23rd May 1947 was recorded worldwide as the eclipse of the sun. On this day, the founder was in a forest on his usual trip to fetch ebony with his Bible. He heard a voice and could not open his eyes. The voice was 'LULI' and the same voice said again, 'this means the grace of Jesus Christ'.(section 16)
Grace, we understand from scripture, is unearned and a free gift from God. As Christians, we live a life of grace through Christ's work on Calvary. So what was special about 'Luli'? Or 'Luli' type of grace? We also understand that once you understand grace, you have the power of God to get your rights back through Christ, stolen by the devil through Adam, by one man sin we are all sinners but by one mans righteousness we are all made righteous(Romans5:12), and also have the power to live right through Jesus Christ alone. As our righteousness, as our mediator(1Timothy 2:5). The Holy Spirit, through the grace of God, goes into a believer's life and teaches them, heals them, brings joy and peace, to make them live right and live a life to produce fruits of the spirit through a believers' life (Gal 5:22,23).
At this voice, the founder received the grace 'Luli', which was free and unearned, else it wouldn't be called 'grace' in the first place. We as Christians have to position our minds to receive grace all the time from God. This is what Christ paid for, for there's no condemnation of anybody in Christ Jesus(Romans 8:1). Grace is always available but most Christians don't receive it. We pray for what God has given us and for the work he has finished on the Cross of Calvary. We are to stand in a posture of dominion and always receive forgiveness from God, as we forgive those who trespass against us(Mathew6:11). From here, it seems everything is in our hands. At the opening of his eyes, the founder saw a vision; a white monkey with two teeth up and down with winged hands and feet like a bat, but it was stationary. Then he saw a bird with yellow feet, a yellow beak and a long tail, sometimes fanning them out, and it was multicolored but was also stationary. Then, thirdly, he saw a short snake about a foot long but was stationary puffing his mouth like a cobra, the founder then found himself toying with the snake. After awhile, the bird flew away and the monkey into the bush(section 16).
These three images in this vision show the posture of idols or spiritual crafts in this part of the world most especially.
We understand from the divine order on 29th September 1947 in a deep mystery of divine appearance, during prayer, a winged angel bathed with intense light came with a word to the founder; 'It is the wish of God to send you on an errand of preaching to the world. Many nominal Christians there are, who when confronted with problems of this world still run after fetish priest and other power of darkness for all kinds of assistance; consequently on their death they cannot see Christ because satan has left his spiritual mark on them. The angel went on, 'to assist you in your work so that many can follow you, miraculous work of Holy divine healing will be done by you in the name of Jesus Christ and God's spiritual mark on you will testify that God sent you.
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From the vision representation of May 1947, we see three weird combinations of the 3 animals seen in the vision, from their color to hands, teeth and the fact that they were stationary, we can clearly see that it was an angel on September 1947 as described by the founder. So what were the May 1947 images telling us. From understanding the message of the angel to the founder in section 2 and 24 of the celestial church of Christ's constitution, we see the problem God saw in man again before the establishment of the church, especially in this part of the world (Africa).
Africa pose to be birthed in idol worshiping and evil crafts and even after Christianity came to Africa in recent years, many Africans still didn't believe in Christianity's true power, so when they have problems with the world, they go back to fetish worship or they visit for consultations or general common help. Most believed that their idols or way of worship was more proficient and brought faster results and Christianity was more of a moral value to just uphold around the community. This is the problem God saw. Many people went back to idols or secretly engaged in this practice despite claiming to be Christians and therefore, they don't make it to heaven because there's a mark of satan on them.
Thus, we can see the monkey, bird and snake represent the power of darkness in their primary categories. We can say:
Idols in Africa were common before Christianity, especially. The white monkey represents idols; white in the sense of their acceptance generally in African society. We see festivals for them and all sorts of open practice, two teeth up and down, and also were unable to move, as shown to the founder, to understand how powerless the idols are in the present of 'Luli', 'Grace of Jesus Christ'.
Secondly, the bird represents wizard craft, secrete cults in Africa. Yellow in the sense of not generally accepted, we understand in Africa, witches associate with birds and how they are more secretive and don't expose themselves; also stationary, which means being powerless in the presence of this grace.
Thirdly, the short snake representing demons. Anything can be demonic . From Genesis, we understand that the snake was possessed by Satan to tempt Eve, because the snake was the most corny animal. Anything you love too much can be demonic. Demons can be in action or even in a character. There are, of course, various levels of darkness and we understand this from scripture. Jesus delivered a man with legions of demons(Mark5:1-20). Jesus also explained what happens if a demon comes back to its former place and finds it empty of the Word of God, that it goes and brings more demons, so that it will be harder to deliver that person again(Mathew12:38-39), so a Christian must be continuously filled with the spirit so not to fulfill the desire of the flesh (Galatians5:16), not to give space in your mind for a demonic thoughts to grow or come back once you cast it out. Jesus also told us that some demons wouldn't respond to a Christian who is not living a life of prayer and fasting (Mathew17:21).
The action also found in section 16 of the constitution where he finds himself toying with the snake shows that 'Luli' gave him the power to control the things of life that might want to be demonic to a Christian. As a Christian, as we seek to become like Christ, we still have some few things we might love and not see as a danger to our relationship with Christ, but if not done with Christ, it can also be demonic. Like eating too much (gluttony) can rise from a common simple love of food, love of clothe, love of self when it's too much can be demonic. We have to do everything in proportion so that it does not affect our work with God, no matter how harmless it may seem. It can be watching movies or having friends or love of money, love of a skill or a job, love of wife, love of husband, love of child, when it's too much it can become demonic and starts controlling a person's life in-terms of their decisions and time offered to the thing, thereby affecting their decisions and the will of Christ indirectly, then over time directly. We see Cain in Genesis chapter 4 having the 'snake' or demon of jealousy, but he let it get too much and it made him kill. We see Gods reply in verse 7 that 'sin is at your doorstep, it desires to have you, but you must 'rule' over it. This world is full of different snakes, I mean things that pose in one way at first, but then have so many different parts when you get into it to find out. We as Christians must rule over our life with Christ's word, not getting carried away by any other relationship with anything, not liking anything too much at all but Christ.
As Christians, we can learn from the founder even if there's a temptation to love something too much. We have been given the grace to have self control as the gift of the Holy Spirit (Galatians5:22,23). This makes us follow Christ more diligently-allowing His will to be done in our life.
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REVELATION OF THE CELESTIAL CALL; A LETTER TO THE CELESTIAL CHURCH (Part1)
SpiritualSpiritual interpretation and revelation of some key events at the start of the church. Celestial church of Christ 'Constitution' with spiritual interpretation.