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THE ORIGIN OF THE CONCEPT NEIGHBOR |
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Note: AS WE READ THIS ARTICLE,
LET US BE FULLY AWARE THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE SPIRIT TO BRING FORTH
THESE TRUTHS. THESE ARE NOT DOCTRINES BUT TRUTHS FOR THE EDIFICATION
OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. MOST OF THESE WRITINGS ARE PROPHETIC BY
NATURE AND ARE INSPIRITED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, SO AS YOU READ THEM
TAKE YOUR TIME TO RECEIVE AS YOU CONNECT TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD WITHIN
YOU.
The
book which we all know today as the Bible starts up in the book of
Genesis with the statement "In the Beginning" [Genesis
1:1]. That account in Genesis is an account of the creation of
God in the very heart of God. That creation mentioned in Genesis is
a spiritual creation and has nothing to do with time and space as we
know in this world that we live in. God created the heaven and
earth which is actually the spiritual kingdom of God where all is
light with no darkness whatsoever. The bible ends up with the book of Revelation;
in this chapter we see the unveiling of a new heaven and a new earth where there
is no darkness at all, a place of rest and unlimited blessings and
glory [Revelations 21-22]. The new creation is really the same that was created in the
beginning in the heart of God which all men have lost a knowledge of
in their descent into this material world. It is called new because
we all lost a knowledge of that creation in the fall.
In
that Original creation God created one man who was in the image and
likeness of God. That man was blessed with exceeding fruitfulness in
terms of Joy, gladness, peace and every good we can think of. He was
also given authority over all of the creation of God to rule and to
subdue every thing under Himself. The man had unlimited blessings in
God. God had charged that man to be fruitful and to multiply, which
talks about a continuity in that state in which He was generated in God.
Multiplication has nothing to do with having babies after the flesh
like religion and traditions of men has taught is in the past. It is
simply multiplication in the likeness of that man that was in the
beginning; it is spiritual birth and increase in that man.
Genesis
1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen 1:27 So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them. Gen 1:28 And God blessed them,
and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that
moveth upon the earth.
That man that was created in
the beginning is Christ (Not Jesus) as we know by now; he is the one
created in the image of the living God and begotten of God.
2Corinthians 4:4 In
whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,
who is
the image of God, should shine unto them.
I am
careful to say that the man in the Beginning was not the flesh of
Jesus but Christ. Jesus as a man born in flesh and blood state
who actually awoke to His true identity as Christ and paved the way for
the whole of humanity to enter back into the glory of Christ. From
that moment He was symbolically baptized and the spirit of Christ or God entered
into Him it was no more the flesh and blood personality born of Mary
in a manger, it was Christ the son of the living God, who was from
the beginning with the Father. It is important we discern that
Christ has no physical flesh form whatsoever, He is spirit. The more
we understand this mystery, the closer we get to unveiling the mystery of
Christ.
2Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that
Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty.
When
Christ Jesus walked in the fullness of the glory of the Father, what
world was beholding was actually the man that was created in the
beginning walking on the face of this earth. The world beheld the
glory of the man that God created in His image and His likeness.
Jesus demonstrated this with His fruits of perfect love, perfect
peace and faith. All beheld the authority and power that He
displayed by causing all the spirits to be subjected to Him. He
exhibited dominion over the creation by manipulating elements of
this world all to His favor. Jesus also declared that all power in
heaven and earth was invested in Him and the Father had given all
things into His hands.
Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been
given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to
observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age."
Read the words of Jesus carefully in
Matthew 28:18-20, they are similar to the word God spoke in
Genesis 1:26. Jesus spoke about all dominion and power
being invested in Him being the Christ, the man created by God in
the beginning. He also talked about making disciples which talks
about increase and multiplication of that man that was from the
beginning by making disciples of men. Jesus also spoke of teaching them (the new disciples) to
observe the word so that they can be continuously fruitful the same
way the God charged the man in the beginning.
Observe carefully that
in the mind of God, God did not create diverse men,
God created only one man in the beginning and so it was meant to
remain. One might ask, "then where did the other men seen
all over the world appear from?". Firstly let us observe the thing
that distinguishes men, from each other; that which distinguishes men
is actually their mindset. In other words all men are actually
distinguished by their mindset which further affects their character
and their view of life. In actual fact the thing which has brought
about many men in this world is their descent into flesh and blood in
their mindsets. It is the knowledge of self and this carnal world that has
actually caused men to identify themselves as separate entities
apart from that on man that was created in the beginning.
All
men on the face of the earth actually form part of that Spiritual
Body that was generated in the beginning with God. That is why men
are called lost sheep, because they have lost their way that was
from the beginning. If all men have sinned and fallen short of the
glory of God it means that they once stood in the glory of
God. If men are dead in their sins and trespasses it means that they
were once alive before they died. So all men living that life in the
carnal flesh identity are actually living outside of that man that
was created in the kingdom of God in the beginning. All men now have
to be regenerated from that flesh and blood consciousness into that
original conscious of spirit before our descent in order to enter
back into the kingdom of God which is a spiritual kingdom.
All men on the face of the
earth were created one in the beginning in the image and likeness of
God. that which we behold in this world is simply men walking in
darkness; men lost in the darkness of this world and a false sense
of self. Christ has been
revealed from heaven to restore all men back to the kingdom of God,
He has come to give back to God that which is God's.
Luke
20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose
image and superscription hath it? They answered and said Caesar's.
And he said unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the
things which be God's.
Every man seen in this
world is actually like that coin with the image and likeness of the living God
inscribed on it from God's eye view. It does not matter what we may
feel towards men in our humanity. It does not matter if He
molested you or He hurt you in some way; it does not matter if He is
viewed as a murderer, a thief or a fornicator in this world,
the fact remains that the image of God is inscribed on every man
walking the face of the earth even though they may walk in darkness
not knowing whom they are at the moment. Christ who is that man
created by God in the beginning is that image of the living God. The
work of salvation is to restore back every soul to that man that was
in the beginning.
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The Bible as we know is a
book that goes to show a progressive revelation of God's plan to
restore the whole of humanity back to the place of glory in
God. Right from the Book of Genesis to the book of revelation we
are now understanding that God's only intention is to restore
all things back to the way it was in the beginning. His plan
finally becomes clear with the revelation of the Christ from
Above to show man the way to the kingdom. All the testimonies,
all the stories of old and all the laws seen in the old
testament were only pointing to the salvation that God's mind is
set on for our good.
The law is full of the word neighbor, why is it so? Their was no
such thing as neighbor in the beginning, It was only as a result
of the disintegration of the original body of Christ as a result
of the descent of men into flesh and blood consciousness. The word
neighbor came forth because the people now identified themselves as
different entities according to the flesh. Whereas in the
beginning there was no flesh and blood consciousness. There was
only one man and one spiritual body which is Christ who is one with God.
The laws that say thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house are all laws
that touch on the relationships with others. Jesus confirmed
that all which the laws and the prophets were actually saying
was to that we should be joined to God in perfect love and we should be
joined to our neighbor in love and total oneness.
Mark 12:29-31 And Jesus
answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than
these.
What Jesus meant is that
the law is fulfilled in loving God with all our being and our
neighbor as ourselves. For men to enter back into the
kingdom of God as it was in the beginning all must have fulfilled the law,
meaning all must have had the pure love of God and for His neighbors
come alive in Him. The outward show of religion that we see in
this world (Pentecostalism included) will never grant us
entrance into God's kingdom. If we hang around the corridors of
religion we will ever be like the scribes and Pharisees who have
and outward form of righteousness but do not meet up to the
righteousness of Christ.
Matthew 5:17-20
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I
am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto
you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in
no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever
therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto
you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
THE CONCEPT OF
NEIGHBOR (A RESULT OF FRAGMENTATION OF THE ORIGINAL MAN)
If
we say we were generated perfect in God before our descent it
means we once fulfilled the law without being subject to law
before we died in the consciousness of flesh and blood. Paul in
His letter to the Romans said that He was once alive but died
when the law was revived. That law working through the
conscience was actually revived in His
descent into flesh and blood, so it is with every man born of
woman.
Romans
7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
The
law pertains only to those who hold on to their flesh and blood
identity / beastly identities. The Law seeks to put together the
fragmented pieces by making it one again. The problem though is
that man living in the flesh and blood consciousness can not
in any way fulfill the laws no matter how He tries, but only those who join
themselves to the Lord and become one spirit with the Lord are
in no way subjected to that law of Moses, because they
automatically fulfill the law.
The self acquired and
propelled identities of flesh and blood is actually the thing
that makes the law of sin and death as seen in the laws of
Moses and in our minds to come alive. The more we hold on to our
flesh and blood identity, the more the law becomes alive in us.
When we lose that false
identities we put on this this material world to join
ourselves with Christ we are once more joined to that man
that was created in the beginning in God. Being joined neatly to the body of Christ, the word neighbor
dissolves into the word yourself because we are all one body.
Any reasoning or concept that tries to rise up against this
truth is simply a lie from the Devil. John says that He that
hates His brother is still in the dark meaning that He that
hates His brother is living in the lie because He has failed
to recognize that we are one body. There is no sane man that
will say He hates a part of His body no matter it's state.
So when we live in hatred for others no matter the
circumstances we are simply not recognizing the fact that we
were generated one in the beginning. In the beginning there
was no Jew or Arab, Moslem or Christian, Black or White,
poor or rich, all this are concepts that were borne in the
descent of men into this world of flesh and blood.
1 John
2:7-11
8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is
true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing
away, and the true light is already shining. 9 He who says
he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness
until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light,
and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who
hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and
does not know where he is going, because the darkness has
blinded his eyes.
What darkness has
covered the eyes of the stumbling bother who manifests hate?
It is the wisdom of this world that we all have received
from the day we stepped into this world. It is the wisdom of
this world that exalts the flesh and it's desires, a wisdom
that has totally blinded men from the source of their life.
That wisdom of this world identifies men with their flesh
bodies so that men see each other as separate entities.
In Christ we
come to realize that the term neighbor dissolves because we
once more become consciously joined together by the spirit
of Love. The only thing the saints are told to do is
preserve themselves in the knowledge of their true identity
from the beginning which is Christ. It is important that
we grab this message; religious procedures and doctrines are
only part and parcel of the wisdom of this world. If any
thing does not lead you to your true identity in Christ, it
is not of God. If you read the laws of Moses with
unveiled faces you will understand that all things written
points to our reunion to the Christ
Consciousness that was from the beginning. On
the other hand if you read it with veiled faces like is done
in the religious realms then expect to just go round in
circles in the wilderness till you come to your senses.
GATHERING OF THE SAINTS BACK INTO THEIR PLACE IN THE MAN CHRIST
The good news is
that all men have been given the opening and the possibility to
enter into God's kingdom which is the new creation, which
also is
actually the creation that was from the beginning in God. This is good news
to all men who are living
outside the reality of God's kingdom; it is good news for those living in the pain and anguish that men suffer
as a result of their annihilation from the favor of God.
Discovering ourselves in that man from who is from the
beginning (Christ) means discovering ourselves
in God's kingdom where ALL THINGS are freely given
for our pleasure.
Those who hear this message, understand it and apply to to
their lives by shedding off the man of the flesh and taking
a hold of our true identity in Christ will be saved from the
powers of death working in this dark age. Apostle Paul had a
revelation of this thing when He says I have left all that I
might be found in Him (IN CHRIST) [Philippians 3:7-11]. Every child of God should
have this vision of being joined in one with the body of
Christ which is that spiritual body that was from the
beginning.
1Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
In the fall we were scattered but the time
has come to be gathered once more into Christ, this is the
will of God. This gathering is the gathering of the saints
which Jesus talked about several times [Matthew 23:37,
Matthew 24:31]. Paul mentioned this in a letter to the
Ephesians.
Ephesians 1:9-10
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 fullness 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:
That man created in the image and likeness of God (Christ) in the beginning
[Genesis 1:26] is a many membered body [Romans
12:2-5,
1Corinthians 12:12-28]
that operate as one. We have bodies with many parts which
have different functions, but they harmoniously work
together for the overall betterment of the body. As long as
the body stays together and is managed well by the owner of
the body, we expect that body should be healthy and sane. If
certain parts of the body don't function properly it affects
the body. From all these points, it is obvious that the body
is better together in one than in pieces.
The
body that is from the beginning has been in pieces and We
all had been scattered abroad
among the nations in our descent from glory, with each man going His way but God is
gathering us once more into the harmonious unity of the Body
of Christ.
The purpose of the ministry is
to bring about the perfection of those that are being
gathered unto the Lord; the ministry causes all to come to
the harmonious unity of the faith in Christ, so that the day
comes where every member of the body from the least to the
greatest will know the Lord.
Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put
my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and
I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour,
and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all
shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Ephesians 4:11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work
of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
God's intention is to bring each and every one of us to the
maturity of the faith where every single member of the body
is united with the spirit of the Christ. This is the only
way in which the Body can achieve that unity and perfect
love we have sought about all this years. Organized religion
and traditions of men that teach unity and love by trying to
gather people in the flesh will never achieve that absolute
oneness that is seen in the body of Christ. They may seem
united outwardly but it is all an outward show. The
unity of the Body of Christ is achieved only as each and
every member individually marries the spirit of Christ
within.
No
wonder that the man created in the beginning was a union of
male and female. That male is actually the spirit of Christ
while the female is the souls of men. The one flesh that
is widely talked about today is only and I repeat only
achieved in the union between the souls of men (the Church)
and Christ. There is no way flesh and blood
entities can truly become one, that one flesh the bible
referred to in the beginning is the body of Christ. When we
are united in one with Him we become the flesh of His flesh
and bone of His bone. In that day He becomes our head with
His name inscribed on us so that it is no longer us but
Christ living and working in us. When we unite with Him it
is only then that the word neighbor dissolves into myself.
This union is only achieved on the spiritual peak of Zion
which is God's exalted realm in the heavens. We must ascend
with Christ from the dark places of the earth into the
heavens where Christ is seated at the right of the Father,
the place of pleasures and all blessings.
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How lovely is it when brethren dwell in unity in Christ, it
is the place of life, victory and peace for all who find
themselves in Christ be blessed. The Psalmist prophesied
about this reality.
Psalms 133:1-3
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment
upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's
beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As
the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the
mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the
blessing, even life for evermore.
Let us grow in the knowledge of the love of God, as we
fellowship with one another, so that we can all see our
dreams fulfilled in Christ.
God bless
Trevor Eghagha
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