Kissing, Lips,
and Attesting Glory
Everything
about the human body prophesies—it is inseparably government in
action.
We
have addressed in a recent blog
posting and radio program the vital
testimony of the covenant whereby the male passes between the split covenant
parts of the female. This covenant
pattern was foreshadowed in Genesis 15 when Abraham laid out the split covenant
parts and Yahweh passed between them as a smoking oven and burning torch. But Yahweh does not find fulfillment in
dead animal carcasses, but in people.
The fulfillment of this foreshadowed event is in fact the covenant of
Yahweh with mankind whereupon the male body of Christ passes between the split
covenant parts of the two-part Bride.
This pattern is seen in MANY significant like testimonies, including the
two olive trees in Zechariah 4, separated by the lampstand—“ ‘Not by
might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says Yahweh of hosts.”
Testified
in the human body in a most significant way, this is the like covenant between
a man and a woman when the two are united into one flesh by the male conjugally
passing between the split covenant parts of the woman. Anytime this act occurs in the natural
between a man and a woman, anytime,
it has the legal consequence before God and the angels of establishing and
confirming a one-flesh covenant, or of breaking a covenant by virtue of
committing adultery. This act therefore
intercedes for Yahweh’s faithfulness in His covenant; or in disregard of that
conjugal covenant, it intercedes that He will be unfaithful to us.
This
covenant testimony will be key in our consideration of kissing, lips, and hair
(glory). But so that you can see
the consistency of these natural testimonies pertaining to the human body, let
us briefly mention a few other prophetic governmental types.
We
have already indicated that hair prophesies of glory. You can read more about this in Chapter 5 of Coverings.
This too we will further address, but the Nazirite’s identification with
the glory that first clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden was through their
hair—they could not cut it, but let it grow long. In equal testimony, Paul stated
that the woman’s long hair is her glory (1 Corinthians 11:15). Thus we see by this that the female
Bride work receives the glory, and not the short-haired masculine body of
Christ. (We will see some amazing
testimonies regarding this male/female relationship in the two-part Remnant,
and even in Yahshua Himself.)
Another
physical testimony we have examined is man’s twenty-four ribs that encompass
the heart and lungs. Yahweh’s
design of these fully attests to the twenty-four elders sitting around the
throne of Yahshua—the heart with its coronary (meaning, crown)
arteries—and the Holy Spirit—the lungs, the pneuma, the
breath. You can read more about
this in Return of the Raven.
And quite
significantly, and we will elaborate here, our words are formed by breath, the
pneuma, even as the Word of God, Yahshua, is conceived by the Holy Spirit, the
pneuma. We prophesy by what we
speak—whether we form the Word of God in our mouths, or corrupt the
pneuma, the breath. Remember,
words truly are breath, . . . so is that breath being used to form
Yahshua? Do we speak the
truth/Truth, or do we speak Satan, a corrupting lie? Are our words clean, building and affirming the kingdom of
God, or are they corrupt—tainted with the things, the ways, the words,
the phrases, and the conversations of this world and fleshly desires and
indulgences?
What songs come
out of our mouth? What worldly
phrases might we use, even the cloaked ones? Ask yourself the question, what am I really saying when I
use a word or a phrase? These
worldly phrases and words that may make one feel “in” are countless. But in using them, they make one a part
of the world, validating it, becoming like it, joining oneself to it, and
compromising one’s own life and message (James 4:4). What slang or coarse jesting or cursing comes past your
lips; again, even the cloaked words like “gosh” or “darn it”? Though cloaked, they all still mean
what they imply. They are simply
generic cursing, just under another label. Ask yourself—Can I be honest and say the real word and
be comfortable?
Women, do you
gossip or backbite? Men, are you
crude? Always let your judge be,
“Let no unwholesome word
proceed from your mouth, but only such as is good for edification according to
the need of the moment, so
that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were
sealed for the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:29-30). It certainly grieves my spirit when I
hear any aspiring Bride member speak in an inappropriate way, and clearly
grieves the Holy Spirit as well.
How you use your
breath will evidence what is within you, and by this you will be judged. Yahshua forthrightly stated regarding
the breath that comes from you, and you should give careful heed to this, “But
I tell you that every careless word
that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of
judgment. For by your words you
will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:36-37). Pneuma! He
likewise said, “It is not what
enters into the mouth that
defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man”
(Mathew 15:11). What will
you do with the pneuma with which you have been entrusted with every
breath? Will you be justified, or
will you be condemned? Will you
use it to form Yahshua in your mouth?
Use your breath wisely. You
will be held accountable for every careless word.
Our mouth is an
Elijah, and will bring forth Yahshua in what we say; or, we will corrupt the
Word by what we say. It is our
choice. For many, they simply need
to be quiet, adopting the instruction of James 1:19, “But everyone must be
quick to hear, slow to speak, and
slow to anger,” fearfully recognizing that “When there are many words,
transgression is unavoidable; but he who restrains his lips is wise” (Proverbs
10:19). Place a guard over your
mouth and discipline your words.
In equal regard,
be careful what goes into your eyes and into your ears. It may not be what goes into a man’s
mouth that defiles him; but most certainly, what goes into your eyes and into
your ears, what you see and what you listen to, will defile you. Yahshua said, “Be careful what you
listen to. By your standard of measure it will be
measured to you; and more will be given you besides. For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what
he has shall be taken away from him”
(Mark 4:24-25).
Listen to and
watch the wrong things (e.g., entertainment and/or fleshly passions) and they
will corrupt you, and what you have will be taken away from you. “Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows
[even into his own soul], this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh
reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap
eternal life” (Galatians 6:7-8).
What are you sowing into yourself?
Not only must we walk circumspectly, but we must listen and look
circumspectly and talk circumspectly.
Regarding
other testimonies of the body, in past writings we have seen how feet prophesy
of kingdom rights, even as Yahshua washed the disciple’s feet, attesting to
cleansing their kingdom rights.
Also, Peter and John brought healing to the man who was lame from his
mother’s womb (which we are as well), and Mephibosheth became lame in his feet
as a child (2 Samuel 4:4). An
obvious testimony is that hands prophesy of works—Yahshua healed the man’s
withered hand on the sabbath, prophesying that man’s works would be healed in
the seventh day, the Millennial reign.
The head obviously prophesies of headship, as giant Goliath’s head was
removed by David, and Saul’s head was removed and placed in Dagon’s
temple. Eyes obviously speak of
having the ability to see, and ears of having the ability to hear. This is why Yahshua was repeatedly
healing the blind and the deaf.
And leprosy is prophetic of sin, which Yahshua equally healed.
Knowing
this great significance of the prophetic nature of the human body,
appropriately directs, affirms, and establishes us in our understanding of many
spiritual and governmental truths, some of which we will examine here. Understanding the covenant of
intercourse alone is profoundly significant. Intercourse is highly impacting, having consequences for
either good or evil—demanding governmental conformity in our lives, or
ensuring judgment. Thereby, we
MUST live governmentally and not by our lusts or emotions or by false teachings
or corrupt society which constantly lead astray and into error.
Understanding
government likewise demands that every woman cover her head when she prays, and
equally forbids a man from doing so.
Again, the head has a legal identity with governmental headship. But, once again man goes by lusts,
emotions, and a corrupt church and society, blindly disregarding this practice
that Paul clearly states is obligated for the sake of the angels. Read Coverings,
Chapter 5. We blindly deceive ourselves when we
choose to do otherwise, disregarding the profoundly legal relevance of the
human body.
Right
government MUST determine our actions, for it indeed determines Yahweh’s
judgment of us, who is the fullness of government. Before going to the Promise Land, He gave the sons of Israel
the Law at Sinai. Yahshua equally
confirmed that neither jot nor tittle of it will pass away until it is
fulfilled, and whoever fulfills it will be great in the kingdom of heaven, and
whoever sets it aside will be least (first Remnant Matthew 5:17-19 and second
Remnant Luke 16:17). Law is
government, and we MUST live our lives by the government and laws of Yahweh
God.
As
we will see here, the church in their leprous behavior also blindly places
women in the pulpit, in places of teaching, and in places of authority that
belong solely to men. Our nation
does the same, blindly giving women the right to vote and to govern, bringing
the Curse of 1920 upon us, ushering
us into degradation and destruction.
Our nation thereby is NOT in harmony with the government of Yahweh God,
suffering greatly for its abominable administration and actions.
And,
most individuals are no different, living lives by the wisdom and pleasures of
man and not by the government of Yahweh God. This, and the amazing prophetic significance of our bodies
and their actions, will be even more evident as we delve into this matter of
kissing, lips, and the attesting glory of hair. By these we will also understand what Yahweh is effecting in
His kingdom, and most importantly, governmentally why.
So,
whether it is the covenant parts of the human body, or hair, or hands, or feet,
or ribs, or heart, or lungs, or words, or eyes, or ears, or the heads of men
and women, the body is far more than simply a natural creation. It is in fact a veritable textbook,
even Bible, on government, clearly evidencing the ways and workings of Yahweh
God.
If
we study and give much attention to analyzing the tabernacle and three temples
in the Scriptures for their truth and testimonies, then why would we not learn
just as much truth, or more, from examining these bodies that Paul repeatedly
identified as “the temple of God”?
As you will find here, a vast amount of vital and relevant truth is
availed to us through examining this temple that Yahweh Himself formed in the
beginning.
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