What is this ethereal realm that we can’t see and yet we
are to look into? How do we do this? It seems that the key to becoming more
insightful is knowing and understanding Jesus. Jesus resides within our heart
today, but there was a time before he was crucified that he came to help
humanity, and before that there were prophets who knew him, saw him, and told
us who he would be and what he would do. With the passage of time, we may have
lost some understanding of spiritual things, but with the help of the Spirit we
can regain that knowledge lost that can bring us to greater spiritual
understanding, to be filled and governed by the Spirit who leads us to visions
and revelations from God. What is evident is that once we know Jesus today, and
who he was in ages past, our eyes will open to what lies in the future. While
that seems unusual (to learn the past to see the future), it is the
understanding of the mediator between God and man that opens our eyes to the
spiritual realm. We cannot go to other spiritual sources to learn the future or
what lies in other dimensions, but we should go to the Creator and His Spirit for
revelation. We should also look into the Greek word for spiritual, and see how others received visions so that we can learn
from them. Breaking through our three dimensions we can learn to see the things
that are unseen which will help sustain us through hard times.
Paul tells us in 1st Corinthians that what he is sharing
with us is wisdom that is from God, who reveals it to us so that we will be
able to appear in His presence. That is the purpose of this spiritual insight.
In fact, what Paul is saying is that this is part of the mystery that he got to
reveal to the called out, because if the devil had known ahead of time, he
would not have wanted Jesus crucified. These things are divinely supernatural,
revealed to us through the Holy Spirit. The Greek word pneumatikos seems to suggest that man’s spirit and the Holy Spirit working
together are the bridge to understanding the spiritual realm of Jesus and the
Father. Let’s explore.
NT:4152 pneumatikos, pneumatikee, pneumatikon spiritual
1.
relating to the human spirit, or rational
soul, as the part of man which is akin to God and serves as his instrument or
organ, 1 Cor 15:46
2.
belonging to a spirit, or a being higher than
man but inferior to God Eph 6:12
3.
belonging to the Divine Spirit
a. in reference to things; emanating from the Divine Spirit, or
exhibiting its effects and so its character: charisma, Rom 1:11
b. in reference to persons; one who is filled with and governed by
the Spirit of God: 1 Cor 2:15
(from Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2000, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
1 Cor 2:10-3:2 Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed
them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently,
exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless
things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man's
scrutiny]. …….13 And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by
human wisdom but taught by the [Holy] Spirit, combining and interpreting
spiritual truths with spiritual language [4152][to those who possess the Holy
Spirit]. 14 But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or
admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of
God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of
knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better
acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and
appreciated. 15 But the spiritual [4152] man tries all things [he examines,
investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things], yet is
himself to be put on trial and judged by no one [he can read the meaning of
everything, but no one can properly discern or appraise or get an insight into
him]. 16 For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes)
of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have
the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and
purposes) of His heart. [Isa 40:13.] 3:1
HOWEVER, BRETHREN, I could not talk to you as to spiritual [4152][men], but as
to nonspiritual [men of the flesh, in whom the carnal nature predominates], as
to mere infants [in the new life] in Christ [unable to talk yet!] 2 I fed you
with milk, not solid food, for you were not yet strong enough [to be ready for
it]; but even yet you are not strong enough [to be ready for it], AMP
The Bible teaches us that all humans and animals have
spirit, and once a human confesses Jesus as Lord, the Holy Spirit renews the
human spirit and communes with the individual. Then the spiritual man tries all
things, the Holy Spirit within us discerns and helps us gain insight, because
we have the mind of Christ. Remember as we have studied the heart, the heart
has thoughts and intents, and it is Christ who dwells in our heart. The mind of
the spiritual man has Christ within. Until we started to grow up, we could not
understand the things Paul was talking about.
There is a literal secret here in our striving to be
spiritual. Sometimes we think being spiritual means taking everything
allegorically or figuratively, in a non-exact mystical manner. However, quite
the opposite is true. In order to be spiritual we have to take the Bible, which
was given by the Holy Spirit, literally. Then we will gain the understanding of
mature spiritual humans. These are things we can only know by divine Spirit, like
the personhood of Jesus, from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21.
For example, Paul tells us that Christ was the Rock, the
literal food and drink of the Exodus people. Oral Roberts wrote a book called The Red Thread, and while that is more
meat than most people may ever get fed, the understanding of Jesus as the first
and the last, the beginning and the end, the A & Z, the Alpha & Omega,
the Aleph Tav, takes us even deeper into literally understanding our Messiah.
Let’s read what Paul wrote.
1 Cor 10:1-5 FOR I do not want you to be ignorant,
brethren, that our forefathers were all under and protected by the cloud [in
which God's Presence went before them], and every one of them passed safely
through the [Red] Sea, [Ex 13:21; 14:22,29.] 2 And each one of them [allowed
himself also] to be baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea [they were
thus brought under obligation to the Law, to Moses, and to the covenant,
consecrated and set apart to the service of God]; 3 And all [of them] ate the
same spiritual[4152] (supernaturally given) food, [Ex 16:4,35.] 4 And they all
drank the same spiritual [4152] (supernaturally given) drink. For they drank
from a spiritual [4152] Rock which followed them [produced by the sole power of
God Himself without natural instrumentality], and the Rock was Christ. [Ex
17:6; Num 20:11.] 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with the great majority
of them, for they were overthrown and strewn down along [the ground] in the
wilderness. [Num 14:29,30.] AMP
Who walked them through the Red Sea? Yahweh, the Aleph
Tav. While we may think this is coincidence, it seems to be a predominant
pattern; the writers of the New Testament point out that it is Jesus Christ who
was the Lord in the Old Testament. Observe Exodus and Numbers.
Ex 14:29-31 But the Israelites walked on dry ground in
the midst of the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and
on their left. 30 Thus the Lord {Aleph
Tav} saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, {Aleph Tav} and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore. 31 And Israel {Aleph Tav} saw that great work
which the Lord did against the Egyptians, and the people [reverently] feared
the {Aleph Tav} Lord and trusted in (relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord
and to His servant Moses AMP
Num 20:11 And Moses {Aleph Tav} lifted up his hand and
with his rod he smote {Aleph Tav} the rock twice. And the water came out
abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. AMP
The Aleph Tav appears all through these sections in
Exodus and Numbers. Remember, Moses was writing in Paleo Hebrew. It took effort to draw a bulls head and a
cross, he probably would have left it out if the Holy Spirit hadn’t told him to
write it. One more look at Exodus.
Ex 17:6-7Behold, I will stand before you there on the
rock at [Mount] Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out
of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders
of Israel. [1 Cor 10:4.] 7 He called the
place Massah [proof ] and Meribah [contention] because of the faultfinding of
the Israelites and because they tempted and tried the patience of {Aleph Tav}
the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?
AMP
If we take Paul’s words figuratively, we then say Christ
is the Rock, which was just a shadow of the Messiah who was to come being a
Rock. But add the understanding of the Aleph Tav and we see something
different. Literally, Jesus is the Aleph Tav as he said in Revelation, which
correlates to Yahweh/Jehovah in Isaiah. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 10 that
the people ate all the same supernatural food, and drank all the same
supernatural drink and that the supernatural Rock followed them, who was Christ
the Anointed One. Paul is saying that the very Jesus who came to earth is the spiritual
food the Exodus people ate to be sustained. Paul also tells us that our body
will be raised a supernatural body. And he then explains more.
1 Cor 15:43-52 It is sown in dishonor and humiliation; it
is raised in honor and glory. It is sown in infirmity and weakness; it is
resurrected in strength and endued with power. 44 It is sown a natural
(physical) body; it is raised a supernatural [4152] (a spiritual) body. [As
surely as] there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual [4152] body. 45
Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual
personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the
dead to life]. [Gen 2:7.] 46 But it is not the spiritual [4152] life which came
first, but the physical and then the spiritual [4152]. 47 The first man [was]
from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord
from out of heaven. [Gen 2:7.] 48 Now those who are made of the dust are like
him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from
heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded). 49 And just as
we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also
bear the image [of the Man] of heaven. 50 But I tell you this, brethren, flesh
and blood cannot [become partakers of eternal salvation and] inherit or share
in the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (that which is decaying) inherit
or share in the imperishable (the immortal). 51 Take notice! I tell you a
mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of
God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed
(transformed) 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the]
last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be
raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed
(transformed). AMP
The physical Adam came to earth first, then the physical Christ
came to earth second. Jesus is out of heaven, but men are earthly minded, not
necessarily spiritually minded. Now we can bear the image of the spiritual man,
because Jesus abides in our hearts and if we are to bear His image it must be
possible. And guess what? For some of us, our bodies won’t die or look as if
they are sleeping in a coffin, because instead, we will be changed. While our
physical bodies decay and corrupt, our spiritual bodies live eternally. As Paul
states, our flesh and blood do not inherit the Kingdom of God, but our spirit
does. We shall all be changed. This is part of being a supernatural human, but
look what Paul points us to. Who created us?
Gen 2:7 Then the Lord God {Aleph Tav} formed man from the
dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life,
and man became a living being. [1 Cor 15:45-49.] AMP
This actually reads “Yahweh Elohim Aleph Tav formed man”,
which is what Moses intentionally said. Remember, the im at the end of a word denotes it as plural in Hebrew. Elohim is not a name, but a title, like
kings or presidents. The eternal self-existent Alpha and Omega, identifies
which heavenly king/president/God we are speaking of. The problem arises later
in time when others worshiped various gods. It seemed like the Hebrews could
have several gods, but that is not true because Yahweh is the Aleph Tav. Yet
people decided to change this to mean Eloh
is not plural, even with the im. Simply, the first century believers understood
that Jesus was Yahweh/Jehovah, the Aleph Tav. However, denying the im as plural worked in favor of the
first century Jews and the later Masorete’s who refused to believe Jesus is the
Alpha & Omega/Aleph Tav. It was a logical way to deny Jesus’ Lordship and
deny idolatry. So we use im to denote a plural in Hebrew (three or more) for
every other Hebraic word but Elohim. That is simply explained away by men’s
religious beliefs, which are wrong. Jesus is the mediator between God and man,
and Jesus said no man has seen the Father at any time. Now we can see that
Elohim is not singular, but in fact there is a Father, a Son, and a Spirit, all
who are under the headship of the title God.
Moses simply identifies the Son in Genesis 2 as compared
to the Father. Let us further remember that Jesus testified of himself in John
3:13 as the only one who was in heaven and came from heaven, which is what Paul
says here in 1 Corinthians 15:47. Now that we have settled that, 1 Corinthians
15:49 says we shall bear the image of the man of heaven, and that our flesh and
blood does not inherit the kingdom of heaven. Our dead body decays and goes
back to dust, our soul and spirit will live eternally. The spirit of man, made
holy by confession of Jesus as Lord, ends up at a different eternal destination
as we have studied previously.
Here is something else we can only know by divine Spirit.
Jesus as the living stone, which is what we need for us to be built into a
spiritual house. This foundation stone is our future priesthood.
1 Peter 2:4-7 Come to Him [then, to that] Living Stone
which men tried and threw away, but which is chosen [and] precious in God's
sight. [Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16.] 5 [Come] and, like living stones, be yourselves
built [into] a spiritual [4152] house, for a holy (dedicated, consecrated)
priesthood, to offer up [those] spiritual [4152]sacrifices [that are]
acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For thus it stands in
Scripture: Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen (honored), precious chief
Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies
on Him] shall never be disappointed or put to shame. [Isa 28:16.] 7 To you then
who believe (who adhere to, trust in, and rely on Him) is the preciousness; but
for those who disbelieve [it is true], The [very] Stone which the builders
rejected has become the main Cornerstone, [Ps 118:22.] AMP
Ps 118:22-23 The stone which the builders rejected has
become the chief cornerstone. 23 This is from {Aleph Tav} the Lord and is His
doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. [Matt 21:42; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7.] AMP
Not only was Peter quoting Psalms (as Matthew did also),
he was also telling us that for us to be built into a spiritual house, Yahweh/Jehovah
Aleph Tav, Jesus, is the cornerstone that we need to build upon. These things
made a lot of sense to the first century church as they had a better knowledge
with less adulterations than we do today, 2,000 years later.
How do we attain supernatural spiritual insight? We are
human after all, and are bound to the three dimensions we live in. As we have
mentioned previously, sometimes spiritual beings have to breach our three
dimensions to bring us information, news, revelation, or to simply testify.
Sometimes humans have to rupture our three dimensions to other dimensions so
that we can testify of things we do not see, like Enoch. Paul talks about this.
Paul tells us he went to Paradise. Some may say this was someone else instead
of Paul, but it probably was Paul as we will see. We can understand by his
writing, Paul will tell us of visions and revelations of the Lord rather than
the sorrows, beatings, and near death experiences he has suffered. Paul doesn’t
want to be a “hero” for enduring terrible hardship, instead he wants to be
known for his great supernatural insights and the wisdom he gained regarding
the Lord.
2 Cor 12:1-4 TRUE, THERE is nothing to be gained by it,
but [as I am obliged] to boast, I will go on to visions [3701] and revelations
of the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — whether in the
body or out of the body I do not know, God knows — was caught up to the third
heaven. 3 And I know that this man — whether in the body or away from the body
I do not know, God knows — 4 Was caught
up into paradise, and he heard utterances beyond the power of man to put into
words, which man is not permitted to utter. AMP
NT:3701 optasia (op-tas-ee'-ah); from a presumed
derivative of NT:3700; visuality, i.e. (concretely) an apparition: KJV -
vision.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with
Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc.
and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
Paul wants to talk about visions and apocalypses
(revealing what has been stolen and hidden by a kleptomaniac), when he went to
paradise he heard things he could not even speak about. His experience helped
him endure all the tough times. Paul was stoned and left for dead. We don’t
know exactly what happened to Paul, he may have been dead for a short time as
the people who stoned him dragged his lifeless body outside the town.
Acts 14:19-20 But some Jews arrived there from Antioch
and Iconium; and having persuaded the people and won them over, they stoned
Paul and [afterward] dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead. 20
But the disciples formed a circle about him, and he got up and went back into
the town; and on the morrow he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. AMP
He fought wild beasts in the amphitheater at Ephesus. It
was a great spectator sport, and it would seem that the people probably
remembered Paul as one of the few people who survived. His perspective is that
he could endure because he would not stay dead, even if his body died, his
spirit would live eternally.
1 Cor 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with
beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and
drink; for to morrow we die. KJV
And the list of what Paul endured for the sake of the
called out ones goes on.
2 Cor 11:23-29 Are they [ministering] servants of Christ
(the Messiah)? I am talking like one beside himself, [but] I am more, with far
more extensive and abundant labors, with far more imprisonments, [beaten] with
countless stripes, and frequently [at the point of] death. 24 Five times I
received from [the hands of] the Jews forty [lashes all] but one; [Deut 25:3.]
25 Three times I have been beaten with rods; once I was stoned. Three times I
have been aboard a ship wrecked at sea; a [whole] night and a day I have spent
[adrift] on the deep; 26 Many times on journeys, [exposed to] perils from
rivers, perils from bandits, perils from [my own] nation, perils from the
Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the desert places, perils in the sea,
perils from those posing as believers [but destitute of Christian knowledge and
piety]; 27 In toil and hardship, watching often [through sleepless nights], in
hunger and thirst, frequently driven to fasting by want, in cold and exposure
and lack of clothing. 28 And besides those things that are without, there is
the daily [inescapable pressure] of my care and anxiety for all the churches!
29 Who is weak, and I do not feel [his] weakness? Who is made to stumble and
fall and have his faith hurt, and I am not on fire [with sorrow or
indignation]? AMP
Sometimes people who have near death experiences actually
breach our three dimensions and enter Paradise. While each experience is
unique, there seems to be overriding themes among them all. The people who go
to Paradise are no longer afraid to die, and come back to tell others about
Jesus’ love. The people who end up in hades and come back to earthly life
change their earthly lives so that they do not end up there, and they then tell
others to do what they must to avoid going there. Near death is not the only way
to develop our spiritual awareness. Joel prophesied regarding the last days,
and Peter quoted Joel in Acts 2. In the last days people will see visions and
have dreams.
Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, God
declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your
young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men
shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. AMP
That surely is written to us, so it has to be possible. Isaiah
had a vision, but he doesn’t call it a vision, he simply says he saw. This is a
very important vision, and shows Jesus’ royalty as well as other spiritual
beings. Isaiah was so humble, he thought he might die, being a mere man and seeing
such holiness.
Isa 6:1-11 IN THE year that King Uzziah died, [in a
vision] I saw the {Aleph Tav} Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up,
and the skirts of His train {Aleph Tav} filled the [most holy part of the]
temple. [John 12:41.] 2 Above Him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with
two [each] covered his [own] face, and with two [each] covered his feet, and
with two [each] flew. 3 And one cried to another and said, Holy, holy, holy is
the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory! 4 And the foundations
of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who cried, and the house was filled
with smoke. 5 Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am
a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
for my eyes have seen the {Aleph Tav} King, the Lord of hosts! 6 Then flew one
of the seraphim [heavenly beings] to me, having a live coal in his hand which
he had taken with tongs from off the altar; 7 And with it he touched my mouth
and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken
away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven. 8 Also I heard the
voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said
I, Here am I; send me. 9And He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear
continually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not
apprehend with your mind. 10 Make the heart of this people fat; and make their
ears heavy and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with
their ears and understand with their hearts and turn again and be healed. 11
Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until cities lie waste without
inhabitant and houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate, AMP
That is quite a vision, and John the Apostle points out
who Isaiah saw.
John 12:35-43 So Jesus said to them, You will have the
Light only a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living
by it], so that darkness may not overtake and overcome you. He who walks about
in the dark does not know where he goes [he is drifting]. 36 While you have the
Light, believe in the Light [have faith in it, hold to it, rely on it], that
you may become sons of the Light and be filled with Light. Jesus said these
things, and then He went away and hid Himself from them [was lost to their
view]. 37 Even though He had done so many miracles before them (right before
their eyes), yet they still did not trust in Him and failed to believe in Him
— 38 So that what Isaiah the prophet
said was fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our report and our message? And to
whom has the arm (the power) of the Lord been shown (unveiled and revealed)?
[Isa 53:1.] 39 Therefore they could not believe [they were unable to believe].
For Isaiah has also said, 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened and
benumbed their [callous, degenerated] hearts [He has made their minds dull], to
keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and
minds and repenting and turning to Me to heal them. 41 Isaiah said this because
he saw His glory and spoke of Him. [Isa 6:9,10.] 42 And yet [in spite of all
this] many even of the leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed
and trusted in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, for
fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they would be expelled from the
synagogue; 43 For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that
come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They
valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.] AMP
In speaking of his imminent death, Jesus says they would
only have the light a little while longer, so walk in and believe in the light.
Yet Isaiah saw his glory and spoke of Yahewh/Jehovah the Aleph Tav. The temple
was not the temple in Jerusalem. How do we know that? Because the temple in
Jerusalem had male prostitution and idol worship in it for another one hundred
plus years, until the glory left the temple. Therefore, the temple Isaiah saw
was the heavenly temple, where Yahweh Aleph Tav resides. John says that Isaiah
saw Jesus’ glory and spoke of Him, and people did believe also, but were afraid
of the Pharisees. The social fear held people in bondage.
It is not just the Pharisees that were bad spiritual leaders,
since the time of Solomon there were priests and leaders that did not regard
the things of God. Ezekiel was not allowed into the inner chambers of the
temple, so in order for the Lord to show him what was going on behind closed
doors, Ezekiel was taken between the earth and the heavens. That is a very
specific place Ezekiel tells us he is taken. Notice that unlike Isaiah, Ezekiel
didn’t just see, he went somewhere to
see.
Ezek 8:1-9AND IN the sixth year [of the capitivity of
King Jehoiachin], in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat
in my house [a captive of the Babylonians] with the elders of Judah sitting
before me, the hand of the Lord God {Adoni Yahweh} fell there upon me. 2 Then I
beheld, and lo, a likeness of a Man with the appearance of fire; from His waist
downward He was like fire, and from His waist upward He had the appearance of
brightness like gleaming bronze. 3 And He put forth the form of a hand and took
me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit {Aleph Tav} lifted me up between the
earth and the heavens and {Aleph Tav} brought me in the visions of God {Elohim}
to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the door of the inner [court] which faces
toward the north, where was the seat of the idol (image) of jealousy, which
provokes to jealousy. [2 Kings 16:10-16; 21:4,5.] 4 And behold, there was the
glory of the God of Israel [Who had loved and chosen them], like the vision I
saw in the plain. [Ezek 1:28; 3:22,23.] 5 Then He [the Spirit] said to me, Son
of man, now lift up your eyes toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes toward
the north, and behold, on the north of the altar gate was that idol (image) of
jealousy in the entrance. 6 Furthermore, [the Spirit] said to me, Son of man,
do you see what they are doing? The great abominations that the house of Israel
is committing here to drive Me far from My sanctuary? But you shall again see
greater abominations. 7 And He {Aleph Tav} brought me to the door of the court;
and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then He said to me,
Son of man, dig now in the wall. And when I had dug in the wall, behold, there
was a door. 9 And He {Aleph Tav} said to me, Go in and see the wicked
abominations that they do here. AMP
While Isaiah did not see the earthly temple, Ezekiel did,
and the vision was not good news for Israel. The priests were doing all kinds
of crazy things, which is what prompted the Glory to depart from the temple in
Ezekiel 10. It was quite a production too as the Cherubim and Ophanim came to earth
to bring the Glory back to heaven.
With this in mind, understand that the leaders of the
temple were evil and corrupt, which carried on into the first century when
Jesus expected them to know the hour of his visitation as Daniel had prophesied.
After that, the corrupt people continued to hide Jesus as Messiah and Lord.
After Judah went into captivity in Babylon, Ezekiel had
another vision. This time it was of the future temple being measured. Yahweh
Aleph Tav brings Ezekiel into visions of Elohim.
Ezek 40:1-5 IN THE twenty-fifth year of our captivity [by
Babylon], in the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the
fourteenth year after the city [of Jerusalem] was taken, on the very same day
the hand of the Lord {Aleph Tav} was upon me and He brought me to that place. 2
In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me down
upon a very high mountain, on the south side of which there was what seemed to
be the structure of a city. 3 He {Aleph Tav} brought me there, and behold,
there was a man [an angel] whose appearance was like bronze, with a line of
flax and a measuring reed in his hand, and he stood in the gateway. 4 And the
man said to me, Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears and set
your heart and mind on all that I { Aleph Tav} will show you, for you are
brought here that I may show them to you. Declare all {Aleph Tav} that you see
to the house of Israel. 5 And behold, there was a wall all around the outside
area of the house [of the Lord], and in the man's hand a measuring reed six
long cubits in length, each cubit being longer [than the usual one] by a
handbreadth; so he {Aleph Tav} measured the thickness of the wall, one reed, and
the height, one reed. AMP
This time Ezekiel went to a place where the millennial
temple was, and was told to hear, see, and perceive with his heart and mind. Ezekiel
saw the Aleph Tav measuring the future temple, the millennial temple. This was
to give hope to the captives. Meanwhile during the captivity in Babylon, Daniel
was having visions of the Ancient of Days and the Son of Man. This portion of
Daniel was written in Aramaic and does not contain the usage of Aleph Tav, but
Daniel does use Aleph Tav 38 times in
his Hebraic chapters as we will see shortly.
Dan 7:2 Daniel said, I saw in my vision by night, and
behold, the four winds of the heavens [political and social agitations] were
stirring up the great sea [the nations of the world]. AMP
Dan 7:13-15 I saw in the night visions, and behold, on
the clouds of the heavens came One like a Son of man, and He came to the
Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. 14 And there was given Him [the
Messiah] dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and
languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall
not pass away, and His kingdom is one which shall not be destroyed. [Rev
5:1-10.] 15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved and anxious within me, and
the visions of my head alarmed and agitated me. AMP
Daniel had visions that showed him the future when Jesus
rules in the millennial kingdom, but Daniel says this was a night vision. This
was scary to Daniel, and it was powerful. Daniel knew their time in captivity
was almost over, and he set out to pray and repent for all the people.
Dan 9:2-3 In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel,
understood from the books the number of years which, according to the word of
the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass by before the desolations [which
had been] pronounced on Jerusalem should end; and it was seventy years. [Jer
25:11,12; 29:10.] 3 And I set my face to the {Aleph Tav} Lord God to seek Him
by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes; AMP
Daniel says he set his face to the Aleph Tav, Adonai, The
Elohim. He did this to seek Him and pray. So here is a way we can enter into
spiritual understanding, by seeking the Alpha Omega/Aleph Tav and by prayer.
Here Daniel knew who he was seeking and named him specifically, the AZ Lord,
The Gods. Daniel puts the word The
before Elohim, so in our time we might understand this as The Alpha Omega Lord of The Gods again the literal is very specific
as to who Daniel is speaking of. Of the Godhead, it is the AZ Lord he is
setting his face toward, not to the Father or the Holy Spirit, but to the Son,
the mediator. With this knowledge in our possession, it is our turn to clearly
present Jesus to all non-Jesus followers. Here is some of Daniel’s prayer.
Dan 9:11-15 Yes, all Israel has transgressed {Aleph Tav}
Your law, even turning aside that they might not obey Your voice. Therefore the
curse has been poured out on us and the oath that is written in the Law of
Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. [Lev 26:14-45;
Deut 28:15-68.] 12 And He {Aleph Tav} has carried out intact His [threatening]
words which He threatened against us and against our judges [the kings,
princes, and rulers generally] who ruled us, and He has brought upon us a great
evil; for under the whole heavens there has not been done before [anything so
dreadful] as [He has caused to be] done against Jerusalem. 13 Just as it is
written in the Law of Moses {Aleph Tav} as to all this evil [that would surely
come upon transgressors], so it has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly
begged for forgiveness and entreated the favor of the Lord our God, that we
might turn from our iniquities and have understanding and become wise in Your
truth. [Deut 4:29; 28:15 ff.] 14 Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity
(evil) and has brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is [uncompromisingly]
righteous and rigidly just in all His works which He does [keeping His word];
and we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, {Aleph Tav} Who
brought Your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and
secured Yourself renown and a name as at this day, we have sinned, we have done
wickedly! AMP
Daniel here also confirms that it was the Aleph Tav that
led the people out of Egypt and gave the law of Moses to the people. We have
Paul, Peter, John, Isaiah, Moses, Ezekiel, and Daniel all confirming Jesus as
Messiah, the Creator, and the one who led them out of bondage. Paul had a near
death experience and went to Paradise. Isaiah simply saw the Lord in His
glorious heavenly temple. Ezekiel went between earth and heaven to see into the
temple and the defilement there. Then Ezekiel went somewhere where the
millennial temple was being measured. Daniel had a night vision that scared
him, and then later set his face to the Lord and prayed, fasted, and made pleas
for the people while in sackcloth and ashes.
Paul tells us that there is one mediator, and Hebrews
says Jesus is the mediator of a new covenant, which is the dispensation we live
in. Jesus was the one who served people, helping them out of Egypt and Babylon,
and showing certain prophets the future as well as his glory. Jesus has always
been the one to intercede between us and the devil, helping humanity, as well
as us and the Father. This means that we should recognize Jesus in all his fullness,
as he will be King of kings and Lord of lords in the millennial reign.
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus; KJV
If we first understand that Jesus was the one from the
beginning, and today he lives in our heart, we are not far from spiritual
insight. Certainly, humility is a big piece of the puzzle, as we see the
prophets were all humble, teachable, and receptive to the spiritual visions
they received, even if they thought they might die. Paul gives us some insight
into our daily lives that will also transcend our dimensional reality.
Eph 5:19-20 Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual [4152] songs, offering praise with voices [and instruments] and
making melody with all your heart to the Lord, 20 At all times and for
everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the
Father. AMP
Singing, and worshipping transcends our realm into the
spiritual, but spiritual songs in particular are an entrance into His presence.
That is the bridge to the mediator. Before Jesus’ crucifixion, the Spirit could
not dwell inside of man, nor could Christ reside in our hearts or minds. Today,
because of the crucifixion, we can have an inward connection to the
supernatural. Spiritual insight and visions are possible because we have the
bridge and the mediator. Paul also reminds us that the Messiah’s words should
live within us.
Col 3:16 Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah)
have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its]
richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and
intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns
and spiritual [4152] songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your
hearts. AMP
Our example is to seek the mediator between the Heavenly
Father and men, who is Jesus the Anointed Messiah. It seems that even after the
devil stole rulership from Adam, God did not leave us alone, but instead has
sent his son Jesus to be alongside mankind throughout history. Jesus the Son of
the Most High, has been, and continues to be, our Savior. This is how the Old
Testament saints could be redeemed, they knew the Aleph Tav. They also told us
that He would come to earth and be crucified. The first century saints had a
hard time understanding that Jesus was in a man’s body, but was also the
Messiah at the same time. Jesus said he would send the Holy Spirit once he
left, and the Holy Spirit teaches man’s spirit by bridging the gap between our
dimensions and higher dimensions. Jesus is the key to the understanding of
other worlds and he has been humanities’ mediator since the beginning.
