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Thomas Hobbes. I have also been inspired by the insights of C.S.
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involving particular aspects of this book. To them and to a host
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for a time and a generation for whom they were meant to be given
as bread from heaven for this journey.
ontents
Foreword
Preface
v
ix
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
13
Chapter 3
25
Chapter 4
33
Chapter 5
47
Chapter 6
57
Chapter 7
63
Chapter 8
71
Chapter 9
89
107
123
135
143
151
171
185
Endnotes
199
oreword
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the sovereign rule of peace in creation.
It is against this backdrop that My Father! My Father! by Sam
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of identity produces a malfunction in behaviorthe cause of the
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Church. This does not imply the proposal of a new biblical order.
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the New Covenant people are constituted. He is simply imploring
the Church to return to the original divine arrangement.
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desire change. Sams insights are revelatory in that they emerge at
a time when a new hour has dawned upon the Churcha time for
the reformation of thought and praxis.
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boundaries of our habitation by advocating a more excellent way
in which believers may function as the sons of God in the earth.
This is a paradigmatic shift from many traditional and more recent
philosophical and humanistic ideals prevalent in church circles. This
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which enslave the children of God and prevent them from enjoying
the liberty made available through Jesus Christ. Its a clarion call
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and religious practices in which the normal paradigm for my interpretation of Scripture was historic traditions of interpretation
mixed with the preference of societal appeal. In my wide-ranging
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the fact that the culture of religion mitigates against the knowledge
of God.
I was introduced to the reality of the person of God in a
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of God Himself opened the eyes of my spirit to a reality that
greatly transcended religious normalcy. It opened my spirit to the
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note the biblical references relevant to the assertions made within
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familiar with the subject matter and my thought processes. He is
properly listed with me as one of the authors of this book. I am
indebted to him for his invaluable participation and contributions.
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helped on the journey by the blessed Holy Spirit whom Jesus sent
upon His return to heaven to reveal Himself to humans and to
restore the knowledge of God and His intentions for the creation
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to establish the purpose and order of humankind in creation. The
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and man the principle actor in the drama of its unfolding. God
knew the end of the story from the beginning.
His purposes for creating the world were to put on display His
nature of love and to expunge the taint of sin from creation. God
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attendant fatherless culture resulted.
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This book tells the story of Gods original intention for the
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Gods intention for creating him.
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passed from one generation to the next. An individual interprets
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the outcome.
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own mind. An orphan has no protection and no provision other
than what he can create for himself and must struggle for survival
by whatever means necessary.
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The children of these nations have been left open to attack and
exploitation. They have no basis for understanding the love and
protection of a father.
COMMUNISMS ROLE
In the wake of communism are millions of orphans and a
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control was subject to state interests. Families were units of the
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independent nations have no foundation on which to build a social
infrastructure.
Social phenomena in former communist countries demonstrate plainly the effect communism has had on the family unit.
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the nation at risk.
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as physical abuse in alienating a child. Harsh and humiliating words
can destroy childrens views of themselves and result in a profound
sense of rejection. A silent or uninvolved father communicates to
the child that the childs interests are of no particular value to the
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?D J>; 9KBJKH; ?I 8KJ ED; E< J>; ZHIJ IJ;FI E< 7 BED= @EKHD;O JE
H;;IJ78B?I> <KBBO J>; "EKI; E< !E: ->?I @EKHD;O ?I C;7DJ JE
H;FEI?J?ED C7D ?D J>; H;B7J?EDI>?F M?J> !E: 7I 7J>;H 7I !E:
intended from the beginning. The purpose of repositioning humankind as sons and heirs to God is to establish the family of
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IEDI JE7BBE< 9H;7J?ED0>;H;7IJ>;:;IJ?DOE< ;79>IEDE< !E:?I
L?J7BBO?CFEHJ7DJ J>;;DJ?H;FKHFEI;E< !E:97DEDBO KBJ?C7J;BO
be accomplished through the corporate formthe House of God.
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he Effects of the
Fatherless Culture
A GENERATIONAL DIVIDE
The fatherless generation holds a deep-seated distrust of their
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=;D;H7J?ED>7L;7JJ;CFJ;:JE?D[K;D9;J>;<7J>;HB;II=;D;H7J?EDYI
:?H;9J?ED J>;OEKD=;H=;D;H7J?ED>7IH;IFED:;:M?J>9EDJ;CFJ
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POLITICAL DIVISIONS
D;DJ?H;=;D;H7J?ED H;=7H:B;IIE< :;CE=H7F>?9I ;N>?8?JIJ>;
same fatherless characteristics. Current American politics provide
a more general example of this growing divide between the gen;H7J?EDI->;OEKD=;H=;D;H7J?ED>7IJ;D:;:JEIKFFEHJ ;DC7II;
J>;9KHH;DJFH;I?:;DJ M>E>?CI;B< ?I<7J>;HB;IIJJ>;I7C;J?C;
?J:E;IDEJ?:;DJ?<O ?D7DO=;D;H7BM7O M?J>J>;CEH7B ;J>?97B 7D:
H;B?=?EKI L?;MI E< 7 CEH; 9EDI;HL7J?L; 9EDIJ?JK;D9O I?D9; J>;I;
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FEFKB7J?EDI+?<JI>7L;7FF;7H;:M>;H;J>;EB:;H=;D;H7J?EDI9B?D=
to the power structures of tradition and the wealth and privilege of
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OEKD=;H=;D;H7J?EDI#DJ;HD7B9?L?B9ED[?9JI9>7BB;D=;D7J?EDI<HEC
,7K:?H78?7JE*7A?IJ7D 7D:J>;;9EDEC?9C?=>JE< #D:?7?IB?A;BO
to run aground on the shoals of the vast underutilization of the
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COMMERCE
The generation of the fatherless is at the center of commercial
innovation and is the driving force of consumerism. In past decades
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H?I?D= 9EDIKC;H?IC J>; <7J>;HB;II =;D;H7J?ED M7I 787Ddoned by busy parents and assuaged with the most popular forms
of electronic entertainment. Single mothers were overwhelmed
with the demands on their time and could do little more than meet
the basic needs of their children. The latchkey kid became a
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=;D;H7J?ED 8;97C; F;HIED7BBO <7C?B?7H M?J> J;9>DEBE=O ?HIJ ?J
was a means of entertaining themselves; then it became a way to
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Electronics and technology became part of their identity. The latest advancements in entertainment and computer
J;9>DEBE=O >7L; FHE:K9;: 8?BB?ED
:EBB7H ?D:KIJH?;I IKFFEHJ;:
almost entirely by the demand of the fatherless generation. Not
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EDBO:?:J>?I=;D;H7J?EDIF7MDJ>;7:L7D9;C;DJE< J>?IJ;9>DEBE=O
their familiarity with the workings of the computer and its potential
<EHFHEZJ>7:CK9>JE:EM?J>J>;:;L;BEFC;DJE< EDB?D;9ECmerce.
0?J>J>;H7F?:;NF7DI?EDE< 9ECC;H9;H;B7J;:JEJ>;#DJ;HD;J
J>;<7J>;HB;II=;D;H7J?ED>7I8;9EC;ED;E< J>;CEIJZD7D9?7BBO
successful demographics in the world. Before the advent of the
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E< OEKD= F;EFB; 8;?D= IE ZD7D9?7BBO FEM;H<KB ->;O IK99;;:;:
?D8OF7II?D=J>;7FFH;DJ?9;I>?FIOIJ;C M>?9>M7IJ>;JH7:?J?ED7B
pathway to wealth and position in previous generations. Neither
did they have to wait for the deaths of their parents to inherit large
amounts of money with which to build their own fortunes.
They used the monetary freedom to create new areas of
business that are compatible with their cultureprimarily in the
8KI?D;II E< ?D<EHC7J?ED ->; #DJ;HD;J ?JI;B< JE=;J>;H M?J> ?JI
H;B7J;: ?D<H7IJHK9JKH; H;FH;I;DJI 7 L7IJ :?IJH?8KJ?ED D;JMEHA <EH
J>;[EME< ?D<EHC7J?ED EHJKD;I9EDJ?DK;JE8;C7:;J>HEK=>
<KHJ>;H:;L;BEFC;DJ7D:H;ZD;C;DJE< J>;#DJ;HD;J
0?J>J>;IFE?BIE< J>;?H;DJ;HFH?I;I 8KJM?J>EKJJ>;8;D;ZJE<
79EDD;9J?EDJE<7J>;HI J>;D;MBOM;7BJ>O<7J>;HB;II:EDEJ>7L;
long-term strategies in mind. One of the results of this development is that older generations continue to invest in the industries
J>;O KD:;HIJ7D: 7D: >;BF;: :;L;BEF M>;H;7I J>; D;MBO M;7BJ>O
generation has succeeded in creating a separate and distinct econECO BJ>EK=> J>?I :?L?I?ED ?I ?D J>; ;7HBO IJ7=;I ?JI 9EDJ?DK?D=
:;L;BEFC;DJM?BB>7L;<7H
H;79>?D=9EDI;GK;D9;IJ>7JM?BBC7D?fest in growing unemployment and in economic polarization.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
The closest thing to a common spiritual belief among the
fatherless generation is the conviction that the environment needs
JE 8; FHEJ;9J;: DL?HEDC;DJ7B?IC 7FF;7BI JE J>?I =;D;H7J?ED
because of their need for security in their provision. This generation
L?;MIJ>;FB7D;J7IJ>;IEKH9;E< 7BBFHEL?I?ED I?D9;J>;H;?IDE
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THE CHURCH
The widest chasms between the generation of the fatherless
and previous generations exist in their views of religion. Institu21
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AN AD HOC SPIRITUALITY
-E7LE?:?HH;B;L7D9; J>;9>KH9>;IJ>7J>7L;B7H=;DKC8;HIE<
attendance have messages that are custom tailored to placate the
fatherless culture. These messages are a blend of self-help psycholE=O7D:CEJ?L7J?ED7BIF;;9>;I :;I?=D;:JE?CF7HJ?D<EHC7J?EDED
79>?;L?D=ZD7D9?7BIK99;II7D:C7?DJ7?D?D=>;7BJ>OB?<;IJOB;I->;O
are market-sensitive messages designed around consumer preferences
7D: >7L; DE 79JK7B IF?H?JK7B H;B;L7D9; "EM;L;H J>;O I;;C J>;
perfect blend for the fatherless generation who are inclined to look
to church for information on lifestyle issues.
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CHAPTER 3
New Ethical
and Moral Basis
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for which there are no obvious answers. This search will continue
beyond the boundaries of Black society itself. As the changes conJ?DK; J>;OEKD=;H=;D;H7J?EDE< B79AF;EFB;M?BB9EDJ?DK;JE:;<O
the standards by which their forebears lived.
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;:K97J?ED 7D: ZD7D9;I 2EKD=;H B79A F;EFB; 7H; J>HEM?D= E<<
those limitations and seeking answers beyond them. This act yields
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also in Black society as a whole.
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;N9>7D=;B79AIJ>;E8@;9J?L?JOJ>7JC?=>JEJ>;HM?I;C7A;?JKI;<KB
it feels useful by the mere fact that the information appeals to the
?CF;H7J?L;IE< FHEL?I?ED7D:FHEJ;9J?ED ?DJ>;<EHCJ>7J?I?CFEHtant to the congregation.
My Father! My Father!
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EMDM;BB
8;?D=7I>?IZHIJFH?EH?JO";?I=EL;HD;:8OJ>;<;7HE<
not having enough to provide for all his needs and of never being
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J>;H;<EH; 7BM7OI?DI;9KH;78EKJJ>;CEJ?L;IE< EJ>;HI"?I:;IJ?DO
?I:;ZD;:8O>?IIA?BBI 7D:>;:E;IDEJL?;M>?IB?<;YIFKHFEI;7I
part of an unfolding reality. His destiny can only be calculated to
7K=C;DJ >?I 78?B?JO JE IKFFBO M>7J >; D;;:I 7D: >?I IK99;II ?I
measured in terms of his accomplishments.
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0>;D;L;H>;J>?DAIE< >?IH;B7J?EDI>?FJE!E: >;7KJEC7J?97BBO
defaults to a standard of performance. He wants to know what
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;C8H79;I7J>;EBE=OE< =H79; >;IJ?BB<KD9J?EDIEKJE< 7C;DJ7B?JO
of works. His religious faith seems to have almost no impact upon
these fundamental tenants of his culture. He lives between the
natural world and the spiritual world and manages to maintain his
mental health by keeping these two worlds completely separate.
->; H?I; E< J>?I 9KBJKH; ?JI F;HL7I?L;D;II 7D: ?JI I;;C?D=
?D;NEH78B; CEC;DJKC H7?I;I C7DO GK;IJ?EDI H;=7H:?D= C7D >?I
;N?IJ;D9; 7D: >?I :;IJ?DO HEC M>;H; :?: J>; 9KBJKH; E< J>;
EHF>7DEH?=?D7J; 7D:>EM>7I?J9EC;JE8;IE9ECFB;J;BOF;HL7I?L;
Has humankind always been like this? Is this culture the inevitable
result of man having evolved out of primordial substances to
become the dominant fearsome predator?
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J>;H;7M7OJE7DE8B;H;N?IJ;D9;#< IE M7IJ>;H;;L;H7D7BJ;HD7J?L;
L?I?EDJ>7J:;ZD;:C7DYI;N?IJ;D9;7D:FKHFEI;D: 97D>;ZD:
his way homeperhaps even to his Fathers house?
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CHAPTER 4
The fall of man has been far more precipitous than religious
JH7:?J?EDI>7L;J7K=>J0>;D!E:9H;7J;:C7D "?IEH?=?D7B?DJ;DJ
M7IJE9H;7J;7IED M>EI;FKHFEI;?D9H;7J?EDM7IJEH;FH;I;DJ
!E: >?I 7J>;H->;<7BB8EJ>I;F7H7J;:J>;IED<HECJ>;<7J>;H
and changed the culture of man from that of a son to that of an
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7 :?IJ?D9J 7D: KD?GK; 9KBJKH; JE J>; ;7HJ> 7D: <HKIJH7J;: !E:YI
original purpose for creating man.
The fatherless culture is more than the impetus for the commission of sinful acts. It is an altered state of thinking and acting based
upon a fundamental change in the way man perceives reality.
I JEB: ?D ,9H?FJKH; J>?I 9KBJKH; >7I ;N?IJ;: 7D: >7I =HEMD
to its present expression from the beginning of human history.
This was not the nature of the relationship between God and man
J>7J!E:EH?=?D7BBO?DJ;D:;:7I$;IKIED9;H;C7HA;: V<HECJ>;
beginning it was not so.10
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J>;H;<EH; :7C M7I 9H;7J;: 7I VJ>; IED E< !E:W12 "EM;L;H
most religious traditions choose to see man as a creation that God
made for the purpose of worshiping Him. They present man as
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,7J7D 8;97C; 7D KD9EDI9?ED78B; ?D=H7J; I FKD?I>C;DJ J>;
Creator banished him from paradise and condemned him to death
and hell until the time God would choose to save him. In these
JH7:?J?EDI C7D?IJ>;H;7<J;HH;GK?H;:JE:EJ>?D=IJEFB;7I;!E: EH
;BI;IK<<;HJ>;9EDI;GK;D9;E< 7D;J;HD7B>;BB->?IIJEHO9EDJ7?DI
IEC; ;B;C;DJI J>7J 7H; JHK; 8KJ ?I <7H <HEC J>; JHKJ> E< C7DYI
relationship to God.
A far greater purpose for the creation of man is revealed in
the preparations God made for the advent of man into creation.
!E::;I?=D;:7MEHB:J>7JMEKB:H;D;M?JI;B< <EH7L;HOBED=J?C;
indicating that His purposes for the creation of man were meant
to unfold over many millennia and would include a vast number
of human beings. God established an entire economy to provide
for His sons. He created seed-bearing plants and trees on the land
J>7J8;7H<HK?JM?J>I;;:?D?J 799EH:?D=JEJ>;?HL7H?EKIA?D:IW
"; 9H;7J;: VB?L?D= 9H;7JKH;I 799EH:?D= JE J>;?H A?D:I B?L;IJE9A
9H;7JKH;I J>7J CEL; 7BED= J>; =HEKD: 7D: M?B: 7D?C7BI ;79>
according to its kind.->;D 7<J;H";9H;7J;:C7D ";:;9B7H;:
that these things were intended for mans provision:
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*&79-&3)*;*7>97**9-&9-&8+7:.9<.9-8**).3.9-*><.11
'*>4:78+47+44)3)94&119-*'*&8984+ 9-**&79-&3)&11
9-*'.7)84+ 9-*&.7&3)&119-*(7*&9:7*89-&924;*439-*
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God created a son in Gods own image and in His own likeness.
The purpose for the creation of man is contained in this fact.
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MAN IS SPIRIT
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D;9;II7HO JE IKIJ7?D >KC7D B?<; "; 9H;7J;: C7D !E: ZHIJ
:;9B7H;:"?I?DJ;DJJEC7A;C7D?D"?IEMD?C7=; ?D"?IEMD
likeness.16 ->;D "; ;N;9KJ;: J>7J ?DJ;DJ?ED ;N79JBO V,E !E:
9H;7J;: C7D ?D >?I EMD ?C7=; ?D J>; ?C7=; E< !E: >; 9H;7J;:
him; male and female he created them. God fashioned the form
E< C7DEKJE< 9B7O <HECJ>;:KIJE< J>;=HEKD: 7D:";?DI;HJ;:
?DJEJ>?I<EHC7IF?H?J M>?9>97C;EKJE< J>;L;HOF;HIEDE< !E:
->KI !E:C7:;C7DYIJHK;D7JKH;J>7JE< IF?H?J7D:7IEDE< !E:
!E: ?I J>; 7J>;H E< EKH IF?H?JI V405; >7L; 7BB >7: >KC7D
fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much
more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!
Man is the only creation that may claim to be the son of God.
,EDI>?F?I?DH;=7H:JEC7DYIIF?H?J DEJ>?I8E:O Our physical
8E:O?IDEJJ>;F7HJE< EKH8;?D=J>7J?IB?A;!E: 7I7IED?IB?A;
his father. God created the form that the mans spirit would occupy
EKJE< J>;CEIJ9ECCED;B;C;DJI<EKD:EDJ>;;7HJ>->;8E:O
<7I>?ED;:<HECJ>;:KIJE< J>;=HEKD: M7IC;7DJJE:?; 20 to be
discarded and raised as a spiritual body.21'EH;EL;H !E::E;IDEJ
discriminate in the sonship of humans based on their physical attri8KJ;I0;7H;7BBIEDIM?J>EKJH;=7H:<EHH79; 8BEE:B?D; EH=;D:;H22
0>;D !E: ?CF7HJ;: "?I ,F?H?J ?DJE C7D EKJ E< "?I EMD
F;HIED "; 9H;7J;: 7 8;?D= J>7J M7I 9ECF7J?8B; M?J> J>; D7JKH;
of God. The intent of God was to make a son who would be in
kind and nature like God. God designed him so that God could
9ECCKD?97J; M?J> >?C 7D: :?H;9J >?C 7D: >; MEKB: H;IFED:
8;97KI;>;M7I 8OD7JKH; B?A;!E:!E:J>;DFB79;:J>?IIF?H?JK7B
being into the previously formed creation.
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E< >?IIF?H?J?I<HECJ>;L;HOF;HIEDE< !E: C7A?D=C7DKD?GK;
among all created beings. Humans are an entirely different spe9?;I<HEC;?J>;HJ>EI;J>7J;N?IJ?DJ>;>;7L;DI IK9>7I7D=;BI7D:
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I;77D:J>;8?H:IE< J>;7?H EL;HJ>;B?L;IJE9A EL;H7BBJ>;;7HJ>
and over all the creatures that move along the ground. Even the
lights in the expanse of the sky were part of this order. God created
J>;CJEDEJEDBOI;F7H7J;:7O7D:D?=>J 8KJ7BIEI;HL;7II?=DIJE
:;I?=D7J; J>; 9>7D=?D= I;7IEDI 7I M;BB 7I :7OI 7D: O;7HI
God
intended them not only to show the cycles of changing years and
;FE9>I 8KJ7BIEJEI?=D7BJ>;?DJHE:K9J?EDE< >;7L;DBOC7D:7J;I
into time.;<EH;:7CI?DD;: >;M7IB?L?D=EKJJ>;:;IJ?DOJE
rule over the earth as the son of God.
#D9ECC?JJ?D=HKB;JE:7C !E:?DJ;D:;:JEFB79;7IED?D
9H;7J?ED J>7J ?D >?I HKB; MEKB: 8; 7I 7 IKHHE=7J; E< >?I 7J>;H
0>;D!E:9H;7J;:J>;;7HJ> ";;NJ;D:;:>?IEMDHKB;EL;HJ>?I
D;MH;7BC"; J>;H;<EH; EM;:7:KJOJE;?J>;HHKB;?J>?CI;B< EH
to do so through a surrogate.
All forms of rule express the nature and the imperatives of the
IEL;H;?=D99EH:?D=BO ;N79JH;FH;I;DJ7J?ED?I7D;II;DJ?7B;B;C;DJ
of the rule of an agent of the sovereign. Since rule on the earth
MEKB: E< D;9;II?JO :?IFB7OJ>;D7JKH;E< !E: ?JM7I;II;DJ?7BJ>7J
Gods representative on the earth be one who understood the naJKH;E< !E:'7DYIHKB;?DJ>;;7HJ> J>;H;<EH; >7:JE8;J>;;N79J
C7DD;H?DM>?9>!E:>?CI;B< MEKB:HKB;)J>;HM?I; J>;<EHCE<
rule of the earth would not represent the rule of God.
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)DBO79H;7JKH;IF;9?Z97BBOC7:;<EHJ>?IFKHFEI;9EKB:<KBZBB
J>?IHEB; 7D:EDBO7IEDE< !E:9EKB:H;FH;I;DJJ>;HKB;E< !E:
accurately. Inasmuch as the son himself is a [partaker] of the
:?L?D;D7JKH;WE< >?I<7J>;H a son would know and understand
the nature of the Father.
Only a son could impart the underlying culture of the fathers
rule to the domain over which the son has been established to rule.
I IEL;H;?=D EL;H J>; ;7HJ> :7C M7I J7IA;: M?J> ;IJ78B?I>?D=
a form of order that was a mirror image of the existing order of
>;7L;D?JI;B<";M7IH;GK?H;:JEJH7DIB7J;J>;EH:;HE< !E:7I?J
existed in heaven into the earth. Both the form of his rule and the
spirit of his rule were to be representations of the existing heavenly
order.
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different from the rule of a son. The son knows the intent of his
fathers heart and is the heir of all that the father possesses. A
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->;I;HL7DJ>7IDE97F79?JOJEH;FH;I;DJ!E: 8;97KI;>;?IDEJ7
VF7HJ7A;HWE< J>;I7C;D7JKH;E< J>; 7J>;H ?DJ>;M7OE< 7IED
The servant is obligated to view everything from a servants viewpoint and not from the point of view of an heir. The heir seeks the
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>?IEMDI;HL7DJ?IFH;E99KF?;:M?J><KBZBB?D=>?I:KJO->;>;?H
EMDI J>; M>EB; >EKI; M>;H;7I J>; I;HL7DJ F;H<EHCI J>; :KJ?;I
associated with his station within the house.
&?A;M?I; 7D=;BI7H;C?D?IJ;H?D=I;HL7DJIM>EI;HL;J>;?DJ;H;IJI
E< !E:7D:J>;IEDIE< !E:0>;H;7I IEDI7H;97F78B;E< FEHtraying the nature and character of their father; a son is a personal
H;FH;I;DJ7J?EDE< >?I<7J>;H->;H;<EH; !E::?:DEJ9ECC?JJ>;
HKB; E< J>; ;7HJ> JE 7D=;BI 8;97KI; 7BJ>EK=> 7D=;BI 7H; =H;7J ?D
FEM;H J>;O7H;D;L;HJ>;B;III;HL7DJI
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;H<KBD7J?ED->;H;IKBJ?IJ>7JJ>;9EDGK;H;:D7J?ED;NF;H?;D9;I7
9>7D=;?D?JI?DIJ?JKJ?EDI7D:FH79J?9;I->;EB:EH:;H?IIM;FJ7M7O
and the new order is implemented.
0>;D J>; L?9;HEO M7I 7 IED E< J>; HKB?D= A?D= J>;H; 9EKB:
be no mistake regarding the intention of the king to bring those
territories under the rule of the throne and to infuse the culture of
J>;9EDGK;H;:F;EFB;M?J>J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;?HD;MA?D=#D7ICK9>
7IJ>;A?D=I;DJ>?IIED ?JM7IJE8;9B;7HBOKD:;HIJEE:J>7J?JM7I
the undisguised intent of the monarch to give his highest priority to imposing the way of life already established in his kingdom
upon his new citizens.
;?D=H7?I;:8O>?I<7J>;H J>;IEDM7I<KBBO7M7H;E< J>;9KBJKH;
of his father and of the kingdom. It would be inconceivable that
the son would deviate substantially from the norms of the court of
>?I<7J>;H->;IEDM7I 7<J;H7BB 79JK7BBOHKB?D=<EH>?CI;B< 8;97KI;
eventually he would be king. By accurately representing his fathers
=EL;HDC;DJ J>;IEDC?=>J?DIKH;J>;9EDJ?DK?JOE< J>;A?D=:EC
itself. Great noble families often ruled kingdoms for centuries in
J>?IM7O'ED7H9>?97BHKB;?I 8OD7JKH; JH7DI
=;D;H7J?ED7B
O9EDJH7IJ 7I;HL7DJEHIB7L;>7ID;?J>;HJ>;9KBJKH;E< J>;
<7J>;H JEHKB;7IJ>;<7J>;HMEKB:HKB; DEHJ>;?D9B?D7J?EDJE79J
<EHJ>;8;D;ZJE< <KJKH;=;D;H7J?EDIE< HKB;HI(E8?B?JO?I:?IJ?Dguished by the sense of continuity through multiple generations.
The conservation of power over multiple generations produces a
distinctly different culture of rule than what may be accomplished
?D7I?D=B;B?<;J?C;EH<EHJ>;8;D;ZJE< 7D?D:?L?:K7B
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tray the order and the character of God. The result would be that
the same order of relationships that exists in heaven would be on
:?IFB7OEDJ>;;7HJ>J>HEK=>!E:YIIED :7C.D:;HJ>;HKB;E<
J>;IED 7BBM>EB?L;:EDJ>;;7HJ>MEKB:;NF;H?;D9;J>;=EE:D;II
of God. This is seen in Jesus declaration of the purpose for which
";>7:8;;D=?L;DJEJ>;;7HJ>V425EKHA?D=:EC9EC; OEKHM?BB
be done on earth as it is in heaven. 0>;D !E: C7:; :7C
God intended that the Kingdom would exist on the earth as it did
?D>;7L;D J>;M?BBE< !E:MEKB:8;:ED;EDJ>;;7HJ>7I?JM7I
?D>;7L;D 7D:7BBE< J>;8;D;ZJI7IIE9?7J;:M?J>J>;HKB;E< !E:
would come upon the earth through Adam.
The announcement of the birth of Jesus was the declaration of
Gods intent to restore the government of heaven to the earth in
the form of His Kingdom and to invite humans to seek the good
order and peace of His rule over their lives. God was resuming
J>;FKHIK?JE< "?IEH?=?D7BFB7D M>?9>";ZHIJH;L;7B;:J>HEK=>
Adam. Isaiah prophesied the coming of Jesus and the restoration
E< J>;=EL;HDC;DJE< J>;%?D=:ECE< ";7L;DM>;D>;MHEJ;
V EHJEKI79>?B:?I8EHD JEKI7IED?I=?L;D 7D:J>;=EL;HDC;DJ
will be on his shoulders.
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he Knowledge of
Good and Evil
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The facets of the love of God come together and are seen through
the Son. All who individually represent different aspects of the
love of God as parts of the body of the Son are destined to be
presented together as one corporate entitythe Body of Christ.
SATANS ARGUMENT
0>;D!E:7DDEKD9;:"?I9>E?9;<EH"?I>;?HI ,7J7D<EHC;:7
H;8;BB?ED7=7?DIJJ>;9>E?9;->;79JE< H;8;BB?D=97BB;:?DJEGK;IJ?ED
!E:YIH?=>J;EKID;II ?CFBO?D=J>7J";C7:;7D;HHED;EKI9>E?9;
when He chose man as His heir. The argument is simple: if the
9H;7JKH;?IKDMEHJ>O J>;D!E:YI9>E?9;E< >?C?I;HHED;EKI7D:
the argument of Satan that the angels and Satan were unfairly
passed over would be tantamount to God having made a mistake.
#< !E:M;H;JE>7L;C7:;7C?IJ7A; J>;D7BB9B7?CIJE"?I[7MB;II
wisdom and perfection would be spurious. Even if God did not
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M;H; FHEL;D JE 8; C?IJ7A;D J>;D ,7J7DYI ;<<EHJ JE KDI;7J "?C
would have a chance of succeeding. God could have responded
8O7DD?>?B7J?D=,7J7D7D:>?I7D=;BI 8KJ:E?D=IEMEKB:>7L;B;<J
KD7DIM;H;: J>; GK;IJ?ED E< J>; H?=>J;EKID;II E< !E:YI 9>E?9;
"; J>;H;<EH; 9H;7J;:J>;;7HJ>7D:C7D?DEH:;HJEH;IEBL;J>?I
GK;IJ?ED
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>?IJEHO M?J>J>;?DJ;DJE< ;D=7=?D=J>;9ED[?9JEDJ>;;7HJ>D=;BI;D@EOI?=D?Z97DJ7:L7DJ7=;IEL;HC7DM>;DJ>;O9EC;?DJE
the domain of man. They have prior knowledge derived from their
previous places in heaven together with the advantage of being
IF?H?J 8;?D=I ?D 7 D7JKH7B MEHB: ->;H;<EH; !E: >7I B?C?J;: J>;
manner in which Satan and his angels could engage man.
->;;7HJ>M7I9H;7J;:JE>EIJJ>;;N?IJ;D9;E< C7D M>EC!E:
97BB;:"?IIED->?I?IVJ>;8;=?DD?D=WH;<;HH;:JE?D!;D;I?I
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Since
!E: 7BED; ?I J>; ;=?DD?D= 7D: J>; D: everything else that
exists God created. The angels and all other creations in heaven
preexisted man and this physical creation.
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son and created angels in anticipation of their service to the sons.
->;9H;7J?EDE< J>;7D=;BIFH;:7J;:J>7JE< C7D 8;97KI;!E:9H;7J;:7BB7D=;BI7II;HL7DJI ZHIJJE!E:7D:IK8I;GK;DJBOJEC7D
The order of created things shows Gods plan that He intended
JEFKJ?DJE;<<;9J 7JJ>;7FFHEFH?7J;J?C; ?DJ>;I;GK;D9;E< "?I
choosing.
Angels were created into categories of service and are limited
?DJ>;?H<KD9J?ED?D=JEJ>;?H:;I?=DIDEJ;:;7HB?;H 7IED :K;JE
>?II7C;D;IIE< D7JKH; C7OH;FH;I;DJ>?I<7J>;H M>;H;7I7I;HL7DJ
?I:;I?=D;:EDBOJEF;H<EHC7IF;9?Z9J7IA7D:DEJ<EH8HE7:7D:
general representation. Some of these categories include warring
7D=;BI C;II;D=;H7D=;BI 7D:7D=;BI:;I?=D;:<EHJ>;>EBOEH:;HE<
procession when God chooses to reveal Himself to the spirit of
man in visions and dreams.
God announced His intention to bring forth a race of beings
through which He would put on display the totality of His being
according to His eternal plan. It was immediately apparent to the
7D=;BIUF7HJE< J>;FH?EH9H;7J?ED E< M>?9>,7J7DM7IJ>;C?=>J?est and most eminentthat this decision would confer the greatest
inheritance possible upon a creature. Such a creation would be
C7:;78;D;Z9?7B>;?HE< J>;D7JKH;E< !E:"?CI;B<";MEKB:8;
!E:YIIED 9H;7J;:?DJ>;?C7=;7D:B?A;D;IIE< !E:IJ>;IED
E< !E: >;MEKB:>7L;=;D;H7B7KJ>EH?JO?D>;7L;D7D:ED;7HJ>
Gods decision to create a race of these creatures was rooted in His
nature to love; for God is love.
GODS LOVE
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nature that could choose to inherit the authority of Gods Kingdom and extend the rule of heaven to the earth; and by mans
HKB; !E:YID7JKH;7D:9>7H79J;H "?IBEL; MEKB:8;<KBBO:?IFB7O;:
&EL;?I?D>;H;DJBOLKBD;H78B;?JFKJIED;YI?DJ;H;IJ7JH?IA ?DJ>;
>7D:IE< 7DEJ>;H M>?B;?DL;IJ?D=<7?J>7D:>EF;?DJ>;H;9?FHE97B
affection of the other. The reciprocal nature of love means that
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MANS CHOICE
"EM;L;H J>;;II;DJ?7BC7JJ;HJEJ>;9ED[?9J8;JM;;D!E:7D:
Satan is that of mans choice to be like God. In engaging man on
J>?I =HEKD: J>; <7BB;D 7D=;BI 7D: ,7J7D 7H; KDH;IJH7?D;: ?D J>;
tactics they may employ to separate man from God. All of their
efforts are focused upon the ability of man to make choices independently of God.
The seat of mans independence from God is his soul. God
endowed man with a spirit so that he might be able to fellowship
M?J>!E: 7D:!E:=7L;>?C7IEKBIEJ>7J>;C?=>J;N;H9?I;7
meaningful choice to do soor not.
The soul provided Satan with the richest possibility of engaging
man in his effort to prove that the creature was unworthy to be
Gods son and heir. God had to permit access to the human being
J>HEK=> J>; IEKB 8;97KI; J>; FHEE< J>7J "?I 9>E?9; E< C7D 7I
"?I>;?HM7I?D:;;:9EHH;9JMEKB:9EC;M>;D ?DIF?J;E< J>;<KBB
H7D=;E< J>;;D;COYI7JJ79AI7=7?DIJ>?C >;H;C7?D;:<7?J><KB7D:
unwavering in his love for and his pursuit of God and would continually present himself as a vessel in whom God can dwell as He
wills.
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MANS NATURE
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and the body.60*H?EHJEJ>;<7BB C7DI7M;L;HOJ>?D=8OJ>;IF?H?J
and was in perfect union with God. Mans soul had been in submission to his spirit; his spirit directed his choices.
Satan directed his efforts toward changing the way man saw
himself in relationship to God. His efforts were designed to open
the eyes of the soul.61 Satan told man that he had secret knowledge
of why God restricted man from eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. His assertion was that the fruit of the tree
was designed to unlock the hidden knowledge that would permit
access into the secrets of God. Satans effort was to create a means
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That transition shifted his perspective from one in which he
ruled over creation to merely a survivor. By separating himself
<HEC>?I 7J>;H7D:9EC?D=JEH;BOKFED>?CI;B< >;9EKB:DEBED=;H
represent the rule of his Father. All of his assumptions regarding
H;7B?JO FKHFEI; 7D::;IJ?DO9>7D=;:";:;F7HJ;:<HECJ>;9KBJKH;
of his Father and began a culture driven by the imperatives of
provision and protection.
#CC;:?7J;BO 7<J;H J>; ;O;I E< >?I IEKB M;H; EF;D;: :7CYI
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0>;DJ>;IEKB:;J;HC?D;:C7DYIH;7B?JO >?IHKB;:;=;D;H7J;:
JE J>; ?CF;H7J?L;I E< >?I FHEL?I?ED 7D: >?I FHEJ;9J?ED J ZHIJ
7<J;HJ>;<7BB J>;EDBO;D;COC7DF;H9;?L;:M7I!E: 7D:FHEL?sion and protection were rudimentary. He fashioned clothing and
>;>?:"EM;L;H M?J>?DED;=;D;H7J?ED C7DMEKB:8;=?DJEI;;
EJ>;HC;D7I;D;C?;I7IM;BB0>;D>;I7MC7D7I>?I;D;CO >?I
options for protecting himself would come to include annihilating
>?I;D;CO->KI J>;<HK?JE< J>;JH;;E< J>;ADEMB;:=;E< =EE:7D:
;L?BMEKB:>7L;7D;L;H
;NF7D:?D=Z;B:E< ;NFH;II?EDJE?D9BK:;
M7H =;DE9?:; 7D: ?D:?I9H?C?D7DJ CKH:;H ->; ;NFH;II?ED E<
motivation for provision would expand to include unconscionable
and indiscriminant exploitation of the environment and all within it.
)DBOJ?C;M7IH;GK?H;:8;<EH;J>;<KBB9EDI;GK;D9;IE< J>;:;9?sions of mans soulto deny the restraints of his Father and to act
on his own and for himselfwould become evident.
IBED=7IJ>;;7HJ>9EDJ?DK;:JEH;LEBL; J>;=7F8;JM;;DJ>;
H;7B?J?;I7IF;H9;?L;:J>HEK=>J>;IF?H?J7D:J>;IEKBMEKB:M?:;D
7D:J>;M7OIE< C7DMEKB::;F7HJ<HECJ>;M7OIE< !E: KDJ?B
the results of both would be presented in stark contrast at the end
of the age.
BED=J>;F7J>E< J>?IVBED=:7OE< :O?D= W!E:MEKB:I;D:
J>;D;NJ:7CJEH;IJEH;J>;L?I?EDE< J>;IF?H?JJ>7JJ>;ZHIJ:7C
787D:ED;:D;DJ?H;H79;E< >KC7DI 9>EI;D<HEC7BBJ>;H79;I
J>7J97C;EKJE< :7C MEKB:H;;C;H=;->;OMEKB:FH;I;DJJ>;
7BJ;HD7J?L;J>7JM7I!E:YIEH?=?D7BL?I?ED<EHC7D =EL;HD;:8OJ>;
perspectives of the spirit. This reality would be the fruit of the tree
E< B?<; <EHJ>;OMEKB:8;H;9ED9?B;:JE!E:J>; 7J>;HJ>HEK=>
$;IKI J>;,;DJ)D; J>HEK=>M>EC!E:MEKB:H;9ED9?B;J>;MEHB:
JE"?CI;B< VDEJ9EKDJ?D=F;EFB;YII?DI7=7?DIJJ>;CW
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Jesus was not immune to this struggle. As the hour of His death
7FFHE79>;: J>;9ED[?9J8;JM;;DJ>;M?BBE< "?IIEKB7D:J>7JE<
"?IIF?H?J?DJ;DI?Z;:V'OIEKB?IEL;HM>;BC;:M?J>IEHHEMJEJ>;
FE?DJE< :;7J> WVS->;IF?H?J?IJHKBOH;7:O 8KJJ>;[;I>?IM;7AW
-7A?D=J>;FB79;E< "?IFH;:;9;IIEH J>;ZHIJ:7C 7D:7BBE< :7CYI<7BB;DFHE=;DO M7IIEKJJ;HBOH;FKBI?L;JE"?IH?=>J;EKIIEKB
J>7J";IEK=>JH;B?;< <HECJ>;I>7C;E< ?J"?IIF?H?J >EM;L;H H;J7?D;:?JIKDM7L;H?D=9ECC?JC;DJJE"?I:;IJ?DO M>?9>>7:8;;D
decreed from the foundation of the world.
The clarity of Jesus choice to subject His soul to the rule of
"?IIF?H?J 7D:IEH;JKHDC7DJE7DKD<7BB;DIJ7J; M7I;NFH;II;:?D
His prayer in the garden of Gethsemane on the very night he was
8;JH7O;:8OED;E< "?IJM;BL;:?I9?FB;I";FH7O;: V(EMCOIEKB
?IJHEK8B;: 7D:M>7JI>7BB#I7OX 7J>;H I7L;C;<HECJ>?I>EKHY
(E ?JM7I<EHJ>?IL;HOH;7IED#97C;JEJ>?I>EKH 7J>;H =BEH?<O
your name!#DJ>7JCEC;DJ J>;:;9B?D;E< >KC7D9KBJKH;M7I
arrested; the dominance of the soul over the spirit that began with
Adam and continued until then was fully arrested and reversed.
Although the imperatives of provision and protection would
9EDJ?DK;JE=EL;HDJ>;C7@EH?JOE< >KC7D8;?D=I 7D:J>;EHF>7D
9KBJKH;MEKB:9EDJ?DK;EDKDJ?B?JH;79>;I?JI7FE=;; $;IKIC7:;
mans original culture fully available in the earth as a clear and
:?IJ?D9J7BJ;HD7J?L;#JM7IDEJ ?D<79J 7D;M9KBJKH;8KJM7I7H;9EDD;9J?EDJE 7D:9EDJ?DK7D9;E< J>;EH?=?D7B9KBJKH;E< J>;IEDI
E< !E: HECJ>?IJ?C;EDM7H: J>?I9KBJKH;MEKB:7:L7D9;7BED=
7 F7H7BB;B B?D; JE J>; <7BB;D 9KBJKH; 7D: ;L;DJK7BBO ?J MEKB: 7BIE
H;79>?JIGK?DJ;II;DJ?7B;NFH;II?ED
I8EJ>9KBJKH;I9EDJ?DK;J>;?H:;L;BEFC;DJ J>;?H:?L;H=;D9;
is embodied in two distinct expressions. The culture formed out
of the souls perspective of reality would continue along the path
E< @;7BEKIO ;DLO 7D:IJH?<; 7IJ>EI;M>EJHKIJ?D?JI;;AJEZD:
well-being through the pursuit of provision and protection. The
culture of the spirit will develop into a corporate expression of the
full nature of God. Those who choose the latter as their way of life
M?BBFKJED:?IFB7OJ>;BEL;E< !E:L?J7BFH;H;GK?I?J;JEC7A?D=
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the choice to live in either the culture of the soul or the spirit is to
KD:;HIJ7D:M>7J;79>?I 7D:>EMJ>;O<KD9J?ED
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he Schemes
of the Enemy
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alternative to God built upon the motivation of fear that lies within
the heart of the soul. This entrapment comprises many systems
designed to exploit mans fear of death and his obsession with
comfort. Though he continues to utilize his minions to harass and
;NFBE?JF;EFB;ED7D?D:?L?:K7B87I?I J>;=H;7J;HJ>H;7JFEI;:8O
his administration is systemic. These compounded systems make
KF>?I7BJ;HD7J?L;A?D=:EC M>?9>?I:;I?=D;:JE:;9;?L;C7D7D:
JE:7HA;D>?IKD:;HIJ7D:?D=E< !E: M>?B;FHEC?I?D=;DB?=>J;DC;DJ
of the self. The Scriptures refer to these systems collectively as the
world.
These systems that oppose God and the truth operate on the
same basis of Satans original engagement of man. His schemes
are built on the anticipation that man will be governed by his soul.
He continues to offer man the opportunity to create and control
his own reality. Anyone who relies on these systems pursues the
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THE KOSMOS
->;!H;;AJ;HC<EHJ>;9ECFEKD:;:IOIJ;CI ADEMD7IJ>;
MEHB: ?Ikosmos.I?I9ECCED?D7DOB7D=K7=; MEH:I?D,9H?FJKH;C7O>7L;CKBJ?FB;C;7D?D=I 7D:J>;C;7D?D=?I:;H?L;:<HEC
the context of the surrounding text. There are multiple meanings
to the term world or kosmos. The apostle John uses at least
JMEE< J>;I;C;7D?D=I0>?B;FHE9B7?C?D=!E:YIBEL;<EH>KC7DI
>;:;9B7H;IJ>7JV!E:IEBEL;:J>;MEHB: W but he also cautioned
8;B?;L;HI?D>H?IJ VEDEJBEL;J>;MEHB:W8;97KI;<EH7DOED;
M>EBEL;IJ>;MEHB: VJ>;BEL;E< J>; 7J>;H?IDEJ?D>?CW The
MEHB:J>7J$E>D:;9B7H;I!E:BEL;I?I E< 9EKHI; >KC7D?JO->;
MEHB:J>7J>;97KJ?EDI8;B?;L;HI7=7?DIJBEL?D=EHH;BO?D=KFED J>;
AEICEI >7I7:?<<;H;DJ9H;7JEH<HEC!E:
0>;D ED; H;B?;I KFED J>; IOIJ;CI E< J>; kosmos >; 97DDEJ
I?CKBJ7D;EKIBOJHKIJ!E: I?D9;J>;I;IOIJ;CIM;H;9H;7J;:7I7D7BJ;HD7J?L;JEJHKIJ?D=?D!E: 7D:H;B?7D9;KFEDJ>;C<KHJ>;HI;F7H7J;I
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referred to as the kosmokratorEHMEHB:
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focuses upon mans desire to assure the certainty of his provision
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;N9BKI?L;BOKFED>?CI;B< C7A?D=?J?CFEII?8B;JEI?CKBJ7D;EKIBO
rely upon God. The apostle John understood that these systems
were designed to seduce anyone who relied upon them away from
reliance upon God as their Father. He accurately concluded that
one cannot rely on God the Father for provision and protection
and simultaneously trust in systems designed to replace a relationship
to God with a reliance on ones self.
The strength of Satans kingdom is the collective appeal of
these interconnected systems in that they are designed to address
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?DJ;HMEL;DB?A;7IF?:;HYIM;8 JE;DJH7F7D:JE9EDJ7?DJ>;;DJ?H;JO
of humanity. Entire nations form their governmental systems to
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Even Jesus was tempted to concede the validity and primacy of
these systems.
My Father! My Father!
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9>7H79J;HE< J>;A?D=I 8;97KI;J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;A?D=:EC:?9J7J;I
the characteristics of the citizens lifestyle. The existence of these
different systems is warranted by the need for governmental administrations to address the issues that arise among citizens of any
kingdom. The systems of the kosmos have their counterparts in the
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H;[;9JJ>;;NJH;C;:?<<;H;D9;I?DJ>;D7JKH;IE< J>;?HA?D=I
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8;9ED:K9J;:?D7DEH:;HBO<7I>?ED J>;F7HJ?;I7H;CEH;J>7DB?A;BO
JE;C;H=;<HECJ>;FHE9;II7I7:L;HI7H?;I H;=7H:B;IIE< M>?9>I?:;
the result favors. Friends and family members are made enemies
simply by submitting a dispute to the authority of the kingdom.
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D7JKH;E< J>;9H;7JEHE< J>?IIOIJ;CM>E <HECJ>;8;=?DD?D= M7I
successful in severing the relationship between Adam and God.
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!E:YI%?D=:ECIJ7HJI8O7<ZN?D=L7BK;JEJ>;H;B7J?EDI>?F8;JM;;D
J>;:?IFKJ7DJI C7A?D=J>;=E7BE< J>;FHE9;IIJ>;H;9ED9?B?7J?EDE<
the parties in dispute. Jesus outlined the steps for reconciliation:
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The value of the relationship is preserved throughout the entire
process. The initial step of approaching ones brother privately is
designed to minimize the potential for his embarrassment and invite reconciliation in an environment of discretion. This approach
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permitting an honest discussion of the substance of the dispute.
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has been wronged places on the relationship with the one who
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retribution. This matches exactly the attitude of God toward man.
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reconciliation in the person of Jesus Christ.
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the process is continued by the inclusion of the least number of
people necessary to help bring resolution. These two or three
witnesses are selected on the basis of their willingness to prefer
the reconciliation of the relationship as the primary goal of their
?D9BKI?EDJJ>;J?C;E< $;IKIY?DIJHK9J?ED?DJ>?IFHE9;II VJMEEH
three witnesses was the minimum number necessary to establish
a matter by testimony. The term Jesus uses for witnesses has
7:K;BC;7D?D= ?HIJ ?JH;<;HIJE7M?JD;II?DJ>;B;=7BI;DI; 7D:
I;9ED: ?J:;I9H?8;IED;M>E?I7D7BE=EKIJE7VC7HJOHW In this
9EDJ;NJ J>;I;M?JD;II;I7H;ED;IM>E7H;M?BB?D=JEB7O:EMDJ>;?H
lives on behalf of the disputants to achieve a reconciliation of
the relationship. Because of the witnesses devotion to the parties
?D9ED[?9J J>;I;M?JD;II;I97D8;JHKIJ;:JE=?L;7D799KH7J;7D:
KD8?7I;:7II;IIC;DJE< J>;<79JI->;O7H; J>;H;<EH; ?DJ>;8;IJ
FEI?J?ED JE 7FF;7B JE J>; ED;I ?D 9ED[?9J M?J> ;79> EJ>;H JE 8;
reconciled.
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report of the facts to the spiritual household of the parties precludes the need for a new investigation into the facts. This permits
anyone with a relationship to the party at fault to attempt to persuade him to change and be reconciled.
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;<<EHJI>7L;8;;D;N>7KIJ;:0>;DJ>;E<<;D:?D=F7HJOH;<KI;IJE
L7BK;J>;H;B7J?EDI>?F78EL;7BB;BI; >;?I:;D?;:J>;<;BBEMI>?FE<
J>;8;B?;L;HIEDJME87I;I ?HIJ >;>7I9EDI?IJ;DJBO:;L7BK;:>?I
H;B7J?EDI>?FJE>?I8HEJ>;H I>EM?D=J>7J>;:E;IDEJ>7L;J>;L7BK;
IOIJ;CE< J>;%?D=EL;HJ>?I9KBJKH;,;9ED: >;>7IH;@;9J;:J>;
council of Christ offered to him throughout the entire process.
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in the process places him outside the authority of the Kingdom.
One in the Kingdom must be submitted to Christ the King. It is
that submission that enables the reconciliation of the relationship.
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hearts of people.
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shown himself not submitted to the Kingdom of God. Before he
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Kingdom.
The last option for one not submitted is to release him from
the protection of the Kingdom and to permit his enemy to rule
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FEII?8?B?JO <EH 8H?D=?D= >?C 879A ?DJE J>; %?D=:EC ->;H;<EH;
even this step is designed to produce the desired result.
+;9ED9?B?7J?ED FKHIK;: ?D J>?I <7I>?ED D;?J>;H ?=DEH;I DEH
C?D?C?P;I9ED[?9J#DIJ;7: ?J?:;DJ?Z;IJ>;L7BK78B;J>?D=7IJ>;
H;B7J?EDI>?F H;9E=D?P;IJ>;;N?IJ;D9;E< J>;9ED[?9J 7D:CEL;IJE
establish a factual basis upon which to render a righteous outcome.
This brief comparison highlights the contrast between the two
systems arising from the culture of drastically different kingdoms.
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->;?:;DJ?Z97J?EDE< J>;L7BK;JE8;FH;IKC;:?I9EDI?IJ;DJ?D;79>
kingdom with the nature and authority of the king. Satan values
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!E: JE 8; MHED= ?D >?I 9>E?9; E< C7D 7I "?I >;?H #D 9EDJH7IJ
>H?IJ L7BK;I J>; H;9ED9?B?7J?ED E< J>; H;B7J?EDI>?F 8;97KI; ";
came to restore man to God as sons of God.
My Father! My Father!
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society. The integration of these systems is producing fewer sysJ;CIM?J>=H;7J;H9EDJHEBIJ>;I;IOIJ;CI?DJ;=H7J; J>;H;IKBJM?BB
8;7>EBBEM?D=EKJE< J>;?D:?L?:K7BD7J?EDYIIEL;H;?=DJO H;GK?H?D=
=H;7J;HBEO7BJ?;I7D:7=BE87B9EDI9?EKID;II#D;L?J78BO J>;H;IKBJ
M?BB 8; J>; 9H;7J?ED E< 7 IEL;H;?=D =BE87B IE9?;JO H;[;9J?D= J>;
mandates of these global systems.
The promise of these systems and their demands will be the
basis of a de facto global kingdom. Citizenship in traditional
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symbolic value. In order to comply with the global mandates of
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;N?IJ;:FH?EHJEJ>;9H;7J?EDE< J>;MEHB: M7I?D;L?J78B;->;;7HJ>
?IJ>;7H;D7?DM>?9>J>;9ED[?9J?IFB7O;:EKJ7D:M?BB8;ZD7BBO
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#D J>; IJEHO E< J>; H;:;CFJ?ED E< C7D >H?IJ?7D?JO >7I
<E9KI;:D;7HBO;N9BKI?L;BOZHIJEDJ>;<7BBE< C7D J>;DED>H?IJYI
:;7J> ED J>; 9HEII 7I J>; H;GK?H;: H;C;:O <EH C7DYI I?D ->;
importance of the cross in the story of mans redemption is beyond
:?IFKJ;"EM;L;H J>;9HEII?ID;?J>;HJ>;8;=?DD?D=DEHJ>;;D:
of the story.
A focus limited to Christ and the cross does not consider that
this event is part of a greater context. That context is a covenant
8;JM;;D!E:J>; 7J>;H7D:!E:J>;,EDJ>7JFH;9;:;:9H;7J?ED
which has as its centerpiece the reconciliation of man through
>H?IJ #D J>; 9EDJ;NJ E< J>?I FH;9H;7J?ED 9EL;D7DJ >H?IJYI
I79H?Z9; ED J>; 9HEII ?I J>; <KB9HKC KFED M>?9> J>; >?IJEHO E<
C7DH;IJI7D:?IH;9J?Z;:->;H;<EH; J>;H;B;L7D9;E< >H?IJ7D:
the cross is best understood within the context of a precreation
covenant established between God the Father and God the Son.
'EH;EL;H J>;;N?IJ;D9;E< J>?IFH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJ?IL?J7BJE
KD:;HIJ7D:?D=M>O!E:;IJ78B?I>;:J>;9H;7J?ED?DJ>;ZHIJFB79;
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It also explains why the earth was the designated situs to host the
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FB79;:KFEDJ>;;7HJ>?DJ>;9;DJ;HE< J>;9ED[?9J
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creation and for mankind. The unfolding of events within time is
97H;<KBBO97B?8H7J;:8O!E:JE<KBZBBJ>;H;GK?H;C;DJIE< J>?IFH;creation covenant. Human history is not a series of random acts
occurring as reactions to conditions existing at particular times in
J>;>?IJEHOE< >KC7DA?D:#DIJ;7: ?J?IJ>;I;7IED7BKD<EB:?D=E<
things in heaven that were conceived before the creation of the
world and destined to appear in time as God had foreordained.
God foreknew that man would sin and planned to rescue him.
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precreationor preexistingcovenant that He obligated Himself
to perform. The terms of this covenant include the offer and satisfaction of Jesus death on the cross and Gods acceptance of this
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man to God and to the destiny for which God created him.
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C7DJE"?I:?L?D;FKHFEI;I8;<EH;9H;7J?D=>?C 7D:!E:7=H;;:
JE KD:;HJ7A; 7BB J>7J M7I :;C7D:;: 8O J>;I; H;GK?H;C;DJI 7D:
JE F;H<EHC J>; H;GK?H;C;DJI "?CI;B< ->; 9HEII ?I J>;H;<EH;
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also designed to restore man to the eternal purpose for which man
was made.
This is the administration of the mystery of Christ that Paul
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things. The covenant itself envisioned man being restored to
what God made him to be:
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mans reconciliation to God and concerns Gods choice of man as
His heir. The purpose of Satans plan to oppose God on all levels
of human existence is to discredit humans by attempting to show
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God and to be appointed the heirs of God.
Beyond the designation as sons of God is the matter of man
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7IM;BB7I9EHFEH7J;BO#D:?L?:K7BBO F;EFB;:?IFB7OJ>;9>7H79J;HE<
!E:?DJ>;M7OJ>;O7:C?D?IJH7J;J>;7KJ>EH?JOE< !E: :;B;=7J;:
JEJ>;C?DJ>;<EHCE< =?<JIE< J>;"EBO,F?H?J 7D:M?J>?DJ>;?H
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to the kingdom of Satan.
The precreation covenant is the skeletal framework that is
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My Father! My Father!
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God determined before He made man that He would establish
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the world.101
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established the means by which man could choose to be fully reconciled to God. The design of man allows him to possess the holy
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that man could be a son as opposed to another ministering servant.
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7D:<;BBEMI>?FIM?J>!E:KJ ?DEH:;H<EHC7DJE>7L;J>;78?B?JO
JE9>EEI;!E: >;CKIJ7BIE8;78B;JEH;I?IJ!E: 7D:;L;DH;8;B
against Him.
Choice would include not only the choice to rebel against
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God would have to provide the means by which this choice was
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he himself could not pay. God would have to pay on his behalf.
The preexisting covenant is the manner in which God established
the terms for the reconciliation of man. God swore by himself so
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man to have the ability to choose not only to sin but also to be
reconciled to God.
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Jesus gave the content of His estate in the covenant to those
who were called and selected to be sons of God. The New Testament describes Jesus estate and its administration and names the
inheritors of Jesus estate as sons of God who are drawn from
all the nations of humankind. In order to be added to the class of
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and be made a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven:
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Those who are already vested heirs are empowered to invite others
to become members of the class.
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maturity and inheritance. Being translated into the Kingdom of
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change and transformation from the culture of orphans to the culJKH;E< IEDI 7D:IK8I;GK;DJBO JEJ>;IJ7JKIE< C7JKH;IEDI)DBO
by this process can one faithfully represent the Father in all things.
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again and in the infantile state is nepios E< M>?9>*7KBMHEJ;?D
>?IB;JJ;HJEJ>;!7B7J?7DI V0>7J#7CI7O?D=?IJ>7J7IBED=7IJ>;
heir is a child >;?IDE:?<<;H;DJ<HEC7IB7L; 7BJ>EK=>>;EMDIJ>;
whole estate. This is distinguished from a teknon of which the
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he power to become the sons of God. Here the word used
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between God the Father and the Son before the establishment of
creation itself. This agreement between God and God formed the
basis for the structure and operation of all creation that followed.
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of human history. This covenant produced an estate to both the
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estate be conveyed to man. God entered into this covenant with
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E< >?I9H;7J?ED->;8;D;ZJIJEC7DM;H;>;B:?DJHKIJ8O7FHEC?I;
The promise MEKB: L;IJ M>;D J>; ?DJ;D:;: >;?HI 7HH?L;: ,E
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>;?HIJ>;ZHIJIEDE< !E: J>;8;D;ZJIE< J>;9EL;D7DJL;IJ;:
M?J>>?C"EM;L;H M>;D>;I?:;:M?J>J>;;D;COE< !E: >;H;@;9J;:>?I;IJ7J;7I7IED 9>EEI?D=?D:;F;D:;D9;<HEC!E:?DIJ;7:
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J>;;IJ7J;H;9EDL;HJ;:JE7FHEC?I; ED9;7=7?D7M7?J?D=7D>;?H
God found an heir in Abraham and gave him as much of the
promise as Abrahams condition would allow him to receivealJ>EK=>8H7>7C79J;:EKJE< 7>;7HJJ>7J:;I?H;:!E: 7I7IED
of Adam his culture was already compromised. God promised to
make a great nation out of Abraham and to bring through his line
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vest. By selecting Abraham to be the father of the race out of
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promise would eventually vest.
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>; M7I FEI?J?ED;: JE <KBZBB J>; H;C7?D?D= H;GK?H;C;DJI E< J>;
covenant and to cause the promise to fully vest. Upon His death
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;NF;9J7J?EDJEH;7B?JO 7D:J>;;IJ7J;M7I<KBBO=7J>;H;:KF7D:H;7:O
to be distributed.
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heart of the resistance to the idea that a person may hear directly
from God is a lack of expectation. The culture of the orphan has
no capacity for the intimacy with the Father that would cause the
Father to earnestly desire direct communication with the spirit of
His son.
FACE TO FACE
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C;H;BO[;I>FHEL?:;IDE<H7C;MEHA<EHKD:;HIJ7D:?D=9ECCKD?cation that takes place between the Spirit of God and the spirit of
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:;I?H;E< !E:JEIF;7A:?H;9JBOE<J;D?I:?I=K?I;:8O<7BI;CE:;IJO
presented as humility.
Scripture shows a picture of God continuously seeking communication with man throughout all the epochs of history. The
assertion that a holy God would never deign to speak directly to a
I?D<KBC7D 7D:<EHC7DJE9B7?CIK9><7C?B?7H?JOM?J>!E:?I9BEI;
JE8B7IF>;CO >7I:;;F;HHEEJI?D!DEIJ?9?ICJ>7D,9H?FJKH; HEC
8;<EH;J>;9H;7J?EDE< J>;MEHB: !E:AD;MJ>7JM>;DC7DI?DD;:
!E:MEKB:>7L;JEIF;7AJE>?C:?<<;H;DJBO,E ";FB7DD;:>EM
He would communicate with man once He could no longer speak
to him face to face.
0>;DC7DI?DD;: J>;FH;;C?D;D9;E< >?IIEKBFHEL?:;:>?C
M?J>7:?<<;H;DJ C?I?D<EHC;:L?;ME< H;7B?JO->?IH;7B?JOFHEL?:;:
no basis for mans harmonious interaction with God and creation.
2;J J>;FH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJ9ECC?JJ;:!E:JEJ>;;IJ78B?I>C;DJ
E< 7 >EBO D7J?ED :H7MD <HEC 7BB J>; H79;I E< >KC7DA?D: 7D:
remained as the irrevocable guideline for the evolution of human
>?IJEHO ,E !E: ?D9BK:;: ?D "?I FB7D <EH 9H;7J?ED J>; M7OI 8O
which creation speaks to mans soul. He established creation to
8;79EDJ?DK7BIEKH9;E< ?D<EHC7J?ED :;I?=D;:JEH;C?D:C7DE<
Gods intentions.
Although the culture of the orphan continued to widen
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together with various other symbolic observations and practices
7IIE9?7J;: M?J> H;B?=?ED 9EDJ?DK;: JE 7<<;9J >KC7D 9KBJKH; M?J>
the knowledge of God. For since the creation of the world Gods
?DL?I?8B; GK7B?J?;IU"?I ;J;HD7B FEM;H 7D: :?L?D; D7JKH;U>7L;
8;;D9B;7HBOI;;D 8;?D=KD:;HIJEE:<HECM>7J>7I8;;DC7:; IE
that people are without excuse.->;I;?D[K;D9;I7H;L;?B;:7I
shadowy images that reference realities that lay beyond the ability
E< J>;IEKBJE=H7IF 8KJ9EC;?DJEL?;MM>;DJ>;IF?H?JE< C7D
F7HJIJ>;L;?BE< >?IIEKB 7D:C7DC7OED9;7=7?DI;;7BBJ>?D=I
through the eyes of his spirit.
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such responses from man as the unenlightened soul is capable of
producing. God did not refrain from pursuing His purposes in the
;7HJ>+7J>;H ";FKHIK;:J>EI;;D:IM?J>J>;7M7H;D;IIJ>7JC7DYI
soul cannot grasp His true intent. God knew that when He comCKD?97J;:JEC7DJ>HEK=>D7JKH7B 7IEFFEI;:JEIF?H?JK7B C;7DI
C7D9EKB:KD:;HIJ7D:J>;IOC8EBI JOF;I I>7:EMI 7D:7D7BE=?;I
FH;I;DJ ?D 9H;7J?ED 8KJ >; 9EKB: DEJ I;; J>; FKHFEI; EH ?DJ;DJ
8;>?D:J>;C#DJ>?IIJ7J; C7D9EKB:EDBOI;;J>;J>?D=IE< !E:
as in a mirror dimly.
->;H;<EH; M>;D!E:IFEA;JEC7D9EDcerning the principle of the innocent atoning for the sins of those
M>E7H;=K?BJO ";:?:IE8O;IJ78B?I>?D=J>;I79H?Z9;E< 7B7C8?D
C7DYI9KBJKH;7D:!E:<;:#IH7;B<EH<EHJOO;7HIM?J>C7DD7 M>;D
His true intent was to prepare them for the bread of life from
>;7L;D $;IKI
!E: 9EKB: DEJ IF;7A 78EKJ J>; <KJKH; FB7?DBO 8;97KI; C;D
9EKB:DEJH;9;?L;J>;?D<EHC7J?EDM?J>J>;?HIF?H?JI#DIJ;7: !E:
IFEA;JEC7DJ>HEK=>FHEF>;J?9KJJ;H7D9;I E<J;D?DJ>;<EHCE<
L?I?EDI 7D: :H;7CI 7D: MEKB: M?DA 7J C7DYI KD?D<EHC;: L?;MI
and responses until the restoration of Gods communion with
C7DYI IF?H?J !E:YI FKHFEI; <EH ;IJ78B?I>?D= IOC8EBI I>7:EMI
7D:JOF;I 8;JM;;DJ>;<7BB7D:J>;H;IJEH7J?ED M7IJEC7?DJ7?D7
connection between mans culture on the earth and the culture of
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all the themes in every epoch in such a fashion that the end of the
age is the climactic summation of all the themes converging into a
single reality:
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manded the dry land to appear and separated the waters with a
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8O9ECC7D:?D=B?=>JJE7FF;7H 7D:";=7J>;H;:J>;M7J;HI8;BEM
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land underneath to appear.
God arranged the preexisting elements purposefully to ac9ECCE:7J; J>; ;N?IJ;D9; E< C7D <J;H J>; ZHIJ <EKH :7OI E<
H;EH=7D?P?D=J>;;N?IJ?D=;B;C;DJI ";J>;D8;=?DIJE97BB<EHJ>79JI
E< FKH; 9H;7J?ED ->?I C7DD;H E< 8;=?DD?D= 7 D;M 9H;7J?ED 8O
H;EH:;H?D=;B;C;DJIJ>7J7BH;7:O;N?IJ ?IJ>;I7C;FHE9;II8OM>?9>
God creates a son out of one whose life has become formless and
misdirected without the preeminence of His spirit.
The functioning of the Godhead in creating the natural world
was such that the Holy Spirit was hovering over the elements as
J>;O ;N?IJ;: 7M7?J?D= J>; 9ECC7D:I <EH 9H;7J?ED JE ?IIK; <HEC
J>;J>HED;E< !E:$;IKI FH;L?EKIBOADEMD7IVJ>;0EH:4M>E5
8;97C;[;I> W?IIK;:J>;9ECC7D:I The Holy Spirit executed
J>;CD: J>;H;IKBJM7IJ>;FH;I;DJEH:;HE< 7HH7D=;C;DJ->?I
method of creating is a type and shadow preceding the recreation
of the fallen man into sons of God.
The resulting new creation begins with a rearrangement of
J>;;N?IJ?D=EH:;HV4#5< 7DOED;?I?D>H?IJ J>;D;M9H;7J?ED>7I
9EC;->;EB:>7I=ED; J>;D;M?I>;H;W This new creation
is in contrast to ones existence being perceived according to his
[;I>BOEHMEHB:BOD7JKH; V,E<HECDEMEDM;H;=7H:DEED;<HEC
a worldly point of view. The control of the soul over the spirit
?IKD:ED; 7D:J>;IEKB?IFB79;:7=7?DKD:;HJ>;HKB;E< J>;IF?H?J
I7H;IKBJ J>;8E:O?IB?8;H7J;:<HEC?JIKI;JE799ECCE:7J;J>;
sinful desires of man and becomes available to the spirit to put on
display the glory of God. The Holy Spirit accomplishes the separation and rearrangement of these fundamental elements of the
human being into their proper order.
I?DJ>;ZHIJ9H;7J?ED:;I9H?8;:?D!;D;I?I $;IKI?II;7J;:
ED J>; J>HED; E< !E: ?D >;7L;D 7D: J>; "EBO ,F?H?J >7I 8;;D
positioned to execute His commands in the being of each person
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The glory of an eternal perspective dimmed as mans soul inter<;H;:M?J>>?I9ECCKD?EDM?J>!E:,F?H?JJEIF?H?J 7D:J>;H;7B?ties of this perspective appeared only as shadows upon a veil. As
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of mans reason.
Even this theme of a veil between God and man is presented
in type and shadow in Scripture when the nation of Israel stood at
the base of Mount Sinai forty days after their release from slavery
in Egypt. God invited them to come up into His presence and
to meet with Him face to face. Their souls were overcome with
F7H7BOP?D=<;7H 7D:J>;OH;@;9J;:J>;?DL?J7J?ED 9>EEI?D=?DIJ;7:
to send Moses as their representative. As a result of his encounter
M?J>!E: 'EI;IY<79;8;97C;IEH7:?7DJ7<J;H8;?D=?DJ>;FH;Ience of God that it was necessary for him to wear a veil for some
J?C; 7<J;HM7H: KDJ?B J>; =BEHO <7:;: O J>?I !E: M7I I>EM?D=
that in their choice of an intermediary between themselves and
!E: J>;O >7: LEBKDJ7H?BO FB79;: 7 87HH?;H 8;JM;;D J>;CI;BL;I
and God. This barrier was an alternative that accommodated the
9EDJ?DK;:HKB;E< J>;IEKB->;<EHCE< J>?I87HH?;HM7IH;[;9J;:
?DJ>;=?L?D=E< J>;B7M 8;97KI;J>;B7MM7I7I>7:EME< J>;=EE:
things to come.
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about the relationship between types and shadows and the
corresponding spiritual reality:
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of that which lasts!
Fundamental to ones understanding of how God speaks to man
through types and shadows is that the glory of the spiritual reality
far supersedes that of the veiled natural representation.
,?D9;J>;JHK;?DJ;DJE< !E:?IJE9H;7J;J>;D7JKH7BJEH;[;9J
J>;IF?H?JK7B EDBOM>;DJ>;IF?H?JK7BH;7B?JO7FF;7HI97DJ>;D7JKH7B
8; FHEF;HBO KD:;HIJEE: +;B?=?EKI FH79J?9; ?I 87I;: B7H=;BO KFED
relating to the natural as if it were the spiritual. Old Testament
;N7CFB;I E< J>?I FH79J?9; ?D9BK:; J>; I79H?Z9; E< B7C8I 7D: J>;
observation of the dietary laws.
#D J>; (;M -;IJ7C;DJ ;N7CFB;I ?D9BK:; J>; &EH:YI ,KFF;H
M7J;H 87FJ?IC 7D: J>; J?J>; M>?9> >7L; 8;;D J7K=>J EDBO 7I
7H9>;JOF7B FH79J?9;I M?J>EKJ IF?H?JK7B H;L;B7J?ED +;B?=?EKI FH79J?tioners cleave to these practices as if the truth of them is contained
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J>;KD:;HIJ7D:?D=E< H;L;B7J?ED7IJEJ>;H;7BJ?;I JHKJ>I EHCOIJ;H?;I
L;?B;: 8O J>; C;H; FH79J?9;I J>;O 7H; F;HF;JK7BBO ?D<7DJI KD;GK?FF;:JE7:;GK7J;BOH;FH;I;DJ!E:JEJ>;MEHB:->;H;B?=?EKI
IF?H?JYI H;IFEDI; J>;D JE J>; IF?H?J E< C7DYI ?DGK?H;I ?DJE :;;F
J>?D=IE< !E: ?IJE9B7?C;?J>;HJ>7JJ>;H;B?=?EKIFH79J?9;?JI;B<
>EB:IL7BK;8;97KI;?J?IJ>;J>?D=J>7J!E:BEL;I7D:H;M7H:I EH
that such deeper understanding is unknowable.
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who only see through the eyes of the soul a central part of a
national identity. The practice is linked to important historical
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hollowed out of its original meaning.
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from religious practice throughout the history of human civilization.
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the superseding glory of the reality that has fully appeared. By culJKH7B7D:H;B?=?EKIJH7:?J?EDI J>;FH79J?9;8;9EC;ICEH;L7BK78B;
than the reality.
God intended that the copy or shadow of the heavenly reality
remain in place only until the time for the reality arrives and the
reality reveals Gods true intentions. In the example of the priests
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showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet
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God does not empower both the shadow and the reality at the
same time. Such a duality is both unnecessary and would cause
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peace.
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lays out a clear path that keeps this preeminent focus throughout the Bible. Types and shadows representing this truth are not
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numerous stories in the Old Testament. Two examples of which
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is to acknowledge his line as the lineage of the King. He says:
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come.
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Jacob did not choose Judah; he was chosen by God.
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because he demonstrated the characteristics consistent with the
purpose for the existence of Abrahams family. This is demonIJH7J;:?D+K8;DYI7D:$K:7>YIH;IF;9J?L;E7J>IJEH;JKHD;D@7C?D
and Simeon from Egypt. To convince Jacob to send Benjamin to
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offered the lives of both of his sons as surety against Benjamins
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Christ by pledging his life as a guarantee that he would return the
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Tamars right to raise a son to carry on the promise of Abrahams
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broke through all barriers and allowed her the right to be tied to
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of his authority. The staff of Judah represented the scepter in the
hand of the King that would come from his bloodline. The signet
ring was the symbol of his authority. She valued the things that
God valued and was therefore accorded the right to keep the line
of Judah alive. In honor of her persistence in preserving the life
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which means the one who breaks through. He is the offspring
through whom Jesus comes.
These stories are types and shadows given to provide insight
into the mind of the Lord and as illustrations that the ways of God
are both knowable and reliable.
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ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
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strategically placed to illuminate a path that reliably progresses to
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of Scripture. They represent the consistent unfolding of the mysteries of heaven.
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and in that condition man could only see and understand heavenly
things in a veiled way. He would be distracted by his obsessive search
for provision and protection and would stumble over profound
truths about the purposes of God without recognizing their value.
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connection between mans culture and eternal realities through
these types and shadows.
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because the meaning of all the forms of types and shadows are
illuminated through His word and His person. He is the new
template for the deconstruction of all the mysteries hidden in the
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of man and brought about the same revelation that Jesus came to
present.
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disclosed so that one who is led by the spirit may clearly understand
what Jesus meant to convey. The types and shadows in both the
D7JKH7BMEHB:7D:J>;IJ7J;C;DJIE< ,9H?FJKH;79J7IH;B?78B;9EDZHmation of the accuracy of a believers understanding of the person
of Christ. For everything that was written in the past was written
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7D:J>;;D9EKH7=;C;DJJ>;OFHEL?:; M;C?=>J>7L;>EF;W
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to keep him aware of basic things about God until the day when
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of his spirit would be reopened.
The battle for the reality of mans vision of God was lost in the
!7H:;DE< :;D 8KJM7IH;=7?D;:?DJ>;=7H:;DE< !;J>I;C7D;
#D J>; !7H:;D E< :;D J>; ;O;I E< J>; IEKB M;H; EF;D;: 7D:
<HECJ>;DED7L;?BM7I;H;9J;:8;JM;;D!E:7D:J>;ZHIJ:7C
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that His spirit was willing to trust God through the looming events
of the cross.
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Son is the term that describes an issue out of the person
of a father. To impart ones image and likeness to another is
simultaneously the greatest act of generosity and the most complete expression of goodness. To be inextricably bound to another
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?I7D79JE< IKFH;C;>KC?B?JO ;IF;9?7BBOM>;DJ>; 7J>;H?I!E:
and the son is man.
The most profound aspect of the character of God is that of
Father. God as Father expresses completely His nature of love: the
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when fathering is by design.
God conceived of man as His son deliberately to express the
nature of love. His careful attentiveness of this purpose explains
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before He created Him. Man was not designed as merely a continu7BBO ;LEBL?D= FHEJEFB7IC?9 [EJI7C 7:H?<J ?D J>; L7IJD;II E< J>;
universe. God tied His own being to man by His unbreakable oath
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the purpose for creation and the hope of redemption in the culture.
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his willingness to proceed as far as he did showed the heart of God
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recipient of the promise to bring Christ into the world through his
lineage.
One should not construe this hope of restoration nor the
restoration to sonship through Christ as the end within itself. The
restoration of man through Christ is primarily a restoration to his
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Christ restored him to sonship. The restoration to sonship is Gods
provision for accurately realigning man in the earth so that God
may put on display the true meaning of Father through him.
Just as a son needs a father in order to properly understand
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on display the fathers nature. A sons history and his origin are
determined by the father out of whom the son issued. Accord?D=BO >?IFKHFEI;97DD;L;H8;<KHJ>;H;:?D9EDJH7:?IJ?D9J?ED<HEC
>?I <7J>;H EHH;IFED:?D=BO J>; <7J>;H ?I FB;:=;: JE IKFFEHJ J>;
existence of his son. This is the role God chose when He created
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is a symbiotic and intricately interconnected relationship toward a
mutual and continuing purpose.
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>7:F;HC;7J;:;L;HO7IF;9JE< >KC7D?DJ;H79J?ED 7D:?JM7IH7H;
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this foundational aspect of heavenly culture was singularly absent
on earth necessitated the advent of a model to guide man in his
understanding back to the standard of father and son. God sent
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to provide a template against which this restored relationship could
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The salvation of man comprises the tasks of rescuing him from
the culture of the orphan and restoring him to the culture of a son
of God. The process involves rescuing him from his reliance upon
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->;%?D=:ECE< !E:?I7I7<;>7L;DE< 7KJ>EH?JO HEEJ;:?D
the sovereignty of Christ. It is an environment in which ones spirit
regains control over his soul. The process of being translated into
the Kingdom of God is described as being born again of the
spirit.
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state. The newborn son goes through distinct stages of growth
and maturity before he becomes capable of functioning in the
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"EBO ,F?H?J M>E H;JHEZJI >?I IF?H?J M?J> 9>7H79J;H?IJ?9I J>7J 7H;
distinctly heavenly in origin.
There are seven distinct characteristics of the Holy Spirit that
Jesus displayed as the model to inform the progression of an infant
son to maturity. The seven characteristics of the Spirit result in the
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for the nature of God. Although these characteristics may have
J>;?H ;7HJ>BO 9EKDJ;HF7HJI J>;?H IEKH9; ?I :?L?D; 7D: J>;O <KD9tion to change mans fundamental nature from carnal to divine.
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8;=?DJE8;CEH;FHEDEKD9;: 9ECC;DIKH7J;M?J>J>;C7JKH?D=
of the son.
A mature son is produced by a deliberate process. One is born
again of spirit in order to restore the original balance of the spirits
dominance over the soul. Being born again of the Spirit is not by
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The process for the maturing of sons of God is stewarded
within the order and arrangement of the House of God. Unlike
7DEHF>7D 7IEDH;FH;I;DJI9EDJ?DK?JO?D>?I=;D;H7J?ED7D:97Hries forward the purposes for which a family exists. The House of
God derives its relevance from God Himself. In every successive
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:?I9BEI;: 0>;H;7I J>; FKHFEI; E< 7D EHF>7D ?I 7BM7OI 9ECFB;J;:
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the ongoing disclosure of the purpose of the house to which he
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son is the radiance of Gods glory and the exact representation of
his being.
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expression of the Fathers family in the earth in any epoch of time.
This is the critical framework by which a son is restored to
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original intent for him. Each son is raised to maturity to present
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of each son is to radiate his Fathers glory and to represent Him
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completely in the closing age of man.
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of resistance to His plan and will. God showed Himself not by
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declaration of His goodness. God chose to be known for His
all-surpassing goodness.
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He has consistently chosen a relationship of intimacy with man.
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nature into the very being of manfrom the beginning when He
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breathed spirit out of His own person into the container of clay.
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pattern has been His search for an intimate connection to man.
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"?IF;H<;9J9EDJ79JJ>HEK=>$;IKI His desire to present His goodness has been constant in His outreach to man.
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presumption that the respective deity is distant from man and is
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The form of a son is necessary to accommodate the purpose for
which God created man: to show the nature of the Father. God
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and truth.
A LIVING SACRIFICE
The ultimate demonstration of the goodness of God displayed
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the presentation of the glory of God through the person of Jesus
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on display the ultimate standard of love. God chose to love the
son who strayed away from Him enough to consume the life of
the Son who remained obedient to Him in order to rescue the
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depths of His goodness. His choice was entirely benevolent in that
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ones love is undeniable. The display of such goodness shows the
glory of ones nature.
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established by Jesus Christ. He was completely available to the Father as a source from which the glory of the Father could radiate
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this is your true and proper worship.
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the priority is to put on display the goodness of God within the
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the way that a son of God presented the goodness of God in his
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of grace and truth.0>;D";H7?I;:&7P7HKI<HECJ>;:;7: ";
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8;B?;L;: OEKMEKB:I;;J>;=BEHOE< !E:W Even His death on
the cross is explained as the act by which He most clearly puts on
display the glory of the Father. The world was given the opportunity
to observe the goodness of God through Jesus rule.
ADMINISTRATIONS
Administrations are designed to give force and effect to a
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A RIGHTEOUS OFFERING
This form of bargain holds that the righteousness of man
may be offered in an exchange with God. On the basis of this
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to have any explanation except to suggest that perhaps God is at
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inconsistent with the Scriptures.
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suggestion of a relationship based upon the mutuality of exchange
does not permit the Father to function through the son and does
not give the son access to the resources of the Father on the basis
of being His heir. This is not the model that Jesus established. Jesus
described His relationship with the Father as you are in me and I
7C?DOEK W signifying that the Father worked from His location
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the authority of His Father.
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unctioning as
Fathers and Sons
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who appears as the incarnate God full of grace and truth.200 The
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Jesus as His Son on the occasion of His baptism by John in the
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heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a
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love; with you I am well pleased.201
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the stages of a human life. Though ultimately He was killed on
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God and His relationship to His Father. This life was designed to
be a template for understanding how God relates to His sons and
how sons of God are meant to relate to the everlasting Father.
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God the Father.
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MEHB: M?J>EKJ 7 7J>;H !E: 79ADEMB;:=;: J>7J :7CYI 9ED:?tion entitled him to the bread of his own toil.202 Adams separation
from his Father also resulted in a separation from the estate designed to supply him in this way. He and his progeny came to rely
instead upon the force of their own strength and their skill in the
development and use of technology.
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for his successful administration.
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and supply to function.
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divine goodness is resplendently displayed through the words and
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relationship that God envisioned when He made man as His son.
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A CHILD IS BORN
Extreme hostility opposed Jesus introduction into the world.
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that he would suffer no potential challenges to his rule. Herod was
known for his murderous elimination of any opposition to his rule.
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typically unavailable to the normal human birth.
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circumstances. Although some choose to see the circumstances of
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humans might be born. The Father took advantage of Satans pride
and his inability to envision the Son of God arriving in such humble
and meager circumstances. The enemy was not looking for the
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fully monitored His progress and gave Him what help He needed.
The Father did not simply abandon Jesus to the circumstances of
life until He was thirty. Jesus path was laid out carefully so that His
sufferings and trials would install the layers of obedience necessary
to sustain the pressure of His destiny.
Gods intent was to prepare Him for the time of His maturity through the incidences that
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and unambiguous. Jesus grew in favor with God as He submitted
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both of which informed His choices consistently.
God put the results of Jesus training on display for us to observe
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the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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to produce disobedience and death. Jesus restored the appropriate
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with the Spirit in His use of Scripture and would distinguish the
misuse of Scripture by those well-versed in the knowledge of the
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the trials to take Him to increasingly higher levels of maturity and
preparedness. These progressive increases were the evidence of
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Father in this prayer to God. This description leaves no doubt that
the life of Jesus was connected to the life within the Father in a
virtually inseparable fashion. You are in me is an indication that
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and to do of his good pleasure. The Father prepared Jesus for
the destiny of hosting the presence of God in an unobstructed
way. No independent desire of Jesus existed to compete with the
use of His person by God. Jesus voluntarily submitted His whole
being to God for whatever use God chose to make of it.
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out upon the earth. He trusted the love of His Father for Him and
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foundations of the world.
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as his own willing and conscious choices. It was this process that
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accurately said that I and the Father are one.
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in his father. Gods intention is that the purpose of a son is to
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is commonly considered apart from the unfolding of enormous
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unfolding. Even large accomplishments within a single lifetime are
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foundation of the world by the Father and the Son.
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purpose in time. The Father determined how His love would be
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took the roles of both Father and Son by which to express His
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the path along which His destiny emerges. His trust of the Father
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and to complete His destiny. He presents the Son and shows Himself to the world in the most complete expression of His nature
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between Jesus and God and is the archetype for the restored relationship between God and man.
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is based upon a connection or relationship distinct from a biological one. This is shown by example in the prophetic designation of
Judahs tribe as the inheritors of the promise given to Abraham.
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to be presented to the prophet Samuel who had come to Jesses
house at Gods instruction to select and anoint the king of Israel.
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The concept of the double portion is intertwined with the perpetuation of a house. The double portion concept refers to the son
whose character is most closely aligned to the purpose for which
the house of his father exists. Every house is established according
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generations through the bestowing of the double portion upon the
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most closely aligned to the spirit of the promise.
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He was the recipient of this double portion. His double portion
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orphan upon humankind and to model the culture of the son.
John the Baptist was sent to announce Jesus as the pattern Son to
restore the Fathers House. God established the prophetic sign of
this occurrence at the close of the Old Testament and opens the
New Testament by introducing Jesus as His Son.
Elijah functions in a similar capacity in his relationship to
Elisha. Elijah was the spiritual father of Elisha; he was not his
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to carry on the purpose for which Elijah himself had been called
as a prophet.
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double portion. That role is reprised by John the Baptist in regard
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Elishas cry of >&9-*7>&9-*7 was in recognition that
Elijah was his spiritual father. Elisha had followed Elijah and
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this relationship to have been formed.
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relationship through the culture of an orphan. He has been repatriated to God the Father and has access to the resources of
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of heaven. This task is assigned to a spiritual father.
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The roles of the spiritual father and the spiritual son are based
on the relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ the
Son. This relationship is the only way to supplant the culture of
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again inevitably will continue to function in his native culture of
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subservience to the spirit. The culture that is native to the spirit
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an account to God regarding the spiritual son. A spiritual father
must be someone who is mature enough to be given as a gift to a
spiritual son to reveal the nature of God the Father.
Since God Himself established the arrangement of father and
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has suffered. It is Gods grace to give a father who is mature in
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exactly that kind of supervision and oversight.
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arranged by force or convenience.
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and not an institution. The spiritual son possesses a destiny that is
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the spiritual father is very clear that the vision he received is greater
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Christ-centered life. Paul understood his role as the father to
the Corinthian believers and to Timothy to have been ordained
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everywhere he preached.
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but in dealing with the Corinthians he actively asserted his fatherly
responsibility to confront them with their need for discipline. He
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relationship between individuals as fathers and sons. In addition to
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common faith. The reason I left you in Crete was that you might
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referred to groups of believers as his children.
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the context of usage and ones familiarity with the different ways
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speaker would understand that there are many different usages of
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statements usage speaks of an intellectual construct regarding the
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of the Father is not in him. Although he uses the same term
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that Satan has created to compete with the Kingdom of God. Both
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refer to are completely opposed to each other.
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denote different usages and meanings of the same word. There is no
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and God as our Father in heaven. It is possible to be born of both
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the Father of our spirits if we are born again of the Holy Spirit.
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although we remain housed in the same bodies. Since being born
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did with Adam in the Garden. He becomes the Father of our
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inasmuch as we are born again through the work of the
Spirit of our Father.
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God our Father in contrast to only being born of our natural
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children. It would be inappropriate to refer to anyone else as the
one from whom we have derived our spiritual existence.
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of Himself to His children to bring them to their full maturity. God
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King whose advent had been long prophesied. Peter was part of
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and earth must show a legitimate connection to Jesus plenary
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directs the use of His authority on the earth in all of its manifestations. He designated the Holy Spirit as His prime delegate and
committed to the Spirit His authority to establish His Kingdom on
earth. The authority of Jesus came to earth when the blessed Holy
Spirit was pour[ed] out on all people.
The Holy Spirit arranges all of the relationships that form the
House of God and controls how they function. He is also present
in each person who is part of the House of God. It is the central
presence of the Holy Spirit that permits the alignment of the sons
of God into the collective family. If God could not fellowship with
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are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.260
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of the relationship is designed with the good of the sons in mind.
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sons as well as to make the entire House of God the instrument by
which God accomplishes His eternal purpose on earth.
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with greater knowledge of his destiny and an increased measure
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destiny entrusted to him at that time. The Holy Spirit then integrates
each sons destiny into the unfolding manifestation of Gods corporate purpose. Just as Jesus revealed the nature of the Father and the
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of the Father. The Holy Spirit arranges the corporate Christ so that
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of Christ is put on display:
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order of God in heaven. This alternative way of life will stand in
stark contrast to the form of life that has been on the earth since
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and has had the long-term effect of blinding man to the reality of
the love of God.
The restoration of the order of the House of God is designed
to put on display the complete picture of the nature of God as
revealed through Christ during His time upon the earth. Gods
intent is to reconcile humankind to Himself through the corporate
Christ.
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the necessary duty of maintaining a culture that was conducive to
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would the nation.
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which this ancient order is being established in a new manifestation on the earth. Human creations that have substituted for this
divine imperative are being disrobed of their pretense and shown
in all of their nakedness and vulgarity. Human society has already
turned away from these aberrations in their search for answers.
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authentic truth. It is into this environment that God has chosen to
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desiring to be part of the heavenly realityeven if they are not
clearly aware that this is what they are seeking.
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he Nation of Israel
and the Early Church
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The apostle Peter concurred and declared that the Gentiles indeed
had succeeded whereas Israel had been rejected because of their
unbelief:
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Gods intended purpose of Israel as a nation was to put them on
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opportunity before the Law was given to them on Mount Sinai.
Gods original plan was to make them into a picture of the spiritual house among the nations of the world until the reality of the
house had fully migrated from heaven to earth. They would have
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came following the resurrection and ascension of Christ Himself.
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to accommodate the substance of being a royal priesthood and a
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to accommodate the reality of this promise. It was created this way
to nurture a culture compatible with the promise of a Seed arising
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refusal to obey God and accept the offer made to them did not
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Israel did not become the type and shadow of a holy nation to
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them in this way in anticipation of offering them the opportunity
to become an expression of the holy nation.
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had the effect of making them into a symbol of the reality. The
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who draw near to worship.
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reality appeared as the Body of Christ. It was always Gods plan to
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to make them familiar with it.
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through human personages. The genealogical reports act as an
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unfolding through the generations of humanity. This is a blatant
declaration that there is divine order by which all things are arranged
within the physical creation.
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tice is to alert even the casual observer to the fact that the visible order is a type and shadow of an invisible order that is no
less real than the visible order. Familiarity with the visible order
is designed to predispose the understanding of humankind to the
existence of this spiritual order and to induce reliance upon it as a
means of entering into the designated purpose that underlies the
known physical order.
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The next great challenge they faced came in the form of
persecution. It began with the arrest of the apostles Peter and John
following an outstanding miracle performed at the very gates of
the temple in Jerusalem. The effects of this spectacular occurrence
became impossible for the Jewish leaders to ignore. The growing
legacy of Jesus of Nazareth had become problematic for these
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the number of Jesus followers.
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from the temple and the persecution of the followers of Jesus.
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to the Church. Philip went to Samaria and many converts resulted from his visit. Peter and John were later dispatched to help
establish the church in that area.
The Jerusalem church at the beginning established a sense of
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in Jerusalem and the initial scattering of many believers into the
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than that which initially emerged in Jerusalem. Paul would lead this
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take on greater complexity as it met the challenges both within and
outside of Jerusalem. Slowly the picture emerged of the Body of
Christ comprising both Jews and Gentiles.
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of humankind. This result was achieved after many hard-fought
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among the Jewish believers.
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of the Church on behalf of the Jewish authorities. His apostolic
administration directed the rapid rise of the Church in the Greco+EC7D MEHB: 7D: 8HEK=>J J>; ?IIK; E< H;9ED9?B?7J?ED 8;JM;;D
Jews and Gentiles in the Body of Christ to the forefront. Once
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established became the foundation for the rule of the Church.
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regions. He gave orders to the churches of Galatia to set aside
sums of money on a regular basis to relieve the brethren in Jerusalem in a time of severe famine.
Paul and Barnabas established
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within the region known as Galatia. The same was true to an even
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Thus is the unfolding of Pauls administration. He starts out
as a spiritual father to sons such as Timothy and Titus. Then his
spiritual family grows to include a household in many cities. As
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Church among the Gentiles.
Paul used his standing as a father of men to disciple them to
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endured the discipline of their training under his hand became
mature leaders who could be trusted to faithfully represent the Lord
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that the people of God could be cared for in the fashion in which
the early apostles arranged the order of the House of God in the
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among households but also among entire races.
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clans to gather resources and to send aid to the Jews who had
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The relationship between God and man is the most compre>;DI?L;7D:9ECFB;NH;B7J?EDI>?FED;97D;NF;H?;D9;->;KD?GK;
aspects of the relationship highlight this fact: God is Spirit while
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between Gods purpose for him and his own way; both God and
man have a common enemy who opposes God by alienating man
<HEC!E:7D: !E:JEEAEDJ>;<EHCE< C7D?DEH:;HJEH;9EDcile man to God.
In order to show completely all of the different facets of the
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forms of human relationships that God established are veiled
portrayals of His relationship to man. The metaphors of human
relationships are mysteries revealed fully in their appointed time.
Examples of common human relationships that are profound
myster[ies] are the father and son relationship and the husband and
wife relationship. These two relationships in particular are used
to show that the exact representation of another is possible only
through sameness of being.
A dissimilar being will highlight the differences in beings
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through their representation. A servant cannot represent the character of his master because he is unfamiliar with both the character
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the character of his father because he originated from within the
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is also the reason that angels are incapable of exact representation
of God.
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out of God and so was a son who was capable of representing
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God. She was made to exactly represent both. As a representative
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of those sources of authority.
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divine intentions regarding authority and representation. UnderIJ7D:?D=7A?D=7IIEL;H;?=D>;BFIJE:;ZD;J>;EH?=?D7D:<KD9J?ED
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with the Kingdom.
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family to a fathers plan. The house itself monitors the progress
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of time. The order of the arrangement of the house is important
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seem a cruel fate for one who had served God for most of his
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priority that would shape the course of history for all of the
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the formal decrees that would create a holy nation on the earth.
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preached on the day of Pentecost. Peter and all of the witnesses
present on that day were dead. Even Paul by now was dead. Only
John was left. The order of Judaism had been dismantled with the
destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. John himself had lived for
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the early church and the next generation.
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one generation and will advance its implementation in the succeed?D= =;D;H7J?ED EH ;N7CFB; "; :;B?L;H;: J>; 7D9?;DJ ";8H;MI
from slavery in Egypt in one generation and brought them into
the Promised Land in the next. Even a generation that sees the
astounding works of God may become like an old wineskin as it
relates to the further advancement of the things that were intro:K9;:?DJ>;?H:7O->;ZHIJ=;D;H7J?EDE< 8;B?;L;HI=H7FFB;:M?J>
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short of the full intention of heaven.
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new generation had arisen with a new mindset. He had also removed
the obstacle of Judaism by permitting the destruction of the temple
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the next great increment of the unfolding picture in a new generational wineskin.
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which Jesus was holding seven stars in His right hand as He was
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the seven stars were seven messengers to the believers in seven cities. Each messenger was given a distinctive message for the group
to which he was sent. The messages were urgent and timely but
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particular city. The messages were about things that were to occur
shortly as well as conditions among the believers that were in urgent
need of address.
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enter the door into that realm to witness the opening of the seven
seals on the scroll in the hand of the Almighty God.0>;DJ>;
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Heaven honored Jesus the Lamb by declaring that He had accomplished Gods will on earth. Following Johns witness to these events
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earth as they were declared and celebrated in heaven.
The future imperative for earth was that heaven would bring
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class. Those comprised within the nation would speak different
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they would be united under the sovereignty of Christ as a nation
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would see that the Father loves them in the same way that He loved
Jesus. This ultimate expression of the many as one encapsulates
the gospel of the love of the Father.
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that is visible to the world. Christ intends to present His relationship to
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nature of the Fathers lovenot only for Jesus and the corporate
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of the gospel of the Father and the Son is reserved for this form.
The world cannot see the spiritual Body of Christ; spiritual
things are spiritually discerned. Their vision of the spiritual Body
of Christ must be presented in a familiar form in order for them
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to convey to them.
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expression of the Body of Christ to function as a nation among
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a royal priesthood [and] a holy nation. John was invited into
heaven to witness the formality of heavens declaration of its commitment to present the glory of the Lamb within this form upon
the earth.
This holy nation is designed to show how people from all of
the divisions within the human community may be reformatted
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nation capable of receiving any person in any condition and developing them to the place of a mature son of God. Humans with
the most shattered lives could be rescued and restored to such
completeness that they are available to put on display the very
nature of God in the form they were created to exhibit.
This restorative process is rooted in a relationship to a human
father who replicates the role of God the Father in a persons life.
The spiritual father is central to the order that rescues a person and
restores his destiny. A person saved in this way is placed within the
context of a holy nation that empowers and enables him to put on
display all that God designed him to be.
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acknowledged by the participants. These voluntary relationships
connect people into a corporate form that does not rely on natural
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would not be unusual for the father and son relationship to defy
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diversities that would be unimaginable in conventional society.
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spoke of a gospel that put on display the nature of the Father.
Jesus referred to this prophecy and instructed His disciples that
they were the light of the world and [a] city that is set on an
hill [that] cannot be hid. God always intended to culminate the
age of man with this expression of the gospel in the world. Jesus
Himself came to show us the Father and prayed that all those who
would believe in Him would live corporately in the model of how
He and the Father lived. The prophecies regarding the order of the
Church at the end of the age never speak of an urgent escape in
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the hope of humankind and keep the peoples of the earth deeply
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such harmony and peace that they will have beat[en] their swords
into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
The economy of the House of God will not in any way be
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nations of the world there will be the continuing cycle of wars
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that are at war with each other in the world will live together as
fathers and sons.
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for the instruction of the nations in how to transition to that result.
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of men to despair. Because religion fails to see the model of a holy
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major contributing factor to human hopelessness.
The prophecies regarding the elevation of the status of the
House of God to that of a city on a hill envision that when the
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politics as a way of creating a favorable climate for the receiving of
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governance. It is this clear alternative that God intends to use in
the last days to present the message of the Father and the Son as
the complete expression of the love of God.
The House of God is this holy nation that God envisioned
when He brought Adam into the world. The rule of righteousness
is the order of the House of God. God originally gave Adam dominion over the earth to introduce this way of heaven within the
natural creation. Jesus came to recapture this mandate and to give
it complete expression as the template upon which His corporate
Body would function. God intended that the corporate Body of
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Himself before the worlds were formed to bring the age of man
to a conclusion by displaying Himself in the earth in the glory of
this form.
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10. Ibid.
11. !;D;I?I
V->;D!E:I7?: X&;JKIC7A;C7D?DEKH?C7=; ?DEKH
B?A;D;II 7D:B;JJ>;CHKB;EL;HJ>;ZI>E< J>;I;77D:J>;8?H:IE< J>;7?H
EL;HJ>;B?L;IJE9A EL;H7BBJ>;;7HJ> 7D:EL;H7BBJ>;9H;7JKH;IJ>7JCEL;
7BED=J>;=HEKD:Y,E!E:9H;7J;:C7D?D>?IEMD?C7=; ?DJ>;?C7=;E<
God he created him; male and female he created them.
12. &KA;
V(EM$;IKI>?CI;B< M7I78EKJJ>?HJOO;7HIEB:M>;D>;8;=7D>?IC?D?IJHO";M7IJ>;IED IE?JM7IJ>EK=>J E< $EI;F> J>;IEDE<
";B?SJ>;IEDE< DEI> J>;IEDE< ,;J> J>;IEDE< :7C J>;IEDE<
God.
!;D;I?IV->;D!E:I7?: X&;JJ>;B7D:FHE:K9;L;=;J7J?EDI;;:
8;7H?D=FB7DJI7D:JH;;IEDJ>;B7D:J>7J8;7H<HK?JM?J>I;;:?D?J 799EH:?D=JE
their various kinds. And it was so.
!;D;I?IVD:!E:I7?: X&;JJ>;B7D:FHE:K9;B?L?D=9H;7JKH;I799EH:?D=JEJ>;?HA?D:IB?L;IJE9A 9H;7JKH;IJ>7JCEL;7BED=J>;=HEKD: 7D:M?B:
7D?C7BI ;79>799EH:?D=JE?JIA?D:YD:?JM7IIEW
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V->;D!E:I7?: X#=?L;OEK;L;HOI;;:
8;7H?D=FB7DJED
the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They
will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of
the air and all the creatures that move on the groundeverything that has
the breath of life in itI give every green plant for food. And it was so.
16. !;D;I?I I;;DEJ;
!;D;I?I
";8H;MI ";8H;MI
VD:KH; >7H:I>?F 7I :?I9?FB?D; !E: ?I
treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are
DEJ:?I9?FB?D;:7D:;L;HOED;KD:;H=E;I:?I9?FB?D; J>;DOEK7H;?BB;=?J?C7J;9>?B:H;D7D:DEJJHK;IEDI'EH;EL;H M;>7L;7BB>7:>KC7D<7J>;HI
who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should
we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us
<EH7B?JJB;M>?B;7IJ>;OJ>EK=>J8;IJ8KJ!E::?I9?FB?D;IKI<EHEKH=EE:
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8KJF7?D<KB&7J;HED >EM;L;H ?JFHE:K9;I7>7HL;IJE< H?=>J;EKID;II7D:
peace for those who have been trained by it.
It is no distinction of mans that his body was formed out of the earth.
!;D;I?IVD:!E:I7?: X&;JJ>;M7J;HKD:;HJ>;IAO8;=7J>;H;:JE
ED;FB79; 7D:B;J:HO=HEKD:7FF;7HYD:?JM7IIEW!;D;I?IV->;D
!E:I7?: X&;JJ>;B7D:FHE:K9;L;=;J7J?EDI;;:
8;7H?D=FB7DJI7D:JH;;I
EDJ>;B7D:J>7J8;7H<HK?JM?J>I;;:?D?J 799EH:?D=JEJ>;?HL7H?EKIA?D:IY
And it was so.
20. ";8H;MI
V$KIJ7I C7D ?I:;IJ?D;:JE :?;ED9; 7D: 7<J;HJ>7JJE
<79;@K:=C;DJ IE>H?IJM7II79H?Z9;:ED9;JEJ7A;7M7OJ>;I?DIE< C7DO
F;EFB;7D:>;M?BB7FF;7H7I;9ED:J?C; DEJJE8;7HI?D 8KJJE8H?D=I7BL7tion to those who are waiting for him.
21. EH?DJ>?7DI
V,EM?BB?J8;M?J>J>;H;IKHH;9J?EDE< J>;:;7:
->;8E:OJ>7J?IIEMD?IF;H?I>78B; ?J?IH7?I;:?CF;H?I>78B;?J?IIEMD?D
:?I>EDEH ?J?IH7?I;:?D=BEHO?J?IIEMD?DM;7AD;II ?J?IH7?I;:?DFEM;H?J
?IIEMD7D7JKH7B8E:O ?J?IH7?I;:7IF?H?JK7B8E:O#< J>;H;?I7D7JKH7B8E:O
there is also a spiritual body.
22. !7B7J?7DI
V2EK7H;7BBIEDIE< !E:J>HEK=><7?J>?D>H?IJ$;IKI
for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with
>H?IJ->;H;?ID;?J>;H$;MDEH!H;;A IB7L;DEH<H;; C7B;DEH<;C7B; <EH
OEK7H;7BBED;?D>H?IJ$;IKI#< OEK8;BED=JE>H?IJ J>;DOEK7H;8H7>7CYII;;: 7D:>;?HI799EH:?D=JEJ>;FHEC?I;W
It was the Spirit of God itself that is said to have made man a living
8;?D=W!;D;I?IVJ>;&)+!E:<EHC;:J>;C7D<HECJ>;:KIJE<
J>;=HEKD:7D:8H;7J>;:?DJE>?IDEIJH?BIJ>;8H;7J>E< B?<; 7D:J>;C7D
became a living being.
";8H;MIV EHJEM>?9>E< J>;7D=;BI:?:!E:;L;HI7O X2EK7H;CO
,EDJE:7O#>7L;8;9EC;OEKH 7J>;HY)H7=7?D X#M?BB8;>?I 7J>;H 7D:
he will be my Son?
+EC7DI
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M;7H;J>;9>?B:H;DE< !E:D:?< 9>?B:H;D J>;D>;?HI>;?HIE< !E: 7D:
@E?DJ
>;?HIM?J>>H?IJ?< IE8;J>7JM;IK<<;HM?J>>?C J>7JM;C7O8;7BIE
=BEH?Z;:JE=;J>;HW
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at http://www.geocities.ws/fweinreb_documentation/Tradam.html
799;II;:$KD;
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L?P7:7C7>#J?II7?:7IB?D=K?IJIE<J;D9ED9BK:;IKF;HZ9?7BBOJ>7J:7C
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was so called because he had been taken from the earth. Yet this is essenJ?7BBO9ECFB;J;BOMHED= 7BIEB?D=K?IJ?97BBO#D:;;: J>;MEH:VC7DW :7C
9EC;I<HECJ>;MEH:V#H;I;C8B;W IEH;I;C8B7D9;->?IC;7DIJEI7OJ>7J
man was made in the likeness of God. The word likeness has the same
stem as man; so the essential of man is not that he was taken from the
;7HJ>8KJJ>7J>;H;I;C8B;I!E: B?A;!E:I7?:7JH;7J?EDJ>7J";MEKB:
9H;7J; C7D JE >?I ?C7=; 7D: B?A;D;II 99EH:?D=BO J>; MEH: V7:7C7>W
;7HJ> 9EC;I<HECVC7DW#J?IJ>;<;C?D?D;<EHCE< VC7DW 7D:J>;MEC7D
?I7BM7OIOEKD=;HJ>7DJ>;C7D 9EC;I7<J;HJ>;C7D 7D:J>HEK=>C7DJ>;
;7HJ>?I?D:;;::;?Z;: 8HEK=>JJE!E:#J?IDEJIEJ>7JJ>;;7HJ><EHCI
C7D 8KJC7DCKIJ<EHCJ>;;7HJ>
#J?IJOF?97BJEI;;J>7JJ>?IB?D=K?IJ?9;HHEH?IC7:;?DJ?C;IE< C7J;H?7B?IC
M>;DJ>;<;C?D?D;I?:;E< C7D J>?I;7HJ>BOB?<; ?I;CF>7I?P;:KJ?DJ?C;I
M>;D?J?IADEMDJ>7JC7D?I7BIE:?L?D; J>7J?D:;;:J>;:?L?D;?DC7D?I
J>;:;J;HC?D?D=<79JEH ?JD;L;HE99KHH;:JEF;EFB;JEI7OJ>7J:7C9EC;I
<HEC7:7C7> 8;97KI;?JM7IL;HOM;BBADEMDJ>7JJ>;<;C?D?D;M7I:;H?L;:
<HECJ>;C7B; 7D:J>7JJ>;C7D:E;IDEJ>7L;JE9ED<EHCJEJ>;MEC7D
!;D;I?I
Genesis 1:26.
!;D;I?I
An example of which was the appearance of the star as a sign visible in
J>;>;7L;IJEC;DED;7HJ> 7DDEKD9?D=J>;8?HJ>E< J>;IEDM>EMEKB:
redeem humankind to the purposes of God.
!;D;I?IV!E:8B;II;:J>;C7D:I7?:JEJ>;C X;<HK?J<KB7D:?D9H;7I;
?DDKC8;HZBBJ>;;7HJ>7D:IK8:K;?J+KB;EL;HJ>;ZI>E< J>;I;77D:J>;
birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.
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FH;9?EKIFHEC?I;I J>7JJ>HEK=>J>;I;OEKC7O8;F7HJ7A;HIE< J>;:?L?D;
D7JKH; >7L?D=;I97F;:J>;9EHHKFJ?EDJ>7J?I?DJ>;MEHB:J>HEK=>BKIJW
";8H;MI VH; DEJ 7BB 7D=;BI C?D?IJ;H?D= IF?H?JI I;DJ JE I;HL; J>EI;
who will inherit salvation?
F>;I?7DI
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!;D;I?II;;DEJ;
Matthew 6:10.
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M?BBJEM7H:C;DW(#/V!BEHOJE!E:?DJ>;>?=>;IJ 7D:ED;7HJ>F;79;
to men on whom his favor rests.
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Hebrews 2:10.
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V EH JE M>?9> E< J>; 7D=;BI :?: !E: ;L;H I7O X2EK 7H;
CO,EDJE:7O#>7L;8;9EC;OEKH 7J>;HY)H7=7?D X#M?BB8;>?I 7J>;H
7D:>;M?BB8;CO,EDYD:7=7?D M>;D!E:8H?D=I>?IZHIJ8EHD?DJEJ>;
MEHB: >;I7OI X&;J7BB!E:YI7D=;BIMEHI>?F>?CYW
";8H;MI VH; DEJ 7BB 7D=;BI C?D?IJ;H?D= IF?H?JI I;DJ JE I;HL; J>EI;
who will inherit salvation?
,;; ;= #I7?7>
V#DJ>;O;7HJ>7J%?D=.PP?7>:?;: #I7MJ>;&EH:
I;7J;:ED7J>HED; >?=>7D:;N7BJ;:7D:J>;JH7?DE< >?IHE8;ZBB;:J>;
J;CFB;8EL;>?CM;H;I;H7F>I ;79>M?J>I?NM?D=I0?J>JMEM?D=IJ>;O
9EL;H;:J>;?H<79;I M?J>JMEJ>;O9EL;H;:J>;?H<;;J 7D:M?J>JMEJ>;OM;H;
[O?D=D:J>;OM;H;97BB?D=JEED;7DEJ>;HX"EBO >EBO >EBO?IJ>;&)+
Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.
EBEII?7DI
";8H;MI
EH?DJ>?7DI
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life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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have it more abundantly.
60. ->;II7BED?7DIV'7O!E:>?CI;B< J>;!E:E< F;79; I7D9J?<OOEK
J>HEK=>7D:J>HEK=>'7OOEKHM>EB;IF?H?J IEKB7D:8E:O8;A;FJ8B7C;-
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less at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
61. !;D;I?IV EH!E:ADEMIJ>7JM>;DOEK;7J<HEC?JOEKH;O;IM?BB8;
EF;D;: 7D:OEKM?BB8;B?A;!E: ADEM?D==EE:7D:;L?BW
62. +EC7DI
(#/
V EHJ>;9H;7J?EDM7IIK8@;9J;:JE<HKIJH7J?ED DEJ8O?JIEMD9>E?9; 8KJ8OJ>;M?BBE< J>;ED;M>EIK8@;9J;:?J ?D
hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and
brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
,;;+EC7DI
,;;+EC7DI
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66. ,;;!;D;I?I
EH?DJ>?7DI
V(EMM;ADEMJ>7J?< J>;;7HJ>BOJ;DJM;B?L;?D?I
:;IJHEO;: M;>7L;78K?B:?D=<HEC!E: 7D;J;HD7B>EKI;?D>;7L;D DEJ
8K?BJ 8O >KC7D >7D:I ';7DM>?B; M; =HE7D BED=?D= JE 8; 9BEJ>;: M?J>
EKH>;7L;DBO:M;BB?D= 8;97KI;M>;DM;7H;9BEJ>;: M;M?BBDEJ8;<EKD:
D7A;: EHM>?B;M;7H;?DJ>?IJ;DJ M;=HE7D7D:7H;8KH:;D;: 8;97KI;M;
:EDEJM?I>JE8;KD9BEJ>;:8KJJE8;9BEJ>;:M?J>EKH>;7L;DBO:M;BB?D=
so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
EH?DJ>?7DI VJ>7J !E: M7I H;9ED9?B?D= J>; MEHB: JE >?CI;B< ?D
>H?IJ DEJ9EKDJ?D=C;DYII?DI7=7?DIJJ>;CD:>;>7I9ECC?JJ;:JEKI
the message of reconciliation.
Genesis 1:26.
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+EC7DI
Philippians 2:12.
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+;L;B7J?ED%$/
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?D>?C EH;L;HOJ>?D=?DJ>;MEHB:UJ>;9H7L?D=IE< I?D<KBC7D J>;BKIJE<
his eyes and the boasting of what he has and doescomes not from the
Father but from the world.
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$;IKIW+EC7DI(#/
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MEHB: 8KJ8;JH7DI<EHC;:8OJ>;H;D;M?D=E< OEKHC?D:->;DOEKM?BB8;
78B;JEJ;IJ7D:7FFHEL;M>7J!E:YIM?BB?IU>?I=EE: FB;7I?D=7D:F;H<;9J
will.
,;; ;= EH?DJ>?7DI
$E>D V->;H; ?I DE <;7H ?D BEL; KJ F;H<;9J BEL; :H?L;I EKJ <;7H
because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made
perfect in love.
+EC7DI(#/
V)H:EOEKI>EM9EDJ;CFJ<EHJ>;H?9>;IE< >?I
A?D:D;II <EH8;7H7D9; 7D: F7J?;D9; DEJ H;7B?P?D= J>7J !E:YI A?D:D;II ?I
intended to lead you to repentance?
Ephesians 6:11-12.
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(#/
V,?D9;J>;9>?B:H;D>7L;[;I>7D:8BEE:
he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the
FEM;HE< >?CM>E>EB:IJ>;FEM;HE< :;7J>UJ>7J?I J>;:;L?BU7D:<H;;
those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
EH?DJ>?7DI
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(7I>L?BB; -(->EC7I(;BIED*K8B?I>;HI
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EBEII?7DIV EH>;>7IH;I9K;:KI<HECJ>;:EC?D?EDE< :7HAD;II
and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.
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;KJ;HEDECO
,JHED= ->; (;M ,JHED=YI ! ECF7H; M?J> ,JHED=YI "
J>;
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singular translation of a spectator or recorder who gives testimony.
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Ibid.
100. Hebrews 6:16-20.
101. +;L;B7J?ED(#/
VBB?D>78?J7DJIE< J>;;7HJ>M?BBMEHI>?FJ>;
8;7IJU7BBM>EI;D7C;I>7L;DEJ8;;DMH?JJ;D?DJ>;&7C8YI8EEAE< B?<;
the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.
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those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit
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the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by
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we are Gods children. God as Spirit is present as His complete self in
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He is simultaneously seated on the throne in heaven as both the Father and
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because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son
of God appeared was to destroy the devils work.
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fruit and growing throughout the whole worldjust as it has been doing
among you since the day you heard it and truly understood Gods grace.
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stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are
just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!.
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died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and
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strangers on earth.
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for father as used in the Old Testament including the head or founder
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Note for study: this is the story of the prodigal son.
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them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
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with the oil of joy.
See Acts 2.
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is in heaven.
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every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
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the result of one mans sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought
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Jesus Christ!
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did not go up the mountain.
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this is before the creation of the Levitical priesthood and the people are
still in the state of coming out of Egypt. Before God established the order
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of Melchizedek.
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excuse.
Ephesians 2:11-22.
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gift of helps and takes pleasure in serving others.
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when the twelve apostles undertook the spiritual care of the Jerusalem
church while delegating the task of distributing material goods to the seven
deacons.
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See Acts 10.
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2 Timothy 2:1-2.
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all the Gentiles might come to faith and obedienceto the only wise God
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the sameness of being He has with the Father: Anyone who has seen
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and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works
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