Metamorphosis

Please look with me at the two Strong’s Concordance words below; # 3339 and # 3345. In the English, both entries can be written as “transformed.’ In the Greek however, there is universe that divides them apart in terms of what they represent.

I am convinced of the following principle after learning the scriptures in the original Greek and Hebrew for twenty two years. For the believer who desires as much freedom that can be attained in Christ within the confines of this human existence, a basic knowledge of Biblical Hebrew and Greek is a requirement, and not an option.

Jesus tells us in the gospel of John that you shall know revelatory truth and the knowledge of that revelatory truth will free you. You see, it’s the revelation of God’s word that frees us.

Revelatory truth comes in the form of the rhema word of God. The rhema word is the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking to encounter you with His word in a specific situation. It always comes out of the Logos or written word. It is the word that leaps out of you from the Bible, or the word of prophecy, or even a vision or a dream.

Faith comes in the form of a rhema word. By the way, the number # 4487 is the entry “rhema”. Do a study yourself.

Ro 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word <4487> of God.

The sword of the Spirit is the rhema word.

Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word <4487> of God:

The church is washed and set free by the rhema word. This is why any congregation that prohibits the use of spiritual gifts, commits spiritual suicide.

Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word <4487>,

I have to go to bed so let me finish with my entry on transformation.

The word # 3339 is the word metamorphoo, from where our word metamorphosis comes from. Yes, this is exactly the same word that is used to describe the unqualified change of an ugly caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. “Meta” is defined as hereafter or with. Morphoo is the inward form of an object, closely related to the essence or image of its being, Metamorphosis, is an utter change of the inward form or essence of an object. In other words, transformation!

Mt 17:2 And was transfigured <3339> before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Jesus was metamorphosized before them. If we are to operate in the power of Jesus we must experience metamorphosis. Think of the change that takes place, and the price that needs to be paid. This is the formation of the new man, which Paul speaks about, and it’s well worth the price.

Mr 9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured <3339> before them.

Ro 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed <3339> by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

No other scripture talks so explicitly about metamorphosis than Romans 12:2.  Paul commands us to be metamorphosized by the renewing of our minds. The word anakainos for renewing defines a mind that is made totally new; not new in age, but new because it is novel in its thinking and operation. A renewed mind thinks after the laws which govern the new man, which are so absolutely different than what governs humanity. Then, and only then, can we know what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed <3339> into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Now look at # 3345. Though the English tells us that this is the word transformed, the Greek writes it as metaschematizo and not metamorphoo # 3349. Metaschematizo is a change not of inward form or essence, but of the outward schematic. Can you see the Greek, schematizo and the English schematic?

The scriptures are clear. The false prophet or teacher is the wolf in sheep’s clothing. His inward form or essence has not been metamorphosized. He remains the same ravenous wolf that he has always been. As to his outward schematic he has totally changed it. He is indeed transformed! He talks like a preacher, and dresses like a preacher. Satan himself alters the schematic of his appearance and deceives people. To his inward essence, He is still the great deceiver.

So pay the price to be metamorphosized from an ugly sinful caterpillar, into a beautiful free butterfly for the Lord Jesus Christ.

2Co 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves <3345> into the apostles of Christ.

2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed <3345> into an angel of light.

2Co 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed <3345> as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

I will never go back to reading the scriptures in English. It is like eating ground beef to the lobster of the original languages.

 God bless and sleep tight.

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A Planet Called Deception

 

Matt 24: 4   And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man 

deceive you.

Look continually to yourself that nobody will “planetize” you.

I love the word “deceive” in the Greek. It is the word “planet”.  In Greek mythology, planets were called wonderers or the wondering ones. If you look at an astronomical chart you will see that our nine or maybe ten planets circle or “wander” round the sun. Thus, this suggests the word deception. A individual whom is being deceived aimlessly wonders away from the truth. The word planet is also used for “error”.

In the United Sates we see the prince of the authority of the air using technology to “planetize” people.

 Eph 2:2(EB)  In which at one time ye walked, according to the age of the world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, of the spirit that now energiseth in the sons of disobedience,

Mind you, technology is an awesome tool which greatly benefits humanity and the work of the kingdom of God. The devil uses technology in the lives of those whom are not paying attention to their walks with God to cause them to planetize or wonder from the truth of the Word of God. Whereas Africa gets hit by a demon of poverty, the USA is getting wacked by a demon of distraction.

I am amazed at how many Americans the devil has planetized  to cause them to look  down at their technological gadgets. Many are consumed with self-entertainment. Everybody, everywhere, is always looking down. How can you see what is ahead of you?  Fewer still are looking up to heaven, from where their true helps lies.

When you get on an airplane to go to east Africa, you will find many looking down as well.  They, however, are looking down at their Bibles! This is a phenomena for many Americans to see!

It was Watchman Nee who said, that you never save a drowning man until he goes unconscious in the water, lest his kicking and flaying will cause you to drown as well.  One must wait until he goes unconscious and then pull him out of the water. I think that America is a nation that will have to go unconscious before it gets saved.

Eph 2:2(EB)  In which at one time ye walked, according to the age of the world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, of the spirit that now energiseth in the sons of disobedience,

Ephesians 2:2  tells us that the efforts of the devil is to energize in the lives of those whose to stubbornly and obstinately reject God. This verse not only talks to non-Christians, but to Christians as well. This supports my supposition that a person, or for that sake a nation, will open up doors on itself for the energizing of the devil if it becomes stubbornly defiant and arrogant towards its creator.

America is on a slippery slope towards this. As a matter of fact, the energizing of the devil upon our land is quite evident. In the 50’s America was the head of the world. Today we are descending to become a tail.

 Matt 24:5  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Many for will be coming upon the name of me, saying I am the anointed and will planetize many.

The word “deceive” in verse 5 is in the active voice. This means that deceivers will actively planetize unassuming people who are not paying attention to themselves and their relationships with God.

2 Thess 2:7  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

For the mystery of lawlessness, or what is void of all law, is right now energizing, until the one who has the power to detain and keep it in check even at the present time, is from the midst becoming.

This complicated verse has been interpreted in different ways.  I would like to highlight some of the most prevalent points. A mystery is something that is hidden or that lives in the darkness of secrecy. A mystery must be revealed, since it cannot be accessed through our physical senses.  A mystery once totally veiled is now progressively revealed.

At the moment that Adam and Eve disobeyed God, the mystery of iniquity kicked in. Men in those days lived to be over 900 years of age. The progressive revelation of the mystery of iniquity has eaten up into the lifespan of mankind throughout the centuries.

This mystery of iniquity or better said, the absence of all law, is active today in our generation and continues to unveil itself until the consummation of this age, when Jesus Christ comes to establish His new kingdom.

In just over one generation, from  the 1960’s to the present, we can see the progressive revelation of the mystery of lawlessness in our world.  TV programming is just one aspect of it as the filth of bad language so naturally flows through the mouth of actors. Many times I close the door to my office as not to hear verbosity that truly offends me, and this emanating from innocuous family oriented TV programs. Forty years ago, not even one single of these filthy words would be dreamed of being on TV. 

The mystery which is being revealed and planetizes people into more and more lawlessness, will probably culminate in the anarchies of societies.  Whereas, nations in Africa are welcoming the gospel, western nations such as the USA are rejecting it. It won’t be long until we perceive so called third world countries arising to be heads as the richer western nations are becoming tails.  I think that America is a humpty dumpy, sitting on the wall.

8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

And then will the Unlawed one will be uncovered whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth and will render useless and nonoperational with the epiphany of His presence.

This verse obviously talks about the Antichrist. The prevalent thing to notice here is that the Anti-Christ a man whom is void of all law, obviously a figure who thrives on anarchy,  will be uncovered at a set season.  For an anarchist to be adored by the world, it must have also embraced anarchy.  I was reading yesterday, that a new form of terrorism being executed in Europe is promulgated by anarchists. 

It does not take much to see the mystery of lawlessness, or better said anarchy, at work than in those who today contest that the legitimacy of the constitution is not prevalent or foundational to our country .  The function of the mystery of lawlessness can be seen in all of those who want to strip foundational premises which have supported the beneficial growth of nations. 


The voiding of the constitution if it were to succeed will bring anarchy. We must see with the eyes of the Spirit and perceive that the prince of the authority of the air is attempting to ram the mystery of anarchy at full speed into America. Where there is anarchy, another type of government can step in.

As Christians we can sit passively by, then die, and leave this mess to our children, or we can pray and fast and refuse to planteize from the truth of God’s word, no matter what comes.

Wherever the manifestation of Christ is, there is His work of making non effectual or non-functional all that is sin. This is why it is so important to spend time in the presence of the Lord Jesus.

9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Whose presence is in accordance to the energizing of Satan (diabolos/ the one who hurls or throws accusations) with every ability, signs and wonders found in what is pseudo.

The word for “lying” in the Greek is pseudo. Something pseudo is a falsehood, a sham, something spurious.  What is pseudo, does not have to be entirely false. It just needs to contain enough half-truths  to cause people  to planetize from the truth.

10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And with every seduction, guile, and deceitfulness of doing what is not right in the eyes of God.

Every disobedience towards God brings guile and deception as it seduces you.  This mystery of anarchy is energized in all of those that without an agape or unconditional love for the Word of God do not heartedly welcome it into their lives. The Word of God must be loved and welcomed, there is no other way!

11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

And through this act of unwelcoming His Word, God sends them “ an energy of planetizing” for the purpose of them believing what is pseudo.

I can’t think of a more convicting verse probably the whole Bible.  For those who obstinately reject God in their arrogance, He allows the devil to energize in their lives. This type of energizing is an activation that will cause people to wonder aimlessly into error for the express purpose of believing what is false.

We cannot blame God for this. God did everything in sending His only Son into the world to save humanity. If people choose to reject God and mock Him, they open up a door into their minds and hearts for the demon that administers the energy of planetizing to cause them to aimlessly wonder.

12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

In order those might be judged who choose not to believe the truth but rather take delight in sin and disobeying God. 

Synagogue

2 Thessalonians 2:1  But with respect to the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to meet Him, we entreat you, brethren,

 Literal:  “With respect to the Presence of our Lord Jesus and our being synagogued upon Him, we ask you…”

The word synagogue or assembly is commonly known as a site where a Jewish congregation assembles itself unto God.  It comes from two Greek words “sun” & “agoge”, which is demarcated “as being brought together in order to be led”.

“Our being gathered to meet Him” is a trilogy of Greek words’ literally meaning, “synagogued UPON the Lord Jesus.”   

Humanity has always been summoned to synagogue or assemble itself together around its Creator in order to be led by Him.  This is what I call “Normal Theology or Religion or Christianity”. In fact, this is normal living.  It must be the status quo procedures of any and every nation under earth to synagogue around God in order to be led by Him.

The so called “separation of church and state” is a fraud of the devil and rebellion by wounded hearts which repel the presence of God. It is diametrically opposed to the practice of synagogue. It does not hurt God nearly as much as it hurts us. We lose the privilege and the benefits of being led by an all ever loving and wise God.

When I get criticized or called narrow minded, or a Jesus fanatic because I continually want to assemble myself around the glorious presence of my Creator in orders to be led by Him, this is the normal status quo of the human being. It is the default mode of a person.  Dysfunctionality, or abnormality is to not desire to be led by God.  We were never meant to be in this position. It is a lie and a gimmick of sin and of the devil, of the most destructive fashion.  The leading of ourselves ends in our eventual death and destruction. This is why society and civilization has strayed so far into darkness and debauchery.  

 The good news of the gospel is that God has brought us another chance to be forgiven by Him and to once again synagogue, or assemble ourselves around Him in order to be led by Him, in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Edelweiss

This famous song in the film musical, “The Sound of Music” is spiritually relevant to me. The Von Trapp family sings it as its preparing to flee from Austria after a hostile takeover by Adolf Hitler, in this movie classic. My family sang its own version of Edelweiss in 1960 when it fled Cuba from the hands of Fidel Castro. This “would be savior” duped many people when he came down from hiding in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra mountains with Bible and rosary in hand vehemently exclaiming, “weapons for what reason?”. Venezuela is now singing its own version of Edelweiss under the hands of Hugo Chavez. I wonder if Brazil will have a samba version of Edelweiss this year?

Cuba and Venezuela where financially prosperous nations before the takeover of these communists dictators, which left these countries in shambles. What happened? In part it is the fault of the church that remained spiritually blind, worldly, and lethargic, not seeing the incoming evil and failed to fast and pray. In another part, the frivolity, ignorance, shallowness of society allowed it.

In all of these things the church must always see with the eyes of the Spirit. Ultimately, what must be discerned is what the devil is doing behind the scenes. Objectively it’s a fight between the kingdom of God and that of evil. Conclusively, the devil wants to blind people from the benefits of God’s eternal kingdom and send people to hell. The opium of the devil and of these dictators is the ignorance and the passivity of societies in which they can operate and grab control

The devil is busily attempting to set up America for its own version of Edelweiss. He is using entertainment technology to create a society which is obsessed with self-entertainment. Everywhere people are busily looking down at their phones, their I Pad, Pods, and Touches, but never looking up to heaven and the Almighty God who dwells in it. We have become a society of non thinkers; frivolous, arrogant, naïve, gullible, shallow, and ignorant .The devil is nothing like this. Just the opposite, he is conspiratorial, serious, always scheming, ever planning.  When we fled from Cuba in the 1960’s my father told me; you will see Communism come into the American media, schools and politics. Castro’s takeover of Cuba occurred seamlessly and in  a few years. It is obvious that Communists had been in Cuba many years before planning for Castro.

In the USA, I see the inceptions of dangerous trends as those that occurred in my motherland. We need to have our eyes opened as the church of Jesus Christ. I do not want to have to sing one day the American version of Edelweiss.

There is a New Kid in Town

This morning I was celebrating on how good it feels to work out, thirteen pounds lighter.  I was delighting in all the wonderful things which the Lord Jesus has performed in my life. A faithful, untiring and kind friend to me now for 31 years, He has never left or rejected me.

It is now that the new man in me, Christ Jesus, is being released in my life. Now I understand the immortal words of the Apostle Paul.

Php 3:8  Nay more, I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, that I may gain Christ,

Eph 1:17  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

 Now I grasp a desire not to live out meager ways, but to discern the new man in me, Christ Jesus, do His thing and live out His life.  Now I am mesmerized by Him, to learn His ways, how He performs, His faith, and the motions of His anointing and power.  Paul tells us in Ephesians that we might know the hope, the riches and the greatness that live inside this new man.

I am riveted by His revelatory beauty which rolls into my life like infinite waves of glory and grace. I am engrossed by the laws which govern His comportment, so unlike to the laws of that archaic and ancient sinful man. His transcendental   nature which traverses every natural law makes every impossibility possible, and eliminates every limit from my life.

Paul tells us in Colossians….

Col 3:10 And have put on the new <3501> man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

The Strong Word # 3501 “Neos” is the word new. This “new” is demarcated as one who is young in age.  This talks about a kid, a youth, a teen ager!  The mighty Spirit of Christ Jesus, the new man, lives in me in pizzazz; He is enthusiastic, vivacious, passionate, lively and full of energy.  He can be dead serious, spanking harder than anybody else if we continue to ignore Him.  He is super fun and adventurous.  He is the happiest being in the whole universe, and at the same time, He is the One who can cast into hell.

When I become born again at the age of 25 I was younger in age. Yet, I had an archaic, ancient, decrepit, “cane walking” man living in me. I was on drugs and dropped out of university. I was a severe stutterer, full of demons and fears.  I was trapped in the claws of pornography and in the bondage of greed. I never thought I could have a home nor have a family.

Today at 56, though I have gray hair, I am living from this teenager, this kid, in me. He gets  bigger, realer, and more powerful by the day. It almost sounds like the lyrics to a song By David Clayton Thomas and Blood Sweat and Tears. LOL!

As the great philosophers of old, The Eagles, once sang, “There is a New Kid in Town”. Indeed for every Christian who is lives out of Christ Jesus, they can boldly proclaim, “There is a New Kid in Town”.  From now on, “I am gonna live” from the New Kid in Town.

Mt 9:17 Neither do men put new <3501> wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new <3501> wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Mr 2:22 And no man putteth new <3501> wine into old bottles: else the new <3501> wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new <3501> wine must be put into new bottles.

Lu 5:37 And no man putteth new <3501> wine into old bottles; else the new <3501> wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

Lu 5:38 But new <3501> wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

Lu 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new <3501>: for he saith, The old is better.

Lu 15:12 And the younger <3501> of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

Lu 15:13 And not many days after the younger <3501> son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Lu 22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger <3501>; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

Joh 21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young <3501>, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

Ac 5:6 And the young men <3501> arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new <3501> lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Col 3:10 And have put on the new <3501> man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

1Ti 5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men <3501> as brethren;

1Ti 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger <3501> as sisters, with all purity.

The I Am Anointing

Matthew 28:20  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you (I with you am (present tense) alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

·        The fullness of the essence of God in Christ as “I AM” is always found in the present and immediate tense.  God supersedes the dimension of time.  As with faith, in ministry, God’s power will not be sent to us in the future.  His healing will not take place in the future.  His fire will not be poured out upon us in the future. At the moment that He reveals that these things are for us in a ministry situation they are forevermore and immediately there. The “I” of Jesus is presently always with us in the am of time.

Mark 14:62  And Jesus said, I am (I am (present tense): and ye shall see the Son of man sitting(continually and constantly ruling and reigning….) On (Christ’s energy/ fuel source is power; the world in which Christ operates is God’s power; and God’s power  does the work through Christ)  the right hand of power, and coming(continually and constantly) in the clouds of heaven.

·        As we live and minister in the timeless dimension of the immediacy of Christ’s continual “I AM ness”, His presence is always coming and is constantly present, in the sphere of God’s power.
·        His “I” always come sin the AM of time rooted in God’s power, continual ruling. and reigning.

John 8:42  Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came (Defined as :”Arrival” Christ is in a present and continuing and continual state of arrival ) from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

·        “Came” – This uncommon word describes to come in its dimension of arriving or arrival. Christ has arrived from God into our world, or more correctly because it is in the present tense, Christ is in a continuing state of arrival, confirming the timeless immediacy of the continual now of His presence. It is imperative that we ask God to deliver us into His world of the dimensionless- ness of time. As long as see God as doing things for us in the future we will never operate in miracles.


John 8:58  (AV) Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
  In the am of time Jesus always is in the mode of I

John 10:30  I and my Father are one. (Present tense)
Greek: “I and the Father one are” A perfect and continuous exchange of location in the father and the instrumentality of the father’s works back through Jesus.
·        The “I” and the “Father” are one in the same

John 10:38  But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
·        Greek: That in THE ME the Father just as I am Him
·        The I being in Jesus allows complete accessibility for all that Jesus has. Jesus now in this I allows for full effectiveness of His power and so forth.

John 14:7  (AV) If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
·        From now on you know Him progressively and have seen Him with perfect discernment
9  (AV) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
·        The one perfectly discerning me, perfectly has discerned the Father

John 14:10  Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in(Locative- in the world of) me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth (present participle- the continuing abiding in the world of the Spirit; necessary to produce miracles)  in me, he doeth(Present tense- the father performs the miracles in proportion to our abiding in the world of the Spirit) the works.

      We have the timeless immediacy of faith at our disposal, as well as the continual and timeless immediacy of Jesus’ presence.  However, the continual and timeless immediacy of Jesus’ presence is also with the Father at the same moment that it with us. This guarantees the absolute effectiveness of our ministry, in that it is the Father who originates, energizes, produces and executes the works through Jesus. Christ’s presence with us in its timeless immediacy generates the works of the Father in their absolute perfection and effectiveness through us. This is because His presence is also in the timeless and continual fellowship with the Father.
§        The “I” in the Father allowing for access of all that our position in Christ has attained to.
§        The Father in ME is the I allowing for total effectiveness.
§        The Father which is now the ME does the works in the ME
·        Greek: The Father in or inside of  “ME”, is.

John 14:20  At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
Greek: I in my Father, and you in me and I in you.
·        Jesus now teaches us that the believer lives with the Father and the Son in the same perfect exchange of location and instrumentality as the Father and the Son themselves enjoy. This is because Jesus lives in the world of the Father so that the Father simultaneously executes His works back through Jesus.
·        Now we also see that the believer has been placed in the world of Jesus so that Jesus can instrumentally work back His works through the believer. In reality God works through Jesus and back into us because we are in the world of Jesus and Jesus is in the world of the Father. The believer is God’s channel for God to take the invisible works of His kingdom and manifest them into them through Jesus and then visibly through them into the world order. The exact and same ability to perform miracles just as Jesus did dwells in us.

John 16:28 ¶  I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: (I have come into the world system Perfect Tense)  again, I leave (I am constantly and continually releasing the world system)  the world, and go (I am constantly and continually journeying to  constantly and continually fellowship with the father) to the Father.
·        The perfect tense describes an event that has been accomplished and fully carried out in the past, but that its occurrence has an influence and an impact for us now and eternally forevermore. Jesus coming onto our world system is described in the perfect tense. His coming and presence for us is therefore in the timeless immediacy of the continual now.  At the very same moment that Jesus is timelessly and immediately here,
He is timelessly and immediately releasing Himself from the world system to timelessly and immediately fellowship with the Father.

John 17:11 ¶  And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Greek: In order that they may be one (Present Subjunctive) in exactly the same way as us.
·        As the Son lives continuously from moment to moment in the world of the Father, the Father superimposes back upon those very same moments His works back through the Son. We must remember the timeless immediacy of the continual now in the workings of God.  In Jesus priestly prayer in John 17, He asks of the Father that the believers could operate in exactly this very same fashion. The present subjunctive tense is one that emphasizes the will of the person.  In other words the believer is not guaranteed that automatically he or she will operate in the timeless immediacy of continually dwelling in the world of God so that God can continually work His works back through them. Though positionally this is the true for every believer, the manifested reality of God from moment to moment flowing in His works back through the believer can only come as the believer out of his or her will dwells in the world of God from moment to moment.
·        To abide in Jesus is the same as living from moment to moment in the world of Jesus.

John 17:21  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Greek: that the may be one (Present Subjunctive) in exactly the same way that you Father in me, and I in you…
·        The prayer of Jesus is that the believer will from moment to moment live in the world of the Spirit so that the same perfect exchange of location in God and God instrumentality working His works back through them exactly as Jesus has with the Father, can take place in the believer. The believer has the same exact ability to work the works of Jesus to the degree that he or she lives as closely and dependently as Jesus lives in the world of the Father.

22  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Greek: That the may be one (Present Subjunctive) in exactly the same way that we one are (Present)

John 17:23  I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
·        Greek: I in them, and you in me, that they may become matured and completed into the same finished product manifesting our exact oneness; so that the world system might from moment to moment learn and know that you sent me into it with a mission, and that mission being that you loved them in exactly the same way that you loved me.
·        To the degree that every believer operates from moment to moment in the world of God of God so that God can simultaneously and from moment to moment work back through the believer will be the same degree that the church will become matured and completed in the oneness that the Father and the Son have.  This oneness as we have learned is the perfect exchange of Jesus being located in God and God instrumentality working His works back through Him.  As the church operates in this oneness with God, He then has absolute liberty to work His miracles in His church, revealing Jesus and His mission to love the world in exactly the same way that the Father loves Him, and thus drawing the world unto Himself through the church.


Gal 2:20  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
·        Greek: Yet no longer I, but lives in the world that defines “ME”, Christ.