Thursday, December 19, 2024

"The Seven Circles of Christian Maturity." ~ TSW

 


The Seven Circles of Christian Maturity

By Eric William King

~2017~

To explain this, I will set a foundation regarding a basic understanding of what I am calling “circles”. We could picture these circles as a small center circle and then other circles getting bigger surrounding it…circles within circles. These represent relationship attainments within your personal relationship with God.

All of these can be experienced as “new spaces” of entrance while growing in your Christian faith. We must never understand these levels of spiritual growth as gaining “brownie points” or as if you are earning something or attaining to your own salvation. These steps are humble and grateful steps to better your personal relationship with Divine Intelligence.

Only somebody who is already saved can attain these levels. We are “saved by grace through faith”. Salvation cannot be earned or lost. In Jesus Christ “it is finished.”

It must be realized that all of these “realms” (circles) are already present within each Christian and to some extent, these realms are already being experienced but certainly not fully realized. To become conscious of these states of consciousness is important for spiritual growth and maturity.

Those who have studied our “Ancient Antiochene Kabbalah” will have a better foundation regarding this study. It is also very good to have a basic understanding of the Seven Heavens as we proceed. There are very short articles regarding these subjects here at “The Shepherds Way” and “Nugget of Truth” to receive a good understanding.

 

Brief look at the Heavens

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There are four created heavens. Apostle Paul was taken to the 3rd heaven and experienced the reality of it. What the Bible calls the “highest heaven” is where the “Tabernacle of God” is. This is the real temple, not the copy. The outer court area is the realm of the fifth heaven. This is the first “uncreated realm”. In the ancient Hebrew it is referred to as Ain Soph Or – “light without limit”. It is a very real realm.

The next highest “uncreated” heaven is the 6th. In ancient Hebrew it is called Ain Soph – “without limit”.  Finally, the 7th heaven. The seventh heaven is called in the Hebrew, Ain – “no thing” (not ultimately definable). There is another secret that we refer to as the “eighth heaven”. This is something that we sometimes talk openly about but there is really no information regarding this topic.

The Ancient Antiochene mysteries also speak of the 40 Dimensions. We refer to these as the “known dimensions”.  These dimensions pierce all of the four created heavens and are sometimes used as “pathways” for Seraphic and Angelic travel.

 

Brief look at the 8 Experiences

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As Christians who are growing, we experience the:

1-Depth

2-Silence

3-Mind

4-Truth

5-Word

6-Life

7-Man

8-Church

God has produced these eight experiences for His children. God has made male and female to come together and experience the existence of Divine Relationship with Him (a true syzygy). Because of the rebellion of the Wicked One we are in the Fallen Matrix. Jesus has come into our Fallen Matrix to give us Light and Life – complete restoration.

Each of the Eight Experiences can only be defined by the individual Christian experiencer. Each of these can be contemplated and meditated on. This should be done with the aid of the Holy Scriptures. It may be very different for each Christian. These must be contemplated to gain conscious attainment of the Seven Circles.

Note: The study of these leads to the study of the Antiochene Aphorisms.

 

The Seven Heavens & Seven Circles

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We sometimes call God’s word, “The Seven-Fold Word of God”. The number “seven” in the Bible represents “perfection” and or “completion”. God’s word travels through the three highest heavens down into the Pleroma (the created space of God). It travels through all Seven Heavens, “refined seven times”. [Psalm 12:6] God holds everything together through His word. To receive God’s word in purity is to truly hear the Holy Spirit – Sophia. The Holy Spirit always points us to God’s word for clarification and validity.

I will now give a very brief description of the Seven Heavens and their correlation with the Seven Circles. Remember, all that I have told you thus far is not to frighten you with details but to strengthen your understanding of these secrets which have been handed down to us by the saints of the past. We must always thank God for protecting His Truth and His saints. This journey has certainly not been cheap.

The First Heaven

The 1st heaven is our planets atmosphere. There are Seven Heavens in which each Aeon exists. God’s Uncreated Energies penetrate all of His creation. The lowest heaven is the planetary atmosphere, the blue sky and great clouds of our planet Earth. Here the birds fly, the rain falls, and the wind blows. Hot and cool whisps breeze through. Here we breathe with the rest of creation. God speaks in this heaven through His thunderous voice. Time can be experienced differently here by different people.

In this heaven Humans experience dreams in the theater sphere of the mind. Anxieties and fears are neutralized in this theater and sometimes revelations or visions are given. Even the fallen Archons may plant images of fear, distrust, or perversion to harass the true seeker.

The First Circle

The First Circle: All Humans experience this first circle consciously. Our spirit/souls are given a flesh body and we begin our experience - journey. Each person’s experience is individual, personal and powerful. Each is here to learn and grow and find his or her relationship with Divinity. In this realm we are each given physical faculties to use as antennas in our experience. We are given “mind”, “body” and the “senses” to help us discover. It is here that the “born again” Christian student is asked to truly study the ILuminosity of God’s blessed and Holy Word.

In this first circle we discover that we exist within the Fallen Matrix. Many fallen-humans come up with their own, somewhat delusional, philosophy to help guide them through. It is in this first heaven that we are hoped to hear the Word of God and listen to the Gospel. This is the “new program”, the spiritually needed update. There is also a “spiritual war” going on in this realm. It is here that we must find Jesus the Christ.

Each Human has the opportunity in this realm to receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This happens through the sacrament of baptism. During this point the infusion of Sophia into the human mind and spirit happens. This First Circle is for each to reach immortal possibilities. We have all been given a chance to escape the fallen-delusion of existence and enter consciously the Great Plan of Divine Intelligence.

The Fallen World is only conscious of this first realm and is considered “spiritually dead”.

The Second Heaven

The 2nd heaven is the outer space of our beloved planet and all other planets. Galaxies dwell here. Here the stars shine, the moons float, the cosmic dust blows (Job 38:31). The angelic host flies in, out, and through this great cosmic expanse. From here the Watchers dwell. They have overseen the Fallen Creation. There are both good and bad angels, some with bodily form and craft, we may see their “chariots of fire” sometimes in the nighttime sky. There are windows in the Second Heaven that open to entirely new heavens of creation. Time moves slower in this heaven at differing levels.

The Second Circle

The Second Circle: Humans can experience this Second Circle through the study of the great expanse. Astro-physics is the “theology” found in this realm. This is where the Christian begins to experience the natural laws of God’s creation as a child and as an adult. Learning how the natural laws work in conjunction with their Christianity. Most Christians today separate their understanding of natural laws from God. This should never be done.

Humans can also enter this Second Heaven whenever they travel to outer-space (Astronauts). The universe and outer space are the Second Heaven. Of course, we must modify our Human bodies to move, eat, live, walk, and travel in space just as God must again modify our bodies to enter the Third Heaven.

                                                    A Mediation Point 

Approaching the “door way” (sometimes called “passing through the veil”) to the 3rd heaven we enter a realm of bright light. This is a transition point which separates a finer matter from a much denser matter. The spirit/soul travels through this light usually conscious of a guide, but not always. One cannot enter this realm without the presence of one of God’s angels. Sometimes one may enter this realm because of an out-of-body experience. Apostle Paul claims to have done this in one of his letters to the Corinth church.

This realm is not confined to space and time as we understand them. There is space and there is time in this place but of a different experience. This is the truth regarding all of the heavens.

Sometimes God allows for powerful visions to occur in this realm. These visions involve people being able to talk to dead loved ones. Sometimes extreme emotional feelings of peace and love, with perhaps visions of fields of flowers are felt and seen. Those who have these types of experiences come back into their bodies and can write about what they have experienced or share it publicly with others as a message of hope. Apostle Paul tells us not to deny visions but to test the fruit of them by the Word of God.

Some people sense that they become part of the “wall of light”. This is because they are in their spirit/soul body when traveling to the 3rd heaven which gives them a special connection to the light. It must be noted here that there is such a thing as a false “sensation” of “oneness” (and a false light) which many mistake for the true experience. There is a material frequency in the first two heavens, where Humans live, that can vibrate the lower, denser material body with the Fallen Matrix. These usually are just experienced as physical sensations which have deep emotional sensations – they are not true travel experiences.

Only a person chosen of God can truly enter this true LIGHT which lies between the 2nd and 3rd heavens. This can also be experienced in Christian trance and or meditation. God will choose whom He wishes to have such experiences. If one is able to pass completely through this light-barrier he or she enters Paradise, the 3rd heaven. These people have crossed from “Earth life” to “Heaven life”. On Earth their bodies return to dust, their spirit/soul now resides in Paradise. This is the “transition” of the true Christian spirit/soul at Human death.

The Third Heaven

The 3rd heaven (Paradise) is still a created heaven (part of the Pleroma). It is also permeated, like everything else, with God’s super-material, His uncreated energies. This is a created heaven and contains a finer matter – what we truly begin to call “spiritual”, and it contains no sin. The barrier of LIGHT is the spiritual “fire wall” which protects this heaven. It works as a filter, no sin allowed completely through. In rare occasions complete spirit/souls have gone all the way through the light-barrier and then have returned to planet Earth. Apostle Paul claims to have done this and he stated that he was not permitted to speak about what he had seen and witnessed. This is most certainly a mystery.

There are some visions that involve seeing light, bright light, and people are taken into “light”. Some of these experiences may be Christian “chariot” [Merkabah] visions and they have nothing directly to do with 3rd heaven experiences. Merkabah visions have to do more with God entering our reality to bring us up rather than us just appearing in higher [realization of] the Reality. Spiritual discernment must be practiced.

Merkabah visions and experiences are connected with extraterrestrial [angelic, both good and bad] encounters. The Christian must have pure doctrinal understanding from Ancient Antiochene Kabbalah to understand these issues clearly – maturing spiritual discernment.

The Third Circle

The Third Circle is experienced when the Christian has had confirmations of the reality of God within their Pneuma (spirit) because of their infusion with the Holy Spirit. It is in the Third Circle that a good understanding of the Soma (Body), the Psyche (Soul), and the Pneuma (Spirit) come together. At this point the Christian becomes a conscious “mystic”. He or she begins to see God everywhere and in everything.

This state of consciousness sometimes comes and goes but through practice it can become a constant attainability.  Small alters are special places for meditation, prayer, and growth. Ancient Antiochene Christians have a special place in their home to meditate, pray, and study. Some homes have many areas for this, inside and out. Those experiencing the reality of the 3rd heaven (spiritual world) use the Antiochene bead meditations and powerful personal prayer. Antiochene Affirmations can also be used.

To get to the Third Heaven we must experience the Great Wall of Light. Sometimes we are brought to that Great Light to receive visions and clarifications. God reveals new things to all of his children. Gaining these we gain the “gift of Prophecy”.

Dreams are sometimes used for these types of experiences but it must be remembered that the “Dream World” takes place on “the stage”, in the “theater” of the subconscious mind. Dreams are not always to be trusted unless understood correctly through the use of God’s word and prayer.

Take time out to contemplate my other articles and lectures regarding the understanding of the “Dream World” and how it is properly used.

The Fourth Heaven

The 4th heaven is the upper atmosphere of Paradise itself. Seraphim and Cherubim fly in this glorious heaven. The Chariot of God, containing disks within disks comes down into this atmosphere to visit His translated/resurrected saints. Even the saints themselves may fly in this beautiful heaven. This upper expanse of Paradise contains the City of God where many of the righteous dwell. Through rules of created thought wonderful experiences are had here.

We must remember that there are the “40 known dimensions” linking all of these heavens. New senses (faculties) are gained to experience these dimensions. These faculties are infused into our pneuma (spirit) by the connection to the Seven-Fold purity of God’s word. The Word of God is depicted as traveling through “seven tubes” (portals) containing “special golden oil” (Divine Matrix Information – revelation) into and through the heavens – right into our material realm, the First Heaven. The prophet Zechariah had this powerful vision. The Apostle John also informs us hundreds of years later that these messages travel to the “seven lamps” which represent the Seven Churches.

This is all part of the final counsel to the Seventh Church – that of Laodicea.

The Fourth Circle

The closer you get to the 5th heaven the more you sense everything “as one”. There is no differentiation between seemingly what is matter and what is atmosphere – yet there is still a sense of separation through and into this ascension. This is because the 5th heaven is the first of the “uncreated heavens”. It does not have any type of “matter” that we would ever recognize or be able to compare to anything. Also, the individual spirit/soul gains a new faculty of perception in this realm which is unexplainably impressive.

So, the 4th heaven is the last of the “created” heavens. For those beginning to experience the Fourth Circle this means an extreme change in thinking begins to occur. This must happen before birth into the Fifth Circle. Notice how all of the Seven Circles have some connection or correlation to each of the Seven Heavens. This is why, as a true Christians, we are “already seated” next to Christ Jesus in heaven. Why? Because Jesus Christ has given us a personal relationship with Him and has confirmed the reality of heavenly things to us. “On Earth, as it is in Heaven.”

In this circle of conscious existence, we also have the reality of Angels. We have witnessed answered prayers at a high level. We understand and are conscious of our Guardian Angel. We never talk to our Guardian Angel; we only talk to God and thank God for our Guardian Angel.

We may have noticed personal signs that God has given us throughout the years. We hold to the precious individual and unique experience that we all have. We serve a personal and loving God. In this circle we gain a strong, peaceful and powerful faith in our God. Apostle Paul would say that we have reached “self-control”, or at least a good amount of it at this point in our growth.

We also at this point have developed a good understanding of the Seven Counsels to the Seven Churches as given to us by Jesus Christ found in the Book of Revelation. We are now applying these counsels daily to our lives. We have at this circle also received a good understanding of God’s Septenary Mysteries.

We have accepted the Seventh Angel’s message. We are now ready to receive experiences from the uncreated realm much more directly than ever before. When we enter the next realm, we begin to experience “heaven on Earth”, the Divine Matrix.

The Fifth Heaven

The 5th heaven is beyond the atmosphere of Paradise and it is called the Outer Court. It is the grand circle of the great expanse which surrounds the Holy and Holy of Holies. It is the beginning or yard of the Temple of Heaven. It is the first uncreated heaven. Moses was commanded to make a copy of this temple on Earth (Hebrews 8:5 – Revelation 15:5). This became the Sanctuary where the Holy Spirit, Sophia came down in She-kinah glory. Only when God calls a created being to enter, then they may enter this realm. Perfect unchanging-law is experienced (fully realized) here.

This Fifth Heaven is the first of the eternal heavens. It has a “floor” or “foundation” that it is built on called the Sea of Glass. This sea of glass is what divides it from the lower heavens much like the 2nd and 3rd heaven are divided by the GREAT LIGHT. On this platform is the eternal heaven for the saints and a special throne of the LORD. It is an eternal expanse - a Heavenly Garden which is beyond known beauty and unimaginable. The four heavens under this realm are the Pleroma. The Pleroma contains all of the creation and created energy - the first four heavens and all that is in them. The lower heavens will be completely restored at the Restoration of All-things. Creation itself longs for that day.

The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Circle

We now have the “highest of heavens”, the Trinity of the heavens. Heaven 5,6, and 7 comprise the Temple of God in Heaven and the abode, or home of the Supreme God Intelligence. I cannot, nor do other Antiochene Christians, speak openly yet about these final circles of the Seven Circles.

We know that the more sacred descriptions and titles of these heavens are;

7thAin (the Highest)

6th - Ain Soph

5th - Ain Soph Or

 

The Sixth Heaven

The 6th heaven is the Holy Place of the heavenly expanse - the Heavenly Temple. In here special council is held between God and His Archangels (Job 2:1). Seven High Angels dwell in this sanctuary dressed in exceedingly white garments. This is also a special place of communication with the angelic host. Jesus as High Priest officiates in the courts of heaven from here. It is here that He announces that His children are completely forgiven and sealed and saved.

The Seventh Heaven

The final and 7th heaven is the Holy of Holies. This is where the Trinity dwells as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. No one may enter this place and survive save through theosis and God’s approval. Here is where the untouchable, unexplainable, unknowing exists. This is the highest, above all other heavens. A non-created reality of all that God is, was, or ever shall be. Here is center nowhere and circumference everywhere.

Inside this eternity there is an 8th reality/unreality – sometimes called the 8th heaven – but in reality, it does not exist, it just is. The only things that we really know about this “realm” is the fact that there is no sin or death, it is eternal and perfect LOVE.

“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.” (Hebrews 4:14)

We have become introduced to the Seven Heavens and the Seven Circles.

This is most certainly true.

Eric William King (December 2017) ~ Some Early Original Revelations for TSW



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