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THE MYSTERIES OF GOD

And

THE RIGHTEOUS HARVEST

Part 2

September 1985

The harvest

A revelation of God

The harvest is a revelation of the Godhead. From the harvest we receive an understanding of the family of God in heaven.

When God introduced His Son to the heavenly host as one having been with Him since the beginning, He knew they would have to accept Him at His word because they had no knowledge of a birth. They knew of God’s power to create and that when He spoke the elements obeyed Him, but the idea of a birth was new to them. Lucifer, a created being, became jealous of the attention and position given to the Son of God, and convinced himself that God had not been truthful about the origin of the Son. In promoting this lie among the angels, he cast doubt upon the Holy Spirit’s claim to motherhood, robbing himself of her gentle working in his own heart. Thus, he sinned against the Holy Ghost! God did not wish for His subjects to remain in ignorance about this mystery and set in motion a living picture. They created Adam and Eve, male and female, and said to them, “Be fruitful”, present Us with a harvest of your body to demonstrate the invisible birth of the Only Begotten Son, by the visible birth of your son. When Adam and Eve sinned they could not accomplish the work which God gave them to do, they did not have a righteous harvest to present unto God. So God said bring a lamb to represent your righteous harvest. Jesus is the lamb God gave in our place; His lamb is our sin bearer. Now Jesus, the second Adam, presents to God, His Child (the righteous harvest), and in so doing fulfills the first Adam’s work.

In John 3:5, Jesus told Nicodemus that he must be born of water and of the Spirit. The birth of water has to do with baptism, an outward expression of belief in Jesus. The birth of the Spirit is the birth discussed in this booklet. It is like the invisible birth of the Only Begotten Son, and can only be understood when we have an understanding (living picture) of the Second Adam and Eve’s harvest. The birth, of the Child of Revelation 12, brings salvation. Our new birth (invisible) releases us from death, the wages of sin; for by this means we become members of Messiah’s family.

PAUL’S GOSPEL

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Galatians 4:4. Paul tells us in Romans …For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16. From these verses we can see that when the time came for the Son of God to preach the gospel of salvation, God sent Him to the Jews. This is why Paul says the GOSPEL of salvation is for the Jew first. Does this leave out the Gentiles? No. In Galatians, we find Paul talking about more than one Gospel. …But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; Galatians 2:7. What is this gospel that was committed unto Paul, and who is it for? Let’s turn to Romans to find the answer. …For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Romans 11:25-26. From these verses we can see that this Deliverer is still future, because ungodliness has yet to be turned away from Jacob (Israel). When this Deliverer comes to the Gentiles He will come to reign on David’s throne. The Jews, who rejected their Messiah because they expected him to come as a conquering King, will be able to accept the Messiah to the Gentiles because He comes fulfilling their expectations of an heir to David’s throne.

As we look at the prophecies Paul was quoting from, concerning this Deliverer, let us remember that the Spirit led Paul to the desert and tutored him there. Paul was educated in the schools of his day, and understood these prophecies in Isaiah about the Messiah-Deliverer, the Conquering King. However, upon the subject of the suffering servant, the eyes of his understanding must be opened. This was effectively done when on the road to Damascus his physical sight was blinded and Jesus appeared to him.

Isaiah says …And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Isaiah 2:2. Paul understood from this Scripture, that when Messiah came, He would have a headquarters (house) for all nations to flow unto. But when Messiah, Jesus, came He did not even have a house. The Scriptures say He …hath not where to lay his head. Matthew 8:20. Paul was acquainted with Isaiah 52:7, about publishing peace and salvation. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! This says that He (the Deliverer) will publish peace, good tidings and salvation. The suffering servant, Messiah came saying, He came not to bring peace but a sword and the only writing (publishing) we know of, was His writing of the sins of self righteous leaders, in the sand.

PROPHECIES ABOUT THE DELIVERER

In Matthew 18, the question is asked of Jesus, who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven? Jesus explained that without being born again (being converted and becoming as a little child) …ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Then He said …And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. Matthew 18:5. In Luke He says …Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. Luke 9:48. …for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12. In other words, to be in the kingdom of God, we must accept His Son, the child sent in His name.

One of the titles given to Messiah, in Isaiah 9, is Everlasting Father. If Jesus is the everlasting Father then He has, or is going to have, a child (harvest). Reread Luke 9:48. In Isaiah we read …The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6. In 1 John we read …Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 1 John 2:22-23. Once again, step by step, let us go over the import of these verses. Isaiah 9, gives Jesus the title Father. Jesus, in both Matthew and Luke says He sends a Child bearing His name. Isaiah 11, puts a child in the leadership of the kingdom. And John says, if we deny the Father and Son we are antichrist. This is the exact course pursued by Lucifer in heaven and it cost him everything.

We have been taught that the marriage supper of the Lamb has only a spiritual application, with the church as the bride and the converts as the sons and daughters. In believing this we deny Jesus His manhood, and leave no room for the work of the Second Adam and Eve. Jesus, in Matthew 24, warns of false Christs who will appear in secret. There cannot be a false without a true. The coming of the true Christ will not be in secret, for Joel says …The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. Joel 3:16.

In Genesis 49, we have a double prophecy of Messiah. Verse 10 …The sceptre shall not depart from Judah…until Shiloh come… And Verse 24, in the blessing upon Joseph, we have …the shepherd, the stone of Israel: A cross reference of this verse is Isaiah 28:16, another messianic text, …Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation… Daniel 2 brings to view another stone. It was cut out without hands, smote the image, broke it in pieces and ground it up. It in turn became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. Verse 44, tells us the stone and the image represent kingdoms. The Stone Kingdom “harvested” the kingdoms of the world and absorbed them. Luke 20, in speaking of the cornerstone says, in verse 18 …Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Here we see the work of a mill stone which follows the harvest. Those who fall upon the Messiah foundation stone and are broken will not need to be ground to powder by the Messiah mill stone.

In Isaiah 53:10 we find another prophecy of the Messiah saying He shall see His SEED. Aaron’s rod represented the Messiah, the rod was dead, cut off from its roots, then it was that it blossomed and bore fruit. So it is with the Messiah. He too bears fruit after His death. And as the rod was cut off from its roots, so the Messiah, separated from His Father’s righteousness to be born a man, was cut off from His roots.

Moses wrote in Genesis 49:10 …The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. In Jeremiah, we find a prophecy of the utter impossibility of breaking this covenant. The Living Bible reads this way …But this is the Lord’s reply: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws of night and day, of earth and sky. I will never abandon the Jews, or David my servant, or change the plan that his CHILD will someday rule these descendants, of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Instead I will restore their prosperity and have mercy on them. Jeremiah 33:25-26. This child is the Deliverer that He will send in His name to the Gentiles (Christians). When you read Romans 11:25, you will see that Paul is not only telling the Jews (chosen nation), because you rejected your Messiah, and would not accept His Sacrifice, you eyes are blinded until the Gentiles can see. But he is also telling the Gentiles, do not get so conceited about this blindness that is upon the Jew, that you reject your own deliverer. When the Deliverer is sent to the Gentiles, the blindness will be taken away and all Israel will be saved.

The Spirit told me the book of Revelation is all about Jesus’ harvest, but we get involved with all the little details and do not get the understanding of the harvest. Revelation 19 tells us about the marriage. The proof of the marriage is the child (harvest). Revelation 21:2-3 …And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. Verse 7, tells us that the overcomer inherits all things …he shall be my son… The son of Jesus dwells with us. He is the heir (son) that we (joint-heirs) work with. “But!” you say, how can He, the righteous harvest, be an overcomer? One reason is that He is the one that is presented to God and brings to an end the tempting by Satan. Then He by His righteousness will show the world the truth about God the Father. Lucifer’s claim that God is unrighteous is at last proven to be false. Only a righteous parent can produce a righteous child.

When the Messiah (Jesus) came to the Jews they believed that He would take the throne of David, but in giving the disciples the Lord’s Prayer Jesus was telling them, it would not come in their day, but to pray for it to come. When we pray “thy kingdom come”we are asking for the blessings that were promised through Abraham’s seed, for all the world. Now that we are coming to the fullness of the time of the Gentiles, it is time for Jesus to send His Child (Emmanuel, God with us), in His name. When the Child of Revelation 12, is caught up to God and His throne, verse 10 says …NOW IS COME SALVATION and STRENGTH and the KINGDOM of our GOD.

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said …Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. Genesis 12:7. …That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith …Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:14-16. These verses show that Abraham is a type of Christ, so let us go to some of the promises that were made to Abraham and see how they apply to Christ. (The seed of Abraham).

…I will make of thee a great nation… Genesis 12:2. …I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth… Genesis 13:16. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:29.

…Unto thy seed will I give this land… Genesis 12:7. Most people believe that this land belongs to the Jews, but the verse says unto thy seed, which is Christ, according to Galatians 3:16.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him … saying, This shall NOT be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. Genesis 15:3-4. From this we can see that Christ will NOT use His servant (prophet, minister or self appointed leader) to be His heir. This shows another reason for the righteous harvest. Abraham was given the son of promise, (Isaac), the type of the righteous harvest.

Abraham’s descendents were made slaves in Egypt and the Lord delivered them. The descendents of Christ through the Bondwoman (His church) are slaves to sin and death. …If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:8. In Isaiah 11:11 it says And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people....

In Galatians 3:29 Paul says …if ye be Christ’s then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. There are some who say this verse reads “I” am Christ’s, I will tell you if you can be saved or not. But this verse is saying the same as Romans 8:17. …And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and JOINT-HEIRS with Christ; (the heir that comes from Christ’s bowels) if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (New birth).

Sometimes we wonder why there are some details written in the Scriptures and not others. When Abraham told the king, Sarah was his sister, he was telling the truth. She was his sister, and also his wife. She was the daughter of his father by another wife. Abraham is a type of Christ, who also marries His Sister (another comforter). When God made Adam, He divided him male and female. Adam was given his sister as his wife, likewise the Second Adam was divided and given His Sister (His otherself) as His wife. …the woman is the glory of the man. 1 Corinthians 11:7. See also Song of Solomon, chapters 4-5.

Sarah and Abraham agreed to give the leadership to the bondwoman and her son. Christ also gives the leadership to the bondwoman (church, bride of Christ). To find out what happens to the bond servant’s son (leadership) we can go to the story of Abraham. Paul in Galatians 4:30 says …Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. Here we see a change in leadership. The reason for the change is, the leadership can only lift the followers as high as they are. For the church to reflect the image of Christ we must have a leadership that can lift us to this height in reality. When this change in leadership begins we will have the time of trouble. One author talked about this as Ezekiel 9. He said there will be a supernatural death. If you ever have been put down and someone else given your job, then you can begin to understand this death.

The bondwoman and her son were given a measure of water (Holy Spirit) and a measure of bread (Christ) and sent out. When the water ran out they cried to die (Ezekiel 9) but the Lord showed them a well of water and gave them a blessing.

To understand the condition of the church during the time when the bondwoman is in leadership, we must understand the laws that govern our being. Paul gives us the answer in Romans 7:14-25. …For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. But if I do the very thing I do not wish to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good. So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which indwells me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the wishing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. New American Standard.

Paul says, I am of flesh sold into bondage of sin. We know that Jesus paid the price to free us from this bondage, but until we have been born into the family that is free from the wages of sin, we will continue to die. The releasing comes when the righteous harvest (child) is offered before God, for at the time of this offering, those who have accepted Christ (been conceived), will be eligible for the new birth that Jesus told Nicodemus about. By faith this offering can be claimed because there has been a revelation of the harvest, but until the reality comes, we will continue to die.

Jesus in Matthew 24:32-35, says it this way. …Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch (son) is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation (generation that’s alive when the child is presented to God) shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.... In 1 Peter 5:4 we read that …when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Many, when reading Paul’s writings, come to the conclusion that Christians have received the new birth and are of the freewoman. But in reality, both Jews and Christians are still of the bondwoman, bound by sin in their life, and still reaping the results of the wages of sin.

Paul in Colossians 3:3-4 tells us …For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Here Paul is telling us that we are hid with Christ in God. If we are in Christ then we are not born for we are like the seed, in the seed is life. When Christ appears (is born), we also appear, (receive the new birth). This appearing is the second advent of Christ, making this the harvest, for in Acts 3:21 we are told, Jesus will stay in heaven until the restitution of all things. Paul in Colossians 3:9-10 says Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Our first thought, when we read this, is that this is the new birth, but the verse says “have put on the new man which is renewed in knowledge”. So what Paul is saying is LIE NOT, telling everyone that I have the new birth when we are still bound by the wages of sin.

When Abraham was told to take Isaac, the promised son, and offer him to the Lord, as he was about to kill him, the Lord told Abraham not to kill him. There was a ram, provided by the Lord, caught in the bush and Abraham placed this ram upon the altar instead of his son. The ram represented “The lamb that taketh away the sins of the world”. Isaac is the son of promise, the representative of the righteous harvest, because Sarah and Abraham were beyond the years of child bearing. So you can see this is God’s doing, not man’s.

Adam’s righteousness, the covering given to him by his creator, should have been passed on to his children, but because of sin, an animal must be sacrificed to provide for their covering. This animal was a symbol of the “Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world”. When Cain was born Eve said, “I have gotten a man from the Lord”. Then Adam and Eve, following the instructions given to them by God, presented Him their harvest, clothed with the skin of an animal. This animal skin, representing Christ’s righteousness, was an I.O.U. to God. The Second Adam, because of His sinless life upon the earth, can pass His righteousness on to His harvest, the Child of Revelation 12. In doing this, He pays the I.O.U. of the first Adam, by bringing God a righteous son. This releases Christ and His family (heirs and joint heirs) from the penalty of the wages of sin and renders them eternally secure. Verse 10 says …NOW IS COME SALVATION, and STRENGTH, and the KINGDOM of our GOD… (also read Daniel 7:13-14) According to this verse, when the Child is presented to God, salvation begins. The ones that have accepted Jesus (been conceived) can now be born of the Spirit, be born into the family that is free from the penalty of the wages of sin.

Paul tells us in Romans 9:28. …For he (Jesus) will finish the work, (the work that the first Adam was given to do) and cut it (the 6000 years given to Satan to prove that God’s law cannot be kept) short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. The desert shall blossom as a rose, and become as the Garden of Eden. In Proverbs 29:2 it says …When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Do you know anyone who is rejoicing? Then we are still of the bondwoman.

The prophecies in the Bible, about the Son, have recently been revealed. But we all have our own ideas (daydreams) about how the end of time will be, and have refused to listen to, or investigate these new revelations. In the parable of the ten virgins, in Matthew 25:1-13, they all slept (died), and at midnight the cry came Behold the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him. The Spirit said, these virgins are a resurrected company and that they come forth from the grave, just like the ones did at Jesus’ resurrection, to bear witness to the world that this great event has taken place. …the dead in Christ shall rise first: 1 Thessalonians 4:16. In the dictionary one of the meanings for foolish is self-satisfied (the proud heart strives to earn salvation). While the foolish go to get the oil, the chariot comes and takes the wise with the invited guests to the marriage supper and brings out the ark. When the foolish get the extra oil the chariot is gone (the door is closed) so the foolish miss out on the preparation ceremony of the opening for the kingdom of glory. The fact that they are virgins, and do acquire the extra oil, shows that they are not lost, but miss out on this very important event.

In Daniel 2, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream of a great image. Daniel, in telling the king about the dream said …The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days… Daniel 2:27-28. This image of a man had a head of gold, breast of silver, etc. This dream was the reality, the head was the only thing that referred to Nebuchadnezzar, and his kingdom. He said I will make an image all of gold. This image was his daydream, it was not the reality.

We, too, have daydreams, our thoughts are not God’s thoughts, so our ideas of the way things ought to be, constitute our daydreams. God’s thought are the reality.

The Spirit said, it will take this witnessing by the resurrected to awaken us from our daydreaming condition. Like in the day of Jesus’ resurrection, it took the resurrected to proclaim the resurrection. …Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Revelation 3:17-18.

THE TWO COVENANTS

Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Romans 2:23-3:4.

Here, Paul is telling those of us who have been especially blessed by being entrusted with the oracles of God that circumcision is as effective as uncircumcision, if we break the law. The Scriptures tell us that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. So being that all have sinned, then both Jew and Gentile are in the same condition. Both have need of Messiah.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Colossians 2:8-13.

Here Paul says, beware of the traditions (daydreams) that can take us away from Christ, for in Christ is the circumcision made without hands (new birth, harvest) burying our sins with Christ at His baptism. From all this we can see that the circumcision of the flesh is the old covenant, man doing the work. The circumcision of the heart is the new covenant, with God doing the job for us which is THE GIFT OF GOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN, THE PLAN OF SALVATION.

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, He was born of the …Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Galatians 4:25. This makes Jesus our brother. He also taught us to say, when we pray OUR FATHER. Like the first Adam partook knowingly of the forbidden fruit, the Second Adam was willing to be born of the bondwoman to release mankind from the wages of sin.

When Jesus marries, He marries the Jerusalem which is above. …Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Galatians 4:26. Remember that one bird was dipped in the blood of the dead bird, and this bird was then set FREE. (Leviticus 14:4-7). As I understand, these offerings pointed to the Messiah (family). When God brought the woman, that He had made to the first Adam, he (Adam) said …This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Genesis 2:23. When Jesus, the Second Adam, was divided like the first, He was human and divine, likewise His Bride is human and divine. So you see the marriage of Jesus prepares the way for this change from our brother to our father. (Isaiah 9:6). In the parable of the tares of the field, recorded in Matthew 13, beginning with verse 36, Jesus explains that during the harvest He becomes our Father. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend… Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Matthew 13:41-46.

In the parable of the marriage supper there is one who does not put on the wedding garment. It was provided free of charge but was not accepted. The wedding garment is the coat of righteousness that is passed on to the children. One author says that Mahershalalhashbaz is the younger members of the family. Who are the younger members of the family? When a person is born again he or she receives the coat of righteousness from their Father (Jesus). They then pass on to their children, their newly received righteousness, making their children the younger members of the family. They are so young that they do not know enough to say, My Father or My Mother. Remember Noah? Noah found favor with God and because of Noah, God saved his children. When this coat of righteousness is passed on, it can only do the person good if he or she will wear it. Salvation is a free gift and it does no good if we do not accept it.

When God created man in His image, He entrusted them with the ability to be fruitful and multiply (beget offspring). And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived. The husband is the priest and the wife is the temple; the priest ministers in the temple, by this means children are brought forth. Jesus, our High Priest, went to heaven to minister in His Temple and bring forth The Harvest, thus completing the work given to our first Parents. Because of the supremely important nature of this obligation, it has been Satan’s studied plan to destroy this holy marriage relationship. And he has nearly succeeded. For this reason we have come to view “sex” as sinful and carnal instead of holy and ordained of God. As for illicit “sex”, even when perpetrated within the holy bonds of marriage we have an example to shun in Nadab and Abihu who offered strange fire in the holy place. (Leviticus 10:1-2). The sad story is that under sin it is possible for this beautiful ordinance to produce offspring who do not choose to accept the plan of salvation set in motion by the Son of God at the cross.

…I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2-3. With this promise Jesus gave us His guarantee that He would complete Adam’s work.

JUDGMENT

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death (Ezekiel 9) unto life (new birth). Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:19-29. Here Jesus is showing how much authority the Son has. In Luke 9:48 and 1 John 2:22-23, Jesus shows the chain of command that passes from the Father to the Son. Jesus the Son, who has experienced the death of the sinner, judges the dead. Now it is time for the judgment to pass to the living and it will be done by the Son of promise, who dwells with men. …the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. Revelation 21:3. One author says the judgement moves from heaven to earth. Another author says soon, none know how soon, the judgment shall pass to the living.

From what the Spirit has told me personally, God will set up His Kingdom (church and state) casting out the bondwoman leadership (supernatural death) in all churches and all nations and make one head. When God sets up His Kingdom, this prophecy can be fulfilled. There shall NO evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Psalms 91:10.

In Proverbs we read When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice… Proverbs 29:2. Ezekiel gives us a prophecy of this change in leadership when he says …Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. Ezekiel 21:26-27. This diadem and crown represent the authority that was usurped from Adam and the authority Israel lost, but when He comes whose right it is (the righteous harvest), the crown will be given Him.

Then will come the antichrist who will not accept the Deliverer for the Gentiles. Daniel says …And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas (people) in the glorious holy mountain (kingdom Isaiah 2:2); yet he shall come to his end (supernatural death), and none shall help him. Daniel 11:45. …Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is ANTICHRIST, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 1 John 2:22-23. Here John is saying, that if we refuse to accept the fact that Jesus is the Father, by denying His Son, we are Antichrist.

John in Revelation says …And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17.

The Dragon was wroth with, not only the woman that brings forth this child, but also the woman that brought forth the man, Jesus, that contained the seed of the woman. When the Child is caught up to heaven, the rest (remnant) of the harvest, are left. It is this company that the Devil goes to make war with. At the time of the new birth God’s character (law) is written on the heart which will enable us to truly keep the commandments. The testimony of Jesus is contained in the Ark. …two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. Exodus 31:18. See also Deuteronomy 31:26. The Spirit has told me that the Ark of the Covenant will be brought from its hiding place to bear witness to the dedication of the Child of Revelation 12.

Summary

GOD’S WORK IN RELEASING MANKIND

FROM THE WAGES OF SIN

When God made man in His own image He gave him a covering of light. This light was man’s righteousness, but the proof of his righteousness would be evident when man presented to God his child (harvest) robed in light. Sin entered the picture before this happened. When Cain killed his brother, it showed that ALL born of Adam’s seed would come under the law of death, the wages of sin. The lamb that man offered showed the work of God’s Son (the lamb of God), who as the Second Adam would do the work which the first Adam failed to do, that is, present to God a righteous harvest.

On the cross when Jesus (the Second Adam) died (went to sleep like the first Adam). His side was opened by the Roman spear, and blood and water came out, showing the division of the Second Adam. Then again on the day of Pentecost, when the cloven tongues of fire came down on the disciples, it too, showed the dividing of the Second Adam and Eve.

In Revelation 12 John says …And there appeared a great wonder in heaven … a woman… Revelation 12:1. According to Genesis, the Woman is an earthly being created in the image of the feminine member of the Godhead. This great wonder, a woman in heaven, is Jesus’ helpmeet; and since She is with Child, it proves that the marriage has already taken place. Her Child is to rule all nations. This son of Jesus will bring life (righteousness) to His brothers, (those who receive the new birth of the Spirit), whereas the first Adam’s son brought death to his brother(s). For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22. The righteousness of God is seen in His Son, and the righteousness of Jesus is seen in the Child He sends in His name.

The righteous harvest breaks the chain of bondage brought by sin, and coupled with the righteous life and death of Jesus who took our place, releases U.S. (land and people) from the wages of sin. At this time His law will be written upon the heart.

Can you see that when this happens there will be a time of transition (trouble)? First, wrestling with Him and receiving the blessing. Then, war in heaven is followed by the great time of trouble as the crowns are removed from Lucifer and the bondwoman leadership, churches and nations.

According to 1 John, if we reject the Son, we have not the Father. And if we reject the Son, as being born of God, we, like Lucifer, reject the premise of the Holy Spirit being able to give birth, thus cutting ourselves off from the Spirit who gives us birth in the family of God. So what we want to do is leave room for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know during the time when the crown is returning to Him whose right it is.

THINGS OF INTEREST

In Proverbs 11:30 it says The fruit of the righteous is a TREE of life…. God’s fruit is His Son. Jesus’ fruit is His Son. John saw in the middle of the street on each side of the river a TREE. Revelation 22:2. Paul tells us in Romans For all the creation eagerly awaits the revealing of the SONS of God. Romans 8:19 M.L. Zechariah saw two trees. (Zechariah 4:4-12). He asked, What are these two olive trees? Then said he, These are the twoanointed ones, (Messiahs), that stand by the Lord of the whole earth. Zechariah 4:14. One author says when the gospel is given in its fullness many of the Jews will accept Christ as the Messiah (anointed one).

Melchisedec, king of Salem, king of righteousness, priest of the Most High God is a type for the king that rules from the New Jerusalem. Abraham paid tithes to Him. Hebrews says the lesser pays to the greater. On earth the lineage that Christ comes through is great, but the creator is greater than the created. Melchisedec had no beginning, always was and still is. Jesus went to heaven and became a priest after the order of Melchisedec, not after the order of Aaron. So, the king of the New Jerusalem will be priest after the order of Melchisedec, rule all nations. He will be THE KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Would you not like to pay tithe to a righteous leader?

I believe that God through Moses gave to Israel His Law and they were to share with the rest of the world. God sent His Son to that people. Jesus gave the gospel commission to those who accepted Him (the Christians), and He will send His Son to that people (Gentiles). This, I believe, is the reason for one of the headquarters of His kingdom to be in the U.S.A. Many Jewish leaders pulled their robes around them and said come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. So, do the Christians, when they say if you don’t believe as “I” the Lord will not save you. John says, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16.

Athen Slawson