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All of mankind is on a journey -- and if we are to
consciously begin to walk the path from Eden to the Paradise of the Revelation,
we must ourselves possess open spiritual eyes that can bring together the forces
of good and evil into the higher reality of the Light. In placing the scriptures and the Key of Knowledge
within us, we must recognize the biblical events that are constantly taking
place in our lives. Like Eve,
every day of our lives we are perpetually confronted with other people telling
us what we should do -- what we should think -- what we should believe -- and
how we should live our lives -- lives that the majority of people have only a
very superficial understanding of. When
we listen to these self-proclaimed authorities, rather than God, in a very real
perspective we have ourselves embraced the essence of what we call Original Sin.
When the serpent approached Eve regarding the eating of
the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, Eve was presented with three choices -- and
it is these same three choices that are so universal to all of mankind in
everything that he does, that each of us is confronted with these same three
choices every day throughout every aspect of our lives.
One of the more profound messages the scriptures are attempting to convey
to us is when we fail to recognize the essence of these choices, and continue in
the same exact pattern as did Adam and Eve, we make ourselves indentured
servants to the Prince of Darkness. On the other hand, when we begin to be conscious of the
choices we make, and always make the choice that moves us in the direction of
the Kingdom, then we have begun to apply the Key of Knowledge in our lives, and
we can then start the process of putting Satan behind us (Mt 16:23) -- which in
and of itself is good, because it represents a reflective polarity moving us in
the direction of our Destiny. This
is in fact one of the concepts that are conveyed in the words: “Jesus
turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me;
you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men” (Matt
16:23 NIV).
With respect to the choice of Eve that are symbolically
significant of all the choices that each of us makes daily in our lives: Choice
One: In view of the fact that Eve had not yet been created as a unique
individual when God commanded Adam not to eat of the Tree in the middle of the
garden, it could be said that, like us, she did not receive the Commandment of
God directly from the Source. Eve's
first choice then, was that she could have rejected what she was told by the
serpent, and obeyed the commandment that God gave to Adam.
Choice Two: This was the choice that Eve did in fact take
when she listened to what she believed was the wisdom of a being endowed with
supernatural insight into spiritual matters.
In order to see these same choices in our own lives, it is important that
we begin by asking why she even listened to the serpent? It is equally important that instead of judging Eve, we
recognize that we possess the same flaw, and we admit that Eve listened to the
serpent for many of the very same reasons which cause us to listen to other
people today. Eve believed
that she was fallible, and she accepted the premise that the serpent knew more
about God and the secrets of life than she did.
In the same way that the serpent dangled the concept of becoming like God
before Eve, the people and sources that we view as authoritative today confront
us in the same exact manner as did the serpent, and speak to our imagination and
imbue our thinking with visions of utopia.
Whether it be a heavenly utopia, or one that we build here on earth, the
essential message of seduction remains the same.
If, then, we were to examine the essence of Eve's choice from a more
universal perspective, what the serpent said could very well be likened to our
own present-day experiences in life.
Each of us was born into this life in an unknowing state.
What we fail to recognize is the fact that all that we think we know, is
in all but a very few instances the result of reflective knowledge -- or that
which we have become imbued with from seemingly external authoritative sources.
In view of the fact that it appears that when we were born, we were born
in a state of ignorance, it seems right to us that we should learn from others
who have acquired knowledge. Again,
the wisdom of the New Covenant and its condemnation of one’s adherence to
manmade doctrines and traditions is based upon the words of the Church Father
Origen as seen in his warning that it is beyond the comprehension of carnal man
to “…imagine
that they possess knowledge before they really learn”.
Throughout the various phases of our development, many
times we have encountered another person, a group, or someone we accept as an
authority who has conveyed to us that they were knowledgeable with respect to
God, and we should listen to them. Taking
this one step further, once our plight is properly comprehended, and we begin to
embrace the New Covenant teachings that there is nothing but God, the great
looming reality that we have been continually seduced by the serpent is true
whether our instructors were secular or religious authorities.
If God is the Source of all there is, and everything moves within the
Mind of God, then our public school teachers are in fact teaching their beliefs
pertaining to God to their students.
In our life we have continually encountered authoritative
people and groups that have said to us: We are the chosen of God -- or we know
about God -- and He has ordained us to preach His Word. Often we have been told that if we do a certain thing,
invoke a certain ritual such as baptism, circumcision, say a certain prayer,
believe a certain doctrine, belong to a certain church, synagogue, temple or
mosque, we will be saved. Since
we were born into this world in an unknowing state, it must be recognized that
we have a great deal in common with Eve that few of us are even remotely aware
of. Moreover, when we chose
to believe the testimony of our teachers or accepted religious authorities, it
can be said that we are choosing the same path that Eve did on that fateful day
in the garden. Like Eve, we
act out of faith and the innate desire to draw nearer to our Source of Life --
we desire that our eyes be opened -- and we adhere to the wisdom of these people
because we believe that they know more than we do about the Mysteries of God and
Creation.
Choice Three: This is the option that is rarely ever
spoken about by anyone -- religious and non-religious people alike -- and it not
only represents the choice/path in life least traveled, but it is the only
reasonable option if we are to safeguard ourselves from deception.
In fact, it is not only the most reasonable, intelligent and wise among
the three possible choices, but it so universally declares the Truth, that when
the Son of God came and walked among mankind, he called this path rarely ever
traveled by the majority of mankind by the name of “The Way” -- and
declared to those who listened to him teach the Word of God, that only those
people who walked in this path could enter into Life.
What Jesus said was that if we follow in The Way, we will become
consecrated, and we will be drawn into the Presence of our Eternal Heavenly
Father -- and therein, we will be taught directly by the Holy Spirit.
At about the same time the Dead Sea Scrolls was
discovered, a cache of early Christian Scriptures were also uncovered in upper
Egypt which has come to be called the Nag Hammaddi Library. In what is known today as the Gospel of Thomas, this
saying is found: “Jesus said, when you see one who was not born of woman,
prostrate yourselves on your faces and worship him. That one is your Father”.
If, then, you are what the scriptures refer to as a natural -- or a
carnal person -- which can be defined as those who are born of woman -- and even
Jesus was born of woman -- then at the core of all things pertaining to life you
are confronted with the very same choices as was Eve.
What you think, do, or say, is predicated upon either the first choice --
which fundamentally represents your conditions of birth, the manner in which you
were reared, and the influence of your family; or the second -- which represents
what either our culture or other people or groups have told you about your
choices and elections in life.
The third choice -- a choice which represents the path
that few men ever walk -- is also the choice rarely ever spoken of by the people
we listen to as authorities -- authorities who are in fact very influential
forces in our lives. Yet, it
is this third choice which must be seen as the only genuine choice that Eve
should have considered when she was told that God knew it would be a good thing
if she ate of this fruit, and became like God.
What Eve should have done was listen to both the warning that Adam had
told her, entertain and learn as much as she could from her experience and
interaction with the serpent, and go and ask God.
What the Book of Genesis plainly reveals is that Adam and
Eve had a personal relationship with God.
One only has to read the third chapter to see it is demonstrated that God
walked in the garden and had conversations with Adam and Eve. When examined from this perspective, the supposed sin
of Eve begins to take on a totally new dimension.
The third choice is only seen when it is realized that Eve had it within
her ability to both clarify what she had been told by Adam, and discuss with God
what she had learned from the serpent.
What we fail to realize today is the fact that this third
option -- more than any other teaching and concept -- represents the very
embodiment of the core fundamentals of New Covenant thought that Jesus taught as
the only means for man to spiritually rise above both the error that has been
infused upon each of us by our conditions of birth and upbringing, as well as
all those great concepts that, like Eve, sounded good and right, feels right,
that others have taught us throughout our life.
In fact, we cannot even begin to call ourselves the people of the New
Covenant, until we embrace the essence of this third choice throughout every
aspect of our lives. You have
heard the popular saying, “what would Jesus do?”
This is a truly important question that each believer today must ask
themselves? What I will
demonstrate throughout this book is that from the perspective of the teachings
of The Way, Jesus would have us “ask God” -- and no other than God,
if we are to walk the path of Truth and Light.
Does this sound preposterous?
If it does, it is only because you have been listening to the doctrines
of men, rather than the words of our Lord and Savior. In fact, the demonstration of true faith is seen in
ones belief that the promise of the scriptures are true, and if the disciple
consecrates himself and embraces the teachings of the Lord in every aspect of
their lives, that the Son of God will come to them, teach them, and enlighten
their understanding to all Truths and Mysteries of Creation.
Not to believe this, is to be unfaithful to the Word of God.
If you were born of woman -- in a state of unknowing --
how are you to know what to believe?
How can each of us who emerged from the very womb of darkness, discern
truth from error? Should we
embrace and hold fast to the traditions and conditions of our birth? This choice has a number of flaws: These conditions are
not only limited in their scope, but to do so is to ignore the fact that each of
us was born into different and often conflicting conditions. Should we instead believe and adhere to the concepts
and doctrines of those who appear to us as authorities in our life -- religious
and non-religious -- authorities that, like the serpent, attempt to mold us in
accordance with their own way of thinking?
It is this great sin that once properly understood, is the Original Sin
that Jesus came to free us from the servitude to the darkness that it inflicts
upon all of mankind.
For our purposes here, let us add still another important
dimension to the controversy: Throughout
Christian history one of the greatest conflicts that has continually raged among
faithful believers and students of the scriptures is the dispute whether the
Bible truly affirms the widely portrayed doctrine of preordination and
predestination, or whether man has free will.
In fact, it is these two well-defined lines of biblical truth that the
Rev. Spurgeon spoke of as his own folly with regards to his inability to see
them as one and the same. If the scriptures are correct in the assertion that God
knew all things from the very beginning to the end of time as we know it, then
it must also be acknowledged that God knew about the fall of man in the garden,
as well as every event that has transpired since.
If we entertain this well defined biblical thought, then we must also
question why God would not protect his naive and unknowing creation in the same
way that a parent would not knowingly permit their child to thrust their hand
into a fire, run out into heavy traffic, play with a loaded gun, or any other of
the many dangers that parents routinely protect their inexperienced and
unknowing children from?
If we look at the story of Adam and Eve in the garden
from the perspective of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, we would have to
say that good is represented by Eve's obedience to the Word of God as conveyed
to her by Adam, and evil is represented by Eve's seduction by the serpent.
Yet, we must begin to open our minds to still another dimension to the
controversy -- a dimension that is ignored by the doctrine of Original sin --
and it is this other dimension that must be entertained once it is acknowledged
that God is not only a forgiving God, as demonstrated in His Divine qualities,
but also that God foreknew beforehand the events that would transpire.
The person of a higher conscious awareness must pose the question: Why,
unless it was Eve's destiny, would God not warn her of the impending danger when
she encountered a supernatural being that she neither possessed the mental
capacity to understand or oppose? Unless,
of course, these events are in fact spiritual symbols that convey to us deeper
truths that each of us must embrace daily in our very own lives.
From the perspective of the teachings of Jesus, what we
call division -- or a divided mind -- both within man, as well as within the
faithful flock of believers, is not only one of the greatest of sins, but it is
the great inhibitor that must be overcome if one is to even begin to understand
the Mysteries of God and Creation. This
foremost truth is in fact one of the first concepts that is demonstrated to man
in the scriptures, as seen in the words: “And the LORD said, Behold, they
are one people... and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for
them” (Gen 11:6 RSV).
Astute Bible readers see this profound and continual
message in the pages of the scriptures right from the initial stages of the
creation narrative, to the very end in the Revelation.
Unlike the other six days, the second day is not ordained as being good
in the eyes of God. This same
message is conveyed to us in the seduction of Eve, which could only have been
brought about because of the absence of Adam.
Throughout the entire Bible the core element of the gospel message is the
same -- i.e., there are two paths -- the one that leads us into the world, and
the other that overcomes the flaw of division and separation, and leads us into
the Kingdom.
When my wife originally read what I wrote about the three
choices presented to Eve in the garden, her feminine insight brought still
another dimension into the controversy -- a dimension that is very important.
In view of the fact that my wife, like many women, does not view snakes
as being very attractive, she candidly said that the story does not even make
logical sense. Eve, she said,
should have gone and told Adam, so that he could have crushed the head of the
serpent who was attempting to seduce his wife.
Her perception of course raises the question: Where was Adam?
Would the first couple have fallen from grace if Adam had been present
when Eve encountered the serpent? An
enlightened reader knows that Adam’s absence is an integral element to the
whole saga of the creation account in Genesis. These are questions of the greatest importance for the
modern believer to ponder. Thus,
one of the primary messages that we should have recognized is that since the
dawn of time the powers of darkness have outsmarted man by embracing the age old
axiom that to divide is to conquer -- i.e., divide the person from his inner
self; the family; the church; the community; in the endeavor to sever man from
God.
If we are to understand the many realities of profound
truth which the Genesis account has the ability to convey to us in its universal
symbolism, then we must look beyond the appearances of yes and no, good and
evil, and begin instead to gaze beyond the whole concept of divided polarities,
and commence to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life -- where all events and truths
are brought into an abiding harmony and oneness. The disciple who is developing a higher awareness of
the meaning of life, knows that the driving force of either of the two
polarities is always to move into a state of harmony.
Knowing this, the disciple then searches to the depths of the symbols of
Genesis, perceiving the movement of the forms as moving towards an eventual
convergence in the fourth element of completion.
Carnal man would of course reason that Eve should have
held firmly to the commandment not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
The flaw in his reasoning is that he attempts to interpret everything
from the divided perspective of right and wrong.
Yet, mankind, who was created in the image of God, is imbued with the
genetic capacity and destiny to possess the very Knowledge of God -- and to
simply follow commandments without understanding why, is in every way against
the very genetic nature of mankind -- a nature which is of a Divine Origination.
Congenitally, the soul of man is driven to seek to Know -- and thus he
possesses an insatiable desire for knowledge in order to find his own true
nature. Once this fact is
recognized, we must begin to comprehend that it was very much Eve's destiny to
eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
To even begin to understand the deeper meaning of the
scriptures we must first comprehend the meaning of the Tree of Life?
With good reason I previously used the term that it could as well be
called the Tree of Divine Marriage -- in that, it is the result of the positive
and negative forces of Creation manifest in the Offspring of Divine Completion.
Where the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil represents the dual forces
of Creation that have brought all things into being, the Tree of Life is in fact
the embodiment of both the negative and positive polarities of life raised up to
their highest levels of perfection. In
our recognition of this truth that is conveyed to the reader, we must also begin
to understand that the Tree of Life represents a manifestation of a fourth
reality that is beyond the vision of carnal man.
In the symbology of a tree, astute Bible students will
recognize the need for two other elements that must exist for a tree to mature
-- i.e., the nourishment from the earth, and the light from the sun -- which
organic balance of life also brings about the elements of water, as well as our
atmosphere that is absolutely necessary to support the fundamentals of life
itself. Thus, only when we
begin to comprehend that the tree is in fact the very manifestation and balance
of numerous other realities that appear to exist in a divided state, can we
begin to nurture the Sacred Tree in our own lives -- and thus, eat of the fruit
that gives us eternal life.
When the more enlightened disciple begins to examine the
story of the Garden of Eden, what is strongly conveyed with respect to the
choice of yes or no is so predictable, that from the perspective of the movement
of God’s hand upon Creation, it can only be viewed as predetermined -- i.e., a
choreographed unfolding of events that were destined to take place.
The people of the simple faith who view the seduction of Eve as being
evil, fail to perceive the deeper meaning because they cannot assign blame to
God. The idea that God knew
that the fall of man would take place, and God permitted it to happen, would
indicate that God at least shared some responsibility for permitting a
supernatural angelic being to seduce a woman who lacked the ability to know any
better.
Predictably, Eve, who as a resident of Paradise,
possessed absolutely no decision making experience, and was thus easily overcome
by the forces of ignorance and unknowing -- but it is not until we recognize
that this force of mental darkness always moves in concert with a divided mind
-- and it is this divided mind (the absence of Adam) was not only the true
source of evil that permitted the serpent to seduce Eve, but continues to be the
case even at our present time. Going
still one step further, the eventual punishment of man must be understood in the
same light as a parent who punishes a child -- i.e., not to inflict pain for the
sake of pain, or punishment for misdeeds not fully understood -- but rather, an
appropriate measured responsive action that is prescribed and manifest in order
to correct an objectionable situation -- which situation is Eve's (or mankind's)
separation from God.
The disciple in search of spiritual truth who is
perceptive enough to see the essence of the unfolding biblical drama, will also
begin to see that the rest of the Bible is actually the demonstration of the
many ways that man will be continually corrected until he eats of the fruit of
the Tree of Life, and the prodigal son returns to God, his true Source of Being.
That the names and places change, is not due to the movement of an
historical people known as the offspring of Abraham -- of whom the Apostle Paul
states is an allegory (Gal 4:24) -- but rather, the working and perfecting of
the different areas of mind in the life of the disciple in search of the Light
and the Kingdom.
To again repeat a statement that I will strongly convey
throughout this book many times: The Bible is not a history book.
The idea that one is saved because of an allegiance to a certain group,
or a certain god, is a typical facet of a carnal mindset -- which is
fundamentally Pagan. The
Bible is a book of spiritual transformation -- and as the Apostle Paul conveys,
the first Adam represents the pattern of carnal man in his divided state, while
the second Adam is the pattern of the perfected man who has overcome all
division (1 Cor 15:45 NIV). Our
own flaw in perception is demonstrated when we continue to embrace the first
Adam, and worship the second Adam in the manner of an idol, while failing to
mold ourselves in accordance with the Divine Pattern that has been set before
us.
Ultimately, in our endeavor to perceive the reality of
division overcome, one cannot even begin to comprehend the many dimensions of
the spiritual significance of the story of the Garden of Eden -- the beginning
of the Bible -- without connecting it to the Book of Revelation -- the end of
the Bible. If we take a Bible
and remove all the pages between the Creation account and the Revelation, what
we will then see is that the Revelation is in fact the consummation of the
Creation saga. The pages we
removed, then, represent what we must do in order to walk in The Way, and
connect the two accounts within the dimensions of our own life.
Eve was seduced by the serpent which brought about the
symbolic fall of man -- not because she disobeyed God's Commandments -- but
because, like us, she dwelled in a state of division, separation, darkness and
unknowing. With this
understanding, everything in the scriptures between the Genesis account of
creation, and the eating of the fruit of the Tree of Life in the Revelation, is
merely the stages of the development of the mind and spirit of man -- which
development is the total enlightenment and perfection of man as the very
inspiration and completion of the ultimate purpose and vision of the Creation
story.
The reality which the Apostle Paul strongly conveys with
respect to our inability to understand the true depth of the scriptures, and our
failure to comprehend the scriptures from the perspective of a spiritually
elevated perception, is that we continually attempt to view the beginning and
end through the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which is the
eyes of division. If we
understood the symbology of the scriptures, what is portrayed would immediately
begin to make absolute sense. Why
was it so important for Jesus to be of the House of David? In the same way that the Apostle Paul wrote that the
two sons of Abraham was an allegory (Gal 4:24), so too can this same allegorical
truth be applied to Saul, the first king of Israel, with David, the second -- as
well as Essau and Jacob, and Adam the first man, and Jesus, the perfected Adam
(1 Cor 15:22-45). In each
case the first was of the flesh, the second of the spirit.
When the Roman Church of the fourth century killed the
Spiritual body of Messianic followers of Jesus, resulting in the loss of the
meaning of the spiritual language with which the scriptures are written in as
well as the Keys to the Kingdom, the Christian world has dwelled in the outer
darkness ever since. We claim
to believe in the Trinity, and yet we know not how to apply this doctrine in our
own lives. We constantly read
about the twelve tribes of Israel, the twelve disciples, and the twelve gates,
angels, pearls and fruit in the Revelation, and we know not the manner in which
these symbols must be applied. Where
the people of the simple faith will conclude that God seemed to like the number
twelve, the disciple in search of truth will understand that this number holds a
profound and sacred meaning in the life of all of mankind.
One of the most important elements of the Hebrew language
is the related numerical values of everything written and their association to
the body and controlling laws of the body, mind and spirit of man.
In the same way that the numerical equivalent of David is four, and this
four is spiritually represented in the genealogy of Jesus at Matthew 1:17,
ultimately David represents the twelve fruits (spheres of mind) of the Tree of
Life where the four triune levels of the mind of man are in a state of harmony
and balance. What this
portrays is that when the (four) minds of man (physical, mental-soul, spiritual,
and the Presence of God) are divided through the separation of the four triune
powers within each of the four (4,4,4,4 = 12), then the Tree of Life is in a
divided state, which is referred to in scripture as the Tree of Knowledge of
Good and Evil. The great
truth the disciple comes to learn, is how to apply the Key of Knowledge in order
to bring the twelve divided spheres of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil,
and once again harmonize these spheres of mind into a state of Oneness in the
Tree of Life. If our minds
were to be opened by the Anointing (Christ) of the Light, we would quickly see
that all of the symbols, forms and enigmas of the Bible, deal exclusively with
this theme.
The astute disciple in search of the soul of the
scriptures, and who understands the spiritual language of the Bible, will
immediately perceive that the seduction of Eve was imminent because of the
absence of Adam -- which conveys a state of divided mind.
Moreover, this state of divided mind is not only present within all of
mankind today, but is the actual source of all ignorance and evil in the world.
Further, the main theme of the rest of the Bible is totally consumed with
the merging (or marrying) of the male and female divisions within the mind of
the disciple, in order that the prodigal son will be able to return to the
Kingdom of the Father. Everything about our lives at present embraces division.
We are divided within ourselves -- from our spouse -- our church or
community. This division
brings about both a conflict and lessening of the very power of mind itself --
to the degree that we are only able to use a mere fraction of our mind’s
potential. We see and judge
the events in life through the very limited vision of a carnal mindset -- from
the perspective of yes or no, good and bad -- rather than understanding the
beginning and end as integral polarities of the opposite dimension, that when
brought together portrays the whole.
In the Divine Drama of the Creation Account that God not
only foresaw, but actually permitted Eve to be seduced by the serpent, is in
many ways the Old Testament equivalent of the Father permitting the prodigal son
to leave the kingdom and enter into the far country. In each case, the Father foreknew beforehand that the
events which would transpire were imminent -- and He permitted the exercise of
free choice in order to bring about the perfection and completion of His Child.
That carnal man creates such spiritually horrendous doctrines as Original
Sin, wherein women are blamed for all the evils that have fallen upon mankind,
is because mankind fails to grasp the true depth and moving spirit of the
scriptures. In like manner,
seemingly intelligent men are unable to even grasp the Divine Purpose of woman
-- regardless of the fact that the two sexes interact with each other through
every aspect of their lives.
Once properly understood, we must begin to perceive the
plight of Eve that is manifest in our own lives, wherein each of us eats the
fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil -- which is the fruit of
division and a divided mind. The
result is that in our blindness, we are unable to see beyond our very limited
carnal perception of Creation, and we fail to understand how all things are
destined to come together for the good of mankind.
It is only when we begin to understand our choices and
decisions in life from the very core and essence of this inherent genetic
equation, that we can truly begin to perceive the reality of what the Apostle
attempted to convey when he wrote: “As it is written: There is no one
righteous, not even one... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God” (Rom 3:10;23 NIV). Each
of us has permitted ourselves to become divided in mind, and ultimately
separated from our True Source of Being -- and if we are to overcome both the
conditions of our birth, and the many forms of seduction that the serpent uses
to make us walk in the wrong direction, then it is this separation that we must
strive to overcome. In this
respect, we must go to the very core of New Covenant teachings, and focus on the
words of the Lord when he said: “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they
shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from
the Father comes to Me” (John 6:45 NKJ).
If we take the symbols one step further and question why
Satan and God appear to have a working relationship in the Book of Job, we must
then understand that Satan is the very force of division that tests, and
eventually brings about the perfection of man.
If we knew how to interpret the significance and meaning of the numbers
in the manner of the Hebrew authors, we would immediately perceive the
difference between Job at the beginning and ending of the book that bears his
name.
If what I am writing in this book appears strange to your
manner of reasoning, or what you believe, it is because you have embraced the
doctrines of men, rather than having learned from the Father.
The great truth that natural man fails to realize is that all knowledge
and understandings of the Mysteries of God is within your ability to comprehend,
when they are received through the Anointing of the mind by the One True Prophet
that instructs all who are genuinely faithful to the Truth, and the Truth alone.
If man is truly created in the image and likeness of God,
then it is his destiny to use the resources of his whole mind.
The purpose of the Bible is to provide mankind with the tools to bring
this reality about in his life. What
we are presented with in the scriptures is the means by which man is able to
overcome his state of division, as well as the ten percent limitation on his
potential of mind that he is able to use.
If the vision of John 6:45 it to be brought about, and we are to begin to
crush the head of the serpent, overcome division, and learn directly from our
Father, then we must begin to gaze beyond the body, and perceive the soul and
spirit of the Sacred Word as found in our scriptures.
To this end, the disciple must recognize the absolute need to become an
informed believer. Each of us
must understand what we have received by virtue of our religious traditions, and
we must become cognizant of the force of the serpent moving in our daily lives.
In order to fulfill the word of the scriptures, and be “taught by
God”, we must possess the knowledge to walk in The Way that Jesus revealed
as the only path that man can return to his Heavenly Father.
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