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2 Dedication

To everyone, in the whole world.

3 Genesis 1:26-30 (NIV)

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

4 Then God said, “I give you every seed bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food.”And it was so.

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning--the sixth .

5 Genesis 11: 1-9 (NIV)

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

As the men moved eastwards, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

They said to each other, “Come let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone and tar for mortar.

Then they said, “come let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

6 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.

The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Come let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

That is why it was called Babel- because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered

7 them over the face of the whole earth.

NOW WE START,

What a person knows as an individual (personal knowledge) up to what we know together as a group (whole world) affects all aspects of our lives. From the we were born we begin by learning from the basic up to the ultimate i.e. God’s knowledge (1st Corinthians 1:25 “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength”).

Times have changed and currently we are in another dispensation which I would like to share extensively on and break 8 down into stagesshown below as they have been and as they will follow;

Stage 1 is creation, 2- Babel, Stage 3-today till new heaven and new earth (transition) Stage 4-new heaven and new earth

We are in the last days per se as there is an afterwards following what people spiritually perceive as the last days or end of the world.

What I will do is share from the beginning, key points to note then the 2nd stage, then the 3rd stage which is from today ( day) and even after these last days.

9 As stated above, information (what we know) is key and we will see how from the beginning it is always important to have knowledge, in fact in the new heaven and new earth time will not be measured by how old one is but by how one has grown physically/spiritually closer to the image of God. Funny enough this standard also holds true to physical and also spiritual growth and development today in the world through what one can describe as;

 level of experience/skill  level of anointing  level of communication with God

Knowledge both in the world and of God have similar 10 characteristics. In whichever of the two, we all learn and growboth physically and spiritually (Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men,)

True to the terms new heaven and new earth we all have a spiritual and physical identity. As a matter of fact, we need to reach the level of the image of God as per ones physical and spiritual identity then also learn from each other as the breadth of Gods knowledge is wide encompassing all that was ever created. This is the 4th stage that will come after the fulfillment which will happen today (the present).

11 Like the days of Noah there will be an ‘ark’ to transition the world.

The ‘ark’ is by definition, design knowledge from God to man.

At the time of Noah, God shared His knowledge to him (Genesis6:14-16 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. This is how you are to build it: the ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks),

it also happened when God shared design of the temple in heaven for man to build (Exodus 12 25-31), and also in the end we see the new heaven and the new earth coming down from heaven with its designs. (Revelation 21:2,11-21)

After the flood, after people had multiplied, there was something God wanted to fulfill which is why He went to see what was going on. What is this? Similarly, this same thing is what God wants to fulfill today. We can learn what it is from God’s language.

We can trace this back from creation.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 13 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

God’s end pattern in all that He created is always the words, it was good or it was very good.

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:31 NIV)

Always that is the final statement that crowns all creation. For man, we were commanded to increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. This means that after completing this specific task, (in 14 God’s pattern) there will be what would be thereafter as being very good that God would also see and that would complete the creation process. We are using God’s language as a basis as this is from a point of knowledge that through time, it remains the same, be it from creation till whatever one can fathom.

What does man have on earth? What is manifested when man has increased in number and fills the earth? What we see today is man’s systems and creations i.e. THE WORLD.

THE WORLD is God’s current focus; in this time He intends to use individuals to bring about His perfect designs for Him to take

15 pride in His creation of man as His image.

STAGE 2 Babel

This is the beginning of the world.

Genesis 11:4 Then they said, “come let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.

The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then

16 nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Come let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

Today we have filled the earth, but is there confusion? Are we united? Do we have one purpose as man?

NO we don’t. However, that can change if we embrace what God‘s purpose for the World today, we will be back to one language and we will witness the fulfillment of His purpose for the world.

The dispensation during Babel is the same dispensation today, at that time whatever happened

17 had a worldwide impact on man both physically and spiritually and this confusion happened because of ignorance and wanting to stay in one place against God’s word that we fill the earth.

Man saying and pursuing one thing that is different from the command of God which was to fill the earth led him astray from the fulfillment of God’s purpose for the world.

Isaiah 46:10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.

In the World there is an exit transition mechanism where things both physical and also 18 spiritual change while various things become obsolete and irrelevant while those that are everlasting stand through time. Ultimately God’s purpose always stands.

Stage 3:Implementation of God’s purpose that will extend to the new heaven and earth.

This stage involves man aligning himself to God’s purpose. First and foremost by understanding and having as much background knowledge, and forward knowledge as possible because once you understand as an individual the language (one language) will automatically follow.

19 In stage 2 at Babel ignorance and working towards the wrong purpose brought about the confusion, it was not right that man said and did what was against God’s command and this brought about the split. The split was very serious as the confusion of languages brought about tribes each with its own beliefs and spirituality. This is manifested both physically and spiritually through the different physical boundaries (nations/states) and the various beliefs and religions.

Through sharing this knowledge, it is possible to return to one language (despite the many speeches Genesis 11:1 speech here to mean spoken languages). We will have one

20 language through having a common understanding in the world, a story, an experience, where we’re from, where we’re heading to. That is the ultimate evangelism which we will share through likeminded individuals by loving each other and supporting one another regardless of tribe or race. The story of Babel is a foreshadow of the new heaven and the new earth setup where no one individual or tribe or race is mentioned, man is united in language and purpose and this is what is expected of us to be in a trajectory that leads towards God’s purpose where we can achieve a world that is united as per God’s standard and He will testify that it is very good.

21 Stage 4: New heaven and new earth

Definitions

New heaven- why new heaven, (Psalm 8:4-8 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.) This is because in our destination man is an earthly being in the image of God, in fact man will be too powerful that on earth it will be 22 God (Emmanuel) then man, other spiritual creations will come after man on earth, the new heaven speaks of a new spiritual order.

New earth- Genesis 9:20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. In Eden, man ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and his system changed, In the last supper Jesus broke the bread and shared out the wine(Mathew 26:26-28 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying,”Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for

23 the forgiveness of sins.) The new earth speaks of what people will partake, the tree of life here on earth bringing a new system of eternity.

I would like to conclude by sharing on prophecy.

Prophecy is a spiritual tool to bring man closer to God and His purpose it is supposed to add knowledge and also have a destination (what it leads to)

In the journey of salvation, the furthest was prophecy of the new heaven and the new earth in revelation by John.

Different people are in different stages, (Mark 12:34 When Jesus saw that he had

24 answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”)

There are those who are described as being near then others far, we purpose to seek all whether near or far. For each one of us has a unique and purposeful individual impact to the whole. (Luke15:4-6 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.”)

25 Today, we are back in the days of Noah to transition and fulfill up to stage 4,

So we begin.

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