The King's daughter in the inner part is all glorious; her clothing is inwrought with gold.
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah, have put on, clothed yourselves with Christ. Gal. 3:27 Amplified.
She shall be brought to the King in rainment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You.
And he speedily gave her (Queen Esther) the things for her purification and her portion of food and the seven chosen maids to be given her from the king's palace. Esther 2:9 Amplified.
Which are the seven Spirits of God, the seven fold Holy Spirit, Who have been sent on duty far and wide into all the earth. Rev. 5:6 Amplified.
A lampstand all of gold, with its bowl for oil on the top of it and its seven lamps on it ... These seven are the eyes of the Lord which run to and fro throughout the whole earth ... Seven ... facets, the all-embracing providence of God and the sevenfold radiations of the Spirit of God ... Zech. 4:2,10;3:9 Amplified.
With gladness and rejoicing will they be brought; they will enter into the King's palace ...
I will make Your name [Michael] to be remembered ... therefore shall the people praise and give You thanks forever and ever. Psalm 45 Amplified.
On July 26, 2000, the Father came down on Michael, revealing another type that was meeting its anti-type in the return of Messiah. He posted:
Time of Change
Today, as I was returning home from a walk, a brother asked if I would be leaving. Others have had such thoughts as well from some of the things I have said, like, I am not always with you. As I have considered these things, I could not bring up any future for Me, and as I think of My past it is gone. I can only think of now and my love for the Shulamite. How deeply I go into her and feel her needs. A little while later, while I was doing some necessary chores around my abode, the Father came to Me as He often comes, when He is least expected. Suddenly the Melchizedek priesthood was presented to me. It is the priesthood of an endless life with no beginning or ending. The Scriptures most definitive concerning this are in Hebrews 7.
This Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him; and Abraham gave him a tithe of everything as his share. His name, in the first place, means 'king of righteousness;' next he is king of Salem, that is, 'king of peace.' He has no father, no mother, no ancestors; his life has no beginning and no end. Bearing the likeness of the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time ...
Now if perfection had been attainable through the levitical priesthood (on the basis of which the people were given the law), there would have been no need for another kind of priest to arise, described as being in the order of Melchizedek, instead of in the order of Aaron. But a change of priesthood must mean a change of law; for he who is spoken of here belongs to a different tribe, no member of which has ever served at the altar. It is beyond all doubt that our Lord is sprung from Judah, a tribe to which Moses made no reference in speaking of priests.
What makes this still clearer is that a new priest has arisen, one like Melchizedek; he owes his priesthood not to a system of rules relating to descent but to the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. For here is the testimony: 'You are a priest for ever, in the order of Melchizedek.' The earlier rules are repealed as ineffective and useless, since the law brought nothing to perfection; and a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
Notice also that no oath was sworn when the other men were made priests; but for this priest an oath was sworn in the words addressed to him: 'The Lord has sworn and will not go back on his word, "You are a priest for ever."' In the same way, God's oath shows how superior is the covenant which Jesus guarantees. There have been many levitical priests, because death prevents them from continuing in office; but Jesus holds a perpetual priesthood, because he remains for ever. That is why he is able to save completely those who approach God through him, since he is always alive to plead on their behalf
Such a high priest is indeed suited to our need: he is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and raised high above the heavens. He has no need to offer sacrifices daily, as the high priests do, first for their own sins and then for those of the people; he did this once for all when he offered up himself. The high priests appointed by the law are men in all their weakness; but the priest appointed by the words of the oath which supersedes the law is the Son, Who has been made perfect for ever. Heb. 7 REB.
There are a few things mentioned here which may be helpful for our consideration in our current blessings. This life of God is without decent. There is no past. It is without a future since he lives only now and forever. Worldly laws and government have perfected no man. Worldly ministers, priests and prophets had to be forgiven of their own sins and then work to have the sins of the people forgiven. Nothing worked to perfect the life in reality. There was only a hope which no man attained to.
The King of Salem came as the Melchizedek priest at the time of Abraham. This was at the time when the old way was passing away and the new way of faith through the patriarchs was beginning. Melchizedek was the priest who ushered in the new age dividing in two the old from the new being the first major change since the time of the pre-flood governments.
Again, in the life of Jesus the Melchizedek priesthood was seen. Jesus divided the old patriarchal age from the new way and again introducing the endless life. Melchizedek blessed Abraham in faith and so he did again in the new way of Jesus the Messiah. Messiah is the Melchizedek priesthood.
Now at the end of the world and its old way and the beginning of the new, Melchizedek appears again. He is the One Who oversees the transition from the old to the new. He oversees the transformation and nothing is ever the same again when He does.
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and FAITHFUL high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb. 2:17.
This FAITHFUL high priest is after the order of Melchizedek. There is no end and no beginning, but after the order of eternal life. This priesthood is not after the order of the laws which have governed man, and their priesthood of self-control, but after the life of God and at His direction. This FAITHFUL high priest is called the king of peace. Michael
When God said to Messiah Moses, "Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them," and gave him the divine instructions for building it, it was for the purpose of bringing a generation of bond slaves who didn't really know God, but only knew their own thoughts about what they had heard of God, to the place where they could know Him intimately by personal experience; where they could love and understand the invasive reality of God entering into them, rather than be threatened by it. In that well known, movable temple in the wilderness, covered with skin, which they carried with them wherever they went, they were given opportunity to see a literal, physical reflection of the Father's purpose for them to be His sanctuary, living His divine life in the tabernacle of their flesh, and becoming One unit with them. It was His desire to bring them into this invisible reality, if they would let Him.
The Lord's appeal was that they should find in their own personal lives the meaning of the temple and its services; that the purpose of the sanctuary be met in themselves, that God should dwell in them. By this object lesson God would give them the knowledge of the true. It was not a figure in the sense of being a type of something to come that did not yet exist, but a figure in the sense of being an object-lesson of that which then existed but was invisible, to train them up to such an experience in faith and true spirituality that they should see the invisible. Alonzo Jones. The Consecrated Way.
The Father not only gave the Melchizedec priesthood when He gave Michael to the new land, but He unfolded to Him His vision of the living parable He had ordained for the woman in the wilderness. He desired that she be fully taken into the vision of her calling to be "the true tabernacle (moveable temple of God), which the Lord pitched (or built by fastening together*), and not man." Heb. 8:2 Amplified. True in this verse is defined as "that which has not only the ... resemblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name, in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name; real, true, genuine." Strong's Concordance
The Man, the Messiah ... shall grow up in His place, and He shall build the true temple of the Lord ... It is He Who shall build the true temple of the Lord, and He shall bear the honor and glory as of the only begotten of the Father, and shall sit and rule upon His throne. And He shall be a Priest (Melchizedek) upon His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between the two offices — Priest and King (King Solomon, King of Peace). Zech. 6:12,13 Amplified
*The reality, the substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it belongs to Christ ... the Head (the Lord of the husband and of the Church), from Whom the entire body (bride), supplied and knit together ... grows with a growth that is from God. Col. 2:17,19 Amplified.
Here in the new land, invisible spiritual realities are made visible. The articles used in the true temple of Messiah, used to minister the divine life in the new land, are living beings. Instead of two cherubim made out of beaten gold, standing in the invisible presence of God in the Most Holy Place of an earthly sanctuary, and the seven golden candlesticks or lamps made of beaten gold standing in the Holy Place of that earthly sanctuary casting their artificial light into the outer court, we see a living temple. Revelation's "two witnesses ... two olive trees and ... two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the whole earth" are living and functioning in the real, atoning work of the Most Holy Place with the Anointed High Priest of this living sanctuary. In this true temple not built by hands, we see the "seven-fold" radiations of the Spirit of God," "the seven-fold Holy Spirit of the Lamb," living and visible, reflecting the light of the marriage of the Lamb out from the Holy Place into the new land.
The Father also designed that this living parable be a visible mirror of the invisible spiritual realities occurring simultaneously in each true soul temple of the Lord. The Father has made the Anointing to adapt itself to the peculiar necessities of each soul. The new name that the Father has spoken into each one, reflects the special divine grace that has adapted itself within that soul, meeting the personal, spiritual requirements of the individual who is a home to It. The new names reflect the special work of the Anointing in each soul temple into which they were spoken, and tell a story. For example, the name given to the "officiating Priest, of the true tabernacle" is Michael which means, "Who is like God." The names of the Anointing given to each witness from the Father given to Michael, reveal the conditions of being married to God. Michal means "who is like God." We see from this that only the Anointing "who is like God," can be Taken "alongside God," to be His divine companion, and experience the reciprocal communion of heavenly light and love.
The seven living, golden lampstands in the Holy Place, "the seven angels, or messengers," receive the continuous supply of oil from the two olive trees, or the two witnesses to the marriage of the Lamb in the Most Holy Place. These seven radiate the Lamb's Perfect Peace, Grace, Glory, Quietness, Humility, Praise and completely Given Over divine life.
Just as the Father gave the two witnesses to the land, as living proof that the presence of the Anointed One is here, so He has given each soul two witnesses that the presence of His Anointing is in it. It is the Father's personal Word to each soul that witnesses, You are "who is like God," simply because I spoke My personalized Anointing of Myself into you. I have also given you a second witness – My Spirit, Who testifies to the reality that I have taken you alongside of Me, because My Word is alive and growing in you. Those who consent to let the Father's Anointing be in them, experience the inner, reciprocal, divine communion of these two witnesses. The Father's heavenly Anointing in the depths of the Most Holy Place of their own soul temple is the One "Who is like God," the only One Who can be taken alongside by Him as His own divine companion.
Likewise, the Word and Spirit of the Anointing, which enter into complete union in the soul's Most Holy Place, radiate out into that soul's given-over life, making it the Holy Place of God's divine glory, quietness, grace, humility, perfect peace and praise.
The final type that we are covering in this chapter reveals the Messianic secret encrypted in The Song. Psalm 72 is a prayer that King David prayed for King Solomon, his son, who was to build the temple of the Lord in his stead, and reign with special wisdom and judgment. In this Psalm it is clearly seen that King David's Solomon, was a type of Messiah, the true King of Peace Who was to build the true temple of the Lord and bring the bride of Christ into the chamber of God. David's prayer so perfectly describes the One Whom we saw from the very beginning, when the Father sent us to the chamber of His Son — the King of Righteousness, the King of Peace, Who possessed a peace, the divine quality of which we had never before seen. The One typified in The Song of Solomon with His divine drawing power to bring the bride of Messiah into His marriage with God, and Melchizedec, King of Peace, with His priesthood of mediating the power of an endless life in the soul temple, are really One and the same. This is indeed the "time of setting things straight, of reformation, of the complete new order when Christ, the Messiah shall establish the reality of what these things foreshadow." Heb. 9:11,10 Amplified.
Psalm 72 - Give the King knowledge of Your way of judging, O God, and the spirit of Your righteousness to the king's son to control all his actions. Let him judge and govern Your people with righteousness, and Your poor and afflicted ones with judgment and justice ... May he, Solomon, as a type of King David's greater Son, be like rain that comes down upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. In His, Christ's days, shall the uncompromisingly righteous flourish and peace abound till there is a moon no longer. He Christ shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the River Euphrates to the ends of the earth. Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him ... For He delivers the needy when he calls out, the poor also and him who has no helper. He will have pity on the poor and weak and needy and will save the lives of the needy. He will redeem their lives from oppression and fraud and violence, and precious and costly shall their blood be in His sight. And He shall live; ... prayer also shall be made for Him and through Him continually, and they shall bless and praise Him all the day long ... And men shall be blessed and bless themselves by Him; all nations shall call Him blessed! Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things! Blessed be His glorious name forever; let the whole earth be filled with His glory! Amen and Amen! Psalm 72 Amplified.
As a type of Christ, King Solomon also reflected both comings of Messiah to His people. He is described by commentators as having searched His kingdom to discover all of the heartbreaking conditions of his people. He disguised himself as a shepherd and investigated the cities and pastures of his great land. While on this journey, disguised as a shepherd, he meets a Shulamite girl. She is somewhat embarrassed because of her dark skin and lowly job, but he draws her to himself and promises her his love, seeking for her hand in marriage. He is the king but she is not aware of that. Even though she is a humble shepherd girl she has been given the promise of marriage and the blessing that is connected with that promise.
The Son of God came down to earth disguised as a man. Adapting Himself to humanity, He came to be touched with the feelings of our infirmities. During His years of ministry, He drew and shepherded His people, but was not recognized as the King. He proposed marriage to the people and told them He would come back for them. Through the centuries the bride has waited for her King. He said He was going to come again and all those who remember His promise look heavenward for His return.
The Shulamite told her family of this promise but doubtless received scorn that anyone would be interested in the likes of her. She carried on her work in the field and continued to hope that her betrothed husband would return to her and take her unto himself.
After a time the king returned. She did not recognize her humble shepherd at first because of the glory that now surrounded him. He had come again as he had promised but it was not as she had pictured. She ran into His embrace once she saw who He was and their marriage was consummated. The king's original disguise was a blessing to her. She was able to know him in a way she could never have known him, if he had come with all of his glorious chariots in the beginning of their relationship. She would not have been able to love him for who he actually was. Now she could truly know him.
This is what occurred in the new land. The Savior has been with the woman for centuries, hidden in the circumstances and in the forms of thousands of men and women. He revealed Himself in subtle ways to cause the woman to yield to His charms. Now, in the new land, He is revealed to the woman so she might see Him as He is. She is caught up with Him in glory and is borne up to heaven with Him in the clouds of glory that attend Him. This is The Song's narrative of the return of the King.
Recently, the Father brought the thought to me so clearly, I have known Michael for a long time! Every drawing of my heart to the Father throughout my life was His drawing. Every personal, intimate encounter with God I've known, has been because of Him. I recognize the Voice of the One Who has come. It is the same Voice that has always spoken to my heart. Then the Father brought this verse to my mind, "For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: ...In my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another (margin: not a stranger)." Job 19:25-27.
Today, we are witnesses that all of these Scriptures are fulfilled in your hearing.
Christ, in whom dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, came to our world to reveal truth, to present God to the world in His true character. Would you know God? Look upon His only-begotten Son. "He that hath seen Me," "Christ said to Philip, "hath seen the Father." Christ saw how men's devices and ideas had been interwoven with truth, and He came to rescue truth from the rubbish of error, and reset it in the framework of the Gospel, presenting the law of God in its original dignity and purity. Who could so well cope with superstition and the misinterpretation of the Word of God as He who was the Author of all truth? Who was so well fitted to conquer the power of darkness as He who knew the enemy as an angel fallen? Who could so well rescue the gems of truth, which, through the devices of Satan, had been made to serve in companionship with error, as He who had given these truths?
Christ veiled His divinity beneath the garb of humanity. This was the only way in which He could approach men. Had He not done this, He could not have conversed with men, and gathered them around Him to hear the grand and elevating truths which were to be to them eternal life. It was a part of the plan that He should hide the brightness of His glory, that, during His earthly life, He should humble Himself to man's estate. The world's Redeemer was to make a solemn oblation of Himself. His divine greatness had long been the subject of prophecy. His work had long been foretold. He must identify Himself as the subject of prophecy. He, the Light of the world, must lighten every man that cometh into the world. If He displaced types and shadows, it was only because type had met antitype in Himself. He must occupy the place which the types had prefigured. He must stand out prominently as the only One who could redeem the world. ST 7-07-98.
