MYSTICAL_EXPERIENCES
The Unfolding Pattern of Salvation
God's plan of salvation is a specific, sequential pattern of mystical experiences that unfolds within the individual, beginning with an awakening, followed…
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A State Called Moses
The plan unfolds in Joshua in the Old Testament, and Jesus in the New... The pattern, like a seed, is planted in the earth, called Adam. The seed will take root and unfold according to its pattern. The first eruption is to awaken; for just like a seed, the moment a little shoot comes out you know the seed is alive and has taken root. God is a god of the living and not the dead, so what seemingly was dead awakens, and man resurrects within himself. Awakening within your immortal skull where you were buried, you come out and scripture unfolds before you. A child, symbolizing your birth, is present. Three witnesses are there to fulfill scripture. Five months later the pattern erupts again and David stands before you and calls you Father. You will recognize him and proclaim the words of the second Psalm: "Thou art my son, today I have begotten thee." The relationship between you and your son cannot be described; yet there is no uncertainty as to his identity or yours. The third eruption occurs four months later, when your body is split by a bolt of lightening. (The lovely hymn, "Rock of Ages," calls it a cleft, saying: "Rock of ages cleft for me.") When your body is cleft, you see golden, liquid light at its base. Fusing with it, you become a coiled, fiery serpent and - like a bolt of lightening - you uncoil right into your skull as it reverberates like thunder. These are the first three acts of the unfolding of God in you. Then, after a period of two years and nine months, the pattern completes itself, as a dove - the symbol of the Holy Spirit - gives his seal of approval by descending and smothering you with affection.
God's plan of salvation is a specific, sequential pattern of mystical experiences that unfolds within the individual, beginning with an awakening, followed by the appearance of David calling one Father, the body being cleft and the fiery serpent experience, and culminating with the descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove.