Genesis Lecture 16 (Spiritual Being 5)
Bible passage: Genesis 1:1
“ In the beginning God created heavens and the earth”
Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord.
All saints from branch churches, and local sanctuaries. GCN viewers and all children of God who attend the worship online.
This is the 17th Lecture on Genesis. In the last lecture, I explained about the 4 living creatures based on Ezekiel Chapter 1. I said each one of them has 4 faces and 4 wings; and all of them respond and obey only the original voice of God. They never ever respond to others’ voice. Even archangels are out of their league. The 4 living creatures only listen to God the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
There is another special thing about them; they are full of eyes all over them. Ezekiel 10:12 says, "Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them." Revelation 4:6 and Revelation 4:8 also record that the 4 living creatures are full of eyes in front and behind, and around and within their wings. The reason why the 4 living creatures have so many eyes is related to doing their duties. Since the 4 living creatures escort God in the closest to Him, they must impeccably keep a close watch everywhere and miss nothing. They also search this earth at the given order of God.
Of course, God the Father observes the people on the earth through the 7 spirits. However, the 4 living creatures watch not only the earth but also the entire universe. With the eyes that cover their bodies they take in absolutely everything. Not a single thing can escape their range of vision. The 4 living creatures fully grasp even the slightest movement of the evil spirits. In time of emergency, they command the cherubim under their supervision. The order in the spiritual world is flawless and perfectly organized. Both the spiritual world that belongs to Father God and that of evils and Satan operate under a precise system.
The Lord has also mentioned the order of this spiritual world in the Bible. In this world, the system created by people has loopholes, so even if the president is well protected, there are cases where he is assassinated. The organization of the spirit world is completely flawless and everything is supervised without exception. This is also the case in the world of evil spirits. Anyway, the four creatures are guarding like this, and in case of emergency, the groups under their command immediately move upon receiving their orders. Thanks to the eyes that are all over their bodies, they can perfectly manage their given duties of escorting and guarding. By the way, the field that each 4 living creatures observe is different. The man-like living creature examines the extent that each individual resembles the image of God the Father. Knowing this will do you good. The human-faced creature examines how much each person resembles the image of God the Father. If we resemble the image of God by 1%, 5%, 50%, 60%, the more we resemble it, the more we can receive God's love and protection, right? The more you resemble your father, the faster your prayers will be answered. To be more specific, it inspects the words that come out of the mouth of the individual.
It is because Matthew 15:18 says, "But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart." So, the heart can be discerned by one’s words coming out of the lips. So, the man -like creature observes what kind of sin people commit with their lips, and it also searches their behavior. Observing the words and behavior of people, it measures how much they resemble the image of God. Next, the lion-like creature examines how strong and courageous the believer is. It observes the children of God to see how firmly they keep their faith in a difficult situation, and how courageously they run their race of faith in the name of the Lord. For example, when they are threatened with death or persecuted for their faith in God, the lion-like living creature checks whether or not they surrender. The fathers of faith, the servants of the Lord, and the disciples of the Lord kept their faith until they were martyred. Therefore, they are of high rank in the kingdom of heaven and are included among the 24 elders. In a fleshly sense, there are the difficult situations when it seems that people just cannot overcome, just like the young David that faced Goliath.
The lion-creature precisely examines even in this case whether they move on with the courage of their faith or if they retreat. It searches not only the outward appearance but also the inner heart precisely. Next, the eagle-like living creature examines how indelibly believers engrave the word of God all with their heart and how well they accomplish it. An eagle has excellent eyesight so that it can capture even a very small object at a far distance. Likewise, this eagle-creature searches the heart of an individual without the slightest error. An eagle can fly high in the sky and still see a mouse moving on the ground. It can see not only the outward appearance but also the inner heart of people. The best way to engrave the word of God on your heart is to pray hanging on to the word. It proves that you have engraved the word onto your heart to accomplish the will of God. Moreover, if you remember the word of God and pray all the time, how can you not accomplish the word perfectly? You can surely do it. Lastly, the bull-like living creature examines the field of faithfulness. It observes whether they are always faithful for the kingdom of God whether what they do is seen or not. It also inspects how well they do their best to do their duty.
For example, there are servants of God or workers who diligently visit members and preach the gospel with fervent hearts. On the other hand, there are some who have to force themselves to manage their duty. In addition, there are some people who are found in a place where they should be even though they are not told to attend, such as a service or a meeting. On the other hand, there are people who begrudgingly attend because their attendance is checked or reported. It is the same with prayer. Making a habit of prayer is not something that others can do for you. You should subjugate body and strive tirelessly in your love of God the Father. Only when you pray, can you receive grace and strength from heaven and circumcise your heart.
A person who believes in God's word and prays consistently even if there are no clear good results right now. Such a person has the spiritual faithfulness and the one who God the Father truly wants. However, there are all kinds of varieties of the heart and attitude of the members who attend the Daniel Prayer Meeting. Some members who come to the meeting before it starts and offer prayer completely and they remain seated until the end. They are those who keep their seats regularly and pray without changing even for years. The are blessed. On the other hand, others come late for prayer, leave early, and are constantly going in and out. The others miss the meeting with the excuse that they are busy or tired. Even without mentioning the attitude of mind, there are many different ways to pray. Discipling yourself and cultivating your heart is the most important way to show your faithfulness before God. The level of each individual's faithfulness is different.
And the bull-creature precisely examines each individual's level of faithfulness. Therefore, even though people don't recognize your faithfulness and devotion, God does and He does it precisely. Through the 4 Living Creatures, the Seven Spirits, and countless angels, God receives detailed reports about everything. And God repays you with the rewards in Heaven according to what you have done, and He also lets you receive blessing on earth. Dear brothers and sisters. The fields that the 4 living creatures examine are different; but they are all summarized into this; That is, "How much is your heart changed in to the spirit and goodness?" It also means the 4 Living Creatures measure the level of evil in your heart. Who speaks evil things, and who slanders the kingdom of God; the 4 living creatures don't miss anything. The man-creature observes the words of discontent, complaint, judgment and condemnation from the lips of people. The lion-creature watch how cunningly and cowardly people behave in the face of a certain threat.
The calf creature discerns whether you are truly faithful from the heart or only outwardly faithful in action. When praying, Some people pray without thinking that God is watching them and just pray because it is checked. Is that okay? Those who don't engrave the word of God onto their hearts but live a life of a hypocrite are easily perceived by the eagle-creature. This is how the eyes that are fully covering the bodies of the 4 living creatures manage their job of observing. Dear brothers and sisters. Besides the duty of observing, the 4 living creatures have unique roles to play. And according to their roles, they have great authority. What is the role of the man-like Living Creature that has the face of a man? The man-creature has the authority to command and move cherubim. The number of the cherubim in the spiritual realm is so huge that it is beyond description.
The same with the number of angels. Have you ever imagined 10 billion angels? But would that number be enough? There is one angel who watches over each individual, and there is also a guardian angel who protects God's each person, so if you add up all these angels, the number of one hundred billion is not enough. Also, 1/3 of them are fallen angels in the world of evil spirits, and not all of them are active, but some of them were released from the Abyss and are active. So how many angels are there? So, the number of angels and cherubim is so enormous that we cannot even imagine it. And the 4 living creatures are the leaders of these countless cherubim. The 4 living creatures command these cherubim to manage every facet of the job of escorting and guarding. Among the 4 living creatures, the man-creature gives the order to the cherubim. In the previous lecture, I said that it is cherub that guards the way to the tree of life in the Garden of Eden, didn't I? The Garden of Eden still exists and is protected by the flaming sword that move around and cherubim. It is the cherubim that respond to and obey the man-like creature. Next, the lion-like creature has the authority to control disasters and plagues.
Even in this world, a lion is the so-called 'king-of-the-beasts'; once it roars, other animals feel scared. Likewise, when the lion-creature opens its mouth, a terrible disaster comes onto this earth. And the sound is like thunder. Therefore, the lion-creature doesn't open its mouth just any time. People should be thankful that their spiritual ears are not opened. If their ears were opened to hear the roar of the lion-like creature, their ears would all perish, how much more astonished they would be! The lion-creature was in charge of some of the disasters and plagues which are recorded in the Bible, For example, the plague of fire in Sodom and Gomorrah was brought upon them as the lion-creature opened its mouth. Genesis 19:24 says, "Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven." Then the LORD rained down brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. The rain of brimstone and fire was brought upon them by the authority of the lion-creature.
The disaster of Sodom and Gomorrah was carried out by God's command to the lion-creature. There is a scene in Numbers Chapter 16 that Korah and others received judgment. Numbers 16:32-33 says, "and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions. So, they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly." The earth's opening its mouth is the occurrence of an earthquake. This one was accomplished by the lion-like Living Creature. These four creatures preside over natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, and among them, the lion creature takes the lead.
The lion-creature also supervises the plagues of diseases. 1 Chronicles 21:14 says, "So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel; 70,000 men of Israel fell." When a disease breaks out in a certain place that is the driving force resulting in the deaths of many people, it is also the work of the lion-creature. In the Book of Revelation by John, you can see the 4 living creatures are directly connected with the disasters that are brought upon this earth during the 7 Year Great Tribulation. Revelation 6:1 says, "Then I (Apostle John) saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder." Now you know what the sound like a thunder means. As each seal is broken, a tribulation of judgment comes upon this earth. Revelation 15:7 says, "Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever."
As these golden bowls are poured upon this earth one by one, terrible plagues of judgment are brought upon. Therefore, you can see that "one of the four living creatures" is the lion-creature. Likewise, the lion-creature has the authority to manage the disasters and plagues. Among the 4 living creatures, the eagle-creature has the authority to open and close the gates of Heaven. The gates of Heaven are the gates to enter the second Heaven from the first Heaven, where we are currently living. In many places of the first heaven, there are many gates connected to the second heaven. There are gates leading to the second heaven at various places in the first heaven. This concept cannot be understood with the scientific knowledge of this land. It’s about the spiritual world. You have already learned that in a space on this earth , you will go up for hundreds of millions of years from the first heaven to the second heaven, but it ‘s not a way to pass the first heaven to the 2nd. And it is the eagle-creature that has the authority to open and close these gates. The gates of spiritual world are opened through the movement of its wings. However, the other creatures don't just look at the eagle-creature spread its wings.
They also spread their wings together. Even though the eagle-creature opens the gate, all the 4 living creatures move together. In the Bible, for example, Deacon Stephen was stoned to death. Then, our Lord is standing at the right hand of God's throne in heaven and looking down now. The faithful and truly holy child exercised power, but because of that power, he became the object of envy and jealousy, became a blasphemer, and is now being stoned to death. Then wouldn't our Lord be nervous? Of course, he is standing up from his throne and looking down right now. But Deacon Stephen's spiritual eyes were opened and he was seeing the Lord in that form. Who opened this door? Also, did the four living creatures open the second door and then the third in that order? No. When standing at the right hand of the God's throne, that is when God the Father and the Lord is in the fourth heaven.
When Stephen saw the Lord, the Lord was in the fourth heaven, and Stephen saw the heavens opened and the Lord's appearance. Stephen is telling what he saw. So the people around him called him blasphemer and stoned him to death. In this way, the four creatures must open the gates of heaven so that we can see them when our spiritual eyes are opened. The fact is that, even though the 4 living creatures have their own unique duties and roles, they work as if they were one. Figuratively speaking, the parts of our body have their own jobs. Eyes are to see, the mouth is to eat and speak, the nose is to smell, and ears are to hear; these are their main jobs. In addition, feet are to walk and hands are to pick up things; each part has their own role.
However, when you want to drink water, not only just one part is at work. Other parts should also work together. First, eyes should find where the water is. Feet walk toward the place where the water is, hands pour water into a glass and bring the glass toward mouth, and mouth drinks the water. I this way each part has its own unique role, but they all work together to accomplish the task. In this way, water passes through the mouth to the throat and is digested, and our internal organs and body all move together. What if one organ of them said, "It's not my job to swallow water, so let another one do that?” then, what would happen?
I this way each part has its own unique role, but they all work together to accomplish the task. The 4 living creatures have different roles, but they also work together. Now, in what case does the gate to second Heaven open? One biblical example is when the gate of second Heaven opened during the Flood of Noah. At that time the deep springs of Eden burst forth and their waters poured out into the earth, and the gates of the second heaven were opened. Also, as the Great Flood ended, the water that covered the earth went back to Eden through the gates of second heaven. In this case, it was the eagle-creature that opened and closed the gates of heaven. It is also because of the eagle creatures that we see the clouds coming out and disappearing at the same spot.
How thankful ! In theory, star movement is impossible. But since the creature opened the gate, we can see the movement of the stars in the Garden of Eden with our eyes. the stars in the first heaven should not move like that. The same way applies to the movement of the dragonflies. The spiritual space opens up, causing the dragonflies to gather in one place and come out to where we are. That is why we see these phenomena when we have the Summer retreats. Then, of course, there must be someone who oversees these places and makes dragonflies come here at the right time, right? Every time you come to the summer retreat, you always experience the absence of mosquitoes. How thankful we are for protecting Manmin like this. God the Father showed to Manmin members the clouds coming in from and out of the second heaven many times. You ‘ve also countlessly experienced to see a rainbow, double, or triple rainbows. It was also the eagle-creature that opened the gates of second heaven.
Lastly, the bull-like creature has the authority to control the changes of weather in the first heaven. Gathering clouds, making rain, stopping rain, developing or dissipating a typhoon, and causing lightning and thunder; these are all under the authority of this creature. Originally, the weather and climate is to operate according to the law of nature that God created. However, as the mankind has developed the civilizations, they severely polluted the environment and broke the laws of nature. So, when people suffer damages from heavy rains and monsoons all over the world, or suffer from droughts, they blame God, but who is actually destroying nature?
Humans are done this. Why do people destroy nature and then blame God? They are so bad. God created the world so that all people could live properly, but humans destroyed it. They destroyed the forests and the trees. As a result, we face abnormal weather conditions ,and natural disasters are occurring more frequently all over the world. This is not what God originally did. It’s humans who destroyed nature. So, we have to worry about the future because the global warming is continuing and the ice in the North and South Poles is melting. If the ice continues to melt, the water level will rise. It will be more serious as the end time draws nearer and nearer.
However, such disasters can be stopped anytime once the bull-like living creature works. And the bull-like creature works only when it is in agreement and in accordance with the proper justice. For example, if a righteous man who is after the heart of God prays for the change of weather with good purpose, God will give an order to the bull-creature. He doesn't change the weather just any time; all conditions should meet according to the justice. Therefore, if you do not simply pray, “Lord, I believe,” but pray knowing through these words what kind of person you should be before God to be just and how to pray in a way that is appropriate for justice, then that becomes faith. For example, it is against justice to ask me to pray for a parent who does not believe in God can be healed. The parent should listen to sermon and know the Lord first. But most of the time, when I ask their parents if they go to church, they say no. Do you think it will get better if I pray for them? We have many testimonies of controls of weather that you experienced.
When we held outdoor events in the middle of the summer, clouds would suddenly gather from all directions, creating shadows at the event site. There were also many times when a cool breeze blew, allowing us to hold sports events. In 2001, during the Philippine Crusade, two typhoons were approaching, one dissipated and the other changed course. This was also the same story I told the journalists when they asked me. Likewise, among the 4 living creatures the authority to supervise the weather and climate belongs to the bull-like creature.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. So far, I've given six lectures to explain spiritual beings that God created those being the angels and cherubim. Besides these angels and cherubim, however, there are evil spirits as well in the spiritual realm. You should know about the evil spirits because they play such an important role in human cultivation. By the way, was it God who created these evil spirits? If God didn't create them, then how would they have come to exist? We will get to this in the next lecture. Dear brothers and sisters. Have you even seen a puppet show? It seems that a puppet talks and moves of itself, but the fact is that it doesn't. Its arms and legs are attached to strings, and man is controlling its movements by pulling the strings. Just as the puppet is connected by strings to the one who is controlling it, this world is connected to the spiritual realm. Therefore, it's very important to understand the spiritual realm. You can acquire spiritual power and authority to the extent you understand the spiritual realm.
Also, when you deeply understand and enter the spiritual world, it means that you have entered the spirit. When you go to the spirit and the whole spirit, you will be given the authority to rule and govern the spiritual world. God gave Adam that authority, but he lost it through disobedience. Now, as we receive our Lord and emulate the Lord, we can obtain the power of the Spiritual world. So, if you gain the power of the spirit, you can control a certain level of diseases, disasters, and many other things. Workers, if your member is being persecuted by her husband, cease the power of the enemy devils and visit her. In fact, this is how it should be. Those who visit. Know the spiritual world, bind the forces that hinder the enemy devil, and prevent your member from hindering. And you must visit.
That way, the husband who is guided by the enemy devil cannot persecute her. Or, just kick it out and visit her. So, you need to know how important it is to study like this. If you learn and know these things, it will become a great ability. Therefore, I'm urging you to make this Genesis Lecture completely yours all the time. May you become the children of God with spiritual power and authority, in the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ, I pray!
