Notes used in the message
“Where
Wast Thou? Pt.3” (The Theophany)
JOB 38:4
4 ¶ Where wast
thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare,
if thou hast understanding.
JOB 38:5
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou
knowest? or who hath
stretched the line upon it?
JOB 38:6
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof
fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
JOB 38:7
7 When
the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
JOHN 1:1
1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
JOHN 1:2
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
JOHN 1:3
3 All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.
WHO.IS.THIS.MELCHISEDEC_ JEFF.IN V-5 N-10
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78 Then when a man is borned again from heaven, he becomes a spirit babe in
Christ. And then when this robe of flesh is dropped, there is a natural body, theophany, a body not made with hands, neither born of a
woman, that we go to. Then that body returns back and picks up
the glorified body. That's the reason Jesus went to hell when he died and preached to the souls that were in prison. Turned
back into that theophany... Oh,
marvelous. Thank God.
II Corinthians 5:1 "If this earthly body be dis--dissolved (this earthly tabernacle), we have another
one." See, we have bypassed that to come straight from
God, the attribute, to be flesh to be tempted and tested by sin like Adam did.
But when testing of His Word is over, then we are taken up to this body that
was prepared for us before the foundation of the world. It is the Word there
that we skipped to come right around down here to be tempted and tested. If
we'd have come through that, there'd have been no temptation; we'd knowed all things. That's the reason Jesus knowed all things, 'cause He was Word before He was flesh.
Then we become the Word. Here we are formed to the Word
image to be a partaker of the Word, feed on the Word, by being predestinated
since the beginning. You see, that little spark of life that you had in you
from the beginning when you started your journey... Many of you can remember
it. You joined this church and joined that church, and try this and that;
nothing satisfied. That's right. But one day you just recognized it. Right.
WHO.IS.THIS.MELCHISEDEC_ JEFF.IN V-5 N-10
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67 Now, we see the attribute sons of His
Spirit have not yet entered into the Word form body, but--a theophany. This body is
subject to the Word and earnest--waiting for the earnest change of the body.
Now, the different between Him and
you as a son... See, He was at the beginning the Word, an "En morphe" body. He came in and lived in
that in the Person of Melchisedec. Then
later... We never heard no more of Melchisedec, because He became Jesus Christ. Melchisedec was the Priest, but He became Jesus Christ. Now, you bypassed that, because in that form He knowed all things. And you have never been able to know
that yet. You come like Adam, like me. You became from
the attribute to the flesh to be tempted. But when this life is
finished here... "If this earthly tabernacle be
dissolved, we have one already waiting." That's where we
go; that is the Word. Then we can look back and see what we done. Now, we don't
understand it. We have never become the Word; we've just become the flesh-man,
not the Word. But...
And look clearly, makes it clear you will never be the Word unless
you was a thought at the beginning. That proves the
predestination of God. See? You can't be the Word 'less you're a thought. You
had to be in the thinking first. But you see, in order to
stand temptation you had to bypass the theophany; you
had to come down here in flesh to be tempted by sin. And then if
you sin... "All the Father hath given Me will
come to Me, and I'll raise him up at the last days." See, you had to be
first. And then you see, He come right down the
regular line, from attribute to...
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70 Before the foundation of the
world his Name's put on the Lamb's Book of Life. Then from that He become the
Word, the theophany, that could appear, disappear;
and then He become flesh and returned back again, resurrected that same body in
a glorified condition. But you bypassed the theophany
and become flesh-man to be tempted by sin. And then "if this earthly tabernacle is dissolved, we have one already
waiting." We have not yet the bodies. But look, when this
body receives the Spirit of God, the Immortal Life inside of you, it throws
this body in subjection to God. Hallelujah.
"He that's born of God doth not commit sin; he cannot
sin." Romans 8:1. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them
that are in Christ Jesus; they walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit." There you are. See, that throws your body subject. You don't have
to say, "Oh, if I could just quit drinking, if I could just..." Just
get in Christ; it's all gone. See, see? Because your body is subject to the
Spirit, it's no more subject to the things of the world; they're dead. They are
dead; your sins are buried in baptism; and you are a new creation in Christ.
And your body becoming subject to the Spirit, try to live a right kind of
life...
HEBREWS.CHAPTER.2.PART.3_ JEFF.IN HEB
WEDNESDAY_ 57-0828
80-279 Now, when man become into that body, he had
control of all the fishes, and fowls, and--and beasts of the field. And then
there was no man to till the soil (Genesis 2). He done made male and female,
but there was no man to till the soil. Then God made man out of the dust of the
earth. He give him a hand like a--like a chimpanzee, give him a foot like a
bear. He give him... He made him on the image... And
this earthly body is in the image of animal life, and it's made out of the same
kind of material. Your body's made just the same kind of material as a horse,
or a dog, or anything like that. It's made out of calcium, potash, petroleum,
cosmic light. You're just no... All flesh like that is... Not the same flesh, it's different flesh, but it's made out of the dust of
the earth where it come from. But the difference between an animal and a man,
God put a soul in a man and He didn't put it in the animal, because the soul
that was in the man is that theophany.
MANIFESTED.SONS.OF.GOD_ JEFF.IN AD.2
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97 And Paul said, "It does not
yet appear just exactly what kind of a body we'll have, but we know we'll have
a body like His." What? Did He ever have that theophany
body? Yes, sir. When He died, the Bible said that, "He," is a
personal pronoun again, "He went to hell and preached to the souls in
prison." Hallelujah. How did He do it? He had senses of feeling; He had
senses of hearing; He had senses of speech; He preached with that same kind of
body I saw those glorified ones in the other night. He preached to the souls
that were in hell, that repented not in the
long-suffering of the days of Noah.
But when He rose up on Easter, it was not possible that that Body
should see corruption, 'cause David the prophet foresaw it, "I'll not
leave His soul in hell, neither will I suffer My holy
One to see corruption. Moreover My flesh shall rest in hope, because He will
not leave My soul in hell, neither will He leave My
holy One see corruption." And on seventy-two hours before
corruption could set in, that theophany, that body
that went and preached to the souls that were in prison, that
repented not in the long-suffering of days of Noah, rose again, and the mortal
put on immortality, and He stood and He eat, and He told us that He was a Man.
Hallelujah.
PERFECT.FAITH_ JEFF.IN V-6 N-11
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93 Jesus had perfect faith.
He--He had it, and it come because He was the Word. And you
become the Word; you become the Word, as you receive the Word. "If ye abide in Me, and My Word's in you. My Words (which this Word) abides
in you, then ask what you will, and it'll be done for you."
See? "And if ye say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt, but believe
in what you've said, then you shall have what you said. When you pray, believe
that you receive what you ask for, and you shall have it; it'll be given to
you." Time, space, nothing else will ever change it. You know it's done.
It's already--it's already over with.
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77 Here He goes. Where did He leave when He
left? The Bible said, "He ascended. He went and preached
to the souls that were in prison, that repented not in
the long-suffering of the days of Noah." His soul, His Spirit, His Theophany of His Own Being, went down. Let's
follow Him. Would you like tonight to follow Him a few minutes? Let's see where
He went.
Just below the regions of mortal beings lays the realm of demon
power; below that--just above that lays the souls of the unjust; below it lays
the very domain of Satan: hell. Then just above us lays the Holy Spirit; then
under the Altar lays the souls of the just men; the next is God Himself. One
going downward, one going upward; the two spirits are here on earth,
influencing the people of this earth.
QA.HEBREWS.PART.2_ JEFF.IN COD
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277-412 Yes, notice, Now, my Jehovah Witness
friend, I'd like to ask you about that. See? If hell is a place... Hades, Sheol, whatever you wish to call it, if that ceases at the
grave, then why did He say, "I'll not leave My
soul in hell, neither will I suffer Thy holy One to see corruption"? How
about that? See?
Here His body was in the grave, and his soul was in hell,
preaching, alive. What about that? He was in His Theophany
again. His soul was down there with those people that were in...?... theophany also, and was witnessing
to them that they repented not in the long-suffering.
He... In other words, He'd knocked at the door. And when the door
swung open, and all those souls that repented, He said, "I'm the Seed of
the woman. I'm the One that Enoch here..." Over in
paradise, another place... Don't never lose
them three places, now: the place of the wicked, the place of the righteous,
and hell itself (See?), just like a trinity of heaven: like Father, Son, Holy
Spirit. Like the trinity of the beast: the false prophet, the
beast, and the--and the mark of the beast... And all that, remember, it's all in trinity. Trinity makes one, perfected. One is
perfected. You're perfected, one in three: soul, body, and spirit: water,
blood, and nerves. See, whatever you was, you have to
take three to make a perfected one.
Take a three cornered piece of glass and put the sun on it, you
got a perfected rainbow. See, everything, you have to have three to make a
perfect one.