The Call of God: Depth Prophecy Illuminated

By Wayne Mullins Sr.

The basis for my book Our Inner Struggle Untangled: Revelation Deciphered is the deciphering process I discovered. I now call this process Depth Prophecy as it illuminates a deeper level of prophecy in the texts in the Christian Bibles Old Testament; new messages from God result. These are written by Gods prophets by the inspiration of Gods Holy Spirit, and are primarily concerned with Jesus Christ. Of note is the deciphering process only serves to augment, or add to, the original texts; they dont replace them in any way. Keep in mind the warning against making any changes to the texts of the Book Revelation by Jesus as recorded by the Apostle John. This can only mean it was Gods intention for the biblical texts to eventually be deciphered from the time they were written.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 22, 2017
• ISBN: 9781973602705

Wayne Mullins Sr.

The author has a Bachelor's Degree in Bible from Phila. College of Bible and a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Moravian Seminary. He considered for Catholic Social Agency for many years in Allentown, PA and Philipsburg, NJ before opening a private practice in the Greater Bethlehem Area of PA, where he still practices.

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To my wife Judith,

who supported me spiritually and emotionally with much

patience,

and to my good friend Gerard Maicher,

whose theological insights and technical assistance were

invaluable.

God called to him from the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here I am.

Exodus 3:4 NASB

…but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on to the goal of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Saint Paul (formerly Saul of Tarsus)

Philippians 3:13, 14

Contents

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Preface

Part One: Biblical Prophecy

1. The Family of God

2. Messianic Prophecy

3. Old Testament Prophecy

4. Israel and the Church

5. Meanings of Names

6. Guidelines for Deciphering

Part Two: Depth Prophecy

7. The Light of God

8. The Risen Christ

9. Changes

10. The Chosen of God

11. Divine Purpose

12. Separation for God’s Purpose

13. The Man of Peace

Glossary

End notes

Bibliography

Preface

Fountain of Sorrow, Fountain of Light,

You’ve heard that hollow sound of Your footsteps in flight.

You could be laughing at me – You’ve got the right,

But You go on smiling, so clear and so bright!

from Fountain of Sorrow by Jackson Browne

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The basis for my book Our Inner Struggle Untangled: Revelation Deciphered is the deciphering process I discovered. I call this process Depth Prophecy as it illuminates a deeper level of prophecy in the texts in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The resulting texts were very different from the original texts of the Book of Revelation. The Book of Revelation is the Apostle John’s recording of his visions from the Light of God, Jesus Christ.

The deciphering process produces new messages from the Risen Christ, who had been raised from the dead by God, His Father. The purpose of the sacrifice of His life as the Man of Sorrow was for the forgiveness of sins for all humans for all time. Anyone who chooses to accept Jesus’ sacrifice is reconciled to God by the cleansing of their souls from sin.

I also discovered that new messages from God result as this same deciphering process is applied to Old Testament texts, which are written by God’s prophets through the inspiration of God’s Holy Spirit. It is important to understand that the deciphering process only serves to augment, or add to, the original texts, and that they don’t replace them in any way.

Keep in mind the warning against making any changes to the texts of Revelation by Jesus as recorded by the Apostle John. This can only mean that it was God’s intention for the biblical texts to eventually be deciphered from the time that they were written.

The essential purpose of this book is to make plain, to all those that are interested, the wonderful gift that God has given us through this process of Depth Prophecy. That is, in the additional messages from God in the application of Depth Prophecy to the texts of the Old Testament.

These messages foretell the appearance and activities of God’s Messiah and Son, Jesus Christ. They also urge us to strive with God’s Risen Christ for the cleansing of our souls in order to reconcile with God the Father.

Many Biblical prophecies have spiritual meaning, especially those concerning God’s Messiah. These prophecies may not be absolute proof of the existence of God, but they certainly do affirm God’s plan to reconcile those humans to Himself that choose to do so. All followers of Jesus are aware of this concept of reconciling with God within their souls. The reason for this is because of their awareness of God’s Holy Spirit that dwells within them.

All this is possible because Jesus willingly gave His life as the Sacrificial Lamb for all humanity for all time. After His death on the Cross of Calvary, Jesus was then raised from the dead by God and appointed as the Risen Christ - the Light of God. Jesus eventually illuminated the light on the foundation of the process of Depth Prophecy in the visions He gave to the Apostle John who recorded them in the book of Revelation.

In summary, the discovery of Depth Prophecy as applied to the texts of the Book of Revelation, recorded by the Apostle John, reveals additional messages from the Risen Christ. Moreover, it is in the application of the process of Depth prophecy to the writings of the prophets and leaders of Ancient Israel in their Scriptures - the Old Testament of the Christian Bible - that reveals more messages to us from God the Father.

In my book Our Inner Struggle Untangled: Revelation Deciphered, I put forth a possible reason that the deciphering process has come to our awareness from God at this period of time. That reason is that perhaps it is due to the grafting in of the natural branches as the beloved (the people of Israel) for the sake of the Fathers of Israel. This is discussed by Paul in Romans 11:17-36.

I still maintain that this is the case, but I also am aware that there is now, and has been for some time, a period of great apostasy (a falling away) of the heirs of the founding Apostles, Fathers and Saints of the Christian Church. This includes the kin of the chosen people of God that existed in Ancient Israel.

In the divine pursuit of His being reconciled with the members of fallen humanity, God in His mercy offers another set of prophesies to encourage us to return to Him. Through the messages that God provides by the application of the deciphering process on Old Testament texts, Depth Prophecy is revealed as God’s gift to all of humanity.

The question thus becomes for all of us, will this gift cause serious soul-searching in all of us who have fallen away from God? And will we turn to the restoration of relationship with God the Father that is available through the words and work of God’s Messiah, Jesus Christ?

It is important for us to realize that God raised Jesus from the dead as the Risen Christ, and gave Him a glorified (divine) eternal body. As believers in God’s gift of restoration of relationship with Him, we are offered the same! The Light of God, who is also the Son of God, has the ability which God has given Him to provide every human being with reconciliation with God.

Moreover, as the Risen Christ, the Light of God accomplishes this by communicating with us in our thought-life! Are we listening? Are we paying attention to His encouragement within ourselves?

The fact of the matter is that we ignore the Risen Christ’s ministering to us for the cleansing of our souls from sinfulness at our peril. Reconciliation with God begins in this life, and it is the choice of each individual person to do so. It is a free gift from God.

All that we need to do is realize that the only requirement for divine soul cleansing and restoration of relationship with God is to choose to accept Jesus Christ’s - the Man of Sorrow’s - sacrifice of His life. Once we sincerely make that choice, we are then encouraged to strive with the Risen Christ, who ministers to us in the realm of human thought-life, to overcome our sinful nature. If we choose to do this with His help as the Light of God - our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ – we become members of the Kingdom of God.

A very real and striking occurrence is that those persons who choose to strive for the cleansing of their soul by Jesus Christ find that their outlook on life changes. This happens because their focus is no longer involved with self-will, self-indulgence, self-glory, or physical and sexual desires.

Rather, they focus on their relationship with the Risen Christ and God, and aligning with His righteousness. Still enslaved by sin, they now strive to overcome that sin, by praying to Jesus for help, and praying to God for forgiveness.

It is crucial for us to understand that it is only by faith in the Risen Christ’s ability to reconcile us with our Creator God that we are able to begin the cleansing of our soul in this life in order for us to acquire entry into the Kingdom of God. The completion of this purification of our souls, this sanctification process for a glorified body, occurs for those of the Kingdom of God in the next level of existence. This glorified body is then provided to us for entry into the New Jerusalem, the Family of God.

Every individual has the ability to choose to reconcile with God at this level of existence. May it be that the reading of this book opens each readers mind to the voice of the Risen Christ in their thought-life!

PART ONE

Biblical Prophecy

Chapter 1

The Family of God

I’m so glad I’m a part of the Family of God.

I’ve been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His blood.

Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod,

For I’m part of the Family, the Family of God.

—Gloria and William J. Gaither

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We could say the Bible is about God reconciling humans to Himself. Moreover, we could say that it is about the salvation of human souls through the sacrifice and teaching of God’s Messiah and Son, Jesus Christ. In conjunction with this, it is also God’s overall plan for the creation of the family of God. It is important to bear in mind this concept of the family of God as we endeavor to fully grasp the concept of depth prophecy. Actually, it would seem that it is very important for us to realize that the concept of depth prophecy is, in fact, the discovery of additional divine revelation. In order to help to understand that it should be considered as divine revelation, a short survey of the Bible, and some events in history connected to the Bible and its authorship, will now be discussed.

God’s plan for creating the family of God began at the time that He brought our universe, including space and time, into existence. When God says He is I AM (Exodus 3:14–15), it means that He is above and beyond time and space. While it seems that we humans are unable to comprehend this reality of being above space and time, we settle for eternal or forever in describing this attribute of God. And there are those who do not believe it is possible for existence above space and time, and such people get irritated and angry when it is put forth to them. However, we know that space and time was created at the big bang, and that it was the sovereign God of the universe who created the big bang.

Then God prepared Earth for the first humans, Adam and Eve, to live. Unfortunately, they eventually indulged in self-will rather than remaining obedient to God. They took the word of the serpent, Satan, over God’s Word. In doing so, Adam and Eve introduced the existence of sin into the world. After their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve began to have children. Their eldest, Cain, became jealous of his brother Abel. He became filled with rage and killed his brother. The significance of this act demonstrated that there existed, at that time, the onset of an ever-increasing disposition toward sinfulness within humanity due to the spirit of sin’s mastery over human nature.

Later on in Genesis 6:4, we read that some fallen angels looked upon human women and desired them. They then temporarily took on human form and so were able to copulate with those human women, and thus they had children by them.

As time wore on, the progeny of the fallen angels of that civilization became wicked and caused humans to be sinful. There was so much sinfulness and wickedness that God sent a flood upon the earth and wiped out all living things on it. The exceptions were Noah and his wife, their three sons Japheth, Ham, and Shem together with their wives, and the animals on the ark. God had given Noah the responsibility of building the ark, and He supplied Noah with measurements and instructions regarding the specifications of the ark and the number and identification of the animals.

The descendants of Noah and his family eventually founded ancient societies including Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China. At some later date, the progenitor of the ancient Hebrews, Abraham, was born (ca. 2195 BC). Because of his obedience to God, Abraham was promised that he would have many descendants upon the earth (Genesis 17:6–8). The ancient Hebrews became known as Israelites at the time when God had changed Jacob’s (Abraham’s grandson’s) name to Israel. God did this because Israel (Jacob) wrestled with the angel of the Lord in order to obtain His blessings of forgiveness and protection.

Later, Joseph, Jacob’s (Israel’s) son, was sold into slavery by his brothers because they were jealous of his being their father’s favorite son. But by God’s favor, Joseph became the second highest-ranking official in Egypt, next to Pharaoh. Due to a famine in the region, Joseph ultimately was allowed by Pharaoh to place his family in Goshen in Northern Egypt (ca. 1875 BC). There the Hebrews, as they were called at that time, grew in number and became a nation.

The Hebrews, or the ancient Israelites, were enslaved around 1730 BC by the Hyksos, a foreign power that had taken control of Egypt. This foreign power enslaved them because they were threatened by the Israelites’ population growth. Moses and Aaron eventually lead the Israelites out of Egypt by God’s power (ca. 1445 BC).

Later, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, the people they sent to check out the inhabitants of Canaan came back and reported the presence of giants in the region. The Israelites would not enter the land of Canaan as God had instructed them; they feared of presence of the giants reported to be there.

Due to their disobedience, God caused them to wander in the wilderness for forty years. When the Israelites were ready to enter Canaan, Moses died. Joshua became their leader and brought them into the Promised Land (Canaan). In obedience to God, Joshua led them in conflict with the pagans in and around Canaan (ca. 1405 BC).

While the Israelites were in the wilderness, God conveyed the Law, including the Ten Commandments, to Moses. These were legal and moral requirements for the Israelites to comply with as the chosen people of God. Known as the Mosaic Law, this was also called the Pentateuch, the first