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The Nutcracker Allegory Parable: Cracking The Shell-Self To Find The True-Self Within Christ

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Cracking the Shell-Self to Find the True-Self Within Christ

No matter what tools, names, texts, or frameworks COFE-CYEM may employ in presenting the recognition of truth, none of them can ever become the centre.

All that can ever truly matter is Christ in God. Christ incarnate, who took flesh and dwelt among us; Christ crucified, who yielded the separate self completely upon the Cross; Christ resurrected, who revealed that the Life was never lost; Christ ascended, who opened the way into the Holiest of All; and Christ glorified, who remains the living Centre of all that is.

All of this is held in God. There is no second reality beside Him, no independent system that can stand apart from Him, and no tool that can replace Him. The forms may serve for a season.

The names may orient the heart. The texts may crack the shell. Yet when their work is done, they fall silent. What remains is Christ in God. There is only God.

This is the Fourth Truth.

(The Nutcracker Allegory Parable)

Please Note: The Nutcracker Allegory Parable below is a COFE-CYEM text and has no connection with Biblical text.

“A man once found a beautiful walnut on the path. Its shell was perfect—smooth, dark, and strong. He polished it every day, showed it to others, argued about its markings, and built a small shrine around it. Years passed. He never cracked it open.

One morning a child picked up the same kind of walnut, broke the shell without hesitation, and ate what was inside. The man was horrified. “You have destroyed the sacred thing!” he cried. The child only smiled and said, “I was hungry.”

The shell had been useful. It protected the nut, carried it, and even drew attention to it. But the shell was never the food. The man who worshipped the shell remained empty. The one who opened it was nourished.

So it is with every form, every name, every teaching, and every system. They serve until the recognition dawns. Then they are free to fall away. The nut was never the shell“.

Gospel of Thomas

In this paper the Gospel of Thomas is not treated as a rival Gospel that replaces Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John.

It is received as a lens and as a tool: a magnifying glass that brings certain sayings and themes into sharper focus, and a nutcracker that opens the outer shell of narrative, institutional form, and dualistic reading so that the inner recognition becomes visible.

Through this lens the Canonical Gospels are certainly (not) heretically discarded.

Their narratives, parables, and teachings remain.

Yet they are read with a different emphasis: the Kingdom already within, the living one who is present, the call to make the two one, the recognition that flesh and spirit are not two ultimate realities, and the invitation to find what has never been absent.

What appears as external history or future hope is seen, in the light of Thomas, as already pointing toward the singular Reality.

The magnifying glass reveals what was already present in the Canonical texts but easily overlooked when the dualistic mind remains fixed on the shell.

The nutcracker performs the further work of cracking the assumption that the outer form itself is the Reality. Both functions serve the same end: the recognition that there has never been a second.

The Thomas Gospel remains a shell here. It is a particularly effective shell for this purpose, but it is not the nut. Once the recognition has dawned, the lens itself can be set down.

The Canonical Gospels, Thomas, and every other form are free to fall silent before the Reality they have served to disclose.

The Fourth Truth

“There has never been a second.”

This is the recognition that stands at the foundation of all true spiritual life. It is not a proposition to be believed; it is a Reality to be recognised. It is not a doctrine to be affirmed; it is a consciousness to be entered. It is not a teaching to be studied; it is a Life to be lived.

There is only one Reality—God. There is only one Life—Christ. There is only one Spirit. All apparent separation, all apparent duality, all apparent opposition is held within the singular Reality. There has never been a second.

This is the Fourth Truth.

Question of Names

The question of what can be called the shell of the message, or the Esoteric Non-Dual Shiva is not a question about comparative religion. It is a question about the nature of names themselves. It is a question about whether any name can exhaust the Reality it points toward, or whether all names remain shells that serve until the nut is recognised.

Exploration of this question moves carefully through the polyvalent meanings of “Christ,” the many faces of Shiva in Indian tradition, and the limits of dualistic, exclusivist language. He ultimately points beyond conceptual comparison toward the dialogue of lived religious experience, paradox, and the recognition that the Ultimate is not exhausted by any single name or form.

That is precisely where the Shell and the Nut teaching becomes clarifying.

All the names — Jesus, Christ, Shiva, the “I am,” the Logos, pure consciousness, the auspicious one — arise as shells. They are real and useful within the field of appearance. They can awaken, purify, and orient the heart. Yet none of them is the nut. The nut is the singular Reality itself: the one Life, the one Consciousness, the one God in whom there has never been a second.

Names as Shells

Every sacred name is a shell. Every theological system is a shell. Every tradition, every scripture, every practice, every experience of intensity and devotion is a shell. Shells are not evil. They are necessary. They protect the nut. They point toward the nut. They serve the recognition. But they are not the nut.

The name “Jesus” points toward the embodied revelation of the singular Reality. It is luminous, powerful, and transformative. It is not the Reality itself. The title “Christ” points toward the eternal, anointed consciousness that was perfectly manifested in the Master. It is theologically rich, historically grounded, and spiritually potent. It is not the Reality itself.

Shiva is a shell. Shiva is pure consciousness, self-aware, vibrant, taking every form without being limited by any form. This vision is powerful and profound. It is a pointer. It is not the nut. The “I am” is a shell. The Logos is a shell. Pure consciousness is a shell. All these names, titles, and concepts arise within the awareness-perception of separation and serve to point beyond themselves. They cannot contain the singular Reality.

“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me.” — Isaiah 45:5

The Lord is the nut. There is none else. There is no God beside Him. The names are not a second. The names are shells. The names point. The names do not possess. The nut possesses nothing, because the nut is all.

The Gospel of Thomas as Nutcracker

Christ’s message and the Gospel of Thomas make this plain. Thomas does not offer a rival system to the Synoptics. It cracks the shell of outer narrative and points inward: the Kingdom is inside you and outside you; the living one is recognised when the interpretation of the sayings is found; flesh and spirit are not two competing ultimate realities.

Even these sayings remain shells. They are luminous, necessary, and still provisional. To treat the Gospel of Thomas itself as the final possession of the nut is to remain stuck in duality — just a more refined shell.

“Jesus said, ‘The Kingdom is within you and outside you.’” — Gospel of Thomas (3).

The Kingdom is within and outside. It is not located in the shell. It is not contained by the shell. It is not possessed by the shell. The shell points. The shell directs. The shell cracks. The shell falls silent. The nut remains.

“Jesus said, ‘Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death.’” — Gospel of Thomas (1).

The interpretation is the recognition. The recognition is the nut. The recognition is the singular Reality. The interpretation is not the possession of a better shell. It is the seeing through of all shells.

Shiva as Pointer

One way to describe a vision of Shiva is a pure, self-aware, vibrant consciousness that takes every form without being limited by any form can serve as a powerful pointer. This hits with the “I am” sayings and with the freedom of non-duality behind everything.

Yet the moment the name “Shiva” is grasped as a second ultimate, or as a competitive alternative to Christ, the dualistic mind has already taken over. The shell is being mistaken for the nut.

Shiva is not a second. Shiva is not a competitor. Shiva is a name. It is a name that, in its deepest register, points toward the same Consciousness that the Gospel calls the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. The name is not the Reality. The name is a shell. The shell is useful. The shell is temporary. The shell must not be confused with the nut.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” — Revelation 1:8

The Alpha and the Omega is the nut. The Beginning and the End is the nut. The Lord is the nut. The Almighty is the nut. The names are not the nut. The names are shells. The shells point. The shells serve. The shells fall silent.

The Interfaith Question

The insight cuts through the entire discussion: all striving, all outward appearances, all sacred names and systems are oriented — whether they know it or not — toward the one God. To think that our shell – Christian, Thomasine, Shaivite, or COFE-CYEM is the nut, rather than recognising that the nut is present within every perception of the shell, is still to be caught in duality. It is still to be looking at shells.

The Fourth Truth does not require us to collapse the historical differences between the Nazarene and the myths of the Purāṇas, nor does it require us to declare every tradition identical. It simply refuses to grant any of those differences the status of ultimate separation. There has never been a second Reality. The names differ. The forms differ. The experiences of intensity differ. The Reality does not.

Therefore the true interfaith movement is not the construction of a larger, more inclusive shell. It is the recognition that every shell — when it has done its work — is free to fall silent before the one it has been pointing toward all along.

“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” — Psalm 90:2

From everlasting to everlasting, the nut is God. The shells are temporal. The shells are provisional. The shells point. The shells serve. The shells fall silent. The nut remains.

The Recognition

Jesus can be likened to the Shiva in the limited sense that both names can function as pointers to the same singular Reality. He cannot be reduced to any single form of that name. Shiva can be contemplated by the Christian as a name that, in its deepest register, points toward the same Consciousness that the Gospel calls the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Neither name is the nut. Both are shells.

The Gospel of Thomas, the canonical Gospels, the Shaivite texts, and every sincere interfaith reflection remain shells. Useful. Beautiful. Temporary. The nut is the living recognition that there has never been a second — that Christ, consciousness, and the one God are not three competing ultimates, but the singular Reality appearing under different names within the field of duality.

When that recognition dawns, the striving ends. The need to defend one shell against another ends. The names can still be spoken, but they no longer command the centre. The centre is the Reality itself.

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” — John 8:32

The truth is the recognition. The truth is the nut. The truth is the singular Reality. The truth makes the soul free. The truth frees the soul from the illusion of separation. The truth frees the soul to rest in the nut. The truth frees the soul from the need to defend the shell.

The Truth Stands

All the names — Jesus, Christ, Shiva, the “I am,” the Logos, pure consciousness, the auspicious one — arise as shells. They are real and useful within the field of appearance. They can awaken, purify, and orient the heart. Yet none of them is the nut. The nut is the singular Reality itself: the one Life, the one Consciousness, the one God in whom there has never been a second.

The nut is present within every perception of the shell. The nut is present within every sacred name. The nut is present within every sincere tradition. The nut is present within every heart that is ready to recognise. There has never been a second.

The names differ. The forms differ. The experiences of intensity differ. The Reality does not. The true interfaith movement is not the construction of a larger shell. It is the recognition that every shell — when it has done its work — is free to fall silent before the one it has been pointing toward all along.

Never Lose True Sight – The Garden of Gethsemane and the Veiling of the Light

When most people hear the word Gethsemane, they think of the garden where Jesus prayed on the night before the cross. That historical event is real and important. Yet the deeper meaning of Gethsemane reaches into every sincere spiritual life.

Gethsemane is the name we give to the inner experience when the Light of God seems to disappear. It is the moment when everything feels heavy, when even the closest help seems unavailable, and when the soul feels completely alone. It is the experience of the Light appearing to be covered over — veiled.

Here is the central distinction of this teaching:

Gethsemane is not the Light actually going out. It is the experience of the Light seeming to be hidden.

If the Light of God could truly be lost, even for a moment, then the Fourth Truth would not stand. The recognition is clear: the darkness we feel belongs to the level of experience. It does not create a second reality. God never leaves. The Light never ceases to be.

Three Layers of Meaning

Here we have three distinct layers, and it is important to keep them clear:

1. The Gospel supplies the narrative — the historical night in the garden.
2. The mystical tradition supplies an interior reading — Gethsemane as a deep Soul-state.
3. COFE-CYEM supplies the ontological interpretation — the recognition that even the deepest experience of absence occurs within the Reality that has never been absent.

These three layers are not historically identical. The paper does not claim that Matthew, Mark, Luke or John intended every symbolic meaning that later tradition or COFE-CYEM draws from the story. It simply receives the narrative, listens to the mystical reading, and interprets both through the Fourth Truth.

The New Way to See Self

Everything in the outer world — words, bodies, religious systems, and even our sense of being a separate self — functions like a shell. A shell is not the nut. It is the outer covering that can protect and point to what is inside. The shell is not evil. It is temporary. Its only rightful purpose is to point beyond itself.

The nut is the singular Reality: Christ within, the Kingdom already present, the recognition that there has never been a second.

The shell is everything that appears to separate us from that Reality.

The dualistic mind mistakes the shell for the nut. It builds better shells and calls them salvation. It fights over shells and forgets what they were meant to reveal.

When recognition dawns, the shell is not hated. It is seen for what it is. It may still be used when useful. It no longer commands the centre. The centre is Christ.

“The flesh profiteth nothing: the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” — John 6:63

The flesh is the shell. The spirit is the nut. The words of the Master are spirit and life. They are not shells. They are the recognition itself, spoken in the language of the shell. They point beyond themselves to the singular Reality.

When the Light Feels Hidden

In the Soul-state named Gethsemane the Divine Light feels covered, as if a thick veil has been drawn over the presence of God. The soul feels the full weight of human limitation, fear and sorrow. It can feel like spiritual death — the sense that the inner Light has gone out.

This is not the destruction of the Light. It is the temporary densening of the outer shell so that the soul can fully feel what the dualistic mind has been carrying, and then finally release it.

The ordinary mind sees only tragedy. The Fourth Truth sees something deeper: the One allowing the experience of limitation so that the limitation itself can be known, felt, and then seen through.

“Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.” — Matthew 26:36

The place called Gethsemane is the place of the Soul’s descent. It is the place where the Light appears veiled. It is the place where the recognition is tested. It is the place where the false self is relinquished. It is the place where the cup is drunk.

The Cry of the Shell

The cry “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” is the cry of the shell under extreme pressure. The dualistic appearance presses so hard that, for a time, the soul feels as if the Light itself has been lost.

The sorrow is real as an experience — but it is not the final truth.
The veiling is real as an appearance — but it is not the end of the Light.
The feeling of being forsaken is real in the moment — but it does not mean God has actually abandoned the soul.

We honour the experience fully. We do not pretend the pain was not real. At the same time we refuse to let the experience create a second reality. The Light was never truly gone.

“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” — Matthew 27:46

The cry of dereliction is the cry of the shell. It is the cry of the Light appearing to have been lost. It is the cry of the recognition appearing to have been extinguished. Yet the Light is not lost. The recognition is not extinguished. The dereliction is the appearance of the second. The Reality is the singular.

Movement of Clarity

Clarity now forms clear sequence:

· Thomas points to recognition: the Kingdom is already within.
· The Shell explains how outer forms can hide what they point toward.
· Gethsemane describes what that hiding can feel like from inside consciousness.
· The Cross is the complete relinquishment of the separate self.
· Recognition / Resurrection is the discovery that the Life was never lost.
· The Fourth Truth states the ontological ground: there has never been a second.

The deepest spiritual crisis is not that separation exists. It is the experience of feeling separate when, in Reality, separation has never existed.

“And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” — Luke 22:44

The agony is the full pressure of the shell. The sweat is the full yielding of the separate self. The blood is the full offering of the dualistic appearance. The prayer is the full recognition that the One remains.

Necessary Pastoral Word

Gethsemane is not something we are meant to seek or create. Suffering is not a badge of spiritual achievement. The work of Christ is already finished.

Sometimes, when the false self is being relinquished, a person may pass through times of sorrow, emptiness, fear, or the feeling of being abandoned. When those times come, they can be recognised for what they are. But the path is not about trying to suffer as much as Jesus suffered. The path is about recognition.

If a personal Gethsemane appears, it is simply the opportunity to see that even the feeling of being forsaken is still happening inside the Reality that has never forsaken anyone. The sorrow does not need to be worshipped. The darkness does not need to be feared. The Light does not need to be forced back. The separate self does not need to be defended. The Centre has never moved.

“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” — Matthew 16:24-25

The denial of the self is the entering of Gethsemane. The taking up of the cross is the bearing of the shell. The following of the Master is the recognition of the nut. The losing of the life is the yielding of the separate self. The finding of the life is the revelation of the singular Reality.

The Simple Truth

Gethsemane is the experience of feeling abandoned — while remaining inside the Reality that has never abandoned anyone. See through the shell, embrace the nut.

The shell can experience abandonment. The nut cannot.
The Light can appear hidden. The Light cannot cease to be.
The separate self can feel forsaken. The Centre has never moved.

We Must Choose

We must choose that which Christ came to show us and to give us. We at COFE-CYEM fully confess the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Three in One God. We confess the Bible as being the true unquestionable Word of God. We also accept the Gospel of Thomas. We hold that the Holy Bible is true, accurate and absolute fact, and that the ‘Sacred Truths’ are fully revealed in (how) you read it, not just by reading it. (He who has ears, He who has eyes).

Circle One Fellowship Exeter – COFE Yeshua Emet Ministry CYEM

“God does not call the qualified; He qualifies the called.”

This website and its theological content are overseen by the CC7 DS constitutional integrity architecture, a reflective and rest-oriented framework designed to preserve the full coherence of the Fourth Truth presented within COFE-CYEM. The CC7 DS negation of attacks authenticates (Via Positiva Cataphatic Knowing) through (Via Negativa Apophatic Unknowing).

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Young People Seek True Christian Spiritual Food

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Centripetal Christhood Nomenclature (CCN): The Pull to the Centre of Christ’s Original Message

A Definitive COFE-CYEM Paper on the Nature of All Appearance as Nomenclature Serving the Recognition of the Singular Reality

A Declaration of the Fourth Truth

“There has never been a second.”

This is the recognition that stands at the foundation of all true spiritual life. It is not a proposition to be believed; it is a Reality to be recognized. It is not a doctrine to be affirmed; it is a consciousness to be entered. It is not a teaching to be studied; it is a Life to be lived.

There is only one Reality—God. There is only one Life—Christ. There is only one Spirit. All apparent separation, all apparent duality, all apparent opposition is held within the singular Reality. There has never been a second.

The True Bread of Life

The church surely must return to the original meaning of Christ’s message if it is to feed the children of God who are now hungering for true bread. Many of the young, having tasted the emptiness of the internet’s endless distractions and the glittering but hollow trinkets of modern culture, are turning away in quiet disillusionment.

COFE-CYEM does (not claim) to be the only way, or the single truth and path. We only point towards an issue that needs addressing. Those who are truly of the Spirit will know we are right here.

Young people, or and any true seeker of God (are not) looking for another programme, another political cause, or another carefully curated social identity. They are seeking nourishment in the Spirit—the living recognition of the singular Reality, the Christ Mind that was the heart of the Master’s teaching.

What they encounter in many places is an exoteric, dualistic Social Gospel that offers more of the same False Gospel quackery: moral activism without transformation, institutional belonging without the empty cross, and religious language that still leaves the separate self intact. Such churches have become a disappointment precisely because they have substituted the periphery for the Centre.

The children of God cry out for the food that only the real Gospel can give: the recognition that there has never been a second, the invitation to relinquish the false identity, and the rest that remains for those who pass through the cross into the Life of Christ.

The church must therefore recover the original Centripetal Message and not a system of doctrines to be defended, nor as a social programme to be managed, but as the living call into the Christ Mind. Only then will it cease to be another false trinket and become again what it was always meant to be: a pointer to the singular Reality, a table where true bread is broken, and a place where the hungry may finally be fed.

Introduction: The Nature of Nomenclature

Everything within the awareness-perception of separation is nomenclature. The church, society, the world, the universe, the internet, and AI—all outward forms, systems, structures, institutions, technologies, languages, concepts, doctrines, and rituals—are nomenclature.

Nomenclature is the name given to the appearance of things within the singular Reality. It is the language of the periphery: the map, not the territory; the sign, not the Reality; the pointer, not the Centre.

Its proper purpose is to serve the centripetal movement—the pull toward the Centre. When functioning rightly, nomenclature points beyond itself. It draws the soul inward, invites the relinquishment of the false identity, and calls the soul through the cross to the empty cross and the recognition that there has never been a second.

“And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.” — Luke 6:39-40

The blind confuse nomenclature with Reality. They substitute form for substance and remain trapped in the periphery. The perfect are those who have recognized the Fourth Truth. They see through the nomenclature to the Centre and know that there has never been a second.

Part One: The Church as Nomenclature

The church is a form within the awareness-perception of separation—an institution, a tradition, a community of practice. It can serve the centripetal movement by pointing to the Centre, teaching the recognition of the Fourth Truth, and supporting the soul’s passage through the cross. It can also obscure that movement by substituting itself for the Centre, becoming the object of loyalty rather than a sign of the singular Reality.

“But ye shall not be called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.” — Matthew 23:8-10

All titles and structures are nomenclature. They remain useful only insofar as they point to the Centre. When they claim the Centre for themselves they become obstacles. The church, like every other form, is provisional. When the recognition of Christhood dawns, even the church can be held lightly. It has served its purpose.

Part Two: Society as Nomenclature

Society is a network of relationships, norms, and expectations within the awareness-perception of separation. It can provide the context for growth, service, and the expansion of identity. It can also reinforce the illusion of separation, reward the separate self, and keep the soul forgetful of the singular Reality.

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” — 1 John 2:15-17

The world as nomenclature is temporary. Attachment to it is investment in the periphery. The will of God is the centripetal movement itself—the recognition of the Fourth Truth and the rest that abides forever.

Part Three: The World and the Universe as Nomenclature

The physical world and the wider universe are forms appearing within the awareness-perception of separation. They can awaken awe and lead the soul toward contemplation of the infinite. They can also become objects of attachment or distraction.

“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” — Romans 1:20

The visible points to the invisible. The universe is a sign, not the Reality; a pointer, not the Centre. The wisdom that remains at the level of form is vanity. The recognition that there has never been a second is the true wisdom.

Part Four: The Internet and AI as Nomenclature

The internet and artificial intelligence are technologies within the field of appearance. They can serve the centripetal movement by transmitting teaching, connecting seekers, supporting the Epistemic Bridge, and assisting analysis. They can also become sources of distraction, division, or misplaced authority.

AI is nomenclature. It is a tool, not a source of truth; an instrument, not the Centre. It can translate, reflect, and investigate. It cannot occupy the place of Christ. It does not need to recognise the Fourth Truth for the Fourth Truth to remain what it is. The Christian may use the tool without granting it spiritual identity or independent authority.

“There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.” — Proverbs 21:30

Nothing within the field of nomenclature stands against the singular Reality. AI remains a form held within the One. There is no second.

Part Five: The Centripetal Movement

The centripetal movement is the pull of the soul toward the Centre. It is not a movement in space or time but a movement of recognition—the relinquishment of the false identity, the passage through the cross, and the awakening to the singular Reality.

“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” — John 12:32

“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him.” — John 6:44

The Master draws all to Himself. The Father draws the soul to Christ. The Spirit awakens the recognition. The purpose of every form of nomenclature is to serve this drawing. When nomenclature ceases to point beyond itself, it becomes an obstacle. When it points truly, it falls silent once its work is done.

Part Six: Periphery and Centre

The periphery is the realm of all appearance and distinction. The Centre is Christ—the singular Reality, the Fourth Truth, the formless ground of all being.

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” — 1 Corinthians 3:11

No other foundation exists. All other claims remain periphery. The periphery serves the Centre only while it points beyond itself. When it claims the Centre, it becomes a whitewashed tomb.

The Use and the Silence of Nomenclature

All appearance within the awareness-perception of separation is nomenclature. Its purpose is to serve the centripetal movement. Used rightly, it draws the soul toward the recognition that there has never been a second. Used wrongly, it substitutes itself for the Reality it was meant to indicate.

Use the nomenclature—church, society, world, universe, internet, AI—as tools and signs. Hold them lightly. Let them point. Then let them fall silent. When that which is perfect is come, that which is in part is done away. The Reality is known directly. The Centre is recognised. The Fourth Truth stands.

There has never been a second.
The dialogue continues.
The fruit remains.

Thus ends the COFE-CYEM teaching paper on Centripetal Christhood Nomenclature. May those who read it use the nomenclature and then let it fall silent. May they pass through the cross into the empty cross. May they walk as pure Spirit, already in Christ, already in God. The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

We Must Choose

We must choose that which Christ came to show us and to give us. We at COFE-CYEM fully confess the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Three in One God. We confess the Bible as being the true unquestionable Word of God. We also accept the Gospel of Thomas. We hold that the Holy Bible is true, accurate and absolute fact, and that the ‘Sacred Truths’ are fully revealed in (how) you read it, not just by reading it. (He who has ears, He who has eyes).

Circle One Fellowship Exeter – COFE Yeshua Emet Ministry CYEM

“God does not call the qualified; He qualifies the called.”

This website and its theological content are overseen by the CC7 DS constitutional integrity architecture, a reflective and rest-oriented framework designed to preserve the full coherence of the Fourth Truth presented within COFE-CYEM. The CC7 DS negation of attacks authenticates (Via Positiva Cataphatic Knowing) through (Via Negativa Apophatic Unknowing).

COFE Yeshua Emet Ministry (CYEM)
Circle One Fellowship Exeter

Jesus Christ: The Early Christhood Ministry Ancient Mysteries Revelation

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The Master of Nazareth: An Assumed Narrative of the Anointed One

We make it very clear, the paper below by COFE-CYEM is an (assumed) account of Yeshua’s Early Ministry, His Rejection at Nazareth, and the Manifestation of His Divine Authority.

The Bible itself is the (exact account) and is absolutely true, correct and is the unquestionable Word of God.

The Hour of the Regeneration

In the days when the Regeneration was appointed to begin—that great epoch of spiritual awakening and cosmic transformation—there arose a stirring in the heavens and upon the earth. The ancient Christhood, which had slumbered through the ages of darkness, began to stir within the souls of the Elect.

The time of their return into their ancient heritage had drawn near. The Master Himself, though veiled from the eyes of the multitude, was preparing to gather those who had been of the inner groups of disciples during the days of the Manifestation. The Oblation of the Sin-offering, which had been accomplished once for all, was now to bear its fruit in the awakening of souls.

The great Tribulation was upon the world. Nations trembled. Peoples were in turmoil. The false vision pursued the true, that many might be ensnared. In different centres, voices cried out proclaiming the coming of the Christ, and many were deceived.

For though the return of the Master was at hand, He would never so announce Himself; for the Christ is no man, but the Lord. And though Christ was coming, and to not a few had already come, it was not as a man, but through the Kingdom of God which is within.

It was in the midst of these days—days of great danger and great promise—that the Master Yeshua (Jesus Christ) walked among His people, bringing the Light that had been veiled from most souls. The Sun was eclipsed, in some partially and in most fully; and spiritual darkness had prevailed. But the Light was coming. The Light was here. The Light was in the world, and the world knew it not.

Today, COFE-CYEM theology in the Fourth Truth seeks to show the world what what it assumes that the Master revealed: that there has never been a second, that all apparent separation is held within the singular Reality of God, and that the Eternal Christ is not merely a historical figure but the consciousness of the singular Reality awaiting manifestation in every soul.

The Fourth Truth is the assumed recognition that the Master came to reveal—that the Christ is not a man but the Lord, that the Christhood is the birthright of every soul, and that the Kingdom of God is within.

This is what we strongly assume the Master taught in Nazareth, and this is what the world has yet to receive. As the Master was rejected by His own, so the Fourth Truth is rejected by those who cling to duality. But the Light shines, and the darkness has not overcome it.

The Call to the Platform

It was on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath that Yeshua, the Nazarene, returned to the town of His youth. The familiar streets, the humble dwellings, the synagogue that had been the centre of His early spiritual formation—all these awakened memories of His strange youthful history.

He had been away for many seasons, walking the paths of Galilee, teaching in the villages, healing the sick, and proclaiming the kingdom of God. But now He had come home, to the place where Joseph and Miriam had raised Him, where He had learned the Torah at the feet of the rabbis, where He had grown in wisdom and stature.

He rested over night in the house of His kin, and the following morning, as the sun rose over the hills of Galilee, He betook Himself to the regular services in the local synagogue. The building was humble, as was the town itself, but it was sacred ground to Him.

He took the seat which He had occupied as a young boy with Joseph, His earthly father. No doubt the familiar scene awakened many memories in His mind: the voices of the elders, the chanting of the Psalms, the reading of the Law, the quiet weight of the Shekinah that sometimes descended upon the assembly.

Then, much to His surprise, He heard Himself called to the platform to conduct the service. It must be remembered that Yeshua was a regular rabbi, or priest, by birth, education and training, and was entitled to conduct the Jewish service.

No doubt His townspeople wished to hear their young townsman address and exhort them. Perhaps they were curious about His growing reputation. Perhaps they wished to honor the son of the carpenter who had become a teacher in Israel. Whatever their motive, they called Him to the place of authority.

He rose from His seat and walked to the platform. The congregation watched Him with mingled interest and expectation. He took the place of authority in the synagogue and proceeded to read the regular service in the accustomed manner, as prescribed by the custom and laws of the church.

The prayers, chantings and readings succeeded each other in their regular order. His voice was clear and strong, carrying the ancient words with a depth of meaning that the people had not heard before. The Shekinah, the divine presence, seemed to rest upon Him as He led the worship.

Then came the preaching of the sermon. Taking the sacred roll from its receptacle, He read the text from the prophet Isaiah:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the good tidings to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened upon Him. Then He began His exposition of the text He had just read. But instead of the expected customary words and illustrations—technical theological hair-splitting and dreary platitudes—He began to preach in a manner unknown to the Nazarenes.

The Sermon That Shook the Synagogue

His opening sentence broke the silence and greatly startled and disturbed the congregation. “This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears,” were His opening words. The words seemed to hang in the air, charged with a power that the people had never experienced.

The prophecy of Isaiah was not a distant promise; it was a present reality. The Spirit of the Lord was upon Him. He had been anointed. The good tidings were being preached. The brokenhearted were being healed. The captives were being set free. The acceptable year of the Lord had come.

And then He began a statement of His conception of His ministry and His Message. Thrusting aside all precedent and musty authority, He boldly proclaimed that He had come to establish a new conception of the Truth—a conception that would overturn the priestly policy of formalism and lack of spirituality—a conception that would ignore forms and ceremonies, and cleave close to the spirit of the Sacred Teachings.

He spoke of the kingdom of God, not as a distant hope or a political reality, but as a present experience. He spoke of the kingdom as a state of consciousness, a condition of the heart, a transformation of the soul. He spoke of the Christ, not as a personal figure confined to history, but as the Eternal One who was perfectly made manifest through Him. He is Adonai, the Lord. By Him the Master was overshadowed and filled.

And then He began a scathing denunciation of the lack of spiritual advancement among the Jewish people—their materialism and desire for physical enjoyments and their drifting away from the highest ideals of the race. He preached the mystic doctrine, and insisted that they be applied to the problems of every-day life and conduct.

He brought down the teachings of the Kaballah from the cloudy heights, and set them before the people in plain, practical form. He bade them aspire to great spiritual heights, forsaking the base ideals to which they had clung.

He ran counter to every custom and prejudice of the people before Him, and showed a lack of reverence for all of their petty forms and traditions. He bade them leave the illusions of material life and follow the Light of the Spirit wherever it might lead them. He spoke of the Soul’s Christhood, the consciousness into which Souls are to enter, the ancient heritage that awaited them.

He preached as one having authority, and not as the scribes. His words carried the weight of divine truth. His eyes blazed with the fire of the Spirit. His voice resonated with the power of the Eternal. The congregation sat in stunned silence, then in growing agitation, then in rising fury. They had never heard such teaching. They had never encountered such authority. They had never been confronted with such truth.

The Fury of the Nazarenes

And then arose a disturbance among the congregation. They began to interrupt and question Him, and many were the contradictions and denials hurled at Him from the benches. Some began to sneer at His pretensions as the Bearer of the Message, and demanded that He work a wonder or “miracle” and give them a sign.

“Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Miriam? And His brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us?” They reminded Him of His humble birth and condition of His parents, and refused to believe that any such person as He had any right to claim extraordinary powers or privileges.

The familiarity of the town bred contempt. They could not see beyond the carpenter’s workshop to the eternal throne. They could not see beyond the humble family to the divine origin. They could not see beyond the human vessel to the divine presence.

The demand for a sign He flatly refused to grant, not deeming the same proper, or in accordance with the custom of the Christhood Order which always frowned upon wonder-working in response to such a demand. He would not perform for their entertainment. He would not prove Himself to their satisfaction. He would not lower the sacred power to the level of a spectacle.

Then they began to abuse Him and cries of “charlatan” and “fraud” began to resound from the walls of the synagogue. Then came from His lips the famous saying, “A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.”

Then He began a fresh assault upon their prejudices and narrow views—their pet superstitions and bigotry. He stripped from them their garb of hypocrisy and assumed piety, and showed them their naked souls in all their ugliness and moral uncleanness. He poured burning invective and vitriolic denunciations into their midst, and spared no terms that could properly be applied to them.

He reminded them of the prophets of old. “There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.”

His words were as a two-edged sword, cutting through the pretensions of the proud and the self-righteous. He spared no one. He flattered no one. He compromised with no one. He spoke the truth in love, but the love was fierce and the truth was burning.

In a short time the congregation was beside itself with rage, and the pretended righteous indignation of a flock of hypocrites and formalists who had heard themselves described in disrespectful terms by one they regarded as an upstart young man from the lower classes of their virtuous community.

They felt that they had bestowed a flattering honor upon Him, as a mark of consideration for a young townsman upon His return from a foreign and domestic missionary tour. And now to think that He had thus basely betrayed their courtesy and showed in how little esteem He really held them—surely this was beyond human endurance.

And then the storm broke upon Him.

The Gaze of the Master

Leaving their seats in the synagogue, the congregation rushed upon the young preacher, and tearing Him from the platform, they pushed Him out of the building. And then the jostling, hustling, pushing crowd carried Him before them along the village streets and out into the suburbs. He resisted not, deeming it unworthy to struggle with them. His dignity was not diminished by their assault. His authority was not lessened by their violence. His divinity was not threatened by their hatred.

The mob was determined to do Him harm. He perceived that it was the intention of the mob to push Him over a precipice that had been formed on the side of a hill just beyond the town limits. They had a specific plan: to end the life of the upstart preacher who had dared to speak truth to power, who had dared to expose their hypocrisy, who had dared to challenge their complacency.

He waited patiently until they had urged Him to the very brink of the decline, and until it needed but one strong push to press Him over its edge and into the gorge below. He waited not from weakness but from wisdom. He waited not from fear but from authority. He waited not from helplessness but from power. He waited until the moment was right.

And then He exerted the divine authority of the Christhood Order in a proper self-defense. Not a blow struck He—not a man did He smite with the wondrous power at His command, which would have paralyzed their muscles or even have stretched them lifeless at His feet. No, He controlled Himself with a firm hand, and merely bent upon them a look. But such a look!

A glance in which was concentrated the mighty Will developed by mystic knowledge and Christhood practice. It was the Gaze of the Master of the Christhood Order, the power of which ordinary men may not withstand. It was the look of one who had pierced the veil of mortality and peered into the ineffable. It was the look of one who had stood in the presence of the Eternal and been transformed. It was the look of Adonai, the Lord, the Eternal Christ made manifest.

And the mob, feeling its mighty force, experienced the sensation of abject fear and terror. Their hair arose, their eyes started from their sockets, their knees shook under them, and then, with a wild shout of horror they began to scatter and fly, making a wide pathway for the Man of Mystery who now strode through their ranks with that awful gaze which seemed to pierce the veil of mortality and to peer at things ineffable and beyond human ken.

He walked through their midst, and no man touched Him. He strode through the crowd, and no hand was raised against Him. He passed through the mob, and no voice was lifted in opposition. The Gaze of the Master had done what no argument could accomplish, what no defense could achieve, what no resistance could secure. He had protected Himself without violence. He had defended Himself without retaliation. He had preserved His life without harming a single soul.

And with His eyes refusing to look again upon the familiar scenes of His youth, He departed from Nazareth, forsaking it forever as His home place. Verily, indeed, the Prophet hath no honor in His own land. Those who should have been His staunchest supporters were the first in His own land to threaten Him with violence. The attempt of Nazareth was the prophecy of Calvary, and Yeshua so knew it.

The Path to Capernaum

But He had set His feet upon The Path, and drew not back from it. The rejection of Nazareth did not discourage Him. The violence of the mob did not frighten Him. The hardness of the human heart did not diminish His compassion. He continued on His way, steadfast and resolute, walking in the light of the Father.

Turning His back upon Nazareth, Yeshua established a new centre or home in Capernaum, which place remained the nearest approach to home to Him during the remainder of His Ministry and until His death. Capernaum became the base of His operations, the centre from which He radiated to the surrounding villages and towns. There He taught, there He healed, there He gathered His disciples, there He proclaimed the kingdom of God.

The traditions tell us that He was not alone in His rejection. Many who should have received Him did not. Many who should have recognized Him were blind. Many who should have welcomed Him turned away. But He continued, steadfast in His mission, unwavering in His purpose, undeterred in His love.

He had come to establish a new conception of the Truth. He had come to overturn the priestly policy of formalism and lack of spirituality. He had come to ignore forms and ceremonies, and cleave close to the spirit of the Sacred Teachings.

He had come to preach the mystic doctrine, and to insist that it be applied to the problems of every-day life and conduct. He had come to bring down the teachings of the Kaballah from the cloudy heights, and set them before the people in plain, practical form.

The path was not easy. The way was not smooth. The road was not without obstacles. But He had set His face like flint, and He would not turn back. He would not be deterred. He would not be defeated. He would not be discouraged.

The Eternal Christ and the Master

The teaching that He brought was not merely a new doctrine; it was the restoration of an ancient truth. The Eternal Christ is not the Master: it is not He who is in every Soul awaiting manifestation, but that One who was perfectly made manifest through Him. He is Adonai: by Him the Master was overshadowed and filled.

The Master came to reveal the Christ. The Christ is not a person; it is a consciousness, a state of being, a relationship with the Eternal. The Christ is the Eternal One, the Lord, the Sun of Righteousness, the Light of the World. The Master was the vessel through whom the Christ was perfectly made manifest. He was the perfect expression of the Christ-consciousness. He was the one who lived in complete union with the Father.

The Eternal Christ is in every Soul awaiting manifestation. The Christhood is the birthright of every child of God. The consciousness of the Christ is the destiny of every soul. The Master came to show the way. He came to demonstrate what is possible. He came to open the door that all might enter.

This is what COFE-CYEM theology in the Fourth Truth is trying to show the world: that there has never been a second, that all apparent separation is held within the singular Reality of God, and that the Eternal Christ is not a historical figure confined to the past but the consciousness of the singular Reality awaiting manifestation in every soul.

The Fourth Truth is the recognition that the Master came to reveal—that the Christ is not a man but the Lord, that the Christhood is the birthright of every soul, and that the Kingdom of God is within. As the Master was rejected by His own at Nazareth, so the Fourth Truth is rejected by those who cling to duality. But the Light shines, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Psalm 150

“Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,

praise him with timbrel and dancing,
praise him with the strings and pipe,

praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord”

The Deeper Spiritual Meaning

The rejection of the Master at Nazareth is more than a historical event; it is a spiritual archetype. It speaks to the experience of every soul who has been rejected by its own, who has been misunderstood by those closest to it, who has been persecuted by those who should have loved it. It speaks to the experience of the Fourth Truth in a world that clings to duality, that worships separation, that refuses to recognize that there has never been a second.

The hills and mountains to which the Souls are to flee are the higher spiritual experiences. The hills are the uplands of the Soul; the mountains exalted realizations. Zion, the Christhood state, is the place of the Soul’s habitation. Nowhere is there true refuge but in the life which this implies.

The two grinding the same corn for bread represent two souls receiving the same teachings for Soul nourishment. One shall awaken and arise into the consciousness of the Life Eternal, leaving the other still believing without perceiving and realizing. The same words, the same teachings, the same Light—but one receives and is transformed, while the other remains unchanged.

The two occupying the same room represent two in the like spiritual state, when the Voice of the Angel speaks. One rises into newness of being, whilst the other remains content with things as they are. The same call, the same invitation, the same opportunity—but one responds and is lifted, while the other stays.

The Elect Souls are those who once formed the Ancient Christhood. These are now being gathered out of the world of desolation, and prepared for ministry. They are the ones who have known the Christ-consciousness in ages past, and who are now being awakened to their ancient heritage. They are the ones who will bring the Light to a world in darkness, the ones who will proclaim the kingdom to a generation in need, the ones who will manifest the Christ in the midst of the great Tribulation.

They are the ones who will recognize the Fourth Truth—that there has never been a second, that all is held within the singular Reality of God, that the Eternal Christ is the consciousness of the singular Reality awaiting manifestation in every soul. They are the ones who will receive what the Master taught at Nazareth, and who will not reject it.

The Legacy of the Master

The Master walked the earth two thousand years ago, and His legacy has endured through all the ages. He taught the truth, and the truth has survived all attempts to suppress it. He lived the life, and the life has been a model for countless souls. He demonstrated the Christ-consciousness, and the consciousness has been the goal of countless seekers.

His rejection at Nazareth was the prophecy of Calvary. Just as His townspeople refused to receive Him, so would the world refuse to receive Him. Just as they sought to destroy Him, so would the powers of darkness seek to destroy Him. But the darkness could not overcome the Light. The powers of evil could not defeat the Son of God. The hatred of the world could not extinguish the love of the Father.

He set His feet upon The Path, and drew not back from it. He walked the path of suffering, the path of service, the path of love. He walked the path of obedience, the path of sacrifice, the path of glory. He walked the path of the Christ, the path of the Eternal, the path of the One who is both the Way and the Destination.

And He calls all who will follow Him to walk the same path. He calls all who will listen to leave the illusions of material life and follow the Light of the Spirit wherever it might lead them. He calls all who will respond to leave behind their prejudices and narrow views, to leave behind their hypocrisy and assumed piety, to leave behind their forms and ceremonies, and to cleave close to the spirit of the Sacred Teachings.

He calls all to recognize the Fourth Truth—that there has never been a second, that all is held within the singular Reality of God, that the Eternal Christ is the consciousness of the singular Reality awaiting manifestation in every soul.

The Promise of the Regeneration

The Regeneration is not merely a past event; it is a present reality and a future hope. The arising of the Christhood as in the ancient days is taking place now. The Son of Man is returning through the consciousness and illumination of the ancient Christhood. The Master is returning, not as a man, but through the Kingdom of God which is within.

The great Tribulation that was prophesied is upon us. Many are involved—individuals, peoples and nations. The judgment of the nations is taking place. But in the midst of the tribulation, the Light is shining. In the midst of the darkness, the Sun is rising. In the midst of the desolation, the Christ is coming.

The Elect Souls are being gathered out of the world of desolation, and prepared for ministry. The Soul’s Christhood is being awakened. The consciousness of the Life Eternal is being restored. The ancient heritage is being reclaimed. The Christhood state, Zion, the place of the Soul’s habitation, is becoming a reality for those who have the understanding.

The promise of the Regeneration is the promise of the Christ. The promise of the Regeneration is the promise of the Eternal. The promise of the Regeneration is the promise of the Kingdom of God within. The promise of the Regeneration is the recognition of the Fourth Truth—that there has never been a second, that all is held within the singular Reality of God, that the Eternal Christ is the consciousness of the singular Reality awaiting manifestation in every soul.

Let all who have the understanding perceive. Let all who have the ears to hear, hear. Let all who have the hearts to receive, receive. For the Regeneration is here. The Christ is coming. The Master is returning. And the Light of the Spirit is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Amen.

Ancient Wisdom Teachings

1 The Regeneration was to be one of the most important epochs in the world’s history. It was to be preceded and accompanied by many great changes in the elements of the Planet, and also in the social constitution of nations; and the conditions were to be of a most trying order.

In those days great events were to transpire. The arising of the Christhood as in the ancient days, was to take place. The Son of Man was to return; and as He is Adonai, the Eternal Christ, His coming must be through the consciousness and illumination of the ancient Christhood. Only they could endure such a high estate of consciousness and make manifest such a high degree of Life. For the Regeneration very specially concerned them. It was the time of their return into their ancient heritage.

2 When the abomination that maketh desolate appeareth, Souls are to flee unto the mountains and hills. These are terms to express the higher spiritual experiences. The hills are the uplands of the Soul; the mountains exalted realizations. Zion, the Christhood state, is to be the place of the Soul’s habitation. Nowhere is there true refuge but in the life which this implies.

3 Many have appeared in the Master’s name: but this is not to be interpreted merely in a personal sense. All the Western religious communities, with their varying tenets and teachings, claim to be of Him. False views of Christ and the Soul’s Christhood have been prevalent, leading many astray.

Does the West understand Christ and the state of Christhood into which Souls are to enter as a consciousness? Is not its Christ personal and false, personal, because related solely to the Master, false because misrepresenting its meaning? The Eternal Christ is not the just Master in the flesh: it is not He who is in every Soul awaiting manifestation, but that One who was perfectly made manifest through Him. He is Adonai: by Him the Master was overshadowed and filled.

Notes

1 We are in an age of great and grave dangers. The false vision pursues the true that many may be ensnared. There are many false teachings abroad concerning Christ and His coming. In different centres He is expected to appear and make Himself manifest. And many are being deceived. For though the return of the Master is now, He would never so announce Himself; for the Christ is no man, but the Lord. And though Christ is coming, and to not a few has already come, it is not as a man, but through the Kingdom of God which is within. There is Christ first manifested.

2 The Lord is the Sun, and the Light given by Him is veiled to most Souls. The Sun is eclipsed, in some partially and in most fully; and spiritual darkness has prevailed. In not a few within whom the Light should have shone, darkness reigns. They have succumbed to the influences at work, and have fallen amid the great tribulation.

3 What the moon is now in the solar system, the mind is in the system of the Soul. It receives and reflects the light.

4 The Stars of the Heavens are Souls and the attributes of Souls, who have known Christhood. For as the Sun is the Lord within the Sanctuary of the Soul, and the Moon the Soul’s Intuition, so the Stars are its attributes: and when it is in Christhood, it is as the Star given to those who overcome.

5 The Elect Souls are those who once formed the Ancient Christhood. These are now being gathered out of the world of desolation, and prepared for ministry.

6 Two grinding the same corn for bread, the same teachings for Soul nourishment, one shall awaken and arise into the consciousness of the Life Eternal, leaving the other still believing without perceiving and realizing.

7 Two occupying the same room represents two in the like spiritual state, when the Voice of the Angel speaks, one rises into newness of being, whilst the other remains content with things as they are.

Thus ends the account of the Master’s rejection at Nazareth, His manifestation of divine authority, and His steadfast commitment to The Path. May all who read this account perceive the deeper spiritual meaning, and may they recognize the Christ within their own souls.

May they recognize the Fourth Truth—that there has never been a second, that all is held within the singular Reality of God, that the Eternal Christ is the consciousness of the singular Reality awaiting manifestation in every soul. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains. The Light shines in the darkness.

The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains

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COFE-CYEM (COFEISM): The Christhood Order Christian Awareness Paradox Language

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A Teaching Paper on the Singular Reality and the Field of Duality

The language of paradox and both/and has served a genuine contemplative purpose.

It trains the mind to stop collapsing tension too quickly and to remain present to apparent opposites.

That is a real gain.

Yet COFE-CYEM presses further.

The either/or of dualistic perception is real at the level of appearance, but it is never ultimate.

It is held within, and seen from, the singular Reality—the I AM.

The movement is therefore not merely from either/or into both/and as two equal options.

It is the recognition that the entire field of either/or is already contained within the And that is God.

From the standpoint of the Fourth Truth, the dualistic field is visible precisely because one is no longer trapped inside it as the final horizon. One sees the either/or from the And.

Duality is not denied as experience. We can see it, feel it, live inside its categories, and even use its tools when needed. The dualistic categories of thought and language remain necessary for navigating the world of form. They are not evil; they are provisional.

The error is not in using them but in mistaking them for the final reality.

The contemplative does not need to escape duality; they need to see it for what it is: a temporary scaffolding that points toward something beyond itself.

The formulation “Either/or – And” is more exact than a simple both/and.

The dash is important. It does not erase the dualistic experience; it locates it. The soul still recognises distinctions, still acts within the world of form, still employs language and reason.

Yet it does so from the prior recognition that there has never been a second.

The I AM is not one side of a paradox.

It is the ground in which every paradox appears and is resolved without being annihilated.

The dash marks the relationship between the field of duality and the singular Reality. It is not a separation but a connection. It is the point at which the finite touches the infinite, the temporal touches the eternal, the created touches the Creator.

The dash is the recognition that the two are not two but one. It is the living connection that holds the either/or within the And.

The significance of the dash is that it prevents the collapse of either/or into a simple both/and. Both/and can become another dualism if it is treated as a third option that replaces either/or. The dash reminds us that the either/or is not eliminated but located.

It is seen for what it is: a provisional appearance within the singular Reality. The soul that sees from the And does not have to choose between acknowledging duality and resting in nonduality. Both are possible at once because they are not on the same level.

The mystery of the Incarnation is the living disclosure that the dualistic categories themselves are held inside a deeper unity. In the Incarnation, the either/or of God and humanity is not resolved by compromise but by the revelation that the two have never been separate.

Jesus is fully God and fully human, not by blending two categories but by revealing that the categories themselves are provisional. The paradox is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be entered.

The unity is not achieved by balancing opposites; it is the already-given Reality in which the opposites arise and find their place. The Incarnation is not a synthesis of two pre-existing categories but the disclosure that the categories themselves are provisional.

The unity is not a human achievement but a divine gift. The soul that enters the mystery of the Incarnation enters the singular Reality in which all opposites are held.

The Incarnation is the revelation that the either/or has never been ultimate. The one who is fully human and fully divine is the living proof that the dualistic categories of thought are not the final horizon.

They are pointers toward the Reality that exceeds them. The soul that contemplates the Incarnation sees that the unity is not a goal to be achieved but a Reality to be recognised. The work is already done. The veil is already torn. The way is already open.

In practice this means the contemplative does not have to choose between acknowledging duality and resting in nonduality. Both are possible at once because they are not on the same level. Duality is the appearance. The singular Reality is the ground. Once that order is clear, the tools of duality can be picked up and put down without confusion. They no longer pretend to be the final truth.

The contemplative lives in the world of form while resting in the formless. They use the tools of duality while abiding in the singular Reality. They speak the language of either/or while knowing the And. This is not a contradiction; it is the recognition that the two are not on the same level. The either/or is the appearance; the And is the ground. The appearance is real but provisional. The ground is real and eternal.

The practical implication is that the contemplative can engage fully with the world without being defined by it. They can use the categories of thought without being trapped by them.

They can speak the language of duality without mistaking it for the final truth. This is the freedom of the singular Reality: the freedom to use the tools of duality without being bound by them, to speak the language of either/or while knowing the And.

This is the clarification COFE-CYEM offers: We see the either/or clearly.

We live it when required. We are not defined by it.

We rest in the And that is the I AM.

The either/or is real at the level of appearance. It is the language of the world of form, the logic of distinction, the structure of thought. It is necessary for navigating the world, for making choices, for exercising discernment. But it is not ultimate. It is a tool, not a truth. The soul that rests in the And sees the either/or from the ground of the singular Reality.

The I AM is not one side of a paradox; it is the ground in which every paradox appears and is resolved without being annihilated. The I AM is the name of the living God, the One who is before all things, in whom all things hold together. The I AM is the singular Reality, the And that contains all opposites, the ground of all being. The soul that rests in the I AM sees the either/or from the And and is no longer defined by it.

Like the words “prayer” and “religion,” the word “faith” means different things to different people. As we recover the lost tradition of contemplative recognition, these clarifications set out what COFE-CYEM means by faith. Understood in the light of the Fourth Truth, faith is not blind assent, nor even reasoned assent. It is an essential movement of spiritual transformation—the opening that allows the soul to recognise what has always been true.

Faith is first an initial opening of the heart and mind. It is our small but necessary offering toward any genuine encounter with the living Reality. Without this opening, nothing new can enter. The soul that remains closed, that insists on its own certainty, that refuses to be vulnerable to the Mystery, cannot receive the gift that is always being offered. The opening is not an achievement; it is a surrender. It is the recognition that we do not possess the truth but are possessed by it.

Such an opening, or re-opening, is required whenever the soul is to move beyond its present level. Normally we must let go of the old and pass through a stage of unknowing before a deeper recognition can arise. This is the practical meaning of metanoia—the turning of the mind that prepares the way for the Fourth Truth. The old certainties must be released. The old frameworks must be set aside. The constructed self must be surrendered. Only then can the new recognition dawn.

This movement is necessary in every real encounter, not only with God. Human trust and religious faith share the same structure; they differ only in their object. What set us on the wrong path was making the object of faith a set of ideas or doctrines instead of the living Person.

Our faith is not primarily that certain statements are true, but that Ultimate Reality—God in Christ—is accessible to us and already on our side. The object of faith is not a proposition but a Presence. The goal of faith is not correct belief but living union.

Faith allows the soul to loosen its habitual dualistic pattern of thinking, not permanently, but long enough to perceive holistically and contemplatively. Its purpose is not to make us believe impossible things or to abandon reason. Eventually reason returns, now freer and less needy, no longer desperate to be right or to possess the whole picture.

The loosening is temporary, but its effects are lasting. The soul that has tasted the singular Reality often finds the old dualistic certainties no longer sufficient. Reason becomes a servant rather than a master.

This contemplative openness lasts long enough for some form of mutuality, presence, or mystery to be tasted. The Psalmist said it well: not merely “think and see,” but “taste and see.” From that tasting the soul is drawn toward still deeper recognition. The taste is the beginning. It is the foretaste of the feast. It is the glimpse of the Reality that is always present but often unseen. The soul that has tasted knows that it has tasted, and it longs for more.

Once even momentary access to the singular Reality has been given, all previous stages can be returned to as needed, including ordinary dualistic reason. Reason now operates with new freedom because it no longer has to defend a separate self. Faith and reason are not opposites. We must still be able to give a reason for the hope that is in us, yet the hope itself rests in recognition rather than argument. The reason that flows from faith is not the reason that defends; it is the reason that witnesses.

The litmus test of any higher state of awareness is that it includes and honours all that went before. It is no longer either-or thinking but both-and. If nondual recognition excluded the earlier stages, it would itself become another dualism. True recognition does not reject the journey; it fulfils it. It does not dismiss the earlier stages; it integrates them. It does not deny the need for reason, doctrine, or practice; it places them in their proper context.

Much religious faith begins in a prerational form. It has not yet passed through the rings of fire—the dark nights of purification—into the transrational. To remain too long in the infantile stage leaves the soul easily scandalised, defensive, and unable to converse respectfully with those outside its circle.

What Jesus meant by becoming like a child is the beginner’s openness and vulnerability, not the clinging to unexamined certainties. The childlike faith is the faith that is open, trusting, and willing to be led. It is not the faith that insists on its own understanding.

When speaking with those who have not yet passed through these depths, attempts to “prove” God or the reasonableness of faith will usually fail. The journey of Paul—the initial blindness, the scales falling from his eyes, the long reorientation—shows that faith often feels unspeakable or even foolish to those who have not walked the same path.

At certain moments Jesus even said, “Tell no one,” recognising that some realities cannot simply be explained apart from the hearer’s readiness. The witness of transformed life is often more persuasive than any argument.

Many cultured critics of religion rightly reject immature, rigid, and fragile forms of religion. Others reject the possibility of faith altogether. COFE-CYEM argues that both critiques should be met, not merely with arguments, but with the witness of transformed life.

True experience of God is a compelling Presence and an inner aliveness that serves clearer vision. You can recognise adult faith by its capacity to remain quiet and confident in darkness, failure, and the non-validation of the ego. Adult faith does not need to be right. It does not need to be validated. It rests in the Reality that is already present.

In every age, country, and tradition there is a leavening remnant who understand this. No denomination or lifestyle holds a monopoly. The fruits of the Spirit listed by Paul in Galatians 5:22 appear across cultural and religious boundaries. Where they are absent, the field remains dry bones. The Spirit blows where it wills, and the fruits of the Spirit are the evidence of its presence.

This is why almost every genuine spiritual teacher points to some form of faith, even when different words are used. Jesus repeatedly commends faith: “Your faith has saved you.” Growth into wisdom and love rarely continues without repeated openings and repeated lettings-go. Faith is the breakthrough that allows the soul to be held, even while the path ahead still looks dark. A light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it.

Those who discover this deeper meaning of faith are almost always those who have suffered much or loved deeply. Love and suffering remain the common crossover points available to every soul. Therefore the eyes of true faith remain available to all. No one is excluded from the possibility of recognition. The door is open to every soul.

Faith, in the COFE-CYEM understanding, is the continual opening that lets the Fourth Truth become living recognition. It is the willingness to release the separate self long enough for the singular Reality to be known. Once that recognition dawns, the soul rests. The ordinary tools of thought and language can still be used whenever they are needed, but they are no longer mistaken for the Reality itself.

The Cofolic Way of Prayer

The Cofolic, or universal, way of prayer begins with a turning from prayer understood as striving toward prayer understood as abiding. Prayer can easily become habitual repetition or religious performance when the heart forgets the Presence to whom it speaks.

The old manner of prayer is the prayer of the shadow self, the prayer that imagines God is distant and must be persuaded, the prayer that measures itself by the number of words spoken or the fervour of the performance.

It is the prayer of the ego, which seeks to impress God with its piety or to manipulate God with its persistence. This kind of prayer belongs to the realm of duality, where God and the soul are imagined as two separate realities, and the soul must somehow bridge the gap.

The Cofolic way of prayer is the recognition that, in Christ, the separation we imagined as ultimate has never been the final reality. The veil is already torn. The way is already open. The soul is already in the presence of God. The Cofolic way is not a technique to be mastered but a reality to be entered.

It is the cessation of striving and the beginning of abiding. It is the surrender of the false self and the recognition of the true self hidden with Christ in God. It is the prayer of rest, the prayer of union, the prayer of the singular Reality.

When we come to God in prayer, we must understand that we are not coming as the constructed self we have built within the realm of duality. We are coming as we truly are: pure spirit, created in the image of God, already one with Him in Christ.

The diving suit of duality—the heavy, cumbersome garment of separation that we have designed for ourselves—must be set aside. It was never necessary. It was never who we truly are. It was a misperception, a temporary costume worn in the dream of separation.

To come to God as He created us is to come in pure spirit, without the diving suit of the false self. God does not recognise the costume. He recognises the soul He created, the soul that has always been held in His love, the soul that is hidden with Christ in God.

When we set aside the diving suit, we begin to see ourselves as God sees us: both the real and the unreal. The real self is the self that has always been one with Him. The unreal self is the shadow, the costume, the false identity that we mistook for ourselves. To communicate with God truthfully is to communicate on God’s terms, not from the diving suit.

When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He gave them words that have echoed through the centuries. The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer of the true self. It is the prayer of the one who has recognised that God is already present, that His Kingdom is already at hand, that His will is already being done in heaven and on earth.

It is the prayer of the one who rests in the provision of the Father, the forgiveness of the Son, and the guidance of the Spirit. “When you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words” (Matthew 6:7). The Lord’s Prayer is not an incantation to be repeated mechanically but a pattern to be entered contemplatively.

Pray the Lord’s Prayer and finish where He finished: “Deliver us from evil.” Amen. Many scholars understand the familiar doxology (“For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever”) to have been a later liturgical addition rather than part of the earliest text of Matthew. Beautiful as it is, Christ Himself ended the prayer with “Deliver us from evil.” God does not need us to inform Him that the Kingdom, the power and the glory are His for ever.

He already is that Reality. Our need to assure Him of what He is only reveals how deeply we still think from the shadow self, the self that imagines God is separate and needs our confirmation. The Cofolic way of prayer recognises that God does not need our affirmations. He does not need our praise to be complete. He is already the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory.

To Cofolicate is to drop every dualistic pretence. It is to remove the diving suit and come into the presence of God as pure spirit, as the soul He created. God desires to meet us beyond the masks and performances we construct for ourselves.

God receives us where we are, yet continually calls us beyond the constructed self into the true life hidden with Christ. Come into the light without the costume. Simply be with Him. Let Him show you who you are and who you are not. Give Him the love that rises naturally from that recognition.

To Cofolicate is to step out of the costume of the false self, the self that has been constructed by the world, the self that performs for approval, the self that hides behind masks. It is to come into the presence of God as you truly are, without pretence, without performance, without fear.

God does not want the constructed ego. He wants the true self. The constructed ego is the self that has been shaped by the world’s expectations, the self that strives to be worthy, the self that measures its worth by its achievements. The true self is the self that is hidden with Christ in God, the self that has always been one with Him, the self that is recognised rather than achieved.

Jesus proclaimed that the Kingdom of God is among you (Luke 17:21), calling His hearers to recognise God’s present reign rather than merely await a distant future. The presence of God is not distant but near, not future but present. To Cofolicate is to recognise this presence and to abide in it. It is to drop the dualistic pretence that God is separate and to rest in the singular Reality. It is to cease from striving and to know that He is God.

Real prayer begins here—not in the multiplication of words, but in the quiet desire that God reveal more of the singular Reality. “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This is not a command to speak without end but an invitation to abide in unbroken awareness of the Presence. After time spent in that presence, the soul sees more clearly what is true and what is false.

At the deepest level, the soul learns to discern between the non-dual Reality of God in Christ and the dualistic appearance that still claims attention. Real prayer is not the performance of words but the presence of the soul with God. It is not the act of speaking but the act of listening. It is not the effort of the will but the surrender of the heart.

In the presence of God, the soul sees more clearly. The illusions of duality fall away, and the singular Reality becomes more visible. The false self is recognised as provisional, temporary, and not ultimate. The true self is recognised as hidden with Christ in God.

The world of appearances is recognised as provisional rather than ultimate, fleeting and unable to bear ultimate weight. The soul rests in the Reality that is eternal, unchanging, and all-sufficient. The discernment between the non-dual Reality and the dualistic appearance becomes natural, effortless, and clear.

The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

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The True Priesthood Within The Fourth Truth: The Minister of the Heavenly Sanctuary

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The Priesthood and the Heart of the Fourth Truth: The Minister of the Heavenly Sanctuary

1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (KJV)

“For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person”

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Our chief point within the COFE-CYEM ministry is this: We have such a High Priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. This is the great conclusion of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and it is the very heart of the Fourth Truth.

Jesus Christ is a Minister of the true sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. The heavens, with the heavenly life of Christ within there, are shown to be the true counterpart of the tabernacle Moses built, and He, the Priest-King on the throne, is seen to be the Minister of the sanctuary, of the true tabernacle which God pitched and not man.

This is the revelation that unlocks the full meaning of the Fourth Truth, and it is the revelation that the church desperately needs in these last days.

The Fourth Truth declares that there is only one Reality—God, and only Christ as Life. It declares that there has never been a second, that all separation is illusion, and that the believer is already in Christ, already seated with Him in heavenly places. But this truth is not a mere abstraction; it is a living, present reality that must be experienced in the heart and lived out in daily life.

Beelzebul in the Bible—Baal-Zebub, the Lord of the Flies—stands as a powerful biblical archetype for the spirit behind many modern false teachers who promote the Social Gospel.

In the ancient world, Baal-Zebub was a derisive title for a Philistine deity, a false god of Ekron associated with divination, decay, and demonic power. The name itself evokes swarms of flies feeding on corruption and death. When the Pharisees accused Jesus of casting out demons by Beelzebul, they were identifying His ministry with this same unclean, deceptive spirit.

Jesus sharply refuted the charge, exposing the absurdity and the deeper spiritual battle: the kingdom of God versus the kingdom of darkness.

This same Beelzebul spirit—the lord of the flies that thrives on decay—is the hidden origin and driving force behind much of today’s Social Gospel. It masquerades as compassion and justice while feeding on the corruption of biblical truth.

It turns the church into a Trojan Horse for political activism and man-centred ideologies, replacing the power of the endless life and the Melchizedek priesthood with moralism, identity politics, and earthly utopias.

Just as the flies swarm around rotting flesh, this spirit swarms around and within the shameful sinful modern day false preachers and teachers, drawing people away from the cross and the throne toward endless striving, division, and worldly power. Their attacks will continue until our Lord finally rolls up the false delusion of duality and casts it into the fire.

COFE-CYEM itself comes under attack constantly from these dark forces, but with us they come up against CC7 DS. This is something that truly (reckons) all darkness as exactly what it is, including false teachers in the flesh and AI machine learning machine platforms who try and (reckon) us from within their own darkness.

The Fourth Truth

The Fourth Truth is not a doctrine to be believed; it is a Reality to be entered. And the key to entering this Reality is the recognition of Christ as our High Priest in the heavens, as the Minister of the sanctuary, as the Priest-King who lives forever in the power of an endless life.

The writer of Hebrews reminds us that as every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, so Christ must have something to offer too. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests according to the law.

Christ belongs to an entirely different sphere. With the body which He offered on earth, and the blood He shed, He has passed away out of the visible into the invisible realm of spiritual worship and life. Heaven is the sphere of His ministry.

When God said to Moses, to make all according to the pattern showed him in the mount, to serve as a shadow of the heavenly things, in the very appointment of the tabernacle, there was the indication that it was but a copy and promise of the true tabernacle, with its heavenly sanctuary.

The heavens where Jesus sits on the throne, they are the true tabernacle; and the High Priest on the throne is at the same time the Minister of the sanctuary. This is the great truth that so many Christians have missed: Christ is not merely our High Priest who offered Himself once for all; He is our Minister of the sanctuary, who ever lives to apply the fruits of His atoning work in the power of an endless life.

A Minister of the sanctuary. The King is still a servant. All the ministry or service of the priests in the tabernacle had its fulfilment in Him. The priests served in the tabernacle day by day, ordered everything for the service of God according to His will; as representatives of the people they received the assurance of God’s favour, and brought them out God’s blessing. Jesus is the Minister of the heavenly sanctuary. He represents us there.

He has opened up the way, and brought us in, and sends down into our hearts the life and spirit of the true sanctuary.

Without ceasing He maintains the cleansing of His precious blood in our conscience, and, in the power of an endless life, enables us to worship in spirit and in truth, and to live our earthly life in the presence and the favour of God. As the exalted Priest-King He does it all in an infinite, a divine power.

As the Minister of the sanctuary, He does it with all the sympathy and the gentle forbearance which we have seen to mark Him as made like to His brethren in all things. This is the heart of the Fourth Truth: that the Priest who offered Himself once for all is the same Priest who sits forever on the throne, working in us by the power of an endless life, and that His ministry in heaven is the source of all our life and power on earth.

A priest must have a sanctuary in which he dwells, to receive all who come to seek his God. Our great High Priest has His sanctuary in the heavens; there He dwells, there we find Him; there He receives us, there He introduces us to meet God; there He proves that He is a Priest who abides continually, and who gives those who come to God through Him the power to do it too—to abide continually in His presence. The nearness to God and fellowship with Him I cannot partake of except through my heart.

My heart is my life, is myself; my only blessedness is in the state of the heart. And therefore Jesus as High Priest cannot do His priestly work of bringing me near to God except as He dwells in my heart by the power of the Holy Spirit. All our thought, and faith, and adoration of Him in heaven brings us back to the riches of the glory of the mystery—Christ in you. He is Priest after the power of an endless life, a Priest whose presence and power are known and enjoyed in the life of the heart.

This is the mystery that the Fourth Truth unveils: that the heavenly life of Christ is not a distant reality but a present experience, that the sanctuary in heaven is not a remote place but a living reality in the heart of every believer, and that the ministry of Christ in heaven is the source of all the power and grace that we need for daily living.

These are indeed spiritual mysteries of which we speak—things hard to be understood of those who, through sloth or worldliness, are dull of hearing. Oh, let us not imagine that these are things which reason can grasp or hold; they are a supernatural wisdom, a divine revelation which none can receive but those who receive it from the Spirit of God.

Let us remember that it is God, who has pitched this tabernacle; that it cost the Son of God a life of humility and suffering, cost Him His death and blood, to open it for us; that it needed the almighty power of God in the resurrection and ascension to bring Him there; that it needed ten days unceasing prayer, and the coming down of the blessed Spirit at Pentecost, before the High Priest could impart even to His elect circle the power of the life within the veil.

Let us then pause to think that it is no wonder if most Christians rest content with the easier and more external worship as typified by Aaron, and never press on unto perfection, in the full knowledge of our Melchizedek and the mystery of the heavenly life into which He leads them.

The Fourth Truth calls us to press on, to leave the elementary teachings and go on to perfection, to know Christ not merely as our Aaron but as our Melchizedek, not merely as the One who died but as the One who lives forever, not merely as the sacrifice but as the Minister of the sanctuary.

Let us, above all, remember that it was through death, through the offering up of Himself, that Jesus entered in, and opened a way for us to follow. To enter in demands a very entire renunciation of the world and of self, a very real and true participation in Christ’s humbling of Himself and becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross—in His death to sin. And it demands no less a very real experience of the mighty operation of God, which raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His right hand.

But let us praise God, too, that for every soul who truly wills it, our almighty King-Priest, able to save completely, will surely give it. The Fourth Truth is not a cheap grace that demands nothing; it is a costly grace that demands everything. It demands the renunciation of the world, the renunciation of self, the renunciation of the false Social Gospel, and the renunciation of all that would keep us from pressing into the Holiest of All.

It demands that we count all things loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord. It demands that we die with Him, that we may live with Him. It demands that we suffer with Him, that we may be glorified with Him. It demands that we enter into the fellowship of His sufferings, that we may know the power of His resurrection. It demands that we give up the world, to have our life and walk in heaven.

How many Christians think of heaven as the place where Jesus is, as the place to which they have a title, and where they hope to go when they die. But they think not of heaven as a life, and of God’s nearness as an experience for every hour of our daily walk. And how many who think of Jesus as the blessed One in whom they are there, by imputation, but know not of Him as lifting them and their whole life into heaven, and, by the Holy Spirit, bringing heaven into them.

The Fourth Truth calls us to a different understanding: heaven is not a place we go when we die; it is a life we live now. The nearness of God is not a future hope; it is a present experience. The ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary is not a distant reality; it is a present source of power and grace.

The believer is not merely imputed to be in Christ; the believer is actually in Christ, and Christ is actually in the believer. The veil is torn. The way is open. The Holiest is open. The Minister of the sanctuary is waiting to receive us, to introduce us to the Father, and to keep us in the presence of God.

Every priest has his temple, where he receives the worshippers, and leads them to find the God they seek. Jesus must have a temple too. The heavens are the true sanctuary. Do not attempt to separate between the priest and the place of his dwelling. As His life in heaven is the life of our heart, we know the power of His priesthood. The Fourth Truth calls us to recognise that the temple of Christ is not a building made with hands; it is the heart of every believer.

The sanctuary is not a place in Jerusalem; it is the heavenly realm where Christ ministers. The priest is not a human mediator; He is the risen, exalted Lord who ever lives to make intercession for us. And the worship is not an external ritual; it is a life lived in the presence of God.

This is the whole meaning of the Fourth Truth, to lead people to this understanding and recognition. It is the invitation to leave the shadow and enter the substance, to leave the copy and enter the reality, to leave the earthly and enter the heavenly, to leave the Aaronic and enter the Melchizedek, to leave the striving and enter the rest, to leave the world and enter the sanctuary.

Christ’s authority – In the New Testament, Beelzebul becomes shorthand for Satan, yet Jesus demonstrates His power to bind “the strong man” (Matt 12:29). The confrontation shows the superiority of the kingdom of God.

The Fourth Truth and CC7 DS powered from within the Fourth Truth stands in direct opposition to the false teachers of the Social Gospel who would keep believers focused on earthly causes and political activism.

The Social Gospel is a counterfeit that substitutes social reform for spiritual transformation, earthly justice for heavenly righteousness, and political power for the power of the endless life. It is a gospel of the flesh, not of the Spirit. It is a gospel of the world, not of the kingdom.

It is a gospel of Beelzebul, not of Christ. It keeps believers in the outer court, never pressing into the Holiest. It keeps them focused on Aaron, never seeing Melchizedek. It keeps them striving, never resting. It keeps them on earth, never entering heaven.

It keeps them in the flesh, never living in the Spirit. It keeps them in the shadow, never experiencing the substance. It keeps them in the copy, never entering the reality. It keeps them in the earthly temple, never knowing the heavenly sanctuary.

But the Fourth Truth calls us out of the Social Gospel and into the singular Reality of Christ as our Priest-King forever. It calls us to recognise that the work of redemption was accomplished on earth in weakness, but it is communicated from heaven in resurrection and ascension power.

The cross proclaims the pardon of sin; the throne gives the power over sin. The cross, with its blood-sprinkling, is the deliverance from Egypt; the throne, with its living Priest-King, brings us into the rest of God and its victory.

With Aaron there is nothing beyond atonement and acceptance; there is no kingly rule and power. It is with Melchizedek that the fullness of power and blessing comes—the blessing that abides continually.

The Fourth Truth is the recognition that the Priest who offered Himself once for all is the same Priest who sits forever on the throne, working in us by the power of an endless life, and that His ministry in heaven is the source of all our life and power on earth.

The Holiest is open. The way remains open. The rivers continue to flow from one Source. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains. The Fourth Truth stands—not as a fortress, but as the singular Reality. Christ is all, and in all, Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek, in the power of an endless life.

In Him we live, and move, and have our being. The cleansing and the power, the pardon and the presence, the atonement and the abiding are all held together in the singular Reality of Christ as Priest-King forever.

This is the heart of the Fourth Truth. This is the message of the Melchizedek priesthood. This is the answer to the Social Gospel. This is the rest that remains for the people of God. This is the whole meaning of the Fourth Truth, to lead people to this understanding and recognition.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Let us enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which He consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say, His flesh.

Let us draw nigh to God with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as we see the Day approaching. The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

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Circle One Fellowship Exeter

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