December 2000

[Part Fifty-six]

“SEALS OF GOD”

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God said to Daniel, “Shut up the words and seal the book till the time of the endwhen many shall run to and fro (with their eyes in search of Truth in The Book); and therefore knowledge shall be increased...so go on your way, Daniel, for the Words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end!” (Da 12:4, 9)

                What “book” is Daniel instructed to “seal”? Is it a leatherbound tome or parchment scroll? Consider the fact that the book is to remain shut till the time of the end which, at the very least, would be 600 years hence, at the birth of Christ; or even 2000 years later at the manifestation of the Sons of God! No earthly material of leather or parchment could be preserved for hundreds, much less thousands, of years! Not only that but any seal that can be set by one natural man can easily be broken open by another natural man after the first is dead and gone! Thus the only way this verse makes any sense at all is if it is speaking in spiritual terms! And so it is. Daniel (Heb 1840) means “Wisdom of God” and the “book” here refers to Christ’s Resurrection Life! God is dictating that His Wisdom shall shut up and seal that Resurrection Life until Death finishes its necessary work at Calvary! This Blessed Event marked the onset of Earth’s great Harvest!
                God does not say the Book is shut till the end of time; but till the time of the end! These may sound the same, but they are quite different. The end of time is that glorious hour when all life is released from its earthly interment and restored to Infinity! Eternity died when time came alive; but the tyranny of time that bound every soul to the realm of flesh from the fall of the first Adam, halted as the Last Adam Christ came in the flesh to reclaim every soul for the realm of Spirit! And it is the earthly appearance of One Man, Jesus Christ, to which the above verse refers when it says the time of the end! John identifies Jesus as “Omega- The End” (Rev 1:8) so God, in His Wisdom, was ordering Resurrection Life be kept sealed till Jesus Christ came in the flesh, died on Calvary, and tore the temple veil asunder to symbolize the opening of the Holy of Holies to men of spirit!

“At that time of the end, Michael (Heb 4317, “Who is like God”) the Great Prince (of Peace; which is Christ) shall arise to stand guard over the Sons of God; andthen there shall come a time of trouble like no nation before or since on the earthhas ever seen. And at that time EVERY ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE WHO AREFOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE SHALL BE DELIVERED! And many whoslept in the dust of the earth shall awake- some to Age-abiding Life, and others to *disgrace, and age-abiding contempt! But all that are wise (with Godly wisdom) shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and these who shall turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars for an age and an age!”

[*The word, “disgrace”, means “LACK OF GRACE”! Jas 4:6 says,“GOD GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE but resists the proud!” As every son of pride produced from the loins of the first Adam is apartaker of his dis-grace (disfavor with God); every Son of Humilitywho is birthed from the loins of the Last Christ Adam is a partaker of His Grace (favor with God); and thereby each is sealed to The End!]

[TO BE CONTINUED]