The Feast of Tabernacles is a collection of teachings by Richard Mikelson.

 

These teachings explore spiritual depths of influential texts of scripture,  and of the human condition.

Born Again II

Thus it is Christ working within that gives people foretaste of the life He comes in, it quickens us and gives us “spiritual drink” that satisfies our thirst for a manifestation of God’s Holy Spirit.

“But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many.” I Corinthians 12:7-14 NAU

The principles announced here need to be relied upon, the truth speaks in our heart and sparks proper understanding of His Spirit, which touches our spirit with guidance that sees what Jesus understands. Jesus heals the broken spirit of man and lifts the contrite heart into a steadfast communion with God. Sadly, natural minded men have natural minded measures for success, taking care to make money, and acquire fame and prestige in this life. Making money makes people too busy to sort out, or weed out, the old selfish motivations, that do not discern God’s intentions. God’s intention in establishing his faith within us is for our spiritual growth. Christ enlightens man’s inner being, exposing our own, deceitful nature. He exposes our soulish characteristics, our unholy words, and questionable deeds to overturn every lying foundation of vain deceit within His chosen vessels. Only Christ working within, drawing us higher, can enlighten our inner being and expose the darkness that hinders our progress. The human heart can stop resisting, stop publishing lies that oppress, stop issuing dictates from the fallen fleshly nature of man. Christ frees men and woman from suffering the breaking weight of sin and death, now through our spiritual rebirth, Jesus Christ has brings us to higher dimensions of a new heaven were men are made perfect.

“ye have come to mount Zion; and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, the universal gathering; and to the assembly of the firstborn who are registered in heaven; and to God, judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect; and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.” Hebrews 12:22-24 DBY

Perfection is worked into those coming to Zion, those overcoming candlestick church find His Word and Spirit filling their heart with new insight into His instructions, and intentions. We are lifted and love fitting into God’s spiritual house. God’s love is working no ill to other humans through us, although we pray those who destroy others will soon meet God’s just and swift judgement. God’s refining fire has burnt up the elementary understanding learned by rote in church, having grown to having His Spirit lead and control our inner being refines us even as intense fiery trials of God’s testing’s work to free us from the old. God’s perfection involves baptism of cleansing fires that baptize us, until we are totally immersed in Him. Overcoming saints coming to Zion are guided by His Spirit and filled with Godly qualities, having the nature and glory of full of patience, kindness, not being jealous, not boastful, or puffed up in indecent pride of self-seeking men. God is just, truthful, and faithful to strengthen us so we too endure life’s hardships with the mercy of Christ ruling our spirit.

“If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.” Romans 8:10 NAU

Our spirit is alive to God, we are connected constantly commune with Godly love that lifts us out of hatred, out of lies, out of greed, out of darkness, out of violence, out of death. We are birthed, born into new life in our spirit, now are filled with love of God, becoming altogether new in every way, we experience a release of Christ’s life within each new moment. Wisdom is building a house, Godly wisdom is being revealed to our heart over, and over revealing the lasting life of Jesus, which is being released to make us fit with His perfect people, spiritually mature overcomers that use every means available the working of Christ within provides.

Generation after generation of overcoming saints have been subjected to cleansings and washings to make His chosen faithful. A flow of Spirit like a river is sent out to sons and daughters that are quickened by His Word. Anointed life flows, His Spirit, mercifully, flows to connect with our spirit. His Spirit promises to make us the habitation of our heavenly Father. Our body is the temple of His Holy Spirit. Christ formed within a man changes his viewpoints of scripture, it’s no longer dead letter, but His words are spirit, spiritual, and they are life. Christ working within will release us from our selfish nature, and cleanse our inner person with truth that washes away the natural motivations and literal interpretation of scripture to burst forth with clear new spiritual insights of His intentions to save all people. We have real assurance in God’s ability to enable each of us, to reach total salvation, spirit, soul, and body, in due time being merciful to all. Jesus led us to a spiritual walk of being enlightened to spiritual love, revealing the real character and intention of our heavenly Father.

Overcoming sons are brought to Zion, set free from the in part judgements of religious men in camps built by religious leaders so eager to subject the Lord’s people to their “church” organization. Generations of Christians, in the seen and unseen, are held in “candlestick church systems” have become marked, and limited by dead religious forms inposed on “ Christianity.” We are surrounded by forms of godliness that are deceptive, so dense and deceivable it would seek to hinder the very elect, yet Christ’s victory within us exposes and blocks the avenues and ways of Babylonian church heavens. The old is ready to be rolled up, we are lifted higher with inner enthronement of a spiritual revelation that goes way beyond head knowledge, no doctor degrees from bible college or denominational seminaries are needed to enter Zion. Only Christ can do the hidden work of circumcising our heart, to circumcize our heart, delivering us from dead works so love of God can be our “first love.” Our heavenly Father has fit our personal completion with the body of Christ.

Pentecostal brethren have been filled with the Holy Spirit and have done wonderful works among His body, yet many still need to reach Godly perfection. The Pentecostal heavens have brought only a part of God’s true salvation, total salvation comes to those coming up hither, following Christ’s leading in Word and Spirit. The realm of perfection opens to those who put on Christ, they take new major steps by faith. Anyone following Jesus Christ to perfection will be separated from the old Pentecostal church heavens, the latter rain has come and gone, old fellowships dissolved, yet we are guided to joy in a higher spiritual place. The New Testament teaches of a third day, a third heaven, which is like a type of the feast of Tabernacles in the old testament type. The feast of Tabernacles typifies the third feast, the completed harvest, all the fruits brought in, the type of mature development in our spiritual relationship with God.

Christ brings full growth in understanding things right and wrong. The greatest wisdom given is about the great need of candlestick church participators of His true judgement. The people of every nation need His guidance, we need Him even in seemly small matters of our daily life. Christ Jesus has made us alive to God, we are now separated unto the Father’s will, He commands us to lift up our eyes, and see His people coming up to higher spiritual understanding about the book of Revelation’s matters! Yes, the full glory of sonship is reserved for overcoming Christians, they are raised into the lasting greater glory. Who has heard what the Spirit says to the churches?

A harvest will gather the people of former heavens to what God is doing in this new day. A river of new spiritual understanding will wash candlestick church people, His people, stuck in the candlestick church heavens, to erase every mark of Babylonian practices and beliefs. Overcoming sons are given responsibilities of ceaseless activity in “producing good fruits.” They have created acceptable forms of worship, they are raised and face the Lord. This is not the in-part realm. Overcoming sons and daughters are raised to Zion’s holy hill by His Spirit, they enter a third heaven, a third day heaven, a new heaven is established within us, where only Christ can see if we truly understand Jesus correctly, like when Jesus says “Come Up Here. ”

“After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking to me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things (that are going on in the candlestick churches).” Revelation 4:1 NAU

A great host is now in Mount Zion, many are already raised into the third heaven, the third thousand year “day “ promises freedom from death, a liberty from every yoke that binds us to the tyranny working in the nations. “Oh, how Christ circumcises our hearts, teaching us about the things unseen, the things in the throne realm. All have suffered to get there, but all are glad in heart that Christ has brought them to Zion, Jesus is come, we are alive, connected to God as a kingdom of priests, all made alive by following the Spirit that promotes brotherly love, following after peace until it calmed the storms. Christ heals our every hurt. Christ is not divided, nor in a division, He makes peace while standing for what’s right. New light surrounds those that are separated unto Him beyond the two thousand year “days” of candlestick church. Two days are past, early on the third day He arose. He delivers us even now from wasting our time and efforts in required tasks of organized religious leaders in order to feel justified. The faith the Father writes upon us by His Spirit makes us just. Lesser tasks are accomplished in passing heavens that have had their day. If He loves us, He will consume, to burn up, our church heavens and their religious ideas, for their religious life is exposed is being revealed in His Kingdom. His will does not feed our ego, now this path to life is simply to the crosses of being separated unto the Father’s will. The question is where do we, personally fit into what God has intended?

Generations of true overcomers have been raised, they are spiritually separated unto their place, some are brought to Zion in every generation, as insight to true God life grows fruitful into characteristics within men and women prove to be loving and kind, patently considerate of all, yet will resist all that hinders development of Christ’s reign within us. The Christ life is always casting out fear, exposing vanity, and resisting the greed and pride that has spoiled His people in the candlestick churches for ages. Christ working within us shines light on every issue of our life, He removes the spots of darkness within His people. His people yield to His truth, they are released from death, and are placed on a path that’s way is made plain. He leads us to His perfection, brethren of the mighty in power, yet faithful in the small things of daily life, sons of God are being led by His Spirit. That kingdom is coming today, in this generation by a life flow that activates new day perfections, the bestowing of spiritual wisdom within those who dare hear the truth as it is dispensed directly into our spirit from our heavenly Father:

“Behold, I send the promise of the Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high.” Luke 24:49

“And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father...for truly John baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.” Acts 1:4-5

“God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” Galatians 4:6

We are born with the possibilities of growth into His perfection, a SEED shall serve Him, we have the mind of Christ.

"Now this is the parable; The seed is the word of God." Luke 8:11

Christ councils us to receive the full measure of growth into this life in Christ. Those who receive full instructions are empowered unto complete, mature Sonship with Jesus, as Sons, as brethren. He can open heaven and make spiritual rain fall, He has anointed forms of worship that expound on what He wants quickened. The Lord has Words that make us alive, He reigns over our life’s issues as we are drawn aside from working in passing heavens. New heavens are opening, it is dominated by an anointed flow of His Spirit. God intents to bring all of us to perfection:

“No one (begotten) born of God (deliberately and knowingly ) habitually practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him- His principle of life, the Devine sperm, remains permanently within him— he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.” I John 3:9 Amp

Our natural body has practiced sinning because it is controlled by a death process, nevertheless our spirit has been quickened also, made alive, is born again to the possibility of our inner person being fully formed into the perfect image of God’s firstborn Son. Now to have our Father’s name written within us is fulfillment of a high and holy calling, we have raced for it openly. The creative work of Christ works in new ways to form righteousness within His people. Where are the reapers? The name of Jesus shall be raised in fulfillment of the promises to the fathers, those first called to be part of a holy city, His body, the true church, the holy city of Jerusalem that is come down from above:

“…which is the mother of us all…” Galatians 4:26

“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son” Revelation 21:2-7 NAU

“Being born again [regenerated], not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible [seed], by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever...and this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you [by the apostles].” I Peter 1:23-25

“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works also in you that believe.” I Thessalonians 2:13

The pure and incorruptible Word of God conceives new ideas that result in inner spiritual connections to enablement for us to live, in all respects, grown sons and daughters of God are formed in the very measure of character found in Jesus. What a miracle. But stop, the systems claiming to be “church” have fallen from “religious” to being “perverted” worst than original states of good works. Shameful things have happened in candlestick churches for many generations, now they have emptying pews teaching the socially acceptable things, yet pathetically defeated populist that have produced deformed offspring ending in strife and conflict with threats of eternal damnation. Even brethren of the Laodicean church are thinking they are rich, in need of nothing, yet know not what real nourishment is, in darkness are hindering and hurting many brethren’s spiritual development, hindered in very important ways.

The words ministered through sons are empowered to free others from every conceivable imperfection, no fleshly perversions are off limits, every polluted ideas are made exposed by the holy sons of Zion. All that come unto Zion are in the spiritual realm of the throne, they no longer bear any defects, the flaws and weaknesses of abnormalities ability to discern the marks of systematic viewpoints make a dogma in “Christian” heavens. The Baptists preach water baptism, the words the Catholics preach are other words, the Pentecostals preach being baptized completely different, the Mormons preach something else, and so most every believer is marked by certain understandings of scripture. Christendom has had for two thousand years the apostle Paul’s writings, extensively of God’s solemn guidelines:

“…be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;” Philippians 2:2-3

John the beloved wrote:

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols [that is, false gods, or false ideas and false representations of the true God].” I John 5:21

John said, “Little children, keep yourselves from promoting man’s false ideas about God!” Every Christian should know what God wants of them, Jesus Christ is the right foundation grow to almost every heavenly attainment. Sons are filled and influenced with standards of righteousness! Ministers have uncovered deep mysteries hard to fathom, because God has honored His Word on EVERY level it has been ministered on, in spite of the dark characters of those who it was ministered to. It is a fact that God uses multitudes of messengers to help turn those who seek Him, openly, or privately, they have represented an anointed flow of God’s Spirit.

Corrupt men race to bring forth expressions of THEIR RELIGIOUS LINEAGE are children marked by the beast, the beastly nature of man, including man made worship systems where man rules. Overcomers overcome every mark of man, over every mark of the candlestick church, they are drawn out completely to feed on the judgments of God.

To the church of Thyatira:

"I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman, Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them-- I place no other burden on you. Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come. He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father; and I will give him the morning star. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Revelation 2:19-29 NAU

The church of Thyatira systematically keeps all her children in death so they truly have hindered spiritual life’s for all. Those ministries preaching the dead letter of legalism, and literalism are blind guides with carnal understandings, they are creating children, therefore having responsibility for every inherent weaknesses, some having deformities, and some blatant imperfections. Thyatira shows Christianity failing under the religious Rome, a rank great religious works, an earthly church without spiritual insight, have completely missed the mark, yet contain multitudes of believers. Sadly, there are still multitudes of them today.

GOD, HE IS A GREAT HEALER! He can heal the broken heart, give life to an embryo in the womb. He can heal the child of tragic birth. The Day of healing now works miracles in our lives to dramatically and gloriously transform us to a proper realization of God’s life.

The Lord’s gracious dealings and faithful processing revealed by the Word has freed us of Thyatira’s religious markings—the customs, speech, mannerisms, methods, practices, fleshly efforts, legalistic doctrines, static creeds, empty rituals and endless ceremonies, lifeless programs, all the dead works of denominational hype which once characterized our understanding of God — has now been loosed, we are changed in our ATTITUDES and activities.

All the marks of Mystery Babylon can be seen, once we are apart of it, upon us they impressed limits not merely from without. Our own soul produced desire for more and sought public ministry in the candlestick churches that was admired , followed , and supported, ministries conceived in the Jezebel system. Many would crucify others, but they lose THEIR place among beloved ceremonies and customs:

" But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he (Stephen) was speaking. Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God." And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council. They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law; for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us." And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.” Acts 6:10-15 NAU

They of the Legal Council cared not about God’s purpose for the world. That was not the important matter to them in the least. The important thing to them was that THE SYSTEM THEY WERE IN BE MAINTAINED and there be no change of their PLACE in it. When Jesus was buried, they took every imaginable precaution to make sure He did not rise, but He arose IN SPITE OF their work and ever lives on high.

The hearts of religious people may idolize Stephen or Peter or John or Paul. Many followed St. Augustine, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, George Fox, John Alexander Dowie, the Pentecostal movements and the Latter Rain. God has RINSED OUR ROBE and granted license to the river of Life, becoming trees alive placed in Zion the high part of the city of God, and with open access to the momentous Day to which we are come! The Lord’s day is here, the old heavenly orders we have known are waxed old and are ready to vanish away. We see it eye to eye in Zion, a understanding voice of many waters coming from Zion’s hill drawing His own ”come up hither,” go FURTHER than any generation, build on the founding fathers, be an honor to our heavenly Father.

It has been sad when we found so many men and women clinging to old traditional ways. Like drowning men, they are clinging to a straw on an ocean, like the void of spiritual understanding would hold them to heavens that are meant to pass away. Those precious “antiques” must be kept at all costs because they love their crowds, their endless song services, and special preaching numbers promote their missionary programs, and all the other programs that belong to that heavenly mansion now seen so clearly to be destined to pass away.

COME UP HITHER, INTO THE SON REALM. Our inner spirit has been quickened to eat hidden manna given to overcomers by the Spirit. We have eaten bread and drink wine in the spirit of the Lord’s Day, the third day is here, now is when a great spiritual feast is prepared to flow, a supper, a feast for the vast house of the Lord, the Feast of Tabernacles. Those who follow the Lamb, come to worship God as He who ABIDES within them as a Father—GOD TABERNACLING in us.

Born and grown of the true, incorruptible seed, a Word sets us free to know the flow of pure water, it leads to a river of water of His Life flowing out from His merciful throne, and it is within us as same spirit. The pure Word produced by the King will now be speaking, working in the spirits of us who believe and are following on to know Him. He desires for us to grasp the full scope of our inheritance.

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