The Circle of Light-Man’s Mission; The Road Less Traveled; The answer to the question, what are we doing here? In the beginning God… In the end God… In the middle Man!
Within each of us is a desire for something satisfying, something that will address the aching in our souls. As we get older, the still small voice begins to resonate more and more, until near the end of our days, on middle earth, it becomes a compelling force that we must dull or turn and face. We can no longer deny its existence.
God gives man the thing to desire. Man puts it this way, 4Delight in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. What to desire, and then to desire what God wants, is the point of revelation.
Herein we will present to you a brief writing on the realm of man, his beginning, his journey, his end and new beginning. Welcome to the realm of faith!
The Call To Order: The Mission
Man’s Journey is from God the Father and back to God The Father. On this journey man, who existed in the mind of God before creation, for God foreknew him before the foundation of the world (Romans 11:2), was to enter into the realm of the physical, temporal, the realm of time, and was to be given a season, a measure of years, to accomplish a goal, the goal of establishing God’s Glory on earth as it is in heaven, and then to return to the source of light, in faith, having obeyed the original calling. The Father waits at the entrance to a new world, a new heaven and new earth. He desires to say to the victorious man, 23 , Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. At that point the circle is complete, from God and back to God.
We have a sense of the general mission, orders, and blessing, as stated by God to created man himself; it was to be fruitful, multiply, replenish, subdue and have dominion. In order to do this we must overcome the temptations of the eye, of the lust of the eye. Some of the race of Angels, for which Satan was part, did not succeed in overcoming such lust. He saw himself as beautiful, which he apparently was, and became to poster child for narcissism, vanity, self-absorption, egotism, and pride. The race of angels was divided, and 1/3 of heaven was cast down. Hell was prepared for them. Man was of necessity given the same opportunity to overcome the lust of the eye. Would man worship the creature more than the creator? Would man desire the things of God and man, more than the face of God? Would man see God as a source of things, perhaps the power source for their “prosperity message”, here on earth? Would man be so caught up in the possibility of created things that he would forget the source of all creations, that he would forget that he too is a creating being? Would man turn to worship his own creation and make them gods? Or would their be a remnant that would make the journey from God and back to God, in faith, without the need for their earthly senses, but instead yielding to that still small voice within, which says, you are God’s; this is not your home; you are sojourners in this foreign land; you are here to establish God’s glory and to return home. There waiting for you is your life, real life, and that more abundantly. Will you believe and obey? Will you seek things above? Will you be the righteousness of God?
Man, or mankind, is a single unit. We are all part of the whole of this race of new beings that will one day reign with God. Michael, the arch angel is part of the race of being called angels as an example. In the old churches we sang such songs as we are soldiers in the army of God. In the book of Ezekiel we see than the individual bones, in the valley of dry bone, came together, rose up and became an exceedingly great army, after they were joined together and covered, to appear as one. We all know, to some degree, the story of the tower of Babylon, wherein God said, because man has agreed and become as one, they can accomplish anything.
According to the biblical account, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, participated in the building. The people decided their city should have a tower so immense that it would have “its top in the heavens.”[3] However, the Tower of Babel was not built for the worship and praise of God, but was instead dedicated to the glory of man, to “make a name” for the builders: “Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; (Genesis 11:4).
Man Defined
The point is we are Man, created in the image of God. 4 God is mindful of us? and God visits us? He has made us a little lower than Elohim, himself, and has crowned man with Glory and Honor. He has made us to have dominion over the works of thy hands; and has put all things under our feet. Psalm 8:4-5
Before, the beginning of time God chose to participate with man, to insure his victory. God is for us, who shall be against us. It was here that the word became flesh and dwelt among us. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. It was here that the mystery of Christ’s crucifixion was wrapped in flesh and hidden from Angels. The mystery of The “Word”, the only Begotten, was written into the plan/story of creation and placed forever in our midst. Even at the first instance, in the Garden of Eden, the tree of life was present. This was Jesus. And said they may eat, if they so choose, become as one of them, and live forever, but they saga began, but the mystery waited its revelation, a revelation that was finally unveiled approximately 2,000 years ago in the person of the son of man, in the person of the “First”, fruit, for which we shall fill the basket.
Man would be sent into the darkness, even after the revelation of the mystery. Christ, the new man, the word that became flesh, and intercedes that our faith, our ability to see beyond our senses and to know the things not seen, and to recognize, to know again the truth, and be free. We are sons of God, and we shall be like him.
The Salvation and Redemption Story Is More than Just About Man!
Science tells us a Glory cloud is impossible. Light must be bent and turned back to its source. This forms such a celestial event. When Man, who is the child of light, turn back to his source, he too establishes God’s Glory. All of creation waits for the manifestation of Man. All of creation groans, as if in a birthing process, waiting for the new Princes, waiting for us. Scripture puts it this way; consider not the time and the war we have entered as lost, for the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
We are not Wretched and undone. We are God’s elect. Of necessity we were sent into the battle clothed in fallen flesh, in the midst of principalities, powers and rulers of darkness, in the midst of the host of Satan, and told to have dominion. This is impossible, one would think, but not with God. Our real life, and identity, that continues with “new birth” in Jesus, is none further step in the divine story, in the divine epoch. We come to engage the darkness, not to fear. Our treasures are in this place. The mystery is now playing itself out. Your real life and crowning is awaiting your return home. If you will yield to God, obey and keep the faith, your life, real life awaits. If you are not prepared properly, by the potter, to handle the lust of they eye in this small portion of creation, what makes you think you could handle the glory which is to come. Lucifer was unable to do so.
Saved From What and For What
When a person says they are saved, I am tempted to ask them from what and for what. The likely answer is from Sin, and then if you were to ask them what the nature of the Sin was, they would begin to tell you about conduct such as drugs, alcohol, sex and the like. If they were somewhat insightful they might include pride. But at the end of the day, they are referring to conduct. A lobotomy would do the same thing.
It is mankind that needed to be saved! Adam fell, eve fell. This has already been done. Mankind has been saved. Jesus finished that work at Calvary. Justice was fully paid!
Our quest is to finish the work until the body is mature and complete in the image and likeness of Christ. It is by faith, in the midst of creation, in the midst of our senses, principalities, powers, rulers of darkness and the like, that we are brought to perfection by the trying of our faith, that we are called to do the work of believing! This can only be done by passing through the realm of the cross and into a new life, a real life. That is the beginning of the new creature called the second Adam, the new man! We are indeed risen with Christ.
Conclusion, The end of the Circle of Light is the beginning of a new life, a new heaven and a new earth. Unlike Adam and Eve, who were sent to earth without sin, you were born in sin. God expected you to experience the pain and suffering of a fallen life, before you entered into the way, the truth and a new life. Perhaps in being touched by the feeling of infirmity we are more prone to be non-judgmental, fruitful and thus multiply after Gods own kind. Do not fear what God what you are here to affirmatively engage. Do not loose sight of what you are and whose you are. We are the children of Light. We are not of the darkness. The next time you feel worthless, remember the heavenly price paid for you; God’s only son gave his life, took off his robe and demonstrated the way, the truth and the life. Are we really suffering? Is this the way to Glory?
Welcome to the process. Welcome to the Kingdom of God. I look forward to meeting you at the finish line.
