Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry (EGFM)
Programme: School of the Spirit (SOS)
Date: Thursday, 7th July 2022
“There must be a manifestation of the Spirit, with which to edify and raise up this Church, suitable to the RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. This manifestation must be in the absoluteness of power, as well as in the beauty of holiness, so bringing down Heaven upon earth, and representing HERE the NEW JERUSALEM state. In order to which, spirits that are thus purely begotten and born of GOD can ascend to the New Jerusalem above, where their HEAD reigns in great majesty, and THERE receive such a mission, by which they shall be empowered to bring down to this world its transcendent glory.”- Culled from Jane Leade’s Prophecy
The New Jerusalem state, in the excerpt above, speaks of the world to come that will be represented here on earth. The spirits that are born in this state of the New Jerusalem will smell the world to come while on earth. The Spirit of God will create the world to come. What makes the world to come is not the planet, it is the blessing or the life of that world which is in the hand of the Holy Spirit of promise. There are two dimensions to the New Jerusalem; the earthly Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem that is above. Spirits that are begotten in the New Jerusalem will not stay in the New Jerusalem here but the one above.
These will all occur before the world to come, before this present heaven and earth pass away. This present earth will smell the world to come because the materials of that world are being given. The spirits that are thus begotten are sent to the New Jerusalem above. One needs to enter the New Jerusalem in heaven in order to reign on the earth. The ‘spirits thus begotten’ is not referring to the New Birth, but being born of water and spirit which gives the potential to be born of the heavenly order (John 3:5). When a man is born of water and spirit, he has become a spirit.
This portion of Jane Leade’s prophecy was what Jesus taught Nicodemus. “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3). The kingdom of God is the world to come. However, one can be in the new earth and not yet be born of the kingdom because it requires being born of water and the Spirit. When a man is born of water and the Spirit, he has taken part in the first deliverance from flesh.
That which is born of Satan is flesh (John 3:6). The law of sin and death is a law of flesh. What the birth of Satan is doing is making men fleshy. There are different grades and dimensions of flesh. The first flesh is blood, the second is the will of the flesh, and the last is the will of man (John 1:13). Just as there are stages in vegetation including grasses, herbs and trees, there are different degrees of flesh, all of which can be classified as grass (1 Pet. 1:24).
Isaiah 40:5 says that all flesh shall see the glory of God. This tells us that all flesh are not in the same cadre. The men in Genesis 6 were all spirits until they were no longer interested in being spirits and decided to be born of and become flesh. The higher a man is in flesh, the more difficult it would be for him to repent. This is why God will be displeased with those who decide to turn back after arriving at the sanctuary because they will be given an equivalent flesh state. Such men are not grasses, but trees which Jude calls clouds without water (Jude 1:12).
What makes the commandment of God holy is that it severs the soul from flesh, not because it preaches good conduct which cannot change flesh. Flesh can imitate goodness or behave godly, such as some who have the form of godliness but deny the power (2 Tim. 3:5). A believer does not have power if he has not denied worldly lusts and ungodliness. A man cannot be properly discerned by external yardsticks or by his seemingly good traits, but by the doctrine of Christ and God. The yardstick to know “good” is to discern the end of the man’s conversation or preaching.
We need to hear the word of God well enough to know or discern the fruit of a preacher. It is possible for a preacher to teach spiritual pride of life or covetousness, and this is not so easy to discern. While we should not forbid to speak in tongues (1 Cor. 14:39), a man can speak in tongues and be outside the kingdom or not be walking in the spirit. To walk in the Spirit does not refer to closing one’s eyes but walking in kingdoms.
There are walks or realms in every dominion of God. Every walk in the spirit is our yieldedness to being born. A genetic exchange happens when we are obeying God’s commandments. Commandments are genetic provisions for our birth, while the birth canal is in the Holy Ghost. A man is only born again in order to see into the Holy Ghost and later enter it. Seeing the kingdom is seeing what one will become when he/she is born. The Holy Ghost gives birth to spirits and He will keep doing so, from one level of spirits to the next. Not everyone who is journeying in truth is on the same level. This is why we must be careful not to tag along with anyone, but make sure we are changing in our souls.
No matter how much revelation a man has, the Holy Ghost needs to come upon him. It is one thing to hear the commandments from God’s lips, it is another thing for the spirit of the commandments to move the man who has it. The genes of birth are active or alive in the commandments. However, turning them into children requires the conducive atmosphere for birth. All the spirits of incubation that are required to make the gene to find expression are in the Holy Ghost. This is why sanctuary children cannot be born when there is no fire present.
The Holy Ghost is a Spirit and inside Him are different wombs and each one has its own nature. We often do not realize that things are going on with us the way they are because of the demand of the womb. We should not give up but should let patience have her perfect work so that we can be entire, not lacking any genetic of God. When a man has fulfilled the course of a womb, he will be transferred to another womb.
In the spirit, heat is a condition in the leading of the Holy Ghost and God wants to develop some things in us when He brings heat around our souls. All that is necessary for the growth of the baby is in the womb of a woman. This is why we should never complain when God moves us into the womb. Sometimes, a man’s womb can be that he will, like a baby, remain hidden or unknown. Just as a baby in the womb cannot yet feed directly on what the parents are feeding on, we ought to remain in the womb and keep feeding through the cord.
It is necessary for there to be a Church that would be one of the world to come in order to birth spirits that would ascend to heaven. It is important for the New Testament doctrine to never be compromised, otherwise, it will affect what the children of the kingdom become. At every point, churches should be wombs for God. God’s expectation is to harvest our souls or the work of the activity of the Holy Ghost.
There is a dimension of the New Jerusalem on earth, which is the Jerusalem with the water of the word. New Jerusalem is purely an heavenly thing, but she condescended to take the little ones up. There is a representation of God’s dominion that converts souls to spirits. The birthing of spirits begins from earth. The result of being born of water and spirit is that a spirit is born. What makes a man a spirit is because the soul that was once flesh is turned. God said, “all souls are mine” (Eze. 18:4). This means that all souls are meant to be spirits.
God designed the soul in such a way that anything the soul does not accept, it will not become it. If a soul refuses to be a child of the Spirit, he will not become a spirit. Similarly, if a soul decides to be a child of the kingdom, nothing will stop him. The soul was created by God to inherit His promises and souls will keep becoming God’s until they are greatly His. All souls are meant to become quickening spirits.
Jesus said, ‘except a man is converted and becomes a little child, he cannot enter the kingdom’ (Matt. 18:3). The nature of little children is a spirit nature. The meekness that children have is the buffer or protection for them not to lose the things that they have acquired. The game of sonship is about meekness, obscurity or flying below the radar.
Romans 7 describes flesh as our former husband. The simple definition for flesh in the spirit is iniquity or lawlessness. Flesh provides an alternative or the easy way out that produces fake results. Satan designed it to convert multitudes to himself. Satan lied when he said that Adam and Eve will not die but know good and evil (Gen. 3:4-5). Flesh always looks for an alternative to God’s provision.
There is a flesh of heaven and another of earth, all of which are grass. Some eschatologists may argue that Satan is a spirit and cannot give birth to flesh. Satan is flesh; that is why he was cast out of the garden of God in heaven. This is why Satan can never give birth to spirits. According to John 3:8, men cannot read, identify or name a spirit and immediately a man is born of water and spirit, he enters the kingdom. The New Jerusalem on earth will keep the spirits that are born for a while and then begin to prepare them to ascend.
Jesus told Nicodemus, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?” (John 3:11-12). Jesus meant that He had told Nicodemus how spirits are being born on earth. The first man is of the earth earthy, while a soul of the world to come is higher than the present earth. Earthly things that Jesus referred to is that of the world to come.
It is not easy to discipline flesh or make flesh to do the will of God. Many people want to cut short the journey of the spirit. Adam looked at the process of becoming what God wants and saw how long it was; whereas, Satan was offering him an easy way. Those who are spirits hide from the birth genetics of flesh. Spirits are very wise and keep themselves from the snare of the fowler. He who is born of God keeps himself. God also hides. This shows that humility is wisdom.
Cheap popularity on the other hand, is being celebrated in this generation. The real issue is not the popularity, but what one’s heart is truly seeking after. If a man is looking for the promise, he will be temperate in all things. We should always check what we are really looking for, the promise of God or the gain of dying being known by men in this wretched world. The promise that the soul of a man who has inherited incorruptible natures would gain is the crown that will not fade. Satan has corruptible crown and he offers fame without reality, or popularity without salvation.
Satan has created alternatives against the promise that will pressurise the soul not to fully seek God. When spirits are begotten and are moving from one realm to another, he raises seductions to change their course because he is against men moving on to their higher inheritance. Satan dreads the movement of spirits but we should protect our souls.
We are in a delicate season wherein God wants us to strengthen our armour in order to keep ourselves. The season of glory is a season of great temptation. It is a season of cleansing, not a season for sins. When you are a spirit, sin becomes weakened. Whosoever is born of God keeps himself and the evil one touches him not (1 Jn. 5:18). We are all being born, but an open show day is coming. Therefore, we should do the commandments well.
After being born of water and spirit, the next thing is that we are moved to heavenly things. There is a New Jerusalem of heaven, which is the realm of majesty. Jesus was already ascended and was speaking from heaven while on earth (John 3:13). He was born of water and of the Spirit and was in the Kingdom before He got filled with the Holy Ghost. The person who heralded Jesus was filled with the Holy Ghost from the womb, but Jesus had the activity of the Holy Ghost around Him which was giving birth to Him.
Jesus was born of water and Spirit and, after a while, He obeyed the voice of the Father and obeyed the incorruptible seed. This was what took him to heaven. Whosoever believes in the Son of God that is lifted up will not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:14-15). Heavenly things are made up of two heavens; Eternal Life and everlasting life. No one can hear heavenly things without ascending to heaven. Jesus will take sanctuary children into heaven.
You must arrive at the sanctuary to receive heavenly things. The first thing that a man who has arrived there will hear is everlasting life, and afterwards Eternal Life. The message of everlasting life is the Son of God; hence, a man will not have everlasting life except he believes on the Son. To believe on the Son is to receive heavenly life and use it to live on earth. This is not easy to do because it is not a fleshy or earth life at all.
Christ is good but everlasting life is higher. If a man sows to the spirit, he will reap everlasting life (Gal. 6:7-8). Paul was referring to giving. Giving is not necessarily about money; giving can save a church member. Giving carnal things to someone who is teaching the kingdom or Spirit can cause a man to reap everlasting life. Jesus told the young rich ruler to sell all that he had, and give to the poor and then follow Him (Matt. 19:21). If he had done so, he would have reaped.
Blessings!