THE TREE IN THE GARDEN

In the Beginning

In the beginning the Father placed a tree in the garden of Eden, in which He had put the knowledge of good and evil. He intended to teach man about good and about evil. He wanted man to trust Him, until He could reveal evil and its consequences, and good and its consequences. However, man did not wait for the Father, and ignoring the Father’s warning, he ate of the fruit before its time. The Father had warned that the consequences to sin is death. He was proven right. In the very next generation, one of Adam’s sons killed another. Sin had brought about death. From the beginning, man’s hearts have been towards evil. Evil is self over others. All evil stems from self in some way or another. Murder, rape, greed, unkindness, adultery; all come from the desire to please self. Although it was man who had sinned, God made His first promise of intervention, by saying that He would send someone to crush the head of the enemy, who was involved in leading man into this sin. Man is without excuse. He chose to sin. Yet the Father intervened.

Noah

The earth was totally given over to wickedness by the days of Noah. The Father showed that He intervened again in Noah's day. He saved Noah, and sent the rest of the earth to hell. With Noah, He started over again on the earth, trying to establish man in righteousness (righteousness is "good"). However, again man returned to his evil ways. There is no excuse for blaming the enemy exclusively, for what man does over and over by his own choice.

Abraham

Although man was wicked, and the Father was under no obligation to intervene, He did so again. This time He sent His Spirit, not just to one man, but to an entire nation. Because of the immensity of what He was planning to do, He first tested Abraham, the father of this nation. God said to him, "Give me your son". Abraham did. The Father was pleased. Abraham represented mankind, yielding to God's will, when he sacrifice his son by the Father's will. This was an act of self-lessness on Abraham’s part. Because Abraham loved the Father, and rejected the evil of looking only to his own desires, the Father intervened on mans' behalf again, and brought forth a nation and gave them laws, to show what is good. These laws, found primarily in the ten commandments, are loving and selfless. "Good" is love. "Evil" is selfishness. This nation also was used by Him, to remove wicked nations from the earth. As in the day of Noah, the Father sent entire nations of people into hell. The Jewish nation was called by the Father to demonstrate His love and presence, ("good") to others, while rejecting the evil. Eventually they failed to do this. They turned His good laws into religious obligations.

Jesus

Then the Father sent His own Son, whom He loves with all His heart. Jesus demonstrated the heart of the Father. He is an exact representation of the Father, and is the perfect example of what is good. He is loving, and desires to save, yet He rejected evil, and called to account those who claim His name, but are sinning. Jesus set the example to all men as to what manner of men they should be. They should obey the loving laws of God, and they should love each other, and treat each other as they would like to be treated. Jesus also went and preached to the people who had been sent to hell earlier.

As Time Passed

Over time, some nations embraced what Jesus demonstrated. They made laws based on fairness and kindness for all men. The Father showed the changes that came about on the earth, because Jesus came and died on the cross. Some nations made laws based on "good". Others rejected Him and His laws. The nations who rejected are nations that were in darkness. So the earth, from the view of the Father, became partially light and partially dark. Yet man, in his nature, continued to turn towards evil. The enemy has been involved, in individuals and nations, in leading man to go towards the darkness.

In These Latter Days

Although Jesus came with such a pure example of love, and with such a sacrifice for our sin, man has turned again and again towards his own selfish desires; rejecting the good, to embrace the evil. The enemy, with his deceptions, has persuaded man that good is evil, and evil is good. In these latter days, the enemy has introduced, doctrines of evil, and called them "good". Communism is a "good" idea (fellowship of all man, with common sharing of material things) that is actually evil. Communism rejects God, for the idea that man is good and will do good. Some nations rejected Jesus outright, to embrace some other religion, which can only lead to darkness. There were some nations, founded on God's good laws, which were in the light at one time. In these latter days, the enemy has introduced deception in these nations. For instance, in the United States, he has introduced and promoted liberalism. Liberalism claims to be "good", yet is evil. Men embracing liberalism are deceived, and think they are in the light, when actually they are in darkness.

The Church and the World

Like communism, liberalism claims to want the good of man, yet makes laws which exalt evil. One example of this is abortion. Claiming that abortion is for the good of women, laws have been made which allow innocent children to be murdered. Another policy which claims to be for the good of the people, is the policy of "separation of church and state", which is really nothing but an excuse to reject God, and particularly Jesus. The enemy eagerly fosters these policies. Claiming the good of the child, laws have been implemented which forbid parents to discipline their children by spanking them in love. (How else can you teach your child to do what pleases God, since the child's nature contains sin? Children need their parents' help to embrace the good and reject the evil. The Father Himself disciplines us. These laws claim to be for the "good" of the children.) All this is done in the name of "good" but in actuality it is evil. The church has not stood firmly against these deceptions with power. You may find pockets of people who fight against abortion, but these people are few, and they are come against by the enemy and the world.

The Father says that this is the state of the world today. It has become like the days of Noah. There are no nations remaining which stand solidly for good. The enemy has almost completed his work. Jesus will return to such a world. Soon, the enemy will make a major move and then men will be even more deceived. In light of all this, what shall the Father do? The Father showed that He has continually moved to lead man towards good, hoping man will reject the evil. As He showed His interventions, He said to us concerning the world today, "I have not yet made My move."

What Shall the Father Do?

What move should He make? Man willingly embraces sin. This is why the Father has given prophecies to us, like "INFANT BRIDE", and others, in which He tells us plainly to grow up and stop thinking only of ourselves, and to look to Him for HIS will and desires. He has called us to His throne room, to His Table to learn His will. The Father showed by His Holy Spirit that He tested Abraham before He chose to bring a nation out of Him. Now He is considering what He will do with His Remnant. Because of the immensity of what the Father is considering doing, He is allowing His people to be tested now. He showed (in"Hand to Hand Combat") that the enemy has been fiercely attacking the servants of Jesus who are doing His will. The Father told me that these attacks are to be allowed for a season. They are allowed so that we who love Him, and are to be wed to His beloved Son, will demonstrate, as Job did in the face of the enemy, that we trust and love and will obey the Father, no matter what the consequences are to ourselves. We must demonstrate a willingness to suffer according to the will of God. After we have shown ourselves faithful (and any who will not stand shall be weeded out, as not worthy of Jesus, who suffered so greatly for them), then shall the Father make His move. The season of testing will end. The Holy Spirit will be sent to move over the earth, according to the will of the Father.

With love in Jesus,
Char Tierney
Table of the Remnant