spoke is coming. How long that will take depends upon the flexibility of the present leadership to come into harmony with God s Predetermined Plan.

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1 1 Exercising Our Legal Rights To Authority; Dominion; Power; Using the Benefits that Were Won for us at Calvary. Prayer; On the Job Training for Eternity Cooperating with God at the Incense Altar. I have chosen my Priests to stand before Me, to Minister to Me and to Burn Incense! Understanding the Priesthood! December 19, 2016 A few years ago (2011) during a trip to South America ( near the Amazon) I was sharing on the Altar of Incense and the various items connected to the Incense and the burning of the Incense. This sharing was within the context of the Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek. As I was sharing, some new thoughts began to be realized but when I tried to share them in that location there was no anointing so I changed direction. I was sharing on the difference between what we used to think was the work of the Prayer Warriors and the function of the New Covenant Priests who are anointed and consecrated to burn a Specific Kind of Incense before God. In the Tabernacle of Moses ONLY one kind of Incenses was authorized to be burnt on the Gold Altar. I will try to review those thoughts along with what I have shared before concerning Authority, Power and Dominion that is exercised by Incense Prayer. It has been very obvious that the visible church has a very shallow experience of these three NORMAL Power Dimensions that should be manifested today, in the areas of prayer! It is disturbing that none of these power dimensions are being manifested in our Christian Life nor in our function within our churches! In too many places our full New Covenant Experience is still lacking. For about a year, at the turn of the millennium, several in our assembly prayed from Friday evening until Saturday morning, every week but without any recognized Authority, Power or Dominion being manifested. In 2000 I joined another group, from several churches, that did the same thing for several months. No radical change was experienced and no local Dominion was demonstrated. It is not just that the nominal church in South America was without power, authority and dominion but that every church we have visited, in many places, for many years, has the same lack of dominion, power and God Given authority. The exact same condition also had existed in our assembly for over 30 years! Outside of the hype heard often in the Christian Media, the New Covenant expression of Authority, Power and Dominion is difficult to find in any local assemblies. We saw this same thing even in churches where they have a good group of Prayer Warriors, who are very faithful! It is obvious there is no more power, authority and dominion over evil forces in these groups than in other groups that focus upon other functions, like winning souls or preaching irrelevant messages. Recently, I have heard of several local churches who are praying and fasting and asking God to break through and send the power. They are reading books about past revivals that they assume were the result of local prayer. In the past 30 years we have seen very little effect from this average level of Prayer effort, including in my own personal experience. I am not disappointed because I know another restoration of all the prophets

2 2 spoke is coming. How long that will take depends upon the flexibility of the present leadership to come into harmony with God s Predetermined Plan. Still, to repeat the patterns of prayer that, for us, were unsuccessful in the past seems redundant! Also, repeating the same patterns of prayer that worked in the past history, can seldom be repeated today. Why? God is expecting the church to move forward with God s Restoration Process and to MATURE in PRAYER! I am guessing that the next dimension and realm of New Covenant Prayer will be called INCENSE PRAYER. Why? That is because that is the pattern revealed in the Tabernacle. If we researched all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time, we might be convinced that the Church He is Building will be an amazing and visible power upon earth and demonstrating Christianity! Act 3:19 "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. This FULFILLMENT of Isaiah 59 is just one thing that the Prophets clearly spoke. This restoration would change EVERYTHING about the local assemblies and their ability to function in Authority, Power and Dominion in their communities! This promise is presented as A COVENANT BY GOD! Isa 59:20 "And a Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob," declares the LORD. 21 "And as for Me, this is My covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring," says the LORD, "from now and forever." It seems obvious that this one Promise, because it is a Covenant by God, would restore the very ministry of Jesus back to those who turn from their transgression in Jacob. The fact is this; The Redeemer has already come to Zion and that means this New Covenant is already in effect. That means that the SAME SPIRIT that was upon Jesus and the SAME WORD God put in Jesus mouth is freely available to True Christians today. I am guessing that Authority, Power and Dominion will, once again, be manifested by the Church He is Building when the church is functioning in the Covenant of Isaiah 59. This understanding has inspired the thought that there must be a great difference between what we call good believers faithfully Praying and fasting and a Priest after the Order of Melchizedek Burning Incense according to the New Covenant way. Rev_5:8 And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Rev_8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the

3 angel's hand. 5 And the angel took the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. It should be clear and a settled fact that a Priesthood burning Incense is a New Covenant ministry and that Incense is THE PRAYER OF THE SAINTS! It is also clear that THESE PRAYERS are stored in Heaven in Gold Censers held by the Four Living Creatures and by the Twenty Four Elders. When these prayers are added the prayers of ALL the saints and put upon the Gold Incense Altar in Heaven, tremendous things began to happen upon earth. This is my expectation in the Church and NOT just for the Tribulation. Why? Incense NOW is training for THEN. While I have written some things about the Incense and the burning of Incense over the last 25 years, I never, personally, have been able to connected with that anticipated Authority, Power and Dominion in prayer! However, I still assume this is NORMAL for the Lampstand Church functioning within the Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek. Of course, my conclusions must be speculative because I have never yet seen a Lampstand Church functioning as a Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek according to my New Covenant doctrine or expectations. The Question confronting s today is this; Why has this ABSENCE of a functioning New Covenant Church become a modern fact since there were Lampstand Churches in Revelation 2 and 3? Shouldn t there also be a Lampstand Church today? If there is, why aren t we seeing its correction and its manifestation? That may be because He is building His Church, along with a New Covenant Priesthood, in the invisible realms of the Holy Place Life and Dimension. The fact that there IS a Gold Alter of Incense in Heaven and it stands before God and there is currently Incense on it, validates our study of the Tabernacle of Moses, which is just a copy of the True Tabernacle that is in heaven. Why? SOMETHING is working in THAT eternal Tabernacle because, we assume, IF there IS INCENSE, it should be being stored NOW! If there is no Incense being offered today then no storing is possible today and NO incredible results are being poured out in our area! Why don t we just insist that God pour out from heaven anyway even IF WE HAVE NOT BURNED INCENSE! It certainly appears that this Power, Authority and Dominion is what the Bible indicates is God s purpose for the Church He is Building! How do we know that? If Genesis chapters One and Two reveal God s Purpose for mankind during their stay upon earth, then Power, Authority and Dominion over the earth is certainly in view for New Covenant believers! Of course we know that the first man failed in that realm of function and evidently lost the God given Dominion over the earth and things in it! My concern is this; Has the church also lost it? Did Adam really lose it or do we just assume he lost it? The basic function of burning Incense can be applied to the Adam and Eve and their condition and function in the Garden of Eden BEFORE Genesis 3. Participating in the Tree of Knowledge prevented the participating WITH God and Cooperating with the dominion held IN THE TREE OF LIFE! Is that the KEY to once again exercise the Authority and Dominion over the Earth and things on the Earth. While this application is 3

4 4 not very clear, maybe the principle can be understood by those of us who are seeking a real solution to this pitiful Powerlessness today. The Adam and Eve s previous relationship God might be compared with the Kingdom of Priests in Exodus 19! Is that which we observe with Adam and Eve and their relationship and function with God in the Garden, possible to be fulfilled by and applied to the church today. Some believe that is not possible because they think Genesis 3 was all part of God s Plan. The thought is this; Adam and Eve had to lost so God could save them. Why? That is because SAVING them was God s Purpose! Of course that is ridiculous! Genesis 3 was NOT unavoidable by the first Adam and the first Eve, as some preach! The failure of Israel to ascend Mount Sinai was certainly unavoidable! How do we know? That event is recorded and revealed in Duet 5. The ascent up Mount Sinai was part of God s Plan for ALL of Israel to become a Kingdom of Priests! Also 75 people did go up into God s presence! Both man Adam and Israel lost the Authority, Power and Dominion that was available to them! It is not even necessary for us to speculate about that! Now, it seems clear that Jesus, on Calvary, won back all Power, Dominion and Authority in both Heaven and in Earth. We are guessing that this level of authority is reserved for the Pure Gold Lampstand Church functioning in the Holy Place dimension, with a Functioning Priesthood burning Incense. This Lampstand Church IS the one He is Building! Even IF this is true, we sill see Jesus demonstrating the Authority, Power and Dominion, that was given to the first Adam in the garden, before His death on Calvary and the New Covenant in His Blood! He commanded the fish and the storm and rebuked His disciples because they failed to command the storm. Jesus fed the 5000 after He told the disciples to feed them. If that Authority, Power and Dominion was avail to the disciples BEFORE the New Covenant times maybe it is also available to us. Even Peter walked on the water a short distance! Even Elijah and Elisha did things and had authority that may have been available to Adam and Eve. Since I have never seen a corporate Lampstand Church (functioning like that anywhere I have traveled) nor that was functioning in the Holy Place Life, Light and dimension, I can only share from the Bible verses (or from a doctrinal viewpoint) and speculate about a New Covenant Church that God has given Authority, Power and Dominion over the earth and the things on it. But, why should we be concerned about this, NOW? Maybe we should be demonstrating the Power, Authority and Dominion that was assigned to that which was offered to Adam and Eve. Of course we might join with the multitudes and the theologians that are certain that both Adam and Eve LOST EVERYTHING in Genesis 3. We could assume that what Jesus did was just temporary miracles to demonstrate His Divinity. Still, it seems He did those things that were assigned to the first Adam and rebuked His disciples because they didn t believe it was also for them! If we assume that Jesus, the Last Adam, won back everything that the first Adam lost, then we may speculate that those who are IN CHRIST (who have turned from their transgression in Jacob) might be able to at least recover the dominion that the first Adam

5 5 lost. That recovery of man s dominion will be the thesis of this document! Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen 1:27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Deut 29:29 "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law. We should remind everybody that the serpent was something that was moving (creeping) on this earth and that Adam and Eve had the power to subdue and rule over him! They Ignored their Authority and Dominion and lost something valuable. I am assuming the weakness and lack of authority in the church is simply because the church ignores what was freely given to them BY GOD! There is much that has been revealed about the Pure Gold Lampstand in the Scriptures. These are some of the things have been revealed and given to us. Since, we assume these things have been revealed about the Seven Lampstand Churches is also speaking about the CHURCH He is Building, {Revelation 2 and 3} we have a certain confidence to make some New Covenant applications from what IS revealed! Rev 1:20 "As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. Exo 25:36 "Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. 37 "Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. The understanding (doctrine) of the Pure Gold Lampstand holding the Seven Spirits of God and illuminating EVERYTHING in front of the Lampstand has been partially understood for many years. This (fire Illumination) would reveal what had been in darkness. That is the Showbread and the Altar of Incense along with the two Veils, (the inside of the second veil and the outside of the third veil) and the Cherubim embroidered on the curtains. Of course the gold boards would also be shining and illuminated. However, in this setting we cannot see any active function in the Lampstand Church except holding the Seven Spirits of God. For that reason we must see the Holy Place activity and function in the Priesthood Responsibility of Maintaining the Oil for the Lampstand, the cleaning and restoring the wicks for the Seven Lamps, in keeping the fire and in Burning Incense on the Gold Altar and Setting out and Eating the Showbread. Also in maintaining the Brass and the Gold censor.

6 6 That RESPONSIBILITY was assigned to the High Priest and his Sons. Of course all priests (today) must first be part of the Lampstand Church before they can function as a priesthood to the church. How do we know that? Because God has set in the CHURCH first Apostles etc. (1 Cor 12:28) The Priesthood by Aaron and his sons, functioning in the Tabernacle made with men s hands, was only a type, shadow or picture of the real, present day Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek. Christ Jesus is the High Priest of this Divine Order and His sons are the Priests after the exact same Order of Melchizedek, that relates to Our High Priest. The exclusive right to burn the real and specific New Covenant Incense upon the Gold Altar is limited to this Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek. Why? Because the Priesthood after the order of Aaron was done away with because it was weak and could not bring anyone to perfection. The Priesthood of Melchizedek is the only eternal priesthood and is the exclusive Priesthood that is directly related to the Most High God. He, Melchizedek, functions exclusively as The Priest of God, Most High, doing the will of God throughout eternity past, NOW, and throughout eternity future. We must never lose sight of the fact that He AND Jesus Christ are both KING / PRIESTS. However, Melchizedek preceded the Man, Christ Jesus. Now one of us is High Priest after that Divine and Eternal Order! It is within the revelation of the New Covenant and its KINGS who are PRIESTS that we need to see that the Kingdom of God s Government is the source of all the Legal Power, Authority and Dominion that was recovered at Calvary. This is IN ADDITION to the Authority given to first Adam. Having the Kingdom Government within us is the key to exercising Kingdom Authority! It is my opinion that this tremendous Authority, Power and Dominion, within the Kingdom Government, is being ignored today in most places. To speak about the Kingdom as a cliche to add authenticity to an irrelevant message has been popular in the visible church for several years! However, this is symptomatic of a ministry with a lack of the internal reality of the real power of the Kingdom Government of God. To say or preach the word Kingdom but without having the Legal Power, Dominion and Authority of the Kingdom Government within, governing and discipling the minister, has been the weakness and powerlessness of my Kingdom Message for the past 40 years. Then to speak of exercising the Power, Dominion and Authority of the Kingdom without the absolute Government of God ruling within, is the current mistake of most ministries today! How do I know that? By my own experience! Unless we have a valid Kingdom Government within we just make these Governmental and Legal tools for prayer and ministry just another ineffective Christian doctrine or cliche. We have recently learned, and I think it is real, that there must be a personal encounter and experience of the Kingdom Government, functioning WITHIN the Priest, before he can effectively minister the reality of the Kingdom Message. I am now guessing that this has also been the reason for our ineffectiveness in prayer in the past! Why? Kingdom Prayer is of a different dimension and realm than what we call a prayer meeting. I am speculating that our failure to connect Calvary with the New Covenant, to the Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek, with the Kingdom of God and with Prayer has

7 been the reason for our ineffectiveness! This failure has resulted in the loss of the restoration of the Power, Authority and Dominion intended for the New Covenant Church to be active over the whole earth! But why? Some of this loss can be attributed to this confused message of the modern church which has used Calvary and the forgiveness of sins as the central focus of our message. Our central focus was supposed to be upon the Kingdom of God! Mat 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come. Act 28:30 And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters, and was welcoming all who came to him, 31 preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered. Our central application of His death, His blood, forgiveness of sins and His resurrection must be seen WITHIN the Kingdom Government of God experience rather than as the exclusive, modern and another Gospel Message without the Kingdom involved in our salvation. This transference of Power, Authority and Dominion from Adam to Satan and back to Jesus Christ at Calvary and through Him back to every person of the New Species, functioning within the Kingdom discipline, has been ignored by much of the visible church. The New Covenant is the Legal Document, that includes the experience of the Kingdom Government and that activates the transference of Authority, Dominion and Power to the Church He is Building. I am guessing that this AUTHORITY is greater than what was given to Adam and Eve, but like Eve, the church has squandered it. However, it was only Calvary, His Death and Shed Blood that activated the New Covenant! This is revealed by the Lord s Table! To speak of the New Covenant Church that He is Building without the restoration of the Legal Power, Dominion and Authority over the whole earth seems very strange in the light of the revealed Purpose of God. However, all this restoration of Power, Authority and Dominion over the earth and the things on it MUST be enforced by the church! Why? This dominion is not automatic just because we believe something about Jesus! Our Power, Dominion ad Authority must be exercised within the context of the Kingdom Government of God ruling within and over us. It is exactly here that the system of the restoration of ALL things breaks down. Everyone who exercises the Authority of the Kingdom MUST be experientially under that authority of the Kingdom in his personal life. Why? Because we must have the Legal Right to demand that the enemies of God release their hold on the area of earth assigned to us. Psalm 8:1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth, Who hast displayed Thy splendor above the heavens! 2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou hast established strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. 3 When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him? 5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty! 6 Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou 7

8 8 hast put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth! Since this was spoken by David many years AFTER the fall in Genesis 3, we can assume that man s dominion still existed OR was (prophetic) to be restored at some later date! Since Jesus exercised this Authority, Dominion and Power during His ministry, and over the storm, waves and rain, fed the 5000 and cast out demons, that God s Purpose in Genesis has not changed. It is within this context of God s Revealed Purpose and because of His current Kingdom Government that we are speculating that the Legal Authority, Dominion and Power is now assigned to the Church He is Building and is intended to be manifested, within the Priesthood, during the Church Age! If my theory is accurate, it is clear that we must establish and experience the Consecration Offering as an entrance into this Kingdom Government rather than some proclamation or acknowledgment or acceptance within the context of ministry. The reason is very simple! Ministry without the Legal Power, Dominion and Authority of the Kingdom will always be weak, sick, feeble, pitiful and ineffective. How do I know that? By my personal experience and failure! All we need to do to confirm this nearly universal defect is to visit any church on Sunday morning. There will NEVER be a corporate manifestation of the Legal Power, Dominion and Authority of the Kingdom of God, again on earth, until there is a total restoration of the Legal Power, Dominion and Authority to the individual Christian that is now a victim, sitting helplessly in a pew. This restoration of power in the believer is not likely to happen until there is a total restoration of the Legal Power, Authority and Dominion in the ones who have chosen to place themselves in the leadership positions of the churches. The weakness of the local church can ALWAYS be traced back to the weakness of the ministry. Preaching a good message can never be a substitute for the lack of the Legal Power, Dominion and Authority over the unclean spirits in that area of the church s function. Ignorant and weak Leadership is the cause for this delay in this restoration of the dominion of the earth back to daily Christian life. Why? Because the church has been given the total responsibility of enforcing the Legal and Total Victory of Calvary and exercising the Power, Authority and Dominion that God originally gave to mankind over the whole earth. Psalm 8:2 Thou hast established strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. This responsibility to force the enemy and the revengeful to cease their activities, in this area of Ohio, has been transferred to the Church He is Building. How do we know that? Mat_16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not

9 9 overpower it. The term OVERCOMING has suddenly taken on a new dimension. The UNDER-COMING CHURCH has been the disgrace of both this (ours) and past generations. Why? Because when we follow the restoration of the church through church history beginning in 1517, we see the last restoration (the Sixth The Anointing) was within the Charismatic Movement that ended in 1985! However, the Power and Dominion over God s Enemies was not restored within that revival. Why? When we follow the restorations, according to the God given pattern of the Tabernacle of Moses, we should understand that the next restoration is the Consecration Offering. Since this restoration, within the Kingdom Government, has been ignored by the lukewarm leadership in the visible church, the functioning and active Kingdom Government has not been preached. Therefore, no Kingdom of Priests have emerged. Therefore, no King Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek is being manifested. This lack of the Order of Priesthood Ministry, in leadership, is probably the source of weakness and powerlessness throughout the church systems and in most all the appointed ministries. The tragedy of this deficiency is that Satan and unclean spirits are seldom challenged in the church service or in secular life. These spirits without bodies are everywhere, including the pulpit. Even though Jesus gave us authority over the serpents, the scorpions and ALL the power of the enemies, this authority is very seldom enforced by the visible church. Why? The church seems to be ignorant of her Legal Rights and Her Responsibility before God! Neither have we confronted God s adversaries, nor have we caused the enemy and the revengeful cease. We have failed! Now Christ Jesus is the very first Priest, taken from among men, who has now become our High Priest after that Eternal Priesthood Order of Melchizedek. The entire Kingdom of Priests, taken from among men, will also be of that same Divine Order. Through His Priesthood function He took authority over the unclean spirits and cast them out. Some of these demons caused sickness and some caused mental disorders. Others just bound people by infirmities like being bent over and not being able to walk upright. Legions of demons possessed a crazy man. It is revealed that these spirits without bodies could see the pigs and could ASK JESUS for permission to enter them. They could think and ask so they are intelligent beings but just without bodies. They, at least, knew who Jesus was! Regardless of who they are or the nature of their perversion, Jesus had authority over any and all of them even BEFORE He received ALL Power and Authority over both heaven and earth. Maybe we should ask WHY THEY KNEW HE HAD AUTHORITY OVER THEM. As the Last Adam he just used the Authority, Power and Dominion given to the first Adam over the things that crept on the earth. He, obviously, used that Authority to cast out demons, heal the sick, stop the storm, command the fish, feed the multitudes, provide for His disciples and DO THE MINISTRY! My theory is this; He is the Prototype Man and WE are to grow up into Him! Moreover, He gave His disciples the Authority of His Name, to take authority over

10 the unclean spirits and cast them out BEFORE Calvary. From this we could speculate that much MORE real power should be and can be manifested by the Priesthood ministry that is functioning within the Absolute Kingdom Government of God. Why? Jesus, our High Priest, IS now our Head and our prototype man! He now has regained the Legal Right to rule over the whole earth! 1Cor 15:25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. Since His feet are in His Body, this Authority, Power and Authority is extended to His feet! His ENEMIES are under the control and authority of His feet. Maybe we should use it and discover if it works! This power, authority and dominion by the Priesthood is seen, in type, in Aaron s rod that budded. Heb 5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; 2 he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; 3 and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself. Heb 5:4 And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was. 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, "THOU ART MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN THEE"; 6 just as He says also in another passage, "THOU ART A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK." It is clear that Jesus Christ is the very first High Priest that was taken from among men who was functioning after this Eternal Order of Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek. So now ANOTHER Priest has arose after that Order of Melchizedek. That means there are now two who are priests after that Order. One is the Holy Spirit and the other is the Man, Christ Jesus, who was taken from among men. Both are of that Kingly Order who have Kingdom Authority. My thesis insists that this Authority (King / Priest) is extended to the functioning Body of our High Priest. Heb 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. 15 And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, 16 who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life. So now ANOTHER Priest has arisen after that order. Permit us to repeat this clear fact. That means there are now two who are priests after that Order. One is the Holy Spirit (no father, no mother, no genealogy, no beginning of days, no end of Life and and holds His Priesthood forever) the other is the Man, Christ Jesus, who was taken from among men and BOTH are Kings. One is God, the Holy Spirit, and one is the Second Man and the Last Adam! Heb 2:9 But we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. 10

11 It is revealed that God is still not satisfied with One Son who has fulfilled His will and purpose and who was CROWNED and received into glory but that now God is bringing many sons to to that same glory! These many sons (Greek--uihos---hwee-os') are not children but grown Sons, qualified to receive the inheritance. These many sons will form this corporate priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek. For that reason we are sharing that the good and true believers who are praying and fasting, singing and worshiping and doing the very best they can, are still not, by that qualification, authorized to burn the Specific Incense limited to the Gold Incense Altar. Why? They also must become priests! Why? Because only Cleansed, Clothed, Anointed and Consecrated Priest, who meet the priestly Qualifications can Burn Incense! Why? That is because Burning Incense is exclusively designed for the Qualified Priests. Why? That is because THIS FUNCTION is also on the job training to function in eternity. Leviticus 10:1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. Nadab and Abihu learned the difference between qualification and obedience! Since this Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek is not assigned to the outward man, who is in the image of Adam, it must be designed for the new inward man, who after Christ is created in the image of God. This makes everyone (male and female) who are of the new creation eligible to become Priests after this Eternal Order. This eliminates the outward and natural man from ALL relevant Priesthood function. Gen 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. Gen 5:3 When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. Now ALL men are created in the likeness and image of Adam but God cannot use them for His Eternal Purpose. All outward men (or women) are of the wrong species to be either Christian or Priests after the Order of Melchizedek or to fulfill God s Eternal Purpose OR TO BECOMES SONS OF GOD! Therefore, ONLY the new inner man can possibly qualify and that ONLY after they have grown to the maturity of Sons. Now with that short introduction we will look at WHY THE VISIBLE CHURCH LACKS AUTHORITY, POWER AND DOMINION. In the very beginning God gave man legal authority, power and dominion over the whole earth and everything that crept upon it, including Satan, the revengeful and all of God s enemies. (These are spirits without bodies) Adam had all the authority of a king over the earth who also had the commission to subdue the earth and rule over it as human priests under God s authority. This, again, is revealed in Psalms 8. 11

12 Psalms 8:2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou hast established strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. 3 When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him? It is obvious that man was created to deal with God s adversaries and to cause the enemy and the revengeful to cease their activities. It is also apparent that the first man lost all his legal dominion over the earth and turned it over to Satan so that he (Satan) was now the legal prince of this world. He also was the prince and power of the realm of AIR! He confirmed this authority to Jesus in the wilderness and Jesus did not deny that. Luke 4:5 And he (Satan) led Him (Jesus) up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 "Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours." It was through disobedience that man lost his dominion and authority over the earth but God has not changed His mind about man having total dominion over the earth and heaven. However, since by man it was lost and handed over to the devil, by man it must be won back. Fallen man became the slave of the devil so by man he must be redeemed back to authority, power and dominion over the earth. The Man that accomplished all this is the man, Christ Jesus. Therefore, He must be genuine man in order to achieve this goal successfully and meet God s legal requirements to redeem man and for man to regain his legal rights of Power, Authority and Dominion to rule over the whole earth, but to rule for God, not for his own selfish benefit and personal well being! If we lose sight of this one eternal fact, the church will NEVER fulfil its Divine destiny. God s enemies and the revengeful have now fallen within the dominion and authority of redeemed man. Most redeemed persons have no clue about their new position. Why? The ministries have failed to manifest that Dominion over, even, these spirits without bodies who are personalities that think, plan, appeal, speak, see and function and manifest their evil ways in the visible realms of this earth. However, they exist in the invisible and temporal realms of earth so they appear to be easily ignored. Heb 2:8 THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET." For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. 9 But we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. Psalms 8:4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him? 5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty! 6 Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 12

13 There is now no question if this has been successfully accomplished. How do we know? Because Jesus specifically said that all dominion, authority and power in BOTH heaven and earth has been given to Him. If Jesus has been given ALL AUTHORITY it means that the devil has NONE and NO RIGHT TO EXERCISE authority! However, he is a dethroned prince but insists upon trying to still rule on this earth. The church, with her restored dominion, is supposed to stop his evil acts. That means; To rule over the adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. Mat 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." God left NOTHING that is not subjected to Him and even with all that authority we still don t yet see the total extent of all that authority means within the church. Go Therefore indicates that because He had won back ALL AUTHORITY, Power and Dominion that now WE can go into all the world and Preach the gospel of Kingdom! It is this New Species of Man, when using the Name of Jesus, who has become the King / Priest of a Corporate group of King / Priests, that can manifest His Total Victory! These are those who make up the earthly manifestation of the Kingdom of God! It is from this Kingdom Government, within, that we get all our Legal Power, Authority and Dominion to rule over this whole earth. Reject His Kingdom Government WITHIN and we may be called Christians but with NO Authority over the enemy. Luke 1:68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant-- 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old-- 71 Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES, And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US; 72 To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant, 73 The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, 74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. It is very clear that salvation is a salvation FROM our enemies and from the hand of ALL who hate us! Therefore, since we have been delivered from the hand of our enemies we are free to serve Him without fear and to live in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. To be ignorant of this kind of Salvation, after 2000 years, is pitiful. This should be all the confidence that we need to exercise our legal authority, dominion and power all the rest of our days. This has been kept as a secret from the church, by the ministries, long enough. This legal power, dominion and authority must no longer remain a mystery in the church but it must be activated by faith in what has been abundantly revealed. Trying to restart the old methods for revival has past! Act 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike. 13

14 14 Act 28:30 And he (Paul) stayed two full years in his own rented quarters, and was welcoming all who came to him, 31 preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered. When the old species of man, after the image of first Adam, tries to command the devil or cast out demons they discover it is not only unsuccessful, it is dangerous. They lose their covering and are exposed. The natural man cries out In the name of Jesus and the demons completely ignore him. How do I know that? That is what I did! Therefore, the old species of man boldly declares that the power, gifts, dominion and authority was again lost to man after the last Apostle died. That means the church is a victim, is helpless and the devil is still the prince of this world and king of this fallen world system. This ignorance is no longer challenged in too much of the church system! Even though that stupidity is accepted, the devil has NO legal power, authority or dominion over the New Creation and New Species of Man! Of course much of the church has not accepted her position of restored Power, Authority and Dominion and many remain under the oppression of the devil and his army of fallen angels and demons. This is quite evident in the cults but is a disgrace in the church. Nevertheless, that is not God s Plan and is the result of ignorance of what Christ Jesus accomplished on Calvary! Now powerlessness is just a carnal excuse for the pitiful condition of the visible church and its earth bound ministries. This stupidity ignores Jesus direct words and then declares that demons are just names of a normal and natural sicknesses common to all men! That demons were thought to be real but it was just because of the superstition of the people, that Jesus called them demons. He actually knew better but He was just accommodating the crowds. This stupidity should offend every Christian! Luke 10:17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." 18 And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 19 "Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall injure you. 20 "Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven." Why did Jesus know that it was time to rejoice? Because He knew their names were written in Heaven? Why? Because they had exercised authority over the powers of darkness and cast out the demons. Either Jesus actually gave them power, authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy or He was hyping the situation or He was deceived. Power = G1849 ε ξουσι α exousia ex-oo-see'-ah From G1832 (in the sense of ability); privilege, that is, (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence: - authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength. Even if we miss what He said in Luke 10, it would be difficult to confuse what He said in Matthew. Mat 16:18 "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it. 19 "I will give you the

15 15 keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Mat 18:18 "Truly I say to you, whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. :20 "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst." This legal authority is called the keys to the Kingdom. For us to assign this authority to ONLY Peter is ignorant of what Jesus said to all His disciples. That explanation is just another excuse for the ignorance and powerlessness of the visible church. The gates of Hades easily overpower the visible church and the visible church appears to have no authority or power to defend itself. This is not even the worst part because the visible church has been neither light nor salt to the world and the world is getting more and more immoral and disgraceful with each month. We can no longer explain the terrible fallen condition of mankind and the disruption and destruction of the family units and the violent conditions on the earth as just the result of sin or the lack of morality. There must be powerful forces of evil behind this deterioration of society that are now world wide. Just the perverted things that are demonstrated publically at the demonic and occult practices at Carnival in the Spanish and Portuguese cities should be obvious that there is a tremendous power behind these perversions. Even the TV in those places show gross perversion and women and men doing things that are abnormal and unacceptable in any moral society. Luke 10:19 "Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall injure you. In whatever way the forces of darkness are identified or what their names are becomes irrelevant because Jesus said over all the power of the enemy. This includes ALL power that is connected to those evil realms and that include all the enemies of God. It should be made clear that every enemy of God is also an enemy of all of mankind whether they know it or not. The disaster facing the human world system is totally unknown to them and they are being swept into the total perversion of that fallen system. What Has Gods planed and designed to stop this disaster? The Church! However, for the visible church to remain in ignorance of these spiritual forces, when the Bible is so clear, is without excuse. For ministers to deny the existence of these evil forces and calling them just natural occurrences or moral failures is disturbing and disgusting stupidity. For that reason these visible churches will remain in denial and ignorance and Satan will surely overpower the visible church, as has been clearly demonstrated throughout church history. However, Jesus is still Building His Church! I want to be clear that I am NOT referring to the conspiracies being preached on the radio and repeated in Christian Media. This failure in power can NOT possibly be an excuse for any church group that has understanding and a genuine New Species of believers with a functioning Christian Life. This is the authentic group for which I am writing. Even some Pentecostal groups,

16 that I have met, have a genuine fear that if they got involved in any spiritual conflict with these evil forces that they would personally suffer severe consequences. When we ignorantly started to speak out, in our prayer meeting, against these evil forces in the 1970's, some Pentecostal people ran from the meeting and refused to attend. Of course Jesus said and nothing shall injure you but that evidently was not really believed. The big question is this; Why has God put the church in this position of responsibility to take authority, power and dominion over these forces of darkness? While we don t have a specific scripture that says this, there are plenty of scriptures that strongly suggest this responsibility has been given to the church. Why doesn t God just step in and strike a blow against Satan and his evil forces? The simple answer is this; Because God has given man the power, dominion and authority over the earth and He will not usurp that authority or act in place of it. I am speculating that we all are in discipleship training or On the job training for our future assignments in eternity! Qualifying for eternity (the Bride has made herself ready) has been a very offensive subject in many places I have been. It seems even AFTER Jesus won back the rulership of the earth that God still does not interfere in the enforcement of this authority or the lack of concern about it. Either the church rises up and enforces the victory of Calvary or it will not be done. God certainly has His purpose in granting this responsibility of enforcement to the church. He must be using this responsibility to train us in overcoming, rulership, obedience and dominion over our area of responsibility. I am convinced that He is using these tests to train us NOW for our function in the world yet to come, which is the Tabernacle of God. Now This Is My Opinion Of Why The Altar Of Incense Is The Key To Understanding This Position of Responsibility Given To the Lampstand Church And The Priesthood Ministry. God will not act in the affairs of earth EXCEPT in response to the action, ministry and request of man. Why? Because God gave man full dominion over the earth. But what if the church refuses to get involved in this legal process and responsibility and turns their dominion, authority and power that Christ Jesus purchased for us at Calvary over to God s enemies and to the devil? The experience that we observe from Church History is this; If the church fails to act, God will not interfere and the devil will be free to do what he wants. Where do we first see this reality? THAT is exactly what happened with the first Adam. However, the Last Adam certainly did not fail in His responsibility to exercise His Authority to overcome Satan! It seems certain that Christ Jesus, as the Last Adam, fully activated and used the dominion that was given to the first Adam AFTER the first Adam gave it to Satan, and used it to defeat Satan. Jesus then gave this unlimited and legal authority, power and dominion, which He had obtained for us at Calvary, to the church and placed the responsibility to enforce this authority to rule over the earth directly upon the church. Of course if the church fails to exercise her authority, power and dominion God will just wait for another generation to take this responsibility and act accordingly. It is my opinion that the 16