Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry (EGFM)
Programme: Believers’ Convention Prayer Meeting (Week 3_Day 2)
Date: Tuesday, 18th July 2023
Minister: Reverend Kayode Oyegoke
Transcript Summary
1. “Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: [2] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.” (Ezek. 43:1-2). The gate is positioned according to the Eastern way because that was the place God came from. In Genesis, God planted a garden in the East of Eden (Gen. 2:8) because ‘East' means something to Him. God came from the East, and this is why the way of the East is God’s way. The Eastern way is short. It is consecrated and hallowed; this means it can never be operated by or opened to just anyone. This is a path that is dedicated to God, for it is a way (or manner) above creation.
2. Ezekiel 36 speaks of the process of making God’s army, where the laws of God are written in them in order to make them fruitful and multiply. Thus, when God blessed Abraham saying, "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies…" (Gen. 22:17), these things could not come to fruition in his life until God’s laws were written in his heart. To be a father of nations is to have the capacity to multiply. Only a father of many nations can stand in 'presence' to interface with God; one who is fruitless (not blessed) cannot interface with God. God wants us to be fruitful to the extent that He sees many generations inside of us. Eternal blessing will only come upon a man who has God's everlasting laws written in his heart.
3. For a seed to possess the gates of his enemies, it must be many and blessed. The first manifestation of the seed of Abraham is Jesus. Jesus is wealthy because He is fruitful and can multiply; He will make many people come into their estate in God. Jesus also wants us to bear fruit that would remain; this means we should also be a father who abides. The kind of work that we want to do for God should be such that our fruit would remain.
4. “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” (Ezek. 36:26). The phrase "an heart" refers to a heart that can take the laws of God. However, we do not develop this kind of heart in a day. If a man does not have this heart, he would not eat the good of the land. A heart that departs from the living God is the opposite of “an heart". One who has an evil heart is one who does not mix the word of God received with faith in his heart. When Satan brings a dart to build unbelief in your heart concerning these things that you are hearing, you should rather mix what you are hearing with faith (to escape him).
5. “So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.” (Ezek. 37:10). The army in this verse rose to become an "exceeding great army" so that they could battle against another kind of army – Gog and Magog (Ezek. 38:2). A man who has divine nature is an exceedingly great army. Gog is a prince; he is not an ordinary being. He is a prince of worship; he is one of the chief princes of the synagogue of Satan (Ezek. 38:1-2). He is one who has been raised (by Satan) to be a temple. Thus, God intends to make every man a temple of God.
6. All the visions Prophet Ezekiel had from Ezekiel 1-11 showed that God was angry with the disease in the temple. But He began to bring provisions to heal the disease so that worship could be consecrated. Worship brings the manifestation of the building of a temple. Therefore, a worshiper is a builder of the temple. Epistles and revelations are the measurements for building the temple and making priests. Measurements are instructions for building. The Person whom we are to measure up to is Christ. There is the Christ which is a temple, and there is the fullness of Christ which is another temple on the top of Christ (Eph. 4:13). What makes Christ full is another measurement, which is the Son of God. The temple is not completely erect until it peaks at the fullness of Christ. God built fullness on top of Christ, and that fullness has 'measure'.
7. “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.” (Prov. 13:22). A good man is an everlasting man. The vision of heaven is to raise men into the temple of God. When Jesus was on earth, He was raised as a temple. Although He was physically killed, He had become a temple that could not be killed, not even by Satan. He was raised as a temple beyond the reach of hell. It can only take an eternal temple to sit on the throne.
8. One who can overcome the dragon has overcome Gog and Magog because both are programmes in the dragon. Gog and Magog refer to the full stature of Satan's son, which is the image of the dragon. God will not receive us home until He attests us to be whole, even through the various trials we go through.
9. The way of the East (God's way) needs to be open. The visit of God with his glory, through the eastern gate, is a blessing. However, the eastern gate will be shut to anyone who is still being constructed as a temple. The way of the east is a blessing of empowerment to raise the capacity of the temple. God will keep coming with glory, to raise the judgment of the temple into an eternal order. Thus, if the High Priest is not visiting us, Eternal Life will never be understood by men. Some people think Eternal Life means to live forever and not die again, but that is not all there is to it.
10. The eastern gate mind is not a glory that man can attain on his own; it is an eternal weight of glory that the Lamb will need to open in us. He needs to visit us with eternal measures, lights, and nature for us to be called the actual temple of God. God is visiting the temple because He wants to abide there. He is breathing on it because He wants to move the house into another manner of visitation. If the eastern gate is not opened, our offerings will continue as usual.
11. “Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. [5] Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.” (Ezek. 47:4-5). Through much visitation, God will cause water to begin to flow out of the temple. The way of the water is the eastern way, for the gate is eastern. When water is flowing out of the temple, the throne of God is in the temple. This is how the temple ceases to be ordinary and begins to do eternal service. The water will keep flowing until it becomes a river that no one can walk but only swim in. But if a man does not have doctrine, he cannot swim in the water.
12. “Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. [8] Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.” (Ezek. 47:7 -8). The essence of the river is to raise eternal trees. This is what the temple can do, for these are all eastern courses. This desert refers to places in the soul that are deserted. But when the water flows into those places, they will become fruitful lands.
13. “And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.” (Ezek. 47:9). When this water touches anything that is dead, such a thing would live. Everything on earth are laws that God wrote on the land so that man can be okay. As such, a tree is a law. But for one who is a homosexual, his/her tree has been cut down. This water can however heal such people. The flow of the water is a great visitation on earth, for it will cause great repairs on earth. A transgender person or a professor who says there is no God are examples of deserts. This is why we need a temple that will heal the nation.
14. Devastation would have occurred on earth through Gog and Magog which is the operation of gross darkness, but that is the time that the light of this temple will begin to shine. God is raising an army that is exceedingly great and eternal. He is not wasting time; He is opening this door (the temple) as against what is coming on earth. When life is not in a soul, death is at work. The sea in Ezekiel 47:8 refers to souls of men, and within this sea are a great multitude of fish (Ezek. 47:9). These fishes refer to doctrine or a manner of life. This means our sea (souls) need to multiply and produce fishes (manner of life). However, when life is not in a soul, death is at work in it.
15. The water that is flowing is different from the sea. The water is a law that gives life. When that water comes into anything that is no longer functioning, it will heal it and give it life. When we see human beings behaving anyhow (outside God), it is because they have killed all the fishes in their souls. But this is the purpose of the healing; it is so that souls can seek God or respond to life. Water must come out of our temples. This will be just as Isaiah described when he said that a man shall be like a river of water (Isa. 32:2). A man who is like this is an army; such a man can feed nations.
16. This river is the liquified temple; it is the behavior of the temple in a flowing manner. The river is unending; this is the blessing of eternal power. God wants to open our gates. He wants to open the activity of the temple and make it an eternal ministry so that Eternal Life can be ordained in the temple. This is why He is coming with the understanding of eternity. Jesus obeyed all the everlasting laws; He was the temple of God on earth. It is impossible to destroy an everlasting temple because everlasting life is incorruptible.
17. God is ordaining gates which are either a form of access to God or man. A man’s gate may not have the capacity to rise in judgment to comprehend eternal things, but the Lord is visiting and ordaining offerings to our gates. When God is eating bread with us, He is giving capacity to our minds. When He enters into our porches, He is blessing our minds and hearts on how to think. The outer gate is the door of the mind to the flesh, while the inner gate is the door of the heart. These two porches need to do everlasting life. There are certain things in man that are not operating because they are latent. Therefore, God is awakening the powers to help man.
18. The eastern gate links a man into eternity. It is the way to the eternal path, and this way itself is God. The Eternal Word will manifest Himself to a man as the Son of God, and then begin to bring His eternal visitation – a time when He will begin to show the only Potentate (1 Tim. 6:15), which is the King of kings. This is an understanding. A king is a being of everlasting life, but there is a higher king who is eternal. The east gate is meant for God. When your gate is shut, you cannot approach immortality. The Lamb will need to visit the gate and ordain it for eternal function.
19. When the key of David (Rev. 3:7) is operated in a man, his mind will operate in a different dimension entirely. It is when this key is put in the hole of a man's mind and turned that his thinking manner is turned. Eternal thoughts are not cheap; this is why God shut the gate and the giving of those thoughts. The sword of the tree of life turns every man hither and thither (Gen. 3:24) so that we would not think of the east; this is because the way to the tree of life is Eternal Life. Eternal Life means knowing the only true God (Jn. 17:3); this is the eastern knowledge.
20. “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Rev. 3:20). This door is the gate of every man. The phrase "he with me" means God is still opening doors, but we must desire that our gates be configured and that God will work on them. Before one will see God, he will see many beings – Christ, the living and true God. These are all layers before one can access the essence of God – the only True God. This is how we can get to the east, to see the Eternal Being. Eternal Life is a way, and we must have it in order to see the Eternal Being.
21. “And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.” (Rev. 22:6). The Lord God, who gives them light in Revelation 22:5 is the Eternal God, not the everlasting Father. He is the Lord God of the holy prophets. These prophets are holy because they have access to the eternal light of God. These prophets were built through salvation. They had inherited salvation (in everlasting light) and were ready to engage in eternal light. These are prophets who will bring the Lord’s times. They will allow Him to find expression. The things which must shortly be done are for these prophets; they are not shown to just anybody. When those things have been done shortly, the Lord God will come quickly (Rev. 22:7). This means it is those who are doing "everlasting light" that will be qualified for the "light of the Lord God". However, there are two dimensions of the Lord God. There is the Lord God who gives us everlasting light (the living and true God), and there is also the Lord God who causes us to "reign for ever and ever" (Rev. 22:5). The purpose of that light is to teach us how to reign. From the beginning of this revelation, an ability and a sense is being inculcated in us to "reign for ever and ever".
22. The right hand of God taught Jesus terrible things, shortly after resurrection. There are things He came into that He did not have before resurrection. He learnt those things as a Spirit because there were no limitations. What is being learnt at that level is a different ball game. Jesus did not remember how He used to sit when He was God; it was new to Him after resurrection because of the new name. There are things the Lord God will teach us that will cause us to "reign for ever and ever". Reigning is a portion of the Lord of Lords, the only Potentate (1 Tim. 6:15).
23. We go from reign to reign and from age to age. It is in this season of reigning that we will be taught how not to die. It is a different sense of reigning because by then, the devil would have been taken out. This is a state of deathlessness – learning how not to die. At this time, one will be eating the tree of life as a twelve-course for twelve months. This is what it means to possess the mind and access the depth of the riches of deathlessness (in God). Without this, the eternal course is not complete. Eternity must become immortality, for the end of one who is eternal is when he becomes immortal. Our Lord Jesus is the High Priest and the passage into life eternal for the people of God.
Blessings!