Unconsciously, many writers of different genres (movies, t.v., novels, comics, poetry, etc.) have written of them. Movies like the “matrix” (many days ago) and the Netflix series “manifested” (not so many days ago) have shown forth their uncanny makeup and prowess which is born not out of human ingenuity or mythological discourse but out of eternal promise, divine revelation, and prophetic manifestation. They are referred to by many names: superheroes, legends, enigmas, genius’, titans, demigods, marvels, wonders, powers, monsters, etc. However, by prophetic revelation I have termed them (for the purposes of this treatise) the “Manifested Ones”. Manifested because the power inherent in them is neither of ontological nor of cosmological origins. Manifested because the wisdom and knowledge concomitant in them is neither of psychological nor of physiological origins. Manifested because the discernment they possess is neither of intuitive (what the term humanism means) nor of psychic (what the term satanism means) origins. They are manifested precisely because their origins cannot be discovered apart from the “revelatory” wisdom of the Eternal Godhead. To be manifested means to be brought into open demonstration for purposes that have yet to be revealed (what the term destiny refers to). In order to be manifested three concerns must be considered; the source, the purpose, and the principle. In considering the source (theologically speaking), to be manifested means to be both “born” and “born again” because birthing is both the natural and eternal principle by which the Eternal Godhead chose to demonstrate manifestation into both the existential and eternal realms. When the eternal (spirits, angels, etc.) enters the existential realm this is known as “manifestation”. When the Eternal Godhead enters the existential realm it is known in the Old Testament as “theophanic manifestation”, in the New Testament as Emmanuel or God with us the “Divine Manifestation”, and in the ultimate context Jesus Christ the “Ultimate Manifestation”. Manifested Ones are “born” and “born again” into the existential state and not into movies and books because the “Divine Purpose” is to be revealed in the hearts of mankind as eternal salvation and not as imaginative and speculative accounts of unregenerate damnation (what the phrase “lake of fire” refers to”). The principle of being born again for Divine Purpose is the key in understanding the source of Manifested Ones because their radix (latin meaning root) is not in human incapacity, ingenuity, imagination, invention, or intuition which expresses human will; but in the indwelling of the “Divine/Holy Spirit” (what the term pentecostalism means) of the Eternal Godhead which expresses “Divine Will”. The Apostle John concurs when he writes: “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:- Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God”. The Apostle Paul reveals: “Wherein He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;- Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself”. In considering the purpose, to be manifested means to reveal both the constructing and destructing singular concept of “Divine Wisdom” because the Manifested Ones have a singular heart’s devotion (what the term “holiness” expresses) to the “Spirit of Christ” and a singular heart’s enmity towards the “spirit of antichrist”. In the imaginative and speculative unregenerate human mind this concept appears as superhero versus villain, champion versus arch nemesis, crusader versus darkness, etc. However, in the manifested mind (what the term regeneration means) “Divine Wisdom” is the ultimate weapon whereby the singular pathway of eternal salvation in Christ Jesus is constructed in the hearts of humankind and every false pathway (religion, occult, etc.) is utterly destroyed. Divine Wisdom has been employed as the ultimate weapon in the Manifested Ones because Divine Purpose has stated that all enemies of the Lord Jesus Christ, whether reprobate human agents, demonic principalities/powers, etc. shall be destroyed in the eternal measure of the lake of fire. Both “Divine Love” and “Divine Purpose” enact themselves through Divine Wisdom which is why the scriptures also refer to this living principle as the “manifold wisdom of God”. The Apostle Paul again states: “ To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God.- According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord”. Finally, in considering the principle, to be manifested is to express in both proclamation and lifestyle the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ because the kerygmatic principle of “eternal fate” necessitates that eternal salvation is in Jesus Christ “ALONE”. The Manifested Ones are living destroyers of interfaith, unity of mixed faith, and inclusionist damnable doctrines (Acts 4:12). Consciously, the Manifested Ones are known by their real names: Believers, Ecclesia, Born Again, Holiness Unto The Lord, Spirit Filled, Restored, Revived, Fire Baptized, Temples Of The Lord, Redeemed, etc. (Another Oil Point from Theology Nation)
– Bishop Dr. G.A. Cox
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