METAPHORICALLY,
GOD’S THOUGHTS ARE ANGELS (SOLDIERS)
RECEIVED AS WORDS
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GOD IS HOLY
THOUGHTS
(Gen 28:12,13) And he [Jacob] dreamed,
and behold
[Heb: see]
a ladder [Heb: a
stair case] set up on the earth,
and
the top of it reached to heaven [step
by step, i.e., the pathway to God]:
and behold [Heb:
see] the angels of God
ascending and
descending on it. And, behold [Heb: see], the
LORD stood
above it, and said, I am
the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon thou
liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
1.
(John
1:51) And he [Jesus
Christ] saith unto him [Nathanael],
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels [Gk: messengers] [i.e., messages] of God ascending and descending upon the
Son of man.
2.
Commentary: God communicates
to each of us in symbols (words)
that we can understand. God does not speak to us as He did Moses “face to face, as a man speaketh unto
his friend” (Exo 33:11; Deut 5:4,5) because although we are completely
forgiven positionally, we still have
sin in us experientially [a,b] and God totally
will not abide the existence of sin. Now, “we know in part” (1 Cor
13:9), and
the consequence, should we appear in the
literal presence of God before
we have become completely transformed into full 100% experiential
Sainthood… is
“puff,” “For our God is a consuming
fire.” (Heb 12:29). Hence, the protective “buffering
effect” [c]
of God’s good angels.
a.
(1 John 1:8-10)
If we
say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
the truth [John 14:6] is not in us. If we confess our sins, he
is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If
we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his
word [John 1:14] is not in us.
b.
(John 2:23-25)
Now when he was in
c.
buffer = Dict: any person or thing that
serves to lessen shock or prevent
sharp impact, as between antagonistic forces.
3.
Commentary: God “the
LORD… said,” that is, God spoke (sent) words to Jacob through (via) His buffering angels (Heb: messengers), i.e.,
through the messages descending
from God and ascending
to God. Perhaps the messages are the (logos) seeds descending and the
(rhema) revelations and prayers ascending.
Nevertheless, in
every case, the angels ARE the messages, and one
has to be saved (born-again) to be enabled
to communicate with God. We
conceptualize the incoming angels (the words of God) in
the form of men for the necessity of
understanding (for our comprehension) as
men talking to us because,
being
still imperfect, we cannot
conceptualize an image of God who is perfection
talking to us.
4.
Commentary: The
angels (thoughts) of God are perceived
(interpreted) as words. Many
examples of God’s words
(messages) are clearly illustrated
by angels in the form of men in the Old Testament when God’s good
angels were
only “upon” or outside mankind. With
the advent and decease of Jesus Christ who is the door way into Heaven
(“I am
the door” John 10:7,9), and our
acceptance of Him as Lord and Savior, the door to our minds has been
opened
(our spiritual eyes) and now the good angels can enter into us and we, only if we are saved, can receive the
good angels (words - seed) as unveiling
(rhema), i.e., as God’s thoughts.
Like a beautiful butterfly emerging from the cocoon, the perceived
image (the
seed, the logos word, the angel), the
container of God’s thought dissolves as the rhema (the true
thought)
emerges, and the
glory of that
thought brightly
gloriously shines
(Exo 34:29-35), as did the face of Moses. Hallelujah!
THE
POWER OF GOD’S ANGELS
(SOLDIERS, WORDS)
(Heb 4:12)
For the word [Gk: logos] [“the seed” Luke 8:11:
the angel] of God is quick
[Gk: alive], and powerful [Gk: active], and sharper [1] than any twoedged sword [because angels are supernatural], piercing [Gk: to reach
through; penetrating] even to the dividing
asunder of soul [the natural
mind] and spirit [the spiritual mind], and of the
joints and marrow, and is a discerner
[Gk: discrimative] [Dict: to
recognize the difference] of the
thoughts [Gk: deliberations ///
ponderings: think] [meditations] and intents of the heart [Gk: the heart, fig. the thoughts
or feelings (the mind)].
1.
sharper = Gk: to cut (more
comprehensive
or decisive, as if by a single stroke); more keen.
UNDERSTANDING AND CHANNELING THE POWER OF GOD’S
ANGELS (SOLDIERS, WORDS)
(Mat 8:5-10)
And when Jesus was entered into
Capernaum [Heb: a village (as
protected by walls) /// comfortable], there came unto him a
centurion [Gk: a Roman captain of one hundred
men], beseeching [pleading with] him, And saying, Lord
[Gk: kurios; supreme in authority], my servant [Gk:3816 pais;
boy, child] [2] lieth at home sick of the palsy [Gk: paralytic], grievously tormented
[Gk: tortured: in pain,
tossed, vexed]. And Jesus saith unto him, I
will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, [THE
CENTURION
DISPLAYS HIS UNDERSTANDING:] Lord, I am not worthy [the lowest degree of self-respect,
i.e., showing great humility] that thou shouldest come under my
roof [and hence under my
hospitality/authority]: but speak the word [send your soldiers (angels)] only, and my servant
[Gk: 3816 pais;
boy, child]
[2] shall be healed
[Gk: made whole]. For I am a
man under authority [as are you], having soldiers under me
[which is a type and shadow of your
angels under you, your words]: and I say [words (power)] to this man
[my soldier as you do to
your angel], Go, and he goeth; and to another,
Come, and he cometh; and to my servant [Gk: 1401 doulos;
a slave]
[3], Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it,
he marveled, and said to
them that followed, Verily [Gk: truth] I say unto you, I have not
found so great [Gk: large, much] faith [Gk: belief] [resting upon a
sure foundation of understanding “truth” (John 14:6)], no, not in
1.
Commentary: “so
great faith” = true belief
is based upon, is founded upon, understanding
truth.
a.
(Mat 13:19)
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not,
then cometh the wicked one [Satan,
the devil],
and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which
received
seed by the way side. [the
unsaved – have no understanding, no faith]
b.
(Mat 13:23) But
he that received seed into the good ground is he
that heareth the word, and
understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and
bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. [the saved – have understanding, and faith
to great faith]
2.
servant = 3816 pais;
a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and
(generally)
a child; specifically a slave or servant (especially a minister to a
king; and
by eminence to God):
3.
servant = 1401 doulos;
a slave (lit. or fig., involuntarily or voluntarily; frequently
therefore in a
qualified sense of subjection or subserviency): bond (- man), servant.
(John 15:15)
Henceforth I call you [His disciples] not
servants [Gk: 1401 doulos;
a slaves]; for the servant
[Gk: 1401 doulos;
a slave] knoweth [Gk: understands] not what his lord doeth [i.e., the Bible:
John 1:14]: but I have called you friends [1]; for all things that I have
heard of my Father I have made known [Gk: declared, given to understand) unto you. [2]
1.
friends = Gk: dear,
a friend;
actively fond, friendly (an associate, neighbor, etc.).
2.
Commentary: Moses
and Abraham, who died and were taken
dead into Heaven
were each Biblically directly called a
“friend” of
God. Enoch and Isaiah, who were in
a
sense “raptured” alive
into
Heaven were each treated
indirectly as
a “friend”
of
God, but not directly called so. However,
there is still hope (happy anticipation) for you and I to be the “friend”
of God and Christ Jesus.
a.
(1 Thes 4:15-18)
For this we say unto you by the
word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and
remain unto the [second]
coming of the Lord shall not
prevent [Gk: precede] them which are asleep [Gk:
dead]. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever
be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort
one another with these words.
Amen
FOOD
FOR THOUGHT (A
PROGRESSING COMPILATION)
God is Love. The brightness of our
revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines, our building
blocks.
God is Thought. We who are saved, redeemed, imputed
for righteousness, born-again, are spiritually ascending and descending
Jacob’s
ladder (Gen 28:12; John 1:51) in meditation (inner thoughts) and prayer
(manifested thoughts). Thoughts are
Life (they move). Words are a product of thought. God’s angels are His
manifested Thoughts (His Words). God is Spirit. The
Holy Spirit of God
is the conglomerate of all His Angels (all His Holy Thoughts) who are
created
as Spirits (Psa 104:4; Heb 1:7). Angels are His
manifested Spirit. God
is the eternal Spirit from which all things that
are the entire
manifested universe was/is being created. All S(s)pirits originate as God’s
Thoughts. You are a transitional part of God’s Spirit (Eccl
12:7); you will become either
an eternal Heavenly Spirit,
or an eternal fallen spirit. The
Garden of Eden is a type and
shadow of Heaven. All the trees in the Garden of Eden are
fruit trees
(Gen 1:11,12,29; 2:9,16,17) symbolizing Angels
(Heb: messengers) whose
fruit is God’s message (Gal 5:22,23; Eph 5:9 & Rev
22:2). Men are fruit
trees (Mat 7:15-20; 12:33; Luke 3:9). The S(s)pirits of men are
A(a)ngels (Rev
19:9,10; 22:8,9).