Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Continuing: the LORD gives this same answer in other Gospels when asked why he speaks in parables – language only understood once He gives the keys. In the title (Luke 8:10) they are the keys to the kingdom of God, elsewhere described as the kingdom of heaven, both together telling us they are the same place in our minds. The keys, the LORD’s given language, are what unlock the book, the word of God, and also the pearls of great value He speaks of in Matthew 13:45 & 46. We know these pearls are the gates of the kingdom John sees coming down from God out of heaven (out of the rightly divided word of God). This is recorded in Revelation 21 after in earlier chapters Babylon (confusion that rules the world) and Gog (the spirit of disobedience) are defeated by the kingdom of heaven come to earth in the mind of Christ (Revelation 12:10).
The earlier occurrence of the kingdom coming (in Christ) is after the devil is cast out of heaven (the place where the word of God is divided) to the earth, and after the first son is born. He is the one we are told will rule the nations with a rod of iron, and is the same one who later becomes the Lamb, laying down His life for the world. He is the Lamb the elect follow, and they together bring many out of tribulation by defeating Babylon (confusion) and Gog (the spirit of disobedience). When these (the lies that cause confusion and its mass delusion) are vanquished the kingdom (mind) returns to rule over all the earth, when all nation can enter the kingdom through these same pearls (unlocked gates).
The kingdom is the one we see on in Revelation 22, where God and the Lamb are enthroned on earth.
Revelation 22
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads [minds].
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the LORD God gives them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the LORD God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then said he unto me, See you do it not: for I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And he said unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifies these things said, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, LORD Jesus.
21 The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
When Hebrews 12 speaks of the correction that comes from God as our perfect Father, by a voice out of heaven (the rightly divide word) it is speaking of the same angel John describes in Revelation 22:6, who says in verse 9 he is a fellow-servant. Hebrews ends telling of God as a consuming fire, which is His Spirit manifested in the words spoken, it is followed in the first verse of Hebrews 13 by telling us to let Philadelphia (brotherly love) continue. Philadelphia (motivated by brotherly love – charity – giving what is needed for life) is where and when the key of David is found and opens and shuts (the word of God and His kingdom.) Next, the Laodiceans (the people made right – made righteous as they come out of unrighteousness) are urged to buy from me gold tried in the fire, that they may become rich, (and become as the precious foundation stones of Revelation 21.)
Revelation 3
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens;
8 I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews [the churches which say they are the true believers], and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown.
12 Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you wert cold or hot.
16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness does not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye-salve, that you may see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches.
As discussed in previous posts, Hebrews 12 goes on to warn against being joined with those who are defiled by idols, but rather be joined to the LORD, in the conversation leading us by teaching Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We know this latter aspect is what Paul speaks of in 2 Corinthians 6 as he calls us to come out of the corrupted, (mind joined with idols,) and tells us only then and there does Father receive us as His children. It is perfectly logical that those using lies to lead all the world astray must necessarily be taken out of the way so our mind can receive the LORD’s truth, and only by it can we enter His kingdom by renewing our mind (receiving the mind of Christ).
2 Thessalonians 2
6 And now you know what withholds [katecho – holds down (keeps from rising to meet the LORD – mind to mind)] that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now lets [katecho – keeps us down] will let [keep down], until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked [the spirit of disobedience (Gog) now at work in wicked and unreasonable men spoken of in 2 Thessalonians 3:1 & 2] be revealed, whom the LORD shall consume with the spirit of his mouth [these words as he speaks through me/us], and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan [resisting the plan and purpose of God] with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the LORD, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of [separation from the defiled by] the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our LORD Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 6
14 Be you not unequally yoked [joined in the works] together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness?
15 And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel [the unfaithful and unbelieving]?
16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be you separate, says the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty.
Revelation 12
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun [the church], and the moon [civil government under God] under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars [God’s people and their fixed positions in heaven]:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven [where the word of God is divided]; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads [misleaders in all the churches] and ten horns [and having power in all the civil government], and seven crowns upon his heads [ruling of all God’s people].
4 And his tail [the consequences that followed] drew the third part of the stars of heaven [away from their fixed positions (ideas)], and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron [quoting Psalms 2:9 telling of a son by God’s proclamation found there]: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness [where she would unlearn the corrupted ways she had been taught], where she has a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael [the messenger, who is like God – the name referring us to Daniel 12] and his angels [the elect, who Daniel tells us rise and shine as lights in the firmament – returned to their fixed position is heaven by the rightly divided word] fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he know that he has but a short time [which we see in the screaming and flailing (the strong delusions) of all the false prophets – the TV preachers and their ilk in church and state].
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth [the events we see in the world contradict their lying claims], and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Psalms 2 [Hear this word of God]
1 Why do the heathen [they know who they are] rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together [the confederacy of the corrupted], against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their [God’s] bands asunder, and cast away their [God’s] cords from us.
4 He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision [has let their delusions take hold of them].
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said unto me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Revelation 21
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea [the old had become without form, and void, and there was no living man upon it, before the light came – as in Genesis 1(2), Jeremiah 4(23 – 25), and Isaiah 34(11)].
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven [out of the rightly divided word], prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle [the dwelling place – in us] of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 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.
6 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.
7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious [taught from the rightly divided word, and now become founded upon the true riches of wisdom and understanding – the ways of God’s peace and civilization], even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits [the same number as the elect are thousands – all these numbers in twelves, the number of perfect governance], according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the LORD God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, neither whatsoever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
As we know from previous discussions, Revelation 21:4 quotes from Isaiah 25:8, saying “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” It is speaking of when “there shall be no more death.” Isaiah 25:6 says is when the LORD makes a feast in the mountain [of Transfiguration], which we know Revelation 19 says is the supper that joins God’s people to Him (by the one mind). The other part of Isaiah 25:8, as we know, is quoted in 1 Corinthians 15:54 as we are told of the great mystery of when all are changed (in joining to the LORD), when the corrupted have put on incorruption, and the mortal has put immortality, when “death is swallowed in victory.” We know this is the mystery of the marriage Paul speaks of in Ephesians 5:30 – 32, the same as Revelation 19:9, and the marriage Hebrews 13:4 speaks of, all these telling of now when we join ourselves to the LORD. “10 When He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.” 1 Thessalonians 1
Ephesians 5
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Hebrews 13
1 Let brotherly love continue.
2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4 Marriage [joining – bonds] is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled [as long as the one joined with isn’t defiled by idols]: but whoremongers [idolaters] and adulterers [unfaithfulness] God will judge.
5 Let your conversation [your behavior in the community – among those we join with] be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.
6 So that we may boldly say, The LORD is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation [topos – their manner – Acts 1:11].
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
1 Corinthians 15
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the LORD from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly [made in the image and likeness of God, in spirit and the truth of the rightly divided word].
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God [His like mind]; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?
Isaiah 25
1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things; your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
2 For you have made of a [corrupted] city an heap; of a defensed city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify you, the city of the terrible nations shall fear you.
4 For you have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
5 You shall bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. [The apocalypse – uncovering what became hidden.]
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD has spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab [the gates of death] shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swims spreads forth his hands to swim [dividing the waters by His works]: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands [works].
12 And the fortress of the high fort of your walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
1 Corinthians 4
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the LORD.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the LORD come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
7 For who make you to differ from another? and what have you that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it? [Why do you glory as if it comes from your own mind, which shows it to be defiled if it does indeed come from your own power?]
8 Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9 For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised.
11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;
12 And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be you followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the LORD, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the LORD will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21 What will you? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
