"The Secret of GOD," as revealed by John in the Revelation of Christ, between the chapter notes of chapter 17-1c, with a renewed mind and our victory as foretold.

We are continuing our in depth look into; "The Lamb's Book of Life - Humanity's Redeemed Identity" as our basis. As indeed is the whole theme of this, "The Mirror Study Bible," is based upon.

1John 5:17-21, Romans 1:25-26, "We know that we have our origin in GOD; Yet the whole world [1] lies trapped in the blindfold-mode of a lost identity; Intoxicated by the ponderous system of a futile mentality of hardships laborings and annoyances! (The word [1] keimai means to lie prostrate, outstretched; buried.) This is what has become distinctly clear to us: the [1] coming of the Son of GOD is GOD'S mission accomplished! He is the incarnate Christ. The moment all of Scripture pointed to has arrived! The Son is [1] present! In Him GOD has given us the greatest of gifts, [2] a mind whereby we may know Him who is true; And in the same knowing, to find ourselves there in Him who is true! Humanity is fully included and located in Him, in His Son Jesus Christ; This means that whatever Jesus is as Son, we are. This is the true GOD; This is the life of the ages! This defeats every image of our imagination that could possibly compete with the authentic likeness of our design! Darling children, distance yourselves from every substitute image, which is what [1] idolatry is all about!" ( The word [1, G2240] hēkō, translates is come means present, in the verb has arrived. The word [2, G1271 from G1223 and G3563] dianoia, a mind, is a compound of two words, from (G1223) dia, meaning channel, and (G3563) nous, means intellect, and upward understanding. The word [1, G1497] eidolon, is often translated idol, refers to image or likeness. The word [1, G1504 from G1503 eikō, faintness, a copy] eikon, means image or likeness - this is the theme of the whole Bible and redemption; The image and likeness of GOD revealed and redeemed in human form! Idolatry is a projection of an image of one's own making. Idolatry is the crux of religion - it is expensive business since your idol is like a slot machine at the casino! It remains hungry and it is wired to bite and bankrupt you! Isaiah 40:18-21, To whom then will you liken GOD, or what likeness compares with Him? The idol? A workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains. He who is impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will not rot; He seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an image that will not move. Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundation of the earth? Remember your beginning! You are GOD'S idea - the Engineer of the Universe imagined you! gen. 1:26; Col. 1:15, 2:9-10.

Acts 17:28-31, For "In Him we live and move and have our being;" as even some of your poets have said, "For we are indeed His offspring." Being then GOD'S offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold or silver, or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of human origin. The times of ignorance GOD overlooked, but now he compels all of humanity everywhere to awaken to their redeemed identity and innocence!)

Romans 1:25-26 "Truth suppressed (Rom. 1:18) became twisted truth. Instead of embracing their Maker as their authentic identity, they preferred the deception of a distorted image of their own making, religiously giving it their affection and worship. The true GOD is the blessed GOD of the ages. Hey! He is not defined by our devotion or indifference! (And all this because they traded the true GOD for a fake god, and worshiped the god they made instead of the GOD who made them.) By being confused about their Maker they became confused about themselves. (In order to now manage the inevitable feeling of failure, guilt, inferiority, condemnation and judgment, the idea of a scapegoat emerged whereby slain animals are sacrificed to appease angry deities of their imagination. This "pay now and sin later" or "sin now and pay later" - idea became the illusion of religion! The sense of relief and self-justification presents a very lucrative and marketable commodity! These ritual sacrifices and the feast that followed became extravagant indulgences of food, alcohol and licentiousness of every sort! 

It is within this background that paganism of mindset was born that now typically requires a scapegoat-language was adopted in both the Torah and the Prophetic writings (including David's Psalms) whereby the promised Messiah is dynamically introduced as the Savior of humanity. Jesus did not come to "conveniently manage" our sin and sense of failure; He came to obliterate our sinfulness and sin-consciousness, bringing closure to a warped identity and mindset that we inherited from our fathers and in His resurrection he re-booted us and raised us into newness of life!) (The Mirror, with editing.)

We shall being our next visit with Hebrews 10:2, the LORD willing. Until then may He who IS bring us to ourselves yet again. As these days and time require it.