Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry (EGFM)
Programme: School of Spirit (SOS)
Date: Thursday, 3rd March 2022
Ministering: Rev. Kayode Oyegoke
“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;” (Hebrews 1:3). The phrase “His glory” here does not refer to the manifestation of the Holy ghost upon the Father. There is the glory of God which shines on the Father; this is the Holyghost overshadowing the Father. However, the glory here is different.
One thing that would be clear in the days to come is the right division between everlasting and eternal thoughts. It can only take the word of God to accurately define and differentiate between everlasting and eternal thoughts. The word of God here is the everlasting word of God which is the sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6:17).
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Corin. 5:21). We have not been fully made the righteousness of God. The process of being made the righteousness of God is contained in the operation of the everlasting works of God. Those are the works which are before God, and they make up His righteousness (Isa. 62:11). We have to align with the works that God is projecting if we would attain unto His glory.
God’s glory is both everlasting and eternal. These are the two dimensions of the glory of God. They are the two ministries that the throne of God dispenses. “Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory” (2 Timothy 2:10). Salvation here speaks of the everlasting works (or glory) of God; while eternal glory speaks of the eternal body (or person) of God and not what shines on God.
The word “glory” is the ability that a body radiates; the eminence of a personality or what a person exhumes. God cannot be truly understood just by Greek translation of bible words. No preacher can define words that pertain to God without having enough weight or glory in the inside. The level of your glory, weight or inward framing is the level to which you can accurately interpret scriptures. This is because of the weight of scriptures.
God’s glory does not mean something that comes upon people. The reason for the Chabod is for the Doxa. There must be a glory within (Doxa) before there can be a glory around or upon (Chabod). The glory upon is the preacher of that which is within. The glory upon is the authority, the proclaimer or interpreter of who a person is.
“And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal” (Rev. 21:10-11). The city has God’s glory. This glory is not particularly the person of God but the light of God. The light of this city belongs to God. This glory is what shines or lightens upon God. God is not learning from the light that the Holy Ghost casts on Him. Rather, this light needs to shine around God for us to see Him. The light comes with an ambience of splendour to explain who this King of glory is.
The dress of a king is the light of the King. Scriptures say, God clothed himself with light as doth a garment (Psa. 104.2). This light is not like the white light that a bulb shines. God did not clothe Himself with white light but with Jasper light. The Jasper light was God’s garment, that became the garment of the city (Rev. 21:11).
“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.” (Isaiah 52:1). The word “henceforth” describes a season or time beyond the everlasting realm. It speaks of the eternal order which is beyond the everlasting realm. At this time, Zion has also come into Godhood, this is why she is described thus “O Zion, O Jerusalem”. The letter “O” is an eternal word.
The use of “garments” means that it is not only one garment. Zion should awake twice; this means that Zion should be clothed with both everlasting righteousness and eternal beauty. Jasper light (which is an eternal light) cannot come upon the daughter of Zion except she already has an everlasting garment. The garment of Zion is firstly an everlasting garment which is a white garment.
Those who walked with God in white in Revelation 3:4 were walking in the realm of everlasting righteousness. This is what Jesus referred to as the righteousness of the saints in Revelation 19:8. These ones are the bride of the Lamb who will take part in the marriage supper of the Lamb.
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;” (Rev. 7:9). The white robe here is different from the white, clean and fine linen in Revelation 19:8/3:4. The latter is similar to that of the high angels of the angelic Most Holy Place (Rev. 15:6). These are high priests in the angelic order. Similarly, in the Old Testament, a high priest goes into the Holy of Holies with white linen.
Futuristically, the garment of the Holy of Holies is needed for a man to be involved in the marriage supper of the Lamb. The people in Revelation 7:9 will not be called to the marriage supper of the Lamb, and they will not marry the Lamb because the white garment they had was not of the Most Holy. Rather, their white garments are those of a people who have been cleansed with Christ. So the great tribulation which they went through is to make them become christs (Rev. 7:14). They will be so many in number. It means that God would make many souls to learn Christ; not just by teaching but by dealings. The purpose of Revelation 6 is to purify souls and to make them white. However, they are still not worthy to marry the Lamb.
The first white garment that a soul should wear is Christ which scriptures refer to as the new man, created in righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 4:24). Those innumerable souls in Revelation 7 were christs. It means that billions of people will learn Christ. “And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” (Rev. 7:10). This tells us that after they were made white, the next curriculum for them is to learn salvation or everlasting life. So they sang the song of salvation to God.
The word “salvation” speaks of the glorious works of our God. Those are God’s blessings. So, they were talking about God’s blessings by praising Him. They were proclaiming honor or blessing to God. We understand now that white garment differs in the realm of the spirit. There is a white garment for those who are Christ, who are prepared to learn everlasting life. But there is another white garment possessed by those who are already in everlasting life. The first white garment in Revelation 7 is Christ garment. It’s called the white robe, and it can be picked at the altar of brass in the Outer Court (Rev. 6:9).
A man cannot enter into the tabernacle with his flesh; it’s his soul that’s needed. It is the soul that enters into the tabernacle and a priest carries the blood of the animal. In the New Testament, it’s your soul that is the priest. Your soul is the one that presents your life to God. God kills your soul, separates your soul from your outward man to enter into the tabernacle. Scriptures always say things like “let us go in, let us come up”. All these phrases are referring to the soul. It’s the soul that journeys spiritually according to the ordinance or the commandments of God.
Anytime a man is obeying God’s commandments, his soul is getting out of his body and gaining entrance into His kingdom. If a man is not doing commandments but delights only in singing, he will never enter God’s presence. The times we enter God’s presence are usually not the time we are praying. They could be the time when we are in pain or sober. They are times when we are dying or painfully putting off the flesh. Flesh cannot be taken out of a man by fleshly laws. The law of flesh is the law of sin and death which makes men carnal, and it can only be put off by obeying spiritual laws (Romans 8:2). The spiritual law of faith that’s in Christ Jesus was designed to take flesh out of the soul. The soul of a carnal man is always wearing his body, and it’s only by obedience to commandments that flesh is torn off the soul.
The first garment is Christ, and the next is the linen garment which is the (everlasting) righteousness of the saints (Rev. 19:8). The righteousness of the saints is the nature of the Son of God. “And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.” (Revelation 19:14). These armies of heaven are the bride of the Lamb. The phrase “Armies of heaven” was used not because they came from heaven but because they had become heavenly in their souls. They have heard and drank of the heavenly things in God (John 3:12).
White and clean symbolizes the state of being ready to marry the Lamb. It talks about the first and last works. Then these people will feast at the supper. “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” (Psalm 51:7). This tells us that cleanness comes first and whiteness comes later. We would be cleansed and now made white. Anything that is white cannot be touched. Anything that is white cannot be cleansed anymore.
The white robes given to those who left the Outer Court speaks of Christ. Then investment is made on the white garment in the Holy Place in order to serve the Menorah. The laws of the Sanctuary is what will input (on them) the ability of a garment that will take them farther into the Most Holy.
“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” (Titus 2:14). Peculiarity is attained at the end of the operation in the Sanctuary. These peculiar sons are the children of the Sanctuary who are one with the head of the Church in Hebrews 2. They are the ones referred to as the holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1). To make them an army of heaven is to bring them into everlasting life (Rev. 19:4).
Those who are in the Holy Place are silver in nature. Brass is brought from the Court into the Holy Place. In other Courts, some are iron. However, silver needs to be further purified to become a proper silver. “And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness” (Malachi 3:3). This tells us that these people bear two identities, they are silver in the Sanctuary, and gold in the Most Holy Place.
Jesus will teach sons in the Sanctuary how to make offerings in righteousness. This offering that we make in righteousness is how we get the nature of everlasting righteousness. Offering speaks of doing the commandments of God. Things like smoke/incense that we see in the tabernacle all speak of something in the spirit. The soul is a very powerful instrument and there are things in it that can generate smoke, perfumes etc. depending on how it’s ignited. These things can be offered through obedience to commandments. When a man burns his passion to be the best on earth, he is offering. But when such a person cannot burn the same passion for God, then something is wrong with that soul.
White linen will not be given just by grace, it will be by teaching until one earns it. In the spirit, garment is an inheritance. There can never be an inheritance in the spirit when you do not cooperate with the giver. We had inherited things through disobedience, and now we need to disinherit them by obeying God. For example, a soul can inherit the habit of lying. There is no one born a liar.
Another garment beside white garment (of everlasting righteousness) is the garment in Revelation 21. “And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.” (Rev. 21:18). The City is not a white City here; it was white at the marriage supper. The City became golden in nature after the marriage supper. An architectural city is described here but the city is described as a person in Psalm 45.
“Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.” (Psalm 45:9). These are women in the Holy Place transiting into the Most Holy Place. However, there was a body of daughters among them who were brought forth. These women were not just born, they went through due process. Gold of Ophir refers to the best of gold and it speaks of eternal status. It’s the highest redemption.
“The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.” (Psalm 45:13). This is the City in Revelation 21:18 being referred to as a person. The cloth of a stone is the embellishment you do on it, just like Solomon overlaid stones with gold. The gold here is beyond everlasting righteousness, it’s eternal salvation or glory. It's an eternal garment. This daughter got this garment after she married Jesus. She went to the marriage supper with white linen, but she came into another wearing (of gold) after the solemnization. She was given a gift, that is, the garment that is wrought with gold. Her everlasting works called for this garment of gold.
The feast or marriage supper was to move the bride into wearing this golden or eternal garment. She came into an eternal body. Apart from your everlasting access, which is righteousness, you need to put on eternal nature, which is called Eternal Life. The righteousness of saints which is the white linen is everlasting life while the golden garment is Eternal Life.
Amongst the daughters, there is a queen. A queen is he who will get married to the king. It’s not every Christian who will end up marrying Jesus. The purpose of marriage is Eternal Life. That’s the promise. Eternal Life is the essence of marriage. The man-child in Revelation 12 is not the wife of the Lamb, but he is a fruit to unto God and to the Lamb. They inherited Eternal Life, and this is proven because they sat on the Throne. No one can sit on the Throne without Eternal Life (Rev. 3:21).
The bridal company is not a man child’s company. It’s possible that the bridal company does not just entail the New Testament saints. It’s possible that there are overcomers from different generations that will be piled up together to make up the bridal company. The height of the City is 12000 furlong, that tells us that it is not one generation. People like Job, Daniel, have their lots in the City. It’s not everyone in the City that are at the same pedigree.
The City is vast; it is the City of overcomers. However, the man-child is the one that opens the door to something significant in the spirit. He settled an ancient score of falling the dragon who stays in the air. There has never been a body of believers (in their thousands) crossing at the same time, from everlasting life into Eternal Life. Eternal life is a gift, and God can withhold it. God has power not to give it, even when we are qualified for it. Many people finished their works in righteousness, and their bodies did not change. There is no way that any Christian can believe God to that effect.
The changing of our bodies is a thing of reward; and it cannot be given to you even though one has finished obeying the works of God. Even though it’s not the reward, it's in the jurisdiction of the reward. There are things that the head of the Church cannot do without the permission of the Father. And there are things we cannot do without the permission of our Lord Jesus.
“And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.” (Revelation 12:5). You have to be caught up to the Throne before you can use the rod of iron. The subjectivity of nature to the man-child is beyond just this present world but the world to come (new earth and heavens). Adams could control the earth, but an angel will do more than Adam.
Kings of the earth took their glory to the City, they submitted to her and she shone light on them. This is to show them how to conduct themselves in the will of God concerning the earth. When that dispensation was exhausted and they could not go further, God imported a new minister (the City) to earth who brought the higher culture of serving God after the order of everlasting and Eternal Life.
The story of the man-child is an anomaly to a physical man. The man-child does not need an eternal body to have Eternal Life. The man-child will be on earth, yet he will be seated on the Throne. One has to be a student of the spirit to know what it means to be “caught up”. One must know epistles very well. The man-child will overcome the dragon. The man-child was also an overcomer. The man child is the one referred to as “they” who overcame the dragon by the blood of the Lamb (Rev. 12:11). The man-child will be here physically; it means that his life will be thronic. It must be by mercy to come into this estate.
Even our Lord Jesus did not sit on the Throne until He died and resurrected. However, the man-child company will sit on the Throne even before they die. The reason is because the dragon will never fall without this order. It can only take men who will sit on the Throne to make the dragon fall. Satan took the apex of the air. He took a very strong vantage point in the spirit, from where he is accusing the brethren.
Even after Jesus resurrected, the dragons did not fall. This is because what made him stay is not just Jesus but men. Men are the ones who made the dragon stay in the air. Jesus has to raise the rod of His strength out of Zion, to rule in the midst of His enemies.
Our God is both eternal and everlasting. These two realms work together. Jesus is the brightness of God’s glory and illuminator of God’s person. The Jasper light that came upon the glorious Church was not the glorious member (or person) of God. Rather, it’s the spirit of the glorious God. That’s the Eternal Spirit of the Eternal God. That’s the one that illuminates the City. The Jasper light is an eternal light; that is the light that explains how to reign.
“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.” (Revelation 22:3-5). The Throne of God shall be in it means that Eternal Life shall be in it. The “Lord God” here is the eternal God–He gives light and the purpose is for reigning. This reigning is a season when God will bring things under the feet of these men. He will communicate the sense of reigning to them. Those who can approach this light are men who have finished their everlasting work.
“Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of Lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.” (1 Timothy 6:15-16). Eternal Life is the light of Immortality. Eternal Life is not Immortality. Immortality dwells in light which no man can approach. This light is not everlasting light. Immortality exhumes light which is also life. Immortality dwells in Eternal Life.
One cannot approach the light in which Immortality dwells, except he has done everlasting life. Everlasting life is the corridor to that light. Honour is higher than power. Power is the first work, honour is the last work. The door to the light of Immortality is the honour and power of everlasting life. Everlasting life should lead us to Eternal light, and this will take us to Immortality.
God wants to give Eternal Life to men on earth. God is raising a company of people on earth whose understanding will be opened to comprehend Eternal Life.