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''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death''




                          CHRIST THE ANTIDOTE REGARDING DEATH

                                                     Part 28.

                              A Resurrection Of Life, And Of Judgement!

Some of our many readers were querying a statement that we made in our last article Part 27, as regards
the resurrection in John 5:28-29. I wish now with the help of the Spirit of God to give you the Third
Realm understanding of what we were stating, we have touched on this before. I would like to say at the
outset of this discourse - as many of us are aware of - that in the translating of many words & verses, the
emphasis has been on the perception of the translator/s at their way of seeing things at that time. For
instance the word DAMNATION at the end of the 29th verse in the KJV is not only over-stressed, for in the
light of the original context it is out of context. On my computer I have access to 32 translations & only
two of them render the word DAMNATION & that is the KJV & Webster's, the majority render
JUDGEMENT, Why? Because of a way of thinking, tradition & peer pressure of the time of the translation.
Many times when Jesus was teaching He was using metaphors; fields, treasures, storehouses, sheep,
goats, mountains, seas, foxes & so it goes on, all to show us pictures or illustrations. Let us now look at
the Greek literal word translation of these two verses.
     John 5:28-29. GK. ''Not wonder you this; because comes an hour, in which all those in the tombs,
shall hear the voice of him, 29 and shall come forth, those the good things having done, to a
resurrection of life; those and the evil things having done, to a resurrection of judgement.'' Let us see
if we can cast some TABERNACLE light on these wonderful words of Jesus. 'TOMBS'! Jesus could have
well said tombs – The hour has come; the dead will hear the voice of Him who is within & LIVE – as the
word tombs is from the word – mnemeion – as well as meaning Tomb it also means a place of
remembrance.

    Jesus said that 'you were dead in your trespasses & sins' or in your mistaken identities. Eph 2:1. The
word for sins is from the words harmatano or harmatia #264-266 & simply means to miss the mark the
word mark is from the word charagma or charakter # 5480-5481, which is where our word Character is
from & means exactly the same thing – our Character or Identity. So whenever we see the word SIN
many times this is what it is meaning – Missing our Character or Mistaking our Identity – remember that
the Law of Sin & Death has been repealed & been replaced by Grace because of the life, revelation, death
& resurrection of Jesus Christ. For further reference please read Part 14, ''I And My Father Are One.''
''For all have sinned - mistaken their Identity - & COME SHORT of the Glory of God.''

       Now having said that, let us look at the word, Tomb, we were once locked up in our 'Place of
remembrance' which was our 'Egypt' which means – A place of the Tombs – from which we now are
arising or resurrecting out from, & un-remembering that which we come out of; Egypt! Now what is all
this saying to us right now? Remember that the Kingdom of God is, where ? WITHIN!! And within is is
the abode of our Spirit & Soul. The Spirit is represented by our True Identity, Christ; & our Soul is
represented by our Mistaken or False identity...... The word resurrection is from the word Anastasis.
This same word rising in Luke 2:34, also comes from the word same word Anastasis & means the
recovery of spiritual truth it also means to, drive out of home, disturb, trouble, turn upside down,
make an uproar. It is also related to the word – Anastatoo & Egeiro which means raise from sleep,
disease, death, obscurity, inactivity, a resurrection from death. Strong's # 386, 387, 1453. ''Whilst one
is dead in their - mistaken identity – they are coming short of the Glory of God.'' ''And causest him to
lack a little – or come short - of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compasses him.'' Psa 8:5.
YOUNGS.... So our Gracious God caused us to experience a resurrection of life an Anastasis as it were a
recovery of spiritual truth, a rising up, of heretofore hidden Eden-ic re-awakenings of our True Identity
& in doing so, it caused an uproar, disturbed, troubled, turned things upside down & drove many of us out
of our before welcome places, & even in some cases turned us out of out own homes. Mother against
daughter, Father against son, does this sound familiar. But my good friends it was a resurrection from


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death.A recovery of wonderful spiritual truth. BUT it also brought us to a resurrection of
JUDGEMENT. Now where does Judgement begin ? At the House or Temple of the Lord. 1Pet 4:17. A
very important thing to consider in that this Judgement is a righteous judgement. A judgement unto
Victory. ''Mercy and loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.'' Psa 85:10. AMP. And where may we ask is the Temple or House or dwelling place
of God ? Within us!! NOW!!
                                God's Wonderful Judgements, Krisis!

The word Judgement comes from a Greek word Krisis the main meaning is - for or against – this is where
our word - Crisis – is from & it means virtually the same thing in other words it represents a – for or
against – situation. When we are judged by God He brings before us ourselves, what we are in His eyes
& He reveals this to us so that we might make a decision about ourselves one way or another – for or
against – it brings about a Crisis. Now this judgement is not unto condemnation as under the Law, but it
is for our benefit that we would through & by it become more Christ-like. As we mentioned earlier a
righteous judgement, a judgement unto Victory. So let us read on.

''And in the same way he sprinkled both the Tabernacle - Our consciousness or God's abode - and the
vessels - Our co creative Faculties of our Consciousness - of ministry – service - with the blood. and
without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness - The displacement of our Mistaken Identity with
our True Identity - Therefore it was necessary for the copies – the tabernacle of Moses etc - of the things
in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves – The true Temple made
without hands, man's inner Holy Place - with a better sacrifice than these. For Christ did not enter a
holy Place made with human hands, a mere copy of the real one, but into heaven itself, - once again
God's innermost Throne Room in Man - now to appear in the presence of God for us; Nor was it that He
should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood not his own.
Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at
the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And
in as much as it is appointed to men to die once - Lowered into a separation, which happened through
Adam, even before, Rom 8:20. - and after this comes the judgements, - Crisis - Isa 26.9, 1Pt. 4:17 &
1Cor.11.31. So Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second
time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.'' Looking for Him after the
Spirit. Heb. 9: 24 - 28. NAB.
     Where it mentions 'once to die' most interpret this to mean that all men are going to die & go to the
grave which is not true as we have at least three men that did not, possibly four. You ask who are they? I
do not believe that Enoch experienced the grave, nor Elijah nor Jesus for long, & there is no reliable
record of Johns death. Some tried to boil him in oil but failed. There are at least five records of his death
in various places, of which none are reliable. Also if I am to believe the writings of Paul, the sons of God
who are to be manifested are not going to the grave. Rom 8:23. Rev 12:5. That is a 2 nd Realm in part
concept. Now there is a deeper 3rd Realm concept, which if taken in context, to my mind answers the
question perfectly & that is a - death of separation Rom 11:32, Gal 3:22 – of which Christ is now the
Antidote, which are a part of the wonderful Crisis or Judgements......In the last verse of the Amplified we
read.
    Heb 9:28 Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden
the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to
deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting
for and expecting Him. Also 1Pet 1:5. ''The salvation to be revealed in the last day.'' This is the
judgement unto Victory. The full realisation of what Jesus Christ accomplished in ''Tasting death for
every man'' will be revealed to those who are waiting & expecting Him. In other words the in part
understanding will be completely gone from the minds of those mentioned. What a wonderful righteous
judgement unto Victory.

                      This now brings us to our next major, most important thought.


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                                                Within Ourselves!

The resurrection is actually in the Kingdom of God WITHIN, it is both the RAISING UP of our True
Identity & the JUDGEMENT of our Mistaken Identity. We have been sharing the truth of the Man of our
Mistaken Identity being in the Temple, in the place where he ought not to be. In this resurrection it is a
coming out of the dead place or in other words the tombs & coming into a lively place of Resurrection
life. When we speak of the old man dying, two things are happening. 1. It is a ceding or surrendering of
our to date self will which entails both the mind & soul, which is our mistaken self-identity. 2. It is at the
same time a merging of our false or mistaken selves into the True Christ Identity which is at the same
time as dying it is also being recreated & new life being absorbed, a double edged sword if you like. Now
I am going to share something quite wonderful with you. If anything has the ring of truth to it I will
always search it out. When I left the organisation connected to the in part realm, I determined that I
would never again be bound by man's idea or tradition. For a while now I have become very interested in
The Gospel of Thomas. If we recall Jesus paid special attention to Thomas & I believe that he came
through wonderfully. There are some amazing deep Third Day gems in this unadulterated book. I will not
go into the history of it for it would take to much time, but I will let it speak for itself. It was first written
in Greek, it was then written in Coptic an Egyptian language influenced by Greek. Thomas inaugurated a
Church in India & is supposedly still in existence today. Please keep in mind that when we read the
translation of any other language the grammar, the idiom & the way of phrasing is always different to our
English way of thinking & speaking. Plus this was written almost two centuries ago. The point that I
wish to make is that because of our past English Western way of thinking which was influenced by the
fallen Church of the dark ages, a lot of the original thinking of the day of Jesus has been lost, but praise
the Lord we have been promised a COMPLETE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS. And this I believe is one
of the many helps. Now you may disagree & that is your prerogative, but please allow me the same
privilege that I am granting you.
                                          The Two Becoming One.
                                     According to The Book of Thomas.

Jesus said: ''ON THE DAY YOU WERE ONE YOU CREATED THE TWO, BUT THEN BEING
TWO WHAT WILL YOU DO?'' Thomas. 11:10-13.

      This is no doubt referring to Eve eating from the tree of Good & Evil & then giving it to Adam.
Where is this division of the two? Within us of course! When mankind first went into duality, he thought
that he was lost. What was the answer? The answer of course is that he needs to become ONE again. The
duality is not just an eating from the tree of - good & evil – but within us are two trees or two identities,
- keeping in mind that the original KJV contained a foot note to the effect that the first three chapters of
Genesis were myths or as we would say today metaphors & were not factual - the conflict lies in the fact
that the – tree of good & evil – or our mistaken lower identity is at loggerheads with the – tree of life –
our true higher Christ identity, WITHIN US. Both are within us in our garden; 'You are a garden
enclosed.' Song of Sol. 4:12, 6:3. Isa 58:11. Jer 31:12. Let us compare this with the following verse.

   ''Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on
My account will find it [the higher life].'' Mat 10:39. AMP. This verse is self explanatory when
comparing it with the above verse.

Jesus said: ''WHEN YOU MAKE THE TWO ONE, AND YOU MAKE THE INNER AS THE
OUTER, AND THE OUTER AS THE INNER, AND THE ABOVE AS BELOW, SO THAT YOU
WILL MAKE THE MALE & THE FEMALE INTO A SINGLE ONE, IN ORDER THAT THE
MALE IS NOT MADE MALE NOR THE FEMALE MADE FEMALE:'' Thomas. 22:9-16.

   This I believe is referring to our true Christ self & the Mistaken self, the inner & the outer. The Christ
Spirit is - male - & the soul pneuma - female - are to become merged until they are one & the same. The


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answer here is the same, the advice is exactly the same as above, they are to be merged & make a single
unified entity. Consisting of how many? ONE; The first we hear of Adam is that he was both male &
female, ONE ENTITY, in the Image of God. So this means that God must be & is both masculine &
feminine as this is borne out by the fact of the name & title of El-Shaddi – the large or twin breasted one
– if Adam was both male & female & was in God's image, God doubtless must be the same & neither is
to be pre-eminent they are to be ONE, as at the beginning. Our God has both a FATHER & MOTHER
concept. By the way this is not to be considered from a human sexual point of view, but rather from a
spiritual gender which is very, very different in outlook.
     ''And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means
of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end. And He came and
preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and [peace] to those who were near.'' Eph
2:16-17. ''that He from the two might create in Himself one new man [one new quality of humanity
out of the two], so making peace.'' Eph 2:14b.
Once the veil is completely lifted in our understanding, the feud or the so called war is over.


Jesus said: ''WHEN HE IS EMPTIED HE WILL BE FILLED WITH LIGHT; BUT WHEN HE IS
DIVIDED HE WILL BE FILLED WITH DARKNESS.'' Thomas. 61:14-18.
     I feel that this is self explanatory. Emptied of self of course, or of our – mistaken identity - If he is
divided, that is if ones Mistaken Identity is at loggerheads with the Christ Self or identity, darkness will
ensue.
    ''For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and
Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us,
15 By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity – feud - [caused by] the Law with its decrees
and ordinances [which He annulled]; that He from the two might create in Himself one new man
[one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace.'' Eph 2:14 AMP The dilemma is the
TWO, the answer is the ONE, or NO DIVISION!!

Jesus said: ''IF TWO MAKE PEACE WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS SINGLE HOUSE, THEY
WILL SAY TO THE MOUNTAIN ''MOVE AWAY AND IT SHALL MOVE.'' Thomas. 48:1-6.

Once again this is referring to our duality, making peace in the single house is referring to the House or
Temple of God which is ourselves. Incidentally I feel that this above verse is referring to Manifest Son-
ship. What two are to make peace? Our - mistaken identity – or self life is to make peace, (be subservient
to, & agree with) our – true or Christ identity – then the middle wall of partition, that feud will be done
away with & peace, then power & authority will ensue. 'Mountain be removed.' Mt 21:21.
     ''And He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and [peace] to
those who were near.'' Eph 2:17 AMP.

Jesus said: ''WHEN YOU MAKE THE TWO ONE, YOU WILL BECOME SONS OF MAN, AND
IF YOU SAY: ''MOUNTAIN MOVE AWAY,'' IT SHALL MOVE.'' Thomas.106:1-6.
     Once again we are emphasising that the two Identities are becoming one, & when they do ''If you
abide in Me & my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will & it shall be done unto you.''
    ''Peace, peace, to him who is far off [both Jew and Gentile] – by breaking down the middle wall (of
partition) therefore making one - and to him who is near! says the Lord; I create the fruit of his lips,
and I will heal him – both spiritually as well as physically - [make his lips blossom anew with speech in
thankful praise]''. Isa 57:19.AMP.

Jesus said: ''TWO WILL REST THERE ON A COUCH: ONE WILL DIE, THE OTHER WILL


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LIVE.'' Thomas. 61:1-3.
   Here we see again the two, one will die or be absorbed into the other. The following verse is from the
New Testament.
    ''I am saying to you, in this night there will be TWO on one couch; the one shall be taken along
and the other shall be left." Luke 17:34. CLV.
 ''I say to you: In this the night will be two on bed one; one will be taken, and the other will be left.''
Luke 17:34 GK.
       Notice that the original does not mention a man or woman or person. The KJV & several other
translations have also been tampered with but in most of the more recent translations they are now
keeping to the original description.... TWO WHAT? Identities; our Higher & our Lower self. TWO shall
be in the one person on one couch!! The one shall be taken comparing it with the above verse. Usually
this has been interpreted to fit into the rapture theory & thought to mean that there were two people in a
bed, the good one flies up into the air for a period of time, while the other is left to face the music & have
a terrible time & those who have been floating away up in the clouds somewhere return when it is all
over to rejoice. I want to say to all that this is a terrible error, if ever there was a time when the sons of
God will be needed in this world it will be in the soon dark times. This is where we will see in action,
''Where sin abounds grace does abound much, much more.'' The true interpretation of the above
passage - & I am not the only one that believes this either - is this. This is actually referring to our two
entities both our – true Christ identity & our mistaken or lower self – in one person. ONE identity will be
taken, absorbed, changed, & in this soon time when those who have been 'walking in the light as He is
in the light' the culmination of what God has been saying to many of us will take effect & there will be a
catching away, & many will be 'Caught up' into a higher experience & it will be the time that the
mistaken identity will be fully merged into the Christ identity, & in so doing, in this merging the old man
DIES & in the dying, will also put on incorruptibility as we have been promised. Now what many find
hard to understand is that if the mistaken identity dies how can it live? The answer of course is, that in
the dying to itself it is absorbed into the Christ self & gains a Higher realm of change, a HOLY, GODLY,
DIVINE experience.
     A thought for my precious brothers & sisters who hold to other understandings of scripture, this is not
meant to be conclusive as truth is ever revealing. With respect & without being too simplistic on complex
issues, I would submit this biblical point of view as a legitimate Bible based understanding worthy of
open & impartial consideration. Even though we may have to agree to disagree, this interpretation
cannot be discounted as not having scriptural credibility & integrity.

 ''So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these
convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to
you also.'' Phil 3:15. AMP.

                                      Dwelling In The Secret Place!

 As we have mentioned before that there are three Realms & also three levels of interpretation in the
scripture, let us consider once again the highest or The Most Holy Place aspect of this text.

''He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.''
Psa 91:1 KJV. The first thing that I want to say is that this wonderful experience is available only
through & by the grace of God, He is the One that leads us to discover this Secret Place. The second
thing that I wish to share is that there is a choice!! He that dwells! He that lives; he that wishes to live
there, or to dwell, if we dwell on something we keep our mind on it. Someone said but we cannot live in
this place unless God calls us into it, yes, assuredly so, but we do have a choice if we wish to stay there.
'Many are called but few are chosen.' Why is this so? I do have a choice as to where I live, stay-dwell
in. He that wishes to dwell in the secret place of The Most High or Holy. We have a conundrum, on
one hand we have some in a low realm are saying the devil made me do it or ''whatever,'' & on the other

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hand many in a higher realm are saying that God didn't make me do it or made me able to dwell in the
Secret Place. Both sides put the blame on someone else to try to make themselves BLAMELESS as far as
choice is concerned. Come on now Saints we do have a CHOICE; But in so saying this, it is only as we
avail ourselves of the Grace of God that any of this is possible.

     The Secret Place is perfect in description, for how many truly know where this secret is. It is hidden
to the man of flesh, it is hidden to the man of the Outer Court & it is still hidden to those who are still
dwelling in the Holy Place or the faithful in part Pentecostal believers. But to those who are walking in
the revelation truth of the Third Realm it is no longer hidden or secret. The full reality of it is found
inside the Temple; your Temple & it is actually found in the identity of Christ who is within & is your
True Everlasting self. He that DWELLS in this wonderful secret place shall ABIDE under the SHADOW,
one translation interprets - shade - of the Almighty!
      In this Secret Place is our Anastasis experience, our recovery of the spiritual truth of our Christ
identity, or we could say the realisation of a 'resurrection of life' all of these wonderful truths are tied
together as what we are sharing is really a spiritual experience of which words really cannot describe or
do justice. When Paul come down from his catching up to the the Third Heaven experience. What did he
say ''that he was snatched away into paradise and hears ineffable declarations, which it is not allowed
a man to speak.'' Co 12:4 CLV. What we are sharing are only types & shadows to help us understand.
To those who wish to move on in God, nothing can replace your one on one close friendship with your
Lord, Saviour & Creator. Every man needs that wonderful revelation of spirit which is without words.
     I also truly believe that the truth of our being one, the two being merged, one into the other is also
being realised in this 'Secret Place of the Most High' experience within ourselves. With it there also
comes the true understanding that within ourselves that the Veil is being lifted, or the two becoming ONE.

                                       The Life Is In The Blood!
                        Without the shedding of Blood there is NO Forgiveness!

''Jesus said: I tell you for certain that only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in
through the gate to the sheep pen.'' Jn 10:1 CEV
 ''I ASSURE you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but
climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber.'' Jn 10:1 AMP.

      At times there can be a seemingly very fine line between truth & error but when examined closely in
the spirit they are worlds apart: The uncovering of the Lord Jesus Christ will not come into our lives
except the Man of sin is revealed in the Temple. The man of sin is within every man's carnal nature &
unless it is revealed you will never recognise it. It is only to the extent that we see the authentic Christ
can we recognise the counterfeit or the anti-christ. Is not the man of sin our sin consciousness, our -
mistaken identity – or false self image? The Adam nature in man is trying to build the house of the Lord
himself. The Adam nature can never produce the Christ nature any more than the Adam nature can save
itself. ''Having a form of godliness but denying the power that is there.'' The power of His life & the
life is in the blood. ''But let every man be careful how he builds on it. For any other foundation can
no one lay than the one being laid, who is Jesus Christ. And if anyone builds on this foundation gold,
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each one's work shall be revealed. For the Day shall
declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try each one's work as to what kind it
is.'' I Cor 3: 10b-13. MKJV. ''even from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the First-born from the
dead and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His
own blood,'' Rev 1:5. MKJV.
                                       Sitting Where He Ought Not!

2Thes 2:4 CEV. ''He will brag and oppose everything that is holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's
temple and claim to be God.''



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     When we read Scripture & have a greater confidence in our own understanding of Scripture than in
the Scripture itself, we know that the man of our – mistaken identity – is sitting on the throne. This type
of presumption needs to be revealed in us, where we are own lords rather than Jesus Christ. This needs to
be revealed by The Spirit. It is no use me seeing it in you, you need to see it for yourself. We also need to
have revealed to us in that we are deriving our consciences from the eating of the tree of good & evil
which is the source of death in all of mankind. It is also a trap of our carnal mind to have a greater
confidence in our own understanding of God than in God Himself. Our faith in God must must out weigh
our concept of Him. Many sincere searchers who go no further than trying to access Christ solely within
themselves, are lost in an elite form of separation & self-ism. ''If we walk in the light as He is in the
light we have fellowship with one another & the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.'' 1Jn
1:7. MKJV.
                                           Claiming to be a god!

Eze 28:2. CEV. ''Ezekiel, son of man, tell the king of Tyre that I am saying: You are so arrogant that
you think you're a god and that the city of Tyre is your throne. You may claim to be a god, though
you're nothing but a mere human.''

    Another thin line of danger is intellectualism, this also can be mistaken for spirituality, because we are
fast intellectually & more learned & have all the answers at out finger tips does not necessarily denote
spirituality. I am reminded of the words of Paul not many mighty, not many noble but he has chosen the
weak, despised & foolish. The King of Tyre really had tickets on himself, but His Creator quickly pulled
him down to size. 'You may claim to be a god but you are very, very human' We need to be reminded
that in scripture that there are two type of gods & once again there is a seemingly very fine line between
the two. One is wonderful & the other is far, far from wonderful.
     We are to humble ourselves under the Mighty hand of God & if we do He will exalt us in due time. In
these articles it is not so much in the winning of any point or argument, but are we helping each other to
draw closer to God & His purpose. There is seemingly a very good reason for doing away with the
efficacy of the Blood that the Lord Jesus Christ gave for His Church & if I believed it I would need to do
away with a very great part of the New Testament. I have looked at this very closely & even though it
may seem to have some clout, this is the decision that I have arrived at.

     ''For I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God. 28 Then take heed to
yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the
assembly of God which He purchased through His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my
departure grievous wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and out of you
yourselves will rise up men speaking perverted things, in order to draw away the disciples after
themselves.'' Or their own particular way of thinking. Acts 20:27-30. LITV.

      As with any error those who are under a deception are totally convinced that they are right & of
course their very convincing ways does not in any way alter the subtleness, or insidiousness – that which
is more dangerous than seems evident – of that which they have embraced. In essence what some are
inferring is that we might as well throw away the Bible because it is a load of untruths. If we allow
someone to get their foot in our door on one important deviation of truth, where will it all end if we allow
them come right inside. Anything that is as up to date been called heresy will always have a truth
somewhere, but the error is in taking that truth OUT OF CONTEXT.
     ''And through Him having made peace through the blood of His cross, it pleased the Father to
reconcile all things to Himself through Him, whether the things on earth or the things in Heaven.''
Col 1:20 MKJV.
    ''Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus,'' Heb
10:19. The Third Realm of which so many are claiming to have embraced, from the Bible, are now
ignoring & denying the only way that this book gives us to enter into this Realm in the way that was
originally intended.


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     ''But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the
blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.'' 1Jn 1:7. Remember how God gave Moses
specific instructions of how to build the Tabernacle & how to enter it. With this new way of thinking, it
is really saying that God did not give Moses instructions, as the blood sacrifice came from other cultures.
It completely undermines the word & takes away any confidence in it. And so to make it fit, it now
denigrates & infiltrates into the New Testament. So if we do this where does that leave the truth as
regarding our Lord Jesus & His sacrifice. No my beloved friends we must take a stand against this
infiltration of terrible error. Furthermore we read, ''who serve the example and shadow of heavenly
things, as Moses was warned of God when he was about to make the tabernacle. For, He says "See
that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you in the mountain." Heb 8:5. We are
told that what Moses was given was a SHADOW or type of the heavenly things. Where? in us. Now my
question is. Do we believe that Moses was warned of God? If we say that the blood sacrifices were not
ordained of God, we are saying that what we are reading right now is a lie, & that Moses was not warned
of God & if that is a fact then most everything that we read in the New Testament is not to be trusted.
Absolute rubbish!! I say this with a care to all those who have been smeared with this teaching & also to
protect those who may in the future rub up against it.

 ''He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like
a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His
mouth.'' Isa 53:7 AMP. A lamb denoting a blood sacrifice. Isaiah believed it.

  ''The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes
away the sin of the world!'' John 1:29 AMP. [Exod. 12:3;] Also John the Baptist is of the same
opinion, a lamb which denotes a blood sacrifice.


   ''And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not
for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.'' 1Jn 2:2 AMP. John the writer of 5 books
including the book of Revelation, was of the same opinion.

   ''You must know (recognise) that you were redeemed (ransomed) from the useless (fruitless) way of
living inherited by tradition from [your] forefathers, not with corruptible things [such as] silver and
gold, 19 But [you were purchased] with the precious blood of Christ (the Messiah), like that of a
[sacrificial] lamb without blemish or spot. 20 It is true that He was chosen and foreordained (destined
and foreknown for it) before the foundation of the world, but He was brought out to public view (made
manifest) in these last days (at the end of the times) for the sake of you.'' 1Pe 1:18-20. AMP. I notice
that Peter was of the exact same opinion as his contemporaries.

    ''And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the First-born of the dead [first to be
brought back to life] and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who ever loves us and
has once [for all] loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood,'' Rev 1:5. AMP.

    ''And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals
that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from
every tribe and language and people and nation.'' Rev 5:9 AMP. John is so convinced of this truth that
he brings it right over into the book of Revelation. Also there is Chap 7:14.

                                            Abraham's Lamb!

If we think that our conscience can be appeased by the excuse of Moses supposedly copying other
nations. Let us go a little further back & consider the story of Abraham offering Isaac. Gen 22:6-16.
AMP.


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      ''Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his
son, and he took the fire (the fire-pot) in his own hand, - from his own altar in 13:4 - and a knife; and
the two of them went on together. 7 And Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And he said, Here I am,
my son. [Isaac] said, See, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt sacrifice?
8 Abraham said, My son, God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So the two went on
together. 9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there;
then he laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood. [Matt.
10:37.] 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son. [Heb.
11:17-19.] 11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He
answered, Here I am. 12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for
now I know that you fear and revere God, since you have not held back from Me or begrudged giving
Me your son, your only son. 13 Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind
him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up
for a burnt offering and an ascending sacrifice instead of his son! 14 So Abraham called the name of
that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be
provided. 15 The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 And said, I have
sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld [from Me] or
begrudged [giving Me] your son, your only son,'' Or being willing to offer him as a burnt offering. This
whole circumstance was instituted by God Himself. If we think otherwise then we are really off course, in
Chapter 13:4 we see that Abraham had an altar from way back. At that Altar he called on the name of the
Lord. If we are still not convinced, then let us go right back to the 4th chapter of Genesis.

                        Without The Shedding Of Blood There Is No Remission!
                                                Heb.9:22.
                        If we do not believe this then we are a follower of Cain!

We wonder why there are differences of opinion over this subject; Why? The first murder was over this
very thing. Why? Because God accepted Abel's offering & the fat. Cain was thinking through earthly
eyes he was of the flesh a very carnal thinker, his whole demeanour was of the earth earthy.
Gen 4:3-7 AMP. ''And in the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the
ground. 4 And Abel brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat portions. And the Lord had
respect and regard for Abel and for his offering, ''Heb. 11:4''. 5 But for Cain and his offering He had
no respect or regard. - Why? No blood sacrifice - So Cain was exceedingly angry and indignant, - is not
this happening among many today - and he looked sad and depressed. 6 And the Lord said to Cain,
Why are you angry? And why do you look sad and depressed and dejected? 7 If you do well, will you
not be accepted? - In other words, hearing that which is within you, your higher self , if only you realised
it Cain your attitude & outlook will be a testimony against truth, & will help many in the future - And if
you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.'' The blood
of Jesus Christ was shed for the remission & forgiveness of sins & this was the first type, AND IT WAS
NOT LIKED OR ACCEPTED then, even as NOW..... Mr & Mrs Cain come out of the earthly way of
thinking & receive God's way & not the natural & humane way of worldly thinking.

                       God's Approval & Vindication On The Shedding of Blood!

Lev 9:18-24 AMP. ''He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, for the people;
and Aaron's sons presented to him the blood, which he dashed upon the altar round about, 19 And the
fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails, and the kidneys, and the
lobe of the liver. 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and Aaron burned the fat upon the altar; 21
But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses
commanded. 22 Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them, and came down
[from the altar] after offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. 23 Moses
and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the


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glory of the Lord [the Shekinah cloud] appeared to all the people [as promised]. [Lev. 9:6.] 24 Then
there came a fire out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar;
and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.'' Please do not try & tell me that
God did not approve of the blood sacrifices.

                                       A Seeming Contradiction!
                                       Reveals A Godly Principle.

Psa 40:6 AMP. ''Sacrifice and offering You do not desire, nor have You delight in them; You have
given me the capacity to hear and obey [Your law, a more valuable service than] burnt offerings and
sin offerings [which] You do not require.''
     Psa 40:6. CLV. ''Sacrifice and approach present You do not desire, Yet a body have You prepared
for me. The ascent approach and sin offering You do not ask for." Yet in seeming contradiction, in the
following we read.
    Isa 53:5-12. CLV. ''Yet He was wounded because of our transgressions, and crushed because of our
depravities. The discipline for our welfare was on Him, and by His welts there is healing for us. 6 All
of us, as a flock-ling, have strayed; each man to his own way, we face, yet Yahweh, in Him, intercedes
because of all our depravity." 7 Hard pressed is He and being humbled, yet He is not opening His
mouth. As a flock-ling to slaughter is He fetched, and as a ewe before her shearers is mute, so He is
not opening His mouth." 8 From restraint and from judgement is He taken, and on His generation,
who shall meditate? For He was severed from the land of the living; because of the transgression of
My people was He touched by death. 9 And He is given His tomb with the wicked, a cave from the
rich, in His death. For He does no wrong, and no deceit is in His mouth, 10 yet Yahweh desires to
crush Him, and He causes Him to be wounded. Should you place His soul for a guilt approach, He
shall see a seed. He shall lengthen His days, and the desire of Yahweh shall prosper in His hand. 11
From the toil of His soul shall He see light. And He shall be satisfied by His knowledge. My righteous
Servant shall justify many, and with their depravities shall He be burdened." 12 Therefore I will
apportion to Him among many, and to the staunch will He apportion the loot, insomuch that He gives
up His soul unto death, and with transgressors was counted; and He bore the sin of many, and for
transgressors is making intercession."

      No true loving father likes to make it hard on his son, but of course discipline is a necessary thing,
we have to be taught to learn. In my opinion this is one of the main reasons that we have so much
disrespect among the present generation. First Dr Spock & now the welfare people who condemn any
hands on discipline whatsoever. In the nature of God is both life & death, we have not yet fully
understood that death is a necessary evil for out of death comes life. 'Except a grain of wheat is planted
& dies it abides alone.' God, - from who the true loving father inherits his nature - realises that the
sacrifices that He instigated himself are a thing that is needful & this is why read ''Sacrifice and
approach present You do not desire, Yet a body have You prepared for me.'' Let us read this
contradictory verse very closely, even though God did not desire sacrifice ''YET – a seeming
contradiction – a body You have prepared for me. The ascent approach and sin offering You do not ask
for." The corresponding next verse which is found in Heb explains the whole question perfectly.

                                      The Contradiction Clarified!

Heb 10:5-10. AMP. ''Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings
You have not desired, 'but instead' You have made ready a body for Me [to offer]; 6 In burnt
offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight. 7 Then I said, Behold, here I am, coming
to do 'Your will, O God'--[to fulfill] what is written of Me in the volume of the Book. [Ps. 40:6-8.] 8
When He said just before, You have neither desired, nor have You taken delight in sacrifices and
offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings--all of which are offered according to the Law-- 9 He
then went on to say, Behold, [here] I am, coming to do Your will. Thus He does away with and

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''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death''




annuls the first (former) order [as a means of expiating sin] so that He might inaugurate and establish
the second (latter) order. [Ps. 40:6-8.] 10 And in accordance with this will [of God], we have been
made holy (consecrated and sanctified) 'through the offering made once for all' of the body of
Jesus Christ (the Anointed One).'' Please read the above verses very carefully & you will see clearly the
full answer to the question & the reason why there has been such a difference of thought among some
regarding this particular subject.
                                   A Needful Displeasure & Necessity!

With any correction even though it is necessary & needful, we must not allow the negative to overshadow
the positive. We must realise that in Christ that it is HIS LIFE that overcomes & swallows up the death
realm in us. I have seen in the Spirit that when we realise the full implication of 2Th 2:3. AMP. ''Let no
one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first
[unless the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come], and
the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition),'' that this is happening
to some that have been in high places. The son of perdition in the time of Jesus was Judas his treasurer,
he had a trusted place & yet he bought the field with 'with the wages of injustice,' Acts 1:18 CLV. not
the 30 pieces of silver as he threw those back into the Holy Place Mt 27:5. These wages of injustice were
what he stole whilst he was the treasurer, take time to read his history regarding finances. The sad thing
was his betrayal of Christ. To deny the blood by which we were purchased is worse, it is not only a sad
thing, but a terrible thing. Acts 20:28. ''Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which
the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His
own blood.''

Psa 41:9 Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my
bread, has lifted up his heel against me. 'John 13:18'. We need to realise that this could allude to all of
us.
                               An Indictment Against The True Church!

All of us who have walked with the Lord very closely have had the potential to deny the need for a blood
sacrifice; His blood sacrifice which was for the forgiveness, remission of sins. We could easily have been
waylaid by error, we, each of us could easily have allowed own human self or our lower self – the man of
our mistaken identity - to take the place of Christ in our lives in this area & have betrayed him & become
sons of perdition. We who have walked in a high privileged place in God who - as Judas did & was one
of the twelve - could have the bias to be a Judas, it is only by the spirit of almighty God that we have been
kept from this error, or if we have gone astray that can uncover & recover our spiritual vision. Once
again we each have the potential to fulfil these scriptures. 2Pe 2:1.''But there were also false prophets
among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you who secretly will bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Master who bought them.'' 2Th 2:10b -11. ''because they did not welcome
the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved. 11 Therefore God sends upon them a
misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false.''
( They are seared consciences. Another tells us that their consciences are cauterised.) 1 Tim 4:2. In Jn
3:19 we are told of those loving darkness rather than light.

                                              The Rectification!

I now address those of you who are & have been caught up in this heresy, which is another Gospel. God
will never forsake you, but we can do - despite to the spirit of grace - whilst we are holding to that error,
in fact we are denying the very reality of the true Christ who bought us with a price. Denounce this
heresy, turn from it & put it behind you. Speak to your God who is both within yourself & inhabits
infinity, Love Him with all that is within you & all will be well.

John 5:46-47. AMP. ''For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for


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he wrote about Me [personally]. 47 But if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you
believe and trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?]''

                                               Both The Jewish & Greek Attitudes!

1Co 1:22-25. AMP. ''For while Jews [demandingly] ask for signs and miracles and Greeks pursue
philosophy and wisdom, 23 We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, [preaching which] to the Jews
is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block [that springs a snare or trap], and to the Gentiles it is
absurd and utterly un-philosophical nonsense. 24 But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek
(Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God. 25 [This is] because the foolish thing
[that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger
than men.''
     The Greeks who were very philosophic in their out look & felt that one would improve oneself only
through the purifying of the mind, HUMAN WISDOM was their key source of spiritual reasoning & so of
course the CROSS to them was far, far from what they desired or thought was needful for spiritual
progression & so they missed it. Unfortunately many Christians have this slant of thinking in their not
yet full spiritual understanding, but let us who are so inclined, not let this bias in our thinking effect us in
the believing in the need of the efficacy of the precious blood that is needed for the REMISSION of our
sins.
    The Jews, who ought to have been thrilled in the prophesied coming Sacrificial Saviour, had distorted
certain texts that were not for their time, were looking for a King to come & sit on a literal throne, that
would do away & annihilate all their enemies & were absolutely disgusted with one who was called the
King, would ride into town on an Ass & would allow Himself to be abased & crucified naked. To them it
was a SLANDER, they not realising that the abasing, the humiliation, the shedding of blood was all a part
of this Kingdom of love, humility & the abasement of self – or fleshly carnal thinking, our mistaken
identity - was indeed the essence of the actual Kingdom of God which is within you. They were blinded
by the understanding & reasoning's of the flesh which entailed their corrupting the true interpretation of
Scripture. And so it is with many today, through the reasoning's of the flesh, MAN has not learned by his
passed mistakes & the Adam in us never will for he has to die in all of us, He must be swallowed up in
victory & that can only come by & through the true & full & complete WAY of the CROSS.

                                                 All of this is helping to lead us to

                                      A Full Resurrection Of Life, And Of Judgement!

              Praises be to our Most Wonderful High God and Saviour even our Lord Jesus Christ.

Written by Ralph Knowles, April 2011.

                                                 For those who have enjoyed this article
                                                 & are hungry for the deeper truths of
                                                        “ Third day revelation”
                                                    Please contact Ralph Knowles.
                                                Phone 07 38187875, Mobile 0448126882.
                                                        The mailing address is,
                                                            47/13 Thomas St
                                                           Goodna Qld 4300
                                                               Australia.
                                                      <ralphwknowles@yahoo.com.au>
                                                       Web < www.rwknowles.com >


If we have been prone to human error in this article it is not purposely, & I trust that a little kindness would allow for any fault, & that we will
consider & imbibe the better or spiritual part of that which is presented & intended. RWK..



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Part 28. a resurrection of life & of judgement (.pdf)

  • 1. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' CHRIST THE ANTIDOTE REGARDING DEATH Part 28. A Resurrection Of Life, And Of Judgement! Some of our many readers were querying a statement that we made in our last article Part 27, as regards the resurrection in John 5:28-29. I wish now with the help of the Spirit of God to give you the Third Realm understanding of what we were stating, we have touched on this before. I would like to say at the outset of this discourse - as many of us are aware of - that in the translating of many words & verses, the emphasis has been on the perception of the translator/s at their way of seeing things at that time. For instance the word DAMNATION at the end of the 29th verse in the KJV is not only over-stressed, for in the light of the original context it is out of context. On my computer I have access to 32 translations & only two of them render the word DAMNATION & that is the KJV & Webster's, the majority render JUDGEMENT, Why? Because of a way of thinking, tradition & peer pressure of the time of the translation. Many times when Jesus was teaching He was using metaphors; fields, treasures, storehouses, sheep, goats, mountains, seas, foxes & so it goes on, all to show us pictures or illustrations. Let us now look at the Greek literal word translation of these two verses. John 5:28-29. GK. ''Not wonder you this; because comes an hour, in which all those in the tombs, shall hear the voice of him, 29 and shall come forth, those the good things having done, to a resurrection of life; those and the evil things having done, to a resurrection of judgement.'' Let us see if we can cast some TABERNACLE light on these wonderful words of Jesus. 'TOMBS'! Jesus could have well said tombs – The hour has come; the dead will hear the voice of Him who is within & LIVE – as the word tombs is from the word – mnemeion – as well as meaning Tomb it also means a place of remembrance. Jesus said that 'you were dead in your trespasses & sins' or in your mistaken identities. Eph 2:1. The word for sins is from the words harmatano or harmatia #264-266 & simply means to miss the mark the word mark is from the word charagma or charakter # 5480-5481, which is where our word Character is from & means exactly the same thing – our Character or Identity. So whenever we see the word SIN many times this is what it is meaning – Missing our Character or Mistaking our Identity – remember that the Law of Sin & Death has been repealed & been replaced by Grace because of the life, revelation, death & resurrection of Jesus Christ. For further reference please read Part 14, ''I And My Father Are One.'' ''For all have sinned - mistaken their Identity - & COME SHORT of the Glory of God.'' Now having said that, let us look at the word, Tomb, we were once locked up in our 'Place of remembrance' which was our 'Egypt' which means – A place of the Tombs – from which we now are arising or resurrecting out from, & un-remembering that which we come out of; Egypt! Now what is all this saying to us right now? Remember that the Kingdom of God is, where ? WITHIN!! And within is is the abode of our Spirit & Soul. The Spirit is represented by our True Identity, Christ; & our Soul is represented by our Mistaken or False identity...... The word resurrection is from the word Anastasis. This same word rising in Luke 2:34, also comes from the word same word Anastasis & means the recovery of spiritual truth it also means to, drive out of home, disturb, trouble, turn upside down, make an uproar. It is also related to the word – Anastatoo & Egeiro which means raise from sleep, disease, death, obscurity, inactivity, a resurrection from death. Strong's # 386, 387, 1453. ''Whilst one is dead in their - mistaken identity – they are coming short of the Glory of God.'' ''And causest him to lack a little – or come short - of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compasses him.'' Psa 8:5. YOUNGS.... So our Gracious God caused us to experience a resurrection of life an Anastasis as it were a recovery of spiritual truth, a rising up, of heretofore hidden Eden-ic re-awakenings of our True Identity & in doing so, it caused an uproar, disturbed, troubled, turned things upside down & drove many of us out of our before welcome places, & even in some cases turned us out of out own homes. Mother against daughter, Father against son, does this sound familiar. But my good friends it was a resurrection from 1
  • 2. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' death.A recovery of wonderful spiritual truth. BUT it also brought us to a resurrection of JUDGEMENT. Now where does Judgement begin ? At the House or Temple of the Lord. 1Pet 4:17. A very important thing to consider in that this Judgement is a righteous judgement. A judgement unto Victory. ''Mercy and loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.'' Psa 85:10. AMP. And where may we ask is the Temple or House or dwelling place of God ? Within us!! NOW!! God's Wonderful Judgements, Krisis! The word Judgement comes from a Greek word Krisis the main meaning is - for or against – this is where our word - Crisis – is from & it means virtually the same thing in other words it represents a – for or against – situation. When we are judged by God He brings before us ourselves, what we are in His eyes & He reveals this to us so that we might make a decision about ourselves one way or another – for or against – it brings about a Crisis. Now this judgement is not unto condemnation as under the Law, but it is for our benefit that we would through & by it become more Christ-like. As we mentioned earlier a righteous judgement, a judgement unto Victory. So let us read on. ''And in the same way he sprinkled both the Tabernacle - Our consciousness or God's abode - and the vessels - Our co creative Faculties of our Consciousness - of ministry – service - with the blood. and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness - The displacement of our Mistaken Identity with our True Identity - Therefore it was necessary for the copies – the tabernacle of Moses etc - of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves – The true Temple made without hands, man's inner Holy Place - with a better sacrifice than these. For Christ did not enter a holy Place made with human hands, a mere copy of the real one, but into heaven itself, - once again God's innermost Throne Room in Man - now to appear in the presence of God for us; Nor was it that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood not his own. Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And in as much as it is appointed to men to die once - Lowered into a separation, which happened through Adam, even before, Rom 8:20. - and after this comes the judgements, - Crisis - Isa 26.9, 1Pt. 4:17 & 1Cor.11.31. So Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.'' Looking for Him after the Spirit. Heb. 9: 24 - 28. NAB. Where it mentions 'once to die' most interpret this to mean that all men are going to die & go to the grave which is not true as we have at least three men that did not, possibly four. You ask who are they? I do not believe that Enoch experienced the grave, nor Elijah nor Jesus for long, & there is no reliable record of Johns death. Some tried to boil him in oil but failed. There are at least five records of his death in various places, of which none are reliable. Also if I am to believe the writings of Paul, the sons of God who are to be manifested are not going to the grave. Rom 8:23. Rev 12:5. That is a 2 nd Realm in part concept. Now there is a deeper 3rd Realm concept, which if taken in context, to my mind answers the question perfectly & that is a - death of separation Rom 11:32, Gal 3:22 – of which Christ is now the Antidote, which are a part of the wonderful Crisis or Judgements......In the last verse of the Amplified we read. Heb 9:28 Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting for and expecting Him. Also 1Pet 1:5. ''The salvation to be revealed in the last day.'' This is the judgement unto Victory. The full realisation of what Jesus Christ accomplished in ''Tasting death for every man'' will be revealed to those who are waiting & expecting Him. In other words the in part understanding will be completely gone from the minds of those mentioned. What a wonderful righteous judgement unto Victory. This now brings us to our next major, most important thought. 2
  • 3. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' Within Ourselves! The resurrection is actually in the Kingdom of God WITHIN, it is both the RAISING UP of our True Identity & the JUDGEMENT of our Mistaken Identity. We have been sharing the truth of the Man of our Mistaken Identity being in the Temple, in the place where he ought not to be. In this resurrection it is a coming out of the dead place or in other words the tombs & coming into a lively place of Resurrection life. When we speak of the old man dying, two things are happening. 1. It is a ceding or surrendering of our to date self will which entails both the mind & soul, which is our mistaken self-identity. 2. It is at the same time a merging of our false or mistaken selves into the True Christ Identity which is at the same time as dying it is also being recreated & new life being absorbed, a double edged sword if you like. Now I am going to share something quite wonderful with you. If anything has the ring of truth to it I will always search it out. When I left the organisation connected to the in part realm, I determined that I would never again be bound by man's idea or tradition. For a while now I have become very interested in The Gospel of Thomas. If we recall Jesus paid special attention to Thomas & I believe that he came through wonderfully. There are some amazing deep Third Day gems in this unadulterated book. I will not go into the history of it for it would take to much time, but I will let it speak for itself. It was first written in Greek, it was then written in Coptic an Egyptian language influenced by Greek. Thomas inaugurated a Church in India & is supposedly still in existence today. Please keep in mind that when we read the translation of any other language the grammar, the idiom & the way of phrasing is always different to our English way of thinking & speaking. Plus this was written almost two centuries ago. The point that I wish to make is that because of our past English Western way of thinking which was influenced by the fallen Church of the dark ages, a lot of the original thinking of the day of Jesus has been lost, but praise the Lord we have been promised a COMPLETE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS. And this I believe is one of the many helps. Now you may disagree & that is your prerogative, but please allow me the same privilege that I am granting you. The Two Becoming One. According to The Book of Thomas. Jesus said: ''ON THE DAY YOU WERE ONE YOU CREATED THE TWO, BUT THEN BEING TWO WHAT WILL YOU DO?'' Thomas. 11:10-13. This is no doubt referring to Eve eating from the tree of Good & Evil & then giving it to Adam. Where is this division of the two? Within us of course! When mankind first went into duality, he thought that he was lost. What was the answer? The answer of course is that he needs to become ONE again. The duality is not just an eating from the tree of - good & evil – but within us are two trees or two identities, - keeping in mind that the original KJV contained a foot note to the effect that the first three chapters of Genesis were myths or as we would say today metaphors & were not factual - the conflict lies in the fact that the – tree of good & evil – or our mistaken lower identity is at loggerheads with the – tree of life – our true higher Christ identity, WITHIN US. Both are within us in our garden; 'You are a garden enclosed.' Song of Sol. 4:12, 6:3. Isa 58:11. Jer 31:12. Let us compare this with the following verse. ''Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].'' Mat 10:39. AMP. This verse is self explanatory when comparing it with the above verse. Jesus said: ''WHEN YOU MAKE THE TWO ONE, AND YOU MAKE THE INNER AS THE OUTER, AND THE OUTER AS THE INNER, AND THE ABOVE AS BELOW, SO THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE MALE & THE FEMALE INTO A SINGLE ONE, IN ORDER THAT THE MALE IS NOT MADE MALE NOR THE FEMALE MADE FEMALE:'' Thomas. 22:9-16. This I believe is referring to our true Christ self & the Mistaken self, the inner & the outer. The Christ Spirit is - male - & the soul pneuma - female - are to become merged until they are one & the same. The 3
  • 4. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' answer here is the same, the advice is exactly the same as above, they are to be merged & make a single unified entity. Consisting of how many? ONE; The first we hear of Adam is that he was both male & female, ONE ENTITY, in the Image of God. So this means that God must be & is both masculine & feminine as this is borne out by the fact of the name & title of El-Shaddi – the large or twin breasted one – if Adam was both male & female & was in God's image, God doubtless must be the same & neither is to be pre-eminent they are to be ONE, as at the beginning. Our God has both a FATHER & MOTHER concept. By the way this is not to be considered from a human sexual point of view, but rather from a spiritual gender which is very, very different in outlook. ''And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end. And He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and [peace] to those who were near.'' Eph 2:16-17. ''that He from the two might create in Himself one new man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace.'' Eph 2:14b. Once the veil is completely lifted in our understanding, the feud or the so called war is over. Jesus said: ''WHEN HE IS EMPTIED HE WILL BE FILLED WITH LIGHT; BUT WHEN HE IS DIVIDED HE WILL BE FILLED WITH DARKNESS.'' Thomas. 61:14-18. I feel that this is self explanatory. Emptied of self of course, or of our – mistaken identity - If he is divided, that is if ones Mistaken Identity is at loggerheads with the Christ Self or identity, darkness will ensue. ''For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us, 15 By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity – feud - [caused by] the Law with its decrees and ordinances [which He annulled]; that He from the two might create in Himself one new man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace.'' Eph 2:14 AMP The dilemma is the TWO, the answer is the ONE, or NO DIVISION!! Jesus said: ''IF TWO MAKE PEACE WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS SINGLE HOUSE, THEY WILL SAY TO THE MOUNTAIN ''MOVE AWAY AND IT SHALL MOVE.'' Thomas. 48:1-6. Once again this is referring to our duality, making peace in the single house is referring to the House or Temple of God which is ourselves. Incidentally I feel that this above verse is referring to Manifest Son- ship. What two are to make peace? Our - mistaken identity – or self life is to make peace, (be subservient to, & agree with) our – true or Christ identity – then the middle wall of partition, that feud will be done away with & peace, then power & authority will ensue. 'Mountain be removed.' Mt 21:21. ''And He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and [peace] to those who were near.'' Eph 2:17 AMP. Jesus said: ''WHEN YOU MAKE THE TWO ONE, YOU WILL BECOME SONS OF MAN, AND IF YOU SAY: ''MOUNTAIN MOVE AWAY,'' IT SHALL MOVE.'' Thomas.106:1-6. Once again we are emphasising that the two Identities are becoming one, & when they do ''If you abide in Me & my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will & it shall be done unto you.'' ''Peace, peace, to him who is far off [both Jew and Gentile] – by breaking down the middle wall (of partition) therefore making one - and to him who is near! says the Lord; I create the fruit of his lips, and I will heal him – both spiritually as well as physically - [make his lips blossom anew with speech in thankful praise]''. Isa 57:19.AMP. Jesus said: ''TWO WILL REST THERE ON A COUCH: ONE WILL DIE, THE OTHER WILL 4
  • 5. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' LIVE.'' Thomas. 61:1-3. Here we see again the two, one will die or be absorbed into the other. The following verse is from the New Testament. ''I am saying to you, in this night there will be TWO on one couch; the one shall be taken along and the other shall be left." Luke 17:34. CLV. ''I say to you: In this the night will be two on bed one; one will be taken, and the other will be left.'' Luke 17:34 GK. Notice that the original does not mention a man or woman or person. The KJV & several other translations have also been tampered with but in most of the more recent translations they are now keeping to the original description.... TWO WHAT? Identities; our Higher & our Lower self. TWO shall be in the one person on one couch!! The one shall be taken comparing it with the above verse. Usually this has been interpreted to fit into the rapture theory & thought to mean that there were two people in a bed, the good one flies up into the air for a period of time, while the other is left to face the music & have a terrible time & those who have been floating away up in the clouds somewhere return when it is all over to rejoice. I want to say to all that this is a terrible error, if ever there was a time when the sons of God will be needed in this world it will be in the soon dark times. This is where we will see in action, ''Where sin abounds grace does abound much, much more.'' The true interpretation of the above passage - & I am not the only one that believes this either - is this. This is actually referring to our two entities both our – true Christ identity & our mistaken or lower self – in one person. ONE identity will be taken, absorbed, changed, & in this soon time when those who have been 'walking in the light as He is in the light' the culmination of what God has been saying to many of us will take effect & there will be a catching away, & many will be 'Caught up' into a higher experience & it will be the time that the mistaken identity will be fully merged into the Christ identity, & in so doing, in this merging the old man DIES & in the dying, will also put on incorruptibility as we have been promised. Now what many find hard to understand is that if the mistaken identity dies how can it live? The answer of course is, that in the dying to itself it is absorbed into the Christ self & gains a Higher realm of change, a HOLY, GODLY, DIVINE experience. A thought for my precious brothers & sisters who hold to other understandings of scripture, this is not meant to be conclusive as truth is ever revealing. With respect & without being too simplistic on complex issues, I would submit this biblical point of view as a legitimate Bible based understanding worthy of open & impartial consideration. Even though we may have to agree to disagree, this interpretation cannot be discounted as not having scriptural credibility & integrity. ''So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also.'' Phil 3:15. AMP. Dwelling In The Secret Place! As we have mentioned before that there are three Realms & also three levels of interpretation in the scripture, let us consider once again the highest or The Most Holy Place aspect of this text. ''He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.'' Psa 91:1 KJV. The first thing that I want to say is that this wonderful experience is available only through & by the grace of God, He is the One that leads us to discover this Secret Place. The second thing that I wish to share is that there is a choice!! He that dwells! He that lives; he that wishes to live there, or to dwell, if we dwell on something we keep our mind on it. Someone said but we cannot live in this place unless God calls us into it, yes, assuredly so, but we do have a choice if we wish to stay there. 'Many are called but few are chosen.' Why is this so? I do have a choice as to where I live, stay-dwell in. He that wishes to dwell in the secret place of The Most High or Holy. We have a conundrum, on one hand we have some in a low realm are saying the devil made me do it or ''whatever,'' & on the other 5
  • 6. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' hand many in a higher realm are saying that God didn't make me do it or made me able to dwell in the Secret Place. Both sides put the blame on someone else to try to make themselves BLAMELESS as far as choice is concerned. Come on now Saints we do have a CHOICE; But in so saying this, it is only as we avail ourselves of the Grace of God that any of this is possible. The Secret Place is perfect in description, for how many truly know where this secret is. It is hidden to the man of flesh, it is hidden to the man of the Outer Court & it is still hidden to those who are still dwelling in the Holy Place or the faithful in part Pentecostal believers. But to those who are walking in the revelation truth of the Third Realm it is no longer hidden or secret. The full reality of it is found inside the Temple; your Temple & it is actually found in the identity of Christ who is within & is your True Everlasting self. He that DWELLS in this wonderful secret place shall ABIDE under the SHADOW, one translation interprets - shade - of the Almighty! In this Secret Place is our Anastasis experience, our recovery of the spiritual truth of our Christ identity, or we could say the realisation of a 'resurrection of life' all of these wonderful truths are tied together as what we are sharing is really a spiritual experience of which words really cannot describe or do justice. When Paul come down from his catching up to the the Third Heaven experience. What did he say ''that he was snatched away into paradise and hears ineffable declarations, which it is not allowed a man to speak.'' Co 12:4 CLV. What we are sharing are only types & shadows to help us understand. To those who wish to move on in God, nothing can replace your one on one close friendship with your Lord, Saviour & Creator. Every man needs that wonderful revelation of spirit which is without words. I also truly believe that the truth of our being one, the two being merged, one into the other is also being realised in this 'Secret Place of the Most High' experience within ourselves. With it there also comes the true understanding that within ourselves that the Veil is being lifted, or the two becoming ONE. The Life Is In The Blood! Without the shedding of Blood there is NO Forgiveness! ''Jesus said: I tell you for certain that only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen.'' Jn 10:1 CEV ''I ASSURE you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber.'' Jn 10:1 AMP. At times there can be a seemingly very fine line between truth & error but when examined closely in the spirit they are worlds apart: The uncovering of the Lord Jesus Christ will not come into our lives except the Man of sin is revealed in the Temple. The man of sin is within every man's carnal nature & unless it is revealed you will never recognise it. It is only to the extent that we see the authentic Christ can we recognise the counterfeit or the anti-christ. Is not the man of sin our sin consciousness, our - mistaken identity – or false self image? The Adam nature in man is trying to build the house of the Lord himself. The Adam nature can never produce the Christ nature any more than the Adam nature can save itself. ''Having a form of godliness but denying the power that is there.'' The power of His life & the life is in the blood. ''But let every man be careful how he builds on it. For any other foundation can no one lay than the one being laid, who is Jesus Christ. And if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each one's work shall be revealed. For the Day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try each one's work as to what kind it is.'' I Cor 3: 10b-13. MKJV. ''even from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,'' Rev 1:5. MKJV. Sitting Where He Ought Not! 2Thes 2:4 CEV. ''He will brag and oppose everything that is holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God.'' 6
  • 7. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' When we read Scripture & have a greater confidence in our own understanding of Scripture than in the Scripture itself, we know that the man of our – mistaken identity – is sitting on the throne. This type of presumption needs to be revealed in us, where we are own lords rather than Jesus Christ. This needs to be revealed by The Spirit. It is no use me seeing it in you, you need to see it for yourself. We also need to have revealed to us in that we are deriving our consciences from the eating of the tree of good & evil which is the source of death in all of mankind. It is also a trap of our carnal mind to have a greater confidence in our own understanding of God than in God Himself. Our faith in God must must out weigh our concept of Him. Many sincere searchers who go no further than trying to access Christ solely within themselves, are lost in an elite form of separation & self-ism. ''If we walk in the light as He is in the light we have fellowship with one another & the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.'' 1Jn 1:7. MKJV. Claiming to be a god! Eze 28:2. CEV. ''Ezekiel, son of man, tell the king of Tyre that I am saying: You are so arrogant that you think you're a god and that the city of Tyre is your throne. You may claim to be a god, though you're nothing but a mere human.'' Another thin line of danger is intellectualism, this also can be mistaken for spirituality, because we are fast intellectually & more learned & have all the answers at out finger tips does not necessarily denote spirituality. I am reminded of the words of Paul not many mighty, not many noble but he has chosen the weak, despised & foolish. The King of Tyre really had tickets on himself, but His Creator quickly pulled him down to size. 'You may claim to be a god but you are very, very human' We need to be reminded that in scripture that there are two type of gods & once again there is a seemingly very fine line between the two. One is wonderful & the other is far, far from wonderful. We are to humble ourselves under the Mighty hand of God & if we do He will exalt us in due time. In these articles it is not so much in the winning of any point or argument, but are we helping each other to draw closer to God & His purpose. There is seemingly a very good reason for doing away with the efficacy of the Blood that the Lord Jesus Christ gave for His Church & if I believed it I would need to do away with a very great part of the New Testament. I have looked at this very closely & even though it may seem to have some clout, this is the decision that I have arrived at. ''For I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God. 28 Then take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God which He purchased through His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and out of you yourselves will rise up men speaking perverted things, in order to draw away the disciples after themselves.'' Or their own particular way of thinking. Acts 20:27-30. LITV. As with any error those who are under a deception are totally convinced that they are right & of course their very convincing ways does not in any way alter the subtleness, or insidiousness – that which is more dangerous than seems evident – of that which they have embraced. In essence what some are inferring is that we might as well throw away the Bible because it is a load of untruths. If we allow someone to get their foot in our door on one important deviation of truth, where will it all end if we allow them come right inside. Anything that is as up to date been called heresy will always have a truth somewhere, but the error is in taking that truth OUT OF CONTEXT. ''And through Him having made peace through the blood of His cross, it pleased the Father to reconcile all things to Himself through Him, whether the things on earth or the things in Heaven.'' Col 1:20 MKJV. ''Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus,'' Heb 10:19. The Third Realm of which so many are claiming to have embraced, from the Bible, are now ignoring & denying the only way that this book gives us to enter into this Realm in the way that was originally intended. 7
  • 8. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' ''But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.'' 1Jn 1:7. Remember how God gave Moses specific instructions of how to build the Tabernacle & how to enter it. With this new way of thinking, it is really saying that God did not give Moses instructions, as the blood sacrifice came from other cultures. It completely undermines the word & takes away any confidence in it. And so to make it fit, it now denigrates & infiltrates into the New Testament. So if we do this where does that leave the truth as regarding our Lord Jesus & His sacrifice. No my beloved friends we must take a stand against this infiltration of terrible error. Furthermore we read, ''who serve the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned of God when he was about to make the tabernacle. For, He says "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you in the mountain." Heb 8:5. We are told that what Moses was given was a SHADOW or type of the heavenly things. Where? in us. Now my question is. Do we believe that Moses was warned of God? If we say that the blood sacrifices were not ordained of God, we are saying that what we are reading right now is a lie, & that Moses was not warned of God & if that is a fact then most everything that we read in the New Testament is not to be trusted. Absolute rubbish!! I say this with a care to all those who have been smeared with this teaching & also to protect those who may in the future rub up against it. ''He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.'' Isa 53:7 AMP. A lamb denoting a blood sacrifice. Isaiah believed it. ''The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!'' John 1:29 AMP. [Exod. 12:3;] Also John the Baptist is of the same opinion, a lamb which denotes a blood sacrifice. ''And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.'' 1Jn 2:2 AMP. John the writer of 5 books including the book of Revelation, was of the same opinion. ''You must know (recognise) that you were redeemed (ransomed) from the useless (fruitless) way of living inherited by tradition from [your] forefathers, not with corruptible things [such as] silver and gold, 19 But [you were purchased] with the precious blood of Christ (the Messiah), like that of a [sacrificial] lamb without blemish or spot. 20 It is true that He was chosen and foreordained (destined and foreknown for it) before the foundation of the world, but He was brought out to public view (made manifest) in these last days (at the end of the times) for the sake of you.'' 1Pe 1:18-20. AMP. I notice that Peter was of the exact same opinion as his contemporaries. ''And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the First-born of the dead [first to be brought back to life] and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who ever loves us and has once [for all] loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood,'' Rev 1:5. AMP. ''And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation.'' Rev 5:9 AMP. John is so convinced of this truth that he brings it right over into the book of Revelation. Also there is Chap 7:14. Abraham's Lamb! If we think that our conscience can be appeased by the excuse of Moses supposedly copying other nations. Let us go a little further back & consider the story of Abraham offering Isaac. Gen 22:6-16. AMP. 8
  • 9. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' ''Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire (the fire-pot) in his own hand, - from his own altar in 13:4 - and a knife; and the two of them went on together. 7 And Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. [Isaac] said, See, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt sacrifice? 8 Abraham said, My son, God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So the two went on together. 9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there; then he laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood. [Matt. 10:37.] 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son. [Heb. 11:17-19.] 11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He answered, Here I am. 12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear and revere God, since you have not held back from Me or begrudged giving Me your son, your only son. 13 Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering and an ascending sacrifice instead of his son! 14 So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be provided. 15 The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 And said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld [from Me] or begrudged [giving Me] your son, your only son,'' Or being willing to offer him as a burnt offering. This whole circumstance was instituted by God Himself. If we think otherwise then we are really off course, in Chapter 13:4 we see that Abraham had an altar from way back. At that Altar he called on the name of the Lord. If we are still not convinced, then let us go right back to the 4th chapter of Genesis. Without The Shedding Of Blood There Is No Remission! Heb.9:22. If we do not believe this then we are a follower of Cain! We wonder why there are differences of opinion over this subject; Why? The first murder was over this very thing. Why? Because God accepted Abel's offering & the fat. Cain was thinking through earthly eyes he was of the flesh a very carnal thinker, his whole demeanour was of the earth earthy. Gen 4:3-7 AMP. ''And in the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground. 4 And Abel brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat portions. And the Lord had respect and regard for Abel and for his offering, ''Heb. 11:4''. 5 But for Cain and his offering He had no respect or regard. - Why? No blood sacrifice - So Cain was exceedingly angry and indignant, - is not this happening among many today - and he looked sad and depressed. 6 And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? And why do you look sad and depressed and dejected? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? - In other words, hearing that which is within you, your higher self , if only you realised it Cain your attitude & outlook will be a testimony against truth, & will help many in the future - And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.'' The blood of Jesus Christ was shed for the remission & forgiveness of sins & this was the first type, AND IT WAS NOT LIKED OR ACCEPTED then, even as NOW..... Mr & Mrs Cain come out of the earthly way of thinking & receive God's way & not the natural & humane way of worldly thinking. God's Approval & Vindication On The Shedding of Blood! Lev 9:18-24 AMP. ''He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, for the people; and Aaron's sons presented to him the blood, which he dashed upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver. 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and Aaron burned the fat upon the altar; 21 But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded. 22 Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them, and came down [from the altar] after offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. 23 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the 9
  • 10. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' glory of the Lord [the Shekinah cloud] appeared to all the people [as promised]. [Lev. 9:6.] 24 Then there came a fire out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.'' Please do not try & tell me that God did not approve of the blood sacrifices. A Seeming Contradiction! Reveals A Godly Principle. Psa 40:6 AMP. ''Sacrifice and offering You do not desire, nor have You delight in them; You have given me the capacity to hear and obey [Your law, a more valuable service than] burnt offerings and sin offerings [which] You do not require.'' Psa 40:6. CLV. ''Sacrifice and approach present You do not desire, Yet a body have You prepared for me. The ascent approach and sin offering You do not ask for." Yet in seeming contradiction, in the following we read. Isa 53:5-12. CLV. ''Yet He was wounded because of our transgressions, and crushed because of our depravities. The discipline for our welfare was on Him, and by His welts there is healing for us. 6 All of us, as a flock-ling, have strayed; each man to his own way, we face, yet Yahweh, in Him, intercedes because of all our depravity." 7 Hard pressed is He and being humbled, yet He is not opening His mouth. As a flock-ling to slaughter is He fetched, and as a ewe before her shearers is mute, so He is not opening His mouth." 8 From restraint and from judgement is He taken, and on His generation, who shall meditate? For He was severed from the land of the living; because of the transgression of My people was He touched by death. 9 And He is given His tomb with the wicked, a cave from the rich, in His death. For He does no wrong, and no deceit is in His mouth, 10 yet Yahweh desires to crush Him, and He causes Him to be wounded. Should you place His soul for a guilt approach, He shall see a seed. He shall lengthen His days, and the desire of Yahweh shall prosper in His hand. 11 From the toil of His soul shall He see light. And He shall be satisfied by His knowledge. My righteous Servant shall justify many, and with their depravities shall He be burdened." 12 Therefore I will apportion to Him among many, and to the staunch will He apportion the loot, insomuch that He gives up His soul unto death, and with transgressors was counted; and He bore the sin of many, and for transgressors is making intercession." No true loving father likes to make it hard on his son, but of course discipline is a necessary thing, we have to be taught to learn. In my opinion this is one of the main reasons that we have so much disrespect among the present generation. First Dr Spock & now the welfare people who condemn any hands on discipline whatsoever. In the nature of God is both life & death, we have not yet fully understood that death is a necessary evil for out of death comes life. 'Except a grain of wheat is planted & dies it abides alone.' God, - from who the true loving father inherits his nature - realises that the sacrifices that He instigated himself are a thing that is needful & this is why read ''Sacrifice and approach present You do not desire, Yet a body have You prepared for me.'' Let us read this contradictory verse very closely, even though God did not desire sacrifice ''YET – a seeming contradiction – a body You have prepared for me. The ascent approach and sin offering You do not ask for." The corresponding next verse which is found in Heb explains the whole question perfectly. The Contradiction Clarified! Heb 10:5-10. AMP. ''Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, 'but instead' You have made ready a body for Me [to offer]; 6 In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight. 7 Then I said, Behold, here I am, coming to do 'Your will, O God'--[to fulfill] what is written of Me in the volume of the Book. [Ps. 40:6-8.] 8 When He said just before, You have neither desired, nor have You taken delight in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings--all of which are offered according to the Law-- 9 He then went on to say, Behold, [here] I am, coming to do Your will. Thus He does away with and 10
  • 11. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' annuls the first (former) order [as a means of expiating sin] so that He might inaugurate and establish the second (latter) order. [Ps. 40:6-8.] 10 And in accordance with this will [of God], we have been made holy (consecrated and sanctified) 'through the offering made once for all' of the body of Jesus Christ (the Anointed One).'' Please read the above verses very carefully & you will see clearly the full answer to the question & the reason why there has been such a difference of thought among some regarding this particular subject. A Needful Displeasure & Necessity! With any correction even though it is necessary & needful, we must not allow the negative to overshadow the positive. We must realise that in Christ that it is HIS LIFE that overcomes & swallows up the death realm in us. I have seen in the Spirit that when we realise the full implication of 2Th 2:3. AMP. ''Let no one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first [unless the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come], and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition),'' that this is happening to some that have been in high places. The son of perdition in the time of Jesus was Judas his treasurer, he had a trusted place & yet he bought the field with 'with the wages of injustice,' Acts 1:18 CLV. not the 30 pieces of silver as he threw those back into the Holy Place Mt 27:5. These wages of injustice were what he stole whilst he was the treasurer, take time to read his history regarding finances. The sad thing was his betrayal of Christ. To deny the blood by which we were purchased is worse, it is not only a sad thing, but a terrible thing. Acts 20:28. ''Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood.'' Psa 41:9 Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. 'John 13:18'. We need to realise that this could allude to all of us. An Indictment Against The True Church! All of us who have walked with the Lord very closely have had the potential to deny the need for a blood sacrifice; His blood sacrifice which was for the forgiveness, remission of sins. We could easily have been waylaid by error, we, each of us could easily have allowed own human self or our lower self – the man of our mistaken identity - to take the place of Christ in our lives in this area & have betrayed him & become sons of perdition. We who have walked in a high privileged place in God who - as Judas did & was one of the twelve - could have the bias to be a Judas, it is only by the spirit of almighty God that we have been kept from this error, or if we have gone astray that can uncover & recover our spiritual vision. Once again we each have the potential to fulfil these scriptures. 2Pe 2:1.''But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them.'' 2Th 2:10b -11. ''because they did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved. 11 Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false.'' ( They are seared consciences. Another tells us that their consciences are cauterised.) 1 Tim 4:2. In Jn 3:19 we are told of those loving darkness rather than light. The Rectification! I now address those of you who are & have been caught up in this heresy, which is another Gospel. God will never forsake you, but we can do - despite to the spirit of grace - whilst we are holding to that error, in fact we are denying the very reality of the true Christ who bought us with a price. Denounce this heresy, turn from it & put it behind you. Speak to your God who is both within yourself & inhabits infinity, Love Him with all that is within you & all will be well. John 5:46-47. AMP. ''For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for 11
  • 12. ''Christ the Antidote Regarding Death'' he wrote about Me [personally]. 47 But if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you believe and trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?]'' Both The Jewish & Greek Attitudes! 1Co 1:22-25. AMP. ''For while Jews [demandingly] ask for signs and miracles and Greeks pursue philosophy and wisdom, 23 We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, [preaching which] to the Jews is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block [that springs a snare or trap], and to the Gentiles it is absurd and utterly un-philosophical nonsense. 24 But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God. 25 [This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men.'' The Greeks who were very philosophic in their out look & felt that one would improve oneself only through the purifying of the mind, HUMAN WISDOM was their key source of spiritual reasoning & so of course the CROSS to them was far, far from what they desired or thought was needful for spiritual progression & so they missed it. Unfortunately many Christians have this slant of thinking in their not yet full spiritual understanding, but let us who are so inclined, not let this bias in our thinking effect us in the believing in the need of the efficacy of the precious blood that is needed for the REMISSION of our sins. The Jews, who ought to have been thrilled in the prophesied coming Sacrificial Saviour, had distorted certain texts that were not for their time, were looking for a King to come & sit on a literal throne, that would do away & annihilate all their enemies & were absolutely disgusted with one who was called the King, would ride into town on an Ass & would allow Himself to be abased & crucified naked. To them it was a SLANDER, they not realising that the abasing, the humiliation, the shedding of blood was all a part of this Kingdom of love, humility & the abasement of self – or fleshly carnal thinking, our mistaken identity - was indeed the essence of the actual Kingdom of God which is within you. They were blinded by the understanding & reasoning's of the flesh which entailed their corrupting the true interpretation of Scripture. And so it is with many today, through the reasoning's of the flesh, MAN has not learned by his passed mistakes & the Adam in us never will for he has to die in all of us, He must be swallowed up in victory & that can only come by & through the true & full & complete WAY of the CROSS. All of this is helping to lead us to A Full Resurrection Of Life, And Of Judgement! Praises be to our Most Wonderful High God and Saviour even our Lord Jesus Christ. Written by Ralph Knowles, April 2011. For those who have enjoyed this article & are hungry for the deeper truths of “ Third day revelation” Please contact Ralph Knowles. Phone 07 38187875, Mobile 0448126882. The mailing address is, 47/13 Thomas St Goodna Qld 4300 Australia. <ralphwknowles@yahoo.com.au> Web < www.rwknowles.com > If we have been prone to human error in this article it is not purposely, & I trust that a little kindness would allow for any fault, & that we will consider & imbibe the better or spiritual part of that which is presented & intended. RWK.. 12