We live in a crypt (realm of the dead) - This is The Lake of Fire - We will continue returning (Prisoners of the Planet) until our purpose is complete - God is both the author of evil and Love - There is no 'uncaused' choice (no freewill) - God is completely Sovereign (we hold no cards) - We are the Beast - We are the False Prophet - We are the devil - We are the Body of Adam/Christ - We are ONE person
We live in a crypt...
"We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE REMAINS IN DEATH." -1 John 3:14 (NIV) “Jesus said unto him, LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:60) “FOR GREAT IS YOUR LOVE TOWARD ME; YOU HAVE DELIVERED ME FROM THE DEPTHS, FROM THE REALM OF THE DEAD.” (Psalm 86:13 NIV)
This is the Lake of Fire...
Christ IS the Word of God: “…and HIS NAME IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD.” -Revelation 19:13 (KJV) – We are the Body of Christ: “Now YE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST…” (1 Cor 12:27)
The refining of gold, the refining of silver – the furnace of affliction… these are all references to the refining of the heart… a refining for whatever the purpose may be…
"And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times." -Psalms 12:6 (NIV) “See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION.” (Isaiah 48:10 NIV) “The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but THE LORD TESTS THE HEART.” (Proverbs 17:3 NIV)
We keep returning...
Death after death, birth after birth…
The Living Water that now saves us is yet to fill the earth…
The Fire that purifies our hearts…
“…There are THREE THINGS THAT ARE NEVER SATISFIED, YEA, FOUR THINGS say not, It is enough: THE GRAVE; and THE BARREN WOMB; the EARTH THAT IS NOT FILLED WITH WATER; and the FIRE THAT SAITH NOT, IT IS ENOUGH.” (Prov 30:15-16, KJV)
“THOU TURNEST MAN TO DESTRUCTION; and sayest, RETURN, YE CHILDREN OF MEN. For A THOUSAND YEARS IN THY SIGHT ARE BUT AS YESTERDAY WHEN IT IS PAST, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; THEY ARE AS A SLEEP: IN THE MORNING THEY ARE LIKE GRASS WHICH GROWETH UP.” (Psalm 90:3-5)
“Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said: ‘NAKED I CAME FROM MY MOTHER’S WOMB, AND NAKED SHALL I RETURN THERE. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.’” (Job 1:20-21)
As Prisoners of the Planet...
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. AND THEY SHALL BE GATHERED TOGETHER, AS PRISONERS ARE GATHERED IN THE PIT, AND SHALL BE SHUT UP IN THE PRISON, AND AFTER MANY DAYS SHALL THEY BE VISITED. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.” (Isaiah 24:21-23)
“There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, PRISONERS IN MISERY AND CHAINS, Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High. Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH AND BROKE THEIR BANDS APART.” -Psalms 107:10-14 (NASB)
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, TO PROCLAIM FREEDOM FOR THE CAPTIVES AND RELEASE FROM DARKNESS FOR THE PRISONERS...” -Isaiah 61:1 (NIV)
We are already perfect (even in Willoughby)… we just don’t know it…
"Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, UNTO A PERFECT MAN, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ..." -Ephesians 4:13 (KJV)
"He [God] chooses us in Him [Christ] before the disruption [foundation] of the world, we to be HOLY and FLAWLESS [PERFECT] in His sight..." (Eph. 1:4)
"You, then, shall be PERFECT as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Mat. 5:48)
"I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made PERFECT IN ONE; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent me, and hast loved Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me."(John 17:23)
Love...
"Dear friends, let us LOVE ONE ANOTHER, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God." (1 John 4:7) "Whoever does not love does not know God, because GOD IS LOVE." (1 John 4:8) "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. GOD IS LOVE. WHOEVER LIVES IN LOVE LIVES IN GOD, AND GOD IN THEM." (1 John 4:16)
God is the Author of Evil...
“…GOD HAS BOUND ALL MEN OVER TO DISOBEDIENCE SO THAT HE MAY HAVE MERCY ON THEM ALL.” (Romans 11:32, NIV) “...SHALL THERE BE EVIL IN A CITY, AND THE LORD HATH NOT DONE IT?” (Amos 3:6, KJV) “I form the light, and create darkness: I MAKE PEACE, AND CREATE EVIL: I the LORD do all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7, KJV)
There is no 'uncaused' choice
"Man’s goings are OF THE LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?" (Proverbs 20:24) "For it is God which works in you both TO WILL and TO DO of His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13) “O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; IT IS NOT IN MAN WHO WALKS TO DIRECT HIS OWN STEPS.” (Jeremiah 10:23, NKJV) “THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP,
BUT ITS EVERY DECISION IS FROM THE LORD.” (Proverbs 16:33)
ALL will be saved (unchained from this damn prison)
“For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ ALL WILL BE MADE ALIVE.”
-1 Corinthians 15:22 (NASB)
"Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath. He shall say, ' SURELY IN THE LORD I HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS and strength. To Him men shall come, And ALL shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him..." (Isaiah 45:22-24, NKJV)
"The LORD will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF OUR GOD." (Isaiah 52:10, NIV)
We are the Beast...
"I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that THEY THEMSELVES ARE BEASTS." (Ecclesiastes 3:18) "So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as A BEAST before thee." (Psalm 73:22) "But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, AS BRUTE BEASTS, in those things they corrupt themselves" (Jude 10).
We are the False Prophet...
“But, take heed of THE FALSE PROPHETS, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.” (Matthew 7:15, YLT) “…MANY FALSE PROPHETS will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” (Matthew 24:11-12) “But there were FALSE PROPHETS also among the people, even as there shall be FALSE TEACHERS among you, who privily SHALL BRING IN DAMNABLE HERESIES, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.” (2 Peter 2:1)
We are the devil...
“But EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED, WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN LUST, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” (James 1:14-15, KJV)
Deceived by the serpent...
"...And the woman said, THE SERPENT BEGUILED ME, and I did eat." (Gen 3:13)
The serpent, the sinner… one and the SAME!
Deceived by sin…
“For SIN, taking occasion by the commandment, DECEIVED ME, and by it slew me.” (Rom 7:11)
“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; THAT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL…” (Hbr 2:14)
Christ came to destroy SIN:
“…he appeared to put away SIN by the sacrifice of himself.” (Hebrews 9:26) “…Christ died for our SINS…” (1 Cor 15:3) “…his own self bare our SINS in his own body on the tree...” (1 Peter 2:24) “…he was manifested to take away our SINS…” (1 John 3:5)
SIN is the cause of DEATH…
“…the wages of SIN is DEATH…” (Romans 6:23) “…by one man SIN entered into the world and DEATH by SIN…” (Romans 5:12) “The sting of DEATH is SIN...” (1 Cor 15:56)
The ‘power of death’ IS ‘SIN’ IS the ‘DEVIL’ thus SIN=DEVIL. He is our ‘old man’ – the ‘body of sin’
“Knowing this, that OUR OLD MAN is crucified with him , that THE BODY OF SIN might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” (Rom 6:6, KJV) “That ye put off concerning the former conversation THE OLD MAN, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts…” (Eph 4:22) “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off THE OLD MAN with his deeds; And have PUT ON THE NEW MAN…” (Col 3:9-10)
We are the Body of Adam/Christ
Adam, the physical Son...
"Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of ADAM, WHICH WAS THE SON OF GOD." (Luke 3:38)
Christ, the Spiritual Son...
“So it is written: ‘The first man Adam became a living being’; THE LAST ADAM, A LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT.” -1 Corinthians 15:45 (NIV)
We are ONE person!
"For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST, AND EVERY ONE MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER."
-Romans 12:4-5 (KJV)
IN Adam, IN Christ
"For as IN ADAM all die, so IN CHRIST all will be made alive."
-1 Corinthians 15:22 (NIV)