The Order He Created

Chapter 3 – Enter The New Creature - The Abject Poverty of Humanity

That description doesn’t sound encouraging does it? The human existence is polar opposite and vastly different from God who is self-existent perfect and complete. Or even the angels who are created complete and fully functional.

Our human reality is that we were created as mortal – capable of dying unless outside help provides everything we will ever need just to stay alive. Which is in stark contrast with God as mentioned who does nothing because He needs to. It is we humans that exist with needs from cradle to grave. This breaks down into three facts:

1) In order for us to have anything we must go and get what we want and need.

2) In order for us to have things we have to use our energy and spend our time and substance.

3) In order for us to want to use up our energy and resources we have to be motivated.

We have to be hungry enough to want to go get our food and on and on. If you think about all our needs and desires and what it takes to get what we want then you can understand we are bottomless pits.

We are born naked, blind and completely dependent. All we can do is cry and if someone is listening hopefully they will respond with needed sustenance. Most often momma is the one listening but these days that is no longer reliable or guaranteed. From the day we are born till the day we die our entire existence is a long list of needs and wants.

So in short our existence is needs based and every single one those needs must be supplied from outside of ourselves.

God created us this way on purpose. I’d like to clue you in now but then I’ll run out of books to write. I need to leave some information for later.

We are needy gatherers. The exact opposite is true for God. He needs absolutely nothing from outside of Himself in order to exist. Do you see the difference between God and us? Everything we will ever have must come from outside of ourselves. Everything that God has which is all that exists came from inside Himself. I hope you can understand that.

In essence God is a giver and we all including angels are all takers. This one fact alone is a huge factor that reveals what really being "Like God" is all about.

Lucifer wants to be “Like God” but his intrinsic essence as a “taker” can only produce a god that is a “taker”. And this is the pattern of essence that now permeates all his ways and transfers over to all power hungry – whether – angels, principalities, rulers in high places, and humans whose mentality of being powerful is that they can take want they want.

Becoming “like God” is a transformational process that changes us from being takers to becoming givers. What I see in my Bible that just overwhelms me to no end is the fact that a path exists that God has ordained and blessed in fact that empowers us to be “Like Him” – to be “Like God”.

We touched on this in chapter one – sitting at His feet and making Him the sole source of learning. Beholding Him – we are transformed to become “Like Him”. we don’t have to steal it like the devil has been trying to usurp and steal.

Listen, nothing can take away anything from God so there is no threat of loss or damage to Him either in substance or position. He can always afford generosity with no thought for ever lacking. His position as the only ‘self existent’ can not be stolen. “God IS” and that is the way it will always be.

From the get go before any creation ever began – God has been first planning to be a giver of rewards. And since creation He has been giving of Himself endlessly – sustaining all that exists. He has been a sustainer of all things forever and beyond.

So for God – raising up “Givers” isn’t a threat – but an asset to help Him give away more of Himself. So this path is welcomed and blessed.

What is not blessed is a realm of “takers” because the evidence surrounds us that this is the source of all conflict that exists.

What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don't they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong – you want only what will give you pleasure. Jas 4:1-3 NLT

That realm is winding down and going to end. The sooner the better. “Even so come Lord Jesus”.

From where we are now – in the very least those of us who can at least acknowledge God as the source of all blessings and say thank you. That is the first step in the transformational process.

More on our current state

Wrapped up together in our beings as being needy people, comes also the tools to achieve us getting what we want. Which is our intellect, physical strength and abilities. Finally nested deep inside of our intellect and abilities is motivation. The Bible uses the words covet and lust to describe our longings, cravings and desires. It is then our longings, cravings and desires that can be understood as the things that motivate us and cause us to act. And as James said above motivations matter.

All men are created equal in the eyes of God. However motivation comes from deep inside our beings and separates and sorts us out as to what we actually end up doing with our lives. Even in the cases where individuals are limited in either abilities or intellect – motivation is extremely powerful and can bridge the gaps and can drive us to overcome and accomplish astonishing feats.

Unfortunately our motivation is also the realm where the Man Whisperer, the serpent spell caster, or just plain devil plays. Our motivations are the strings the devil pulls on to get his puppets to do his evil bidding. So then our needs based existence makes us vulnerable and subject to suggestion and open to short cuts. Our existence is a radical and absolute opposite existence from God's existence.

The Bible tells us God looks for and seeks individuals based on their motivations. God is looking for individuals whose longings, cravings, and desires are for truth and the ways of God.

All the while the devil is looking for people who want the short cuts to power, fame and riches. So we see our needs get met by either the devil or God depending on what we long for in our heart. Moving on.

Remember the devil's attacks against God were against His motivation and integrity. The devil lied to Eve by saying God was purposefully withholding something that would make her better. The devil tried to make God a liar by saying they would not die if they disobeyed.

Keep in mind false accusations usually indicate the motives of the accuser. It is the devil that wants to steal away our dominion. It is the devil that sought to destroy Eve's relationship with God and hence gain for himself the dominion of the earth. It is the accuser himself using lies against God as his means to gain control of the world.

These things are playing out before our eyes with a very divided society. One group accusing the other of the very same things the accusers are doing themselves. Enough said. It is God's good pleasure to give us the kingdom. God is Good! All the time!

The Foundation of the Earth

Let’s get back on track now taking a step back and look at what God did. Before creating the living beings and creatures God established order and boundaries throughout the universe. Separating light from darkness, establishing firmaments or boundaries between our sky and the heavens above, separating land from out of the seas. All this was to prepare a world that would be used as a habitation for all God's created beings and creatures. So we see that creation was not all rolled out in one instantaneous moment but rather God did things in stages.

The purpose for the stages

Preparing a place for you stage 1) Everything in its place within its boundaries.

Isa 45:18 KJV For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

Notice the stages – God created the heavens, in the heavens He formed the earth, when He hovered over the earth – He established an order. He established the order with the express purpose to be inhabited.

God’s establishing and bringing everything into order was done by establishing boundaries for all things living and otherwise. The boundaries separate light from darkness – day from night and so on. So separation is part of how God operates.

Time, space, and place are all boundaries. God's initial actions were to establish boundaries first before creating living things.

The Genesis story tells us God divided light from darkness and established firmaments. These firmaments are boundaries. God spoke and said sun, stars and moon stay here and do your job.

He said oceans stay here and lands stay there. He said heavens above stay there and sky below stay here. God created everything to stay put in its place in the first 4 days of creation. In those days God created places of habitation. First the sky and then the birds. First the seas and then the fish. First the dry land and then the creatures and critters.

Every living species has a place; a habitation specifically created to meet the needs of the creature: birds in the air, fish in the sea, beasts in the fields on and on. You cannot expect a fish to prosper very long on land nor can we expect land creatures to prosper very long if dumped into the depths of the sea. All creatures thrive and prosper with the blessing of God; "Be fruitful and multiply" when they are within the boundaries of their specific habitation.

Then when it came to the creation of man God created a special place different than the rest of the globe that we call Eden the garden of God which also had boundaries. It was only after everything was set and in order that God created man and placed him into the garden.

Back up again and look at the big picture and Behold the Glory of God

There is something incredibly profound about how God operates. You and I communicate using human language—spoken or written words. Human intellect speaks to human intellect.

But God communicates on a much higher level. When we begin to connect the dots, we realize that He is not only speaking through words – He is telling a story through everything He creates. The meaning is built into the creation itself.

Creation doesn’t just exist – it speaks. It reveals His wisdom, His plan, and His forethought.

We use words to communicate. God uses everything He makes.

What we often call “types and shadows” are simply this – God using real things to point to greater things.

This pattern of speaking through creation becomes uniquely a God thing that becomes His signature of authenticity if you will.

Take the example of a lamb. In the early parts of Scripture, a lamb is used as a sacrifice – something innocent given so that another might live. At the time, in the human mind, it may have appeared to be simply an act of obedience to please God or a way to gain favor with Him.

But as the story unfolds, we come to understand that the lamb was never the final answer – it wasn’t the dying of an animal that God was pleased with or wanted. Rather the lamb was a temporary symbol pointing to something greater.

When John 1:29 declares Jesus as “the Lamb of God,” the picture becomes clear. What was always practice as a symbol in the past was now becoming the reality that God was actually communicating all along.

God didn’t just say what He was going to do – He showed it first. Long before the fulfillment came, He was already telling the story through what He created and established.

Clarifying Disclaimer

Now when I look at creation and the symbolism I see – I’m sharing my take on the story that is being told. What I am not doing is presenting my take as infallible truth. Actually over the years my take has evolved and modified. What that means is that I’m always willing to be taught.

In general and not universally – my observation is – when an individual becomes an ‘expert’ they like to see themselves as authoritative and therefore unchallengable.

Now when getting into areas of symbolism the sky is the limit. Anybody can say this means this and quite often many go that route. And many more use that route to create a sensationalism that sells their conclusions for a profit.

My approach to symbolism is to base it on what I already know to be a provable fact – and then simply use the symbolism as an additional layer of backup. And then only to demonstrate the depths of God’s wisdom from beginning to end. This becomes unique to God – to be able to weave threads into the fabric of creation as a signature declaring His glory.

I am able to speak with confidence not because I want to represent myself as any kind of authority – nope – His word is the authority. My confidence comes from the precept that God has ‘declared the end from the beginning’. So when I look at and speak of symbolism I see parameters – there must be a consistency that is identical from Genesis thru Revelations. Everything must line up from cover to cover.

Interestingly enough the first word of the Bible is “In” and the last word of the Bible is “Amen”. So combine the very first letter ‘I’ with the very last letter ‘N’ and we get the word ‘IN’. So in the way I operate all understanding comes from everything – not just a passage nor a chapter nor any set of passages or chapters – cover to cover from I thru N everything must be consistent and woven together as the fabric of creation. This declares the Glory of God.

That right there demonstrates one mind – His mind – and in knowing His mind I speak with confidence. Not to say you need to know me but rather to say WE need to know Him.

So while I move forward with my take on the symbolism of creation that is beyond a purely scriptural word for word sense – comparing the consistency reinforces the message God has woven into creation.

One last thought – and just know God has corrected my thoughts – at the time of creation there were no people yet to have a purely written account of God’s handiwork. The communication was between God and the current Host of the heavens so the symbolism may have been part of their language that we are only trying to learn now. The truth is fixed – our understanding is what grows.

What the First Four Days of Creation Tells Us

With the backdrop of Lucifer devising his own plans of grandeur – God is on top and already ahead of those schemes. Remember God is the original planner and foreknowledge is His ace planning strategy.

Before Lucifer even begins making any moves. While Lucifer is still singing in the choir along with all the other angels – God knows what is brewing in his heart and answers with the order being established within the first four days of creation.

Creation begins with chaos and darkness covering the earth. Why would a God that is the absolute definition of order begin with chaos? And why would the God who is “Light” “In whom there is no darkness at all” begin with darkness?

Beginning with chaos and darkness was a demonstration that God already knew what Lucifer’s effects on this earth would be if left unchecked. It was a silent way to symbolically say – Lucifer can try – but I the Lord am not finished yet – I’m just getting started.

Then with just three spoken words – “Let there be light” darkness was instantly overcome.

The First Day – Three Spoken Words

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. 2 Thess 2:8

Those first three words were already pointing forward to Jesus’ triumph over the “Wicked one” First in a type that foreshadows and then in the fullness of time – the final reality.

Joh 1:5 NLT The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

Now if God is Light – was God actually saying ‘Let there be Me’? When did “Me” actually show up?

The One who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He came into the very world He created, but the world didn't recognize Him. Joh 1:9-10 NLT

In short God’s answer to whatever Lucifer was scheming was Jesus – first in symbolic type – later in fulfilled reality.

2Co 4:6  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Col 1:13  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 

The Second day God establishes firmaments. He is dividing, ordering, and assigning function. God is not just creating things – He is organizing them and giving them space – and part of giving them space is also giving them time as indicated by ‘first day, second day’ and so on.

So who is He assigning ‘time’ and space to? What is God still speaking of? Light and darkness. Day and night. God is still symbolically speaking of durations of time when both darkness and light have separate places but coexist within the duration of “A Day”.

First the night and then the day – equals one day. First the prince of darkness has his time – but that time ends when the Son arises. So again we see God using what He is creating as symbols of future real events.

Isa 60:2  For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Pe 1:19  We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 

And when the “Day Star arise” – What star comes out during the day? Well the sun symbolically – but The Son in reality. And when He arises begins the third day.

The Starting Point for Being “Translated” – the Third Day

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. Gen 1:9-10 KJV

We are talking about creation being a God thing in which He writes messages that indicate signatures of authenticity. Only God signs His masterpieces. Actually He is the only One who truly created real masterpieces that deserve signing.

What is the above passage showing us? Step back and examine the scenario. Where was the earth before it was raised to become “dry land”? The earth was under the abyss and under darkness. Or symbolically under the King of the abyss and his darkness.

What did God do to bring the ‘dry land’ out from under the current symbolic control of the King of the abyss and his darkness? He raised the ‘dry land’ out from under the waters. What becomes of the ‘dry land’? It becomes the dwelling place for the “living creatures” God is going to create yet. First the place and then the inhabitants of that place.

Where does the symbolic “beast” representing Satan’s dominion arise from?  And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea Rev 13:1

Between the dry land and the sea God is showing us the two domains of the “living creatures” on land – and the satanic in the sea. Separation is God’s signature and separation is in order.

Now back up again – what are we witnessing here? When something is at one point under water – the symbolic place of Satan’s darkness and rule – but then raised above the water by God to come out of that domain – that my friend is called a baptism.

Act 22:16  And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 

Col 2:12  Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 

Col 2:13  And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 

Well my friend creation on the third day is showing us that Baptism is the operation of God that separates first the place and later the “living creatures” from the dead creatures. And that separation is the beginning of our translation “Into the kingdom of his dear Son”. The baptized are the “living creatures” God is moving forward to get that reward He is wanting to give away.

Mar 16:16  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

God wrote and revealed the entire Gospel of Jesus Christ’s Triumph over Satan even before Satan made his first move in just seven verses of the creation story. Now you tell me Who creates masterpieces?

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Study Reference for Chapter 3 — The New Creature: The Abject Poverty of Humanity

1. God — The Source and Sustainer of All Life
   
   God alone is self-sufficient and the source of all that exists. Everything that lives depends on Him for life and continuation.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Acts 17:24–25 — God gives life, breath, and all things
   • Colossians 1:16–17 — All things created by Him and held together by Him
   • Romans 11:36 — All things are of Him, through Him, and to Him
   
   Summary Insight: God is the giver and sustainer. All creation depends on Him, while He depends on nothing.




2. Humanity — Dependent and in Need
   
   Human life is not self-sustaining. From beginning to end, mankind depends on provision from outside itself.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 2:7 — Man receives life from God
   • Psalm 103:14–16 — Man’s frailty and temporary nature
   • Matthew 6:31–32 — Human needs require continual provision
   
   Summary Insight: Man lives in dependence. Every need must be met from outside himself.




3. Motivation and Desire — The Driver of Action
   
   Human behavior is driven by inner desires, which determine direction and outcome.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • James 4:1–3 — Desires as the source of conflict
   • James 1:14–15 — Desire leading to sin and death
   • Psalm 37:4 — God shaping desires toward Himself
   
   Summary Insight: What we desire determines what we pursue, and ultimately what we become.




4. God’s Nature — The Giver
   
   God’s nature is to give, not to take. All good things originate from Him.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • James 1:17 — Every good gift comes from God
   • John 3:16 — God gives out of love
   • Acts 20:35 — It is more blessed to give than to receive
   
   Summary Insight: God’s character is revealed through giving. His nature stands in contrast to need-driven humanity.




5. Transformation — From Taker to Giver
   
   God’s work in man transforms a need-driven life into one that reflects His giving nature.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • 2 Corinthians 5:17 — New creature in Christ
   • Ephesians 4:28 — From taking to giving
   • Philippians 2:5–7 — Christ’s example of self-giving
   
   Summary Insight: Transformation is not just receiving—it is becoming like God in nature and action.




6. God Establishes Order and Boundaries
   
   Creation reveals that God brings order through separation, structure, and defined limits.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 1:3–10 — Light, firmament, and land established
   • Psalm 33:6–9 — Creation by the Word of God
   • Jeremiah 5:22 — Boundaries set for the sea
   
   Summary Insight: God creates order first, establishing boundaries so life can function and flourish.




7. Creation Prepared for Life
   
   God prepared environments before placing living beings within them.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Isaiah 45:18 — Earth formed to be inhabited
   • Genesis 1:20–25 — Creatures placed in their environments
   • Genesis 2:8 — Man placed in the garden
   
   Summary Insight: God prepares before He places. Life thrives within the environment He establishes.




8. Creation Reveals God
   
   The visible world communicates the invisible nature and wisdom of God.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Psalm 19:1 — Creation declares God’s glory
   • Romans 1:20 — Invisible things understood by creation
   • Hebrews 11:3 — Visible made from unseen
   
   Summary Insight: Creation is not silent—it reveals God’s character, wisdom, and plan.




9. Light and Darkness — A Recurring Pattern
   
   From the beginning, God distinguishes light from darkness, establishing a pattern seen throughout Scripture.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 1:3–4 — Light divided from darkness
   • John 1:5 — Light shines in darkness
   • 2 Corinthians 4:6 — Light revealed in Christ
   
   Summary Insight: Light overcomes darkness. What begins in creation finds fulfillment in Christ.




10. Separation — A Principle of God’s Work
    
    God consistently separates in order to define, protect, and establish purpose.
    
    Key Scriptures:
    
    • Genesis 1:4, 6–7 — God divides and separates
    • Leviticus 20:26 — Called to be separate
    • 2 Corinthians 6:17 — Come out and be separate
    
    Summary Insight: Separation is not division for its own sake—it establishes identity and purpose.




11. From Death to Life — The Work of God
    
    God’s work brings life out of death and calls man into a new state of being.
    
    Key Scriptures:
    
    • Colossians 2:12–13 — Buried and raised with Christ
    • Romans 6:4 — Walk in newness of life
    • Acts 22:16 — Baptism and cleansing
    
    Summary Insight: God’s operation brings transformation—from death into life through His power.




12. God’s Plan Revealed Over Time
    
    God reveals His purposes progressively, showing patterns first and fulfillment later.
    
    Key Scriptures:
    
    • Ephesians 1:9–10 — Mystery revealed in Christ
    • Hebrews 10:1 — Shadow of things to come
    • Colossians 2:16–17 — Shadow and substance
    
    Summary Insight: God reveals His plan step by step. What is shown early is fulfilled later.

Closing Thought: Man begins in need—dependent, searching, and empty. But God’s plan is not to leave man as a taker. Through His work, He transforms us into something new – a people who not only receive from Him, but reflect Him.

Chapter 4 - The Fourth Day

After the foreshadowing Triumph of Jesus conquering darkness. God continues to use the objects He has created as symbols to represent a greater fulfillment in the future. Now His work continues with the establishment of the luminaries. Remember first He said “Let there be light” singular, and now He is saying “Let there be lights” plural. He also establishes the purpose for these “lights” – “To divide the day from the night”.

This is the Type Foreshadowing A Future Fulfillment

Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

(15) And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

(16) And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

(17) And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

(18) And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

(19) And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Are the ‘Lights’ natural, physical objects in the sky? Or people?

Dan 12:3  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

For I (Jesus) have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them... John 17:8

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word... John 17:20

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men... And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Ephesians 4:8-12

Rev 1:16 And He had in his right hand seven stars… and His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Rev 1:20  The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand... The seven stars are the angels (leaders) of the seven churches…

1Th 5:5  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 

When these lesser luminaries finish giving their light and turn many to righteousness then The Greater Light will will shine forever.

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Revelation 21:23

Can you see the consistency from Genesis through Revelations. From the beginning thru to the end – “Declaring the end from the beginning” Isa 46:10.

God said “Let there be Light” and His operation of Baptism separated a place for the living (before the living were manifest yet to come on day 6) - “I go to prepare a place for you”. Joh 14:2  separated from the dead. The place is ordained even before we actually get there because it’s all the same to God – what He ordains beforehand is as good as already done. As far as God is concerned we are now seated in the heavens before the reality of actually being seated.

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:5-6

Then God said “Let there be lights” and they separated the light from the darkness. The ‘lights’ are the messengers chosen by God to continue to reflect the light of the “True Light” Jesus, through the word He “gave them”. They preached His truth and we who believe “Their word” are turned to righteousness and become “The children of the light” being separated from the children of the darkness.

Then when all earthly work is done – earth, sun, moon and stars have finished their course and give way to the One and only true source of all things and He remains eternal.

And all this in answer to, and in contrast to Lucifer – ‘the light bearer’ – a wannabe shooting star.

And he (Jesus)said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke 10:18

And there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood… Revelation 8:10-11

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:9

So what have we seen being demonstrated? First with “Let there be light” - we see Christ’s triumphant victory over death symbolized in baptism and Him separating a place for His living creatures to abide. His New Creatures abide in what we know as The Church. A separated place “in the world but not of the world”. The place ordained even before the actual New Creatures were formed on day six originally in Genesis. This also is a shadow that finds fulfillment on the sixth day known as the Millennium when ‘The Son’s of God are made manifest’ with Christ at His second coming.

Day Six

Day six is another place of ‘beginning’ something that represents something intended to be finished or fulfilled later on. Day six is when the “New Creature” – the One God created the place for – The Heir with dominion is finally unveiled.

The first couple were given dominion in the beginning as a type and shadow of what? He who actually owns that dominion. When does He actually come to rein with dominion? On the sixth day. In God’s timeline of one thousand years equals one day - the six thousandth year begins the Millennium for the next thousand years – which then is the seventh day of rest before the eight day beginning again the new creation cycle of a New Heaven and a New Earth.

First the Greater Light – Jesus – then the lesser lights – whomever He sends. To the lesser lights He ordains the administration of “For the perfecting of the saints” the children of the day, separating them from the children of the night.

So we have separating in stages, preparing places in stages and final fulfillment in stages, and all this creates a pattern.

Human temperament dislikes waiting for tomorrow what could have been done yesterday. We like instant gratification and instant results – but the One actually capable of instant – doesn’t. The eternal One exercises extreme patience and faithfulness to His process. Which is a message within itself.

So just the first 19 verses of Genesis reveal a blueprint of what God is orchestrating and building towards. God starts with a blueprint and ends with The New Jerusalem. In between we have a God that is already demonstrating a level of control that is way past and beyond our comprehension. Creation is already telling His story of triumph and His story is His Glory.

Details Matter

We see distinctions above and beyond the other creatures created on the sixth day in that God ordained us to have dominion over. That sixth day saw the creation of birds, fish, beasts, crawly things and man.

As mentioned to each of these sets of creatures God first ordained the place of their habitation as a place of blessing. Remain in that place and multiplying and fruitfulness is assured.

In the sea and in the air

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven… And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. Genesis 1:20-22

On Dry Land

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (28) And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply. Gen 1:26-29

On Dry land also but...

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, (1) cattle, and (2) creeping thing, and (3) beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Gen 1:24-25

But where is the blessing? These were not blessed independently – but who was blessed?

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the (1) fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the (2) cattle, and over all the earth, and over (3) every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:26-28

There is no direct mention of blessing upon cattle, beasts or creepy things. The blessing is upon man, with man having dominion over these creatures. So now the umbrella of covering is revealed – Man as the head over the creatures – so the creatures are blessed indirectly. As long as they remain under that order of dominion that is.

Look at the list of creatures again: (1) Cattle (2) Creeping things (3) Beasts of the earth.
Look at the list of creatures under dominion: (1) Fish and fowl (2) Cattle (3) Every creeping thing

Where did the beasts go as far as blessings? Who was plotting his own plans of grandeur? Lucifer. Who then might not think he wants to be under the dominion of Man in order to receive blessings?

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Genesis 3:1

Yep. No yoke around my neck. My perfect self is going to show who has dominion over who. What was only plans in his mind are now put into action and he makes his move. Yep, no blessing for that beast.

Just to give you something to thinks about – the rest of the animals of Genesis are also representative of other entities. The beasts represent the third part of entities drawn away by that certain beast of the field.

The other critters represent other groups that ultimately do come under dominion.

I think you have seen enough of Genesis for now and are familiar with the repercussions of that fateful day. The next chapter I’m going just go full bore into the question of “What is Man”? Now if you want to talk about blessings – this next chapter is going to just woop on that snake.

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Study Reference for Chapter 4 — The Fourth Day: Lights, Order, and Witness

1. The Lights — Appointed for Signs and Seasons
   
   God established the lights in the heavens to divide light from darkness and to mark time and purpose.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 1:14–18 — Lights for signs, seasons, days, and years
   • Psalm 104:19 — Moon appointed for seasons
   • Jeremiah 31:35 — Ordinances of sun, moon, and stars
   
   Summary Insight: God assigns purpose to creation. The lights establish order, time, and visible structure.





2. Light Bearers — Reflecting a Greater Light
   
   Scripture uses the language of light to describe those who reflect God’s truth and righteousness.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Daniel 12:3 — The wise shine as brightness and stars
   • Matthew 5:14–16 — You are the light of the world
   • Philippians 2:15 — Shine as lights in the world
   
   Summary Insight: God’s people are called to reflect His light. What is seen in creation is later seen in His people.





3. The Greater Light — Christ Revealed
   
   All lesser lights point toward the one true and eternal Light, Jesus Christ.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • John 1:9 — The true Light that gives light to every man
   • John 8:12 — I am the light of the world
   • Revelation 21:23 — The Lamb is the light thereof
   
   Summary Insight: Christ is the source. All other light is derived and temporary.





4. Light vs Darkness — Ongoing Separation
   
   God continues to distinguish between light and darkness, both physically and spiritually.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 1:4 — God divided the light from the darkness
   • John 1:5 — Darkness cannot overcome the light
   • 1 Thessalonians 5:5 — Children of light, not of darkness
   
   Summary Insight: Light and darkness remain distinct. God’s work separates and defines them.





5. Witnesses — The Word Carried Forward
   
   God uses people as messengers to carry His light through His Word.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • John 17:8 — Words given and received
   • John 17:20 — Others believe through their word
   • Ephesians 4:11–12 — Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers
   
   Summary Insight: God’s light is carried forward through those He sends. The message continues through faithful witnesses.





6. God’s Plan — Declared from Beginning to End
   
   God establishes patterns early that are fulfilled later in His plan.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning
   • Ecclesiastes 3:15 — God requires what is past
   • Hebrews 10:1 — Shadow of things to come
   
   Summary Insight: What God begins, He completes. Early patterns reveal later fulfillment.





7. Time and Order — God’s Structured Process
   
   God works in stages, assigning time and purpose within His creation.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 1:19 — The fourth day completed
   • 2 Peter 3:8 — A day with the Lord as a thousand years
   • Galatians 4:4 — Fullness of time
   
   Summary Insight: God is not rushed. He works according to His timing and brings fulfillment in stages.





8. Dominion and Fulfillment — The Revealing of Man
   
   Man is created with dominion, pointing toward a future fulfillment under Christ.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 1:26–28 — Dominion given to man
   • Hebrews 2:6–8 — All things placed under him
   • Romans 8:19 — Manifestation of the sons of God
   
   Summary Insight: What is given in the beginning is fulfilled later. Dominion points forward to a greater reality.





9. Blessing and Order — Life Under Authority
   
   God’s blessing flows within the order He establishes.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Genesis 1:22 — Blessing on creatures of sea and air
   • Genesis 1:28 — Blessing and dominion given to man
   • Psalm 8:6–8 — Man given authority over creation
   
   Summary Insight: Blessing is connected to order. Life thrives when aligned with God’s design.

Closing Thought:

God placed lights in the heavens to divide, to guide, and to mark His order. But those lights were never the end – only the witness. The true Light was always coming. And when He appears, all lesser lights give way to Him.

Chapter 5 – What is Man?

“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him”? Job 7:17

Now who was thinking I would quote Psalms 8 when asking this question – What is man? You see that question has been asked for a very long time. Ballpark guesstimates place Job at one thousand years before David and these two are just the ones who wrote that question down.

In all honesty I would think at some time in every individuals life that sort of question pops into our mind. What is life about? Why are we here? What purpose does my life serve? Does anything ever get better? Right? Aren’t we all there asking these same questions?

These questions are the same for everyone. The difference is in how we answer them.

The Bible actually records three people asking the same question – “What is man”? Job was the first in the verse above. At the time he was suffering under a trail that caused him to question just about everything and in his suffering the full context of his question frames it as why do you even bother with me – it would be better if you left me alone.

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone... Job 7:16-19

This coming from a man that was described as “Perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.” Job 1:1 So the balance of the book has Job wrestling with his condition. After hearing from all his “friends” and getting laced into by God for two chapters of “correction” – Job pauses to reflect and states he is done complaining.

Then Job answered the LORD and said, “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I say in response to You? I put my hand on my mouth. Job 40:3-4

Just choosing to be silent wasn’t enough for God so He continues with “correction” for another two chapters. And now Job has a different tune.

Then Job answered the LORD and said, “I know that You can do all things, And that no plan is impossible for You... I will ask You, and You instruct me.’ “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; Therefore I retract, And I repent, sitting on dust and ashes.” Job 42:1-6

One moment we have Job asking God to please leave him alone. The pain and suffering of this needy human condition is real. And pain has an effect on what we think and say at times. What we may not normally say out loud while we are “Perfect and upright” - can get squeezed out when we are under pressure. That pressure we know came from the devil.

Then God put pressure on Job – a different kind of pressure though. The devil’s pressure was to break Job. God’s pressure was to make Job. That pressure was going to squeeze out what God was seeing in Job all along.

Some scholars estimate the God sat Job down and asked in the area of eighty questions. Job had questions and God answered with questions. Questions become the source of learning and our bottomless pit of endless needs naturally give way to endless questions. It’s not the questioning that is wrong – there are no wrong questions. It’s the answers that can be wrong.

Fortunately for Job, God’s series of eighty questions gave him pause enough to regain perspective. Perspective comes from what you are looking at. At the moment Job was only looking at his loss and suffering so the questions and statements he was making came from his inner perspective – looking inward into the destitute reality of our nature.

To that perspective Job answered the first time with “Behold, I am insignificant”. This is Truth – but half of the story. So Job gets grilled again until this response gets squeezed out. “I know that You can do all things, And that no plan is impossible for You”. Bingo! The picture of what is man is completed.

Our insignificance must be tied to His totality.

At the point that, that light went off in Job’s head – he was now in the position to receive double what he had before.

Just for contrast and balance we need to talk about Eliphaz. Because it wasn’t just Job who asked the question “what is man”? Eliphaz asked it also.

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Job 15:14

Now when we compare these questions side by side we see perspective coming through. Look at how Job phrased the question.

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? Job 7:17

Job’s perspective included God in the picture. Eliphaz’s question frames man’s condition as a foregone conclusion. Man cannot be neither clean nor righteous because he is man. This is truth – but again only half of the picture. Because Eliphaz didn’t reference God in any way - either issue of being clean or righteous could not be answered for him. Because it is only God who does both – make us clean and imputes our righteousness.

At the end God says to Eliphaz, “My wrath is kindled against thee” and told to sacrifice and allow Job to pray for Him because God “accepts” Job. Right there Eliphaz gets taught his own lesson about being made ‘clean’ and imputed righteousness. The sacrifice made him clean and Job’s prayer and right standing with God covered for Eliphaz.

And again that all points to the repeated theme of the umbrella covering – submitting to the one who is ‘given’ authority over you. The reason they have been ‘given’ authority is because they have been ‘accepted’.

The theme of being ‘accepted’ is another thread woven throughout scripture and becomes central to understanding that there are acceptable mindsets, attitudes and perspectives and there are wrong mindsets, attitudes and perspective.

The Theme for humanity began with Adam being given dominion – the one beast didn’t like that idea and moved in his own direction with other plans. So we see how that works out.

Now the picture between the two men asking the same question - “What is man” illustrates mindsets. Eliphaz just said man is nothing and that will never change. Then even though God was angry saying: “for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right” God goes ahead and ‘cleans’ him up and spares Eliphaz from God’s anger. God is good that way.

Job’s mindset did include God but his suffering caused him to divert his eyes inwardly and of course inside we are empty and we can find no answers. And yet still again God steps in with answers even though He only asked questions. Those questions refocused Job’s eyes off himself and back onto God and that right there is the answer. Those questions allowed Job to see God.

I had only heard about You before, but now I have seen You with my own eyes. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance. Job 42:5-6 NLT

Contrasting Mindsets

The best way to illustrate a wrong mindset versus an ‘accepted’ mindset is to compare Cain and Job. Through both these men God shows us that a wrong mindset has consequences and an ‘accepted’ mindset has rewards. Job’s mindset has already been illustrated with his Bingo moment – “I am insignificant” - “but I know that You can do all things, And that no plan is impossible for You”

That Bingo moment set Job apart to be enabled to enter a priestly role.

...”My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has." Job 42:8 NLT

In Contrast with Cain

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Genesis 4:6-7 KJV

Genesis 4:7 and Job 42:8 are connected by the Hebrew picture of a face being “lifted up” before God. In Cain’s case, his countenance had fallen because his heart was not aligned with God, yet God mercifully told him that if he would do well, he would be “accepted” - literally lifted up and restored in favor.

In Job’s case, after suffering and testing, God declared that He would “accept” Job – meaning He would lift up Job’s face with honor and receive him favorably as an intercessor for others. Together these passages reveal that biblical acceptance is not merely tolerance, but restoration into right standing, where shame is removed and fellowship with God is renewed.

The contrast between Cain and Job deepens the picture. Cain stood at the doorway of restoration – God gave him council – but rather chose the path of sin, causing his fallen state to descend further into judgment and separation. Job, however, humbled himself before God and became a mediator for others, and his face was lifted up in vindication and peace.

One man resisted correction and remained cast down; the other endured being corrected and refinement and was exalted through acceptance before God.

One man rejected God’s council and killed his brother.

The other man endured God’s council and prayed for his brothers.

Both passages ultimately point toward a larger covenant principle found throughout Scripture: God desires to lift humanity from a fallen condition into restored fellowship with Himself. The lifting of the face represents favor, peace, and reconciliation in the presence of God but that restored fellowship has an exceedingly far greater purpose than personal redemption.

This purpose reaches its fullness in Christ, through whom mankind is finally accepted, lifted up, and brought boldly before the throne of grace – not just for ourselves to be accepted but for the express purpose of also entering the Royal Priesthood – to pray for nations.

Which now becomes the fullest expression of “What is man” – not as a question but in fullness “The Answer”. The answer to eliminate a devil who influences to kill brothers by becoming accepted and enabled to pray for brothers – bringing blessing instead of deserved consequences.

Hearing from and seeing God answers every question – and that goes back into the theme of keeping your eyes on God always. Like David did – who is the next person to ask the question: “What is man”.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:8

David being a man after God’s own heart has the uttermost profound answer because he doesn’t frame the question of “What is man” in weakness as both Job and Eliphaz did. David – because his eyes were on God always – saw way beyond human weakness right into being crowned with glory and honor.

What is Man According to God

Psa 8:1  To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 

Psa 8:2  Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 

Psa 8:3  When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 

Psa 8:4  What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 

Psa 8:5  For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 

Psa 8:6  Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 

Psa 8:7  All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 

Psa 8:8  The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 

Psa 8:9  O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! 

Hebrews 2:5-10 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. (6) But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? (7) Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: (8) Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. (9) But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. (10) For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Hebrews 2:14-15 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (15) And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

I set it all before your eyes because these passages give us the absolute quintessential answer as to why God ever bothered to create man in the first place. As I unpack these passages – I will be praying for you the reader – to see not only God in all His magnificent gestures of grace towards the “insignificant” – but also how the “insignificant” becomes ‘crowned with glory and honor’.

Our Resume` - Powers that Belong to the Insignificant

David the man after God’s own heart – found it. When he penned the words of the above psalm he connected the dots that completes the entire picture of God’s purpose for man. The key is where we place our eyes. If we are like Eliphaz and can only see our desperate destitution as permanent state then we too are misunderstanding God’s intentions for mankind.

David raises his eyes to see a magnificent God whose glory exceeds far above the heavens and that God was challenged by a wannabe god who chose to take his destiny into his own hands. Now this is a supposition but we need to ask the question and remember there are no wrong questions but to get the right answer we must ask God.

The question is IF upward mobility exists for angels what would the path look like that can indeed achieve a status of ‘being like the Most High’. Now it is an established pattern that God ALWAYS either councils or warns in some way BEFORE people or nations wander off into self destructive ways - just as He did with Cain, the pre-deluvian world, Israel and so on.

Again this is just a question but the first ten verses of Genesis reveal the triumph of Christ over darkness through the Gospel – while Lucifer is still singing in the choir. Could that have been a type of cosmic warning to Lucifer against what was in his heart and intending to do?

If God gave warning could that imply a solution to Lucifer’s conflict could have been possible? with doom averted agreeably? Well these are question for when we get to the other side. The point is that God is always just and fair and consistent.

Again I’ll repeat nothing robs God. He can not be made less or poorer. His assets are without limits. He can afford incredible generosity and He is incredible in His generosity.

And that right there is the entire point as to why He was willing to create a destitute bottomless pit creature. (Humanity just in case you were wondering whom I’m referring to.) Just as a declaration that He is magnificent in generosity being willing and able to supply all our needs. And to boot He added a cherry on top – God has shown us the way ordained as the path to become “Like the Most High”.

Now admittedly the current life in this current world if fraught with troubles from cradle to grave but that is because a certain someone decided to obey a certain someone else whose reputation as the “Destroyer’ is well earned. She let the wild beast into our crystal house and history is what it is.

Getting rid of the Wild Beast

Hebrews 2:14-15 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.

God really doesn’t like a wild beast running through His creation any more than we would want a wild critters running through our homes. But God has this thing called love your enemies. He is not one to say do as I say and not as I do. He is the epitome of His own preaching and patience is most definitely His virtue.

We humans like instant gratification and nuclear options for dealing with our enemies and that is just not God’s way. Watch and learn…

The Nuclear Code to Destroying the Devil

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same.” Heb 2:14

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? AND the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psa 8:4 

These two verses tells me that “man” and the “son of man” (Jesus) own the same resume`. We (that is we who can receive this) and Jesus share the same mission. We are joined at the hips for the express purpose of “destroying the devil”. Look at verse two:

Psa 8:2 ...that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

These three verses alone already define the specific mission God had in mind when creating the “New Creature”. This “lower than the angels” created naked and void of any apparent assets creature – was created in reality – created with ‘the right stuff’. Not in assets, personal abilities, nor personal wisdom, nothing at all coming from us in any way, shape or form can “destroy the devil’. EXCEPT for one divinely appointed, magnificently profound and eternally effectual asset. And that is our ‘partnership’ with God Himself. That is the ‘right stuff’ to “destroy” the devil.

As I now move forward into the next chapter to describe ‘Super powers’ you never knew you had and the devil wishes you never know you have. Be prepared to “pick up your cross” to join our God in His mission to go nuclear on Satan’s kingdom.

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Study Reference for Chapter 5 — What Is Man?

1. The Question of Man — Humanity Viewed Through Different Eyes
   The question “What is man?” reveals perspective. Some see only weakness and failure; others see God’s purpose and calling.

Key Scriptures:

• Job 7:17–19 — Job questions why God is mindful of man

• Job 15:14 — Eliphaz questions whether man can be clean or righteous

• Psalm 8:4–6 — David sees man crowned with glory and dominion

• Hebrews 2:6–10 — Humanity’s purpose fulfilled through Christ

Summary Insight: The condition of man cannot be understood correctly apart from God. Human weakness is real, but so is God’s intention to raise humanity into glory through Christ.

2. Suffering, Correction, and Perspective
   Job’s suffering exposed the inward struggle of humanity, but God’s correction redirected Job’s eyes away from himself and back toward God.

Key Scriptures:

• Job 1:1 — Job described as upright and fearing God

• Job 40:3–5 — Job humbled before God

• Job 42:1–6 — Job repents after seeing God more clearly

• Romans 8:28 — God works through trials toward His purpose

Summary Insight: The devil’s pressure seeks to destroy, but God’s correction seeks to refine. Trials often reveal where our focus truly rests.

3. God Answers Questions with Revelation
   God did not directly explain Job’s suffering. Instead, He revealed His greatness through questions that restored perspective.

Key Scriptures:

• Job 38–41 — God questions Job concerning creation and wisdom

• Isaiah 55:8–9 — God’s thoughts are higher than man’s thoughts

• Romans 11:33–36 — God’s wisdom beyond human searching

• Psalm 46:10 — “Be still, and know that I am God”

Summary Insight: The greatest answer to human confusion is not merely explanation, but seeing God rightly.

4. Acceptance Before God
   Scripture presents acceptance as being lifted up into favor, fellowship, and right standing before God.

Key Scriptures:

• Genesis 4:6–7 — Cain warned that he could be accepted

• Job 42:8–9 — God accepts Job’s prayer on behalf of others

• Ephesians 1:6 — Accepted in the Beloved

• Romans 5:1–2 — Peace and access through Christ

Summary Insight: Biblical acceptance is more than tolerance. It is restoration into fellowship and favor before God.

5. Cain and Job — Contrasting Mindsets
   Cain resisted correction and descended further into separation. Job endured correction and was restored into intercession and blessing.

Key Scriptures:

• Genesis 4:3–8 — Cain rejects God’s counsel

• Job 42:7–10 — Job prays for his friends

• Proverbs 3:11–12 — God corrects those He loves

• James 1:20 — Man’s wrath does not produce God’s righteousness

Summary Insight: One man rejected God’s counsel and harmed his brother. The other accepted God’s correction and prayed for his brothers.

6. Dominion and Humanity’s Intended Glory
   David saw beyond human weakness into God’s original purpose for mankind — dominion, honor, and glory under God’s authority.

Key Scriptures:

• Psalm 8:1–9 — Man crowned with glory and honor

• Genesis 1:26–28 — Dominion given to mankind

• Hebrews 2:5–8 — The world to come not subjected to angels

• 1 Corinthians 15:27–28 — All things ultimately placed under Christ

Summary Insight: Humanity was created with purpose and destiny, though that purpose is fully realized only through Christ.

7. Jesus Christ — The Son of Man
   Jesus entered humanity’s condition in order to restore mankind’s intended purpose and defeat the power of death.

Key Scriptures:

• Hebrews 2:9–15 — Christ destroys the devil through death

• Philippians 2:5–11 — Christ humbles Himself and is exalted

• John 1:14 — The Word made flesh

• Colossians 2:14–15 — Christ triumphs over principalities and powers

Summary Insight: Jesus became what we are so that redeemed humanity could become what God intended.

8. Partnership with God — The Strength of the “Insignificant”
   Humanity’s strength is not found within itself, but through union and partnership with God.

Key Scriptures:

• John 15:5 — “Without me ye can do nothing”

• 2 Corinthians 12:9 — Strength made perfect in weakness

• Philippians 4:13 — Strength through Christ

• Romans 8:37 — More than conquerors through Him

Summary Insight: The power to overcome darkness does not come from human ability, but from God working through yielded vessels.

9. The Royal Priesthood — Intercession Instead of Destruction
   God’s purpose is not merely to save individuals, but to form a priesthood that brings blessing, reconciliation, and intercession.

Key Scriptures:

• 1 Peter 2:9 — A royal priesthood

• Revelation 1:5–6 — Kings and priests unto God

• Job 42:8 — Job intercedes for his friends

• Hebrews 4:14–16 — Bold access to the throne of grace

Summary Insight: The restored man does not destroy his brothers — he prays for them.

10. Keeping Our Eyes on God
    Perspective changes depending on where our eyes are fixed. David’s confidence came from continually setting the Lord before him.

Key Scriptures:

• Psalm 16:8 — “I have set the LORD always before me”

• Colossians 3:1–2 — Set your affection on things above

• Hebrews 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus

• Isaiah 26:3 — Perfect peace through steadfast focus

Summary Insight: Looking inward produces despair. Looking unto God restores perspective, purpose, and peace.

Closing Thought:
“What is man?” cannot be answered by looking at man alone.
The answer is found only when humanity is viewed in relationship to God’s purpose through Christ.

Man in himself is weak, needy, and temporary.
But joined to God through Christ, mankind is lifted up, accepted, crowned with glory, and brought into partnership with God’s eternal purpose.

The insignificant becomes powerful only through union with God's totality.

Chapter 6 – Fix the Eyes - See "THE" God

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1–2

There is a restoring power in lifting our eyes higher. Humanity naturally looks inward toward weakness, outward toward problems, or downward into fear, loss, and confusion. But throughout Scripture, God continually calls people to raise their eyes above the turmoil of the moment and look toward Him. Proving that perspective changes everything.

When our eyes remain fixed only on ourselves, our limitations become glaringly obvious and overwhelming. And as matter of fact this fixation on ourselves and the exclusion of God is very real source of everything that has gone wrong with society from Lucifer on down.

But when we look higher, we begin to see God’s strength, His order, His purpose, and His ability to do what we cannot. The act of lifting our eyes toward God is more than optimism—it is the beginning of restoration, because every true answer begins when we stop measuring life by our insufficiency and start seeing all things through His totality.

God is NOT invisible

But we see Jesus… Hebrews 2:9 KJV

Who is the image of the invisible God... Colossians 1:15 KJV

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Hebrews 1:3 KJV

Hebrews 1:3 declares that after completing the work of redemption, Christ “sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.” This is more than a statement of location—it is the picture of completed victory, restored authority, and the highest position of acceptance before God.

Throughout Scripture, humanity is continually called to lift its eyes higher, away from fear, weakness, and earthly limitation, and fix them upon God. Christ seated at the right hand of God becomes the ultimate focal point of restored perspective.

Where Adam fell by turning his eyes toward the lower and forbidden, Christ overcame and was exalted to the highest place. Now believers are called to follow that same upward direction by setting their affection “on things above” and “looking unto Jesus,” the author and finisher of our faith. True restoration begins when our eyes rise above ourselves and remain fixed on Him who is seated in glory.

And this is where our combined resume’s converge. Being seated at the right hand is where He is now – but where He is we are also:

And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne... Revelation 3:21

Remember God ordained dominion even before Adam was dug out of the ground. Every time God used the word “let” in creation – whatever it was that Got was “letting” came to be without question or challenge. In short – paraphrasing “let” equals done.

So we were ordained dominion or a position of authority – not because we earned it but simply because God said so – “Let them have dominion”. So mankind being established or “seated” in a position of authority is part and parcel of the original intentions of God. This is not something that can be erased just because a serpent enters the garden.

Didn’t we lose dominion?

Short term we relinquished control – and there is a difference between relinquished and lost. Long term – absolutely not – those verses above are the proof of a regained control.

So how do we explain this power shift? Something that is what it is does not stop being what it is simply because the environment changes around it. Water may freeze into ice or evaporate into vapor depending on the environment, but it never stops being water. The outward condition changes, but the inner substance remains the same.

Likewise, God created humanity to be image bearers entrusted with dominion. That identity was authored by God Himself.

The fall did not erase what God created mankind to be. Instead, Satan changed the environment through fear, doubt, deception, and separation from God. Humanity began seeing itself differently. Adam and Eve suddenly saw themselves as naked, lacking, and ashamed, and so they hid from God.

Being nothing can change God in any way shape or form He can step into our environment, any environment and call us back – back into what He has authored us to be.

This is what the realm of darkness does – it changes the environment to obscure. Exactly like Night and Day. Night is an environment where light is obscured. And Day is an environment where the Source is up high blazing away.

So Satan’s environment only effects our perceptions and our perceptions effect how we think and “as a man thinks so he is”. And as long as the devil got you thinking the way he wants you to think – he is a happy camper.

When man fell – it was a fall into an environment where Satan can continue to exert his influence. We fell out of the environment of a continual fellowship with God. However the fall did not erase humanity’s identity as image bearers or completely revoke mankind’s delegated dominion. Man still exercises dominion only now in a corrupted manner.

Instead, separation from God corrupted human perception, desires, and how we exercise authority. The position of the one created in his image remained unaltered and that has always been the basis of God’s fidelity towards us. But we became spiritually disoriented within a fallen environment of darkness influenced by deception and death.

Man did not stop being God’s image bearer after the fall; he stopped seeing and ruling rightly through union with God.

I said all that to say this – I just needed a runway for take off. YOU are a regent. A co-heir with Christ. Not a future event – It has always been. ALWAYS. Now getting your mind to believe and receive is another story. I’m just putting it out there and that is all I can do.

Getting back now to “What is man” as a co-heir with Christ. Christ we know had powers. Moving forward I will illuminate – illuminate to open your eyes – to shake off the heavy darkness of six thousand years of an evil environment. Moving forward to illuminate the exceedingly great powers we have always possessed.

I mentioned with the creation of angels they just opened their eyes and were. They were created fully functional into the roles God created for them as servants – not having to grow and mature into adulthood like us humans.

Adam was also created as an adult and put right to work too. But again as mentioned Adam was given dominion while he was still mud in the pit. And again this is another type of foreshadowing. But the point is whatever it is in your mind that tells you that you don’t deserve authority or you can’t see yourself in authority. Well those ‘perceptions’ aren’t coming from God.

Part of the issue may be how this corrupted world has corrupted our definition of what a true Godly authority is. I will get into the depths of what true Godly authority looks like in greater detail later. But something needs to be said now to at least feel an assurance.

Power in this world means control. Control can be used in a full spectrum of means. The means of control can range from very horrific to very passive. Even normal in the middle and average we tend to think of our bosses as bossy. So having a worldly authority tends to hold a negative image.

Godly authority as God designed it actually leads to “rest” because Godly authority isn’t based on control. God who is the ultimate Authority is a giver and being in authority under Him is being a conduit for His giving and this is what having dominion looks like. It is a flow of supply originating from God through you to the recipients.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

This now Let me just say it the way Frank wants to say it. Having authority and being in the line of dominion is a happy place of being able to give. And being in that happy place we come to rest. ‘It is blessed to give’. Blessed means to be made happy. Dominion equals being happy – not because we are in control but because we have our place of rest.

So at least I’m hoping some fear is being cast out.

For now I just want to present what I call our ‘Super Powers’.

Not at all because we are super but our powers connect us to the God who is exceedingly super. The power is in the connection. Make the connection and as Jesus said “Ye shall have power”. Break or not even try to make the connection then everything will be as they always were—we remain insignificant. Life is always a matter of choices.

So no I’m not going to talk about supernatural – cast out demons – raise people from the dead powers. I’m going to talk about real powers. Real because they effect your life in real ways everyday. Real because they put you into the hands of a real God who is the source of everything we could ever need. Real because once in His Hands His love will cast out all fears. Real because once all fears are cast out then all doubts go along with them. Real because once all doubts and fears are gone – then the pure in heart shall see God.

Seeing God then culminates in the ultimate fulfillment:

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2

Whatever path the devil though was taking him to be “Like God” well that path is taking him to the lake of fire. Don’t be like the devil.

“THE” path is seeing Him as He is. Again what our eyes see is connected to what we become. Perception, perception, perception.

Scripture provides this continuous over and over connection that speaks of our eyes. Just a thought to ponder but they say a duckling is imprinted to think that the first thing it sees upon hatching is its parents. What was the very first thing humanity saw after listening to the serpent? Nakedness. Lack. Fear. Separation. Suddenly mankind saw itself differently and life certainly has been lived differently.

The serpent never laid a hand on Adam or Eve. He changed the environment through deception. He introduced another interpretation of reality — one rooted in doubt, fear, self-consciousness, and distance from God. In many ways, it was like an enchantment over perception itself.

From that moment onward, humanity began viewing life through the lens of being lacking and in need instead of the fulness of all things being provided freely through fellowship with God. And what we continually look at shapes what we become. Fear shapes fearful people. Shame shapes hiding people. Darkness obscures identity.

This is why Scripture repeatedly calls us to lift our eyes higher and fix our gaze upon God. The battle has always involved perception, because perception influences agreement, and agreement influences transformation.

This is a true statement: Whatever captures our focus eventually influences our identity.

This is like a donkey in the way speaking. Hello! What our eyes are looking at are a direct connection to what we become. So if you are ready to ‘become’ Let’s look at what the Word says we are.

Resume` Entry Number 1

Remembering always that Jesus (the son of man) and man (the rest of us) share the same exact resume` or job description and that job description begins at birth for all of us. What job can an infant do? Set your eyes upon this verse.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. Psalms 8:2 KJV

What do all babies do best? Answer: Cry

What do all babies have to do to gain attention to get their insatiable needs met? Answer: Cry

What do babies have to do to let the world know something is wrong? Answer” Cry

What do babies have to do to make a connection to whomever is listening? Answer: Cry

I’m getting a chuckle here because this exceedingly simple job description begins at what babies do best. And God uses what babies to best as the means to effectually accomplish the most profound job in all the universe. What job is that? I’m glad you asked. Notice again at the above verse – look at “thou ordained strength”. Strength is the energy to get jobs done and this strength as God defines it, is ordained of Him so it is a Godly job. What job? "That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."

This skill set of crying actually gets two jobs done.

First: Crying makes the connection and remember ‘The power is in the connection’.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Psalms 18:6

Second: The ordained Godly job administers an ordained Godly purpose: “because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger”. Opening our mouth and crying – shuts the mouth of the enemy.

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. Psalms 56:9

Having God be for you – can you think of anything more powerful? ‘The power is in the connection’.

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. Psalms 145:18-19

Super Power # 1

So now we have identified an ordained strength – a super power if you will because it connects you to God. Nothing extraordinary because all humans crying from the first moment. The point is we all cry but not all cries are directed at God. If we have to cry then let that crying do what God created crying for – to “still the enemy and the avenger.”

At that point our tears are powerful and efficacious. So much so that God collects out tears and stores them in Heaven.

... put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? Psalms 56:8

And when he had taken the book... and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. Revelation 5:8

If not now then certainly later your tears are being used ‘fix’ those unruly devils.

More about the Babes

Again I’m chuckling because I like the imagery. God continually uses “babes” as a mean to confound the wise and put the devil in his place. This adds a layer of purpose to us being “New Creatures”.

Luke 10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Things revealed to babes

Isaiah 28:9-11 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. (10) For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: (11) For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

I have no expectation that my newborn is going to be presenting a college level thesis at their kindergarten graduation. Growing and learning takes time and God uses that time to “speak” to us through His Word. And even at that He speaks slowly presenting us with precept upon precept or building blocks. Babes play with building blocks. These books of mine represent forty plus years of me playing with building blocks.

So line by line, here a little, and there a little as we read and learn God teaches and makes us understand. Learning is a process where little pieces of knowledge build upon each other until the light goes off and we can say ‘Now I know’.

“Now I know” my a b c starts with first naming shapes and then associating those shapes with sounds. At that point then once we know the sounds of each letter we learn further to piece together the sounds until they form words. At that point we have learned to read and reading forms the basis of all continuing learning.

Now we are talking about learning about the Creator of all things endued with all power and wisdom – He is a bit more to absorb. Nonetheless He created us with that capacity to utilize and as they say, ‘learning is its own reward’.

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:” 1 Peter 2:2

“Then shall “we know”, IF we follow on to know the LORD...”
Hosea 6:3

“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Proverbs 4:18

The perfect day is final graduation at the end of time when all creation is living under the Light of God with no sun, moon or stars – just the Lamb and those who chose to: learn of me… and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. Isaiah 28:9

But to whom is this understanding given? To the babe. This is why Paul could write "when I am weak then I am strong." This is why he could forsake all his human training and upbringing as a Pharisee—count that as dung and embrace the foolishness of the cross. Because the foolishness of the cross brings us to all the fullness of God.

He knew it was far better to be a fool in the hands of God rather than alone in our own human wisdom and conceits. Paul embraced the super power of being a babe. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength. Do we as humans have a lot to cry about? Oui!!! From cradle to grave—the never ending bottomless pit of needs - needs promised to be met by our Daddy. But the Word above also says "them that are weaned from milk, and drawn from the breasts." More is given to those who seek more. More comes to them who are no longer satisfied with milk and more is given to them who reject the comfort of the breasts. Putting milk and comfort behind we move towards maturity.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. Revelation 21:7

God is running a fairly substantial enterprise – is this something He is going to hand off without there being merit found in the heir of all things? This is where that word “overcometh” fits in the equation. And this is where the individual desiring more needs to utilize the next super power.

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Study Reference for Chapter 6 — Fix the Eyes — See “THE” God

1. Lifting Our Eyes Higher — The Beginning of Restoration
   
   Throughout Scripture, God continually calls humanity to look upward toward Him rather than inward toward fear, weakness, or confusion.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Psalm 121:1–2 — “My help cometh from the LORD”
   • Isaiah 45:22 — “Look unto me, and be ye saved”
   • Hebrews 12:2 — “Looking unto Jesus”
   • Colossians 3:1–2 — “Set your affection on things above”
   
   Summary Insight: Restoration begins when our perspective changes. What we look at shapes how we think, live, and become.





2. Jesus Christ — The Visible Revelation of God
   
   God is not unknowable or distant. He revealed Himself perfectly through Jesus Christ.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   • Hebrews 2:9 — “But we see Jesus”
   • Colossians 1:15 — “The image of the invisible God”
   • Hebrews 1:3 — “The express image of his person”
   • John 14:9 — “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father”
   
   Summary Insight: Jesus is the visible expression of the invisible God. To fix our eyes on Christ is to see the heart, nature, and will of God.





3. Christ Exalted — Restored Authority and Dominion
   
   Christ seated at the right hand of God reveals completed victory, restored authority, and mankind’s intended destiny.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   • Hebrews 1:3 — “Sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”
   • Ephesians 2:6 — “Made us sit together in heavenly places”
   • Revelation 3:21 — “Sit with me in my throne”
   • Genesis 1:26 — “Let them have dominion”
   
   Summary Insight: Dominion was ordained by God from the beginning. Through Christ, humanity is called back into alignment with its original purpose.





4. The Fall — A Corruption of Perception
   
   The serpent altered humanity’s perception through fear, shame, doubt, and separation from God.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   • Genesis 3:7–10 — Adam and Eve hiding in fear
   • Proverbs 23:7 — “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he”
   • Romans 1:21 — Minds darkened apart from God
   • 2 Corinthians 4:4 — Blinded minds
   
   Summary Insight: Man did not stop being God’s image bearer after the fall; mankind stopped seeing himself rightly. Through fellowship with God - He preserved our position.





5. Darkness and Light — The Battle of Environments
   
   Darkness obscures identity while God’s light restores clarity, truth, and life.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • John 1:5 — “The light shineth in darkness”
   • Isaiah 60:1–2 — “Arise, shine”
   • Ephesians 5:8 — “Now are ye light in the Lord”
   • Revelation 21:23 — “The Lamb is the light thereof”
   
   Summary Insight: Satan works through obscuring perception - thru 'darkness' - but God restores vision by bringing us back into His light.





6. Godly Authority — Dominion Through Giving
   
   True Godly authority is not rooted in control, but in serving, supplying, and giving.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   • Matthew 11:28–29 — “Ye shall find rest unto your souls”
   • Acts 20:35 — “It is more blessed to give than to receive”
   • Mark 10:42–45 — Servant leadership
   • John 13:13–15 — Jesus washing the disciples’ feet
   
   Summary Insight: Godly dominion flows from God through us to others. True authority produces rest rather than oppression.





7. The Power of Connection — Crying Unto God
   
   God ordained dependence upon Him as strength. The cry of faith connects us to divine help.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Psalm 8:2 — “Out of the mouth of babes… hast thou ordained strength”
   • Psalm 18:6 — “I cried unto my God”
   • Psalm 56:9 — “When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back”
   • Psalm 145:18–19 — “He will hear their cry”
   
   Summary Insight: The power is in the connection. Crying unto God is not weakness—it is ordained strength.





8. Tears and Prayer — Heaven Receives Them
   
   God values the cries, tears, and prayers of His people.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Psalm 56:8 — “Put thou my tears into thy bottle”
   • Revelation 5:8 — “Golden vials full of odours”
   • Revelation 8:3–4 — Prayers ascending before God
   • Romans 8:15 — “Abba, Father”
   
   Summary Insight: Nothing poured out before God is wasted. Heaven records the cries of those who call upon Him.





9. Babes and Learning — Spiritual Growth by Building Blocks
   
   God teaches His children gradually, line upon line and precept upon precept.
   
   Key Scriptures:
   
   • Luke 10:21 — Truth revealed unto babes
   • Isaiah 28:9–10 — “Precept upon precept”
   • 1 Peter 2:2 — “Desire the sincere milk of the word”
   • Hosea 6:3 — “Follow on to know the LORD”
   
   Summary Insight: Spiritual understanding grows progressively. God patiently builds knowledge and maturity over time.





10. Weakness Becoming Strength
    
    God continually uses the humble and dependent to confound worldly wisdom and reveal His power.
    
    Key Scriptures:
    
    • 2 Corinthians 12:10 — “When I am weak, then am I strong”
    • 1 Corinthians 1:27 — God choosing the foolish things
    • Philippians 3:8 — Paul counting all things loss
    • Matthew 18:3–4 — Becoming as little children
    
    Summary Insight: The kingdom of God belongs to those willing to become teachable, humble, and dependent like babes.





11. Transformation Through Vision
    
    What captures our focus eventually influences our identity and transformation.
    
    Key Scriptures:
    
    • 1 John 3:2 — “We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is”
    • 2 Corinthians 3:18 — Changed by beholding His glory
    • Romans 12:2 — Renewing of the mind
    • Psalm 27:4 — Beholding the beauty of the LORD
    
    Summary Insight: Fear, shame, and darkness reshape identity negatively, but seeing God rightly transforms us into His likeness.





12. The Perfect Day — Final Fulfillment in God’s Light
    
    The journey of learning and transformation culminates in eternal fellowship under the full light of God.
    
    Key Scriptures:
    
    • Proverbs 4:18 — “Shineth more and more unto the perfect day”
    • Revelation 22:3–5 — “They shall see his face”
    • Revelation 21:23 — “The Lamb is the light thereof”
    • Matthew 11:29 — “Ye shall find rest unto your souls”
    
    Summary Insight: God’s purpose is complete restoration—creation fully living in His light, seeing Him clearly, and resting eternally in Him.

Closing Thought:

The battle has always involved perception.

What humanity lost in the garden was not God’s purpose, but clarity of vision through fellowship with Him. Scripture continually calls us to lift our eyes higher, fix them upon Christ, and follow on to know the Lord.

God does not begin with the strong, the self-sufficient, or the wise in their own eyes. He begins with babes — those willing to cry, willing to learn, willing to look higher, and willing to follow on to know Him. Little by little, line upon line, the light increases until the day comes when we shall see Him as He is and fully enter the rest prepared from the foundation of the world.