“The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.”
Psalms 29:7

“In Your light we see light”
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As I previously mentioned, it was the Voice of God that spoke the Flames on the Lampstand into existence. From His “One” voice seven flames were ignited. On the day of Pentecost, about 120 flames were ignited. So we see that it is, “The voice of the Lord” that divides the flames of fire.

In the Old Testament, only the priests could stand where you are standing now. Yet, here you are before the Lampstand in the Holy haze of the first Room of Mystery. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, you are being transformed from common man to priest. In the Old Testament, the priest took the animals and fowl given to them by the people and sacrificed them. The blood of those animals atoned for sin in the individuals.

PREPARED FOR PRIESTHOOD

Standing here you are in the final stages of being prepared to do the daily priestly offering, which is to daily offer yourself as a living sacrifice for God’s purpose in creating you. Jesus has shed the blood – now you are offering you. Keep in mind that a more pure atmosphere than the one you are standing in can only be found in Heaven and that purity is invading you, body, soul and spirit. It is establishing rays of hope in your Dark Night.

BONDING WITH GOD

The light is examining you, the cracks are being sealed and polished. As you are submitting yourself to God, you are being given His Spirit. Deep is calling to deep as the deepest part of God is preparing the deepest part of you. The Spirit of the Living God is preparing your spirit to bond to Him. In that bonding, you are becoming the “Light of the World,” a Lampstand – you are becoming radiant light, just as Jesus said.

SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD

Once all the cracks are sealed and polished, the filling of Oil begins. There are seven branches to the Lampstand, seven areas in your life that must now be filled with Oil. Those seven branches represent the Seven Facets of the Spirit of God (Revelation 4). Each branch is only as useful as the quantity of Oil that fills them. The Prophet Isaiah wrote of the Seven Spirits the Messiah would have (Isaiah 11). The Messiah was pictured as being full of the Oil of the Spirit. Those seven Spirits are:

• Spirit of the LORD
• Spirit of wisdom
• Spirit of understanding
• Spirit of counsel
• Spirit of might
• Spirit of knowledge
• Spirit of the fear of the LORD

THE RESULTS

Jesus, being the Messiah, and as such the light of the world, is the Lampstand.  Jesus spoke of His ministry in respect to the seven branches being filled with Oil when He quoted Isaiah. Herein are seven results of the seven branches being filled. Can you find them? I’ll give you a hint; “Anointed” means being filled with oil.

“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”

The Spirit of God through Jesus the Messiah must be upon you. Simply put, the oil in you must be full and soon ignited for you to do what Jesus did and greater because He goes to the Father praying for you to become all you were created to be. When ignition happens, the above will be seen in your life.

You have a lot to look forward to as a Child of God, and this is just the beginning.

Blessings,
John Paul

So the shift has now happened in this Journey you began with me. To refresh your memory, the shift is this: up to this place every piece of furniture you have stopped at has removed something from you. Granted, those things had to be removed for you to continue – so that removal was very good for you. But, from here on, God wants to start adding things to you. For that to happen, you have to be prepared to be a container that does not leak out that which is placed in it.

The first substance that is being added to you is a greater measure of Oil, which is the Holy Spirit. Again, Jesus had a measure of the Spirit when He was baptized, but had a greater measure when he returned from the wilderness. Dark Nights of the Soul are the times when you are filled with oil. Too often you want to run and find what you should be doing, when what you should be doing is being “Still.” Again, it is hard to fill a moving container. It is Dark so you can’t see as well, and when you can’t see so well, you should slow down.

Okay, on to the other four Secret Keys.

A FOURTH SECRET KEY
The fourth Secret Key is in the discovery that the same pattern of oil, light, and ignition, happened at Pentecost. The disciples were still, waiting, and being filled with oil, for ten days. On the day of Pentecost, when they were of “one accord” or full of oil, a violent wind – just as at the moment of creation - swept into the room and God set a flame over each person’s head. They were individually ignited, empowered, and the creation of the Church began. Once again we hear God say, “Let there be Light.”

A FIFTH SECRET KEY
The fifth Secret Key is that you will find this same pattern in the conception of Jesus. The Angel tells Mary, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you [oil], and the power [flame] of the Highest will overshadow you.” The result was the conception of Jesus. Once again God said, “Let there be light.”

A SIXTH KEY
The sixth Secret Key is found in how Jesus begins His ministry. The Oil or Holy Spirit comes on Him at His baptism and immediately leads Jesus into the wilderness for forty days. At the conclusion of the forty days of fasting without water or food, the evil one comes to tempt Jesus in three ways. In the same three ways he tempted Eve.
EVE’S TEMPTATION
•    Lust of the Flesh – Good for food
•    Lust of the Eyes – Pleasing to the eye
•    Pride of Life – Desirable to make one wise.

JESUS’ TEMPTATION
•    Lust of the Flesh – “turn these stones into bread.”
•    Lust of the Eyes – “all these kingdoms are yours if you will bow and worship me.”
•    Pride of Life – “cast yourself off this cliff and the angels will catch you.”
(NOTE – everyone must pass these three tests to continue the journey)

After Jesus refuses Satan’s temptations, Scripture states, “Then Jesus returned in the ‘power of the Spirit.” The Greek word for power is dunamis. It is the root word we get the word dynamite from – it is the explosive flame or fire. In other words, Jesus transitioned from being filled with oil to the oil being on fire. Thus the oil of the Spirit had been ignited. Once again God said, “Let there be Light.”

A SEVENTH SECRET KEY - YOU
So, here you stand before the Light of the Lampstand. The Holy Spirit (Oil) is seeping into each one of your cracks and healing, rubbing, and sealing each one. He is brooding, or hovering over you, just as He did the Earth. He is preparing you to receive the Oil of His presence. This Oil is the Oil of God’s Pure Spirit. You need oil, but it takes more than oil to produce a flame. It takes air and a spark of ignition, and it takes you, the container. (If you haven’t read my postings on True, Pure, Spirituality, you may want to do so)

What is the Seventh Key? It is You. From before the foundation of the world, God has been planning this moment. He has determined exactly when you would be born so you would have the greatest impact.

Some of us have more cracks than others, but there are no cracks that the Spirit of God cannot rub out. Passionate and persistent pursuit of God will be rewarded. This flame will happen if you do not pull the plug and drain the oil. It will happen if you do not quit. God will supply the Oil, the Air (wind) and the spark – you must supply you.

Perhaps you are beginning to understand that a major emphasis of the Lampstand is the enduement of Spirit and Light. The result is greater Power from Heaven flowing through you. But remember this, only God can send the spark that ignites and creates the flame. When we try to start the flame it is called “Strange Fire,” and the result of that is always tragic.

My goal is to help you get to a place where you can hear God say, “Let there be Light!”

Blessings,
John Paul