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Christ The Antidote Regarding Death




                      CHRIST THE ANTIDOTE REGARDING DEATH

                                                      Part 54.

                                      The Judgement Unto Victory!

  ''BUT [in the midst of judgement there is the promise and the certainty of the Lord's deliverance and]
there shall be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time [the Lord] brought into contempt
the land of Zebulun - Jacob's territory - and the land of Naphtali, - fight or struggle - but in the latter time
He will make it glorious, by the way of the Sea [of Galilee, the land] beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the
nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of
intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined.'' Isa 9:1-2. Amp. Isa. 42:6-7
Matt. 4:15-16.

       What wonderful encouragement! Judgement is most necessary & it does not ever come in a
condemning way when it comes from God, but come it will & come it must for our spirits to become
submissive to the perfect will of God. God's creation has walked in INTENSE darkness for generations, but
wonderfully, gradually & yet also suddenly; In the shadow of death a great & wonderful light has shined
& when the light shines it shows up all that is close by & we have a clear view of all that is in the
surrounding environment of our spiritual understandings, both that which is useful & that which should be
discarded. This is all coming to pass by & through the WONDERFUL LOVE OF GOD, in & by His
judgements.

       ''The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very
great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God
said, Let there be light; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant)
and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and
the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.'' Gen 1:2-5.
Amp.
      Notice that God separated the light from the darkness, this is what is happening to His chosen ones
even now in the form of judgement & judgement can come in many, many ways. Some when they think
of judgement, would liken it to one forcing another into submission, or maybe a stern judge behind a
bench, not so with our wonderful, gracious loving God with His beloved offspring His son's & daughters.
Love is the prime reason! God has a way of separating light from darkness & when they are separated in
their complete form they are totally different. And separated they will be. Then ''in the midst of
judgement there is the promise of the CERTAINTY of the Lord's deliverance and there shall be no gloom
for her who was in anguish.''     I say wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

      To return to Isa 9:1&2, in former times the land of Zebulun - Jacobs territory - was brought into
contempt as was the land of Naphtali - fight or struggle - but in the latter time today & in the future He
will make it GLORIOUS, beyond the Galilee of the nations. For the people have & will see a GREAT
LIGHT. How true this is considering the contempt that has been toward God & His people in past times &
the anguish that they have suffered. The intense darkness & the shadow of death is wonderfully
disappearing for a great & wonderful light is now shining. Applying the following for today's scene
inasmuch that the light is now closer to full strength, in 1Thess we are told.

     ''But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief. You are all
the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness.'' 1Th 5:4-5.
''Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be calm. For those sleeping sleep in the


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night, and those being drunken are drunken in the night. 1Th 5:6-7. MKJV.

     ''For God Who said, ''Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth]
the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the
Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). However, we possess this precious
treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and
exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.'' 2 Co 4:6-7.
Amp. Whilst searching for something regarding another subject, amazingly I happened to turn to this very
quote by our great forerunner Bill Britton in ''Jesus The Pattern Son'' series, which verifies our theme
today. Quote:-
                                   Day And Night – At The Same Time!

''This physical natural world is made up so that right now while the sun is setting upon millions of people,
bringing in the blackness of the midnight hour; upon millions more it is just rising with the promise of a
new day! As in the natural, so in the spiritual. God is separating the light from darkness, & He is clearly
identifying each. The light is getting brighter, new truths are being seen by the light of God's divine
revelation, new realms in God are being seen & attained to. While at the same time those who at one time
seemed to have a measure of truth are denying the Light & going into.....darkness of the Night. Children
of the night!'' Unquote.

    Whilst this may be true, we are glad to be reminded that the darkness is not 'never ending!'

    ''But let us, who are of the day, be calm, having put on the breastplate of faith and love and the hope
of salvation for a helmet. For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord
Jesus Christ,'' 1Th 5:8-9. MKJV.

     In the third day understanding this verse along with the rest of the Bible when taken in its overall
intended application is that no-one is appointed to an eternal wrath but through & by the wonderful act of
obedience of Christ at Calvary, His death paid the price for ALL sin, for ALL men & if I read my Bible
correctly, Christ never was a failure in any way but is the complete victor over sin, redeeming ALL men
unto Himself & has in the overall scene not appointed any of His children - creation - to wrath. Blessed
be our God & Saviour. Christ is the complete VICTOR over ALL THINGS. Heb. 2:14-15.

                           The Zeal Of God Will Accomplish His Purpose!

''For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be on His shoulder; and His
name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
There is no end of the increase of His government and peace on the throne of David, and on His
kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgement and with justice from now on, even forever. The
zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.'' Isa 9:6-7. MKJV.

     There are many directions that we could go with the above two verses. But we must keep in mind the
theme that God would have us share. We were most definitely given these four verses, the first verses 1&2
& the two directly above. So let us see where the Spirit will take us today. A most amazing point
mentioned here is that this government of this kingdom of peace is to have no end, from now on even
forever; Wonderful! Also it is an ever increasing government from now on, even forever, & what is the
driving force behind it all; it is the wonderful ZEAL of Jehovah the Lord of Hosts, even Jesus Christ that is
performing this. This government is to be on the shoulder of this Son who is given. I ask the question
who is this Son, is it only Jesus Christ the Man who died over two millenniums ago? Notice again that this
government is an EVER INCREASING ONE. Not only in quality but also in quantity. In Hebrews we
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     ''Therefore when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You
have prepared a body for Me.'' Heb 10:5. This is certainly speaking of the man Jesus but is there more to
this body that God has prepared for Himself. I think that we will find a further clue as we co-join this with
the following in John's Gospel.

     ''Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. Then the
Jews said, This temple was forty-six years building, and will you rear it up in three days? But He spoke
of the temple of His body.'' Jn 2:19-21. Incidentally the temple that Jesus is referring to is in no way
connected to bricks & mortar. In verse 21 the Amplified states ''But He had spoken of the temple which
was His body'' To understand the deeper spiritual content of what Jesus is saying here the following
should help us.

    Jesus destroyed the temple – His Temple, His single membered body - and in three days He will raise
up His many membered corporate body.

     Incidentally when Joshua was preparing to pass over Jordan & take possession of the promised land he
said to the people ''Prepare your provisions, for within three days you shall pass over this Jordan to go in
to take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.'' Joshua 1:11. Amp.
Here it is in the typology within three days.

    Most of us reading this would realise immediately that ''a day with the Lord is as a thousand years and
one thousand years as one day'' So we would assume that this would be right about now; much could be
said here & maybe some would beg to differ. But let us move on. In Mat 8:20 we read.

      ''And Jesus replied to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have lodging places, but the Son
of Man has nowhere to lay His head.'' Mat 8:20. Amp. A head without a body? Can you imagine a head
without a fully functioning body. I once had an uncle who was a very vibrant & successful man who lived
life to the full. Unfortunately he was in a car accident & was paralysed from the neck down, it was so sad
to see this fine man entrapped in a body that was useless to him, a non functioning hindrance. He was
actually a head without a functioning body. Now I know that this is not the perfect analogy but it will help
to emphasise the point that we are making.

        To understand the meaning of the word head more clearly we shall enlarge the word head into
headship. Jesus has been preparing this place for His headship which has been without a body that is -
yet to be perfected - since the resurrection & even aeons before; The zeal of the Lord is bringing this to
pass & it will be so. To divert slightly & emphasise the aeons before thought, The following is a very
interesting eight line quotation from Dale Luttrell who publishes the ''Love Of The Truth Bible Studies''

      Quote: ''We understand that Jesus Christ was with the Father “before the world was” (before the
physical creation was spoken into existence), and so were we, for we were all IN HIM (Christ Jesus
theSon) when He was begotten of the Father. Jesus Christ has always been the Son of God, for He was
begotten of the Father long before there was ever a physical creation, for He is as eternal as His Father is
eternal and so are we. And we were there also for we all were in the loins of the First Begotten of the
Father, the Son of God. Jesus Christ has always been the Son of God for He was eternally begotten of the
Father before time and space were ever created. Our origin dates back IN HIM for we were all within His
loins when He was begotten of the father.'' End Quote.

    ''And He said to them, Go and tell that fox [sly and crafty, skulking and cowardly], Behold, I drive out
demons and perform healing-s today and tomorrow, and on the THIRD day I finish (complete) My
course.'' Luke 13:32. Amp.

      Different translators write the last three words differently, here are some to consider. ''I reach My

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goal'' NIV '' I shall be consummated'' Murdoch, or I reach resurrection life. Last but not least the
KJV renders them ''I shall be perfected.''
     Jesus Christ, is in the zeal of God working in us to reach His goal, bringing us to perfection, to reach
the understanding of the RESURRECTION LIFE that is already a part of our true identity. We must keep in
mind that it is God in us that works to do of His own good pleasure. Remember that we in our flesh can
do nothing. Some may say it is too high for me to attain. Hear again the words of David.

     ''I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is
willing.'' Ps 119:32, Amp. I repeat it is God in HIS ZEAL who performs His own good pleasure.

    ''I will run the way of Your Commandments, when You shall enlarge my heart.'' Psa 119:32. MKJV.
And again it is God who will enlarge our hearts & our understanding. To be an overcomer we need to have
a willing heart & God heard in David's heart, that willing cry & it was certainly answered, for do we not
read that David had heart after God's own heart. We must never forget this. It is His zeal in us that will
accomplish His purpose in US ALL. Praises upon praises to our Creator Redeemer.

     ''After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that
we may live before Him.'' Hos 6:2. Amp.

     ''After two days he will restore us to life, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his
presence.'' Hos 6:2, ISV. Please notice the word restore, which means returning us to something that we
once had previously.

    ''After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.''
Hos 6:2. KJV.

      ''After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his
face;'' Hos 6:2. Darby

      Once again we we see that the third day is mentioned, after two days He will revive us quicken us,
give us life that we may pânıD ym which is the Greek for the end word in this text. This very last word is
taken from the word pânıD ym pronounced paw-neem' Strongs H6440 which entails all of the above
meanings which are:- before him, in His presence, in His sight, & before His face. They are each
important but it is the last one that really speaks to me; before His face.
      ''At present we are men looking at puzzling reflections in a mirror. The time will come when we shall
see reality whole and face to face! At present all I know is a little fraction of the truth, but the time will
come when I shall know it as fully as God now knows me!'' 1Cor 13:12. Phillips. We are told that no
man can see God face to face & live, but in this last day it is not man per-Se that will be seeing God face
to face - it is in no way the man of the five senses – let us read what Paul is sharing with the Phillipians.

     ''we earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Saviour,
Who will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of
His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself.''
Phil 3:20b -21. So we see that those who see God face to face are changed beings, changed into His
image & glory.

    ''Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel
of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed)'' 1Co 15:51.
Amp.
    It will not be mortal men that will see God face to face. We will be changed beings, ''changed from
the mortal to immortality'' Our bodies will be like ''the body of His glory & majesty'' and we will see


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Him face to face within our very own being, we will know Him in the very same way that He knows us &
that is in Spirit, within ourselves. Is this not wonderful? The zeal of the Lord is no doubt performing this
for His beloved one's. In answer to our earlier question who is this Son? We see that Christ has a
corporate body which comprises of those that God has prepared for Him. Heb 10:5.

   ''We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when
he appears, we are to be like him — for we are to see him as he is. And everyone who rests this hope on
him, purifies himself as he is pure,'' 1Jn 3:2-3. Moffatt. Take note; that it is this hope that purifies us.

      ''Beloved, we are [even here and] now God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we
shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God's children]
resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is. And everyone who has this hope
[resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).'' 1Jn 3:2-3.
Amp.
       And everyone - the corporate body - who has this hope purifies himself & is just as pure as the head
Jesus Christ is pure. When He has fully come & is revealed in His saints, is not underestimating the fact
that the Head Christ has now come & is well on the way to being fully manifested, revealed; Where? In
His Saints. Are We His saints? ''I will come again and will receive you unto myself that WHERE I AM
there you may be also.'' Let us begin to go there, where He is, & take these things personally.

                           The Government Shall Be Upon His Shoulder!

Upon this Son, this corporate son, this many membered body which He Christ is raising up in three days,
this same Son which is given & not born as a natural child, Isa 9:6.''For to us a Child is born, to us a
Son is given;'' the government will be upon His/their shoulder, this is same one is also referred to as the
man-child in Rev12:5, ''And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule) all
the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God and to His throne.'' Amp.
     As we can see the the government is also upon the shoulder of this man-child & of course is the very
same one as referred to in Isa 9:6. This is why many of God's people are being judged, even though this
judgement unto victory is for all eventually, the Judgement Unto Victory for the man-child company is
for a further special reason inasmuch as we have mentioned several times they will be the forerunners that
will eventually lead ALL of mankind into the same wonderful experience. The Spirit would wish to urge
all of us to raise the bar in our thinking & to consider that what God has called us into He is well able to
perform & finish it. Do we think that it is out of our thinking range & understanding, ''changed from the
mortal to immortality'' these are not just thoughts, these are words of life. Please allow me to once again
to remind & encourage you from the end of the quote that we had in our Part 52 from our beloved George
Hawtin.

      Quote: ''All this was but the beginning. It is not the end. We do not need another Pentecost, which
was the Earnest of our inheritance. WE MUST NOW POSSESS THE INHERITANCE ITSELF --- our
spiritual Canaan, our heavenly citizenship. The excellence of the realm of which we speak may seem to
cast a shadow of doubt over our minds, for tradition has not taught us to expect these glories here & now
as part of our inheritance, but has taught us rather to expect them after death in some far distant day.
But for the sake of faith & hope that maketh not ashamed, the word of God is replete with Many Witnesses
of men & women who, while here on this earth, walked in the light of an Open Heaven, having all their
spiritual senses wide awake to see, hear, taste touch & feel & smell the effulgent glory of an open
heaven.” Unquote.

    What our dear brother is actually saying here is that the time that we are to possess the
inheritance of our calling is now.


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     The government shall be upon the shoulder of this Son which is given & when He comes we shall be
like Him, the man-child shall come forth out of the woman who is destined to rule, shepherd all nations &
He shall be caught up to God & His throne & ''His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgement
and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.'' Isa 9:6-7. MKJV.
Hear the declaration of Isaiah calling once again to us from the distant past but yet so much now in the
very present.

     ''And He will destroy on this mountain, The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil
that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears
from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.''
Isa 25 7:8. NKJV.

     ''Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies - who were dead in their mistaken identity & are now alive to
the realities of their true Christ identity - shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; - or the
earthly natural way of thinking - for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the
dead.'' Isa 26:19. ASV.

                                   Lift Up Your Heads Oh You Gates!

''Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may
come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your
heads, O you gates; yes, lift them up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is
[He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah [pause, and think of that]!''
Psa 24:7-24. Amp.
      According to Strong's concordance, gates really mean an opening & is referring to the opening of
acceptance that is found within ourselves in our mind will & spirit. So we are urged to lift up our heads &
open our gates in our outlook, in our way of thinking that the King of Glory may come in, in a greater
fullness of understanding. This King of glory is none other than receiving the perception that we were
created in Christ Jesus who is the Spirit Son of our King of glory & as we were told by this Christ whilst
on earth that ''I and My Father are one'' that our true hidden deep, within ourselves identity is none other
than Christ Jesus who's identity was actually God. ''In the beginning was the Word and the Word with
God and the Word was God'' Jn 1:1. To make it more explicit, after the word God the Amplified tacks on
a word & states ''the Word was God HIMSELF.''
     So what is this outlook & way of thinking that the Zeal of God would want us to see, what would He
want us at this time to lift up our heads & open our gates to? I would venture to agree with & repeat the
words of our dear Bro Hawtin ''WE MUST NOW POSSESS THE INHERITANCE ITSELF '' I believe that
the key is willingness, This is what David's attitude was, ''I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of
Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.'' Ps 119:32, Amp. A willing heart was
what David desired! Let us now in conjunction with the above verse now turn to Psa 87.
     ''Jehovah loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3. Glorious things are spoken
of thee, O city of God. Selah.'' Psa 87:2-3. ASV.
     The reason that many give up on the Bible is that they try to read everything ad verbatim for they do
not realise that a vast amount of the contents are in parables which cannot always be understood by surface
reading. This is how I feel that this verse applies in today’s true third day Kingdom of God scene. Jehovah
loves the gates of Zion - those who have the Genesis 1:27 understanding of the kingdom of God within -
more than all the dwellings of Jacob, notice that Jacob is mentioned & not Israel. Jacob was the name he
bore whilst he was still a flesh man, before he wrestled with the angel & received a name change which
was Israel. So looking at the context once again ''Jehovah loves the gates of Zion & their dwellings - I
will dwell in them and they in Me - of ISRAEL.'' Now in the conclusion of this verse, after this


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statement is made & we have dissected & grasped a deeper meaning it as it were, in verse 3 we are
encouraged greatly as we read. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God, Selah, or think on this.
Did not Jesus tell us that ''You are indeed a CITY that is set on a hill.'' So once again we are encouraged
that if we open our gates & lift up our heads you age-abiding doors, the King of glory will come in, in a
greater reality than ever before. When we consider that our true identity is the Christ Himself & that in
reality the veil is our flesh which has been up to date a very strong delusion for most, the separation is non
existent, there has never ever been any separation between spirit & soul. As one writer quite often states it
is impossible to divide Christ. In reality what Christ is we are. Hear these words.
      ''He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the
divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God's] nature, upholding and maintaining and
guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself
accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine
Majesty on high, [Taking a place and rank by which] He Himself became as much superior to angels as
the glorious Name (title) which He has inherited is different from and more excellent than theirs.'' Heb 1:3-
4. Amp.
      With the added realisation of the complete cleansing of our sin consciousness, which brings a riddance
of guilt; in the realising of our Gen 1:27 true identity when we read the above verse we need to realise that
it is our legitimate Christ right as replicas of Himself to identify especially with the first two lines of the
above verse. He is the sole expression of the glory of God, we need to realise that the corporate son
inherits & takes on & is part of the exact identity of the Head of His body! Even your own body & head
are ONE.
                                                     Eternity!

''He has made everything beautiful in its time, He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a
divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God
alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.'' Ecc
3;11. Amp.
     At first glance the above verse may seem to some to be a contradiction. He has implanted eternity in
men's hearts & minds. So that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I
feel the the answer to this seeming dilemma is the word men. As mere men we have not the slightest
hope of ever understanding what God has planned for us but Ah; in our heart of hearts, in the mind of
Christ or our true Gen 1:27 Christ identity we have every hope of knowing in our spiritual intuition exactly
what God is planning for each of us. To you who are reading this, whoever you may be, the Spirit of God
would have you know that this eternity is within EVERY MAN'S heart. Even though the KJV does not use
the word eternity I am pleased to see that that the 'Modern KJV' along with the 'New KJV' the ASV the ESV
the GW & a number of others included have rectified this. The root word for eternity is OLAM & Strong's
has included the following in it's explanation of the meaning. It is usage that determines the meaning of
any word as in most cases OLAM does not mean eternal even in this case it really means age-lasting but to
illustrate the point this seems to be the strongest word available. The following is an extract from the
whole of the explanation.

     ''always (-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-]) ever (-lasting, -more, of old),
lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end).
Compare H5331, H5703''.

      This of course is another existence - that the natural man knows nothing of - from which we all
originated & is eternal & we come into the reality of fully realising this in our in our true Christ identity;
judgement must be part & parcel of God's dealings with us & ''The judgements of God are glorious &
they are past finding out.'' Judgement unto victory is our title, this is showing us the victory that is for
all men after the judgements are over.


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      The things that God has prepared for His children are simply mind boggling.

                                          You Shall Inherit That Which I Have Sworn!

In finalising this article let us return to Joshua. As leader he was told in Joshua 1:6. ''Be strong &
confident for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.''

      Then in in verse 11b ''For within three days you shall pass over this Jordan to go in and take
possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.'' Keep in mind that it was
foreordained that they were to possess the land, God chose the land, He chose the leader, He also chose
the situation, God had pre-sworn to their fathers that this was going to come to pass no matter what! Oh
yes we can hear the but-buts & so did Joshua but remember that he was told that as I was with Moses so I
will be with you, verse 5. Remember that it was an almost impossible thing considering the giants etc; it
was a place that they had never been before it was a new experience to them. So it is with us today it has
been pre-sworn to our fathers the prophets that there will be a man-child born that will possess the land &
possessing it many of us are doing. NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION & NO MATTER HOW MANY OF
THE UNBELIEVING OF ISRAEL STOOD AGAINST JOSHUA & CALEB; Yes surely Joshua & his followers
heard from the religiosity of Israel, impossible, impossible too much against it the giants will kill us. But
then those who are the chosen hear the words loud & clear, ''WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.''

   We are the land that is now being possessed, as we open up all that we are, we are possessing a David's
heart, thy will Oh God. ''When you give me a heart that is willing,'' In truth that willing heart is in
everyone of us, Oh yes even in our Christ self, even our true original identity!

                            May we thank God for the ''Judgement Which Is Unto Victory.''

                                                           A note to those concerned!

As we are all in a learning process, the wonderful judgement of God is changing us daily. I wish now - as
it was brought to my attention - to apologise to certain of my brothers for not covering them when I should
have. Sometimes we are so ignorant of the greatness of the love & the oneness of God that it takes a bump
on the head as it were to wake us up to spiritual reality in certain areas. Blessings to any I may have
offended.


God's richest to you all.
Ralph Knowles, March 2013.

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If we have been prone to human error in this article it is not purposely, & I trust that a little kindness would allow for any fault, & that we will consider &
imbibe the better or spiritual part of that which is presented & intended. RWK.




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Part 54 The Judgement Unto Victory.

  • 1. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death CHRIST THE ANTIDOTE REGARDING DEATH Part 54. The Judgement Unto Victory! ''BUT [in the midst of judgement there is the promise and the certainty of the Lord's deliverance and] there shall be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time [the Lord] brought into contempt the land of Zebulun - Jacob's territory - and the land of Naphtali, - fight or struggle - but in the latter time He will make it glorious, by the way of the Sea [of Galilee, the land] beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined.'' Isa 9:1-2. Amp. Isa. 42:6-7 Matt. 4:15-16. What wonderful encouragement! Judgement is most necessary & it does not ever come in a condemning way when it comes from God, but come it will & come it must for our spirits to become submissive to the perfect will of God. God's creation has walked in INTENSE darkness for generations, but wonderfully, gradually & yet also suddenly; In the shadow of death a great & wonderful light has shined & when the light shines it shows up all that is close by & we have a clear view of all that is in the surrounding environment of our spiritual understandings, both that which is useful & that which should be discarded. This is all coming to pass by & through the WONDERFUL LOVE OF GOD, in & by His judgements. ''The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.'' Gen 1:2-5. Amp. Notice that God separated the light from the darkness, this is what is happening to His chosen ones even now in the form of judgement & judgement can come in many, many ways. Some when they think of judgement, would liken it to one forcing another into submission, or maybe a stern judge behind a bench, not so with our wonderful, gracious loving God with His beloved offspring His son's & daughters. Love is the prime reason! God has a way of separating light from darkness & when they are separated in their complete form they are totally different. And separated they will be. Then ''in the midst of judgement there is the promise of the CERTAINTY of the Lord's deliverance and there shall be no gloom for her who was in anguish.'' I say wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! To return to Isa 9:1&2, in former times the land of Zebulun - Jacobs territory - was brought into contempt as was the land of Naphtali - fight or struggle - but in the latter time today & in the future He will make it GLORIOUS, beyond the Galilee of the nations. For the people have & will see a GREAT LIGHT. How true this is considering the contempt that has been toward God & His people in past times & the anguish that they have suffered. The intense darkness & the shadow of death is wonderfully disappearing for a great & wonderful light is now shining. Applying the following for today's scene inasmuch that the light is now closer to full strength, in 1Thess we are told. ''But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief. You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness.'' 1Th 5:4-5. ''Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be calm. For those sleeping sleep in the 1
  • 2. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death night, and those being drunken are drunken in the night. 1Th 5:6-7. MKJV. ''For God Who said, ''Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.'' 2 Co 4:6-7. Amp. Whilst searching for something regarding another subject, amazingly I happened to turn to this very quote by our great forerunner Bill Britton in ''Jesus The Pattern Son'' series, which verifies our theme today. Quote:- Day And Night – At The Same Time! ''This physical natural world is made up so that right now while the sun is setting upon millions of people, bringing in the blackness of the midnight hour; upon millions more it is just rising with the promise of a new day! As in the natural, so in the spiritual. God is separating the light from darkness, & He is clearly identifying each. The light is getting brighter, new truths are being seen by the light of God's divine revelation, new realms in God are being seen & attained to. While at the same time those who at one time seemed to have a measure of truth are denying the Light & going into.....darkness of the Night. Children of the night!'' Unquote. Whilst this may be true, we are glad to be reminded that the darkness is not 'never ending!' ''But let us, who are of the day, be calm, having put on the breastplate of faith and love and the hope of salvation for a helmet. For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,'' 1Th 5:8-9. MKJV. In the third day understanding this verse along with the rest of the Bible when taken in its overall intended application is that no-one is appointed to an eternal wrath but through & by the wonderful act of obedience of Christ at Calvary, His death paid the price for ALL sin, for ALL men & if I read my Bible correctly, Christ never was a failure in any way but is the complete victor over sin, redeeming ALL men unto Himself & has in the overall scene not appointed any of His children - creation - to wrath. Blessed be our God & Saviour. Christ is the complete VICTOR over ALL THINGS. Heb. 2:14-15. The Zeal Of God Will Accomplish His Purpose! ''For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be on His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. There is no end of the increase of His government and peace on the throne of David, and on His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgement and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.'' Isa 9:6-7. MKJV. There are many directions that we could go with the above two verses. But we must keep in mind the theme that God would have us share. We were most definitely given these four verses, the first verses 1&2 & the two directly above. So let us see where the Spirit will take us today. A most amazing point mentioned here is that this government of this kingdom of peace is to have no end, from now on even forever; Wonderful! Also it is an ever increasing government from now on, even forever, & what is the driving force behind it all; it is the wonderful ZEAL of Jehovah the Lord of Hosts, even Jesus Christ that is performing this. This government is to be on the shoulder of this Son who is given. I ask the question who is this Son, is it only Jesus Christ the Man who died over two millenniums ago? Notice again that this government is an EVER INCREASING ONE. Not only in quality but also in quantity. In Hebrews we read. 2
  • 3. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death ''Therefore when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared a body for Me.'' Heb 10:5. This is certainly speaking of the man Jesus but is there more to this body that God has prepared for Himself. I think that we will find a further clue as we co-join this with the following in John's Gospel. ''Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. Then the Jews said, This temple was forty-six years building, and will you rear it up in three days? But He spoke of the temple of His body.'' Jn 2:19-21. Incidentally the temple that Jesus is referring to is in no way connected to bricks & mortar. In verse 21 the Amplified states ''But He had spoken of the temple which was His body'' To understand the deeper spiritual content of what Jesus is saying here the following should help us. Jesus destroyed the temple – His Temple, His single membered body - and in three days He will raise up His many membered corporate body. Incidentally when Joshua was preparing to pass over Jordan & take possession of the promised land he said to the people ''Prepare your provisions, for within three days you shall pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.'' Joshua 1:11. Amp. Here it is in the typology within three days. Most of us reading this would realise immediately that ''a day with the Lord is as a thousand years and one thousand years as one day'' So we would assume that this would be right about now; much could be said here & maybe some would beg to differ. But let us move on. In Mat 8:20 we read. ''And Jesus replied to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have lodging places, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.'' Mat 8:20. Amp. A head without a body? Can you imagine a head without a fully functioning body. I once had an uncle who was a very vibrant & successful man who lived life to the full. Unfortunately he was in a car accident & was paralysed from the neck down, it was so sad to see this fine man entrapped in a body that was useless to him, a non functioning hindrance. He was actually a head without a functioning body. Now I know that this is not the perfect analogy but it will help to emphasise the point that we are making. To understand the meaning of the word head more clearly we shall enlarge the word head into headship. Jesus has been preparing this place for His headship which has been without a body that is - yet to be perfected - since the resurrection & even aeons before; The zeal of the Lord is bringing this to pass & it will be so. To divert slightly & emphasise the aeons before thought, The following is a very interesting eight line quotation from Dale Luttrell who publishes the ''Love Of The Truth Bible Studies'' Quote: ''We understand that Jesus Christ was with the Father “before the world was” (before the physical creation was spoken into existence), and so were we, for we were all IN HIM (Christ Jesus theSon) when He was begotten of the Father. Jesus Christ has always been the Son of God, for He was begotten of the Father long before there was ever a physical creation, for He is as eternal as His Father is eternal and so are we. And we were there also for we all were in the loins of the First Begotten of the Father, the Son of God. Jesus Christ has always been the Son of God for He was eternally begotten of the Father before time and space were ever created. Our origin dates back IN HIM for we were all within His loins when He was begotten of the father.'' End Quote. ''And He said to them, Go and tell that fox [sly and crafty, skulking and cowardly], Behold, I drive out demons and perform healing-s today and tomorrow, and on the THIRD day I finish (complete) My course.'' Luke 13:32. Amp. Different translators write the last three words differently, here are some to consider. ''I reach My 3
  • 4. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death goal'' NIV '' I shall be consummated'' Murdoch, or I reach resurrection life. Last but not least the KJV renders them ''I shall be perfected.'' Jesus Christ, is in the zeal of God working in us to reach His goal, bringing us to perfection, to reach the understanding of the RESURRECTION LIFE that is already a part of our true identity. We must keep in mind that it is God in us that works to do of His own good pleasure. Remember that we in our flesh can do nothing. Some may say it is too high for me to attain. Hear again the words of David. ''I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.'' Ps 119:32, Amp. I repeat it is God in HIS ZEAL who performs His own good pleasure. ''I will run the way of Your Commandments, when You shall enlarge my heart.'' Psa 119:32. MKJV. And again it is God who will enlarge our hearts & our understanding. To be an overcomer we need to have a willing heart & God heard in David's heart, that willing cry & it was certainly answered, for do we not read that David had heart after God's own heart. We must never forget this. It is His zeal in us that will accomplish His purpose in US ALL. Praises upon praises to our Creator Redeemer. ''After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him.'' Hos 6:2. Amp. ''After two days he will restore us to life, on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence.'' Hos 6:2, ISV. Please notice the word restore, which means returning us to something that we once had previously. ''After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.'' Hos 6:2. KJV. ''After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;'' Hos 6:2. Darby Once again we we see that the third day is mentioned, after two days He will revive us quicken us, give us life that we may pânıD ym which is the Greek for the end word in this text. This very last word is taken from the word pânıD ym pronounced paw-neem' Strongs H6440 which entails all of the above meanings which are:- before him, in His presence, in His sight, & before His face. They are each important but it is the last one that really speaks to me; before His face. ''At present we are men looking at puzzling reflections in a mirror. The time will come when we shall see reality whole and face to face! At present all I know is a little fraction of the truth, but the time will come when I shall know it as fully as God now knows me!'' 1Cor 13:12. Phillips. We are told that no man can see God face to face & live, but in this last day it is not man per-Se that will be seeing God face to face - it is in no way the man of the five senses – let us read what Paul is sharing with the Phillipians. ''we earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Saviour, Who will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself.'' Phil 3:20b -21. So we see that those who see God face to face are changed beings, changed into His image & glory. ''Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed)'' 1Co 15:51. Amp. It will not be mortal men that will see God face to face. We will be changed beings, ''changed from the mortal to immortality'' Our bodies will be like ''the body of His glory & majesty'' and we will see 4
  • 5. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death Him face to face within our very own being, we will know Him in the very same way that He knows us & that is in Spirit, within ourselves. Is this not wonderful? The zeal of the Lord is no doubt performing this for His beloved one's. In answer to our earlier question who is this Son? We see that Christ has a corporate body which comprises of those that God has prepared for Him. Heb 10:5. ''We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him — for we are to see him as he is. And everyone who rests this hope on him, purifies himself as he is pure,'' 1Jn 3:2-3. Moffatt. Take note; that it is this hope that purifies us. ''Beloved, we are [even here and] now God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God's children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is. And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).'' 1Jn 3:2-3. Amp. And everyone - the corporate body - who has this hope purifies himself & is just as pure as the head Jesus Christ is pure. When He has fully come & is revealed in His saints, is not underestimating the fact that the Head Christ has now come & is well on the way to being fully manifested, revealed; Where? In His Saints. Are We His saints? ''I will come again and will receive you unto myself that WHERE I AM there you may be also.'' Let us begin to go there, where He is, & take these things personally. The Government Shall Be Upon His Shoulder! Upon this Son, this corporate son, this many membered body which He Christ is raising up in three days, this same Son which is given & not born as a natural child, Isa 9:6.''For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given;'' the government will be upon His/their shoulder, this is same one is also referred to as the man-child in Rev12:5, ''And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule) all the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God and to His throne.'' Amp. As we can see the the government is also upon the shoulder of this man-child & of course is the very same one as referred to in Isa 9:6. This is why many of God's people are being judged, even though this judgement unto victory is for all eventually, the Judgement Unto Victory for the man-child company is for a further special reason inasmuch as we have mentioned several times they will be the forerunners that will eventually lead ALL of mankind into the same wonderful experience. The Spirit would wish to urge all of us to raise the bar in our thinking & to consider that what God has called us into He is well able to perform & finish it. Do we think that it is out of our thinking range & understanding, ''changed from the mortal to immortality'' these are not just thoughts, these are words of life. Please allow me to once again to remind & encourage you from the end of the quote that we had in our Part 52 from our beloved George Hawtin. Quote: ''All this was but the beginning. It is not the end. We do not need another Pentecost, which was the Earnest of our inheritance. WE MUST NOW POSSESS THE INHERITANCE ITSELF --- our spiritual Canaan, our heavenly citizenship. The excellence of the realm of which we speak may seem to cast a shadow of doubt over our minds, for tradition has not taught us to expect these glories here & now as part of our inheritance, but has taught us rather to expect them after death in some far distant day. But for the sake of faith & hope that maketh not ashamed, the word of God is replete with Many Witnesses of men & women who, while here on this earth, walked in the light of an Open Heaven, having all their spiritual senses wide awake to see, hear, taste touch & feel & smell the effulgent glory of an open heaven.” Unquote. What our dear brother is actually saying here is that the time that we are to possess the inheritance of our calling is now. 5
  • 6. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death The government shall be upon the shoulder of this Son which is given & when He comes we shall be like Him, the man-child shall come forth out of the woman who is destined to rule, shepherd all nations & He shall be caught up to God & His throne & ''His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgement and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.'' Isa 9:6-7. MKJV. Hear the declaration of Isaiah calling once again to us from the distant past but yet so much now in the very present. ''And He will destroy on this mountain, The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.'' Isa 25 7:8. NKJV. ''Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies - who were dead in their mistaken identity & are now alive to the realities of their true Christ identity - shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; - or the earthly natural way of thinking - for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.'' Isa 26:19. ASV. Lift Up Your Heads Oh You Gates! ''Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates; yes, lift them up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is [He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah [pause, and think of that]!'' Psa 24:7-24. Amp. According to Strong's concordance, gates really mean an opening & is referring to the opening of acceptance that is found within ourselves in our mind will & spirit. So we are urged to lift up our heads & open our gates in our outlook, in our way of thinking that the King of Glory may come in, in a greater fullness of understanding. This King of glory is none other than receiving the perception that we were created in Christ Jesus who is the Spirit Son of our King of glory & as we were told by this Christ whilst on earth that ''I and My Father are one'' that our true hidden deep, within ourselves identity is none other than Christ Jesus who's identity was actually God. ''In the beginning was the Word and the Word with God and the Word was God'' Jn 1:1. To make it more explicit, after the word God the Amplified tacks on a word & states ''the Word was God HIMSELF.'' So what is this outlook & way of thinking that the Zeal of God would want us to see, what would He want us at this time to lift up our heads & open our gates to? I would venture to agree with & repeat the words of our dear Bro Hawtin ''WE MUST NOW POSSESS THE INHERITANCE ITSELF '' I believe that the key is willingness, This is what David's attitude was, ''I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.'' Ps 119:32, Amp. A willing heart was what David desired! Let us now in conjunction with the above verse now turn to Psa 87. ''Jehovah loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.'' Psa 87:2-3. ASV. The reason that many give up on the Bible is that they try to read everything ad verbatim for they do not realise that a vast amount of the contents are in parables which cannot always be understood by surface reading. This is how I feel that this verse applies in today’s true third day Kingdom of God scene. Jehovah loves the gates of Zion - those who have the Genesis 1:27 understanding of the kingdom of God within - more than all the dwellings of Jacob, notice that Jacob is mentioned & not Israel. Jacob was the name he bore whilst he was still a flesh man, before he wrestled with the angel & received a name change which was Israel. So looking at the context once again ''Jehovah loves the gates of Zion & their dwellings - I will dwell in them and they in Me - of ISRAEL.'' Now in the conclusion of this verse, after this 6
  • 7. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death statement is made & we have dissected & grasped a deeper meaning it as it were, in verse 3 we are encouraged greatly as we read. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God, Selah, or think on this. Did not Jesus tell us that ''You are indeed a CITY that is set on a hill.'' So once again we are encouraged that if we open our gates & lift up our heads you age-abiding doors, the King of glory will come in, in a greater reality than ever before. When we consider that our true identity is the Christ Himself & that in reality the veil is our flesh which has been up to date a very strong delusion for most, the separation is non existent, there has never ever been any separation between spirit & soul. As one writer quite often states it is impossible to divide Christ. In reality what Christ is we are. Hear these words. ''He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God's] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high, [Taking a place and rank by which] He Himself became as much superior to angels as the glorious Name (title) which He has inherited is different from and more excellent than theirs.'' Heb 1:3- 4. Amp. With the added realisation of the complete cleansing of our sin consciousness, which brings a riddance of guilt; in the realising of our Gen 1:27 true identity when we read the above verse we need to realise that it is our legitimate Christ right as replicas of Himself to identify especially with the first two lines of the above verse. He is the sole expression of the glory of God, we need to realise that the corporate son inherits & takes on & is part of the exact identity of the Head of His body! Even your own body & head are ONE. Eternity! ''He has made everything beautiful in its time, He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.'' Ecc 3;11. Amp. At first glance the above verse may seem to some to be a contradiction. He has implanted eternity in men's hearts & minds. So that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I feel the the answer to this seeming dilemma is the word men. As mere men we have not the slightest hope of ever understanding what God has planned for us but Ah; in our heart of hearts, in the mind of Christ or our true Gen 1:27 Christ identity we have every hope of knowing in our spiritual intuition exactly what God is planning for each of us. To you who are reading this, whoever you may be, the Spirit of God would have you know that this eternity is within EVERY MAN'S heart. Even though the KJV does not use the word eternity I am pleased to see that that the 'Modern KJV' along with the 'New KJV' the ASV the ESV the GW & a number of others included have rectified this. The root word for eternity is OLAM & Strong's has included the following in it's explanation of the meaning. It is usage that determines the meaning of any word as in most cases OLAM does not mean eternal even in this case it really means age-lasting but to illustrate the point this seems to be the strongest word available. The following is an extract from the whole of the explanation. ''always (-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-]) ever (-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare H5331, H5703''. This of course is another existence - that the natural man knows nothing of - from which we all originated & is eternal & we come into the reality of fully realising this in our in our true Christ identity; judgement must be part & parcel of God's dealings with us & ''The judgements of God are glorious & they are past finding out.'' Judgement unto victory is our title, this is showing us the victory that is for all men after the judgements are over. 7
  • 8. Christ The Antidote Regarding Death The things that God has prepared for His children are simply mind boggling. You Shall Inherit That Which I Have Sworn! In finalising this article let us return to Joshua. As leader he was told in Joshua 1:6. ''Be strong & confident for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.'' Then in in verse 11b ''For within three days you shall pass over this Jordan to go in and take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.'' Keep in mind that it was foreordained that they were to possess the land, God chose the land, He chose the leader, He also chose the situation, God had pre-sworn to their fathers that this was going to come to pass no matter what! Oh yes we can hear the but-buts & so did Joshua but remember that he was told that as I was with Moses so I will be with you, verse 5. Remember that it was an almost impossible thing considering the giants etc; it was a place that they had never been before it was a new experience to them. So it is with us today it has been pre-sworn to our fathers the prophets that there will be a man-child born that will possess the land & possessing it many of us are doing. NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION & NO MATTER HOW MANY OF THE UNBELIEVING OF ISRAEL STOOD AGAINST JOSHUA & CALEB; Yes surely Joshua & his followers heard from the religiosity of Israel, impossible, impossible too much against it the giants will kill us. But then those who are the chosen hear the words loud & clear, ''WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.'' We are the land that is now being possessed, as we open up all that we are, we are possessing a David's heart, thy will Oh God. ''When you give me a heart that is willing,'' In truth that willing heart is in everyone of us, Oh yes even in our Christ self, even our true original identity! May we thank God for the ''Judgement Which Is Unto Victory.'' A note to those concerned! As we are all in a learning process, the wonderful judgement of God is changing us daily. I wish now - as it was brought to my attention - to apologise to certain of my brothers for not covering them when I should have. Sometimes we are so ignorant of the greatness of the love & the oneness of God that it takes a bump on the head as it were to wake us up to spiritual reality in certain areas. Blessings to any I may have offended. God's richest to you all. Ralph Knowles, March 2013. For those who have enjoyed this article & are hungry for the deeper truths of “ Third day revelation” Please contact Ralph Knowles. Phone 07 38187875, Mobile 0448126882. The mailing address is, 47/13 Thomas St Goodna Qld 4300 Australia. <ralphwknowles@yahoo.com.au> Web < www.rwknowles.com.au > If we have been prone to human error in this article it is not purposely, & I trust that a little kindness would allow for any fault, & that we will consider & imbibe the better or spiritual part of that which is presented & intended. RWK. 8