CHAPTER 8
Refined May 2007
Early in October of the year
29 the special 'seed' arrived; his papers and qualifying
genealogy were all found to be in order; he was eligible
to receive an anointing as king (Mat 1:1-16).
John formally
introduces him and identifies him as a 'Son of God'
John anoints him by baptism for kingship. Jesus has now firmly planted himself on the stage of
Judaism.
His first assignment was to
carry out a full inspection survey on the current condition
of the contracted nation of Israel, and in particular the
way the nation was carrying out its contractual obligations. He
found the nation divided into various conflicting religious
denominations. Some of these groups or divisions were the Pharisees,
Sadducees, Scribes, Zealots, and Essenes, all claiming privileged
contractual relationship with Yahweh.
Inevitably, Jesus exposing activities
made him many enemies; he was rocking the national
religious boat. The ones claiming to be educated in the
only God approved religion were the very ones resisting
it the most. These religious clergy groups of Judaism with
their conflicting doctrines and ideas, instead of assisting
and supporting his work, opposed it when ever and where ever
they could. Even though time after time he proved them wrong using
evidence from the Hebrew scriptures, they were not going to change.
They believed they were right, considered God was with them and
supporting their particular version of the Jewish religion. Nobody
was going to tell them they were wrong or make them change their attitude
or position.
The sect of the Sadducees followed a very formalistic way of worship. Jesus pointed out they were failing to teach and keep the laws, corrupting and invalidating them. The Sadducees rejected the resurrection, did not accept the existence of angels as spirit creatures nor the working power of God's spirit. Many went in for pomp and ceremony and the wearing of special robes. As a religious division of Judaism the Sadducees came into opposition with God by pressing for his Son's execution (1 John 4:9).
The Pharisees
were extremely fastidious over traditions,
obsessed with keeping festivals, special
days and procedures. Jesus denounced them saying
they had invalidated the word of God by their traditions.
They taught various ideas, including the immortality
of the soul; that the bad would suffer eternal punishments
but good souls passed into another body. They believed in
the controlling power of fate; were materialistic, took impressive
titles and tended to look down on the common people. These
also ended up fighting against God, fanatically opposing Jesus,
and became instrumental in his execution.
Other
Jewish religious denominations included the Scribe or academic scholarly
division, the Zealots, the Essenes and the Priestly aristocrat
class, all holding their own conflicting beliefs and
doctrines.
Even in
this corrupt state God continued to uphold his side
of the contracts keeping his sworn promise to Abraham, but
not for much longer; the period of the Abrahamic covenant
was fast coming to its end. Jesus, after his inspection, confirmed the failure of these Jewish religious
denominations, at Luke 19:44 he said: "You (the religions
of the Jewish nation) did not recognise it was a time of your
being inspected". This situation had grieved Jesus; back
in verses 41 to 43 he explained why. After observing the city
of Jerusalem representing the Jewish system he grieved over it
saying: "If they had come to understand, at that time the things
having to do with bringing peace to the world (they would not suffer
their later destruction) but now these new things were to be withdrawn
from them".
Along with this inspection work,
Jesus was quietly ear marking some of the disciples John had prepared
for him, individuals selected by his Father. One and a half years after his baptism, in April of the year AD 31, Jesus officially selected and appointed his twelve apostles.
He then spent the best part of three years training and
teaching these candidates
separated from the old Jewish religious system. He started
to clear out the erroneous information and teachings they had acquired, feeding
them new truths about God's developing plans for the construction
of a future 'royal government', the Kingdom plan of God. Although
they did not always grasp its significance at the time, they were
being prepared for great things.
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Jesus Baptised & The end of the Anointed King inspection of starts inspecting Jewish Religions 5th October AD 29 End March AD 3 | | |
The opportunity to change had
passed the nation by, as a result they were to be discarded
and warned of their nation's approaching end. The upsetting
thing for Jesus was that this nation should have been prepared
and ready at the time of his inspection of them! They had no
excuses, all the prophecies and evidence pointed to him. As
a nation they failed and suffered the terrible consequences.
Jesus knew that later hundreds of thousands of them would die
horribly when the nation was wiped out because of ignoring the warnings.
Never would God again deal exclusively with this nation. The
Nation had had its God given opportunity and blown it! These events
have a corresponding application in the second performance of this
first scene in our 21st century.
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5th October 29, Jesus enters world stage, inspection starts. ---------------------- OVERLAYS -------------------- THE 1st TIME CUE, 1st SCENE, 2nd APPLICATION October 2029, Jesus re-enters world stage, starts inspection |
Today Yahweh still recognises
the Kingdom covenant as valid and operable toward Christendom
so these ones should be first in line to take up the opportunity
and enter into it fully when the Kingdom recruitment
doors are re-opened. Like Judaism in the first century these
Christian denominations throughout the world claim to be
in contract with God, applying to themselves the ratification's
of the "new" blood covenant through the symbolic bread and
wine celebration, referred to by various religions as the
Mass, Eucharist, Sacraments, Memorial etc. Jesus' first task
is to examine these religions to see if any measure up to the
mark. Again a repeat apostate situation has developed within
their factions, as with the former Sadducees and Pharisees
advocating their own conflicting ideas and doctrines while
still claiming special contractual relationship with God.
This second
inspection is described in more detail in the
book of Revelation where it informs us at
its opening that it is to show his followers the 'things'
in sign form that must soon take place within the 'Lords
day' (Revelation 1:1,10). The inspection
is the first of these 'things' that Jesus performs in this
'Lords day' period, when he renews his activities (1
Corinthians 1:8).
Revelation Chapters 1 to 3 is a review made of an inspection and appraisal of seven symbolic congregations all claiming to represent and serve God. The number seven in the Bible signifies the complete number the 'whole lot' (Revelation 5:6,12:3). The seven congregations therefore represent the worlds entire collective number of 'Christendom's' numerous denominations claiming to contractually represent God.
Just as the various divisions of Judaism did not realise they were being inspected so to during this period, unbeknown to them, Jesus figuratively 'walks' among Christendom's denominations observing and inspecting them closely (Revelation 2:1). There are seven golden lamp stands, symbolising the collective light of knowledge on the Kingdom that should be coming from these religions; Jesus finds some lamp stands are burning far less brightly than others (Revelation 1:12,20).
Just as
with Judaism these religions are also warned that if they
do not change their ways their lamps would be removed
completely from them, stamping out any future opportunity to
administer illuminating knowledge (Revelation 2:5).
Jesus in vision is seen holding seven stars, representing seven
messages that are to be delivered to these religions, making up
a composite pronouncement to them, covering the entire spectrum
of their conditions and situations (Revelation 1:20).
This composite message contains the following major pronouncements
on the denominations of Christendom;
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All these things Jesus said to the various
religions of Judaism in the first century, and are the same
things he will say to the Christian religions of today. The
inspection work begins when Jesus once again turns his active attentions
to this Earth's affairs after a break of some 2,000 years. During
this inspection time the last years of the 'times of the nations'
will be running out (see appendix 18).
The anticipated time for this inspection, according to the Bible
template will start in the year 2029.
Through
the three and a half years between 29 and 33 along with the
inspection work on Judaism's religious divisions Jesus educated,
not only the ones chosen by his Father, prepared by John the Baptist
but all those of the Jewish nation that listened to him.
During this ministry Jesus continually explained to the Jews the
application of the Hebrew scriptures, showing them how its prophecies,
and the things recorded in the Hebrew scriptures to do with God's
advancing restoration plan were directed at and completed in him.
He them added new information about the Kingdom using many illustrations
mainly for the benefit of his .disciples
During the corresponding three and a half year
time period 2029 to 2033, along with Jesus inspection work on Christendom's
divisions, Jesus will again teach and educate not only the ones chosen
by Yahweh, prepared by the modern Elijah work but all those of Christendom's
religions that will listen to him. During this time discerning ones
will hear how the Greek scriptures (new testament) were completed in
him. The last book of the Greek scriptures is the Revelation which was
deliberately set aside from the rest of the Greek scriptures as its information
was exclusively about future things. The contents of this book will be
explained and revealed to 21st century servants of Jesus, its signs and
prophecies explained and clarified to a another invited group of Kingdom
candidate between 2029 and 2033 CE about things that were now going to
take place (Rev1:1). What an amazing opportunity, when
this starts to happen it will make the following chapters of this
work obsolete as the things following will be explained by the word
of God himself.
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In the previous chapter we examined the first century situation relating to John the Baptist. During the six month period assigned to John's preparation period he had been gathering a group of people from the apostate Jewish religious system, alerting them to prepare for a Messiah king soon to appear on the world stage. John the Baptist's activity was likened to Elijah's earlier work in turning people back to Yahweh. He happily undertook this assignment of a preparing messenger for the coming covenant representative (Matthew 11:2-15). The Messiah was about to appear on cue at the appointed time.
In November
AD 29, about six weeks after Jesus has been
baptised, John directed a few of his followers
to Jesus, identifying him as the Messiah king, and
the sacrificial 'Lamb' of God. These transitional followers
of John were waiting for this identification; they then
transferred over to following the Messiah. Jesus later verified
the importance of John's work saying "Nobody who had lived
to then had done a greater work than John", including Abraham
and Moses. Yet he said all those in the Kingdom administration would
hold higher rank than him. This was because Jesus was aware that in
God's time plan John would die before the opportunity arrived for
the first individuals to sign into the new Kingdom contract.
In the spring of the year 31
when John was in prison some ten months before he was executed Jesus
had said, "The least one in the Kingdom would be greater
(in rank) than John" (Mat 11:11).
A year later in the winter of the year 32 John was beheaded.
These events were plotted into the first century timetable
to form a future time template. According to the timetable
we should now be in a position to trace the corresponding
events plotted on this template for re-running in the 21st
century performance.
These modern followers of John the Baptist will "listen" to the information given out through this preparation vehicle and ready themselves for the time Jesus will become active on the world scene again. So at the moment he turns his active attention toward the earth it can be identified by these primed individuals. They will be ready and willing to transfer from their association with the Elijah preparation vehicle over to a new teaching vehicle. In the first century not all John's disciples moved over to Jesus, likewise not all modern day alerted ones will move over from their prepared position in this 21st century, as back there changes had to be made and many were too stuck to their old ways (Luke 5:37-39).
Looking
around the world scene of Christian religions
today, who will prove to be these prepared ones, straightening
their approach toward the returning King, disciples
of the Elijah preparing vehicle? Some may at present still only be
children. During the six month period from April to October
2029 who will listen to the specially assigned
Elijah vehicle carrying out this preparing work, crying out to those in a spiritually
uncultivated wilderness ( Luke 3:4) to get themselves
into a position of readiness, alerted toward the the Kingdom
covenant and its anticipated maturity?
John's
work ended when he died in the spring of 32. His
death occurred before the Kingdom contract
was opened on Pentecost 33 CE so he was not personally able
to sign into it or gain its benefits. John's great reward
will be a resurrection as one of the approved earthly
Kingdom theocrats, the other sheep Jesus referred
to at John 10:16. Applying these events
in the parallel script of this 21st century, the John the Baptist
vehicle after a six month intense priming activity, will
convey these transitional prepared ones over from October 2029.
Having completed its assignment the Elijah vehicle will correspondingly
'die off' or be killed off by the spring of 2032, before
the Kingdom contract opportunity is opened again.
From 2029 these prepared followers from the Elijah preparation
vehicle will have moved over to yet another
transitional vehicle, the "Moses" covenant bound group.
As was the case with the apostles between 29 and 33 they acquired new information (new wine) new understanding on previously unexplained things from the Hebrew scriptures. It could well be that an accurate explanation and clarification on the information contained in the book of Revelation will be provided by God through his spirit directing the minds of these group transferring ones during the period 2029 to 2033. This development in knowledge of truth is one of the sign events Daniel foretold "these ones will be refined, cleaned and whitened', Dan 11:35, "Many will study and true knowledge will become abundant" Dan 12:4. Just as this was fulfilled in the apostles between 29 and 33 so will it be between 2029 and 2033.
Once again
"new fermenting wine", new energising knowledge, will need
to go into a "new organisational wine skin". In order
to do this the Elijah preparing and conveying arrangement
will again provide some individuals the amazing opportunity,
at the identified time, to transfer over from the apostate
covenant religions of Christendom to the Kingdom group, becoming
a "new wineskin" organisation receiving new wine knowledge. In turn
this "new wine contained within a new skin organisation" is also itself
a transitional arrangement.
Under God's direction at his
appointed time, Jesus arranges a special visual illustration of
the relationship between two key witnesses,
Elijah and Moses, with himself. Or more correctly
between his assignment and the activities carried out by these
two witnesses.
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2. The Moses role figure, 3. Jesus interactive with both figures in the vision, 4. All focused on discussing Jesus coming death, 5. The cloud wraps them all together, 6. Yahweh himself declares his special relationship with Jesus underwriting the importance of this event. |
The three disciple spectators became personally involved in the meaning and application of this vision of these three prophetic entities. The vision was created in connection with them specifically as its implications effect them personally, they need to witness it, remember it and later record it, (Mark 9:9). In order that later its significance could be understood.
This vision was engineered to link all three with the coming sacrificial death about to be provided. On this hinged the development of all God's future Kingdom plans. The three identities were deliberately connected by their conversation about the this all important coming sacrificial death. The vision focused on the legal basis upon which God would develop His Kingdom new organisational administration and achieve all His restoration plans. Jesus said "there are some standing here today that will not die until they first see the Kingdom of God come to power" it gained its power with the ransom death (Mark 9:1). The three attending disciples Peter, James and John were all to became part of this Kingdom arrangement constructed with special power drawn from the value of the ransom sacrifice soon to be executed.
The three spectators heard the figures of Elijah and Moses talking with Jesus about his scheduled death at Jerusalem, (Luke 9:30-31). The vision focused on the future event of Jesus ransom death, these two other entities were directly connected with Jesus ransom sacrifice.
The three apostles witnessed something that until then only John the Baptist had witnessed; when he baptised and anointed Jesus, the voice of Yahweh stating "This is my Son the beloved whom I have approved (chosen) listen to him" (Mat 17:5). The events in the vision provided all the necessary clues needed to understand the inter-relationship of these two very different witnesses connected with Jesus Christ's death and Kingdom activities. Many people at this time understood and expected three roles would be carried out, The Elijah, The Prophet & The Christ ( John 1:21 6:14, 7:41 Acts 3:22). Acts 3:22 identifies Jesus as the prophet like Moses
1.
Elijah Transfer vehicle
People questioned John on his role and scriptural identity so that they could understand which prophetic role model he would play, so they asked him:- "Are you 'Elijah'?" or "Are you 'The Prophet'?" "Why baptise if you're not 'The Christ' or 'Elijah' or 'The Prophet'?" (John 1:21,25). The persons asking these questions were well educated in the scriptural prophecies, aware that according to the Hebrew scriptures the works of these three characters were prophesied and were anticipated in connection with the arrival of the Messiah (Christ). They understood that these anticipated three prophetic characters would carry out baptising roles hence the question to John "Why baptise if you are not 'The Christ' or 'Elijah' or 'The Prophet'?".
John the Baptist (the Elijah model) witnessed God's vocal declaration about Jesus at his baptism, he then identified him as the Great Passover sacrifice (John 1:29,36) and passed over God's selected and prepared individual followers to him. John died before these Kingdom transferring recruits were anointed (baptised) with Spirit from Pentecost 33. He was the first vehicle link in taking individuals from Judaism and transferring them on to Jesus. Described as the greatest work ever done on God's behalf until then.
2.
The Prophet Moses Transfer vehicle
The three disciples transferred
from the John the Baptist preparation arrangement witnessed
God's vocal declaration as to who Jesus is, "the Christ
and his Son to be taken careful note of". From 29 to 33 Jesus
acting as God's prophet carried out the Moses activity. He takes
these transferred ones into his disciple group and by an education
process prepared them for transference over for adoption as Sons of
God and Heirs to the Kingdom (James 4:5). That Jesus carried out the foretold model role of the
prophet Moses is explained by John at John 6:14 where he says "When
men saw the signs Jesus performed they began to say 'This
is for a certainty the prophet that was to come into the world"
(see also John 7:40). Jesus took on this role of
the greater 'Prophet Moses' collecting these special selected
individuals initially from the prepared followers of Elijah, or
John the Baptist.
During the allocated three and
a half years 29 to 33 Jesus is carrying out the work of the
Moses figure educating and feeding this "Moses" group with bread from heaven
spiritual food illustrated
by the manna bread overseen by Moses for some 40 years, (John
6:31-35, 48-51). The Passover overseen by Moses was illustrative of the greater Passover the death of the Lamb of God providing
the all important Ransom Sacrifice. Once this was provided the Moses vehicle
could transfer them over to the Ransom vehicle enabling them to be born
again as spirit begotten Sons of God bought by the power of the Ransom.
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"Moses" Activities illustrated Jesus
2. Moses mediated a special covenant between God and the nation of Israel Mal 3:1 3. Moses led Israel out of bondage 4. Moses officiated over the model Passover Ex 12:21-23 5. Moses was described as the meekest of Men, Nu 12:3(these are but a few of the many specially directed role patterns Moses carried out). |
Jesus said about these ones:-
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These God selected ones were to become
one body with Christ "By spirit we were all baptised into
one body (1 Cor 12:13). God has set
the members in the body (of the unified Kingdom organisation),
each one of them as he pleased, (1 Cor 12:18).
Many members yet one body, (1 Cor 12:20).
You are all Christ's body," (1 Cor 12:27). So the many spirit begotten heirs of the Kingdom all became
one body or one unified personality.
These three entities, the 'Elijah'
preparation transitional vehicle up to 29 CE followed
by the ''Moses'' transitional
vehicle, educating
and feeding with spiritual bread between 29 to 33 CE and the "Ransom" vehicle
used to baptism with spirit power and adopt as Sons of God were conveyance vehicles constructed by God as developments in his restoration
plan all three vehicles will again be activated on their respective
time cues in the 21st century.
21st century application of the transfiguration personalities.