt ministries
by giving them illegal tithes, and illegal offerings, and go
to their meetings, are acting as their enablers and therefore
they shall be made partakers of their sins.
Ezekiel 21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your
transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your
sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken
with the hand.
Here Ezekiel is not speaking of the lifestyle
of the Apostles where their sins were ever before the frontlets
of their eyes and they lived in a perpetual state of repentance
– (No commiting any of the sins
unto death) and in so doing they found great
grace in the eyes of the Lord. Ezekiel is speaking of the haughty,
arrogant, and stiff-necked who say I have no sin I am righteous
and holy and therefore I have no need of repentance.
This is speaking of a building up of sin upon sin until
God can no longer stand it.
Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves,
as in the days of Gibeah: therefore He
will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins (upon them).
This severe
judgement is triggered by beleivers committing sins unto death.
-- As in Saul, As in Eli) David paid a terrible price for the
sins unto death -- but was able once more to be able to find
grace in the eye of the Lord. 08/07
Revelation
18:5 (Speaking of the Great Whore) For her sins
have reached unto heaven, and God hath
remembered her iniquities.
Here we have (Talmudic
Judaism, Talmudic Christianity and the Talmudic Governments
of the words wrapped up all together in the figure of)
the Great Whore and her daughters, which God can no longer abide
the stench of their sins upon the earth and He calls in judgment,
and the blotting of her and her daughters sins is revoked and
all remembrance of all her sins and corruptions past and present
are brought forth for her to make a full accounting of and a
full restitution unto her and her daughters own eternal death
and eternal damnation.
Let us now look
once more at this passage.
John 14:21-23 He that has My commandments,
and keeps them, he it is that loves Me: and he that loves Me
shall be loved of My Father, and
I will love him, and (I)
will manifest Myself to him.
Judas says to Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that
You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world? Jesus
answered and said to him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will
love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.
This is by far the greatest promise
and gift of Christ to those that yet live and love
Him. He promised this
to the twelve Apostles and we have attested to their humble
walks and the workings of God in their lives to the end that
they lived holy and righteous before the Lord. So where was
great a promise fulfilled? Who entered into this manifest presence
where Jesus revealed himself and the father to them?
Many would point to Acts 2:4
the indwelling of the Spirit, because Christ was speaking in
the verse previous of the Comforter (Paraclete) coming and taking
up His abode in those that love Christ and keep His commandments.
While there was a physical manifestation
visible to the eye and the senses on the day of Pentecost, that
was in no wise equivalent to when Moses said: Manifest yourself to me and God responded
by saying: I shall
cause my goodness to pass before thee and declare the name of
the Lord that stands before you.
So where then is the outworking of
this promise? Was it ever fulfilled, and if so to whom?
It was fulfilled with John the beloved
disciple of the Lord and the appearing of Christ and the Father
resulted in the Book of Revelation – It is the book of Revelation
of Jesus Christ reveals himself and the Father clearly to John
and they presumably take up a greater abode with John in a greater
fashion than what happened to John in Acts 2:4
With John a certain specious argument
can be made that this visitation of Christ only came about because
he had personally been with Christ from the beginning. And that
he had been set apart by Christ when Christ said to Peter what
is it to thee if I let John live forever.
But Christ manifesting Himself and
the Father in the book of Revelation is not the only fulfillment
of this in the New Testament.
Christ also manifested himself and revealed the Father
to another – Paul the Apostle.
2 Corinthians 12:1-7 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body,
I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third
heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out
of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught
up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not
lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory: yet
of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For though
I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say
the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me
above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the
abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn
in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should
be exalted above measure.
Over the years I have heard very little
said about 2 Corinthians 12:1 It is not
expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come
to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Since
I have been a young believer “revelations” have been limited
to passages in the word of God. yet Christ promised that he
would manifest or reveal himself and the Father to those that
love him and keep His commandments.
A better rendering of the Greek here reads: To boast
indeed is not profitable for me, For I will
come to visions and revelations
of the Lord.
It should
be somewhat shocking that Paul speaks of Visions, and Christ
manifesting himself to the Apostle as an inevitability. And
that Paul boasting of such things would only become a hindrance
A hindrance of what receiving more
visions and revelations of the Lord. For the Lord will not share
his glory with another.
2 Corinthians 12:1-7 To boast indeed is not profitable
for me, For I will come to visions and
revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body,
I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third
heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out
of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught
up into paradise, and heard (And saw) unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such
an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in
mine infirmities. For though I would desire to glory, I shall
not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear,
lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me
to be, or that he heareth of me.
And lest I should be exalted
above measure through the abundance of the revelations
(of Christ), there was given to me
a thorn in the flesh, the Angel of Satan to buffet me, lest
I should be exalted above measure.
Such an one
caught up to the third heaven. He was caught up into paradise,
and heard (And saw) unspeakable words, which it
is not lawful for a man to utter.
This is where Jesus manifested himself
and showed Paul the Father.
Of such an
one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory,
Paul says he will glory in one receiving
visions and revelations of Christ – but he will not exalt himself
or his ministry. The significance of this is that Paul did not
speak of this being exclusive to him but by him boasting of
such a one obtaining so great a grace he implying that Christ
Manifesting himself to individuals is open for others to obtain
as well.
Lest I should
be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations
(of Christ), there was given to me. Paul is telling us that the Lord has revealed himself to him on multiple
occasions as Christ did with John in the book of revelation. And Paul implies that it is inevitable that
Christ will continue to reveal himself to the Apostle. It appears that the magnitude of the revelations
of Christ to Paul was so great that to prevent Paul from becoming
corrupted God sent angels of Satan to buffet him. And it would
seem in Paul’s own testimony that he had a far less than stellar
opinion of Peter and the other disciples as to the quality of
their duties as Apostles.
1 Corinthians
15:7-9 After that, Christ was seen of James; then of all
the apostles. And last of all Christ was seen of me
also, as of
one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles,
that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted
the church of God.
And last of all Christ manifested himself to me – The Greek reads
a bit different Paul is not saying he was born in due time but
that he was one that had been born out of season. The meaning
of that is that Paul is saying that felt he belonged in some
other time.
It appears that Paul felt drawn by the end time, where he knew the
greatest need would be, when the Church had lost its way and
no longer knew the truth.
By what Christ wrought in Paul by His appearings, we know that the
Lord is going to bring someone forth like unto Paul the Apostle
with revelations of Christ, with all manner of signs and all
wonders.
This was prophesied by the prophet Zechariah that there would be
a coming one to prepare the church for Christ’s return. Zechariah identifies this one as Zerubbabel – “One who is born in
Babylon.” And he shall have a plumb line in his hand and he
shall restore the foundations of the Church and say this is
the way, walk ye in it.
Christ manifesting himself to individuals in this corrupt and dark
hour is not some light thing. It is a necessity if there are
any that are to be saved in these last days.
Leviticus 9:5-7 And they
brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of
the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood
before the LORD. And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the
glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. And
Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin
offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for
thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people,
and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.
My spirit leaped when I read
Moses saying: “This
is the thing” This
was the instruction manual on how to get the glory of the Lord
to appear. Notice first and foremost that there was to
be sin offerings burnt offerings and atonement made for the
priests and then for the people. This speaks of a whole lot
of repentance. And in the ensuing verses they get to it, hours
and hours of sacrifices and cleansings and when everything that
can be cleansed was finally cleaned . . .
Leviticus
9:22-24 And Aaron lifted up his hand
toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering
of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation,
and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. And there came
a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar
the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw,
they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Repentance and cleansing
brought the Glory of the Lord not singing worship and offerings and when all that God had commanded was fully
done . . . The
Lord came. The Lord appeared the Lord manifested himself.
Psalm 102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion,
he shall appear in his glory.
Repentance and cleaning bring the Glory of the Lord, and the Glory
of the Lord brings the equipping of the saints. The task before
us is plain who among you I willing then with their whole heart
seek the Lord until they receive full cleansing?
Isaiah 4:4-6 When the Lord shall have washed
away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged
the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit
of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 5And the LORD
will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon
her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of
a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
6And there shall be a tabernacle
for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place
of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
This passage is speaking of a significant change from the tabernacle
of Moses where there was a cloud by day and a flame of fire
by night to everyone that dwells on Zion and when they assemble
themselves together that each believer is to have there own
cloud by day and there own flame of fire by night. This is what
Paul termed as the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of
the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Isaiah 40:4-6 Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked
shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken
it.
The Glory of the Lord shall
be made manifest to see to touch and handle – this is beyond
the testimony of John the Apostle: “That which we have seen which out hands have handled concerning
the word of life that speak we unto you.” This is God reaching out himself and manifesting
himself.
Isaiah 65:1
I became manifest (I manifested myself) to those that asked not for me. I was found of those who sought
me not. I said behold
I am here to a nation that called not on my name.
What is wrong with the
current doctrine of the manifest presence of God that is preached
is that the manifest presence of God is spoken of in terms of
“a sensing of God’s presence” – essentially leaving it in the
realm of the unseen that can be discerned by a special few that
have had there senses exercised. The manifest presence of God
in no way resembles that at all, for it is the full bodily appearance
of Christ, where if necessary one can stick their fingers inside
Christ’s wounds and thrust their hand in his side. And the increase
in size and scope until as the prophet declares “And all flesh
shall see it together.”
Psalm 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed
to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
In this Psalm David was not seeking some blessing from God. The word
“goodness” refers in the KJV to what God said to Moses that
He would cause his goodness to pass before him.
David is saying quite plainly here: I could not have sustained
myself unless I believed that God would physically manifest
himself to me while I yet lived in the flesh. Because this is
written in past tense David implies that this had been fulfilled
in his life that God did manifest himself to David even though
it is not recorded in scripture.
Deuteronomy
4:29 But if from thence thou
shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou
shalt find him, (Be
made manifest unto you) if thou
seek Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
