Part 51. The Great Cloud Of Witnesses!

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Christ The Antidote Regarding Death

CHRIST THE ANTIDOTE REGARDING DEATH

Part 51.

The Great Cloud Of Witnesses!

When Jesus spoke to the disciples He always spoke in parales !t 1"#"$. %& we insist on eing literalistic

' wish to stick to the letter o& the word when studying the (ile we will ne)er grow into what Jesus had in

*ind &or us. Why+ ,)ery part o& the (ile is a parale that leads us on into a deeper parale until we

realise the we are the asis o& the parale- it has een said that ''man is fearfully and wonderfully made''

as a *atter o& &act he *an is the greatest o& all o& /od0s creation. Why+ Are we not told that GOD'S

OWN KINGDOM DWELLS IN MAN. es2 !an is /od0s greatest dwelling place e)en though it is

hidden yet to *ost it is speedily on the way that we are to FULLY realise that we are actually the

recipients o& /od0s greatest haitation e)er ' no *atter who we are ' where we are in our thinking there

is always *ore. % could i& % chose still e in the literal or e)en part literal real*. The *o*ent we egin

reading the (ile we are reading a ne)er ending parale that increases with our understanding '

recepti)eness to the 3pirit o& /od which is endless as we de)elop in our /od potential as to the realisation

that in our true inner I4dentity we are di)ine eings. We were ne)er e)er *eant to stay still spiritually i&

we do we will eco*e stagnant. We are not re&erring to the &lesh *an that we touch see hear ' s*ell we

are re&erring to that part o& *an ' wo*an that is unseen with the hu*an eye. Praise /od &or our ne)er

ending de)elop*ent in Hi*.

Clouds *ore than we *ay realise go)ern our natural state o& a&&airs they shade the sun they ha)e a

*aor part in any stor* which also gi)es the* a part in controlling the 6uantity o& rain we recei)e this o&

course *eans that they can also withhold the rain. /od has allotted the* a *aor part o& our need&ulweather patterns. This gi)es the* a wonder&ul part in the control o& our natural &ood. Ha)e we yet realised

that our great /od has allotted a si*ilar control to His spiritual clu!s. 7et us recei)e into our spirit the

deeper *eaning o& the ne8t )erse.

''Behold, He spreads His lightning against the dark clouds and covers the roots of the sea. For by

[ His clouds] God executes udement u"on the "eo"les; He gives food in abundance.'' Jo "9#":4"1.

A*p. ;ne has )ery aly na*ed the clouds when it re&ers to /od0s people ''T"# Hst O$ H#a%#&.''

''Who lays the beams of the upper room of His abode in the waters [above the firmament], Who maes

the clouds His chariot , Who wals on the wings of the wind, Who makes winds His messeners , flames

of fire His ministers''# Psa 1:$#"4$. A*p.

<ot only does /od e8ecute udge*ent y His clouds ut also He *akes t"#s# clu!s His c"arit in

who* He is indwelling as His *essengers ' *inisters who are His &la*es o& &ire. %t is also interesting to

note that *any o& these )erses we will e sharing that in in a nu*er o& Ara*aic translations the word

cloud is translated as the &e*inine word s"#i&a". This is the case especially in Acts 1#= which we will

deal with a little later on.

Whene)er clouds are *entioned there is also a deeper parale in)ol)ed with the* re*e*er when

looking at these things i& we look at the* on the sur&ace we will *iss a lessing. %n scripture there are a

nu*er o& re&erences to clouds in a *etaphoric ' &igurati)e sense ' they can sy*olise that o& a

transitory or a changing or an e8perience that is a parale &or a season. Who are these clouds that /oduses to e8ecute His (&!#r$ul )u!*#+#&ts, Would they e related in any way to the ''reat cloud of

witnesses'' + Ha)e we e)er paused to consider why these witnesses are related to a cloud. We read that

we are co*passed aout or surrounded y a great cloud this to *ysel& signi&ies that there is *uch *ore

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signi&icance to this parale ' in *any cases is no dout related to people or souls in a spiritual &or*.

Clouds in this case are a go)erning group o& spiritual people ''for by His clouds God executes

udement'' also y His clouds He gi)es us spiritual &ood in aundance. % elie)e that this cloud o&

witnesses ha)e a greater part in the in&luencing o& our spiritual li)es than *any can at the *o*ent

percei)e they are not only cheering us on ecause o& the &act that they ha)e not yet recei)ed the &ul&il*ent

o& that which is pro*ised ecause /od had so*ething greater in )iew &or us so that e)en though these

wonder&ul heroes ' heroines o& &aith could not yet co*e to per&ection apart &ro* us e&ore they could oinus ' )isa )ersa- ut consider this these great cloud o& witnesses are in a )ery real sense ha)ing a part in

go)erning our thinking ' to a point are now e8ecuting wonder&ul udge*ent ' in&luence o)er us. What a

wonder&ul plan our great /od has &or us all. To stress what we are sharing % would like to re*ind us all

that whene)er we *eet together we also &ellowship with the ''s"irits of ust men made "erfect#'' He 1>#

>". As we ha)e read there are at least two sections in)ol)ed when re&erring to the clouds that *ake up the

host o& hea)en we read o& the great cloud o& witnesses that are e)en now in another real* waiting yet to

e per&ected then we ha)e the group o& spiritual clu!s that e)en today /od is using to control '

illu*inate the spiritual ele*ents o& His people we *ust not con&use the two.

%n once again considering the ao)e Jo "9#":4"1 i& we drop down nine )erses to "?#? we read

''!od seals u" "stops brings to a standstill by se$ere weather # the hand of e$ery man [and now under His seal their hands are forced to inacti$ity ] that all men whom He has made may now His doings " His

so$erein "ower and their subection to it #.''

@eep in *ind that when originally written there were no )erses in the original writings ' the thought

or the*e o& the inspired writer was not changed ' we are eing in&or*ed that y the se)ere weather o&

His clu!s He is ringing to pass His plan &or ' to every man ' He &orces their hands to inacti)ity that

He *ay i*part so*ething etter to the* yes that they would e)en know His doings His so)ereign power

' their suection to it.

He Takes %way The First That He &ay stablish The (econd!He 1:#=.

%& we can only see ' recei)e it the ao)e is an ongoing principle o& /od. He is always *o)ing ahead or

doing a &#( t"i&*. To so*e )erse 1> in chapter 11 o& the Re)elation o& Jesus Christ is actually partly in

e&&ect right now. ''$ome up here% &nd before the very eyes of their enemies they ascended into heaven in a

cloud#'' % ask the 6uestion are /od0s clouds in e8istent acti)ity at the present *o*ent+ !y answer would

e in the a&&ir*ati)e MOST DEFINATELY-

The increased truth that is eing i*parted y ' through /ods controlling clouds e)en His son0s his

*an4child is ringing *any sincere ones at the *o*ent to a spiritual inacti)ity the winds o& lessing are

not eing i*parted to *any that are in older truths that are passing away at the *o*ent /od has a planthe truth o& per&ect lo)e is the ai* o& /od in ' y His Clouds. The old is eco*ing superseded anti6uated

' )oid when we were children we acted ' spoke like children ut now in our *aturity as clu!s that

now ha)e a control o& the spiritual weather we are as an e8tension o& the Christ ''who has come ) is now

comin and bein re$ealed *+ H*( (%*+T(#'' ,)ery ti*e that we or any o& our rothers are i*parting

truth whether it e y pen or y )oice out o& ''God's chamber comes the whirlwind ) cold from the

scatterin winds#'' Jo "?#= as well as the positi)e co*&orting pro*ise o& lierty. What is happening

here+ 3o*e without realising it are causing a re4enact*ent o& Jericho. Whether we elie)e it or not the

di)iding walls o& the organisation o& the &lesh ' yes the religiosity o& *an are y the power o& /od in '

through His clouds y the withholding o& the rain causing not only a ceasing o& acti)ity ut in this

circu*stance a reassessing o& their spiritual position ' understanding. ;nce again as with Jericho the

insidious eguiling walls o& di)ision ' organisation are eing caused to $all !(& $lat. <ow when /odcaused this to happen y His then Clouds as it were were Joshua ' Cale ' their &ollowers these walls

&ell down in a way that was incredile. When these then sons walked across Jordan to clai* the pro*ised

land the &irst opposition to the then sons were the walls o& Jericho only five miles from (ordan that were

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hiding all sorts o& &alse religious de)iations. These walls acco*plished two in&a*ous purposes the &irst as

with any wall its purpose was protecti)e ' di)isi)e that which kept OUT that which would try enter in

either to e8pose or otherwise. The second was that which would keep IN &or people in religious error lo)e

that which delusi)ely eguiles. 3o the se)ere weather that is rought into action y the !ar clu!s is

causing *an to cease in his acti)ities ' reconsider his spiritual standing.

'')*W (+-$H* [a fenced town with high walls] was tightly closed because of the -sraelites; no onewent out or came in.'' Joshua 9#1. A*p. A& r#li*ius cit or organisation still has the sa*e purpose

e)en today2 Contra4wise it is enlightening to re*e*er that we also ''are a city set on a hill#'' /od can

open up wide any city whether it e literal allegorical or spiritual y ha)ing the walls to $all !(& $lat y

todays Joshua0s ' Cale0s who are now ruling as clu!s.

We need to realise that Jericho represents &ar *ore than organisation per43e- as today &or us it

represents a way o& thinking that would try to keep souls linded ' away &ro* where /od is taking us '

that is )ery deeply WITHIN into our !ost Holy Place. ,)ery *an is predestined to this ' this o& course is

away &ro* the &lesh ' delusi)eness o& a Jericho ' that which would allow *an to &ind his wonder&ul &ull

/odly inheritance.

% also &ind it so assuring that e)en within the city o& a Jericho that /od would still less ' keep a

Raha who kept her integrity ' de)otedness to /od ' His cause so *uch so that she eca*e a &orerunnerin the genealogy o& Jesus Christ Hi*sel&. 3o those who today who are in a Jericho /od will act on their

ehal&. Bor within the walls o& the City o& your strong religious Jericho you also will &ind that which is

ur Raha who /od is going to less in ,,R !A<. Also as with Raha who eca*e a &orerunner o&

the *an Jesus- e)en greater than that is He that is within you the )ery Christ Hi*sel& who told us that ''*

and &y Father are O+'' who is your TR, identity e)en your deity.

The spiritual Raha o& your true identity who is pure ' per&ect ' untouched y the hu*an seed o&

corruptiility is ali)e with you in purity today. Also as Raha was preser)ed o& /od ' was the seed o&

royalty e)en in Jericho so within you which includes all you too ha)e an untouched seed o& royalty a

Raha as it were dwelling e)en now in your Jericho e8perience which is )ery soon to pass away ' the

walls o& this Jericho e8perience will also $all !(& $lat.

We 6uoted in an earlier paragraph Jo "?#= ''Out of it's chamber, comes the whirlwind, and cold

from the scatterin winds#'' Which are eing controlled y /od0s clouds in reading &ro* )erses 1: down

in )erse 1" we read ''whether it be for correction or for His earth enerally or for His mercy and lo$in

kindness# He causes it to come#'' Here are so*e help&ul contriuting )erses. ,8 =#1E >". 13a* 1>#1E

1=.

/od0s wonder&ul clouds are now at this *o*ent ruling an unseen spiritual ele*ent o& *an0s spiritual

destination. This will gradually increase as these s&/clu!s gain in a spiritual *o*entu* which will

e)en o)ertake our e8a*ples such as ,noch ' ,liah. The like as hardly i*aginale to *any e)en now

who are in this spiritual walk. Are we not told in Pro)ers ' '-ut the "ath of the .uncom"romisinly] ustand rihteous is like the liht of dawn, that shines more and more /brihter and clearer0 until .it

reaches its F122 (T3+GTH and G2O34 in] the "erfect day .to be "re"ared]# Pro $#1E A*p.

What *s The 5ee"er &eanin Of The Cloud That 3ecei$ed 6esus7

%n Acts 1#=411 we read regarding the cloud that recei)ed Jesus out o& their sight. Please let us look a little

deeper than the literal ' see what is there &or us in a paraolic sense. As earlier *entioned this word cloud

is translated in a nu*er o& Ara*aic translations as s"#i&a" this )erse eing one o& the* ' this eing the

case it rules out any possiility o& this word *eaning a natural cloud as we once thought. %ncidentally this

is not the only )erse where the word shekinah is applied to cloud or clouds. Also % would like to couple

this )erse with the &ollowing.

''&nd they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, $ome up hither. &nd they went up into

heaven in the cloud ; and their enemies beheld them.'' Re) 11#1>. A3. Would this e)ent e related in

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any way to the *r#at clu! $ (it&#ss#s,

As we ha)e *entioned clouds ha)e a )ery signi&icant higher *eaning than is generally percei)ed in

the literal real*. Would this cloud ha)e anything to do with ''T"# "st $ "#a%#&'' /od0s people- as

*entioned earlier. % would suggest to all that these were caught up into a hea)enly real* as was ,liah in

> @ings >#11. ''Where he went u" by a whirlwind into hea$en#'' 3trong0s F E:9$ would tell us that this

represents ''A "i*"#r #t"#r ("#r# c#l#stial 0!i#s r#%l%#.'' 3o we could *ore than assu*e that he toowas caught up in the clouds or the ''Hst $ "#a%#&'' where celestial odies re)ol)e in )ery si*ilar

e8perience to those in Re) 11#1> ' &or those who are a part o& the spiritual return o& Christ where we are

caught up i& t"# clu!s which is e)en now an actual e8perience to *any. Acts 1#=. %t is surely wonder&ul

to e ali)e today2

''Which also said, e men of !alilee, why stand ye ga/ing up into heaven0 this same (esus, which is

taen up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.'' Acts

1#11. @J.

Returning to Acts 1#11 it is )ery interesting to note that the words in the same way A*p are

translated +a&&#r in the Diaglott or in li# +a&&#r y the *aority o& the translations that % ha)e at *ydisposal which includes the @J. %s this signi&icant+ es )ery *uch so2 <otice the phrase is in lie

manner ' incidentally this does not ha)e the sa*e *eaning as in lie form as so*e would tend to assu*e.

To &urther illustrate this point- the word *anner is &ro* the /reek word trope or tropos ' these /k words

are also used in !t >"#"? where we read concerning Jesus- ''as a mother fowl gathers her brood under

her wings, and you refused.'' The two words as a are also &ro* the )ery sa*e /k word trope or tropos.

<ow it goes without saying that this is not trying to i*ply that Jesus was a *other &owl ut it is *eant as

a type an allegory. %n the sa*e way i& li# +a&&#r is not i*plying that the cloud in Acts 1#11 is a literal

cloud ut once again is an allegory ' is re&erring to the clu!s $ (it&#ss#s or the Hst $ "#a%#&. % ha)e

in this paragraph used the )ery literal in e8plaining this point ut once again we *ust scratch to see what

lies elow the sur&ace ' we will e a*aGed at what we will &ind. All o& this is leading us to a deeper

higher e8perience- to4wit The s#cr#t plac# o& the !ost High.

One Heart %nd One Way Fore$er!

''and - will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear &e for e$er ; for the good of them, and of

their children after them; and - will mae an e$erlastin co$enant with them, that - will not turn away

from them, to do them ood ; and - will put 1y fear in their hearts , that they shall not depart from 1e.'' Jer

">#"=4$:. JP3.

What /od is ringing to pass y His plan in using His clouds is asolutely wonder&ul. The agenda o&

the 3pirit is right now ringing in a plan that *en will realise that deep within the*sel)es that is in thesecret place e)en in their *ost holy place that there is only one way that they can &ear Hi* &ore)er ' that

is that we all ha)e &# "#art t &( Hi+ i& &l &# tru# (a $r#%#r. We ha)e tried outside the

peri*eter o& the Taernacle plan ' we &ound no li&e we then also tried within the &ence in the outer court

ut this did not ' could not satis&y. 3o then we went within the holy place with the arti$icial li*"ti&* o&

the oil in the candlesticks as with the l#a%#&#! 0r#a! which represented &alse ' di)erse doctrines '

elie&s which are ra*pant today in this dwindling real*. These were stepping stones to *uch o& *ankind

' were necessary t +a& ut &c# (# ar# #&li*"t#&#! no longer necessary t a&. What good is the

arti&iciality o& a holy place to anyone now what good are the &alse doctrines ' elie&s to anyone any

longer when /od has *o)ed on ' gi)en us one heart and one way that they *ay &ear *e &or e)er &or the

good o& the* and o& their children a&ter the*# The hungry ' dissatis&ied heart knew that there had to e

*ore. How did we know+ The hand o& /od was on our li)es ' placed that longing ' hunger within uswe could not ha)e *o)ed on i& it were not &or the 3pirit. We ha)e now entered into the true ' e)erlasting

way o& !i%i&# sheinah li*"t ' not the arti$icialit o& a wonder&ul real* in its hey day ut ecause /od

has *o)ed on we *ust *o)e on also out o& that which /od has li&ted His hand. Stp1 l 2 list#&- you

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will not &ind anywhere the Pentecost o& a yesteryear we *ight try to *ake e8cuses ecause o& a natural

loyalty to a cause that we once lo)ed ut *y dear &ellow rother ' sister our true loyalty is not to a

dwindling cause ut to our great /od in Christ Jesus in His p#r$#ct (a will ' purpose &or us now '

today in a place o& the u&l#a%#&#! 0r#a! $ !i%i&# trut" which is also &ull o& u&c&ta+i&at#! pur#

!i%i&# illu+i&ati& o& the SHEKINAH GLORY only &ound in t"# +st "l place deep within oursel)es

we who are the te*ple o& /od2

% (torm That We Could Consider Circumstantial!

%ll Thins Work Toether For Good, To The Called!

''&s we were being dangerously tossed about by the violence of the storm, the next day they began to

throw the freight overboard; &nd the third day they threw out with their own hands the ship's e2uipment

"the tacle and the furniture#. &nd when neither sun nor stars were visible for many days and no small

tem"est ke"t rain about us , all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned. 3hen as they had

eaten nothing for a long time, 4aul came forward into their midst and said, 1en, you should ha$e

listened to me, and should not have put to sea from $rete and brought on this disaster and harm and

misery and loss. But [even] now - beg you to be in good spirits and tae heart, for there will be no loss

of life amon you but only of the shi". 5or this [very] night there stood by my side an angel of the !od

to Whom - belong and Whom - serve and worship, &nd he said, 6o not be frightened, 4aul% -t is

necessary for you to stand before $aesar; and behold, !od has given you all those who are sailing with

you. 7o kee" u" your courae, men, for - have faith "complete confidence# in !od that it will be e8actly

as it was told me; -ut we shall ha$e to be stranded on some island#'' Act >?#1E4>9. A*p.

%n what we ha)e ust read % would like to share with you what ca*e ' is co*ing to *e as we look at

the ao)e )erses. As all through scripture there is *uch hidden a little o& what we ha)e already heard '

so*e o& what we are yet hearing. %n this dangerous stor* it was no accident that on the ne8t or the

SECOND DAY they egan to throw &reight o)eroard. Considering our history since the )ery early

Church ' the decline o& what the early ook o& Acts church stood &or- this second day % would partly likento those who egan to recei)e re)elation &ro* around the ti*e o& !arin 7uther ' onwards. We could

e)en re)erse to 1:: years earlier where we hear o& John Huss eing urned at the stake &or al*ost the

sa*e )iews as 7uther. The second day to so*e represents the >nd thousandth year ut *ore accurately it

is really a way o& thinking &a+#l t"# "l plac# r p#&t#cstal #3p#ri#&c#. 3o those in this stor*y

e8perience egan to throw unwanted ' unneeded &reight or elie&s o)eroard. %t is in the THIRD DAY

which is *ost signi&icant that they egan to throw out (it" t"#ir (& "a&!s the ship0s e6uip*ent tackle

' &urniture which up to this point had een that which they had relied on that which was the )isual part o&

the p"sical s"ip. ;ur true ship which is ion has nothing to do with the physical or that which is

percei)ed y the &i)e senses or that which is e)en in the IN/4ART real*. %nterestingly this was not the

end o& the stor* the sun or the stars were not )isile &or *any days ' yet the stor* wa8ed worse still.

When /od wants to do a thing that is &or the est o& *ankind He will ha)e a way even by 9 through Hisstorm clouds &or us to e rid o& that which is not His est or is ur second est na*ely old or discarded

truths- these i& held to can e)entually 0#c+# cu&t#r$#its. Please notice that which had een earlier

considered essential was now considered a hindrance ' was eing thrown o)eroard ' discarded with '

y their (& "a&!s. %snt /od good+

When all hope o& their eing sa)ed was aandoned ' they had not taken &ood &or a long ti*e Paul

ca*e &orward a*ong the* ' said you should ha)e listened to what % /od0s representati)e told you in the

&irst place ' you could ha)e a)oided all this troule *isery har* ' loss ut now % eg o& you e in good

spirits &or there will e no loss o& li&e a*ong you ut only o& THE SHI4. 3he ship in this case is

representative of that which housed their wrong lower sensed beliefs This )ery night an angel ca*e '

stood eside *e an angel o& the /od who % worship ' elong to ' he told *e not to e &rightened &orthere is so*ething in the &uture that /od has planned &or you you are going to stand e&ore Caesar 9

might - add here that He has planned for His sons to stand before those in high places even before leaders

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9 ings 9 declare to them the truths of !od 9 to rule 9 reign in the highest place of all, the most holy

place within which will also be evident without, 9 this time is "artly right now Bor /od has gi)en us all

those who are sailing in this ship. 3o keep up your courage &or % ha)e &aith that it will e e8actly as it was

related to *e. /od was speaking to ' through &# +a& ' so it is today /od is speaking to ' through

ONE NEW MAN. (ut if the full realisation of it has not yet happened to you we will proaly e

stranded & s+# Isla&!. When we are rought to a higher place in /od it is usually a lonely place in

which we are in &or awhile until we are grounded in that which /od is doing in our li)es this is as anallegory o& our Isla&! #3p#ri#&c#.

%n looking at )erse "1 it would see* that there is a contradiction &or we read. ''4aul said to the

centurion and the soldiers. :nless these men remain in the shi" , you cannot be saved.'' We *ust realise

that there is a spiritual ship as well as a literal one. nless t"#s# +#& sta#! i& t"# (a o& the true

spiritual ship & &# on the natural ship cul! 0# sa%#!. %& the natural ship is to e destroyed )erse >>

what is the ship e that we are to re*ain in to e sa)ed+ % i**ediately think o& this )ery si*ilar )erse.

''Because !od had us in mind and had something better and greater in view for us, so that they [these

heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to "erfection %8%3T F3O& 1( [before we could oin

them].'' He 11#$:. A*p.

We need each other especially those who are waiting to eco*e per&ect &or without us aiding in the

ship the true !ost Holy Place unconta*inated !i%i&#l illu+i&at#! e8perience which is the only

e8perience where we will &ind per&ection those who are relying on us ca&&t (it"ut us1 e sa)ed or

co*e to per&ection. 3o it see*s that whiche)er direction we go in our thoughts we are again arri)ing at

our great clu! $ (it&#ss#s-

% a* so happy to report that o& those who stayed in the ship A77 escaped sa&ely to land. Acts >?#$$.

+o (tony Heart *s Too Hard For Our God!

''&nd do not presume to say to yourselves, We have &braham for our forefather; for - tell you, !od is able

to raise up descendants for &braham from these stones%'' !at "#=. A*p.

There are so*e who are y nature )ery deter*ined indi)iduals ' the harder the task the *ore

persistent they eco*e ' whate)er the proect once they ha)e started it they are co**itted until it is

acco*plished no *atter what2 This o& course co*es &ro* our creator /od delights in *aking so*ething

out o& a see*ing nothing ' will not cease until he acco*plishes this in e)ery *an2

'' &nd - will give them one heart, and - will put a new spirit within you. &nd * will remo$e the stony

heart out of their flesh, and will i$e them a heart of flesh ,'' ,Ge 11#1=. !@J.

%& there are those reading these words right now who are discouraged ' &eel that you could ne)er e a

part o& those who co*e to per&ection % ha)e news &or you in one sense it has nothing to do with your

*ortal understanding it is /od that does the choosing. /od chose a )irgin called !ary to irth the Christ

the choosing had nothing whatsoe)er to do with her own opinion o& hersel&. 3o /od is choosing right now

who He wishes to irth the Christ child within their *ost holy place. ou say oh ut at ti*es % &eel as

though *y heart is stony. Hear this /od is ale to raise up descendants &or spiritual Araha* &ro* these

stony hearts He is in the process o& re*o)ing the st& "#art out o& your &leshly thinking ' is in the

throes o& gi)ing you a spiritual heart o& &lesh. (e encouraged son ' daughter o& /od. %t will co*e to

pass so says /od0s Word.

The )ery poor sudued hated ' *istreated Cinderella did not e)en re*otely i*agine that she was a&uture princess until the prince laid his eyes on her recognised her as such ' then pursued her until he had

clai*ed her as his own. He saw in her what others did not as *ost others were looking at the natural

carnal ' delusional &i)e sensed circu*stances.

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The (hekinah Clouds!

''5or behold, the darness shall cover the earth, and gross darness the peoples; but 6eho$ah shall rise

on you, and His lory 4 s"#i&a" 4 shall be seen on you. %nd the nations shall come to your liht, and

kins to the brihtness of your dawnin#'' %sa 9:#>4". !@J.

%& we look closely ' consider the setting we will notice that this )erse can e re&erring to none otherthan what is transpiring right now with /od0s sons who are e)en now eing partly *ani&ested ' are

shortly aout to co*e into &ull *ani&estation. 3o let us e edi&ied ' e thrilled that the shekinah glory is

eing seen in part e)en now in ' y His c"arit clu!s.

''5or they are -sraelites, and to them belong !od's adoption [as a nation] and the lorious 8resence

/(hekinah0. With them were the special covenants made, to them was the <aw given. To them [the

tem"le] worshi" was re$ealed and [!od's own] promises announced.'' Ro* =#$. A*p. This is actually

word &or word in the A*pli&ied.

''3hat is to say, it is not the children of the body [of &braham] who are made !od's children, but it is

the offs"rin to whom the "romise a""lies that shall be counted [ as %braham's true] descendants#'' Ro*=#E. A*p.

This is telling us that the s"#i&a" glory that was upon early %srael is now upon His true +st "l

plac# spiritual descendants those o& our true spiritual Araha*.

''-n all their ourneys, whenever the cloud / s"#i&a" / was taen up from o$er the tabernacle , the

-sraelites went onward; But if the cloud was not taen up, they did not ourney on till the day that it was

taen up.'' ,8o $:#"94"?. A*p.

There are a nu*er o& other re&erences that we could also cite that had to do with !oses. 3o*e

would like to say that this pro)es that the shekinah glory was used with !oses who is representati)e o& the

law % would re*ind us all that the reason &or this is that it was to !oses that the taernacle plan was gi)en

the charge ' responsiility ' this housed THE MOST HOLY 4LACE which was illu*inated y theSHEKINAH GLORY OF GOD.

''WH+) 7*<*1*) had finished praying, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt

offering and the sacrifices, and the glory 4 s"#i&a" / of the <ord filled the house,'' >Ch ?#1. A*p.

;nce again the reason that the whole house was &illed with the s"#i&a" *lr is that the secret place

or the *ost holy place was ' has always een the &ocus point &ro* which all o& our li&e proceeds ''for in

Him we live 9 move 9 have our being,...for we are also His offspring'' ' this proceeds &ro* our *ostholy place e)en the shekinah glory which is the deep &ocal point which is &ound in e)ery *an. es e)en

YOU.

''While he was yet speaing, behold, a bright cloud / s"#i&a" / overshadowed them= and behold, a

voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my belo$ed (on, in whom - am well pleased; hear ye him#'' !at

1?#5. A3.

This as we would 6uickly realise is re&erring to the !ount o& Trans&iguration e)ent ' is telling us that

as the s"#i&a" was with Jesus ' also in Hi* ready to e re)ealed at the appropriate ti*e ' so it is with

us &or He eing our pattern 3on ''for as He is in the world so are we,...- have given to them the the lory

9 honour which ou have given 1e, that they may be one as We are one# - in them 9 ou in 1e, in order

that they will realise that they are one also#'' Jn 1?#1E>>4>". What Jesus Christ has acco*plished sowill His children e)en His sons ''as we wait for the redemption of our bodies from sensuality 9 the grave,

which will reveal our 9 c+pl#t# / adoption "our manifestation as !od's sons.'' As Jesus o)erca*e death

' the gra)e so will His sons His co*plete glori&ied ody in which he has returned ' is returning in

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co*plete &ullness as a *any *e*ered corporate son. 3o the s"#i&a" glory that was His Christ0s is

ours also ' is eing re)ealed in our type o& !ount o& Trans&iguration e8perience which is e)en now. This

is a wonder&ul e)ent that took place e)en while He was in His &lesh. Are we not right now in the sa*e

position re)ealing that which is e*anating &ro* out o& us whilst we are in the &lesh as s"#i&a" clu!s,

''&nd when he had said these things, as they were looing, he was taen up; and a cloud 4 s"#i&a" 4

received him out of their sight.'' Act 1#=. A3. % ha)e 6uoted this )erse once *ore considering these)eral Ara*aic )ersions way o& thinking % &eel that it adds *uch light to our suect on the truth o& the

&ull *eaning o& the clu!s.

%n *y 7a*sa edition which is also taken &ro* ancient ,astern *anuscripts the &ootnote regarding the

clu!s in Acts 1#= tells us '':ntil recent times +asterners believed that clouds were living creatures.'' %n

the light o& all that we ha)e written in this article concerning the clouds *y &acetious answer would e2 %

wonder why+

Would we e o)erstepping the *ark in saying that we are the ruling s"#i&a" clu!s $ G!'s

c"arit #%#& t"# HOST OF HEA5EN, !y answer would e a loud NO we ar# &t %#rst#ppi&* t"#

+ar we are chosen o& /od to rule ' reign with Hi* NOW ' this does not start to happen to*orrow or

at so*e &uture ti*e in a &uture *ani&estation WE ARE RULING 2 REIGNING WITH HIM E5ENNOW- Re*e*er this it is increasing e)ery day UNTIL THE FULNESS IS RE5EALED.

''3hen the sanctuary of God in hea$en was thrown o"en, and the ark of His co$enant was seen

standin inside in His sanctuary; and there were flashes of lihtnin , loud rumblings "blasts,

mutterings#, "eals of thunder, an earth:uake, and a terrific hailstorm#'' Re) 11#1=. A*p.

This is actually eginning to happen in the ark o& His co)enant within the sanctuary o& His *ost holy

place within us who are His people ' will increase in intensity until it reaches &ull &orce e)en until the

&ullness e)entuates ' there is a &ull *ani&estation o& our *ighty /od in Christ ' the last ene*y death is

swallowed up ' utterly )an6uished &ore)er ' the cry will e ''Oh death, where is your $ictory7 Oh

death where is your stin7''

%n %"oloy!

3e)eral articles ack % &ound &ault with a rother ' udged hi* not *any would realise who % was

re&erring to ut there are those who would % now pulicly apologise to that rother ' say % a* sorry. Iuite

a lot has transpired in our li&e o& late ' % a* trusting that that part o& *e is gone &ore)er. % realise that

there can e no place &or the pointing o& the &inger in udge*ent i& we wish to progress in /od. ;ne has

written *y &eelings this way. ''* tell you, men if you would censure not till you are "erfect, the world

would soon foret the meanin of the word accused#''

Writt#& 0 Ralp" K&(l#s1 6a&uar 789:.

%& we ha)e een prone to hu*an error in this article it is not purposely ' % trust that a little kindness would allow &or any &ault ' that we will consider 'i*ie the etter or spiritual part o& that which is presented ' intended. RW@.

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