======================================================================== WRITINGS OF JAMES NILES - VOLUME 1 by James Niles ======================================================================== A collection of theological writings, sermons, and essays by James Niles (Volume 1), compiled for study and devotional reading. Chapters: 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 00.00. Niles, James - Library 2. 01.00.1. Are there Answers in the midst of chaos? 3. 01.00.3. Preface 4. 01.00.4. Table of Contents 5. 01.01. Are there answers in the midst of chaos? 6. 01.02. Is there a way forward? 7. 01.03. GOD is willing and able to save us 8. 01.04. What does it mean to be born again? 9. 01.05. Why do we need to be born again? 10. 01.06. How can we be born again? 11. 01.07. The prayer for salvation 12. 02.0.1. BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY 13. 02.0.2. Table Of Contents 14. 02.0.3. INSIGHTS INTO BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY 15. 02.0.4. INTRODUCTION 16. 02.01. CHAPTER 01: MAN IS A SPIRITUAL BEING 17. 02.02. CHAPTER 02: ADAMS FALL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 18. 02.03. CHAPTER 03: THE SALVATION OF MAN 19. 02.04. CHAPTER 04: THE BASIS OF SALVATION 20. 02.05. CHAPTER 05: SALVATION DEVELOPS FROM THE SEED OF CHRIST 21. 02.06. CHAPTER 06: THE GROWTH OF THE SPIRIT MAN 22. 02.07. CHAPTER 07: OUR FULFILLMENT POTENTIAL 23. 02.08. CHAPTER 08: THE SALVATION OF OUR SOUL 24. 02.09. CHAPTER 09: UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT-SOUL-SPIRIT BALANCE 25. 02.10. CHAPTER 10: UNDERSTANDING GODS WORKMANSHIP IN US 26. 02.11. CHAPTER 11: THE INTERFACE OF THE HEART 27. 02.12. CHAPTER 12: THE FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR HEART 28. 02.13. CHAPTER 13: THE SHABBAT-SHALOM OF OUR INWARD PARTS 29. 02.14. CHAPTER 14: ACTUALIZING SPIRITUAL GROWTH 30. 02.15. CHAPTER 15: THE SPLAGCHNA OF JESUS CHRIST 31. 02.16. CHAPTER 16: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST 32. 02.17. CHAPTER 17: DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY TO MINISTER 33. 02.18. CHAPTER 18: OPERATING THROUGH THE VEIL OF HIS FLESH 34. 02.19. CHAPTER 19: OPERATING IN THE MOUNT OF THE LORD 35. 03.01. Having the Faith of God! 36. 03.02. Book Info 37. 03.04. Table of Contents 38. 03.05. INTRODUCTION 39. 03.06. ONE INTRODUCING THE FAITH OF GOD 40. 03.07. TWO UNDERSTANDING THE FAITH OF GOD 41. 03.08. THREE THE S E E D OF GOD'S FAITH 42. 03.09. FOUR THE S U BS TA N C E OF GOD'S FAITH 43. 03.10. FIVE A C T UA L I Z I N G THE WITNESS OF GOD'S FAITH 44. 03.11. SIX LESSONS ON FAITH G O N E W R O N G 45. 04.00.1. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST 46. 04.00.2. Table of Contents 47. 04.01. Part 1 48. 04.02. Part 2 49. 04.03. Part 3 50. 04.04. Part 4 51. 04.05. Part 5 52. 04.06. Part 6 53. 04.07. Part 7 54. 04.08. Part 8 55. 04.09. Part 9 56. 04.10. Part 10 57. 04.11. Part 11 58. 04.12. Part 12 59. 05.00.1. Jesus Christ Who is HE? 60. 05.00.2. Copyright Info 61. 05.00.3. Table of Contents 62. 05.01. Introduction 63. 05.02. Who Is Jesus Christ? 64. 05.03. The Bible Testifies Of Jesus Christ 65. 05.04. The Structure Of The Bible 66. 05.05. Prophecy Actually Fulfilled 67. 05.06. The Bible Carries The Testament Of GOD 68. 05.07. Biblical Prophecy Concerning Jesus Christ 69. 05.08. The Spiritual Pronouncements Of Biblical Prophecy 70. 05.09. In Summary 71. 05.10. The Prayer For Salvation 72. 06.00.1. Knowing GOD 73. 06.00.2. Copyright Info 74. 06.00.4. TABLE OF CONTENTS 75. 06.01. SYNOPSIS 76. 06.02. PART I 77. 06.03. The “I AM” Of GOD 78. 06.04. “I AM” Revealed 79. 06.05. The Passover 80. 06.06. Coming Alive To GOD 81. 06.07. The Power That Works Within Us 82. 06.08. The Kingdom Of GOD 83. 06.09. PART II 84. 06.10. The Inward Construct 85. 06.11. Being Enabled To Enter GOD’S Kingdom 86. 06.12. A Functional State In The Word 87. 06.13. Covenant - The Word Communicated 88. 06.14. The Law And The Prophets Fulfilled 89. 06.15. The Prophetic Of The Morning Star 90. 06.16. PART III 91. 06.17. Understanding The Testimony Of JESUS 92. 06.18. The Actuality Of Blood Covenant 93. 06.19. Being Alive By HIM 94. 06.20. “I AM ... WHO ... THAT ... I AM” 95. 06.21. The Inward Witness 96. 06.22. How Scripture Explains The Inward Witness 97. 07.00.1. OUR ANOINTING IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 98. 07.00.2. Copyright info 99. 07.00.3. COVER DESIGN ======================================================================== CHAPTER 1: 00.00. NILES, JAMES - LIBRARY ======================================================================== Niles, James - Library Niles, James - Are there Answers in the midst of chaos? Niles, James - BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY Niles, James - Having the Faith of GOD! Niles, James - Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Niles, James - Jesus Christ Who is HE? Niles, James - Knowing GOD Niles, James - OUR ANOINTING IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Niles, James - OUR COVENANT in the LORD JESUS CHRIST Niles, James - OUR TESTIMONY IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Niles, James - Salvation Niles, James - The Amazing Life of Jesus Christ Niles, James - The Law of Faith Niles, James - THE MEMORIAL NAME Niles, James - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SON’S NAME Niles, James - The Testimony of GOD and HIS Messaiah Niles, James - Understanding GOD’S Word Niles, James - WHO IS GOD? Niles, James - Why you should understand the Bible S. 2012 - A Pivotal Year For The Body Of MESSIAH S. Being taught by GOD S. Discerning the Truth S. Evidence of GOD S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 01 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 02 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 03 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 04 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 05 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 06 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 07 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 08 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 09 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 10 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 11 S. Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part 12 S. Inward State S. Prayer - Praying by the SPIRIT S. Prayer - Praying in the name of JESUS S. Prayer - Praying thru Witness S. Prayer - Praying With Authority S. Psalms 91:1-16 PERSONALIZED S. Salvation - One Baptism S. Salvation - Understanding HOLY SPIRIT Baptism S. Salvation - Understanding Salvation S. Salvation - Understanding Sin S. Salvation - Understanding Water Baptism S. The Witness Of JESUS CHRIST - Part1 S. The Witness of JESUS CHRIST - Part2 S. The Witness of JESUS CHRIST - Part3 S. The Witness of JESUS CHRIST - Part4 S. The Witness of JESUS CHRIST - Part5 S. The Witness of JESUS CHRIST - Part6 S. The Witness of JESUS CHRIST - Part7 S. Unveiling and using the Word of GOD ======================================================================== CHAPTER 2: 01.00.1. ARE THERE ANSWERS IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS? ======================================================================== Are there Answers in the midst of chaos? By Pastor James Niles www.TheTabernacleSchool.com ======================================================================== CHAPTER 3: 01.00.3. PREFACE ======================================================================== Preface This leaflet has been prepared by The Tabernacle @ KualaLumpur and The Tabernacle @ Seremban. 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GOD is willing and able to save us What does it mean to be born again? Why do we need to be born again? How can we be born again? The prayer for salvation ======================================================================== CHAPTER 5: 01.01. ARE THERE ANSWERS IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS? ======================================================================== Are there answers in the midst of chaos? We live in uncertain times. Difficult times of economic upheaval, increasing job and business uncertainties. We are living in the midst of changing weather patterns, pollution of air and water resources. We also see the growing destruction of the fabric of sound moral and spiritual values. The fact is that we are in a growing state of chaos and turmoil. Stability in our lives has become a thing of the past. And, without stability, we can’t confidently plan our future especially in areas of career, marriage and family, establishing a home etc. All that can be shaken in our world is shaking. In 700 BC, Isaiah the prophet wrote of a time in the future when the total fabric of society will collapse [Isaiah 24:1-6]. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 6: 01.02. IS THERE A WAY FORWARD? ======================================================================== Is there a way forward? YES! There is a way forward through GOD and, what He brings into us; and, what He is able to bring through us into our personal, family and work situations. In fact in the Bible, GOD speaks to us in the midst of the chaos of human history. Here is a selection of what GOD proclaims in His Word: • I am the stability of your times [Isaiah 33:6] • All things created will shake; but, you can receive My Kingdom that can’t be shaken. [Hebrews 12:27-28] • Call on Me and I will answer you and, I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. [Jeremiah 33:3] • I will give you a heart to know Me and, you will be Mine. [Jeremiah 24:7] • My peace I can give to you. [John 14:24] The way to steering our way through and overcoming the difficulties of our time is to come alive to GOD. In GOD we can enter and function in the Kingdom of GOD. In GOD’s Kingdom, we can be progressively changed by GOD. We can learn to operate in the Kingdom of GOD. Our ability to operate in the Kingdom will enable us to steer a way through the chaos and problems of our personal, family and work situations. However, being actually able to enter and function in the Kingdom of GOD requires a solution to man’s nature in sin. Sin is the spiritual fabric in which our chaos operates – in us personally and, in our situations and circumstances. Sin is the spiritual disease that is destroying the human soul and the fabric of human society. Is a new state of being progressively set free from sin possible for us? YES! The biblical solution is for you and me to be birthed into the Kingdom of GOD. Such a birth into the Kingdom of GOD is the sovereign act of GOD. Birth into the Kingdom of GOD opens us to the processes of Kingdom living and function. Being birthed into the Kingdom of GOD is the commencement of the process in which GOD saves us - by actually breaking the yokes of sin over our lives. [Romans 8:2] ======================================================================== CHAPTER 7: 01.03. GOD IS WILLING AND ABLE TO SAVE US ======================================================================== GOD is willing and able to save us The birth into the Kingdom – which is, our spiritual transfer from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of GOD [Colossians 1:12-14] - is enabled through GOD’s willingness and His ability to save us. GOD in His great love for man, whom he created in His own image [Genesis 1:26-27], has chosen to pay the price for our sin [Colossians 2:13-14]. The price of sin is death – in both natural and spiritual terms. The natural death that is our common experience is a consequence of sin destroying us spiritually. In paying the price for sin in death, GOD has established His Testimony which when communicated into us, brings into being in us the spiritual state of a “new man”. [Colossians 2:9-10] From a spiritual new birth, GOD engineers a process of actual change into us. This process of GOD-engineered spiritual change is called salvation, and is based on the actual communication of GOD’s own moral nature and character into our soul. GOD communicates His moral nature and character into us, from the Testimony, that He has established for our freewill acceptance. The Bible explains this by declaring that GOD as the Father of creation, by His Spirit manifested His Word in human form – incarnated into the womb of a virgin named Mary, 2,000 years ago – to become the Savior of man. GOD gave the Savior the Name Jesus. Jesus means “GOD Saves” or “GOD Is Salvation”. Jesus is the Person and the Name through which man is saved! [Php 2:8-11] Jesus became – by all that He accomplished by Testimony - the instrument for man’s salvation. Jesus paid the price for man’s sin according to the Law and the Prophets penned 500-1400 years before His coming into the earth. Scripture through the Law and the Prophets categorically declares that the wages of sin is death. [Romans 6:23] In the context of the Law and the Prophets, written centuries before His advent, the Bible refers to Jesus as GOD’s Son, the Messiah (the Christ) – the Savior of man. The Law and the Prophets were written and compiled some 500 years before Jesus Christ came into the world. Jesus Christ by Testimony through His life, His ministry, His sacrifice, and His resurrection from the dead, becomes – in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [Matthew 5:17-18] - the spiritual blueprint for a new man. The spiritual blueprint that communicates the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets – called the Testimony of Jesus - is the basis for our salvation. [Revelation 19:10; Revelation 3:14] Jesus’ life attested to freedom from sin. Jesus is quoted in the Scripture as declaring to His enemies: “Which one of you convicts Me of sin!”! [John 8:46] His ministry involved teaching which, was vindicated by astonishing miracles, and the healing of the sick and the demonized. [Acts 2:22] Jesus Christ raised the dead, walked on water, stopped the storms, turned water into wine and, healed the lame, the blind and, the leper. His sacrifice involved His actual and willing death on the cross, in order to pay the price for sin and, the consequences of sin – death, as stipulated by the Law of GOD. His resurrection from the dead is the visible proof of GOD’s sovereign vindication of the price that Jesus had paid for the sin of man. [Acts 2:22-32] In actually overcoming death, Jesus Christ becomes the spiritual blueprint for a new man. His Testimony, when actually communicated by GOD into the heart of man, changes lives through the process of salvation. Such a communication of the Testimony of Jesus, by GOD, will take place provided we – in our own free will, respond to His Testimony, by believing in Him. GOD demands our willingness to believe as a spiritual conduit for the communication of the Testimony of Jesus that saves us. By receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior – by faith –we are opened to the privilege of actually becoming sons of GOD by being spiritually created in Jesus Christ, in the inward parts of spirit, soul and heart, in our inward man. [Ephesians 2:10] Our creation in Jesus Christ in our inward man comes into being through a process called salvation. This process of salvation commences from and through a new birth. In being “born again” we are given the opportunity to enter the Kingdom of GOD. Jesus Christ, who is GOD’s Son and our Savior, instructs us on how to enter the Kingdom of GOD with these Words: • Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you are born again you cannot see the Kingdom of GOD. [John 3:3] • Unless you are born of Water (which Scripture describes as the Voice of GOD [Ezekiel 1:24; Revelation 1:15]) and the Spirit of GOD, you cannot enter the Kingdom of GOD. [John 3:5] • The GOD given realities of the Kingdom of GOD will be revealed in you. [Luke 17:20-21] Please understand that our first step into the Kingdom of GOD is to be born again. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 8: 01.04. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BORN AGAIN? ======================================================================== What does it mean to be born again? GOD describes being born again in the following Words: • I will cleanse you from all the filthiness of your sin. And, I will give you a new spirit and a new heart. [Ezekiel 36:26] [We are born again when GOD gives us a new spirit and a new heart.] • And, with a new spirit and a new heart within you, I will remove your heart of stone and, I will put My Spirit within you and, I will cause you to walk in My ways. [Ezekiel 36:26-27] The reality of being born again as described above is the sovereign work of GOD in our inward man. It is not the work of man, but of GOD alone. The evidence of being born again cannot be replicated by self-denominated religious practice. The actuality of being born again is a life changing encounter with the living GOD. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 9: 01.05. WHY DO WE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN? ======================================================================== Why do we need to be born again? In being born again we enter into salvation. Through the process of salvation, GOD changes and transforms us so that we can be positioned to function in His Kingdom. Salvation opens us to an eternal future in the Kingdom that transcends death. And, through salvation, we are enabled to function as citizens of the Kingdom of GOD. Salvation is the spiritual process that comes into being in us, as GOD brings into being a new born spirit and a new born heart into our inward being. We are born again when we believe in our heart that we are saved through Jesus Christ, when we receive His Testimony and acknowledge Him as our Lord and Savior. [Romans 10:9-10] In being born again, GOD begins to deal with the sin that destroys our soul. GOD deals with sin as we receive His Word and, as we respond to His Word. [Romans 3:21-26] The Bible declares that Jesus Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world – by sacrificing Himself, through His death on the cross, overcoming sin and death on behalf of all mankind – as evidenced by His resurrection from the dead. In John 3:16, it is written: < For GOD so loved the world that He gave His Son (by sacrifice through the cross) that whosoever should believe in Him (based on His Testimony) will have eternal life. > Salvation is the result of all that Jesus Christ achieved by Testimony through His sacrifice – for man - on the cross. The meaning and reality of Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice was prophesied by the prophet Isaiah more that 700 years before Jesus Christ’s coming into human history. The prophet Isaiah wrote [Isaiah 53:5-6; Isaiah 53:11]: “He was pierced through for our transgressions (deliberate sin), He was crushed for our iniquities (habitual sin); the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him. …. By His knowledge (expressed in His faith and love for man before GOD) the Righteous One will justify the many, as He will bear their iniquities.” GOD validates the meaning of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ – attesting to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - by raising Him from the dead. And, transformed lives and fulfilled Scripture attest to the ongoing reality of salvation that comes – into being in us - in the Witness and Testimony of JESUS. In speaking about Jesus Christ’s sacrifice, 1000 years before His coming, King David wrote [Psalms 22:29]: “All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive. Posterity will serve Him.” Salvation gives expression to the faith and love of Jesus Christ for us - expressed and tested through the cross [1 Timothy 1:14(15) 1 Timothy 1:14]. Being sinless, being GOD in human form [John 1:14; Colossians 2:9], Jesus Christ willingly chose to pay the price of our sin – death. [Luke 23:34; Romans 5:6; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:23] Jesus Christ willingly chose to subject Himself to actual physical death, confident that GOD would vindicate His sacrifice on behalf of man – in accordance with all that was written (and predicted) in the Law and the Prophets. By overcoming death Jesus would fulfill the Law and the Prophets. This is why salvation is based on everything that the Testimony of Jesus Christ will bring into being – in us - in our inward man of spirit, soul and heart. [2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7] Through salvation, the realities of Jesus Christ’s faith and love – expressed in the actualities of His nature and character demonstrated through the cross - bring actual change into our inward being. GOD has vindicated the reality of Jesus sacrifice – for man’s sin - on the cross, by raising Him from the dead. The Bible declares that Jesus Christ having risen from the dead was seen by more than 500 men and women [1 Corinthians 15:1-8]. The Bible also declares that the risen Christ was witnessed by many on several occasions. The Bible also attests to the fact that Jesus Christ taught and instructed His disciples several times after His resurrection. He also fellowshipped and ate with them on several occasions after His resurrection. All this happened over a 40 day period after His resurrection. His ascension into heaven was also witnessed by many [Acts 1:9-11]. Finally, Jesus Christ was witnessed to, by the willingness of His disciples to suffer and die, in upholding the Testament of His death and resurrection as the basis for man’s salvation. Entry into every blessing and promise in salvation opens to us when we are born again. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 10: 01.06. HOW CAN WE BE BORN AGAIN? ======================================================================== How can we be born again? The Bible, the Word of GOD explains: • For GOD so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish (from the disease of sin) but have eternal life. [John 3:16] [Man perishes because of the disease of sin. Sin is the spiritual basis for the growing manifestation of human chaos.] • For while we were yet helpless, at the right time Christ died for the unGODly. GOD demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [Romans 5:6-8] • If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that GOD raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For whoever believes in Jesus Christ will not be disappointed. [Romans 10:9-11] The following prayer to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior will facilitate your entry into the Kingdom of GOD, through the new birth. Please pray this aloud from your heart. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 11: 01.07. THE PRAYER FOR SALVATION ======================================================================== The prayer for salvation “Almighty GOD, I know that You are speaking to me. In your mercy You have enabled me to know that You are speaking to me. I am thankful that this is your moment in my life. Father of Creation, open my heart to the reality of Jesus Christ, so that I can receive Him in true conviction by your grace. Father GOD, I know that I need You in my life. I know that I need your salvation. Father GOD, I know that I am bound by sin. I know that only You can give me the assurance of eternal life in my heart. Father GOD, I have heard your Word. I know that the Lord Jesus Christ is my salvation. Open my heart - now - dear GOD to receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. And, please open my heart to You in Jesus Name. I acknowledge O Father GOD that I have sinned against You in thought, word and deed – in wrong that I have done and in the right that I have failed to do. I understand that the Lord Jesus gave himself for me on the cross. I understand that Jesus Christ paid the price for my sins. With my heart, I receive Jesus’ prayer to You on my behalf: ‘Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.’ [Luke 23:34] Father GOD, I commit to pursuing the changes necessary in my nature, character and lifestyle through the power You supply to me through Jesus Christ. Father GOD, in the reality of Jesus Christ’s love and forgiveness, I receive the Lord Jesus as my Lord and Savior, so that I can belong to You in His merits. Father, forgive me for my sins – what I have done in thought, word and deed, knowingly or unknowingly. Father, enable me to receive your salvation by planting into my heart the seed of Christ. Father, I ask for a new heart and a new spirit, so that I can see your Kingdom and enter into it as your Spirit gives meaning to your Word in my heart – in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen! Welcome to the Kingdom of GOD! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 12: 02.0.1. BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY ======================================================================== BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY by PASTOR. JAMES NILES THE TABERNACLE SCHOOL OF MINISTRY WEBSITE: www.thetabernacleschool.com ======================================================================== CHAPTER 13: 02.0.2. TABLE OF CONTENTS ======================================================================== Table Of Contents Chapter 1: Man Is A Spiritual Being Chapter 2: Adam’s Fall And Its Implications Chapter 3: The Salvation Of Man Chapter 4: The Basis Of Salvation Chapter 5: Salvation Develops From The Seed Of CHRIST Chapter 6: The Growth Of The Spirit Man Chapter 7: Our Fulfillment Potential Chapter 8: The Salvation Of Our Soul Chapter 9: Understanding The Spirit-Soul-Spirit Balance Chapter 10: Understanding GOD’s Workmanship In Us Chapter 11: The Interface Of The Heart Chapter 12: The Functionality Of Our Heart Chapter 13: The ‘Shabbat Shalom’ Of Our Inward Parts Chapter 14: Actualizing Spiritual Growth Chapter 15: The ‘Splagchna’ Of JESUS CHRIST Chapter 16: The Ministry Of JESUS CHRIST Chapter 17: Developing The Capacity To Minister Chapter 18: Operating Through The Veil Of HIS Flesh Chapter 19: Operating In The Mount Of The LORD ======================================================================== CHAPTER 14: 02.0.3. INSIGHTS INTO BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY ======================================================================== INSIGHTS INTO BIBLICAL SPIRITUALITY Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and which have not entered the heart of man, all that GOD has prepared for those who love HIM. - 1 Corinthians 2:9 A natural man does not accept the things of the SPIRIT of GOD; for they are foolishness to him and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. - 1 Corinthians 2:14 JESUS answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of GOD.” - John 3:3 … If any man is in CHRIST, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. - 2 Corinthians 5:17 For we are HIS workmanship, created in CHRIST JESUS for good works, which GOD prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. … Now to HIM WHO is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that you ask or think, according to the power that works within us. - Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 3:20 For it is GOD WHO commanded light to shine out of darkness, WHO has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of GOD in the face of JESUS CHRIST. …. We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of GOD and not of us. - 2 Corinthians 4:6-7 (NKJV) ======================================================================== CHAPTER 15: 02.0.4. INTRODUCTION ======================================================================== INTRODUCTION The intent of this book is to introduce the subject of Spirituality according to the Holy Bible - GOD’s Word. Every proposition presented in this book is developed in Scripture. Our intent is to point to the potentials of true spirituality that unveil in GOD and by GOD from functions made alive in our own inward parts. Biblical Spirituality is sourced in GOD and, unveils in a process of salvation that involves the actual communication of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST into our inward parts of soul and spirit. Biblical Spirituality unveils in the growing formation of spiritual functions that are perfected and completed out of the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST formed in us. True Biblical Spirituality will ultimately establish members of the human race as a people blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (of spiritual authority), in CHRIST JESUS. The Bible declares that this will lead to a functional administration suitable to the fullness of the times (see Ephesians 1:9-10) operating in the heavenly places (see Ephesians 3:8-11). The spiritual portals to function in the Kingdom of GOD are meant to be developed in functional realities that open within our inward parts. For this reason the LORD JESUS declared that the Kingdom of GOD was within us (see Luke 17:20-21, KJV). Access to the Kingdom of GOD is functional (see John 3:5) in form - in functions actualized in our inward parts (see Matthew 5:8; Matthew 5:13-16). These inward functions that open us to the Kingdom of GOD unveil from GOD. You can read this book without reference to Scripture in a first pass or, you can read it with Scripture. Scripture references are provided so that you will understand the actual flow, intent and design of the Scriptures with regards to the design and development of your inward parts in GOD’s will, plan and purpose! Biblical Spirituality aligns us with GOD’s perfect will and, it is also a conduit for GOD’s perfect will. Biblical Spirituality also arises from a living functional expression of the reality of the living GOD in our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart! Biblical Spirituality is intimately tied to the design of man’s inward parts in spirit, soul and heart. Our inward parts are designed to manifest the many-faceted operations of our being in GOD’s design and purpose – under GOD’s actual direction. Our inward parts are in fact designed to grow so that we can draw from GOD HIS many-faceted spiritual treasures. Biblical Spirituality arises from a new born (or, re-born) spirit man. JESUS CHRIST came to be a blueprint for a new man. Our re-born spirit man is designed to actualize functions developed in the life of JESUS CHRIST through the Testimony of HIS Words. This actuality – given expression to in HIS Spirit and HIS Life - gives actual expression to salvation. And, this salvation is fully verifiable in spirit, soul and heart (see figure below). And, this is how Biblical Spirituality is verifiable in the actual dimensions of a reality that manifests and expresses a new life actually empowered by GOD! Schematic Of The Inward Parts Of New-Born Man Biblical Spirituality develops as GOD’s plan of salvation is brought into fulfillment in our inward parts. It is in this growing fulfillment actualized that we are making the declaration that the outcomes of Biblical Spirituality are entirely verifiable from our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart. There is a sensitivity to GOD and what HE is doing that unveils to the inward parts. And, the unveiling of this sensitivity is powered and developed by GOD HIMSELF as we each choose to respond to HIM in sincerity and truth. Hence, Biblical Spirituality involves the development of our inward parts so that we realize our functional form and destiny in GOD. Biblical Spirituality unveils through a growing intimacy in an actual relationship with the living GOD. GOD reveals HIMSELF to our inward parts - in and through JESUS CHRIST (see John 14:6) in the actualities of the Testimony of JESUS established in our inward parts. This inward revelation is designed to be fully functional and is thus entirely verifiable through the enabling power of GOD working within us (see Ephesians 3:20). Biblical Spirituality is designed to unveil the “born again” individual as a vessel of GOD having a growing purpose in GOD. This purpose is fully enabled in GOD and, fully verifiable in the power of GOD operating in our inward parts (see Ephesians 3:20). Biblical Spirituality develops with purpose and destiny together with the unveiling of a call in GOD. Such a call is empowered with a growing array of gifts facilitated through specific anointings (or, spiritual empowerments) that enable the peculiar operation of actual functions in GOD and by GOD. Biblical Spirituality is thus revealed in an inward operating system that is aligned by actual intimate relationship with the living GOD. Chapters 13, 14, 15, 18 and 19 of this book have been written to describe the Word-based parameters in which function in the Kingdom of Heaven is available to the children of GOD – by the SPIRIT of GOD, in JESUS CHRIST. It is of importance that we clearly understand the Word-defined spiritual frameworks of operating in the deeper realms of Biblical Spirituality – in what the Bible calls the “heavenly places”. Word-defined spiritual frameworks protect us from entry into the occult, by being deceived through self-denominated spiritual experiences. Scripture clearly warns that satan – the father of lies, the deceiver - comes as an angel (god) of light to deceive with spiritual experiences that are inconsistent with the Word and Witness of GOD. In this book we often refer to JESUS CHRIST by HIS Aramaic Name YESHUA MASHIAH. We have on occasion also used the Name of GOD YHWH, which is: “I AM WHO I AM” and “I AM THAT I AM”. The Holy Bible expresses the “I AM” of YHWH in a three part personified unity of the FATHER, the WORD (WHO is the SON) and the HOLY SPIRIT. GOD reveals HIS “I AM” reality – in WHO HE IS and ALL THAT HE IS - to us, in distinct, personified, functional, expressions as the FATHER, the SON and the HOLY SPIRIT. For example, the reality of salvation is ordained and developed specifically in each one of us by the FATHER’s Sovereign will and purpose for us. Salvation is expressed in the SON through the actual communication of HIS Fullness into us. And, HIS Fullness communicated saves us by making us sons of GOD through the fullness of JESUS CHRIST communicated into our inward parts. Salvation is developed by all that the HOLY SPIRIT communicates of the fullness of the SON (the WORD Of GOD) – in the specifics of the FATHER’s will - into our inward parts. We are – in salvation - the workmanship of the TRIUNE GOD. Biblical Spirituality is the actualization of a functional state of being fully alive to the personified expressions of the TRIUNE GOD. Every function is by the HOLY SPIRIT. Every function is of the SON. And, every function stands and operates in the consciousness of the FATHER’s will. The Name “YHWH YESHUA” expresses the “I AM” actuality of GOD in YESHUA reconciling the world to HIMSELF through the specific communication of the fullness of YESHUA MASHIAH into the inward parts of man. The Name YESHUA MASHIAH expresses the reality of YESHUA as true MAN which gives credence to our creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10) in our inward parts through the actual communication of HIS Fullness into us (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB; Ephesians 1:22-23). Hence the Biblical proclamation that JESUS CHRIST is both true GOD and true MAN. And, in HIM we stand before GOD through HIS Fullness as true MAN - formed in us. Thus we can understand the Biblical proclamation that the “I AM” of YHWH is a personal revelation (see John 17:6; John 17:26) that opens to our inward parts in the Testimony of JESUS (YESHUA). And, for this reason the Testimony of YESHUA is called the Spirit of Prophecy! Because the Testimony of JESUS is the basis of all fulfillment - in GOD! Biblical Spirituality finds its entire expression – through growing fulfillment - in our inward parts in the Testimony of JESUS. In this revealed reality, developed in our inward parts, we see GOD and we come to know GOD - so as to actualize a functional totality in HIM, by HIM and for HIM. This functional totality is fully verifiable as the workmanship of GOD in our inward parts! May the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY open the reality of GOD-centered and GOD-developed spirituality into your state of being as you come alive to HIS Word with an understanding that knows the HOLY ONE – JESUS CHRIST - WHO has described HIMSELF as the Way, the Truth and, the Life. AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22)! James Niles The Tabernacle School Of Ministry Website: www.thetabernacleschool.com September 2006 ======================================================================== CHAPTER 16: 02.01. CHAPTER 01: MAN IS A SPIRITUAL BEING ======================================================================== CHAPTER 1: MAN IS A SPIRITUAL BEING 1 Corinthians 15:45 reads: So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit. GOD created Adam – the first man - a living soul. In creating Adam, GOD gave him a soul and Adam was also given the capacity to live. The “living” capacity of Adam’s soul, or the soul’s capacity to live, was inscribed –separately - in Adam’s spirit. Genesis 2:7 alludes to this by telling us that GOD breathed the breath (or, spirit) of life into Adam and he became a “living being”. Adam was created a living being comprised of both spirit and soul. [Hebrews 4:12 tells us that soul and spirit are distinct and separate entities. Soul and spirit are distinct centers of consciousness with distinct functions – both of which are crucial to the wellbeing and proper functioning of man. In this book we will come to understand that the functions of these centers of consciousness are verifiable in GOD! There is no concept of “blind belief” in the Scriptures. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) says that faith has an evidence of the unseen. This evidence is manifested and evaluated in the inward man, through spiritual functions of the inward man developed by GOD.] The spirit of Adam carried the potential to live by GOD. And, this spiritual capacity or potential to live by GOD was to be developed as Adam communed with GOD, and GOD actually taught him to live and function in HIS power. Since GOD is Spirit (see John 4:24) and GOD has a Soul (see Jeremiah 32:41 c), GOD had created Adam in HIS Image (see Genesis 1:26-27) as a spiritual being having both a soul and a spirit. Similarly, Adam was given a heart even as GOD has a heart (see Jeremiah 32:41 c). Figure 1 portrays a schematic of Adam’s inward parts. The heart of Adam was a functional interface between his spirit and his soul where co-mingled expressions of soul and spirit would be manifested in functional realities that GOD had the desire to develop and express as HE communed with Adam and taught him all things. FIGURE 1: Schematic Of Adam’s Inward Parts So we see that Adam was a spiritual being with a soul whose spiritual capacity and abilities to live were to be described and developed in his spirit – from GOD. Adam had to learn to actualize his spiritual capabilities – from GOD - as he responded to GOD and learned to do all things in subjection to GOD. We can understand this from the Testimony of JESUS CHRIST, the “last Adam”, from Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52; John 5:19; John 5:30. The idea of our spirituality arises from the fact that Adam was created a spiritual being. Being a spiritual being simply means that our state of being is governed by spiritual realities - good or bad. These spiritual realities can be true in GOD or false, being for example under the deception of a fallen angel posing as “god” or, fallen angels posing as “gods” or as “spirit guides”. Falsehood is spirituality expressed in and through a web of deception spun by fallen angels – under the jurisdiction of a fallen archangel called Lucifer (see Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18), who became satan (the devil) in his fall through rebellion. Satan and his angels reign in heavenly places over the spiritual atmosphere of the earth. Ephesians 6:12 puts it like this: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. These spiritual forces of darkness came to power when Adam fell into sin. Usurping the GOD-given authority of Adam (see Genesis 1:26-28) when Adam in his own free will subjected the witness of his inward parts to the words of satan. Consequently, satan assumed authority and power over the earth and its spiritual atmosphere - “over the sons of disobedience” (see Ephesians 2:2). “Sons of disobedience” is descriptive of all of Adam’s progeny. For this reason the Bible refers to satan as the god of this world (see 2 Corinthians 4:4) and the prince of the power of the air (see Ephesians 2:2) who operates in spiritual spheres of influence contrary to the true knowledge of GOD. For this reason satan is called the father of lies (see John 8:44, NASB). The root form of evil stands in the lie sown into the heart of man. The lie stands in the context of a system of beliefs that stand contrary to GOD and the Word of GOD. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 17: 02.02. CHAPTER 02: ADAMS FALL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ======================================================================== CHAPTER 2: ADAM’S FALL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS The Bible tells us that the first man, Adam, fell into sin and rebellion against GOD when Adam contravened GOD’s specific Word to him. In this process Adam fell victim to the lie – the root form of satan’s deception. By eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, explicitly forbidden to him (see Genesis 2:9; Genesis 2:16-17), Adam contravened the Covenant basis for the design, development, (proper) function and well-being of his state of being – in GOD. The spiritual fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil opened Adam to the lie – in a relativistic reality - based on self-denominated evaluations of good and evil. GOD had instructed Adam and warned him that he would surely die if he partook of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And, we see that every form of knowledge system developed in the human mind actually loses its personal relevance in us with time. Its actual relevance and applicability to us - personally – actually dies on us. Our knowledge forms do not communicate life nor sustain life. The Bible declares that the Word of GOD stands forever. The Word that stands in accordance to WHO GOD IS and all THAT GOD IS stands in an abiding eternal reality. GOD has in fact designed a reality in truth, in which HIS Word will be formed – in growing functional terms – into our inward parts. This is the basis of Biblical Spirituality. The result of our being opened to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is an actual emptiness in our inward parts. This emptiness testifies to the lie and the absence of meaning - in an abiding spiritually fulfilling sense - in all of our self-centered, knowledge based pursuits. The Bible declares that when Adam disobeyed, he died in his spirit (see Figure 2). His being became a spiritual state of being in sin – devoid of the abiding realities of GOD. Adam lost his access to truth that stands in the abiding of GOD. Prior to his fall, Adam had been created with the capacity to actually receive the life of GOD into his being through his spirit. In his spiritual death, Adam’s spirit was now totally non-functional in GOD and without access to GOD. FIGURE 2: Schematic Of The Consequences Of Adam’s Fall Adam had been created to trust GOD and obey GOD as GOD taught him all things and, as GOD developed his capacity to live and function by HIM. This was the spiritual basis of the Covenant that GOD made with Adam. In the fall of Adam, the capacity and potential to live by GOD, through all that GOD invested in Adam’s spirit, was actually cut off. Consequent to his fall (through disobedience) and the emergent spiritual state of sin, Adam no longer had the capacity to draw from GOD. Adam’s spirit became non-functional in GOD. Hence, in Adam’s fall, man could no longer function in his spirit – in GOD. Man’s spirit was now totally dead. This death was the result of sin - specifically, the actual and objective rejection of GOD and HIS Word. The spirit of man had been exclusively designed to respond to GOD and HIS Word. When Adam broke the design basis for his spirits function, his spirit died to its functional specifications and capacities in GOD. The lie received, denied Adam of all that GOD had designed for him. Similarly the Bible records the fall of the Covering Cherub called Lucifer in the reality of the lie that he developed – by faith - in himself and his self-denominated thought process. Lucifer believed that he could make himself like the MOST HIGH GOD (see Isaiah 14:14; Isaiah 12:1-6; Isaiah 13:1-22; Isaiah 14:1-32). Adam opened the door to sin when he actually disregarded GOD’s Word. And, when Adam actually put that disregard into practice, by disobeying GOD – sin became a spiritual state in him. Adam became in spiritual terms a son of disobedience. Sin reigned over him in both heart and soul. In Adam’s fall, man only has the capacity to “live” by the “I” or “self” centered realities of his own soul. Without a functioning spirit, man no longer has the capacity to be alive in or by or to GOD. Man can only rationalize between good and evil on the basis of a man-centered perception of spiritual and natural realities - based on a self-denominated and self-reasoned system of beliefs. This is the same system of beliefs that Lucifer had developed in his self-denominated and self-reasoned thought forms. FIGURE 3: Schematic Of Fallen Man Designed to function or, to operate as a spiritual being, man’s functional state is necessarily based on a system of beliefs – true or false. [With no capacity for absolute thought, we each necessarily function by belief in something. We either believe in GOD or we believe in something that becomes a complex substitute for GOD. The complex substitute is the lie developed over the generations.] Having disobeyed GOD, by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (see Genesis 2:9; Genesis 2:16-17), Adam no longer had the spiritual capacity to hear GOD. Adam no longer had the spiritual capacity to see GOD and, Adam no longer had the spiritual capacity to commune with GOD. Consequently, Adam no longer had the spiritual capacity to draw from GOD his every need. Adam died spiritually and consequently, he then died in his body too. We are all spiritual progeny of Adam’s spiritual legacy of death. This spiritual legacy of death stands in the lie developed in our personal state of being through our generations. With the fall, Adam’s spiritual and natural capabilities are now entirely confined to what he could actualize in himself and perceive of himself. This was Adam’s tragedy that he could now only function in and of himself! Unless GOD intervened sovereignly through actual manifestations of the SPIRIT of GOD (as in the case of the Prophets of old: see 1 Peter 1:10-12), man had absolutely no means of drawing anything from GOD. Man was spiritually dead because he no longer had the hard wired, spiritual functional capacity to relate to GOD and to actually draw from GOD. Man’s spirit man and the spiritual functions associated with the spirit of man were comprehensively dead (or, non-functional in GOD). GOD is Spirit and man can only worship GOD and commune with GOD in spiritual realities that the Bible describes as spirit and truth (see John 4:24). Hence, the essential reality of worship is actual communion with GOD in spirit expressed spiritualities of truth realized from GOD. Truth is an exclusive attribute of GOD. The lie however, can be sourced ‘freely’ in any form of thought that we choose to conjure up. Without a functioning spirit man, true worship and communion with GOD - and function in and by and through GOD - would be impossible, unless GOD chose to manifest HIMSELF unilaterally as in the case of the Prophets of old (see 1 Peter 1:10-12; and, the specific examples in Jeremiah 1:1-19; Ezekiel 1:1-28; Ezekiel 2:1-10; Exodus 3:1-22; Exodus 19:1-25). We are saying that mankind is faced with a fundamental problem. Man needs a process of restoration – in truth - that will re-establish him before GOD, so that man can exercise his free will in truth, to actualize the transforming power of GOD for a new beginning. This restoration – by renewal and regeneration in truth - the Bible addresses as salvation. Salvation is therefore the essential and exclusive first step to true spirituality. In a world where there are many kinds of self-denominated spiritualities, we have to come into the essential understanding that truth has to be sourced and developed from GOD. This is the spirituality that this book outlines from the Holy Bible. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 18: 02.03. CHAPTER 03: THE SALVATION OF MAN ======================================================================== CHAPTER 3: THE SALVATION OF MAN Salvation is the process designed by GOD to actually reverse Adam’s fall. Salvation unveils the actual creation of a new man (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16-17, KJV / NKJV / NASB; Romans 8:28-30) commencing with a new spirit. Salvation – its beginning and its development – are entirely verifiable from our inward parts. The creation of a new man arises out of the actual configuration of a new spirit man (see Ezekiel 36:26). This new spirit man is the essential ingredient to human spirituality as described in the Holy Bible. Man has to be “born-again” as described in Figure 4. FIGURE 4: Schematic Of “Born-Again” Man The progression of this creative process would involve the renewal and regeneration of the inward spiritual parts of man (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). It is important to understand that all of the inward parts of man are spiritual in nature and in the form and substance of their operation. Man is in essence a spiritual being. Hebrews 4:12, alludes to the inward parts of our new man being comprised of soul, spirit and heart. From a new spirit, our soul is to be renewed (the old being made new) and regenerated (the dead being brought to life in GOD) in the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST and, our heart is to be developed into a pure heart designed to see GOD (see Matthew 5:8). The Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST is the fundamental basis for biblical purity. Salvation is the redemptive process with the intent of restoring and developing a new man in fully functional terms. This new man would be – made functional - in the image (see Romans 8:29) and fullness (see John 1:16, KJV / NKJV / NASB) of JESUS CHRIST. The Bible presents JESUS CHRIST as the blueprint for a new man (see Romans 8:29-30). The Testimony and Witness of JESUS CHRIST is the necessary functional blueprint of Biblical Spirituality! It is in JESUS CHRIST’s revelation in us that salvation unfolds. Hence, the biblical proposition that salvation will only arise in and through a new birth, when we – in our freewill - choose to receive JESUS CHRIST as LORD and Saviour (see John 3:3; Romans 10:8-11). This has to be so given that HE is the blueprint for a new man. This spiritual proposition is based on the fact that unless man receives something in his own free will it will have no meaning to him. The redemptive processes of salvation commence with a new birth (see 1 Peter 1:23; John 3:3). This new birth is actualized in us receiving a new spirit man and the beginnings of a new heart (see Ezekiel 36:26) through a declaration of belief in JESUS CHRIST as LORD and Saviour (see Romans 10:8-11). GOD facilitates this belief by grace (see Ephesians 2:8). And, GOD progresses salvation into our inward parts through the new born spirit man - by grace (HIS unmerited favour towards us). In being born again – through faith in JESUS CHRIST (see Romans 10:8-13; Joel 2:32 a) – we have been given the opportunity of actualizing a new spirit (and the beginnings of a new heart) as prophesied by the prophet Ezekiel (see Ezekiel 36:26). This new spirit is the essential ingredient to the actualization of the processes of salvation. The new heart grows out of all that flows into our spirit, replacing the heart of stone in rebellion to GOD (as noted in Figure 4). With this new spirit man, we will be able to see (see Proverbs 20:12) the Kingdom of GOD (see John 3:3). We will - in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT and the hearing of the Word and Voice (Witness) of GOD - be enabled to enter and function in and from the Kingdom of GOD (see John 3:5; Romans 10:17; Ezekiel 1:24; Revelation 1:15; Hebrews 6:19; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14). Such a reality would be fully verifiable from our inward parts! With a new spirit man, GOD unveils the redemptive processes of salvation into us. And, GOD works the redemptive processes of salvation into us in an eternal continuum of renewal and regeneration (see Titus 3:5-6; Ephesians 5:26-27). Renewal and regeneration will result in our new man actualizing our potentials, in and by and through GOD. These potentials come into being from GOD, through our re-born spirit man. The Bible (in 2 Corinthians 5:17) declares the following: Therefore if any man is in CHRIST, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. These new things come through our new born spirit – from GOD! The redemptive process is progressed, as we – from our soul - learn how to function through our spirit in oneness with the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18). The soul makes the necessary choices, in the exercise of our freewill in response to GOD and HIS Word. Our new spirit (or, re-born spirit man), our renewed and regenerated soul, and our new heart would be developed in a process of salvation that would develop and establish a new man in the image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST (see John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV and Romans 8:29; Romans 8:28-30). This new man will develop through a growing spirit, a renewed and regenerated soul and, an increasingly pure heart. The development and establishment of the new man – in fully functional terms - is the progression of the redemptive process of salvation. Such a functional state will be – increasingly - in the image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST. It is in the progression of our salvation that we would actualize the growing evidence of our faith in GOD. Such a faith will also enable us to function in and through JESUS CHRIST (see John 14:12-14; Hebrews 12:2 a). Such a faith will be entirely verifiable in fully functional terms arising from our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart! It is crucial to understand that Biblical Spirituality is verifiable in actual changes in character and nature through the power of GOD. It is the power of GOD being actualized in actual GOD-enabled changes that is the basis of functional Biblical Spirituality. This evidence would be entirely verifiable in the changing and growing state of our being. We would be able to evaluate the progression of GOD’s salvation from our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart. The GOD-empowered and GOD-enabled actual changes realized would be the evidence of salvation and its progression. And, it will be an evidence of the power of GOD revealed - personally. And, these changes in the inward parts and the resulting functional changes would also enable us each to actualize the reality of GOD. The progress of our salvation becomes the essential basis of realizing and actualizing a relationship with GOD. This relationship will also give expression to actual functions in GOD from our inward parts. We will access the spiritual dynamics of the Kingdom of GOD and (potentially) even the heavenly realms of the Kingdom of GOD (called the Kingdom of Heaven) through our inward parts. Ultimately, the ability to actually function by GOD would become the growing evidence of a new, functional state of being (see Php 4:13; Php 4:19; Php 4:23; Romans 8:2). This would be function through an on-line relationship with GOD that will express itself in all of our spirit, soul and heart! What can be more real than that which has the potentials to impact all of our own spirit, soul and heart? “Our own spirit, soul and heart” is the spiritual framework in which Biblical Spirituality develops and progresses. The relationship with GOD – arising from our inward parts - becomes a fully functional basis of life actualized from GOD! In the actuality of salvation and all that derives from this salvation, the fall of man has been and, is being, and will be - fully reversed. AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20-23)! This is the good news of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST! FIGURE 5: Schematic Of The Progress Of Salvation This is good news with a GOD-given evidence of its reality (see Figure 5)! This is GOD-given evidence because the outcomes of salvation are entirely beyond the technologies of man! The outcomes of salvation are also beyond the practices of man-denominated religion. The evidence of salvation unveils from a Sovereign GOD WHO loves, forgives, heals, delivers, restores, builds and develops - in persevering, meticulous detail - a new man. This is the GOD WHOM I have known and experienced in my life and ministry for some 18 years now. This is the GOD WHOSE Word has manifested actual change and transformation into my state of being – even as HE has in HIS grace and mercy chosen to perform HIS Word in my inward parts. HE has and HE continues to persevere with me in the progress of my salvation – in HIS grace and mercy. Salvation unfolds in the pursuit of GOD. The pursuit of GOD is the essential key for the actualization of true Biblical Spirituality. This Key the Bible prophetically addresses as the Key of David (see Revelation 3:7). The Key of David is the spiritual Key that unveils and develops as YESHUA MASHIAH unveils as the BELOVED of our heart – in our own free will response to HIM and, in our actualization of HIS Testimony that manifests the specifics of salvation into our functional state of being. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 19: 02.04. CHAPTER 04: THE BASIS OF SALVATION ======================================================================== CHAPTER 4: THE BASIS OF SALVATION In order to facilitate the redemptive processes of salvation, the Scriptures declare that the “last Adam” – JESUS CHRIST (YESHUA MASHIAH) – became a life-giving Spirit, as noted in 1 Corinthians 15:45. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the spiritual ‘genetic’ blueprint for a new man. The genetics of true Spirituality is contained entirely in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST! True Spirituality is of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST! Our new man will be brought into being in the image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST worked into our functional state of being – through Word expressions of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63). This is what the redemptive processes of salvation are designed to actualize. Figure 6 summarizes the salient features of our salvation progressed through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. FIGURE 6: Schematic Of Salvation Progressing Through The Life-Giving Spirit Of JESUS CHRIST The spiritual genetic blueprint of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST has the potential of becoming a fully functional reality in the inward parts of man - enabling every function of man’s spirit, soul and heart to be developed and made functional in JESUS Name (see John 14:12-14; John 16:13-15)! Hence, the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the exclusive ingredient of Biblical Spirituality. Romans 1:3-4 reveals the following about the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, GOD’s SON: concerning HIS SON, WHO was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, WHO was declared the SON Of GOD with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of Holiness, JESUS CHRIST our LORD. [The reality of GOD’s SON – as the MESSIAH or ANOINTED ONE - was proclaimed in Old Testament Scripture hundreds of years before the advent of JESUS CHRIST. For example in: Proverbs 30:4 c, 1-4; Isaiah 9:6-7; Daniel 7:13-14; and, Psalms 2:12; Psalms 2:1-12. The reality of JESUS CHRIST being GOD’s SON, sent to fulfill in prophetic terms the position of sonship - to GOD - for the sons of men, is also proclaimed in numerous New Testament Scriptures of the Holy Bible.] In HIS crucifixion and resurrection, JESUS CHRIST - GOD’s SON (see Romans 1:4) - fulfilled the requirements of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17-18; Romans 3:21-23, KJV) on behalf of all mankind - by giving expression to the Spirit of Holiness through the actualities of HIS life, ministry and sacrifice in HIS MANhood. Hence, the final words of the Cross (see John 19:30; Luke 23:46) : It is finished. … FATHER into THY Hands I commit MY Spirit. In raising JESUS CHRIST from the dead, GOD vindicates the sacrifice of JESUS CHRIST on behalf of all mankind by declaring HIS Spirit - CHRIST JESUS’ Spirit - as being the living expression of the Spirit of Holiness. Holiness is the fulfillment of the Law. Holiness is the pre-requisite to the fulfillment of the Prophets. Holiness is the highest attribute of GOD. Holiness is the spiritual attribute – communicated by the Spirit of Holiness - by which, we are aligned to the will of GOD! In this Spirit of Holiness, Biblical Spirituality finds both its positional and its functional credence before a Holy GOD – WHO abhors sin. Romans 1:3-4 tells us that JESUS CHRIST was declared the SON Of GOD – with power – according to the Spirit of Holiness. HIS Spirit was declared to be the Spirit of Holiness and, HIS Spirit will become the basis for man coming forth in holiness unto GOD. Hence man can become actual functioning sons of GOD by being perfected and completed in the Spirit of Holiness. Such an actuality of man being holy unto GOD would be the fulfillment of the Law. In being holy unto GOD, man would also be in a position to realize every blessing pronounced over man in the Prophets and this would actualize the functional fulfillment of the Prophets in each one of us. The Prophets comprise GOD’s call upon our life, HIS appointed purposes (personal, corporate and cosmic), HIS promises, HIS blessings, HIS giftings, HIS anointings, our actualized functions in HIM, HIS workmanship in us etc. In HIS resurrection, the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is being described as the Spirit of Holiness. And, the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is being described as having been invested with power. The intent is to manifest men into positions of sonship to GOD in fully functional terms. This is what is at the heart of Biblical Spirituality. The life-giving power invested in the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST becomes the basis and conduit of all that will give expression to a new man (see Ephesians 2:10) – in functional holiness unto GOD! The “power invested, Spirit of JESUS CHRIST” is designed to actualize – when imparted, perfected and completed, in a new man – the plans and purposes of GOD for us each in fully functional terms, both individually and corporately. In the light of the foregoing, we must understand that becoming a new man is a deeply personal actualization of Biblical Spirituality in each man’s life and being. And, this ‘new man’ also has the intent of giving expression to a new mankind in a composite unity that will express the glory of GOD (see Revelation 21:9-11; Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 3:8 c-12, 14-19). The design of the new man and, the plans and purposes of GOD for this new man, would unveil - through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 13:1-38; John 14:1-31; John 15:1-27) - from the life-giving ‘contents’ of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the spiritual genetic blueprint for a new man. The spiritual contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, is what will express the new man. The actualization of the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA (CHRIST JESUS) – in our new spirit - would be the exclusive and fundamental basis for the progression of our salvation (see John 14:6). Our salvation is progressed on the basis of actualizing the spiritual contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST as illustrated in Figure 6! The Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA is the exclusive spiritual blueprint for the new man being developed through the redemptive processes of salvation. The redemptive processes of salvation unveil in the contents of HIS life-giving Spirit. The contents of the Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA are by definition life-giving (see 1 Corinthians 15:45 c) – giving actual expression to new life. The contents of the Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA are the basis – and are the exclusive ingredients - of all change and transformation. The contents of the Spirit of CHRIST JESUS give credence to our salvation being actualized in a new man! The Spirit Of JESUS CHRIST (the Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH) is GOD’s provision and supply (see Php 1:19 c, NASB/NKJV) – with power - for the development of the new spirit man (see Ezekiel 36:26; Ephesians 3:20) so that man will come to live with the potential to do all things (see Php 4:13) through MASHIAH YESHUA. Man will live in, by and through all that is actualized from the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see John 3:34, NASB). The potential to do all things is designed to unveil the riches of GOD’s glory through JESUS CHRIST (see Php 4:19; Revelation 21:9-11) by HIS life-giving Spirit. The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST has the life-giving power to – when developed in us - do all things as we are led by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this way we are developed in our being, to accomplish the FATHER’s will (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15; Ephesians 1:9-14)! The actualization of the (growing) ability to do all things in the FATHER’s will is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. This “growing ability” comes out of the actual spiritual contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. The potential for (and the actuality of) the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is entirely in the contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see Matthew 5:17-18; Php 1:19 c, NASB/NKJV)! And, in the contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST salvation is entirely possible and eminently practicable! And, the Law and the Prophets are brought to fulfillment in us as the contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST are worked (and developed) into the specifics of the actual functions of our spirit, soul and heart. The contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST come from HIS Testimony from birth, to HIS growth to adulthood in obedience to GOD, to HIS Ministry and lifestyle in GOD, through HIS Sacrifice and, the vindication of HIS Testimony through HIS resurrection from the dead - by GOD. In the flow of history, the Testimony of JESUS CHRIST stands as the exclusive Testament of victory over death – actually vindicated by GOD HIMSELF! The Testimony of JESUS is thus the exclusive basis for the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The Testimony of JESUS communicates through HIS life-giving Spirit! Salvation grows and develops as the Testimony of JESUS is developed into our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart. How does salvation come about and develop in us? ======================================================================== CHAPTER 20: 02.05. CHAPTER 05: SALVATION DEVELOPS FROM THE SEED OF CHRIST ======================================================================== CHAPTER 5: SALVATION DEVELOPS FROM THE SEED OF CHRIST The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is given to those who are born again (see John 3:3; John 3:5) through the implanted Seed of CHRIST (see Galatians 3:16; James 1:21 b). What is given through the Seed of CHRIST is the “first fruits” or, the “beginnings” of new life for actual development in the Testimony of JESUS. The Seed of CHRIST (the Anointed One) is the Seed of GOD the WORD (see Psalms 45:6-7; John 1:1-4; Psalms 97:11) called the Seed of the WORD (see 1 Peter 1:23; John 1:14; John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB; Revelation 19:13 b) implanted in us (see James 1:21 b) and brought to life – or, spiritually ‘germinated’ - in our inward parts, through the work and ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB). The Seed of CHRIST is the Seed of the WORD (see 1 Peter 1:23) that is to become flesh in us - in a growing heart of flesh (see John 1:14; John 1:16-17, KJV/NKJV/NASB; Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; John 6:51). In this heart of flesh we become epistles of CHRIST (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Ezekiel 36:26) and ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV). The implanted Seed of the WORD communicates the essential blueprint (or, the first fruits) of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST into our dead spirit and, our dead spirit is genetically re-born a new spirit. The “image” of JESUS CHRIST is genetically manifested into us for the beginning of all things in GOD for us - personally. We are born again when the Seed of CHRIST is first implanted in us as GOD responds (see Hebrews 11:6 c) to our faith in JESUS CHRIST - as we declare JESUS CHRIST to be our LORD and Saviour (see Romans 10:8-13) under the inspiration of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:7-9; John 16:13-15). [A simple spoken prayer spoken with sincerity and expectancy from our heart – expressing actual hope in HIM - along the following lines, will open the doors of salvation to our inward parts: LORD JESUS, I acknowledge that I am a sinner, having inherited the sin nature of Adam. I have sinned in thought, word and deed – in character and nature - in the wrong that I have done and in the right that I have failed to do. I understand LORD JESUS CHRIST that YOU are the Savior of the world. I thank YOU LORD for choosing to save me by washing my sins in YOUR Blood. I receive YOUR atoning sacrifice on my behalf. And, I receive YOU as my LORD and Savior. Please come and reign in my heart and bring me into the actualities of YOUR salvation. LORD, give me a new spirit and create in me a new heart. Remove my heart of stone and give me a pure heart. Manifest THY Nature and Character into my soul that I may be transformed in truth to become an actual child of GOD. Amen. ] Through our faith in JESUS CHRIST – ignited and enabled by GOD HIMSELF - GOD releases the potentials of HIS economy of salvation into us (see Ephesians 2:8). GOD develops this economy of grace – in the faith and love of JESUS CHRIST (see 1 Timothy 1:14) for us – in and from our inward parts. This economy of grace operating in us is the operating system of Biblical Spirituality. The new birth expresses the germination of the Seed of CHRIST in our dead spirit – bringing it to life through actual communication of the contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST into us. The quickening of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST into our dead spirit is the exclusive work of the HOLY SPIRIT. In this quickening, the contents of the Seed of CHRIST are manifested in us or germinated in us as the first fruits of a new beginning. We are actually re-born or, born again. New spiritual realities from GOD open in us! Being born again is a complex spiritual reality. The complexity is ‘genetically’ configured in the Seed of CHRIST, specifically designed for our inward parts according to GOD’s purpose / design for our life in eternity. This (spiritual) ‘genetic’ complexity is described in the Bible as the Mystery of CHRIST (see Colossians 1:26-29; Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-12). The simplified schematic of the Mystery of CHRIST is depicted in Figure 7. FIGURE 7: Schematic Of The Mystery Of CHRIST An example of the contents of this Mystery would be that the Seed of CHRIST ‘contains’ the blueprint to actualizing the astonishing realities of the faith of JESUS CHRIST – expressed for a lost humanity in HIS life, HIS ministry, HIS sacrifice through the cross, HIS resurrection and in HIS position at the right-hand of the power on high. [When seen from the perspective of HIS Faith, the Seed of CHRIST is in one sense therefore, the Seed of MASHIAH YESHUA’s faith (see Galatians 2:16, KJV and 3:22, KJV). The Seed of CHRIST that stands in HIS faith is designed by GOD – from the foundations of the earth - for our unique realization in a new man to be built and developed in the image (see Romans 8:29-30) and fullness (see John 1:16-17) of JESUS CHRIST (see John 14:12-14) through HIS faith revealed and developed in us.] Similarly, the Seed of CHRIST also contains the spiritual reality of HIS Love, HIS Nature, HIS Character, HIS attributes of Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Counsel, Strength, Courage, Truth, etc. Each of these realities – and the many more realities not mentioned - have the potential of being developed and established in us creatively. And, with the planting and germination of the Seed of CHRIST in our inward parts, a new spiritual universe of reality - configured in the Testimony of YESHUA (see Revelation 19:10 c) - opens into us as a blueprint of creative potentials, capacities and possibilities, in MASHIAH YESHUA (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Peter 1:19). With the germination of the Seed of CHRIST, all the potentials of YESHUA are available to us through the actual communication of HIS Testimony into us. This is the Testimony of HIS Words that Scripture records (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33; Revelation 19:13 b). So for example, the faith of JESUS CHRIST – coming alive in us - has the potential of being perfected and completed into us, so as to increase our faith levels for all things available to us in the Righteousness of GOD! And so, we are reminded of the LORD’s declaration to us that nothing – consistent with the will and plan of GOD (see Php 2:13; Ephesians 1:9-11) - will be impossible to us (see Matthew 17:20). Understand that the dynamics of Biblical Spirituality are based on propositions like this – made in the Word - that nothing in the will and purpose of GOD will be impossible to us because they are configured in us through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13)! The configuration comes about as CHRIST is formed in us (see Galatians 4:19). The configuration of CHRIST in us is the actual revelation of the Mystery of CHRIST in us! As CHRIST is formed in us, the Mystery of CHRIST specific to our state of being, and its specific functionality in GOD, is expounded into our state of being! The Seed of CHRIST implanted in us, germinates and grows in us even as we hear (and receive) more and more of the Rhema (or, “quickened”) Word of GOD (see Romans 10:17, KJV+NKJV; Matthew 13:23; Mark 4:20). Being born again is the ‘first fruits’ of the evidence of our faith in YESHUA MASHIAH as LORD (YHWH ADONAI), being rewarded (see Hebrews 11:6) with the first fruits of the faith and love of JESUS CHRIST towards us (see 1 Timothy 1:14) opening us to new realities in GOD and of GOD! These new realities in GOD and of GOD come out of the faith and love of JESUS CHRIST for us. The evidence of our faith in JESUS CHRIST, and the release of HIS faith (and HIS love, Nature, Character etc) for us – into us - is the basis of the actual birth of our spirit man. And, this foreshadows our continued growth and development in CHRIST JESUS! As 2 Corinthians 5:17 declares: … Behold new things have come. These new things have come in the contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. Understand that the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST communicates an astonishing array of attributes described in the Testimony of JESUS such as character, nature, power, obedience, wisdom, authority, knowledge, understanding, counsel, truth, strength, faith, love, righteousness, holiness, courage, spiritual insight and, spiritual functions developed in the HOLY SPIRIT etc.! Our spirit man is birthed through the release of the contents of the Seed of the WORD - through the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 6:63) - into our spirit man, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is why the Christian faith must be exclusively founded on, and be exclusively developed in, the Testimony of JESUS. This is why the Testimony of JESUS is called the Spirit of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c)! The Seed Of The WORD is the Seed Of MASHIAH YESHUA’s faith (the seed faith of HIS Testimony) that will enable all things consistent with the FATHER’s Will to come alive in our state of being – in a potential that stretches into eternity! The Seed of MASHIAH YESHUA’s faith gives birth to a new spirit within us. This new birth comes from the contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see Php 1:19 c, NKJV+NASB). And, we are supernaturally opened to GOD and HIS Kingdom realities (see John 3:3; John 3:5) from our inward parts. We also become – by spiritual birth - citizens of the Kingdom of GOD! From this spiritual birth an access into the operating realities of the Kingdom of GOD can be developed in our inward parts (see John 3:5; Hebrews 6:19; Hebrews 12:22-24). Our new spirit is designed to actualize MASHIAH YESHUA’s Spirit and Life so that the supernatural realities of GOD and HIS Kingdom will open – and be developed - in the functioning of our inward parts. Biblical Spirituality is the exercise of our citizenship of the Kingdom of GOD by actually expressing the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST from our inward parts into the operations of the Kingdom of GOD. [Our soul is able to discern - through our new and empowered spirit man - the realities of GOD and HIS Kingdom. Hence, the realities of GOD and the dynamics of HIS Kingdom also open and develop in the realities of our mind, will and emotions - as we choose to respond to what our spirit actualizes!] This is the actualization of HIS life-giving Spirit so that we will be increasingly transformed and enabled to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13, KJV)! The potential to be enabled to do all things – in line with GOD’s will - is an exciting aspect of Biblical Spirituality that we can possess in CHRIST JESUS. [We are born again when the Rhema Word of the LOGOS (WORD) Of GOD is opened into our spirit as the Seed ‘germinated’. What happens is that, the Rhema – or Spirit and Life (see John 6:63) communication - of the Logos Word of CHRIST, crystallizes in us as the implanted Seed of CHRIST germinates (or, comes to life) in us. When the Seed of CHRIST germinates genetically in our inward parts we are born again and, our spirit man is configured in the will of GOD in accordance to HIS purpose for us! Sometimes this spiritual germination of our spirit is instantaneous and sometimes it is gradual. The Seed of CHRIST is the Logos Word (see Luke 21:33) of the LOGOS WORD HIMSELF (see John 1:1-4) implanted into us, by Rhema Word communication (see John 6:63) made through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). When the Seed germinates and the new birth has taken place, we are in a position to continue to receive of the Spirit and Life communication, by the hearing of the Rhema Word of GOD (see Romans 10:17; John 6:63). The hearing of the Rhema Word opens a growth continuum in eternity to our inward parts! That’s exciting! Consequently, through the hearing of the Rhema Word, the capacity of our spirit man is increased! The potentials of the Word of GOD being released into us in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH are actually limitless (see 2 Peter 1:19) because its contents are limitless in GOD and, also because the growth process develops in eternity!] Through JESUS CHRIST, by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, through the new birth, GOD has given us a functional spirit man. And this spirit man is to function entirely by the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST that GOD has given us. Please be reminded that Php 1:19 c (NASB), tells us that GOD gives us “the provision of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST”. The NKJV speaks of “the supply of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST”. This provision and supply of (and in) the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST enables us to grow and develop in eternity – in the grace and love of GOD our FATHER! The provision and supply are in the actual contents of the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA, that is given actual expression, through HIS Words (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33; Revelation 19:13) and, which give true expression to the Word of GOD (see Revelation 19:13)! Truth and all that is true being an actual expression of the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 14:6)! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b)! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 21: 02.06. CHAPTER 06: THE GROWTH OF THE SPIRIT MAN ======================================================================== CHAPTER 6: THE GROWTH OF THE SPIRIT MAN Through the supply and provision of the contents of the Spirit Of MASHIAH YESHUA (CHRIST JESUS), GOD develops our spirit man. Hence the declaration that through CHRIST WHO strengthens us, we can actually do all things (see Php 4:13; Php 4:19; Php 4:23)! CHRIST is able to strengthen us to do all things in spirit, soul, heart and, even body. That’s the Biblical proposition that becomes the basis of our spirituality – its development and its expression. The potentials are exciting and stand in the context of a call upon our lives. It is important that we understand this call as flowing out of an actual revelation of JESUS CHRIST – the true, full and perfected knowledge of HIM – alive in our inward parts (see Ephesians 1:17-19). The contents of the Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA include HIS faith, love, wisdom, understanding, strength, passion, character, nature, thinking, ability, power, etc. and all the ingredients that constitute the reality of each of these expressions of faith, love, wisdom etc. These ingredients are what constitute the Mystery of CHRIST. These ingredients can’t be accessed by the intellect of man. It is only accessible by revelation from GOD being perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:5-6; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV). This communication is the exclusive basis to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in our inward parts! Being able to do all things – through CHRIST WHO strengthens us - is the practical expression (and evaluation) of the redemptive process of salvation! All that GOD supplies comes to us through the contents of the Word of GOD (see Revelation 19:13; John 17:6 a; 26; Psalms 138:2 c). The Word gives specific expression to the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. The written Word of GOD forms the spiritual frameworks of GOD’s provision to us, in and through the actual communication of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. The specifics of the Word give form and substance to the spiritual frameworks of our spirituality in GOD. These frameworks of the Word define an operating system in GOD and of GOD (see Jeremiah 1:11-12). [The spiritual frameworks of the Word of GOD are necessary to form the functional boundaries that will govern the realms of spiritual experience that are available to us in GOD. The frameworks of the Word – actually formed in us in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST - protect us from deception and the occult.] The HOLY SPIRIT releases the contents of GOD’s Word (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15) into our inward parts. The HOLY SPIRIT gives expression to communications of the Word in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST (see John 6:63; John 16:14). The HOLY SPIRIT releases the contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. And, the HOLY SPIRIT also works the contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST into us. [Aside On Angels: In this book we talk of all things being manifested by the HOLY SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS. However, in reality the actual processes of manifestation involve the actuality of angels on assignment in this process of communication. Angels are called ministering spirits in Hebrews 1:14. Angels are often involved in ministry impartations by the HOLY SPIRIT towards us (see Hebrews 1:14). Angelic ministry is often involved in making specific deposits or impartations or spiritual expressions of the contents of the Word of GOD into us (see Psalms 103:20; Hebrews 1:14)! Angels make these deposits in many forms according to the specifics of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA contained in each deposit. The point is that spiritual deposits – delivered or ministered by angelic entities - are constituted in Word-based actualities described in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA through living expressions of HIS faith, HIS love, HIS Character, HIS Nature etc. This is why the Bible declares that HIS Fullness is designed to fill all-in-all. One such reality is the crystallized realities of the Word that are called precious stones. In Ezekiel 28:12 b-13, we see such precious stones becoming the covering of Lucifer (before his fall) that was addressed as the ‘seal of perfection’! These precious stones are crystallized realities of the Word that – in the case of Lucifer - enabled him to operate in specified realms of authority before GOD. These realms of authority and influence were addressed as “sanctuaries” which Lucifer tragically defiled (see Ezekiel 28:18 b; Isaiah 14:12 a). It is interesting that we are each addressed as tabernacles – the dwelling places (or, sanctuaries) of GOD – in the Scriptures (see Psalms 84:1; John 2:19-21; 1 Corinthians 3:15-17; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:19-22; 2 Chronicles 7:16). We are being built and developed into becoming functional sanctuaries in GOD (see Psalms 91:1) and of GOD (see 2 Chronicles 7:16) having spheres of influence and authority over nations (see Isaiah 54:2-3; Isaiah 60:1-7). All of these Word deposits, designated as multi-faceted precious stones that fill the treasuries of the Kingdom of Heaven, are of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST (see Revelation 19:13 b; John 1:1-3) - the fullness designed to fill all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:23) from the foundations of the creation (see Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-11)! Colossians 1:19, declares that it is the FATHER’s Will for all the fullness to dwell in JESUS CHRIST. John 1:3 declares the following: All things came into being by HIM, and apart from HIM nothing came into being that has come into being. ] The Word of GOD has the potential of communicating the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA – and the contents of HIS Spirit and Life – into us, in realities described in the Word. These spiritual realities come alive in us through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. These spiritual realities develop our functional spheres of influence in GOD. [Aside On Angels: And, this often involves angelic ministry to the saints. For example, although the HOLY SPIRIT indwelt MASHIAH YESHUA, we see an angel come and minister to HIM at the Garden of Gethsemane (see Luke 22:43). Similarly, from a human standpoint we see that although the HOLY SPIRIT indwells us, we see that HE uses others amongst us to minister to us. Angels are called ministering spirits in Hebrews 1:14; and, they are involved in ministry. Specifically they have been “sent out to render service (or, ministry) for the sake of those who will inherit salvation”.] The Word of GOD communicated by the HOLY SPIRIT in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST has the potential of supplying all of the intimate and specific spiritual needs of our inward being – comprising our spirit, our soul and our heart – according to the call upon our life. The Word communicated – into us - in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST also open to us the ability to function in the SPIRIT of GOD, in the actualities of the Kingdom of Heaven. In the contents of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA all of our natural pursuits – consistent with GOD’s Law – can also be empowered and energized so that we come forth as the head and not the tail in fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Deuteronomy 28:13). The spiritual governs the natural and in CHRIST, the spiritual will re-define and expand our natural abilities. We have – by the HOLY SPIRIT – the capacity to receive deposits of the spiritual as “spiritual with spiritual” (see 1 Corinthians 2:13 c, NASB). It is crucial that we understand the reality of “spiritual deposits” in GOD as being of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST (see John 1:3; Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:19). In subjection to GOD’s call, will and purpose over our lives, all things become possible to us – in terms of fully enabled functional spiritual realities - through the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH. When we understand that the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST can communicate the infinitude of spiritual realities like, faith, love, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, courage, power, strength, character, nature etc., we can come to understand why the LORD JESUS declared that all things are possible (see Matthew 17:20 c). And, we can also understand why Scripture declares that through CHRIST WHO strengthens us we can do all things (see Php 4:13, KJV). This is why CHRIST declared that in HIS Name anything – consistent with the frameworks of GOD’s Word (Will) - is possible because it can be given and it can be done (see John 14:12-14) for us or, performed (see Jeremiah 1:11-12) in us and through us (see Php 2:13). [Aside On Angels: It is in the context of ministering the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA to us, that the angels are called ministering spirits in Hebrews 1:14 and, their ministry involves spiritual ingredients to the redemptive processes of salvation to us! Their ministry also involves spiritual ingredients to the functional realities of the Kingdom of Heaven. Angels on assignment are implicit to the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT towards us! Similarly, angels are implicit to the ministry of JESUS CHRIST (see Revelation 1:16 a, 20) as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (Hebrews 3:1); as the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2 a); as the Mediator of the New Covenant into our inward parts (Hebrews 9:15); and, as the ONE WHO intercedes for us (Hebrews 7:25). There is in fact, a whole economy of salvation in which angels and saints are actively involved in spiritual realities that give expression to the dynamics of the realm called the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven (see Matthew 13:11; Matthew 13:23) that opens to our inward parts. Angels and saints are actively involved in the spiritual dynamics of the Kingdom of GOD all the time. We however do not pray to angels or to saints.] All this great complex of Kingdom ministry forms, contribute towards the revealing of the sons of GOD which, the Scriptures declare the creation is anxiously longing for (see Romans 8:19)! There is something awesome that GOD will open to all creation when the sons of GOD from among men are established before GOD – through salvation! And, this is because only the sons of GOD from amongst men have the Testimony of YESHUA as an inheritance and a possession functionally (see Ezekiel 44:28; John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB). The Word of GOD communicated by the HOLY SPIRIT in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST is prophetically addressed as the Testimony of JESUS (see Revelation 19:10 c, 13b). The Testimony of JESUS is the basis of “spiritual deposits” that gives expression to all our spiritual functions in GOD. Luke 21:33 declares that the Logos Words of the Testimony of JESUS – HIS Words - are everlasting! [It is from the reality of HIS everlasting Words that we can see how HIS Words give expression to the everlasting treasures of the Kingdom of GOD. Just as GOD spoke: “let there be light and there was light”; so, there are many other treasures – crystallized spiritual realities of GOD’s Word - that GOD has spoken into prophetic being. The many-faceted complex of intertwined promises of Scripture give rise to an infinitude of spiritual treasures that will make eternity a treasure trove of possibilities that gives expression to the glory of GOD’s grace towards us (see Revelation 21:9-11)! And, it is the pursuit of GOD that gives rise to such exciting possibilities.] The Rhema (or, quickened) expression of the Logos Words of JESUS’ Testimony (see Revelation 1:15 c; Ezekiel 1:24) are communicated by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63) into our spirit man so that we will actualize the capacity to live through the enabling spiritual contents of the Spirit (and Life) Of CHRIST JESUS! In this realized actuality, eternal and abiding spiritual realities and their potentials – inscribed in the contents of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA - open to our inward parts through our spirit man. This enabling and empowering revealed in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST, (commences and) develops through a process of hearing, understanding and accepting the Word of GOD (see Romans 10:17; Matthew 13:23; Mark 4:20; Revelation 19:13 b). Hearing involves the willingness to hear our mouth articulate the spoken Word. As we hear the articulated Word, the capacity to understand opens to our spirit and surfaces to our mind through the interface of our heart. When we accept the revelation in our own free will – something comes alive into our inward parts in a potentially abiding reality. When lived, the potentially abiding becomes the functionally abiding fashioned into our inward parts. In this process we are perfected and completed in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST! It is in this process of actualizing the contents of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST – that are contained in the Word of GOD – that the Mystery of CHRIST (see Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:7-11) unveils in a growing revelation into our inward parts. [The use of the gift of tongues energize and quicken this revelatory process, that flows out of the Word of GOD, into our inward parts (see 1 Corinthians 14:2; Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22). Tongues energize the Mystery of CHRIST (see Colossians 1:26-27) into our inward parts according to the Word (see Revelation 19:13 b) that we are willing to pursue. I have spent hundreds of hours, speaking in tongues, to receive insights into the Word by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 14:6; Isaiah 28:9-11).] GOD has in the Rhema expression of the Logos Words of JESUS’ Testimony – with all the potentials contained in the contents of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH - reversed the fall of Adam. But, we have to actualize this supernatural reversal in our own free will response to GOD. [GOD has opened to us a realm of possibilities in HIM that stretch into eternity. This is the Glory of HIS Grace that we are called to possess (see Revelation 21:9-11; Ezekiel 44:28; Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 1:17-23; Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-12, 16-19) from our inward parts. Biblical Spirituality has astonishing potentials in GOD! That all this will involve the intimacy of our inward parts being alive to GOD – in an online functional reality - is simply astonishing!] “This inwardly engineered reality” facilitates the progression of our salvation in all eternity! Nothing is impossible with us – in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2)! No wonder the LORD JESUS CHRIST declared (in Matthew 17:20 c) : …. and nothing shall be impossible to you. “This inwardly engineered reality” flows out of the faith and love of YESHUA expressed for us through the Cross. “This inwardly engineered reality” derives from what YESHUA MASHIAH calls “MY Words” (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33). HIS Words are designed – in the contents of HIS Spirit and Life that form HIS Words - to enable the functioning of our total inward being in GOD – through JESUS CHRIST. All things are in fact actually possible through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13). The possibilities arise out of all that is contained in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA! Revelation 5:6 speaks prophetically of the LAMB having seven horns and seven eyes that are the seven Spirits of GOD! [Seven represents perfection and seven also represents the process of our being perfected in all that the LAMB has attained and obtained for us in HIS merits - that are prophetically described as seven horns and seven eyes! Through JESUS CHRIST – in the conduits of HIS Spirit and Life – we have “seven horns and seven eyes” given to us in JESUS CHRIST, through which we will be equipped to walk into the perfect purposes of GOD (see Matthew 5:48). The seven horns express the perfected oil of YESHUA’s Spirit (see 1 Samuel 16:13) that enables us to function by lifting up the horn of HIS Name (see Psalms 89:24 b; Revelation 3:12 c). The seven eyes express the perfected capacity to see and understand, made available to us in YESHUA’s Spirit.] The possibilities find definition and fulfillment out of the faith and love of YESHUA (see 1 Timothy 1:14) actualized in our inward parts! The possibilities find description and application through the Word of GOD – in the functional actualization of every Word-based principle, proposition, reality, promise, gift, anointing, plan and purpose of GOD for us each – consistent with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Ephesians 2:10 actually declares that we are the workmanship of GOD created in CHRIST JESUS for good works! This is the enabled capacity to live fruitfully, actualized from JESUS CHRIST through the communication of HIS Words in HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63) into us. This communication into us – into our spirit man - is the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. From our spirit man, HIS Words then find functional expression in our heart and soul. “HIS Words” are the living spiritual expressions of YESHUA’s Testimony that actually give pure and perfect and practical expression to the Word of GOD, in the actualities of YESHUA’s Testimony - in us and through us. “HIS Words” communicate specific deposits of the “spiritual” so that we can actualize “spiritual with spiritual” in our spirit man (see 1 Corinthians 2:13 b, NASB). YESHUA ADONAI is the WORD and HIS Words (or, HIS Testimony) give pure and perfect spiritual expression to the Word of GOD (see Revelation 19:13). HIS Words expound the Word of GOD – by revelations orchestrated by the HOLY SPIRIT – into functional actualities in our inward parts! HIS Testimony – comprising HIS Words (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33) - is thus addressed as the Spirit of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c) invested with the potentials of actual fulfillment. Fulfillment is the design and purpose of the prophetic. Fulfillment is the fundamental proof of Biblical Spirituality! And, this fulfillment aligns with the witness of the Law and the Prophets as proclaimed in Romans 3:21. And, in HIM and through HIS Fullness, the prophetic potentials of each and every one of our lives are limitless (see 2 Peter 1:19; Matthew 13:23; Luke 21:33)! The next chapter outlines some of the fulfillment potentials of Biblical Spirituality in GOD. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 22: 02.07. CHAPTER 07: OUR FULFILLMENT POTENTIAL ======================================================================== CHAPTER 7: OUR FULFILLMENT POTENTIAL The Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Php 1:19 c) is the Spirit of Prophecy. The primary intent of prophecy is fulfillment – personally, corporately and in cosmic proportions. In this reality of prophecy and its intent of actual fulfillment, the Scriptures declare that the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is designed to fill all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:23). Colossians 1:17; Colossians 1:19-20 declares the following: And HE (JESUS CHRIST) is before all things, and in HIM all things hold together. … For it was the FATHER’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in HIM (JESUS CHRIST), and through HIM to reconcile all things to HIMSELF, having made peace through the Blood of HIS Cross; through HIM, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. Given the prophetic significance of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST – communicated to us in HIS Spirit and Life – we can understand why the Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA is the Spirit of Prophecy. The Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA (CHRIST JESUS), is the spiritual blueprint for our prophetic status and potential in eternity - as spiritual beings prophetically described as priests, kings and prophets (see Revelation 1:6, KJV; 1 Peter 4:11) – the functional sons of the living GOD (see Romans 8:19; Romans 8:29-30). It is the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH that give credence to the awesome potentials of the prophetic Word designed to unveil us as Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19; Jeremiah 1:11-12). We become Morning Stars in the actuality of the Word of GOD developed into our state of being – by GOD (see Ephesians 2:10). We are called Morning Stars in the image and fullness of HIM WHO is prophetically described as the Bright Morning Star (see Revelation 22:16; John 1:16-17, NASB+KJV+NKJV). We are spiritual beings being brought into true life through the actual communication of the Word of GOD into us in and through the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH. We are spiritual beings being brought to life in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. And, it is in the reality of new life that we have a prophetic potential we have to choose to enter into. The willingness to make right choices is the necessary response to GOD that Biblical Spirituality demands. It is GOD WHO will develop the outcomes of our choices in HIS Word and through HIS Word. Our choices are conduits through which the power of GOD will manifest the Word that will create and fashion outcomes, in line with GOD’s will and purpose for our individual lives (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). The Testimony of JESUS – the Word expressed in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST - expounds and gives actual expression to the spiritual contents of the Word Of GOD that is to be fashioned into us. We are being brought into new life – defined in a new state of inner being - in and through the actual contents of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA! This is the reality in which GOD actually performs HIS Word into us and, ultimately through us (see Jeremiah 1:11-12; Jeremiah 31:31-34; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV) in order to achieve HIS specific purposes with us. [For example: The creation of a heart of flesh – a pure heart that is an actual construct of CHRIST’s Fullness in us, is one of the essential realities in which GOD performs HIS Word in our inner man (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Jeremiah 15:16; John 6:51). Similarly the consequent circumcision of our heart of flesh, so as to remove the body of our fallen flesh - that expresses all of our (fallen) fleshly weaknesses - is also an example of GOD performing HIS Word (see Ezekiel 36:26-27; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 2:29; Colossians 2:11; Php 3:3) in us to achieve HIS purposes through salvation. HE is actually saving us by creating us anew in our inward parts; creating us in consonance with our free will response to HIM and HIS Word. In our response to HIM and HIS Word we are called to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (see Php 2:12) knowing that HE is at work in us to will and to work into us all that is pleasing to HIM (see Php 2:13). Understand clearly that it is GOD WHO saves us; but HE does this in consonance with our willingness to pursue our salvation by choosing to make the right responses to HIM through HIS Word!] Through the exposition of the Word into our inward parts (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) GOD is creating us through the contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. GOD is in this process actually performing HIS Word – purposefully - into us! GOD is establishing (and developing) a GOD-ordained spirituality into our inward parts. In this new creation we are called epistles of CHRIST and ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV). Epistles give particular and specific spiritual definition to our functional state of being in GOD. And, the actuality of us each becoming actual ministers of the New Covenant gives functional expression to all that is being defined and described into our inward state of being. The end result is a spiritual being in the image and fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB; Romans 8:29-30; Romans 8:28) who is fully functional in JESUS Name (see Revelation 19:13 b; John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:23-26) by HIS Witness actually made alive in the inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a; Revelation 3:14 b)! While our outer man is decaying, our inward man is being created and revitalized by renewal and regeneration (see Titus 3:5; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17) in the actual communication of the contents of the Word of GOD – into us - through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. The contents of the Word of GOD are expressed in the Spirit and Life of the LORD JESUS CHRIST – the WORD of GOD (see Revelation 19:13 c; John 1:1-4). The ingredients of JESUS CHRIST’s Spirit and Life give pure and perfect expression to the contents of the Word of GOD – as Truth - so that the Word of GOD will be performed in us and into us in GOD’s perfect will. Php 4:13 (KJV) specifies that we can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us. We are strengthened - into an actual newness of life and being - as the contents of the Spirit of CHRIST (which is the Spirit of Prophecy) is perfected and completed into our spirit man. And, all this is accomplished through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15) to our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart. In this process, we become the workmanship of GOD created in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10). In this process, we are beginning to actualize the prophetic (or, fulfillment) potentials ordained in our lives from the foundations of the world (see Psalms 139:14-18; 2 Peter 1:19; Ephesians 2:10) in actual measures of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. [Please note that this process of being perfected and completed in the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH – so that we actualize a newness of life and being – also involves our soul being renewed and regenerated and, being perfected and completed in the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST. This comes about through the Nature and Character contents of the Spirit of CHRIST being perfected and completed into our soul – which comprises our mind (see Ephesians 4:23-24), our will (see Php 2:13) and, our emotions (see Galatians 5:22-23). The Cross is a testament to the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST being the fundamental ingredient to HIS Spirit being expressed as the Spirit of Holiness – where holiness means being actually set apart unto GOD and HIS purposes in purity (see Romans 1:3-4). The Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST will cause us to have a passion to be holy unto GOD.] The actualization of our prophetic potentials is a creative strengthening and formation of our inward parts that enables us to “do all things” – in and by and through GOD. The actualization of GOD’s Righteousness - into a new spirit man and, consequently into a renewed and regenerated soul man, that together result in an increasingly new state of being – crystallized in the contents of a clean heart (see Psalms 51:10) and a pure heart (see Matthew 5:8; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2) - is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17-18; Romans 3:21-23, KJV)! In the manifestation of GOD’s Righteousness into our functional state of being in fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - GOD saves us. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is the fundamental basis of Biblical Spirituality breaking the yokes of the Mystery of Lawlessness that engulfs the human race (see 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12; Matthew 7:21-23) in death and self-destruction! We are meant to actualize the prophetic potential of doing all things in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17) - through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). In being able to do all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the Mystery of the FATHER’s Will is brought into increasing functional fulfillment in us and through us (see Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 1:3-14). The prophetic potential of doing all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17) arises out of the HOLY SPIRIT’s configuration of our spirit man in the FATHER’s Will! The HOLY SPIRIT configures our spirit man in and by and through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see John 16:14)! Our spirit man is configured to function in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA under the leading and inspiration of the HOLY SPIRIT. Our spirit actualizing the growing potentials of the contents of the Spirit of CHRIST is the essential and exclusive ingredient to the fulfillment of the Prophets. We can now understand why all things abiding and eternal are possible – only - through CHRIST WHO strengthens us! With our spirit configured in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST we become increasingly functional through the Spirit of CHRIST. But the status of our spirit being configured in the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is only part of the functional status of our inward being. We have a soul that also needs to be configured in CHRIST JESUS. How does this come about? ======================================================================== CHAPTER 23: 02.08. CHAPTER 08: THE SALVATION OF OUR SOUL ======================================================================== CHAPTER 8: THE SALVATION OF OUR SOUL Our soul – consisting of our mind, will and emotions – has the potential of being able to express our free will response to all that GOD brings to life in our spirit man. Our response to GOD – in our free will - unveils in hope, faith, righteousness, love and holiness. One day we will express our free will – free from sin and death – in all that we do in word and deed. We are designed to function by loving GOD with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. Loving GOD is the actualization of freedom from the Law of Sin and Death. Loving GOD is descriptive of true liberty. The reality of increasingly loving GOD is essential to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in our inward parts. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in our soul is the product of the Righteousness of GOD (see Romans 3:21-23, KJV) as illustrated in Figure 8. FIGURE 8: Schematic Of The Soul Fulfillment – in the Law and the Prophets - comes about as our soul is made functional in the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST. The transformation of our soul unveils us each in the image of JESUS CHRIST through HIS fullness formed in us (see Romans 8:29; John 1:16-17). How does this come about? When we are quickened by the HOLY SPIRIT in our spirit man, the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST resident within us is “brought to life” or quickened in our spirit – to express the realities of the Word resident within us or brought into us. Our soul is able to respond – through mind and will - to what the HOLY SPIRIT has brought to life in our spirit man. Given that the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST has been perfected and completed through the cross, in living expressions of HIS Nature and Character, we have in GOD’s Word – from and through the Spirit of CHRIST – the ingredients of YESHUA’s Nature and Character available to us. YESHUA’s Nature and Character is constituent to HIS Spirit. The ingredients of YESHUA’s Nature and Character unveil in the context of the specific contents of the Rhema Word, the HOLY SPIRIT has quickened in our spirit. From what is quickened by the HOLY SPIRIT in our spirit man, our soul can actualize from the Spirit of CHRIST – by the HOLY SPIRIT - the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST that will (in turn) transform and re-position our mind, will and emotions in GOD, in accordance with HIS call upon our life. This re-positioning is contained in a process of renewal (the old becoming brand new) and regeneration (that which is dead in sin being brought to life in righteousness) that is worked into us – by the HOLY SPIRIT. JESUS CHRIST proclaimed in John 16:14 that the HOLY SPIRIT will take that which is of JESUS CHRIST, and disclose it to us. This disclosure takes place in our inward parts. The very heart and essence of this disclosure involves the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST – the true MAN – being formed in our soul in its total form and function! Such an actualization of the Nature and Character of MASHIAH YESHUA has to be released and worked into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. However, the HOLY SPIRIT can only work in us as we respond in hope, faith and love. Hope, faith and love are expressed by hearing, understanding, accepting and expressing the Word in freewill prayer, worship and our lifestyle – as we respond to what the HOLY SPIRIT is saying through the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. It is the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST that gives true expression to what the HOLY SPIRIT is saying through the quickened Word (see John 6:63; John 16:14; John 16:13-15). When our soul responds to what is being communicated in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST, the HOLY SPIRIT is able to manifest the specific extracts of the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST – alive in HIS life-giving Spirit - into our soul according to our soul’s freewill response. Galatians 4:19 declares that CHRIST is being formed in us. The term “us”, arises from all that expresses our personality – the composite of our nature and character - in terms of the functional specifics of our mind, will and emotions. Ephesians 4:23-24 expresses the root form of this potential for transformation in our soul: … be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in GOD has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. The new self comes to life in us, as our soul is perfected and completed in the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB)! Ephesians 4:23-24 declares that our new self “has been created” in the kind intents of the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 1:3-11). Hence, the HOLY SPIRIT is bringing to life – in us - the actualities of what has already been created in the FATHER’s Heart. Ephesians 2:10 proclaims that we are being created in CHRIST JESUS. CHRIST JESUS – in terms of HIS Fullness – is the blueprint of our creation! And, this creation is the actual workmanship of the living GOD, so that we will walk into the good works that GOD has ordained in our lives. Our ability to do what GOD has designed us to do is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets! The spirit of our minds is renewed in the Spirit of CHRIST through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, and this enables us to ‘put on the new self’ – by freewill choice in response to GOD. This new self is descriptive of our soul actualizing its salvation from and through the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST. Our soul actualizes the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST as the HOLY SPIRIT perfects and completes the specifics of the Character and Nature contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST into us – in line with the quickened Word alive in us. The ‘new self’ then grows in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS. MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness – received as we respond, and in how we respond, to GOD’s Word - gives expression to our new self in MASHIAH YESHUA’s Image. Fundamental to the image of MASHIAH YESHUA is the actualization of HIS Character and Nature. John 1:16-17 reads: For of HIS Fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through JESUS CHRIST. The ‘new self’ comes to life in us, in a realization that arises in and by and through the Character and Nature of MASHIAH YESHUA, perfected and completed into our mind, will and emotions – through the HOLY SPIRIT’s ministry! We come forth in the image of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Romans 8:29-30) in mind, will and emotions! We develop a new personality in conformance to JESUS CHRIST (see Galatians 4:19)! It is the HOLY SPIRIT who engineers this new man even as we choose to respond in our own freewill. Our soul that reflects all that is personal to describing us, comes alive in a growing likeness to JESUS CHRIST – in HIS Image. We develop a brand new personality with a whole new thinking and behavior pattern that rises in the composite expressions of our renewed mind, will and emotions! We become more CHRIST-like in a dynamic process of transformation that the HOLY SPIRIT is expressing in the FATHER’s will. Without the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST there can be no actualization of our new self. Our new self – arising from our soul – is necessarily being created in CHRIST JESUS through HIS Nature and Character manifested (perfected and completed) into us. Our new self is necessarily being created in the image and fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Romans 8:29-30; John 1:16-17, NASB+KJV+NKJV; Ephesians 2:10). In all this, our soul – consisting of our mind, will and emotions – has the prerogative to respond to what is being made alive in us. We respond with our mind, will and emotions! We respond by believing and acting upon the realities (or, thought flows in terms of ‘words’, ‘pictures’, ‘motivation’, ‘inspiration’, ‘discerning’, ‘illumination’, ‘empowering’, ‘faith’, ‘love’, ‘righteousness’, ‘holiness’ etc) quickened into our soul – from GOD’s Word alive in our spirit, by the HOLY SPIRIT. We act upon these Word realities by hearing, understanding (see Matthew 13:23) and accepting (see Mark 4:20) what we actualize by the HOLY SPIRIT, through our spirit man. Our active response develops as we hold fast to GOD’s Word and apply it in our living (see Luke 8:15) by word and deed (see Colossians 3:17) through the exercise of our own free will. By holding fast to GOD’s Word and exercising the Word in word and deed - through our mind, will and emotions – we are perfected and completed so as to actualize our ‘new self’. Our ‘new self’ grows and develops in the image and fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA, as the specifics of the image and fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA – contained in HIS Words - is perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. The contents of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST are genetic in design, and give actual expression to the image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST. The contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST are perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14). It is a painstaking work of an amazing grace worked into us in loving detail. In this process JESUS CHRIST – acting through the HOLY SPIRIT’s ministry in our inward parts – becomes: (i) the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; (ii) the Mediator of the New Covenant into our inward parts; (iii) the Author and Finisher of our faith; (iv) the ONE WHO ever lives to intercede for us; and, (v) HE is the guarantee to all this being brought to fruitful completion in us! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22). The nature and character ingredients to the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, is what enables the renewal and regeneration of our soul and, our soul’s constituent functions in mind, will and emotions. The end result is the re-engineering of our personality – in the image of JESUS CHRIST. We are actually transformed – the new unfolds entirely unlike the old (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10). The willingness to do all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS is configured into our soul man (see Php 2:13; Php 4:13; Galatians 4:19) through the work and ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. This happens as the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST is worked – or, perfected and completed – into our mind, will and emotions. What is worked into us – by the HOLY SPIRIT – always involves our free will acceptance. This is an interactive process of us choosing to abide in MASHIAH YESHUA and, of HIM choosing to abide in us in HIS Fullness communicated (see John 17:26 c). A battle of choices has to be fought – by us, in our inward parts – for the actualization of this process of transformation and change. The development of these choices - in truth – always involves the work of GOD in our inward parts! All things are possible in GOD! In Ezekiel 36:27, YAHWEH declares: I will put MY SPIRIT within you and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and you will be careful to observe MY ordinances. This comes about as our mind, will and emotions choose to respond to what the HOLY SPIRIT is saying, in word and deed (see Php 2:13; Colossians 3:17)! We respond in hope. We respond in faith. We respond in righteousness – right action. We respond in love. We respond in holiness – being set apart to GOD and HIS specific purposes for us. Hope, faith, righteousness, love and holiness are spiritual expressions of the choices that we make. The Spirit of CHRIST – resident in our spirit – can energize these choices (expressed in hope, faith, righteousness, love and holiness) in a power resident in the Spirit of CHRIST! But always our soul has to choose! And, as we grow our choosing is enabled in the nature and character of YESHUA made increasingly alive in us. This is why salvation is entirely of JESUS CHRIST, WHO gives actual expression in human terms to the moral nature and character of GOD towards us. Hope in MASHIAH YESHUA results in the substance of HIS faith (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV) being communicated into us (see Galatians 2:20 c, KJV). The substance of HIS faith – actualized from setting our hope on HIM – in turn also becomes the conduit for the actualization of the reality of HIS love for us – through substance communicated. In fact through the substance of HIS faith, we can actualize genuine, supernatural change that is of the substance of HIS Fullness that gives credence to the fact of our salvation in a new man that is of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NASB+NKJV) and in HIS Image (see Romans 8:29-30)! Our response through the gift of tongues can facilitate the work of the HOLY SPIRIT in giving revealed expression to the Mystery of CHRIST into our inward parts (see 1 Corinthians 14:2; Isaiah 28:9-12; Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-12). This comes about because tongues are a spiritual tool – alive in our spirit man - that enables us to energize the power that works within us (see Ephesians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:4-7) in and through the spiritual conduits of hope, faith, righteousness, love and holiness. The power that is able to work within us is resident in the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see Romans 1:3-4; Hebrews 1:3 b) and is energized into actual functions by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14) through the revealed Word (see Deuteronomy 29:29) that is alive in us (see John 6:63; Hebrews 1:3 b; 1 John 5:10 a). Through tongues we can actualize the contents of all that is hidden in the Mystery of CHRIST – through hope (see Colossians 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 14:2; 1 Corinthians 14:6; 1 Corinthians 14:18; Ephesians 3:3-4). The actualization comes through the substance of the Mystery of CHRIST that hope in CHRIST JESUS opens to us (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV). Hope in CHRIST is designed – in the righteousness of GOD – to actually manifest the substance of the Mystery of CHRIST! This is why 1 John 3:3 actually tells us that: … Everyone who has this hope fixed on HIM (JESUS CHRIST) purifies himself, just as HE (JESUS CHRIST) is pure. The substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s purity is manifested into our inward parts through hope. Hope is the channel for the deposit of substance. If our hope is in CHRIST, the substance will be of CHRIST – in HIS purity. This substance of HIS purity the HOLY SPIRIT works into our inward parts – purifying us in return. Because the process involves our choices made in a focused and persistent hope, we are told that “we purify ourselves” through the exercise of this hope. The process of the energization of power into the functions (such as the exercise of hope for example) of our inward man must however, entirely be by the HOLY SPIRIT; it must never be a self-denominated process that is of the spirit of man alone. We must always function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS so that we are actually set free from the Law of Sin and Death (see Romans 8:2). Functioning by our spirit man alone develops our independence from GOD the HOLY SPIRIT. In the New Covenant all of our functions will ultimately flow by the HOLY SPIRIT. Figure 9 illustrates the treasures of GOD available to us through the proper use of tongues. FIGURE 9: The Use Of Tongues We can receive exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works within us (see Ephesians 3:20). This power is inherent to the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST brought into us in the revealed Word (see Hebrews 1:3 b; John 6:63; Romans 1:3-4). Matthew 13:23; Mark 4:20 and Luke 8:15 describe growth forms in 30-fold, 60-fold and 100-fold measures that are available through the Word received in our hearts. Understand the potentials of the power that can be developed to work within us, by the HOLY SPIRIT, to facilitate sustained growth in 30-fold, 60-fold and 100-fold measures (see 2 Peter 1:19)! This is why we can become actual sons of GOD! This is why nothing will be impossible to us in the will of GOD. Ultimately, we are perfected and completed as we do all things in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17). Our soul has to come into the objective willingness of obedience to GOD (see the Testimony of JESUS CHRIST expressed in John 5:30)! This objective willingness to obey involves the transformation of mind, will and emotions in the actual nature and character of JESUS CHRIST realized. This transformation is achieved in the FATHER’s Will (see Php 2:13; Isaiah 48:16 c) through the contents of the Testimony of JESUS - HIS Words – being worked into us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63; John 16:14). However, all this is contingent on our willingness to respond to GOD. Where does the objective willingness in obedience to GOD come from? The capacity to obey comes from the Nature and Character of YESHUA MASHIAH worked into us by the HOLY SPIRIT! The greater our conformance to CHRIST, the greater is our capacity to obey (see Galatians 4:19; Hebrews 5:8-10; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 3:4; Hebrews 12:2 a; 7:15-16, 21-22, 28). Obedience is one example of the many facets of CHRIST JESUS that we can receive and put on. Our conformance to CHRIST manifests as CHRIST is formed in us. This happens as the HOLY SPIRIT perfects and completes the specific contents of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA into our spirit and our soul (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). The contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see Php 1:19 c) – expressing HIS Faith, HIS Love, HIS Character, HIS Nature etc. – are perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. The actualization of the Nature and Character of YESHUA MASHIAH manifests as the Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT (see Galatians 5:22-23). And, we must understand that the actualization of the Nature and Character of YESHUA MASHIAH is the exclusive fruit of the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14)! The Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT is the fulfillment of the Law! And, the Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT becomes the basis for the fulfillment of the Prophets (and our prophetic potential) through the functions of our spirit man! We need character – in truth - in our souls, in order to give true functional expression to the potentials contained in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST! We will never be able to operate spiritual gifts without the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT becoming actual functional channels for the expression of the gifts. Our soul - comprising our mind, our will and our emotions - is renewed and regenerated by the HOLY SPIRIT’s work (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 4:23-24; Php 2:13; Galatians 5:22-23) as we – in our soul - choose to learn to put on CHRIST and function in the Spirit Of CHRIST. This is not an instantaneous happening but, is a labor of love as strongholds of our flesh, and flaws in our character and nature, are dealt with through the work and ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; Galatians 5:22-25)! The HOLY SPIRIT is able to deal with every perversion of the human soul as we respond to the HOLY SPIRIT’s in-working of the contents of the Testimony of JESUS into our state of being. When we fail to make the right choices, when we find blockages within us that prevent us from making the right choices; or, when we simply find that we do not want to do the right thing; we have the opportunity to address the issues of our nature and character with GOD. We can ask and seek after the GOD-engineered solutions to our fallen nature and our character flaws. GOD can cause us to take delight in the fear of the LORD (see Isaiah 11:3 a; Ezekiel 36:27). Addressing our flaws and the issues that prevent us from walking in the way of GOD is part and parcel of the process of repentance that is integral to the progression of our salvation. Repentance involves the pursuit of GOD-enabled change in our selves. We need to ask for the HOLY SPIRIT. In Luke 11:13, MASHIAH YESHUA categorically declares: … how much more shall your heavenly FATHER give the HOLY SPIRIT to those who ask HIM. In John 16:7; John 16:13-15, MASHIAH YESHUA declares: … I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you …. . But when HE, the SPIRIT of Truth comes, HE will guide you into all the truth ….. HE shall glorify ME; for HE shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it to you. All things that the FATHER has are Mine; therefore I said, that HE takes of Mine, and will disclose it to you. All things from GOD are given to us in CHRIST JESUS and come to us exclusively by the HOLY SPIRIT. It is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO unveils the wonders of MASHIAH YESHUA – prophetically described as the Mystery of CHRIST (see Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-11; Colossians 1:26-28) - into the state of our being. And, the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA is the essential ingredient to the development, function and maturity of our spirituality. MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is designed to fill all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:19-20; Colossians 1:17-20). Nothing else can take the place of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness (see Colossians 1:19). Biblical Spirituality is entirely of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness formed in us! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 24: 02.09. CHAPTER 09: UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT-SOUL-SPIRIT BALANCE ======================================================================== CHAPTER 9: UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT-SOUL-SPIRIT BALANCE Learning to choose to do all things in CHRIST JESUS (see Galatians 4:19), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:15) is a spiritual growth process that will perfect and complete the functions of our soul and spirit – in a spiritual progression into the Mount of the LORD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Isaiah 2:2-3; Isaiah 33:14 b-17; Hebrews 12:22-24). In the doing of anything in GOD there is a necessary soul-spirit functional balance that the HOLY SPIRIT will establish in us. This soul-spirit functional balance has many functional levels that are descriptive of specific levels attained in our progression into the Mount of the LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Isaiah 2:2-3). We come to the Mount of the LORD (see Isaiah 2:2-3; Matthew 5:14-16) so as to function in the secret place of the MOST HIGH, under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY (see Psalms 91:1; Ephesians 1:3-12; Ephesians 3:8 c-11). Every progressive reality of an inward functional balance or spiritual equilibrium in our inward parts reflects a functional spiritual level attained in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, from our inward parts. When we choose (from the functions of our soul) – by the HOLY SPIRIT - to put on CHRIST and function in the Spirit of CHRIST through our spirit (see Romans 1:9; Romans 9:1), we are choosing to express the level of spirituality we have attained in our inward parts. From one level of spirituality, a higher level is opened by the HOLY SPIRIT from the Word that we have come to receive (or, realize) in our inward parts (see John 16:14-15). The ‘higher level’ stands in the Word revealed (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22) and the Word performed (see Jeremiah 1:11-12) in us. From being born again, when we attain – by the HOLY SPIRIT’s ministry - what we have chosen to pursue (in response to what GOD has enabled us to see and understand), we come into a reality of actual spiritual function in GOD. This is a functioning that unveils in growing levels of a soul-spirit balance or equilibrium! Our soul-spirit balance is described in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2). Our balance stands in the FATHER’s will! In this balance or equilibrium, our soul reflects the level at which it has been perfected and completed in the Nature and Character of MASHIAH YESHUA. In tandem with our spirit, our soul has attained – by the HOLY SPIRIT – a functional state in CHRIST JESUS! In this functional state, there is a necessary functional balance between soul (choice) and spirit (functional ability / capacity / level of application in CHRIST JESUS) that establishes us before GOD. From this position of balance our perfected soul can become – through the exercise of our choices - the basis for the pursuit of yet higher levels of spirituality through our spirit. When we set our hope on actualizing a higher functional reality in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, we enter into a growth and expansion phase of our inward parts (see Psalms 119:32; Psalms 119:25-32; 2 Peter 1:19). Growth in our inward parts comes about as the life-giving contents of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see 1 Corinthians 15:45; Php 1:19 c) – resident within our spirit man - is quickened into its functional potentials described in the Testimony and Witness of YESHUA, and given expression to by the HOLY SPIRIT. This functional potential – being attained - necessarily involves both our spirit and our soul. What is quickened (by the HOLY SPIRIT) in our spirit is perfected and completed into our soul functionally. This comes about as YESHUA’s Nature and Character – inherent to HIS functional Testimony and Witness - is synthesized and worked into our soul (by the HOLY SPIRIT) in “some measure”, so that we in turn can function in “some measure” like CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! And, this function comes about as we choose to do things in word and deed (see Php 4:13; Colossians 3:17) in the enabling actualized (by the HOLY SPIRIT) from the functional contents of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Spirit and Life. This function is configured in the contents of the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. It is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO works the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST – inherent to HIS every function - into us through processes of renewal and regeneration through the washing (cleaning and purification) of the Water of the Rhema Word (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 5:26-27). We do things – in word and deed – in growing conformance to CHRIST JESUS. We become growing Epistles of CHRIST (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV). [The Rhema Word is the Word quickened by the HOLY SPIRIT to our inward parts. The Rhema Word can also be the Word witnessed by GOD to our inward parts (in both words and pictures). The Rhema Word carries functional actualities in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. The HOLY SPIRIT works these functional actualities into growing functional states of equilibrium in our soul and spirit.] The washing of renewal and regeneration in the Rhema Word is a composite spiritual expression of the Mystery of CHRIST, (the Mystery of) HIS Gospel, (the Mystery of) HIS Faith and (the Mystery of) HIS Godliness. It is renewal and regeneration in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA (quickened through our spirit man) that enable the transfers in the Character and Nature of CHRIST JESUS into our soul so that we are supernaturally purified and established as being holy unto GOD! But, all of these energized spiritual transfers are based on our choices arising from our soul. Hence as we grow in the LORD we see that even the processes by which we make our choices are built out of what we receive of CHRIST. What we receive is then perfected and completed in CHRIST as we put into practice what we have received in order to attain a higher level of function. In essence it is YESHUA’s love for the FATHER that we need to actualize. It is HIS delight in obeying the FATHER that we need to actualize. It is HIS Way of responding to situations and HIS Way of speaking and doing things that we need to actualize. It is the Testimony of JESUS that must become the framework and the essence and substance of our every function in GOD (see Psalms 119:32). This is what the HOLY SPIRIT is achieving in us. HE is taking that which is of CHRIST JESUS (see John 16:14) – HIS Fullness (see John 1:16; Colossians 1:19; Colossians 1:17) – and HE is perfecting this fullness of JESUS CHRIST into our being in fully functional terms. In this manner, we stand in the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST perfected and completed into us. Indeed YESHUA MASHIAH alone is the Bread of Life, and what we actualize from HIM becomes in us, and to us, the Way, the Truth and the Life. We receive of HIS Fullness as Bread and the ingredients of this Bread are perfected and completed into our inward parts as a prophetic functional reality described as the Way, the Truth and the Life! “The Way, the Truth and the Life” is our operating system actualized from the Testimony of JESUS. AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22)! The in-working into our soul is given expression to in revealed realities - arising through our spirit - inscribed line upon line and precept upon precept by the HOLY SPIRIT into our soul and, as our soul responds, into our spirit in turn, to attain “higher realities” in CHRIST JESUS (see 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). These verses - Isaiah 28:9-12; Zephaniah 3:9; Ezekiel 36:27; Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 54:13; and, John 6:45 - give us insight into GOD’s proposition to actually teach us and equip us to function in both spirit and soul – through the unveiling of the Mystery of CHRIST (see Ephesians 3:8 c-11). What is perfected and completed into our soul positions us to actualize the deeper realities of the Spirit of CHRIST in our spirit. Hence the functional capacity of our spirit man – in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT - increases as our soul is perfected and completed. The soul and spirit are necessarily complementary centers of our functional consciousness. When we ignore the importance of our soul’s development – in its expressions of character and nature – we run the danger of operating lawlessly. The Mystery of Lawlessness is a deception of false spirituality that ignores this balanced growth that is based exclusively on a growing likeness to CHRIST JESUS – as CHRIST is actually formed in us (see Galatians 4:19). Given the fact that we are freewill creatures, the state of our soul is crucial to what our spirit can actualize from GOD in the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA! [Hebrews 4:12, clearly states that the Word manifests by “piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit”. The Word manifests as Bread we eat (see Jeremiah 15:16) in distinctly different realities within our soul and spirit – as we meditatively or contemplatively eat the Word. We eat by hearing, understanding and accepting the Word of GOD and then putting it into practice in our lives (see Matthew 13:23; Mark 4:20; Luke 8:15). The Word manifested to our soul is called the Bread of the Holy and the Word manifested to our spirit is called the Bread of the Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22; Jeremiah 15:16). It is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO makes this division in soul and spirit enabling us to increasingly actualize the dynamics of YESHUA’s Character and Nature in our soul, while we realize the dynamics of the capacity to function like YESHUA in our spirit. Please be reminded that the “I AM” of YAHWEH is expressed in SOUL and SPIRIT too! And, we are made in HIS Image! Hence the necessary soul-spirit balance in our inward parts too. In this book, we are saying that in our spirits the HOLY SPIRIT manifests from the Word the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST that carries the enablement in power to function – by GOD (as opposed to functioning independent of GOD)! In our soul, the HOLY SPIRIT crystallizes from the Word that carries the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST that will in turn enable us to apply – in our own free will - the functions arising from our spirit according to the Word of GOD and the will of GOD that we have actualized. In this way GOD performs HIS Word in our inward parts (see Jeremiah 1:11-12; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) and also through us (see 2 Corinthians 3:6) in a balance of nature, character and spiritual function.] Our soul is renewed and regenerated as we choose to respond to the Testimony Of JESUS arising out of all that is revealed and quickened in our spirit man through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15; Ephesians 1:17-19)! The right responses (the right choices) arising from our soul – in response to all that the HOLY SPIRIT has quickened in our spirit – will enable us to actually function by the Spirit of CHRIST in all that we do in thought, word and deed. Ultimately the totality of our being will be made fully functional – in soul and spirit - in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. This functionality expresses the practical reality of our salvation. Please be reminded once more that all this is a work in progress. We function – in spirit and in soul - in the Spirit of CHRIST in growing measures of HIS Spirit. It is a progression as the extracts of the ingredients of HIS Spirit and HIS Life are perfected and completed into both our soul and spirit. All right function comes out of the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST. We appropriate the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST from HIS life-giving Spirit. JESUS’ Spirit was perfected and completed through HIS life and ministry through the Cross. HIS Nature and Character was put to test on the Cross and HE was raised from the dead with HIS Spirit being described as the Spirit of Holiness (see Romans 1:3-4). Now CHRIST JESUS’ life-giving, power-invested Spirit has been given to us in the Rhema Word that communicates saving realities – by the HOLY SPIRIT - in YESHUA’s Spirit and YESHUA’s Life (see John 6:63; Hebrews 1:3 b). HIS Spirit and HIS Life are the channels of HIS faith and love for us – exercised in living expressions of HIS Character and Nature in order that we will be revitalized – renewed and regenerated – by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 5:26-27) in realities actualized from YESHUA’s faith and YESHUA’s love! We become a new creation in JESUS CHRIST with functions that unveil the good works ordained by GOD (see Ephesians 2:10). In this actualization orchestrated by the HOLY SPIRIT we increasingly become sons of GOD! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22)! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 25: 02.10. CHAPTER 10: UNDERSTANDING GODS WORKMANSHIP IN US ======================================================================== CHAPTER 10: UNDERSTANDING GOD’S WORKMANSHIP IN US As we learn to do all things in thought, word and deed in the Spirit of CHRIST, our soul – comprising our mind, will and emotions - is increasingly perfected and completed in conformance to CHRIST. As we have said that this comes about as HIS Nature and Character is perfected and completed into us! It is important to understand that our increasingly true responses to GOD – in word and deed - arise as we are renewed in the spirit of our mind (see Ephesians 4:23-24 and Romans 12:2; Romans 12:1-3) with the nature and character of JESUS CHRIST. Our mind, and every function of our soul that arises from our mind set, is perfected in and by and through the contents of the Spirit Of CHRIST – quickened by the HOLY SPIRIT from our spirit man! [Tongues are a powerful tool in quickening the Word resident in or, alive to our spirit by the HOLY SPIRIT – into our mind, will and emotions. This quickening of the Word arises in and through the Witness of JESUS CHRIST, alive in our spirit in Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:10 a; John 19:30; John 19:34). This reality in the functional Witness of Spirit, Water and Blood is prophetically addressed as the true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b) that gives expression to the AMEN of GOD’s Word, Testimony and, Witness - in us and amongst us, and through us. In this Witness actualized (and developed in our inward parts through the perfecting of our soul functions) we too can become true and faithful in GOD – as we increasingly function by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2) through the true and faithful Witness, described functionally in Spirit, Water and Blood.] We are renewed in our mind as we “put on the new self, which in GOD has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth” - see Ephesians 4:24. [This new self unveils in the image of JESUS CHRIST as we receive and actualize – in our spirit and through our soul - HIS Fullness from the revealed Word (see Mark 4:22). HIS Fullness, communicated in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, is configured functionally – in growing measures of completion - through extracts of HIS Nature and Character being manifested into our soul. And, our configuring in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, becomes the form and substance of our new self – in HIS image (see Romans 8:28-30). We become actually CHRIST-like because of the substance of HIS Fullness formed in us. Such a reality of a new self in HIS Fullness opens to our soul only as our mind is renewed. This renewal establishes our mind in a framework of thought that is prophetically described as the Mind of CHRIST (see 1 Corinthians 2:16)! Such a mind set facilitates our willingness to make true (right) choices in GOD. Without the capacity to make true choices through the Mind of CHRIST, we can only make choices in our flesh (see Romans 8:5-9).] We are renewed in our mind by choosing not to be conformed to this world, by proving what the will of GOD is – “that which is good and acceptable and perfect” as noted in Romans 12:2! Please understand that the capacity to choose arises as we are strengthened in CHRIST in our mind set. “That which is good and acceptable and perfect” arises exclusively in the reality of CHRIST being formed in us (see Galatians 4:19)! And, in CHRIST being formed in us we are being functionally enabled to actually do - all things - through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13, KJV)! CHRIST is formed in us as the contents of HIS life-giving Spirit is perfected and completed into our inward parts of soul and spirit - in functional terms – in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). In this manner we put on CHRIST through the formation of HIS Spirit into our mind, will and emotions, through actual extracts of HIS Nature and Character being worked into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. What is perfected into us through the Spirit of CHRIST is HIS Nature and Character! And, this is the essential and exclusive reality that will enable our destiny in eternity to unfold.. Every choice – expressed in some measure of the Spirit Of CHRIST - that results in some measure of right (true) action is an expression of the righteousness of GOD actualized. The Righteousness of GOD comes through the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST being functionally perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. [Opposing this is a reality of trying to be righteous in our own flesh - attempting to be ‘good’ in and by ourselves. This reality the Scriptures judge, declaring that our righteousness is quite simply “filthy rags” (see Isaiah 64:6). And, the reason is because GOD’s thoughts and ways are entirely unlike our thoughts and ways (see Isaiah 55:8-9).] The exercise of our mind, our will and, our emotions in CHRIST, by the HOLY SPIRIT perfects us in the constituent ingredients of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. What is perfected and completed into us – into our mind, our will and, our emotions - from the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST, is what flows out of HIS Nature and Character – the constituent ingredients of HIS Nature and HIS Character. What flows out of the constituent ingredients of HIS Nature and HIS Character is a fruitfulness that bears testimony to HIM being alive in us in some measure of HIS Fullness. This fruitfulness flows out of a capacity to be fruitful in a reality that has abiding continuity! It is YESHUA’s Nature and Character contents or ingredients that will enable our mind, our will and, our emotions to function in righteousness and holiness of the truth! Absolutely nothing else will! [Human will power exercised in the strength of our flesh is a spiritual deception (see Romans 8:5-8) prophetically addressed as legalism (see Galatians 3:1-5). Any attempt to establish and fulfill the Law in man’s strength and in man denominated terms is a deception of the flesh. The Law can only be established and fulfilled in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) – being established in HIS faith and, being fulfilled in HIS love, actualized in our inward parts through the exclusive ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, as CHRIST is formed in us (see Galatians 4:19; Php 4:13; Php 4:19).] And, this whole process of being enabled to function fruitfully in the Nature and Character of YESHUA is described as the Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT! It is the actual fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT’s labor with each one of us. It is the result of the HOLY SPIRIT’s workmanship of the ingredients of the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST into our inward parts. Php 2:13 (KJV) declares: For it is GOD which worketh in you both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure. In Ezekiel 36:27 GOD declares: I will put MY SPIRIT within you and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and you will be careful to observe MY ordinances. It is the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST that causes us to actually change. In John 16:14, JESUS CHRIST says: HE (the HOLY SPIRIT) will take of MINE and disclose it to you . We put on CHRIST in this process. That is, as we respond to what the SPIRIT is saying through the Word of GOD, we are being clothed with CHRIST (see Galatians 3:27, NASB) and, CHRIST is also being formed in us (see Galatians 4:19). And, the result is functional and fruitful – and, therefore fully verifiable! And, this is the essential proof of true Biblical Spirituality. And, this comes about because the true Word of GOD – that stands according to the Name of GOD (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB) - is a living expression of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. And, this living expression of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST has been glorified in HIS death and resurrection and is available in a fulfillment potential in (and through) the Body of CHRIST (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:8 c-11). Through the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST, we have actual access to living expressions of HIS Faith and HIS Love, HIS Heart and HIS Mind, HIS Character and HIS Nature and, HIS Witness and HIS Testimony! MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is made manifest in us – functionally and fruitfully! And, we can measure all things by the fruit of the Tree of Life that is the growing “I AM” Testimony and Witness of JESUS CHRIST in us and amongst us! AMEN! Ephesians 4:23-24 describes this process of being perfected from the perspective of the mind as: be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in GOD has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. What “has been created” stands in the Mystery of the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 1:3-14). And, we actualize what has been created in GOD, as we are renewed in the spirit of our minds with the ingredients of the Spirit of CHRIST – by the HOLY SPIRIT. The life-giving and life-expressing ingredients of the Spirit of CHRIST facilitate our creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10)! We become living expressions of the workmanship of GOD (see Ephesians 2:10) unveiled in the image (see Romans 8:29) and fullness (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB) of MASHIAH YESHUA! Romans 12:2 elaborates: And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of GOD is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. The mind is renewed as the Spirit of CHRIST is perfected into the mind functions of our soul man, as we choose to exercise our mental faculties – both logical and imaginative - through the ingredient capacities defined in the Spirit Of CHRIST that we have actualized by the HOLY SPIRIT’s ministry. All of the ingredient capacities of the Spirit of CHRIST are described in and out of HIS Character and Nature. Ultimately our capacity to do anything – in spirit and soul, by GOD - is governed by our soul carrying the Nature and Character of YESHUA as illustrated in HIS Words of Testimony in John 5:19-21; John 5:30. Our soul and spirit need to function in a co-mingled functional balance in CHRIST JESUS. This co-mingled functional balance of soul and spirit comes into being in our heart. Our heart is the functional interface between soul and spirit. Our functions flow out of our heart in commingled realities arising from our increasingly renewed soul and, our increasingly growing (new) spirit man. The schematic on this commingled balance is shown in Figure 10. FIGURE 10: Schematic Of The Functions Of The Inward Man In effect we are in this process learning to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us. As our abilities to function in the Spirit Of CHRIST through the HOLY SPIRIT increase, we are actualizing the reality of being perfected and completed in MASHIAH YESHUA. We are actually being made perfect in the actual measures of MASHIAH (CHRIST) being formed in us (see Matthew 5:48)! For example: 1 John 4:10-12; 1 John 4:16-17 describes us being perfected in the love of GOD until we are perfected with the love of GOD resident in our inward parts: In this is love … that HE (GOD) loved us and sent HIS SON to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if GOD so loved us, we also ought to love one another. … If we love one another, GOD abides in us, and HIS love is perfected in us. …. And we have come to know and have believed the love which GOD has for us. GOD is love, and the one who abides in love abides in GOD, and GOD abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us …. Choosing to receive and express the love of GOD that is being communicated into us - in the realized functional expressions of the Spirit of CHRIST - towards others, is to actualize the reality by which HIS love is perfected in us. As we choose to abide in love (in HIS Love actualized), HIS love is perfected with us – into our state of being - in all that we become with HIS love, as we express HIS love that is resident with us in all that we do in thought, word and deed. Abiding in GOD’s love is a free will choice that also results in wholesome emotions being developed, as HIS love is perfected with us. We become a new person. So we are told, for example that: perfect love casts out all fear (see 1 John 4:18 b). Indeed as 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) declares: For GOD has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. The capacities of power and love inherent to the Spirit of CHRIST results in a sound mind that in turn governs the functioning of our soul man in a reality free from fear and intimidation. This sound mind is the renewed mind that the HOLY SPIRIT has brought into being within us – from JESUS CHRIST. The sound mind is the Mind of CHRIST. We see that our soul – our mind, our will and our emotions – is perfected through the Spirit and Life of YESHUA that the HOLY SPIRIT reveals and brings into being and position in our spirit man. We are perfected as we choose to objectively respond to what the SPIRIT is saying. The Witness of what the SPIRIT is saying is actualized in our spirit – in a Witness prophetically described as Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:8); which, is the (functional) Witness of JESUS CHRIST resident within us (see 1 John 5:10 a) so that we may do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us. Revelation 3:14 b calls this Witness the true and faithful Witness. This is an online Witness in GOD that functions by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, before the FATHER. It is the Witness of the fullness and life of MASHIAH YESHUA perfected and completed into us. This Witness grows as we mature in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. Being perfected is a spirit to soul to spirit cycle. This cycle is a continuum of being perfected and completed in CHRIST through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. As our soul is perfected and completed, our capacity to choose to enter into the deeper realities of CHRIST JESUS, also increase, and our spirit man is able to realize greater actualities of the Spirit of CHRIST, by the HOLY SPIRIT. Ultimately, responding to the HOLY SPIRIT, by choices enabled through the Spirit Of CHRIST, will be as unobtrusive as the act of breathing is to our natural man and to the functions of our natural body! In the foregoing passages and prior chapters of this book, we have now described the two basic ingredients to our spiritual being – our soul and our spirit. As Hebrews 4:12 declares, our soul and spirit are distinctive and mutually exclusive expressions of our status as a spiritual being. Each is a center of consciousness that is built through the Word Of GOD – through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. Each portion is uniquely built but, the growth of each portion is crucial for the growth of the other. For example, for our spirit man to actualize the deeper actualities of the Spirit of CHRIST, our soul has to choose to respond to the HOLY SPIRIT’s instructions and leadings. So, while everything in our soul is enabled by what our spirit is actualizing; everything in our spirit is also impacted by what our soul responds to. Each part has a crucial and symbiotic part to play in our spiritual growth, function and maturity! [Our soul and spirit are designed to be unique expressions of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. Our spirit is to carry the functional potentials of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA. Our soul is to function in mind, will and emotions perfected and completed in the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST. In our soul we are in the image of JESUS CHRIST and in our spirit we are enabled to function like JESUS CHRIST. In our heart we have the fullness of JESUS CHRIST actualized from commingled expressions of our soul and spirit.] Hebrews 4:12 also makes mention of the heart. Through what is manifested into our soul and spirit, through the unveiling of the Word Of GOD - in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH (see John 6:63) - we are told that the thoughts and intentions of our heart are judged (NASB) or discerned (NKJV). What is our heart? And, how does our heart relate to our soul and spirit? And, how is it our heart is judged (discerned) by what is in our soul and spirit? ======================================================================== CHAPTER 26: 02.11. CHAPTER 11: THE INTERFACE OF THE HEART ======================================================================== CHAPTER 11: THE INTERFACE OF THE HEART Hebrews 4:12 tells us clearly that in GOD, our soul and our spirit are distinct centers of consciousness. These centers of consciousness are being built out of the Word of GOD. In the reality of the (quickened) Rhema Word, we can say that our soul and spirit are being built out of the specific, ingredient, contents of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST that the Rhema Word actually carries. In the reality of the Word construct of our inward parts in GOD, both spirit and soul are – in GOD – necessary, fully functional and, distinct centers of consciousness. In GOD, the functions of our soul and spirit are being developed out of the Word of GOD. And, these functions are being developed in the specific contents of the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA perfected and completed into our soul and spirit. In the reality of the Word of the Cross (see 1 Corinthians 1:18, NASB), the functions of our soul and spirit have the potential of being developed out of the faith and love of YESHUA expressed for us through the Cross (see John 1:16; Ephesians 2:10). In the reality of the Cross, our soul and spirit functions are also being perfected out of the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST expressed for us through the Cross. And, all that is being developed and perfected takes place and comes together – in us - through the HOLY SPIRIT’s ministry! Given the functional dynamics of our soul and spirit in and through the Word of GOD, our heart finds its functional essence as the functional interface between our soul and spirit. In this interface, the heart is the functional hub for co-mingled functional expressions of our soul and spirit, which determines what we do in word and deed. Our functional capacity involves spirit and soul functions being co-mingled into functions of the heart that we can then express in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17; Deuteronomy 30:14-15). The ability to do something - in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST – crystallizes in our heart and manifests from our heart into what we do in word and deed. This ability to actually do something in the Name of the LORD JESUS is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17-18; Matthew 5:20; Colossians 3:17; John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16). [When we do something in the Name of the LORD JESUS, we are doing something in and by and through HIS Witness and Testimony. It is HIS Witness and Testimony – in us functionally - that gives credence to doing something in the Name of the LORD JESUS.] The primary function of our heart is that it interfaces with our spirit and soul. In this process, our heart also functions as an interface between our spirit and soul. [In the context of the foregoing, the functional model for our inward parts can be expressed as: “spirit ó heart ó soul”. This model assumes that all things from GOD come alive to us through our spirit and flow into our heart and thence into our soul and vice versa. The things of GOD only open to us in this manner when we are born again (see John 3:3). We are born again when we receive a new spirit from GOD (see Ezekiel 36:26). This verse also tells us that a new heart – prophetically called a heart of flesh – comes into being in us from GOD as GOD undertakes to progressively remove the heart of stone that we have and replace it with a growing heart of flesh (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV). In this new born re-engineering and re-configuration of our inward operating system, all things from GOD open to our new spirit and arise into our (new) heart and thence into our soul according to our souls response to what GOD has made alive in our spirit. In being born again our new spirit has received the Seed of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see Galatians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 15:45). From this new beginning, the Rhema Word communicated in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST has the potential of being received in our spirit (see 1 Corinthians 2:13) and being communicated into our heart and soul as we (in our soul) respond to what the HOLY SPIRIT is proclaiming in the Rhema Word. Our heart and soul have the capacity to receive and they also have the capacity to provide feedbacks, hence the use of the symbol ó indicating a “to and from” interface in our inward operating system of “spirit ó heart ó soul”. The “ó heart ó” portion of the inward operating system described as “spirit ó heart ó soul” depicts our heart as the functional hub of our soul and spirit functions. This functional hub is described as a growing heart of flesh that GOD creates (see Ezekiel 36:26; Psalms 51:10; Matthew 5:8) and configures out of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST flowing into us – by the HOLY SPIRIT – through the Rhema Word. This heart of flesh is of the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness (see John 1:16-17) as we set our hope on HIM (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; 1 John 3:3). This heart of flesh is the necessary ingredient for the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in our inward parts in abiding terms.] Since both spirit and soul are built in the Word of GOD it follows that the functional interface of our heart - with our spirit and our soul – is also perfected and completed in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA by the HOLY SPIRIT. The whole process is subject to our own free will response to the Word of GOD! We actualize a heart of flesh forming in us. This heart of flesh is of HIS fullness – in substance and witness. The schematic on the functional interface of our heart is shown in Figure 11. FIGURE 11: Schematic Of The Functional Interfaces Of The Inward Man The good news is that GOD “is at work in you, both to will and to work for HIS good pleasure.” [See Php 2:13.] And this is how GOD does it: “I will put MY SPIRIT within you and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and you will be careful to observe MY ordinances.” [See Ezekiel 36:27; Ezekiel 36:25-27.] GOD causes us to walk in HIS ways through all that HE brings into our spirit. What GOD brings into us is framed in the Rhema (HOLY SPIRIT quickened) Witness and Testimony of JESUS as expressions of the Word of GOD communicated into us in JESUS CHRIST’s Spirit and Life. In salvation, this system of spirit ó heart ó soul is designed to fully function in the realized realities of the Witness and Testimony of YESHUA. These realized realities come out of the actual contents of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. The specific contents of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST are fashioned by the HOLY SPIRIT into our spirit, heart, and soul. In this way our inward parts are created in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; Ezekiel 36:25-27; 2 Corinthians 5:17; John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB). [The symbol “ó” describes a “to and from” interface between spirit and heart and, heart and soul. “ó heart ó” also symbolizes the interface the heart plays between spirit and soul and, soul and spirit. This simply means that everything contained in our spirit impacts the soul through our heart and everything in our soul impacts our spirit through our heart. This also tells us that our inward functions can originate from either our spirit or, from our soul or, from both at the same time. And when our inward functions originate from both spirit and soul at the same time, this can result in conflict and confusion in our heart, unless our soul chooses to submit itself to what the HOLY SPIRIT has brought alive in our spirit. The actual choice crystallizes in our heart at the speed of thought and intent – in response to GOD or otherwise! This response can be a response in obedience or disobedience!] In principle, our heart unveils its functional contents – arising from spirit and soul - through our mouths and through our deeds. Colossians 3:17 declares the ideal that salvation is to crystallize in us: … whatever you do in word and deed, do all in the Name of the LORD JESUS …. . [There is a functionality of our heart that opens us to GOD – through our spirit (see Matthew 5:8). However, there is also a wrongful use of our heart that can position us in the occult too (see John 8:42-47).] The Scriptures declare that we have the potentials of the Word of GOD being manifested in our mouth and our heart and, this becomes the practical expression of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15; Matthew 5:17-18; Deuteronomy 30:6; 1 Peter 4:11). Our mouth speaks out of the abundance of our heart. In GOD, our mouth and heart have an awesome prophetic potential (see 1 Peter 4:11 a). In evil our mouth and heart have a destructive potential (see James 3:5-6). A growing fulfillment of the Word of GOD in our mouth and heart is the outcome of our salvation (see James 3:2) and stands in line with the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. 1 Peter 4:11 (NASB) declares: Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances (NKJV – oracles) of GOD; whoever serves (or, ministers – NKJV), let him do so by the strength which GOD supplies; so that in all things GOD may be glorified through JESUS CHRIST …. . The capacity to speak and the capacity to minister are defined in the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST alive in our spirit man (see Romans 1:9). The willingness to speak and minister in the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is alive in our renewed and regenerated soul (which carries our conscience – see Romans 9:1). It must be understood that the functions of both spirit and soul are necessary for balanced fulfillment of the capacity to speak and to minister! And, this again is an expression of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled! The ability of our soul and spirit to function in righteousness and holiness of the truth is an expression of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. This is an outcome of our salvation progressed in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. In describing our inward parts as a composite functional interface of “spirit ó heart ó soul” orchestrated by the HOLY SPIRIT - so that the Testimony and Witness of JESUS CHRIST is developed and expressed - we have described the true basis of man being a spiritual being – in GOD’s perfect will. As a spiritual being in GOD, man has the potentials to search the depths of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:12)! Biblical Spirituality declares that man is a spiritual being built and developed in and through the Witness and Testimony of JESUS CHRIST. And, this spiritual actuality is the exclusive workmanship of GOD in our inward parts (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Exodus 32:15-16; Jeremiah 31:31-34). And, this workmanship of GOD in us gives expression to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in each one of us – in a functional uniqueness. Our spirituality - in truth - is exclusively tied to the Testimony of JESUS (see John 14:6). And, our spirituality in truth is entirely orchestrated by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). Our spirituality is designed to operate by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. Romans 8:2, calls this life! This is true life. This is GOD-given and GOD-developed life – true life! Simply put: the totality of our spiritual being is prophetically designed to be of JESUS CHRIST and, it is designed to realize all that is of CHRIST JESUS and, function in all that is of CHRIST JESUS. The functional prophetic totality that is of JESUS CHRIST unveils – exclusively – in, by and through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. This is the basis for the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets – we function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2; Romans 3:21-23, KJV). This is the exclusive functional basis that enables us to break the yokes of lawlessness that governs man in false spirituality. Biblical Spirituality operates in GOD (in the LORD JESUS), by GOD (the HOLY SPIRIT) and for GOD (for the FATHER’s glory). Biblical Spirituality is designed to enable man to actually live in and by and through and for GOD! Biblical Spirituality is based on man’s freewill acceptance of GOD as the be-all and end-all of man’s life and being in eternity. The Bible addresses this reality as eternal life. Functioning in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, is the basic operating framework for the FATHER’s will being brought to fulfillment in man (see Isaiah 48:16; Romans 8:2; Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 1:3-14; Ephesians 1:17-23). And, functioning in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, is the practical functional basis and framework for the realization and expression of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets! The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in our actual functions is what will protect us from cultivating lawlessness. We have in the preceding chapters described the dynamics of our spirituality as functions of our spirit and, soul while making some reference to our heart. In actuality however, our inward functions are crystallized by our heart from what our heart actualizes from the functional expressions alive in both our soul and spirit. A pure heart fulfills the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:8) functionally (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14). And, this comes about through realities sourced in our spirit and soul. It follows that a pure heart is descriptive of commingled pure expressions of soul and spirit! Such a functional reality is actualized from JESUS CHRIST – through extracts of the specific contents of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, being perfected and completed into the functions of our inward parts (by the HOLY SPIRIT). The functions of our spirit, soul and heart are functions meant to be described and developed in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT; and, this functional actuality in turn becomes the framework for the fulfillment of the FATHER’s Will (see Php 2:13; Ephesians 1:9-14). [It is also the framework for the unveiling or revelation (see Mark 4:22) of the Mystery of the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:9-10; Romans 8:2; Ephesians 1:3-14).] And, this functional actualization is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Any spirituality that stands in contradiction to this is an unveiling in the Mystery of Lawlessness (see 2 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Romans 8:5-8; Galatians 5:19-21). This functional actuality is the result of the Word of GOD being performed and brought to fulfillment (see Jeremiah 1:11-12; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 32:38-40) in our spirit, soul and heart – in CHRIST JESUS (through extracts of HIS Spirit and HIS Life), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 10:15-16; Romans 8:2)! All that is described and developed in CHRIST JESUS comes to us through all that is founded in and by the Word of GOD - described in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA. And, what is of the Spirit and Life of JESUS is perfected and completed into us through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. [At a time when the experiential is being loosely communicated across our pulpits, it is crucial that we understand that truth is actually communicated in the Word being brought to fulfillment in us by GOD HIMSELF in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; Jeremiah 31:33-34; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Jeremiah 1:11-12). In this sense all human spiritual experience needs to be a reinforcement of the Word resident in our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH.] The Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA (CHRIST JESUS) gives us access to actualizing HIS Fullness – prophetically described as the Mystery of CHRIST (see Colossians 1:26-28; Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-12). HIS Fullness revealed will establish us as functioning vessels of GOD in the actual image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 1:17-23)! There can be no other basis for true spirituality (see John 14:6; John 12:1-50; John 13:1-38; John 14:1-31). ======================================================================== CHAPTER 27: 02.12. CHAPTER 12: THE FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR HEART ======================================================================== CHAPTER 12: THE FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR HEART In this chapter we want to consider the functions of our heart. The ideal model for our inward operating system is spirit ó heart ó soul being fully functional by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). This ideal model describes the basis of our capacity to live in GOD and by GOD and through GOD – for HIS glory (see Revelation 21:9-11)! [However, the ideal is not yet in full force within us. Our soul - and as a consequence our heart, because of the soul ó heart interface - is also impacted by what the Scriptures (NASB) call “the body of our flesh”. We can see the reference to “the body of our flesh” in Colossians 2:11. Paul also refers to “the body of our flesh” as “the body of this death” in Romans 7:24 (NASB). And, we can see the impact of the body of our flesh on our soul, being described with clarity by the Apostle Paul in his discourse written in the first person “I” – that is descriptive of his soul - in Romans 7:18; Romans 7:22-25. The flesh has adverse impacts on our abilities to choose freely. There is a spiritual battle that we must be willing to fight – in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2) - in our inward parts. Our flesh and the appetites of our flesh arise from our self-centered and self-indulgent expressions of self. Our flesh is the spiritual state of our fallen man (see Galatians 5:19-21; Galatians 5:16-17; Romans 8:5-8) that we have received from generations before us (see Exodus 34:7 b) and, from what we have ‘developed’ in our own carnal lifestyles. Colossians 2:13 describes the “body of the flesh” as being: dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh . When we are circumcised - in MASHIAH YESHUA, by the HOLY SPIRIT – with the circumcision “made without hands” (see Colossians 2:11 and Romans 2:29) we actualize prophetically what is described as: “the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of CHRIST (MASHIAH)”. Our circumcision by the HOLY SPIRIT results in a spiritual work prophetically described as “the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of CHRIST.” We see this prophetic phrase “the circumcision of CHRIST” recorded in Colossians 2:11 (NASB). It is crucial that we understand the prophetic meaning (and implications) of “the circumcision of CHRIST” to actualize the removal of the body of our flesh. Scripture instructs us that MASHIAH YESHUA was circumcised on the 8th day in accordance with the requirements of the Law, and was given the Name YESHUA (JESUS), as noted in Luke 2:21. [See also Matthew 5:17-18 where the LORD declares that HE has come to fulfill the Law and the Prophets. Our understanding of Scripture must flow in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets protects us from opening the occult doors of the Mystery of Lawlessness in which the angel of light (satan) operates. Never forget that one third of the angelic realm fell to the Mystery of Lawlessness.] The circumcision of CHRIST involves the circumcision of HIS Heart (see Deuteronomy 10:16) in order to achieve - through HIS death and suffering - a Witness and Testimony that expresses the prophetic actuality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Hebrews 1:3 b). The circumcision of HIS Heart has resulted in a perfect and complete prophetic actuality (or, expression) of faith and love – arising out of HIS holy love for the FATHER – being actually made available in the SPIRIT for the salvation of fallen man. This Witness of HIS circumcised Heart becomes the witness in which the yokes of our sin are broken. [We receive and experience the first fruits of this Witness when we are born again.] The Name JESUS or YESHUA achieved its preeminent status before GOD in the Witness of HIS circumcised Heart (see Revelation 3:14 b) that stands in the prophetic actuality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in a living expression of the Spirit of Holiness (see Romans 1:3-4). It is the prophetic actuality of HIS true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b) – in Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:8) - that gives perfect expression to HIS faith and love – for GOD – towards man. HIS true and faithful Witness is the Witness of the Master’s circumcised heart. This true and faithful Witness – in Spirit, Water and Blood – is meant to be developed in our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a, 8) so that we will have a circumcised heart of (HIS) flesh (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; John 6:51; Ezekiel 36:26). Php 3:3 declares that we who are circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29) worship the FATHER by the SPIRIT, glory in CHRIST JESUS and have no confidence in the flesh! Having no confidence in the (fallen) flesh, is the growing evidence of the body of our flesh being removed. It is the evidence of the degree of circumcision accomplished in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets – in us, in Spirit, Water and Blood. It is the evidence of the level in which HIS Witness has been manifested (perfected and completed) in our inward parts. [We see the Testimony of “having no confidence in the flesh” being demonstrated in the Testimony of JESUS (in John 5:30) : I can do nothing on MY own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and MY judgment is just because I do not seek MY own will, but the will of HIM WHO sent ME. We can also see this reality of “having no confidence in the flesh” also being demonstrated in the Master’s responses to temptations by satan prior to the commencement of HIS ministry in Matthew 4:1-11 a. The circumcision of the Master’s Heart was completed when HE declared at the Cross: “it is finished; FATHER, into THY Hands I commit MY Spirit.”] Currently, in us, the removal of the body of our flesh is a work in progress or a work in process. The Scriptures declare that the body of our flesh is removed in the circumcision of CHRIST – by the communication into us of the contents of MASHIAH YESHUA’s circumcised Heart – by Witness and Testimony that manifests in us the communication of HIS Spirit and Life, HIS Faith and Love, the contents of HIS Heart and HIS Mind, HIS Nature and Character! The contents of MASHIAH YESHUA’s circumcised Heart, is what will result in a heart of (HIS) flesh being formed in us. As we function in the heart of flesh being formed in us, we are circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT in these functional expressions of the Testimony of JESUS from our inward parts! Our heart of flesh is of the substance of HIS fullness. This heart of flesh is circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29) so that the functions of this heart of flesh will align with the FATHER’s Will in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. In this process of our circumcision the body of our flesh is removed in the circumcision of CHRIST! There is something that must be established in our hearts, as a witness realized in our own free will response to the Testimony of YESHUA that will seal the circumcision of CHRIST into our inward parts. Just as the LORD was circumcised and given the Name YESHUA (JESUS), so in us it is the preeminence of YESHUA revealed and manifested in us – by the HOLY SPIRIT - that ultimately breaks the spiritual strongholds of the body of our flesh. In the actuality of the preeminence of YESHUA in our hearts – actualized from perfect expressions of HIS faith and love, expressed in holiness towards GOD, being witnessed and responded to in our own heart - the Law and the Prophets are brought to fulfillment in us in some measure. And, we can in this measure – of HIS Preeminence actualized in our free will response to HIM - actually function in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17; John 14:12-14). The spiritual influences of our fallen fleshly man are broken and overcome through the Testimony of JESUS unveiled in us in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, in HIS Faith and HIS Love for us - as HIS Nature and Character are formed in us. The preeminence of JESUS CHRIST as LORD manifests in us as HIS Spirit, HIS Life, HIS Faith, HIS Love and, HIS Nature and Character are perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT - even as our soul (more correctly: our heart ó soul interface) accepts this actuality of HIS preeminence and, chooses to immerse itself in this actuality of HIS preeminence - functionally! The spiritual key to actualizing the circumcision of our heart is willing, actual function in the LORD JESUS Name (see Colossians 3:17)! The understanding of HIS preeminence is a revealed reality that is perfected and completed into us – in our heart ó soul - as we accept and respond to the LORDship of MASHIAH YESHUA in our inward parts. Ultimately, HIS position as LORD is reflected through all that we do in word and deed – how we do things, and for whom we do it. It’s the doing in HIS Name that circumcises our heart of flesh in HIS preeminence! The actual and willing recognition of the LORD JESUS CHRIST’s preeminence is what results in a circumcision of our heart that removes the body of our flesh (through its interface with the human soul)! Obviously this is a process that comes to fruition as we are actually able to live increasingly in the glory of YESHUA’s preeminence in thought, word and deed – in a freewill heart ó soul response in thought, word and deed. In HIS preeminence established in our inward parts, the LORD JESUS governs all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17)! And, this again is a living expression of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-9). And so, we see that an increasingly circumcised heart is able to increasingly do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens it! A circumcised heart is able to do things – potentially (or, prophetically) all things – in the Name of the LORD JESUS. In the model “spirit ó heart ó soul” we see that our heart acts as the interface between spirit and soul. And, this is because soul and spirit are separate entities designed to operate independent of each other. This is why Hebrews 4:12 tells us that the Word divides soul and spirit asunder. [And, such a separation of functions is necessary so that man will always have the ability to exercise his own mind and will before GOD and, be a living soul having and choosing to exercise the capacities of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST to the glory of the FATHER. In the exercise of our free will spiritual capacities to the glory of the FATHER, we are expressing our actual love for GOD! This is what gives credence to the vibrant and unique individual relationship potentials that stand between GOD and man! And, this in turn is what will give pleasure to the FATHER-Heart of GOD: that HIS children actually love HIM and, they are actually living and having their being in HIM, by HIM and for HIM – in their own free will! HE has actually become their life in fully functional terms. This actuality is perfection completed in some measure (see Matthew 5:48)!] In the heart there is a co-mingled expression of soul and spirit that give expression to our being in both spiritual and natural terms. This is how man actually lives. The spiritual expresses governance over all that flows into the natural through the exercise of our bodily functions and bodily capacities. Depending on what governs our spiritual state – GOD or, the spiritualities of the body of our flesh – we can be either godly or sinful or some combination thereof. In the actuality of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA operating in the totality of our inward parts – by the HOLY SPIRIT, we have the potentials to actualize the realities of being the head and not the tail and being above and not beneath (see Deuteronomy 28:13 a). The final outcome depends on our response to GOD, through the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA, by the HOLY SPIRIT – or, our response to our fleshly appetites. [Our response to our fleshly appetites must be overcome and put to death. However, by grace, such a reality of our fleshly appetites being put to death, unveils by a circumcision done without hands – through the circumcision of CHRIST – by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29)! Our heart – called a growing heart of (HIS) flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51) - unveils as the exclusive workmanship of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Deuteronomy 30:6). This heart of (HIS) flesh in us is circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29) into functional realities that open – by hope (see Hebrews 6:19) - through the veil of HIS flesh “being parted” (see Hebrews 10:20; Hebrews 10:19-20; John 16:14). The veil of HIS flesh is parted in revealed realities that are developed into actual functions that operate by the HOLY SPIRIT in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST formed in us. These functional realities stand behind the veil through hope in YESHUA MASHIAH (see Hebrews 6:19; Hebrews 12:22-24). And, this is a work of GOD’s righteousness perfected and completed functionally into our inward parts (see 1 John 3:3; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). This hope in JESUS CHRIST is an expression of a circumcised reality that stands and operates behind the veil of HIS Flesh! Biblical Spirituality operates increasingly in a circumcised reality that stands in the veil of (HIS) flesh parted in our heart.] In all that we have discussed so far, we can see that co-mingled expressions of spirit and soul in the heart can be of GOD or, they can be contrary to GOD or, they can be an actual mixture of true spirituality and spiritual carnality (addressed in the Scriptures as the flesh)! We can see this mixture of true spirituality and fleshly carnality demonstrated in the Apostle Peter’s responses to JESUS CHRIST recorded in Matthew 16:13-23. We can also see this mixture of true spirituality and carnality in the Apostle Peter’s walk on water in response to CHRIST’s command to walk towards HIM over the water (see Matthew 14:28-33). There are two governing realities that impact our inward parts and their functions. The first reality is the Law of the SPIRIT of Life, in CHRIST JESUS. The second reality is the Law of Sin and Death. We see both realities recorded in Romans 8:2. The first reality is Life by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Isaiah 48:16). The second reality is that which is of the fallen flesh of man that gives actual expression to sin and death (see Romans 7:18; Romans 7:22-25; Galatians 5:19-21; Galatians 5:16-17; Romans 8:5-8) - experientially and operationally – in both spiritual and natural terms. Our inward parts can respond to both these operating systems. One is of GOD and one is actually opposed to GOD. In GOD, every spiritual reality arises from GOD through our spirit into our heart (see John 5:19-20; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16). What is in our heart then penetrates our soul as our soul chooses to respond through its interface with the heart. Our soul can also shut-off the flows of GOD arising through our spirit by choosing not to respond or, by ignoring what is being witnessed by GOD in/to our spirit. Every reality (or, response) that arises from our own selves arises from our soul into our heart. Our soul is an expression of our self, an expression of our unique individuality. [John 5:19 and John 5:30 depict true expressions of self in relation to GOD in the Testimony of JESUS. Paul confesses such a reality in CHRIST JESUS in Galatians 2:20, KJV : I am crucified with CHRIST: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the SON of GOD, WHO loved me, and gave HIMSELF for me. ] Hence our heart is designed to co-mingle what GOD provides through our spirit with our freewill choice from the soul; and together, this determines our freewill response to all that GOD provides spiritually. On the other hand, through our soul, our heart can also manifest a rejection to what the HOLY SPIRIT is bringing forth through our spirit. Ultimately, all of our responses - true or false or some combination thereof – are determined from our heart, from commingled expressions of our soul and spirit. That is, the actual final response to anything – true or false - actually crystallizes in our heart! Our heart can move by the HOLY SPIRIT but, it can also operate separate from the HOLY SPIRIT according to the intents of our soul (and the influences of the flesh that impact the soul according to the Law of Sin and Death). For our heart to function by the HOLY SPIRIT our heart must operate from and through our spirit, in the Spirit and Life of JESUS resident within us (see Romans 1:9; Romans 9:1). In this spirit ó heart operating mode our heart ó soul interface can make itself subject to the HOLY SPIRIT – by freewill choice in response to all that GOD is saying. Our response can be in articulated thoughts or, by spiritual instinct expressing our inward spiritual senses (see Hebrews 5:13-14). Our inward spiritual senses form as we respond to – hear, understand, accept, hold fast and act upon – the Word of Righteousness. [Our choice necessarily involves our willingness to overcome our flesh. The ability to overcome the flesh has to be developed in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT through the formation of the Character and Nature of MASHIAH YESHUA in our inward parts (see 2 Peter 1:3-4). For example as the spirit of our mind is renewed (see Ephesians 4:23-24) our thought forms actually change into something brand new – configured in the actualities of the Word of GOD. Similarly, the Spirit of CHRIST, alive in our spirit – by the HOLY SPIRIT, can actualize the strength of MASHIAH YESHUA to overcome our flesh (see Php 4:13; Php 4:19; Php 4:23). By the HOLY SPIRIT, we can actualize – by energizing - the Testimony of JESUS that carries the enabling power to cause us to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Ezekiel 36:27; Php 4:13) . The Gift of Tongues is a tool that enables us to energize the Spirit and Life contents of the Testimony of JESUS (see John 6:63; 1 Corinthians 14:2; Colossians 1:26-27) so that we will draw strength – from out of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA alive in us - to overcome or say no to evil or the urges of the flesh (see Isaiah 28:11-12; Zephaniah 3:9). Nonetheless, every ability to overcome, through the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA still requires a willing response from us. Again the actuality of a willing response to GOD can be drawn out of the Testimony of JESUS into our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT’s online ministry to our inward parts. Tongues are a tool that enables us to actualize the constituent realities of the Mystery of CHRIST – which are the actualities of the Testimony of JESUS – into our inward operating system (spirit ó heart ó soul), by the HOLY SPIRIT. The actualities of the Testimony of JESUS CHRIST manifest in HIS Spirit, HIS Life, HIS Faith, HIS Love, HIS Obedience, HIS Nature, Character, etc. Tongues are designed to give actual spiritual expression to the Hidden Manna – the constituent (or, ingredient) revealed realities - of the Testimony of YESHUA (see Revelation 2:17; Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22; Mark 4:20) into the inward parts of our being. It is crucial to understand that tongues will facilitate this process provided we acknowledge the LORD WHO is the SPIRIT (see 2 Corinthians 3:17-18) – by hearing, in a growing obedience that involves our understanding (see Matthew 13:23), our acceptance (see Mark 4:20) and our willingness to live by the Word (see Luke 8:15; Revelation 19:13 c) that the HOLY SPIRIT has brought alive to our inward parts (see Hebrews 10:15-16). We need to ask the FATHER for the HOLY SPIRIT (see Luke 11:13; Luke 11:9-10). We need to invite the HOLY SPIRIT and not take HIM for granted by simply using tongues to energize our spirit man according to our whims and fancies! We need to ask the HOLY SPIRIT to work the processes of salvation into our inward parts. We need to choose to relate to the HOLY SPIRIT through prayer expressed in the attitudes and desires of our heart to actualize the fullness of CHRIST JESUS! And, we must understand and always remember that if we are actually moving by the HOLY SPIRIT, the LORD JESUS CHRIST will always be glorified in the witness of our heart (see 1 John 5:10). The LORDship of YESHUA – HIS recognized and growing preeminence in our own heart and mind – is the only way we can ascertain that we are moving by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14). YESHUA is the Way that gives clarity to the ways of the SPIRIT (see John 10:1-2; John 10:9-10)! This is why the Testimony of JESUS is called the Spirit of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). The ability to live by the Testimony of JESUS – which is always unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT – stands at the heart of our salvation. See John 16:14; John 16:13-15. See also Romans 8:1-14. All of our freewill responses are constituent to the process of our being circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT, in a circumcision done without hands, through realized actualities that are of the circumcision of CHRIST. Our heart is circumcised in the circumcised realities of the Testimony of JESUS perfected and completed into us. In this circumcision JESUS will be LORD in us!] For our heart to do what we want it to do, it operates through our renewed soul, exclusively in accordance with our mind, our will and our emotions [and the resident impacts of our flesh on each of these soul functions]. In this mode our heart operates according to the perfected state of our soul; that is, our heart functions together with the renewed soul and its inherent residual imperfections and weaknesses. Our character flaws – arising from the overriding habitual influences of our fleshly desires - will impact this heart ó soul operating mode. Our hurts, our anger, our pride, elements of lust and greed, our self-will etc. impact the operation of our heart ó soul interface. [In this self-denominated, operating reality we will operate in the Law of Sin and Death and experience the consequences of this spiritual Law that operates in the reality of Sin and Death.] When we operate by the HOLY SPIRIT, our heart ó soul interface (that operates through our mind, our will and, our emotions) always has the option of submitting to what the SPIRIT is saying or leading; or, our heart ó soul interface has the option to actually curtail the spirit ó heart interface; or, even switch out of it at the speed of thought, intent and desire. In effect we see that our heart is able to interact with both our soul and spirit at the speed of thought and instinct. It can do so wholly in GOD, wholly in our self, or wholly in a mixture of both GOD and our self (which is probably our current, general, state of inward operations). So, how does GOD develop our inward functions in righteousness and holiness of the truth? ======================================================================== CHAPTER 28: 02.13. CHAPTER 13: THE SHABBAT-SHALOM OF OUR INWARD PARTS ======================================================================== CHAPTER 13: THE ‘SHABBAT-SHALOM’ OF OUR INWARD PARTS Deuteronomy 29:29 declares: The secret things belong to the LORD our GOD, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this Law. “That we may observe all the words of this Law” – what an astonishing outcome to revelations actualized from GOD (see Mark 4:22; Revelation 19:10 c, 13c)! AMEN! The secret things of GOD open to us in the Mystery of CHRIST and, the outcome of the revelation of CHRIST JESUS is that we can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us! All things that belong to us – from GOD – are revealed, inscribed and developed functionally in a circumcised heart of MASHIAH YESHUA’s flesh fashioned and formed within us (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Romans 2:28-29; 2 Corinthians 3:6). [We are in fact being developed – in salvation progressed in our inward parts - to function through the veil of YESHUA’s flesh (see Hebrews 10:19-20, NASB).] The secret things that belong to the LORD (see John 16:15; John 16:14) are brought into our spirit by the HOLY SPIRIT in revealed realities (see Mark 4:22). What is revealed – when perfected into us – through living expressions of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST, via choices made, into actual functions – come to belong to us in/from our heart. The result is that we are enabled to obey GOD as described in Ezekiel 36:27 – as GOD causes us to obey! This enabling to obey is at the heart of salvation! This enabling to obey is the fulfillment of the Law! This tells us that it is through the revealed Word of GOD – the Word manifested in us in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA – which, when quickened into its energized (see Ephesians 3:20) form, manifests actual change in us and enables us to obey GOD in growing, and potentially fully functional terms: That we may observe all the words of this Law. - as declared in Deuteronomy 29:29. [See Psalms 119:25-35 and understand its fulfillment in CHRIST JESUS (see Luke 24:44-45) through the communication of HIS Fullness through actual impartations of HIS Spirit and HIS Life through the Rhema Word (see John 1:16-17; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:17; Colossians 1:20; John 6:63; Hebrews 3:14 (NKJV). Such a work in our inward parts is engineered and developed by the HOLY SPIRIT in accordance with our response to GOD’s Word.] Obedience involves a strong and growing spirit man and, it involves the transformation of our soul – through renewal and regeneration by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 5:26-27) - through the energized contents of the revealed Word of GOD. The energized contents of the revealed Word are released into us in and as the contents of the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA, according to the kind intents of the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:5; Ephesians 1:3-11). [We can energize the revealed Word into its functional realities through the use of tongues (see Isaiah 28:9-11; Zephaniah 3:9).] In earlier chapters, we described a spirit ó soul interface in which the soul is perfected by all that the spirit actualizes by the HOLY SPIRIT. In actuality, this interface of spirit ó soul always takes place through the heart. The heart is the interface where expressions from soul and spirit commingle, and responses to GOD are made in a potential enabling, actualized from the Spirit of CHRIST. The phrase “potential enabling” is used because all enablement still requires a free will affirmation and agreement from the soul of man. [And it necessarily involves the heart because it is the soul ó heart interface that manifests our freewill choice and response to what our spirit expresses by the HOLY SPIRIT. Our freewill response – ultimately actualized in a resultant lifestyle - is crucial for anything to come to fruition in us in the abiding. Ultimately all things are measured by how and by whom we live.] The heart actualizes enablement from our spirit and, our heart also actualizes a response (to GOD) from our soul! Our heart actualizes enablement from the Spirit of CHRIST, and our heart actualizes the necessary agreement or acceptance from our soul. Enablement (from our spirit), acceptance and agreement (from our soul) commingle in our heart and, the HOLY SPIRIT patiently engineers a circumcision that perfects our heart according to the Words of MASHIAH YESHUA that the HOLY SPIRIT has quickened to us (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33). [All words in truth manifest from GOD the WORD through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. In HIS Spirit and Life – through communications in HIS Faith and HIS Love – the Word of GOD becomes flesh in our heart. This is the sole conduit of truth that stands in accordance with the “I AM” of GOD (see Psalms 138:2 c).] The commingled realities of enablement (from our spirit), acceptance and agreement (from our soul), in the heart, in turn become the basis of feedback from heart to soul and, from heart to spirit. These feedbacks are crucial to our soul and spirit being perfected and completed into a functional spiritual equilibrium. This functional spiritual equilibrium is in our freewill standing in agreement with what GOD is saying and doing. This functional spiritual equilibrium is prophetically addressed as GOD’s “Shabbat Shalom” to our inward parts. This “Shabbat Shalom” is the true and faithful Witness in Spirit, Water and Blood (see Revelation 3:14 b; 1 John 5:10 a, 8). Tongues facilitate the growth and development of this “Shabbat Shalom” (see Isaiah 28:11-12). And, this facilitates the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see 1 Corinthians 14:21). The prophetic significance of “Shabbat Shalom” is an inward state of rest in peace with well being that derives from GOD and, is exclusively an expression of HIS work in our inward parts – both spirit and soul. Under the Law the Sabbath was declared to be a compulsory day of rest. In GOD we function (or, operate) in a rest that proclaims GOD’s All-Sufficiency in all that we function (or, operate) in (see Psalms 46:10; Isaiah 54:10; Psalms 64:10). In the fulfillment of the Law, the Sabbath is an inward functional state of rest that enables us to know that we are functioning in a state of rest in GOD (see Psalms 46:10). This is a rest that is an actualization of what we can do through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13; Galatians 4:19) versus what we do in flesh! The ability to actually function by GOD is the fulfillment of the Law! We become actual functioning vessels of GOD’s Righteousness! Shalom is peace with well being. Shalom – in personal terms - represents victory over our flesh as well as victory over satan in the quality of the Witness that we express. Shalom is described in the Prophets as an expression of the reality of being in functional Covenant with GOD (see Isaiah 54:10). Shalom also represents the tangible witness of victory over satan (see Romans 16:20) and is the witness of the over-comer (see Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 2:26-28; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 3:21). Shalom is the spiritual expression of our inward parts attaining – by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2) – a functional Covenant guarantee in CHRIST JESUS (see Hebrews 7:22; Isaiah 54:10) through our inward witness before GOD (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV). This functional Covenant guarantee is the “Shabbat Shalom” of YHWH actualized. “Shabbat Shalom” is the prophetic expression of a functional Covenant Spirituality – in truth - that stands in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets actualized from our inward parts. It is the actualized assurance of YHWH that results in us having no doubt (see Matthew 17:20; Mark 11:23)! Having some level of confidence (see Hebrews 3:14, NKJV) is the “Shabbat Shalom” that expresses a functional Covenant basis in CHRIST (see Php 4:13; Galatians 4:19). “Shabbat Shalom” is the necessary inward state that leads to the actual removal of spiritual mountains (see Mark 11:23; Matthew 21:21; Matthew 17:20) that stand in opposition to GOD and HIS Word. The removal of these spiritual mountains, give clarity and expression to HIS will, HIS plans and HIS purposes in our inward parts. The result is an inward state having “no doubt”! This reality of having “no doubt” is an outcome of salvation in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets! It is part and parcel of GOD’s provision to us. From the removal of spiritual mountains, mountains in the natural can also be removed – both instantaneously as well as progressively with time. But, all of this flows in a “Shabbat Shalom” so that we can clearly ascertain that this is of GOD and not of our carnal flesh. The witness in the “Shabbat Shalom” of the LORD results in a growing confidence in GOD as we unveil as partakers of CHRIST (see Hebrews 3:14). We need to understand that fundamentally the removal of spiritual mountains relate to the removal of the spiritual barriers of our flesh that are a hindrance to our functioning by the HOLY SPIRIT. So “Shabbat Shalom” is the spirituality by Covenant Witness that stands above any fleshly impediment. “Shabbat Shalom” is the Covenant Witness – in Spirit, Water and Blood - the over-comer has actualized by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. It is important to understand that what stands in contradiction to the “Shabbat Shalom” of the LORD is an internal violence (see Ezekiel 28:16 a) and a heart and mind that is full of self and self-importance and self-righteousness (see Ezekiel 28:17-18). Such a persistent spiritual state of disequilibrium in the inward parts is what led to Lucifer’s downfall and destruction. “Shabbat Shalom” is our on-line Blood Covenant connection to YHWH ADONAI (the LORD GOD). Given the fact that the “Shabbat Shalom” is engineered by GOD in our inward parts, we can understand that the witness that is contradictory to the “Shabbat Shalom” of the LORD is reflective of an upset in our inward operating conditions that need a corrective response that involves repentance and the pursuit of actual change in our inward operating conditions. This inevitably involves the nature and character of our inward operating conditions. Additionally, the preeminence of JESUS CHRIST is also crucial to our spiritual well being. And, this preeminence of the LORD JESUS is established in a “Shabbat Shalom” in our inward parts. HE is the Prince of Peace (see Isaiah 9:6) the actual revelation of YHWH SHALOM to our inward parts (see John 17:6 a, 26)! And, HE is YHWH ADONAI the LORD revealed to our inward parts (see Psalms 46:10)! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22)! In the “Shabbat Shalom” of YHWH alive in our inward parts we can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us! AMEN! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 29: 02.14. CHAPTER 14: ACTUALIZING SPIRITUAL GROWTH ======================================================================== CHAPTER 14: ACTUALIZING SPIRITUAL GROWTH Our heart is designed to function in GOD in an inward Blood Covenant operating system that is designed to function in a “Shabbat Shalom”. The heart unveils its true functional mode in some measure of the “Shabbat Shalom” witnessed, based on a system of corrective feedbacks to/from soul and spirit. These feedback loops are similar in concept to how electronic control systems operate in for example a manufacturing environment in order to achieve an operating steady state, whenever there have been upsets in the operating process system. It is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO engineer’s corrections to upset conditions. However, every correction involves our willing response in hope, faith, righteousness, love and holiness. Every correction is the exclusive handiwork and response of GOD to our every response to HIM (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV). Such a system of feedbacks is illustrated in Figure 12 and explained in the paragraphs that follow. FIGURE 12: Feedbacks Designed To Achieve The “Shabbat Shalom” Of YHWH What is manifested in our heart - from our spirit and from our soul - in turn feeds back into our soul and, into our spirit. Through this feedback, the soul receives from the heart enablement – through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT - according to the souls willing response to what has been fed back from our heart. The HOLY SPIRIT works an enablement from extracts of the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST into our soul. This enablement is extracted from the enabling functions of HIS life-giving Spirit so that our soul is enabled to respond to its prior inadequacies willingly in a framework of the mind operating in truth. Although there are times when such feedback is virtually instantaneous at the speed of though and intent; at most times however, such a positive feedback actually involves radical changes in the character and nature of our soul which take time to perfect and complete. The HOLY SPIRIT governs the process of change (see Hebrews 12:2 a; John 16:14; Hebrews 10:15-16). What about feedbacks to our spirit man? Realities of agreement and acceptance from our soul, alive in our heart, in turn manifest a feedback to our spirit, which in turn is then able to press on to actualize the deeper realities of CHRIST JESUS, through the HOLY SPIRIT’s leading and inspiration. Again we are to be led by the HOLY SPIRIT. Sometimes such a response is instantaneous at the speed of thought and intent; but usually the ability to press on requires further feedback to heart and soul to achieve the willingness to pursue these deeper realities. And, this is because deeper spiritual pursuits always involve changes in our thought processes and our lifestyles. And, this willingness to change requires time depending on the constituent ingredients of our individual nature and character. In principle, we can explore the depths of GOD and actualize “things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that GOD has prepared for those who love HIM”. See 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 2:11-12. In pursuing the depths of GOD, a battle of choices has to be fought in our inward parts. But, through CHRIST WHO strengthens us, we can do all things (see Php 4:13; Php 4:19; Php 4:23). CHRIST strengthens us as HIS life-giving Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 15:45) is formed in us – in spirit, heart and soul (see Galatians 4:19). That’s what this book is communicating. All of this expresses the true realm of the dynamics of our spirituality. All this takes place at the speed of thought, intent, attitude, desire, imagination etc. in our inward parts, in line with our willingness to pursue change in our nature, character and lifestyle. We actualize an enabling according to the spirit we are cultivating through the choices we make from our soul. If we cultivate the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, all things become possible through CHRIST WHO strengthens us. [If we pander to our flesh then we will develop a spirituality that is fleshly and carnal – and patently false. Romans 8:5-7, declares that the flesh manifests death, as well as actual hostility towards GOD.] If all we do is pursued in the Testimony of JESUS then we will actualize greater measures of the Spirit of CHRIST which will facilitate and enable the progression of fulfillment in our inward parts. This is why the Testimony of JESUS is the Spirit of Prophecy! It is the Spirit of CHRIST that gives expression to the prophetic – which unveils the Covenant reality of actual fulfillment - in truth, to our inward parts. Biblical Spirituality is exciting because of the potentials of Blood Covenant fulfillment engineered by GOD HIMSELF in our inward parts. The Word of GOD resident in our spirit, heart and soul, enables us to judge and discern our own intentions and desires and make choices either for or against GOD – depending on whether our spirit ó heart interface or soul ó heart interface dominate our spiritual pursuits! GOD always engineers change through our spirit ó heart interface! Our soul ó heart interface manifests man-centered realities that are when influenced by the flesh actually contrary to GOD. Given this interactive capability, we see that our heart co-mingles information from both our spirit and soul, and, the Word of GOD made alive in us enables us to make a choice or decision as to what we are going to do! This is what Hebrews 4:12 says the Word does: judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart . Hence we see that we have the potential to develop the capacity (and sensitivity) to know whether we are doing something by GOD or whether we are operating in the flesh (see Hebrews 5:13-14; Romans 9:1). Our heart provides feedbacks to our spirit and our soul. These feedbacks into our spirit and soul depend on what was originally crystallized and discerned – by the heart – from flows from our spirit and soul. Spiritual feedback enables us to choose to correct what our heart carries. And, this in turn gives the opportunity for a corrective feedback (from soul and spirit) to the discrepancies in our heart. Always free choice is involved. And, in everything, we do things according to the dynamics of our spirituality perfected and completed in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. Always free choice involves judgment or discernment – which can be true or false depending on the intents of our heart (see Jeremiah 17:9-10)! All falsehood arises from the flesh controlled or flesh inspired functions of our mind, will and emotions that have the self denominated potential of governing our heart in carnality. [All truth on the other hand is governed in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (1 Corinthians 15:45) and all that is energized and brought to life from it into our inward parts. Truth operates in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST defines and enables this operation in Blood Covenant.] This is why GOD declares (in Jeremiah 17:9-10) the following: The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds. In fallen man, the heart is deceitful – period! Ezekiel 36:26 tells us that the heart of fallen man is a heart of stone. The “stone” is in the image of the “god” that the heart has chosen to idolize. The idol crystallized in the heart of stone has come about from the co-mingled crystallizations of man’s flesh controlled or flesh inspired mind, will and emotions. Ultimately what we believe in our heart comes out in what we do in word and deed. This is why in Jeremiah 17:10, GOD talks about the results of our deeds. The results of our deeds flow out of the intentions of our heart. Similarly, our words flow out of the intentions of our heart. Fallen man’s belief is an actual expression of the god of stone that reigns in his heart. Given the fact that man has no capacity for absolute thought, fallen man’s heart reflects the god who governs his heart and, the god whom he serves. John 8:42-47 puts this across with astonishing clarity, in recording LORD JESUS’ exchange of words with members of the Jewish religious leadership: JESUS said to them, “If GOD were your FATHER, you would love ME; for I proceeded forth and have come from GOD, for I have not even come on MY own initiative, but HE sent ME. Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear MY Word. You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of lies. But because I speak the truth, you do not believe ME. Which one of you convicts ME of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe ME? He who is of GOD hears the words of GOD; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of GOD.” In born again man, the heart of man is in two functional states – a (potentially) diminishing heart of stone and a (potentially) growing heart of (MASHIAH’s) flesh. In born again man, the heart has the potential of both falsehood and truth depending on how the heart chooses to respond to GOD! True choices are made in a co-mingled reality of soul and spirit – by the HOLY SPIRIT – at some level of a perfected state in conformance to CHRIST JESUS, which the HOLY SPIRIT has established in our inward parts, even as we have chosen to respond to HIM. YESHUA MASHIAH bears witness to this reality of making true choices by declaring the following: From John 5:19, the LORD declares: ... Truly, truly, I say to you, the SON can do nothing of HIMSELF, unless it is something HE sees the FATHER doing; for whatever the FATHER does, these things the SON also does in like manner. From John 5:30, the LORD declares: I can do nothing on MY own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and MY judgment is just, because I do not seek MY own will, but the will of HIM WHO sent ME. YESHUA MASHIAH gives the spiritual, prophetic key to true choice making (that manifests the circumcision of CHRIST) in the following words: because I do not seek MY own will . It also follows that such a reality is entirely foreign to all of us. That is, it must be received from JESUS CHRIST through the actual communication of HIS Testimony – in substance and witness - into our inward parts of spirit ó heart ó soul. The prophetic key to this communication is the Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA. And, this prophetic key is only unveiled and energized into actual function by the HOLY SPIRIT. It follows also that for us to possess such a reality of because I do not seek MY own will , this reality has to be revealed and perfected into us by being completed into the dynamics of our “spirit ó heart ó soul” functions and interfaces. This reality is entirely dependent on the form and magnitude of the Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA actualized through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT! From this we can say that false choices arise from our desire to do what we want to do. That is, when our soul dominates our choosing, the heart functions in some level of deceit. When the soul configures the parameters, contents and, realities that manifest our choice, then our heart functions in some level of deceit. However, when our heart hears and understands what the HOLY SPIRIT is saying through our spirit, in and by the activation of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA alive in our spirit, we have the basis for making right choices and putting into place corrective actions as the soul submits to what the SPIRIT is saying. Our heart ó soul interface has to accept what our spirit ó heart interface is crystallizing – by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - before the right choice (at some level of true spirituality in CHRIST JESUS) is made. Remember that the New Covenant Law of Life is defined in CHRIST JESUS and is made fully operational by the HOLY SPIRIT - setting us free from the Law of Sin and Death (see Romans 8:2). Obviously our choice making depends on the maturity (and strength) of our spirit man and the ability of our spirit to be alive to the HOLY SPIRIT. In the final analysis however, the ability or capacity of our spirit in the HOLY SPIRIT is ultimately governed by our souls willingness to yield to the HOLY SPIRIT’s Witness and work arising from our spirit man! It is also possible to shut out the HOLY SPIRIT by merely functioning through our spirit. The ability to do so – if developed on a persistent basis – opens the door to the occult and will lead to lawlessness and ultimately blasphemy (see John 10:1-2; John 10:9; Hebrews 6:4-8; Hebrews 10:26-31). To function purely out of our spirit is to objectively do something without GOD. We must understand that our spirit’s fundamental design is to enable us to do all things in, and by, and through GOD! Our spirit is not designed to work independent of GOD. It must not work independent of GOD. What is it that guards us from opening the door to the occult? JESUS CHRIST must always be the Door through WHOM we go in and out and find spiritual pasture (see John 10:9; John 10:1-2; John 10:27-29) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2). YESHUA MASHIAH must become the true and faithful Witness in our inward parts (see Revelation 3:14 b; 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV; Hebrews 11:5, NASB). Our heart must give expression to this true and faithful Witness (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV) by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. Such a Witness coming alive and being developed in our heart is wholly the work of GOD. Such a Witness arises from a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26). Such a heart of flesh is a pure heart that will see GOD (see Matthew 5:8) and be enabled functionally to do all things - by CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13, KJV, 19, 23). Such a heart is the exclusive workmanship of GOD (see Psalms 51:10; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV). Such a heart will operate in the Mount of the LORD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14). Such a heart will operate from a soul actually anchored behind the veil (see Hebrews 6:19). Such a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26) is of the flesh of the LAMB (see John 6:51; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV) and will carry – through substance (Greek: hupostasis) actualized - the contents of the circumcised heart of the LAMB of GOD. The substantive contents of the circumcised heart of MASHIAH are perfected and completed into us as we actually function in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! A soul anchored behind the veil is crucial to a clean heart. Our soul being anchored behind the veil is crucial to our ability to function/operate by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS! Hope in JESUS CHRIST anchors our soul behind the veil (see Hebrews 6:19). 1 John 3:3 declares: And everyone who has this hope fixed on HIM (JESUS CHRIST) purifies himself, just as HE (JESUS CHRIST) is pure. Persistent hope on JESUS CHRIST (see Romans 5:1-10) – in the specific situations of our life and ministry - is the activator of the circumcision done without hands that removes the body of our flesh! Persistent hope is expressed in persevering prayer to actualize MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness. Persistent hope is also exercised through our willingness to do the right thing in word and deed. Persistent hope in the LORD JESUS CHRIST manifests in the substance of true faith (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV) that brings with it the evidence of actual change in our state of being. The actual change is engineered in the substance perfected and completed into us through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT! The substance perfected and completed is the flesh of the LAMB of GOD! The circumcision of CHRIST that removes the body of our flesh manifests in our new heart becoming a heart of MASHIAH YESHUA’s flesh – in actual functions actualized through the enabling of the Spirit of CHRIST. As we are functionally perfected and completed our heart is circumcised! This heart of HIS flesh is circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT to enable our heart to actually function in the Name of the LORD JESUS in a growing understanding (Proverbs 9:10 b) and conviction of HIS pre-eminence! The circumcision of our heart of HIS Flesh opens the veil of HIS Flesh to us functionally (see Hebrews 10:19-20). We can then operate freely in the Kingdom of GOD! We will talk this over in later chapters of this book and develop the dynamics of this Covenant Spirituality in future books. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 30: 02.15. CHAPTER 15: THE SPLAGCHNA OF JESUS CHRIST ======================================================================== CHAPTER 15: THE ‘SPLAGCHNA’ OF JESUS CHRIST In this chapter we want to discuss the spirit ó heart interface that is prophetically described as the “splagchna” or the “bowels” of JESUS CHRIST. Php 1:8 (KJV) reads: For GOD is my record (witness – NASB/NKJV), how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of JESUS CHRIST. The Greek word for bowels is ‘splagchna’. In this passage, Paul is declaring that in the witness that stands before GOD (see Romans 1:9; Romans 9:1), he greatly longs for the saints at Philippi in the bowels of JESUS CHRIST. Paul is declaring that he is actually functioning in the bowels of JESUS CHRIST! The bowels of JESUS CHRIST speak prophetically of the spirit ó heart interface configured in the functional attributes of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST (see Php 1:19 c) in our inward parts – through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. We see the bowels of JESUS CHRIST being described functionally in the following passages in the gospels: Mark 1:40-42 (NASB) reads: And a leper came to HIM, beseeching HIM and falling on his knees before HIM, and saying to HIM, “If YOU are willing, YOU can make me clean.” And moved with compassion (Greek: ‘splagchna’ which literally means bowels), HE stretched out HIS Hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. Mark 6:34 (NASB) reads: And when HE went ashore, HE saw a great multitude, and HE felt compassion (Greek: ‘splagchna’ meaning bowels) for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and HE began to teach them many things. Mark 8:2; Mark 8:6-7 (NASB) reads: “I feel compassion (Greek: ‘splagchna’ meaning bowels) for the multitude ….. .” And HE directed the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, HE gave thanks and broke them ….. . They also had a few small fish; and after HE had blessed them, HE ordered them to be served as well. Matthew 14:14 (NASB) reads: And when HE went ashore, HE saw a great multitude, and felt compassion (Greek: ‘splagchna’ meaning bowels) for them, and healed their sick. The Greek word ‘splagchna’ has been translated compassion in each of the passages shown above. Literally in each of these passages, the LORD JESUS CHRIST was “moved in HIS bowels” by the HOLY SPIRIT and power for healing, teaching and miracles was released from HIS innermost parts. HIS innermost parts and their functioning in GOD are being prophetically addressed by the word ‘splagchna’. What we see being described in these passages is the prophetic reality that Paul addresses in Php 1:8, as “the bowels of JESUS CHRIST”. What is of particular note is that Paul is declaring that he has the bowels of JESUS CHRIST. The bowels of JESUS CHRIST are descriptive of the spirit ó heart interface that we can potentially actualize in the Testimony of JESUS, through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14). Given that our spirit is being configured functionally in the Spirit of CHRIST and, that a heart of (HIS) flesh is being formed in us, we can understand why the bowels of JESUS CHRIST are descriptive of the spirit ó heart interface. In salvation, our spirit ó heart interface is designed prophetically to actualize the functional actualities of the Testimony of JESUS. This is part and parcel of the actualization of the functional realities hidden in the Mystery of CHRIST (see Colossians 1:26-27; Revelation 2:17; 2 Peter 1:19-21). It is in this prophetic functional reality actualized that we do all things in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17). It is in the bowels of our spirit ó heart interface that the Mystery of CHRIST (see Colossians 1:26-27) comes to life – giving functional root and form to the Testimony of JESUS. The functional root of doing all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us, is birthed and takes root and functional form in our spirit ó heart interface. This is the prophetic actuality of the Root of David (see Revelation 22:16) that unveils the functional prophetic reality of the Key of David (see Revelation 3:7; John 10:9 c; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13). The Root of David and the Key of David develop in the actuality of the LORD JESUS CHRIST becoming – increasingly – our BELOVED! [We are in this reality moving from the actuality of preeminence into the complementary reality of intimacy described prophetically through HIM becoming our BELOVED!] “David” means the “Well-BELOVED”! And, YESHUA must be King and Lord and Beloved in the witness of our innermost parts. In this prophetic reality the bowels of JESUS CHRIST form in us as a functional state in the SPIRIT of GOD. The potential that opens to us in the bowels of JESUS CHRIST is graphically described by 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 : … Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that GOD has prepared for those who love HIM. For to us GOD revealed them through the SPIRIT; for the SPIRIT searches all things, even the depths of GOD. The bowels of JESUS CHRIST is the functional prophetic root form of truth actualized in the Testimony of JESUS – through actual communication of HIS Spirit and Life, HIS faith and love, into a living, functional Witness described as true and faithful, in our inward parts (see Revelation 3:14 b). This true and faithful Witness unveils the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into us – in fully functional terms in GOD and through GOD. This Witness stands in Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:10 a, 8) and is an expression of the functionality of our Blood Covenant with the MOST HIGH GOD (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV; Psalms 91:1) – in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2). The bowels of JESUS CHRIST is the functional crucible of our creation in JESUS CHRIST (see Ephesians 2:10). Here we actualize the functional blueprint of sonship to GOD – access to the stewardship of the Mysteries of GOD that reveals itself in us becoming ministers (or, servants) of CHRIST (see 1 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 3:6) functioning as priests, kings (see Revelation 1:6, KJV) and prophets (see 1 Peter 4:11, NKJV) unto GOD. The bowels of JESUS CHRIST describe “the ability which GOD giveth” (see 1 Peter 4:11 b, KJV) that is functionally perfected and completed into our innermost being – by the HOLY SPIRIT - so that we can (potentially) function as the Oracles of GOD! As our soul ó heart interface chooses to bow before all that the HOLY SPIRIT brings alive in our innermost being, the bowels of JESUS CHRIST – our spirit ó heart interface - take perfected form in our inward parts. Without our functional assent (or, functional agreement) to the pre-eminence of JESUS CHRIST as LORD and BELOVED in our soul, our spirit ó heart interface cannot develop in HIS Image (see Romans 8:29-30) and Fullness (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB). Our spirit ó heart interface develops as we actually love YESHUA as LORD! Actually loving YESHUA is a reality our soul ó heart interface realizes (see John 1:17, NASB) as a growing response in willing obedience and submission to HIM. This realization actualizes the fulfillment of the Law. This realization positions us to actualize the many-faceted functional blessings that unveil the fulfillment of the Prophets. The perfected functional form in our inward parts actualizes the prophetic reality in the Testimony of JESUS that proclaims (from John 5:30, KJV) : … as I hear, I judge: and MY judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the FATHER which hath sent ME. And, this came about because YESHUA loved GOD! The reality of YESHUA’s “I” arises from HIS soul – the soul of true MAN! And so, our soul too must have such a passion and desire for the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 1:3-11). This passion and desire comes from the Spirit Of The Fear Of The LORD that takes delight in the fear of the LORD (see Isaiah 11:3 a, 2-3). This attribute of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST - when actualized in our inward parts from the Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA - causes us to actualize a passion and desire for the FATHER’s will (see Ezekiel 36:27). The bowels of JESUS CHRIST are a living expression of the passion and desire - for the FATHER’s will - that YESHUA actualized in the circumcision of HIS Heart. The bowels of JESUS CHRIST also describe the functional form of the wells of living water that the Word of GOD is designed to form within us (see John 4:14; Proverbs 20:5). The bowels of JESUS CHRIST describe the complex conduit for the rivers of the living waters of the quickened Rhema Word. These are the flows of the river of life that are meant to flow out of our innermost parts - under the inspiration and leading of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 7:37-39; Revelation 1:15 c; Ezekiel 1:24 a) – as rivers of living water. The bowels of JESUS CHRIST unveil the Witness of JESUS CHRIST – by the HOLY SPIRIT – from our inward parts. The Witness of JESUS CHRIST is described in Revelation 3:14 b as follows: …. The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of GOD …. . The Witness of JESUS CHRIST is described in 1 John 5:8-10 (NKJV) as follows: And there are three that bear Witness on earth: the Spirit, the Water and the Blood (see also John 19:30; John 19:34); and these three agree as one. If we receive the witness of men, the Witness of GOD is greater; for this is the Witness of GOD (see Ezekiel 1:24-28; Revelation 1:10-18) which HE has testified of HIS SON. He who believes in the SON of GOD has the Witness in himself …. . The true and faithful Witness of MASHIAH YESHUA arises in the prophetic actuality called the bowels of JESUS CHRIST that is our spirit ó heart interface. This spirit ó heart interface that gives actual expression to the true and faithful Witness is the exclusive result of the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). This true and faithful Witness arises and operates in us by the HOLY SPIRIT even as our heart of (HIS) flesh manifests the fragrance of the LORD JESUS CHRIST as our BELOVED! AMEN (see 2 Corinthians 1:20-22; Revelation 3:14 b; 1 John 5:7-8, NKJV, 10, 14-15). Through the bowels of JESUS CHRIST our capacity to minister - as ministers of JESUS CHRIST, stewards of the Mysteries of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 4:1) – come forth through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13). We come forth as ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Peter 4:10-11, NKJV). May the LORD GOD MOST HIGH (see Genesis 14:18-19) unveil the functional realities of the Mystery of CHRIST to our inward parts that we may each be enabled to serve HIM in the true and faithful Witness expressed in Spirit, Water and Blood – which is the Rhema expression of the Word of the Cross (see 1 Corinthians 1:18, NASB) made operational in us by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will so that we can actually do all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS. AMEN! The true and faithful Witness expressed in Spirit, Water and Blood operates as the bowels of JESUS CHRIST being perfected and completed in us in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. AMEN! Blessed be the LORD our GOD WHO has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places – in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT – so that the glory of HIS grace may be expressed in us and through us forever. AMEN! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 31: 02.16. CHAPTER 16: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST ======================================================================== CHAPTER 16: THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST The dynamics of our spirituality are designed for our function in ministry! To minister is to serve. A minister is fundamentally a servant. The ministry of JESUS CHRIST flows through every member of HIS Body. The Church being the Body of CHRIST is defined in Ephesians 1:23, as being: the fullness of HIM (JESUS CHRIST) WHO fills all in all. Ephesians 4:10 declares: … that HE (JESUS CHRIST) might fill all things. As the Body of CHRIST, the Church is built in and of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. The Church has been given the fullness of JESUS CHRIST (see John 1:16-17) so that we can be built out of HIS Fullness and be enable to actually minister HIS Fullness into all in all. So that HE might fill all things! The dynamics of our spirituality find expression out of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. And, the dynamics of our spirituality are perfected and completed in ministering HIS Fullness. Given that the Church is the Body of CHRIST, the fullness of HIM that fills all in all, we are each called to receive and to develop – by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14) - the spiritual capacity to stand in HIS Fullness and, have the spiritual capacity to minister HIS Fullness. And, this is to ensure that HE fills all in all, with HIS Fullness being uniquely communicated through every member of the Body of CHRIST (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB; Ephesians 4:12-13, NKJV). 1 Peter 4:10 (NKJV) tells us that we need to minister the gift that we have received as an expression of the manifold grace of GOD. John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB, declares that the manifold grace of GOD – described as grace upon grace – involves the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. The gift therefore necessarily involves some composite expression of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST (see Isaiah 9:6-7; John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB) uniquely manifested in each believer who is addressed as an Epistle of CHRIST in 2 Corinthians 3:3 (NKJV). The unique epistle of CHRIST written into our inward parts describes and gives expression to the dynamics of our spirituality – with our heart unveiling a co-mingled functional expression of spirit and soul. And, our maturity in the dynamics of our spirituality necessarily involves ministering the gift of CHRIST in us – expressed through our heart from both our soul and spirit! This gift of the manifold grace of GOD is an expression of the functional Covenant unction (or, the enabling) that GOD has the will to perfect and complete in us – in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV). In the actuality of a growing functional Covenant in our inward parts, we are each to be developed as a Minister (or, Servant) of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV). Our ministry capacity (or, our capacity to serve) is defined by the measure of HIS Fullness we actually possess (see Isaiah 9:6; Ezekiel 44:28; John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB) and our actual ability to give true functional expression to HIS Fullness. It is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO – exclusively - develops and expresses this capacity to minister HIS Fullness so that HIS Fullness fills all things. Please be reminded that the measure of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness in us is expressed in both substance (Greek: hupostasis – Hebrews 11:1, NKJV) and witness (in Spirit, Water and Blood – 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:10 a). From Ephesians 4:7 we see that grace is an expression of the measure of CHRIST’s gift. How do we understand CHRIST’s gift? Before we look at the gift, we have to understand the position of CHRIST HIMSELF. Colossians 1:17 declares that HE is before all things and in HIM all things hold together. Colossians 1:19 declares that it was the FATHER’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in CHRIST JESUS! Given the preeminent position of CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:18) and the FATHER’s will for all the fullness to dwell in HIM – so that HIS Fullness fills all in all (see Ephesians 1:23 c) - we can clearly understand that CHRIST’s gift has to do with the actual expression of HIS Fullness. And, the intent and purpose and design of CHRIST’s gift is so that HE fills all things (see Ephesians 4:10 c). The LORD JESUS CHRIST declares in John 16:15 that: All things that the FATHER has [which means everything that can be given or communicated from the FATHER] are Mine; therefore I said, that HE [the HOLY SPIRIT] takes of Mine, and will disclose it to you. What is the HOLY SPIRIT going to disclose to us? Every aspect of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA mandated for expression in us and through us in the FATHER’s will! Every facet of all that was configured in the SON of MAN - in HIS Life, Ministry, Death and Resurrection – which, is and will increasingly become the basis (or, blueprint) of a new man in each of us (see Ephesians 2:10). Also, every facet of the SON of GOD [HIS Fullness which is communicable excluding all that is inherent and essential to HIM being GOD] that will make us actual functioning sons of GOD, in HIS Image and HIS Fullness, is also being communicated into us. CHRIST’s gift consists of the several and many-faceted aspects of CHRIST’s Fullness that the HOLY SPIRIT brings to life in us in the FATHER’s will (see John 16:14; Galatians 4:19; Galatians 2:20, KJV). CHRIST’s gift includes the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT which is the functional expression of the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST that the HOLY SPIRIT is perfecting and completing into us – in our soul. In this reality the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST will be reflected in every expression of our mind, will and emotions. HIS Nature and Character is the essential functional ingredient to the proper functioning of our gifts, and the associated anointings that enable the operation of each gift in us. Without HIS Nature and Character we will never use our gifts, and the anointings that define the operation of each gifting, in the Way that aligns with GOD’s purposes. Without the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST we will never build the Church as the Body of CHRIST. It is HIS Nature and Character that gives credence to HIS Body functioning in the Way HE did before the FATHER, by the SPIRIT. CHRIST’s gift also includes the gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT that are an expression of the functional ministry of JESUS CHRIST that the HOLY SPIRIT brings to life in us – in our spirits - so that we will have the ability to minister in the way JESUS CHRIST did. The ability to minister is inscribed in the Spirit of CHRIST alive in our spirit man. In developing CHRIST’s gift through functional ministry inscribed in CHRIST’s Spirit, we are being perfected and completed in HIS ministry potentials (see John 14:12-14) so that the FATHER’s Will, will be achieved through the revealed expressions of the Mystery of CHRIST – manifested through the Church for expression in the heavenly places (see Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-11; Ephesians 1:9-12). CHRIST’s gift also includes the 5-fold offices of Apostle, Prophet, Teacher, Pastor and Evangelist that are designed to manifest the mantles of the anointing of JESUS CHRIST (perfected and completed in these offices in which HE stood and continues to stand in), to be released for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry (see Ephesians 4:11-13, NKJV). The nature and character needed to stand in these offices is perfected – from MASHIAH YESHUA - into our soul. The capacity to function in these offices is perfected – from MASHIAH YESHUA - into our spirits in the Spirit of CHRIST. The resulting mantle over each 5-fold minister is the covering under which believers are nurtured for the work of the ministry. As 5-fold ministers learn to network and become clusters in the context of like-spirited assemblies (united in the Spirit of MASHIAH) there will be a co-mingled release of anointings that will enhance ministry abilities, and the gift-mix that each member of the Body of CHRIST carries. The potentials of one Body functioning in oneness and being multiplied in the love of YESHUA is astonishing! This is why the enemy focuses his assault so pointedly against our abilities to come together and work in willing partnerships. CHRIST’s gift also includes the many types of believer’s ministries alluded to in Romans 12:6-13 and 1 Corinthians 12:27-28. All of these ministry streams are similarly built into each believer’s soul and spirit so that CHRIST is uniquely expressed through each of us! We become functional epistles of CHRIST, ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV) in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. John 1:16 (KJV+NKJV+NASB) declares that JESUS CHRIST’s Fullness is the eternal and abiding expression of GOD’s grace upon grace. Ephesians 4:8 tells us that CHRIST gave gifts in HIS ascension. These gifts are necessarily some composite expression of HIS Fullness that the HOLY SPIRIT will bring to life from our inward parts (see John 16:14-15; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:11) in the FATHER’s will. 1 Corinthians 12:6 (KJV) declares: And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same GOD which worketh (see also Ephesians 3:20) all in all. GOD works CHRIST’s Fullness into us so that our gift mix – and the complex of anointings associated with this gift mix - will become a living and growing functional expression of HIS Fullness perfected and completed into our being. In CHRIST JESUS alone do all things hold together (see Colossians 1:17). And, this applies to our ministry as well. It is a fallacy to think that gifts and anointings operate in a vacuum in the Body of CHRIST according to what each one of us chooses to desire and want to express. Every gift mix is tied to the Church being an actual functional Body tied to the Head WHO is CHRIST the LORD! There can be no other form of operation in the ministry. Our ministry must be a living expression of the ministry of JESUS CHRIST. All things in us are necessarily of HIM and, are necessarily an expression of HIM. HE must fill all in all. This applies to our inward parts. And, it applies to all that flows out from us – individually and collectively. Such a reality only the HOLY SPIRIT can develop and bring to functional fulfillment. As Ephesians 2:10 declares: we are each the workmanship of GOD created in CHRIST JESUS for the good works that GOD has ordained. Composite expressions of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness give expression to a mix of gifts. MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness gives specific and varied expressions to the gifts – prophetically and collectively called CHRIST’s gift - expressed in or as or through the following: Leadership positions and functions in the Body of CHRIST: These are expressed by the 5-fold offices of Apostle, Prophet, Teacher, Pastor and Evangelist called to lead the Body of CHRIST and, who are from this position of ministry leadership, called to equip the saints for the work of ministry (see Ephesians 4:11-12, NKJV) through the Covenant mantles of the anointing in CHRIST that the HOLY SPIRIT has raised them into. Believers in turn receive a composite of the anointings in CHRIST (see 1 Corinthians 12:4-6) that flow from their 5-fold leadership team as the HOLY SPIRIT makes such impartations “as HE wills” (see 1 Corinthians 12:11). An assembly of believers can grow in the diversity of their gifts when there is a cross-pollination of leadership anointings across the Church. [And, we need to “test the spirits” to guard against wolves in sheep’s clothing. Hence, the importance of the gift of the discerning of spirits in the Church. Hence, the importance of understanding that true unity can only come through the Testimony of JESUS alive in our inward parts through the Spirit of CHRIST perfected in us.] The Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT: The fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT is concerned with the fulfillment of the Law (see Galatians 5:22-23; Matthew 5:17-18) and, the actual destruction of the yoke of lawlessness - as the HOLY SPIRIT perfects and completes the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST into our soul. This is necessary for us to arise functionally in the image of the SON (see Romans 8:29; Romans 8:28-30). Without this reality of the Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT we will become a lawless people whom JESUS CHRIST will disown (see Matthew 7:21-23). We must understand that it is only the Fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT that will guard us from opening the doors of the occult by falling victim to the Mystery of Lawlessness (see 2 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12) and falling victim to the judgment of GOD (see 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26-31). Without the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST forming within us there is no meaning to salvation, no meaning to ministry, no meaning to blessings and giftings and callings. Without the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST there is no basis for anything on a sustainable basis in our lives. The Gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT: The gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT operate in three modes: (i) The Vocal Gifts – the gift of tongues, the gift of the interpretation of tongues and, the gift of prophecy; (ii) The Revelatory Gifts – the word of knowledge, the word of wisdom and the discerning of spirits; and, (iii) The Power Gifts – the gifts of healing, the gift of faith and, the gift of miracles. The vocal gifts are designed to develop the Witness that enables us to operate in the Mystery of CHRIST (see Colossians 1:26-28; Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:8 c-12; Hebrews 6:19; 1 John 3:3), so that we can each become unique stewards of the Mysteries of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 4:1); operating out of the secret place of the MOST HIGH, from under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY (see Psalms 91:1; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14; Isaiah 2:2-3; Matthew 5:13-16) in the Witness that GOD has given us, and is building in us and amongst us as the Body of MASHIAH – both Jew and Gentile (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV; Revelation 3:14 b). The revelatory gifts enable us to know, to discern and to apply all that GOD is manifesting in the Witness of Spirit, Water and Blood alive in us. The revelatory gifts operate in the reality of the abiding as knowledge, understanding and wisdom that is built into our state of being. The revelatory gifts also operate in the reality of the spontaneous message that is relevant to an appointed time – by vision or by specific word for the appointed time. The power gifts enable us to operate in the resurrection power of the LORD JESUS CHRIST and this power works within us in a Witness – true and faithful – that operates in Spirit, Water and Blood in the Rhema reality of the Word of the Cross (see 1 Corinthians 1:18). There is a reality of power that is abiding that works and grows within us to accomplish the long term purposes of GOD in us and through us (see Ephesians 3:20). And, there is a reality of spontaneous power that comes upon us that accomplishes specific acts of healing or miracles or impartations or expressions of the prophetic Word at an appointed time under the jurisdiction of the HOLY SPIRIT. The Ministry Expressions / Streams of the Believer: The ministry streams of the saints in ministry are described in Romans 12:6-13 and 1 Corinthians 12:27-28. What is listed in these passages is not an exhaustive list but an introduction to the salient features of the saints in ministry that can be applied in the context of family, the workplace, government, “the Church”, in society etc. Some salient features or facets to the saints being in ministry are as follows: We all have gifts (Romans 12:6) according to the grace given to us. Since grace is not a static spiritual reality, there is potential for our gifts to expand, grow and develop! And, there is always the potential of new gifts as we mature in the LORD! We are to exercise our gifts by faith. Since faith has the potential to grow through the hearing of the Word (see Romans 10:17) - JESUS CHRIST being the Author and Finisher (or, Perfecter) of our faith - we see that our ability to exercise our gift is actually open ended as we put on CHRIST and as CHRIST is formed in us! 1 Corinthians 12:28-29 speaks of gifts such as miracles, healings, tongues which are examples of the Gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT operated by believers. Tongues include prayer tongues in spiritual warfare, tongues that energize other gifts into operation. Tongues that open the believer to the potentials of the Mysteries in/of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 14:2; 1 Corinthians 4:1). Tongues also open us to teaching by revelation and knowledge and, tongues also enable the spontaneous release of the prophetic word (see 1 Corinthians 14:6). We all can prophesy (Romans 12:6) since the Word of GOD is in our mouth and in our heart (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15). And, this reality is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17-18; Jeremiah 31:31-34). In the case of the believer who does not stand in the office of Prophet, the ability to prophesy is confined to edification (building the inward spiritual state of someone), exhortation (or, encouragement) and consolation (to heal the inward parts of heart and soul). We all have the capacity to serve (Romans 12:7) – exploring the opportunities for service (or, ministry) in our homes, workplaces, in churches, in society at large – in the universe GOD has called us to occupy in the Testimony of JESUS. Helps and Administrations are two areas of service that are highlighted in 1 Corinthians 12:28-29. Helps involves the ministry of good works in orphanages, half way houses, rehabilitation work, charities, special schools for the disabled and the disadvantaged, residential ministry places to the aged, the rejected, those under the influence of alcohol, drugs, etc. Administration involves the actual management of the many activities that are important to the proper operation of churches and their affiliated agencies and ministries. Areas include financial management, control systems to ensure accountability, checks and balances, procedures, management of resources, staff administration and policy etc. – administered by the SPIRIT and, not by the letter of the Law. We are not to bring the systems of the world into the Kingdom of GOD. Kingdom Administration flows out of the inward parts of the believer and administers through the fellowship of the HOLY SPIRIT rather than the carnal methods of the world system. We all can teach (Romans 12:7) in some capacity that arises in our life as we mature in the Word of GOD. Given the fact that we are all being taught by GOD (see John 6:44-45; Isaiah 54:13) we all have the capacity to teach in the testimony of our growth in GOD – sharing the Word of GOD that has been performed in our lives (see 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV; Jeremiah 31:31-34). We all have the capacity to exhort (Romans 12:8) or to encourage in the realities in which we have overcome in the strength and grace that the SPIRIT of CHRIST has supplied to us in the growing dynamics of our spirituality. The situations and avenues open to us to exhort are varied and multi-faceted. Wherever we find people we have the opportunity to exhort (or, to encourage and build). When we build people we have the opportunity to invest in eternity! And, always remember that it is the fullness of CHRIST – that we have as an inheritance and possession (see Ezekiel 44:28) - that we are called to invest into others through the ministry of the spoken word and prayer! We all have the capacity to give (Romans 12:8) in the actuality of all that we have received from GOD, through JESUS CHRIST, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The liberality of our giving is expressed in the love of YESHUA that we have actualized by the HOLY SPIRIT. The opportunities to give of ourselves, our talents, our possessions (including our finances), our giftings and anointings – in natural and spiritual terms – are many-faceted and vast. Giving with liberality is a skill that gives us – in the “shalom” of peace and well-being alive in our inward parts - meaningful satisfaction to our gifts and possessions in GOD! When we give we open the doors of increase – in both spiritual and natural terms - into our lives. Continued giving causes the multiplication! We all have the capacity to lead (Romans 12:8) in the many facets of our life. The capacity to lead grows as we take diligent responsibility to do what is right, what is necessary and, to take hold of the opportunities that life presents to express the servant heart of JESUS CHRIST through our being. In the Kingdom of GOD leaders choose to develop the servant-heart of JESUS CHRIST in their inward parts. Hence we see in Php 1:8 (KJV) Paul declare that he has “the bowels of JESUS CHRIST”. In Galatians 2:20 (KJV) Paul talks about having the faith of JESUS CHRIST. Leadership flows out of the characteristics of the servant heart of JESUS CHRIST. We all have the capacity to show mercy (Romans 12:9). To be able to be merciful in the joy of the LORD is a demonstration of our strength and maturity in GOD. So many lives can be touched in this reality of mercy willingly exercised – not in terms of legalistic obligation – but as a willing expression of the love of MASHIAH YESHUA alive in our inward parts. We all have the capacity to love (Romans 12:9). The capacity to love flows out of the actualization of the love of JESUS CHRIST in our own lives. The willingness to exercise the capacity to love – in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth – positions us in an intimacy with GOD. The opportunities to love - when exercised - mature the development of the many specifics of the ministry of JESUS CHRIST in us and through us. Love is an expression of the Key of David that manifests the higher dimensions of GOD’s power and authority (see Revelation 3:7-8). We all have the capacity to abhor evil (Romans 12:9). To abhor evil opens opportunities to redress wrongs, to press into doing what is right, to develop our capacity to pray, to exercise our faith, to see the opportunities to help or to heal or to give new live etc. We all have the capacity to cling to good (Romans 12:9). This develops our willingness to persevere in the things of GOD – personally or, in the lives of those whom we minister to. In this actuality we become overcomers (see Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 2:26-28; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 3:21), crushing satan under our feet (see Romans 16:20) as we actualize and give expression to the “Shabbat Shalom” of the LORD in the peculiar situations and circumstances we are faced with. We all have the capacity to be devoted to one another (Romans 12:10) in brotherly love. This is the perseverance to build the unity of the Body in our spheres of influence. It involves all forms of ministry, prayer and the building of relationships that will enable the Church to explore and develop the dynamics of our anointings and gift-mixes in the collective. The opportunities are akin to a geometric progression having the potentials of an expansive progression and growth form. In this reality the bread is broken and multiplied and the capacity to feed and minister to multitudes will open to the church in ministry – from a position of actual ministry unity flowing from our inward parts. Commingled flows of rivers of living water from our innermost beings! We all have the capacity to give preference to one another in honor (Romans 12:10). This breaks the yoke of carnality and selfishness that inhibits the maturity and growth of the Church and its many-faceted ministry capacities. This is the key to leadership maturity in the Church. Too many of us cling to positional authority as if it belongs to us. This results in us being territorial rather than apostolic in our thinking and our actions. This restricts and even undermines the growth and maturity of the Body. We all have the capacity to be diligent (Romans 12:11). We need to persevere in GOD and the things of GOD – with great patience (see Colossians 1:11; Colossians 1:9-11) – to actualize the fruit and the fruitfulness that remains. We need to be diligent in faith and works which are two sides of the same coin – the works giving testimony to our faith and being the basis for us to evaluate our faith expressions as being true or false. True faith perseveres and is diligent in the evidence of the unseen. GOD will come through and perform HIS Word in its appointed time! We all have the capacity to be fervent in spirit, serving the LORD (Romans 12:11). The dynamics of spirituality – arising from our spirit in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA – needs to be entirely developed with a view to serving GOD with fervency. Fervency is an attribute of the passion of CHRIST that derives from the zeal of the LORD of Hosts (see Isaiah 9:7). This fervency takes delight in the fear of the LORD (see Isaiah 11:3 a). In all things – in word and deed – the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST must necessarily be glorified. We need to do all things in word and deed in the leading and inspiration of the HOLY SPIRIT. And, our spirit and soul need to be aligned with the will of the FATHER. GOD must reign in the Church – not man. We all have the capacity to be rejoicing in hope (Romans 12:12). Hope in CHRIST JESUS anchors our soul behind the veil so that we can operate in the economy of the Kingdom of Heaven (see Hebrews 6:19). Hope in CHRIST JESUS purifies us even as HE is pure (see 1 John 3:3). Persevering hope establishes us in the strength of the LORD (see Romans 5:3-5; Romans 5:1-5). And because the love of GOD is poured our in our hearts through the HOLY SPIRIT we have a rejoicing that gives us a capacity to express a greater hope that will in turn manifest the substance of YESHUA that will give rise to the greater things. Indeed the joy of the LORD is our strength (see Nehemiah 8:9-12) to actualize all things as CHRIST strengthens us. Persevering hope enables every member of the Body to actualize the treasures of CHRIST. This is Kingdom prosperity that is unlike the carnal prosperity of the world that some parts of the church have been pursuing. We all have the capacity to persevere in tribulation (Romans 12:12). Being over comers open us to the eternal rewards of GOD as noted in Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22 (2:7; 2:11; 2:26-28; 3:5; 3:12; 3:21). We will eat of the Tree of Life. We will not be hurt by the second death. We will receive of the Hidden Manna, which will result in us each receiving a white stone with a new name personal to us. We will be given authority over nations. We will be given the Morning Star in living actualities of the prophetic Word manifested in our inward parts (see Revelation 22:16; 2 Peter 1:19). We will be clothed in white garments (pure Light) that are the garments of salvation. We will have our names in the LAMB’s Book of Life. JESUS CHRIST will confess our names before the FATHER and HIS angels – thus giving us a functional status before GOD and HIS angels. We will stand as pillars in the temple of GOD and the Name of GOD, the name of the City of GOD, the new Jerusalem and the new Name of JESUS CHRIST will be upon us. We will be seated with JESUS CHRIST on HIS Throne in a position far above every principality, power, might and dominion (see Ephesians 1:20-21; Ephesians 2:4-6). AMEN! We all have the capacity to be devoted in prayer (Romans 12:12). The ministry of prayer has limitless potential in GOD. Prayer brings us into communion with GOD so that we become vessels for the performance of HIS Word in HIS appointed times. The Government of Heaven responds to the prayer of the saints (see Revelation 8:3-5) with angels being assigned according to the Voice of GOD’s Word that our witness in prayer (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8; Revelation 3:13 b) expresses (see Psalms 103:20; Psalms 103:19-22; Hebrews 1:14). The power of the Church - as the Body of CHRIST – in every aspect of its ministry potential and capacities, rise out of prayer, both personal and corporate. A personal prayer position is given us in the Name of JESUS CHRIST – in the rock of the revelation of HIS Name by Testimony (see Matthew 16:18; Matthew 16:15-17; Revelation 19:10 c). In the reality of the Rock that is higher than I (see Psalms 61:2 c) the LORD JESUS gives us a position of authority that derives from HIS Name (see Matthew 16:19): I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. The Amplified Bible tells us that to bind is to declare to be improper and unlawful and to loose is to declare lawful . Hence a revealed reality of the Word in the Testimony of JESUS, alive in the Witness of Spirit, Water and Blood within us (see 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:10 a) by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2) is the basis for binding and loosing in our personal prayer capacity. Our corporate position in prayer is expressed in the Words of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (in Matthew 18:16; Matthew 18:18-20) : …. By the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. …… Truly I say to you, whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask it, it shall be done for them by MY FATHER WHO is in heaven. For where two or three have gathered together in MY Name, there I AM in their midst. In the Witness, true and faithful (see Revelation 3:14 b) alive within us in Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:10 a, 8) we can come into agreement through the Word alive within us and become vessels for the destruction of the works of the evil one - in his every sphere of influence. It is crucial to understand that coming into agreement is a SPIRIT-enabled reality defined in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA in HIS Words (see Revelation 19:13 b; John 6:63). Remember that HIS Words stand forever (see Luke 21:33)! We all have the capacity to contribute to the needs of the saints (Romans 12:13). Paul talks of the Macedonian Church that gave in spite of its “deep poverty” (see 2 Corinthians 8:1-4). The capacity to give and the benefits that flow into the Body are best expressed in 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 : … He who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for GOD loves a cheerful giver. And GOD is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed. The actual ability to give cheerfully – in both natural and spiritual terms – is an appropriation of GOD’s grace. Ultimately, grace is designed to build us up and to give us the inheritance that GOD has designed for those sanctified (see Acts 20:32) in HIS will (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:9-10). We all have the capacity to be hospitable (Romans 12:13). We can be hospitable in the capacity of an individual, as a family, as a group of believers, as a group of churches etc. Our hospitality creates an atmosphere for the “Shabbat-Shalom” of YHWH to become operational in all facets of the Body in ministry! Hospitality facilitates the growth of the territories and boundaries of the Kingdom amongst mankind. We all have the capacity to operate under the mantles that are in operation in our 5-fold leadership. Every office will manifest a mantle that brings about certain gift inclinations. Believers influenced by a strongly anointed Pastor will have some aspect of the shepherd’s heart, and some aspect of a pastoral ministry, that will flow inline with the Pastor as well as expand the Pastors’ shepherding mantle. Similarly, believers influenced by the Prophets office will have very strong revelatory and prophetic gift inclinations. Those impacted by the ministry of the Teacher will in turn have strong inclinations to teach in some capacity. Those who are impacted by the office of Evangelist will have strong inclinations toward evangelism as well as a strong inclination towards the power gifts that operate in the office of the evangelist. The apostolic mantle will give believers (and other 5-fold ministers) a strong body ministry orientation – an inclination and even a passion to build the Body of CHRIST, proclaiming the glory of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. We have in this chapter outlined the several facets of the ministry of JESUS CHRIST through HIS Body the Church. We have done this in the understanding that the Church is the Body of CHRIST, the fullness of HIM WHO fills all in all. We have described ministry as being a unique communication and expression of HIS Fullness through individual members of the Body of CHRIST under the leadership of a 5-fold ministry. In the next chapter we will discuss the importance of developing the capacity to minister given the fact that ministry is one of the key functional expressions of Biblical Spirituality. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 32: 02.17. CHAPTER 17: DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY TO MINISTER ======================================================================== CHAPTER 17: DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY TO MINISTER It is the will of GOD that we all be given the capacity to minister CHRIST JESUS - in HIS Fullness alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT. We must understand that Christian maturity is essentially tied with our capacity and willingness to express CHRIST JESUS individually and, collectively in ministry and ministry partnerships. This is implied in Ephesians 4:10 telling us that CHRIST (unveiled functionally as “CHRIST’s gift” in Ephesians 4:7) must fill all things; which, means that our gifts (in the singular and the collective) - that are unique expressions of CHRIST’s fullness - are given with the intent and design to fill all things with HIS fullness communicated. HIS fullness is communicated by us - through our expressions of HIS Spirit and Life. We have described in considerable detail the development of our spirituality through the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST being worked into our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT – through the Rhema Word. Our spirituality is built out of the contents of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. From this perfected inward state, we can now – by the HOLY SPIRIT – minister the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST through our words and deeds (see Colossians 3:17) through the channels of the gift mix given and developed in us. When CHRIST is expressed, our gifts (in the singular and the collective) have the GOD ordained capacity to “fill all things” – unveiling HIS fullness (as expressed in HIS Spirit and Life) into the specifics that open new realities described in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH into the hearts and minds and lives and situations of those whom we minister to. In this process we – by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2) - actually break the yokes of darkness in human hearts and lives. Colossians 1:17 reiterates this prophetic actuality by declaring that the LORD JESUS CHRIST is before all things and in HIM all things hold together. [And, this is the reason why we minister CHRIST through our gifts and the anointing that enables the actual (and specific) operations of our gift mix.] Colossians 1:18 tells us that the LORD JESUS has to have first place in all things and this in effect is what makes the Church HIS Body - with HIM as the actual reigning Head, in a position established in each of our hearts, enabling us to actually operate under HIS authority in actual functions that are a composite expression of HIS Spirit and Life, HIS faith and love, HIS Nature and Character – developed in holiness to GOD! In the reality of the LORD JESUS’ preeminence and in the understanding that HE is before all things and that it is only in HIM that all things hold together, we have the fundamental basis on which HIS authority is made functional in our ministries. HE must be LORD in us personally for our individual ministries to be valid before GOD. And, HE must be communicated for our ministries to facilitate the processes of salvation and, the consequences of salvation into human lives. HIS authority – consonant with HIS actual preeminence to us personally as witnessed in our inward parts - is the exclusive and necessary prerequisite to penetrative ministry that is able to pierce the heart and mind, and unveil the truth of GOD and HIS Sovereign purposes for the well being of the whole human race (see John 3:16). We penetrate human hearts and minds (by the HOLY SPIRIT) with the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA – unveiling through HIS Spirit and Life living expressions of HIS faith, love, nature, character, attitudes, wisdom, understanding, strength etc. into the human being. In this manner, we demonstrate the veracity of JESUS CHRIST and, all that flows in tangible terms into the human being, as a consequence of us each communicating HIM and HIS fullness. Ephesians 1:22-23 tells us that HIS Headship (unveiling in the understanding of HIS pre-eminence) is necessary for authority over all things to come alive or, manifest to the Church (see also Matthew 28:18-20). The reality of spiritual authority is often missing in the practices of the Church simply because we mistake authority with human structure and, because we associate authority with the mere operation of gifts through their associated anointings – instead of MASHIAH YESHUA’s position as LORD - to us and in us, as witnessed in our inward parts, and in every spiritual function of our inward parts expressed individually and collectively as the HOLY SPIRIT leads us and directs us. In the Church we inadvertently (and sometimes deliberately) pay lip service to MASHIAH YESHUA while operating through methods and devices derived from the corporate world and the systems of the world. We are guilty of operating in the capacities of human capability rather than in and by and through the Master’s Fullness. And, because we operate in human capacities, we are unable to communicate the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST and all that flows through the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. Unless CHRIST is communicated the Church will never actually become HIS Body – which is defined fundamentally as being “of HIS fullness” - functionally! Only in HIS fullness can we become disciples. The authority of the LORD JESUS CHRIST has been given to the Church to make disciples of all men (see Matthew 28:18-20)! So often we are guilty of making men disciples of ourselves and the human institutions we represent or are building, rather than making them disciples of JESUS CHRIST. Isaiah 9:6 declares that the SON is the gift GOD has given us. This gift of the SON unveils in us as we actualize the fullness of CHRIST JESUS through HIS Words communicated in HIS Spirit and Life. CHRIST’s gift is some measure of HIS Fullness that we have actualized through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. CHRIST’s gift becomes the functional core of the Epistle of CHRIST fashioned into our state of being by the HOLY SPIRIT – in the FATHER’s will. In this light, the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT manifest the living expressions of the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST. And, the gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT manifest the spiritual dynamics of CHRIST’s ministry in both the abiding and, in time denominated specific terms – as actual expressions of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. The gifts that express the 5-fold offices of apostle, prophet, teacher, pastor and evangelist are living expressions of the different forms of HIS ministry and the flows of the anointing that will enable the saints to minister under specific mantles that will fulfill GOD’s plan and vision for each part of the Church! In this reality, the entire mantle and the specific flows of authority into the specific functional gifts of each believer are entirely of GOD and HIS MESSIAH (see Psalms 45:6-7). For right function to communicate from the Head WHO is JESUS CHRIST – HIS fullness must be fashioned into the spiritual dynamics of each of our inward parts (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB; Galatians 4:19; Galatians 2:20, KJV)! And, we must understand this from the fact that YESHUA is the Way, the Truth and the Life – for all things that stand in GOD and HIS eternal purposes. For all this to manifest into the whole creation (see Ephesians 1:22-23) the FATHER gave JESUS CHRIST as: Head over all things to the Church, which is HIS Body, the fullness of HIM WHO fills all in all. It is the fullness of JESUS CHRIST that gives the Church its status as the Body of CHRIST that is being built for a ministry in cosmic proportions. In the Headship of JESUS CHRIST – in HIS preeminence actualized in our hearts – the Body of CHRIST has authority over all things! We need to understand that functioning in this authority is a revealed reality that is to be perfected and completed in us – progressively – as we respond to what the HOLY SPIRIT is doing in our midst in communicating the specifics of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST into each of us uniquely (see John 16:14-15; Colossians 1:19-20; Hebrews 10:19-20). If we actually recognize HIS preeminence in our hearts then HIS authority will flow in us and through us – potentially - over all things in the FATHER’s will unveiled for fulfillment in their appointed times. HIS authority will flow in us and through us – functionally – through the actual perfected forms of HIS fullness alive in our spirit, soul and heart. This functional reality will flow and develop as long as we are focused on raising the disciples of JESUS CHRIST into their appointed positions in GOD. In the status of JESUS CHRIST in us, we have the mandate of becoming servants of JESUS CHRIST (see 1 Corinthians 4:1) – stewards of the Mysteries of GOD - and, ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV) by the HOLY SPIRIT, giving expression to the treasures of the wealth of CHRIST JESUS (see John 16:15; John 16:13-15; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22) that is to fill all-in-all in the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:9-10). From the bowels of JESUS CHRIST – described in the true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b) in Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:10 a, NKJV) – comes the true ministry potential of the Body of MASHIAH (CHRIST). This is the ministry potential that the HOLY SPIRIT has come to develop and express from the entire Body of MASHIAH that is defined as a construct of the fullness of HIM, WHO fills all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:22-23). It is fascinating how 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6 (NKJV) describes each member of the Body of MASHIAH as: Clearly you are an epistle of CHRIST, …. written not with ink but by the SPIRIT of the living GOD, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart …… WHO also made us sufficient as ministers of the New Covenant, not of the letter but of the SPIRIT; for the letter kills, but the SPIRIT gives life. The heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51; Jeremiah 15:16) forms from all that arises through the bowels of JESUS CHRIST, from our spirit man – arising from the depths of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13) through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. The formation of this heart of flesh also involves the renewal of our soul, as our soul yields to the formation of the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST, as the HOLY SPIRIT renews and regenerates our mind, will and emotions in the Character and Nature extracts of MASHIAH YESHUA – that manifest from the specific contents of HIS life-giving Spirit! These contents of HIS life-giving Spirit arise from the specifics of HIS Testimony that the revealed Word – the hidden manna (see Revelation 2:17) - brings to our understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b) in an intimacy that knows the HOLY ONE. In this understanding – that knows the HOLY ONE - we actualize the progressive reality of a white stone and a new name personal to us before YHWH (see Revelation 2:17)! The heart of flesh also necessarily forms out of the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST expressed from our renewed and regenerated soul man. Hence the perfected realities in our spirit and soul – actualized from the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST – result in a co-mingled expression that is prophetically addressed as a heart of flesh. This heart of flesh is a functional substantive expression of the perfected state of our soul and spirit. The heart of flesh is in the actual substance (Greek: hupostasis) of MASHIAH YESHUA’s fullness. [Our soul is perfected in the Character and Nature of JESUS CHRIST. Our spirit is perfected in the ability to function in the likeness of MASHIAH YESHUA’s ministry!] The heart of flesh is of the substance (Greek: hupostasis) of the Witness and Testimony of YESHUA MASHIAH. The heart of flesh is of the substance of HIS Fullness – HIS Character, HIS Nature and HIS functional Testimony arising from HIS faith and love expressed on the Cross which is being perfected and completed into a heart of HIS flesh in our inward parts. Hence Paul’s proclamation that he has the bowels of JESUS CHRIST (see Php 1:8, KJV)! It is interesting that 1 Timothy 1:14 speaks of grace arising out of realities of MASHIAH YESHUA’s faith and love. What this verse is speaking of is the functional realization of grace - in our inward parts - being actualized in the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA perfected and completed into us so that we do all things through MASHIAH (CHRIST) WHO strengthens us! The heart of flesh is the pure and perfect heart that is designed to see GOD and function in GOD - in fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:8; Psalms 51:10-12; Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 1:11-12; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Jeremiah 32:39-41; Ezekiel 11:19-20; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Matthew 5:17-18). The heart has a functional capacity behind the veil (see Hebrews 6:19; Psalms 24:3-4) defined through revealed conduits established through the veil of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh (see Hebrews 10:19-20). The veil of HIS Flesh is penetrated – at/to some spiritual level or position (see Psalms 91:1) in the Mount of the LORD (see Genesis 22:14) - as HIS glory unfolds (see Colossians 1:26-27) in a growing revelation in the tablets of our heart (see Php 4:19; Php 4:23; Php 4:13). The Door of HIS Name (see John 10:9) opens in conduits of spirituality established in the substance of HIS fullness. This heart of flesh will contain the actualities of the Covenant that GOD has made with us – personally; consisting of all that GOD has perfected and completed into our heart in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This Covenant defines an operating state into our being in the flesh of the LAMB that stands configured in a heart of flesh. The flesh is the Word made flesh into the tablets of our heart as an actual expression of GOD’s Word actualized from the Witness and Testimony of JESUS – in HIS Spirit and Life, HIS Faith and Love, HIS Heart and Mind, HIS Character and Nature etc. Our heart is of HIS Flesh (see John 6:51) HIS substance communicated in fully subordinate terms into us – in realities that derive from HIS LORDship over us! HIS Flesh expresses the substance of GOD’s Covenant communicated in the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA – in HIS Spirit and HIS Life; in HIS Faith and HIS Love; in HIS Heart and HIS Mind; in HIS Character and HIS Nature; in HIS Witness and HIS Testimony – into us! HIS functionality forms in us so that we can do all things in HIS Name through HIS Testament and Witness actualized in our inward parts – by the HOLY SPIRIT - in substance and Witness! These elements of HIS Fullness enable the Word of GOD to become HIS flesh of Covenant within us – enabling us to actually become ministers of the New Covenant, by the HOLY SPIRIT WHO orchestrates this whole process in its formation as well as into its functional expression! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 1 John 1:7-8, NKJV)! Please understand that this Covenant comes with the authority of the LORD in whose merits the Covenant has been mediated and made into our inward parts – in HIS Name and in the reality of HIS true and faithful Witness being operational in us in Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:10 a, 8; John 19:30; John 19:34). In this Covenant being formed in us through the Testimony of JESUS – through actual communication of the Spirit and Life of YESHUA, the faith and love of YESHUA, the realities of the heart and mind of YESHUA, the Character and Nature of YESHUA, the Witness and Testimony of YESHUA – by the HOLY SPIRIT, in holiness unto the FATHER – we are becoming and will become unique ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:6; Psalms 91:1). In this reality the dynamics of our spirituality find their true purpose and destiny! The heart of flesh peculiar to each one of us, will possess the Word of GOD (see also Ezekiel 44:28; Psalms 138:2 c, NASB) according to the FATHER’s will and purpose for our life and ministry in eternity. The Word of GOD possessed in our inward parts is of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. And, this Word possessed operates in Covenant function by the HOLY SPIRIT, before GOD the FATHER, in the merits of the SON. AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b)! Through this heart of flesh GOD will perform HIS Word through us – enabling us to minister to the Nations in and by and through the actual performance of HIS Word (see Jeremiah 1:11-12; Matthew 5:17-18; Luke 22:15-16; 1 Peter 4:11; 2 Peter 1:19) firstly in us and, consequently through us in all that YESHUA ADONAI has achieved in us (see Hebrews 12:2 a) by Blood Covenant mediated into the functional dynamics of our inward parts (see Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 7:25). Doing all things by the HOLY SPIRIT - through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2) alive within us - is a Word defined actuality that derives from the FATHER’s will manifested by Covenant into the tablets of our heart (see Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 1:9-14; Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:17-23; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18; 2 Corinthians 6:1-18, NKJV; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Jeremiah 24:7; Matthew 5:17-18; Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 30:8; Deuteronomy 29:29). The prophet Isaiah (in Isaiah 60:1-5; Isaiah 60:7) declares: Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and HIS Glory will appear upon you. And nations will come to your light (Psalms 36:9 c; John 8:12 c), and kings to the brightness of your rising (see Matthew 5:14-16). Lift up your eyes round about, and see; they all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried in the arms. Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and rejoice; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you. All the flocks of Kedar (see Genesis 25:12-13) will be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth (see Genesis 25:12-13) will minister to you; they will go up with acceptance on MY Altar. It is crucial to note that the meaning and satisfaction of our lives are intimately tied to the salvation of the Nations, and especially to the salvation of the natural sons of Abraham - through Isaac and Ishmael (see Isaiah 19:23-25; Isaiah 60:10-22; Jeremiah 33:25-26). Jeremiah 33:25-26 reads: Thus says the LORD, “If MY Covenant for day and night stand not, and the fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have not established, then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David MY servant, not taking from his descendants [David’s descendants] rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.” Notice that Jeremiah 33:25-26 declares that it is the House of David (see Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 9:6-7; Revelation 22:16; Psalms 132:11-12) – expressed from the Root of David, as the Offspring of David and, having the Key of David (see Revelation 3:7); and, who are the actual Offspring of “David’s” Body (see Ephesians 5:30, KJV; Psalms 132:11-12) - that will reign over the natural sons of Abraham. The prophet further declares from Isaiah 54:1 b-3, 10: “…. For the sons of the Desolate One (see Isaiah 53:1-12) will be more numerous than the sons of the married woman,” says the LORD. “Enlarge the place of your tent (see Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14; Psalms 91:1); stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pegs. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations, and they will resettle the desolate cities.” ….. “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, but MY lovingkindness will not be removed from you, and MY Covenant of Peace will not be shaken,” says the LORD WHO has compassion on you. The willingness to move into being a Body in actual functional ministry is crucial to the destiny, well-being and prosperity of the Church (see Ephesians 4:11-13; Ephesians 4:15-16) – both Jew and Gentile (see Ephesians 2:11-22). The dynamics of our spirituality are essentially and intimately tied to the living and growing expression of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:17-20). We must understand that the dynamics of our spirituality develop – only - in our willingness to actualize and express the fullness of JESUS CHRIST in ministry – in service and servanthood. In fact it is only in expressing the Master’s Fullness that we come to taste HIM and to know HIM. All of our potential to minister (to serve) is tied to the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA being formed, developed and expressed through each one of us – by the HOLY SPIRIT – as we discover ourselves in CHRIST JESUS and, give expression to ourselves as unique epistles of CHRIST (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 3:22; KJV)! It is the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA that gives actual expression to the New Covenant in hearts of flesh formed and developed in us each. The New Covenant is a construct in the substance (Greek: hupostasis – see Hebrews 11:1, KJV+NKJV) of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB) that manifests the evidence of the impact of HIS Fullness in us (see 1 John 3:3; John 1:16-18, NASB). In the substance of HIS Fullness we become actual partakers of CHRIST having an actual confidence in HIM and all that stands in HIM (see Hebrews 3:14, NKJV; Matthew 17:20) and, all that finds expression in HIM and by HIM by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2; John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:23-27). From a heart of flesh, we each have the potential of the Word being in our mouths and our hearts in fulfilled terms (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15; Jeremiah 31:31-34; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6) in a living Witness (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV) that is able to give actual expression to the ministry that GOD has brought alive in us in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. We minister in Word and deed. 1 Peter 4:10-11 (NKJV) reads: As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of GOD. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of GOD. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which GOD supplies, that in all things GOD may be glorified through JESUS CHRIST, to WHOM belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. What we have in CHRIST JESUS is described in 2 Corinthians 4:6-7 (NKJV) in the following words: For it is the GOD WHO commanded light to shine out of darkness, WHO has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of JESUS CHRIST. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of GOD and not of us. The Witness of the Word that we have in our mouth and heart in fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is the Witness and Testimony of JESUS CHRIST – the WORD of GOD – that we can communicate by the HOLY SPIRIT in a ministry actuality that has the potentials of a many-faceted growth in all eternity. We have the potential of the Witness of HIS Fullness being actually alive for expression in ministry/service to all those in our spheres of influence in the many-faceted realities of family, the work place, friends, the church, society, government etc.. It is in this composite reality that the dynamics of Biblical Spirituality is developed, perfected and completed into purpose and destiny that will grow in eternity as the workmanship of the living GOD. Imagine what Peter says (in 2 Peter 1:19) that a lamp of the Covenant Word prophetically opened in us (see also Proverbs 20:27; Ezekiel 36:26) has the potential of actually becoming a Morning Star, in the radiance of the Sun of Righteousness (see Malachi 4:2) which is an expression of some measure of the Light of HIM WHO is the Bright Morning Star (see Revelation 22:16)! Notice from Revelation 22:16 that this reality is tied to us becoming sons in the Root of David and as the Offspring of David! The actualization of the dynamics of our spirituality in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT enables us to understand that we are a people chosen for an awesome purpose in eternity by the grace of GOD. We each are a unique expression of the FATHER’s Heart. And, please be reminded that the entirety of Biblical Spirituality is exclusive to the revelation of JESUS CHRIST and HIS Fullness to our inward parts. May you discover the unique design of your spirituality in GOD and may the many facets of your spirituality - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT – unveil you as a living and dynamic blessing in the spheres of influence that GOD opens to you in/from the Mount of the LORD (see Isaiah 2:2-3; Hebrews 12:22-24; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14, KJV+NASB). AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b; 1 John 5:7-8; 1 John 5:10 a, NKJV; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22)! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 33: 02.18. CHAPTER 18: OPERATING THROUGH THE VEIL OF HIS FLESH ======================================================================== CHAPTER 18: OPERATING THROUGH THE VEIL OF HIS FLESH Hebrews 10:19-20 reads: … we have confidence to enter the holy place by the Blood of JESUS, by a new and living way which HE inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, HIS Flesh …. . There is a new and living way through the veil of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh. The veil of HIS Flesh opens the reality of functioning in Blood Covenant into our inward parts – given that it is a Covenant of HIS Flesh manifested in a heart of flesh (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). And, it is in this reality – opened through the veil of HIS Flesh – alive in our hearts, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, that we become ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV). It is a heart constructed in the flesh of the LAMB that establishes us as ministers of the New Covenant. And, our New Covenant ministry is designed to operate through the veil of HIS Flesh. This reality is prophetically foreshadowed in Genesis 22:14 … In the Mount of the LORD it will be provided . We have access to the Mount of the LORD or, the Hill of the LORD through a pure heart (see Psalms 24:3-4). Through this pure heart, we can be stationed in the Mount of the LORD from our inward parts (see Psalms 15:1-2) while physically operating on the earth (see 1 Kings 17:1) – in fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. This pure heart is a heart of HIS Flesh. This heart is meant to be circumcised to yield functional Covenant realities (see Genesis 17:11; Genesis 17:10-14; Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 30:6) in the call upon our lives, through the veil of HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 1:17-19)! The revelations that give expression to the parting of the veil of HIS Flesh, open to us the secret things of GOD (see Deuteronomy 29:29) that give functional expression to the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven (see Matthew 13:11) according to the call upon our lives (see Ephesians 4:1 b). By Covenant we are established as Stewards of the Mysteries of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 4:1) through the Mystery of CHRIST that gives expression to a heart of flesh – where, functions through the veil of HIS Flesh are opened in a living Witness true and faithful (see Revelation 3:14 b) described in Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:10 a, 8) in us. In the formation of this heart of flesh, there are realities behind the veil that open to us (see Hebrews 6:19) in the SPIRIT of GOD as we express our hope in JESUS CHRIST (see also 1 John 3:3). We are, through the veil of HIS Flesh, opened to the realities of the Government of GOD that stand in the heavenly places – comprising both angels and saints under the government of the KING of Kings and the LORD of Lords. Through the veil of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh - actualized in a circumcised heart of HIS Flesh manifested in us through the work and ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT - we come to Mount Zion. Mount Zion is the Mount of the LORD that is of particular significance to the end-time Church and its ministry (see Isaiah 2:2-3; Matthew 5:14-16). Hebrews 12:22-24 explains this many-faceted functional spiritual dynamic that stands behind the veil as follows: ... You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living GOD, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to GOD, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, and to JESUS, the mediator of a New Covenant, and to the sprinkled Blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. Through the veil of YESHUA’s Flesh – by Witness ascertained in our inward parts - we enter the reality of being raised into positions in HIS government by being actually positioned in the Mount Of The LORD (see Psalms 91:1; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14; Matthew 5:8; Isaiah 33:14-17; Matthew 5:14-16). In the Mount of the LORD we are being opened to the riches of the FATHER’s Glory in CHRIST JESUS (see Php 4:19; Php 4:23; Php 4:13; John 16:15) in realities that give credence to the stewardship of the Mysteries Of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 4:1). The Mysteries of GOD open to us in and by and through revelations of the Mystery Of CHRIST (see Colossians 1:26-27; Ephesians 3:4; Ephesians 3:8; Ephesians 3:12) that are established in a heart of HIS Flesh that is circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29) to yield the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven (see Matthew 13:11) in fully functional terms! We can function behind the veil through the veil of HIS Flesh! The veil of HIS Flesh (see Hebrews 10:19-20) opens the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven to us – by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2; John 16:14-15; Revelation 4:1; Revelation 4:1-11; Revelation 5:1-14; Revelation 19:10 c; Isaiah 33:16-17)! The stewardship of the Mysteries of GOD is opened to us through the veil of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh. MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh - formed in our heart (see Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; John 6:51) in a New Covenant that is being mediated into place by the LORD JESUS CHRIST - is the actualization in substance - of revelation arising in the Mystery of CHRIST that gives functional credence to the Testimony of JESUS in our inward parts! We are appointed to unveil the Mystery of CHRIST so that the unfathomable riches of CHRIST will be brought to light from our hearts (see 2 Corinthians 4:6-7; John 16:15; John 16:14-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:7-16) for expression in the heavenly places (see Ephesians 3:8 c-11). Ephesians 3:9-12 (NASB) declares the following about the expression of the Mystery of CHRIST that unfolds through the veil of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh: To bring to light what is the administration (NKJV – fellowship) of the Mystery which for ages has been hidden in GOD, WHO created all things; in order that the manifold wisdom of GOD might now be made known through the Church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which HE carried out in CHRIST JESUS our LORD, in WHOM we have boldness and confident access through faith in HIM. This is why Ephesians 1:3-10 declares the following: Blessed be the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in CHRIST, just as HE chose us in HIM before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before HIM. In love HE predestined us to adoption as sons through JESUS CHRIST to HIMSELF, according to the kind intention of HIS will, to the praise of the glory of HIS grace, which HE freely bestowed on us in the BELOVED. In HIM we have redemption through HIS Blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of HIS grace, which HE lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight HE made known to us the Mystery of HIS Will, according to HIS kind intention which HE purposed in HIM with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in CHRIST, things in the heavens and things upon the earth. … The veil of HIS Flesh distinguishes between realities in the Kingdom of Heaven, open in the SPIRIT of GOD, from realities in the occult and the spirit realm. YESHUA ADONAI declares that HE is the Door (see John 10:9; John 10:2) and anyone who comes through HIM is a shepherd of the sheep! Anyone who comes by some other door is a thief and robber (see John 10:1). The veil of HIS Flesh gives us actual access to the Kingdom of Heaven! This access unveils by the HOLY SPIRIT in the Testimony of JESUS – as the Word of GOD becomes flesh in our heart! This access into the Kingdom of Heaven opens as the HOLY SPIRIT circumcises our heart of flesh (see Romans 2:29; Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 30:6) so that the body of our fallen flesh is removed (see Colossians 2:11) and, functional realities in and through the veil of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh open to us (see Php 3:3). The veil of HIS Flesh opens us to realms of Covenant Ministry together with strong angels who perform the Voice of HIS Word (see Psalms 103:20; Psalms 103:19-22). Hebrews 1:14 calls the angels “ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation.” Angels move into action in consonance with what we are saying when the Voice of GOD’s Word arises in the Witness of Spirit, Water and Blood operating within us and amongst us (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV) by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). We will continue to pursue the dynamics of spirituality that open through the veil of CHRIST JESUS’ Flesh in future writings. May the LORD open you to the unfathomable riches of CHRIST (MASHIAH) so that the dynamics of your spirituality will yield the wealth of the FATHER’s Heart, so as to unfold you as a growing blessing to others in the Witness and Testimony of JESUS. The Testimony of JESUS is the Spirit of Prophecy that unveils fulfillment in a Passover reality that positions us as functional Tabernacles in the secret place of the MOST HIGH - under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY (see Psalms 91:1; Luke 24:44-45)! AMEN (see 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Revelation 3:14 b)! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 34: 02.19. CHAPTER 19: OPERATING IN THE MOUNT OF THE LORD ======================================================================== CHAPTER 19: OPERATING IN THE MOUNT OF THE LORD There is a Secret Place designed for our functional habitation in the Mount of the LORD (see Psalms 91:1; Isaiah 33:16; Isaiah 33:14 b-17; Psalms 15:1-2). In this Secret Place – that opens as a functional reality in our heart - we have a personal access to the MOST HIGH GOD through a Witness of Spirit, Water and Blood (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV). And, we have a functional position under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY that gives credence to our spirituality, in the context of the fulfillment of the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms attained through the substance and Witness of JESUS CHRIST (see Luke 24:44-45; Luke 21:33; Matthew 5:17-18) perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This Secret Place unveils to our spiritual understanding and function through the veil of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Flesh by Witness actualized in our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV; Hebrews 10:19-20; Hebrews 12:22-24) according to the call upon our lives! There is a Witness of GOD’s Word that is being brought into position within us (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15; Jeremiah 31:33-34; 2 Corinthians 3:3) so that we will be able to hold a position in the Secret Place that GOD has bequeathed to us in the merits of the LAMB – through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, described in the Witness and Testimony of JESUS alive in our inward parts. This is a position of authority – some expressed measure of the authority of the LORD JESUS CHRIST – that flows in accordance with the Hidden Manna we have eaten (and digested) and the white stone that gives expression to the peculiar functional position in a GOD-given name that GOD has bequeathed to us in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Revelation 2:17; Colossians 3:17). The Witness developed in us – from a heart of HIS Flesh - holds the functional realities of this position that GOD has opened to us through the veil of HIS Flesh. These functional realities carried in this Witness - alive from hearts circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT - are a functional expression of the Word that GOD has perfected and brought to a functional measure of completion within us. In this functional position we are exclusively the workmanship of GOD, created in CHRIST JESUS for the good works that the HOLY SPIRIT will lead us into and develop from the witness of our inward parts. Biblical Spirituality results in us being established in a position unveiled to our inward parts in a revealed Blood Covenant actuality that stands behind the veil at the speed of thought (see Hebrews 6:19). In order to actualize this awesome reality we must ensure that our inward parts function in the Testimony of JESUS in a conviction and confidence that is based on the preeminence of JESUS CHRIST as LORD and BELOVED. Such a functional actuality is the exclusive product of the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT and is the crystallization of the heart of the FATHER’s will. May you actualize “your” Secret Place in YHWH-ELYON for the glory of the LORD JESUS CHRIST through the Witness of Spirit, Water and Blood - alive in you. May your heart continue to grow and develop in the substance of the MASTER’s Fullness. AMEN! It is written (in Isaiah 33:14-17) : … Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning? He who walks righteously, and speaks with sincerity, he who rejects unjust gain, and shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; he who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; he will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be impregnable rock; his bread will be given him; his water will be sure. Your eyes will see the King in HIS Beauty; they will behold a far-distant land. It is written (in Isaiah 2:2-3) : Now it will come about that in the last days, the Mountain of the House of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills; and all the nations will stream to it. And many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Mountain of the LORD, to the House of the GOD of Jacob; that HE may teach us concerning HIS ways, and that we may walk in HIS paths.” For the Law will go forth from Zion, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem. It is written (in Hebrews 12:22-24) : ... You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living GOD, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to GOD, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, and to JESUS, the mediator of a New Covenant, and to the sprinkled Blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. AMEN! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 35: 03.01. HAVING THE FAITH OF GOD! ======================================================================== Having the Faith of GOD! James Niles ======================================================================== CHAPTER 36: 03.02. BOOK INFO ======================================================================== ISBN 983-804-014-2 UNDERSTANDING GOD’S WORD Copyright © 2005 by James Niles Cover Design © 2005 by Firstfruits Sdn. Bhd. 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Tel: 03-7804 9441, 03-7804 0762 Fax: 03-7804 1642 Printed by Agape Gifts Stationery Supplies ======================================================================== CHAPTER 37: 03.04. TABLE OF CONTENTS ======================================================================== Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introducing The Faith Of GOD Chapter 2 Understanding The Faith Of GOD Chapter 3 The Seed Of GOD’S Faith Chapter 4 The Substance Of GOD’S Faith Chapter 5 Actualizing The Witness Of GOD’S Faith Chapter 6 Lessons On Faith Gone Wrong ======================================================================== CHAPTER 38: 03.05. INTRODUCTION ======================================================================== INTRODUCTION From the time I was born again I have had the conviction that we must learn how to live by GOD. I believe that this conviction - which has grown steadily over the years - is a GOD given conviction in my heart and mind. CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA) has been given to us as an inheritance and a possession (see Ezekiel 44:28; John 1:16-17, NASB+KJV+NKJV) so that we can realize and actualize the reality of living by GOD from HIM-in our inward parts. The reality of actually living by GOD is entirely manifested in what is prophetically addressed as the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17, NASB+KJV+NKJV)! The HOLY SPIRIT has been given to us, so that we can actualize this reality of living by GOD through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS being unveiled into us, in fully functional terms (see John 16:13-15 and Romans 8:2). I first saw the term "the faith of GOD" from the marginal reading of Mark 11:22 in the KJV many years ago. At that time, I simply dismissed it as an awesome thought which was one of those things in Scripture that was beyond my understanding and quite impractical to attain - at least in this age! But as I began to see "faith" teachings that started developing the carnal desires of man in the Church, I began to discern that perhaps there was something fundamental missing in our understanding of faith. We simply talked about having faith in GOD and we seemed to be say- ing that we were free to pursue anything that appealed to us under the banner of having faith in GOD. And, since faith in GOD led to our jus- tification, we the Church seemed to be moving towards being able - in sub-conscious and unconscious terms - to justify anything we wanted through "faith"! To me so much of our faith teaching seemed to be opening to the Body a reality that was quite simply presumption. Were we serving GOD or was our "understanding" of faith inadvertently "making" GOD serve our whims and fancies! The faith of GOD gives definition to faith in the context of the Nature and Character and Status of GOD, and most importantly, in the context of HIS Sovereign Will. While we can manipulate a principle in any way we want. The manipulation of GOD is quite simply impossible! Now this is why Lucifer decided that his faith would necessarily have to unfold himself as "god" for him to do what he wanted! This is also why occult faiths or new age philosophies always proclaim man as god - either overtly or covertly! The faith of GOD cannot be manipulated because it is necessarily based on the reality that GOD is inherently by Nature, Character and Reality always GOD - "I AM WHO I AM" and "I AM THAT I AM"! HE will always be WHO HE IS and ALL THAT HE IS. HE will always be inher- ently Self-Sufficient, All-Sufficient and Absolutely Supreme! And, the Testament Of GOD will always define true faith in the context of HIS supreme status as GOD MOST HIGH and GOD ALMIGHTY - the Immutable, Eternal, Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent, GOD - WHO ALONE gives credence to all realities in the abiding. And, that includes the spiritual reality addressed as faith! The faith of GOD - when actualized in our inward parts - reveals GOD in HIS pre-eminence in our heart and mind and in every form of our thoughts, attitudes, intents, desires and imaginations. The realities that unveil in HIS faith become the basis and express the form and substance of our faith in HIM. HIS pre-eminence is absolutely necessary for our faith in HIM to be true faith! HIS pre-eminence is absolutely necessary for the proper function of the human heart and human mind - through faith in HIM! Our faith inHIM is entirely framed as a living response to HIS faith given expression to by HIS Word. HIS pre-eminence is absolutely necessary for the rightful exercise of our own free will! HIS pre-eminence is absolutely necessary for us each to be blessed, so that we in turn can be revealed as a growing blessing in GOD’s creation. The faith of GOD is an important subject that we all need to understand, and ask the HOLY SPIRIT to develop in us, in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS that gives true expression to the sub- stance of our faith. The faith of GOD underlies the prophetic reality addressed as the Mystery Of Faith in 1 Timothy 3:9. As noted in Deuteronomy 29:29, the secret things - the Mysteries Of GOD in Truth - belong to GOD. Hence, it is in the faith of GOD, that the Mystery Of Faith is designed to be revealed and developed in us - in a clear conscience manifested in the substance prophetically described as the unleav- ened bread of sincerity and truth. It is in the faith of GOD, that the Mystery Of Faith is designed to be revealed and developed in us so that our faith in HIM will be of the right substance. It is the fullness of CHRIST JESUS that is the spiritual conduit for the substance (Greek: hupostasis) that is of GOD’s faith. This is why CHRIST JESUS declared that truth is exclusive to HIS "I AM" - which is the "I AM" of GOD expressed to us (see John 17:6; John 17:26) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15) through actual communication of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17, KJV+NKJV+NASB)! A correct understanding of the faith of GOD will transform the Church in terms of our understanding and application of the Word Of GOD.There is so much to look forward to in the faith of GOD that we are invited to "have" by the LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF (see Youngs Literal Translation of the Bible - Mark 11:22)! It is CHRIST JESUS’ idea that we should have the faith of GOD. It is HIS idea that we can actually have the faith of GOD! This book is about how this can happen in practical terms in all of us who are willing to pursue the reality of GOD’s faith - by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is a reality that unveils in human hearts of flesh (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Hebrews 10:15-16). Hearts of flesh manifested in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, in HIS flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51; John 6:53; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV+NASB). There is an awesome potential that derives entirely and exclusively from GOD, awaiting each one of us. So, be blessed brethren and be a blessing in the faith of GOD that is designed to unveil you in the GOD ordained reality that you are fearful- ly wonderfully made! This is the prophetic reality - in HIS faith (and love) - that declares that HE has known us from before our unformed sub- stance in the vastness of HIS thoughts (see Psalms 139:14-17)! In HIM through HIS faith for us all, James Niles Ephphatha Ministries The Tabernacle @ Kuala Lumpur Malaysia February 2005 ======================================================================== CHAPTER 39: 03.06. ONE INTRODUCING THE FAITH OF GOD ======================================================================== ONE INTRODUCING THE FAITH OF GOD Mark 11:22 (extracted from Youngs Literal Translation) reads: < And JESUS answering saith to them, "Have faith of GOD." > Some study editions of the KJV have on margin the literal translation as being <"Have the faith of GOD."> The literal translation poses exciting possibilities to us as children of GOD. Can we actually have the faith of GOD? If so, how? This is what this book will address. Revelation 21:11 describes the Bride as actually, < "Having the glory of GOD"! > How do we have the glory of GOD? Given that faith is the "substance" (Greek: "hupostasis") of hope, as noted in Hebrews 11:1 (KJV/NKJV), is the Bride of the LAMB having the glory of GOD, actually tied to the "substance" of GOD’s own hope (Romans 8:20; Romans 8:19-21) - which is HIS faith - being perfected and completed into the Bride, so as to give actual expression - in "substance" - to the glory of HIS grace? Is the substance of GOD’s faith the medium for the communication of (the glory of ) HIS grace (see Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 2:10)? Is the "substance" of GOD’s faith being perfected and completed into the Bride, the outworking of the evidence of GOD’s own hope for the revealing of HIS own sons (see Romans 8:19-21; Romans 8:24 a, NKJV) - in the glory of HIS grace? As we shall discover, Scripture actually proclaims "yes" and "Amen" to all of these questions! And this "yes" and "Amen" is entirely configured in CHRIST JESUS - by the HOLY SPIRIT, according to the FATHER’s will. This entire configuration of "yes" and "Amen" in CHRIST JESUS is to be manifested in hearts of flesh that are of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17, NASB+NKJV+KJV; Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51; John 6:53; John 2:1-25 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV+NASB). This heart of flesh is of the substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This heart of flesh is meant to become our - pure - heart! In this chapter, we shall talk of how the faith of GOD is communicated into us in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, according to the FATHER’s will. There is indeed an awesome (and necessary) intent and design to GOD’s faith for each and every one of us! Praise the LORD! The intent and design of GOD’s faith is framed in Scripture and is exclu- sively communicated to us in CHRIST JESUS. GOD’s faith has an awe- some design and purpose to it. And, GOD’s faith is entirely communi- cated to us through the Testimony Of JESUS. The Scripture has the intent of communicating an awesome reality of GOD’s faith that will actually result in us becoming sons of GOD in fully functional terms. The Scripture is GOD-breathed and carries the intents of GOD’s faith and will for each one of us. GOD’s faith is communicated to us through Introducing the Faith of GOD the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. Ephesians 1:23 instructs us that CHRIST JESUS’ fullness is to fill all-in-all. GOD’s faith is channeled - into actual functional realities - through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS filling all-in-all! And, this realization in our inward parts reveals the Mystery of GOD’s Will! It is the fullness of JESUS CHRIST that gives true communication to the "I AM" of GOD to us (see John 17:6; John 17:26; John 1:16-17, NASB+NKJV+KJV and John 1:18, NASB). It is the Testimony of JESUS that gives true expression to all that derives from the "I AM" of GOD to us. GOD’s faith is therefore necessarily channeled (and configured) into our being - in functional terms - through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. The substance of GOD’s faith is channeled into us through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. And, this must be so because JESUS CHRIST is the Bread of Life. And, as the substance of HIS fullness, that is the Bread Of Life, is worked into us, JESUS CHRIST actually becomes to each of us the Way, the Truth and the Life. JESUS CHRIST is the true Vine and we are in fully functional terms HIS branches. This reality of being HIS branch is a fully functional prophetic reality designed through substance communicated into us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15) in the FATHER’s will. The substance that makes us HIS branch is entirely of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS! In Ezekiel 44:28, GOD astonishingly declares: < ... I AM their inheri- tance .... I AM their possession! > The realities of the "I AM" of GOD (and the realities of all that derive from the "I AM" of GOD) are communicated into us - in fully deriva- tive and subordinate terms - by substance that is of the actual fullness of CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA). It is the fullness of JESUS CHRIST that is to become our inheritance and pos- session. And, this entire inheritance and possession is described in substance. This substance is meant to take form in our inward parts as a Covenant Inheritance and Possession of all that the faith of GOD has ordained for us in CHRIST JESUS. The faith of GOD is what enables and facilitates this communication in substance. Because GOD has the intent of revealing HIMSELF as our inheritance and possession - through substance manifested through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS - the possibilities in Christian life and ministry are potentially limitless! And, the potential for the limitless comes about through the revelation of CHRIST JESUS and HIS Fullness - by substance - into our inward parts (see John 17:6 a,26; 1:16-17, NASB+NKJV+KJV and 1:18, NASB). It is no wonder therefore that the full counsel of GOD’s Word - in the Witness of GOD’s faith over us - declares that we are each fearfully and wonderfully made. And, this reality of being fearfully and wonderfully made comes about as we are each actually fashioned in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:29 and John 1:16, NASB+NKJV+KJV). CHRIST JESUS is the blueprint for the sons of GOD to be revealed - through sub- stance communicated - in the glory of the FATHER’s grace (see Revelation 21:9-11)! CHRIST JESUS’ fullness is being configured into us in GOD’s faith and purpose for us each! This is the work and ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT as noted in John 16:14; John 16:13-15. And, potentially all that the FATHER has for us is in CHRIST JESUS, is brought to us by the HOLY SPIRIT, in fully functional terms! Romans 8:2 addresses this reality as the Law Of Life, by the HOLY SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS! Introducing the Faith of GOD And so, the reality of being fearfully and wonderfully made is entirely and exclusively an expression of GOD’s faith (and love) for us (see Psalms 139:14; Psalms 139:13-18) channeled into us through JESUS CHRIST, in HIS Fullness - by the HOLY SPIRIT! We are the FATHER’s sons being created in the image and fullness of the SON (see Romans 8:29-30; John 1:16-17, KJV/NKJV/NASB and Ephesians 2:10). And, this new creation is the workmanship of GOD fashioned out of the substance of HIS faith manifested to us in CHRIST JESUS (in the sub- stance of HIS Fullness), by the HOLY SPIRIT! This short book is written to explain the fact that the Scriptures speak clearly that we all have the astonishing potentials of realizing and expressing realities - in CHRIST JESUS - that derive from the actual faith of GOD for us. We are called to discover and express all that derives from GOD’s faith over our lives - in thought, word and deed! In the actuality of GOD’s faith, we come forth as a new creation in con- formance to CHRIST JESUS. GOD’s faith brings us into fully functional conformance with CHRIST JESUS! The HOLY SPIRIT ensures this creative configuration of us each - in the FATHER’s Sovereign will and design of us, in the image and full- ness of the SON! GOD has expressed HIS abiding hope for us (see Romans 8:19-21; Romans 8:24 a, NKJV) through HIS Word. The substance of HIS hope is the blueprint of true faith. The channel for the expression of the true faith of GOD is JESUS CHRIST, WHO is prophetically addressed (in Hebrews 12:2 a) as the Author and Finisher of our faith! GOD reveals HIS Word and the contents of HIS Word to us in CHRIST JESUS, WHO is designated in the faith of GOD to be to us the Way, the Truth and the Life! GOD’s Word and the contents of GOD’s Word come to us in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. And, the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS will give actual definition to the Way, the Truth and the Life to us each. And this reality - described as the Way, the Truth and the Life - will be fully functional, enabling us to ultimately become actual, functioning sons of GOD! The Way, the Truth and the Life is prophetically the functioning conduit of GOD’s holy faith. The substance of GOD’s hope is HIS faith. HIS faith is the spiritual driving force for the fulfillment of the prophetic content of Scripture. The substance of GOD’s hope is expressed in and through JESUS CHRIST for each and every one of us. Salvation is the fundamental expression of the substance of GOD’s hope for us in CHRIST JESUS. JESUS CHRIST - the Way, the Truth and the Life - is the conduit of GOD’s faith for a new man and a new creation (see Colossians 1:19-20). The substance of GOD’s hope is what GOD’s Word actually con- tains. And, this substance is an expression of HIS true faith and love towards us. Psalms 138:2 (NASB) describes this realm of the Word as the Word that stands according to all of the Name of GOD. The Word that stands according to WHO GOD IS and ALL THAT GOD IS. This is the Word that communicates GOD’s perfect will. This is the Word that communi- cates the Mystery of GOD’s will. As John 17:6 a proclaims, JESUS CHRIST came to manifest the "I AM" Name of GOD! John 17:26 declares that the LORD JESUS means to do this in an abiding continuity from within us! And this happens by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14). The substance of GOD’s hope - which is GOD’s faith - is entirely of JESUS CHRIST (see Colossians 1:19)! For GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON! How? Essentially by substance com- municated into a new man! This is why JESUS declared: < I AM the Bread Of Life! > The substance of "I AM" and all that derives from "I AM" is manifested as the Bread of Life through JESUS CHRIST. The Bread Of Life is the substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17, NASB+KJV+NKJV). GOD’s faith is entirely channeled through JESUS CHRIST. And, this is so in order that all things on earth and in heaven will be reconciled unto GOD through HIM! Colossians 1:19-20 describes this with awesome clarity: < For it was the FATHER’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in HIM (JESUS CHRIST), and through HIM (JESUS CHRIST) to reconcile all things to HIMSELF, having made peace through the Blood of HIS Cross; through HIM (JESUS CHRIST), I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. > GOD’s Word is designed to communicate HIS faith into us by substance, that we in turn can exercise in an unshakeable confidence and conviction of true faith in GOD! True faith is in effect GOD’s provision! GOD’s faith is designed to create us in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This new creation will manifest the evidence that we are each fear- fully and wonderfully made. This evidence will come from the substance of GOD’s faith formed into us in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. And, it is GOD’s intent that all that derives from HIS faith, becomes a functional Covenant inheritance and possession from our inward parts, through our conformance to JESUS CHRIST creatively. As Ephesians 2:10 declares, we are the workmanship of GOD created in CHRIST JESUS! This creative faith communication is achieved through the seed of GOD’s Word - which actually contains GOD’s faith - being developed in us (and into us) by the HOLY SPIRIT. The seed of HIS Word that contains HIS faith has the potential of being fully revealed in us in CHRIST JESUS! This creative revelation, in GOD’s will, is fully conformed to CHRIST JESUS being revealed in us through the substance of GOD’s faith - which is entirely expressed as the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This is why the fullness of CHRIST JESUS is designed in GOD’s will to fill all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:23). GOD’s Word is the seed of HIS faith. This seed of faith that is GOD’s Word is revealed and communicated in CHRIST JESUS! And in the seed of GOD’s faith, there is a new creation waiting to be revealed - in us and among us - through GOD’s Word (see 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 John 5:10 a and Revelation 3:14 b) being worked into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. There are realities in GOD’s faith and love contained in GOD’s Word, that are meant to be perfected and completed into us. The contents of GOD’s Word are to be perfected and completed into us in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS! The realities of GOD’s faith and love are perfected and completed into us through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - tried and tested through the Cross - gives true expression to GOD’s faith and love towards us! For GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only Begotten SON that whosoever should believe in HIM will have eternal life. This eternal life opens in a new creation fashioned in the image and fullness of the SON. And, this is a living expression of GOD’s faith and love for us! The end result is a new creation fashioned in the image and fullness of the SON and this comes out of GOD’s faith! This new creation functions entirely by faith in HIM! But this faith in HIM, we realized from HIM - through the faith contents of HIS Word worked into us in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. As Hebrews 12:2 a explains, JESUS CHRIST functions as the Author and Finisher of our faith! We have faith in GOD for what GOD has ordained for us in HIS Word, in HIS faith. Given that the Word is GOD’s Word! Scripture proclaims that faith comes by hearing by the "Rhema" (or, the "quickened") Word Of GOD (see Romans 10:17, KJV/NKJV). This faith that comes by hearing, is of HIS faith, simply because it is faith released from and through HIS Rhema Word that gives true expression to HIS faith and love for us! This faith is substance - from HIM - that is fully communicable into our inward parts, as we set our hope on HIM (through JESUS CHRIST). Our hope on HIM is our own free will response to HIM through the understanding and acceptance of HIS Word! Please be reminded that this understanding and acceptance of HIS Word comes to us through the Testimony Of JESUS vis a vis the finished work of the Cross. And, our hope on HIM (JESUS CHRIST) is the necessary ingredient for the communication of HIS faith through the seed of HIS Word - into us! So we become recipients of the faith of GOD through HIS Word quickened to our hearts. HIS quickened Word has the potential of being perfected and completed into our inward parts through "substance" (Greek: "hupostasis"). We realize (or, actualize) the contents of HIS Word - in substance - as we exercise our faith in HIM (through JESUS CHRIST), in the measure of the faith already resident within us (see Romans 12:3 c). [In Chapter 5, we strongly advocate the use of tongues - as a spiritual tool - to facilitate the realities of the Mystery Of Faith into our inward parts.] The seed of the Word has the potential to germinate and grow in our hearts (see Mark 4:26-28; Mark 4:20-28), in growth measures of 30-fold, 60-fold and 100-fold measures, expressing abiding growth realities that are beyond human conception and human technology. The Scriptures declare that the Word is written into our hearts by the Finger Of GOD. And, this is the work and ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. The Scripture also says that the substance of our hearts - upon which the Word is written or into which the contents of the Word is formed - is also entirely of GOD. In this reality our hearts become the exclusive work of GOD! This prophetic sequence of thought is described through Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16 and, 2 Corinthians 3:3, (NKJV+NASB). [In these passages of Scripture originating from the Old Testament we see that what was prophetically symbolized in the Old Testament - through Moses - under the Law, is brought to actual personal fulfillment in each of our own hearts. And, this makes us each a peculiar Letter (NASB) of CHRIST or a pecu- liar Epistle (NKJV) of CHRIST. And, this is the exclusive expression of GOD’s faith and love for us! And, this is the reality that actualizes the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets.] GOD makes Covenant with us through the tablets of our heart! And, this Covenant is a consequence of the seed of HIS Word being planted into our hearts and being caused to grow in maturity into actual Covenant - by substance formed into the tablets of our heart. The Covenant is formed through substance that describes Covenant real- ities that GOD has brought into us through the substance of HIS faith. These Covenant realities are communicated in substance through the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST! The Word written into our heart becomes a Covenant fashioned out of the substance of GOD’s faith and, in this reality we all become ministers of the New Covenant (see 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, NKJV and Jeremiah 31:31-34). The substance of GOD’s faith results in a heart of flesh (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Ezekiel 36:26). JESUS CHRIST is the WORD WHO became flesh (see John 1:14). Through the Testimony Of JESUS - prophetically addressed as "MY Words" or "HIS Words" (see John 6:63 and John 17:8 a; see also Luke 21:33) - GOD’s Word, containing GOD’s faith, becomes flesh in us. GOD’s Word becomes flesh in us through the Testimony Of JESUS! And this flesh is a construct in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST through the substance of HIS faith and love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14)! HIS Words take actual functional form in us! This happens through sub- stance communicated through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, being perfected and completed into our inward parts by the HOLY SPIR- IT as we live the Word. The Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST are the conduits of GOD’s Word in Truth. The Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST give actual expression to the Testimony Of JESUS! The Testimony of JESUS - comprising "HIS Words" - communicat- ed in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, enable GOD’s Word to form in us in a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:25-27) that is of the substance of the Master’s fullness. This heart of flesh is therefore of the Master’s flesh (see John 6:51). We become unique Letters or Epistles of CHRIST through hearts of flesh fashioned into us from "HIS Words". This is a creative construct com- municated in substance! These Epistles or Letters are unique expressions of GOD’s faith brought into us. We can actually function as Epistles of CHRIST and when we do this we are functioning in the faith of GOD communicated into us in JESUS Name! The heart of flesh - that makes us actual, functioning Epistles of CHRIST - is the communicated reality of GOD’s faith (and love) brought into us through the Testimony Of JESUS! [See the connection between John 1:14 and John 17:26 c. And this hap- pens through a heart of flesh. See also the connection between Ezekiel 36:26 and 2 Corinthians 3:3 (NKJV). We must eat of the Words that give expression to HIS "I AM" Testimony (see Jeremiah 15:16 and John 6:51). These "I AM" Words the FATHER gave JESUS (see John 17:8; John 17:7; John 17:6) in order that a Covenant of HIS faith would be formed in us in hearts of flesh realized (or, actualized) out of the Testimony Of JESUS. To eat the Word Of GOD we must hear, understand (Matthew 13:23), accept (Mark 4:20) and, hold fast the Word in good and honest hearts; and, bear fruit with the Word in our living and our doing (Luke 8:15).] The substance of this heart of flesh is of GOD’s faith communicated into us through CHRIST JESUS. And, this heart of flesh is the Testimony Of JESUS actualized in our inward parts! This reality is engineered in the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT! The Testimony Of JESUS actualized is entirely an expression of the faith (and love) of GOD actualized! The substance of this heart of flesh is entirely of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17, NASB/NKJV/KJV). This heart of flesh comes about in the reality that CHRIST JESUS is: ● the Author and Finisher of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a), ● the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (see Hebrews 3:1), ● the Mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 9:13-15), ● the Intercessor, WHO ever lives to intercede for us (see Hebrews 7:25 b). The HOLY SPIRIT engineers this covenant construct into being in us and amongst us so that we increasingly become functioning sons before GOD (see John 16:13-15; Hebrews 10:15-17; Hebrews 8:8-13). And, this new creation finds expression in us, in the faith of GOD over our lives! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b and Ephesians 2:10)! This new creation is in the substance of HIS faith (and love)! AMEN! The substance of GOD’s faith (and love) is exclusively communicated in CHRIST JESUS - in HIS fullness. CHRIST JESUS’ fullness is of the substance of the "I AM" of GOD - in fully subordinate terms - that gives true communication to the faith and love of GOD! AMEN! Hence we can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us! AMEN! In the faith and love of GOD we are blessed with every spir- itual blessing in the heavenly places - in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 1:3-6)! AMEN! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 40: 03.07. TWO UNDERSTANDING THE FAITH OF GOD ======================================================================== TWO UNDERSTANDING THE FAITH OF GOD Proverbs 9:10 b reads: < the knowledge of the HOLY ONE is understanding. > And Hebrews 11:3 a, instructs us that we understand by faith! Putting these verses together we see that understanding by the faith of the HOLY ONE, is what enables us to have the knowledge of the HOLY ONE! And, this knowledge communication is entirely made through substance. We have the knowledge of the HOLY ONE through substance commu- nicated into our inward parts! This substance is of HIS fullness! In fact Isaiah 53:11 b, tells us that by HIS knowledge the RIGHTEOUS ONE will justify the many! HIS knowledge that justifies - "the many" - comes through the actual communication of HIS faith. Galatians 2:16 (KJV) reads: < Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of JESUS CHRIST, even we have believed in JESUS CHRIST, that we might be justified by the faith of CHRIST, and not by the works of the Law: for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified. > HIS knowledge is communicated through the substance of HIS faith! And, the reality of justification comes through the substance of HIS fullness actualized (from HIM) through HIS faith! The substance of HIS faith brings into us a new knowledge form that is exclusively and entirely of GOD! See Deuteronomy 29:29 and Mark 4:22! And, as HIS faith is perfected and completed into us, we actualize an understanding that knows the HOLY ONE through actual substance possessed in our hearts of flesh! The RIGHTEOUS ONE mentioned in Isaiah 53:11 b - WHO is the MESSIAH - is in Jeremiah 23:5-6 called "the LORD our Righteousness" - "YHWH-TSIDKENU" or "YAHWEH-TSIDKENU"! So, the faith of GOD - WHO is by Name called YHWH (YAHWEH) - is communicated through the HOLY ONE, the MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST (YESHUA MASHIAH), through substance! This communication is an expression of GOD’s righteousness! So, the righteousness of GOD finds expression in us through the sub- stance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s fullness. This communication through MASHIAH YESHUA is an "I AM" com- munication! It is the communication of the faith of GOD through CHRIST JESUS. The communication of the faith of GOD through CHRIST JESUS - by substance - is also necessarily fully subject to GOD and HIS Sovereign purposes. With this background we can now seek to understand the faith of GOD. Romans 4:17 b, gives us a vivid and powerful insight into the faith of GOD. This verse tells us that < ... GOD ... calls into being that which does not exist. > Salvation is designed in the faith of GOD to call into being a new man in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS! Salvation is necessarily and inherently a creative process. A creative process expressed in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS! Such a creative process - in CHRIST JESUS - is inherent to the design of the Word Of GOD! This is GOD’s will! The Word Of GOD communicated in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS is therefore inherently creative. The Word Of GOD is therefore designed to call "into being" - in GOD’s faith - all that GOD has purposed in HIS Sovereign Will. There is in this reality, a realm of the Word Of GOD designed to call "into being" - through the mouth and hearts of GOD’s children - all that GOD has purposed for HIS chosen ones in HIS Sovereign will (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15; 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV and, Romans 10:8-13). To facilitate the actualization of this reality in truth, the LORD JESUS is called the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (see Hebrews 3:1). And, in order to ensure that we function in true faith, the LORD JESUS CHRIST is also called the Author and Finisher of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a)! What GOD has designed, the LORD JESUS CHRIST expresses in Mark 11:23, declaring: < Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, "Be taken up and cast into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. > In Mark 11:23, the LORD JESUS CHRIST is describing a faith form that HE will Author and Finish (or Perfect) in each one of us! Believing that what we say is going to happen - when aligned with GOD’s will witnessed in our heart - is the practical, functional reality of GOD’s faith actualized in our hearts! This is Blood Covenant function actualized. We are all called to actualize this reality. In this reality, the LORD JESUS declares in Matthew 17:20 c, < ... And nothing shall be impossible to you! > Nothing that is in line with GOD’s will, will be impossible to us! We can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (Php 4:13). And, this faith alignment in GOD’s will, is brought about through JESUS CHRIST being the Apostle and High Priest of our confession and, in HIM being the Author and Finisher of our faith. This faith align- ment in GOD’s will is Blood Covenant mediated into the tablets of our heart by JESUS CHRIST! This faith alignment stands in the substance of CHRIST JESUS fullness actualized in our hearts of flesh. JESUS CHRIST ensures this actuality by being the Apostle and High Priest of our confession and, by being the Author and Finisher of our faith. Notice that the LORD JESUS, in Mark 11:23 c, tells us that when this alignment in GOD’s will takes place: < it shall be granted >. See also 1 John 5:13-15! All that derives from the faith of GOD is entirely subject to HIS will. HIS faith is not opened to us as something subject to our whims and fancies. All that derives from the faith of GOD is entirely in and of CHRIST JESUS - the Way, the Truth and the Life! The phrase < it shall be granted > tells us clearly that the faith of GOD opened into our inward parts is entirely subject to GOD’s will. Functioning in GOD’s faith is not allowed to contravene GOD’s Sovereign will in which HIS faith is released for us! GOD’s faith witnessed in our hearts - as our faith in HIM - must be exer- cised entirely in line with GOD’s Word and HIS will for the performance of that Word. GOD’s faith witnessed in our hearts must be exercised in line with GOD’s Covenant Word fashioned and formed in our hearts and "minds" (Greek: "dianoia") in HIS will. This Covenant Word stands in a heart of flesh as introduced in Chapter 1. This heart of flesh is entirely of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. GOD’s faith witnessed - by the HOLY SPIRIT - in our hearts of flesh, in the Witness and Testimony of JESUS, has the potentials of manifesting a conviction of "no doubt" within us! This conviction - that has no doubt - is of the substance of JESUS CHRIST fullness! [In Chapter 6, we describe another form of conviction and confidence that Lucifer developed that is entirely false. This faith form that took shape in Lucifer’s mind is a totality in deception.] It is in this reality that GOD declares prophetically, in Jeremiah 1:11-12, that HE is watching over HIS Word to perform it. GOD performs HIS Word - in fulfilled terms - through the Witness and Testimony Of JESUS (see Luke 22:15-16; Matthew 5:17-18). The Word Of GOD that is communicated into us by the HOLY SPIR- IT, through the Witness and Testimony of JESUS, is GOD’s Word that GOD will perform - forever! GOD will perform HIS Word when our heart is alive to HIM and, to HIS purposes for the performance of HIS Word! GOD will perform HIS Word through the conduit of HIS faith opened through our heart - as our faith responds to HIM in confident convic- tion, in the reality that HE IS and, in the reality that HE is a rewarder of those who seek HIM (see Hebrews 11:6)! When our faith responds to HIS faith we have a Covenant reality brought into place within our own hearts that is an actual functional expression of GOD’s Righteousness. This is a Covenant reality unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. This Covenant reality stands by the faith of GOD brought into a realized state of conviction and confidence in our being. This is the right- eousness of GOD made alive in us. Hebrews 3:14 (NKJV) speaks of a state of being birthed in a confidence that is fashioned in ’hupostasis’ (also called ’substance’ in Hebrews 11:1, NKJV): < For we have become partakers of CHRIST, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence (Greek: ’hupostasis’) firm until the end. > Notice that in this state of being that has a growing confidence, we are actually proclaimed to be actual partakers of CHRIST! We become actu- al partakers of CHRIST in the substance that has the witness of a grow- ing confidence - in HIM. The substance of CHRIST is of the faith (and love) of GOD! For GOD so loved the world that HE gave us HIS SON. HE gave by faith com- municated in HIS love for us! This substance - that expresses itself in us as a growing confidence - is of the faith of GOD opened to us through CHRIST JESUS! This confidence is a functional state of being that is entirely of what CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF developed through HIS life and ministry before GOD the FATHER. This is why in John 7:38, the LORD JESUS CHRIST declares: < He who believes in ME, as the Scripture said, "From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water." > Given the size of rivers that we see in the natural world, we see that the spiritual actuality of rivers flowing out of our innermost being is simply astonishing! Such a reality is developed out of GOD’s faith for the unveiling of HIS sons in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS! The spiritual blueprint for such a flow in the SPIRIT Of GOD is the Testimony Of JESUS. For this reason the Testimony Of JESUS is called the Spirit Of Prophecy. GOD’s faith gives expression - in us and amongst us - to actual functional spiritual realities that have the potential to flow out of us as actual rivers of living water! GOD’s faith gives expression - in us and amongst us - to rivers of living water consistent with HIS Will, HIS Purpose and, HIS moral attributes. In Romans 4:17 b, quoted earlier, we see that the faith of GOD calls forth what isn’t, into actual being. And, this gives actual functional expression to GOD’s Word. Genesis 1:3 proclaims this reality in dramatic fashion: < Then GOD said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. > GOD then examines the evidence of this light that had come into being and Genesis 1:4 reads: < And GOD saw that the light was good ... > Hebrews 11:1 (KJV/NKJV) tells us that faith has an evidence. And the evidence of GOD’s faith is always good - being entirely consistent with the moral attributes of HIS Nature and Character! In the Scriptures we see that GOD has progressively spoken HIS Plan for us, and the world that we live in, into progressive being. HIS Plan for us is entirely of HIS faith. We are designed to actively participate in the unveiling of GOD’s Plan by seeing our inward parts align with HIS Plan. This alignment happens through understanding. This understanding comes out of HIS faith! This understanding aligns us by faith in HIS will. The alignment is entirely based on the substance of our faith. If this substance is of JESUS CHRIST, our faith stands perfectly aligned with GOD’s will! If the substance is not of JESUS CHRIST (WHO is called the Way, the Truth and the Life in prophetic terms), then we are standing in rebellion or disobedience before GOD. GOD’s faith has the potential of operating in us and through us when we speak forth what stands as a conviction and a confidence in our heart, aligned to HIS Will. This is a functional reality in Covenant that GOD has - by HIS faith - begun to bring into a functional state of being in us. HE does this in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! In the light of GOD’s Master Plan, we see that many portions of the prophetic Word have been fulfilled in history and in the lives and testi- monies of our spiritual fathers who have been before us. There are many more exciting portions of Scripture that are awaiting their fulfillment in this age and the age to come. Similarly there are also higher levels of Scriptural reality that are awaiting their fulfillment in this age and the age to come. Most importantly for each one of us, there is a personal dimension to this Master Plan that is relevant to each and every one of us, in the context of us becoming functioning members of one Body. One Body defined as the fullness of JESUS CHRIST with the potentials of giving expression to HIS fullness so that HIS fullness will fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23). The personal dimension to this Master Plan that is relevant to each and every one of us unveils us each as unique epistles of CHRIST! In Revelation 21:1-5, the apostle John sees the reality of GOD’s faith in prophetic terms as follows: < And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.> And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from GOD, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the Tabernacle Of GOD is among men, and HE shall dwell among them, and they shall be HIS people, and GOD HIMSELF shall be among them, and HE shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. And HE WHO sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And HE said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." (See Revelation 3:14 b) > John sees in vision what GOD sees in HIS faith. Where, GOD’s faith is the expressive and creative, conduit of HIS Omniscience! We can also note that what GOD sees, is opened to John in the Book Of Revelation through the Testimony Of JESUS (see Revelation 1:1-2) which is proclaimed to be entirely faithful and true (see Revelation 3:14 b). It is in this Witness of the Testimony Of JESUS that GOD’s faith operates in us and through us and over us! And, this Witness is entirely faithful and true and will always be so to each one of us who is willing to realize (or actualize) its reality - by substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s fullness! GOD’s faith is revealed - to us - through the Testimony Of JESUS. Through the Testimony Of JESUS, GOD’s faith becomes a functional Witness within us. And, GOD’s faith revealed through the Testimony Of JESUS is faithful and true! Always! The Witness that is true and faithful is designed - in GOD’s faith - to become our operating system in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT. Because HIS faith revealed through the Testimony Of JESUS is always faithful and true, we can have an unshakeable confidence in GOD that can move mountains! The reality that gives credence to the fulfillment of Scripture (in terms of all of its promises and prophetic content) is the actual faith of GOD - communicated through the Testimony Of JESUS, through the finished work of the Cross, into hearts of flesh that can be quick- ened into a functional mode of unshakeable confidence, by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, this is function fashioned and expressed in Covenant partnership with GOD - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2)! This functional reality is true life actualized! GOD has expressed HIS faith (and HIS love) for our wellbeing through HIS Word given to us as a Testament and as a Covenant. The Testament is the proclamation of HIS faith (and love) and, the Covenant is the realization of HIS faith (and love) in an inward func- tional confidence! This inward confidence is authored and finished (or, perfected) by JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF! And, this is why CHRIST JESUS - the Author and Finisher of our faith - tells us that we can actually have the faith of GOD! When GOD’s Covenant Testament - in us - is quickened by the HOLY SPIRIT into a functional Witness, we have the potential of actually func- tioning in spiritual realities entirely defined in GOD’s faith for us! Both the Testament and the resulting Covenant are proclamations of GOD’s faith brought to fulfillment into us, and our spheres of influence, through JESUS CHRIST, by the HOLY SPIRIT. We now understand that the Scripture carries a realm of the Word Of GOD that is the seed of GOD’s own faith! This seed has the potential of communicating (and developing) func- tional realities in GOD’s faith into our being in such a way that we become actual functioning vessels of the MOST HIGH GOD! When we were born again, it is the seed of GOD’s Word that birthed the reality of new life in each of us: in unique terms in each one of us (see 1 Peter 1:23). It is fascinating that this reality of new life in us is addressed in 1 John 5:10 a as the Witness. 1 John 5:10 a reads: < The one who believes in the SON of GOD has the Witness in himself. > Being born again opened a potentially functional Witness within us. This Witness is a Covenant Witness that GOD wants to develop within us through our faith in JESUS CHRIST. This Covenant Witness is entirely designed in GOD’s faith (and love). And, this Covenant Witness, when fashioned into us, is entirely designed to also operate in realities that derive in and from GOD’s faith (and love). From the first fruits of the new birth we can immediately see that the Word Of GOD is actual spiritual seed that grows into a Tree Of Life in JESUS CHRIST - that stands in the Witness: "I AM The Life"! This Tree Of Life is grounded in the Root Of David and unveils us each as Offspring Of David as noted in Revelation 22:16. This spiritual seed of the Word Of GOD is designed in GOD’s Word to unveils us each as Morning Stars in the image and fullness of the Bright Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 22:16). Please understand that this spiritual seed gives rise to actual functional realities that we do not have in our own selves. The realities opened to us in the seed of GOD’s Word can actually grow and develop with actual changes in our character and nature and abilities in GOD! Many of us have already experienced the first fruits of this amazing reality. The seed of GOD’s Word can develop into distinct (and diverse) func- tional partnerships with GOD. These functional partnerships are defined by Covenant that GOD wants to form in our hearts. [The unveiling of this functional partnership is part and parcel of the Mystery of GOD’s will for our life.] Simply put, the spiritual seed of GOD’s Word, carries an awesome poten- tial for each one of us in GOD’s faith and because of GOD’s faith! The seed of GOD’s faith which has the potential of growing into an actu- al Tree Of Life - in us and amongst us - has awesome prophetic implica- tions as noted in: Revelation 22:1-6; John 14:6; John 17:26; John 17:26 c; 1 John 5:10 a; Revelation 3:14 b and, Proverbs 15:4! The seed of GOD’s Word that HE has given us is the Seed Of CHRIST (see Galatians 3:16). [Compare also Romans 10:17 (KJV/NKJV) with Romans 10:17 (NASB/NIV) and understand that the Rhema Word Of GOD is made manifest as the Rhema Word Of CHRIST through com- munication of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST as noted in John 6:63. See also John 17:8 a, 7a and 6a.] GOD’s Word unveils its true and abiding fulfillment potential only in CHRIST JESUS. This is why Revelation 19:10 c, instructs us that: < The Testimony Of JESUS is the Spirit Of Prophecy. > This simply means that the Word Of GOD that carries the seed of GOD’s faith is channeled into our lives through the Testimony Of JESUS. And, this prophetic reality is, in Rhema terms, called "the Witness" as we read earlier in 1 John 5:10 a! This W itness is described in R e v elation 3:14 as < The AMEN, the faithful and tr ue W itness, the Beginning of the C r eation of GOD ! > This Witness of the Beginning of the Creation of GOD is of the faith of GOD. This Witness is being developed in us as an on-line functional Witness. This Witness is designed to enable us to actually function in and by and through GOD - continuously - in conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious terms from our inward parts! Through actual function in this Witness we die to self and self-denomi- nated function. And, we die to self and self-denominated function in con- scious, sub-conscious and unconscious terms! In HIS faith we are a new creation in the making! As we learn to function in and by and through GOD - in realities defined in HIS faith and love for us - we die to self and self-denominated func- tion, and we come forth as a new creation! As we learn to objectively and passionately glorify GOD in this func- tioning that derives from HIS faith and love for us, we die to self and self- denominated function. The Witness is the Rhema reality of the Testimony Of JESUS - HIS Words - brought to life in us and amongst us, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This means that the Word Of GOD is explained in truth (see John 14:6 and John 1:18) through the Testimony Of JESUS. The Testimony of JESUS is described as "HIS Words". [Compare John 6:63 and Luke 21:33 with 1 Peter 1:25 to understand this.] "HIS Words" have deep prophetic significance for us. "HIS Words" are living expressions of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST that the HOLY SPIRIT communicates into us (see John 16:13-15 and John 6:63). "HIS Words" bring GOD’s faith and GOD’s design contained in "HIS Words" into us! GOD’s design for us unveils in the Testimony Of JESUS! And, the seed of HIS Words can grow and give growing expres- sion to GOD’s faith and design for us! The Word Of GOD - revealed in CHRIST JESUS and communicated by the HOLY SPIRIT - is the seed by which GOD sows HIS faith and develops realities in consonance with HIS faith and HIS will in us and into us. GOD’s Word, in GOD’s faith, is "seed faith" for a new creation - a new man. This reality of the Word Of GOD that is seed faith is entirely communi- cated through the Witness and Testimony of JESUS CHRIST. Seed faith communicates through the conduits of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST. And, this totality of GOD’s Word communicated into our being, has the potentials of finding actual functional expression in our inward parts as "the Witness" (see 1 John 5:10 a, NASB/NKJV). And in this reality the LORD JESUS CHRIST becomes to us - in prac- tical functional terms - the Way, the Truth and the Life. And, this reality is a creative realization brought forth through GOD’s faith! The Way, the Truth and the Life is - in prophetic terms - a fully functional state of being that is to be brought forth in us, in the image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST. The image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST gives perfect form and expres- sion to the substance of GOD’s faith for us (and towards us). And so, we see that ’the Witness’ grows out of the Seed Of CHRIST. In this true seed faith of the Word that grows into the Witness in us, we can actually grow to move mountains in GOD’s perfect will and power (see Matthew 17:20 and Mark 4:26-28. See also Matthew 13:23; Romans 10:17 and Mark 4:20). And, in Matthew 17:20 c, the LORD JESUS instructs us that all this is so, so that nothing shall be impossible to us! GOD’s Covenant Word with us is designed to demonstrate the fact that we are a peculiar people chosen to function entirely in and by and through GOD! In learning to function in and by and through GOD we die to self and actually live by GOD! This is our destiny as sons of GOD - a royal priesthood of kings and prophets. We can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13; Php 4:19). Through CHRIST being formed in us (see Galatians 4:19), GOD’s faith takes form in us in terms fully subject to GOD’s Will purposed in CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:12-20 and Ephesians 1:3-10), by Covenant writ written into our hearts by the Finger of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Jeremiah 31:31-34). Our access to this faith of GOD is entirely subject to us being fash- ioned in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:29; Romans 8:28-30; John 1:16-17, KJV/NKJV/NASB); Ephesians 1:22-23 and Ephesians 2:10). AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b)! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 41: 03.08. THREE THE S E E D OF GOD'S FAITH ======================================================================== THREE THE S E E D OF GOD’S FAITH We have learnt that the faith of GOD is communicated through the seed of the Word. This communication takes place in GOD’s Sovereign will (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; Jeremiah 31:31-34; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV). GOD’s Sovereign will is unveiled in CHRIST JESUS to / into us. And so, the seed of the Word was first implanted in us as the Seed Of CHRIST! And this enabled us to be born again (see 1 Peter 1:23 and Galatians 3:16). Our spiritual growth is designed in all that is contained in the seed of the Word. The seed of the Word is the conduit for the revelation and the expression of GOD’s faith. As a seed will grow into a tree in the natural, GOD is giving us a picture of how we grow spiritually out of the seed of HIS Word. And, this growth is meant to become the conduit in which GOD’s faith will find expression in us and ultimately also through us. The seed of GOD’s Word also takes form as the New Covenant in a heart of flesh in us. The seed of GOD’s Word is the seed of CHRIST. The seed of GOD’s Word is designed for actual communication - in substance - in the full- ness of CHRIST. And so, GOD’s Word takes form in us as CHRIST is formed in us! Such a reality of GOD’s Word did not exist in the Old Covenant! The New Covenant reality is in the Word that has been magnified and glorified according to all of GOD’s Name (see Psalms 138:2 c) through the Witness and Testimony Of JESUS. This is the Word Of The Cross that, is the power of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 1:18). The New Covenant reality of GOD’s Word opens to us in the actuality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in the finished work of the Cross. The seed of CHRIST (crucified) communicates this reality of the New Covenant Word. The entire communication is of CHRIST JESUS’ fullness - HIS sub- stance! And, this communication brings into being within us realities that stand in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets! When the seed of CHRIST was first planted in us we were born again. And, the process of building Covenant into our hearts was begun as the Word of GOD began to be communicated into us in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The seed of CHRIST planted in our hearts opened "the Witness" in us. The seed of CHRIST is the seed of GOD’s Word that communicates the seed of GOD’s faith into a dynamic Witness within us. And, as CHRIST is formed in us the seed of GOD’s faith takes functional form in us in the image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST! And, this actualization - in a living Witness - fulfills the Law and opens the poten- tials of the Prophets fulfilled into our lives! GOD’s faith for us is designed to produce this evidence of each of us being created in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS! The functional form of the seed of CHRIST is also the functional form of the seed of GOD’s faith - in us. And, this functional form of the seed of CHRIST is "the Witness" that we are called to actualize by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). The Witness is designed to be a Witness of Covenant in GOD - an actu- al functional Oath in GOD (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; Exodus 32:2 Corinthians 3:3, NASB+NKJV). This functional Oath is entirely and exclusively GOD’s Sovereign work communicated through the seed of HIS faith because of HIS love for us. The Witness is designed to communicate realities in GOD’s faith into us and through us - as a functional Covenant enabled into our lives through the will of GOD. This functional Covenant Witness, is brought into being within us, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. It is the living expression of GOD’s faith and love for us. Ultimately every function of the sons of GOD - both male and female, Jew and Gentile - will be manifested into functional being, in a Witness formed out of the faith (and love) of GOD for us. In this realization - which takes place by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - we will have come to give functional expression to the reality of being fearfully and wonderfully made! In a moment of time when we were born again, what GOD’s faith (and love) - operating by the HOLY SPIRIT in the Testimony Of JESUS and, opened in us as the seed of CHRIST - did inside of us, all the religious practice under the Law could never do! A new creation - in GOD’s faith (and love) - was begun (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10 and, Revelation 3:14 b). A new plane of reality in GOD has been opened in us and amongst us. The Word Of GOD - when understood in the finished work of the Cross - is a conduit of GOD’s faith (and love) to accomplish GOD’s purposes. This conduit of fulfillment is achieved by all that grows out of the seed of CHRIST! GOD’s purposes in CHRIST JESUS are unique to each one of us accord- ing to HIS call upon our life and our response to HIM. The Word Of GOD - when understood in the finished work of the Cross - has the potential of giving expression to the faith (and love) of GOD in us and through us. The intent is to enable us to function through the faith (and love) of GOD that operates in us by Covenant framed in HIS Sovereign will into our inward parts! Salvation - which is the process by which GOD builds Covenant into us - flows out of GOD’s faith (and love) for us. The (Rhema) Word Of The Cross is a living expression of GOD’s faith and love for us through JESUS CHRIST. And, this Rhema Word Of The Cross is the Witness - true and faithful - that GOD has opened in us (see 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:8 and John 19:30; John 19:34). This Rhema Word Of The Cross - which is the Witness - is the power of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 1:18, NASB; 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:7-8, NKJV; John 19:30; John 19:34; John 17:8; John 17:7; Ephesians 3:20) made alive in us in fully functional terms. And, this communication of GOD’s faith brings to life - in us and amongst us - the fulfillment of the Mystery of GOD’s will which is pre- destined to be revealed in, and by, and through, the Testimony Of JESUS (see Ephesians 1:3-10; Colossians 1:12-20; Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:7-10, NASB+NKJV). The Testimony Of JESUS is the blueprint through which all of GOD’s work in man is expressed and brought into growing fulfillment. And, this is why the Testimony Of JESUS is the Spirit Of Prophecy! The Testimony Of JESUS is the blueprint for the outworking of GOD’s faith (and love) in HIS perfect will. And, this perfect outworking of GOD’s will is entirely communicated in HIS faith (and love) for us. It is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO unfolds this outworking of GOD’s will. The faith of GOD - in HIS perfect will for us - is released into us when we hear the Rhema Word Of GOD (see note 3.1) with: ● Understanding (see Matthew 13:23) ● Acceptance (see Mark 4:20) ● The perseverance to live the Word opened into our hearts, with honesty and integrity (see Luke 8:15) in all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). We need to persevere with the Word Of GOD in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, in order to realize the transcendent "Passover" real- ities - of GOD’s Sovereign Provision - inherent in GOD’s faith (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 in the context of both Genesis 22:14 and Psalms 24:3-4) towards us. The Passover is prophetic of GOD’s perfect will to have us each "taber- nacled" in the secret place of the MOST HIGH GOD, under the shad- ow of the ALMIGHTY (see Psalms 91:1). This is a position that is to be developed in us (by faith) in actual func- tional terms - defined in CHRIST JESUS and, brought alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This "Passover" is an actualization of the transcendent realities of the Word Of GOD unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the faith of GOD communicated into us through the Witness and Testimony Of JESUS. The communication of the Rhema Word Of GOD - and the faith of GOD inherent to the Word Of GOD - is exclusively the min- istr y of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6-8; John 16:13-15). The Rhema Word Of GOD is exclusively communicated in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST (see note 3.1). This communication is the exclusive ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. This communication is exclusively of the will of the FATHER (see John 16:15; Ephesians 1:3-9; Ephesians 1:15-23). GOD has the intent of communicating HIS faith perfectly so that we can flow (or function) in HIS perfect faith - revealed in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. HIS faith unveils the transcendent realities of HIS heart, which are to flow through HIS sons, both male and female, Jew and Gentile (see Galatians 3:26-29) - forever (see Revelation 22:1-6). In this way we will be taught to live exclusively by GOD (through HIS faith that sees each one of us as perfectly functioning sons of GOD)! This is why we are to grow into the perfection that is expressed in CHRIST (see Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15-16). The perfection comes into us out of CHRIST being formed in us. In this way we will become actual sons of GOD. And, through the realization of the faith of GOD - through the growth of the seed of HIS faith in our hearts - GOD will become our life. In GOD - the FATHER, the SON (the WORD) and the HOLY SPIRIT - will we actually live, move and, have our being in fully functional terms. And, this state of being will function entirely in the Tree Of Life that has grown out of the seed of CHRIST, which is the seed of GOD’s own faith! This is what GOD’s faith to us is designed to do - in the FATHER’s will. AMEN! (See Revelation 3:14 b) So the seed of GOD’s faith opens the transcendent reality of true life (Greek: "zoe") in and by and through GOD, into us and amongst us. [Through the implanting of the Seed Of CHRIST that manifests the immanent reality of HIS Witness within us, we see that the transcendent realities of actual sonship to GOD open to us in the glory of HIS grace!] The seed of faith that is inherent to GOD’s Word, has the potential of growing into a transcendent life form - described in CHRIST JESUS and brought to life by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Mark 4:20-27) in us and amongst us. AMEN (See Revelation 3:14 b)! This transcendent life form is entirely expressed in the seed of CHRIST. And, the HOLY SPIRIT is charged with revealing, developing and establishing this transcendent life form before the FATHER (see John 17:22; John 16:13-15; John 17:6; John 17:26; 1 John 5:14-15; Revelation 21:9-11) in the Testimony Of JESUS! The seed of GOD’s faith - communicated into us as the seed of CHRIST - has an astonishing purpose that stretches into all eternity. It is therefore crucial for us to align our inward parts with the realities of the Word that stand in HIS faith. Only the HOLY SPIRIT can bring such a position in CHRIST JESUS into being in us before the FATHER! Paul testifies of the first fruits of such a reality in Romans 9:1 < Iam telling the truth in CHRIST, I am not lying, my conscience bearing me witness in the HOLY SPIRIT >. What Paul proclaims is a reality that flows out of the Witness of the Master. John 8:12-14 reads: < ... JESUS spoke to them saying, "I AM the Light of the world ...... ." The Pharisees therefore said to HIM, "YOU are bearing Witness of YOURSELF; YOUR Witness is not true." JESUS answered and said to them, "Even if I bear Witness of MYSELF, MY Witness is true; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, or where I am going." > Here the LORD is proclaiming what Paul is proclaiming. The LORD is declaring that HE is telling the truth because HE has the Witness of the HOLY SPIRIT within HIM as to where HE has come from and as to where HE is going. Ultimately HE goes to the Cross and GOD vindicates the Witness of the MESSIAH by raising HIM from the dead! HE also tells the Pharisees that they are not operating in such a reality in the SPIRIT of GOD and therefore they do not know where JESUS CHRIST has come from and where HE is going. And so we know that ultimately they crucified the MESSIAH. The Witness of true faith is described as follows in 1 John 5:14-15 < And this is the confidence which we have before HIM, that if we ask any- thing according to HIS will, HE hears us. And, if we know that HE hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from HIM. > The LORD JESUS in John 11:41-44, describes the fully functional real- ity of the Witness that is alive to GOD: < .... FATHER, I thank THEE that THOU heardest ME. And I know that THOU hearest ME always.... . HE cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." He who died came forth .... > So we see that the Witness in us actually knowing what is truly in GOD’s will, is the key for the faith of GOD to be operating from our inward parts. There is also a reality of timing - GOD’s appointed timing - for the faith of GOD being actually released from our inward parts. Scripture References & Notes - Chapter 3 (3.1) Compare Romans 10:17 (KJV/NKJV) with Romans 10:17 (NASB/NIV) and understand that the Rhema Word Of GOD is made manifest as the Rhema Word Of CHRIST through communication of the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST as noted in John 6:63. See also John 17:8; John 17:7; John 17:6. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 42: 03.09. FOUR THE S U BS TA N C E OF GOD'S FAITH ======================================================================== FOUR THE S U B S TA N C E OF GOD’S FAITH Why is the LORD JESUS CHRIST necessarily the Way, the Truth and the Life? Simply because the substance of GOD’s faith (see note 4.1) and love is entirely and exclusively described and communicated to us in and through JESUS CHRIST (in HIS fullness), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The substance of GOD’s faith - communicated in and through JESUS CHRIST, by the HOLY SPIRIT - forms in fully functional terms in us the totality that is prophetically described as the Way, the Truth and the Life! Only the WORD made flesh could communicate - without any blemish - the reality of the substance of GOD’s hope in perfection, so as to enable the pure and perfect completion of GOD’s will in a new man (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This communication into us is the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets. It is the Testimony Of JESUS that is the framework for the communica- tion of the substance of GOD’s hope - which is GOD’s faith - that will actually form in us the Way, the Truth and the Life. The functional reality of the Way, the Truth and the Life is "the Witness" - true and faithful - which gives functional expression to us as a new creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 2:10). This new creation is of the substance of GOD’s faith brought into us through CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! The substance of GOD’s faith is of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS communicated into us by the HOLY SPIR- IT (see John 1:16-17, (NASB+KJV+NKJV); John 16:14; John 16:13-15). GOD expressed HIS hope for a new creation in the SON by the HOLY SPIRIT. The substance of GOD’s hope unveils the evidence of HIS faith exercised. This evidence of GOD’s faith is communicated in the Testimony Of JESUS, WHO is prophetically designated as our inheri- tance and possession (see Ezekiel 44:28). The fullness of CHRIST JESUS is to fill all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:19). For us, the substance of GOD’s hope unveils the evidence of us becoming a new creation in and through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS being perfect- ed and completed into us through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16-17, NASB+NKJV+KJV; John 16:14; John 16:13-15). GOD’s faith unveils the evidence of a new man in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS. The substance of GOD’s faith for a new man man- ifests in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! In Isaiah 48:16 the SON proclaims: < "Come near to ME, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, from the time it took place, I was there. And now the LORD GOD has sent ME, and HIS SPIRIT." > The FATHER sent the SON to give perfect definition and expression to HIS faith for a new man. The FATHER and the SON sent the HOLY SPIRIT to communicate the substance of GOD’s faith expressed in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS - into man. So that man could - by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS fullness actualized - become a new man in fully functional terms! AMEN! The substance of GOD’s faith is communicated in YESHUA MASHIAH (see note 4.2). The WORD made flesh WHO was tried and tested through HIS life, ministry and crucifixion and, vindicated in HIS resurrection (see Romans 1:3-4) so as to become the blueprint of a new creation for each one of us - in substance. By substance the blueprint is communicated. The substance communicat- ed becomes in us - in fully functional terms perfected and completed into us - the Way, the Truth and the Life. The Way, the Truth and the Life is of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS communicated into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. ’The Way, the Truth and the Life’ becomes a fully functional Witness in substance in us. The substance of CHRIST JESUS’ fullness defines the Witness and, partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT gives expression to the functions of the Witness in JESUS Name. The substance and the Witness actualized in our inward parts are a living expression of GOD’s faith communicated into us. This living expression of GOD’s faith functions in CHRIST JESUS by the HOLY SPIRIT. The faith of GOD results in a new totality called life eternal. The faith (and love) of GOD was tried and tested in substance for our salvation - in MASHIAH YESHUA (CHRIST JESUS). The faith and love of GOD tried and tested in CHRIST JESUS became the basis of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets through the Witness of CHRIST JESUS in us (see Matthew 5:17-18; Matthew 5:20; 1 John 5:10 a; Revelation 3:14 b). The faith and love of JESUS CHRIST - tried and tested in substance (perfected) through the Cross - gave "perfected" definition and expression to the faith of GOD expressed towards man for a new creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:8-10 and Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 1:1-5). This new creation is of the substance of CHRIST JESUS fullness - per- fected by sacrifice for mankind. This is why YHWH-YIREH is GOD’s provision by sacrifice (see Genesis 22:14 and John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV). At the heart of GOD’s provision is HIS faith and love for a new man - a new creation in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS. GOD provides for us through HIS faith and love tested by sacrifice - in grace and mercy - in the exclusive price the SON paid for us. GOD’s provision - through the sacrifice of CHRIST JESUS - is in essen- tial and fundamental terms "substance" ("hupostasis") that gives expres- sion to a functional witness in us (see 1 John 5:10 a). GOD’s provision unveils in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love per- fected and completed for man in CHRIST JESUS in a prophetic expres- sion termed ’the fullness of CHRIST JESUS’ (see John 1:16; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:19). From mankind’s perspective this substance is exclusively and necessari- ly of JESUS CHRIST (see Hebrews 1:1-5 and John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV). This substance - of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS - is the only (tried and tested) basis of a new creation (see John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV). This tried and tested basis was vindicated in MASHIAH YESHUA’s res- urrection. An event that manifested the evidence of CHRIST JESUS, being - exclusively - the Way, the Truth and the Life! This substance - of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, which is the "per- fected" expression of GOD’s faith - is designed to give functional defini- tion to the Witness (see 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV and Revelation 3:14 b) made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63 a and John 16:14; John 16:13-15). This substance makes us actual partakers of CHRIST (see note 4.3) through CHRIST being formed in us (see Galatians 4:19; see also John 1:16, NASB/KJV/NKJV) even as we learn to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13, NKJV). The resulting functional Witness within us is characterized by an actual confidence. This confidence - of having no doubt - is the exclusive work of GOD in our inward parts (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:25-27)! This confidence arises through the witness, to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, being made alive in us in the substance that is entirely of CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV). The substance is entirely of the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS expressed freely for us before the FATHER. HIS faith justifies us and HIS love brings fulfillment. And, the result is an actual, functional confidence in our inward parts. AMEN! The substance that is of CHRIST JESUS is the exclusive product of GOD’s faith that will enable the sons of GOD to function in actual posi- tions in the Mount Of The LORD (see Matthew 5:8; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14, NKJV + NASB + KJV)! We do this from the witness of confidence actualized in our hearts from the substance of the Master’s fullness. This confidence is tied to purity of heart (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Matthew 5:8; 1 John 3:3)! And, this purity is entirely a result of HIS sub- stance formed in our hearts. HE has to be LORD and BELOVED to us for this purity to be true! Because the substance of our hearts is designed in salvation to be of CHRIST JESUS, we have the potentials of growing hearts of purity. Our growing hearts of purity are entirely of HIS substance that results in hearts of flesh that are of HIS flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV+NASB). In order to attain this reality, we simply need to steadfastly keep our hope on the LORD JESUS CHRIST and, all that is promised to us in HIM, by HIS merits (see 1 John 3:3). Hope in HIM will manifest the substance of HIS fullness. In this reality of grace manifested through substance, all things promised by GOD become possible to us. AMEN! The possibilities are of the stature of GOD’s faith (and love)! That’s why it is called amazing grace (see Ephesians 1:6; Revelation 21:11; Revelation 21:9-11)! In and according to the status of the substance formed in us, we can move mountains in line with the Witness of JESUS CHRIST opened to us in Mark 11:23 < Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, "Be taken up and cast into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. > The intent of the faith of GOD, brought into us by the HOLY SPIRIT in the true and faithful Witness - the Amen of true and perfect confidence in GOD, manifested through the SON, by the HOLY SPIRIT - is pro- claimed by CHRIST JESUS in the following passages of Scripture: ● Matthew 17:20 c declares: < ... And nothing will be impossible to you. > ● John 14:12 declares: < Truly, truly I say to you, he who believes in ME, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works that these shall he do ... > ● John 14:13-14 declares: < And whatever you ask in MY Name that will I do, that the FATHER may be glorified in the SON. If you ask ME anything in MY Name, I will do it. > ● John 14:26 declares: < ... The Helper, the HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM the FATHER will send in MY Name, HE will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. > ● John 16:13-15 declares: < ... When HE, the SPIRIT Of Truth comes, HE will guide you into all the truth ... HE shall glorify ME; for HE shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it to you. All things that the FATHER has are Mine; therefore I said, that HE takes of Mine, and will disclose it to you. > All of these passages of Scripture flow out of GOD’s faith and love for us. The faith and love of GOD results in a totality defined in CHRIST JESUS The Substance of GOD’s Faith - by substance and Witness - which is made fully functional in our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN! This totality is necessarily one that develops out of a Blood Covenant rela- tionship. A Blood Covenant relationship fashioned in substance and Witness in our inward parts! The faith of GOD can only be actualized in a relationship that GOD has designed for us in JESUS CHRIST, and this relationship - that is designed in GOD’s faith and love for us - is to be developed in us and amongst us by the HOLY SPIRIT in a living and growing Witness. Out of this reality of the intimacy of relationship, having the faith of GOD - by substance and Witness - becomes the inherent reality for the fulfillment of GOD’s plan in each one of our lives, as sons of GOD! It is in HIS plan of faith and love - communicated in substance and Witness - that we become sons of GOD! AMEN! Scripture References & Notes - Chapter 4 (4.1) Hebrews 11:1 defines faith and, Romans 8:20-21 talks about the FATHER subjecting the creation in hope. The faith of GOD unto us is the substance of HIS hope. The substance of the FATHER’s hope is described in CHRIST JESUS, the WORD became flesh as noted in John 1:14 by the HOLY SPIRIT (Luke 1:35). (4.2) Hebrews 1:3 a, NKJV (PERSON - HUPOSTASIS) + NASB (Nature - Hupostasis) + NIV (BEING - HUPOSTASIS) reveals an awe- some expression of the Greek word "hupostasis" which is translated "sub- stance" in Hebrews 11:1, KJV+NKJV. So what we are saying is this: the substance of GOD’s faith is communicated through the PERSON, Nature and BEING of YESHUA MASHIAH. And the expression of this faith of GOD in MASHIAH YESHUA is a totality that is called YAH- WEH-TSIDKENU in Jeremiah 23:5-6. The conduit of this faith of GOD is exclusively the Testimony Of JESUS! This communication unveils the Witness that stands as "I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life!" AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b)! (4.3) Hebrews 3:14 (NKJV), where the word "confidence" is a translation of the Greek word "hupostasis", which is translated as "substance" in Hebrews 11:1 (KJV/NKJV). ======================================================================== CHAPTER 43: 03.10. FIVE A C T UA L I Z I N G THE WITNESS OF GOD'S FAITH ======================================================================== FIVE A C T UA L I Z I N G THE WITNESS OF GOD’S FAITH We have in this book come to understand that GOD has ordained a totality in HIS own faith by which we can actually function. We can develop a reality of living, moving and having our being in HIM and by HIM - in the glory of HIS grace actualized! GOD’s grace is a reality in HIS faith communicated to us through CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The Testimony Of JESUS is the spiritual conduit for the communication of GOD’s faith. The intent of the Testimony Of JESUS is to give actual spiritual defini- tion and expression to the reality of living, moving and having our being in GOD! JESUS CHRIST gave true expression to the faith of GOD and, the Testimony Of JESUS gives true definition and expression to a faith reality that will enable all of us to live, move and have our being in GOD. [Lucifer on the other hand, received of the faith of GOD and built an altar of faith to himself and his own motives that ultimately blasphemed GOD.] We have in this book seen that the LORD JESUS HIMSELF has told us that we can actually "have the faith of GOD!" And, the LORD JESUS has also told us that in this reality, nothing will be impossi- ble to us. We now understand that through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, we can come to receive, realize and express, GOD ordained faith realities, which are inherent to GOD’s Word opened to us in the Testimony Of JESUS. The faith realities inherent to GOD’s Word are communicated to us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! GOD’s Word communicated into us, in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST, give actual expression to the faith of GOD developed for us in the life, ministry and testimony of JESUS CHRIST. The faith of JESUS is GOD’s faith made available to us in fully communicable terms. The faith (and love) of JESUS CHRIST is GOD’s provision to us. And, several potentially phenomenal realities open to us in the faith of JESUS CHRIST that is fully communicable into us by our hope on HIM and our faith in HIM! Several verses in the Kings James translation of the Bible describe this actuality of the faith of JESUS available to all who have received JESUS CHRIST as LORD and Saviour. Galatians 2:16 (KJV) reads: < Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of JESUS CHRIST, even we have believed in JESUS CHRIST, that we might be justified by the faith of CHRIST, and not by the works of the Law: for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified. > This verse from the KJV is crucial to us because it mentions both the faith of JESUS CHRIST and faith in JESUS CHRIST. This verse is describing an awesome reality to us. This verse tells us that our faith in JESUS CHRIST enables us to actually draw from realities expressed in HIS faith so that we - in all that we have realized in the actu- alization of HIS faith - are justified! That is, we are justified by the faith of JESUS CHRIST that we have actualized by faith in HIM! To be justified before GOD means having actual functional position before GOD in the faith of JESUS CHRIST realized from our faith in HIM! By focusing on JESUS CHRIST - by faith in HIM - we have the poten- tial of actualizing all that stands for us in HIS faith! And, this is the basis of grace (see Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:16-17, NASB+NKJV+KJV). Hence the reality declared in Php 4:13, that we can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us. 2 Peter 1:1 (NASB) confirms this reality, with the Apostle Peter pro- claiming the reality of: < those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our GOD and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST. > The Apostle Paul confirms this actuality in Galatians 2:20 (KJV) by pro- claiming that: < I am crucified with CHRIST: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the SON of GOD, WHO loved me, and gave HIMSELF for me. > So we are being told that we can all receive the same kind of faith. And, this comes only because the same kind of faith is entirely of JESUS CHRIST. And, this realization will enable us all to actually live and func- tion by the faith of JESUS CHRIST! Galatians 3:22 (KJV) reads: < But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of JESUS CHRIST might be given to them that believe. > Here we see that every promise in the Scripture is made available to us by the faith of JESUS CHRIST! So the faith of JESUS CHRIST - which is the faith of GOD made available to us through JESUS CHRIST - is the basis of the actualization of all of GOD’s provi- sion (by promise) for us. Simply nothing - in line with GOD’s Sovereign will - will be impossible to us because of the availability of the faith of JESUS CHRIST! And, now we clearly understand why the Master declared that nothing will be impossible to us! GOD has provided for us access to all that is impossible under the crite- ria of the Law (both in the natural and spiritual) - through the faith of JESUS CHRIST. And so, nothing shall be impossible to us! AMEN! In the faith of JESUS CHRIST all that is in the Prophets - by Promise - is available to us through substance communicated. This substance communicated is of the faith of JESUS CHRIST. And so, nothing will be impossible to us. So, the Cross testifies and witnesses to a faith that is able to destroy death and, open to us possibilities by promise in all eternity! And, this is a real- ity that is of the faith of GOD - for us, in the glory of HIS grace! The possibilities by promise arise, in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, in the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s fullness! Indeed nothing shall be impossible to us in the merits of the LAMB. The realities that arise in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets are entirely of the faith of GOD that becomes a lifeline of grace upon grace to us. The seed of GOD’s faith - communicated through the seed of CHRIST - has the potential of becoming a growing and blossoming Tree Of Life in us. So how do we pursue the reality of GOD’s faith opened to us through the Spirit and Life of JESUS? How do we come to function in realities that are available to us in the faith of JESUS CHRIST? How do we come to actualize realities in GOD’s faith that unveil in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets? What does Paul mean when he says that the life he now lives in the flesh he actually lives by the faith of JESUS CHRIST? The Scripture tells us that faith is a Mystery (see 1 Timothy 3:9). The Mystery Of Faith opens to a clear conscience. Who but JESUS CHRIST had a clear conscience? And, in JESUS CHRIST - in HIS faith and love for us - this clear conscience is communicable! Paul describes this reality in Romans 9:1 < I am telling the truth in CHRIST, I am not lying, my conscience bearing me witness in the HOLY SPIRIT >. Fundamentally, true faith is necessarily a mystery that unfolds from GOD’s heart. Man needs true faith so that he can receive of the life of GOD. True faith is a revealed reality. Revelation is described in CHRIST JESUS and, is communicated by the HOLY SPIRIT. We can only enter this revealed reality with a clear conscience that arises from a heart built in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth comes in the substance of the Master’s fullness! The reality of having the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth - in an increasingly clear conscience - is entirely a consequence of receiving grow- ing measures of the substance of the Master’s fullness! The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth - testified to in a clear con- science - is a reality that stands in revelation knowledge. The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth that unveils in a clear con- science, is an actual revelation of the knowledge form that MASHIAH YESHUA developed before GOD - in HIS life, ministry, crucifixion and resurrection (see Isaiah 53:11 b). The Mystery Of Faith unveils by revelation knowledge - given true defi- nition in CHRIST JESUS. Revelation knowledge communicates the secrets of GOD into us (see Deuteronomy 29:29 and Mark 4:22). The purpose of this revealed knowledge - defined and communicated in the faith of GOD - is to create living epistles of CHRIST, who are called servants or ministers of the New Covenant (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, NKJV). We are epistles of CHRIST - called forth as servants or ministers of the New Covenant - and, also called to be actual stewards of the Mysteries Of GOD! This reality is pointed to in 1 Corinthians 4:1, which reads: < Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of CHRIST, and stewards of the Mysteries Of GOD. > The Mystery Of CHRIST is the exclusive conduit that reveals and actualizes our stewardship of the Mysteries Of GOD (see Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:7-10). And our stewardship of the Mysteries of GOD will reveal an administra- tion suitable to the fullness of the times - the summing up of all things in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 1:9; Ephesians 1:3-10 and Colossians 1:17-20). All of this reality of an administration suitable to the fullness of the times stands entirely in the faith of GOD. The faith of GOD is communicat- ed in the summing up of all things in CHRIST JESUS so that the full- ness of CHRIST JESUS will fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23 and Ephesians 4:10). In this reality the fullness of CHRIST JESUS gives true expression to GOD’s faith! By praying in tongues - by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - we have access to the Mysteries Of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 14:2). Paul, who profoundly demonstrated such an access to the Mysteries Of GOD through his ministry and his writings, instructs us that praying in tongues will result in revelation, knowledge, teaching and prophecy (see 1 Corinthians 14:6). It is because of this astonishing reality of revelation, knowledge, teaching and prophecy that he was a party to - by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see note 5.1) - that, Paul declares that he prayed in tongues "more than you all" (see 1 Corinthians 14:18). Jude 1:20-21 a, gives us further insight on tongues by instructing us: < But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray- ing in the HOLY SPIRIT .... . > Here we see that tongues - manifested by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2), in the Witness (see 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:7-8, NKJV and Revelation 3:14 b) - open us to the reality of "most holy faith". Only GOD’s faith is "most holy"! GOD’s most holy faith is communicated through HIS WORD - entire- ly by the SPIRIT Of GOD! That GOD’s faith can - by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - become "your most holy faith" is simply an astonishing reality! Fundamentally, tongues are designed to reveal this reality of the most holy in fully functional terms through the conduits of revelation, knowl- edge, teaching and prophecy. Prophecy is designed to release the faith of GOD from our hearts through our mouths. In fact, the Word Of GOD is designed to unveil from us all, in this reality (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15; Romans 10:8-11; Jeremiah 1:11-12). Peter tells us in 1 Peter 4:11 (NKJV) that we have the potentials of becoming the actual Oracles Of GOD (see note 5.2)! Awesome isn’t it! And, we can actually perceive in our inward parts the reality of actual stewardship of the Mysteries Of GOD through a most holy faith. This most holy faith is the faith of GOD perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT through the substance of CHRIST JESUS Fullness! John 1:16 reads: < For of HIS Fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. > The substance of CHRIST JESUS Fullness is described in prophetic terms as the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy in Leviticus 21:22. Leviticus 21:22 reads: < He may eat of the Bread of HIS GOD, both of the Most Holy and the Holy. > It is in the realization of the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy - by substance communicated - that we come to possess a growing witness in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth in turn results in us having a confidence that will result in mountains of impossibility being moved! It is crucial to understand that the confidence is not of the flesh of man but is entirely of the flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:53; John 6:51-53)! The eating of the Bread is described prophetically by the Prophet Jeremiah (in Jeremiah 15:16): < THY Words were found and I ate them, and THY Words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I have been called by THY Name, O LORD GOD Of Hosts. > Against this prophetic background, the Master proclaims that man has the potential of actually living by every Rhema Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of GOD (see Matthew 4:4). That man can actually live by every Rhema Word that actually proceeds from the mouth of GOD is simply astonishing. Obviously this is a reali- ty that stands in the faith and love of GOD! Our biggest hindrance to hearing and receiving from GOD is our carnal nature and carnal mindset. The Scripture speaks clearly that we must be renewed in the spirit of our mind (see Ephesians 4:23; Ephesians 4:22-24). Tongues are a spiritual tool, by which, GOD enables us to side step the hindrances of our carnal mind that has been built out of the spirit of the world. Tongues facilitate the realities of the Mysteries Of GOD or the secret things of GOD into our being (see Deuteronomy 29:29) - through the conduit of a most holy faith. Isaiah 28:9 tells us that GOD has the intent of teaching us: < To whom would HE teach knowledge? And to whom would HE interpret the message? ... > Isaiah 54:13-14 a proclaims an awesome reality that stands in the faith of GOD: < And all your sons will be taught of the LORD; and the wellbeing of your sons will be great. In righteousness you will be established ... > Zephaniah 3:9 (KJV) declares: < For then I will turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the Name of the LORD, to serve HIM with one consent. > The NASB talks of GOD giving to the people purified lips. GOD is talking of pure language, manifested from purified lips as a con- sequence of the realization of a most holy faith! Our LORD JESUS CHRIST reinforces this actuality in John 6:45. The LORD JESUS declares: < It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all be taught of GOD." Everyone who has heard and learned from the FATHER comes to ME. > The fundamental purpose of tongues is to communicate knowledge and the on-line message of GOD into us (see Isaiah 28:9) in a most holy faith. This communication will result in a flow of revelation, knowledge, teach- ing and prophecy into us and through us (see 1 Corinthians 14:6). Enabling us to function as the Oracles of GOD! The result of all this will be a greater intimacy with JESUS CHRIST (see John 6:45 and Proverbs 9:10 b)! Isaiah 28:11 prophecies that this reality will come through tongues: < Indeed HE will speak to this people through stammering lips and a foreign tongue. > What an absurd prophecy! Totally out of sync with the human intellect. How on earth can you teach someone in a tongue that he does not under- stand! But, GOD is speaking of a reality - communicated in the substance of CHRIST JESUS fullness - in which we can potentially be entirely taught by GOD. And, GOD is speaking of communication that is described as "spirit upon spirit" in 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13. This is the work of the HOLY SPIRIT WHO is charged with revealing the depths of GOD and manifesting that which man cannot know in and of his own self (see 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:12 and John 16:13-15). The right evidence of such a process being brought into place in us is however, not merely how much we speak in tongues, but in how much of CHRIST is being formed in us (see Galatians 4:19; Galatians 2:20, KJV and, John 6:45). We must never let the gift replace the giver (see Ephesians 4:7-10). The purpose of the gift in tongues is to realize the fullness of CHRIST JESUS that stands in what is prophetically addressed as the Mystery Of CHRIST (see Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:7-10). HE must fill all in all - in us, amongst us and through us (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:10 and, Colossians 1:17-20). This is what the Church is responsible for. The communication of the fullness of HIM WHO is to fill all in all! The faith of GOD is designed to bring this to fulfillment in us and amongst us as the Body Of CHRIST across the world and in the heavenly places - both Jew and Gentile, male and female! AMEN! Praying in tongues results in two fundamental realities - knowledge and the message (see Isaiah 28:9) - that are described and developed in the Word Of GOD. Knowledge describes the abiding and eternal realities of the Word Of GOD that go to form a heart of flesh in us. This is the Covenant Word of GOD. The Covenant Word of GOD is fashioned and formed in the substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see note 5.3) - the Bread Of The Holy (see note 5.4) and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see note 5.5). This abiding Covenant Word of GOD is the actualization of the knowl- edge of the HOLY ONE that justifies us. Isaiah 53:11 b reads: < By HIS knowledge the RIGHTEOUS ONE, MY Servant, will justify the many ... . > This knowledge form is part of the Mystery Of CHRIST that tongues are designed to reveal. The message describes the spontaneous, functional Word Of GOD that comes by a flow of thoughts or words, a silent voice, a spoken voice, pic- torial thought flows via visions and dreams, spiritual impressions etc that are discerned together with the spiritual backdrop of our inward spiritu- al senses. Our inward spiritual senses are built out of the Logos Word Of Righteousness (see Hebrews 5:13-14 and see also note 5.6). The message enables the spontaneous operation of the gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT. But, the message also unveils teaching, preaching, praying, worship, prophecy etc through the Witness that GOD is building and developing in all of us. The message must flow in a witness in us (see Deuteronomy 30:14-15 and 1 John 5:10 a) that objectively chooses to glory in JESUS CHRIST and, has no confidence in the fallen flesh of man (see Php 3:3). The knowledge that forms the Covenant heart of flesh determines the quality of the "message flow" in our witness in conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious terms. So tongues are designed to be the spiritual tool by which we can pursue the reality of being made entirely functional by GOD - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b and 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV)! In fundamental terms, we should function in tongues to receive of the knowledge form of the Word Of GOD that needs to be explained to us by the HOLY SPIRIT, through the conduits of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. Seemingly simple words like love, faith, knowledge, understanding, wis- dom, righteousness, holiness, truth, good, power, authority etc have real- ities in the "I AM" of GOD - opened to us in MASHIAH YESHUA - that are actually infinitely beyond what the languages of man impute to them (see Isaiah 55:8-9 and 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 2:9-14)! These words form the building blocks that give expression to Scriptural realities described as: the Mystery Of The Gospel, the Mystery Of Faith, the Mystery Of Godliness, the Mystery of GOD’s Will, the Mysteries Of The Kingdom, the Mystery Of CHRIST and stewardship of the Mysteries Of GOD! 1 Corinthians 2:9 describes such a reality in these terms: < ... "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that GOD has prepared for those who love HIM" > The Word Of GOD tells us that GOD is watching over HIS Word so that HE can perform it (see Jeremiah 1:11-12). When individual words are put together in verses of Scripture, we see that many passages of Scripture carry a spiritual universe of reality that have the potential of actual performance - in the potentials and actualities of the faith and love of GOD HIMSELF! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b and 1 John 5:10 a, 7-8, NKJV)! All these require the gift of tongues to actualize. This is why Paul (in 1 Corinthians 14:21) quotes Isaiah 28:11 from a peculiar perspective as: < in the Law it is written >! In what way is Isaiah 28:11 "in the Law"? In what way is speaking in tongues "in the Law"? Through a Law Of Faith that establishes the Law Of GOD (see Romans 3:27; Romans 3:19-27; Romans 3:31) in the substance of CHRIST JESUS Nature, Character and Testimony! How does the Law Of Faith establish the Law Of GOD? Through actual communication of the substance of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST into us! The substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS fulfills the Law and the Prophets through HIS faith and love expressed for man through the Cross (see Matthew 5:17-18). Faith establishes the Law by being able to communicate - through sub- stance - the Nature and Character of JESUS CHRIST (specifically HIS Love exercised through the Cross) that fulfilled the Law (see Mark 12:28-33). [We can also see how tongues facilitate the actualization of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets from this sequence of Scripture: Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV+NASB; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 10:15-17.] Tongues facilitate the revelations that stand in the Mystery Of CHRIST, through the communication of the Mystery Of Faith supernaturally. All this is in substance so that nothing will be impossible to us. For nothing to be impossible to us, we must ensure that the substance is entirely of CHRIST. We do this by fixing our hope on CHRIST JESUS - without wavering. 1 John 3:3 reads: < And everyone who has this hope fixed on HIM purifies himself, just as HE is pure. > We exercise our tongues in this unwavering hope in MASHIAH YESHUA (see Romans 5:5; Romans 5:1-5) that anchors our soul behind the veil in realities that open the Mysteries of the Kingdom into us (see Hebrews 6:19-20; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28 and Matthew 13:11; Matthew 13:16-17; Matthew 13:23). Hope in CHRIST JESUS will produce the substance that is of HIM. And, potentially nothing shall be impossible to us! AMEN! Scripture References & Notes - Chapter 5 (5.1) Romans 9:1 points to the reality of functioning by the HOLY SPIR- IT, in CHRIST JESUS: < I am telling the truth in CHRIST, I am not lying, my conscience bearing me witness in the HOLY SPIRIT >. (5.2) 1 Peter 4:11 (KJV) reads: < If any man speak, let him speak as the Oracles of GOD >. The NASB uses the phrase: < the Utterances of GOD >. (5.3) John 1:16-17 (NASB) reads: < For of HIS fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through JESUS CHRIST. > (5.4) Called the Bread Of The Presence in Exodus 25:30 (NASB). (5.5) Called the "Hidden Manna" in Revelation 2:17 which is the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Hebrews 9:4) that communicates the substantive realities of the Name Of GOD (see 2 Samuel 6:2). This is the highest real- ity that the LORD JESUS CHRIST came to fulfill (see John 17:6; John 17:26; John 17:26; John 6:51; John 6:48-51). This fulfillment is entirely of the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s fullness that communicates the Bread Of The Most Holy. (5.6) Notice the mention of milk in Hebrews 5:13 as in Isaiah 28:9! So the Word Of Righteousness that builds our inward spiritual senses is laid into us line upon line, precept upon precept, a little here a little there (see Isaiah 28:10-11). Tongues facilitate this process - supernaturally! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 44: 03.11. SIX LESSONS ON FAITH G O N E W R O N G ======================================================================== SIX LESSONS ON FAITH G O N E W R O N G Can faith go wrong? Yes, in tragic fashion! The testimony of Lucifer is a tragedy of perfect giftings and anointings ruined by a faith reality gone wrong. How did Lucifer develop a perverted faith reality that blasphemed GOD? There are lessons to be learned and understood from this tragedy, for the wellbeing of each one of us called to be sons of the MOST HIGH - both male and female (see Galatians 3:26-28). This chapter is written as a warning, especially to those of us who are in front- line ministry, holding positions of responsibility in the Body of CHRIST. Lucifer not only destroyed his own life but he also destroyed the lives of millions of angels who were called forth as sons of GOD - in GOD’s faith and love expressed over their lives. The spheres of influence that Lucifers giftings and anointings pro- duced through the exercise of his faith realities, became a spiritual force field of deception that corrupted and destroyed the lives of so many called forth - by the faith and love of GOD - to stand in the high places of GOD’s universe! We too are called forth by the faith and love of GOD to stand in heav- enly places (see Ephesians 1:3-10; Ephesians 3:8-10). From what happened to Lucifer and his angels, we must understand that our high positions - in this reality of GOD’s faith and love for us - must necessarily (and entirely) be defined in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 1:3-10; Ephesians 3:8-10). And, this is entirely possible because of the possibility of us each receiv- ing and realizing of the actual substance of the Master’s fullness! The actuality of the substance of CHRIST JESUS fullness is what defines all realities in truth within us and amongst us! Scripture declares that HIS Fullness is to fill all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:22-23). Scripture declares that it is the FATHER’s will for all the fullness to dwell in CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:19). To stand in heavenly places we must be entirely knitted together, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the substance of the faith and love of JESUS CHRIST. The substance of the faith and love of JESUS CHRIST, that communi- cates HIS Fullness, so that we will be entirely enabled in HIM, in a con- viction and confidence that knows and understands HIM as LORD. Our free will functional response must be built - in substance and witness - entirely in CHRIST JESUS, so that HE becomes to us in fully func-tional terms the Way, the Truth and the Life. In this reality of HIM being the Way, the Truth and the Life, HE will also become to us the BELOVED! HIS love actualized in our nature and char- acter will keep our faith true. And, this actuality of all that is true will be exclusively of HIS substance! Lucifer’s faith went wrong because he did not love GOD. As we’ll see, his every perversion of every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift - given to him in GOD’s faith (and love) for him - came about because he did not love GOD. Because he did not choose to always reciprocate GOD’s love he failed to see GOD’s blessings in the right perspective. Because he did not pursue the reality of loving GOD, his thought processes became a growing perversion. Ultimately, because he did not love GOD he could not see the absolute need for GOD in his life. This chapter is written so that we will clearly understand what was wrong with Lucifer’s great faith? Lucifer was appointed to very high position. He was called Star Of The Morning and Son Of The Dawn in Isaiah 14:12 b. These are prophetic titles of very high position before GOD. Does this have any parallels for us? Yes it does! 2 Peter 1:19 describes similar prophetic realities being opened to us as sons of GOD: < And so we have the prophetic Word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns (which, tells us that we are in prophetic terms sons of the dawn) and the morning star arises in your hearts (which tells us that we are in prophetic terms morning stars). > GOD’s faith described and revealed in the prophetic Word has very high purpose for us. And, for this high purpose to come forth, we are to be entirely created and fashioned in the image and fullness of JESUS CHRIST, the Bright Morning Star (see Revelation 22:16; John 1:16-17, KJV/NKJV/NASB and Ephesians 2:10). As we discuss Lucifer’s testament, we will come to understand that conformance to CHRIST JESUS and making ourselves sub- ject to the Lordship of JESUS CHRIST by seeing HIM as our Lord and Husband, are absolutely non-negotiable realities for ever y one of us. We have to understand this in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth that unveils in a clear conscience and gives expression to a true faith always subject to the supremacy of GOD MOST HIGH. And, this realization of HIS necessary preeminence must come about in our hearts, in our own free will. Hence the necessity of understanding by faith - fashioned in truth through the substance of the Master’s fullness - that all things we will achieve in the eternal future, are entirely based on the price JESUS CHRIST paid for us through HIS sacrifice. Our acheivements - in and by and through GOD - will never be because we paid the price! That which comes forth in the faith of GOD is entirely a reality described in grace upon grace, through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS actualized by substance and Witness in our inward parts! When we exercise our wit- ness in substance, we are functioning in a spiritual actuality that is a liv- ing expression of grace upon grace. HIS faith opens to us as grace upon grace for all things realized in truth! The substance is HIS and, the witness is HIS - both freely given to us in HIS love expressed in the finished work of the Cross! We can never pay the price for the true and faithful Witness, the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b and Ephesians 2:10), that is described exclusively in Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:7-8; 1 John 5:10 a, NKJV. See also John 19:30; John 19:34.). This Witness is entirely and exclusively the Witness of the Cross. We need to understand this clearly! The prophetic titles of Star Of The Morning and Son Of The Dawn given to Lucifer by GOD, describe a position for Lucifer that was prob- ably foremost amongst the angels. Ezekiel 28:14 a, describes him as the "anointed cherub who covers". GOD begins Isaiah 14:12, by declaring: < How you have fallen from heaven. > He must have fallen from very, very high position for GOD to make this statement. And, we must understand why he fell. The following declarations by Lucifer tell us why he fell. Each of these declarations is an expression of a very great faith. But, each of these declarations is also descriptive of a perverted faith form that is entirely false. Lucifer deceived himself. He developed illusions of grandeur based on a set of self-beliefs that were patently false. Lucifer came to objectively reject GOD and ultimately even saw himself as an actual replacement for GOD! Lucifer understood faith as an open-ended reality of potential self- achievement, in which, he could become anything he wanted to be. Lucifer refused to be governed by GOD’s high plan and purpose for his life. And, this refusal came out of a faith form that believed in himself and, what he could be in and of himself, even as he analyzed "the facts". [Eve too analyzed "the apple" and "saw" that it was "good"! Adam agreed with the analysis! And in so much of our scholarship we continue to ana- lyze the apple! And in spite of our history, we continue to intelligently proclaim our own brilliance!] Lucifer objectively decided that he could make for himself a far greater future than anything GOD could possibly give him! Lucifer had analyzed GOD and found GOD wanting!!! So do many ’intelligent people’ in the human race. In Isaiah 14:13, GOD tells us that Lucifer fell in his heart: < But you said in your heart >. The following statements (from Isaiah 14:13-14) are "great and powerful" - but entirely false - faith expressions that Lucifer devel- oped and actualized (as an evidence of his greatness) in his inward parts: ● "I will ascend to heaven". Lucifer was entirely convinced that his destiny was entirely in his hand. He knew this by fact of his faith evidenced in his own understanding of course! He knew that his ascent was entirely in and of himself. He had absolutely no need for GOD. He did not need GOD’s approval, neither did he need GOD’s provision and guidance. Lucifer was a law unto himself. Lucifer had birthed and developed a faith form that was a total expression of lawlessness (see Matthew 7:21-23; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 and Exodus 20:3). He had developed a reality that was entirely based on what he knew and understood in and of himself. He rejected the realities that derived from the faith of GOD expressed prophetically over his life. What he perceived in and of himself was true to him. He didn’t need to be taught by GOD. ● "I will raise my throne above the stars of GOD". Lucifer was entirely convinced that the throne GOD had put him on (see note 6.1) was his own. He was no longer steward, he was entirely convinced he was owner (see note 6.2). Lucifer was entirely convinced that he had paid the price for his position (see note 6.3) in the heavenly places and therefore he was also entirely entitled to raise his throne to whatever height he could desire and achieve. Lucifer was entirely convinced - in himself - that he was better than, and superior to, everyone else. He had great ambition backed with a great faith in himself and his destiny. GOD’s prophetic titles of Star Of The Morning and Son Of The Dawn bestowed by grace upon him were reinterpreted in the knowledge of a faith form developed in his own understanding (see note 6.4). [Now this is why the Scriptures define understanding as a faith reality that entirely derives from knowing the HOLY ONE (see note 6.5)! True faith is entirely the product of an intimacy with the HOLY ONE, WHO must be both LORD and BELOVED to us. This is why our high position in the Kingdom Of GOD flows entirely out of a Marriage Covenant Union with the LAMB!] ● "I will sit on the Mount Of Assembly". Lucifer’s thinking was devel oped in such a manner that no sanction by GOD was needed for his position in the Mount Of Assembly. In Ezekiel 28:17, GOD explains the thinking of Lucifer: < Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendour. > In Ezekiel 28:16 b, GOD tells us that ambition had taken its toll on Lucifer: < you were internally filled with violence, and you sinned >. Ambition and competition always drive out the "shalom" of GOD. Where "shalom" is peace with wellbeing. And this is a state of being that entirely derives from YAHWEH-SHALOM. ● "I will make myself like the MOST HIGH". The final clincher to Lucifer’s faith form is that he is now absolutely convinced that he is now able to make himself like the MOST HIGH! Talk about faith and unshakeable confidence that moves mountains! This fool is now convinced he is able to move GOD out of HIS Sovereign position! Talk about deception! Talk about moving moun tains. Dear Lucy was ready to move the Mountain Of GOD - by faith!!! Incredible! Lucifer’s faith and belief system was ready to dispute the inherent status of GOD HIMSELF. Using himself as a point of reference, Lucifer was ready to question what made GOD, GOD! We need to remind ourselves that we have seen small "gods" of sundry shapes and sizes all over human history. And, we’ve even seen them in the institutional Church as well in many different forms through out history. What do we need to understand from Lucifer’s testimony? True faith is necessarily always subject to GOD’s will, communicated in HIS faith and love for us. True faith must find expression in and by and through GOD’s Sovereign Word revealed exclusively in HIS will and purpose! Our faith must always believe that GOD IS and that HE - in HIS absolute Sovereignty - is a rewarder of those who seek HIM. True faith receives from GOD - grace upon grace - in the merits of the LAMB! Faith must of necessity know that GOD is Supreme. And, faith must always be premised on the absolute supremacy of GOD and on the fact that GOD alone is the Provider and the Justifier. Faith must always flow in the reality of WHO GOD IS and all THAT GOD IS. True faith is necessarily defined in the Testimony Of JESUS and must be expressed by us in the Name Of JESUS, through HIS Witness - of Blood, Water and Spirit - made alive in us in fully functional terms by the HOLY SPIRIT. Only the true and faithful Witness can enable us to function in true faith. Faith simply can never be - and must never be - an open ended reality that the creation utilizes in its own whims and fancies. Faith exercised in an open ended manner will always lead to rebellion. Because faith exer- cised independent of GOD is presumption and rebellion. Faith has the potentials of being a powerful conduit of an eternal and ever- lasting flow of blessings. However, such a reality of faith stands entirely under a canopy of grace upon grace. Such a reality of faith will never exist in a "by merit, I am superior" sort of system of thought. True faith flows in a reality designed by GOD to give true expression to HIS grace. Always remember that by the grace of GOD, our faith in HIM is rewarded in a growing continuity of life eternal. May you be truly blessed as you discover realities that stand in the faith of GOD over your life. May you truly become a blessing as you discover how to flow in the faith of GOD - by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the substance and Witness of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. AMEN! Scripture References & Notes - Chapter 6 (6.1) In Ezekiel 28:14 a GOD declares: < And I placed you there >. (6.2) GOD describes HIMSELF as the sole Owner and Possessor of the creation by calling HIMSELF GOD MOST HIGH - EL ELYON. See Genesis 14:18-19. (6.3) The word price always implies actual ownership once the price is paid. In GOD’s universe we can only be stewards of HIS riches. HE is by Name - YHWH ELYON - always the Owner and Possessor of the universe. (6.4) True faith understands in a knowing that is of the HOLY ONE - a knowledge form that derives entirely from the MOST HIGH. See Hebrews 11:3 a; Proverbs 9:10 a and, Isaiah 53:11 b. (6.5) You can see this by combining Hebrews 11:3 a with Proverbs 9:10 b. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 45: 04.00.1. GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THE FULLNESS OF JESUS CHRIST ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST 12 Parts By Pastor James Niles www.thetabernacleschool.com ======================================================================== CHAPTER 46: 04.00.2. 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PART 1 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 1 In Ephesians 1:23 c (NKJV), the Body of CHRIST (MESSIAH) is described as “the fullness of Him (JESUS CHRIST) who fills all in all”. John 1:16-17 (NASB) tells us that: <16 … of His fullness [the fullness of JESUS CHRIST] we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. > From these two verses we can say that the fullness of JESUS CHRIST defines the Church as the Body of CHRIST. And we can say that the Body of MESSIAH exists to communicate the fullness of JESUS CHRIST - which is defined in the FATHER’s will - to fill “all in all”. In Colossians 1:19-20 [NASB] we read that: <19 … it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. > Here we are being told that the fullness of JESUS CHRIST has cosmic implications in being the exclusive basis to reconcile “all things … things on earth or things in heaven” to the FATHER. In this light, Colossians 1:17 instructs us that: < 17 He [JESUS CHRIST] is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. > Salvation communicates the fullness of JESUS CHRIST into the Body of MESSIAH; and, salvation communicates the fullness of JESUS CHRIST – through the Body of MESSIAH – so that His fullness fills all in all! What is the fullness of JESUS CHRIST? Simplistically, the fullness of JESUS CHRIST involves His Status, His Nature, His Character, His Attributes, His Witness and, His functional and relational capacities with GOD and man. The fullness of JESUS CHRIST is communicated as His Testimony. Revelation 19:10 c pointedly declares that the Testimony of JESUS is the Spirit of Prophecy. It follows that the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is the Spirit of Prophecy. The fullness of JESUS CHRIST is the fundamental and necessary basis for the fulfillment of the Prophets. The character and nature of JESUS CHRIST is the fabric of the Testimony of JESUS that fulfills the Law. The fullness of JESUS CHRIST is the exclusive basis for the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. In Matthew 5:17 the LORD JESUS CHRIST declares: < 17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. > ======================================================================== CHAPTER 48: 04.02. PART 2 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 2 In Part 1, we ascertained that the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is meant to fill all in all. And the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is communicated through the Body of MESSIAH, the Church. Two verses testify to this reality:  In Ephesians 1:23 c (NKJV), the Body of CHRIST (MESSIAH) is described as “the fullness of Him (JESUS CHRIST) who fills all in all”.  John 1:16-17 (NASB) tells us that: <16 … of His fullness [the fullness of JESUS CHRIST] we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. > The actualization of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is a revelation to our heart. In this light, 2 Corinthians 3:3 (NKJV) reads: < 3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ … written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. > The revelation of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is called the Mystery. And every member of the Body of CHRIST (MESSIAH) is called to be a participant in the revelation of the Mystery of CHRIST. Colossians 1:26-28 (NKJV) reads: < 26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. > Understand that the Mystery hidden from past ages and generations is opened to the inward parts of the disciple of JESUS CHRIST. Our inward parts are identified in Hebrews 4:12 as being our spirit, our soul and our heart. We are reminded in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NKJV) that: < 16 … we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. > The fullness of YESHUA MASHIAH (JESUS CHRIST) that is to be revealed and developed in our inward parts is the essential and fundamental ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT who indwells us. In John 16:14-15, YESHUA explains: < 14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you. > The Mystery that comprises the fullness of JESUS CHRIST involves “all things that the FATHER has”! We need to pursue the fullness of Him that will make us a new creation that is of His fullness! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 49: 04.03. PART 3 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 3 The actualization of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is what the revelation of JESUS CHRIST manifests in our heart [see Ephesians 1:17-19]. The revelation of JESUS CHRIST is the Mystery of CHRIST [see Colossians 1:26-28] to be manifested and developed in us – to accomplish the FATHER’s purpose. This is the heart of the prophetic Word that unveils and grows from being a lamp – opened in a new birth - into becoming a morning star in our hearts. 2 Peter 1:19 (NASB) reads: < 19 so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. > Beginning with the new birth all things from YHWH open to us by revelation.  In Deuteronomy 29:29 [NASB], YHWH declares: < 29 "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law. >  In Mark 4:22-24 [NASB], YESHUA MASHIAH declares: < 22 "For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light. 23 "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." 24 And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides. >  In James 1:17 [NASB], the HOLY SPIRIT declares: < 17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. > The morning star in our hearts is the living and growing dynamic of the prophetic that expresses the fullness of JESUS CHRIST, who is prophetically addressed as the Bright Morning Star, the Root and Offspring of David [as declared in Revelation 22:16]. Acts 13:22 c (YLT) describes David prophetically as: < a man according to My [YHWH’s] heart, who shall do all My will. > The ‘Morning Star’ is the testimonial [prophetic] reality that is to be developed in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST, in all who understand that they are Epistles of CHRIST, fashioned in hearts of flesh [see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV]. The ‘Morning Star’ is the Testimony of JESUS developed in us as a specific Epistle of MESSIAH. The root of the Testimony of JESUS is called the Root of David. The living expression of the Testimony of JESUS is called the Offspring of David. And, the functional dynamic of the Testimony of JESUS is called the Key of David [as declared in Revelation 3:7]. The ‘David’ – YESHUA, as the BELOVED, revealed, perfected and completed - in us, in hearts of flesh, describes what we have actualized of YESHUA [as declared in John 1:16-17, NASB+KJV], in His fullness, that will express each one of us “as a man according to YHWH’s Heart, who will do YHWH’s will”. As YESHUA ADONAI declared in John 16:14, this will come into being through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT: < 14 "He will [the HOLY SPIRIT] glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. > Without ‘David’ being testimonially alive in us, we will be unable to operate our gift’s and callings in accordance with the demands of GOD’s Law [see Matthew 7:21-23]. As YESHUA ADONAI declared: < "I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” > And, He must be our well-beloved in a Shabbat-Shalom opened in our inward parts! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 50: 04.04. PART 4 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 4 Praying the Word, by the HOLY SPIRIT, into our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart, is what facilitates revelation into our being. The LORD JESUS CHRIST, urges us to persistently ask, seek and knock to actualize GOD’s provision. In Luke 11:5-13 [NASB], the LORD JESUS instructs us: < 5 Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ’Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and from inside he answers and says, ’Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8 "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 9 "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. 11 "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? 13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" > Asking, seeking and knocking are some of the prophetic keys of prayer – that stand as functional elements of the Key of David - that unlock revelation knowledge to our inward parts. 1 Corinthians 2:9 [NASB] declares that revelation necessarily involves the desire to love the BELOVED: < "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him." > The HOLY SPIRIT is the one who leads us through the Key of David into all truth, even searching the depths of GOD for us. In John 16:13-15 [NASB], the LORD JESUS declares: < 13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.” > In 1 Corinthians 2:7 [NASB], we are told that there is a wisdom predestined for our glory. Paul writes: < 7 … we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory >. And this wisdom opens into hearts as the HOLY SPIRIT searches the depths of GOD. 1 Corinthians 2:10 [NASB] reads: < for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God >. And what does the HOLY SPIRIT search the depths of GOD for? The HOLY SPIRIT searches the depths of GOD to actualize the treasures of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST - the only Begotten SON in the bosom of the FATHER [see John 1:18, KJV]. And, this is necessarily so because the LORD JESUS declares in John 16:15 above that "all things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He [the HOLY SPIRIT] takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.” Hence all that flows by the HOLY SPIRIT is necessarily of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS that the FATHER has ordained to fill “all in all” and “all things” [see Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 4:10]. Hence our callings and our gifting’s, if they are genuinely being operated in and by the HOLY SPIRIT, will always glorify the FATHER and the SON. As 1 John 2:22 [NASB] pointedly declares: < … this is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son >. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 51: 04.05. PART 5 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 5 The fullness of JESUS CHRIST [YESHUA the MESSIAH] manifested – by the HOLY SPIRIT - in our inward parts, is the definitive basis for our growth and function in GOD. And, this is so, given that:  The fullness of JESUS CHRIST defines the Body of MESSIAH. And His Fullness is appointed to fill all in all [Ephesians 1:22-23, NASB]  Colossians 1:19-20 [NASB] declares that: < 19 … it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him [YESHUA], 20 and through Him [YESHUA] to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His [YESHUA] cross; through Him [YESHUA], I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. >  We have all received the fullness of JESUS CHRIST [John 1:16, NASB]  Colossians 1:17 [NASB] declares that: < 17 He [YESHUA] is before all things, and in Him [YESHUA] all things hold together. > The manifestation of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS into our inward parts is a revelation from the bosom of the FATHER [John 1:18; John 1:16-18, NKJV]. This revelation is opened and developed by the HOLY SPIRIT into our inward parts [John 16:14; 1 Corinthians 2:10]. What is revealed of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is perfected and completed into our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT, so that we are each created in JESUS CHRIST [Ephesians 2:10]. The fullness of JESUS CHRIST revealed into us is the Mystery of CHRIST revealed. The Mystery of CHRIST is CHRIST in us the hope of glory [see Colossians 1:26-28, NKJV; 1 Corinthians 2:7]. The outcome of the revelation of the Mystery of CHRIST is that we unfold as Epistles of CHRIST [see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV] who can operate as Ministers of CHRIST [see 1 Corinthians 4:1] and Ministers of the New Covenant [see 2 Corinthians 3:6]. The ultimate intent is that we will actualize all function in thought, word, deed and relationship – in and by and through the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. The communication of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST into us is in the substance [Greek: ‘hupostasis’] and witness [Greek: ‘marturia’] of JESUS CHRIST - worked into our inward parts, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The substance and witness of JESUS CHRIST defines our call and our every function that gives expression to our calling. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) instructs us that: < 1 … faith is the substance [Greek: ‘hupostasis’] of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. > We are called to set our hope on JESUS CHRIST – with perseverance and constancy [Romans 5:1-5]. When we set our hope on JESUS CHRIST, the substance of our hope will be of Him. 1 John 3:3 tells us that when we set our hope on JESUS we are purified as He is pure! And, this comes about because the substance of JESUS CHRIST is pure! The witness – the functional evidence of our faith - unfolds from the substance of hope [which is faith] perfected and completed into us by JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our faith [see Hebrews 12:2 a]. The witness that unfolds from the substance of YESHUA’s Fullness is called “the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the Creation of GOD” [see Revelation 3:14 b]. This faithful and true Witness is expressed in Spirit, Water and Blood [see 1 John 5:10 a, 8, NKJV]. This faithful and true Witness that operates in Spirit, Water and Blood [see John 19:30; John 19:34] is alive in every born-again Christian. Spirit, Water and Blood, is the [Rhema] Witness of the [Logos] Word of the Cross, the power of the risen CHRIST operating in our inward parts, by the HOLY SPIRIT [see Ephesians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 1:18, NASB]. Hebrews 1:3 b tells us that the LORD JESUS upholds all things [for fulfillment in the FATHER’s will] by the Rhema Word of His Power. Ephesians 3:20 declares that GOD will give us exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think according to the [Rhema Word of YESHUA’s] power that works within us. We can now understand that we have an operating system in our inward parts defined exclusively in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS that operates by the HOLY SPIRIT. The call of YESHUA in each one of our lives opens and develops in us, in this functional witness that is a living and growing actualization of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. Amen! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 52: 04.06. PART 6 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 6 The actualization of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST in our inward parts [see Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16, KJV/NKJV/NASB] flows out of our understanding of the Word of GOD, through the Testimony of JESUS [see Revelation 19:10 c; John 16:14-15; Colossians 1:19-20; Ephesians 1:23 c; Ephesians 4:10 c]. [It is fascinating that Proverbs 9:10 c defines understanding as knowing the Holy One. This knowing is of the substance and witness of YESHUA MASHIAH. All of our thinking [Proverbs 23:7] and function [Colossians 3:17] must flow in a living hope in JESUS CHRIST [1 John 3:3], that facilitates the substance of His fullness to manifest in our inward parts.] We can understand the Scriptures in many ways; for example through Law and Principle and through the flow of history. And, these are certainly useful aids. But, the prophetic design of Scripture, its intent and design of actual fulfillment [see Jeremiah 1:11-12], is exclusive to the Testimony of JESUS [see John 14:6; John 6:48-51; Luke 24:44-45]. Scripture clearly declares that the Testimony of YESHUA is the Spirit of Prophecy [see Revelation 19:10 c]. The Testimony of JESUS is YHWH’s Testimony – communicated in substance and witness [see Revelation 3:14 b] - through the only begotten SON [see John 3:16; John 14:6; John 17:6; John 17:26] in the bosom of the FATHER [see John 1:18, NKJV+NASB]. This communication is a revealed reality actualized in our inward parts [see 2 Corinthians 4:16-18]. The Testimony of YESHUA is a “prophetic birthing” from the FATHER’s bosom [the depths of GOD], of all that the FATHER has predestined in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST [YESHUA MASHIAH]. The Testimony of YESHUA finds specific expression in a heart of flesh, as an Epistle of MESSIAH uniquely engineered into us by the HOLY SPIRIT [see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV]. We can understand the prophetic flow of Scripture that unfolds the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [see Matthew 5:17-18], into us, in the formation of the Epistle of CHRIST – in us - in the following sequence of Scripture:  In Exodus 25:16, YHWH declares to Moses that He will give Moses His Testimony  In Exodus 31:18, YHWH gives Moses the two tablets of the Testimony [the two tablets of GOD’s Testimony that prophetically symbolize the Law and the Prophets] written by the Finger of GOD  Exodus 32:16, tells us that the two tablets were the work of GOD and, that the writing on the tablets were GOD’s writing  2 Corinthians 3:3 [NKJV] tells us that we are an Epistle of CHRIST, written not with ink, but with the SPIRIT of GOD; not on tablets of stone [which Moses received] but in hearts of flesh  The manifestation of a heart of flesh in us was spoken of by the prophet Ezekiel [Ezekiel 36:25-27]  This heart of flesh is of the substance of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST  The heart of flesh created in the substance of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is the foundational ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT [see John 16:14; John 16:13-15] that specifically defines the disciple of JESUS CHRIST, as an Epistle of CHRIST [see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV], as a minister of CHRIST [see 1 Corinthians 4:1, NKJV] and as a minister of the New Covenant [see 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV]  The heart of flesh created in the substance of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is the definitive basis for discipleship, and all forms of ministry, the exclusive work of YHWH  The substance of the fullness of YESHUA defines the man and woman of GOD, as vessels created in MASHIAH YESHUA, in the inward parts [see 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 6:1-18, 2 Corinthians 7:1-16, NKJV], the exclusive work of YHWH [see Ephesians 2:10]  The heart of flesh created out of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is to be perfected and completed in a circumcision that is the work of the HOLY SPIRIT [see Romans 2:28-29; Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 30:8; Colossians 2:11; Php 3:2]  Out of a [progressively] circumcised heart of His flesh – uniquely, created in each one of us - grows a witness that operates, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in a true, full and perfected knowledge of JESUS CHRIST as LORD and BELOVED  This witness is the Rhema Testimony of YESHUA alive in us in a Witness, faithful and true [see Revelation 3:14 b] that operates in Spirit, Water and Blood [see 1 John 5:10 a, 8, NKJV] by the HOLY SPIRIT [see Romans 8:2]  In this witness we do all things, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the Name of the LORD JESUS [see Colossians 3:17; John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:13-15; John 16:23-27]. In this reality, that is of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, we progressively actualize [see Revelation 3:14 b, NASB]: “the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God” in our mouth and heart, so that we can be functioning instruments of the living GOD, in fulfillment of all that YHWH instructed Moses [in Deuteronomy 30:14-15]. This is the Rhema of the Logos Word of the Cross [see 1 Corinthians 1:18; Hebrews 1:3 b; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 10:19-20, NKJV], the power of ADONAI working within us to give us exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask and think [see Ephesians 3:20]. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 53: 04.07. PART 7 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 7 We have established that we have an inward operating system that arises out of our heart, in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST [defined in substance and witness] manifested into a heart of flesh. And, this progressive fulfillment is in accordance to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:16; Exodus 32:15-16; Ezekiel 36:25-27; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Jeremiah 31:31-34; 2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV] in the Witness [as Rhema] and Testimony [as Logos] of YESHUA [see Matthew 5:17-18]. What is developed in us in a progressive fulfillment, is a Witness of the Word, the faithful and true Witness of JESUS CHRIST [see Revelation 3:14 b] that stands in our mouth and in our heart [see Deuteronomy 30:14-15] through a new birth [see Ezekiel 36:25-27], opened in us in the seed of MESSIAH [see Galatians 3:6; 1 Peter 1:23], in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [see Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:44-45; 1 John 5:10 a, NKJV]. This inward witness is able to receive the Word from GOD and, this witness is also able to functionally transmit the Word of GOD [see Jeremiah 1:11-12; Hebrews 1:3 b; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 10:19-20, NKJV]. [I have written a book entitled “Biblical Spirituality” to explain the workings of the inward man. This book is available free from our website: www.thetabernacleschool.com] We are speaking of the Word that is understood – received and actualized in a living evidence - in the Testimony of JESUS [see Revelation 19:10 c], in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [see Romans 3:21-23; Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:44-45]. This is an understanding that knows YESHUA [Proverbs 9:10 c; Hebrews 11:3 a]. This is the Rhema Word [the faithful and true Witness – Revelation 3:14 b] that the LORD JESUS upholds for fulfillment in the FATHER’s Will [see Hebrews 1:3 b; John 5:19-20; John 14:13]. Our mouth speaks out of the abundance of our heart [see Luke 6:45]. With our mouth: we can ask, we can seek and, we can knock at GOD’s Heart – in prayer. And, with our mouth we can: prophecy, declare, decree, teach, evangelize, counsel, preach, pull down strongholds, uproot the root of the lie, destroy fortresses, sow the seed of the Word, build-up disciples of JESUS CHRIST, operate the vocal, the revelatory and the power gifts etc. In the Witness – in Spirit, Water and Blood [see 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:10 a] - we do all of these things in the prophetic actuality [what is fulfilled because] of the finished work of the cross. And, it is written that GOD will give us exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works within us [see Ephesians 3:20]. The power that works within us: stands in a Witness [which is the evidence of faith] in Spirit, Water and Blood; which is the Rhema Witness of the Logos Word of the Cross [see John 19:30; John 19:34; 1 John 5:10 a, 8, NKJV; 1 Corinthians 1:18, NASB]. This Witness in Spirit, Water and Blood, positions us in GOD [see 1 John 5:7, NKJV; Revelation 3:14 b; Psalms 91:1; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14] in the merits of the LAMB, through the veil of His Flesh formed in a growing [increasingly circumcised] heart of flesh within us [see 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Hebrews 10:19-20, NKJV]. This is the new and living way – opened in Blood Covenant – that operates through the veil of His flesh, opened in a circumcised heart of His flesh [that actualizes the Davidic Covenant in the BELOVED]. This a Witness that develops through a heart of flesh circumcised by the HOLY SPIRIT, in an intimacy that loves YHWH, by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 30:8; Jeremiah 32:38-40; Ezekiel 11:19-20; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, NKJV; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7, NKJV]. The root of this Witness is the Root of David [see Revelation 22:16]; that is, this Witness is rooted in YESHUA increasingly becoming our BELOVED [see 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:7] our Husband. And, as we increasingly operate in this Witness, we become the Offspring of David [see Revelation 22:16; Psalms 132:11-12], the offspring of YESHUA’s love - actualized. And, function in this Witness unveils the Key of David, that unlocks the evidence of all that stands in the Name of YESHUA as the BELOVED in our inward parts [see John 16:23-27]. All of our gifts and the anointings that enable the operation of our gifts must have: the Root of David; be developed as we grow into becoming the Offspring of David; and, must operate through the Key of David. Operating by the HOLY SPIRIT does not stand without checks and balances in our inward parts. We operate by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [Romans 8:2] always, through a Witness in Spirit, Water and Blood [1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:10 a, NKJV]. This is the Amen, the faithful and true Witness of YESHUA [Revelation 3:14 b] operating by the HOLY SPIRIT [John 14:16-18; John 16:13-15], in members of His Body [Ephesians 4:13-16; Ephesians 5:30-32, KJV]! Amen! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 54: 04.08. PART 8 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 8 Of His Fullness we have all received – grace upon grace [John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB]. The actualization of the fullness of JESUS CHRIST is in substance [the substance of YESHUA, which defines us in MASHIAH YESHUA] and witness [the witness of YESHUA, which opens the reality of MASHIAH YESHUA in us]. The fullness of JESUS CHRIST is developed in our [inward parts of] spirit, heart and soul [Hebrews 4:12]. In this segment we will speak of the development of our [new born] spirit. Our spirit is developed through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. We see this by combining two verses:  1 Corinthians 15:45 [NASB] declares that: < 45 … "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam [JESUS CHRIST] became a life-giving spirit. >  Php 1:19 c [KJV] speaks of: < the supply [NASB: provision] of the Spirit of Jesus Christ >  The life-giving Spirit [in 1 Corinthians 15:45] is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST [in Php 1:19]. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is also described [in Romans 1:3-4, KJV+NKJV+NASB] as: < the Spirit of holiness >. In Romans 1:4 [NASB] we are told that JESUS CHRIST: < 4 … was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness … >. Resurrection power is invested in the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA; and, this is why the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is ‘life giving’, as the Spirit of Holiness [see Isaiah 11:2 c+2 Corinthians 7:1]! The resurrection gives us a new life-form in and by and through the Testimony of JESUS [see Revelation 19:10 c]. It follows that the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH is the Spirit of Prophecy. The Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH is the ‘spiritual DNA’ for the fulfillment of all of YHWH’s promises in Scripture in and through the Body of MASHIAH [see 2 Corinthians 1:20; John 6:63; Hebrews 1:3 b]. The ‘spiritual DNA’ that is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the exclusive basis of Jew and Gentile becoming one new man in YESHUA [see Ephesians 2:10-22]. In addition to the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST being the Spirit of Prophecy, it is also the Spirit of Adoption since it is the Spirit of the SON [see John 19:30]. We see this from two verses:  Romans 8:15 [NASB] declares: < 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" >  Galatians 4:6 [NASB] declares: < 6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" > The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST defines our every capacity of function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [in accordance with Romans 8:2]. YESHUA MASHIAH came to manifest perfect capacities of function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in fulfilling His position as True Man, so that through MASHIAH YESHUA’s Spirit we will each be [definitively] enabled to function by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS; and, progressively actualize – through the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST - the reality of having been set free from the Law of Sin and Death [see Romans 8:2]. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the inward anointing that defines us each as Epistles of CHRIST, disciples of JESUS CHRIST. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST communicates resurrection power as an inward anointing that progressively [and definitively] enables our every function in thought, word and deed [including the gifts of the HOLY SPIRIT and the 5-fold ministry gifts and their derivatives in the Body], in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This why we can do all things through CHRIST, who strengthens us [see Php 4:13]. So we see that resurrection power potentially flows into every reality of function in our being as the inward anointing that is the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST! It is the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST that is the ‘one Spirit’ that connects [and joins us] each [the diversity of individuals in the Body of CHRIST] with the LORD who is the SPIRIT [1 Corinthians 6:17+2 Corinthians 3:17-18, NASB/NKJV]. The Spirit of JESUS CHRIST is the inward anointing through which we are functionally and definitively connected with the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [see Romans 8:2]. Through the functional DNA of the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST we grow to operate our gift mix, in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, to fulfill the FATHER’s will. Functioning by the HOLY SPIRIT can’t be merely experiential through the ‘lawless’ use of our own spirit [see Matthew 7:21-23]. JESUS CHRIST functioned by the HOLY SPIRIT – perfectly and completely [see John 5:19; John 5:30]. And, this witness of perfect and complete function in GOD is coded into the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, so that we all can do all things through CHRIST JESUS, in the same manner [in the same Spirit] as YESHUA did! Amen [Revelation 3:14 b]! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 55: 04.09. PART 9 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 9 We have [in Part 8] introduced the fact that actualizing the fullness of JESUS CHRIST [see John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB] involves our spirit being configured in the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. So that, all things [functionally] - in thought, word, deed and relationship - will be defined, enabled and empowered in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT [see Romans 8:2; John 16:14]. We are defined [for all things (see Php 4:13)] as CHRIST is formed in us [see Galatians 4:19; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV]. The enabling [to do all things] is expressed in the specifics of the inward anointing revealed and developed by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, as we are perfected and completed in the life-giving Spirit of MASHIAH YESHUA [1 Corinthians 15:45+Php 1:19 c]. We are perfected and completed [enabled] in functions of thought [Proverbs 23:7; Ephesians 4:22-24], word and deed [Colossians 3:17], and relationship [John 17:20-22]. The empowering [to actually function] is in the power that works within us [Ephesians 3:20], in the release of the ‘power factor’ [Romans 1:3-4] inherent to the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. The actuality of being defined [as CHRIST is formed in us], enabled [via the inward anointing] and, empowered [via resurrection power] – in MASHIAH YESHUA - is part and parcel of the revelation of the Mystery of CHRIST to our inward parts [see Colossians 1:26-27; Ephesians 3:3-4; Ephesians 3:7-11; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7]. This defining, enabling and empowering is actualized in prayer [Ephesians 1:17-19] by the SPIRIT, through the Word of GOD understood in the Testimony of YESHUA [Proverbs 9:10 c; Romans 8:2]. The Testimony of YESHUA [His Words communicated in His Spirit and Life – John 6:63] is the conduit through which the Mystery of CHRIST is worked [and communicated] into our inward parts [Luke 24:44-45]. The Logos Word in the Testimony of YESHUA [what YESHUA calls ‘My (Logos) Words’ in Luke 21:33] and the Rhema Word in the Testimony of YESHUA [what YESHUA Calls ‘My (Rhema) Words’ in John 6:63] communicate the Spirit and Life of YESHUA into our being, by the HOLY SPIRIT - creating us as Epistles of MASHIAH [see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 a, NASB] with functional capacities in CHRIST. We are peculiar Epistles of CHRIST: defined in Logos terms and, enabled to operate in Rhema terms by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, the revelation of the Mystery of CHRIST progressively unfolds us as Epistles of CHRIST, who are Ministers of CHRIST [1 Corinthians 4:1] and Ministers of the New Covenant [2 Corinthians 3:6, NKJV]. All this unfolds in a prophetic growth continuum that unfolds us as Morning Stars [2 Peter 1:19]. In this prophetic growth continuum, we actualize the fullness of the Bright Morning Star, as YESHUA becomes our BELOVED in the Root of David [growing in us]; and, as we become the fruit of the BELOVED, the fruit of His Body, as [we grow as] the Offspring of David [Revelation 22:16; Psalms 132:11]. This inward creative formation in CHRIST JESUS is the necessary fabric of function and reality that governs the 5-fold ministry and, the body ministries; which, involve the operation of the gift-mix that YHWH is developing in our inward parts [see James 1:17-18; 1 Peter 4:10-11]. We must clearly understand that YESHUA is absolutely the Way, the Truth and the Life [John 14:6]. We must also clearly understand that the Light of the World is absolutely of YESHUA [John 8:12]. And, we must clearly understand that the spiritual DNA that ensures this outcome is absolutely of the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. [Operating the gift mix out of our spirit is flawed function!] [And, all this flows from the fact that the fullness of YESHUA is to fill all-in-all and fill all things (see Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 4:10); and, the fact that: He is before all things and, in Him all things hold together (Colossians 1:17, NASB) and by Him all things consist (Colossians 1:17, KJV)!] This is why the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA is exclusively the Spirit of Prophecy, the basis of all of our potential through the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets [see Matthew 5:17-18; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Romans 3:21-22, KJV] - through faith in YESHUA MASHIAH, that actualizes the faith of YESHUA, through the substance of His fullness [which defines true function] in our inward parts [John 1:16, KJV+NKJV+NASB]. Galatians 2:16 [KJV] expresses this [reality of a faith exchange] with clarity: < 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ [see also John 1:16; John 16:14], even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. > [For a fuller discussion on the faith of YESHUA, please download a free copy of my book: “Having the Faith of GOD” from our website: www.thetabernacleschool.com.] The faith of YESHUA is the faith that He personally authors and perfects (and finishes) into our hearts [see Hebrews 12:2 a] even as HE mediates the New Covenant into the tablets of our heart [Hebrews 9:15 a], as He responds to us as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession [see Hebrews 3:1]. Hence our potential to do all things through CHRIST who strengthens us [see Php 4:13] as His life-giving Spirit is perfected and completed into the fabric of our being. Amen [Revelation 3:14 b]. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 56: 04.10. PART 10 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 10 In Part 9, we made the statement that “Operating the gift mix out of our spirit is flawed function”. Undoubtedly, all function involves our spirit; but, our spirit must [be objectively focused to] receive and develop all function [in and] through the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST [1 Corinthians 15:45 + Php 1:19 c]:  Hence, the declaration [in Php 4:13, KJV] that we can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens us  Hence the declaration [in Colossians 1:26-27] that CHRIST in us is the hope of glory  Hence the declaration [in Revelation 21:9-11] that the Bride of the LAMB will have the glory of GOD  Hence the declaration [in Colossians 1:28; Colossians 1:26-28] that every man is to come forth “perfect in CHRIST JESUS” [KJV] fulfilling the demand of the Law of CHRIST [in Matthew 5:48]: “be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Given all that YESHUA declares in Matthew 7:21-23, about the failing of some frontline ministers, we need to understand the root cause of the ‘lawlessness’ that the LORD points to, in Matthew 7:23, in declaring: ’I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ This practice of lawlessness comes about by us persistently doing ‘our own thing’, using our spirit to operate our gift-mix, to fulfill our carnal desires and agendas. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST stands in the fulfillment of the Law [Matthew 5:17-18; Romans 1:3-4; Colossians 1:28-29]; and, opens us to the promises [in the Prophets] that flow [in progressive fulfillment] as a consequence of the fulfillment of the Law [2 Corinthians 1:20; Colossians 3:17; John 14:12-15; John 15:7-10; John 16:23-27]. The life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST – progressively – enables us to function [to live] in accordance with the demands of the Law of CHRIST. The capacity of function [of living] – by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS – is in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST. We actualize the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST by prayer; by praying in the understanding of the Word of GOD, in the context of the Testimony of JESUS [Luke 24:44-45; Matthew 5:17-18]. We pray in the SPIRIT to energize the contents of the Word of GOD, in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA [this is what the HOLY SPIRIT does with the Word – John 6:63], appropriating [actualizing] the realities of everything definitive and functional in the Word [for example: righteousness, holiness, obedience, love, faith, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, character, nature etc.] from the Spirit of JESUS CHRIST! While pursuing the realities of the Word of GOD in prayer, we put into practice the realities of the Word in every function of our being in thought, word, deed and relationship. [Understand that the Spirit and Life of YESHUA communicate the fullness of JESUS CHRIST – into us and through us!] Prayer energizes the (Logos) Word of GOD – by the HOLY SPIRIT - into Rhema [or, into quickened] realities that become operational [functional] in the fabric of the Witness [1 John 5:10 a] – in us, in Spirit, Water and Blood [1 John 5:8]. [By this we put on CHRIST actualizing the fulfillment of the Law in our being]. The Witness in us – as the Logos Word of the Cross [see 1 Corinthians 1:18; Ephesians 3:20 c] - is energized, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the power that works within us. Now we are in a position to function by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, in thought, word, deed and relationship - in our personal, social, work place and ministry functions. We can now understand that every one of us who is born again has the inherent capacity to be fully functional in GOD – by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - in conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious terms. This is the Amen of YESHUA’s Witness [Revelation 3:14 b] alive and operational in our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT – in Spirit, Water and Blood [1 John 5:10 a+8]. We need to understand that we must move towards doing all things in MASHIAH YESHUA. For this purpose the HOLY SPIRIT indwells us. To facilitate this entire operating reality within us, YESHUA went to the Cross, to manifest the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the Creation of GOD - in Spirit, Water and Blood, in us! This is the inward reality through which we operate our gift mix. The finished work of the Cross is not ‘history’ but, is ever present [operating] reality. The Amen of YESHUA’s Witness progressively unveils us – by the HOLY SPIRIT - as a people being perfected and completed; being made perfect as our heavenly FATHER is perfect [see Matthew 5:48; Hebrews 12:23 c; Colossians 1:28, KJV]. Amen! It is function in the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA that destroys the poisoned waters of lawlessness that permeates the fabric of human reality, in sin, sickness, disease, iniquity, transgression, decay and death. [In functioning in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST, our inward parts are clothed with the ‘fatness’ (the inward anointing) of the Spirit of MESSIAH to fulfill the Peace Offering (see Leviticus 3:3-5; Leviticus 23:16-19; Isaiah 10:27 (NASB+NKJV). Intimacy with YESHUA through the ‘fatness’ of His Spirit is missing from those mentioned in Matthew 7:21-23!] ======================================================================== CHAPTER 57: 04.11. PART 11 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 11 Colossians 3:17 instructs us: < 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. > To do all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS, we must be a creative construct in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST. This progressive construct is in the substance and witness of YESHUA MASHIAH [Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 a]. And, this progressive construct flows out of all that the FATHER has predestined in the fullness of YESHUA: < 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. > [John 1:16, NASB; see also Colossians 1:17-20; John 16:15] YESHUA’s fullness is meant to be manifested in our inward parts of spirit, heart and soul [our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart being identified in Hebrews 4:12] – the Mystery of CHRIST revealed [progressively]. As discussed previously, one of the building blocks of the construct of our inward parts, is in our new born spirit being configured in the life-giving Spirit of JESUS CHRIST [1 Corinthians 15:45 + Php 1:19 c]. Another building block of the construct of our inward parts, in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST, is the construct of a circumcised, heart of flesh in us [Ezekiel 36:25; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:28-29; Colossians 2:11]. The construct of a heart of flesh is of the substance of YESHUA’s fullness that forms the New Covenant [Isaiah 49:8 b] in the tablets of our heart [Jeremiah 31:33-34]. This New Covenant construct makes us Epistles of CHRIST [2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Exodus 32:16]. We have discussed this in earlier articles. The third building block involves the re-engineering of our soul – our mind, our will, our emotions, [in the composite expression of] our nature, our character and our personality – in the image of JESUS CHRIST [Romans 8:29]. The fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT give functional expression to the SPIRIT’s re-engineering of our soul in the image [progressively reflecting the nature, character and personality] of JESUS the MESSIAH in fulfillment of the Law [Galatians 5:22-23]. The re-engineering of our soul, which is the actualization of our new man in the image of MESSIAH, flows out of the renewal of the spirit our mind:  Proverbs 23:7 a [YLT] reads: < 7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he … >  Ephesians 4:20-24 [NASB] reads: < 20 But you did not learn Christ in this way, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, 22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of* God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. > [*I have deleted the translator inserts to give clarity to this verse.]  Romans 12:2 [NASB] reads: < 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. > These Scriptures point to the fact that if our thinking changes, we will be changed – be actually transformed [Greek: “metamorphoo”]. We will be transformed into what the FATHER has predestined [“which in GOD has been created”] in the kind intentions of His will! Our thinking is changed as the spirit of our mind is renewed. The spirit of our mind is renewed by the life-giving Spirit of YESHUA [being energized by the HOLY SPIRIT into our soul]. Prayer by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS [Romans 8:2] enables renewal and regeneration. [Note: Please understand that what is pursued in prayer must be verified in the reality of our thoughts, words, deeds and relationships.] Titus 3:5 declares: < 5 He [YESHUA] saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit >. This washing of renewal [the old being made new] and regeneration [the dead being brought to life] is through the Rhema Word [Ephesians 5:25-27] of YESHUA’s power [Hebrews 1:3 b; Ephesians 3:20 b] energized by the SPIRIT in the Amen of YESHUA’s faithful and true Witness - of Spirit, Water and Blood - resident within us [Revelation 3:14 b + 1 John 5:10 a, 8, NKJV; Romans 8:2]. The end product of this renewal and regeneration of the mind is the mind of CHRIST [1 Corinthians 2:16]. The mind of MESSIAH is the product of the HOLY SPIRIT’s ministry [John 16:14]. The growing mind of MESSIAH gives growing expression to the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT. The fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT expresses our soul [re-engineered] in the image of CHRIST [Ephesians 2:10]. All of our inward man is meant to be re-engineered in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST (John 1:16 + 2 Corinthians 4:16)! Amen (Revelation 3:14 b). ======================================================================== CHAPTER 58: 04.12. PART 12 ======================================================================== Getting To Grips With The Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST Part 12 The fullness of JESUS CHRIST – expressed in substance [Gk: hupostasis] and witness [Gk: marturia], by the HOLY SPIRIT [John 16:14] - is the prophetic conduit of all fulfillment, in the FATHER’s will:  Colossians 1:17-20 [NKJV] declares: < 17 And He [YESHUA] is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. >.  Ephesians 1:23, points to the fullness of JESUS CHRIST [defining His Body &] filling all-in-all.  Ephesians 4:13 [NKJV], points to the necessity that: < 13 … we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ >. The Old Testament points to four prophetic realities that the fullness of YESHUA MASHIAH unveils and expresses, to achieve the prophetic intents of the FATHER’s Heart [unveiled by the SPIRIT, in and through the fullness of the only begotten SON in the bosom of the FATHER (John 1:18; Hebrews 1:3 b; Jeremiah 1:11-12)]:  The Ark of the Testimony: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Testimony [Exodus 25:16; Colossians 2:9; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 3:16-19]. Hence the declaration [in Revelation 19:10 c] that the Testimony of YESHUA is the Spirit of Prophecy. We are partakers in the Testimony of YESHUA as Epistles of MASHIAH [2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV; Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16] and, as Ministers [Servants] of MASHIAH, stewards of the Mysteries of GOD [1 Corinthians 4:1; Revelation 10:7]. The life-giving Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH [1 Corinthians 15:45 + Php 1:19 c] is the Spirit of Prophecy that gives fulfilled expression to the Testimony of YHWH [Hebrews 1:3 b, 3]. The Spirit and Life of YESHUA communicates the Testimony of JESUS as the basis and framework of the prophetic; unveiling us as functioning Morning Stars in the fullness of YESHUA the Bright Morning Star [2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 22:16]. [We carry the Ark of YHWH in the fullness of JESUS CHRIST actualized in our inward parts!]  The Ark of the Covenant: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Covenant [Deuteronomy 10:8; Luke 22:20; Hebrews 1:3 b, 3]. Hence the declaration [in Isaiah 49:8] that the MESSIAH is given as YHWH’s Covenant to restore the earth [John 3:16; John 1:16-18]. The Covenant is written into [circumcised] hearts of flesh [Jeremiah 31:33-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 30:8; Romans 2:28-29] sealed in the Blood of the LAMB [Luke 22:20; Colossians 1:19-20]. This Covenant expresses the FATHER’s love inscribed in the SON so that we can be filled to all the fullness of GOD [John 3:16; Ephesians 3:19].  The Ark of the Name: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Name [2 Samuel 6:2; 2 Samuel 6:9; John 17:6; John 17:26]. Hence the declaration by YESHUA that He has and will manifest the Name of GOD [YHWH] to those whom YHWH had given Him [John 17:6 a, John 17:26]. He would accomplish this as: < I in them > through Testimony and Covenant fashioned into our inward parts; and, made operational by the SPIRIT in a Witness [in Spirit, Water and Blood – 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:7-10, NKJV] faithful and true - the Beginning of the Creation of GOD [Revelation 3:14 b].  The Ark of YHWH’s Might: YESHUA MASHIAH is the Ark of YHWH’s Might [2 Chronicles 6:41, NASB]. YESHUA was raised from the dead in the strength of the FATHER’s Might [Gk: Kratos] [Ephesians 1:19-20, NASB] and is seated at the right hand of the FATHER. Solomon [in 2 Chronicles 6:41, NASB] proclaimed the prophetic reality in which YHWH arises to His Resting Place, together with the Ark of His Might – His SON [Psalms 110:1-7]! Ephesians 2:4-7 declares: < 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. > Where YESHUA is, is where we are positioned [Psalms 91:1; Hebrews 12:22-24] according to the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA we have actualized in our inward parts [John 1:16-17]. The fullness of YESHUA points to awesome realities that the Body of MASHIAH is appointed to actualize in the merits of the LAMB. [All of the prophetic stands in the fullness of YESHUA (Hebrews 1:3 b; Colossians 1:17-20)]. The prophetic is not just a position, a promise, an anointing, a gifting or, on outpouring; it is [and must be] YESHUA unveiled in us to actualize appointed positions, promises, anointings and, gifting’s in the eternal and the abiding [John 15:4-11; John 15:16]. The prophetic is YESHUA expressed [in His fullness, in substance and witness] that is the outpouring [and outworking] of the SPIRIT that expresses the FATHER’s Heart; because Scripture declares that YESHUA’s fullness must fill all-in-all [Ephesians 1:23] and, He must fill all things [Ephesians 4:10]! Scripture declares [in Colossians 1:17, NKJV] that YESHUA is before all things and in Him all things ‘consist’ [NASB: ‘hold together’]. [Clearly, YESHUA is the Gift [we are called to actualize and express] that fulfills the Law; defines biblical principle (through substance and witness); defines by Testament every function in the HOLY SPIRIT and, He is the exclusive basis of the prophetic (John 14:6).] ======================================================================== CHAPTER 59: 05.00.1. JESUS CHRIST WHO IS HE? ======================================================================== Jesus Christ Who is HE? By Pastor James Niles www.TheTabernacleSchool.com ======================================================================== CHAPTER 60: 05.00.2. COPYRIGHT INFO ======================================================================== ISBN 978-983-804-025-9 JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS HE? Copyright © 2009 by James Niles Cover Design © 2009 by Firstfruits Sdn. Bhd. Scripture taken from the New American Standard Bible, ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved © Copyright 2009 by James Niles. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Designed and Produced by Firstfruits Sdn. Bhd. 53B, Jalan SS 24/8, Taman Megah, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Tel: 603-7804 9441 Fax: 603-7804 1642 Email: fruit_1st@yahoo.com.my Printed by Akitara Corporation Sdn Bhd ======================================================================== CHAPTER 61: 05.00.3. TABLE OF CONTENTS ======================================================================== Table of Contents Introduction Who Is Jesus Christ? The Bible Testifies Of Jesus Christ The Structure Of The Bible Prophecy Actually Fulfilled The Bible Carries The Testament Of GOD Biblical Prophecy Concerning Jesus Christ The Spiritual Pronouncements Of Biblical Prophecy In Summary The Prayer For Salvation ======================================================================== CHAPTER 62: 05.01. INTRODUCTION ======================================================================== Introduction Some 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, the prophet Isaiah prophesied: “The Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His Name Immanuel [meaning GOD with us]” [Isaiah 7:14] “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty GOD, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.” [Isaiah 9:6] GOD is love. And, GOD so loved us that He gave His only Son Jesus Christ to pay the price for our sin. GOD vindicated Jesus Christ by raising Him from the dead. And so, through the Testimony of Jesus opened in our hearts – in our free will acceptance of Him through His Testimony - we are set free from sin by GOD. In being set free from sin, we are changed progressively and, opened to the immensity of GOD’s promises in the Bible. In developing the many propositions of Scripture in us and through us, GOD is inviting us to discover the reality and wonder of Him. GOD’s love is packaged in Jesus Christ for personal revelation into our heart; and, from our heart into a personal call, purpose and destiny – in GOD - in eternity. Through Jesus Christ, GOD has set His desire on creating a new man in the image [Romans 8:29] and fullness [John 1:16-17] of Jesus Christ. And, this is because Jesus Christ is the exclusive blueprint for a new man – having overcome sin and death on behalf of all mankind. No one else has overcome death. Through Jesus Christ GOD has purposed to create a people who will progressively become a people after GOD’s own heart, who will do GOD’s will because they want to. The Bible declares that such an outcome is entirely based on Jesus Christ’s Testimony being revealed into our hearts through understanding of the Scripture. In receiving the Testimony of Jesus, we are meant to be created in the image [Romans 8:29] and fullness [John 1:16-17] of Jesus Christ through a process of salvation [Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17]. This is why Jesus Christ proclaimed that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. He declared that no one could come to the Father except through Him [John 14:6]. This booklet is written to introduce Jesus Christ to you. This booklet is written to proclaim His mission and His essential importance to each and every one of us. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 63: 05.02. WHO IS JESUS CHRIST? ======================================================================== Who Is Jesus Christ? History testifies to Jesus Christ in no uncertain terms. Dr. William R. Bright wrote: “Visit any part of the world today. Talk to people of any religion. No matter how committed they are to their particular religion, if they know anything about history, they will have to admit that there has never been a man like Jesus of Nazareth. He is the most unique personality of all time. Jesus changed the direction of history. Even the date of your morning newspaper testifies to the fact that Jesus of Nazareth lived on earth nearly 2,000 years ago. B.C. means ‘before Christ’; A.D. Anno Domino, ‘the year of our Lord’.” GOD announces the gift of His Son Jesus Christ through the prophet Isaiah, in the midst of judgment over the nation of Israel for failure to adhere to the Law, GOD had given through the prophet Moses. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty GOD, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will perform this.” [Isaiah 9:6-7] To understand who Jesus Christ is, we need to examine the Bible in greater detail. The Bible proclaims itself to be the written Word of GOD. The pages of the Bible (the Scriptures as it is also called) record GOD’s Words spoken through chosen human vessels at appointed times in history. The Bible written over some 1500 years of human history bears witness to GOD’s Testimony to man. How does one write a book over 1500 years? How does one communicate a unified and compelling message that proclaims the power of GOD as the basis of its outcomes in human life and the outcomes of history - in a set of writings made over 1500 years! Today we are looking at Scripture some 1900 years after its writing. Today we can see that the Bible predicts itself in terms of events in history (past, present and future), its spiritual contents and, its future outcomes through prophecy. The Bible proclaims the sovereign power of GOD to be expressed in its every outcome – personal, corporate and even cosmic (as impacting the creation)! The Scriptures therefore declare that: “All Scripture is inspired by GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of GOD may be adequate, equipped for every good deed.” [2 Timothy 3:16-17] The Psalmist [Psalms 138:2] proclaims that GOD has magnified His Word in accordance with all of His Name. The Scripture also testifies that: “GOD, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son (Jesus Christ the Messiah) … with a view to an administration (by government) suitable to the fullness of the times, that is the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things upon the earth …” [Hebrews 1:1-2; Ephesians 1:10] Except for a diversity of predicted future events, all of the Bible’s prophetic outcomes are dependent on Jesus Christ and His Testimony being communicated into humanity in personal, corporate and cosmic terms! In Scripture, GOD speaks to us by His Son, by Testament unfolded in personal, corporate and cosmic terms: “For GOD so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. … (GOD sent His Son) that the world should be saved through Him.” [John 3:16-17] “GOD demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (to pay the price of our sin under the Law).” [Romans 5:8] “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of GOD is eternal life in Christ Jesus.” [Romans 6:23] In the fulfillment of the Law – by Jesus Christ - GOD proclaims a future for man through the Testimony of Jesus. The Testimony of Jesus is thus proclaimed to be the Spirit of Prophecy [Revelation 19:10]. The Spirit of Prophecy is the spiritual ingredient to the fulfillment of every promise contained in the pages of the Bible – from the beginning of creation to its redemption [Romans 8:19-22; Ephesians 1:9-10; Ephesians 3:8-11; Colossians 1:15-20; Revelation 5:1-14]. The Spirit of Prophecy is the life-giving Spirit of Jesus Christ [1 Corinthians 15:45; Php 1:19]. The life-giving Spirit of Jesus Christ is the spiritual genetic ingredient for a new man [Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17]. This life-giving Spirit of Jesus Christ has the capacity to manifest the righteousness of GOD into man. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 64: 05.03. THE BIBLE TESTIFIES OF JESUS CHRIST ======================================================================== The Bible Testifies Of Jesus Christ The wonder of Scripture is that Words written independently – over one thousand five hundred years - by more than 40 authors have a unified message of hope through Jesus the Messiah. The Scriptures proclaim a future crafted by GOD’s grace revealed in and by and through Jesus Christ. The spiritual heart of the Bible is the Testimony of Jesus. In Scripture, Jesus is proclaimed to be the Messiah, the Savior of mankind. The Scriptures speak of Him centuries before His coming into the pages of history. Jesus Christ did not pen one word in the Bible. But, men inspired by GOD wrote of Him - before His time on earth and after His time on earth - in astonishing detail. Those who communed with Him, during His time on earth, wrote of what He taught. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of GOD, these men explained the awesome meaning and wonder of Jesus Christ, His life, ministry and teachings. They proclaimed the profound implications of His death and resurrection to us - personally. It is fascinating that all of what Jesus’ disciples wrote of Him in terms of the profound implications of His death and resurrection - its spirituality - is coded in symbols in the Law that GOD gave Israel through the prophet Moses (circa 1400 BC). In fact, the design and contents of the Tabernacle, its sacrifices and the Tabernacle Feasts, explained in detail in the Law that GOD gave Moses, carry in them the spiritual meaning of the New Testament [Luke 24:44-45]. The Scriptures written before and after His sojourn on earth give meaning to Jesus Christ and His Testimony. The Scriptures written before and after His sojourn on earth proclaim that anyone of us who will – in our free will - receive His Words will actualize the life-changing power of His Words. This is how GOD testifies of Himself to the believer. Jesus Christ Himself declared that His Words were eternal [Luke 21:33], able to impact us, by communicating into us realities that are of His Spirit and His Life [John 6:63; 1 Corinthians 15:45]. Jesus Christ declared that all that spoke of Him must be fulfilled [Luke 24:44-45]! What is written in Scripture unveils itself in breath taking terms through the Witness and Testimony of Jesus Christ – brought to life in each one of us uniquely. For example: Scripture proposes the actual transformation of man in the character and nature of Jesus Christ. Scripture also explains in great detail the actual outcome of human history – in the context of Jesus Christ and His second coming to earth. In fact, the scenarios described in Scripture, leading to His second coming, are being seen all around the world today testifying to Scriptures divine inspiration. In the pages of the Bible, it is written that John the Apostle was actually caught up into heaven – before GOD on His throne, and the witness of millions of angels - to describe the cosmic realities of the Testimony of Jesus and His role in the outcome of human history [Revelation: chapters 4, 5, 20, 21]! So, what exactly is the Bible and what is its core message? The Bible is a compendium of 66 books, written over a period of some 1500 years (circa 1400 BC to 100 AD). The Bible is divided into two portions called the Old Testament (written before Christ) and the New Testament (written after Christ). Centered on the Jewish nation of Israel, descendants of Abraham through his sons Isaac and Jacob, the Scriptures reveal a Gospel message of salvation – revealed through the Testimony of Jesus - to people of all nations. And, this Gospel of salvation is based on the fulfillment of the Old Testament Law and the Prophets [Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 5:17-18] in the person of Jesus Christ [John 14:6]. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is proclaimed through the actual communication of the Testimony of Jesus into human hearts [2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7; 1 John 5:10]. And, this fulfillment is available to people of all nations – through a willingness to receive the Testimony of Jesus. The result will be a growing manifestation of change in our inward parts and, the reality of a relationship with the living GOD! In the biblical narrative, Abraham (circa 2200 BC) is unveiled as a unique man in history, who heard GOD and responded to GOD. Abraham leaves his family and moves to a land where GOD would through Abraham’s generations, unfold a nation called Israel. The Old Testament narrative is centered on Israel. Israel’s highest purpose would be to proclaim the Law and the Prophets and to establish the lineage of Jesus Christ [Matthew 1:1-17]. Israel’s highest purpose was also to become the nucleus of the Church, the Body of Christ. The principal goal of Jesus Christ’s ministry would be the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets for all humanity, through the revelation of His Life and Testimony into our hearts and our lives, resulting in actual change expressed in thought, word and deed. The essential goal of Scripture is that we will do all things in word and deed in the Name of the Lord Jesus - with thanksgiving to GOD our Father [Colossians 3:17]. It is in this reality of impacting all nations, through Jesus Christ the descendant of Abraham, that GOD by promise in the Scriptures, declared Abraham to be the spiritual father of nations [Genesis 22:18; Genesis 22:1-18]. And, through Jesus Christ the descendent of Abraham, after 2,000 years, the Scripture, and the subsequent spread of the Gospel, illustrate how Abraham has become the father of nations - today! This was never a reality when the Scriptures were being penned over 1500 years! Imagine picking one man in human history and declaring that through him the nations would be blessed in eternity by Blood Covenant with GOD written into human hearts [Genesis 17:7; Jeremiah 31:33-34]! The Gospel of Jesus Christ has impacted the life of people from many nations. Jesus declared that His Gospel would be proclaimed in every nation of the world before the end of this age [Matthew 24:14]. This will come about in spite of persecution of the Church in all nations. The impact of the Gospel of Jesus Christ fulfills GOD’s promise to Abraham that in the seed of Abraham all the nations of the earth will be blessed [Genesis 22:18; Genesis 22:15-18; Galatians 3:16]. The Gospel of Jesus Christ unveils a message of salvation to the human soul. Salvation is the spiritual process by which all nations will be blessed – by GOD. Salvation proposes the creation of a new man – in Jesus Christ - from the hidden inward parts of the human being [Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 3:3]. Salvation proposes the creation of a new man in the image [Romans 8:29; Romans 8:28-30] and fullness [John 1:16-17] of Jesus Christ! In the light of the fulfillment of GOD’s blessings through salvation in the nations, Scripture described Abraham as GOD’s friend. Abraham was also called GOD’s friend because Abraham believed GOD, left his father’s household and moved into unknown places, to establish what history reveals as the lineage of the Messiah. Remarkably, the lineage of Jesus Christ (Christ meaning Messiah) is preserved and described in Scripture over more than 2,000 years – from Abraham - on both His foster father, Joseph’s side and His mother Mary’s side [Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38]! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 65: 05.04. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BIBLE ======================================================================== The Structure Of The Bible The Bible is divided into two parts – the Old Testament and the New Testament - separated in their writing by some 500 years (circa 400 BC to 100 AD). The Old Testament is the first two-thirds of the Bible primarily consisting of the Law and the Prophets, with the history of Israel as the backdrop. The Old Testament was written and completed some 400 years before Jesus Christ came into the pages of human history. The Old Testament was translated by Jewish scholars from Hebrew into Greek some 200 years before Jesus’ time on earth. This is an important fact because the prophetic pronouncements on Jesus Christ: His identity, His lineage, His mission, specifics related to His birth including His birth through a virgin, His ministry, His death and His resurrection, His being referred to as the Son and the Messiah, were all written in both Hebrew and Greek by Jewish scribes and scholars centuries before His advent! The New Testament is the last one-third of the Bible. The New Testament records the Gospel (meaning the Good News) of Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD [Matthew 4:23-25; Luke 8:1] declaring that GOD will establish His Kingdom on earth as prophesied by the prophet Daniel [Daniel 2:26-49; Daniel 7:13-14 – circa 550 BC]. Through the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD, the yoke of sin and death will be destroyed – ultimately, in cosmic terms [Romans 8:18-22; Revelation 21:1-2; Revelation 22:1-3]. Salvation will unfold a new man in the image [Romans 8:29] and fullness of Jesus Christ [John 1:16-17]. This is a new man who will function by actual communion with GOD! In this light of the Gospel of the Kingdom of GOD, the New Testament (in tandem with many, many prophecies in the Old Testament) also predicts the outcome of human history which culminates with the second coming of Jesus Christ on earth [Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28]. The biblical composite of the Law, the Prophets and, the Gospel of Jesus Christ that proclaims the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, represent GOD’s Testimony to the human race. And, GOD’s Testimony to mankind is profound and an amazing expression of His goodness and, His willingness to work His goodness into man and into creation. GOD’s Testimony to the human race has its actual fulfillment in personal, corporate and cosmic terms! The Bible is a book written – in profound detail - for actual fulfillment! The personal fulfillment proposed to each one of us – by the hand of GOD - is the blessing GOD proposes to us and our families in eternity. It is through this fulfillment that GOD enables us to see Him, so as to come to know Him and to love Him. Amen! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 66: 05.05. PROPHECY ACTUALLY FULFILLED ======================================================================== Prophecy Actually Fulfilled Hundreds of predictive prophecies in the Law, the Prophets and the Gospel of Jesus Christ – actually fulfilled in the flow of history and, during the writing of the Scriptures themselves, over 1500 years of human history – proclaim the clear hand of GOD in the biblical narrative. No single human being or any organization was responsible for the writing of the manuscripts of Scripture or the message of the Scriptures. Israel and the Church were used by GOD to compile and preserve the Scriptures. Individuals were moved by GOD to dedicate their lives to writing, copying and preserving thousands of manuscripts in spite of countless attempts to destroy the writings in the course of human history. The Bible in our hands is in itself a miracle. Untold thousands have given their lives for the preservation and communication of the Scriptures. The Scriptures stand as the exclusive narrative of GOD’s Testimony of love to mankind. It also stands as a warning that GOD will ultimately destroy evil in all of its forms. Today, Biblical prophecy is continuing to speak of events unfolding in our time. The signs of our times, described generically, as the period of the last days, are dramatically described in the pages of Scripture in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jesus Christ himself emphasized and clarified what the Old Testament prophets had written. Jesus, in describing the events in history that would unfold the time of the great tribulation, prophesied by the prophet Daniel (circa 550 BC), declared that His second coming to earth would come about only after the events of the great tribulation [Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27]. The great tribulation is described in detail in the book of Revelation. We are presently in the last days of this age. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 67: 05.06. THE BIBLE CARRIES THE TESTAMENT OF GOD ======================================================================== The Bible Carries The Testament Of GOD The Bible is far more than a book of predictive prophecy. GOD’s primary Testimony in the Scriptures, explain the reality of GOD’s willingness to deal with man’s sin nature and reveal Himself to the human heart so that man will come to know Him and love Him. GOD declares His willingness to deal with man’s deliberate and habitual sins against GOD – by unfolding the Testimony of Jesus Christ in the inward parts of man [2 Corinthians 3:3; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; Jeremiah 31:31-34]. Through the pages of Scripture, GOD in His faith and love for us all, expressed through the words of Scripture, calls us each into being – from our inward parts - as a new man created in the image and the fullness of Jesus Christ [Romans 8:29; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 2:10]. This spiritual expression of GOD’s faith and love for us personally, is described in the Scripture as the Testimony of Jesus. The Testimony of Jesus is the communicative medium of GOD’s own faith and love for us. GOD uses the Testimony of Jesus to transform us through a creative process of salvation in our inward parts [Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17]. Our outer man dies but our inner man is proclaimed to be transformed from glory to glory [2 Corinthians 4:16]. Words of Scripture that describe the Testimony of Jesus are declared to communicate the Spirit of Prophecy [Revelation 19:10]. The Spirit of Prophecy is the Spirit (the spiritual medium that carries the spiritual dynamic) that brings the Words of the Testimony of Jesus to fulfillment into us and also through us. The Spirit of Prophecy is the life-giving Spirit of Jesus Christ that is the spiritual genetic blueprint for a new man [1 Corinthians 15:45; Php 1:19]. The Testimony of Jesus describes how GOD will save us, by bringing into us - all - that is of Jesus Christ [John 1:16-17; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 2:10]. All that is of Jesus Christ involves the actual communication of the substance of His Character, His Nature, His Witness and Testimony in faith and love into us - by GOD. The Testimony of Jesus is the spiritual heartbeat of the Bible. In order to give credence to the spiritual realities of the Testimony of JESUS, the Scripture also records the historic details of Jesus Christ’s birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection in four Gospels of the New Testament. The Testament of Jesus – described in the four Gospels and expounded by His Apostles in the Epistles that make up the New Testament - is the basis of salvation. The Testament of Jesus is the basis for salvation, simply because He fulfilled the demands of the Law that GOD gave Moses (circa 1400 BC) [Matthew 5:17-18]. In the fulfillment of the Law, the Testament of Jesus becomes the spiritual blueprint for the fulfillment of the Prophets [Matthew 5:17]. The Prophets comprise GOD’s every promise and blessing, as well as GOD’s judgment and destruction of evil. Salvation – communicated into us through the understanding and acceptance of the Testimony of Jesus - is the progressive spiritual process by which the spiritual yoke of sin and death is actually broken. The breaking of the spiritual yoke of sin and death is not only over us personally but, also in the heavenly places that stand over the spiritual atmosphere of the earth and all mankind. Jesus Christ lived on earth for a mere 33 years. Astonishingly however, the biblical narrative unveils Jesus Christ as the central character to the Bible’s spiritual content – in terms of its understanding as well as its fulfillment in and as GOD’s plan for humanity. For example, in Matthew 5:17-18, JESUS CHRIST declares that He had come (from GOD as the Messiah, the Anointed One) to fulfill the Law and the Prophets. The Law and the Prophets represent the heart and soul of the Old Testament narrative completed some 400 years before CHRIST. The Law was a complex of more than 600 laws, centered on daily animal sacrifices and, a calendar of feasts that involved more animal sacrifices. The Law clearly declared through these blood sacrifices that the wages of sin is death [Romans 6:23]. The Law – given by GOD to Moses (circa 1400 BC) - pointed to the fact that only in blood sacrifice could the sin of man be atoned for. The blood of animals was used daily, in the morning and the evening, to commemorate the atonement of Israel’s sin – the sin of her priesthood, her leaders and her people. Even infants were dedicated to GOD through blood sacrifice signifying the need to atone for the nature of sin they were born with, because of the sin of their generations, originating from the fall of Adam, the first man [Genesis 1:1-31; Genesis 2:1-25; Genesis 3:1-24]. The Law pointed to the fact that we all have sinned and come short of the glory of GOD. Since our life is in our blood, the Law is proclaiming that it would take the witness of blood – in a life without the blemish of sin - to atone for our sin. The Law addressed through blood sacrifice, the sin we carry by nature, as well as the deliberate (called transgression) and habitual forms of our sin (called iniquity). The reality of blood sacrifice – through an animal without defect- required by Law [Leviticus 1:3; Leviticus 3:1; Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 5:15], foreshadowed the fact that ultimately, for the yoke of sin to be broken over man, there would need to be an actual Testament without blemish or defect for the overcoming of death. Only such a Testament could fulfill the Law. The Law of GOD given to Moses (circa 1400 BC) – by blood sacrifice [Exodus 24:3-8] - clearly proclaimed two things: (i) that the wages of sin is death; and, (ii) that only through the shedding of blood can sin be atoned for or be covered. Atonement simply means that GOD covers our sinfulness while working His solutions of change and transformation into us – through the processes of salvation. And, this is what the Testimony of Jesus fulfills. On the cross Jesus Christ satisfied the righteous requirement of GOD’s Law through the shedding of His blood. And, this shedding of His blood is the penalty He paid for the sin of the whole world. It is the triumph of Jesus Christ over death – after fulfilling the requirements of the Law through the shedding of His blood – that would be the legal basis for salvation. It is in the progressive communication of the Testimony of Jesus, including all that is of His nature and character tested through the cross, into us, that salvation finds its progressive fulfillment in us. The Prophets explained the Law’s requirements being met, by declaring that only the death of the Messiah would atone (or, cover) for the sin of mankind [Isaiah 53:1-12 – circa 700 BC]. The Prophets also proclaimed the resurrection of the Messiah from death [Psalms 16:10; Psalms 68:18; Psalms 110:1 – circa 1000BC] that would prove the fact of the yoke of sin being actually broken! In Isaiah 53:11, which is part of the Prophets, GOD tells us how the Testimony of Jesus would fulfill the requirements of the Law: “By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many.” The Prophets also predicted that because of the Messiah’s accomplishments: “All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive. Posterity will serve Him.” [Psalms 22:29-30] Jesus Christ Himself would proclaim: “I AM the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the FATHER, but through Me.” ” [John 14:6] “I AM the Bread of Life.” [John 6:48] “I AM the Resurrection and the Life.” [John 11:25] To understand the significance of Jesus Christ one has to understand biblical prophecy concerning Him. Biblical prophecy carefully and meticulously predicts the identity of GOD’s Messiah – proclaiming both His divinity and His humanity – so that the legal basis of GOD’s Law will be brought to fulfillment in and through the Testimony of Jesus. The Testimony of Jesus in fulfilling the Law would become the spiritual basis for the creation of a new man - in and from our inward parts of spirit, soul and heart [Isaiah 53:11; Matthew 5:17-18; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17]. The Testimony of Jesus in fulfilling the Law becomes the basis for the fulfillment of the Prophets in terms of both the promises and the judgments of GOD. 2 Corinthians 1:20 declares: “For as many as may be the promises of GOD, in Him (Jesus the Messiah) they are yes …” The final judgment of earth is witnessed by the Apostle John in heaven when he witnesses the foreshadowing of Jesus Christ breaking the seals that commence the events of judgment that bring closure to this age of human history [Revelation chapters 5:1 to 8:5]. The culmination of this present age involves GOD’s judgment of evil on earth in the great tribulation, and the consequent reality of the unfolding of the government of the Kingdom of GOD on earth through the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth with His angels and saints. Ultimately the fulfillment of the Prophets results in a new earth and a new heaven [Revelation 21:1-27] as GOD’s love is creatively showered into a new beginning. This new beginning proclaims the cosmic implications of the Testimony of Jesus. Amen [Revelation 3:14; 2 Corinthians 1:20]! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 68: 05.07. BIBLICAL PROPHECY CONCERNING JESUS CHRIST ======================================================================== Biblical Prophecy Concerning Jesus Christ Approximately 330 prophecies predicted the first coming of Jesus the Messiah (or, Christ). The level of detail with which the first coming of Jesus Christ was predicted is simply astonishing. Below are some examples from the Old Testament. Corresponding New Testament passages are also given as a record of the fulfillment. These prophecies and their fulfillment are important because they testify of the uniqueness of Jesus Christ revealed through the actual pages of human history. There is no other equivalent narrative of predictive prophecy relating to anyone else in human history. The prophecies of Scripture point to the fact that Jesus Christ, the Messiah, was exclusively GOD’s vessel for the future of all humanity. The prophecies of Scripture also point to the fact that Jesus Christ was not the product of human endeavor. For example the lineage of the Messiah was predicted. Jesus Christ the Messiah was predicted to be the seed of a woman [Genesis 3:15; Galatians 4:4]. He was the seed of Abraham that would unveil the blessing given to Abraham to be a blessing to all nations [Genesis 22:18; Matthew 1:1]. No one else in human history (past and in the future) can ever even begin to fulfill these prophecies. Abraham had seven sons and more than thirty grandsons; Jesus Christ was predicted to be descended in the specific lineage of Abraham through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob [Genesis 17:19; Numbers 24:17; Luke 3:34; Matthew 1:2]. There are 12 tribes of Israel; the Messiah was predicted to be of the tribe of Judah [Genesis 49:10; Luke 3:33]. Again, no one else in human history (past and in the future) can fulfill these prophecies. The Messiah was declared to be GOD [Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6;John 8:58; John 10:30; John 17:6; John 17:26; John 20:28]. The Messiah was proclaimed as GOD in human form [Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6;John 1:1-2; John 1:14]. The Messiah was declared as the One who would establish the Government of GOD as a descendant of King David (circa 1000 BC) [Isaiah 9:6-7; Luke 1:32-33]. Jesus Christ announced the Kingdom of GOD and gave clarity to the Kingdom of GOD through His teachings and His miracles [Matthew 4:23; Matthew 13:1-58; Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:18-20]. The Kingdom of GOD and its significance was prophetically predicted to be an everlasting dominion that will not be destroyed, by the prophet Daniel (circa 550BC) [Daniel 2:44-45; Daniel 2:1-45; Daniel 7:9-28]. Jesus the Messiah declared that He would come again - after His death and resurrection and ascension into heaven - to fully establish the Kingdom of GOD on earth [Matthew 24:3; Matthew 24:27-31; Matthew 25:31-46; Matthew 28:18-20; Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:12-13]. Scripture declares that Jesus Christ was anointed to be the Messiah - in His Eternal Authority, as King and Creator GOD [Psalms 45:6-7; Psalms 102:25-27; Hebrews 1:8-12]. Scripture also predicted specific aspects of the Messiah’s Life and Testimony. Jesus Christ was predicted to be born in Bethlehem [Micah 5:2; Luke 2:4-7]. Jesus the Messiah was also predicted to be born of a virgin [Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:26-30]. The timing of the Messiah’s coming was predicted by the prophet Daniel (circa 550 BC) from the date the decree to restore Jerusalem was issued in 444 BC [Daniel 9:25; Luke 2:1-2]. Centuries later, King Herod knowing the timing for the Messiah’s coming decided to eliminate Him by ordering the killing of infants below two years old [Matthew 2:13-18]. This slaughter of the infants was also predicted [Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:16-18]. [In the two paragraphs above we also see prophecy that can never be fulfilled by any other person in history – past, present and future!] The coming of Jesus Christ as Messiah was testified to, and prepared for, by another prophet called John the Baptist who would be His forerunner [Isaiah 40:3-5; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:5; Luke 3:3-6; Luke 7:24; Luke 7:27; Matthew 11:13-14]. John the Baptist would declare Jesus Christ as the Messiah, who would baptize by the Holy Spirit of GOD [Matthew 3:11; John 1:26-34]. John the Baptist after recognizing Jesus Christ as the Messiah would testify to this by releasing his own disciples to Jesus Christ. [John 1:35-37][Psalms 2:7-8; Psalms 110:1-2; The Scripture also addresses the Messiah as the Son of GOD with authority over all nations Proverbs 30:3-4; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 28:18-20]. The ministry of Jesus Christ the Messiah was also predicted and described: That He would minister in Galilee [Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:13-16] That He would speak in parables [Psalms 78:2-4; Matthew 13:34] That He would minister to the down trodden and the broken hearted, to those in spiritual bondage and captivity [Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18-19] That He would minister healing [Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5-6; Isaiah 42:7; Matthew 4:23-24] That He would minister as a Prophet [Deuteronomy 18:15; Acts 3:20; Acts 3:22] That He would be rejected by His own people [Isaiah 53:3; John 1:11; Luke 23:18] (vii) That He would minister as a Priest of the eternal Order of Melchizedek [Psalms 110:4; Hebrews 5:5; Genesis 14:18; Luke 22:14-20] That He would in Himself be a Covenant to the people [Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 42:6; Luke 22:20] That the ministry of Jesus Christ would be vindicated before GOD and the heavenly hosts [Daniel 7:13-14; Revelation 5:1-14] That He would take upon Himself our sins. He would be pierced through for our transgressions (our deliberate sins). He would be crushed for our iniquities (our habitual sins). The chastening for our well-being would fall upon Him, and by His scourging we would be healed. [Isaiah 53:5; Romans 5:6-8; 1 Peter 2:24]. That He would be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver [Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:14-15]. That this betrayal would be by a close friend [Psalms 41:9; Luke 22:47-48]. That none of His bones will be broken through His crucifixion [Psalms 34:20; John 19:32-33; John 19:36]. That His side would be pierced in His crucifixion [Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34]. That He would be rejected by His own people the Jews [Isaiah 53:3; John 1:11; Luke 23:18]. His message would also be dismissed by humanity in general [Isaiah 53:1;John 12:37-38]. There is more prophecy to the life and ministry of Jesus Christ than what is mentioned above. For example: the prophetic meaning to the Tabernacle of Moses, the sacrifices of the Tabernacle and the Feasts that were celebrated in the Tabernacle at their appointed times – all, refer to Jesus Christ and His redemptive work on the cross. The Tabernacle that king David raised (and the testimony of David in his Psalms) and, the temple of Solomon also have very deep prophetic significance vis a vis the testimony of Jesus. The ultimate testimony to Jesus Christ is declared in the following: Jesus Christ rose from the dead and was witnessed to - in His risen state - by well over 500 men and women in several encounters with Him at different times and in different locations over a 40 day period. [Matthew 28:1-20;Mark 16:1-20; Luke 24:1-53; John 20:1-31; John 21:1-25; Acts 1:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8]. After His resurrection, His disciples were able to touch Him, watch Him prepare a meal for them, talk and fellowship with Him, eat with Him and, be taught and instructed by Him. His disciples witnessed His ascension into heaven 40 days after His resurrection. Angels appeared to the disciples to proclaim that Jesus Christ would once again return to the earth. It is a historical fact that many, many of His disciples were martyred because they refused to deny the Testimony of Jesus. The disciples were instructed by Jesus Christ to wait for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of GOD [Acts 1:4-8; Acts 2:1-47] who would empower them to bear witness to the Testimony of Jesus. And, when the outpouring of the Holy Spirit had occurred 50 days after His resurrection (10 days after His ascension) the disciples were empowered by GOD in the Name of the Lord Jesus: To proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ To have courage and strength to withstand persecution and suffering [2 Corinthians 11:23-33; Acts 5:12-41; Acts 11:19; Revelation 1:9]; many of them paying the ultimate price of giving their lives in martyrdom for the Testimony of Jesus [Acts 7:54-60; Acts 12:1-2] - a fact documented in history. Martyrdom has been and continues to be the testimony of the church today in many countries of the world. iii.To perform thousands of miracles through the Name of Jesus by proclaiming His Testimony. The blind, the lame, the sick, the demonized and the dead were raised from the dead as evidence of the continuing ministry of Jesus Christ through His disciples [Mark 16:15-20; Acts 5:12-16; Acts 6:8; Acts 8:5-8; Acts 9:36-43; Acts 19:11-12; Acts 28:8-9]. These miracles continue today through the present day disciples of Jesus Christ. iv.To make disciples for Jesus Christ, as the Holy Spirit brought the realities of the Testimony of Jesus into human hearts [2 Corinthians 3:3]. Today that reality comprises hundreds of millions of lives. Countless numbers of books and millions of verbal testimonies of Jesus Christ’s continuing ministry of salvation have been and are being proclaimed across the nations of the world. In 1988, I myself came to Jesus Christ when I heard His loud commanding voice rebuke the hardness of my heart. From being an alcoholic GOD gave me the privilege of becoming a pastor and teacher of His Word. He continues to persevere with my weaknesses even today. Paul the persecutor of the Church would have a supernatural encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Damascus [Acts 9:1-43]. The resulting transformation of the apostle Paul would result in him becoming the apostle who would bring the Gospel to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean. Paul would become GOD’s instrument to pen two-thirds of the New Testament. Paul would testify of being caught up to heaven and experiencing heavenly realities [2 Corinthians 12:1-5]. And, finally the most dramatic and extraordinary testimony to Jesus Christ would come through the apostle John. The apostle John is actually taken to heaven to see the exalted position of Jesus Christ before GOD and His angels [Revelation 5:1-14]. In his extraordinary encounters with Jesus, the angels and the elders who stood before GOD, John records the cosmic realities that stand in the Testimony of Jesus. John sees all creation in heaven, on earth and under the earth being brought into subjection to the Name of Jesus - by GOD. This fulfills what the Psalmist proclaims in Psalms 110:1 in the Old Testament: “The LORD (GOD Himself) says to my Lord (the Messiah); ‘Sit at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet.’” ======================================================================== CHAPTER 69: 05.08. THE SPIRITUAL PRONOUNCEMENTS OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY ======================================================================== The Spiritual Pronouncements Of Biblical Prophecy The Prophets describe with great clarity the salvation through which GOD would give man a new spirit and a new heart and, would cause man to walk in His ways [Ezekiel 36:25-27; John 3:3-5]. This reality Jesus describes as being born-again [John 3:3-5]. The Prophets describe how GOD would develop man by writing His Laws into the heart of man and enable man to come to know GOD [Jeremiah 31:31-34; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 10:15-20]. From what GOD writes into the heart of man, there will arise a functional witness – unique to each individual – that would position them each before GOD [1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:7-8, NKJV]. The New Testament describes all these as realities that arise from the processes of salvation. [Please write in for our free CD on Foundations to understand this.] The Prophets announce that GOD will in Jesus Christ write His Covenant – in personal terms - into the hearts of man, enabling each man to become a minister of the New Covenant [Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6]. Through Covenant specifically written into the hearts of individuals, Scripture declares that we will become ministers of the New Covenant, servants (or, ministers) of Christ, stewards of the Mysteries of GOD [2 Corinthians 3:5-6; 1 Corinthians 4:1]. All that is written into our hearts will be personally engineered by GOD into us [Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6]. In new and unique capacities made alive in us through the Testimony of Jesus, we will progressively become the leadership of the Kingdom of GOD [Ephesians 2:4-10; Ephesians 1:17-23]. In Jesus Christ the Son of GOD, we will each at the appointed time of GOD be changed to put on the imperishable [1 Corinthians 15:51-54]. This will come into being because we are each being created and positioned in Christ Jesus by GOD in our inward parts of spirit, heart and soul [Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16-17]. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 70: 05.09. IN SUMMARY ======================================================================== In Summary The Prophets are a complex narrative of Scriptures that have been, are being and will be, brought to fulfillment - in the course of human history. Much has been fulfilled, much more is to be fulfilled in a spiritual progression that will fill all-in-all [Ephesians 1:22-23]! The Prophets do many things. As declared earlier, the Prophets predicted the first coming of the Jesus Christ, giving accurate details of His birth, His ministry, His death and His resurrection. As stated earlier, some 330 prophecies were fulfilled in the first coming of Jesus Christ. The prophets also predict events in history – many of which have been fulfilled and, many of which are being and will be fulfilled before the second coming of Jesus Christ on earth. Through the book of Daniel, the Gospel narrative and the book of Revelation (amongst portions in many other prophetic declarations in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the minor prophetic books of the Old Testament and the narrative in the New Testament) the Bible proclaims the second coming of Jesus Christ and the events that will herald His coming in no uncertain terms. The book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is the culmination of the prophetic Words of Scripture. The book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ was written by the apostle John while being imprisoned on the island of Patmos for his faith in Jesus Christ (circa 90 AD). By this time all the other original apostles of Jesus Christ had been martyred for the Testimony of Jesus. As the last of the original apostles of Jesus Christ, John pens the book of Revelation in the reality of being caught up into heaven and having heavenly experiences (visions and words spoken) of Jesus Christ, His angels and, elders who sat on thrones surrounding the throne of GOD. John bears witness to GOD on His throne. John bears witness to the authority and power of GOD the Judge of all mankind. The outcome of history, of the age in which we live, unveils as John sees Jesus break the seals that will herald the period of the great tribulation and the specific judgments of the great tribulation. The apostle John also bears witness to the fact that the outcome of history stands in the Testimony of Jesus. John bears testimony to this as he sees the second coming of Jesus Christ on the earth after the great tribulation is ended. Also, the destruction of evil and the destruction of the earth and heaven are declared in Revelation. Finally, the creation of a new heaven and earth is also declared by Jesus Christ to the Apostle John. The book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ declares that the future of humanity is exclusively in Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation sees Jesus Christ proclaim Himself as the Amen - the true and faithful Witness, the exclusive basis for the Beginning of the creation of GOD [Revelation 3:14]! The Prophets also proclaim entry into the true and faithful Witness that brings the reality of a future in GOD into being in us. The true and faithful Witness of the Testimony of Jesus opens in a process of salvation [1 John 5:10; Romans 10:8-11]. Salvation opens to our inward parts of spirit, heart and soul when we are born again. In salvation, by the many fold promises of GOD in Christ Jesus, the Scriptures also point to cosmic realities being opened to us as sons of GOD. However, for all this to open to us we must be born again in order to personally actualize the true and faithful Witness of GOD in our heart. How can we be born again? The Bible, the Word of GOD explains: For GOD so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish (from the disease of sin) but have eternal life. [John 3:16] [Man perishes because of the disease of sin. Sin is the spiritual basis for the growing manifestation of human chaos.] For while we were yet helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. GOD demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [Romans 5:6-8] If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that GOD raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For whoever believes in Jesus Christ will not be disappointed. [Romans 10:9-11] The one who believes in the Son of GOD has the witness in himself … [1 John 5:10] The following prayer to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior will facilitate your entry into the Kingdom of GOD, through the witness of the new birth. Please pray this aloud with sincerity from your heart. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 71: 05.10. THE PRAYER FOR SALVATION ======================================================================== The Prayer For Salvation “Almighty GOD, I know that You are speaking to me. In your mercy You have enabled me to know that You are speaking to me. I am thankful that this is your moment in my life. Father of Creation, open my heart to the reality of Jesus Christ, so that I can receive Him in true conviction by your grace. Father GOD, I know that I need You in my life. I know that I need your salvation. Father GOD, I know that I am bound by sin. I know that only You can give me the assurance of eternal life in my heart. Father GOD, I have heard your Word. I know that the Lord Jesus Christ is my salvation. Open my heart - now - dear GOD, to receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. And, please open my heart in a witness to You in Jesus’ Name. I acknowledge O GOD my Father that I have sinned against You in thought, word and deed – in the wrong that I have done and in the right that I have failed to do. I understand that the Lord Jesus gave Himself for me on the cross. I understand that Jesus Christ paid the price for my sins. With my heart, I receive Jesus’ prayer to You on my behalf: ‘Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.’ [Luke 23:34] Father, forgive me for my sins. Father GOD, I commit to pursuing the changes necessary in my nature, character and lifestyle through the power that You supply to me through Jesus Christ. Father GOD, in the reality of Jesus Christ’s love and forgiveness, I receive the Lord Jesus as my Lord and Savior, so that I can belong to You in His merits. Father, enable me to receive your salvation by planting into my heart the witness of the seed of Christ. Father, I also ask for a new heart and a new spirit, so that I can see your Kingdom and enter into it as your Spirit gives meaning to your Word in my heart – in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen! Welcome to the Kingdom of GOD Please write us at: 301/302, 5th Floor, 2½ Mile Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur or, e-mail us at: thetabernacle_kualalumpur@yahoo.com for your free copy of our CD on Biblical Foundations. Further teaching Materials – in terms of articles and audio messages on Foundations, Maturity and Ministry - may be obtained at our website: www.TheTabernacleSchool.com JESUS CHRIST Who is HE? EPHPHATHA ======================================================================== CHAPTER 72: 06.00.1. KNOWING GOD ======================================================================== Knowing GOD By Pastor James Niles www.thetabernacleschool.com ======================================================================== CHAPTER 73: 06.00.2. COPYRIGHT INFO ======================================================================== ISBN 983-804-012-8 KNOWING GOD – BOOK I Copyright © 2001 by James Niles Cover Design © 2001 by Firstfruits Sdn. Bhd. Scriptures references are primarily taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB), © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Other Scripture quotations are taken, as noted, from the Authorized King James Version (KJV) and the New King James Version (NKJV), © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. All Rights Reserved © Copyright 1998 by James Niles. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS ======================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I - UNDERSTANDING OUR DESIGN IN GOD • GOD Has Designed Us So That We Each Come To Know HIM • GOD’s Purpose Is That We Each Come To Love HIM Even As We Learn To Function In HIM Chapter 1 The “I AM” Of GOD Chapter 2 “I AM” Revealed Chapter 3 The Passover Chapter 4 Coming Alive To GOD Chapter 5 The Power That Works Within Us Chapter 6 The Kingdom Of GOD PART II - KNOWING GOD THROUGH THE REVEALED WORD • GOD Creates Our Inward State Through The Prophetic Word Revealed • The Prophetic Word Unveils In The Substance Of CHRIST JESUS Fullness • The Word Is Perfected And Completed Into Us To Unveil A New Creation That Knows YHWH Chapter 7 The Inward Construct Chapter 8 Being Enabled To Enter GOD’s Kingdom Chapter 9 A Functional State In The Word Chapter 10 Covenant - The Word Communicated Chapter 11 The Law And The Prophets Fulfilled Chapter 12 The Prophetic Of The Morning Star PART III - THE ACTUALITY OF COMMUNING WITH YHWH How YHWH Enables Us To Commune With HIM Understanding The Inward Witness In The Substance And Reality Of The Testimony Of JESUS Chapter 13 Understanding The Testimony Of JESUS Chapter 14 The Actuality Of Blood Covenant Chapter 15 Being Alive By HIM Chapter 16 “I AM ... WHO ... THAT ... I AM” Chapter 17 The Inward Witness Chapter 18 How Scripture Explains The Inward Witness ======================================================================== CHAPTER 75: 06.01. SYNOPSIS ======================================================================== SYNOPSIS This Synopsis has been written to enable a consise review of the subject of Knowing GOD. It will be more useful to read this Synopsis after reading chapters 1, 2, 13 and 14. Our understanding of the subject of Knowing GOD must unveil through the Scriptures. In this book, which is the first of two books on knowing GOD, the spiritual framework in which we are designed to know GOD is discussed and, developed through the Word Of GOD. This book is designed to open the Word Of GOD to our inward parts. This book is a contemplative communication of the Word. This book is written so that we may each receive the Word Of GOD that facilitates and enables us to actually know GOD. This book therefore, has the intent of unveiling and manifesting the Word Of GOD - in an inward Word Construct - that will actually enable us to know HIM. Knowing GOD is necessarily a Word-defined reality. And, the Word must be defined by the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The Finger Of GOD unveils through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (compare Matthew 12:28 with Luke 11:20). See also Hebrews 10:15-16. We will in this book, come to understand that the Word Of GOD speaks in dramatic and explosive terms of the substance (hupostasis - Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6 KJV/NKJV) and the reality of knowing GOD (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Jeremiah 31:33-34). Knowing GOD is a reality communicated through substance (hupostasis) manifested into our inward parts of soul and spirit (see 2 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13). This book is written to facilitate this communication of substance by the HOLY SPIRIT. The substance and reality (or, substantive reality) of GOD is communicated through the revealed Word Of GOD (see Mark 4:22; Deuteronomy 29:29). The revealed Word is the Word communicated by GOD HIMSELF into us. In this revealed Word communicated, we come to actually know GOD. The framework for the communication of the revealed Word Of GOD that enables us to know GOD is prophetically addressed as the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 1:18, KJV+NASB; 17:6a,26; Luke 24:44; Revelation 19:10 c; John 14:6). The Testimony Of JESUS is communicated by revelation from GOD the FATHER (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:45; John 6:44-45). The Testimony Of JESUS is the exclusive spiritual framework for direct communication between GOD and man (see Matthew 5:8; 1 John 3:3). The Testimony Of JESUS is communicated by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15) into a living Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b; 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:6-8; 1 John 5:10 a). This true and faithful Witness is GOD’s medium of communication. Knowing GOD is in effect a spiritual mystery meant to be revealed and explained to us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 2:9-13) as revelation knowledge (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22; Ephesians 1:17-18; John 17:6 a,26) communicated in CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Peter 1:3-4 a). Revelation knowledge communicates the mystery of the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:45; Colossians 1:9-11; Ephesians 1:3-9). The inward totality is unveiled in a living witness defined as a functional reality in substance. Knowing GOD is a spiritual reality opened to us - in substance (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; 1:3b, NASB/KJV/NKJV/NIV) - communicated by GOD alone (see Jeremiah 31:33-34; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3). The substance (hupostasis - Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV) is of HIS PERSON (Hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, KJV/NKJV), HIS Nature (Hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, NASB) and HIS BEING (Hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, NIV) manifested in fully subordinate terms as the flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:53; John 6:51; John 6:53). Knowing GOD is exclusively defined in substance communicated. The substance is entirely of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17; NASB/KJV/NKJV) - HIS Flesh (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51; John 6:53). The substance of HIS Fullness - HIS Flesh - is communicated in and through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63 a; 16:13-15). HIS Spirit and HIS Life communicate realities in substance conformed to HIS Nature, HIS PERSON and HIS BEING in fully subordinate and dependent terms into our inward parts. And, we are conformed through substance to HIS Image (see Romans 8:29) - through HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17, NASB) communicated. This conformance to HIM enables us to know GOD through HIM. Knowing GOD is a spiritual mystery that unveils from the Eternal “I AM” Witness (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV) of GOD’s Name - YHWH (see Exodus 3:14; Exodus 6:3; 1 John 5:7, NKJV). YHWH is the “I AM” of GOD that is revealed and explained to us in CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:18, KJV+NASB; 17:6a,26; Colossians 2:9, KJV), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The communication of “I AM” is through substance. This “I AM” communication in substance is the Bread Of Life (see John 6:48; John 6:51; Leviticus 21:22). This is a communication in fully subordinate and dependent terms. In this substantive communication the mystery of CHRIST (see Ephesians 3:4 c) is explained – by revelation, perfected and completed – into our inward parts. In this witnessed reality in the SPIRIT Of GOD, GOD’s Name - YHWH - is prophetically addressed as the Memorial-Name (see Exodus 3:15 c, NASB). The Memorial-Name meant to be unveiled in all generations (see also John 17:6; John 17:26; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:18-21) forever. This Memorial is unveiled and built into us and amongst us in the substance and reality of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This Memorial is realized by grace upon grace through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS communicated into us - in substance (see John 1:16; 1 Timothy 1:14). In the unveiling of the Memorial-Name is the substance and reality of true life and, the quality of life for all generations in eternity. The unveiling of the Memorial-Name in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, blossoms in the spiritual framework of an actual ‘Tree Of Life’ that gives total expression to our lives in the reality of knowing GOD and actually loving HIM (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 8:2). The spiritual framework of the Tree Of Life blossoms as a living, functional Witness. The living Witness is definitively described as being faithful and true; being the basis of a creation that will live and, function and, grow forever (see Revelation 3:14 b; John 17:6 a,26; Ephesians 2:10) in conformance to CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:15-20)! The Witness unveiled in the spiritual framework of the ‘Tree Of Life’ thrives on the dynamics of knowing GOD. THE WITNESS OF “I AM” UNVEILED In being born again, the “I AM” Witness of GOD is supernaturally opened as a living witness (see 1 John 5:10 a; John 17:6 a) in our inward parts. The initial unveiling of the inward witness makes us alive to GOD. However, the inward witness is ultimately designed to enable us to know GOD and to fully function in GOD and by GOD. The inward witness is, in its entirety, unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV) and, nurtured and made alive within us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This witness expresses the FATHER’s will (see Colossians 1:9-11; Ephesians 1:3-6). The inward witness is a spiritual reality formed and framed in substance and, opened as a living witness to our inward parts by GOD HIMSELF (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Jeremiah 31:33-34). The inward witness testifies to the fact that we are each designed to come to live in the actual knowledge of GOD, in an “on-line” basis or, an “on-line” functional witness - by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). As this functional witness is perfected and completed into our inward parts - in substance - we are set free from the Law Of Sin And Death in fully functional terms (see Romans 8:2). The inward reality or witness of operating by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS is the Law Of Life. This reality of functioning by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS unfolds within us in the spiritual framework of a living and growing Tree Of Life. So, we see that learning to function by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS unfolds as the Tree of Life. The end product of being able to function by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS is that our inward witness opens us to the actuality of living in GOD and living by GOD. And, this is the reality of true life realized or actualized in our inward parts - in potentially fully functional terms. In this growing fulfillment, the inward witness is the GOD-ordained spiritual reality (fashioned in substance) that unveils the prophetic fulfillment of the Tree Of Life as a living and growing Witness of true life within us (see Revelation 3:14 b; John 14:6; 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV) and amongst us (see John 17:22-26). In this Witness we learn to live in GOD and, by GOD and, through GOD, in our own free will conformed in substance to CHRIST JESUS (see Galatians 4:19). This Witness is defined as being in essence faithful and true in its unveiling (see Revelation 3:14 b). This Witness is the Testimony Of JESUS actually being made alive in our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:10 a,8,6-8, NKJV; John 16:13-15). In this Witness we come to function by the SPIRIT in JESUS Name. In this Witness we come to know GOD. In fact the witness alive in us, functions entirely on the actuality of GOD in our lives by witness realized. In the Testimony Of JESUS being actualized as a living witness in our inward parts, we are being fully equipped to function in the Name Of JESUS (YESHUA), by the HOLY SPIRIT. Through actual function, a knowing of intimacy is perfected and completed into the witness in us. This witness is a fully functional realization fashioned into our inward parts of soul and spirit. The realization in our inward parts unveils through the revealed Word (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22) communicated through the Spirit and Life of the WORD Of GOD HIMSELF (see John 6:63; John 1:1-4; John 1:18, KJV+NASB). [Opposing the witness in CHRIST JESUS being developed in us, is the witness of our flesh in sin that works through the appetites of the members of our body (see Romans 7:14-25 a). The witness of the flesh of man unveils from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Hence, in our spiritual growth we have to overcome the witness of the flesh, by coming alive by the SPIRIT to the true and faithful Witness unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see 1 John 5:10 a; Romans 6:10-14; Romans 6:16-19). We choose to put on CHRIST and in this process we are renewed in the spirit of our mind (see Ephesians 4:23-24; Romans 8:5-10). We must overcome the witness of our appetites of the flesh through the Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:6; 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:10 a, NKJV) unveiled to us from the cross (see John 19:30; John 19:34) in resurrection power (see Ephesians 3:20). The Witness of the cross in Blood, Water and Spirit is the true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b) that enables us to actually live in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2). The unveiling of this reality is the New Testament Law Of Life! It is also the New Covenant Law Of Life! It is life defined in Covenant through Testimony realized - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! And, this is true life actualized in a living witness, through a growing realization of the Covenant Testament of YHWH, actualized as a substantive reality in our inward parts. YHWH’s Covenant Testament functions as a growing witness that operates by the SPIRIT in JESUS Name. We are called to do all things in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17). This Covenant Testament is exclusively communicated in the substance of HIS Fullness. Please understand that this witness is a reality in substance that operates by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. We have to learn to walk by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - through HIS substance actualized - in order to live (see Romans 8:1-2, KJV/NKJV) before GOD (see Genesis 17:1-2). MASHIAH YESHUA’s (CHRIST JESUS’) substance is increasingly actualized (by being revealed, perfected and completed in us), as we learn to overcome the witness of the flesh by the HOLY SPIRIT. We have to continually make the right choices (empowered by the SPIRIT, in and through CHRIST JESUS) as to which witness we will respond to in the revealed light of the Scriptures (see Hebrews 5:13-14). In this process, truth is perfected and completed into our inward parts as a fully operational Covenant Testament. This operability is in a living and growing inward witness fashioned in substance into our inward parts by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. Everything fashioned into our inward parts in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, becomes a fully functional (or, operational) Covenant Testament. The inward witness - unveiled in substance completed into us - is in fact the Covenant Testament of YHWH perfected and completed into us. The Covenant Testament is a growing functionality defined in CHRIST JESUS and made alive by the SPIRIT in the FATHER’s will. The mystery of the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:9) is explained and defined through the substance of CHRIST JESUS crafted into us by the HOLY SPIRIT and, made alive through us by the HOLY SPIRIT. We have to learn to do all things through CHRIST, WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13; Galatians 2:20, KJV; 1 Timothy 1:14) in the substance of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17, NASB) communicated into us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This communication is - exclusively - of HIS Spirit and HIS Life and gives actual expression to the substance of HIS Fullness - HIS Flesh (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). This communication is entirely of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) In this process of learning to make the right choices, our free will is in effect being actually molded in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, in this process a new creation in CHRIST JESUS is unfolding (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Titus 3:5). This process unveils a Covenant Testament specific to the reality of us each being fearfully and wonderfully made. We have in effect to be taught by GOD (see Isaiah 54:13; John 6:44-45) to live in HIM and, to live by HIM - continuously. And, this process of being taught results in a Covenant Testament being manifested - in substance, by witness - into our inward parts as a fully functional state of being. We are in effect being taught by being created in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; Exodus 32:16). And, in this process we are actually learning how to live in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, this functional Covenant Testament is defined in a reality in substance formed into our inward parts. And this functional Covenant Testament is in effect the practical unfolding of our salvation, in new life - defined in CHRIST JESUS and, brought to life by the HOLY SPIRIT. This functional Covenant Testament actually knows GOD.] In the context of YHWH’s “I AM” Witness (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV), we see that our inward witness is a functional reality built in the substance (Greek: “hupostasis”) of GOD’s “I AM” Name; revealed in CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 3:13-15; Exodus 25:16; Ezekiel 44:28; John 17:6 a) - into us - in fully subordinate and dependent terms. John 1:18 (NASB) actually tells us that the SON explains GOD to us! In this explanation communicated in substance we come to know GOD. The explanation - in substance - is kept alive in a living and growing, functional witness, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The “I AM” Witness unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a; 1:18,16-18, NASB+KJV) defines the Way, the Truth and the Life into us (see John 14:6) in the substance of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16, NASB/NKJV). The substance of HIS Fullness is defined in its actual communication as the Bread Of Life (see John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:53). The Way, the Truth and the Life is the Covenant Testament actualized in a substantive reality in our inward parts. This substantive reality gives expression to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The substance is of CHRIST JESUS and the functional reality is of the HOLY SPIRIT. And, the manifested totality in our inward parts is the will of the FATHER actually realized in substance and brought to life in a witness. This manifested totality is a new creation (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Revelation 3:14 b). A new creation that lives through the knowledge of GOD unveiled in the intimacy of HIS love actualized - in substance, unveiled by witness. The revelation is fashioned in the substance of faith realized in CHRIST JESUS and from CHRIST JESUS (see 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Peter 1:1-2; John 1:16-17, NASB). And, this revelation unveiled in the substance of HIS faith (see Galatians 2:20, KJV) is matured in the intimacy of HIS love realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB) into a lifestyle orchestrated by the HOLY SPIRIT - in the FATHER’s will (see John 16:13-15; John 16:23-27). In this reality, in the substance of HIS Fullness, CHRIST JESUS unveils HIMSELF as the Author and the Perfecter of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a; 2 Peter 1:1). HE authors and perfects our faith in the substance of HIS faith and love (see 1 Timothy 1:14) communicated into us by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The substance of HIS faith and love is perfected and completed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This creative reality in the substance of HIS Fullness, is what is prophetically addressed as the Testimony Of JESUS (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV), in which, is released the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c; John 6:63; John 3:34). The Testimony Of JESUS is the basis of all prophetic fulfillment, including every living and abiding aspect of the Law and the Prophets (see Colossians 1:15-20; Matthew 5:17; Hebrews 1:3 b). The Spirit Of Prophecy is the Spirit Of CHRIST that will enable the fulfillment of the prophetic Word (see also John 6:63; John 3:34) through substance communicated. The Spirit Of CHRIST was unveiled through the cross as the Spirit Of Holiness (see Romans 1:3-4). We are clothed and fully enabled in YESHUA MASHIAH’s Spirit (see Galatians 3:27; 2 Chronicles 6:41). Salvation is a fully enabled actuality increasingly realized according to the Spirit of YESHUA MASHIAH (JESUS CHRIST) that we have received and realized in functional terms. Our witness is designed to receive HIS Spirit through the communication of HIS Rhema Words (see John 6:63; John 17:8 a) of Testimony, by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). These Rhema Words fashion and form our inward parts in conformance to CHRIST JESUS. In this conformance, a witness in substance (or, a living Covenant Testimony) is actualized. The Rhema Words of HIS Testimony are addressed as being faithful and true in Revelation 3:14 b. See also Hebrews 1:3 b and, notice that the LORD JESUS upholds all things by the Rhema Word Of HIS Power. So the Rhema Word Of HIS Testimony is the conduit for the unveiling of HIS Power that is able to work into us (see Ephesians 3:20) everything in conformance to CHRIST (see Galatians 4:19). Everything pertaining to Life and Godliness (see 2 Peter 1:3-4). Our witness is described in a Word defined reality opened into us (or, fashioned into us) by GOD HIMSELF in revelation knowledge (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; Deuteronomy 29:29; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The Word is communicated according to all of the Name YHWH (“I AM”) revealed - in substance - through CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26). In this growing witness we increasingly know GOD. THE “I AM” WITNESS UNFOLDS THROUGH THE CROSS The Word defined “knowledge” reality (see Isaiah 53:11 b; Luke 24:44-45) in CHRIST JESUS, called the Testimony Of JESUS, unveils through a GOD-ordained Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit opened and released - at the cross (see John 19:30; John 19:34) - to our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a,6,8, NKJV) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 9:14; John 16:13-15). The Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit is the living communication of the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS - communicated through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63) through HIS Faith and HIS Love (see 1 Timothy 1:14) for us. HIS Fullness is unveiled to us in the eternal, living sacrifice of the LAMB slain from the foundation of the world (see John 19:30; John 19:34; Hebrews 9:14; Revelation 13:8, KJV/NKJV). In the fulfillment of the Law, we are commanded (in Numbers 28:2 b, NASB) as follows: “You shall be careful to present MY Offering!” Please understand that this reality of the Law is fulfilled through an actual witness - fashioned in substance - being unveiled from our inward parts. This inward reality is the Covenant Testament of YHWH actualized and given expression to in all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). This Covenant Testament is YHWH-JIREH’s provision through the cross. The Covenant Testament unveils the Knowledge of YHWH. The reality in substance (the actuality of a Covenant Testimony realized), alive from our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT, gives growing expression to the actuality of the fulfillment of both the Law and the Prophets from our inward parts (see Matthew 5:17-20). Please understand that the actuality of the Law and Prophets fulfilled, is a communication in substance realized and witnessed to, from our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; Galatians 5:22-23). The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in our inward parts results in a new creation. This entire prophetic Witness, meant for careful expression from the altar of our hearts, is described in Revelation 3:14 b as: “the AMEN, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the Creation Of GOD”! See also Ephesians 2:10. The unified Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit unveils to our inward witness - only - in JESUS Name (see 1 John 5:6, NKJV) and, - only - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). Our inward witness - opened in Blood, Water and Spirit streams - has its true development in knowing GOD (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV; Jeremiah 31:33-34) and, its fulfillment in coming to love HIM (see Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Deuteronomy 30:6) so as to function in the glory of HIS Name (see John 17:22) opened to us in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:15; John 16:13-15). The inward witness is designed to be a fully functional reality in GOD and by GOD. And, a fully functional reality in GOD and by GOD, will know HIM increasingly in a growing intimacy. The inward witness is designed to function in the reality of knowing GOD through communication established in substance (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) through the unified Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit manifested in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, as an actualization of the FATHER’s Will (see Numbers 28:2, (NASB); John 4:34; John 6:63; John 17:8 a,7a). In the Blood is the reality of the entire New Covenant (see Luke 22:20). In the Water is a supernatural, creative washing of renewal and regeneration in the Rhema Word of the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 17:8; John 17:7; Ephesians 5:26-27; Titus 3:5). In the Spirit is the inward anointing to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13 KJV; Galatians 2:20, KJV; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27). The entire expression - in Blood, Water and Spirit - is always a unity (see 1 John 5:8) in CHRIST JESUS, unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2; John 16:13-15). This composite unity has to be functionally defined in our inward parts so that we will not go into error. Intimacy (in Blood) and purity (through washing in the Water of the Word) will ensure function in the right Spirit (see 1 John 4:1-7). Please be reminded that the Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit is the Witness of the Cross (see John 19:30; John 19:34) unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 9:14; 1 John 5:6, NKJV) in our inward parts. This Witness unveils in the spiritual framework of a living and growing Tree Of Life. So, through the cross, YHWH released the prophetic manifestation of the Tree Of Life. The spiritual framework of the Tree Of Life unveils through a Witness that is faithful and true, that unveils the creation of GOD in the AMEN of HIS Witness actualized from our inward parts (see Revelation 3:14 b; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Leviticus 21:22). The Witness of the Cross is an on-line functional Witness meant to enable us to actually live by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2) in a reality that actually sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death. The actuality of being increasingly set free from the Law Of Sin And Death is the realized actuality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. In functioning in the Witness we come to know GOD - in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This fully functional reality is described in Romans 8:2 as the Law Of Life (see also Deuteronomy 30:6). In the growing fulfillment of the Law Of Life is the unveiling of the Tree Of Life (see Revelation 22:1-2) to the Nations (see Ephesians 1:22-23). The Law Of Life fulfilled sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death. Deuteronomy 30:6 describes the Law Of Life as the actuality of loving YHWH with all of our heart and with all of our soul. And, this is a circumcised reality unveiled from a heart of flesh (see Deuteronomy 10:16; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Romans 2:29; Colossians 2:11). Our circumcision is described in realities unveiled in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, that increasingly put no confidence in the flesh of man (see Php 3:3). Understand that in the fulfillment of the Law, we have a circumcision that is descriptive of actual functions realized entirely in GOD and from GOD. THE LAW OF LIFE Knowing GOD so as to actually love HIM is a prophetic reality described as the Law Of Life (see Deuteronomy 30:6). The Law Of Life is fully unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2). This tells us that creation can only live in the knowledge of GOD, revealed in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. [And, being able to increasingly live in CHRIST JESUS by the HOLY SPIRIT is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets.] In man, the knowledge of GOD is to be unveiled in a circumcised heart of flesh that actually loves GOD (see Deuteronomy 30:6; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Colossians 2:11). [This circumcised heart has a witness that knows GOD in an intimacy of actually loving HIM.] The Law Of Life unveils its actuality from a circumcised heart (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Colossians 2:11 a; Romans 2:29) that increasingly puts no confidence in the flesh of man (see Php 3:3 c,3). That is, the Law Of Life is exclusively a spiritual reality of YHWH, unveiled into our heart (see Matthew 5:8). We know GOD so as to increasingly live by HIM. The ‘no confidence in the flesh of man’ position arises from the fact that we are able to live by GOD. The ‘no confidence in the flesh of man’ position is a reality of being conformed to MASHIAH’s death (see Php 3:10). The Law Of Life is a spiritual reality of the heart, entirely described in CHRIST JESUS (see Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:25-27; John 6:51; John 6:53; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) and, unveiled from our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT - in the FATHER’s will (see Matthew 5:8; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). From this framework in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, the Law Of Life is communicated from the Body Of CHRIST (or, Body Of MASHIAH) into the Nations (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Revelation 21:22-24). The Law Of Life is designed to actually express the realities of the fulfilled Word that is according to all of YHWH’s “I AM” Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB) - unveiled (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:22-27) by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. This happens through the Word Of GOD being explained in our inward parts as a spiritual revelation, perfected and completed in a substantive reality fashioned into us (see Exodus 32:16). The explanation is manifested in us as a spiritual mystery supernaturally unveiled or revealed into our inward parts - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Colossians 2:2-3; John 16:13-15). This communication involves all that the LORD JESUS fulfilled in the Law and the Prophets and the Psalms (see Luke 24:44) in a true and faithful Witness - awaiting perfect and complete communication into the creation - called the Testimony Of JESUS. This fulfilled reality formed in our inward parts, is a Covenant Testament realized in truth (see John 14:6). The Covenant Testament communicated Knows YHWH. The Covenant Testament realized in truth unveils as a fully functional inward witness. The Testimony Of JESUS is the basis and framework of a new creation being unfolded in the FATHER’s will (see Revelation 3:14 b; Colossians 1:15-20; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:16-21). This spiritual communication finds actual, substantive expression - in us - through the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS being actually communicated into our inward parts. The realized fullness of CHRIST JESUS is in effect - entirely - a communication perfected and completed into our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT. This communication actualizes our salvation. In this communication actualized, we know GOD. KNOWING GOD The Law Of Life gives expression to the complex, Word defined realities opened to us (for us) in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Matthew 5:17; Romans 8:2). In this complex process that unveils the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS, through realities that are of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled, we come to actually know GOD. And this knowing is 100% the handiwork of YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). This knowing is 100% of the Flesh of the LAMB manifested in us in a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Exodus 32:16). This knowing is part and parcel of a living Witness established into our inward parts in the substance of YESHUA’s (JESUS’) Fullness (see John 1:16-17, NASB). In this knowing described through the revealed Word (see Mark 4:22; Jeremiah 31:33-34), GOD opens us - from our inward parts - to our destiny in HIM and, by HIM, in the knowledge of HIS will (see Colossians 1:9-11). The mystery of GOD’s will opens in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, being unveiled in us (see John 6:44-45; Isaiah 54:13-14 a; Jeremiah 31:33-34), in a witness of steadfastness and patience (see Colossians 1:9-11). Knowing GOD is - in its entirety - a revealed reality (see Mark 4:22; Deuteronomy 29:29). This revealed reality is perfected and completed into us as the exclusive workmanship of YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3). YHWH’s workmanship unveils in us in steadfastness and patience, reflecting our response to the revealed reality of HIM and, HIS Word being fulfilled in its appointed (kairos) time. This revealed reality is made increasingly alive from the witness, opened by GOD within us, from the point when we were born again (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV; John 3:33; John 3:27; John 3:3; John 3:5). This witness unveils in a growing confidence in YHWH, by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. This confidence (hupostasis - see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV) is unveiled and developed in steadfastness and patience. This steadfastness and patience is a witness that acknowledges GOD. THE INWARD WITNESS The inward witness is a Word defined witness that hears (as noted in Romans 10:17, KJV/NKJV) and sees (see Matthew 5:8) through a living hope that anchors us behind the veil (see Hebrews 6:19; 1 John 3:3) in a potential continuum (see Psalms 15:1-2). The inward witness when focussed in GOD through a growing hope, becomes a living and growing evidence of GOD, formed within us, through the substance of true faith (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; 11:6) realized. The substance of true faith is fashioned into our inward parts by JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a). WHO, in this process, concurrently mediates the New Covenant (see Hebrews 9:15 a,c) into the tablets of our heart (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) in realities - perfectly and completely - conformed by substance to HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). Revelation knowledge is thus fully conformed to the Testimony Of JESUS (see Colossians 2:2-3). The Testimony Of JESUS is a living expression of HIS faith and HIS love awaiting true and faithful communication into our inward parts in the substance of HIS Fullness. The Testimony Of JESUS is fully described in HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63) communicating HIS Faith and HIS Love for us, into us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). In the Testimony Of JESUS awaiting true and faithful communication, the LORD JESUS is the Mediator of the New Covenant into our inward parts (see Hebrews 9:15 a; 8:6). The New Covenant is in the Blood (see Luke 22:20; Hebrews 9:14). And, the Blood is part and parcel of the inward witness. Hebrews 13:20-21 tells us that in the reality of the Witness of the Blood, we are equipped - by Oath of Covenant (see Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28) realized in our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16) - to serve YHWH. Our heart opens in a functional reality in substance, specific to HIS call upon our lives (see Ephesians 1:17-19 a). The call is activated as the LORD JESUS comes alive to us by the SPIRIT through the communicative medium of the inward witness (see 1 John 5:6, NKJV) . The call is HIS call unveiled through HIS true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b). The communicative medium of the inward witness is activated through hope and functions in the realities of faith, righteousness and love, increasingly developed in holiness unto YHWH. From hope is unveiled the substance of faith (see Hebrews 11:1, NKJV). In the substance of faith is unveiled the Righteousness Of YHWH - what YHWH has accomplished and is continuing to accomplish in our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16). In the reality of HIS Righteousness unveiled in our inward parts (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV), we come alive to HIS awesome love. As we love HIM, we come to realize the all-encompassing necessity of being holy unto HIM. In this growing substance (hupostasis) of faith, righteousness and love released from the reality of our hope on HIM, we are purified even as HE is pure (see 1 John 3:3) - in the substance (hupostasis) of HIS Fullness manifested into us, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; John 1:16-17). This reality is a growing manifestation of the actual fulfillment of the Law (see Matthew 5:48; Galatians 5:22-23) - in perfection. We need to fully understand (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) that our inward witness has both substance and reality. This substantive reality actually knows the HOLY ONE! The inward witness is a spiritual mystery of the actuality of CHRIST being formed in us (see Galatians 4:19; Colossians 2:3) and being made manifest from us, by the SPIRIT - in a reality fashioned in substance - in the Name of the LORD JESUS (YHWH YESHUA). From our inward parts we are enabled to actually do all things in word and deed - perfectly (see Matthew 5:48) - in the Name of the LORD JESUS, as noted in Colossians 3:17. We are in effect being saved so that we can actually do all things in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS! The actuality of this witness is tangible and fully functional in the dimensions of thought, word and deed. This tangibility is reality defined in the substance of the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS. As we stated earlier, in prophetic terms, the inward witness is part and parcel of the unveiling of the Tree Of Life, the growing actuality of true life. And, this inward state of the Tree Of Life is in complete opposition to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that unveils the worldly system of thought (and nature), that we possess from the world system - in our sinful flesh. The substance of faith that knows YHWH is realized - entirely - in and from CHRIST JESUS (see 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Peter 1:1 b); because, there is no other conduit for the tangible and abiding revelation of the “I AM” of YHWH (see Colossians 2:9, KJV; John 17:6 a,26). This conduit of substance in and from MASHIAH YESHUA is the exclusive means for the communication of Truth (see John 14:6). The inward witness is exclusively the workmanship of YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 1 John 5:10 a). This inward witness is a living and growing reality in substance. This reality in substance (hupostasis) is fully molded and fashioned in WHO GOD IS and, in all THAT GOD IS - even as CHRIST JESUS is revealed and explained to us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST JESUS The WORD was made Flesh (see John 1:14) to enable us - in and by HIS Spirit communicated (see John 3:34; Revelation 19:10 c) - to possess a fully enabled life giving actuality of GOD (see Ezekiel 44:28). The fully enabled actuality of GOD is brought into our inward parts, in and through HIS Fullness realized (see John 1:16-17; Colossians 1:19) as a living inward witness (see 1 John 5:6, NKJV). HIS Fullness is “realized” - in us - in the substance (Greek: hupostasis) of faith (authored and perfected by CHRIST JESUS - Hebrews 12:2 a; 1 Timothy 1:14) and, fashioned into us, as the exclusive workmanship of GOD (see Exodus 32:16). In this reality the LORD JESUS is the Mediator of the New Covenant in our inward parts on an on-line basis (see Hebrews 8:6-11; 1 John 5:6, NKJV; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, KJV/NKJV) brought forth by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. [HE also functions as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (see Hebrews 3:1-2 a,6). In this reality HE ever lives to make intercession for the inadequacies of our confession via the witness HE has made alive in us (see Hebrews 7:25) by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this reality of functioning as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, is described the continuing actuality of HIS amazing love for us. In this reality of functioning as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, is described the living and growing actuality of a Body that is finding itself as it draws all life from its HEAD (see Ephesians 4:15).] THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS The actuality of GOD is being unveiled - in us, in and from the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26). Please understand that it is the Testimony Of JESUS that is being revealed within us (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) as a living and growing inward witness (see 1 John 5:10 a,6). The inward witness is simply the (HOLY SPIRIT) quickened witness of the Testimony Of JESUS realized and actualized in our inward parts. The inward witness is exclusively designed in the substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17, NASB). We are in effect being created in CHRIST JESUS in the substance of HIS Fullness that is prophetically addressed as HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15; John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:63; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). The “I AM” actuality of GOD being opened to our inward witness is life [“I AM The Life” unveiled]. HIS Life is being unveiled in empowered terms within us (see Ephesians 3:20; Ephesians 3:16-20). And, this “I AM” actuality of GOD unveiled becomes the “Tree Of Life” of our salvation realized (or, actualized) through the witness being fashioned and nurtured in us by the HOLY SPIRIT, in JESUS Name. In this “I AM” revelation being manifested into us as our inward witness, GOD’s Name is prophetically addressed as the Memorial-Name (see Exodus 3:15 c, NASB). The Memorial-Name unveiled is a growing “I AM” Tree Of Life alive in us. The root of this Tree is prophetically addressed as the Root Of David (see Revelation 22:16). And the correct rooting of the Tree Of Life unveils us as the Offspring Of David (see Psalms 132:11-12; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV; Luke 24:44) in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:29; John 1:16-17). Please understand this awesome destiny in the context of Psalms 132:11-12 and Ephesians 5:30 (KJV/NKJV) and Isaiah 9:6-7. This living Memorial (see John 17:6 a,26) - in remembrance (see Luke 22:19-20; John 1:16-17) - unveils from the inward witness being nurtured in our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a) in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17; 1 John 5:6; John 17:6 a,26). This Memorial is a living and growing substantive reality unveiled by the SPIRIT, in the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS, in the FATHER’s will. The “I AM” actuality of GOD, opened to us in the “I AM” of CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:9, KJV), grows in us to reveal what GOD means to accomplish in us and through us in HIS “I AM” Fullness explained (see Ephesians 3:19; John 1:18, NASB). This supernatural explanation (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) enables us to know YHWH. From John 1:18 (NASB+KJV) we understand that this explanation is exclusive to the only begotten SON. This explanation is a supernatural process in the substance (Greek: hupostasis) of the Flesh of the SON (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3,KJV/NKJV). This “explanation” is in its entirety a revelation (see Mark 4:22; Deuteronomy 29:29) from the Word, perfected and completed into us in CHRIST JESUS - by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, in this process a new creation is being unveiled (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15). This revelation - being perfected and completed into us - enables us to see YHWH in HIS “I AM” Fullness, unveiled in the SON by the HOLY SPIRIT. All this is a spiritual reality that unveils in the prophetic reality described as the Tree Of Life. The Tree Of Life is simply the substantive reality of “I AM the Life” being unveiled and perfected and completed in us. THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS FULFILLED All GOD means to accomplish in us and through us is described in Word defined realities. These Word defined realities will be described into us in accordance to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in CHRIST JESUS (see Matthew 5:17) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). All of the promises of YHWH are premised on the fulfillment of the Law (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Matthew 5:17-19; Matthew 7:21-23) and, are an unveiling in the actuality of the fulfillment of the Prophets (see Revelation 19:10 c). See also Matthew 5:18 in the context of Luke 24:44-45. The Law and the Prophets fulfilled are realities in GOD and by GOD, unveiled into us, in CHRIST JESUS by grace upon grace, in the ‘dimensions’ of the MASTER’s Fullness (see John 1:16-17, NASB) so that no one should boast (see Ephesians 2:4-10). Realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled, are realities in which we can live, move and have our being - in YHWH - in fully functional terms. And, this happens simply because the Law and the Prophets fulfilled, is a functional reality in substance, unveiled in our inward parts in the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS. And, the Word fulfilled is the actuality of grace realized (see Acts 20:32) and ultimately possessed in the “I AM” of YHWH communicated in CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17; Ezekiel 44:28; John 17:6 a,26). THE PASSOVER REALIZED In this fulfilled reality being unveiled to our inward parts, a fully functional Passover (defined in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets) is being actualized from the witness made alive in us by GOD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14; Hebrews 6:19). The Passover is defined in the specifics of the Covenant Testament actualized in the tablets of our heart (see Exodus 32:16; Psalms 24:3-4). Our inward witness enters this Passover by a living and, fully functional remembrance - built in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT - nurtured, in a growing hope (see Hebrews 6:19; Psalms 24:3-4) fashioned, through the fulfilled realities of the Law (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-6) and the Prophets (see Revelation 19:10 c) in CHRIST JESUS. This remembrance is a reality in substance manifested in fully functional terms (see Hebrews 13:20-21; Hebrews 12:24) into us. Remembrance is a fully enabled functionality (see John 15:8; John 15:16). This book has been written to explain the meaning and development of the inward witness through the substance of CHRIST JESUS that will explain the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets through actual communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, through fulfilled realities described in HIS faith and HIS love. This inward reality will in turn enable us to actually know GOD, because this inward state will be entirely unveiled in the Spirit and Life substance of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17) in the fully functional terms of the revealed Word fashioned into us. The substance communicated through HIS Spirit and Life is of HIS faith and HIS love. INTIMACY AND FUNCTION What all this points to is that in the Fullness Of JESUS CHRIST, our LORD and our BELOVED, we are each being enabled to discover the “I AM” of GOD in an actual, growing intimacy manifested in substance. This intimacy knows GOD and enables growing function in HIS grace actualized in substance perfected and completed into us. This intimacy is potentially fully functional; functional, in accordance with realities in substance defined in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in CHRIST JESUS, in HIS Fullness given to us - as grace upon grace (see John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV). As we function by YHWH, we come to know YHWH. This functionality is the Law Of Life unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT Of Life (see Romans 8:2). This functionality is entirely defined in the fulfillment of the Scriptures being actually manifested into our inward parts (see Jeremiah 31:33-34; Jeremiah 1:11-12). [We will develop this subject in Book II.] This functional intimacy is being carefully described by the Finger Of GOD into us (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV) in the tablets of our heart. LIVING IN JESUS NAME What is described into us is unveiled as the living witness of CHRIST JESUS, made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this witness we live in GOD and by GOD (see John 17:26 c; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; Jeremiah 31:31-34) in JESUS Name (see John 15:7-8; John 16:23-27). Hence, the essential invitation in Scripture, to discover the reality of doing all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see John 14:12-14; John 16:22-26; Colossians 3:17). This reality of doing all things in the Name of the LORD JESUS is only possible through HIS Witness (see 1 John 5:6, NKJV) unveiled in Blood, Water and Spirit from HIS sacrifice for us. Blood, Water and Spirit are prophetic realities released from the cross for us (see John 19:30; John 19:34). Blood, Water and Spirit are living prophetic expressions of the Testimony Of JESUS unveiled by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. THE WITNESS IS DESCRIBED THROUGH THE FULFILLED WORD Blood, Water and Spirit are living realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (see Matthew 5:17) and, unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT as true Life (see Hebrews 9:14; John 16:13-15). Our inward witness unveils by the HOLY SPIRIT, according to the realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS. The fulfilled realities of the Law and the Prophets are entirely described in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA and, they are entirely defined in HIS faith an HIS love (see Colossians 1:19-20). [Also please understand that the fulfilled realities of the Law are on an entirely higher plane of reality than that of the Letter of the Law. This is graphically seen through circumcision. Circumcision under the Law is entirely different from circumcision by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29) that results in us having no confidence in the flesh of man (see Php 3:3 c).] The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets are being revealed and opened in us as a fulfilled reality in GOD, that is sustained in HIM and by HIM in the riches of HIS grace given to us in the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA (see 1 Timothy 1:14). The unveiling of YHWH through the faith of MASHIAH YESHUA, enables us to come to actually know HIM as we come alive to HIM in the realities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Jeremiah 31:33-34). And, as we come to know GOD, we come to actually love HIM. In this sense we must understand that it would be impossible to love GOD without actually knowing HIM. To actually know and love YHWH is the essential reality (and basis) of the fulfillment of the Law (see Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Deuteronomy 30:6) and the Prophets (see Jeremiah 31:33-34). Our inward witness is designed to actually realize all that CHRIST JESUS fulfilled for us (see Luke 24:44-45; Ezekiel 44:28) in order to enable the realities in substance of the Scripture, to be unveiled as living and growing realities within us and, through us into the Nations (see Ephesians 1:22-23). In this witness realized and fashioned within us in the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS, through the Word revealed into our inward parts, we are each being fully enabled to learn to live in GOD and by GOD. Learning to live and function in GOD and by GOD enables us to actually know HIM (see Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 31:31-34). Learning to live and function in GOD and by GOD in the true knowledge of HIM, is the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. The Law fulfilled loves GOD (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-6) and loves our neighbour (see Romans 13:8; Romans 13:10; John 17:22; John 17:26). And, the Prophets fulfilled, knows GOD (see Jeremiah 31:33-34; Isaiah 64:10,13) so as to be able to do all things by GOD (see Php 4:13; 1 John 4:9). Living in GOD and living by GOD is enabled through realities described in the Law and the Prophets - fulfilled by CHRIST JESUS. These realities are brought alive into us as a realization of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17; Luke 24:44) given to us in a reality of truth and grace actualized in our inward parts. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS HIS Fullness is described into us by the revealed Word, in a prophetic reality called the Testimony Of JESUS (see Revelation 19:10 c; Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) that unveils the Spirit Of Prophecy. The Spirit Of CHRIST is the Spirit Of Prophecy (see John 6:63) that enables GOD’s Word to be fulfilled in us and through us - in fully enabled terms. The LORD JESUS describes HIS Testimony as “MY Words” (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33; Luke 24:44-45). “MY Words” describe the Word Of GOD unveiled in HIS Spirit and HIS Life by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 3:34; John 6:63; John 16:13-15). This is the exclusive means by which truth is manifested - “I AM The Truth!” This reality of truth unveils in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets communicated through HIS Spirit and Life and explained through HIS faith and HIS love. The New Testament explains this reality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled and unveiled in us as the Testimony Of JESUS (see Luke 24:44; Matthew 5:17-19). The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets open in us as realized functions defined in CHRIST JESUS and, brought to life in and from our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT. The realized functions of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled are entirely conformed to the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA. They unveil in us in the substance of HIS Fullness. This inward functional state is unveiled in accordance with the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). This is the Law Of Life fulfilled (see Deuteronomy 30:6) by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. This is salvation actualized in what we actually do in thought, word and deed in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! And, what we actually do in thought, word and deed is meant to be entirely YHWH’s workmanship (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 5:21) entirely conformed to MASHIAH YESHUA! In these realized functions, defined in CHRIST JESUS and brought alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT, we come to know GOD in Word defined realities fashioned - in the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA - into our inward parts by the Finger Of GOD. We will explain these functions in this book. John 3:21 speaks of this functional reality (which unveils our deeds) as being wrought in GOD (see also Exodus 32:16). All that is wrought in GOD is described in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA, being unveiled in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love. THE HANDIWORK OF GOD The inward reality of function, realized in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT, is exclusively the workmanship of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) and, is a reality in substance (Greek: hupostasis) fashioned - prophetically (see Isaiah 54:13) - in revelation knowledge (see 2 Peter 1:2-4 a; Mark 4:22). The “I AM” of GOD - unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT - will become the evidence in which our heart, soul, mind and strength will find their substance and totality of expression as life eternal (see Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Deuteronomy 30:6; John 17:3). In CHRIST JESUS, in and by HIS Fullness realized (see John 1:16-17) we will come to realize the realities of the Law and Prophets fulfilled by HIM (see Matthew 5:17), through HIS Spirit and HIS Life, unveiled into us in the conduits of HIS faith and HIS love (see 1 Timothy 1:14). The realization of the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS is - exclusively - a communication undertaken by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). MASHIAH YESHUA’s (CHRIST JESUS’) Spirit and Life are communicated into us from HIS eternal sacrifice in the Eternal SPIRIT (see Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 13:20-21); brought into us, in the realities of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14)! HIS faith and HIS love for us explain the realities of GOD’s Word - in Truth - into us in actual substance communicated (the flesh of the SON Of MAN as noted in John 6:53). In this process HE mediates the New Covenant into our inward parts in the substance of HIS Fullness, by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this New Covenant, we grow as the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA is perfected and completed into us. The actuality of HIS Fullness received and realized, is an inward construct of the Word, explained in CHRIST JESUS, in HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63). The explanation is entirely supernatural being a release of the Wisdom, the Knowledge and the Understanding that are in (and of) CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:2-3). The growing actuality of HIS Fullness - explained into our inward parts (in the substance of HIS Fullness) - becomes the growing evidence of “I AM” unveiled in our inward parts. This reality is the prophetic of the “I AM” Tree Of Life being unveiled in increasingly fulfilled terms. What is unveiled in HIS Nature in our inward parts fulfills the Law, by bringing forth in us a new nature. This is a reality in substance described in 2 Peter 1:3-4, as becoming actual partakers of the Divine Nature. And, this is a reality in substance unveiled into us in CHRIST JESUS Fullness (see John 1:16-17). This reality in substance is called the Knowledge Of MASHIAH YESHUA (see 2 Peter 1:3; Isaiah 53:11 b). It is the communicative manifestation of HIS Flesh that knows YHWH. In HIS Flesh is the substance for a new creation (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:15). UNVEILING THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY The fulfillment of the Prophets unveils in the evidence of “I AM” communicated in CHRIST’s (or, MASHIAH’s) Spirit. HIS Spirit clothes our inward parts in a fatness (see Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:16 c; Galatians 3:27) and, enables the realization of the Prophets (see Revelation 19:10 c) - as an anointed state of being in which we are able to function in the anointings unveiled in MASHIAH YESHUA by the HOLY SPIRIT. GOD is Jealous for YESHUA’s Spirit because YESHUA’s Spirit unveils the Name Of GOD (see James 4:5, NASB; Exodus 34:14). And, in the potentials of this fulfilled reality, YHWH is extremely jealous for Jerusalem and Zion (see Zechariah 1:14; Revelation 21:9-11; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17)! The anointings unveil through a prophetic calendar of fulfillment specific to HIS call upon our lives (see Ephesians 1:17-18). This calendar of fulfillment is in accordance to the Testimony Of JESUS (YESHUA in Aramaic) realized. The Testimony Of YESHUA releases the Spirit Of Prophecy which will enable the realities of GOD’s promises into us and into our ministries - into the Nations. The anointings are called the Spirit Of Prophecy that unveil the anointed realities of the Spirit Of CHRIST into us and through us (see Isaiah 11:2; Revelation 5:6; Ephesians 1:22-23). The Spirit Of Prophecy enables the fulfillment of the Prophets in us and amongst us and, through us into the Nations (see Revelation 21:22-27; Revelation 22:1-5). The Spirit Of Prophecy is a fully functional manifestation of the Prophets. The Spirit Of Prophecy is the Spirit of HIS Fullness consecrated before the FATHER in the Spirit Of Holiness (see Romans 1:3-4) for our eternal well being, being realized (see John 6:63; John 1:16-17). This realization is CHRIST formed in us (see Galatians 4:19) in a fatness that covers or clothes our inward parts substantively (see Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:16 c; James 4:5, NASB). In this process HIS “I AM” evidence is being established in us through an intimacy (realized in CHRIST JESUS) which, is being brought to life in us - functionally - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). [We will develop the realities of function in Book II of Knowing GOD.] This intimacy is realized in the witness being made alive in us in CHRIST JESUS, in HIS Fullness given to us (see John 1:16; 1 John 5:6, NKJV). This intimacy also has its sensory dimensions perfected and completed through the Word Of Righteousness (see Hebrews 5:13-14; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Exodus 28:29-30) communicated into our inward parts. The intimacy in CHRIST JESUS unveils, in and from HIS Fullness, described and communicated in the faith and love of our BELOVED for us. HIS faith and HIS love for us are spiritual conduits of a reality in substance in HIS “I AM” Witness that, actually explains HIS Fullness into us (see Colossians 2:2-3). This reality when realized unveils the actualities of our salvation in our inward parts - in HIS Name! We enter the reality of being able to actually do all things through CHRIST JESUS. This Witness that manifests our salvation is revealed in the PERSON and Nature of “JESUS” or, “YESHUA”; which manifests the actuality that “YHWH Saves” (see 1 John 5:6, KJV/NKJV)! In “JESUS” is revealed - in substance - an intimacy in which we come to know GOD in HIS “I AM” PERSON and Nature, and this realized actuality saves us in HIS Power (see Psalms 54:1). The intimacy is established in fully functional terms, realized from HIS “I AM” revealed, as we learn to function in HIM and by HIM. We can understand this when we realize that YHWH saves us - in actual functional terms - by HIS Name unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see Psalms 54:1; John 17:6 a,26). THE PASSOVER UNVEILS IN A CONTEMPLATIVE REALIZATION The “I AM” actuality in CHRIST JESUS, is a contemplative realization by revelation (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22-25; John 1:18, NASB) that is being fashioned in unique personal terms within each one of us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This reality in substance unveils a new creation (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17) from our inward parts (see 2 Corinthians 4:16). In this creative process a Passover into the Kingdom Of GOD is being actualized from our inward parts (see Ephesians 2:10; Luke 22:15-16). This actuality unveils in a functional witness in us. In this Passover our inward witness becomes more and more alive to the realities of the Kingdom Of GOD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). The Passover makes us increasingly alive to GOD and, also makes us increasingly alive in GOD and through GOD. The intimacy unveils and develops as we increasingly come to live in HIM and, to live by HIM through all that we realize from HIS Words, that communicate HIS Spirit and HIS Life into us (see John 6:63; John 17:7 a,8a). And, this growing intimacy is the witness to the reality of a growing Passover realized. In this realization (Passover) we come to know HIM. This is life realized through GOD, in all that HE has provided for us in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. True life only finds meaning in the GOD WHOM we know. And, true life only finds meaning from, and according to, the “I AM” of the LORD WHOM we know. This realization is an actuality by which we come to know that GOD is life, in actual functional terms, alive in and from the witness that GOD is perfecting and completing in our inward parts. This realization is a growing Passover. And, the level of our Passover reality is fully dependent on how we know GOD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14; 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 22:16). We come to discover true life as we come to know GOD in HIS “I AM”. HIS “I AM” is being supernaturally explained (by divine revelation - see Mark 4:22-25; John 16:13-15) through CHRIST JESUS revealed (see Ephesians 1:17-18) into our inward parts. In this process GOD’s Name is being revealed as a living Memorial opened in a living witness in each one of us (see Exodus 3:13-15; John 17:6 a,26). This Memorial unveils in a growing Passover actualized in our inward parts. THE PASSOVER UNVEILS US AS LIVING TABERNACLES The LORD JESUS expressed the awesome functional reality of the Passover realized in the “I AM” of HIS Name, in seven “I AM” statements recorded in the Gospel Of John. These seven statements (where seven depicts perfection) are declarations of the actualities of HIS “I AM” that actually manifest (perfect and complete) the Passover continuum into the Kingdom Of GOD. The Passover manifests in actual functions that unveil through our inwardly realized position in the Mount Of YHWH (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; 1 Kings 17:1). We are each called to fully realize (understand and take possession of) and, actualize these seven “I AM” declarations from our inward witness, through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). HIS “I AM” unveils as Bread that feeds us in the substance of HIS Fullness (see John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:63) - the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22). HIS “I AM” unfolds as Light that becomes in us the Light Of Life (see John 8:12) that makes us Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19) in the radiance of the Sun Of Righteousness (see Malachi 4:2). HIS “I AM” opens as the Door through WHOM we function (see John 10:9; Revelation 3:7-8) in the Light of the Knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding that unveils from the Bright Morning Star (see Colossians 2:2-3). HIS “I AM” unveils as a communion in intimacy with the Shepherd WHO leads us into every facet of the Covenant Names Of YHWH (see John 10:11; John 10:14; Psalms 23:1-6), in the Voice of HIS Rhema Word (see John 17:8 a,7a). In this growing actuality we come alive to the LORD and BELOVED WHO empowers our state of being in the power of HIS resurrection so that we can live by “I AM” (see John 11:25-26). And, in this “I AM” empowered inward reality we come alive to the living ONE WHO exclusively becomes to us (from our inward parts): “the Way, the Truth, the Life” (see John 14:6). HE becomes to us the True Vine of our fruitfulness in HIM, by HIM and through HIM (see John 15:1; John 15:4-5; John 15:16). These seven “I AM” proclamations are entirely prophetic and describe the actuality of a Passover that will enable each one of us to be tabernacled - functionally - in the Presence of the MOST HIGH (see Psalms 91:1; Psalms 15:1-2). And, enable each one of us to actually function from this position through the witness alive from within us. We can understand this from 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 18:15; 1 Kings 18:36-39; 2 Kings 1:9-10; 2 Kings 2:12-14; 2 Kings 3:14-15 in the context and reality of the Prophets having been fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS and, being made alive to us in fulfilled terms by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). The Passover increasingly actualized through our inward witness, is the growing, eternal prophetic fulfillment of the Feast Of The Tabernacles (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Revelation 21:3; Revelation 21:9-11; Revelation 21:22-24). The Passover actualized, is the reality of the Old Testament calendar of the Feasts observed under the Law, being actually made alive and fulfilled in us and amongst us in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8). The fulfillment of the Law being unveiled in a growing position of being tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH (see Psalms 91:1; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). [Please understand that the reality of the Law fulfilled is entirely on a higher spiritual plane of reality as compared to the Law of the feasts.] It is crucial to understand that this spiritual reality of being tabernacled in GOD is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Being tabernacled in the Mount Of The LORD (YHWH) is a reality (see Genesis 22:14, NKJV+NASB) of being overshadowed by the ALMIGHTY (see Psalms 91:1). The reality being unveiled from our inward witness (see Genesis 17:1-2; Genesis 17:11; Genesis 17:13 b; Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29) by the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3)! See also 1 Corinthians 2:9-14. This growing inward reality that unveils our Passover into the Mount Of The LORD is a continuum in the “I AM” of GOD – forever (see Genesis 22:14; Exodus 3:15 c,13-15; Ezekiel 44:28)! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b)! This Passover unveils GOD’s provision for us in the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14) - in realities exclusively described in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28) and expressed through HIS faith and love. RECEIVING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD The growing continuum in “I AM” is the realized actuality called the knowledge of GOD (see John 17:3; 2 Peter 1:2-4; Colossians 1:9-11). The knowledge of GOD is meant to establish the actuality of “I AM” in our heart and mind (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2) in a living witness - of the Memorial-Name - that enables us to actually live in HIM and by HIM. This actuality of “I AM” is the true and highest form of GOD’s provision - the Hidden Manna of HIS Name (see Revelation 2:17; Hebrews 9:3-4; 2 Samuel 6:2). In this steadily unfolding actuality of “I AM” we come to function in and by GOD. HE actually becomes the Way, the Truth and, the Life, in fully functional terms. And, we come to know HIM through this fulfillment. I pray that the HOLY SPIRIT will open this awesome and exciting adventure, of knowing GOD, to you in new light (see James 1:17-18). In HIS Light unveiled (see 2 Corinthians 4:6-7), in the realities described in accordance to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets! In this growing fulfillment, we are each to hallow our FATHER. Hallowing our FATHER is an actualized reality of HIS Majesty alive in our inward witness by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. This expression of hallowing GOD is an attitude that GOD opens (perfects and completes) into our witness, by the Word that unfolds with an understanding that knows GOD (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB; Isaiah 66:2). This understanding establishes and fulfills the Knowledge Of GOD in a functional status of a Passover realized in HIM and by HIM. [Please understand that in this Passover, the Kingdom Of GOD replaces the “Egypt” of the world system that imprisons us and enslaves us. This Passover opens the Tree Of Life to our reality and, in this process the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that we all possess with our self denominated intellect, withers away. In this process our inward parts are circumcised so that we come to have no confidence in the flesh of man (see John 5:19; John 5:30 a; Php 3:3).] Revelation knowledge is a reality in which we come to tremble (in awe) at HIS Word (see Isaiah 66:2). This awe comes as we actually begin to see HIS “I AM” in the Word revealed and fulfilled from our inward parts (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; Ephesians 3:19-21; Exodus 3:15) and through our lives through the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA perfected and completed into us. We are here describing the actuality of the Word that unveils according to all of HIS Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; Mark 4:22; Mark 4:24-25; Mark 4:20). Hidden in the actuality of this realm of the Word is a phenomenal, supernatural growth process (see Mark 4:20; Mark 4:27 c-28a) that we are called to realize in a growing state of rest (see Psalms 46:10; Hebrews 4:9-10) that is the fulfillment of the Sabbath in our inward parts. [This inward Sabbath rest fashioned into our inward witness is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The inward Sabbath rest is a fully functional state of rest (see 2 Chronicles 6:41). And, this rest is a continuum of growth in the peace that passeth all understanding (see Isaiah 54:10-13).] Please understand that this astonishing reality exists only in the actual substance of the Word unveiled by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. And so, please do not be put off by the repeated references to Scripture throughout this book. Because they are there to open this supernatural growth process into our inward parts through the substance of the Word unveiled by the SPIRIT, into each of our inward parts, in CHRIST JESUS. AMEN! Each chapter of this book has been written in ‘repetitive fashion’ to facilitate the contemplative communication of the Word Of GOD. It is important to understand that all of the spiritual realities of the inward witness only unveil in the actual substance of the Word that is unveiled in us. The Word of the WORD must become the flesh of our heart (see Ezekiel 36:25-27). In this book, you will find Scripture references throughout most paragraphs. The reason is to enable the realization of the substantive thought form through the Word Of GOD rather than in the construct of the words in this book. Please read Exodus 32:16 to understand this clearly. There are no substitutes for the written Word Of GOD being communicated into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s Will. And, this is because GOD’s Word revealed is eternal in its substance and, is in effect potentially limitless when realized in the “I AM” of YHWH (see Deuteronomy 29:29; John 16:13-15). Such an actuality exists only in the Word brought to us by the SPIRIT in revelation knowledge that unveils the Tree of Life. Also, do not be put off by the seemingly repetitive nature of the revelations in this book because this is a process of laying-forth by the SPIRIT, the substantive realities of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! This book is meant to be read contemplatively in and through the Word Of GOD, by the HOLY SPIRIT - in the Name of YHWH YESHUA (LORD JESUS). In revelation knowledge, the transcendence of YHWH is increasingly explained into our inward parts as the Light Of Life (see John 8:12). The transcendence of YHWH, increasingly realized in our inward parts unveils us as Morning Stars, in the image and fullness of the Bright Morning Star. In HIS Light we see light (see Psalms 36:9). In this Light we can stand before YHWH at the speed of thought (see 1 Kings 17:1; John 11:41-42)! GOD’S PROVISION IN THE FAITH AND LOVE OF CHRIST JESUS We cannot come to know GOD unless HIS righteousness is unveiled into us, in the actual substance of the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS for us. The faith and love of CHRIST JESUS, for us, is an actuality communicated into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is a communication of “MY Words” in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63). The faith and love of CHRIST JESUS explains the eternal and abiding realities of the Word Of GOD to us as “MY Words” (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33). This explanation is not of the intellect of man but is entirely of the knowledge, wisdom and understanding found in the LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF (see Colossians 2:2-3). It is in this communication of the Word as “MY Words”, explained in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, that we are enabled to actually know GOD. It is this actuality of knowing GOD that this book seeks to unveil in JESUS Name. Please ask the FATHER for the HOLY SPIRIT (see Luke 11:13; Luke 11:9-10), so that, this revelation will unveil to your heart from the Word Of GOD referenced. This revelation will never open to the intellect of man. It will only open to the heart of a child (see Matthew 18:2-4; Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV) - as revelation knowledge - in a Word Construct fashioned in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will. AMEN! We all know how to read the Word with our intellect. This book proposes a learning process through the heart, from the prophetic dimensions of the Tree Of Life, unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This book proposes a learning process that unveils through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in the actual substance and reality of HIS faith and HIS love for us. AMEN! Please be reminded that this Synopsis has been written to enable a concise review of the subject of Knowing GOD through the major Scripture references pointed to in this book. It is our prayer that you will take time to receive and apply - by the SPIRIT - the Scripture to your life and ministry. YHWH creates with HIS Word unveiled to our inward parts in MASHIAH YESHUA. YHWH Bless, James Niles Ephphatha Ministries Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 2001 ======================================================================== CHAPTER 76: 06.02. PART I ======================================================================== PART I UNDERSTANDING OUR DESIGN IN GOD ======================================================================== CHAPTER 77: 06.03. THE “I AM” OF GOD ======================================================================== The “I AM” Of GOD The Name Of GOD - YHWH (see Exodus 6:3) - is “I AM WHO I AM ... I AM THAT I AM” (see Exodus 3:14, NASB + KJV). On the basis of YHWH’s “I AM” Name and its revelation, the Bible is called a Testament. And, in the fundamental reality of being YHWH’s “I AM” Testament, the Bible is the written Word Of GOD designed to unveil the reality and actuality of GOD! Given that Scripture is fundamentally YHWH’s Testimony, it necessarily follows that the primary purpose of Scripture is to actually reveal the “I AM” of GOD (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; John 6:51; John 17:6 a; Deuteronomy 6:4-6). In the unveiling of YHWH’s “I AM” Testimony, we will each come to know GOD so as to live by HIM. And, in this process of learning to live by HIM, come alive to loving GOD with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. It is significant that the Scriptures address this fulfillment of knowing GOD so as to love HIM, as the Law Of Life (see Deuteronomy 30:6 together with Romans 8:2). These verses tell us that the fulfillment of the Law Of Life is brought about in us - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. Life is an “I AM” dependent reality (see John 14:6). And, the “I AM” of YHWH is exclusively unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26; Colossians 2:9, KJV), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). So we see that Scripture is fundamentally designed to unveil and communicate the realities and actualities of the “I AM” of GOD (see John 17:6 a; 14:12-14), through every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift given (see James 1:17-18), in us and through us, in our lives and ministries. Scripture is fundamentally designed for growing fulfillment in human lives (see Jeremiah 1:11-12; Luke 22:15-16; Luke 24:44). The fulfillment of Scripture is demonstrated in the Way in which we actually come to know GOD, so as to live by GOD through all that actually comes from HIM. It is crucial to understand that Scripture is designed to enable us to receive from YHWH and, by this process come to know YHWH. Scripture is designed for growing fulfillment (see Jeremiah 1:11-12, NASB). Through Scripture the specifics of knowing GOD are unveiled through the fulfillment of the elements of the Scripture, arising through the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17; John 17:6 a,26). The Law and the Prophets form the fundamental building blocks of Scripture and, are in the reality of their fulfillment in CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA), the framework to us actualizing the fulfillment of the Scriptures (see Luke 24:44; Jeremiah 1:11-12). And, we are the people appointed to realize the fulfillment of Scripture in and through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17, NASB; Ephesians 1:22-23) communicated into us and amongst us. In the actual fulfillment of Scripture is the reality of GOD communicated! Simply because only GOD has the capacity to actually fulfill Scripture. And, by fulfilling the Scripture, GOD gives true expression to HIMSELF (see John 17:17; John 6:1-71 a; Exodus 31:13 c,13; 31:18; 32:16; Hebrews 4:9-11). The structure of fulfillment is built in and through the Law and the Prophets. But, the reality of fulfillment is entirely of the fullness of GOD (see Ephesians 3:19; John 1:16-17). The Law and the Prophets have the inherrent intent of showing us the “I AM” Nature and Stature of the LORD our GOD through the actual process of unveiling the Law and the Prophets in terms of their fulfilled realities into our inward parts. And this is why the actualities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets enable us to see GOD (see Matthew 5:8; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) and, enable us to come to know GOD through HIS “I AM” Nature and HIS “I AM” Stature revealed to our inward parts (see Isaiah 66:2). The realities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets actually define the elements of true life - in (increasingly) fulfilled terms entirely defined through the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA communicated into us. The fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA being communicated in HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63). The Law Of Life blossoms in the actual realization of a Word Construct of the Law and the Prophets manifested - in us and through us - in fulfilled terms communicated in the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Matthew 5:17). We can see this, for example, in terms of GOD’s love being actually realized and expressed in us and through us in all that we do in word and deed. We see this in the radical changes in our character. And, these changes are part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law being actualized in our being and in our lifestyle. The realization of a Word Construct of the Law and the Prophets communicated in fulfilled terms gives living expression to the elements of true life. And, the actual expression of the elements of true life, enable us to actually know GOD in a reality realized from HIM. This knowing is Word-defined with the elements of GOD’s Word being manifested in fulfilled terms as life actualized - by promise fulfilled or, by promise realized - from GOD (see Ephesians 1:3-6; 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 1:22)! “Knowing GOD” is therefore, the very essence and substance of Scripture, in terms of its every revelation and, its every application in actual fulfillment (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; James 1:17-18). “Knowing GOD” is a reality explained and founded through Scripture defined in our inward parts. “Knowing GOD” is not make believe; it comes from Scripture revealed and formed inside us. This inward definition of Scripture is the communication of Scripture as the actual Testament Of YHWH. In the communication of the actual Testament Of YHWH is the true knowledge of GOD (see John 17:3). The true knowledge of GOD unveils true life. YHWH’S “I AM” Testament It is important to understand that the realities that enable us to know GOD and to function in GOD are unveiled from Scripture in a GOD given spiritual framework that is (prophetically) defined as HIS Testimony. The fulfillment of Scripture is therefore the actualization of the Testimony Of GOD. In this light of actual and growing fulfillment, the Testimony Of JESUS that unveils the “I AM” of YHWH (see John 17:6 a,26) is called the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c; John 6:63). It is as the Testimony Of YHWH is released into us - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT - that we actually come alive to GOD, so as to come to know GOD. And, knowing YHWH is the essence and substance of Scripture that enables actual fulfillment to continue to come forth and remain alive to us - forever. And, this is simply because only YHWH can fulfill Scripture in the actuality of Scripture being HIS Testament. And, this enables us to understand that Scripture is exclusively fulfilled in the realities of the true knowledge of “I AM”. And, we must always remember that YHWH has designed the Scriptures for growing fulfillment - forever - in HIS “I AM” revealed! The Scriptures are therefore fundamentally to be understood as YHWH’s “I AM” Testimony. This “I AM” actuality of the Scriptures must be perfected and completed into the creation for the creation to live and grow. The understanding of Scripture (in the reality of the abiding) is therefore, entirely and necessarily, an “I AM” reality. [YHWH’s “I AM” Testimony brought alive in us is the unveiling of the Tree Of Life: “I AM The Life!” See John 17:26 c in the context of John 17:6 a. And, understand this reality through Romans 8:2 and John 16:13-15. Understand that the “I AM” of YHWH is revealed to us exclusively in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT and, this is the Law Of Life or, the fundamental basis of true life actualized! The growing realization of this “I AM” Law Of Life in our inward parts, unveils as an actual “Tree Of Life”. The root of the Tree Of Life is the Law fulfilled. The blossoming magnificence of the Tree Of Life is the Prophets fulfilled. The root of the Law fulfilled (see Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Deuteronomy 30:6) is the Root Of David that will unveil the Tree Of Life as manifesting - in the Prophets fulfilled - the Offspring Of David (see Revelation 22:16; Acts 13:22 b-23; Psalms 132:10-11; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV; Jeremiah 33:14-26; Revelation 22:1-4). In this Root Of David, the “I AM” of YHWH unfolds as the BELOVED in us (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-6).] YHWH Communicates HIS “I AM” YHWH’s Testimony to us is HIS communication of HIS “I AM” realities and actualities in Scripture - into us. This communication of Scripture into us - in a growing reality in substance (Greek: hupostasis) - is the exclusive workmanship of YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Isaiah 54:13). This creative, supernatural communication enables us to open (or, to realize) a Word defined reality in HIM and of HIM, so as to live in HIM and by HIM, as we come to know HIM through the growing fulfillment of the Scriptures (see Jeremiah 31:33-34; Deuteronomy 30:6). This communication is a substantive witness or reality in substance - actualized in us, in potentially fully functional terms. The substance is exclusively of YHWH, unveiled in us - subordinately and derivatively! [The Tree Of Life unveils (prophetically) as a growing substantive reality of living in YHWH and, living by YHWH. And, this is so simply because only “I AM” Is Life! And, life is exclusively tied to the actualities of the “I AM” of YHWH. These actualities of “I AM” realized in our inward parts (see John 17:6 a; 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV) define the form and growth of the Tree Of Life.] In HIS Testimony revealed, in substance and in reality, GOD actually explains the abiding and eternal context of HIS Word - “I AM” - into us. Scripture is thus designed with the intent of being in accordance with YHWH’s “I AM” Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB). Scripture is designed to unveil “WHO” YHWH IS, in the context of all “THAT” YHWH IS (and vice versa)! And, the fundamental purpose of this revelation is so that we will all actually live through YHWH! [And, we come to live as the Scripture is fully fulfilled in the “I AM” substance and reality of YHWH unveiled derivatively and subordinately into the creation (see John 6:48; John 14:6; John 15:1-5).] This ‘explanation’ of Scripture in accordance with all of GOD’s Name, is entirely supernatural. That is, the revelation is exclusively engineered and enabled by YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6) in substance and reality communicated into our inward parts. And, this is the only way in which Scripture can actually be explained into us. And, this actuality makes us entirely subject to the supremacy of YHWH. We actually learn to be fully dependent on HIM. And, in learning to be fully dependent on HIM, we die to self and our independence of GOD. Scripture explained, is a reality exclusively defined in revelation knowledge (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22) fashioned into our inward parts - creatively (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) - as the exclusive workmanship of GOD (see also Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). [This reality of Scripture explained in revelation knowledge, perfected and completed into us in all that we do in word and deed, is the substantive form of the Tree Of Life. The Tree Of Life is the actuality of YHWH that we have realized in our inward parts (see John 17:6; John 17:26; John 1:16-18, NASB; Colossians 2:9; John 14:6; John 15:1-9; John 15:16). See also Revelation 22:1-2. The Tree Of Life is increasingly fulfilled as we actually learn to live and function in “I AM” terms, in word and deed (see John 17:6 a,26; Colossians 3:17).] Being Taught By YHWH In the reality of revelation knowledge, we are all being taught by GOD (see John 6:44-45). Being actually taught by GOD is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) and the Prophets (see Isaiah 54:13). Being taught by GOD is in fact the necessary basis and conduit for the realization of the realities of the Law and the Prophets in fulfilled terms (see Matthew 5:48)! The fact is that unless we are actually taught by YHWH we will never come to know HIM (see John 6:44-45; Ephesians 1:17-18; John 1:18, NASB + KJV; 17:6a). In the way that ‘knowing’ is defined in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Deuteronomy 30:6; Jeremiah 31:33-34; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 32:39-41). Being taught by GOD is a reality exclusively unveiled as revelation knowledge, perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; Mark 4:22; Deuteronomy 29:29) by the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3). What we must understand is that being taught by YHWH is a prophetic reality available to each and every born again child of GOD (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV, 3-6; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:25-27). And, we need to pursue this fulfillment (see Luke 11:9-13) by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). This prophetic reality is meant to be exclusively unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:2-3; Revelation 19:10 c) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). And, being taught by GOD is part and parcel of true life realized in the growing fact that YHWH IS! And, when we are actually taught by GOD, we will no longer wrestle with the reality and necessary supremacy of GOD any more! The fact is that the eternal and abiding meanings (and realities) of Scripture are explained into us - only - in GOD’s “I AM” Testimony or Witness (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV; Revelation 3:14 b). For example, the word ‘love’ is not explained in the languages of man or, the intellect of man. The word ‘love’ is an actuality unveiled in and from YHWH because only GOD Is Love! The explanation of actual love is communicated into us exclusively in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63; John 3:34; John 1:16-17, NASB). So when we see Scripture, we must fundamentally understand that the true and unadulterated substance of the eternal and abiding realities of Scripture are all exclusively of the “I AM” of YHWH! HE is the Truth (see John 14:6). And, the truth is exclusively communicated in HIM and by HIM and through HIM - and, is exclusively of HIM. This is why YHWH’s “I AM” communicated through CHRIST JESUS is exclusively the Bread Of Life (see John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:53; Leviticus 21:22; Matthew 4:4; John 3:34; John 17:8; John 17:7; John 16:15; John 15:7). And, the Bread Of Life is the actual substance of the Truth - “I AM the Truth!” And, the actual substance of the Truth is communicated as the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22) in the fulfillment of the Law! AMEN! [Please understand that in the fulfillment of the Law, the Bread is of the fullness of HIM WHO must fill all-in-all (see John 6:51; Ephesians 1:22-23). Please understand that the fulfillment of the Law is entirely and completely on a different plane of reality from that which is of the letter of the Law (see Matthew 5:20). The letter of the Law was manifested in the righteousness of man. The fulfillment of the Law is entirely of the Righteousness of/ YHWH (see 2 Corinthians 5:21).] The Tree Of Life Unveiled YHWH’s “I AM” Testimony is made alive in us supernaturally (see 1 John 5:10 a; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) in and by CHRIST JESUS alone (see John 1:16-18, NASB). YHWH’s “I AM” Testimony is made alive in us as a living and growing Tree Of Life that expresses itself as a True and Faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b): “I AM The Life!” See also John 17:26 c and John 15:1-6. This True and Faithful Witness is the AMEN or Oath of GOD’s “I AM” communicated. In this True and Faithful Witness is the reality of true life. This True and Faithful Witness that is the AMEN and Oath of GOD’s “I AM” communicated, is the Testimony Of YESHUA (JESUS) - the Spirit Of Prophecy (see John 6:63; John 3:34). [Revelation 22:2 describes the Tree Of Life as bearing twelve kinds of fruit. The Tree Of Life unveils its fruitfulness through the Body Of CHRIST or, Body Of MASHIAH (see Ephesians 2:15 c; 1:22-23; John 15:16) both Jew and Gentile. John 15:16 explains the reality and nature of this GOD-ordained fruitfulness in peculiar terms: “... that whatever you ask of the FATHER in MY Name, HE may give to you.” Notice that the fundamental reason for this fruitfulness is to unveil the reality and actuality of YHWH. So that all creation will clearly know and understand and eventually function in the fact that life and, the fruitfulness of life comes from YHWH alone.] We only come to understand (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) Scripture as we “see” or “realize” or “actualize” the awesomeness of GOD in HIS “I AM” (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; Isaiah 66:1-2) from our inward parts of heart, soul and, mind. And, this is the only basis for the actual fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; Deuteronomy 6:4; Deuteronomy 30:6; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; John 6:51; John 6:53). We can only see, realize and actualize, from the Word released into us by the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 31:18). This is why Proverbs 9:10 c (NASB) describes understanding as being a reality that arises from actually knowing the HOLY ONE (see also 1 John 2:20). Where the reality of knowing, blossoms through an actual intimacy realized in our inward parts of heart, soul and mind (see Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Deuteronomy 30:6). This is “understanding” unveiled - exclusively - in the Witness of the “I AM” Tree Of Life, as opposed to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This is an understanding that grows as we actually learn to live and function in GOD and by GOD and, all that comes from HIM. What comes alive in our inward parts is a reality of “I AM”, in which, “I AM” increasingly unveils HIMSELF as being the actuality of our life and strength. This inward reality of “I AM” is the Tree Of Life and, this reality (defined in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets) finds its growing fulfillment in loving YHWH, as we come to actually know GOD through the Scriptures fulfilled (see Mark 12:30; Deuteronomy 30:6) into our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16). Since Scripture can actually be fulfilled in our inward parts - by true substance communicated - we can now understand that we can actually be unveiled in perfection (see Matthew 5:48; 1 John 3:3). CHRIST JESUS (or, MASHIAH YESHUA) came into the world to give actual fulfillment - by substance communicated - to the Scriptures (see Luke 24:44; John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV). HE came to give expression to the perfection of GOD into our inward parts (see Matthew 5:48; 1 John 3:3) so that we will live by GOD - in HIS perfection increasingly completed in our inward parts. It is crucial that we understand this and, receive the actuality of this fulfillment in HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17, NASB). This fulfillment is in the actuality of grace upon grace communicated. The conduit of this fulfillment must be understood in the Law and the Prophets - fulfilled in us, in the actual substance of HIS Fullness - HIS Flesh (see John 6:51; Leviticus 21:22); actually communicated into us (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33; Hebrews 7:28) as a growing Covenant Of Life. How is this inward totality in the Tree Of Life actualized? Revelation Knowledge YHWH’s “I AM” Testimony (unveiled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - see Colossians 2:9, KJV; John 6:63) is a reality in substance described - exclusively - as revelation knowledge (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22). This reality in substance is HIS substance (unveiled from and through HIS Spirit and HIS Life) that, enables knowledge to be communicated into us, in a substantive revelation reality that actually transforms us (see 2 Peter 1:3-4 a). HIS substance (HIS hupostasis) is communicated - as grace - through HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14; John 1:16-17, NASB). HIS substance (HIS hupostasis) is communicated into us in a living Rhema Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b; Hebrews 1:3 b) manifested into us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63 a; 16:13-15). HIS substance (HIS hupostasis) unveils through HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14; John 1:16-17, NASB). [Revelation knowledge - developed in the context of a living inward witness (see 1 John 5:10 a) - is a reality in substance that unveils as the Tree Of Life. We unveil - by realization - the actuality of having being taught by GOD (see John 6:45; Isaiah 54:13) so as to function by GOD (see Romans 8:2). And, this functional reality is a growing ‘Tree Of Life’. And, the inward witness fashioned in revelation knowledge, is in opposition to all that unveils from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that is entirely man centered and man denominated. The fact is that we must all enter the actuality of being actually taught by GOD (see John 6:44-45)! We can only know GOD if we are actually taught by YHWH. We can only serve GOD if we are actually taught by YHWH. We each need to be fully enabled by GOD and, be fully enabled in GOD! And, this is entirely possible because knowledge is substance communicated in the Spirit of YESHUA - the Spirit Of Prophecy that clothes our inward parts as a fatness (see Isaiah 10:27 c, KJV+NASB; Leviticus 3:3-5; Leviticus 3:16 c). And, this is possible because knowledge is substance communicated in the Life of YESHUA - “I AM the Bread Of Life” and “I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life!” Revelation knowledge is of the SPIRIT Of YHWH, unveiling the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS into us (see John 1:16-17; Colossians 2:2-3; John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). And, this inward reality built in revelation knowledge is opposed to the knowledge of good and evil which is a man-centered knowledge system, that is exclusively of the flesh and fallen nature of man (see 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5). The tree of the knowledge of good and evil functions on the basis that man can know and understand and actually function without GOD! The Tree Of Life on the other hand, functions on the basis that man can only live by all that comes into being in and from YHWH. John 5:19-20 explains this reality through the Testimony Of YESHUA.] Unveiling The Spiritual Framework Of The “I AM” Of GOD The spiritual reality in substance (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV) fashioned in revelation knowledge, is GOD’s “I AM” Testimony being revealed into us as a living and growing evidence of “I AM”. This spiritual reality in revelation knowledge is exclusive to CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26; Colossians 2:2-3). It is exclusively of HIS Spirit and HIS Life. It is exclusively explained in HIS faith an HIS love for us. Revelation knowledge - unveiled in the “I AM” of CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:9, KJV) - enables us to actually know GOD (see Jeremiah 31:33-34; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; John 6:45) and, to actually function in GOD and by GOD (see Php 4:13; Ephesians 2:10). YHWH’s “I AM” Testimony being unveiled in the spiritual framework of revelation knowledge is also the prophetic fulfillment of the Ark Of The Testimony foreshadowed in the Old Testament (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Deuteronomy 10:8; 1 Peter 2:9). Understand (see Proverbs 9:10 b) that the Ark is the definitive spiritual framework [the Length, the Breadth, the Height and the Depth - see Ephesians 3:18] for the unfolding of: (i) The Testimony Of YHWH (see Ephesians 3:18-19; Ephesians 3:14-21); (ii) The Covenant Of YHWH (see Deuteronomy 10:8); (iii) The Name Of YHWH (see 2 Samuel 6:2); and, (iv) the Might Of YHWH (see 2 Chronicles 6:40-41; 2 Chronicles 7:16; Hebrews 3:4-6; John 2:19-21). And, this Ark (see Ephesians 3:18-19; Ephesians 3:14-21) is the growing actuality of the framework of the Law and the Prophets manifested in fulfilled terms (see Matthew 5:17-19) through the Body Of MASHIAH (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Revelation 21:1-3; Revelation 21:16; Revelation 21:9-11). [See also Deuteronomy 10:8 and, its fulfillment in the Priesthood of the Order Of Melchizedek (see Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28) in the appointed places and times in the heavenlies (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Revelation 11:15-19; Revelation 15:1-5).] In the functional unveiling of the Ark, is the prophetic reality of Aaron’s Rod that budded (see Hebrews 9:3-4; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; Colossians 2:2-3; John 14:12-14). And, this is also a prophetic, functional reality of the Word Of The Oath that is part and parcel of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Matthew 5:17-19; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). The Word Of The Oath is also the construct of the Ark. The Ark Of GOD Explained Ephesians 3:18 describes the prophetic dimensions of the Ark Of Testimony as “the Breadth and Length and Height and Depth” that speaks of the dynamics of the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB) in fully functional terms (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:22-27; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:26; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16). We unveil as the Body Of CHRIST - as a royal priesthood - in the fully functional terms of HIS Fullness established in us and amongst us (see Ephesians 1:22-23) - in Love (see Ephesians 3:18-19). This functionality comes about as YHWH’s Covenant Testimony is unveiled in accordance with all of YHWH’s Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB) in us and amongst us. This functionality is fully “I AM” dependent (understand this from John 5:19; John 5:30). And, the spiritual framework of this functionality - in YHWH’s Love actualized - is the fulfillment of the Ark (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Ephesians 3:18-19; Revelation 21:1-3; Revelation 21:16; Revelation 21:9-11). This functional fulfillment is part and parcel of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. Understand that the Body Of MASHIAH (CHRIST) is a priesthood that is being unveiled in the growing fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). A priesthood that functions in living tabernacles - united by the SPIRIT into a living Temple (see John 2:19-21; Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:18-19). The construct of the Ark (see Exodus 25:10) in acacia wood (known as the “indestructible wood”) prophetically characterizes the construct of the Ark Of The Testimony in the indestructible wood of the Logos Word, unveiled in our inward parts (see 1 Peter 1:23; Exodus 32:16; Luke 21:33)! The Ark is a Logos Word Construct that Hebrews 7:28 addresses as the Logos Word Of The Oath. This Oath is exclusively activated by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the anointing of the Spirit Of Holiness (see Romans 1:3-4) that comes from CHRIST (or, MASHIAH) formed in us (see Galatians 4:19 b). This prophetic reality [of the Testimony being communicated through the Spirit Of Prophecy unveiled, as the Spirit Of Holiness] is depicted in the Old Testament by the Ark Of The Testimony being overlaid by pure Gold (see Exodus 25:11). Pure Gold representing holiness unto YHWH (see Exodus 28:1-4; Exodus 28:36-38; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Php 2:12-13). This reality in substance of the Word Of The Oath is in its realization in our inward parts, a substantive reality that is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). The Oath must be entirely framed in CHRIST JESUS for the Guarantee to be in place functionally within us (see Hebrews 7:22; John 14:12-14) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2; John 16:14-15). The Ark that we unveil as the Body Of MASHIAH is of HIS Fullness [the Logos Word of the LOGOS WORD, HIS Flesh (see John 6:51) unveiled through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63; Revelation 19:10 c), communicated (see John 17:8 a,7a) through HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14)]. The Ark of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness - described prophetically as the Breadth and Length and Height and Depth, to be unveiled in the living Body Of MASHIAH (see Deuteronomy 10:8) - is to fill all-in-all (see Ephesians 1:22-23). From Deuteronomy 10:8, we see that this too is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see John 1:16-17, NASB; Ephesians 3:18-19; Ephesians 1:22-23). We are a priesthood appointed to carry and express - in fully functional terms - the Ark Of The Testimony, which is also called the Ark Of The Covenant (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). We do this in the true, full and perfected knowledge of YHWH unveiled in us - exclusively - in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 10:8; Ephesians 1:22-23; John 1:16) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). And, this fulfillment - in fully functional terms - is part and parcel of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Deuteronomy 10:8; 2 Samuel 6:9). And, this spiritual framework in revelation knowledge (or, Ark) has to be of “I AM”, so that we can live and function in GOD and by GOD and through GOD by Blood Covenant Oath alive in our hearts - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). And, this must be so simply because HE is the Life! Unveiling this reality in “I AM” is our destiny (see Matthew 5:13-18). [It has to be our destiny because Life comes only from GOD; and, Life is manifested in our actual living - in terms of our nature, our thoughts and desires, our words and our deeds. All this has to be of YHWH’s “I AM” for us to actually live. This is why the Ark is also called by the Name - YHWH SABBAOTH (see 2 Samuel 6:2) the LORD (the “I AM”) Of Hosts. All of the hosts of creation are to live, move and have their being by the “I AM” Ark of YHWH’s unveiling through an eternal priesthood of the Order Of Melchizedek (see Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28; Ephesians 3:18-19; Revelation 21:9-11). Understand also the prophetic implications of David’s question in 2 Samuel 6:9 b, fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS, the Son Of David (see Romans 1:3-4): “How can the Ark of the LORD (YHWH) come to me?” See John 17:26 c. This is the heritage of the Offspring Of David (see Revelation 22:16; Psalms 132:11-12; Psalms 132:14; 2 Chronicles 6:41; 2 Chronicles 13:5; Ezekiel 44:28). And, this unveiling too is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. In this growing fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, we each come to actually taste and see that YHWH is Good. And, this growing actuality of tasting the goodness of YHWH is the salt of our Covenant (see Leviticus 2:13; 2 Chronicles 13:5), that we in turn express into all that we do in word and deed (see Leviticus 2:13; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 2:1-3; Matthew 5:13-16; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:16-21; Colossians 3:17). We are called to do all things in word and deed in the manifested Name Of YHWH (see John 17:6 a; 14:12-14; 15:7-8,16; 16:22-27; Colossians 3:17)! The Name YHWH is manifested and explained in the “I AM” of MASHIAH YESHUA.] The Word Of The Oath The prophetic reality of “I AM” revealed, is a GOD-centered and GOD-sourced reality; which, is in prophetic terms also called the Beginning (see Revelation 3:14 b). This is a prophetic reality described in the Oath of GOD’s Name that is called the AMEN (see also 2 Corinthians 1:20). This “I AM” reality fulfilled in our inward parts is also pointedly addressed as the Memorial to all generations (see Exodus 3:15 c) that bears testimony to HIS “I AM” reality in our lives (see Ephesians 3:18-21). This Memorial is a construct unveiled in knowing and loving YHWH. The substance of the Memorial is of the actual knowledge of GOD, fashioned in a reality - perfected and completed in us - called the Word Of The Oath. Deuteronomy 29:29 tells us that the secret things belong to GOD, but that which is revealed belongs to us - forever. A reality that stands forever is - by definition - a GOD-centered and GOD-sourced reality. This GOD-sustained reality has the potential to develop and grow forever in the framework of the Word Of The Oath that unveils the Ark of GOD’s Word - by Testament, by Covenant, by Name unveiled and, by HIS Might demonstrated in us (see Colossians 1:11) and through us. The Ark Of GOD’s Word is a construct in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA) - through the substance of HIS faith and HIS love - that forms a growing, living, functional, guarantee in our inward parts (see Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28; Revelation 19:10 c; John 6:63). This reality is an “I AM” Witness or, an “I AM” reality THAT has the prophetic potential of unveiling actualities of YHWH into our inward witness, so that we come to live by YHWH - exclusively! The quality of our life being unveiled in the “I AM” of YHWH realized (see John 17:6 a,26; 16:23-27) and actualized, in fully functional terms in all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). The Light Of Life This prophetic reality, when made alive in our witness, is life realized in a growing continuity (see John 1:4; John 1:1-4). This reality is prophetically described in its fulfillment as the Light Of Life (see John 8:12 c; 1:4). The Light Of Life manifests the “I AM” actuality of YHWH in us (see Hebrews 11:6; John 17:6 a; Matthew 5:14-16). And, this is the actual and exclusive communication of truth! GOD Is Light; and so, the Light Of Life is of HIS “I AM” given the fact of “I AM The Life!” The Light Of Life carries and communicates the spectrum of YHWH’s “I AM” radiance that enlightens us (in true knowledge, understanding and wisdom) and enables us to live and function by HIM. The spectrum of YHWH’s “I AM” radiance is a communication of both HIS transcendence and HIS immanence into growing realities alive to us from our inward parts, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). In this realization we will tremble at HIS Word (see Isaiah 66:2)! The Light Of Life fulfills many functions in us and amongst us in accordance to the revealed Word. For example the Light Of Life is the clothing of our priesthood in salvation (see 2 Chronicles 6:41; Isaiah 61:10; James 1:17). The Light Of Life also becomes an Armour Of Light (see Romans 13:12 c) that we put on as the Armour Of GOD (see Ephesians 6:10-16). Light realized from YHWH (see Psalms 97:11) actually describes and enables the several functions of the Armour Of GOD. [INSIGHT: The Body Of MASHIAH (CHRIST) - both Jew and Gentile - is pre-destined to unveil the Ark Of HIS Might (see 2 Chronicles 6:41; Deuteronomy 10:8; Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 1:22-23; John 17:6 a,26c) in a living construct of the Light Of Life manifested by the SPIRIT, through the revealed, perfected and completed Logos Word Of The Oath of the SON in us and amongst us (see Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28) that forms the construct of the Ark. The unveiling of this Ark will be in a radiance of the Sun Of Righteousness (see 2 Peter 1:19) that unveils a growing measure of the Fullness of the Bright Morning Star (see Habakkuk 3:3-4; Habakkuk 2:1-3; Revelation 1:16 c). The revealed Word perfected and completed - into a prophetic construct of the Ark Of HIS Might - releases the Light Of Life into all that we do in word and deed (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Ephesians 1:17-20; Colossians 3:17). This completed work of the Ark Of God, when brought into its collective fullness in the Bride, is the New Jerusalem described in Revelation 21:2-3; Revelation 21:9-11; Revelation 21:16; Revelation 21:22-23 in the unveiling of the Bride Of The LAMB (see also Zechariah 1:14). In Revelation 21:9-11, the Bride is described as having the radiance of the glory of GOD (see John 17:22; Ezekiel 44:28). In this Light Of Life the Nations will walk forever (see Revelation 21:24; Revelation 21:22-23)! AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b)! And, this too is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets.] An Inheritance And Possession GOD’s “I AM” reality in substance is meant to become our inheritance and our possession (see Ezekiel 44:28) in entirely subordinate and dependent terms - through the Flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:51; John 6:53). The Ark represents the actuality of this inheritance possessed singularly (see John 1:16; John 17:26 c) and collectively (see Ephesians 1:22-23) in fulfillment of Ephesians 3:18-19. And, this too is part and parcel of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Genesis 15:5-6; 2 Peter 1:19; Matthew 5:17-19; Colossians 3:17). And, this comes about through the actual Word Of GOD revealed into our inward parts - in substance (hupostasis) - in accordance with the reality (or, light) of YHWH’s “I AM” Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB), in an understanding that actually knows HIM (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB). [This understanding that knows HIM is the basic radiant substance of HIS Light realized as light in our inward parts. This light unveils in a radiance (an enlightenment); prophetically addressed as the Sun Of Righteousness (see Malachi 4:2; Psalms 37:3-6); in which, we are unveiled as YHWH’s Righteousness in CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Corinthians 5:21 b). This enlightened or radiant state of being realized is prophetically addressed as a Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19; Genesis 15:5). This again is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Genesis 15:5; Malachi 4:2; Psalms 37:6; Psalms 37:3-7 a; Exodus 25:31-40; Revelation 1:20 c). The radiance is the actuality of the “knowing” of YHWH! Understanding (or, enlightenment - see Ephesians 1:17-18) is explained as knowing the HOLY ONE (Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) WHO is called the Bright Morning Star (see Revelation 22:16). The AMEN of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Revelation 3:14 b) in a new creation that is exclusively of HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15).] This realization of the Light Of Life is a fully dependent and subordinate reality defined in revelation knowledge. Revelation knowledge is knowledge unveiled by GOD into our inward parts through a living and growing witness (see 1 John 5:10 a) fashioned in the substance of CHRIST JESUS Fullness (unveiled, in a growing radiance of the Light Of Life). And, this inward totality is made fully functional in Blood Covenant through a living Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:10 a,8,6-8), opened and directed by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. Two Forms Of Revelation Knowledge Revelation knowledge unveils as a Word Construct in the Light Of Life activated through a living inward witness. The Word Construct fashioned is quickened into a living witness alive by the SPIRIT, in and from our inward parts of spirit and soul, in the functional dimensions of our heart and mind. In this context, we must understand that soul and spirit represent two different functional states of the inward witness (denoted prophetically in the Law, as the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy - see Leviticus 21:22), fashioned in and through the Word Of GOD unveiled in us (see Hebrews 4:12). This duality of function (in spirit and soul) is part and parcel of YHWH’s creative work in our inward parts (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10). This duality of function unveils our spirit man to the Holy Of Holies and, our soul man to the fulfilled actuality of the Holy Place, the Tent Of Meeting - being alive to YHWH at all times, at the speed of thought (see Hebrews 6:19). Everything From GOD Has To Open By Revelation In Mark 4:22, the LORD JESUS tells us that: “... nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it should come to light.” What we see being described in Mark 4:22 by the LORD JESUS, is an all encompassing prophetic reality (in knowledge, wisdom and understanding) that is exclusively realized in and from GOD (see Deuteronomy 29:29) in fulfillment of the Law. The conduit of this realization (see Deuteronomy 30:13-14; Deuteronomy 30:11-14) is in the fulfillment of the Law, exclusive to CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF (see Colossians 2:2-3; John 1:16-17). It is of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, described in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see John 6:63; 1 Timothy 1:14). [INSIGHT: The spiritual framework of this all-encompassing reality in revelation knowledge is the Ark Of HIS Name (see 2 Samuel 6:2; 2 Samuel 6:9) that we are enabled to carry and unveil, in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS that we have realized (see John 1:16-18, NASB/KJV; John 17:6; John 17:26; Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15-16; Ephesians 1:22-23) through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15).] The Spirit Of Prophecy In the only begotten SON, YHWH’s “I AM” revealed enables us to actualize our salvation in accordance with the realities in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The realities of salvation are fully consistent with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets has been configured in the SON’s spirit as Spirit, the Spirit Of Holiness, that unveils its prophetic potentials as the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Romans 1:3-4; Revelation 19:10 c). HIS Spirit enables us to be formed in the image and fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:29; John 1:16-17). The Spirit Of Prophecy enables the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets to be fully communicated, in the fully enabled terms of the Spirit Of Holiness, into every child of GOD (see 2 Thessalonians 1:10)! This reality will unveil as grace upon grace (see John 1:16) actualized. In the Spirit Of Holiness, the SON fulfilled HIS position as the MESSIAH (the CHRIST). In HIS Spirit and HIS Life we receive the realities of the Law and the Prophets - in fulfilled terms, communicated, in HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Luke 24:44; John 6:63), in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). And, this reality received, perfected and completed into our inward parts, unveils the specific dimensions of our salvation - in Word defined terms that are consistent with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Through the Word, YHWH is establishing a communications system of growing fulfillment within each of us and amongst all of us. This communications system is established as HIS Testament. It is to be fully operated by Covenant in HIM (in MASHIAH YESHUA), by HIM (by the HOLY SPIRIT) and for HIM (exclusively for the FATHER’s Glory - “Hallowed Be THY Name!”). GOD Must Have First Place In Our Thinking When GOD proclaims: “I AM the Life”, HE is telling us that every sustainable reality of true Life arises from within HIS “I AM” revealed. In the same way, every “I AM” reality of GOD proclaimed in Scripture, is telling us that every sustainable and abiding reality in Scripture has to necessarily come from the “I AM” of GOD unveiled, to be actually meaningful to us. See James 1:17-18 and, take note of the word every. In other words, all of Scripture is to have its highest realizable reality in accordance with all of GOD’s Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB). It is “knowing GOD” that unveils the reality (or, radiance) in substance that actually explains the Scriptures in their eternal and abiding “I AM” context. For example: Truth is exclusive to the “I AM” of GOD. Truth is not creature denominated but is instead an unveiling of a growing reality that is exclusively of GOD and from GOD; which, is also fully sustained by GOD. And, this is because GOD’s Testament to us is simply: “I AM The Truth!” The Testament in Truth is brought to us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS as HIS Words (see John 6:63; John 3:34). Given the fact that the Testament in Truth is HIS Words, it follows that HIS Words express HIS Spirit and HIS Life. Therefore, HIS Words unveiled in HIS Spirit and HIS Life are meant to be the means by which all Scripture is explained into us and through us - in thought, word and deed (see Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33; Colossians 3:17). From the reality of YHWH-JIREH, we see that every form of sustainable provision is also exclusive to the “I AM” of GOD. GOD’s eternal and abiding provision is also actually exclusive to the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63); which Luke 21:33 explains, makes “MY Words” [“MY Logos”] eternal and indestructible - the Word [Logos] Of The Oath actualized in our inward parts! From the reality of YHWH-TSIDKENU, we see that righteousness in thought, word and, deed is also exclusive to the “I AM” of GOD unveiled in us. This reality of GOD’s Righteousness is unveiled in us in the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS for us (see Romans 3:21-22 KJV; 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Corinthians 5:21). HIS faith and HIS love for us, is communicated into us in HIS Words that, are unveiled in us in the very substance and reality of HIS Fullness. And, this entire communication of righteousness is an “I AM” communication expressed prophetically as YHWH-TSIDKENU! This “I AM” communication transforms us and unveils us as HIS Righteousness, in CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Corinthians 5:21). From the reality of YHWH-SHAMMAH we understand that every sustainable reality, for anything in our life, is meant to arise in the reality that GOD IS, that HE is there in our situations and circumstances - always. HE needs to be “I AM” in our life for anything in our life to be a sustainable and, growing blessing. HE must be there for anything in our lives to remain worthwhile. HE needs to become - in HIS “I AM” manifested (see John 17:6 a) - our ever present help and, our fortress of reality! All this tells us that knowing GOD is in fact the very essence and pulse of life and, all that makes our life a sustainable blessing. Creation will in fact die without the eternal and abiding knowledge of GOD. This is why the essence of spiritual warfare is always with regards to the knowledge of GOD (see 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5). Knowing YHWH Is The Basis Of Understanding So we see that the unveiling of the “I AM” of GOD, is the basis for the understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b) of all Scripture in its eternal and abiding context. That is, the eternal and abiding context of all Scripture must - exclusively - be of the “I AM” of GOD, for it to have a sustained impact in our lives (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; Luke 24:44) - forever! Knowing GOD is the necessary basis for the true understanding of Scripture. Because without the “I AM” of GOD being actually unveiled, all of Scripture will simply be a litany of historical events, laws and principles that will have no power to give life or, sustain life in us and amongst us. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 78: 06.04. “I AM” REVEALED ======================================================================== “I AM” Revealed The unveiling of the “I AM” of GOD comes to us exclusively in the “I AM” of CHRIST JESUS or, MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 17:6 a,26; Colossians 2:9, KJV) as our Messianic Jewish brethren would say (see Ephesians 2:15 c). And, this unveiling - in substance - is in fully subordinate and dependent terms. We are made complete in HIM through substance communicated (see Colossians 2:10). The unveiling of “I AM” in CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA) is described and explained and communicated in a spiritual framework of the Word called the Testimony Of JESUS (see Revelation 19:10 c; Luke 24:44; Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The Testimony Of JESUS is GOD’s Word designed to actually communicate HIS Fullness in substance into us (see John 1:16-17, NASB). The Testimony Of JESUS is to give expression to a new creation (see Ephesians 2:10; Revelation 3:14 b). The Testimony Of JESUS is the true and faithful Witness designed to unveil a new creation. The Testimony Of JESUS unveils HIS “I AM” Fullness (see Colossians 2:9, KJV) consecrated - by sacrifice - for our salvation (see Psalms 54:1; John 1:16-17; John 17:6 a,8a,7a,19,26). The Testimony Of JESUS is a living Witness described as being faithful and true, communicating the AMEN of the blueprint of a new creation into us by promise fulfilled (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 1:22) through actual substance communicated. The Witness of the Testimony Of JESUS includes (and communicates) the substance of all that the LORD JESUS (YESHUA ADONAI) fulfilled in conformance to the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms (see Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:44). The substance (hupostasis) of HIS Fullness is the blueprint of a new creation (see Ephesians 2:10; Colossians 2:10; Colossians 1:15-20) fashioned in conformance to the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Matthew 5:18-19; Matthew 5:17), in fully functional terms (see Matthew 5:20; Matthew 7:22-23; Romans 8:2; Romans 8:1, KJV/NKJV). The substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is to be perfected and completed into us - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15) - in fully functional terms, that are in actual conformance to the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Matthew 7:23; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 7:16-20; John 15:16; John 15:7-8; Galatians 5:22-23). The Testimony Of JESUS is the faithful and true Witness, communicating the AMEN of the blueprint of a new creation (see Revelation 3:14 b). There can be no other blueprint for the actual expression of the AMEN of YHWH. Simply because the AMEN of YHWH must be entirely and exclusively conformed to HIS “I AM”. Simply because all Truth is necessarily sourced and rooted in “I AM”. The Testimony Of JESUS is exclusively an “I AM” expression (see Colossians 2:9, KJV). [So, for example, we see the prophetic fulfillment of the Root Of David in the realization of - “I AM” the BELOVED in our inward parts. The Root Of David is being fashioned into our inward parts (see Acts 13:22 c in the actuality - manifested through substance communicated - of the fulfillment of the Prophets), unveiling us each as Offspring Of David having actual functional possession of the Key Of David (see Revelation 22:16; Revelation 3:7-8). The Key Of David is designed to open the “I AM” Door of GOD’s Name (see John 10:7; John 10:9; John 17:6 a,26) in fully functional terms (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:22-27).] CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA) fulfilled the Law and the Prophets in HIS “I AM” unveiled and expressed through HIS manhood. And, HE established this Testament of fulfillment - through Covenant Law sacrifice as the LAMB Of GOD - in actual substance, in a perfect and complete spiritual blueprint in the SPIRIT Of YHWH called “the SON Of MAN” (“TRUE MAN”). In HIS death and resurrection, the SON Of MAN was judged and raised to be declared as the SON Of GOD (see Romans 1:3-4; Ephesians 1:19 b-21; Php 2:5-9). And, in the reality of realizing this power in HIS resurrection, we are also raised in the righteousness of YHWH (by promise realized) and, are blessed as sons of GOD (see Ephesians 1:19 a; 3:20,16-20; James 1:18; James 1:17-18). Sons fashioned in the image (see Romans 8:29) and fullness of the SON (see John 1:16, NASB/NKJV/KJV). The Testament Of YESHUA is a living Witness in the SPIRIT Of YHWH. This living Witness is called the true and faithful Witness and, communicates the AMEN Of YHWH’s Will through Covenant Oath unveiled in Blood, Water and Spirit (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; Revelation 3:14 b). This Oath unveils in the fulfillment of the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms (see Psalms 89:20-21; Psalms 89:35-37; Psalms 132:10-12; Romans 1:3-4; Revelation 22:16) and, the realities of the Oath in substance, is communicated in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA, through HIS faith and HIS love for us. See John 6:53, in the context of 1 Timothy 1:14 and 2 Peter 1:1-4 a, to understand this. It is the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness that gives expression to the Oath (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22). This fulfillment in HIM, when opened into us - in HIS Fullness - by the HOLY SPIRIT, enables the processes of salvation to find root, form and expression in each and every one of us, as we choose to give expression to HIM in our lives (see Ephesians 4:13). We are to be fully fashioned and raised in accordance with YHWH’s Law Of Life, fulfilled in fully functional terms in our inward parts (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29; Romans 8:2). All this is meant to be - exclusively - the workmanship of YHWH. YHWH’s Law Of Life fulfilled in our inward parts unveils the functional reality and actuality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled, through actual communication of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44) into us (see John 1:16-17, NASB). This communication includes HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). This communication into our inward parts, unveils us as a new creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Matthew 11:11). A new creation in MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness actualized. Grace Explained The Testimony Of YESHUA (JESUS) unveils the grace that is expressed in the actual substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14; Acts 20:32). HIS pure and perfect faith and love is communicated into us, in the substance of HIS “I AM” Testimony (perfected and completed through the cross as a blueprint for our creation). This substance is the Logos of HIS LOGOS. HIS pure and perfect faith and love, communicated in substance through HIS Spirit and HIS Life, changes us. The substance of HIS Fullness transforms us. The substance of HIS Fullness unveils a new creation. The substance of HIS Fullness is to be perfected and completed into us. The communication of YESHUA MASHIAH’s faith and love for us, is the actual communication of YHWH’s grace towards us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). So grace is actually the substance of YESHUA MASHIAH’s faith and love for us. And, this reality of HIS faith and love is communicated into us through the Word (as Rhema into Logos in accordance with John 6:63 and Luke 21:33). This is why Acts 20:32 tells us that the Word (Logos) Of HIS Grace is able to build us up and give us an actual inheritance (see Ezekiel 44:28; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; Luke 21:33). This inheritance and possession is defined in HIS “I AM” Fullness (see Ezekiel 44:28) and, is part and parcel of the Law (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) and the Prophets fulfilled (see Ezekiel 44:28). HIS faith and HIS love are the spiritual conduits that communicate HIS “I AM” Fullness into us (see Colossians 2:9, KJV) as grace upon grace (see John 1:16-17) and, enable us to receive and realize all things by CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:17-20). So that we actually come to live through the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see 1 John 4:9) - YHWH (Colossians 2:9, KJV; John 17:6 a) YESHUA MASHIAH - in fully functional terms, unveiled by perfect grace realized and actualized. [In this title of YHWH YESHUA MASHIAH, the LORD JESUS CHRIST is proclaimed as being True GOD and True MAN!] We live through the LORD JESUS CHRIST in realities unveiled and explained by revelation knowledge (see Isaiah 53:11 b) described in HIS faith and HIS love. These realities unveil as a communication of HIS Words. HIS Words unveil as knowledge in Truth that sets us free (see John 8:31-32; John 17:8; John 17:7; Isaiah 53:11 b) through actual substance communicated in the power of HIS faith and love for us. [This communication by revelation knowledge (see Isaiah 53:11 b) described in HIS faith and HIS love is the substance of HIS Fullness. And, we are justified through this communication of HIS Fullness - in substance (see John 16:13-15) - by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 6:11 b). This communication is exclusively of YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; Isaiah 53:11 b).] Revelation knowledge therefore, always unveils in an understanding that knows HIM (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB), WHO gave HIMSELF to us, as a living Offering to be unveiled in our lives - in all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). In the fullness of the Offering realized (see John 1:17, NASB, 16-17), the elements of our salvation are released into us in grace and truth through the actual communication of the Testimony Of JESUS (YESHUA). This understanding unveils in an actual intimacy. HE is the BELOVED by WHOM we are in effect learning how to live and function through. We are realizing the actuality of being set free by HIM! We are realizing the actuality of being saved by HIM! We are being unveiled in HIS Fullness actually communicated into all that we do in thought, word and deed. [See Numbers 28:2 a, (NASB) - “you shall be careful to present MY Offering” - in the understanding of the Law and the Prophets having been fulfilled. This Scripture tells us that we are each called to give true expression to HIS Fullness - realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB) - from the altars of our heart (see Ezekiel 36:26). HIS Fullness (see Colossians 1:19; Colossians 1:19-20) is the key to the actualization of all that the FATHER has ordained in HIS Will (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:22-23). The realization unveils in a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26). This heart of flesh is the substance of HIS Fullness (see John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:63) made available to us by communication of HIS communication manifests the realities of salvation substance communicated. The actual substance perfected and completed into us. sacrifice. This into us by actual of HIS fullness This heart of flesh unveils the actuality of the “I AM” of the BELOVED WHO gave HIMSELF for us (see John 17:26; Ephesians 1:3-6).] HIS Fullness [of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63) unveiled in HIS faith and HIS love (see 1 Timothy 1:14)] communicates grace and truth into us. So that, we will be fully enabled to realize the actualities of our salvation in HIM and by HIM and from HIM (see John 1:16-17). HIS Fullness communicated will in turn enable us to actually do all things in (and, by) the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17). We do all things in and through the Testimony Of YHWH realized (see John 17:6 a), in actual growing fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets actualized in our inward parts (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:16; Jeremiah 31:33-34). This wonder of being able to do all things in (and, by) the Name of the LORD JESUS - consistent with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - is possible only because of the actual substance of HIS Fullness being communicated into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. [And, when we can actually do something in the Name Of YESHUA ADONAI, we have actualized our salvation in that realized state - in substance, perfected and completed into us. This becomes an empowered inward state (see Ephesians 3:20) in which and, from which, GOD will perform HIS Word (see Jeremiah 1:11-12, NASB) through us (see Ephesians 1:22-23) - forever (see Deuteronomy 29:29) unto all generations (see Exodus 3:15 c; Ephesians 3:19-21)!] The Testimony Of JESUS actually explains HIS Fullness into us in the realities of HIS faith and HIS love for us. The explanation fashioned into us, in the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS, is entirely supernatural and, is the exclusive handiwork of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The explanation fashioned into us - in substance communicated - also unveils a new creation (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10). And, this is the actual communication of Truth into our state of being. And, this communication of Truth is fully defined in CHRIST JESUS and, is made operational only by the HOLY SPIRIT. This communication will unveil itself in fully functional terms in MASHIAH YESHUA, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This communication is, in its realization, true life actualized from our inward parts. What exactly, is this medium of communication in CHRIST JESUS, that is being brought into us by the HOLY SPIRIT? Revelation Communicated In Spirit And Life The unveiling of “I AM” in CHRIST JESUS comes into us as revelation knowledge. And, revelation knowledge is communicated into us in and through a communicative medium of GOD’s Word that is described by the Greek word “Rhema”. “Rhema” carries the substance of HIS Testimony. When the substance of HIS Testimony is communicated and formed in us, the result is Logos Word manifested in our inward parts (see John 6:63 - Rhema; Luke 21:33 - Logos). Rhema Word is GOD’s medium of communicating HIS “I AM” Testimony. Rhema Word is unveiled into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63). In this process of revelation, is the commencement of the eternal and actual fulfillment of Scripture (see Jeremiah 1:11-12) that gives growing expression to a new creation fashioned in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. And, this fulfillment is in the “I AM” Testament Of GOD (YHWH) opened into our inward parts by substance communicated. What we are saying is that, GOD’s “I AM” Testament is exclusively communicated in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:15-19)! And, GOD’s “I AM” Testament is by definition prophetic, a growing fulfillment - in perfection (see Matthew 5:48) - forever, unto all generations (see Exodus 3:15; Ephesians 3:19-21)! GOD’s “I AM” Testament unveils a perpetually growing creation (see Revelation 3:14 b). The LORD JESUS unveils GOD’s “I AM” reality - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15) - in a functional framework of true life actualized, referred to as the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). This Law Of MASHIAH (CHRIST) unveils in fully functional terms, according to the Law and the Prophets realized and fulfilled in our inward parts in the Name of YHWH-YESHUA, the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17). The reality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17) - in substance - is meant to define all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17; Luke 24:44) in the Name of the LORD JESUS. In this way the Law and the Prophets are fulfilled in fully functional terms into us. And, we can check our growth in the “I AM” realities of GOD, by being sensitive to the realities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets being unfolded in us in JESUS Name. We will in this book, be describing various facets of the Law and Prophets in fulfilled terms. And, we are doing this because it is in and through this fulfillment, that the reality of YHWH is actualized. If the Law is not fulfilled into our being we will by nature be lawless (see Matthew 7:21-24) and, all of our righteousnesses will be as filthy rags (see Isaiah 64:6, KJV). [It must also be understood that the practice of the Law will also not see its fulfillment (see Matthew 11:11). In fact, the Law fulfilled unveils in an entirely higher plane of reality than that which is described in the Law perse. It is of the utmost importance to understand that the fulfillment of the Law only comes through the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA communicated. We must learn to live in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this reality, the Law is our tutor pointing directionally to the higher plane of reality that is being unfolded to us in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA, through HIS faith and love (see Galatians 3:24; Galatians 3:17-24).] There is a reality of righteousness that will clothe us for the Marriage Of The LAMB (see Revelation 19:8; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 5:21). We need to understand this actuality of righteousness, as the Righteousness Of GOD released into us and through us in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. Enabling in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, realized by the SPIRIT, all that we do in word and deed to be an actual manifestation in the Name of the YHWH YESHUA (see Colossians 3:17; John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:22-27). This is a manifestation in the substance of HIS Fullness. Our righteousness must unveil entirely by HIM! Understanding The Fulfillment Of The Law The Law is fulfilled through the Nature of the LORD JESUS being unveiled (perfected and completed) into us. And, actual fulfillment of the Law is unveiled as we are perfected in HIS Nature (see Matthew 5:48) and HIS Fullness (see Colossians 2:9-10, KJV; John 1:16-17), through the Word communicated into us in actual fulfilled terms expressed through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. So for example, the Law is fulfilled by us coming to love HIM and, by us also coming to love others through HIS love perfected in us (see Matthew 7:12). The entire process of being perfected, in the Nature of CHRIST JESUS, is exclusively orchestrated into our daily living by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, the end product of this process of being perfected in the Nature of the LORD JESUS (see 2 Peter 1:3-4) is called The Fruits Of The HOLY SPIRIT. So we see that the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT are a graphic expression of the reality of the Law fulfilled being manifested in us through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see Galatians 5:22-23). Notice the declaration in Galatians 5:23 c that “against such things there is no Law.” See also Matthew 7:12. If we are increasingly living Matthew 7:12, in the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT, we are walking in the growing reality of the Law fulfilled (see also Romans 13:8; Romans 13:10). Similarly, the Sabbath being unveiled as a fully functional rest (by the SPIRIT) in the LORD JESUS CHRIST, is another example of the reality of the Law being increasingly fulfilled (see Hebrews 4:7-11) through the manifestation of an increasing functional rest in HIM. Our being unveiled as a new creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10) is in this sense also part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law in HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 2:15; Ephesians 5:30-32, KJV/NKJV; Numbers 28:2). We must understand the Law fulfilled, as being a growing actuality fashioned and formed in the substance of the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS - HIS Flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; Matthew 5:8). We are fashioned in HIS Flesh into living tabernacles and, this too is the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Exodus 40:1-17; Exodus 40:34; 2 Chronicles 7:1-3; 2 Chronicles 7:16; John 17:6 a,26; Hebrews 3:4-6; John 2:19-21; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV; Revelation 21:9-11). We are designed to be living tabernacles unveiled in the secret place of the MOST HIGH, being fully functional from under the shadow of EL SHADDAI (see Psalms 91:1)! Becoming fully functional tabernacles of GOD, is the growing fulfillment of the Feast Of The Tabernacles; and, this too is part and parcel of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Matthew 11:11). Understanding The Fulfillment Of The Prophets The fulfillment of the Prophets is discovered as we come alive to the reality of the unfolding of our calling in actual functional terms. Our calling unveils the reality of being blessed by GOD and seeing a growing clarity of purpose in GOD and by GOD as we sense a calendar (of appointed times) of fulfillment being unveiled in GOD through our inward witness. This prophetic calendar of our calling and growing purpose and destiny in YHWH - is forever! The Unity Of The Law And The Prophets The prophetic calendar for our life is called the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). And, Scripture declares that we are each fearfully and wonderfully made (see Psalms 139:14-16). This prophetic calendar is part and parcel of the Law fulfilled and, is prophetically described in the Jewish Feasts of the Old Testament Law. The realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled being unveiled in us are inherent to the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, being unveiled into us by revelation knowledge (see Isaiah 53:11 b; 2 Peter 1:3-4). And, this is why the calendar of the Jewish Feasts is entirely characterized by sacrifice (see Numbers 28:1-31; Numbers 29:1-40; Leviticus 23:1-44). The fulfillment of this entire Calendar is from the substance of the sacrifice of the LAMB Of GOD - the substance of HIS Fullness, the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22). This Calendar of “perfection completed” (see Matthew 5:48) is manifested through HIS Fullness being given expression to, in and from our being, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is why Numbers 28:2 b (NASB) makes the following declaration: “You shall be careful to present MY Offering!” The entire calendar is designed “to present MY Offering” in increasingly fulfilled terms (see Colossians 1:19; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:18-19). This reality in substance of being “careful to present MY Offering”, is necessarily an “I AM” reality because “MY Offering” is necessarily and exclusively an “I AM” communication (see Colossians 2:9). The implications of this are that the Law can only be fulfilled by the actual Nature of GOD being perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Matthew 5:48; 2 Peter 1:3-4; Hebrews 3:14; Matthew 5:48) - derivatively and dependently - in substance communicated in fully subordinate terms! Adam and Eve were to discover this reality by being enabled to walk with GOD but they failed. Enoch however unveiled a different witness in accordance to YHWH’s Law Of Life [ie, Enoch was actually able to walk with GOD] even before the Law was given through Moses (see Hebrews 11:5)! And, this is an actuality exclusively communicated in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the AMEN of the True and Faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b; Genesis 14:18). Enoch entered this Eternal Witness (see Hebrews 11:5 b) and he was increasingly able to walk with GOD until he was actually taken. The AMEN of the True and Faithful Witness is unveiled in the prophetic reality of the LAMB slain from the foundation of the world (see Revelation 13:8, KJV/NKJV) in order to fully enable a creation in conformance to the fulfillment of the Law. Enoch entered this Witness and he was increasingly able to walk with GOD - through substance (of faith) realized from the True and Faithful Witness! Please understand that the true and faithful Witness was manifested in the reality of the LAMB slain from the foundation of the world - in the FATHER’s Heart. The Unveiling Of GOD’S “I AM” Word The reality of the realization of GOD’s “I AM” Testament is foreshadowed in the Old Testament Law (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16). And, this foreshadowing is entirely prophetic. Awaiting an actuality of completion - in perfection (see Matthew 5:48; Ezekiel 44:28; John 1:16-17; 1 John 3:3); unveiled, as YHWH performs HIS Word (see Jeremiah 1:11-12). And, this completion in perfection is an ascent into the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2) and is a growing Passover. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets comes about as YHWH actually performs HIS Word - perfectly, in a growing completion. In this reality we actualize the reality of being fearfully and wonderfully made. When YHWH performs HIS Word, by manifesting the Testimony Of JESUS through substance communicated - HE creates. And, we are fully enabled in this creation, by being conformed to CHRIST JESUS - in growing measures of HIS Fullness - released into us through HIS Spirit and HIS Life, communicating HIS Faith and HIS Life into us (see Ephesians 2:10). And, this is a communication in the Word Of GOD being performed by GOD - through the substance of YESHUA’s Fullness being actually communicated in us and amongst us. YESHUA’s Faith realized establishes the Law (see Romans 3:31; Romans 3:21-23, KJV; Galatians 2:20, KJV; 2 Peter 1:1-4) and YESHUA’s Love realized fulfills the Law (see Romans 13:8; Romans 13:10; 1 John 4:16-21; 1 Timothy 1:14). See John 1:16-17, KJV/NKJV/NASB. In Exodus 25:16, GOD tells Moses that HE will give Israel HIS “I AM” Testimony. And, GOD then calls Moses into Mount Sinai to give HIM the two tablets of the Testimony. We can sense the deeper meanings to HIS Testimony being foreshadowed in Exodus 31:18, when we see the tablets of the Testimony being given to Moses, having been actually written by the Finger Of GOD. Exodus 32:16 opens this higher prophetic reality to us by affirming that both the substance of the tablets and the writing on the tablets are - by definition - from GOD and are the exclusive workmanship of GOD. And, this is the prophetic picture of how we are all to be taught by GOD (see Isaiah 54:13; John 6:44-45; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). Substance And Revelation There are two aspects to the communication here: (i) Firstly, that of the substance of the tablets; and, (ii) Secondly, that of the writing which, in us, is the revelation or, the crystallization of the revelation in true light. Where, true light is simply HIS “I AM” Light realized in fully subordinate terms as a radiance (see John 8:12 c; James 1:17; Psalms 97:11; Psalms 36:9 b) in substance - unveiling as a Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19). We see here a radiance realized from revelation knowledge received, as enlightenment (see Ephesians 1:17-18) in and of CHRIST JESUS, that is in substance communicated, the actual Light Of Life (see John 8:12; John 1:4). [This radiance can (for example) be an illumination in knowledge, wisdom and understanding fashioned in the fear of YHWH (see Colossians 2:2-3; Colossians 1:9-13), into an actual strength of HIS “I AM” alive in us (see Deuteronomy 6:4-6). This “I AM” strength realized (as revelation perfected and completed in light realized) is descriptive of the Armour Of Light in us (see Romans 13:12 c). Revelation perfected and completed is descriptive of the Light of HIS radiance realized in our inward parts (see Psalms 97:11). This light - in knowledge, wisdom and understanding - also reveals the functions of our Armour Of Light. These functions are in accordance to the writing or, revelation actualized in the tablets of our heart. This realization in the tablets of our heart is actual Covenant formed in carefully crafted functional terms (see Colossians 3:17). In this functionality we come to know YHWH. Our functionality is the ability to live, move and have our being in HIM, by HIM and through HIM. This functionality is the ability to live in HIS Light (see James 1:17).] Both aspects of substance and revelation are exclusively of GOD. And, we can now see that revelation knowledge carries both substance (Greek: hupostasis) and revelation (light manifested functionally through enlightenment - see Ephesians 1:17-18; Psalms 97:11). Both aspects of the substance and the revelation reality are fully dependent on each other. One cannot exist without the other. They are a fully integrated substantive reality. Entirely of the “I AM” of YHWH revealed subordinately and dependently in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a; 8:12) by the HOLY SPIRIT! A Co-Mingled Prophetic Expression When we look at the prophetic expression of the tablets of stone given to Moses, it is obvious that the writing cannot exist without the substance of the tablets. And conversely, the tablets will not have useful meaning without the writing on them. It is the writing in the revealed light of revelation knowledge that gives the tablets their priceless value. But it is the tablets that enable the writing in revealed light of revelation knowledge, to give substantive form to the priceless value of the tablets. One has no meaningful value without the other. We can now see that the Testimony Of GOD is imparted in realities that involve both substance and revelation. We can say that the Testament Of GOD is a substantive revelation reality. This substantive reality of substance and revelation becomes to us - revelation knowledge - which is the knowledge that actually knows GOD. [“Actually knows” because it is exclusively from YHWH! “Actually knows” because the knowing is of the substance that originates exclusively from YHWH! This “actually knows” is truth.] In John 6:48, the LORD JESUS calls this substantive revelation reality the actual Bread Of Life that communicates HIS “I AM” into us derivatively and subordinately (see also Colossians 2:9, KJV; Luke 22:19; Leviticus 21:22). This substantive revelation reality is carried as Rhema Word and is communicated into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF (see John 6:63). The end product of this communication is Logos Word in our inward parts (see Luke 21:33). We see this transference from “MY Rhema Words” (in John 6:63; John 15:7; John 3:34) to “MY Logos Words” (in Luke 21:33). This transference is light in substance. This communication being realized (by being perfected and completed into us) is exclusive to the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63 a; 16:13-15). The ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT is in this unveiling the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; and, compare Matthew 12:28 with Luke 11:20 to understand this). [This substantive revelation reality when unveiled in us is, in fully subordinate terms, called the Flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:53; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV); and, is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets when perfected and completed in us (see Luke 21:33; Matthew 5:17-18) in HIS faith that establishes the Law and, HIS love that fulfills the Law. See Colossians 2:9, KJV in the context of 2 Peter 1:1-4. Please understand that HIS faith establishes the Law perfectly and completely! And, please understand that HIS love fulfills the Law perfectly and completely. So, if the Master’s faith and love can be communicated into us, we have here by the grace of GOD (see 1 Timothy 1:14), the means of receiving and realizing actual perfection in a growing process of completion! This substance of perfection is HIS Flesh!] The Knowledge That Knows GOD It follows that revelation knowledge is the knowledge that knows GOD or, the knowledge of the “knowing of GOD” that gives expression to the fulfilled dimensions of the Law (see Deuteronomy 30:6) and the Prophets (see Jeremiah 31:33-34)! And, this is so, simply because revelation knowledge is exclusively an expression of the “I AM” of GOD (see Deuteronomy 29:29) unveiled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS into us, in fully derivative and subordinate terms. And, this communication of the Word (Rhema into Logos) has a creative intent that is entirely framed in accordance with the Words communicated in substance (see Hebrews 11:3; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10). To enable and facilitate this exclusive reality to be unveiled to us, the WORD became Flesh (see John 1:14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV). The WORD became Flesh in order to unveil a prophetic reality in the SPIRIT called the Testimony Of JESUS. The Testimony Of JESUS unfolds the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS as an actual communication of the “I AM” of YHWH in fully subordinate terms. This communication is a Rhema Word communication in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH. In HIS Fullness - unveiled in us in revelation knowledge - a new man is being unveiled creatively in HIS Flesh (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15). See also John 2:19-21 in the context of Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV. So, it follows that all who receive this revelation knowledge will come to actually know GOD (see Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 31:31-34). And, all who are able to function in this revelation knowledge will also come to grow to love GOD, as they come to actually know HIM by learning to live through HIM (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 10:20)! This process of being taught by YHWH is also part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see John 6:45; Isaiah 54:13; Exodus 32:16; Jeremiah 31:33-34). It also follows that in coming to love GOD, we will also begin to realize the need to be holy unto YHWH (see Ezekiel 43:7; Ezekiel 43:12; Hebrews 3:6)! The need and the desire to actually worship HIM is also part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Deuteronomy 6:13) and the Prophets (see Isaiah 11:3 a)! This fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in an inward state of being in worship, is a reality unveiled through a circumcised heart (see Php 3:3; Deuteronomy 30:6). Understand that all this is the work of GOD. GOD’s Will Is That We Know HIM And Love HIM From Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16, we are being shown the prophetic dimensions in which GOD has fashioned the substantive revelation reality in which we will all come to know HIM (see Jeremiah 31:31-34) and to love HIM (see Deuteronomy 30:6) in the Flesh of the LAMB (see Ephesians 2:15). And, in this growing reality of knowing GOD, we are each to be enabled to live and to function in HIM and by HIM in a circumcised reality that puts no confidence in the flesh of man (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29; Php 3:3) - man’s intelligence, man’s achievements etc. We will move away from all that unveils from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil - in our own free will perfected and completed in conformance to MASHIAH (CHRIST). [This circumcised state - unveiled without human hands (see Colossians 2:11) - is also part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law.] As we come to be able to live by GOD and function by GOD, we come to actually see HIM. In this realization (which is in prophetic terms a circumcised reality), we each come to love HIM with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength, even as we come alive to the “I AM” of GOD in all that we do in word and in deed (see Colossians 3:17)! This is the reality of the fulfillment of the Law Of Life (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 8:2; Php 3:3)! The Essence of GOD’s Provision We now see that the LORD JESUS comes alive in us by the SPIRIT in order to enable us to realize an “I AM” reality in substance from HIM - that is in conformance with the fulfilled realities of the Law and the Prophets. In this “I AM” reality in substance from HIM we are being created in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10) through realities of the Word communicated through the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA. And, all that is communicated in HIS faith and HIS love unveils the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. We come alive to this reality in substance by HIS love and HIS faith for us, established in GOD for a new creation conformed to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Revelation 3:14 b; 13:8c, KJV/NKJV). Remember, HIS faith establishes the Law and, HIS love fulfills the Law. And, we are conformed to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets through HIS faith and HIS love communicated. HIS faith and HIS love is part and parcel of the true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b) - the Testimony Of JESUS - awaiting prophetiuc fulfillment (see John 1:16-17, NASB). This Witness - of HIS Fullness awaiting perfect communication - is part and parcel of GOD’s provision, described in the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS for our salvation. We are also being told (in Exodus 32:16 and 2 Corinthians 3:3) that this entirety of knowing GOD and loving GOD is GOD’s own workmanship in our inward parts! And, this entire communication is of HIS substance (Greek: hupostasis), of HIS “I AM” reality revealed subordinately and dependently into us. Being able to increasingly love GOD is the growing reality and testimony of our salvation. Psalms 54:1 tells us that this comes about because we are saved by the Name Of GOD unveiled in HIS Power manifested in our inward parts (see John 17:6 a,26c,26; Ephesians 3:20). Salvation Is A Fully Enabled Reality In Substance Psalms 54:1 when understood in the context of John 1:16-17, tells us that the unveiling of the Name Of GOD (see John 17:6 a) is in the “I AM” substance and reality of HIS Fullness, unveiled and explained - supernaturally - in CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA). And, it is the fullness of HIS “I AM” that actually saves us by fully enabling our salvation (see John 17:26) in and by the substance of HIS Fullness actualized in our inward parts. The Name JESUS (or, YESHUA) - which means YHWH saves or “I AM” saves - saves us in the substance and reality of CHRIST JESUS communicated into our inward parts! This is HIS “I AM” Fullness that is to us the Bread Of Life (see John 1:16-17; John 6:48) - the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy in accordance to the fulfillment of the Law (see Leviticus 21:22). The substance of this communication is in fully subordinate and fully dependent terms, what John 6:53 prophetically addresses as the Flesh of the SON Of MAN. Life Is An Intimacy In The Blood The reality and the intimacy of the substantive communication is in the Blood that actually communicates HIS love for us, into us (see John 6:53-56; Luke 22:20). As Leviticus 17:11 a, pointedly declares: “for the (L)life of the (F)flesh is in the (B)blood!” We must understand and enter this reality in fulfilled terms. For all, of the New Covenant is in the Blood (see Luke 22:20). The substance of the New Covenant is of the Flesh of the LAMB communicated through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:51; John 6:63). In the New Covenant we enter the actuality of: “for the Life of the Flesh [HIS Flesh - the substance of HIS Fullness] is in the Blood!” In the fulfillment of the Law, this actuality of the Life of the Flesh in the Blood is fully actualized in our inward parts through the Flesh and Blood of the LAMB. In the fulfillment of the Law, this intimacy of the communication of true Life is in a living Witness of the Blood (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV) that enables us to live in HIS “I AM” realized in the substantive terms of HIS Flesh fashioned into our inward parts. This is why the Law is “abolished” through growing fulfillment (see Matthew 5:17-18) in HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 2:15) through a new and living Way alive to us through the Witness of the Blood (see 1 John 5:6-8; 1 John 5:10, NKJV). It is not that there is no longer a Law. It is that a higher plane of the Law - in actual fulfillment - is being unveiled by grace upon grace through the actual communication of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness into us. This higher plane of the Law fulfilled, is defined in Romans 8:2 as the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS, that actually sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death. A priesthood of the Order Of Melchizedek will function in this higher plane of the Law fulfilled (see Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). Notice that Hebrews 7:12 declares: “For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of Law also.” During the process of fulfillment, the Law remains to us a tutor (see Galatians 3:21-26) pointing to us the necessity of entering the fulfillment of the Law - by promise realized - through the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness. MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is communicated into us by the substance of true faith unveiled in and through HIS love for us, realized and expressed in the way in which we live (see 1 Timothy 1:14; Romans 3:31; Romans 13:8; Romans 13:10; Matthew 7:12) - in HIM, by the SPIRIT. Hebrews 10:19-20 (NASB) tells us: “we have confidence to enter the Holy Place by the Blood of JESUS, by a new and living Way which HE inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, HIS Flesh”. Please understand that in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets we actually have a new and living Way. A living Way unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. HIS Flesh gives Covenant definition to the promises of GOD in our inward parts (see Ezekiel 36:26-27). And, this comes about through actual communication of the Word Of Promise in and through HIS Spirit and HIS Life by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Ephesians 1:13-14; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22). The Testimony Of GOD is a living “I AM” Witness (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV) that has the exclusive purpose of unveiling the knowledge of HIS “I AM” Fullness - in substance and revelation reality - into us (see Mark 4:22). This actuality is achieved through the Testimony of JESUS being perfected and completed into us. So that we can all actually live by HIM! This actuality is Covenant actualized through Testimony communicated in Spirit and Life into us (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33). The substance of this Covenant Testimony is revelation knowledge. The knowledge of the Knowledge Of GOD. Or, the knowledge that knows YHWH through substance communicated. This knowledge is HIS Flesh manifested in a heart of flesh in fulfillment of the Law (see Numbers 28:2 b, NASB) and the Prophets (see Ezekiel 36:26). [See also Exodus 32:16 and 2 Corinthians 3:3 (KJV/NKJV).] The Knowledge Of GOD The prevention of this manifestation of the Knowledge Of GOD is the essence of spiritual warfare (see 2 Corinthians 10:3-5). Because once this knowledge of GOD actually manifests, satan will have no power over us. Satan has power over us in the realities of falsehood that conform us to the realities of the world and the knowledge forms of man that are fully self-centered and, devoid of the realities of GOD, having been fully derived from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It is in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that satan has power over us. And, all this comes about because this tree of good and evil grows in the denial of the absolute essence and supremacy of the “I AM” of YHWH. Realities that are fully self-centered have no possibility of giving life, because life is an expression that is exclusive to the “I AM” of GOD. The knowledge of GOD on the other hand, delivers us from the spirit of the world and brings into us a knowledge form that is unveiled in GOD and from GOD and, is sustained by GOD and through GOD. The Testimony Of YHWH has the exclusive purpose of enabling us to know GOD, so as to be fully able to function in HIM and by HIM (see Matthew 5:48). And, this knowing is a substantive reality or, a reality fashioned in substance and revelation that actually enables us to know GOD - from the very substance of our being - so as to be able to fully function in HIM and by HIM! To be actually able to fully function in YHWH, by YHWH and through YHWH is the practical fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Truth In Substance Without substance or, the right kind of substance there can - by definition - be no communication of the Testimony Of GOD. Without revelation - in Truth unveiled in an intimacy - there will also be no meaning and reality to the communication of the Testimony Of GOD. The Testimony Of YHWH - HIS “I AM” explained - must exclusively be HIS Testimony, unveiled in substance and reality entirely from HIM to be the Truth! For Truth to remain in us there must be an intimacy described in GOD’s love, alive in our every form of thought, intent, purpose and desire that gives expression to all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). In this Light, we must understand that the knowledge of GOD (that actually knows YHWH) is exclusively the workmanship of GOD. The “I AM” of GOD revealed must be of the substance and reality of HIS PERSON, HIS Nature and HIS Sovereign Will and Purpose - forever. YESHUA’s Fullness Unveils Salvation YESHUA’s Fullness is graphically communicated into us from the cross (see Colossians 2:9, KJV; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 3:16-19) in a growing prophetic expression called forth as HIS Body (see Luke 22:19; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV; John 2:19-21; Revelation 21:9-11; John 17:22; John 17:6 a,26; 2 Chronicles 7:16). The actual manifestation of HIS Body (see Ephesians 1:22-23) is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see John 2:19-21; Ephesians 3:14-21). The unveiling of the Tabernacle Of GOD. HIS Body is to be of HIS Fullness and, through this Body, HIS Fullness is ordained to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:16-21). And, this is how creation will ultimately live - by HIS Fullness! Nothing else can manifest Life. Only that which is exclusively of HIS Fullness can be Life giving. And HIS Fullness is to be creatively communicated into us (see Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 3:19). We can understand that this creative communication is exclusive to the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see Colossians 2:9-10, KJV) WHO is “YHWH YESHUA MASHIAH”. This revelation knowledge of the “I AM” of GOD - unveiled exclusively in CHRIST JESUS - enables eternal life through all that GOD brings alive in us in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:3; 2 Peter 1:2-4 a)! See also Colossians 1:15-20; Colossians 2:9-10. Unveiling The Light Of Fulfillment We see that what is foreshadowed in the Old Testament, is being brought to life in the New Testament in dramatic fashion. 2 Corinthians 3:3 (KJV/NKJV) tells us that GOD will unveil the awesome wonder of HIS “I AM” Testimony into living hearts of flesh (see also Ezekiel 36:25-27; John 6:51). 1 Peter 2:5 speaks of us as coming forth as living stones having a radiance that unveils us each as unique Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19). The flesh is of the substance of HIS “I AM” and, the living stone is the crystallized evidence or, actuality of “I AM” actualized. [We see this by understanding Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV in an “I AM” context (refer Hebrews 11:6).] The substance is flesh and the crystallized realities possessed within the heart of flesh are the realities of HIS Light possessed (see Ezekiel 44:28; Revelation 22:16; 2 Peter 1:19). HIS Light is crystallized as living stone fashioned in light - the Light Of Life (see John 8:12 c)! We see here another expression of the Light Of Life (in addition to the Garments Of Salvation and the Armour Of Light) as living stone (unveiled functionally as different types of precious stones). [HIS Light crystallized - subordinately - in living stone is the Logos Word Of The Oath realized (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). There is functional fulfillment to the Oath Of YHWH. In Ezekiel 28:13-14; Ezekiel 28:16 we see that Lucifer merchandized these stones of the Word that contained the treasures of the anointing and, was sentenced to death in peculiar terms: “I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.” It appears that he was deprived of the reality of the fire of the HOLY SPIRIT. And, the anointing became a living curse of the evil of self denominated power exercised wrongfully - the power of evil, the power of falsehood, the power of death exercised in a continually growing darkness that destroys (see Ezekiel 28:17-19). It is fascinating that Lucifer’s covering was described in precious stones. These precious stones are the functional treasures of YHWH’s grace (see Ephesians 2:7 and, take note of the riches of GOD’s grace) that Lucifer was guilty of merchandizing (see Ezekiel 28:16 a,12-16,16a).] Fulfillment Manifests In A Radiance The crystallized reality of HIS Light is revelation realized (in enlightened terms - see Ephesians 1:17-18; 2 Peter 1:19) that forms the writing as revealed expressions of realities in YHWH in the tablets of our heart. It is the substance of our heart of flesh that becomes the medium that holds the revelation (writing) as HIS Light realized in light. In an actual radiance realized, addressed prophetically as the Sun Of Righteousness in Malachi 4:2. [Please understand that the writing is unveiled in light, as a communication of knowledge, wisdom and understanding rather than as mere writing in words in the worldly sense. So the writing is a communication of the radiance of YHWH’s Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding and Counsels manifested in Truth through substance that becomes part and parcel of our being.] The writing is HIS Light crystallized in a growing radiance - of knowledge unveiled (see Proverbs 1:7, Colossians 2:2-3; Psalms 97:11) - prophetically addressed as the Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19). This radiance is held in a heart of flesh in an intimacy that knows HIM and loves HIM. This radiance of revelation knowledge unveiled, is the Sun Of Righteousness (see Malachi 4:2); the Light of GOD’s righteousness unveiled in us through the process of enlightenment (see Ephesians 1:17-18) in revelation knowledge being increasingly perfected and completed into us. We become lights in this enlightened state of being and, our FATHER is called the FATHER Of Lights (see James 1:17-18; John 16:22-27). This is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Exodus 25:31-40; Revelation 1:20 c), the Prophets (see Genesis 15:5; Zechariah 4:1-14) and, the Psalms (see Psalms 37:3-6). This substantive reality - of the substance of HIS Flesh and the crystallized light or radiance of living stone - unveils the Testimony Of GOD in the tablets of our heart of flesh. That is, the tablets of flesh are unveiled in a radiance that is formed in HIS Light crystallized as living stone. The functional realities of living stone are unveiled as precious stones - the bejewelled functional realities of true wealth in YHWH! The manifestation of abidng prosperity! And, all this is a communication in grace upon grace (see John 1:16-17, NASB)! 2 Peter 1:19 describes this reality in prophetic terms as the Morning Star. And, this is simply the realized fullness of the Bright Morning Star that unveils us each as Morning Stars - actual lights fashioned in the Light Of Life (see John 8:12). And, in this growing fulfillment, our FATHER is prophetically addressed as the FATHER Of Lights (see James 1:17-18; Genesis 15:5). The precious stones of our functionality are the crystallization in light of every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift given, that comes exclusively from the FATHER Of Lights! In describing all this we are simply trying to express a multi-faceted, complex, mystery - by revelation - in human language, that gives us some insight into the mysteries of GOD which, we are each called to be actual stewards of (see 1 Corinthians 4:1; Ephesians 3:2-5)! “I AM” Unveiled In Intimacy And Light The crystallized reality of living stone unveils an awesome prophetic message (of fulfillment) when we understand that GOD our FATHER and our Shepherd is prophetically addressed as the STONE Of Israel (see Genesis 49:24). This reality of living stone is the actuality or the crystallized evidence of the STONE Of Israel being - subordinately and dependently (see John 5:19; John 5:30) - unveiled into our inward parts (see Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6 KJV/NKJV). This crystallized reality becomes an Oath in HIS Light. A growing and increasingly complex functional Oath Of Covenant manifested from the Testimony Of YHWH that we have actualized - functionally - from our inward parts (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6) by the SPIRIT, in MASHIAH YESHUA (see Romans 8:2)! This crystallized reality, is HIS “I AM” Light unveiled into us - in fully derivative and subordinate terms - as a construct of the revealed Word that enlightens us. This enlightened creative Word Construct unveils us as lights in HIS radiance realized (see James 1:17-18; Genesis 15:5; John 17:22; John 17:26 c). We are lights in revelation knowledge actualized. Revelation received is light realized through a process of enlightenment (see Ephesians 1:17-18, to understand this). Light realized is a crystallization of the actualities of YHWH. This crystallized evidence, is HIS “I AM” unveiled from the Word as an “I AM” Oath realized, in which we can function in GOD and by GOD. [We see from Ezekiel 28:13-14 that Lucifer functioned from an external mantle of precious stones. We are being taught to function from an internally realized Oath of YHWH’s reality. We possess the wealth of YHWH’s grace in our inward parts (see Acts 20:32; 1 Timothy 1:14; John 1:16-17). We are being manifested as living stones. Hence the higher dimensions of functionality in CHRIST JESUS are being opened to HIS Body through HIS Fullness realized (see Hebrews 1:2-5; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:16-19). This is why satan hates us.] The Oath Explained The reality of the Word Of The Oath is a prophetic reality fulfilled from the Old Testament Law, where the people of Israel were - by Law - instructed to “swear” by the Name Of GOD (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). In fulfilled terms, this swearing is a state of being in HIS Light revealed in substantive terms, so that we are entirely a fully subordinate and fully dependent expression of HIS Fullness! This substantive reality of swearing, is an actual confidence (hupostasis) realized, as we become actual partakers of MASHIAH (CHRIST) as noted in Hebrews 3:14 (KJV/NKJV). When we enter the conviction of becoming “bond servants” to YHWH YESHUA MASHIAH (the LORD JESUS CHRIST), we enter the reality of a sworn state fully in subjection to the supremacy of YHWH. And, this is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law in our inward parts (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; Jeremiah 31:33-34). And, our inward witness will be unveiled in the Spirit Of Faith (see 2 Corinthians 4:13) perfectly described in John 5:19-20; John 5:30; John 4:34. And, this growing witness of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness, will unveil us in the perfection of our GOD and FATHER (see Matthew 5:48). The inward, sworn state is defined in our ability to actually function in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! Romans 8:2 calls this reality the Law Of Life actualized. In this reality we will come to love YHWH as we come to increasingly live by HIM (see Deuteronomy 30:6) - in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s Will (see Colossians 1:9-11). This word “swear” is explained in the New Testament as a reality fashioned in CHRIST JESUS as the Word Of The Oath (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22) by the SPIRIT (see John 6:63; John 16:13-15). This word “swear” carries with it a dual reality: an intimacy fashioned in HIS Flesh, as well as a crystallized reality of HIS “I AM” in Light realized that unveils as a confidence in HIM. HIS Flesh is substance and the crystallized reality of HIS “I AM” is the living stone of HIS Light realized as knowledge, wisdom and understanding (see Colossians 2:2-3) that forms the prophetic fulfillment of the writing on the tablets of hearts of flesh! The fulfilled manifestation is a realized radiance of the Light Of Life - an Oath in place in us. The illumination of true knowledge, wisdom and understanding is the light of the writing manifested in revealed terms! Fulfillment In Crystal-Clear Jasper We can see this fulfillment being opened to our understanding in passages from Revelation 4:3 and Revelation 21:11. In Revelation 4:3, GOD our FATHER is described in prophetic terms as “a Jasper STONE and a Sardius in appearance.” In Revelation 21:11 the Bride Of The LAMB is described as “having the glory of GOD. [See John 17:22; 2 Peter 1:19.] Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper.” See also Matthew 5:48! This actuality of living stone speaks of the perfected and completed Word Construct of the revealed Word - actualized in the evidence of GOD (see Hebrews 11:1 b,6, KJV/NKJV). Revelation 21:11 describes this as “a stone of crystal-clear jasper” that is fully in the image of GOD the FATHER, WHO is described as “a Jasper STONE!” See also Genesis 49:24 c. Knowing That Unveils Function In this reality, we are unveiled as a people who know that their Shepherd is the STONE Of Israel. This is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Prophets that unveil the substantive functional reality of YHWH as Ebenezer, the STONE Of Israel. The STONE Of Israel WHO has brought us functionally alive into the Mount Of The LORD (see 1 Samuel 7:12; Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2) in a growing, functional, Passover. In this growing Passover we are meant to be learning to walk among the Stones Of Fire (see Ezekiel 28:14; Ezekiel 28:13-14) in functional terms realized from our inward parts! [This is why all spiritual warfare involves preventing us from entering into the knowledge of YHWH (see 2 Corinthians 10:3-5). To prevent us from learning to walk among the Stones Of Fire.] We are enabled to function in GOD and by GOD in this actualization! This enabling is the mystery of CHRIST explained (see Colossians 2:3), even as CHRIST is increasingly formed in us (see Galatians 4:19) as Living Stone (see 1 Peter 2:4). This actualization is the Word Construct of the “I AM” Oath of HIS Name realized in our inward parts (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). This Oath is described through the Word (Logos) Of The Oath unveiled and explained in the SON in the “I AM” terms of HIS Spirit and HIS Life communicated (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; John 1:18, KJV+NASB). Our Brilliance In HIS Light This actualization is a crystallization in GOD’s “I AM” Light. GOD Is Light and, we are unveiled in HIS Image and HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 3:19) as lights (see James 1:17). Revelation 21:11 describes this light as our “brilliance” that unveils through a crystallized reality of “crystal-clear jasper.” See also 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 and 2 Corinthians 4:6-7. Notice from James 1:17-18, that the crystallization in revelation knowledge or, enlightenment in HIS Light, unveils from the Word Of Truth! Truth is unveiled in the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST in a substantive revelation reality prophetically described as: “I AM The Truth!” This “I AM” communication in Truth is HIS Flesh (see John 6:51). When crystallized into an “I AM” evidence in light, it becomes living stone that manifests a bejeweled radiance that is prophetically being called our “brilliance”. This is our brilliance in HIS Light realized! See 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 and John 17:22; John 16:13-15. The unveiling is a crystallized reality of the “I AM” of GOD explained from the Word (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB) through the “I AM” Testimony of CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 1:17-18) unveiled in an intimacy of the flesh of HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 5:30; KJV/NKJV) formed in our heart (see Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:25-27). The crystallized reality of the Word that is according to the Name is called living stone! But, this crystallized reality must have the intimacy of being unveiled in the flesh of HIS Flesh. Without the intimacy the crystallization would be unsustainable and ultimately meaningless. Intimacy is the essence of Blood Covenant (see Genesis 17:13 b; Ezekiel 36:26; Deuteronomy 30:6). Intimacy is in the Blood that gives Life to the flesh of HIS Flesh (see Leviticus 17:11). The Covering Cherub Who Fell Ezekiel 28:13-14; Ezekiel 28:12-18 speaks of the covering cherub who fell in spite of having a covering of “every precious stone.” Awesome in appearance, the covering cherub fell because he failed to cultivate the intimacy with GOD, his Creator and Benefactor. He failed to pursue the intimacy of knowing GOD; and, because of this, he destroyed his awesome destiny. Because he never realized how much GOD actually loved him, he betrayed GOD. He betrayed GOD by thinking that the “stones of fire” amongst which he walked on the Mount Of The LORD (see Ezekiel 28:14; Genesis 22:14) were a position earned in his own merits. And, therefore, he had a right to trade and merchandize in “his” anointings (see Leviticus 3:16 c; James 4:5). His thought processes became so convoluted that he came to think that he could even become “GOD” (see Isaiah 14:12-15). Prophetic Convergence: Bread And Light In us, the unveiling of living stone arises from a Word Construct fashioned into our state of being. This is why 1 Peter 2:5 refers to us all as actual living stones. It is crucial that we understand that this reality of living stone must be necessarily unveiled from a heart of flesh that knows HIM and actually loves HIM (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29). As we can see, an exciting prophetic picture unveils when we come to see the convergence of the reality of living stone (fashioned in the Light Of Life - see John 8:12 c) described in 1 Peter 2:5, with the reality of the Bread Of Life in John 6:48; John 6:51. Where the Bread Of Life is unveiled in a heart fashioned in the flesh of HIS Flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26). [We can also understand this prophetic convergence from the Table Of Shewbread (the Bread Of The Presence) and the Candlestand being placed on the same plane in the Tabernacle Of Moses. The result of this prophetic convergence is the Altar Of Incense being manifested from our heart. With this Altar Of Incense fulfilled in our heart we can enter the Holy Of Holies (see Hebrews 9:3-4). Understand that in this prophetic convergence and realized functionality within us, we are seeing another facet of the actualities of the Law and Prophets fulfilled being actualized from our heart (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2).] In John 6:48, the LORD JESUS refers to HIS “I AM” as the Bread Of Life. In John 6:51, the LORD JESUS refers to HIS “I AM” as living Bread and, HE refers to this living Bread of HIS “I AM” as HIS Flesh. Our heart of flesh refers to the substantive reality of the “I AM” of GOD unveiled – in fully derivative and subordinate terms – in CHRIST JESUS. Our heart of flesh is of the substance of CHRIST JESUS – HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17; Colossians 2:9, KJV) unveiled through the cross. Our BELOVED, Our Husband Our heart of flesh defines an intimacy (see Ephesians 5:31-32) of having been saved and, of being actually sustained by our BELOVED - “David”, our Husband! We come to live through HIM (see 1 John 4:9) in the actualization of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). In this process of being actualized in and by CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16; John 17:26 c), life without HIM becomes increasingly inconceivable (see John 5:19-20; John 5:30 and Hebrews 11:5 to understand this Witness). This intimacy is actually realized in and from our BELOVED’s faith and love for us. And, an intimacy fashioned in our BELOVED’s faith and love for us, is a necessary prerequisite to any reality of GOD having true and abiding meaning in us! Without the Root Of David (see Revelation 22:16) we will have nothing to root us in the “I AM” realities of GOD unveiled - subordinately - in living stone. The Root Of David is established and fulfilled in HIS faith and HIS love for us - fully realized in a heart of flesh that is exclusively of HIS Fullness unveiled in love! Without the Root Of David we will never come forth as the Offspring Of David (see 2 Chronicles 13:5; Psalms 132:11-12). And, we will never come to realize the Key Of David that unveils the “I AM” Door of the Memorial-Name (see Revelation 3:7-8; John 10:9; John 10:1-2; John 17:6 a,26; Exodus 3:15; Exodus 3:13-15)! Living stone refers to the crystallized realities or actualities of the Word that is according to HIS “I AM” that we have come to realize. The substance of this reality must necessarily be defined in an intimacy of the flesh of HIS Flesh. A reality that is fulfilled in a Marriage Covenant simply described in prophetic terms as “one flesh” in Ephesians 5:31-32. The Logos Word Construct Of Bread And Light Let’s go over this again! The Bread Of Life is described as the Flesh of the LAMB in John 6:51. In reading John 6:51 carefully we see that the Bread Of Life is the “I AM” of GOD unveiled in the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see also Colossians 2:9, KJV). In this reality we see the LORD JESUS as “YHWH YESHUA” and, this proclamation of the LORD JESUS is expressed in the highest reality of the term LORD as YHWH. In this reality of YHWH YESHUA unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, we see that this living Bread of HIS “I AM” is called HIS Flesh in John 6:51. This living Bread of HIS Flesh unveils our heart of flesh (as mentioned in Ezekiel 36:26) in fully subordinate terms. So, our heart is fashioned in the flesh of HIS Flesh. And, this flesh of HIS Flesh defines our intimacy in GOD and with GOD. Our heart of flesh is of the substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This substance is also unveiling a construct of living stone in the “I AM” Fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17). GOD’s “I AM” is being unveiled to us (see Colossians 2:9, KJV; John 6:48; John 6:51) - derivatively and subordinately - in an intimacy in the Flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:53). The crystallized realities of the “I AM” of GOD, unveiled in CHRIST JESUS and perfected and completed in us into living actualities of “I AM”, are described as living stone. The “living” necessarily comes out of an intimacy of knowing GOD (see John 17:3) fashioned in HIS Flesh. This “living” is a Spirit enabled reality of Life unveiled exclusively from CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63) – from HIS Words (Rhema) of Spirit and Life that becomes an eternal and abiding (Logos) Word Construct of HIS Words within us (see Luke 21:33; Luke 24:44). All of this inward Word Construct is a growing continuum of GOD’s Name unveiled, as a reality in revelation knowledge. Revelation knowledge is GOD’s provision of HIS Word according to HIS Name – YHWH-JIREH! Revelation knowledge manifests the actualities of our salvation according to GOD’s Name unveiled to our inward parts (see Psalms 54:1). We come to know GOD and to love GOD as we come alive to HIM in terms of WHO HE IS and all THAT HE IS! The “WHO” and the “THAT” of HIM are communicated into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF, as HIS Fullness unveiled (see John 6:63; John 1:16-17). We come to know GOD and to love GOD as we come to actually live by HIM in the Spirit and Life formed realities of the Word Construct alive in us as the flesh of HIS Flesh and the light of HIS Light! This is the Logos (Word) of HIS LOGOS (WORD) formed in us in fully subordinate terms! This is how we are fashioned in HIS Image (see Romans 8:29). We have in chapters 1 and 2 opened the reality of knowing GOD on a high plane of revelation knowledge. In the rest of this book (both Book I and Book II) we will lay the foundations of entering into this revelation - both positionally and functionally. If you are willing to absorb the Word by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS you will discover the realities of this awesome revelation being actualized in your inward parts. This will be entirely the work of GOD and you will come into the joy of being actually taught by GOD. Being actually fashioned and formed by YHWH. This will be a multi-faceted reality in GOD and of GOD. In this unveiling, will come a very personal and intimate reality of YHWH. May YHWH bless you in the glory of HIS Grace. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 79: 06.05. THE PASSOVER ======================================================================== The Passover To summarize what we have said so far: GOD’s Testimony, revealed and explained in CHRIST JESUS, unveils the realities and actualities of HIS “I AM” in realized Logos Word terms in our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; Luke 21:33; Hebrews 7:28). The realities and actualities of YHWH’s “I AM” are communicated and explained into us in the Testimony Of JESUS. This explanation is communicated in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. And, this is a supernatural communication of Truth. Communication in CHRIST JESUS’ Spirit and Life unveils in a growing inward state of being that is increasingly able to function in realities consistent with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. [See Matthew 7:21-23 to see the need for realities consistent with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, being unveiled in us.] This prophetic reality of the Testimony Of JESUS that carries the Spirit and Life communication of HIS Fullness is an exciting reality. It is exciting because the Testimony unveils the actual fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - in substance - into us. The fulfillment unveils through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in an enabled and empowered inward state of being built in substance and sustained in Blood Covenant partnership with the PERSON of the HOLY SPIRIT (see 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:13-14)! In this realization, the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets unveil in us as actual functional realities, in the substance of the Logos Word, realized in the “I AM” of GOD unveiled in YHWH-YESHUA! This realization in the “I AM” of GOD unveils in a living and growing Passover fashioned in the flesh of the LAMB. And, we can see that the Passover is in effect a growing, functional state attained in GOD. The entire process of living in YHWH and by YHWH unveils and blossoms in a growing, Passover. A Passover into the living - realized - Memorial Testament of GOD’s Name, revealed and explained in CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 3:15; Exodus 3:13; John 1:18; John 17:6 a,26) by the HOLY SPIRIT, into an actuality of true life realized in our inward parts and, through our inward parts. The realization in the substance of HIS Fullness is manifested in the flesh of the LAMB. The realization in our inward parts results in a Passover. Being Opened To The Kingdom Of GOD In the Passover unveiled to our inward parts, we come alive to the Mount Of The LORD that is descriptive of realities unveiled in consonance with the Name Of GOD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Ezekiel 28:14; Genesis 22:14). The Mount Of The LORD is revealed to our inward parts, in a growing “I AM” prophetic reality called the MOST HIGH (see Genesis 14:18-20; Genesis 22:14). And, the reality of “I AM” unveils as an ascent into the Mount Of The LORD. And, the ascent is a fully functional ascent or, Passover (see 1 Kings 17:1; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). In the growing reality of the Mount Of The LORD we come alive to the Kingdom Of GOD and the actuality of functioning in the Kingdom (see Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV). The Mount Of The LORD unveils in the actuality of a growing Passover realized - with understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) and confidence (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV) - from our inward parts (see Luke 22:15-16; Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2) in the reality of us being actual partakers of CHRIST. In Proverbs 9:10 b, understanding speaks of the intimacy of knowing the HOLY ONE. And, in Hebrews 3:14 (KJV/NKJV) confidence (hupostasis) is an actuality in substance (hupostasis). And, we see that both understanding and confidence are - in Truth - realities in the substance of CHRIST JESUS Fullness - HIS Flesh. Kingdom Realities In The Spirit And Life Of CHRIST JESUS In the “I AM” revelation of the LORD JESUS CHRIST as YHWH-YESHUA MASHIAH, the Testament of GOD - “I AM” - unveils in a growing complex of realities (see John 17:6) fashioned into a continuum of fulfillment. And, this is the unveiling of GOD’s Testament is a continuum of fulfillment that is according to the Word Of GOD (see Luke 24:44; Psalms 138:2 c, NASB). The fulfillment of the Word is unveiled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS and, is explained in realities described by the faith and love of the LORD JESUS - for us! This reality of a continuum of fulfillment (see Jeremiah 1:11-12) is opened from our inward parts as a living and growing Passover into the Kingdom Of GOD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Luke 22:15-16; Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV). And, the different levels of the Kingdom Of GOD are described according to our ascent into the Mount Of The LORD. The ascent is being described by the faith and love of the LORD JESUS unveiled in its perfected and completed substance, as our faith in GOD and our love for GOD actualized from MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness (see Hebrews 12:2 a; John 1:16). In this process the Egypt of the world system is removed from our inward parts even as we ascend into the Mount Of The LORD in a growing Passover continuum. In the perfected and completed substance - of HIS Flesh actualized - we are created in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15; John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV) in a growing Passover actualized in our inward parts. Our faith in GOD and our love for GOD is perfectly defined in CHRIST JESUS and made fully functional by the HOLY SPIRIT. The actuality is entirely of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA. This revealed and perfected reality is our Passover into the Kingdom Of GOD realized in our inward parts, in CHRIST JESUS, according to an actual knowledge of GOD (see Exodus 3:13-15; John 17:6; John 17:26). The entire realization of the Passover in the actual knowledge of GOD is of the actual fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17) perfected and completed into us; and, is - exclusively - GOD’s handiwork (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, NKJV/KJV). The Key Of David In the growing realization of the “I AM” fullness of CHRIST JESUS, unveiled to our inward parts as an actual Passover, we enter the actuality of a growing reality of GOD and, an - actual - functional relationship with GOD. We are drawn to love GOD with our heart, soul, mind and strength, as we actually come alive to HIM, in CHRIST JESUS. As we actually come to know HIM, through Passover functions attained in CHRIST JESUS. And, this knowing is the Key Of David (see Revelation 3:7) that opens the “I AM” Door of the Name (see John 10:9) into the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2)! This knowing is fully functional in a growing Passover into the Mount of The LORD (YHWH). As we actually come to function in HIM and by HIM, we come alive to an actuality that CHRIST JESUS fulfilled for us. We come alive to realities defined in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets through all that is fashioned into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! See John 5:19-20; John 5:30 to understand the functional reality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled - in a total dependence on YHWH. In this complex, supernatural process we come alive to the fact of actually being saved by HIM. YHWH Provides Through A Passover Continuum In the reality of increasingly coming alive to GOD, in the realities of HIS provision explained in the Law and Prophets fulfilled, we enter an actual Passover into the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14). The reality of GOD that unveils this Passover in YHWH-YESHUA is prophetically addressed as YHWH-JIREH - “I AM WHO I AM ... I AM Your Provider!” GOD provides for us by unveiling a Passover into the Mount Of The LORD! This is a Passover into the Eternal Mountain of the “I AM” realities and actualities of the MOST HIGH GOD (see these realities being described in Ezekiel 28:14; Ezekiel 28:13-14) explained into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:18, NASB). The Passover is designed to unveil our salvation in fully functional terms! Being Blessed In The Law And The Prophets Fulfilled The unveiling of “I AM” in a growing Passover is the essential engine of fulfillment in GOD’s prophetic Word. “I AM” revealed is Life realized in GOD and by GOD; the actual fulfillment of the Word that proclaims: “I AM The Life!” In this growing fulfillment reality, are unveiled the realities of the blessings described as “the utmost bound of the Everlasting Hills” in Genesis 49:26 b (see also James 1:17). All of these realities are blessings unveiled and explained through the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets realized in our inward parts in the spiritual medium (or, Rhema) of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS actualized! We are saying that the “I AM” reality established within us in CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) will unveil (and explain in substance) the realities of the fulfillment of GOD’s Law and the Prophets. And, this will take place in us and amongst us, and also, through us, in the growing expression of our peculiar callings in ministry (see Ephesians 4:11-13; Ephesians 4:15-16). Please be reminded, that the fulfillment of the Law unveils realities that are on a totally higher spiritual plane than that of the letter of the Law (see Matthew 5:20; Matthew 5:17-18). The higher spiritual plane unveils realities that will never be attained through the practice of the Law (see Matthew 11:11). The higher spiritual plane of fulfillment unveils through the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA perfected and completed into our inward parts and unveiled in thought, word and deed into all that we do (see Colossians 3:17) and into all that we become as a new creation in MASHIAH YESHUA (see Ephesians 2:10). This fulfillment is in a substantive reality fashioned in revelation knowledge into our inward parts and, unveiled with wisdom, knowledge and understanding (see Colossians 2:2 b-3) into all that we do in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (YHWH-YESHUA). In this growing fulfillment we are in effect being actually created in CHRIST JESUS from our inward parts (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16). And, this creation comes through actual substance communicated. This creation finds functional expression in a growing Passover! And, this creation in substance is being unfolded in our soul and spirit - through the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 4:16). And, this creative actuality is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The revealed realities of the Law and the Prophets, fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA), are descriptive of functional realities to be unveiled and actualized in our Passover. This Passover is being daily actualized (see 2 Corinthians 4:16; John 17:22) in some growing measure of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17) unveiled in our inward parts (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16) through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The reality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is unveiled as a growing revelation (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22; Mark 4:20) of true life, realized in and by CHRIST JESUS (see Matthew 5:17; John 1:16-17) through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This reality in us is sustained in the fact of the realities of the Law and the Prophets being increasingly fulfilled in us, in CHRIST JESUS’ Fullness being made alive in our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 17:26 c). This realization of the fullness of YESHUA MASHIAH in revelation knowledge (see 2 Peter 1:2-4 a) actually enables us to know GOD so as to actually be fully alive in HIM and by HIM and through HIM. In coming alive to YHWH, YESHUA MASHIAH becomes to us the Alpha and the Omega of everything in thought, word and deed! And, this is a Passover! The Passover Medium Of The Testimony Of JESUS The process of the Passover continuum into the Mount Of The LORD is facilitated by the Testimony Of JESUS being unveiled meaningfully within us (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3), in a steadily growing construct of the Word. This Word Construct is fashioned in the actual Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see Mark 4:22-25; Matthew 5:17-18; Luke 24:44; Luke 22:15-16; John 17:6; John 17:26)! When fulfilled in us and amongst us, this inward reality - fashioned by GOD (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) - describes a fully functional reality in GOD. This fully functional reality is our ability to function in GOD and by GOD - for GOD. See Romans 8:2 and Genesis 17:1-2. Being Unveiled As Eagles We see that the actuality of GOD’s Testimony reveals HIS “I AM” Name as Life realized in us. This revelation opens a Passover into the Mount Of The LORD (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Ezekiel 43:7; Ezekiel 43:12; Hebrews 3:3-5). In the Mount Of The LORD we become eagles that ride in the winds of the SPIRIT Of YHWH! And, being eagles in fully functional terms is an important aspect of the fulfillment of the Prophets (see Isaiah 40:31). Notice that eagles do not get tired. Eagles have realized their Sabbath rest in the Mount Of The LORD, being able to effectively function in the winds of the SPIRIT Of YHWH. Understand also that the Sabbath rest is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law. This position on the Mount Of The LORD is a position that enables us to function in GOD and by GOD in the measure of the Passover that we have attained to from our inward witness (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV). This Passover is unveiled in resurrection power (Greek: dunamis). Dunamis power works within us because the LORD JESUS gave HIMSELF to us in sacrifice from a cross (see Ephesians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:23-24). Dunamis power is communicated in MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness communicated in substance through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Ephesians 1:19 a; John 6:63; Hebrews 1:3 b). The Memorial-Name Explained In the eternal prophetic reality of the Passover (see Colossians 1:12-13; Colossians 1:9-13), being revealed and fulfilled in us and amongst us in a growing continuum - forever, GOD’s Name is called a Memorial-Name (see Exodus 3:15 c, NASB). YHWH-YESHUA is the Memorial Name unveiled and explained in fully functional terms from our inward parts (see Colossians 3:17; John 17:26; John 16:22-27). The actuality of the Memorial-Name is to be unveiled in the Church (see Ephesians 3:21; Ephesians 3:16-21 - composed of both Jew and Gentile) in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA), that opens an “in-filling” of the fullness of GOD to our inward parts (see John 1:16-17; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 1:22-23). The Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA) is prophetically described as “the Breadth and Length and Height and Depth” in Ephesians 3:18. This growing fullness - communicated in increasingly fulfilled terms - makes us actual sons of GOD in conformance to the actual measure of YESHUA’s Fullness realized in our inward parts (see Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV; Romans 8:29). The Body Of HIS Fullness In prophetic terms, this (fulfilled) testimony of HIS Fullness unveiled has cosmic implications in the context of the Church (composed of both Jew and Gentile because there can be no complete Bride without our Jewish brethren). As the living Body Of CHRIST, the Church is in prophetic terms a living and growing expression of HIS Fullness, that will fill all in all - in, and by, and through, HIS Fullness realized and expressed (see Revelation 12:10-11; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:16-21; Ephesians 2:10). This Body of HIS Fullness is manifested by the HOLY SPIRIT, the SPIRIT Of Life (see Romans 8:2). The Body of HIS Fullness finds function and expression in a living and growing testimony, unveiled from a living witness (see 1 John 5:10 a) alive within us. This witness - to the unveiling of the Memorial-Name - is in its entirety the exclusive workmanship of GOD (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6; 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; Exodus 3:15 c). A Functional Witness In Us Our inward witness is defined in the stature in which we know GOD and love GOD, through YHWH YESHUA alive in our inward parts (see John 17:26 c; 2 Chronicles 7:16) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The inward witness expresses the “I AM” realities (unveiled in GOD’s provision) in which we can function in GOD and by GOD! This testimony or, living witness that we are each chosen and called to realize and to express (see John 1:16-17; Colossians 3:17) is the Testimony Of GOD, explained into us in CHRIST JESUS revealed. We are each called to know and treasure GOD - uniquely - in, and by, the “I AM” fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:9) that we have each been enabled to realize and to possess in the tablets of our heart. This realization is revelation knowledge; unveiled, in substantive terms, into the tablets of our heart by GOD HIMSELF (see John 6:45; Mark 4:22-25; Ephesians 1:17-18; Hebrews 8:10-11; Hebrews 10:15-16). This realization in revelation knowledge unveils and enables a Passover - in fully functional terms - according to the “I AM”, Word defined realities of GOD realized in our inward parts of both spirit and soul. In the remainder of this book, we will unveil the building blocks of this Passover into the Mount Of The LORD. We shall explain how the Mount Of The LORD is an actuality that unveils the realities of GOD’s provision as YHWH-JIREH to our inward parts (see 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 2:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:12). This revelation unveils with an understanding that knows HIM (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) so that we are able to fully function in HIM and by HIM! We can understand this functional reality as a witnessed reality of YHWH-YESHUA (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV) alive from our inward parts by the SPIRIT. This functional Passover reality in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, is the Law Of Life! There is no other means by which we can actually live. This functional Passover reality is in its growing fulfillment a growing spiritual ‘Tree Of Life’. [INSIGHT: This witnessed reality of YHWH-YESHUA unveils the construct of the Ark (“the Breadth and Length and Height and Depth”) peculiar to our priesthood before GOD (see Hebrews 3:6; 1 Kings 9:3 b; 2 Chronicles 7:16). The witness of this priesthood is unveiled in the degree in which we hallow the FATHER’s Name, in the realized fullness of CHRIST JESUS. See Deuteronomy 10:8 and Hebrews 7:11-12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28, NASB. See also Colossians 3:17.] ======================================================================== CHAPTER 80: 06.06. COMING ALIVE TO GOD ======================================================================== Coming Alive To GOD In the revelation of YHWH-YESHUA, opened to us by the HOLY SPIRIT, we have the potential of discovering an awesome and growing actuality of life in GOD and by GOD (see Isaiah 66:1-2). In this fulfillment of the Word Of GOD, we are meant to come to tremble in awe at the greatness of GOD unveiled (or, revealed) to our inward parts. This is a reality that GOD’s revealed Word is meant to establish in our inward parts in substance (see Isaiah 66:2). And, this substantive reality is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Exodus 32:16), Prophets (see Isaiah 66:2) and, Psalms (see Psalms 138:2 c). The substance is of MASHIAH. [Please understand that to tremble in awe at GOD’s Word is a deep personal revelation of GOD in the actuality of HIS revealed Word manifested in our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44). This actuality is a reality in revelation knowledge, perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) by the Finger Of GOD. The awe manifests in our inward witness as we come to actually know YHWH (see Revelation 1:17 a).] In this chapter we will come to discover how GOD unveils the specifics of life in HIM and, by HIM through YHWH-YESHUA (the LORD JESUS). Realizing A GOD-Given Reality Of Life The Word Of GOD tells us that we are made up of three parts: spirit, soul and body (see 1 Thessalonians 5:23). In being born again, Scripture instructs us that GOD has given us a new heart and a new spirit (see Ezekiel 36:25-27). This same verse tells us that GOD has put HIS SPIRIT within us, so as to cause us to walk in HIS statutes. [Notice from Ezekiel 36:25-27, that the new birth is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Prophets. And, its purpose is to enable the fulfillment of the Law by causing us to walk in YHWH’s statutes! In this sense, the statutes of YHWH must be understood in their fulfilled perspective and reality in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT, rather than in terms of the letter of the Law. For example, the Sabbath unveils as a perpetual, growing rest being actually fulfilled in functional terms in our inward parts (see Hebrews 4:6-11) rather than a weekly, legalized ritual of observance. In this Sabbath rest we come to be alive to “HIS Voice” – the Voice of the abundant waters of HIS Rhema Word (see Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3; Ezekiel 1:24; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:15 b) opened to us in Blood, Water and Spirit, in CHRIST JESUS (the LORD of the Sabbath – Luke 6:5) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV). Understand that all of these complex, functional realities are part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. These functional realities in the Law and Prophets fulfilled will never come to us by any other means. Understand that the complex potentials in this fulfillment arise because of the eternal limitlessness of the “I AM” of YHWH that unfolds the Testament Of Fulfillment into Covenant! Understand also that the Law interpreted by the letter will never enter such dimensions of fulfillment. Understand also that the Law interpreted by the letter will never unveil as a freedom of limitless growth in Truth opened in our free will response to YHWH (see 1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:18 to understand this). Where, our free will is molded in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, in conformance to MASHIAH YESHUA - by substance communicated - through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. This is why the Law fulfilled is described as the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In MASHIAH YESHUA in Romans 8:2. Understand that only the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS will actually set us free from the Law Of Sin And Death.] Being Opened To A Relationship We see that GOD the HOLY SPIRIT causes us to walk in HIS statutes through the new heart and new spirit HE has given us. In this process of causing us to walk in HIS statutes a relationship with GOD is opened to our inward parts (see John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13; 1 John 5:10 a) as a growing realization. This realization comes through the substance of the Word communicated in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, being unveiled into our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; Hebrews 10:15-16). In this realization in substance (hupostasis), we come to know GOD. [This realization is the framework in which our Sabbath rest in YHWH is manifested in growing fulfillment, as a living, functional, rest alive in our inward parts (see Hebrews 4:9-10; Hebrews 4:1-13).] Being Enabled By GOD We see that in causing us to walk in HIS statutes, YHWH is by implication also enabling us to actually walk in HIS statutes. And, this enabling involves an actual change of nature as we put on CHRIST, in JESUS Name (see 2 Peter 1:3-4; Hebrews 3:14). This enabling also involves an empowering in our inward parts (see Ephesians 3:20). That is, we are enabled (or, anointed) in our inward parts to do something that we would otherwise be unable to do. This unveiling is in terms of both, ability (to do in word and deed - see Colossians 3:17) and character (or, nature that naturally desires all that is of the righteousness and holiness of truth - see 2 Peter 1:3-4 a; Ephesians 4:23-24). [And, this basic framework of enablement is the means by which YHWH unveils the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into our inward parts. This totality of enablement is a realization of grace upon grace as we receive YHWH’s provision in CHRIST JESUS Fullness, by the SPIRIT. We need to understand that we each need to be enabled by GOD in every functional dimension of our being. Our basic problem is that we actually think that we ‘are able’ to function without GOD. See John 5:19; John 5:30 to see a different thought process that unveils a different lifestyle entirely drawn from YHWH.] When we combine Ezekiel 36:25-27 with John 3:3, we see that in giving us a new heart and a new spirit through the new birth, GOD has enabled us to see the Kingdom Of GOD and, GOD has also enabled us to actualize the realities of the Kingdom from our inward parts (see 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13). Proverbs 20:12 explains that GOD has given us a seeing eye and a hearing ear. And, this faculty of being able to hear and see, is part and parcel of our new heart and our new spirit (see 1 Corinthians 2:9). The ability to see and hear is developed and actualized through the revealed Word unveiled and fashioned into our inward parts (see Mark 4:22-25; Hebrews 5:13-14) in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. Please understand that it is the actual communication of the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA by the HOLY SPIRIT that enables us to realize the actualities of the Word that MASHIAH YESHUA actually fulfilled. YHWH Communicates Truth in the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness. The substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is HIS Flesh that gives us each a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26). Entering The Kingdom Of GOD We also see from John 3:5, that in giving us a new heart and a new spirit, GOD has also enabled us to enter the Kingdom, by Water and the SPIRIT. In order to enter the Kingdom Of GOD, in fully functional terms, we need to understand what Water and SPIRIT mean. Being Transformed Supernaturally Ezekiel 36:25 declares that the Water cleanses us and washes us from all our idols and from all our filthiness. This simply means that this process of cleansing by Water is part of the fulfillment of the Prophets and actually changes our nature and actually enables us to see (know and understand) the realities of the Kingdom Of GOD. [Please understand that this is the underlying process that enables the fulfillment of the Law! And, the fulfillment of the Law then becomes the basis for the realization of the Prophets from the perspectives of the blessings (see Deuteronomy 28:1-14); the anointings and the fulfilled purposes of YHWH (see Ephesians 1:3-6; James 1:17-18). So, the Law and the Prophets are a fully integrated reality of the fulfillment of the Scriptures in the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS (see Matthew 5:17-18) that will manifest a living and growing Passover from our inward parts (see Psalms 15:1-2).] Being Enabled To Function In The Kingdom The HOLY SPIRIT undertakes the cleansing process in us, so as to enable us to actually enter the Kingdom Of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 2:9-10) and, function in the realities of the Kingdom Of GOD, opened into us through the washing with Water. What we see is that GOD has enabled us to see the Kingdom Of GOD through a process of washing that is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Exodus 30:17-21) and the Prophets (see Ezekiel 36:25). And, GOD has also enabled us to enter the Kingdom Of GOD by the HOLY SPIRIT - in fully functional terms - through the new heart and new spirit that HE has given us and, which HE is developing and enlarging within us (see Psalms 119:30-32) through a process of washing. [Notice that Ezekiel 36:27 tells us that the unveiling of the SPIRIT Of YHWH in our inward parts is also part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Prophets (see also Isaiah 48:16-19)!] This fully functional inward reality is a reality in GOD and, a reality of GOD alive in us. And, this functional reality is being fashioned into our inward parts of spirit and soul. This fully functional reality has to be revealed to us from the Word Of GOD, supernaturally explained into our hearts by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13; Hebrews 10:15-16) through substance communicated. The Law Of YHWH is established through true substance communicated (see Romans 3:31) into our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; John 14:6; John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV). When this substance (of CHRIST JESUS) in our inward parts is perfected so that it unveils in love, we begin to see the actualities of the Law fulfilled (see Matthew 22:37-40). When love blossoms by substance perfected and completed into us in the full complement of the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT - there is no longer a Law in operation (see Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 2:15). A higher dimension of ‘the Law fulfilled’ has been opened. And, this higher actuality of ‘the Law fulfilled’ is because of the freedom and liberty of truth formed in us, in actual substance (of CHRIST JESUS Fullness) made fully functional in the liberty of the HOLY SPIRIT (see James 1:25; Romans 8:2). ‘The Law fulfilled’ is perfection manifested! Understand that Truth sets us free through operation of the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS (see John 14:6; John 14:16-17; John 16:13-15). This Law is the perfect Law (see James 1:25; Hebrews 7:12) and, is in effect the Law of perfection. What is being unveiled into us is an inward reality that we can describe as the actual Knowledge Of GOD - in substance - which is a reality that is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Exodus 25:21-22; Deuteronomy 6:4-6) and the Prophets (see Jeremiah 31:33-34). In this actual Knowledge Of GOD being unveiled through the revealed Word, we are being enabled through our new heart and new spirit, to increasingly live and function in GOD and by GOD. The Knowledge Of GOD unveils through our being able to actually live, move and have our being in HIM and by HIM. This functional reality - unveiled in and by and through the Knowledge Of GOD - is exclusively a reality of the Kingdom Of GOD alive from our inward parts (see Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV). How exactly does this functional reality in the Knowledge Of GOD actually come about? How does it develop from our inward parts? The Knowledge Of GOD We see and enter the Kingdom Of GOD by the HOLY SPIRIT, through a living process of being washed in Water. This washing is described as a process of renewal and regeneration opened to us in GOD’s grace (see Titus 3:5; 2 Corinthians 4:16). The Water in which the washing is done is described in Ephesians 5:26-27 as the Water of the Word (Greek: Rhema). We need to understand that the processes of renewal and regeneration are opened to us in a reality, described as “a washing” with the Water of HIS Rhema Word (see Ephesians 5:26-27; Ephesians 5:25). [“Rhema” Word is the Word (Logos) Of GOD unveiled and quickened to our heart and, quickened through our heart by the HOLY SPIRIT. See also Hebrews 10:15-16. Rhema Word communicated into us forms Logos Word. This Logos Word, when quickened by the HOLYSPIRIT, has the potential of manifesting as Rhema Word. Rhema Word when communicated from us, is Logos Word made alive to us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This unveiling by the HOLY SPIRIT is always in the Name Of JESUS and, always of the actual fullness of CHRIST JESUS. Rhema Word is the GOD activated realm of the Logos Word. Through Rhema Word, GOD actually communicates, performs and fulfills HIS Logos Word. That is, through Rhema, GOD activates the “I AM” realities of HIS Logos Word, so as to express and fulfill realities of HIS Word that are fully consistent with HIS Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB)!] We see (from Ephesians 5:26-27) that through Rhema Word, GOD actually washes us spotless and blameless, without blemish! Obviously such a process fulfills the Law in actual perfection communicated into our inward parts. [See Matthew 5:48, to understand that there needs to be a process alive in us that actually makes us perfect. That is, GOD’s Law needs to be fulfilled in a perfection that is manifested in actual substance into us (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). When perfection comes there is no longer a Law. There is no need for life by Law any more. Perfection is perfectly lawful! We learn to live perfectly - be perfect - by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS! This growing ‘perfect life’ is described in the realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. So ‘perfect life’ is fully consistent with GOD’s Law and the Prophets. So perfection is perfectly lawful! The elements of perfection are described by the Fruits Of The HOLY SPIRIT against which there is no Law (see Galatians 5:22-23).] Renewal And Regeneration Washing unveils itself through actual spiritual processes of renewal and regeneration (see Titus 3:5), that actually transform us from our inward parts (see 2 Corinthians 4:16). This transformation unveils in and through the “substantive content” of the Rhema Word communicated. [Please understand that all of these processes unveil the actualities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in CHRIST JESUS. Understand also that in this process there is an actual unveiling of the Power of the Cross in fully realizable actualities in our being. There is an actuality of power awaiting actual realization by us! This ‘power realization’ is a reality of true life, available to all of us - by grace upon grace (see Ephesians 3:20; Ephesians 3:16-19; John 1:16, NASB/KJV/NKJV)!] The end result is that through the processes of renewal and regeneration, we are being enabled to see and to function in GOD and by GOD! Renewal and regeneration are in effect processes that enable us to see more clearly in a growing eternal continuum. And, this happens through the realities of the Rhema Word revealed and realized in our inward parts - through substance (hupostasis) communicated. The realization is an inward reality opened through a living and growing process of renewal and regeneration that is the exclusive ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. Revelation Knowledge Realization, through renewal and regeneration, is a process that enables GOD’s Word to come alive in us as revelation knowledge. Deuteronomy 29:29 tells us that revelation knowledge, when realized or actualized, enables us to actually observe GOD’s Law. Obviously such a communication unveils in an actual enabling. And, we can now understand that this is because there is an inherent process of washing, through renewal and regeneration, that fully enables this observance of GOD’s Law in actual fulfilled terms. There is a new nature brought alive in us (see 2 Peter 1:4 b,1-4) that enables GOD’s Law to be fulfilled - in some (growing) measure of fulfillment - in our inward parts (see also Galatians 5:22-23; Galatians 5:23 c). The Supernatural Realities Of the Kingdom We need to understand that all of this ‘complex of processes’, are supernatural realities of the Kingdom Of GOD; realities by which, GOD enables HIS sons (see Galatians 3:26-28) to live and grow by HIM, by all that HE is able to bring into our lives! In this reality – of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - we come to actualize the fact of “I AM The Life!” These are processes unveiled by the Finger Of GOD into our inward parts (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3). Rhema Word is the medium in which renewal and regeneration, is activated by the HOLY SPIRIT. Rhema Word is of the Spirit and Life of the LORD JESUS HIMSELF (see John 6:63). And, the process of washing with the Rhema Word is a process of renewal (the old being made new) and regeneration (the dead being made alive) that is the exclusive ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, as noted in Titus 3:5-6. The washing is an actual creative process that enables the old in us to become new and, the dead in us to be made alive. And, this entire process is in (and of) the actual Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! Remember always that this is a creative process. Through this creative process unveiled into our inward parts GOD actually shows us WHO HE IS, in the context of all THAT HE IS! This process of renewal and regeneration enables eternal life through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! And, this is how we will live eternally - in a continuum of actual renewal and regeneration! And, this continuum is fully consistent with the Law and the Prophets – in fulfilled terms, unveiled exclusively by the SPIRIT in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. So, the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT actually enables us to come alive to the Kingdom Of GOD, through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. By the SPIRIT, we actually enter into the Kingdom Of GOD from our inward parts through hope in CHRIST JESUS (see Hebrews 6:19). Hebrews 6:19 unveils the power of the Blood - through hope in CHRIST JESUS - which is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law of the Sin Offering (see Leviticus 4:3-7). We are actually able to see and enter the realities of the Kingdom Of GOD and, actually live and function in these realities in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, alive in our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15)! All of this reality of the Kingdom Of GOD is exclusively unveiled as revelation knowledge. And, revelation knowledge is a reality of the Law fulfilled (see Exodus 32:16)! Revelation knowledge is the revealed Word described into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. Revelation knowledge is of the actual fullness of CHRIST JESUS realized in our inward parts. In revelation knowledge (see Mark 4:22) we come alive to realities that are exclusively of the Kingdom Of GOD (see Hebrews 12:28). These Kingdom realities are described by the WORD Of GOD and, are being revealed to us in HIS Spirit and HIS Life by HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s perfect will (see John 6:45). This process of coming alive to Kingdom realities, unveil in us as a living and growing Passover from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom Of Light (see Colossians 1:13; Colossians 1:9 b-13). The Actualities Of Kingdom Living The actualities of the Kingdom Of GOD unveiled within us are - when realized - the reality of some measure of the Passover into the Kingdom Of GOD. The Passover into the Kingdom Of GOD being realized (see Luke 22:15-16), through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63 b). The Passover is fulfilled in a growing reality of remembrance - in hope - that anchors us behind the veil at the speed of thought (see Hebrews 6:19) in fulfillment of the Sin Offering (see Leviticus 4:4-10). Understand that the fulfillment of the Sin Offering enables Kingdom living! And, this is an actual Passover from the world system into a Kingdom reality. And, this Passover stands in a witness alive to our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a). We ‘pass over’ to the extent we have received and realized the “I AM” Witness of YHWH (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV). The Passover is described according to the Spirit and Life fullness of CHRIST JESUS that we have come to realize and possess in hearts of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The heart of flesh is formed in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. This heart of flesh is fashioned in the substance (Greek: hupostasis) of HIS Fullness – in fully derivative, dependent and subordinate terms. Kingdom Actualities Are Defined In Substance The Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS is communicated into us through the medium of the Rhema Word. The HOLY SPIRIT communicates the substance of the Rhema Word into our inward parts by a process of revelation (see Mark 4:22) - the substantive manifestation of HIS Light (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Psalms 97:11). HIS Light enlightens us and makes us functional Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19). This too is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Prophets (see Genesis 15:5; Psalms 37:3-7 a; Colossians 1:11; Colossians 1:9-12; Malachi 4:2). The substantive realities carried in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS are revealed, perfected and completed into us, through living processes of renewal and regeneration. And, in this process of renewal and regeneration we come to live by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). The revealed Word is communicated into our inward parts of heart and mind (in the being of our spirit and soul) as we choose to live the revelation in dependent partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 14:16-17; John 16:13-15). The revealed Word is perfected and completed into our inward parts in the substantive terms of CHRIST JESUS (or, MASHIAH YESHUA’s) Fullness unveiled, through the revealed Word. And, we are in this process being unveiled in HIS image through HIS Fullness - actually - realized. Actualities Are Unveiled Creatively The communication into our inward parts is a creative process of renewal and regeneration! HIS Fullness communicated into us through the revealed Word actually transforms us and brings us forth as a new creation (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10) in and by HIS Fullness realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB)! The Testimony Of JESUS is an eternal Rhema Word communication - of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - given by GOD to us (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) as an inheritance and as a possession in HIS “I AM” Testimony (see Ezekiel 44:28). [Understand that this too is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The Testimony Of JESUS is the living spiritual framework by which the Law and the Prophets are communicated in fulfilled terms.] Given the fact that the LORD JESUS fulfilled the Law and the Prophets, we need to understand that the Testimony Of JESUS carries the awesome potential of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into us for expression through our lives and ministries (see Ephesians 1:22-23). This is a fulfillment that will find its expression in all that we do in word and deed, in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17). And so, in MASHIAH YESHUA we have an awesome potential (see Php 4:13; Php 4:19; Php 4:23)! The Law and the Prophets fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS are unveiled in us in HIS Spirit and HIS Life. And the growing reality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is part and parcel of the practical expression of our salvation actualized from the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. The HOLY SPIRIT uses the revealed realities of the Testimony Of JESUS - expressed in HIS Spirit and HIS Life - to actually renew and regenerate our inward parts in the realities of the revealed Word (that are in accordance with the Law and the Prophets fulfilled). And, this creative process is termed “a washing” with the Rhema Word that unveils our inward parts in a growing perfection (that is in accordance with the Law and the Prophets fulfilled). This is a reality in perfect conformance to MASHIAH YESHUA (see Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15-16; Colossians 1:19-20; Colossians 1:15-18). [This process of washing is so powerful that it unveils in us and amongst us as a flawless crystallized reality described prophetically as “jasper stone” (see Revelation 21:11; Revelation 21:9-11). Our FATHER is also described as a Jasper STONE (see Revelation 4:3; Genesis 49:24 c). This crystallization of the Knowledge Of GOD - in “jasper stone” - fashions the Bride in HIS Image. And, the radiance of the (revealed) Light of the Knowledge Of GOD, that enlightens our inward parts, is being described in Revelation 21:11 as “Her brilliance”. Our brilliance is a crystallization of the Light of GOD’s “I AM” unveiled in us and amongst us in fully subordinate terms in CHRIST JESUS. See also 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 and 2 Corinthians 6:6-7. This brilliance is the radiance of the Light Of Life unveiled from our inward parts (see John 8:12 c; 1:4). This radiance of the Light Of Life is a living expression of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled that is an unveiling of the actual Knowledge Of YHWH. This radiance is prophetically addressed as the Sun Of Righteousness (see Malachi 4:2). This Light Of Life is righteousness unveiled in accordance with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. This Light Of Life is the Righteousness Of GOD unveiled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Corinthians 5:21; John 8:12 c).] All this is possible because the Rhema Word is - exclusively, an “I AM” actuality - communicated subordinately into us; in, and by, and through, the medium of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63). Discovering The Actuality Of YESHUA’s Faith And Love The Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS was consecrated through the cross for our well being, by the faith and love of the LORD JESUS CHRIST for us (see John 17:19; John 17:22-23; 1 Timothy 1:14). The faith and love of CHRIST JESUS was unveiled before the FATHER for judgement, so as to facilitate and to enable the processes of our salvation in practical terms (see Hebrews 9:14; Luke 23:46; Romans 1:3-4; 1 Timothy 1:14). Romans 1:3-4 proclaims that CHRIST JESUS was judged and vindicated through HIS resurrection, because HIS human spirit was an expression of the Spirit Of Holiness. HIS sanctified fullness (see John 17:19) is unveiled to us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). HIS sanctified fullness enables the processes of our salvation to be actually manifested through HIS Spirit and HIS Life, in realities entirely described in - the Spirit and Life substance of - HIS faith and HIS love for us. This unveiling through Rhema Word (see John 6:63) by the HOLY SPIRIT, is a process of washing of renewal and regeneration. Both renewal and regeneration - in the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS for us - are processes entirely beyond the knowledge, realities and abilities of man. This is a reality that is exclusive to the Creator GOD WHO has chosen to bring us forth as a new creation in CHRIST JESUS and, by CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This is a reality exclusive to the Righteousness Of YHWH. The Actuality Of The Knowledge of GOD This new creation is a reality of the Kingdom Of GOD (see Luke 22:15-16; Revelation 3:14 b). This reality is being unveiled in a growing Passover to be realized and actualized from the witness of our heart (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14). This Passover is a revealed reality unfolded in the Knowledge Of GOD. Where, the Knowledge Of GOD is an exclusive expression of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS brought into us by the HOLY SPIRIT! So we see that in being born again, GOD has opened to us a reality of HIS Kingdom and its promises as a living and growing Passover, in entirely supernatural terms that are an exclusive construct in the Knowledge Of GOD unveiled to our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16). The Knowledge Of GOD - GOD’s “I AM” revealed - is what CHRIST JESUS calls HIS Flesh in John 6:51. HIS “I AM” revealed is the Bread Of Life (see John 6:48) and, the Bread Of Life is HIS Flesh (see John 6:51 a,c)! [Understand that in the Flesh of the LAMB we see the fulfillment of the Levetical sacrifices of the Law (see also Ephesians 2:15).] HIS Flesh is HIS “I AM” revealed. We are to eat of HIS “I AM” Flesh, through the Word revealed into our inward parts in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, so that we can receive HIS “I AM” Fullness (see Colossians 2:9, KJV) as a growing realization - in substance - in a growing heart of flesh (see John 1:16-17, NASB; Ezekiel 36:26). This is a functional reality opened to us inwardly (see Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV) in a knowledge form (see Isaiah 53:11 b) perfectly fashioned (and completed) in CHRIST JESUS for us. HIS knowledge is unveiled for our realization and actualization (see Colossians 2:2-3; John 1:16-17, NASB) through HIS Spirit and HIS Life, in the power of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). The Crucial Process Of Revelation We receive and realize this functional reality through a process of revelation from GOD (see Mark 4:22-25; John 6:45; 1 Timothy 1:14) that is perfected and completed into us. Revelation communicates the actualities of GOD into us and through us - in the realities of CHRIST JESUS faith and love, actually realized in our inward parts from HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Deuteronomy 29:29; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). Revelation knowledge is the Knowledge Of GOD being communicated in the medium of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! Revelation knowledge is the process of communication by which GOD unveils HIS Fullness in us in fully derivative and subordinate terms (see Mark 4:22; Deuteronomy 29:29; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 3:16-19). The functional realities of the Kingdom and its promises are all fully described and enabled in a spiritual construct of the revealed Word fashioned into our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. And, all of this is a growing Passover to be completed in the dimensions of eternity. Amen! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 81: 06.07. THE POWER THAT WORKS WITHIN US ======================================================================== The Power That Works Within Us Our inward parts relate to our heart and mind, unveiled in the spirit and soul dimensions of our inward being. The revealed Word is actually being fashioned into our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in and through the power (Greek: dunamis) invested in the realities of HIS faith and HIS love for us. The power of HIS faith and HIS love saves us and actually enables us to change by making us become partakers of the Divine Nature (see 2 Peter 1:2-4; Hebrews 3:14; John 1:16, NASB). In this chapter, we shall discuss the realities of power made available to us in CHRIST JESUS. We are transformed in HIS Image, through HIS Fullness received being actually perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Romans 8:29; John 1:16-17). In the process of being transformed in HIS Fullness, there is an actual release of a living and growing power that works within us (see Ephesians 3:20) in a reality beyond all that we ask or think (see also 1 Corinthians 2:9). This is an inwardly empowered state of being. 2 Peter 1:3 actually states that: “... HIS Divine Power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness ... .” This verse also tells us that this power unveils in the true knowledge of HIM. This true knowledge of HIM, is communicated through HIS Spirit and HIS Life in the actualities of HIS faith and HIS love for us. This power is precisely conformed to HIS faith and HIS love; and is communicated into us through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. HIS Spirit and HIS Life - communicating HIS faith and HIS love - unveil as living and growing conduits of the Truth that give actual expression to HIS Fullness. The fullness that GOD consecrated for our well being in MASHIAH YESHUA’s sacrifice. The communicative medium of HIS Fullness - consecrated through sacrifice - is prophetically addressed as the Testimony Of JESUS. And, in the Testimony Of JESUS the Spirit that enables the fulfillment of the prophetic dimensions of Scripture is manifested (see Revelation 19:10 c; John 3:34; John 6:63; John 17:8 a,7a) in power. Through the actuality of fulfillment is the actual manifestation of the power that is inbuilt (or, invested) into the Rhema Word that communicates the Testimony Of JESUS (see Hebrews 1:3 b; John 6:63). The Testimony Of JESUS is communicated in and as the Rhema Word of HIS Power - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 1:3 b; John 16:13-15; John 6:63 a). Please be reminded through 2 Peter 1:3, that the Rhema Word of HIS Power grants us everything pertaining to life and godliness. GOD’s provision includes HIS power (see Colossians 1:9-11). We are to be strengthened with all power according to GOD’s glorious might. And, all power comes through the communicative medium of the Rhema Word Of HIS Power (see Hebrews 1:3 b). The Testimony Of JESUS is the Spirit Of Prophecy that manifests the communication of power in increasingly fulfilled terms (see Revelation 19:10 c). The Testimony Of JESUS was invested with all power when the FATHER raised the SON from the dead in the Spirit Of Holiness (see Romans 1:3-4) to occupy a position at HIS right hand “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion” (see Ephesians 1:19-21). In this position MASHIAH YESHUA “upholds all things” by the Rhema Word Of HIS Power (see Hebrews 1:3 b). In the actual unveiling of the Testimony Of JESUS (see Ephesians 1:17-19), which is the perfect will of the FATHER (see Colossians 1:15-20), we are each meant to be strengthened with all power (see Colossians 1:11; Php 4:13; Php 4:19; Ephesians 1:3-6) in conformance to CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:29). In being strengthened with all power, we are to be fully enabled to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens ‘me’ (see Php 4:13, NKJV). All power is to be revealed in the personal and intimate terms of our life and our ministry that unfolds before HIM (see Genesis 17:1-2; Galatians 3:29; Revelation 1:7-8) WHO is at all times the Author and Finisher of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a; Ephesians 1:19 a). GOD’s Provision In Power Being transformed is a process unveiled in a reality described as grace upon grace (see John 1:16), released in YHWH’s power that vindicates us (see Psalms 54:1) in actual creative terms (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24). The power released through the Witness Of The Cross (see Ephesians 1:19-20; 1 Corinthians 1:18) unveils in a faithful and true Witness - the AMEN of the Testimony Of JESUS, designed to actually express the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b; Hebrews 1:3 b). And, all this is part and parcel of the prophetic unveiling, in actual fulfilled terms, of the Testimony Of JESUS (see Revelation 19:10 c; John 17:6 a; Psalms 54:1; Colossians 1:15-20). Everything in the Testimony Of JESUS is unveiled in power. The key to realizing the power of GOD is to seek the unveiling of the Testimony of JESUS. [Please understand that Psalms 54:1 is being used here in the context of Luke 24:44 and Matthew 5:17 and John 17:6 a,26. It is crucial to understand Scripture and see the development of Scripture in the context of its actual intent of growing fulfillment (see Jeremiah 1:11-12; Luke 24:44). It is in the context of actual, growing, fulfillment that Scripture unveils the actual release of the power of YHWH. The Scripture revealed in us - in its fulfilled realities - releases the power of YHWH through an energized and living witness fashioned into our inward parts. This witness is a Word defined reality fashioned in CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) that is made fully functional by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2).] Ephesians 3:20 tells us that this dunamis power is at work within us, to bring forth realities that are beyond all that we ask or even think! These realities of the Knowledge Of GOD - in power, are described in the actual faith and love of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see 1 Timothy 1:14) for communication into our inward parts - creatively (see Colossians 2:2 b-3; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24; 2 Peter 1:3-4 a). The empowered communication into us is also meant for living expression through us - in fully functional terms. In the realization of the power of GOD, we are vindicated (see Psalms 54:1; 2 Peter 1:3; 1 Corinthians 6:11) in an actual lifestyle empowered by GOD. The Power That Unveils Through A Word Construct We see here the unveiling of a creative, inward construct that enables a fully functional state of being - fashioned in CHRIST JESUS - through a Word Construct of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, manifested in fully empowered terms. The inward construct in CHRIST JESUS, is fashioned into us and is made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT, in a witness in substance that is fashioned out of the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS for us (see John 16:13-14). In this witness in substance, power is invested into us in conformance to CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:10 a; Romans 8:29) in fully functional terms (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 16:23-27). We need to understand that the fundamental intent of the Rhema Word is to communicate the power that will create in accordance with the specifics of the Rhema Word communicated (see Hebrews 11:3; Revelation 3:14 b) in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2). Rhema Word communicated (see John 6:63) - revealed, perfected and completed - becomes a Logos Word Construct of HIS Words in us (see Luke 21:33). There is an eternal and creative continuum of the translation of Rhema to Logos - undertaken by the HOLY SPIRIT - that unveils us as a new creation in CHRIST JESUS; the actual and growing workmanship of GOD (see Ephesians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). We are being continuingly perfected and completed in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! The result is substance expressed in Logos terms. This substance - communicated from the faith of CHRIST JESUS - has in turn the potential of being quickened by the SPIRIT into Rhema that unveils actual (empowered) spiritual functions in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this sense the HOLY SPIRIT actually makes the inward construct and, also fully enables our (empowered) functional status in CHRIST JESUS. The faith and love of the LORD JESUS fashions the actualities of our salvation into us; as a Word Construct manifested in the substance of HIS Fullness, in which we can live and function in - by the SPIRIT. The foundational framework of this Word Construct is called the Word Of The Cross (see 1 Corinthians 1:18, NASB). And, the Word Of The Cross, is the framework of the power (Greek: dunamis) of GOD, to be unveiled into us to enable a new creation to arise from death in sin to life in GOD’s perfection, manifested through the SON (see Matthew 5:48; John 17:6 a). We are empowered to live even as perfection is communicated into us in the substance of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 1:16-17; Matthew 5:48). The Rhema Word is designed to communicate the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63). And, this communication in Rhema Word (see Matthew 4:4; John 3:34) is a perfect manifestation of power (see Hebrews 1:3 b; Matthew 5:48; John 1:16-17, NASB; Romans 8:29) in creative terms unveiled in true conformance to CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:23-24; 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7). See Revelation 3:14 b. Power Unveiled In A Living Witness The (Logos) Word Of The Cross is, in its quickened Rhema terms, a functional reality (or, Witness - 1 John 5:10 a,8) alive by the SPIRIT Of YHWH; expressing a living, functional reality fully derived from CHRIST crucified (see 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 1:22-24). This Rhema Witness of CHRIST crucified is manifested in us in a living, functional, Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; John 19:30; John 19:34). The Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit is a living and growing expression of HIM in HIS Fullness (see 1 John 5:6, NKJV) - given to us in and by sacrifice (see John 17:26 c) through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; Hebrews 9:14). The Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit unveils in a growing realization of HIS Fullness - through communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, consecrated for our well-being through HIS sacrifice, into us. The purpose of this Witness is so that we will always function in the sacrifice that is the living substance and reality of all of GOD’s provision in accordance with HIS Name - YHWH JIREH (see Genesis 22:12-14; John 1:16-17, NASB/KJV/NKJV). This functionality is described in Numbers 28:1-31 :b (NASB) in the fulfillment of the Law as: “You shall be careful to present MY Offering”. So we function in an empowered witness that presents GOD’s Offering from our inward parts. This functionality in Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV) - by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2) - is the framework and actuality of Blood Covenant in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets and the Psalms (see Luke 24:44). It is because this is the functional manifestation of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled, that it sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death (see Romans 8:2, 17:14-25, 8:1-2, KJV/NKJV). And, this entirety - alive in us - is the actuality of presenting YHWH’s Offering from the temple of our being. CHRIST crucified is the power (Greek: dunamis) and wisdom of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 1:24) consecrated for our salvation in the temple of HIS Body (see Colossians 2:9, KJV; John 2:19-21). And, the power and wisdom of GOD is opened to us in the living Witness of the Cross that finds actual expression in us, in the Witness of the Blood, Water and Spirit. This Witness is the true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b) made alive in us by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). Colossians 2:9, KJV tells us that in CHRIST JESUS is the fullness of the GODHEAD in bodily form. In the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, crucified - and, alive as a Rhema Witness in the SPIRIT Of YHWH - is the power and wisdom of GOD for our salvation. This Rhema is a living Witness in the SPIRIT Of YHWH. This Rhema is the Testimony Of JESUS that we are called to possess by the SPIRIT (see Revelation 19:10 c; Ezekiel 44:28; John 17:6 a) in substance unveiled in a confidence (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV). The fullness of the GODHEAD in bodily form is communicated prophetically, in Spirit-enabled terms through and as CHRIST crucified. The communication is brought forth in Rhema terms, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 9:14; John 6:63) into our inward parts in the medium of a Rhema Witness. The Rhema Witness is exclusively of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, consecrated for our everlasting well-being through the cross. Dunamis power, fashioned and perfected through the cross, in the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS for us, is the power that works within us (see Ephesians 3:20) by the SPIRIT (see Ephesians 3:16) in a growing witness within us (see 1 John 5:10 a). This witness in us is rooted and held in the substance of HIS Fullness formed in our inward parts. This rooting in substance is the Root Of David that unveils us as Offspring Of David (see Revelation 22:16; Psalms 132:10-12). The empowered sons of GOD! Dunamis power is resurrection power (see Php 3:10). Understand that dunamis only unveils in the prophetic dimensions of CHRIST crucified (read carefully 1 Corinthians 1:18-24). CHRIST crucified is the eternal prophetic Testimony of the LAMB slain from the foundation of the world (see Revelation 13:8, KJV/NKJV; Revelation 3:14 b). The eternal prophetic Testimony (Of JESUS, the LAMB) is designed to actually manifest - by the SPIRIT - a true and faithful Witness that is the AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b) of GOD’s every promise that will unveil and blossom in a new creation (see 2 Corinthians 1:20; Ephesians 2:10). And, this entirety is an expression of the power invested in the Rhema Word Of YESHUA’s Testimony, being actualized in our inward parts. This results in a (growing) empowered inward state. The empowering alive in us is manifested in Blood, Water and Spirit. Power Released In HIS Faith And His Love For Us In CHRIST crucified is the power that comes to us, in HIS faith and HIS love for us, that actually saves us. By enabling a new, empowered reality - unveiled by HIS Spirit and HIS Life - that has the power and potential of being actually expressed into every facet of our thoughts, our words and our deeds, GOD has through the Testimony Of JESUS opened to man, the actuality of salvation by a new creation in the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness. In the Testimony Of JESUS is the power with the Word-defined potential of shaping us in spirit, soul and body, in every facet of the dimensions of our heart and mind. And, this is a reality unveiled in the AMEN of the true and faithful Witness, as a Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV) that will unveil us each as sons of GOD (see Galatians 3:26-29; Genesis 14:18-19; Genesis 15:5-6; 2 Corinthians 5:21) in fully functional terms. Sons Of GOD brought forth in and by the SON, in HIS image and HIS Fullness made manifest from within us as “I in them” (see John 17:6 c) realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB; 1 John 5:6, NKJV) by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). It is because HE was crucified - entirely and personally for each one of us - that there is a Witness of HIS faith and HIS love, available for us to receive and to grow through. And, this results in us having an empowered inward state. The power that works within us has the potential of continual growth in JESUS Name. HIS faith and HIS love are the dimensions in which the power of HIS resurrection is released to us. Therefore the source of this power - given to us - is in the living Testimony of HIS sacrifice. The living Testimony of HIS sacrifice is the true and faithful Witness that unveils a new creation in the actuality of HIS Fullness being communicated. This eternal sacrifice is prophetically unveiled as ‘CHRIST crucified’. And, the power of HIS resurrection is unveiled to us, in the faith and the love for us in which HE was crucified for each of us (see Luke 22:15-16). This power - explained into our inward parts, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS’ faith and love for us, in the actuality of the Word that HE fulfilled - transforms us. We are appointed to realize every function of our being - in spirit, soul and even body - in this resurrection power that manifests HIS Fullness through precise communication of HIS Word (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. The Law Of CHRIST - The Functional Reality Of Power The functional reality being unveiled to our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, is described according to a spiritual framework unveiled as the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). This is the New Covenant Law Of Life. And, the unveiling of this Law is an actual manifestation of the power YHWH has invested in CHRIST crucified. The Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS is the Law Of Life (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29). This is the Law Of Life that unveils its growing fulfillment in a circumcised reality that puts no confidence in the flesh of man (see Php 3:3; Romans 2:29; Deuteronomy 30:6). This is the Law Of Life that unveils the actualities of us each being able to live and function in GOD, in CHRIST JESUS unveiled in us and from us, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in a fully functional actuality - in all power - that is the FATHER’s will (see Colossians 1:9-11, NASB). We live in GOD and by GOD, in the realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS being made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT, in fulfilled realities described as Life. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - when realized in functional terms in our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT - unveils a circumcised reality that gives expression to true life (see Romans 2:29; Colossians 2:11 a). In the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets there are substantive realities circumcised into hearts of flesh through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29). This circumcision makes us citizens of the Kingdom Of GOD, the New Jerusalem (see Zechariah 1:14) by actual functions realized. This circumcision that unveils actual function in GOD, by GOD and through GOD, puts no confidence in our flesh (see Php 3:3). This circumcision is a realization of the power of GOD invested in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, being made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). Circumcision unveils specific realities and functions realized through the power of GOD. Circumcision unveils in fully functional terms or fully empowered terms. We can actually function by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - in the FATHER’s will (see Colossians 1:9 b-12) in the specifics of the Word circumcised into our heart (see Deuteronomy 10:16; Romans 2:29). Four Spiritual Laws That Unveil Our Circumcision The Law Of Life is described in terms of four spiritual Laws: (i) The Law Of Faith; (ii) The Law Of Righteousness; (iii) The Law Of Love; and, (iv) The Law Of Holiness. All of these spiritual Laws are designed to enable us to live and function in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. All of these spiritual Laws are designed to bring alive to us the realities and actualities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. All of these spiritual Laws are designed to unveil - in fully functional terms - the power that YHWH has invested in CHRIST JESUS. All of these Laws are exclusively described in CHRIST JESUS. And, all of these Laws are exclusively brought alive to us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2) in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in order to enable a circumcised reality that puts no confidence in the flesh of man (see Php 3:3; Romans 2:29). These fully functional spiritual Laws are brought alive to us in a living and growing process of the circumcision of the heart (see Romans 2:29; Php 3:3). We will discuss the functional realities and potentials in these Laws Of CHRIST in Book II. Unveiling Actualities Of The Law And The Prophets Fulfilled The Law and the Prophets were fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS in the perfected and completed expressions of HIS Spirit and HIS Life. Faith, righteousness, love and holiness are elements of this fulfillment awaiting growing expression in each one of us - by the SPIRIT, in MASHIAH YESHUA. The actualities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled are actually described in HIS Spirit and HIS Life in faith, righteousness, love and holiness. The actualities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled are brought alive into us as the (Rhema) Testimony (or, Witness) Of JESUS through the conduits of HIS faith and HIS love for us. In this reality we are manifested in HIS righteousness, as being increasingly holy unto YHWH. And, this is a fully functional state of being in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is an empowered inward functional state. HIS Fullness - that carries the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - is now being unveiled into us in Word defined realities of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, that are actual expressions of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled - in actualities defined in HIS faith and HIS love for us. In this growing fulfillment, we are manifested in HIS righteousness as being increasingly holy unto YHWH. HIS faith and HIS love is the righteousness of GOD unveiled in JESUS CHRIST, the TRUE MAN (see Romans 3:20-21, KJV), in holiness unto YHWH (see Romans 1:3-4). The unveiling of the realities of the Law and Prophets fulfilled, in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, is expressed into us - in empowered terms - as our salvation realized. Please be reminded that all this is the unveiling of the power of YHWH invested in CHRIST JESUS for our perfect salvation. In the actualization of our salvation, the realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled are being made fully functional in us in a spiritual framework called the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). This realization - in fulfilled functional terms - is a circumcised reality that actually puts no confidence in our flesh. This is an empowered reality formed in us. A Spiritual Framework In Which Power Is Released We are describing here a spiritual framework that stands in the power that YHWH released when HE raised CHRIST JESUS from the dead and seated HIM in a position described in Ephesians 1:21 a as being: “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion”. In the framework of power released in the strength of the FATHER’s Might, YHWH “put all things in subjection under HIS (the LORD JESUS) feet, and gave HIM as Head over all things to the Church, which is HIS Body, the fullness of HIM WHO fills all in all.” The spiritual framework in which this power is released in fully functional terms is prophetically addressed as the Law Of CHRIST. The Law Of CHRIST is a Law Of Life that enables us to live and function in GOD and by GOD through the Spirit that was consecrated for our well being through CHRIST crucified. HIS Spirit is called the Spirit Of Prophecy. HIS Spirit transmits the actualities of the fulfillment of the Prophets. HIS Spirit unveils as an anointing that is in accordance with the Law and the Prophets. The Spirit Of CHRIST is a living expression of the power consecrated in HIS Fullness for us. The Spirit Of CHRIST is the anointing that breaks the yoke (see Isaiah 10:27, KJV) and enables us to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13). This functional framework of the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS is described and made alive in us through circumcised realities described in the Law Of Faith, the Law Of Righteousness, the Law Of Love and the Law Of Holiness. These are spiritual realities unveiled and explained in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in us, by the HOLY SPIRIT! In these spiritual realities unveiled, true life is developed in empowered terms. This functionality reflects a growing reality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. These are realities of faith, righteousness and love being built in holiness unto GOD, into our state of being! Faith, righteousness, love and holiness are attributive functional realities described in CHRIST JESUS and unveiled in us (or, circumcised into hearts of flesh) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29). These attributive functional realities unveil in a power that is - fully and perfectly and completely - GOD’s provision for us in CHRIST crucified. In this fulfillment we are empowered to live by GOD. True Life Realized In Power We live and function in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will. This is the only Way we can actually live forever (see John 17:3)! The power to manifest this substantive reality (or, reality in substance) is released through the cross. This power stands in the framework of the Word called the Word Of The Cross (see 1 Corinthians 1:18, NASB). This power in the Word Of The Cross, is perfected into a living and growing framework of the Word Of The Oath that unveils the functional guarantees in CHRIST crucified (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22). Life in CHRIST JESUS unveils by the SPIRIT, in accordance with realities described in the Law and Prophets fulfilled. The Law and the Prophets fulfilled are described in the Word formed by the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS and unveiled into us - in increasingly fulfilled terms - by the HOLY SPIRIT. The actuality of such fulfillment is inherrent to all of the abiding and the eternal in Scripture. The reality of the abiding in Scripture is in accordance to the “I AM” of YHWH. The abiding in the “I AM” of YHWH is exclusively communicated through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. And, this communication is meant to unveil in a living and growing Oath of Covenant. The Power That Sets Us Free From Sin And Death The Law and the Prophets fulfilled enable us to see and, to live and function in the awesome reality of GOD; in the reality that HE alone actually saves us; that HE alone saves us in HIS grace and mercy and, HIS great love for us. And, this entire Witness of HIS Testament is unveiled - perfected and completed - in our inward parts in Blood, Water and Spirit. This spiritual reality is a growing inward actuality of true Life realized from GOD that sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death (see Genesis 3:16-19; Genesis 3:24). This is the Law Of Life that functions in a continuum of fulfillment by renewal and regeneration - through the Rhema Word revealed, perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Ephesians 5:26-27; Titus 3:5). And, all this is unveiled through the power of GOD. The Tree Of Life The Law Of Life unveiled and fulfilled in us in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT, is the growing reality of eternal life. This empowered reality of life is realized and actualized from the actual fullness of CHRIST JESUS made alive in us, as substance and reality realized from HIS “I AM” revealed. HIS “I AM” revealed unveils in us and amongst us in a spiritual reality that is prophetically addressed as the Tree Of Life. The Law Of Life is described and fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS and, is revealed to us as a fully functional reality by the HOLY SPIRIT. This fully functional reality is true Life actualized from GOD. This fully functional reality is true Life actualized from the “I AM” of YHWH. The communication of true life opens through revelation explained through HIS faith and HIS love for us. The revelation comes to us in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, communicated through the medium of the revealed Word (see Mark 4:22). And, all this unveils as an empowered reality realized from YHWH. And, this empowered reality is the actualization of the power of GOD invested in CHRIST crucified. Living Through GOD The highest reality and form of the Law Of Life, fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS and, brought alive to us by the HOLY SPIRIT, is the actuality by which we come to know GOD so as to be able to actually live and function in HIM and, by HIM. Such an ability to live in GOD and by GOD is an empowered functional reality received from CHRIST crucified. The Tree Of Life is the prophetic expression in which we actually grow and live in the Knowledge Of GOD. The knowledge is an actual knowing in intimacy in the Witness of the Blood, the Water and the Spirit. The reality in knowledge of YHWH is the Tree Of Life having the Root Of David. And, in being able to live through GOD, we are actually being drawn into a consuming reality - the Consuming Fire of HIS “I AM” unveiled (see Hebrews 12:28-29). The consuming reality of GOD - in Light, that is a Consuming Fire - actually draws us into loving HIM with our heart, soul, mind and, strength as we realize the fulfilled actuality of living by GOD (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29). The fulfilled actuality of living by GOD is defined in the growing fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets and is in its unveiling the Tree of Life. [The nurturing of the indestructible seed of the Logos Word (1 Peter 1:23) unveils the spiritual expressions of the Tree Of Life.] This entire inward communication is unveiled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, consecrated for our well being through the cross. HIS Spirit and HIS Life communicates HIS Fullness given to us - by sacrifice - through the cross. And, we are empowered through HIS Spirit and Life, in the realities of the Word explained in HIS faith and HIS love. Seeing GOD MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is fashioned into the construct of our inward parts in the empowered realities of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16; Ephesians 3:20). It follows that we are able to see GOD and love GOD only through the realities that are described into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - by the realized actualities of HIS faith and HIS love for us! Where, this “realization” is a “circumcised reality” that is the actual and exclusive workmanship of YHWH (see Colossians 2:11)! The Passover Alive From Our Inward Parts Only that which is exclusively of CHRIST JESUS, brought to us by the HOLY SPIRIT, will enable us to see GOD and know GOD (see John 14:6; John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). And, this entirety is a revealed Word Construct (Mark 4:22) fashioned into our inward parts as a Passover actualized in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! The Passover actualized is an empowered reality. A reality in which the power invested in CHRIST crucified is manifested into us in fully functional terms (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; 1 Kings 17:1). [All this is a revealed Word Construct because the channels of communication have to be accurately and precisely defined in Truth. And, Truth can only be communicated in the substance of the “I AM” of YESHUA MASHIAH, through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. This is why the LORD made the declaration: “I AM The Truth”, in John 14:6.] The actuality of the true Word is unveiled and fulfilled in a functional reality described as the Law Of Life realized in CHRIST JESUS, and made functional by the HOLY SPIRIT, WHO is pointedly called the SPIRIT Of Promise (see 2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22; Ephesians 1:13-14). The Law Of Life realized in CHRIST JESUS and made functional by the HOLY SPIRIT unveils the spiritual reality of the Tree Of Life realized. This Tree Of Life is functional in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The ‘in CHRIST JESUS’ root of the Tree Of Life is described as the Root Of David. And, the ‘by the SPIRIT’ functionality unveils the Offspring Of David. This realized actuality of the Law Of Life gives true expression to the reality of GOD’s Kingdom and, the reality of living in HIS Kingdom - entirely by “I AM ... WHO ... THAT ... I AM” revealed and explained into our inward parts, in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26; 6:63; Luke 24:44)! All this is an empowered functional reality being increasingly perfected and completed into our inward parts in the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA, by the SPIRIT. Knowing GOD, As MASHIAH YESHUA Does The explanation of Kingdom realities is being supernaturally communicated into our inward parts, by the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS for us (see Hebrews 8:6 b,1-6; 9:14-15a)! In this process we come to know GOD in the Way in which CHRIST JESUS knows GOD (see John 5:19-20). The reality of knowing GOD as CHRIST JESUS does - by the SPIRIT - is a growing Tree Of Life. And, this comes about because the reality of GOD, being unveiled in us, is exclusively of the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS revealed and perfected into us - by the SPIRIT - in MASHIAH’s Spirit and Life substance. The substance is exclusively of HIS Fullness. The substance is of MASHIAH’s faith and love. All of GOD’s Word is meant to be unveiled according to HIS Name (see Psalms 138:2, NASB). This unveiling of GOD’s Word according to HIS Name, is - exclusively - from and through the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see John 17:6 a,26; Colossians 2:9, KJV). This unveiling of the Word in accordance with the “I AM” of YHWH is the spiritual definition of the Tree Of Life. The Word is unveiled and supernaturally explained into us in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The unveiling and the explanation of the Word in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, is revelation knowledge - the substance (or, sap) of the Tree of Life. And, revelation knowledge is the knowledge that knows GOD, in the realized realities of CHRIST JESUS faith and love expressed into us through the revealed Word! So the revealed Word is the conduit for the fullness of CHRIST JESUS to be communicated into our state of being in a new creation that is fully empowered to live in righteousness and holiness of the truth. This conduit of the revealed Word is prophetically unveiled in a growing Tree Of Life. The Tree Of Life is the prophetic reality fulfilled that gives expression to a growing Word-defined freedom from the Law Of Sin And Death (see Romans 8:2). This Word-defined freedom is exclusively described in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA, in the substantive actualities of HIS faith and HIS love for us. And so, the Tree Of Life is a fully empowered reality. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 82: 06.08. THE KINGDOM OF GOD ======================================================================== The Kingdom Of GOD In John 3:3; John 3:5 the LORD JESUS tells us that those who have been born of Water and the SPIRIT, are able to see the Kingdom Of GOD and, are also able to enter the Kingdom Of GOD. This enabling to see and to enter the Kingdom is a reality opened to us in (and, by) the SPIRIT Of YHWH (see 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). It is an enabling through the heart (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Matthew 5:8). What is manifested and enabled in our heart are Kingdom realities described in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. Entering the Kingdom Of GOD is a Passover continuum unveiled in the SPIRIT Of YHWH. And, this Passover continuum unveils in the Mountain of HIS “I AM” revealed (see Genesis 22:14; John 17:6 a). The Mountain of HIS “I AM” is prophetically addressed in its eternal potentials as the MOST HIGH (EL ELYON). The Passover Realized The reality of the Passover is described in, and opened to, our inward parts according to the revealed and fulfilled realities of the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms, fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (see Mark 4:22; Matthew 5:17). And, all that is fulfilled in MASHIAH YESHUA is made alive from our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-14). [The tribes of Israel were brought out of Egypt in a reality prophetically addressed as a Passover. With this background we can understand that being born again is the commencement of our Passover into the Kingdom Of GOD under the New and Eternal Covenant. We are being daily brought into the Kingdom Of GOD, in a growing reality of heart, soul and mind coming alive to GOD. The Passover - that opens from glory to glory - is being fulfilled in us with each passing day (see 2 Corinthians 4:16; John 17:22). This Passover into the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2) is a growing reality that sees GOD and knows HIM and loves HIM in a growing continuum of fulfillment. And, this is growing fulfillment in a fully functional Passover. The Passover being fulfilled will establish us as prophets, priests and kings in the heavenly places of the Kingdom Of Heaven (see Matthew 11:11; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 2:4-10; Matthew 11:11-12). And, this functional status of prophets, priests and kings will unveil according to the realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in our inward parts in MASHIAH YESHUA, by the SPIRIT. Our functional status is defined by the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA perfected and completed into our inward parts (see 1 Timothy 1:14; John 1:16-17; 2 Peter 1:1-4).] The Passover is an actuality that unveils in the SPIRIT Of YHWH, in an “I AM” reality (of the MOST HIGH) unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:10). The “I AM” of the MOST HIGH is described prophetically - in the reality of HIS unveiling - as the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). The SPIRIT Of YHWH “THAT” carries and manifests the substance and the reality of the MOST HIGH, unveils in and according to a Witness - simply described as “I AM WHO I AM” and as “I AM THAT I AM”. See 1 John 5:7, NKJV in the context of Exodus 3:13-15, NASB+KJV. Being Unveiled In The Heights In HIS “I AM” Witness, GOD anoints us, blesses us (see James 1:17-18) and, provides for us in a growing reality of HIM that is simply described as the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Matthew 11:11; Genesis 49:25-26)! This “I AM” reality in the Mount Of The LORD is a growing continuum forever that must always be seen and understood in the reality that YHWH is the MOST HIGH! In such a prophetic reality - called the Heights (see Isaiah 33:16; Psalms 18:33) - YHWH has chosen to anoint, bless and provide for HIS sons (see Genesis 14:18-20; Galatians 3:26-29)! All of this reality is part and parcel of the unveiling of the Kingdom Of GOD. The SPIRIT Of YHWH unveils the evidence and the actualities of YHWH. And, we can actually live, move and, have our being in YHWH’s “I AM” Witness (see Acts 17:28, NIV; 1 John 5:7; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV). This growing Witness is the essential substance and reality of the Kingdom Of GOD. This growing Witness unveils the functional actualities of the Kingdom into our inward parts. And, all this comes alive to us in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS - in HIS Spirit and Life communicated. Being Tabernacled In YHWH We can actually be fully tabernacled in the secret Place of the MOST HIGH GOD (see Psalms 91:1; John 16:23-27; Revelation 2:17; Mark 4:22) unveiled in the Heights of the Mount Of The LORD (see Isaiah 33:16; Psalms 18:33; Ephesians 1:3-6; Genesis 49:26 b,22-26). We enter into this Kingdom reality through hope expressed from our heart (see Hebrews 6:19; 1 John 3:3). See Psalms 24:3-4 and Psalms 15:1-2. The Kingdom reality of being tabernacled in the secret place of the MOST HIGH is the highest reality of the fulfillment of the Feast Of The Tabernacles - perfected and completed into our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA! In this Kingdom reality of the fulfillment of the Feast Of The Tabernacles, we understand that the Passover has the exclusive purpose of unveiling a reality by which we will all be tabernacled - uniquely - in the secret Place of the MOST HIGH GOD (see Psalms 91:1, KJV; Revelation 21:3; Revelation 21:9-11; Revelation 21:22-23). Being unveiled as sons of the MOST HIGH in a reality defined in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Luke 1:32; Luke 1:35; John 1:16-17; Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). [See also Matthew 11:11 in the context of Ephesians 1:3-10. Understand the difference between the dispensation of the Law and the dispensation of grace, unveiled in the Righteousness Of YHWH manifested through the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS (see 1 Timothy 1:14). And, communicated into us through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33).] Tabernacled In Impregnable Rock Being tabernacled in GOD unveils the degree to which our salvation is fulfilled. This tabernacle is a construct in the Knowledge Of GOD. The Knowledge Of GOD is the Flesh of the LAMB (see John 6:51; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV; John 6:63). When crystallized in living stone, our dwelling in the Heights will be in “impregnable rock” (see Isaiah 33:16; Genesis 49:24 c). In this dwelling place in the Heights (see Psalms 15:1-2) we are unveiled as eagles! The Heights are the abode of eagles. Kingdom Realities Unveil To Our Inward Parts In being born again we have actually gained access from our inward parts (see Ezekiel 36:26) into a reality in the “I AM” of GOD, by the Name Of JESUS and the merits of the LAMB. In this “I AM” reality of GOD, we come alive to the Kingdom, that HE has ordained in the actuality of HIS Name (see Isaiah 9:6-7) unveiled by HIS SPIRIT through HIS revealed Word. In this revelation, we come alive to the reality of an access into the Kingdom - the Way - opened to us inwardly. We discern this reality by the SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14), in JESUS Name. This discernment comes through a knowledge form unveiled into our state of being. This knowledge form describes our functional status in the Kingdom. It will even form the state of our being. Kingdom Realities Explained There is a knowledge form that is a growing construct entirely fashioned out of the Word, described and explained in and through the Spirit and Life streams of the Testimony Of JESUS (see Revelation 19:10 c). No other means exists for the communication of this knowledge form except that which is of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:2-3; Isaiah 53:11 b)! This knowledge form gives rise to Kingdom realities in our inward parts through the actual communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life. In this Word Construct the Testimony Of JESUS explains the meaning of the eternal and abiding Word (see Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33). The explanation is made from and through the Spirit and Life expressions of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) communicated into us - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15) - in the realities and actualities of HIS faith and HIS love for us. The explanation unveils a Kingdom reality. The Kingdom stands exclusively in the Righteousness Of YHWH (see Isaiah 9:6-7) communicated into us and amongst us (see Luke 17:20-21, KJV+NASB) as the handiwork of YHWH (see Exodus 32:15-16). True Knowledge Realized The faith and love of the LORD JESUS is an expression of HIS Fullness fashioned in the knowledge of GOD and consecrated through the cross (see Isaiah 53:11; John 17:17-19) that actually saves us and actually changes us. This knowledge (when realized) makes us partakers of CHRIST (see Hebrews 3:14) and, partakers of the Divine Nature in the knowledge of HIM made alive in our inward parts (see 2 Peter 1:2-4) through the communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63). This is an enabled construct of the Word, explained exclusively through the Spirit and Life expressions of the Testimony Of JESUS. The Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS are HIS expressions that convey the realities of HIS faith and HIS love into us, in and by the revealed Word described in a knowledge form - fashioned for humanity - in the “I AM” of YHWH, unveiled in CHRIST JESUS by the HOLY SPIRIT. This knowledge form justifies us (see Isaiah 53:11 b). This knowledge form unveils in the Divine Power that gives us everything pertaining to life and godliness (see 2 Peter 1:3-4). This is the reality of “I AM The Truth”, being communicated and fulfilled into our inward parts in the revealed radiance (see Ephesians 1:17-18) of the Light Of Life (see John 8:12 c). This revealed radiance of the Light Of Life forms our enlightened state of being! We become Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19) in the construct of our inward parts in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, in the realized actualities of HIS faith and HIS love for us. This realization in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love - through the communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life - is the fulfillment of the Prophetic Word. This realization in substance unveils a new ceation (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10). Being Enabled To Function In the enabled construct of the Word, the Spirit Of CHRIST that is being unveiled into our inward parts from the Word explained through the Testimony Of JESUS - HIS Words communicated into us (see John 6:63; John 17:8 a,7a) - is called the Spirit Of Prophecy. The Spirit Of Prophecy is the Spirit that enables the fulfillment of the prophetic Word into us and through us - forever. This Spirit is exclusively of the “I AM” of CHRIST JESUS - the Way, the Truth and, the Life! HIS Fullness is ordained to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23)! HIS Spirit enables actual functions to unveil in us and from us, by HIM and in HIM and through HIM! HIS Spirit is the unveiling of the Righteousness Of YHWH and, YHWH is exceedingly jealous for the Spirit (see James 4:5, NASB) HE has made to dwell in us (see John 3:34; John 6:63; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27). An Access Fashioned Into Us Our access into the Kingdom is a reality addressed in prophetic terms as the Passover that is to be attained (or, realized) through our heart (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14). This Passover realized in the flesh of our heart (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51; John 6:63), is evidence (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV) of a functional status - prophetically addressed as the Way - fashioned into our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63). This Passover is Life actualized and, the Passover reality is a spiritual ‘Tree of Life’ realized in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The Passover is an access that functions at the speed of thought and conviction by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. It is an access that is unveiled in hope (see Hebrews 6:19; Hebrews 10:19-20) and operated in the conduits of faith, love, righteousness and holiness; which is, described and unveiled in us in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. In a growing circumcision that puts no confidence in our human flesh and our fleshly ways. This is part and parcel of the witness in us to our being redeemed. The Passover is an access explained through the revealed Word. The explanation is supernaturally released and formed into our inward parts, in the knowledge form described in the faith and love expressions of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF. This Passover access is given to us by grace and, is fashioned into us in truth (see John 1:17; Luke 22:15-16; 1 John 5:6-8) by the SPIRIT, from the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS (see 1 Timothy 1:14). In this process truth is being transmitted in a knowledge form fashioned in the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS and, explained into our inward parts through the Spirit and Life expressions of the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 16:13-15). The LORD JESUS proclaims this exclusive reality in no uncertain terms: “I AM the Truth!” This prophetic reality of “I AM The Truth” - fulfilled - unveils a Passover into the Mount Of The LORD, in a growing reality of being at liberty in the SPIRIT. An eagle is being unveiled in the Heights in the liberty of the SPIRIT Of YHWH (see James 1:25; Romans 8:2; Psalms 15:1-2; Psalms 91:1; Genesis 49:26; Genesis 49:22-26). [The seven-fold “I AM” declaration by the LORD JESUS (YHWH YESHUA) in the Gospel Of John is the Tree Of Life, the “I AM” reality in substance that will unveil the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The Tree Of Life is the realized Witness of the “I AM” of YHWH in terms of WHO HE IS and in terms of all THAT HE IS.] An Access Built In the Intimacy Of HIS Presence The Passover is an access established in the faith substance of our hope in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 3:31; Hebrews 11:1, NKJV/KJV). This Passover is fulfilled as a functional reality, in love (see Romans 13:8; Romans 13:10; John 17:26). This love is realized in and from the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, revealed in us as the BELOVED by GOD the FATHER (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:45). The growing fulfillment of the Passover is described in an intimacy with the BELOVED, expressed - in functional terms - into all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17)! The “I AM” of CHRIST JESUS is the Way, the Truth and, the Life made alive in us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in a substantive reality that is described in a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26). This heart of flesh is the prophetic fulfillment of the Bread Of The Presence which is also called Shewbread (see John 17:26 c; Exodus 25:30, NASB/KJV; John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:63). This Shewbread, which literally means Loaves Of Presentation, is also called the Consecrated Bread (Luke 6:4 NASB; John 17:17-22) and is also called the Continual Bread (see Numbers 4:7, NASB). In the fulfillment of the Law, our heart (of flesh) has the potential of entirely operating in the Presence Of GOD, in a reality in accordance to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see 1 Kings 8:59-61). And, this fulfillment is described as the reality of an ascent into the Mount Of The LORD from our inward parts (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-5; Psalms 15:1-2). An ascent unveiled at the speed of thought that is alive in us as a living hope (see Hebrews 6:19; 1 John 3:3; Matthew 5:8) - a passionate conviction, unveiled in the Flesh and Blood of the LAMB. This is an “I AM” Memorial unveiled in us in a spiritual reality that can be described as a living Tree Of Life! The extent and stature of the Tree is exclusively dependent on the knowledge form of the Memorial Name alive in our inward parts. Life is exclusively an “I AM” reality. An Access That Is Of HIS Name The Passover is realized in, and by, and through, the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see Matthew 5:17; Hebrews 7:22; John 10:9) revealed into us in the substantive reality of a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51). This heart of flesh describes and expresses HIS “I AM” reality perfected and completed into us (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51) from the “I AM” Testimony of “MY Words” (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44). This “I AM” actuality is meaningfully described into us (see Proverbs 9:10 b), in and by the Testimony Of JESUS revealed (see Revelation 19:10 c; Deuteronomy 29:29; Ephesians 1:17-19 a) from the context of all Scripture (see Luke 24:44; Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; John 17:6 a,26) that communicates an “I AM” Testament (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Deuteronomy 10:8; 2 Samuel 6:2; John 17:6 a,26). The revelation of Scripture in an “I AM” Testament is the Tree Of Life unveiled. This Tree Of Life has a root system described as the Root Of David. And, this Tree Of Life unveils us as the Offspring Of David. The revelation fashioned into the flesh of our heart is entirely of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63; John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:63) the derivative substance (hupostasis) of HIS “I AM” communicated through Rhema Witness. This inward state is the exclusive workmanship of the HOLY SPIRIT (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 2:10). Our call is therefore to actualize - in and from HIS Spirit and HIS Life - what has been given to us, in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16; Colossians 2:10; Ezekiel 44:28; Ephesians 1:17-18). This actuality - when realized by the SPIRIT - is fully functional in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS unveiled in our heart of flesh. This heart of flesh is entirely and exclusively a construct of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The Key Of David Our inward functional status - when realized - is the fulfillment of “I AM The Door” (see John 10:9 a). The Door, to the Passover into the Mount Of The LORD (see Psalms 24:3-4). This inward functional status is described through a key that opens the Door. This key is called the Key Of David (see Revelation 3:7-8) and, is in effect the key to the Door of HIS “I AM” Name (see John 16:23-27; John 10:9; John 10:1-5). Notice the reference to “because you have loved ME” in John 16:27; this phrase describes the fulfilled reality in substance (Greek: hupostasis) that becomes the Key Of David, in the witness of our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a). When we actually love HIM, we come alive to having the key to HIS heart. And, our witness knows this. See also 1 Corinthians 2:9. This knowing is entirely of the substance of HIS Fullness communicated into us. In the Mount Of The LORD, the Kingdom is unveiled in the stature of YHWH-JIREH (see Genesis 22:14; John 1:16-17) revealed and explained into us in the Name Of JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26; 1:18, NASB). The “revealed explanation” of the Kingdom unveils according to realities of the Word explained into us, in MASHIAH YESHUA’s Spirit and Life. The “revealed explanation” is communicated into us in substantive realities described in HIS faith and HIS love for us! So we see that the Passover is explained to our inward parts from the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - the only begotten SON - unveiled, in subordinate terms, into our inward parts from the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 1:18, KJV+NASB). The explanation is a growing realization - in substance - revealed, perfected and completed into our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT. This growing realization unveils CHRIST JESUS as our BELOVED. Our calling is actually unveiled in, and according to, and from, the fullness of CHRIST JESUS revealed into us (see John 1:16-17; John 17:8; John 17:6; John 17:26) as a growing inheritance in the saints (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Ezekiel 44:28; Exodus 3:13-15; John 17:6; John 17:26; Luke 22:17-18; 1 Corinthians 10:16-18). This is an inheritance (see Ezekiel 44:28; Luke 24:44) fashioned into us through the Rhema Word. The revealed Word, being the Word explained in HIS Spirit and HIS Life through the conduits of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33). Please understand this construct as being the exclusive handiwork of GOD (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Ephesians 2:10)! And, the intent of such an exclusive construct is to enable us to actually know that GOD is real. And, that HE is there - always! And, that HE is saving us in a continuum, unveiled in us in a medium of life that is the actual knowledge of YHWH (see John 17:3). We are actually called to live, move and have our being in HIM (see Acts 17:28, NIV). This reality - when realized in some measure of HIS Fullness - is the actuality of some measure of the Passover attained! In this Passover attained we will come forth as a people whom YHWH has made the head and not the tail (see Deuteronomy 28:13). Please also understand that this Passover attained is opened in accordance to the Law Of Life fulfilled in us; that is, of the stature of all that is fulfilled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS and, made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT in fully functional terms. AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b)! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 83: 06.09. PART II ======================================================================== PART II KNOWING GOD THROUGH THE REVEALED WORD ======================================================================== CHAPTER 84: 06.10. THE INWARD CONSTRUCT ======================================================================== The Inward Construct We are actually being made - being created (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24) - to fully function in CHRIST JESUS. This is a functional state of being that actually knows GOD and, actually functions in GOD and by GOD, through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS unveiled in our inward parts, by the HOLY SPIRIT! This functional state of being is a new creation (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24). Being made alive to GOD and, being made alive to the things of GOD are a reality that every born again Christian has experienced in some measure. This inward reality carries the eternal potential (see Deuteronomy 29:29) of us each being increasingly made alive in GOD, from the actual construct of our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:63; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24). The actual construct of our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS is a new creation. The new creation is being manifested into us through the Word Of GOD, communicated into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The inward substantive reality being creatively made alive into our inward parts, comes from the Word Construct explained in CHRIST JESUS (see Luke 24:44; John 1:18, NASB) by the HOLY SPIRIT. This new creation being creatively explained into us has an awesome and astonishing potential in GOD (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 3:16-19). To minister to GOD and, to bless in HIS Name by filling all in all with the fullness of CHRIST JESUS actualized - the Ark Of YHWH unveiled (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Ephesians 1:22-23). And, this potential is to be unveiled in us by fully enabling us to come forth as actual sons of GOD (see Galatians 3:26-28). Sons who function entirely in the true, full and perfected knowledge of GOD (see Colossians 1:9 b-11) manifested into our inward parts in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, as the workmanship of YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Ephesians 2:10). We are fashioned in a Word Construct communicated in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. The knowledge of GOD is being supernaturally released into us via the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 6:51; John 6:63) in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us. HIS faith and HIS love consecrated in GOD and before GOD for our eternal well being, is being perfected and completed into us through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. The new creation unveils in accordance with the Word fashioned into us in the substance of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA. Revelation knowledge communicates the substance of this creation - in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The Absolute Necessity Of The Revealed Word The medium for the communication of revelation knowledge - the knowledge that knows GOD - is the revealed Word (see Mark 4:22-25). Please take time to understand Mark 4:22 in the context of Deuteronomy 29:29. Everything from YHWH unveils by revelation knowledge. Mark 4:22 tells us that nothing is hidden except to be revealed. YHWH communicates by revelation knowledge manifested in substance to our inward parts (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). That which is revealed belongs to us forever. Simply because the revelation is perfected and completed into our being in a lifestyle actualized by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). Revelation knowledge unveils the actuality of the Light Of (Eternal) Life in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 8:12). And the Light Of Life has the potential of unveiling every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift from the FATHER Of Lights (see James 1:17-18; John 16:15; John 16:13-15). Notice from James 1:17-18, that GOD brings us forth through the Word Of Truth communicated through the Light Of Life (see also John 14:6; John 8:12)! The Light Of Life in Truth is an “I AM” communication of the Word (see John 14:6; John 8:12; John 17:6 a; Colossians 2:9, KJV; Psalms 138:2 c, NASB). The revealed Word releases the Light Of Life into us through a process of enlightenment unveiled to our heart (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Psalms 97:11). The realities of the Word are released into us in and as the Light Of Life. The Light Of Life sown into our heart enables us to walk into the realities of the Word (see Psalms 97:11). The Light Of Life fulfills the Word in a new creation (see 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Peter 1:19). For example, Deuteronomy 29:29 tells us that the observance of the Law is a reality manifested through revelation knowledge. We know that MASHIAH YESHUA fulfilled the Law. In the reality that MASHIAH YESHUA has fulfilled the Law, we know that revelation knowledge is the Word Of GOD explained supernaturally in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). We see that the Law is fulfilled through the Word Of GOD being made alive in our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA communicated into us. We see that the eternal and abiding intent of the Word Of GOD is to communicate the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS in order to fulfill the actualities of the Word. The Light Of Life that fulfills the Word - in the actuality of a Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19) - communicates the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS in a new creation with wisdom, knowledge and, understanding (see Colossians 2:2-3; Proverbs 24:3-4; Hebrews 3:4-6). Fulfillment Is Exclusive To The Spirit And Life Of CHRIST JESUS In the context of the New Covenant, we understand that the reality of the Law being fulfilled through the revealed Word comes about because the revealed Word is actually manifested in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. This is a new creation in HIS Flesh (see John 6:51; John 6:63) - the Bread Of Life designed to unveil the substance (Greek: hupostasis) of our creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10). The Bread of Life unveils as the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy, actualized through the fulfillment of the Law in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Leviticus 21:22; Numbers 28:2, KJV). The revealed Word is actually explained in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS and, when this explanation is perfected and completed into our inward parts, we realize a substantive reality of the Word that includes the Law (and also the Prophets) being manifested into us in fulfilled terms. The fulfillment is fully described in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in HIS Testimony - as HIS Words - released to us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33). This growing fulfillment unveils a new creation. When we understand that the Word Of GOD is explained in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, we can see that the Testimony Of JESUS is the framework for a new creation (see Revelation 3:14 b). The Testimony Of JESUS explains the abiding realities of Scripture into a new creation, in HIS Spirit and HIS Life. [Please understand that the realities of the Word unveiled in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA unveil realities of the Word (including the Law and the Prophets) on a totally higher plane of reality than what has been understood of the Word by the intellect of man. In the communication of the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA, we will see and understand Scripture in a reality that will cause us to tremble in awe at the Word Of God (see Isaiah 66:2).] In this prophetic potential, the Word Of GOD is communicated in the framework of the Testimony Of JESUS as “MY Words” (see Luke 21:33). And, this expression of the Word Of GOD as “MY Words” (see Luke 21:33) is indestructible! The prophetic Word unveils as a Morning Star in our inward parts (see 2 Peter 1:19) and this prophetic Word actualized is the actual communication of some measure of the fullness of the Bright Morning Star (see Revelation 22:16; John 1:1-51; John 16:1-33; John 17:1-26, NASB/KJV/NKJV). The reality of the Law and the Prophets being unveiled in our life - in fulfilled terms - through the revealed Word, unveils the awesome potentials made available to us in GOD, by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS. And, we must learn to fix our hope on CHRIST JESUS (see 1 John 3:3; Hebrews 6:19) in order to facilitate the receiving and the expression of the realities of our blessings in GOD (see Ephesians 1:3-6; James 1:17-18; 2 Peter 1:1-4; 2 Peter 1:19; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:16-21). Ultimately, the awesome potential available to us is because our inward man is actually fully designed to know GOD and, to function entirely by GOD through a living and growing construct in the revealed Word that is being daily fashioned into us (see 2 Corinthians 4:16). This Word Construct is entirely fashioned from the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15). The Faith Of JESUS We need to understand the implications of the Word Construct being unveiled in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. This Word Construct is perfectly and completely designed to unveil us in the true, full and perfected knowledge of YHWH. Ephesians 3:19 tells us that we are meant to be filled to all the Fullness of GOD! For all this to unveil there is a basic foundation to the design of the Word Construct that we must clearly understand. For example, the revealed Word Construct actually brings the realities of the faith of JESUS into our inward parts by revelation knowledge. Revelation knowledge manifests the faith of CHRIST JESUS into us - in substance, so as to form the construct of our faith in GOD - in Truth [“I AM The Truth”]; where the realities of the Truth are exclusively defined by the faith of CHRIST JESUS, the TRUE MAN. We see that Truth is perfected and completed into our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS releases the realities of the Truth into us, through HIS faith substance communicated into us. We see the realities of Truth through the faith of CHRIST JESUS that we actually receive. This is why HE is - exclusively and necessarily - the Author and Finisher of our faith! In this realization we increasingly learn to live by the faith of JESUS CHRIST (see Galatians 2:20, KJV) that enables our confidence in HIM to be made of living stone! Living stone being the crystallized substance of HIS faith realized! Living stone being the impregnable rock of our fortress of reality in GOD that unveils us in the Mount Of The LORD (see Isaiah 33:16; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). HIS Faith Unveils A Functional Oath The substance (hupostasis) of HIS faith realized becomes, in the magnitude and quality of our realization, the actual substance (hupostasis) of our faith in HIM! When this substance is crystallized into living stone, what we have is a functional Oath of certainty in GOD, alive from our inward parts (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22). This functional Oath is defined in the perfect faith of GOD unveiled to us through CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). We must understand that there must be some means of communication of perfect faith for the reality of Truth to be actually unveiled. True faith unveils the actuality of a fully functional Oath of certainty in GOD. The functional Oath of certainty in GOD defines the Heights or the High Places that we occupy in GOD (see Isaiah 33:16; Psalms 18:33; Psalms 18:30-36). The Heights define a spiritual reality unveiled by YHWH into us (see 1 Corinthians 2:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 2:7-15; Psalms 15:1-2) - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The reality of the Heights is built in “rock” - the substance of the Word Of The Oath (see Hebrews 7:28). Please understand that this is not head-knowledge of Scripture but, this inward construct is the exclusive workmanship of GOD in living stone unveiled and crystallized (perfected and completed) in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). Appreciating GOD’s Workmanship GOD’s workmanship is unveiled in the substance of CHRIST JESUS’ faith and love that communicates the substance of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature into us, in fully subordinate terms. GOD has the intent and purpose of communicating this functional construct that, arises from WHO HE IS and from all THAT HE IS, into us (see John 17:6 a,26). GOD does this through CHRIST JESUS revealed (see John 1:16; Colossians 2:9, KJV; Ephesians 1:17-18). In this process YHWH enables us to actually live by HIM - entirely - from the Heights unveiled in HIS Name. Knowing GOD has the fundamental intent of unveiling and fulfilling this functional reality of us each living by HIM. In this process we come to realize the actuality that GOD Is “The” Life! This actuality is revelation knowledge (see Mark 4:22-25; Deuteronomy 29:29; 2 Peter 1:3-4 a) fashioned into our inward parts through a Word Construct (see Luke 21:33; John 6:63) that is entirely of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3). [We have introduced the dimensions of the Word Construct in the book: “Understanding GOD’s Word”. The first book in this “Growing In GOD” series. In this book we outlined the different functional aspects of GOD’s Word and, how the Word is built into us in fully functional terms.] This GOD-centered, GOD-given and, GOD-sourced potential is exclusively described in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - describing and unveiling HIS Fullness, so that we are able to live in HIM and by HIM and through HIM. Our potential is meant to be realized in the Word (Greek: Logos) that GOD HIMSELF actually unveils into us (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6; Luke 21:33). The unveiling of Logos Word coming forth from HIS Rhema Word expression; the Rhema Word described fully in CHRIST JESUS and, brought alive within us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Deuteronomy 29:29; John 6:63). This actuality fulfilled (see Luke 24:44) is exclusively HIS workmanship (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). In this actuality, we are being fearfully and wonderfully made in the substance of the Knowledge Of GOD unveiled in and through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:3; 2 Peter 1:3-4 a). The Word Construct Actualized The Logos Word construct is entirely in and of HIS “I AM” actuality (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; John 17:22) - the Bread Of Life eaten (see John 6:48; John 6:51) the flesh of the LAMB, the Logos (Word) of the LOGOS (WORD) Of GOD. The Bread Of Life is HIS “I AM” actuality, expressed into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS and, explained into us by HIS faith and love for us - consecrated in GOD and before GOD, to facilitate and to enable all of the processes of our salvation, to come forth in actual perfection (see Matthew 5:48). This “I AM” actuality is fashioned into us (or, perfected and completed into us) from the Rhema Testimony Of JESUS brought into us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63; John 6:53-58; John 17:6; John 17:26). We each need to discover the actuality of the Word that finds its meaning in and by and through the Testimony Of JESUS (see Luke 24:44). The Testimony Of JESUS unveils the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). This Spirit - is HIS Spirit - expresses the anointing of the Spirit Of CHRIST that enables the actualization and the performance of the Word in us and through us, in HIS merits (see Jeremiah 1:11-12), in HIS Name (see John 14:12-14). The performance is always in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT - the SPIRIT Of Promise. Understanding (Proverbs 9:10 b) The Inward Construct Luke 21:33 points to the Logos of the LORD’s Words that are forever (see also Deuteronomy 29:29). We actually take possession of this Logos of the LORD’s Words, from a living, eternal, expressive reality of GOD’s Word called Rhema Word; made available to us by the exclusive ministry of GOD the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 14:16-17; John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:9-14). How GOD Communicates HIS Word John 6:63 points to the expressive form of GOD’s Words brought to us through the LORD JESUS CHRIST, as being the Rhema Word expression of HIS Spirit and HIS Life. In this verse this Rhema is the actual Spirit and Life of the LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF carrying and communicating the actual faith and love of JESUS CHRIST for us! This communication unveils within us in a substantive revelation reality of “knowledge” (Greek: “epignosis” - 2 Peter 1:2-4 a; Ephesians 1:17-18) that knows HIM! The communication is GOD’s perfect and complete provision in HIS Name (see Psalms 54:1; Genesis 22:14) – YHWH-JIREH! It is provision designed to unveil the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into us. Provision for a new creation - the sons of GOD. Provision defined in sacrifice. In this sacrifice, the fullness of the GODHEAD in bodily form (see Colossians 2:9, KJV) is communicated into us - in fully subordinate terms - in accordance to our response to GOD’s Sacrifice. GOD Communicates HIS “I AM” As An Inheritance Possessed In the actuality of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, the fullness of CHRIST JESUS is communicated into us as an inheritance and a possession (see Ezekiel 44:28; John 1:16; Colossians 2:9). Understand that this inheritance and possession is fashioned in the faith and love of the LORD JESUS CHRIST! This inheritance and possession is of the substance of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature, communicated into us - derivatively and subordinately - in the fullness of all that HE has done for us in HIS faith and HIS love. The communication of HIS Fullness is established and fulfilled through HIM being unveiled as LORD and BELOVED (our Husband) in our inward parts (see Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:16)! This communication of HIM as LORD and BELOVED into our inward parts is a substantive revelation reality realized. It is a communication established in peace (see Isaiah 54:10). The Offering Unveiled In A Living Temple We need to fully understand that the substantive revelation reality realized in our inward parts, is an actuality that is entirely beyond the skills of man; but is instead, the exclusive provision of YHWH-JIREH. This is the fullness of GOD’s provision according to HIS Name that is unveiled in the fullness of the sacrifice from the cross, in a living Rhema Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit brought to us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is the meaning of the cross, communicated into us in a (perfected and completed) reality described as the Logos Word Of The Cross (see 1 Corinthians 1:18 NASB, 30)! The Word Of The Cross - realized - is HIS Offering unveiled and communicated into us in the realities of our own state of being. We Are Appointed To Give Expression To GOD’s Offering Our being is meant to be unveiled as a temple of HIS fullness, consecrated to GOD in our own free will response to GOD, in the realization of HIS Offering for our eternal well being! HIS Offering unveiled from the altar of our heart (see Numbers 28:2 b, NASB) - by revelation - knows GOD. HIS Offering realized - in our heart of flesh fashioned in HIS faith and HIS love - enables us to love GOD with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength (see Ephesians 2:10)! GOD has the intent of creating the Body Of CHRIST from the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS so that this Body will exclusively express HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV) and will exclusively be YHWH’s workmanship (see Ephesians 2:10). And, this Body will be unveiled to the glory of YHWH’s grace (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:22-23). MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is GOD’s Offering for our lives; realized and unveiled from our inward parts through the Word Of The Cross revealed. In this unveiling is the reality that GOD has saved us by HIS Name and has vindicated us in HIS power unveiled through a sacrifice (see Psalms 54:1; Genesis 22:14; Luke 24:44; John 17:6 a)! In this unveiling is the reality that GOD has fully provided for us by HIS Name unveiled through an eternal sacrifice (see Genesis 22:13-14; John 1:16-17; John 17:6 a). We are exclusively called forth to express GOD’s Offering, in the realized fullness of HIM WHO is to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23). In this reality of expressing HIM, in HIS Fullness realized, our lives are unveiled as a living sacrifice of worship and, this worship is a living expression of our BELOVED from our inward parts (see Romans 12:1-2). All creation will (only) be saved - exclusively - in the realization of this Offering. Realizing An Actuality In GOD It is in the Spirit and Life of the LORD JESUS CHRIST that the actuality of “I AM” is communicated (subordinately) into a heart of flesh (see John 6:51; Ezekiel 36:26; Hebrews 10:19-20). And, this heart of flesh is the prophetic fulfillment of the Bread Of The Presence (see Exodus 25:30, NASB) that enables us to commune with GOD (see Matthew 5:8; 1 John 3:3; Hebrews 11:1, NKJV). To actually cling to HIM (see Deuteronomy 10:20). The actuality that we are talking of therefore comes in and from the actual Spirit and Life of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. The LOGOS WORD HIMSELF unveiled and explained supernaturally (and subordinately) by the HOLY SPIRIT, the SPIRIT Of Life. Our heart enters an actuality of “I AM” realized, fashioned into it - derivatively and subordinately (see Exodus 32:16). This subordinate actuality is expressed by the phrase “flesh of the SON Of MAN” in John 6:53. The Rhema expression of HIS Spirit and HIS Life is brought into us - exclusively - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63; John 16:13-15). An Everlasting Word Construct When realized within us, through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15), through the supernatural processes of renewal and regeneration (see Titus 3:5), HIS Rhema becomes a substantive Logos Word construct within us (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). This Logos Word Construct stands forever (see Luke 21:33; Deuteronomy 29:29) in the purity and excellence of CHRIST JESUS alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 John 3:3; 2 Peter 1:3-4 b; John 17:26 c; 6:56). This Logos Word Construct is substantive. HIS substance (hupostasis) fashioned in fully subordinate terms into us, from our response that worships our BELOVED LORD in HIS “I AM” realities realized. The Logos Word Construct is of HIS substance (hupostasis); it is of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17; John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:56; John 6:63). The Word Construct is an actual construct in and of CHRIST JESUS, fashioned according to our response to HIS “I AM” revealed meaningfully in our heart (see 2 Corinthians 4:16; Galatians 4:19 b) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). We see here a construct that manifests in and by the SPIRIT, an actuality in CHRIST JESUS, in which we are created in HIM (see Ephesians 2:10) so as to function in HIM, by HIM and through HIM (see John 14:12-14; John 17:26) by the SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). Potentially, all of the time! [See John 5:19-20; John 5:30; John 4:34 and Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 3:16-19; Ephesians 1:22-23 to understand this fulfillment through HIS Fullness fashioned into us in fully dependent and subordinate terms.] An Actuality Alive As An Inward Evidence Of “I AM” This substantive Logos Word formation is established in a substantive spiritual framework called faith that unveils within us, from our inward parts. True faith has the exclusive intent of bringing forth an evidence of HIM (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:6-8). This evidence knows HIM in fully substantive and functional terms - in the reality and actuality of HIS love realized and nurtured in our inward parts. Faith is the communicative medium by which the “I AM” realities in GOD, and of GOD, become established within us and amongst us. Love fulfills the communication as an actual abiding state of being in HIM and by HIM. The abiding unveils according to the intimacy realized in HIM. This communication comes alive to us - exclusively - in CHRIST JESUS. Entirely, by HIS “I AM” Testimony unveiled (see 1 John 5:6-8; 1 John 5:10; Revelation 3:14 b). In this communicated actuality of “I AM” we are called to live, move and, have our being. This is the prophetic fulfillment of “I AM The Life!” The HOLY SPIRIT facilitates this communication in a prophetic reality called “HIS Fullness” (see John 16:13-15; John 1:16). The fullness of CHRIST JESUS is opened to us through the veil of HIS Flesh (see Hebrews 10:19-20). The veil of HIS Flesh is HIS “I AM” Testimony (see John 6:51), the Bread Of Life, revealed and realized in personal terms through a process of actualizing a living hope in HIM and by HIM (see Hebrews 6:19; 1 John 3:3; Romans 5:3-5). Understand from Hebrews 6:19, that our hope on MASHIAH YESHUA penetrates the veil of HIS Flesh. From hope comes the faith that unveils an evidence of GOD (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV), HIS Kingdom and HIS Blessings and Promises. We enter this growing reality in the understanding of being HIS Body (see John 1:16-17; Luke 22:17-18) in the actualized terms of being the flesh of HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 5:30-32; KJV/NKJV). This is a reality unveiled in substantive terms in the flesh of our heart (see Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). HIS Testimony is expressed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT, in and from the actuality of HIS Fullness, fully described in Rhema Word terms that are eternally alive in the SPIRIT Of GOD (see John 16:13-15; Hebrews 9:14), the SPIRIT Of YHWH that proclaims the Witness: “I AM”. The HOLY SPIRIT makes the communication an actuality by fashioning the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness into us (see John 16:13-15; Ephesians 2:10; Luke 22:19-20). The actuality, is HIS Fullness - HIS Flesh - realized or, unveiled (see Hebrews 10:20). This realization in “HIS Flesh” [the Bread Of HIS “I AM” revealed - see John 6:51] is knowledge in Truth - “I AM The Truth!” The FATHER has ordained the communication in the prophetic reality in which HE has fearfully and wonderfully fashioned each one of us in, and of, the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Psalms 139:14; Ephesians 2:10). In CHRIST JESUS alone are we made complete (see Colossians 2:10). In HIM, all things consist (see Colossians 1:17-18). It is the FATHER’s will for all the fullness to dwell in CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:19-20). In HIS Fullness all creation will be restored. The task of manifesting the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA into all-in-all is given to the Body Of MASHIAH (see Ephesians 1:22-23). And, for all this to come forth, YHWH YESHUA MASHIAH is to come to have first place in everything pertaining to the Body of CHRIST (see Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15-16); in an all encompassing actuality opened to us as the Way, the Truth and, the Life! The Scriptures Eternal And Abiding Context The realities of CHRIST JESUS are of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature and, give meaningful, contextual expression to GOD’s Logos Word in and through the Rhema Testimony of HIS “I AM”. HE is the essential and, eternally abiding “context” of all Scripture (see Luke 24:44; Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; John 17:6 a). Simply because HE is GOD the WORD (see John 1:14; 1 John 1:1-2; 1 John 5:10 a,6-8)! The essential and abiding meaning of all Scripture comes out from HIS Spirit and HIS Life that Rhema communicates into us - in the perfected and completed logos terms of HIS Word, explained into us in HIS faith and HIS love. The level and the extent and the depth of the communication, depends on our response to HIM through HIS Words realized in our free will. Such a response – in its level and its fullness – also comes from the Spirit and Life that we have chosen to receive through HIS Word revealed (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Deuteronomy 30:10-16; Mark 4:22-25). For example, if we read the Old Testament in its mere historic context and, in the context of individual personalities, we will find that the reality of the Old Testament is a closed reality confined within the boundaries of space and time. However, bring the Testimony Of JESUS into it, in the context of HIM actually fulfilling the Law and the Prophets, and, the Old Testament explodes into its eternal Rhema reality and potential - in the “I AM” of YHWH unveiled in MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 17:6 a; Colossians 2:9, KJV)! This is why the Testimony Of JESUS is called the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). For this communication - of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled - to take place, our heart must be focussed into CHRIST JESUS. We must have a hunger to receive HIM, to understand HIM in WHO HE IS and in all that HE has accomplished (see John 1:16-17; Romans 10:8-13). And, to actually take possession of HIM (see Ezekiel 44:28) – in HIS “I AM” (see John 8:58), as the be all and end all of our life; worshipfully, in fear and trembling (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; Php 2:12 c)! This is an inward perspective that must be developed through the ministry (and partnership) of the HOLY SPIRIT, in holiness unto the FATHER. Its growing “final” expression (or, fulfillment) is the witness within us (see 1 John 5:10 a) that actually hallows the FATHER. Unveiling Our Position In the Kingdom GOD has an eternal perspective over each of our lives and, HE means to unveil each one of our lives - uniquely - in the actual stature of HIS Name unveiled within us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6; John 17:26; 2 Chronicles 7:16; Hebrews 3:4-6). This prophetic reality is described as Rhema, alive in the SPIRIT Of YHWH, to be fulfilled into us in an actuality of “I AM” referred to prophetically as the Way, the Truth and, the Life! HIS “I AM” realized becomes the True Vine and, we become actual branches bearing fruit in HIS abundance. The True Vine is the “I AM” Tree Of Life (see John 17:3) alive in our inward parts in the knowledge of “I AM” (see John 17:3; 2 Peter 1:3-4 a) alive in us in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT. The root of the Tree Of Life is called the Root Of David. The Root Of David describes the rooted reality of the BELOVED that we have actualized in our life and in our daily living. The entire Scripture has the intent of unveiling this substantive reality into our inward parts through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, that gives actual fulfillment potential to the written Word Of GOD eternally! This eternal fulfillment potential in the Word Of GOD is the Tree Of Life unveiled in the “I AM” of GOD that gives eternal expression to the Word Of GOD! The Rhema Word also brings into us the realities of the eternal Kingdom Of GOD through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, communicated into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is a supernatural communication of a knowledge form exclusive to CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 2:2-3; 2 Peter 1:1-4; 2 Peter 1:19). Simply because HE alone has fulfilled the Law and the Prophets! And, the Kingdom Of GOD is a living and growing expression of the realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled – in us and amongst us (see Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV)! And, please be reminded that the Kingdom realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled are on an entirely higher plane of reality than the letter of the Law (see Matthew 5:20; Matthew 11:11). This Rhema Word of the Kingdom is framed in a reality that the LORD JESUS describes as “MY Words” (see John 6:63; Luke 22:15-16; Luke 24:44-45). “MY Words” are to be fulfilled into an actuality that GOD calls HIS workmanship (see Ephesians 2:10; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6). HIS workmanship is to be unveiled and proven (see John 15:7-8) in the good works (see Ephesians 2:10) that the FATHER has ordained from the Beginning (see Revelation 3:14 b). All of this actuality describes the reality of the Kingdom Of GOD which, is the framework in which GOD will unveil every reality of HIS “I AM” Name. And, in this context GOD’s Name is pointedly called a Memorial-Name to all generations (see Exodus 3:15, NASB)! This actuality is referred to in eternal prophetic terms as the “the Beginning of the creation of GOD” in Revelation 3:14 b. “The Beginning of the creation of GOD” is an apt prophetic description of the Kingdom Of GOD that is unveiled in the Spirit and Life of the WORD Of GOD (see Colossians 1:15-19; Hebrews 12:28). We need to see and enter into the Kingdom from our inward parts from all that is communicated into us through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV; 22:15-16). We need to continually manifest (in thought, word and deed) the growing reality of the Passover realized. The Passover is described and activated as we, “Remember ME!” AMEN! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 85: 06.11. BEING ENABLED TO ENTER GOD’S KINGDOM ======================================================================== Being Enabled To Enter GOD’S Kingdom The Rhema of HIS Words (see Hebrews 1:3 b; John 3:34; John 6:63; John 17:7-8) - when realized within our heart - form within us n substance and, give us an access into the Kingdom Of GOD in the merits of the LAMB. This access is a fully functional spiritual reality described through the specifics of the revealed Word, in a reality of wisdom, knowledge and understanding actually fashioned into us from MASHIAH’s Spirit and HIS Life (see Colossians 2:2 b-3; 1:9-13). Through the revealed Word we come to know the unshakeable realities of the Kingdom Of GOD (see Hebrews 12:28). These unshakeable realities are built in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA and, form by substance of HIS Fullness, the actualities of the Passover into Kingdom living and Kingdom functioning. Wisdom, knowledge and understanding are all Spirit defined realities fashioned for us, in CHRIST JESUS Testimony of faith and love for us (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). These Spirit defined realities are realities consecrated in GOD and before GOD, from the altar of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Heart (see Luke 22:15-16; John 17:1-26; 1 Timothy 1:14). These Spirit defined realities form the fabric of a new creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16-17, NASB). These consecrated realities when revealed in us open the prophetic potentials of a Passover - into the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4) - to our inward parts in wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Wisdom, knowledge and understanding are unveiled through the Word in the realized realities explained through HIS faith and love for us (see Colossians 2:2-3). These Passover realities are unveiled as revelation knowledge having the prophetic potentials of a growing fulfillment in eternity (see John 6:44-45; Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22-25) in the stature of the Name Of GOD unveiled in CHRIST JESUS. The “I AM” Name being unveiled by substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s “I AM” Fullness (HIS Flesh - see John 6:51) and, by HIS Witness (see John 17:6 a; 1 John 5:6-8; 1 John 5:10, NKJV). What unveils is the true and faithful Witness - the unveiling of a new creation. The Inward Witness Unveils Our Passover The Passover reality unveils from the Witness HE opens to us by the SPIRIT in Blood, Water and the Spirit (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV). Blood, Water and Spirit are living eternal spiritual realities of the cross, opened in us by the SPIRIT Of Life (see John 19:34; John 19:30; Hebrews 9:14). Blood, Water and Spirit are potentially fully functional spiritual realities, opened into us from our inward parts. We are told in Ephesians 1:3-6, that we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in CHRIST JESUS. These spiritual blessings unveil according to the Passover we have attained to, in fully functional terms through the Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit. The Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit is the Testimony Of JESUS - the true and faithful Witness - realized and opened within us in spiritually, fully functional terms. The Testimony Of JESUS is perfected and completed into us in fully subordinate terms, to enable a Passover into heavenly places (see Hebrews 6:19; Psalms 24:3-4; 1 Kings 17:1; John 11:41-43). [In the actuality of a Testimony Of JESUS, Spirit defined realities fully functional Passover realized from the knowledge, wisdom and understanding are (or, counsels) communicated into us in the Witness of HIS Spirit (see Isaiah 11:2; John 6:63). This communication of HIS counsel is the Testimony of HIS Words (see John 3:34) - the Word Of GOD explained in HIS Spirit and HIS Life and unveiled by the SPIRIT into precisely defined functional states in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). HIS faith and HIS love are expressed in their consecrated, substantive perfection in the Witness of the Blood poured out for us from the cross and, consecrated for us in the Eternal SPIRIT, in Truth vindicated in the power of HIS resurrection. And, the Rhema Word that carries this power (see Hebrews 1:3 b) is unveiled to us as the Witness of the Water (see Revelation 1:15 b) that renews and regenerates us into a new creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:10). As 1 John 5:8 declares, the Witness of the Blood, the Water and the Spirit are one - in a total agreement of purpose, defined at the cross and designed to unveil a new creation through a blossoming Passover unveiled in the merits of the LAMB. This unified Witness actually represents a complex expression of HIS “I AM” Fullness (see Colossians 2:9, KJV) - the unfolding of the Testimony Of JESUS (see Revelation 3:14 b) - that actually saves us and brings us forth as a new creation in fully functional Passover terms (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:23-24)! All of this Passover is the unveiling of spiritual blessings designed to unveil us in heavenly places as a royal priesthood of prophets and kings. All of this Passover is defined in the sacrifice of the LAMB. And, the functional dimensions of the Passover are in Blood, Water and Spirit. The Passover unveils in a functional Witness of the Testimony Of JESUS - the true and faithful Witness that is to unveil the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b).] The Witness Unveils In HIS Merits In the Word unveiled, HIS Spirit and HIS Life communicate HIS merits into us in actual realized terms. And, this happens through the Word fashioned substantively into our inward parts (through HIS faith and HIS love for us). That is, the substance is of HIS faith and HIS love. The substance communicates the merits of HIS Nature and HIS PERSON. And, the merits of HIS Nature and PERSON, communicated in and through the substance of HIS faith and HIS love, justifies us (see Isaiah 53:11 b). We see that we can in this unveiling - in substance - actually function in HIS merits! And, our inward witness knows this (see 1 John 5:14-15; 1 John 5:10 a; Hebrews 5:13-14) in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8). This knowing - in HIS merits - is an access or, a fulfilled actuality in our Passover attained. The actual realization of this access into the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2), is described as a living and growing witness within us (see 1 John 5:10 a). This witness is fashioned in a growing evidence of HIM in truth unveiled - in substance - in our inward parts. This witness is of HIM; simply because, it is fashioned into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS and, made alive from our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT. We shall refer to the Witness alive in us as the inward witness. The Oath Of Covenant Unveils In Our Witness The inward witness is a perfected and completed reality fashioned in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The strength of this witness is described from the growing Oath of the Logos Word. The Oath is being fashioned into the tablets of our heart (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; Hebrews 7:28; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2), in the actual substance of the Name Of JESUS (see Hebrews 7:22), communicated in HIS Spirit and HIS Life - in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us. This Oath is exclusively GOD’s workmanship (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The actuality of the Oath is fashioned from our response to HIS “I AM” Witness unveiled to us in the PERSON and Nature of CHRIST JESUS (see 1 John 5:6-7, NKJV). The Mount Of The LORD is an actuality of the Name Of GOD (YHWH-JIREH – see Genesis 22:14) where, the treasures of the Everlasting Hills - the many fold eternal realities of the Name Of GOD - are opened to the Sons Of GOD (see Genesis 49:22-26). The treasures of the Everlasting Hills unveil to our inward parts as a growing inheritance and possession actualized from our inward parts (see Ezekiel 44:28). See also 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. [In Genesis 49:22-26, Joseph stands prophetically as a foreshadowing of the Sons Of GOD. The Hebrew word for “bough”, in verse 22, means “son” in literal terms (see also Galatians 3:26-29).] Logos is the substance of HIS Spirit and HIS Life [unveiled in and from Rhema Word] that we have received and taken possession of by faith. The substance of HIS Spirit and HIS Life is a communication of HIS Fullness consistent with HIS BEING, HIS PERSON and HIS Nature. This communication is manifested into us in entirely subordinate and dependent terms. The Apostle And High Priest Of Our Confession JESUS - the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (see Hebrews 3:1) - is exclusively the Author and Finisher of this faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a). The Apostle unveils HIS Words (see Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33) into us, in and through HIS Spirit and HIS Life, by HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). The High Priest makes our confession - fashioned in some measure of HIS Fullness - the Offering of the Temple of HIS Body. Our confession unveils as a living sacrifice, unveiled in HIS merits, from the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth alive from the altars of each of our hearts! We are perfected and completed in our confession fashioned from the Words manifested into us - in all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). Receiving The Word Made Flesh The Logos unveiled from HIS Spirit and HIS Life is HIS Word - the Word (Logos) of the WORD (LOGOS) HIMSELF - unveiled into our heart in substantive terms, in some measure of HIS Fullness realized. This Logos is HIS Flesh unveiled into the flesh of our heart. This Logos of HIS Words will stand forever (see Luke 21:33; Deuteronomy 29:29)! The Logos of HIS Words will stand forever because they are a communication of the FATHER’s Will (see John 17:7-8; John 17:6; John 17:6-8) communicated, in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets through the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. These Words are the communication of the Righteousness Of GOD. In the unveiling of the Logos of HIS Flesh in ‘MY Words’ (see Luke 21:32), HE is exclusively the Author (see Hebrews 7:25 b; 9:11-15a). And, as we grow in HIM, HE is exclusively the Perfecter and the Finisher of this faith substance, which HE originated and perfected and completed in HIS Spirit and HIS Life through all that HE accomplished for us in the FATHER’s perfect will (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV). The Logos Word, fashioned into our inward parts, describes HIS Words, unveiled in the construct of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, into our heart and into our life. And this construct is of the exclusive substance of HIS Spirit and HIS Life – HIS Fullness. This construct is the communication of perfection in the substance of HIS Fullness. Hope Is The Conduit Of Our Passover We activate the spiritual mystery of realizing the realities and actualities of HIS Spirit and HIS Life by holding fast to our hope - in HIM (see Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; Hebrews 6:19; 1 John 3:3). And, hope is the fundamental reality in which the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS operates (see Romans 8:2). [It is instructive that 1 Corinthians 4:1 unveils the eternal realities of our calling as stewards of the Mysteries Of GOD!] In the process of the inward construct (activated through hope - see 1 John 3:3; Hebrews 6:19), we become - progressively - more and more alive to the Kingdom Of GOD and, the realities of Kingdom living and Kingdom promises. This aliveness to the Kingdom Of GOD is described through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS communicated into our being and, unveiled in a growing confidence in HIM. This confidence in HIM exudes from our inward parts. This confidence (hupostasis - in Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV) is a manifestation in substance (hupostasis - in Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV). The substance is of HIS PERSON (HUPOSTASIS - in Hebrews 1:3 a, KJV/NKJV) and HIS Nature (Hupostasis - in Hebrews 1:3 a, NASB) manifested subordinately in HIS Spirit and HIS Life through the actual communication of the substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The Passover Is Fashioned In HIS Faith And Love The communication of our Passover into Kingdom actualities is fashioned in HIS faith and love and, is unveiled in us (see 1 Timothy 1:14), in our own free will response to GOD in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8). This communicated inward aliveness that is of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, is revelation knowledge (see Mark 4:22-25). Revelation knowledge comes to us as the true, full and perfected knowledge of CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Peter 1:3-4; Colossians 2:2-3) made alive within us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). In this knowledge fashioned in the realities of HIS faith and HIS love for us, are we justified (see Isaiah 53:11 b; John 6:53; John 6:56; John 6:63) before YHWH. The justification is exclusively of the merits of the LAMB - communicated into us in the substance of HIS Fullness, the substance of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature unveiled subordinately into us. We are justified through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. The Inward Witness Gives Expression To Blood Covenant We have to continually eat of HIM - the “I AM” Bread of HIS Flesh (see John 6:51) - in order to receive, realize, and be perfected and completed in this revelation knowledge unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This eating grows into an in-situ state of being, alive in HIS “I AM” realities realized in our conscious, our sub-conscious and our unconscious. We also have to partake of the Drink Offering of HIS Blood, unveiled to us as a Witness of the Blood (see 1 John 5:6; 1 John 5:8) that is meant to unveil the entire New Covenant in a living and growing inward witness, alive in us by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. We do this by seeking and desiring to realize the Witness of HIM and HIS Testimony (see John 6:53; 1 John 5:6, NKJV), from the Word that unveils the potentials of the entire New Covenant (see Luke 22:20) in HIS Fullness. The Blood unveils the inward witness of an intimacy with HIM. This intimacy, realized in the Witness of the Blood, is necessary for a reality of the Covenant to manifest in our witness so that we know (see John 17:8; John 17:7; 1 John 5:13-15) and function in the secret things of YHWH opened to our inward parts (see Deuteronomy 29:29; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; John 16:13-15). See Proverbs 25:2; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 2:9; John 17:22; John 1:16-17; and, Colossians 2:2-3. The Key Of David The Kingdom Of GOD is unveiled in the reality and authority of “David” unveiled in our heart (see Isaiah 9:6-7; Revelation 22:16). “David” in prophetic terms means the Well-BELOVED. Acts 13:22 explains the prophetic in “David” this way: “A man after MY Heart, who will do all MY Will.” The prophetic reality of “David” is unveiled in the context of HIM being our Husband and, this realization is reserved for the Bride Of The LAMB fashioned in the substance of HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 5:31-32). The Bride will unveil this actuality of David into the creation, in HIS Fullness realized (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:16-21). John 16:27; John 16:23-26 tells us that the key to the Name is the growing reality described by the LORD JESUS as “because you have loved ME.” This reality is a living witness defined in substance - in us - that actually loves HIM. And, we love HIM because of the substance communicated into us that unveils the evidence of HIS love for us! This is the prophetic reality fulfilled, by which the LORD JESUS becomes “David” our “well-BELOVED”! The key of the Kingdom, and the reality of Kingdom promises opened, is prophetically called the Key Of David (see Revelation 3:7; Matthew 16:19; Ephesians 1:3-6; Isaiah 22:22-23; 2 Chronicles 13:5; Psalms 132:11-12; John 10:9). Unveiling The BELOVED From Our Inward Parts Although there are many keys to Kingdom Promises, they all have a single root form that is fashioned in the Root Of David and, is unveiled in functional terms as the Key Of David. That is, the LORD JESUS needs to become, in actualized terms, the BELOVED of our heart, for us to actually enter into and remain in GOD’s promises and blessings. And, in this actuality of the BELOVED, fashioned into us from our response to the true and faithful Witness of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, every facet of the Word finds its true expression - in Truth - within us. The LORD JESUS explains this reality as: “I AM the Truth!” In this realization of the Truth in a heart of flesh, we will each become “a man after MY Heart, who will do all my will!” The BELOVED is the prophetic actuality of HIS Love realized; fashioned substantively, in the flesh of HIS Flesh [which is HIS “I AM” subordinately and attributively communicated into us in HIS Spirit and HIS Life] into the flesh of our heart. Unveiling The Name The flesh of our heart carries the fulfilled reality of the Key Of David that unveils the Door of the Name (see John 10:9) in actual functional terms (see Revelation 3:7). The Kingdom Of GOD is unveiled from Rhema that expresses the Word defined actualities of the Name Of GOD (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; Isaiah 9:6-7). And, this Kingdom is made alive from within us (see Luke 17:21, KJV/NKJV) exclusively by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-14). We can appreciate this from how the LORD describes the reality of the Kingdom to Nathanael in John 1:45-51. Nathanael in prophetic terms means: “GOD has given!” Nathanael in prophetic terms represents the realization of all that GOD has given to us each by HIS Name - YHWH-JIREH - unveiled and explained to us in CHRIST JESUS, in realities described in HIS Spirit and HIS Life! The Kingdom Unveils Through A Growing Passover The Kingdom Of GOD is a prophetic reality realized in and from the SPIRIT Of YHWH. It is a reality expressed in the Witness Of GOD in a fervency described and released into us - as an actual Passover - from the heart of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see Luke 22:15-16, NKJV; Ephesians 5:31-32). [It is from HIS heart that the LORD unveils as the Mediator of the New Covenant. HE is mediating the New Covenant into realized realities of the Passover in each one of us in the substance of HIS Flesh unveiled into a growing heart of flesh within us! This is why 1 John 5:6 (NKJV) refers to HIM in PERSON coming to us in the Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit! The mediation unveils as a living and growing witness in us that is of HIS Fullness (see 1 John 5:10 a). HE mediates this witness - as an on-line Blood Covenant reality - in the actuality of being the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (see Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 3:14).] What we see in Luke 22:15-16, is a fervency unveiled in resurrection power, that will unveil the Passover into the fulfilled realities of the Kingdom Of GOD - unveiled from our inward parts - forever (see Luke 22:15-16; Ephesians 1:22-23). In this reality (of HIS Light revealed and realized – see Psalms 36:9) we will bless the Nations (see Revelation 21:9-11; Revelation 21:22-24) and, ultimately all creation (see Ephesians 1:22-23) in HIS fervency realized - by substance perfected and completed into our inward parts (see John 1:16-17, NASB). HIS Witness Carries Our Passover HIS fervent Witness (see Luke 22:15) is true and faithful; the Rhema actuality of the AMEN that describes and unveils the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 2:10). [Imagine celebrating Holy Communion in this prophetic actuality of the Bread Of The Presence that is of the Holy and the Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22; Hebrews 11:5) that unveils in each one of us a growing Passover continuum before the MOST HIGH GOD (see Genesis 14:18-20; Galatians 3:26-29)!] This Witness is the Passover that we are called to actualize from our witness in fully functional terms (see 1 John 5:10 a) so that we are actually able to live, move and have our being, in GOD, by GOD and, through GOD (see Hebrews 11:5). We celebrate this growing fulfillment of the Passover in Holy Communion! Understand that we are celebrating our creation in CHRIST JESUS! This prophetic celebration cannot be merely symbolic! It is a prophetic reality and actuality that we enter into by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS. [These realities are described (in Leviticus 21:22) as the Bread Of The Holy (which is the Bread Of The Presence - see Exodus 25:30, NASB) and as the Bread Of The Most Holy (which is the Hidden Manna of the Name - see Revelation 2:17; Hebrews 9:4; 2 Samuel 6:2). Understand that the communication of the actualities of the Holy and the Most Holy is by substance (hupostasis). This is the substance of a new creation (see Ephesians 2:10).] Our Inward Witness Unveils A Living And Growing Rememberance The inward witness remembers HIM (by the SPIRIT - Romans 8:2; John 16:13-15; Psalms 119:31-32) on an on-line basis through the realized Word Construct of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see 1 John 5:6; John 6:63). The Passover is established and fulfilled in the realities of HIS faith and HIS love actualized in the flesh of our heart by the SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10)! In prophetic terms (see Numbers 28:2, KJV+NASB) the flesh of our heart (see Ezekiel 36:26) is “MY Bread (or, Food) for MY Offerings by fire.” “MY Bread” is the FATHER’s will realized (or, actualized) in the substance of the flesh of our heart, in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 4:34; John 5:19-20; John 5:31). “MY Bread for MY Offerings” is the flesh of HIS Flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26; John 6:51) that the Word Of GOD is designed to unveil by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - in and as the Logos (Word) of HIS Hupostasis (Substance). This is the substance (hupostasis - Hebrews 11:1, NKJV/KJV) of HIS PERSON (hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, KJV/NKJV) and HIS Nature (hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, NASB) unveiled into us by revelation and, perfected and completed into us, through a process of renewal and regeneration by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). In this realization in substance an intimacy is defined. This intimacy is the intent of the witness that remembers! We celebrate this growing intimacy and its eternal prophetic potentials in Holy Communion. Understand that Holy Communion is 100% defined in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. Holy Communion is established in HIS faith and, Holy Communion is fulfilled in HIS love. HIS faith and HIS love are perfected and completed into our inward parts through the revealed Word. AMEN! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 86: 06.12. A FUNCTIONAL STATE IN THE WORD ======================================================================== A Functional State In The Word The prophetic realities of the Kingdom are realized as a Passover (see Luke 22:15-16). The Passover is unveiled and fulfilled in and by the actuality of CHRIST JESUS becoming our BELOVED; and, by CHRIST JESUS coming alive from within us by HIS SPIRIT (see John 17:26; Luke 24:44-45) through a living Witness (see 1 John 5:6; 1 John 5:10 a) that unveils HIS Fullness into us - progressively. The witness - of HIS Fullness (see John 16:14) - is alive within us by the HOLY SPIRIT. HE is the KING WHO reigns from the throne of our heart and, the Kingdom stands upon HIS shoulders (see Isaiah 9:6; Psalms 89:20-37). As KING Of Kings and LORD Of Lords, the LORD JESUS - YHWH YESHUA - has occupied (in prophetic terms) the Throne Of David (see Isaiah 9:7) that, GOD has (prophetically) consecrated as an eternal throne (see Psalms 89:20-34; Isaiah 9:6-7; Revelation 22:16; Psalms 132:11-12). The throne of this Kingdom is established from our inward parts - in love. The realities of the Kingdom are established as a living witness in our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10 a; John 3:3; John 3:5). Faith establishes the witness and, love fulfills the witness in realities in accordance with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Romans 3:31; Romans 3:21-22, KJV; 13:10; 1 John 4:18 a). Faith defines the substance of the witness while love defines the nature of the witness. And, all this is true as long as the witness is being increasingly defined in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The Altar Of Our Heart The Throne Of David arises from the construct of the witness to HIM (see 1 John 5:10 a,6) alive from the altar of our heart (see 1 Corinthians 10:18; 1 Corinthians 10:16-18) of “one” flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26 b; Ephesians 5:31-32). The altar of our heart worships HIM as the BELOVED - the LORD Of Lords and KING Of Kings! The state of the altar of our heart describes our functional status before GOD! The altar of our heart is a living witness that manifests a soothing aroma (or, fragrance) according to the measure of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS realized, in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The manifestation of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness is a reality in substance (see 1 John 3:3; Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; John 1:16-17), a living and growing construct of the Word unveiled as revelation knowledge - actualized in HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness has a peculiar and unique fragrance from each of us. This fragrance unveiled by the SPIRIT has both access and functional position before the FATHER. The Keys To The Kingdom The LORD JESUS unveils the keys to the Kingdom from the witness within us in the Logos terms of HIS Words actualized in our inward parts. This Logos Word Construct of the flesh of HIS Flesh, reflects HIS Rhema Words that we have chosen (in our own free will) to receive and take possession of, from and through HIS Spirit and HIS Life expressed into us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63). The realization of the keys to the Kingdom is an actual construct in Logos terms within us (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6; Ephesians 5:30-32, KJV/NKJV). We can’t fake this construct because it is entirely a construct of HIS Spirit and HIS Life. And we can actually function in this construct in HIS Name, in a confidence alive in the witness of our heart! This confidence is born of truth defined and communicated through the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH. This construct knows the realities of the Kingdom and, this construct is a functional reality of the Kingdom alive to our inward parts. And, this construct is alive in us as a living witness by the SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV) WHO orchestrates the Amen (see 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 1:22) of our confession - in living and growing response to the AMEN of the true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b). This witness of our confession (see Hebrews 3:1) comes alive from all that GOD has fashioned into us, as the evidence of HIS Word - in Truth - that we have come to actualize in increasingly fulfilled terms in JESUS Name. The proof of this inward construct is in the fruit that we bear, through the actual empowering realized in, and from, the Name Of JESUS (see John 15:7-8; Colossians 1:9 b-11). We each know what the source of all that we do - in word and deed - bears witness to. In HIM, this knowing is an actual confidence in HIM. It is not make believe. It is the truth fashioned into our inward parts. This confidence unveils in increasingly perfected and completed terms as living stone. This confidence is the result of the substance of HIS Fullness being actually communicated - perfected and completed - into our inward parts. Unveiling The Reality Of One Baptism That which bears witness to the Name Of JESUS is entirely - 100% - alive by the HOLY SPIRIT; and, bears testimony to the handiwork of GOD in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth is the witness to the construct of the flesh of HIS Flesh within us. This is HIS Bread for HIS Offerings (see Numbers 28:2, KJV) unveiled as the substance of HIS Fullness - HIS Flesh, actualized in a heart of flesh - manifested from the altar of our heart - by fire! [The fire of the HOLY SPIRIT, is the consuming fire of the Name (see Hebrews 12:29). The realities of the “I AM” of YHWH unveiled through the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA, are fired from the altars of our heart by the HOLY SPIRIT.] This is why our baptism (immersion) is a reality in Water (the prophetic expression of the Rhema Word of HIS Voice - see Ezekiel 1:24, Revelation 1:15) and Fire (the prophetic expression unveiled in the quickening of the altar of our heart in, and by, the HOLY SPIRIT)! See Matthew 3:11; Luke 3:16. Everything realized in the Water of the Word, that sanctifies by renewal and regeneration (see Titus 3:5), must manifest by Fire in the “I AM” of YHWH from the altar of our heart (see Hebrews 12:29)! This is the actuality of one baptism realized in increasingly, fully fulfilled and functional terms! The realization is the fire alive from a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26). The Memorial Name The Old Testament reality (under the Law) of a fire kept continually alive from the Brazen Altar is replicated in its true and fulfilled reality, from our heart alive in the consuming fire of GOD’s Name - realized and remembered - as a living Memorial-Name! This is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Exodus 3:13-15, NASB; Jeremiah 31:33-34). Please understand that the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets unveils through a growing fragrance manifested from the altar of our heart (see 2 Corinthians 2:14-15). We celebrate the Memorial-Name in Holy Communion in the living, fulfilled reality of a continually growing Passover into the Mount Of The LORD (see Luke 22:15-16)! And, this Passover unveils in fully functional terms from our inward parts. Our functionality is in MASHIAH YESHUA, by the HOLY SPIRIT. A functionality that sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death (see Romans 8:2). We become living, fruitful members of the Master’s Body in a fully functional witness of remembrance (see Luke 22:17-18; John 15:2; John 15:4-5; John 15:16). The Passover: A Functional Covenant Construct Of HIS Oath When fully unveiled in growing measures of HIS Fullness, each facet of the revelation of HIS Rhema Word expressing the keys of the Kingdom Of GOD, becomes an actuality that can be described as a facet of the Word Of The Oath realized (see Hebrews 7:28). The Word Of The Oath is fully guaranteed in CHRIST JESUS and, by CHRIST JESUS (see Hebrews 7:22) being alive in us by the SPIRIT (see John 17:26 c) through, the Spirit and Life construct of HIS “I AM” Testimony, alive from the witness of our heart. This is the actuality of “I in them” fulfilled! See John 6:56; John 17:26 c. “Remember ME” is thus “I in them” realized and actualized. The growing fulfillment of the Memorial-Name! This is the unveiling of the “I AM” of YHWH in MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 17:6 a; Colossians 2:9, KJV), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15) in us and amongst us. We come alive to a witnessed ‘confidence in truth’ alive in our inward parts. We know, that we know, that we know, it is from GOD (see 1 John 5:13-15; 1 John 5:19-20; John 17:7 a)! It is ‘true reality’ alive to our inward parts by the SPIRIT Of CHRIST. It is the truth alive in us, by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. An inward reality that is a growing expression of the Law Of CHRIST fulfilled (see Romans 8:2). This Law Of CHRIST carries the actualities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The Law Of CHRIST is a functional Oath made alive in us in the Name Of JESUS (see Hebrews 7:22). The guarantee of the realities of this Oath is fashioned through the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA, actualized in substance from our inward parts. The Word Of GOD is unveiled as “MY Words” (see Luke 21:33) when manifested in us through HIS Spirit and HIS Life through HIS faith and HIS love for us. The result in our inward parts is the Logos Word Of The Oath. The Logos Word Of The Oath is a Covenant construct of HIS Flesh (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; John 6:51) described and defined as “MY Words” in Luke 21:33. And, because they are HIS Words (actually fashioned into us in the framework of HIS Testimony) these Words will never pass away (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, NKJV; John 17:3; John 17:6 a,26). It follows that these Words carry a witnessed confidence in HIM - within us - which is truth evidenced by HIS Testament actualized. The realm of the Oath communicated is dramatically described in Psalms 89:20-37 and, the Oath communicated is also dramatically brought alive to us in John 17:8; John 17:7; John 17:6 a,26. The expression described as “MY Words (Logos)” in Luke 21:33, is to us the realized expression of HIS Rhema Word, communicated in HIS Spirit and HIS Life and, actually possessed in substantive Logos Word terms (the flesh of HIS Flesh - see John 6:51) within the tablets of our heart. This formation in substantive terms is a growing, realized possession by and in the substance of HIS Fullness that is a communication of the Word-defined “I AM” actualities of HIS Name. And, this is in its entirety the work of GOD (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:16; Revelation 19:10 c). This inward formation - in substance - is the actuality of the Covenant realized, that describes the realities of the Word Of The Oath into us, as an actuality of the Kingdom and its promises, possessed in potentially fully functional terms. A Passover Alive By The SPIRIT We can function in the Name Of JESUS, in the understanding of HIS Logos Words possessed (see Proverbs 9:10 b; John 17:3; John 17:8; John 17:7), in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2; John 16:13-15). This functionality is always received and developed in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT. In this partnership the HOLY SPIRIT must always be LORD (“YHWH” – “I AM”; see 2 Corinthians 3:17-18). But this functionality must be entirely of CHRIST JESUS - of HIS Fullness, described in and from and through, the Spirit and Life expressions of the BELOVED, WHO reigns in our heart as LORD and KING. This is the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS. In this Covenant actuality, the HOLY SPIRIT functions as the SPIRIT Of CHRIST (see 1 Peter 1:10-11 a) WHO unveils the functional realities that are framed in the Spirit Of CHRIST. The Spirit Of CHRIST is the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). It is also the Spirit Of Adoption (see Romans 8:15). The Spirit Of CHRIST also unveils as the Spirit Of Life (as Spirit enabled Life communicated by the SPIRIT in Romans 8:2). It is also the Spirit Of Faith (see 2 Corinthians 4:13). And, the Spirit Of CHRIST is also the Spirit Of Grace (as Spirit communicated in grace by the SPIRIT in Hebrews 10:29 c). The Word Of The Oath is framed in our inward parts through the Spirit Of CHRIST. Galatians 3:27 NASB tells us that we are clothed - in ‘perfect’ Spirit terms - with CHRIST. A Passover Into A Lifestyle That Worships GOD It is in the Word Of The Oath - realized - that we come to worship GOD in a lifestyle and, in a realized functionality which HE has unveiled into us (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Ephesians 2:10; Deuteronomy 29:29) in HIS will (see Colossians 1:9-11). We are called to become unique and continually growing expressions of the Word Of The Oath unveiled in the SON (see Revelation 22:16; Psalms 89:20-37; Psalms 132:10-17). We are called to be personified expressions of the Word Of The Oath, that unveil the kind intentions of the FATHER’s will, in a realized state of being in which we are each an actual creation, fearfully and wonderfully fashioned in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 1:5; Ephesians 2:10). In all that is being discussed, we are describing the realities in which GOD opens us to HIS Name so that this realm of the Oath in Covenant will become our inward state of being in HIM and by HIM. This inward state of being is a living witness that worships the FATHER in Spirit and in Truth, in a state of being realized and expressed in JESUS Name by the SPIRIT. This inward state is a state of being expressed in revelation knowledge (see 2 Peter 1:1-4). The knowledge that knows HIM! We need to see this inward construct of revelation knowledge (see Mark 4:22-25) in HIS Flesh more clearly. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 87: 06.13. COVENANT - THE WORD COMMUNICATED ======================================================================== Covenant - The Word Communicated GOD causes us to walk in HIS statutes by unveiling HIS Word within us (see Luke 21:33; John 6:63). GOD always unveils HIS Word by revelation that grips us inwardly (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22; 1 John 5:10 a). Revelation is perfected and completed into a construct of the Word, fashioned into our inward parts creatively (see Exodus 32:16; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). This Word Construct also unveils a living and growing inward witness within us (see 1 John 5:10 a). This Word Construct of the revealed Word is being unveiled into the tablets of our heart as the workmanship of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 10:15-16). The ultimate purpose of this Word Construct is to unveil a “rock-like” reality or witness of the Word that is called the Word Of The Oath (see Hebrews 7:22). This is the AMEN of GOD’s Witness in HIS Word realized and actualized in our inward parts (see Revelation 3:14 b; 1 John 5:7, NKJV). Because this Witness is developed through HIS Fullness (see John 1:16; Colossians 2:9, KJV) given us through the cross, it is defined as a Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:8; 1 John 5:6, NKJV; John 19:30; John 19:34) brought alive to us by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; John 6:63 a,63). The Word Construct Is The Substance Of Our Witness We need to understand that the Word Construct is always in its quickened state an inward witness opened in Blood, Water and Spirit; where Blood, Water and Spirit are realities expressing different facets of HIS Fullness to us. Blood represents the intimacy of HIS faith and HIS love for us - personally. Blood unveils the power of HIS resurrection to us in this intimacy of HIS faith and HIS love for us. Water represents the purity of HIS every expression of YHWH’s Word in HIS Spirit and HIS Life; that is able to purify us or wash us supernaturally in processes of renewal and regeneration made alive to us by the HOLY SPIRIT. Spirit represents HIS enabling in Spirit terms, being perfected and formed in us from HIS human spirit consecrated before the FATHER (see John 19:30; Romans 1:3-4) for a new blueprint of man called ‘TRUE MAN’. This is the actuality of being clothed with CHRIST in Spirit terms (see Galatians 3:26). And, this is also the reality of realizing the actuality of CHRIST formed (or, perfected and completed) in us (see Galatians 4:19; Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:16 c; James 4:5, NASB). The Substance And Reality Of Blood Covenant All this complex of realities in CHRIST JESUS, is the reality of Blood Covenant alive from the tablets of our heart, according to the Word Testament revealed and perfected and completed into the tablets of our heart (see Exodus 32:16). The Word is designed to unveil as the Testament Of YHWH in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The perfected and completed realization of the Word as the Testament Of YHWH - with understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b; Hebrews 1:3 a) - in our inward parts, is the growing actuality of Blood Covenant. The realities of Blood Covenant being described by the specifics of the Word perfected and completed into us, in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. This is a realization of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness in grace and truth (see John 1:16-17, NASB) communicated into us, in perfected and completed realities of the Testament Of YHWH (see John 17:6 a,26) The substance of the tablets of our heart is of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS described as the substance (hupostasis - Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV) of HIS PERSON (Hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, KJV/NKJV) and HIS Nature (Hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, NASB). This is a construct unveiled in HIS Flesh (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) that is quickened into its functional state by the SPIRIT. This quickened inward functional state is Covenant actualized. Everything that opens within us, unveils in the realities of all that MASHIAH YESHUA consecrated in the temple of HIS Body for us - in Blood, Water and Spirit - in the Eternal SPIRIT (see Hebrews 9:14)! HIS Fullness unveils the actuality of Covenant through substance and witness perfected and completed into us. The actuality of Covenant is HIS Light revealed in our heart, in enlightened substantive terms manifested as revelation knowledge. The ‘writing of Covenant’ is HIS Light unveiled, in and as the radiance of HIS Righteousness, explained into our inward parts in CHRIST JESUS - in and through the substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV; 1 Timothy 1:11). The substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us are communicated through the conduits of HIS Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit. The radiance of enlightenment is part and parcel of the witness alive in our inward parts, in the mystery of HIS Fullness communicated in substance through a Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV). The end product of this communication is Blood Covenant. Blood Covenant defined in substance and unveiled by witness. This complex mystery, we can understand as the evidence of CHRIST JESUS alive in our inward parts by the SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:6; John 17:26 c; Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB). We can say this because the substance is of HIS Fullness. The purpose of this evidence of CHRIST JESUS - in substance - is to enable us to actually function in the Name of YESHUA (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:23-27) by Oath Of Covenant realized. The Oath Of Covenant is a construct of the revealed Word perfected and completed by substance into us. The revealed Word perfected and completed by substance unveils through a growing witness (see 1 John 5:10 a) within us. This witness is defined in CHRIST JESUS and is made fully functional by the SPIRIT. This functional witness is Blood Covenant realized by substance perfected and completed into us. The Oath Of Covenant Is Confidence Established The Word Of The Oath will enable us to function in and by the Name Of JESUS (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 16:23-27). And this comes about as the realities of the Word, unveiled in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, become an Oath of certainty or, a reality of confidence (hupostasis) in CHRIST JESUS (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV) in our inward witness! [The Greek word for confidence in Hebrews 3:14 (KJV/NKJV) is hupostasis. Confidence (hupostasis) is the substance (hupostasis - Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV) of HIS PERSON (Hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, KJV/NKJV) and HIS Nature (Hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, NASB) realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB) - by being perfected and completed in us. So GOD has unveiled a Blood Covenant reality in HIS salvation plan using a peculiar word called ‘hupostasis’; and, this reality in HIS salvation plan does not exist in the meaning of the word in the original language! Similarly the word ‘agape’ described as ‘unconditional love’ has its exclusive meaning in GOD; that is exclusively explained through the cross in the substantive actuality of the Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit. Realized in our inward parts in a prophetic reality, described by substance - from HIS Fullness being perfected and completed in us - in a reality of HIM as the ‘BELOVED’.] The realities of the Word Of The Oath are therefore unveiled in accordance with the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS realized in the tablets of our heart as living substance of HIS Fullness. These substantive realities open in our inward witness as an intimacy alive in the “I AM” of JESUS our BELOVED LORD, our Husband. This substantive reality is fashioned into us through a process of realization, as we each choose to receive, observe and live the revealed Word according to our own free will response to GOD, unveiled in the intimacy of JESUS alive in us, in the unleavened bread of sincerity and bread. [This intimacy of JESUS alive in us and, we alive in HIM will be consummated in a substantive prophetic reality of Covenant intimacy called the Marriage of the LAMB (see Revelation 19:6-8). This Marriage Covenant will be consummated in a substantive reality of a unity of ‘two’ hearts (HIS and ours) that is described as an intimacy of ‘one flesh’ (see Ephesians 5:31-32). ‘One flesh’ being a seamless communication of intimacy defined entirely in the quality and quantum of the substance of HIS Fullness, perfected and completed in an actual abiding of HIM in us and, us in HIM.] Unveiling Our Passover In Covenant The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8) is the basic framework to the formation of the Key Of David (see Revelation 3:7-8). The Key Of David unveils and opens the Door to our Passover (see John 10:9) into the Mount Of The LORD (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; Luke 22:1; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). This Passover is a realized reality of GOD and HIS provision, explained in CHRIST JESUS and made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT. The Passover is Blood Covenant actualized from our inward parts by witness realized through substance communicated. The Passover is unveiled as an inheritance held in a heart of flesh, in increasingly perfected and completed terms, as a growing witness manifested in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see Genesis 22:14; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). The Passover is designed to unveil the functional dimensions of Blood Covenant actualized. In this process of the realization of the Passover through the revealed Word, the realities of the Kingdom Of GOD are actually being unveiled in our heart. These are realities framed and formed in the actual Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in the actual substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love for us! And, all this is part and parcel of Blood Covenant actualized through Passover realized - in an inward reality perfected and completed from the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. This Passover is described as GOD perfects and completes HIS revealed Word into our state of being - in our centers of consciousness of spirit, soul and body - as we each choose to observe and live the revealed Word (see Mark 4:22-25). In this process a functional Covenant unveils. In this process, the Word Of GOD must necessarily be explained and understood in its eternal context of being GOD’s “I AM” Testament that is the basis of a growing Passover into the Mount Of The LORD (YHWH). The Passover being a continual unveiling of a growing position in Blood Covenant. The functional position unveils in the Mount Of The LORD before YHWH (see 1 Kings 17:1 in the understanding of the Prophets being fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS). GOD’s “I AM” Testament has many mountains of reality (see Genesis 49:26; Genesis 49:22-26) from which we can manifest as eagles (see Isaiah 33:16), in the winds of YHWH’s SPIRIT! The “I AM” Testament is explained - exclusively - in and through CHRIST JESUS (see Luke 24:44-45) unveiled in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love for us. HIS “I AM” Testament is explained in the living and growing realization of the Covenant realities that come alive to us, in and through the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:44) in our inward parts. Please understand that Covenant realities are realities defined in the substance of the MASTER’s Fullness. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is communicated into us through all that is fashioned into us in HIS Spirit and HIS Life. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is communicated into us through substance - the substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love communicated through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. All this is Blood Covenant. The Word communicated must become Covenant actualized, for its true and full intent and purpose to unfold into the creation (see Ephesians 1:22-23) . ======================================================================== CHAPTER 88: 06.14. THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS FULFILLED ======================================================================== The Law And The Prophets Fulfilled The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is explained into us in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. HIS Fullness is being communicated into us through the Word explained in the conduits of HIS Spirit and HIS Life and, established in the substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love for us. The communication of the Word is a spiritual process ordained by the FATHER (see Ephesians 1:17). This spiritual process of communicating the Word is manifested by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13) in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS being revealed, perfected and, completed into our inward parts of heart and mind (see John 1:16-17; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The framework of Word communication is Covenant - the Oath of YHWH being unveiled in “I AM” terms so that the Word communicated will enable us to live by WHO YHWH IS and by ALL THAT YHWH IS. The fundamental building blocks of Covenant are the realities of the Law and the Prophets communicated in fulfilled terms through the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA. The New Covenant is a communication of the Word in increasingly revealed and fulfilled terms through out eternity. The New Covenant is an expansive realization that is meant to increasingly unfold in eternity. The Body Of MASHIAH is charged with realizing and unfolding the Fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA that is to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 3:14-21). But the building blocks to this communication of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness, is in and through the realities of the Law and the Prophets being communicated in fulfilled terms. The Process Of Communicating Fulfillment The realities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, is a process of revelation (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22) unveiled from the Testimony Of JESUS (see Revelation 3:10 c; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 1:22-23), for fulfilled expression. The communication of fulfillment is by substance and witness communicated in perfected and completed terms, into our beings and into our lives, into all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). The communication of the Law and the Prophets in fulfilled terms is to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23). This communication of the Law and the Prophets in fulfilled terms is the Righteousness Of YHWH unveiled through the SON (see 2 Corinthians 5:21 c) in HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17). The Testimony Of JESUS - “MY Words” as the LORD JESUS put it in John 6:63 (Rhema) and Luke 21:33 (Logos) - carries the realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:44) in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, in the substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love. This spiritual actuality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled is communicated in and as the Testimony Of JESUS (YESHUA). The realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled are communicated in the Spirit and Life of JESUS CHRIST (see John 6:63) through HIS Faith and HIS Love (see 1 Timothy 1:14; John 1:16). The Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS communicate HIS Faith and HIS Love and, these spiritual expressions communicate the Testimony Of JESUS perfected and completed through the cross. HIS Faith establishes the Law (see Romans 3:31; Hebrews 12:2 a; 1 John 3:3; Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV) and HIS Love fulfills the Law (see Romans 13:10; Luke 22:42; Luke 23:34; Luke 23:46; Romans 1:3-4). Only HIS Faith and HIS Love can explain the establishment and fulfillment of the Law. And, the fulfilled realities of the Law - in HIS faith and HIS love - is unveiled in a plane of growing perfection. It is crucial to understand that it is HIS Faith that establishes the Law. And, the Testimony Of JESUS communicates HIS Faith into us through a living Witness in the SPIRIT of Blood, Water and Spirit. There is no other means by which the Law can be established into man (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15). HIS Faith is the perfect faith by which the Law is established. The Law is established in the substance of HIS perfection in nature communicated into us. HIS Love fulfills the Law. And, the realities of HIS Love are perfected and completed into us as we function in the revealed Word. And, as the nature of HIS Love is perfected and completed into us we are brought forth in increasing measures of the Law fulfilled. The revealed Word unveils that which is of the substance of HIS Fullness and, that which is explained in HIS Fullness into us. And, HIS Fullness always unveils realities in consonance with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Simply because the unveiling is of HIS Spirit and HIS Life - in the actualities of HIS Faith and HIS Love. So the New Covenant is established and communicated on the basis of the fulfillment of the Law. And, this fulfillment of the Law is fully communicated in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA in the substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love. The Miracle Of Fulfillment The revelation of HIS Fullness is a spiritual communication being perfected and completed into us, in consonance with a supernatural, creative process of renewal and regeneration by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 5:26-27; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15). In the spiritual process that communicates HIS Fullness is unveiled a process of actual, growing fulfillment. The fulfillment of the Word Of GOD (see Jeremiah 1:11-12). This fulfillment of the Word Of GOD includes the establishment of the Law in the faith of MASHIAH YESHUA and, the fulfillment of the Law in the love of MASHIAH YESHUA. In the reality of the fulfillment of the Law - in our inward parts - we can come alive to an awesome array of blessings awaiting fulfillment in our personal lives. These blessings - the unveiling of the prophetic potentials of Scripture - are ultimately meant to unveil in the Bride of the LAMB and, from the Bride into all creation. For example, we can understand the Levetical sacrifices expressing the Law Of Moses, as being fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS and being made alive in us - in fulfilled spiritual realities - defined in CHRIST JESUS and, made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this fulfillment in CHRIST JESUS, every symbolism in the Levetical sacrifices is actually prophetic, having the potential of fulfillment - in us and from us - in the stature of CHRIST JESUS revealed. They define a living state of salvation realized and actualized from the fullness of CHRIST JESUS brought alive to our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). Each symbolism has the potential to be expressed as a fulfilled testimony in and from each one of us, as a realized actuality of our salvation, in and by CHRIST JESUS revealed. These prophetic symbolisms unveil an awesome depth to the reality and actuality of salvation. [We have described these prophetic symbolisms in some detail in our previous books on the Covenant, the Anointing and, the Testimony. They are described in terms of their realities opened into us in fulfilled terms in the next segment.] The Levetical Sacrifices Fulfilled YHWH communicates the essentials of HIS provision through the unveiling of a sacrifice. The sacrifice of CHRIST JESUS unveils the fulfillment of the Levetical sacrifices through the communication of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS in the actualities of HIS Faith and HIS Love for us. A new nature conformed to CHRIST JESUS unfolds in us. As a result, new Spirit enabled realities - described through HIS Faith and Love perfected and completed into us - unveil. We shall summarize the prophetic dimensions of this fulfillment potential in this segment. The Sin Offering fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (see Leviticus 4:1-12), is unveiled in us as a new nature realized through an actual release from sin. In this reality the Law that proclaims, “Thou shalt not kill” is fulfilled in a nature that does not want to kill and will not murder (see James 4:1-4; James 3:2-18; James 3:2). In this fulfillment, 2 Peter 1:4 describes us as becoming partakers of the divine nature. This is a reality opened in the revealed knowledge of CHRIST JESUS perfected and completed into us as we become effectual doers of the Word and not forgetful hearers of the Word (see 2 Peter 1:3; Hebrews 3:14; James 1:25). Our inward parts unveil in HIS Nature realized, through the actual communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life into us - in the substantive realities of HIS Faith and HIS Love for us. A new nature unveils new perspectives of life and reality. A new nature unveils true desires that seek fulfillment in truth and perfection. This new nature - perfected and completed into us by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT - is described as the Fruits Of The HOLY SPIRIT against which there is no Law (see Galatians 5:22-23). The Fruits Of The HOLY SPIRIT are an expression of the nature of CHRIST JESUS being increasingly perfected and completed into us by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14). The Guilt Offering fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (see Leviticus 6:1-7; Leviticus 5:14-19), is unveiled in us as an actual release from guilt and condemnation. We are in effect healed in the dimensions of our thoughts, attitudes, desires, perceptions, emotions, character, personalities etc. In this fulfillment, we are each enabled to function in GOD in the growing freedom of the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, alive from our inward man before GOD and towards each other. We enter a growing process of deliverance in which our behavior in thought, word and deed, before GOD and towards each other, will be free - in sincerity and truth - from all forms of guilt and condemnation and, malice and wickedness (see James 1:25). We are in effect set free from every form of condemnation and guilt that the accuser of the brethren has sown into us in order to cripple us in our emotions and in our personalities and, in our relationships with each other. What results is an inward liberty of truth in the SPIRIT (see James 1:25; Romans 8:2). The Burnt Offering fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (see Leviticus 1:1-9), is unveiled in us each becoming actual chosen, anointed and appointed vessels of GOD, able to function in GOD’s will and appointed purpose. Able to unveil the fullness of CHRIST JESUS realized from the temple of our being - in holiness unto YHWH. In the Burnt Offering we enter the actuality of wanting to increasingly belong to YHWH; of being holy unto HIM. The Burnt Offering is the Offering of consecration in holiness unto YHWH. The Meal Offering fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (see Leviticus 2:1-3; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 2:13), is unveiled in us each being able to express our salvation into all that we do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17; James 1:25). All that we do in word and deed is unveiled as a blessing in the Body Of CHRIST, from the witness of our heart before GOD, in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. We are in effect in this process actually building the Body Of CHRIST in accordance with what has been brought into us in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 4:12-13; Ephesians 4:15-16). The Meal Offering unfolds the willingness to build the Body in the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA. In the Meal Offering fulfilled we communicate the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA realized in our inward parts into the building of the Body - in terms of what we actually do in word and deed (see Colossians 3:17). The Peace Offering fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS (see Leviticus 3:1-4; Leviticus 3:16-17), is unveiled in us each coming to know GOD and to love GOD, in a growing Covenant Of Peace unveiled in our inward parts (see Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 54:13). This peace unveils the reality of our Sabbath rest in the Voice of HIS Word alive in the witness within us (see Hebrews 4:6-10). We function from this rest in HIS “I AM” realized and, according to HIS “I AM” realized which, is descriptive of the Memorial-Name actualized in our inward parts (see Exodus 3:15 c,13-15, NASB; 1 John 5:7; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; Ephesians 3:19-21). It is important to understand that the fulfillment of the Levetical sacrifices, results in actual actions in us and amongst us that are fully enabled in and through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS actually communicated. New, enabled, realities are defined into our inward parts in the substance of the sacrifice of the LAMB - communicated. We are fully enabled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS in the substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love perfected and completed into us as our faith in GOD and, as our love for YHWH and for our brethren. In this perfect faith and love increasingly perfected and completed into our inward parts, we realize actualities in conformance to the Law and the Prophets, in increasingly fulfilled terms. Please understand that the conformance to the Law is not in accordance to the letter of the Law but is in Word defined actualities, unveiled as revelation knowledge defined in conformance to the Spirit of the Law, exclusively defined by the Spirit of the SON Of MAN (see Luke 23:46; Romans 1:3-4; John 3:34) and, communicated into us in Rhema terms (see Romans 10:17; John 6:63; John 3:34). So the Law is fulfilled not by our practice of the principle that we will (for example) not steal but by the nature of MASHIAH YESHUA being increasingly defined in us, that removes from our entire being the desire to steal. It is the actuality of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA formed in us that fulfills the Law rather than our attempts to practice the principles of the Law. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life (see 1 John 2:16 a,15-16), will only cease to cripple us when we become partakers of the divine nature in the true, full and perfected knowledge of YHWH YESHUA MASHIAH as noted in 2 Peter 1:3-4. It is the Testimony Of JESUS that will unveil the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). The Law can only be established by the Spirit Of CHRIST that communicates HIS Faith. And, the Law can only be fulfilled by the Spirit Of CHRIST that communicates HIS Love. The Blood of the LAMB is a living Witness of HIS Faith and HIS Love for us. And, this is why the Blood atones for our sins. The Calendar Of Feasts Fulfilled The realities of the sacrifices have a calendar of fulfillment. Under the Law we see a Calendar Of Feasts (see Numbers 28:1-31; Numbers 29:1-40) that are also fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS and, which have a timetable of fulfillment being made increasingly alive to us by the HOLY SPIRIT. In CHRIST JESUS, the Passover (celebrated on the 14th day of the first month) unveils into the growing continuity of us being tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH (see Psalms 91:1; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). And, this continuity of being increasingly tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH (see Genesis 14:18; Luke 22:15-16; Luke 22:19-20) is the fulfillment of the Feast Of The Tabernacles (celebrated from the 15th day of the seventh month for a period of eight days). The Passover unveils in our being born again (see John 3:3; John 3:5). The 14th day unveils the prophetic mode in which this Passover will flourish forever. Fourteen is the multiple of seven and two. We will be perfected (prophetically depicted by the number “seven”) in the Spirit and Life (prophetically depicted by the number “two”) of CHRIST JESUS unveiled in us. HIS Spirit and HIS Life will enable the Passover - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT - even as we are perfected in HIS Fullness. The Passover unveils the realities of our salvation that we have actually realized in functional terms. The Feast Of The Tabernacles is celebrated in the seventh month. Seven depicts the continuum of us each being perfected forever (see Matthew 5:48). The 15th day of the seventh month unveils the fact that we are perfected (“seven” as in the seventh month) in grace (“five”) unveiled in the Name of the FATHER, the SON and the HOLY SPIRIT (“three”). [The fifteenth day being a multiple of five (grace) and three (the Triune or compound unity of ELOHIM).] Grace unveiled in the Name is prophetically symbolized in the 15th day and, it also depicts the reality of our being tabernacled in and by and through the realities of the Name (see John 17:6 a,26) unveiled in us in CHRIST JESUS, in HIS Spirit and HIS Life. As we said earlier, all that is unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, expresses our Passover. So the reality of being increasingly tabernacled in the Mount Of The LORD (see Psalms 15:1-2) is the purpose of the Passover. The celebration of the Feast Of Tabernacles is over eight days where, “eight” depicts a new beginning. This reality of a new beginning puts a perspective of continuity to the progression of the calendar in a prophetic reality called “the Beginning of the creation of GOD” (see Revelation 3:14 b). The “Beginning” is always fully sourced in CHRIST JESUS in the conduits of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Colossians 1:17-19; Colossians 2:9-10). And, as we said earlier, this sourcing in CHRIST JESUS unveils the actuality of the Passover realized. And, the Passover realized always unveils us in the Mount Of The LORD in increasingly higher functional terms. This higher functionality is fully defined in substance and in the witness of Blood, Water and Spirit unveiled in us. The understanding of being perfected in a growing continuity puts the Old Testament Feasts in perspective, as a reality in CHRIST JESUS of a growing fulfillment in all eternity! This fulfillment brought forth by the HOLY SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2; John 16:13-15) is a Passover continuum fulfilled. In this perspective, we can understand each of the intermediate feasts of the Calendar as being prophetic milestones or, “spiritual drivers” that ensure that the Passover will always result in us each being increasingly tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH. The Feast Of The Unleavened Bread unveils the fact that in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, the Passover unveils to the witness of our heart (see Luke 22:1; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8) as an ascent into the Mount Of The LORD (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). The Passover is an actuality realized according to the quality of the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth alive from our inward parts. This is the most fundamental reality to our celebration of Holy Communion - “Remember ME!” The Feast Of The Firstfruits unveil realities in which we can each bear fruit in the power unveiled in the resurrection of CHRIST JESUS. We make this proclamation, of bearing fruit in the power of the LORD’s resurrection, knowing that historically CHRIST JESUS was raised from the dead on the day in which the Feast Of The Firstfruits was being celebrated. The fulfillment of this feast unveils the empowered fruitfulness of our Passover (see John 15:7-8; Ephesians 3:20; Luke 22:17-18). Our growing fruitfulness unveils according to “the breadth and length and height and depth” of the fullness of HIM (see Ephesians 3:17-18) in which we are tabernacled in GOD’s Presence (see Psalms 15:1-2)! And, the manifestation of HIS Fullness realized in fruitfulness, must always be the driver of our spiritual state of being before GOD (see John 1:16-17; John 15:16). The Feast Of The Weeks that culminates in the Feast Of The Pentecost, depicts the reality of our Passover as an actuality in which we are being perfected, by the exclusive ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. The reality of being perfected - in a growing Sabbath rest (see Hebrews 4:9-11) - is represented by the cycle of seven weeks. This reality of us being perfected also perfects our fruitfulness by the SPIRIT through the unveiling of the gifts in our ministries. Each gift must necessarily unveil through the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT so that our fruitfulness can remain. The fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT testify to the growing reality of us being actual partakers of the divine nature (see 2 Peter 1:3-4; Hebrews 3:14). The fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT testify to our ‘lawfulness’ as opposed to the ‘lawlessness’ that the Master condemned in Matthew 7:21-24. The process of being perfected in a growing fruitfulness (see John 15:7-8; John 15:16) always unveils in the actualization of a higher reality of being tabernacled in the Mount Of The LORD. The Feast Of The Trumpets unveils the sovereign moves of GOD in our lives and through our lives. Again, this unveils against a background of us each being perfected, given that the Feast Of The Trumpets is celebrated on the first day of the seventh month. Where seven depicts perfection or the process of our being perfected (see Matthew 5:48). We see that the sovereign moves of GOD in our life are meant to enable us to realize the Passover position of being tabernacled in the Mount Of The LORD (see Psalms 15:1-2) and also, the realities of ministry from our position - as eagles - attained in the Mount Of The LORD. The purpose of the Passover into a reality of being tabernacled in the Mount Of The LORD is to unveil the will and purpose of GOD. The Feast Of The Trumpets celebrates the sovereign moves of GOD in both personal, corporate and global terms! The Feast Of Trumpets is the unveiling and, the progression towards the fulfillment of the Mystery of GOD’s Will (see Ephesians 1:9-12). The Day Of Atonement, on the tenth day of the seventh month, marks the perfected (“seven”) completion (“ten”) of the reality of being atoned for by the eternal sacrifice of the LAMB. We are called to continually remember our roots in the cross. To continually affirm in our inward witness the actuality of being blessed only because we have been atoned for in the Blood of the LAMB. We are called to be alive in a state of repentance and, to actually value the awesome reality of the price paid for our growing well being. We express the power of HIS atoning sacrifice through the living witness of how we live and minister by using the Name Of JESUS from the Witness of the Blood, the Water and the Spirit, alive in us from our inward parts (see 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV). The Feast Of The Tabernacles, celebrated over a period of eight days, celebrates the Beginning of our creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 2:10) unveiled in a growing Passover continuum into the Mount Of The LORD. The Feast Of The Tabernacles will also celebrate the growing measures of the fruitfulness in which the Bride will bless the Nations (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Revelation 21:22-24). The Feast Of The Tabernacles will celebrate the growing Passover that unveils the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in a growing functional reality of the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS fulfilled. And, this calendar of feasts will continue to unveil through the Passover continuum of the cycle of seven Sabbath years that will culminate in a Jubilee of “50 years”. The Calendar Of Feasts will culminate in a growing Jubilee (prophetically signified by a period of 50 years in the Calendar of the Feasts). The Jubilee is unveiled into the creation in the reality of GOD’s grace (“five”) being completed (“ten”). This Passover of the Jubilee will unveil in a growing cycle of GOD’s perfection [depicted by the cycle of Sabbath years] being completed into the creation forever, as all creation is unveiled in a growing ascent into the Mount Of The LORD! This growing ascent is a tabernacled ascent into the Sanctuary of YHWH-ELYON (the MOST HIGH GOD) as noted in Psalms 91:1! AMEN! Understand also that the functional state of this calendar of fulfillment - in a growing Jubilee - is the circumcised state of a growing Sabbath rest that puts no confidence in the flesh of man (see Php 3:3). Understand that this circumcised Sabbath rest unveils in the fulfillment of the Law (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 8:2; Romans 2:29; Colossians 2:11-12; Php 3:3). Understand that the Sabbath rest unveils in the circumcised actualities of the Sacrifice of the LAMB (see Numbers 28:9-10; Colossians 2:11-12) established in a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26). The Law And The Prophets Manifested In the reality of the fulfillment of the Prophets we can also see other awesome realities unfold. For example, we can understand the reality of Elijah’s proclamation of standing before GOD (see 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:15) in a far greater reality of fulfillment in CHRIST JESUS. There is a reality of “I AM” available to all of us in and by CHRIST JESUS, through the witness of the Blood, the Water and the Spirit (see 1 John 5:10 a,6,8, NKJV) that stands before the “I AM” Witness of the FATHER, the WORD and the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV) in the merits of the LAMB. This is the growing reality of being tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH GOD (see Psalms 91:1; Genesis 14:18-20; Galatians 3:26-29; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). And, we see here the principle where, the growing fulfillment of the Law unveils the growing fulfillment of the Prophets! The Law and the Prophets are always in consonance with each other. In this sense we must understand that the fulfillment of the Law is a prerequisite to the unveiling of the awesome dimensions of blessings in the Prophets. Without the fulfillment of the Law (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 30:8) the reality of the Prophets fulfilled cannot be sustained (see Deuteronomy 28:1-15; John 15:7-8). We can understand this reality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets according to the Word Construct unveiled by faith (see Hebrews 11:3) in CHRIST JESUS, realized (with understanding) in and from HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63; Proverbs 9:10 b) - in HIS merits. Another duality of the Law and Prophets fulfilled is awesomely depicted in the realities of ‘David’ unveiled. ‘David’ expresses the reality of the ‘Well-BELOVED’ realized in our state of being. When we come alive to the love of GOD we see that this is the reality of the Law fulfilled. In this reality of coming to love GOD through all that we realize in the BELOVED alive in our heart we are also opened in this love to the fulfillment of the Prophets. We come alive to the awesome array of promises ‘in David’ (see 2 Chronicles 13:5; Psalms 132:10-12; Psalms 89:20-37) opened to us in the prophetic reality of being the fruit of HIS Body (see Psalms 132:11). As the fruit of HIS Body (see Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV), prophetically referred to as the Offspring Of David (see Revelation 22:16), we come alive to the reality of being unveiled as prophets, priests and kings even as the Law Of Love is fulfilled into the tablets of our heart as we each increasingly become partakers of the divine nature (see 2 Peter 1:4 b,2-4b)! Defining Revelation Knowledge Our realization of the realities in the Word, explained in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, unveil - with understanding - in and from the actualities of HIS faith and HIS love for us. This unveiling or revelation enables us to become partakers of CHRIST (see Hebrews 3:14) and partakers of the divine nature (see 2 Peter 1:3-4). This understanding knows HIM because the revelation is exclusively of HIS Spirit and HIS Life; unveiled, in the exclusive dimensions of the Word revealed realities of HIS faith and, HIS love for us. This reality of the revealed Word - that unveils the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - is called revelation knowledge. Revelation knowledge is meant to be perfected and completed into us as we become effectual doers of the Word as opposed to being forgetful hearers (see James 1:25). The Knowledge That Knows YHWH Revelation knowledge is the knowledge that knows GOD because it has been manifested to us exclusively from GOD - in the Spirit and Life conduits of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17; John 17:6 a). And this Fullness is exclusively unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15) in the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:45). The Knowledge That Unveils In Fulfillment Revelation knowledge is a reality that expresses the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into our inward parts in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This inwardly revealed reality of revelation knowledge is unveiled in the Word defined realities of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, into us. The entire revelation is the handiwork of the HOLY SPIRIT (see Exodus 32:16; Hebrews 10:15-16; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). We are in effect being created in CHRIST JESUS through HIS Fullness realized (see Ephesians 2:10; John 1:16-17). Revelation knowledge is a realized actuality of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, communicated into us and, through us by the HOLY SPIRIT. Revelation knowledge is a growing actuality of HIS Words (see Matthew 4:4; John 3:34; John 6:63; Luke 24:44) formed into the tablets of our heart in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. This fullness communicated into us by revelation knowledge is perfected and completed into our state of being, as we receive HIM and live HIM through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; John 1:16-17; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). The Knowledge That Unveils Function Revelation knowledge enables us to function in the realized realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled - in CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17; John 16:13-15), by the SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13) - from our inward parts. This is the Passover realized in growing functional terms, in CHRIST JESUS by the SPIRIT. This inward state is quickened into its functional realities – in spirit, soul and even body (see for example 2 Corinthians 4:11 b and Romans 8:11) - by the HOLY SPIRIT. In revelation, HIS Light is made manifest into us as enlightenment (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Colossians 2:2 b-3; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18) by HIM (see Revelation 21:23 c). HIS Light is sowed into us, in fully subordinate terms (see Psalms 97:11) so that we are enlightened by HIM. We must understand that the quality of light, as light per se, can change at the speed of thought but, the LORD JESUS is the same yesterday, today and forever (see Hebrews 13:8)! Our inward focus must therefore be on HIM [“remember ME”] and, not on light per se. Scripture instructs us that satan is an angel of light. Our being enlightened by CHRIST JESUS, in a reality of revelation knowledge, is a manifestation that is of the SPIRIT Of YHWH [“I AM”] “THAT” gives expression - within us - to the actuality that GOD Is Light. The Knowledge That Unveils According To Our Hearing Scripture also declares that revelation knowledge is a reality opened to all of us (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Mark 4:22-25) according to how we hear (receive and observe) the revealed Word. We are each called to enter the realities of revelation knowledge in the functional realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. Through which, we will actually come to see GOD and know GOD so as to love GOD (see Mark 4:22-25; Deuteronomy 29:29; John 1:16-17; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength (see Mark 12:30). And, this is entirely possible to all of us because revelation knowledge is a Word Construct that is exclusively of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Exodus 32:16; John 6:63; Luke 24:44). The Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS was consecrated before GOD, in the actualities of HIM having fulfilled the Law and the Prophets. This reality is called the Testimony Of JESUS. This Testimony is alive by the SPIRIT in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS in a substantive reality to be unveiled - creatively - into our inward parts as revelation knowledge. This substantive reality is the substance (hupostasis) of revelation knowledge (Greek: epignosis) fashioned in HIS faith and HIS love, in holiness unto YHWH (see Isaiah 53:11 b). This is a reality fashioned in HIS PERSON and HIS Nature and, expressed to us by the HOLY SPIRIT in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. Knowledge Explained In The Faith And Love Of CHRIST JESUS Revelation knowledge is unveiled in us in the realities of HIS faith and HIS love. HIS faith and HIS love actually explain the Word Construct into us in the revealed and empowered terms of “HIS Fullness”! The “explanation” fashioned into our inward parts (in creative terms) is quickened to life - exclusively - by the HOLY SPIRIT, the SPIRIT Of CHRIST (see John 14:16-17; John 16:13-15; 1 Peter 1:10-11). This is the ministry of the SPIRIT Of Truth (see John 14:16-17; John 16:13-15). In this process we come alive to the reality of actually living by GOD and, living through GOD! This reality realized is true life! We need to receive this reality, and learn to function in it, in the realized fact that HIS Fullness - that expresses the realities and actualities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - is given to all of us (see John 1:16-17). HIS Fullness enables us to live in GOD and by GOD (see Acts 17:28, NIV). There is a pre-requisite to realizing this reality of revelation knowledge. We are in Mark 4:24 called to take care to what we listen to, as the Word Of GOD is brought alive to our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT. Because “by your standard of measure it shall be measured to you; and more shall be given you besides.” See also John 16:13. The Power Unveiled In Christ Jesus We are in Ephesians 3:20 told that GOD is able “to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us.” This power (dunamis in Greek) that is able to work within us, comes from and in accordance to the Rhema Word that we have received by giving ear to the Voice (or, Witness) of HIS Word. Hebrews 1:3 b pointedly tells us that the LORD JESUS CHRIST upholds all things by the Rhema Word Of HIS Power (Greek: dunamis). [The Ark Of GOD HIS power, the power unveiled in HIS resurrection, is held in the Covenant Testament of HIS Name - “JESUS” or “YESHUA” - in a Word defined Ark (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16) to be unveiled as an Oath in JESUS Name or, YESHUA’s Name. This Ark of the Name “JESUS” or “YESHUA” is unveiled in a Word Construct of Power (Dunamis) built in the strength (Greek: ischus) of GOD’s Might (Greek: Kratos) as noted in Ephesians 1:19. In Colossians 1:11 (NASB), we are appointed to be “strengthened with all power (dunamis), according to HIS (GOD’s) glorious Might (Kratos)!” Understand that the construct of the Ark is being manifested in a Body of HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 1:22-23), a Body of priests (see 1 Peter 2:4-5; Deuteronomy 10:8; Ezekiel 44:28) The prophetic actuality of JESUS or YESHUA - YHWH Saves - is to be fulfilled in us each being seated with CHRIST (in accordance with the anointing of HIS Spirit) in the heavenly places, in the realized actuality of being created in CHRIST JESUS as noted in Ephesians 2:4-10. This unveiling is also in consonance with our being clothed with CHRIST as noted in Galatians 3:27 (NASB), in the growing actuality of CHRIST being formed in us as noted in Galatians 4:19. This Ark Of GOD’s Might (see 2 Chronicles 6:41-42; John 17:6 a; Php 2:9-11) is unveiled in the resurrection of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 1:17-23) into our inward parts (see 1 Peter 2:9). Notice from 2 Chronicles 6:41-42, that this reality of the Ark Of GOD’s Might unveils its reality even as a priesthood is clothed with salvation (see also Galatians 3:27 NASB). This is a clothing with CHRIST in order to be enabled to carry the Ark of the Name “JESUS” or “YESHUA” (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22)! This priesthood is called to unveil the Ark Of GOD (see 2 Samuel 6:2; Deuteronomy 10:8) by the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS (see Hebrews 7:12; Romans 8:2). The Ark expresses the Oath of GOD’s Name revealed (see Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28) in the Word defined realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. The realities of this Ark unveiled in the Word Of The Oath, is opened in functional terms through the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS! This functionality in CHRIST is a clothing in HIS Spirit; HIS Spirit being the enabling that expresses the Garments Of Salvation (see Galatians 3:27 NASB; 2 Chronicles 6:41). We enter into this prophetic reality of being clothed with CHRIST at our baptism. Our baptism seeks to unveil the prophetic dimensions of HIS resurrection from our inward parts (see Romans 6:4-7; 2 Corinthians 4:16) even unto our mortal flesh (see 2 Corinthians 4:10-11; Romans 8:11). The Ark Of GOD’s Might is enabled in us and from us - in the Name of the LORD JESUS - through HIS Spirit and HIS Life, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:3-6) in the functional realities of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. Ultimately, the Ark Of GOD is described in the New Jerusalem through the unveiling of the Bride Of The LAMB (see Revelation 21:16; Revelation 21:9-11).] Rhema Word Is The Conduit Of HIS Power The Rhema Word unveiled in us releases a power (Greek: dunamis) that works within us - beyond all that we ask or think! So we see that revelation knowledge unveils the power dimension of GOD’s Word into us, to work into us - creatively - a reality - a Covenant Testament of the Ark Of JESUS Name (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Hebrews 7:22) - beyond all that we ask or think! This reality, when realized, is an empowered reality that unveils according to the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in our inward parts, in fully revealed terms. This empowered reality is exclusively energized by GOD the HOLY SPIRIT - in CHRIST JESUS. It is never energized by a focus on spiritual techniques learned. We are cautioned (in Mark 4:24) to “take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it shall be measured to you; and more shall be given you besides.” This is an actuality that is strictly unveiled in accordance with the quality of the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth alive in our inward parts! This is how the Passover is unveiled into our inward parts (see Luke 22:1; Luke 22:15-16; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; Luke 17:20-21, KJV/NKJV) - according to how we actually remember HIM, through the quality of our understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b) of the revealed Word, in HIS Name. We need to understand GOD’s Word in the perspective of what HE is actually saying and what HE has done and is willing and wanting to do. The Word Is Explained And Fulfilled In The Testimony Of JESUS We must take care to understand the Word in the revealed knowledge of the Testimony Of JESUS. Because, GOD’s Word is meant to be performed in our lives (see Jeremiah 1:11-12) in the stature and power of the Testimony Of JESUS (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). The Testimony Of JESUS is the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). The Testimony Of JESUS expresses HIS Fullness - into us - in HIS Words (see Luke 24:44) that are a living expression of HIS faith and HIS love for us. In HIS faith and HIS love, the Law and the Prophets have been fulfilled, in holiness unto YHWH. Please understand that HIS Words are a reality unveiled in the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms - fulfilled (see Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:44)! And, this reality of HIS Words must be fulfilled! When the Word Of GOD is explained in its eternal and abiding context in the “I AM” of GOD, explained to us in the “I AM” of CHRIST JESUS, the Word Of GOD actually becomes HIS Words (see Matthew 4:4; John 3:34; John 6:63; Luke 24:44 a; 21:33) that must be fulfilled! They are CHRIST JESUS Words (see John 3:34; John 6:63) because the Word Of GOD can only find fulfillment through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. Why? Because HIS Spirit and HIS Life alone have fulfilled the Law and the Prophets (see Romans 1:3-4). Because HE is the WORD made flesh WHO has given HIMSELF to us (see John 1:14-17; Luke 22:19-20; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV) by sacrifice in the actualities of YHWH-JIREH (see Genesis 22:14; Colossians 2:9, KJV/NKJV; John 1:16-17). The fulfillment is unveiled supernaturally in HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Colossians 1:19-20). The unveiling comes into us in the stature of HIS faith and HIS love that, we in turn choose to realize and express in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, in holiness unto YHWH! The potentials are simply awesome. This realization is the unveiling of HIS Bread for HIS Offerings by fire (see Numbers 28:2, KJV) from the altar of our heart. And, HIS Bread for HIS Offerings by fire will be unveiled in a calendar of fulfillment that unveils us in a Passover continuum into a growing reality of being tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH (see Psalms 91:1; Luke 24:44). [The prophetic calendar of fulfillment is unveiled in Numbers 28:1-31; Numbers 29:1-40. We have introduced this Calendar in our book: “Our Testimony In The LORD JESUS CHRIST.”] This is why we are told that the Testimony Of JESUS unveils the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). The Spirit Of CHRIST released from the Rhema Word, enables GOD’s Word to be fulfilled in our inward parts, in HIS will. Without HIS Spirit nothing can be supernaturally enabled into us in Truth. See 1 John 4:1-6. The Law and the Prophets can only find fulfillment in HIS Spirit communicated through the substance of HIS Fullness. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets enable us to experience GOD in fully enabled terms. This realization of the reality of GOD through growing fulfillment defines the salt of our Covenant with GOD (see Leviticus 2:13; 2 Chronicles 13:5). The salt is the reality of actually having tasted GOD so as to be able to actually live by HIM. So we are each being invited in the reality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets to taste and see that YHWH Is Good so that we may each enter the eternal and ever-growing actuality of loving YHWH with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. And, in this growing realization be able to love each other as ourselves. The taste of GOD results in circumcised hearts (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Php 3:3). ======================================================================== CHAPTER 89: 06.15. THE PROPHETIC OF THE MORNING STAR ======================================================================== The Prophetic Of The Morning Star In spiritual terms the process of enlightenment (by revelation - Ephesians 1:17-18; Psalms 97:11-12) enables us to take possession of GOD’s “I AM” Light (see Ezekiel 44:28) - in fully derivative and fully subordinate terms. As an actuality realized in HIS “I AM” (see Hebrews 11:6) in the substantive reality that “HE IS”. In the actuality of HIS “I AM” realized, we can live, move and, have our being in HIM (see Acts 17:28 a, NIV) and by HIM (see John 14:6; 1 John 4:9). This enlightened inward state is addressed in prophetic terms as the Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 2:28). The Morning Star is the realized measure of the fullness of the Bright Morning Star (see John 1:16-17; Revelation 22:16) unveiled in our inward parts (see James 1:17-18; Ephesians 1:17-18). This unveiling is in an intensity of light that is prophetically called the Sun Of Righteousness (see Malachi 4:2). This is GOD’s Righteousness unveiled in us - in CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Corinthians 5:21) - by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). The Realized Measure Of HIS Fullness The prophetic of the Morning Star expresses the measure of HIS Fullness which we have actually realized from HIM (see Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15-16; Ephesians 1:22-23) in entirely derivative and, fully subordinate terms. And this realization is an exclusive expression of the Righteousness Of GOD (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV)! HIS realized fullness (in terms of the measure of HIS Spirit and HIS Life) becomes - in radiant substance (hupostasis) - the lamp of our spirit (see Revelation 21:23; Proverbs 20:27). The Revealed Word Unveils As Light The lamp is fashioned in the intensity of the Light Of Life (see John 8:12 c) realized from the Light sowed into our inward parts (see Psalms 97:11 a) in, and through, the revealed Word. The revealed Word unveils its meaning - in functional terms - in and as the Testimony Of JESUS realized (see John 1:17; John 1:16-17, NASB). The Testimony Of JESUS unveils the Word in the realities of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets; explained, in fully functional terms through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. The Light of this explanation is in the faith and love of CHRIST JESUS - for us. The Light Of Life is an enlightened construct of the revealed Word realized from the Testimony Of JESUS that, we are called to be able to function in. This functionality is defined in the “I AM” of the Name Of JESUS that we have realized (by revelation) in an understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) which knows HIM. In this revelation we can see the FATHER (see John 14:6-9)! [The Ark Of Our Priesthood Understand that the actuality of the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (“YHWH-YESHUA”) realized, is the Ark of our priesthood before GOD (see Deuteronomy 10:8). See 2 Samuel 6:2 and compare it with John 17:6 a,26. The seven “I AM” statements of the LORD JESUS CHRIST - realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB) - unveil the functional actualities of the Covenant (see Deuteronomy 10:8) Testimony (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22) of the Memorial-Name (see Exodus 3:15; Exodus 3:13-15, KJV/NASB). This reality of the Ark fulfilled (see John 16:22-27) unveils its functional status as a Passover into the Mount Of The LORD. This functional reality is YHWH-JIREH unveiled (see Genesis 22:14)! In the Mount Of The LORD is the functional reality of an eternal order of priests of the Order Of Melchizedek (see Genesis 14:18-20; Luke 22:15-16; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28; John 17:26 c; Ephesians 1:22-23)!] HIS Fullness Must Fill All In All John 1:17 (NASB) pointedly instructs us that grace and truth were realized through JESUS CHRIST. The term “were” points to the intents of the FATHER’s heart in which we are each fearfully and wonderfully made in the realized fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see Psalms 139:14; Ephesians 2:10). We are predestined to partake of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Peter 1:3-4 a) and to manifest HIS fullness into all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23)! This is our destiny. This is the unique position of privilege bestowed on the Bride Of The LAMB. Being Fashioned In The Light Of Life James 1:17 tells us that every good thing and every perfect gift comes to us from the FATHER Of Lights. This realm of blessing, realized inwardly, is a growing continuum in the “I AM” Light of GOD revealed and possessed - in fully derivative and subordinate terms - in CHRIST JESUS (see Ezekiel 44:28). The “I AM” Light of GOD is revealed through HIS Word unveiled - exclusively - in (and by, and through) the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. And, this is something we must understand and never forget, that true revelation knowledge [that unveils “I AM The Truth”] comes exclusively in the Spirit and Life of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, communicated into us by the exclusive ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63 a). The revelation comes out of HIS Rhema Word - in radiant substance (hupostasis) as a substantive revelation reality (see Deuteronomy 29:29) of some intensity of HIS Fullness realized; received and possessed, as light (in enlightened terms - see Ephesians 1:17-18). And, light comes out of the Word realized as revelation through HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Luke 24:44 and note the reference to “MY Words”). This light is established in a radiance (called the Sun Of Righteousness - see Malachi 4:2) sown into us (see Psalms 97:11) in substantive Logos terms, in and as some measure of CHRIST JESUS’ Fullness, realized, by the SPIRIT Of Life. See also 2 Corinthians 4:6-7. HIS Face Unveiled (In A Word Construct ) In Our Inward Parts The radiance unveiled in us, is HIS Face unveiled (see Exodus 33:18-20; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 1:16’ 2 Corinthians 3:17-18). This realized (or, perfected and completed) reality is described as “HIS Face was like the sun shining in its strength” in Revelation 1:16. So, the WORD Of GOD unveils HIMSELF to us in a revealed Word Construct perfected and completed into our inward parts. ‘HIS Face’ is the power (Greek: dunamis) unveiled in the strength (Greek: ischus) of GOD’s Might (Greek: Kratos). [See 2 Corinthians 4:6-7; Habakkuk 3:3-4.] Power is realized in the strength of GOD’s Might unveiled in a Word Construct of the Ark Of The Covenant, in the Testament Of JESUS revealed in the tablets of our heart (see Hebrews 9:3-4). The Ark Of GOD The Testament Of JESUS unveils ‘HIS Face’ as an inward reality. That is, the Testament Of JESUS enables us to see HIM and to know HIM. ‘HIS Face’ unveils the “I AM” of HIS Name. This Word-defined totality of “YHWH-YESHUA” unveiled is the Ark Of GOD (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; John 17:6 a,26; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7). This reality of the Ark, unveiled in “YHWH-YESHUA” is perfected and completed into us in a priesthood, unveiled in the strength of YHWH’s Might (see Colossians 1:11, NASB; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7). This fulfillment represents the fullness of the risen CHRIST unveiled in our inward parts; and, this is the power (dunamis) which we have realized in the Name of the LORD JESUS - “YHWH-YESHUA” (see Colossians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7). This power of the strength of GOD’s Might is the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS Name - the Ark Of GOD, the Ark Of The Name (see 2 Samuel 6:2), the Ark Of The Testimony (see Exodus 25:21-22), the Ark Of The Covenant (see Deuteronomy 10:8) - the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see John 17:6 a,26) - the AMEN of the true and faithful Witness (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 16:22-27; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:19), the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Ephesians 2:10)! “YHWH- YESHUA!” The Necessity Of Realizing HIS Fullness Revelation 1:17 a pointedly declares: “And, when I saw HIM, I fell at HIS feet as a dead man!” And, this is how we are actually changed supernaturally. This is how we die to self! This is how the prophetic realities of our baptism are fulfilled. The substantive radiance realized is prophetically called the Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19). It is the actuality of the Sun Of Righteousness alive within us (see Malachi 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:21 b). And, this inward radiance is a functional construct of “every perfect gift” and “every good thing bestowed” in light (see James 1:17) in the “I AM” of CHRIST JESUS (see John 8:12; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7) realized. This Light realized - the Sun Of Righteousness unveiled - is a measure of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT, being actualized from our inward parts as a growing realization (see John 1:17; John 1:16-17, NASB). This realization or, enlightenment of all that is communicated into us in the prophetic dimensions of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, is a Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19). HE Is The Key To Every Blessing The terms “every perfect gift” and “every good thing bestowed” represent the realities of the riches of YHWH’s grace (see Ephesians 2:4-7; Ephesians 3:16-20; Ephesians 2:8-10) that we actually come to possess as functional states, in which we can each function in, in JESUS Name (see Ezekiel 44:28; John 1:16-17; John 17:6 a,26,22). These functional states are revealed as Word defined actualities unveiled in and through HIS Spirit and HIS Life and, made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT. Being Unveiled As HIS Body In The FATHER’s Will This is a functional state of being developed in the construct of becoming one Body (of HIS Flesh - see Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV) - not individual showmen. This radiance is the Light Of Life (see John 8:12 c) that unveils a realized (or, enlightened) radiant Logos Word Construct from our being. This realized Word Construct has the potentials of becoming an actuality of the Oath of GOD’s Word in the SON (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; John 1:16) that describes the “I AM” actualities - in HIS Light realized - in which we can actually function in GOD and by GOD. This functional state of being must unveil in the FATHER’s will (see John 5:19-20; John 5:30; John 4:34). Our Witness Develops As We Glorify HIM Please understand that this inward state is described in a witness that is a construct in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth that glorifies the LORD JESUS as LORD and KING. Any other witness is false (see 1 John 4:1-6) and is a merchandizing of the Spirit of the anointing that we have received (see Ezekiel 28:15-18). We function through every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift given (see James 1:17), being unveiled in our inward parts with understanding (see Hebrews 11:3 a; Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) and, with power (see 2 Corinthians 4:6-7) expressed through a confidence in CHRIST JESUS (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV). This actuality is spiritually appraised (see 1 Corinthians 2:12-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Colossians 2:2-3) from the witness alive in us, that is entirely a growing expression of HIS Fullness realized (see 1 John 5:10 a,1 John 5:6-8, NKJV). We thus see that revelation establishes into us (see John 6:63; Mark 4:22) a reality that is of the “I AM” SPIRIT Of YHWH, opened to us in enabled Spirit terms of the Spirit Of CHRIST. This Spirit enabling, is the Spirit Of Prophecy, unveiled and released through the Testimony Of JESUS (see James 4:5, NASB; Exodus 34:14; John 3:34) - HIS Words realized as an inheritance and a possession (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33). Revelation knowledge is HIS “I AM” Light, alive in us as the Light Of Life. This is the actuality of life eternal (see John 17:3). It is this Eternal Witness that Enoch came to realize or, “obtain” in some measure (see Hebrews 11:5; Revelation 3:14 b; Genesis 5:24) of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness (see Jude 1:14) and he was taken! We Are Justified In the Faith That Unveils HIS Fullness Revelation knowledge in HIS “I AM” Light, is the true substantive form of knowledge, unveiled into our inward parts from HIS Spirit and HIS Life, that actually justifies us in HIS faith and HIS love for us, realized and actualized from our inward parts (see Isaiah 53:11 b; 2 Peter 1:3-4 a; Psalms 54:1). In practical terms, this justification, fashioned into our inward parts, results in GOD’s Word being actually performed in and through our lives, in some GOD ordained functional reality (see Jeremiah 1:11-12) unveiled in the good works that GOD has manifested in HIS Righteousness (see Ephesians 2:10). This manifestation is exclusively the Righteousness Of GOD unveiled! And, HIS Righteousness alive in us - by faith (HIS faith unveiled in perfected and completed terms as our faith in HIM) - justifies us (see 1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:21). HIS Radiance Alive In Us The light of revelation unveils in a radiant state of being in CHRIST JESUS. HIS radiance (see Hebrews 1:3) comes alive in us in the stature in which we have received HIM through HIS Words (see John 6:63; John 17:8 a). In Luke 24:44, the LORD JESUS unveils the awesome reality that stands in “MY Words” - “all things which are written about ME [in HIS “I AM” Status] in the Law Of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” [Understand that HE IS the WORD and HIS Words unveil – in fulfilled terms - the eternal and fulfilled dimensions of the Law Of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms! How? In the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS realized and actualized! See John 3:34 and take note of the reference to the Words (Rhema) Of GOD! See also Matthew 4:4 and take note of the Word (Rhema) that proceeds out of the Mouth Of GOD. The Rhema Of GOD that comes to us as the Rhema of CHRIST JESUS is the prophetic Word that GOD will fulfill in the merits of the LAMB (see Revelation 19:10 c; Luke 24:44).] Let’s go over this again. HIS radiance alive in us in growing measures of HIS Fullness, is prophetically addressed as the Morning Star (see Genesis 15:5-6; Galatians 3:16; Galatians 3:22; Galatians 3:26-29; Ephesians 3:16-19)! The actuality is of the Sun Of Righteousness that has risen into its orbit of actual functionality in our life in the FATHER’s will! And, this Morning Star is a construct of “MY Words” unveiled in and through a living construct of the revealed Word fashioned into our inward parts. Becoming Tabernacled In The “I AM” Of YHWH YHWH is the Name Of GOD; and, we move by the SPIRIT in HIS “I AM” reality - the “I AM” actuality of GOD - that is exclusively of the Name Of GOD (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB). Ezekiel 44:28 tells us that this actuality that is of the Name is our inheritance and our possession (see also John 17:6; John 17:26; John 17:22) in derivative, subordinate terms unveiled in the Flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:53). It is in the infinitude of the Name opened according to the Word, that is according to all of the Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB), opened into our inward parts, that, we move by the SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). Our inward focus must always be on the “I AM” of GOD, not on a realm of the spirit. In the “I AM” of YHWH, in HIS SPIRIT, we can freely move into the spiritual realities of the realm of the spirit – without fear but, in an actual confidence in CHRIST JESUS (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV). This is part and parcel of the actuality of becoming partakers of CHRIST as noted in Hebrews 3:14! This inward realization is a reality exclusively defined in HIM and by HIM and through HIM. This inward realization is unveiled in actualities described in righteousness and holiness of the truth (see Ephesians 4:22-23), always unveiled under the shadow of the ALMIGHTY (see Psalms 91:1; Genesis 17:1-2; Galatians 3:29)! This inward state is unveiled in the conviction of being tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH (see Psalms 91:1-2; Genesis 14:18-20; Luke 22:14-16). This is the prophetic unveiling of the fulfillment of the Feast Of The Tabernacles. As mentioned earlier, the Feast Of The Tabernacles is the fulfillment and completion of GOD’s calendar of perfection (see Matthew 5:48) in a growing Jubilee (a prophetic cycle of 50 “years” - see 2 Peter 3:8) of grace (five) completed (ten); where, 50 is simply five by ten – grace completed. A Covenant Of HIS Fullness We realize this inheritance of “I AM” possessed (see Ezekiel 44:28) as a Covenant laid into the tablets of our heart - in the Testimonial actualities (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22) of the Flesh and Blood of the LAMB (see John 6:53-58); meaningfully unveiled into us through “MY Words” (see John 6:63; Luke 21:33). Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV and Ephesians 1:22-23 explain the awesome intent and fulfillment of HIS Fullness unveiled within us and through us. HIS Fullness is to fill all-in-all through the living and growing, unveiling of a Body of HIS Flesh and HIS Bones! This creative realm of revelation (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:20; Mark 4:22) knowledge (see 2 Peter 1:3-4 a; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7) is a reality of the Rhema Word that is unveiled into us in a Logos Word Construct - by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). The essential and the necessary root forms of this Word revelation are exclusively in, from and through, the Spirit and Life expressions of the Testimony Of JESUS, unveiled in HIS faith and HIS love towards us (see Revelation 19:10 c; John 14:6). Exclusive because, only the Testimony Of JESUS is the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c) unveiled by the SPIRIT (see John 6:63; John 16:13-15). Exclusive because, the LORD JESUS IS: “I AM The Truth!” Exclusive because, the HOLY SPIRIT, WHO communicates the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS Fullness, is the SPIRIT Of Truth! Exclusive because, only the FATHER’s will - unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT - can remain. And, must remain! The revealed Word is designed to give expression to GOD’s “I AM” Fullness which, is given to us according to all of HIS - “I AM” - Name unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16; Psalms 138:2 c, NASB; John 17:6 a,26). The LAMB Must Become Our Lamp In this functional reality created within us (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16), the LAMB must become our Lamp (see Revelation 21:23)! The Lamp is the realized fullness of the Bright Morning Star (see Revelation 22:16). The radiance is described as the Sun Of Righteousness (see Malachi 4:2). This radiance of the Sun Of Righteousness - realized - is our Lamp. This Lamp is unveiled into us and amongst us, in the fulfilled radiance peculiar to each of our unique callings. We are each being unveiled as unique Morning Stars (see Revelation 1:13; Revelation 1:16-17 a; Revelation 21:23) - sons of the living GOD (see Galatians 3:26-29)! Receiving YHWH’s Provision This reality of provision in HIS “I AM” [YHWH-JIREH], is an actuality that the cross brings across to us in graphic prophetic terms (see Hebrews 9:14). We are actually given all of HIS Fullness (see Luke 22:19-20; Colossians 2:9, KJV). This is the fullness of the GODHEAD in bodily form (see John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:56). This is HIS Fullness given freely to us; so that, we will all be saved and be brought alive in and by - and according to - HIS Fullness realized (in HIS “I AM” Name - Psalms 54:1). Salvation is being unveiled in a lifestyle that is fully expressed from all that HE has provided for us in HIMSELF, in the actualities of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28; Genesis 22:14). HIS Spirit and HIS Life is provision - in perfection - to be completed into us (see Colossians 2:10). This is the prophetic fulfillment of the Covenant Name YHWH-JIREH (see Luke 22:19-20; Genesis 22:13-14; John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:56)! The “I AM” expression of HIS Spirit and HIS Life is the Bread Of Life (see John 6:48; John 6:63) that forms our inward parts and, fashions our realities in HIM [in HIS “I AM”]. The realities in HIS “I AM” become part and parcel of our state of being, in fully subordinate terms. And this is the prophetic fulfillment of the actuality - “I AM The Life!” The “I AM” expression unveiled into our inward parts establishes the Covenant Of GOD, unveiled in the Fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16), as a realized possession (see John 1:16-17; John 17:6; John 17:26; John 6:53-58; John 6:63) within the tablets of our heart and mind (dianoia) as noted in Hebrews 8:10-12. See Romans 2:29. The Covenant is unveiled in an intimacy uniquely fashioned into each one of us (see Revelation 2:17). The Covenant, possessed as an inheritance, is entirely and exclusively of HIS Spirit and HIS Life. The Covenant is explained through the actualities revealed in the Word Construct made alive within us - exclusively - by the HOLY SPIRIT. This Covenant unveils a witness (see 1 John 5:10 a) to HIS Testimony (see Exodus 25:16), that is in its entirety meant to be the exclusive workmanship of GOD (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3) ======================================================================== CHAPTER 90: 06.16. PART III ======================================================================== PART III COMMUNING WITH YHWH ======================================================================== CHAPTER 91: 06.17. UNDERSTANDING THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS ======================================================================== Understanding The Testimony Of JESUS This chapter is written to understand (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) the crucial importance of the Testimony Of JESUS. The Testimony Of JESUS is central to the unveiling of the realities (or, actualities) of our salvation. At the heart of the Testimony of Jesus that gives expression to our salvation, is the communication of the actuality of GOD (see Psalms 54:1). The realities of salvation are explained in the Word in accordance with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets unveiled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This totality is a manifestation in revelation knowledge that unveils the reality of GOD (see Mark 4:22; Mark 4:20; John 6:44-45). This totality is an unveiling of the Mystery Of CHRIST (MASHIAH - see Ephesians 3:4, Colossians 1:25-27). We need to clearly understand that the Words of the Testimony Of JESUS, that communicate HIS Spirit and HIS Life, express the actuality of the Word Of GOD - in substance - that is of HIS Fullness (see Colossians 1:19-20) ordained to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23) And, in this substantive reality of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, the Word Of GOD is unveiled according to “all of the Name” (see Psalms 138:2, NASB; John 17:6 a). This is the Word Of GOD that communicates the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in the true knowledge of YHWH, explained through the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA. In the substantive actuality of the Word being communicated through the Spirit and Life expressions of the Testimony Of JESUS, the realities of the Law and the Prophets described in the Word, are opened to being manifested in us, in fulfilled terms that give actual expression to our salvation. These are realities described in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. And, these realities are actualized according to the measures of HIS faith and love that been perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV).This reality of fulfillment is a manifestation of grace in MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness (see John 1:16, NASB+KJV+NKJV). The Bread Of Life The realities of the Law and the Prophets are being manifestedin fulfilled terms defined in the faith and love of MASHIAH YESHUA and, communicated through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. The spiritual framework for the release of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS that communicates HIS perfect faith and HIS perfect love is the Testimony Of JESUS. The Testimony Of JESUS communicates the substantive reality of “MY Words” (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44). “MY Words” give actual expression - in the substance of HIS Fullness - to the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The Testimony Of JESUS must therefore be understood as being the engine of our life and our growth. The Testimony Of JESUS is the spiritual crucible in which we are actually created - from our inward parts (see 2 Corinthians 4:16) - in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15) through HIS Spirit and Life being actually communicated and manifested into us. We are being created in CHRIST JESUS through communication of the Testimony of JESUS. In the communication of the Testimony of JESUS, HIS Fullness is being perfected and completed into us. Two Manifestations Of Substance We are being inwardly fashioned in the prophetic dimensions of “HIS Flesh” - in the substantive realities of the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22; Hebrews 4:12). The Bread Of The Holy and Most Holy is the substantive actuality of the Word manifested to the inward parts of our soul and our spirit through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS! Please understand that in this process YHWH is defining the abiding realities of HIS Word according to the substance of HIS “I AM” unveiled in fully subordinate terms in CHRIST JESUS, the SON OF MAN. A New Man Is Being Unveiled Ephesians 2:15 declares that we are unveiled as a “new man”. And, in this new man we are manifested as one people. One Body of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16; Ephesians 1:22-23; John 17:26). One Body of HIS Flesh and HIS Bones (see Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). The LORD JESUS CHRIST came into the world to establish the “growth and life” engine of the Testimony Of JESUS for us in the SPIRIT Of YHWH! This “growth and life” engine of the Testimony Of JESUS, is the substantive actuality of the Word Of GOD, manifested by the WORD in the SPIRIT Of YHWH. This substantive actuality is to be revealed and explained to our inward parts - supernaturally, in the substance of HIS Fullness. And, the realities of this revealed explanation is graphically described in 1 Corinthians 2:9 as “ things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that GOD has prepared for those who love HIM.” In the substance of HIS Fullness we are created from our inward parts (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16). The substance of HIS Fullness is perfected and completed into us in fully subordinate and dependent terms. Unveiling A Living Memorial Of Growing Fulfillment The Testimony Of JESUS is the eternal and abiding actuality of the Word alive in the SPIRIT Of YHWH. The Testimony Of JESUS is the spiritual conduit for the Word Of GOD being supernaturally revealed and supernaturally explained to us. The Testimony is designed for our realization and application through the Word “revealed and explained”, that is in accordance with the “I AM” realities of the Name Of GOD unveiled through (in and by) the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The Testimony Of JESUS is to be revealed, perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Mark 4:22-24) in a living Memorial (see Exodus 3:15, NASB; Ephesians 3:19) of YHWH’s “I AM” Fullness realized in CHRIST JESUS in fully subordinate terms. It is in the actuality and reality of the Word, which unveils GOD’s Name through the Testimony Of JESUS, that GOD will actually perform and fulfill HIS Word, in the merits of the LAMB (see Jeremiah 1:11-12, NASB). And, this is because it is only the “I AM” of YHWH communicated, that can give actual expression to the Truth! The “I AM” of YHWH is exclusively communicated through the Testimony Of JESUS. Truth Is Being Communicated Into Us Because of the necessity of Truth being an “I AM” communication, the communication of Truth is exclusive to the Testimony Of JESUS! Truth is exclusive to the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. In fact the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS gives actual expression to Truth in the substance of HIS “I AM” Fullness. This is why the LORD declared (the substantive reality of being): “I AM The Truth!” [See also John 6:48 and Colossians 2:9, KJV.] Given the fact that the Testimony Of JESUS is the framework in which Truth is actually communicated, in potentially actualized terms, we see many wonderful realities being potentially opened to our lives. The Testimony Of JESUS has the potential of becoming the spiritual framework in which we can realize all things in the merits of the LAMB (see John 16:15; John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; Colossians 1:19-20)! Being Unveiled In The Merits Of the LAMB In fact, in the Testimony Of JESUS the merits of the LAMB are imputed to us in and through the realized substantive fullness of HIS Spirit and HIS Life! And, this is manifested in our inward witness as an actual confidence (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV) in HIM, even as we increasingly become actual partakers of CHRIST (MASHIAH). This actual confidence is realized in the actuality of the Word communicated in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. This is the actuality of the Word, which unveils the Name in “I AM” terms through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. This reality-in-substance is the prophetic fulfillment of Aaron’s Rod that budded (see Hebrews 9:3-4; Hebrews 3:1-6). Aaron’s Rod that budded is GOD’s Word in Oath of Covenant being made fruitful, through the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 15:7-8; John 15:16), into a living and growing functional confidence in YHWH (see Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 5:13-15). The Word Of GOD Is Being Manifested What we are describing is a living process in which GOD’s Word is being made fruitful through the actual manifestation of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS in us (and also through us). The Word is manifested and explained through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF into us and, also through us. Through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS that we actualize, we bear fruit in all that we do in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see John 15:16; Colossians 3:17). It is YHWH’s will and purpose to unveil us in word and deed - entirely - through CHRIST JESUS (see 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:6). This manifestation is deemed to be a new creation in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 4:23-24; John 1:16-18). In this reality, a living witness is unveiled and actualized in us in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see 1 John 5:10 a). The inward witness - being actually developed in our inward parts in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - is designed to facilitate a fully functional reality in CHRIST JESUS from our inward parts. In this witness we live through CHRIST JESUS (see 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:6, NKJV). And, we develop the ability to live and function in the Name of JESUS (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:23-27; John 16:13-15). The Testimony Of JESUS when actualized in the tablets of our heart, is the conduit of the Word Of The Oath, that comes to us in the SON, being actualized (see Hebrews 7:28; Exodus 32:16). The Testimony Of JESUS unveils in us as a Word Construct in the SON’s actual fullness and, this is the exclusive workmanship of GOD (see Hebrews 7:28; Exodus 32:16; John 1:18, NASB+KJV). Being Enabled To Function In GOD And By GOD This Word Construct in our inward parts supernaturally explains the “I AM” of GOD’s Name into our witness (see John 1:18, NASB; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV). We actualize a reality conformed to the “I AM” Name of GOD. We learn to develop the skills of living and functioning by WHO YHWH IS and by ALL THAT YHWH IS. Our witness unveils in wisdom, knowledge and understanding (see Colossians 2:2-3; Proverbs 9:10) and, has the potential of being unveiled as an Oath that is an actual functional expression of the fulfillment of the Law Of YHWH (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). That is, the Word Of The Oath comes alive to us as being part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). This unveiling of wisdom, knowledge and understanding also has its sensory dimensions fashioned in us through the construct of the Word Of Righteousness (see Hebrews 5:13-14); in which, we are manifested as the righteousness of GOD in CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Corinthians 5:21). This growing actualization in our inward parts is the fulfillment of the Breastpiece Of Judgement (or, Righteousness - see Ephesians 6:14) that is part and parcel of the clothing of our priesthood (see Exodus 28:15-30). This inward actualization of the clothing of our priesthood - in salvation (see 2 Chronicles 6:41; Galatians 3:27; Galatians 3:26-29) - is a substantive reality that is also part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Wisdom, knowledge and understanding are realities of functional attributes (from GOD) being actually unveiled (by being perfected and completed into us) through the substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, realized in our inward parts (see John 1:16-17; Colossians 2:2 b-3). These functional attributes are fully described and, perfected and completed into us, in the Spirit Of CHRIST (see Isaiah 11:2; John 3:34; John 6:63; Galatians 3:27; Galatians 4:19; James 4:5, NASB). It is crucial that we receive the right Spirit (see 1 John 4:1-6) which is the medium of the anointing given to us so that we may all be taught of GOD (see 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27; Isaiah 54:13; John 6:44-45) - perfectly. This substantive reality is a functional reality in YHWH, established by the “I AM” Oath of HIS Name witnessed in our hearts in the substance of CHRIST JESUS’ Fullness. In this prophetic reality we have the potential to do all things in and by GOD - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT! HIS substance (manifested in us subordinately) unveils realities of wisdom, knowledge and understanding that come alive in a functional framework that knows HIM (see Proverbs 9:10 b) by Oath, manifested in a living and growing confidence in our inward parts. The Ark Of The Fullness Of God In the growing spiritual framework of “knowing HIM” - in the length, the breath, the height and the depth of HIS Fullness - we are filled to all the fullness of GOD (see Ephesians 3:18-19) in bodily form (see Colossians 2:9, KJV; Ephesians 1:22-23). This is the Body of HIS Flesh and HIS Bones (see Ephesians 5:30, KJV) ordained to unveil the “fullness of HIM WHO fills all in all” (see Ephesians 1:22-23). The Ark in which Aaron’s Rod was placed is called (in 2 Samuel 6:2 b): “the Ark Of GOD which is called by the Name, the very Name of the LORD Of Hosts.” The Ark Of GOD is unveiled by Testament (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22), by Covenant (see Deuteronomy 10:8), by Name (see 2 Samuel 6:2) and by Might (see 2 Chronicles 6:41) in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a, 26), through HIS Fullness communicated (see John 1:16-17, NASB, Colossians 1:19-20). The Ark of GOD is called by HIS Name (see 2 Samuel 6:2; 1 Chronicles 13:6). The Ark Of GOD is also called the Ark Of The Testimony (see Exodus 25:22). The Ark is also called the Ark Of The Covenant (see Deuteronomy 10:8). The Ark is also called the Ark Of HIS Might (see 2 Chronicles 6:41; Ephesians 1:19-21, NASB). The Name Of JESUS Unveils The Ark Of GOD We find prophetic convergence of all of these actualities of the Ark, in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST being unveiled in us and amongst us (see John 17:6; John 17:26; Revelation 1:12-13; Revelation 1:20 c) in HIS Fullness (see John 1:16 b), as we are unveiled as HIS Body (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:18-19). HIS Body is a living and growing temple (see John 2:19-21) called to manifest HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 1:22-23) into all in all. The construct of this Ark in our inward parts is in accordance to the Testimony Of JESUS that explains GOD’s Word into a Blood Covenant Oath that knows HIM, such that, we can function in the Name JESUS! “JESUS” or “YESHUA” is the Name Of GOD unveiled and explained (see John 17:6 a,26; Colossians 2:9, KJV) in a Blood Covenant intimacy of a living and growing Oath alive in our inward witness, entirely realized from MASHIAH YESHUA’s Testimony (see John 17:6 a, 26). This Witness of intimacy is unveiled in Blood, Water and Spirit, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:6, NKJV; Hebrews 7:22). We are appointed to be able to do all things in word and deed in the Name of the LORD JESUS (see Colossians 3:17) WHO is “YHWH-YESHUA”. The ability to do all things is unveiled as a clothing with CHRIST (see Galatians 3:27, NASB) - in Spirit terms, unveiled from the Testimony Of JESUS, that explains the Word Of GOD in and through HIS Spirit and HIS Life. In this enabled inward reality realized in substance, the Testimony Of JESUS is the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). The Name Of JESUS Unveils Our Priesthood When we carry the Name Of JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26; 1:16-17; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28) in the realized witness of the Blood, the Water and the Spirit (see 1 John 5:6; 1 John 5:8, NKJV) manifested through the substance of HIS Fullness unveiled in a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:26), we are walking in the reality of the Word (see Revelation 3:14 b) that fulfills our priesthood as described in Deuteronomy 10:8 and Ephesians 1:22-23. Our priesthood has many facets to it. Some of these facets are explained in the realized realities of being a priest in a Body of priests: o By becoming a member of a priesthood that is fully functional in HIS Excellence (see 1 Peter 2:9). o By becoming a member of a priesthood that functions in the Oath of HIS Word, in the power of an indestructible life, unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16, NASB). o By becoming a member of a priesthood that unveils the realities of the MOST HIGH GOD (Genesis 14:18-20; Deuteronomy 10:8) into the creation (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:18-19). This unveiling is in a functional reality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Matthew 7:12; Deuteronomy 10:8). This fulfillment is manifested in the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT expressed from our inward parts (see Galatians 5:22-25) that explains our conformance to the divine nature (see 2 Peter 1:3-4 a) through the fulfillment of the Law (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 8:2) . o By becoming a member of a priesthood that operates in a growing, functional Passover reality in the Mount Of The LORD from our inward parts (Luke 22:15-16; Luke 22:19-20; Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2). o By becoming a member of a priesthood that unveils an inheritance of living promises and blessings (Exodus 19:4-7; Galatians 3:29; Galatians 3:26-28; James 1:17-18) by Oath of HIS Word (see Hebrews 7:28) fashioned into our inward parts. o By becoming a member of a priesthood that operates in the temple of a living and growing Body of HIS Flesh (John 2:19; John 2:21; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV) where YHWH has chosen to manifest the realities of HIS Heart, HIS Eyes and HIS Name, in fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see 2 Chronicles 7:16; 1 Kings 9:3; Hebrews 3:4-6; John 17:6 a). o By becoming a member of a priesthood that unveils an inheritance and possession in the “I AM” realities of GOD (Ezekiel 44:28). The Law Of CHRIST The realization and application of the realm of the Word, that is according to all of the Name, that GOD will perform, is a functional reality that is unveiled as the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2; Hebrews 7:12). The Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS is designed in the FATHER’s will to enable us to function in the Name Of JESUS, by the SPIRIT - all the time. Carrying The Ark Of The Covenant This functionality unveils to a priesthood appointed to carry the Ark Of The Covenant; in a functionality alive in us and explained into us, by Testimony communicated, in the Name Of JESUS. The Testimony having been communicated in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. Deuteronomy 10:8 describes this priesthood as being appointed: “to carry the Ark Of The Covenant of the LORD (YHWH), to stand before the LORD (YHWH - see 1 Kings 17:1) to serve HIM and to bless in HIS Name!” To serve and to bless are expressions perfectly and exclusively defined for manifestation into us, in and through the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH. And, we can only bless in the Name YHWH through communication of the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA (see John 17:6 a, 26c) The realities of Covenant - in the revealed Word - are being unveiled and explained as realities manifested in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love. His faith and HIS love are inherent to the communication of the Word in HIS Spirit and HIS Life. GOD Communicates HIS Name Into Us The Ark Of GOD - the Name of the LORD JESUS or, “YHWH-YESHUA” manifested - is being unveiled in a construct of the indestructible Logos Word in us and amongst us. We find the eternal prophetic application of the Ark, being unveiled in a Word Construct being fashioned into the Body Of CHRIST. And, as a living Testimony unveiled functionally through the Body of CHRIST in a living Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit fashioned into our inward parts in the substance of the Bread Of The Most Holy - the Hidden Manna Of The Name. We can gain some prophetic insight to this unfolding in Revelation 15:2-5; Revelation 11:15-19; Revelation 12:7-12. We can understand these verses as being prophetic milestones fulfilled in the unveiling of the Bride Of The LAMB, in the heavenly places (see Ephesians 1:3-12). And, we see the prophetic fulfillment that unveils a new beginning, being depicted in Revelation 21:9-27; Revelation 22:1-5. YHWH Communicates HIS Name Through The Testimony Of YESHUA The true Word [“I AM The Truth”] is communicated into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. “I AM” is the Name of GOD communicated in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS - in a fully subordinate reality defined and unveiled in the SON Of MAN, through HIS Flesh (see Hebrews 10:19-20). The “I AM” communication - through the Flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:51; John 6:53) - unveils the eternal continuum of the Memorial-Name (see Exodus 3:15 c, NASB) that is the basis for life eternal (see John 17:3; Ephesians 3:18-21). The communication is made according to each facet of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Testimony, through the Word revealed into our heart by the FATHER (see Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33; Revelation 19:10 c; Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:45) through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This reality of the Word is the Rhema of GOD’s Name explained into us - in supernatural terms, by Testimony (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) - in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6-8; John 1:18, NASB). The Name Of GOD Unveils In Blood Covenant Oath The purpose of this communication of the Name through the Testimony Of YESHUA, is to unveil a Blood Covenant in which we can each live, move and have our being, in HIM and by HIM. And, this is a supernatural communication - by revelation - that is entirely and exclusively of YESHUA’s Spirit and Life (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3). It is in this exclusive construct, that GOD can speak of the Word Of The Oath (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22). Simply because the Oath is HIS Oath, defined in the substance and merits of the Offering of the LAMB, witnessed in Blood, unveiled in the Water of the Rhema Word and, fully enabled in HIS Spirit that clothes us. This Oath unveiled, is the Logos Word Construct of the Ark Of GOD (see 2 Samuel 6:2) peculiar to our priesthood (see Deuteronomy 10:8), unveiled in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17). This construct of the Word is prophetically symbolized by acacia wood in Exodus 37:1. Acacia wood is also referred to in literal terms as the indestructible wood. Acacia wood has profound implications through the indestructible seed of the Logos Word that is being unveiled in us all, as a Logos Word Construct (see 1 Peter 1:23; Luke 21:33) of the Oath manifested in the SON (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; John 1:16-18). The HOLY SPIRIT Enables Covenant Through the Spirit Of CHRIST 1 Corinthians 2:13 (NASB) expresses this Word communication as being taught by the SPIRIT, combining spiritual with spiritual (see also John 16:13-15). Where the Spirit defining the “spiritual” is 100% of the Spirit Of CHRIST or, the Spirit Of MASHIAH. The mode of communication and increased spirituality is expressed in Spirit terms as a “fatness” that clothes our inward parts (see Leviticus 3:3-4). This Spirit is MASHIAH’s Spirit described and explained by the revealed Word in a Construct made alive in us (see John 6:63; Luke 24:44; Luke 21:33; James 4:5, NASB) as the workmanship of YHWH. MASHIAH’s Spirit enables fulfillment in prophetic terms (see Revelation 19:10 c) by the Word unveiled into a living witness in our inward parts of heart and mind (see 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV). This inward fulfillment is unveiled in the dimensions of both our soul (being fashioned in the Bread Of The Holy) and our spirit (being fashioned in the Bread Of The Most Holy). This again is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. [This growth in our spirituality or, Spirit of our spirit, is measured in the strength of our witness dedicated to the FATHER, in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST unveiled through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. Our growth finds total expression in all that we do in word and deed being actually unveiled in the Name of YHWH-YESHUA (see Colossians 3:17; Hebrews 3:6).] The True Spirit Of The Word It is important for us to understand that the Spirit of the Word must be exclusively of CHRIST JESUS, or it will not be the Truth and neither will it stand forever (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Ephesians 1:17-18). The Spirit Of CHRIST enables us to actually do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13). We must learn to do all things in the strength of CHRIST, through HIS Spirit. Strength in HIS Spirit becomes our ability in HIS Name. We do all things in the Word manifested through the Spirit Of CHRIST. This ability is the righteousness of YHWH unveiled in us, in all that we do in word and deed in the Name of YHWH-YESHUA (see 2 Corinthians 5:21; Colossians 3:17). This ability defines an intimacy with the Master - our Husband, YESHUA ADONAI. The Testimony Of YESHUA Explains The “I AM” Of YHWH All of the above enables us to understand (see Proverbs 9:10 b, NASB) the crucial and exclusive importance of the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 1:18, NASB/KJV). Simply because GOD cannot “explain” HIS “I AM” to us in any other mode of intimacy except by the Testimony Of JESUS. And, this is because the Testimony Of JESUS is, by substance of sacrifice, consecrated fully and exclusively for the communication of the Heart of YHWH into fully functional actualities that will define the well-being of all creation. GOD cannot explain Truth to us except by all that is fully enabled by the Spirit Of CHRIST (see James 4:5, NASB; John 3:34-35; Exodus 34:14). The Truth explained into our inward parts sets us free (see John 8:31-32), in enabled Spirit terms that clothe our inward parts and, clothe the realities in which our inward parts operate and function in, in JESUS Name (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:23-27). There is no other mode by which Truth can be communicated in its actuality; because, only GOD Is Truth. GOD has revealed and explained HIMSELF to us in the SON, in the Word defined expressions of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Colossians 2:9; John 17:6 a,26; 1:16-18; 14:7-9) unveiled to our inward parts in HIS faith and HIS love for us. This is why the Testimony Of JESUS is the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c). The fulfillment of the Prophets will be realized through YESHUA’s Spirit enabled expressions of faith and love, established in holiness unto YHWH, being perfected and completed into us as a living and growing expression of YHWH’s Righteousness. The Prophetic Word Is Exclusive To YESHUA’s Spirit And Life The prophetic Word must find its fulfillment in us and amongst us in the Spirit and Life of the LORD JESUS CHRIST or it can’t be the Truth. This is why the LORD JESUS defined Truth in the exclusive terms of HIMSELF: “I AM The Truth”. This means that the entire Word Of GOD must be communicated into us in the Spirit Of CHRIST, expressed into us in Rhema Word terms by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Luke 24:44; John 6:63; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27). The reason why the WORD was made flesh was to express, in eternal Spirit and Life terms, the “I AM” of YHWH to us, by the SPIRIT. This is the Word Of GOD explained in Truth (see John 1:18, KJV/NASB; 14:6) in the substance of HIS Fullness - to be prophetically unveiled as HIS Flesh! The Logos Word Of HIS Flesh The explanation of “I AM” is “written” or “communicated” or “explained” in the Rhema of the Testimony Of JESUS. Where, the living expressions of HIS “I AM” are expressed in Truth - exclusively - in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, manifested into us in substantive terms that form a Logos Word Construct in our inward parts. This Logos Word Construct is the flesh of HIS Flesh, which unveils in us in the dimensions of the Bread Of The Holy (in our soul) and, the Bread Of The Most Holy (in our spirit). In this communication we will each be able to supernaturally actualize (by revelation unveiled and perfected and completed into us) a growing “I AM” actuality in truth within ourselves, so as to actually live, move and have our being, entirely by HIM. [We can measure this growing reality in terms of all that we do in word and deed. By the witness to the LORDship of JESUS CHRIST in all that we do. The witness being measured in the HOLY SPIRIT, in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see Romans 9:1; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8). This witness is actualized as the Passover fulfilled in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth alive in our spirit as the Bread Of The Most Holy and, in our soul as the Bread Of The Holy.] This is an actuality entirely defined by the “I AM” Of YHWH unveiled to us exclusively in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a; 1:16-17) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14-15)! The actuality in “I AM” is our heritage. We are called to possess this “I AM” heritage for eternal application in our lives (see Ezekiel 44:28; Deuteronomy 10:8; John 15:7-9; John 15:16-17) and, into all creation (see Ephesians 1:22-23) as a living and growing Memorial Testament of servanthood (see 2 Corinthians 3:5-6) and sonship (see Romans 8:14; Galatians 4:6-7) - forever (see Ephesians 3:21). The Heritage Of YESHUA’s Spirit And Life The living, functional, expressions of MASHIAH’s Spirit and HIS Life, communicated in the frameworks of HIS Word, are entrusted to the Church (both Jew and Gentile) - the living and growing Body Of MASHIAH - charged with the exclusive responsibility of giving expression to HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 1:22-23; John 1:16-17) - forever! AMEN! This is the living and growing Witness of HIS “I AM” Testimony alive in us and amongst us, as an inheritance possessed, in the inward construct of the Memorial Name in our inward parts (see Exodus 3:13-15; John 17:6 a,26; 1:16-18; Ephesians 3:19-21). See also Revelation 3:14 b in the context of Ezekiel 44:28 and understand the awesome implications of this potential being opened to our inward parts (see also Isaiah 66:1-2). The Body That Gives Expression To YESHUA’s Testimony The Testimony Of JESUS is the expression of the totality of HIS Words. HIS Words carry the potentials of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, consecrated to the Glory of the FATHER, by HIM, to be fully unveiled in and through the Temple of HIS Body (see John 2:19; John 2:21) by the HOLY SPIRIT. This is a reality consecrated for our eternal well being - entirely - in HIS merits. And, this fully consecrated reality in the substance of HIS Fullness, is fully made available to us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 9:14; John 6:63; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13). Of HIS Fullness we have all received (see John 1:16)! The Testimony Of JESUS is brought into us - HIS Body being unveiled in growing fulfillment (see Luke 22:19-20; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV) - by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). What we receive in HIS Testimony is a living expression of HIS faith and HIS love, expressed in holiness unto GOD (see Romans 1:3-4) as a living expression of YHWH’s Righteousness, unveiled in us through MASHIAH YESHUA (see Romans 3:20-22, KJV; 2 Corinthians 5:21). Functioning Through MASHIAH YESHUA By The SPIRIT By the SPIRIT, we can each live by the Faith Of JESUS CHRIST before GOD (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV). We live in realities realized and expressed in the nature of HIS love for us. These realities are manifested in the dimensions of the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT. The HOLY SPIRIT perfects and completes the fullness of CHRIST JESUS in us. And, this living expression unveils as the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT, the fruits of HIS ministry in each one of our lives. The Faith Of JESUS CHRIST - the TRUE MAN - is to be realized in the growing functional witness of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled within us, and amongst us; and, in the nations to whom we minister to, through CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT. Worshipping The FATHER In this fulfillment we worship the FATHER - with gratitude and thankfulness - from the witness of our heart and mind. “Hallowed be THY Name” becomes an entire functional lifestyle, explained in a living and growing ministry to the nations forever (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Revelation 21:22-24). We are the temple of GOD (see 1 Corinthians 3:16). And, in this reality we are sharers of one altar (see 1 Corinthians 10:18; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:53-58; John 6:63) of living stone (see 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 27:4-8). We express a growing offering of a heart of one flesh (see Ephesians 5:30-32; John 17:22; John 17:26) - HIS Flesh realized in one Body of HIS Fullness. Our heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:25-26) is, in prophetic terms, the fulfilled reality of YHWH’s Bread for HIS Offerings - by fire - (see Numbers 28:2, KJV) alive from the altar of our heart (see 1 Corinthians 10:16-18; Luke 22:15-16) in a living Memorial of HIS Wonder. In this Faith Of JESUS CHRIST (see 2 Peter 1:1, NASB), brought alive into us in living expressions of HIS Spirit and HIS Life by the HOLY SPIRIT, are we actually justified (see 1 Corinthians 6:11 b; James 4:5, NASB; Zechariah 1:14) before YHWH from the witness of our heart. In this actuality, we are called to accomplish all things to the glory of GOD, as a royal priesthood of kings and prophets - sons of the MOST HIGH GOD (see Genesis 14:18-19; Galatians 3:26-29; Galatians 2:20, KJV). An Inward State In CHRIST JESUS, Manifested By The SPIRIT Our inward state unveiled, is a living and growing inward witness that is brought into us, and kept alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63). The reality of this inward witness is proven by the actual confidence (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV) that we have in CHRIST JESUS (MASHIAH YESHUA) that enables us to function in HIM, by HIM, through HIM and, for HIM - potentially all of the time. It is important for us to understand that the LORD JESUS (YHWH-YESHUA) came to give us this living and growing access into the actuality of HIS Rhema Words, by the SPIRIT, so that we will each be actually able to come to live - entirely - by HIM rather than in and of ourselves (see John 17:6 a,7-8a,14). This is what the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets means to us in actual functional terms (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 30:8; Jeremiah 31:33-34)! In the final analysis, we must understand that the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is fully expressed in how we actually function in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This inward witness is the prophetic fulfillment of the Testimony Of GOD actually made alive from within us - by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:20-22; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3; John 17:26 c; 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV). And, this fulfillment is a living and growing construct that is in accordance with the Law and the Prophets. The reality of the fulfillment of the Prophets being conformed to the LORD JESUS’ call upon our life (see Ephesians 1:17-18). This is a living and growing witness that is a creative expression of GOD’s handiwork within us. This living witness enables us to function in GOD and by GOD, in all that we do in word and deed. A Heritage Fashioned In Understanding What is unveiled into us in substantive terms, is revelation knowledge fashioned into our very being, that comes alive with an understanding that knows HIM (see Proverbs 9:10 b; Hebrews 11:3 a) fulfilled, in an intimacy that loves HIM (see Deuteronomy 30:6). This understanding is fashioned into us in substantive terms that become part and parcel of our state of being. In this understanding that knows HIM, our entire being in spirit, soul and body is designed to come into its true functional status in fully subordinate terms to the “I AM” of YHWH. Understanding Fashioned In MASHIAH’s Faith And Love Understanding (see John 5:19-20) is born of HIS Faith (see Hebrews 11:3 a) and communicated into us in the Nature of HIS Love. In this understanding unveiled, YESHUA MASHIAH mediates the Covenant (of HIS Flesh) into our very state of being in the living construct of a growing sanctuary (see Hebrews 8:5-6; Hebrews 3:6) that hallows the FATHER’s Name. The mediation of the Covenant is through the Witness of the Blood brought into us in the Rhema Testimony Of JESUS (see 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; Luke 22:20). This is the actuality of a living and growing Covenant Testimony being made alive within us in the stature of the YHWH YESHUA MASHIAH, realized in our inward parts (see 2 Peter 1:1-4). We Are A Sanctuary In The Making As Ephesians 5:30 (KJV/NKJV) declares, we are a Body of HIS Flesh and HIS Bones! An actual sanctuary in which GOD puts HIS Name, HIS Eyes and HIS Heart (see 2 Chronicles 7:16; John 17:6; John 17:26; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17) in actual, growing fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. We unveil as a living and growing temple in the manifestation of the reality of the Bread Of The Presence (The Bread Of The Holy) and the Hidden Manna Of The Name (the Bread Of The Most Holy). Ephesians 3:19 calls this reality of HIS Name, HIS Eyes and, HIS Heart the Fullness Of GOD (see John 14:23)! Ephesians 3:19 is also part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Exodus 40:34; 2 Chronicles 7:1; John 17:22; John 17:26; Revelation 21:9-11). The Spirit and Life elements of this supernatural construct were perfected for us through the Testimony Of JESUS, established in the Temple of HIS Body (see John 2:19-21). HIS Fullness is being given entirely to us (see Isaiah 9:6-7) for our realization, in a fully functional status defined as a relationship of intimacy in Blood Covenant, established through the actual construct of HIS Body in HIS Flesh (see Luke 22:19-20; John 6:51; John 6:53-58; Ephesians 5:30, NKJV/KJV). [We become an actual expression of being part and parcel of HIS Body in HIS Flesh and, through the witness to HIM - in HIS “I AM” (see John 8:58) - being realized within us (see 1 John 5:6) and expressed in the reality of our words and deeds (see Colossians 3:17).] The Understanding That Remembers In YESHUA’s Faith And Love Realized We celebrate the fulfillment of increasingly becoming HIS Body, in prophetic terms, in our celebration of Holy Communion (see John 17:26). This is a prophetic celebration of “I AM The Truth” unveiled! The realization of a growing Passover into the Mount Of The LORD (see Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2; Genesis 22:14)! Our celebration of Holy Communion is part and parcel of the substantive reality that is to unveil the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. This is in its entirety a creative fulfillment (see Ephesians 2:10; Hebrews 8:5-6). This is why we can become actual sons of GOD; the actual living and growing expressions of the righteousness of GOD in CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Corinthians 5:21)! The inward expression in which we celebrate our Holy Communion - the expectance of fulfillment (see Luke 22:15-16; Luke 17:1-37; Luke 18:1-43; Luke 19:1-48; Luke 20:1-47; Luke 21:1-38, KJV/NKJV) - is the actuality of “knowing GOD”, in (and by) CHRIST JESUS unveiled into our inward witness (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV); that remembers, by the SPIRIT Of CHRIST (see 1 Peter 1:11), in the actuality of a living state of being that belongs to HIM. This is why worship is ultimately an entire lifestyle - in living remembrance - that expresses our state of being before GOD. Because we carry the Ark Of The Covenant (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; John 1:16-17; John 17:6; John 17:26), by a living witness in, and of, HIS Testimony (see John 6:63; 1 John 5:10 a,6-8; Luke 22:10-19), from within the sanctuary of our being (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22) according to the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16). [We carry this Witness in substantive realities of the Bread Of The Holy (in our soul) and the Bread Of The Most Holy (in our spirit). This is a reality in accordance with the fulfillment of the Law (see Leviticus 21:22) and the Prophets (see Isaiah 66:2). See Hebrews 4:12 (see also Matthew 4:4).] The Understanding Fashioned In Truth And Unveiled In A Passover The inward actuality of knowing is supernatural, the handiwork of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15 : Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). But, this knowing is of the Faith Of JESUS, fully realized in a nature of love, unveiled through HIS Love made alive into us from the actualities of HIS Spirit and HIS Life! And thus, this understanding is entirely evidential in Truth. Being actually made alive into us, from the substance (and nature) of HIS “I AM” Fullness, unveiled - in derivative and subordinate terms (see John 6:51; John 6:53; Colossians 2:9) - into us, in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, unveiled and explained through HIS Testimony received (see Hebrews 11:1, NKJV). This inward formation is realized (see John 1:16-17; NASB) in, and by, and through, our living and growing response to HIM revealed, in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8) that enables a growing Passover fulfillment into our witness in JESUS Name (see Luke 22:15-16; Luke 22:1). This witness is our remembrance, the actuality of our Passover realized in YESHUA’s Name. A Heritage Possessed In A Heart Of Flesh In the process of walking in HIS Word, by HIS SPIRIT, GOD means to give us a heart of flesh (see Ezekiel 36:25-27). A heart of flesh that HE has fashioned into us by HIS own hand (see 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, NKJV; Exodus 32:15-16). By making us alive to the actualities of HIS living Word and, by removing from us our heart of stone, our hard heartedness (see Ezekiel 36:26). Our Response Unveils In A Heart Of Flesh Our response to this miracle of love must be in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Where sincerity and truth are also realities of HIS Nature and PERSON that we have realized from HIM, by HIS Word revealed into a growing heart of flesh. [This is the heart of flesh that exists in both spirit and soul dimensions as expressed substantively in the Bread Of The Most Holy and the Bread Of The Holy.] The realities of HIS PERSON are being unveiled into us according to how we, in our own free will, desire to be in HIS likeness (see Mark 4:22-25)! This heart of flesh is an actual expression of the “fullness” of the LORD JESUS realized; WHOM, we have come to know and to love through this process of realization (see John 1:16-17; Ephesians 4:13) through revelation knowledge manifested in an actual intimacy (see Deuteronomy 29:29; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27). HIS Fullness is being unveiled through a living process of renewal and regeneration (see Titus 3:5; 1 John 3:3) that purifies our heart so that we can see HIM (see Matthew 5:8). Measuring The Witness Of Our Heart Of Flesh We know Truth revealed, when the intents and purposes of the witness in us, is to lift the Name Of JESUS and, to glorify HIM in a growing love for HIM, unveiled in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The heart of flesh is the actualized substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love for us, that communicates the substance of HIS Fullness - in HIS Love - into, and within, the tablets of our heart (see Exodus 32:16). The medium of transfer is HIS “I AM” Testimony Of Love communicated in HIS faith for us. HIS Fullness is unveiled in HIS Spirit and Life into us, as a realized possession (treasure) of HIS love for us. The treasure of HIS Testimony is described and explained in our inward parts, in and through the actualities of HIS Word unveiled into us, in our free will response to our BELOVED (see Ezekiel 44:28). In this astonishing process of our being perfected and completed in HIS Fullness, we come to realize the actuality of HIS love, from the very substance of our being that is being created in HIS Image. We will in this process of transformation also see our growing response to HIM and HIS Testimony, being fashioned according to HIS love realized. It is no wonder therefore that Ephesians 5:30 (KJV) refers to us as: “members of HIS Body, of HIS Flesh and of HIS Bones.” We are a living construct established in HIS faith realized - the prophetic of HIS Bones - that gives structure and form to HIS Body, in the Testament of HIS love that is the actuality of HIS Flesh unveiled in a living intimacy with HIM (see Hebrews 10:19-20; John 6:51). Being Justified In The Substance Of Our Witness It is fascinating that Isaiah 53:11 b describes a reality in which HIS Knowledge - expressed to us in the Rhema terms of HIS Words of Spirit and Life (see John 6:63) - justifies us! This enables us to understand the prophetic reality of David’s cry in Psalms 54:1 (NASB) that is unveiled in the actuality of the Name JESUS (YESHUA) - YHWH Saves (see John 17:6 a,26)! Indeed YHWH Saves by HIS Name and, vindicates us in HIS Power (see Psalms 54:1, NASB). We are justified in HIS Flesh formed into the flesh of our heart, in a living witness of HIS Blood that remembers HIM in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see John 6:53-58; 2 Corinthians 5:21 b)! This actuality is perfected and completed from CHRIST JESUS by the HOLY SPIRIT; and, this actuality justifies us before GOD (see 1 Corinthians 6:11) in accordance with the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2). This justification is in accordance to the Law and the Prophets fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 Corinthians 6:11). Understand that this justification is concurrent with a living reality of washing and sanctification in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT (see Titus 3:5). This fulfillment is an actual Passover realized! A Heritage Understood In HIS Faith We come to know HIM and to love HIM through the intimacy of understanding realized (and actualized) - exclusively - from HIS Testimony (see Proverbs 9:10 b; John 5:19-20; John 4:32-34; John 5:30). This understanding is entirely supernatural; being unveiled by the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16) from the revealed Word given to us by GOD (see Deuteronomy 29:29) and, understood from the Faith Of JESUS realized in our inward parts (see Hebrews 11:3 a; 12:2a). The Faith Of JESUS CHRIST facilitates the actuality in Truth [“I AM The Truth!”] from the heart of the BELOVED, WHO gave HIMSELF for us (see Luke 22:15-16; Luke 17:21, KJV/NKJV; Revelation 3:14 b). HIS Testimony is living Word, addressed in the written Word by the Greek word “Rhema” (see John 3:34; John 6:63; Matthew 4:4). HIS Rhema manifests (by the SPIRIT Of Life) in living expressions of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, from the LOGOS Testament of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature. The Rhema Word originates from the “I AM” of HIS Name (see John 17:6; John 17:26; John 17:7-8) and expresses HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17) - as HIS Flesh, given to us for the construct of HIS Body. The construct of the Body is a construct of the Logos Word that unveils HIS Flesh - HIS “I AM” communicated exclusively in HIS Spirit and HIS Life. A Body Created In HIS Faith And HIS Love This is a construct realized by HIS faith possessed in the substance of our heart and mind, in the actual understanding of HIS love tasted and treasured. This construct finds expression from our heart as HIS Bread for HIS Offerings, unveiled in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth from us (see Exodus 32:15-16; Numbers 28:2, KJV) so as to ultimately fill all in all in HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 1:22-23). We celebrate the growing actuality of this creative, prophetic process of our salvation and redemption in our inward parts (see 2 Corinthians 4:16) in Holy Communion. Holy Communion - in the witness of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets - celebrates all of the Jewish Feasts of the Old Testament in growing fulfillment and, in a growing anticipation of continued fulfillment each day and for ever (see 1 John 3:3; Numbers 28:2; Acts 2:46-47). [All of Numbers 28:1-31; Numbers 29:1-40 are fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS. Some feasts have been unveiled and are growing in fulfillment and, others are awaiting fulfillment and can be celebrated in anticipation of fulfillment! The reality of growing fulfillment is a growing Jubilee alive in our inward witness. To understand this look at Enoch (see Hebrews 11:5; Genesis 5:21-24)!] Ephesians 5:30 (KJV), describes the realized actuality in prophetic terms: “For we are members of HIS Body, of HIS Flesh, and of HIS Bones.” This is the realized fulfillment of Luke 22:19-20! The Life of the Body of HIS Flesh is in HIS Blood (see Leviticus 17:14 in the fulfillment of the Law)! This realized fulfillment is a Passover continuum realized (see Luke 22:15-16; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8) in the fully functional terms of a living and growing Body of HIS Fullness; that, actually functions in, and by, and through, HIS Fullness - realized and expressed. The Feast Of The Tabernacles unveils in a growing Passover that tabernacles us - in fully functional terms - in the Presence of the MOST HIGH (see Psalms 91:1; Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 7:28). This growing fulfillment is of the fullness of HIM - WHO - fills all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23)! HIS Fullness - the FATHER’s Bread for HIS Offerings by Fire - is the communicative medium of the Testimony Of JESUS. Which, is the Spirit Of Prophecy that will enable all prophetic fulfillment in and by the excellence, the power and, the authority of the LORD JESUS CHRIST - in the FATHER’s will (see John 4:34)! A New Creation Of HIS Fullness Let’s re-look at the awesome provision of YHWH by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see John 16:7; John 16:14-15)! HIS Fullness is expressed through HIS Rhema Word. This Rhema Word is the quickened Word brought alive into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. This Rhema Word expresses HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63). And in HIS Fullness we are created as YAHWEH’s workmanship (see John 1:16; Ephesians 2:10). This creation has a prophetic calendar that unveils as a growing Jubilee from our inward parts, even as we increasingly become tabernacled in the Presence of the MOST HIGH in the merits of the LAMB of the Passover. HIS Spirit and HIS Life communicate HIS Fullness into us as the Bread Of Life (see John 6:63; John 6:48). The Bread Of Life is of the “I AM” of HIS Testimony - the prophetic fullness of HIS Flesh and Blood communicated into us. The Bread Of Life is HIS Bread for HIS Offerings by fire (see Numbers 28:2, KJV) in the functional dimensions of the Bread Of The Most Holy (in our spirit) and the Bread Of The Holy (in our soul). When realized, we have actually eaten of HIM. When actualized into the tablets of our heart and expressed in a lifestyle, we have become, in some measure of HIS Fullness, the flesh of HIS Flesh. The medium of the communication is substance (hupostasis) realized from HIS Spirit and HIS Life. This substance is of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature that enables us to be fashioned in HIS Fullness - in fully derivative, dependent and subordinate terms. Amen! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 92: 06.18. THE ACTUALITY OF BLOOD COVENANT ======================================================================== The Actuality Of Blood Covenant In MASHIAH YESHUA’s “I AM” unveiled, an actuality of GOD is established within us (see 2 Chronicles 7:16; Ephesians 3:19). This actuality of HIS “I AM” is of HIS Flesh and HIS Blood (see John 6:51; John 6:53; Colossians 2:9), made alive in us by the SPIRIT. This actuality is Blood Covenant. The actuality of Blood Covenant is of the Flesh and Blood of the LAMB (see Luke 22:19-20). The actuality of Blood Covenant is communicated and developed through the revealed Word manifested (perfected and completed) into our inward parts. Blood Covenant is a realized witness to “I AM” alive within us by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV). Blood Covenant involves a witness alive in our inward parts in substance that describes the specifics of the Word unveiled in HIS Fullness. The witness is unveiled in the unified Witness of the Blood, the Water and the Spirit (see 1 John 5:6, NKJV). The strength and character of this witness is in the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness realized. The strength and character of this witness is in HIS Image and HIS Fullness. The strength and character of this witness is a construct of the Word unveiled in the substance of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-18, KJV+NASB) - the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22; John 3:34; John 6:63; Luke 21:33). Blood Covenant is a reality in substance. YESHUA’s substance, is the substance of YHWH’s Bread for HIS Offerings by Fire, manifested from the altar of our heart (see Numbers 28:2, KJV+NASB; 1 Corinthians 10:9-11). HIS substance (hupostasis) carries the potential of actually becoming a living Oath within the construct of our being (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22). In this Oath realized, our life and our living will be unveiled in a sworn state of being (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20-21) that is in accordance to the Law in fulfilled terms. [Please understand that the practice of the Law in itself will never manifest the fulfillment (see Matthew 5:20). The fulfillment is entirely of the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness. The substance is of HIS PERSON and Nature, communicated subordinately - into us - through HIS faith and love for us.] Hebrews 7:16 (NASB) proclaims that in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 7:12) we will be unveiled “according to the power of an indestructible life.” The realities of this indestructible life are described by the Word Of The Oath fashioned into our inward parts in MASHIAH YESHUA’s Spirit and Life (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22). The actuality of the Oath is a witness in Blood unveiled from the substance of MASHIAH’s fullness actualized (perfected and completed) in us. Blood Covenant unveils when the actuality of “the l(L)ife of the f(F)lesh is in the b(B)lood” is realized in our inward parts (see Leviticus 17:11; Luke 22:19-20). This is part and parcel of the fulfillment of the Law. When the Law is fulfilled the result is the actuality of Blood Covenant. We begin to be able to function in the Word Of The Oath. And, this is the unveiling of the Beginning of the New Creation that is able to actually function in the true and faithful Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit - unveiled by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS. This realization is the growing fulfillment of the actuality of the New Covenant Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS, that sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death. Unveiling The Oath Of Covenant The sworn state of the inward witness fashioned in the substance of HIS Fullness is Blood Covenant. The strength and character of this witness is in HIS Image and HIS Fullness. This sworn state of being - in Blood Covenant - functions entirely in, and according to, the reality of knowing GOD - in the communication of the “I AM” of YHWH in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). Our inward state of being is unveiled in a remembrance - fashioned according to the substance and witness of the Memorial-Name (see Exodus 3:15; Exodus 3:13-15; 1 John 5:7, NKJV), unveiled in YESHUA MASHIAH’s Flesh and Blood (see Genesis 14:18) - in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. This remembrance fully acknowledges - in conviction and confidence, manifested in a growing lifestyle and functionality - the all-encompassing, all-sufficiency of EL SHADDAI (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Exodus 34:14; James 4:5, NASB; Genesis 17:1-3; Genesis 17:13 c; Galatians 3:26-29). Blood Covenant Unveils In The Intimacy Of The Testimony Of JESUS Realized What is unveiled as Blood Covenant is the actualized realization of the Testimony Of JESUS, within the witness of our heart (see John 5:19-20; John 5:30). This comes about as the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA is perfected and completed into us - in HIS faith and love for us. In this reality the Word becomes flesh in us. Blood Covenant is the realized reality of the revealed Word Of GOD, perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16) as the flesh of the LAMB (see 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV; Ezekiel 36:26; Jeremiah 31:31; Jeremiah 31:33-34). Blood Covenant is the actuality of “I AM” made alive in us, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the Flesh (the Substance of HIS Fullness) and Blood (the Witness of HIS “I AM” faith and love towards us) of CHRIST JESUS. This is the realized fulfillment of the actuality (see Exodus 32:16) described as: “I AM The Bread Of Life”. The actuality of the Bread Of Life realized, is manifested in our soul as the Bread Of The Holy (the Bread Of The Presence - see Exodus 25:31, NASB). And, the actuality of the Bread Of Life realized, is manifested in our spirit as the Bread Of The Most Holy (the Hidden Manna of YHWH’s Name - see Hebrews 9:4; Revelation 2:17; 2 Samuel 6:2)! This actuality of the Bread Of Life actualized is fulfilled in functional terms described as “I AM The Way, And The Truth, And The Life” and “I AM The Vine, you are the branches.” Again, these are Blood Covenant realities manifested in accordance to the Bread Of The Holy (from our soul) and the Bread Of The Most Holy (from our spirit). The medium of this prophetic communication is the “I AM” of HIS Flesh (see John 6:51) and HIS Blood (see John 6:56; John 17:26 c) brought alive - into us, within us and from us - by the HOLY SPIRIT, the SPIRIT Of Life. We Are In Covenant With “I AM” From Our Inward Parts The Witness unveiled in a growing realization in our inward parts, makes HIM alive in us (see John 17:26 c; John 6:56 c) in a radiance of light (see Revelation 1:12-17 a) that is HIM, revealed in HIS “I AM” Light, shining in HIS Strength - from within us (see 2 Peter 1:19). The measure of the fullness of HIM revealed in HIS Light, shining in HIS Strength from within us, is prophetically called the Morning Star (see John 6:56 c; John 17:26 c; 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:16 c; Revelation 22:16). The Word Of The Oath actualized in growing prophetic dimensions being increasingly fulfilled. The medium of communication of HIS Flesh and Blood is HIS Spirit and HIS Life, brought into us and made alive in us from the Rhema of HIS “I AM” Testimony, as an actuality of HIM that we can live by, by the SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). This actuality of HIM is communicated through HIS faith and HIS Love being perfected and completed into us in the reality that HE gave HIMSELF to us. Our heart of flesh is the creative result of HIS Spirit and HIS Life finding form and substance (Greek: hupostasis) within us, in and by the Testimony of JESUS, that explains the Name Of JESUS into us from HIS Words, through actual communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life through HIS faith and love for us. In the substance of this communication in us, YHWH is carefully and precisely crafting HIS Covenant into us. The Riches And Wealth Of “Anything” In Accordance With The Name Given John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 16:22-26, the potentials of the riches in the Name Of JESUS, being explained into us, are actually limitless (see Ephesians 3:16-17; John 17:22; John 17:26; Ephesians 3:16-20; Ephesians 3:20-21). These are the riches of the FATHER’s Glory (see Ephesians 3:14-19) which are meant to be unveiled into the creation from the Temple Of YESHUA’s Body (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:4-10) built in the Flesh and Blood of the LAMB (see John 2:19; John 2:21). The Word Of GOD declares that we are each fearfully and wonderfully made (see Psalms 139:14). The heart of flesh is exclusively the result of the revealed Word received and possessed, in the specifics of an actual Blood Covenant relationship creatively realized (or, actualized) in our inward parts, in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, in all that is fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS we have access through the one SPIRIT to GOD the FATHER (see Ephesians 2:18; 1 Corinthians 2:10). And, this Blood Covenant actuality is entirely unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The unveiled actuality is an on-line witness of communication with YHWH that stands in the strength and character of the substance of the witness - entirely fashioned and formed in the Flesh and Blood of the LAMB. The more of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS manifested in the witness, the greater is the ability to draw from (and function in) the true and faithful Witness. The true and faithful Witness is the AMEN of YHWH unveiled in CHRIST JESUS by the SPIRIT for a new creation (see Revelation 3:14 b; 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 1 Corinthians 2:10). Blood Covenant Unveils In An Actual Relationship In the witness being developed within us in Blood Covenant a relationship is being fashioned in the actuality of HIS “I AM” as seen through a growing witness unveiled exclusively from HIS Testimony to us. It is a personal unveiling, in an intimacy that is entirely according to our response to HIS “I AM” revealed and realized. This intimacy unveils in a witness alive in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. This reality in CHRIST JESUS, alive by the HOLY SPIRIT, expresses a Blood Covenant state of being (see Hebrews 3:6; 2 Chronicles 7:16) fashioned in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Our state of being is expressed through a reality unveiled from the specifics of the revealed Word, possessed within the tablets of our heart (see John 6:53-58; John 6:48; John 6:63) through HIS “I AM” revealed (see Ezekiel 44:28; John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:56). Blood Covenant Is A Fully Functional State Of Being The specifics of the revealed Word are in accordance with HIS call upon our lives. And, the Rhema in which the revealed Word is being released into us, unveils a Blood Covenant state of being, that is being fearfully and wonderfully described in HIS Fullness, for growing fulfillment - forever - in conformance to the FATHER’s will. Blood Covenant expresses the “I AM” actuality of GOD - actually realized in the Flesh and Blood of the LAMB - from the tablets of our heart and mind (dianoia - imaginative mind) in a fully functional state of being formed according to HIS will and purpose for our lives, forever. The Inward Construct Of Covenant The “I AM” actuality of GOD (in Blood Covenant) is an actuality prophetically described in CHRIST JESUS, as HIS Flesh and HIS Blood (see John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:56) opened to us in the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, in entirely derivative and subordinate terms (see John 6:51; John 6:53; Colossians 2:9) prophetically addressed as the “SON Of MAN”. In this actuality we can live and function by HIM, in an intimacy described in HIS realized fullness through the FATHER’s will unveiled within us (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Colossians 1:9-11). The Covenant Is Fashioned (Subordinately) In HIS Substance The actuality of Blood Covenant is unveiled in the Words written and formed into the flesh of our heart in substantive terms. These Words Of Covenant fashioned in substance, are made alive (or, quickened to life) in the Witness of the Blood, the Water and the Spirit (see 1 John 5:6; 1 John 5:8, NKJV), brought to life into us by the Eternal SPIRIT (see also Hebrews 9:14; John 6:63 a; 16:13-15). This quickening is designed to be a living and growing intimacy of communion that results in the unveiling of actual functions by the SPIRIT in JESUS Name. HIS Spirit and HIS Life are expressions of HIS “I AM” revealed through the Witness of HIS Words, possessed in HIS substance unveiled into our inward parts derivatively and subordinately (see Ezekiel 44:28). This results in a creative enabling in our being, through HIS Fullness received (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). Covenant Is A Realization (In Substance) With Understanding Our heart of flesh is formed in HIS “I AM” Fullness revealed in substance from HIS (Rhema) Word (see John 6:63; John 6:53-58), according to HIS Testimony realized inwardly in our heart and mind (see Revelation 19:10 c; John 17:6; John 17:26). The substance is fashioned from HIS Spirit and HIS Life communicating the actualities of HIS faith and love. The realization fashioned in this substance unveils in an understanding that knows HIM. This understanding that knows HIM is supernaturally fashioned in substance and made alive into realities of HIM in our heart and mind (see Proverbs 9:10 b; Deuteronomy 29:29). This understanding is an evidence of truth designed by the FATHER (see John 6:45) to unveil an actuality in HIS “I AM”, as a revealed possession in our inward parts (see Ezekiel 44:28). This revealed possession is the actuality of Blood Covenant fashioned in substance and manifested in a living witness of communion and function, by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS. Covenant Realities Are Described In The Substance Of YESHUA’s Faith HIS “I AM” realities are unveiled in the perfect and complete Faith Of JESUS unto us and upon us who believe (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV). In this understanding we are actually able to live by the LORD JESUS CHRIST, alive in us by HIS SPIRIT. In this understanding we actually know HIM (see Proverbs 9:10 b) and, in turn actually know GOD (see Jeremiah 31:34). This knowing with understanding is Blood Covenant. Blood Covenant is intimacy that knows GOD and loves GOD and is holy unto YHWH! The medium of this supernatural communication and transference, is YESHUA’s Faith that saves us, in HIS merits, through the reality of HIS Love for us - actually realized in our inward parts (see 1 John 4:18). It is HIS love that changes us (see 1 John 4:19; 1 John 4:16). GOD communicates the faith and love of YESHUA into us, so that we will have a true understanding of “I AM” in Blood Covenant. HIS Blood is an expression of HIS faith and love for us! The substance of the expression of HIS faith and love is described as the Bread Of Life. Covenant Reality Only Unveils By The SPIRIT The actuality of Blood Covenant that understands the “I AM” of YHWH, is made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the realized fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 16:13-15). Our inward parts unveil with an understanding - in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT - that knows GOD so as to be able to function by HIM. The actuality of being able to function by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS is Blood Covenant. Blood Covenant is the actuality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in functional terms. This functionality is defined in CHRIST JESUS and is made alive in us only by the HOLY SPIRIT. Blood Covenant unveils our ability to live and function in GOD. This functionality is entirely orchestrated by the HOLY SPIRIT. Blood Covenant Is Becoming A Part Of HIS Body We are able to function because we are actually being created in CHRIST JESUS, in an actuality of being a member of HIS Body. Becoming a member of HIS Body is a reality and actuality - in substance - that belongs to HIS Stature entirely (see Ephesians 2:10). And, this creation is unveiled in righteousness and holiness of the Truth (see Ephesians 4:23-24) - “I AM The Truth” - from HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 2:10). This understanding, results in us having a confidence in HIM (see Hebrews 3:14, KJV/NKJV) that is entirely the result of the handiwork of GOD the HOLY SPIRIT. This is a creative construct fashioned in, and from, the faith and love of JESUS CHRIST that has saved us (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6; John 16:13-15). The confidence (Greek: hupostasis) or assurance, mentioned in Hebrews 3:14, is of the substance (Greek: hupostasis) of faith (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV). This substance is of the Faith Of JESUS, made alive into us by the love of JESUS unveiled by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, according to our response (in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth) to all that the LORD JESUS has done for us. Both the words confidence and substance [in the context of Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 11:1 (KJV/NKJV)] are described by the same Greek word “hupostasis”. And the purpose of this confidence, in substance, is to bring forth an evidence of “I AM” - in Truth - within us. This is the substance of Covenant - the Flesh of the LAMB! Understand that the substance of Covenent is unveiled entirely from HIS sacrifice. This communication of substance is the actuality of “this is MY Body given for you” (see Luke 22:19). Blood Covenant Is Developed In Sincerity And Truth What all this tells us is that GOD means to cause us to grow in and through HIS “I AM” revealed in CHRIST JESUS; using the ‘inward mechanisms’ that HE has supernaturally brought alive within us, when we were born again (see Ezekiel 36:26 a). HE means to fashion us in the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS that we are each willing to receive and take possession of, in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see Mark 4:22-25). Spiritual growth comes out of HIS revealed “I AM” Rhema Word (see Deuteronomy 29:29; John 6:63) possessed inwardly within our heart and mind (see Hebrews 8:10-11; Hebrews 10:15-16; Ezekiel 44:28) in JESUS Name. In JESUS Name because salvation can come by no other name (especially our own)! The Flesh Of HIS Flesh This inward reality of heart and mind is possessed in the substance of faith (see Hebrews 11:1, NKJV). This substance is communicated as an expression of love - HIS Flesh and HIS Blood - in a Witness entirely of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, unveiling HIS faith and HIS love, perfected and completed for us in the Cross, into us, through the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT. This substance lovingly fashioned into our state of being in HIM, is the flesh of HIS Flesh! This is the substance of Covenant! When the substance of Covenant is perfected and completed in us we see the unveiling of a reality of intimacy with the BELOVED described as being in ‘one flesh’ (see Ephesians 5:31-32). The actuality of ‘one flesh’ results in an intimacy fashioned through the unveiling of a Covenant Of Marriage to be consummated at the Marriage Of The LAMB. The Life Of The Flesh Is In The Blood This substance of HIS Spirit and HIS Life is HIS Flesh, and this creation in HIS Flesh is opened in functional terms in HIS Blood (see John 6:48; John 6:53-58; John 6:63) expressed in Eternal Rhema terms in the SPIRIT Of YHWH (see Hebrews 9:14). As Leveticus 17:11 declares: the Life of the Flesh is in the Blood. Blood is the communicative medium of HIS Love. Without the Witness of the Blood there can be no basis for the intimacy that forms the conduit of Blood Covenant reality. Blood Covenant is an intimacy of communion in which we know how to function in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT in the FATHER’s will, through the Word that YHWH has unveiled in us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. [Just as blood forms the conduit of life in our physical body of human flesh, so also, does the Body of HIS Flesh find Life through the Witness of HIS Blood Testimony unveiled as a functional intimacy in our inward parts (see Hebrews 12:24; 1 John 5:6). The entire New Covenant is in the Blood (see Luke 22:20, NASB/NKJV). Without intimacy there is no reality of Blood Covenant. There would also be no basis for Blood Covenant. The entire Scriptures are structured so that they would be unveiled in a growing functional construct of Blood Covenant. Blood Covenant is the realized fulfillment of the Testament Of YHWH. Blood Covenant manifests the actuality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. Blood Covenant describes the inherrent intimacy with GOD demanded by the Law and the inherrent functional integrity of Truth before “I AM” demanded by the Prophets.] Blood Covenant Unveils In A Living Temple The entire expression of Blood Covenant when realized inwardly, is entirely supernatural; being the pure and the perfect handiwork of GOD (see Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6; John 16:13-15). The supernatural result is a Body that is actually the flesh of HIS Flesh and the bones of HIS Bones (see Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). This Body is a living and growing Blood Covenant expression - a Temple and Sanctuary - created from HIS Fullness unveiled. This Body is a priesthood consecrated in the power of an indestructible life (see Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:16, NASB) to carry the Ark Of The Covenant (see 2 Samuel 6:2; John 17:6 a) and minister in HIS Name (see Deuteronomy 10:8; Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22; John 17:6 a,26). [This is why Jeremiah 3:16 declares that the Ark Of The Covenant will never again be re-constructed in earthly terms. Only in the heavenly terms of fulfillment in the Kingdom Of Heaven (see Revelation 11:19; Revelation 15:1-8; Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:8; Hebrews 6:19; 1 John 3:3; Ephesians 1:3-6). Revelation 21:16 (NASB) describes the Ark fulfilled as a city of 1500 miles in length, 1500 miles in breath, and 1500 miles in height. See also Revelation 21:9-11.] This Body is the Bride, the wife of the LAMB, predestined to having (see Ezekiel 44:28; John 8:12 c) the Glory Of GOD (see Revelation 21:9-11; John 17:22). The essential intent of this supernatural, growth process engineered into our inward parts, is to enable us to actually come to know HIM and to love HIM - entirely - in and by and through HIS “I AM” realized. Unveiling The Willingness To Live Through “I AM” True growth is realized as we come to know HIM and, come to actually love HIM; so as to actually want to live in HIM, by HIM and, through HIM. This response becomes our testimony that worships YHWH in Spirit and Truth (see John 4:21-24; Revelation 21:22-23; 2 Chronicles 7:16; Hebrews 3:4-6; Isaiah 66:1-2). In worship, unveiled in the fear of the LORD (see Deuteronomy 6:13), we come to realize the true desire (see Isaiah 11:3 a; James 4:5, NASB; John 3:34) to function by HIM, by HIS Name, through HIS Fullness realized. Willingness Is Part Of YHWH’s Provision The actuality of willingness comes out of the heart of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see Luke 22:15-16; Revelation 3:14 b). And, this is the core of GOD’s provision for us (see 1 John 5:6; 1 John 5:8, NKJV, 10; John 6:56 c) enabling us to yield to YHWH’s will. The HOLY SPIRIT ministers this actuality, from our LORD and Saviour, into us (and, also through us into the nations as noted in Ephesians 1:22-23). The actual desire for GOD and the things of GOD, comes alive through YESHUA’s Spirit perfected into our heart as a substantive fatness that covers our inward parts (see Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:16; James 4:5, NASB). As pointed to in Leviticus 3:3-4, the fatness represents the Spirit that the LORD JESUS CHRIST perfected in the Temple of HIS BEING for us (see John 2:19; John 2:21; see also John 3:34). HIS Spirit expresses HIS Fatness. HIS Fatness is HIS Fullness in the substance of HIS Spirit, perfected and completed through HIS manhood for release into us. YHWH Provides By Revelation Knowledge There is a release into us, by a process of revelation (see Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 4:22; Mark 4:24-25) perfected and completed in our inward parts, as we receive and walk into HIS Rhema Testimony, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in and through the supernatural realities of renewal and regeneration unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Titus 3:5). This Testimony of HIS Words (see John 6:63; John 17:8; John 17:7; John 17:6), when received (see Luke 21:33), unveil the beauty and excellence of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature in substantive terms into us. We Are Enabled In HIS Spirit When revelation is perfected into us, the Spirit that communicates that revelation into us or, the Spirit that is perfected into us, is the fatness that clothes our inward parts. This is addressed as a clothing with CHRIST in the New Testament revelation (see Galatians 3:27, NASB). We are also told to put on CHRIST which, is the reality of walking into the revelation that GOD has brought alive into us, so that we can be clothed in the Spirit of that revelation. In this fatness formed, that covers our inward parts (see Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:16), we are enabled to function in the Name Of JESUS. This comes about because the fatness is actually entirely of HIM. The Word Of GOD that expresses HIS Fullness, has the exclusive intent of manifesting a new creation - entirely - through, and by, and from, and in, the Testimony Of JESUS realized (see John 1:16-17; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 1:22-23). Revelation realized releases HIS Spirit into us (see John 3:34). This Rhema Word Of GOD is the true and faithful Witness, the Beginning of the creation of GOD, that is certified by Oath as the AMEN (see Revelation 3:14 b). The AMEN being guaranteed in the Word Of The Oath unveiled in JESUS Name (see Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 7:22)! When we enter this reality from the inward witness, we have entered the actuality of GOD’s Word being fulfilled in us. We Are Of HIS Substance Manifested Subordinately Everything realized in CHRIST JESUS will be entirely new; of a substance that is not of the world (and ourselves) but rather of a substance (Greek: hupostasis) that is entirely of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature. This is why we can be saved! This is why we are only saved in HIM and, by HIM! This is why we are saved by the Name Of GOD (see Psalms 54:1; John 17:6 a,26). In HIS Fullness realized we are actually created (see Ephesians 2:10). In this new creation there unfolds an actuality that is entirely of the “I AM” of the FATHER, the WORD and the HOLY SPIRIT, subordinately fashioned into us in the Flesh of the SON Of MAN (see John 6:51; John 6:53; Colossians 2:9). In this actuality, fashioned into our heart and mind through the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, we actually come to know GOD! And, we can prove this reality by actually functioning by HIM (see John 15:8). And, this underscores the design of our being by the FATHER! In the unveiling of this design in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT Of Life, we come to actually hallow the FATHER’s Name. AMEN! The witness that hallows the FATHER expresses the actuality of our salvation realized and possessed in fully functional terms. This is Blood Covenant actualized! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 93: 06.19. BEING ALIVE BY HIM ======================================================================== Being Alive By HIM It is GOD’s eternal Law Of Life that we are each to come to love the LORD our GOD with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength (see Mark 12:28-30). This totality of heart, soul and mind, being alive to YHWH, so as to actually love HIM with the intensity of our whole being, is the reality (or, actuality) of true life realized (see Deuteronomy 30:6). This realization of true life, is a circumcised reality unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29) in CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 8:2; Colossians 2:11; Php 3:3) in actual and growing fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. This growing circumcised reality unveils true life and defines the quality of true life (see Deuteronomy 30:6). Our ability to actually live the life of GOD - unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT - is defined in our circumcision. Given the LORD JESUS’ proclamation: “I AM The Life”; we can understand that life is realized through CHRIST JESUS revealed and unveiled in us. HIS Fullness is perfected and completed into us to enable true life. And, this creative work is unveiled in functional terms realized; where, we are actually able to live in HIM and by HIM. We come to function in HIM, by HIM and through HIM. And, this is a growing evidence of our circumcision. Luke 2:21 tells us that the Name YESHUA or JESUS was given at HIS circumcision. And, in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, the unveiling of the functional realities in HIS Name YESHUA are also brought to us as a circumcised reality (see Colossians 2:11). All that stands in HIS Name is awaiting functional expression through circumcised hearts (see Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 30:6) developed uniquely in each of us (see Ezekiel 36:26; 1 John 3:3; Matthew 5:8). We are called to discover true life in and by MASHIAH YESHUA. Circumcision also unveils growing realities in the Law and Prophets fulfilled in JESUS Name. As different facets of the Law and Prophets (for example, our Sabbath rest in the “I AM” of YHWH) are perfected and completed into us in CHRIST JESUS Fullness, we are circumcised in the perfected and completed reality of truth framed into our inward parts in CHRIST JESUS Fullness. All this tells us that true life realized and expressed is meant to be - entirely - of HIS Fullness communicated and made alive in us and through us (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:19-20) by the SPIRIT Of Life (see Romans 8:2). This is the Law Of Life - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will. We are to learn to live through JESUS CHRIST (see 1 John 4:9). Because HE is the Life (see John 14:6)! And, when we actualize this witness of being able to live by HIM (see Colossians 2:11), we see the unveiling of our circumcision in increasingly, perfected and completed terms in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Colossians 2:11; Romans 2:29). This realized witness to true life developes in realities that are living expressions of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled, being increasingly unveiled in us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, communicated into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. As this witness is perfected and completed in us, we are circumcised in our heart (see Deuteronomy 10:16). This circumcised heart will increasingly love GOD, seek to obey GOD, want to live by GOD, trust in GOD, rejoice in HIS Glory, love to worship HIM, take delight in the fear of the LORD, seek HIS will etc. All these realities are elements of the Law fulfilled. Please understand that in a circumcised heart the actualities unveiled in us are consistent with the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. What the Law could not do, YHWH has done - by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS. This is the New Covenant Law Of Life that actually sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death (see Romans 8:2). Life Lived In HIM And By HIM True life realized, is the growing actualization of our salvation. Our salvation is unveiled in our inward parts in accordance to HIS Fullness realized (see Colossians 2:9-10 a). What we can realize of salvation is described into us, and expressed from us, exclusively through HIS Spirit and Life communicated into us. HIS Faith realized establishes the elements of true life by substance communicated and, HIS Love realized fulfills the actualities of true life by HIS Nature being perfected and completed into us. All this is a creative work (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). In CHRIST JESUS our perception of life is totally transformed. HIS Spirit and Life unveil life in growing expressions of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Fundamentally, the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets involves our unveiling as actual partakers of the divine nature (see 2 Peter 1:3-4), functioning in the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT (see Galatians 5:22-23; Matthew 7:12). And, our perceptions of life are changed continuously as we unveil as partakers of the divine nature able to increasingly express the divine nature actualized into all that we do in word and deed. We function in a Sabbath rest defined as an actual rest in GOD fashioned into our inward parts. This rest is a circumcised reality that puts no confidence in the flesh of man (see Php 3:3 c). We actually function by the HOLY SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS, in a growing reality that sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death (see Romans 8:2). We function in a growing liberty by the SPIRIT in CHRIST JESUS (see James 1:25). This is a liberty from sin and the desire to sin. This is a liberty unveiled in the pursuit of truth that sets us free from sin, sickness and disease. This liberty from sin and the desire to sin is the Law fulfilled. The growing fulfillment of salvation - described in and by HIS Spirit and HIS Life - gives expression to the growing potentials of true life actually lived in HIM and by HIM (see Colossians 3:17). And, the actualization of true life - from YHWH - unveils our circumcision in the Name YESHUA. We live in GOD by the Name YESHUA unfolded into us by the HOLY SPIRIT. And, this is true life. This is the FATHER’s will (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Colossians 1:15-20). Our growing heart of flesh is circumcised so as to increasingly function in the Name Of JESUS (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:23-27). Each function is defined through the Word explained in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH. Each function is fashioned and formed through HIS Faith and Love being perfected and completed into us. What unveils in each one of us creatively, is a heart of flesh built in the substance of HIS Faith and HIS Love actualized. Circumcision unveils actual function in HIS faith and love perfected and completed into us (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Php 3:3). HIS Faith establishes the Law (see Romans 3:31; 2 Peter 1:1; Romans 3:21-22, KJV) and HIS Love fulfills the Law (see 2 Peter 1:3-4; Romans 13:10; Luke 23:34). The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets unveil in us and amongst us when the faith and love of YESHUA MASHIAH - communicated into us in substance - is perfected and completed into us so that we are able to actually live through HIM (see 1 John 4:9). What is perfected and completed into us unveils as a circumcised reality. Faith Is The Medium Of Transference And Provision We are describing true life realized from CHRIST JESUS Fullness (see John 14:12; John 15:7; John 16:23-24) in the substance of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature communicated into us in HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14). The substance of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature is unveiled through the Rhema of HIS Spirit and HIS Life and, communicated into us by the SPIRIT Of YHWH (see John 6:63; John 6:48). This is life communicated in substance, through MASHIAH YESHUA’s Faith and Love for us. The communication of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Faith and Love for us in Rhema terms is by the Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV). The Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit is the living Testimony Of JESUS - the living conduit of true life - unveiled by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15). The Spirit dimension of the Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit, is the Spirit Of Prophecy - the Spirit Of CHRIST unveiled from the Testimony Of HIS Words (see John 6:63; John 3:34) by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 6:63 a). The substance being communicated is conformed to HIS PERSON and HIS Nature. The communication of the substance of HIS Fullness is in fully subordinate and dependent terms unveiling our circumcised state before YHWH - even as the communication is perfected and completed into us, through the living ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT in our inward parts. We receive the communication of true life - via YESHUA’s Rhema Testimony - by simply setting our hope on HIM (see 1 John 3:3). Life received from HIM by substance is perfected into us - in substance - through our living and our functioning, to become the actuality of our growing faith in HIM. True faith is manifested in substance conformed to HIS Fullness when we set our hope on MASHIAH (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; 1 John 3:3). [Hence the Master’s declaration: “I AM the Truth!”] The conformance unveils as we choose to live in HIM, by HIM and, through HIM - by the SPIRIT. In this realized reality our faith is increasingly HIS Faith perfected and completed into our inward parts. Our faith is increasingly conformed to HIS perfect faith. HE becomes the Author and Perfecter of our faith - in the substance of HIS Fullness perfected and completed into our inward parts by the HOLY SPIRIT - in fulfillment of the Law (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV) and the Prophets (see Jeremiah 31:33-34; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 36:25-27). In the communication of the substance of HIS Fullness, the Law and the Prophets are communicated into us - in perfected and completed terms - in fulfilled realities described in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. These fulfilled realities in CHRIST JESUS, when perfected and completed into us unveil our circumcision in Truth. And, our circumcision in truth is true life unveiled or, true life actualized. True life unveils in a growing liberty from sin and, the desire to sin. Liberty unveils in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth in our inward parts (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8). These fulfilled terms define a new lifestyle; entirely conformed to CHRIST JESUS, to HIS Nature and Fullness in PERSON and BEING. The realization of life in conformance to HIM and HIS Fullness is Truth actualized. This communication of truth in a circumcised heart is the work of the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 2:29). This actualization of a circumcised heart makes us growing citizens of the Kingdom Of GOD able to function in the Kingdom Of GOD through circumcised hearts. Our faith in HIM is realized from HIS Spirit and HIS Life, communicated into us in the realities of HIS Testimony of faith and love towards us. In this realization of true faith in a circumcised heart of flesh YHWH is our Provider. If man can actually manifest a true faith outside of GOD’s provision, the implications are that man can actually provide for himself without GOD. Our faith in HIM is therefore, necessarily perfected and completed in HIS Faith that we have actually taken possession of with understanding (see Ezekiel 44:28; Proverbs 9:10 b) through an actual response to HIS Testimony realized. What we see unveiling in us is a perfected and completed transference through HIS substance being perfected and completed into our being in fully subordinate terms. This transference unveils with an understanding that knows HIM as LORD (ADONAI) and Master - from the growing substance of our being in actual conformance to HIM. In this process of realization through substance communicated, we are actually learning to live by the Faith Of JESUS CHRIST, realized-in-substance as an inheritance and a possession through our free will response to HIM (see Ezekiel 44:28; John 17:6 a). The Faith Of MASHIAH YESHUA is fundamental to us being able to live - perfectly (see Matthew 5:48). In the communication of the substance of HIS Fullness a new creation is being unfolded (see Ephesians 2:10). And, in the substance of this communication, the Law is abolished through actualized fulfillment in HIS Flesh (see Ephesians 2:15; John 6:51). Seven Horns And Seven Eyes Given the stature of HIS Life lived in Word and in deed, being expressed in a living Testimony in the SPIRIT Of YHWH. And, given the fact of HIS Fullness in Testimony being made available to us as Rhema communication, we can immediately see that everything in HIM, in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, can be realized (in understanding - see Proverbs 9:10 b) and possessed in substance from HIM. HIS Fullness is to be seen and expressed in us, in a totally new life - entirely received and actualized from HIM. This is the actual essence and substance of the FATHER’s will and provision (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Colossians 1:17-20; Colossians 1:9-11). This communicable Testimony and Witness of YESHUA’s Fullness is prophetically depicted by HIS seven horns and HIS seven eyes in Revelation 5:6. The seven horns and seven eyes give expression to the communicability of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Testimony and Witness as the LAMB Of GOD slain from the foundation of the world (see Revelation 13:8, KJV/NKJV). HIS seven horns, express HIS perfected faith communicated through HIS Spirit as an anointing (fashioned in the Spirit Of Faith as noted in 2 Corinthians 4:13 and 2 Peter 1:1 b) to be imparted and perfected within us. HIS seven eyes carry HIS revealed perspective and perception on all things (see Revelation 5:6; John 5:19-20; John 5:30; Isaiah 53:11 b) through the perfected and completed communication of HIS Faith into us (see Colossians 3:17). In the communication of the prophetic actualities of HIS seven horns and seven eyes, we are brought into conformance to HIM. We are conformed to HIM in HIS Fullness communicated in substance, by Witness Of Testimony. We are actually conformed to HIM through HIS Fullness communicated into us in substance and by Witness (see John 1:16-17; Romans 8:28-30; Revelation 3:14 b) and, we also in this process, put on the Mind Of CHRIST (see 1 Corinthians 2:16; Ephesians 4:23-24). John 5:19 graphically explains the reality where the LORD JESUS was willingly, entirely subject to the FATHER’s perspective on all things. HE did not desire to function outside of the FATHER’s leading (see also John 5:30). We too are called to function by CHRIST JESUS, in HIS faith perspectives made alive within us through our living and abiding response to HIM, in our every thought, in our every word and, in our every deed (see Colossians 3:17). Obviously such a life can only be fully actualized through conformance to the Master’s Fullness - communicated, perfected and completed into us (see John 1:16-17; John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:53; John 6:63; John 17:8 a,7a,6a), by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:14; John 16:13-15). Being Trained To Live By The HOLY SPIRIT The reality of every thought, every word and every deed is our training ground. This training ground is the campus of the University of the HOLY SPIRIT. The University of the HOLY SPIRIT has a syllabus and training program entirely conformed to CHRIST JESUS, by the FATHER’s will. It is a syllabus and training program that gives actual expression to the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS in us and amongst us, in the FATHER’s will and design for our lives. The training is described into a living witness within us (see 1 John 5:10). The witness in us is being perfected and completed in the substance of HIS Fullness, so as to stand before the Witness of the FATHER, the WORD and, the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; Exodus 3:15; Exodus 3:13-15; Ephesians 3:19) - in a fully abiding and functional state of being. Our witness in substance unveils in a fully functional state that is alive and growing according to the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS - realized. Our witness in substance unveils in a fully functional state that is prophetically described as the unfolding of the Memorial-Name in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Exodus 3:15 c, NASB; John 17:6 a; 1 John 5:6-8, NKJV; Ezekiel 44:28). The Memorial-Name is unfolded in MASHIAH YESHUA by the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; John 17:6 a,26) in the FATHER’s will (see Colossians 1:15-20; Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:17-23; Ephesians 3:16-21). What unveils within us is a fully functional state, fashioned and formed in accordance with the growing realization of the realities (or, Witness) of the “I AM” of YHWH unveiled through the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this functional state being unveiled into us, we are in effect being created - in our inward parts - in the fullness of CHRIST JESUS unveiled within us (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7; Ephesians 4:23-24; John 1:16-17). And, the fullness of CHRIST JESUS being unveiled in us, is a living expression of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15). For example, in CHRIST JESUS Fullness actualized in us by the SPIRIT, we come alive to a reality that is a rest in the actuality of YHWH. This rest is the Sabbath fulfilled (see Hebrews 4:9-10; Hebrews 4:7-11). We also for example, become partakers of the divine nature in CHRIST JESUS by the HOLY SPIRIT; and, this conformance unveils as the fruits of the HOLY SPIRIT against which there is no Law (see 2 Peter 1:3-4; Galatians 5:25-26; Matthew 7:12). Being Transfigured In HIS Light The processes being unveiled in us are entirely supernatural. What is being unveiled in us is a transfigurative transformation achieved in the Light Of (HIS) Life (see John 8:12 c; James 1:17-18). The Light Of Life is formed into us by HIS Words revealed and perfected and completed into a lifestyle realized and lived through all that HE is understood to be (see Proverbs 9:10 b; 2 Peter 1:3-4). [And, this comes about because understanding in us, unveils as we are enlightened through the Word being manifested as revelation knowledge (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Luke 24:44; John 6:63).] The process of this transformative transfiguration is unique in each one of us, and entirely creative. Fashioning an actuality according to our free will response to the “I AM” of YHWH, opened into us by the Testimony Of JESUS that we have chosen to receive (see John 14:6-9) in a growing lifestyle. The Light being manifested in us explains all that we have in CHRIST JESUS as an actuality in which we can live move and have our being. The Light of the “I AM” of YHWH, communicated and explained in CHRIST JESUS, is manifested into us by the HOLY SPIRIT - in the FATHER’s will. We are transfigured in this communication of Light. We become living lights - Morning Stars in the making, through the revealed prophetic Word being perfected and completed into us (see 2 Peter 1:19). This transformative transfiguration is a process of renewal (where the old becomes brand new) and regeneration (where that which is dead in sin is made fully alive in the perfection and completeness of CHRIST JESUS Fullness). Both renewal and regeneration are processes that are part and parcel of the washing of the water of the Rhema Word by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Titus 3:5; Ephesians 5:26-27). We are bathed in the revealed Light of Scripture unveiled in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. We unveil as lights and GOD is called the FATHER Of Lights (see James 1:17-18). Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is communicated into our being as the Light of Life “I AM” Revealed Unveils Life The LORD JESUS revealed, is the living reality and expression of HIM - in HIS “I AM” - brought alive into us through the Rhema of the Testimony Of JESUS. The LORD JESUS revealed, is Life manifested in fully enabled terms. [These enabled terms open in a fundamental freedom from the desire to sin.] This enabled inward state is our anointed state of being that is enabled to fully live in HIM, by HIM and through HIM, to the FATHER’s glory. The Testimony Of JESUS is (Rhema) revelation, communicated by being perfected and completed in the substance (hupostasis - Hebrews 11:1, NKJV) of HIS PERSON (hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 a, NKJV) and HIS Nature (hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 a, NASB) that we receive from the FATHER (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:44-45). In this unveiling, the actuality of the LORD JESUS will come alive from within us (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:44-45; John 1:16-17; John 16:13-15; John 17:6; John 17:26) in an enlightened actuality of a growing hope that purifies us even as HE is pure (see 1 John 3:3). What results is a living actuality of CHRIST JESUS in “I AM” terms within us (see John 17:26 c). This actuality is a substantive reality that is entirely laid forth and maintained in, and by, the SPIRIT Of YHWH - in fully subordinate and dependent terms. In this actuality we live, move and have our being in “I AM”. In this actuality, we move in the SPIRIT Of YHWH in Spirit terms alive from the “I AM” of YHWH, described in and by and from the WORD Of GOD by the HOLY SPIRIT. In this actuality we become actual sons of GOD in the realized fullness of CHRIST JESUS, alive in us by the SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will. This is the actuality of “I AM” alive to us by the SPIRIT Of YHWH, the realization and fulfillment of the prophetic reality that is described as: “I AM The Life!”. Being Taught To Live In the revelation of CHRIST JESUS in HIS substance (hupostasis), from the FATHER (see Ephesians 1:17-18), are we taught (see John 6:45; Isaiah 54:13). In this teaching process we are given the supernatural knowledge (Greek: epignosis) of CHRIST JESUS, through communication of HIS Spirit and HIS Life. This results in true knowledge. This true knowledge - from HIM and of HIM - justifies us (see Isaiah 53:11 b) and enables us to grow in HIS Excellence (see 2 Peter 1:3-4 a) unveiled into us (see 1 Peter 2:9, NASB). This true knowledge - from HIM and of HIM - enables us to know GOD. HIS faith is the medium of communication of this perfect knowledge. And, this perfect knowledge is of HIS substance. We Are Taught As We Respond The knowledge from HIM, described in the communication of HIS Fullness, is totally unlike the knowledge form that we know in the world. This knowledge is an actual expression of HIS Fullness - in HIS Spirit and HIS Life - unveiled into our actual state of being. The words that form our thoughts and our functions will be increasingly framed in HIS Spirit and HIS Life and will be unveiled in godliness, conformed to the true and actual knowledge of HIM (see 2 Peter 1:3; 2 Peter 1:1-4). What is unveiled in us is according to our every response to HIM revealed and realized. According to our every response to HIM at the speed of thought. We are shaped in our response to “I AM” revealed and realized - through all eternity. This ‘knowledge communication’ process describes our training - to know HIM so as to be able to do all things by HIM, in HIS Name (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 16:22-27; John 17:6-8; John 17:22; John 17:26). In knowing HIM, we unveil as servants of the MOST HIGH GOD. This knowledge is a living and growing construct in the substance of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature. This substance is communicated into us - in fully derivative and fully subordinate terms - in HIS Spirit and HIS Life. We are created in MASHIAH YESHUA in the knowledge communicated into us in the substance of HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 2:10; Exodus 32:16). In this communication perfected and completed, we unveil as the workmanship of YHWH. In YESHUA’s Spirit and Life we are enabled to be actually made to live by HIM and, to live through HIM (see 1 John 4:9) in the realization of the substance (hupostasis) of HIS Faith expressed unto us and upon us (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV) through HIS Holy Love. The substance of HIS Faith gives actual expression to the Righteousness Of YHWH! YESHUA’s Faith is the Righteousness Of YHWH, expressed through HIS Manhood consecrated for man through the cross. The Righteousness Of YHWH unveils in us by the substance of CHRIST JESUS Fullness being perfected and completed into us, so as to shape every facet of our being in thought, word and deed. We become the workmanship of GOD. Receiving MASHIAH YESHUA, in HIS loving and holy faith for us, enables us to understand why we are able to experience supernatural change in creative terms (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10) from our inward parts (see Hebrews 11:5). But the degree and extent of change and transformation is fully dependent on our free will response to HIM. We have to learn to respond to HIM, so as to receive perfectly and completely! In this process YESHUA MASHIAH becomes the be all and end all of our life. And, in this process YHWH comes to have first place in our total state of being. The process is a progressive communication of the actuality of true life from the “I AM” Fullness of YESHUA MASHIAH unveiled to us by the FATHER. Please understand that we can never enter this reality through fleshly religious zeal. We can only do so by grace unveiled by the SPIRIT Of Grace. Everything In Us Can Be Developed Through HIM In the process of salvation, knowledge is the actuality of MASHIAH YESHUA made alive to us by the SPIRIT. In this knowledge of MASHIAH YESHUA, described in and from HIS Faith, everything within us - in spirit, soul and even body (see 2 Corinthians 4:10 b, 11b) - can live by HIM through substance communicated and made alive in us in a living and growing inward witness. We can live by MASHIAH YESHUA, in the actuality of what has been revealed and explained into us, into our very state of being, in supernatural substantive terms (see John 1:18; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6; John 17:7-8; John 17:13) by the SPIRIT. The HOLY SPIRIT manifests the actual communication of the substance (hupostasis - Hebrews 11:1, NKJV/KJV) of YESHUA’s PERSON (hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, NKJV) and YESHUA’s Nature (hupostasis - Hebrews 1:3 b, NASB) into us - in fully subordinate terms. The communicative mode is the substance of HIS Spirit and HIS Life consecrated in the Temple of HIS Body for us (see John 2:19-21) by sacrifice - alive for our realization in and by the SPIRIT. In the Witness of the sacrifice communicated, is the substantive reality of “this is MY Body which is given for you” realized and fulfilled (see Luke 22:19 and, see also Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). See 2 Chronicles 7:16, and understand the reality that is to be unveiled in us and amongst us, in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Ephesians 3:16-19)! In realizing the actualities of all that YHWH has consecrated in HIS will in MASHIAH YESHUA’s sacrifice, we come alive to the realities of YHWH’s “I AM” Name, HIS Heart and HIS Eyes (see also John 14:23). YHWH’s “I AM” Name, HIS Heart and HIS Eyes - the Glory Of YHWH’s Grace - were all invested in the BELOVED (see Luke 3:22; Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 3:16-19), WHO became the sacrifice so that the FATHER’s will would be realized, actualized and, manifested - into all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23). Unveiling HIS Excellence The realm of our transformation is a growing continuum, that expresses the prophetic actuality of a Passover, that is to be creatively fulfilled in MASHIAH YESHUA’s Excellence unveiled into us (see Luke 22:15-16; Luke 24:44-45). We put on a new nature and realize a personality that is formed - in substantive terms (see Ephesians 2:10) - in the image and fullness of the SON WHOM we have received in our own free will (see Romans 8:29). HIS Fullness has been given to us (see John 1:16) for our possession (see Ezekiel 44:28) as an actual inheritance realized (see John 1:16-17, NASB). This inheritance is inscribed and fashioned into the tablets of our heart and mind (see Hebrews 8:10-11; Exodus 32:15-16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6) with the understanding that knows HIM (see John 1:18, NASB; Proverbs 9:10 b) - in a growing intimacy built into our inward spiritual senses (see Hebrews 5:13-14). Becoming Actual Members Of HIS Body The actuality fashioned into our inward parts is of HIS substance - HIS Flesh, that enables us to become actual members of HIS Body, of HIS Flesh and HIS Bones (see Ephesians 5:30, KJV). We are being increasingly unveiled as HIS Body able to express HIS Fullness in actual functional terms (see Isaiah 42:1-13 in the reality of being members of the Body Of MASHIAH). We function, through HIS Faith and HIS Love actualized - as the Bread of YHWH’s Offerings (see Numbers 28:2, KJV) realized in the substance of HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17, NASB). We function in HIS Faith and HIS Love actualized being unveiled from the altar of our heart, in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; 1 Corinthians 10:16-18). And, our heart fashioned in HIS flesh is in this process being increasingly unveiled in holiness unto YHWH. Holiness unto YHWH is a fragrance - in intent and desire - unveiled from the altar of our heart. We must be perfectly conformed to HIM because we are each fearfully and wonderfully made in HIS Fullness actualized from our inward parts. It is not anointings and giftings that make us; it is the LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO makes us. In HIM we have been made complete (see Colossians 2:10) because we are each appointed to receive HIS Fullness in the reality of grace upon grace (see John 1:16). Grace upon grace unveiling the fact that all are given the potentials of receiving HIS Fullness - if willing to do so. We are only saved by the Name Of GOD (see Psalms 54:1). And, only the LORD JESUS alive in us by HIS SPIRIT can express salvation into us in substantive terms. These are substantive terms that, are fully unveiled into our state of being - creatively (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24) in true and subordinate conformance to the Name Of GOD revealed in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a,26; Psalms 138:2 c; John 17:22). Knowing GOD is in effect, therefore an actuality of a state of being in HIM and by HIM. Knowing GOD is the pulse of life. This fully functional state of being is described according to how we see HIM, know HIM and love HIM; because we are designed to function according to HIS “I AM” actuality, realized through our free will response to HIM. [This free will response involves a living process of asking, seeking and, knocking at the Door of HIS Name, with the persistence of our growing faith - perfected and completed in HIM and from HIM. The actuality of asking, seeking and, knocking at the Door of HIS Name, can be energized in our witness through the use of tongues. Through tongues we have the capacity to energize the realities of the Law Of the SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS built into us through the Word. We need to seek through tongues to energize the realities of the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS communicated into us through the Word. The process of energization by tongues must be in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth is part and parcel of our witness to the Passover realized in our inward parts in the substance of the fullness of the LAMB. The process of energization by tongues works through the Spirit dimension of our inward witness. Functioning in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth ensures that we function in the right ‘spirit’ (see 1 John 4:6; 1 John 4:1-6).] And, love enables us to see HIM and know HIM in true perspective - in a dependency on HIM for every facet of true life. This dependency is described in a relationship of a wife to her Husband (LORD, ADONAI) and, this dependent relationship is an actuality of becoming one flesh (see Ephesians 5:31-32) with HIM in a growing intimacy (heart to Heart). Once we begin to learn to live in HIM, and by HIM, we will no longer want to be “independent of HIM”. This actuality is true knowledge - in one flesh (see Ephesians 5:31-32) unveiled in the intimacy of knowing HIM - that is designed to enable us to function in the power and excellence of “I AM” and not in the mediocrity of self. In this actuality of HIM we have all the potentials of being sons of GOD, in fully functional terms. Living By Christ Jesus Is Knowledge Realized The Testimony Of JESUS is the highest realm of the Word (the realm of the Word that is according to the Name - see Psalms 138:2, NASB; John 17:6 a,26) that brings into us the “I AM” Fullness of CHRIST JESUS, via HIS Spirit and HIS Life - as the Bread Of Life. In MASHIAH YESHUA’s “I AM” Fullness, the Word Of GOD is supernaturally explained (as opposed to being “explained” by our intellectual aptitude and capacity). In HIS “I AM” realized, we take hold of HIM - by substance and witness - as the BELOVED in WHOM is our inheritance and our possession (see Ezekiel 44:28) fully expressed (see John 1:16-17, NASB). The actuality of our inheritance and the possession is explained through the revealed Word manifested in our heart by the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 32:16; Exodus 31:18). This realization is an actuality in substance - HIS substance unveiled (perfected and completed) - described as one flesh in Ephesians 5:31-32. [The actuality of such a reality can be energized from our witness through tongues. When we function in tongues we are using the Spirit dimension of our inward witness. Please understand that tongues are part and parcel of the actuality of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Isaiah 28:9-11; 1 Corinthians 14:21; 1 Corinthians 14:6). We need to understand that we are baptised in the HOLY SPIRIT and fire (see John 1:33). Where, one fundamental aspect of fire is the energization of all that the SPIRIT has made manifest in us, in CHRIST JESUS. The actuality of all things unveiled in GOD is a consuming fire - a holy fire (see Hebrews 12:27-29). Tongues stoke the fire of the abiding in the SPIRIT Of YHWH ‘THAT’ we have been baptized in or, immersed in and, baptized with or, immersed with (see John 1:33; Matthew 3:11).] Realization Is HIS Light Unveiled As A Radiance The actuality of one flesh tells us that our inheritance is possessed in our very state of being in revealed terms perfected and completed into us in the same substance. These revealed terms express HIS Light realized. The Light Of HIM - HIS “I AM” expressed - transfigures us. We are each uniquely transfigured through revelation realized (perfected and completed into us in radiant substance). We become living and growing lights, expressed in HIS Fullness being perfected and completed into us (see James 1:17-18)! We become living and growing expressions of HIS radiance (see 2 Peter 1:19), actualized from HIM WHOM we have actually come to see (see Revelation 1:16 c-17a, 12-17). The ability to see is explained in Psalms 36:9 c as: “in THY Light we see light.” [We can energize the light that we carry through tongues unveiled in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The process of this energization must be by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.] Our enlightened state of being is expressed from the actuality of HIS Words brought into us by the SPIRIT Of YHWH and established into us in CHRIST JESUS, in HIS Fullness and in HIS merits. In this actuality we are created in CHRIST JESUS and established as sons of GOD (see Ephesians 2:10) - as Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19). And, this new creation is a fully functional - enlightened - state of being. We Are Morning Stars In The Making Our state of being is fashioned in a growing actuality that is kept alive by the SPIRIT Of CHRIST, in a living state of light prophetically described as a Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19). This prophetic expression - Morning Star - is an expression of knowledge realized as an actuality in which we live move and have our being by HIM. This knowledge is a fired expression - like the ‘nuclear’ energy of the “I AM” of YHWH ignited in us by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS, to the FATHER’s glory. Our Lamp is the LAMB (see Revelation 21:23 c), and the quality of Life realized is entirely from HIS Testament - described as HIS Flesh (in Substance) and HIS Blood (in Witness). HE is the Bright Morning Star and we are Morning Stars in HIS Fullness realized illuminatively by our inward parts enlightened by revelation knowledge (see Ephesians 1:17-18). The lamp of light being developed in us so that we will unveil as Morning Stars, is established in us - by the SPIRIT Of Life - in the merits of the LAMB, in HIS “I AM” Fullness revealed (see John 1:16; Ephesians 3:19). HIS “I AM” Fullness revealed is being subordinately perfected and completed into us. The actuality of the Light Of Life realized is of the Faith Of JESUS CHRIST that is unto us and over us who believe (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV). The Faith Of JESUS CHRIST unto us and over us is described in the seven horns of the LAMB (see Revelation 5:6). This is perfect faith, perfected for us in HIM, that comes to us in HIS Fullness communicated in HIS Spirit and HIS Life, being perfected and completed into us. This enlightened state is also from HIM and, is described as seven eyes in Revelation 5:6. Please understand that seven represents perfection (see Matthew 5:48). The Lamp brought alive from within us is of HIS perfection, actualized from HIS Testimony as the LAMB! The Light of HIS Testimony is perfected and completed into us and makes us each, unique Morning Stars in HIS Fullness actualized. And this perfection is attained by beholding the LAMB (see Revelation 1:17 a; John 1:29; John 1:36-37). We behold the evidence of HIM (see 2 Corinthians 3:17-18) by setting our hope and faith on HIM. We celebrate this actuality - in prophetic terms, being fulfilled - in a living and growing Passover realized as we remember HIM (see Numbers 6:27; Numbers 28:2)! We remember HIM in the reality in which we behold the LAMB in revelation knowledge defined in HIS Spirit and HIS Life communicated in HIS faith and love for us. Knowledge Described When something of the LORD JESUS actually unveils in our heart and mind, we have received a measure of HIS Fullness that, is a knowledge form that has the potentials of expressing actual growth into us and through us - by HIM. We become actual, living knowledge expressions of HIS Fullness (see Ephesians 1:22-23; John 1:16-17). We are being actually created in CHRIST JESUS to express an actuality that is of “I AM” so that HIS Life will find expression in us, amongst us and, from us into all creation, by HIS Faith unto us and upon us who believe (see Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18). This is a living expression of HIS Love actualized. The love HE manifested by unveiling HIS Fullness to us through the cross. This actuality of HIS Life realized through HIS Faith is perfect knowledge explained and taught in HIS Love for us. In this perfect knowledge unveiled in us and through us, all humanity will walk forever (see Revelation 21:24; Revelation 22:1-2)! HIS Faith that we realize - as our faith in HIM - is perfected and completed in HIS Love (see Hebrews 7:25), into an actuality of being holy unto YHWH! This is the actuality of the Law fulfilled. HIS Faith Unveils A Knowledge Form Unknown To Man We become actual living expressions of HIS Faith realized. HIS Faith, being made alive from the witness of our heart (see 1 John 5:10) as a living expression of our faith, actually authored and perfected, in HIM and by HIM (see Hebrews 12:2 a) by all that we have come to realize from HIM. We become actual expressions of the Righteousness Of GOD in CHRIST JESUS (see 2 Corinthians 5:21). All of this creative work is a living expression of HIS Love into us. Given from Romans 3:21-22 (KJV) that the Righteousness Of GOD is made manifest through the Faith Of JESUS CHRIST, we can understand how we can actually live in a knowledge form realized exclusively through the Faith Of JESUS. The knowledge form realized through the Faith Of JESUS, is received from HIS Testimony made alive in us by the SPIRIT Of Life (see Romans 8:2). This knowledge knows YHWH. The true knowledge of YHWH is exclusive to the manifestation of the Testimony Of JESUS through the faith and love of YESHUA for us. This actuality operates in accordance to something called the Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In MASHIAH YESHUA. This is a knowledge realm realized and actualized in CHRIST JESUS by the HOLY SPIRIT. This knowledge realm is GOD ordained and GOD sourced. HIS Faith Is Understood As HIS Love Is Tasted The knowledge of YESHUA MASHIAH is established in a love that strives and perseveres with us. This knowledge is an expression of HIS Love into us. As we continue to open this knowledge actuality, in which we actually know HIM in HIS Love for us, we will come alive to HIM and, also come alive to an actuality of loving HIM. The Faith Of JESUS, unveiled in a conduit of love, is knowledge of GOD realized in HIS “I AM” Name unveiled in CHRIST JESUS. The knowledge of YHWH is alive from the very state of our being, in the actuality of the witness to CHRIST JESUS being alive in us (see John 17:26 c) by the SPIRIT (see 2 Corinthians 3:17-18). This realized state of being is expressed in the Greek word “epignosis” translated as “knowledge” in our English Bibles (see 2 Peter 1:2-4). This is true knowledge unveiled from the “I AM” of YHWH in MASHIAH YESHUA (see Ephesians 1:17-18)! This true knowledge is HIS Flesh unveiled. HIS Flesh unveiled is HIS “I AM” in substance unveiled, into the flesh of our being that establishes us as sons of GOD, by HIS Faith unto us and over us through JESUS CHRIST! HIS Faith Unveiled Is The Righteousness Of GOD Manifested As sons of GOD we are called to take possession of the Righteousness Of GOD unveiled into us through the Faith Of JESUS CHRIST (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV). Through the Faith Of MASHIAH YESHUA, we are to realize our destiny in HIM according to the FATHER’s Will unveiled as knowledge that understands (see Proverbs 9:10 b) in wisdom (see Colossians 1:9-11). This is a knowledge reality that is of CHRIST JESUS, predestined for our glory (see 1 Corinthians 2:7-14; John 17:22) for realization and expression to the glory of GOD (see Ephesians 3:19-21). The expression to the glory of GOD is HIS Fullness released through a living Body so as to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23)! We are in this process being filled with all the Fullness Of GOD (see Ephesians 3:16-19). This actuality is prophetically expressed as the Bread Of The Presence fulfilled in the Church (see Exodus 25:30; Exodus 25:23-30; John 6:4-12) as represented by the twelve baskets left over from the multiplication of the Bread in the celebration of the Passover as noted in John 6:4 (see also Luke 22:15-18). Leviticus 21:22 points to the prophetic realities of the Bread Of The Holy and the Bread Of The Most Holy (see Revelation 2:17). This is the substantive manifestation of YHWH’s Righteousness communicated through the unveiling of HIS Presence and HIS Name. Understanding The Substance Of YHWH’s Righteousness The Passover fulfilled, is a realized actuality within the tablets of our heart. The Passover is the actuality of YHWH-JIREH’s provision (see Genesis 22:14; Psalms 24:3-4; Psalms 15:1-2) which opens the Mount Of The LORD to our inward witness. The Passover unveils as a functional reality of the Holy and the Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22; Psalms 23:1-3; Psalms 23:6; Genesis 22:14) manifested as actualities by Oath written into the tablets of our heart of flesh. This Oath is Logos Word (see Hebrews 7:28) that can never pass away (see Luke 21:33). This Logos Word unveils in substantive realities described as the Bread Of The Holy (in our soul) and the Bread Of The Most Holy (in our spirit). This is the functional realm of the “I AM” Name Of GOD opened into us in the substance of CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6; John 17:26). The substance communicated is of the Faith Of JESUS CHRIST that unveils all that HE has in HIS PERSON and Nature into us. The communication unveils in a derivative, dependent status that is prophetically addressed as the wife of the LAMB (see Revelation 21:9). The Bride is called to give expression to the “I AM” glory of GOD possessed through the intimacy of being one flesh with the LAMB (see Revelation 21:9-11; Ezekiel 44:28). This substantive reality is the realized actuality of: “This is MY Body which is given for you”, as noted in Luke 22:19 (see also Ephesians 5:28-30). This is HIS Fullness being realized and actualized so that we will, as one Body, be a true expression of HIM. In this actuality we can be prophets, priests and kings unto the glory of the FATHER - in the merits of HIS Fullness ordained to fill all in all (see Ephesians 1:22-23)! This actuality becomes the evidence of the Truth (see Hebrews 11:1, NKJV) - “I AM The Truth”. This evidence becomes the Testament Of GOD actualized in the very tablets of our heart. This actuality alive by the SPIRIT (see Hebrews 9:14) is Blood Covenant realized and fulfilled by substance alive in the Witness of Blood, Water and, Spirit. This actuality unveils the Testament described as the Memorial-Name (see Exodus 3:13-15; Ephesians 3:19-21). This actuality is a total expression of YHWH-TSIDKENU (“I AM” in HIS Righteousness)! The Testimony Of Jesus - HIS Fullness Expressed The revelation of the Name Of JESUS is the actual manifestation of HIS Fullness, realized through HIS Testimony unveiled within our heart and mind. This fullness is an expression of HIS Spirit and HIS Life, the Bread Of Life eaten (see John 6:63; John 6:48). And this is an exciting growth potential, because GOD has declared in HIS Law Of Life (fulfilled in CHRIST JESUS) that we will each come to love YHWH with our entire heart, soul, mind and strength (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Colossians 2:11; Php 3:3). The Reality Of Salvation Actualized The ultimate proof of salvation is this growing actuality of loving GOD, realized within our state of being and, expressed with our growing state of being - forever. This reality will define the quality of our life - in actual functional terms, realized in HIM and by HIM. AMEN! This reality is a Covenant Testimony (the Amen of our inward witness) that gives expression to the realized “I AM” of YHWH. This Covenant Testimony is meant to unveil an actuality in GOD that comes in, and by, the fullness of CHRIST JESUS realized. This Covenant Testimony is the Oath alive in our inward parts in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). [Ultimately this sworn state unveils in a Marriage Covenant expressed in an actual union with the LAMB.] The fulfillment of Covenant is a realm of certainty in CHRIST JESUS, that is addressed as the AMEN of the true and faithful Witness that unveils the fulfilled actuality of the creation of GOD. This AMEN of certainty is why the LORD JESUS is called our guarantee (see Hebrews 7:22). Anything fashioned in HIS Spirit and HIS Life and described in HIS Word within us, is a guarantee. This unveils as our Amen in the actuality of the AMEN of HIS “I AM” Witness realized! Our heart, soul, mind and strength are actually fashioned in the realities of how we come to love HIM. This creation (see Ephesians 2:10) is expressed in the realm of understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b), in which our inward parts are fashioned in the true, full and perfected knowledge of MASHIAH YESHUA (see Ephesians 4:23-24). This creative unfolding is taking place even right now (see 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Romans 12:1-3) as we eat of HIS Flesh and drink of HIS Blood (see John 6:53-58; John 6:48; John 6:63) in the contemplative actuality of the Word unveiled in CHRIST JESUS by the HOLY SPIRIT in our inward witness. The contemplative actuality of the Word Of GOD, unveils through Substance (HIS Flesh) and Witness (HIS Sacrifice in Blood, Water and Spirit). This contemplative actuality of the Word unveils in Blood Covenant manifested in the substance of HIS Fullness, alive in us in a living Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit - by the HOLY SPIRIT. The Reality Of Salvation Is In Conformance To MASHIAH YESHUA We need patience to unveil this reality because it is strictly conformed to CHRIST JESUS (see Colossians 1:9-11; Colossians 2:6-12) and only opens in the true, full and perfected knowledge of HIM. This is a creative expression that unfolds according to the LORD WHOM we actually see (see 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7) and come to know and to love. And we need to understand that it is of the utmost importance that we see the Light of the knowledge of the Glory Of GOD in the Face Of CHRIST JESUS - carefully - in Truth. HIS Face - which unveils in a construct of the Word - shines in HIS radiance and HIS strength (see Revelation 1:16 c-17a) and this Light has the potential of becoming a radiant state within us through HIS “I AM” revelation realized, by being perfected and completed in us, as an inheritance possessed (see 2 Peter 1:19). In this unveiling, we come to know HIM as HE actually is. And, we come to love HIM as we come to know HIM. So knowing HIM is the (only) basis of every promise in GOD being taken hold of - permanently - as an actual functional state unveiled. This is why the LORD JESUS made the unambiguous statement: “I AM The Way!” The Way is entirely defined in the knowing of “I AM”. The Need To Know HIM We need to understand (see Proverbs 9:10 b; Hebrews 11:3 a) that we can only love someone whom we actually know. So, knowing GOD is essential and fundamental to the reality of being human and, to the reality of life itself as it is meant to be realized in GOD. The reality of knowing GOD and coming to love HIM is exclusively realized in CHRIST JESUS. And, this realization in CHRIST JESUS is entirely creative (see Ephesians 2:10). Knowing GOD is therefore an explosive subject with limitless potentials! Knowing GOD unveils an actuality of life that will fascinate us - forever! In this fascination we worship HIM. In this fascination the quality of our worship finds expression. And, the fragrance of our hearts expresses HIS actual Fullness realized from HIS Spirit and HIS Life. As CHRIST JESUS is revealed to us, through HIS Testimony opened to our heart and mind, we are in the process realizing HIS Fullness within ourselves. This realization is of the substance and witness of HIS “I AM” unveiled. This realization is knowledge received in supernatural terms. Because, this knowledge is of HIM; and, because in this knowledge, HE comes alive in us (see John 17:26 c); we come to actually know how to live by HIM and through HIM! And, this knowledge is built into our very state of being. In this knowledge we come to be able to actually live and function by HIM - potentially - in every facet of our being. So knowing GOD is a fully functional state of being! The process of knowing GOD is thus a fascinating process that is engineered by GOD HIMSELF according to how we pursue HIM, in our own free will response to HIM, revealed in the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. We Come To Know GOD Through The Testimony Of JESUS Unveiled The entire Word Of GOD finds its true meaning and expression in the Testimony Of JESUS (see Luke 24:44). It is the Testimony Of JESUS that is the Spirit Of Prophecy, that enables the realized fulfillment of GOD’s living Word within us and amongst us. As a realized actuality in which we are fully equipped to live, move and have our being in HIM and by HIM (see Hebrews 13:20-21). This fulfillment is exclusive to HIM revealed. In this fulfillment we come to know HIM and to actually love HIM as we actually learn to (increasingly) live by HIM. In fact, the reality of knowing and loving GOD is the true and actual expression of being alive; and, this is the result of salvation realized in and by the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see John 1:16-17). From the necessary reality of loving GOD, we can also see that our inward man is actually meant to be consumed by the reality of knowing and loving, the living GOD. GOD has in fact actually created us to come to know HIM and to love HIM, so that, we can each come to actually live in HIM, by HIM and, through HIM. So that we can each become living expressions of HIS Fullness realized (see Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15-16; Ephesians 4:23-24; Ephesians 2:10). Our inward man is actually designed by the ALMIGHTY to realize and express this actuality of living in HIM, by HIM and through HIM. What an awesome design! What an awesome reality of purpose! What an awesome destiny! GOD Is Life The Word Of GOD proclaims the fact that GOD is life. This reality that GOD is life, is an actuality that is brought alive to us only in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. This is why the LORD JESUS makes the unambiguous declaration of being: “I AM the Life.” Understand that life is entirely defined in the knwoing of “I AM”. How does GOD propose to bring us alive to HIM so that we actually come to know HIM? This is the question that we want to answer in this book. And we have been answering this question entirely through Scripture; in the realities that come alive in us as Scripture is revealed - substantively - into our hearts and our minds by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Hebrews 8:10-11; Hebrews 10:15-16) from the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. Knowing GOD Is A Word Defined Reality We need to catch something here. The reality of knowing GOD is something that comes out of HIS “I AM” Word realized rather than out of experience. That is not to say that experience is unnecessary. Experience is necessary but, experience must be unveiled through the Word revealed that establishes HIS “I AM” status within us or, experience will lead to error. Lucifer went into error in the Holy Of Holies because he thought his experiences were the basis of everything. He replaced the “I AM” Testament of GOD’s Word with his own understanding of his astonishing experiences. He ended up actually deifying himself. He ended up being able to actually deify himself while actually standing before GOD. Understanding all things through the WORD, by the SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will, through the Word realized in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, is crucial to the sustainability of our life in all eternity. In doing this, we need to understand that GOD wants each and every one of us to receive the total spectrum of HIS Word so that HIS perfect will will be revealed in us (see Colossians 1:9 b-11) according to all THAT HE IS (see Hebrews 11:6). YHWH uses the total spectrum of HIS Word to actually fashion us, change us, build us, transform us and, create us in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24). HE fashions and forms our being through HIS revealed Word. YHWH uses the total spectrum of HIS Word to both, define the quality of our life and, to enable us to actually live. The quality of life is determined by the substance of the Word revealed in HIS Name into the very substance of our being. The Word That Unveils The Face Of CHRIST JESUS The Word (Rhema) Of GOD comes to us in HIS power (see Hebrews 1:3 b). We need to see that GOD performs HIS Word with HIS power (see 2 Corinthians 4:6-7; Jeremiah 1:11-12). Notice from 2 Corinthians 4:6-7, that the power is unveiled in the knowledge of YHWH unveiled in the face of CHRIST JESUS. So the true realm of the Word Of GOD unveils from the face of CHRIST JESUS - in HIS strength unveiled in all that we see of HIM (see Revelation 1:16 c). Please understand that the face of CHRIST JESUS is a Word Construct unveiled in HIS Testimony realized. It is a construct laid forth (only) by the HOLY SPIRIT through the Spirit and Life (see John 6:63) that the LORD JESUS CHRIST expressed in HIS Faith and HIS Love for us in the Rhema of HIS Words (see John 1:16-17; John 17:22; John 17:26). The Necessity Of The Word Of GOD The Word Of GOD is of fundamental importance to us. GOD means to use HIS Word to fashion us and to enable us to grow (see John 1:16-17; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 2:10). How we receive the Word; how we understand the Word; what we understand of the Word are crucial realities as to how we will in effect be molded. [This is why it is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO must teach us (see John 14:16-17; John 16:13-15). In this function the HOLY SPIRIT functions as the FATHER’s SPIRIT (see John 6:45).] We express our response to GOD through the Word that we have chosen to pursue, receive and, express in our own free will - in our thoughts, words and deeds. GOD wants our response to be such that we will be willing to do all things, in word and deed, in the Name of the LORD JESUS, in an inward witness of thanksgiving unto the FATHER (see Colossians 3:17). We need to cultivate this inward witness as a living response to CHRIST JESUS, revealed by the SPIRIT Of YHWH! This is the reality in which we declare that GOD is my life. And, when GOD is my life, we will always live, move and have our being in HIM, by HIM and through HIM! Brethren, this is our destiny. This is the essence and substance of our calling. This is a living and growing testimony that will unveil the treasures of the MOST HIGH into all creation (see Genesis 14:18-20; Galatians 3:26-28; John 6:53-58; Hebrews 9:3-4; Deuteronomy 10:8). ======================================================================== CHAPTER 94: 06.20. “I AM ... WHO ... THAT ... I AM” ======================================================================== “I AM ... WHO ... THAT ... I AM” The Word Of GOD is potentially an actuality in which GOD actually expresses HIMSELF - “I AM” - to us. The Word Of GOD is designed to express the Spirit and Life of the “I AM” of GOD into us - in fully subordinate terms through MASHIAH YESHUA. “I AM” is therefore, the Name Of GOD that expresses HIS actuality into us in the realities of HIS Word revealed into our heart and mind. The “I AM” expression realized unveils WHO HE IS and, all THAT HE IS willing to be to us, in a reality that is actually of HIS stature. This is the reality of the Word that is according to all of the Name Of GOD (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB). In this reality of the Word, Isaiah 66:2 proclaims the reality where we come to actually tremble at the Word Of GOD! This is the reality of the Word that we must seek to unveil by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS - from the FATHER’S Heart. The Design Of The Testimony Of JESUS The actuality of “I AM” is what the Testimony Of JESUS is designed to bring into us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. This actuality is personalized in the LORD JESUS CHRIST so that we can come to understand all of GOD’s Word in deeply personalized terms; in an actual intimacy framed into all of our heart, soul, mind and strength! In this intimacy we tremble at the “I AM” of YHWH “WHOM” we see and, the “I AM” of YHWH “THAT” we see! The Root Of David “I AM” is the ONE WHOM we are meant to know in an intimacy that fashions the roots of our being. This intimacy in the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS CHRIST is prophetically addressed as the Root Of David (see Revelation 22:16). And, this intimacy is because HE has saved us in and by HIS OWN PERSON in the revealed realities of HIS Name, that are to be actualized into our being and our lifestyle, in a fully dependent status, fashioned in HIS Love for us and HIS Faith for us. This is why Ephesians 2:10 declares that we are created in CHRIST JESUS. The Living And Fulfilled Expressions Of The Word Of GOD The totality of our being is being created in the Testimony Of JESUS. And so, the Testimony Of JESUS is living Word expression, revealed and explained in HIM according to HIS Fullness expressed; which, GOD means to actually perform - in us, amongst us and, through us - as the fulfillment of HIS perfect will (see Colossians 1:19; Colossians 1:18-20; Ephesians 1:3-6). [The elements or building blocks of YHWH’s will are expressed through the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets. The LORD JESUS fulfilled the Law and the Prophets in order that the FATHER’s will would find expression through the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into all creation. The actuality in which the Law and Prophets fulfilled are revealed to be, will determine the stature in which creation will stand. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is to be communicated in fulfilled terms into all creation through us - the Body Of CHRIST. We are called - in singular and collective terms - to express the actuality of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness in which the Law and the Prophets stand fulfilled, for growing expression into the creation in eternity (see Ephesians 1:22-23; John 1:16-17).] Everything in Scripture has a realized (revealed and perfected) actuality in CHRIST JESUS that is meant to unveil the actuality of “I AM” into us and through us. This actuality (for example) unveils a Sabbath rest of worship in the SPIRIT Of YHWH, that is an actual state of being realized in HIM and by HIM. A total state of being that remembers HIM worshipfully - in a state of being expressed in Spirit and Truth. A living Memorial that is a temple consecrated in the Name Of JESUS is being unveiled. The Memorial is a total lifestyle actualized in the awesome wonder of “I AM” unveiled in CHRIST JESUS; the unveiling being entirely manifested through the veil of HIS Flesh (see Hebrews 10:19) penetrated in revelation knowledge perfected and completed into our inward parts (see Deuteronomy 29:29). Unveiling A Living And Growing Position Before YHWH The realized actuality of the Memorial represents an Oath realized in a “sworn state of being” fully alive to GOD because of all that GOD is realized to be (see Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20). “I AM” is by definition a living Oath that declares (and explains) the fact that HE IS (see Hebrews 11:6; John 1:18, NASB/NKJV) from within us and amongst us as one Body (see John 17:22; John 17:6-8; John 17:26)! In this living Oath Of The Name, called the Memorial-Name, we are given a position (in the SPIRIT Of YHWH) before GOD according to the Blood Covenant actuality unveiled into our heart and mind. The Blood Covenant actuality unveiled is the veil of HIS Flesh penetrated. This is a growing actuality addressed prophetically, by Oath unveiled in the LAMB that was slain, as YAHWEH-JIREH (see Genesis 22:14; Luke 22:15-16; Luke 22:19-20). This is why Genesis 22:14 tells us that it will be seen (KJV/NKJV) and it will be provided (NASB) in the Mount of The Lord that unveils through the veil of HIS Flesh (see Hebrews 10:19-20; Hebrews 6:19). The Testimony Of YESHUA opens this sworn state of being into us as a Memorial Name described by a realized witness - “Remember ME”. “Remember ME” is the realized witness of the AMEN of HIS true and faithful Witness, that is the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17). The realized witness stands in the veil of HIS Flesh penetrated. “Do this in remembrance of ME” is the celebration of an actualized state of being and a lifestyle in HIM and by HIM. “Do this in remembrance of ME” is the attaining of a fully functional status as a living and growing member of HIS Body; “of HIS Flesh and of HIS Bones” actualized as noted in Ephesians 5:30, KJV. Holy Communion celebrates this growing prophetic fulfillment of the Memorial Name (see Exodus 3:13-15) in a living Body charged with proclaiming its actuality (see Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21-22; Deuteronomy 10:8; Revelation 21:9-11; Revelation 21:22-24; Ephesians 3:19-21) in a living remembrance from the witness made alive in us (see 1 John 5:10 a)! The Actuality Of The Testimony Of JESUS “Remember ME” has the potentials of being unveiled in a sworn state realized in the Word Of The Oath (see Hebrews 7:28). This inward witness is potentially an actuality realized; within which, the LORD JESUS comes alive in us - by the HOLY SPIRIT - as a guarantee in the FATHER’s Name (see Hebrews 7:22; John 17:26). The guarantee is an actuality - exclusively - made alive in our witness by the HOLY SPIRIT. This actuality of the Testimony Of JESUS is a breath taking reality of life. For example, we see the LORD JESUS walking on water and Peter being able to do so by simply hearing the LORD’s command to come, and by simply fixing his eyes on the LORD. We are in effect seeing an actuality of life in CHRIST JESUS, alive to our inward parts in the SPIRIT Of YHWH, that is actually of limitless potential when fully actualized in the will of the FATHER (see Ephesians 1:3-6; Ephesians 1:9-11). Throughout all of Scripture we see astonishing facets of reality - in YHWH - for us to take possession of in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will. These astonishing facets of anointed realities in YHWH are expressed as the Prophets! In CHRIST JESUS, all of the Prophets have been fulfilled for expression in a living and growing Body of many, many millions so that all creation will come to realize the actuality of the fascinating and, captivating facets of life in YHWH. Facets of life in YHWH that will cause us all to actually love HIM with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength. And this unveiling will be the actuality of the fulfillment of the Law!!! And, the Law must be fulfilled for creation to remain and to grow! Because a lawless creation will destroy itself. The Testimony Of JESUS Is Designed To Become A Living Passover The actuality of the Prophets is a Passover alive in the SPIRIT Of YHWH that is meant to be fulfilled from the heart of GOD The WORD (see Luke 22:15-18). The LORD JESUS means to partake of this Passover in its growing fulfillment. How? From within each one of us in a unique intimacy (see John 17:26) that is prophetically called “one flesh” (see Ephesians 5:31-32). This “one flesh” defines a witness of intimacy formed in substance. This is the growing prophetic actuality of being passed over into a living Marriage Covenant. [Before the Marriage of The LAMB is consummated, the Covenant implications of the Marriage must be fully understood and accepted by the Bride.] This Passover is the Testimony of HIS Name actualized as: (i) Wonderful; (ii) Counsellor; (iii) The Mighty GOD; (iv) The Eternal FATHER (see John 16:23-27 a); (v) The Prince Of Peace. When we are able to see all of Scripture through the Testimony Of JESUS (see Luke 22:44-45) we will commence entry into the actuality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. This is the actuality of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled through the Righteousness Of GOD unveiled unto us and upon us - through the Faith Of JESUS CHRIST (see Romans 3:21-22, KJV). The Faith Of JESUS CHRIST is made alive to us by the SPIRIT through each and every facet of the Testimony Of JESUS revealed into the flesh of our heart (see Hebrews 10:19-20) as the substance of HIS Fullness. In this fulfillment - being perfected and completed in us - is the realized actuality of HIS astonishing love for us. Understanding The Testimony Of Jesus “I AM the Way, and the Truth, and the Life” is an actuality of “I AM” unveiled in the LORD JESUS CHRIST that, GOD means to perform in our lives forever. HE means to enable each one of us to actually come to realize an actuality in which HE is actually the Way, the Truth and, the Life. This is a growing continuum in which we discover the actuality of being able to function in HIM and by HIM; and, in the process discover the actuality of having been fearfully and wonderfully made (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24). Being Created In The Substance Of HIS Fullness “I AM the Bread Of Life” is Rhema Word unveiled in the Testimony Of JESUS, in which, GOD means to feed us forever. The Bread is entirely and exclusively of HIS Spirit and HIS Life manifested to us by HIS Testimony realized within our heart and mind (see John 6:48; John 6:53-58; John 6:63) in the dimensions of our soul (as the Bread Of The Holy) and our spirit (as the Bread Of The Most Holy). This realization becomes a living witness, actualized in the SPIRIT Of YHWH, from the AMEN of the true and faithful Witness, that is the Beginning of the creation of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 5:21)! We are in effect created in the AMEN of the true and faithful Witness. In this creation, “I AM” communicated - through the true and faithful Witness - is the Bread Of Life that feeds this state of being, being created, in all eternity (see John 10:34-35; Ephesians 3:19). We are in fact created through the Bread of HIS Fullness. HIS Fullness must necessarily be realized and expressed in a lifestyle (see Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24) manifested in soul and spirit. This lifestyle finds expression in the context of a living and growing Body. This is not an individualistic, self-centered pursuit. It is of the utmost importance that we understand that growth in CHRIST JESUS is actualized in a living and growing Body, that grows by sharing CHRIST JESUS through HIS love expressed (see Ephesians 4:15-16; Luke 22:17-18). Being Irradiated By HIS Magnificence “I AM the Light of the world” is Rhema Word that tells us that HE is the Source of the radiance in which we will be eternally enlightened (see Ephesians 1:17-18). Every expression of YHWH realized, is an enlightenment that brings HIS Light into us. And enables us to function by HIM in all that we see of HIM. In HIS Light, we are blessed with every good thing and every perfect gift (see James 1:17-18). The realities of HIS “I AM” Name realized, will enable the actualities of the prophetic Word (see 2 Peter 1:19) to find expression - in fulfillment - in us and through us and amongst us. This reality is the unveiling of the Bright Morning Star (see Revelation 22:16). In this realized fulfillment we become lights of HIS radiance unveiled (see Hebrews 1:3 a) - Morning Stars! We become Morning Stars in HIS radiance alive in us. And, GOD the FATHER actualizes HIS will in BEING the FATHER Of Lights WHO has fearfully and wonderfully fashioned each of HIS sons (see James 1:17-18; Galatians 3:26-29; Psalms 139:17; Psalms 139:13-15). The intensity of our light is a realized, living expression in which we hallow the FATHER’s Name! “Hallowed be THY Name” describes the witness of a state of being expressing the “I AM” of YHWH realized - in a living state of being in remembrance. It is a living and growing - “on-line” - response to “I AM WHO I AM”. It is a living state of being in worship, that unveils us as living temples or, tabernacles of the living GOD. We unveil as tabernacles where, HE has unveiled HIS Name, HIS Heart and HIS Eyes (see 2 Chronicles 7:16). This actuality is part and parcel of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. And this reality is a living and growing expression of the Light Of Life (see John 8:12 c) that will enlighten the heavenly places in accordance to the Word Of The Oath expressed to father Abraham (see Genesis 15:5-6; Galatians 3:22-29; 2 Peter 1:19). The intensity of our light reflects the “I AM” of HIS Light alive from our heart and mind. The radiance comes through a process of revelation realized that enlightens us in heart and mind. The radiance is a result of our response to HIM. A response that finds expression in hope, faith and love, unveiled in a living and growing actuality of being holy unto YHWH! In Jeremiah 1:12 the LORD our GOD reveals: “.... I AM watching over MY Word to perform it.” “MY Word” has been carefully crafted and expressed in MASHIAH YESHUA - in the Testimony Of YESHUA - for our possession in a heart of flesh. For we are members of HIS Body, the flesh of HIS Flesh and the bones of HIS Bones (see Ephesians 5:30, KJV; Luke 22:19-20). The Importance Of Understanding GOD’s Word Given the fact that GOD means to perform HIS Word, we therefore need to draw from the total spectrum of GOD’s Word. Only then can we see HIS Word with fuller understanding (see Proverbs 9:10 b). This is a necessary prerequisite to receiving a correct understanding of the Word Of GOD and, all that GOD means to do with HIS Word. This involves both the Old and New Testaments. We need to understand the Old Testament in the light of the New and, we need to see the roots of the New Testament rise out of the Old. Without roots there can be no basis for sustained growth. The Old Testament has the intent of establishing the Root Of David into us so that we will find expression as the Offspring Of David (see Revelation 22:16; Isaiah 9:6-7; Psalms 89:20-37) through the New Testament reality of becoming the fruit of HIS Body (see Psalms 132:11; Luke 22:19-20; Ephesians 5:30, KJV/NKJV). The rooting is achieved in the fulfillment of the Law and, reality of being offspring is achieved in the fulfillment of the Prophets The dismissal of the Old Testament as being a lesser revelation is foolishness because the LORD JESUS came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets (see Matthew 5:17-18; Luke 24:44-45). And, the intent of this actuality is awesome (see Psalms 132:10-12; Psalms 132:17; Revelation 21:22-23). The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is the basis for the continuity of all creation. The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets must be expressed through a living Body that fully understands (see Proverbs 9:10 b) the fulfillment that comes through HIS Fullness (see Luke 24:44; John 1:16). We need to see the deeper realities of the New coded into the prophetic roots of the Old. These necessary roots are expressed in symbolisms in the Old that find their meaning in the PERSON of the LORD JESUS CHRIST and, in all that HE accomplished for us in HIS Faith and HIS Love unto us and upon us. And, we also need to understand the mechanics of how the Law is actually fulfilled, so that this fulfillment will flow out of all that we do in word and deed - effortlessly, in a growing Sabbath rest realized in HIM, in the prophetic actualities of David (the Well-BELOVED) and Joshua (YAHWEH Saves) fulfilled (see Hebrews 4:9-11)! We will be discussing the realm of the Law fulfilled in Book II. The relevance of this revelation of the Law is seen in the warning given in Matthew 7:21-23 to those who practice lawlessness. And, given the fact that GOD is the Truth; we need to also understand that all of the true Word is expressed from the Name Of GOD - “I AM”! We need to understand that GOD has magnified HIS Word according to all of HIS Name (see Psalms 138:2 c, NASB). “I AM” is the basis for the Word Of GOD being presented as a Testament. Given the fact that we are only saved by the Name Of GOD realized (see Psalms 54:1; John 1:16-18); we see that this intimacy of the actual realization (or, actuality) of Truth, by Testament, only comes in the “I AM” of the Name Of JESUS. The “I AM” Door Of HIS Fullness Realized We receive the full spectrum of GOD’s Word in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE is the Door to every treasure in “I AM”! “I AM the Door” tells us that the Door of HIS “I AM” realized, is exclusive to realizing everything from GOD (see James 1:17-18). This is an understanding of Scripture that we must cultivate. It is an understanding, exclusively brought forth by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:7-14). If we fail to receive the Word Of GOD in its complete and full spectrum, through the Testimony Of JESUS, we are simply denying ourselves of all that GOD has given us of HIMSELF and all that comes from HIM and through HIM. GOD is Light and HIS Light is expressed from HIS WORD, the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see 1 John 1:5; John 1:1-4). And HIS Light becomes the Light Of Life that becomes part and parcel of our inward being of heart and mind, expressed in the broad dimensions of our soul and spirit (see John 1:4; John 8:12; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:23-24). In this enlightened construct of the Light Of Life, we are in fact transfigured in and by the “I AM” Name Of GOD unveiled in CHRIST JESUS (see John 17:6 a). This transfigured state of being is a Morning Star (see 2 Peter 1:19). GOD’s Word is perfect and complete when seen and received in the reality (or, Light) of the living WORD HIMSELF - the LORD JESUS CHRIST, in HIS “I AM” realized. In the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the Word takes on the form of becoming an actuality that will be performed in the FATHER’s appointed time. This actuality is a continuum realized in the Light of HIS Name. John 1:16-17 (NASB) puts this fact of life across in the following terms: “For of HIS Fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth were realized through JESUS CHRIST.” This realization of HIS Fullness is established within us, in what is called the inward witness (see 1 John 5:10 a,6-8, NKJV). This realization in the substance of HIS Fullness, finds expression as a radiance. HIS radiance alive in us. This radiance is a construct of the Light Of Life. This construct is a Word Construct brought alive from the Rhema of HIS Spirit and Life. This construct is the inward witness. The actuality of knowing GOD is defined in this inward witness. We shall discuss this inward witness that stands in the “I AM” of YHWH in the next chapter. And, we shall pursue the practical dimensions of the inward witness in Book II. ======================================================================== CHAPTER 95: 06.21. THE INWARD WITNESS ======================================================================== The Inward Witness 1 John 5:10 declares: “The one who believes in the SON Of GOD has the witness in himself ...” In each one of us there is a witness that has been (and, is being and, will continue to be) brought alive in us through our faith in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) tells us that: “...Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” The evidence blossoms in the realized actuality of a living and growing witness alive in us - by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. We see here a dynamic witness with the potentials of realizing through faith, the substance of CHRIST JESUS Fullness given to us by the ministry of the HOLY SPIRIT, as the FATHER’s provision for true and eternal life. We need to realize a witness that is fully built in the substance of CHRIST JESUS Fullness! A perfect witness to be completed in CHRIST JESUS Fullness, in all eternity - by the SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will. This is a fully functional witness that will be developed in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’s will - forever. We need to unveil a witness that is fully functional in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The unleavened bread being the substance of perfection - the substance of the fullness of MASHIAH YESHUA, the substance of HIS Nature, HIS PERSON, HIS BEING communicated and manifested into us in a living and growing witness. [ In the substance of HIS Fullness is the fulfillment of the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms (see Colossians 1:19-20).] This living and growing witness is meant to be a living and growing expression of sincerity and truth, fashioned and framed in the substance of MASHIAH YESHUA’s Fullness. In the realized actuality of the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth is the unveiling of the reality of the Law fulfilled being actualized. We shall examine this witness in the light of the Testimony Of JESUS in this segment of the book. And, we shall examine the functional dimensions of this witness in Book II. A Witness Manifested In Substance Realized The evidence of true faith becomes a substantive witness brought alive in us in the Name Of JESUS; WHO, is in this reality the Way, the Truth and the Life. The LORD JESUS is the Author and Finisher (or, Perfecter) of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2) because HE is exclusively the Bread Of Life (see John 6:48; John 6:51; John 6:53) the one unveiling the true and perfected substance of true life. And, HE is the Bread Of Life in the substantive reality of the Bread Of the Holy and the Bread Of the Most Holy (see Leviticus 21:22). Our substantive witness is meant to be unveiled in the substance of HIS Fullness called the Bread Of Life - unveiling as the Bread Of the Holy in our soul and, as the Bread Of The Most Holy in our spirit. Our substantive witness is therefore meant to stand by HIS Name alone. By all that comes forth - in substance - from HIS Fullness (see John 1:16-17; John 1:12). This reality fulfills the Law (see Leviticus 21:22). In this substantive reality (of the inward witness) 1 John 5:6 (KJV) instructs us: “This is HE that came by Water and Blood, even JESUS CHRIST; not by Water only, but by Water and Blood. And, it is the SPIRIT that beareth Witness, because the SPIRIT is truth.” The inward witness is designed to manifest CHRIST JESUS in HIS Fullness realized (see John 1:16-17), by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the living dimensions of Blood, Water and Spirit. This is the Testimony Of JESUS made alive in us by the HOLY SPIRIT in the FATHER’s will (see John 16:13-15; John 16:22-27). The Witness Is GOD’s Creative Handiwork When we set the eyes of our heart on the LORD JESUS CHRIST, we receive the evidence of HIM as a witness - “I AM” manifested (see John 17:6 a, 26; 1 John 5:6, NKJV) - alive in us, in revealed terms perfected and completed into our inward parts, in the substance of HIS Fullness (see 1 John 3:3; John 1:16-17). This witness is the Testimony Of JESUS realized substantively in our inward parts. It has the potentials of becoming a fully functional witness in HIS Name (see John 14:12-14; John 15:7-8; John 15:16; John 16:22-27). The inward construct of the witness, formed in the substance of HIS Testimony, is quickened into its operating mode (defined in CHRIST JESUS), by the HOLY SPIRIT (see Romans 8:2). This witness is unveiled by the FATHER (see Ephesians 1:17-18; John 6:45) through the intimacy of the workmanship of the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 16:13-15; Hebrews 10:15-16) into a fully functional, operating medium in our inward parts, formed in CHRIST JESUS, and made fully functional by the HOLY SPIRIT. GOD fashions us each in unique and intimate terms in the Light of HIS “I AM”, revealed through CHRIST JESUS and perfected through the fullness of CHRIST JESUS communicated, as a living and growing evidence manifested in a living and growing witness from our inward parts. In this witness we come alive to GOD through CHRIST JESUS, so as to live by HIM. This witness formed in the substance of HIS Fullness unveils us - through HIS radiance received - as Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19). The inward witness is (exclusively) realized in and from the fullness of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-18). In this realization - which is an unfolding of the Light Of Life, as living evidence of HIM within us (see John 17:26 c) - GOD is unfolding HIS creative workmanship into our lives in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10). This creative workmanship is manifested in substance; the exclusive substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS. In the substance of the fullness of CHRIST JESUS, the evidence of YHWH is manifested in us supernaturally (see John 17:6). In the exclusive medium of this evidence formed in substance, we come to know HIM. This knowing is alive in our witness by the SPIRIT Of Life. And, in this knowing we come to live and function by YHWH, from the witness HE has fashioned in CHRIST JESUS and, brought alive within us by the HOLY SPIRIT. The Witness Stands In The “I AM” Of YHWH The evidence of YHWH is formed by revelation of the Word Of GOD, in the reality of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see Ephesians 1:17-18). In Luke 24:44 the LORD JESUS declares that HE is the fulfillment of the Scriptures! In Matthew 5:17, HE declares that HE is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. HE is in fact the abiding actuality of the Scriptures. Such an actuality (of the Scriptures fulfilled in HIM and by HIM) is alive in the SPIRIT Of YHWH as a living explanation of the Scriptures. This actuality in the SPIRIT is “I AM” explained (see John 1:18, KJV+NASB) through the revealed and fulfilled Word; which, is why Psalms 138:2 c (NASB) describes the Word Of GOD as being magnified according to the Name Of GOD. The Word Of GOD is magnified according to its unfolding in fulfillment! This unfolding is the Eternal Testament of the Word explained THAT IS “I AM” unveiled. The Prophetic Release Of “MY Words” The eternal “I AM” Testament is manifested in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, in a substantive reality prophetically described as “MY Words” (see John 6:63). [See also Luke 24:44 and take note of “MY Words”. See also Luke 21:33 and also take note of “MY Words”. Also please understand that “MY Words” exist in both Rhema (alive in the SPIRIT in HIS Spirit and HIS Life) and Logos (the perfected and completed substance of HIS Spirit and HIS Life) realities.] The evidence of true faith is therefore not based on human thoughts and human experience but, it is entirely based on the Word Of GOD revealed and established by GOD HIMSELF, as an evidence within us - in the Name Of JESUS through the prophetic unveiling of “MY Words”. Where, the Name Of JESUS is the “I AM” of HIS PERSON and HIS Nature expressed (see John 17:6; Hebrews 1:3 a) and explained (see John 1:18, NASB+KJV) through the prophetic conduit of “MY Words”. Our Witness Is Designed To Fully Operate By The Name Of JESUS The Name JESUS (or, YESHUA), when realized in some measure of the substance of HIS Fullness, opens from within as an actual witness in HIS Testimony realized. This witness is exclusively fulfilled in HIS Spirit and HIS Life realized (see John 6:63). When our witness operates in the Name Of JESUS it is functioning in the measure of the truth that is realized in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The enabling of our witness in Spirit and Life terms, is the Testimony Of JESUS, the Spirit Of Prophecy (see Revelation 19:10 c) manifested, that enables our growing fulfillment in the Name Of JESUS, in a realized witness that is entirely of HIM. This realized witness of HIS Fullness is the basis of the unveiling of the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into us. This is why the Word Of GOD (in Hebrews 12:2) declares that the LORD JESUS is necessarily the Author and Finisher of our faith. Which also means that HE must be the Author and Finisher of our faith, so that the evidence of our faith is actually true. HE needs to be the evidence of our faith. And, the LORD JESUS is necessarily the Author and Finisher of our faith simply because HE is the fulfillment of the Scriptures! As Scripture is revealed in HIM, and fulfilled in us and amongst us in HIS Name and by HIS Name, our faith is in fact perfected and completed in HIM and, by HIM. And, this is true faith because this faith validates HIS “I AM” Testimony within us. And, this is true faith because HE is in HIS “I AM” the Truth! This is why the LORD JESUS (in John 14:6) proclaimed the reality of HIM realized as being: “I AM the Truth.” And in this realization, we are set free - by HIM! And HE sets us free as HE comes alive in us, by HIS Testimony realized in our heart and mind (see John 17:26 c) as a living and growing witness - made alive in us by the SPIRIT. Deuteronomy 29:29 proclaims this reality as follows: “The secret things belong to the LORD our GOD, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the Words of this Law.” The actuality of ‘we may observe’ is unveiled into our witness by substance communicated. The span of the development of this witness is in terms of ‘all the Words of this Law!’ What the Law could not do GOD manifests by HIS own hand. In the New Testament, “all the Words of this Law” are defined and fulfilled in the Spirit and Life of YESHUA MASHIAH, through HIS faith and HIS love, unveiled through the cross into a living Witness in the SPIRIT OF YHWH. This Witness carries the Law in actual fulfilled terms. And, this Witness is able to communicate the Law in fulfilled terms. What the Law could not do, GOD manifests by HIS own hand. In the New Testament revelation of the Law Of the SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS we come to understand that revelation knowledge realized as a living witness, unveils the Word in fulfilled terms, in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS. The Word manifested in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT, sets us free from the Law Of Sin And Death by enabling the actual observance of GOD’s Word in fulfilled terms. We do not observe the letter of the Law (see Matthew 5:20) but we enter into the Spirit of the Law defined in CHRIST JESUS and manifested into us by substance as the handiwork of YHWH (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3, KJV/NKJV). This is why the Testimony Of JESUS is referred to as the Spirit Of Prophecy which is the Spirit by which the dimensions of the prophetic in the Law will be fulfilled. This Spirit is also called the Spirit Of Holiness - carefully crafted through the crucifixion and resurrection of the MASHIAH YESHUA (see Romans 1:3-4) So we see that our living witness is entirely defined in CHRIST JESUS and, made alive by the HOLY SPIRIT in a fulfilled reality of the Word that explains the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets into our inward parts. This is part and parcel of the unveiling of the Mystery Of CHRIST (see Ephesians 1:17-18; Ephesians 3:4; Ephesians 4:15-16; Colossians 1:19-20; Colossians 1:26-28). The fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets is explained in the enabled expression of the Spirit Of Holiness which unveils the highest dimensions of the Law and Prophets fulfilled. The reality of fulfillment is unveiled through revelation knowledge being perfected and completed into us in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The communication of fulfillment is the supernatural work of GOD HIMSELF. [Every word that will form our thoughts, our intents, our attitudes, our desires, our imaginations, our will, our emotions, our character, our nature and our personalities, will be precisely defined and explained in the substance of HIS faith and HIS love, communicated into us in the medium of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see Exodus 32:16).] Our inward witness is meant to be established - entirely - through revelation knowledge, brought into us by GOD HIMSELF (see John 1:17; Ephesians 1:17-18). And our inward witness lives (and grows) - forever - in the reality of all that is revealed by GOD - in HIS “I AM” - into us, in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. The evidence brought into us, is the evidence of all that enables us to live - by HIM - forever! This evidence unveils in the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets (see Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 2:29; Colossians 2:11; Php 3:3). This is why the LORD JESUS proclaimed the reality of HIM realized as being: “I AM the Life.” The Witness In Substance Is A New Creation The PERSON of GOD through WHOM the design of our inward parts is made alive is called the WORD Of GOD. The Gospel Of John presents the LORD JESUS CHRIST as the WORD in the following terms: “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD. ... All things came into being by HIM, and apart from HIM nothing came into being that has come into being. In HIM was life, and the life was the light of men.” The Book Of Revelation (Revelation 3:14) speaks of the living, eternal expression (or, Witness) of the WORD as: “... The AMEN, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of GOD.” Unveiling The AMEN Of GOD’s Word GOD is in Revelation 3:14 proclaiming the creative certainty of HIS Word performed - as “the AMEN”. This is the absolute certainty of all that is revealed to us in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. The absolute certainty of the Word performed is unveiled in consonance with a faithful and true Witness. This is the Witness that our inward parts must receive - through the revealed substance of the Word - as a witness made alive in us in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. Understand also that a new creation unveils in accordance with the witness unveiled (see Hebrews 11:5; Revelation 3:14 b; Exodus 32:16). The Word that is performed is unveiled in accordance to: “the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of GOD.” We see that a creative work is performed in GOD’s Word. And, this creative work unveils in a living and growing witness (see Hebrews 11:5). Given that GOD’s Word is in accordance to HIS Name, we see that GOD means to creatively express HIS wonder, the reality and wonder of HIS “I AM” Name, into us and ultimately into HIS creation, through HIS Word performed. This is why the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 9:6) introduces the fundamental reality of JESUS Name unveiled as being Wonderful! And, in Isaiah 66:2 the prophet unveils the reality of the Word causing us to tremble at the actualities of GOD unveiled. An Enlightened Witness Ephesians 2:10 tells us: “For we are HIS workmanship, created in CHRIST JESUS ....” We are created in CHRIST JESUS and this creation is in the medium of Light - the “I AM” Light that the WORD HIMSELF expresses (see John 1:4; John 8:12). The seed of the revealed Word sows this Light (see Psalms 97:11) in the reality of the “I AM” of GOD - into us (see Psalms 97:11; Psalms 36:9 b; 37:6). This formation in Light received, becomes a living (enlightened) witness in (HIS) substance realized from HIM, WHO is the faithful and true Witness, the AMEN, WHO expresses the creation of GOD specific to each one of our lives. AMEN! This witness is built in HIS Light manifested. HIS Light manifested in substance of HIS “I AM” Fullness is called the Light Of Life (see John 8:12). We Are Fearfully And Wonderfully Made It is no wonder therefore that the Book Of Psalms (Psalms 139:14) proclaims us each as being “fearfully and wonderfully made”. It is also no wonder that Ephesians 2:10 declares that we are created in CHRIST JESUS. In the context of being “fearfully and wonderfully made”, it is no surprise therefore to note that the Book Of Isaiah (Isaiah 9:6) proclaims the reality of the LORD JESUS revealed as being Wonderful. In Isaiah 11:2-3, we discover that the enabling - in Spirit terms - that we will receive in CHRIST JESUS, will result in us coming to actually delight in the fear of GOD. So, the inward witness that expresses the wonder of CHRIST JESUS; and, the fear (or, reverence) of the LORD, is an expression of GOD’s creative handiwork received in the dimensions of our heart and mind and, unveiled in the totality of our soul and spirit (see 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 2 Corinthians 6:1-18; 2 Corinthians 7:1-16). GOD creatively fashions us according to HIS Witness realized in our heart and mind, as our witness of HIM. Excited? It is amazing what GOD has in HIS Heart for us. A unique plan in eternity for each one of us. A plan to be received from within our heart in a witness that realizes the wonder of Life in GOD (see Proverbs 20:5). A plan that unveils even as we are created in CHRIST JESUS! Yes! Created! The Substance Of The Light Of Life The Light Of Life that comes into us is formed through revelation knowledge. And this Light Of Life becomes the evidence of life received in and by CHRIST JESUS. This Light Of Life expresses a living witness alive in us. This Light Of Life expresses the substance in which we are actually being created to become living lights. The LORD JESUS CHRIST explains this reality in the following terms in John 8:12, “...I AM the Light of the world; he who follows ME shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the Light Of Life.” This Light Of Life is of essential importance to us because we are blessed through the medium of this Light Of Life which, is the evidential substance of true faith in the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Please understand that the Light Of Life represents the - substantive - release of GOD’s Word into us in enlightened terms. The LORD JESUS is the WORD WHO carries Life and, the expression of the Light of this Life, in HIMSELF (see John 1:4). This becomes part and parcel of our inward state of being, as we receive HIM. We are created in CHRIST JESUS in this “substantive reality” of HIS “I AM” Light realized in our inward parts - in subordinate and dependent terms. Unveiling The Reality Of Being Blessed James 1:17-18 presents the Light Of Life as a medium in which GOD blesses us so that we become living lights, even as HE reveals HIMSELF to us as the FATHER of lights. James 1:17-18 reads: “Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the FATHER of lights, with WHOM there is no variation, or shifting shadow. In the exercise of HIS will HE brought us forth by the Word Of Truth, so that we might be, as it were, the first fruits among HIS creatures.” We are lights. And, we are lights in the prophetic reality of becoming Morning Stars (see 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 2:28). Notice from James 1:18, that we are brought forth by the Word Of Truth. This Word (Greek: “Logos”) Of Truth becomes the completed substantive form in which the Light Of Life forms within us, as GOD blesses us with every good thing and every perfect gift! All of this awesome blessing comes alive in us as a living witness that testifies to all that GOD has blessed us with and empowered us with! This living witness - realized in the Name Of JESUS - we have called the inward witness. And, this is the witness to the “I AM” of the LORD JESUS that we are coming to possess as our inheritance in HIM (see Ezekiel 44:28). A Witness That Loves YHWH This is the witness to the LORD JESUS that we have received from GOD our FATHER (see Ephesians 1:17). This witness is a revelation received and formed into our state of being as a living witness of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. This is a revealed state of being realized in HIS Light. The realities in HIS Light are perfected and completed into us in fully subordinate and dependent terms. It is an actualized state of being in the “I AM” of GOD realized. This is also the actualized state of our person whom the FATHER has fearfully and wonderfully made in the image and fullness of the SON (see Romans 8:29; John 1:16). When the revelation of “I AM” begins to be actually realized in us, we will in this realization actually come to love HIM. This realization will involve all of our heart, all of our soul, all of our mind and, all of our strength! Our heart, soul, mind and strength find form and substance according to HIS “I AM” realized. This is a creative work unveiled (see Ephesians 4:23-24). In this realization we come to love HIM. Because our GOD is a Consuming Fire (see Hebrews 12:29; Ezekiel 28:14 b; Genesis 22:14). And, in HIS “I AM” reality, the fire of HIS love will consume the realities of our heart, soul and mind in HIS strength, unveiled as our strength in HIM and by HIM, in HIS love actualized. A Witness That Is In Awe Of YHWH Awesome isn’t it! Isaiah 66:2 tells us that the realities in the revealed Word Of GOD are so awesome that we will, when we actually realize this reality, come to tremble at HIS Word! This is a reality of trembling in awe at HIS Word because we are able to actually see HIM, through HIS Word revealed. And, HE is also unveiled through the Word that is performed through us in all that we do in word and deed. All this is part and parcel of the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. Ephesians 1:17-18 expresses the enlightened witness in revelation of the LORD JESUS as follows: “That the GOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the FATHER Of Glory, may give to you a Spirit Of Wisdom and of Revelation in the Knowledge of HIM. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know .....” Ephesians 1:23 expresses the awesome wonder of this witness alive in a living Body - the Body of CHRIST - which is “the fullness of HIM WHO fills all in all.” And so, the radiant witness inside of us is meant to be a living expression of the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS that, we each receive as revelation from the FATHER (see John 6:45). It is the FATHER’s deepest desire to see this witness in a unity (see John 17:22; John 17:26) which will destroy the works of darkness and manifest a new universe - a new creation (see Revelation 3:14 b). So, the inward witness is a radiant witness of HIS Light [HIS radiance] received and expressed in our own free will response to HIM. This inward witness is a reality created in the substance of faith, realized in the love of JESUS our LORD and BELOVED, as a living evidence of our LORD and BELOVED, to be expressed in holiness unto the FATHER of lights from our very state of being! The inward witness is a substantive reality in light brought forth in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT. It is a witness laid by the SPIRIT through the Word so that we can actually walk by the SPIRIT Of GOD, in JESUS Name, in a perfect and complete life style realized. This is an enabled lifestyle and, it is also an empowered lifestyle. It is also a lifestyle created (see Ephesians 4:23-24). The inward witness has the exclusive intent of knowing GOD, loving GOD and, expressing the “I AM” of GOD realized, in the totality of a living witness constructed in the Light Of Life. This living witness when fully matured, will be an expression of the heart, soul and mind. This witness is an expression of the strength of HIS Name made alive in us. In this witness HE becomes our life. We will live by HIM in HIS Name. Everything that we do will come forth in the actuality of HIS Name alive from within us. Amen! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 96: 06.22. HOW SCRIPTURE EXPLAINS THE INWARD WITNESS ======================================================================== How Scripture Explains The Inward Witness The Word Of GOD needs to be laid by the HOLY SPIRIT - into us - in the revealed fullness of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. The Book Of Hebrews (10:15-16) explains that the HOLY SPIRIT is the ONE WHO is forming the mechanics of a Covenant within us by a process of writing HIS Laws upon our heart and into our imaginative mind (Greek: “dianoia”). As we have discussed earlier the writing of the Covenant is in substance unveiled in and by witness of a living and growing reality of the Master’s Fullness (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6, KJV/NKJV). The reality of the Master’s Fullness is the Testimony Of JESUS realized in defined Covenant terms, in which we are to function by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS. The Covenant unveiled from the Testimony defines the FATHER’s will for our life - forever. The Witness that communicates this “I AM” actuality in called the AMEN, the true and faithful Witness, the Beginning of the creation of GOD. This Witness is sourced in the FATHER, the WORD and the HOLY SPIRIT (see 1 John 5:7, NKJV) is unveiled in us and amongst us in a Witness of Blood, Water and Spirit (see 1 John 5:8, NKJV; 10a). We develope a response to this Witness in our inward parts. Our response unveils as an inward witness. The realized witness in our inward parts unveils as a Blood Covenant actuality of remembrance in the realities and actualities of the Word realized through the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA. A Covenant Alive By Witness Unveiled In Hebrews 10:15-16, the HOLY SPIRIT declares: “This is the Covenant that I will make with them .... I will put MY Laws upon their heart, and upon their mind I will write them.” We will talk about these Laws in the context of the New Covenant in Book II. But, what is being said here is that the HOLY SPIRIT uses HIS Laws to make a witness in Covenant alive in us. What this means is that our inward witness is being fashioned through the Laws Of GOD being manifested in us in actual fulfilled terms. What is being fashioned into us will enable us to fully function in GOD and by GOD - for GOD. This actuality is the Law and the Prophets fulfilled. Understanding The Witness To The Law Fulfilled In the realities of the Law Of GOD being unveiled in us in fulfilled terms, we see for example that the Law of the Sabbath (see Exodus 31:12-18) is brought alive in our witness as a growing sanctified rest. A growing sanctified Sabbath rest - defined through a circumcised heart of flesh - in which we function in GOD’s Name (see Hebrews 4:7-11; Ezekiel 36:25; Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 30:6). The inward state of sanctification is manifested in the actuality of YHWH as YHWH-M’KADDESH (the Sanctifier). Similarly the commandment not to steal is brought alive in us as a nature conformed to CHRIST JESUS, in which there will be no desire to sin. And, this fulfillment unveils as we increasingly become partakers of the divine nature through the knowledge of CHRIST JESUS realized (see 2 Peter 1:3-4) in our inward parts (see John 1:16-17, NASB). A Witness In Covenant That Knows YHWH All this results in a living witness to “I AM” being actualized within ourselves. And, this actualization grows in our inward parts forever. A witness in Covenant is thus simply the witness of “I AM” realized - in HIS Righteousness perfected and completed in substance - within us. This witness is laid forth in the Word unveiled by the SPIRIT, in the substance and witness of CHRIST JESUS Fullness, according to the FATHER’s perfect will. And, we can function in GOD and by GOD in this witness fashioned as a functional Covenant in our inward parts. The Covenant describes the realized functional construct of the revealed Word fashioned within us by the Finger Of GOD (see Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16). And, this functional construct is fully conformed to MASHIAH YESHUA. In the reality of forming and developing our inward witness, as a Covenant reality, the HOLY SPIRIT will in effect actually bear witness to us and also bear witness through us. Notice that this is a formative process in which a Covenant is actually realized in substance. It is a realization born of communion with GOD. And, this reality in Covenant, functions through our inward witness through an actual construct of the Word by GOD HIMSELF in our inward parts (see Exodus 32:16). That is, the Covenant is a realized actuality of the revealed Word, in which, we actually function in GOD, by GOD and with GOD, under HIS Authority and the growing actuality and totality of HIS Provision. The Covenant of the revealed Word is unveiled in accordance with our free will response to YHWH - in CHRIST JESUS, by the HOLY SPIRIT. This free will response is born and developed in the reality of an actual relationship, substantively formed in us in the growing evidence of HIM in our inward parts. So the Covenant is a reality of the Word fashioned in us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS, that knows YHWH. Knowing YHWH is in fact therefore an actual Covenant state of being. And, every article of Covenant will be described in the Spirit and Life of MASHIAH YESHUA - being established in HIS Faith and being fulfilled in HIS Love. Knowing GOD is the basic form and substance of Christian growth. It is also perfectly normal and natural for a Christain to be able to know GOD and come to actually love HIM. Nothing in the universe is more normal than knowing GOD. Knowing GOD is the essential form of Truth unveiled. Knowing GOD is a Covenant witness structured into our inward parts as an actual creation (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 5:17). The LORD’s Inward Witness In this concluding segment we want to unveil some secrets of the inward witness as noted in Scripture. We will develop the functional implications of the inward witness more fully in Book II. In this concluding segment of Book I, we will begin by seeing the Inward Witness of the LORD JESUS in HIS manhood. How HE used this Witness and, how HE pointed to this Witness - HIS Witness - as being available to us, are key aspects of the revelation that we need to understand and receive and develop with understanding, in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT. See for example: John 5:19-20; John 5:30; John 8:13-29; John 11:33-43; John 17:6-8; John 17:26. The GOD Given Ability To See And To Know From John 1:45-50 we read: “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found HIM of WHOM Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, JESUS Of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” And Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” JESUS saw Nathanael coming to HIM, and said to him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile!” Nathanael said to HIM, “How do YOU know me?” JESUS answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” Nathanael answered HIM, “Rabbi, YOU are the SON Of GOD; YOU are the King Of Israel.” JESUS answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.” The Witness Of The TRUE MAN The LORD JESUS came into this world to establish the position of “TRUE MAN”. HE came and HE lived amongst us as a MAN. HE came to realize and establish a new MAN able to belong to GOD perfectly and completely. A new MAN able to love GOD with all of HIS heart, soul, mind and strength. This new MAN is called “TRUE MAN”. In order to accomplish this, the LORD JESUS fully functioned as a MAN in HIS life here on the earth. And through the cross and HIS resurrection, HE established the living reality of the TRUE MAN WHO has overcome sin, sickness, disease and death for us. HE established a living Rhema Testimony in the SPIRIT, to be communicated perfectly and completely into us (see Revelation 3:14; Revelation 19:10; John 6:63; Luke 21:33; Luke 24:44). The design of the Testimony Of JESUS is that we will live by the substance of the Testament communicated (see Exodus 32:16). The substance of the communication - the actuality of HIM and HIS Fullness - is received in the realized substance of HIS faith “unto all and upon all them that believe” as noted in Romans 3:22 (KJV). HIS Testimony unveils the true and faithful Witness that is the basis for a new creation to unveil conformed to HIM (see Revelation 3:14 b; Ephesians 2:10; Colossians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17) through the realization of HIS faith and HIS love for us (see 1 Timothy 1:14; John 1:16-17). The Covenant Witness Manifested Through HIS Faith The realized strength and power of HIS faith, is meant to be perfected and completed in us, so as to become the substance of our faith in HIM. This faith is entirely of HIM, formed through our response to HIM in hope (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV/NKJV; 1 John 3:3). This faith formation within us, finds true and specific expression through the Covenant that is mediated into our heart and mind by the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see Hebrews 8:6; John 17:26). Our faith is meant to be unveiled in JESUS Name in the Word unveiled and explained into us by (or, according to) HIS “I AM” realized. This Word formation in HIS “I AM” becomes Covenant when we have come to understand (see Hebrews 1:3 a; Proverbs 9:10 b) what the FATHER means to perform with HIS Word. Covenant involves the Word that GOD will perform and honor in us and through us in HIS will. The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith In the mediation of the Covenant specific to our life and the calling upon our life, the LORD JESUS (see Hebrews 8:6) becomes the Author and Finisher of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a). Let’s take a look at this reality through an example and come to see the deeper meanings being unveiled to the eyes of our heart. The faith of CHRIST JESUS is expressed in the true and faithful Witness that brings forth the creative work of GOD into our lives (see Revelation 3:14 b). Acts 3:16 (KJV) talks of “the faith which is by HIM (the LORD JESUS)”. “The faith which is by HIM” (see also 2 Peter 1:1; Hebrews 12:2 a) communicates the living actualities of HIS Testimony through HIS faith for us. This is the faith that the LORD JESUS HIMSELF authored and perfected in HIMSELF, which is released from HIS Name, through our faith in HIS Testimony, which in the passage from Acts 3:16, brings about the healing of the lame man. [Where does our faith in HIM come from? Every human being has been given a measure of faith (see Romans 12:3). That measure of faith has the capacity to grow as we express our hope. Depending on what we set our hope on, we have the capacity of developing the faith in us in truth or in falsehood. Notice that the LORD JESUS proclaimed HIMSELF as being the Truth. The implication of this declaration is that we are required to set our hope on CHRIST JESUS so that the substance of HIS faith unveiling the Witness of “I AM the Truth” can be communicated into us. So faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Rhema Of GOD unveiled in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS (see Romans 10:17, KJV/NKJV; John 3:34; John 6:63). When we use our faith to set our hope on MASHIAH YESHUA the substance of our faith developes in conformance to the substance of HIS Testimony of faith towards us and also for us. Hope becomes the conduit for the communication of realities built in the Testimony Of JESUS through HIS faith and HIS love for us. In this process in which HIS Testimony of faith is communicated to our inward parts, HE becomes the Author and Finisher of our faith (see Hebrews 12:2 a). And, we are changed in the substance of HIS faith communicated into us (see John 16:14). The substance of our faith is perfected and completed in conformance to HIM through HIS Testimony received - through the conduit of our hope in HIM.] The faith of JESUS is released into us by our hope in HIM. HIS faith is communicated in substance and becomes the evidence by which we are able to do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens us (see Php 4:13). A new creature in CHRIST JESUS is expressed in the evidence of HIS faith made alive in our witness. HE is the Truth and, it is the evidence of HIS faith, purely received, that sets us free in an actual evidence of HIM formed and made alive within us. A New Creation Is Unveiling Ephesians 2:10 declares that we are being created in CHRIST JESUS so that we will each become the workmanship of GOD. This workmanship manifests a new creature. 2 Corinthians 5:17, expresses this new creation as follows: “Therefore if any man is in CHRIST, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” Take note of the phrase “any man” and understand clearly the meaning and implications of the word “any”! Also, please take note of the declaration: “Behold, new things have come.” Behold is a fundamental expression of hope. The willingness to receive the Light of HIS Testimony (see Matthew 6:22-23)! This book has been written to give some expression to the reality of new things. In CHRIST JESUS, “new things” are a limitless continuum opened by the Door of HIS “I AM” Name. The Door of HIS “I AM” Name is opened through the Key Of David. The Key Of David is formed in the actuality of HIM and HIS faith and HIS love for us, becoming in us a living expression in which HE is increasingly ‘our BELOVED’ (the prophetic actuality of CHRIST JESUS as the David - the Well-Beloved - of our lives). The Testimony Of JESUS With this background let us now examine John 1:45-50. We see the LORD JESUS functioning in HIS manhood. HE sees Nathanael and knows him. The LORD JESUS is functioning in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT from HIS Inward Witness and, HE explains that HE identified Nathanel even before Philip met him (see John 5:19-20). Nathanael is astonished. But, then the LORD tells HIM that this is only a small thing! And, HE declares that Nathanael himself will see and know even greater things than what HE has just described to him! In John 1:51, the LORD JESUS says that Nathanael will see awesome (apocalyptic) realities of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. How will all this happen? By the HOLY SPIRIT WHO searches the depths of GOD and then reveals the deepest levels of the Word (see 1 Corinthians 2:10-14) that will unveil these depths, through the Spirit and Life conduits of the Testimony Of JESUS (see John 16:13-15). In the same way in John 14:12, the LORD JESUS declares that he who believes in HIM will do even greater works than what HE displayed in HIS ministry on earth (see also John 5:20 c,19-20). This will happen because HE will go to the FATHER and, we will each come to function with the HOLY SPIRIT (see John 14:16-17) in HIS Name (see John 16:13-15) by faith in HIS Name (see Acts 3:16) realized from HIS faith “unto all and upon all them that believe” (see Romans 3:22). HIS faith “unto all and upon all them that believe” will be perfected and completed into us so that we can actually function in and by HIS Name (see John 1:16-17, NASB). The Faith That Opens A Reality In GOD HIS faith “unto all and upon all them that believe” is called the Testimony Of JESUS in Revelation 19:10 c. HIS Faith unveils through the Spirit Of Prophecy. The Spirit Of Prophecy is the anointing that enables the fulfillment of GOD’s Word in our lives through the LORD JESUS Testimony (see Luke 24:44) realized (see John 1:17; John 1:16). [Understand from 2 Corinthians 4:13 that the Spirit Of Prophecy unveiled from the Testimony Of JESUS results in us all potentially having the same Spirit Of Faith! See also 2 Peter 1:1.] The Name Of JESUS is actualized through an actual Witness brought alive within us by the HOLY SPIRIT and, this Witness Of CHRIST JESUS is meant to function in agreement with the SPIRIT Of GOD! AMEN! This functional reality describes the FATHER’s will fulfilled within us (see Colossians 1:9-11). This actual Witness in HIS Name is built into us in HIS faith actualized through substance perfected and completed in us as the creative workmanship of the HOLY SPIRIT. This fulfillment in us is the realized expression of the prophetic Rhema Word expressed in Isaiah 48:16-17. “”Come near to ME, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, from the time it took place, I was there, and now the LORD GOD has sent ME and HIS SPIRIT.” Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the HOLY ONE of Israel; “I AM the LORD your GOD, WHO teaches you to profit, WHO leads you in the Way you should go.”” The Ability To See And Know With Understanding Let’s look at another passage from John 5:19-20. “JESUS therefore answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the SON can do nothing of HIMSELF, unless it is something HE sees the FATHER doing; for whatever the FATHER does, these things the SON also does in like manner. For the FATHER loves the SON, and shows HIM all things that HE HIMSELF is doing; and greater works than these will HE show HIM, that you may marvel.”” Here the MAN JESUS is describing the ability to see what GOD is doing. Seeing is much more than mere “sight” or “vision”. Seeing implies the complex realization of a reality in knowledge, wisdom and understanding to know and see all that GOD is doing. To be alive to the counsels of YHWH. The LORD JESUS came to establish this dependent inward witness so that we will each come to marvel at GOD as we each learn to function by HIM. The dependence necessary to the proper functioning of our inward witness, is realized in a living (fully dependent) relationship with the PERSON of the HOLY SPIRIT. What we are seeing above is the key to understanding the inward witness. The inward witness has the purpose of causing us to come to marvel at GOD; and ultimately, come to admire HIM and, come to willingly serve HIM and, come to love HIM in a living relationship alive through the witness alive from within us, by the SPIRIT Of GOD. Always remember that if the witness within does not love and worship GOD and glorify GOD, the witness is the witness of carnality and falsehood. This is why every form of self-denominated meditation, is a perversion of the truth because, it deifies ourself. Truth marvels at GOD. The LORD JESUS describes how we can judge the true witness in John 5:30, “”I can do nothing on MY own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and MY judgement is just because I do not seek MY own will, but the will of HIM WHO sent ME.”” Notice the LORD say “as I hear” which is reference to the reality of the Inward Witness alive in HIM, in partnership with the HOLY SPIRIT. Notice also that in John 5:19, the LORD JESUS declares something crucial to our understanding of functioning in the truth: “”Truly, truly, I say to you, the SON can do nothing of HIMSELF, unless .....”” The inward witness has the intent of enabling us to function by GOD instead of in ourselves. No human being has this ability to function by GOD in himself. We have to receive this ability and grow into this ability, which, only comes from CHRIST JESUS. This ability comes alive within us, as the Spirit Of Prophecy takes specific Word denominated form within us in the Spirit and Life of CHRIST JESUS released to us. This ability unfolds and comes alive with the witness within. This ability is the Law and the Prophets fulfilled (see Exodus 32:16; 2 Corinthians 3:3-6 KJV/NKJV). We actually begin to realize a functional reality in GOD as we grow in HIM. This functional reality enables us to live by HIM, to live in HIM and, to live through HIM as a fully developed and fully enabled lifestyle. It is with a view to opening the vast riches of the FATHER’s provision made available to us in HIM that the LORD JESUS made the all-encompassing statement: “I AM the Way, and the Truth, and the Life!” Growing From Our Inward Parts Let’s explore the subject of growth by looking at John the Baptist and, understand how Scripture describes his growth in Luke 1:80. “And the child continued to grow, and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.” The Baptist represents the last of the Old Testament prophets. And, in his life GOD unveils a realm of the prophets that foreshadows the growth in the soon to be unveiled New Testament and the soon to be unveiled New Covenant. Growing In Spirit The Baptist grows strong in spirit. We have here the central form in which we grow. We must grow in spirit. We grow in spirit in Spirit terms. This Spirit comes from the “Words (Greek: “Rhema”) Of GOD” as noted in John 3:34, “For HE WHOM GOD has sent speaks the Words Of GOD; for HE gives the Spirit without measure.” HE speaks the Words Of GOD by HIS living Witness - the living communication of HIS Testimony. The living Witness is called the true and faithful Witness (see Revelation 3:14 b). Through this Witness HE communicates HIS Spirit without measure! HIS Spirit is the Spirit Of Prophecy that the FATHER is jealous for; because it enables the unveiling of HIS Name that is described as Jealous (see James 4:5, NASB; Exodus 34:14). Growing Through The Words Of GOD This passage from John 3:34 is speaking of the LORD JESUS CHRIST and the reality of the Word Of GOD coming alive to us in HIM in such a manner that the Word Of GOD actually becomes the “Words Of GOD” that expresses HIS Spirit (and HIS Life) to us. See John 6:63 together with John 3:34 to understand this. This is the total expression of the Word Of GOD brought to us by the SPIRIT Of GOD, the HOLY SPIRIT. We need to understand that the HOLY SPIRIT is also called the SPIRIT Of CHRIST and, it is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO wrote the written Word of GOD through human vessels opened to the inward witness (see 1 Peter 1:11; 1 Peter 1:10-12). The Righteousness Of GOD Unveiled In John 6:63, the LORD JESUS CHRIST describes this reality as follows: “.... “the Words (Greek: “Rhema”) that I have spoken to you are Spirit and Life.”” HIS Words communicate HIS Spirit and HIS Life. In this expression HE is the Bread Of Life (see John 6:48). And we grow as a consequence of HIS Words becoming revealed in us and, becoming part and parcel of our state of being through substance communicated. This is why we can all grow. And, we can all grow as long as we keep receiving the Words (Rhema) Of GOD in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. These Words - HIS Words - are “the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of GOD.” It is in the expression of these Words - HIS Words, expressing HIS Fullness in some measure - that we are created in CHRIST JESUS as noted in Ephesians 2:10. This is the reality in which we grow. This growth comes through our inward witness alive to the Witness Of GOD unto us through substance communicated. This Witness of GOD is described (amongst other things) as the Righteousness Of GOD, witnessed by the Law and the Prophets. The Righteousness Of GOD, witnessed by the Law and the Prophets is the reality that the LORD JESUS declared as “must be fulfilled” in Luke 24:44-45. The Righteousness Of GOD, witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, comes into us by the faith of the LORD JESUS CHRIST “unto all and upon all them that believe” as noted in Romans 3:22 (KJV). Romans 3:21-23 (KJV) puts it this way: “But now the Righteousness Of GOD without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the Righteousness Of GOD which is by faith of JESUS CHRIST unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD.” The Witness Of GOD The Witness Of GOD is described in 1 John 5:7 (NKJV) as follows: “And there are three WHO bear Witness in heaven: the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY SPIRIT; and these three are ONE.” The abundance of the Witness Of GOD is made alive on earth in a living faithful and true Witness, that unfolds the creative power of GOD for supernatural growth. 1 John 5:8 (NKJV) describes this faithful and true Witness as follows: “... there are three that bear Witness on earth: the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood; and these three agree as one.” What does the Witness of the Water and the Blood represent? The first portion of 1 John 5:6 (NKJV) describes the Witness very precisely: “This is HE WHO came by Water and Blood - JESUS CHRIST; not only by Water, but by Water and Blood.” This is the Witness of CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF making the reality of HIS Words of Spirit and Life alive to us today. What does the HOLY SPIRIT do with the Witness of the Water and the Blood? The second portion of 1 John 5:6 (NKJV) describes this precisely: “... And it is the SPIRIT WHO bears Witness, because the SPIRIT is Truth.” Now we can catch the whole picture. The HOLY SPIRIT bears the Witness Of CHRIST JESUS (see 1 John 5:6), the faithful and true Witness that is the creative expression of GOD (see Revelation 3:14 b), as expressions of HIS Spirit and HIS Life (see John 6:63) to us right now (see John 3:34). Please be reminded that this is the realized fulfillment of Isaiah 48:16-17. Growth Manifests Through The Witness Of GOD Received By HIS Spirit and HIS Life, which are expressions of the Fullness Of CHRIST JESUS (see John 1:16-17), we are created in CHRIST JESUS (see Ephesians 2:10). This creative reality - from glory to glory (see 2 Corinthians 3:17-18) - is expressed as growth in our inward witness. HIS Spirit and HIS Life are expressions of Water, that cleanses us supernaturally (see Ephesians 5:26-27); and Blood, that unfolds a living relationship of love by Covenant (see Luke 22:20) through the Word Of GOD realized in our inward witness. Growth Is A Passover Continuum We celebrate the growing reality of our growth through the witness within, in a living inward totality called a living and growing Memorial of the Name (see Exodus 3:13-15; John 17:6; John 17:26). This is a living Memorial of the Name by which we are saved. We celebrate this inward totality - in which we are being created - prophetically, in Holy Communion (see Luke 22:19-20) as the Passover being fulfilled in the unveiling of the tabernacles of GOD. In the institution of the Memorial Testimony of the Memorial-Name Of GOD fulfilled in us, through the realization of a Passover within our heart and mind, the LORD JESUS (in Luke 22:15-16, NKJV) opens the Eternal Witness of HIS Heart in the following terms: “Then HE said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom Of GOD.”” [Notice that the Passover is eaten (see John 6:53-58; John 6:63). The Passover is described in HIS Flesh - in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (see Luke 22:1). The Passover is realized in HIS Spirit and HIS Life that describe the realities of the Word of the Kingdom in which we are each meant to realize our functional status of being fearfully and wonderfully made. Now this Kingdom is opened to us from within, through the “I AM” Door of the Name Of JESUS.] Kingdom Fulfillment In The Name Of GOD Where does the Kingdom Of GOD unveil its fulfillment? The LORD JESUS describes it as follows in Luke 17:20-21 (NKJV): “.... “The Kingdom Of GOD does not come with observation; nor will they say, “See here!” or “See there!” For indeed, the Kingdom Of GOD is within you.”” What is the inward witness meant to reveal? The Name Of GOD by which we are saved (see Psalms 54:1)! This is Testimony that arises from Isaiah 9:6-7; which, is the Testimony Of JESUS (YESHUA) that will express the reality of the new creation of GOD able to function by HIS Name, from the realized realities of the Passover fulfilled within us. Isaiah 9:6-7 describes the reality of our growth as being a realization that sees and experiences “I AM” (HIS Name explained - see John 1:18): as Wonderful from within. As the Counsellor WHO is alive to us by HIS SPIRIT - within the temple of our being. As the Mighty GOD WHO teaches us and enables us to live in the reality that HE is our all-sufficiency. As the Eternal FATHER WHO loves us and blesses us with every good thing and every perfect gift, WHOM we are to come to actually hallow in the witness of our hearts, as we taste and see the LORD our GOD. And, as the Prince Of Peace our BELOVED, WHO has won our hearts, souls and minds in HIS Beauty which, establishes itself as the peace of HIS Blood Witness of love alive inside of us. We now have an understanding of how GOD means to enable us to know HIM. It is in fact, a fact of life, that GOD wants every one of us to be taught of HIM (see John 6:45) so that we will all come to know HIM (see Jeremiah 31:33-34) and, we will all come to live by HIM. This lifestyle is defined into us by the SPIRIT Of Life - in CHRIST JESUS. This lifestyle is a Passover attained in CHRIST JESUS, by the SPIRIT Of Life, according to the FATHER’s will and appointed time. The witness within is realized in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Functioning in this reality, is unveiled as a Law Of Covenant called the “Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life, In CHRIST JESUS.” See Romans 8:2. Covenant is actually expressed in and by the reality of knowing GOD. As we know GOD through the witness within, we also come to realize the framework of a living Covenant with HIM through the Word that HE has explained into our heart through the LORD JESUS CHRIST (see John 1:18, NASB). We come to understand how GOD wants us to live in HIM, by HIM, through HIM and, for HIM. This is the subject of Book II. May YHWH ADONAI bless the Word that HE has made alive in your heart so that you may increasingly know HIM - in MASHIAH YESHUA, by the HOLY SPIRIT, in the FATHER’S Will - forever! AMEN! EPHPHATHA MINISTRIES An Apostolic Teaching Ministry Dedicated To Unveiling The Witness Of YHWH To The Body Of MASHIAH Email : ephphatha_ministries@yahoo.com Website: www.thetabernacleschool.com For of HIS Fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through JESUS CHRIST John 1:16-17 (NASB). And HE put all things in subjection under HIS feet, and gave HIM as HEAD over all things to the Church, which is HIS Body, the fullness of HIM WHO fills all in all Ephesians 1:22-23 (NASB). ======================================================================== CHAPTER 97: 07.00.1. OUR ANOINTING IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ======================================================================== OUR ANOINTING IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST By Pastor JAMES NILES www.thetabernacleschool.com ======================================================================== CHAPTER 98: 07.00.2. COPYRIGHT INFO ======================================================================== ISBN 983-99769-1-5 OUR ANOINTING IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Copyright © 1993 by James Niles Cover Design © 1993 by First fruits Sdn. Bhd. Scripture taken from the New American Standard Bible, ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977 by The Lockman Foundation, Used by permission. All rights reserved © Copyright 1993 by James Niles. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 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The fragrance of the seven pearls, representing the fragrance of the attributes of the anointing, is the fragrance of the LORD JESUS CHRIST that is predestined to permeate the universe in eternity in the Bride. That this will be so is testified to by "Our Covenant in the LORD JESUS CHRIST." And this testimony of the LORD JESUS CHRIST will be manifested as a living and growing witness to the glory of the FATHER, in the fullness of the SPIRIT. The Jewels represent the nature of each attribute of the anointing in the Bride. A nature that shines as a many faceted Jewel to the glory of GOD. The magnificence of this nature manifests as the light of HIS glory from within each Jewel. The Water represents the Water of Life from the SPIRIT of GOD that is fully manifested in the Bride as the Water Of the Word Of CHRIST, that enables the Bride to worship the FATHER in Spirit and Truth. 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