Advent, Christmas, Epiphany

The Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany mark the beginning of the Christian church year. Advent the symbolizes the believers repentance and detachment from the mind of the flesh. Christmas re-present humankind turning to Christ and putting on the mind of Christ. Epiphany reminds us that God has promised to progressively reveal the correct re-alignment of human souls, hearts, minds and affairs for mankind to rule on earth through the incarnation of Christ in the spiritual core of humankind.

God sent Jesus Christ to teach and model the inner mental de-programming, re-programming and regeneration we need to know and experience Christ's kingship in our lives as Jesus knew it [Matthew 16:21-28; Mark 8:31-9:1; Luke 9:22-27]. This is achieved by progressively and steadfastly removing from our minds all doubt, unbelief and rejection of Christ and seek and embracing the incarnation of Christ through our spiritual cores. The mind of the flesh is responsible for mankind's self centeredness, separation from God and injustice to each other.

In the Bible, Jesus described the mindsets which opposes the mind of Christ and the Truth of God’s kingship as the Devil, Satan, demons and evil [John 8:42-47]. Consciously and unknowingly, we continue to give these adversaries and antichrists power and dominion in our lives. We neglect, stifle and block the birth, revelation and reign of God through the indwelling Christ of God in through our spiritual core. These adversaries cause us to overlook and neglect the spiritual dimension of our lives. They entice us to focus our souls, hearts and minds primarily on the things of men rather than the things of God [Matthew 16:21-23].

In order to follow the Way that Jesus recommends, we must repent and detach from the dominion of the mind of the flesh. Through faith in the invisible indwelling Christ and following Jesus Christ in the inner process of emptying ourselves [Philippians 2:8], we facilitate the death of the mind of the flesh and co-create the birthing of the mind of Christ [Romans 8:1-11]. This inner working of God's divine plan of deliverance, healing and salvation, progressively removes the blocks in our mindsets which blind our souls, hearts and mind from discerning, birthing, formation and consummation of the sovereign reign of the indwelling and incarnate Christ of God within us and in our midst.

This cleansing process enables us to stop, reflect, and look within our souls, minds and hearts, and listen to the still small voice of our intuition [Revelations 3:20]. Our consciousness when decontaminated and purified by the word of Truth, becomes a clean temple of the living God. We become receptive to the indwelling, in filling and outpouring of the Light, Love, Breath and Life of the Almighty, through the transforming presence of Christ and power of the Holy Spirit within the spiritual core of every person [John 1:9].

This annual period of fasting from error [sin], and denying the dominion of mind of the flesh [lower nature], enables us to more effectively remove the mental barriers which block the path of true blessing, creative realization and manifestation of the kingdom of God in our midst and within us.

Through prayer, reflection, meditation, praise, thanksgiving and Bible study, we share together in the inner processes of repentance, forgiveness and birthing of the indwelling Christ. By abiding in Christ consciousness and imitating Jesus of Nazareth our lives become the 'lights of the world' that God originally designed us to be [Matthew 5:14].