Revelation Four—The Lamb On Mount Zion

Revelation  Four

The  Lamb  On  Mount  Zion

Martin Cecil   December 9, 1956

There are multitudes of human beings in the world who are stirring out of that which has hitherto been a state of sleep. There are many who are in the process of beginning to open their eyes to that which is evident in the world to those who are already awake. As they stir and awaken they come into position to share in a new vision, to share in an understanding of those things which have for so long been hidden from the children of men. That vision and understanding can come to those who are ready to receive it, as it is correctly offered. Human beings have, at various points along the way, stirred in their slumbers and glimpsed, as in a dream, some of those things which the LORD offers freely, but because there was no adequate instrument of control on earth, no means of maintaining proper centering for those who were beginning to stir, that which was seen became distorted and changed, and those involved deviated into tangent patterns of various kinds. No matter what was felt or touched of the things of God, very shortly thereafter the initial impulse became distorted and was, insofar as any really constructive results were concerned, lost. It is only as there is on earth some means of holding that centering true, and of bringing human beings back when they start to deviate and to go off on tangents, that there can be offered to the awakening ones that which will prove to be a true blessing, that which will make possible the emergence out of tragedy into the blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.

Insofar as the world as a whole is concerned, tragedy can hardly be avoided. We see it coming. We see it at the door. But out of tragedy it is always possible to bring forth a true blessing, provided that there is on earth that which offers the opportunity. Man has been stumbling along the way for a long time multiplying tragedy, and the LORD, over and over again, has made possible the emergence of the true blessings of the Kingdom out of the tragedies which human beings have brought upon their own heads. As we look back along the way we have been able to see something of the careful manner in which the LORD works out these opportunities by which blessing might come into a world that has so long been cursed—cursed not by God but by human beings. Because we see the great care that has been taken to offer these opportunities to the children of men it may bring a sense of greater assurance to us today. How carefully the pattern was worked out for the Children of Israel, and even though that failed and did not accomplish what was intended, the starting point was provided for another opportunity. The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceeding fine. The way of the LORD is certain. It is certainly true that human beings cannot frustrate it indefinitely. We may be thankful, together with all human beings on earth, that the LORD is full of mercy, longsuffering, and unwilling that any should perish.

As we come to the realization that the ways of the LORD are sure, let us not be deluded into imagining that that gives us license to remain passive, or to indulge in spirits of lethargy. It is really very hard for any alert human being today to be lethargic. The very circumstances in the world are compelling human beings into some sort of action. Unfortunately they do not always know what the action is going to be; they do not know what the control is going to be. If we are going to be forced into action, let us be very sure that we have accepted the proper control in relationship to that action, so that the action that appears is not destructive. As we see that the ways of the LORD are sure, we recognize the truth of this because we accept the responsibility of letting them be made sure on earth. The ways of the LORD are very sure in Heaven. There is no doubt there. But the manifestation on earth has always been an uncertain thing, not because the ways of the LORD were not sure, but because the reactions of human beings were unsure.

The purposes of God will find fulfilment one way or another, but our concern is that the ways of the LORD should be proven sure to the children of men. If the children of men are obliterated from the face of the earth, then they certainly will not know that the ways of the LORD are sure, even though they are proven so thereafter. We are anxious that all those things which have been done by the LORD might be proven worthwhile, so that the fulfilment may come in relationship to living human beings on the earth, but as we accept responsibility in this matter we know that the ways of the LORD shall be proven sure on earth. We cannot tell as to how many shall share in that recognition of proof, but the proof will be there.

It is essential that those who are going to let the proof appear should no longer be governed in any way, in relationship to any aspect of being, by the controls that have been extended into the world, over all the children of men, by that which is symbolized by the great red dragon. We have seen how the patterns of control operate through that which is indicated by the beast which came up out of the sea and the beast which came up out of the earth. There must be those who are in position to meet the issue because there are no control points operating in them from the adversary. Theoretically we have known this for a long time, but we reach a point when it must be the actual manifest fact. If it is not now, and in the days to come, then hitherto we have been wasting our time, and for myself I am not interested in proving that we have wasted our time. I am sure that you are not interested in that either. We are here to prove that we have made good use of our time and that we are ready to acknowledge the control of our KING in the absolute sense. We cannot longer hold out areas of reservation if our lives are not to go for nothing. It has tended to be, in times past, that we have looked toward a point somewhere along the way where finally we would accept and acknowledge the absolute supremacy of the LORD our God in relationship to our lives, completely and wholly. When should that point appear? From my standpoint it has appeared—it is here. We are not looking for something in the future; we are looking for that which must appear now.

Moving forward from the passages in the Book of Revelation which we have been considering, we come to the next chapter, in which we find an outline of that about which I have just been speaking: “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.”

“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion.” What is the Mount Zion? We have many passages in the Bible in which the symbol of a mount is used. This is the same place to which Abraham came with his son, Isaac, on the occasion when he willingly offered his only son to the LORD. That mountain was the same as this mountain, and that which Abraham did is the same as is required in relationship to the Lamb on Mount Zion. There was the mount into which Moses ascended to receive the commandments at the hand of the LORD, and coming into the New Testament, there was the mount to which our Master came frequently apart and upon which He was transfigured.

Mount Zion, the high point in relationship to the earth, which makes contact with Heaven, the point at which union between Heaven and earth are established—the point at which man should be, for man makes possible the union of Heaven and earth with respect to this creation. If man does not stand on Mount Zion, then the connecting link which would allow Heavenly things to manifest on earth is missing. And while the Lamb stands on Mount Zion, unless there is some means by which the Lamb can work on earth it means nothing insofar as this world is concerned. The Lamb does stand on Mount Zion, in any case, the point at which the blending of Heaven and earth may take place. God has provided that which is essential insofar as the Heavenly realms are concerned. It is there, standing on Mount Zion—but Mount Zion, insofar as the manifest levels of being are concerned here in the world, has been an empty place. There has been nobody there, or it has merely been that, on rare occasions, certain ones have come to stand on Mount Zion.

There is mention made of a hundred forty and four thousand who were standing on Mount Zion with the Lamb. What is the Lamb? Specific terms give particular emphasis to certain aspects of that thing, but basically they all mean the same thing: the Only Begotten Son of God, the Christ, the Shekinah, the Lamb, the fulness of the Spirit of God. When we utilize the term Christ we may recognize that there is specific emphasis placed upon the Spirit of Love but it includes the Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Life also. None of these terms refer to an individual, although an individual may give specific focalization in relationship to them. The Lamb gives emphasis to the Spirit of Truth, although the Spirit of Love and the Spirit of Life are included. The Shekinah is characterized more particularly by the Cloud of Glory. That is what is most apparent from the standpoint of mankind and therefore the emphasis is placed upon the Spirit of Life, but included are the Spirit of Love and the Spirit of Truth. Whatever term is used, it actually refers to the same thing—the Only Begotten Son of God, the positive expression of God Being proceeding from God, the means by which God's Will is done, the positive action of the Divine Will appears. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2016/10/from-functional-uranda-june-9-1953-i.html]

The Lamb stands on Mount Zion. This places particular emphasis upon the Spirit of Truth. The essential ministry that is required in the world is the Ministry of the Spirit of Truth. That does not eliminate the Spirit of Love and the Spirit of Life. They are all present. But here is that which is coming from God in positive expression, ready and waiting at the point of contact between the Positive Triune World and the Negative Triune World, and unless something comes up out of the Negative Triune World to that point it has precious little meaning to mankind. That which needs to come up is here symbolized by the hundred and forty-four thousand. This has reference to a specific number of human beings. That many are required to allow the manifestation of an instrument that is adequately complete for the accomplishment of the Divine purposes on earth. Therefore the number itself symbolizes that which is complete, that which is sufficient to allow the manifestation of God's Power in the fulfilment of His Will at any particular point. That completeness must appear all the way through if the actual number of a hundred and forty-four thousand is to be available to God for the fulfilment of His purposes somewhere along the way. It is not as though there could be a sudden manifestation, just like that, of a hundred and forty-four thousand people prepared and ready to go to work. The completeness must have appeared in relationship to fewer numbers if that larger number in completeness is ever to appear. You can recognize, then, in relationship to your own field of responsibility that the hundred and forty-four thousand relates to you because there is a proper pattern of completeness with respect to that for which you are responsible now. Of course, the particular field of completeness which is yours is a part of a greater field of completeness with respect to our Ministry as a Whole.

The Lamb stands upon Mount Zion. The Divine provision is there. All that is essential to the Ministry of the Spirit of Truth on earth is provided by the LORD and is waiting for that adequate form of completeness to appear now. The Lamb is not just waiting for a hundred and forty-four thousand people, although that is part of the outworking at the proper time, but there must be that in an adequate expression of completeness at this point if that greater point of fulfilment is ever to be reached. So the hundred and forty-four thousand are you and all those who share in this Ministry at this present time, not the hundred and forty-four thousand people yet, but that which is symbolized thereby, a pattern of completeness at this point. What is complete at this point will not be complete in relationship to that which should appear next week, or next month, or anywhere along the way when that time becomes the present.

“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand”—with Him. Are you with the Lamb? You may recall our Master's words, “He that is not with me is against me.” Are we with the Lamb on Mount Zion at this blending point? That is where we must be if we are to play our part in relationship to the unfolding cycle by which the manifestation of the instrument of a hundred and forty-four thousand people may ever appear. “With him an hundred and forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.” Who is your Father? What name is written in your forehead? This relates to the control point with respect to the individual. We remember that the beast had a number written in the foreheads of those who were controlled by him—and here we have the Father's Name, the control of the Father, through the Lamb. “Having his Father's name written in their foreheads.”

“And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps”—a voice, a sound, a vibration, as of many waters. The voice of many waters is used as a symbol in many places in the Bible. They were all talking about the same thing and they were all utilizing similar symbols, but it is not a repetition. On each occasion it was something fresh and new, the Word of the LORD through the particular individual concerned. The sound of many waters—the Water of Truth. In this particular passage we have an indication of the characteristics of the Lamb. And what is put first? The sound of many waters, the expression of the Spirit of Truth. The Ministry of the Spirit of Truth is that which is required, that which is dominant—so it is put first.

“And as the voice of a great thunder.” That gives the impression of power, does it not? Thunder is the result of lightning. “The lightning shineth out of the east even unto the west”—the Fire which falls from Heaven, the Spirit of God's Love, the Power of God. “The voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps”—the Song of Life. How many patterns there are in the physical body of man through which the currents of life manifest! What tremendous variety there is!—very, very intricate, very, very, wonderful—and all of them are required, blended together and balanced, if the manifestation of life and true health is to appear through the human form. What a wonderful symbol of the currents of life is pictured through the harpers harping upon their harps, something blended in unison, something which brings sweet music. That is the way life should be, not only in the individual body but in the body of mankind, a blended and wonderful thing, a true Song of Life. Here are the characteristics of the Lamb.

“And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the eiders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.” Why could no one else learn the song? Because it can only be sung by those who are on Mount Zion, those who are at the point of union between Heaven and earth, those in whom the Spirit of the Lamb is finding expression, those who have been redeemed from the earth, lifted up, restored, brought back, re-created, to be true Men and Women in Christ.

“These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.” Here we have that which has caused a very great deal of misunderstanding, for, in fact, those who are symbolized by the hundred and forty-four thousand, are both male and female. This is talking about being defiled. How do human beings defile themselves? We were considering something in this regard in relationship to the Seven Spirits Before the Throne of God, and their opposites. The Spirit of Purification is one of the Seven Spirits Before the Throne of God, and the spirit defilement was the opposite. We saw how that related to the impure heart—uncontrolled emotions. Human beings committing adultery with that which is properly below them, in the sense of becoming subject to it and blending with it on that basis, defile themselves. They become negative to that which should be negative to them, and consequently there is defilement. And how do they do it? Through the wrong use of their emotions. We are to be virgin in that sense, so that we are centered in the LORD and in the Lamb, and refuse to blend, or to have union, with anything that is properly below us.

“These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.” Of course, where human beings imagine that this refers to some individual—Jesus, for instance—the picture is ridiculous, but when we recognize what the Lamb is, naturally we follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. For when the Spirit of God is allowed to control, then our lives are governed thereby.

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Revelation Three—The Seven Heads Of The Beast

Revelation  Three

Martin Cecil  December 6, 1956

The  Seven  Heads  Of  The  Beast

We have seen how widespread the influence of the dragon's control on earth is extended. All human beings, in greater or lesser degree, have been governed by the patterns of control which have been established by that which is symbolized by the dragon through what is spoken of as the beast rising up out of the sea and the beast out of the earth—this latter was also referred to as the false prophet. This second beast related to that which is made manifest in the outer sense in relationship to the patterns established in the world whereby human beings continue to live and function. That which is established in the pneumaplasmic realm reproduces itself in the physical levels of being, so it is not surprising that we find indication in relationship to this latter beast of his instruction to make an image of the first beast. The beast out of the sea relates to that control pattern which is established through the pneumaplasmic levels in relationship to human beings, through their emotions; and that which is established in the pneumaplasmic levels of being reproduces itself in the physical levels. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/11/revelation-one-twothe-beast-out-of-sea.html]

The beast out of the sea had seven heads. The dragon must substitute spirits for the Christ Spirit if human beings are going to be kept under his control. We have the Seven Spirits Before The Throne of God which would allow the Divine Control to operate in human lives if those Spirits were accepted; so, in order to prevent this from taking place, opposite spirits are provided for human beings to accept instead of the Christ Spirit. The Seventh Spirit before the Throne of God is the Spirit of Love, the centering of the Christ Spirit. The opposite, of course, is the spirit of hate. The Spirit of Love includes within itself all the other Spirits: the Spirit of Love is characterized by Truth and Life. We remember the First Great Commandment which our Master emphasized, and we recognize that in the keeping of that First Commandment it becomes possible to fulfil the Second Commandment. We become aware of the keeping of the First Great Commandment in relationship to ourselves by reason of our conscious love, one for another. The evidence of love for God appears in the individual's attitude toward his neighbor—your feeling of love one for another.

We remember how our Master emphasized this shortly before His departure—“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another.” What is the fact of the matter? What is it that is made manifest in you? What is your feeling and your attitude toward your brother and your sister? There must be that vibrancy of love, one for another, if the control of this centering of the Christ Spirit has been accepted. If it has not been accepted, then of course the experience of the fulfilment of the second commandment cannot be known. The dragon has certainly provided a substitute in relationship to Love which has been accepted by the children of men. You may say you do not actually hate anyone, but there are degrees of hate. There is a very great deal of hate in the world, and those who indulge in hate are convinced that they are justified in so doing. The acceptance of hate, or any ill spirit, reveals a lack of trust in God. The Law works. “As ye sow, so also shall ye reap.” If some human beings are sowing ill things, one way or another they are, for sure, going to reap the results. If those who are suffering by reason of that ill sowing, sow ill things too on the basis of hate, then they also are going to reap the results of their sowing, and the harvest of evil is multiplied.

Our Master indicated that the correct attitude was to love your enemies. Many have considered such an idea as being mushy sentimentalism, but none of the instructions our Master gave were of that nature. They were supremely practical. Nothing is gained by sowing ill seeds, because the harvest will come. So, regardless of apparent justification, two wrongs never make a right. The dragon offers hate, and he has certainly been very successful through the beast in calling forth human response thereto. Multitudes and multitudes of human beings are governed by hate, and when you consider the situation in the world, the things that are going on, when you look at Russia, for instance, what do you feel? Such things are not so very far away from us. When people do ill things here in our immediate environment, what is your feeling toward them? If it is something that actually comes up against you, what is it that you feel? Could there be any element of the spirit of hate still accepted by you? Love—"Love your enemies.” Oh, we do not approve of wrong things; we do not condone them in any sense. We must face ill things with the power of God working through us, with God's Love working through us, but not hate, not any of the lesser currents of feeling that relate to hate.

Then we have the Spirit of the Womb.  And what do we have as an opposite here? The spirit of barrenness, emptiness, desolation, aloneness. Human beings feel empty, and as long as the dragon can keep people feeling empty, and turned toward that which he offers to fill that emptiness, he has them under his control, because that which he offers to fill that emptiness never does and never will, although human beings are always imagining that somehow they are going to find something that will fill it. So much is offered to human beings in order to delude them for a little time, so many methods of escape, that they do not have this sense of desolation. The spirit of barrenness, emptiness. No matter what human beings do, how they attempt to bring forth, it all comes to nothing, and that void remains, and human beings are governed by the dragon. Our Master spoke, quoting from Daniel, of the abomination of desolation, human beings rushing hither and yon seeking to find something which will obliterate, at least temporarily, that awful feeling of desolation. The Spirit of the Womb, which is the Sixth of the Seven Spirits before the Throne of God, is prevented from being known, for the Spirit of the Womb is the means by which the things of God's Love may be conceived, to grow and develop in that which has been the empty place in human beings, the place of desolation. That place should be filled with something, but it can only rightly be filled with that which comes from God. Human beings, trying to get away from it, trying to obliterate it, trying to escape from that feeling of desolation, can never do so as long as they live. How is it changed? Through that which is conceived by the Holy Ghost and allowed to grow to fill the womb, that the things of God may be brought forth. As long as human beings can be deluded into imagining that that which the devil offers is adequate to bring satisfaction, the Spirit of the Womb can never be known, and human beings remain under the control of the dragon.

The Fifth Spirit is the Spirit of Life. The opposite of that is the spirit of death and all the things that lead to death, and it is these things which are used so extensively by the dragon to establish and maintain the control of fear. We have so many diseases in the world, engendering fear in human beings, maintaining the control of the devil and maintaining the ill things which the efforts put forward are designed to eliminate; the spirit of fear, relating to the spirit of death.

The Fourth Spirit is the Spirit of Purification. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2020/11/art-thou-master-of-israel.html] The opposite to that would be the spirit of defilement. And what does that engender in human beings? The spirit of shame, the basic ill spirit which keeps human beings bound in subjection to the devil. “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” The Spirit of Purification, and the spirit of defilement. As long as human beings can be caused to feel impure, so that shame is engendered, the dragon is content. This has been one of the strongholds of the dragon's power over human beings, establishing patterns of concept which keep human beings subject to the spirit of shame, thereby maintaining the prison walls. The awareness of the sense of shame is essential to its clearing. Those who have no shame in this fallen world, no sense of shame whatsoever, are those who have committed the unpardonable sin. There must be an awareness of shame if it is to be cast out, if it is to be cleared. When there is purity of heart the apparent reason for shame is removed. Can the devil, according to the measure of your purity of heart, bring to bear upon you concepts and ideas emanating from the human pattern, so that you are caused to feel shame by reason of those human concepts and ideas? There are so many patterns of regulation established by fallen man according to his own ideas as to how life should be lived that are the cause of the sense of shame in so many. We have it on the basis of conscience, something that is humanly established, something that is not the true design, and yet human beings are caused to feel shame by reason of it.

Can you, as a part of this Unit for instance, by reason of judgments that may be brought to bear in relationship to the pattern as it is established, be caused to feel ashamed? That has happened over and over again in the past where various human judgments that were brought to bear in relationship to our Program were accepted and agreed with on a basis of a sense of shame. Do the judgments of the world call forth any agreement in you? The sense of shame is the strongest hold that the devil has over human beings, whether they realize it or not. When you are properly centered in God so that your heart is purified, then no one can convince you of sin. The world cannot generate in you a sense of shame because you do not conform with the world pattern. If you find yourself, in word or in action, conforming to a pattern in the world that you know basically is not right, why are you doing it? Is it because you are ashamed of that which is right, and you would not like to display it before others, you would not like to do that which is right because of the possible reaction by others in the world? We avoid as far as possible putting any stumbling blocks before anyone; but what is our motivation in such function? Is it because we are ashamed of that which we know to be right, and therefore we conform and excuse ourselves by saying we do not wish to have the appearance of evil? There needs to be honesty in examining these things. We have, on various occasions, considered the matter of being an Emissary. Are any of you ashamed of it? It has sometimes appeared as though there was shame in that regard. Are you ashamed of being something different? If you are not different to the world, of what possible value could you be to the world? Do you have the courage of your convictions? Or are you sometimes ashamed of your convictions? Shame—has it all been cleared from you? Are you true to the Spirit of Purification?

The Third Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of Blessing. And the opposite is the spirit of falsehood, the spirit of cursing. We know that the world—all the people in it—has been deceived by the dragon. We trust that we are beginning to come out from under the shroud of deception so that we might see and know the Truth. What is it that keeps human beings from acknowledging self-deception? What maintains prejudice? The spirit of pride, for one thing. Human beings insist upon maintaining their own states of self-delusion because they are unwilling to admit that they may have been deceived. To think of having lived thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty years, and to have been in a state of self-delusion all that period of time, is too much for the pride of most human beings. They will fight and struggle desperately to avoid being convinced that they have been deceived, and their lives are a curse. They know not what it means to experience the reality of freedom.

The Second Spirit is the Spirit of the Single Eye. The opposite would be the spirit of double-mindedness. “For a double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord,” So he does not receive anything from the Lord, and consequently the devil has the opportunity of displaying his wares most effectively. Here, in relationship to this particular spirit, we have that which is closest to the original point of the fall, the eating of the forbidden fruit, judgments between good and evil, double-mindedness. Anyone who is not at least on the way to being centered in God is two-faced. The Spirit of the Single Eye, one-pointed centering in God—the individual who does not have that one-pointed centering in God is wide open to the influence and the control of the dragon. He can be impelled this way and that way by what he conceives for the moment to be good or what he conceives to be bad, for himself.

Finally, the First Spirit, the Spirit of the New Earth. And the opposite to that is the spirit of the old earth which is that of decay. Human beings know not the New Earth; everything is decaying. Consequently there seems to be the necessity to try to hold on to all the things that are passing away, and we have the spirit of greed, selfishness, governing the lives of the children of men. Of course, the devil makes all his offerings seem so reasonable. In the world, under the control of the beast out of the earth, it seems as though you cannot buy or sell, you cannot live life, without accepting the controls which are offered by the devil. A halo of righteousness is placed upon so many things that are merely the devil's offering of that which is of the good classification. How firmly the dragon's control still operates on earth! These spirits are the means by which it is extended into the lives of human beings, nullifying and keeping out the Spirits of the Living Christ. Can we accept the Seven Spirits Before the Throne of God as our control, completely and absolutely? The Spirit of the New Earth. The Spirit of the Single Eye, absolute centering, absolute dedication. The Spirit of Truth and Blessing. The Spirit of Purification. The Spirit of Life. The Spirit of the Womb. The Spirit of Love, in which all the Spirits Before the Throne of God are centered. If any of the spirits of the beast work in you, the Spirit of Love is reduced. The extent of the working of the Spirit of Love in you, one toward another, will be an inverse revelation of the extent of the working of the spirits of the beast in you.

Let us share in acknowledging the Seven Spirits Before the Throne of the One True God, [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2017/01/seven-uranda-march-17-1952-from.html] refusing under any circumstances to acknowledge or accept the control of the seven spirits before the throne of the false god. The same principles operate in relationship to the patterns that are established. We can choose one or the other. But when we do choose the Seven Spirits Before the Throne of the Lord our God, then we are in position to play our part in the process by which the dragon is cast out of Heaven in relationship to ourselves, so that the control passes into the hands of the LORD and consequently there is a point established on earth where His control is working and where the dragon has no authority whatsoever.

That is the victory, not only for those who share in letting it be so in the immediate focalization of this Ministry but for all the children of men who will share, accepting it in the days to come. Unless it is established here in our Program, insofar as we are concerned it is not established anywhere, and it must be established somewhere on earth if it is to be known in the world of mankind. Let us meditate upon these things, that we may recognize more clearly the influences which are exerted through the heads of the beast in relationship to ourselves, so that we are true to the right Spirits and consequently share the victory, to the Glory of God and to the blessing of all who will respond. God Bless you, each one, as you acknowledge in your lives the absolute supremacy and dominion of the Seven Spirits Before the Throne of the Lord our God.

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The Silver Cord—Love Connects Everything

The Silver Cord — Love Connects Everything

Gary Courtland-Miles   October 30, 2022

Saturna Island, British Columbia

a Temple of Light service

Gary Courtland-Miles — Good morning everyone. It's wonderful to see you all and feel the brightness of your spirit. It’s my delight to welcome you all to this Service as we move forward from our gathering last month. I’d like to extend appreciation and thanks to all who offered such a potent 90th Anniversary Service last month. There was indeed “a sacred silence” generated in heaven, and we heard the Voice of our KING. We heard His encouragement to continue the work which He has given us all—to let His Kingdom come on earth exactly where we are, so that the Cosmic Cycles of Divine Purpose might be made manifest on earth. We are blessed to be about this work together. I know most all of you by name from over 50 years of association with Emissaries of Divine Light, and it's a real privilege to have been offered the opportunity to speak with all of you today.

The totality of service, inspiration, attunement, teaching and blessing by and through all of you is remarkable. The world is a better place for all of us. I give deep thanks for this, and I am honored to continue on in this with you. Our task is awesome; some might think daunting; but thankfully, the Way is easy when we let Love flow, when we speak the Truth, and let Life blossom—let it blossom as we interact with all those in our worlds, as we let it uplift them, encourage them, provide evidence of the spirit of our KING. We have all been richly, richly blessed! The spiritual education that we have had, provided through Uranda, Martin, Grace, Bill Bahan, Alan Hammond and many others was wondrous and enlightening. It was delightful. And of course, we've had years of opportunity to learn by doing, to learn by being, to learn by serving, offering attunement, and more. So let us continue. Let’s share a moment of Devotion.

Our Gracious and Loving Heavenly Father, we come before You this morning in your Temple of Light, to offer our deep thanksgiving for all that you provide so freely, here and throughout the Cosmos. We bow in awe to Your Majesty and Glory. We come with open hearts and open minds, and seek only to become ever more attuned with Your Great Love. We offer praise and thanksgiving for all of Your wonderful works, and all of the manifold blessings You give so free freely to all of the children of men. May we serve You with passion, with clarity, and let Your Holy Spirit guide us that Your Kingdom come on earth, and man be restored to the Divine Estate to which You appointed him. In the Christ, Aumen.

In a few minutes, with Robert’s help, I would like to share a movie with you that is an homage to the creative power, majesty and glory of the Most High, as it relates to the Universe in which we all dwell. I didn't make the movie itself, I merely borrowed; but I did write the music for it, and that will be its soundtrack. Much of my ministry has been through ‘sound’ over the years—taking piano lessons as a youngster, and then studying at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, and eventually Colorado College, and with Maestro Manoah Leide Tedesco, who introduced the music of Ravel and Debussy to the world. Through this I came to love how music could express a deeper range of emotion than I felt words ever could! Lately, I have been corresponding with creative musicians worldwide via Soundcloud.com — a platform for musicians and spoken word artists the world over. I have also collaborated with quite a few on various compositions. It has been a lot of fun; but I use the music as a means of encouraging, lifting-up, and always pointing to the light. The piece that will accompany the movie is titled Cosmic Cycles. It was written over several months, some seven years ago, as I sought to describe the sounds of the Creation of the Universe, and what is called the “Cosmic Background Radiation” which still lingers some 13.5 billion years after what has been called the Big Bang. Now that’s a seemingly impossible task, and it was, but I had to try. It was like answering the Koan, “What is the sound of Creation?”

Yes, it took several months to compose the music you are going to hear. Nevertheless, I persevered. And I just ask that you let go and relax deeply into a pattern of radiant listening, expecting nothing—but simply enjoy. Perhaps though, we could use this time of radiant listening, and appreciation of the Majesty and Glory of the Creator, to let a blessing go forth to all the Earth in the current of Attunement Radiation to bless and to gather in the longings of responding ones everywhere, so they have a home on Earth in and through us. We have been well prepared—over 90 years, and infinitely longer. So let them come. Let me begin by reading Psalm 8, a Psalm that has inspired me since I was a youngster.

       “O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens…

       When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.

       What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

       For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

       Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet…

       O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!”

This is a Psalm of immense beauty—immense beauty! So, in showing this movie of the wonder and glory of the Most High's creation, my intent is to call attention to the fact that the spirit, reality, and current of Love flows through the Whole Cosmos, from the Most High through all of creation. It flows visibly and invisibly; and in fact only about 5% of the Universe is visible to us. However, insofar as this exotic substance we call matter is concerned, it is now known that this current does so via the pneumaplasmic essences of what are called dusty complex plasmas that literally fill the entire Universe. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2022/10/trailing-clouds-of-glory.html] These plasmas are an aspect of the Truth and provide the channel through which the creative power flows and makes all things manifest. In fact, they ultimately provide the skeletal framework for the billions of galaxies in the Universe. As the Master said, “In my Father's House there are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.” So with that, we will begin the film and the music, Cosmic Cycles—A Journey Through The Stars.

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I am absolutely in awe at the creative power of our Creator. The current of Love flows through it all. It is delightful to sense the depth of substance we have generated together, in these last few minutes, and to feel the love response of so many people worldwide, finding repose and encouragement in the Love substance generated through this attunement time.

The Silver Cord runs throughout the entire Universe, from the central Sun of Suns all the way through the Galactic Groups, to our Milky Way, to our Sun, and from there to each of us as individuals, created by the same Creator. It runs through all of that and comes to point in us in the Temple of Light—in His Temple of Light where we serve. We are a Nucleus for the manifestation of the Divine Design on earth. We provide a key aspect of the control pattern for the Whole Holy World. So even as plasma provides the living skeleton through the whole Universe in its outer manifestation, we provide something absolutely essential on earth at this time. The Silver Cord is our intimate connection with the creative power of Love, brought to point through the nucleus of the Priesthood after the Order of Melchizedek. We are those who enfold and lift up the Love response of all responding ones everywhere. Through us, through the guiding action of the Holy Spirit, the Creator’s Will is made manifest on earth. We certainly don’t have to figure anything out. Our attention is best centered in generating and keeping holy the substance of pneumaplasm through which the creative power flows moment by moment. The more we generate in our living, the more of the Creator’s intent becomes known and is made manifest on earth. Simple. In this regard, I’d like to share a few paragraphs with you from Uranda’s service of August 22, 1948, entitled, The Seventh Seal Of The Silver Cord Of Eternal Life.

“The reality of the Oneness of the Inner and the outer is established in you when the Kingdom is manifest through you. Then you provide the Seventh Seal, as it were, as a Unit, as a Nucleus—for the Silver Cord is connected to you, and the Current of the Spirit from the Divine Source is established through you. Then, through you as a Nucleus, an awareness of these things can be carried out into the consciousness of the world body of humanity. That development of awareness in the world body will have to work out more or less along the lines of its development in you, and yet it will be different, because you are to be the manifest expression of that which you, in the beginning, could not see or definitely know of. The Silver Cord of the Spirit, established in you the Nucleus, as the Seventh Seal, then provides the fact of the union, or the Oneness, between Heaven and earth, whether the world knows it or not; for the average human being certainly knows nothing of the Silver Cord or the Seventh Seal in himself, and, from the ordinary standpoint of perception, he does not need to know.

“Some have been surprised, in time past, that I did not try to get people to become aware of some gland or see, in some fashion, supposedly a silver cord—as if that meant anything! That was a mystical way of telling a great truth. That was symbolic. That had meaning, and does have meaning, only in relationship to the fact that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand… and as you function truly, not as a mixture of iron and miry clay, but as a Pure Gland of Life in the Archangelic Body, you are aware of the Silver Cord that connects the Current or flow of the Holy Spirit through you into the world”—and our means of connection with responding ones everywhere. “You are aware of what that Holy Spirit is doing in the world, though the world may not be aware, just as your consciousness may not be aware of what that Current of Life is doing in all phases of your organism” in this moment—"but if that Silver Cord were broken the body would… die quickly. So, also, with the relationship of all Responding Ones with the Kingdom that is coming on earth. That can manifest only when there is a strong, vibrant Silver Cord, the flow of the Divine Current of Being flowing through the Nucleus into the world body, that all who will may be drawn to share in the building of the Whole Body…

“Here, in a different sense, not merely from the standpoint of that which permits physical life, but from the standpoint of that which permits the fulness of life, we are privileged to be the Nucleus, a formation of the Seventh Seal, which provides the connecting link between the Inner and the outer, which permits the manifest expression, the true function, of the Silver Cord of the Holy Spirit in relationship to the world body of Responding Ones. When there is a realization of the importance and the responsibility that rests upon us in relationship to our function, we cannot set this in the scale against anything else in the world, because to do so would be to reject our Divine Calling.” This realization also “reveals the fact that we have the privilege of utilizing the Power of God in a manner that the world knows not of, in a way that you are only now beginning to barely glimpse…

“So, as we, with one accord in one place,” in the Temple of Light, “in that Place provided of the Lord on the face of the earth, reach the point of being” the fulness of “that Nucleus, that Seventh Seal, by which the Silver Cord of the Holy Spirit is permitted to work on earth… then, having sought and found the Kingdom—where? in Heaven? no, on earth”—then we are truly serving God, and those who are Responding to His Love. “Therefore, let us function according to the Word of our LORD and KING. Let us be true to our KING, and let us serve without wavering, without denying Him, without causing our thoughts and words and acts to say that we do not believe what He said,”—when He called His true disciples, when He called us His friends. If we do not believe that the Kingdom can come on Earth, then “we classify Him as a liar, and to do such a thing is to give allegiance to the prince of liars, the prince of this world.”

“We cannot serve two masters. It must be one or the other, and there must be a cleansing… an elimination of the unreal, so that here the pure, true expression of that Seventh Seal”, which is open in Heaven and manifest on earth, can “permit the glorious and wonderful outworking” of His Creative Purposes. And through the reality of The Silver Cord, the Creative Design of Love, the Holy Spirit, may draw all responding substance into pattern, and let His Kingdom come, to the blessing of this planet, and all responding ones everywhere.

From the Central SUN of Suns, through the myriad of galaxies, through our galaxy, to our Sun, to us, instantaneously in every moment, the creative cycles move forward. So may we move forward in service, providing the substance of living awareness, through which the Kingdom of Heaven may come again on earth. What an adventure! It’s a delight to share in this with all of you. I’d like to invite David to continue.

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David Barnes — Well Gary, you've left David speechless. Truly I don't really think I need to say anything further. What could I say, to do any finer than you have done in bringing this in which all of us are sharing this morning. So why don't you continue Gary, and receive any comments, responses, any of us would like to make; and we won't make this service period this morning overly long. It's my great pleasure to recede, and acknowledge the way in which you have come forth in our midst—an example of what happens when each one of us takes our turn in the holy place in service. It is possible, because the Silver Cord has been established, thick and strong and clear, superfluid and superconducting of the current of response flowing to the Most High, and able then to receive what flows down and out through us, extending through all the rootlets of that Silver Cord into the realms of creation that we each, and all of us are together, are responsible for, letting life increase. So, Gary, back to you, to receive what will come from the rest of our colleagues, our friends, here this morning. Thank you so much.

Shirley Malin — Gary, I just cherish the quiet moments we've had together, and I'm so glad that you and David have been able to honor this precious time. Your beautiful display through the movie was quite moving. I saw a lot of beautiful symbolism in what was played out there. And music has a very important part of expressing through me. I'm a dancer, and I love to feel the music and express it. You just so beautifully expressed your sense of cosmic connectedness through this movie. I feel it's been so well done so that all of us, in a sense, feel that need to be so thankful and consciously still, in the midst of all this—so we don't have a lot of chatter. I also appreciate David calling to have it in a controlled passion, so that we don't go over long, because sometimes when we go over-long we get chatty, and the substance dissipates, and we have such a beautiful power of substance right now. I'm so grateful to be able to share in this with you, and my heart surrounds you with thankfulness. Amen.

Christina Pivarnik — I too would like to voice my deepest appreciation Gary. Your visual images of the cosmos, accompanied by your exquisite music, let us have a wordless experience. And I think that that's a precious thing these days, to have a wordless experience. Music lets us do that in such a fine way. Dance does too, Shirley. I'm one of those, and isn't that a glorious thing to let our love for the LORD, for the KING of Kings come forward in non-verbal ways. I have to put it in words to tell you that, but you get the sense of what I'm trying to say here. I really appreciate what you've done, and the hours that you put into that piece. I know, it doesn't come fast, but it comes powerfully and beautifully. And thank you.

Anthony Palombo — I too would like to thank you Gary, for the beautiful presentation that you offered today. Your love was tangible, delicious. Your love for the Creator, your love for creation. What a journey this was this morning! Thank you so much. I love you, brother.

Marsha Bogolin — Gary, it was like looking into the face of God through the video as well as the music. And actually, I delighted in your face, and the purity that I felt in it, speaking as one of the Priests of the Order of Melchizedek. You described how the Silver Cord is our intimate love connection with the LORD, with the central GOD of Gods, with all that is above and beyond us, as well as all that comes through us in our service on this planet. And lastly, the sense that you brought through everything that you did, of the large cycles that are moving, immediately, every second of which we are a part, and how they integrally relate to what we are doing, was very palpable. And your calling for the easy thing, of sustaining the fine pneumaplasm that allows that creative power to move through us. I also loved how now science knows it as “dusty complex plasma”—my, such parallels over and over again. Thank you, just brilliant.

Laura Fisher — Thank you Marsha, and thank you Gary, and David. I remember Uranda's words: the body is beautiful beyond description; within it are the secrets of the universe. And what I saw in those glorious pictures is what the body looks like in various places: in the nervous system, the brain, the circulatory system—it was all there. The body truly has the secrets of the universe. And the universe obviously is one thing; it moves and dances and sings, and does everything together, and each part is essential for the wholeness of the action. And then we come to earth, where wholeness seems to be a difficult task. But it isn't, not at all! We've made that up: some people aren't doing it wrong; some people are doing it right; some people... on and on it goes! It's boring actually. But the wonder of the universe as you presented it—magnificent is a small word to use to talk of the experience of matching the body to the universe, matching the beating of the heart to the universe, and we all do it all the time. What beautiful freedom you have presented this morning. And I thank you.

Robert Merriman — Gary, thank you so much for sharing this wondrous journey with us, ushering us into the pristine vision of this moment. The instantaneousness of our connection with the All-That-Is, is so vivid to me right now, thanks to what you've initiated here. Science has spoken of light years and great distances. And yet, in the tone of what we've shared together, I can see that, all that is connected through the Silver Cord is right now; and as Shekinah is manifest in living through the unit that I am, and that we all are together right here, right now, all is blessed, and it is vast. Thank you so much for this window you have given us. What a beautiful view!

Deborah Starrs — Gary, I hope I can find the words to do justice to what has come to my mind, in all you've offered this morning, that we truly have our home and being among the stars. It's where we truly live, right here on earth: home among the stars. I remember at Sunrise seeing a depiction of Siomra, with dance and music and words; that was quite moving. This came to my mind this morning: that it now is manifesting in reality. We're living among the stars. We're at home, bringing it right here on earth. Thank you so much.

Sunwha Choi — Well, here in South Korea it's 3 o'clock clock in the morning, and it’s a very difficult time to join together; but what a comfort, and what a sweet and healing time it was.  I'm sure you've all have heard the news of what happened in Seoul; and we are all shocked, and very heavy all day long. So, I was compelled to join this service, with a kind of urge to join. And, well, just the sweetness of this togetherness and the atmosphere that we generated, I want to send it to all Korea, and all the people who are connected, and the healing and loving, soothing touch for them, and really doing what needs to be done. We don't know, I don't know what's really needed in this situation. Everybody keeps quiet and we don't know what to do. But just to send loving and healing current to them all. That's why I joined, and that's why I live, and that's why, still, my Silver Cord is connected. Thank you very much.

Gary — Thank you Sunwha. I was thinking that we are the friends, we are our Master's friends. Did He not say, “Henceforth I no longer call you servants, for the servants know not what the Master does; but I call you friends. For all things that I've heard from my Father, I have made known to you.” We are friends. We are attached by that Silver Cord which runs throughout the entire universe. It resonate moment by moment. So powerful. Let this inform our actions as friends of the LORD of Lords. We know His character, and we know the Way. We know it to the degree that we resonate with the love flows that forth from the Central SUN of Suns via the Silver Cord. It's instantly available to the entire universe—so beautiful. And again, I'm reminded, the Master said in the Book of John, “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go forth and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain.” We have been ordained. We are ordained in each moment we resonate with the Truth of Love, which is instantly available. And we bring forth fruit in our relations with whomsoever we're with, as well as in quiet times, tending and keeping the Garden; keeping the essences safe, letting them grow; letting the Garden come forth. So, let's continue to play our part in the Nucleus of Knowing that is the Temple of Light. I'd like to thank everyone for their response, and particularly my dear friend David Barnes for inviting me to share something with you all. It's been a long time coming. I suppose I haven't spoken publicly in perhaps 40 years, but I always loved it. Perhaps this will be the beginning of something new for me; hopefully for all of us. So let us be a comforter to all who respond to the Truth of Love, wheresoever they may be. Thank you all. Now I’ll turn it over to Steve.

Steve Ventola — I think you've said it all, for all of us. Robert, you can play another selection of music composed and played by Gary—and we can radiate to our world, in light of what Sunwha shared with us, and what Gary brought to us, and let that Silver Cord extend out to that part of the world, but actually to all the world. Our next service in the Temple of Light will be on November 27th, with Millicent Holiday, Terry Kauffman and Carol Smith from Atlanta.

Gary Courtland-Miles: AnomonRA@proton.me

Gary's music on Soundcloud under the name Anomon

Love Is Forever: https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/love-is-forever

The Beauty: https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/the-beauty

Cosmic Cycles: https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles/cosmic-cycles-1

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