BIBLICALLY, YOU
ARE EITHER A TREE OF LIFE OR A TREE OF DEATH
10-25-20 This message may be viewed live
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God is Thought. We
are God’s thoughts. The brightness
(glory) of our revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines,
our building blocks, our Godly Thoughts laid one upon another,
ascending
into the mind of Christ.
Angels are created as Spirits. Angels are
Father God’s manifested naked thoughts (fig. seeds). Human
bodies
are manifested coverings (fig. seed pods) of God’s hidden
seed-thoughts,
thoughts that are deep planted to become metaphorically “a well of
water
springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14).
ABRAHAM CLAVE THE WOOD FOR THE FIRE
(Gen
22:1-3) And it came to pass after these things, that God did
tempt [Heb:
test] Abraham [Heb: father of a multitude],
and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he
said,
Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac [Heb: laughter
(mockery)]
[the laughter of disbelief in miracles (Gen 17:17;18:12) that is proven
false
by the miraculous birth of Isaac], whom thou lovest, and
get thee
into the land of Moriah [Heb: seen of Jah /// Jehovah]; and
offer him [to Me] there for a burnt offering
[a
whole (complete, entire) sacrifice by fire] upon one of
the
mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in
the
morning [Heb: dawn (as the break of day)] [i.e.,
he
didn’t linger (dally, delay, dawdle, dither, or procrastinate)],
and saddled
his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and
Isaac his
son [now likely in his teens], and clave [Heb:
cleave,
rend, break, cut up, divided] the wood [Abraham separated
the fallen (felled) wood trees into firewood and bound (tied)
them into
bundles for the two young lads to carry for fuel for the fire] for
the burnt offering [1], and rose up [obeyed
God
and], and went unto the place of which God had told him.
1.
(Psa
1:1-3) Blessed
[Heb: happy] is the man that walketh not
in
the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight
is in
the law of the LORD [i.e., the Bible]; and in
his law doth
he meditate [Heb: ponder: study, talk] day
and night.
And he shall be like a tree [i.e., men (and women in
men) are
symbolized as trees in the Bible] planted [Heb:
transplanted] [i.e., saved, imputed for righteousness] by
[“by”
in a material location sense (near), and “by” in a spiritual action sense (doing)] the rivers of
water [moving waters symbolizing the Holy Spirit],
that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his
leaf
[Heb: a leaf (as coming up upon a tree); foliage: branch]
[symbolizing his
offspring, his children] also shall not wither [Heb:
wilt;
fall away, fig. to be foolish or (morally) wicked; disgrace, dishonor,
lightly
esteem, fade (away), come to naught, make vile]; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper [Heb: to push forward: be good,
be
profitable, (cause, effect, make, send) prosperity].
2.
(Mark
8:22-25) And he
cometh to Bethsaida [Heb: fishing house];
and they
bring a blind man [who could not see, who could
not
understand] unto him [a], and besought
[Gk:
implored: prayed to] him [out of their compassion] to
touch him [Gk: to attach oneself to /// to fasten to,
(specifically)
to set on fire: kindle, light]. And he [Jesus]
took
[attached Himself to] the blind man by the hand [by
grasping
the blind man’s extended hand (illustrating his willingness),
i.e., seeking help, “please help me”(seeking alms)], and led
him
out of the town [into privacy, into a place of no
distractions];
and when he [Jesus] had spit [saliva
containing the water of the Holy Spirit that was in Jesus
Christ] on
his [the blind man’s] eyes, and put his hands [power]
upon him [in him, i.e., Jesus Christ attached himself to,
became one
with the blind man, thereby lighting (enlightening his mind) the
blind man
with fire, commencing to burn up the natural wood of him – the soul,
commencing
to enlighten him with His consuming fire], he
asked him if
he saw ought. And he looked up [through his newfound
spiritual
eyes], and said, I see men as trees, walking.
After
that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look
up: and
he was restored [Gk: reconstituted] [Dict. syn:
reconstructed,
rebuilt, re-formed, put back together] [i.e., healed back
positionally
into his original created state of an innocent angel of God
with his
spiritual eyes intact (whole)], and saw every man clearly
[Gk:
in a far shining manner].
a.
(2
Cor 4:3,4) But if our
gospel [Gk: good news] be hid [Gk:
covered up:
hidden /// concealed], it is hid to them that
are lost
[Gk: destroyed fully: die, be marred (Dict. syn: be blemished,
flawed,
tarnished, soiled)]: In whom the god of this world
[i.e.,
Satan] hath blinded the minds [Gk: perceptions:
thoughts]
of them which believe not, lest the light [Gk:
illumination /// to shed rays, to shine or brighten up: enlighten,
(bring to,
give) light, make to see] of the glorious gospel of
Christ [the
anointed], who is the image of God, should shine
[Gk:
to beam forth /// a ray (i.e., a revelation) of light, radiate, dawn:
break of
day] unto them.
FALLEN OR FELLED WOOD TREES
(Matt
3:10) And now also the [carpenter’s] axe
is laid unto
the root of the trees [separating the tree from its roots
which cling
to the earth (to the world)]: therefore every tree which
[is
a fallen (felled) log that] bringeth not forth good
fruit [for
the Lord God, i.e., salvations (the healing of his spiritual wound), his
own
salvation, and others] is hewn down [Gk: cut down],
and
cast into the fire [“shall be as the fuel of the fire” Isa
9:19;
Ezek 21:31 & Zach 12:6].
1.
(Num
17:6-8) And Moses
spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes [each
a leader of one of the twelve tribes] gave him a rod
apiece [Heb:
a branch (of a tree)] [a wooden shepherd’s rod for the correction,
rule, and
protection of the flock], for each prince one [rod],
according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod
of Aaron
was among their rods. And Moses laid up the rods before the
LORD in
the tabernacle of witness [extrabiblically but incorrectly
called
“the tabernacle of Moses” (ref. Rev 21:3)]. And it came to pass,
that on
the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the
rod of Aaron for the house [tribe] of Levi was budded,
and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded
almonds
a.
almond = Heb: the almond (tree or
nut); as being the earliest in bloom /// to be alert, sleepless, hence
to be on
the lookout (whether for good or ill): remain, wake, watch (for).
b.
Commentary:
“and yielded
almonds” = that is, brought forth, “yielded,” (syn:
presented) fruit
(to the Lord) from a once dead but now living wooden rod. This
was a
visible material miracle accomplished overnight, but perhaps
instantly
“in the twinkling of an eye” (1 Cor 15:52) sometime that night, thereby
symbolizing the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus
Christ, and the
promise of the same for we who are in the Body of
Christ.
2.
(Isa
9:19) Through the
wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and
the
people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his
brother.
a.
(1
Thes 5:8,9) But let us, who
are of the day [i.e., saved], be sober
[of a
sound mind], putting on the breastplate of faith and
love;
and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For
God
hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation
by our
Lord Jesus Christ,
b.
(Ezek
21:31,32) And I
[God] will pour out mine indignation upon thee,
I
will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver
thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. Thou
shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst
of the
land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD
have
spoken it.
3.
(Zech
12:6) In that day will
I make the governors of Judah like an hearth
[stove,
furnace] of fire among the wood, and like a
torch of
fire in a sheaf [Heb: a bunch of grain] [ref. “chaff” Psa
1:4-6];
and they [i.e., us] shall devour all the
[unsaved] people round about, on the right hand and
on the
left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own
place,
even in Jerusalem.