We Are In His Image

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How did God create the earth? Was it not through the Word? He sang or spoke, "let there be", and it was. Things that are not visible to the carnal eye come into being when God speaks. Here is an example.

The Word itself, or what was spoken, became flesh, it manifested where man could actually see the Word of the Lord. They didn't just hear it through the prophets, even though that is quite real and valuable, but mankind could visibly see the Word in action, how the Word worked. The Word was given a form, a body, that we know as Yeshua or Jesus.

The Word tells us He was the express image of the Father.

In other words, God was in the body of Jesus, the body created for His Word, to accomplish all that was needed to restore mankind back to Himself, removing them from the clutches of the enemy.

God's Word is therefore Life for those who have no hope. God's Word is pure Truth that can be counted on and have faith in, there is no lie in God's Word. God's Word is the Way God would have all creation walk in the Kingdom. Now remember who the Word is.

Since all creation is brought into being through the Word, to be children of God the new creature must be born through the Word. Because they are born through the Word they have the legal right to His name and as His heirs they are entitled to all that is promised to His family. As the Word manifested the image of the Father to the natural realm, so the new creature is born in the image of the Word. In other words, the new creature embodies the Word of God as Jesus did when He walked the earth. It's all a covenant promise of God. Those born again today are the fulfillment of the promises made to the fathers.

Again, the Word of God spoken through the new creature can call into being those things that are not and bring Life to those that will hear. It's Christ or the Word in us that is the hope of glory as Colossians 1:27 says. So with His laws on the new creature's heart declaring His will, they can lead the Way for others to follow. His Spirit in them is Truth that when understood and acted upon qualifies them to operate in the supernatural on behalf of all creation.

Through the new creature God will teach interested ones the knowledge He has released for this age. The Holy Spirit gifts them and shapes their nature to reflect the fruit of God's Spirit, changing their carnal nature to the image of the Word.

The new creature born into this age of the church is a part of the 8^th day new creation and very different from Adam. For more information on the 8^th day, please read A Look at the Kingdom of God.

The people of the early church were born through words spoken by God for that era.

Those born again today are born through the message for these end times, through the now revealed message of the scroll of Revelation 5, and the message given to Daniel to be released in this age. This new generation is the beginning of the new earth, the new thing. The new creature is born into the Lord's household and are children of the King. They are His heirs. His Kingdom is therefore theirs also. Where is this Kingdom?

A part of the supernatural Kingdom resides within the born again and the new creature has an inherent knowledge of and a yearning for God's Kingdom. Just as in the beginning, in the garden of Eden, both trees, the Tree of Life and the Tree of Good and Evil, are in the garden of their hearts along with the Kingdom laws that are written there to direct them.

As in the beginning also, the new creature has their own will and the freedom to make their personal choices. The laws may reflect God's will, but people will always be able to choose for themselves whether or not they wish to obey just like Adam and Eve. We pray "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done," but … do we mean it?

The two trees will teach either the way to live in and establish the Kingdom of God or how to expand this existing world of Satan's. As situations arise what really is in the new creature's heart, what is its desire? Which counsel will it choose? Will it reach for wisdom from their intellect based on man's knowledge from the Tree of Good and Evil that humanity has been accumulating since the garden? Or, will it seek advice from the Tree of Life and rest until the answer is made known to them? In other words, will the new creature follow the footsteps of Christ who would not do anything the Father had not shown Him or speak anything He did not first hear the Father speak, or will the new creature follow his trail of thoughts right back to Adam's thinking and, like him, choose to eat from the knowledge of Satan? It is a daily mental battle that determines success or failure in every area of life.

If the new creatures are to unite to form the body of Christ so humanity can once more see the Word in action, it is imperative they choose the knowledge of God from the Tree of Life, Christ. The Lord will rebuild a new heaven and earth using human vessels filled with His knowledge and obedient to His commandments. Isaiah prophesied:

Through His body He will call the nations home to His holy mountain to renew their minds, purging them of the intellect of man and the nature of the adversary so they too can be taught His ways and be victorious. All creation will be restored. Again Isaiah said:

Those that are a part of the Lion of Judah, or Judaism, the descendants of those that faithfully prophesied and recorded the promises of the covenants and the coming of the Messiah, are being gathered and offered rebirth to be a part of the Kingdom. Those that are a part of the Lamb, Christianity, that are caught up in the harlot Babylon with her lies and false doctrines are being warned, called out of her and encouraged to repent and run to God's spiritual mountain for truth.

Repent for defending denominations that have divided God's family and caused division resulting in a lack of power and the anointing to defeat the adversary. Repent for letting all humanity down, along with the planet and everything on it, because of the love of man's traditions more than God's truth. Then there are those that were born again new creatures, but returned to their former Adamic lifestyle, therefore becoming spiritual Esau's giving up their birthrights altogether, losing rights to the covenants and the blessings promised God's people. They are no longer heirs of the Kingdom of God nor in His image. Their nature is that of the Tree of Good and Evil and it remains their source of direction. They are proud and prejudiced against Judaism if Christian, or Christianity if Jewish. These glory in their own intellect not giving a thought to the Tree of Life, Adam and Eve made the very same mistake!

The truth is, Judaism and Christianity must come together as one, uniting through the Word of God and His knowledge for the body of Christ to be complete. Jesus is the Lion of Judah as well as the Lamb. The end time people of God must be in His image to establish the Kingdom and fully experience His victory on the cross.

In closing, the new creature is born through Him, shaped by Him, and then united as His body. They are filled with the Word of God, enabled by His Spirit, endowed with the fruit of His nature and made righteous through His blood. They are being used by God to carry out His plan to restore the planet and all on it to its original perfection through the Word of their testimony. They are the Body of Christ and in His image.