The 24 Elders of Revelation, Part 7: The Heavenly Priesthood
The 24 Elders of Revelation are the chief leaders of the courses of the Melchizedek priesthood who serve in the heavenly sanctuary. Of which there was made an earthly anti-type, wherein King David established 24 courses of priests, having 24 chiefs over them, to serve in the earthly temple. 1 Chr. 24:1-19 David explained his act by saying, “All this the LORD made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, even all the works of
This verse is commonly misunderstood, because people project into it more than it actually says. First, what it does NOT say:
– That marriage in heaven will not exist. (Heaven itself IS a state of marriage; that is, a state of union.)
– That people in heaven will be sexless.
– That angels in heaven are sexless, or are only males, having no feminine traits at all.
Now, what the passage DOES say:
– That personal volition regarding 1) the choosing to marry, 2) the choosing
Marital Union in Heaven, and in Creation, Part 2
The Origin of Marriage
Marriage is the union of a male and a female. The primordial pattern of the male-female union did not begin with Adam and Eve, but rather with the Creator and His Creation. That pattern originated with a separation out of primordial, limitless Divinity of a limited part thereof; because absolutely nothing else than Divinity existed before that separation. Since that event, the Creator’s sole work has been to perfec
Marital Union in Heaven, and in Creation, Part 3
First Stage of Holy Marital Union: Man – A Covenant of Flesh
As we saw in Part 2, the process of the perfecting of the Creation is still going on. Biblical history clearly shows this process, “the Chain of Events,” having taken place in earlier manifestations; the most obvious being in the case of Adam and Eve.
Like the primordial Divinity, Adam was at first an undivided whole, until –
Genesis 2:21 …the LORD God caused…a deep s
Marital Union in Heaven, and in Creation, Part 4
Second Stage of Holy Marital Union: Israel – A Covenant of Soul
Every one of the stages in the marital Chain of Events is essential to the whole Creation, forever. Adam and Eve became “one flesh.” Gen. 2:24 “Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.” Matt. 19:6 God’s purpose in joining man and woman in marital relationship will not be undone by the ascension of His ele
