KINGDOM LIFE
THE CALL INTO THE KINGDOM (BY JAMES F JARJOU )
There is an ever increasing cry of dissatisfaction in the Old creation, Since it was polluted from the fall of Satan, which became more polluted in the fall of Adam and Eve. This became a Force, a Power of uneasiness, with hellish properties which burn and torment all that is in the OLD creation of SIN and disobedience. These are eternal forces which manifest themselves anywhere they see the fruits of disobedience. These Eternal force or spiritual LAW is called the WRATH OF GOD in the scripture. It is a power which becomes manifest when the nature of the CREATOR which is the PURE LOVE OF GOD is perverted into that which THE CREATOR CANNOT LOVE, which is nothing but sin or disobedience. SIN itself is that which work out of the NATURE of the Creator and contain properties of GODS wrath which blind the creation from its original calling. In any measure where SIN exists, there is the manifestation of GODS wrath and anywhere Gods wrath is manifest, there is Blindness and uneasiness.
It remains a settled and unchanging truth there is JUDGEMENT and the manifestation of GODS Anger in the Old Creation of SIN and spiritual blindness, and the POSSESION OF GODS LOVE AND DIVINE LIFE, with heavenly knowledge in the new creation. The Call to enter the new Creation LIFE, stated from the Beginning and all the saints in the OLD Testament Had a Taste and a measure of it, walking in this very path; but where not fully delivered from the OLD CREATION. The sacrifice in the Cross brought in the Old material Creation the Only properties which can deliver us from the OLD CREATION, TO FULLY ENTER THE NEW CREATION WHERE ALL THAT IS IN US TRULY BECOMES THE DIVINE LIFE OF THE CREATOR.
The New Creation LIFE is a mystery and still remains a mystery from the foundation of the world, when the keys of its kingdom are not given. The keys are nothing different from the Spirit of God, which alone can reveal Gods mind to us. Each key (a measure of Gods spirit) of the kingdom opens a room in the heavenly kingdom for us to see. The different Keys open different rooms in the kingdom for us to see, which the unsearchable riches of Christ are. The only way we can bind or lose things on earth which will receive vindication from the Heavenly Kingdom, is that which is done through the KEY which is Gods spirit or Leading.
Christ is the door of the KINGDOM (John 10v7). The Degree we enter the new creation, by partaking the heavenly Life, it is in the same measure we are IN Christ. Talking about the Gates of the heavenly Jerusalem in revelation 21 v 13 it says "On the East three Gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates." Remember three is a perfect number this reveal Our Growing in to the fullness of Christ from one Gate of the kingdom INTO another. A picture and type of the outer court, the holy place and the holy of holies in the Old Testament. The north, south east and west reveal the unchanging Nature of Gods spirit in HIS dealing with men of all nations in all generations.
The psalmist wrote "How excellent is your name in all the Earth." God is not a respecter of person. "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth , to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward HIM..." (2 Chronicle 14v11)
It is just completely true that it is those who taste and seek after righteousness, that can be filled with the divine nature. God calls, but he will not force us against our will. Yet HIS divine judgment over evil is unchanging. When HIS anger is executed, some souls seek to walk IN HIS WAY out of fear, which later become a thing OUT of LOVE. The Fear of God keep seekers from turning back to their vomit and HIS LOVE keep them moving, thirsting and panting after HIM in prayer and occasional fasting.
Since Christ came to redeem us in the flesh, through HIS LIFE IN US, the degree of HIS nature in us, in our mortal Bodies, is in that very degree we enter HIM or the kingdom. The Door of the Kingdom is close, not open at physical death. The yielding of the Body to be possessed and lead by Christ's divine LIFE is what determines our ability to enter the KINGDOM of heaven in this mortal life. Physical death brings the process to a halt and so closes the Door of the kingdom. Indeed Death is an enemy, which the scripture affirm can be destroyed in those who are entering THE KINGDOM, depending on the degree or measure of Gods spirit and purpose; for some are called to be martyr for the sake of Christ(1 Corin. 15v26). When the Door of the Kingdom is close at death the only reward we will receive in paradise will be in proportion to how we yielded our life to be control and lead by the spirit of God.
THE CHARACTER OF THE KINGDOM LIFE
"And he said verily, verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted , and become as little children , ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 18v 3). In the Natural family life the more we grow as children the more we become independent of our Natural parents. We reach a state where we do things without their guidance. The more we are far from being a child, the more wiser and greater we become. The spiritual is the opposite the more we grow, the more we become dependent on our Heavenly Father. The more of a childish spirit within us, which is to be guided by the Heavenly father, the more we are greater in the Kingdom. The natural Father does not expect His child to know all and does not tell him/her all at once, so is the way the Heavenly Father trains HIS children, who are obeying the call to enter the kingdom. We will look here into three means the Heavenly Father use to reveal and bring His Children to possess HIS kingdom from degree to degree. We have:
1. THE ILLUMINATION PROCESS OR FIRST LIGHT
2. THE IMAGE OR THE FULLFILMENT OF THE PERSONAL PROMISE
3. THE OBJECT OR THE FULLFILLMENT OF THE ULTIMATE WILL
THE ILLUMINATION OR FIRST LIGHT
In the illumination or first Light, a key which is a measure of God's spirit, is given. These reveals God's mind to us, and shows us what HE will like to accomplish through us, either individually or corporately. In the Illumination or first Light the Heavenly promises are given to us in an Earthly symbolic way, this can cause a sense of carnal greatness in the fleshy, soulish nature within us. Like Joseph we see the sun, the moon and stars (Gen. 37v 9) bowing before us. Did it come Like that in Joseph's life? No, it was something far less than that, just His family bowing before him in Egypt after going through a lot of hard times and trial. We never read that the sun, moon and stars in a practical sense bow before Joseph, yet the vision was true; but it came in the heavenly way not the earthly way. Yes the spirit in flesh, and the kingdom of heaven on earth. If it is not Christ's spirit doing the work in the flesh, then it is nothing but the work of the spirit of anti-Christ. "every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come: and even now already is it in the world" (1John 3v 3).
Now why did the Jews miss the very savior they where anticipating? Was it not the confusion of the first illuminated light they read from the scripture from the substance?
They read about the mountains getting Low, the Gentiles rushing into Jerusalem for survival, that the Christ will live forever, etc. yes all this was true and the Voice of the LORD but it was a first illumination, a description of a heavenly kingdom in an Earthly Language; that was just the shadow but they missed the substance.
It is so true that most of the Carnal doctrines in Christendom today especially those that deny the power of the cross today and place it in to some future to come, are taking from the context of a first illuminated promise, the spirit unveil through the scripture. A rigid statement is made about it without a necessity of further adjustment through the coming of further light from the spirit. Is this not denying Christ? Is it not the same Christ the Jews reject in the days of HIS flesh, that so much in Christendom are denying today in spirit with their rigid carnal doctrines?
In the personal Lives of many Believers, many will tell you they are yet to see most of the things the LORD promised to accomplish through their personal lives. The truth is, in many cases, the promise was already fulfilled within them without them recognizing it. They expected the promise to come in the realm of the first illuminated Light. When the LORD promised to make them great on earth, for example, they see it in the fleshy way, not knowing, what the spirit calls greatness, is what the flesh calls lowliness and what the flesh calls lowliness, is what the spirit calls greatness. When the LORD gives them a vision of them praying and raising the dead etc, they just limit everything in the natural, forgetting those that are dead in the mire of sin. We are not limiting or saying the LORD will never give us visions, which truly mean praying and delivering people from physical bondage and sickness, through the spirit, but we just maintain our carnal and fleshy desires, which will love to do great things to gain recognition, do attract a deceiving spirit, in many a times, through the first illuminated light. This is the Tragedy, of the first illuminated Light.
2. THE IMAGE OR THE FULLFILMENT OF THE PERSONAL PROMISE
The Image, or the fulfillment of the Personal promise, is the bringing into reality the Good work the LORD promise to accomplish through our personal lives. It is in many cases, very different from the first illuminated Light, as we can see in the life of Joseph and many of God's servants, in the scriptures. This is the longing desires, in many cases of our unpurified soulish lives. At Most Cases, the LORD takes a Lot of time in bringing the fulfillment of this personal promise. HE trains us through many and lengthy periods of growing, to greater degree of HIS pure and Holy undefiled LIFE, which is the OBJECT OR HIS ULTIMATE WILL. The Carnal Selfish Nature, which cries within our deep hidden soulish Life "LORD I am coming to you, so that you can use me and make me great in the eyes of men" is fleshy and devilish. It is that unsympathetic soulish nature within us, which will love to exercise the Gentile leadership style of ownership over the very sheep the savior died for. With all the purification, the LORD takes a lot of HIS children, before bringing the personal promise into fruition; only a very and tiny few do not abuse the spiritual authority over the ignorant, in the fulfillment of the personal promise. This is the Tragedy of the fulfillment of the personal promise.
3. THE OBJECT OR THE FULLFILLMENT OF THE ULTIMATE WILL
The Object or the ULTIMATE WILL is the completion of The New Creation, which is the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. This is Gods ultimate will in HIS dealing with the Sons of men, yet in reality; this is what our carnal nature hates. The fleshy nature can be willing to pay any price as long as it means, being called great, in the eyes of mortal men. It is true that many souls try to seek the way of the LORD, when they are convinced by some fleshy preachers, that it will make them great in the eyes of mortal men. This is what it means to honor HIM with our lips while our hearts are far from the Possession of HIS ultimate will. The truth remains settled, that God still has HIS children who are willing to please and follow HIM in all things, though it will cost all their lives, and their fleshy ambition. These are the Called, Chosen, and Faithful in the way of the kingdom; following the leading of the spirit in all things. In the midst of perplexity and spiritual darkness, a period when the LORD seems to be silent, they know songs of consolation and deliverance from the spirit, which will often come, when all hopes seem gone, to revive them and keep them walking in the narrow way.
"By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. But none saith, where is God my maker, who giveth SONGS IN THE NIGHT" (Job 35v 9-10)
"Thou are my hiding place ; thou shall preserve me from trouble; thou shall compass me with SONGS OF DELIVERANCE" (Psalm 32v7)
"And I looked and lo a lamb stood on the mount Sion and with HIM an Hundred forty and four thousand, having HIS father name written in their foreheads. And I heard a VOICE from heaven, as the Voice of many waters, and as the Voice of great thunder: and I heard the Voice of harps harping with their harps: And they songs as it were a new SONG before the throne and before the four beast, and Elders and no man (those in the flesh) could learn that SONG but the Hundred and forty and four thousand which were Redeemed from the Earth (The old creation). These are they which were defile not with women (the harlotry spirit which is a mimic of the holy spirit); for they are Virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth (The Leading of HIS SPIRIT). These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb" (Rev 14v 1-4).
THE COST AND ENEMIIES OF ENTERING THE KINGDOM
1. The way to the Kingdom, is a Path extremely Narrow, and full of valleys of shadows of Death (Psalm 23v 4); where the natural understanding will be tried and consume with the Fire of HIS presence, to make so that, you judge not after the flesh but by the spirit. 2. It is a way; you will come across evil spirits, in the nature of wild beasts and many periods of temptations, in the desert of spiritual darkness. This will try you through Human Vessel and present Conditions as your Carnal Joy and hope in outward things becomes so dry and almost unbearable, thereby fulfilling the Divine Law of HIS True Peace in you. This Peace is attained not in the outward life, but through Divine Union, in partaking and walking In His spirit. "These things I have spoken to unto you, that in me ye might have PEACE. In the world ye shall have TRIBULATIONS: but be of good cheer I have overcome the world" (John 17v 33).
3. It is a way, in which you will come across perverse mountainous spirits, which will entice you to drink the perverse cup of the fornicating spirit, to inject within you a power hungry spirit to rule over your fellow creature, because of the little measure of your spiritual authority (Rev. 17v 3-4). The temptation, to take a short cut from the Leadership of the spirit, where your big "I" will be hammered from glory to glory and faith to faith until the fullness of Christ becomes magnified within you, to a leadership in the Flesh where your big "I" will be so magnify and Christ be no more in you, will ever be present.
4. The Flood and the mighty wind of Inward torment, which does come as a result of the rumors you hear without, about the prevailing negative conditions, both in the natural and spiritual will be there to steal your Inward Joy and trust in the Savior (Matt.7v 24-25 ). This can also come in the Form of accusation and evil report.
5. The ungrateful spirits of the nine leapers, with the Pharisaical spirit, which will call the Good you do evil, will work without to divert your mind from the Narrow way. This become worst when you turn the Good you do to Evil, by rewarding Evil with Evil.
6. The spirit of the Euroclydon wind,( Acts 27v 13 -14 ) which works to destroy all the Hopes of the dreams and Visions the Lord promised to accomplish through you, making them look so unreal, will be present from time to time.
7. It is a Road where Lust or fleshy desires like a torrent of rivers will be blocking your mind in any little carelessness to discourage you from entering the Kingdom (Rev 12v 15).
8. The Nine fruits of the spirit will be tried in you in the ninth hours of the Crucifixion of your fleshy life to let you see and know the sins you carry in you will always cause the Heavenly Father to forsake you , For HE is light and does not rejoice in iniquity. "About the Ninth hour hour Jesus Cried with a loud Voice, saying Eli, Eli, Lama sabachthani? That is to say my God my God why has thou forsaken me" ( Matt. 27v48 ). This you will know and Taste practically in your Journey.
This is the Voice of the spirit. Blessed is He / She that is not offended in working In the Path that I choose for Him/ Her, Saith the LORD.