THE MOON AN IMAGE OF CHRIST

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1 THE MOON AN IMAGE OF CHRIST August 2017 Rian Cilliers

2 THE MOON AN IMAGE OF CHRIST CONTENT Page no PREFACE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1. A heavenly image of the Messiah s spirit 2 2. The moon and the sensing of Christ 5 3. The moon and the life in Christ The moon and Christ s interacting The moon and Christ s growth The moon and Christ s instincts The moon and Christ s purpose of existence 28 36

3 THE MOON AN IMAGE OF CHRIST EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There are numerous links between Christ, the Messiah of God, and the moon in all of the input functions of Christ s spirit of sensing, living and interacting, and in all of the output functions of Christ s spirit of growth, instinct and purpose of existence. The descendants of Christ in the spirit will have this same inheritance in Christ as well, and therefore the same applies to followers of Christ than it applies to Christ. This is a build-up to the next volume in which is described Christ s coming within monthly seasons as well.

4 2 1. A HEAVENLY IMAGE OF THE MESSIAH S SPIRIT This chapter focuses on God s solution, His Messiah, Christ, who would restore spiritual intimacy with the Father, and which the Father revealed to Adam, his wife, their descendants and to God s enemy, the fallen angels, through the image of the moon in the physical realm. THE MOON BECAME VISIBLE ONLY IN MAN S FALLEN STATE In the Garden of Eden, the moon was never visible for Adam and his wife, because no sin has yet occurred. While intimacy existed between man and God, an image of God s Messiah that would restore intimacy was not necessary in the sky. There were thick cloud covers above Adam, which was an image of all of Adam and his offspring moving into becoming part of the clouds of witnesses in heaven. The image of water vapour rising from the earth was also an image of Adam and his descendants in their unfallen state rising up closer to Christ, the Word of God, as they all eat of the tree of life, which is Christ, the Word of God, as well. It is stated: a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground (Gen 2:6). Yet, Adam eating of the Tree of Life, which is Christ, the Word of God, experienced monthly activities in the spiritual realm before the fall, as it is stated: on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month (Rev 22:2). However, after the fall, God gradually changed the composition of the earthly atmosphere during the 1650 years before the flood came in order to make visible and reveal one of the main and prominent images built into the realm of dust of God s Messiah, namely the moon. After the flood, fallen man was able to see this image of the moon regularly. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MOON Right after the fall of man, God announced the coming of the Messiah, Christ to Adam: I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." (Gen 3:15). This Messiah would be the God s solution to the fall of man. Adam, his wife and their descendants already knew from operating in God s righteousness that the life-giving and omnipresent characteristics of the earth of dust represent the life-giving and omnipresent Holy Spirit. They also knew that the sun, which before the fall they could not see clearly through the cloud cover, represents God the Father in the realm of dust. God, the Father, now, after 1650 years, at the time of the flood, reveals to fallen man that the moon represents an image of the One who will crush Satan s head and restore intimacy with God, the Father. The moon becoming more visible in the heavenly realm through the cloud cover revealed that God desired that fallen man focuses more on God s solution imbedded in His Messiah. God always desires that fallen man s heart and mind focuses on His Messiah, who is part of the trinity of God, not to focus on His enemies. Man s face should always be turned to Him. Man s back should never be turned to God. Many characteristics of God s Messiah built into the image of the moon are briefly noted. These were made known to descendants of Adam, from Noah onwards, even before prophets later recorded them in scripture. God did not hide these truths from Noah s descendants. It is Satan and his fallen angels that have throughout the centuries been successful in removing and discrediting the meaning of the images built into the moon that proclaims God s glory.

5 3 INTRODUCING THE LINK BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE MOON This volume focuses to a large extent on the moon been an image of the Messiah, Christ, the spirit Word of God, in the physical realm. Christ, the spirit Word of God in the spiritual realm, is represented by the moon in the physical realm. The spirit Word of God declared the spirit words that God made two great lights (Gen 1:16) of which one is a lesser light (Gen 1:16). This lesser light is representing Christ, the first born of God, the Father. The greater light also represents Christ as God the Father, as it is stated that Christ would be called our everlasting Father (Isa 9:6). Christ also declared that "I and My Father are one." (John 10:30). Christ said: I am the light of the world (John 9:5). Jesus is The true light that gives light to every man (John 1:9), The moon is visible to the whole world and gives light to every man. The earth will never have two moons, because God ordained before the creation of the universe only one moon to represent and shadow His only Son. Psalm 72 is a vivid example that the moon is indeed a counterpart of Jesus where David s prophesies through the Holy Spirit relates on two occasions the Messiah s reign of righteousness to the existence of the moon. Christ was alive and active as the Word of God even before he came to earth in a physical body, just as the moon existed and moved through the heavens before Christ came to earth in a physical body. FULL MOON AND THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE WORD The link between the moon and Christ is also observed when celebrating the Jewish Passover feast and Good Friday on the same day each year, only when the moon is full. The Passover feast is a shadow, or an image of that which Christ would fulfil. When Christ was crucified, His light shone the brightest in the spiritual darkness In the physical realm, when the Passover lamb (which is an image representing the attitude of Christ s soul) is slain and eaten, the moon (representing the spirit of Christ) is full and shines the brightest. Alternatively, at the optimum position in the physical realm, namely when the moon is full and shines at its brightest in physical darkness, then the lamb is at its most vulnerable stage, continuing to operate completely in dependence, while knowing he is going to be slain. When Christ s priority order of Holy Spirit first, man s spirit second, soul third and body last was at its optimum position, the spirit of Jesus was ruling supreme over His soul, and the soul of Jesus was completely dependent on the Holy Spirit and man s spirit. It was then that moon was full, shining at its brightest. It was, and always is, the time when Christ, the Word of God, is slain, crucified, by those operating in the flesh. What has been described above is always incremental, increasing in intensity. Thus, the full moon is an image of man s spirit, just as the spirit of Christ, ruling the most within that monthly season, if only incrementally.

6 4 This link between the Word s crucifixion and full moon will be elaborated on in more detail later on, as they refer to the maturing of the harvest of the flesh and of those operating in the spirit, and the coming together of these two harvests at the time of full moon.

7 5 2. THE MOON AND THE SENSING OF CHRIST This chapter briefly focuses on the link between the moon and the input function of sensing of the spirit of the Messiah, Christ, and thus also of the followers of Christ. THE INPUT FUNCTION OF SENSING OF THE MESSIAH S SPIRIT The Father has built into the image of the moon several characteristics of the input function of sensing of the Messiah s spirit. CHRIST S SENSING WILL BE HEAVENLY, SPIRITUAL IN NATURE Firstly, God s Messiah will be Godly in nature, spiritual in nature, just as the moon and the sun are seen simultaneously in the heavens during day times, and just as the moon during night times shines from heaven similar to the sun shining from heaven during the day. Adam and his wife knew that God s Messiah will be Godly, just as God the Father, because the moon and sun were created as heavenly images, and where God s Messiah is presented by the moon. Since God s Messiah will be Godly in nature, He will first of all be spirit in nature because God is spirit. The apostle John confirmed this when he declared: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory. (John 1:14). Jesus Christ, God s Messiah, the last Adam, confirmed that He came from heaven by stating to Nicodemus I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven the Son of Man. (John 3:12, 13). Christ also confirmed that He came from heaven: "He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all (John 3:31). God s solution of One that comes from heaven is not unfair to Satan and his fallen angels. They already knew before the creation of man that this would be God s solution. Satan knew about the interpretation and meaning of the sun, moon and earth in the physical realm long before Adam was made. Satan knew that even when he entered the Garden of Eden. In the same way, followers of Christ, the Messiah, will also receive their input from heaven, through their spirits, just as the moon shining in heaven is an image of the rule of the spirit of the Messiah, receiving his input from God the Father in heaven, represented by the sun in the sky. CHRIST WILL COME FROM THE FATHER Secondly, the Messiah will also come from the Father. The Messiah will be birthed from the Father, just as words are birthed in man s mouth, and just as the moon was birthed from the sun and earth when these were all created. Peter confirmed this through the revelation of the Holy Spirit You are the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matt 16:16).

8 6 THE MESSIAH IN HUMAN FORM WILL BE 100% GOD Thirdly, since the sun in the earth s sky is an image of God, the Father, in heaven, it obviously follows that the moon in the earth s sky is an image of God s Messiah that will come from heaven. God s Messiah will be 100% heavenly. This characteristic of coming from heaven ensures that the spirit nature receives the priority it deserves, as the realm of dust is merely a test lab within the broader spirit realm. Adam, his wife and their offspring already knew, is that God s Messiah will come from heaven, from God, the Father. The idea of God coming from heaven was not unusual for Adam, as God, the Father, whose image of the sun is in the sky, came down to earth to walk with Adam and his wife in the Garden of Eden, but in the spiritual realm, sensed by Adam through his spiritual eyes. In the same way, Christ revealed while walking the earth in a physical body that the input He receives come from spiritual heaven comes from His Father, originates from His Father, is birthed from His Father: 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). CHRIST WILL FIRST SENSE FROM GOD Fourthly, just as the moon first receives its input, its light, from the sun, the Messiah, Christ, and thus also followers of Christ, will first receive input from God the Father. They will all first sense from spiritual heaven. This image of the moon confirms that the Messiah s spirit will rule over His flesh. The sensing abilities of His spirit will be acutely alive. CHRIST WILL CONTINUOUSLY SENSE FROM GOD Fifthly, God s Messiah will continually sense God s input, just as the moon continually receives its light from the sun. Adam and his descendants already knew through the input received from the Holy Spirit that the moon s light originates continuously from the sun. Christ and also followers of Christ, including the first Adam, knew that during a spiritual season of 30 days, that man s soul would be able to sense continuously from spiritual heaven what to say and do. CHRIST FROM HEAVEN WILL BE BORN ON EARTH Sixthly, God had from the start indicated to the female after the fall: I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." (Gen 3:15). This implies that the Messiah would be birthed from the female into the physical realm. Since God s Messiah will be born 100% in the flesh as an offspring of the woman as God prophesied (Gen 3:15), the Messiah will be 100% heavenly and 100% human flesh. This is represented in the physical realm by the light of the moon representing spiritual light coming

9 7 from heaven, while the moon s light can also be seen through the senses of the physical bodies of all humans on earth. John confirmed this by stating that the Word of God, which was God, and therefore spirit in nature, came from heaven and became flesh: the Word was God.the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.. (John 1:1, 14). The senses of the Messiah s spirit will impart that which He receives from the Father directly to the senses of the spirits of all human beings, and also into the physical realm as well. Christ said: I am the light of the world (John 9:5). Jesus is The true light that gives light to every man (John 1:9), In the same way, the moon is visible to the whole world and gives light to every man walking the earth. CHRIST S SENSING WILL OPERATE THROUGH GOD S ORDER Seventhly, the senses of God s Messiah will operate in God s order at all times. And that order is through those who are spiritual virgins, whose minds are dedicated to God. Adam and his wife knew that God s Messiah will be the first offspring of the woman, from a virgin, just as the existence of only one moon implies that the offspring in the spirit realm is the first offspring of God, the Father. The last Adam, God s solution, as the first-born is consistent with the arrival of the first Adam, who was also the first to be created. This is in line with God s orderly structures in creation. God confirmed this by accepting the offering of Abel of the firstborn of his flock. (Gen 4:4). Likewise, today Christ is first birthed through those who are spirits are ready to receive Him, before revealing what Christ had to impart into the physical realm. That is the order in which sensing would take place. Spiritual sensing occurs first; sensing in the physical realm occurs second after sensing in the spiritual realm has been completed. It is first birthed from heaven. And those who operate in this way will become first-fruits for God, as it is stated: These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb (Rev 14:4). CHRIST S SENSING WILL OPERATE THROUGH VIRGINS Eighthly, God s Messiah would be born from a virgin s womb. Adam and his wife knew that, according to the image of the moon, that the Messiah would come from heaven, the spirit realm, and that there is no overlap between the spiritual and physical realms, for this is why God built so many images of Himself in the realm of dust. Furthermore, since God s Messiah will be born as the first offspring of the woman, Adam knew that the Messiah will be formed in the womb of a woman without the assistance of the semen of dust of the male part of man. The Messiah will never originate from the semen of the male part of man. The seed of dust would be a mighty work of God from heaven, originating from the Holy Spirit, who is Godly and spirit in nature. Since there is no overlap between the spiritual and physical realms, and since the baby would be the first-born of the woman, the hymen within the vagina of the woman would never have been broken by the penis made of dust of the male part of man. The baby would come forth from a virgin, her hymen still intact within her vagina. The

10 8 prophet confirmed this thousands of years later: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Emmanuel (Isa 7:14), where Emmanuel means God with us. An angel confirmed to Mary, the woman, that this would happen: the angel said to her (Mary), do not be afraid, Mary,.You will be with child and give birth to a son. How will this be, Mary asked the angel, since I am a virgin? The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:30-35). This issue of the birth of a virgin also applies for spiritual virgins, according to Christ s prayer: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Matt 6:10). Christ spoke of Himself as the bridegroom, and His bride is a virgin, those who are not double-minded, walking according to the dictates of the flesh and of the world. The latter are all part of the harlot (Rev 17). Christ, the spirit Word of God, is on a spiritual mountain, been able to see deeper into God s spiritual kingdom of heaven, with those who are spiritual virgins, as it is stated: These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. (Rev 14:4). CHRIST CONTINUOUSLY SENSE FROM GOD AND IMPART TO MAN Ninthly, God s Messiah will continually sense God s input and reflect that to the world, just as the moon continually receives its light from the sun and reflects it to the world. Adam and his descendants already knew through the input received from the Holy Spirit that the moon s light originates from the sun. In the same way, Christ revealed while walking the earth that the input He receives come from first from the Father, represented by the sun: 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). THE MESSIAH S SPIRIT WILL RULE OVER ITS FLESH Tenthly, the Messiah s spirit will rule and reign in his being. It will reign over its flesh. Christ would be clearly sensing from God the Father, sensing the Father s truths, which shines spiritual light, just as the light of the sun which falls onto the moon is clearly visible in the night sky. In the same way, the spirits of those who follow Christ will also rule over the flesh. And this is only possible for followers of Christ if they adhere to the order which God had ordained, namely to first sense to God in heaven what to say and do before acting anything out through the body. SEASONS WILL BE SENSED AS 30 DAYS IN DURATION Eleventh, spiritual seasons will be sensed to be 30 days in duration, just as the number of days between New Moon and New Moon is about 30 days in duration, and Christ s prayer is confirmed, namely: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Matt 6:10). This spiritual season will also be sensed as consisting of 2 parts, namely of spiritual growth, during which the moon s light increases from the New Moon to Full Moon in about 2 weeks, and the second part of the spiritual season of what occurs after Full Moon, when Christ comes to judge fallen man s fleshly actions and man loses more of what he had in God,

11 9 moving further away from God, represented by a decline of light in the moon. Christ confirmed this trend when He declared: "For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him (Matt 13:12; 25:29). CHRIST WILL BE SENSED COMING AT HARVEST TIME Twelfth, God s Messiah will come when fallen man s activities on earth will be rife, and when the fleshly activities of fallen angels and fallen men have matured and dictate the whole world in which man operates. It will also be the time when the harvest of the Spirit will also be matured, just as the full moon shines amidst total darkness surrounding it over the whole earth. The full moon occurs right in the middle of the spiritual season of 30 days, namely after 2 weeks. This is true for monthly seasons. This is also true for seasons in which one day is for God like a thousand years. In terms of the latter seasons, Adam and his wife knew that they still had to fill the earth (Gen 1:28; 9:1) with their fallen offspring, just as darkness fills the whole earth, before God s solution would arrive on the scene. Thus their method for centuries of keeping track was to record the first-born males of each new generation. This characteristic deals with the input function of sensing of the Messiah s spirit and the release of faith in the Messiah s soul reflected in the image of the moon in the physical realm, compared to those of fallen man in his surroundings on earth. The second Adam, Jesus Christ, eventually came to earth during a period when one of Satan s attempts to rule the world were rife, that is, when the Roman empire dictated earthly governments. It occurred near the middle of a 7000 year period. A similar event of someone ascending into heaven will occur again after 7000 years, and so on, so that 7 events of light shining brightly would eventually fit into a season of about 2 weeks where each day equals 1000 years.

12 10 3. THE MOON AND THE LIFE IN CHRIST This chapter briefly focuses on the links between the moon and the input function of living of Christ s spirit, and thus also the input function of living of the spirits of followers of Christ. THE INPUT FUNCTION OF LIVING OF THE MESSIAH S SPIRIT The Father has built into the image of the moon several characteristics of the input function of living of the Messiah s spirit. LIFE IS ONLY TO BE FOUND IN CHRIST Firstly, in the current dispensation, God has provided only one offspring of the woman, the last Adam, to be the solution to fallen man s problems, just as God created the earth with only one moon. The earth will never have two moons, because God ordained before the creation of the universe only one moon to represent and shadow His one offspring. This implies that life will only be found in the Messiah. Everything else and everyone else will bring about death. All originators of false religions on earth, declaring that they are the true way to enlightenment, operate in the own imaginations of their minds. These thoughts are an abomination of lies and half-truths, initially originating in fallen angels who have concocted these beliefs through fallen man in order to steal, deceive and destroy fallen man and keep him enslaved. False religions spread spiritual death instead of spiritual life. A part of these lies is that other religions have a rightful place to co-exist. Such rational thinking even declares that the recordings of the creation of man in Genesis are a concoction of thoughts and ideas borrowed from other religions with which the Jewish nation came into contact. Such thinking ignores the ongoing spiritual warfare against God s truths. In contrast, The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend (Gen 33:11). This implies that the Lord, the originator of truth, presented Moses with authentic truths, while all the others are imitator recordings of the enemy. The Holy Spirit confirms that only one complies with all of the criteria that God has built into images in the realm of dust, to resolve the problems of fallen man. Only one offspring, the last Adam, Jesus Christ, is God s solution. Not one of the false Messiahs of other religions complies with all the characteristics of the Messiah that God built into the realm of dust. Jesus Christ, God s Messiah stated: No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6). Life and death resides in only one solution from God, namely His Messiah. Intimacy with God, the Father, is only possible through the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Fallen angels prevent fallen man from having an intimate personal relationship with God, the Father. THE LIFE IN CHRIST WOULD BE ETERNAL LIFE Secondly, Adam, his wife and their offspring knew, through the revelations of the Holy Spirit, that God s Messiah lives into perpetuity. God s Messiah existed even before the first Adam was created, just as the moon existed even before the creation of man. The life in Christ will be eternal life, just as the moon as an image of Christ continues to operate and live into eternity.

13 11 When Christ walked the earth, He noted this eternal life on several occasions: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). " whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." (John 4:14). "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life (John 5:24). "Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him." (John 6:27). "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." (John 6:40). "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life (John 6:47). "And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak." (John 12:50). The apostle John also noted: "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." (John 3:36). Jesus Christ declared Hiss eternal status in the revelations given to John through the Holy Spirit: I am the first and the last, and the Living one I am alive for evermore (Rev 1:17, 18) Before God made man, God made two great lights (Gen 1:16) of which the greater light, the sun, represents God the Father, and the lesser light (Gen 1:16), the moon, represents Jesus Christ, His only Son, the Father s solution for fallen man. This characteristic also confirms the Godly nature of the One that will come from heaven. It confirms that God talked in the plural of Himself when He said before man was created Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.. (Gen 1:26). This characteristic deals with the input function of living of the Messiah s spirit reflected in the image of the moon in the physical realm. God s solution was already known before the creation of man, because the moon already existed before Adam was even created. God is never caught off-guard. Satan did not win the battle between God and Satan, as the omnipresent God allowed Satan s activities to continue within the Garden of Eden when he tried to deceive the woman. God merely expanded the horizons of the image of God, not allowing man to operate in innocence any more, but allowing man to become more like God, as God has declared: "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil (Gen 3:22). Christ was alive and active as the Word of God even before he came to earth in a physical body. Christ confirmed this by stating to some of His followers Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad. You are not yet fifty years old, the Jews said to him (Jesus), and you have seen Abraham! I tell you the truth, Jesus answered, before Abraham was born, I am! At this, they (the followers of Jesus) picked up stones to stone him (Jesus) (John 8:56 59).

14 12 Since Christ lives into perpetuity, the blood he shed on the cross removes the sins of each person of each generation into perpetuity. The Word of God does not say that the blood of Jesus cleansed (past tense) us from all sin, nor does the Word of God indicates that the blood of Jesus will cleanse (future tense) us from all sin, but that the blood of Jesus now cleanses (present tense) us from all sin (John 1:7). Jesus remains the same from eternity to eternity. He saves and cleanses each person from eternity to eternity. Each generation of human beings have the same opportunities to be saved and cleansed, as Jesus lives when each of these human beings live. There is no past in God. Nothing in Jesus can pass away. Nothing in Christ is past, but is forever now, as Christ declared that He is the great I AM. God s Messiah lives into eternity just as God the Father lives into eternity. Adam and his wife also knew that God s Messiah lives into perpetuity as the moon continues to exist and shine its light even after one of the parents died and when some of their descendants started to die before Adam and his wife died. THE LIFE IS IMPARTED NOW; NOT IN THE FUTURE Thirdly, just as man s soul looks upon the moon and see that its now there shining light, the eternal life in God is experienced now every second of the day. The Father s name is I AM THAT I AM (Ex 3:14). He is the God of Now for all eternity. The time for this I AM is now, whenever now is determined. Jesus Christ is also I AM, which He confirmed When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am (John 8: 28). Jesus also stated to the Jews Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was born, I am (John 8:57, 58). Thus, the moment a person is saved and cleansed his spiritual eyes have been opened to spiritually see that the work of Jesus on the cross is not of the past. Man accepts Jesus as His saviour, because the past of Jesus is ever present. Only the Holy Spirit can deliver man from the limitations of man s concept of time in order to understand that Jesus that lives into perpetuity is not restricted by time. The works of Jesus are alive and living through the eyes of the Holy Spirit. When observing the works of Jesus outside of the Holy Spirit, all will be merely dead letters of historical events thousands of years ago, which will only stimulate the development of dead doctrines, having no power at all. The Holy Spirit, who also lives in perpetuity, makes the truth alive that the works of Jesus are always present living realities that remain vibrant each second of each day into eternity. Whatever the Father has given to man in Christ remains forever Now, not history. Christ remains the One who NOW IS, as He has declared, You will know that I AM. What God has done in Christ is always NOW. If a person considers any matter in the work of Christ as of the past, then that very matter becomes deadened to that person. Therefore, to become a living sacrifice for God the Father, man has to experience co-death with Jesus, which is NOW forever more. Each person that believes that Jesus is the Son of God must sacrifice himself on the altar just as Jesus continually sacrifices Himself as the Lamb of God on the altar. It is NOW here, for Jesus is forever NOW. Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin (Rom 6:6). The Father puts us in Christ so that when Jesus was crucified, the Father crucified our old man, the flesh, with Jesus too. It is a fact that those that accept the Father s Messiah are crucified with Christ. Therefore man confesses that he is dead to himself and lives for Christ. He no longer considers this death of Christ as a historical fact of 2000 years ago, but takes it as a fact that is alive at the present and fresh for the present. The phrase was crucified which suggest past tense, is only touched, seen and experienced now.

15 13 LIVING IN HEAVEN Fourthly, just as the moon lives in heaven, the Messiah will also live in heaven, and in the same way followers of Christ will live from heaven while operating on earth. Christ has declared: "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven (John 3:13). Christ s death for your sins is now, the resurrection of Christ is now, the ascension of Christ is now. And this occurs incrementally in the life of followers of Christ as well. Followers of Christ will also live from heaven, just as Christ lived from heaven while operating on earth in a physical body. This refers to the prophecy which God gave to Daniel: 'But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.' (Dan 7:18). The kingdom spoken of here is the kingdom of God, Christ, spiritual kingdom of heaven. CHRIST S LIFE WILL BE WITHOUT SIN Fifthly, God s Messiah will be without any sin as a result of walking in total obedience to God, continuously shining His light, just as the moon continues to exist and shines its light, even after the death of Adam and his descendants. Since God s Messiah does not see death, He is without sin. There is no hindrance, no blockage, between the Father, representing the sun, and Christ, representing the moon. The Father s light can be transported continuously to the Son, Christ. In fact, since the moon were created on the same day as the sun, Adam and his wife already knew that the One is without sin because He already existed into perpetuity, just as God the Father exists into perpetuity. Adam and his descendants did not have to wait until fallen man started to die to conclude that He lives into perpetuity, never experiencing death. This characteristic reflected in the image of the moon in the physical realm not only deal with the input function of living of the Messiah s spirit, but also the input function of free will choice of the Messiah s soul. The Messiah will be without sin, because if he had sinned, he also has to follow the same route as any fallen person, namely death. His light will fade away. In addition, if he had sinned, he would not be able to be the solution for the sins of others. He first has to pay for his own accumulated sins through death, after which he would have no time left for others he would already be dead. The last Adam, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, God s solution for fallen man, confirmed this by proclaiming: "Which of you convicts Me of sin? (John 8:46) which actually means who of you can show me one sin that I have done? ( ). CHRIST S LIFE WILL TOUCH EVERY LIFE ON EARTH Sixthly, the life of God s Messiah will touch the lives of each human being on earth, just as the moon s light reaches all parts of the earth s surface where fallen man might live. God s solution, the last Adam, Jesus Christ, confirmed this by stating: I am the light of the world (John 9:5).

16 14 The last Adam, Jesus Christ, is The true light that gives light to every man (John 1:9). Furthermore: For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ (the last Adam) all will be made alive (1 Cor 15:21,22).

17 15 4. THE MOON AND CHRIST S INTERACTING This chapter briefly focuses on the links between the moon and the input function of interacting of Christ s spirit, and thus also the input function of interacting of the spirits of followers of Christ. THE INPUT FUNCTION OF INTERACTING OF THE MESSIAH S SPIRIT The Father has built into the image of the moon several characteristics of the input function of interacting of the Messiah s spirit. SPEAK ONLY WHAT THE FATHER SAYS Firstly, Adam and his wife knew that God s Messiah will only speak and do what the Father wants, just as Adam and his wife knew through the revelation of the Holy Spirit that the light that is falling on the moon is that of the sun. Adam and his wife knew this to be the case, because this was their experience of how God the Father operated during their stay in the Garden of Eden. This characteristic deals with the input functions of free will choice and mind of the Messiah s soul and the input functions of sensing and interacting of the Messiah s spirit reflected in the image of the moon in the physical realm. The Messiah will shine forth the light of the Father after receiving and absorbing the Father s light through the Holy Spirit. The Messiah will give off the Father s spiritual light, just as the light received by the moon and then reflected from the moon is the light of the sun, representing God, the Father. The Messiah s spirit will first receive light from the Father every second of the day before reflecting light. The Messiah s spirit will first receive God s truths, God s goodness and God s righteousness before reflecting them. They have the same type of light. In the same way, the moon reflects the same type of light that it receives from the sun. God, the Father, declared to His solution, the Messiah: I will keep you and make you to be a. light for the Gentiles (Isa 42:6). All of this actually happened with Jesus Christ. The glory of Jesus shining brightly is the glory of God the Father, the source of truth. We have seen His glory, full of truth (John 1:14). Christ s light originates from the Father. The Messiah s spirit will continually, every second of the day, senses towards the Father through the Holy Spirit, and reflects the Father s light, just as the moon receives and reflects the light of the sun in the physical realm. This actually occurred with Jesus Christ. The light that Christ reflects is not from Himself, but originates from the Father. Every second of the day, he receives His input from the Father. Jesus also declared: the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does (John 5:19). The so-called discovery of the moon reflecting the light of the sun centuries later is merely a confirmation through science that Satan blinded fallen man s mind for centuries of this truth. This discovery was already known in the days of Noah. Noah knew that the followers of the Messiah would have to operate in the same way as well, because whoever claims to live in him (Jesus) must walk as Jesus did (1 John 2:6).

18 16 GOD SPEAKS PERSONALLY ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS TO A PERSON Secondly, in the current dispensation, God has provided only one offspring of the woman, the last Adam, to be the solution to fallen man s problems, just as God created the earth with only one moon. The earth will never have two moons, because God ordained before the creation of the universe only one moon to represent and shadow His one offspring. This issue of the image of God having only one offspring, Christ, where Christ eventually lives inside of the bodies of His followers also have vast implications to followers of Christ, because God speaks to each person personally, individually, on a one to one basis, just as a Father having one Son only speaks on a one to one basis to His offspring, His only descendant. GOD S VOICE WILL COME SILENTLY Thirdly, just as the interaction between the sun and moon occurs silently, the interaction between God the Father and Christ will be occurring silently. It will be the still small voice of God speaking inside of man s spirit that will convey messages to man s soul, the mind of man s soul. And this is also true for followers of Christ. INTIMATE INTERACTION WILL OCCUR WITH THE FATHER Fourthly, in terms of intimate communication, God s Messiah will be one with God the Father, just as the moon eventually merges with the sun in the sky. This characteristic deals with the input function of interaction of the Messiah s spirit and the input function of the mind of the Messiah s soul reflected in the image of the moon in the physical realm. Since the Messiah will be without sin, it also obviously follows that He will be one with God, the Father. He will experience intimacy with God, the Father. The decline of the light of the moon after full moon up to new moon has two interpretations taking place simultaneously. The first has already been noted in a previous chapter, namely that man is rewarded for his fleshly activities so that he is removed further away from God. Thus his light shines dimmer and dimmer. He is given what he wanted. The second is that God rewards the person who has been operating in the spirit, so that he is distanced, separated away, from fleshly people even more. His surroundings are heavenised all the more. He rests all the more. Christ has indicated of that period during the middle of the night when the moon is visible after full moon, its light getting dimmer, as the time when man operating in the spirit cannot work. "I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work (John 9:4). The reason why it is not the time to work is that God is lifting the person up to a higher spiritual level of glory, and man must first become accustomed to his new spiritual environment and tools given to him. He has moved into greater intimacy with God incrementally. Adam, his wife and their descendants knew that to be true, because Adam and his wife were able to tell their descendants of the period in the Garden of Eden and the intimacy they had with God. The last Adam, Jesus Christ, proclaimed "I and My Father are one." (John 10:30).

19 17 This inheritance is also available for followers of Christ.

20 18 5. THE MOON AND CHRIST S GROWTH This chapter briefly focuses on the links between the moon and the output function of growth of Christ s spirit, and thus also the output function of growth of the spirits of followers of Christ. THE OUTPUT FUNCTION OF GROWTH OF THE MESSIAH S SPIRIT The Father has built into the image of the moon several characteristics of the output function of growth of the Messiah s spirit. Here it should be noted that images of Christ in the physical realm is restricted by time, whereas at higher spiritual glory levels man operates as though not restricted by time. Thus, when God acts, time restrictions in the physical realm can therefore sometimes become quite confusing to the fleshly orientated mind. CHRIST S SPIRITUAL GROWTH WILL BE FROM BABY TO ADULTHOOD Firstly, the Messiah, the offspring of the woman, will start off as a baby, growing into adulthood, just as the moon s light increases in intensity from new moon to full moon. Adam and his wife understood this by merely looking at the physical growth from baby to adulthood of their own children. The prophet Isaiah recorded this in scripture a few thousand years later on: For to us a child is born (Isa 9:6). Furthermore, A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse (Isa 11:1). This also applies to followers of Christ. When a person is reborn, his new spirit, the spirit of Christ inside of him, commences from infancy, and will grow gradually to maturity. God determines a spirit s light intensity and level of maturity. Growth is determined by Christ and the Holy Spirit who impart spiritual food according to what God ordains. Light intensity differs from spirit to spirit when spirits reach maturity. Man s spirit also becomes a light usable in the hands of God. The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the innermost parts of his being (Prov 20:27). If man s soul and body been dead to self and been controlled only by the Father and the Holy Spirit, man s spirit will grow in reflecting the light of the Father, just as the moon, been dead to self, having no light of its own, and been controlled only by the gravitational forces of the sun and earth, ensures that the moon grows in reflecting the light of the sun. Christ became an example growing to reflect the light of the Father for all to see, just as the moon growing in reflecting the light of the sun is an example for all to see. When man s spirit absorbs the Father s truths and His acts of righteousness, whilst man s spirit is completely imbedded in Him, the Father s spiritual light shines from man s spirit, just as the sun s light is reflected from the body. The more surfaces of the body s skin is exposed to the sun, the more the sun s light is reflected from the body and therefore the more the body is visible for all to see. The spirits of fellow man intuitively senses this light. The Father s truths and acts of righteousness provides an intuitive sense of freedom, as the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). Therefore, when man s spirit is fully imbedded in the Father, man intuitively touches the spirit of others in man s environment. The Father s light inside man attracts the spirit of fellow fallen man.

21 19 In fact, man does not even have to do anything, but remain imbedded in Christ and the Holy Spirit, because Christ and the Holy Spirit do everything for man and make man s paths straight. The more man reflects the light of the Father, the more confident man walks in faith in the Father, just as man s body is no longer that of a babe, but has confidence in walking in the light of the sun, reflecting the sun s light. CHRIST WILL GROW IN THE FATHER S TRUTHS Secondly, the Messiah s spirit will all the more grow in God the Father s light, consisting of God s truths, God s goodness and God s righteousness, just as the moon grows in shining physical light, consisting of particles of dust, at night. The Messiah s spirit will all the more become a light usable in the hands of God. The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the innermost parts of his being (Prov 20:27). Jesus Christ is The true light that gives light to every man (John 1:9), just as the moon is the true light in the darkness of night, where night represents an image of evil, non-existent with God in heaven This also applies to followers of Christ. A true follower of Christ, the new creation man, will also grow in Christ s truths. The accumulated truths in the spirit results in an increase in light during spirit growth, just as the accumulated dust in the body results in mass increase during body growth. There is therefore a direct relationship between healthy mass increase in the physical realm and a healthy increase in light intensity in the spiritual realm. This is why mature angels that have grown spiritually, powerfully radiate God s light. Spirit knowledge and physical knowledge have different influences on the spirit s memory and the body s memory respectively. The spirit s memory grows in the truths of God the Father, just as the body s brain grows in mass in the physical world. CHRIST S CHILDHOOD WILL BE SPIRITUALLY ROUGH Thirdly, as a youth, God s Messiah will be rough around the edges when dealing with God s truths, God s goodness and God s righteousness. Adam, his wife and their offspring knew this to be true from observing the sharp 2 points of the sickle moon while the moon s light is still small. They knew that these sharp points disappear all the more as the moon approaches full moon. This was confirmed in Jesus Christ, who, at the age of 12 years, remained in the temple during their customary visit for the Feast of the Passover, while his parents, who were already travelling home in the safe company of relatives and friends, searched for 3 days looking for Jesus. When they found him His mother said to him, Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you? Why were you searching for me? he asked. Didn t you know I had to be in my Father s house? But they did not understand what he was saying to them. (Luke 2:48-50). Although Jesus understood to treat his earthly father and mother as images of God, the Father and the Holy Spirit in the same way as he treats the genuine original, God, the Father and the Holy Spirit, he did not kept them fully informed of his desire to remain in the temple, thus the anxious period that his earthly parents had to go through. The result was that he

22 20 became separated from his earthly father, while moving closer to his heavenly Father. The image in the realm of dust did not match the genuine original in the spirit realm. Yet, in all of this, he did not sinned. Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. (Luke 2:51). Jesus merely exposed rough edges of good communication in the realm of dust in order to ensure that he remains in the presence of his earthly father continuously as well. God s bountiful grace covers such actions of his Son, Jesus, while He was still a small child on earth. ACCUMULATED GROWTH OF CHRIST CONVERGES TO THE FATHER Fourthly, during the Messiah s years on earth, He will grow accumulatively, converging into God, the Father, becoming stronger in shining the light of the Father, just as the moon s light increases in intensity from new moon to full moon when night falls on earth, and a new growth cycle commences again. Growth is always accumulatively, building on growth that has already taken place. The accumulated growth can be observed in the growth of man s physical body, and the knowledge expansion of man s soul. The moon s phases are all consistent, namely growth from new moon, when the moon cannot be seen, gradually increasing in light, until full moon is reached. God s plan with the creation of the first Adam was to develop a mature image of Himself. The intention of God was that Adam would be God s son. However, in Genesis, a mature first Adam was never achieved in the Garden of Eden. A mature image of God, the Father, was never developed in the realm of dust. Adam and his wife understood this by merely looking at the gradual distortions developing in the spiritual and mental growth from baby to adulthood of their own children. God s desire for a mature image of Himself in the realm of dust is fulfilled in the last Adam, Jesus Christ. God s Messiah will operate in God s righteousness. His spirit will grow to maturity in God, just as the image of his spirit, namely his body of dust, will grow to maturity in the physical realm. The phases of the moon usually seen by day signify that the closer the moon gets to the sun, the less the light of the Father reflects from God s Messiah and the more the light of the sun, representing God, the Father, takes over and dominates. The Messiah takes on the characteristics of the Father, represented by the sun. God s Messiah eventually shines as bright as the sun (Rev 1:16). Christ eventually became one with the Father. Christ would be called our everlasting Father (Isa 9:6). Christ also declared that "I and My Father are one." (John 10:30). Christ, representing the moon, eventually merges with and become one with the Father, represented by the sun, just as the moon after full moon moves all the closer to sun and eventually merges with the sun. At the time that Christ was about to become one with the Father, on the cross, the time came that Christ announced that His spiritual light will no longer shine on earth. Christ told the people: "You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come" (John 7:34). God, the Father, represented by the sun, never goes through the growth process of God s Messiah, represented by the moon. The Father is the source of light, just as the sun is the source of light, always shining brightly. It speaks of Christ s spirit been made perfect, just as it is indicated of followers of Christ: to the spirits of just men made perfect (Hebr 12:23).