The battle between the flesh and the spirit, whether within
a man himself, or between two or more men, that has been playing out
since Bereshit (Genesis) is about to come to a close as our Creator,
Abba
YHVH has spoken
in Scripture for all to hear.
Envision with me, if your heart will allow, this battle between the
flesh and the spirit taking place in a courtroom.
Our Creator, seated on His Throne, is front and center,
where the judge’s bench would be.
In His Hands He is holding open
The Book of Life –Torah.
The accuser – the flesh and his advocate s@t%n - are to
the left of His Throne.
To the right of His Throne are the spirit and his
Advocate, the Spirit.
The proceedings begin by the advocate for the flesh s@t%n, bringing
forth the charges against the spirit.
The spirit is charged with the following:
·
Hearing and Following
his Creator
·
Having no other mighty
ones against His Face
·
Not worshipping carved
images and any likeness of false mighty ones
·
Loving and Mentioning
his Creator’s Name
·
Keeping the Sabbath Day
·
Respecting his father
and mother
·
Not murdering
·
Not committing adultery
·
Not stealing
·
Not bearing false
witness
·
Not coveting his
neighbor’s possessions
The advocate for the flesh then proceeds to explain all the damage
that the spirit has wrecked on this world:
·
Loving all of his fellow
man, including his enemies
·
Experiencing the Joy of
Life More Abundantly and letting his light shine upon all
·
Seeking Peace will all
men
·
Being Patient with all
men while awaiting the shout of the best man that the Groom is ready
·
Treating all with
Kindness, Goodness and Gentleness
·
Being Trustworthy in all
matters
·
Living a life of
self-control and not succumbing to the works of the flesh
The Judge, Abba
YHVH, turns to
the spirit and his Advocate and asks “How do you plead to these
accusations?”
The spirit responds as follows:
“Most Gracious and Loving Elohim, Creator of Heaven and Earth, you
already know how I plead because you search and know the hearts of
all men.”
The Judge then says “This is true.
I do search and know the hearts of all men.
I want you to speak your plea so that your accuser, the
flesh and its advocate, can hear you.”
The spirit responds:
“There was a time when I
would have had to plead NOT GUILTY to the above charges.
For although I tried to live a righteous and set apart
life, my flesh
did, among other things, the following:
·
Worshipped the sun god
and his image
·
Mentioned not the Name
of my Creator
·
Kept not the Sabbath Day
·
Respected not my father
and mother
·
Got angry at my fellow
man without cause
·
Was jealous of my
neighbor’s possessions
As such,
my flesh
would occasionally engage in the works of the flesh such as:
·
Idolatry
·
Hatred
·
Quarrels
·
Jealousies
·
Selfish Ambitions
·
Envy
·
Wild Parties
It was not until
my flesh
heard Your Name
YHVH that
my flesh
began to become wise and realize a change was needed.
My flesh
than followed me to accept Your Invitation to come to Your Throne of
Grace naked and alone.
It was at Your Throne of Grace that
my flesh
repented of its former ways and
my flesh
and I became one.
My flesh
brought to You all of its worldly possessions and turned them over
to You.
You then filled me with Your Set Apart Spirit that has led me
into all Truth ever since that moment.
You have also returned to me that of my worldly
possessions which You need me to have.
As such, I now must plead GUILTY to the charges against me.
The Judge than says to the spirit, “As I have spoken from the
beginning, I hold all men accountable for their choices.
They are accountable for whether they chose to follow Me
and My Laws and Right Rulings as found in Torah.
To prove to men that this was not grievous and impossible,
I came down from My Throne and dwelt among men as one of them, in
the flesh.
I was tried by this same accuser that stands before Me
today.
I defeated him then by the power of My Word, as found in
Torah.
When I was with men in the flesh, I lived Torah perfectly,
so that men would have an example to follow while in the flesh,
showing all men that My Commands are not grievous and impossible.”
“Therefore, as the flesh profits nothing, I find in favor of this
man’s spirit and command that s@t%n turn over this man’s flesh to
his spirit immediately so that this man may begin living out his
Eternal Reward while on earth!”
“I also command that the advocate that speaks for the flesh, s@t%n,
be locked up in the pit of the deep for one thousand years, until
his appointed time of release.
After he has served his time in the pit, he will be
released for a short while but will then receive his reward for his
works, eternal death to be spent in the lake of fire where he will
be tortured day and night forever and ever.”
And the Judge, speaking to all men who came to the courtroom in
support of the flesh says the following: “And for all men whose
names I do not find in the Book of Life, you are without excuse.
For I know the hearts of all men, and I have known what
was in your heart from the beginning!
Or have you forgotten that I created you!
You had the same choices as this man whom you accused in
My Face this day, yet you chose while in the flesh, knowingly or
unknowingly, to follow your father, s@t%n.
Should I continue to have mercy on you as I have for the
past 6,000+ years?
Or should I give you My Grace that is reserved only for
those that hear and follow Me?
Where were you when I spoke the end from the beginning?
Do you know?
For you would have been born then!”
“Therefore you are sentenced to spend eternity with your father,
whose voice you chose to hear and follow!”
“Court is now adjourned!”
Dale