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         UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION       8/30/07

                                                     PART 5

 

 

We will be looking at Chapter 4 of the Book, today. I want to say, that, UNDERSTANDING THIS CHAPTER IS VITAL, to the knowing of our True Identity. As I said in the beginning of this sharing, this book has been incorrectly taught, by many, for years. But, understanding is rising in a people. Just as Chapter 1 and verse 1 showed us, this book IS NOT REVEALING the man, Jesus. It is revealing our True Identity, and a people who are entering that Identity, TODAY.

 

It is Jesus (God, Eloheim) revealing this to John. I believe that John recognized Jesus, and his True Identity, far more than any of the other disciples did. The Book of John holds more Present Truth, than most of the other books do. John, who went through more, "trying to be killed", than any of the disciples did. Yet, he survived, to be banished to the Isle of Patmos. Do you think that was a coincident? I don't. I think it was for the very purpose that is being shown to us today. He was deserted to a most lonely place, alone (in the natural way of seeing this), and yet, it is John who is seeing this revealing. And as the Example, that He was, Jesus always spoke in parables, and explained the parables to those who had the desire to know more. Because the more they heard, the more they saw Truth.

 

AGAIN, I want to make it clear, THIS IS NOT ABOUT US, IT IS ABOUT WHO AND WHAT WE REALLY ARE. Just as God was seen as the Being that dwelled in the flesh body that we learned about, the man Jesus; He is now being seen in a many membered body. He is revealing HIMSELF, LITERALLY, IN THE FLESH AGAIN. Christ ( HIS LIFE flowing in the flesh) is being realized by a people. His is not revealing Linda, turning into someone other than Linda, He is revealing Who we have ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE. Regardless of who says what; regardless of the names Linda is called; regardless of the blinders that folks will not permit to be removed; NOTHING can change His Truth of Himself, which is us, His many membered self.

 

As you will see, in this fifth part of sharing, eyes will be opened even more, IF they are open to what the Spirit is showing us in this fourth chapter of Revelation. This chapter is SO REVEALING. IF people would go into this with the desire to know truth, rather than to try to prove someone wrong, they would be amazed of what has been in this book, all these years. But finally, there is a people who has stopped following and depending on MAN, and has turned their focus, STRICTLY to Him.

 

So, let's begin.

 

Revelation 4:1-2, "After this (after seeing ALL the churches throughout the ages, and what had to be overcome) I looked, and BEHOLD (remember what the word "behold" means? It means that you are going to be shown something that you did not know before) a door was opened in heaven; (the word "was" does not belong here, it was added in the translating) a door opened in heaven; (Who is the Door? Jesus (God) . Since He is Spirit, the Door that opened was Spirit  understanding) and the first voice which I heard, (again, "was" was added) as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spirit: (**the word trumpet represents a clear sounding Word from God) .

 

God has always worked in 3's. (3 rooms in Tabernacle of Moses; 3 part being, Spirit, soul and body; in creating, think, speak, bring into being; Father, Son, Holy Spirit; salvation, Pentecost, Kingdom; and many other examples) and the words "come up hither" is used three times in this Book of prophesy. (Rev. 4:1, Rev.11:12, Rev.17:1) AND because we KNOW that He IS THE EXAMPLE, look at what we are told to do in Rev.22.

 

Rev. 22:17, " And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. AND LET HIM THAT HEARETH SAY COME . And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.:

 

Can you see that EXACTLY what the Spirit is saying and doing, IS WHAT HE IS SAYING WE WILL/ARE DOING? Or SHOULD BE DOING! "Him that heareth" is saying to others, exactly what the Spirit said to "him that heareth". And notice, "And the Spirit and the bride SAY.." , notice this IS NOT PAST TENSE, NOR IS IT FUTURE, IT IS PRESENT TENSE. We ARE to be SPEAKING as the Spirit IS SPEAKING. Why? Because in Genesis 1, we are told that we ARE WHO AND WHAT HE IS, SPIRIT. WE ARE the exact SAME SPIRIT that HE IS!! ONLY WE CAN BRING FORTH THIS MANIFESTATION OF OUR TRUE SELF. We are told in John 1:16, "OF HIS FULLNES have we all RECEIVED." Are we filled with His Fullness to do nothing? I think not. RELIGION!! We MUST rid ourselves of these religious thinkings, so that FULLNESS can rise within us.

 

And so, once John, "come up hither", once he focused on ONLY the Mind of God thinking, he was immediately in the Spirit, or the "heaven". And he started "seeing" things. Folks understand this, "seeing" means UNDERSTANDING. We don't have to wait until we have a mystical vision appear. I am not saying that people have not experienced a vision; but, I am saying that a vision USUALLY is an understanding in the mind. (either His mind or the carnal mind). And many "visions" are of the carnal. Just like the girl who had a "vision" of the Rapture taking place. She saw it carnally. Is there a rapture? Sure is; John is experiencing it, but, NEVER left the Isle of Patmos. Do you see how the carnal mind becomes "religious"? To "come up hither" is a state of BEING, not going someplace. "To come up hither", does not require us to be at a certain place; or to be with a certain group; or to be alone. Look to the Example; Jesus was "Up hither" regardless of where He was or who He was with. And IF entering that Spiritual realm, we THINK that we can do it better with certain people, we NEED to go back and rethink our growth. THE ONLY THING WE NEED, IS WHO WE ARE! Whether alone or with a thousand people. So John started UNDERSTANDING that he had to "come up hither" or to put his focus WHOLLY on what He was going to hear and "see".

 

Rev. 4:2, And immediately I was in the Spirit; And BEHOLD (here we go again. Not only us, but John also, was going to experience something that he and us had not known before.) a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on that throne."

 

THRONE, speaks of AUTHORITY. There is only ONE AUTHORITY. ELOHEIM!! And where was this authority? "in heaven". In heaven, simply means, in the Spirit. Heaven is a state of being; just as hell is a state of being. And we experience whichever one we allow our mind to stay on.

 

An example of this is: when someone passes over, are we happy for that one or are we MORE concerned with OUR missing them? I learned this when my little Mama passed over. I was hurting and crying and "the thought" came to me; why are you crying? And I thought because I need her here. How I will miss her. It didn't occure to me that she had received a BLESSING!! Yes, I KNEW she would go on learning. Yes, I knew she would not have to deal with that HORRIBLE disease that filled her. And yes, I knew that there was no TIME where she was. She didn' t have to study for eight hours and then say "oh, I have to stop for now, and fix me something to eat; or to take a bath". No, and I know that this sounds cold; BUT I WAS THINKING OF ME! I was not happy for her to be gone because I NEEDED HER; I NEEDED THAT WONDERFUL LOVE THAT A MOTHER GIVES!! What was I gong to do? But, understanding came to me. She really went no where. She was around me (Heb. 12:1) and WHEN I became sensitive to the Spirit, that we both are, I could help her learn. Hallelujah!! So, when my focus went to the saddness of MY NEED I was in hell; but, when I focused on the understanding that I had received, I was in heaven or in Spiritual understanding. It is our flesh that does the missing. Because spiritually, WE ARE ALL ONE. JUST AS WE ARE ONE IN HIM< ALL ARE IN HIM!! Whether they realize it or not, yet. What we focus on, is the state of being we are in.

 

Am I saying that we shouldn't miss loved ones? If we could only come to realize, that MY MOTHER was not my mother. He is my Mother, My Father, My sister, My brother, MY ALL. I AM IN HIM< ONE IN HIM, AND SO IS ALL, and the carnal mind cannot tell me that I am missing something that is ONE IN ME , because WE ARE ALL HIM!! How can He or We SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM OURSELVES? Oh my friends, this carnal mind is very clever. But, I AM THANKING I AM, that it is losing its power over me. (actually that power has never been, it is my BELIEVING that that power was in me, that was just manifesting, but I AM awakening.) Because all that we are experiencing HERE, is of that mind; ILLUSIONAL THINKING. But, when we rise above that illusional thinking, we begin to see ALL HERE, AS HE SEES IT. And let's face it folks, we HAVE to THINK as HE THINKS, for His manifestation to FULLY BE SEEN IN AND AS US.

 

This is why I say, it is all a process. Some disagree, but that is ok, I receive what I receive and they receive what they receive; and THE PLAN will fulfill itself.

 

"and ONE sat on that throne."

 

Now, what does Eloheim, mean? It means PLURAL GOD. Whose image are we? Eloheim. We are coming into the realizing that where WE are, He is. Where HE is, We are. Keep this in mind.

 

His glory is being symbolized by the stones and the rainbow, His promise to us.

 

But, here is chapter four, the veil is taken from John and he entered into the realm of heaven (Spirit). John is seeing the entire rulership and authority of the total redeemed body, in which Eloheim dwells. What John is seeing is this "one like unto the son of man" who has manifested the Fullness of their Being, Eloheim, God. John is seeing this "ascended" and diminsion of the eternal glory of God. THE authority is beginning to be seen by John.

 

Now, I want what is so thrilling, in the describing of the one on the throne; the twenty-four seats; the twenty-four elders; and the four beasts. to be looked at.

 

Rev. 4:3-5, "And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment: and they had on their heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there are seven seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God."

 

These stones were in the breastplate that the priests wore; and each of them had a meaning. Each of the 12 tribes had their own stone. The breastplate speaks of part of what we are clothed with. The stones are all revealing God's glory. I won't through all the meanings of each stone; but in the Old Testament, each of the 12 tribes had a stone that represented them. We will see more about the stones when we come to The Gate, later in the book. But, remember this, as you think of stones:

 

1 Peter 2:4-5, "To who coming, as unto a living stone, DISALLOWED INDEED OF MEN, but chosen of God, and precious. YE ALSO, AS LIVELY STONES are built up as spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifcices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone..... "

 

Can you see in these verses that Jesus was the Stone, and WE are also stones? And MAN cannot be these stones; what we ARE, Spirit Beings, made in the image of I AM, awakened from this strong dillusion we have been living.

 

Eph. 2:18-22, "For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto (INTO) the Father. NOW therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of (out from within) the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple IN the Lord: In whom ye ALSO ARE builed together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."

 

Seats speak of a place of rest.

 

Rev. 4:4, " ..... and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders SITTING, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold."

 

The four and twenty elders represent the ruling forces of the mind; they have controlled all of us. And all of these forces MUST bow down and submit to God. These are all that rule the carnal man. And just as they controls the carnal, the  elders rule the Spiritual. It is the Mind of God and His attributes.

 

Carnal                                                         Spiritual

1. disobedience                                      obedience

2. body senses                                       Spiritual Senses

3. judgement                                            lack of judgement

4. hate                                                        love

5. weakness                                            strength

6. error and lies truth

7. doubt, fear, jealousy                         faith and trust

8. man                                                       Godhood

9. pride                                                      humility

10. limitedness                                        no limit

11. rebellion                                             service to others

12. lack of knowledge                           knowledge and wisdom

13. lack of duty                                       willingness

14. sorrow                                                 joy

15. uncontentment                                peace

16. impatience                                         longsuffering

17. knowing of evilness                      goodness

18. harshness                                        gentleness

19. emotional disorder                         temperance

20. carnality                                            holiness

21. carnal delight                                   desirous of God

22. not lovers of truth                          Truth of God

23. self or ego                                        character of God

24. unbeliever                                         believer

 

The four and twenty elders speak of rulers or controllers of our complete lifestyle. Atttributes of who we focus on, the dillusional, carnal thinking or the truth of our Identity. In all things in this life, we consult with the "elders" of our thinking. Where is our focus? What is our focus on? Our elders decide this. What or which elders is speaking to us? Think about it. The choice is ours, for we HAVE HIS FULLNESS.

 

I am tying to make this as UNRELIGIOUS as I can. We need to rid our mind of all that RELIGIOUS thinking of 24 people sitting on seats around a huge throne in the "heaven", with some white haired man sitting on it. Just waiting to judge us. Can anyone judge Eloheim? (plural God).

 

As our mind is renewed, or our thinking changed from this carnal, illusional thinking, to the Mind of God, transformation or the manifesting of Him, is seen. Litterally on the earth,  in the invisible realm. ONLY HIM is seen when we are looked upon; ONLY HE is heard speaking from our voice. HE MANIFEST HIS LIFE IN AND AS US.

 

White speaks of purity. Crowns speak of authority. Heads speak of the mind. This mind of purity and authority, is God's Mind. The elders speak of what or Who rules this life.

 

Rev. 4;5, " And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven spirits of God".

 

The seven lamps explain themselves, here.

 

The voices takes us back to Rev 1:13. That one like unto the son of man, with the voices of MANY WATERS" , which is the many membered body which is awakened to their Identity. This "one like unto" has come into the knowing of their/His Identity. Here we are being explained all that they came into knowing.

 

Now, we will see that, that ONE sitting on this throne, is a many membered ONE. US IN HIM. AS HIM and HIM AS US. Now remember what we read in the Seven Churches:

 

Rev 3:21, "and to him that overcometh I WILL GRANT TO SIT WITH (IN) IN MY FATHER'S THRONE!!"

 

SOOOO, "the one like unto", this many membered body, because this one has come into the realization of their True Identity SITS IN HIS THRONE!!! Hallelujah!! Oh how I pray you are seeing this with Spiritual understanding. They/this one like unto, overcame the thrones that ruled their lives. The thrones are what rules our lives.

 

Prov. 4:23, "Out of the heart comes the issues of life."

 

Out of the thrones of our heart comes rulership, either carnal or Spiritual. Our heart is His throne. In HIS FINISHED WORK, He has already overthrown any power that ruled from our throne (heart), now WE manifest that Finished Work.

 

In the next part, we will even MORE of the showing of this "one like unto." It is glorious and can only fill you with joy, both earthly joy and heavenly (Spiritual) joy!!

 

to be continued....

 

It is understandable for a child to be afraid of the dark; but, why would an adult be afraid of the LIGHT?

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