Debrecen Messages #7 – The New Man: God’s Visible Image and Rule on the Earth

Now, that’s all I’m going to say. Just keep looking for image and rule. The purpose of God in creating man was simple. That man might rule the earth and he might show forth visibly the invisible God.

Now, come with me to the New Testament. What have you got? You got a man. He is a carpenter. He’s a blue-collar worker. He’s not a great king. He’s a carpenter. David, he’s a carpenter. You’re an electrician, David. I mean, Daniel. Was there someone else who has a trade? We got two electricians and one carpenter. In America, you’re called a blue-collar worker. It means you don’t have a white collar with a tie. You wear a blue denim shirt that gets dirty easy and washes easy. Here is a blue-collar worker who is a carpenter who lives in Nazareth.

Now, answer me this. When you see him, what do you see? What do you see? When you see Jesus, what do you see? He’s visible. What do you see? Come on, talk to me. You know what you see. You see God. You don’t see the image of God. You see God visible. Here is the reality of Adam. Adam, the picture. Adam, the shadow. Adam, the image. And here is reality. Here is the real one. So, he is fulfilling God’s purpose for man. And he is showing forth God. Is this not true?

And he walks out into the desert, and he’s baptized. He has God in Him and he has God on Him. And he comes back to the cities and the villages. And he also meets the snake. Now, the last time a man met a snake, who won? The snake won. This time, the real snake is there, and the real man is there. Who wins? The real man. The real man.

And now there are demons that are in people. Who wins? The real man. Does Jesus Christ, while he walks on this earth, have the authority of God? And does he rule? Absolutely. Absolutely. He is totally in charge in all cases.

You see him moving? That’s God. You hear him talking? That’s God. You see him praying? That’s God. You see him functioning? You see his many gifts in operation? You see him? It’s God. You’re getting a picture of God. That’s real. You’re getting the image of God on the earth visible. And God, your Father, is determined that on this earth there will be the visible image of God seen on this earth before men, before snakes, before kingdoms, before principalities, and before powers. That is why he created. That he’s got it in Jesus. And Jesus not only bears his image, but he tries to do this very quietly. Would you not tell anybody about this? Go to the priest. Let Moses take the credit. Be purified in the words of, according to the commandments of Moses. Tell the one. Yeah. He doesn’t want to make a show of rule.

Does God have his purpose on the earth? When Jesus Christ is on this earth, he’s got his new creation. Only, it’s just one man. He hasn’t been fruitful and multiplied yet. He has not fulfilled God’s commandment, yet. God said to Adam, be fruitful and multiply. And do you know something else? The Father said to Jesus, be fruitful and multiply. Bear my image. Let them see me, Jesus, my son. And rule. Yeah. Especially over snakes. Rule over the enemy. While Jesus Christ is on this earth, God is the God of heaven and earth because Jesus Christ is here on this earth, ruling. Maybe not in the way you and I would see him rule. See, they expected him to take a throne in Rome or Jerusalem. But he ruled. Because he ruled invisible things while he was here. And Satan had no authority, except what was given him. What Jesus’ father allowed him to have. Jesus let us see what God was like. And he ruled. But he was not fruitful and multiplied.

Now, the Lord told the seed to fall into the ground and be fruitful and multiply. And what is that, Timothy? Yes, that is a picture of being fruitful and multiplying. That’s a seed falling into the earth and dying. That seed didn’t fall into the earth and die, or come forth with many seed. What it did was picture the real seed falling into the earth and the real seed coming up and the real seed multiplying. That seed is a picture.

Wheat is one of the most wonderful pictures of Jesus Christ. And so is barley. Take a wheat seed and throw it in the ground. It dies, and it comes up many seed, and it is fruitful and it multiplies. After its kind. Adam never got around to being after his kind. Jesus came to earth and was after his kind.

And so, Jesus Christ said to the Father, I have borne your image and I have exercised dominion. And now I’m going to be fruitful and multiply. And I am the real wheat.

And he went to the cross and said, Father, now it is time for you to glorify the Son. That’s right. He glorified the Son in his death. In falling to the ground. And I’m not going to be able to sit here any longer. So, Tim, grab the camera. I’m going to stand up. I can’t stand this sitting down.