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True Revelation Unveils Christ


It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will
come to visions and revelations of the Lord (2
Corinthians 12:1, emphasis added).

God is light. His light is revelation and truth for


Christ is the treasures of all wisdom and
knowledge. He is the Source of all revelation. Jesus
is the revelation of the Father made manifested in
the flesh. Sonship is the unveiling of the fullness of
the Godhead in the flesh of our bodies. This is the
true light of God that came into the world, even
Jesus Christ the Son of God. Whether Christ was
made manifested in the flesh of His own body or to
be revealed in the flesh of our bodies He is the
unveiling image of God. He was the true light of
revelation that came into the world that unveiled
the Father to man.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the


earth. On the first creation day He created light and
the heavens and the earth were covered with the
knowledge of the Lord that all of creation may see
Him unveiled in His great glory and majesty. All
things were made through Him in heaven and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers. All things
were created through Him and for Him and by His
desire they exist and were created. He is before all
things, and in Him all things consist (Colossians
1:16-17). Since the creation of the world His
invisible attributes are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that were made. God’s
glorious light in heaven and on earth uncovers His
majesty in all of His wondrous works and ways.
On the fourth day God created the lights in the
firmament of the heavens. They are not the true
light of God’s glory but they bear witness of the
light of the glory of God. They are in the sky to
divide day from night; they are for signs and to
make division between one day from the other, one
season from the other and one year from the other.

God also created Adam, His son (Luke 3:38),


according to His light image and likeness of light. In
Adam was the light of God’s image and likeness,
which is the revelation of his Creator. He was
created to reveal his God and Father through the
divine light that was in him. The light of God in
Adam was immortal life and truth.

In the beginning the earth was formless and void;


and darkness was on the face of the deep. On the
first creation day God divided the light from the
darkness. The Hebrew word “khoshek” means
literally darkness or dark and figuratively also
translated as obscurity and night. By implication it
also means misery, destruction, death, ignorance,
sorrow and wickedness.

When Adam chose knowledge above the revelation


of the Lord he fell from his high estate as son of
God where He abided in the light of God’s presence
into the wretchedness of sinful flesh. He was
separated from the light of God’s presence and
went into the darkness of the earth where death
and sin abide. He could no longer observe God with
his spiritual, psychic and bodily senses because he
was dead to God. He had no longer the ability to
observe God in His light. That which is alive to God
can observe Him but that which is dead to Him
cannot observe Him.

When Christ, in whom all the fullness of the


Godhead bodily dwells, came into the world He
came as the true Light that gives light to every man
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coming into the world. He is the one that covered
the earth with the knowledge of God on the first
creation day. God made it possible that through
Christ man may observe God and His kingdom.
Only in Christ it is possible to see into heaven.
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I
say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). He that is born
from the Spirit of God is joined to the Lord and
therefore is one spirit with Him. As the dazzling
light of God’s presence enlightens the human born-
again spirit He enables man to see Christ and His
kingdom with the eyes of his heart. The Holy Spirit
is the One whom reveals Christ to man. Spiritual
revelation is the Holy Spirit uncovering hidden
knowledge and wisdom of the Lord that is hidden in
plain sight from the hearts of men. It is pictures of
light and truth which would have been otherwise
unknown. The intent and purpose of all revelation
and prophecy is to point to the Lord Jesus Christ.
For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy
(Revelation 19:10b).

The purpose for the unveiling of Jesus Christ is to


lead us into the knowledge of God and His kingdom
in our lives. As we behold him we change more into
His likeness and the kingdom of God come into our
hearts. The kingdom of God does not come with
observation but it comes within you. When we see
the kingdom of God we grow more intimate in our
relationship with Him resulting in us to relate more
correctly to Him. All things that we are
experiencing work out for our good, because God
uses adverse conditions in a broken world to draw
us closer to Him. All things in the universe revolve
around God and his family. Everything in the
heavens and on earth was created for God’s glory
and pleasure and for the delight of His family.

The kingdom of God consists of relationships.


Anything detached from a relationship in God is
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death because it is separated from the Vine and
the flow of the Fountain of life is missing.
Seeking knowledge independently from God is to
partake from the tree of the knowledge of good
(law or legalism) and evil (lawlessness). Good is
better than evil but it is still fruit from the tree
that introduced death to the earth.
Independence from God is nothing else but a
quest for self-righteousness. Independence and
separation from the Fountain of Life who is the
true light of every man coming into the world is
death. The product of the carnal mind is
intellectual knowledge but revelation comes
from the spirit. If intellectual knowledge is
regarded as light but in truth is darkened by the
carnal nature, how great is one’s darkness?
However, when one turns to the Lord the veil
that blinds is being taken away. In the day that
you seek the Light you will find Him. Revelation
is the Source of all light shining in the
darkness who reveals the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge about Himself by
the Holy Spirit. Knowledge apart from Jesus is
folly that puffs up but when Christ is revealed
the Kingdom of God has come to your heart.

My son Oleg had the following dream on May


23, 2011:
I dreamt I saw a three dimensional cross against a
black background. In the cross was many high
quality TV-screens. Every television screen gave an
account of a significant event.

Interpretation
The black ground refers to dark times where the
word of the Lord is rare. You indeed hear many
voices today but the word of the Lord is rare.
True revelation comes through the work of the
cross. Blessed are the pure in heart for they
shall see God (Matthew 5:8). All true revelation
reveals Christ. The ultimate revelation will
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be when the Lord in His full glory will be
revealed in your whole being; your spirit,
soul and body.

We are still falling into the same trap as the


Pharisees to think that the amount we know is
the barometer of how spiritual we are. You
search the Scriptures, for in them you think you
have eternal life; and these are they which
testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to
Me that you may have life (John 5:39-40).
Humility manifested in obedience to Christ
is the barometer of true spirituality
because it requires total dependence on
God. The greatest revelation will be when
the Son of God (Word of God), in all of His
glory, is revealed in the sons of God.

A relationship with God is a constant focus on


the Lord and a communion that leads to the
understanding of His heart. When you become
nothing, the Lord will be so exalted in your sight,
that He will fill your whole experience of life with
Himself. The revelation of Christ is the image of
God. ”…the light [revelation] of the gospel of the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God…” (2
Corinthians 4:4, emphasis added). An intimate
relationship with the Lord is gentle and effortless. It
is our own desires and lusts that burden us with
loads we cannot carry. When you are dead to the
flesh, Christ dominates your life and only then He is
revealed in the body of your flesh.

My son Oleg had the following dream on May


19, 2011: “I dreamt that I was driving with my
vehicle without purpose until I got to some Church
building where I was engaged in some kind of
activity. I knew I had to drive to some destiny
somewhere. I also knew I could not go before the
Apostle Paul has performed some kind of
conversion on my vehicle. The pickup truck was
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dead (out of service) without the transformation of
Paul. This spiritual transformation was so big that it
included me, the vehicle and Paul. He was at the
same time Paul and the Lord Jesus Christ. At this
time I was impatient because I knew I need to
drive away from that Church building. When the
transformation started to happen I became patient
because I knew it must be done. Paul was also the
car and he needed to be transformed. Then when
Paul was transformed he said slowly and very
deeply, “I live no longer but Jesus Christ lives
in me.” It was so deep that when he said it, those
words were meant for much more than just him,
me and the vehicle; I knew it was meant as a
universal principal. The words were so glorious, like
beautiful sounds, the most beautiful words I have
ever heard. I sensed that it was not Paul who spoke
but Jesus. The power was so big that everything
seemed to be Jesus Christ. Through all that was
happening I was aware that I had a companion,
somebody that was and is always with me. Then
with my companion I hurried to the vehicle and we
started our journey in the vehicle. From then
onward I knew no fear as I knew nothing could go
wrong. This was the end of my dream.”

Interpretation
It is clear from the dream that one’s life is lived in
vanity until you are dying to yourself and Christ
lives your life in you and through Him you do the
works of God.

This dream suggests the vehicle (pickup truck)


symbolizes spiritual ministry and the Church
building religious activity. The phrase “I knew I had
to drive somewhere” indicates God has a plan with
a destiny for one’s life.

True ministry will not be commissioned until the


“Paul-conversion” is completed. The Paul-
conversion is: “I have been crucified with Christ; it
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is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for
me” (Galatians 2:20).

Prior to the transformation the flesh was impatient.


Impatience belongs to the natural realm and it is
death. Impatience is the result of time that controls
periods, seasons and lifespan. When the flesh dies,
Christ in you lives in the spirit where time and
death is absent, but, patience and the fruit of the
Spirit is present. In the spirit there is no time only
peace, joy and righteousness in the Holy Spirit.

Paul was at the same time also the Lord Jesus


Christ. It is Paul living his life in the flesh by faith in
the Son of God. “…and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved
me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20b).

When you are transformed (died to yourself) it is


Jesus Christ that lives in you. The spiritual
transformation from Paul to Christ was so big that it
will affect everything around you and much, much
more, just like Jesus’ death affected everything
around Him. Now it was about the six hour, and
there was darkness over all the earth until the
ninth hour. Then the sun was darkened (Luke
23:44-45a). Read Also: “And Jesus cried out again
with a loud voice, and yielded up the spirit. Then,
behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from
top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks
were split, and the graves were opened” (Matthew
27:50-52a).

My companion that was always with me is the Holy


Spirit. He will be with you wherever you go and the
Lord will never leave you nor forsake you. Only
when Christ is living in you, you can know the love
of the Father and you will know no fear. It is only
Christ in you and not your flesh that builds the
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ministry and the kingdom of God. The measure that
you are alive to your flesh is the measure you are
busy with religious activities. You need the
“Paul-conversion” on every level of your walk
with God to be effective in ministry.

Comments
For Paul to live, was Christ and to die was gain. But
I discipline [subdue, disable, weary] my body and
bring it into subjection [enslave], lest, when I have
preached to others, I myself should be disqualified
[castaway, rejected, unfit, reprobate] (1 Corinthians
10:27). It is not through legalistic discipline but
seeking the Lord like Paul did by laying hold of
Christ like Christ lay hold of him when he was on his
way to Damascus. Moses earnestly desired to see
God’s glory on the mountain and when he did the
flesh of his body took on the same glory as the light
in his spirit because he changed into the glory of
the Lord’s rear that he saw on the mountain.

Paul said, ”I live no longer but Christ lives in me.”


Who do you see? Is it Paul or Christ? The flesh tells
you it is Paul but your spirit bears witnesses with
the Holy Spirit that it is Christ. Paul knew Christ was
revealed in him. But when it pleased God, who
separated me from my mother’s womb and called
me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me…
(Galatians 1:15-16a, emphasis added). Was Paul
not presumptuous? No, Paul said that he walked by
faith and not sight and admitted he had not yet
attained to sonship or that he was made perfect.
Not that I have already attained, or am already
perfected (Philippians 3:12a). Is this not New Age
teaching? New Age exalts the flesh to the image of
Christ and to the throne of God and in doing so they
came into the same condemnation as the devil.
Paul’s faith is in God and his focus is on Christ in
hope that he may attain to the resurrection from
the dead. That I may know Him and the power of
His resurrection, and the fellowship of His
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sufferings, being conformed to His death, if by
any means, I may attain to the resurrection from
the dead (Philippians 3:10-11). The “Paul-
conversion,” is the transformation from living
according to the dictates of the flesh to living in the
spirit through faith in God.

My wife Marina had the following dream on


May 12, 2011: “I dreamt I was in a rocky desert. I
was Abraham dressed in the clothing of their time.
In my thoughts I was both Abraham and Marina.
There were few people close to me dressed all in
white clothing of Abraham’s time. I had a cup in my
left hand. I put my right hand on the top of the cup.
When I took my right hand off the cup it was half
filled with mash potatoes and ice cream. It was a
strange combination for me. Afterward the people
told me to keep my hand on the top of the cup until
it is full of ice cream because they believed that I
could do it. For a second time I put my hand on the
top of the cup while I sharply focused my spirit on
the cup. However, I turned my head away from the
cup because I was worried it will not get 100% full
according to my expectation. After a while, when I
took my hand off the cup, the people encouraged
me to look at the cup. When I looked at the cup, it
was filled to the brim with snow white ice cream.
They were excited and happy for me because they
wanted me to prevail in my faith. Then I put my
hand for the third time on the top of the cup. This
time the experience occurred in modern-day
setting, in a big room with people. This time I acted
of my own initiative to make the people some ice
cream. With lots of faith I placed my hand on the
top of the cup while I knew the cup will be filled
with ice cream. When I took my hand off the cup, it
was filled, heaped up, with white ice cream. This
was the end of my dream.”

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Interpretation
The desert refers to a time and place of testing.
Marina being Abraham, the father of faith
(obedience) emphasizes daily perseverance of
faith that will result in faith becoming second
nature to us. This is part of our two year training as
Nights of the Cross of Jesus Christ. (The Lord has
revealed to our School of the Prophets that He has
enrolled us into a two year program [commenced
May 2011] to develop as soldiers of the cross).

Comments
When we walk in the light of Christ’s revelation
even as He is in the light, and is the Light, the Spirit
testifies that we believe the word of God and the
blood of Christ cleanses us from all
unrighteousness.

Revealed truth is the basis of our faith. Revealed


truth is the basis for our fellowship with God and
one another. ”…I speak to you either by
revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying,
or by teaching?” (2 Corinthians 4:4b, emphasis
added).

What do you see when you look at your brother


or sister? It is Christ. The way you perceive your
brother is how you perceive Christ. It is only on
the basis of Christ being unveiled in us that we
can know one another after the Spirit and not
after the flesh. The anointing that is working in
each individual is the identity of Christ in him or
her. The anointing that is working in a person is
the unveiling of Christ in that individual. Our
perception of one another and our relationship
with one another should only be based on the
Truth (Christ in us the hope of glory). To them
God willed to make known what are the riches of
the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles:
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory
(Colossians 1:27, emphasis added). Every
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believer in Christ has in him the glory of Christ.
God has given the Church the ability to discern
the anointing in her members and to relate in a
dignified manner to it, hence our submission to
one another. Our basis of relating to one another
is on the foundation of the glory of the anointing
that we see in each other through the eyes of
the Spirit. To see Christ in one another is to find
fulfillment in Him, which brings great joy to our
hearts.

Can we focus so much on the Lord and Him in us


and our brothers and sisters that He will manifest in
our midst? I am convinced we can. A ballad based
on the breastplate of St. Patrick, adapted by James
Quinn is as follows:

Christ beside me, Christ before me,


Christ behind me, King of my heart;
Christ within me, Christ below me,
Christ above me never to part.

Christ on my right hand, Christ on my left


hand,
Christ around me shield in my strife;
Christ in my sleeping, Christ in my sitting,
Christ in my rising, light of my life.

Christ be in all hearts thinking about me,


Christ be on all tongues telling of me.
Christ be the vision in eyes that see me,
In ears that hear me Christ ever be.

Unless you are relating to God in faith through your


spirit, you cannot see the kingdom of God. The Holy
Spirit reveals the mystery of Christ to you in your
born-again spirit which is one with the Spirit of
Christ. It is to discover Christ and to become aware
of Him. Unless you relate to God and one another
through revelation you will start relate critically or
religiously incorrect toward God and you will judge
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one another incorrectly after the flesh (for good or
evil). Only when we know Christ and one another
by revelation we will come to the unity of the faith
and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect
man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness
of Christ. This is the basis to edify and equip the
saints for the work of ministry. To relate to Christ
for who He really is, is to exalt Him. To relate to
every one for whom he or she really is in Christ, is
to edify the body and bring hope to each one and
strengthen the faith of others. Indeed the Church of
the kingdom of God is prophetic in nature and
manifests the family spirit of God.

Amorey Vorster had the following dream on


May 21, 2011: I dreamt Liezel, Marina and I
wanted to get together, which we did. There was
also another woman whose face I could not see.
When we got together we had a time of prayer.
Then we went to the graveyard. There were only
trees but in the centre was the graveyard. We went
to the first grave and prayed much. Before we
finished we said,”In His name we sprinkle love over
you” (We spoke to the body as if it was still alive).
After the blessing the spirit of the dead rose from
the grave (In the grave the body was dead but the
spirit was alive and screaming to get free). When
he rose we were excited and alive. It was an
experience that I cannot put into words. So, we
decided to go and sprinkle love over all the dead in
their graves. We did it and their spirits, not their
bodies, rose all from their graves. That was the end
of my dream.

Interpretation
The graveyard refers to those who have died to the
flesh. You cannot be alive to the flesh and walk in
the spirit at the same time. Spirits which arose from
the grave are those who died to the flesh and start
walking in the spirit. However, much prayer (the
women that were praying) is necessary to walk in
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the spirit. We also need to pray for one another to
be effective in our walk with God (”In His name we
sprinkle love over you”).

Revelation is the basis of hope in God. Hope is


visions that come through revelation from the Spirit
of God with an expectation of fulfillment. Hope is
the food for our faith, which converts our visions of
hope into substance, which are the evidence of
unseen realities. Hope through revelation from the
Holy Spirit is seen or visualized in the imagination
of the heart.

Unless you meditate on the revelation of the word


the word of God will not take root in your heart. The
gospel is preached both to spiritual and carnal
people alike but the word, which the carnal heard
did not profit them because it was not united with
faith in those who heard it. The carnal nature of
man does not have the capacity to receive truth.
They have eyes to see but do not see. You need to
spend time with the Word to become the Word. To
hear the word of the Lord and to receive the
revelation of Jesus Christ you need to open your
spirit to God.

You start off by let your imagination visualizing the


word (will) of God. Visualization that is not based on
the word of God is fantasizing, which is deception.
Visualizing the word of God is a high level of
meditation on the word. You imagine yourself in the
vision of the word. If you do it frequently enough,
persevering in it, you will start to walk in the reality
of the word and you will enter into the rest of God.
The Holy Spirit (the Helper) will help you.
Everybody knows how to imagine things. This is just
disciplining the focus of your imagination (heart).

I know a prophet of God that is mightily used in the


healing, signs and wonders ministry. He
emphasizes that every thought must be brought
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into captivity to the obedience of Christ. To please
God with the meditation of your heart is the
beginning to cultivate robust faith. When he
visualizes church services he often preaches
sermons and heals the sick in his imagination.
Occasionally, the actual services and the
visualization in the meditation of his heart turned
out to be identical. It is the same people he saw
with the same sicknesses and the same revelation
he received concerning the sick. Thus, the Holy
Spirit does anoint sanctified imagination and all the
gifts of the Holy Spirit can function in these
situations.

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