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Father!
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SAM

SOLEYN
W I T H

N I C H O L A S

S O L E Y N

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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

The Fatherless Culture

Chapter 2

The Effects of the Fatherless Culture

13

Chapter 3

A New Ethical and Moral Basis

25

Chapter 4

The Spirit of the Orphan

33

Chapter 5

The Knowledge of Good and Evil

47

Chapter 6

A Change from Spirit to Soul

57

Chapter 7

The Schemes of the Enemy

63

Chapter 8

The Last Adam

71

Chapter 9

How God Speaks

89

Chapter 10 Father and Sons

107

Chapter 11 Functioning as Fathers and Sons

123

Chapter 12 Turning the Heart of the Fathers to the Children

135

Chapter 13 Call No Man Upon the Earth Your Father

143

Chapter 14 The Arrangement of the House of God

151

Chapter 15 The Nation of Israel and the Early Church

171

Chapter 16 A Holy Nation

185

Endnotes

199

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The connection was that of the heavenly Father lovingly relating to
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encumbered by a plethora of regulations and practices. ConseGK;DJBO  I?D9; J>; <7C?BO E<  !E: >7I 78:?97J;: ?JI <KD:7C;DJ7B
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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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for the restoration and reconstitution of the predetermined divine


intent; the realization of a corporate son in the image of Christ
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Church is fundamentally patriarchal in naturethe family of God
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that the divine family may realize their calling and ministry in this
world. The objective is the strategic placement of mature sons into
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may be brought under the rule of Christ.
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Soleyn. In life there are those rare encounters that indelibly mark
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my meeting with Sam.
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exuding the wisdom of the ages. This was a servant and apostle of
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accurately communicated the culture of the Kingdom with grace
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the household of God. Not only did my spirit jump at the sound
of his voice and the clarity of his understanding of the times
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grateful.
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that his leadership ability was that of a father intimately relating to his
children. His whole disposition embodied the patriarchal grace of
the Father.
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simply philosophical; he has imparted his whole life. His relationships with a host of dynamic people across the earth underpin
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multiple households in the Church and in corporate society. In this
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incarnate in the life of the writer who has become the revelation. This
book will undoubtedly contribute to the restoration of the Church
to its glorious prophetic and consummate destiny in Christ.
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I believe it is important to read My Father! My Father! within


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I received a classical education until I left the islands at the age of
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English and Speech and a juris doctorate from the University of
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My beginnings as a preacher include a background with the
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church. I now work extensively among widely diverse nations
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and the former Soviet Unionand among even more widely
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are as varied as the cultures that produce them. I was a believer for
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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
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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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in this book are for this time on the earth.
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This book establishes a framework in which to think about these
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and the Holy Spirit.
This work is deliberately limited to establishing the principles
of the relationship between God and man. It is an overarching
picture that presents a contrast to the traditional religious mindset
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into practical applications. It is a foundation upon which we will
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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
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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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9>7D=;: <HEC J>7J E<  7 IED JE J>; 9KBJKH; E<  7D EHF>7D  M>?9>
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became the de facto human culture. The culture of a son differs


entirely from that of an orphan. A son of God in creation is designated to radiate the glory of Gods nature and to represent exactly
the nature of his Father by ruling in the spheres of his authority as
the Father would. He is supported in these twin imperatives by the
resources of his Fathers house; whereas an orphan relies exclusively
KFED>?CI;B< <EH>?IFHEL?I?ED7D:FHEJ;9J?ED 7D:>?I=E7B?IJEIKHvive. The fall of man introduced this culture as an alternative to the
original intention of God for the creation of man.
#DJ>;FH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJ !E:FHEL?:;:<EHJ>;H;:;CFJ?ED
of His house. [T]he Lamb [was] slain from the foundation of the
world so that the mandates associated with Gods son in the earth
MEKB: FHE9;;: JE J>;?H ZD7B C7D?<;IJ7J?EDI 2 At the appropriate
J?C; J>;H;<EH; !E:I;DJ7DEJ>;HIEDJEH;:;;C"?I>EKI;7D:
to reestablish His purposes for His sons. Jesus appeared at the appointed time to redeem man from the results of Adams choice.
Christ successfully confronted the enemy and succeeded in
EL;HJ>HEM?D=7BBE< J>;9EDI;GK;D9;IE< >?I:;9;FJ?ED $;IKIB?L;:
upon the earth in a manner distinct from all other humans. He
showed man that it is possible to hear God and to walk in divine
EH:;HCEC;DJ8OCEC;DJ "?I:;9B7H7J?ED J>7JV4C57DI>7BBDEJ
B?L;ED8H;7:7BED; 8KJED;L;HOMEH:J>7J9EC;I<HECJ>;CEKJ>
E<  !E: W M7I C;7DJ JE ;NFB7?D >EM "; B?L;: 7D: M>E "; M7I 
8;97KI; "; 7BIE M7I J>; H;7: <HEC >;7L;D 7D: J>; 0EH: J>7J
proceeded from the mouth of God. His life was a complete display of the life God originally intended His sons to live upon the
;7HJ> ";>7IC7:;7L7?B78B; JE7BB>KC7D?JO J>;EFFEHJKD?JOJE
8;H;9ED9?B;:JE!E:J>; 7J>;H7D:JEFKJED:?IFB7O!E:YI=BEHO 
His love.
God raised Jesus from the dead as both Lord and Christ.
Christ is a reference to the corporate anointing to which all the
IEDIE< !E: 8EHD7=7?DE< J>;,F?H?J 7H;7II;C8B;:7I"?I8E:O 
Jesus himself ascended to heaven and now sits on the throne of
God as the head.
Jesus accomplishment in overthrowing the enemys deception
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has resulted in the reintroduction of the authority of heaven as


J>;7BJ;HD7J?L;87I?IE< FEM;H7D:HKB; IKFFEHJ?D=J>;79J?L?J?;IE< 
the sons of God upon the earth. This basis of authority is known
as the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is a functioning
reality upon the earth that gives order and form to the children of
!E:7IJ>;OFKHIK;J>;FKHFEI;IE< !E: 9EBB;9J?L;BO 7IJ>;E:O
of Christ.

THE HOUSE OF GOD


->; <7C?BO E<  !E: ED J>; ;7HJ> ?I 7 IF?H?JK7B <7C?BO  :H7MD
from all the ranks of humanity and formed into an arrangement
that presents the fundamental nature of Gods love. The sons of
!E:M>EC7A;KFJ>?I<7C?BO7H;IF?H?J8;?D=I I?D9;!E:"?CI;B< 
is a spirit. Although in their relationships with each other sons of
!E:C7O8;C7B;7D:<;C7B; <HEC:?<<;H;DJH79;I <HECL7H?EKI
;J>D?9879A=HEKD:I 7D:<HEC:?<<;H;DJIE9?7B9B7II;I ?DJ>;?HH;B7J?EDI>?FJE!E:J>; 7J>;H J>;O7H;7BBIEDI ->;;DJ?H;"EKI;E< 
God is arranged to show the love of a father for a son and the trust
of a father by a son. This central value is presented with greater
9ECFB;N?JOJ>HEK=>J>;EH:;HE< 7IF?H?JK7B<7C?BO >EKI;>EB: 9B7D 
JH?8; 7D:;L;DJK7BBO7D7J?ED
->;IF?H?JK7B8E:O 9ECFH?I?D=7BBJ>;IEDIE< !E: ;N?IJII?CKBJ7D;EKIBO?D>;7L;D7D:ED;7HJ> 7D:?J?IJ>;"EKI;E< !E:
in both realms. The order of its arrangement is designed to display
the culture of heaven on the earth. The foundation of this culture
is the order of father and son through which the love of God is
presented on the earth as it is in heaven.
EHD;7HBOJMEC?BB;DD?7 H;B?=?EKIJ>EK=>J>7I<E9KI;:KFED
gaining access to heaven in the afterlife and has offered no explanation for Gods placement of man upon the earth. All the narraJ?L;I8;=?DM?J>J>;IJEHO?DFHE=H;II IJ7HJ?D=M?J>J>;!7H:;DE< 
:;D JJ>7JIJ7HJ?D=FE?DJ J>;<E9KI9EC;IJE8;EDJ>;D;;:
for the redemption of man. No consideration is given to the prior
GK;IJ?EDE< M>O!E:9H;7J;:C7D7I"?IIED7D:FKJ>?CJEHKB;
on the earth.
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This book tells the story of Gods original intention for the
9H;7J?ED E<  C7D 7D: ;NFB7?DI >EM J>; I79H?Z9; E<  $;IKI ED J>;
9HEIIH;FEI?J?EDIC7D?DJ>;M?BBE< !E:IEJ>7J>;?I78B;JE<KBZBB
Gods intention for creating him.

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CHAPTER 1

he Fatherless Culture

KBJKH; ?I J>; <EKD:7J?ED E<  EKH ?:;DJ?JO  ?D:?L?:K7BBO 7D: 7I
C;C8;HIE< IE9?;JO #J?IJ>;C;CEHO IF;;9> 7HJ 7D:8;>7L?EH
passed from one generation to the next. An individual interprets
>?IEH>;HKD?GK;;NF;H?;D9;IFH;:?9J78BO ?D7C7DD;H9EDI?IJ;DJ
M?J>9KBJKH7BDEHCI M>?9>?DJKHD<EHCIJ>;87I?I<EHI;B<
F;H9;FJ?ED KBJKH;:?9J7J;I>EM;79>F;HIED:;ZD;I>?IEH>;HI;B< ->;
legacy of societys forebears lies in the characteristics of its cultural
?:;DJ?JO ->7J?:;DJ?JO97D8;IE?D=H7?D;:M?J>?D7D?D:?L?:K7BJ>7J 
M?J>EKJJ>;H;L;B7J?EDE< 7:?<<;H;DJ9KBJKH; ?J:;ZD;IJ>;9EKHI;
E< >?IB?<; 0>;J>;HEHDEJ>;?I7M7H;E< J>?I<79J?I?HH;B;L7DJJE
the outcome.
-E:7O  J>; :EC?D7DJ =BE87B 9KBJKH; ?I J>7J E<  <7J>;HB;IID;II 
This culture is a subtle and pervasive one that teaches people to
J>?DAB?A;EHF>7DI #J?I79KBJKH;I;F7H7J;:<HECJ>;8;D;Z9?7B?D[K;D9;E< ED;YI<EH;8;7HI7D:B;7L;IJ>;EHF>7D:;<;DI;B;II?D>?I
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.
-E:7OYI <7J>;HB;II 9KBJKH; :?H;9JBO 9ED[?9JI M?J> J>; 9KBJKH;
E< J>;%?D=:ECE< !E: 0>;H;7I7<7J>;HB;II9KBJKH;FHE:K9;I
EHF>7DI  !E: 9H;7J;: C7D JE 8; "?I 9>?B:H;D 7D: >;?HI JE "?I
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Kingdom. The culture of the Kingdom of God is that of a house.


->;9ED[?9J8;JM;;DJ>;I;JME9KBJKH;I>7I9EC;JE7>;7:7I!E:
continues to reveal his House on the earth.
The House of God is the family of God. It exists simultaneously in heaven and on earth. The Kingdom of God is the base
of authority and rule that empowers His House in both domains.
The Kingdom exists to support the children of God in their mandate to represent the nature and character of God Himself. It is
designed to restore the original intent of God for the creation of
C7D7D: ?DJ>;FHE9;II JEH;I9K;>KC7DA?D:<HECJ>;9KBJKH;E< 
the orphan. The House of God is being revealed at this time to
provide Gods children with the righteous alternative to the earths
pervasive fatherless culture.

THE NEW GLOBAL CULTURE


The inheritance to which a child is entitled from a father is
J>;BEL; IKFFEHJ 7D:H;IEKH9;IE< 7>EKI;>EB: J7C?D?CKC 
J>?IH;GK?H;I7C;7D?D=<KBH;B7J?EDI>?F8;JM;;DJ>;<7J>;H7D:>?I
children. Applying this minimal standard highlights the pandemic
scope of the problem; the predominant global culture is that of
EHF>7DI  ->?I 9KBJKH; IE 9ECFB;J;BO F;HC;7J;I D7J?EDI  F;EFB;
=HEKFI 7D:H;B?=?EDIJ>7J<7J>;HB;IID;II>7I8;9EC;J>;IJ7D:7H:
7=7?DIJM>?9>7BBEJ>;H9KBJKH7BFHEZB;I7H; 9EDI9?EKIBOEHKD9EDI9?EKIBO 9ECF7H;: ->;H;<EH; J>;9ED9;FJE< 9EDJ?DK?JOJ>HEK=>
inheritance is foreign to most of the worlds societies.
The modern orphan comes in many forms. Changing social
F7JJ;HDI  M7H 7D: :?I;7I;  FEB?J?9I  7D: J>; <7?B?D=I E<  H;B?=?EKI
systems in the many corners of the world have created orphans out
E<  ;DJ?H; D7J?EDI 7D: ;DJ?H; =;D;H7J?EDI E<  F;EFB;  0>;H; J>;I;
F>;DEC;D7>7L;H;CEL;:J>;<7J>;H<HECJ>;7L;H7=;<7C?BOKD?J 
9>?B:H;D 7H; B;<J JE Z=KH; EKJ >EM JE IKHL?L; ED J>;?H EMD  7D:
eventually they impart their identity as orphans to their children.
The traditional family structure has changed in ways that
:;FH?L;9>?B:H;DE< 7C?D?C7BH;B7J?EDI>?FM?J>J>;?H<7J>;H ;L;D
M>;DJ>;<7J>;H?I7B?L;EHF>OI?97BBOFH;I;DJ .DJ?BH;9;DJBO >7L?D=
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children born out of wedlock or into a relationship of unmarried


9E
>78?J7J?ED M7I IJ?=C7J?P?D= ?D 0;IJ;HD IE9?;J?;I  -E:7O  >EM;L;H  ED; E<  J>; B7H=;IJ 9EDJH?8KJ?EDI JE J>; 78I;D9; E<  <7J>;HI
?D0;IJ;HD9KBJKH;?IJ>;DKC8;HE< 9>?B:H;D8;?D=8EHDJEI?D=B;
CEJ>;HI #DJ>;.D?J;:,J7J;I 7FFHEN?C7J;BOF;H9;DJE< D;M
births are to unmarried women. Similar rates of birth outside of
marriage occur in England and other European countries.6
Fatherlessness in the United States is not centered on a
particular demographic. That more than half of all children in
the African-American community are living in fatherless homes is
F7HJ?9KB7HBOIJH?A?D= "EM;L;H EL;HF;H9;DJE< M>?J;C7HH?7=;I
end in divorce. 0>;H;7I <H?97D
C;H?97D 9>?B:H;D 7H; 8;?D=
8EHD?DJE<7J>;HB;II>EC;I M>?J;9>?B:H;D7H;?D9H;7I?D=BOC7:;<7therless through divorce.
0>?B; 9>7D=;I ?D IE9?7B DEHCI 9EDJH?8KJ; JE 7 CEH; IK8JB;
:;L;BEFC;DJ E<  7 <7J>;HB;II 9KBJKH;  M7H 7D: :?I;7I; >7L; C7:;
orphans of entire nations almost overnight. In Central and South;HD<H?97 J>;#,;F?:;C?9>7IH;CEL;:7D;DJ?H;=;D;H7J?ED
E< <7J>;HI7D:>7IH;I>7F;:J>;IE9?7BIJHK9JKH; 0>;DF7H;DJI7H;
BEIJJE:?I;7I; 9>?B:H;D8;9EC;J>;>;7:IE< >EKI;>EB:IM?J>J>;
responsibility to raise and care for their younger siblings. They are
orphans raising orphans.
,?C?B7HBO J>;<HK?JE< M7HO?;B:I7D78KD:7DJ9HEFE< EHF>7DI 
EH ;N7CFB;  ?D 9EKDJH?;I J>7J C7:; KF J>; <EHC;H ;:;H7B +;FK8B?9E< 2K=EIB7L?7 9?L?BM7HI>7L;:;IJHEO;:J>;IE9?7BIJHK9JKH;
and debased the role of fathers among the people. Many families
M;H;:;IJHEO;:8OL?EB;D9; 7D:C7II97CF7?=DIJ>7JKI;:H7F;7I
a weapon of war and ethnic cleansing resulted in the births of
J>EKI7D:IE< EHF>7DI CEIJE< M>EI;9KHH;DJIJ7JKI?IKDADEMD 
Such a sizable population of orphans begot of violence robs an
;DJ?H;=;D;H7J?EDE< ?JI?:;DJ?JO 'EH;EL;H J>;7<J;HC7J>E< M7H
7D:H;LEBKJ?ED>7IB;<JJ>;:EEHEF;D<EH>KC7DJH7<Z9A;HI M>EI;
prey is the vulnerable children of these countries. Countries that
were part of the former Yugoslavia are now key staging areas for
recruiting children for the massive Eastern European sex trade.
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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
<7C?BO?D<H7IJHK9JKH;J>7J>7IDEJH;9EL;H;:?JI?:;DJ?JO I?D9;8;?D=
:;ZD;:IEB;BO7IF7HJE< J>;IJ7J;YIH;IEKH9;I .D:;H9ECCKD?IJ
HKB; J>;IJ7J;>7:J>;ZD7B7KJ>EH?JOEL;H9>?B:H;D 7D:F7H;DJ7B
control was subject to state interests. Families were units of the
IJ7J; 7D:J>;IJ7J;9EDJHEBB;:J>;9>?B:H;DYI:;IJ?D?;I ECCKD?IC
IJH?FF;:D7J?EDIE< 7MEHA?D=CE:;BE< <7C?BOB?<; 7D:J>;I;D;MBO
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.
I7D;N7CFB; ?DJ>;.AH7?D; ED;E< J>;CEIJFEFKB7HJ;B;L?I?ED
FHE=H7CI?I7FHE=H7CED<7C?BOH;B7J?EDI>?FI >EIJ;:8O7D;L7Dgelical preacher turned politician. He saw that the nations chances
of survival were very slim without the reintroduction of this
;II;DJ?7B8K?B:?D=8BE9A J>;<7C?BO JEJ>;D7J?ED ->;L7IJDKC8;H
E< EHF>7DI H;B7J?L;JEJ>;EL;H7BBFEFKB7J?ED FB79;IJ>;<KJKH;E< 
the nation at risk.
The national churches in these former communist countries are
marked by their cooperative relationship with the toppled regimes.
The churches offer little more than liturgical practices that are
=;D;H7BBOEKJ:7J;:7D:EKJE< JEK9>M?J>J>;F;EFB; I7H;IKBJ 
J>;H;?IDEI?=D?Z97DJIF?H?JK7B7BJ;HD7J?L;JEJ>;=E:B;IIB;=79?;I
E<  7J>;?IJ?9 9ECCKD?IC  ->?I F7JJ;HD H;FB7OI ?JI;B<  <HEC +KII?7
to Cuba and involves entire nations and almost all of their populations.
The fatherless culture represents the largest demographic
grouping of humanity today and has invaded every aspect of
>KC7DIE9?;JO ->;IOIJ;CIE< J>;MEHB:7H;<;;:?D=J>?I9KBJKH; 
7D:?D?JI?D;NEH78B;H?I; J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;<7J>;HB;II?IH;:;ZD?D=
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IE9?7BDEHCI=BE87BBO ;97KI;E< ?JIF;HL7I?L;D;II J>?I9KBJKH;?I


L?HJK7BBO KDDEJ?9;:  ,E9?EBE=?IJI  :;CE=H7F>;HI  FEB?J?9?7DI  7D:
marketers all study different manifestations of this culture as it
H;B7J;I JE J>EI; F7HJ?9KB7H 7H;7I E<  ?DJ;H;IJI  "EM;L;H  <;M >7L;
I;;DJ>;<7J>;HB;II9KBJKH;7IJ>;EL;H7H9>?D=?D[K;D9; M>?9>>7I
?D<KI;:?JI;B< ?DJE;L;HO7IF;9JE< B?<; /?;M;:M?J>7DKD:;HIJ7D:?D=
E< J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;<7J>;HB;II J>;JH;D:IJ>HEK=>EKJJ>;MEHB:
and in all areas of society illustrate that the fatherless culture
9KHH;DJBO:;ZD;I>KC7DIE9?;JO 

RELIGION AS A CAUSE OF FATHERLESSNESS


+7J>;HJ>7DE<<;H?D=7D7BJ;HD7J?L;JE<7J>;HB;IID;II 9>KH9>;I
>7L;8;;DI>7F;:8OJ>?IFH;L7?B?D=9KBJKH;7D: ?DJ>;?HC7BB;78?B?JO 
failed to impart the wisdom and revelation of the Kingdom of
!E:JEJ>;9KBJKH;E< EHF>7DI 0>;H;9ED<HEDJ;:M?J>7<7J>;HB;II
9KBJKH; H;B?=?EKIIOIJ;CI>7L;8;;DH;L;7B;:7IJ>;8OFHE:K9JIE< 
spurious traditions.
+;B?=?EDIM?J>F7JH?7H9>7B<EHCIJ;D:JEIK8I?IJED<EHCKB7?9
rules taken from outdated interpretations of sacred writingsusu7BBO78B;D:E< >?IJEHO 9KIJECI 7D:JH7:?J?EDI ->;?H7DJ?GK7J;:
FH79J?9;I :E DEJ <EIJ;H 7 9EDD;9J?ED M?J> J>; F;EFB;  I IK9> 
these religions resort to shame-based manipulation and appeal
to the fear of being stigmatized in the community to control its
members conduct. That these religions advance their ideologies
through manipulation and intimidation is a clear sign the spirit of
a loving father is absent from within them.
The only goals religion can offer are those that feed the desires
E<  J>;?H IFEDIEHI>?F  0>;H; J>; FH;:EC?D7DJ 9KBJKH; ?I ED; E< 
<7J>;HB;IID;II  J>; H;B?=?EKI IOIJ;CI 8;D: JE 97J;H JE J>; :;I?H;I
E<  J>; EHF>7D;: IE9?;JO  ->;O E<<;H J>; FEII?8?B?JO E<  ZD7D9?7B
success or victory over ones personal or social oppressors as the
great objective for surviving our time on this earth. Love is not a
H;GK?H;C;DJ (EJ>?D=?DJ>;I;CE:;BIIK==;IJIJ>7JJ>;=E:E< J>;
H;B?=?EDBEL;IOEK DEH7H;OEKH;GK?H;:JEBEL;J>;=E: #DIJ;7: 
J>;OJ;79>J>7JIJH?9J7:>;H;D9;JEEHJ>E:ENOM?BBB;7:JEJ>;<KBZBB5

My Father! My Father!

ment of these basic desires.


0>7J >7FF;DI M>;D 7 D7J?ED E<  EHF>7DI ?I E<<;H;: EDBO
anachronistic practices that carry the fear of punishment and the
J>H;7JE< ;N9BKI?ED#DJ>;<7C?BO:OD7C?9 J>;<7J>;HCE:;BIJ>;
attitude of the god at the center of the religious faith. If the goal
?I9ED<EHC?JO 7D:<7J>;HI7H;J>;;D<EH9;HI J>;DJ>;8;B?;< IOIJ;C
itself is valued more than the well-being of a child. A fathers love
?I 8EJ> 9EDIJH7?D;: 8O  7D: IK8I;HL?;DJ JE  J>; H;B?=?EKI H;GK?H;ments. One of the most horrendous examples of this phenomenon
is the practice of honor killings: putting a child to death for infractionseither willful or unknowingagainst the orthodoxy.
Killing a child to preserve ones honor in the name of any religious
tradition empties that patriarchal religious order of the righteous
concept of fathering.
Embodying fatherlessness in religion are those priests who
have violated the persons of their most vulnerable charges. These
H;B?=?EKIZ=KH;I M>?9>>7L;FKHBE?D;:J>;J?JB;E< V<7J>;HI W>7L;
9ECC?JJ;:KD9EDI9?ED78B;7D:9H?C?D7B79JI7=7?DIJ9>?B:H;D >7Flessly left in their charge. In protecting these miscreants for fear of
B;=7BB?78?B?J?;I J>;9>KH9>>?;H7H9>O>7I787D:ED;:J>;F;EFB;?D
favor of protecting its patriarchal order. The church has reinforced
the orphan mentality and bolstered the fatherless culture.
These religious systems disseminate a false vision of God the
Father to a fatherless culture. The vision of a loving father has
been lost to the imperative of preserving the institution. The rituals
H;C7?D?DJ79J 7D:J>;MEH:II7O V!E:?IBEL; W2;JJ>;FH79J?9;I
of the religious orders have denied any truth contained in either
the words or the rituals. By widening the gap between people
7D: !E:  J>; H;B?=?EKI IOIJ;CYI 9EDJH?8KJ?ED JE J>; 9KBJKH; E< 
fatherlessness is incalculably harmful.

THE MANY FORMS OF FATHERLESSNESS


The development of a culture depends upon the societys
means and capacity for passing knowledge to successive generations. The most common manner of passing along cultural knowl6

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;:=;?IJ>HEK=>?DJ;H79J?EDIM?J>ED;7DEJ>;H ->;H;<EH; ED;97D


observe the characteristics of a culture in the relationships between
the people that model the cultural patterns.
The culture of the fatherless is most readily evident in the attitude of fathers toward their children. Fathers will model the image
E< 7<7J>;HJ>7J?IFH;I;DJ;:JEJ>;C ;?J>;H8OJ>;?HEMDF7H;DJI 
C;:?7:;F?9J?EDIE< <7J>;HI EHJ>;?HF;;HI 0>;H;J>;IJ7D:7H:?D
J>;9KBJKH;?I7D78I;DJ<7J>;H J>;9KBJKH;H7?I;IKF<7J>;HIM>E7H;
abusive or uninterested in their families.
The following anecdotal story highlights the pervasive character of the fatherless culture.
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the result is anger toward the father and depression. Abuse may be
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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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Children raised in such environments do not feel that what
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but instead struggle every day with simply surviving. They grow
up without clear models of behavior and are therefore more susceptible to outside pressures and temptations. They often adopt
identities that are compatible with the instinct to survive.

THE VIEW OF FATHERS IN THE MEDIA


The pervasive nature of the fatherless culture is further
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outlets act as a reference point for a culture and provide a window
into the characteristics of a society. Because it represents the mainIJH;7C?:;7BI7D:F;HIF;9J?L;I J>;C;:?78EJ>:;H?L;I<HEC7D:
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no further.
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stoic masculinity. Not even Hollywood can place this kind of man
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the model for young men who will one day be fathers. To reconcile
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cultural ideal of a hero will often abandon their own children with
impunity.
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resulting standard for fatherhood is bleak. Sitcoms seem to be
the most common popular media in which men are presented in
fatherly roles. The successful family sitcom typically portrays a
bumbling husband and father who is consumed by self-interest
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>?I:?I9EDD;9J;:D;II97KI;IFHE8B;CI J>;J7IA<7BBIJEJ>;CEJ>;H
or children to provide both obvious and insightful solutions. This
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formula spans the scope of television culture.


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JE J>; =BEH?Z97J?ED E<  ?D:?L?:K7BI M>E ;N>?8?J I>E9A?D= :?IFB7OI
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of the basest members of society to the status of cultural icons.
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recent years.
The depiction of fathers in the visual media is consistent with
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the type of societal changes evinced by rising divorce rates and
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understandably apathetic to the portrayal of fathers in these ways.
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E< J>;<7J>;HB;II?I?D=H7?D;:?DJ>;IE9?;JO7D:EDBOH;[;9J;:?D
the media.

THE SPECTER OF AN ORPHAN CULTURE


The culture of the fatherless has fully invaded human society.
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culture in fundamental ways. Survival and a search for an identity
are goals of the orphan mindset produced by this culture. At its
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replaced it with an identity dominated by a struggle for provision
and protection.
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EKJE< J>7JF;HIEDYIKD?GK;?:;DJ?JO7I7IEDE< !E: H;=7H:B;II
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9KBJKH;E< A?D=I <EKD:;:KFED7D:CE:;B;:7<J;H!E: J>;BELing Father. This kingly culture cannot coexist with the fatherless
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prevailing culture.
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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?ED 0>;H;7IJ>;:;IJ?DOE< ;79>IEDE< !E:?I
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be accomplished through the corporate formthe House of God.

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CHAPTER 2

he Effects of the
Fatherless Culture

This fatherless generation exists globally and has been imprinted


with the identity of orphans. The worldwide spectrum of human
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the imperatives of this generation. It is reshaping these global systems in ways that are genuinely new and distinct. This has resulted
in noticeable clashes with the settled cultural norms of previous
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J>;EB:;H CEH;JH7:?J?ED7B =;D;H7J?EDI
The reconciliation of the generations is an obvious imperative.
Yet there appears to be no clear way forward. The competition
between the generations has reached the point where there is a
noticeable disconnect between the older generations and the
fatherless generation. Entire communities lament this phenom;DED 7D:?DIEC;I;=C;DJIE< IE9?;JOJ>;:?L?:;?II;;D7IJ>H;7Jening the harmony and peace of the society itself.

A GENERATIONAL DIVIDE
The fatherless generation holds a deep-seated distrust of their
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:?H;9J?ED J>;OEKD=;H=;D;H7J?ED>7IH;IFED:;:M?J>9EDJ;CFJ 

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One illustration of the struggle over the widening gap between


these generations is the efforts of Black civil rights leaders to
address the images and lyrics associated with hip-hop music. For
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community have criticized the lyrics of popular hip-hop music
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toward women. They also have criticized the lifestyle associated
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descried the violence that has surrounded some of the leading
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and the untimely deaths of several of its luminaries. These leaders
from the previous generations who have called for reform of this
culture have been largely ignored by the fatherless generation.
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fatherless generation is rooted largely in the younger generations
refusal to accept guidance from a generation from whom they feel
estranged. The example of the clash over hip-hop culture and
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a fatherless culture. Similar divisions occur across the spectrum of
the interactions between the generations within the community.
The culture of the orphan has confronted fathers from a previous
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POLITICAL DIVISIONS
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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; 
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views tend to represent the traditional perspectives of previous


generations.
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hikes. They regard the use of political power as being opposed to
their interests and see themselves permanently installed in states
of poverty.
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9ECCKD?IJ ;FE9>  J>; IJ7J; H;FB79;: J>; <7J>;H 7I J>; :EC?D7DJ
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up throughout these former communist countries. This generation
of orphans is merely biding their time to affect national changes
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frustration among the younger generation. This generation is now
anticipating upcoming changes in the leadership of the central
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=;D;H7J?ED8;?D=>;7H:<EHJ>;ZHIJJ?C;7JJ>;>?=>;IJB;L;BIE< 
national government.
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cults of personalities prevail. By contrast to the emerging former
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generation in these countries is checked by the denial of access to
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has eviscerated the family structure and created an entire nation of
orphans.
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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
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to run aground on the shoals of the vast underutilization of the
FEFKB7J?EDI9EDZD;:JEJ>;:?I<7LEH;:97IJ;I 

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FATHERLESS GENERATION


The fatherless generation considers the position of their
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generation has largely concluded that the fatherless generation is
self-centered and narcissistic. These positions are not the result of
serious examinations of the rift between the two groups. The older
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the future that is being mapped out by the fatherless generations
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value might be derived from a more insightful evaluation of the
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risk of substituting information for wisdom.
The center of this culture is an individualism that is beholden
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for an identity. Unconnected to an identity linked to past gen;H7J?EDI J>;EHF>7DCKIJ:?I9EL;H7DEJ>;H87I?I<EH>?I?:;DJ?JO 
An identity that is connected to the past is one that potentially
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J>?I?D>;H?J7D9;?I;CFEM;H?D=7D:;D78B?D= ?J?IB?A;7IFH?D=8E7H:
<EH 7 IK8IJ7DJ?7B B;7F <EHM7H: <EH ED;YI B?<;  "EM;L;H  M>;D J>;
?D>;H?J7D9;?I7D;=7J?L;EH>KHJ<KBB;=79O ?J?I7B?78?B?JO ->;>7HI>
JHKJ>?IJ>7J<EHJ>;C7@EH?JOE< J>;<7J>;HB;II=;D;H7J?ED J>;?H?C7=;
of a father is unpleasant and may be destructive to their sense of
M;BB
8;?D= IEJ>;O:?I97H:J>;F7IJ7I7C7JJ;HE< IKHL?L7B ->;O
remain fatherless by the choice to reject the pain of their experience and are obligated to forge an identity without reference to the
past.
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I7H;IKBJ J>;?D:?L?:K7B?I:;ZD;:M?J>?DJ>;9EDJ;NJE< >?CI;B< 7D:?IH;IFEDI?8B;<EH>?IEMDFHEL?I?ED7D:FHEJ;9J?ED ->;


orphan does not expect to receive any measure of help from the
generation of his father. Since he has inherited nothing of value
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is to convey an inheritance to future generations. The resulting
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ED FH;I;DJ =E7BI 7D: 9?H9KCIJ7D9;I  ->; EHF>7D CKIJ :;ZD;
himself and his destiny in terms of what is attainable within
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reference to either the past or the future. He is himself fatherless
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;II;DJ?7B9>7H79J;H?IJ?9IE< J>;D;;:<EHFHEL?I?ED7D:FHEJ;9J?ED 
and they permeate all areas in which the fatherless generation has
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The fatherless generation has access to nearly unlimited amounts
of information. This generation makes connections globally and is
not necessarily loyal to any particular ethnic group or natural heriJ7=; 0>;H;7IFH;L?EKI=;D;H7J?EDIB;7HD;:<HECJ>;JH7:?J?EDIE< 
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the fatherless generation is not so limited when seeking out sources
for knowledge and wisdom. Information is accumulated and disJH?8KJ;: M?J>EKJ H;<;H;D9; JE 7DO 9KBJKH7B <H7C;MEHA  7D: J>;
78I;D9;E< ?D[K;D9;<HECJ>;9KBJKH;E< <7J>;HI7BBEMIJ>;<7J>;HB;II
to be unaccountable to any clear or distinct standards.
The business realm has tapped into the needs of the fatherless
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<EH J>; ?D:?L?:K7B  8H7D:;: M?J> J>; ;FEDOCEKI V# W VCO W 7D:
VOEK WM>?B;9EDD;9J?D=J>;?D:?L?:K7BI?CKBJ7D;EKIBOJE7=BE87B
community. The success of these products feeds the duality of the
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7D:O;J?J?I87B7D9;:7=7?DIJJ>;D;;:<EHFHEL?I?ED J>;9EHD;HIJED;
of which is community. Social networking sites such as MySpace
and Facebook are at once private and public. YouTube is
simultaneously profoundly intimate and totally exhibitionist. Such
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paradoxes have no rational explanation in the paradigm of the


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makes complete sense within their imperatives of provision and
protection.
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fatherless generation searches for intimacy. As divorce has intro:K9;: J>;C JE D;M I?8B?D=I 7D: IJ;FF7H;DJI  J>?I =;D;H7J?ED >7I
had to learn to become a brother or sister to strangers. Family has
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These highly variable circumstances have resulted in a deep yearning
for a place of belonging and for identity. These experiences have
yielded the simultaneous and contradictory desires for privacy and
recognition. This generation tends to fear anonymity; so they are
inclined to tell the virtual world all of the inane details of their
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Z;H9;BOJE7:;I?H;<EHFH?L79O #DJ>?IL;?D 9;B;8H?J?;I ;7=;H<EH7D
;NF7D:;:<7D87I; M?BB?D<EHCC?BB?EDI78EKJM>7JJ>;O>7:<EH
lunch at their favorite restaurant and tearfully plead to the same
audience for the respect of their privacy when going through an
agonizing divorce.
The generations interests in products and services also follow
these lines. Electronic games provide them with entertainment
7J 7 B;L;B E<  >KC7D ?DJ;H79J?ED :;ZD;: EDBO 8O J>;?H :;I?H; 7D:
personal boundaries. Ultimate control in the cyber world means
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danger of rejection and abandonment.

MATRIARCHY, A CULTURE OF SURVIVAL


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left to the task of raising children by themselves without much in
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?IJE9EDZHC79>?B:YI?:;DJ?JO7D:?CF7HJ7I;DI;E< FKHFEI;7D:
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:;IJ?DO J>;8HEA;D<7C?BO?CF7HJIC7?DBOJ>;9KBJKH;E< IKHL?L7B


The common reality that faces single mothers is a lack of
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preoccupied with the daily struggle for provision and protection.
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destiny dominated by the imperatives of provision and protection.
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<EKD:7J?EDE< EKH:;IJ?DO7I9>?B:H;DE< !E: ?IJ>;H;B7J?EDI>?F
E< <7J>;HI7D:IEDI ->;H;<EH; 7C7JH?7H9>7BIE9?;JO?I7DKD79ceptable alternative to the pandemic of fatherlessness.

THE IMPACT ON GLOBAL SOCIETY


->; F;HL7I?L; ?D[K;D9; E<  J>; <7J>;HB;II =;D;H7J?ED KFED
global culture is measurable in the way it has begun to reshape the
major systems of society throughout the world. It is on track to
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BJ>EK=>?J?IIJ?BB?D?JI?D<7D9O ?JI?D[K;D9;?ID;L;HJ>;B;IIKDC?IJ7A78B;?D=BE87B7H;D7IIK9>7I9ECC;H9; FEB?J?9I 7D:H;B?=?ED

COMMERCE
The generation of the fatherless is at the center of commercial
innovation and is the driving force of consumerism. In past decades
E<  <7IJ
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
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: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
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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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?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
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J>;[EME< ?D<EHC7J?ED  EHJKD;I9EDJ?DK;JE8;C7:;J>HEK=>
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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
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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
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:;ZD;: 9ED9;FJ E<  7D ?D>;H?J7D9; <HEC 7 FH;L?EKI =;D;H7J?ED 


!;D;H7BBO J>;O9EDI?:;HJ>;;DL?HEDC;DJ7BFEB?9OE< J>;FH;L?EKI
generation as rapacious and have characterized these environmentally
harmful policies as the result of being motivated by the desire for
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the planets resources.
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fatherless generation tends to be motivated by more utilitarian gains.
#D J>; ;NJH;C;  J>?I =;D;H7J?ED M?BB FB79; J>; M;B<7H; E<  CEJ>;H
D7JKH; 78EL; J>7J E<  7D ?D:?L?:K7B EH =HEKF  ?D <KHJ>;H7D9; E< 
VJ>;=H;7J;H=EE: W-EJ>?I=;D;H7J?ED ED;E< J>;CEIJ7FF;7B?D=
aspects of the effort to protect the environment is that it affords
them the feeling of passing on an inheritance to future generations
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FH;I;HL7J?ED 8KJ
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Having maligned the previous generations environmental
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policymaking tends to lack the consideration of traditional forms
of energy supply and production. It is a common approach to
analysis in this generation: once the group agrees that the perceived
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feels no obligation to justify its proposed alternatives. It is then
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H;79J?EDE< J>;;N?IJ?D= 7D:<7?B;: 7KJ>EH?JOIJHK9JKH; O:?I9H;:?J?D=
J>;FH;I;DJ=;D;H7J?ED ?J7IIKC;I7D;7H
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alternatives with impunity. The result is a policy driven by such
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<H?;D:BO W7D:J>;B?A; 7D:IEBKJ?EDIJEJ>;FHE8B;CIE< C7DYIC?IKI;
and abuse of the environment that may disregard related costs or
the effectiveness of the proposed solutions.

THE CHURCH
The widest chasms between the generation of the fatherless
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tional religion is based on tradition and practices that have been


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9KIJEC7HOM7OI?DM>?9>,9H?FJKH;>7I8;;D?DJ;HFH;J;: "EM;L;H 
the fatherless generation is unbound from the traditions of their
fathers and views these traditions with suspicion.
The younger generation does not have the same need to
attend a religious service. The fatherless generation has previously
KD<7J>EC78B; 799;II JE ?D<EHC7J?ED L?7 J>; 0EHB: 0?:; 0;8 
.DB?A;FH;L?EKI=;D;H7J?EDI J>;<7J>;HB;II=;D;H7J?ED:E;IDEJ=E
JE9>KH9>JEE8J7?D?JI?D<EHC7J?EDEDH;B?=?EKIIK8@;9JI 7D:J>;
view of the local pastor is not necessarily the view of the congregation
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9EDJ?DK?D=7=H;;C;DJE< J>;C7@EH?JOE< J>;H;B?=?EKI9ECCKD?JO 
but the young people who attend religious services do not necessarily hold the same views on religious subjects as the preacher or the
older church constituency. The conduct of the younger generation
EDA;O?IIK;I IK9>7I9E
>78?J7J?ED J>;KI;E< :HK=I7D:7B9E>EB 
and general social norms shows an astonishingly wide gulf between
the two generations within the same church denominations.
Some churches have adapted by effectively creating two
congregations: one for the older generation and one for the younger
generation. Nearly everything about these two expressions is radically different. This divided house acknowledges the rift between
the generations and yet further separates them.

AN AD HOC SPIRITUALITY
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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
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perfect blend for the fatherless generation who are inclined to look
to church for information on lifestyle issues.
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Although on the surface it appears that this generation is driven


8O9EDIKC;H?IC ?J?IJHK; D;L;HJ>;B;II J>7J?J>7I7:;;FBED=?D=
for spiritual truth. It has searched for religious truth and has great
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E<  J>; JHKJ>  8I;DJ =K?:7D9; 7D: ?DIJHK9J?ED  C;C8;HI E<  J>?I
=;D;H7J?ED 7H; B?A;BO JE I;;A EDBO <EH IF;9?Z9 D;;:I  8KJ :E DEJ
understand the overarching principles that form the framework for
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7IIE9?7J;:?JM?J>>KHJ<KB;NF;H?;D9;I<HECJ>;?H9>?B:>EE: I?D9;
many of this generation have come from broken families who were
members of religious denominations. They have seen the failure
E< J>;FH79J?9;E< H;B?=?EDJE?D[K;D9;J>;9ED:K9JE< J>;?HF7H;DJI
?D7H;7IE< <7C?B?7BIJ78?B?JO7D:J>;<H;GK;D9OE< :?LEH9;7CED=
religious and nonreligious people alike.

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CHAPTER 3

New Ethical
and Moral Basis

Continuing the discussion of the effects of the fatherless


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<HEC7KD?GK;CEH7BF;HIF;9J?L; ->;CEH7B7D:IF?H?JK7B9EDL?9J?EDI
E<  J>?I =;D;H7J?ED 7H; DEJ =;D;H7BBO ?D[K;D9;: 8O 7DO FH;L7?B?D=
>H?IJ?7DMEHB:L?;M #DIJ;7: J>;OJ;D:JE7H?I;<HEC>?=>BOF;HIED7B
convictions that come from within the spheres of their own expeH?;D9;I ->;?HIJ7D:7H:I7D:J>;9>E?9;IJ>;OH;[;9J7H;9ECCEDBO
in opposition to the standards of the older generation.
Some of the common points of disagreement between the
generations include their views on abortion and premarital sex.
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the younger generation tends to regard it as purely a matter of perIED7B9>E?9; D: M>;H;7IJ>;EB:;H=;D;H7J?EDMEKB:>7L;8;;D
I97D:7B?P;:8O7BB;=7J?EDIE< FH;C7H?J7BI;N J>;OEKD=;H=;D;H7J?ED
is likely to have had multiple sexual partners prior to marriage.
The fundamental change between the views of the generations
is a change from societal standards related to an overall worldL?;M JE7>?=>BO?D:?L?:K7B?P;:IJ7D:7H: ->?ID;MIJ7D:7H:7FFB?;I
beyond the religious context to virtually every form of interaction.
One example of this clash between cultures occurred recently in
H;B7J?EDJEJ>;CKI?9?D:KIJHO ->;(7FIJ;H97I;H7?I;:J>;GK;IJ?ED
of whether personal moral convictions should overrule an existing
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IE9?7BIJ7D:7H: ,F;9?Z97BBO J>;GK;IJ?EDM7IM>;J>;HJ>;;N?IJ?D=


social standard of paying for music should give way to the next
generations view that music should be free.
->HEK=>J>;;O;IE< J>;OEKD=;H=;D;H7J?ED <H;;CKI?9:EMDloads were an entitlement. Those engaging in music sharing
7H=K;: J>7J  <HEC J>; J?C; J>;O M;H; 9>?B:H;D  C7HA;J;HI >7L;
enticed them to buy products by giving them free gifts. They cited
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9ECF7D?;I 7D:>7C8KH=;H9>7?DI7D:J>;97CF7?=DI:;I?=D;:JE
8EJ>8H?D=9>?B:H;D?DJEJ>;CEL?;J>;7J;HI7D:JEI;BBFHE:K9JI 
7BB7IF7HJE< 7I?D=B; EL;H7BBC7HA;J?D=IJH7J;=O ->;=;D;H7J?ED
argued that companies had traditionally given them trinkets to
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an array of related merchandise.
,?D9;J>?IM7IJ>;9KBJKH;?DM>?9>J>;O=H;MKF J>;O;NF;9J;:
music artists and the record companies to provide them with the
CKI?9<EH<H;; M>?B;J>;O7DJ?9?F7J;:F7O?D=<EHJ?9A;JIJEB?L;9ED9;HJI M>;H;J>;OMEKB:7BIE8;;DJ?9;:JE8KO7BBJOF;IE< H;B7J;:
merchandise. They cited the fact that many famous artists also created
9BEJ>?D=B?D;I7D:799;IIEH?;I:;I?=D;:JE8;D;ZJ<HECJ>;FK8B?9
appeal of the artists.
->;EB:;H=;D;H7J?ED EDJ>;EJ>;H>7D: 7H=K;:J>7JJ>;7HJ?IJI
M;H;;DJ?JB;:JEFHEZJ<HECJ>;I7B;E< J>;IED=IJ>;CI;BL;I7D:
that the taking without payment was a crime. Although the case
?JI;B< M7IH;IEBL;:?D<7LEHE< C7?DJ7?D?D=J>;JH7:?J?ED7BL?;M ?JI
impact brought to light the thinking of an entire generation. MoreEL;H J>?I9B7I>>7:J>;;<<;9JE< <KD:7C;DJ7BBO9>7D=?D=J>;CKI?9
?D:KIJHO (EM <EH7DEC?D7B<;; 9EDIKC;HIC7O;B;9JJEFKH9>7I;
only the song they choose and many popular artists distribute their
music free over the Internet while making considerable revenues
from ticket sales to live concerts and having become recognized
brands for a wide range of consumer products.

FATHERLESSNESS IN THE BLACK CHURCH


The fatherless cultures impact on churches in the United States
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has been different in large predominantly Black or predominantly


0>?J;9>KH9>;I >7L?D=<EBBEM;:J>;D;;:IE< J>;<7J>;HB;II9KBJKH;
KD?GK;JE;79>E< J>;I;9ECCKD?J?;I ->;C;II7=;?DJ>;B7H=;H
Black churches has evolved from the days of the civil rights moveC;DJJEJ>;FH;I;DJ KH?D=J>;9?L?BH?=>JICEL;C;DJ J>;B79A
church played a key role in transitioning Black society from virtual
exclusion to a greater inclusion within the nation. Black leaders
from the older generation were both religious and political leaders
who attempted to play a fatherly role from within the church.
The institutional Black church accepted these leaders as both
H;B?=?EKI7D:FEB?J?97B 9ED<;HH?D=7D;NJH7EH:?D7HOIJ7JKIJEJ>;C
within the Black community. The term reverend was applied as
readily to a preacher as to a politician. The principle job of the
preacher-politician was to negotiate with the central government
on behalf of the Black community over a wide range of social
issues and empowerment initiatives. This model changed as Black
society itself made the long journey from mere survival to the
presidency of the United States of America.
BED= J>; M7O  B79A IE9?;JO >7I KD:;H=ED; FHE<EKD: 7D:
?HH;L;HI?8B;9>7D=;I ->;IE9?;JO>7IH;C7?D;:<7J>;HB;II ;L;D?D?JI
evolution. The roles of preachers and politicians have been largely
separated as a result of the overall change in Black society. The
FH;79>;H?IDEBED=;HH;GK?H;:JE8;7FEB?J?9?7D 7D:J>;9KBJKH;
of the orphan has changed the message of the preacher from an
;CF>7I?IEDFEB?J?97B;D<H7D9>?I;C;DJJEZD7D9?7B;CFEM;HC;DJ 
with the Black church as the purveyor of the message. On Sunday
CEHD?D=I?DB7H=;B79A9>KH9>;I J>;C;II7=;<HECJ>;FKBF?J?I
7ICK9>78EKJZD7D9?7BFHEIF;H?JO7I?J?I78EKJ<7?J> ->;J;79>ings of Jesus are typically reduced to statements that can be used
JECEJ?L7J;J>;7K:?;D9;JEM7H:ZD7D9?7B=7?D 
"EM;L;H 8;OED:J>;:;I?H;<EHZD7D9?7B;CFEM;HC;DJ J>;H;
is a yearning for a connection to eternal truths emerging within
B79AIE9?;JO IEB?:C?::B;9B7II>7I7H?I;D 7D:?J?IB;7:?D=J>;
M7O JEM7H: 7 I;H?EKI ?DGK?HO ?DJE IF?H?JK7B JHKJ> 7D: FH79J?9;I 
'7DOLE?9;I7H;DEM7IA?D=GK;IJ?EDIE< FHE<EKD:IF?H?JK7B:;FJ>
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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.
)B:;H=;D;H7J?EDIE< B79AF;EFB;<;BJB?C?J;:8O?IIK;IE< H79; 
;: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
JH;C;D:EKIFEJ;DJ?7B<EH9>7D=; DEJ@KIJ?DJ>;B79A9>KH9> 8KJ
also in Black society as a whole.

FATHERLESSNESS IN WHITE MEGACHURCHES


#D 9EDJH7IJ JE B79A IE9?;JO  M>?9> ?I 7 <7J>;HB;II 9KBJKH;
8;97KI;J>;C7@EH?JOE< 9>?B:H;D7H;8EHDJEI?D=B;F7H;DJI 9>?B:H;D
?D0>?J;IE9?;JO8;9EC;EHF>7DIFH?C7H?BO7I7H;IKBJE< :?LEH9; 
BJ>EK=> J>; D;;: <EH ZD7D9?7B ;CFEM;HC;DJ ?I =H;7J 7CED=
0>?J;EHF>7DI J>;D;;:?I=H;7J;HO;J?DB79AIE9?;JO 7D:0>?J;
orphans tend to have greater success in overcoming the obstacles
JE ZD7D9?7B FHEIF;H?JO J>7D EHF>7DI M>E 7H; B79A  "EM;L;H 
8;97KI;E< J>;787D:EDC;DJ7D:D;=B;9JJ>7J0>?J;EHF>7DI;NF;H?;D9;J>HEK=>J>;8H;7AKFE< J>;?H<7C?B?;I J>;?HIE9?7BJH7?D?D=
?I E<J;D :;Z9?;DJ   L7H?;JO E<  IEBKJ?EDI >7L; FHEB?<;H7J;: JE JHO
7D:H;C;:OJ>?I:;Z9?;D9O
'7DO0>?J;;L7D=;B?97BEH9>7H?IC7J?9>H?IJ?7DI=EJE9>KH9>
on Sundays to be instructed in good manners and social graces.
Television programs and social network sites offer advice on
everything from dating and cooking to child rearing. One of the
sources that provides this form of remedial information is the
0>?J;C;=79>KH9> .DB?A;J>;B79A9>KH9> M>?9>9ED9;DJH7J;I
?JI C;II7=;I ED ZD7D9?7B ;CFEM;HC;DJ  J>; 0>?J; 9EKDJ;HF7HJ
offers information on a wider range of subjects.
The Sunday morning experience is an attempt to compensate
<EHJ>;BEIIE< <7J>;HI H;IKBJ?D=?DJ>;BEIIE< 9KBJKH; >KH9>;I 
J>;H;<EH; FHEL?:;EFFEHJKD?J?;I<EHIE9?7B ZD7D9?7B 7D:FEB?J?97B
D;JMEHA?D=  ->; FHE8B;C  >EM;L;H  ?I J>7J ?J ?I 7 =7J>;H?D= E< 
orphans who are then being instructed by orphans. Although this
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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.

THE FATHERLESS AS RELIGIOUS POSTMODERNISTS


Another permutation of the fatherless culture that has arisen
M?J>?D7H;B?=?EKI9EDJ;NJ?IJ>;H;B?=?EKIFEIJCE:;HD?IJI M>E>7L;
their own distinct point of view. They have largely rejected the
;CF>7I;IEDZD7D9?7B;CFEM;HC;DJ7D:IE9?7BC7DD;HI7IF7HJ
of their overall rejection of the church system. Their beliefs are
formulated in the more general view of the failure of the systems
of modern society that is held by postmodernists. Like their secular
FEIJCE:;HD9EKI?DI J>;OH;@;9JJ>;L7B?:?JOE< 7BBJ>?D=IB78;B;:7I
modernist and have an abiding faith in the emerging church.
By pointing to the obvious failures of church movements in
=;D;H7B  H;B?=?EKI FEIJCE:;HD?IJI J7A; JE J>;CI;BL;I J>; H?=>J JE
:;9?:;J>;<EHCE< 7BBJ>?D=IH;B?=?EKI ?D9BK:?D=J>;H;:;ZD?J?EDE< 
God. They have managed to fashion a god to their own liking. The
resulting god has none of the characteristics of the fathers they
despise and exhibits the behaviors that are socially acceptable and
DEDJ>H;7J;D?D= ,K9>7=E:D;L;H:?I9?FB?D;I DEHH;GK?H;I799EKDJability. That god believes in the inherent goodness of man and
always interprets mans behavior through the lenses of altruism.
->HEK=> J>?I B;DI  J>; F;HIED M>E >7I H;@;9J;: 7BB J>; ;L?BI
E<  CE:;HD?IC  IK9> 7I H79?IC  ;9EDEC?9 9EBED?7B?IC  7D: ;Nploitation of nature and is laboring to create a society based
ED <7?H JH7:;  =H;;D J;9>DEBE=O  7D: 7 P;HE 97H8ED <EEJFH?DJ ?I
ED; M>E FEII;II;I 7BB J>; GK7B?J?;I E<  7D ;LEBL;: >KC7D  ->;
religious postmodernist is a person who has no need to be
799EKDJ78B; 0>7J;L;HJ>7JF;HIED:E;I?ICEJ?L7J;:8OJ>;>?=>est of human ideals and will create a world the way God intended
it in the beginning.
An essential characteristic of religious postmodernists as a
group is that they have replaced the image of a father with that of
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the group. The group is characterized by the lack of confrontation


and the constant search for consensus. They may accept a father
Z=KH;7I7VC;DJEH W"EM;L;H J>;C;DJEHYI?DFKJ?IB?C?J;:JEIK==;IJ?EDI M>?9>J>;O7H;<H;;JE799;FJEHH;@;9J7JM?BB ->;C;DJEH
?I7BM7OIEDJH?7B 7D:>?I79J?EDI7H;I9HKJ?D?P;:7D:9ECF7H;:JE
the fathers who failed that generation.
->;I9EF;E< J>;H;B?=?EKIFEIJCE:;HD?IJIY?D[K;D9;KFEDJ>;
church culture of their generation will emerge with greater clarity
over time.

A UNIFIED GLOBAL CULTURE HAS ARISEN


Although the culture of the fatherless has permeated human
IE9?;JO ?J>7IB7H=;BO=ED;KDDEJ?9;: #J?I<EHC?D=?JI;B< ?DJE7D;M
global order whose effects are everywhere. Yet the underlying cause
>7IH;C7?D;:KDDEJ?9;:7D:KD?:;DJ?Z;: ->?I=;D;H7J?EDJOF?97BBO
derives its information from global sources and understands how
the greater systems upon which human life depends are becoming integrated seamlessly into a common global order. They view
D7J?ED7B9ED9;HDI799EH:?D=JE>EMJ>;O7<<;9JJ>?I=BE87BEH:;H 
and their loyalties are shifting from national preoccupations to a
global outlook.
EHH;IFED:?D=BO  7 =BE87B 9KBJKH; ?I <EHC?D=  #J ?I FH;I;DJBO
B?DA;: JE J>; 9H;7J?ED  IJEH7=;  7D: :?IJH?8KJ?ED E<  ?D<EHC7J?ED 
Access to the Internet has permitted this generation to peer into
IEC;E< J>;:;;F;IJI;9H;JIE< J>;MEHB:YIFEB?J?97B7D:ZD7D9?7B
empires. Because this generation of fatherless people has trans<;HH;:J>;?HI;DI;E< H;IFEDI?8?B?JOJE7=BE87B9ECCKD?JO J>;O:E
not tend to observe restraint in distributing the information they
gather to a worldwide audience.
IC;DJ?ED;:FH;L?EKIBO J>;EHF>7D9KBJKH;E< J>?I=;D;H7J?ED?I
driven by the twin imperatives of the search for provision and proJ;9J?ED ->;EHF>7DH;B?;IKFEDDEED;8KJ>?CI;B< 7D:8;B?;L;I
that his future is of his own making. He has received no inheritance
of value from previous generations and does not feel any measure
E< E8B?=7J?EDJE;D:EM<KJKH;=;D;H7J?EDI #D>?II;B<
H;B?7D9; J>;
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EHF>7DD;L;H<KBBOJHKIJI7DOEJ>;HF;HIED 7D:?I9ECC?JJ;:JE>?I
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
=EE: ;DEK=> JE C;;J J>; ;NF;9J7J?EDI E<  EJ>;HI  D EHF>7D ?I 
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.
->;EHF>7D>7IDEI;DI;E< 7:?L?D;97BB?D=:;ZD?D=>?I:;IJ?DO 
0>;D;L;H>;J>?DAIE< >?IH;B7J?EDI>?FJE!E: >;7KJEC7J?97BBO
defaults to a standard of performance. He wants to know what
FH?9;>;CKIJF7OJEE8J7?DJ>;<7LEHE< !E: 7D:;L;DM>;D>;
;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?
*;H>7FI CEH; FH;II?D= 7H; J>; GK;IJ?EDI E<  7 8;JJ;H M7O #I
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

he Spirit of the Orphan


@':9+7429-*'*,.33.3,.9<&834984

The fall of man has been far more precipitous than religious
JH7:?J?EDI>7L;J7K=>J 0>;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
EHF>7D ->?IH;IKBJ;:?DJ>;?DJHE:K9J?EDE< J>;<7J>;HB;II9KBJKH; 
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

ADAM WAS THE SON OF GOD


->?I JHKJ> >7I 8;;D KD;GK?LE97BBO IJ7J;: ?D ,9H?FJKH; !E:
decided to make Adam in His own image and likeness;11 7D: 
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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
J>?IBEMBO9H;7JKH;M>E ?D7DKD?C7=?D78B;79JE< 9EBBKI?EDM?J>
,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:I W
"; 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:
,.;*>4:*;*7>8**)'*&7.3,51&39439-*+&(*4+ 9-*<-41*
*&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-*
,74:3)A*;*7>9-.3,9-&9-&89-*'7*&9-4+ 1.+*.3.9A,.;*
*;*7>,7**351&39+47+44)15
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
)DJ>;I?NJ>:7OE< 9H;7J?ED 7<J;H!E:>7:9H;7J;:;L;HOJ>?D=
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;I 0;7H;7BBIEDIM?J>EKJH;=7H:<EHH79; 8BEE:B?D; EH=;D:;H 22
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.
I7IF?H?JK7B;DJ?JO :7CM7I7D7B?;DJEJ>;;7HJ> ->;EH?=?D
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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:;CEDI EHJ>;7D?C7BIJ>7JE99KFOJ>;F>OI?97BH;7BC !E:>7I


never included any other creature in the designation sons of God.
)D;E< J>;9EDI;GK;D9;IE< J>;<7BBM7IC7DYIBEIIE< 78?Bity to hear God. It was always the intention of God to fellowship
M?J>"?IIED ,F?H?JJEIF?H?J V->;,F?H?J>?CI;B< J;IJ?Z;IM?J>EKH
spirit that we are Gods children. For God to communicate with
C7D J>;>KC7DIF?H?JCKIJ8;9ECF7J?8B;M?J>J>;,F?H?JE< !E: 
)J>;HM?I; !E:9EKB:EDBO9ECCKD?97J;M?J>C7DJ>HEK=>IOC8EBI 
JOF;I I>7:EMI 7D:9EF?;I
<J;HJ>;<7BB C7DYIEMDF;H9;FJ?EDE< =EE:7D:;L?BH;FB79;:
Gods impartationwhich man received during his daily visit
M?J> !E:  '7DYI IF?H?J 8;97C; ?DI;DI?J?L; JE J>; LE?9; E<  !E: 
and he was no longer informed through his interactions with God.
BJ>EK=>!E:MEKB:9EDJ?DK;JEIF;7AJE>KC7DA?D: C7DYID;M
culture of heeding his own wisdom had taken root. From that
J?C;ED C7DYIEMDLE?9;MEKB:9EDIJ7DJBO9ECF;J;M?J>J>;LE?9;
of God.
;?D= J>; IED E<  !E:  C7D M7I :;I?=D;: JE <KD9J?ED ?D
tandem with God. He was to be the agent through whom God
MEKB: FKJ ED :?IFB7O "?I EMD D7JKH;  KJ  J>; ?DJHE:K9J?ED E<  7
radically distinct culture of independence in the fall would continue
to oppose the culture of man as a son.

SONS ARE RULERS


V0>;D!E:9H;7J;:C7D >;C7:;>?C?DJ>;B?A;D;IIE< !E: 
He created them male and female and blessed them. And when
J>;OM;H;9H;7J;: >;97BB;:J>;CXC7D YW26 Adam is the proper
D7C;!E:=7L;JE>?IZHIJIED 8KJV7:7CW7BIEC;7DIVC7D W?D
the general sense.#J?I7FFHEFH?7J; J>;H;<EH; JEH;<;HJEJ>;=;D;H7B9ED:?J?EDE< C7DA?D:?DJ;HCIJ>7J7FFBOJEV:7C W7D:H;<erences herein to the rule of man or the fall of man apply to Adam
7D:L; 8;97KI;:7C7D:L;M;H;8EJ>J>;IEDIE< !E:
God put man in creation to manage an order that God had
established in the earth prior to making man. The order of living
things was this:
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51&398&3)97**8439-*1&3)9-&9'*&7+7:.9<.9-8**).3.9&((47).3,949-*.7;&7.4:80.3)8C 3).9<&884@ 3)4)
8&.)B*99-*<&9*79**2<.9-1.;.3,(7*&9:7*8&3)1*9'.7)8
G>&'4;*9-**&79-&(74889-**=5&38*4+ 9-*80>C@4)
'1*88*)9-*2&3)8&.)B *+7:.9+:1&3).3(7*&8*.33:2'*7
&3)F119-*<&9*7.39-*8*&8&3)1*99-*'.7)8.3(7*&8*43
9-* *&79-C @ 3) 4) 8&.) B*9 9-* 1&3) 574):(* 1.;.3,(7*&9:7*8&((47).3,949-*.70.3)8 1.;*894(0(7*&9:7*89-&9
24;*&143,9-*,74:3)&3)<.1)&3.2&18*&(-&((47).3,94
.980.3)C 3).9<&884
!E:C7:;C7D7D::;9B7H;: VB;JJ>;CHKB;EL;HJ>;ZI>E< J>;
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;?=D 99EH:?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.
O9EDJH7IJ J>;:;B;=7J;:HKB;E< 7I;HL7DJMEKB:8;:?IJ?D9JBO
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
I;HL7DJ EDJ>;EJ>;H>7D: 97DEDBO;N;9KJ;M>7J>;>7I8;;DJEB: 
->;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
7:L7D9;C;DJE< >?I<7J>;HYI?DJ;H;IJI 8;97KI;J>;O7H;J>;I7C;7I
>?IEMD I;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 

GODS SOVEREIGN NATURE


All forms of government are rooted in some concept of sovereignty. Historic forms of sovereignty are mainly monarchical
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and over time have ruled nations through dynasties. In modern


J?C;I >EM;L;H IEL;H;?=DJO 8;?D=:;I9H?8;:7IJ>;IEKH9;E< J>;
7KJ>EH?JOJE=EL;HD >7I8;;DH;7II?=D;:7I7H?I?D=<HECJ>;F;EFB;
EH<HECJ>;IJ7J; +;=7H:B;IIE< J>;<EHCJ>7JIEL;H;?=DJOJ7A;I 
the administration associated with the execution of the sovereigns
power is inevitably through delegates. The associated bureaucracies
7H;H;GK?H;:JEJH7DIB7J;J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;IEL;H;?=D?DJEFH79J?97B
7:C?D?IJH7J?ED7D:7H; J>;H;<EH; J>;<79;J>7JJ>;IEL;H;?=DFH;Ients to the governed.
EH;N7CFB; ?DJ>;97I;M>;H;J>;F;EFB;7H;J>;IEL;H;?=D 7
common complaint is that the agents of the administration do not
H;[;9JFHEF;HBOJ>;?:;7BIE< J>;F;EFB; M>?9>?IE<J;DJ>;IEKH9;
of the peoples discontent. The search is always for representatives
of the government who accurately portray the collective culture of
J>;F;EFB;7IIEL;H;?=D #D9ECF7H?IED J>;IJ7J;7IIEL;H;?=D>7I
routinely produced an administration characterized by contempt
for individual freedoms and aspirations. Maintaining the power of
the monolithic state has been characteristic of the nature of these
7:C?D?IJH7J?EDI #D;L;HO97I; J>;IEL;H;?=D?I8;IJI;HL;:8O7D
administration in which the culture of the sovereign is most accurately portrayed.
->;I7C;?IJHK;E< J>;:;B;=7J;:HKB;E< 7CED7H9> 0>;D7
HKB;HI;D:I>?IIEDJE7D;M:EC7?D >;:E;IIEJE8H?D=J>;9KBJKH;
E< J>;>EKI;?DJEJ>7JFB79; ->;IED?I7L?9;HEOE< >?I<7J>;H J>;
king.
"?IJEH?97BBO J>;7HH?L7BE< 7L?9;HEOI?=D7B;:J>;I;H?EKI?DJ;DJ
E< 79EDGK;H?D=A?D=JEV9?L?B?P;WD;MJ;HH?JEH?;I7D:F;EFB;I8O
?CFEI?D=J>;A?D=YIB7MI ?DIJ?JKJ?EDI FH79J?9;I 7D:9KIJECIKFED
J>; 9EDGK;H;: F;EFB;  ->; J;HC V9?L?B?P7J?EDW ?I E<J;D KI;: JE
describe the process of imposing a standard of civil order upon
7D;N?IJ?D=9KBJKH; I7D;N7CFB; M>;D7CEH;FEM;H<KBD7J?ED
IK8:K;I7B;IIFEM;H<KBD7J?ED ?J?IJ>;>78?JE< J>;FEM;H<KBJE
?CFEI; ?JI B7MI  ?DIJ?JKJ?EDI  7D: 9KIJECI KFED J>; 9EDGK;H;:
people. The intent is to create uniformity throughout the empire.
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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

GODS REPRESENTATIVE IS HIS SON


:7CM7II;DJ?DJ>;FB79;E< !E:J>; 7J>;H 7L?9;HEOE< J>;
%?D=:ECE< ";7L;D ->;7FEIJB;*7KBMHEJ; V EHJ>?IH;7IED#
AD;;B8;<EH;J>; 7J>;H +742<-42-.8<-41*+&2.1>.3-*&;*3&3)43*&79-
)*7.;*8.983&2*0>;D7<7J>;HI;D:I7IED?DJE7D;MJ;HH?JEHO 
J>;<7C?BO;NJ;D:I?JI;B< J>HEK=>J>;IED?DJEJ>7J:EC7?D 0>;D
!E:FKJ"?I,ED?DJEJ>;;7HJ> J>;%?D=:ECE< ";7L;D;N?IJ;:
?D8EJ>>;7L;D7D:;7HJ> BJ>EK=>J>;>;7:GK7HJ;HIH;C7?D;:?D
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>;7L;D J>;HKB;E< J>;%?D=:ECM7IDEMED;7HJ>?DJ>;I7C;


fashion in which it was in heaven. Although the domain of heaven
7D:;7HJ>7H;C7HA;:BO:?<<;H;DJ J>;9>7H79J;HE< HKB;?IJ>;I7C; 
I?D9;7BB<EHCIE< HKB;H;[;9JJ>;9>7H79J;HE< J>;IEL;H;?=D
I J>; :;B;=7J;: HKB;H ?D J>; ;7HJ>  :7CYI C7D:7J; M7I JE
H;FH;I;DJ>?I 7J>;H OC7A?D=>?I:;B;=7J;7IED ?DJ>;?C7=;
7D:B?A;D;IIE< >?I!E: !E:;DIKH;:J>;H;M7IDE?CF;:?C;DJJE
Adams ability to accurately represent the nature of his Father.
N79JH;FH;I;DJ7J?EDE< 7DEJ>;HH;GK?H;II7C;D;IIE< 8;?D= 
and accurate positioning with respect to the one who is being repH;I;DJ;: :7CM7I ?DD7JKH; 7VF7HJ7A;HE< J>;:?L?D;D7JKH; W
since his being was issued out of the person of God. The term
VIEDW?IJ>;7FFHEFH?7J;:;I?=D7J?ED I?D9;:7CM7I7IF?H?JM>EI;
origin was out of the person of God. Although God implanted
"?I IF?H?J ?DJE 7 V>EKI; E<  CEHJ7B 9B7O W mans essential nature
remained a spirit. God designed man with this sameness of spirit
with the intention of assigning him the role of exactly representing
God in the earth.
0>;D !E: FB79;: :7C ?DJE J>; ;7HJ>  "; M7I 799KH7J;BO
positioning Adam as the head of the government of the Kingdom of Heaven in the domain of earth. The attack upon Adam by
Satan was targeted to disrupt the accuracy of his positioning.
Adams commission to rule the earth and to subdue it was a
grant of authority from Godit cannot function independently
E< !E:YI?D[K;D9; I?D9;:7CM7IJ>;L?9;HEOJEHKB;?D!E:YI
IJ;7: ,7J7D9EKB:DEJ7<<;9JJ>;H;7B?JOE< :7CYIIEDI>?F I?D9;
that was settled by Gods decision both to create Adam as His
IED7D:JEH;=7H:>?C7I"?IIED :7C >EM;L;H M7ILKBD;H78B;
in the matter of the choices that informed the character of his
HKB; ";9EKB:HKB;7I7IED 9EDJHEBB;:8OJ>;D7JKH;E< >?I 7J>;H
H;I?:;DJM?J>?D>?C EH>;9EKB:;B;9JJE:?I97H:J>7JH;IJH7?DJ7D:
HKB;?D:;F;D:;DJBO 7I>;I7MZJ 0>;D:7C9>EI;J>;B7JJ;H >?I
rule devolved into his personal pursuit for provision and protection.
#D J>; HKB; E<  :7C  J>; ;7HJ> M7I C;7DJ JE I;; 7D ;N79J
display of the nature of God himself. Adams rule would por41

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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.

THE SAME ORDER IN EARTH AND HEAVEN


God created the earth to house physical allegories of heavens
JH7DI9;D:;DJGK7B?J?;I V EHI?D9;J>;9H;7J?EDE< J>;MEHB:!E:YI
?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. God often chooses to explain
great truths of heaven through references to the plant and animal
A?D=:EC  ,E  7 IED BEEAI B?A; >?I <7J>;H  7D: FB7DJI 7D: 7D?C7BI
reproduce according to their own kind. These physical representations
79J 7I L;?B;: JOF;I 7D: I>7:EMI J>7J H;[;9J J>; 79JK7B EH:;H E< 
heaven.
"KC7D H;B7J?EDI>?FI  >EM;L;H  7H; J>; CEIJ 9EDI?IJ;DJBO
utilized format through which God explains Himself. God created
:7C7I"?IIED7D:?I J>;H;<EH; ?DJ>;HEB;E<  7J>;H :7CM7I
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=?L;DIF?H?JEKJE< J>;8;?D=E< !E: 7D:J>;FB79;E< 7IED?I9H;7J;: ,ED J>;H;<EH; ?IJ>;7FFHEFH?7J;:;I?=D7J?ED<EHJ>7JM>?9>


issues out of another. Adam is then put into a deep sleep and God
takes a part of his body and forms another body out of it. God
<EHC;:L;EKJE< :7C7D:M>;D!E:FH;I;DJ;:>;HJE>?C 
:7C :;9B7H;: J>7J I>; ?I V8ED; E<  CO 8ED;I 7D: [;I> E<  CO
[;I>I>;I>7BB8;97BB;:XMEC7D Y<EHI>;M7IJ7A;DEKJE< C7D W
L;7BIEM7I=?L;D7IF?H?J<HEC!E: 7I?IJ>;97I;M?J>7BB>KC7D?JO  ,?D9; :7C  >KC7DI >7L; >7: J>?I :K7B ?:;DJ?JO  I?D9; J>;?H
8E:?;I7H;J>;FHE:K9JIE< J>;I;;:E< J>;?H<7J>;HI ?D9K87J;:?D
J>;?HCEJ>;HYIMEC8I "EM;L;H 7BB>KC7DIF?H?JI7H;EH?=?D7B=?<JI
from God;7BB>KC7DI7H;8EHDE< [;I>7D:C7O8;8EHD7=7?D
of spirit.&?A;M?I; J>;H;B7J?EDI>?F8;JM;;D7>KI87D:7D:M?<;?I
part of Gods divine order and explains certain heavenly truths.
Paul taught that God designed this type and shadow to explain
the mystery of Christ and the Church. By making the womans
8E:O EKJ E<  J>; C7D  !E: 9H;7J;: 7 F>OI?97B H;FH;I;DJ7J?ED E< 
>EM!E:"?CI;B< 9H;7J;:C7D 8O=?L?D=>?C7D;D:EMC;DJE< 
IF?H?JEKJE< !E:YIEMDF;HIED L;M7I J>;H;<EH; J>;ZHIJIEDE< 
:7C I?D9;!E:9>EI;JE<7I>?ED>;H8E:OEKJE< :7CYI[;I>
and bone. God deliberately made woman this way as the foundation
of the essential character of heavenly government.
Not only did God make the physical creation to be an allegory
E<  J>; EH:;H E<  >;7L;D  8KJ "; 7HH7D=;: "?I =EL;HDC;DJ 7I 7
<EHCE< HKB;:;I?=D;:<EHH;FH;I;DJ7J?ED D7C;BO J>;ED;M>E>7:
7KJ>EH?JO?IH;GK?H;:JEJH7?D ?DIJHK9J 7D:CE:;B<EHJ>;ED;M>E
?IKD:;H7KJ>EH?JOJ>;FHEF;HEH:;HE< HKB; #D:K;9EKHI; J>;ED;
under authority becomes mature and can replicate the same order
of rule in which he had been trained within the spheres of his
7KJ>EH?JO #DJ>?ICE:;B J>;<7J>;HMEKB:>7L;JH7?D;:J>;IEDJE
;N79JBOH;FH;I;DJJ>;<7J>;H ->;?D[K;D9;E< J>;<7J>;HMEKB:8;
F;HL7I?L; O;J>;MEKB:DEJ?CC;:?7J;BO9EDJHEB7BBJ>;IF>;H;I7D:
domains over which his sons would rule. The fathers contribution
would be the creation of a culture and the sons would have executive decision making over their spheres of authority.
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I7MEC7D L;M7I8EJ>J>;IEDE< !E:7D:J>;IEDE< 


Adam. Eves administration was meant to display in part the
7KJ>EH?JO!E:=7L;JE:7C 0?J>H;IF;9JJE:7C L;M7I[;I>
E< >?I[;I>7D:8ED;E< >?I8ED;7D:M7I:;I?=D;:JE<KD9J?ED
M?J>>?C 2;J I>;M7I7II?=D;:7<KD9J?EDJ>7JM7I:?IJ?D9J<HEC
anything he could possibly do himself. Although he contained the
I;;:<HECM>?9>7BBJ>;D7J?EDIMEKB:9EC; M?J>EKJL;J>;;7HJ>
MEKB:H;C7?DKDFEFKB7J;: ";HHEB;7I>?IIED?D9BK:;:>;HKD?GK;
position as his wife. These twin roles were not incompatible inasCK9>7IJ>;HEB;E< IEDH;<;HIJEJ>;97F79?JOE< H;FH;I;DJ7J?ED 
M>?B;J>;HEB;E< M?<;:;ZD;IJ>;<EHCE< J>7JH;FH;I;DJ7J?ED
0?J>EKJL;YI7:C?D?IJH7J?ED :7CYI7KJ>EH?JOMEKB:H;C7?D
M?J>>?C7BED; O9H;7J?D=L;EKJE< :7C !E:C7:;?JFEIsible for them to have the closest relationship possible between
two human beings. This was meant to portray the type of relationship
possible between God and man on the basis of one Spirit to
7DEJ>;HIF?H?J  EHV>;J>7J?I@E?D;:KDJEJ>;&EH:?IED;IF?H?J W
7D:V4J5>;,F?H?J>?CI;B< J;IJ?Z;IM?J>EKHIF?H?JJ>7JM;7H;!E:YI
children. O C7A?D= >;H :?IJ?D9J <HEC :7C  >EM;L;H  !E:
;D:EM;:L;M?J>J>;97F79?JOJEKD?GK;BOH;FH;I;DJ:7C 
Although Adam and Eve were separate creatures with individual
?:;DJ?J?;I J>;OM;H;:;I?=D;:8O!E:JE<KD9J?ED?DJ;H:;F;D:;DJBO
7D: M?J>EKJ 9ECF;J?J?ED  ->;H; M7I  J>;H;<EH;  DE D;;: <EH ;GK7B?JO 
I?D9; ;GK7B?JO 7D: <7?HD;II 7H; J>; M7OI ?D M>?9> H?=>J;EKID;II
?I:;I9H?8;:?D7D;DL?HEDC;DJE< 9ECF;J?J?ED "EM;L;H M?J>?D
J>; <KD9J?ED7B 9EDJ;NJ E<  ?DJ;H:;F;D:;D9O  J>; KD?GK;D;II E< 
each person may be fully celebrated. There would be no place for
@;7BEKIO ;DLO 7D:IJH?<; I?D9;J>;ED;IKD:;H7KJ>EH?JO7H;?D:?Ipensable to the display of the culture of those in authority and the
true character and intent of those in authority are given the widest
possible expression through the administrations of those by whom
they are represented.
->; ;<<;9J E<  :7CYI I;F7H7J?ED <HEC >?I 7J>;H  >EM;L;H 
became immediately apparent. All of his relationships were af<;9J;:8OJ>;<7BB 7D:J>;I;;:IE< :?I9EH:M?J>?D>?IH;B7J?EDI>?FI
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[EM;H;:<KBBOEL;HJ>;9EKHI;E< >KC7D9?L?B?P7J?ED ";H;@;9J;:


J>;KD?GK;H;B7J?EDI>?FM?J>>?IM?<; >;HIEDI>?F 7D:?CC;:?7J;BO
began to view her as wholly other than himself. Adam changed
>?I F;HIF;9J?L; <HEC :;I9H?8?D= L; 7I V[;I> E<  CO [;I> W JE
V4J5>;MEC7DOEKFKJ>;H;M?J>C; W8B7C?D=!E:7D:L;<EH>?I
sin."7L?D=BEIJ>?IEMDIEDI>?F :7CIJH?FF;:L;E< >;HI?D
H;B7J?EDI>?FJE>?CI;B< J>KI?DJHE:K9?D=9ECF;J?J?ED7D:J>;H;8O
elevating the value of individualism over corpus.
The environment of comparison and competition that Adams
H;@;9J?EDE< L;;D=;D:;H;:MEKB:>7L;:;L7IJ7J?D=9EDI;GK;D9;I 
O J>; I;9ED: =;D;H7J?ED E<  C7D  J>; IF?H?J E<  =;DE9?:; M7I
introduced when Cain killed his brother Abel in jealousy.
:7C H;C7?D;: ?D 9H;7J?ED <EH D;7HBO ED; J>EKI7D: O;7HI 
:KH?D=M>?9>J?C; J>;EH:;HE< >KC7DIE9?;JO<KBBO;LEBL;:KDder his rule. Although he sinned and his rule increasingly deviated
<HEC >?I EH?=?D7B C7D:7J;  !E: D;L;H H;LEA;: J>; 7KJ>EH?JO ";
gave Adam over creation. Adam was the original father who had
J7BA;:M?J>!E: 7D:>;;IJ78B?I>;:J>;<KD:7C;DJ7BEKJB?D;IJ>7J
formed the context of his rule together with the accompanying
order of its government.
The form of Adams government was rooted in the centrality
E<  J>; HEB; E<  J>; <7J>;H  7D: J>; H;FH;I;DJ7J?ED E<  J>; <7J>;HYI
9KBJKH;J>HEK=>IEDI KH?D=:7CYIB?<;J?C; J>?I<EHCMEKB:J7A;
EDJ>;9ECFB;N?JOE< <7C?BO >EKI;>EB: 9B7D JH?8; 7D:D7J?ED 7I
the descendants of a father multiplied in the earth. This form of
rule was the optimum form for the maintaining of good order and
peace over multiple generations. All of human society was initially
87I;:KFEDJ>?I<EHCE< EH:;H KDJ?BJ>;C;7DIE< JH7L;B?D=M?:;BO
allowed migration and the intermixing of nations to form alternative
social orders.

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he Knowledge of
Good and Evil

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Gods nature is to love. Love cannot remain as an unexpressed
;CEJ?ED #< J>;D7JKH;E< ED;?IJEBEL; J>;DJ>;C;H;;N?IJ;D9;
of that nature compels the one possessing it to put it on display.
;97KI; !E: ?I BEL;  ?J M7I 7BM7OI ?D;L?J78B; J>7J "; MEKB:
;L;DJK7BBO;NFH;II"?IBEL;7D:8;97KI;"?IBEL;?IF;H<;9J "?I
;NFH;II?ED E<  ?J MEKB: 7BIE :;ZD; J>; D7JKH; E<  BEL; F;H<;9JBO 
->7J;NFH;II?EDMEKB: J>;H;<EH; ?DLEBL;79H;7J?ED:;I?=D;:JE
give expression to the nature of God Himself:
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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
H;97DJ"?I9>E?9;E< C7D7D:9>EEI;7D=;BI?DIJ;7: ?< "?I9>E?9;
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
,7J7D97C;?DJEJ>;!7H:;DE< :;D CEJ?L7J;:8OJ>?IFH?EH
>?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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IC;DJ?ED;:FH;L?EKIBO !E:D;L;HH;<;HH;:JE7D7D=;B7I7
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?=D IDEJ;:;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
!E:;NFH;II;:"?IBEL;8O9H;7J?D=C7D 78;?D=B?A;"?C?D
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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love cannot exist if it is not expressed.


The love of God is different from His creative competence or
the glory evidenced by the harmonies of divine order. The highest
form of Gods love is expressed in the desire of the one created
JE8;B?A;!E: EKJE< M>EC>;97C;<EHJ> ->;J;HCVMEHI>?FW
describes the most complete expression of this desire. Being like
God means loving as God loves. It means choosing a path that is
F7HJE< J>;<KBB 9EHFEH7J;;NFH;II?EDE< J>;BEL;E< !E:JEJ>;
rest of the world.
Until God created creatures capable of being endowed with
"?ID7JKH; 7D:MEKB:H;9?FHE97J;8O;C8H79?D=J>;:;I?H;JE8;
like Him as their personal choice and would submit their personal
desires to the corporate government that would cause them to
<KD9J?ED?D7C7DD;HI?C?B7HJEJ>;F7HJIE< J>;>KC7D8E:O J>;
love of God would remain unrevealed. God expressed His love by
9H;7J?D=C7DM>E 8O:;B;=7J?ED 9EKB:<KBBO;NFH;IIJ>;BEL;E< 
God to all creation.
The full expression of Gods love is meant to occur corpoH7J;BO M?J>;79>?D:?L?:K7B8;?D=ED;<79;JE< J>;B7H=;H;NFH;II?ED 
This corporate expression is built upon the father and son relationI>?F ->?IH;B7J?EDI>?F?IJ>;8K?B:?D=8BE9AE< J>;<7C?BOE< !E: 
also known as the House of God.
0>;D7>EKI;>7I8;;D8K?BJ J>;9H;7J?L?JOJ>7JED9;;N?IJ;:
within the designer of the house is outwardly put on display for all
to see. The house itself is useful for all that it has been designed
JE799ECCE:7J; 7D:?JIH;B;L7D9;?I:;J;HC?D;:8O?JI<KD9J?ED 
->;IJHK9JKH;YI8;7KJO JE=;J>;HM?J>?JI<KD9J?ED >EM;L;H 9ED<;HI
a measure of honor to its designer that is even greater than may
be conferred upon the structure itself. The beauty of the form of
J>;8K?B:?D=I?B;DJBOJ;IJ?Z;IJEJ>;9H;7J?L?JO7D:9>7H79J;HE< J>;
designer.
0>;D C7D <KD9J?EDI 7I !E: :;I?=D;: >?C JE <KD9J?ED  >;
confers value to the earth. In that sense he functions as a house. In
J>;8;7KJOE< >?I<KD9J?ED?D= >EM;L;H >;J;IJ?Z;IJEJ>;D7JKH;
E< !E: >?I:;I?=D;H 7D:J>;=H;7J;H=BEHO8;BED=IJE!E: M>E
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will appear with him in glory.
[J]ust as the builder of a house has greater honor than the
>EKI;?JI;B<  EH;L;HO>EKI;?I8K?BJ8OIEC;ED; 8KJ!E:?IJ>;
8K?B:;HE< ;L;HOJ>?D= SD:M;7H;>?I>EKI; ?< M;>EB:EDJE
our courage and the hope of which we boast. In representing
J>; 7J>;H J>;IED?I?DJ?C7J;BO9ECC?JJ;:JEJ>; 7J>;H7D::;H?L;I
>?I?:;DJ?JO7D:>?I<KD9J?ED<HECJ>; 7J>;H 0>;DJ>;IED;N79JBO
H;FH;I;DJI J>; 7J>;H  >; ?I :E?D= EDBO M>7J >; M7I :;I?=D;: JE
do. The beauty of the nature of the Father is displayed through
him and he brings glory to the Father in the same way that the
house brings glory to the designer. The house is a statement that
translates the intangible emotions of the designer into a functional
reality.

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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'7DYI9>E?9; J>;D ;IJ78B?I>;IJ>;H?=>J;EKID;IIE< !E: ->KI


J>; ,9H?FJKH;I I7O  V; H;9ED9?B;: JE !E:  !E: C7:; >?C M>E
>7:DEI?DJE8;I?D<EHKI IEJ>7J?D>?CM;C?=>J8;9EC;J>;
righteousness of God.->;M7H8;JM;;D!E:7D:,7J7D M>?9>
8;=7D?DJ>;>;7L;DI >7I9EDJ?DK;:ED;7HJ>M?J>?DC7DYI8;?D= 
->;EKJ9EC;M?BB;IJ78B?I>J>;H?=>J;EKID;IIE< !E:?D"?I9>E?9; 
by the undeniable evidence of man choosing to be like his Father
in the face of the enemys most unrelenting pressures. In mans
9>E?9; J>;7II;HJ?EDJ>7J!E:YID7JKH;?IJEBEL;MEKB:8;9EC;7
demonstrated reality.
'EH;EL;H 8OF;HC?JJ?D=,7J7DJE=?L;<KBB7D:KDH;IJH?9J;:;NFEIKH;JE>?ID7JKH; ;L?BMEKB:8;:?I9BEI;:?D7BB?JI>?:;EKID;II 
0>;DJ>;FHE9;II>7I<KBBOHKD?JI9EKHI; !E:97DJ>;D;NFKD=;
J>;J7?DJE< I?D<HECJ>;;DJ?H;9H;7J?ED 0?J>J>;H;CEL7BE< I?D 
the authority of death is revoked. Anything that is sinful results in
:;7J> M>;J>;HE< >KC7DH;B7J?EDI>?FIEH?DFH79J?9;IJ>7J:;ZB;
and corrupt. The rule of sin always leads to death to the thing
EL;H M>?9> I?D FH;I?:;I  KJ  ;L;HOJ>?D= KD:;H J>; HKB; E<  BEL;
[EKH?I>;IU;L;D?DJ>?IFH;I;DJMEHB: 0>;DI?D?IH;CEL;:7D:
:;7J>?I:;IJHEO;: B?<;?D7BBE< ?JI78KD:7D9;M?BB9>7H79J;H?P;J>;
rule and reign of God and His sons.

MANS NATURE
->; >KC7D 8;?D= 9ECFH?I;I J>H;; F7HJI J>; IF?H?J  J>; IEKB 
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
8OM>?9>C7D9EKB:HKB;?D:;F;D:;DJBOE< !E: ;?D=:;9;?L;: 
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man assumed that the creation could exist independent of a divine


purpose and would renew itself perpetually. Under the rule of man
7F7HJ<HEC!E: J>;:EC7?DE< ;7HJ>MEKB:8;I;L;H;:<HECJ>;
culture of heaven and would exist and be ruled outside the authority
E< !E: IK8@;9JEDBOJEJ>;M?I:ECE< C7D 
Since the earth was a territory in the domain of the Kingdom
E< ";7L;D !E:YIJ>HED;=K7H7DJ;;:?JI9EDJ?DK?JO 8KJ?< ?JIHKB;H 
C7DA?D: I;9;:;:J>7JJ;HH?JEHO<HECJ>;HKB;E< >;7L;D J>;DC7DYI
inability to renew the territory would subject it to the bondage to
decay.62D:J>;;7HJ>MEKB:M7?J?DJ>7J9ED:?J?ED =HE7D?D=?D
anticipation of the sons of God who would liberate it and restore
it to the function for which it was designed.
The success of Satans appeal to Adams soul would have disasJHEKI9EDI;GK;D9;I<EH8EJ>J>;C7D7D:J>;;7HJ> 7HJ>MEKB:
8; ?CFH?IED;: ?D J>;I; 9EDI;GK;D9;I KDJ?B C7D M7I H;:;;C;: 
->;9EDI;GK;D9;IJ>;CI;BL;IMEKB:DEJH;C7?DIJ7J?9 8KJMEKB:
8;9EC;FHE=H;II?L;BOCEH;9EHHKFJ KBJ?C7J;BOFEHJH7O?D=J>;JHK;
D7JKH;E< ;L?B "EM;L;H J>;H;:;CFJ?EDE< C7D7D:J>;9H;7J?ED
would also fully display the love of God. For where sin abounds
grace does much more abound.
0>;DJ>;;O;IE< J>;IEKBM;H;EF;D;: C7DYIL?;ME< >?Cself and his purpose in creation underwent a complete change.
He transitioned from being a son to becoming fatherless; and in
J>7JJH7DI?J?ED >;BEIJJ>;L?I?EDE< >?CI;B< 7I8;?D=IF?H?J B?A;>?I
7J>;H 7D:I7M>?CI;B< 7I[;I>

THEREFORE AN ORPHAN
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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79J?EDIC7A;9B;7HJ>;JH7DI?J?EDJ>7JE99KHH;: I7DEHF>7D >;


could no longer rely upon the estate of his Father for support of
>?IHKB; 8;97KI;EHF>7DI>7L;DE<7J>;HI ;H;<JE< J>;FHEL?I?ED
7D:FHEJ;9J?EDE< >?I 7J>;H >;?CC;:?7J;BOI;J78EKJJEIKFFBO
both needs. He lost the sense of continuity of purpose and began
JE B?L; <EH J>; :7O  ->;H;<EH;  >; 9BEJ>;: >?CI;B<  7D: >?: <HEC
God among the trees of the garden.
Adams actions were the result of the new knowledge he had
@KIJ79GK?H;:8O;7J?D=<HECJ>;JH;;E< J>;ADEMB;:=;E< =EE:
and evil. The tree was planted in the Garden along with the tree of
B?<; JEFHEL?:;7H;FH;I;DJ7J?ED?DJ>;;7HJ>E< J>;79JK7B9>E?9;I
J>7J7BH;7:O;N?IJ;: 7D:M>?9>C7DMEKB:<79; ,7J7D>7:7BH;7:O
chosen independence from God. Man was created with the spirit
of God in him so that he would naturally depend upon God for
everything that pertained to his existence. As long as man chose to
M7BA?D<;BBEMI>?F7D:9ECCKD?EDM?J>!E: >?IIKFFBOMEKB:8;
unending and his life would be truly abundant. These two trees
the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
were symbolic of the choices available to man.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil embodied the
alternative to life supported by God. Since God gave every tree8;7H?D=<HK?JWJEC7D<EH<EE: ?J?II?=D?Z97DJJ>7J!E:<EH87:;
him the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In
9EDJH7IJ >;M7I<H;;JE;7J<HECJ>;<HK?JE< J>;JH;;E< B?<; 7D:
was only kept from it after he chose to also eat of the tree of the
ADEMB;:=;E< =EE:7D:;L?B J>;<HK?JE< M>?9>M7IJ>;?DJHE:K9J?ED
E< 7D;M7D:9ED[?9J?D=87I?IE< B?<;?JI;B<
It was not merely the act of eating the fruit that was sinful.
#DIJ;7: ?JM7IJ>7J!E:;IJ78B?I>;:J>;F7H7C;J;HIE< 9>E?9;7L7?B78B;
JEC7D IOC8EB?P;:8OJ>;I;JH;;I ->;,F?H?JE< !E:;IJ78B?I>;:
creation to mirror realities already existing in heaven. These two
trees represented the extremes of the patterns of life that the earth
M7I:;I?=D;:JE>EIJ ->;O;C8E:?;:J>;;N?IJ?D=9ED[?9J8;JM;;D
!E:7D:,7J7D 7D:M;H;J>;JME;NJH;C;IE< J>;9>E?9;J>7JC7DYI
D7JKH;MEKB:H;GK?H;>?CJEC7A;
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The compendium of knowledge represented by the tree of the


knowledge of good and evil was the basis for an alternative reality
JE C7D 7I IF?H?J H;FH;I;DJ?D= >?I 7J>;H JE 9H;7J?ED  #DIJ;7: J>;
knowledge of the tree offered an order of life in which the creature
C?=>JB?L;?D9ECFB;J;?D:;F;D:;D9;<HEC>?IH;7JEH B?A;,7J7D 
This independent order obligated the creation to duplicate the
functions of God on its own and forge a destiny of his own choosing.
This was true of both man and Satan.
The choice of independence would appeal to the soul of
C7D ->;ADEMB;:=; IOC8EB?P;:8OJ>;JH;;E< J>;ADEMB;:=;E< 
=EE:7D:;L?B ?IJ>;H;IKBJE< 7FHE9;IIE< E8I;HL7J?ED 7D7BOI?I 
9ECF7H?IED J>;EHO 7D:79J?L?JO?D7MEH: H;7IED L;E8I;HL;:
J>7JJ>;<HK?JEDJ>;JH;;M7IVFB;7I?D=JEJ>;;O; W66 and she had
been told that it was desirable to make her wise. She compared the
restraint of Gods warning against eating the fruit with the information from Satan to make her choice.
O;7J?D=J>;<HK?JE< J>;JH;; :7C:?IFB7O;:J>;D;9;II7HO
recklessness that permitted him to throw off the restraint of his
7J>;H?DEH:;HJE;DJ;H7MEHB:?DM>?9>>;M7IH;GK?H;:JEIKFFBO 7BB E<  J>; 7DIM;HI JE J>; GK;IJ?ED E<  >?I 8;?D=  .FED 8;?D=
FH;I;DJ;:M?J>7FEHJ?EDE< J>;<HK?JJ>7J>?IM?<;>7:F?9A;: :7C
:;B?8;H7J;BO9>EI;JEH;8;B7=7?DIJJ>;IF;9?Z9?DIJHK9J?EDIE< >?I
7J>;H ->;D 8OH;7IED J>;C7D9ED9BK:;:J>7J>?IH;7B?JOM7IDEJ
IF?H?J8KJ[;I>>;8;=7DJE;D=7=;J>7JH;7B?JO8O<7I>?ED?D=9BEJ>?D=
<EH>?I[;I> 0>;H;7I FH;L?EKIBO 7IBED=7I>;I7M>?CI;B< 7I7
IEDJE>?I 7J>;H >;799;FJ;:J>;<79JJ>7J>;M7I7IF?H?J 8;97KI;
>?I 7J>;HM7IIF?H?J "?I[;I>M7IJ>;9BEJ>?D=M?J>M>?9>!E:
9BEJ>;:J>;IF?H?J 7D:>;M7IDEJD7A;: 8KJM7I7IF?H?J9BEJ>;:
?D [;I>  Both Adam and Eve made a conscious and deliberate
choice that permanently altered their vision of reality.
,?C?B7HBO :7CYIF;H9;FJ?EDE< !E:7BIE9>7D=;:<HECJ>7J
of a loving Father to an enemy. It was this change in perception
that explains his efforts to evade God by hiding among the trees of the
Garden. He would later explain to God that he hid out of the fear that
permeated him when he heard the sound of the Lord in the Garden.
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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;BB 0>;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>;C W

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Change from
Spirit to Soul

God created man as an expression of Himself that was


intended to reside in a venue different from His own. The context
for Gods decision to make man in His own image and likeness
M7IVIEJ>7JJ>;OC7OHKB;EL;HJ>;ZI>?DJ>;I;77D:J>;8?H:I
?D J>; IAO  EL;H J>; B?L;IJE9A 7D: 7BB J>; M?B: 7D?C7BI  7D: EL;H
all the creatures that move along the ground. This is consistent
M?J>!E:YI?DJ;DJJEH;B7J;JEC7D7I7IED7D:"?IH;FH;I;DJ7J?L; 
but shows that the sons representation was to take place on the
;7HJ> ->;H;<EH; !E:<7I>?ED;:J>;8E:OE< C7D<HEC:KIJ7D:
breathed spirit from His own person into this created form. The
result was that man became a living soul.
The underlying intention of God in putting His son into the
earth was to cause Himself to be seen and understood within the
D7JKH7BMEHB: -E799ECFB?I>J>?I=E7B !E:C7:;7I?D=B;8;?D=
9ECFEI;:E< J>H;;F7HJI78E:O 7IEKB 7D:7IF?H?J ->;8E:O 9H;7J;:E< :KIJ M7IC7J;H?7B7D:9ECF7J?8B;M?J>J>;F>OI?97BMEHB: 
The environment of earth was neither harmful nor detrimental
JE J>; >KC7D 8E:O  8KJ F;H<;9JBO 9ECF7J?8B; 7D: IKFFEHJ?L; JE
>KC7D;N?IJ;D9; #D:;;: !E::;I?=D;:J>;F>OI?97BMEHB:JE8;
both useful to and harmonious with mans physical form.
->;IF?H?JM?J>?DC7D EH?=?D7J?D=EKJE< J>;F;HIEDE< !E:
7I7=?<J<HEC!E:"?CI;B< M7ID7J?L;JEJ>;MEHB:E< !E: J>7J
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E< IF?H?J7D:E< >;7L;D ->?I7IF;9JE< C7DYI8;?D=?I J>;H;<EH; 


as much at home in the invisible realm of spirits as his body is at
home in the natural world.
0?J>?DC7D J>;IEKB8H?:=;IJ>;=7F8;JM;;DJ>;D7JKH7BMEHB:
and that of the spirit. The purpose of the soul is to translate the
realm of spirit to the natural. In his exercise of dominion on the
;7HJ> C7DYIIEKB=EL;HDIJ>;79J?EDIE< >?I8E:O ->;IEKB ?DJKHD 
?IC;7DJJE8;?D<EHC;:8O7D:E8I;GK?EKIJEJ>;IF?H?JE< C7D 
0>;H;7I J>;IF?H?JE< C7D?IJ>;F7HJE< C7DYI8;?D=J>7J?I?D9BEI;
fellowship and communion with God at all times.
'7DYIIEKB J>;D ?IC;7DJJE?DJ;HFH;J7D:FH;I;DJ!E:YI:?L?D;
nature and eternal purposes to the natural world. The soul itself
?I 7 C?HHEH ?C7=; E<  C7DYI IF?H?J  C;7DJ JE <KD9J?ED ?D J7D:;C
with the spirit. A similar relationship exists between the Spirit of
God and the spirit of man. God imparted His own spirit into the
being of man so that the spirit of man could function in perfect
harmony with the Spirit of God. The ultimate outworking of this
arrangement is that since the creation of the world Gods invisible
GK7B?J?;IU4"5?I;J;HD7BFEM;H7D::?L?D;D7JKH;U>7L;8;;D9B;7HBO I;;D  8;?D= KD:;HIJEE: <HEC M>7J >7I 8;;D C7:; W Created
?D "?I ?C7=; 7D: B?A;D;II  7D: :;I?=D;: JE FH;I;DJ J>; ?DL?I?8B;
!E:JEJ>;9H;7J;:MEHB: C7D?I KDGK;IJ?ED78BO !E:YIC7=DKC
opusthe greatest creation of which God is capable.
The fall destroyed this elegant balance and freed the soul to act
?D:;F;D:;DJBOE< J>;IF?H?J 0?J>J>?IBEIIE< J>;>7HCEDO8;JM;;D
IEKB7D:IF?H?J C7DM7IKD78B;JE;DJ;H7D:H;C7?D?D!E:YIH;IJ 
->; I7L?D= E<  ED;YI IEKB  J>;H;<EH;  ?I J>; H;JKHD E<  J>; IEKB JE
the rule of the spirit so that man may once again enter Gods rest
and function in the earth as God originally intended for him. This
=H;7JJ7IA?I799ECFB?I>;:FHE=H;II?L;BOEL;HJ?C; 8;?D=VMEHA4;:5
outwith fear and trembling.

SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY


The struggle between the two realities centered in soul and
spirit has continued from the time of Adams fall until now. Even
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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;7A W
-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

THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT


Both the soul and the spirit are similar in their constituent parts.
79> >7I J>H;; 9ECFED;DJI  7 C?D:  7 M?BB  7D: 7 >;7HJ  ->;I;
components serve similar functions within both the soul and the
spirit.
The mind serves as the basis for information upon which
the spirit or soul bases its view of reality. The will assembles the
resources available to the spirit or soul to interact with creation
and actualize that reality. The heart supplies the motivation for the
pursuit of the reality.
;OED: J>; I?C?B7H?J?;I E<  <EHC  J>; <KD9J?ED?D= E<  J>;I;
three components out of the spirit and the soul produces radically
different results.
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9-*2&3E885.7.9<.9-.3-.2 39-*8&2*<&>3443*034<8
9-*9-4:,-984+ 4)*=(*599-*5.7.94+ 4)!*-&;*349
7*(*.;*)9-*85.7.94+ 9-*<471)':99-*5.7.9<-4.8+742
4)9-&9<*2&>:3)*789&3)<-&94)-&8+7**1>,.;*394
:8 -.8.8<-&9 <*85*&0349 .3 9-*<47)8 9&:,-9 :8 '>
-:2&3<.8)42':9.3<47)89&:,-9'>9-*5.7.9*=57*88.3,85.7.9:&197:9-8.385.7.9:&1<47)8-*2&3<.9-4:99-*
5.7.9)4*8349&((*599-*9-.3,89-&9(42*+7429-*5.7.94+ 
4)+479-*>&7*+441.8-3*8894-.2&3)-*(&3349:3)*789&3)
9-*2'*(&:8*9-*>&7*85.7.9:&11>).8(*73*)
The mind of the soul receives its information from three
IEKH9;IJ>;MEHB: J>;[;I> 7D:J>;:;L?B V->?IM?I:EC:;I9;D:;J>DEJ<HEC78EL; 8KJ?I;7HJ>BO I;DIK7B :;L?B?I> W->;MEHB: 
J>;[;I> 7D:J>;:;CED?97FF;7B:?H;9JBOJEC7DYIIEKB7D:9EC;
from sources that are subject to the control of the enemy. Eve saw
J>7JJ>;<HK?JEDJ>;JH;;M7IFB;7I?D=JEJ>;;O; 7D:I>;>7:J>;
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desire to possess the wisdom that it promised. The information


regarding the possibility of hidden wisdom was supplied from the
:;L?B M>EI;CEJ?L7J?EDM7IJEI;:K9;C7D<HECH;B?7D9;KFEDJ>;
reality supplied by the wisdom of God. These three sources of
?D<EHC7J?EDM;H;J>;MEHB: J>;[;I> 7D:J>;:;L?B 
0>;DJ>;IEKBHKB;I J>;F;HIED?I:H7MDJEJ>;I;IEKH9;IE< 
?D<EHC7J?EDH;=7H:?D=H;7B?JO ->;I;?D[K;D9;I7H;9EHHKFJ ->;H;<EH; J>;?D<EHC7J?ED7II;C8B;:8OJ>;C?D:E< J>;IEKB?I9EHHKFJ 
7D:J>;H;IKBJ?D=9ED9BKI?EDI78EKJH;7B?JOH;[;9JJ>;J7?DJE< J>7J
corruption.
->?I?I7DKDH;B?78B;L?;ME< H;7B?JO +;B?7D9;KFED?D<EHC7J?ED
assembled by the mind of the soul deceived man into thinking
J>7J>;M7I[;I> 7D:D7A;: FHECFJ?D=>?CJE9BEJ>;>?CI;B< #D
>?I;<<EHJ >;KJ?B?P;:M>7JIA?BBI>;>7:7D:M>7JH;IEKH9;IM;H;
7L7?B78B;JE>?C 7I7D;N;H9?I;E< >?IM?BB?D7:EFJ?D=J>;H;7B?JO
J>7J>;DEM;C8H79;:<EH>?CI;B< #D7::?J?EDJE9BEJ>?D=>?CI;B< 
?D>?ID;ML?;ME< H;7B?JO >;<;BJ;D:7D=;H;: 7D:IE>;>?:
0>;D C7D >?: <HEC !E:  J>; >;7HJ IKFFB?;: J>; H;GK?I?J;
emotion that motivated him to undertake these actionsfear. He
confessed that he was afraid."?IJEH?97BBO C7D>7I8;B?;L;:J>7J
J>; >;7HJ M7I J>; 9;DJ;H E<  J>; >KC7D 8;?D=  7D: 7BJ>EK=> J>;
,9H?FJKH;I:EDEJH;<;HJEJ>;J;HCV;CEJ?ED WJ>;>;7HJ>7I7BM7OI
been considered the seat of all emotions. Every decision the human
C7A;I?I87I;:KFED7D;CEJ?ED "EM;L;H ?J?I9ECCEDFH79J?9;
JE@KIJ?<O:;9?I?EDIJEEJ>;HI8OJ>;KI;E< H;7IED #DJ>?IC7DD;H 
the heart of the soul often drives the rationale for ones decisions
EH79J?EDI :?I9EDD;9J;:<HECJ>;JHKJ>E< J>;9?H9KCIJ7D9;I 
.DB?A;J>;IEKB M>EI;9ECFED;DJI<KD9J?ED?D:;F;D:;DJE< 
!E: J>;9ECFED;DJIE< J>;IF?H?J7H;:;I?=D;:JE<KD9J?EDEDBO
in harmony with the Spirit of God. The human spirit remains
submerged and inactive until the Spirit of God energizes it. Scripture describes that occurrence as being born again of the Spirit.
This act of being born of the Spirit of God awakens the human
spirit and begins to reform the human being by restoring the spirits
dominance over mans soul.
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SOUL VERSUS SPIRIT


,?D9;J>;IEKBYI:EC?D7D9;>7I8;;D7C7JJ;HE< BED=IJ7D:?D= 
IKFFEHJ;:8O7D?D>;H?J;:9KBJKH;EL;H7BED=F;H?E:E< J?C; J>;
H;IJEH7J?EDE< J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;IF?H?J?IFHE=H;II?L; DEJ?DIJ7DJ7neous. It begins with the mind of the spirit being instructed by the
Spirit of God.
The source of the information on which the mind of the
>KC7DIF?H?JH;B?;I<EH?JIL?;ME< H;7B?JO?IJ>;,F?H?JE< !E: 0>;D
J>;M?I:ECE< !E:?D<EHCIC7DYIL?;ME< H;7B?JO C7D8;=?DIJE
see and understand all things in the same way that God views reality.
'7D?IH;JKHD;:JE7>;7L;DBOFE?DJE< L?;M IM;I>7BBI;; J>;
"EBO,F?H?JYI9EDL?9J?ED?IIJHED=;HJ>7DJ>;IEKBYI 7D:M>;DJ>;
>KC7DO?;B:IJEJ>;FE?DJE< L?;ME< >?IIF?H?J >;8;=?DIJEJ7A;ED
the mind of Christ. The continuous yielding to this different reality
M?BB EL;HJ?C; ;<<;9J?L;BOH;D;MJ>;C?D:E< J>;IEKB 
The will that is employed in the furtherance of a heavenly view
of reality must also be supplied by God who wills and does His
own pleasure. The Holy Spirit supplies the power that enables the
human to function in a heavenly view of reality in the form of
Gifts of the Spirit.
The dominant expression that arises out of the heart that lies
M?J>?DJ>;IF?H?J 7D:?IJ>;CEJ?L7J?EDE< 7BB79J?EDIH;[;9J?D=J>;
79J?L?J?;IE< J>;IF?H?J ?IBEL; &EL;?IJ>;EDBO;CEJ?ED=H;7J;HJ>7D
fear. Gods perfect love casts out fear.0>;D!E::;I?=D;:C7D 
He placed the greatest emotion of which He is capable within mans
IF?H?J J>;H;8O7IIKH?D=J>7JJ>;IF?H?J?I7BM7OIKBJ?C7J;BO97F78B;
of ruling the human being. Because it is true that whoever loves is
8EHDE< !E: ?J?I7BM7OIFEII?8B;<EH7DO>KC7D8;?D= DEC7JJ;H
>EM :;FH7L;:  JE 9>EEI; JE 8; 8EHD 7=7?D E<  !E:YI ,F?H?J  ->;
love of God demonstrated to even the most hardened of human
beings has the innate capacity of activating the emotion of love
J>7JB?;I:EHC7DJM?J>?DJ>;>;7HJE< >?IIF?H?J #J?I J>;H;<EH; J>;
goodness of God that draws men to repentance.

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he Schemes
of the Enemy

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HECJ>;?D?J?7B:;9;FJ?EDE< C7D ,7J7DFHE9;;:;:JE9H7<J7D
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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?BBKI?EDE< 9EDJHEB 7D:M>;J>;H>;?I7M7H;E< ?JEHDEJ 8;9EC;I


>?IEMD=E: ;97KI;J>;;D;COYII9>;C;I7FF;7BJEC7DYIIEKB 
these systems have little ability to affect one who is ruled by his
spirit. They are ineffective in predicting or controlling the mind of
the spirit.
:7CBEIJ>?I9EDD;9J?EDJE!E: 9>7D=?D=>?IF;H9;FJ?EDE< 
>?CI;B< <HECIF?H?JJE[;I> 7D:8;=7DJE:;F;D:KFEDJ>;?D=;nuity of his soul for survival. The god of this age has blinded
J>;C?D:IE< KD8;B?;L;HI IEJ>7JJ>;O97DDEJI;;J>;B?=>JE< J>;
=EIF;BE< J>;=BEHOE< >H?IJ M>E?IJ>;?C7=;E< !E: W0>;D
:7C8;=7DJEEF;H7J;EKJE< >?IIEKB >;8;97C;LKBD;H78B;JE
the schemes of the enemy. Satan fashioned the systems of the world
as an entrapment to exploit Adams separation from the Father.

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=I 0>?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>?C W The
MEHB:J>7J$E>D:;9B7H;I!E:BEL;I?I E< 9EKHI; >KC7D?JO ->;
MEHB:J>7J>;97KJ?EDI8;B?;L;HI7=7?DIJBEL?D=EHH;BO?D=KFED J>;
AEICEI >7I7:?<<;H;DJ9H;7JEH<HEC!E:
0>;D ED; H;B?;I KFED J>; IOIJ;CI E<  J>; kosmos  >; 97DDEJ
I?CKBJ7D;EKIBOJHKIJ!E: I?D9;J>;I;IOIJ;CIM;H;9H;7J;:7I7D7BJ;HD7J?L;JEJHKIJ?D=?D!E: 7D:H;B?7D9;KFEDJ>;C<KHJ>;HI;F7H7J;I
C7D<HEC>?I 7J>;H ->;H;<EH; J>;7FEIJB;$E>D7:CED?I>;:
434914;*9-*<471)47&3>9-.3,.39-*<471)+ &3>43*
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349+7429-*&9-*7':9+7429-*<471)-*<471)&3).98
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This kosmos ?I 87I;: KFED J>; D7JKH; E<  ?JI 9H;7JEH  J>; ED;
referred to as the kosmokratorEHMEHB:
HKB;H 7D;F?J>;JE< ,7J7D It
focuses upon mans desire to assure the certainty of his provision
7D:FHEJ;9J?ED ->;I;IOIJ;CI8EJ>H;GK?H;7D:7BBEMED;JEH;BO
;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
;L;HO<79;JE< >KC7DB?<; ->;OH;FH;I;DJ7DEH:;HBO7HH7D=;C;DJ 
?DJ;HMEL;DB?A;7IF?:;HYIM;8 JE;DJH7F7D:JE9EDJ7?DJ>;;DJ?H;JO
of humanity. Entire nations form their governmental systems to
H;[;9JJ>;FHEC?I;E< >KC7D97F79?JO?D>;H;DJ?DJ>;I;IOIJ;CI 
Even Jesus was tempted to concede the validity and primacy of
these systems.

THE SYSTEMS OF THE KOSMOS


#DJ>;;7HJ> 7BB>KC7DI8;BED=JEED;E< JMEA?D=:ECI ;?J>;H
the Kingdom of God or the 048248 The nature of the king over
;79>E< J>;I;A?D=:ECI:;ZD;I?JI9?J?P;DIY?:;DJ?JO .DJ?BM;7H;
JH7DIB7J;:?DJEJ>;%?D=:ECE< !E: M;7H;=EL;HD;:8OJ>;9KBJKH;
E< J>;EHF>7D J>;B7IJ?D=B;=79OE< EKH=H;7J7D9;IJEH:7C F;HF;JK7J;:8O,7J7D J>;=E:E< J>?IMEHB: #DJ>;%?D=:ECE< !E: 
>EM;L;H >H?IJ:;ZD;IJ>;9KBJKH;<EH?JI9?J?P;DI ->;O7H;IEDI
of God and heirs of the promise of eternal life.
->;IOIJ;CIE< 8EJ>A?D=:ECIH;[;9JJ>;D7JKH;E< J>;?HA?D=I 
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L;DJK7BBO J>;9?J?P;DIIK8@;9JJEJ>;H;IF;9J?L;HKB;HICE:;BJ>;
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
IOIJ;CIE< J>;%?D=:ECE< !E: 8KJJ>;OH7:?97BBO:?L;H=;7IJ>;O
H;[;9JJ>;;NJH;C;:?<<;H;D9;I?DJ>;D7JKH;IE< J>;?HA?D=I 

THE SYSTEM FOR RESOLVING CONFLICTS


#DIJ?=7J?D=9ED[?9J?I79B7II?9I9>;C;E< J>;;D;CO ->;H;<EH; 
?D7DOA?D=:EC ?J?ID;9;II7HOJE>7L;?DFB79;7IOIJ;C<EHH;IEBL?D=:?IFKJ;I8;JM;;D?JI9?J?P;DI J>;=E7BE< M>?9>?IJE:;J;HC?D;
J>;H;B7J?L;H?=>JI7D::KJ?;IE< J>;F7HJ?;I?D9ED[?9J7D:JEH;79>
a judgment. The determination of the parties relative rights and
duties centers on that which is deemed valuable within the system.
/7BK; EHJ>;J>?D=JE8;=7?D;:?DJ>;H;IEBKJ?EDE< 9ED[?9J 
is determined by the culture of the kingdom. In the kosmos L7BK;
is measured by the imperatives of provision and protection. In
9?L?B:?IFKJ;I L7BK;?I7II?=D;:JECED;O FHEF;HJOH?=>JI F;HIED7B
FHEF;HJO 7D:?DJ7D=?8B;IIK9>7I>;7BJ>7D:?DJ;BB;9JK7BFHEF;HJO 
These are all things to which courts can ascribe monetary value. In
9H?C?D7BC7JJ;HI J>;9ED[?9J?I8;JM;;DJ>;I;9KH?JOE< J>;IJ7J;
and its citizens and the liberty interests of an individual.
That which is valuable within the kosmos is that over which the
IJ7J;97D;N;H9?I;?JI7KJ>EH?JO *HEF;HJO CED;O 7D:ED;YIB?8;HJO
97D8;C7D?FKB7J;:8OJ>;IJ7J; +;B7J?EDI>?FI EDJ>;EJ>;H>7D: 
or those deeper hurts between individuals that take root when one
<;;BIMHED=;: 7H;DEJJ>;:EC7?DE< J>;IJ7J; 7D:J>;H;<EH; J>;O
CKIJ8;I;J7I?:;M>;DJMEF7HJ?;II;;AJEH;IEBL;79ED[?9J
This is an adversarial system that places primary importance
EDM?DD?D= 8;97KI;J>;H;?IDE87I?I<EHC;7IKH?D=J>;L7BK;E< 
a relationship between the parties. Any matter submitted for resolution is subject to a process that anticipates each partys zealous
advocacy for a one-sided outcome. Although the proceedings may
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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.
->?IIJH7J;=OE< J>;:?L?:?D=E< F;EFB;<HEC;79>EJ>;HH;[;9JIJ>;
D7JKH;E< J>;9H;7JEHE< J>?IIOIJ;CM>E <HECJ>;8;=?DD?D= M7I
successful in severing the relationship between Adam and God.
O 9EDJH7IJ  J>; IOIJ;C <EH J>; 7:@K:?97J?ED E<  :?IFKJ;I ?D
!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
?I 9ED:K9?L; JE FH;I;HL?D= =EE:M?BB 8;JM;;D J>; F7HJ?;I  M>?B;
permitting an honest discussion of the substance of the dispute.
BJ>EK=> ?J ?I 7 :?<Z9KBJ IJ;F JE KD:;HJ7A; 8;97KI; ?J H;GK?H;I 7
<79;
JE
<79; ;D=7=;C;DJ  ?J 9EDL;OI J>; L7BK; J>7J J>; ED; M>E
has been wronged places on the relationship with the one who
>7IMHED=;:>?C OH;GK?H?D=J>7JJ>;ED;M>EM7IE<<;D:;:?D?J?7J;J>;FHE9;II ?J>?=>B?=>JIJ>;=E7BE< H;9ED9?B?7J?EDH7J>;HJ>7D
retribution. This matches exactly the attitude of God toward man.
EHM>;DC7DI?DD;:7=7?DIJ"?C !E:?D?J?7J;:J>;FHE9;IIE< 
reconciliation in the person of Jesus Christ.
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#< J>;E<<;D:?D=F7HJOH;8K<<IJ>;?D?J?7B7JJ;CFJ7JH;IEBKJ?ED 
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?ED JJ>;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=EKIJE7VC7HJOH W 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.
#< J>;7JJ;CFJ7JH;9ED9?B?7J?ED7JJ>?IIJ;F<7?BI J>;M?JD;II;IY
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.
->; ZD7B IJ;F ?D J>?I FHE9;II ?I J7A;D 7<J;H 7BB J>; FH;9;:?D=
;<<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.
#DJ>?I97I; >?IH;<KI7BJEIK8C?JJEJ>;H;9ED9?B?7J?EDE<<;H;:
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.
->;C7D:7J;E< >H?IJ H7J>;HJ>7D<EH9?8B;9EDJHEB 9>7D=;IJ>;
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#<  7 C7D H;@;9JI J>; 9EKDI;B E<  >H?IJ KDM7L;H?D=BO  >; >7I
shown himself not submitted to the Kingdom of God. Before he
97D8;H;9ED9?B;:JE>?I8HEJ>;H >;CKIJ8;8HEK=>JM?J>?DJ>;
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
>?C J>HEK=> >?I BKIJI  BJ>EK=> >7HI>  J>?I C7O 8; J>; EDBO
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.
->;=E7BIE< 8EJ>A?D=:ECI7H;H;[;9J;:?DJ>;?HH;IF;9J?L;IOIJ;CI 
->;?:;DJ?Z97J?EDE< J>;L7BK;JE8;FH;IKC;:?I9EDI?IJ;DJ?D;79>
kingdom with the nature and authority of the king. Satan values
I;F7H7J?ED7D::?L?I?ED 8;97KI;?J<KHJ>;HI>?I?DJ;H;IJ?DFHEL?D=
!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.

KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM


The systems of the kosmos are designed around mans desire
for provision and protection. The promise of these systems is the
illusion of the control over these imperatives. There is a wide array
E< IOIJ;CIJ>7J?D9BK:;;:K97J?ED M>?9>?IKI;:JE=BEH?<OJ>;FH?C79O
E< J>;?DJ;BB?=;D9;E< C7D;DJ;HJ7?DC;DJ7D:9KBJKH; M>?9><;;:
>?IBKIJIZD7D9?7BIOIJ;CI7D:IOIJ;CIE< 9ECC;H9; M>?9>IKFFBO
>?IFHEL?I?ED7D:C?B?J7HO7D:FEB?J?97BIOIJ;CI M>?9>E<<;H>?C
protection for his person and possessions. Even a religious system
will emerge to provide a spiritual legitimacy to all the other systems.
->;I; IOIJ;CI  ?DJ;=H7J;: 7D: EF;H7J?D= JE=;J>;H  M?BB H;FH;I;DJ
the zenith of the culture of the orphan.
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)L;H J?C;  J>;I; IOIJ;CI >7L; ?DL7:;: 7BB 7IF;9JI E<  >KC7D
society. The integration of these systems is producing fewer sysJ;CIM?J>=H;7J;H9EDJHEB IJ>;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
D7J?EDI M?BB BEI; 7BB C;7D?D=<KB I?=D?Z97D9; 7D: M?BB H;J7?D EDBO
symbolic value. In order to comply with the global mandates of
J>?ID;MEH:;HE< =EL;HD7D9; 7=BE87B9?J?P;DHOM?BB;C;H=;

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->;9ED[?9J8;JM;;DJ>;JMEA?D=:ECIJ>7J;C8E:OJ>;?:;7BIIKHHEKD:?D=J>;=H;7J9ED[?9J8;JM;;D!E:7D:,7J7D M>?9>
;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
H;IEBL;: #DJ>?I=H;7J:H7C7 C7D?IJ>;FH?D9?F7B79JEH
#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
9ED[?9J 8;JM;;D !E: 7D: "?I ;D;CO  ,7J7D  7D: M>O C7D M7I
FB79;:KFEDJ>;;7HJ>?DJ>;9;DJ;HE< J>;9ED[?9J 
->;FH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJ H7J>;HJ>7D9>7EI H7D:EC9>7D9; 
EH ;L;D 97KI;
7D:
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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.
";B7?:EKJJ>;H;GK?H;C;DJIE< J>?IFB7D7I;II;DJ?7BF7HJIE< J>?I
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
I79H?Z9; ->?I9EL;D7DJ?IJ>;<EKD:7J?ED<EHJ>;H;9ED9?B?7J?EDE< 
man to God and to the destiny for which God created him.
!E: ;IJ78B?I>;: J>; H;GK?H;C;DJI <EH J>; H;9ED9?B?7J?ED E< 
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; 
H;GK?H;:JEH;I9K;C7D<HECI?D 8KJ?J?IF7HJE< 79EL;D7DJJ>7J?I
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
MHEJ;  V<EH 7=;I F7IJ M7I A;FJ >?::;D ?D !E:  M>E 9H;7J;: 7BB
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
>EMKDB?A;!E:J>;O7H; !E:YI7DIM;H?IJE@K:=;,7J7D 7IJ>;
<7J>;HE< J>?I=H;7JB?; 8OI>EM?D=J>;JHKJ>J>7JC7DM7I9H;7J;:
JE8;!E:YIIED7D:>;?H J>7JJ>?I9H;7J?ED?I?DD7J;BO97F78B;E< 
C7A?D=J>7J9>E?9; 7D:J>7JC7D?IMEHJ>OJE8;97BB;:J>;IEDIE< 
God and to be appointed the heirs of God.
Beyond the designation as sons of God is the matter of man
<KD9J?ED?D=7IIEDIE< !E: 8EJ>?DH;IF;9J?L;?D:?L?:K7B97F79?J?;I
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
F;HIED7B97BB?D=I "EM;L;H J>;O7BIE7H;C;7DJJE<KD9J?ED@E?DJBO
7I7%?D=:EC #DJ>;B7H=;H9EHFEH7J;F?9JKH; ?DJ>;%?D=:ECE< 
";7L;D J>;OFKJJ>;H?=>J;EKID;IIE< !E:ED:?IFB7O?D9EDJH7IJ
to the kingdom of Satan.
The precreation covenant is the skeletal framework that is
8;?D=ZBB;:?DM?J>J>;:;J7?BI!E:9ED9;?L;:FH?EHJEJ>;9H;7J?ED
E< C7D EJ>!E:7D:C7DF7HJ?9?F7J;79J?L;BO?DJ>;<KBZBBC;DJI
H;GK?H;:8OJ>;9EL;D7DJ

THE OATH AND THE PROMISE


The precreation covenant was established by Gods oath to
Himself:
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God determined before He made man that He would establish
J>; C;7DI 8O M>?9> "; 9EKB: 7:EFJ J>; 9H;7J?ED 7I "?I IEDI 
ADEM?D=C7DMEKB:I?D ->;H;<EH; $;IKI J>;I79H?Z9?7B&7C8 8O
M>EC!E:IMEH;JEI7L;C7D M7IIB7?D<HECJ>;<EKD:7J?EDIE< 
the world.101
!E:AD;MJ>;F7H7C;J;HIE< C7DYI9>E?9;J>7JM;H;D;9;II7HO 
7D:";AD;MJ>7JC7DMEKB:9>EEI;JEH;8;B %DEM?D=J>?I !E:
established the means by which man could choose to be fully reconciled to God. The design of man allows him to possess the holy
D7JKH;E< !E: 8O>EKI?D=!E:YI,F?H?J 7D:JEHKB;8O9>E?9; IE
that man could be a son as opposed to another ministering servant.
#:;7BBO C7DYIIEKB?IKD:;HJ>;HKB;E< >?IIF?H?J 7D:C7D9ECCKD;I
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
!E: 8KJ7BIEJ>;9>E?9;JEH;F;DJ7D:JE8;H;9ED9?B;:JE!E: 
God would have to provide the means by which this choice was
;D78B;: )D9;C7DI?DD;:7=7?DIJ!E: >;MEKB:?D9KH7:;8JJ>7J
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
J>7J";MEKB:8;H;GK?H;:JEF7O?D<KBB7BBJ>7JM7ID;9;II7HO<EH
man to have the ability to choose not only to sin but also to be
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actor on both sides of the covenant. This arrangement is possible
<EH!E: I?D9;";?I,F?H?J ";C7O9>EEI;JE8;"?CI;B< ?D?DZD?J;
H;FH;I;DJ7J?EDI  EHJ>;FKHFEI;IE< J>?I9EL;D7DJ >EM;L;H ";
MEKB:9>EEI;J>;C7D?<;IJ7J?EDIE<  7J>;H7D:,ED I?D9;J>;I;
manifestations perfectly captured the existing need. Man would be
9H;7J;:7I7IEDE< !E: 7D:!E:MEKB:J7A;EDJ>;HEB;E< 8;?D=
>?I 7J>;H '7D9EKB: J>;H;<EH; KD:;HIJ7D:!E:"?CI;B< 7FF;7H?D=
as His son to represent the interests of His Father.102
99EH:?D=BO !E:;DJ;H;:?DJE79EL;D7DJM?J>"?CI;B< M?J>
the Father and the Son as the parties to the covenantsince there
M7IDEED;=H;7J;H<EH>?CJEIM;7H8O >;IMEH;8O>?CI;B< W 
The Sons part was to take on human form and to come to earth
JE8;J>;I79H?Z9?7B&7C8 ->; 7J>;HYIF7HJ?DJ>;9EL;D7DJM7IJE
799;FJJ>;I79H?Z9;E< J>;,ED7I7IK<Z9?;DJ7JED;C;DJ<EH7BBE< J>;
sins of all humankind. God would appoint the Son as the mediator
E< J>?I9EL;D7DJ J>;H;8O=?L?D="?CJ>;7KJ>EH?JOJE:;J;HC?D;
M>EMEKB:8;D;ZJ<HEC ?J ->; 7J>;H7D: J>;,ED MEHA?D= ?D
J>;F;H<;9J>7HCEDO:;ZD;:8OJ>?I9EL;D7DJ7B7=H;;C;DJ MEKB:
neutralize the effects of Adams actions and nullify all of Satans
79J?L?J?;I M>?9>7H;:;I?=D;:JEA;;FC7D<HEC>?I:;IJ?DO7IIEDI
and heirs of God.  The precreation covenant would reopen the
M7OJE!E:<EHC7D 7D:C7D9EKB:ED9;7=7?DL?;M!E:7I>?I
Father and himself as a viceroy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

FROM SYMBOL TO REALITY


->; 9EC?D= E<  $;IKI 7I J>; ,ED E<  !E: JE 8; I79H?Z9;: 
799EH:?D= JE J>; J;HCI E<  J>?I 9EL;D7DJ  M7I <EH;EH:7?D;:  7D:
this foreordination was revealed through Jesus as the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world. God inserted the knowledge
E< J>;;N?IJ;D9;E< J>?I9EL;D7DJ IF;9?Z97BBOJ>;H;GK?H;C;DJE< 
$;IKIYI79H?Z9; ?DJEC7DYI9KBJKH;I>EHJBO7<J;HJ>;<7BBE< C7D ->?I
9KBJKH7BADEMB;:=;;N?IJ;:?DJ>;<EHCE< 7B7C8YII79H?Z9; 
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9B;7H <HEC ,9H?FJKH;  "EM;L;H  8;B KD:;HIJEE: JE E<<;H J>?I


I79H?Z9;JE!E:?DIK8IJ?JKJ?ED<EH>?IEMDI?D !E:I>EM;:"?I
FB;7IKH; 7J 8;BYI I79H?Z9; E<  7 B7C8 7D: :?IFB;7IKH; 7J 7?DYI
offering of fruits of the soil.  The lamb became the appropri7J;7D:H;GK?I?J;I79H?Z9;JE!E:7I79;DJH7BJ;D7DJE< J>;9KBJKH;
J>7J9EDJ?DK;:JEI;;A"?C 8;97KI;?JM7IJ>;IOC8EB?DM>?9>J>;
knowledge of the covenant was maintained.
&7J;H  !E: MEKB: J;IJ 8H7>7C 8O 7IA?D= >?C JE I79H?Z9;
#I779  >?I IED  ->?I M7I 7 <EH;I>7:EM?D= E<  J>; H;B7J?EDI>?F
8;JM;;D!E:7D:$;IKI 7D:ED;J>7J7:L7D9;:J>;KD:;HIJ7D:?D=
8;>?D: J>; H;GK?H;C;DJ E<  J>; I79H?Z9; E<  7 B7C8  #D J>; IJEHO 
!E:IF7H;:#I7797D:FHEL?:;:7H7CJE8;I79H?Z9;:?D>?IIJ;7: 
In the fact that God provided the lamb in the story of Abraham
7D:#I779 J>;I?=D?Z97D9;E< J>;I79H?Z9;M7I;NJ;D:;:JE:;CEDstrate Gods promise to be the lamb Himself.
This symbol of the covenant was maintained and expanded
during the time of the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian slavery.
!E:F7II;:EL;H#IH7;BM>?B;:;IJHEO?D=J>;ZHIJ8EHDE< =OFJ?7D
households the night before He liberated Israel from Egypt. The
:;7J>E< J>;=OFJ?7DZHIJ8EHD?I7D7BE=EKIJEJ>;9ED:?J?EDE< 
:;7J>IKHHEKD:?D=:7C J>;ZHIJE< !E:YIJMEIEDIJE8;FB79;:
?D 9H;7J?ED  ->; ZHIJ8EHD E<  J>; >EKI;I E<  #IH7;B M;H; IF7H;:
because the entrances to the houses in which they lived were
smeared with the blood of the lamb applied in the form of a cross.
The symbol of the lamb would continue to evidence the existence
E<  J>; 9EL;D7DJ  M?J> J>; &;L?J?97B FH?;IJI 7DDK7BBO E<<;H?D= J>;
8BEE:E< 7B7C8EDJ>;V7OE< JED;C;DJW<EHJ>;I?DIE< J>;
entire nation of Israel.
God preserved the knowledge of the covenant in the earth so
J>7JM>;DJ>;)D;M>EM7I79JK7BBOJ>;&7C8JE8;I79H?Z9;:M7I
H;L;7B;:  >KC7D 9KBJKH; MEKB: >7L; 7 87I?I <EH ?DJ;HFH;J?D= J>;
H;B;L7D9;E< $;IKIEDJ>;9HEII ->?IM7IJ>;I?D=KB7H79JH;GK?H;:
in the Sons performance of the covenant that would implicate all
the terms of the covenant.
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J>;879A=HEKD:E< J>;JH7:?J?EDIE< J>;&;L?J?97BEH:;H M>?9>M7I
9>7H=;:M?J>C7?DJ7?D?D=J>?IIOC8EB?9H;<;H;D9;JEJ>;FH;;N?IJ?D= 
FH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJJ>HEK=>J>;B7ME< I79H?Z9; $E>D>?CI;B< M7I
7 B;=?J?C7J; FH?;IJ E<  J>?I EH:;H  I?D9; FH?;IJ>EE: M7I >;H;:?J7HO
7D: $E>DYI <7J>;H >7: I;HL;: ?D J>; J;CFB; 7I 7 FH?;IJ M>E E<Z9?7J;:?D J>;FH79J?9;E< E<<;H?D=I79H?Z9;I ->;H?JK7B7IIE9?7J;:
M?J> J>; E<<;H?D= E<  I79H?Z9?7B B7C8I ?D9BK:;: J>; H;IFEDI?8?B?JO
JE;N7C?D; I;B;9J 7D::;I?=D7J;F;H<;9JB7C8I<EHI79H?Z9; 7D:
7BIE JE M7I> J>;C FH?EH JE I79H?Z9?D= J>;C  ->?I ;NFB7?DI M>O
$E>D?:;DJ?Z;I$;IKI7IJ>;H;7B?JOJ>7J>7:9EC;JE<KBZBBJ>;IOC8EB?9
H;FH;I;DJ7J?EDI  "7L?D= :ED; IE  $E>D  ?D 799EH:7D9; M?J> J>;
9KIJECI E<  J>; B7M H;=7H:?D= J>; :;I?=D7J;: I79H?Z9;  87FJ?P;I
$;IKI?D7DJ?9?F7J?EDE< "?I9HK9?ZN?ED 
-EJ>;9KBJKH;E< J>;J?C; $E>DYI79J?EDIM;H;8EJ>B;=?J?C7J;
and transformational. The reality of Christ had replaced the sym8EBE< J>;I79H?Z9?7BB7C8 ->?IA;OH;GK?H;C;DJE< J>;FH;9H;7J?ED
9EL;D7DJM7I:;9B7H;:JE8;I7J?IZ;:

CHRIST FULFILLS THE COVENANT


Since the precreation covenant is the foundation for the
H;B7J?EDI>?F E<  !E: 7D: C7D  !E: ;IJ78B?I>;: J>; 9EL;D7DJ JE
be unimpeachable. He accomplished this with an oath. In ancient
J?C;I J>;IJHED=;IJIKFFEHJ<EH7DE7J>M7IJ>;H;FKJ7J?EDE< J>;
person who gave his oath. God clearly intends the same force of
7<ZHC7J?ED 7I M>;D $;IKI "?CI;B<  :;9B7H;:  V";7L;D 7D: ;7HJ>
M?BBF7II7M7O 8KJCOMEH:IM?BBD;L;HF7II7M7O W  By committing
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established for all time the reliability and certainty of the precre7J?ED9EL;D7DJ *I7BCH;9E=D?P;IJ>;IJ7JKIE< J>;E7J>IMEHD
by God: I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise
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have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame. 
H;7J?ED ?JI;B<  M7I ;IJ78B?I>;: JE 799ECCE:7J; J>; I;GK;DJ?7B
KD<EB:?D= E<  J>; FH;9H;7J?ED 9EL;D7DJ  ->; <KBZBBC;DJ E<  J>?I
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covenant is absolute and inevitable.


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?DJ;D:;:8;D;Z9?7H?;I 8O7FHEC?I; 0?J>H;IF;9JJEJ>;9EL;D7DJ 
Jesus represents the interests of man. He is the Mediator between
!E:7D:C7D ,?D9;";?I!E: 9BEJ>;:?DJ>;<EHCE< C7D ";
?IJ>;F;H<;9J';:?7JEH I!E: ";?I<KBBO7M7H;E< J>;C?D:E< 
!E:7D:J>;?DJ;H;IJIE< !E:JE8;I7J?IZ;:8OJ>;9EL;D7DJ ";
?IH?=>J;EKI 7I!E:?IH?=>J;EKI 7D:97DDEJ9ECFHEC?I;!E:YI
IJ7D:7H:IE< H?=>J;EKID;II 7D:";<KBBOI7J?IZ;I7BBE< ?JIH;GK?H;C;DJI  )D J>; EJ>;H >7D:  $;IKI ?I J>; H;7JEH E<  C7D  V#D J>;
8;=?DD?D= M7I J>; 0EH:  7D: J>; 0EH: M7I M?J> !E:  7D: J>;
0EH:M7I!E: ";M7IM?J>!E:?DJ>;8;=?DD?D= ->HEK=>>?C
all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been
made. ";9H;7J;:C7DJE8;IEDIE< !E: "; J>;H;<EH; 97C;
to display among men the perfect picture of what He designed.
O CE:;B?D= J>; F;H<;9J :;I?=D JE C7D  "?I B?<; ?BBKC?D7J;I
J>;KD:;HIJ7D:?D=E< M>EJ>;OM;H;C7:;JE8; O:E?D=IE ";
removes the darkness of sin that had clouded mans understanding
of his true purpose for being in creation since the fall occurred.
V EH7BJ>EK=>J>;OAD;M!E: J>;OD;?J>;H=BEH?Z;:>?C7I!E:
DEH=7L;J>7DAIJE>?C 8KJJ>;?HJ>?DA?D=8;97C;<KJ?B;7D:J>;?H
foolish hearts were darkened.110O?BBKC?D7J?D=J>;:7HAD;II ";
becomes the light of the world.111
Jesus Himself swore an oath. Jesus has the same standing as
!E:?DH;=7H:JEJ>;FH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJ 8;97KI;8O?JIJ;HCI7D
E7J>C7A;IJ>;F7HJ?;IJE?J;GK7B ";CKIJ<KBZBB7BBE< ?JIH;GK?H;C;DJI ;L;DJ>EK=>?J9EDIKC;:"?IB?<;7I7C7D $;IKI799;FJ;:
the full implications of the covenant the night before He was cruciZ;: I7O?D= V'O 7J>;H ?< ?J?IFEII?8B; C7OJ>?I9KF8;J7A;D<HEC
C;  2;J DEJ 7I # M?BB  8KJ 7I OEK M?BB W112 Because of this oath
Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. The Levitical
9EL;D7DJJ>7J<E9KI;:EDJ>;I79H?Z9;<EH7JED;C;DJ<EH;I>7:EM;:
J>;<KBZBBC;DJE< J>;FH;;N?IJ?D=9EL;D7DJ $;IKI >EM;L;H ?IJ>;
79JK7B I79H?Z9; 7D: 799ECFB?I>;I J>; 7JED;C;DJ  ";  J>;H;<EH; 
guarantees a better result.
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authority to cancel mens debts against God and to invite them to
take up citizenship within the Kingdom of Heaven. As ambassa:EHIE< J>;%?D=:ECE< ";7L;D J>;OEF;H7J;KD:;HJ>;FHEJ;9J?EDI
E< J>;7KJ>EH?JOE< J>;"EBO,F?H?JM>E;GK?FIJ>;CM?J>=?<JIE< 
Jesus authority commensurate with the spheres of administration
JE M>?9> J>;O 7H; 7II?=D;:  &?A; $;IKI  J>;?H 7:C?D?IJH7J?ED H;9onciles men to God and brings about lasting peace in the lives of
F;EFB; IJ>;7D9?;DJZ=KH;';B9>?P;:;A J>;OI;HL;7IH?=>J;EKI
priests empowered by kingly authoritya royal priesthood.
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FH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJ "?I;IJ7J;FEII;II;I7BBJ>;H;GK?I?J;7KJ>EH?JO
to select sons of God from among the race of humankind and to
form them into a royal priesthood that puts on display the nature
of God.
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THE TESTAMENT OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST


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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.
0?J>?D J>; :;I?=D7J?ED VIEDI E<  !E:W ;N?IJI :;=H;;I E< 
maturity and inheritance. Being translated into the Kingdom of
!E: ED;?I?D?J?7BBO7D:7KJEC7J?97BBOD7C;:7I7D>;?HE< >H?IJ 
"EM;L;H  ;79> ?D:?L?:K7B CKIJ KD:;H=E 7D ;NJ;DI?L; FHE9;II E< 
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.
->;H;<EH; ?DJ>;,9H?FJKH;IJ>;H;?I7IF;9JHKCE< IEDI>?FH;B7J;:
JEED;YIC7JKH?JO  EH;N7CFB; J>;MEH:KI;:<EHED;M>E?IV8EHD
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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<EHVIEDI Wteknon ?CFB?;I7IEDM?J>IK<Z9?;DJC7JKH?JOJE>7L;7


H;9?FHE97B H;B7J?EDI>?F M?J> 7 <7J>;H  :;ZD;: 8O BEL;  <H?;D:I>?F 
and trust; such as a disciple.120
,?C?B7HBO  ?D >?I B;JJ;H JE J>; +EC7DI  *7KB MHEJ; J>7J VJ>EI;
M>E7H;B;:8OJ>;,F?H?JE< !E:7H;IEDIE< !E: WH;<;HH?D=JE
a son in the-:.48IJ7=; M>?9>?IED;M>E?I7C7JKH;IED ZJJE
represent the Father.121IIEDI=HEM?DC7JKH?JO J>;"EBO,F?H?J
endows them with greater measures of their inheritance. The scope
E< J>;?HH;FH;I;DJ7J?EDE< !E:J>; 7J>;H?IM?:;D;:799EH:?D=BO 
and the power that sustains them is increased accordingly.
->;"EBO,F?H?J M>EC$;IKIIF;9?Z97BBO9ECC?II?ED;:JEH;FH;I;DJ"?C <7?J><KBBO;N;9KJ;IJ>;J;HCIE< ?D>;H?J?D="?I;IJ7J;
:9;*7>97:1>9*11>4:.9.8+47>4:7,44)9-&9&2,4.3,
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9-*&9-*7.82.3*-&9.8<->8&.)9-*5.7.9<.117*(*.;*
+7422*<-&9-*<.112&0*034<394>4:122
$;IKI:;I9H?8;:J>;"EBO,F?H?J7IJ>;,F?H?JE< J>; 7J>;H M>EI;
MEHA$;IKI>7:9EC;JE:E 7D:<HECM>EC$;IKI?D>;H?J;:J>7J
part of the estate that originally belonged to the Father. The Holy
,F?H?J?I"?CI;B< !E: @KIJ7I7H;$;IKI7D:J>; 7J>;H ->;,F?H?J
is intimately familiar with everything Jesus sought to present in
His life on the earth. He is capable of directing the process of
J>;I;B;9J?EDE< IEDIJ>HEK=>J>;7C87II7:EHI 7D:";:?IJH?8KJ;I
gifts of the authority of Jesus commensurate with the standards
E< C7JKH?JOJEM>?9>IEDIC7JH?9KB7J; ";?I J>;H;<EH; J>;F;H<;9J
Executor. That is why Jesus has committed into His administration
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J>;IEB; 78IEBKJ; 7D:;N9BKI?L;H;FH;I;DJ7J?EDE< "?I?DJ;H;IJI?D


the earth.
Any administration of the estate of the Lord Jesus Christ
that takes place outside of this basis of authority is categorically
?BB;=?J?C7J;  ?I 7D ?DL7B?: 7:C?D?IJH7J?ED  7D: ?I ;CFJO E<  FEM;H 
The administration of the estate of the Lord Jesus Christ has not
been left subject to the collective will of the heirs. All delegates
of the Kingdom of God purporting to act on behalf of the Lord
Jesus Christ must derive their authority to do so from the Holy
,F?H?J "?CI;B<  L;HO 79J?ED KD:;HJ7A;D 7F7HJ <HEC J>?I IF;9?Z9
protocol is exercised in opposition to the administration set by the
Lord Jesus Himself.
Such alternative administrations are actively opposed to Christs
interests. The Holy Spirit is the active agent for the administration of Jesus estate. He chooses to work through those who are alH;7:OIEDIE< !E:JE8H?D=EJ>;HI?DJEJ>;%?D=:EC "EM;L;H DE
one is empowered to act in furtherance of the administration of
the Lords estate independent of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit
remains in total control of all facets of the administration of the
estate of Jesus Christ.

COVENANT AND PROMISE


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EL;D7DJ7D:FHEC?I;UJ>;I;JMEJ;HCI>7L;F7HJ?9KB7H :?IJ?D9JC;7D?D=I J>EK=>J>;O7H;9ECCEDBO9ED<KI;:7D:<H;GK;DJly used interchangeably. The (4;*3&39 is the precreation covenant
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.
->; H;GK?H;C;DJI E<  J>?I 9EL;D7DJ <EH;EH:7?D;: J>; JH7@;9JEHO
of human history. This covenant produced an estate to both the
7J>;H 7D: J>; ,ED  M?J> J>; ?DJ;DJ?ED J>7J J>; 9EDJ;DJI E<  J>?I
estate be conveyed to man. God entered into this covenant with
J>;?DJ;DJ?EDE< 8;D;ZJ?D=C7DFH?EHJE>?I;N?IJ;D9; ?D7DJ?9?F7J?ED
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 
M>;D!E:9H;7J;::7C >?IIJ7JKIM7IJ>7JE< 8EJ>7IED7D:7D
>;?H IJ>;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: 
->;;IJ7J;H;C7?D;: >EM;L;H I?D9;?JI;N?IJ;D9;:;F;D:IED!E:YI
E7J>7D:?I J>;H;<EH; ?CCKJ78B; #D;II;D9; M?J>:7CYIH;@;9J?ED 
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
>H?IJJ>;,ED 8OM>EC7BBE< J>;?D9?:;D9;IE< J>;;IJ7J;MEKB:
vest. By selecting Abraham to be the father of the race out of
M>EC$;IKIMEKB:9EC; !E:?D?J?7J;:J>;FHE9;II8OM>?9>J>;
promise would eventually vest.
0>;D>H?IJ97C;7I8EJ>J>;,EDE< !E:7D:E< 8H7>7C 
>; 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
7D:H;IKHH;9J?ED J>;FHEC?I;CEL;:<HECJ>;H;7BCE< >EF;7D:
;NF;9J7J?EDJEH;7B?JO 7D:J>;;IJ7J;M7I<KBBO=7J>;H;:KF7D:H;7:O
to be distributed.
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The intent of God that was the subject of the precreation


covenant had transitioned fully from covenant to reality. The sons
of God assembled to Christ are the reality envisioned by the covenant.
OJ>?I7II;C8B?D= J>;"EKI;E< !E:?IFH;I;DJ7D:<KD9J?ED?D=
in the earth.
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+47 &11 4+  >4: <-4 <*7* '&59.?*) .394 -7.89 -&;* (149-*)
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THE MAN FROM HEAVEN


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C7D<HEC>?I 7J>;H O>?I79J?EDI J>;"EKI;E< !E:<;BB?DJE
disrepute.
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E< "?I"EKI;J>HEK=>7DEJ>;H,ED M>EMEKB:H;C7?D<7?J><KBJE
the mandates of His heavenly origin. He would be called the Last
Adam.
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4+ 9-**&79-
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<-4&7*4+ -*&;*3 3)/:89&8<*-&;*'473*9-*.2&,*4+ 
9-**&79-1>2&3848-&11<*'*&79-*.2&,*4+ 9-*-*&;*31>
2&3126
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7D:>7I 7I>?I:;<7KBJ9KBJKH; J>;C?D:I;JE< J>;EHF>7D 0?J>J>;
9EC?D=E< J>;B7IJ:7C ?J?I7BIEFEII?8B;JE8;8EHD7=7?DE< J>?I
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Son of God. He is given the title the Christ to signify that He


;N?IJIJE<KBZBB!E:YI?DJ;DJ?EDJE>7L;IEDI 0>;D$;IKI J>;B7IJ
:7C  9ECFB;J;: J>; H;GK?H;C;DJI E<  J>; FH;9H;7J?ED 9EL;D7DJ
7D: J>; FHEC?I;I L;IJ;: ?D "?C  J>; H;IJEH7J?ED E<  C7D JE J>;
original purpose of God as foreordained through the preexisting
9EL;D7DJ9EKB:FHE9;;: )D9;7=7?D C7D9EKB:8;9EC;IEDIE< 
God through Christ Jesus.
All who are to be sons of God necessarily have a second birth
experience. This experience is the activation of the spirit within a
person and the restoration of the rule of his spirit over his soul.
This results in a different order of governance within the persons being. Such a person experiences a change in the mind that
=EL;HDI>?C <HECJ>;C?D:E< J>;IEKBJEJ>;C?D:E< J>;IF?H?J 
7D:8;9EC;I7F;HIEDE< J>;IF?H?J ->;H;<EH; $;IKII7?: V B;I>
=?L;I8?HJ>JE[;I> 8KJJ>;,F?H?J=?L;I8?HJ>JEIF?H?J 2EKI>EKB:
DEJ8;IKHFH?I;:7JCOI7O?D= X2EKCKIJ8;8EHD7=7?D YW,?C?B7HBO 
J>;7FEIJB;*7KBMH?J;I VEDEJ9ED<EHCJEJ>;F7JJ;HD E< J>?I
MEHB: 8KJ8;JH7DI<EHC;:8OJ>;H;D;M?D=E< OEKHC?D: ->;D
OEKM?BB8;78B;JEJ;IJ7D:7FFHEL;M>7J!E:YIM?BB?IU>?I=EE: 
pleasing and perfect will.
BJ>EK=> J>; B7IJ :7C 7FF;7H;: ?D J>; F;HIED E<  $;IKI 
ultimately what He came to accomplish was to create a spiritual
H;7B?JO JE M>?9> EJ>;HI 9EKB: 8; 7II;C8B;:  ->; ZHIJ :7C >7:
heirs who came out of his physical being. The last Adam presents
sons to God who are heirs of Gods estate through Christs spiriJK7B8;?D= ->;8E:OE< :7C <HECM>?9>7BBC;D>7L;9EC; ?I
a natural body. It is not possible to have a relationship with the
C7D$;IKI 8;97KI;DEED;?I7::;:JE>?IF>OI?97B8;?D= DEH:E;I
anyone come out of his natural form. The body of Christ is a
spiritual body to which the Holy Spirit assembles all who are the
sons of God.
0>;DED;?I8EHD7=7?D >;;NF;H?;D9;IJ>;H;;C;H=;D9;E< >?I
IF?H?JJEJ>;FB79;E< FH;;C?D;D9;M?J>?D>?I8;?D= 7D:>;?IIK?J78B;
to be assembled as a spirit into the corporate Christ.

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subject to the factors that govern the natural man.
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is to grant to humans access into the estate created by the covenant
J>HEK=> 7 IF?H?JK7B KD?ED M?J> >H?IJ  "?I IF;9?Z9 ?DJ;DJ M7I JE
restore the primacy of the spirit of man within his being and to
7II;C8B;J>;C7D IE7HH7D=;: ?DJEJ>;IF?H?JK7B;DJ?JO:;I9H?8;:7I
J>;>H?IJ E< M>?9>8E:OJ>;&EH:$;IKI?IJ>;>;7:7D:HKB;IJ>;
body on the earth from His seat on the throne of God in heaven.
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in turn prosecutes the interests of Christ through the members of
J>;E:OE< >H?IJ ,EDIE< !E:7H; J>;H;<EH; ?D>;H;DJBOF7HJI
of the Body of Christ. This is the manner in which access into the
estate of Jesus is secured.
O H7?I?D= $;IKI <HEC J>; :;7:  !E: 9EDZHC;: J>7J "; M7I
the Christ. This was the essential message that was proclaimed
EDJ>;7OE< *;DJ;9EIJM>;DJ>;=EIF;BE< $;IKI>H?IJM7IZHIJ
:;9B7H;:EDJ>;;7HJ> JE=;J>;HM?J>J>;?DL?J7J?EDJE:;F7HJ<HEC
J>;:;9;FJ?EDE< J>;AEICEI7D:JEZD:H;<K=;KD:;HJ>;HKB;E< 
the ascended King.
,7BL7J?ED>7ID;L;H8;;D J>;H;<EH; @KIJ7C7JJ;HE< =E?D=JE
>;7L;D 8KJ?IJ>;FHE9;II8OM>?9>C7D?II7L;:<HECJ>;9ED:?tion of separation from God that has existed since the days of the
ZHIJ :7C  )D9; I7L;: <HEC J>; 9KBJKH; E<  I;B<
H;B?7D9;  ED; ?I
assembled into the spiritual man and reunited with his true purpose
<EH 8;?D=  #D J>; E:O E<  >H?IJ  J>; "EBO ,F?H?J ?I 7L7?B78B; JE
empower ones calling. Although salvation includes avoiding the
7DD?>?B7J?EDE< >;BB J>7JH;IKBJ?ID;?J>;HJ>;<E9KIE< J>;=EIF;BE< 
$;IKI>H?IJDEH?JIFH?C7HOH;IKBJ 0>;D7F;HIED?I@E?D;:JE>H?IJ 
he is no longer subject to the law of sin and death. That is an existing
IJ7J;E< 8;?D= J>;=K7H7DJ;;E< M>?9>?IJ>;I;7BE< J>;"EBO,F?H?J 
->;EL;H7H9>?D=FKHFEI;E< I7BL7J?ED?IJEH;79GK7?DJKIM?J>
the purposes for which we were originally created. This is accomplished primarily by the removal of the mindset inherited from the
ZHIJ:7C EKHD7JKH7B<7J>;H 7D:J>;H;EH?;DJ7J?ED8OJ>;"EBO
,F?H?J JE J>; FKHFEI;I E<  !E:  9EDI?IJ;DJ M?J> 8;?D= "?I >;?HI 
Salvation means being saved from the mindset and culture of an
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EHF>7D7D:H;?DJ;=H7J;:?DJEJ>;"EKI;E< !E: 8OM>?9>FHE9;II


M;7H;H;D;M;:7I"?IIEDI V-E8;97HD7BBOC?D:;:?I:;7J> 8KJJE
be spiritually minded is life and peace. The life of a son is lived
in deep fellowship with the Holy Spirit as part of the corporate
Christ.

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Even though man has been restored to his position as Gods


IED >;H;J7?DIJ>;9KBJKH;E< J>;EHF>7D 7D:?J:;J;HC?D;I>EM
>;H;B7J;IJE!E: ->;9KBJKH;E< J>;EHF>7DZBJ;HIJ>;IEKD:E< 
J>;LE?9;E< !E: #JCK<[;I!E:YILE?9;JEED;YIIF?H?J IK9>J>7J
even a born-again believer will begin to accept the assumption that
?J?I?CFEII?8B;JE>;7H!E::?H;9JBO 7L?;M=;D;H7BBOFHEF7=7J;:
by religious institutions.
*H?EHJEJ>;<7BB !E:IFEA;JEC7D<79;JE<79;?DJ>;!7H:;D 
,?D9;C7D?IIF?H?J IK9>9ECCKD?97J?EDM7ID;?J>;HIJH7D=;DEH
:?<Z9KBJ<EHC7D "EM;L;H I?D9;J>;<7BB J>;9B7H?JOE< !E:YI9ECmunication with man has been distorted by the preeminence of
J>;IEKBYIC?D: #DIF?H?J C7D?IE< J>;I7C;A?D:7D:D7JKH;7I
!E: 8;97KI;J>;IF?H?JE< C7D97C;EKJE< J>;F;HIEDE< !E: 
Man was not preoccupied originally with either his provision or his
FHEJ;9J?ED I?D9;J>;JHK;D7JKH;E< C7DYI8;?D=?IIF?H?J "?I9ECmunication with God was not distracted by his preoccupation with
these imperatives.
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commission as the representation of God in the earth. Mans rule
M7IJEH;[;9JJ>;9>7H79J;HE< !E: ->;H;M7I>7HCEDO8;JM;;D!E:
7D:C7D 7D:J>;H;IKBJ?D=9ECCKD?97J?EDM7I[7MB;II ->?IM7IJ>;
original way in which God intended to communicate with His sons.
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Jesus communicated with God in this fashion while He was on


the earth. His intimate familiarity with God was one of the greatest
offenses to the people of His day. It was for this reason they tried
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>; M7I ;L;D 97BB?D= !E: >?I EMD 7J>;H  C7A?D= >?CI;B<  ;GK7B
with God. Jesus explained:
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M>;D!E:8;=7DJEH;IJEH;C7D ";7BIEIFEA;<79;JE<79;M?J>
Jesus.
,?D9;J>;J?C;E< :7C 8;<EH;J>;7:L;DJE< $;IKI !E:9EDtinually attempted to speak face to face with man but had very
B?C?J;:IK99;II ";IFEA;JE'EI;IEKJE< J>;8KHD?D=8KI> 8KJ
M>;D "; 7JJ;CFJ;: JE IF;7A JE 7BB #IH7;B ED 'EKDJ ,?D7?  J>;O
H7D <HEC "?I FH;I;D9;  #D J>;?H <7BB;D IJ7J;  B?A; J>7J E<  :7C 
they confessed to being afraid of the presence of God. Moses
H;9EKDJ;:J>;;L;DJ?D;KJ;HEDECO I7O?D= V->;&)+IFEA;
JEOEK<79;JE<79;EKJE< J>;ZH;EDJ>;CEKDJ7?D JJ>7JJ?C;#
IJEE:8;JM;;DJ>;&)+7D:OEKJE:;9B7H;JEOEKJ>;MEH:E< 
J>;&)+ 8;97KI;OEKM;H;7<H7?:E< J>;ZH;7D::?:DEJ=EKF
J>;CEKDJ7?D W
J J?C;I  L7H?EKI =HEKFI EH ?D:?L?:K7BI >7L; IK==;IJ;: J>7J
it is the height of arrogance and presumption to suggest that an
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the culture of religion often attribute an attitude of pride and hubris to those who claim to hear God. Though it is true that often
people claiming to hear from God attribute things to God that are
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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
0>;D7F;HIEDH;<KI;IJE8;B?;L;J>7J!E:MEKB:9>EEI;JE
IF;7A<79;JE<79;M?J>7IED >;>7I<7?B;:JEH;9E=D?P;J>;:?IJ?D9J?ED
8;JM;;D[;I>7D:IF?H?J 8O9EDJ?DK?D=JEI;;C7D7I[;I> '7D7I
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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J>; =KB<  8;JM;;D C7D 7D: !E:  J>; FB7DD;: EH:;H E<  9H;7J?ED 
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.
*H?EH JE J>; H;IJEH7J?ED E<  C7D JE !E:  !E: ;NF;9J;: EDBO
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
>;7L;D ?D7DJ?9?F7J?EDE< J>;:7OM>;DJ>;:?L?D;EH:;HE< >;7L;D
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would again be restored to the earth.


-E KD:;HIJ7D: >EM !E: IF;7AI JE C7D  ?J ?I D;9;II7HO JE
recognize that reality exists simultaneously on the planes of
the natural and the spiritual. The soul sees all things exclusively
from a natural perspective. The man without the Spirit does not
799;FJJ>;J>?D=IJ>7J9EC;<HECJ>;,F?H?JE< !E: <EHJ>;O7H;
<EEB?I>D;IIJE>?C 7D:>;97DDEJKD:;HIJ7D:J>;C 8;97KI;J>;O
are spiritually discerned. The souls mind lacks the capacity to
understand the subtleties and the multidimensional platforms of
IF?H?JK7B H;7B?J?;I  M>;H;7I J>; IF?H?J 7FFH;>;D:I IF?H?JK7B H;7B?J?;I
as they exist in heaven and are manifested in the natural creation.
,?D9; !E: IF;7AI JE J>; IEKBI E<  C;D J>HEK=> D7JKH7B ?C7=;I 
He may preserve a predisposition toward the truth until the Holy
Spirit reveals Gods mind. The Holy Spirit reveals the true meanings
of what had been previously cloaked in types and shadows to the
spirit of man.
The soul continues to wrestle with the spirit for control of the
human being; and though it is always possible to make choices by
J>;IF?H?J C7D ?D>?I?CC7JKH?JO M?BBE<J;D:;<7KBJJEJ>;L?I?EDE< 
reality with which his soul has become familiar over the years of
>?IB?<; V->EI;M>EB?L;799EH:?D=JEJ>;[;I>>7L;J>;?HC?D:II;J
on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with
the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING


,?D9; !E: ADEMI J>; ;D: E<  ;L;HO C7JJ;H  "; M7I 78B; JE
structure the early stages of His relationship with man in a fashion
that predisposes man to understand his true intentions as they are
H;L;7B;: ?D IK99;;:?D= ;FE9>I  #D J>?I IJHK9JKH;  !E:YI :;7B?D=I
M?J>C7D7FF;7H7I9O9B?97BE99KHH;D9;I M>;H;H;9KHH?D=J>;C;I
take on greater depth and profundity as the cycles reoccur.
->?I 7FFHE79> 8;D;ZJI C7D 8O =?L?D= >?C 7 >?IJEH?97B FE?DJ
of reference against which he may understand present occurrences.
0>;D J>;I; 9O9B;I H;E99KH CEH; J>7D JM?9;  ?D ;L;H M?:;D?D=
I9EF;I J>7J ?D9BK:; =H;7J;H :;J7?BI  J>;O FH;:?IFEI; J>; IF?H?J E< 
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C7DJE7D7DJ?9?F7J?EDE< M>7JJ>;<KJKH;;DJ7?BI 0>;DC7DL?;MI


J>;I; 9O9B;I J>HEK=> >?I IEKB  J>;O H;C7?D 9KH?EKI 9E?D9?:;D9;I
M?J>B?JJB;?D:?97J?EDIE< COIJ;H?;I8;?D=H;L;7B;: "EM;L;H M>;D
L?;M;:J>HEK=>>?IIF?H?J J>;O9H;7J;7D;NF;9J7J?EDJ>7J8;9EC;I
J>;<EKD:7J?EDE< <7?J> VJ>;IK8IJ7D9;E< J>?D=I>EF;:<EH J>;
evidence of things not seen.
Jesus is presented in the Gospel of John as the person of the
Godhead who designed the creation. In the beginning was the
0EH: 7D:J>;0EH:M7IM?J>!E: 7D:J>;0EH:M7I!E: ";
was with God in the beginning. He came to that which was his
EMD 8KJ>?IEMD:?:DEJH;9;?L;>?C W He created the world and
humankind knowing exactly what the end would be like before
";?IIK;:J>;ZHIJ;:?9JIE< 9H;7J?ED ->;9H;7J;:MEHB:M7IJ>;
last piece of the puzzle to be put in place as the stage upon which
J>;:H7C7E< C7D<KBZBB?D=7D;J;HD7BFKHFEI;MEKB:KD<EB: ";
designed the creation to accommodate the precise unfolding of
:?L?D;?DJ;DJ?EDI )D9;9H;7J?EDM7I9ECFB;J; !E:;DJ;H;:?DJE
"?IH;IJ ADEM?D=J>;9;HJ7?DJOE< J>;EKJ9EC; 
The spiritual man is invited to enter Gods rest and enjoy the
peace that comes from knowing the totality of Gods control over
the unfolding of human events.
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9-*5.7.9
ECCKD?97J?D=J>;COIJ;H?;IE< >;7L;DJEC7D !E:?DJHEduced themes early in the history of man that He has developed as
J?C;>7I7:L7D9;: ->;H;<EH; $;IKI J>;&7C8E< !E: M7I8EJ>
IB7?D<HECJ>;<EKD:7J?EDE< J>;MEHB:7D: J>HEK=>J>;9O9B;IE< 
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J?C; I79H?Z9;:7J7BL7HO #DJ>;?DJ;HL;D?D=J?C; !E:IFEA;JE


C7D78EKJJ>?I;L;DJK7B?JOJ>HEK=>D7JKH7BFH79J?9;I I7H;IKBJ 
there are numerous instances throughout the Scriptures in which
lambs are slain as atonement for sins. Each succeeding cycle of this
tenet that is present in Scripture contains greater meaning and adds
depth to the symbol right up until John the Baptist announced
J>7J$;IKIM7IJ>;H;7B?JOUVJ>;&7C8E< !E: M>EJ7A;I7M7OJ>;
sin of the worldwho gave full expression to all that had been
symbolically preserved in the culture.
,?C?B7HBO  7BB J>; =H;7J J>;C;I E<  >KC7D >?IJEHOUIK9> 7I
<7J>;H7D:IED 8?HJ> :;7J>7D:H;IKHH;9J?ED 7JED;C;DJ 7D:<7?J>
and loveare both cyclical and concurrent. The types and shadEMIE< J>;I;9O9B;IH;9KH 9EC?D=9BEI;HJE=;J>;HKDJ?BJ>;O79JKally overlay each other at the point where the shadows merge into
the spiritual reality. Ones understanding of the reality referenced
by the cycles and the veiled truths they contain grows commensurate with his maturity.
->; CEH; C7JKH; ED; 8;9EC;I  J>; =H;7J;H J>; M?I:EC 7D:
insight that is imparted to him by the Spirit of God. The process
of maturing is designed to limit and restrict the input of the soul
in determining the nature of reality. The souls determination to
H;C7?D ?D 9EDJHEB ?I J>; FH?D9?FB; ?D>?8?JEH  B?C?J?D= J>; >KC7DYI
ability to grasp reality as revealed from Gods point of view.
This process is inseparable from suffering and the apparent
loss of control. Suffering is experienced when the soul perceives
that its view of reality is shifting from a basis of reason to one of
revelation. The soul may control the process of reason and the
:;9?I?EDIJ>7J9EC;<HEC?J 8KJ?J?I?D97F78B;E< ?D[K;D9?D=J>;
substance of revelation. The corresponding vulnerability makes
the human feel adrift and at the mercy of the unknown. This loss
E< 9EDJHEB?IED;E< J>;>KC7DYI=H;7J;IJ<;7HI 8KJ?J?ID;9;II7HO
to allow ones spirit to part the veil of the apparent loss of control
and return to the reality of the spirit and the provision and protection
of the Kingdom of God.
!E:I;;IJ>;;D:7D:J>;8;=?DD?D=?D7D?DIJ7DJ7D:KD?Z;I
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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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CREATION AS A TYPE AND SHADOW


The gap between God and man widened following the fall; and
M?J>J>;F7II?D=E< BED=9;DJKH?;I J>;J7IAE< H;IJEH?D=C7DJEJ>;
original intent of God became formidable. God destined the human
H79;JE9EC;<HECJ>;ZHIJC7D7D:MEC7D";9H;7J;: EDI;GK;DJBO  J>; =;D;H7J?EDI E<  C7D ?D>;H?J;: J>; EHF>7D 9KBJKH; E< 
J>;?H<EH;8;7HI "EM;L;H !E:9EDJ?DK;:JEIF;7AJEC7DJ>HEK=>
D7JKH7B7D:F>OI?97BC;7DI M?J>J>;9KCKB7J?L;;<<;9JE< FH;F7H?D=
the world for the coming of Christ and the repositioning of man
as sons of God. The work of restoring the fatherhood of God
through Christ was placed upon this foundation. This work will
culminate at the end of the age with the full revelation of Christ
through His spiritual body.
God began creation by arranging preexisting elements. Now
J>;;7HJ>M7I<EHCB;II7D:;CFJO :7HAD;IIM7IEL;HJ>;IKH<79;E< 
J>;:;;F 7D:J>;,F?H?JE< !E:M7I>EL;H?D=EL;HJ>;M7J;HI W
*H?EHJE!E:YIZHIJ79JE< 9H;7J?EDH;9EH:;:?D,9H?FJKH; IEC;E< 
J>;J>?D=IJ>7J7BH;7:O;N?IJ;:M;H;VJ>;:;;F W VJ>;M7J;HI W
and the land covered by the waters. Prior to God speaking the
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manded the dry land to appear and separated the waters with a
ZHC7C;DJ ";H;CEL;:J>;:7HAD;IIKFEDJ>;IKH<79;E< J>;:;;F
8O9ECC7D:?D=B?=>JJE7FF;7H 7D:";=7J>;H;:J>;M7J;HI8;BEM
J>;ZHC7C;DJ?DJE79EDJ?DKEKI8E:OE< M7J;H F;HC?JJ?D=J>;:HO
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>;C D: 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:;H V4#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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in whom Christ is formed. The Holy Spirit begins by rearranging


J>;EH:;HE< IF?H?J IEKB 7D:8E:OJEJ>;EH?=?D7B?DJ;DJE< !E: 
->;"EBO,F?H?J?IFH;I;DJ?D;79>8;B?;L;H M7?J?D=JE;N;9KJ;
the commands of Christ regarding that particular person. The
Holy Spirit empowers a persons belief in Christ and transforms
human nature into a divine nature. He constructs faith out of unformed convictions and brings the light of revelation to separate us
from the darkness of unbelief. The divine nature of God replaces
human nature and evinces the process at work in which Christ is
being formed in the person.
The events of ones early years as a believer typically elicit
J>?IC7II?L;H;<EHC7JJ?D=E< J>;F;HIEDYID7JKH; )<J;D ED;M?BB
undergo a period of suffering and an apparent loss of control. The
IEKB?I7::?9J;:JE9EDJHEBM>?9>?I 7J8;IJ 7D?BBKI?EDE< H;7B?JO 
because one is never actually in control. The antidote to control
is faith. Suffering and trials disabuse the soul of its notions of
sovereign preeminence by exposing the weaknesses and limitations
inherent in the soul. One cannot put on display the character of
Christ in any area in which the persons soul retains its preemiD;D9; IJ>;:EC?D7D9;E< J>;IF?H?J?IH;IJEH;: J>;:?L?D;D7JKH;
into which one is born again begins to emerge preeminently.

GOD SPEAKS THROUGH TYPES AND SHADOWS


God always intended two creations. The natural creation came
ZHIJ JE FH;F7H; J>; M7O 7D: =?L; ?DI?=>J ?DJE J>; FHE9;II E<  J>;
spiritual reconstruction. Everything in the natural world has its
counterpart in the spiritual realm. The Spirit provides clarity by
lifting the veil that would limit ones perception of reality to merely
the natural world:
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5*7.8-.3,-*,4)4+ 9-.8&,*-&8'1.3)*)9-*2.3)84+ :3'*1.*;*78849-&99-*>(&33498**9-*1.,-94+ 9-*,485*19-&9).851&>8
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&8>4:78*7;&398+47*8:8E8&0*474)<-48&.)B*91.,-9
8-.3*4:94+ )&703*88C2&)*-.81.,-98-.3*.34:7-*&79894
,.;*:89-*1.,-94+ 9-*034<1*),*4+ 4)E8,147>).851&>*).3
9-*+&(*4+ -7.89
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
BED=7IJ>;L;?BH;C7?D;: J>;JHKJ>;N?IJ;:@KIJEKJI?:;E< J>;H;79>
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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.31*99*78438943*(&2*<.9-,147>849-&99-*87&*1.9*8(4:1)
349144089*&).1>&99-*+&(*4+ 48*8'*(&:8*4+ .98,147>
97&38.947>9-4:,-.9<&8<.113499-*2.3.897>4+ 9-*5.7.9
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9-&9'7.3,87.,-9*4:83*8847<-&9<&8,147.4:8-&834,147>
34<.3(425&7.843<.9-9-*8:75&88.3,,147> 3).+ <-&9
<&897&38.947>(&2*<.9-,147>-4<2:(-,7*&9*7.89-*,147>
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
M?J>?DJ>;FH79J?9;?JI;B< M?J>DEJHKJ>8;OED:J>;79JI 0?J>EKJ
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.
0?J>?DJ>?I9EDJ;NJ J>;I79H?Z9;E< J>;B7C88;97C;JEJ>EI;
who only see through the eyes of the soul a central part of a
national identity. The practice is linked to important historical
9ECC;CEH7J?EDI 7D:>7IJ7A;DEDJ>;I?=D?Z97D9;E< 7<;7IJJ>7J
KD?Z;I 7 F;EFB; 7HEKD: 7 9ECCED >;H?J7=;  ,JH?FF;: E<  ?JI :?L?D;H;B;L7D9; J>;I79H?Z9;E< 7B7C8?IH;:K9;:JE7DE8I;HL7D9; 
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0;BB8;<EH;D7J?EDI;N?IJ;: 8;BI79H?Z9;:7B7C87D:8;<EH;
Abrahams descendents became as numerous as the stars of the
>;7L;DI W 7 B7C8 M7I IK8IJ?JKJ;: <EH >?I IED #I779 160 Forty-two
=;D;H7J?EDIB7J;H J>;FHEF>;J$E>DJ>;7FJ?IJMEKB::;9B7H;J>7J
$;IKIM7IJ>;V&7C8E< !E: W9EC;JE8;I79H?Z9;:<EHJ>;I?DIE< 
J>;MEHB: ->HEK=>J>;F;HIEDE< $;IKI !E:H;L;7B;:J>;COIJ;HO
IKHHEKD:?D=J>;I79H?Z9;E< B7C8I M>?9>>7:8;9EC;?DI;F7H78B;
from religious practice throughout the history of human civilization.
F7HJ<HECJ>?IJHKJ> J>;A?BB?D=E< B7C8I<EHH;B?=?EKIFKHFEI;I
>7IDE?DJH?DI?9L7BK; "EM;L;H M>;H;79KBJKH;?I>;B:JE=;J>;H
J>HEK=>7H?JK7BE8I;HL7J?ED J>;:;I?H;JEF;HF;JK7J;J>7J9KBJKH;
EL;HH?:;IJ>;M?BB?D=D;IIJE787D:EDJ>;FH79J?9; ;L;D?D<7LEHE< 
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
M>EI;HL;:?DJ>;J78;HD79B; 7D:IK8I;GK;DJBO?DJ>;J;CFB;?D
$;HKI7B;C ?J?II7?:J>7JVJ>;OI;HL;4:57J7I7D9JK7HOJ>7J?I79EFO
7D:I>7:EME< M>7J?I?D>;7L;D W161 and that the Holy Spirit was
showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet
8;;D:?I9BEI;:7IBED=7IJ>;ZHIJJ78;HD79B;M7IIJ?BBIJ7D:?D= W162
God does not empower both the shadow and the reality at the
same time. Such a duality is both unnecessary and would cause
9ED<KI?ED  7D: VS!E: ?I DEJ J>; 7KJ>EH E<  9ED<KI?ED  8KJ E< 
peace.

THE VALUE OF REALITY


The value of the reality cannot be compared to that of the
I>7:EM  "EM;L;H  J>; I>7:EMI F;HC?J >KC7D ?DJ;HFH;J7J?ED 
whereas the Spirit is the arbiter of the true reality. Those who are
established in religious traditions as the pontifex between heaven
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of the reality transcends the limitations of the archetypes of reli=?EKI7D:9KBJKH7BJH7:?J?EDI 7D:KD?<EHCBOKFI;JIJ>;IOIJ;CIE< 


authority by which their interpretation and practice are determined.
+;L;B7J?ED7BM7OIH;D:;HI7D?DIJ?JKJ?ED8K?BJKFEDJ>;<EKD:7J?ED
of the shadow irrelevant and threatens any such institution with
extinction.
!E:AD;MJ>7J 7<J;HJ>;<7BB C7DMEKB:8;=?DJEI;;7BBJ>?D=I
J>HEK=>>?IIEKB M>?9>MEKB:>7D=EL;H>?IKD:;HIJ7D:?D=7I7L;?B 
Yet Gods purposes for humankind that He had ordained from the
beginning would continue until all such purposes had been fully
accomplished. It would simply be a matter of time before the full
?DJ;DJE< !E:MEKB:7FF;7HKFEDJ>;;7HJ> J>;H;7BCIE< >;7L;D
7D:E< ;7HJ>MEKB:8;KD?J;:KD:;HJ>;HKB;E< ED;A?D= 7D:J>;
Kingdom of Heaven would appear upon the earth in the same
fashion in which it existed in heaven. [H]e made known to us
J>;COIJ;HOE< >?IM?BB799EH:?D=JE>?I=EE:FB;7IKH; M>?9>>;
FKHFEI;:?D>H?IJ JE8;FKJ?DJE;<<;9JM>;DJ>;J?C;IH;79>J>;?H
<KBZBBC;DJUJE 8H?D= KD?JO JE 7BB J>?D=I ?D >;7L;D 7D: ED ;7HJ>
under Christ.
->;%?D=:EC?IDEJC7D?<;IJ;:?DF>OI?97BIOC8EBI IK9>7I
<EE:7D::H?DA 8KJ?D7<EHCE< HKB;J>7J?IH?=>J;EKI7D:H;IKBJI
?DF;79;7CED=J>EI;M?J>?D?JI:EC7?D V EHJ>;A?D=:ECE< !E:
?IDEJ7C7JJ;HE< ;7J?D=7D::H?DA?D= 8KJE< H?=>J;EKID;II F;79;
and joy in the Holy Spirit.166 God continued to prepare men for the
revelation of His Kingdom by inserting these divine reminders into
the center of human culture. These divine symbols would remain
?D >KC7D 9KBJKH;  BED= 7<J;H J>; ADEMB;:=; E<  J>;?H I?=D?Z97D9;
had been lost to the human race.
"EM;L;H  J>; C;H; ;N?IJ;D9; E<  J>; IOC8EBI FH;:?IFEI;I
>KC7DA?D:JEH;9;?L;!E:YIJHK;C;7D?D= "?I?DJ;D:;:FKHFEI;I 
when it is time for the realities underlying the symbols to appear on
the earth. As the time for the appearing of the spiritual reality draws
D;7H J>;H;7BIE7H?I;I79EHH;IFED:?D=BED=?D=<EHJ>;I;JHKJ>IJE
7FF;7H M>;J>;HEHDEJ>KC7DA?D:97D79JK7BBO?:;DJ?<OEHKD:;Hstand the thing for which they are longing.
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+  9-*7* .8 & 3&9:7&1 '4)> 9-*7* .8 &184 & 85.7.9:&1 '4)>
4.9.8<7.99*3 B-*F7892&3 )&2'*(&2*&1.;.3,'*.3,C
9-*1&89 )&2&1.+*,.;.3,85.7.9-*85.7.9:&1).)
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-*F7892&3<&84+ 9-*):894+ 9-**&79-
9-*8*(43)2&3
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<-4&7*4+ -*&;*3 3)/:89&8<*-&;*'473*9-*.2&,*4+ 
9-**&79-1>2&3848-&11<*'*&79-*.2&,*4+ 9-*-*&;*31>
2&3

THE PROMISE OF A KING


->;BEIIE< J>;ZHIJ:7CYI:EC?D?ED9EKB:EDBO8;H;F7?H;:
by the restoration of rule through the last Adam. The loss of
dominion meant that his purpose in creation changed from that
of a ruler to a survivor. Gods plan from the beginning was to
send a second King to restore the culture of rule to His House.
HECJ>;8;=?DD?D=E< FHEF>;J?9,9H?FJKH; J>;H;IJEH7J?EDE< J>;
relationship between God and man was meant to be accomplished
J>HEK=>$;IKI>H?IJ J>;%?D= 
Satan was aware that Gods plan was to destroy the devils
work. Christ would destroy mans dependence upon the systems
of the kosmos through the reintroduction of a different Kingdom.
I%?D= >;MEKB:>7L;J>;7KJ>EH?JOJE97D9;BJ>;9EDI;GK;D9;I
of mens sins and to rescue them from the domain of Satan and
receive them into His own Kingdom.
All kingdoms are based upon some form of authority. The
term kingdom means a foundation or basis of power and rule.
IIK9> 7A?D=:EC;N?IJI8;97KI;7F7HJ?9KB7HIEL;H;?=DFEII;II;I
J>; H;GK?I?J; 7KJ>EH?JO JE =K7H7DJ;; J>; I7<;JO 7D: M;BB
8;?D= E< 
his subjects against all opposing forces. That authority not only
FHEL?:;I FHEL?I?ED 7D: FHEJ;9J?ED <EH J>; IK8@;9JI E<  J>; A?D= 
8KJCEH;?CFEHJ7DJBO ?J;N?IJIJEIKFFEHJJ>;IK8@;9JI?D7CEH;
primary undertaking.
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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
B?C?J;: JE E8@;9JI ?D 9H;7J?ED  8KJ 7H; J>; KD:;HBO?D= C;II7=; ?D
numerous stories in the Old Testament. Two examples of which
7H; $79E8YI 8B;II?D= E<  $K:7> 7D: J>; IF;9?Z9 ?D9BKI?ED E<  J>;
MEC7D-7C7H?DJ>;=;D;7BE=OE< >H?IJ 0>;D$79E89EC;IJE
J>;;D:E< >?IB?<;7D:?I8B;II?D=>?IIEDI >?IFHEF>;9OEL;H$K:7>
is to acknowledge his line as the lineage of the King. He says:
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Jacob is identifying Judah as the one among his twelve sons who
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come.
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OJ>EI;9H?J;H?7 $79E8MEKB:>7L;9>EI;D$EI;F> >?I<7LEH?J; EH
+K8;D >?IZHIJ8EHD M>EC>;ADEM?D=BO8OF7II;: I7O?D= V+K8;D 
OEK7H;COZHIJ8EHD COC?=>J J>;ZHIJI?=DE< COIJH;D=J>S W
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:$K:7>YIH;IF;9J?L;E7J>IJEH;JKHD;D@7C?D
and Simeon from Egypt. To convince Jacob to send Benjamin to
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7D:$K:7>7BJ;HD7J?L;BOC7:;FB;:=;I<EH;D@7C?DYII7<;JO +K8;D
offered the lives of both of his sons as surety against Benjamins
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the sons safe return with his own life.#DJ>?IFB;:=; $K:7>FH;Z=KH;I J>; H;GK?H;C;DJI D;9;II7HO <EH J>; H;:;;C?D= E<  7BB J>;
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79JK7BBO<KBZBB
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Christ by pledging his life as a guarantee that he would return the
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B?L;IE< >?I9>?B:H;D 8KJ>;M7I7BIEM?BB?D=JEFKJ>?IB?D;7=;7J
H?IA ";9EKB:DEJ J>;H;<EH; 8;JHKIJ;:JEFH;I;HL;J>;B?D;E< J>;
%?D= )DJ>;EJ>;H>7D: $K:7>YIFB;:=;M7ICEH;9EDI?IJ;DJM?J>
J>;IF?H?JE< I;B<
I79H?Z9;J>7JMEKB:8;<KBBO;C8E:?;:?D>H?IJ 
"; J>;H;<EH; ?ICEH;;C8B;C7J?9E< J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;>EKI;E< 
8H7>7CJ>7D>?IEB:;H8HEJ>;H+K8;D
,?C?B7HBO J>;IJEHOE< -7C7HI>EMI7:;:?97J?EDJEJ>;FH;Iervation of the line of the King. Judah was reluctant to honor
Tamars right to raise a son to carry on the promise of Abrahams
<7C?BO 8KJ!E:>EDEH;:-7C7HYIF;HI?IJ;D9; ";HH;IEBKJ;8;>7L?EH
broke through all barriers and allowed her the right to be tied to
J>?I<7C?BO7D:JE?JI:?L?D;FKHFEI; #D>;HIJEHO I>;H;GK?H;:JME
FB;:=;I<HEC$K:7>>?IIJ7<< 7D:>?II?=D;JH?D= J>;JM?DIOC8EBI
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
E< J>;A?D= I>;?IF;HC7D;DJBO?DIJ7BB;:?DJ>;H;9EH:E< J>;=;D;7BE=OE< >H?IJ !E:=7L;>;HJM?DIEDI7D:D7C;:ED;*;H;P 
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
I >7I 8;;D DEJ;: ;7HB?;H  ;L;HO 7IF;9J E<  J>; EH:;H E< 
9H;7J?ED  M>;J>;H =H7D: EH I;;C?D=BO ?DI?=D?Z97DJ  ?I 9EDD;9J;:
JE7>;7L;DBO7DJ;9;:;DJ ,?C?B7HBO ;L;HOIJEHO?DJ>;,9H?FJKH;I?I
strategically placed to illuminate a path that reliably progresses to
:?I9BEI; 7D ;D: ADEMD <HEC J>; 8;=?DD?D=  -OF;I 7D: I>7:EMI 
J>;H;<EH; 7H;<EKD:?D8EJ>J>;D7JKH7BMEHB:7D:?DJ>;9>HED?9B;
of Scripture. They represent the consistent unfolding of the mysteries of heaven.
!E:IJHK9JKH;:?JJ>?IM7O8;97KI;>;AD;MJ>7JC7DMEKB:I?D 
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.
2;J !E:MEKB:9EDJ?DK;JEIF;7AJE>?C7D:MEKB:C7?DJ7?D7
connection between mans culture and eternal realities through
these types and shadows.
0>;DJ>;%?D=97C; >EM;L;H ";M7IJ>;B?=>JE< J>;MEHB: 
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
JOF;I7D:I>7:EMI .FED"?IH;JKHDJE>;7L;D ";I;DJJ>;,F?H?J
E< -HKJ> M>?9>M7I?D"?CM>?B;";M7I?DJ>;;7HJ> JE9E;Nist with the spirit within man. The same Spirit animated the spirit
of man and brought about the same revelation that Jesus came to
present.
OJ>;,F?H?J J>;COIJ;H?;I>?::;D?DJOF;I7D:I>7:EMI7H;
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
JEJ;79>KI IEJ>7JJ>HEK=>J>;;D:KH7D9;J7K=>J?DJ>;,9H?FJKH;I
7D:J>;;D9EKH7=;C;DJJ>;OFHEL?:; M;C?=>J>7L;>EF; W
!E:7BM7OI?DJ;D:;:J>7JC7DI>EKB:ADEM"?C ;IF?J;>?I
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:;LEBKJ?ED?DJEI?D !E:H;J7?D;:7IJHED=9EDD;9J?EDJEJ>;8;?D=
E<  C7D  IF;7A?D= JE >?C 7I 9ECFB;J;BO 7I >?I IEKB 9EKB: KD:;Hstand. Since God always planned to restore a primary connection
JEJ>;IF?H?JE< C7D J>;J>?D=IIFEA;DJE>?IIEKBM;H;97B9KB7J;:
to keep him aware of basic things about God until the day when
>;9EKB:H;FB79;>?IIEKBKD:;HJ>;HKB;E< >?IIF?H?J 7D:J>;;O;I
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 
"EM;L;H ?DJ>;=7H:;DE< !;J>I;C7D; J>;B7IJ:7C:;9B7H;:
that His spirit was willing to trust God through the looming events
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ather and Sons

@ )&29-*8434+ 4)
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
M>EI;8;?D=:;ZD;I 7JB;7IJ?DF7HJ J>;<KJKH;E< J>;H;B7J?EDI>?F
?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
BEL;E< !E:?I?DI;F7H78B;<HEC?JI;NFH;II?ED7I 7J>;H 7D:J>;
D7JKH;E<  7J>;H?I?DI;F7H78B;<HECJ>;9>7H79J;HE< BEL; F7HJ?9KB7HBO
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
M>O!E:MEKB:;DJ;H?DJE79EL;D7DJM?J>"?CI;B< JE8;D;ZJC7D
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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for the demonstration of His nature of love. Although God always


>7:?DC?D:JEFKJJ>;C7@;IJOE< "?IBEL;ED:?IFB7O J>;:;FJ>I
of His love could not fully be displayed until He created a Son in
His own image and likeness.
This process exists due to the nature of love. Love does not
;N?IJC;H;BO7I7J>;EHOEH9ED9;FJ  EHBEL;JE;N?IJ ?JCKIJ8;
actualizedexpressed and tested. Love may be demonstrated in
7L7H?;JOE< M7OI #DJ>;%?D=:ECE< !E: IK9>:;CEDIJH7J?EDI
;N?IJ 7I <EHCI E<  EH:;H 7D: =EL;HD7D9; J>7J 8;D;ZJ 7BB M>E 7H;
M?J>?DJ>;%?D=:EC "EM;L;H BEL;?IFH;I;DJ;:F;H<;9JBOM?J>?D
J>;9EDJ;NJE< 7<7J>;H7D:>?I9>?B:H;D 8;97KI;J>7J?IJ>;EDBO
<EHC?DM>?9>J>;D7JKH;E< BEL; 7I:;ZD;:8O!E:YIH;B7J?EDI>?F
JEC7D 97D8;<KBBOJ;IJ;:7D: J>;H;<EH; <KBBO;NFH;II;:
!E:YIH;B7J?EDI>?FJEC7D 7I 7J>;HJEIEDI ?ID;?J>;H799?dental nor casual. It is a deliberate order and foreordained by God.
!E::;9?:;:JE9H;7J;C7D7I"?IIEDC7DM7IFEM;HB;IIJE?D[Kence this decision in any way.
The love of God for man is the foundation for mans
FKHFEI;?D9H;7J?ED 0>;DC7DI;F7H7J;:>?CI;B< <HEC>?I 7J>;H 
his purpose in creation was lost. It is only by being reconciled to
his Father that he may regain the true purpose for being. The love
of God should never be construed as the basis for permitting man
JE;D=7=;?DH;9AB;II7D::?IIEBKJ;8;>7L?EHM?J>EKJ9EDI;GK;D9; 
EH?D:;;: IK9>7<7I>?EDE< B?<;>7I9EDI;GK;D9;I 8EJ>?DJ?C;
and the hereafter. These profound truths about the nature of God
and His purpose for creating man seem contrary to the normal
H;B?=?EKI;CF>7I?IE< J>;KDMEHJ>?D;IIE< C7D 7IJ>;879A=HEKD:
against which to view the charity of God.
*H?EHJEJ>;9EC?D=E< >H?IJ7D:C7DYIH;IJEH7J?EDJEIEDI>?F 
C7DYIFKHFEI;?D9H;7J?EDM7I:;ZD;:8OJ>?I>EF;E< H;:;CFJ?ED 
99EH:?D=BO ?DJ>?IJ?C;E< JOF;I7D:I>7:EMI !E:<7LEH;:9;HJ7?D
8;>7L?EHI J>;I?=D?Z97D9;E< M>?9>M;H;B7H=;BOKDH;9E=D?P;:8O
the participants. People were allowed to engage in religious activities
J>7JC?C?9A;:FH?D9?FB;IE< <7J>;H7D:IEDH;B7J?EDI>?FI FH;I;HL?D=

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the purpose for creation and the hope of redemption in the culture.
EH;N7CFB; 8H7>7C:?:DEJKD:;HIJ7D:M>O!E:MEKB:7IA
>?CJE=EJ>HEK=>J>;FH;F7H7J?EDIE< I79H?Z9?D=#I779 J>;DIJ7O
>?I>7D:7JJ>;B7IJCEC;DJ7D:FHEL?:;7I79H?Z9;"?CI;B< "EM;L;H 
his willingness to proceed as far as he did showed the heart of God
J>; 7J>;H M>EM7IM?BB?D=JEI79H?Z9;$;IKIJEI7L;:7C )DJ>;
87I?IE< J>7JKD:;HJ7A?D= J>;D !E:GK7B?Z;:8H7>7CJE8;J>;
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
BEIJIJ7J; #J?I7H;FEI?J?ED?D=E< C7D !E:C7:;C7D7I7IED 7D:
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
>?I?:;DJ?JO7D:>?IFKHFEI; 7<7J>;HH;GK?H;I7IED?DEH:;HJEFKJ
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
J>; IED JE FKJ "?I D7JKH; ED :?IFB7O  7J>;H 7D: IED  J>;H;<EH; 
is a symbiotic and intricately interconnected relationship toward a
mutual and continuing purpose.
;<EH; J>; 9EC?D= E<  >H?IJ  >EM;L;H  J>; <7J>;HB;II 9KBJKH;
>7:F;HC;7J;:;L;HO7IF;9JE< >KC7D?DJ;H79J?ED 7D:?JM7IH7H;
JEZD:7JHK;F?9JKH;E< !E:J>; 7J>;H?D>KC7DJH7:?J?EDI ->7J
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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be understood and measured. The imagination of man could


not replicate this essential culture. It had to become visible again
through Jesus pristine heavenly model.

BORN AGAIN
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
>?IIEKB M>?9>H;B?7D9;;DJH7FI>?C?D,7J7DYIA?D=:EC 
->;%?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.
IM?J>7DO8?HJ> J>;EH?=?D7B9EC?D=<EHJ>?I?D7D?D<7DJ?B;
state. The newborn son goes through distinct stages of growth
and maturity before he becomes capable of functioning in the
9KBJKH;E< >;7L;D #DJ>?IJH7DI?J?ED >;?I7?:;:FH?C7H?BO8OJ>;
"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.
->HEK=>J>;IJ7=;IE< =HEMJ>7I7IED J>;I;I;L;D9>7H79J;H?IJ?9I
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
=;D;H7J?ED !E:H;L;7BI"?CI;B< CEH;9ECFB;J;BOKDJ?B";?I<KBBO
:?I9BEI;:  0>;H;7I J>; FKHFEI; E<  7D EHF>7D ?I 7BM7OI 9ECFB;J;:
M?J>?D J>; IF7D E<  >?I EMD B?<;J?C;  7 IEDYI :;IJ?DO H;FH;I;DJI
the ongoing disclosure of the purpose of the house to which he
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;NFH;II?ED  ?I ?DJ?C7J;BO J?;: JE 7 FH;:;J;HC?D;: FKHFEI;  V->;
son is the radiance of Gods glory and the exact representation of
his being. L;HOIEDM7I:;I?=D;:JEFH;I;DJ7KD?GK;<;7JKH;
E< >?I<7J>;HYID7JKH; 7D:7BBJ>;IEDIJE=;J>;HC7A;KFJ>;9ECFB;J;
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
C7JKH; <KD9J?ED7B?JO  7D: ?I IK?J78BO FEI?J?ED;: JE ;D=7=; !E:YI
original intent for him. Each son is raised to maturity to present
7KD?GK;F?9JKH;E< 7F7HJ?9KB7H<79;JE< J>; 7J>;H ->;FKHFEI;
of each son is to radiate his Fathers glory and to represent Him
;N79JBO  EHFEH7J;BO  J>HEK=> J>; "EKI; E<  !E:  CKBJ?FB; <79;JI
E< !E:YID7JKH;7H;H;L;7B;:KDJ?B KBJ?C7J;BO !E:H;L;7BI"?CI;B< 
completely in the closing age of man.

THE RADIANCE OF HIS FATHERS GLORY


God intends to convey His love to humankind in every generation.
;HJ7?D7IF;9JIE< "?IBEL; IK9>7I$;IKIY:;7J>EDJ>;9HEII >7L;
been permanently presented. Jesus death displayed the love of
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JHKJ>JE7BBJ>;=;D;H7J?EDII?D9;J>7J:;ZD?D=;L;DJ>7I9EDJ?DK;: 
The nature of God displayed in that moment was meant to resonate within human beings wherever and whenever they live. God
:;FBEOI "?I 9>?B:H;D JE ;L;HO <79;J E<  >KC7D ;N?IJ;D9;  IE J>7J
through them the face of His love might be presented throughout
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the earth in every generation.


->;BEL;E< !E:?IDEJEDBO7IJEHO<HEC7DJ?GK?JO 8KJ;N?IJI
currently in the lives of the sons of God. For you died and your
B?<;?IDEM>?::;DM?J>!E:?D>H?IJ 0>;D>H?IJ M>E?IOEKH
B?<; 7FF;7HI J>;DOEKM?BB7BIE7FF;7HM?J>>?C?D=BEHO W The
IEDI ?DJKHD 7H;:;FBEO;:JE=?L;8EJ><EHC7D:IK8IJ7D9;JEJ>;
reality of God and to the truth of the message of the cross. By
:?IFB7O?D=79JIE< "?I=EE:D;II J>;IEDI:;CEDIJH7J;J>;BEL;E< 
God among humankind on an everyday basis. The relationship between the Father and the Son provides for the appropriate format
from which Gods glory may radiate in the earth.
Gods glory is His goodness. It is not the dazzling light that surHEKD:I"?C DEH?I?J"?I7M;IEC;FEM;HJE9H;7J; ->;:7PPB?D=
B?=>J J>7J IKHHEKD:I "?C ?I "?I EH:?D7HO ;DL?HEDC;DJ  7D: "?I
competence to speak the universe into being is not extraordinary
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they are not noteworthy to God. God is singularly unimpressed
when we reference the brightness of His environment and enumerate long lists of His accomplishments.
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EH8;97KI;E< "?IKD?C7=?D78B;FEM;HJE9H;7J; EKHMEHI>?FMEKB:
be rooted in dread and fear of Him. There would be nothing that
would distinguish the worship of God as Father from that form
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He would be no different from the impersonal gods of pagan
mythology to whom their devotees gave obeisance based upon the
putative threats to ones welfare and the ire of powerful beings.
God does not need the assurance of humans that His creative
accomplishments entitle Him to their worship. Everything He
C7:;M7I:ED;8;<EH;";9H;7J;:C7D ,E J>;9H;7J?EDJ;IJ?Z;IJE
man about the existence of God and the beauty of His order.
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The event acts like a formal introduction in which God presents
"?CI;B< JE'EI;I 8;97KI;'EI;I>7:<EKD:<7LEHM?J>J>;&EH: 
God described Himself in the encounter by emphasizing His comF7II?ED  =H79;  F7J?;D9;  IJ;7:<7IJ BEL; 7D: <7?J><KBD;II  7D: "?I
<EH=?L;D;II  M>?B; C7?DJ7?D?D= H?=>J;EKID;II :;IF?J; =;D;H7J?EDI
of resistance to His plan and will. God showed Himself not by
"?I Z;H9; 9EKDJ;D7D9; DEH 8O "?I 7M;IEC; C7@;IJO  8KJ 8O J>;
declaration of His goodness. God chose to be known for His
all-surpassing goodness.
!E:>7ID;L;H9>EI;DJE:?IJ7D9;"?CI;B< <HECC7D #DIJ;7: 
He has consistently chosen a relationship of intimacy with man.
I7 7J>;HM?J>"?IEMDE<<IFH?D= ";>7IIEK=>JJE?D<KI;"?I
nature into the very being of manfrom the beginning when He
IGK;;P;: J>; <EHC E<  C7D EKJ E<  J>; :KIJ E<  J>; =HEKD:  ";
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breathed spirit out of His own person into the container of clay.
->HEK=>EKJ "?I :;7B?D=I M?J> >KC7DA?D:  !E:YI IJ7D:7H:
pattern has been His search for an intimate connection to man.
0>;J>;H"?IKDIK99;II<KB7FFHE79>E< #IH7;BED'EKDJ,?D7?  or
"?IF;H<;9J9EDJ79JJ>HEK=>$;IKI  His desire to present His goodness has been constant in His outreach to man.
O 9EDJH7IJ  H;B?=?EKI 9KBJKH;I J;D: JE EF;H7J; 87I;: ED J>;
presumption that the respective deity is distant from man and is
KDADEM78B; ,EC;H;FH;I;DJ7J?EDI ;L;DM?J>?DJ>;>H?IJ?7D<7?J> 
9EDJ?DK; JE L?;M !E: J>HEK=> J>?I 9ECCED H;B?=?EKI C?D:I;J 
9EDI?:;H?D=<7C?B?7H?JOM?J>!E::?IH;IF;9J<KB 7D:8EH:;HB?D;8B7IF>;CEKI ->?IFE?DJE< L?;M >EM;L;H ?I?D9EDI?IJ;DJM?J>!E:YI
>?IJEH?97FFHE79>JEC7D 7IM;BB7I"?IFH;I;DJ?DJ;DJ 
0>;DJ>;EH?=?D7BIEDH;GK?H;:H;I9K?D= !E:"?CI;B< 97C; 
9BEJ>;:?D>KC7D[;I> JEH;IJEH;J>;EH?=?D7BFEI?J?EDE< IEDI>?F 
The form of a son is necessary to accommodate the purpose for
which God created man: to show the nature of the Father. God
?D$;IKII>EMIJ>;?DJ?C7J; ADEM78B;D7JKH;E< !E:J>7J?IM>O
$;IKI 9EKB: I7O  V->; MEHAI J>7J # :E 7H; DEJ CO EMD  ?J ?I J>;
Father living in me who is doing his work. ,E  $;IKI  ?D "?I
;7HJ>BOB?<; 8;97C;J>;F7JJ;HD<EH7BBIEDI V4D:5M;8;>;B:>?I
=BEHO J>;=BEHO7IE< J>;EDBO8;=EJJ;DE< J>; 7J>;H <KBBE< =H79;
and truth.

A LIVING SACRIFICE
The ultimate demonstration of the goodness of God displayed
J>HEK=> J>; F;HIED E<  $;IKI  J>; ,ED  M7I ED J>; 9HEII  $;IKIY
L?;MFE?DJEDJ>;?CF;D:?D=;L;DJM7I9B;7H ";I7?: V 7J>;HS
=BEH?<OOEKH,ED J>7JOEKH,EDC7O=BEH?<OOEK W#DJ>7J?DIJ7DJ 
the presentation of the glory of God through the person of Jesus
>H?IJ9EDIKC;:J>;B?<;E< $;IKI"?CI;B< 8KJI?CKBJ7D;EKIBOFKJ
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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;HH7DJ IED  M>E 7J J>; J?C; J>7J !E: C7:; J>?I :;9?I?ED >7J;:
!E: !E:YIBEL;?I9?H9KCI9H?8;:?DJ>?I;L;DJ 7D:?JH;L;7BIJ>;
depths of His goodness. His choice was entirely benevolent in that
";I79H?Z9;:J>;,EDM>EBEL;:"?CJEI7L;J>;ED;M>E:;IF?I;:
"?C KD?D[K;D9;:8O7DO8;D;ZJJE"?C ->?I?IFKH;=EE:D;II
0>;DIEC;ED;BEL;I7DEJ>;H;DEK=>JEI79H?Z9;>?IB?<;<EH
J>; EJ>;H  M>?B; J>; EJ>;H >7J;I >?C  J>;H; ?I 7 JEJ7B 78I;D9; E< 
I;BZI>CEJ?L7J?ED<EHJ>?I8;>7L?EH #DJ>7JI9;D7H?E J>;FKH?JOE< 
ones love is undeniable. The display of such goodness shows the
glory of ones nature.
-EJ>7J;D: 7BB8;B?;L;HI7H;97BB;:JEJ>;IJ7D:7H:E< IEDI>?F
established by Jesus Christ. He was completely available to the Father as a source from which the glory of the Father could radiate
?DJ>;;7HJ>  EBBEM?D="?I;N7CFB; J>;,9H?FJKH;IKH=;8;B?;L;HI 
VE<<;HOEKH8E:?;I7I7B?L?D=I79H?Z9; >EBO7D:FB;7I?D=JE!E:U
this is your true and proper worship.
I7B?L?D=I79H?Z9; ;L;HO8;B?;L;H?I97BB;:JE7B?<;?DM>?9>
the priority is to put on display the goodness of God within the
C;7IKH;IE< ED;YIHKB; 0>;D!E:FKJ:7C?D9H;7J?EDM?J>J>;
C7D:7J;JEHKB; "?I?DJ;DJM7IJ>7JJ>;;7HJ>I>EKB:8;D;ZJ<HEC
the way that a son of God presented the goodness of God in his
HKB;  EH;N7CFB; ?D$;IKIYH;FH;I;DJ7J?EDE< J>; 7J>;HYI9>7H79J;H VM;8;>;B:"?I=BEHOS7IJ>;EDBO8;=EJJ;DE< J>; 7J>;H <KBB
of grace and truth.0>;D";H7?I;:&7P7HKI<HECJ>;:;7: ";
;NFB7?D;: "?I 79J?EDIJE '7HJ>7  V?: # DEJ J;BBOEK J>7J?<  OEK
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
FH;;N?IJ?D=F>?BEIEF>OE< HKB; 7D:J>;F>?BEIEF>OE< J>;HKB;KDderlies the structure of the administration of power. The condition

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of the subjects of a ruler is the best indication of the character of


J>;IEL;H;?=D 7D:J>;7:C?D?IJH7J?EDE< >?IHKB; 0>;D!E:I;J
:7C EL;H 9H;7J?ED  >?I ?DJ;DJ M7I J>7J :7C MEKB: H;[;9J J>;
culture of the house to which he belonged as a son. It was Gods
design that He would put on display His own goodness though
the agency of His son in the form of the governmental order He
introduced to the earth. That order was not designed to function
J>HEK=>B;=?IB7J?L;:;9H;;I7D:8KH;7K9H79?;I 8KJJ>HEK=>J>;7:C?D?IJH7J?EDE< J>;I?CFB;7D:;B;=7DJ[EME< <7J>;HI7D:IEDI
The entire human race was organized under Adams adminisJH7J?EDJ>HEK=>F7JH?7H9>7BH;B7J?EDI>?FI<EHJ>;ZHIJC?BB;DD?KCE< 
C7DYI;N?IJ;D9;ED;7HJ> BJ>EK=>:7CI?DD;: !E:IJ?BBA;FJ
him at the helm of human society for almost one thousand years.
One thousand years was long enough for this model to take root
among the tribal societies as they were being formed into what
MEKB: KBJ?C7J;BO 8;9EC;D7J?EDI L;D?D>?IH;8;BB?ED7=7?DIJ>?I
7J>;H :7CM7IIJ?BBKI;<KBJE;IJ78B?I>7<EHCE< EH:;HJ>7JM7I
a type and shadow of the heavenly government.
Christ fully established the model of Gods intent to present
His goodness to humankind through His sons and has passed
that legacy on to the succeeding generations of the sons of God
KFEDJ>;;7HJ> 0>;H;7I DE?D:?L?:K7BIED?I7II?=D;:J>;L7IJD;II
E< J>;I9EF;FH;L?EKIBO9EDL;O;:JE8EJ>>H?IJ7D::7C ?J?I
nevertheless unmistakable that all sons have been given a sphere
of rule in which they are commissioned and empowered to put on
display the glory of their Fathers love.
->; L7IJD;II E<  J>; HEB; E<  :?IFB7O?D= !E:YI =EE:D;II 
9ECC?JJ;: JE J>; >7D:I E<  $;IKI  ?I 97HH?;: ED ?D J>; ;7HJ> ?D
the corporate Body of Christ. Jesus described that work as being
even greater in scope than what He individually undertook. In its
9ECFB;J;D;II J>;H;FH;I;DJ7J?EDE< J>;=EE:D;IIE< !E:8OJ>;
corporate Christ will be inclusive of the portions given to both the
ZHIJ7D:B7IJ:7C 8KJ;CFEM;H;:8OJ>;"EBO,F?H?J ->;=BEHO
of that expression will be a complete model on the earth of what
exists in heaven.
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THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF HIS BEING


God brings a son to maturity not only to express His goodness
J>HEK=>J>;IED 8KJ7BIEJE;CFEM;HJ>;IEDJE79JED8;>7B< E< 
J>; 7J>;H?DIK9>7M7OJ>7JVJ>; 7J>;H@K:=;IDEED; 8KJ>7I;DJHKIJ;:7BB@K:=C;DJJEJ>;,ED J>7J7BBC7O>EDEHJ>;,ED@KIJ7I
they honor the Father.C7JKH;IED J>;H;<EH; ?IC;7DJJE
speak and to act on behalf of the Father as His designated agent.
The mature son is capable of accurately and consistently
:?I9;HD?D=J>; 7J>;HYI?DJ;DJ 7D:E< ;N;9KJ?D=J>7J?DJ;DJFH;9?I;BO 
VEDEJ9ED<EHCJEJ>;F7JJ;HDE< J>?IMEHB: 8KJ8;JH7DI<EHC;:
by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and
7FFHEL;M>7J!E:YIM?BB?IU>?I=EE: FB;7I?D=7D:F;H<;9JM?BB W
The process by which the mature son is able to distinguish between
J>;B;L;BIE< !E:YIM?BB H7D=?D=<HECJ>;=EE:JEJ>;F;H<;9J ?I
by the renewing of the mind. The Holy Spirit works to restore the
soul of man to its proper place of submission to his spirit. The
renewing of the mind that follows is the reassertion of the mind
E<  >?I IF?H?J EL;H J>; C?D: E<  >?I IEKB  F;HC?JJ?D= J>; [EM E< 
information from the Holy Spirit to the mind of the mans spirit.
The effect is to transform his view of reality. The result is a perfect
realignment between the mind of man and the will of God.
ED9KHH;DJ M?J> J>?I H;FEI?J?ED?D=  J>; C7JKH; IED ?I 7BIE
empowered by the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to know how to
FH;9?I;BO ;N;9KJ; J>; 7J>;HYI 9ECC7D:I  V4<5EH J>; 7J>;H BEL;I
the Son and shows him all he does.
*H;I;DJBO J>;:?<Z9KBJO?D;DL?I?ED?D=J>?I<EHCE< ?DJ;H79J?ED
8;JM;;D!E:7D:C7D?I97KI;:8OJ>;9EDJ?DK?D=?D[K;D9;E< J>;
9KBJKH;E< J>;EHF>7D M>?9>F;H9;?L;I7M?:;9>7ICE< I;F7H7J?ED
8;JM;;D !E: 7D: C7D  ;L;D ?D J>EI; M>E 7H; I7?: JE 8; 8EHD
again. The culture of the orphan is inherently competitive and
emphasizes the difference between God and man.
The culture of the son embraces the truth of the reconciliation of the Father and the son and the re-issuance of the nature of
spirit in the son that makes him compatible with the Holy Spirit.
";?I:;ZD;:8OI7C;D;IIE< 8;?D=M?J>J>; 7J>;H7D:DEBED=;H
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8O7DO<EHCE< 9ECF;J?J?L;:?IJ?D9J?L;D;II $;IKI 8;?D=J>;CE:;B


E< IEDI>?F I>EM;:J>7J8;JM;;DC7D7D:"?I 7J>;H J>;H;?IDE
competition:
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7IJ>;87I?I<EH"?IB?<;EH79J?EDI 7BJ>EK=>";9EKB:>7L;I?D9;
";M7I!E:?D>KC7D<EHC #DIJ;7: ";?IJ>;CE:;BJ>7J?BBKItrates to man how a son may be the exact representation of his
7J>;HYI8;?D= "7:";7II;HJ;:"?I;GK7B?JOM?J>!E: 7BBE< M>7J
He did would have demonstrated His own competence; His mod;B MEKB: 8; KD7JJ7?D78B; 8O C7D  7D: "; 9EKB: EDBO >7L; 8;;D
viewed as His gift of labor to the Father. He would have indebted
!E:JE"?CI;B< 7D:7BB8;D;ZJJEKIMEKB:>7L;I>EMDEDBOJ>;
kindness of Jesus to us. The nature of the Father would have
H;C7?D;: 7 COIJ;HO  #DIJ;7:  8O 9>EEI?D= JE :E DEJ>?D= ;N9;FJ
H;FH;I;DJJ>;=EE:D;IIE< J>; 7J>;H ";FKJED:?IFB7OJ>;D7JKH;
of the Father.
The highest attainment possible within a competitive standard
?I ;GK7B?JO  7D: <7?HD;II ?I J>; FH?D9?FB; E8@;9J?L; ?D 7 IOIJ;C E< 
9ECF;J?J?ED  #D IK9> 7 IOIJ;C  H?=>J;EKID;II ?I KD:;HIJEE: EDBO
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generational building within an environment of competition. The


relationship between a father and a son cannot be expressed within
the context of competition. The goal of everyone within this
IOIJ;C?IJE79GK?H;>?I?D:;F;D:;DJ;IJ7J; 
99EH:?D= JE J>?I C?D:I;J  7BB ;N9>7D=;I 8;JM;;D !E: 7D:
C7D7IIKC;;GK7B?JO8;JM;;DJ>;F7HJ?;I '7DE<<;HI>?II;HL?9;JE
!E:EDJ>;FH;IKCFJ?EDJ>7JIK9>I;HL?9;I7H;H;GK?H;:7D:D;9;II7HO7D:J>7J!E:M?BB799;FJJ>;I;HL?9;7I7DE<<;H?D= ->?IL?;M 
E<  D;9;II?JO  E8B?=7J;I !E: JE 7 H;IFEDI;  DO <7?BKH; ED !E:YI
part to respond would leave Him indebted to man since He has
H;9;?L;:78;D;ZJ<EHM>?9>";>7IDEJ7:;GK7J;BO9ECF;DI7J;:
C7D 0>;J>;H!E:H;IFED:I8O=?L?D=C7D7D7:;GK7J;9ECF;DI7J?EDEHI?CFBOH;C7?DI?D:;8J;: J>;MEHAE< C7D;B;L7J;I>?C
JE7FEI?J?EDE< ;GK7B?JOM?J>!E: I?D9;!E:799;FJ;:>?IMEHA 
->;H;<EH; C7DC7OE<<;H>?IH;IEKH9;IJE!E:7IJ>;E<<;H?D=E< 
his righteousness.

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
9ED9;FJ !E:YIH;@;9J?EDE< J>;I79H?Z9;E< 7?D:E;IDEJ7FF;7H
to have any explanation except to suggest that perhaps God is at
J?C;IM>?CI?97B 7H8?JH7HO EH;L;D97FH?9?EKI7L?;MJ>7J?I;DJ?H;BO
inconsistent with the Scriptures.
->;B;7IJ7JJH79J?L;7IF;9JE< J>?IIOIJ;C >EM;L;H ?IJ>7J7DO
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
M?J>?DJ>;8;?D=E< J>;,ED 7D:J>;,EDEF;H7J;:<HEC:;;FM?J>?D
the authority of His Father.
N79JH;FH;I;DJ7J?ED J>;H;<EH; B?A;H7:?7J?D=J>;=BEHOE< J>;
7J>;HYID7JKH; ?IJ>;:;I?=D7J;:=E7BE< IEDI>?F )D;?IDEJ8EHD
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7=7?DEDBOJE8;H;IJEH;:JEJ>;FEI?J?EDE< IED 8KJ7BIEJEJ>;


practical functioning of that role.
->;IJ7D:7H:<EHC7JKH;IEDI>?F ;IJ78B?I>;:8O$;IKI ?II;;D
when the son permits his life to be consumed by the Father in order
to set forth the perfect standard of the Fathers love and declares
the will of the Father exactly as the Father Himself would. In the
;7HJ> J>;M?BBE< J>; 7J>;H?IFKHIK;:J>HEK=>J>;C7JKH;IED 
V4->;,ED5?IJ>;?C7=;E< J>;?DL?I?8B;!E: J>;ZHIJ8EHDEL;H7BB
creation. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in
>?C 7D:J>HEK=>>?CJEH;9ED9?B;JE>?CI;B< 7BBJ>?D=I M>;J>;H
J>?D=IED;7HJ>EHJ>?D=I?D>;7L;D 8OC7A?D=F;79;J>HEK=>>?I
8BEE: I>;:EDJ>;9HEII W The work of representing the Father
?DJ>;;7HJ>>7I8;;D9ECC?JJ;:?DJEJ>;>7D:IE< J>;IED 7D:
the Holy Spirit was given to reveal the will of the Father and to
empower the son.
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unctioning as
Fathers and Sons

Jesus fully presented an understanding of a true relationship


with God as Father. Adams early departure from this intended
relationship to God left unshown Gods intended relationship to
man as sons. Adams default to the culture of the fatherless provided no foundation for humankind to live in relationship to God
as a Father whom he loves and trusts.
->; !EIF;BI  >EM;L;H  ?DJHE:K9; $;IKI >H?IJ 7I J>; ,ED E< 
God and presented to humankind with the declared purpose of
ZD?I>?D= 7BB J>7J M7I B79A?D= M?J> >?I FH;:;9;IIEH  :7C  ->;
records of Luke and Matthew introduce Jesus through complete
and deliberate genealogical records. Luke presents Jesus as the Son
E< !E: :;I9;D:;:<HEC:7CJ>HEK=>7DKD8HEA;DB?D;E< I?NJO

JME=;D;H7J?EDI '7JJ>;MYIH;9EH:I>EMI"?C7I8EJ>J>;%?D= 
:;I9;D:;:<HEC7L?:E< J>;>EKI;E< $K:7> 7D:J>;<KBZBBC;DJE< 
J>;FHEC?I;JE8H7>7C 7IJ>;I;;:J>HEK=>M>ECJ>;FH;9H;7J?ED
9EL;D7DJMEKB:8;<KBZBB;:KFEDJ>;;7HJ> 
->;?DJHE:K9J?EDJEJ>;!EIF;BE< $E>D?:;DJ?Z;I$;IKI7IJ>;
FH;;N?IJ;DJ0EH:E< !E:8OM>ECJ>;KD?L;HI;M7I<EHC;:7D:
who appears as the incarnate God full of grace and truth.200 The
<EKHJ>MH?J;HE< J>;!EIF;B?I'7HA J>;I9H?8;H;9EH:?D=J>;C;II7=;
E< $;IKI<HECJ>;7FEIJB;*;J;H 7D:>?IC;II7=;?IKDC?IJ7A78B; 
";MH?J;I V->;8;=?DD?D=E< J>;=EIF;B78EKJ$;IKI>H?IJ J>;
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,ED E<  !E: W 7D: EF;DI M?J> J>; IJEHO E<  !E: 7KJ>;DJ?97J?D=
Jesus as His Son on the occasion of His baptism by John in the
H?L;H $EH:7D  VI $;IKI M7I 9EC?D= KF EKJ E<  J>; M7J;H  >; I7M
heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a
:EL; D:7LE?9;97C;<HEC>;7L;DX2EK7H;CO,ED M>EC#
love; with you I am well pleased.201
->;FKHFEI;E< $;IKIY9EC?D=?DJEJ>;;7HJ>?D9BK:;:<KBZBB?D=
J>; H;GK?H;C;DJI E<  J>; FH;9H;7J?ED 9EL;D7DJ  8KJ "?I B?<; M7I
7BIEC;7DJJE<KBBO:;CEDIJH7J;>EMJ>;,EDE< !E: 8EHD?DJE
J>;MEHB:E< >KC7D8;?D=I7I7D?D<7DJ MEKB:FHE=H;IIJ>HEK=>
the stages of a human life. Though ultimately He was killed on
J>;9HEII M7IH;IKHH;9J;:<HECJ>;:;7: 7D:7I9;D:;:JE>;7L;D 
$;IKIYB?<;FHEL?:;I7 >?IJEHOZBB;:M?J>:;J7?BI78EKJJ>;,ED E< 
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.
$;IKIYB?<;ZBB;:J>;LE?:J>7J:7CB;<JH;=7H:?D=7CE:;B<EHKDderstanding the relationship between man as a son of God and
God the Father.
0>;D :7C :;<7KBJ;: JE J>; FEI?J?ED E<  8;?D= 7BED; ?D J>;
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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7J>;HYI>EKI;M>?B;>;7JJ;D:;:J>;HKB;JEM>?9>>;M7I7II?=D;: 
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for his successful administration.
God would have conveyed this supply both directly and indiH;9JBO ?H;9J9EDL;O7D9;MEKB:>7L;E99KHH;:8O,F?H?JJEIF?H?J
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9EDJ79J  #D:?H;9JBO  IKFFBO M7I 7BH;7:O FH;I;DJ ?D J>; EH:;H 7D:
IJHK9JKH;E< 9H;7J?ED7HEKD:>?C M>?9>:7CMEKB:>7L;97BB;:
<EHJ> ->;H;B7J?EDI>?FE< IEDI>?F ?DM>?9>J>; 7J>;HBEL;IJ>;
IED7D:J>;IEDJHKIJIJ>; 7J>;H ?IH;GK?H;:<EHJ>?IEH:;HE< HKB;
and supply to function.
The relationship between Jesus and God the Father shows this
H;B7J?EDI>?FF;H<;9JBO BJ>EK=>J>; 7J>;HH;C7?DI?DL?I?8B; "?I
divine goodness is resplendently displayed through the words and
MEHAIE< $;IKI  EH"?IF7HJ $;IKI9BEJ>;:"?CI;B< ?DJ>;HEB;E< 
7IED 7<<EH:?D=>KC7D?JO79ECFB;J;F?9JKH;E< J>;EH:;HE< J>;
relationship that God envisioned when He made man as His son.
->;H;<EH; $;IKIYB?<;?IJ>;?DJ;D:;:FE?DJE< H;<;H;D9;<EHKD:;Hstanding the father and son relationship as God originally intended it.

A CHILD IS BORN
Extreme hostility opposed Jesus introduction into the world.
,7J7D7HH7D=;:JE>7L;"?CA?BB;:KFED7HH?L7BL?7%?D=";HE: J>;
HKB;HE< #IH7;B7JJ>;J?C;E< $;IKIY8?HJ> M>E>7:I>EMDFH;L?EKIBO
that he would suffer no potential challenges to his rule. Herod was
known for his murderous elimination of any opposition to his rule. 
!E: :?: DEJ ;CFBEO :?L?D; FH;HE=7J?L;I JE ?D[K;D9; <7LEH78BO
J>;9?H9KCIJ7D9;IE< $;IKIY7HH?L7B I?D9;J>EI;8;D;ZJIMEKB:8;
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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in Egypt was reminiscent of their tenure as slaves in that country.


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E< #IH7;B7I7JOF;7D:I>7:EME< $;IKI 8;?D=<EHC;HBO;DIB7L;:?D
7D::;B?L;H;:<HEC=OFJ 9EKB:DEJI;;J>;I?=D?Z97D9;E< $;IKI
<EBBEM?D=J>;I7C;F7J>?DEH:;HJE<KBZBBJ>;FHEF>;9O V)KJE< 
Egypt I called my son.  God simultaneously protected the Son
7D: <KBZBB;: FHEF>;9O  J>;H;8O 7KJ>;DJ?97J?D= $;IKI 7I J>; 79JK7B
<KBZBBC;DJE< J>;FHEF>;J?9MEH: 
The circumstances of Jesus birth demonstrate the role of the
Father in presenting a son. The Father protected the Son even as
He developed the unimpeachable testimony that supported Jesus
claim to be the Son of God. He did this through evidence that
$;IKI"?CI;B< 9EKB:D;?J>;HF;HF;JH7J;DEH?D[K;D9;
->;;7HBO;L;DJIE< $;IKIYB?<;I>EMJ>?II7C;GK7B?JOE< H;B7tionship between Himself and the Father. As soon as Jesus had the
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E< "?I 7J>;H #JM7IJ>;9KIJEC<EH78EO 7JJ>;7=;E< JM;BL; JE
J7A;KF7D7FFH;DJ?9;I>?F?D>?I<7J>;HYI8KI?D;II 0>;D7JJM;BL; 
Jesus accompanied His parents to Jerusalem. He remained behind
?DJ>;J;CFB;JE9EDIKBJM?J>J>;B;7HD;:I9>EB7HI J;BB?D='7HO";
did so because he must be about [his] Fathers business.  Jesus
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to take up an apprenticeship in His Fathers business. The doctors
of the law in the temple were the best and most complete source
of information available to help Him understand the nature of
His Fathers business. He had enough clarity of understanding to
seek the most complete understanding of His identity and purpose
from the custodians of that knowledge.
Jesus life from the age of twelve until He was thirty years old
?IIKCC7H?P;:?DJ>;IJ7J;C;DJ V$;IKI=H;M?DM?I:EC7D:IJ7JKH; 
and in favor with God and men.206 Paul would also write about
$;IKI VBJ>EK=>>;M7I7IED >;B;7HD;:E8;:?;D9;<HECM>7J>;
suffered.  The Father permitted every form of trial to which a
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fully monitored His progress and gave Him what help He needed.
The Father did not simply abandon Jesus to the circumstances of
life until He was thirty. Jesus path was laid out carefully so that His
sufferings and trials would install the layers of obedience necessary
to sustain the pressure of His destiny.  Gods intent was to prepare Him for the time of His maturity through the incidences that
I>7F;:J>;GK7B?JOE< "?IH;IFEDI;I ->;J>?D=I";IK<<;H;:M;H;
H;B7J;::?H;9JBOJEJ>;IF;9?Z9E8;:?;D9;JEJ>; 7J>;HH;GK?H;:8O
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and unambiguous. Jesus grew in favor with God as He submitted
"?CI;B< JEJ>;B;7:?D=E< J>;,F?H?J7D:JEJ>;?DIJHK9J?EDE< ,9H?FJKH; 
both of which informed His choices consistently.
God put the results of Jesus training on display for us to observe
M>;D ?CC;:?7J;BO7<J;H"?I87FJ?IC J>;"EBO,F?H?JB;:$;IKI?DJE
the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  In the three recorded
J;CFJ7J?EDI $;IKIH;IFED:;:JEJ>;;D;COEDJ>;IJH;D=J>E< J>;
MEH:E< J>;,F?H?J7FFB?978B;JEJ>;9?H9KCIJ7D9; ";L;H?Z;:J>7J
MEH:8OJ>;KI;E< I9H?FJKH7BJ;NJ "EM;L;H M>;D,7J7D7JJ;CFJ;:
JE IK8L;HJ J>?I FHE9;II 8O >?CI;B<  ;CFBEO?D= J>; ,9H?FJKH;I 
$;IKI GK?9ABO :?IJ?D=K?I>;: J>?I 9KDD?D= KI; E<  ,9H?FJKH; C;7DJ
to produce disobedience and death. Jesus restored the appropriate
7KJ>EH?JOE< ,9H?FJKH; 8;?D=<7C?B?7HM?J>J>;LE?9;E< J>;,F?H?J 
->HEK=>EKJ"?IC?D?IJHO ";MEKB:9EDIJ7DJBOI>EM"?I<7C?B?7H?JO
with the Spirit in His use of Scripture and would distinguish the
misuse of Scripture by those well-versed in the knowledge of the
J;NJ 7D:J>;JH7:?J?ED7B?DJ;HFH;J7J?EDI 8KJE8B?L?EKIJEJ>;,F?H?J
The temptations and Jesus responses reveal the results of the
Fathers deliberate preparation of the Son with full knowledge of
the Sons destiny. Jesus trials produced a dependence upon the Spir?JE< !E: M>?B;;CFBEO?D=J>;ADEMB;:=;E< J>;J;NJE< ,9H?FJKH; 
This was His consistent pattern of response. His Father arranged
the trials to take Him to increasingly higher levels of maturity and
preparedness. These progressive increases were the evidence of
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'EH;EL;H  !E: FK8B?9BO :;9B7H;: JE J>; MEHB: "?I FB;7IKH;


?D "?I ,EDYI 87FJ?IC 8O $E>D M>;D $;IKI M7I J>?HJO O;7HI EB: 
:;9B7H?D=  V->?I ?I CO ,ED  M>EC # BEL; M?J> >?C # 7C M;BB
pleased.210 This is not the declaration of an absent father who
>7I H;;C;H=;: 7<J;H ;?=>J;;D O;7HI  8KJ J>; FH;I;DJ7J?ED E<  "?I
Son as His designated heir and representative. Since God Himself
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MEHB:E< $;IKIYF;H<;9J?ED >H?IJM7IDEJI79H?Z9;:EDJ>;9HEII
three and a half years later in order to be perfect in His obedience
JEJ>; 7J>;H +7J>;H ?JM7I"?IE8;:?;D9;<EHJ>;FH;9;:?D=J>?HJO
O;7HIE< "?IE8I9KH?JOJ>7JC7:;"?CF;H<;9J7D:GK7B?Z;:"?CJE
both represent the Father perfectly in His years of ministry and to
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$;IKIY8?HJ> ;7HBOO;7HI 7D:FH;I;DJ7J?EDJEJ>;MEHB::;CEDIJH7J;J>;>7D:E< J>; 7J>;H?DH7?I?D=KF7C7JKH;,ED ,?C?B7HBO 
Jesus three years of ministry provide a detailed look into the structure
and function of the relationship between the Father and the Son.
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:;J;HC?D;: <EH "?C 8;<EH; J>; <EKD:7J?EDI E<  J>; MEHB:  J>;
7J>;HI;B;9J;:J>;J?C; FB79; 7D:9?H9KCIJ7D9;I?DJEM>?9>";
would be placed. These were careful selections previously arranged
to accommodate all the training and preparation necessary to make
Him ready for His destiny. Jesus could choose how He responded
JE7DOE< J>;I;FH;F7H7J?EDI<EH"?IB?<; 7D:?< ";M;H;=EL;HD;:
8O"?IIEKB ";MEKB:D7JKH7BBO=H7L?J7J;JEM7H:J>;9?H9KCIJ7D9;I
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Spirit had with the Holy Spirit who lived in him. Even from His
9>?B:>EE:  "; IEK=>J EKJ J>; KD:;HIJ7D:?D= E<  "?I :;IJ?DO7D:
FKHIK;:7F7JJ;HDE< 9>E?9;7D:I;B;9J?ED7?C;:7J<KBZBB?D="?I
:;IJ?DO "; J>;H;<EH; ;D@EO;:J>;<7LEHE< 8EJ>!E:7D:C7D
The arrangement of Jesus circumstances and His righteous
choices within those circumstances are demonstrated in His ministry. The Father placed among the choices of Jesus disciples
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gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destrucJ?EDIEJ>7J,9H?FJKH;MEKB:8;<KBZBB;: W211 Jesus even gave God an
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responsibility for Judas as if He had selected him to be among the
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V->;D$;IKIH;FB?;: X"7L;#DEJ9>EI;DOEK J>;-M;BL;2;JED;
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In the model of the Father-Son relationship presented between
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that the Son had an eternal destiny for which He has come into
the world. The Fathers responsibility was to select and arrange the
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preexisting destiny. The Sons choices ranged from among the
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number of possible choices.
The Sons connection to the Father made Him aware of the
need to make His selections according to the Spirit. Being led by
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routinely different from those of His Father. He would remain
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YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU


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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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E< J>; 7J>;H I,F?H?J J>; 7J>;H9EKB:B?L;?D$;IKIV8EJ>JEM?BB
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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The irony was that Jesus made a choice when He consented to the
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:;ZD;IJ>;C7DD;H?DM>?9>>H?IJ"?CI;B< BEL;:V!H;7J;HBEL;
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7JJH?8KJ78B;JEJ>;,ED7I?J?IJEJ>; 7J>;H ->;H;<EH; ?JC7O8;
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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>?CI;B<  <HEC >?I 7J>;H  J>?I 9ED9;FJ M7I BEIJ JE >KC7D?JO  7D:
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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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EL;H7H9>?D=FKHFEI;IF7DD?D=C7DO=;D;H7J?EDI 0>;H;7I ;L;D7
B?<;J>7J9EDJH?8KJ;ICE:;IJBOJEJ>;<KBZBBC;DJE< 7=H7D:FKHFEI;
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JE8;7IIE9?7J;:M?J>J>;<KBZBBC;DJE< ;J;HD7BJ>;C;I #DJ>;97I;
E<  !E: 7D: $;IKI  J>; =H;7J J>;C;I M;H; ;IJ78B?I>;: 8;<EH; J>;
foundation of the world by the Father and the Son.
The particular arrangement of father and son was the necessary
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purpose in time. The Father determined how His love would be
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took the roles of both Father and Son by which to express His
divine nature. He planned that His only begotten Son would be
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the Son to be able to handle the administration of His authority
and power as well as to speak for Him in all things.
"7L?D=GK7B?Z;:J>;,ED ";FH;I;DJ;:$;IKI7I"?I;N9BKI?L;
representation. In the past God spoke to our ancestors through
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days he has spoken to us by his Son. God was reconciling
J>;MEHB:JE>?CI;B< ?D>H?IJ DEJ9EKDJ?D=F;EFB;YII?DI7=7?DIJ
them.220 O H;C7?D?D= ?D J>; 7J>;H  J>; 7J>;H MEKB: FKJ ED
:?IFB7O7BB"?I7KJ>EH?JO7D:FEM;HJ>HEK=>J>;,ED 7D:J>;,ED
may claim the legitimacy of being the extension of the person
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7J>;HYIFKHFEI;H;79>;I?JIKD?GK;7FE=;;?DJ>?I,EDE< *HEC?I;
as was foreordained.
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EMD  7D: "; EDBO :?: M>7J "; I7M "?I 7J>;H :E?D=  8;97KI;
the Son can do nothing by himself.221 He remained in the
Father inasmuch as no aspect of His life was conducted indepen:;DJBOE< "?I 7J>;H 0?J>J>?I8;?D=J>;9B7H?JOE< $;IKIYKD:;HIJ7D:?D= ?J?IDEJ:?<Z9KBJJEKD:;HIJ7D:M>O"?I8;?D=MEKB:8;
IEJH7KC7J?P;:7D:";MEKB:9HO VS'O!E: CO!E: M>O>7L;
you forsaken me?222 Although His Spirit knew that He took the
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H;7B?JOE< J>7JI;F7H7J?ED 8;97KI;;L;D?D"?IIEKB";M7ID;L;H
separated from God but always remained in the Father.
The picture that Jesus life presents of the relationship between
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,ED ?I9EDI9?EKIBO7M7H;J>7J"?I:;IJ?DOM7I<EH;EH:7?D;:8OJ>;
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chose to embrace that destiny even from the earliest days of His
training. The adversities that attend Him from early on are purposefully aligned to results that were necessary to prepare His path.
He trusts the Father who arranges these circumstances that shape
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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
J>7JC7D9EKB:8;>EB: ->?I:?L?D;H;7B?JO:;ZD;IJ>;H;B7J?EDI>?F
between Jesus and God and is the archetype for the restored relationship between God and man.

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urning the Heart


of the Fathers
to the Children

THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH


The relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ the
Son is the standard order for the restoration of Gods house. In
J>;"EKI;E< !E: $;IKI?IVJ>;ZHIJ8EHD7CED=C7DO8HEJ>;HI
and sisters. The prophecy regarding the restoration of Gods
House at the end of the age is contained within the understanding
of the restoration of the relationship of fathers and sons. How;L;H J>;?DJ;DJ?EDE< !E:?IDEJ<E9KI;:KFEDJ>;H;IJEH7J?EDE< 
D7JKH7B<7J>;HI7D:IEDI 8KJ?DIJ;7:KFEDJ>7JE< IF?H?JK7B<7J>;HI
and spiritual sons.
God planned that the arrangement of His spiritual house
should be done around this central concept of spiritual fathers and
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>;7HJE< J>;9>?B:H;DJEJ>;?H<7J>;HI B;IJ#9EC;7D:IC?J;J>;;7HJ>
with a curse. Jesus spoke of this prophecy early in His ministry
JE:;ZD;J>;HEB;E< $E>DJ>;7FJ?IJ V?< OEK7H;M?BB?D=JE799;FJ
?J >;?IJ>;B?@7>M>EM7IJE9EC; W226 Jesus conditioned the fulZBBC;DJE< J>;FHEF>;9OJEJ>7J=;D;H7J?EDEDJ>;?H799;FJ7D9;E< 
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the Baptist was the spirit of Elijah who was promised.


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of the prophecy within their day. Other generations who would
H;9;?L;J>;I?=DE< $E>DJ>;7FJ?IJMEKB:KD:;HIJ7D:J>;I?=D?Z97D9; E<  J>; H;B7J?EDI>?F 8;JM;;D $;IKI 7D: $E>D  >;H7B:?D= J>;
beginning of the restoration of the House of God through the
restoration of spiritual fathers and sons. The key to the revelation
E< J>;EH:;HE< <7J>;HI7D:IEDI 7IJ>;87I?IE< J>;7HH7D=;C;DJ
E< J>;"EKI;E< !E: B?;I?DJ>;KD:;HIJ7D:?D=E< J>;IF?H?JE< 
Elijah.
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<HEC!E:JEJ>;;7HJ>JE;<<;9JCEDKC;DJ7B9>7D=;I?DJ>;[EM
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John was the spirit of Elijah that preceded Jesus in order to announce Him as the one with the authority to restore the House of
God. Jesus would replace the culture of the fatherless with that
of a son and would heal the breach between God and man that
existed since Adam. He was the scion of the House of God who
would restore the glory of a holy people.
The key to this understanding of Jesus is the story of the great
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function of the house of his forefathers into the next generation.
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family.
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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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<HECJ>;B?D;E< $K:7> DEJM?J>IJ7D:?D=>?IFEI?J?ED?D>?ID7JKH7B
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to be presented to the prophet Samuel who had come to Jesses
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9EC; 8;97KI;7L?:M7I7C7D7<J;H!E:YIEMD>;7HJ 
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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J>7J?JI<KBZBBC;DJ?IJE8;799ECFB?I>;:EL;HC7DO=;D;H7J?EDI 
The Son of Promise is a designation that was usually reserved for
the person in whose lifetime the promise was meant to be comFB;J;BO <KBZBB;:  ->; >EKI; M7I C7?DJ7?D;: J>HEK=> IK99;;:?D=
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
M7IJ>;7DE?DJ?D=H;GK?H;:JE8H;7AJ>;>EB:E< J>;9KBJKH;E< J>;
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
D7JKH7B <7J>;H  ,E  J>; ?D>;H?J7D9; B?I>7 7IA;: <EH M7I DEJ C7J;H?7B  8KJ IF?H?JK7B  "; H;GK;IJ;: V7 :EK8B; FEHJ?EDW E<  B?@7>YI
IF?H?J B?I>7M7I J>;H;<EH; 7IA?D=<EHJ>;FEHJ?EDE< 7ZHIJ8EHD
to carry on the purpose for which Elijah himself had been called
as a prophet.
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J>;ED;M?J>J>;:EK8B;FEHJ?ED IEB?I>7?I7JOF;E< >H?IJM>E
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J>;ZHIJED;JEJ7A;KFJ>;HEB;E< J>;>;H7B:JEJ>;ED;M?J>J>;
double portion. That role is reprised by John the Baptist in regard
JE>H?IJ 0>;D7IA;:78EKJ>?CI;B< V$E>DH;FB?;:?DJ>;MEH:IE< 
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come in the spirit of Elijah as the reliable witness to identify the
one sent from God to restore the order of His house.

MY FATHER! MY FATHER!
Elishas cry of >&9-*7>&9-*7 was in recognition that
Elijah was his spiritual father. Elisha had followed Elijah and
E8I;HL;:>?IM7OE< B?<;<EH7IK<Z9?;DJBOBED=F;H?E:E< J?C;<EH
this relationship to have been formed.
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7IED "EM;L;H J>;9KBJKH;E< >?IIEKB?IIJ?BB?DJ79J 7D:7BJ>EK=>
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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
J>;=H;7J"EKI;E< !E: 2;J >;IJ?BBL?;MI>?CI;B< J>HEK=>J>;
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9KBJKH;E< 7IED >;CKIJ8;JKJEH;:7D::?I9?FB?D;:?DJ>;9KBJKH;
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
must be modeled so that the son can practice it. The spiritual faJ>;H?I J>;H;<EH; ED;M>EC!E:>7II;J?DJ>;B?<;E< 7IEDJE
watch over his soul.->KI J>;IF?H?JK7B<7J>;H?IH;GK?H;:JE=?L;
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
IED ";7BIE;CFEM;HI?JJEMEHAIK99;II<KBBO !E:7HH7D=;I<EH
7IF?H?JK7BIEDM>EI;:;IJ?DOH;GK?H;IJ>;F7HJ?9?F7J?EDE< 7IF?H?JK7B
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in the spiritual father over a considerable period of time to pro:K9;799KH7J;H;[;9J?EDIE< J>;D7JKH;E< !E:?DJ>7J<7J>;H ";
>7I=ED;J>HEK=>7BBJ>;IJ7=;IJ>EK=>M>?9>J>;IEDM?BBFHE=H;II 
7D:>7I8;;DC7JKH;: >7L?D=B;7HD;:E8;:?;D9;8OJ>;J>?D=I>;
has suffered. It is Gods grace to give a father who is mature in
J>;M7OIE< !E:JE?DIJHK9J JH7?D 7D::?I9?FB?D;7IEDM>ED;;:I
exactly that kind of supervision and oversight.
God places both the father and the son in this relationship and
9EDZHCIJE;79>?D:;F;D:;DJBO"?II;B;9J?ED IEJ>7JDEJ>?D=?I
arranged by force or convenience.
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and not an institution. The spiritual son possesses a destiny that is
79EDJ?DK7J?EDE< J>;L?I?ED=?L;DJEJ>;IF?H?JK7B<7J>;H "EM;L;H 
the spiritual father is very clear that the vision he received is greater
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spiritual son to be carried on to the next generation. A true spiriJK7BL?I?ED97DEDBO8;F7HJ?7BBO<KBZBB;:M?J>?D7I?D=B;B?<;J?C; 
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may only be accomplished in succeeding generations through the
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outline of how God may accomplish the promise in succeeding
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his understanding to permit him to ordain the course of future
generations.
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of having the vision he was given pass into the hands of succeeding
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:;ZD;IJ>;FHEC?I;J>7JM7I=?L;DJE>?C ->;FHEC?I;8H7>7C
H;9;?L;: 7I J>; <7J>;H M7I <KBBO ?DJ;HFH;J;: J>HEK=> >H?IJ  7D:
even the relationship between God and Abraham was meant to be
understood through the administration of Jesus.

THE EVERLASTING FATHER


Jesus is the reliable and faithful witness of God the Father.
One of the titles of Jesus is the Everlasting Father. He came to
J>;;7HJ>M?J>J>;IF;9?Z9?DJ;DJE< H;L;7B?D=!E:J>; 7J>;H M?J>
M>EI;M7OI";M7I9ECFB;J;BO<7C?B?7H )DJ>;;7HJ> ";M7IJ>;
spiritual father to the twelve disciples and showed them the exact
nature of the Father in Heaven. Because He so fully and accurately
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Father.
Like the relationship between God the Father and Jesus the
,ED 7IF?H?JK7BH;B7J?EDI>?F?I8K?BJKFED7<KD:7C;DJ7BJHKIJE< J>;
spiritual father by the son and a profound love of the son by the
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7BM7OI79JI<EHJ>;8;D;ZJE< J>;IED ->;C7JKH;<7J>;H?I>?CI;B< 
a source for the radiation of God the Fathers glory and a mature
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tutor and governor to that son of God assigned to him to be matriculated through the stages of sonship from infancy to maturity.
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to become a mature son of God and to take up his inheritance and


destiny in the House of God.
The power of this arrangement presents an eternal reality that
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EHF>7D9KBJKH; 7<7J>;HM>E79JI<EHJ>;8;D;ZJE< 7D7JKH7B9>?B:
?I7D7DEC7BO KJ 7IF?H?JK7B<7J>;HM?J>DE8?EBE=?97BH;B7J?EDI>?F
JE7IF?H?JK7BIEDM>E9EDI?IJ;DJBO79JI<EHJ>;IEDYI=EE: FH;I;DJI
to the world a relationship in which all of the hostilities driving
>KC7D8;?D=I7H;E8B?J;H7J;: 7D:7F?9JKH;E< :?L?D;?DJ;DJ?EDI?I
revealed again upon the earth.
#D J>; =H;7J "EKI; E<  !E:  F;EFB; E<  7BB :?<<;H;DJ H79;I 
IE9?E;9EDEC?9 9B7II;I  ;J>D?9 879A=HEKD:I  7D: =;D:;H 97D 8;
7II;C8B;:?DIF?H?JK7B<7C?B?;I >EKI;>EB:I 7D:KBJ?C7J;BO?DJE7D
;DJ?H;D7J?ED M>?9>M?BB>7L;IK99;;:;:?D;H7:?97J?D=7BB<EHCIE< 
human competition and division. The central idea around which
such a nation will be assembled is the principle of a spiritual father
7D:IED )DJ>;;7HJ> J>?IFH?D9?FB;?I7JOF;7D:7I>7:EME< J>;
reality of the order that is in heaven itself; the Father and the Son
seated upon the throne of God. It will be on the earth as it is in
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Earth Your Father

At the center of the relationship between God and man is the


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to an understanding of father. In establishing this relationship
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be replicated on the earth in the House of God is unmistakably
patriarchal.
The orphan culture in present society opposes the idea of a
F7JH?7H9>7B EH:;H M?J> ?D[7C;: F7II?ED 7D: 7 >7HI> 9H?J?9?IC E< 
<7J>;HI  -E 7 C?DEH?JO E<  J>; JEJ7B >KC7D FEFKB7J?ED  V<7J>;HW
;LEA;IJ>;:;;F;IJI;DI;E< I7J?I<79J?ED7D:M;BB
8;?D= "EM;L;H JE
CEIJ V<7J>;HW;LEA;I;CEJ?EDIJ>7JH7D=;<HEC<;7HJEH;LKBI?ED 
The culture of the orphan typically responds with overwhelming
negativity to the term father.
Although large numbers of people are content to forge a life
:;LE?: E<  7DO H;<;H;D9; JE V<7J>;H W J>; H;B7J?EDI>?F JE 7 <7J>;H
H;C7?DIJ>;KDH;IEBL;:9ED[?9J7JJ>;87I;E< CEIJF;EFB;YIB?L;I 
I :?I9KII;: ?D J>; ;7HB?;H 9>7FJ;HI E<  J>?I 8EEA  J>; <7?BKH; E< 
fathers has been both personal and systemic in the chronicle of
the evolution of the culture of orphans from its inception in the
Garden of Eden to its current manifestations. Because there has
8;;DDE9B;7HFEII?8?B?JOE< H;IEBL?D=J>?I;CEJ?ED7B9ED[?9J F;EFB;
make great efforts to avoid discussion or even mention of the issue.
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language that supports this pattern of avoidance. This preference
?IC7D?<;IJ;:?D?DJ;HFH;J7J?EDIE< ,9H?FJKH;J>7J7JJ;CFJJEZD:
security and well-being apart from the order of fathers and sons.
'EIJ 9ECCEDBO  J>EI; EFFEI;: JE 7 F7JH?7H9>7B EH:;H M?BB 9?J;
$;IKIY IJ7J;C;DJ  V:E DEJ 97BB 7DOED; ED ;7HJ> X<7J>;H Y <EH OEK
>7L;ED; 7J>;H 7D:>;?I?D>;7L;D W to support an idea that
the only proper usage of the term father is one directed toward
God. Any other usage is contrary to the words of Jesus and places
7 F;HIED ?DJE 7 FEI?J?ED C;7DJ ;N9BKI?L;BO <EH !E:  -OF?97BBO 
following this concept is an argument suggesting that the only
EH:;HEH7KJ>EH?JOJEM>?9>ED;I>EKB:;L;HIK8C?J?I!E: :?H;9Jly. This has become many peoples personal interpretation of the
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the status of orthodoxy.
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KDJ;D78B;D7JKH;E< J>?IFE?DJE< L?;M F7HJ?9KB7HBO9EDI?:;H?D=J>;
writings from the early church apostles. Paul describes his relationI>?FJEJ>;8;B?;L;HI?DEH?DJ> 7D:JE-?CEJ>O 7I<EBBEMI
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everywhere among the believers. Because Timothy was his spiritual
IED  *7KB 9EKB: I;D: >?C 7I 7 H;FH;I;DJ7J?L; JE J>; EH?DJ>?7DI 
-?CEJ>O M7I H7?I;: ?D 7D: <7C?B?7H M?J> *7KBYI M7OI 7D: 9EKB: 
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J>;H;<EH;  FKJ J>; 9>KH9> ?D EH?DJ> ?D H;C;C8H7D9; E<  *7KBYI
Christ-centered life. Paul understood his role as the father to
the Corinthian believers and to Timothy to have been ordained
8O>H?IJ 7D:>?IHEB;7I<7J>;HM7I<EKD:7J?ED7BJE>?IJ;79>?D=I
everywhere he preached.
(EJEDBO:?:*7KB;C8H79;7D:7:LE97J;J>?I<EHCE< EH:;H 
but in dealing with the Corinthians he actively asserted his fatherly
responsibility to confront them with their need for discipline. He
FHEL?:;: -?CEJ>O 7I 7D ?DJ;H?C IEBKJ?ED  8KJ ?D:?97J;: J>7J >;
would come to them at a later time to bring correction to them in
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42*4+ >4:-&;*'*(42*&774,&39&8.+ <*7*349(42.3,94>4: :9<.11(42*94>4:;*7>8443.+ 9-*47).8
<.11.3,&3)9-*3<.11F3)4:9349431>-4<9-*8*&774,&39
5*451*&7*9&10.3,':9<-&954<*79-*>-&;*479-*0.3,)42
4+ 4).8349&2&99*74+ 9&10':94+ 54<*7!-&9)4>4:
57*+*7 -&11(42*94>4:<.9-&74)4+ ).8(.51.3*478-&11
(42*.314;*&3)<.9-&,*391*85.7.9 
This letter shows clearly that Paul was the father to the Corinthians.
#D8EJ>D7C;7D:<KD9J?ED J>;;7HBO>KH9>M7I87I;:EDJ>;
relationship between individuals as fathers and sons. In addition to
H;<;HH?D=JE-?CEJ>OEDI;L;H7BEJ>;HE997I?EDI7I>?IIED  Paul
7BIEH;<;HH;:JE-?JKI7D:)D;I?CKI7IIEDI  and he functioned
7IJ>;?H<7J>;H -E-?JKI *7KBMHEJ; V-E-?JKI COJHK;IED?DEKH
common faith. The reason I left you in Crete was that you might
FKJ?DEH:;HM>7JM7IB;<JKDZD?I>;:7D:7FFE?DJ;B:;HI?D;L;HO
JEMD  7I # :?H;9J;: OEK W showing that Titus represented Paul
7D: *7KB ?DIJHK9J;: >?C 7I 7 <7J>;H  ,?C?B7HBO  *7KB 7FF;7B;: <EH
)D;I?CKIYFHEL?I?ED7D:JH;7J;:>?C7I7IED MH?J?D=
9.8&8343*49-*79-&3&:1A&341)2&3&3)34<&184&
57.843*74+ -7.89*8:8A9-&9&55*&194>4:+472>8433*8.2:8<-4'*(&2*2>843<-.1*<&8.3(-&.38472*71>-*
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&3)942*&28*3).3,-.2A<-4.82>;*7>-*&79A'&(0
94>4:
*;J;H7BIEH;<;HIJE$E>D'7HA7I>?IIED 7D:$E>D<H;GK;DJBO
referred to groups of believers as his children.
->;H;?IDE9ED[?9J?D,9H?FJKH;8;JM;;D$;IKIY?DIJHK9J?EDV:E
DEJ97BB7DOED;ED;7HJ>X<7J>;H YW7D:J>;MEH:IE< *7KB *;J;H 7D:
$E>D ->;;NFB7D7J?ED?IGK?J;I?CFB; 'EIJB7D=K7=;I7I9H?8;CKBJ?FB;C;7D?D=IJE7I?D=B;MEH:7D::;ZD;J>;F7HJ?9KB7HC;7D?D=8O
the context of usage and ones familiarity with the different ways
?DM>?9>J>7JJ;HCC7O8;FHEF;HBOKI;:  EH;N7CFB; 7DD=B?I>
speaker would understand that there are many different usages of
J>;MEH:VMEHB: W#< 7F;HIEDI7OI V#>7L;8;;DJH7L;B?D=?DJ>;
MEHB: W>;MEKB:?DJ;D:7:?<<;H;DJC;7D?D=J>7D?< >;M;H;JEI7O 
V'O<H?;D: 7D78IJH79JJ>?DA;H B?L;I?D>?IEMDMEHB: W->;ZHIJ
IJ7J;C;DJKI;IJ>;J;HCVMEHB:W=;E=H7F>?97BBO ?D:?97J?D=J>7JJ>;
IF;7A;H>7I8;;DJH7L;B?D=<HEC9EKDJHOJE9EKDJHO M>?B;J>;B7JJ;H
statements usage speaks of an intellectual construct regarding the
friends interests and activities.
99EH:?D=BO ?J?I;7IOJEKD:;HIJ7D:J>7JM>;DJ>;7FEIJB;$E>D
I7OI V<EH!E:IEBEL;:J>;MEHB: W he is referring to a different
MEHB:J>7DJ>;ED;>;>7I?DC?D:M>;D>;I7OI VEDEJBEL;J>;
MEHB:EH7DOJ>?D=?DJ>;MEHB: #< 7DOED;BEL;IJ>;MEHB: J>;BEL;
of the Father is not in him. Although he uses the same term
<EHMEHB:?D8EJ>H;<;H;D9;I >;C;7DIJME9ECFB;J;BO:?<<;H;DJ
J>?D=I )D;H;<;HIJE>KC7D?JO M>?B;J>;EJ>;HH;<;HIJEJ>;IOIJ;CI
that Satan has created to compete with the Kingdom of God. Both
?DIJ7D9;IFHEF;HBOKI;J>;J;HCVMEHB: W8KJJ>;MEHB:IJ>7JJ>;O
refer to are completely opposed to each other.
,?C?B7HBO  J>; DEJ;: KI7=;I E<  V<7J>;HW 8O $;IKI 7D: *7KB
denote different usages and meanings of the same word. There is no
9EDJH7:?9J?ED <EH;N7CFB; ?DH;<;HH?D=JE7D7JKH7B<7J>;H7I7V<7J>;H W
and God as our Father in heaven. It is possible to be born of both
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There are nine distinct usages of the word father throughEKJ J>; ,9H?FJKH;I  $;M?I> F;HIEDI C7O H;<;H JE 8H7>7C  #I779 
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$;IKIYIJ7J;C;DJH;<;HH;:JE7F7HJ?9KB7HKI7=; D7C;BOJ>7J!E:?I
the Father of our spirits if we are born again of the Holy Spirit.
Paul clearly understood this when he wrote:
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.81.;.3,.3>4:$%*<-47&.8*)-7.89+7429-*)*&)<.11
&184,.;*1.+*94>4:72479&1'4).*8'*(&:8*4+ $%.85.7.9
<-41.;*8.3>4:@-*5.7.9>4:7*(*.;*))4*83492&0*
>4:81&;*8849-&9>4:1.;*.3+*&7&,&.3
7&9-*79-*5.7.9>4:
7*(*.;*)'74:,-9&'4:9>4:7&)459.43948438-.5 3)'>-.2
<*(7>B ''&&9-*7C-*5.7.9-.28*1+ 9*89.F*8<.9-4:7
85.7.99-&9<*&7*4)E8(-.1)7*3
*7KB9B;7HBOKD:;HIJEE:J>7JM>;DM;7H;8EHD7=7?D EKHIF?H?JI8;9EC; FH;;C?D;DJ EL;H EKH IEKBI 7D: M; 8;9EC; D;M 9H;7J?EDI 
although we remain housed in the same bodies. Since being born
again is the restoration of the proper order of spirit and soul with?DC7D !E:8;=?DIJEIF;7A7=7?DJEEKHIF?H?JI7I";FH;L?EKIBO
did with Adam in the Garden. He becomes the Father of our
IF?H?JI W inasmuch as we are born again through the work of the
Spirit of our Father.
IIF?H?JK7B8;?D=I M;:;H?L;EKH;N?IJ;D9;7D:?:;DJ?JO<HEC
God our Father in contrast to only being born of our natural
<7J>;HI  #J CKIJ 8; DEJ;:  >EM;L;H  J>7J J>; EDBO ED; M>E C7O
FHEF;HBO97BB!E:V 7J>;HW?IED;8EHD7=7?DE< "?I,F?H?J I?D9;?J
?IJ>;,F?H?J"?CI;B< M>EJ;IJ?Z;IM?J>EKHIF?H?JIJ>7JM;7H;!E:YI
children. It would be inappropriate to refer to anyone else as the
one from whom we have derived our spiritual existence.
A spiritual father is Gods manner of providing a representation
of Himself to His children to bring them to their full maturity. God
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J>7J!E:7HH7D=;:J>;EH:;HE< "?I"EKI;JEH;[;9JJ>?I>;7L;DBO
reality on the earth and to restore the culture of heaven to humanA?D: +;=7H:?D=J>;FKHFEI;E< >?IHEB;7I7<7J>;H *7KBB7J;HMH?J;I
JEJ>;EH?DJ>?7DI V#7C@;7BEKI<EHOEKM?J>7=E:BO@;7BEKIO #
FHEC?I;:OEKJEED;>KI87D: JE>H?IJ IEJ>7J#C?=>JFH;I;DJ
you as a pure virgin to him.";7BIEMHEJ;JEJ>;!7B7J?7DI V'O
:;7H9>?B:H;D <EHM>EC#7C7=7?D?DJ>;F7?DIE< 9>?B:8?HJ>KDJ?B
>H?IJ?I<EHC;:?DOEK >EM#M?I>#9EKB:8;M?J>OEKDEM7D:
9>7D=;COJED; 8;97KI;#7CF;HFB;N;:78EKJOEKW Paul understood his role as one assigned by God to produce mature sons to
God. He was the one through whom they received the gospel of
>H?IJ IE>;<7J>;H;:J>;C?DJ>;<7?J> 7D:7IIKC;:7DED=E?D=
responsibility for their growth and maturity.
,?C?B7HBO $;IKI=7L;7D799EKDJ<EHJ>;-M;BL;J>7J!E:>7:
=?L;D JE "?C  I7O?D=  V# >7L; H;L;7B;: OEK JE J>EI; M>EC OEK
gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me
7D:J>;O>7L;E8;O;:OEKHMEH: W7D:V#>7L;C7:;OEKADEMD
JEJ>;C 7D:M?BB9EDJ?DK;JEC7A;OEKADEMD?DEH:;HJ>7JJ>;
love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in
them. Both Jesus and Paul understood that God cares for His
9>?B:H;D?DJ>;MEHB:8O7II?=D?D=J>;CJEIF;9?Z9<7J>;HIM>E7H;
assigned the responsibility of bringing them to maturity.
The twin factors of the culture of the orphan and the historic
abuse and neglect of fathers have created a climate of hostility
toward the order of God for the arrangement of His House. Any
conception of Scripture that supports and even legitimizes the
climate of hostility toward the order of God is erroneous.
God fully intends to restore the order of fathers and sons to
His House and to structure a governmental form that models that
H;7B?JO ->;FKHFEI;E< J>?I<EHC?IJE8;D;ZJJ>;IEDI8OJH7DIforming their culture through the functioning reality of spiritual
fathers who effectively model the character of God the Father. The
restoration of heavenly culture is the necessary foundation upon
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pleased to offer His rule as an alternative to the slavery inherent in


the kingdom of Satan. God destroys the appeal of this kingdom
through the righteous alternative of His mature children.
His House is designed to receive all those escaping the darkness
of Satans kingdom and the blinding effect of the orphan culture
EDJ>;L?I?EDE< C7D O?JIEH:;H J>;"EKI;E< !E:H;9EDD;9JI
EHF>7DIJE7<7J>;H H;IJEH?D=J>;?H:;IJ?DO7D:;IJ78B?I>?D=J>;C
with a continuity of purpose trans-generationally.
The order of the arrangement of the House of God is the
context in which the authority of Christ is received in the earth.
The functioning of the Kingdom of God is the governmental
basis of support for the entire structure of life that models the
order of heaven in the earth. The arrangement of the House of
!E:?I:;I?=D;:JEH;9EDD;9JC7DJE!E: H;IJEH;>?I7KJ>EH?JOJE
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the House of God

ORIGINAL AND DELEGATED AUTHORITY


The House of God is established on the authority of God
Himself. He gave that authority to Jesus as an original and exclusive grant.0?J>J>;L;IJ?D=E< J>7J7KJ>EH?JO $;IKI8;97C;
the undisputed King of heaven and earth. His claim is plenary
and establishes an absolute preemption against all other claims to
7KJ>EH?JO #J?D>;H;IJE"?C 7D:";97DD;?J>;H8;:?L;IJ;:E< ?J
nor can He ever alienate it. God would never take it from Him
since God swore an oath to establish Jesus as the scion of His
"EKI; ->;H;<EH; DEED;;BI;C7O9B7?CEH?=?D7B7KJ>EH?JO?D>;7L;D
or on earth.
Jesus advent into the world took place pursuant to this oath.
KH?D="?IB?<;EDJ>;;7HJ> !E:7DDEKD9;:$;IKIY8?HJ>8O7D=;BI
7D:?DJHE:K9;:"?C7JJ>;8;=?DD?D=E< "?IC?D?IJHO7I"?I,ED 
7JJ;IJ?D=JE$;IKIYIK?J78?B?JOJEH;FH;I;DJ!E: 8OJ>;I?=DE< J>;
Holy Spirit descending on Him and the voice of God speaking
<HEC >;7L;D  ?D7BBO  =?L?D= "?C 7BB 7KJ>EH?JO ?D >;7L;D 7D: ED
;7HJ> !E:H7?I;:"?C<HECJ>;:;7: 7D:?DJ>;FB7?DI?=>JE< 7
9HEM:E< M?JD;II;I $;IKI7I9;D:;:JE>;7L;D
->;ZHIJC;II7=;$;IKIY:?I9?FB;IFH;79>;:M7IEDJ>;7OE< 
*;DJ;9EIJ  J;D :7OI 7<J;H "?I 7I9;DI?ED ?DJE >;7L;D  *;J;H KI;:
the occasion to announce to the Jewish nation that Jesus was the
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King whose advent had been long prophesied. Peter was part of
79ECF7DOE< JM;BL;M?JD;II;ID;9;II7HOKD:;HJ>;B;=7BH;GK?H;ments of the day to establish proof of an event. They offered the
eyewitness testimony that Jesus was resurrected and ascended to
>;7L;D <KBZBB?D=J>;IJ7D:7H:I<EH?:;DJ?<O?D=J>;%?D=J>7JM;H;
;IJ78B?I>;:8O%?D=7L?: 
0>E;L;H 9B7?CI JE >7L; 7KJ>EH?JO ?D J>; :EC7?DI E<  >;7L;D
and earth must show a legitimate connection to Jesus plenary
7KJ>EH?JO 8;97KI;ED;C7OEDBO9B7?CIK9>7KJ>EH?JO7I7:;B;=7J;
E< >H?IJ  HEC"?IFB79;7JJ>;H?=>J>7D:E< J>; 7J>;H $;IKI
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
J>;IF?H?JE< 7D?D:?L?:K7B ";9EKB:DEJ7II;HJJ>;D;9;II7HO?D[Kence over the persons character or actions. This fellowship functions
EDJ>;87I?IE< ED;YIH;B7J?EDI>?FJE!E:7I 7J>;H V EHJ>EI;M>E
are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.260

THE HOLY SPIRIT


Since no institution has a living spirit with whom the Holy
,F?H?JC7O<;BBEMI>?F ?J?I?CFEII?8B;<EHJ>;"EBO,F?H?JJE8H?D=
order and discipline to any institution. Institutions are merely
Z9J?ED7BH;FH;I;DJ7J?EDIE< 7D79JK7B9EHFKI ;N?IJ?D=EDBO7IBED=
as they are empowered by a group or government. The authority
E< 7D?DIJ?JKJ?ED?IHEEJ;:?DJ>;=E7BIE< J>;;CFEM;H?D=8E:O 
not in a relationship to God. It is impossible for any institution
JE 9B7?C 7 H;B7J?EDI>?F M?J> J>; "EBO ,F?H?J  2;J  J>; "EBO ,F?H?J
EF;H7J;IJ>HEK=>"?IH;B7J?EDI>?FM?J>7>KC7DIF?H?J 0?J>EKJJ>;
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FH;H;GK?I?J;H;B7J?EDI>?FM?J>>H?IJYI:;B;=7J; J>;"EBO,F?H?J DE


F;HIEDEH?DIJ?JKJ?EDC7O9B7?CJ>;7KJ>EH?JOE< >H?IJ I?D9;J>;
Holy Spirit is the only means He appointed for the administration
E< "?IFEM;H BB?DIJ?JKJ?EDI J>;H;<EH; 7H;EKJI?:;J>;[EME< 
the delegated authority of Christ.
->;"EBO,F?H?J;CFEM;HIJ>;KD?GK;IF?H?JE< 7D?D:?L?:K7B 
KH?D=7F;HIEDYIB?<; >?IIF?H?J799ECCE:7J;IJ>;,F?H?JE< !E: 
which makes him into a son who represents the Father in His rule.
A claim that a grant of authority from Jesus to a particular indiL?:K7BC7OIK8I;GK;DJBO8;9EDI;HL;:?D7D?DIJ?JKJ?ED 7D:<KHJ>;H
:;B;=7J;:J>HEK=>J>7J?DIJ?JKJ?EDYI7:C?D?IJH7J?ED ?=DEH;IJ>;<79J
that the Holy Spirit continually stewards such a grant of authority
8O?DJ;H79J?D=M?J>ED;YIIF?H?J 0>;DJ>;F;HIEDM>EH;9;?L;:J>;
=H7DJE< 7KJ>EH?JO:?;I J>;FKHFEI;<EH>?IKD?GK;IF?H?J;D:I 7D:
the power granted to him lapses; his destiny is complete. The Holy
Spirit does not continue to steward the grant of authority in an
institution. Institutions can never accommodate the Spirit of God
since they do not exist as living beings with spirits.
The power of Christ is delegated to enable persons under the
9EDJHEBE< J>;IF?H?JJE<KBZBBJ>;:;IJ?DO!E:7FFE?DJ;:<EHJ>;C 
Any attempt to represent the power of Jesus Christ other than
through the Holy Spirit constitutes a challenge to the place of the
"EBO,F?H?J7D:JEJ>;L;HO7KJ>EH?JOE< >H?IJ E< M>?9>";?IJ>;
exclusive delegate.

THE SPIRIT ARRANGES THE HOUSE


The Holy Spirit assigns the fathers to the sons and the sons
JE J>; <7J>;HI  C7J9>?D= J>; <7J>;HIY 78?B?J?;I JE J>; IEDIY KD?GK;
needs. The fathers are judged to be worthy of being fathers by
H;7IEDE< J>;?H:;CEDIJH7J;:C7JKH?JO ->;,F?H?JADEMIJ>;KD?GK;
:;IJ?DOE< ;L;HOIED 8;97KI;";?I<7C?B?7HM?J>J>;?DJ;DJ?DJ>;
mind of God behind the creation of each person.
B!-&934*>*-&88**3<-&934*&7-&8-*&7)&3)<-&934
-:2&32.3)-&8(43(*.;*)CA9-*9-.3,84)-&857*5&7*)
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9-*)**59-.3,84+ 4)261
The Holy Spirit holds the fathers accountable for the proper treatC;DJE< J>;IEDI 7D:H;GK?H;IJ>;IEDIJE79ADEMB;:=;"?I7KJ>EHity in the fathers and to be accountable to them. The arrangement
of the relationship is designed with the good of the sons in mind.
The order established by the Holy Spirit is designed to mature the
sons as well as to make the entire House of God the instrument by
which God accomplishes His eternal purpose on earth.
->;"EKI;E< !E:?IDEJ7D;D:M?J>?D?JI;B< 8KJ7C;7DIJE
7D;D: I7IEDE< !E:?D9H;7I;I?DC7JKH?JO !E:;D:EMI>?C
with greater knowledge of his destiny and an increased measure
E<  FEM;H 7D: 7KJ>EH?JO IK<Z9?;DJ JE <KBZBB J>; ?D9H;C;DJ E<  >?I
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
7J>;H=BEH?Z;:J>;IED IE7BIEJ>;9EHFEH7J;>H?IJH;L;7BIJ>;=BEHO
of the Father. The Holy Spirit arranges the corporate Christ so that
;79>IED?I7BIEH;L;7B;: ?DJ>;B;L;BE< >?IC7JKH?JO 7IJ>;<KBBD;II
of Christ is put on display:
.3(*9-*3>4:-&;*'**37&.8*)<.9--7.898*9>4:7-*&798
439-.3,8&'4;*<-*7*-7.89.88*&9*)&99-*7.,-9-&3)4+ 
4)*9>4:72.3)8439-.3,8&'4;*34943*&79-1>9-.3,8
47>4:).*)&3)>4:71.+*.834<-.))*3<.9--7.89.34)
!-*3-7.89<-4.8>4:71.+*&55*&789-*3>4:&184<.11
&55*&7<.9--.2.3,147>262
BBJ>;IEDI FHEF;HBO7HH7D=;:7IJ>;"EKI;E< !E:7D:<KD9J?ED?D=8OJ>;7KJ>EH?JOE< >H?IJ ;IJ78B?I>ED;7HJ>7F?9JKH;E< J>;
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
J>;<7BBE< C7D ?DM>?9>,7J7DYI?D[K;D9;>7I8;;D9ECFEKD:;:
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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.

A COPY AND SHADOW OF WHAT IS IN HEAVEN


God planned to bring realities that have previously existed in
heaven into the earth in the same manner in which they exist in
heaven.->;I;H;7B?J?;I7H;<EHJ>;8;D;ZJE< 7BB>KC7DA?D: 8KJ
particularly that portion of His house that lives upon the earth.
The simultaneous coexistence of these heavenly things in both
realms is meant to harmonize the standards of earth to those of
heaven. This was always part of the overall plan of God to redeem
humankind to His original intent for them.
The House of God on the earth is the enclave through which
God introduces the realities of heavenly standards into the earth.
0?J>?DJ>;L;DK;E< ;7HJ> J>;"EKI;E< !E:?I:;I?=D;:JEFKJ
heavenly realities on display. The environment within this enclave
is simultaneously compatible to heavens mandates while foreign
to the normal environment of earth. Although it is meant to be
8;D;Z9?7B JE >KC7DA?D:  ?JI IJH7D=;D;II JE J>; 9KBJKH; E<  ;7HJ>
E<J;D97KI;I?JJE8;L?;M;:M?J>IKIF?9?ED C?IKD:;HIJ7D:?D= 7D:
even hostility.
"?IJEH?97BBO  !E: >7I 7HH7D=;: JOF;I 7D: I>7:EMI E<  J>;I;
heavenly realities among His people in advance of the coming of
the realities to remind His people of the promises that He has
C7:; J>7J MEKB: FHE=H;II?L;BO 8; <KBZBB;: 7I J>; H;7B?J?;I JH7DI?tioned into the earth from heaven. These types and shadows are
sent in order to sensitize their culture and predispose their souls
JE H;9;?L; J>; >;7L;DBO ?CF7HJ7J?EDI  J IK9> J?C;I  J>; F;EFB;
of God who walk in the understanding provided by types and
shadows are lights to the nations in which they are placed.
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The existence of a shadow of a heavenly thing presumes that


J>;J>?D=?JI;B< >7IDEJO;JJH7DI?J?ED;:JE;7HJ>  EH;N7CFB; V4->;
Levitical Priests] served at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of
what is in heaven.But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as
superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is supeH?EHJEJ>;EB:ED; I?D9;J>;D;M9EL;D7DJ?I;IJ78B?I>;:ED8;JJ;H
promises.266*7KBMH?J;I?D";8H;MIJ>7J8O97BB?D=J>;9EL;D7DJ
8HEK=>J8O$;IKIVD;M WJ>;EB:9EL;D7DJI;HL;:8OJ>;&;L?J?97B
priesthood was made obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated
will soon disappear.IBED=7IJ>;9EFOH;C7?D;: ?JM7I9;HJ7?D
that the reality had not yet appeared.
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48941>1&(*-&)349>*9'**3).8(148*)&8143,&89-*F789
9&'*73&(1*<&889.11+:3(9.43.3,@ :9<-*3-7.89(&2*&8
-.,-57.*894+ 9-*,44)9-.3,89-&9&7*34<&17*&)>-*7*-*
<*399-74:,-9-*,7*&9*7&3)247*5*7+*(99&'*73&(1*9-&9.8
3492&)*<.9--:2&3-&3)89-&9.8948&>.8349&5&794+ 
9-.8(7*&9.43
IBED=7IJ>;9EFOH;C7?DI ?J?I9;HJ7?DJ>7J799;II?DJEJ>;H;7B?JO
>7IDEJO;J8;;D=H7DJ;: 8KJM>;DJ>;H;7B?JOC7A;I?JI7:L;DJ ?J
is supported by the necessary power and authority to enable it to
<KD9J?ED 7D:?J?I7JJ;D:;:8OJ>;H;GK?I?J;EH:;HJE799ECFB?I>J>;
purposes for which it was designed:
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94 '* 5:7.F*) <.9- 9-*8* 8&(7.F(*8 ':9 9-* -*&;*31> 9-.3,8
9-*28*1;*8<.9-'*99*78&(7.F(*89-&39-*8*47-7.89).)349
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It is only after this transition has occurred that access into the reality
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and shadow in Abrahams house. The arrangement of Abrahams
house was a copy and shadow of the House of God designed to
familiarize the earth with the order of a holy nation. The order of
8H7>7CYI>EKI; J>;H;<EH; ?IKI;<KBJE:;L;BEFJ>;KD:;HIJ7D:?D=
of the revelation of the House of God in the earth.

FROM CHALDEA TO CANAAN


God gave the promise to Abraham that he would be the faJ>;HE< 7=H;7JD7J?ED J>HEK=>M>?9>>H?IJMEKB:;L;DJK7BBO8;
brought into the world. Although God gave the promise to Abra>7C:?H;9JBO ?JM7IDEJKDJ?B<EKH=;D;H7J?EDIB7J;HJ>7J7IA;J9>O
outline of the form of the promise would begin to emergeit
would be forty-two generations from the time of the promise to
?JI KBJ?C7J; <KBZBBC;DJ  EKH =;D;H7J?EDI <HEC J>; J?C; E<  J>;
FHEC?I; JM;BL;IEDIM;H;8EHDJE$79E8 7D:7D7J?ED8;=7DJE
take shape. These twelve sons would become the patriarchs of the
tribes that would form the framework for the future nation. How;L;H ?JMEKB:DEJ8;<EH7DEJ>;H<EKH>KD:H;:O;7HI M>;D#IH7;B
;C;H=;:<HEC=OFJ J>7J'EI;IMEKB:7HH7D=;J>;C?DJ>;<EHC
of a nation.
The timing of the Lord is a vital component of His prom?I;I  HECJ>;J?C;E< J>;?IIK7D9;E< 7FHEC?I;JE?JI<KBZBBC;DJ 
C7DO9>7D=;I7H;D;9;II7HO?DEH:;H<EHJ>;FHEC?I;JE8;<KBZBB;: 
0?J>EKJJ>;I;9>7D=;I J>;FHEC?I;I;?J>;H9EKB:DEJ8;<KBZBB;:
EHJ>;?H<KBZBBC;DJMEKB:DEJ8;78B;II?D=JEJ>EI;H;9;?L?D=J>;
promise.
#D J>; 97I; E<  8H7>7C  J>; JH7DI?J?EDI E<  >?I F;EFB; M;H;
9HK9?7B JE J>; <KBZBBC;DJ E<  J>; FHEC?I;  8H7>7C 8;=7D B?<; ?D
Ur of the Chaldees and grew up in a polytheistic society. Although
8H7>7C>?CI;B< 8;B?;L;:?DJ>;ED;JHK;!E: >;97C;<HEC7
family that had household gods.  %DEM?D= J>?I  >; MEKB: DEJ
F;HC?J >?I IED #I779 JE B;7L; 7D77D ;L;D JE =E JE ZD: 7 M?<;
7CED=>?IA?D<EBA #DIJ;7: >?II;HL7DJB;7P7HM7I:?IF7J9>;:ED
the mission.<J;H8H7>7C>7:8;;DB?8;H7J;:<HECJ>;?D[K157

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;D9;IE< J>7JFEBOJ>;?IJ?99KBJKH; >;M7IKDM?BB?D=JEF;HC?JJ>;


IEDE< FHEC?I;JE9EC;KD:;HJ>7J?D[K;D9; ->H;;=;D;H7J?EDI
M;H;H;GK?H;:JEJH7DI?J?EDJE7CEDEJ>;?IJ?99KBJKH; #DJ>;<EKHJ>
=;D;H7J?ED J>;<7J>;HIE< J>;D7J?EDM;H;8EHD 
OJ>;D J>;9KBJKH;>7:<KBBOJH7DI?J?ED;: ->;9>7D=;M7I;L?dent when Joseph prophesied the resurrection of the nation from
Egypt and charged Israel to take his remains back to Canaan for
ZD7B8KH?7B L;DJ>EK=>>;9EKB:>7L;>7:ED;E< J>;CEIJ;B78EH7J;
8KH?7B 9>7C8;HI ?D =OFJ 8;97KI; E<  >?I ;N7BJ;: IJ7JKI  ?J M7I
?CFEHJ7DJJE>?CJE8;?:;DJ?Z;:M?J>J>;9KBJKH;E< >?I<7J>;HI
7D:J>;?HKD?GK;FHEC?I; 
!E:?DJ;D:;:JE<KBZBBJ>;FHEC?I;JE8H7>7C8O8H?D=?D=J>;
+;:;;C;H?DJEJ>;MEHB:J>HEK=>7D;DJ?H;D7J?ED I?D9;?JMEKB:
H;GK?H;7D;DJ?H;D7J?EDJECE:;BJ>;9KBJKH;J>7JMEKB:9EC;M?J>
J>;<KBZBB?D=E< J>;FHEC?I; :?IFB7O?D=7L;?B;:EH:;HE< >;7L;D ->?I
type and shadow prepared the way for the advent of the House of
!E: ?DM>?9>J>;<KBBD;IIE< M>E>H?IJ?I7D:M>7J";799ECplished would be put on display through a holy nation.
The comparison between reality and its antecedent is obvious.
Jesus also began to form the holy nation with the twelve men God
gave Him. The notable difference between Abraham and Jesus was
J>7J 7IJ>;B?L?D=!E: $;IKI:?:DEJH;GK?H;79>7D=;?D9KBJKH; 
and His disciples could learn the culture of heaven from His perfect presentation of it.
The Old Testament revealed in detail the order of the nation
that emerged from Egypt through an incident that occurred shortly
7<J;H#IH7;B;DJ;H;:J>;*HEC?I;:&7D: IJ>;O97C;JEJ>;ZHIJ
9?JO?D7D77D !E:H;GK?H;:J>7J7BBJ>;I?BL;H7D:=EB:7D:7HJ?9B;I
of bronze and iron taken from the city of Jericho be devoted to
Him and be put into the treasury of the Lords house. The fact
that not everyone complied with this was not discovered immedi7J;BO #IH7;BYIZ=>J?D=<EH9;7DJ?9?F7J;:7I;9ED:C?H79KBEKIL?9JEHO
over the city of Ai as they moved into position to attack that city.
,E9EDZ:;DJM;H;J>;OE< J>;EKJ9EC; J>7JKFEDJ>;H;9ECC;D:7J?EDE< J>;?HI9EKJ?D=F7HJO J>;OJEEAEDBO7JEA;D<EH9;E< 
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about three thousand men. They were completely taken by surprise


7JJ>;<;HE9?JOE< J>;:;<;D:;HI7D:[;:?D7HEKJ BEI?D=J>?HJO
I?N
C;C8;HIE< J>;7JJ79A?D=F7HJO?DJ>;IA?HC?I> $EI>K7 DEMJ>;
B;7:;HE< #IH7;BI?D9;J>;:;7J>E< 'EI;I IK<<;H;:>?IZHIJC7@EH
:;<;7J7D:M7I:;L7IJ7J;: #D>?IJEHC;DJ7D:9ED<KI?ED >;JEH;
his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the Lord and
stayed in that position for several hours.
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)4<343>4:7+&(* 87&*1-&88.33*)
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9-* 87&*1.9*8(&3349 89&3) &,&.389 9-*.7 *3*2.*8
9-*> 9:73
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)*897:(9.43<.11349'*<.9->4:&3>247*:31*88>4:)*8974>
<-&9*;*7&243,>4:.8)*;49*)94)*897:(9.43C
->;&EH:J>;D=7L;$EI>K7IF;9?Z9?DIJHK9J?EDI7IJE>EMJE
:?I9EL;HJ>;I?D7CED=J>;F;EFB; M>?9>7BIEH;L;7BJ>;7HH7D=;C;DJ
of this nation. They were to consecrate themselves as they prepared
to stand before the Lord the following day.
39-*2473.3,57*8*39>4:78*1;*897.'*'>97.'*-*97.'*
9-*(-448*88-&11(42*+47<&7)(1&3'>(1&3
9-*(1&3
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(4;*3&394+ 9-*&3)-&8)43*&34:97&,*4:89-.3,
.387&*1 
OJ>;I;?DIJHK9J?EDI !E:H;L;7B;:>EM";9EDD;9J;:H;B7J?EDships that formed the nation of Israel.
This was Gods design for connecting a person to an entire
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D7J?ED 7D:J>;D7J?EDJEJ>;F;HIED ->;FHEIF;H?JO7D:M;BB


8;?D=
E< J>;M>EB;D7J?ED:;J;HC?D;:J>;9ED:?J?EDE< J>;?D:?L?:K7B 
and the actions of the individual could determine what happened
to the entire nation: But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to
J>;:;LEJ;:J>?D=I9>7DIEDE< %7HC? J>;IEDE< 3?CH? J>;IED
E< 3;H7> E< J>;JH?8;E< $K:7> JEEAIEC;E< J>;C ,EJ>;&EH:YI
anger burned against Israel. BJ>EK=> 9>7D 79J;: 7BED;  >?I
79J?EDIM;H;7JJH?8KJ;:JE 7BB E<  #IH7;B  7D: J>;7JJ;D:7DJ 9EDI;GK;D9;IM;H;8EHD;8OJ>;;DJ?H;D7J?ED 0>;D!E:7::H;II;:J>;
C7JJ;HJE$EI>K7 >;:?:DEJH;<;HJEJ>;I?DE< 9>7D 8KJJEJ>;
sin of Israel. The entire nation was contaminated by the sin of one
C7D 7D:7BBIK<<;H;:J>;9EDI;GK;D9;I;GK7BBO
A further examination of the story of Achan yields valuable
insights into how God structured the nation of Israel as a type and
shadow of His spiritual house:
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97.'*8&3):)&-<&8(-48*3-*(1&384+ :)&-(&2*+47<&7) &3) 9-* #*7&-.9*8 <*7* (-48*3 * -&) 9-* (1&3 4+ 
9-*#*7&-.9*8(42*+47<&7)'>+&2.1.*8&3)#.27.<&8(-48*348-:&-&)-.8+&2.1>(42*+47<&7)2&3'>2&3&3)
(-&38434+ &72.9-*8434+ #.27.9-*8434+ #*7&-
4+ 9-*97.'*4+ :)&-<&8(-48*3
Upon the discovery that Israels troubles were related to the
79J?L?J?;IE< 9>7D >;M7II;J8;<EH;J>;;DJ?H;D7J?ED7D:9ED<;II;:>?IMHED=:E?D= ";>7:J7A;D<EH>?CI;B< 9;HJ7?DGK7DJ?J?;IE< =EB:7D:I?BL;HJE=;J>;HM?J>7ZD;=7HC;DJE< 78OBED?7D
origin. These he had hidden under the main pole in his tent.
->;9EDI;GK;D9;IJ>7J<EBBEM;:7H;IJKDD?D= 9>7D >?IIEDI
7D::7K=>J;HI JE=;J>;HM?J>>?IB?L;IJE9A7D:7BBE< >?IEJ>;H=EE:I
7D:FEII;II?EDI M;H;J7A;DJEJ>;L7BB;OE< 9>EH VS->;D7BB
#IH7;BIJED;:>?C 7D:7<J;HJ>;O>7:IJED;:J>;H;IJ J>;O8KHD;:
J>;C )L;H9>7DJ>;O>;7F;:KF7B7H=;F?B;E< HE9AI M>?9>H;mains to this day."?I?CC;:?7J;<7C?BOM7IA?BB;:M?J>>?C 
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actions were as extreme for him personally as they were for the nation of Israel. Joshua and the army lost the battle with Ai and suffered thirty-six casualties. Achan lost his life and those of his sons
7D::7K=>J;HI ;<<;9J?L;BOE8B?J;H7J?D=>?IB?D;7=;<HEC#IH7;B

FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS


->;IJEHOE< 9>7DH;L;7BI7:?IJ?D9JIE9?;J7BEH:;H JJ>;ZHIJ
B;L;BE< J>?IEH:;HM7IJ>;<7C?BO 9>7D>7:>?IEMD<7C?BO 9ECprising his sons and daughters. He was selected from among the
9>?B:H;DE< >?I<7J>;H %7HC? M>E?DJKHDM7II;B;9J;:<HEC7CED=
J>; IEDI E<  >?I <7J>;H  3?CH?  #J ?I DEJ ADEMD M>;J>;H 9>7DYI
<7J>;H7D:=H7D:<7J>;HM;H;7B?L; 8KJ>;M7I<HEC7CED=J>;<7C?B?;I
that came from the line of Zimri. Because Achan himself had a
<7C?BO  J>; H;<;H;D9; JE J>; <7C?BO E<  >?I =H7D:<7J>;H 3?CH? ?I 7
reference to the collection of families known as a household.
0>;D J>; ,9H?FJKH;I H;<;H JE J>; <7C?BO E<  3?CH?  J>; ?CFB?cation is that all the families out of his line were selected from
among the clan of the Zerahites. Since a persons immediate family
?IF7HJE< 7D7D9;IJH7B<7C?BO ?J?I7FFHEFH?7J;JEH;<;HJE8EJ>7I
7<7C?BO "EM;L;H J>;J;HCV>EKI;>EB:W?I7FFHEFH?7J;M>;D?J?I
necessary to distinguish between an immediate family and a group
E< <7C?B?;IJE=;J>;H #DJ>?I9EDJ;NJ J>;>EKI;>EB:MEKB:H;<;HJE
7KD?J9ECFH?I?D=C7DO<7C?B?;I M>;H;7I7<7C?BOMEKB:H;<;HJE
J>;?D:?L?:K7B<7C?BOKD?J IK9>7IV9>7DS>?IIEDI7D::7K=>ters.  0>;H;7I  J>; MEH: >EKI;>EB: 87O?J> C7O H;<;H JE 7
8K?B:?D=B?A;7<EHJH;IIEH7:KD=;ED EH;L;D7<79?B?JOJ>7J>EKI;I
7<7C?BO ?JIF7HJ?9KB7H7FFB?97J?ED?IJE7<7C?BOJ>7JC7O9ECFH?I;
several families.
8H7>7CYI>EKI;>EB: J>;D 9ECFH?I;:C7DO<7C?B?;I I>;7:
E< J>?I>EKI;>EB: 8H7>7CM7I>;7:EL;HDEJ@KIJ>?I?CC;:?7J;
<7C?BO 8KJE< >?IA?DIC;D 99EH:?D=BO M>;DMEH:97C;JE8H7>7CJ>7J>?ID;F>;M&EJ>7:8;;D78:K9J;: V>;97BB;:EKJJ>;
three hundred eighteen trained men born in his household and
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hold. Lot was of the household of Abram before he separated


his family and went out on his own.
#D7I;F7H7J;?D9?:;DJ !E:9>EI;DEJJEA;;F<HEC8H7>7C
His decision to destroy the city of Sodom where Lot lived with his
wife and his two daughters. God decided to tell Abraham what He
M7I78EKJJE:E ADEM?D=J>7J8H7>7CMEKB:FB;7:M?J>"?CDEJ
to destroy Lot in the process. The Lord said:
-&11-.)*+742 '7&-&2<-&9&2&'4:994)4  '7&-&2
<.118:7*1>'*(42*&,7*&9&3)54<*7+:13&9.43&3)&113&9.43843*&79-<.11'*'1*88*)9-74:,--.247-&;*(-48*3
-.2849-&9-*<.11).7*(9-.8(-.1)7*3&3)-.8-4:8*-41)&+9*7
-.2940**59-*<&>4+ 9-*'>)4.3,<-&9.87.,-9
&3)/:89849-&99-*<.11'7.3,&'4:9+47 '7&-&2
<-&9-*-&85742.8*)-.2
Gods plan for Abraham was to train him to faithfully obey the
ways of God. He was also instructed to direct his children to observe carefully and to incorporate as the central tenet of their family life the will of God from one generation to another. The result
MEKB:8;J>7J BED=7<J;H8H7>7C>7::?;: >?I>EKI;>EB:MEKB:
mature into a holy nation.
God established the family as the environment in which the
9>?B:H;D MEKB: 8; ?DJHE:K9;: JE J>; 9KBJKH; E<  >;7L;D  J>HEK=>
the training and instructions of their fathers. The principal duties of the father were to instill obedience and reverence for the
commandments and decrees of God and to supervise the disciFB?D?D=7D:JH7?D?D=E< ;79>9>?B: !E:IF;9?Z97BBO>;B:J>;<7J>;H
accountable for these results.
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4)).7*(9*)2*949*&(->4:944'8*7;*.39-*1&3)9-&9>4:
&7*(7488.3,9-*47)&3945488*88849-&9>4:>4:7(-.1)7*3
&3)9-*.7(-.1)7*3&+9*79-*22&>+*&79-*>4:74)
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(422&3)2*398 9-&9  ,.;* >4: 94)&> &7* 94 '* :543 >4:7
-*&798 257*88 9-*2 43 >4:7 (-.1)7*3 &10 &'4:9 9-*2
<-*3 >4: 8.9 &9 -42* &3) <-*3 >4: <&10 &143, 9-* 74&)
<-*3>4:1.*)4<3&3)<-*3>4:,*9:5.*9-*2&88>2'418
43>4:7-&3)8&3)'.3)9-*243>4:7+47*-*&)8!7.9*9-*2
439-*)447+7&2*84+ >4:7-4:8*8&3)43>4:7,&9*8
.D:;HJ>;JKJ;B7=;E< <7J>;HI 9>?B:H;DMEKB:9EC;JE>7L;?DI?=>J
?DJEJ>;M7OIE< !E: 7D:MEKB:8;7<<EH:;:7FFHEFH?7J;=K?:7D9;
as they proceeded to walk in this knowledge:
.=9-*8*<47)84+ 2.3*.3>4:7-*&798&3)2.3)8
9.*9-*2
&88>2'41843>4:7-&3)8&3)'.3)9-*243>4:7+47*-*&)8
*&(-9-*294>4:7(-.1)7*39&10.3,&'4:99-*2<-*3>4:
8.9&9-42*&3)<-*3>4:<&10&143,9-*74&)<-*3>4:1.*
)4<3&3)<-*3>4:,*9:5!7.9*9-*2439-*)447+7&2*84+ 
>4:7-4:8*8&3)43>4:7,&9*8849-&9>4:7)&>8&3)9-*)&>8
4+ >4:7(-.1)7*32&>'*2&3>.39-*1&3)9-*8<47*
94,.;*>4:7&3(*89478&82&3>&89-*)&>89-&99-*-*&;*38
&7*&'4;*9-**&79-
The duty of a father was to provide continuity of instruction re=7H:?D= J>; H;GK?H;C;DJI E<  J>; FHEC?I; J>7J :?IJ?D=K?I>;: J>?I
D7J?ED7CED=J>;F;EFB;IE< J>;;7HJ> I7D7J?ED J>;O97HH?;:
<EHM7H:J>;I;;:E< J>;<KBZBBC;DJE< J>;FHEC?I;
3)&>894(42*<-*3>4:7843&808>4:B!-&9)4*89-.8
2*&3 C 8&> 94 -.2 B!.9- & 2.,-9> -&3) 9-* 
'74:,-9 :8 4:9 4+  ,>59 4:9 4+  9-* 1&3) 4+  81&;*7> @
-.8.8<->8&(7.F(*949-*9-*F7892&1*4++857.3,
4+ *;*7><42'&3)7*)**2*&(-4+ 2>F789'4738438C 3)
.9 <.11 '* 1.0* & 8.,3 43 >4:7 -&3) &3) & 8>2'41 43 >4:7
+47*-*&)9-&99-*'74:,-9:84:94+ ,>59<.9--.8
2.,-9>-&3)
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.DJ?BJ>;FHEC?I;M7I<KBZBB;:J>HEK=>>H?IJ J>;D7J?ED>7H8EH;:
the necessary duty of maintaining a culture that was conducive to
J>; <KBZBBC;DJ E<  J>; FHEC?I;  ->?I :KJO M7I ZHCBO 7II?=D;: JE
<7J>;HI 7D:J>;9KBJKH;?JI;B< M7IC;7DJJE8;DKHJKH;:7D:FH;served within the family.

DUTIES AND BENEFITS OF BELONGING TO A HOUSEHOLD


#DJ>;CE:;BE< 8H7>7CYI>EKI; <7C?B?;I7H;C;7DJJE<EHC
JE=;J>;H?DJE>EKI;>EB:I 7D:;L;DJK7BBO?DJE7D7J?ED ->;C?I9ED:K9J E<  7D ?D:?L?:K7B 9EKB: >7L; B;J>7B 9EDI;GK;D9;I  DEJ
only for his family but also for the household to which the family
8;BED=;: 7D:KBJ?C7J;BO;L;D<EHJ>;D7J?ED ->;FB79;E< J>;<7C?BOM?J>?DJ>;>EKI;>EB:97C;M?J>8EJ>:KJ?;I7D:8;D;ZJI ->;
individual members of the family are meant to be part of a greater
community to which they owed the duty of maintaining the good
name and reputation of the family line. Inasmuch as Gods prom?I;I 7H; JE <7J>;HI 7D: J>;?H =;D;H7J?EDI 7<J;H J>;C  DE ED; M7I
meant to live and function exclusively as an individual. There was
an established sense of accountability not only to ones father and
the immediate family but also to that group of families who came
from a common ancestor.
->;H; M;H; 7BIE DKC;HEKI 8;D;ZJI JE J>; ?D:?L?:K7B M>E
8;BED=;: JE 7 >EKI;>EB:  #D J>; 97I; E<  M?:EMI 7D: EHF>7DI 
J>; >EKI;>EB: >7: IF;9?Z9 :KJ?;I JE 97H; <EH J>;C  ->?I 9KBJKH;
;N?IJ;:FH?EHJEJ>;D7J?EDE< #IH7;B -;H7> J>;<7J>;HE< 8H7C 
(7>EH  7D: "7H7D  B;<J .H E<  J>; >7B:;;I 7<J;H >?I IED "7H7D
:?;: ";JEEAM?J>>?C8H7C >?I=H7D:IED&EJ"7H7DYIIED 
7D: >?I :7K=>J;H
?D
B7M ,7H7? 7D: >;7:;: EKJ JE 7D77D  &7J;H 
M>;D-;H7>:?;: J>;&EH:I7?:JE8H7C VX!E<HECOEKH9EKDJHO 
your people and your fathers household to the land I will show
OEK YS,E8H7CM;DJ 7IJ>;&)+>7:JEB:>?C7D:&EJM;DJ
with him. ?HIJ -;H7>7IIKC;:H;IFEDI?8?B?JO<EH>?I=H7D:IED &EJ  7D: KFED >?I :;7J>  J>7J H;IFEDI?8?B?JO M7I JH7DI<;HH;:
JE8H7C >?I;B:;IJIED 8H7CM7II;L;DJO
ZL;O;7HIEB:7JJ>;
J?C; 7D:>7:DE9>?B:H;DE< >?IEMDI?D9;,7H7?M7I87HH;D  EH7BB
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The role of households was critical to the stability of early cit?;I 7D:<7J>;HIE< >EKI;>EB:I79J;:<EHJ>;8;D;ZJE< J>;<7C?B?;I
under their protection. Because ancient peoples settled in ancestral
B7D:I 7=H?9KBJKH;7D:7D?C7B>KI87D:HO<EHC;:I?=D?Z97DJF7HJIE< 
J>;;9EDEC?9B?<;E< J>;I;IE9?;J?;I )L;HJ?C; 9?J?;IM;H;<EHC;:
to facilitate trading and protection. These cities were populated by
households. Fathers of households would assemble at the gates of
the city to conduct all manner of transactions. The orderliness of
their administration was the underlying foundation for the peace
and prosperity of the families that made up the city. These cities
were part of the inheritance given to a clan.

CLANS, TRIBES, AND A NATION


->;>EKI;>EB:IE< 3?CH?M;H;F7HJE< J>;9B7DE< J>;3;H7>?J;I 
and the clan of the Zerahites was among the many other clans that
formed the tribe of Judah. The nation of Israel itself comprised
JM;BL;JH?8;I 7CED=M>?9>M7IJ>;JH?8;E< $K:7> 79>E< J>;
divisions of the nation was designed to perform a particular function
intimately associated with the very reason for the existence of the
nation.
Each tribe was given an allotment of land as its inheritance.
B7DII;JJB;:?DJ>;H;=?EDIE< J>;?HJH?87BB7D:=H7DJ 7D:;L;DJK7BBO
;IJ78B?I>;:9?J?;IM?J>?DJ>;I;H;=?EDI ,?D9;JH?8;I7D:9B7DI B?A;
>EKI;>EB:I  97C; <HEC 7 9ECCED 7D9;IJEH  <7C?B?;I J>7J M;H;
bound together by a common bloodline and a common history
populated all the cities within an ancestral land grant. This afforded
maximum regional stability and ultimately national stability. It was
the foundation of both national identity and prophetic purpose.
BJ>EK=> ;79> F;HIED M7I 7D ?D:?L?:K7B M?J> 7 KD?GK; :;IJ?DO 
everyone was aware of belonging to a greater whole. Personal identity
was supported by a greater sense of common history and an
inheritance in land. The laws of Israel recognized the importance
of maintaining a persons connection to an estate in land.
 FH?C; ;N7CFB; ?I J>; O;7H E<  $K8?B;;  M>?9> M7I :;I?=D;:
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to restore families to their connection with their ancestral identity


J7D=?8BO9EDD;9J;:JEJ>;?HEMD;HI>?FE< J>;B7D: L;HOZ<J?;J>
O;7H 7BBB7D:I7B?;D7J;:<HECJ>;?HEH?=?D7BEMD;HIJ>HEK=>>7H:ships and adversities will return to the direct descendants living at
the time.
438*(7&9*9-*F+9.*9->*&7&3)574(1&.21.'*79>9-74:,-4:9
9-*1&3)94&11.98.3-&'.9&39898-&11'*&/:'.1**+47>4:

*&(-4+ >4:.8947*9:7394>4:7+&2.1>5745*79>&3)94>4:7
4<3(1&3@39-.8"*&74+ :'.1***;*7>43*.8947*9:7394
9-*.74<35745*79>+ >4:8*111&3)94&3>4+ >4:74<35*451*
47':>1&3)+7429-*2)43499&0*&);&39&,*4+ *&(-49-*7
"4: &7* 94 ':> +742 >4:7 4<3 5*451* 43 9-* '&8.8 4+  9-*
3:2'*74+ >*&788.3(*9-*:'.1**@-*1&3)2:89349'*
841)5*72&3*391>'*(&:8*9-*1&3).82.3*&3)>4:7*8.)*.3
2>1&3)&8+47*.,3*78&3)897&3,*78@+ &3>43*&243,>4:
'*(42*85447&3)8*118842*4+ 9-*.75745*79>9-*.73*&7*89
7*1&9.;*.894(42*&3)7*)**2<-&99-*>-&;*841)
0?J>?DJ>;&;L?J?97BE:;N C7DOH;=KB7J?EDIFHEL?:;:<EHJ>;H;:;CFJ?EDE< 7=H?9KBJKH7BB7D: >EKI;IM?J>?D9?J?;I 7D:;L;DF;Hsonal service contracts. The laws that governed the repatriation
of families to their ancestral estates in land were clearly designed
JEC7?DJ7?D7DED=E?D=9EDD;9J?EDJEJ>;?HKD?GK;FKHFEI;7IJ>;
descendants of Abraham. They did so by creating and maintaining
a culture that held the people together. The order renewed the naJ?ED;L;HOZ<J?;J>O;7H8OH;I;JJ?D=J>;<7C?B?;IM?J>?DJ>;?H>;H?J7=;
and inheritance.
Even the concept of patriarch was associated with a land grant.
"?IJEH?97BBO  J>; MEH: VF7JH?7H9>W H;<;HH;: JE 8EJ> <7J>;H 7D:
ancestral homeland. The term patria is derived from that root
7D: 9ECCEDBO H;<;HI JE J>; 9EKDJHO E<  ED;YI <7J>;HI  0>;D J>;
&EH: =7L; J>; FHEC?I; JE 8H7>7C  "; =7L; JE >?C 7D: >?I
:;I9;D:7DJI VSJ>?I B7D:  <HEC J>; 07:? E<  =OFJ JE J>; =H;7J
H?L;H  J>; KF>H7J;IUJ>; B7D: E<  J>; %;D?J;I  %;D?PP?J;I 
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Girgashites and Jebusites.;=?DD?D=M?J>8H7>7C J>;FHECise of the Messiah included the grant of land.
#DJ>;J?C;E< $EI>K7 !E:=7L;#IH7;BJ>;?D>;H?J7D9;?DB7D:
He had promised to Abraham. Joshua presided over the orderly
distribution of it. Each tribe was given its portion with the excepJ?EDE< J>;JH?8;E< &;L? I?D9;J>;OM;H;JEI;HL;7IFH?;IJI7CED=
the people. Each tribe subdivided its grant among the clans of
J>; JH?8;  7D: J>; >EKI;>EB:I E<  J>7J 9B7D <KHJ>;H :?L?:;: J>;?H
allotment among the families of the household. Israel received and
occupied the land according to this order.
This order persisted until the time of enslavement in Babylon.
0>;D %?D= 7L?: ;IJ78B?I>;: J>; EH:;H E<  J>; J78;HD79B;  >;
7HH7D=;:J>;:KJ?;I8OJH?8;I 9B7DI >EKI;>EB:I 7D:<7C?B?;I  The
same order was carried over into Solomons temple that followed.
;DJKH?;IB7J;H M>;D#IH7;BM7IH;IJEH;:JE?JI7D9;IJH7B>EC;B7D:
7<J;HI;L;DJOO;7HI?D97FJ?L?JO?D78OBED 8EJ>PH77D:(;>;C?7> 
J>;B;7:;HIE< #IH7;B7JJ>7JJ?C; H;IJEH;:J>;D7J?ED8OH;7HH7D=?D=
the returning refugees according to the same ancient order.
This arrangement of a nation preserved in human culture the
order that presents heavenly realities. The nation was arranged
in this fashion to contain the heavenly order of the Father and
Son and to exhibit this heavenly culture among the nations of the
MEHB: ,?D9;J>; 7J>;H7D:,ED7H;,F?H?J ?DEH:;HJE:?IFB7OJ>;
<KBB;NJ;DJE< J>;B?<;?DJ>;C 7D;DJ?H;D7J?EDM7IH;GK?H;: ->;
love a father has for a son and the trust of a son for the father
is the central form of this order. The complete display of all the
facets of this central relationship could only be demonstrated in its
entirety through a nation.
HECJ>;?D:?L?:K7BF;HIEDJEJ>;;DJ?H;D7J?ED !E:?DJ;D:;:
to infuse this order with the heavenly reality. No order may exist
9EHFEH7J;BO J>7J :E;I DEJ ;N?IJ ?D:?L?:K7BBO  I?D9; J>; 9EHFEH7J;
expression is the summary of what exists in the individual compoD;DJI #< J>;?D:?L?:K7B=7L;>EDEH7D:H;IF;9JJE!E: J>;DJ>;
D7J?EDMEKB:H;[;9JJ>;I7C;H;L;H;D9;7D:9EHH;IFED:?D=BO ?< 
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J>;?D:?L?:K7B:?:DEJADEM!E:EH9>EEI;JE>EDEH"?C D;?J>;H
would the nation.

SUMMARY OF PURPOSE FOR THE ORDER OF THE HOUSE


#DJ>;7HH7D=;C;DJE< 8EJ>J>;D7JKH7B7D:IF?H?JK7BD7J?EDI 
the purpose of the order was the same. At all of the levels of its
<KD9J?ED J>;EH:;HM7I:;I?=D;:JEH;IJEH;C7DJE>?I 7J>;H7D:
to reconnect him to the Fathers nature as expressed through the
9KBJKH;E< HKB; )D9;J>?IH;IJEH7J?EDJ7A;IFB79; J>;D;NJIJ;F?I
to restore him to the status as a son so he may be trained to repreI;DJ>?I 7J>;H ->;ZD7BE8@;9J?L;E< J>;FHE9;II?IJEH;IJEH;>?I
destiny and to empower him to function within it.
I79EDI;GK;D9;E< 8;?D=H;IJEH;:JE>?I 7J>;H >;?IFB79;:
within the family of his Father. This primary step facilitates two
?CFEHJ7DJE8@;9J?L;I  ?HIJ >;B;7HDI78EKJJ>;D7JKH;E< J>; 7J>;H
7D:I;9ED: >;B;7HDI>EMJEH;B7J;JEEJ>;HI7I8HEJ>;HI #DB;7HD?D=78EKJJ>;M7OIE< J>; 7J>;H >;B;7HDI>EMJEHKB;?D>?IIF>;H;
E< ?D[K;D9;<EHJ>;8;D;ZJE< EJ>;HI?DIJ;7:E< KI?D=>?I7KJ>EH?JO
7D:?D[K;D9;JEFHEL?:;<EH7D:JEFHEJ;9J>?CI;B< #DH;B7J?D=JE
EJ>;HI7I8HEJ>;HI >;B;7HDI>EM>?I 7J>;HI;;I;79>IED 7D:>;
is rescued from a culture of competition and self-centeredness.
L;DJK7BBO M>;D>;?I<KBBOC7JKH; >;?I78B;JEB7O:EMD>?IB?<;
for his brothers as his Father would.
0>;D :7C I;F7H7J;: >?CI;B<  <HEC >?I 7J>;H  M?J>?D ED;
=;D;H7J?ED J>;IF?H?JE< =;DE9?:;M7I?DJHE:K9;:JE>KC7D9KBJKH;
M>;D>?IIED7?DCKH:;H;:>?I8HEJ>;H8;B 0?J>J>;:;7J>E< 
8;B 7BBE< J>;=;D;H7J?EDIJ>7JM;H;JE8;8EHDEKJE< >?CM;H;
extinguished as well. The root of the scourge of genocide is the
devaluation of the brother due to a lack of common identity deZD;:8O7<7J>;H ->;H;IJEH7J?ED E< J>;L7BK;E< J>;8HEJ>;H ?I
essential to the eradication of the culture of genocide from human
society. The spiritual family is vastly superior to the biological fam?BO?D79>?;L?D=J>?IH;IKBJI?D9; M?J>?D7IF?H?JK7B<7C?BO J>;F;79;<KB9E;N?IJ;D9;E< H79;I =;D:;HI 7D:IE9?7B9B7II;I7IIEDIJEJ>;
same spiritual father is an earthly model of a divine concept.
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The spiritual father trains sons individually even though they
7H;F7HJE< J>;EL;H7BB<7C?BO IEDEED;?IEL;HBEEA;:EHD;=B;9J;: 
->;?DIJHK9J?ED?IF;HIED7B7IM;BB7I=;D;H7B 7D:H;B;L7DJ?DIJHK9J?ED?I7BM7OI?CF7HJ;:F;HIED7BBOIEJ>7JJ>;7FFB?97J?ED8;D;ZJI
J>;IED?D>?IFH;I;DJIJ7J; #DJ>?ICE:;B ?D<EHC7J?ED:E;IDEJ
8;9EC;7IK8IJ?JKJ;<EH7<7J>;H 7D:=;D;H7BC;;J?D=I:EDEJJ7A;
the place of the life of a family. The members of the family know
;79>EJ>;H8OJ>;IF?H?J ->7J?I J>;O7H;<7C?B?7HM?J>J>;IF?H?JK7B
gifts and divine calling of each member of the family and are aware
of the level of their maturity and relate to them based on these
factors. They routinely update their understanding of the family
C;C8;HIJEH;[;9JJ>;=HEMJ>7D:C7JKH?JOE< ;79>C;C8;H IE
J>7JDEED;>7IJEZ=>J<EH>?IFB79;?DJ>;<7C?BO ->;<7J>;HYIHEB;?I
L?J7BJEJ>;9EDZHC7J?EDE< J>;=HEMJ>7D:FHE=H;IIE< ;79>IED
As each son is ready to assume greater measures of rule and
?D[K;D9;  J>; <7J>;H ?I JOF?97BBO J>; ZHIJ JE =E 7>;7: E<  J>; IED
and make the way for his advancement to the new levels of auJ>EH?JO7D:H;IFEDI?8?B?JO JJ>;I7C;J?C; J>;<7C?BO7<ZHCI>?I
advancement and supports the son as he accedes to his place of
=H;7J;H?D[K;D9; D?D>;H;DJL7BK;E< J>?I9KBJKH;?IJ>;L7BK;E< 
the individual to the whole family. The advancement of one means
J>;7:L7D9;C;DJE< 7BB M>?B;J>;9EDI;GK;D9;E< J>;C?I9ED:K9J
of one attenuates to everyone.
This culture recognizes that individuals are like parts of a body
and they exist in a harmonious and symbiotic arrangement. One
of the metaphors that describes this arrangement is the Body of
Christ.
->;=H;7J;HB;L;BIE< 9ECFB;N?JO:;I9H?8;:8OJ>;>EKI;>EB: 
9B7D 7D:D7J?EDF;HC?JJ>;?D:?L?:K7BJE79J?DFKHIK?JE< >?I:;IJ?DO
?D=H;7J;HZ;B:IE< ;D:;7LEH7IM;BB7IM?J>=H;7J;HIKFFEHJ "?I
B?<;M?J>?D7>EKI;>EB:?CF79JI79?JO M>?B;>?IB?<;M?J>?D79B7D
7<<;9JI7D;DJ?H;H;=?ED 7D:KBJ?C7J;BO>?IB?<;M?J>?D7D7J?ED7<<;9JI
the nations of the world. The culture rooted in the relationship of
7<7J>;H7D:IED?I8O:;ZD?J?ED7JH7DI
=;D;H7J?ED7B9KBJKH; 0>;DJ>?I
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9KBJKH;?I97HH?;:<EHM7H:8OC;7DIE< 7>EBOD7J?ED ?JI;<<;9JIJH7DIform the culture of fatherlessness and are not dissipated over time.
->;H;L;B7J?EDE< 7>EBOD7J?ED JE=;J>;HM?J>J>;EH:;HE< ?JI
7HH7D=;C;DJ C;7DIJ>7J>KC7DA?D:>7I;DJ;H;:7D;MI;7IED?D
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.
CED=J>;D7J?EDIJ>;H;?I7=HEM?D= ?< KD?:;DJ?Z;: :;I?H;<EHJ>;
authentic truth. It is into this environment that God has chosen to
insert the current revelation of this truth. He is assembling people
<HEC;L;HOJH?8; B7D=K7=; F;EFB; 7D:D7J?EDM>E7H;;7HD;IJBO
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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CHAPTER 15

he Nation of Israel
and the Early Church

A TYPE AND SHADOW


God intended to present Israel as a holy nation among nations.
#IH7;B  >EM;L;H  M7I D;L;H C;7DJ JE 8; J>; 9ECFB;J; ;NFH;II?ED
E< J>;H;7B?JOE< 7>EBOD7J?ED 8KJEDBO7JOF;7D:I>7:EM #IH7;B
?JI;B< M7I7D7J?ED87I;:?D79ECCED D7JKH7B7D9;IJHO M>;H;7I
J>; "EKI; E<  !E: ?I 7 IF?H?JK7B H;7B?JO  87I;: KFED IF?H?JK7B H;lationships. All of Israel was related by blood as a single race of
F;EFB; :;I9;D:;:<HEC8H7>7C #I779 7D:$79E8 ->;"EKI;E< 
!E: >EM;L;H MEKB:9ECFH?I;F;EFB;E< 7BBH79;I @E?D;:JE=;J>;H
8OIF?H?J JEFH;I;DJJ>;<KBB;NFH;II?EDE< J>;BEL;8;JM;;D!E:
J>; 7J>;H7D:$;IKI>H?IJJ>;,ED #DJ>?IIF?H?JK7B7HH7D=;C;DJ 
the type and shadow of Abrahams race would be replaced by the
E:OE< >H?IJ ED;8;?D=D7JKH7B J>;EJ>;HIF?H?JK7B 
J 'EKDJ ,?D7?  !E: H;L;7B;: JE 'EI;I J>7J "; ?DJ;D:;:
to make the nation of Israel a type and shadow of the Body of
>H?IJ 8O:;I?=D7J?D=#IH7;B7I7HEO7BFH?;IJ>EE:7D:7>EBOD7J?ED VXSBJ>EK=>J>;M>EB;;7HJ>?IC?D; OEKM?BB8;<EHC;7
kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you are
to speak to the Israelites. ->?I H;IKBJ  >EM;L;H  :?: DEJ 9EC;
78EKJ 8;97KI;E< #IH7;BYI<;7HE< !E:7D:?JIIK8I;GK;DJH;<KI7BJE
accept this offer. Instead of going up into the presence of God as
7D7J?ED J>;OH;IFED:;:M?J><;7H7D::;I?=D7J;:'EI;I7IJ>;?H
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representative before God. God responded by giving them the


Law instead of this covenant and selecting the tribe from which
'EI;I97C;JE8;J>;FH?;IJIM>EMEKB:E<Z9?7J;8;JM;;D!E:
7D: J>; F;EFB;  ?D7ICK9> 7I J>; F;EFB; 9>EI; 'EI;I JE 8; J>;
C;:?7JEH8;JM;;DJ>;CI;BL;I7D:!E: +7J>;HJ>7D8;9EC?D=7
D7J?EDE< HEO7BFH?;IJI EDBOGK7B?Z;:C;D<HECJ>;JH?8;E< &;L?
were permitted to function as priests.
->?I F7HJ?9KB7H <7?B?D= :?IGK7B?Z;: #IH7;B <HEC 8;9EC?D= 7
natural picture of the House of God among the nations of their
:7O "7:J>;O799;FJ;:!E:YIE<<;H7D:E8;O;:!E:YI9ECC7D:I 
they would have become the existing order of royal priests among
whom the Gentile believers in Christ would have been integrated.
The priesthood would never have been changed from the existing
order of Melchizedek to the order of Levi. This prior existing
EH:;H >7: 8;;D 7HEKD: I?D9; 8;<EH; #IH7;BYI C?=H7J?ED JE =OFJ 
7D:M7ID7C;:<EH';B9>?P;:;A J>;FH?;IJM>EI;HL;:8H7>7C
bread and wine.
->; 7FEIJB; *7KB :;I9H?8;I J>?I F7HJ?9KB7H ?D9?:;DJ  M>?9>
H;IKBJ;:?DJ>;&7MH;FB79?D=!E:YI?DJ;D:;:9EL;D7DJM?J>#IH7;B 
7IJ>;VI;L;H?JOWEHVIJ;HD;IIWE< !E: 7D:M7HD;:J>;!;DJ?B;I
not to follow this example of unbelief:
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949-**39.1*8@47.+ 9-*.77*/*(9.43.89-*7*(43(.1.&9.43
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4+ 9-*'7&3(-*8-&;*'**3'740*34++&3)>4:9-4:,-&<.1)
41.;*8-449-&;*'**3,7&+9*).3&243,9-*49-*78&3)34<
8-&7*.39-*34:7.8-.3,8&5+7429-*41.;*7449)4349'4&89
4;*79-48*'7&3(-*8@438.)*79-*7*+47*9-*0.3)3*88&3)
89*733*884+ 4) 89*733*88949-48*<-4+*11':90.3)3*88
94>4:574;.)*)9-&9>4:(439.3:*.3-.80.3)3*889-*7<.8*
>4:&184<.11'*(:94++ 3).+ 9-*>)43495*78.89.3:3'*1.*+9-*><.11'*,7&+9*).3+474).8&'1*94,7&+99-*2.3
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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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(-48*3 '> 4) &3) 57*(.4:8 94 -.2A>4: &184 1.0* 1.;.3,
8943*8 &7* '*.3, ':.19 .394 & 85.7.9:&1 -4:8* 94 '* & -41>
57.*89-44) 4++*7.3, 85.7.9:&1 8&(7.F(*8 &((*59&'1* 94 4)
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9-*2*88&,*A<-.(-.8&184<-&99-*><*7*)*89.3*)+47 :9
>4:&7*&(-48*35*451*&74>&157.*89-44)&-41>3&9.43
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4+ -.2<-4(&11*)>4:4:94+ )&703*88.394-.8<43)*7+:1
1.,-93(*>4:<*7*349&5*451*':934<>4:&7*9-*5*451*
4+ 4)
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7*(*.;*)2*7(>
Gods intended purpose of Israel as a nation was to put them on
display as the model of heavenly order and culture among the
D7J?EDI E<  J>; ;7HJ>  "7: #IH7;B 9>EI;D JE 799;FJ J>; 8;D;Z9?7B
?DJ;H;IJI E<  !E:YI FHEC?I; JE 8H7>7C  JE M>?9> J>;O M;H; J>;
>;?HI !E:MEKB:>7L;C7:;J>;C?DJE7A?D=:ECE< FH?;IJI7D:
7 >EBO D7J?ED  #J ?I I?=D?Z97DJ JE DEJ; J>7J J>;O M;H; =?L;D J>?I
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
8;;DJ>;FB79;
>EB:;HI<EHJ>;E:OE< >H?IJKDJ?B?JIK8I;GK;DJBO
came following the resurrection and ascension of Christ Himself.
#D7DJ?9?F7J?EDE< J>?I:;IJ?DO !E:7HH7D=;:J>;CH;B7J?ED7BBO8O
<7C?BO >EKI;>EB: 9B7D JH?8; 7D:D7J?EDJE9H;7J;7DEH=7D?9<EHC
to accommodate the substance of being a royal priesthood and a
holy nation.
!E:8HEK=>JJ>;CJE'EKDJ,?D7?JE9EDZHC"?I?DJ;DJ?EDJE
<KBZBB"?IFHEC?I;JEJ>;?H<EH;<7J>;H8H7>7CM?J>J>;C ->;O
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M;H;J>;9KHH;DJIK99;IIEHI?D?DJ;H;IJJEJ>;FH;9H;7J?ED9EL;D7DJ 
J>; FHEC?I; E<  M>?9> >7: 8;;D =?L;D  CEH; J>7D <EKH >KD:H;:
O;7HI;7HB?;H JE8H7>7C !E:7HH7D=;:J>;?HD7J?ED:;B?8;H7J;BO
to accommodate the reality of this promise. It was created this way
to nurture a culture compatible with the promise of a Seed arising
<HECJ>?ID7J?EDJE8;9EC;J>;<KBZBBC;DJE< J>;FHEC?I; ->;?H
refusal to obey God and accept the offer made to them did not
DKBB?<O!E:YI?DJ;DJ?ED<EHJ>;C 8;97KI;J>;FHEC?I;JE8H7>7C
9EKB:EDBO8;<KBZBB;:J>HEK=>J>;C 
Israel did not become the type and shadow of a holy nation to
which God would assemble the people from the nations of humanA?D: M>EMEKB:8;97BB;:7D:9>EI;DJE8;J>;E:OE< >H?IJ 
#DIJ;7: J>;?HL7BK;?D,9H?FJKH;7I7JOF;7D:I>7:EM?IB?C?J;:JE
J>;C7DD;HE< J>;?H7HH7D=;C;DJ7I7D7J?ED I?D9;!E:7HH7D=;:
them in this way in anticipation of offering them the opportunity
to become an expression of the holy nation.
->; &7M M7I =?L;D JE J>;C ?D B?;K E<  J>; FHEC?I;  7D: ?J
had the effect of making them into a symbol of the reality. The
law is only a shadow of the good things that are comingnot
J>;H;7B?J?;IJ>;CI;BL;I  EHJ>?IH;7IED?J97DD;L;H 8OJ>;I7C;
I79H?Z9;I H;F;7J;: ;D:B;IIBO O;7H 7<J;H O;7H  C7A; F;H<;9J J>EI;
who draw near to worship. #DJ>;7FFE?DJ;:J?C; >EM;L;H J>;
reality appeared as the Body of Christ. It was always Gods plan to
8H?D=J>;H;7B?JO?DJE8;?D= 8KJ;L;DM>;DJ>7JJOF;7D:I>7:EM
IK8IJ?JKJ;I <EH J>; H;7B?JO  J>; EH:;H ?D>;H;DJ ?D J>; IK8IJ?JKJ; ?I
:;I?=D;:JE79GK7?DJ>KC7DIM?J>J>;;N?IJ;D9;E< J>;H;7B?JO 7D:
to make them familiar with it.
IF7HJE< J>;;CFBEOC;DJE< J>?I9ED9;FJ J>;H;9?J7J?EDE< 
J>;=;D;7BE=?97BH;9EH:E< ;L;HOED;M>EM7I?DJHE:K9;:?D,9H?FJKH; 
?D9BK:?D=$;IKI ?IJEI>EMJ>;9EDJ?DK?JOE< !E:YIKD<EB:?D=FB7D
through human personages. The genealogical reports act as an
7<Z:7L?J  9;HJ?<O?D= J>; H;9EH: E<  !E:YI :?L?D; EH:;H  ?D;NEH78BO
unfolding through the generations of humanity. This is a blatant
declaration that there is divine order by which all things are arranged
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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.

THE SPIRITUAL ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF GOD


The obvious distinction between Abrahams house and the
"EKI;E< !E:?IJ>7JED;?I7D7JKH7B>EKI; 7D:J>;EJ>;HED;
IF?H?JK7B 0>?B;#IH7;BM7I87I;:KFEDD7JKH7B7D9;IJHO7D:9ECCED
>?IJEHO J>;"EKI;E< !E:9ECFH?I;IF;EFB;E< 7BBH79;IM>E>7L;
gone through a process of rebirth into one spiritual race:
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'.79-&3)(&11*)B:3(.7(:2(.8*)C'>9-48*<-4(&119-*28*1;*8
B9-* (.7(:2(.8.43C@7*2*2'*7 9-&9 &9 9-&9 9.2* >4: <*7*
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+47*.,3*78949-*(4;*3&3984+ 9-*5742.8*$%@438*6:*391>
>4:&7*34143,*7+47*.,3*78&3)&1.*38':9+*114<(.9.?*38<.9-
4)E85*451*&3)&1842*2'*784+ 4)E8-4:8*-41)':.1943
9-*+4:3)&9.434+ 9-*&54891*8&3)5745-*98<.9--7.89*8:8-.28*1+ &89-*(-.*+ (473*78943*3-.29-*<-41*':.1).3,.8/4.3*)94,*9-*7&3)7.8*894'*(42*&-41>9*251*.39-*
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&)<*11.3,.3<-.(-4)1.;*8'>-.85.7.9 
Israel represents the arrangement of the natural house while the
spiritual house is the Body of Christ.
#D7>EBOH79; 9ECFEI;:E< $;MI7D:!;DJ?B;I7B?A; D7JKH7B7D9;IJHO?IH;FB79;:8O7IF?H?JK7B<7J>;H>EE: ->;7FEIJB;*7KB ?DJ>;
ZHIJE< >?IJMEB;JJ;HIJEJ>;EH?DJ>?7D9>KH9> :;9B7H;IJEJ>;C
his fatherly status together with his intentions to actually discipline
J>;C 7I7DOH;IFEDI?8B;<7J>;HMEKB: 9EDI?:;H?D=J>;?H;N?IJ?D=
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IJ7J;E< H;8;BB?ED7=7?DIJ>?IFH;L?EKI?DIJHK9J?EDI MH?J?D=


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-7.89 >4: )4 349 -&;* 2&3> +&9-*78 +47 .3 -7.89 *8:8
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J>7J?I8;?D=<KBZBB;:?DEH:;HJEH;L;7BJ>;>H?IJ  EH8H7>7C 
J>; FHEC?I; MEKB: 8; <KBZBB;: M>;D >?I D7JKH7B :;I9;D:7DJ M7I
8EHD8KJ<EH*7KB J>;:;I9;D:7DJE< 8H7>7C?I7IF?H?JK7BC7D
to whom the races of humankind may be assembled as the House
E< !E: M>?9>?D9BK:;I7BBJ>EI;!E:MEKB:97BBJE8;7II;C8B;:
?DJ>?IM7O *7KBYIL?I?ED >EM;L;H <7H;N9;;:;:J>7JE< 8H7>7C 
God gave Abraham the vision of a race coming from him that
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7BBD7J?EDI KJ *7KBH;9;?L;:7H;L;B7J?ED<HEC!E: JE=;J>;HM?J>
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FHE:K9;7>EBOH79;JE8;?D9BKI?L;E< 7BBJ>;<7BB;DIEDIE< :7C 
?HH;IF;9J?L;E< J>;?H>KC7DH79?7BEH?=?DI I?D9;:7CM7IJ>;ZHIJ
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IEDE< !E: 7D:7BB>KC7DIKBJ?C7J;BO7H;:;I9;D:7DJI<HEC>?C 


In the prophetic psalm regarding the role of Jesus as the anointed
%?D=EL;HJ>;"EKI;E< !E: 7L?:MHEJ;J>;:;9B7H7J?EDE< !E:
to Jesus: You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask
C; 7D:#M?BBC7A;J>;D7J?EDIOEKH?D>;H?J7D9; J>;;D:IE< J>;
earth your possession. ->?I 8O:;ZD?J?ED MEKB:8;7>EBOH79;
I?D9; J>;O M?BB 8; H;JKHD;: JE !E: J>HEK=> $;IKI  J>; FHEC?I;:
+;:;;C;HE< :7CYIFHE=;DO
The House of God was to be drawn from all the nations of
>KC7DA?D:  7D: 7CED= J>;C J>; 9KBJKH; E<  >;7L;D MEKB: 8;
on display. Their order would permit the showing of the grace
and goodness inherent in the nature of God. Since they would
be drawn from the diversity of all the different racial and cultural
879A=HEKD:IE< >KC7D?JO J>;"EKI;E< !E:MEKB:E8L?EKIBO8;
a spiritual house.
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7FEIJB; *7KB ?I J>; IF?H?JK7B F7JH?7H9> JE J>; !;DJ?B;I  KH?D= >?I
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=EE:D;MIJEJ>;!;DJ?B;I ";M7I M?J>EKJ:?IFKJ; J>;<7J>;HJE
J>;;7HBO!;DJ?B;9>KH9>?DJ>;!H;9E
+EC7DMEHB: 
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THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM


The Church started in Jerusalem and was exclusively Jewish
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nent expression of the Body of Christ in the world.


The early Jerusalem model provided insight into how the Body
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humankind.
The New Testament presents a picture of the Body of Christ
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is observed within the city of Jerusalem. Among the major developments of that early group of believers was the need for orderly
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of a virulent persecution against them by the temple authorities. 
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The apostles provided leadership and introduced the order of
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aid. They distinguished between an administration that provides
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an administration designed to provide an orderly distribution of
resources for general needs. They selected seven men to oversee
the distribution of resources. They chose these men because they
were full of the [Holy] Spirit and wisdom.  The apostles themI;BL;I IJ7J;:  V0; M?BB JKHD J>?I H;IFEDI?8?B?JO EL;H JE J>;C 4J>;
seven] and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the
word. 
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early believers themselves. This spontaneous sharing of resources
seems to be emblematic of the way they demonstrated their sense
of oneness and community. Shortly after the inception of the church
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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.
Eventually the church in Jerusalem would face extreme economic hardships and would receive material supply from among
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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.

PAULS ADMINISTRATION OF THE


MYSTERY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
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It is clear that Paul himself is the instrument by whom the


mystery and its administration are revealed to the rest of the apostles. Paul begins his journey by taking others with him. Barnabas
and his cousin John Mark are among his early traveling companions who set out from Antioch.
After Paul and Barnabas separate over the issue of John Marks
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the company with whom he travels and works. After some period
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speak and act as their father. He instructs Timothy to pattern his
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you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust
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had found in Timothy a reliable son whom he raised to become a
leader in the Body of Christ. His fatherly dedication to Timothy
is expressed in this admonition. Paul traveled with Timothy for
many years and exposed him to the same kind of discipleship that
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Pauls relationship to Timothy was that of a devoted father and a
faithful son. Just as the twelve became the leaders of the Church
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provided the continuity necessary for the advance of the Kingdom
in succeeding generations.
Paul considered believers in entire cities to be his spiritual chil:H;D I>7I8;;DDEJ;:;7HB?;H?D>?IB;JJ;HJEJ>;EH?DJ>?7DI >;
addressed them with the familiarity of a father who was displeased
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conviction. He understood that he had a duty to confront them
and to demand that they change their way of life to conform to
the standards that he had established both by his instructions and
his way of life.
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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
C7JKH?JO IE J>7J J>;O 9EKB: <KBZBB J>;?H :;IJ?D?;I  "?I IEDI M>E
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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KD:EK8J;:BO J>; F7JH?7H9> E<  J>; !;DJ?B; 9>KH9>  >; H;9E=D?P;:


J>;?D[K;D9;E< J>;EJ>;HB;7:;HI7CED=8EJ>J>;$;MI7D:!;Dtiles. He expanded the early governmental form of the apostolic
council to include representation from the apostles who worked
7CED=J>;!;DJ?B;I  establishing the format for the resolution of
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goals of disciplining and training individuals to maturity so that
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failed to speak boldly and consistently in advocating and supporting
the one Body of Christ. It was always clear to him that the order in
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since it is the same house whether it is in heaven or on the earth.

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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.
A king and his relationship with his kingdom help reveal the
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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FH?D9?FB; E<  7 9EDJ?DK?JO E<  FKHFEI;   >EKI;  9EDI?IJ?D= E<  7
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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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may be chronicled through the maintaining of a meticulous geneaBE=?97BH;9EH: ->;I;H;9EH:II;HL;7I7A?D:E< I;B<


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certifying the claims of sons in any generation to the promises arising
out of the covenants of their fathers. This order mirrors the same
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of His order to the world. He arranged for the testing of the heav;DBOEH:;H?D7D;DL?HEDC;DJE< 9ECFB;J;>KC7D:?L;HI?JO H;FB;J;
M?J>7BBE< J>;9ED[?9JI?D>;H;DJ7CED=>KC7D8;?D=I ;97KI;E< 
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These metaphors describe this relationship from its most intimate
forms to its broadest corporate expressionsfrom a father and
son to a holy nation. Each relational model carries the substance
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nature of God the Father in relationship to Jesus Christ the Son.
The cumulative result is a broad display of the relationship among
J>;D7J?EDIE< J>;MEHB: 8KJM?J>7:;FJ>E< ?DJ;=H?JOJ>7J?I<Ecused on the most basic functional relationship.
God always intended that His House exist on the earth as a
nation among the nations. The order of its government is meant
JE=?L;>KC7DA?D:?DI?=>JI?DJEJ>;D7JKH;E< !E:"?CI;B< I?D9;
all governments inevitably put on display the nature of their
sovereigns. Heaven is unwaveringly committed to the forming of
this reality upon the earth.

THE GLORY OF THE LAMB


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an island off the coast of Ephesus in the Aegean Sea. This would
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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
H;C7?D:;HE< J>;7=;E< C7D #JM7I<HECJ>;H;J>7J$E>D J>;B7IJ
E< J>;JM;BL;EH?=?D7B:?I9?FB;I M7I?DL?J;:?DJE>;7L;DJEM?JD;II
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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J>; CEIJ L?I?8B; JH7DI?J?ED7B B?DA 8;JM;;D J>; ZHIJ =;D;H7J?ED E< 
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
walking among seven candlesticks. #D J>; ;D9EKDJ;H  $;IKI H;vealed the twin mysteries of the seven stars and the seven candlesticks: the seven candlesticks were the believers in seven cities in the
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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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earth as they were declared and celebrated in heaven.
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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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of royal priests. As Abrahams nations purpose was to bring Jesus


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display all of the characteristics found in the Christ. Each member
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necessary culture to receive the fullness of the revelation of a holy
nation comprising people from such diverse origins. By the second
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over the known world made up the Body of Christ. This change
was necessary in order to accommodate the full accomplishment
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THE RELEVANCE OF A HOLY NATION


God sent Jesus into the world to reveal His love for all human
beings. He is certain that when humankind understands the true
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come home to Him.
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humankind has continued to degenerate to its present state. All of
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polluted beyond recognition by the continuing effects of the fall.
The order of husband and wife has been repositioned from exact
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between husband and wife. Individual obsession with provision
and protection has eviscerated the father and son relationship and
has sundered the trans-generational heritage of families. The loss
of these relational patterns has resulted in a destruction of these
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continuity. The only remaining reliable basis upon which people
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citizenship.
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for the assurance of provision and protection is in the laws and
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to the control of the strong and the powerful and is increasingly
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The earth is in desperate need of a model of order and peace
in which the problems of humankind are subject to permanent
resolution. The solution lies in a nation of people from every
tribe and language and people and nation that reveals the mystery
of God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son by demonstrating the
goodness of God. The order of a holy nation has the power to
redeem men to God from the furthest depths of their brokenness
and fallen estate. This is the promise of a holy nation.

LET THEM BE ONE IN US


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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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H;B7J?EDI>?F8;JM;;DJ>; 7J>;H7D:J>;,ED ?D79EHFEH7J;<EHC
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
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diversities that would be unimaginable in conventional society.
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way for them and by giving inheritances of every kind to enable


their progression toward mature representation of God. This holy
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of which are scourges that put on display the basest nature of
human beings. Husbands love wives as they love themselves in the
model of Christ and the Church; and wives replace competition
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of oneness that starkly contrasts with the present order of domestic
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to their own complete maturity.
A nation that puts on display the love of the father for his
son in its forms of order and government will stand in absolute
contrast to all other nations.

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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
J>;<79;E< =HEM?D=EFFEI?J?ED #DIJ;7: J>;OFH;I;DJ7F?9JKH;E< 
7F;EFB;M>EI;B?L;I7H;9>7H79J;H?P;:8OH?=>J;EKID;II F;79; 7D:
@EO?D7D7=;E< :;FH7L?JO B7MB;IID;II 7D:9>7EI 
The House of God stands as a holy nation before the nations
E< J>;MEHB: M>?B;J>;9O9B;IE< M7H L?EB;D9; 7D:?D@KIJ?9;:;9?C7J;
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
:;:?97J;:JEJ>;;DJ;HFH?I;IE< M7H7D:9ED[?9J 0>?B;7CED=J>;
nations of the world there will be the continuing cycle of wars
7D:HKCEHIE< M7HI W?DJ>;"EKI;E< !E: J>EI;I7C;D7J?EDI
that are at war with each other in the world will live together as
fathers and sons.
0>;H;7I 9KHH;DJ H;B?=?EKI J>EK=>J M?IJ<KBBO >EF;I <EH F;79;
7D:C7A;IFHEDEKD9;C;DJIJEJ>7J;D: J>;H;H;C7?DIDECE:;B
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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7IJ>;KBJ?C7J;E<<;H?D=E< !E:JEC7D <EH;I;;?D=J>;9ECFB;J;
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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
9EHFEH7J;>H?IJ?IIEB?<J;:KF J>;D7J?EDIM?BB8;:H7MDJE"?C
<EH 7DIM;HI  0>;H;7I  J>; H;B?=?EKI >KH9> >7I >?IJEH?97BBO FEI?J?ED;:?JI;B< JE9E
EFJJ>;9KBJKH;E< D7J?EDI7D:JE?DZBJH7J;?JI
politics as a way of creating a favorable climate for the receiving of
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?IJ>7JE< 7:?IJ?D9J7BJ;HD7J?L; I;F7H7J;7D:7F7HJ?D?JI?:;DJ?JO7D:
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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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.
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God.
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their various kinds. And it was so.
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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;
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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
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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;7H YD:?JM7IIE W!;D;I?IV->;D
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F;EFB;7D:>;M?BB7FF;7H7I;9ED:J?C; DEJJE8;7HI?D 8KJJE8H?D=I7BL7tion to those who are waiting for him.
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->;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
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J>;=HEKD:7D:8H;7J>;:?DJE>?IDEIJH?BIJ>;8H;7J>E< B?<; 7D:J>;C7D
became a living being.
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,EDJE:7O#>7L;8;9EC;OEKH 7J>;HY)H7=7?D X#M?BB8;>?I 7J>;H 7D:
he will be my Son?
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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 
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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
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  Genesis 1:26.
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  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=>BKIJ W
  ";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?
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  !;D;I?II;;DEJ;
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M?BBJEM7H:C;D W(#/V!BEHOJE!E:?DJ>;>?=>;IJ 7D:ED;7HJ>F;79;
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CO,EDJE:7O#>7L;8;9EC;OEKH 7J>;HY)H7=7?D X#M?BB8;>?I 7J>;H 
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MEHB: >;I7OI X&;J7BB!E:YI7D=;BIMEHI>?F>?C YW
";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?
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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.
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life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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have it more abundantly.
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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?B W
62. +EC7DI
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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.
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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>;C D:>;>7I9ECC?JJ;:JEKI
the message of reconciliation.
  Genesis 1:26.
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  Philippians 2:12.
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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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78B;JEJ;IJ7D:7FFHEL;M>7J!E:YIM?BB?IU>?I=EE: FB;7I?D=7D:F;H<;9J
will.
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because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made
perfect in love.
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intended to lead you to repentance?
  Ephesians 6:11-12.
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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   ! %EICEI AEIY

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7F;EFB;8;BED=?D=JE!E: J>7JOEKC7O:;9B7H;J>;FH7?I;IE< >?CM>E
called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
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and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.
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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.
102. !E:YI 9>E?9; JE 7FF;7H 7I 7J>;H 7D: ,ED  M>;D "; ?I 8O D7JKH; IF?H?J 
?I DEJ 7 B?C?J7J?ED ED J>; 78?B?JO E<  !E: JE 7FF;7H ?D ?DZD?J; F;HCKJ7J?EDIE< ,F?H?J I?D9;!E: 7I,F?H?J ?IFH;I;DJ?D"?I9ECFB;J;D;II?D;79>
>KC7D 8;?D= M>E ?I 7 IED E<  !E:  +EC7DI 
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those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit
OEKH;9;?L;::E;IDEJC7A;OEKIB7L;I IEJ>7JOEKB?L;?D<;7H7=7?DH7J>;H 
the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by
>?CM;9HO X887  7J>;H Y->;,F?H?J>?CI;B< J;IJ?Z;IM?J>EKHIF?H?JJ>7J
we are Gods children. God as Spirit is present as His complete self in
>KD:H;:IE< C?BB?EDIE< F;EFB;7B?L;7JJ>;I7C;J?C;?DJ>;;7HJ> M>?B;
He is simultaneously seated on the throne in heaven as both the Father and
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!E: X&EEA Y>;I7?: X#I;;>;7L;DEF;D7D:J>;,EDE< '7DIJ7D:?D=7J
J>;H?=>J>7D:E< !E: YW,;;7BIE+;L;B7J?ED
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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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world.
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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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C?D?IJ;HE< >H?IJEDEKH8;>7B< 7D:M>E7BIEJEB:KIE< OEKHBEL;?DJ>;
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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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your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; there<EH;!E: OEKH!E: >7II;JOEK78EL;OEKH9ECF7D?EDI8O7DE?DJ?D=OEK
with the oil of joy.
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