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6   Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:   7   And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.   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. ~ ISAIAH 6:6-8

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As we have spoken many times, the word “coal” is the same word in Eze 40:17 that is translated “pavement”, which is part of the Millennial Temple. In other words, what touched Isaiah’s lips was his part in the Kingdom, his election. It was ONLY then that he could be sent. This reminds me of Rev 10:8-11. Eating the Book of Redemption, which is OUR part in the plan of God, allows us to be “sent” as well, for we must prophesy to many peoples, nations and tongues. The fruit, the prophecy we bring is life itself. WE are the apostles, the ones sent, of life!

11   He came unto his own, and his own received him not.     12   But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:    13   Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ~ JOHN 1:11-13

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The word “received” appears two times in these verses but differ in their meaning. In verse 11 it means “to accept what is offered”, but in verse 12 it means “to respond spontaneously”. There is a difference, even in how people respond to the Word. Some seem to accept what is offered. They accept that their sins are forgiven and that they will be rewarded with a life in heaven one day. The “receive” Jesus as their Savior. These who “receive” in verse 12 respond from down inside, because when they hear the Word it is what they have been longing for. It is these He gives the power, not innate power because that is the reason they respond, but the authority to execute the power they have by election. That is what being a Son of God is.

17   Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:    18   I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. ~ REVELATION 3:17-18

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“Because thou sayest…I counsel thee to buy of me…” This is a very rich message to this age. We can become complacent in our satisfaction of the forgiveness of sins and not pursue perfection to the end. We are called for a purpose, not just to make heaven. He is directing us to be equipped with certain attributes that are required for us to execute our calling. Being this is the eagle age, it is clear that being able to see is necessary for our deliverance. The method of our heart being turned is by perfect realization. Knowing who we are and what we are called to, takes away the effect of death, which is the carnal mind.

We haven't seen Him, but we have felt Him. We know Him now as much as our limiting senses can let us. But one day it will be face to face. That is for this age. He is coming at the end of this age. Partial realization will be made PERFECT REALIZATION, COMPLETED REALIZATION. Hallelujah! We have been looking through a glass darkly, but soon it will be face to face. We have been going from glory to glory, but soon it will be right in the glory; and in HIS GLORY WE'LL SHINE. WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, WONDROUSLY LIKE HIM, JESUS OUR SAVIOUR DIVINE! Isn't that wonderful? We are complete in Him. That is true. He would not lie to us about that. But one day we will be changed in the atoms. We will put on immortality. We will be all swallowed up in life. Then we will REALIZE REALIZATION. ~ PG 334    LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE  -  CHURCH AGE BOOK

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“That is for this age.” Think about all we have seen under this Message. The Lamb has taken the Book, which is the revelation of Jesus Christ (in you). You have THE Mind of Christ. Perfect realization, or perfect revelation, or perfect perspective, is NOT intellectual knowledge. It is having the Mind of Christ and knowing what He wants done with His Word. It is Face to Face knowing that makes any accusation of the enemy have no effect. This is the brightness of His coming!

20   And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:    21   Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. ~ LUKE 17:20-21

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What is the Kingdom of God but the declaration of His Mind. There is the potential of the Kingdom in each one of His elect. All that needs to happen is to get in the right atmosphere and you will realize who you are. What can come against the Mind of Christ? Satan has lost his effect by our recognition of our position in the Kingdom. He can tempt, but he cannot get a born-again believer who knows his position. Christ has sent His Word among us to reveal this great mystery of a Bride. II Thessalonians 2 says he will be destroyed, or rendered powerless, by the brightness of His coming, and that is what we have been privileged to see.

Man works by his head and looks by his eye. See the devil said to the woman, "Oh, the tree is pleasant." She said, "It's good to look at." See that same devil, if he can get you to stop just for a minute, he can make you reason it out. He can make you think with your mind. But God doesn't use a man's head. God uses his heart. God works on his heart while the devil works on his head. God chose the heart. The Bible says, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." ~ 58-0326  UNITED UNDER ONE HEAD

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If the devil was going to make a kingdom on this earth, he had to find a way to do it. He is a spirit and needs people to bring his plan to pass. He chose man’s mind as the place he could deform what was coming from the heart of man and cause him to reason rather than believe. This is the power of death. This is the avenue he used to cause every hospital, every insane asylum, every prison, both physically and mentally. But Jesus Christ came to render him powerless by showing us who we are, taking away his ability to deceive the elect into believing anything contrary to the source of life in us.

14   Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;  15   And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. ~ HEBREWS 2:14-15

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What do you think Paul means when he credits the devil as having the “power of death”? If the devil could kill anyone himself, he would have long ago killed every Christian that was doing harm to his kingdom. The devil has the “power of death” because he has the power to deceive. Remember, it was a deceiving spirit that went forth in the first age under the first seal, but as it progressed it became personified in a man named death (Rev 6:8). Christ took on Himself flesh in order to destroy this deceiving spirit, but we still didn’t have a perfect realization of what had happened and how powerless the devil had been rendered, UNTIL the age of the flying eagle, who can soar and see better than any age. Partial realization has given way to perfect realization. The man of sin has been destroyed by the brightness of His coming.

And when a man loves a woman and marries her because she's just pretty, there'll be an end to that. But when a man finds a woman that he loves, he don't know why, but he loves her... And she finds the man that she loves, no matter what he looks like... He loves her. She loves him. That's an eternal mate in glory. They'll... Death nor nothing else can ever separate them. Because they are from eternity, and they stepped out into space of time, and will return back to eternity. Eternity has dropped down in a body called time, then it goes right back up into eternity again. It cannot perish. ~ 60-1002  THE KINSMAN REDEEMER

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Eternity is a realization. As long as we have “space of time” vision, things will always be in the future or in the past, but eternity is now. This love between two people, that Bro Branham is talking about, didn’t begin in time. It always was. Time separated them but in eternity it always was. The thought is, we are not coming to something. We are realizing what always was and always will be. It never had a beginning, nor can it ever end. In time they were separate. In eternity they are always one.

3   How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;   4   God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? ~ HEBREWS 2:3-4

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“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders…” As Paul began this second chapter, he immediately relates the resurrection of Christ with those who are a continuation of His resurrection ministry. This is important to the scripture we are looking at, Heb 2:13, “And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me”. The quote is from Isaiah 8:18, but it takes a study of Isaiah 6-9:7 to understand the significance of this verse Paul is quoting. It covers the whole ministry of Isaiah, all the way to the Messiah and the coming Bride of Christ. “BEHOLD I and the Children which God hath given Me!”

Oh, if God can get Him prisoners like that! Now, that's when He can express the preeminences, you see. He, He's got the man, or the person, so that he knows nothing but Christ. You get what I mean? First, to express Hisself completely, God in Christ. Second, to have the preeminences, by this, in His Church, which is His Body, the Bride, till He could have the preeminence to express Himself through them. All right. And, thirdly, to restore the Kingdom to its rightly position, that fell by sin by the first Adam, back to where He walked in the cool of the evening, with His people, talked with them, fellowshipped with them. ~ 63-0728  CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD REVEALED

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This is the simplest explanation of what God is doing in this age. Christ redeemed us, proved redemption to us by raising from the dead, and then takes preeminence in Sons who express the same life that rose from the dead. Why? To reestablish the fellowship God had with Adam. God in you, fellowshipping with Adam. The risen Christ, preeminent in His Bride, walking in the cool of the evening with His people, His creation.