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Today we will review the meaning of eternal life in Christ Jesus as it is taught in the Bible and reflected in the Odes of Solomon.

Happy New Year To ALL Bible Ascension Students!

My goal is to make 2010 the best year ever as we study and implement the Will of God in our lives.

I believe with all my heart that God’s will for us is to manifest the Glory of God in and through our spirit, soul and body, as we demonstrate the supernatural power of God upon the earth… the definition of Bible Ascension. This is the result of being born again by faith into this new species of Divine Beings.

Abundant Life In Christ!

The Bible states that Jesus came to earth to bring us life and more abundant life. In John 6, Jesus states that he is the Bread of Life that came down from heaven to give life to the world.

“I am the Bread of Life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven that one may eat of it and not die.

I am the Living Bread which came down from heaven.  If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

John 6: 48-51

“This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:58

When the Jews asked Jesus what they should do that they might work the works of God, Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God that you believe in Him whom He sent.”  John 6:28-29

Why were they so interested in knowing how to work the works of God? Because they had just seen Jesus feed the multitude from only 5 barley loaves and two small fish!

Understanding Eternal Life

The Bible is filled with references to eternal life and the promise of doing the miraculous works that Jesus did and even greater.

These promises are not just about heaven and hell. They are offering humanity so much more! The mysteries of the new birth have been hidden in plain sight.

Most traditional Bible students have not been able to see past what their human consciousness could understand.  They fastened on to the concept of heaven and hell because they misunderstand the meaning of eternal life.  Their minds could only understand the concept of chronological time.  They mistook the word eternal as meaning a never ending life. And obviously if you are going to live forever you must have someone to live after you die.

Eternal life is a never ending life… a deathless life. But it is so much more than where you reside after you die.  To me the Bible is very clear about the depth and width of this new life in Christ. But unless you have the Spirit of wisdom and revelation knowledge it is easy to get caught up in the traditional teachings of Christianity.

When many of his followers left him because they did not understand how they could eat his flesh and drink his blood, Jesus explained the confusion and fear of these followers in this way…

“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you who do not believe…. Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

John 6: 63-65

On the last night Jesus would be with His disciples before his death, he explained the true meaning of eternal life to them. Notice the reference once again to the fact that those to whom he gives eternal life are only as many as God has given to him.

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that your Son also may glorify You, as you have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

John 17: 1-3

So what is eternal life? Eternal Life is that we may know God and Jesus Christ whom God sent to earth on a very important mission. This mission was to give life to the world… the Divine Life. This is very life and knowledge of God and of Jesus, the first born of many.

And all who believe in this promise, apply their faith to the promise will be born into this new kingdom… born of God, born of the Spirit of God and of Christ.

This is a new birth. It is not achieved through an evolution of consciousness although we will have the mind of Christ in this new birth. It is a spiritual birth that comes through faith. Faith in the promise. Faith in the Word. Faith in the gift of God through Christ Jesus and his redemptive work.  You can not earn it. You can not simply grow into it. It is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ!

Eternal Life Described in the Odes of Solomon

Here are a few verses from the Odes of Solomon that reflect Solomon of the Odes experiences with the concept of eternal life and the Will of God.

Ode 9

2. The word of the Lord and His good pleasures, the holy thought which He devised concerning His Messiah.

3. For in the will of the Lord is your salvation, and His thought is everlasting life; and your end is immortality.

4. Be enriched in God the Father, and receive the thought of the Most High.

5.  Be strong and be redeemed by His Grace.

Ode 10

1.  The Lord hath directed my mouth by His word: and He has opened my heart by His light: and He has caused to dwell in me His deathless life.

Ode 15

8.  I have put on incorruption through His name: and have put off corruption by His Grace.

9.  Death has been destroyed before my face: and Sheol (the place of death) has been abolished by my word:

10.  And there has gone up deathless life in the Lord’s land,

11.  And it has been made known to His faithful ones, and it has been given without stint to all those that trust in Him. Hallelujah

Ode 17

1.  I was crowned by my God: my crown is living:

2. And I was justified in my Lord: my incorruptible salvation is He.

3.  I was loosed from vanity, and I was not condemned:

4.  The choking bonds were cut off by her hands: I received the face and fashion of a new person: and I walked in it and was saved.

Ode 25

8.  And I was clothed with the covering of Your Spirit, and You removed  from me my raiment of skin:

9.  For Your right hand lifted me up and removed sickness from me.

10. I became mighty in truth, and holy by Your righteousness and all my adversaries were afraid of me.

11.  And I became admirable by the name of the Lord, and was justified by His gentleness, and His rest is for ever and ever. Hallelujah.

Ode 28

4. I believed; therefore I was at rest; for faithful is He in whom I have believed.

5.  He has richly blessed me and my head is with Him and the sword shall not divide me from Him, nor the scimitar;

6. For I am ready before the destruction comes; and I have been set on His immortal pinions;

7. And He showed me His sign; forth and given me to drink and from that life is the spirit within me and it cannot die for it lives.

There are many more references in the Odes of Solomon to the deathless life and salvation through faith in the Lord.  Look for them in your copy of the Odes of Solomon.

Have a great day and be blessed!

Marty Dow

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The Odes of Solomon Reveal That Bible Ascension Is Achieved Through Jesus Christ

One of the truths that becomes self evident in the study of the Odes of Solomon is that salvation (Bible Ascension—Birth into the Light) comes through Jesus Christ.  Although Solomon of the Odes does not use the name of Jesus or even the Christ, we can find many references in the Odes that indicate Jesus is the Lord to which he often refers.

In Ode 20 verses 6-10, the birth of Jesus is described in detail. In many of the Odes, Solomon of the Odes refers to his Lord as the Messiah. (Ode 9 verse 2).  He often speaks of God as the Father, the Lord as the Son and the gift of the Holy Spirit… definitely Christian terms.

In Ode 27, he refers to the cross as a sign of his Lord.  Again in Ode 42, he makes this reference to the stretching out of his hands (cross) as a sign of his Lord. But in this Ode he also recounts the experiences of Jesus in the grave and His resurrection.

There is no doubt in my mind that Solomon of the Odes was a disciple of Jesus the Christ. His path into Bible Ascension was through the path of Jesus and His redemptive ministry.

Jesus is the Incarnation of The Cosmic Christ

Jesus is the incarnation of the Cosmic Christ (a term metaphysical studies understand and embrace). I do not believe that we can separate Jesus from the Christ or the Christ from Jesus.

Jesus was not a man, like us, evolving into a higher state of being as many in the metaphysical field teach. Jesus is the incarnation of the Christ who manifested into a human form to bring life, the Divine Life, to a lost world… one that is separated from God in consciousness and subjected to the human condition of struggle and death.

It is though a uniting with Jesus, the incarnation of the Cosmic Christ, that we are birthed into this new kingdom. It is through the infilling of the Holy Spirit that we become part of His body, manifesting His Spirit on the earth.

The Great Exchange Is Key To Understanding The Process of Bible Ascension

This is the essence of the concept of the “Great Exchange”. The Great Exchange states that Jesus became like us so that we can become like Him. The scriptures are filled with references to this concept. This idea is the key to understanding how Bible Ascension is possible for every human being on earth.

Achieving Bible Ascension is not an evolutionary process as some teach. It is a birth, a birth into Light which is the Light of Christ. This birth comes through faith in the promise of eternal life.  Remember, eternal life is not chronological time, as taught in the traditional views of heaven and hell after death, but the very life of God implanted in us as we believe the gospel message as taught by Jesus, predicted by the prophets, and repeated by the disciples/ambassadors of this new life. Eternal Life is a birth into a new species of beings on the earth, Divine Beings of Light that live a supernatural life. This is the life that Jesus demonstrated on the earth and proclaimed that all who believe in Him would be able to do the same.

Examples Of The Great Exchange In The Odes of Solomon

Let’s look at some examples of how the idea that Bible Ascension comes through a union with Christ is expressed in the Odes of Solomon.

Ode 3:8-13

8. I have been united to Him, for the Lover has found the Beloved.

9. And because I shall love Him that is the Son, I shall become a son.

10. For he that is joined to Him that is immortal will also himself become immortal;

11. And he who has pleasure in the Living One, will become living.

12. This is the Spirit of the Lord, which does not lie, which teaches the sons of men to know His ways.

13. Be wise and understanding and be vigilant. Hallelujah.

Ode 7:5-8

5.  He became like me in order that I might receive Him.

6. He was reckoned like myself in order that I might put Him on.

7. And I trembled not when I saw Him because He was gracious to me.

8. Like my nature He became that I might learn Him and like my form, that I might not turn back from Him.

There is much more to share on these topics but I think this is enough to digest for now. We will talk more about this in a later post.

Have a great day and be blessed!

Marty Dow

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If you want to understand the message of Jesus as told in the scriptures you must use your spiritual mind not the natural mind. In this audio, I remind you about the ultimate goal of Christianity as expressed in the Bible… creating a new species of beings that manifest the fullness of the Spirit in form.

If you have been religiously wounded, this may be one of the most important audio clips I can share with you.

In this audio clip, I share some ideas about why the Da Vinci Code is so popular with metaphysical students. What I have to say may surprise you!

To hear the audio lesson online, click on arrow to the left of the audio. To download the audio to your hard drive, right click the link and choose “save target”.

Audio Lesson

This recording is approximately 30 minutes long.

How To Use Your Spiritual Mind To Understand The Mysteries of The Bible

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Greetings from Maine!

I am visiting Maine for the month of July. It is so beautiful here on the coast. Jeff and I rented a house in Prospect Harbor, for those familiar with Maine.

This morning while meditating on the new birth into light, I felt compelled to record a meditation for you. Unfortunately, I do not have the best recording equipment with me.  So, the following audio clip does not have the same quality of those I do from my home studio. However, the Spirit was flowing and I think you will feel it as you listen in.

But before you do that let me introduce you to Ode 36.

Ode 36

1. I rested in the Spirit of the Lord: and the Spirit raised me on high:

2. And made me stand on my feet in the height of the Lord, before His perfection and His glory, while I was praising Him by the composition of His songs.

3. The Spirit brought me forth before the face of the Lord: and, although a son of man, I was named the Illuminate, the Son of God:

4. While I praised amongst the praising ones, and great was I amongst the mighty ones.

5. For according to the greatness of the Most High, so He made me: and like His own newness He renewed me; and He anointed me from His own perfection:

6. And I became one of His Neighbors; and my mouth was opened, like a cloud of dew;

7. And my heart poured out as it were a gushing stream of righteousness,

8. And my access to Him was in peace; and I was established by the Spirit of His government. Hallelujah.

This is a beautiful ode that describes one of many heavenly experiences of Solomon of the Odes.

One of the most potent ways to use the Odes of Solomon on the path of Bible Ascension is to meditate on these heavenly experiences as if they were your own. Filling your consciousness with images of transformative experiences will help you create new stories in your mind and therefore produce new stories of your life.

As you listen to the following audio clip, allow the experiences of Solomon of the Odes to aid in your ascension by imagining that these experiences are happening to you.

Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed for 15 minutes or so. Turn up your speakers and click on the arrow to the left of the title of this clip. You can also download this audio by right clicking the title and saving the link to your hard drive.

Enjoy!

Audio Clip

This audio meditation is approximately 12 minutes.

A Meditation From The Odes Of Solomon: Ode 36

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I once had a dream where the Spirit said, “For you… it is all about manifesting!”

Learning to manifest is one of the most important things any of us can accomplish. When you learn to stand in the Power of the One your ability to manifest with take a quantum leap!

Audio Lesson

This recording is divided into two parts for your convenience. Each recording is approximately 20 minutes.

Manifesting Through The Law of The One Part I

Manifesting Through The Law of The One Part II

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Bible Ascension is a birth into light. We do not evolve into this new state of being. We are born by grace into the new species of Divine beings. Christ is the incorruptible seed that burst forth in us creating our new reality.

Listen in as I share important information about the process of Bible Ascension and a dream I had that led me back to my early Christian roots.

Audio Lesson

This recording is approximately 30 minutes

The Incorruptible Seed

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You are designed to walk in the fullness of this abundant life that Jesus came to give to all of us. As you learn to use your words consciously, with determination and purpose you will create the reality that you desire and become instrumental in creating heaven on earth for all of humanity to witness.

Listen in as I share with you how you can use the power of your words to achieve Bible Ascension.

God bless you,

Marty Dow

Audio Lesson

This audio lesson is approximately 30 minutes.

Words of Faith

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Here is an audio clip that I created several years ago. It is based on an affirmation I received from Spirit.

“I AM the supernatural miracle working power of God dwelling in me as me.”

Listen as I explain what I learned about the power of this affirmation and the power we have in Christ.

Audio Lesson

This audio lesson is approximately 33 minutes.

Who We Are In Christ

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