Replacement Theology Article 2

In Article one, we began this journey of understanding Replacement Theology.  We looked at Paul’s response to the Gentile Christians who were beginning to adopt the theology and offered a different perspective.  For Article two, I felt it was important to delve further into the origins of Replacement Theology and the result of the Christian Church adopting its philosophy.

Replacement Theology says that the Jewish people have lost their covenant status with God. God got so angry at the Jewish people for their disobedience and inability to keep their part of the covenant that he decided to transfer over the covenant promises to the Gentiles and the Jews won’t get it back. The Jews are no longer God’s chosen people.

Unfortunately, in my research I discovered that this ideology has been around almost since the beginning of the church.  As more and more gentiles came to faith in Jesus they began to reject the idea that the Jews had any part in Christianity and no longer wanted anything to do with Jewish believers.  The Christian church has come against the Jewish people almost from the beginning.

There was a Samaritan believer ca. 150 A.D. named Justin Martyr who first began to propose the idea that God was finished with the Jewish people and therefore the Gentile Christians would become the new Israel.  According to Avner Boskey in his book, Israel the Key to World Revival, Martyr’s presuppositions could be summarized in the following way:

1.       “Jews have forfeited the title ‘Israel’ but Gentile Christians have received it;

2.       Jewish physical circumcision is a sign of judgment;

3.       God likes Gentile worship better than Jewish worship;

4.       Jews have forfeited the Bible and it now belongs to Gentile Christians;

5.       Gentile Christians are now the ‘true Israel’.”

These presuppositions planted seeds into the heart of the Gentile Christian Church and grew until anti-Semitic acts began to manifest. Some of the earliest anti-Semitic acts perpetrated by the Gentile Christian Church included the following:

*175 AD Pope Victor condemned the use of the Jewish calendar;

*306 AD the Council of Elvira, Spain forbid Christians to marry Jews, receive Jewish prayers

  or blessings, and eat with Jews;

*325 AD Council of Nicaea severed the Jewish connection of Passover with the date of   Resurrection Day;

*345 AD Council of Antioch excommunicated Christians who celebrated Passover with a 

  Jew;

*Antisemitism increased year after year with canons forbidding Christians from attending

  Jewish festivals, enforcement of strict rules for the baptism of Messianic Jews, preventing

  Jews from holding public office;

*1492 Spain expelled all Jews who do not renounce Judaism and Old Covenant practices,

  even to the point of burning them at the stake if they did not comply;

*1542 many Jews were burned at the stake by the Church for following Old Covenant 

  practices;

*1936 Hitler under Germany’s National Reich Church required pastors to expel all Messianic

  Jews or Christians of Jewish descent from the church.

Why did Christian Church Fathers allow such hatred to be enacted against our Jewish brothers?  Apparently Paul saw this coming when he addressed it in Romans 11:18.  He wrote “Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you.” Clearly Paul saw that the Gentile Christians were beginning to feel superior to their Jewish brothers.  

Paul also writes that it is the root that supports the Gentile Christian Church not the other way around.  The word root here is speaking not only of Jesus, as in Isaiah 11:10, “And it shall be in that day that the Root of Jesse shall stand as a signal for the peoples; of Him shall the nations inquire and seek knowledge, and His dwelling shall be glory”; but it is  also referring to Israel and the Jews as the root or the nation from which the Messiah came.

How can the Christian Church, whose foundation hinges on a God who sent His Son to be born into a Jewish family, and raised as a Jew, persecute and excommunicate the very family of that Son.  The Christian Church would not know Salvation and how to worship God if it were not for the Jewish people.  The first church was not Christian and made up of Gentiles it was formed from Jewish men and women who followed the Torah and believed that their Jewish friend was the Son of God.

It wasn't God’s intent to send His Son that only the Gentile Christian Church would be saved and walk in the Kingdom.  It wasn't His intent to use the Jewish men and women to spread the message of the Kingdom to the Gentiles and then take the Kingdom away from them completely.  This is not the nature of the God we serve.

Paul addresses this issue in Romans 11:8-10.  He writes that God gave the Jewish nation a spirit of stupor so that their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear the truth of the Messiah Jesus.  In verse 8 Paul starts out by saying “As it is written” then he goes on to say in verse 9 that David discussed this very thing in the Psalms.  (Psalm 69:22-23) Paul appears to be saying that God planned from the beginning to give the Jewish people this spirit of stupor. 

So does that mean that God took the Kingdom away from them?  According to Paul the answer is no.  Romans 11:11-12 clearly says that God gave them this spirit of stupor so that the Gentiles could have a part in the Kingdom.  And if the Gentiles are so blessed with Salvation then there will be even greater riches when God lifts the spirit of stupor and the Jewish people recognize Jesus as their Messiah.  So according to Paul God had a purpose all along and it wasn't to completely cut off the Jewish people from His covenant promises.

   

So what was God’s purpose in using the Jewish nation in this way?  We will explore the Jewish role in God’s plan in the next article.  

Replacement Theology - Article 1

Several weeks ago I was ask to write an article on Replacement Theology.  Once I started I couldn't seem to stop.  I never realized there was so much to say about the subject.  For those of you who don't know what Replacement Theology is here is a brief summary.  Replacement Theology is a doctrine of the church that holds to the belief that God is finished with the Jewish people and all the promises He made to them in the Scriptures are now for Gentiles alone.

Since there appears to be so much to say on the subject I have decided to write several articles in order to cover everything I feel the Lord is trying to say to me on the subject.  So this will be the first in a series.

Replacement Theology

Article 1

There is a belief that has been in the church for centuries that hold to the doctrine that God has replaced the Jews with the Gentiles.  When I first heard about this belief I was surprised because I had never thought that way myself.  Being a student of the Word and especially the book of Romans, as it has always been my favorite book of the Bible, the concept never crossed my mind.  So after hearing some prominent Bible teachers and preachers speak against it I began to look into it for myself.

I knew what the Word said so I thought I would observe the church as a whole listening to preachers, teachers, and prophets.  I decided to also ask specific questions of these individuals which would lead to thought provoking answers.  What I found surprised me because there was no one actually saying the words, “God has given up on the Jews and all the promises He made to them are now for the Gentiles alone.”   What was happening though were very small subtle remarks that at first sounded really good but after much thought could be interpreted in ways that didn't seem so good.  There were also the sermons that were taught from specific Scriptures in the Prophets that were clearly intended for Israel but never addressed as such, leaving the hearer to assume they were only for them. (Example Ezekiel 37) 

The realization then came that I had heard many sermons and lessons growing up from all over the book of Romans with the exception of the 9^th through 11^th chapters.  I grew up in the church, went to a Christian school and even attended a Christian University and I heard many sermons especially from Romans 8 and 12 but never from 9 through 11.   I realized it was more about what was not being said than what was being said, and little by little Israel was becoming an afterthought within the church body and more and more believers were wondering why they needed to think about Israel and the Jews much less care what happened to them.  I remember the day a couple of years ago when my pastor got up and preached a message on why Israel was important to the church and why we should be praying for Israel and the Jewish people.  I was amazed at the fact that he had felt the need to preach the sermon and that so many people afterward were so glad and learned so much.  I felt glad that he had preached it but sad at the same time that he had to preach it.  I never realized the deception was so prevalent until that moment.

When you take a look at Romans 11 it’s clear that Paul believes God has not replaced the Jews and never will.  Paul reminds the Gentiles that we would not be enjoying the benefits of salvation if it had not been for the Jewish people’s rejection of Yeshua.  He goes even further to state that God actually gave the Jewish people a spirit of stupor so they couldn't see or hear Him so that we Gentiles could have an opportunity to know salvation; and in coming to salvation make the Jews jealous so they would accept Yeshua as well.

Apparently in Paul’s day this concept of the Gentiles replacing the Jews in the promises of God had already begun to raise its head.  We can see in Romans 11:18-20; that Paul is specifically addressing the Gentiles and warning them not to boast or be prideful in their estimation of what God did for them to the exclusion of the Jews.  If the Gentiles were falling into that trap they were committing the same offense that the Jews did when God pruned them off the Olive branch.  Paul says in verse 21 if God did not spare the Jews from being pruned He certainly won’t spare the Gentiles for the same offense.  He goes on to say we as Gentiles should lay aside our arrogance and pride and appreciate the kindness of God in allowing us to be grafted into the original Olive branch so we can continue in His grace and kindness, our belief will stay intact, and we won’t be pruned as well.

In verses 25-26, Paul sums it up as a hidden truth that he doesn’t want us Gentiles to miss.  He says, “A hardening has befallen a part of Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come. And so all Israel will be saved.” He goes on to point out that from God’s point of view they are the chosen ones, the beloved of God, for the sake of their forefathers.  God made a promise to their ancestors and He does not go back on His promises. His gifts and callings are irrevocable.

We need to look at Israel and the Jewish people as our big brother in the faith and learn from them.  They have an understanding of God that we don’t have.  God put it in them from the beginning and there is much to learn.  As we come alongside them and implore of them to teach us we are actually calling them higher into their gifts and callings.  Even the Orthodox Jews who have not come to a belief in Yeshua have a richness in God and the ways of God that is embedded into their DNA.  I understand that they haven’t obtained the complete picture yet but they do carry a piece that can enrich our relationship with God and His ways. 

Zechariah 3:7 says, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, If you will walk in My ways and keep My charge, then also you shall rule My house and have charge of My courts, and I will give you access to My presence and places to walk among these who stand here.”  I believe this verse is first to the Jew and then to the Gentile believer.  I also believe it our inheritance as sons of God and partakers of the Kingdom of God which is the inheritance of Yeshua.  I believe we can’t fully understand and grasp the original intent of this Scripture without the help of our Jewish brothers. 

We must come alongside them both believers and non-believers and be bridge builders of peace and reconciliation.  We must take a stance of humility knowing we have much to learn as well as much to share.  When we lay aside our agendas and follow the true heart of God we will not only be instrumental in lifting the veil from their eyes we will also gain understanding and knowledge of the ways and heart of God we otherwise may never have discovered.

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Sonship Second try

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This blog may stretch your theology a bit, however I felt it was revelation from the Father for me and I hope others.  Feel free to comment on it and offer your opinions both positive and negative as I am learning everyday that we all need each other in order to come into a full knowledge of who we are created to be here on the earth and we all receive revelation that needs to be shared.

Sonship

When I started going through the process of opening and cleaning out my gateways in my spirit, soul, and body in order to get them functioning and flowing with the love of the Father, I realized I needed to understand why I needed to do it, why it was so important.  It looked a lot like sozo to me and so I needed a purpose behind it that was more than just getting rid of my junk.  I have done a lot of that over the years and have seen a lot of freedom.  In essence I guess I just wanted to know why this was any different from what I had been doing.  So I started asking God questions and the following is some of what I got out of that conversation with the Father.

Why do I need to clean out my gates? 

Your gates need to be clean and flowing with the love of the Father so that you can fulfill your purpose in the earth. 

What is my purpose in the earth?

Your purpose in the earth is to walk and live in Sonship becoming the expression of Christ revealed once again in the earth. 

What does living in Sonship actually mean and what does that have to do with my purpose?

In order to understand what the Lord revealed to me after asking this question I needed to look back at the beginning, where it all started. So I went back to Adam to discover the meaning of Sonship and what that had to do with my purpose, because Adam was the first original human son of God.  I started by looking at Genesis 2:7-8, 15, 18-20 (AMP)

"Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a garden toward the east in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed….And the Lord God took the man and put Him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it…Now the Lord God said it is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper for him. And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast and living creature of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name. And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper meet for him." 

From these verses it is clear that God created Adam and it was his job to tend, guard, and keep the garden. When God saw he needed a help meet God created the animals and birds out of the ground and had Adam name all of them. 

Once Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden the earth was cursed and Adam and all human kind to come after him would feel the effects of that curse.

Today I can clearly still see the manifestation of that curse over the earth in the form of natural disasters, murders, abortion, homosexuality, greed, lust, sex slave industry, government abuse….and the list goes on…

So I know there is a curse and humanity still lives under it.

Now I could leave it there and say as a human on the earth my job is to toil the earth and get out of it what I can to sustain my life.  However, as a Christian I know that Jesus came to the earth, died and rose again so that the curse over the earth would be broken.  

Looking at the earth today, it doesn’t look like the curse was broken. The earth doesn’t look like the Garden of Eden once again. 

So my question is, if I’m going to believe that the curse over the earth is already broken shouldn’t I see some proof of that in the earth? So what happened?  Why don’t I see it?  What should it look like?

The Lord led me to Romans 8:19-21; which clearly states that creation is waiting for us to come into sonship and transform the earth back to its original state.

"For creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].  For the creation was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it – [yet] with the hope that creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children."

So Paul is saying in these verses that creation is waiting on me to come into sonship so it will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption and enjoy the same freedom I have as a son of God. This is my purpose to live in Sonship and therefore set the earth free from the curse that is over it.

So where did Paul come up with this mandate or purpose?  I don’t remember reading that in Genesis 2.

So I go back to Genesis and take another look. Genesis is one of those books that I keep going back to because I have so many questions every time I read it.

I started reading a little further back in Genesis 1:26-2:7.

"God said let Us make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.  So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God, He created him; male and female He created them.  And God blessed them and said to them be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth. And God said, See I have given you every living plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the land and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the ground – to everything in which there is the breath of life – I have given every plant for food. And it was so. And God saw everything that He had made and behold it was very good and He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And God blessed the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hollowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done. This is the history of the heavens and of the earth when they were created. In the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens – when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not [yet] caused it to rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the ground, but there went up a mist (fog, vapor) from the land and watered the whole surface of the ground – Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being."

In verses 26-28 it clearly says that God made mankind in His image and gave him complete authority and dominion over the earth and everything in it.

However, I found after reading through this I had more questions.  Let’s start with why the creation story seems to repeat starting in the middle of Genesis 2:4?

Genesis chapter one goes through this long detailed explanation of creation and then in chapter 2 verses 1-4 we read “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them”; God rested and blessed the last day of creation; and “this is the history of the heavens and the earth”.  This sounds like the end.

But right in the middle of verse 4 it seems like a whole new chapter should be starting.  It says “In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens” and the following verses appear to be describing a whole different but similar scene of creation. 

Why would Moses repeat the creation story again but in different way?

And why does verse 5 does state “the plants were not in the ground yet, and had not sprung up and there was no man to till the ground”?  I thought man was already created.  Didn't I just read that in Genesis 1:26-27?

Then again it states in verse 7 God created Adam.  What gives?  Clearly I was missing something.

After much research I discovered that there are a lot of scholars who say that there were two creations and the middle of verse 4 is where the distinction lies.  The first part of verse 4 clearly says, “This is the history of the heavens and the earth” and the second part says, “In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens”.  Why would it be written opposite in the same verse?

The Bible was not originally written with chapter and verses.  So clearly verse 4 should have been divided up into two verses, maybe even another chapter should have started with the second half of the verse.

There is also the theory that the verses in Isaiah 14:12-17 which talk about the “light-bringer and daystar, son of the morning” being “cut down to the ground” and falling from heaven, are actually talking about Satan being thrown out of heaven to the earth because of his pride and arrogance.  

"How you have fallen from heaven, O light bringer and daystar, son of the morning! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who weakened and laid low the nations. And you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol (Hades), to the innermost recesses of the pit (the region of the dead). Those who see you will gaze at you and consider you, saying, is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms? – Who made the earth like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who would not permit his prisoners to return home?"

In verses 16-17 it states that he made the earth tremble and shook the kingdoms, made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities.

Could this event where Satan was thrown down to the earth from heaven, have destroyed the earth to a point that God started over?

If this theory was actually what happened then what was God’s original intent with man and his purpose on the earth in the first creation?

I felt as if God was showing me something in this that I could not ignore. Could it be that Genesis 2:4b through 15 was God’s second creation? God knew all along that Adam would give back control to Satan in the garden and then Jesus would have to come to set things right. 

He also knew that as a son of God I would one day come to the realization of what God was really saying in the Scriptures in John 14:12 about my identity in Christ and doing the things that Jesus did and even greater. 

Then as I walked in that lifestyle like Jesus did, I would one day take back my authority and dominion over creation that Jesus gave to me at the cross and His resurrection and terraform the earth back to its original state in the first creation.

This was a little over the top for me so I decided to go back and look at Genesis 1:26-30 again.

Verse 26 shows this mandate of having complete authority over the earth and everything in it as well as the fact that mankind was made in the image of God.  

Verse 27 has always made me pause and think as well.  What does it mean when it reads, “He created him; male and female He created them”?  

At first glance at this verse it looks as if he is talking about Adam and Eve one male and one female even though he actually hasn’t specifically created them yet.  But that’s not really what it says. 

In light of a first and second creation after meditating on this one Scripture what I see is, in the first creation mankind was created like God with both male and female attributes, with all authority over the earth and everything in it.

Mankind was told in verse 28 to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth; to subdue it, using its resources for the good of both God and man; to have dominion over the fish, birds and all living creatures.  

Verse 29 says mankind and the animals can eat any plants and fruit from any trees.  Apparently both man and animals were all vegetarian.

And there was no tree of knowledge or any other tree they couldn’t eat from.  God said it was good and rested from His work.

If you really look closely at these two chapters in Genesis you will see the differences in the creation story.  The early church knew about this and I believe that is why Paul wrote in Romans 8:19-21 that creation is longing for us to know who we are as sons of God so the earth can once again manifest freedom from the curse.  

I then felt the Lord leading me to Romans 8:17 where Paul writes, “And if we are His children, then we are His heirs also; heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.”    

This verse clearly speaks of something I have not tapped into yet.  The inheritance of Christ is the Kingdom of God here on earth.

I felt like the Lord was telling me that once I come to the realization that I am a joint heir with Christ in His inheritance which is the Kingdom of God here on earth I can then begin to walk in that Kingdom and see it manifested all around me as I do the things Jesus did and even greater.

I have a purpose here on earth and Jesus showed me that purpose in His lifestyle while He was here on the earth.  It is the Kingdom lifestyle living as a son of God here on earth.

I don’t believe earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters are judgments from God.  I believe they are a result of the curse over the earth and the fact that I have not come into sonship and taken up my authority over the earth again freeing creation from that curse. 

 As long as I stay in my defeated, sinful state the earth and everything in it will also be in a defeated, sinful state.  As I walk in freedom and liberty the earth and everything in it will walk in freedom and liberty.

The Lord also took me to Isaiah 11:1-10 and Isaiah 65:17-25. These verses show me the result of Jesus coming and the curse being broken over creation and the sons of God manifesting the Kingdom here on earth.  Was this what the first creation looked like and what God wants creation to go back to?

11:1-10 "And there shall come forth a Shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a Branch out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord – And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears; but with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and faithfulness the girdle of His loins. And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted domestic animal together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed side by side, their young shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the suckling child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. And it shall be in that day that the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal for the peoples; of Him shall the nations inquire and seek knowledge, and His dwelling shall be glory [His rest glorious]!"

65:17-25 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a rejoicing and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; and the sound of weeping will no more be heard in it, nor the cry of distress. There shall no more be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who dies prematurely; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner who dies when only a hundred years old shall be [thought only a child, cut off because he is] accursed. They shall build houses and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat [the fruit]. For as the days of a tree;l, so shall be the days of My people, and My chosen and elect shall long make use of and enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vein or bring forth [children] for sudden terror or calamity; for they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall be that before they call I will answer; and while they are yet speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent’s food they shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy Mount [Zion] says the Lord."

This is what I believe all Christians are called to, sonship!  Walking in miracles or see amazing things in the spirit is just the beginning.  The Lord gives us the pleasure of His presence so we can grow in intimacy with Him and be taught from Him how to walk in this earth as a son seeing the Kingdom of God manifest all around us as we rule and reign over creation bringing an end to the curse.  Walking in purpose here on the earth means so much more than we have ever thought before and now is the time for the sons of God to be revealed and for creation to see the manifestation of the curse broken.  We have a purpose and a destiny and we must walk in that purpose so we can see the manifestation of freedom come to the earth that Jesus paid for on the cross.

I hope you have enjoyed reading the prayers I have been sending over the past month or so.  It is my desire that you would take these prayers and make them a part of your everyday life, drawing closer to God and making Him a greater part of your life.

I am starting up a new session of teaching the Gateways of the Three Fold Nature of Man and am excited to see what the Lord does in our group.  This teaching has transformed my life and I know it will transform yours as well.

If you are in the greater Nashville area and would like to be a part of this group let me know and I will give you the information on times and locations.  You can contact me at:  jehovahraphaislord@yahoo.com

I will also try to post insights and revelations the Lord is giving me through this teaching and other venues over the next several months so you can share in what the Lord is doing.

Body Gateway Prayers - Hearing

In order to allow the First Love Fire of God to flow through us from the inside out our spirit gateways must be open and our soul and body gateways must be cleaned and maintained.

This is another prayer that I pray in order to cleanse my body gateway of hearing so that the full expression of the Kingdom of God can be manifested in and through me to the world around me.

This prayer was adapted from Ian Clayton's teaching on the Gateways of the Three Fold Nature of Man.

Prayers for Body Gateways

Hearing

“Father today I bring my hearing gateway into submission to my spirit. I release the life of God to flow through my gateway of first love through my spirit gateways of revelation, intuition, and faith through my soul gateways of conscious, reason, and imagination to my body gateway of hearing.  I release the flow of God to penetrate and flood into my hearing gateway in my body. Father I submit the gateway of hearing to your authority in my spirit.

Today in the name of Jesus I bind any force or spiritual condition that is resistant to the flow of God in me.  I lose it and cast it out of my hearing gateway in Jesus’ name.  I make room and place Jesus over my hearing gateway today.

I choose to open the door of my hearing gateway to Jesus.  I stand in my hearing gateway and exercise my right as an heir of God to have and hold authority over my body gateways as the place of dominion for Jesus to reside in.

As I stand in my gateway of hearing I take the blood of Jesus and I paint it over the hearing gateway from top to bottom and from side to side, completely covering the entire gateway of hearing so that nothing may go in or come out that is not covered in the blood of Jesus and made pure, righteous, and holy before God.

Father, I thank you that my hearing gateway is full of your glory.  I thank you that my hearing gateway receives and releases the flow of Godliness and holiness through it in Jesus name.  So that the actions of my body will reflect the Kingdom of God and it’s outworking in my actions and to those around me.”

Body Gateway Prayers - Sight

In order to allow the First Love Fire of God to flow through us from the inside out our spirit gateways must be open and our soul and body gateways must be cleaned and maintained.

This is another prayer that I pray in order to cleanse my body gateway of sight so that the full expression of the Kingdom of God can be manifested in and through me to the world around me.

This prayer was adapted from Ian Clayton's teaching on the Gateways of the Three Fold Nature of Man.

Prayers for Body Gateways

Sight

“Father today I bring my sight gateway into submission to my spirit. In the name of Jesus I release the flow of the glory of God through my gateway of first love and through my spirit gateway of revelation out through my soul gateway of imagination and through my body gateway of sight that I may see into the Kingdom of heaven with renewed spiritual sight. May my eyes become like a flame of fire to the demonic spirit world as I reflect the glory of God from the inside of me.  Father I submit the gateway of sight to your authority in my spirit.

Today in the name of Jesus I bind any force or spiritual condition that is resistant to the flow of God in me.  I lose it and cast it out of my sight gateway in Jesus’ name.  I make room and place Jesus over my sight gateway today.

I choose to open the door of my sight gateway to Jesus.  I stand in my sight gateway and exercise my right as an heir of God to have and hold authority over my body gateways as the place of dominion for Jesus to reside in.

As I stand in my gateway of sight I take the blood of Jesus and I paint it over the sight gateway from top to bottom and from side to side, completely covering the entire gateway of sight so that nothing may go in or come out that is not covered in the blood of Jesus and made pure, righteous, and holy before God.

Father, I thank you that my sight gateway is full of your glory.  I thank you that my sight gateway receives and releases the flow of Godliness and holiness through it in Jesus name.  So that the actions of my body will reflect the Kingdom of God and it’s outworking in my actions and to those around me.”