Stop Misreading the Bible: "This is That," a Book of Patterns

The books of the Bible are not linear history. They are books of options and displays of pattern. They list patterns everyone can opt for. When it was said of Neville Goddard, "He is My resurrection," God meant that he was manifesting the pattern of resurrection. That pattern - as all others - is available to everyone who will.

In Acts 2:16, Peter said, "This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel." Joel laid out a pattern: 'this' is manifestation of that pattern. Peter noted, "This which you see in manifestation is that pattern." The 120 persons there had opted for it. You get the results by opting to perform the proscribed process in truth. Jesus did on the cross. That's what he was talking about in Mark 15:34, "To this I was destined" (Alexander - messiahship as foretold comes AFTER death).

Patterns happen every time we initiate them. Bow the knee and sincerely repent, and you have embarked on a new pattern. We do not escape from the patterns we are on unless we initiate a new pattern. Change is in our hands. The disciples/Apostles were named as roles they undertook. They were the embodiments of the roles they undertook in the pattern. We choose to do, and there we go! Choose well.