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Written for the Laity
By the layman Keith Slawson
2014
In the beginning God, what a wonderful and thought provoking statement, a statement so grand that Moses chose it as the opening phrase in the greatest literary work known to man. In the beginning God, a statement that is so deep and wide that it must be immediately quantified or qualified unless the writer is prepared to write volume upon volume on the subject so as to fill up to overflowing a library the size this world has not yet envisioned. As we read the words Moses penned so many years ago, we see that he immediately restricted our thoughts on this subject of beginning, to the beginning in reference to the creation of this world. Even so, this subject also is so vast; it too could fill volume upon volume if Moses had chosen to write in detail instead of the thumbnail sketch we find in the book of Genesis.
Today, I also would like to write the words, in the beginning God, and I too must immediately qualify this statement with an explanation. As I write and bring together information to help the reader understand GOD, the GODHEAD and the PLAN for MANKIND, I will be limiting the text of this booklet to information that has already been revealed by God’s servants the prophets.
Chapter one In the beginning God
Chapter two Creation
Chapter three Sovereignty and Dominion
Chapter four The Fall
Chapter five The legal aspect of the fall
Chapter six Two Redeemers and A Peace Treaty
Chapter seven The Covering
Chapter eight Be fruitful
Chapter nine Heritage
We are told that God exists from everlasting unto everlasting, in other words Jehovah (God of the Past, God of the Present and God of the Future) has no beginning and no ending, but there is a definite point in God’s existence where our information about Him begins. And so I would like to further qualify my statement to mean the beginning that we are allowed to know Him, at this time.
Our knowledge begins at a point in time where we find our God to be, the only Being in existence. This Being, the Supreme Being who is Lord of everything that is, is a Being who contains all of the characteristics and attributes both masculine and feminine. This was the state of God from the beginning as far as we are told, and it was while God existed in this state that everything was defined. Some like to say that ‘IF’ God created everything then He also created evil, but this is not true. During the time God existed in the state of masculine and feminine in one Being, God named and defined everything. Every thought that could ever be thought, every emotion that could ever be felt, every attribute that would ever be claimed and every action that might ever be taken, all of these were named and defined. Everything that was found to be in the nature of God was placed under the heading of good because God is good. While everything that was not found in the nature of God was placed opposite under the heading of evil because there is no evil in our God. Now I am not saying that God thought every thought or felt every emotion etc., but rather God traced the path of everything and defined where it left the path of good and became evil. The Ten Words that were spoken to Israel at Mt. Sinai come to us directly from the nature of God. Moses’ definition of these words begins with “Thou Shalt Not”. This is a true and accurate definition, but there is another true and accurate definition, “Please Don’t”. Please don’t take for you another god, please don’t kill etc., please don’t because the consequences of doing so would separate us from our life source. Just as darkness cannot exist where there is light, so it is with evil in the realm of God. “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Next we come to a point in time where it was no longer ‘good’ for God to exist alone. It was at this exact time that God searched through the very Being and Essence that was God and separated out the feminine attributes from the masculine. Now there are two, the most glorious Being that ever was, is or will be, the ‘Glory’ of God took Her place beside Her Husband. The Being that was God male and female is still God, but now He is the one we refer to as God the Father. The Being that existed with God from the very beginning is also still God but now She is called the Holy Spirit. Spirit because She is a Spirit Being like Her Husband and Holy because She Contains the Temple of God, the Most Holy Place. You will notice that God is building His family, but at the same time he is building His Government. Not only is He building His Government but He is giving us a detailed example of how a fledgling nation should begin. The first thing a nation needs to exist is a constitution, a platform of law upon which everything is built. God the Father is the one whose very Essence and Being defines everything that is good and also everything that is evil. A list of what is lawful and unlawful, is the definition of a constitution; therefore it is God the Father who occupies the position of the Legislature, because it is He by His very existence, who interprets what is Good and what is Evil. The next thing a fledgling nation needs is a president. The office of president is a seat of power and authority equal to, yet separate from, the legislature with different roles and responsibilities. The responsibility to lead, guide, teach and nurture define the role of the executive office, and also define the role of the Holy Spirit who will sit at the left hand of God the Father when the throne room of Heaven is built. Of course it goes without saying that the occupant of this office would never try to legislate by executive order. Neither would She lead, guide or teach in any way that would add a burden or lessen a restriction or that would even appear to contradict Her Husband, the Constitution.
The government of Heaven was not yet complete. To this end, a time came when the King of everything that was came to the Queen of everything that was. But they did not come together in one accord as King and Queen; they came together as Husband and Wife. God the Father in His role as High Priest of the family went in and ministered in the Most Holy Place and the Holy Spirit conceived. The Child of this union is known to us by many names and titles. The Only Begotten Son, Michael the Archangel, and the Word are a few that come to mind but for those of us who are in need of a redeemer, the name Jesus (Yeshua) is the name that means the most.
The triune government of God is now populated. Each of the three seats of power are separate and yet equal. God the Father occupies the seat of the legislative branch of government. God the Holy Spirit holds the executive branch. While the Only Begotten Son inhabits the judicial, “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.” Only now that the government is complete would God dare sit to govern. Our God is a God of law and order; He would not rush to do something before its time.
In the realm of Spirit Beings there are differences that are difficult for us to understand. One of these differences is that the womb of the Holy Spirit is not solid and restrictive like the womb of mankind. The Only Begotten Son could leave the womb and carry out the will of His Father and then return to be nourished and nurtured. It is during this time, the Heaven as we know it, came to be. The Only Begotten Son spoke these things into existence at the direction of His Father. Yeshua told us “In my Father's house are many mansions”, these mansions, the streets of gold, the river and the tree of life, the throne room and the judgment hall, all came into existence as the Only Begotten Son carried out the will of His Father.
The throne rooms of the Most High are now complete. These throne rooms include but are not limited to, God’s stationary thrones and traveling thrones; thrones from which the universe is governed and thrones from which Heaven is governed. We are told that at least one of these throne rooms has a throne for the King and on the King’s left a throne for His Queen, with a position on each side of these for ones who cover. The position on the King’s right hand is reserved for the Only Begotten Son, while the position on the queen’s left is reserved for a specific entity that is not yet on the scene. Everything is ready for Heaven to be populated. The Only Begotten Son speaks into existence the angelic host. There are cherubim and seraphim, angels and archangels, angels with six wings, angels with four wings and angels with two wings. Legion upon legion of angels came into existence at the voice of God. But Lucifer, “Son of the Morning” the first created of the angelic host, is created both cherubim and seraphim, male and female. Lucifer is created with qualities to allow him to temporarily occupy a position that is above his station. He is to occupy the position at the left of the Queen until that Being comes on the scene. Michael the Only Begotten Son of God and Lucifer the first born of God’s creation will occupy the position of the ones who cover.
Every angel is created perfect. Each created with attributes and imbued with an intellect perfectly matched to the position they will occupy in God’s plan. But before this creation began Father and Son were in agreement that none would be a slave. If not a slave, they must be free, and if free they are then a sovereign in their own right. The ramification of this agreement is beyond our comprehension. But the fact that there is already a judgment hall with seats for a jury of twenty-four peers attests to us that God had considered and prepared in case some decided to choose another god.
A God of love, who would choose to populate Heaven with a host that had been given freedom of choice, could not be viewed as a tyrant. Their mild tender rule could be nothing but bliss to live under, so for the ages that followed, Heaven was filled with joy. All lived in perfect harmony and together they raised their voices to sing praise to the Royal Family who had given them life. This is the state of living that all mankind craves. We all yearn to live where our government recognizes our God given status as king or queen of our own home, rather than the governments we have come to know who rule with a heavy hand. A government who follows God’s example and treats its citizens with the respect they are due, will elicit their allegiance out of love rather than fear or obligation.
God purposed to call all of the Heavenly Hosts together to confer special honor upon His Son. Lucifer, as the highest ranking member of the angelic host was the first to be told. It was part of his office to step out of the throne room and call together the members of the press. With great joy and dignity of purpose, he informed them of the news and that it came from the Father Himself. Some of the light that surrounds him as he stands in the presence of the King and in the brilliant Glory of Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven remains with him as he performs his duties outside of the throne room. His majestic bearing, his noble intellect along with this additional brilliance distinguishes him and the lofty office he holds. The angelic groups who serve directly under Lucifer are overjoyed to relay his message and soon the news is spread throughout Heaven. The time came for the appointed meeting. Every member of the angelic host is assembled. The Father makes it known to the assembled host that it is no longer ‘good’ for His Only Begotten Son to remain alone. Following the example of His Father, “for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise”, Michael searches through His very Being and Essence separating the feminine out from the masculine, the Son of God will “cleave unto His Wife”. Heaven is filled with joy and wonderment when, in the presence of these witnesses, the Only Begotten Son beholds His Helpmeet for the first time.
Gabriella (Gabriel), the Only Begotten Son’s Helpmeet, a member of the Royal Family, is now on the scene to take Her place in the throne room. The picture would look like this; on the left would be Michael, the Only Begotten Son, Prince of Heaven, standing as one who covers. Second from the left would be the Father, Jehovah, King of Heaven and everything that is. Third in order is Jehovah’s Holy Spirit, Queen of Heaven and everything that is. On the right we have Gabriel, Michael’s Holy Spirit, (another comforter), Princess of Heaven, standing as one who covers. Lucifer, who has occupied this position through all these past ages, quietly steps down to make room for Her Majesty. Instead of thanking God for the opportunity to temporarily fill this position which is above his station, he begins to brood over this seemingly apparent injustice. He reviews the facts. Was he not also male and female just like the one who had just been honored? Did he not also stand in the presence of the King and Queen? By what right did the King honor one over the other? These questions haunt him and the audience he requests is gladly granted. The answer he was given should have brought an end to his disgruntlement once and for all. It was explained to him in a way that he could comprehend that there is a difference between him and Michael, “For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself”. Michael, the Only Begotten Son, was born out of a union between the Father and Holy Spirit, while he Lucifer was a son of God’s Word. Even though Lucifer had been created in the image of the Father as He was in the beginning, he does not have life within himself. The intellect of every angel was high enough to comprehend the answer he is given, his intellect being superior, he is without excuse. Lucifer had not yet crossed the line; if he would allow the gentle guidance of the Holy Spirit, She could guide him back. The Royal Family is not offended by honest questions, answers will gladly be given, but open rebellion will not be tolerated.
Of the two paths that stand before him, Lucifer chooses rebellion. The explanation that he is not a biological son, but rather a son of the word, is falling on closed ears. The Father’s law has been written in his mind and upon his heart. He knows Jehovah cannot lie, for if He did, He would cease to exist. Even though he knows all of this, his pride has been hurt and he is now angry at his Queen who claims to have given birth to his one time friend but now archenemy, Michael. He reasons that if he can rally the angelic host to his side God will have to address his grievance in a more pleasing manner.
Lucifer did not communicate his true ambitions to the angels as he began to recruit them. Instead he began to drop hints that would cause them to worry about their security in the only place they know as home if God continues to favor Michael over them. He pretends to only be looking out for their interests, as he cunningly and subtly woos them to his side.
His course is now set. He has convinced himself that he has been wrongfully passed over for advancement and will not be happy until he has been given the position God granted His dear Son. Not until he has been divided male and female and the two of them been given the position of those that cover, will he be content. These ambitions he holds close. It is imperative that he lead a multitude of the angelic host if he is to have any hope of forcing the Father’s hand. With the cunning of a fox, he nurtures doubt in the minds of angels as to the fairness of the Father, all the time managing to appear to be a convert to the unrest rather than its leader. As one who once stood in the very presence of the Royal Family he makes himself ‘available’ to answer any question the other angels might have. From this vantage point he pinpoints the beginning of all this turmoil to the instant God promoted one equal with them to the position of Only Begotten Son, placing Michael squarely in the position of heir to the throne. He explains that there is no difference between them and Michael, and that if they continue to allow the King and Queen to favor one angel over another, everyone’s position is in jeopardy.
Lucifer has played his cards well. Through the use of lies and deception he has convinced over half of the heavenly host to stand with him and swear out a complaint against the Royal Family Jehovah. In a move that will become synonymous with evil, the liar points to the one who has not lied and shouts liar. By moving the spotlight from himself, the father of lies, to the Royal Family, he has bought for himself a little more time. Someday he will stand trial before a jury of his peers, for his crimes against the Crown, but for now he is in the clear.
A complaint has been sworn out against the King and Queen of Heaven and if the Royal Family is to retain their good name an impartial jury must be assembled.
Our God is a God of law and order. He cannot lie, He cannot cheat and He cannot steal, for if He did, all would cease to exist. Father and Son confer; an objective third party must be assembled. Even under the cloud of suspicion and doubt, creation would continue. A solar system containing twelve planets would be created; each planet would be ruled by its own sovereign royal family. With the help of God the royal family of each planet would come into existence in the same manner as had the Royal Family of Heaven. A jury foreman would be needed; the firstborn planet of these twelve would be home to the spokesman for the jury. No implication of collusion could exist. Each royal family would be given complete sovereignty and dominion over their planet home. They would be bound to Heaven only by the ties allegiance asks the created to offer to their creator. The governments of the twelve planets and Heaven would be allies; they would recognize each other’s sovereignty and interact with each other by treaty. After they had proven themselves to be above reproach (righteous), they would take their place on the twenty-four seats in God’s judgment hall.
The only way for God to clear His Holy Name from the accusations of Lucifer and his band of thugs would be to submit to be tried before a jury of peers. What an awesome God we serve. What other noble have you heard of who would willingly submit to be investigated by a jury, any jury? This trial has been postponed for reasons we will discuss next, but my God, the God whom I endeavor to serve will open Himself up, hiding nothing from the inquiry of the twenty-four jurors, allowing Himself and His law to be judged. What Love! What Awesomeness!
Even fallen mankind knows it is not proper for a leader to silence his political rivals. Our God, King of the twelve Kings, a King who only asks for allegiance through treaty, is no different. Lucifer would not be silenced; he would be allowed to continue to either gain or lose followers depending upon how he ran his campaign. He would, though, be barred from the campaign headquarters of the Father, he would have to wait and watch from the sidelines to see the plan of his former King. As he watched the creation of the separate planets and the creation of the inhabitants who were then given complete dominion, it began to dawn upon his high intellect as to how totally and honorably he was being outclassed by Jehovah’s plan to eliminate every doubt as to the difference between the created and the creator; every doubt about fairness, truth and justice would be eliminated forever and for always.
Lucifer realized that he must act quickly; he must analyze his options and decide upon a course of action before the inhabitants of one of these planets be allowed to procreate, or his lie would become transparent and all of his followers abandon him. He studied the law, the treaty and the dominion God had given to the members of the jury, and decided his next move would be jury tampering. If he could conquer one of these new worlds, getting them to voluntarily hand over to him their God given dominion, his cause would be furthered on many fronts. First he would have secured a base of operation. Second he would gain new recruits for his revolution. Third he would secure his followers to him by leading them into open rebellion. And fourth he would again buy himself time by delaying the trial.
You have heard the saying “go big or go home”. Lucifer (Satan) decided he must first secure planet Earth, the home of the jury forepersons, the family Adam for himself because it is their home. “And called their name Adam”. This would be a big undertaking and must be done with the greatest of care. Even though by definition Satan is now a law breaker, he would use the law to his advantage in order to gain dominion. Adam’s fledgling government was not yet complete, but for reasons mentioned above he must not wait. Eve would be the obvious choice for first contact because of her executive powers, but Satan was also aware of the fact that the legislative branch (Adam) had the power to confirm or annul any treaty before it became binding. Satan decided he must wait until Eve is alone; his trap must be baited with something so intriguing as to seduce her to become part of his trap. Like a true politician he would offer something that he could only half deliver, and then to add insult to the injury, he would make it appear to be free for the taking, hiding the true cost in the fine print. There was only one place in their kingdom where he had access, an embassy of sin if you will the tree of “knowledge of good and evil”. The outcome of this first contact is well documented. Satan lay in wait for Eve at the tree; he attracted her attention with curiosity and reeled her in with flattery. Alone she proved to be no match for his finely tuned powers of deception. We are not told if Adam thought through his option of annulling Eve’s contract with Satan, we only know he also took the fruit and ate. The contract with Satan was accepted and ratified while the taste of the forbidden fruit was still in their mouth.
This same Satan and his union of disgruntled angelic followers had charged God with lying concerning the alleged ‘birth’ of Their Son. A special Grand Jury was being assembled to look into these allegations. Before the trial could commence Adam, one of the twelve, betrayed their creators for what could be likened to a handful of blood money. Adam and Eve the apparent forepersons of this prestigious group had fallen and were now in need of a redeemer.
The picture that comes to mind when I think about the creation story comes from a time when I was little. I remember my father would, from time to time, take the back off of his watch to clean it. I was so intrigued by all of the little gears and cogs I would look on in amazement wondering how the watch maker could get all of these little pieces to stand still and upright in their place while he put it all together. Now that I am older and I behold the night sky I again stand in amazement. The integration of God’s intricate timekeeping schedule into creation week is a masterpiece.
God did not start out wondering how much They (“let us” “Elohim” Michael and Gabriel) could accomplish each day or how many days it was going to take. No. A master plan had been prepared beforehand. Everything was planned down to the minutest of details. The interworking of days, weeks, months and years must mesh with those of each of the other eleven planets in the system. “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.” Elohim knew They would be finished in six days and that the seventh day would be Sabbath. Its reoccurrence to fall again to end each week would be regulated solely by the rotation of the planet. On the fourth day of creation Elohim placed the hands of Their timepiece in the heavens. The moon is the hand that points out for us the months of God’s year. Elohim would not create the moon old; rather They placed the moon in the sky so that as the sun set closing out the fourth day, the first crescent of the new moon was visible. Three days earlier They had created the vernal equinox “divided the light from the darkness”, making the fifth day of creation the first day of the first month and the first day of the first year. It was God’s design that the month would come new every four weeks with the first crescent of the moon being visible as the sun set on the fourth day of the week, and that the year would come new at the end of twelve months. Those that have watched for the sign of the new moon will confirm that it is best seen just as the sun begins to drop below the horizon, or just as the new day begins. All of the cogs and gears in God’s timepiece meshed perfectly. Of the sun, moon and stars Elohim said, “let them be for signs, and for seasons (religious festivals), and for days, and years”. If we wish to meet God at the appointed times we must learn to use God’s timepiece. “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD”.
The dominion of Adam was complete by midmorning on the sixth day. This brings us to the time of the morning sacrifice. Yes I did say sacrifice, even though man had not yet fallen or the redemption plan instituted, the hooks for these times were already built into the days, the weeks, the months and the years. An example of this is when God made a promise to Abraham on the day that would come to be known as Passover, four hundred and thirty years before the pass-over event took place. The plan of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world was ready to be placed into service at a moment’s notice.
At the time that would come to be known as the morning sacrifice, God said “Let us (Elohim) make man in our (Royal Family) image, after our likeness”, Adam was formed and the breath of Life was breathed into his nostrils. Elohim fashioned Adam in the image of God the Father as He existed in the beginning. Within the man, Adam, exists the essence that will become his helpmeet, and the seed that will become his son. This is the state in which the man Adam existed during the time he inspected, evaluated and then named the subjects of his dominion according to their attributes.
By the time of the evening sacrifice, Adam had finished the work of defining and naming the subjects of his dominion. He noticed that God had created for all of the animals a helpmeet, but there was no helpmeet found for himself. At the beginning of the hour for the evening sacrifice Elohim caused Adam to fall asleep. Using living material that had been taken from Adam’s side while he slept, Elohim made Adam a helpmeet. Even though Adam called her “Woman, because she was taken out of Man” he named her Eve (life) according to her attributes. Remember God called their name Adam, but now Adam has added a name for his wife making her full name Eve Adam. If you will permit me to digress here for a moment, I would like to continue in this vane in order to better understand God and the Godhead. At the creation of Eve, the name Adam became a family name. When their son was born they named him Cain, but as a prince and ambassador he could do business in the king’s name making his full name Cain Adamson. Taking this even farther, when Cain marries, he and his wife will be known as Cain. While Cain’s wife will have her own given name, Cain will become the family name and their son will also share that name. Just as the man’s name becomes a family name here on earth, so the names and titles of God became Family names or titles after the Holy Spirit took Her place beside Her husband in Heaven.
As we pause now and consider the handiwork of God, we are awestruck by the intricacy of it all. We see twelve inhabited planets each with their own unique orbit that allows its weeks and months to match with Heaven so that all flesh can worship together with their Creators. We see a jury of peers, but there is one thing left that they must do before they can be seated as a Grand Jury to hear the allegation Lucifer and his followers have brought against the management of Heaven. “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it “
To say that these twelve kings and queens are a jury of peers seems almost blasphemous. It must be carefully stated so that nothing is implied more than the statement, a jury of peers. No, God did not create a jury of equals, because there is none equal with God. But He did create a jury of peers, peers on every count, as broad as the accusation. Let’s now consider the accusations. On the first count, Lucifer has accused our Heavenly Father and Mother of lying as to the origin of their Son; stating that birth and creation are two terms that can be used interchangeably to describe the same event. On the second count, Lucifer has accused his King and Queen of nepotism; passing over a more qualified and experienced applicant in favor of a member of Michael’s family. And on the third count he declares that he and his fellow angels are not really free if they are required to follow the Constitution of Heaven, declaring it to be too rigid and out dated.
In order for the family Adam and their counterparts on the eleven other planets to be peers, they have been created in the express image of their creator and have been given complete dominion and sovereignty over their planet home. The Adams of each planet have been given a constitution (knowledge of good) and this constitution has been written upon their minds and hearts, and the Eves of each have been given wisdom to administer according to their husband the constitution. The last though is the crowning act of creation. They have been given the ability to procreate. God in Their infinite wisdom chose to veil them in flesh to make the womb restrictive so there would be no question as to the origin of the child. After the families on each planet had been fruitful, and after each had proven their allegiance, a jury of peers could be convened.
Each and every created being owes a natural allegiance to the one who gives them life. For mankind this is the one in whose image we are created; the Royal Family of Heaven and the Government thereof. The obligation of this allegiance is, “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” As stated earlier the Royal Family agreed They would not create a kingdom of slaves, and to that end each was created sovereign, therefore the obligation of allegiance would not be collected by force.
There is more to sovereignty than just freedom of choice. Sovereignty defines the method with which free people interact with each other and their King. Two types of agreements come to mind. The first is open and free while the second is closed and rigid. The first is concerned with intent and the second is concerned with actions. The first is written in the language of love, the second in the language of distrust. The first is written for freemen while the second is written for slaves and corporations.
An example of the first would be; two sovereigns make an agreement using the language of love. In the time of negotiations each would negotiate for the other party as though they were negotiating for themselves, “love thy neighbour as thyself.” When an agreement is reached and it is signed and accepted by both parties, it becomes a legally binding treaty. Because a treaty is written in the language of love, “love one another. As I have loved you” it must be honored by intent. Failure to honor a treaty brings dishonor and is an act of war upon the other party and their allies.
As stated, the second is for slaves or corporations, and even though there is no prerequisite that the agreement be equitable, the agreement must be based in truth. Without truth there can be no assent and without assent the contract is unenforceable. By the rules of contract law, each party would negotiate for the best possible outcome for themselves or their company without concern for the other party. Because the contract is written in the language of distrust, every action or inaction must be detailed as to whether it is allowed or disallowed. Contract law is not concerned with intent or honor; it is only concerned with action or inaction with reference to the text of the contract. A sovereign cannot be involved in this kind of agreement because as soon as the Law of God is violated, “love thy neighbour as thyself” the sovereign becomes a slave to sin and death.
Like the angels, God created mankind sovereign, each a king or queen in his own right. (This is the pattern that the founding fathers of America used to describe the rights of citizens after we won our independence from the king of England. Each citizen would be a king in his/her own right, a king without subjects.) But God continued and gave them dominion; a kingdom and the authority to rule over it. This is like giving to your child, a brand new car. A car that they have not worked a day in their short life to help pay for and then saying to them I have instilled in you the knowledge to take care of this car, now take ownership of it. Wow what an amazing God we serve, They gave the family Adam ownership of planet Earth.
We are not told how long the Adams lived in Paradise before the fall. What we do know is that it was long enough for them to become accustomed to spending time with their creators in the cool of the evening. This was the time of day when a cool gentle breeze would come up to stir the leaves and branches of the trees and the flowers of the field. It was during this time, as the beauty of their garden home was brought vividly before them, that the Prince and Princess of Heaven (Elohim) would come to walk and talk, teach and instruct them. It was God’s plan that Adam and Eve continue “growing in wisdom and maturity, and in favor with God and his fellow man”.
God knew of the plans of Lucifer to try to persuade members of the jury to turn their backs on their creators. The families of all twelve planets were warned that there was one who would seek to do them harm. They were cautioned to be on guard at all times lest the enemy appear when they were not prepared. God knew planet Earth was Satan’s first choice. Two loyal angels who had firsthand knowledge of the cunning tactics of the enemy were especially dispatched to share their experiences with Adam and Eve. They were told of the enemies’ commanding presence, of his charismatic personality, of his abilities to charm and beguile and of his massive deceptive power. They were assured that freedom of choice would not be taken from them. God ordained that they must pass this test before the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil be removed from their garden home and that they prove their loyalty before they were seated on the Grand Jury.
Lucifer prince of angels had degraded himself into Lucifer deceiver of angels. His power of deception was so great he had convinced nearly half of the angelic host to believe God was a liar. Sin had originated in him, he and he alone was responsible for the hell in which they now lived. Now as he contemplated his next move, a move against Adam and Eve he would degrade himself even further and become Satan deceiver of mankind. He was about to change Adam’s status from the man Adam to the human Adam. He would ask Adam to step down from his position as ruler, to a position on par with the animal subjects, which is the human condition.
He shuddered at the thought of causing another soul to fall. His mind raced as he reflected upon what had been and how he had thrown it all away. He looked around at this scared, lost, angry, irritable group of angels who had once looked up to him and called him friend. Angels who had loved him so much they would stand up for him never imagining that he had become a liar and the father of lies. He had promised them so much. Quickly he banished these thoughts, there was no going back, he must move forward. The campaign before him was so intense he sequestered himself; his concentration must not be broken. Just as a grand master of chess prepares for a match, so he prepared himself for his next move. He studied his opponent, he studied the dominion they had been given and he studied the law.
His objective was to acquire for himself the dominion that God had given Adam and Eve, and to take ownership of planet Earth. Although he commanded enough military might to take it by force, he was wise enough to know this was futile as long as Heaven was counted as an ally. To this end he came up with a plan for a two pronged attack. First, he would beguile them into worshiping him; crowning him as king and delivering to him their dominion. Second, he would entice them to break their treaty with God by eating from the forbidden tree. This would constitute an act of war and would separate them from their allies.
Satan’s plan was brilliant and brilliantly executed. His expertise as a deceiver was unequaled; Eve was not prepared for this master of deception, he came to her with a fully matured advertising campaign. As a true salesman he began with compliments, he complimented her on her beauty and wisdom. He then turned to flattery as he laid out to her a vision of grandeur explaining how with the benefit of what he was selling she too could become a God. He played up the qualities of the forbidden fruit in a way that made Eve believe her life could never be complete without it. He convinced her God was hiding something from her, but when she accepted his word “Ye shall not surely die”, over her creators’ word “thou shalt surely die”, she afforded him the worship he was seeking, worship that belonged exclusively to the Family in whose image she and her husband were created. When Eve stretched out her hand to take the forbidden fruit from the serpent, she was accepting a contract written for her by Satan, and when she ate of the forbidden tree, she broke the treaty that existed between God and man. Adam took and ate from the hand of his bride some of this same fruit, fruit that she had herself picked for him. This action ratified the contract between Eve and Satan and it finalized the breaking of the treaty that had existed between Heaven and Earth.
“Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.”
Lucifer had been created prince of angels and had occupied the highest sovereign position next in authority to the Royal Family. For reasons discussed earlier Lucifer had lost this position and was now searching for a new seat of power that would afford him at the very minimum, the authority with which he was accustomed. He had lost in the battle for his first choice of positions and was now setting his sights on his second choice, the sovereignty and dominion of Adam.
In the hierarchical order of Kings there exists no seat of power between Adam and his creators. In order for Satan to wield the power and authority belonging to Adam he must convince Adam to relinquish his throne. Isn’t it ironic that the one who found it so unbearable to be asked to step down from his temp position, filling in for Her Majesty, into his own rightful position, is now asking Adam and Eve to step down from their rightful position?
The contract Satan negotiated with Eve that would surrender their authority to him was based on lies and deception. Lies like “Ye shall not surely die” and “ye shall be as gods” were so openly fraudulent Satan knew there could be no ‘assent’ on Adam and Eve’s part. This is where the second prong of his attack comes into play. He would immediately thereafter seduce Eve to break the treaty that existed between Heaven and Earth. Adam and Eve both ate of the fruit that was forbidden by this treaty. They are now outlaws; they are operating outside of the law of God. As outlaws they no longer have ‘standing’ in court, they have surrendered their right to contest the legality of Satan’s contract with them, instead they will be the ones brought to justice. “For in the day that you eat of it, dying you shall die.”
Upon reflection we can see that this is Satan’s standard modus operandi. First he convinces his victims, by whatever means necessary, to accept his word over the word of their creators’. Then before they have a chance to uncover the fraud, he leads them in open rebellion. It worked in Heaven with angels, it worked in the garden with Adam and Eve, and it will continue to work on the Earth with the human family until such time as he is bound.
To the casual observer it would appear that Satan’s plan had worked. He could and would continue to wear the crown he had stolen from Adam because every single descendent of Adam was contained within him at the time he ate of the forbidden fruit. “In Adam all die”. Without the prospect of a living child who would have ‘standing’ in court, there was no hope to overturn this unlawful contract.
Only one ‘alive’ ‘man-child’ is needed to redeem Adam’s crown. But, if Adam is dead, what good is his crown? Before he can again enjoy the dominion afforded him by his crown, he needs someone to redeem his life. The only one with the authority and power to redeem life is the one who originally gave life, the Royal Family, Jehovah. But alas, Adam has declared war upon his God. Now it becomes obvious that the first thing man needs, is to stop the war between themselves and their creators.
There are several ways to stop hostilities between parties. Armistice, ceasefire, truce, surrender and peace treaty are terms for these agreements that we use today. Neither an armistice, truce nor ceasefire can be considered because they do not address what caused the hostilities in the first place. Surrender would not be acceptable either, because our God would never require us to surrender the sovereignty He so freely gave us. A peace treaty on the other hand allows two sovereigns to live in peace while the breach that caused the hostilities in the first place, is repaired
Two Redeemers
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A Peace Treaty
Information travels at the speed of thought. A messenger arrives in Heaven; he has traversed the great distance between Heaven and Earth instantaneously. His message, the great deceiver has entered the Garden of Eden. All of the angels loyal to the crown are standing at arms. They have already been deputized and can be at Adam’s side, to drive out the deceiver, the instant he cries out for help. Michael, Prince of Heaven, will spare no resource, He would gladly commit every angel of Heaven to protect Adam and his dominion, but the sovereignty of Adam will not be infringed. It is up to Adam, he has been given all the information, he must make the call.
All of heaven seems to be in agitation. What is taking so long? It should not take this long to recognize the deceiver. Suddenly the wait is over, an order to stand down is circulating through the ranks, the holy pair has fallen; they did not feel the need to call for help. The news of the fall spreads across Heaven like wildfire. Horror and disbelief are the emotion of the hour. How could they? How could they turn their back on the one who loved them so? Had He not provided for their every need? Only true love would give so freely and ask so little. What love had Satan shown them? Didn’t they know how much their Lord had been through with the rebellion of Lucifer and his followers? These are the emotions the loyal angels are feeling as the Prince and Princess of Heaven approach.
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The Royal Family is in close council. Three separate times the Brilliant Light of the Holy Spirit shines so bright that it obscures the entire meeting place from view. The subject of the meeting, -The Plan of Redemption for the now fallen human race. The premise of the plan is that the Son of God would take the punishment for those that have transgressed the Father’s Law. Even though the plan only calls for one to die, every single member of the Royal Family must be willing to make a sacrifice that is beyond our comprehension. The sacrifice that both Mother and Father are asked to make if this plan is to be implemented, will task their heart to the breaking point and beyond.
The Father Jehovah is struggling; already His heart is being ripped apart. His love is so deep and pure it is beyond our comprehension. A love that is so extravagant you would have to say He has splurged at every opportunity. His unselfishness shows in every aspect of His creation. The splendor, grander and wealth that has been lavished on each individual shows His generosity. Each one has been created a sovereign and adorned as royalty. For each a crown has been created and set with dazzling gemstones from His treasury. Not only are they clothed with His Righteousness, but He has seen fit to further embellish and accessorize their clothing with gold and silver and precious stones. It is at His pleasure that their houses are mansions and the streets upon which they walk are made of purest gold. And it is by His design that they eat and drink freely from the tree and river of life.
Is it any wonder that the Father is now struggling with the thought of allowing His Son, His Only Begotten Son to die, giving His life to redeem the unrepentant Adam and Eve who are at this very instant standing in defiance to the constitution of Heaven and Earth. Even fallen human fathers have given their own lives to spare their loved ones from the torture and death that awaits His Son, if Adam and Eve are to be ransomed. Who would believe that Jehovah, the one in whose image human fathers were created, whose love is infinitely deeper and purer could be any less? Without a second thought for the sacrifice He and Gabriel will be asked to make, Michael begins to plead the case for Adam. Like His Parents, Michael’s love is deep and pure, emanating from the very essence of His Being. Michael understands that the Law which has been broken is an articulation of His Father’s very nature. His Father and the Law are indivisible. God the Father is the Constitution upon which the governments of Heaven and Earth are established. He cannot change nor can He die to make allowance for lawbreakers, just as the Father is everlasting so too is the Law. Adam and Eve have broken the Law, the penalty for which is death. Unless one with the capacity to give life agrees to take Adam’s punishment, Adam will be required to die the second death. Of the two in the Family of Jehovah that have ‘Life’ within themselves, only Michael is capable of giving His life to ransom Adam from this eternal death.
After what seems like eternity to some, the Royal Family has reached consensus, the meeting is complete. All are in agreement, even though the sacrifice is beyond our intellectual capacity, it is not deemed to be too great by the ones that count the most, the Family Michael will stand-in for man.
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The Prince and Princess of Heaven emerge to address the angelic host. Together they explain that an ‘Arrangement for Redemption’ has been secured to redeem the family Adam and his dominion. The angels listen in astonishment as the Prince of Heaven explains how He will give His life to take the punishment for all humanity. While the angels are elated at the knowledge that the family Adam can be reconciled to the Father, they are overwhelmed by the thought of their Prince taking the punishment of death. Weighted down with all these new emotions, they rip their crowns from off their heads and prostrate themselves before their merciful Lord; while some who have experienced firsthand this loving compassion, throw themselves at His feet begging that they could somehow be allowed to fulfill this mission for Him.
Michael thanks the angels for their offer, explaining that only His Blood is capable of covering the sins of humanity. He then begins to open up the ‘Arrangement for Redemption’ to them. Redemption will require the work of a family, not just any family, but a Divine Family. Three separate beings, two masculine and one feminine, two Redeemers and one Peace Treaty, Father, Son and Mother.
Michael continues with a thumbnail sketch of the plan. First He will lay aside His Glory and His dominion and return into His Mother’s womb. Next His Mother, the Holy Spirit, will travel to Earth, to meet with a mature human woman who has kept herself pure. After Mary has been properly notified by one of them, the Spirit of God will come to Mary and overshadow her. While the two feminine beings are standing, occupying the same space, one of flesh and one of Spirit, their wombs will meet. When the Holy Spirit leaves, She will leave behind a ‘Bit of Spirit’ in Mary’s womb. (Note: Mary became the first ‘surrogate mother by implantation’ the journals of man have ever recorded. Mary was still a virgin when the ‘Bit of Spirit’ implanted in Mary, by Jehovah’s Holy Spirit, attached to the wall of her womb – conception!) Mary will provide a body of flesh and blood for the Son of God who will now be called Yeshua (Savior/Redeemer). As Yeshua, He will grow up the son of a humble craftsman, living and working by the sweat of his brow in the humble carpenter’s shop to the age of maturity. In each and every day of His life He will demonstrate to the universe that His Father’s Law can be kept, that it is not too restrictive and out dated. Not only will He keep His Father’s Law but He will also live by the Laws of the Peace Treaty. All of this would be done in order that He might establish citizenship on Earth and kinship with Adam.
After kinship has been established, His Glory would join Him. Not as a Helpmeet mind you, but within, as Adam was during the time he named the subjects of his kingdom. Together in one, they would begin a ministry to mankind, the handy work of Their Creation, which would testify to the true character of Their Father. For three and one half years They would walk the earth, again the handy work of Their Creation, not as royalty, but as a human sentenced to death. At the end of this time Yeshua would willingly surrender His will and His life in order to ratify the Peace Treaty and set in motion the plan to redeem all who will accept Him.
The angels are told that their help will be needed. Everything must be chronicled; an accurate record of every event must be kept. Every thought, deed, action or inaction; everything including the motive, intent, location and circumstance must be recorded. The Peace Treaty had specific timetables built in and Satan would try to keep them from their appointed schedule. Even though Yeshua would be one hundred percent God living in a one hundred percent human body, He would have less than one third the strength, energy and stature of Adam. He would need them to strengthen and protect Him from time to time. There would be times when it would be unbearable for them to look upon the scene, but they must understand they could not rescue Him from the trials, only from murder.
After living a life that complied with all the ‘lawful’ laws of Earth and laws of Heaven, He would earn the right to be crowned King and take back Adam’s crown from Satan. But this could not be, Yeshua came to Earth to testify. “For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.” As the Second Adam, He will allow Himself to be raised up between Heaven and Earth for all to see, there to die the death of the testator. As He enters into that deep sleep like the first Adam, His Eve will be separated from Him. She will be ‘dipped’ in His blood and set free. (Leviticus 14:6)
The Second Adam and the Second Eve will now provide for mankind what the first Adam and Eve could not. A living heir, an heir who has ‘standing’ in court, an heir that can take back Adam’s crown from Satan. This child will be conceived in Heaven. “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.” Revelation 12:1-2. But like His Father He must be born on Earth. “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.” Revelation 12:3-5.
Two Redeemers and one Peace Treaty; one who would redeem man’s soul, one who would redeem man’s heritage and one who would provide for man a new birth. A birth that would allow mankind to become joint-heirs with Her firstborn Son; heirs to the inheritance of the Man Yeshua. Remember the story of Boaz the kinsman redeemer. Not only will we be joint heirs and inherit from our Father Yeshua, but we will also inherit from our dead father Adam, As sons and daughters of our living Father Yeshua we will again be clothed, clothed in the beautiful light of our Fathers Righteousness. As sons and daughters of our dead father Adam we will inherit ownership in the Earth. We will become princes and princesses in the kingdom of Adam.
The Peace Treaty is there for one purpose, to bring us back into compliance with the Treaty. When we compare the Peace Treaty as a complete package to the Second Eve’s role in providing us a ‘new birth’, we find that they mesh perfectly. First a child will learn from his mother a moral ethic that will allow him to interact with society without breaking his father’s law. He will also learn from his mother how much his father loves him and sacrifices for him. In our case the Holy Spirit does all this for us, writing our Father’s law on our hearts and in our minds, while giving us the ‘new birth’. But She cannot do this for us if we refuse to be nourished and nurtured by Her during the ‘Gestation Period’. The Holydays listed in Leviticus chapter twenty-three provide us a list of appointments where we must meet with Her if we want to receive the ‘new birth’. These appointments match the ‘Gestation Period’ perfectly. For example, it is near the end of the fourteenth day of the month when the egg arrives ready to be fertilized. And then there is a twenty-four hour window of opportunity (Passover) in which the egg can be fertilized before it passes on out of the body. If the egg is fertilized it will attach to the wall of the womb in two to six days (First Fruits). Fifty days after attaching to the wall of the womb (Pentecost), the embryo takes form and can be recognized as a child. On the first day of the seventh month (Feast of Trumpets) the baby is able to hear sounds from outside the womb. On the tenth day of the seventh month (Atonement) the baby’s hemoglobin becomes self sustaining. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month (Feast of Tabernacles) the lungs are fully developed. Birth takes place on the tenth day of the ninth month (First day of the eight day feast of Hanukkah) and circumcision eight days later. Is it any wonder Satan would like us to forget about these special days?
Yeshua said “If ye keep my commandments (Peace Treaty), ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments (Treaty), and abide in his love.” John 15:10.
As mentioned earlier, Yeshua also lived according to the laws of the Peace Treaty, not as a child yearning to be reconciled to His parents, but as a Father yearning for His children to be reconciled to Him. According to the principles of the His own Law and His Father’s Law, He begins His work on first day of the week and finishes it on the sixth day, then rests on Sabbath. For example, He was born on what we call Sunday, the first day of the week, the eighteenth day of the seventh month. The customs of man would dictate that He obtain the age of thirty before He could begin His public ministry. He was set apart by John’s baptism two days before His thirtieth birthday on Friday, the sixth day of the week, the sixteenth day of the seventh month. This allows Him to close out His private ministry and then rest over Sabbath, before beginning His public ministry. Then on Sunday, the eighteenth day of this same month, the day that would be His thirtieth birthday, He was called by the Spirit to begin His public ministry. After ministering for three and one half years He surrendered His life, paying the penalty for humanity, on Friday the sixteenth day of the first month. After resting in the grave over Sabbath, He arose triumphant, cut off from sin and death on Sunday the eighteenth day of the first month, the ‘midst’ of the Passover week. (Daniel 9:27)
Adam and Eve came forth from their Creator’s hand, not naked as they stand today, but clothed in a Royal Garment; a garment of light that enshrouded every square inch of their nakedness. This beautiful soft white light, like fine linen, was God’s Righteousness imparted to man. The gift came with strings attached. As long as Adam and Eve lived according to the laws of their Creator, the garment of light was theirs to wear and pass on to their children. With the breaking of the law, the nakedness of man became apparent. Not only the nakedness of their body wherein their flesh was now visible, but also the nakedness of character in that they were now morally bankrupt.
Even if man could somehow miraculously return and keep God’s law. There is no mechanism, either internal or external by which man could reproduce this garment. The Righteousness of God the Father can only be passed down from father to son. There is not a needle and thread nor a plant whose leaves could supply the cloth to replace the covering of Righteousness that has now been lost, because this covering emanates from the inside. The ‘works’ of man are all in vain because “all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth.” Every man must be born again, born of the Spirit, before they/we can again wear the robe of light, which is our Father’s Righteousness. Yeshua said “...Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3. Years before He walked this Earth the Holy Spirit led Isaiah to write that He would be called the “Everlasting Father”.
Adam and Eve stood naked in their garden home. They had traded their innocence for knowledge; their covering of God’s Righteousness for the nakedness of unrighteousness. Like a narcotic, the knowledge of evil was addicting. Each new piece of information, outside of the Constitution given to them by God, took them to new heights, but alas it also brought them down to new depths. The cool of the evening was rapidly approaching. Always before they had looked forward to this time; but now, how could they entertain the Prince and Princess of Heaven in their present state of undress? The garment of leaves they had made for themselves did not cover their disgrace, so they hid themselves from their Creators.
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Michael and Gabriel hurry to Earth. The Plan of Redemption is of little value unless it is explained to and accepted by Adam and Eve. Even though Adam and Eve have fallen, their sovereignty is still respected. The foreign diplomats arrive under a flag of truce. Not much time is left; unless the Plan is agreed to, the death angel will soon take wing. At first the meeting is tense, Adam is argumentative and accusing, while Eve acts timid and refuses to take responsibility for her actions. Elohim is patient allowing them both, to work through their emotions: fear, anger, blame, shame, regret, remorse and finally, repentance. After everything that has transpired on this day, their emotions are out of control. How could anyone be in control of their emotions when they learn that Michael, Prince of Heaven, one of the two beautiful Beings standing before them, has agreed to take their punishment for them? Adam and Eve finally understand how exalted and sacred the Law of God is, that it would require so great a sacrifice to save the human family from eternal death. The severity of breaking the Law that is the foundation of the Governments of Heaven and Earth is brought intensely home. In true repentance they fall on their faces and plead to be allowed to take their own punishment, the thought of the Prince of Heaven giving His life to ransom theirs is beyond their understanding.
The signature showing they understand and accept the Plan is not just their names written in beautiful cursive on the bottom of a document like John Hancock’s name on the Declaration of Independence. No it is much more than that. First, to show that they truly understand that someone else must die in their stead, they are required to take the life of an innocent lamb just as if they were raising their hand against the Lamb of God Himself. Second, after the life blood has drained out upon the earth and a coat of skin has been made for them, they must wear their new clothing to show they believe in the Redemptive power found in the blood of the Lamb of God.
This new covering is God’s Righteousness imputed. It does not look the same, it does not feel the same nor does it wear the same as the beautiful white light they once wore. But if worn and replaced continually according to the Law of the Peace Treaty it will protect them in the time of judgment from the penalty of the second death.
In the course of time the directive to be ‘fruitful’ would have lead Adam and Eve to reproduce their image in the Earth. If sin had not entered upon the scene the family on earth would have perfectly reflected the Family in Heaven. We must remember that Adam was created in the express image of God the Father and imbued with the ‘knowledge of good’. As such, Adam is the curator of the constitution, ‘knowledge of good’, he is head of the family and occupies the seat of the legislative branch of government. Eve, who was with Adam from the beginning, was created in the express image of God the Holy Spirit. She was created as a helpmeet, a partner, she was instilled with the ability to lead, guide, instruct and nurture in the family and in the government of her husband. She is his executive officer, both in his family and in his government. According to the blueprint Cain would have been born with his helpmeet and seed contained within. From birth he would have been covered in a robe of light and by right of birth he would have inherited the judicial branch of his father’s government. After completing a task (as far as I know this task has not yet been defined by inspiration) Cain would have been divided. At the time he was divided the birthright would also have been divided. Cain would have held the civil birthright while his helpmeet would have held the spiritual birthright. Together they would have occupied the judicial office, one to judge in matters of state while the other would judge in matters of religion.
But sin has a way of changing things. None of Adam’s children were born covered in a robe of light, neither were they born with their mate contained within. God understood the lust for power and authority that would come with sin, and that under the influence of sin, the judicial offices of church and state could not be allowed to be held by one family. To this end Elohim separated the offices of church and state allowing the family of Cain to only inherit the civil birthright while giving the spiritual birthright to his brother Abel. Elohim told Eve her conception would be multiplied. When we take into consideration the fact that Eve must now conceive twice in order to fill the judicial offices plus the fact she must conceive twice in order to provide both Cain and Abel a sister, for a helpmeet, it becomes clear why she was told her conception would be multiplied.
This separation of the judicial branch of Adam’s government, did not in any way remove religious requirements from those entrusted with civil authority. Civil authority is still obligated to abide by the Peace Treaty. The natural obligation the created owes to his creator is still binding upon mankind regardless of their station in civil or religious authority.
From his divinely appointed position, as judge in matters civil, in the kingdom of his father Adam, Cain presumed to judge God. Cain was angry with Elohim, angry that They had driven his parents out of their garden home. He took the time to talk these things over with his brother Abel. He tried to recruit him, as judge in matters spiritual, to join with him in pronouncing judgement upon God. He explained that only if they were united could they force God to allow their parents back into Eden. Abel knew this was wrong. Not only was it outside of their jurisdiction to judge their father’s King, it was going against the Peace Treaty their father had signed. He sensed the danger and pled with his brother to abandon his course. He explained to Cain that the two of them uniting in an unlawful cause would come to no better end than when Lucifer unionized the angels in an attempt to force God the Father to the bargaining table. Cain argued back, he tried to use his position as older and wiser brother. He at first tried logic and when this was unsuccessful, he tried emotion, to convince Abel to stand with him. After all didn’t their mother deserve to live out her days in her beloved garden home? Abel stood firmly upon the word of God. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength”.
As the days passed, one of God’s ‘appointed days’ came; a day that required each family to bring a lamb to be sacrificed. Cain came to the altar without the appropriate offering. He came in his own righteousness. He brought no blood; he made no confession of sin refusing to acknowledge any need for mercy. His works were not ‘good works’, they did not glorify his Heavenly Father. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16. It was as though he banged down the gavel and shouted guilty when he refused to bring a lamb to his altar. Against Cain’s wishes Abel came to his altar with a lamb. He did not presume to sit in judgement of his creator. He came and shed blood; he acknowledged his need for mercy, his works were ‘good works’ because they brought glory to the Royal Family who would sacrifice so much to redeem him. His sacrifice was accepted and he was covered in his Redeemer’s righteousness.
“And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?” Cain answered “I know not: am I my brother's keeper?” Not only was this answer a lie, but it was a declaration to God stating Cain had chosen Satan the father of lies to be his spiritual father. Cain knew exactly what had happened to Abel. Cain had been furious with his brother because he had not been able to ‘compel’ him to disobey God and join him in this new rebellion. He was enraged even further when God sent fire down from Heaven to consume Abel’s offering, leaving his unaccepted on the altar. Cain said in his heart, if Jehovah wants blood, I will give blood. Cain called Abel into the field where he fell upon him and offered his blood to God. God could not honor this offering any more than he could honor the offering of produce from Cain’s garden; neither of these offerings met the requirements of the peace treaty.
Cain, the representative of civil authority went out and slew Abel, the representative of spiritual authority, Elohim’s first prophet. In this snapshot from history we can see the headwaters of a river that will flow to the end of time. In the nations, Abel will represent the people who follow God’s laws and are persecuted and slain by their civil government. In the churches Abel represents the laity; the congregation from which the prophets are called. The laity are continually oppressed and persecuted by the clergy, civil arm of the church, because their unswerving faith is a living reproof to the leadership. There should not be a civil arm of the church but there will always be those who will sell out their sacred position and join with civil authority in order to enjoy the ‘compelling’ and oppressive power that comes with this union. Abel did not try to ‘compel’ Cain to obey God’s law; the obedient do not wage war upon the disobedient. ‘Compelling’ power is found only under Satan's government, those who do not respect God or His law will oppress, persecute and kill those that do, many times doing so purportedly in the same name for which they have so little respect.
After the murder of Abel, Cain was given the opportunity to confess his crime. He did not avail himself of this opportunity. Instead he withdrew from his God and from his father’s house. No longer would Cain come to worship his creator on the ‘appointed days’ specified in the peace treaty signed by his parents. From that fateful day onward Cain chose to worship Gods of his own creation. Cain believed and set out to demonstrate that he now owned, by right of conquest, the position of judge in matters religious, the position once held by his brother Abel. Just as Cain, judge in matters civil, had tried to ‘compel’ Abel, judge in matters religious, to worship God according to his wishes; Cain’s worship system would do the same. Under this system, civil authority would be allowed to violate an individual’s sovereignty ‘compelling’ them to worship against their conscience. Because of their worshiping and forcing others to worship their counterfeit gods on counterfeit holydays the descendants of Cain would come to be known as the ‘sons and daughters of men’.
As the term counterfeit indicates, Cain’s triad of gods would be an imitation, albeit poor imitation of the Family Jehovah. Cain’s system of worship would ‘compel’ one to celebrate and worship the creation rather than the Creator. The father figure in this religion would be a benevolent god, one who loves all equally; one who allows his favor to shine upon the good and bad alike. To worship this deity the sons and daughters of man would worship and celebrate the rising sun. Cain’s system also included a feminine member. Unlike in the true, she was not a wife to his father figure but rather a consort, a seductress or temptress. In order to worship and win the favor of this deity her followers would worship and celebrate springtime and the new life and fertility associated with it. All who would seek her favor must be willing to sacrifice their own attractiveness and long hair (their own glory), their chastity (their husband’s glory) or both. Continuing to mimic the true the last in Cain’s triad of gods is a son figure. A son born out of an illicit affair between Cain’s other gods, father and temptress. Like his mother this god will also demand worship and sacrifice, terrible rituals wherein innocent children are tortured and burned in an effort to obtain his favor. To show how diametrically opposed Cain’s system is from the true; we find in his system mankind is asked to make incomprehensible sacrifices to god whereas in Jehovah’s system of worship the Family Jehovah makes an incomprehensible sacrifice for mankind.
With the death of Abel, it would appear another victory for Satan, the line that would come to be known as the sons and daughters of God had been cut off from the earth. But God had a plan. A precedent that would serve to be a source of joy and hope, a living illustration of the law by which Yeshua would raise up a living child in the name of dead man Adam. Seth was born to the family Adam and according to Eve’s testimony he came as a replacement for her dead son Abel. Parents that have lost a child understand that nothing can take the place in their heart for a child whom they have grown to know and love when that child has died; so this must not be what Eve was referring to when she said “God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel”. Consider the fact; both Cain and Abel were born with a twin sister to be their helpmeet, whereas Seth was born only in his father’s image. Abel had died without an heir, ending the line through which Messiah was to come. A brother, a near kinsman, was needed to reinstate the name of Abel on the earth. This is what Eve was referring to, when she made the statement. Upon reaching maturity Seth took his brother’s widow to wife “And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.” Deuteronomy 25:6.
When we trace the lineage of Mary, the surrogate mother of Yeshua, back to Adam, we find it leads back through Enos the son of Seth. We also find this same thing to be true when we trace the lineage of Joseph, the adoptive father of Yeshua. Both lines come through Enos the first born son of Seth. As Seth’s first born, Enos is not only heir to the fortune and name of his dead father Abel but he also heir to the name and fortune of his living father Seth. Enos chose to glorify God and follow the principles of the Peace treaty. He came not in his own righteousness but instead accepted the covering of the “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” He inherited the spiritual birthright from his father Abel, and became the representative of spiritual authority, Elohim’s second prophet, on the earth. It is recorded about him, “then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.”
God continues to respect man’s sovereignty; those who choose to name God as their Father, “call upon the name of the LORD” are chosen by God and are called sons and daughters of God. This is worrisome to Satan and it was at his instigation “That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair.” From observing humanity for over nine hundred years he knew that the daughters of men would find keeping God’s Holydays boring compared to the exciting and titillating holidays of men. By taking wives from the descendants of Cain they have secured for themselves executive officers who would lead, guide and direct after the manner they were taught, or according to the constitution of their fathers, instead of after the constitution of their husbands. This course of action lead mankind away from God until at the time of Noah, there was only one family calling upon the name of the Lord.
Lineage, inheritance and the begats
Many while reading through their Bible come to the begats and wonder why this mind numbing information is so dutifully recorded in the scriptures. Others come to these same verses and are excited by the wealth of information they provide. It makes little difference which camp you find yourself in, the truth of the matter is that all this information was recorded to show the lineage and inheritance of one single man, Yeshua. This truth is validated in the fact that after these official records were used to substantiate and confirm His lineage back to Adam through David, Jesse, Judah, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham; and His birthright to David’s Throne, the Throne of Judgment, the only certified copy of these official records was allowed to be destroyed.
Very few of us living today are able to trace our ancestry back more than a few hundred years. Even if one belligerently claims they can prove their ancestry back to Adam; they have not afforded themselves any real advantage, because without the intervention of a redeemer, the only thing they can hope to inherit is death. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22. This information is so very important for those trying to understand the principles of salvation, because salvation is an inheritance. There is another aspect of salvation that is important to understand. The instant Michael agreed to become the “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”, His future death could be monetized and a bank account opened allowing Adam and Eve to live in the Kingdom of Grace even before this covenant was ratified. At the bush that burned, Michael answered Moses’ question as to who He was with, “I am that I am”. The Only Begotten Son of God had come from the Father as an ambassador of good will, He was wearing the King’s signet ring and He answered using His Family name, Jehovah. His answer denotes His eternity and immutability, a Being that is self-existent; a Being that would never renege upon a promise. It was His ‘willingness’ that was meritorious while it was His eternity and immutability that made these future funds available immediately.
We on the other hand are not self-existent. We exist at the pleasure of the one in whose image we are created, and as such we are His heritage. Every son or daughter of Adam whether they came through the lineage of Cain or Abel, is a heritage of God. Unfortunately from that fateful day at the tree of knowledge of good and evil onward, each one of us comes into this world a ‘subject’ of two separate kingdoms with diametrically opposed constitutions. The Constitution ‘Knowledge of Good’ comes to us from our Father Jehovah, while the constitution ‘knowledge of evil’ comes from our father Satan. This is what Yeshua was speaking of when He told the parable “The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat”.
Even after sin, God continues to respect, each son of Adam and each daughter of Eve’s sovereignty. Each has been given freedom of choice, freedom to choose which constitution they wish to live under, and who they wish to name as their king. Just as salvation is an inheritance, so too is damnation. Those who choose ‘good works’ and call upon the name of the Lord will inherit eternal life while those who choose ‘evil works’ and follow after their father the devil will inherit eternal damnation.
At this point some might be confused and believe that I am teaching salvation by works. Let me set the record straight. Salvation (restoration to righteousness) is an inheritance; it is a free gift from parent to child. It cannot be bought, it cannot be sold, it cannot be bartered for or traded, but it can be refused. On the other hand Yeshua Himself said. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16. Only when these two concepts are harmonized does it become crystal clear that works do not play any role in salvation, they only point out which father we wish to glorify.
Satan was ecstatic when he saw his archenemy Michael, now known as Yeshua dying on the cross. But after the resurrection morning, when the Gospel began to spread like wildfire, Satan became greatly troubled. To the grand master of chess this was like Michael capturing all of his pieces except himself and a handful of his pawns, in one move. Again Satan is on the defensive. He knows that if this new reformation is not checked his end is at hand. Calling upon his vast experience, and mustering all of his remaining pawns, he led man to, “think to change times and laws”. In others words change the dates upon which the Holydays of God are celebrated, moving them to the days upon which the pagan holidays are celebrated. While this appears to be another brilliant move by Satan, it did not produce the desired effect for two reasons. The first is very easy to see. Satan did not count on how many would follow the example of Yeshua and willingly surrender their life; like Abel the very first martyr, they refused to be ‘compelled’ by civil authority to disobey God. This one misjudgment turned out to be like pouring oil on the gospel wildfire.
Like in the first, in the second instance Satan has no one to blame but himself. For ages he had stood in the presence of Jehovah. He had known Him to be pure Truth, pure Generosity and pure Love. But beyond that he had witnessed firsthand God’s grace. His rebellion had divided the angelic host into three groups; the first group of angels had remained faithful to Jehovah and had refused to listen to his murmurings. The second group had wavered, they had gone to his recruitment rallies and listened to his complaints, but when they recognized he was the liar - not God and repented, he witnessed them receiving forgiveness, while he and the remaining ‘third part’ was cast out of Heaven.
Just before he leads Adam and Eve into rebellion, while he is taking inventory of his accomplishments, he realizes how unhappy he truly is and how much he has thrown away. He calls out to a passing loyal angel and asks him to tell Michael that he is repentant of his rebellion and wishes a meeting. Acting in good faith Michael hurries to meet with him and hear in person his confession of repentance only to find it to be a meeting of limited surrender. Lucifer informs Michael that if the Father will restore him to his original place he will call off the rebellion and return to be a loyal subject. He sees Michael weep for him and knows that if he had been truly repentant, if he had humbled himself as Michael is willing to humble Himself for us, grace could have been afforded him.
During the time Yeshua walked this earth He witnessed God’s love for fallen man, “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 and still he did not take the time to understand grace. He was standing there at the foot of the cross urging on the mockers, the jeerers and those who were condemning God’s Only Begotten Son as being a fraud and an imposter, when Yeshua utters the words only pure love could speak at a time like this. “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Even though He has witnessed all of this firsthand, he still cannot comprehend the depths of God’s Love and His abundant Mercy and Grace.
How could a being that is so selfish he would commit murder to gain a position that does not belong to him, comprehend the ways of Beings who so love that they would give up their own positions to redeem murderers? How did Satan miss the point that when truth is trodden down and mankind is ‘compelled’ in ignorance, that a loving God will not abandon them? When Christians, “call upon the name of the LORD” on pagan holidays (days sanctified by man) instead of God’s appointed Holydays and do so in ignorance, they are covered by God’s Grace. God is not pleased that His people are ignorant of His Laws; no He weeps and yearns for them to return and keep His Statutes and Judgments. On the other hand He will not condemn them or turn His back on them in their ignorance. This is a part of salvation Satan cannot understand. God’s grace is extended to man in the very depths of sin; man is not required to recognize his need before receiving grace. Grace is afforded first and only then is man called into ‘good works’.
Throughout this world’s history there have been only two choices. Choice one is to name Satan as your father and “enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season”. With this choice you will bind your future with his future and become joint heirs with him to an inheritance in the “lake of fire and brimstone” which is the ‘second death’. The other choice is to name Jehovah as your Father, become joint heirs with His Only Begotten Son Yeshua and “suffer affliction” with Him knowing the ‘second death’ will have no hold upon you. Up until a few years ago these were our only two choices, but recently things have changed and now there is a third choice.
In the fall of the year two thousand and eight, the seventh seal of Revelation chapter eight opened. The visible sign or the evidence of this truth is the fact that the economies of every nation on Earth stumbled. To understand the significance of the opening of this seal, we must hear what happens in Heaven when the angel associated with this seal begins to sound. “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 11:15. The persons referred to in this verse as “our Lord” is Yeshua and “his Christ” is none other than His own “right arm”, His very own Only Begotten Son. This is the ‘alive child’ Michael and Gabriel promised to provide for Adam and Eve. Although He has not yet been born, God is preparing His Kingdom and Dominion. Just as Adam’s kingdom was prepared beforehand, the ground work for the Kingdom Yeshua asked us to pray for is now actively underway.
God assures us through His prophets that there will be one hundred and forty-four thousand who recognize the signs and take advantage of this third option. This third option is to name Yeshua as our Father, become joint heirs with His Biological Son and move into the Kingdom of Glory. The Kingdom of Glory will begin with this small number but it will grow exponentially thereafter until it grows and fills the whole Earth. Only by the Grace of God are we allowed to understand His ‘mystery’ and ‘secret’. The mystery of God is, and has always been, that He would adopt us into His family and allow us to become ‘joint heirs’ with His own biological Son. It is called a mystery because even when one understands that Salvation is an Inheritance, they are still mystified as to why God would give so much to humanity as to adopt them into His Family. God’s secret is, and always has been, time. Even though time is His secret, God has always been faithful to disclose current events through His servants the prophets.
Yeshua continues to respect our sovereignty. By His grace we are lifted out of the depths of sin and placed on solid ground where we are invited to choose from whom we wish to inherit. With Yeshua there is no intimidation or arm twisting, just an open invitation to choose Him as our Father and show others who we have chosen by our works. He himself told us, “If you keep My commandments you will continue in My love, as I have kept My Father's commandments and continue in His love.” John 15:10. Yeshua is the author of the ‘Book of the Law’; amongst its pages you will find a synopsis of His work on our behalf as our Lamb and our High Priest. Remember, not one of the animal sacrifices listed in this Law, in and of themselves is sufficient to secure salvation for one single soul. They are only to be used as an example so we can understand what our High Priest is doing for us in the Heavenly Sanctuary. Although we cannot worship with Him in person we can worship with Him in spirit by setting aside our labor on these special days and honoring Him as our High Priest.
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