Mysteries and Prophecies Revealed- Ma Cocba Te Cuma (the Book of Wisdom)

By Michael Dale

An in depth inquiry into a Bible based explanation of reality,scripture,and supernatural phenomena. Included in the discussion are the Holy Trinity and godhead mystery,the 666 mystery,identity of Ezekiel's cherubim,an exploration of God's secret wisdom,the meaning of various scripture related symbols,insight into the layout of the visible and invisible creation,and an explanation of various supernatural phenomena such as UFO's and ghost sightings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jun 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781329129474

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Mysteries and Prophecies Revealed Ma Cocba Te Cuma (The Book of Wisdom)

Michael B. Dale

Mysteries and Prophecies Revealed-

Ma Cocba Te Cuma (The Book of Wisdom)

Revised  Edition

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Copyright © 2015 by Michael B. Dale. All rights reserved.

ISBN 978-1-312-96703-8

Foreword

Thank you for embarking on this journey through Mysteries and Prophecies Revealed. Writing this book has been a personal project of many years during which I have gained a wealth of insight. This journey began when I was eighteen years old. It was then that God prophesied over my life telling me that He would give me the gift of understanding and that I would one day write books. It was a whole four years later when the Holy Spirit began to give me insight concerning His word. Many of life’s trials, tribulations, and obstacles have caused great delay. It is only due to God’s grace, mercy, and faith in Jesus Christ that these challenges have been met and overcome. It is my great pleasure to share with you the things that have been shared with me and learned through study and reflection on God’s word, prayer, and revelation through the Holy Spirit, thus further reaching towards my purpose and destiny. I believe that all that God gives to His servants, whether it is monetary, knowledge, or advancement in position and status, is for the purpose of nourishing, building up, and edifying the body of Christ.

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. (Matthew 10:27 (KJV)

Before embarking on this journey, I would like to prepare you for what you are about to read. Many topics introduced will be alien to many of you and may even seem speculative causing you to resist even considering them. In an effort to urge you to remain open minded, I will provide some background into how I came to write about God’s mysteries. Hopefully this will give you a better understanding of my viewpoints despite how unheard of many of them may appear.

I had one of my first intense and memorable experiences with God when I was eight teen years old. God spoke to my heart while I was staring out of the window with a heightened awareness of the void deep down in my soul. His Spirit was so heavily upon me that every word was crystal clear. Although it was a Spirit to spirit communication, His voice was so loud in my mind that it felt as if it was audibly in my ear. He began by revealing some of my core issues at that time and by causing me to remember some things that were long past forgotten. He comforted me with a covering of Love as I stared out of the window crying. I heard His Spirit speak, I’m your Father now as He dried my tears with His loving presence.

Immediately after the patch up period God began to prophesy over my life and reveal the purpose that He put in me. He prophesied about my desire for knowledge and interest in the field of psychology, none of which was apparent to me before. Although I did not understand it at the time, the prophecy that was most relevant to our present discussion was, I will give you understanding… And you will write books. I grappled to grasp its meaning and asked Him questions like, Oh I’ll write books to help children avoid my pitfalls in life? No He answered. Like a child I continuingly questioned, Oh, I’ll write books based on what I learn when I go to school for Psychology. No, He again answered patiently. Despite leaving me puzzled about the meaning, He then said, You will fall away from me and gave me insight into how. I said, I will never do that; how could I? Ignoring my child like comprehension, He then said, It will be hard to find your way back to me, but you will.

Four years later, after falling back into my old ways, I found myself in a place of forced stillness. I began rediscovering myself again and discovering other parts of myself for the very first time. I began thirsting for truth or what I call true truth, a personal truth, and not just a truth that is given to you by somebody else. This personal journey led me in search of the mysteries of God. True to His form and faithfulness, God eventually revealed His true truths to me.

The very first piece of guiding wisdom that God gave me in this journey was to forget about all that I was taught and told and to let Him teach me anew. He told me to forget about what people have believed certain Bible scriptures to mean for so many centuries and to allow Him to teach me His truths mouth to ear. I know that this may sound fantastic and maybe even unbelievable to some of you, but this was my experience into the entry of this journey into the mysteries of God. The most intimate aspect of this part of the journey was in how God would reveal His truths to me.

God did not solely use scripture to reveal His marvelous truths to me. While I constantly studied scripture during this period, the Spirit led me to all types of reading, both fictional and non-fictional. It also made me aware of my personal interactions with other people. It was as if every interaction, every book I read, and everything that I learned through others, was a part of God guiding me. He expanded my imagination and used it to relay to me concepts and precepts that I would otherwise never, ever consider. Then He would constantly guide me back to certain scriptures just to ensure and prove to me that it was the God of the Bible and the Holy Spirit that worked through the Bible that was interacting with me. He would oftentimes reveal to me a thing and then show me it in the Bible, and usually not the other way around. He taught me tools of wisdom and how to apply them and then gave me evidential scriptural support to back up whatever I learnt from applying these tools of wisdom.

Over an intense grooming period of a little under two years, God taught me many of His precepts and gave me numerous revelations of His truths. These are the very foundations of what I will talk about in this book. God used four main methods to communicate His truths to me during this early grooming phase. He spoke to me as if directly through His Spirit to a degree that I could often feel His presence and hear His Word radiate from within me outwardly so that it was virtually audible. Sometimes a messenger would plant a message or concept in me through a discernible thought seed heard in my mind or audibly through my ear, as was one time the case. He would also use dreams and visions to teach me certain concepts. Lastly, He blessed me with the gift of understanding as He prophesied He would when I was eighteen years old. The things that I have learned from these methods became the very foundation of my later understanding of His mysteries. It is also one of the basis on which my gift of understanding was developed and enhanced from.

I was acutely aware that I was learning these new concepts from outside of myself during this early period. I knew for sure that these things were not from me and that they were from an external higher source; therefore, I felt that this knowledge did not rightfully belong to me. For that reason, I asked God, is it alright to write some of this down? In a very at eased way, I heard the Spirit say, Yes, as if saying ‘yes of course’. I began to write down what I thought would be a page, or two or three at most, of my thoughts. As the number of pages increased, and with me realizing that not even a tidbit of what I had to say was yet expressed, it suddenly dawned on me. I got a book inside of me! It was only then that the meaning of the prophecy that God spoke over my life more than four years prior came to mind; I will give you understanding. And you will write books. I would have never imagined that this was what God meant; but it was now so very clear.

Today I am so far from where I was those many years ago. The knowledge that this gift of understanding has given me, a knowledge that was previously so alienated from my natural way of thinking, is now so much a part of me that I can no longer discern between it and I. It is I. Now, while I know and believe without a shadow of a doubt that this gift was infallibly given to me by God, I also know with the same surety that I am fallible and that part of the purpose is to manifest this gift through my imperfect experience. With that said, I pray that this gift in me is found be to edifying to the body as much as it can be through a mere man, while at the same time fulfilling the will and purpose of God that was placed in me.

Like with all the other books in my Revealed Series I will be relying heavily on the tools of wisdom. This entails the usage of the understanding of numbers, words and letters, symbols, and other aspects of wisdom that I have touched on in my book The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Revealed and The Book of Revelation Revealed.

In applying wisdom’s tools of letters, I will be utilizing insight that I have gained over the years from understanding my gift tongue of Shaka. It forms the foundation and initial precepts for my understanding of letters. Shaka, interpreted ‘voice of my spirit’, is the language and interpretation that I have learned through the Spirit while praying in tongues. I have come to find that great mysteries lie within this spiritual language. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. (1Cor.14:2)

I built my interpretation of my gift tongue from praying in the Spirit, or speaking in tongues, and praying with the mind at the same time. I quickly became aware that I was simultaneously interpreting what I was saying without even knowing it. While I instinctively done this on my own, I later found out that this is exactly how Paul said that it was to be done.

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?  For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. (1Cor.14:13-17)

Like many times in my journey of the mysteries of God, I was first revealed a thing and then later shown proof of its correctness through biblical scripture. In this same manner, God revealed to me the knowledge of the symbolic meaning of numbers and then later allowed me to find biblical scriptures to support it. It was through this way that God proved to me that it was Him, the God behind the spirit of the Bible, that was communicating with me. By applying these revealed tools of wisdom while also employing years of reflective study on the subject, personal revelations, and the application of some pertinent rules, I believe that we will move one step closer to a fuller understanding of the mysteries of God.

Some of the things that I talk about in this book will be totally new to most. You may feel that you cannot accept some of these concepts in full at that time or even at some future time either. If that is the case then I urge you to skip that particular matter and pray for God to guide you on how to receive or not to receive it. But, do not let any temporary stumbling cause you to put this book down for good or reject all that is in it altogether. While you may not agree with everything that you are about to read, I can assure you that there are truly some precepts in this book that will drastically add to your understanding.

I believe that it is the true believer’s legacy to have in-depth insight concerning all of God’s word. It is not only our inheritance, but the will of God, that His secret wisdom be revealed to His children. In accordance with this belief, I have set out to prove scripture as the foundation of my explanations of these mysteries. With great excitement and pleasure, I present to you, ‘Mysteries and Prophecies Revealed’, with the hope that it adds to your growing understanding of your divine inheritance. May God the Father bless you in this reading and increase you in revelation knowledge and wisdom of His will.

(In this book the terms man and human as well as mankind and humanity are used interchangeably. The terms human and humanity are used apart from their traditional evolutionary connotations and are not meant to imply acceptance of the theory of evolution in anyway. They were chosen only due to the present-day consensus of denoting mankind as a whole and when the sentence arrangement made the terms man or mankind sound odd.)

This book was originally written circa 2003 and was edited multiple times afterwards.

This book is dedicated to the loving memories of Patricia Ann Liverman, Valeria Louise Jones, Clarence Eugene Butler, and Dora Doris Brooks.

Introduction: Truth the Foundation Chapter 1

To build on anything, you first need a foundation. We are building on knowledge of wisdom and a foundation is also needed. The most marvelous structures collapse for lack of a good foundation. In attaining knowledge of wisdom, a fundamental concept of life’s purpose and origin is needed in order to gain a proper perspective. It is this perspective that dictates the manner in which you apply this newly acquired information. This is your foundation.

There are many different types of foundations just as there are many different types of religions; religions being a prime example of life’s origin and purpose incorporated into a system of beliefs. Beliefs directly affect how knowledge is processed. The concepts of evolution, alien bio-geo manipulation, and God/gods constitute the three main categories of the world’s major beliefs regarding the question of how life began on planet Earth. They each have their own input concerning the rules of reality and the purpose and origin of life. The truth is that wisdom utters her voice to everyone. Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words: (Prov.1:20-21ASV) The knowledge that comes out of wisdom’s mouth will be interpreted differently according to one’s belief.

All beliefs are molded into existence and accompanied by spirits. They are structured and maintained by these forces. While there are many different types of spirits varying in capability and specialty, they can all be classified into two groups; good and evil, truth and corruption. It is by these two spiritual forces that knowledge is molded into two distinct types also; good knowledge and evil knowledge. All of man’s beliefs, ideologies, and knowledge stem from either the body of good knowledge or the body of evil knowledge. Despite our immediate preoccupation with the physical reality we must remember that all things are spiritual. These truly spiritual roots are spoken of in the books of Corinthians and Ephesians.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12 (ASV)

A man who does not consider the spiritual involvement of a situation is as a man that walks around with his eyes closed and never considers opening them. How can he know the truth as to what is going on around him? Even when a man finally opens his eyes or awakes to the spirit, he does not immediately understand exactly what he is seeing. It takes a learning process of deep observation to even begin to comprehend the occurrences that are taking place around him. I say all this to open your mind up to the true realm of reality, the spirit. Knowledge of wisdom is what bridges the gap between the spiritual and physical realms of existence.

The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

A wealth of information concerning knowledge can be gleaned from the book of Genesis’ account of Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. Whether interpreted literally or symbolically, this incident provides a great amount of insight. To begin with there was no death up until then. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (Gen.2:17) As a curse for eating from the Tree of Knowledge, Gods words were, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it thou was taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (Gen.3:19).

Before the Tree of Knowledge incident man was innocent just as much as he was ignorantly without knowledge. It can be said that ignorance and innocence are synonymous, different, and at the same time complimentary of each other. All innocence is a form of ignorance, for a child does not do what he does not know. On the other hand, innocence can be shed by doing a thing and at the same time remain ignorance due to an absence of understanding. Although simply knowing is the contrast to innocence, the contrast to ignorance is not just knowing but also understanding that which is known. There is a time for ignorance and innocence and there is a time to seek knowledge, just as there is a time for childish things and a time to let go of childish things and become mature.

In many ways Adam and Eve were still immature and as spiritual babes that were not ready to eat mature spiritual food. Receive him that is weak in the faith, but not for passing judgment. For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats herbs. Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him who eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him. (Rom.14:1-3) Notice that the one who eats herbs is still weak. They are still as a baby in the Spirit requiring further growth towards strong maturity. As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (1 Peter 2:2)

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. (1 Cor. 3:1-2) We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. (Hebrews 5:12-13) In Corinthians Paul also says, We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

The passages above gives us an enormous amount of information as to what took place in the Garden of Eden and how eating from the Tree of Knowledge affects us today. First of all, before Adam and Eve ate from the tree, they were ignorant and innocent in the sense of being spiritually and experientially immature. Their innocence was shed when they were tempted and even thought to sin, sin being any act of disobeying God. As they ate they became ashamed. They had to gain knowledge and some understanding in order to feel the shame that they were experiencing. There is no shame in ignorance. For example, a baby can run around naked in front of strangers without feeling a tinge of embarrassment. If you analyze the whole situation you will see that the incident symbolizes a transformation from a type of childhood to a type of adulthood; from innocence and ignorance to knowledge and understanding.

The Tree of Knowledge in a very true sense is a kind of herb for the mature. One of the Tree of Life’s functions was to bring Adam and Eve to a degree of maturity wherein they could properly eat of the Tree of Knowledge. At this point Adam and Eve could safely eat of the Tree of Knowledge and receive its ritualistic property of enhancing them sexually so that they could then be fruitful and multiply. (Read ‘The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Revealed’)

If eating from the Tree of Knowledge was the catalytic event that would place man on his destined path of progression, then why did God tell Adam not to eat from the tree? It is not that God did not want them to ever eat of the Tree of Knowledge, but that He wanted them to eat of it in the right order and time, which was after they had reached a degree of maturity. As God said, when they eat from the tree they will surely die. God did not want them to die. Obviously, for Adam and Eve to eat of the tree and die was part of God’s plan, which at the end is perfection. The master plan is designed according to God’s will; and His will is not the want or desire, but the need for a thing to transpire. God’s want and desire was for man not to die. The results of eating from the tree were that man would surely die. We as believers know that the cause of death is the sin that reigns in our body, thus connecting sin to the Tree of Knowledge incident. Romans 4:15 links knowledge and sin even further. because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. The law exists on the level of knowledge of right and wrong, of good and of evil.

A liar presents the truth in a distorted, partially informing manner that leaves one in ignorance in order to manipulate according to their purpose. In other words, they only tell the half of the story that is relevant to their deceptive purpose and most appealing to the listener. With this in mind, let us take a look at what the serpent said to persuade Eve to eat from the tree. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:4-5ASV) The distorted part of the serpent’s statement was that Adam and Eve would not die if they were to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. The truth was that their eyes were opened and they were as gods due to the fact that they had knowledge of good and evil. God Himself supported this. And the Lord God said, behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever (Gen. 3:22).

Those who have true knowledge are aware of its potential to become corrupt. Knowledge is a veritable form of power and power always carries with it a deadly potential to draw its possessor down a dark path. Thankfully though, truth cannot be corrupted and always prevails. With true knowledge comes understanding and with understanding comes humility, fear of corruption, and sometimes shame (enhanced conscience). With knowledge you now know both sides of the fence when you were initially over confident and sure due to ignorance.

When Adam and Eve lost their innocence by eating from the Tree of Knowledge their ignorance was no longer justified. They left from God’s side in innocence to taste and experience knowledge. God actually allowed them to do this, because, nothing is done without being His will. God did what needed to be done in order to place man on the path towards perfection and His name glorified and highly exalted. Despite our limited perspective, this was truly a perfectly ingenious plan that would result in the utter destruction of the works of Satan. He that committeth sin he is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (1John3:8) Satan caused Adam and Eve to sin by eating of the tree and caused them to become aligned with him and the serpent. Forbidden knowledge or illicit access to a knowledge and wisdom of God is the motivating factor in both Adam and Eve’s and in Satan’s rebellion against God. This will be more pertinent later when analyzing Satan’s fall from grace.

The Will and Want of God

Let me take a second to expound on the will and want of God. Some will say that I am wrong and that God’s want and will are the same, for He is not double minded, but perfect. In response I will say, ‘Oh yes, He is perfect’. Even still, here it is... The will of God is what needs to be done and what needs to take place to perfect His creation. The want of God is the compassion and true loving concern that God has for all His creation. The truth of the whole matter is this…God is the truth. Truth has two central characteristics, love and judgment. If God came into the world in its present state He would mainly feel and react in two ways. He would either feel mercy, meaning sorrow and compassion for the human condition, or He would feel wrath, a sense of unbridled anger towards the world’s present condition. See, you must understand that if anyone was perfectly aligned with the image of truth, then this is how he or she would also feel and react towards the current state of the world. This would be their personality; truth.

Upon reviewing the scriptures it will become apparent that this is exactly the two ways in which Jesus reacted to the world. Whether talking to His disciples or to the unbelieving Jews, this is how Jesus responded; albeit, the judgmental responses were milder and tempered with compassion when addressing His believing disciples. For example, when Peter said Lord you will not die, Jesus reproved him. (Mark 8:31-33; Luke 9:21-22) In comparison, Jesus scolded the unbelieving priests with an iron tongue and lashed out fiercely against the greedy temple merchants. (Matt.21:12) At other times He showed extreme compassion for the general public and even to those who persecuted Him to death. According to the true perspective of reality, God’s perspective, any other personality than God’s is false.

Let me define personality to you according to what has been given to me. The human personality is a sequence of psychologically defensive fronts and walls invented and built up by one’s self (an individual) to aid in their coping and adapting to an environment or society maintained and structured by the devil. Everyone’s personality is false or altered. God is the only true being and possessor of the ‘true personality’. According to this truth, God’s want is love and His will is judgment. Taking this into consideration, we can predict that God will choose His will of judgment over His want of love. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. (Psalm 33:5) For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. (Psalm.37:28) This view is supported by Genesis 3:13-29’s account of the punishment of Adam and Eve.

Although God loved His creation, He still judged it and set forth the verdict. The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice. (Psalm 9:7) Scripture tells us that God will choose judgment and that He delights in it. Judgment is what needs to be done to bring about God’s perfect will. Judgment, when in relation to love, sets forth the boundaries between love and lust. The lack of judgment is one of the prime characteristics that distinguish the Antichrist, who will attempt to love or accept the world without first judging it, from the true Christ. Due to the lack of judgment the Antichrist’s love will not truly be love, but lust. If you can understand this then you have understood a mystery and a truth about the character of the sinful one to come.

In God’s case, He has begun judging the world in the past through Christ and is continuing to do so now. And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. (John 9:38-40) For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son: (John 5:22). His love will be demonstrated in full only afterwards. God’s mercy and love (want) is currently being expressed through Jesus Christ also and is in a process of being perfected through this judgment. Whom God set forth a mercy seat, through faith in his blood, through the shewing forth of his righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forebearance of God (Romans3:25).

While on the topic, I will expound on a truth concerning the will and want of God in relation to the essence and character of both Satan and the Antichrist. The truth is that all creatures of God’s creation are made in the likeness of an aspect of God’s being. God’s being has many attributes. Courage, humility, faith, wisdom, knowledge, truth, understanding, honor, glory, strength, and omnipotence are just a few of these traits. Upon observation you may notice that the aforementioned characteristics are represented by certain animals in the physical world and certain spiritual beings depicted in various belief systems. Prime examples of these are the bold and courageous lion which is also associated with knowledge; the ram which is associated with strength; the eagle which is associated with honor, glory and freedom; the cunning fox, coyote, or serpent that is associated with wisdom; and the Cherubim and the spiritual being of Wisdom oftentimes referred to in the Holy Bible’s book of Proverbs.

Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle (Ezek.10:4). The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. (Rev.4:7)

"I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men." (Proverbs 8:12-31)

All of these creatures were intentionally created in the likeness of one of God’s attributes, for they were made according to wisdom. In my gift tongue of Shaka, the phrase used to denote the act of God creating is ‘cowok con gen’. It literally means ‘to create with wisdom, purpose, and design’. One element of wisdom is the usage of symbols and representations to provide a consistent underlying theme and sound outline. Before Adam was created there were no creatures made in the full likeness of God’s image or containing all of His attributes and characteristics. Lucifer was initially described as a creature of light, as the meaning of his name, ‘light bearer’, implies. Light signifies truth.

From certain scriptures, it appears to me that Lucifer was created after the image of some aspect of God’s attribute of truth, truth being a prime characteristic of the image of God. This is reflected in Ezekiel’s description of how Satan shined brilliantly and was full of wisdom in the beginning.

Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Ty’-rus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty, Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so; thou wast upon the holy mountain of God. Thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the days thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee....I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee (Ezek.28:12-17).

Isaiah reiterates the fallen nature of Satan. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who didst rise in the morning? how art thou fallen to the earth, that didst wound the nations? For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isa.14:12-14)

Perfect truth is as a burning bright fire and all-consuming light. As I said before, truth can be subdivided into two main parts. These two parts are judgment and mercy/love, the will and want aspects of God’s character. Ezekiel’s description of Satan as Lucifer the light bearing cherub causes me to theorize that Lucifer was created in the likeness of the trait of truth, but without the judgment half. The personification of the want, love/mercy aspect of this trait would explain why he was described as being a light bearer of beautiful brightness. It would also explain why he was so wise, for wisdom is also an aspect of the brightness of truth. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. (Dan.12:3)

Ezekiel calls Satan the ‘anointed cherub that covers’. The function of a cherub is to act as a covering or mediator between God and His followers. Its primary job is to spread to them the light, truth, and wisdom of God’s Holy Spirit. They literally take from the treasuries of God and give them to His followers. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (St. John16:13-15)

The stones of fire before God’s throne along with the Heavenly altar and Throne of God, act as a link to the realm of the Holy Spirit and to God the Father in Eternity. As a cherub with the title of Lucifer or light bearer, Satan had some amount of access to this divine tool. "Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so; thou wast upon the holy mountain of God. Thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire". Ezekiel 28 reveals both this aspect of Satan’s divine function as well as the misappropriation of this lofty duty being the reason behind his fall.

"The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God…(Ez.28:1-7)

This access to the Holy Spirit treasuries of God gave Satan great wisdom beyond and above all other creatures. Although he was extremely bright with great wisdom and great truth, he lacked a very important aspect. He lacked truth’s trait of judgment, which led to his lack of discipline and discernment. As a result, his wisdom and brightness deceived him into believing that he was even wiser and more capable than the Heavenly Son of God Himself; Yahweh. He began to believe that he could also ascend to the state of godhood. His great traffic, or in other words the immensity of his divine job function, had him thinking that he could compete with the Heavenly Son of God. Satan’s job was to lead his followers to the worship of God the Father through the ways taught by Yahweh the eternal high priest who was after the order of Melchisedec, The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. (Psa.110:4) (Heb.7:17) For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. (Heb.7:1-3)

Instead, Satan stole this glory for his own and corrupted the sanctuaries whose glory he was supposed to be maintaining. Such is the core definition of ‘blasphemy’, to wrongly accredit evil to God or to claim His glory and accomplishments as one’s own. "Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee." (Ez.28:18)

This being of perfect beauty and wisdom went totally astray due to his lack of the spirit of judgment. What could be considered as the trait of love turned into lust as a result of having no discipline. Judgment is as discipline, discretion, and guidance. The difference between love and lust is whether or not the object of affection is good to be loved. If that which is being loved is deserving of it, then the end result is love. But, if the object of affection is not worthy of love then the end result is lust. Judgment is the element that determines that which is good from that which is bad. Judgment also sets forth the means in which that which is bad can be made good. So the element that will make the whole of mankind good is judgment; and God will choose judgment.

Understand this: If God was to approve the whole world to Heaven in its present state without first judging, punishing, disciplining, or correcting it, it would not be an act of love, but an act of lust. It would be a deep want to love the world and a reaction to that want. This difference between love and lust is the major difference in character between the Antichrist and the Lord Christ Jesus and between God and Satan. Jesus was true love. When He came into the world He did not accept everyone. He applied the spirit of judgment and discernment and deeply understood the human condition’s need for correction. When the Antichrist comes into the world he will not judge nor correct, but will openly accept everyone.

Since the world is blind to God’s wisdom they will interpret the Antichrist’s actions as true love. Jesus said, I receive glory not from men. But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive.  How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek? (John 5:41-44). In another place Jesus said, I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. (Luke12:49-51) Jesus did not come to make peace with everyone, but to divide, judge between them, and cast fire on the earth. It is the Antichrist who will come in peace and by peace destroy many. (Dan.8:25, 11:21, 24)

The Antichrist’s earthly manifestation will be symbolic of Satan’s creation history as it is manifested in the spiritual dimension. They will both begin appearing beautiful and with seemingly good intentions, but then later become corrupt. This link is expressed in Ezekiel’s chapters 26, 27, and 28’s threefold warning against the land, prince, and king of Tyrus/Tyre. This similarity exists because they both have the same spirit, the spirit of lust. The antichrist will simply personify Satan’s path since his creation. I truly believe that Satan believes that he is doing something right. Similarly, the antichrist will also believe to have righteous intentions, but will later become out of control as he becomes corrupt due to his lack of discipline and judgment.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. (Isa.14:12-14) These scriptures provide us with an ample description of the Antichrist’s characteristics and what to be aware of in his coming. This will be discussed further in later chapters.

The stones of fire gave Lucifer access to aspects of God’s secret knowledge of which he mishandled. This knowledge of God’s Spirit made him a watchman to the one third of God’s followers that were assigned to him. But instead of leading them down paths of righteousness, he led them astray thus defiling his sanctuaries. With knowledge comes responsibility and with responsibility there is accountability. A person is held to judgment according to their knowledge. And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. (Lk.12:47-48) The knowledge of God through the reception of the Holy Spirit makes its recipients as watchman whose duty is to watch over the flock and lead them properly in the paths of God. Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. (Ezek.3:17)

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth :( John16: 13) . . . believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light(John12:36) Ye (Christians) are the salt of the earth...Ye (Christians) are the light of the world (Matt.5: 13-14) As God’s servants, we are to do God’s will. As Christians we are to do as Christ and to follow his example. The truth of the matter is we are the truth.

The Sure Foundation

As I said previously, to build on anything you first need a foundation. We are building on knowledge of wisdom. Before we begin to set up anything, let us establish the foundation. Satan went astray because he lacked a sure foundation. The only stable foundation is truth. Now the question lies, what is the truth? Truth is the foundation of understanding, understanding is the beginning of wisdom, and wisdom leads to godliness. Truth, understanding, and knowledge equals wisdom. Understanding having truth in it is the beginning of all things. This is important because this formula can also have corruption as its foundation, which would equal false wisdom. This is what we must be aware of being seekers of knowledge of truth. The dilemma is that a foundation built on corruption appears to be as sound as one founded on truth.

Corruption views itself as being the truth. The truth also views itself as being true, for it is the truth. The two have a similar appearance and can only be properly identified by those that have the truth in them. This is especially the case when concerning knowledge. This is why Proverbs 5:3-6 states that …the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.  The path of life is the path of truth. As Jesus declared, I am the way and the truth and the life (John 14:6).

Anyone who gains knowledge without the truth already has a foundation of corruption laid waiting to strengthen, manifest, and take over. God causes us to desire to know Him. . He has chosen man to be in fellowship with him and placed in them a fervor to seek Him out. Then once we act upon this desire, God guides us closer to His presence. So all things learned and all seeking is to bring forth the manifestation of this divinely innate desire.

What is the foundation? When building a home the foundation is not the first stone or brick laid down. The foundation is the ground and the laying down of the outline. First of all, the ground that you are going to build on must be proven to be sound, sturdy, and stable. It must be leveled off and made fit. Ground has to be broken and dug and cement poured. Or maybe, rods have to be drilled into underlying bedrock to support founding columns. Then the outline for the building must be adhered to precisely. The edifice must be built according to the planned outline and the outline must be planned out thoroughly according to the ground being built on. This is the format, the law, directions, and instructions to follow. These are the foundation, which are basically the judgment aspect of the trait of truth.

The following is a verse from Matthew 8:24 that clarify the definition of the foundation and identifies the one and only True Foundation. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. Not anyone of the rocks or bricks which were used to actually build the house referred to in the preceding verse, had anything to do with the foundation. Instead, the foundation is the rock that the house was actually built on. A wise man sees the Rock as the true foundation. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Psalm 18:2) They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. (Cor.10:3-4) Jesus Christ is the Rock of Salvation and the only sure foundation. This was the case when He made His first advent on the physical earthly realm as the Son of God/ Son of Man, and when He was in the first spiritual creation of Heaven in the form of Yahweh, the first born of all creation and the only begotten Son of God.

Knowledge of Good and Evil Chapter 2

All religions claim to be the truth. No practiced belief proclaims to be false and of Satan, with the exclusion of straight-out Satan worshippers. Even then, they proclaim that their take on the meaning and purpose of the Satan character is distinct from the traditional Christian view of the matter. According to them, the Christian’s usage of the Satan symbol is misconstrued. Occultist followers of the ancient mystery religions, such as those built around Egyptian, Babylonian, and other ancient Middle and Far Eastern cultures, claim to know the true mystery of God and to contain the true key to godliness. They are based on the understanding that man is of God, from God, as God, and is God. Their beliefs are persuasively supported by the logic of nature. They express that through a natural process man can attain to or become God. The struggle of all religions is to prove that they hold the correct way to attain life peacefully on earth and eternally hereafter. The desire for man to seek a religion is a natural response. Since it is instinctive for man to want what religion promises, religion becomes a most likely area for corruption to capitalize on.

The profit of corruption is death. No one seeks death. Therefore, death allures its victims by claiming to be life. This is to say that corruption claims that it is truth. Out of all religions, which can be interpreted as ways to/of life, only one can be the true truth, although many can be false. Think about it as if a producer marketed a new product. Then afterwards many other producers responded to the new demand for the product and marketed their own slightly altered versions of the same product. Out of all the many different types of the same product, only one can be the true product. The true is even the same as the first. In this same analogy is the comparison between truth and evil, the knowledge of God and the knowledge of Satan.

How are we to know the identity of the true truth? Well, I say this. If you had the truth, through it would be the explanation of all things called the truth. For Christianity denounces Islam and Islam denounces Christianity. The ancient wisdom of the east denounces both of them as being a misinterpreted derivate of itself. I know the truth and the little knowledge that I have in me exalts me above all of the world’s doctrines, except for the Holy Bible, for it is perfect and beyond my understanding. All in it that seems of no importance is because of my shortcomings. As for me, my religion is Wisdom. I was brought forth to attain to the understanding of Wisdom through Christ Jesus. At the end of wisdom is perfect knowledge of Christ and perfect knowledge of Christ is perfect faith. Knowledge of God alone is not faith without knowledge of Christ. For God is Christ. Therefore, any knowledge of God without Christ is not perfect. This is the truth and this is the foundation. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also (1 John 2:23-24).

Several years ago I had a dream wherein I heard the statement, I was void of understanding. I searched from generation to generation and found no meaning in life, no foundation. Until I learned, the foundation of life is the end of Christ. This statement brings me to the question of which is the truth and true way to life between Islam, Christianity, and the ancient wisdom of the east. According to the statement, Christianity is the truth. I also examine it and understand that the end of Christ is God and knowledge of His mystery. It would be nice if this also applied in the vice versa, meaning the end of God is Christ. This would mean that those who seek God without Christ will find him (Christ) anyway at the end. The scriptures say that no one comes to the Father except through the Son. Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well...Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life (1 John 5:1, 10-12). So this excludes the vice versa.

The end of God would be Christ, but there is such a gap between man and God that the end can never be reached without the gap first being filled. Those who search for God without Christ are as those who attempt to find the true truth by attaining knowledge of all things and by working towards perfect righteousness. Theoretically, this could be possible. The difficulty of such a feat can be expressed in the difficulty of obtaining knowledge of all things. Understand this: Obtaining knowledge of all things (perfect knowledge) is equal to perfectly traversing the whole of outer space and reaching its end. According to scientists, the distance of the visible universe is 14 billion light years. This means that one could traverse the known universe in 14 billion years travelling at the speed of light. This only includes the portions of the universe that scientists can detect. It is most likely even larger than this. Additionally, scientists agree that the universe is expanding. So for all human contexts and purposes, the universe is virtually infinite and non-traversable. This infinite expanse depicts the gap between man and God, both symbolically and literally.

Various scripture verses speak about this spiritual gap and the importance of having it filled. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord (Ezek.13:5). But you’re iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. (Isa.59:2) "And I sought for a man among them, that should make up