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Because Leviticus is so poorly understood, it\u2019s easy to accuse it of being a tedious list of sacrifices and assorted priestly things. It doesn\u2019t help that Leviticus veers wildly between unnecessarily detailed and overly brief.<\/p>\n

But the key to Leviticus is the name itself; the book was addressed to the priesthood of Levi. The one that, as I proved in \u201cThe Dominion of Angels<\/a>,\u201d even now is operating the temple in heaven. And that means the key to Leviticus is that it was written to angels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So when you look at Leviticus as a parable<\/em> meant to reveal the truth about what has gone on in heaven and what WILL go on in heaven, it changes everything.<\/p>\n

The first seven chapters of Leviticus are mostly instructions on how to perform the various sacrifices. The first time there\u2019s an actual event<\/em> starts in chapter 8<\/span><\/strong>, with Aaron being washed, anointed, dressed and crowned by Moses (<\/span>Leviticus 8:1-8<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since we know there must be an angelic Aaron, and it\u2019s someone else<\/em> who crowns him as priest-king, therefore it has to be Jesus who crowned him. This establishes Jesus\u2019 preeminence in the same way as Levi paying tithes to Melchizedek established his preeminence.<\/p>\n

Now in another layer, this also pictures the future<\/em> crowning of the future<\/em> Aaron, where the Father crowns Jesus; these were designed to be types of one another, so of course both can be seen in this same picture – Moses\/Aaron correspond to the Father\/Jesus as well as Jesus\/High-Priest-Angel.<\/p>\n

Because any time the lesser is blessed by the greater, whether that\u2019s Moses\/Aaron, Melchizedek\/Abraham-Levi, or Jesus\/Angelic Aaron, or the Father\/Jesus, it will follow this same pattern.<\/p>\n

This and subsequent chapters have many layers of meaning, but I\u2019m most interested in the ones that tell us of Jesus establishing the order of Levi in the heavenly temple, and assigning the angels to mirror the jobs of the Levites. All the jobs, including the high priest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ARCHPRIEST<\/h3>\n

Remember, Melchizedek was not a heavenly high priest, he was a spiritual<\/em> high priest. His office was merely a type<\/em> of Jesus\u2019s heavenly priesthood, but it was not<\/em> Jesus\u2019 heavenly priesthood!<\/p>\n

Likewise, Aaron was not a heavenly high priest, he was a physical<\/em> high priest, head of a type<\/em> of the letter-of-the-law angelic priesthood in heaven!<\/p>\n

Melchizedek passed his authority on to Levi, through Abraham. This means that Melchizedek stepped aside<\/em> as high priest in favor of Levi, just as Jesus must have anointed a certain angel<\/em> then stepped aside to let him do the job He just gave him!<\/em><\/p>\n

Which is why Aaron\u2019s name means \u201clight bringer,\u201d which is the job of all angels – because all are sources of light!<\/p>\n

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Hebrews 1:7<\/span><\/strong> And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And Aaron, as high priest, was chief light bringer, hence his name<\/strong>. So to identify the heavenly Aaron, we\u2019d need to find the chief angel, the priest-king of heaven\u2019s temple. That would have to be…<\/p>\n

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Daniel 10:13<\/span> (YLT)<\/strong> …and lo, Michael, first of the chief heads<\/strong>, hath come in to help me, and I have remained there near the kings of Persia;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We can support this idea another way, because if Michael is the current heavenly high priest, then he would be dressed appropriately:<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 8:9<\/span> (BBE)<\/strong> And on [Aaron\u2019s] head he put the head-dress, and in front of the head-dress the plate of gold, the holy crown<\/strong>, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The high priest wore a unique holy crown,<\/em> which no one else in Israel wore.<\/p>\n

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Revelation 3:11<\/span><\/strong> Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou [the angel of Philadelphia] hast, that no man take thy crown<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

All the seven angels are priest-kings, but no one else\u2019s crown is mentioned. This is because only one of the sons of Levi wore a crown – the high priest himself! So the angel of Philadelphia can only be the high priest; and as chief of the priest-kings, it can only be Michael!<\/p>\n

(Objection: given that Lucifer\u2019s name can be translated as \u201clight bringer\u201d as well, it\u2019s tempting to associate him with Aaron. Given that he was originally the brightest and best, that role is logical. However, In Isaiah 14:13<\/span> God says that He rebelled because he desired to \u201cexalt his throne above the stars of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

If he had been the high priest, His throne would have ALREADY been above the stars of God! Therefore, he rebelled against whoever God had placed in that role – which must be Michael)<\/p>\n

AARON\u2019S SONS<\/h3>\n

Back to Leviticus 8<\/span><\/strong>, then comes the dressing and anointing of Aaron\u2019 sons – the seven angels who are about to take over the work of the tabernacle and<\/em> the altar – the managing of heaven and Earth (<\/span>verse 13<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Numbers 18:1-2<\/span><\/strong> And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father\u2019s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary<\/strong>: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Clearly, God is making them responsible for everything<\/em> that happens in the temple grounds. What \u201ciniquity\u201d can there be in being priests – in doing what God tells them to do, and doing it how He says it? None! IF THEY DID!<\/p>\n

God is giving them authority<\/em> and giving them the right to make mistakes, and warning them that they will bear whatever iniquity they tolerate in the sanctuary, and every sin they commit as priests. They can only do this if they have absolute power over it, subject only to God\u2019s personal intervention.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m confident that the seven correspond to the Aaronites, as priest-kings. That\u2019s why Revelation 15<\/span><\/strong> shows us seven angelic Aaronites in the temple; before the final judgment of those same angels. And the seven flames on the candlestick are the source of light in the temple, so if the temple is dark – naturally God holds them accountable.<\/p>\n

The problem is, there were only five initial Aaronites in this list. To make a pattern that\u2019s tidy, I\u2019d like to have seen six sons of Aaron, plus Aaron himself to make seven. But there are only five… however, I do have one theory that makes things add up right.<\/p>\n

Two of Aaron\u2019s sons were killed in Leviticus 10<\/span><\/strong> – thus, two were completely evil, beyond salvation. The other three, including Aaron himself, had their good points – although Aaron was responsible for the golden calf, and his sons had to be involved somehow. So good, but not perfect.<\/p>\n

So what if these five represent the five fallen angels; two beyond redemption, who die without children (<\/span>Numbers 3:4<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. Three, including Aaron himself, prove themselves unworthy of ultimate power, but have hope for eventual salvation.<\/p>\n

And the other two of the original seven angels are pictured, not as Aaron\u2019s sons, not in this list, but rather on the mercy seat itself<\/strong>. The two angels on the throne itself must picture the saved<\/em> pair of angels, the only ones worthy of a name in the Bible – Gabriel and Michael, whose reward is the position of highest honor at the right hand and left hand of God!<\/p>\n

Together that makes seven archangels, and tallies perfectly with the fates of those seven as pictured in everything from the head of a bull to the five kings of Canaan to the stars in the big dipper to the churches in Revelation 2-3<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

(Disclaimer: For this to be true, it means the Aaron pictured in this story is not<\/em> Michael, but either the Thyatiran, Pergamon, or Smyrnan angel. It\u2019s possible that God promoted Michael\/Mishael, cousin of Aaron, to Aaron\u2019s place when the other five were disqualified; this allows us to see Aaron as Michael, because Mishael has been given the name<\/em> of Aaron above the actual Aaron.<\/em> (compare to Numbers 17:3<\/span>,<\/span> 18:1<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

THE HEAVENLY ALTAR<\/h3>\n

Next in Leviticus 8<\/span><\/strong>, the tabernacle and the altar are anointed and prepared (<\/span>verses 9-12<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. This is the creation of the heavens and the Earth, God\u2019s house and God\u2019s footstool. They are anointed with oil seven times, presumably because Jesus is expecting good works from the Earth for 7 thousand years, or 7 weeks of seven thousand years.<\/p>\n

So Moses kills the bullock – representing Jesus giving up His own divinity, and sacrificing His own Godhood – to anoint Aaron and sons. This refers to Jesus\u2019 promise before the \u201cfoundation of the world\u201d to give up His Godhood for the sins of His creation (including these angels) (<\/span>verses 14-17<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The bullock, like Jesus, was taken outside the camp in death – because Jesus didn\u2019t die in the camp of God in heaven; He went to an unclean place, the Earth, to die. In another layer, of course, He went outside Jerusalem to Golgotha.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 8:14<\/span><\/strong> And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And these same angels each had a hand in the process, even the best ones created an environment where sin prospered. Thus, each shares responsibility in the necessity of Jesus\u2019 sacrifice. Because if any one of them had done their job, it might not have been necessary.<\/p>\n

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Deuteronomy 13:9<\/span><\/strong> But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a different context – the execution of sinners. But in a real sense, they did execute Jesus as a sinner, killing Him so that they wouldn\u2019t have to die instead, as does anyone who is saved by His sacrifice.<\/p>\n

Then came the sacrifice of a ram for a burnt offering, Jesus\u2019 perfect life as a man (<\/span>verses 18-21<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. Then another ram, the ram of \u201cconsecration,\u201d or \u201cinstallation as priests,\u201d which I can\u2019t fully explain, but it seems to be very close to a Passover service from the description, complete with unleavened bread, fire, and blood on the \u201chouses\u201d (the bodies of the priests) – which, if true, would mean this symbolized Jesus\u2019 death as a man.<\/p>\n

Regardless, it seems to be used to purify their hearing, doing, and walking (<\/span>verses 22-24)<\/span><\/strong>. There are a lot of other details I can\u2019t explain, but the breast – the pure heart – of this ram belongs to Moses, therefore to God (<\/span>verse 29<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. Because Jesus gave it to Him.<\/p>\n

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Luke 23:46<\/span><\/strong> And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit<\/strong>: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The rest of this sacrifice was eaten by Aaron\u2019s sons, and leftovers were burned with fire, just like the Passover.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 8:31-32<\/span><\/strong> And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread<\/strong> that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The obvious difference is that this flesh was boiled, not roasted like the Passover. I have no idea why.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 8:33<\/span><\/strong> And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And then these newly minted priests are to stay in the tabernacle for seven days. If this is<\/em> a variation of the Passover service, then this priesthood installation is followed by the seven days of unleavened bread (leavened bread wouldn\u2019t have been allowed in the temple)!<\/p>\n

Which means when God anointed the seven angels, He gave them charge of the Earth, told them they\u2019d be responsible for whatever happened here, promised to die for their sins, then locked them on the Earth, their \u201cfirst estate.\u201d<\/p>\n

They have the opportunity to go on to greater things after this first week, if they obey God during that week. Or the far more likely event of being punished for their failures, such as Psalms 82<\/span><\/strong> warns.<\/p>\n

That is one layer of meaning, but this applies to all<\/em> layers of all<\/em> sons of Aaron; which includes us, for we are priests after the order of Melchizedek, who will replace Aaron. Weare confined in a body<\/em> (remember, our bodies are the tabernacle) for seven thousand years before we can leave it.<\/p>\n

That corresponds with us being confined to the Earth since we\u2019re not yet spirit<\/em> for 7,000 years, until our \u201cbread\u201d has been accepted after God looked at it for a full week.<\/em> It won\u2019t be until after that week, on the 8th day, that we will be able to achieve our full potential – just like the angels.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 9:23-24<\/span><\/strong> And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people<\/strong>. And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the primary layer we\u2019re studying it, this speaks of a time so remote that the glory of God, the Father, could appear to all the angels<\/strong>. This shouting event in Leviticus where the altar was used for the first time hearkens back to the time when the same angels shouted the same way when the Earth was used for the first time!<\/p>\n

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Job 38:4<\/span>, 7<\/span><\/strong> Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.\u2026 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The first priesthood had just been anointed, and all the sacrifices had been prepared and accepted by the Father. And no one had been exiled yet!<\/strong><\/p>\n

SIN IN HEAVEN<\/h3>\n

But that mood didn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 10:1-2<\/span><\/strong> And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A rebellion in the temple of God – if we\u2019re looking at this in the heavenly symbol – can only refer to Satan\u2019s rebellion. As I said above, there are two evil sons because in all the seven-angel work I\u2019ve done, I\u2019ve always found that Satan has a \u201cbest friend\u201d who is almost as evil.<\/p>\n

For example, there are two evil churches in Revelation 2-3<\/span><\/strong>, Laodicea and Sardis. The Roman Catholic Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church – almost the same, but the Roman is significantly more wicked.<\/p>\n

So here, Nadab and Abihu represent Satan and his cohort archangel who offered \u201cstrange fire\u201d – if fire is temptation, then this is them tempting God with evil actions? Seeing if God noticed their \u201cpractice sins?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jeremiah 12:4<\/span> (BBE)<\/strong> How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts [humans] and the birds [angels]<\/strong>; because they said, God does not see our ways<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Or maybe God wasn\u2019t angry because the fire itself was unclean, but rather the incense burned on it was unclean; then it would have been wicked prayers, \u201cto smite with the fist of wickedness,\u201d or \u201cconsume them upon their own lusts?\u201d<\/p>\n

Or maybe it was actually because of the smoke,<\/em> not the incense itself; then it refers to the cloud of deception they created? I\u2019m not prepared to say which of these sins this speaks of – since they\u2019re guilty of all of these things, and possibly it refers to all of them – but suffice it to say, it\u2019s something like this.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Aaron\u2019s two better sons, Eleazar and Ithamar remained in the temple, performing their holy function. Nonetheless, Aaron and his sons were not completely in agreement with God\u2019s harsh judgment of Nadab and Abihu, for they refused to eat the sacrifice that remained (<\/span>verses 12-18<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Aaron defended them, saying they were not able to eat it that day<\/em> because their heart wasn\u2019t right. So Moses let them be – but it shows that these three are not wholly in agreement with God\u2019s judgment of the other two angels.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 10:4<\/span><\/strong> And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile Nadab and Abihu – dead to the Father – are carried outside the camp just like lepers,<\/strong><\/em> which indeed they were<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

More interestingly, they were carried out by Aaron\u2019s cousins Mishael and Elzaphan. You might recognize that name better if it was spelled more conventionally, Michael.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mishael and Michael are spelled slightly differently in Hebrew, but have the exact same meaning \u201c(He) who is what God is,\u201d and \u201c(He) who is like God,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

Elzaphan means \u201cGod has protected,\u201d which is not that different from the meaning of Gabriel\u2019s name, \u201cWarrior of God.\u201d Regardless, the dead sinners were literally<\/em> carried out of the camp by Michael!<\/strong> That can\u2019t possibly be a coincidence.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 10:6<\/span><\/strong> And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In other words, don\u2019t mourn Satan and the other \u201cdead\u201d angel, mourn the \u201cburning\u201d which God has started. The \u201cfiery temptation\u201d which the rebellion of Satan has set into motion, and all the suffering which will happen afterwards.<\/p>\n

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Revelation 12:12<\/span><\/strong> Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The angels are commanded, during the war in heaven chapter, not to mourn but to rejoice – just as Eleazar and Ithamar were commanded. But to let the humans – their brethren –<\/em> mourn that God has kindled a massive temptation<\/em> on the Earth by putting Satan on it!<\/p>\n

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Hosea 4:3<\/span><\/strong> Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And the beasts, potential firstborn humans; and the fishes, the secondborn humans; and the birds, the angels; all will suffer and mourn because of this fiery trial Satan brings, and the sin caused by those who succumb to it!<\/p>\n

As a final bit of evidence that this is referring to Satan\u2019s original sin, it happened on the day of Atonement!<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 16:1<\/span><\/strong> And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; And the LORD said unto Moses\u2026 [the atonement sacrifice details]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Why else give this exact time<\/em> as context for this exact event<\/em> if it wasn\u2019t because Nadab and Abihu\u2019s offensive offering was on the Day of Atonement? Which was, in fact, why the Day of Atonement came to exist in the first place! For if it wasn\u2019t for their actions, Leviticus 16<\/span><\/em><\/strong> wouldn\u2019t have been necessary!<\/em><\/p>\n

ANGELIC DECEPTION<\/h3>\n
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Leviticus 10:8-10<\/span><\/strong> And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There was no prohibition against wine before this event!<\/strong> But with the existence of a devil, there is now a reason to warn the remaining angels about the \u201cwine or strong drink\u201d of Babylon. Because the devil\u2019s wine\/water\/spirit\/words<\/strong> are deception; and that deception is a \u201cfiery temptation\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Isaiah 5:11<\/span><\/strong> Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Proverbs 20:1<\/span><\/strong> Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So the fire that the Lord kindled was to sort out who was wise, and who was not. Wine is a fiery temptation – and those who fall for it deserve what they get!<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the context of the story of Leviticus, from which God apparently randomly<\/em> launches into a tedious list of clean and unclean animals. See – this is in context, because God had to teach us how to tell a righteous soul<\/em> from an unrighteous soul!<\/em><\/p>\n

God had to explain the difference<\/em> between the holy and the unholy – something which was never a problem before Satan\u2019s sin! He had to teach us which beasts, birds, and fish we could trust – and which we couldn\u2019t!<\/p>\n

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Jeremiah 15:16<\/span><\/strong> Thy words were found, and I did eat them<\/strong>; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Eating something means taking it inside you; making it a part of you, building your body out of its nutrients. If this is God\u2019s spirit – God\u2019s bread – Jesus\u2019 body – then you know it\u2019s clean, and cannot help but make you live forever.<\/p>\n

But the unclean things will make you unclean like they are (<\/span>Haggai 2:11-14<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. So after the sin of Satan, God had to explain to the angels what righteousness looked like and what sin looked like – and to avoid letting the sinners in their hearts by \u201ceating\u201d their words.<\/p>\n

An interesting fact about Leviticus 11<\/span><\/strong>, is that God gives clear rules on what types<\/em> of beasts you may or may not eat – those who part the hoof and those who chew the cud. He gives clear rules on what types<\/em> of fish you may eat – those with fins and scales.<\/p>\n

But God gives no rules about birds, nor does He list a single clean bird. He only says these are birds you may not<\/em> eat – and lists birds from which we can derive general principles about what makes a bird unclean.<\/em><\/p>\n

The clear message is, while God was willing to categorically state 20 different kinds of unclean angels\/birds (<\/span>Leviticus 11:13-19<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>, He was unwilling to give His unreserved stamp of approval to any type of angel then existing!<\/em><\/p>\n

He used the sacrifice of two kinds of birds – pigeons and turtledoves – which, by implication, means we may eat them. But nowhere did He say \u201cthese birds are clean, eat\/listen to them without reservation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because even these two angels – Gabriel and Michael – cannot be trusted with absolute power, or to convey the messages of God with absolute clarity<\/strong>. There are<\/em> no incorruptibly righteous angels you can \u201ceat\u201d – not yet, anyway. That\u2019s why even the righteous angels are not worthy of worship:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Revelation 22:8-9<\/span><\/strong> And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant<\/strong>, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is why the clean birds we do have are of dubious righteousness. Think about it – all the clean beasts are benign creatures, eating exclusively grass and leaves. Their righteousness – that of not eating their fellow creatures – is beyond reproach. That\u2019s why they represent the first resurrection.<\/p>\n

Yet chickens will eat anything that moves, as long as it\u2019s sufficiently smaller than they are. Their righteousness is dubious. That said, they don\u2019t kill other chickens for food, so they are harmless to their own kind.<\/em><\/p>\n

They are not likely to kill other angels with their unrighteousness, which makes them far better than crows, which eat the young of other birds; or hawks, which catch and kill sparrows and small birds. Thus, God allows us to eat the relatively righteous<\/em> chickens, turkeys, and ducks, and not the clearly malevolent vultures, owls, and eagles.<\/p>\n

THE WOMAN<\/h3>\n

So after telling them how to separate the holy from the profane, God moved on to talking about women\u2019s issues. This of course is a reference to the church, and specifically how to purify churches.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 12:2-3<\/span>, 7<\/span><\/strong> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days<\/strong>; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised<\/strong>. \u2026 shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After the separation of the holy and the profane, it was necessary to found a church to help people see the difference. A woman, to raise them up until they would \u201cknow to refuse the evil, and choose the good.\u201d<\/p>\n

And this church would invariably and inevitably sin, while giving birth to the firstfruits. Because part of her job is to deceive the very children she protects. It was after all, through the foolishness<\/em> of preaching that God saves those who believe.<\/p>\n

This is why she\u2019s unclean for 33 days, which is exactly the time between the day after the millennial Atonement and the time of the second Passover, 44,000 years into the plan. Perhaps that\u2019s a coincidence, but it fits.<\/p>\n

If it was a girl child – if this woman gave birth to a daughter church – then she would be unclean for 66 days. This would put it at 77,000 years from trumpets, or 7,000 years into the next 100,000 year day. That means that after the new heavens and the new earth, 7,000 years into the next day the mother of that daughter church would be cleansed. Or something like that.<\/p>\n

I know much of this probably isn\u2019t right; but it\u2019s the first stab we\u2019ve ever had at making a full<\/em> explanation of most of these things, and unlike most religions, I am constantly revising my understanding. Anyone who isn\u2019t doing that, isn\u2019t learning.<\/p>\n

Anyway, she is cleaned of her blood-guiltiness by the sacrifice of a bird and a lamb, or two birds if she was poor. This pictures Jesus and Aaron, or Jesus and Michael; or Michael and Gabriel. And – either in a different layer, or if I\u2019m wrong about the meaning of the birds – Jesus and Satan.<\/p>\n

Either way, the promise is clear that the church will be saved. Which we knew anyway, but this might tell us more about how and when.<\/p>\n

LEPERS<\/h3>\n

Having identified who was good and who was evil among beasts,<\/em> and having shown how God would save the church, it was now necessary to show how God would save angels. For that, we have the leper laws.<\/p>\n

Unlike humans, it is not \u201cappointed unto angels once to die.\u201d Their sins are not automatically paid for by their death, since they won\u2019t have died yet. So when we start to judge angels, we don\u2019t need to confine ourselves to future works. Some angels can be judged on the spot as lepers beyond redemption.<\/p>\n

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Isaiah 34:4<\/span><\/strong> And all the host of heaven<\/strong> [stars, angels] shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven<\/strong>: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The time frame of this is clearly the beginning of the Millennium:<\/p>\n

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Revelation 6:13<\/span><\/strong> And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And is clearly in the future:<\/p>\n

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Hebrews 12:26-27<\/span><\/strong> Whose voice then shook the earth<\/strong>: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven<\/strong>. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Incidentally, it makes sense that this is in Hebrews, because the book of Hebrews was written to tell the Levites that Jesus was going to replace them!) So how exactly does God shake heaven?<\/p>\n

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Daniel 8:9-12<\/span> (GWV)<\/strong> Out of one of the horns came a small horn. It gained power\u2026 until it reached the army of heaven. It threw some of the army of heaven, the stars, down on the ground<\/strong> and trampled them. Then it attacked the commander of the army so that it took the daily burnt offering from him and wrecked his holy place. In its rebelliousness it was given an army to put a stop to the daily burnt offering. It threw truth on the ground. The horn was successful in everything it did.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We know this is about the man of sin, but since humans probably didn\u2019t deceive angels, it has to be about Satan as well. Given that, this can\u2019t be strictly an end-time prophecy, but also applies to the past as well.<\/p>\n

Given that,<\/em> we have to ask if the \u201cabomination of desolation\u201d is strictly future… or does it also apply to Nadab and Abihu? Did not their offering of \u201cstrange fire\u201d wreck the holy place? Did not their rebellion cast the stars down to the ground, and trample on them?<\/p>\n

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Verses 13-14<\/span><\/strong> Then I heard a holy one speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, \u201cHow long will the things in this vision<\/em> – the daily burnt offering, the destructive rebellion, the surrender of the holy place, and the trampling of the army<\/em> – take place?\u201d He told me, \u201cFor 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the holy place will be made acceptable to God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notice again that this is being discussed between two angels –<\/em> one asking the other to explain it. Almost certainly Gabriel asking Michael, given that Gabriel is instructed by this angel to explain this exact vision to Daniel a few verses later.<\/p>\n

The KJV renders the last part \u201cthen shall the sanctuary be cleansed.\u201d So what if this is not only talking about Jesus\u2019 life and end-time prophecy, but rather about the original<\/em> time the original<\/em> man of sin polluted the holy place? And these angels are discussing when things will get back to normal? (see Psalms 74:1-2<\/span> and Psalms 79:1-5<\/span>)<\/p>\n

The \u201cburnt offering\u201d is an offering of works, not an offering for sin. It\u2019s an offering of righteousness; Satan took that from the \u201ccommander of the army\u201d by killing Jesus, so He couldn\u2019t do more good works.<\/p>\n

But in another way, if Satan was \u201cperfect in all his way until iniquity was found in him,\u201d that means that each day Satan\u2019s works had been a sweet savor to God.<\/em> By sinning, he took away that burnt offering, and offered \u201cstrange fire\u201d instead, for himself and a third of the angels.<\/p>\n

And, Michael told Gabriel, it would remain that way for 2,300 \u201cmorning and evenings.\u201d That\u2019s how many morning and evening sacrifices would be missed until the sanctuary was cleansed. I still don\u2019t know what to do with that number, which I can\u2019t make fit anywhere… but this idea gives us a new place to look.<\/p>\n

CLEANSING LEPERS<\/h3>\n

Leviticus 13<\/span><\/strong> was about identifying lepers, the judgment at Jesus\u2019 return. Leviticus 14<\/span><\/strong> is about the process of redeeming those who are repentant – and their subsequent testing to prove that repentance.<\/p>\n

Each of them will be shut up on the Earth for a week, just like the Aaronites were, to see if their leprosy is spreading, or if their love of righteousness is enough to overcome it. Each time, the environment will be a little bit better, to make the test a little bit easier – and, in turn, to provide a slightly smaller reward.<\/p>\n

If an angel, or a second-saint, can be saved in the first week of the second resurrection, then he can be one of the Kohathites – not Aaronites, not firstborn, but still capable of moving the holiest things provided<\/em> Aaron covers them first.<\/p>\n

If not that, then they can be priests after the Melchizedek-version of Merari, or Gershom, or whoever. Because, besides Aaron, there were seven other tribes of Levites working in the temple<\/em> (<\/span>Numbers 3:15-21<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>, who are the porters, the washers, the accountants, the singers, and all the other vital jobs<\/em> that happen in the universe, portrayed in a dim shadow by the tabernacle in the wilderness!<\/p>\n

And there will be seven tribes<\/em> of secondfruits, one per week; one per top angel. For each of the seven churches have a unique attitude, and despite the terrible group<\/em> reviews some received in Revelation, like, Laodicea, those who come out of the worst eras will be the strongest Christians.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why there are<\/em> seven spirits in the first place. Each of them is made from a piece of Jesus\u2019 nature, and each of them creates people in their era, their region, their heavenly portion that resemble their own nature.<\/p>\n

Just like how our cows, our wasps, our chickens behave in a very different way from those of our neighbors, the people who are raised under the spirit of the angel of, say, California will be very different from those saved in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Righteousness notwithstanding, they will approach problems from a unique way, and God values that<\/em> because each way represents a part of HIS OWN nature, and will create a saint suited by nature<\/em> to one of the jobs in the temple!<\/p>\n

God needs fewer brilliant, arrogant, deception-resistant, calloused-to-sin, proud Laodiceans in His temple; and far more enthusiastic, energetic, but distractable Ephesians. One of these seven angel attitudes would no doubt produce great singers, another great guards, another great spice-grinders. But the different types exist because God loves each type, and NEEDS each type to run the universe and build His family!<\/em><\/p>\n

LEPROUS HOUSES AND ISSUES OF BLOOD<\/h3>\n

The last half of Leviticus 14<\/span><\/strong> talks about how to diagnose a moldy house, and how to remove bricks and replace them. I have some thoughts on this, but it\u2019s not very refined yet. Maybe they represent households of angels,<\/em> groups that were under their authority. Maybe it represents humanfamilies that each angel was responsible for. Or maybe they represent the stones, like the apostles, who built a church – then became castaways themselves.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure, and I don\u2019t have time right now, so I\u2019m going to pretend it\u2019s not there. Let\u2019s just say that these stones are presented in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time, and that this chapter is in context.<\/p>\n

In Leviticus 15<\/span><\/strong>, we see people who have open wounds, bleeding or oozing, and how they defile everything they touch. Also various sexual fluids and how they\u2019re dealt with. The key is that they\u2019re all dealt with by the exact same sacrifices as the lepers of the previous chapters – two birds, living water, hyssop, cedar, and so on.<\/p>\n

Also, like lepers, they\u2019re all unclean for a week, and sacrifices are performed the eighth day! To see who this is, we just have to look at where we\u2019re at in the grand plan. Look at what God has said in these past chapters:<\/p>\n

Angels are made priest-kings (<\/span>Leviticus 8-9<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. Some angels sinned (<\/span>chapter 10<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. How to tell the evil from the good (<\/span>chapter 11<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. How the firstborn<\/em> church will be saved (<\/span>chapter 12<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. How angels will be judged (<\/span>chapter 13<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. How angels will be saved (<\/span>14:1-32<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>. How angels\u2019 houses<\/em> will be saved (<\/span>14:33-53<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In this context, the next thing that needs salvation is the secondfruits of humans! This book has been the history of sin and redemption, and the next thing to be redeemed are the unsaved dead!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If chapter 14<\/span><\/strong> is about soul-sick angels, then this chapter must be about soul-sick people,<\/em> who bleed and so on (something angels probably don\u2019t do). Also, it involves sex, which is something the angels also don\u2019t seem to do (<\/span>Matthew 22:30<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Given all this, it can only be about how the secondfruits are saved.<\/p>\n

GOD\u2019S SUMMARY<\/h3>\n

The next chapter in Leviticus can only be about the final point in the plan – the Jubilee after the seven weeks are over. And just as I felt a need to give a summary at this point, so it is fitting that in the end of the plan God gives a summary of all the events of the last hundred thousand years. And that\u2019s what Leviticus 16<\/span><\/strong> is.<\/p>\n

Again, remember that this chapter starts by saying this was what God said to Aaron right after his sons died.<\/em> I\u2019ve talked about this chapter extensively, but now you can see it in context as a description of the final judgment of Satan and all his works which began in<\/em> Leviticus 10<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 16:32-33<\/span><\/strong> And the priest, whom he shall anoint<\/strong>, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest\u2019s office in his father\u2019s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary [God\u2019s throne]<\/strong>, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation [heaven]<\/strong>, and for the altar [earth]<\/strong>, and he shall makean atonement for the priests [angels]<\/strong>, and for all the people of the congregation [humans]<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Right here, this tells us this is not Aaron! This is the one who REPLACED Aaron, who does this! The one who was anointed with the oil of gladness above His fellows!<\/em><\/p>\n

And it tells us the point of all of this: so that Jesus can make atonement for God\u2019s throne room; for heaven; for Earth; for the angels; and the humans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all there, and it always has been, hidden in plain sight in every verse of the Bible. The sacrifices performed on the true fulfillment of the day of Pentecost, show, in context, all the major events and sacrifices in heavenly history.<\/p>\n

Starting with Jesus being anointed, and offering Himself before the world was, to having the Father choose between Jesus and Satan, and casting Satan out of heaven; to dying as a co-equal God (bullock), to dying as an immortal being (ram), to being tempted by burning coals of fire (angels, compare to Ezekiel 1:13<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To using that fire to offer up prayers as a man (incense), to His death as a lamb. To His resurrection and entering \u201cinto the vail\u201d in heaven; To putting His blood as a bullock and as a goat (God-blood and Man-blood) on the mercy seat 1+7 times each… Once for each week of saints that are resurrected as an Elohim – the firstfruits and then seven spiritual resurrections\/cleansings thereafter of angels and humans alike!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Then Jesus does all the same things with the same blood to the altar – the Earth – but only does it seven times there, because these are physical<\/em> resurrections, and the firstfruits will never need another one of those!<\/p>\n

The first batch of blood is put ON the mercy seat, and the next seven times it is put in FRONT of it (<\/span>Leviticus 16:14<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>, because only the firstborn saints will reign IN His throne, the rest will be in front<\/em> of His throne – just as only the Aaronites could enter the holy place, and everyone else, though holy, worked OUTSIDE the temple.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 16:20<\/span>, 22<\/span><\/strong> And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat… And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After the end of the seven Sabbaths, on the 49th millennium, when everyone who can be saved has been saved, and ALL have been reconciled – either saved, or killed – then the architect of the rebellion himself is brought back a final time, and judged, and cast out of the camp for the last time – where he dies, and with him dies death and hell (<\/span>Revelation 20:14<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Leviticus 16:23-25<\/span><\/strong> And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people<\/strong>, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Then Jesus will leave the holy place, and come back to the Earth; and offer the burnt offering for Himself and for the people; letting the sweet savor of all the works of those who have ever been saved, angel and human alike, float up to heaven for a sweet savor unto the Father.<\/p>\n

Only then will the Father know it\u2019s safe – for us – that He come down and dwell with the holy ones of mankind and angelkind forever.<\/p>\n

CONCLUSION<\/h3>\n
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Revelation 20:3<\/span><\/strong> And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more<\/strong>, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

God has a major \u201cshaking\u201d at His return, and then a thousand years of peace, and then a new \u201cshaking\u201d after that. But as each new batch of lepers is judged, each of them will have to be tested as well – shaken, if they will be shaken.<\/p>\n

For that, Satan would need to be loosed a little season. And then again, and again. For a little season every week after that<\/em> God will shake heaven again, by releasing Satan to see who is deceivable in all nations,<\/em> including the angels.<\/p>\n

See, it\u2019s not enough to simply kill Satan. If it were, then God would have done so the first moment He sinned. Satan has a different ideology, and God wants to be absolutely clear when He judges him for the last time. He needs proof that not only is Satan wrong, his ideology is wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ezekiel 28:18-19<\/span><\/strong> …therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee<\/strong>: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

All nations; all angels; EVERYONE needs to see Satan bound and weak, and then watch as he is released and gathers a huge following to lead armies of angels and men alike up to do battle with God once more.<\/p>\n

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Isaiah 14:15-17<\/span><\/strong> Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the [bottomless] pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof<\/strong>; that opened not the house of his prisoners?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But each time, more and more of his past victims are his foes, and each time fewer and fewer are left who are willing to listen to him; and each time he finds it harder and harder to form a following at all. Until ultimately, no one is left in the universe who will do more than pity him. It seems that will take seven more weeks.<\/p>\n

God wants to give everyone in the universe a chance to ask every question, try every method of Satan\u2019s way, to prove beyond all question, for all eternity,<\/em> that it just… can\u2019t… work. And then, at the very end of that, the last question is \u201cwere you wrong, Lucifer?\u201d<\/p>\n

And when, even then, the devil refuses to repent, like so many of his followers will have refused, the first angel made of fire is consumed by the fire within him; fire which comes out from the throne of God and destroys him, just as it did Nadab.<\/p>\n

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Malachi 4:3<\/span><\/strong> And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And he that tread on the angels, yea, tread on Jesus Himself will finally be literally, not simply figuratively, ashes under the feet of the righteous. That is to say, ashes under the feet of everyone who was able to see through his deception and CHOOSE righteousness in spite of him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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