January 2001

A PROPHETIC WORD TO ALL SONS OF GOD FOR 2001.

           Only eight “KEYS” are seen in Scripture. Keys are used to OPEN LOCKED THINGS, so it is appropriate that there are eight keys mentioned when number 8 = new beginning or creation.
                It is not so extraordinary that people worldwide observe each new incoming year with wild abandon when you realize they are actually celebrating that a locked door of another year is opening with a divine reprieve, or merciful delay, of the dreaded end of the world! Carnal minds instinctively know their time of extinction is near since the appearance, crucifixion and resurrection of the Messiah!!
                The first “Key” was to the “private upper room” of evil Eglon, King of Moab, (a city named for an incestuous son of Lot). Ehud (Heb. 261 “United; collected, as thoughts) used this key to ”Shut and lock the doors of Eglon’s parlor” so he could make good his escape after he had murdered that oppressor of rebellious-turned repentant Israel by the authority of God. (Read now Jg 3:12-31) When “The time comes for Judgment to begin at the House of God” (1 Pe 4:17) and the chastisement of every true son’s carnal nature is at hand, God’s Wisdom sends forth His army of “oppressors” (i.e., the Philistines, Pharaohs, and Pharisees of every age) to constrain and crush every last vestige of self-will’s opposition to God’s Omnipotent Will until, at last, each weary soul cries out to her true Husband to rescue her! And in a flash of lightning her Savior leaps forth to “slay the dragon” that’s occupied her “upper room” (her mind and spirit) in decadent opulence, and as flesh releases its hold, He“shuts and locks the door”, collecting and uniting every thought in our hearts as He winnows out the chaff for burning; and gathers all His Wheat into His barns!!
                The second “Key” foreshadows the coming Christ in Isa 22:22, “It shall come to pass, I will call My servant, Eliakim [Heb. 471 “God of raising”, as by Resurrection] the son of Hilkiah [Heb. 2518 “Inheritance of Jah- the Lord” (in the most vehement expression)]! I will clothe Him with his (enemy’s) robe; strengthen Him with his (enemy’s)girdle; and give to Him his (enemy’s) government! He shall be a father to all inhabitants in Jerusalem (lit. Foundation of Peace) and House (family of Judah (Praise)! I will lay on His shoulder the KEY of the House of David (Love) and HE SHALL OPEN (the doors of hell to set all captives free, but also the gates of heaven to let all lost sheep return to His Eternal Fold), and NO MAN SHALL SHUT; then HE SHALL SHUT the way back to death and perdition, and NONE SHALL OPEN! And I WILL FASTEN HIM AS A NAIL IN A SURE PLACE (this bespeaks of the terrible Crucifixion of the blessed Christ); and‘HE’ (that is, His very Person) shall BE a THRONE in His Father’s House; and they will hang on the Nail of His Eternal Self all the glory of His Father’s House- including the offspring and issue , all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups to the vessels of flagons. And in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that Nail that is fastened in that sure place shall be removed and cut down and fall; and the burden (of sin) that was upon it shall be cut off; for the Lord has spoken it!”
                The third “Key” is seen in Lu 11:52 as Jesus castigates the hypocritical (Pharisees) saying, “Woe to you legalists of the Law! You’ve taken away the Key of Knowledge (“of the one true God and of Jesus Christ whom He has sent- which is Eternal Life!” Jn 17:3)! You have not entered in (the Truth) yourselves, yet you would seek to hinder the way of those who are entering in!” Indeed this is a sign of these present apostate times when multitudes have fallen away, and thus are in revolt against the Truth!
                Jesus gives the fourth “Key” of the “Kingdom of heaven” saying, “Whatever you bind on earth, it will be bound in heaven; and what you loose will be loosed in heaven!” (Mt 16:19) This power is given to God’s sons without restriction when their chastisement is completed and they go forth to liberate the earth from bondage to the merciless tyranny of Godless SELF-RULE!!
                The fifth “Key” Christ revealed to the Church in Philadelphia (lit. “Brotherly Love”) is the same as the second“Key of David (lit. LOVE) with which He opens and no man shuts; and shuts so that no man can open!” And to these He says, “I have set before you an OPEN DOOR, and no man can shut it; for although you have had but little strength, you have kept My Word and have not denied My Name! I will make all them of the Synagogue of Satan Who say they are true Jews (of spirit) but who lie and are not; I will make them come and worship at your feet and know that I have loved you, for you kept the Word of My Patience. I will keep you from the hour of temptation that shall come upon all the world to try and test all them that dwell on the earth!” (Re 3:7-10)
                The sixth “Key” is found in Rev 1:17-18 as Jesus comforts all mankind saying, “Fear not, I am the First (-Adam- stripped of all Christ-power, “making Himself of no reputation” Php 2:7 ), and also the Last (-Christ-Adam, the “Quickening Spirit- and Lord from heaven” 1 Co 15:45-47) I am He that lives that was dead! So behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen, and I have the KEYS of hell and death! (And “Death is the last enemy to be destroyed... it is swallowed up in victory!” 1 Co 15:26,54) Jesus Christ said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me to preach the Good News (Gospel) to the poor (in spirit); and He has sent me to announce release to the captives (of death and hell)...!” (Lu 4:18) Then “He led captivity (death and hell) captive!” (Eph 4:8) After He forced “Death and hell to deliver up its dead” (those still dead in their sins) He “Cast death and hell into the Lake of Fire (to be consumed by the Holy Fire of God’s Presence) which is the second (and last) death!” (Re 20:13-14)
                The seventh and eighth “Keys” were given to an angel of the Lord who first used them to “Open the bottomless pit to release a smoke... as of a great furnace that darkened the sun and air; and out from that smoke came locusts onto the earth...having the power of scorpions, which were commanded to hurt...only the ones without the Seal of God in their foreheads! This speaks of the Mind of Christ!) The locusts were allowed to torment the people (with fears) till they seek death as a refuge, but the locusts were not allowed to kill them!” (Re 9:1-11) Another “Angel came down from heaven also having the Key of the bottomless pit, along with a great chain, in his hand and laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent, devil and satan (all the same, deadly enemy of Christ, the carnal minds of men, Ro 8:6-7) and bound him for 1000 years (which is as one day to the Lord as seen in 2 Pe 3:8); and cast him into (his own) bottomless pit, shut him up, and set a seal upon him so that he should not deceive the nations anymore for that 1000 years (actually the 7000th year or “the Seventh Day of Creation when God rested from all His Works...!“ (Re 20:1-3)
                All these eight Keys are actually ONE AND THE SAME KEY which Christ is proclaiming He will give His soon-to-be-revealed brethren for the “Redemption of their bodies”; so as they are set free from all their fleshly bondages, they shall then be able- when they are sent into the world- to loose the thoughts of Christ in the hearts of bound men; then bind their every evil thought for the Glory of our great God!

Amen and Amen!