The Allegory of God

The Allegory of God

 

HEADLINE:

 

Isaiah 40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One

 

Isaiah 46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? 

 

 

Well, He knew we could not see Him!  And that is why He asked that question to the Israelites.  The people among the gentiles had all kinds of graven images and molten images that devils told them to call “god”!  And they worshipped them.  These included animal forms and man/animal hybrid forms like the Egyptian gods and Hindu gods.  God has been “hiding Himself” from us, so He can reveal Himself to us in His designated time.

 

Isaiah 45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

 

As long as Father hides Himself, devils have ample time and incentive to blind and deceive men.

 

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

 

No man can “know God” on his own unless God SELECTS him to be His student.  You cannot choose God effectively no matter what you do.  HE MUST CHOOSE YOU!  All those “FEW CHOSEN” out of millions of men He planted on Earth, will be tutored by Father-God at His discretion and in His own way.

 

Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

 

He likes to put on a show (drama) sometimes for the benefit of student-Witnesses above, who are also “learning of God”, too!

 

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, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

 

Calling Moses           Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 

 

Jonah's dramatic calling and attempted escape            Jonah 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. 

 

Saul, the "persecutor", becomes Paul          Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. 7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. 10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. 

 

You know the rest of the story.  He becomes Paul and discarded the name. Saul.

                   

The call of Jeremiah          Jeremiah 1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. 

 

Heaven sees it all!  Being a kid is no excuse.  Jeremiah was warned not to be like Jonah.  What Father commands you to do, YOU MUST (WILL) DO!  I do not know if Jeremiah was familiar with this: Psalms 8:2, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger”.  But we can see when God speaks, He means business!

 

I am sure all those God chooses do not have such drama before God reels them in.  Anyway Father has three audiences that He must teach simultaneously, 1) humans doing their 70 + years on the demonic obstacle course, and 2) newly REDEEMED from all nations on Earth, who knew nothing of God while they were in the flesh, and the mature angels who are learning more about him.  They get to see the DRAMA as the upper audience of Witnesses as Father shows them how He “wrangles men for servants”  (He can teach cowboys a thing or two about roping little “doggies”.  A”doggie” is a young calf without its mother).

 

Calling David to be king          David was easy.  God already had him as a psalmist under the wings of the Holy Spirit.  But He wanted David to be king to replace  Kiug Saul.  When Saul learned about David succeeding him, he unsuccessfully tried to kill him.  David had to flee for his life.  The students above were treated to a grand theater performance.  “Will Saul and his demons catch David and slay him”?  God was with David, and He set him up as king over Israel when He deposed King Saul.  If you want to go over the drama, you can read all bout it in the Books of Kings and Chronicles,  For the students above this is like watching TV, or a movie as “they watched from their windows”, Isaiah 60:8.  But they can also “add script” to those acting on Earth and help those fighting demons as teachers, guardians and leaders.  Men on Earth go to see movies and watch TV, and so do the angels on high.  For the angels it is “real life” they are dealing with, not a Hollywood action scene.

 

Now let’s deal with our HEADLINE.  Men cannot see God and had no capacity to imagine and understand God as He is.  Fathoming God has been impossible for human beings until the late 20^th Century.  Advances in science and space technology made it possible for man to conceive of God as He is.  Scientists studying the creation theorized that the cosmos started with a single “primordial mass”.  At some point this mass became unstable and exploded itself into matter, particles of energy and radiation accelerating outward in all directions.  The dynamics of this maelstrom resulted in planets, stars, galaxies, and the constellations we see today, as well as those so distant we cannot see them.  We must begin here to try and visualize God.  Scientists could not bring themselves to say that the “primordial mass” in their theory of the creation of the cosmos is really Creator-God.  Science is supposed to be free from religion.. What they refuse to admit, I will say it boldly.  The cosmos, the universe, SPACE that we look up and into in the night sky is GOD’S INSIDES.  There is ONLY ONE LIVING BEING, and He is so BIG, that it is written back in the day, “He is only immense and not to be seen or perceived by any one”.  Only recently have men learned enough about matter, space, time and energy to make possible conceiving of God mentally   Look at this:

 

II Hermas Commandment/Mandate I

"First of all, believe that God is One, even He who created all things and set them in order, and brought all things from non-existence into being, Who comprehendeth all things, being alone incomprehensible.  Believe Him therefore, and fear Him, and in this fear be continent. Keep these things, and thou shalt cast off all wickedness from thyself, and shalt clothe thyself with every excellence of righteousness, and shalt live unto God, if thou keep this commandment."

 

Acts of John, New Testament Apocrypha by Hennecke- Schneemelcher, Vol. II,  99. This Cross then (is that) which has united all things by the word and which has separated off what is transitory and inferior, which has also *compacted* all things into one. But this is not that wooden Cross which you shall see when you go down from here; nor am I the (man) who is on the Cross, (I) whom now you do not see but only hear (my) voice. I was taken to be what I am not, I who am not what for many others I was; but what they will say of me is mean and unworthy of me. Since then the place of (my?) rest is neither (to be) seen nor told, much more shall I, the Lord of this (place), be neither seen nor told.

 

Nothing is impossible with God.  In earlier years man had not advanced scientifically enough to have a basis and foundation to understand complex ideas.  But today we do.  The BIG BANG created what we call SPACE and the UNIVERSE.  If we want to know what this “ONE LIVING BEING” (from whom all life is derived) looks like, … look at yourself.  We are “His image and likeness”!  The cosmos is His BODY substance in general.  It has a “Headquarters” where God (the Great Mind) resides in the form He wants for us to see, when we look upon Him.  You can see Him in the “Throne room”, when you rise.  The Great Mind or brain if you will, appears as a super bright an glorious Light.  He also has a massive torso made into a massive part of the cosmos.  He has two arm areas of universe consistency.  Finally He has two legs with feet.  All of it looks like “cosmos” when viewed from the inside.  You cannot make sense of this, or wrap your mind around it to actually “see God” as He is, because we exist INSIDE HIM!  In fact planet Earth and the “prison of hell” exists in His left foot area.  No one can see God from a distance, because He is all there is, and there is nothing outside of Him.  If you have followed the GOOD NEWS postings, you will recall that I wrote that God and the seahorse have something in common.  Both carry their offspring inside them.  The seahorse extrudes its young from a special pouch when they mature.  At that point they are on their own.  God plants His children in the clay fields of planet Earth.  When they complete their wrestling match with demons, He draws them up to Paradise for RE-DO, when He becomes Clay-Master, Jeremiah 18:1-6, Malachi 3:6, 17, Hebrews 12:22-24.

 

Back to our HEADLINE, Father asked the children of Israel those questions, because He wanted us to think about who and what we think He is.  He already knew what devils told the gentiles about “who is God?”.  He also knew men do not have a clue.  So He gave us an allegory of Himself so men can have an idea about Him, our Father and Creator.  That allegoric answer is “like a mountain”! 

 

Mount Horeb is called the mount of God.  (white) Hor- eb (be).= He has “white hair”, (snowy peak).

 

Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

 

Mountains are very tall and their snowy peaks seem to reach above the clouds and into heaven.

 

Mount Sinai is where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.  Sinai = I –A (without)- SIN.  Therefore the law was given on it to prohibit transgression.

 

Now consider mountains around the world.  People live on them from the foot or base of the mountain all the way to the top, if it is not too tall..  That is the way it is with Creator God.  We live in Him now down in His footstool, Isaiah 66:1, John 17:21-24, Acts 17:21-28.  When we receive our personal home world-heritages, we will reside in 12 regions set aside throughout God’s greater Body.  Each paired couplet will be given its own home-world-star or planet as its personal possession from Father-God.  And we will continue dwelling in Him, and He will finally be able to rest from His labors “in us”.  You will need to learn how to navigate and fly just to visit your closest neighbor.  Eternity with Father-God will be very interesting indeed!