THE REAL MEANING OF PASSOVER

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1 THE REAL MEANING OF PASSOVER August 2015 Rian Cilliers

2 THE REAL MEANING OF PASSOVER CONTENT Page no PREFACE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. Christ s preparation as a young child 2 2. Four Passovers in Christ s ministry on earth 6 3. Passing over increases at each glory level 8 4. Christ s first 6 months of His ministry Christ s first Passover feast in His ministry Christ s second Passover feast in His ministry One of Christ s last feasts of Tabernacles Proof of Christ s third Passover feast Christ s message at His third Passover feast Christ s fourth Passover feast in His ministry Christ fulfills images of the moon and sun Christ s 3,5 years versus His 3 years on earth 49 51

3 THE REAL MEANING OF PASSOVER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The real meaning of the Passover feast is that man, who is reconciled with God, being baptized in water and Spirit-filled, passes over from the temporary earthly realm to God s spiritual kingdom of heaven. This passing over already starts from the moment when man is baptized in water and in the Holy Spirit. It first starts in man s mind, passing over to God s spiritual kingdom, being led by the Holy Spirit, hearing Christ s voice, seeing His pictures called dreams and visions, and sensing God s touch. Such processes of sensing God should become continuous. The intensity of passing over, which is what the Passover feast is all about, increases incrementally after each season in a person s life. Man s being is being placed on a higher level of glory on those occasions. God operates in seasons of 6 months, 1 year, 3,5 years and 7 years. After a season, Christ rewards man for all those instances in which man s soul had dependent on Christ, by first sensing towards Christ, the Word of God, in heaven, hearing from Him what to do and say, before acting out through man s body. Being placed on a higher level of glory is similar to being promoted to a higher school grade at school level at the end of each school year cycle, and moving from primary to secondary school, or from secondary school to tertiary school, after the end of a couple of years. Christ showed by example how the intensity of passing over occurred in His own life during His 3,5-year ministry here on earth. During Christ s ministry, Christ went through 4 Passover feasts. In each of these events, Christ, as the first new creation man, went through various stages of passing over to a greater extent to God s spiritual kingdom of heaven. In each case, Christ went through a death experience, followed by been resurrected from the death experience because He was sinless in God s eyes. Then God the Father judged, by rewarding Christ for being dependent on Him for the past year, by placing Christ on a higher level of glory, closer to God the Father. When Christ was placed on the higher level of glory, Christ automatically passed over to a greater extent, in a greater intensity, to God s Holy of Holies, His spiritual kingdom of heaven. For Christ, the passing over to God s kingdom was accompanied by Christ subduing the last 3 kings of the Fourth Kingdom, described by the prophet Daniel. During Christ s first Passover feast, Christ revealed that He had subdued the initiator of the 3 kings, namely the king, Satan. During Christ s second Passover feast, Christ revealed that He had subdued the king, man s flesh. During Christ s third Passover feast, Christ revealed that He had subdued the king, Death. By subduing these kings of the earth, Christ was able to pass over to greater levels quite easily. And this passing over is only possible by being continually dependent on God every second of the day, that is, passing over continuously during a season, so that, when the time of rewarding come, man s being can indeed be placed on a much higher level of glory. Man s being been placed on a higher level of glory implies that the spirit of Christ inside of man s body been allowed to rule all the more over man s soul and body, so that man s soul is able to sense much better into the spirit realm, into God s kingdom of heaven. In that way, man s soul is able to explore even deeper God s kingdom, inhabit it even more intensely, and possess it more thoroughly. That is what the Passover feast is all about.

4 2 1. CHRIST S PREPARATION AS A YOUNG CHILD This chapter briefly focuses on Christ s example of passing over which is what the Passover is all about. CHRIST S PASSOVERS ON EARTH BEFORE HIS MINISTRY STARTED When Christ s ministry on earth had not yet started, that is, when Christ was still not baptised in water and baptised in the Holy Spirit, Christ used to go up to Jerusalem each year to celebrate the Passover Feast in Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover (Luk 2:41). A Jewish boy was considered entering adulthood at the age of 12 years. This is therefore also the age in which Christ entered spiritual adulthood concerning the things of His heavenly Father. That is why an incident was described in the gospels of how Christ s attitude towards the Passover was at the age of 12 years. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. When they had finished the days, as they returned, the boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know it. But supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day's journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances. So when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Him (Luk 2:42-45). CHRIST S PARENTS FINDING HIM ON THE 10 TH DAY The Passover feast lasted for 7 days. "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten (Ezek 45:21). It is stated that When they (Christ and His parents) had finished the days.. (Luk 2:42). This implies that Christ and His parents were in Jerusalem for several days in total 7 days, as prescribed for the feast. It is also stated that Christ s parents found Christ 3 days after the 7 days were completed. Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions (Luk 2:46). This implies that Christ s parents found Christ, and saw Christ 10 days after the Feast started. This 10 th day is the day, as described in further volumes, that Christ would eventually be raised to a higher level of glory on the mountain in Galilee, after dying on the cross. It is the time when He would present His harvest, the clouds of witnesses in the spirit realm, and His 11 disciples in the physical realm, before His Father in heaven, and when the Father would grant Christ all power and authority in heaven and on earth. The 10 th day after the Passover starts is the day of experiencing much greater insight in spiritual matters, in moving deeper into God s spiritual kingdom of heaven. The 10 th day refers to 3 days in the grave, followed by a full 7 days of creation, gathering the harvest to one place in order to present that to the Father. The 3 days start in the middle of a week of creation, when the greater and lesser lights are created (Gen 1:14-18), of which the creation of the sun and moon are mere shadows. The 7 days have to be completed in full, so that on the day after the 7 th day, namely the 8 th day, God the Father is able to reward by raising man s being up to a higher level of glory. This higher level of glory involves that man s spirit rules all the more over man s soul and body. The importance of the 8 th day is elaborated

5 3 on in more detail in further volumes. The 8 th day refers to the creation of God on the first day, namely light (Gen 1:3, 4). It refers to Christ as well, just as the creation on the fourth day refers to Christ. PEOPLE ASTOUNDED AT CHRIST S UNDERSTANDING It was on that 10 th day, when Christ experienced as a 12-year old child, that He is raised to a higher level of glory, of seeing better into the spirit realm, that His parents found Him sitting among the teachers. Even at the age of 12 years, Christ listened to the teachers and asked them questions. Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions (Luk 2:46). Yet, the teachers were already astounded by the insight and wisdom which Christ had at the age of 12 when He answered back to them. And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. So when they saw Him, they were amazed (Luk 2:47, 48). Christ did not sit with the teachers before the 10 th day. Christ was waiting for God to first raise Him to a higher level of glory on the 10 th day, before going to sit with the teachers. Christ already knew then, at that stage of His young life, to be guided by the Holy Spirit, growing in spirit, and that He cannot merely do whatever He wants to do. Christ s light started to shine the moment He became 12 years old. And His light first shone on the teachers in the temple of God. At that moment, God was instructing the teachers of what the Passover was all about, by Christ, having experienced passing over to God s spiritual kingdom of heaven to a greater extent on the 10 th day after the Passover Feast had started. Christ s understanding and answers at the age of 12 years, of which the teachers were astonished, Christ received by His mind passing over to God, hearing what God first had to say from His spiritual kingdom of heaven, before acting anything out through His body. From Christ s interactions with the teachers, Christ would already have been able to sense the obstacles of why the teachers are not able to grasp the true reality of what the Passover feast is all about. Christ was both listening to them and asking them questions (Luk 2:46). Thus, Christ would receive through His spirit a question to be asked from God the Father in heaven, pose the question to the teachers, and then listen to what God the Father had to say to Him as well as listen to what the teacher had to say to Him, and compare these two with each other. In effect, Christ was passing over to God s spiritual kingdom of heaven already from an early age. Christ would realise that the flesh in man, the pride in man, the ruling soul and the ruling body, is the problem. Christ would realise that it all started with Satan and His fallen angels. Christ would sense that the reasoning of the teachers leads to death. All three of the enemies of God, Christ would sense while interacting with the teachers. All three kings operating inside of fallen man, Christ would have sensed, even as a young child already. The strength of the fortresses that these 3 kings have developed within the Jewish spiritual leaders, Christ would sense during such interactions with the Jewish leaders from an early age already. That is why, when Christ s ministry started, Christ did not join the ranks of the Jewish teachers and did not become part of their religious system. Christ remained hearing first from God the Father in heaven, before acting out through His body. He knew that is what brings about life, while the Jewish leaders bring about death. That is why Christ s ministry would not even start in Jerusalem, or in Judah, but in Galilee. Christ would have already received the

6 4 wisdom from the Holy Spirit that these 3 kings operating inside of fallen man has killed all of the prophets of God in the Old Testament, and He would not be alone in this battle they would be out to kill Him as well. CHRIST AS A CHILD CONFIRMING HIS FATHER COMES FIRST After Christ s mother noted to Christ that they have sought Him anxiously, Christ declared: "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?" But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them (Luk 2:49, 50). Christ was actually saying to them: I am here to reveal how to pass over, putting God the Father first, hearing first from Him what to say and do, before I acting anything out through my body. It is not yet my time to be the example of how to pass over completely: spirit, soul and body, for which the Passover Feast has been instituted. I am still here. I have not yet passed over fully from the physical realm to the spiritual realm. But my mind has to be busy with the things of my heavenly Father, my spiritual Father, to whom I will indeed pass over: spirit, soul and body. I will be the example for mankind to pass over, for I am the way (John 14:6). Mary and Joseph did not understand Christ, because Christ s mind was already set on spiritual matters. This is confirmed by the statement: the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom.. (Luk 2:40). The end result was that Christ, knowing that His time has not yet come to pass over, went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them (Luk 2:51). This implies that Christ submitted to His earthly, fleshly Father and Mother, while growing up to His ministry, which Christ knew, according to various scriptures and prophesies, would start at the age of about 30 years. Christ grew in spiritual matters for 30 years in an environment dominated by physical, earthly matters. Christ experienced 30 Passovers in Jerusalem. Christ had intimate knowledge of Passover Feasts, its links with the full moon, and its meaning. From His experience, Christ would be able to conclude exactly when His ministry would start. During these 30 years, Christ would move towards spiritual maturity, as He listened to God s input in His life, which allowed Him to increase in spiritual matters. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men (Luk 2:52). Christ increased in knowledge and wisdom in the spiritual realm (with God), and in the physical realm (with men). SEASONS IN CHRIST S LIFE BEFORE HIS MINISTRY STARTED The Bible speaks about Christ s approach to God s kingdom of heaven at the age of about 30 at the temple during a Passover feast again. It is stated that Christ was about 30 years old when Christ s ministry started. Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age (Luk 3:23). These feasts of 7 days in total were 6 months apart. It has already been stated that the Passover feast occurred annually in the first month on the 14 th of that month: "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten (Ezek 45:21). Then exactly 6 months later, in the seventh month, on the 15 th of that month, the following feast of 7 days (the feast of Tabernacles) also occurred. "In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall do likewise for seven days, according to the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil." (Ezek 45:25). Passovers are in March/April, while the feasts of Tabernacles, when Christ was baptized, are in October.

7 5 Both the feasts of Tabernacles and the Passover lasted for 7 days. Both also have periods of 40 days following from the feast started. In the case of feast of Tabernacles, Christ was for 40 days in the wilderness being tested by Satan before being served by the angels of God and operating in the power of God. In the case of Christ dying on the cross, Christ explored the spiritual kingdom of heaven for a period of 40 days, speaking to His disciples of the kingdom as well, before permanently moving into heaven. Since man operates in seasons of 6 months, Christ would experience from the age of 12 years up to the time when His ministry started at the age of about 30 days, about 36 of these feasts. Thus, the passing over was totally ingrained into Christ s being by the time His ministry started on earth. Christ would also have experienced that after each 3,5 year season, the intensity of passing over into God s spiritual kingdom of heaven is much more. Christ would have experienced in His 30 years before His ministry started, 5 seasons of 3,5 years from the age of 12 years, before been baptized in water and the Holy Spirit at the age of 12 years + 3,5 years x 5 times = 29,5 years. Thus, the increase in intensity would also have already been ingrained in Christ s being by the time His ministry started at the age of 30 years.

8 6 2. FOUR PASSOVERS IN CHRIST S MINISTRY ON EARTH This chapter briefly focuses on Christ s ministry on earth proclaiming God s spiritual kingdom of heaven is near, and showing by example how to pass over, tapping continuously from God s spiritual kingdom of heaven over a period of 4 Passover feasts. CHRIST S MINISTRY OVER 4 PASSOVER FEASTS A previous Volume: Christ s season of 3,5 years has already indicated that Christ s ministry on earth lasted 3,5 years. During these 3,5 years, from the time that Christ was baptised in water and in the Holy Spirit, Christ experienced 4 Passover feasts. The start date of Christ ministry of 3,5 years when Christ was baptised with water and the Holy Spirit started on the Feast of Tabernacles, destined to take place on the 15 th of the seventh month (Tishri) of each year (Lev 23:34), which is somewhere in October of each year. On that festive day, God the Father chose to tabernacle in the body of Christ, where Christ became the first new creation man, the first of the Last Adam. And since God the Father tabernacles in the body of Christ, and Christ was baptised in the Holy Spirit, Christ s mind was able to pass over at an increased rate into God s spiritual kingdom of heaven. Christ was baptised when the feast of tabernacles was celebrated amongst the Jews. Christ fulfilled the image in the physical realm of God choosing to tabernacle with man on earth. We do not read much in the 4 gospels about Christ s attendance of the feast of the tabernacles, except His third or fourth feast of tabernacles (John 7:2), because Christ knew that He had already fulfilled the details of that feast. However, what we do read much about is the various Passover feasts during Christ s ministry, because Christ showed by example how to eventually fulfil that particular feast how to pass over. During a period of 3,5 years, there ought to be at least 4 incidents of Passovers mentioned, because Christ s ministry ended at a Passover as well. Christ s first Passover (John 2:13-23) during His ministry would have been about 6 months after He was baptised with water and in the Holy Spirit. Then after that first Passover, a second Passover is mentioned (John 6:4, 5). Another 2 Passovers followed, in order to complete a full 3,5 year season. Christ s second Passover would be after 1 year 6 months, Christ s third Passover after 2 years 6 months, and Christ s fourth Passover after 3 years 6 months. It was during the last of these 4 Passover feasts that the time came for Christ to pass over permanently from the physical realm to the spiritual realm. Christ s disciple, John, specifically mentions 3 Passover festivals during the ministry of Jesus (John 2:13, 23; 6:4 and 11:55). These could not be the same festivals because other festivals occurred in between (John 5:1; 7:2 and 10:22). The book of John describes the first, second and fourth Passover feasts of Christ. The third Passover feast of Christ is described in the Books of Matthew, Mark and Luke, working together. The details of this third Passover feast are described in this Volume under the relevant chapter later on. That is why it was so important for the Books of Matthew, Mark and Luke to be included in the Bible, together with the Book of John.

9 7 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 4 PASSOVERS Four is an image of earthliness, fleshliness. These 4 Passover feasts revealed how Christ moved towards passing over from the physical realm, the realm marked by earthliness, fleshliness, to the spiritual realm. Christ revealed how to move from the realm restricted by time, space, directions, mass and gravity, to the realm which is not restricted by these parameters. Christ showed how to move into eternal life, not restricted by Death. This move from and move into is what is involved in pass over. Vines, page 172, says that To pass over is a verb which refers primarily to spatial movement to moving over, through, or away from. This basic meaning can be used of going over or through a particular location to get to the other side. Another specific use of this general meaning is to pass through something.

10 8 3. PASSING OVER INCREASES AT EACH GLORY LEVEL This chapter briefly focuses on the soul of Christ passing over at an increased rate after moving from glory to glory, that is, after God has risen Christ s being to a higher level of glory. PASSING OVER INCREASES BY MOVING FROM GLORY TO GLORY Passing over of man s soul into God s spiritual kingdom of heaven occurs continuously, every second of the day, as Christ has declared: the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner (John 5:19). Yet, this passing over can increase in intensity as man s being moves from glory to glory. Christ moved from glory to glory, in the same way as Paul has described: But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord (2 Cor 3:18). Christ s ever increasing intensity of making the Passover feast a reality is briefly described in the following chapters in this Volume. To move from glory to glory is not difficult to understand. Christ went through a season of 6 months each, and after each 6 months, the time came for God to reward or condemn. In the case of Christ, who remained sinless, God rewarded Him, by transferring Christ after each season to a higher level of glory. To move from one level of glory to a higher level of glory is what man finds in the physical realm as well, where a child moves from one school grade to the next after a year, or when a child moves from primary school to secondary school after a year, or when a child moves from secondary school to university/tertiary education at the end of a year. In a similar way, an unmarried person moves to a higher level of glory when he/she gets married. The 6 months period is similar as what is found at university level where courses are 6 months each, and man s soul moves on after it has passed these 6 month semester courses. You cannot move on to the next 6 month course if you have not passed the first 6 months course. A season of 1 year subdivided into 2 sections, namely that part represented by the feast of Tabernacles, in which God re-establishes that He is with man, and the Passover feast which is represented by passing deeper into God s spiritual kingdom, extending former borders, are also found in the physical realm in many images. For example, a cell in the body divides and extends its former borders for a season after which it stabilises in that position for a season, before extending its former territory again. These 2 sub-components of growth complement each other. The one deals with expansion, increasing borders. The other deals with inhabiting and possessing those new expanded areas. Both deal with growth. Both lead to move deeper into God s spiritual kingdom of heaven. Another example is that the Word is first allowed to expand its territory of truth in a country in the physical realm for a season of a certain length, after which mankind is allowed to possess and inhabit that truth for a season of the same length. The move from one spiritual level of glory to a higher spiritual level of glory actually implies that man s spirit is allowed to rule all the more over man s flesh, so that man s soul is able to sense much better through man s spirit into the spiritual kingdom of heaven. The adjustment between the rule of man s spirit, man s soul and man s body determines whether man senses God s condemnation or reward. This is what happened with Christ. If man s soul has learnt to be dependent on God every second of the day, first hearing from God what to do and say, before acting through man s body, then God will reward man by

11 9 allowing man to sense deeper into His spiritual kingdom. This is accomplished by allowing man s spirit, the spirit of Christ inside of the person, to rule more over man s flesh. If man s flesh rules all the more, then that is part of God s condemnation, because God gives a person what he wanted most. Needless to say that the outcome of man s flesh is death it generates death, because its roots are situated within the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which brings forth death. Therefore, if the seeds that man has planted are death, then man s harvest would also be death. GOD OPERATES IN SEASONS OF 6 AND 12 MONTHS FOR MAN Through the example of Christ being resurrected at the end of Christ s season around the Passover festival, confirms that God operates in seasons of a year for each person on earth, just as God operates in seasons of a year in Christ s ministry. After 12 months, (or 4 seasons of autumn, winter, spring, summer), God comes to judge: to condemn and to reward. When God rewards, man s soul is placed on a higher level of glory. God operating in seasons of one year, also occurred in the life of King Nebuchadnezzar after Christ spoke to the King through Daniel, warning the King to repent, otherwise ill fate will befall King Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?" While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice fell from heaven: "King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you! (Dan 4:29-31). Yet, as already indicated in the first chapter of this Volume, these feasts of 7 days each were 6 months apart, and therefore moving to a higher level of glory also took place for Christ every 6 months as well. THE PASS-OVER IS THE INHERITANCE OF CHRISTIANS All that Christ did and also all that happened with Christ, is the inheritance of those born of Christ through the Holy Spirit, that is, all those who are born-again, born of the Spirit of God, real followers of Christ. Satan prefers to keep Christians to the traditions of 2 Christian feasts, namely Christmas, where Christ is still seen as baby coming to the earth, and Passover, where Christ is only seen as dying for the sins of mankind. There is a much richer inheritance in Christ for which Christ died on the cross. It deals with a whole spiritual kingdom which man s soul can enter, explore, inhabit and possess while man lives on earth in a physical body. Each time man enters and explore God s spiritual kingdom, man s soul passes over. That is how Christ operated continually on earth during His ministry on earth. That is what Christ expects His followers to do as well if you want to call yourself a follower of Christ. That is what the Passover is all about. GOD OPERATES IN SEASONS OF 6 MONTHS, ONE YEAR, 3,5 YEARS AND 7 YEARS God operates in seasons of 6 months, one year, 3,5 years and 7 years in the life of a follower of Christ, just as God has operated in the life of Christ in seasons of 6 months, one year, 3,5 years and 7 years. The seasons of 6 months and one year each have already been described. In the physical realm they are marked by seasons of 6 months (autumn and spring), and 12 months, (or 4

12 10 seasons of autumn, winter, spring, summer). They are also marked by annual festive activities, such as the annual Passover feast, and the annual feast of Tabernacles. Seasons of 3,5 years are marked by Christ s ministry on the earth for 3,5 years, or 1260 days (Rev 11:3), or 42 months (Rev 11:2). Seasons of 7 years are marked by twice the season of 3,5 years, or another 1260 days (Rev 12:6, 14). This season of 7 years is marked by the Word of God (Christ), being crucified. Christ also operated in a season of 7 years, for it was prophesied of Christ: Then he (Christ) shall confirm a covenant with many for one week (representing 7 years); But in the middle of the week (i.e. after 3,5 years) He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering (Dan 9:27). During Christ s last 3,5 years when He ruled from heaven in all power and authority of God, Christ still targeted the Jews in the land of Israel, trying to convince them through the power of the Holy Spirit and through the miracle workings of His disciples. However, Christ, the Word of God, was again crucified after the Jewish leaders stoned Stephen. Then Christ moved on to proclaim the good news to the Gentile nations. God working in seasons of 7 years is also found elsewhere in the Bible. God s creation was completed in 7 days, marking a season of 7 years, or 7000 years in the case of the world, where one day equals 1000 years, and where Christ came to the earth in exactly the middle of this season after about 4000 years from the creation of the first Adam. When Joseph was in Egypt, the dream of the Pharaoh which Joseph interpreted for Pharaoh was the following: "The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one. And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are seven years of famine. Indeed seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt; but after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will deplete the land (Gen 41:26-30). These seasons of 7 years were provided even before the Law of Moses was instituted. Other examples of God operating in seasons of 7 years are: Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years (Judges 6:1). Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years." So the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years. It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land (2 Kings 8:1-3). Even in the Law of Moses, seasons of 7 years were instituted: And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. (Lev 25:8) "At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts (Deut 15:1) After each season, whether 6 months, 1 year, 3,5 years or 7 years, God comes to a person to reward the person for being totally dependent on Him, through Christ, that is, being dependent on Christ in Christ s spiritual kingdom of heaven, which God gave Christ (Dan 7:14) after Christ died on the cross. Then, at that moment, man is placed on a higher level of glory, which allows man to pass over into God s kingdom with a greater intensity to a greater extent.

13 11 Being placed on a higher level of glory is similar to being promoted to a higher school grade at school level at the end of each school year cycle, and moving from primary to secondary school, or from secondary school to tertiary school, after the end of a couple of years. In the physical realm, my primary school level season was for 7 years (Grades 1 to 7), whereas my secondary school level season was for 5 years (Grades 8 to 12), while my tertiary school level was initially for 4 years before I started to work. Seasons in the physical realm may not be aligned with seasons in the spiritual realm. The fact remains that the intensity of passing over after a season of 7 years are much higher and to a greater extent, than the intensity of passing over after season of 6 months, or 1 year. This can also be seen in the physical realm. The intensity of moving on from primary school to secondary school is much more intense than moving on from one grade to the next grade within primary school level. In the spirit realm, the start and end of a spiritual season may differ from person to person, from tribe to tribe, and from nation to nation. This implies that every second of the day, the word of God is true all over the world, because someone will be at the end of his/her season while other may still be within their season. The fact remains that all peoples on the earth have seasons, and therefore all peoples on the earth will experience the beginning and the end of their seasons, when Christ comes to them to reward them for being dependent on Him, building their life on Him. That is what is meant with the words of John: Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him (Rev 1:7). These words every eye will see Him (Rev 1:7) does not mean that every eye of every person on the earth will see Christ simulteaneously. Rev 1:7 does not state that everyone will see Christ simultaneously. It means that every person will have his time of seeing Christ according to the season in which he is. Everyone will see the Truth after his/her own season, at the end of his/her own season. The Truth will be revealed to him/her, where Christ is the Truth. This is happening now all over the world every second of the day. This is the way Christ currently rules the earth. Christ came under the law to fulfill the law in full. However, although seasons of 7 years were instituted under law, seasons of 7 years already existed before the Law was instituted. Thus, followers of Christ, who are no longer under the Law of Moses (for Christ has set man free from the Law of Moses), are still operating in the earthly, fleshly surroundings, operating within laws of Physics, such as seasons (summer, winter, spring and autumn). They are still part of the images in the physical realm. Their body still rules and dominates to a large extent. They will only be totally free and independent from these images once they are fully within Christ s spiritual kingdom of heaven, which is not restricted to time, space, directions, mass and gravity. And if man is no longer restricted by time, man is also no longer restricted by the seasons which time marks out for man. Until then, man is confined to the seasons in the physical realm. God had already aligned the spiritual realm and the physical realm during the 7-day creation in Genesis 1, by creating stars (representing Abraham s descendants in the spirit), the moon (representing Christ s first 3,5 years operating on the earth, dying on the cross at full moon during His fourth Passover feast), and the sun (representing Christ, being placed on a higher level of glory, where His face shines as bright as the sun, ruling the last 3,5 years of His season from heaven). Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so (Gen 1:14, 15).

14 12 The divide the day from the night (Gen 1:14) and to give light on the earth (Gen 1:15) occurs when a person s mind passes over to Christ s kingdom of heaven, hearing first from Christ, the Word, what to do and say, before acting it out through man s body into the physical realm, into the earth. This is what the Passover feast is all about. Furthermore, these are spirit words, in which days and years (Gen 1:14) are marked by stars, the moon and the sun. Thus, within the spirit realm, the 7 day creation also marks seasons consisting of 7 years. Since the spirit realm and physical realm were aligned initially, this also involves that in the physical realm, 7 year-seasons would exist, of which many examples have already been described above, both under the Law of Moses and outside of the Law of Moses.

15 13 4. CHRIST S FIRST 6 MONTHS OF HIS MINISTRY This chapter briefly focuses on Christ s experiences of His mind being passing over to the spiritual realm during the first 6 months of Christ ministry: from the time that Christ was baptised in water and in the Holy Spirit, up to Christ attending His first Passover feast during his 3,5 year season of ministering to the Jews. BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT After Christ was baptised in water and in the Holy Spirit, it is stated: Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (Matt 4:1). This is how the pass-over starts. It starts small; in small increments. It starts with man s mind being open for the leading of the Holy Spirit. It starts with sensing the still small voice of the Holy Spirit inside of man. And the Holy Spirit was seen as a dove descending from heaven. A dove easily flies away when man s soul makes the wrong moves. The Holy Spirit is extremely sensitive, and humble. When man s soul chooses that man s flesh should rule, then the Holy Spirit merely flies away, which means, that the Holy Spirit merely retreats and draws back. The Holy Spirit does not strive against man s own choices. The Holy Spirit does not force man. God has declared: "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh.." (Gen 6:3). Christ s soul was extremely sensitive for the workings of the humble Holy Spirit. According to Christ s prayer: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Matt 6:10), Christ s soul was so sensitive that in the physical realm, physical doves were prepared to approach Christ, just as in the spiritual realm, the Holy Spirit, in the image of a dove, was prepared to descend onto Christ. There was already a little bit of heaven to be spotted in Christ, when Christ s ministry started. The passing over involves man s soul sensing the Holy Spirit thoughts in man s mind. Then the passing over involves man s soul sensing the Holy Spirit s words spoken into man s mind. Then the passing over involves man s soul becoming accustomed to sense the Holy Spirit s pictures and touch, combined with the Holy Spirit s thoughts and words in man s mind. All these deal with passing over to the spiritual realm in an ever increasing intensity. That is what the Pass-over is all about. BATTLES WITH SATAN The first 40 days of the first 6 months of Christ s ministry was marked by being tested by Satan. Christ did not ignore or reject the existence of Satan. Christ acknowledged the existence of Satan. In fact, it is Christ, the Word of God, who created Satan initially as an angel of the light, close to God, but Satan s free will choice was to be filled with pride and to challenge God s authority and rule.

16 14 Likewise, any person who considers himself a follower of Christ, but who ignores or reject the existence of Satan, will never be able to pass over, to operate in the spiritual realm, to be free of the fleshly, earthly realm, for Satan, who is the master of the fleshly realm, will keep such a person in chains, in bondage, imprisoned. The Truth, which is Christ, will not set that person free. Daniel prophesied that Christ would dethrone and subdue the last 3 kings of the Fourth Kingdom, namely Satan, man s flesh and Death. Christ knew that the first of the 3 kings of the Fourth Kingdom which He had to subdue was Satan as king. It was through Satan that man s flesh, that is, man s ruling soul and ruling body, started to rule. And it was through man s flesh that Death started to rule, as God has declared: of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die" (Gen 2:17). Thus, Death as king started to rule after man s flesh as king started to rule. Christ thus knew that the priority order to defeating these 3 kings would be first Satan, then secondly man s flesh, then thirdly Death. The root of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was Satan and his fallen angels. Roots are usually not seen. They are under the earth. Likewise, Satan and his fallen angels are usually not seen. They are deep under the earth. They are in the spirit realm, not visible to the eyes of man s physical body. That is why, at the time when Christ would be baptized by John the Baptist, John the Baptist s message to the people was: "And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire (Matt 3:10). God had revealed to John the Baptist that the moment that John would baptize Christ, the Messiah, the root of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil will be attacked first. That is why, immediately after Christ s water baptism and the baptism in the Holy Spirit, Christ was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness in order to face Satan first to subdue Satan. Christ did not eat during those 40 days, thus allowing Christ s flesh to die even further, so that his spirit could rule all the more. In this way, the enemy, man s flesh, was subdued, while Christ s spirit not only became more free and alive to God and the Holy Spirit living inside of His body, but also to sense the first enemy to be destroyed, Satan, who is a spirit being, much better. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread" (Mat 4:3). It is evident here that Satan had already done His homework concerning the knowledge which Christ had of God the Father, which surpassed the knowledge of the teachers, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, for Christ already had the conviction in Him mind that He was the Son of God. Thus, Satan does not ask Christ if He really thinks He is the Son of God. Satan does not mock Christ for such ludicrous ideas. No, Satan challenges the idea. That is war. Christ has to prove that He is the Son of God, and if Christ does that then Christ would have operated in own strength and abilities outside of the will of God, which is sin. REALISING MAN S INHERITANCE AS A SON OF GOD Christ knew the inheritance of what awaits the sons of God in heaven, just as Satan knew exactly the same. Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over you,' and, 'In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone'" (Matt 4:5, 6). Christ s physical body was in the wilderness, and yet, Satan was given the necessary power from God to take Christ up into the holy city (Matt 4:5). That is not the earthly city,

17 15 Jerusalem. Christ was taken up. That means spiritually up. Christ was taken into the holy city. The earthly Jerusalem was not the Holy City, for Christ declared later on. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! (Matt 23:37). Thus, Christ was taken into the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, because at that stage, Satan still had access to this holy city. Satan was still not cast out of heaven. Christ had not yet died on the cross. The temple spoken of here is a spiritual temple, in heaven, because Christ had not yet died on the cross. It is the temple which Moses also saw, of which Moses made a replica on the earth the earthly tabernacle. REALISING THE FREEDOM IN THE SPIRIT REALM During Christ s first 40 days in the wilderness, Christ was not only tested by Satan, but Christ experienced dimensions of the spirit realm, which is not possible in the physical realm. This is also the inheritance of followers of Christ. Followers of Christ, through the Holy Spirit, are also able to experience these realities of the spirit realm not restricted to time, space, directions, mass and gravity. Christ most probably already obtained this wisdom and knowledge during His first 30 years of growing stronger in the spirit, even before His ministry started. Thus, even though Christ was still not able to pass over in the spirit realm, Christ had the knowledge of what is possible in the spirit realm. Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory (Matt 4:8). In the physical realm there is not a high mountain that is able to show a person all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. This occurred in the spirit realm, which is not restricted to time and space. CLING TO THE WORD During those 40 days in the wilderness, Christ also clinked to the scriptures of the prophets, realizing that the Word of God written down, which is Himself, is the only weapon against the lies and deceit of Satan. But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'".Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.'".Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'" (Matt 4:4, 7, 10). And Satan was eventually subdued. Christ told Satan: "Away with you, Satan! (Matt 4:10) and Satan obeyed the Word of God, Christ: Then the devil left Him (Matt 4:11). Satan lost the battle with Christ. Followers of Christ have the same inheritance as Christ. The way man treats the Bible, which is the Scriptures, which is the Word of God, Christ, reveal to what extent man s soul will be able to pass over. It reveals man s ability to see, to enter, to explore, to inhabit and to possess, God s kingdom of heaven, while man lives in a physical body here on the earth.

18 16 IN SUMMARY Thus, during the first 6 months of Christ s ministry, Christ already had intimate knowledge of how to be led by the Holy Spirit, that is, how to hear God s voice inside of His body, where His body is the temple of God. Christ also had intimate knowledge of the existence of Satan and his strategies, the inheritance of the children of God, of the New Jerusalem, and of the kingdoms of the fleshly nature entrusted to Satan to rule. Christ had knowledge of the spirit realm, not restricted to time, space, directions, mass and gravity. Christ also knew that man consists of spirit, soul and body, of which man s spirit ought to rule over man s soul and body. That is why Christ fasted for 40 days, so that the cravings and urges of his soul and body become subject to His spirit, allowing His spirit to rule over His flesh. This act also allowed Christ s soul to hear that much better when the Holy Spirit led Him, and spoke to Him. Christ also clinged to the scriptures of the prophets, knowing and realizing that it was He Himself, the Word of God, who operated in those times through these prophets, allowing them to write down what God had to say. All of this knowledge, attitudes and actions are preparations to pass over. That is what the Passover is all about. MANY LEVELS OF GLORY AWAIT FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST IN THIS SEASON A follower of Christ has to first have these underlying foundations in Christ, the Word of God, before He can expect to operate in deeper dimensions of God s spiritual kingdom of God, where Christ later on manifested in these deeper dimensions of the spirit realm. James declared: Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you (James 4:7). Within these 6 months of Christ s ministry on earth, Christ moved tremendously fast in grasping spiritual truths. However, for followers of Christ, many levels of glory await merely to grasp what Christ has grasped during 6 months of His ministry. Passing over is a continuous act, where man s soul learn to continuously operate towards God in heaven, towards His kingdom of heaven, before acting out through man s body. That is the only way man is able to be a proper image of God in the physical realm. Man s soul has to unlearn a lot of rubbish from the world created by Satan, while clinging onto the truths of God the Father.

19 17 5. CHRIST S FIRST PASSOVER FEAST IN HIS MINISTRY This chapter briefly focuses on Christ s main messages during the first Passover feast of His ministry. CHRIST S MESSAGE: CLEAN YOUR TEMPLE During Christ s first Passover feast (John 2:13-23), Christ drove out the money-makers in the temple. Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!" (John 2:13-16). Now the question could immediately be asked that if Christ was at that stage the true temple of God, where God lived inside of His body, and where Christ has already fulfilled for the past 6 months from His baptism in water and in the Holy Spirit that God tabernacles with Him, then why would Christ feel so strongly about the temple made of stone, driving out those making money inside of old image, the temple made of stone. The first reason is that the temple made of stone was still not made obsolete, redundant, desolate. That only occurred when Christ died on the cross 3 years later. At the time of Christ driving out the moneychangers from the temple, the temple was still an image which was part of the law given to Moses. And Christ came to submit under the law, fulfil all that the law requires, while simultaneously introduce and phase in the new creation man, moving from glory to glory, passing over to the spirit realm in ever increasing intensity. Now, it is well-known that the holy instruments within the Holy of Holies became less and less during the centuries, so that at the time of Christ many of the instruments which ought to have been in the ark were no longer there. It is as though the former glory of the temple made of stone were in phases never restored. It was as though the temple outwardly grew in size tremendously with the help of Herod the Great, but that that which ought to sustain the inside of the Holy of Holies decreased in quantity. The temple as an image became lopsided, distorted. God never wanted a temple made of stone in any case. It is too rigid, whereas the original tabernacle was able to move along with the people. The question could also be asked, since Christ knew all these distortions, why would He still make a big deal of driving the money-makers out of the temple? The answer is two-fold. The first is that, even though Christ knew of all the distortions in the temple made of stone, Christ grew up knowing the grace and mercy of God. In the same way, when man s body eventually became the temple of God after Christ died on the cross, the bodies of people were in no way perfect. There are many distortions to be found in the bodies of people who became the temples of God. The sinful life of man continues to exist after man has surrendered his life to Christ. And yet, God continues to dwell in them. The second is that Christ had on that specific Passover feast a message for mankind of what they have to do if they wish to pass over and explore the spiritual kingdom of God. Christ s message dealt with bringing to life the new creation man in His followers. And that message was that you have to clean the temple of God, which is man s body. This includes man s acts.