CARMEL
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THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN
Continuing with our Carmel thread and testimony brings us to another witness regarding the "garden," the kingdom of God. In 2 Kings 4:18f we read about a Shunammite woman who had previously been given a son by Yahweh as spoken through the words of the prophet, Elisha, because of the hospitality she had regularly shown to him.
When the child was grown, he went out to his father to help reap the fields. (The fields are white unto harvest.) But his head began to hurt. "My head, my head!," he cried; and he was carried back to his mother.
If you have not read this account in the Bible, you might want to pause from reading here and read it. This will add continuity and foresight to this examination. And, there is so much represented here that it cannot all be covered.
In short, the boy died in his mother's lap. The mother went to her aged and impotent husband, but did not tell him why she wanted to go to the prophet, Elisha. She asked her husband for one servant and a donkey, started on her journey, and told the servant - "Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you." Her journey to Elisha brought her to our kingdom testimony - Mount Carmel!
Elisha saw her coming and sent his servant, Gehazi, to inquire if it was well with her, her husband, and her son. Her response was - "It is well."
When she arrived, like Abigail, like Esther, she too "caught hold" of the prophet's feet. Gehazi drew near to push her away, but the prophet instructed him to let her alone - "her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hid it from me and has not told me."
The Shunammite then declared to Elisha - "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" At this, Elisha sent Gehazi with his (Elisha's) staff to lay it on the boy's face.
Gehazi went as instructed, put the staff on the boy's face, but the boy did not come back to life.
When Elisha arrived, he went up alone to the boy, laid upon him mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, and hands to hands. At this, the boy "became warm," but he was not yet alive.
Elisha returned to the lower floor of the house, walked back and forth, went back up to the boy, and again stretched himself on him - "and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes." Elisha called Gehazi and instructed him, "Call this Shunammite." She came, and Elisha declared - "Take up your son."
If you the reader have any insight as to what Yahweh is doing in these last days in raising up a Remnant, maybe as we went through this you saw some of the amazing testimonies to this present-day work, as well as the failure of Christianity. For your benefit, let us look at each step of this account, and add some generally brief comments. We will take each paragraph summary and add information to it.
When the child was grown, he went out to his father to help reap the fields. (The fields are white unto harvest.) But his head began to hurt. "My head, my head!," he cried; and he was carried back to his mother.
What do we learn from The Signs That Cause Belief regarding the head of the church? Do we not see that the face of him that is engraved on the rock of Christianity is Satan? And what testimony did we see regarding Satan's death? He receives two wounds to his head - the first crushing it, and the second effecting the final death blow. What happened to the boy here? His head hurt, and in the end it was fatal.
This is not to say the boy is Satan. Remember that Satan has headship over Christianity, and unless something is done to effect the putting away of Satan, all Christians have and will go to death. The problem? They have fatal head aches!
Satan has the power of death, and all men go to the grave because of him. From the beginning, from the original garden, it has been this way. Yahweh is now working to solve the garden problem. Neither Adam nor the Christian have "kept" the garden. Instead, as one brother recently pointed out, he has let the "beast of the field" enter into it and corrupt it, bringing death. Yahweh Himself is now resolving the garden problem, the Carmel, the kingdom, in order to get the deceiving and death causing serpent out of it. To effect this, he must bring out from death a Remnant. And this is what we see testified to here. A Remnant work must be delivered from the death that is caused by an affliction of the head.
As recent as May, 2000, when The Signs That Cause Belief was published, a few saw the place that Satan holds in Christianity and equally cried - "My head, my head!" They did not want to have anything to do Satan's headship over Christianity that leads to death, and they came out of Christianity. In fact, let us look at the testimony born by the first one to confess that deliverance. His name is Stephen Manning, of Milton, Florida.
On May 11, 2000, a notice was sent out announcing the publication on this web site of the new writing, The Signs That Cause Belief. It would be helpful and interesting to you to first read the e-mail that Stephen sent immediately upon receipt of the May 11 notice. Here is the entire account of Stephen's initial response to the announcement.
My Beloved Gary:
It pleases my Spirit that He has completed the writing The Signs That Cause Belief.
I did glance over the writing last evening but it was late and I also felt it was important to be "right with Yahshua" in Spirit and Truth when reading this.
When Eve, the bride was created Adam was sleeping. Christianity sleeps this very day. Yahshua's bride will be removed from His body which sleeps.
When Yahshua was crucified upon the stake His body was pierced to fulfill righteousness. As a result sin was covered by His blood.
Sarai was the covering for Abram. The Remnant will be the covering for mankind in the 7th day.
My mother named me Stephen which means "to be crowned." Recently I shared a dream I had very recently in which I was awakened and told to ARISE AND BE CROWNED. What was I awakened from; sleep.
My only desire is to seek Truth in Yahweh and walk in the Spirit with Yahshua. Though Truth can hurt some, I am prepared to leave all behind if that is Yahshua's will. Coming out of Christianity is not something I dread. No, indeed it is something I must attain and feel in many ways I have accomplished. I am filled with joy when I consider that Yahweh would consider this unworthy vessel as one who is part of Yahshua's bride.
I think it is appropriate I will study this writing on the Sabbath.
I think it is even more appropriate May 19 is on the Sabbath as well.
I will of course contact you after We, His Spirit and I, finish the writing.
I will pray for you to receive an anointing of His Spirit which you cannot contain as well.
I have explained to you that I was associated with a Gary in my early days of Yahshua. (My first remnant) Unfortunately he was taken and sleeps. (The piercing) I am associated with the Latter Gary. (This of course is my second Remnant.)
Stephen of the old covenant brought an end to the first Remnant. Since then there has been an extended "piercing." I pray this Stephen will usher in and be counted worthy of the second Remnant.
Pray for me. Pray that I am able to see all Yahweh has to show to me. I in turn will do the same for you.
Good evening my brother. I will be in touch. Then again I am sure you already know that.
Stephen
Is that not a most exciting letter? Then on the Sabbath of May 13, the following e-mail was received from Stephen. Read it carefully, and afterwards we will make some most important comments. The e-mail was edited in order to present the most relevant information.
Praise Yahweh and His Son Yahshua. Blessed are those who can see and hear.
My Brother Gary:
The time for the Latter Rain has come, even if this Remnant preparation requires us to take drastic large steps. The body of His Bride must be born, and a birth is indeed a major radical experience.
We have completed reading and digesting His most recent writing of which you have been chosen to share with those who have, or will come out of Mystery Babylon or Christianity. Praise Yahweh for his choice in authors in this time of such importance.
For nearly 2000 years Christians have made men their teachers, instead of getting all of their teachings from the One who purchased them; Yahshua Messiah.
Our Messiah is busy preparing His Bride, separating her and cleansing her with the washing of a Latter Rain.
Just for the record, We denounce christianity as well as the body of christ. We are not a part of it. We are indeed a member of His Remnant Bride never to participate in this apostate church and her doctrines. We anxiously await His Spirit from above and the putting on of His incorruptible body. We cannot wait to drive that final stake into Satan as death is defeated.
Only through Yahshua Messiah can we overcome. Let us keep our eyes and ears on HIM until the glorious day. Amein
Your brother in Yahshua's Remnant Bride,
Stephen
I love the truth we find here, as well as the "realness" of the man. But the belief of this man and what he has written in this e-mail is far more significant and important than just his affirmation of truth. It is an immensely encouraging testimony of what Yahweh is obviously doing!
You will notice that Stephen bears the identical name of him who was slain, the death of whom marked the closing of the first Remnant. Stephen, in Acts 6 and 7, was the key figure that closed the first Remnant period and was first to enter into the temple of Yahweh where his soul would rest under the altar (Revelation 6:9). Most importantly though, the death of Stephen marked the closing of the first Remnant. Everyone afterwards who came into the kingdom of God entered into the breach period of Christianity.
Seeking to avoid being wordy, do you see the GREAT testimony Yahweh is providing here? He is undoubtedly testifying to us by the death of Stephen in Acts 7, and the first proclamation of deliverance out of Christianity and entrance into the bride of Yahshua by a Stephen, THAT YAHWEH IS NOW PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN ACTS 5 AND 6! By having the testimonies of two Stephens - one completing and one initiating - He is tying the two Remnant together into ONE UNITED WORK! IN TRUTH, YAHWEH HAS REPAIRED THE BREACH THAT WAS CAUSED ALMOST 2,000 YEARS AGO! Can you see that Yahweh is continuing today in 2000 what He left off performing at the beginning of the church? The two Stephens unite or bond together into ONE WORK the first Remnant and the second Remnant! What Yahweh ceased performing at the death of Stephen, He is continuing with the initiating (he was the first to respond) confession of today's Stephen!
Year 2000 Stephen's last name is Manning. Stephen had researched his last name, and Manning means "son of man." So not only do we have with us the witness of the name Stephen, but we also have the testimony of his last name - "son of man," or Stephen "son of man;" or to be more complete, his two names mean - "to be crowned, son of man."
Do you recall what the Acts Stephen saw as the first Remnant witness was about to be stoned? Stephen declared before his afflictors - "Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the SON OF MAN standing at the right hand of God." Do you have any doubt in what Yahweh is testifying here? There is even more to this testimony, but what we see evidenced here is that Yahweh is giving us a double witness concerning what is now happening, right now in our time, regarding the completion of Yahweh's two-part Remnant work! He is giving us double witness concerning what is now happening, in the year 2000, and it is something new, completely new to the minds of Christianity. Even as 2000 Stephen is Stephen "son of man," we with the Acts Stephen will soon see the Son of Man, Yahshua, not by our death, but as the second bird we will ascend alive to behold Him, accomplishing the second blow to the head of Satan!
Now for you. I hope you see the TREMENDOUS importance of this. When The Signs That Cause Belief was published, with its closing to call a bride out of the body, this writer kept waiting for someone to write and give their confession of being out of the body and in the bride. Stephen Manning was the first to make that MOST appropriate and important confession! Now, we invite you to follow Stephen into this Remnant bride work and e-mail us, likewise giving your confession of being out of the body and of His bride. For your benefit and edification, let us repeat here our second Remnant Stephen's confession:
Just for the record, We denounce christianity as well as the body of christ. We are not a part of it. We are indeed a member of His Remnant Bride never to participate in this apostate church and her doctrines. We anxiously await His Spirit from above and the putting on of His incorruptible body. We cannot wait to drive that final stake into Satan as death is defeated.
(Editorial comment: Subsequently, Stephen expressed concern that his confession was too harsh. We respectfully relate the following concerns he shared.
In the Kingdom of Yahweh Christians as a whole will not be placed in positions of authority. They, like all of Yahweh's creation, will occupy the Kingdom, but due to their blindness they will not rule with Yahshua. Nor will they understand this age of Tabernacles we have entered.
Christianity was an anointed level of Yahweh's Plan though. If something is anointed of Yahweh, I do not have the right to pass judgement upon that anointing. Unfortunately I am guilty of this. My declaration of removal from the apostate church of Christianity was in some forms a judgement on my part. I must rectify this action of mine.
I do not think Christianity is the Way. I will not return unto their teachings and blindness, but as a son of Yahweh I must be willing to assist them and provide HIS Truth when I am called to help Christians see HIS Truth.
David never persecuted Saul, although Saul did persecute David. David did not judge Saul or kill him, though he did have the chance. He did advise Saul he was a transgressor and sinner but he left the judgement unto the Almighty. I must do the same for Christianity.
Probably a more fitting word in Stephen's proclamation would be to "renounce," instead of "denounce." To renounce is to resign from by formal declaration, to refuse further to follow. Legally, Stephen's proclamation is a decision to turn away from the covering or government of Christianity and come under the covering or government of the Bride.)
Why should you do this? Because it is a most important legal statement of faith. "They overcame him (Satan, the Devil) because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death" (Revelation 12:11). Those spoken of here were specifically the first Remnant, the "male child" that was "caught up to God and to His throne." Stephen Manning has given us the "link," if you would, to join the first Remnant in confession to the overcoming of Satan, this time effecting the much needed second blow to his head. What the first Remnant began by bruising Satan on the head, we will complete by the tent peg that goes through his head into the ground that has been cursed. The first Remnant died as the first bird; we will ascend alive as the second, the Elijah. But, we join the first Remnant in overcoming Satan by a common confession, which Stephen Manning has given to us. Will you make that confession? E-mail us and confess with Stephen your legal position. You are either in the body of Christ, or in the Remnant bride. Confess your position in the bride to the destruction of Satan. This is the power of the second Remnant.
In short, the boy died in the mother's lap. The mother went to her aged and impotent husband, but did not tell him why she wanted to go to the prophet, Elisha. She asked for one servant and a donkey, started on her journey, and told the servant - "Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you." Her journey to Elisha brought her to our kingdom testimony - Mount Carmel!
The Shunammite woman's husband was both old and impotent. Such is the body of Christ. It is 2,000 years old, and fully incapable of bringing forth the godly offspring required of Yahweh.
And what does she need for her journey? One servant and a donkey. The first Remnant at this time is alone - the one servant. And the donkey, as we have already learned, is Pentecost. Pentecost took the woman in her need to the prophet at Mount Carmel, the garden kingdom testimony.
And like Abigail, she went quickly to Carmel. Equally, the Remnant will be a quick work.
Elisha saw her coming and sent his servant, Gehazi, to inquire if it was well with her, her husband, and her son. Her response was - "It is well."
There is confidence that the Remnant bride will be established. Though we do not fully see it now, "It is well."
When she arrived, like Abigail, like Esther, she too "caught hold" of the prophet's feet. Gehazi drew near to push her away, but the prophet instructed him to let her alone - "her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hid it from me and has not told me."
There are those in Christianity that will seek to push the Remnant bride followers away from their goal, their beliefs, their pursuit. But these Christians are "Gehazis." They are those who have "depressed vision and diminished sight" and cannot see the truth, even as Gehazi's name bears out by its very meaning. These are people who still operate under the first touch of the Master and see men as trees walking. They are Gehazis; having depressed and diminished sight they do not understand and seek to trouble the Remnant bride as they pursue their rights from the Master.
And even as Yahweh had hidden from Elisha that which troubled the Shunammite, so He has hidden the bride. People have never known in 2,000 years who the bride really is, and what is her purpose. And even today, as this truth goes out, many still do not believe or even understand.
The Shunammite then declared to Elisha - "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" At this, Elisha sent Gehazi with his (Elisha's) staff to lay it on the boy's face.
Again, it is the Remnant bride that evokes truth from the Master, and the Master will not deceive us, as has the head of Christianity for 2,000 years. No, the Remnant bride is being fed truth - the marriage supper of the Lamb. From His banqueting table Yahshua is giving us truth that has never before been availed. His bride is beginning to see all things clearly.
Gehazi went as instructed, put the staff on the boy's face, but the boy did not come back to life.
We have already seen in The Sandals And The Staff who it is who has the staff - Mark Christianity! They were told to take the staff, while the Matthew first Remnant was told not to take it, and the Luke second Remnant did not even have the opportunity because it is in the possession of Christianity. So was staff-bearing Gehazi successful in bringing forth the dead? No more successful than were the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.
Gehazi took the staff, placed it on the sleeping boy's face, "but there was neither sound nor response." Can staff-possessing Christianity bring a Remnant to life? Not in the least! Whether it be Christianity in general, or even these groups that say a Christian bride will come out of the body, they will not succeed. The only tool, the only authority they have to effect this, is their Mark staff, and it will never succeed. Like the prophets of Baal, they can never get an offering to ascend to Yahweh.
When Elisha arrived, he went up alone to the boy, laid upon him mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, and hands to hands. At this, the boy "became warm," but he was not yet alive.
Elisha returned to the lower floor of the house, walked back and forth, went back up to the boy, and once again stretched himself on him - "and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes." Elisha called Gehazi and instructed him, "Call this Shunammite." She came, and Elisha declared - "Take up your son."
Even as there was the two-part touch of Yahshua on the eyes of the blind man in order for him to see all things clearly, so we see here the same two-part healing of the Shunammite woman's son.
What would have happened if Elisha never went back up to the boy to lay upon him a second time? The boy at best would have remained only warm, lukewarm. This is the state of the entirety of Christianity. They have only had the Elisha to lay upon them once, and they can never be anything more than lukewarm.
What did Elisha do after laying on the boy the first time? Did he immediately get back upon him again? No, he went down to Gehazi and walked back and forth. What is walking back and forth? It is pacing. Why do men pace? Because they are passing time and wishing and waiting for something. This is precisely what Christianity has been for 2,000 years. It has been a time of waiting, waiting with Gehazi, waiting with him whose name declares that he has the "depressed vision and diminished sight" of one who only has the first touch. It has been a period of waiting until the time is complete and the Elisha will go back and lay upon the boy a second time in order to fulfill the required two-part healing.
Now, today, Elisha is laying on the Remnant boy a second time:
Mouth to mouth - proclamation,
Eyes to eyes - sight,
Hands to hands - labors,
Stephen to Stephen,
David to David,
Aaron to Aaron,
And more!
Yahweh is picking up exactly where He left off, the first Remnant work on the second Remnant work, and the second Remnant is opening their eyes and seeing all things clearly! The second Remnant is likewise the Lazarus that is coming back from the dead. They are the boy that sneezes seven times, coming out of Christianity that is represented by the number seven (the seven lampstand churches in Revelation, and the seven-branched lampstand that exists between the two olive tree "sons of fresh oil," Zechariah 4). Men and women are now sneezing seven times and getting Christianity and all of its lies and deception from the mouth of Satan out of them. And like the second-touch-receiving boy, their eyes are being opened to the truth - "and the lad opened his eyes!"
If you are sneezing seven times and your eyes are being opened to these truths, e-mail us.
Yahweh is calling out to the church, to the Gehazi - "Call this Shunammite." What does "Shunammite" mean? What is the testimony Yahweh is providing to us through her name? It is most significant!
A Shunammite was one who was from Shunem; so Shunammite means - "from Shunem." Then what now does "Shunem" mean? Shunem means - "two resting places"! Thus we have this woman who bears the obviously appropriate testimony - "from two resting places"! This is the testimony of the two Remnant resting places, the second of which we are seeing and beginning to experience, now.
What is it that Elisha told this "from two resting places" woman? He instructed her - "Take up your son!" And this is precisely what will happen to the second Remnant. They will be taken up alive to their mother, Jerusalem above! Do you want to be one of these who ascend alive? Are your eyes beginning to open? E-mail us and tell us.
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