Spiritual Law Number 6. Our internal Father and Mother “produce” us, therefore “Honour your father and mother”; because we reap what we sow, within us.

Exodus 20:12 “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

Honour means to be heavy and not take lightly and to lift up.  But honour also simply means honor, so you give them due respect.

To interpret the scripture spiritually, our father and mother are within us and they represent something inside of our psyche.

Our internal parents create our “life” compared metaphorically to how our physical parents produce our physical body.

Matthew 18:3 “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

Our internal parents can create these little children spoken of that can enter into the “kingdom of heaven”.

1 John 3:7-12 “Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.”

John 8:44 “Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”

Refer back to the previous post “Introduction to the Spiritual Law of God for a discussion on the meaning of “sin”.

Do not fool yourself, we all have the honor of being the children of the devil that was a “murderer” from the beginning. But this is something internal to us, not external.  

When we are converted to “little children”, it tells us in 1 John 3:7-12 that the SEED of God remains in us and this manifests what the two children are; where manifest means to be plainly recognized or known or visible.  The seed or word of God brings to light the “children”, that we are, what they are, and what they represent in us. They come from two different seeds and we begin to recognize the difference when the seed of God begins to grow (little children), however, don’t be fooled our brother [who is of the “devil”] is also still in us. 

The “devil” literally means from Strong’s Concordance; prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely. When our father is the “devil” we are falsely accused, and from John 8:44 it says it is a lie.  And from John it also implies that lust has something to do with it. Where lust is a desire for something [you don’t think you should have or can’t seem to achieve].

Genesis 25:23-26 “And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger. And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb. And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.”

Genesis 3:15&20 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel… And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

Galatians 4:22-24 “For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman [was] by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.”

Romans 8:7 “Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.”

These stories about the two brothers are an allegory, as it directly says in Galatians 4:22-24; an allegory of a person and what happens within us.  Our mother(s) bears twins; a younger and older version. The older is from the bond woman and the younger is from the freewoman of promise. The younger has a hold of the older one’s heel. There are two “nations” in our womb. The first is born after the carnal mind while the second is of the spiritual mind.  And there is enmity between these two brothers of the mind. However, the elder has a purpose and that is to “serve” the younger. The come from our fathers and mothers within us. And as it says, ultimately the older brother will transform his power from serving himself to serving his younger brother.

1 Corinthians 15:44-49 “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit. Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven. As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy: and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”

We first bear the image of the earth. Our first man is of the earth, but the second man is the Lord from heaven. Esau, who is red, represents the earth (first born). Cain (first born) tills the ground (earth). Abel (second born) keeps the sheep (spiritual shepherd).

Remember these things are an allegory, an allegory of what happens within us. It is a struggle between the carnal mind and our spiritual guide; a power struggle within us.

Romans 9:25-26 “As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.”

Those that were not “my people” (Cain, Esau) shall be called “my people”.  Different seeds produce different fruit and it just depends on what type of seeds you are planting and nurishing within. The seed of our father remains in us so our mother can bring forth our life. But there is and we are children (seed) of the “devil” [tree of knowledge, serpent, corruptible seed] and children (seed) of God. And when there is a struggle between which is in power, there is enmity within and we have a double mind.  Also see previous post on the double mind.

Luke 8:10-11 “And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”

Luke 8:15 “But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.”

Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

Man is the ground (“of” was added by the interpreter). Seeds grow in the ground, therefore, the seed grows in us. The seed grows in our mother who is in us (i.e. “mother earth”). But is our mother good ground (Luke 8:15)?

John 3:3-4 “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?”

Galatians 4:19 “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.”

1 Peter 1:23 “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”

Luke 17:30 “Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”

The son of man (son of a human being) is born in us via the “seed”. And when God reveals the children of God (1 John 3:7) then we shall understand what the children are because the “Son of man is revealed” to us and he also reveals it to us.

1 John 3:10&12&14-16 “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. ... Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. ... We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.”

Even though our Cain initially kills Abel, Abel still cries to the LORD from the ground [see previous document about the offerings of Cain and Abel for more information on this].  Even though Abel is “dead”, we can still love him. And it says in 1 John 3 that we pass from death to life because we love our brother.  So even though we have killed Abel he can pass back to life because of our love. But if we do not love our brother we abide in death.  So because Abel lays down his life for Cain, we also should lay down our life for Abel to live (i.e. 1 John 3 above). We lay down our life when we love him more than our own self (ego).  Abel represents our Christ that can again live in us if we surrender (lay down) our lives back to him. Because it says:

Galatians 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.”

John 10:15 “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.”

Genesis 4:2 “…And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.”

Abel (keeper of the sheep) represents the Christ in us who is dead and must be raised.  We raise him by loving our brother Abel.  Cain tries to please God by the offering of his “works” which is the understanding of the serpent, but if we lay that understanding down, and pick up the gift of grace, we love our brother Abel back to life.

Genesis 4:1-2 “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.”

Cain and Abel were conceived when Adam knew Eve and something was conceived (knowing or knowledge) in her. Cain and Abel are twin brothers but also polar opposites (i.e. the dual nature of the tree of knowledge of good and evil).

Genesis 4:25 “And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”

Seth comes from a second knowing. We have to take a second look (know better this time) at what we originally knew and be born again. Notice what Adam comes to know in Genesis 4:25 is his wife, but it does not specifically name her as Eve as it does when she earlier conceived Cain and Abel (Gen 4:1).  Seth represents being born a second time from the freewoman of promise, without the dual nature.

John 3:5-7 “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

Genesis 4:26 “And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.”

Seth’s seed begins to call upon the name of the LORD. The meaning of this “calling” was discussed in the previous documents.  Our words and our thoughts (calling on the LORD) are very important and powerful. They are what can overcome the curse of the ground. See Cain was born to be a tiller of his ground, however, after he killed Abel he rather did other things (built cities, raised cattle, made music, etc. Gen 4), rather than try to continue to till the cursed ground.

Genesis 4:12, 17 “When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. ... And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.”

The seed of Cain can no longer till the ground, therefore there is no real fruit with the death of his brother Abel and his ground is cursed. Cain’s child is Enoch, the city which he buildeth, but Seth’s child Enos rather calls upon the name of the LORD. There is a “subtle” difference between Enoch and Enos. The generations listed in Genesis 4 and 5 represent happenings within us, and they also parallel each other.

Jude 1:14 “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,…”

Hebrews 11:5 “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”

Although Enoch was the city that Cain built of himself, Enoch was also translated (changed from one form to another) that his faith may give him a testimony of God.  Enoch, that city, is transformed from the city of Cain to a holy city of God.  It is not just a coincidence that Enoch is the “seventh” from Adam.

Revelation 21:2-3 “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.”

Luke 8:11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”

In Genesis it says “Adam” (i.e. a human being) “knew” the woman (i.e. wife).  Our knowledge or knowing is what conceives the seed and bares the fruit.  We travail in birth until we are born again of incorruptible seed, the seed from the word of God.  We bring forth little children of God in us by the seed of the word of God.  Our mother who travails is in us and we are “born again”.  Seth is our second Able. Seth represents our child from incorruptible seed (spiritual knowledge). Because “Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. (1 Corinthians 15:46); the natural man must come first and then the spiritual. Seth and his seed represent those that are spiritual and properly “call upon the name of the LORD”. Cain represents the natural carnal man. Again, notice how Adam knew Eve in the first verse, but in verse 25 when Adam (the human) conceives Seth through his wife, Eve is not mentioned. These are the two different women spoken of in Galatians 4.

But also;

Genesis 4:15 “And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.”

So there is a “mark” or sign on our brother that tells us something very important, if we find him.

John 10:15-18 “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”

Abel’s voice cries to God from the ground. And he must bring others that are not of his fold, namely Cain. Abel lays down his life for Cain. But remember Cain cannot be killed in retaliation, so he must lay down his own life in reconciliation to his brother. Cain and Abel are within us.

1 John 3:12, 15-16 “Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. ... Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.”

The love of God inside of us is this, Cain must revenge his own self and lay his own life down for his brother that cries from the earth. Cain is in the land of Nod or wandering (Gen 4:16), but when he is finally found (we truly see ourselves) he repents in dust in ashes.

Job 42:5-6 “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.”

We must lay our carnal life down for our spiritual brother who is within us. Cain is not murdered by someone else, but he has the power to lay down his own life that he may take it again (John 10:15).  This is the subtlety of the word. He lays down his life in servitude for his younger brother (born again, elder serves younger, etc.). We lay down our life for our brother(s) within; each in turn.

Revelation 13:17-18 “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.”

Proverbs 23:23 “Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”

Remember from previous discussions that “buying and selling” in the scriptures represent using knowledge and wisdom to gain understanding. The mark on Cain is similar to the “mark of the beast”. It marks us with something we must come to see and know in order to understand.  When we find the mark (it is revealed unto us) and we understand what it means so we come to know our brother Cain and take him captive, not to kill. We take our captivity captive by laying down our own life of Cain/Abel.  “Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.” (Ephesians 4:8).  The tree of knowledge kills but it also has the power to save us when we use its power wisely. “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16)  Abel (keeper of sheep) harmless as a dove is among Cain and has the wisdom of the serpent, so we must also use that power wisely. We must become both Cain and Abel rather than two separated. The duality becomes one and conveys the power of God.

But what is this sign on Cain that we shall see and understand and use to take our captivity captive (rather than kill him, we take him alive)?

John 3:13-14 “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:”

Genesis 28:12 “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.”

There is a ladder that we use to bring down that which is heaven and lift up that which is in earth. This ladder is within us. We use this ladder to “lay down” and take up our life again. The mark is something in our flesh that gives us power. It gives us power to be saved from being killed (Cain’s mark) and power to buy and sell using knowledge (mark of the beast). But this power must be controlled. This mark must be understood so that it does not control and enslave us.

Exodus 4:2-4&17 “And the LORD said unto him, What [is] that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:…And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.”

When on the ground (earth) the rod is a serpent, but when taken captive it becomes a tool. We take our captivity (serpent) captive. The serpent is bound into its own captivity and it gives its authority to God. But this authority must first be cast down from “heaven”. The mark, the sign, the signal must be seen, understood, cast down, and given over to God.

Revelation 12:3-5&9 “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne.….And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

The dragon is a red dragon (red from the earth), but he has been lifted up to heaven.  And he is ready to devour our son of man as soon as we deliver him, however, he is cast back down to the earth and the child is put on our crown (in our mind).  Knowledge lifts us up (1Cor8:1), however, we must be lowered back down (humbled within, repent to dust, low) so that our knowledge does not devour our child. The mark is our knowledge and we must use it wisely.

And our man child has a rod of iron. Moses also had a rod that was also a serpent. The dragon is also the serpent.  It is a flying serpent (dragon) when in heaven and a serpent when in the earth.  The rod transforms into a serpent when cast down to the ground, but when caught by the tail it becomes a rod to use. The word “rule” in Revelation 12:5 also means to feed or keep the sheep with. It is a rod the child uses to guide the sheep.  When the serpent is caught on the ground (bound) it is taken captive and used as a rod to guide us (take captivity captive, to use not to kill).  However…

Isaiah 14:29-30 “Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent. And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.”

The fiery flying serpent is the dragon. So the serpent is again lifted up the ladder.

Revelation 12:4 “And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.”

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.”

Revelation 19:20 “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.”

The third part means the third time, like the “third time is a charm”. The number three is significant.  Three days or three processes of time must we go through fire before we fully rise.  “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”  (Matt 12:40) After we have gone through our three “trials” this third version of us must go through the fire because “…our God [is] a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29). Cain who has the sign (mark) must be cleansed in the fire (repent in ashes), but the fire does not kill us;

Revelation 12:13-14 “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child]. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.”

We must be in the whales belly three times.  We wander in the wilderness two and half times from the face of the serpent. The serpent brings us knowledge, so while in the wilderness we are lost and wandering trying to find the way.  We begin in the earth, we raise to heaven, and we are cast back down to earth.  Our process of learning is a cycle of up and down the ladder two and a half times.

Jude 1:10-11 “But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”

Genesis 4:15 “…And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.”

There is a sign that we must see and recognize for what it is. Cain and his ways show us this sign (mark); it is the mark or sign of Cain (false prophet).  A false prophet using signs and wonders (miracles) deceives those that have the mark which is the whole world (everyone).  The false prophet must be cast alive into the fire, the cleansing burning fire, but not killed. Remember, the mark represents a type of knowledge, knowledge of the carnal mind. The false prophet does not understand the power that he has so he deceives us with various miracles. The miracles are not the LORD, the signs, the mark, the knowledge is not the LORD. Cain and his greedy carnal way is the carnal mind and its miraculous work.  Just because our understanding brings miracles does not make it true. This deception is within us, but there is a miracle that overturns all miracles of the false prophet.

The word “mark” in Genesis 4:15 means a sign. The Hebrew word used in Genesis 4:15 for mark is “owth” and can mean a variety of things including a sign, signal, mark, miracle, evidence, omen, warning, etc. Genesis 4:15 could also read “..the Lord set a miracle as evidence upon Cain to protect him.

This word “sign” is also used in Genesis 1:14.

Genesis 1:8&14 “And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. ... And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:”

Remember “heaven” or the kingdom of heaven is within you (Luke 17:21).  The firmament called Heaven is within you.  Therefore, the lights must also be within you to illuminate you, and they are for signs.  They are also for season and days and years, which can also be explained spiritually.  

Genesis 1:6-7 “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.”

The firmament is created on the second “day”. The firmament is in the middle of the waters and it divides the waters so that some are above and some are under the firmament. Water represents many things, one being doctrines of words.

Hosea 6:2 “After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.” 

After the second day, after the firmament is made to separate the waters, we are revived.  But it is not until the third day (third time) that we truly wake up. The water begins to wash us.

Ephesians 5:26 “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,…”

The word is compared to water in that it washes us, however, a little water is needed to make the seed sprout and grow, however, a huge amount of water washes the evil away and saves us.

James 5:7 “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”

1 Peter 3:20 “Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”

Revelation 12:15-16 “And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.”

The earth is what grows the seeds and produces the harvest. We must be grounded, humble, not exalted by all our wisdom of words (flood of words from the serpent’s mouth).

Revelation 13:11 “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”

Numbers 21:6&9 “And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died...And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.” 

Genesis 4:1 “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.”

The serpents, like Cain, are “from the LORD”. The LORD sent the fiery serpents. The beast out of the earth with the two horns “like a lamb” that speaks “like a dragon” will help our woman, so we must not kill it. The words or doctrines out of the serpent’s mouth are overwhelming, but the earth (ground, soil) grows the seeds of the carnal words and they become spiritual (words of the dragon) and this helps us. For every bite from the serpent there is an anti-venom made from the venom itself.  But we must remember that even the spiritual words are words that can still persecute us like a fiery dragon.  

Genesis 1:12 “And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”

The earth brings forth the tree whose fruit is “in itself”.  The earth helps the woman because the seed that saves her is also in her and it is from the LORD. “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15)

Numbers 21:8-9 “And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”

The serpent must be seen. We need to see the sign. We don’t need to [and shouldn’t] kill the serpent to prevent it from killing us, we just need to see it’s sign and understands its dragon words, and we use that wisdom to save ourselves from ourselves. We pick up the serpent by the tail and use it as a rod of iron (i.e. brass), and the covered head of it become powerless against you.  It is no longer coiled for striking, but as a staff that is used as a tool to connect to the LORD our true guide. It is somewhat like a lightning rod that transmits the power but is not the power. Because remember;

1 Corinthians 11:3&5&10 “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God. ... But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. ... For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head because of the angels.”

Here in 1 Corinthians the “head” of the woman is defined as the “man”, and the head of the man is defined as Christ, where the word “man” is a male or husband, which represents the male counterpart in a person.  Christ must not be covered, but the head of the woman, where her “head” is the male counterpart (“man”), must be covered.  In Genesis 3:15 the word “bruised” also means to cover by Strong’s definition. When we cover the head of the serpent (our male seed) it allows Christ our spiritual head to guide us. Remember it says in 1 John 3:12 that “Cain, who was of that wicked one…”. Cain represents the “seed” of the serpent and the carnal mind.  Cain our carnal mind or “head” must be “covered” or hidden. So that;

Colossians 2:10 “And ye are complete in him, which is the “HEAD” of all principality and power:”

So that our true power [on our head] can shine through.

2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

The firmament separates the waters (i.e. rightly dividing the word), so that we can understand the truth in it. The firmament is our understanding, our discernment of the words of the serpent vs the words of the Spirit. The waters below vs the waters above.

The “lights” in your firmament can give you the evidence needed to believe something (i.e. signs, omens, signals, marks, miracles, warnings, etc.). These signs give you wisdom about something or someone.  This Hebrew word for sign or mark (owth) used in Genesis 1:14 and 4:15 is also used in Isaiah 7:14.

Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Matthew 1:20 “But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.”

2 Corinthians 11:2 “For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.”

Interpreting the scriptures spiritually, what is a virgin? And what is this sign of conception that goes with it? In the carnal external world and through the carnal mind a virgin represents someone who has not been “defiled” with physical intercourse. This representation of a virgin is external and carnal, but the scriptures, when rather interpreted spiritually not carnally, give a hint as to what a virgin really means. Remember from the previous post that there are two types of wisdom, the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of God and we must “make friends” with or come to know the mammon of unrighteousness, which represents unorthodox knowledge or knowledge that is contrary to popular belief.

1 Corinthians 7:34&38 “There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband… So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.”

1 Corinthians 11:11-12 “Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things of God.”

Ephesians 5:31 “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”

These verses are very subtle in their meaning and we have to put them all together to understand the spiritual message. The word “man” in Ephesians 5:31 means human [not male man].  The word “man” in 1 Corinthians 11:11 means male or husband. A virgin is described in 1 Corinthians 7:34 as something that is NOT married and therefore cares for the things of the Lord and how it can please the Lord, while something that is married cares for the things of the world not the Lord.  The definition of being a “virgin” in 1 Corinthians 7 represents something spiritual not physical, as does being “married”.   Simply put, the virgin cares about things of the Lord, where as someone married, cares about the world. This is absolutely spiritual.  Worldly “marriage” between two human beings is not these internal things of God spoken of here.

Luke 20:34-35 “And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:…”

But yet the idea of “children of this world” carrying on in marriage is also internal and spiritual. To become a virgin spiritually is something someone does AFTER they have been married spiritually, where as in the physical world it is a mirror image.

Matthew 22:30 “For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.”

1 Corinthians 7:39 “The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”

2 Corinthians 11:2-3 “For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”

We become a virgin (undefiled by our husband) after we cover our husband  (i.e. “dead”) and become espoused to our true husband Christ who is risen from the dead. Our husband goes down the ladder and Christ rises up the ladder.  Eve (our married woman) is corrupted (not a virgin), and God is jealous over her “marriage” to the world.  The resurrection is a happening within you, a raising from the dead to Christ. “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” (Ephesians 5:14). “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:” (Colossians 1:27).  Our woman goes from being married (bound by the law) to being espoused to another (virgin).  Then, as a virgin, she births her man child via the seed of God who then rules us with a “rod of iron”. 

Ephesians 5:31-32 “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

Marriage represents the carnal “law”. We were once “lawfully” married (bound by the law).  We leave our “father and mother” which represents our first marriage as does our “husband” that we are bound to by the carnal “law”. But remember our woman is supposed to be “espoused” to “one husband” as a virgin to Christ. So we become one (single, unmarried, undefiled by the duality of the serpent, virgin) in order to meet Christ. Then we can have our “virgin” birth (i.e. Christ the first fruits, little child).  A virgin represents singularity whereas married represents duality. Our duality (double mind) must become single (virgin).  It is “backwards” of the worlds view of a virgin because “we see through a glass (mirror) darkly”.  Spiritually, we are first corrupted (married to the law), but we can lose our lawfully bound husband and be washed clean with the “water” of the word to become an undefiled a virgin.

1 Corinthians 11:3&5 “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God. ... But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.”

Isaiah 8:3-4 “And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

We must come to “know” our father and mother.  We then leave our father/mother duality of marriage law and come to be one in Christ and cry out to our true father and mother (God and our undefiled virgin who gives birth to us anew). For this cause we leave our father and mother and cleave to our wife (woman, virgin), with God as our Father.  However, it says in 1 Corinthians 11:11 that the man (male) is not without the woman (female, virgin or wife) in the Lord.  We all have dual counterparts within (male and female) however, our man (male counterpart) needs to be covered when we “pray or prophesy” (1 Cor 11). The head of the serpent needs to be bruised and/or covered. And God via Christ becomes our replacement head of “power”.  This means our dual counterparts within (duality of nature) become one within and we see clearly and our undefiled woman creates.  

But what happens when we do not cover our head (our husbands, male counterpart(s)) when we pray is we have too many men taking the lead in us and therefore too many woman trying to create?  Having one husband [or wife] is much easier than having several…LOL.

Romans 1:24-27 “Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”

John 4:18 “For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.”

The woman, when her husband is covered, can create the will of God through Christ. However, we have too many husbands within us that want to take the lead over Christ. And this causes enmity within us for we know not what to do. Man “working” with men within causes confusion and enmity within.  The orthodox interpretation of these verses is very carnal and simply condemns someone who is outwardly gay. The orthodox interpretation completely misses the true message. However, spiritually interpreted, this is not about the physical world at all!  This is about what happens within each of us.  And when we try to say it is about the physical world, it simply brings hate and condemnation. God says to look within yourself to see the problem.

Remember what is says in 2 Corinthians 3:6 “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”  When we try and read these verses by the letter we automatically apply it to our carnal life, however, the scriptures tell us the letter killeth (literal interpretation kills the truth and breeds hate rather than love).  The spiritual is what God sees. Love is what God is.

Mark 12:20, 22 “Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. ... And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.”

Matthew 18:21-22 “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”

Genesis 4:15 “And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.”

Genesis 4:24-25 “If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”

Genesis 5:31 “And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.”

There are not two different Lamech’s here in Genesis 4 and 5, and all the years and numbers of seven represent something. Our Cain is avenged seven times, however, we have seven other brothers that we must come to know [and forgive for killing our true life - Christ] before our woman dies (Eve passes and we obtain our “virgin” mother). Cain is avenged seven times as is each brother. After the completion of seventy times seven for completion of all our brothers’ enmity, our Christ becomes the seed in place of the life within that we have “slew” and then there is nothing more to forgive within us.  This in itself can have two meanings.  Cain can be seen as the hero who slays our false faith within so Christ may rule, or as the villain who kills our Christ to begin with. Cain is one with Abel so both interpretations are true. It is a paradox of God that resolves all enmity between the “two” of them.  Cain and his seed represents one side and Seth (Abel) the other side, but both are really one. See Ephesians below.

Ephesians 2:14-16 “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us]; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:”

The two brothers become one and the middle wall of partition is broken. Both have their own cross to bear. Both lay down their lives for the other so that they both may become one to God.  Remember;

John 10:18 “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”

Therefore;

Hebrews 4:10-11 “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.”

Lamech represents the labour (birthing) to enter into rest, on both sides. Lamech’s son’s name is Noah which literally means rest from Strong’s concordance.  So is the Lamech of Genesis 4 the same Lamech from Genesis 5?  

So what do all the sevens mean for us as individuals?  For now, that is for each of us to figure out within our own selves for now.

And another way to look at it;

Ephesians 6:1-3 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”

Ephesians 5:28-32 “So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

Mark 10:8 “And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

How can we both leave our father and mother while we also honour them?  We leave the dual carnal nature of father and mother and we honour them by “lifting them up” (bear) to a SINGLE light within us.  Our “Father in heaven” that we lift up as a ruling “lightning” rod of power to guide us and teach us and our single “virgin” that we lift up to heaven to give birth to our “savior”.  All the while our husbands are covered and our woman creates through the LORD. We become one with God; no more enmity between the brothers not more enmity with the serpent.  These are all allegorical stories to help us understand the depths of God within us.

Genesis 3:15& 18-19 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel…Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”

The subtle nature of the serpent causes the illusion of dualism (this world) which creates enmity which in turn causes our ground and the serpent to be cursed when we hear it as dualism rather than understanding the subtle double-tongue language. We cause our own captivity by misunderstanding ourselves. But to produce good fruit we must return to the ground and till it to produce “fruit”, which is the wisdom of humility and submission to God. This curse produces enmity between the woman’s seed and the serpent’s seed. So is there a difference between the seeds or are they one in the same?

Matthew 7:15-21 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”

Ephesians 2:14-16 “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us]; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:”

As the tree of knowledge of good and evil says, there is good fruit and there is evil fruit and we come to know the difference by the fruit itself.  Once we come to truly know, the subtleness is understood, there becomes no difference, the middle wall (tree in the midst) is cut down, the evil tree is cast into the fire (completely dissolved) and the enmity therefore slain. Two becomes one, no more Cain or Abel but just Cain AND Abel who are one, Christ. Christ makes himself one “twain one new man”, which is peace. Cain lays down his own life to become one with Abel, humbled and returned to the ground from which he came. The stories are there is help us understand where we went wrong, or rather our process of life.

Genesis 4:12, 17 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. ... And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

See Cain was born to be a tiller of the ground, however, after he slew Abel, that part of him went away and he did other things (built cities, raised cattle, made music, etc. Gen 4), rather than try to continue to till the cursed ground.

But once he returns to the ground, humbles himself and lays down his life, the ground can once again produces its “good fruit”.

Galatians 6:7-8 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

Therefore;

Hosea 10:12-14 “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon [her] children.”

Because remember what is says in Isaiah…

Isaiah 7:16 “For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.”

Isaiah 8:3-4 “And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

Job 42:6 “Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.”

Psalm 27:10 “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.”

Both our riches and our spoil must be taken away and our mighty men abased. Our father and our mother must forsake us, because our land (woman) must be forsaken of both her kings. These “kings” are within us.   But what is the “fruit of lies” that we have eaten of that deceives us and causes enmity between our woman and the serpent?

It says in Hosea that it is because we trust in our own way, in our own works, and in our own thoughts. These riches and spoils, which is our own knowledge taught to us by our internal “parents” that must be taken away. Also remember our head must be covered when we pray and prophesy.  When our head (male counterpart) is not covered it thinks it “knows” something and this produces the enmity.  The wisdom of the matter is that we do not know anything as we should (1Cor8:2). And once we realize this our woman can create through Christ from God because our “head” is covered, all is covered, all is concealed, all is a mystery. We move on from Eve who is our deceived woman (mother), and we cling to our own “virgin” (new woman) with our serpent/male/knowledge covered and hidden. Eve is deceived because her male leader (head) tries to tell her what she needs, but God knows better. And it is hidden because when we plant a seed we do not see the fruit of it until the plant is mature and then a harvest. And when a woman is pregnant with the son of God she can’t see the “son” until it is born, but she has faith that it is of God. So only time will tell us what we need to know. We reap the seeds that we allow to be planted, whether it be from our own mind (serpent, Cain, husband, etc) or God. We reap what we sow.

Remember what is says;

1 Corinthians 8:2 “And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”

Mark 13:32 “But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”

And;

Romans 8:24-26 “For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

Therefore;

Isaiah 55:8-13 “For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.”

When we realize that God already has it all figured out and we just need to hope in the LORD, his word, his seed will settle into to the woman (earth) and grow a fir tree instead of a thorn tree. The curse of the ground is Cain’s way of thinking for himself and his works of his own carnal mind.  But when we see the sign, the everlasting sign, we will come to know God and our ground will produce a fir tree in place of the thorn.

Hebrews 11:4 “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.”

Romans 8:13-15 “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”

You see the “deeds” or efforts of the flesh are just futile work to a thorn tree. But God has a better way if we lay down our life for our brother of faith.  Our “work” of the flesh is transformed into a work towards faith.  Because remember faith without “works” is dead, but our works become effort towards laying down our life and following the Spirit, which we cannot “see”.

And when we lay down our life and return to the ground, we cry to our Father; our brother cries from the earth.

Genesis 4:25-26 “And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.”

Romans 8:15 “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”…Galatians 4:6 “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”

We come to know anew (“again” Gen 4:25), and we come to “know” our true Mother…and our Father the name of the LORD.  In Genesis 4:25, Adam does not name Eve as his wife that he “knows” as he does when she bares Cain & Abel in verse 1 who are now “dead” and crying from the ground. We call upon the name of the Lord, we call him Father because he provides all through our new mother.

Genesis 3:13&20 “And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. ... And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

Eve means “life” or “living” and this represent our “life” after we are beguiled by the subtle duality of the serpent. However;

1 Peter 4:1-2 “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

2 Peter 3:13 “Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”

Romans 12:1-2 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

We lay down our life, our Eve (living sacrifice) and are transformed to the new heaven and new earth to an un-beguiled undefiled (virgin) heavenly mother [rather than an earthly mother (Eve)]. We leave our beguiled “father and mother” and cling to our wife (virgin) calling to “Abba Father” as our guide.

Revelation 12:1 “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:”

Matthew 6:22 “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”

Our virgin is “single” (not married, has a single eye) yet guided by God, however it also says;

1 Corinthians 7:1-2 “Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”

1 Corinthians 7:39 “The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”

Here is the law.  The wife if bound by the law of her OWN husband. The woman creates the “law” based on her husband at the time, whether be a carnal law or a spiritual law.  “My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:” (Proverbs 6:20).

Genesis 3:2-3&16 “And the woman said unto the serpent, But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. ... Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”

The husband rules over the woman via the “law” because he is her husband and she is “lawful” married to him. But when the husband lays down his life (i.e. dead husband) she can be espoused to Christ. Touching the tree and/or touching the “woman” of the law (Gen 3 vs 1Cor 7) brings about the tree of knowledge of good and evil (duality, two-tongued, confusion), which is not all “good” but also evil.  This brings forth the carnal law and the husband that rules over you. Internally, our husband rules over the wife or the woman, but whether it is carnal or spiritual law depends which internal husband you are lawfully married to or espoused to.

Fornication is what happens when we touch and eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and our woman is “touched” and therefore no longer a virgin but “defiled” by the tree and the serpent in the tree.  Strong’s definition of fornication is harlotry and figuratively idolatry. When we eat of the tree of knowledge of duality (good and evil) we turn away from the ONE true God and obtain the double mind of carnal understanding.   And because of this our woman must have her OWN husband (pertaining to yourself) which is the carnal mind of duality (male/female, good/evil etc.). “Marriage” represent the duality of male and female counterparts. The LORD God warned them that if they ate of the tree in the midst (middle of themselves), they would “surely die” (die twice).  But the serpent with his split tongue twists the mind of the woman to believe that duality will not surely kill them. Adam (the human being) was created to eat of the tree of knowledge. This story is to help us understand the tree and what it represents within our consciousness. The tree in the midst (the middle of them) brings them into this world and creates this world of dualities, which the serpent controls and also produces our life force (ego) in this world.  However, with this type of life force comes the consequences of mortal death and possibly spiritual death (second death, surely die, die twice), unless one uses the power of the life force wisely to crush the same life force (i.e. take captivity captive).  It is a paradox. The serpent is needed to bring us into this world, but it can also be used and is needed to bring us out, alive.  The knowledge this duality brings, shows us how to bring the duality back to ONE (singleness) again. The flaming sword (dual tongue of the dragon) guards and keeps the way to the tree of life. You have to come to know and understand the language of the dragon to understand the power and subtleness that is guarding the way of the tree of life.

Galatians 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

1 Corinthians 7:36 “But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.”

1 Corinthians 7:37-38 “Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.”

Genesis 4:5-7 “But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”

James 1:15 “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”

Sometimes it is hard to have power over our own will. The words in 1 Corinthians 7:36-38 are very similar to what the LORD told Cain in Gen 4.  He told Cain that if he did “well” he would be “accepted”. This word “accepted” here means to be lifted up or exalted with dignity. But if he can’t control his desire, remember from James 1:15, desire or lust leads to sin, then he will have to set rules over it (i.e. law).  The LORD tells Cain that with his way of thinking, he will have to rule over his desires (i.e. soul, woman). This represents external “works”.  This is also what marriage symbolizes in 1 Corinthians 7; the husband rules over the woman (desire) via the carnal law.  If we behave uncomely towards our virgin [where virgin again means single mindedness, un-deceived mind] then we had better get us a husband (law enforcer) to rule over our desires so they are not unbridled. Therefore he that giveth his virgin away to marriage doeth “well” but he that does not marry “does better”. Cain does well by standing steadfast and keeping his virgin, but when he doesn’t do so well, then he has to give is woman in marriage and his “lawfully wedded wife” (desire) is ruled through the law. Through the way of Cain the carnal law is used to control our behavior and “rule” over it (i.e. marriage, duality).  If we have power over our own will (lust, power), then we do “well”.  But if we have no control over the lust (i.e. power), well, then you better marry so that you don’t “sin”.  The law then controls the will (desire) rather than our power controlling the will.   Cain’s way represents the carnal law and the external works of the carnal law.

2 Timothy 3:6-7 “For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Our woman is ever learning through the tree of knowledge, however, because of divers lust (desires of the soul) she is never able to come to the truth. “And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened…”  The woman in us desires wisdom, however, she needs to come to terms with her desires her appetites, her passions, through the tree that draws her way from the truth. Because her mind is corrupted by the duality of the serpent and she is married to it.

James 1:2-5 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

The soul gives us our desires and leads us to temptations.  The soul is the seat of the appetites, the desires, the emotion, and passions. And living represents the creature that is alive with energy.  The soul is a female energy.

Genesis 3:20 “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

Eve represent the source of all creatures that are alive because of desire, needs, wants, lusts; because our desires come from our woman within.  But we must not let our needs control us.  There is a better way.

Ephesians 5:31-32 “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

We cycle through being single and married, having double vision and single vision.

The virgin represents being one in Christ, no longer male and female; no longer father and mother, no longer bound by the law, but just one, one person without the dual nature of the serpent’s tongue and the carnal nature of the law it brings. Single but yet espoused to Christ.

1 Corinthians 7:39-40 “The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.”

The virgin and the Christ-child does not yet know how to choose the good and refuse the evil, until he has eaten of butter and honey (Isaiah 7:15), and he will not know until our land is forsake of both her kings (Isaiah 7:16).

1 Corinthians 13:11-12 “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

“Darkly” via Strong’s Concordance means riddle. When we are a little child we see through the mirror that portrays the riddle. There is a difference between a little child and a child/son of God. There is a process to growing up.

But after we grow up we are still a child of God, just maybe not a little child;

Luke 20:33-35 “Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:”

This world itself portrays the riddle, it is a mirror and backwards of the truth. The allegory is in the world, but the world is backwards of the truth; a mirror of the spirit. Therefore, spiritually speaking (inside of us) when we grow up we become single, when we are a little child we are “married”… to the law (i.e. “the children of this world marry”). But remember there are two different types of little children (1John 3:10).

Genesis 3:7 “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

James 4:8 “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.”

The serpent represents duality (i.e. two-eyes open, double mind, forked tongue..). The serpent’s words are subtle and two-edged, and this dual nature of the world can be very misleading so it deceives the whole world. It creates the “children” of this world (Luke 16:8 and Luke 20:34).

Revelation 12:9 “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

The serpent and the devil symbolize the deceptive nature of duality (hot/cold, female/male, light/dark etc.).  When this serpent is cast to the earth, it coils up and is no longer a staff for use. When the serpent is coiled it deceives because of its forked tongue, however, when the serpent is picked up [by the tail] it becomes a staff or rod (our heal (tail) is bruised and our “head” is bruised, covered, veiled, taken into captivity).  However, this is a cycle within, and once the head of the serpent is veiled it can once again deceive us if we are not careful (see Hebrews 6:6). 

Revelation 12:9, 14 “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. ... And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.”

This two and half rotation cycle is necessary for us to truly see the serpent’s face. We start in the earth and after two and a half cycles up and down “Jacob’s ladder” we end up in heaven.  “And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne.” (Revelation 12:4-5).  The dragon is waiting to consume our child as soon as we deliver him so does he make it to the throne in our heaven (crown)?  We spend three days (times) in the heart of the earth, but on that third time rising we stay up because the “third time is a charm”. We charm the serpent for good because we realize all is good through the eyes of the single eye, even the serpent. We utilize the wisdom brought by the serpent and are no longer deceived by its subtleness. We overcome the serpent and its power by using that power to lay the power down (lay down life) and surrender that power to the LORD.  We surrender to his captivity. We are not overcome. We are not killed. “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”

Romans 12:21 “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

We do not overcome the devil by killing him.

Revelation 2:7 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”

We overcome the serpent with good because we are no longer held captive by it, but instead use the goodness and the knowledge of itself to overcome the evil of itself.  And in overcoming the dual nature of the serpent, it too becomes single (one) and worthy of the tree of life because all is really one.

So again what is the “sign” or mark that we see and understand that will erase all doubt? And how do we recognize the enmity within ourselves?

1 Corinthians 2:7-8 “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

This knowledge is a mystery which the world (children of this world, carnal mind, etc) cannot comprehend, and had Cain truly known the consequences of his doings he would not have slain his brother.  We have to look within to truly see ourselves.

Remember the seed of the serpent is against the seed of the woman.  “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15).  It is the seed of the woman [not of both] because it is a virgin birth which is single eyed in nature and not double tongued as of the serpent.  But;

1 John 3:14-16 “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.”

There is a hatred (enmity) between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman and therefore also between Cain and Abel. Cain represents the seed of the serpent and Abel the seed of the woman.  This is a hatred within us.  However, it says in 1 John 3 that we must overcome this hatred and rather love our brother by laying down our life for our brother.  As Abel laid down his life for us, we lay down our life for him. And when both lives are laid down Christ rises from the ashes and lives. “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.” (Galatians 2:20). “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19). We are not really our own, so we lay down our life for our brother so we both can truly live together and break the curse of the ground. We do not kill Cain, but we allow him to lay his own life down… Because;

John 12:24-25 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”

Matthew 13:37-38 “He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];”

There are seeds that ultimately produce fruit, and the fruit of the false prophet is thorns and not a fruit we can live (eat) by.  The curse is the law and the mark or sign of the law is the lack of good fruit from our ground. The truth is we reap what we sow, and a cursed ground just cannot bear good fruit. So we must remove the curse before our seeds will grow and produce good fruit. And we do this through first recognizing the sign of Cain which tells us to lay down our own life as Abel did and allow Christ to live. When we lay down our own life we are removing the curse, the bad seeds, and tares; so that the ground can produce.  We have learn what it means to “hate” our own life (John 12:25) so we want to lay it down of our own right of our own will.  When we do this the curse is broken and our “man” can till the ground once again to produce real fruit not “thorns or thistles”.  But what is our “own life” that we are to hate?  Is this just more enmity within?  Cain learns to hate what he has done and repents in his own time. He is not punished by someone other than himself.

2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”

Our own life represents a life where we are the steward of ourselves, where we follow after our own mind and life, where we seek our own needs and lusts, were we worry about our own wellbeing, where our ego mind leads the way. However we are really not our own to lead unless we want to be misled. So how do we examine ourselves and whether we are faithful or trustworthy enough to lay down our own life?

We will know it by our fruit.

Matthew 7:15-17 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.”

What is “good” fruit?

If we see that our fruit is really a thorn (pain, condemnation, judgment, suffering) because our tree is really a thorn tree, we come to want to lay down our life (ego mind) because there is a better tree out there than what we can produce (Isaiah 55:14). The better trees mentioned in Isaiah 55 is the fir and myrtle trees which represent everlasting life and happiness not pain and suffering. But laying down our life of pain takes more than faith, it also takes work; an effort to be aware of our own selves and examine our own selves daily.

1 Corinthians 15:31 “I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

James 2:21-23 “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.”

Our “work” in the Lord is our effort to bring our life to the “altar” and offer it to God.

John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

We lay down our life for God, our Friend. Because;

1 John 3:16 “Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.” He has done the same for us so we can learn the “error” in our ways [without his guidance].

1 Corinthians 8:11-13 “And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.”

The knowledge (of the tree of good and evil), wounds our brother and causes us to perish.  However, if we “eat no flesh”, which means to put away carnal ideals of our world, which is what idols (images) represent in 1 Corinthians 8, we lay down our life; our knowledge, our greed, our pride, our desires, our pursuits, our cares, our doubts, our understanding of this physical world for the sake of our “weak” brothers (our brothers within), for which is why Christ died within us in the first place.  In other words, Christ dies when we seek the world and the things in it. When we seek the world and the things in it, our weak conscience is “wounded” via the carnal mind. But if we seek the Kingdom rather than the idol (things in this world), we sacrifice our consciousness for the Kingdom rather than for the things we think we need in this world (idol). We lay down our life (our consciousness) to allow “Father” to provide what he will instead, rather than our mind seeking things for itself [in the world].  

Also, when our consciousness reminds us that something we want is not “right” [based on some law we have learned] yet we eat it anyway (do it anyway, “eat things sacrificed to idols”, see 1 Cor 8 again) because of our greed, pride, anger, what-ever pushes us to do it, our weaker brother within us is wounded because there is a fight within ourselves on what we should do. But if we let go of these thoughts of judgment, lack and/or pride for ourselves, we will see that God has a perfect plan much better than we can conjure up anyway, and we become content in every moment. We let go of ourselves. We die within. This is also the paradox of what is “right and wrong”; it is all relative to what someone believes within themselves, and even the unconscious mind matters.

1 Corinthians 2:8 “Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory…”

Genesis 4:15, 24 “And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. ... If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.”

We don’t force Cain to die, we allow him to avenges himself by laying down his own life for his brother, and Lamech does the same another seven times.  But what does this seven fold vengeance represent?

Numbers 23:29 “ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.”

Jude 1:11 “Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”

Job 42:6, 8, 10-11 “Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes. ... Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job. ... And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.”

Job means “hated”. Job ends up abhorring himself and repenting in dust and ashes.  His “friends” represent his brothers within him who offer up seven and seven burnt offerings (laying down life completely), and the LORD turned Job’s captivity (curse) after his friends (brother) lays down their lives (the power of the rams and the power of the bullocks - the power of our external and internal ego) seven times.  Job is avenged seven fold and his captivity is turned and he is reunited with this brother of faith.  Job and his friends represent Cain and his brother.  When Cain completely lays down his life he avenges himself seven times (i.e. early and latter rain).

Matthew 18:21-22 “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”

Laying down our life completely is seemingly a never ending process.

Ephesians 4:8-10 “Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)”

He that ascends and takes captivity captive is the same as he that must first descend; up and down “Jacobs Ladder”, the two and a half times up and down.

Isaiah 14:12 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!”

Revelation 22:16 “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star.”

Who is the morning star? Who is the son of the morning?  Ephesians 4 says that he that descended (i.e. cut down to the ground) “IS THE SAME ALSO” that ascended up far above the heavens.

Remember from the discussion above, Cain and Abel are one is the same; the seed of Adam (i.e. human).

1 Corinthians 15:44-47  “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit. Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.”

Colossians 1:26-27 “[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:”

John 8:42-44 “Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”

Christ is in you and is your hope of brightness (glory).  Jesus is in you “if God were your Father”. The devil is also in you if “ye are of your father the devil”.  Lucfier (morning star) falls (descends) from heaven.  Jesus the bright and morning start first descends from heaven and goes into the lower parts of earth (Ephesians 4:10), that he might fill all things (be all things).  Jesus and Lucifer come from the same person who is Adam; where the definition of Adam from Strong’s Concordance is this: mankind, human being. Adam first descends (first Adam, Lucifer, carnal man, natural man) and then he ascends (second Adam, Jesus, spiritual consciousness, Christ). But they are one in you; your “twin brothers” within you.

1 Timothy 2:13-15 “For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”

Adam or the human being person is formed first, and then Eve, the mother who creates all that is “alive”, is formed second, however, we are saved in childbearing; the bearing of Cain/Able and Seth and their seeds, our “garden”. We are saved by our own faith within us (Abel), our faith in God. But there is something else that must go with the faith, and that is Cain (works), but Cain’s work must be transformed from works of righteousness without to a labour of love within. This breaks the curse of the ground, and he returns to the ground from which he was exiled to till and “work”.

Revelation 12:1-2, 5 “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. ... And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne.”

Our woman within produces the new man, the man child who rules the nations from the throne of God, the throne in our mind. She is saved by her own child. In other words, we are saved by our “birthing” within; our labor (of works) within ourselves. It is the works within that matter.

James 2:15-17, 20-24 “If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. ... But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.”

Our father [who art in heaven] is within us (see Luke 11:12 and 17:21). Our father Abraham offers his son onto the alter [that is within us]. We offer our life to God and this work justifies our faith.

Hebrews 11:4, 39-40 “By faith Abel offered unto God a more  excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. ... And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.”

Abel represents our faith, where as Cain more works (tilling of the ground).  We have to have faith but we must also have works, not just one but two together. However, “they without us” are not yet perfect.  Faith without works is not yet perfect.  However, it is not works or doing the deeds of the external literal law but again, it is the works of “labour” within.  Cain has to return to the ground to properly work within rather than without.

Romans 3:27-28 “Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”

Remember there are two laws. A spiritual law within and the law of external works (deeds of the law). Cain lays his carnal life down and his works are then transformed into a work within, a labouring to Christ rather than the “deeds of the law”. “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,..” (Galatians 4:19)

Genesis 4:25 “And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”

So you see Cain and Abel are in our ground to help us produce fruit with both faith and works because of that faith or belief system. Our works become something we do because we believe the cause and effect of the spiritual law of reaping what you sow. So our work becomes sowing the right seeds because we know we will reap the benefits, and it is not something we do simply because we think we are “good” people following a commandment for some unknown reason. There has to be a reason and we have to understand that reason, or the law will fail. So why do we follow the spiritual law rather than our carnal mind and “lay down our life” and be “dead”?

Romans 8:10 “And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.”

Colossians 3:3 “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”

1 Corinthians 15:31 “I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.”

Revelation 14:13 “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.”

Hebrews 11:4&39-40, 12:24 “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. ... And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect….And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.

You see there is someone better than Abel [who dies]. Jesus raises and speaks of even better things than Abel because he now is one with us (Cain). “And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”  Seth represents the third son the third day, the resurrection of the dead (Abel).

Luke 3:23&38 “And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed ) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,… which was [the son] of Seth, which was [the son] of Adam, which was [the son] of God.”

Jesus (30=3x10= 3 fulfilled), who “supposedly was the son of Joseph”, was actually of God. Adam represents the human, Cain and Abel represent the son of Man (son of human), and Seth represents the risen son of God, within us. We have to let our carnal mind and ego die to allow the truth the live.

1 Timothy 2:14-15 “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”

Our internal children save us because they bring us knew understandings.

1 John 3:10&14-16, 18 “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. ... We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren. ... My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”

Matthew 15:4 “For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”

Matthew 19:5 “And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?...”

To put more of it together: Little children, we honour our father and mother when we recognize their power to produce us, and not take lightly the consequences of the seeds sown within ourselves.  We leave our father and mother (die the death), when the children are manifested (1John 3), and we realize we need to cleave to our woman, our virgin, as “one” not two.  We have the power to produce two types of fruit, and we become the fruit or offspring of our father and mother. And the seed [of our father] is the word where the word can represent our own beliefs and how we follow through with those beliefs.  We reap what we sow into our ground and into our hearts, into our woman who creates.  When she is deceived she represents the Eve of all living, when she is renewed she represents the virgin of those who have “died” in the Lord (Revelation 14:13).

Luke 6:37 “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”

Luke 6:45 “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”

We all have probably heard the saying “we reap what we sow”.  It is the universal law of growing food. Therefore, what comes out of you comes from the seeds planted in the heart, and what you give out of your heart you also get back. We get what we give as it says in Luke 6.  Therefore, respect (“honour”) that power within you and recognize the burden or weight of this power. Do not take this lightly, in other words “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land …”.  Your days become long because the light of your understanding becomes great (long) when you recognize the fruit of your seed, and change the seed according to the fruit you want to produce.

Genesis 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”  Also, Ephesians 5:31-32 “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.” 

And Psalm 27:10 “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.”

Why is the “mystery” of this analogy of father, mother, man, and wife (in one flesh) so important? When our “Christ Child” is formed IN US (i.e. in ONE flesh) we move on from (leave/forsake) our first father and mother and our internal power becomes a complete “engagement” with Christ. We are engaged in the right way.

1 Timothy 2:14-15 “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”

Proverbs 1:8 “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”

We honour our father and mother by recognizing, respecting, and honoring there power of creation within us. And we are thereby “saved” in the childbearing of Christ.

The law comes from our mother but the seed of the word comes from our father.  The first law is carnal (literal law) through the serpent in the tree of knowledge, but the second law is spiritual through the seed (word) of God.

Luke 14:26 “If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”

These words in Luke 14 are spiritual, and not meant to be taken literally and are not technically about our physical earthly families, but rather we have a whole spiritual family within us and it can come from different seeds. If it was about our external families it would not make any sense. 

When something comes from our own thoughts (seeds), it is called our “own” life. However… “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19). We should rather cultivate the seeds of God, which represents the virgin taking in the spirit of God (undefiled from the seed of the serpent), a pure cleansed mind free from the brainwashing of the world. But rather we should have brainwashing from the word of God (doctrines of water).

Romans 2:10-15 “But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;  (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)”

The Law is spiritual and even those that have not the literal carnal law can reap the benefits of the spiritual law by what they do through their own heart and mind. God, the Universe, or any other unseen power does not favor people based what religion they believe in, but rather who they are inside, what they are inside, and what is written in their hearts, minds, and consciousness.  The universe is not partial or subjective it just follows a law similar to karma. Seeds and weeds grow regardless of what “religion” the ground claims. But sometimes the religion (belief) can stifle the good seeds so that just the weeds grow, and that is called a heart of stone; a heart of the engraved tables of stone of the “law”.  

Jeremiah 17:10 “I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”

Again we get what we give. And the fruit we reap also depends on the type of tree we plant.

The word of God can give us seeds of understanding. But remember from Luke 8:10, we can see and hear the parable but yet still not truly understand it and apply it to our lives.  If we are truly able to see and hear it and apply it, then we can grasp the seed and plant it on good ground, which is a heart that truly understands it to fruition.  A heart of flesh with feelings that truly feels the God of love. If we sow the seed it will grow if we also nurture it with love.

Ezekiel 11:19 & 36:26 “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:… A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”

They get it and so will you. Because the power to grow the seed and reap fruit of the Spirit is within you.

Luke 17:21 “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

Ephesians 3:20  “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us…”

Colossians 1:27 “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Christ is formed in you via the seed. The kingdom of God is in you. These powers are within you, however, there are also other powers at work within you. Christ represents an anointing or an understanding or enlightenment. And the Kingdom of God is a rule or authority of God within us that we surrender to. This power of God and the Kingdom of God is within us and not external (i.e. “not lo here or lo there” – Luke 17:21)

2 Corinthians 10:5 “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;  And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”

There is an authority that can guide us.  But to use this power to our help we need to control every thought and revenge our thoughts and all high imaginations that fight against the understanding that is Christ. We are to become obedient to the Christ in us rather than the darkness (blindness) we are so familiar with. Once our thoughts are in obedience to Christ we are as Christ and therefore a son of God. 

Romans 8:14 “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” 

When we are “son of God” our male counterpart is subject to his authority and his Kingdom [within us], rather than our own ego carnal mind. When we are a child of God, we grow up to honor him dearly, and the mother who conceives the love and produces [us].

Remember Ephesians 6:2 “Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”.  This is the commandment that comes with a promise if followed. And the promise is we reap what we sow.