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Hello Everyone,

My trip to Maine is almost over. It has been wonderful. The majesty of God can be seen everyday in the beauty of this coast.

We will begin our journey home this Saturday.

This morning I was reading the Odes of Solomon and I wanted to share with you some of my insights into Ode 19. I will begin by publishing it for you.

Ode 19

1. A cup of milk was offered to me: and I drank it in the sweetness of the delight of the Lord.
2. The Son is the cup, and He who was milked is the Father:
3. And the Holy Spirit milked Him: because His breasts were full, and it was necessary for Him that His milk should be sufficiently released;
4. And the Holy Spirit opened His bosom and mingled the milk from the two breasts of the Father; and gave the mixture to the world without their knowing:
5. And they who received in its fullness are the ones on the right hand.
6. The Spirit opened the womb of the Virgin and she received conception and brought forth; and the Virgin became a Mother with many mercies;
7. And she travailed and brought forth a Son, without incurring pain;
8. And because she was not sufficiently prepared, and she had not sought a midwife (for He brought her to bear) she brought forth as if she were a man, of her own will;
9. And she brought Him forth openly, and carried Him with great dignity,
10. And loved Him in His swaddling clothes and guarded Him kindly, and showed Him in Majesty. Hallelujah.

This is a very beautiful Ode and full of great wisdom on the Love of God.

Read it over again and let the hidden mysteries unfold in your spirit.

The Love of God

In John 3:16-17 it says,

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  Fo God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

For God so loved the world…

Ode 19 speaks of a cup of milk that was offered to him and that he drank in the delight of the Lord.  This milk is the life of God, Eternal Life… the Ascension.  The Son is the cup and He who was milked is the Father.

Jesus came to bring us this Life… this freedom from the human condition so that we could be born into His Kingdom which is the Kingdom of Light.  This great freedom is about more than heaven and hell.  This new Life is about living through grace in the realms of Light.  It is about supernatural life being expressed here on the earth.

Verse 3 tells us that the Holy Spirit milked the Father because His breasts were so full. Full of what… love for the world.  “God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son.”

Most of us have had an experience of love that is akin to the above experience. It was certainly not about the whole world but it was an overwhelming feeling of love for a person, maybe your child, that was so full it had to be released.

The Light Came Into The World

The Bible tells us that the Light came into the world and the world did not know it.  This is reflected in verse 4.  The Light of our salvation or freedom from the bondage of the natural world, carnal world or limitation of the human condition.

Don’t get caught up in old religious beliefs.  This is not what you learned in Sunday School.  It is far greater than what most people understand.  This is about being birthed into Divinity.

Jesus was the only begotten of God.  But he is also the first born of many.  We are to be translated from the kingdom of darkness into the Divine Light. We are born again not as a “better human” but as a Divine Being able to do all the things that Jesus demonstrated while on earth.

How To Acquire A Body Of Light

Look now at Ode 21

Ode 21

1. My arms I lifted up to the Most High, even to the grace of the Lord: because He had cast off my bonds from me: and my Helper had lifted me up to His grace and to His salvation:
2. An I put off darkness and clothed myself with light,
3. And my soul acquired a body free from sorrow or affliction or pains.
4. And increasingly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His fellowship in incorruption:
5. And I was lifted up in His light; and I served before Him,
6. And I became near to Him, praising and confessing Him;
7. My heart ran over and was found in my mouth: and it arose upon my lips; and the exultation of the Lord increased on my face, and His praise likewise. Hallelujah.

It is ALL About God and What He Has Already Done For Us

Notice that is verse 1 Solomon of the Odes makes a reference to the fact that it is the Lord that has cast off his bonds and the Helper, which is the Holy Spirit (or I AM Presence) has lifted him up to His grace and His salvation.

It is God who has done the work of setting us free.  The karma has been paid. The bondage broken. Everything we need for the abundant life has already been created.

The Bible states that salvation is through grace and not works.  You can not do enough to separate yourself from the human condition.  You can learn to improve your life in the human condition. But to step into Divinity… Bible Ascension, you must depend totally on the finished works of the Great I AM!

You Must Reach Out In Faith To Access ALL the Blessings!

In verse 2, Solomon of the Odes tells us what is our part to do.

“And I put off darkenss and clothed myself with light.”

We have to do the work of pushing away the old way of being and attracting to ourselves the new way. We have to stop thinking the natural thoughts and start thinking like God thinks.  We have to use our faith to hang on to the promise of an abundant life even in the midst of the greatest darkness we have ever experienced.  We must KNOW that what we have asked for in faith is already ours… even if we can not see it yet.

In verse 4 Solomon of the Odes declares that, “Increasingly helpful to me was the thought of the Lord, and His fellowship in incorruption.”   This statement is in line with the Biblical teaching of being spiritually minded.

“For to be carnally minded (naturally minded, worldly minded, thinking as a human being stuck in the human condition) is death, but to be spiritually minded is life (eternal life, the life of God in you) and peace (nothing missing, nothing broken).

Spend your time thinking about heavenly things which includes the Divine Life that God has designed for you.  See the answers to your problems not the problems themselves.  Focus on the Promises of God not the difficult situations you may be experiencing. Don’t think about poverty, sickness or death; instead think about abundance, health, love, life and living in the supernatural realms.

Even though Love has made the way, you must choose to focus your attention and thoughts on the solutions God has promised. No one can control your thoughts for you. No one can decide what you will believe.  This you must do!

I encourage you to read the Odes of Solomon often. Meditate on the words of this sacred scripture. Let the truth it reveals transform your consciousness and allow the Light of Christ to shine through you.

Be blessed,

Marty Dow

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“We are not meant to be limited by the natural laws of this dimension. The I AM Presence is the assurance of our access into the Supernatural Miracle Working Power of God.  This power is always available to us to bring life, peace, health, prosperity and joy into our lives.”

Hello dear friends,

I am writing to you from Maine. My family and I are spending the month of July on this beautiful coast.

This morning I was reading in the book of Romans. Again I am reminded that the Bible message is all about Life and Death.

Romans 8:11

“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

Romans 8:13-14

“For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the flesh you will live.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God these are the Sons of God.”

Romans 8:2

“For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the Law of Sin and Death.”

Romans 8:5-6

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

Romans 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His Purpose.”

These are repeating themes throughout the Bible:

Life and Death

The Law of the Spirit versus the Law of Sin and Death.

To be dead spiritually is to be cut off from the Spirit of God and the Law of the Spirit which is the source of Eternal Life. Eternal Life is all about being connected to God and His Purpose versus being disconnected and struggling in the human condition, already in the process of dying.

Human beings begin the dying process the moment they are born.

Bible Ascension and The I AM Presence

There is no conflict between the concepts of Bible Ascension and the message of the I AM Presence.

The only real difference is the emphasis of the Bible on the redemptive ministry of Jesus: the powerful benefits of His work on the cross, in hell, and the ascension to the right hand of the Father.

Also included in Bible Ascension is the concept of the Great Exchange. This is the understanding that the great gift of God is the exchange of our sin, sickness, mortality and poverty with the righteousness, health, immortality, and abundance found in Jesus.

“Jesus died that we might live.” “He became sin so that we can become the righteousness of God.”

These are important concepts for the student of Bible Ascension but the ideas of the I AM Presence are also powerful tools to use in the Ascension process.

Focusing on the I AM Presence is to be spiritually minded. Focusing on the personal self is to be carnally minded.

It is not just about things that are “sinful” but about the sense of separation from God.

If you understand that the word “flesh” in the Bible refers to the human part of us, the part that is lost in the consciousness of separation from the Spirit of God… not the body, but the consciousness of separation and all that it implies, you will understand what it means to be carnally minded.

When you use the I AM affirmations and meditate on the I AM Presence acting in every area of your life, you have turned to the Spirit… wherein life and peace lies.

When you take your eyes off the Mighty Presence you are focusing on self or the natural law of this dimension. Natural law without God is the Law of Sin and Death.

We are not meant to be limited by the natural laws of this dimension. The I AM Presence is the assurance of our access into the Supernatural Miracle Working Power of God.  This power is always available to us to bring life, peace, health, prosperity and joy into our lives.

The I AM Presence is a kin to “Dwelling in the Secret Place of the Most High” reference in Psalms 91.

Understand these simple concepts and you have the key to manifesting the complete will of God into your life!

An Ambassador of His Glory,

Marty Dow

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Here is question from a reader on Salvation in and through Jesus along with my answer.

Question

I’m new to your site and a little confused. My main question is, do you believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins and it is only through His salvation that we are saved?

Answer

Thanks for your question.

Yes, I believe in Jesus and I also believe that we are saved through him.  However, I believe that salvation is much greater than what I learned as a child. It is so much more than escaping hell or getting a ticket to heaven… although these are great things.  Salvation is a birth into a new species.  We are no longer human beings struggling through the human condition.

In Christ we are born again… born of His flesh and bone.  We are now Divine beings filled with His life, which is eternal life (deathless life not chronological time), and His Spirit.  Natural human beings are born of the first Adam with all of Adam’s limitations.  The born again Christian (disciple of Jesus) is born of the second Adam.  The first Adam was a man.

The second Adam is God/Christ incarnated in flesh to pay the penalty of sin (separation from God and all the acts that come out of that state)(or for the metaphysical student… the karmic debt), destroy Lucifer (the fallen angel that caused the earth to be in chaos as recorded in Genesis 2) and his work (the curse which resulted from his rebellion, fall and the cosmic war he began), and to birth a new species of heavenly beings who live on the earth.  Remember, the Bible teaches that Christ is returning to earth to rule and He is bringing heaven (the new Jerusalem) with Him.

We are to express heaven on earth now in preparation for His return and the beginning of the Ages to Come.  We are to grow into this new state of being until we are filled with His Glory… “The whole earth groans for the birth of the Sons of God!”

There are two things you should know about my site:

1. It is written for folks who come from a metaphysical or alternative spiritual path, not the traditional Christian.  I am using language and imagery that are quite familiar to these folks but may be confusing to a traditional Christian.  This could be compared to Paul in Athens talking to the Greeks about the Unknown God to whom they had created a statue.  So this language may be the cause of some of your confusion.  All people are welcome to visit my site but not all will feel connected to my language or even my message.
2. Secondly, my message is different than what you will hear in many churches.  My emphasis is not on heaven and hell but on living in the fullness of Spirit in our physical forms right here and right now.  Many churches do not emphasis living and striving for the “perfect man” while on earth. Many feel that most of our transformation will happen in heaven or when Jesus returns.  I believe that we were meant to live supernatural lives now, in a physical form. I believe that if the life of Christ dwells in me than that deathless life will transform me now so that when the Lord returns I will look just like Him.  My potential for growing up into him is activated by my faith in the promise of letting the spirit flow completely through me.    By faith, I died (to the human condition born of the first Adam) with Christ so that Christ (the supernatural Second Adam) can live in me NOW!  He can express completely and fully through me NOW! We are in preparation for the Ages To Come! And things are about to change very soon.

So you may or may not feel comfortable with the language or the message.  You are welcome to study with us but I understand if this is not for you. I trust that the Spirit will guide each of us to wherever we can grow.  Follow your heart, trust in the Lord and you will find your perfect place.

I hope that even if we disagree on the emphasis of the Gospel, we can agree to disagree in love.  Love is the only commandment that Jesus left for us to follow.  Love perfects us in Him!

In His Glory,

Marty Dow

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Welcome!

Today I would like to share with you more information on the Gospel of Glory… the birth of a new species of Divine Beings filled with the Glory of God, walking the earth as supernatural beings, doing the works of Christ.

I begin this Bible study in the book of Colossians.  In this recording, we will discuss how the process of faith used to manifest the Glory of God is no different than that used to enhance your human life. It is the power of your human consciousness connected with the power of the Gospel of Glory, combined with the spiritual force of faith that brings this new reality into your life.

Listen in as I share these truths with you!

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Audio Lesson

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The Gospel of Glory From Colossians Pt One

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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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Today I want to share with you an audio lesson that was recorded at the Unity Church in Gainesville, Florida.

God wants to bless and prosper you. One of the most important aspects of accessing the Blessings in your life is your ability to hear God’s guidance. In this audio lesson, I will share some of the ways I hear from God and how you can do the same.

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Audio Lesson

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How To Follow Your Inner Guidance and Be Outrageously Blessed!

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A Meditation For Soul Attunement

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Understanding the hidden mysteries of the Bible is often difficult. If you are like most people you have experienced feeling very confused while reading the Bible. You are not alone.

I have good news for you today! The key to understanding the Bible is available to you. God wants to give you this key… all you need to do is ask!

If you want to understand the Bible you must have revelation knowledge. It is impossible to understand spiritual truth with your natural mind. In today’s lesson, I will share with you the difference between your natural mind and your spiritual mind. I will also tell you how you can receive revelation knowledge so that you can understand the deep mysteries of God’s plan for us that is revealed in the Bible.

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Audio Lesson

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The Importance Of Revelation Knowledge In Understanding The Bible

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God wants to bless you with every good and perfect thing. When God created the heavens and the earth He designed a marvelous plan to provide you everything you need. This marvelous plan is the called The Blessing. The Blessing was what the ancient prophets used to demonstrate the supernatural power of God upon the earth. Jesus used the Blessing to do the miracles he demonstrated everyday in his ministry. Now you can learn to tap in the Blessing to get “whatsoever you desire” in your life.

In today’s audio lesson, I will share with you how Living In the Circle of Love is the exact step you need to take to access the Blessing in your life. Learn to use your faith and love to manifest God’s good will in your life.

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Audio Lesson

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Living In The Circle Of Love

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Abiding in Christ is the key to manifesting the supernatural in your life. The following message was recorded at a Unity in Florida. It shares important information about how to tap into the Christ Consciousness and manifest whatsoever you desire into your outer life.

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Audio Lesson

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How To Abide In Christ

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