RE-DISCOVERING THE GARDEN

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1 RE-DISCOVERING THE GARDEN WITHIN From the moment of His entrance into this world unto the very end of His esistence man finds Himself in the state of fear and tribulation, His soul finds no rest as a result of this. Not withstanding all the labour put in by men, they find themselves in deeper crisis. The research undertaken by men in all fields of life to solve the problems of Humanity is an illusion and will always be an illusion. It will remain an illusion because they try to solve the problems of humanity using the same cause of the problems of humanity, we will understanding this shortly. Humanity will only go on an infinite merry go ride in circles until they get a revelation of the garden within them. Due to the pain and misery seen in this world many have come to the conclusion that as long as we live in this world, it is impossible to live a life of one hundred percent victory. Many people, brethren included have concluded that we must all die first then go to heaven in the sky to obtain that perfect victory of God. They say in heaven in the sky we will never grow old, we will have everlasting joy and many other things. Some even use letters from the Bible to try to prove their point. In all of this we will find out today that it possible to get that victory in every area of our life, Body, soul and spirit. ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 1

2 JESUS CAME TO SHOW US THE GARDEN WITHIN The Christ descended from Heaven to illuminate the world with the light of life, so that all who perish in ignorance can be revived by the life of God. He came as the good shepherd to give covering, protection and rest to His sheep which are the souls of men. As we hear His voice calling in the spirit, recognize it and follow Him, He gives us the rest that we seek by revealing the truth which counters the lie of the Devil. All the voices we have heard in the past while we were in ignorance are voices of Lairs, Thieves and murderers because those voices never revealed the nature of the inseparable love of God towards us. Those voices we heard in our families, in our schools and our traditional religious bases are the voices that have actually darkened the minds of men from their true inheritance as sons of God. They removed the keys of God s kingdom from the our hands and hid them from our site so that we were subjected misery all along. The keys of the kingdom come as knowledge and understanding in the living God, ourselves and our relation to God and His kingdom, if we do not know these things we are in misery and poverty. Christ has come to reveal to us the truth and as we hear the undiluted truth from the Lord (not Man) we will discover a garden Hidden within yourself a place where we can rest our souls. Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. The rest for our souls from the tribulation, anguish of soul and gnashing of teeth that is seen in every unregenerate man in this world is the salvation plan of God. Apostle Paul referred to it as ETERNAL REST or the Sabbath. In the rest of God, all the saints do is to live in pleasures and love, non of the evil of this world gets to those who find this rest; in that day there is no worry or thought of survival all we do is enjoy the blessings of the Lord 100%. That rest is found only in God s dwelling place otherwise called the kingdom of God or the Paradise of God, or the mountain of the Lord (Zion) or the City of the Lord (New Jerusalem) or the kingdom of heaven or heaven. I have heard of people who preach that the kingdom of God, the paradise of God and the kingdom of heaven are all different things but they are mistaken, they all mean one thing, that is God s dwelling place or the place of His presence. With His coming Christ Jesus brought to light (to view) a new kingdom and a new life system in God. He has come to give us access into God s kingdom telling us that all we have to do is knock, seek and ask and it is all ours. As we receive the keys as given by the spirit of God we begin a new walk in and as Him, a life of perfect peace, favour and glory. Christ Jesus once said "in me you will find the peace that you seek but outside of me you will find nothing but tribulation. John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 2

3 As a model son Jesus lived in that Christ reality of perfect peace in the living God, His words to the disciples were always words of comfort like fear not you of little faith. He could comfort them in this way because he lived in the reality of the perfect love of God which casts out all fear, he lived by perfect faith before the face of the Father knowing that He pleased the father. On one occasion in the gospel account, while the disciples were travelling on a boat there arrived a violent storm which rocked the boat and caused the disciples to cry out because of fear. this is a picture of humanity tossed to and fro by Satanic influence where there is no rest for their soul, they have nothing but worries and fears. Jesus who was in that boat at the time slept on like a baby, He was not shaken nor disturbed because he lived in the very heart of the Father; He lived in the consciousness of the omnipotent and the omnipresent God, He lived in the reality of a kingdom were all things are possible with no limitation whatsoever, a kingdom where nothing that offends can enter. He did not come to show off, but to demonstrate to humanity the life in God s kingdom; He came to reveal God s kingdom. One may ask what is the kingdom of God? Is it a place up in the sky above the clouds and the rainbows. The response is NO, The kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom hidden within all men; I say hidden because men are ignorant of this mysterious treasure hidden within them. In one of the many meetings with the Scribes and Pharisees, Jesus once responded to a question on the kingdom of God by saying the kingdom of God is within each and every one of them.. Luke 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Notice closely that Jesus was not just talking to His disciples, he was talking to the scribes and Pharisees who were the same ones who opposed Him and eventually killed Him; these were the same people who Jesus once called offspring o vipers and children of the Devil. This goes to show that the kingdom of God is hidden within all men, but they have to figure this mystery out. When Jesus says by their fruits you will know them, He is saying those that are not walking in the awareness of the kingdom within them bring forth bad fruits of death, sorrow and wickedness; the solution to the problems of humanity is only found as we become consciously aware of the kingdom within. We must open our ears to hear what the spirit is saying, He is always speaking but men are distracted by activities on this carnal realm and therefore never perceive the still small voice. Let us put aside activities of religion and come into fellowship with the Christ. Remember what the Christ says mind how you hear, it is in hearing, comprehending and application that we move on into God s kingdom. Matthew 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Paul wrote extensively of this mystery hidden inside of men for many generations but is being unfolded to us by the spirit of God in this last time. All men travail in pain for ignorance of this ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 3

4 glory locked up within themselves, the saints or the elect of God are the ones who will discover this mystery and walk in it.. Colossians 1:25-27 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 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 fruits of the kingdom of God is Joy, peace and power in the holy ghost. All these attributes come forth as a result of our strong awareness and loving union with the living God. The root of all the problems of humanity is simply the strong feeling men feel of their relationship with the living God. Men look at themselves as lowly entities who are infinitely separated from the living God. We were all feed with this idea from the moment we entered into this world. Religion serves to even widen the gap between man and God so does all the systems that pertain to men. The world lives in a realm of no faith towards the living God, but with the realization of God s kingdom within us we live a new life of faith as heirs of God; we live knowing that all things have been given to us richly for our enjoyment. Living in the knowledge of God s kingdom removes all sense of lack and fear; all of those products of darkness dissolves as the light of God s kingdom within shines forth. Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 1Corinthians For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. It is truly possible to have a physical body in this world and live in the reality of God s kingdom, in fact God is glorified in His sons who walk in the reality of this mystery. In doing this the nations who are actually the unbelievers see the righteous of God, glory his name and are saved. God is glorified when we exhibit the fruits of peace, love and joy in all situations, remember we are that city set on a hill for all to behold as we discover and walk in the mystery of the kingdom with [Matthew 5:14]. The elect of God are not predestined to fly away from the world to some place in the sky in the face of tribulation but they are called to display their ability to retain victory in all things before men. Jesus who is the model Son for all to follow, declared openly that He did not walk according to the way the peoples of this world walk but He walked in the reality of God s kingdom [John 8:23]. He did the works that He did because He walked in the reality of God s kingdom; He assured His disciples that the same works that He did the disciples will do also. The works of Jesus are not just limited to miracles but also in manifesting the mystery of God s kingdom before the nations so that they may see it, comprehend it and be saved. We are called to manifest this mystery by demonstrating the fruits of perfection in the midst of a dark world. The nation on beholding this mystery made manifest in us will have to choice but to glorify the name of the Lord. ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 4

5 THE WAY WE WERE CREATED The truth is that God created all things perfect in the beginning but man has always sought to go His own way. All things were created beautiful and good in the beginning, God created man perfect and complete, He is not a man who make mistakes from time to time, He made all things perfect. In Genesis 1:26 it is evident that God has given man all things for His pleasure, He also gave man all power and dominion over all the works of His hand. Genesis 1:26-29 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. In Genesis 2, the bible gives a snap shot of the exceeding great blessings which Adam had; He was planted in the garden of Eden, the place of Pleasures and joy, a place of exceeding riches in glory, a place where Adam lived in abundance lacking no good thing. The streams of water that flowed from the heart of the garden are those streams that gladden the hearts of men who live in the reality God s kingdom [Psalms 46:4, Psalms 36:7-8]. Adam lived in a realm of ecstasy, a realm of Joy, peace, immortality and unlimited power all because He live in the bosom of God the Father. This is the work of God towards men, He gives all that He has and all that He is to men withholding anything. God created man perfect but man has gone His way. Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. THE ORIGIN OF EVIL If God created everything beautiful then where did all the evil which that define this age come from? If God created everything perfect, how come we find ourselves a fallen creation. The answer is simple, Man has strayed away from His original state by the lure of Satanic influence ruling this age. The wisdom of this world which operates on the foundation of covetousness and lust has lured man away from His place in God. The is the Adam-like conscience, a conscience that goes on backsliding away from the truth to receive the lie. The wisdom of this world sees gain of this world and acknowledgement in this world as gain and godliness only to ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 5

6 drown into the pool of faithlessness and destruction. Seeking to be wise in the ways of this world man becomes a fool. Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. From the moment Adam took of that fruit he became self conscience and began a process of carving out an image that is separate and independent of the living God. Like a tree branch cut off from the stem Adam began a life as a separate entity from God, He was created nude but never aware of this because He was caught up into God s glory, He lived in the glory of God. The moment He partook of the tree of the knowledge and good and evil which is doctrine of this world which works and in hand with carnality, He lost glorious cover of God; He fell short of the glory of God the same way we all fell in our Adam-like consciousness. From that moment He started walking after the flesh and identifying Himself with the flesh. Adam now found Himself outside the presence of God in outer darkness; out of the God s favour and blessings. Genesis 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Adam was thrown out of the garden of God into a spiritual desert where the land is not good, instead of good fruits as it was in the beginning, Adam began reaping thorns. This means He had lost His Joy, His peace, longevity and power of God for tribulation, torment and death. After sowing to the flesh and it s desires for gain of this world, He started to reap death. This is the state of unbelief found in this world today, that is why Jesus used the phrase, Ye of little faith. So the world system is nothing but a union of souls ignorant of the living God: souls who individually and collectively fix their minds on riches of this material world for a covering only to discover at the end of days that true covering and riches is conscious knowledge and faith in the living God. Genesis 3:17-19 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Spiritualy speaking from the moment Adam lost fellowship and consciousness of the living God He died. In God s presence is Joy, but outside His presence is weeping and gnashing of teeth. No matter how much a man gathers or achieves in this world, it will never cool the ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 6

7 torment found outside of God s presence. Can a branch survive when cut off from it s Stem?, Can a fish live outside water? Can Man survive without air? In likewise manner a man without a knowledge of the living God is dead in His ignorance. When I say knowledge, I am speaking here of face to face knowledge not just some form of religious knowledge, we all have to continuous grow in the knowledge of His presence until we are no more. Psalms 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. All men live in the same sin that Adam committed and lived in, we all have unconsciously and consciously put on the same mind of Adam, a mind that withdraws from God for the gain of the world. We do this when we walk according to the flesh. This is the root of suffering and tears in the world today. Men have left their original spiritual states as sons of God to be joined with this material world only to discover at the end that it was all in vain WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THIS WORLD AND LOSE HIS SOUL? It is infinite and utter foolishness. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; DESTROYING THE WALL OF SEPERATION IN THE MIND The presence of God where the garden of Eden can not be described with physical parameters like direction, space and time, it is a spiritual reality. The presence of God is found in the highly exalted kingdom which can be reached only in our consciousness. It does not matter if you have a physical body or not, what matters is the state of our consciousnesses. Jesus walked in this reality and we are called to walk in it also. He was conscious of Father s presence and had His being in it, He lived by doing the will of the Father. John 10:30 I and my Father are one.. John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. God never left His post it is men who are lured away by the deceitfulness of this material world and therefore leave the presence of God. The separation that we seem to feel between ourselves and God is a separation that occurs only in our minds and consciences. A strong wall of separation has been placed in our minds by a guilty, defiled and self pitying conscience that ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 7

8 we put on in this world. This Evil conscience that causes a sense of separation is further feed on by the systems of men and the systems of religion. These systems widen the Gap by not revealing your true identity as one and inseparable from the living God. While we say we are naked and unworthy the Father is asking who told you are naked?, who told you are unworthy? So you see, God does not see you as a sinner or naked, it is only a function of our minds or conscience. Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; Colossians 1:20-22 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: We who are of the faith are sanctified by faith in the blood of Jesus, our conscience is purified by faith in the blood of the lamb. The wall of separation in our conscience is destroyed forever by our faith in the cross of Jesus, this is the only way we can find ourselves back to the presence of God with all boldness. It is enough to get a revelation of the eternal workings of the cross in our lives and indeed towards the world; It is enough to get a revelation of the thoughts of God towards you, His thoughts are thoughts of good and welfare towards you to bring you to an expected end of Joy and peace; You have to understand that God does not see you as a sinner but a legitimate Son of His. Do not let the theories and the beliefs of men hinder you from hearing the true heart beat of God; also do not let the words of religious teachers in all spheres of religion deceive you into thinking that the blood of Jesus in insufficient for you. Our righteousness is a free gift from God not by religious works or association which is preached all over the world today, those who preach otherwise in subtle ways are only placing a stumbling block before God s children so that they can keep them in bondage unto themselves and their systems. It does not matter how you feel of yourself as a person; it does not matter what you perceive as your imperfect state, all we have to do is understand that He is here to justify us and not to condemn us. He is just to forgive us of every short coming all we have to do is believe and continue in our faith in Him. 1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. The foundation of the faith is found in our ability to comprehend the eternal sacrifice of the Lord Jesus on the Cross. The blood of Jesus eternally speaks mercy before the Father and the Father hears the Son [Hebrew 12:24]. Faith in the blood is the only way back into the presence of God. In Adam all have sinned and receive their just reward (Death), but in Christ we rediscover the liberty to enter back into the presence of God having a conscience covered by is blood. ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 8

9 Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. Romans 5:16-17 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.). RE-DISCOVERING THE GARDEN IN US Seeing the suffering and tribulation in this dark world, God has sent His Son (Christ) to this world in the form of man to show man the way back to God s presence in the garden. Christ the spirit put on a flesh body and descended to destroy the works of the Devil which has held men in captivity of fear and death. He is illuminating our eyes of understanding so that we can see the original pattern that was in the beginning before that which is false came into place. The dark wisdom of this age which is guarded closely by the principalities and powers working through Religion and all forms of Humanistic Societies are destroyed by the knowledge of the truth coming forth from the Christ. He came to set the captives free, free from the shackles of demonic concepts and beliefs of men that have put men in fear and torment of the concept called death. Adam was buried in the grave from the moment He started to be influenced by the lies of this age which is governed by the prince of this world, Satan. Dust you are and to dust you return was the first funeral, Adam died in His sins and trespasses. We all in the Adam-like consciousness died like Adam and have been buried in a flesh and blood consciousness, but God is calling all men to come forth from the grave (dust) now. The voice of God in this hour is saying come back into the garden of God; come back into the light, come back into pleasures, come back into immortality.. 1Corinthians 15:20-22 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. In the awakening we find ourselves back in God s presence, back in His loving hands. We begin to feel His love, a love that surpasses the knowledge of men., love stronger than death and hell. That breath or life of God which we lost in Adam is restored back to us causing us to ascend back into God s presence in the garden or paradise of God, very much the same way Adam ascended and was placed in the garden. Genesis 2:7-8 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 9

10 The scriptures in the early Chapter of Genesis are actually spiritual books, by now we know that God does not need to mould physical mud and sculpture man from it and breath physical breath into it then call Him man. All these are snap shots from the mind of God which were written by natural minded people who themselves did not understand what they were writing at that time; they are snap shots that actually reveal God s redemption plan for man. This scripture doesn t point to the fact that the origin of man is dust. The scripture is only revealing the revival process of men dead in their sins and trespasses, it reveals God s work of pulling men out of the pit and placing them in the place of life and pleasures. Being placed into the place of life in God s presence brings us back to the beginning, that is why the bible says in the beginning. The beginning is the state in which we were created before descending into lowers realms. We as the redeened of the Lord can at this point in time stand in the beginning, the same way Jesus did when He said before Abraham was I am. The beginning is the realm of God s kingdom the realm that s is before all. In the awakening we find ourselves in the Paradise of God (Garden of God) a place of rest, power, joy and pleasures; a place were we lack no good thing. In this place the elements of this world serve the overcomer so that all you have to do is maintain yourselves in Him. This is the place where we rule over all on the same throne of God in oneness with Him. Someone might ask How can God give man His Throne to rule with Him? We doubt that God can freely give us all that He is and all that He has because we have unconsciously recreated God in the image of man in our minds. Even after He has promised His throne to all that overcome this dark age by His counsel people still doubt. Revelations 3:20-21 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. The streams of living water which flowed from the beginning begins to flow again. The desertlike state of our souls are transformed into the state of a well watered garden. For this motive Jesus spoke of rivers of living water flowing from our inner depths when we listen to the spirit and believe. Isaiah 35:1-2 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. The wilderness or desert places refer to the souls of men languishing in unbelief outside the presence and glory of the living God. It is the curse of those who live in the Adam-like conscience of flesh and blood. To rediscover the garden within the first thing is to open our spiritual ears and listen to what the spirit is saying in this very hour. As we listen we should crucify our false sense of self we have acquired in this dark age and put on the new image (or lost image) in Christ, the image which is being revealed to us by the spirit in this hour. We have to start and continue a walk in Christ and as Christ, always growing in the knowledge of the garden within us. ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 10

11 Understanding this mystery is like discovering a treasure and knowing it s worth, one sells all that he has to keep it because nothing can be compared with it. Matthew 13:44-46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. God Keep You all.. Trevor Eghagha ministry@sun-ray-ministry.com Page 11