RANKS AND ORDERS
PART 3
I want to look a little deeper into these Ranks and Orders. We have seen the different orders and ranks, in the first two parts of this study; but it goes much deeper than seeing groweth in a person, in the natural. In the following scripture, we can see MUCH of the same thing today.
Jer 48:11, "Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed."
Staying in the same place; "settleing on our lees" soaks us with physical death. "The scent" is smelled by the nose. The nose represents DISCERNMENT. ALL were given discernment, but sadly, many do not use it. Don't you remember thinking, "there has to be more than this"? That is discernment saying, "hunt for more". Some have. Some haven't. Some are never emptied from vessel to vessel; from rank to rank; from order to order and there will be an effect to this cause. DEATH. (we have been taught about death incorrectly too, but that's another story.) Some have the scent of clabbered MILK about them. Stale, old, yesterday's Milk.
The process of
creation being set free is taking place, as God releases us, we have to release
those spiritual ancestors.(teachers and preachers that has taught us incorrect
knowledge) So that they will stop telling the lies. The whole idea behind
becoming a saviour is to have our heavens opened and for US to RAIN on the rest
of the world. So that all the lies will be shaken. We cannot MAKE anyone receive
truth that has risen from the depths of us, but as they start to wonder, "is
this all there is?", we share with them, their true identity. We HELP them move
to another rank and a different order.
Ezek 48:3-9, " And by the border of Asher, from the
east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. And by the border of
Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. And by
the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for
Ephraim. And by the border of Ephraim from the east side even unto the west
side, a portion for Reuben. And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto
the west side, a portion for Judah. And by the border of Judah, from the east
side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and
twenty-thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from
the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord shall be of five and
twenty-thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth."
"East to west", always speaks of , from a rising of a new day to the downing of
that same day.
Ephraim means "half baked"; and half baked is what's wrong with the Pentecostal
move, of the old order. (but we each have to go through this step of our walk.)
Ephraim means "half baked". Pentecost means 50. 50 is half of 100. We speak of
the 30, 50, 100 fold; 50 is half of 100 fold, so Pentecost is half baked, as is
Ephraim. So, if you're at Pentecost, guess what? You're only half way home, and
need to seek another rank and another order. Notice, he never says it is from
west to east, it's always from east to west. That's because he's trying to show
everybody that there's a new day dawning.
Here, in chapter 48, he's telling us about a new day. The 12 tribes of Israel,
spiritually speaking, is in comparison to the church. He's telling ALL
the children of Israel that there's a new day and he's saying, "look for this
new day". And since he's telling this to all the children of Israel, he's
also telling the church, because the 12 tribes represent the church. Ok. What's
going to happen in this new day?
Ezek 47:3-8, "And when the man that had the line in his
hand went forth eastward , he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought
me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. Again he measured a
thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again
he measured a thousand, and brought me through, the waters were to the loins.
Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over;
for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed
over. And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me,
and caused me to return to the brink of the river. Now when I had returned,
behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the
other."
Let's look at these verses:
VS3 Which way did he go? EASTWARD. A cubit is 17 and 1/2 inches and he measured
1000 of these. How many years(God's years) did Revelation say the "one like unto
Him, would rule and reign?" 1000years.
VS4 Here, the waters were "to the knees". . The first time he was brought
through the waters "to his ankles". This
represents when we first got saved. Then he was in the waters
"up to the knees" , then
" to his loins ". This is showing us that God is
taking us deeper and deeper and deeper into this new day, deeper into Him and
deeper into the His Word. Water represents the Word. And the loins is where
FRUIT comes from. Without FRUIT being seen, the process is not finished, in this
realm.
VS5 Please hear this spiritually. First, the waters were
"to the ankles". Now, if water is up to your
ankles, do you need help in walking in water? No. If the water is up
"to your knees", do you need help? No. If the
water is up to your waist, do you need help? No. You can get by on your own.
BUT NOW, He's brought Ezekiel to water that he can't pass over. And what
He's saying is "you've come to that day where you need Me. It's all about Me!
It's no more about your effort. Forget all about your efforts, it's all about
Me." We are at a river that cannot be passed over by man! In other words, if
we're going to get to the other side (and I'm not just talking about dying
literally), we can't pray ourselves over; we can't preach or teach ourselves
over; WE'S GOT TO CHANGE OUR THINKING SO THAT WE CAN SHOW FORTH THE MANIFESTED I
AM .
VS 6-7 "And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen
this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. (7)
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many
trees.."
Now, let me ask you something. How many trees went out into the deep? ONE.
Ezekiel was the only one who went out into the deep. Right? And then God had him
to come back or return to the bank of the river. And there were many
trees on the shore. Now, who was the saviour? The one that went
out into the deep and then came back to the shore where there were many. (I know
we see Jesus in this, but keep in mind that He IS OUR PATTERN, when we see Him,
we should be seeing ourselves!!.) Ok, let's go on.
VS 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out
toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea; which
being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed"
The desert represents a people who have no Word in them. The sea represents a
large group of people. "the waters shall be healed"
. Ok, understand, the waters shall be healed because of a people who has
awakened to their true identity and has become that dimension of healing. (total
deliverance in EVERY AREA.) The ONE Who went out into the river, is a many
membered ONE, BEING ONE, and HAS brought forth the manifestation where ONLY I AM
IS SEEN, visibly.
Now, I want to explain something. Go back to Adam. When we think of Adam, we
think of a flesh man, with 2 arms and 2 legs, the whole bit. BUT this was
later on, in Adam's life. Adam was what God is! Adam was LIGHT.
When God spoke to Adam, and told Adam what it took for Adam to stay light, Adam
refused. What it took to stay light was The Tree of Life. When Adam decided
that, that truth was not for him, because Adam had been made subject to
vanity, (Rom 8:20-21 IS 45:7), and he decided to eat of another truth. (which is
called the knowledge of good and evil.) There's nothing wrong with that , other
than God told Adam not to. But, God also told Adam, "if you do.....".
Now, here we have Adam , a man of light, and at that point, (and here's the
answer to all of our questions), at that point Adam was in the image of God.
Adam was just like God. And God cannot Change, and if Adam was the image of
God, Adam could not change either, he was what God was. OK?
God is the "I AM", right? If God is the "I AM", that means that God had no past,
and he had no future, then, Adam was in the Present. Right? Now, if all
things are PRESENT with God, which they are, right? Then all things are
always present with God, they are just in a different order, or different
realms, or different dimension, but all in the same frame work of PRESENT.
The second Adam was not a new man, he was the SAME ADAM, only HIS THINKING
WAS RENEWED, therefore, TRANSFORMED!! As it is with us!!~ Adam allowed his
THINKING, the TRUTH OF GOD, to fall into the natural, carnal way of thinking.
NOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS: even though your thinking changes, it does
not change the TRUTH, just your thinking changes. And
"as a man thinketh, so is he". He thinks with
the illusional mind, and thinks he is the illusion that he is thinking, that he
is. But, IN REALITY, He IS WHO AND WHAT HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN!!!
Who was in the
garden? Adam and the serpent. Right? The serpent was in the garden with Adam, in
Genesis. The dragon is in the 12th chapter of Revelation. The serpent has become
the dragon. The serpent means "lies in the area of thought". So, the serpent
puts the thoughts there. The dragon means, "those same lies SPOKEN".! So, look
at how many lies has been told, from Genesis to Revelation, (the people believed
OTHER than God's Truths). And look at how many people have made the covenant
with the lies! We're told that we are "formed of the "dust" of the earth".
Isaiah says, "dust is the serpent's meat". And he's (the serpent) been eating
the meat because we've been shoveling it out!!
PS 51:5, "Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin
did my mother conceive me."
"I was shaped in iniquity"... I was shaped, I was made, right? If you look this
up and study it out, it is talking about "punishment for sin". You were shaped
because of punishment for sin. WE DIDN'T SIN!!! But our spiritual
ancestors TOLD US THAT!! And through their words, our personalities were
shaped! And then it says "in sin was I conceived". IF you have been taught a
lie, and a lie misses the mark, then the mark is sin.
PS 58:3, "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they
go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies."
"the wicked are estranged even from the womb..." Why? Because if a woman
is pregnant and I'm ministering lies to her, I'm ministering not ONLY TO HER,
BUT I'M MINISTERING THE SAME LIES TO THE BABY!!! Look at what else PS says,
"they go astray.." Who does? The BABY!! When? As soon as the baby is born.
Spiritually speaking. Take a babe in Christ. He comes in and hears all the lies
and then what's he do? He goes out SPEAKING those lies! He has no other
alternative. He's been feed lies from the womb and comes out with the same lies
in his spirit and go right on telling the same lies to someone else!
God is saying to us, today, that our heavens have to be opened because there are
still too many lies. Even though God has saturated us with Truth, there are lies
that are hidden in the dark recesses of the mind that has to be released,
renewed..
We were never separated from God.
We were never sinners saved by Grace.
We were never in the shape we're in, because of Adam; we are in the shape (illusionally)
we are in because of what we BELIEVE. Do you believe that you are ONE IN HIM,
which makes you Him and Him, you? Or do you think you are a sinner saved by
grace. Whichever you believe, is what you manifest.
NOW, you can
understand why God said, "I'm calling a people that there will be time no more!"
Because as long as we think of Adam being at the TOP ORDER, and the Atonement
being later in time, and all that space in between, we're thinking "that's me",
then we're going to go right on being what we've thought we were. But, if we
think with "no time", always in the PRESENT (as God does) we'll see
differently and be what we think. PS 23:7, "as a
man thinketh in his mind...".
Now, let's look even deeper into this.
James 1:18, "Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures … The word "firstfruits" speaks of the beginning of something, or the first of the ripe fruits. The word "firstfruits" would then signify to us that that which is considered a firstfruit is not the full harvest, but it does point to the fact that there is more fruit to come. The firstfruits is not the end of the harvest, but it is just the beginning of GOD’S GREAT HARVEST."
Usually as babes, one of the first things we study out is the Feasts of the O.T. We learned that
these are the feasts; (and notice there is a harvest for EACH FEAST).1. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, 2. THE FEAST OF WEEKS, 3. THE FEAST OF INGATHERING. -These three great feasts have three harvests: 1. BARLEY HARVEST, 2. WHEAT HARVEST, ` 3. GRAPE HARVEST. -These three major feasts are also known as: 1. PASSOVER, 2. PENTECOST, 3. TABERNACLES. This shows us three ranks and three orders. And remember, each order has three ranks in it. Now, consider this;
There IS a remnant coming into manifestation of I AM. This remnant will bring the nations AND the WORLD into the consumation and completion of I AM's great harvest, which will result in HIM being manifested in ALL, as ALL IN ALL. We are in an exciting place in the plan of I AM. And do not be fooled, JUST AS IT IS FINISHED ALREADY IN THE SPIRIT REALM, IT WILL BE SEEN IN THIS REALM.
"But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. (1Corinthians 15:23-28)"
First, "Christ the firstfruits". What is Christ? IT IS GOD'S LIFE LITTERALLYL FLOWING THROUGH A PERSON. Afterwards, "they that are Christ's at His coming". This is them that are His, and ACCEPTING HIS COMING IN THEM. Then, the end, when He (US, as HIM AND HIM IN US) shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God; even the Father. Ok, where is the Kingdom? IT IS IN EVERYONE; whether they know it, yet, or not. Now be sure to take notice, IT IS MANFEST!!! This tells us that it is not all finished UNTIL it is manifested in this visible realm as it is in the invisible realm. Don't allow the perfect dream to cause you to have to enter the invisible realm and wait until, THE REMNANT BRINGS THE WHOLE WORLD into knowing their true identity.
I would like to share with you, something that was shared with me. It is two visions that were seen by Bro. Visscher; (keep in mind that those sent forth ARE ONE IN HIM, AS HIM, in the earthen realm).
2 Visions
(1st Vision)
"The Throne, God upon the Throne, and before Him seven lamps of fire burning which are the seven spirits of God. These lamps went forth unto the world of men, but while they went forth they remained before the Throne unmoved, yet motioning forward into the world of men. Each of these lamps worked a work in present time, in the reality of this natural world even though the lamps were the spirit of God in complete holiness and even while they remained and did not move. It was during this time that I saw that these lamps moved as they had not moved before and that the purpose that God has purposed was being fulfilled because of the perfect motion of His seven spirits in the world of men."
(End Vision)
(2nd Vision)
"I beheld God then at the very start of this day of His dominion over the earth. By start, I mean the beginning of the extension of His Spirit over the earth to subdue it and to bring the nations and the kingdoms therein unto Him in full restorative power. For His Kingdom and His Dominion has always been. Yet in the purposes that God has purposed His Kingdom and His Dominion has a point wherein He subdues all that is outside of it so that all that is outside of it may become one with it. In this vision I beheld God over the earth pushing with His shoulder the large dark vail that was spread over creation, even the curse of the Adamic fall, the state of death that encapsulated this creation and the cosmos itself into a state of death and dying. God was with His shoulder pushing back the vail of death thus destroying it by removing it off of the earth, out from the atmosphere of the air, from off of all the nations, from over the time frame of this very day we are in.
(End Vision)
WE, His Firstfruits, are His Extension; WE are HIM taking DOMINION in this rank and order. I hope that you will glean some revelation through this series and will be DETERMINED to grow and move into every rank and order. Allow Him to come forth.
Amen.
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