There is a group of people who have been called to a greater work. Each person in this group will be individually tested to ascertain whether he or she is ready to move to the next level of Spiritual enlightenment. This juncture appears to be a critical aspect in history. Will the person participate in the graduation or are there more courses to take in order to satisfy the requirements for the next phase of the calling?
The Book of Revelation contains the deepest of Spiritual Truths. I believe their fullness is only attained by a special key that unlocks mysteries that have remained hidden to the masses for nearly two thousand years. The key has been hidden in plain sight but those who have attempted to read the twenty-two chapters of this book without the key have floundered. This key has been identified as the Key of David and I have heard many claims over the years of various people possessing and unlocking various and sundry doors with this key. Some of these claims may be true but who am I to say. Only FATHER knows the truth of the matter.
I believe this Spiritual key reflects some revelation very specific to David that if found would open up a deep mystery unavailable to most. David was called by Our Heavenly Father to rule HIS Kingdom of Israel and provide us with a greater understanding of the relationship with FATHER. This Key of David specifically appears twice in Scripture:
Isaiah 22:22
The key of the house of David
I will lay on his shoulder;
So he shall open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.
and
Revelation 3:27
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”
Eliakim was given the Key of David in Isaiah 22. His name means "God raises" or "God sets up" and he was given authority over the House of GOD. The Hebrew word for this dwelling place is specifically tied to Jacob’s locale when he wrestled with GOD:
Genesis 28:16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
This gate or door to Heaven is opened by one’s ability to see into the Spiritual realm. I am fully convinced that this ability is securely locked to prevent the carnal man from entering into this realm and tapping into the treasury of Heaven for carnal and selfish reasons. This treasury is not to further the fleshly plots and schemes of men but it is reserved for those who are “called of FATHER” to establish HIS Kingdom on earth by HIS Divine Intent of Love. Any attempt to dilute HIS Love by placing other revelations, attributes, acts, and characteristics at the same level will only serve to delay the process of your maturing into perfection. In the meantime, you will continue to wrestle with GOD.
Some people claim to have the full revelation of Love but I doubt that they do. Why? The fruit would confirm it. Thus far Jesus provides the only true and complete example of this revelation. Until we are empowered with the fullness of Christ’s anointing, we are still in the process of being matured into the perfection of Love.
A name change represents a change in character. Jacob’s name describes the carnal man’s nature who is constantly scheming, manipulating, plotting, and usurping… and he is called of FATHER? Clearly Our Heavenly Father knew what HE was doing when HE formed Jacob in the womb right along side of Esau. It wasn’t until Jacob’s nature was fully revealed and exposed for all to see did he finally change.
Jacob’s revelation of the House of GOD and gate of Heaven did not change him. The dream he had proclaiming his calling didn’t change him. Jacob was no longer in his father’s house but was out on his own. His carnal nature had to be fully judged without being influenced and enabled by Isaac’s own anointing and authority. Each of us must go through the judgment of our old nature individually as Jacob did. He was given his calling, he was given the revelation of a higher Spiritual realm, but he was yet to change his nature so that he could enter the gate. He lacked the key and moreover he had no understanding on how to properly use it.
Twenty-two years later, Jacob returns to the House of GOD. He spent 21 years being manipulated by Laban, a dose of his own medicine. He had an entourage now and he was fearing death at the hand of his brother Esau. He is still scheming in an attempt to bribe Esau into sparing his life and the time is now apparently short.
Genesis 32:22 And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok. 23 He took them, sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had. 24 Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.
The word Jabbok means “emptying”. Jacob’s current nature wrestled with GOD and continued to resist taking on a new nature even after seeing the Face of GOD! Jacob needed additional revelation. It wasn’t until Jacob saw the fruit of his nature in his sons did he finally have a name change. His daughter Dinah (“Judgment”) was defiled by Shechem in Canaan. Judgment had finally arrived on the household of Jacob and he was sorely grieved by this. It was now time for Jacob to be emptied of his carnal nature and receive a new nature and a new name from FATHER. Jacob returned the third time to the House of GOD (Bethel):
Genesis 35:
1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
2 And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. 3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”
Be assured that there will be stress before your character changes. This precedes a “name change”. Until you nature changes and you walk in Love, the key to the door, gate, entrance, or access to the Heavenly realm will be limited. The key protects the treasury and Our Heavenly Father will not allow lawless entry into this treasury. Only those of proper character will be given access. David’s name was associated with this key. Why? The answer is given in the following:
1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”
Acts 13:22 “And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’
You can wrestle all you want but until Love replaces your current thinking and nature, you will be unable to do ALL of HIS Will for HIS Will is based on HIS Divine Intent and it originates from HIS Love. It is time to change.