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 Letter Eleven

It is written in Isaiah: a For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.  But you be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people.

This is what the beloved apostle Paul is saying: b Wherefore from now on, we do not know anyone after the flesh: yes, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now from this time onward we do not know him after the flesh any more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.  And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.

Though Peter and Philip loved the Lord Jesus, it was only in the flesh and it grieved them, not understanding. But when Christ asked Peter who he believed He was, this is what followed: c Then Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. Because he had to finish the work he came to do: He came to start a fire, to create the kingdoms of exile to drive us into¾  to seek His lost sheep and show them how to follow him into the regeneration.

Since the nations ¾ that is the kingdoms of this world ¾ are less than the small dust on the scales, for  they are carnal in all things, their faith has not any substance in spirit.  In Isaiah below it is written of them.  What is written is of the Lord God and it is spiritual.

cc Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales;

All nations before Him are as nothing,

And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.

 The Jews, that were a type and shadow of things to come and went into exile because ¾ hear Moses: d Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you be destroyed; because you would not hear the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you: And they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your seed forever. Because you served not the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed you.

There are three main things to bear in mind here, one is: I create Jerusalem a rejoicing ─ She is not that material image in the middle east, but she is what the apostle Paul is writing about in his letter to the Galatians: E Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which genders to bondage, which is Agar.  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of all the Elect children of God.

Another thing to know and understand is: as Paul has written: we f know not anyone in the flesh anymore. So we do not know Abraham and Sarah in a tent, in the desert, in the Middle East anymore.

We, the Elect children of God, do not look to parables, types, figures and shadows anymore, but what they speak to. See brethren, we are that third part that is refined and chosen of our Lord. For it is written in Zechariah: g Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. He has turned his hand on us all and scattered us into every kingdom in the world. And as Paul has written, we all have suffered losses, but as gg Jude has written: And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.  Compassion has made a difference. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, says the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Here in Luke are the prophesies of Simeon:  h And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law, then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, Now let your servant depart, Lord, According to your word, in peace; For my eyes have seen your salvation, Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples; A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of your people Israel. And his father and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him; and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against; yes and a sword shall pierce through your own soul; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

            As we behold Jerusalem, we see many wonderful sights, as the conditions change so does her name. In Galations I it is written: Which things contain an allegory: for these women are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar. Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answers to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother. For it is written, Rejoice, you barren that bear not; Break forth and cry, You that travailed not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that had the husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now. Howbeit what says the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman. Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. Here we see the new covenant and who our Mother is.

            In Revelation  it is written: j Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you In Romans, Paul writes in this wise: k For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is revealed the righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; For all carnality is to be without God and be under his wrath. l for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast down from the spirit to carnality  to the earth, m he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child. And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place  n that place is where the one third are being born and tried by fire and all the familes of the north are come, to bring God’s wrath: This has been occurring from Jesus Christ  in the spirit, until this present time where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.  And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth for the waters were carnal, man’s doctrines and was received carnally. And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus.

      Here Her name is not Sarah nor Mary, but Zion witch means: parched place or burnt or desolate. We read of Her in many scriptures. In Joel we see the wilderness Zion was carried to: Blow you the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD comes, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.  A fire devoures before them; and behind them a flame burnes: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them.  In Isaiah it is written: o Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendered recompense to his enemies. Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Who hath heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? says your God. Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her: That you may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall you suck, you shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

P For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.   

 . In Ephesians: q And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace  you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. 

Wherefore remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called the Uncircumcised by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of two, one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:  And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom you also are build together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

R And this is in the flesh: a type or figure: John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you he that should come? Or do we look for another? When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist has sent us unto you, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another? And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went you out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. But what went you out for to see? A prophet? Yes, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you. For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

S But in the Spirit John has and is now come in the Spirit of Elijah:  And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him. It is because of John’s preaching and baptism, that we that are called to the Election of the Saints of God come to Godly repentance. For when we hear and believe and walk in holy truth, we do not sin or need to repent anymore. Therefore John decreases and Jesus Christ increases.

t Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in them: and they cannot sin, because they are born of God.  In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither they that loves not their brother.  

 

a  Isaiah 65:17-19,  b 2 Corinthians 5:16-18,  c Matthew 16:13-20,   cc  Isaiah 40:15, 17, d Deuteronomy 28:45-48,

e  Galatians 4:24-26  f 2 Corinthians 5: 16-18,  g Zechariah 13: 7-9,   gg  Jude 22-23,  h Luke 2:25-35,  i   Galatians 4:24-26, 

j  Revelation 12:12,  k  Romans 1:16,  l   Revelation 12:12,  m  Revelation 12:13,  n  Jeremiah 25:8, Joel 2,

o  Isaiah 66:5-14,   p Isaiah 66: 15-24,   q Ephesians 2:1-22,  r  Luke 7: 19-28,  s Luke 1:17,  t  1John 3: 9-10. 

 

                                                                                                                                            Amen,                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                          Wallace F. Ingram

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