"The greater light to rule the day, the lesser light
to rule the
night": this verse speaks of the sun and
the moon. The sun is
symbolic of Christ, and the moon of the Law and prophets.
The Law
has light, however that light is not its' own, but comes
from Christ.
Moses spoke with Christ and his face was light up afterwards.
Today we, as Christians are nothing by ourselves, but
like the moon,
we have light as Christ gives us light. Our individuality
and personalities
in Christ might be represented by how much light we reflect
from Christ,
and as on different days, the moon reflects more or less
light, so too
is our reflection of the light a wavering thing, some
days more, other days
less.
Now, another example to help understand spirituality:
the wind, what a better
metaphor? We have the Light given to us, as a wind of
Light, the more we have,
the brighter that light reflected from us. And, consequently,
the more power and
authority we have in Christ. For that is as the wind,
if there is no wind, then
the is no power, if there is some, then there is some
power. If there is much power, then trees fall, houses are blown apart,
and all pretensions to knowledge set up as strongholds collapse and are
blown away.
Since we are still, and not moving as this force, and
the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of
Christ, of God; this is the force of the person of God,
indeed the force of personality. Moving as wind? Or inanimate as the wind?
Surely not! Rather living, for there is no difference between spirit and
soul.
So, seek more of God, and have the power and the Light
to
accomplish that which God has set in your heart to accomplish.
Power is a state of being, just as you might imagine
standing within great
wind and great light, so too do these things stand within:
and you will
know, nothing can stand in your way, for it is not your
will nor you way,
but you are merely a witness of the might of the Almighty
Everlasting One.
Part Two
If spirituality might be understood by using a metaphor
of wind, as it
can be, as the Greek and Hebrew words for "spirit" are
synomonous with
"wind"; and, Jesus explained those moved by the spirit
as with wind:
then one can also understand power and authority as a
force.
Now, do not get me wrong, I am well aware of some fools
who take this
word "force" and apply it to the Spirit, saying the Spirit
is not God.
They are fools who seem to intentionally misunderstand.
No, but I have heard it said that authority and power
is denoted often
in Scripture by a word, I think, "Dyanamos".
My point here is that these things can be understood,
often by using
metaphor, and that in understanding, we have believing,
in believing,
actuality.
The prophets had a certain amount of force, the Apostles
more so, and
Jesus the greatest. Next to Jesus we will have the two
witnesses, on
His left and right hand sides. So, you can expect them
to come with
considerable power.
Now, wind can be light or strong. Some wind can blow down
trees. Other
winds can uproot trees and mountains. Force may be invisible,
however
force is seen by what it moves.
God is a God of Glory and Power, that glory and power
is revealed to
His servants, and to the degree that they may see and
reflect that, is
the degree of power and glory that is reflected by them.
We are talking an extreme world changing event here, which
will have
room for people to get involved in.
Look at the moon and the planets, they have no light of
themselves,
but they reflect the light from the source of the sun.
The moon, in
fact, "rules the night", while the sun "rules the day".
Much can be
understood about these metaphors God has put into creation,
but here
let me point out that our reflection now is not contant,
just as the
moon has phases.
Nor, should we expect perfection though we must go towards
perfection,
for God is perfection. When these "jars of clay" are
changed into an
eternal substance, then all will be made complete.
Regardless, we must strive for zero. We must make ourselves
less, and
Christ more. The less that we are within ourselves, the
more that
Christ is within ourselves. And the more force and power
we will know
and exhibit.
There are many different types of stars, just as each
of us are
individuals: we do not lose ourselves by laying down
our lives, but we
gain our lives. Yet, we are united by the fact that we
all are of the
one true source of Light, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Two very great lights will come, though they are not the
Light,
themselves, they bear witness of the Light. Two very
great winds will
come, though there is one Spirit. Such power will be
revealed,
therefore such power already exists, but is not behind
anything so
that it might be seen by its' effects. In other words,
the wind may
blow, but who would know, until that wind is blowing
against something
seen.
Therefore, the plagues and the terrible things that will
be wrought
apon the world. And, the great things. Regardless, the
wind may be
ridden by anyone, just as the Light might be made plain
for all to see.
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