| Chapter #7 |
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As read by Kenneth B Visscher |
The Sardius Stone - BEHOLD THE FACE OF GOD {The Sceptre}
The Ephod –
The Breastplate of Judgment.
Sardius –
Judah – The Scepter bearer.
The Sardius Stone occupied
the first place on the High Priest’s Ephod on the top LEFT as viewed by the
Priest, top right if you face the Priest. The Hebrew Word for Sardius is “Odem”
which means “Adam, red or ruddy” which denotes a ruby color. The Adam stone in
This stone was a favorite
for the engraver’s art and was used in the outermost tip of the Scepter held by
the King or Ruler of a monarchy. For the purpose of this study we will see the
Sardius as relates to Praise and ruling with God upon the Throne.
The Overcomer has a
progression in this stone as relates to their walk with God. Rather than being
hurt by separation from God due to sin, the person whose heart desire is to be
one with God will begin their approach to God in humility and brokenness. God
in a mighty act of grace and mercy will extend the Scepter to this one who is
willing to abandon all else to be found IN Christ with only His righteousness.
And be found in him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Philippians
3:9
The Sardius thus worked into
the life of an Overcomer will enable him to come to God without fear and will
enable him to stand before God to be judged. Praise will fill his lips to the
Lord (the name
As the refining pot for silver,
and the furnace for gold; so is a man to
his praise.
Proverbs
27:21
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. Rev 2:11.
But this stone
does not just represent to the Overcomer the truth of coming to God to be
judged, and of coming to God and having the Scepter pointed to them. This stone
impacts the life of the Overcomer in this symbolism/picture by also showing
forth just how far the Grace of God can work in his life.
At the first,
the person who desires to become one with God (that is what overcoming truly
is) and who desires to not live according to the dictates of his fallen nature
(Lucifer) will come AS THEY ARE before the Lord to permit God to work in their
lives and to process them through good and evil interaction until they come
into BALANCE. Their Praise unto the Lord will continue as a refining fire
within them burning up the dross of their taint and the carnality of their own
understanding. God does not point His Scepter to just anyone, but only to those
who so desire to be judged thus, and to know that Christ their redeemer has
paid the price for their salvation. Yet at the same time they join the small
remnant of those who “work out their own salvation with fear and trembling”, Philippians
2:2.
That is what
qualifies them to receive the pointing of the Scepter. This is what separates
them from the systems of man and all other things. They overcome to such an
extent that they are granted the right (eventually in time) to sit upon the
Throne with God to rule and reign over all things throughout the ceaseless
ages. The Sardius stone thus worked in it’s symbolism but in spiritual reality
into the life of the Overcomer will make that Overcomer so one with God that
ONLY GOD will be seen IN them. They walk the earth, but are seated in Heavenly
Places UPON THE THRONE OF ETERNITY. Eph
2:6.
The Overcomer
who comes to God to become One with God will endure
the working into their lives the SOURCE AND POWER of the Sardius stone. These
who thus come to the tip of the Scepter are thus opening themselves up to the
Judgment of God and to His fierce wrath against their carnal natures.
Those who thus
come to God this way will not listen to any other spirit. They will not open up
their lives to anyone else who is not of the same spirit substance of God. They WANT and DESIRE correction in their lives so they can walk
straight. They will not lean upon their own understanding.
I am reminded of
my wife’s Equestrian skills. She has told me numerous times that the whole aim
of Dressage is to make the horse go STRAIGHT, even it the horse is doing a
“shoulder in or a shoulder out” motion, a turn or curve or anything. The horse
MUST be straight. So it is with the Overcomer who comes to God to be thus
judged. They want to walk STRAIGHT.
The Overcomer
will not allow anyone else to judge them. They will not care about another’s
opinion UNLESS they know that God has set the 5 fold ministry over them for
their perfecting. But a denominational minister will find no place to lay their
doctrine in the life of one who has borne the Sardius stone.
Behold God upon the Throne! See past the length of the Scepter to
view His Face! And see yourself ONE WITH GOD THERE. That is the working of the
Sardius stone. It is WORSHIP FULFILLED. WORSHIP COMPLETE.
JUDGEMENT FINISHED and the second death HAS NO HURT UPON THEM. Christ has been granted the right to sit upon
the Throne of God through eternity as He that has a Name above every name. And
Christ Jesus Himself grants the bearer of the Sardius stone to SIT WITH HIM
THERE ALSO.
The Sardius
stone upon the Ephod of Lucifer is also symbolic of judgment and correction and
what he terms the second death.
Lucifer does not
really come to God to be judged, but he says he does. Lucifer (religiosity and
the fallen nature in man) comes to God according to his own terms. His
appearance is as though God has accepted him because he has learned to flow in
the doctrine of his denomination. A false anointing and a false blessing is experienced by those wearing this stone in their false
Ephod. That falseness is found in the denominational setting. But allowing God
to judge him and correct him is not possible because Lucifer says that he is
already in that perfect place because he is supporting his efforts at being a
“Christian”.
Lucifer
says : "I'm regenerated and re-created. I am
spirit man. I can
reach into my own being and bring forth my own life. I do not need the covering
of God (anointing). I continually dwell in Him. I am the source of my own
life."
Lucifer
wearing the Sardius stone upon his Ephod is blaspheming God and the Holy
Spirit. He is saying to the true Overcomers that the Sardius stone they wear
and by which they have had the Scepter pointed at them is FALSE because it does
not line up with his denominational doctrine. It doesn’t’ fit “the plan” of the
church or the “kingdom building efforts” of his carnal religion. Lucifer says
that the Overcomer is walking according to the prince of devils because the
Overcomer won’t abide his denominations efforts at being in the perfect place
(in their denomination) that God has for them. Lucifer says of the Overcomer
that they have “missed God” and have been found “in iniquity and not in
righteousness” because the Sardius stone the Overcomer wears upon the Ephod
does not fit with the Sardius stone that denotes religious effort. The
Overcomer is thus thrust out of their fellowships.
With
the Sardius stone on Lucifer’s ephod, Lucifer says “God is with me, but I do
not need to fear because my strength is my own and by my own power I can make
my life holy”.
The
Sardius stone upon the Ephod of Lucifer gives Lucifer the ability to be his own
God.
Not
so the Overcomer as they know that they must endure the chastisement of the
Lord to overcome.
This
ends the saga of the Sardius stone upon the Ephod.
And
I behold now the brilliance and AGE of THE TOPAZ…….
And
my understanding is opened and I enter the pleasantness and rest in the
finished work of
TO
BE CONTINUED.
Kenneth
B Visscher