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Apostle Michael A. Ohene
Decrypting the kingdom of God to mankind by raising the seeds of Christ as overcomers by works with the message of the kingdom.
The Miphkad gate is also known as the appointed place. The Miphkad gate is the place for commissioning as well as inspection for reward. After Jesus' resurrection, He appeared to His disciples and made an appointment with them to meet Him at an appointed place.
The East gate is to the east of the temple in Jerusalem. And the glory of God comes from the east through the East gate. When Jesus was born, a star appeared in the east and led wisemen (magus) in through the East gate. It means, the glory of God had come among men.
In scripture, 'Horse' represents strength, might, power and authority. When you receive a fresh unction at the Water gate, you become more conscious of your right to reign in life through Christ. At the Horse gate, you will have better understanding of your authority in Christ and your strength in the Holy Ghost.
The Water gate speaks of the Holy Ghost. It is the place of anointing. Fresh revelation comes with fresh anointing. The Water gate is the place of fresh anointing.
The Fountain gate is the place where God gives you a fresh revelation. You go through the experience of the Dung gate before the glory of the Fountain gate. At the Fountain gate, something new happens in your spirit; the stirring up of the inner man. It is stirring up of the life that's in your spirit.
The Dung gate is the gate through which most of the dung (excrete) is taken out of Jerusalem. In scripture, 'Dung' refers to worthless or useless things; things that must be removed for purity and cleanliness to be maintained. The Dung gate is where God takes away the mess from your life.
The Valley gate symbolises the valleys of life; when you seem to be going down in trouble and it's as though all hell has broken loose against you and criticism is coming from every angel. There are two types of valley experiences: one helps the new convert become more patient, while the other brings the older christian to a place of humility.
The Old gate is a place where you are founded in the word of truth. As a soul-winner you will have a lot of new converts to your credit. These are brought to the Old gate to be taught the principles and doctrines of our kingdom.
When you submit to God as His sheep, you are taken to the Fish gate. It is the next gate after the Sheep gate. The Fish gate is to be a soul-winner, to bring in fish. You become fishers of men. The Fish gate was the gate through which fishermen brought fish into the city from the River of Jordan and the Sea of Galilee.
When you submit yourself to the Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ then you are at the Sheep gate. This was the starting point for the building of Jerusalem, and in your life, it would mean the beginning of glory. You cannot skip the Sheep gate experience.
Studying Nehemiah's rebuilding of the wall and gates of Jerusalem, we find a pattern that God uses in building His church. These are the ten gates of Jerusalem: Sheep gate, Fish gate, Old gate, Valley gate, Dung gate, Fountain gate, Water gate, Horse gate, East gate and Gate Miphkad. God builds up His people through these ten patterns.
Gates are symbolic expression and demonstration of power and authority. There are two classification of gates: (1) Godly gates and (2) ungodly gates. Godly gates are referred to as the gates of Zion and ungodly gates are gates of Hell. Every believer is therefore, the gate of Zion. Gates of Zion speak of the works of the Church, which are the works of God precious than the dwellings of Jacob.
Zion has two-fold application to Israel and the church. But Abraham was a prophet and he was looking for a spiritual city whose builder and maker is God and not physical Israel. Thus, the present church! Zion is the city of the living God. Zion is the church of the living God. It is the place the new man in Christ is born into. We are there now and not matching to Zion some day.
Though there are two kinds of deliverance: (1) deliverance through knowledge, and (2) deliverance by laying on of hands. Proverbs 11:9 says, "...through knowledge shall the just be delivered". The believer's deliverance is through knowledge of the word of God unto maturity. Knowledge is what delivers the born again person.
When someone says, "we are only humans", it suddenly shows how ignorant they are of their divine life. God said, "Ye are Gods". The man is God and the woman is Goddess. If you say you are human, you will suffer what humans suffer: frustrations, depression, sickness, disease, satanic oppression etc. We are Gods in Christ.
The way to use the blood of Christ against the adversary is taking communion, the breaking of bread and drinking of the cup. The Greek word translated "testimony" is " marturia", which means record. The record we have is the eternal life we have in us now. That is why we take the blood of Christ.
A lot of people, including christians, are merely existing, not knowing where they are, what they ought to be doing or where they ought to be in life. So they just go about in the mere human course of life. This is wrong because God has a definite plan for everyone of His children. God has called us to manifest His glory, display His virtues and show forth His praise as royal priesthood, and chosen generation.
Nobody is to "repent from their sins". What the Bible actually says is REPENT! The expression "from your sins" was added to "repent" by man and not God. With regard to the unbeliever, what the Bible teaches is "repentance toward God". Repentance simply means a change of mind, thus "metanoia", which comes from the Greek word "metanoeo". God is not against the sins of the sinner but against his/her carnal mind. Repentance means come to the elevated place of God.
"Poor in spirit" is a Grecian idiomatic expression, it simply means "a teachable spirit". It has nothing to do with worshipping God and becoming poor or impoverished. It has nothing to do with pauperism as a sign of denying wealth with the hope of going to heaven. "Poor in spirit" is the state of humbleness to learn and receive more.
The discourse on fire is categorized into two viz, Hell fire and Lake of fire. Hell fire is different from Lake of fire (everlasting fire). Get this truth into your spirit. There is fire for everyone to taste including the believers in Christ. The story of Abraham, Lazarus and the rich man in the book of Luke chapter 16 is the illustration of Hell fire and Abraham Bosom (Paradise). However, there is the Lake of fire designed for the believers in Abraham Bosom highlighted in Matthew chapter 25.
Hell is a place designed by God to accommodate anyone who died and didn't serve God through Christ Jesus. If you are a believer and follower of Christ then you should count it joy that God has a plan for unbelievers who end up in Hell fire. As messengers of the gospel, the scope of our messages must get to Hell as well. That is the stretch of the good news.
Man is a special being, a special being of God. The new man is God Himself. Man is the personality of God. God wants us to come to His level where believers will not doubt anything. To even understand God is part of service. For God has called us into His garden. For we are no longer the fallen Adam, thus Adam Enosh; but the standing Adam. So throw away the old nature of the fallen Adam.
The most poisonous food you eat is not the physical food you eat, but the wrong or weak messages you feed your spirit man with. For every word you hear is food for the spirit and when you take in will reflect on your body.
Jesus Christ, the right hand of God, the salvation of God came to His own but His own rejected Him. He came to the Jews, the church, and the Pharisees and the Scribes rejected Him. Therefore, the Bible says as many as received Jesus, He gave them the power to become the sons of God. And these sons are those God seeks to reveal His glory through. Indeed, it is the day the Lord has made, we should rejoice in it. THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE is that, I shall live and not die physically! This is the good news!!
It is the delight of God to hide a matter, but the honour of a king is to search it out. God doesn't reveal secrets to the unmatured, hence God expects us to come to the place of maturity so that He can reveal His secrets to us. God takes counsel with kings in His secret room.
Concerning the dualism of Jesus, there is the Jesus of the Jews and the Jesus of Heaven. Jesus of the Jews went to the cross, and died and resurrected with mankind; and received the Certificate of Resurrection. We have Christ as a personality and we have heaven as his place. In simplicity, Christ is heaven. If you have Christ, you already have heaven. You are heaven! Therefore, you don't need to die to be in heaven. To die and go to heaven is a lower dimension of immortality in eternal life.
According to the finished work of Christ, we are in the ontology, historicity, and onticity of a new order of the resurrected Christ. We are no more in the Adamic nature and unrighteous consciousness, but in the Christic nature and righteous consciousness. It was through Adam HaRishon, sin (Hamartia) was imputed; and it is through Christ righteousness (Dikaiōsunē) is also imputed. Therefore, we are not in the Adamic era but in Christic era.
The material for the construction of the body of Christ is eternal life. And this eternal life is in us right after resurrection (anastasis). Christ is righteous and we too are righteous. Our Christic nature is righteousness. We are righteous in consciousness. We are righteous just as Christ is. This is the nature of the new man in Christ, imputed dikaiōsunē!
The fallen Adamic nature is the generic make up of sin nature, rendered as hamartia in Greek, and this consciousness is in the DNA of every man born of a woman. Adamic consciousness is unworthy consciousness. Adamic consciousness is unrighteous consciousness. It puts a man in bondage. Therefore, this is the reason, most believers approach God with an unrighteous consciousness lifting their hands for forgiveness of sin and mercy. Believers shouldn't approach God as sinners.
The word SIN doesn't mean the same thing everywhere in scripture. You must be careful when you read English scripture, because they don't mean the same thing in Hebrew or Greek. SIN can be divided into two: (1) Hamartia (sin as nature) and Hamartano (sin as actions). One must do critical analysis of the word SIN to gain distinct understanding or you will mess up the fabric of the tapestry.
In most cases, this condition of conscience exists primarily in the believer, however, it may also exist to some extent in the unsaved individuals who choose to live a life of forgiveness. A conscience is considered godly or healthy, when it is described as: Good conscience, Purged conscience, Pure conscience, Perfect conscience, Convicted conscience, and Conscience void of offence.
Every man owns a conscience, even though the condition of that conscience will vary widely from person to person, saved to unsaved, nation to nation and generation to generation. A conscience is considered ungodly when it is described as: conscience affected by dead religious work, weak conscience, wounded conscience, defiled conscience, evil conscience, and seared conscience.
There are three vital elements concealed in the spirit of man: conscience, perception and compassion. The conscience (suneidesis) is the organ of your inner man, the first organ that opens in the spirit man. In the Bible, the word of God talks about 11 different kinds of conscience (godly and ungodly). Conscience is the thinking ability of your inner man. Hence, a clear conscience is an open eyes and the more the conscience is opened, you will have sleepy visions and awakening visions. The fundamental characteristic of the conscience is that it receives spiritual things fast. So, you need the right conscience.
Is the "Law" the Ten Commandments delivered to and through Moses or is the "Law' the Old Testament as a whole? In reality, the "Law" is bigger than that! There is the difference between "operating the law" and "under the law". The believer in Christ Jesus operates the law while the unbeliever is under the law. The believer is under law to Christ; and the unbeliever is under the law of sin and death. Grace in itself is "Law" that regulates the life of the believer. So, the believer is under law to Christ which comes from Grace, and he is not under the law of sin and death.
Appertaining the concept of sin, there is sin as nature (hamartia) and sin as actions (hamartano) in Greek respectively. However, sin can be categorized into SIN THAT IS UNTO DEATH and SIN THAT IS NOT UNTO DEATH. SIN THAT IS UNTO DEATH by the believer is different from hamartia. SIN UNTO DEATH regarding the believer is when he speaks against the Holy Spirit or blasphemes against the Holy Spirit. This is the second dimension of SIN UNTO DEATH whereas the first dimension is the denial and rejection of the Lordship of Jesus after being born again.
The Anointing means to be found or chosen by God. When you are located by God, you are anointed, then God will send a man higher than you in the things of the Spirit to pour oil upon you for confirmation. The anointing is neither initiated by man nor a bottle of oil. Therefore, the pouring of oil on the head of anyone who has not been found, chosen and anointed by God, IS A WASTE!
There are two kinds of overcomers in the world or in the kingdom of God: overcomers by faith and overcomers by works. However, the dream of God for the believer is to become overcomers by works. The overcomers by works are those growing according to the measure of the standard of Christ and the standard of the Holy Spirit respectively.
One is born again because he believes in his heart and confesses with his mouth that Jesus resurrected from DEATH. The death of Jesus doesn't get anyone born again. The cross was merely a means to an end, it was not the end itself. Jesus did not only die, but he also resurrected, begetting the new man. Therefore, Joint resurrection with Jesus is what gets a person born again in Christ.
It must be understood that the death of Jesus Christ has never and will never get anybody born again. If you believe that you are born again because Jesus Christ died for your sins, you are sadly mistaken and not born again.
Poreumai denotes a traverse with a profoundly negative connotation. It speaks of a departure from life to death. Poreumai is the walk of a backslider or one on the road of apostasy.
Orthopodeo denotes an upright walk or measuring up to the established standard. In Orthopodeo, you become the reference point; the ultimate of everything that everybody would want to measure up to and attain.
Emperipateo walk means to be occupied among persons, to perambulate in a place or to conduct oneself. Where the proof of God becomes your natural estate, so when you speak, it is the unleashing of divine power and creative force from within. Thus the source of "Peripateo" of the overcoming believer is the "Emperipateo" of God in him. Emperipateo is where God has come to rest in a place, time or state.
Stoicheo walk means to match in military rank; to arrange in a regular line or to conform to virtue and piety. Stoicheo is the introduction to the rules and regulations of the Spirit. The point in your life where whatever you do is governed and regulated by the Holy Spirit, he decides for you.
In peripateo walk, the believer is to show proof of his or her divinity and ability after the Godly sort. So, you express the divine life of God deposited in your spirit: power, authority and dominion. Peripateo is the walk of faith.
The overcomer is the ultimate desire and dream of God for every believer. However, we must press on towards becoming overcomers by works. Many believers live in the Spirit but only a few walk in the Spirit. There are five kinds of walks in the Spirit Fundamentals of the believer: Peripateo, Stoicheo, Emperipateo, Orthopodeo and Poreumai walk.
Laodicea means the "right of the people". It comes from two Greek words; "Laos" and "Dikea". Laos means "people" and Dikea means "right". The greatest challenge of the church of Laodiceans is allowing people to direct the church and not the Spirit of God. However, the consummate overcomer at Laodicea is permitted to sit on the throne of the Lamb and rules as pantocrator of the universe of God with inherent power.
The name Philadelphia means "the love of the brethren". For all the works that you accomplish in Christ, you have to be grounded in love to be given the key of David. At the church of Philadelphia, the overcomer is made a pillar in the temple of God, then the name of the Tetragramatton of the Father which is Yahweh is inscribed on him, then the name of the New Jerusalem, and Jesus' new name is also written on him.
The name Sardis means the "red ones" or "bloody ones." These ones are enrolled in the heavenly army. At the church of Sardis, the overcomer's name is not blotted out of the Book of Life. There is a big difference between the Book of Life and the Lamb's Book of Life, and these books are not the same. The Lamb's Book of Life is the autobiography of the Lamb's life, while the Book of Life is the book of all living. So, it is in the Lamb's Book of Life where the names of the saints are "apographo" or registered in the Holy City and shown to the Father and his angels.
The name Thyatira means "the odour of affliction". Here, Jesus has his eyes as flame of fire and his feet as fine brass. Silver means the process of judgment and Brass also speaks of the verdict of judgment. At Thyatira, the overcomer is given the Morning Star and Rod of iron to rule.
Pergamos means "to be married on the height". It is derived from two Greek words "pergos", that is "elevation"; and "gamos" meaning "to be married". The overcomer at the third level is given the right to eat from the Hidden Manna, participate in the White Stone (bdellium) and to have the three Onyx stones as well.
The word Smyrna is from the word "myrrh" and it means "bitterness". The overcomer goes through tribulation and deaths without it he cannot enter the kingdom talk less of inheriting the kingdom. At the church of Smyrna, you are given a Crown of life and immunity to the second death. The place to seek glory, honour and immortality in our spirit.
The word Ephesus means "to be permitted". Since the prōtos anthrōpos Adam, only the overcomers have access to the fruits of the Tree of life. It is at the church of Ephesus that the overcomer is given the right to eat from the Tree of life.
The seven churches in Asia are things that the believer must overcome here on earth. They are the seven heights that every believer will have to go through to ultimately become the overcomer of this age. Starting from Ephesus and climaxing in Laodicea, Christ is the spectacle with which we are to look at them.
The throne of David was patterned according to the seven churches in the Revelation of Jesus Christ. The throne of David has six steps, the final step is to ascend to sit on the ultimate throne, and that is the seventh. On both sides of the throne were Armrests and a lion stood beside each of them, at either ends of the six steps stood lions.
In heaven, there is the Camp of the Saints and there is the Beloved City, and these two locations in heaven are not the same. That, you are born again and have become a saint, simply means that you are in the Camp of the Saints. However it takes maturity for one to be counted as part of the Beloved City, which is the Heavenly Jerusalem.
The innumerable company of angels; and the General Assembly. The General Assembly is rendered "paneguris" in Greek. "Paneguris" has to do with a feastal gathering in the heavenlies. Thus, there is the church of the firstborn, out of which we have the Paneguris.
Not all who access Heaven can access every room in the Courts of Heaven. Each room speaks of a rank and the man that possesses that rank is the man that can access that room and express its authority. Perfection has to do with ranks. Perfection is mastering one level and moving to the next higher level.
David patterned the entire Israel after the order of the tabernacle. In this pattern, the entire nation was the Outer Court of the Tabernacle, Jerusalem was the Holy Place and Zion was the Most Holy Place. But the fact that a man was an Israelite or Jew didn't mean that he dwelt in the City of David. Israel and the City of David are two different things.
Luchnia is the Greek word for 'lampstand' or 'candlesticks'. The same is 'menorah' in Hebrew or 'nebrasha' in Aramaic. There are three kinds of luchnia: two candlesticks, seven candlesticks and nine candlesticks. In this exposé, the seven candlesticks is what is under tutelage. Which speaks of the seven ascents or heights every Christian in Christ Jesus must grow into, even the Davidic system of governance.
The Greek word for dispensation is "oikonomia" which is translated as "economy". Whenever God sends a man to a dispensation to work, He gives him the Holy Spirit to work with in that economy. After the Church Age in which we are living now, there will be the New Jerusalem Age. And as believers we shall thirst; and need fresh water (Holy Spirit) for the New Jerusalem Age.
The proceeding word is the agency of unlimited expression of incredible happenings. Thus, the proceeding word is able to birth and bring into existence what it talks about. Therefore, the establishment of a believer in the faith is hinged upon his feeding on the present truth because revelation is progressive.
In the realm of the believer, nothing should be thought too incredible to happen; our works and acts of faith should rather be incredible to the people of the world.
Understand that the moment you became born again, God embedded in your spirit man His very Wisdom and Power which is Christ. And as you exercise yourself in the Holy Spirit and master the Spirit life, there is no limitation to what you can do and become.
Godology simply means transcendental Christology. The kingdom of heaven exists to establish the kingdom of God. Every Christian has received the kingdom of heaven, many have entered; but only a few have possessed or inherited it totally. The distinctive feature of the kingdom of God is that; it is measured by thrones!
In Greek the word Kingdom is "Basileia". Before the world, there was the kingdom. The kingdom is far from a king and his domain. It was prepared from the foundation of the world. There is the kingdom of God and there is the kingdom of heaven. Christ in general is to see the kingdom. The inception of the kingdom talks about its visibility in the earth realm. A son must progress as the Son of My Pleasure to the Son of My Word and to the Son of My Name in the Expression of Adoption. The kingdom does not come by observation, it is within us. The inward expression of the kingdom is the Spirit within; and the outward expression is the Holy Ghost withal.
What establishes you in life is Grace. Your knowledge of God provokes a certain level of Grace. It can only be multiplied through the knowledge of God and our Lord Jesus. People are looking for Gnosis(scientific knowledge); but what will you do if you contact Epignosis(Divine knowledge). Grace is multiplied through Epignosis.
Heaven is full of books. Anything that is purposed of the Lord will begin as a book in heaven. The battle is to get what is in the book to manifest on the earth. Every person ever born has a book written about him or her. MEGILLOT is Hebrew, it means SCROLLS or BOOKS. Purpose is what is written in the books of heaven about you; and Grace was the empowerment to bring it into the realities of the earth realm.
Certain prophesies requires your participation to bring it to pass. 1 Tim 1:18, the Apostle Paul made his son Timothy aware that, through those prophesies he can make a good warfare. Through prophesies you will not pray amiss. Enforce the decree by announcing it in prayer.
As Christ is, so are you, in this world. You walk in glory. You walk in life. You walk in light. You walk in the frequency of his manifested glory giving all attention unto the Lord Jesus Christ. Put the Lord before you and give all your attention to him.
The mirror of men shows you how you look but the mirror of God, which is the word of God, shows you how you should look; it shows you how God sees you. We must recognize that we are born of the word.
Speaking in tongues and working miracles are signs which follow the believer but are not what marks one as a believer, for unbelievers and devils can replicate. Love is the expression of God's heart to men through a man. The only thing that the devil cannot feign is the uncompromised quality of love. Walk in love!
The initiated speeches of the initiated. When you delve into the realm of tongues speaking, you will grow in knowledge and have understanding of matters on the heart of God. It is the realm of all knowing and mastery over the cosmos.
No child of God should walk in darkness or confusion; because you have a "Teacher" inside of you. He, has anointed your mind to think excellently and make quality and intelligent decisions.
When you walk in sync with God's Spirit, you will never run out of strength. You are constantly refreshed and rejuvenated.
God gave us His Word to live by, and to use in creating our glorious and triumphant lives. So it's your responsibility to use the Word; to work the Word.
You're responsible for activating His power in you. You can do this by speaking in tongues or by declaring God's Word.
The challenges you face are bread for you; they are your opportunities to demonstrate your faith in the Lord, and prove His Word. Therefore, refuse to become despondent!
Your way of thinking is your responsibility. A mind that's renewed with the Word is anointed to make the right decisions and choices in life.
Your union with Christ is the greatest thing on the face of the Earth, far greater than anything money can acquire.
There are promotions you should never overlook; an example is the ministry and the work of the Holy Spirit in your life!
God chose you before you were born. He took special interest in you, and planned your life. He set you apart for a special work.
Challenges come to everybody; so, at the time you're facing your own challenges, stay focused on God's word, and put your faith to work.
When you don't know what to do, what to pray for or how to go about a certain situation, He steps in. God gave us the Holy Spirit to guide us in all situations of life.
When we realise how important it is for us to finish our course in life successfully, then we will see the value God has placed on our soul prosperity which can only come by receiving His word and letting it mingle with our souls.
It is the fact that we actually have the capacity to stop our tongues and lips from evil and speaking guile. This ability is called self-control and it is a fruit of the Spirit of God who is in us.
Your prosperity is inherited through the Spirit, because you're the seed of Christ. In Christ, you have entered into God's rest.
Faith confessions are potent divinely inspired declarations which have legal force rooted in the word of God. This legal force is because it is rooted in the sure word of God by which the universe was created, and thus, gives them the divine capacity to produce distinctive results.
The yoke talks about the work of Jesus which becomes the responsibility of every believer at new birth. This work is best done on one's youth.
The measure of your glorious and victorious life will be to the degree of your knowledge of God's word, and how much of it you put to work. It's not about how long you've been a Christian; it's about how well you know and apply the word.
Anyone who has received Christ is a new species of being that never existed before. The old man has been crucified with Christ but there is a new man with a new life in his place.
The scripture says man believes with the heart. Since every man has a heart, it implies every man per their own will, believe. The problem is not believing but rather, what you direct your heart to believe.
A key function of the vessel of honour is to be a vessel of mercy. You are the vessel God has destined to be used to show mercy to the world.
The revelation of the hidden things of God is not automatic. It comes when you seek it diligently.
Some people pursue ambitions that have no connection with the purpose of God for their lives. Choose rather to follow and remain in God's plan for your life.
Everything you could ever desire of God, has been consummated, accomplished, and granted you in Jesus Christ. You now must act your faith!
As a believer, there's excellent in your spirit. So when you speak, it should be out of that abundance. This means, if you speak, foul, brash or bitter words, you're exuding an attribute that isn't consistent with your true nature.
Did you know that Jesus is not complete without us? And by "us" I mean the Church. You may never have heard this before; but it is true. We're one with Him; it is the Father's grand design for him to need us just as we need Him. He is our glory as we're His glory.
King David, the beloved man of God, revealed in the scriptures, a key secret to the blessedness of his life. Praise was his lifestyle.
The remedial work of God, through the death and resurrection of Jesus, has restored man to his rightful destiny in God's universe. Therefore, every believer has the right to reign in life.
The scripture reveals the glorious identity of the believers as a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation and vitally, a peculiar people.
There's more to life than what your physical eyes can see. For instance, if you were asking God for a job or a child, promotion, etc., He'll make it available to you in the spirit-realm first before taking hold in the natural.
In your Christian walk, turn away from everything else, and fix your gaze on Jesus. Refuse to be overwhelmed by any problem. Only keep looking unto Jesus.
Remember that life's got no extra time; so, make everyday count by doing only those things that'll advance the kingdom of God, and improve your life.
The word of God produces results in a man's life only when it becomes a bedrock. One way to achieve this is by means of Divine meditation. It involves capturing the word of God in your mind and pondering and reflecting on it, till it transcends your soul through your heart into your spirit.
As believers, we are to constantly document the records of God's mighty deeds in our lives. These are records that cannot be broken, and they set you high above life's situations as a victor and more than a conqueror.
Christ gain the church through his resurrection. So, he is coming for his bride, that's the Church, which is blameless, and without spots and wrinkles.
Jesus destroyed him who had power of death by means of resurrection. He has therefore, brought life to man who hitherto was dead, making him new species - the new creation.
The foundation of the new man in Christ is righteousness. Right from the foundation of the first man Adam HaRishon, he was righteous before he transgressed. But the foundation of Adam Enosh, that's fallen Adam, is unrighteousness. Now the foundation Jesus has built is righteousness, and we are his foundation. Christ, is therefore our consciousness.
Anytime you pray, you exact the image of God upon creation. Anytime you pray, you gain the advantage to add your voice to determine the outcome of events. When we pray we calleth. When we pray, we create. When we pray, we form things. When we pray, we make creation produce result according to Absolute Cause and Principle of Congruency.
We do not match to Zion, we become Zion as we undergo various phases of perfection to sit in the throne as overcomers by works. Mount Zion is a subset of the New Jerusalem. Thus, in heaven, you may be in the New Jerusalem and yet be far away from the throne.
The Amen is a personality. He is Godhimself, the self existing God. Before anything came into being, he existed. Amen means the beginning and the end God. He is the achievement of all things. There are dimensions in God.
The Spirit of God the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit. However, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are called God and they live in the Spirit. He is the person of the Father in the Son and at work in us as believers. He is the life sustaining force of God and the Godhead sent by the Father through Jesus.
God is able to accomplish far more with your tongues speaking as compared to speaking in your understanding. Tongues speaking therefore accomplishes far more in the Spirit than the words spoken in your understanding can.
The Greek word used for signs is "semeion" which means wonder, token or miracle. To cast out devils, to speak in new tongues; to drink deadly poison but still not be hurt; to lay hands on the sick and cause them to be healed and to take up serpents all fall within the same category; they are all miracles, wonders and tokens. Speaking in tongues is a miracle.
To be in the Spirit simply means to have the Spirit in you. Any believer can pray in the Holy Ghost as long as he is conscious that he is in the Spirit, that is, he has the indwelling of the Spirit of God and is led by him.
Every believer can speak in tongues, whether he is just a believer or a pastor-teacher, evangelist, apostle, prophet. But there are some whom God has specially raised and ordained to perform that function in an administrative office in the church. There is New Tongues and Other Tongues.
All social bonds are founded primarily on the ideology of a people. For a kingdom to advance and emerge in greatness, all the members of the kingdom must subscribe to the defining culture of that kingdom. Every kingdom has a language, and it's the same with the kingdom of heaven.
Measuring up to the heights of the clouds. Discovering the various ascends in Christ Jesus.