From Seed to Tree, by Way of the Master's Degree
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1 From Seed to Tree, by way of THE Master’s Degree Using Spiritual Geometry for Practical Application to assist in Seeking First The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. Revelations received and recorded by Marion H. Jackson Jr. Trust – Thanks – Praise leads to Love, Grace and Peace 2 INTRODUCTION I, Marion H. Jackson Jr, bear witness to the fact that this assertation has been compiled and presented here as a result of: 1. Understanding that you are either seeking to make it in the World or the Kingdom of God. Seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and the ensuing journey that resulted is articulated 2. Receiving, translating and recording the Truths/Revelations given to me as a result of being led by The Holy Spirit 3. Understanding the details of my life, and those around my life with the information in the bible as related to the practice of the spiritual lectures of The Holy Spirit 4. The comparison of Kingdom of God Truths in relation to the study of world history, religion, government and culture 5. The resulting knowledge of God received to this point In world-based institutions of higher learning, a candidate for a master‘s degree or a doctoral degree must submit a dissertation to show the level of understanding gained throughout the education process. Dissertation – A formal treatise/discourse on a particular subject o Dis – apart, away from, opposite (as a world-based word, this is opposite of God) o Sert – to arrange words o Ate – state, condition, function of o Ion – power or energy of o Dissertation – the power or energy of the function of being apart/away/opposite of arranging words from God’s perspective Treatise – a formal and systematic written discourse on a subject focused with investigating or exposing the principles of a particular subject o Treat – action of discussing terms o ise – the English spelling of the Greek suffix, ize, which means cause o treatise – to cause the action of discussing terms Discourse – The totality of codified linguistic usages attached to a given type of social practice (spiritual in this case) o Dis- apart, away from, opposite o Course – the process of understanding , reasoning and thought regarding (spiritual practice); Onward movement in a particular direction; flow from a river . Discourse – opposite of God‘s course Revelations 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Trust – Thanks – Praise leads to Love, Grace and Peace 3 In the ‗University’ of the Kingdom of God based system of teaching, this candidate has been led by ‗Professor’ Holy Spirit, to present an ASSERTATION to show the level of understanding gained throughout the process. Assert – to positively proclaim, clarify o as – prefix meaning towards, in addition to o sert – indicated movement o assert – positive movement . Clarify – to make clear; to glorify Clear – light, bright, shining . Proclaim – pro: positive/forward; claim: to describe Assertation – the state or condition of positive movement of the arranged words of God, achieved by shining a bright light Habakkuk 2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. An assertation is a formal treatise/course regarding the Kingdom of God given by a witness to the process. Witness – wit: mental capacity for knowledge, wisdom understanding; ness: suffix meaning the state of being All information contained herein is the result of the Omniscience of God and the resulting leadership of the Holy Spirit. The ‗home schooling‘ experience of the Holy Spirit consisted of, but was/is not limited to: an in-depth study of the Bible, as well as research and review of some very interesting scriptural material found outside of the bible: (The Lost Books of the Bible, the Forgotten Books of Eden, specifically the story of Adam and Eve[after leaving the Garden], the Books of Enoch and the Book of Nicodemus [the latter part of this book details the descent of Jesus into Hell and His subsequent defeat of Death and Hell]), some very interesting internet websites, an introduction into the origin of modern-day words, as well as the ways they can be formed. I also had the privilege of visiting a group of Hebrew temples within America, as well as Christian churches in Africa. All of these experiences combined to shine light on the understanding which God was/is bringing me to: husband, parent, brother, Man. A life lived, questions asked, answers given, answers practiced and results are shown in this assertation. As a young man, who grew up from humble and low income beginnings in the south suburbs of Chicago, I was a product of a single parent upbringing (mother, no father) and I lived a life with little satisfying direction. Attending a Christian church and being a mediocre student throughout my teenage years produced more questions in my life than answers. With no sense of direction and low self-esteem, I set off to join the United States Air Force where I spent 14 years traveling the world, learning military leadership skills and earning a Masters of Business Administration degree. Along the way, I looked to many different people and organizations for direction and guidance and eventually become a member of two influential fraternal networks in the hopes of finding what I was Trust – Thanks – Praise leads to Love, Grace and Peace 4 looking for. While stationed at a military base in Japan, I became a member of the Prince Hall Free and Accepted Freemasons and after I separated from military service and had moved back to the suburbs of Chicago, I joined a college fraternity named Omega Psi Phi. Despite the years of collective history and the allure of principles for manhood, I never personally found what I was looking for to fill the gaping void that existed in my desire to be what I never was taught to be: a husband and a father. Upon leaving the military and living a new life, I was able to find relative success in the business world by applying military understanding and discipline in the civilian workplace as an entrepreneur, but that relative success only served to drive me further into the void that was consuming me. One day, I had enough of the pain and cried out to God in an attempt to know that there HAD to be something better, because the life that I was living was painfully unsatisfying…filled with the quest for personal desires and various indiscretions, all covered in a bravado of false self-confidence underneath a layer of supposed spirituality. Despite attending a Christian church that presented a new-to-me teaching on something called the Kingdom, I was still struggling to maintain integrity along with this new information. Interestingly enough, this occurred while I was traveling through my ‘valley’ experience, and as God had ordained it, the name of the church I attended was called Valley Kingdom Ministries International. During my military time, I had studied many different religions (Islam/Nation of Islam, Buddhism and various other Eastern religions, as well as the different sects of Christianity…and eventually would include a sect of Hebrew Judaism); they all had common threads but each failed to satisfy in its own way. After crying out to God to save me and for not my will to be done but for THY WILL be done in my life, things began to change. First, a fellow fraternity brother of mine passed along a DVD to me called THE SECRET. This was supposedly the information that the great leaders of the world used to achieve and maintain power but choose not to reveal to the ‗common man‘. This was a revolutionary introduction of information into my life as this video revealed an aspect of thinking that I had never heard of in that your thoughts controlled your life. The basic premise of THE SECRET is the more positive you thought, the more positive things would come into your life; the more you focused positively on what you wanted, the more those things would come into your life. Given the state of my mind, I was quickly drawn to its teachings as I had never paid attention to what I consciously focused my mind on. Being the way I was, naturally I began to focus on more money, thinking that would solve all my problems. Needless to say, such thinking did not result in any fruit. Nevertheless, I was beginning to be more positive about my life even if I wasn‘t sure of what to do about it. Nonetheless, I was drawn to specific teachings of a particular commentator on THE SECRET by the name of Abraham Hicks. Instead of continued focus on the gain of material things, Abraham Hicks focused on aligning with the higher self, that was itself attached to something called Source Energy. Various YouTube videos I found (prior to 2008-9 timeframe) presented information regarding the focus on gratitude and appreciation and invincibility, as well as allowing all the good in the World to flow positively downstream in your life, rather than fighting upstream of the good by focusing Trust – Thanks – Praise leads to Love, Grace and Peace 5 on negativity. After a few months of intensive study on aspects of THE SECRET, another amazing thing happened.