Revelation of the LIGHT of Jesus CHRIST

Jesus commanded His disciples to go forth, carrying the good news of His Kingdom into the world!

His commission calls His people beyond the comfort of familiar surroundings into lives of faithful witness, compassionate service, and spiritual fruitfulness.

We do not enlarge Christ’s authority, for all authority already belongs to Him.

We extend the proclamation of His reign, inviting people from every nation to become His disciples and live under His gracious rule.

Matthew 28:18-20 (AMP)
18 Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

Acts 1:8 (AMP)
8 But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be My witnesses [to tell people about Me] both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the ends
of the earth.”

The prayer of Jabez
we have examined above provides a meaningful connection to this calling.

Jabez asked God to bless him and enlarge his territory, while also asking that God’s hand remain with him and that he be kept from evil and harm.

Scripture records
that God granted his request. His prayer joins enlargement
with dependence!
He desired greater territory, but he also recognized his need
for God’s Presence, protection, and sustaining power.

Applied to our participation in Christ’s Kingdom,
this prayer becomes more than a desire for greater possessions or personal influence!

It becomes a willingness to receive greater responsibility for what God entrusts to us!

“Enlarge my territory” can express the heart of a servant saying, “Father, increase my capacity
to love, to serve, to teach, and to carry the testimony of Jesus into places I have not yet reached!”

• Enlarge the borders
of my heart, that my concern extends beyond my own needs to the salvation, restoration, and well-being of others.

• Enlarge the borders
of my understanding, that I may discern Your truth more clearly and communicate it with wisdom, humility, and love.

• Enlarge the borders
of my compassion,
that I may recognize wounded people as those to whom You
are sending me.

• Enlarge the borders
of my obedience,
that fear, convenience, and familiarity do not determine how far I am willing to follow You.

• Enlarge the borders
of my witness, opening opportunities to make Jesus known within my family, neighborhood, workplace, community, and among the nations.

• Enlarge the borders
of our fellowship, teaching us to welcome people across cultural, social, and generational boundaries as we make disciples of Jesus Christ.

• Enlarge the borders
of our service, that the hungry are fed, the lonely are welcomed, the burdened are supported, and the overlooked encounter the love of Christ through His people.

• Enlarge the borders
of our stewardship, providing the wisdom, workers, resources, and discipline needed to care faithfully for an increasing field of responsibility.

• Keep Your hand upon us, that every advance remains dependent upon Your Spirit, Your direction, and Your strength.

• Keep us from evil,
that pride, greed, rivalry, and the desire for recognition do not corrupt the work entrusted to us.

• Establish lasting fruit through us, that those who receive the gospel become mature disciples who also teach, serve, and lead others to Christ.

The enlargement of Kingdom influence must therefore include the deepening of Kingdom character!

A ministry may increase its reach while its servants still need to grow in patience, integrity, and love.

Jesus commanded
His disciples to teach people to observe everything He had commanded them.
The commission
seeks lives formed
by His teaching, with obedience growing alongside understanding.

Matthew 28:19–20 (AMP)
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

Jabez prayed for enlargement. Jesus commissions His people to go forth.
Together, these passages invite
a prayerful response: “Lord, enlarge the field of service You entrust to us, and prepare us
to serve faithfully within it!”

• We pray for open doors, then walk through them.

• We ask for greater opportunities, then accept the labor and responsibility they bring.

• We seek His blessing so that others may experience His goodness through
our obedience.

To go forth and expand the borders of Kingdom influence
is to carry the Light
of Christ into another place of darkness, speak His truth to another searching heart, and help another person become His disciple.

Our confidence rests
in the One who sends us and promises His abiding Presence!

His command to go
is accompanied by His assurance that He will be with His people throughout their mission.

God’s love is expressed in His commands and laws because His heart desires life, fellowship, righteousness, and peace for His creation.

His commands reveal what He loves, what
He purposes, and how His people are to walk in relationship with Him.

The God who commands us to love is revealing His own nature!

The God who commands us to forgive is opening our understanding to His mercy!

The God who commands us to walk in truth is drawing us into the light in which He dwells.

His commands therefore reveal His Heart—His Will, His Plan, and His Purpose!

They teach us that love carries responsibility and that fellowship with God produces a willing response to His voice. Obedience becomes the expression of a heart that trusts the One who speaks.

John 14:15 (AMP)
“If you [really] love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments.”

Consider what His commands reveal:

• His command to love reveals His desire that His nature be expressed through His people.

• His command to forgive reveals His purpose to restore relationships and release hearts from bitterness.

• His command to repent reveals His merciful invitation to turn from destruction and return to life.

• His command to serve reveals the humility and generosity of His heart.

• His command to make disciples reveals His desire that the nations learn to live under the gracious authority of Jesus Christ.

• His command to believe in His Son reveals the One through whom reconciliation, salvation, and eternal life are received.

God’s commands are spoken forth, declared, and made known through His Word!

Through His prophets, He announced His purposes, called His people to faithfulness, and foretold the coming of Christ.

His prophetic promises reveal
what He undertakes
to accomplish!

His commands reveal the response He requires from those who hear Him.

Together, they disclose the faithfulness of the Covenant Maker and His desire for a people who know His heart!

These purposes reach their fullest revelation in JESUS CHRIST!

In Him, the Father’s love becomes visible in a human life!

Jesus speaks the Father’s truth, performs His works, demonstrates His compassion, and gives Himself for our reconciliation.

His authority carries the character of the Father whose will He perfectly fulfills.

Matthew 28:18 (AMP)
“Jesus came up and said to them, ‘All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.’”

The name of JESUS therefore proclaims more than a title spoken by human lips.

It identifies the living Lord—crucified, risen, and exalted—whose authority extends throughout heaven and earth.

Scripture declares that God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name above every name. Every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

His exaltation reveals the triumph of the One who humbled Himself in obedience even to death.

Philippians 2:8–11 (AMP)
8 After He was found in [terms of His] outward appearance as a man [for a divinely-appointed time], He humbled Himself [still further] by becoming obedient [to the Father] to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 For this reason also [because He obeyed and so completely humbled Himself], God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus [a]every knee shall bow [in submission], of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess and openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord (sovereign God), to the glory of God the Father.

In the name of JESUS:

• We recognize the authority of the risen Lord and submit our lives to His government.

• We proclaim salvation through the Savior who gave Himself for the sins
of the world.

• We approach the Father through the Son, trusting His
grace and His faithful mediation.

• We announce forgiveness and call people to repentance and reconciliation
with God.

• We minister with compassion, praying for the sick and trusting the Lord’s power and wisdom.

• We resist evil while remaining subject to God and dependent upon His strength.

• We carry His commission into our homes, communities, workplaces, and nations.

To speak in His name is to speak as one accountable to Him! His name joins authority with character, power with holiness, and ministry with love.

The person who represents Jesus
must continually learn the heart of Jesus.

• Our words should agree with His teaching!

• Our conduct should honor His character!

• Our purposes should yield to His will.

This gives weight to every declaration made in His name.
We may confidently proclaim what God has revealed, confess His promises, and announce the gospel of His Kingdom.

Yet our declarations remain under His lordship. A personal desire does not become a divine decree simply because we attach the name of Jesus to it!

Faith listens to His Word and speaks in agreement with Him. The assurance of prayer rests in asking according to His will.

1 John 5:14–15 (AMP)
14 This is the [remarkable degree of] confidence which we [as believers are entitled to] have before Him: that [if we ask anything according to His will, [that is, consistent with His plan and purpose] He hears us. 15 And if we know
[for a fact, as indeed we do] that He hears and listens to us in whatever we ask,
we [also] know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted to us] the requests which we have asked from Him.

The name of JESUS calls forth a corresponding life:

• When we speak His name, let our words carry truth.

• When we pray in His name, let our desires yield to His will.

• When we serve in His name, let our actions express His compassion.

• When we exercise authority in His name, let our hearts remain humble.

• When we proclaim His commands, let our lives demonstrate willing obedience.

• When we declare His victory, let us walk in the faithfulness of the One who overcame.

God’s commands also bring order to the inward life!

They address our motives, affections, thoughts, and choices.

He desires more than outward conformity! He purposes a people whose hearts delight in what pleases Him.

Under the New Covenant, God promises to write His laws upon the heart!

His will becomes something His people increasingly understand, cherish, and express through the work of His Spirit. Hebrews 8:10.

The Holy Spirit empowers this life of obedience. As we yield to Him, love becomes active, truth becomes precious, forgiveness becomes possible, and service becomes fruitful.

We begin to recognize that the Father’s commands carry the wisdom of His love. They guide the life He has freely given us in His Son!

1 John 5:3 (AMP)
“For the [true] love
of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey].”

Let the name of JESUS therefore be honored in all that we declare:

• JESUS—the Savior through whom God’s redeeming love is revealed.

• JESUS—the Lord whose authority directs our obedience.

• JESUS—the King whose Kingdom shapes our allegiance.

• JESUS—the Mediator through whom we draw near to the Father.

• JESUS—the faithful Witness whose words reveal divine truth.

• JESUS—the risen Christ whose life empowers His people.

• JESUS—the exalted Son through whom the Father is glorified.

God reveals His heart when He speaks, and we express our love when we respond!

• His commands make
His will known;
• His promises
establish our hope;
• His Spirit empowers
our walk.

In the greatest name
in heaven and earth—the name of JESUS CHRIST—we are called to proclaim His truth, embody His love, and fulfill His commission.

May His name be heard
• In our testimony,
• Seen in our conduct, • Honored through the
willing obedience of
our lives!

There is a precious invitation before everyone who seeks the Lord: Draw near to Jesus and grow in the knowledge of His heart!

As we give Him our attention, welcome His Word, and respond to the Holy Spirit, our fellowship deepens.

We become more sensitive to His direction and more prepared to receive what He entrusts to us.

This is a fruitful setting in which to expect an increase in favor—
• His gracious help,
• Spirit understanding, • Opportunities to
serve His purposes.

James 4:8 (AMP)
“Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you.”

The experiences of Peter, James, John, and Andrew help illustrate the value
of being near Jesus.

• Peter, James, and John accompanied Him into the room where He raised Jairus’s daughter.

• They witnessed His glory upon the mountain of transfiguration.

• He brought them farther with Him into Gethsemane.

• Andrew joined these three in privately asking Jesus about the events He had foretold.

• Their nearness placed them where they could hear particular instruction and witness extraordinary works!

These accounts reveal special opportunities and responsibilities, although Scripture does not explicitly rank these three as possessing greater favor than all the other disciples. Their experiences invite us to consider what becomes possible when we make ourselves available to the Lord.

Mark 5:37–42 (AMP)
37 And He allowed no one to go with Him
[as witnesses], except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38 They came to the house of the synagogue official; and He looked [with understanding]
at the uproar and commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing
[in mourning].
39 When He had gone in, He said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is sleeping.”
40 They began laughing [scornfully] at Him [because they knew the child was dead]. But He made them all [b]go outside, and took along the child’s father and mother and His own [three] companions, and entered the room where the child was. 41 Taking the child’s hand, He said [tenderly] to her, “Talitha kum!”—
which translated [from Aramaic] means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
42 The little girl immediately got up and began to walk,
for she was twelve years old.
And immediately they [who witnessed the child’s resurrection] were overcome with great wonder and utter amazement.

Mark 13:3–4 (AMP)
3 As He was sitting
on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately,
4 “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be fulfilled?”

Mark 14:32–34 (AMP)
32 Then they went to a place called Gethsemane; and Jesus said to His disciples, “Sit down here until I have prayed.” 33 He took Peter and James and John with Him, and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled [extremely anguished at the prospect of what was to come]. 34 And He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved and overwhelmed with sorrow, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”

What, then, is the key of understanding?

• Fellowship creates room for revelation!

• Time spent listening to Jesus shapes our understanding of His will!

• His Word searches our motives, strengthens our faith, and teaches us how to recognize His leading.

As we obey what He reveals, we become prepared for further responsibility.

An increase in favor may appear as
• Greater wisdom,
• Opened door for
ministry,
• Courage in adversity, • Privilege of helping
someone discover
Christ's love.

Yet nearness to Jesus also brings us into fellowship with His surrender.

The disciples who saw His glory upon the mountain also witnessed His anguish in the garden!

Therefore, we should not measure favor only by extraordinary experiences or comfortable circumstances.

His gracious Presence sustains us in difficult assignments, and His Spirit enables us to remain faithful when obedience becomes costly.

Greater intimacy carries a call to greater love, humility, and service!

Jesus is the living Word of God. We draw near to Him as we receive the Scriptures with believing hearts and put His teaching into practice.

The Holy Spirit makes the things of Christ known to us, directing our attention toward His truth and forming His character within us!

Our seeking does not purchase God’s love; we seek because He has already extended His love and invited us into fellowship!

John 16:14 (AMP)
“He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you.”

• Draw near to Jesus, the WORD of God,
and welcome the fellowship and direction of the Holy Spirit!

• Expect to grow in your awareness of His favor and in your capacity to receive and faithfully use His gifts.

• Seek His face with a willing heart.

• Give Him your time, your attention, and your obedience.

The greatest treasure of drawing near is knowing Him more deeply—and from that fellowship flows the grace to carry His love, His truth, and His Kingdom purposes into the lives of others!

As we live in Christ's Kingdom of Light,
it is revealed that
the Redeemed are received by God
as sons of the Royal Kingdom of Heaven,
as priests to worship and honor:

• Father God, the Source of all things;
• Jesus Christ, the King of Kings;
• Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Light,

We are kings of the Light shining as beacons into the darkness of humanity.

What is an Apostle?

An apostle is a vanguard, that is at
the forefront of the spiritual movement to expand the Kingdom of God into new territory!

He is a visionary,
Sent to do a specific task!
A "Sent-One" carries
a special message
of the Sender.

In Christ,
the message is the completed work and battle He encountered as He passionately revealed the Father and the Kingdom of Heaven!

As a conqueror
in conquest of expanding the
residing
King's territory,
the Vanguard Legionnaire
is Honored.

His reward is the spoils... the fruit
of His labor.
He is crowned victorious and given
a New placement!
God has promised
a New Name for those who are Victorious!

An Ascension-gift apostle is an ambassador of Christ
just as are all Ascension-gift ministers!

Ambassadors represent (re-present) the person
who Sends them
and Appoints them
to a task!

[To accomplish the task (work) may require the lifetime
of the appointee.]

Acts 1:20;25 (AMP)
20 For in the book
of Psalms it is written,
Let his place of residence become deserted and gloomy,
and let there be no
one to live in it; and [again], Let another take his position or overseership.
25 To take the place
in this ministry and receive the position
of an apostle, from which Judas fell away and went astray
to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place.

• Vanguards (apostles) are required to be knowledgeable,
courageous, and active in their assignments related
to the vision of God released within them!

• Vanguards point the way for others.

• Vanguards are visionaries.

• Vanguards advance ahead of others to establish the Body
of Christ in new venues.

• Vanguards as forerunners have
the ability to live
in the daily present and look into the eternal future.

• Vanguards are servants functioning in graces of an apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd and teacher...
Christ given gifts
of men (non-gender)
to His church.

• Vanguards are anointed to equip
the Body.

• Vanguards are not focused on name titles, rather, their focus is on function. They are not interested in who
they are, but, rather
in whom they serve!

• Vanguards teach
and transmit apostolic empowerment to others to move in the Holy Spirit in preparation for a Life in Reconciliation, Renewal, Revival and Restoration.

• Vanguards focus on outreaching those lost to the darkness of worldly sin through the fruit of their labor to teach and empower others to repeat the "pattern of the Son."

Demonic Activity:

One of the most common questions encountered in serious spiritual ministry is this:
“What is actually happening to me—
is this possession
or oppression?”
The question deserves a compassionate answer grounded
in Scripture.

Divine wisdom begins by acknowledging that these terms (possession and oppression) cannot
be assigned simply because someone feels overwhelmed, experiences disturbing thoughts, or struggles with persistent temptation.

The first responsibility of spiritual ministry
is to draw the person toward Jesus Christ, where Truth replaces confusion and Hope begins to overcome fear.

Scripture presents demonic activity as real! It never presents Satan as equal to God!

The enemy is a creature under judgment, never
a rival sovereign.

His activity includes deception, temptation, accusation, and opposition to the purposes of God.

[Note: further discussion about the devil's activity is presented in flow of the right-side panel.

Nevertheless, the center of Christian ministry is the victory and authority of Jesus Christ! We understand the darkness by the Light of Christ's Revelation!

We do not discover our identity by studying the darkness!

1 John 3:8b (AMP).
“The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.”

In common terms, oppression describes spiritual harassment or pressure that burdens a person without implying that an evil spirit controls that person.

The word (oppression) conveys the experience of being pressed upon, hindered, or afflicted.

Peter described Jesus as healing those oppressed by the devil, placing this ministry within the larger testimony of God’s goodness and Christ’s liberating work!

The emphasis falls upon the Deliverer
and His compassion for those who suffer.

Acts 10:38 (AMP)
38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with great power; and He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

However, Scripture does not establish oppression as a precise diagnostic category with a fixed list of symptoms.

Temptation, grief, exhaustion, illness, and spiritual opposition must not be treated as interchangeable experiences!

An unwanted thought is not proof of an evil spirit. A difficult season is not proof of demonic interference. Faithful believers can suffer deeply without having invited an enemy into their lives. Compassion and care never adds accusation to affliction.

What is commonly called possession refers to the Gospel accounts in which an evil spirit exercises a pronounced, intrusive influence over a person’s speech or actions.

The underlying biblical expression is often translated “demon-possessed” or “having a demon”; it should not be stretched into the claim that Satan owns a human being or erases that person’s God-given worth!

In the account of the man among the tombs, Jesus confronted the spirits while restoring the man to dignity, fellowship, and ordinary human life.

Mark 5:1–20 (AMP)
They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
2 When Jesus got out of the boat, immediately
a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,
3 and the man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with chains.
4 For he had often been bound with shackles [for the feet] and with chains,
and he tore apart
the chains and broke
the shackles into pieces, and no one was strong enough
to subdue and tame him.
5 Night and day
he was constantly screaming and shrieking among
the tombs and on
the mountains, and cutting himself with [sharp] stones.
6 Seeing Jesus from
a distance, he ran
up and bowed down before Him
[in homage];
7 and screaming with a loud voice, he said, “What business do we have in common with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God [swear to me], do not torment me!”
8 For Jesus had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
9 He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he replied,
“My name is Legion; for we are many.”
10 And he began begging Him repeatedly not to send them out of the region. 11 Now there was
a large herd of pigs grazing there on the mountain.
12 And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the pigs so that we may go
into them!”
13 Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered the pigs.
The herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea; and they were drowned [one after the other]
in the sea.
14 The herdsmen [tending the pigs] ran away and reported it
in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what had happened. 15 They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and
in his right mind, the man who had [previously] had the “legion” [of demons]; and they were frightened.
16 Those who had seen it described
[in detail] to the people what had happened
to the demon-possessed man,
and [told them all] about the pigs.
17 So the people began to beg with Jesus to leave their region.
18 As He was stepping into the boat, the [Gentile] man who had been demon-possessed was begging with Him [asking] that he
might go with Him
[as a disciple].
19 Jesus did not
let him [come], but [instead] He said
to him, “Go home
to your family and tell them all the great things that the Lord has done
for you, and how
He has had mercy
on you.”
20 So he [obeyed and] went away and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten Hellenistic cities] all the great things that Jesus had done for him; and all the people were astonished.

The(possessed) person was someone to rescue, never someone to despise.

These distinctions help us speak carefully, but Scripture does not give us
a rigid map in which oppression affects only the outside
of a person while possession occupies
a particular inner compartment.

Nor does it authorize us to determine
a person’s spiritual condition by the intensity of a reaction during prayer.

Christians differ about how these accounts relate to believers indwelt by the Holy Spirit.

Our confidence must rest in what Scripture clearly declares! Those who belong to Christ are called to trust Him, resist evil, and walk in the truth!

James 4:7 (AMP)
“So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you.”

Notice the order: submission to God precedes resistance
to the devil. Spiritual steadfastness grows from relationship with the Lord.

It is nourished through prayer, the Word, worship, repentance where actual sin is present, and fellowship with mature believers.

Repentance is a response to truth, never a demand that
a suffering person invent a hidden offense to explain distress.

Forgiveness releases personal vengeance into God’s hands!
It does not excuse abuse or require renewed exposure
to someone who causes harm.

Where oppression
is suspected, Focused ministry can offer steady prayer, biblical reassurance, and patient companionship without prematurely declaring a demonic cause.

The person needs help standing in Christ’s promises and continuing in faithful daily life. Constantly searching for spirits behind every setback can deepen fear and distract from the very fellowship through which strength is renewed!

As Born-again beings, our task is to help the recognize the Shepherd’s voice!

Where a church believes a situation may involve the kind of demonic influence described in the Gospels, prayer should be entrusted
to mature, accountable leaders who act with humility and the person’s consent.

Christ’s authority
does not depend upon shouting, humiliation, physical force,
or prolonged confrontation!

No one should be restrained, deprived
of sleep or food, pressured into confessions, or told
to abandon prescribed treatment as proof of faith.

Receiving appropriate medical care is compatible with receiving scriptural grounded prayer; neither requires surrendering trust in Jesus.

The Gospels also teach us not to attribute every affliction to demons.

They describe Jesus healing sickness and casting out spirits, sometimes distinguishing these ministries within the same passage.

Compassion therefore requires discernment rather than a single explanation for every form of suffering. We may pray confidently for freedom while remaining humble about what we actually know.

Matthew 4:24 (AMP)
24 So the news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were sick, those suffering with various diseases and pains, those under the power of demons, and epileptics, paralytics; and He healed them.

Above all, neither oppression nor possession should become a person’s identity.

The ministry of Jesus restores people to relationship, responsibility, and hope.

Freedom is cultivated as Truth is received, fellowship is restored, and ordinary obedience takes root.

A dramatic moment may be part of someone’s testimony, but the enduring purpose is a life increasingly shaped by the presence and character of Christ.

John 8:36 (AMP)
“So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.”

The wisdom answer, therefore, begins with a greater question than “Which label describes me?” It asks, “How can I be helped to stand securely in Jesus Christ?”

When that becomes our focus, discernment serves restoration and prayer becomes an expression of trust.

The suffering person is received with dignity. And the church bears witness to the living Lord whose authority is sufficient, whose compassion is personal, and whose care reaches into the deepest places of human need!

     A Spiritual Table
             is Set!

• Being Extraordinary

• Consuming Fire

• Declaration of New
Beginnings

• Disciples of the Light

• God of Hope

• God is the Way Maker

• God's Gift of Light

• Good News

• Greater Works
Shall You Do

• Just Suppose

• Kingdom of Heaven
is Here

• Law and the Prophets

• Light of the Kingdom
of Heaven

• Light of Truth
in The Lord

• Marvelous Wonders

• Matter of the Heart

• Me Centered God

• Miracles

• Power of
Encouragement

• Secret of the Harvest

• Secrets of God

• Suffering and Grief

• That's Radical

• The King Lives

AND MUCH MORE!

CLAIM Your WEALTH
of FREE RESOURCES
and SERVICES to
WORK the WORKS
of MINISTRY!

Jesus commanded His
disciples to GO FORTH
"EXPAND" the Borders
of the KINGDOM!

Revelation of the Light of Christ...

LIGHT of Truth

LIGHT of Life

LIGHT of the Spirit

Images are pictorial conceptualizations and visionary representations
of events and principles to support Biblical text. They are not actual.

Jesus commands the storm to be still!

Mark 4:39 (AMP)
39 And He got up and [sternly] rebuked the wind and said
to the sea, “Hush, be still (muzzled)!” And the wind died down
[as if it had grown weary] and there was [at once] a great calm
[a perfect peacefulness.

"Revelation Ministry" is Freely Given to the Spiritual Church:
• to BUILD,
• to edify,
• to encourage,
• to exhort
• to equip
the Body of Christ for the "works" of ministry.

In Revelation 10-9, we are given clear instruction as to this
mode of speaking. It is called a "Testimony" (a witness of agreement) of two or more who have seen or experienced
the same person, events, act or action whether in the natural
or spiritual realm.

Here we have an angel talking to John the Beloved
declaring their witness of agreement! Even the angel who
spoke to John refuses worship and points him back to God, declaring that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Revelation 19:10.


Question: How is this testimony revealed?
Answer: It is by the Spirit of God of Whom was sent on
the Day of Pentecost to confirm that which was promised
by Father God through His Son, Jesus Christ!
Holy Ghost came to earth to infill believers in Christ
with His anointing power for doing the "works" of the Kingdom!

To those who Do Not personally Know Christ,
Holy Ghost is sent to convict them to make peace with God!
He comes to do the "works" of the Father on behalf of the Son
whose earthly "work" is complete and Who Now sets on the
Promised Eternal Throne of David with all power and
authority Given by Father God to reign over heaven and earth.

[Note: Holy Ghost is always in the process of Coming!
His message is Eternal! Every human creature on the earth
is to HEAR the message of the Kingdom proclaimed!
He empowers individuals to speak the 'special messages'.
Holy Ghost anoints both the speaker and the hearer!
Anoints means to manifest Divine Presence and Power!]

Jesus is the One that exemplifies the image of perfection...
full of wisdom, perfect (pure) of heart doing the will
of the Father.
He is the Son of Man born of the flesh and blood of the
virgin Mary... He is the Son of God as conceived by the
overshadowing of the Holy Spirit.
The following description characterization assigned to the king
of Tyre is from the Mouth of [Yahweh] God Who is perfect
in every way and thus the decree is perfect in His sight!

Romans 12:2 (AMP)
2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned
after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be
transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind
[by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove
[for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect
will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and
perfect [in His sight for you].



The "Pattern of the Son" is the Divine pattern which manifests VICTORY ["successful living"] in all dynamics of both the
physical realm and the spiritual realm!
The Lord Jesus defeated every temptation, trial and attack...
even the sting of death resulting in the corruption (rotting)
of the flesh body.
The awesome news is that His flesh did not rot! It was transformed as "seen" and confirmed on the Mount of Transfiguration as Peter, James and John were taken there
by Jesus.

Matthew 17:5-8 (AMP)
5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased and delighted! Listen to Him!” 6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.” 8 And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.

[Note: The Father’s words were a reminder that Jesus is unique,
not to be equated with Moses and Elijah. He alone is the Son.
The focus is on Him.]

How was His flesh not corrupted?
He was Resurrected to Life Eternal!

1 Corinthians 15:55 (AMP)
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?

Psalm 16:10(AMP)
For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead),
neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption.

Crowns given by Father God are diadems.
These are Spiritual Crowns of Royal Powers and Dignity.

Revelation 5:9-10 (AMP)
9 And [now] they sing a new song, saying,
You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals
that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed),
and with Your blood You purchased men unto God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 And You have made them a kingdom (royal race)
and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings]
over the earth!

The Lord Jesus Christ wears the Crowns of Ruling and
Reigning as (Messiah, the Christ) King and Lord of all things
in heaven, the heavens and the earth.

It is His Name that is Greater than any other name.
The list of His crowns are a great multitude!
Those who live a victorious life in Him [His divine Spiritual
Body] are promised many crowns!

Seek the Apostolic-Prophetic realms of God:
the "Divine Measure of Understanding," as you read this
web page and also explore the Inner Chambers of
Heart of God Ministries International!



God, the Blessed Holy Trinity resides in His Redeemed!
That's HOW we have become the Temple of the Living God!
Holy Ghost inspired Paul to write that we are the Temple of God!

2 Corinthians 6:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God
and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God
said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them and I will be their God, and they shall be
My people.

Our redemption cancels the Law of Sin and Death whereby
NOW God reconciles mankind directly to Himself!
Our rescue (salvation) is from eternal death to eternal life
in His Favor and Kingdom Blessings complete in Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:56 (AMP)
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin exercises its power
[upon the soul] through [the abuse of] the Law.

Dictates of the Law of Sin and Death are cancelled for those
in Christ! You can live under a New and More magnificent Law:
The Law of the Spirit!



We defeat the sting of death by the actions we take!
The first is to denounce the sin nature in our lives by
receiving the "work" of Christ for our salvation and seeking
Father God through Christ as He has given the Holy Ghost
with Whom to experience fellowship as we commune with Him!
[Note: God created man in His Likeness and His image that He would fellowship and commune with His creature of His similitude in the newly restored physical creation of the Garden of Eden:
Paradise!]

Now! Today! the location of Paradise continues to be the Presence
of God as it was in the Garden of Eden!

The New Creature is the Born-Again of the spirit by the Spirit
of God hoovering over the void of God (spirit and Truth).
God transforms the mind and soul into the image of His Son!
Transformed through maturity to the image and likeness of the
Stature of Christ!

Genesis 2:7-9 (AMP)
7 then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man
from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life; and the man became a living being
[an individual complete in body and spirit].
8 And the Lord God planted a garden (oasis) in the east,
in Eden (delight, land of happiness);
and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.
9 And [in that garden] the Lord God caused to grow
from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing
to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food;
the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition)
of [the difference between] good and evil.

With God, there is the Divine principle of Righteousness!
His Will, Plan and Purpose are exemplified by strict foundations
of Light...Truth!

His instructions (command) to Adam as God placed him in the Garden of Eden follows:

Genesis 2:15-17 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)
15 And the Lord God took the man and put him
in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying,
You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day
that you eat of it you shall surely die.

The command was given to Adam before the account describes
the woman’s formation. God then caused a deep sleep to come upon the man and formed the woman from his rib.

Genesis 2:21-23 Amplified Bible
21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam;
and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh
at that place. 22 And the rib which the Lord God had taken
from the man He made (fashioned, formed) into a woman,
and He brought her and presented her to the man.
23 Then Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

Her appearance completed a relationship of companionship
that the other creatures could not provide Adam.
Adam and Ever original nakedness carried no shame.

Nothing in the narrative suggests that their bodies were evil;
their unashamed condition expressed the absence of suspicion, concealment, and alienation.

Genesis 2:25 Amplified Bible
25 And the man and his wife were both naked
and were not ashamed or embarrassed.



[Note: Out of literary modesty the image of Adam and Eve
bear a simplistic covering.]

Eve is bone of Adam's bones and thus created in similitude
to Adam. Later as an agent of a free will, she allows herself
to be seduced (deceived) by the serpent and to eat
the forbidden fruit!

Consider a third spiritual being entering Eden,
namely the serpent, who may be widely seen as a symbol
for the fallen angel known as Lucifer or Satan.

The serpent’s approach was cunning and attacked confidence
in God’s word and character. He questioned the command,
denied its threatened consequence, and suggested that God
was withholding something beneficial to Eve.

Genesis 3:1 (AMP)
3 Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit)
than any living creature of the field which the Lord God
had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman,
“Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat
from any tree of the garden’?”

The deception led to the temptation of Eve to reinterpret divine protection as deprivation. Once God’s goodness became suspect, the forbidden fruit could appear to offer an improvement upon
the life eternal in His Presence that God had already provided!



The biblical account does not indicate Eve being suspicious
of a talking creature, but at this point in time Eve probably knew next to nothing about animals; and in any case, the serpent,
as it existed before the curse was a very different creature
from the creature that is familiar to us today.

Eve presents her actions to Adam. He is distracted from God's command as his focus is diverted from the command to the glamours of the 'fruit of knowledge.' We can speculate that Adam was also deeply concerned about the eventual fulfillment of the command upon Eve. [not wanting to lose her). Therefore, he also partakes of the forbidden tree! As a result, "the eyes of both
of them were opened" and they realize that they are naked.

The result was not the freedom the serpent had promised.
They became conscious of their nakedness and made coverings from fig leaves. Something had changed in their relationship with themselves, with each other, and with God. Their bodies had not suddenly become shameful creations! Their disobedience had introduced a condition in which exposure now seemed threatening. They attempted to manage the outward evidence of an inward rupture!

Can you "feel" the anguish Adam may have experienced due
to his declaration when God presented him with Eve?

Genesis 2:23-24 (AMP)
23 Then Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother,
and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

With Knowledge of Good and Evil they become conscience-stricken. They also begin to fear Yahweh's anger and hid themselves
from His Presence!

When they heard God in the garden, they hid. Fear entered
the place where fellowship had been possible. Their response illustrates how sin distorts the human understanding of God!
The One who had provided life was now approached with dread.
Yet God addressed them. His questioning brought their actions
into the light and called them to answer for what they had done.
When confronted by Yahweh, they blamed each other!

Their replies revealed a further breakdown. Adam pointed
to the woman and, indirectly, to God who had given her to him.
Eve pointed to the serpent who had deceived her. More precisely than saying that they blamed each other, Adam blamed the woman, while the woman blamed the serpent. Confession was displaced by the effort to transfer responsibility. The harmony of Eden had been wounded by distrust, disobedience, concealment, and accusation!

With Disruption of the original harmony of Eden,
sin (disobedience, rebellion) to the Word of God had been conceived! In the Kingdom of Light, sin must be blotched out
for Harmony of God's principles to reign as His foundations
of Righteousness, Peace and Joy!

Romans 14:17 (AMP)
for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating
and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness
and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

God had provided the Tree of Eternal Life in the Garden and had given Adam all the trees to tend, guard and keep!
Of the Tree of Knowledge, God had forbidden to eat its fruit!
After the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, a quest
for Knowledge became a continual desire placed within humanity!
God keeps true to His Word!
Proverbs 18:15 (AMP)
15 The mind of the prudent [always] acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise [always] seeks knowledge.

Mercy is a power of God! Love is Amazing!
[Note: See in Inner Chambers "Heart of the Father.pdf" link.]

Mercy is God's Favor upon His creation!
Allow this passage be the heart beat of your spirit and soul!

Psalm 23:6 (AMP)
6 Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me
all the days of my life, And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.



To help Adam and Eve with their shame of sin, He covered them
with tunics. God continues to cover mankind with cover of Mercy!
Through forgiveness of the Adamic sin and reconciliation from disobedience and rebellion, Jesus died as the Adamic command
declared! The common man of flesh cannot enter Paradise!
Mankind is destined to physically die. Jesus was sacrificed
dying on a Cross of crucifixion. Resurrected and transformed
into His spirit body of similitude to His earthly body.
A physical body cannot demonstrate the events recorded
after Christ's Resurrection and appearance on earth.
He is seen ascending into heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:20-23 Amplified Bible
20 But now [as things really are] Christ has in fact been raised
from the dead, [and He became] the first fruits [that is, the first
to be resurrected with an incorruptible, immortal body, foreshadowing the resurrection] of those who have fallen asleep
[in death]. 21 For since [it was] by a man that death came
[into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection
of the dead has come. 22 For just as [a]in Adam all die, so also
in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order:
Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s [own will be resurrected with incorruptible, immortal bodies] at His coming.

Recall when God expelled Adam and Eve out of the Garden
He placed a cherubim with a flaming sword at its entrance,
"flashing back and forth to tend, guard and keep them against
the way back to the Tree of Life!" All throughout the Old Testament
Law of Sin and Death mankind was restricted from the Tree of Life!
In the New Testament, Jesus becomes the Life source, Tree of Life,
fully God and fully man as the Light to the world!

[Note: Regarding the creative beings of the Cherubim we find two adorning the Ark of the Covenant on either side of God's throne,
the "Mercy Seat"!

God demonstrates His Purposes for creation of cherubim:
Exodus 25:18-20 (AMP)
You shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures)
of [solid] hammered gold at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub at each end, making the cherubim
of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
20 The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward,
covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing each other.
The faces of the cherubim are to be looking downward
toward the mercy seat.

[Note: In Isaiah the creatures, called seraphim, purify
the prophet of guilt before he can stand before God.
They represent the judgment that all fallen people must pass
through before they can enter God's presence and be admitted
to the Garden Eden. (Paradise: The Kingdom of Heaven,
the Kingdom of Light)]

Luke 23:43 (AMP)
43 Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you,
today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Isaiah 6:2-7 Amplified Bible
2 Above Him seraphim (heavenly beings) stood; each one had six wings: with two wings he covered his face, with two wings he covered his feet, and with two wings he flew. 3 And one called out
to another, saying,
“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is filled with His glory.”
4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice
of him who called out, and the temple was filling with smoke.
5 Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am ruined,
Because I am a man of [ceremonially] unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal
in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.
7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Listen carefully,
this has touched your lips; your wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing] is taken away and your sin atoned
for and forgiven.”



The Kingdom of God Today is the "Garden of Eden"
in which the Tree of Life, [Christ] is seated on the Promised Heavenly Eternal Throne of David.

In Christ, we are made in God's image by the Spirit (spiritually
recreated) to be transformed into Life Eternal of spiritual heaven!

Romans 8:38-39 (AMP)
For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death
nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending
and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate
us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Now, let's recap the wonderful insights Holy Spirit has opened
in our study:

*From Eden to Christ — God’s Love, Humanity’s Disobedience,
and the Restoration of Fellowship

God’s purpose for humanity begins with His love.
Before there was human disobedience, there was divine generosity! God created a world that sustained life, formed humanity in His image and likeness, and established a setting in which His creatures could receive His provision and respond to His Presence!

Genesis 2:8-9 (AMP)
8 And the Lord God [planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there. 9 And [in that garden] the Lord God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable
and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree
of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.

The Garden of Eden reveals a relationship of dependence, responsibility, and communion. Humanity was made to reflect
God’s character while living under His loving authority.
Some understand the creation account as describing a restored earth. Within God's plan, Eden is especially described as a region that God prepared as a good habitation for those He created.

The expressions “Adam-male” and “Adam-female” can help emphasize that both man and woman belong to the humanity
God created in His image. Nevertheless, the narrative also distinguishes Adam, the man, from the woman who was subsequently named Eve.

Their shared humanity does not erase their personal identity!
Both possess dignity before God, and both are accountable
to Him. The woman’s formation from the man expresses
their close kinship: she shares his flesh and bone, and together they are called into a union of mutual belonging!

God’s command concerning the Tree of the Knowledge of Good
and Evil must be understood within this original Freely Given generosity. God first supplied abundant food and then established
a boundary. The prohibition taught humanity to receive life through trust in the Creator. His command protected the relationship in which human freedom could flourish without becoming rebellion.



Obedience, therefore, was more than compliance with an unexplained restriction. It was the practical expression of confidence in God’s goodness. Adam and Eve were not forbidden
to grow in understanding! They were forbidden
to pursue the knowledge represented by that tree through disobedience. Throughout Scripture, God welcomes the pursuit
of wisdom under His instruction. The tragedy of Eden concerns humanity’s attempt to obtain something desirable while rejecting the authority of the One who gives life!

Into this setting came the serpent. Genesis presents him as
a cunning creature through whom the temptation was spoken.
Later Scripture identifies the ancient serpent with the devil
and Satan, supporting the Christian understanding that satanic deception operated in Eden.

The name “Lucifer,” however, comes through a traditional interpretation of another biblical passage. Genesis itself does not give the serpent that name or describe the mechanism by which Satan acted through him.

Genesis 3:1 Amplified Bible records the identity of the serpent.
3 Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made.
And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from [b]any tree of the garden’?”

The record of the New Testament exposes the very nature of Satan!

[Note: The relationship between Satan and the serpent is not made clear, but Satan is identified with the serpent later
in Rev 12:9, 14, 15, and 20:2.]

Revelation 12:9 (AMP)
9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent
who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives
and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down
to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.



Revelation 12:14 (AMP)
14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman,
so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time (three and one-half years), away from the presence of the serpent (Satan).

Revelation 12:15 (AMP)
15 And the serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth
after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away
with the flood.



Revelation 20:2 (AMP)
2 And he overpowered and laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent [of primeval times], who is the devil and Satan, and bound him [securely] for a thousand years (a millennium);



Satan’s cunning way is first demonstrated in the Garden of Eden!
The serpent questioned what God had commanded, contradicted the consequence God had declared, and presented disobedience
as a desirable opportunity. His deception worked by undermining confidence in God’s goodness and making the forbidden appear beneficial. The same pattern remains recognizable whenever temptation encourages people to distrust God’s word and establish their own standard of truth.

Paul connects the serpent’s deception with the danger of believers being drawn away from sincere devotion to Christ. Satan’s activity does not always begin with an open invitation to reject God.
It can begin with a subtle alteration of the truth that gradually changes whom we trust, what we believe, and how we live.

2 Corinthians 11:3 (AMP)
3 But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.

Deception can also wear a religious appearance. Paul warns
that Satan can present himself under the appearance of light. Consequently, spiritual claims must be examined by their agreement with the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Religious language, impressive appearances, and claims of supernatural power do
not by themselves establish that something comes from God.

2 Corinthians 11:14 (AMP)
14 And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades
as an angel of light.



Jesus identifies falsehood as fundamental to the devil’s character. Satan uses lies to misrepresent God, excuse sin, and conceal consequences. His deception can encourage pride by telling
people they need no correction, or despair by persuading them
that forgiveness and restoration are beyond their reach.
These actions turn attention away from the truth revealed in Christ!

John 8:42-44 (AMP)
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father [but He is not],
you would love and recognize Me, for I came from God
[out of His very presence] and have arrived here.
For I have not even come on My own initiative [as self-appointed], but He [is the One who] sent Me. 43 Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because [your spiritual ears are deaf and] you are unable to hear [the truth of] My word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires
[which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because
there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural
to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.

The words steal, kill, and destroy describe the thief’s purpose
in Jesus’ teaching about the sheep and their Shepherd.
The immediate context concerns thieves and false shepherds!
Its destructive pattern also agrees with Scripture’s description
of Satan. Christ’s purpose is Life, while the thief seeks the loss
and ruin of those he targets.

John 10:10 (AMP)
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy.
I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

The stealing of truth is specifically described in Jesus’ explanation of the sower. The devil seeks to remove the word from the hearer’s heart, preventing its reception in faith. This makes careful hearing, understanding, and perseverance spiritually important. God’s word must be welcomed and allowed to shape our decisions.

Luke 8:12 (AMP)
12 Those beside the road are the people who have heard;
then the devil comes and takes the message [of God] away
from their hearts, so that they will not believe [in Me as
the Messiah] and be saved.

The destructive nature of spiritual evil calls for vigilance.
Peter describes the devil as an adversary seeking someone to devour. Nevertheless, believers are instructed to stand firm in faith. Watchfulness means recognizing temptation, rejecting falsehood, and refusing patterns of bitterness, hatred, and dishonesty that damage fellowship with God and others.

1 Peter 5:8 (AMP)
8 Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls
around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone
to devour.

Demonic activity also includes the promotion of false teaching.
Paul warns that spiritual deception can draw people away from
the faith. The New Testament additionally record oppression
and torment from which Jesus delivered people.
However, Scripture distinguishes demonic oppression from other forms of illness and suffering. These accounts do not justify
calling every physical or emotional difficulty demonic.
Discernment must operate with truth and compassion!

1 Timothy 4:1 (AMP)
4 But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares
that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines
of demons,



The believer’s response begins with submission to God.
Resistance involves yielding to His authority, rejecting
temptation, holding to His truth, and continuing in prayer.
Human responsibility remains essential! We must repent
of our own sinful choices rather than attribute every wrong
action to an evil spirit.

James 4:7 (AMP)
7 So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil
[stand firm against him] and he will flee from you.

The controlling truth of this narrative is Christ’s victory!
Satan deceives, accuses, and seeks destruction, but Jesus
delivers people from darkness and brings them into fellowship
with God. Our confidence rests in the Savior’s authority and accomplished "work." Understanding spiritual evil should lead
us toward steadfast faith, obedient living, and love for people!

1 John 3:8 (AMP)
8 The one who practices sin [separating himself from God,
and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference,
or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character
and moral values from him, not God]; for the devil has sinned
and violated God’s law from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.



This disruption helps explain why sin cannot become an accepted foundation within God’s kingdom! Sin introduces competing claims against God’s authority and injures the relationships His righteousness sustains. Peace requires more than the temporary suppression of conflict. It requires reconciliation with God and a transformed way of living with others. Joy in the Holy Spirit grows within that restored relationship!

Romans 14:17 (AMP)
“for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”



Paul’s immediate concern is disagreement among believers over food and religious observances. Nevertheless, his description identifies qualities that illuminate the contrast with Eden’s disruption.
• Righteousness addresses our relationship with God
   and our conduct toward others!
• Peace replaces alienation with reconciliation.
• Joy arises through the Holy Spirit’s Presence.

The kingdom is experienced as God’s gracious rule becomes effective within His people!

God’s response to the fall contains both judgment and mercy! Consequences of disobedience are real:
• Hardship,
• Damaged relationships,
• Exclusion from Paradise,
("type" of occurrence and "shadow" of things to come related
    to exclusion from heaven.)
• Eventual return to the dust.

These cannot be explained solely as uncomfortable feelings or natural social consequences. God Himself pronounces judgment and sends the couple away. Yet His judgment does not exhaust the meaning of His response.

The restriction of access to the Tree of Life also reveals a merciful dimension. Humanity must not seize enduring life while remaining in its fallen condition. God guards access to the Tree, and the unfolding biblical story directs us toward life restored through
His provision! Reconciliation through repentance and choosing to follow the "pattern of the Son of God," Jesus Christ, is the Plan
of God in which His Mercy and Grace are received!
Mercy does not make His warning untrue!
God remains faithful to His word while preparing the way
of reconciliation! The spiritual application is Atonement!

Genesis describes one cherubim stationed East of the Garden
and a flaming sword guarding the way to the Tree of Life.

Two cherubim belong explicitly in later instructions for the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant. The connection between these scenes, however, present a meaningful "biblical pattern!"

[Noe: At Eden, the cherubim placement is in relation to guarded access tending, guarding and keeping mankind from entering Paradise seeking a reversal of the curse through the Tree of Life!]

In the wilderness tabernacle, two golden cherubim appear
in relation to the place where God promises to meet with
His people through His appointed mediator, the High Priest.
Here. too, access to the Presence of God is guarded.

The God whose holiness excluded unrepented rebellion now, today provides a Covenant arrangement through which His people may approach Him! The Divine movement (change) is accomplish through the true mediator and only Way to the Father!
It is through Jesus Christ, Father God's Only Begotten Son!

John 14:6 (AMP)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the [only] Way [to God]
and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life;
no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Here is the instruction for creating a facsimile of the cherubim:
Exodus 25:18–20 (AMP)
“You shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures)
of [solid] hammered gold at the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub at each end, making the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 20 The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim
are to be looking downward toward the mercy seat.”

The mercy seat was the cover of the Ark of the Covenant and
the appointed place associated with God’s meeting and speaking with Moses. It may therefore be understood as an earthly representation of His royal Presence, while remembering that God cannot be contained within a golden object!
The cherubim direct attention toward the place of divine provision. They do not independently grant forgiveness! They belong to the setting in which God reveals how a sinful people may live in Covenant with Him.... through Mercy and Grace!

Isaiah’s vision develops a related theme of holiness and cleansing. The beings there are called seraphim, and the passage does not specify that there are only two. Isaiah sees the Lord enthroned, recognizes his own uncleanness, and receives cleansing through
an action initiated from the altar! Recall the alter is the place
of repentance and cleansing! Fire changes all things!
One seraph brings the burning coal and announces the removal
of guilt. Isaiah is then commissioned to serve!
It is the Fire of God's judgment that administrates righteousness!

Matthew 3:11 (AMPC)
11 I indeed baptize you in (with) water because of repentance
[that is, because of your [changing your minds for the better, heartily amending your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins]. But He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, Whose sandals
I am not worthy or fit to take off or carry; He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Whether the Eden narrative or the Wilderness Tabernacle narrative, The spiritual lesson is that encounter with our Holy God exposes human sin, while God Himself provides cleansing and equips
the cleansed person for service. Cherubim and seraphim serve His purposes! Reconciliation belongs to Him!

Now, Today, God Himself is the active One in the Ministry
of Reconciliation!

2 Corinthians 5:18 (AMPC)
18 But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].

Adam and Eve’s disobedience may therefore be described
as a rejection of the divine authority and goodness later
revealed fully in Christ. It would go beyond Genesis to say
that they consciously understood and rejected the completed
work of the Cross. Their act belongs to the history of rebellion
for which Christ supplies the remedy! He answers human disobedience with His obedience and brings reconciliation
through His self-giving love as the Father works through Him!



Genesis 3:21 (AMP)
“The Lord God made tunics of [animal] skins
for Adam and his wife and clothed them.”

God’s Mercy toward Adam and Eve was already visible before their departure. Their fig-leaf coverings were followed by garments God provided. He addressed their vulnerability even while holding them accountable. Divine judgment did not cancel His care for the people He had made! He Loved them! He created them!
He extended Mercy to Them!

The central spiritual connection is clear!
The ashamed couple could not undo their disobedience by making coverings, yet God supplied what they could not provide for themselves! In the fuller witness of Scripture, Christ accomplishes reconciliation and clothes His people with a righteousness they cannot manufacture. The movement from human concealment to divine provision offers a meaningful picture of Grace!

Christians have often understood these garments as
a foreshadowing of the covering and righteousness God supplies through Christ. That connection can enrich the narrative when its limits are respected! Genesis identifies animal skins but does not
• explicitly identify the animals as sheep,
• explicitly describe a sacrifice, or
• state that these garments constituted an atoning offering. However, deeper study into the Holy Writ allows
a physical and spiritual descriptive insight into the "pattern
of Christ's" atoning sacrifice for mankind as the Lamb of God covering! We can see an anticipation of God’s later provision without presenting those additional details as absolute facts recorded in the passage.

[Note: Adam walked daily in the Garden in direct fellowship
with God. Adam was created the "perfect man" (made in the image of God). When he ate of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil the "Act of Rebellion" to God's Word resulted in mankind's Fall from Grace (favor.)

There are two principles of God represented in the Fall.
1. Commitment to Act in the sin. God said:
"If you eat of the fruit of the forbidden tree, you shall Surely Die.
Adam and Eve suffered spiritual death.
They were cast out (prohibited, unaccessible) of direct intimate
and holy relationship with God. (consecrated, set apart for service).

They violated His First Command "Do Not Eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Genesis 2:17 (AMP)
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
and blessing and calamity you shall not eat,
for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

2. This foundation command was to Adam-man and included Adam-female because she was created of Adam-man.

Genesis 2:21 (AMP)
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam;
and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side
and closed up the [place with] flesh.

Eve being the "mother" of all (human) life to come.
Genesis 3:20 (AMP)
The man called his wife’s name Eve [life spring],
because she was the mother of all the living.

Eve is the Bride of Adam!
The Church is the Bride of Christ! (Christ's Spiritual Body)
Mark 10:6-8 (AMP)
6 But from the beginning of creation God
made them male and female.
7 For this reason a man shall leave [behind]
his father and his mother [and be joined to his wife
and cleave closely to her permanently,
8 And the two shall become one flesh,
so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

These scriptures reveal the Spiritual Plan of God for the One Holy Apostolic Church. Jesus is the Husband (Adam-Son/Adam-Man),
the Head. He is the First of the Resurrection by the Spirit of God.
He was cast out of the world through the Crucifixion taking
on all sins and cancelling them as we receive His work
and are 'birthed' by the Word and the Spirit of God.

"Eve" (Adam-woman) is His Body, the Bride, the womb
(the birthing stucture) of the Church.
There is NO Postponement in Heaven waiting for a wedding
commencement (a marriage of Christ and His Bride).
Each born-again child of the Holy Spirit is an offspring
(life spring) of the Union of Christ and His Body (spiritual Eve).

2 Corinthians 11:2 (AMP) Paul giving clarity to consummation:
For I am zealous for you with a godly eagerness
and a divine jealousy, for I have betrothed you to one Husband,
to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

[Note: Chaste = undefiled, stainless, virtuous,
Virgin = pure, unsullied, undifiled {without spot or blemish}]
Christ has Made the Church without spot or blemish!
We are Not waiting for a postponed time to be made spotless
or without blemish! His work is a Completed Work!
It is Finished!

Isaiah 54:5 (AMP)
For your Maker is your Husband—the Lord of hosts is His name
and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
the God of the whole earth He is called.

Ephesians 5:25-32 (NKJV)
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ
also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her
with the washing of water by the word,
27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church,
not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
but that she should be holy and without blemish.
28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own
bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes
and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
30 For we are members of His body,of His flesh
and of His bones.
31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ
and the church.

John the Baptist declared the recognition of the Lamb!
John 1:28-29 (AMP)
28 These things occurred in Bethany across the Jordan
[at the Jordan River crossing], where John was baptizing.
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said,
“Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John is referring to the fulfillment of the need for the Old Testament Passover lambs which was now fulfilled in Christ’s sacrifice,
the ultimate and final sacrifice for sins. This being known as "atonement for disobedience and rebellion" against God and His plan for mankind! Jesus provided substitution from sin to freedom!

Romans 6:22 (AMP)
22 But now since you have been set free from sin and have become [willing] slaves to God, you have your benefit, resulting in sanctification [being made holy and set apart for God’s purpose], and the outcome [of this] is eternal life.

Abraham’s experience with Isaac supplies a more explicit account of substitution. Isaac was the son through whom God had promised to establish the Covenant line. Abraham also had Ishmael, so Isaac’s unique place must be understood in relation to the Promise. At the decisive moment, God stopped Abraham and provided a ram to be offered in Isaac’s place!

Genesis 22:13 (AMP)
“Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering and an ascending sacrifice instead of his son.”

The ram’s substitution points toward the larger biblical revelation that God provides the sacrifice humanity needs. In Christian interpretation, this anticipates Christ, the Lamb of God.
The connection reaches beyond the fact that an animal died!
God preserved the promised son and demonstrated that the future of His covenant depended upon His faithful provision!

The promise that Abraham would become the father of many nations finds its fulfillment through Christ as people from the nations are brought into the family of faith. The reconciling purpose of God reaches beyond the recovery of one household.
Humanity divested of sin is gathered into a people who belong
to Him.

Paul’s description of believers as sheep for slaughter belongs
to the suffering of God’s people, rather than to the identity
of the animals used for Eden’s garments. Its place in this narrative is to show that restored fellowship does not mean immediate exemption from hardship.

Romans 8:36 (AMP)
“Just as it is written and forever remains written,
‘For Your sake we are put to death all day long;
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.’” [Bible Gateway]

Believers may suffer while remaining deeply loved by God.
Their suffering does not repeat Christ’s atoning sacrifice,
nor does it indicate that His reconciliation has failed.
Paul’s assurance is that hostile circumstances cannot overthrow the love established in Christ!

Romans 8:38–39 (AMP)
“For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Through this reconciliation, Eden becomes a meaningful picture
of fellowship restored. Within the spiritual reading developed here, the kingdom of God may be described as an Eden-like life in God’s Presence! His people receive life from Him, live under His authority, and bear fruit through His Spirit.

[Note: This is a theological connection between the Garden and the Kingdom, rather than an explicit biblical statement that the two are identical in every respect.]


Christ is the giver of eternal life, and the Tree of Life can be understood as pointing toward the life found in Him. Scripture’s final Garden imagery brings together God’s throne, the Lamb, living water, healing, and restored access to life. These images direct attention to the sufficiency of God’s provision and the removal
of the alienation introduced through sin.

The risen Christ reigns now! The apostolic proclamation presents His resurrection and exaltation as the fulfillment of God’s promise concerning David’s royal line. His heavenly reign is therefore central to the life of His people today! He rules as the living Lord through whom they have been reconciled in Him! Holy Spirit represent and re-presents Him in our spirit that we have access to the Father
in the Name of Jesus!

Through the Spirit, believers are renewed in the image of their Creator. This renewal restores the moral and relational purpose
of humanity:
• to know God,
• reflect His character,
• love one another,
• live faithfully within His creation.
Eternal life begins in knowing God through Christ and shapes present conduct. Its transforming work reaches our speech, relationships, decisions, responsibilities, and response to suffering!

The closing lesson of Eden must therefore hold together both
the seriousness of sin and the persistence of God’s love.
Shame, guilt, fear, and accusation reveal that fellowship had already been wounded before the couple physically departed.
In that relational sense, they were experiencing the loss of Eden while still standing within it. Nevertheless, their subsequent expulsion was also an actual act of divine judgment. The inward rupture and the outward exclusion belong together.

God’s purpose is not fulfilled merely by returning humanity to innocence without understanding! Christ, brings a redeemed people into reconciliation, spiritual maturity, and willing obedience.
We learn to receive His commands as:
• expressions of faithful love,
• to confess rather than conceal our sin,
• to trust His provision rather than construct our own righteousness. The fellowship wounded in Eden finds its answer in the living Christ, whose Spirit forms within His people the righteousness, peace, and joy of the kingdom of God!

Jesus is Holy in His totality!
He has (a self, spirit), a will, a spirit body and in totality is Holy!
[The Anointed One sent forth for the Plan, Will and Work of God...
is "Justified'!] He went through sufferings, trials, tests. tribulations, and works which perfected Him for the eternal ministry of the
Great High Priest! This is a divine Revelation!

God 'perfects' us after He covers us with His Son's Blood!
Study the Tabernacles of Mose, David and Solomon as to the
sprinkling and covering of blood over all the symbolic representations of Christ's ministry and sacrifice on the Cross
for the sins of repentant mankind.

In His advent to earth, living in a flesh body as a human being,
He had a "self" that did not assume the sins of the world.
He denied the cravings for His life and chose obedience to
Father God in suffering the crucifixion. He set His "will" aside!
He submitted to the will of Father God. He finished His mission
without sin! He fulfilled and conquered the Law of Sin and Death.


In obedience to the Command of God to receive the Gospel
of Jesus Christ, one must deny the rebellious self-life
living according to the ways of "Sin and Death" the curse
attributed to the 'Fall from Grace' of mankind through Adam.

One must profess with heart conviction and belief that Jesus
is the Son of God (born of the virgin Mary), Who died personally
for one's rebellion against the will of God (sin). With a contrite
and pure heart of repentance (sincere willingness), one must
change in actions and words by demonstration to love God
(Blessed Holy Trinity) with whole heart, mind and soul.

The "Adamic" SIN of rebellion against God's Love is thus
cancelled ["paid in full... redemption"... the "Peace treaty"
is complete] as provided for in the blood offering of Christ.

Recall the initial statements to "The Revelation of Light"
as recorded above in this web page:
"God's Love is expressed in His Commands and Laws.
He also reveals His Heart [Will, Plan, and Purpose]
in His commands! His commands are prophesied...
spoken forth, declared, decreed in the greatest and most
powerful Name in Earth and in Heaven!
The Name of JESUS!"

Colossians 3:17 (AMP)
And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed,
do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.

Faith in God's Truth as witnessed by Jesus as the "door way" represented by His sacrificial death and supernatural
Resurrection to Life Eternal is the WAY that Father God requires
for our re-entrance as a fallen sin filled creature that may receive personal fellowship with Him in His Holy Presence.
Recall that in the 'beginning' God Himself demonstrated 'Favor' when He CAME to Adam on a daily basis to fellowship and commune!

2 Corinthians 5:19 (AMP)
It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and
restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them],
and committing to us the message of reconciliation
(of the restoration to favor).

Through Jesus Christ and His work of Redemption,
Divine FAVOR is Promised in Mighty Force of the Deeper Life
in the Word and the Spirit!

Romans 8:3 (AMP)
For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power]
being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without
the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh
and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who
accept that sacrifice],

Father God moved the mode of worship and provisions for
atonement of sins of the Natural Kingdom of apostate Israel
from the earth realm. He ASCENDED His Son from earth
to Heaven and Crowned/Glorified Him with All Power and
Authority in the Kingdom of Heaven, the eternal universal
heavens and earth. Jesus Now Crowned/Glorified by Father
God sent the Holy Spirit to Baptize (empower) His followers
on the Day of Pentecost. This was the initiation of the
"Work of the Ministry" of which those Now 2000 years later
who Believe the Scriptures that Jesus is the Light and Act
upon His Light are the TRUE Church... the True Hebrews.
Christ's Light is 3-fold:
Light of Truth,
Light of Life
Light of Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ initiated Spiritual Israel (the spiritual church)
{Born-Again Jews and Gentiles) by a New Covenant
(Law of the Spirit) abiding in the "Redeemed."

True Believers are supernaturally transformed through the
Atonement by the Holy Ghost into Zion, the New Jerusalem.
Burning desire, " flames" within their whole being to Worship
and Obey the King of kings and Lord of lords of Glory
in Fellowship and Communion with Father, Son and Holy Ghost!
Their hearts and minds are filled with Praises in their mouths!
They are no longer the creature of the devil's darkness, but have
come into the Light into the NEW Creation... a New Creature!
[Note: See in Inner Chambers "New Creation" link.]


Psalm 146 (AMP)
1 Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 While I live will I praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man,
in whom there is no help.
4 When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth;
in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans,
and purposes perish.
5 Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he
who has the God of [special revelation to] Jacob
for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all t
hat is in them, Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets free the prisoners,
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind,
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,
the Lord loves the [uncompromisingly] righteous
(those upright in heart and in right standing with Him).
9 The Lord protects and preserves the strangers
and temporary residents, He upholds the fatherless
and the widow and sets them upright, but the way
of the wicked He makes crooked (turns upside down
and brings to ruin).
10 The Lord shall reign forever, even Your God, O Zion,
from generation to generation. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

No longer are there blood sacrifices of animals to cover sin!
Father God's Only Begotten Son gave His life for the sins
of the world! AND, God was in Him (God is Spirit) atoning
mankind (forgiving the offenses of rebellion).
The Atonement restores fellowship and access for communion directly with Him.


All mankind suffers the curse of a sin-nature of evil
(carnality of fleshly thoughts and actions as well as demonic influence and possession.)
Evil powers (3-fold) kill, steal and destroy
until the Way to the Light of the World appeared!
Jesus is the Light to the World!
What was His earthly mission?
Answer: To make the Way for man to be Restored to Fellowship
and Communion with the Blessed Holy Trinity!
                   The Way: Mercy through Forgiveness!
[Note: See in Inner Chambers "Heart of the Father.pdf" link.]

What sin is magnified and found active in every natural born child?

Answer: THE Adamic SIN OF REBELLION...(Disobedience)!
Hebrews 12:1 (AMP)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight
and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us
run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set
before us,

The Sin of Rebellion (disobedience) is composed of a variety
of sins: Self-Centered..fulfillment of False Pride and Lusts.

Galatians 5:19-21
Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious):
they are immorality, impurity, indecency, Idolatry, sorcery,
enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness,
divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with
peculiar opinions, heresies), Envy, drunkenness, carousing,
and the like. I (Paul)warn you beforehand, just as I did
previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit
the kingdom of God.

Oh what a merciful God we serve!
He made a way to wash us of sin (self-centered acts against
His Commands when we are weak and again as we rebel
to the "pattern of the Son," while in His care!
He cares for us! He loves us! We are counted as 'sons'!

Christ tends, guards and keeps the finishing work in us!
Is He not the Author and Finisher of our Faith?
Did He send " God the Holy Spirit" to lead and guide us
as He lives within us?

Look at what Christ did for us:
Romans 8:2 (AMP)
For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus
[the law of our new being] has freed me from the
law of sin and of death.

We are made free of sin's curse! And should we sin,
He has made a way to cleanse us from them!
How? By giving us the "pattern of the Son."
When we seek His face (the Holy Bible) He washes our mind
and soul of the disobedience! We are Renewed by the WASHING
of Jesus "the Word" (He is God) and the Spirit (He is God)!
Father is God! Look at His Provision in Perfect Love!

1 John 1:9 (AMP)
If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins,
He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises)
and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness
[everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought,
and action].

We shall reach extensively into Provisions
of God's Love demonstrated in the manifest Force of Favor
in the Inner Chambers of Heart of God Ministries...



Proverbs 8:32-35 (AMP)
32 Now therefore listen to me, O you sons; for blessed
(happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse or neglect it.
34 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man
who listens to me, watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoever finds me [Wisdom] finds life and draws
forth and obtains favor from the Lord.

As you exercise your "free will" to pursue a close relationship
with God, it requires time in prayer to have a two-way
communication with Him. He is in you the hope of glory!
This means not only do you talk to Him, but we also honor
and wait upon Him to talk to us.
Not getting answers to your needs are many times contributed
to not giving Him opportunity to talk to you in response.

First, Father God has provided the physical and spiritual
Life and "face" of Jesus, His Son, as His pattern for righteous
living that you may know Him in His Person as a loving,
caring close friend. With Favor and power, you declare the
Knowledge and demonstrate His Glory of His Kingdom!

2 Corinthians 4:6 (AMP)
For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness,
has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light
for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and
glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed]
in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

Having Holy Ghost dwelling in you to represent
(re-present) the mercy, grace and blessings of God of which
He has promised... are indwelling your life, Today!...

1 Timothy 1:14 (AMP)
And the grace (unmerited favor and blessing) of our Lord
[actually] flowed out superabundantly and beyond measure
for me, accompanied by faith and love that are [to be realized]
in Christ Jesus.



There is an increase in Favor for those who seek the Lord.
Peter, James, John and Andrew were drawn near to Jesus.
The close fellowship resulted in a greater measure of Favor
than recorded of the other disciples.
More time and supernatural experiences were the rewards.
What is the key of understanding from which you can draw
from this knowledge?
Answer:
Draw near to Jesus, the WORD of God, and to the Holy Spirit
and expect to receive an increase in Favor!

Why? You are instructed to do so in Faith!
Proverbs 8:17-20 (AMP)
17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early
and diligently shall find me.
18 Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and
righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation,
and right standing with God).
19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than refined gold,
and my increase than choice silver.
20 I [Wisdom] walk in the way of righteousness
(moral and spiritual rectitude. in every area and relation),
in the midst of the paths of justice,


The only limitation to God's superabundant Favor
is "deficiency in understanding" His Love as it pertains
to His Laws and Commands... His Covenants!
He wants you to Recognize His Knowledge and Glory!
Simply put: First Cherish Him! AND His Love!
AND all that pertains to walking in His Image...
Jesus Christ... the "pattern of the Son."

John 7:38 (NKJV)
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said,
out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”



The superabundant Life is living the "pattern of the Son!"
You are to be filled with the Waters of the Holy Spirit to
overflowing! Why?
Answer: You are to be a reservoir of Christ's Love!
Love covers a multitude of sins and it is the Highest Virtue
of God!

Living the Superabundant Life is Not a life of gloom and doom!
• It is Not a life lacking peace and joy!
• It is Not a religion based upon Do's and Don't.
• It is life filled with a New and Glorious Way!
• It is a Life whereby you experience the process of KNOWING
God... Not just 'head knowledge', but Heart Knowledge!
...Life of growing intimacy in fellowship and communion with the dynamic written Word of God and an experiential relational
impact of Knowing the Voice and Heart-beat of the Holy Ghost!

Hear Carefully, however...
Without God's Love you would be destined to Hell...
[the place void of Light, Love, and Presence of God.]
There is No relief from the fiery judgement...
nor the Absence of Mercy and Grace!



A spiritual judgement of God:
Mark 9:47 (AMP)
And if your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out!
It is more profitable and wholesome for you to enter the
kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown
into hell (Gehenna)

What spiritual Path shall you walk? Rebellion and Disobedience
or Reverence and Obedience?

Joshua demonstrates the Bold and Blessed path!
"but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord".

Joshua 24:15 (AMP)
And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord,
choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve,
whether the gods which your fathers served
on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.

Note:
1. Amorite is derived from a Hebrew root word meaning,
"to speak against, or to boast self."
Amorites were bitter, a rebel, and a babbler denying God and exercising self-centered lustful thoughts and acts of sinful flesh.
2. There comes a time when the sins of a people are “complete.”
That is the time for decisive judgment. The appointed
instrument of God’s judgment was the army of Israel.
But God sees himself as the effective warrior behind the defeat
of the Amorites.

(Joshua 24:8)
He says to Joshua,
“I brought you into the land of the Amorites…
and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand,
and you took possession of their land when I destroyed them
before you.”

As warriors of God's Army, we yield to the Holy Spirit>>>
the Spirit of the Lion-Hearted! Jesus IS the LION of Judah!
His Praise is heard through the mouths of His army globally!

God is a consuming fire! God led the battle!
Think on this! The trumpets/shofars where blown seven times
as the children of the Promised Land marched seven times
around the enemies city and the fortified Walls of Jericho fell!
[Note: A shofar is an ancient musical horn made of ram's horn,
used for Jewish religious purposes.]
It was by the hand of Israel, but it was the judgment of God.
This does not mean that Israel’s motive was always holy.
At times it was not. But the just purposes of God were being
carried out, even if Israel at times had wrong motives.

In fact, God warned the people against pitiless pride.
Deuteronomy 9:4-5: “Do not say in your heart when the Lord
your God has driven them out before you, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me to possess this land,’
but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the
Lord is dispossessing them before you…in order to confirm
the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers,
to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

In other words, this carnage is not about human injustice,
but divine judgment. The Amorites provoked God to anger
for centuries by their idolatry—so much so— that centuries
later the wicked king Ahab was compared to the Amorites:

1 Kings 21:26 (AMP)
He acted very repulsively in following idols, in accordance
with everything the Amorites had done, whom the Lord
expelled [from the land] before the sons of Israel.

Opposing the side of God (unity in Him) is the side of worldly
thoughts and actions...(the devil's domain>> rebellion, and acts
of flesh > "self-centeredness")

Galatians 5:19
...the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious):
they are immorality, impurity, indecency, Idolatry, sorcery,
enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness,
divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with
peculiar opinions, heresies), Envy, drunkenness, carousing,
and the like.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Let us now immerse our thoughts and study into Apostolic
and Prophetic Dimensions of the Holy Spirit!

The Kingdom of God is demonstrated in Dimensions of the
Natural and Spiritual realms of His Love!

What are the Dynamic Dimensions of Reverence and Obedience
in the Kingdom of Christ, the habitation of Father God's Love?

Ephesians 3:18-19 (AMP)
18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend
and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people,
the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length
and height and depth [of it];
19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through
experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far
surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you
may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness
of God [may have the richest measure of the divine
Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded
with God Himself]!

We "see" Father God and KNOW Him in the essence and
character of His Only Begotten Son! The spiritual aspects
of Knowing are experiential... "see", "hear" and "touch."
These are operational in the daily WALK with God...
just as it was in the beginning of creation of adam-man
and adam-woman.

The PATTERN is to "WALK" with God habitually in fellowship!
Genesis 3:8 (KJV)
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden
in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees
of the garden.

Genesis 6:9 (AMP)
This is the history of the generations of Noah.
Noah was a just and righteous man, blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked [in habitual fellowship] with God.

Genesis 17:1 (AMP)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to
him and said, I am the Almighty God; walk and live habitually
before Me and be perfect (blameless, wholehearted, complete).

Let us review Christ, "The Lamb," in His Passion and Glory
to make us free from sin and death!

Isaiah 53:1-12 (AMP) the Lamb
Who has believed (trusted in, relied upon, and clung to)
our message [of that which was revealed to us]?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been disclosed?
2 For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant,
and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty
that we should desire Him.
3 He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men,
a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and
sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He
was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have
any esteem for Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses,
and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains
[of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken,
smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised
for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes
[that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned everyone
to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him
the guilt and iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted,
He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb
that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers
is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as
for His generation, who among them considered that He was
cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death]
for the transgression of my [Isaiah’s] people, to whom
the stroke was due?
9 And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with
a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence,
neither was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him
to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life
an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time
to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong
His days, and the will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper
in His hand.
11 He shall see [the fruit] of the travail of His soul and be
satisfied; by His knowledge of Himself [which He possesses
and imparts to others] shall My [uncompromisingly] righteous
One, My Servant, justify many and make many righteous
(upright and in right standing with God), for He shall bear their iniquities and their guilt [with the consequences, says the Lord].
12 Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty,
because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself]
be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the
transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many
and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious).

We have the Promise, an open door to the Presence of
Father God through Jesus Christ as represented by the abiding Presence of Holy Ghost!

Holy Ghost is God... the third Person of the Godhead.
Where He abides, the Father and the Son abide!
We have been shown God's Heart to Keep us in His Care
as He Tends and Guards and Keeps our Salvation and Promise
of eternal Life in Him through the WORD and SPIRIT!
God is Truth and Spirit!

The Father has been revealed by the Son in the fullness of His
nature and acts! We only need to open our hearts to receive Him
by the drawing of the Holy Spirit! "Drawing" (entreating and
bringing about) can occur in multiple ways...
● Conviction of rebellion (sin) against God Who loves us.
● Revelation of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
● The experience and witness of signs, wonders and miracles.
in our lives and the lives of others.
The "drawing" (entreating and bring about) is Not by the
intellect... it is by the Spirit and His transforming power!
The awesome results of His "drawing" is being 'Born Again
of the Spirit' experience.
[See "The Supernatural" on Inner Chambers web page.]



The study of Christ as a Vanguard (Apostle, Forerunner,
Front Leader) opens some deeper Keys of the Kingdom
for us to "see"! Ready?

Dive into the Waters of the Breadth, Length, Height and Depth
of that relating to the Lion of the tribe of Judah!
[Note: The study of the Vanguard is posted in the left-side panel.]

[See "Apostolic Prophetic Church" in Inner Chambers...
click (the Golden Key) Icon at bottom of this web page]

WISDOM of GOD:
God uses spiritual terms to convey His Standards and Measurements!
Standards and Measurements are the Specifics that determine
the design of the objective and subjective person, item
or topic.

In our study we are focused on "persons," "things"
and "principles" of the Kingdom... e.g.>
• Father... "person"
• Jesus Christ... "person" (2nd person of Godhead/Son)
• Holy Spirit... "person" (3rd person of the Godhead)
• Gifts and Fruit... "things" (Prophetic Gifts)
• Light... "principles" (Light of Truth, Life, and Spirit)
• Standards and Measurements "things) ("ways and thoughts")

Regarding Standards and Measures, here are God's Specific instructions showing God's Plan and Preparations to meet
with Moses on behalf of Israel:

Exodus 25:17-21
And you shall make a mercy seat (a covering) of pure gold,
two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half wide.
And you shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures)
of [solid] hammered gold on the two ends of the mercy seat.
Make one cherub on each end, making the cherubim of one
piece with the mercy seat, on the two ends of it.
And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering
the mercy seat with their wings, facing each other and looking
down toward the mercy seat.
You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the
ark you shall put the Testimony [the Ten Commandments]
that I will give you.
Exodus 26:34
And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony
in the Most Holy Place.
Leviticus 16:2
I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
Exodus 25:22
There I will meet with you and, from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the Testimony, I will speak intimately with you of all which I will
give you in commandment to the Israelites.

Regarding Measurement of "things" (ways, and thoughts)
[God's Ways are not our ways nor are His Thoughts our thoughts.]

Measurement of "principles"... (higher and lower)
[His Ways and Thoughts are HIGHER than ours!]
(Standards = higher and lower in dimension and dynamics)



Ephesians 4:13 (AMP) (Note: Regarding the Body of Christ...)
[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith
and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate] knowledge
of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature
manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing
less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection),
the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and
the completeness found in Him.

MEASURE> STATURE> Spiritual Language>
(perfect, blameless, wholehearted, complete).
These are "Waters" of the Holy Spirit abiding within us
that define our Born-Again NATURE...
these "waters" are the Essence and Character of the Father.
They form the "figurative" image of Christ in Whom we are
perfected by the Holy Spirit (Who abides in us to lead and guide
in conformity to the "pattern of the Son.")

Precept > Natural >
A "Figurative image" of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah!
Tribe of Judah are those who led the Hebrew army as they
pressed toward the enemy! They were the Front Guard!

Numbers 2:9 (AMP)
The total of the numbered men [in the three tribes
on the east side] in the camp of Judah was 186,400,
by their armies. They shall move out first [on the march].

Precept> Spiritual > Jesus Christ is to be reverenced for
His majestic Stature and Character.
He is the HEAD of the Church!
The church is the army with a New set of measures!
They are created as Judah was: warriors and worshipers!
Yet, not limited to three tribes. God measures His allotments
as they ascend in prayer, worship and praise... progressing...
from time zone to time zone around the globe.
He gave Paul the revelation of the spiritual warrior in the form
of the Roman Century (Spiritual Vanguard).

Ephesians 6:11-18 (AMP)
11 Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed
soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully
to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
12 For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending
only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms,
against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.
13 Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able
to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].
14 Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt
of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,
15 And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy
with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness
produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace.
16 Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon
which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].
17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit
wields, which is the Word of God.
18 Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the
Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep
alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance,
interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people).

               Plan > Pray> Prepare > Pursue

For those who have Not as Yet made peace with the Father,
Jesus is the sacrificial lamb slain for your Sins.
He is the Lamb of God! The message of this web page is
to get Right with God...   In the Name of Jesus:
• Ask Father for forgiveness of your rebellious acts (sin).
• Receive of Christ's blood for forgiveness and healing.
• Receive the Holy Spirit and walk in His Light
• Thank Father God for His Love and Mercy.
• Fellowship with Him daily as you meditate on the Word.

For you who have made peace and are 'walking" habitually
with and before Him, He is the Victorious Lion of Judah!
Enjoy the boldness of your testimony! Joyously, share how
you entered the Kingdom of God with others!

Precept> Natural>
Jesus was sent to earth...
the One Who moved out First to set those who were to follow
in His "March"...

Precept> Spiritual>
His army is to number as the "measure" of the waters
that cover the seas! [Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 2:14]
The Full Measure... the Breadth, Length, Height and Depth!

Precept> Natural>
Lions can be docile and nurturing.
They are protective and territorial.
In a moment's response they can be ferocious and conquerors!
Lions have superior strength, speed and stamina!
They are 'king" of their territory... their kingdom!
They exercise dominion!

Precept> Spiritual>
Psalm 145:13 (AMP)
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Always Keeping...
Jesus was Sent by Father God
to Reveal "the Essence of The Father", the Living Almighty God!
[Webster: 'father'... source; one who originates or institutes][Webster: 'essence'... real or ultimate nature of an individual especially as opposed to one's existence]
• He is The Father of His Only Begotten Son
• He is The Creator and Sustainer
• He is The Father of Lights!
• He is The Father of Faith!
• He is The Father of Hope!
• He is The Father of Love!.

James 1:17 (AMP)
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above;
it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and
Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation
[no rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning
[for He is perfect and never changes].

Jesus is THE LIGHT of the World.
As Father God's Only Begotten Son, He is Father's express image.
Hebrews 1:1-3 (AMP)
God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices
and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations
[each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways,
2 has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person
of One who is by His character and nature] His Son [namely Jesus], whom He appointed heir and lawful owner of all things,
through whom also He created the universe [that is, the universe
as a space-time-matter continuum].
3 The Son is the radiance and only expression of the glory
of [our awesome] God [reflecting God’s Shekinah glory,
the Light-being, the brilliant light of the divine], and the exact
representation and perfect imprint of His [Father’s] essence,
and upholding and maintaining and propelling all things
[the entire physical and spiritual universe] by His powerful
word [carrying the universe along to its predetermined goal].
When He [Himself and no other] had [by offering Himself
on the cross as a sacrifice for sin] accomplished purification
from sins and established our freedom from guilt, He sat down
[revealing His completed work] at the right hand of the Majesty
on high [revealing His Divine authority],

[Note: The word “Shekinah” does not appear in Scripture,
but has been used by both Christians and Jews to describe
the visibleDivine Presence of God, in such things
as the burning bush, the cloud and the pillar of fire
that led the Hebrews in the wilderness, and the Presence of God
that rested between the cherubim over the mercy seat of the ark.

In and through our obedience to Christ, the Living Word,
we are lights set in place for the world to see Him through us!

Philippians 2:15 (AMP)
That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom
you are seen as bright lights (stars or beacons shining out
clearly) in the [dark] world,

Christ's measure is the same as the Father's!
His "Measure" is Light!

The Measure of the Godhead is

Father is the SOURCE of Truth, Life and Spirit.
In His Light dwells Truth, Life and Spirit!
He is the Source of The Tree of Life (Wisdom Eternal)
and The Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil,
(Blessing and Calamity)!

Proverbs 9:10 (AMP)
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him
and regarding Him as truly awesome]
is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom
[its starting point and its essence],
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding
and spiritual insight.
Proverbs 4:7 (AMP)
“The beginning of wisdom is: Get [skillful and godly] wisdom
[it is preeminent]! And with all your acquiring, get understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension,
and logical interpretation].

In the Genesis account of the fall of man (due to disobedience)...
A Cherubim Vanguard stands Guard to the Tree of Life.
[Note: Cherubim are ministering spirits manifesting God’s
invisible presence and symbolizing His action. They are
angelic beings who avenge assaults on God’s holiness.]

Genesis 3:22-24 (AMP)
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like
one of Us [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity;
and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the
tree of life and eat, and live forever—
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden
of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 So [God] drove out the man; and He placed at the east
of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and a flaming sword which
turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life.

Angelic beings who avenge assaults on God’s holiness:
Exodus 25:18 (AMP)
You shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures)
of [solid] hammered gold at the two ends of the mercy seat.

These were symbolic Statures of Protection of the Ark of Covenant.
They were placed on each end of the Mercy Seat!
Mercy and Grace is God's expression of His Love >>>
His judgments are GOOD!
His judgments are MERCIFUL!
His judgments are In The Earth:
• Light and Darkness;
• Good and Evil;
• Blessings and Calamity.

Light = Kingdom Righteousness.
Darkness = kingdom of the devil (rebellion... unrighteousness).
Jesus was appointed and sent in an age when Israel
was fully apostate! They had abandoned God's Laws and
substituted them for those of the Ruling Religious Council.
We have a similar condition in our churches today!

Today! NOW!
We are judged by Father God's Standard in Jesus Christ!
Jesus came to reveal God and His Kingdom!
God is LIGHT! Jesus is the Mighty Vanguard of His Body!

Genesis 1:3 (AMP)
And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Light is the First Gift from above!
John 1:1 (AMP)
1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ),
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.
[Note: (“God” appears first in "Greek word order construction),
emphasizing the fact that “the Word” (Christ) was God—
so “God Himself.” This "Key" to understanding has been
presented for knowing "God" in several manners in this page.]
John wrote as an eye-witness disciple of the Lord Jesus.
He Knew Him in great depth as he was consistently with Him
in three years of holy "intimate" fellowship.
John more than others is seen with a deep desire to be with
the Lord more than any other disciple.

Yes, there was genuine competition between Peter and John
for attention and recognition. Considering, all that is recorded,
John seeks the Lord's Favor more than others.
Jesus rewards him in that John is spared from martydom.
He lives to be nearly 100 years old bridging the 1st century
into the 2nd century. His life and experiences discloses
the greatest Revelation of God: The Kingdom of Heaven!

John introduces Jesus as the Word from the 'beginning"
(Genesis 1:1-3). Then He reveals Him through an encounter
with Paul... the Perfection and Completion... "Christ in Us!"
In Christ we are made New! We are a New Creature!
The Old has passed away and the New has Come!
Father God has given His Son to open the door to peaces
with Him. We are no longer alienated from approaching Father
God due to a sin conscience. We are no longer alienated from
Him due to ignorance or lack of knowledge about Him.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God Crucified is
preached in every nation of the globe.
• Jesus is the 'Wisdom' of God revealing His plan of Salvation.
• Jesus is the 'Righteousness' of God making us acceptable
   to God.
• Jesus is the 'Sanctification' making us holy, setting us apart.
• Jesus is the 'Redemption' providing our ransom from sin.

1 Corinthians 1:30 (AMP)
But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became
to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation],
and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and
sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God],
and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin]

We are 'Perfected' in the "born-again" transformation from living
in darkness (self-centered) to living in Light (Truth, Life, Spirit)
in which (servant-centered) wisdom reigns.

This divine and dynamic change is the reward of the Redeemed!
We are 'Completed' as we FULLY UNDERSTAND that Father God
wants us to Know Him as His Son Knows Him!

Jesus has first-hand knowledge of Father God!
Proverbs 18:15 (AMP)
The mind of the prudent is ever getting knowledge,
and the ear of the wise is ever seeking (inquiring for
and craving) knowledge.
John 5:19 (AMP)
So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you,
most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself
(of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does
in the same way [in His turn].
Proverbs 2:6 (AMP)
For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

'Completion' is Knowing God in His Majesty and Magnitude!
• Actively seek spiritual discernment,
• Mature comprehension,
• Logical interpretation



Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden
for consuming the eternal provision of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Through God's Mercy, Grace and Love in the New Covenant
of the Law of the Spirit He confirms His desire and plan for mankind:
Habakkuk 2:14 King James Version (KJV)
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge
of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

The Kingdom of God... Kingdom of Christ is NOW!
It is not a postponement Kingdom!

God's Way is Blessing, Increase and Multiplicity!
2 Corinthians 4:13-15 (AMP)
13 Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote,
I have believed, and therefore have I spoken.
We too believe, and therefore we speak,
14 Assured that He Who raised up the Lord Jesus
will raise us up also with Jesus and bring us [along] with
you into His presence.
15 For all [these] things are [taking place] for your sake,
so that the more grace (divine favor and spiritual blessing)
extends to more and more people and multiplies through
the many, the more thanksgiving may increase [and redound]
to the glory of God.

God's Vision: He wants mankind to KNOW Him!
Habakkuk 2:14 King James Version (KJV)
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge
of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

To Know God is to have communion with Him
and to receive His Wisdom!
Proverbs 2:6 (AMP)
For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Let's LOOK at this KNOWLEDGE!

Knowledge flows out of the Wisdom of God! HIS WORD!
WISDOM is the essential charge of God for us to attain!
Psalm 111:10 (AMP)
The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite,
the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom;
A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed
by all those who do the will of the Lord; His praise endures
forever.

If we do not Tend, Guard and Keep that which God has given
to us in whatever level of physical attributes (Natural)
we find ourselves, we will find the path seriously hampered
to the Victorious Developmental Plan of God for our Destiny, (Spiritual)

When We Tend, Guard and Keep that which God has provided,
We find Success and Walk in Victory!

Father God is revealed in Love and Mercy by His Only Begotten
Son through Divine Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding!
God never relents! His plan is the same as it was in the Garden!

Genesis 1:27 (AMP)
So God created man in His own image,
in the image and likeness of God He created him;
male and female He created them.

Stop! Pause! Reflect! Reread these Paragraphs!
God's Plan for Mankind: Eternal Destiny in His Presence!
[Knowing Divine Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding!]

Proverbs 4:5 (AMP)
“Get [skillful and godly] wisdom!
Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment,
mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Some summarizing principles to review:
God cannot violate His Divine nature. He is spirit and truth!
Only through CREATION and the NEW CREATION has He been revealed by His Son, Jesus Christ!

Jesus declares:
John 17:20-21 (AMP)
20 “I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that
I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message, 21 that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be
one in Us, so that the world may believe [without any doubt]
that You sent Me.

Precept > Natural > Laws of Physical Creation of worlds
of substance, movement and life forms.
Precept > Spiritual > Laws of the New Spiritual Creation
of eternal power, dominion and immortality of spiritual beings.

Genesis 2:15 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden
of Eden to tend and guard and keep it.

Precept > Natural >
FIRST is the Command (demonstration of His Love)
Do Not Eat of the TREE of Knowledge of Good and Evil
[Blessings and Calamity]. Do you "see" the Divine foundation
of God Tending, Guarding and Keeping?

[Note: Have you read the narrative as to the basis for God's Commands? You will find a comprehensive study in the left
sidebar starting with the following:
"God’s love is expressed in His commands and laws because
His heart desires life, fellowship, righteousness, and peace
for His creation."

Precept > Spiritual >
Second is the Identification of the TREE of LIFE... by which God Himself demonstrates that He, too, Tends, Guards and Keeps!

Precept > Natural >
Mankind of perfect creation as Immortal mankind would suffer physical death becoming mortal.

Precept > Spiritual >
Mankind would also suffer spiritual death!
Free choice to be given to restored to spiritually immortal through Jesus, the Son of God and son of man! Fully God and Fully Man!

Genesis 3:24 (AMP) THE NATURAL:
So God drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden
He [permanently] stationed the cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round [in every direction]
to protect and guard the way (entrance, access)
to the tree of life.

Revelation 22:14 (AMP) THE SPIRITUAL:
Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are those who wash
their robes [in the blood of Christ by believing and trusting
in Him—the righteous who do His commandments], so that they
may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates
into the city.

Paul puts it this way:
Philippians 4:12 (AMP) THE NATURAL:
I know how to get along and live humbly [in difficult times],
and I also know how to enjoy abundance and live in prosperity.
In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret
[of facing life], whether well-fed or going hungry, whether
having an abundance or being in need.

Romans 8:35-37 (AMP) THE SPIRITUAL:
35 Who shall ever separate us from the love of Christ?
Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 Just as it is written and forever remains written,
“For Your sake we are put to death all day long;
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain
an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much
that He died for us].

John puts it this way:
3 John 2 (AMP) 1st THE NATURAL and then THE SPIRITUAL:
Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper
and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].

First, We Must have KNOWLEDGE [NATURAL]:
(facts, precepts, dates, events, names, conditions, acts, history...)

Then We Must GET UNDERSTANDING [SPIRITUAL]:
(discernment, comprehension, and interpretation.)

Psalm 119:104 (AMP)
From Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

Proverbs 16:16 (AMP)
How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Proverbs 4:7 (AMP)
The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing.]
And with all you have gotten, get understanding
(discernment, comprehension, and interpretation).!

In His Ascension, Christ gave men (non-gender) as gifts
with five specific functions to equip and mature the church,
which is His Body, to transform them to His image...
His Likeness, His Pattern!
It is the Holy Ghost Who anoints and empowers these
divine appointments for service.

Ephesians 4:11 Gifts
Jesus demonstrated (5 Divine Ministry Gifts...functions).
In His Ascension He gave them to His Body.
The Gifts are FUNCTIONING appointments for Edification
of the Body. They are discernible by the fruit of the ministry!

Precept> Natural >
Jesus is the creator and developer of the Ascension Ministries.
He perfected each of them while fulfilling His Mission!.

BUT! Look at this:
They were within His Father's Vision! Jesus said all things
come from the Father! He is the Source of all things in heaven
and in earth!

Precept > Spiritual >
Jesus is the "image" of the Father...
meaning that:
• what the Father did...
• what the Father desired...
• what the Father planned,
• what the Father empowered is that which the Son "IS."

• He is the 'Pattern' of God.. the revealing SON!
• He is the I AM! (I Am the express image of My Father.)
• He is in Me and I AM in Him in all that He Is!
• AND! The Holy Ghost is sent to represent Me! He will take that
of Mine which is My Father's and He will reveal, disclose, declare, proclaim, and transmit all things to you.

John 16:13-15 (AMP)
13 But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit)
comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth).
For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority];
but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father;
He will give the message that has been given to Him],
and He will announce and declare to you the things
that are to come [that will happen in the future].
14 He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose,
transmit) it to you.
15 Everything that the Father has is Mine.
That is what I meant when I said that He [the Spirit]
will take the things that are Mine and will reveal
(declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.

Ephesians 4:12-13 (AMP)
12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping
of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do]
the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body
(the church),
13 [That it might develop] until all attain oneness in the faith
and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate]
knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at
really mature manhood (the completeness of personality
which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's
own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness
of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.
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The Lord Jesus Christ's commission to the Eye-witness
Twelve (Chosen) Forerunners (the called out ones)
was "GO Forth!"
Today, all believers of Christ are His "called-out-ones!"

Those who press forward [to walk in the Spirit] are empowered
(equipped) to DO the Work of the Ministry of Christ:
• Anointed with the Ascension gifts and the
     Gifts of the Spirit. God is no respecter of persons.
• Installed and placed in the Body of Christ to serve
     the Lord and each other... locally, regionally and globally.
     There are no limits to His working power!

Fellowships seeking the fullness of His Plan, Will and Purpose, experience the Five Ascension Gifts definable and observable working in demonstration in orderly fashion through various individuals of the Body!

Romans 12:4-5 (AMP)
For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs,
members) and all of these parts do not have the same function
or use, 5 So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ
(the Messiah) and individually we are parts one of another
[mutually dependent on one another].

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Let's explore the following comments listed as an
introductory statement of this web page:
"Satan's temptations were all directed at "self-serving."
God's Son (Jesus) rejected them in favor of "Father-serving,"
for the Holy Spirit of LIGHT [sent by Father God] was upon
and within Him."   [reference: Matthew 4:3-11]

As we exercise our responsibility in submitting self, and
walking by the Holy Spirit, led by Him and abiding in Him,
God the Holy Trinity transmits and communicates His
Holiness within us and to us. [Holiness is sanctification...
"set apart' as sons for reverence, worship and work in
the Kingdom of Light.

God alone is Divinely Holy and the only source of holiness.
We are holy only as the Holy Spirit dwells and abides in us!
Not of our works, but as He guides and directs.
His dwelling Presence makes us the temple of God.
Therefore, we are now able to comprehend the scriptures:
1 Peter 1:15-16 (AMP)
15 But as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves
also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living.
16 For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy.

Demonstration of our esteem toward God is revealed as we
submit "self" to Him who is Holy!
Our regenerated "self-being" is not a "carnal-self" or nature
(relating to, or given over to crude bodily pleasures... appetites),
but, a redeemed nature that yearns to be guided by Holy Spirit
and thus lives in the Light of Christ.

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When we are "Born-Again" all things become new to "self"!
Our "self" can only become "carnal" (sinful, rebellious) by
placing the "free will" of soul, mind and spirit into the 'sinful'
arena of the "humanistic perverse ways of the world...
glorifying "carnal nature" and focused upon an evil life style.

The domain of the devil's demonic imps engage to kill, steal,
and destroy by the ploys of intimidation, manipulation and
domination... "spiritual bondage". We function in spiritual
discernment (a Gift of the Spirit) when we 'SEE' the ploys
and objectives of the world of darkness in action.

There are (6) actions that reveal demonic presence in the above paragraph! Remember them for they are the "element of discernment" given in God's grace to you!
Discernment is one of three Revelatory Gifts of the Spirit!
The other two are the Gift of Wisdom and Gift of Knowledge!
This knowledge put into your memory vault will save you
from the traps of oppression and possession, wiles of the devil
and His demonic army of imps (perverted fallen angels!)



Ephesians 6:10-13 (AMP)
10 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. 11 Put on the full armor of God
[for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up
against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits
of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places. 13 Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious].

When one obeys the Gospel of Christ they are miraculously
translated via the Holy Spirit into Christ's Marvelous Light.
The influence of the devil's worldly ways of rebellion against
the Love of God and his control as the strongman in one's
life of rebellion (Adamic Sin) via his hoard of demonic spirits
are dispelled from the the mind and appetites.
The "New-Born" spirit transforms us out of the old ways by supernatural conversion!
Light disperses the darkness!

This passage has physical implication and spiritual applications:
Genesis 1:4 (AMP
4 God saw that the light was good (pleasing, useful)
and He affirmed and sustained it; and God separated the light [distinguishing it] from the darkness.

Spiritually, Darkness is cast out!

The GOOD NEWS is the Word of God! It speaks of Divine Nature!
2 Peter 1:3-4 (AMP)
3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things
that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness,
through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us
by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).
4 By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious
and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you
may escape [by flight] from the moral decay
(rottenness and corruption) that is in the world
because of covetousness (lust and greed),
and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.

"All things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness".
"The old [previous moral and spiritual condition] passed away".
This is the nature that a believer in Christ receives when
yielding to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The "old nature"
of "self"... with its "carnal man" life style is done away as the transforming Divine nature of the Holy Spirit enters to abide.
We become a New Creature in Christ Jesus.
All things pass away... all things become new!

2 Corinthians 5:17 (AMP)
Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah)
he is a new creation (a new creature altogether);
the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed
away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

It is of paramount importance to understand that the
"Born-again" spirit Does Not have a "carnal nature"!

The words "carnal nature" are Not found in the Living Word
of God as pertaining to " state or possession" by a believer
in Christ! We only find in Romans 17:14, "I am carnal,
sold under sin." that is a reference to the state of a person
in Adamic "SIN" (Adam's Sin and Fall from Grace was
Rebellion against God's Command... "against His WORD!")
His Command is to "Kiss the Son" (Psalm 2:12)...
Believe on Christ being the Son of God and Change one's
thoughts and actions!

Romans 12:2 (AMP)
Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned
after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but
be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind
[by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove
[for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect
will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable
and perfect [in His sight for you].

Every person in Adamic "Sin" is a tri-part being... a body,
soul, and spirit capable of thinking and acting.
A person in Christ is a tri-part being... a body, soul and spirit
capable of thinking and acting.
Both tri-part beings have a "free will" to make choices.

What is the difference of the tri-part being who chooses
to live in Adamic "SIN" as contrasted to the tri-part being
who chooses to live in Christ?

Answer: The difference is in the 'Selected Choice."
One makes a conscience change in their way of thinking
and acting to believe the Gospel of Christ.
One expresses a conscience heart and mind desire to invite
Christ to come into their body, soul and spirit and make
a verbal conscience profession to yield to His guiding Spirit
and Living in His Light.

How can this be?

Answer:
It is God's Divine Plan of Reconciliation.
It is to one's obedience to the Holy Spirit and to the "washing
of the Word," that empowers one to enter the Kingdom of Light!

1 Peter 2:9 (AMP)
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated
nation, [God’s] own purchased, special people, that you
may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues
and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light.

Christ immediately takes residence!
The "Old Adamic SIN" is crucified and a New Man (non-gender).
the "Christ-Nature" is created!
Just as a new born baby must mature in knowledge and
wisdom, a "new and reborn spiritual being" must mature
through youth into fatherhood.

1 John 2:12-14 (AMP)
12 I am writing to you, little children, because for His name’s
sake your sins are forgiven [pardoned through His name and
on account of confessing His name].
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to
know (recognize, be aware of, and understand) Him Who
[has existed] from the beginning. I am writing to you,
young men, because you have been victorious over the
wicked [one]. I write to you, boys (lads), because you have
come to know (recognize and be aware) of the Father.
14 I write to you, fathers, because you have come to know
(recognize, be conscious of, and understand) Him Who
[has existed] from the beginning. I write to you, young men,
because you are strong and vigorous, and the Word of God
is [always] abiding in you (in your hearts), and you have been
victorious over the wicked one.

Maturity in Christ is a process! In the life of a "Born-again"
son (non-gender) of God, hindrances and set backs in
spiritual growth are Not due to an ever present
"carnal nature!"

Demonic thoughts and actions of past experiences can come to taunt the "born again" individual as "out cast" demon imps scheme, plan, and deceive to again gain control of one's life.

Remember! The "carnal old man" is dealt with at the
moment of the New Birth! The regenerated "self" and "will"
into which we are transformed is not sinful (not rebellious
to God's will, plan and purpose for our life) unless we surrender
to the "ways" of sin.

Romans 8:3-4 Amplified Bible
3 For what the Law could not do [that is, overcome sin and remove its penalty, its power] being weakened by the flesh [man’s nature without the Holy Spirit], God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned
sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His
own Son], 4 so that the [righteous and just] requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not live our lives in the ways of the flesh [guided by worldliness and our sinful nature], but [live our lives] in the ways of the Spirit [guided by His power].

The ways of sin are the "things of the flesh!

A disciple of Christ sets and protects the heart and mind
on seeking and pleasing God! [Tends, Guards, Keeps]
How?

Answer: By meditating daily on the Bread of Life
and drinking of the Holy Spirit to remain full of His Presence
and guidance!

God sends Holy angels

on mission to carry His Word
(special messages) to His sons.
[angelos (greek); mal'ak (Hebrew)
means "messenger" or "envoy."
The angel Gabriel is well known
for His dedication to deliver God's
messages to men.
In the Book of Acts there were
104 appearances of angels.
There are myriads of angels
in heaven and on earth.

   Artist Phyllis Gann

Romans 8:5 (AMP)
5 For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled
by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those
things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to
the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.

NOW that you have been made alive to the shining
Light of God, Do you find a deeper hunger and thirst
for more of His Bread (Word) and Wine (Spirit Life)?

You will find a smorgasbord feast of spiritual food and wine
in the Heart of The Prophetic Voice Inner Chambers!

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