2Kings 2:11-12 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and
talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and
horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by
a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried,
My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own
clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Elijah had come to the conclusion of His race and the set time had
come for Him to depart, He would do this in a manner in which most
men never have the privilege of doing. Instead of going downwards
into death and corruption, He was quickened and taken up into life
and incorruption. Before He was taken up by the whirlwind into
heaven, Elisha, His servant and successor had a rare revelation of
the invisible host of heaven appearing as a chariot of fire driven
by horses of fire and by the spirit. At this awesome sighting, He
cried out MY FATHER, MY FATHER, THE CHARIOT OF ISRAEL AND THE
HORSEMEN THEREOF. That awesome sighting was actually not for Elisha,
He never got the revelation of what He saw, it is for we today who
are called into God’s kingdom to be partakers of the mysterious
fellowship of the saints in light. It is given to us to know the
mysteries of the kingdom and to be partakers of divinity and
heavenly glory. The same way Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind
along with the horses and chariot of fire is the same glorification
path that all those predestined for glory will take. Like Elijah,
Not all will die; some will be exalted and will stand eternally in
the place of life. I am speaking here in a spiritual tongue, because
in reality Elijah’s translation is only a shadow of the true
translation and glorification that occurs in those who are to
inherit eternal life. At that point in time Elijah never tasted
eternal life, confirming the saying of Jesus that the least in God’s
kingdom is greater than John the Baptist who is greater than all the
prophets that were before Him. What happen to Elijah was simply a
pointer to the great things that were to come regarding the glory of
Christ.
This topic is wide and can in no way be exhausted by one article,
but we will try to unlock some mysteries locked up in the
translation of Elijah and the transformation of Elisha His servant
and successor. Bear it in mind that articles like this, go forth to
refresh the saints and strengthen their faith so that they remain
unmoved and unshaken by the appearance of things in this Dark Age.
We should meditate day and night on these things so that they become
life to us.
Our Father, the only Father, is teaching us how to get back to Him,
so that we can once more find the place of glory which He ordained
for each and every one of us from the beginning. The focal point of
the gospel is reconciliation with the Father, because when we have
the Father we have all things. He says, “I am your exceeding
great reward [Genesis 15.1]”, meaning discovering
ourselves in and as Him is the ultimate reward for any man who can
comprehend what the spirit is saying in this hour. Jesus confirms
this when he says great is your reward in heaven, because
there we are united in one with the Father; the Father who sees in
secret rewards us with every thing that He is.
Paul made reference to our consolation and reward is beyond the veil
where Jesus has gone ahead of the other brethren as fore runner for
those who will inherit life [Hebrew 6:11-20]. The glory of
the Father was found beyond the veil in the holies of holies and
appeared as a cloud hovering over the mercy seat between the
cherubims [Leviticus 6:2]. No wonder Jesus says I go to the
Father and ended up being caught up in the glory cloud at the end of
His ministry [Acts 1:9]; the glory cloud is simply that glory
of the Father that dwells beyond the veil of human consciousness and
awareness in the temple not made with hands. Having found himself in
a mortal dead human body, he retraced his steps back to His immortal
glory in God, His ascension in the cloud shows us that Jesus ended
up in the glory of the Father, so that every trace of that dead
human identity He bore in the days of the flesh was totally
dissolved.
“I
am the way, I am the truth and I am
the life, no man in His natural state of flesh and blood can inherit
the glory of the Father, unless he recognizes the “I” (the
Christ within) on the inside of Himself and lives by Him. If I
discover the mystery of the I on the inside of me as
revealed by the Father and humble myself unto the death of the
cross, putting aside the false identity I bore in ignorance, I
will discover that I and the Father are one. I will
discover that I rule over all and all things serve me,
I will discover myself in the glory cloud of the Father, united in
one with His heavenly host who are of one mind in truth.
Our high calling in Christ is far higher than the things that are
exalted in the mind of mortal man, it is far above gold and silver,
big banks accounts and whatever form of gathering that men seek
after, be it for fame, protection, satisfaction or self
immortalization. Discovering the Father is life unlimited, it is joy
unspeakable, peace abundant and self containment in all things. Any
man who retains the mistaken image he has borne in His human
experience and does not experience life in the son is as one that
enters into darkness and departs in darkness, because He has not
seen the light of the world.
Ecclesiates 6:3-4 If a man beget an hundred children, and
live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul
be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I
say, that an untimely birth is better than he. 4 For
he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name
shall be covered with darkness.
The fullness of time has come and we are being educated on how we
can be gathered back unto the Father who is the only true God and
eternal life. The spirit is in our midst today teaching and
instructing us on how we can be gathered back into that one body
of innumerable saints, angels and perfected spirits which has been
ever before the world was. This body of perfected spirits functions
together as the son in absolute oneness and is the only God and
eternal life.
John the Apostle, the one who knew the heartbeat of Christ,
eloquently reveals a mystery that many men who read the bible to
this very day have not been able to comprehend. He reveals our
origin and our destination in the faith of our Lord Jesus. He
reveals our origin in the son who is called Christ Jesus in this
present time; I say in this present time because He has been even
before audible names came into being, He simply is. The
Apostle John reveals that this mysterious body from which we
originated from, is the only true God and eternal life.
1John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given
us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and
we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus
Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
John is saying in plain language that God is revealed in this Body
with many members of which we called part of. There is no other
place where the true and living God can be found except in this body
which we are all part of. Wherever God is present the body is always
present and wherever the body is present God is present. This is the
same glorious spiritual body that hovered over the waters in the
beginning when God commanded things into exsistence, it is the same
body that created all things in heaven and on earth whether they are
invisible or visible. It has pleased God that His fullness dwells in
this body, so that seeing this body is seeing God, touching this
body is touching God [Colossians 1:15-19].
In our transgression in Adam we were slain and cast out of this body
and reduced to mere mortals creatures under the dominion of the
wicked one. In the state of deep sleep in the land of forgetfulness,
men have forgotten who they are, they roam the earth like hypnotized
souls not understanding the substance they are made of. Christ has
come to awaken and revive us, causing us to once more partake of the
fellowship of the saints in this one body in which lies all the
goodness and blessings of God [Colossians 1:12-13]. Our
fellowship with the Father is possible only as we are transported
into the son. The transportation occurs by a mighty spiritual shift
from an earthly and elementary consciousness into a purely spiritual
consciousness, causing one to awaken to an infinite glorious realm
in the knowledge of the living God.
Paul recognized this eternal spiritual body and humbled Himself,
becoming a servant serving this body day and night hoping that He
might be found perfectly fitted into this body [Philippians
3:8-10]. His words are “That I may win Christ”, “That I may be
found in Him”, “that I may know Him”, “that I may taste of the power
of the resurrection”. The power of the resurrection is the mighty
power that works in us who are called to glory, it brings about an
inward awakening out of the depths of human ignorance and causes us
to be found once more united in one in the body of Christ, which is
also the body of the living God, like we saw earlier on.
Allegorically, this is the same power that was working in Elijah as
He was translated from an earthly man to a heavenly man. This should
be our hope also, that we should be grow in the unity of the faith
into that one spiritual body that rules over all. The blessing of
the living God rests upon this tightly knitted body of spirits who
dwell as one upon the peaks of Zion, it is here that life and favor
is found [Psalm 133].
Our gathering unto the Lord can also be likened is a gathering unto
this myriads and multitudes of perfected spirit for fellowship in
love, where the anointing of life flows and all live by the
countenance of the glory of God. Mount Zion is the city (habitation)
of the living God, which is the church of the first born, the
gathering of angels (God’s messengers of truth) and perfected
spirits [Hebrews: 21-23]. These multitudes are also
likened to the chariots of God that together form the army of God.
Wherever these chariots (angels) are the Lord is always present, and
vice versa.
Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even
thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in
Sinai [shadow of Zion], in the holy place.
In one interesting manifestation of God’s glory to Moses, He
descended with the cloud which I pointed out is a body of
innumerable company of His mighty ones otherwise known as the
chariot[s] of God [Psalms
104:3].
A proclamation went forth saying “The LORD God, merciful and
gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping
mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
and that will by no means clear the guilty;” [Exodus:5-7].
PRAISE GOD !!! What Moses was beholding is the glorious body of
Christ; God was revealing a picture our ourselves gathered in that
one body which we call Christ, He also reveals the goodness and
kindness that is laid up for His innumerable company of redeemed
ones who are gathered in Christ; it also reveals the consequence of
transgression against this body. Understand that true sin and
transgression before God is refusing to be gathered into Christ, if
any man therefore is not gathered in Christ He perishes in His sins
and trespasses.
Paul had a revelation of the grace that lies with those who are
gathered in the Lord in the cloud, He emphatically states that this
is the mystery of God’s will in other words the ultimate reward for
us. Those who have any other type of hope, should read carefully.
Ephesians 1:5-10 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he
hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom we
have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded
toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9 Having made known unto
us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which
he hath purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the
fulness of times he might gather together in one all things
in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth;
even in him:
When Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind along with the horses and
chariot of fire, God was allegorically demonstrating our envelopment
into the body of Christ to be united with myriads of other brethren
in one in heavenly places. Of course the Father is found only in
this gathering that is why Elisha yelled, MY FATHER, MY FATHER;
beholding this congregation is beholding God because that is God’s
body. Elijah was taken into the congregation of the mighty ones of
God where God is found (Allegorically). This is our ultimate hope
and calling, to be gathered into that one body and to fit in, in
perfect harmony. It is something for the now not tomorrow when
something happens like many end time preachers preach, all you need
to do is comprehend this mystery and enter into it. If you are
looking for some form of eternal sign event you will only sink
further down into the pit just like Jonah.
The chariots of God are the same that appear as a pillar of fire at
night and as clouds by day throughout the forty years the Israelites
spent in the wilderness. Paul described what transpired spiritually
when the Israelites left Egypt; He said that they were baptized into
the cloud which spiritually represents the many membered body of
Christ. This again reveals the whole essence of our calling which is
to be gathered from the dead and united with the Lord in that one
body and remain there forever. WHAT MEN HAVE INTERPRETED ERRONEOUSLY
AS THE RAPTURE IS SIMPLY OUR EXALTATION FROM THE LOWER REALMS OF
EXISTENCE (DEATH) WHERE THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, INTO PERFECT
UNITY WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST REPRESENTED BY THE CLOUDS OR THE
CHARIOTS OF GOD WHERE GOD IS PRESENT.
If we are united with the chariots of God we appear with Him as He
appears before the whole world. We who have physical bodies are the
interface with which the Lord appears in the natural realm as He
rides on with His glory cloud (company of Chariots). So men should
stop looking at the physical sky thinking that Jesus will appear
there, He is already appearing through His gathered ones and He will
appear again and again. I have seen Him riding in the cloud and I
will see Him again and again, AMEN.
Jesus walked knitted together in one with the heavenly body so that
as He went around demonstrating the mystery of the kingdom he was
not alone; He was always in the company of the multitudes of virgin
spirits otherwise known as the company of thousands. From the moment
of His symbolic baptism, He was initiated into that body of God. The
spirit of God descended upon Him as a dove descends, this is
the same glory that descended as clouds when Moses dedicated the
tabernacle and when Solomon dedicated the temple and later on when
the disciples received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The baptism of
Jesus was very much the same consecration and dedication of Himself
unto the service of God after which He was gathered into that one
body. On the mount of transfiguration the eyes of the disciples were
opened to behold Jesus in that glory cloud and the Father’s voice
was heard from the cloud because that is where He is found. As Jesus
went about demonstration the mystery of God, it was the myriads of
Chariots appearing, using the body of Jesus as an interface.
Jesus knew He was in the company of this chariots of God that is why
He made statements like: “He could ask the Father to send myriads
angels to fight for Him”, “I know you all will leave me but I know I
am not alone”. This invisible hosts aided Jesus in times of
difficulty and were very much involved in the work of the ministry,
so that Jesus was never alone. It did not end there, Jesus had to
buffet His flesh and remain in alignment with the glory cloud. He
too had His temptations in the flesh to walk contrary to the
spiritual body but he overcame through perseverance obedience and
faithfulness.
Today we are called to walk the same path which Jesus walked and
into that same glory He entered into. Like we just read, He too had
to work his salvation by humbling Himself to the death of the cross.
The death of the cross is the bringing to naught of the human
identity of flesh that we were in this natural world, because that
man of the flesh cannot be initiated into this body of God. The body
of God is a purely spiritual body and any man who will be fitted
into this body must have a transformation take place in Him, which
we will look into shortly.
Again using Israel as an example, many of those of old who left
Egypt and were baptized into the cloud perished along the way and
their dead bodies littered the wilderness because they resisted the
work of transformation that the Lord intended for them. God was
indicating that they could not enter the Promised Land (God’s
Kingdom) with their Egyptian ways which represents the carnal
nature; they had to conform to live a new life in relation to the
cloud (Christ) in which they were baptized into. For this reason
they had to go through a forty year period of refining and
regeneration in the midst of the clouds, an incubation period so to
say so that Christ is formed in them. The manna and water they drank
all came from the cloud and represented spiritual food and water to
cause them to grow into the full statue of Christ [1 Corinthians
10:2-12]. Any man who will see the streams flowing with milk and
honey has to let go of all, so that He can take a hold of that which
is true.
FOLLOWING CHRIST IN THE REGENERATION (THE ELIJAH-ELISHA EXAMPLE)
LEAVING ALL FOR THE GLORY AHEAD
Elijah in His glory was a Shadow of one walking in the glory of
Christ, He like Jesus was encompassed by a heavenly host in which He
was swallowed up at the end of His ministry. He worked miracles like
raising the dead, multiplying bread for the widow and caused rain to
fall in times of harsh drought. All those signs prophetically point
to the ability to give life which lies in the Father and equally in
the Son.
The moment Elisha received His calling from His master to be,
Elijah, the bible records that he left all to follow Him [1Kings
19:19-21].
(Note that He had twelve oxen and He was the twelfth son of His
Father, the holy spirit is indicating discipleship and sonship).
Discerning the greater prize that is His calling he left every thing
that pertained to Him so that He could gain the glory of Elijah. He
let go of His source of income knowing that the God of Elijah would
be His sufficiency. He also left His family after saying a big good
bye, knowing that He would inherit a true greater family.
The price that we must pay as Children of God called to glory is to
leave all including associations after the flesh and upon the earth
so that our heart and mind is focused on that which is true,
heavenly and purely spirit. Any man who will walk in heavenly glory
and splendor can not be entangled with the things of this present
material world. If we have had family members, friends and other
associates after the flesh, remember that they appear as family
members and friends only for a season in this material world after
which they are gone forever. In other words these earthly
relationships do not exist; they are only formations of our carnal
minds. In Christ however we are united in one true universal family
that never passes away, we inherit hundred fold brothers, sisters,
mothers and eternal life because we now know the true Father.
(These are the brethren that unite in the cloud of His glory or His
innumerable chariots). Read what Jesus said in relation to his.
Matthew 29:27-29 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we
have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which
have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit
in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one that hath
forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or
wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an
hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 30 But many
that are first shall be last; and the last shall be
first.
In this new heavenly family offences seizes and a true model of love
and oneness is experienced, no more the things people experience in
their earthly families. What people do not realize is that most of
the negativity and hurts people grow up with comes from their
associations with their earthly families right from the moment the
entered this world. It is not that family members are bad; it is the
mistaken earthly model which is embedded in darkness. No matter how
men try those earthly carnal structures can never be perfected
except they themselves unite with the truth and recognize the true
universal family of Christ. So we have to let go of our associations
after the flesh and unite once more with that which is heavenly. The
best you can do to family members after the flesh is to preach the
gospel of truth and manifest the fruits of the kingdom for them to
believe and in their time they will be saved. They may be bitter
initially, but they will bless you when their eyes are opened to
comprehend what you did.
Leaving associations in the flesh might not be a physical thing, it
all depends on how the Father will direct you, what matters most is
severing in our minds the illusion of relationships in the flesh and
focus on the spirit recognizing people only after the spirit. It is
only then you can discern the seed of Christ buried in them and
truly manifest love without offending and being offended.
SERVANTHOOD
One
important thing to notice is that Elisha was called to be a servant
of Elijah [1kings 19:19-21, 2kings 3.11], this was a
necessary pass for Him if He was to inherit Elijah’s glory. This is
one very important step for any man who seeks to inherit true
eternal glory, we must single mindedly convert ourselves to be
servants of Christ, no strings attached. A servant seeks only to
glorify His master and nothing more; those who are able to discern
the Lord’s body and humble themselves and dedicate themselves to
serving Him will stand in the place of glory where Christ stands
eternally before the Father.
John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I
am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me,
him will my Father honour.
The ones that stand where he stands are those who live in the
countenance of God’s glory emitting immortal light; they will never
taste death.
Luke 9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here,
which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Blessed is the man who discerns the body of Christ and bows down
before Him and serves Him. Abraham saw and recognized this body as
it appeared as three men in the plains of Mamre and He humbled
Himself to serve that Body and received the promise He sought
shortly afterwards [Genesis 18:1-14]. The same goes to Lot
who discerned and recognized this body in the form of two angels and
He washed their feet and honored them and got saved from the
destruction that was to follow [Genesis 19:1-15]. We are
called today to begin to discern the Lord’s body and to honor Him so
that we can be counted worthy to partake of His glory and reap the
benefits of life.
Jesus demonstrated servanthood during the last supper when He left
aside he garments and bowed down to wash the feet of the saints, He
further admonished that we do the same [John 13:4-17]. We
should be able to discern the members of God’s body and humbly serve
them because what you are beholding is the body of God manifesting
as man. It could mean serving by edifying and refreshing with the
word, it could be by ministering materially in whatever form we can.
I have seen some great men God who have faithfully ministered the
word of life as servants of God these ones never ask for a dime,
shouldn’t common sense tell me that I should minister to Him
materially in what ever way I can. As a matured Christian do I need
to be manipulated before I minister to members of the body of Christ
financially or materially? [1 John 3:16-17] When doing this
you are actually serving the Lord God creator of the heavens and the
earth, SOME ENTERTAIN DIGNITARIES AND ANGELS WITHOUT KNOWING IT [Hebrews
13:1-2].
Hebrews 13:1-3 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to
entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them;
and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the
body.
Over the years I have recognized brethren in the spirit realm
serving me by refreshing my faith in the Lord through spiritual
prophesies, visions and have received transmitted messages that even
those giving the messages didn’t understand. We are called to serve,
the higher we go the greater servants we become in Christ, like
Jesus Christ said he has come to serve and not to be served.
BEWARE OF EVIL COMMUNICATION AND DISTRACTIONS
The time had come for Elijah to be taken up into glory and Elisha
knew His moment had come to inherit His master’s glory, He knew He
had to stand by His master and watch His every move so that He does
not lose His reward. While on the way with Elijah, He met a couple
of prophets who were lesser prophets in comparison to Elijah and
they all wanted to distract Him but he was firm in his resolve to
inherit the glory of His master [2Kings
2:1 -9
].
Like Elisha who sought the glory of Elijah, we are constantly on a
mission to win the totality of the glory of God which is Christ,
this is our goal, our crown, we seek to be found fitted into that
body. If we have experienced Him, we seek experience Him in greater
depth and this should remain the focus of our faith.
While on the way we should learn to shut up the mouth of religious
and traditionally indoctrinated brethren who do not have the same
vision as we do, listening to them will only open room for unbelief
and doubt in your quest for glory. Do not expect them to understand
what you see ahead; neither should you bother to try convincing them
by discuss it with them because they will rob you of your crown.
Remember the words of the Lord; let no man rob you of your crown of
glory:
Revelations 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou
hast, that no man take thy crown.
Men rob you of you crown by first of all subtly causing unbelief and
fear to take a hope of you, SO LEARN TO SHUT THEIR MOUTHS. If you
listen to them they will use biblical scriptures and laid down moral
concepts and traditions to sow doubt in your vision towards
omnipotence in Christ. Some of the things they will tell you are
1)
They will tell you not to forsake the gathering of the
brethren, meaning that you must belong to a physical church on the
earth, not understanding that the Church of God is actually
within the confines of that heavenly body called Christ.
2)
They will say if they were one of us they would have remain
with us. In reality we are not part of them our part is in Christ
3)
They will say beware of false prophets, in the last days they
will many. They say this not knowing that they themselves are the
false prophets. A false prophet doesn’t have to come with
spectacular signs, they are the ones that have not truly
comprehended the mystery of Christ in you the hope of glory.
Unknowingly, they lead many astray by denying them access to the
glory of God, which is Christ. While the true prophet tells you that
you are part and parcel of Christ from the foundation of the world,
the false prophets preach a Christ without who is a separate entity
from us. Any spirit that does not confess that Christ IS COME
(present tense) is a lying spirit or a false Prophet, these are the
ones that go about scattering instead of gathering into Christ.
4)
They will remind you that their Church has thousands of
members.
5)
They will remind you of some of your family members who might
be having health or moral problems. They might point to some form of
imperfection in your own life.
6)
They will do anything to make you remain conformed to the
lowly image of mortal man.
Just remember that all that these prophets will seek to do is to
cause you to seize confessing that you are Christ manifest in the
flesh, they will seek to convince you that you are a separate entity
from Christ. Do not bother trying to convince them, if they are of
the truth they will hear you [John 18:37].
This applies also to friends and family members who do not have the
same vision as you do, they too stand as prophets in their own
right, they prophesy in the name of their traditions altars and
idols in their minds. We should never expect encouragement or some
form of input towards our progress from them in the things that
pertain to God. In fact even the brethren of Jesus did not believe
Him at a point in time, all they were seeing is the ordinary child
that was born in a manger thirty years earlier on, even with the
prophesies and the signs they still did not believe. At a point
they even tried to persuade Him to stop fooling himself and come
back home. Just read this
Mark 3:21 When his family heard about it, they set out to take
charge of him, because people were saying, "He's gone mad!" [GMB
VERSION]
Mark 3:21 When his family heard about it, they went to restrain
him. For they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!" [ISV VERSION]
If Jesus was so misunderstood and went through these kinds of
provoking temptations from his close ones, never expect anything
better, be prepared for a long solitary journey alone with the
brethren in heavenly places as we follow Christ in the regeneration.
Those who do not understand you now, will understand later when
they see you coming with the son of man in great glory and power.
SPIRITUAL PROGRESSION INTO THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST
Elijah Paused on three occasions telling Elisha to wait behind, but
Elisha stood his ground to follow Him unto the very end. There are
some deep lessons for each of us here, because God is demonstrating
to us how to get to the very end where we can receive the totality
of the glory of God. Elijah’s movement from the Gilgal to Bethel,
then to Jericho and finally over the river Jordan shows a spiritual
progression that we must fulfill if we want to be perfectly fitted
into the body of Christ [2 kings 2:2-6]. In all of this
Elisha had the choice of stopping in any of these Cities but He
passed the test by continuing on. This reminds of perseverance and
continuity in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The diagram below shows the path to glory as demonstrated by
Elijah’s movement. In the diagram I matched the movement to
progression into the holies of holies where the glory cloud of God
dwelt .
As
we progress as Christians there are phases of growth in our
Christian experience as we move on to realizing our heaven goal.
Remember nothing but the fullness of Christ will do, we seek to be
perfectly fitted in Him. If we are to arrive at the place of
unlimited blessings in Christ Jesus or in other words arrive at the
peak of the unity of faith we must transcend all the experiences of
our Christian walk. Like the diagram above shows we must come out
from the outer world (Gilgal) and move on by the spirit of God,
passing through the outer court experience of our Christian walk
(Bethel), then passing the holy place experience (Jericho), we
finally pass the veil (The river Jordan) into the holies of holies
where we are united with the totality of the fullness of the glory
of God.
The Bethel experience is the experience we have in our Christian
infancy where we still recognize Christ from without as the flesh of
Jesus. In this realm Christians continue on in the teachings, wisdom
and the traditions of men never having a knowledge of divinity that
is embedded on the inside of us. Some prophets in the City tried to
distract Elisha but he did not lend them a ear, neither did he
bother to enter into dialog with them.
The Jericho experience is the experience Christians have when the
go a step further to recognize divinity on the inside of them. To
some extend they manifest the spiritual gifts of the spirit and
experience the super natural. Some even have a vision of the glory
of Christ to come but they push it forward to some big event in the
future. These ones continue on manifesting spiritual gifts and
wisdom but they never move on to truly manifesting the fullness of
Christ. They might form end time movements and try to distinguish
themselves from the other brethren outside the tabernacle but they
never truly attain to the place of fullness in Christ. Brethren,
look in the mirror and behold the image you are truly wearing, if it
is not that pure spiritual image beyond the veil the time has come
to awake. Enough of the associations with end groups time groups or
systems of men, the time has come for a solitary work with the
Father in the spirit. Enough of knowledge for egoistic purposes, now
is the time to experience the totality of the glory of Christ, we
must move on otherwise we will go round in circles never ever
experiencing true life.
The river Jordan represents the veil between mortality and
immortality, the veil between carnality and spirituality, the veil
between the earthly and the heavenly. The way to the glory beyond
this divide has already been parted by the Lord Jesus by His death
on the cross for all men to enter, but the eyes and the ears must be
opened to perceive this opening into the sacred place of God’s glory.
Everyone must enter individually will holding on to the head, you
cannot enter in groups be it religious or otherwise, it is for those
ready to walk strictly by faith in relation to Christ. We cross it
only as the old man of the flesh dies, the veil of the carnal minds
is ripped apart so that we no longer recognize ourselves after the
flesh neither do we perceive things after the carnal reasoning. The
way beyond the veil is found only as we conscious rediscover the
true spiritual man on the inside of us, as we discover Him we
discover ourselves fitted into the body of Christ represented by the
glory cloud beyond the veil.
Beyond the Jordan, also likened to the solitary place, is likened to
the holies of holies or the secret place of the Most High. Secret
place, because the ordinary man religious or otherwise cannot
discern this place; He is totally unaware of it. Even though a thin
veil separated the Holiest place no man ever every saw what was
beyond it. WE THANK GOD FOR HIS GRACE BECAUSE WE SEE AND STAND IN
THIS PLACE OF LIFE.
Elijah was separated from Elisha during His translation, He was
translated into a spirit being exactly as the horsemen of fire that
appeared and allegorically speaking he remains there to this day.
That separation occurs as some us begin to receive newness of
spiritual life in Christ, because flesh has nothing in common with
spirit (REMEMBER THIS). Elisha also inherited the glory of Elijah,
He had began a new walk in heavenly places while His master had
finished the race. Those who can overcome the veil of self will
discover themselves united in one with the body of the living God.
If we want to experience true life, love and peace we must transcend
our human life of flesh and blood. Jordan, means death meaning that
to live we must die.
TRANSLATION OF ELIJAH AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ELISHA
At a point after crossing the river Jordan, Elijah was separated
from Elisha by the glory of the Lord appearing as a chariot of fire
and horsemen of fire, after which Elijah was taken up by a whirlwind
into heaven. The Chariot represents the Chariot of the Father and
the horsemen of fire the innumerable company of angels, saints who
carry the presence of God, all this was none other than a
manifestation of the body of Christ. God was demonstrating the
glorification process of all those who are to inherit glory. Our
glorification occurs as we are gathered into this body of perfect
and purely spiritual beings that have no trace of flesh or
materialism in them. Our glorification in Christ is exaltation from
lowly limited earthly creatures into heaven creatures with infinite
resources at our disposal; we are glorified by the Father by
translation into spirits just like those chariots of fire that
appeared. The Father rewards us with immortality and
incorruptibility when we conform ourselves to becoming His servants
in truth. Any man that patiently waits for the Lord in truth will
inherit immortality and life [Romans 2:7].
Psalms 104:3-4 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters:
who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the
wind: 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming
fire:
He translates His angels into spirits and His ministers
into a flaming fire. Today we are His ministers when we discern
His body and convert ourselves to serve Him. We are also likened to
angels whose meat is to do the will God and nothing more, they have
no self will nor self identity they appear in the name of the Lord
and act in the name of the Lord. Our high calling in Christ is one
to serve in the house of the living God, and as we faithfully serve
Him, we are granted entrance into that one body of innumerable
angels and Chariots who live by the countenance of His glory. These
ones are the ones who know the meaning of joy and peace; they know
the meaning of praise.
Psalms 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful
sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
We have all worn a fleshy carnal image of the earthly, but like
Elijah came to the end, we have come to the end of the road; the
moment has come to wear the image of the heavenly. That first man of
the earth is Adam while the second man from heaven is the Lord
(Christ), meaning we have to be converted to becoming Christ, no
plus no minus mean exactly the way He His. We know for sure that we
shall be as he His as He appears in us or in other words it
becomes apparent that we are Him as He appears. HALLELUJAH!!
Realizing Christ is our reward and high calling, some will ask but
how can I a sinner, a man filled with hate, unforgiveness and
bitterness ever be converted. I have tried fasting; I have tried
night vigils; I have paid all my tithes; I went to bible school what
haven’t I tried but the more I try the more ungodly I seem to get.
The answer is simple, flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of
God. Flesh is flesh and spirit is spirit, they have nothing in
common. If a man will partake of the glory of Christ, he must be
transformed and translated from the earthly creature that crawls on
the ground to a spiritual heavenly creature that flies in the
heavens [1Corinthians 15:46-52].
Glorification and Translation into spiritual beings occurs by an
awakening in our inner consciousness or minds to become aware of our
true spiritual body that we lost light of as we slept in Adam.
Elijah had walked faithfully as a servant of God and He was now
rewarded with a translation from a lowly dead mortal into in
heavenly glorious creature, never to taste death. Elisha also
received translation, the Elisha that crossed the river Jordan was
different from the Elisha that returned from across the Jordon. When
the prophets saw Him, they discerned that it was walking in the
glory of Elijah and they bowed down in reference to Him.
Elisha also received translation from the ordinary man that He was
into a spiritual man even though he still had a flesh body.
Allegorically Elisha was initiated into the body of God which is
that same body that Elijah was swallowed up into. From that moment
He walked in the midst of those chariots of fire as he went about
doing the works that He did.
To receive this glorification we read earlier on how He served
Elijah, how He left all associations in the flesh, How he insisted
on following Elijah all the way and resisted the religious Prophets.
There is one other important secret that we ought to know, it is
revealed in the last recorded conversation of between Elijah and
Elisha. Elijah said Elisha will inherit His glory in yet greater
proportions only if He saw Him being taken up [2Kings
2:9-10].
This means that Elisha had to be alert and sound to behold be able
to behold this site, no man who is not watchful in the spirit can
ever inherit the glory of Christ.
Watchfulness is spiritual alertness to perceive things in the light
of God’s spirit. If we perceive things according to our carnal mind,
spiritually we are asleep and this is the state of the world today.
Men are simply sleep walking and as long as they sleep they cannot
behold the glory of God. We must learn to perceive things according
to the way God perceives them otherwise we will be like the beasts
that have to intelligence, they live by natural instincts. We who
know the truth should walk in it continuously if we seek true life.
Elisha complied and stayed vigilant and in a flash of a moment He
was able to behold the horsemen and the Chariot of Israel appear as
they swallowed up Elijah. Elisha saw the glory of God
(allegorically), and no man can see the glory of God and live, In
reality Elisha was seeing Elijah in His true form, He was beholding
Him as He is and was transformed into being that same image.
Today we who behold the glory of God with open faces, having the
veil of carnal thinking ripped apart are transformed into that same
spiritual image of the Lord. We behold the glory when we behold all
things with the eye of the spirit, then the transformation begins to
occur.
2Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we
all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of the Lord.
Remember this is a place for the solitary; you do not need to be
distracted by the activities on the other side of the river. Do not
be moved by the appearance of things in this physical plane, let the
mind be focused on the spirit from where our salvation comes.
On
beholding the glory of His master, Elisha tore His cloths in two and
and took the mantle of Elijah. This symbolizes annihilation of the
old man and the putting on of a new man. The earthly lowly glory of
the man of the earth is substituted for the glory of the man from
heaven. As we behold the glory of Christ the corrupt man in which we
have had our being is destroyed that the new man who is true,
righteous and holy emerges.
Ephesians 4:22-24 That ye put off concerning the former
conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the
deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
When this man is discovered then you know that as he is so are you
in this world, without guile, you will know that you are in the
Father. No more we will seek the cover of religion, or material
riches because our covering will be that of the Lord.
We
must pause for a moment to contemplate the glory of Christ,
transcending the mountain and leaving things that tie us down and let us
behold the glory on the face of the transfigured Jesus. Let the ray
penetrate our minds and burn of all trace of carnality so that we
can rediscover ourselves tightly knitted with the body of Christ.
ELISHA APPEARING IN GREAT GLORY AND POWER
After receiving the twofold portion of the spirit Elisha parted the
river Jordan and returned to the other side of Jordon, this was a
new Elisha appearing in the glory of His mentor Elijah. He was now
gathered into that same heavenly body in which Elijah walked during
the days of His ministry and was eventually taken into, It was
Elisha appearing along with the chariots of fire otherwise known as
the clouds of glory. This is confirmed when Elisha and His servant
Gehazi were encompassed by an army of the enemy, Elisha asked that
the eyes of His servant be opened to behold the presence of the
innumerable heavenly hosts around Him [2Kings 6:15-17].
Prophetically speaking, what Gehazi saw was the multi-member body of
Christ. This is a big lesson for us, we must grow in the
awareness that we are never alone, they that are with us are more
than they that be against us, the Lord is always at our disposal to
fight for us and cause us to prosper in all things.
The Prophet recognized He was appearing in the glory of Elijah and
there paid homage to Him by bowing down before Him [2 Kings
2:13-15]. This is the reward for those who persevere unto the
end, because they are the ones who will appear with the Lord in the
clouds of His glory. At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow,
those
who follow Jesus in the regeneration appear in THE NAME OF JESUS and
all will see and mourn.
Elisha became the very manifestation of God here on the earth,
administering life and hope to the humble and needy and extending
the rod of judgment to the proud. He is a shadow of those who attain
to fullness and perfection in Christ and therefore becoming life
givers.
Some of the recorded works of Elisha are
1)
Healing of the bitter waters and barren lands by pouring in
salt from a new bowl [2Kings 2:21], signifying that He was
the salt of the earth, healer and life giver.
2)
He provided water miraculously for the Israelites and their
livestock in the midst of a valley [2Kings 3:17]. Signifying
His was ministering life from the well of God that causes men not
to thirst anymore.
3)
Multiplication of oil from a small finite source, and
distributing it in vessels [2Kings 4:4]. The empty vessels
represent men who become filled with the word of life.
4)
Prophesying life into the womb of a Shunammite woman who was
childless [2Kings 4:16]. In the spiritual sense this points
to birthing Christ.
5)
Resurrection of the Shunammite's son [2Kings 4:34].
Demonstrating the ability to restore from the death of Adam and to
give life.
6)
Healing Healing of the pot of poisoned stew destined for the
prophets [2Kings 4:41]. The Poisoned stew represents the
poisonous lies that men have feed on right from their descent in
Adam. Elijah put in meal (flour) and healed the stew, demonstration
He is the word of life.
7)
Miracle of the bread [2Kings 4:43]. He multiplied
bread for the prophets Demonstrating He is the bread of life who can
truly bring satisfaction to men.
8)
Healing Naaman of His leprosy [2Kings 5:14]. This
miraculous healing of a then incurable disease points to the ability
of Christ to completely heal a man from every trace of a sin
consciousness.
9)
Restoring the sight of the Syrian army [2Kings 6:20].
Restoration of sight points to the awakening of the inner spiritual
faculties to behold the glory of God of which are are part of.
Jesus had said that these same miraculous signs will follow us, but to a much
higher dimension, because we are the greater than Elijah. Those who
where resurrected by the glory of Elijah never tasted true
resurrection; yes they got back their life after the flesh and
carried on in the old Adamic sinful nature, never truly coming to
the knowledge of the living God and their part in Him. True
resurrection awakens man and causes Him to enter into conscious
oneness with the living God, in this place there is absolutely no
sense of a separation with God, no sin consciousness.
We who are called awaken in the body of Christ and come to the end
where we know we are in Him, the only true God and eternal life. We
become life itself, so that touching us is touching life. Elisha was
so anointed that that even in death His bones were able to still
resurrect a dead man [2Kings 13:21], Meaning he had the glory
in abundance. This is our calling today, to be gathered into the
body of Christ which is the house of the living God, the place where
the anointing of life flows to the fullest. Any man who is not
gathered with the brethren on mount Zion is dead and can’t see life,
while those who lay down all to be united with the one spiritual
body will have life in abundance.
Let us grow in love brethren, let us unite in one among the horsemen
and the chariots of Israel and comprehend together the love of God
which surpasses knowledge.
Blessings
Trevor Eghagha
