Apocalyptic Illustration and the Christian Tangent
The church does serve a purpose in teaching what the Bible says. The world is as the Bible says it is . . . but not like that. Because while the Bible means what it says, it doesn't say what it means. What it says is historical-literal, but what it means is literal-spiritual. It uses borrowed history to express truths of consciousness.
Case in point: today I listened to the late Chuck Missler teaching on Genesis chapter 6 (part 2). He taught well on the sons of God and the daughters of men, the nephilim and the historical record of giants, the sons of Seth, confirming texts, Noah, and later historical eruptions. Fascinating. And Missler's point was that the days of Noah have to come again before the Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth. I could cry. How I wish there was a church near me that wasn't waiting for Jesus to return. He has never left.
Was Missler's history correct? Almost. I have no doubt that historically conscii could have taken physical form and bred with women, and that their genetic composition would create titans of renown. My problem with all of it is that it is borrowed history. Widely known historical facts were used by the authors of scripture to base their spiritual-fact messages.
The authors, I believe, were talking about the consciousness in our head-balls, and its relationship with its Source. The sons of God who bred with daughters of men would be deceiving spirits who influenced men's minds. Our "daughters" are our thoughts. The nephilim who were born to them were "earth-born," according to Chuck Missler. What was wrong with being earth-born? It means rebellion. It is man-made success without God being involved at all. The titans were independence, self-sufficiency, and disrespecting God's fatherhood. Genesis 6 is a borrowed history written in APOCALYPTIC speech. It is an ILLUSTRATION of how much God HATES our independent selfish greed success-driven mindset. "Come unto Me," he says in Matthew 11:28. "If I am a father, where is my honor?" in Malachi 1:6.
How can we go to God and honor him as father? By being immediate in HEARING and OBEYING. By seeking the King who is the Kingdom. Noah, Missler points out, walked with God. I.e., he rested in the Lord and accepted wherever he wound up. Nimrod presented the selfish titan again, but was defeated by Shem, the nature of God in the believer.
WALK WITH GOD in worship and praise, gratitude and praying in tongues. Love and adore Him. There might not be any Him there, but there is Consciousness. Walk to concentrate, to focus your mind in open submission to him--inner ears open.
PS: I confess I have been encouraged by Harald Bredesen's books Need a Miracle? and Yes, Lord (1979, Old Tappan, NJ: Flemming H. Revel; and 2009, Ventura, CA: Regal from Gospel Light; respectively). If Neville had asked Harald, "What are you doing now?" (title of one of his great lectures), Harald would have replied, "I'M WALKING!"
Case in point: today I listened to the late Chuck Missler teaching on Genesis chapter 6 (part 2). He taught well on the sons of God and the daughters of men, the nephilim and the historical record of giants, the sons of Seth, confirming texts, Noah, and later historical eruptions. Fascinating. And Missler's point was that the days of Noah have to come again before the Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth. I could cry. How I wish there was a church near me that wasn't waiting for Jesus to return. He has never left.
Was Missler's history correct? Almost. I have no doubt that historically conscii could have taken physical form and bred with women, and that their genetic composition would create titans of renown. My problem with all of it is that it is borrowed history. Widely known historical facts were used by the authors of scripture to base their spiritual-fact messages.
The authors, I believe, were talking about the consciousness in our head-balls, and its relationship with its Source. The sons of God who bred with daughters of men would be deceiving spirits who influenced men's minds. Our "daughters" are our thoughts. The nephilim who were born to them were "earth-born," according to Chuck Missler. What was wrong with being earth-born? It means rebellion. It is man-made success without God being involved at all. The titans were independence, self-sufficiency, and disrespecting God's fatherhood. Genesis 6 is a borrowed history written in APOCALYPTIC speech. It is an ILLUSTRATION of how much God HATES our independent selfish greed success-driven mindset. "Come unto Me," he says in Matthew 11:28. "If I am a father, where is my honor?" in Malachi 1:6.
How can we go to God and honor him as father? By being immediate in HEARING and OBEYING. By seeking the King who is the Kingdom. Noah, Missler points out, walked with God. I.e., he rested in the Lord and accepted wherever he wound up. Nimrod presented the selfish titan again, but was defeated by Shem, the nature of God in the believer.
WALK WITH GOD in worship and praise, gratitude and praying in tongues. Love and adore Him. There might not be any Him there, but there is Consciousness. Walk to concentrate, to focus your mind in open submission to him--inner ears open.
PS: I confess I have been encouraged by Harald Bredesen's books Need a Miracle? and Yes, Lord (1979, Old Tappan, NJ: Flemming H. Revel; and 2009, Ventura, CA: Regal from Gospel Light; respectively). If Neville had asked Harald, "What are you doing now?" (title of one of his great lectures), Harald would have replied, "I'M WALKING!"
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