2 Cor 3:18 …are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. Process of change to display glory – the manifest presence of God on earth as it is in heaven. We can choose to embrace, pursue the process of change or maturity… or stay babies, toddlers or infants.
Transformation = Metamorphosis. A complete change of form. Body-Soul-Spirit to Spirit-Soul-Body. Human being – spirit being – living being – godlike being.
Cocoon, cloud, wilderness, Crucible, furnace, fire. Altar, Heat often comes through situations, circumstances and relationships. Things buried or covered up will come to the surface or into the light.
Altars. Fire from heaven to consume sacrifices. Continual fire on the altar. Strange fire was forbidden. Continual sacrifice morning and evening. Rom 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice.
2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Scroll of your life is compared to your scroll of destiny.
1 Cor 3:12 Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. 14 If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
Rom 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Sacrificial lamb prepared by the High Priest. Ex 29:16 And you shall kill the ram 17 And you shall cut the ram in pieces and wash its entrails and legs and put them with its pieces and its head, slit its throat (dead) drained blood. Skinned it. Split it open washed its inner organs. Split open backbone to revel the marrow. Chopped off its head. Cut off its legs.
Brazen Altar. Trading floor – the cross. Place of exchange. Present yourself. Lose yourself. Deny yourself. Surrender.
Laver made of mirror bronze.
Exod 38:8 Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
James 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror.
2 Cor 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Heb 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.
Heb 10:19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Eph 5:25 …Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Psa 119:160 The sum of Your word is truth .
John 8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
Jer 23:29 “Is not My word like fire?” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock”?
Psa 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
The protocol is that we surrender to the living word. Logos – written. Rhema – spoken.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword and separating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Joharis window – when God reveals your blind self to you. You see the truth. You surrender to the truth and enter through the veil. Step into the light where the 7 spirits of God are burning. Knowledge, wisdom, understanding.
By faith enter into the Holy Place in the heavenly tabernacle in surrender. Heb 10:19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus. High Priest – Jesus who prepares your life as a sacrifice.
Skins stripped off, so you are totally naked and transparent, your flesh exposed before Him. Coverings, skins, masks, onion layers. Gen 3 Fig leaves – coverings. Fig trees – fruit tree of knowledge of good and evil – all humanism and rationalism – apart from God.
Matt 21:19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered. Dead works – coverings of ourselves. Self-righteousness. Defense or coping mechanisms. Meeting our needs apart from God.
Heb 4:12 dividing, separating, judging – 3 layers. Soul and spirit – behaviors. Thoughts and intentions – motives. Bone and marrow – root or source. Transgression – sin – iniquity.
Trauma – record of our experiences. Layers of protection, coping and defense mechanisms. Abuse – physical, sexual, emotional, physiological, verbal. Incidents and accidents – emotional. Grief and loss, death, divorce, moving home.
Nurture – environmental programming – record of our upbringing. Parents – Acceptance, affection, affirmation, approval, security. Family, school, friends, church. Words – curses, vows, agreements, lies.
Nature. Blood line – records of family sin, behaviors, spirits – iniquity. Seed line – DNA genetic record. Reptilian seed – Cain. Nephilim seed – angelic/human hybrid? Righteous seed – Noah.
Trauma & nurture programming. Surrender by presenting ourselves. Skinned of all masks, coverings and layers. Self-righteousness religious coverings, denial, projection. Self-protection coverings. Coping and defense mechanisms.
Independence, humanism – acting apart from God. Die to self: Self-centeredness, selfishness, Self-importance, self-promotion, self-control, Self-respect, self-esteem, self-worth, self-image, Self-reliance, self-sufficiency, self-belief, self-expression, self-denial, self-righteousness, self-help, self-improvement, self-gratification, self-indulgence. Me, myself and I have got to die.
Father, I thank you that you have made a way for me to access your heavenly presence. I step in through the veil of Jesus through the way of the cross. I step into the realm of your government. I look into the mirror of your word.
Reveal my blind self to me. Show me the hidden motives of my heart. Show me how I look compared to your image. Wash me and cleanse me with your living word. I step through the veil of truth into the Holy Place.
I stand in the light of your truth. I ask you to search me. I present myself to you, Jesus my High Priest, as a living sacrifice. Prepare me for the altar of incense that my life would be an acceptable offering. Skin me.
Remove all layers of self-righteousness. Remove all the masks that I hide behind. Remove all my defensive behavior patterns. Remove all my coping mechanisms.
Remove all my mindsets and strongholds that I have built to defend my false beliefs and values. Remove all patterns of thinking, philosophies, ideals, lies and values not of your kingdom. Remove all layers of doubt and unbelief. Remove all my emotional layers of rejection, insecurity, fear, dependence.
Remove all layers of guilt and shame. Remove all layers of anger, resentment, bitterness and unforgiveness. Remove all layers of control, independence, stubbornness and rebellion, pride and self-sufficiency.
Give me revelation of my true identity as a son of God. Renew my mind to the mind of Christ. Meet all my unmet needs in yourself. Heal all my unhealed hurts. Restore my soul.
I receive your unconditional love, acceptance, affirmation, approval. I stand transparent, naked and unafraid before you. I hear you say, “I see you and I love you.” I receive your value, esteem and worth.
I receive your strength, patience, perseverance, courage, boldness, humility and confidence. I step back into this realm to walk in the ways of your kingdom. Manifest your glory through me on earth as it is in heaven.
Do this every day. Learn the protocol of presenting yourself. Allow God to do these things in your life. He will transform you more and more into the image of Jesus.