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

All right. Those are monstrous attributes of your Lord. Those are really big ones. He lives in all realms.

Now we have the cattle. I don’t really have a lot to say about that. Except to ask Jonathan… Jonathan, What are the cattle? What are the cattle?  All right. I was about to gather up all the dunce caps…

The cattle. I want you to understand that there was cattle before creation. I want you to consider it again. That’s not easy for us to do, to go into the Eternals, that there were cattle. There was a sacrifice before creation. And let me tell you something else. There was a servant before creation. You take the dumb ox who pulls the cart, and he serves without ever murmuring. There was a servant strong and quiet before creation. There was a ram and a lamb slain before creation.

Now, what do I do? Am I a lamb? No. What do I do with the lamb? And here a line begins, right here, with this word. A line begins. What do I do with the lamb? Okay, I sacrifice the lamb. The lamb is sacrificed for me. Now, having sacrificed the lamb for my unrighteousness and my transgressions, for my sin, then what do I do with the lamb? I eat the lamb for strength. So, he is both my sacrifice for sin, and I eat him for my daily strength. Now, we’re getting way ahead, but how did Israel get out of Egypt?

A line, brothers. How did they get out of Egypt? Two things they did. Two things. One, what did they do, Kalia? They put some blood from the lamb. Yes. The door and the bread. Yes. And then what did they do with the lamb after they spilled its blood and sacrificed it? They roasted it. They burned it with fire and then ate it for strength. And they ate that lamb while they walked. They did not eat it at the table. They ate it literally as they walked out of that city for the strength to leave Egypt, the world.

So you get saved by the Lamb, and you come out of the world by the Lamb. And those are the first two things God grants the new Christian, is his salvation and strength to leave the flesh. Salvation doesn’t do a great deal in transforming us. And I think that’s the great mistake of Baptists. Baptists are always saying, and he was a drunkard, and he was a dope addict, and he beat his wife, and he got saved. Hallelujah. And today he’s a great Christian. And we get the impression that salvation transforms. Salvation does not transform. Salvation saves, but saves us with enough strength to get out of the world, but boy, transformation comes from the work of the cross in our lives.

So, brothers, what is the cattle? It’s Christ, the servant. Christ the sacrifice. A lamb slain before the foundation of the world. He is the Servant. So, you can chase the servant, trace the servant throughout the scripture. How glorious, how wondrous, how rich.

I’m going to introduce man and that’s all I’m going to do. What is, we have gotten to the middle of the six today. We got a lot more light, and therefore we got more life. Brothers, get some light from Jesus Christ. Become part of the fish who lives in death. Then come out of that water and soar like an eagle, in Him. And then land on the earth and serve. And die. In Him. It is in Him these things take place. It is by his life and the reflecting of his life in us.

We come now to the final work of God. Is man God’s highest life? Is man God’s highest created life? No. Thank you. You read the book. Man is not the highest created life. He is the highest created life that is visible. There is, unfortunately, a life that is higher than man’s, and it is the life of the angels. We’re in big trouble, but, thank God there is a life higher than angel life, but it is a totally different kind of life in that man’s life is created and is visible.

Angel life is created but invisible and stronger and greater than ours. And we’re in trouble until we discover there is a life that is higher than angel life. And it is not created at all. It is uncreated. It is even, if I call it eternal, that’s not big enough. It’s a life before the eternals. It is the life that always was and always will be. And it is the highest life and the only life that can live the Christian life. And it is the life you must learn to touch. You must learn to touch this life. Even if you don’t want to, you have to learn. And even if you don’t like the way you have to touch this life, you still have to touch it. There is both joy and agony in getting to know and touching this life. There is a great deal of suffering and joy. Because in that life there is a great deal of suffering and joy. It is the attribute of that life. So, we’re going to close here. But just before we close, I’m going to let you folks out there who are on the other side of that glass? Why don’t you let us out of this little black box we’re sitting in? Let us join you in your living room. Praise the Lord.

Just a word. I have been asking you for one week to have ten minutes with the Lord in the morning when you wake up. Now, I will leave it up to you to judge how well you’ve been doing. And now I’m going to give you an assignment. Beginning tomorrow morning, I want you to begin meeting in twos. And do exactly the same thing. Two people. Tomorrow morning. Now that’s going to take some arrangement, and we’ll talk about this further tonight in tonight’s meeting. That’s all I’m going to tell you. But I want you to remember how well you’ve done alone, and tomorrow morning you’ll meet with one other person. And there will be no change whatsoever.

Now then, that’s not easy. And some of you may say, Gene, I just can’t do this. I’m not going to do it. It’s fine. I excuse you: but, for the rest of you who are saved, I’m asking you all to do this, to meet with someone, and I’m even going to discourage you from meeting with a very close friend. Maybe the first day, yes, but after the first day, no. Maybe with someone you do not know. We’ll talk about this further. Let us see if we cannot find things that existed before creation in a very simple and shadow way.