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The word “abdicate” means to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner.

We are all given the freedom to choose our path.  Our Sovereign FATHER gave us this right.  There has been much debate about whether we have free choice or GOD is sovereign.  The answer to this question is “both”.  HE is sovereign and has the right over all of creation.  However, HE gave us the power and ability to choose.  Yes, we have been given power and authority to choose and do so everyday.

Adam and Eve were given this power and authority to choose in the garden.  There was a transfer of authority to Adam when he was brought forth.  FATHER did not create a robot to simply follow HIS every instruction.  Instead, HE created man with the ability to think and choose for himself.  This would allow man to grow in wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, and to discern right from wrong.  Up above all, man would understand Love, FATHER’S Divine Intent.  Those of us with children look forward to the day when our kids begin to express Love toward us.  When your child wants to climb up in your lap and dwell there, that event is priceless.  When Love is expressed, it represents the highest form of free choice.

If man had no choice, the Bible would only need to be conveyed in 500 words of less.  The Book of Beginnings stated the transfer of power and authority to mankind:

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

This word “dominion” means to rule, subjugate, tread down.  FATHER created and assigned certain power and authority of HIS creation over to man to rule.  A key factor in this authority is understanding the laws in place which are higher laws that supersede the assignment given to man.  FATHER had already established the law of reaping and sowing, seedtime and harvest.  This law prevailed no matter who was assigned dominion.  Thus if you sow “death”, you reap “death”, the choice is yours.  It is also true that if you sow life, your reap life.  This law cuts both ways.  There will be repercussions to breaking the Law but the choice is yours.

In the Book of Revelation, the Sons of Love have come to full maturity and now sing a new song of victory:

5: 9 And they sang a new song, saying:

​​​“You are worthy to take the scroll,

​​And to open its seals;

​​For You were slain,

​​And have redeemed us to God by Your blood

​​Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

10 ​​And have made us kings and priests to our God;

​​And we shall reign on the earth.”

Notice that they all acknowledge that Our Lord Jesus Christ MADE US kings and priests.  Once again, we see assignment of power and authority.  To what purpose?  To minister to all mankind the Love of THE FATHER.  Their new song proclaims “we shall reign on the earth”, the ministry of the priest.  The second group beyond the Throne then sings out:

11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:

​​​“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

​​To receive power and riches and wisdom,

​​And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

The finally John reveals what the third group is singing beyond the Throne.  This group covers the rest of mankind:

13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:

​​“Blessing and honor and glory and power

​​Be to Him who sits on the throne,

​​And to the Lamb, forever and ever!

After all three groups have sung the new song of their revelation of THE LAMB, the first group, the Sons of GOD conclude with an affirmation.  These expressions or choruses toward the Lamb on the Throne began with the Sons and ended with the Sons:

14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.

The following question must be asked:  How can the Lamb receive power if FATHER has already made the Lamb King of kings over all of creation?  The Sons of GOD abdicate the power given unto them by FATHER and is expressed by the following verses:

Revelation 4:9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

​11 ​​“You are worthy, O Lord,

​​To receive glory and honor and power;

​​For You created all things,

​​And by Your will they exist and were created.”

The Sons abdicated their assigned power and authority by casting their crowns before HIS Throne and they referenced the original assignment of power and authority given in Genesis.  Now we can have a greater appreciation of The LORD’s Prayer when we proclaim:

Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.

We abdicate our power and authority to you and we cast our crowns before you to affirm that we fully submit to your authority in our individual lives.  Amen!

Once these visions given to John become fully manifested, the Sons will fulfill their calling to rule and reign under the leadership of THE LAMB on the Throne.  They will be Divinely enabled to carry out their individual callings to rule and reign as kings and priests.  This power will be observable by all and move all toward repentance, reconciliation, and restoration.  No man, woman, or child will be able to resist the Love expressed by the Sons.  All sin will be exposed and dealt with by Love.  Paul wrote of this in Romans 8:

19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;

21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Thankfully, the Sons have chosen HIS WAY and have abdicated one lower level of authority and have been given a higher level of authority based on Love.  The crescendo the climax and grand finale of the new song is at hand!

Throughout Scripture, names were given to described the character or nature of the individual.  Each name selected was carefully chosen.  One of the noted examples in Scripture was Jacob whose name means “supplanter” or manipulator:

Genesis 25:24 So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.

25 And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.

26 Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob.  Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

27 So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Supplanter often refers to governments and rulers of countries, and it comes from the verb supplant, which evolved from the Latin supplantare, meaning "to trip up or to overthrow";  one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.

By holding on to Esau’s heel, Jacob was viewed as trying to overtake Esau during birth and coming out of the womb first.  The first one out was to receive the birthright of Abraham and Isaac.  Jacob attempted to become the inheritor by his own fleshly, carnal action.  Esau was named in reference to how he looked (red and hairy), Jacob was named by what he did (supplant).

FATHER had told her before their Rebekah before the twins’ birth:

23 And the LORD said to her:

​​​“Two nations are in your womb,

​​Two peoples shall be separated from your body;

​​One people shall be stronger than the other,

​​And the older shall serve the younger.”

Jacob dwelt in a tent (booth, Tabernacle) whereas Esau was a skillful hunter in the field, one who could provide for himself.  There is much said of how Jacob would manipulate others (such as Esau) and  he reaped what he sowed when he met Laban.  Laban manipulated Jacob for an extra 14 years when Jacob desired to marry his daughter Rachel.  Jacob finally flees from Laban and has an encounter with the Face of FATHER.  He wrestled with the angel all night and ultimately Jacob had a character change.  Afterward, in Genesis 32:

28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

29 Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.”

And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there.

30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

In order for your name to be changed, your nature must change.  The time of manipulation and lawlessness is at an end.  FATHER has chosen those who have given up all to become perfected IN HIM.  They are submitting to a full character change which includes stripping off the old man, behold all things are new.  As this is happening, a name change is in order:

Isaiah 61:6 

But you shall be named the priests of the LORD,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.

A king reigns and a priest serves.  In the past, most people wanted to be king without being a priest.  They missed the key ingredient of Love which characteristically serves mankind.  I have found that men were willing to preach on just about any subject other than Love.  Why?  It would make them accountable and responsible to walk in Love.  Their carnal nature resisted that path to such a great degree because they truly wanted to be exalted in their knowledge by those who followed their ministry.  Instead, they should have been moving their followers to a closer relationship with FATHER, functioning to bridge the gap so that those of less maturity could ultimately develop their own relationship with Our Heavenly Father.  The function of the priest is to reconcile and restore, not maintain separation.  Puffed up knowledge without Love never truly restores for it maintains a loftiness most can never grasp or attain.  It belittles others as it exalts itself.

Let our nature be fully changed into HIS nature and let us be worthy of the name change to “priest” as well as king.  Then will we walk in the fullness of HIS Divine Intent of Love.

John wrote the Book of Love also known as the Revelation of Jesus Christ, or known to most as “ the book of Revelation(s)”.  This book completes the New Testament and provides us with the Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ as John states in verse one of chapter one.  From that point on, every word must be read in that context or I believe you will be missing the point of this book for this critical point in history.

As Dr. Vincent Speckhart thoroughly covered in his book “ “Quantum and Non-Quantum States of The Lord Jesus Christ” (available at www.unity153.net ), the Divine Intent of Love preceded all of creation.  The book of Revelation speaks of the  consummation of the marriage of Jesus Christ with His Bride, the Body of Christ.  In the Book of Genesis, man is created in His Image and then separated into two.  In the Book of Revelation, two become one, a return to complete communion.

The Body of Christ is made up of the Remnant, those who are included in the Book of Life.  These are the ones who are called to be kings and priests in the coming age.  These are the ones who are closest to the Lamb surrounding His Throne in Heaven.  As shown in a previous writing, there are three groups or divisions of people who are depicted by their relative position to the Throne.  In the Tabernacle in the wilderness, it was known as the Most Holy Place, the Holy Place, and the Outer Court.

Exodus 26:33  And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.  KJV

The Hebrew word qodesh translated “Holy” means:

1. apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness

   1. apartness, sacredness, holiness

      1. of God

      2. of places

      3. of things

   2. set-apartness, separateness

It comes from the word qadash   meaning:  to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separated, to be pure.

In the Old Testament, the prophets spoke “Thus saith THE LORD”.  In Revelation, “saith THE SPIRIT” is the source of the words spoken to the ekklēsia , Called Out Ones, or the Remnant.  The Greek word translated as “church” is ekklēsia and it is made up of two words combining to mean “called out ones”.  Today’s meaning of church has been dramatically altered to include just about everybody.  Have you been called out?

Those who have been truly called up into the Spiritual realm are those who will be included to rule and reign as His Body, to become one with Him has His Bride.  His Bride will be without spot or wrinkle, in other words all the members will be perfected in Love, fully mature, and pure.  They will have proceeded from the Outer Court of salvation, through the Holy Place where the candlestick provides the light of revelation and sanctification.  They will not stop there however.  They will enter into the Most Holy Place where Jesus is truly glorified and they will take their place in the Book of Life with Him where He will break the seals to reveal the fullness of Life or zōē. These are the living epistles who will be seen in white apparel, cleansed and purified.  They will operate in the Seven Spirits as they operate in the ministry of priesthood serving all mankind.

Just as Jesus and FATHER are one, so will the members of His Body be One with Jesus and FATHER.  Come up hither and ascend to Love where the purity of HIS Divine Intent resides.  This is where the greatest ministry of giving is found.

Revelation 22:12  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

“According to your work” is the determining factor of your reward or placement in one of the three divisions.  Will you partake, watch, or be in wonder?  What occupies your time, focus, and resources?  Each one of us will receive our reward accordingly.

:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

As you see, the Spirit and the bride speak as One.  The consummation and expression of Love is now complete.

Revelation 5: 9 And they sang a new song, saying:

​​​“You are worthy to take the scroll,

​​And to open its seals;

​​For You were slain,

​​And have redeemed us to God by Your blood

​​Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

10 ​​And have made us kings and priests to our God;

​​And we shall reign on the earth.”

People are “wired” to remember events through songs.  Songs convey a message encapsulated in a melody.  This new song sung in Heaven refers to the redemption of the Sons by the Lamb.  The Song of Moses referred to the redemption of the children of Israel by FATHER using Moses as HIS conduit.   The song is given in Exodus 15 and specifically speaks of Passover.

The Second Song of Moses was given in Deuteronomy 32, at the end of Moses’ life.  It focused on the second age, that of being in the wilderness- Pentecost.  In this song:

10 ​​“He found him in a desert land

​​And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness;

​​He encircled him, He instructed him,”

FATHER gave them the Law and dealt with their unbelief and called them a “crooked and perverse generation”.  This age has been known by its negative aspects of leaven or sin.  Those who had been enslaved in Egypt could not get “Egypt” out of their minds and continued in their bondage.  They viewed their bondage greater than their Deliverer even though the first Song of Moses testified of the deliverance out of Egypt.  The second Song was not complimentary to those in the wilderness.

The third Song of Scripture is the New Song from Heaven.  It is sung by those who are called to rule and reign with Him.  Not everyone in Heaven was singing the song, only the four living creatures and those twenty-four elders representing the Remnant.  After this song was sung, others joined in to proclaim with a loud voice:

11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:

​​​“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

​​To receive power and riches and wisdom,

​​And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

Finally an even larger group joined in.  This is an all-inclusive group which refers to the full restoration of all mankind:

13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:

​​​“Blessing and honor and glory and power

​​Be to Him who sits on the throne,

​​And to the Lamb, forever and ever!”

In total there are three groups described in chapter 5 of Revelation:  the twenty-four elders, the saints, and the rest of mankind.  Only the song of victory was given to the elders to sing, others were silent during this song.  These elders understood the full revelation of the Book of Life and they were able to express the victory in this new song for it was in their hearts to sing.

Notice that the songs speaks of the revelation of “restoration of all mankind” out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.  There is no “turn or burn” doctrine in Heaven.  Love prevails with the fullness of restoration of all that HE created.  These elders further sung of being qualified as kings and priests to rule and reign on earth.  What great news!  The earth does not get destroyed by man’s folly or by some cataclysmic event as prophesied many times over by those who promote doctrines of fear.  The new song is a song of Love and as you might guess, the Song of Solomon prophesied of this new song.  Prepare yourself to sing.

Colossians 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

The seven seals of the Lamb’s Book of Life needed to be opened by someone worthy.  Without the seals being broken, all of mankind is destined to death and destruction and the prophesied Glory covering the entire earth would not occur.  Both the Old Testament and the New Testament were prophesying of this future event of the bringing forth of the Sons of GOD.  If GOD is Love, then wouldn’t we be able to refer to these called out ones as the Sons of LOVE?

Our FATHER would have a Book that could not be opened but HE would have certain requirements that must be met before the seals could be lawfully broken.  There was nothing any man or group of men could do to cause those particular seals to be removed.  Their teaching, preaching, prophesying, crying, demanding, nor proclaiming would affect those seals.  Only the Lamb on the Throne met all the qualifications:

Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth.

7 He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.

8 And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.

The Greek word for Lamb is arnion.  The only times this word is used are in the Book of Revelation and John 21.  Jesus had arrived on the scene while the disciples were fishing and He instructed them to cast their nets on the right side of the boat (Grace).  They had been fishing on the left side (Judgment of the Law).  This was in the setting of the third appearance of Jesus (14 This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.).  They brought the 153 mature fish back to be eaten.  Jesus is using this setting to restore and reconcile Peter:

15 After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love (agapaō) me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love (phileō) you.” “Then feed my lambs (arnion),” Jesus told him.

This passage ties John’s Gospel to the Lamb mentioned throughout Revelation.  Jesus was the first lamb (arnion) and He references the Sons (pl. arnion).  The word Love used by Jesus represented unconditional or agapaō Love  whereas Peter replied with “brotherly” or phileō love.

The Lamb operates at the highest level of Love as does His Body (the 153 mature fish, the Sons of Love).   This Lamb was now standing between the Throne and the four living beings and the twenty-four elders.  He represents the full manifestation of FATHER and all of creation has been given to Him, even His enemies.

When He opens the Book, it is not something new but something being revealed for the time at hand.  That mystery being revealed is the manifestation of the Sons as the mature Body called as priests to minister to all of mankind, not as immature saints groping around trying to muster the anointing, but in His power and authority.

This Book has no multiple versions as interpreted by scholarly men and women.  It is pure in its content and purpose.  Those closest to the Throne were so moved by the qualifications of the Lamb to open the Book, they responded:

Revelation 5:

8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:

​​​“You are worthy to take the scroll,

​​And to open its seals;

​​For You were slain,

​​And have redeemed us to God by Your blood

​​Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

10 ​​And have made us kings and priests to our God;

​​And we shall reign on the earth.”

This Book of Life contains the Divine Intent of FATHER, nothing else.  Jesus walked out His portion of this Book.  The Sons are to walk out their portions in the same manner- not my will but YOURS be done.  This Book directs the Remnant’s words and actions for the Age now at hand.

This Book supersedes all previous books just as the New Testament superseded the Old Testament, just as the light of the sun is greater than that of the moon.  The Kingdom continues its progression through time and this Book is at the center of it.

Earlier this month my wife was up late after I went to bed.  In our household, I am the first one up, she is the last one to bed.  While preparing to go to bed, she heard music in the living room and thought the television was left on.  She went to investigate but it was already turned off.

The next night, she heard music again, somewhere in the house.  Once again she went to investigate.  All was silent as she went throughout the house.

The third night, the music was louder and she thought the music originated from the cabana and thought someone was in the cabana with the music on.  The music each night was like an orchestra.  She went outside to investigate once again.  She was at total peace but the lights were out and all was silent in the cabana.

I discovered the following piece this morning and believe it to be applicable to the three nights of music she experienced:

I quote:

“Many centuries ago there was a Greek musicologist named Boethius.  Boethius theorized that there were three main levels of music, and he gave each level a name.  The lowest form of music was what he called musica instumentalis.  This referred to audible music, either sung or played, performed mainly for entertainment purposes.  This is the kind that all people are most familiar with.  As we all know, there have been countless works of music written and played over the years which have been and still are incredibly beautiful but which still belong to this category.

            “The second highest level of music, according to Boethius, was what he called musica humana, which was an audible music, but referred only to that which existed between God and man.  It was not intended to be entertaining, but the music was spiritual in nature.  The song being sung could be a prayer, an exhortation to people, or it could even be a prophetic song.  We, of course, are familiar with and thankful for the gift of spiritual singing, that of singing a higher song in the Spirit that has never been sung before.       

              “But Boethius recognized that there existed music  of yet a far higher nature.  He recognized that there are symphonies that have always been playing in a realm that far transcends our natural ears.  He recognized that the earth, nature, the atmosphere, and all of Creation are lost in melodies far, far more beautiful than any human ear can hear, but which can be heard only by those who have spiritual ‘ears to hear,’ those who listen to the voice of the Spirit.  He called this level of music musica mundana, also given the names ‘Music of the Cosmos,’ ‘Harmony of the Spheres,’ or the ‘Symphony of the Universe,’ which referred to this very vibration of all celestial and terrestrial bodies and all of Creation.  The scriptures declare that even the very elements give glory to the King of kings! (Isa. 55:12; Job 38:7; Isa. 44:23).  Yes, there is indeed such music saturating even the air all around us.  But only the sons and daughters of the living God can tune in to that higher frequency and sing its melody, for these are they WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD!

            “This music is more than just sound.  There are not necessarily any words with it.  It is not learned in words, nor does it depend upon words.  But it is a living, throbbing vibration of all that God is, which is felt and released from the very center of the spirit!  This music is the beauty and glory  of the Resurrected Christ!  It is the unbroken communion between Christ and His Church, between the Bridegroom and the Bride, and between the Creator and His Creation!

            “The source of power behind this Song of Songs is not musical overtones but SPIRITUAL VIBRATIONS of Perfect Love, Life Everlasting, Joy Unspeakable, and unending expressions of Praise and Thanksgiving, springing up from deep within a heart that is filled with all the fullness of Him who reigneth forever and ever!  It is a song BORN OF LOVE!  It doesn’t just tickle our natural ears, but it pierces the heart and spirit of men!  The Song actually operates on a Love so great that men’s hearts shall be opened and melted as they hear!  The Day shall come when they shall respond to the quickening power of that Song and join their voices with all the angelical host and sing and sing with such a lyrity of heart, mind, soul, body, and spirit until they become enraptured into the beauty of infinite harmony!  Creation shall then be truly lifted!  Chains shall be broken!  Captives shall be liberated as the Resurrected Christ is made alive!

            “We, as members of this glorious body of Christ, are called not only to sing that Song, but to BECOME that Living Song of Songs!  ‘And give Him no rest, till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth’ (Isa. 62:7).  It is when we BECOME this precious melody of love that its power is made manifest.   We then BECOME this rhythm of glorified life, yea, earth’s heartbeat of Joy.  I pray that we all put on ‘ears to hear’ and join our voices with all the myriads of angels and become that Song.  For each individual who develops the power to hear it with spiritual ears can send it on and lift the burdened hearts of a weary world!  Hallelujah!  For, “Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound…!’ (Ps. 89:15).

            “As the never-ending fire of God which cannot go out, this Song has always been ringing throughout Creation and it cannot die.  Its melody of Life, Love, and Praise DEMANDS expression!  Some men may slam their doors, and try to drown it out, but all their noise cannot smother the living crescendo of Love!  Its power and impact are too great; it cometh from above”  End Quote.

By the way, the word “cabana” means tent and refers to tabernacle.  Selah!

There are seven seals to be broken in order to release the full contents of the Book of Life.  Seven is the number of Spiritual perfection or maturity, completeness.  As Isaiah 11 states, there are seven Spirits or “manifestations” of FATHER.

A seal is a token, a proof of authentication by an authority that the contents are genuine.  It is used to restrict access until an appointed time and will not allow unauthorized lawless access, tampering, or manipulation.  John was given the responsibility of communicating what he saw in the third Heaven, after he was instructed to “come up hither”.  The material of the seal itself is disposable and only has temporary value.  Once broken, it is discarded.  Seals come in varying sizes but each has a similar purpose- restrict the contents from being revealed and access until lawful entry.

Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”

3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

Only an authorized individual could break the seals.  “Who is worthy?” cried the messenger.  There are three realms that were searched out: heaven, earth, under the earth.  No one was found worthy in those three realms.  The people living on the earth today were considered.  Those who are dead (physically and spiritually) and buried were also under consideration.  Those who are deemed “spiritual” were inspected and found lacking.  None of the were even able to look at it!  None who walked by the spirit, soul, or body could open the Book.  None who had the revelation of Passover, Pentecost, or Tabernacles were qualified to open the Book.  There was something lacking for even no man in Heaven could open the Book.  John so desired for the full manifestation of the Sons of GOD to be released.  Was there not one person qualified?  What was John’s response?

4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.

I believe the Gospel of John to be the true first Gospel of the New Testament even though it is presented as the fourth Gospel.  Why do I believe this?  It is because John wrote from a different perspective and revelation than the others.  His Gospel begins with: 

John 1:1   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He began at the “Alpha” manifestation of Jesus Christ.  In this context, the “Omega” Gospel must be the last book of the New Testament.  These form the “bookends” of the revealing and manifestation of Christ.  He began the last Gospel with:

Revelation 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.

The Beloved Disciple who wrote from the perspective of Love provides us the Word spoken to him:

Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

As John was weeping when no man could be found to open the Book, one of the elders around the Throne spoke:

5:5   But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”

There is only One qualified to open this Book- Jesus Christ!  Once this Book is opened, the “Treasuries” of Heaven would be released to bring forth the knowledge of the Glory into all the earth.  These seals would not be opened prematurely, not until the Body has been matured to full perfection by Love.  “As HE is, so are we”!  To Him is given the authority to break the seals and bring forth the Sons into the fullness of their callings.

2 Corinthians 3:2  You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

3   clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

The Remnant is called to be an Open Book for all to see.  We are called to be transparent and above reproach, lawful in our actions and intent, and motivated by Love.  We are called to walk in Truth and be the express image of Our Heavenly Father as a member of the Body of Christ.  We are called to be in and a member of the “Book of Life”.

The Ten Commandments written on stone tablets revealed the Law but not “Life”.  The Law was a ministry that produced death for the “letter kills” yet it was glorious in its own right as is written:

7  But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

Once the Law was given, people became accountable and in the end they died in the wilderness even though the saw the Glory in the cloud and in the pillar of fire.  The veil of Moses hid the fading of the glory on his face.  His ministry of the Law would fade in comparison to the ministry of THE SPIRIT for the SPIRIT is Life.  As we are led by THE SPIRIT, we form words, pages, and chapters in the Book of Life.  We are to be the Revelation of Love to all the world.

Can we be disqualified from being in the book?  The answer is “yes” as John wrote of what he heard and saw in the third Heaven:

Revelation 3:5  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

White raiment represents the state of being clothed in righteousness.  This Word spoken by Jesus clearly indicates that there is a condition which must be satisfied by the aspiring overcomer.  We are given a choice to overcome by coming into full maturity or become complacent at some point and be content with old “manna”.  Are you walking in fresh revelation or are you existing on past revelation only?  Have you lost your first Love for the Spiritual?

We are to be the Book of Life “sealed” up until the designated time ordained by Our Heavenly Father.  This Book IS the Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ manifested in us for a world that has lost its way.  We are to be its many-membered Body and HIS full expression in HIS glory on this earth.  We are to be fruitful in all aspects as we walk in this fullness.  We will continue to be pruned until there is no unproductive aspect of our character.  The carnal nature will shrivel up,  die, and be removed as it is no longer desired.

John was given the responsibility to carry the message of this great revelation of the Alpha and Omega.  Of the writers selected by the Holy Spirit, John was given the responsibility to focus on Love and its fruit.  It was revealed as he penned the words of Jesus as He prayed for His glorification:

John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

For His disciples glorification in HIM:

9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.

For our glorification in HIM:

20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

Those who have been drawn to these writings must dwell on this prayer Jesus prayed!  We are called to unity with Him and to be made perfect in one.  What a blessing for Jesus to express the FATHER’S heart when He spoke the words He heard spoken to Him by FATHER:  “and (YOU) have loved them as You have loved Me.”

We are the Book of Life to be opened in Heaven, soon to be seen and read by the entire creation.  Now is the time to set aside every weight and distraction that would easily beset you.  I sense those who are chosen are in the final stages of preparation.  Soon, the seals of the book will be opened and HIS Glory will be seen by all the earth and it will eclipse the sun in its brightness thus turning the sun to darkness in comparison.

The seven seals will soon be opened and the revelation of LOVE will soon be fully expressed to all of creation!  We will be the living Epistle known and read by all men.  The new Book is what the sixty-six books of the Bible have been pointing to and it will replace the previous Two Testaments for it will be the final manifested and living expression of HIM filling this earth.