A Dream I Had

I was lifted up in the Spirit, and two seraphim sung to me. I will not describe the seraphim, but they had six wings; but I saw their face and legs, and this I will not reveal, for it is a mystery. They sung the Cherubim hymn. The Cherubim are the majesty, the top order of the angels---not the second. The Cherubim are the four creatures seated at God's throne, given power and dominion over wisdom. The Seraphim are given power and dominion over love for God.

They sung the Cherubim hymn in perfect Latin. Telling me to set aside my cares for this world. They kept repeating the line, "Let us set aside the cares for this life," saying "Nosotros" in the lyric.

How do we fulfill this? Simply put, I think it's to ignore the worldly wisdom, the promise of gain, the promise of fortune, and the cares of this life. And it's to dwell on God and His Spirit. As the Cherubim mystically represent Wisdom---perhaps it is God telling me to discover and divine His wisdom, so I can help others set aside the cares of this life. Maybe, by teaching Christ, I will unburden them the yokesome weight of worldly success, worldly truth and worldly religion. 

How to unburden that? I do not know. It doesn't mean not to work. It doesn't mean not to care, or stop providing for your family. It means, rather, to lay aside the burden of worldly success---the dominion of Satan and the pressure to perform. It's to unburden and slacken the yoke this world lays upon us, telling us to pursue riches, fame, fortune, wealth, honor, glory and gold. Rather, to seek God's kingdom first, so we may receive Christ graciously, and be seen doing our priestly duties.

Paul says, "He who does not work, does not eat." But, those who work simply to eat, or those who work for the approval of others, this is the world and all it represents. We who mystically represent the Cherubim reject these notions, and all sound wisdom do we implore.

There is more. The world weighs on the soul a massive burden. It wishes us to accept sin, to rejoice in wrongdoing, to desire, covet, work fruitlessly and tirelessly on things material and vain. We ought to be satisfied in our lot, wherever we are. If poor, as poor. If rich, giving the poor their needs accordingly. If in between, sharing the burdens of the less fortunate. We who mystically represent the Cherubim, we are given salvation through the rejection and denial of this world. Not through accepting, or working in it. The famous like Jordan Peterson, Paul Washer, Ray Comfort---although some of them doing good work for the kingdom, and some utterly evil and steeped in wrongdoing---we ought not covet these worldly positions. Neither pope, nor president, nor lawyer, doctor, scholar, master or sage. Rather, we are to do our little works here, unburdening the weak from their burden and taxation put on them by the rich, who lord over them the wealth of nations, and tell them they are inferior minded for not having obtained such position and status. This is what we unburden from ourselves. Neither to be great men like Paul, or Jeremiah or King Saul, but to be within our means, taking the meagre bread we can afford with satisfaction, and as a Chinese proverb goes, "Happy belly, happy life." Neither fruitlessly pursuing food, but rather being provided with the manna from heaven, which is God's word. Let our bellies be filled with God's word, and our mouths filled with truth. And let this feed us, whether as farmers, carpenters, painters, electricians, plumbers, writers, pastors, theologians, doctors, lawyers, tax officials, servant or king. Let God's word feed us, and fill our mouths and bellies, so we can be filled with good, and not care for the things of this life, pursuing the empty vanity of worldly success, achievement, or notoriety. If a Pulitzer Prize, only for Jesus. And if none, for Jesus as well, so long as it ministers with wisdom. If a Super Bowl ring, only for Jesus---for He decides and decrees who wins these honors, if there is an honest sport. Rather, let us work in the honesty of our professions, whatever it is, so enjoyment and satisfaction can rain down upon us. Not for these things alone,---I speak foolishly, yet don't---but for the glory of the Kingdom in honesty, truth and meekness.

What we do, we are given by God to be great Chess players, honest folk and workmen, bakers, butchers and smiths;  craftsmen, piano players, fashioners of toys, games, and the great furnishings which we all enjoy. Yet, make these things rubbish, should they be taken away in an instance. Make them counted less than a filthy rag, to be thrown away, if in peril for the Kingdom. Lay down the burden of chasing these things... receive the bounty God has given, if through honest gain. Yet, never put these things so highly that you will cause others to lose their portions, their spoils, their success... for this is idolatry. To covet what is not yours, nor rightfully, even as a poor man,---lay aside the burden of this world. For there will always be poor, and many poor are honorable, never stealing, never backbiting, always gracious for their received gifts. And these, I tell you, have great portions awaiting them in the kingdom, greater than I or any other man, for having suffered needlessly in life. For they have given up everything, and are called Apostles, taken out of the world and given new names. Let us be like them, ready at a moment to lay aside the dust of gold for the kingdom of heaven. For, if our flight is now, we must lay aside even family and friends and allies if it means fleeing to a kingdom which is safer. For, Jeremiah spoke to Judah, saying, "Flee unto Babylon." Not because Babylon was better than their home, but because it was just, and thereby they would not be cruelly mistreated by their own brethren.

Be ready to lay aside all cares, all burdens---super bowl rings, world cups, Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, Fame, Fortune, Grandmastery,---if these things come at the cost of covetousness. Lay them aside, if they come at the cost of sin and unburden yourself with the cares of this world. If one must sin to attain these paltry riches, then it is better to be the poor out on the street. If, by worldly measure, one must sin in order to be successful... then it is better to live like half the world and suffer a short time, than to live luxuriously and spend an eternity in hell.

Yet, for all of this, remember America was good.