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? Who Is Truly Born Again And What Qualifies U To Enter Into The Kingdom Of God by louisadiks: 1:26pm On Jan 16, 2011
PART 2.  What is the concept of being Born Again? Who is truly Born Again and what qualifies a Born again to enter into the kingdom of God.?

In order to delve into the concept of being born again it is needful for us to take a quick study of the Tabernacle of Moses which relates to us as the final temple of God. Let me also explain in brief the various forms of the structure of the Tabernacle of Moses illustrated as diagrams A-D.

DIAGRAM A. 
The Tabernacle of Moses was constructed and made of wood. It had three compartments, the Outer Court, the Holy place and the Holy of Holies. In the outer court, there were two furniture, the Brazen Altar, and the Brazen Lava. The Holy place consists of three furniture, the Golden Candlestick, the Table of Shewbread and Golden Altar of Incense while the Holy of Holies consists of the two last furniture positioned at the same place the Mercy Seat and the Ark of the Covenant. These seven furniture are the seven spiritual progressive steps we must all pass through to come into the presence of our Father God.
At the seventh stage man would have been worn the New Tabernacle for the scripture to be fulfilled as written…Behold the Tabernacle of God is with men. Rev. 21:3
The Brazen Altar symbolizes Dead to Sin while the Brazen Lava, Dead to Self. In the Holy place the Golden Candlestick represents the Fruit and the Gifts of the Spirit while the Table of Shewbread speaks of Feeding on the Revelations of Christ. The third furniture in the Holy Place is very significant being the Golden Altar of Incense. It symbolizes the Sacrificing of our Soul. In the Holy of Holies we see the Mercy Seat being the lid of the Ark of the Covenant, where the Cherubim’s facing one another with their wings wide spread symbolizing the Overshadowing. Finally, the Ark of the Covenant represents the Man child that is the Sons of God having their body changed from mortality to immortality, from corruptible to incorruptible.

PART3: DIAGRAM B AND C

The temple of God all through the ages had been in three parts so also the dimensions of the word of God. The natural dimension which is the logos that is, the letter of the word; the spiritual dimension which is the Rhema or the Revelation of the word of God then the fullness which means the fulfillment of that word. Here we are not just hearers but doers of the word. At this stage also men ought to walk in the spirit naturally. The scripture in 2Cor.3:6 states: who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament, not of the letter but of the spirit. For the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life.
The Tabernacle of Moses was the first temple God ordered Moses to build. It was a pattern which came from heaven and God told Moses to ensure that he built according to the pattern he had seen. Therefore God’s temple must follow this same heavenly pattern. Moses’ tabernacle was made of wood while Solomon’s temple was made with stones. The final temple of God is made of living stones 1 Peter 2:5. The scripture in 1Cor.3:16 states: know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? The diagram B and C shows the relationship between the first temple and the final temple. The tabernacle of Moses is divided into three parts .The outer court, the Holy place and the Holy of Holies. Man’s temple is also divided into three parts, the Body, the Soul, and the Spirit. The Body is like the outer court, the soul is like the Holy place while the spirit of man is the Holy of Holies.
It is through the corporate Body that we come into contact with the material world thus it could be described as world consciousness. The Soul comprises of four functional parts, the Mind, Desire, Will, and Emotions. It is the self in man, which reveals his personality. This part exhibits self consciousness.  The spirit is that part we have of God to commune and worship Him. It is through this center we are able to apprehend God. It is often called the center of God’s consciousness.  By the spirit man one has contact with the spiritual world and the Spirit of God. 

Part 4 DIAGRAM C. THE MOVEMENT OF THE SPIRIT WITHIN INTO THE SOUL THEN TO THE BODY.

The Unregenerated Man.

The unregenerated man has this tripartite nature that is common to every man, his spirit, soul and body; but like Nicodemus who visited Jesus, tried to recognize the power of God working in His ministry. Jesus replied in John 3:3-6: Verily verily I say unto you, except a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, how can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb and be born? Jesus answered verily verily I say unto thee, Except a man is born of water and of Spirit He cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Verse 6: that which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of Spirit is spirit
The unregenerated man is born once of man into this world. He is flesh because he is born of the flesh thus he can only live in the realms of the flesh. In this realm the unregenerated man is said to be living in the passion of his flesh, following the drive of his mind, desires, will and emotions thus the scripture describes the unbelievers as children of wrath by nature: That is They which are the Children of the flesh, these are not the children of God……Romans 9:8,Ephesians 2:3…, ,God is saying here that a man whose soul is yielded to the lust of the body and commits many sins is dead towards God and may have no consciousness of being sinful thus becomes proud in his sins. The scripture says they bear fruit unto death. (Rom.7:5, 14, 25). So if we are not born again we cannot fulfill any of God’s will because we are weakened always by the flesh. In Rom.8:3, 7 the scripture reveals that the flesh is hostile to God. God looks upon the flesh as utterly corrupt and cannot be transformed to something pleasing to Him. The Holy Spirit cannot by striving against man render it unfleshly. Any person or religion that tries to repair the flesh by acts of self abasement or severity to the body shall fail utterly. God recognizes the impossibility for the flesh to change or be improved upon that is why He planned a new life for man I n order to help him by his obedience to the Holy Spirit to deaden the flesh. All flesh must die.

Re: ? Who Is Truly Born Again And What Qualifies U To Enter Into The Kingdom Of God by Xomba(m): 1:29pm On Jan 16, 2011
Salvation alone is the qualification for Heaven without works whatsoever.This truthis all over the scriptures but many choose not to believe it.

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