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Chapter Thirty One
Unending Love
As I think on these Truths my mind asks – Why would Christ the Lord seek a place under the authority of Jesus the man? Why would the Christ want to -- or need to do that?
This is what the Lord has shown me about this. When Lucifer and the angels of God that followed him rebelled against God to establish their own kingdom built on righteousness by works and blessings by works – they became Sin. They had believed The Lie that they could succeed with that plan and so --became Sin by their belief and bore the fruit of The Lie with their actions.
When they became Sin and so came under the sentence of death -- there was nothing that God could do to reach them at that time. They would be separated from God forever and God was actually helpless to reach them with any kind of redemption. God could even forgive them -- but He couldn’t save them because there was no way that He could pay the price for their Sin.
At that time Christ the Lord could not die for them. Christ the Lord was in a deathless place. He could not die because death was not defined or available then. For Christ to die He would have to have someone that He could submit Himself to that was part of Creation.
He is the Creator and sustainer of the Universe and He can’t cease to be Lord because there is no one else that He can submit Himself too. So what can He do? In that place He could do nothing.
But there is something He can do -- He can become a new person and that is exactly what He did. Christ the Lord was born again when He became a new person in Jesus the man. Christ died to Himself as the only Lord and thereby -- came into the place where He could now reach all of Creation with redemption from The Lie. Remember The Lie says you can bless yourself without submitting to anyone else. Christ had decreed that death was the penalty for self-rule.
Now Christ the Lord can make a way open for even the fallen spiritual beings that He loves so much. They may not receive that provision but the way is still open.
More about the Lie
The Lie declares that there is another way to be blessed other than to believe the Truth as Christ reveals it by His Word. In heaven that is the message that Lucifer brought to the rest of heaven. In the Garden of Eden that is the message that Satan brought to Adam and Eve. Of course that is The Lie. There is no other way to be blessed – other than the way God reveals because He is the God of Love and so-- He would choose the best way to be loved and give love.
The Lie can tell any lie it wants. When The Lie was first given life there was no record of what The Lie would produce. The Lie promised Lucifer a better life than Christ had given him. The Lie promised Adam and Eve a better life than Christ had given them. It seemed possible to them then – but now we see that it is a Lie indeed because it produces death in all that believe it.
Then The Lie could say anything and there was no proof that it is a lie. However-- now that we have seen what the Lie produces when we believe it and act on it – we know that The Lie won’t bless those that believe it. In fact --it will bring a great curse on all those that believe it.
This reveals that The Truth as Jesus Christ has told it is indeed The Truth and any one that is looking for blessings in their life would choose The Truth as the way to get blessings into their life.
With this understanding and experience – what created being wouldn’t choose Jesus as Lord? So we see that what the Lord Jesus Christ has done is establish what the Truth is and that The Truth is the way of blessing.
So then the order of Jesus Christ’s Kingdom begins to be revealed. It is a Kingdom of death to the self-rule as lord and a joyous submission to the order that Jesus Christ establishes. Then to establish that order – Christ submitted Himself to Jesus the Man and died to being Lord over all things without being submitted to someone else.
Christ entered the Man Jesus and submits Himself to Him and so --dies to the life of being Lord of Himself without submission to someone else. In doing this – Christ has made a way for the fallen spiritual world to be redeemed. Christ in effect-- has died to His self-life. He has ceased being Lord alone. If the angelic host will follow Him there ---- die to their self- life – they too can enter the Kingdom of God. Since Jesus the Christ has gone that way first He has become the doorway into that Kingdom.
When Lucifer gave his life and voice to The Lie – The Lie entered into the then known Kingdom of God and began to leaven the whole Kingdom. The beings that made up the Kingdom of God then were saying by their choice and actions that they didn’t want to do things the way the Lord Christ and the Father wanted to do them. They were saying by their commitment to the way of The Lie that they wanted a mixed multitude of beings in the Kingdom — some submitted to God and His Truth and some submitted to Satan and The Lie. The Lie’s way would be to fight it out and the strongest and most clever would rule. The world today is the exact image of that kind of a kingdom. Many kingdoms trying to exist in the same world. It is doomed to failure – killing and pain. The only solution is to leave it to those that love that kind of life.
God allowed that choice to be made by those that wanted a Kingdom different from what Christ wanted – so the Lord Christ began to bring forth a plan that would establish a Kingdom that He wanted – based on the foundation of The Truth.
No other being would have to live in this new Kingdom that Christ would bring forth if they didn’t want to – but if they chose to live there – Jesus Christ would be the example and doorway into that Kingdom of Truth and blessings.
The Alpha God that Christ the Lord was – now began to bring forth the plan that would establish a new Kingdom where the Omega God would rule over a Kingdom founded on life from the dead – that is death to self-rule – both spiritual and physical..
Christ has submitted Himself to Jesus the man and so --lifted man to the place of being Lord over all created things by submission to the order that Christ has established as righteousness. Christ has died to His self-life and Christ’s spiritual body has died on the Cross of Jesus’ physical body. Christ the Lord has died a substitutionary death in Jesus the man on the Cross for the spiritual world. Christ has submitted Himself to King Jesus forever.
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Then Jesus the Man submits Himself to the Christ that is in Him and will only do what the Christ in Him agrees to do. Jesus said – I do nothing of myself – but it is my Father in me that speaks.
John 8:28 KJV) Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
(John 12:49 KJV) For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
(John 12:50 KJV) And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
(John 14:10 KJV) Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
So a new foundation for a new Kingdom is laid. It is the foundation of life from the dead. It is resurrection life. No life can enter this new Kingdom unless it has died first to its own way.
No one has ever been there before including God Himself. God had never died before Jesus the Christ took Him there through the Cross. On resurrection morning a new Kingdom was born – one that will last forever.
God’s love for His created beings moves Him to find ways to redeem them from the death of The Lie. Maybe they all won’t receive the provision that He has provided -- but His love still provides it if they want it. What an awesome God we have. A God of unending love and compassion for all created things.
If the Lord Jesus Christ is the new King of a new Kingdom -- then what would make more sense than a new Universe – especially since the new Kingdom – called the Omega Kingdom is to fill the Universe as the old Kingdom – the Alpha Kingdom filled the old Universe.
I’m seeing that when the Lord says He’s the God of new beginnings – He literally means everything after that new beginning will be brand new as never existed before. Jesus didn’t come forth from the grave to be Lord of a old Kingdom fixed up. Behold He says – I make all things new.
(Rev 21:5 KJV) And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
(Rev 21:6 KJV) And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
(Rev 21:7 KJV) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Notice some things here. He says – I will give unto him that is athirst the fountain of the water of life. The water of life is the Truth about the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. That message is: I’m righteous by a gift and I’m blessed by inheritance. That understanding is given to me if I seek the King and His Kingdom first. Matt.6:33
Then he that overcomes shall inherit all things. He who overcomes what? He that overcomes this Lie that says we can bless ourselves and live by self-rule and not die. When I overcome that by receiving all things by inheritance I truly become a Son of God.
Then again we read in Peter –
(2 Pet 3:10 KJV) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
(2 Pet 3:11 KJV) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
(2 Pet 3:12 KJV) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
(2 Pet 3:13 KJV) Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
It seems to me that when I fully understand the Truths about the Alpha and Omega Kingdoms I see that the Alpha Kingdom that came into existence in Gen.1:1 was the beginning of an eternal Kingdom or Universe.
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The Lord of that Kingdom was Christ the Lord. Then when Jesus the King was born -- a new Kingdom came into existence called the Omega Kingdom. That Kingdom is the everlasting Kingdom and so --wouldn’t that be a beginning of equal magnitude to Gen.1:1. The difference between the two beginnings is that Jesus the King is now in authority over that eternal Kingdom and Christ the Lord is the power that maintains the King’s authority over that Kingdom.
So both Kingdoms – the Alpha and the Omega Kingdoms are now under the Kingship of Jesus the Christ which is Lord and King of all things – both above and earth and under the earth.
As I think on these Truths my mind asks – Why would Christ the Lord seek a place under the authority of Jesus the man? Why would the Christ want to -- or need to do that?
This is what the Lord has shown me about this. When Lucifer and the angels of God that followed him rebelled against God to establish their own kingdom built on righteousness by works and blessings by works – they became Sin. They had believed The Lie that they could succeed with that plan and so --became Sin by their belief and bore the fruit of The Lie with their actions.
When they became Sin and so came under the sentence of death -- there was nothing that God could do to reach them. They would be separated from God forever and God was actually helpless to reach them with any kind of redemption. God could even forgive them -- but He couldn’t save them because there was no way that He could pay the price for their Sin.
At that time Christ the Lord could not die for them. Christ the Lord was in a spiritual body and in order to die He had to give His authority to another being like Himself and there was no spiritual being worthy of that responsibility. Satan wanted that honor given to him but proved that he couldn’t be trusted with it.
There was murder in the heart of Satan from the beginning. Did you ever wonder what that means – there was murder in Satan’s heart from the beginning. It means that Satan always wanted to be his own lord. Well-- when a created being wants to be his own lord — he is guilty of being a murder in his heart of the Lord he has.
So when we want to be our own lord – we have murder in our heart for the Lord we have. That is why love is the only answer to living in the Kingdom of God and we are not only invited to live there – we have to love the King and His rulership over us or we would be guilty of murder in our heart.
If what I just wrote is true and I believe it is – then I would ask – if Christ could pay for the sin of the spirit beings He was the representative head over by submitting His authority to another spirit being that was willing to die to self-rule – He could have submitted Himself to say Michael the archangel. He has proven that he will submit to the Lordship of Christ. He wasn’t in the group that rebelled against the Lordship of Christ.
Then the other question is – during this time -- where is this being named Jesus that is yet to be born? He must have existed as a mighty being before He became a human. Jesus isn’t a created being – that is unless Jesus is just the name of the body of the Christ that was in Him. We talked about that before in another book. We rejected that idea because if Jesus wasn’t a true man – that is a being with His own spirit – soul and body then He wouldn’t qualify to be a redeemer for man.
This is how I see this matter of Creation as of now. The Father and the Holy Spirit are in the likeness of a Father and Mother or I could say the ultimate supreme beings of the Universe. At a time in the infinite past they brought forth their first Son of God – the Lord Christ. He was always present in the Father and the Holy Spirit and so He isn’t a created being. He is from everlasting the Son of His Father and the Holy Spirit. This all happened before anything was created.
The Son of God came out from the loins of His Father and through the Holy Spirit as the only begotten Son to God. He was to bring forth Creation. The Father wanted to have many Sons like the Lord Christ and so-- the Father committed all the creative work of Creation to the Son – the Lord Christ. Nothing was made that He didn’t make and He is before all things and all things were made by Him and for Him and for His pleasure.
Then we read in Gen.1:1 in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The Hebrew word here is 'elohiym:H430. This word means the creator or supreme God. This is another word for Christ the Lord. So Christ came forth from the Father – anointed to create all things. Christ is the beginning of the first Creation or what I call the Alpha Kingdom of God. His Father and our Father had committed everything into His hands and so --everything that was ever created Christ created it.
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Now because of another question I asked the Lord this morning – where was Jesus during all of this – I was somewhat confused and I had no answer to my question. There are many possible answers – but what ever answer I come up with – it has to meet all the criteria that bears on this situation. Like – Jesus has to be completely innocent of any involvement in the first Alpha Kingdom. Why – because if Jesus had a part in creating the first Kingdom that became Sin – then Jesus would not be qualified to be the Lamb without spot or wrinkle.
Jesus has to be a complete man. He has to have a physical body – a spirit of His own and a soul of His own. If He didn’t He couldn’t be part of redeeming man from Sin.
He has to have a spirit that isn’t seeking to be equal with God unless it is His Father’s purpose for Him. He is meek and lowly and willing to take the lower seat and be a servant – although He was born a King from a royal family. Jesus would be born a unique being equal in His being to that of Christ the Lord – yet totally without the power of Christ to create. Every bit as deserving of that kind of power – yet totally dependent on His Father and the Holy Spirit for His safety.
The story of the prodical son and the elder son are an illustration of these two Sons except these two Sons delight to do their Father’s will and love each other more than they love themselves. One would gladly die for the other one without hesitation.
Now seeing all of this I’m thinking that when the second Kingdom – the Omega Kingdom is ready to come forth – the Father will send forth His second Son –Jesus the King to be head over it – which of course He has already done when Jesus was born and died for Sin-- arose again and is seated in Heaven right now.
However Jesus won’t create the Omega Kingdom by His great power -- He will create it by His death. The birth of Jesus will mark the beginning of this second Kingdom as the coming forth of the Lord Christ marked the beginning of the first Kingdom. I believe that eternity had a new beginning when Jesus was born and then died on the Cross. His birth was His coming forth and His death was equal to the statement in Gen.1:1 in the beginning God – Jesus – created the New Heaven and the Earth.
Then I could say – because Jesus the King was rejected along with His Kingdom – darkness was on the face of the deep -- of the Earth. Then at the resurrection of Jesus Christ I could hear – let there be Light. The Light of The Truth of Righteousness by a Gift and blessings by Inheritance He called Day and any other king of righteousness He called Night. The evening and the morning are the first day. That is the evening of the Alpha Kingdom and the morning of the Omega Kingdom are the first day of forever. The second eternity has begun.
Lately my question to the Lord is – why are you telling me all of this? I love to hear about it and I do ask a lot of questions and so the Lord answers them – but is that the only reason. From past experience I know that there is much more to it. But for me I see that because I know this Truth – I have a much stronger faith in what the Lord has said to me about living in the reality of the Omega Kingdom now.
The cover of the book is a picture of a dream I had where I was standing in a huge school and the Lord was standing on a floor way above my head and calling to me to come up higher.
As I went to go up the stairs to the upper floor I saw that the stairs had been destroyed by something that looked like they were blown up. I started to climb up the iron work hanging out of the destroyed stairs I realized I couldn’t get up that way.
Then I realized that I couldn’t climb up to where He was. I couldn’t get up higher by my own effort to climb up. I had to go up by faith in His call – come up here. Now that I see the reality of these two Kingdoms I see that I’m really dead in that old Kingdom that allows all kinds of Sin to exist. That Alpha Kingdom was a grace Kingdom and you can believe anything and still live in it. Of course it is a Kingdom that is under a curse from God for Sin – but you can live in that curse as long as you choose to – but when you really make Jesus Lord over you – you can leave that Kingdom and are risen in another Kingdom called the Omega Kingdom.
As I think on this Truth I realize that I am really living in that new Kingdom by promise and the reality of that Kingdom is in me. That realization makes it real to me that I can say – and believe that the curses of that old Kingdom can’t reach me in the new Kingdom. Sickness isn’t in the new Kingdom. Poverty isn’t in the new Kingdom. Pain and disappointment are not in the new Kingdom. So I can take hold of these Truths much easier and order those deceptions out of my life and really understand and believe that they are not allowed in the New Kingdom of God that is within me and when I really believe those Truths – the reality of the New Kingdom within me begins to surround me in my everyday life.
(Prov 2:1 KJV) My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
(Prov 2:2 KJV) So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
(Prov 2:3 KJV) Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
(Prov 2:4 KJV) If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
(Prov 2:5 KJV) Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Footnote: This book is the last finished book by the Author “The Other Jerry Lewis”. He heard the call to come up higher in this life and is now living higher in the Kingdom of God in Heaven. His writings are a gift and an encouragement. No matter what issues we face in life, we too can choose to come up higher.
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