By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.
Hebrews 11:3
The whole of the Christian walk is in the unseen, which manifests into the seen.
And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
John 17:22
We are to be one with Him. Whether or not this is attainable in this life in practice is NOT the question, but to deny that it is theologically the goal would only guarantee that no one would try. You might as well make it your goal, because you’ll get alot further along at it than if you hadn’t.
Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.” Pretty simple, we’re all sinners. But, what does that sin separate us from? What have we fallen short of? His Glory of Course! So, since Romans 3:24 says we are reconciled, it would follow that what we are reconciled to is, of course, His Glory.
Now watch this doctrine of Balaam most carefully. Notice above all, that it is the deliberate maneuver of a corrupt clergy to bind the people to them, by leading the people deliberately into the sin of unbelief. The Nicolaitane doctrine was the corruption of the clergy as they sought political power amongst themselves, while Balaamism is the subjection of the people to their system of creed and worship in order to hold them. Now watch this carefully. What was it that bound the people to the nominal church and thereby destroyed them? It was the creeds and dogmas formed into church tenets. It was the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. They were not given the true food, the Word. They were given the food that came from idol worship, Babylonian paganism wrapped up in Christian terminology. And that very same spirit and doctrine is right amongst all Protestants and it is called DENOMINATION. Nicolaitanism is organization, humanizing the leadership of the church, and thereby deposing the Spirit. Balaamism is denominationalism which takes the church manual instead of the Bible. And right to this hour, many of God’s people are caught in the snare of denominationalism and God is crying to them, “Come out of her My people, lest ye be partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not her plagues.” You see they are ignorant. But if the rapture should take place at this moment, ignorance would be no court of appeal from the judgment of God for being in the wrong ranks.
William M. Branham, a prophet from 40’s and 50’s, wrote the above words towards the end of his book on the seven church ages.
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”
John 18:36
Jesus said His Kingdom was not of this world, nor of this realm. It was the Kingdom of the Heavens. John 3:3-5 indicates that the Kingdom cannot be seen nor entered unless one is born again, born of the water and the Spirit.
Seek first the Kingdom of God, and his Righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33
The Kingdom is invisible, in the heavens (John 3:3). It is the unseen dominion, greater and more sufficient than the natural, which, from its excess, overflows into what we can see.
What we can see, feel, and experience is not the Spirit. What we can see is not the Kingdom. What we touch with the soul and body is but our response to God.
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
John 10:10 (portion)
The only pure life is the life yielded to the Spirit.
If we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
Faith in God is a real, active, and living thing. God is alive, and powerful. Faith sees Him, and the word of His power overcomes what cannot be otherwise overcome, and carries a person with it through otherwise impossible situations.
It was by faith in God that David conquered the giant, and it was by faith in God that Jonathan, his friend, along with his armor bearer, single-handedly took on an entire Philistine garrison. It was by faith that overcame their weaknesses and came to be firmly established in the land.
The DreamDaniel 7:1-3
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.
Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
This is understood as the parallel to Daniel 2. Daniel 2 was Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, this is Daniel’s. While Nebuchadnezzar saw the kingdoms, Daniel apparently sees the spirits of the kingdoms. The four winds church the great sea, and four distinct beasts came up out of it.
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