Module
1 Lesson 3: Mysteries of the Scriptures – Water
Now that we’ve already
dealt with the history of the OAC, warts and all without the typical sugar
coating, let’s delve into the doctrine of “spiritual” interpretation. Here we
will look at how the word “water” is interpreted “spiritually”.
The original document
was updated in Afrikaans on May 10th, 2011.
Original Afrikaans:
“…Om met lesing 3 te begin kyk ons wat staan
geskrywe in GENESIS 2 die eerste
drie verse.
Genesis 2:1-3 So is dan voltooi die hemel en die aarde met hulle ganse
leërmag. VERS 2 En God het op die
sewende dag sy werk voltooi wat Hy gemaak het, en op die sewende dag gerus van
al sy werk wat Hy gemaak het.
VERS 3 En God het die sewende dag geseën en dit geheilig, omdat Hy
daarop gerus het van al sy werk wat God geskape het deur dit te maak.
Kom ons staan net vir
‘n oomblik daar stil. Hier het ons nou gesien in VERS 2, God het sewe dae geneem om sy werke te voltooi en nie ses
dae soos algemeen aanvaar en gesê word nie…”
English translation:
“…To begin with lesson
3 we’ll look at what’s written in GENESIS
2 the first three verses.
Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host
of them. VERSE 2 And on the seventh
day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from
all his work which he had made.
VERSE 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because
that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Let us pause here for a
moment. Here we saw in VERSE 2, God
took seven days to complete his works and not six days as is generally accepted
and told…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
On the seventh day God created
a day of rest, blessed it and sanctified it. The week was thus completed. In
comparison to what He accomplished in the first six days, the seventh day was a
definite day of rest.
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Jesus is also Lord of the
sabbath and the sabbath was made for MAN,
not MAN for the sabbath (Matthew 12:8,
Mark 2:27-28
and Luke 6:5).
You’ll notice that Jesus didn’t say the weekly sabbath was made for EARTH.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…GENESIS
2:4-5 “Dit is dan die geskiedenis van die hemel en die aarde, toe hulle
geskape is. Die dag toe die Here God die aarde en die hemel gemaak het, VERS 5 was daar nog geen struike in die
veld, op die aarde nie, want die Here God het nog nie laat reën op die aarde
nie, en daar was nog geen mens om die aarde te bewerk nie”.
Vraag: Wat het dan nou van die mense geword wat God op die 6de dag
gemaak het?
GENESIS 1:27 “En God het die mens geskape na Sy beeld”.
Verduideliking: Ons het alreeds gesê, dat volgens JOHANNES 4:24 God Gees is, m.a.w, God het op die sesde dag die
geestelike mens geskape. Hier in GENENIS
2 vind ons dus, nou ‘n meer volledige beskrywing, hoe God te werk gegaan
het met die skepping van die geestelike mens wat later die naam van Adam ontvang
het…”
English translation:
“…GENESIS 2:4-5 “These are the generations of the heavens and of the
earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and
the heavens, VERSE 5 And every plant
of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it
grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was
not a man to till the ground”.
Question: What became now of the people that God created on the 6th
day?
GENESIS 1:27 “So God created man in his own image”.
Explanation: We already said, that according to JOHN 4:24 God is a Spirit, i.e., God created the spiritual man on
the sixth day. Here in GENENIS 2 we
thus find a fuller description, of how God went to work with the creation of
the spiritual man that would later receive the name of Adam…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
1 Corinthians 15:45-47 And so it is written, The
first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual,
but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first
man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Because of Adam’s disobedience
he brought death into this world and would return back to dust, just like all
the rest of us. That’s what became of the people that God created on the sixth
day.
Genesis 3:17-19 And unto Adam he
said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of
the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed
is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy
life; Thorns also and thistles shall bring it forth to thee; and thou shalt eat
the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till
thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return.
The context of John 4:24
is that God can be worshipped anywhere, not only in Jerusalem (John 4:20-26).
Geography can’t confine Him. You’ll notice that Spirit doesn’t mean we must
read everything as a parable or an allegory. Being “spiritually minded” doesn’t
mean you must read Scripture out of context.
God isn’t only a Spirit (2 Corinthians
3:17).
- He is a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 4:24, Hebrews 12:29)
- He is a Word (John 1:1, John 1:14, 1 John 5:7, Revelation 19:13)
- He is Light (Psalms 36:9, Isaiah 60:19-20, John 1:4-5, John 1:4-9, John 8:12, John 9:5, John 12:35-36, James 1:17, 1 John 1:5-7, Revelation 21:23-25, Revelation 22:5)
- He is Love (2 Corinthians 13:11-12, 1 John 4:7-16)
- He is the Creator of everything that is visible and invisible, temporary and eternal, physical and spiritual (John 1:3, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 1:16-17)
- He is the first and the last (Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:11, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:13)
He is so much more than people
seem to realize.
Image needs to be understood in
the sense of being representitives of God. In much the same way that
ambassadors represent their country, we should represent Christ (2 Corinthians
5:20-21). This means that God made man to depict Him, by displaying
the image of God by his actions. Wind is invisible but when the trees move we
can see the wind by the action of the trees. This is what is meant when we put
on the new man that becomes renewed in knowledge after the image of Christ (Colossians
3:9-11).
Even though we grow in
knowledge after the image of God, we also carry the image of Adam (1 Corinthians
15:46-49). The first man Adam was of the earth and we are his
physical descendants. Science has proven that the substance of our flesh,
sinews and bones consists of the very same elements as the soil (Psalms 139:14).
God shared His breath with Adam and Adam became a living soul. His life
originated in a different way from his body (Ecclesiastes 12:7, John 20:22).
Then Adam was disobedient and eventually returned to EARTH dust outside of the
garden of Eden. Of EARTH dust we are made and till EARTH dust we will return.
Only Jesus is the image of the
invisible God (2
Corinthians 4:3-4, Colossians 1:15-16 and Hebrews 1:3-4). He was there in
the beginning as the Word that created everything (John 1:1-3). He is the firstborn
of every creature because He was there in the beginning before any creatures
were created. Jesus is the Lord from heaven with the life giving (quickening)
spirit.
Only through Christ can we truly bear
the image of God (Romans 8:29-30 and 2 Corinthians 3:18).
The new life in Christ must be the
lifestyle that we live each and every day (Ephesians 4:17-32).
The Genesis account doesn’t need to be twisted out
of context to understand a spiritual lifestyle in Christ.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…GENESIS
2:6 Maar 'n mis het opgetrek uit die aarde en die hele aardbodem bevogtig.
Wat beteken hierdie mis wat uit die aarde opgetrek het? Die aarde is die
verstand van die mens (soos ons geleer het in Lesing 1), maar wat is hierdie
mis? Mis belemmer ‘n mens se uitsig en is ook ‘n vorm van water. Mis is dus
vrae wat nou by my opkom, onduidelikhede, verdure verwarring. Jy probeer om nou
self, die verborgenhede van die skrfte te verklaar op die metode wat ons hier
geleer het en nou raak jy heeltemal deurmekaar, deur sekere aspekte wat nou
eers na vore kom en jy kan jou pad vorentoe nie oopsien nie. Twyfel kan nou
insluip. Waanneer jou vrae aan jou verduidelikking word sal al die
onduidelikhede, verwarring en twyfel opgeklaar word. Die antwoorde het die
aardbodem nou bevogtig, m.a.w. die antwoorde was ‘n vorm van water…”
English translation:
“…GENESIS 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered
the whole face of the ground. What does it mean there went up a mist from the
earth? The earth is the understanding of man (as we learnt in Lesson 1), but
what is this mist? Mist obscures a man’s view and is also a form of water. Mist
is thus questions that arise in me, unclear, further confusion. You try by
yourself, to clarify the mysteries of the scriptures using the method we
learned here and now you get completely confused, by certain aspects that only
now come to the fore and you can’t see your way forward. Doubts can creep in.
When your questions become an explanation then the obscurities, confusion and
doubt will clear up. The answers have now watered the whole face of the ground,
i.e. the answers were a form of water…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Something else could be obscuring your
vision (Malachi
2:3). There was no need for rain because there was enough water for
the whole face of the ground (Genesis 2:5-6). It only started raining when Noah
was six hundred years old (Genesis 7:4-6).
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…Vraag:
Hoe kan ‘n mens dit verstaan?
In GENESIS 1:2 lees ons “En die Gees van God het gesweef op die
waters. MEERVOUD!
GENESIS. 1:7 God het toe die uitspansel gemaak en die waters wat onder die
uitspansel is, geskei van die waters wat bo die uitspansel is.
Vraag: Is daar dan nou meer as een soort water? Dit wil so lyk!
GENESIS. 1:9 En God het gesê: Laat die waters onder die hemel hulle op een
plek versamel, sodat die droë grond sigbaar word. VERS 10 En God het die droë grond, aarde genoem en die versameling
van waters het Hy see genoem.
Nou die KERNVRAAG
eerste:
Wat was hierdie waters
wat my verstand bedek het?…”
English translation:
“…Question: How can a person understand this?
In GENESIS 1:2 we read “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
the waters. PLURAL!
GENESIS 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was
so.
Question: Is there now more than one kind of water? It seems like it!
GENESIS 1:9 AND God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered
together unto one place, and let the dry land appear. VERSE 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together
of the waters called he sea.
Now the CORE QUESTION
first:
What were these waters
that covered my understanding?…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
The oceans, rivers, lakes, dams and
clouds were all created by God. Notice all the plurals in my sentence? The
miracle of Creation cannot be reasoned away with human (fleshly)
accomplishments and interpretations (Psalms 33:6-9, Romans 1:20-23).
Water also has three seperate forms
(plural):
- Gas – steam, mist, clouds etc.
- Liquid – water, rivers, dams, lakes, oceans etc.
- Solid – ice, icebergs, hail etc.
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| Water with different forms |
Don’t become vain in
your imaginations.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…1. SPREUKE
18:4 Die woorde van 'n man se mond is diep waters, 'n stroom wat bruis, 'n
fontein van wysheid.
2. JOHANNES 7:38 Hy wat in My glo, soos die Skrif sê: strome van
lewende water sal uit sy binneste vloei.
3. JOHANNES 4:14 Jesus sê vir die Samaritaanse vrou: elkeen wat drink
van die water wat Ek hom sal gee, sal in ewigheid nooit dors kry nie, maar die
water wat Ek hom sal gee, sal in hom word 'n fontein van water wat opspring tot
in die ewige lewe.
ONTLEDING: Dit het vir ons bewys, dat water, woorde is, woorde van die
evangelie van God. Die evangelie het dus my verstand ontvanklik gemaak soos ons
alreeds ook gesien het by die gelykenis van die Saaier. (LUK: 8)…”
English translation:
“…1. PROVERBS 18:4 The words of a man’s
mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
2. JOHN 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out
of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
3. JOHN 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well
of water springing up into everlasting life.
ANALYSIS: This proves to us, that water, is words, words of the gospel
of God. The gospel has thus made my understanding receptive as we already saw
in the parable of the Sower. (LUK: 8)…”
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| Say it, don't spray it! |
To the author and readers of
the original document:
Please go read Luke 8:11
again, the seed is the word of God, there’s
no mention of water.
Wise speech on the other hand
is like an exhaustless stream of benefit (Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 13:14, Proverbs 16:22,
Proverbs
20:5, Isaiah 59:21, Matthew 12:34).
The water that Jesus is
referring to is the salvation that He obtained for us, it’s the water that will
enable us to live forever (Isaiah 12:3, Revelation 21:6, Revelation 22:1,
Revelation
22:17), He quenches the deepest thirst that man has for God and salvation
(Psalms 63:1,
Isaiah
41:17-18, Isaiah 55:1, Amos 8:11-13).
Just like a river that has
visible signs of life around it, likewise will the person from which this water
will flow also bring signs of life to those around them. Those that receive the
Spirit will show signs of the new life that will flow from them. The water is the Spirit which is received by those who believe on Jesus (Isaiah 12:3,
Isaiah 44:3,
Isaiah 58:11,
Ezekiel
47:1-12, John 7:37-39, Acts 2:1-41, Colossians 3:16).
Salvation is also for those who are illiterate, physically deaf and physically
blind.
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…Ek kan nou sê dat die antwoorde (water -
evangelie) my as aardse mens insig (lig en
verstaanbaarheid) gegee
het in die verborgenhede van God.
Vraag: Wat Beteken waters dan, meervoud.
Antwoord: Dit is dan verskillende evangelies, verskillende instansies.
Dit het my so
deurmekaar en verward
gemaak dat ek besluit het, dit is Gods verborgenhede wat aan Hom alleen bekend
is. Die aarde (my verstand) was geheel en al bedek met hierdie menslike
sienswyses, (waters) dat die Gees van God nie ‘n rusplek kon vind nie. Dit was
dan nodig dat God skeiding moes maak tussen die waters sodat ek kon onderskei
tussen die AARDSE en die HEMELSE, of die NATUURLIKE en GEESTELIKE…”
English translation:
“…I can now say that
the answers (water – gospel) gave me as earthy man insight (light and
understanding) into the mysteries of God.
Question: What does waters mean then, plural.
Answer: These are then various gospels, various institutions. It made
me so disorientated and confused that I decided, this is God’s mysteries that
are only known to Him. The earth (my understanding) was completely covered with
these human opinions, (waters) that the Spirit of God couldn’t find a resting
place. It was therefore necessary that God had to divide the waters so that I
could discern between EARTHLY and the HEAVENLY, or the NATURAL and SPIRITUAL…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
In Genesis 1:2 the earth was still without
form and void, uninhabited and man hadn’t been made yet. There is only ONE gospel, the glad tidings, the
doctrine and message of Christ – singular. There is no other gospel and no such
thing as various gospels, the gospel is unique only to Christ.
If all the ground on earth was
levelled out, we would all be under water more than a kilometre deep.
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| Without form and void |
Original Afrikaans (continued):
“…GEVOLGTREKKING:
Dit het ons dus ‘n kykie gegee na die skeppingswerk van God. Hoe, God die
aardse mens omskep na die hemelse mens.…”
English translation:
“…CONCLUSION: This then
gave us a glimpse at the work of creation of God. How, God converts the earthly
man into the heavenly man…”
To the author and readers of
the original document:
This then gave us a glimpse at
how the Bible can be twisted out of context by reading single verses out of
context and then adding own interpretations by ignoring all the other relevant
Scriptures.
Original
Afrikaans (continued):
“…Dit bring ons by die einde
van Lesing 3 en aan die einde van die eerste Module…”
English translation:
“…This brings us to the
end of Lesson 3 and the end of the first Module...”
Thus ends the third attempt by the
author of the original document to insult your intelligence.
Summary:
Summary:
In a spiritual sense, the water that
Jesus gives us will spring up into everlasting life (John 4:14). When Jesus spoke of
the rivers of living water, He was referring to the Holy Ghost (John 7:37-39).
The river of water of life proceeds from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Revelation 22:1).
Further reading:
Further reading:
