It
is the Glory of God to Conceal a Matter,
It
is the Glory of Kings to Search out a Matter.
Proverbs
25:2
MYSTERIES
OF GOD
Introduction
Revelation, inspiration, searching, knocking,
asking; these are all pathways that lead a
seeker into the knowledge of the mysteries
of God. "God is a Spirit," says the
scripture. His divine existence is one that
can only be perceived, believed on a non-sensing
level. If I say that I know God, whom you neither
know nor see, you can only judge my assertions
on the basis of my personal credibility. Some
spokes persons for God or more credible than
others. The early apostles did not so much
argue the existence of God as a theory or concept
but to prove His existence by supernatural
attestations, demonstrating the Power of God.
(1Corinthians 2). So we have the matter of
proving to a materialistic non believing world
that God is real and that He still has a part
in the day to day affairs of this world and
its occupants.
Progressive Revelation
God is a god of mysteries
and hidden things. The parables taught by Jeshua
(Jesus) had within them truth at varying levels,
plain story-level truth and higher spiritual
level revelation. There is and always was that
matter of hidden truth. To Christ's disciples
it was given to know the secrets of the Kingdom
of God while others received no more than a
moral homily. God reveals himself to some and
not to others. Heaven and its mysteries are
not laid bare for any to intrude upon as there
are defining limits between darkness and heavenly
light. The Bible truths and hidden mysteries
are not delineated as point by point, topic
by topic facts and realities. Thus the key
to unpacking and deciphering the Word of God
can not be achieved strictly by academic skills
and study alone. Without the Holy Spirit which
is the teacher and discipler of truth we are
limited pretty much to the moral homily level
of the listener.
We
are given understanding in the light of Jeshua
(Jesus) in a line by line, precept upon precept,
understanding that Jesus is the Word of God,
Itself the greatest mystery. For when the Scripture
is made known in its completeness we
shall See Him as He IS.
The
following writings deal with the subject of
Mysteries. They do little more than introduce
the topics of God's mysteries, some of the
mysteries. There remains, more, much more to
be gleaned within these domains of study. Moreover,
there are likely more and more mysteries and
mysteries within mysteries which will come
into our field of view in due time.
Revelation
is progressive and always deepening as His
truth is being revealed by God's Holy Spirit
in God's divine time. God is withholding
certain things from us because it is not yet
His time. Contrary to some ecclesiastical authorities
we do not have all the answers (facts) as to
Who God is and what His complete plan is for
His Body, The Church (another mystery).
Matthew
16:16 But who say ye that I am?
Jesus asks his disciples, "Who do you
say that I am?" Peter, answers and says,
"You are the Messiah, the son of the Living
God." Jesus then tells Peter, "-
- - Flesh and blood have not revealed this
to you, but my Father who is in heaven. This
is an example of how we receive knowledge of
hidden things,
Mysteries revealed by God
1Corinthians 2:0 - -"Eye has not seen
nor ear heard, neither has entered into the
heart of man, the things which God has prepared
for those that love him. 10:
But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit:
for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the
deep things of God. 11.
For man knows the things of a man, save the
sprit of man which is in him? Even so the things
of God, know man knows, but the Spirit of God.
MYSTERY OF
Spirit Beings
New:
The manifestation of Angels in Revival.
Worship -IMAGES
"
-- For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places-"
(Ephesians 6,12 kjv)
The
natural world appears to the natural senses
to be merely a physical world, albeit with
certain unusual qualities and quirks, mostly
found in the character and behavior of people.
Things are not always as they appear. There
is a another world another reality, unseen
to the natural eye is a universe full of spiritual
energy and peopled with invisible beings.
Satan
the Lord of this World, the Prince of Deceivers
Because
few people actually see angels or demons it
is easy to be drawn into weird speculations
about the nature of life in the spiritual dimension.
From a practical standpoint what we need to
know has been outlined in the Bible for our
benefit. If we are ignorant of Satan (the prince
over all of the dominions and powers of darkness)
then we are subject to his deceptions. The
blind and the ignorant may say, there are no
angels, no demons, nor even any god. Such people
are deceived. The enemy works principally through
lies and deceit. For centuries he has owned
millions who say they don't believe in him.
The World is Under a Curse
Until Jesus personally disarmed Satan and stripped
him of any legal authority, this world was under the
dominion of Lucifer, the devil. If you follow the
Gospel book of Luke we see Jesus tempted by Satan.
Satan was willing to make a deal with Jesus the lawful
son and heir to the earth. Lawful because he was born
in the flesh in the world, into the earth, the sheepfold
(see John Chapter 10.) Satan was willing to share
rulership with Jesus if Jesus would offer Satan worship.
Satan declared, "All of thee kingdoms are under my
control and I give them to whomever I choose."Jesus
declined. At the end of the Gospel of Matthew it states
that at the time before his physical ascension he
declared that all the authority of both heaven and
the earth had been given to him. These are some of
the most important words in the Gospel writings.(Read,
Matthew 4:9 and Matthew 28:18)
It
was the vindication of Almighty God the Father that
declared that Jesus had suffered death unlawfully
and thus raised him to life again, the resurrection
of the Just.
The
earth has displayed the manifestation of the Edenic
curse for thousands of years unto the present. (Genesis
3;16-19) Nature bears this mark in several ways that
reveal Satan's handiwork; weeds, thorns, poisonous
substances, violence in animals, violence in human
life, death and decay. Beelzebub another name for
Satan translates Lord of the Flies which is an attribute
to destruction and decay.
A
new heaven and a new earth are promised which will
be without the slightest tinge of corruption. The
prophetic reference of the Lion lying down with the
lamb is a picture of the earth without the serpent's
corruption any longer at work. Then Satan will be
bound and banished from a perfect world.
The
culmination time of Satan's influence will eventually
come. He will be given one last chance to gather his
own and rule the nations through his own spurious
"messiah.". The world will be taken into deception
and death in this "tribulation" period. The "mystery
of iniquity" refers to a kind of contractual agreement
between God Almighty and Lucifer, He has been given
a finite time to do his work against the children
of men, until his license term eventually expires.In
the time of the end, the earth will be purged of iniquity.
This awaited time grows closer and closer and is known
prophetically as the "Day of the Lord".
Angels
are Eternal Spirit Beings that God Created
In the earliest epochs of the creation the
stars and the cosmos were created, the "Hosts
of Heaven," represented the perfection
of creation. These heavenly hosts were countless
millions of angels.
After a time Lucifer began to be self deceived
and to puff himself up. It is written that
he exalted himself above God and demanded worship.
For this he was cast out of the heaven of God
and found his way into the earth. (Isaiah 14)
One third of the angels followed Lucifer. They
still follow him today. Their spiritual ranks
are defined. There is a clear hierarchy of
command. Archangel, Thrones, Dominions, Principalities,
Powers of darkness, Spiritual Wickedness in
the heavens and Demons (Gr. daimonion).
Jesus
made it clear that demons were to be subdued
and cast out with the authority of his name.
Jesus made provision that all of h0is disciples
were given this authority also. (Matt: 10)
Numerous
details are related in the Gospels of Jesus
dealing with a variety of unclean spirits (demons).
The ministry and message that was called the
Gospel of the Kingdom was predicated upon the
existence of two opposing spiritual kingdoms,
the kingdom of life and light against the kingdom
of death and bondage. Deliverance is the ministry
of freeing people from bondages and hurts that
Satan inflicts (afflicts) upon people.
Demonic
powers continue to live upon the earth and
seek to fulfill their natures with human (sometimes
animal) hosts. There names are their natures
e.g. "lust". They were here in Jesus
day and before and remain acting as enemies
of humanity even now. They are likened unto
flies, serpents, scorpions. Their assignment
is to bring hurt, bondage, destructions, disease
and evil behavior. One of Satan's most amazing
deceptions is to pursuade the intelligent and
wize of humanity that he does not exist. Today,
no secularist or pschological clinician gives
any credence to such a notion as the existence
of demons. Psychologists today attribute behavior
attributes and choices to mere thoughts and
human motivation, this was not the understanding
of the Lord Jesus. He came to address those
powers and to subdue them.
To
describe all of the demonic influence which abounds
is too lengthy a theme for this writing. Suffice it
to say most human life and personality is tinged by
it. Today's society is so totally depraved that wickedness
pervades all levels of society and innocence is all
but lost.
When
Jesus announces that he has "come to bring life and
more abundant life," the role of Jesus as is framed
delineated. Abundant life is a life free from all
curses, limitations, afflictions under which Satan
holds all human life until we are delivered "out of
his dominion."
Unless
we are begotten in Christ Jesus, we are still under
the domain of demonic influence and by default the
dominion of Satan. This demonic can influence evil
thoughts, evil speaking, lusts and perversions, addictions,
hatred, enmity, strife, seditions, blasphemies, uncleanness,
drunkenness, excesses and various other indulgences
of the flesh.
Fear
Not, Flock of God
The
children of God have no need to fear demons or Satan's
power for we have been given authority over them.
However through ignorance we may still live and function
as one who has no knowledge or power. Satan is delighted
at Christians who are ignorant of the Power which
resides in Jesus' name. Satan is delighted when Christians
are ignorant of Jesus' victory over darkness, disease
and death. God said, "My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge. " (Hosea 4,6)
Satan
and the Powers of Darkness are
Subject to the Believer
Jesus
commissioned his disciples to heal the sick, raise
the dead, cast out demons (Matthew Chapter 10:8 Mark
Chapter 16:17). Before any man or woman is given this
authority he must have his name written in the book
of life. It does no good to minister 'deliverance'
to a person who goes will go back to the old sin.
An unregenerate person must be saved, born from above,
before Satan relinquishes control and ownership of
that person. This most often when you catch
him with his hand in your pocket.
Once
a person is born of the spirit and is Holy Spirit
baptized, he or she begins to fill his heart with
the Spirit of the Word (hidden manna from God.) The
light and life that is in the word will cause the
influence of the demonic to melt away as snow in the
sun. Without continuing in the word or prayer however,
darkness may still have a place in a believer.
Jesus says, "The prince of this world comes and
he has nothing in me, "(John 14,30) -and in the
epistle of James, "submit yourself to God, resist
the Devil and he will flee from you " (James 4,7)
and from Ephesians, " - do not give the devil a
foot hold, (give no place to the devil.)" (Ephesians,
4,27.)
There
are More of Us Than There are of Them
Angels
in the heavenly realms are also a present reality.
They are called ministering servants to the heirs
of salvation. We know that we shall and do have fellowship
with them. We know that the angels in heaven rejoice
with each sinner who is saved and brought to the knowledge
of the truth. We know that angels and men surround
the throne of God in an ongoing chorus of praise.
They are ministering servants sometimes even manifesting
as alive-in-the-flesh beings without our being aware
of it. Sometimes they bring messages. Sometimes they
protect us. They are of many sorts, some look like
mighty men, some radiant, some appear as women.
Angels
are our friends. But no angel from God would permit
us to worship them. Angel worship is false doctrine.
Any angel that would request worship would be, absolutely,
the wrong breed of angel. The angels have a particular
fascination for the privileges humans are afforded
in God's kingdom. Humans are called the heirs of salvation,
a very honored privilege. Some fallen angels have
tried to cross the line and mix with the human race.
These angels (Heb. Nephilim) were judged harshly
by God and the race which resulted from their interbreeding
with the human race was one of the reasons that the
flood of Noah came to purge the earth of its evil.
Angels
are part of the family of God who, one day, will be
as familiar to us as we are to them, for we shall
see them as well as they can see us. We are surrounded
by an innumerable cloud of witnesses as the apostle
Paul records, the Word of God says the angels share
in our praises as well as rejoice in our victories
of faith.
Glory,
Honor and Praise to Him who sets on the Throne for
ever and ever. Amen And all of the white robed elders
said, Amen. And the shining hosts of heaven bowed
and said, Amen.
"Knowledge
makes arrogant, love edifies."
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Introduction to Mysteries
of God
Index to Bible Mysteries
The
Rapture of Believers, Part 1
The bride
and the Bridegroom typology and the rapture
Mystery of Accessing
God
Mystery of the Body
of Christ
Mystery of the Cross,
Crucified with Him
Mystery of Faith Believing
God's Word
Mystery of Grace,
God's Hand Stretched Forth
Mystery of Power
and Divine Enablement
Mystery of Spoken
Words of Covenant
Mystery of Righteousness
in the Beloved
Mystery of the Word
-.Bible is a Living Force
Mystery of Spirit
and Spirits
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