glory to GOD FOR TRUTH Amen ! “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun…and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered” (Rev. 12:1-2). We have pointed out that the temple and the two witnesses are figures of a progressive unfolding of the Lord in and through His people. The ministry of the two witnesses issues forth out of the temple, and the two witnesses are caught up to heaven, into a high realm in the Spirit, following which they are seen as the “temple of God in heaven.” The temple of God is then opened in the heavens of the Spirit and the ark of the covenant (Christ in you) is seen in God’s temple. Immediately John sees a “great wonder” in heaven — a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, a crown of twelve stars upon her head, travailing in birth to be delivered of a manchild. The two-witness-temple-ark people are now seen under yet another figure, that of the woman bearing the manchild! Now, can you not see that the “ark” that was seen “in the temple of God” when the temple was “opened” answers to the manchild that is obvious in the belly of the travailing woman, ready to come forth into manifestation! The deep mystery the Holy Spirit would make real to us here is that it is the union of the two witnesses — the spirit and the word within us — that conceives the manchild within us, making us the woman ready to be delivered of the manchild. In nature every child is conceived through union of male and female, of sperm and ovum. If there be no union, no joining of two, there will be no conception of life. God has revealed this profound mystery of union bringing forth life within His very own nature! In the increasing light with which God is filling the hearts of His elect, this scripture, “Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is ONE Lord,” bears a depth of meaning greater far and deeper than the surface truth that there is only one true person of God. That this passage may become clearer to our minds, scintillating in heaven’s light like the ray which is broken into many prismatic hues, consider now the glorious things concealed in this mighty word of the Lord. A clear understanding of this truth will bring us back to the significance of the conception and birth of the manchild. The Lord our God is ONE. One, in the numerology of scripture, means UNITY, UNITED, UNDIVIDED, UNFRAGMENTED. One is the primary number, denoting beginning or source. Unity being indivisible, and not made up of other numbers, is therefore independent of all others, and is the source of all others. “One,” excludes all difference, for there is no second with which it can either harmonize or conflict. One means unity and unity comes from the word “unit.” In reference to His substance, God is SPIRIT. In reference to His state of being, God is ONE. That which is ONE is that which is UNITED, UNDIVIDED, UNFRAGMENTED. Oneness speaks of unity, harmony, singleness, concord, solidarity. God is ONE! The fact that there is one God must not be confused with the truth that God is one. Surely HE alone is God! But this one God, furthermore, IS ONE WITHIN HIMSELF. In all the facets of His being He is united, undivided, and unfragmented. His nature, state of being, mind, will, and purpose cannot in any way be influenced, affected, persuaded, moved, frustrated, changed, altered, damaged, destroyed, made discordant, or set at variance in any way. The character of God is eternal, changeless, unaffected. The love, joy, peace, righteousness, wisdom, justice, power, and will of God do not rise and fall, rise and fall, rise and fall. Matters not what happens nor what men or devils say or do, the love of God, the purpose of God, the power of God are steadfast, unmoved, unquenched, unaffected, without fluctuation. He is Yahweh, the SELF-EXISTENT ONE. He is ONE. No power in the universe can cause any deviation whatsoever in God’s nature, will, or action.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:46:06 +0000
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