The 22 Christ Kings of Zion
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THE 22 CHRIST KINGS OF ZION: STUDIES IN THE SECRET MYSTERIES OF THE DIVINE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD AND THEIR MANIFESTATION IN THE MATERIAL WORLD by Woodrow Edgar Nichols, Jr. I THE NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING ON DIVINE SONSHIP Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles Wherefore I am made a Minister, according to the Dispensation of God which is Given to me for you, to Fulfill the Word of God; even the Mystery which hath been Hid from Aeons and from Generations, but is now made Manifest to his Holy Ones: to whom God would make Known what is the riches of the Glory of this Mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in You, the Hope of Glory. ...And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he Quickened together with him, having Forgiven you All Trespasses; blotting out the Handwriting of Ordinances [Indictments under the Ten Commandments] that were against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, Nailing it to his Cross. – Colossians 1:25-27; 2:13-14 ...Knowing that a man is not Justified by the Works of the Law, but by the Faith of Jesus Christ, even we have Believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be Justified by the Faith of Christ, and not by the Works of the Law: for by the Works of the Law shall no Flesh be Justified. [Almost all the modern translations do this verse wrong: i.e., the NIV changes the sense to “Faith in Christ,” not the “Faith of Christ.” However, John G. Gager in Reinventing Paul (Oxford: Oxford Press, 2000; pp. 84-85) cites Lloyd Gaston’s version of Galatians 2:16 from, “Paul and the Torah” (Vancouver: 1987): “knowing that no one is justified by works of the law, but rather by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, we too became believers in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be Justified by the Faithfulness of Christ, 22 CHRIST KINGS OF ZION © 2020 by Woodrow Edgar Nichols, Jr. All Rights Reserved. 2 and not by Works of the Law,” showing his agreement with the sense of the King James Version, to wit, that it is the the Faith of Jesus Christ that saves us, not our own.] ...O Foolish Galatians, who hath Bewitched you, that ye should not obey the Truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? [The World-View of the Bible includes Belief in Witchcraft and Spell Casting, Blessing and Cursing, and Prophecy; in other words, Belief in the Supernatural Realm as part of Reality.] This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the Works of the Law, or by the Hearing of Faith? Are ye so Foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now Made Perfect by the Flesh? ...For ye are all the Sons of God by Faith in Christ Jesus....There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, male nor female; for ye are all One in Christ Jesus. ...But when the Fulness of Time was come, God Sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the Law, to Redeem them that were under the Law, that we might Receive the Adoption of Sons, and because ye are Sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a Son; and if a Son, then an Heir of God through Christ. ...Stand fast therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath Made us Free, and be not entangled again with the Yoke of Bondage. ...Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are Justified by the Law; ye are Fallen from Grace. ,,,For, Brothers, ye have been Called unto Liberty; only use not Liberty for an occasion to the Flesh, but by Love serve one another. For All the Law is Fulfilled in one Word, even in this: Thou shalt Love thy neighbor as thyself. ...But if ye be Led of the Spirit, ye are not Under the Law. 22 CHRIST KINGS OF ZION © 2020 by Woodrow Edgar Nichols, Jr. All Rights Reserved. 3 ...But the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, longsuffering, gentleness, Goodness, Faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no Law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the Flesh with the affections and lusts. If we Live in the Spirit, let us also Walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of Vain Glory, provoking one another, envying one another. – Galatians 2:16; 3:1-3, 26, 28; 4:4-7; 5:1, 4, 13-14, 18, 22-26 Howbeit we speak Wisdom among them that are Perfect: yet not the wisdom of this Kosmos, nor of the Archons of this Kosmos, that come to nought: but we speak the Wisdom of God in a Mystery, even the Hidden Wisdom, which God Ordained before the Kosmos unto our Glory: which none of the Archons of this Kosmos knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that Love him. But God hath Revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit Searcheth All Things, yea, the Deep Things of God. [John Zebedee calls this “The Depths of Satan,” and accuses Lydia the Prophetess of being a Jezebel for teaching these Hidden Mysteries: Revelation 1:18-:24; cf., Acts16:14-15.] For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the Things of God Knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God Now we have Received, not the Spirit of the Kosmos, but the Spirit which is of God: that we might Know the Things that are freely Given to us of God. Which Things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth, comparing Spiritual Things with Spiritual. But the Natural Man receiveth not the Things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are Spiritually Discerned. But he that is Pneumatic Judgeth All Things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath Known the Mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the Mind of Christ. ...Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have Reigned as Kings without us: and I would to God ye did Reign, that we also may Reign with you. [Perfected Holy Ones, Understanding the Nature of Grace and their own Forgiveness, Reign as Kings in their Perfect Man Spirit.] 22 CHRIST KINGS OF ZION © 2020 by Woodrow Edgar Nichols, Jr. All Rights Reserved. 4 ...All Things are Lawful unto me, but All Things are not Expedient: All Things are Lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the Power of any. ...All Things are Lawful for me, but All Things are not Expedient: All Things are Lawful for me, but All Things edify not. [The idea that Antinomian Universalists reject the Moral Law is absurd, as verses below prove it. We only reject the Law of Moses as the basis of Salvation.] ...Though I speak with the tongues of men and of Angels, and have not Giving Love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the Gift of Prophecy, and Understand All Mysteries, and all Knowledge; and though I have All Faith, so that I could remove Mountains, and have not Giving Love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not Giving Love, it profiteth me nothing. Giving Love suffereth long, and is kind; Giving Love envieth not; Giving Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no Evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the Truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Giving Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be Knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we Know in part, and we prophecy in part. But when that which is Perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly: but then face to face: now I Know in part; but then shall I Know even as also I am Known. And now abideth Faith, Hope, Giving Love, these three; but the Greatest of these is Giving Love. [I have translated the Greek “agape”, as Love in Action, Active Love, hence Giving Love, often associated with God’s Love, i.e. Unconditional Love.] 22 CHRIST KINGS OF ZION © 2020 by Woodrow Edgar Nichols, Jr. All Rights Reserved. 5 ...Moreover, Brothers, I declare unto you the Gospel which I have Preached unto you, which also ye have Received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are Saved, if ye keep in memory what I have preached unto you, unless ye have Believed in vain.