Of Dogs and Trees

Dogs and Trees

Think about the times you have seen the two subjects in contact!  The dog walks up to a tree and lifts a hind leg.  And the tree gets a shot of yellow rain!  This same thing is true in the spirit realm.

You are aware that the human body is the temple of God.  Both you and God dwell in it simultaneously.  We learned something about the state of the allegoric "temple" from the writings of Moses.  The tent (temple) that Moses made was covered with colored clothes and above that the outer most covering was "badger's skin".  Under the law of Moses a badger is a fierce, persistent, but unclean animal.  And under these conditions the temple was still "holiness unto the Lord".  This allegory describes the status of mankind, God's true temples of flesh on earth. We have a covering of demonic parasites clinging to our bodies as they escape their fall through the bottomless pit.  If they can grab a man or an animal as they fall by them, they can break their fall and find a little respite.  In the parable of the Husbandman and his wheat field, this situation was likened to "tares" planted by the enemy to grow with the wheat.  The problem here is that devils are trouble makers who enslave and harm mankind.  Nevertheless, the Father told the angels, "Do not gather tares from the wheat because you may also uproot the wheat.  But in the harvest, you may gather the tares in bundles first for burning, and bring my wheat to the Barn".

Jesus also gave us a view of the spirit world and the status of the human condition that men cannot see because the enemy is invisible to human eyes.  Observe the badger's skin covering on the temple, which is also one wheat blade bundled with up to 8 tares in Jesus' analogy.

Matthew 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

The kingdom of devils have many names in the scriptures.  Among these are serpents, dragons, the Beast, unclean spirits, demons, and "the wicked".  Let us consider one beast name that is expressed in our title.  Evil spirit are called dogs, wolves and foxes.  The animals have a lot in common.  They all have sharp teeth.  They are fierce.  They will attack if you get too close to them and they feel threatened.  They also snarl, howl, yip, and BARK.

Psalm 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11  Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Human beings have also been described as "trees of righteousness" planted by the Father as the forests of the earth.

Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

If you understand this God-speak, that men are planted in the earth as trees in this analogy, then you are at least like the blind man that Jesus touched on the first try.

Mark 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

Now the enemy does not like it if men try to escape their control!  In fact they "get pissed off" and level all kinds of accusations against the host they are trying to keep subdued.

Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Revelation 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

So in man's sojourn among devils in their earthly prison (spiritual Egypt), we are promptly surrounded by demonic tares as soon as we are born from our mother's womb.  We grow up into little human trees of righteousness surrounded by dog-tares.  These unclean spirits will try to keep us under their control to do "sin-works".  If you try to escape them, you will "piss them off" and they will recruit more helpers and bark up all kinds of accusations against you before God and the Heavenly Hosts.

Now you see how all this ties into our title.  Demonic dog-spirits bark up charges against human trees day and night. The only thing trees have in common with dog-spirits is BARK.  And if a devil-dog comes near you, he will lift up a hind leg and pour it on you!!  This is how events in the natural world have spiritual significance!

There is a significant difference between the warning bark of a dog and the protective bark of a tree.  As I said, there is a spiritual meaning hidden in the allegory.  All trees are covered with bark to protect them from losing sap and help save them from burrowing insects and birds.  What do you see in the word, "bark"?  I see B(e) - ARK.  This tells us that all human trees of righteousness will rise and become "eyes in the wings of the Archangels" or angelic troops.  As you know God hews down (hew- man) trees of righteousness for construction of His upper Temple just as Solomon and Hiram did in their real-life temple construction allegory.

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. 9 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. 39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

Matthew 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Isaiah 66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. 12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. 14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

When redeemed spirits of men rise to Heaven, they are incorporated into their assigned Order of the Angels as they become "Watchers".  And as you know the animals and birds entered into Noah's ark two by two, the male with his given female companion.  Hence Family reunion is also called a wedding feast. The children of God were born paired at the beginning when they were created in Wisdom's womb on the 4th Creation Day. We meet and rejoice with that special person when we enter into our assigned Archangel's Order.

Glorify God!

God did it!