Preparing For The Mystery III

In the name of Jesus, I pray that the light that shines even more aggressively in the darkest places be your portion. May your light never be suppressed, may it never be comprehended by darkness, may it never be put out. In the name of the Immortal son of God, Jesus Christ, I pray for strength for those who are weary; hope for those who are in despair; peace for those who are troubled. Receive LIGHT this very moment in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Friends of mine, feel in this very moment the mighty torrent of the spirit which is already upon us. The floods are bursting through the gates, the magma is erupting from the heart of the Christic volcano. Who can stop it? Who can seal this geyser of the spirit? We dare you to try! Behold, the wisdom of the ancients, the secret and forgotten things, are now being given to us in this time.

It is not being given because we’ve earned it or deserve it, it’s being given because God now has to go to extreme lengths to save a world that is so far gone.

In the name of truth, we must state that God, and all the hosts of heaven, are presently initiating a mighty counterattack to combat the degree of the depravity which we see in the world today. God is going the extra mile to heal us, to transform us, to save us; God is now shining even more aggressively in the darkness.

It is beyond necessary that we begin to prepare our hearts and minds to tap into and benefit from that which has never been this easy to access. I must now say that that something is easy to access does not mean that it is easy to maintain. It is one thing to touch something, another to continually hold onto it.

There are many of us who have been given visions and experiences freely, in order to motivate us to press into heaven; in order to motivate us to BECOME that which we experienced for a brief moment.

There are many of us who have believed ourselves to be high and mighty because of one or two visions or experiences of the heavens. Such things are not a measurement of spiritual maturity.

As an emissary of THEY who are called Christ, as a son of the ancient men, as a student of the forgotten path, let me now say with boldness that there is a difference between experiencing heaven and BEING heaven.

Certainly, without dispute or question, there exists a difference between a tourist and a citizen of a country.

Provided one has the money, or a sponsor who has the money, anyone can tour the icy mountains of the Swiss alps; tour the wild plains of the Serengeti; tour the luscious greenery of Amazonia. A tourist and a citizen however, are two different things. This principle applies with the realms of the spirit; the heavenly regions of God.

Those regions which some of us have visited and tasted for a brief moment, an inspiring holiday, is the CONSTANT abode and dwelling of certain beings. Beings who themselves are not just in the heavens, beings who themselves ARE the heavens. Friends, let this saying not be strange to our hearing. Life is paradoxical, sexual, an environment is a reflection of the person and the person is the reflection of their environment.

Separating the two is something impossible....

Earth

I am not just in the earth, I AM the Earth. My entire physical constitution is made up of 'earth stuff'. That is why I, who am earth, cannot DWELL in Mars unless I BECOME Mars via the 'space suit' or by completely 'transforming' my molecular constitution to that of Mars; by dying to earth and becoming BORN AGAIN into Mars.

A dark skinned man cannot be separated from a tropical climate, neither can a light skinned man be separated from a polar climate. In the same way, heaven cannot be separated from a heavenly state of mind, neither can hell be separated from a hellish state of mind. Heavenly minded people DWELL in heaven and hellish minded people DWELL in hell.

We are not in this moment speaking of the hereafter but of RIGHT NOW. Heaven is right now, Hell is right now. A person whose heart and mind vibrates to the frequency of heaven, the tune of the nature of God, is already in heaven, with or without the physical body. A person whose heart and mind vibrates to the frequency of hell, the tune of the nature of the flesh, 'me, myself & I', is already in hell, with or without the physical body. (See: HELL)

This is why the Apostle Paul said:

'Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. ' Galatians 5:19-23

Friends, let us first pause and reflect on what Paul has said. Let it inspire some of us, let it humble some of us, let it TERRIFY some of us!

Whether we confess Jesus Christ with our lips or not, the law will always be against the works of the flesh; the works of hell. Why? Because the works of hell are Anti-Christ, they are Anti-life. When has greed sustained a family? When has revenge profited a nation? It does not matter what we might claim or confess, the law will always be against the sinful nature because the sinful nature is against US.

The law is for US. It is for our sustenance and benefit, our continuity. Anything against the law is against US! Do we see? If a stone in our belly is causing us pain, breaking the law of the physical body, is it not because the stone is bad for us? Pain, in all its ramifications, is a testament of something that is going wrong with us. It is not a testament of a cruel God.

The external law is not transcended by name and claim, the external law is transcended by becoming it; for that which is written on the outside to be written in our hearts and express itself naturally. This is what it means to be in Grace. Grace fulfils the law! Jesus Christ fulfilled the law, he did not break it; he did not abolish it. This is why Paul said:

'What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? ' Romans 6:15-16

There are many of us who have had one hundred experiences of the superior dimensions of nature by the mercies of God, experiences given us in order to stimulate and motivate us to change, to repent, yet we still manifest and exhibit the nature of hell proudly and comfortably on a daily basis. We do so and boast proudly in our visions and experiences. We say 'I am in Grace'.

That is like a person who visits the United States for a two week holiday, and believes that that visit automatically grants him the blue passport. He then goes bragging to people in his little village that he is an American, not realizing he is just a tourist.

Of what use are the visions? Of what use is the boast in them? They are of no repute or worth, if the FRUIT of those heavens we have experienced does not manifest through us. Friends of mine, let us now listen to the irrefutable words of the great Apostle Paul:

'Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.' I Corinthians 13:1-7

The transformation is what matters, the fruit is what matters. In the name of Jesus Christ, the son of the living God, let me now declare boldly that there are many who spent their physical lives on earth, naming and claiming immortality, naming and claiming to be seated at the right hand of the most high, who are presently sizzling in the abyss.

Friends, did we not tremble upon hearing the invincible words of the Christ?

'“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? ' Luke 6:46

'“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’' Matthew 7:21-23

That is why James said:

'But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ' James 1:22-24

He even further teaches us that it is not enough to have looked once, tasted once, but it is about the continual and perpetual looking, the continual and perpetual gazing:

'But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.' James 1:25

Yes, what we did in the year 2018 is great. The Godly escapades, the fervent prayers and fasting, the forgiveness we gave those who hurt us, the gospel we preached in word and deed was great. What however, are we doing right now? The one who is blessed is not the one who 'did' but the one who 'continues' to do; the one who is doing right here and now.

There are many who boast saying: "Do you know what i've done for God for the past twenty years? Who are you to speak in my presence?". A person who still speaks like this after twenty years has rendered all those years to naught by his/her very words.

That mindset of God owing us, of people owing us, for doing that which ought to be done is the mindset of Cain. People who believe they are doing God a favour by being honest, kind, caring, humble, generous, patient, are always the first to go the way of Cain saying: "Father, how can this happen to me? After all gave, after all I did for you?".

As though humility, kindness, love & patience are not their own reward.

Cain & Abel

It is more profitable to give $1 with the heart of Abel, than to give $1,000 with the heart of Cain. The heart of Cain is a tragic one and tragedy will always beget tragedy. The heart of Cain always feels cheated by everything, cheated by everyone, cheated by God. O' son of men, who can tear down a person who already has their heart on the ground?

What else is left for a contrite heart except to be lifted up? This is why the humble are lifted and the proud are brought down in shame! Those who give with the heart of Cain are not givers at all but are takers. Such offering will never be consumed by the mouth of God for it is not given freely.

It is for this reason the wise King Solomon said:

'Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies; For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you. The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.' Proverbs 23:6-8

What is the picture of spiritual growth and maturity? Is it those who can pray and fast the longest? Is it those who can make 50 people fall to ground by the waving of the hand? Is it those who have consumed libraries? Is it those who prophecy to 100 people at a stretch?

Is it those who are in this or that group, denomination or religion? What is the picture of spiritual growth and maturity? People of the world, no matter what race, color, or religion you might claim, listen to what James has said:

'If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.' James 1:26-27

Listen to what Paul has said:

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.' I Corinthians 13:5-7

Now, I am not speaking to those who believe they are perfect and have no need for growth. I am speaking to those of us who see clearly that we are not yet any of these things Paul has mentioned. Let us now begin to have a mind-shift, humble ourselves, so that we can become ALL of these things he has mentioned. It is possible to become it but only for those who are humble, only for those who recognize and cry out from their spiritual poverty. It is only those who will be made rich.

'Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. ' Revelation 3:17-18

Friends of mine, this is how we begin to prepare our minds and hearts for the mystery. It is not enough to have dreams, see visions, escape our physical bodies and walk consciously in the inner dimensions of nature. A change of mind, a change of heart, needs to happen. A change of heart and mind that prepares us for the unfolding of the mystery within us; Christ in us, the hope of glory.

I, El Shakar, remain your brother and friend in the light. We shall continue next week. I would so love to hear our hearts in the comment section below. I love you and God bless you.