In my Father’s house are many mansions. The word mansions means to stay (in a given place, state, relation, or expectancy) revealing their spiritual element. These mansions exist in the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God; in the realm of the mind and the realm of the Heart. We choose the mansion in which we exist by choosing the state in which we wish our mind and heart to exist. We enter the kingdom of heaven by choosing to learn about the thoughts of our mind. It is our schoolroom, a place for learning about our self. Here we will ask questions pertaining to our life, eating of the spiritual manna, meaning what? how? where? and why? By eating of this spiritual bread from our spiritual heaven, we overcome that which is causing problems in our life.

Entering the Kingdom of Heaven: The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 4:16,17. The great light is awareness with regard to the negative and destructive thoughts of our mind, some of which are hidden in the darkness of repression. The word shadow means the darkness of error. Error is sin, and the wages of sin is death; spiritual and physical death. The word repent means to think differently, taking place in the kingdom of heaven, symbolizing the realm of the mind. We enter the kingdom of heaven through a desire to change our life, activating a process that begins with changing our thoughts, the holy spirit bringing the negative and destructive thoughts or memories, hidden in the darkness of repression, into the light; into our awareness. The land of Zabulon (Zebulun), and the land of Nephtalim (Naphtali) by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. Matthew 4:15. It is the Gentiles that come into the light.  A spiritual Gentile is one that is open-minded; one that is willing to learn about oneself.  The land of the Gentiles begins at Zebulun and ends at Naphtali, which has to do with us becoming aware of the destructive thoughts we have become inhabited with, and then becoming aware of the erroneous beliefs that generate them. When we experience this stage of the spiritual process, we have passed over from the kingdom of heaven to the kingdom of God.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also. Matthew 23:25,26. The scribes and Pharisees were the religious peoples of Jesus’ day. The (self) righteousness of the hypocrite comes by making the outside look good. To exceed this phony external righteousness, we must clean the inside of the cup and the platter; the cup symbolizing the mind, the platter symbolizing the heart, purifying the thoughts of our mind and the emotions of our heart. We enter the kingdom of heaven through our desire to begin this life-changing purification process.

Entering the Kingdom of God: … The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here!, or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:20,21… The kingdom of God symbolizes the realm of the Heart.  We enter it by seeking the truth of the heart. If we only seek the righteousness of truth at the mind level, we will retain that which is keeping us from receiving what our heart truly desires. Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain… purify your hearts, ye double minded.  James 4:1,8. If we purify our mind, but not our heart, we are double minded because the heart, dwelling of the subconscious mind, will hold one thought, while the conscious mind holds another. The mind becomes an enemy of the heart, hiding its true feelings and condition. We must seek the kingdom of God, seeking to purify our hearts.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?   Matthew 9:14… The disciples of John and the Pharisees practiced a mind-body discipline, which was to end at the death of John the Baptist, as the Law was to end at the death of Moses. John instructed his own disciples to stop following him, and follow Jesus, saying to his disciples, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” The Spirit was now resting upon Jesus, becoming one with the word, the spirit working in conjunction with the works of the word, evoking a more powerful heart discipline… The works of repentance was over, dead, symbolized by the beheading of John. It was time to move past ephemeral mind-body disciplines and into a lasting heart discipline; moving beyond the kingdom of heaven and into the kingdom of God, where we do the works that purify our heart… For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man… Matthew 15:19,20. When he speaketh fair, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.  Proverbs 26:25 …

Be watchful, and strengthen [be strong about] the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.  Revelation 3:2. The word seven and perfect share the same meaning, to be complete.  What makes us complete or perfect, is the word of God, which we receive by doing the works (John 10:35-38). It is through these spiritual works that we receive the salvation of our soul, our faith complete, perfected… When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none… Man has done a good job of purifying his thoughts, but he has yet to purify his heart. His works are not yet made perfect; not yet complete, so he finds no rest. He must enter the kingdom of God, where the enemy dwells. If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Matthew 12:28… Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he cast seven devils. Mark 16:9… When you become aware of the false beliefs that inhabit your heart, the kingdom of God is come unto you; you have entered the kingdom of God. You have placed your feet on holy ground, where you are to fight a holy war, driving the unholy inhabitants out of your spiritual promised land, as the children of Israel were to drive the seven inhabitants out of the literal Promised Land.

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