Culture of Righteous Rule
Today’s Focus: Types and Shadows: A Suppressed Reality Part 2
Scripture: Hebrews 8:4,5; Exodus 25:40; 1 Corinthians 6:19,20
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now as it pertains to the church, God is revealing eternal truths and heavenly realities to the Body of Christ to mature them to the full stature of Christ. Now what happens is religion catches hold of us and religion always exalts the type and shadow as the reality and this is wrong. Even when it comes to tithing many, and I mean many people are still living under the Law as it pertains to the tithe and religion or even some denominations use the Law and Levitical order towards the tithe as the reason why people should tithe. Funny, in some areas of Christianity, if you do not tithe then you are not a member of the church and you cannot participate in certain functions of that denomination. Is this biblical? The reality of heavenly things exists and the shadow of heavenly things are seen in the earth as a copy and shadow. The thing in the earth is simply a representation of the reality. Let’s look at these scriptures for a context:
Hebrews 8:4,5: For if He were on Earth, He should not be a priest, seeing that there are priest that offer gifts according to the Law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle (temple): for See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Exodus 25:40: And look (see) that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
God designed the temple a certain way so that when the heavenly reality came, they had something on earth preceding it to look at and grab hold of and see what God really was saying or doing. The priest that served in the temple at Jerusalem were serving a type and shadow of a reality. This is why Paul can say this to the church at Corinth:
1 Corinthians 6:19,20: What? Know ye not that YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS IN YOU, WHICH YE HAVE OF GOD, AND YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN? FOR YE ARE BROUGHT WITH A PRICE: THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT WHICH ARE GOD’S.
Now the type and shadow gives way to the reality. We are currently in a time where the reality is converging with the spirits of righteous men and changes the view of earthly things to the reality and purpose that God designed. So when the reality comes we need to abandon the type and shadow and live in the eternal. When God brings the reality then that is what we will be judged by. If God does not bring the reality then we a judged by the type and shadow. So now the question is: Are you serving the Father through the type and shadow when the reality has already come? Or are you serving the Father in truth and in spirit?
In the next message we will look at the sons predestined culture of rulership.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
