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eaglesway

Quote from: reFORMer on December 24, 2012, 08:53:28 AM
(It is more like 2 am here in Georgia and I wonder if the last few posts here should be separated from this topic and renamed?)
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To go back from the New Covenant into the world before the advent of the substance that cast the shadow in the Old Covenant of good things to come is not the understanding I glean from the relevant scripture concerning what's next in God's plan.  There is only ONE Olive Tree with ingrafted, reingrafted, or waiting branches  So, if there is any replacement, it is the New Creation Man:  immortal, one with Christ, enlivening spirit, exchanged for the Old Creation human:  mortal, Adamic, soulical individual dirt pods.  The complete emergence of this New Man, or, as scripture calls it, "the manifestation of the sons of God," this is what we are headed into.  The image of God appears in the sixth period.  That this is leading into the Millennial day of rest means we are in the finishing work, God's bringing forth of many son's into glory.

Revelation 58-10, Concordant Literal...
8 And when It took the scroll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fall before the Lambkin, each having a lyre, and golden bowls brimming with incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 And they are singing a new song, saying,

"Worthy art Thou to be taking the scroll and to open its seals, For Thou wast slain and dost buy us for God by Thy blood. Out of every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 Thou dost also make them a kingdom and a priesthood for our God, And they shall be reigning on the earth."

Whatever foretastes there have been, our Forerunner has made a way and opened a door no man can shut for us to be a Royal Priesthood that reigns in all the earth.  It has to happen.  God's first house is moved out of because we're moving into the new house of greater glory.  The Old Adamic creation loses, not because of condemnation, but because it has been superseded by a superior creation.

Yes, and that new creation has a priesthood, a "ministry of reconciliation" that will envelope the entire former house in the remaining ages and bring all things into the perfect liberty of the latter house, the sons of God.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him(overcomers Rev 21:7), that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.(1 Pet 4:13, 5:1) For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we do not see, then do we with patience wait for it.
(Rom 8:17-25)

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creation.
(Jas 1:18)

The Logos is complete, but it is not completely understood. http://www.hell-is-a-myth.webs.com/

Molly

And the pieces fall into place.  Plink. Plink. Plink.

Peace on earth. Good will to men.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8xB1opuQ8

eaglesway

Deep calls unto deep at the sound of thy waterfalls O Lord.
The Logos is complete, but it is not completely understood. http://www.hell-is-a-myth.webs.com/

dajomaco

Quote from: eaglesway on December 24, 2012, 07:56:51 PM
Quote from: reFORMer on December 24, 2012, 08:53:28 AM
(It is more like 2 am here in Georgia and I wonder if the last few posts here should be separated from this topic and renamed?)
________________________________________

To go back from the New Covenant into the world before the advent of the substance that cast the shadow in the Old Covenant of good things to come is not the understanding I glean from the relevant scripture concerning what's next in God's plan.  There is only ONE Olive Tree with ingrafted, reingrafted, or waiting branches  So, if there is any replacement, it is the New Creation Man:  immortal, one with Christ, enlivening spirit, exchanged for the Old Creation human:  mortal, Adamic, soulical individual dirt pods.  The complete emergence of this New Man, or, as scripture calls it, "the manifestation of the sons of God," this is what we are headed into.  The image of God appears in the sixth period.  That this is leading into the Millennial day of rest means we are in the finishing work, God's bringing forth of many son's into glory.

Revelation 58-10, Concordant Literal...
8 And when It took the scroll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fall before the Lambkin, each having a lyre, and golden bowls brimming with incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 And they are singing a new song, saying,

"Worthy art Thou to be taking the scroll and to open its seals, For Thou wast slain and dost buy us for God by Thy blood. Out of every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 Thou dost also make them a kingdom and a priesthood for our God, And they shall be reigning on the earth."

Whatever foretastes there have been, our Forerunner has made a way and opened a door no man can shut for us to be a Royal Priesthood that reigns in all the earth.  It has to happen.  God's first house is moved out of because we're moving into the new house of greater glory.  The Old Adamic creation loses, not because of condemnation, but because it has been superseded by a superior creation.

Yes, and that new creation has a priesthood, a "ministry of reconciliation" that will envelope the entire former house in the remaining ages and bring all things into the perfect liberty of the latter house, the sons of God.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him(overcomers Rev 21:7), that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.(1 Pet 4:13, 5:1) For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we do not see, then do we with patience wait for it.
(Rom 8:17-25)

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creation.
(Jas 1:18)

Hope is one of the few aspects of the holy spirit that he allows us
a free and unlimited supply if we are giving it away.
I give and want to share with all of the posters here the hope.
The hope of the manifestation of the daughters of God.
The hope of the manifestation of the sons of God.
as the new year comes .We have a mark and measure of time.
I hope and believe I have been shown the coming year.
As the manifestation of the sons of God accelerate exponentially.
The true power of love will be revealed. A stranger will find hope
he will find it because it will be given to him.
Not a one shot deal, the stranger will nurtured by the hope he gives away.
The hope that we will live in community as the early church.
The financial collapses will create an environment of community.
We will feel compassion for the rich that still hope in money.
The physiological frailties of the modern Mom and Dad will disappear.
The emotional heath of the community will leave modern medicine
unfunded .Each one of us will be so invested in our communities.
Our children's grand children will be in our communities and we will co lead as
hope grows.

Children there are such wonderful displays of love that God has never
shown before. Well not so much that God has never shown us before but he allow
us to see more of the LOVE that has always been JESUS.


   
 

ded2daworld


eaglesway

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
(Mar 10:13-16)
The Logos is complete, but it is not completely understood. http://www.hell-is-a-myth.webs.com/

reFORMer

#31
http://www.dimensionsoftruth.org/about/robert-burgess/a-vision-of-the-ark-of-gods-glory/

A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory


"And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart... And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household (2 Sam 6:3-11)."

A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory

The foregoing Scriptures are a historic record of the attempt to bring the Ark of God's presence to the "Mount Zion" upon a man-made vehicle, instead of Bearing it upon the Shoulders of the Priesthood, as God had commanded it to be. We find that there are certain principles revealed here which closely parallel the actions of churchmen in the early part of the 1900's; from roughly the years of 1910 to 1914, in which about ninety percent of all the mainline "Pentecostal Denominations" were formed. The formation of these organizations resulted in the spiritual "Death" of many priests like UZZA (meaning "Mighty") who tried to "Help" the Spirit in the shakings which were taking place in the Pentecostal World of that time. It is very interesting to note that the famous "Azusa (or, the "AS UZZA) " Street Revival lasted only from mid-1906 to 1910, about 3 1/2 years (or, 42 mo.) it was at the close of this time period, that these events occurred. The result of all this was, that the Ark became "Parked," so to speak, in the house of Obed-Edom (meaning Servant of ADAM, or, of the Flesh). I has been there now, in the nominal camp for 90 years (or three full months of prophetic "Days" See Ezek 4:6 etc.); and truly you must say God has "Blessed" their house..
A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory

A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory

In the early hours of Feb 15th I had a vision, in which I saw the priests going in to an old building of some kind, and carefully wiping off all the grit and grime which had settled upon the "Ark of God;" You wouldn't believe how that "Beaten Gold" did shine when they got through. I saw them take down the wooden poles (or "Staves) and gently placing them through the rings on the sides of the Ark, and putting the Ark upon their shoulders, they began to march with it; bringing it up the road leading to "Mount Zion," and the "Tabernacle of David." Get ready, saints, things are about to start happening very soon that will manifest that God has moved from one dimension into another.. This is the signal and an open invitation for His Son's to arise and follow Him, in like manner.

After thoughts: A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory

The vision I was given of the Ark of "God's Glory" seems to point out that the Priesthood has finally learned the "Order of God." The Scriptures declare that there were "Eight" of them; I don't remember counting how many I saw, but this sounds accurate. Eight is the Number of New Creation, and a "New Beginning," I cannot help but to feel that God is beginning something "New;" we need to really pray that when this happens, we will have the grace to let go of our old ideas and "Set" ways.. Notice the following Scriptures;

"And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces (very possibly Symbolic of Six Thousand Years), he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod (showing A King-Priest Ministry). So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting (shall our Heavenly King Descend from heaven with a Shout?), and with the sound of the trumpet (Could not this be connected to the "Last Trump??" See 2 Sam 6:13-15)." I also found out from our old friend and associate, Kelley Varner that it is just 8 miles from the "House of Obed-Edom" to the top of Mt. Zion; so this vision could be 8 years in coming to light finally, or only 8 weeks, I don't know; but I do know that God is bringing forth His Glory in "New things," and He is definitely leading His people in the right direction.

A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory by Robert Burgess

January – 2000

eaglesway

Quote from: reFORMer on December 25, 2012, 07:40:32 AM
http://www.dimensionsoftruth.org/about/robert-burgess/a-vision-of-the-ark-of-gods-glory/

A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory



"And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces (very possibly Symbolic of Six Thousand Years), he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod (showing A King-Priest Ministry). So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting (shall our Heavenly King Descend from heaven with a Shout?), and with the sound of the trumpet (Could not this be connected to the "Last Trump??" See 2 Sam 6:13-15)." I also found out from our old friend and associate, Kelley Varner that it is just 8 miles from the "House of Obed-Edom" to the top of Mt. Zion; so this vision could be 8 years in coming to light finally, or only 8 weeks, I don't know; but I do know that God is bringing forth His Glory in "New things," and He is definitely leading His people in the right direction.

A Vision of the Ark of God's Glory by Robert Burgess

January – 2000

I see six paces(days) as the time of man, the seventh day as the time of Christ(Millenial reign, kings & priests), the eight day as the time of God(All in All)

Interestingly enough, Robert Burgess passed in 2008.
The Logos is complete, but it is not completely understood. http://www.hell-is-a-myth.webs.com/

sheila

Ew..yes...it can be likened to Miriam[the church] who had to remain outside the camp for 7 days...

  before they could procede following Him. The church and man's usurping of the Pristhood and appointed

spokesman[Jesus and Holy Spirit..results in a spiritual leprosy..it is a time of cleansing and bringing back

into the camp[7th day]  . Numbers 12;14  Father spit in her face[see what Jesus spit does..open eyes...

   that is why the rest of the dead do not 'come to life' until the end of the 1000 yr reign..

   It is related to the seven angels with 7 last plagues  Rev 15  AND I SAW IN HEAVEN ANOTHER

  GREAT SIGN..BECAUSE WITH THEM GOD'S WRATH IS COMPLETED-time of all in all....8th day

sheila

th ose that resist the divine order of the Holy preisthood..that cleanses and reconciles..at the end of

the 7th day..are still a mix[good/evil] false doctrines/true doctrines...and Jesus seperates them at

  harvest/death of flesh[turn such a one over to satn for the destruction of the flesh in order that the spirit

be saved   [their spirit redeemed brought in to Holy city..unclean carnalness perishes outside of city]

  those that are cleansed of the reign of Christ/and come to life and reign with Him[overcomers in this

  life] are likened to Joshua 10;12-15  the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and the moon stopped

and delayed going down about a full day.thus 7th/8th day compacted togather til victory of ALL

  also testified to Ester and Purim  and two days..of enmy to be  totally overcome

sheila

this is further testified to in Rev 15...7 angels 7 plagues..v 8 and the temple was filled with smoke

  from the glory of God and of His power....and no-one could enter the temple until the seven plagues

of the seven angels are completed. Overcomers are in on 7th day.. overcomers in this life that

reign with Christ...O'death I shall be thy plagues.......

sheila

this is further tesified in Rev 10  Mighty angel with little scroll..cloud and rainbow..   and in ch 11

  it addresses those in the outer court[don't come in til end of reign 7th day/8th all in all  the little scroll...

    the two wittness..that shut up the sky  and work plagues of God[7 angels-smoke in temple]

sheila

  the manchild..is all mankind raised up in Christ...as His body rises into the heavens..each in it's order...

  we know that the eigth day is the day of the circumcision of evry male of Isreal.

  that is the reason you see fire come down from heaven on Gog's crowd..and in Rev 11 the outer court

do not measure it[gentiles=those yet uncircimcized/veiled til 8th day.] also why can not enter temple

smoke of temple  til 7th day plagues against death worked.

   Oh, I pray the spirit declare these things to you...it is so hard to put in words..and my stammering speech

  I hope does not make it unclear.....

  after the woman gives birth to the manchild[caught up to throne/head first fruit/overcomers] she yet has

children[rest of her offspring] that are still warring with dragon[8th day class of which beast of sea and earth

[gog's overcome mankind that satan deceives] that are in outer court/uncircumcized

Molly

Sheila, something I hadn't seen before,-- it is nations that Satan is deceiving, whole nations of people at a time.

That is why God pulls us out of every tribe, nation, and tongue to make us his own nation, the firstfruits, with Jesus as Lord, a royal priesthood-- a nation of priests.

That is the Kingdom of God.

Can you confirm?


After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands.  Rev 7:9


Revelation 5:10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."


To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
Revelation 1:6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

sheila

yes,Molley....b3ecause of uncircumcized hearts..these are the outer court trampled/gog's crowd..

  Joel's 3;14  multitudes multitudes in the the valley of decision...the lot is cast into the lap..

  but it's every decision is of the Lord.  People/nations deceived are like Lot who seperated from Abraham

  Zeph 3;8  therefore wait for me for the day I will stand up and testify[this spoken by God through Michael

  who stands up[who is like God]..the decision is to gather and assemble the nations/kingdoms

and pour out His wrath[just as God removed 'lot' from sodom and Gomorrah.  remember if the righteous one

  strike me..it shall even be a blessing.

   Rev 14  you have the three angels and their messages..just as when God come to Abraham to

examine what He heard about sodom and Gomorrah..there were three[Father/son/Holy spirit=decision]

     Deuteronomy 17;8-11  decisions....  Exodus 28;15-29 and 39;9 regarding decisions..anyone

who is raised up of Christ while here on earth and ruling with Him[kingdom Preists] will know His judgement

  lights and perfection/Urim/Thummin.

ded2daworld

Without UR, the wholesale destruction and eternal torment of entire nations seems
more like a drill sargeant disciplining an entire platoon for the mess-up of one soldier.
The bible says that each person will be chastized for their OWN sins.

sheila

yep...those that are struck by the righteous one[vessel of wrath] are blessed due to given the free gift

after the destruction of the flesh[made in Christ image..receive eternal life free from corruption....

   thus God reconciles all. If you do not repent at this hour and worship Him....the time is coming

when you will receive discipline[rod] go home as a prodigal and no longer indulge in debauchery/corruption.

  mis-conduct in the army can find you called back from your tour of duty/home....

   it is the same in this spiritual warfare...those overcome of death are shipped home...those spiritually

alive as overcomers go home when victory in the war is attained[last enemy death no more]

  but we are all going to the eternal realm to dwell forever....in immortality

sheila

therefore,as He wraps this ALL UP........even though they die[both spiritually and physically]they shall live.

those that are alive..even though they die[physically] shall live..and some will not taste death at all..

  those that remain alive unto His coming..but shall all be changed[those that believed unto the salvation of their

souls.

seekfirst

Quote from: Molly on December 25, 2012, 03:53:15 PM
Sheila, something I hadn't seen before,-- it is nations that Satan is deceiving, whole nations of people at a time.

That is why God pulls us out of every tribe, nation, and tongue to make us his own nation, the firstfruits, with Jesus as Lord, a royal priesthood-- a nation of priests.

That is the Kingdom of God.

Can you confirm?


After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands.  Rev 7:9


Revelation 5:10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."


To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
Revelation 1:6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

Although my Scripture searching/studying had been more concentrated on man's beginning,  within the last few weeks, I've been encouraged to "seek first the kingdom of God" and so I am just so happy to learn/ to find yet another description of "the kingdom of God"... thanks Molly,  for this Scriptural gem that I will store/study.

eaglesway

Quote from: Molly on December 25, 2012, 03:53:15 PM
Sheila, something I hadn't seen before,-- it is nations that Satan is deceiving, whole nations of people at a time.

That is why God pulls us out of every tribe, nation, and tongue to make us his own nation, the firstfruits, with Jesus as Lord, a royal priesthood-- a nation of priests.

That is the Kingdom of God.

Can you confirm?


After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands.  Rev 7:9


Revelation 5:10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."


To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
Revelation 1:6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

This is why James calls us a kind of first fruits of His creatures/creation- a preisthood drawn from among men-neither slave nor free, Jew no Greek, Scythian or Bararian- one new man in Messiah.
The Logos is complete, but it is not completely understood. http://www.hell-is-a-myth.webs.com/

sheila

  we are the 'camp' of the Holy city..surrounded by the nations deceived of satan..Gog's crowd.

  as such we are members of the Holy city..while still in this earth...while others[such as the apostle's etc

are literally already up there[see open His eyes Lord that he may see] the Elijah/Elisha work

seekfirst

Quote from: eaglesway on December 25, 2012, 06:40:40 PM
Quote from: Molly on December 25, 2012, 03:53:15 PM
Sheila, something I hadn't seen before,-- it is nations that Satan is deceiving, whole nations of people at a time.

That is why God pulls us out of every tribe, nation, and tongue to make us his own nation, the firstfruits, with Jesus as Lord, a royal priesthood-- a nation of priests.

That is the Kingdom of God.

Can you confirm?


After these things, I looked, and there was a crowd so large that no one was able to count it! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands.  Rev 7:9


Revelation 5:10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."


To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
Revelation 1:6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

This is why James calls us a kind of first fruits of His creatures/creation- a preisthood drawn from among men-neither slave nor free, Jew no Greek, Scythian or Bararian- one new man in Messiah.

eaglesway...  do you see any relationship between the kingdom of God and the one new man in Messiah?  Yes, I realize every single iota in the Scriptures is related to every other iota :)

Maybe I misunderstood your post... it seems to be negating the Rev verses given by Molly as describing/defining the kingdom of God.

eaglesway

actually I thought I was saying amen to Molly :o). I believe the kingdom of God is the mustard seed. (begotten by the word of truth to be a kind of first fruits of His creatures/creation).

Romans 8 speaks of how the whole creation groans awaiting the revelation of the sons of God. The first fruits will minister the glorious liberty of the children of God to the rest of creation. The mustard seed will eventually fill the universe. So as I see it, in this stage of the spread of the kingdom of god(like a measure of leaven in three bushels of wheat till all is leavened) we are the leaven, being kneaded throughout the dough till all be leavened.

We are the "newness"(if any man be in Christ Jesus He is a new creation). We are seeds sown(if we suffer with Him that we may be glorified with Him) as He was sown, dying to self that the "kingdom" can come through. In order to bring forth a harvest  the seed must fall into the ground and be buried. The overcomers are the "first fruits" of resurrection, but eventually all will be "in the kingdom"(under the authority of Jesus) for evry knee will bow and tongue confess, every adversary will be subjected, all things will be reconciled, and gathered into one in Christ till God is ALL IN ALL- which, IMO is an ocean of perfect love throughout all.
The Logos is complete, but it is not completely understood. http://www.hell-is-a-myth.webs.com/

seekfirst

Quote from: eaglesway on December 25, 2012, 08:35:25 PM
actually I thought I was saying amen to Molly :o). I believe the kingdom of God is the mustard seed. (begotten by the word of truth to be a kind of first fruits of His creatures/creation).

Romans 8 speaks of how the whole creation groans awaiting the revelation of the sons of God. The first fruits will minister the glorious liberty of the children of God to the rest of creation. The mustard seed will eventually fill the universe. So as I see it, in this stage of the spread of the kingdom of god(like a measure of leaven in three bushels of wheat till all is leavened) we are the leaven, being kneaded throughout the dough till all be leavened.

We are the "newness"(if any man be in Christ Jesus He is a new creation). We are seeds sown(if we suffer with Him that we may be glorified with Him) as He was sown, dying to self that the "kingdom" can come through. In order to bring forth a harvest  the seed must fall into the ground and be buried. The overcomers are the "first fruits" of resurrection, but eventually all will be "in the kingdom"(under the authority of Jesus) for evry knee will bow and tongue confess, every adversary will be subjected, all things will be reconciled, and gathered into one in Christ till God is ALL IN ALL- which, IMO is an ocean of perfect love throughout all.

actually , I'm glad I asked :o) ... just look at the reply-->full of Scriptural gems to store in my treasure box; one that will require some pondering, praying... "...kingdom of God is the mustard seed."

Also, I have tentatively organized my notes into three categories   first man, second man, new man (I wanted to say third man...but decided not to get into worldly stuff like The Third Man Theme...) so your reference to "new man" is encouraging me to take a deeper look into the meaning of "new man". 

thanks eaglesway, it's always good to receive more Scriptures to meditate/study...

dajomaco

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was revealed .
Then concealed .
To over come we ( me IMO ) must keep the knowledge of tree,
concealed from our hearts .Mankind can not conceal the knowledge of good and evil.
We can truly see that as

it is written: What eye did not see and ear did not hear, and what never entered the human mind— God prepared this for those who love Him.

As the Pharisees were blinded by the written word and traditions.
I have to look to what God has written on my heart in my mind.

Most of the people I encounter refuse to believe it is possible to live in
the real world with-out the knowledge of good and evil.
They say it is just away to fool your self so that you don't have to feel bad when you do something wrong.
   
He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.

The mustard seed as it grows produces a faith that can move mountains.
The tree of knowledge and good will die in our minds.
The branches of the mustard seed cast a shadow.
Over the tree of  knowledge of evil and good.
and diminishes it.