Eternal Glorious Fountain ministries (EGFM)
Programme: Revelation Hour (RH)
Date: Saturday, 2nd July 2022
“Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; [2] I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron…” (Isa. 45:1-2). The word “anointed” refers to Christ, while the word “Cyrus” means throne. In the scripture above, the Lord was saying that through Cyrus, He will loosen the rope in the spirit which kings use to tie subjects to themselves, making them helpless and having no choice but to do the desire of dominions. Without a Cyrus, men will not be able to praise the Lord (Psa. 107:15). Children of men cannot see the gates of brass being cut asunder; it cannot be done except Cyrus is raised, through whom nations will be subdued.
“And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.” (Isa. 45:3). Before you can get to hidden riches, you have to get to secret places. The first line of treasure is the one in darkness; the next level is the hidden riches of secret places. What we will be dealing with are treasures and hidden riches of secret places. These things are revelations – they are all hidden revelations of God. The calling upon us is this Cyrus calling, which is to excavate, seek treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places. God put it on us, for it is a mandate. We should not let anyone make us feel bad for it. In Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministries (EGFM), we are called to excavate these hidden riches.
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John… ” (Rev. 1:1). God did not directly give this revelation to His servant, John. He gave it to Jesus then, Jesus gave it to the angel and the angel gave it to John. The reason why the Lord decided to go through John is because there is a position in the spirit that John occupies. The Lord has to trust a vessel to commit such to him. But before the Lord will trust such vessels, He will prepare them with grace. It is not every vessel the Lord will give those things to, therefore, the Lord prepared John so that he could also give those things to His servants.
“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” (2 Tim. 2:2). The Lord must see the mark of faithfulness in a man before He commits those things to him. It is not every man that is faithful. Some will make a shipwreck of it or merchandise it while some will not profit with it. To profit with it is to share it with others (Matt. 25:14-28). Some people will receive it and will bury it; they will not keep it. To keep it is to bear fruit with it. One of the fruits of keeping spiritual things is the ability to teach them.
“Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.” (Isa. 32:1). It is a very high thing in the spirit for a person to reign. A king can be a prince and a prince can be a king, but not all kings are princes. A full king is a prince, for he is a king who is reigning over princes. What makes one a prince is because he has in him, the genetics of reigning. The earthly definition of a prince is one who is born of a king, but it is not all princes that have the genetics to reign or rule.
“Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.” (Psa. 80:1). It is the flock (souls) that God leads that will sit on the throne. God only leads Josephs. He will not lead Ephraim and Manasseh but only stir up His strength to save them (Ps. 80:2). This is because, although we are all children of God, it is not everyone that has the property of reign in them. God could not lead Ephraim and Manasseh, but Levi proved to God that they could come close to God and bridge the gap.
“And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; [9] Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.” (Deut. 33:8-9). Urim and Thummim are God’s tools of judgement — they are God’s eyes. The covenant of God is the covenant of the blood and it is the last covenant. That was what Levi was able to keep. He chose to go in the order of God, rather than His bloodline — this is what makes him a priest.
“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. 7:3). Levi could come close to God because the realm of priesthood was given to them. They could bring the sacrifices of God to the tabernacle but there was a weakness in the remaining eleven tribes. God took Levi for Himself because Levi had what He wanted, but the twelve tribes desired to live like the rest of the world. The discipline to be a Levite is different; it entails not having an inheritance or owning a land. Therefore, the lot of Levi is the Urim and Thummim.
If all the Isrealites were Levites, they would have Urim and Thummim as their land. They would have used the land in a supernatural way; they would have been dwelling in the land as spirits (gods), and not as men. The heart of men wants to do many things with the land it possesses. But those who used the land well were Levites. Jesus was a priest on earth and He never weighed in on any land or owned one. Yet, He owned all things. God wanted Israel to dwell in Urim and Thummim because the land He promised to their fathers, and swore an oath to, is judgement. Judgement is the rest of a priest. When we fall from judgement, we fall from glory.
The glorious gospel describes how we should live — how to carry out our conversations as human beings. Man was designed to live, and we live when we have found Christ. The first push away from death is for a person to live. Christ is the gospel of living; it is that power of God that makes you live by faith. Christ Jesus is the faith land (Rom.1:17). The deliverance which God has granted us by the message of Christ is not ordinary.
The seed of covetousness and greed is a terrible seed; it is the seed Satan planted for living (life) sake. Death resides in thoughts, for Satan has put a lot of information and programmes on how to die in our thoughts. Refusing Christ is refusing to live. It will require trust to take Christ. Christ is the first thrust for life. Faith is the first life of those who are alive in the spirit (born again). A person who is alive will know how to exercise faith. This is what it means to exercise yourself unto godliness (1 Tim. 4:7). Faith does not merely imply praying to God for our natural needs. Rather, it means to have an elongated conversation (lifestyle) of God in the spirit; trusting the unseen and the discipline of God to rely on things that are not seen (Heb. 11:1). Anyone that is unable to do this is not living.
How much of the blood of Christ that is resident in a child is determined by his response to God. A man can be born again but does not presently possess the blood of Christ because He cannot yield to Christ. When we take Christ and allow Him in us, our souls will possess Christ-blood. All of these are necessary in coming to God. A person is called a bastard because they do not have the seed of their father or mother. Similarly, some come into the mother (the Church) and do not have the seed of the Father. This shows that something is wrong with that kind of blood.
Levi could come further to God because they had something that God likes; this is predominant with Levites. The covenant was an inheritance with Levi and it was everlasting. They kept God’s charge from one generation to another (2 Chron. 23:6). Israel is God’s tent outside but Levi is the tabernacle of the congregation. For this reason, Levi’s final place was to operate in the tabernacle of God. The twelve tribes are protected through the agency of the Levites. Among the Levites there are the Levites in the Court, the Priests in the Holy Place and the High Priest in the Holiest of All. All these places are the realms of blood. Therefore, no one can come into those places without blood. The throne of God is in the Holy of Holies, on the ark of covenant.
A king over princes is one who can interpret the king. When a king reigns in righteousness, princes should rule in judgement. A full-blown king is he who has the stature of a prince in him. A real king is the father of a prince because he is also a prince. Another word for ‘prince’ is the controller. A prince controls the affairs of a nation, just like how Joseph did when he was appointed prince of Egypt. The only difference between him and Pharaoh was the throne and it pleased Pharaoh that Joseph was ruling (Gen. 41:40-41, Psa. 105:21-22).
“The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” (Psa. 110:1). No messiah but Jesus was told to sit at the right hand of God. In heaven, Logos and the Holy Ghost were not evidently sitting on the throne. The only manifest Being on the throne was God the Father. The order of Trinity is an agreement that God the Father should show first. Logos was not permitted to show in creation. He was not visibly seen in that position.
When the time for Logos to sit on a manifest throne came, He had become a man. He sat on the throne in the form of a man, but His human form had been elevated to God. This was what enabled Him to sit on the throne. By this, God showed to the universe that amongst all creation, it was man whom God chose to sit on the throne — this is all the gospel.
At new birth, we do not have all the blood of the Father yet. We have the blood of belonging in the family of God, but we do not have the blood of ruling. Christ is God’s blood; it is the first blood of learning. If one is not interested in Christ, then such a person is none of His (Rom. 8:9). The Spirit of Christ is the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. Those who are "none of His" do not refer to unbelievers because a man can be born again and still be none of His. Those who are none of His are those who are not Christ or do not have Christ’s genes.
The Spirit of Christ is in the blood of the New Testament (Lk. 22:20). Jesus wanted people to see the cup of the blood because He wanted to place emphasis on communion in the spirit, for every child who is born again. Every Christian should observe communion. When we do so, we remind ourselves of the need to drink His blood in the spirit. When we drink His blood, we drink Him and as we drink, His image begins to be formed in us. Our minds would not forget Him as we do it in remembrance of Him.
We need to drink all of Jesus’ blood. Without drinking this blood, it would not be possible to enter into the Kingdom. This blood cannot be partaken of by just being born again, although it is only those who are born again that can partake of it. Beyond drinking it physically in the Church, we need to drink it often in the spirit. Communion is not meant for healing; it has its own purpose.
“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matt. 26:28). It is not possible to enter into the Kingdom without sins being forgiven. Therefore, what is contained in this cup is that which would cause the eyes of our understanding to be enlightened, turn us from darkness to light and deliver us from the power of Satan to the power of God (Acts 26:18). This is the purpose of the communion table. The power of the kingdom is not unleashed when communion is limited to the physical manifestations. The reason for the cup is remission of sins.
If one does not have all the genes of Christ, he cannot rule or be a prince. A prince is one who has all the genetics of reigning. Everlasting doctrine, which is higher than Christ, is another blood. It is closer to the enthroning of the Son. A prince is one who has complete genetic arrangements. If a person hates the blood, he would not be qualified for the throne. Therefore, to qualify for the throne, one must have all the blood traits. A prince is an heir of the promise. He is one who has the ability to manifest control.
“The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. [12] If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.” (Psa. 132:11-12). It is not just one person that will sit on the throne. There will be many people but they all must have the genetics of control. Princes are meant to carry out a rule in judgement. However, Jesus is the king over the princes; He reigns in righteousness.
There is a difference between becoming the righteousness of God and reigning in righteousness. We can become the righteousness of God by obeying the word of reconciliation. Obeying the righteousness of God is a nature. To reign in righteousness is to be exalted and be made to sit on the throne. Princes will rule because the king is seated on the throne. But without judgement, the princes cannot rule.
Everything obeys the blood and within the blood are words. The blood of Jesus has many things to share; Christ and the Son of God are inside the blood. If one refuses the blood of Christ, such a person is not Christ. If a person is not Christ, then he is grass. It is the tutelage of Christ that makes one a stone. There are different stages of becoming Christ: first is to be a stone then, a tried stone, and eventually, a precious stone, which is a sure stone (Isa. 28:16).
What makes a person sure is the divine nature. If a person is not sure, he cannot be chosen by God to sit on the throne. One has to be sure in order to reign. When we resist blood, we resist destiny. There are certain things to resist, but not the word of God. To resist unto blood is to come into everlasting life. Christ is water, but the Son of God is blood.
There are two things we need: water and blood. Water refers to earthly things, blood refers to heavenly things. Before we can hear heavenly things, we need to be taken up by water. Water takes us to the Sanctuary. A man who is taken by high water is a man of peace. Not all the waters are the same, for they all have their particles. The first manifestation into the kingdom is to be born of water and the Spirit. A man of water, in God’s calibration, is he who has just entered the kingdom. However, after being washed with water, there is still a need for the blood to cleanse such a man. This makes one a man of the blood. Water makes one become fire, for sanctified children are fire born. When a person is burning, he is ready for the ministry of the blood and to take up the genetics of the Son of God. This is a prince.
While Jesus was on earth, He attained a princely status because of everlasting life. He had grown into a messianic status and had become Messiah the Prince, that is, Christ the Prince. The Prince is the Son of God. Princely status starts in sonship with God. The prince of the kingdom of Persia was a son; he was a chief prince but the angel that came to give Daniel the answer was a prince.
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.” (Dan. 10:13). The kings of Persia were under the prince of Persia because he was their controller. The kings control through the image of the prince. They do not do anything for themselves, nor are they allowed to project themselves. No one can take part in any dominion without having the nature of the prince. That is how it is in the kingdom of God as well. The prince of the kingdom of Persia used to be among the chief princes but he fell.
Jesus the Messiah is the prince of the Jews, but Jesus the Son of God is not the prince of Jews. He was limited in the flesh. If Jesus did not die, He would not be the king of all men who would obey God outside the Jewish constitution. Michael the prince took the law to the cross and nailed it to the cross to birth a new race who would obey Him. He was no longer limited to the Jewish nation, but when Jesus was on the earth, He was limited to the Jews.
When Jesus was killed, His Jewish princehood ended. He was killed to be opened up to the dimension of the “great Prince”. Jesus made it clear that the Gentiles cannot have Him unless He dies (Jn. 12:24). Yet, He could not harness many being a Jew. He had to die so that He would be raised the Father of many nations.
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” (Gen. 1:26). Image means something vague, not clear, illusion, phantom, shadow. Image is like the paper plan of a house, likeness is the raising of the house. To teach image is to interpret things that are not clear (dark sentences). Likeness means resemblance, a concrete model or shape. So, image in the New Testament is likeness in the Old Testament.
Jesus came to bear it and there are still people bearing Jesus’ name on earth. Names are not just about the pronunciations; it is about what they contain. Great Prince Michael is a different name, not one of the chief princes. He is the person that is our Prince who was killed on the cross. Jesus held certain things of everlasting life. All things were given to Him. He died with them and God raised Him greatly.
This is opening a door to teachings. It is not an ordinary name; it is about reward. There is something that name holds. Children of God, whom God has raised and are familiar with this name must come into this alignment. Everyone must stand in their lot in this name. This name is a temple and people will stand in their lots in the name of the Great Prince.
The name “Michael” is an explanation of a Person. There is an angel that bears this name in the spirit in the present angelic order. But there is someone who is higher than the heavens, who is like God, and is as highly as God. He is not one of the chief princes, He is our Lord Jesus and we have been privileged to know Him. If He was not standing for the people, Israel would not come out of the dust and there would be no resurrection. The spell of this name is the manifestation of the last trump (1 Thess. 4:16). The trump of God is the announcement of the revelation of God. It is all about the things of God — His real nature and power. Our Lord Jesus is the express image of His person. He is God’s likeness.
Blessings!