Isaiah 30:26 Moreover the the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Seven is the number connecting us with the day of Sabbath Rest. God rested on the seventh day from all His works saying "it is Very Good." Through the perfect work of Christ I am brought to a complete rest in Him. I have ceased from my own works because I have seen the seventh day. Accepted in the Beloved Family of God as a chosen son. It is His finished work in Christ and it is very good. Finished from before the foundation of the world. Still Jesus the Lamb, appeared once at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Seven marks the Feast Day of Tabernacles. The Word was made flesh and tabernacled among us and now on the immediate horizon is the manifestation of all God's chosen sons. "A Feast of Tabernacles."

Seven is the number of Enoch, whose name means initiated. He was the seventh from Adam. Enoch WALKED with God. There is the key my beloved friends. It is where our walk is. God wants to bring it up upon the mountains. Each step we take in faith brings greater realization of who we are in Christ and to each other. Enoch was caught up to a place unseen to the natural eye but known to those who have been raised up into heavenly places and are now being caught up to the place St. Paul called the 3rd Heaven and Paradise. Enoch was a normal kind of man with a wife and family of many sons and daughters but the focal point of his existence found itself in God's plan and purpose for his life. Enoch did not see death. For God took him. Yes, God is taking some of us right now to a high mountain apart. To escape the corruption that is in the world. We shall not all sleep we shall be changed. Transformation, metamorphosis, the fullness of the Godhead bodily dwelling in us and through us by faith, hope, and love. Enoch so many ages ago prophesied of this day when he said

THE LORD COMETH.

He also saw that He was coming in myriads of HIMSELF. St. Paul declared that as the body has many members and yet is one body so also is CHRIST. The anointing of God is our gift from heaven. The anointing in us is a real as it was in Jesus and in all those who followed him. Understanding this in our selves and coming to these high experiences in Christ is what transformation is about. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. This is how we are being translated from the natural earthly, soulish realm of sin and death to the life-giving realm of Spirit in heavenly places. Unto the exceeding riches of his grace that throughout all ages that Christ may show who is the only source of life, and power and who alone possesses immortality to him be the glory and honor and dominion forever.

In the gospel of St. John chapter 21 there are seven disciples together when the resurrected Christ appears to them for the third time. They had been toiling all night but as it was Jesus' way, He calls to them and tells them to put their nets down on the other side to find what they were looking for. He had already appeared twice to them but they still were toiling in the way of the world. Jesus Christ came in the flesh and returned a second time in the Holy Ghost. The world has had two witnesses. However, the scripture declares out of the mouth of 'two or three' shall every word be justified.

2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. Now in this seventh day from Adam and third day from Jesus He is appearing in His resurrected to glory a third time to bring an end to the natural world of toil and snares.

Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John No where, does the number seven find richer meaning than, throughout the book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ. The mark of this number is an indication of it..is the totality, judgment, and perfect message to fulfill in us those things that are written therein. There are seven golden candlesticks, which are the seven churches. Seven stars which are the seven angels to the churches. Seven is describing the multifaceted nature of God's throne in glory, and seven eyes, seven horns, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Seven last plagues, seven bowls, seven heads, seven mountains, and seven Kings. In Chapter five there is a book written within, sealed with seven seals. This just emphasizes that there are layers of truth to each symbol that will cause us to experience Christ in dynamic new realms of light and power.

The title of its message comes from the Greek language meaning to unveil or uncover. Prophesy was sent by signs or spiritual symbolism. Contrary to the popular traditions of the man made church this prophesy is not about the end of the world or an end time worldwide battle of good versus evil nor the end of the universe as we know it. It reveals the of the final transfer of heavenly and earthly power from the Old covenant Nation Israel, and delivering it up to the Father in Christ. The natural physical events described have all occurred and past. They were specifically related to the nation of Israel's authority to rule from Jerusalem. The future is also foreseen as a result of the events.

John was one of those close to Jesus but nearly forty years later came to meet Him in His identity life and struggle.John saw something about the Lord in a completely different way. John was shown the unity of Christ the Head in heaven with His Body on earth. In chapter one as Christ is being revealed to St. John, he is shown by a vision, He sees seven golden candlesticks and one like to the Son of Man dwelling in the midst. The church Body which is His dwelling place is now described as a golden vessel where Christ the full and glorious anointing within, is the Light. This is us to day beloved being brought to a place of transformation from weak earthen vessels to Golden vessels filled with the dominion and authority of Christ's kingdom and love. In chapter four John is caught up into the realm of God's throne and the dominion and power of the Kingdom of God. In chapter five He discovers that the Word of God is not bound up any longer. Truth is being unsealed and manifested in the earth through His chosen sons. Revelation 21:12 …and the books were opened: The books are being opened and the knowledge of the Lord is covering the earth as the waters cover the seas.

Revelation 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God … till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. In the unveiling of Christ an angelic type ministry ascends from the east. The symbolism is God's way of showing that a new day is going to reveal a powerful life giving ministry arising in the earth. This ministry will speak a message of life and seal the Father's name and nature in the mind of God's people. It is significant and I think we often forget that when the Spirit declared a new covenant, He stated that he would write His law upon our heart and MIND.

Hebrews 10:16…I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Trust me when I tell you that the ordinary common person is not hearing this, seeing it or looking for it. But you and I are here together on this journey of change. Why? It is the high calling of God in Christ. This ministry has the seal of the LIVING GOD and is placing a mark on the foreheads, defining where this work is to have its greatest effect. It is upon our minds.

Romans 12:2 … but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

The life that we know as our own self (personal consciousness) is realized through the mind or soul. The soul can be described as the mental ability to think, feel and know. The soul or mind can also be described as the self. Therefore as the mysteries of the Kingdom of God become known, then that unique knowledge or gnosis is absorbed as our own life. Christ's seed sown within becomes fruitful in glorious manifestations of His nature, character and power.

Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

The result of this effort is shown in the fourteenth chapter where a company/family of sons follow the Lamb wither soever he goeth. These were not extraordinary people. They are symbolic of all redeemed from among men. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whither, soever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. That means wherever He can go they can go with Him. He is boundless, fathomless, unknowable and everlasting.

Revelation 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

It is the promise from our Father to inherit the high places of spiritual faith and hope.

Isaiah 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it

What was the chance any one of these ancient fellows from the Bible would be known to us today. They all lived at a time when the concepts of record keeping and the ability to do so was very hard and slim at best. No power to light their way. No printing presses or computers, they were people very different than ourselves yet today I know Abraham Isaac and Jacob better than some of my natural friends. Their relationship to God was so precious He preserved them and gave them the stature and reputation of famous men. They all exceeded the possibilities of their day by the hand and will of God and became a part of God's presence appearing in the world.

Ruth was a Moabite. According to the Law a Moabite was forbidden entrance into the congregation of Israel. Yet her name is memorialized in the lineage of Jesus and she became a part of His appearing in the earth. Esther was an orphan in land of captivity. Yet she rose to become the Queen and delivered her people from death and destruction. Her wisdom was to obey Mordecai a type of Christ, who raised her and instructed her on what to do and the result was the overthrow of the enemy Israel and the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth. The Shulamite spoken of in the Song of songs was a young desert maiden but through her relationship with the King she is called A Prince's daughter.

David was a keeper of his father's sheep and was the youngest of seven brothers. Yet it was David who was anointed as King over Israel and established the holy City where God would dwell. Peter, James and John were common fishermen but by following Jesus they were anointed with the same power and grace to further His purpose in the earth. The result was the overthrow of the old nation of darkness and the establishing of the Church age of Light. In each and every story there is a picture of transformation from weakness to strength. From religion to reality, Adam to Christ; from sickness to health and from natural to the spiritual. From the bondage of sin and death to liberty of His life giving spirit. As we have borne the image of the earthy so shall we bear the image of then heavenly, in character, conduct and conversation. Exceeding the boundaries of time and space according to the will of God.

Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

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