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1 Elyrae Dreamstime.com Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

2 Brethren, the night is passing and the day is at hand, because the true light is shinning before our eyes. We fellowship together in the name of the Lord Jesus with oneness of mind while seeking to know Him and to experience the totality of the glory and love which is invested in Him, the only begotten son of the Father. It is not about head knowledge, neither is it a quest to gain some form of glory from man, but rather we seek to know him that is true; knowing Him is realizing Christ our true celestial image from the beginning. This is the glorification that comes from the living God, realizing Him is our celestial prize. Let us be encouraged, stirring up ourselves in the spirit of love as we zealously seek that invaluable eternal prize. If we stumble along the line, we have a high priest who understands our shortcomings and stands eternally as an intercessor before the Father on our behalf and the Father always hears Him as He says, Father forgive them. The blood speaks eternally and has been shed once and for all, now is the time of grace. It is the pleasure of the Father to give us the kingdom of His dear son, whereby we can go in through the eternal gates with songs of deliverance and to enjoy the totality of His glory in peace; any voice that says otherwise is of the Devil. Any voice that reveals a god opposed to your progress into His eternal kingdom is simply the voice of the devil disguising Himself as God. Let us not become weary of the innumerable voices of unbelief which litter this Dark Age, but let us hang on to the true voice of the Father as he draws us back to the summit of Zion. Yesterday is gone and today is here, as you hear the voice of the shepherd of the house of Israel, arise and approach Him with boldness and assurance in your hearts. THIS THING CALLED LOVE As the true light shines, we are being ushered into a new creation whose bedrock is undiluted love. This present world does not know God, neither can it comprehend the infinite love and righteousness of God because it is completely alien to man. God is love, and if we attain to that high place of complete love, purity and innocence we operate in His name. The way to God s presence is love, without love no man can stand before the face of the Father, even though His eternal presence is freely accessible, the defiled conscience of mortal man will not permit him. No mortal man in reality can access the Father; neither can He manifest that love and innocence that is required to enter into God s presence. Yes, by faith the power of the blood of Jesus purges us of a defiled conscious as we approach His presence and no man can make it without faith in the blood of Christ, but to truly progress and remain in that presence and realize it in its totality, we have to progressively follow the lamb as it leads us to death of the old lying mortal man of the flesh. Him that is true must increase while we in our carnally derived identities must decrease. Only as we are united in our inner consciousness with our true inner self (Christ) can we truly know love in its totality; the price we pay for this Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 2

3 is loss of all we ever thought we were or had in this present world. It is only in our ascent from the earth that Christ is revealed us, for He must be lifted up from the earth for His glory to be seen. Forgive your brother infinite times when he transgresses against you [Luke 17:3-5]; Do not be angry with your brother or call him a fool otherwise you risk falling into condemnation [Matthew 5:22]; If I do not have love, I am very much like the dead, I am nothing [1 Corinthians 13:1-2]; If I still hate my brother I am still in the dark [1 John 2:9-11]; How lovely is it when brethren live in unity, it is like the refreshing dew of Hermon dropping upon the mount Zion, the only place where the infinite blessings of God may be found [Psalm 133]; God is love and any one born of God loves [I John 4:7]. These are some defining verses that reveal the end of the faith, which is none other than pure love and an undefiled conscience [1 Timothy 1:5]. If any man will enter in through the gates of the New Jerusalem to behold the glory of the living God and taste of the rivers of delights and pleasures, He must enter in by unfeigned love and innocence; there is just no other way. This will mean leaving all; we must leave aside all things that out of a mortal sense of being we treasure upon the earth and long for a new walk in the heavens (the invisible spiritual realm). Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. We can see that the focus of the gospel is to restore the brotherhood by bringing all men back into that unity and oneness of faith that they have lost through the obscuring of their inner eyes of understanding. That unity of faith on mount Zion is the source of the power of that same invisible activity by which all things in heaven and on earth are created. Remove from your sight all the carnally perceived objects that litter this present world along with the concepts and beliefs attached to them, all that is and remains eternally is the inner spirit man whom the bible calls, Him that is true, the one by whom all things are created. The discord, hate and bitterness that litter this world are due the darkness (ignorance) in the minds of men so that they fail to recognize the eternal living one in and through all men. Breaking that union of perfect harmony and oneness with the brethren upon the summit of Zion is the one abominable act before God, it is an attempt to break the body of the Lord and that is why many of us have gone through so much troubles in life. Let us look at what the Writer in proverbs says about this. Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 3

4 innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. The proud look, the lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, sowing discord among brethren etc simply talks about breaking that bond of oneness from the beginning. The liar and the false witness is the consciousness that does not confess the true invisible one spanning every man, this is the same consciousness that sows discord and causes chaos in the midst of the earth today. In ignorance we wore that lying consciousness which denies the true offspring of God and as a result we have lost out of the abundant blessings and glory of God. To attain back to this place of infinite and unlimited spiritual blessings which is the inheritance of the living one upon mount Zion, we must let go of this lying tongue and once more begin to speak truth to each other. How do we speak truth? We speak truth by firstly recognizing the true inner invisible man in ourselves and in all men and walk in relation to Him. Like Paul, we must get the revelation that we are members of each other, one indivisible eternal body that functions together as God. We must arise to the unity of the faith, there is no other way to life. Meditate on these words of grace by Paul Ephesians 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 4

5 You see the truth is that there is only one body and one Father; this type of truth comes by revelation from above because men are deeply ignorant of it; it is a mystery totally hidden from the men of this present age. Paul needed divine light to pierce through Him before He could comprehend this sacred mystery. This same Paul, then called Saul went about in the name of their religion persecuting and killing Christians, until He saw the divine light. Out of the light He heard the voice of the Lord saying: Paul why are you persecuting me [Acts 9:1-5]. He was persecuting the body of Jesus Christ without knowing it. That invisible body is the only body known of the Father and in whom is present the fullness of the Godhead. All the illumination and gifts from above, from the Father of lights is to cause us to be edified back into that one perfect body which is Christ the son of the living God in whom is found the Father. In this present Dark Age, the winds of doctrine causing people to be tossed to and fro so that rest eludes them are the beliefs from the lying consciousness which only serve to sow discord and disintegrate this one body which stands eternally in the heavens. They act as dividing barrier lines of strongly held beliefs of race, family, sex, religions, denominations and many other uncountable things; they are just the vain beliefs of men who walk in the lie. Where do the wars, malice, hate, intolerance, lack of compassion, jealousies, lusts etc. come from? It is simply because men have not gotten the revelation of the one true invisible and incorruptible man on the inside. So the gift of God for the edifying of the body, simply brings us back into the unity of faith with a bond of love and oneness in Christ that mortal man cannot imagine. The word UNCONDITIONAL LOVE sounds very insignificant and of little value to men, in comparison to their vain attempts to gather unto their name, but in reality it is the highest thing that a man of attain to. When the disciples of Jesus heard the words of unconditional love in Luke 17:3-4 they were overwhelmed with unbelief as to how they could possibly attain to that high level of unconditional love; they begged Jesus to increase their faith level. Luke 17:1-5 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. You can see clearly that the disciples at that point in time were still walking in the imperfection of mortal man, not withstanding the fact that Jesus called Peter the rock on which He will build His Church or the fact that He called Nathaniel a true Israelite in Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 5

6 whom there is no guile etc. Attaining to this realm of God, where the purity of love reigns to the fullness is the highest realm or consciousness a man can ever attain to. Even those classified as successful in this present world be it in so called ministry, making money and so on, will also be saying, Jesus increase our faith. Many Brethren have cried out for God to give them the ability to love, I have heard Sisters pray for God to give them the ability to forgive their husbands or friends who disappointed them. In our closets many have prayed over and over again to have that heart of Gold, and that ability to attain to the place of perfect love, it is the desire of many to be like their master. Thank God, Christ has appeared on the scene as the light of the world to lift up His fallen brethren from the lower realms of faithlessness. As the true light of the world he raises us up by illuminating us with truth. He says: I am the light of the world, I am that light that lightens everyman that comes into this world, You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free, The works of love that I do are the same works you will do. John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. This brief message will zero in on the two knowledge sources and how we can use them to attaining to the pinnacle heights of Zion where realizing true love becomes a reality. We want to touch on things we already know, but I strongly feel we ought to continuously put in remembrance. A LOOK INTO THE NATURAL REALM There are some things in this natural plane that never change, they remain from generation to generation, and serve as signs speaking and reminding us of the omnipotence of God. They remind us of His eternal will and order so that we can always be in alignment with His eternal purposes. When Jesus spoke during His last supper with His disciples, commanding them, saying do this in remembrance of me, eat my flesh and drink my blood symbolically represented by the bread and the wine, He was referring to continuous celestial fellowship with the Father which keeps us mindful of God s truth and divine order which we are all a part of. He was saying do this in remembrance of ourselves in Christ, or in other words, keep ourselves in our divine celestial states. Naturally speaking, when we eat, that which enters our bodies edifies it accordingly, in likewise manner if with our spiritual mouth we can receive from the Father of lights the inner man of light is edified and we grow and remain fixed in the knowledge of Him Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 6

7 therefore escaping the corruption in this world. Failure to keep ourselves in the fellowship of the Father and son gives an opening for Satan to rob us of our place in God s divine order; it also signifies crucifying the Lord of glory. So we are admonished to stay tuned in fellowship always; we will soon discover that the new age we are entering is founded on fellowship with the Father. If you open your eyes to behold the vast creation, you can t but marvel at the omnipotence of God. In fact when the spiritual eyes are opened to truly behold the Creation, it is awesome. With new discoveries are always being brought to the limelight man has not been able to discover up to 1% of all of God s creation, What do you think all these things there for? They are for our glory in Christ Jesus. As we ascend back into that glory we all descended from, we will have to occupy ourselves in fellowship with the Father as He uses the elements of this world to remind us of our glorious portion in Him. Some of these things are the heavenly bodies like the Sun, the moon and the stars; they remain and are viewed by untold multitudes all over the world. We want to focus on the two great lights which God mentioned in the creation account in Genesis 1: When God calls them the two great lights, you know for sure that he means exactly what he is saying; we will discover they are called the two great lights because they influence and affect every single man on the face of the earth. Your peace and prosperity all depends on how you walk in relation to these two lights. Our ability to attain to the place of true love and attain to the bond of unity of faith in Christ Jesus, depends on how we apply these two great lights to our lives. The two lights like we know are the 1) Light from the sun which operates and rules over the day. 2) Light from the moon which operates and rules over the night. Spiritually speaking, the night and the day represent two different realms, consciousness or worlds of existence; you either live in the day or in the night, no man can live in two worlds at the same time. The night represents man s world and man s order which is in relation to a temporal material order, while the day represents God s world and order which is eternal and purely spiritual. Like we know from prophecy from the Old Testament prophets unto Jesus, man s system which is this present Dark Age will eventually give way for the perfect day of the Lord, this is fulfilled in the consciousness of men not by any form of physical manifestation or observation with the natural senses like people expect. 2Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 7

8 The day which represents the day of the Lord, is an eternal day where only the name of the Lord is heard, it represents a realm of perfection where the horrors of this present world do not come into mind. Only those who discover themselves in that one celestial body called Christ will ever realize the excellent beauty of this creation that is coming into view; this is the inheritance of the saints. THE NEW JERUSALEM DESCENDING (NO MORE NIGHT) God will always reveal His secrets to those who seek Him, or to put it better anyone who desires to know the secrets of God and asks will freely receive [James 1:9]. The spirit of God announces things to come so that we can become partakers of the same; it reveals things to come concerning the new glorious age of delights where the living presence is found [John 16:13]. This is the age, world or celestial city which the ancients sought for earnestly but it wasn t appointed unto them. The Apostle John saw the new heaven and new earth which God has reserved for those who seek Him, a new realm or world where the pains and anguish of this present world will be no more. Revelations 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. In this new dispensation there is no night but men will live by the divine light streaming forth from the face of God. Revelations 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. 5 And there Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 8

9 shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. If any man still feels a sense of unworthiness before the Father, or there still exist in Him fruits of hate and fear, then He is still in the night. But the night will give way for the day as men begin to enter in to inherit the promise of eternal life. In this new realm or world, death does not exist; neither do the inhabitants stumble because they see the true light, and find safety in the eternal arms of God. The New Jerusalem is a present reality for those who seek the Lord diligently with all patience and perseverance. You must trust in the Lord and have a complete comprehension of this promise that is coming into view. Those who have this hope purify themselves by the washing and regeneration of the spirit which aids in transforming our minds to walk in relation to truth [1 John 3:3]. To enter in through the open gates of this new creation we must attain to that place of pure innocence, because nothing that offends or defiles can pass through the gates [Revelations 22:11-15]. THE MOON (The Carnal mind) There are many angles from which we can view the creation account; we can view it as the creative activity of God within us. This means that that which we see in the book of Genesis Chapter one is all within us. Within every man there is the Moon and the Sun; they represent two different levels of consciousness or mind sets. The moon represents the consciousness of mind set that enables us to relate to this material world, you can look at it as the natural instinct within man which is very much like that of the beasts in the animal kingdom. Like Paul will say they profit little and have no eternal value. This is the lesser light and as long as men live by this lesser light they can in no way manifest the celestial attributes of God. The moon does not have power of it s own to generate light, it is just one big mass that receives light from the Sun and reflects it back to the earth. This means that the light of the moon is reflected or deflected light; it is not the true light. This fake light like I would prefer to call it causes men to live in relation to an imaginary material world that does not exist in reality. Think of it every single thing in man s world is nothing but a shadow of the real thing. If a man lives by identifying himself with His outer flesh body He is walking by the moon light; if you still observe organized religion and follow after traditional doctrines of men you are still walking by moon light. The theories, the concepts and the many beliefs of men are all derived from the lesser light and are used of the devil to tie men to an imaginary material system. Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 9

10 Unknown to the many followers of Moses who introduced the Hebrew religion along with its god, did all that using the lesser light. We are beginning to realize that all the great prophets and holy enquirers of old were walking in relation to Shadows; they never knew the true living God who is Father of our Lord Jesus. They were walking only in relation to shadows of the real things to come, when the day eventually dawns. For this reason Jesus says the least in God s kingdom is greater that the greatest of the prophets of old. We are not limiting this to just the Hebrew religion, the moon light (man s veiled knowledge) also rules in modern day Christianity be it orthodox or Pentecostalism, and all others religions of the earth. Many of these religions still walk in relation to shadows, thinking there is a God somewhere in the Sky or that you must perform rites to appease Him. Some still observes days, temples, some what you eat, some dressing codes and many other things in relation to this world the outer body. When the day dawns they will eventually realize they were walking in relation to shadows which is nothing real. THE NIGHT IS FOR THE BEAST Have you wondered why men are corrupted by the lusts of this corruptible system? It is simply because they are governed by the lesser light, and as long as man lives by that carnal mind (The Moon) He can in no way find the perfection and glory of the Lord. In the night, when the moon rules, man(the real man) goes to sleep, the wild beasts generally come out of their dark hiding places to operate, the drunkard staggers about in His shame, the robbers go to work, and the fornicators and prostitutes do their thing. All this have spiritual significance. Read the following: Psalms 104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. There is no God in the sky one out there who goes about creating darkness for man; man makes darkness by putting on the carnal mind and allowing himself to be governed by your natural instincts. In this darkness a beastly nature in man unfolds and a line of enmity is drawn so that He cannot approach the Father s presence, for no beast can approach the living God in that sacred path of holiness. Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 10

11 wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: Job 28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. We are discovering that it is man s beastly and devilish nature that defiles man and renders Him powerless because He loses access to the Father s glorious presence. Like Jesus says the things that well out of the depths of men corrupts them. The hates, jealousies, rivalries and many others things that defile a man are a result of the lesser light by which men live. As long as man perceives the creation carnally and walks in relation to this material world he can in no way retain His innocence before the Father. As long as he continues as a brute beast that lives by natural instinct, man cannot see the perfect day of God. Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. However when the sun which is the true original light arises, man awakes from His sleep, the wild beasts disappear, the drunkard, robbers and fornicator are no longer seen. This is also a spiritual reality that occurs when the true light begins to shine upon our lives. THE SUN (The Spiritual mind) The sun is a representation of the mind of the spirit, which is Christ s; this mind or consciousness, is completely immersed in the knowledge of the living God so that it does not behold a material creation but it beholds only the glory of the living God. This knowledge source is the greater light which man was ordained to walk by in the beginning. As long as man walks in relation to this light He will be established in the perfect creation of God ruling and reigning over all the works of God s hand. Have you ever wondered why Jesus will make statements like I am not of this world, I am from above and you are from beneath, walk in the light while you have it,? He was walking in a totally spiritual consciousness which is completely rich in knowledge of the living God; He might have had His physical members on the earth but he was out of the body and present with the Lord in the spirit. That scene upon the mount of transfiguration where He glittered as the sun and was encompassed by a bright cloud out of which came the voice of the Father was the reality He was walking in. God was only giving us a glimpse of invisible elevated realm Jesus walked in. Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 11

12 Only those who put on the spiritual mind of Christ can attain to this place of life; if we are to shine and glitter blamelessly before the Father with shouts of joy as Jesus did on the mount of transfiguration, then we ought to begin to reject the lies and beliefs of this carnal world (Moon light) and begin to yearn for the true light of the world (SUN). We are ushered into the new glorious age where the beauty and the glory of the lord can be found, by simply putting on the spiritual mind and doing the will of the Spirit. Being spiritually minded is the only thing that can lift us out of the independent self consciousness we put on in this world; it causes us to fuse back into the true invisible celestial body known of God. If we walk in the spirit we then seize to recognize men after the flesh but by the spirit which is one body. This is the secret to that bond of love that we seek. If any man still fails to manifest love, then He has not yet recognized Himself because He is in the dark (The moon light). Like the woman in the book of revelations chapter 12, who was clothed in the consciousness of the sun and who placed the moon under her feet, to deliver the man Child who sits on the throne of God, we must let go of carnal mind and allow the spirit to illuminate every aspect of our lives so that in due season that seed of perfection emerges. Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: Rev 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. That perfect seed called the man-child is the seed of Christ emerging through the elect Church (the woman), this seed escapes the corruption of this material age and overcome the principalities and powers of this age (the dragon) that seek to destroy and weaken the seed of God. What are the principalities and powers? They represent the knowledge and beliefs from the lesser light that gather to rob the saints of their place in God s spiritual kingdom. The hour has come to hearken to the voice that says walk in the true revelation light while you might be enlightened with the light of life. Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 12

13 John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. God Bless you Trevor Eghagha Trevor Eghagha info@sun-ray-ministry.com 13