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LIGHT OF THE WORLD INSPIRATIONS
The Great White Throne
by Tony den Hartog
Preached 4/6/2009
A transcription of tape 2886
Transcribed by Jackie Weber
Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me
gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be
clothed, and that the shame of thy
nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine
eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten:
be zealous therefore, and repent. 20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if
any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh
will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with
my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto
the churches.
This is the beginning of the opening up of
what I would call heaven--a place where
nothing can enter that defiles or makes a
lie, and where you will no longer be
influenced by every wind of doctrine and
the sleight and cunningness by which men
lie in wait to deceive you and lead you
astray (Eph 4:14). This world is full of
deceptions, misleading directions, and
things that human beings really want to
know.
But, unfortunately, human beings cannot
know anything of spiritual value. This is
why Paul says, "I am crucified with Jesus:
nevertheless I live; yet it is not I that lives"
(Gal 2:20). It is not the human "i" (the one
controlled by the Hebrew order of things)
that lives. You must remember that the
Hebrew mind is not a spiritual mind. Neither
is Islam or all the other religions which have
formed themselves out of the feeling that
we are separate from God. The whole world
lieth in wickedness (1Jn 5:19); and we all
have the sense of needing a Messiah,
something to save us from this "untoward
generation" which humanity lives in (Acts
2:40).
There are two worlds.There is the outer
world that we observe with our senses and
are constantly involved with. We are
attached to the peoples, systems, laws and
everything else that this world represents.
How can you escape the wrath of this
world? In this world the devil goes around
like a roaring lion seeking whom he may
devour (1Pet 5:8). The devil can do things
only in the realm that we call the "without."
The devil cannot operate in the "within."
This is why we are encouraged to live not
by observation, but rather from the "within"
(the inner world). We are not to live by what
we can see, feel, analyze or think we need.
For everything that humanity needs is not
what God is going to give you. So you may
as well stop praying for things, because
God is not going to give you anything.
So what is God going to give me? You have
the right to receive a gift--the gift of
righteousness. It is really a state of
being that has no guilt or lack within
itself and needs nothing from the outer
world to satisfy itself because it is totally
satisfied already.
I am perfectly and completely satisfied that I
do not need anything of this outer world to
improve me in any way. As long as you
have the belief that you are lacking
something, you are living from the "without."
Jesus said:
Mark 4:11 Unto you it is given to know the
mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto
them that are without, all these things are
done in parables.
Jesus spoke in parables to the general
public, but to His disciples he spoke of the
Father straightforwardly, not using
parables, pictures or shadows. He said, "If
you have seen Me, you have seen the
Father" (Jn 14:9). You must see Jesus the
way He is now. I'm not talking about the
man who walked on the shores of Galilee
healing and doing all these wonderful
things. Even to know that Jesus is
wonderful, but it will not give you life,
though it might give you healing.
Jesus said, "I must go away" because as
long as He was walking in the "without," He
could minister only to those who were
"without." And He could in no way bring
people up to a spiritual level of
understanding what the Father and the
Kingdom of God is until He was
crucified--because His humanity had to go
away. He as a human could not help them.
Don't look at man whose breath is in his
nostrils (Is 2:22).
No man can help another--even Jesus in
His manhood could not. But now He is no
longer a man. And if you want to come to
the "within," then you will no longer be a
man or woman either. You will now be a
priest after the order of Melchizedek, the
administrator to bring people up hither to a
place where they can see and know
themselves the way they are known of God.
Revelation 4:1 After this. . . .
--after this which Jesus had said to him that
overcomes (Rev 3:21). Do you know
anyone in the world who can really say, "I
don't want or need anything; you can keep
everything--because I am totally satisfied
since I awakened into Its likeness"? In the
world today there are many presentations
by those who call themselves mystics or
gurus. But with all their mystical teachings
and all of their "I Am-ness that I Am-ness,"
they have not been able to bring to India
the freedom that they deserve.
Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon
Me." In other words, "That which was
ordained from the beginning, that thing
which is called the absolute "I"-ness, or the
absolute Being, was revealed to Me as the
Spirit which is now upon Me. He has
anointed Me to bring good tidings to the
captives" (Lk 4:18).
So if you are captivated by your fears or
phobias, I am here to make you see
freedom, to make you see through the
appearance realm of this world to that
which lies within. It is so wonderful,
because after awhile you begin to see
people in a totally different light. As you
begin to look at Jesus the way He is known,
you begin to transform in your own being
into the same image from glory to glory
(2Cor 3:18) and from one degree of light to
another degree of light and are entering in
to the Most Holiest (Hebrews 9:3) by the
blood of the Lamb.
The "blood of the Lamb" is not a
chemical, but rather an idiom for the
pure nature of God (not human nature)
which is the nature of non-resistance, a
nature that doesn't judge anyone. No
matter what you do in the humanity that you
live in, Jesus (or God) will never judge you.
People want to know if there is a judgment
coming. Judgment is always here now,
never tomorrow. Whatever you sow is what
you are going to reap (Gal 6:7). If you stick
your hand in the fire and get burned, that is
the judgment. It is not God who is going to
judge you. God has sent Jesus as the
propitiation for our sins (1Jn 2:2) because
we have been living in the "without"
realm--a realm where we live in the illusion
of a separate sense of self. In this realm
you think that you want this and need that;
and with all that wanting and desiring, you
usually finish up in hell. For God cannot be
petitioned.
How, then, can we experience salvation?
Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my
salvation; whom [or what] shall I fear? . . . .
2 When the wicked . . . came upon me to
eat up my flesh. . . .
The "wicked" are not people. These are
parables or symbols of things that work in
the unconsciousness.
I would say that sixty to seventy percent
of all the diseases in the world are caused
by guilt, fear, anxiety and related feelings. I
know, because I have experienced this
myself.
But I have now received the free gift that
Jesus provided in His ascension into the
place that is called God's throne.
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and,
behold, a door was opened in heaven: and
the first voice which I heard was as it were
of a trumpet talking with me; which said,
Come up hither, and I will shew thee things
which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately
I was in the spirit. . . .
He traveled not distance, but from the outer
to the inner and began to see and hear
unspeakable and wonderful things that
were unlawful to be uttered (2Cor 12:4),
seeing the mystery of the "I AM." And this "I
AM" is not a Hebrew or Dutchman, not a
male or a female, but the very activity of
that creative consciousness in which all
things are contained within themselves; and
nobody needs to ask God for anything
because it is already there. All things are
already yours (1Cor 3:21).
"Well, if I have all things, how can I taste,
see or spend it?" That's the secret; you
don't have to have money to spend.
Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters, and he that hath no
money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come,
buy wine and milk without money and
without price.
God wants to usher us into a whole new
dimension by His love and grace. In that
dimension you will be altogether satisfied,
even if they crucify you upside down. For
you will be able to say, "Crucify me, and in
three days I will come again." What we call
physically dying will never cause you to
miss anything, for that is not death. You will
never see death. All you will ever
experience is a gradual unfoldment as you
go from one degree of glory to another
degree of glory. How many lifetimes that
will take I don't know and don't want to
know.
I'm not talking about reincarnation, for I
don't reincarnate. If I'm driving around in a
car and the car breaks down and the motor
blows up and I buy another car, I don't
reincarnate into another car. It is only a new
vessel that I use to express myself in. The
vessel is not what I am. I'm not a body.
Revelation 4:2 . . . and, behold, a throne
was set in heaven, and one sat on the
throne.
Only one sat on the throne. And that one is
"within." You can call that Christ, the Father,
or the Holy Ghost; but it is all one. It is
self-contained and has total authority.
Revelation 4:3 And he that sat was to look
upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and
there was a rainbow round about the
throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4 And
round about the throne were four and
twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four
and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
raiment; and they had on their heads
crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne
proceeded lightnings and thunderings and
voices: and there were seven lamps of fire
burning before the throne, which are the
seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the
throne there was a sea of glass like unto
crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and
round about the throne, were four beasts
full of eyes before and behind.
These are actually parables or symbols of
what is happening not only in the "without,"
but also in the "within." If you really desire,
you can actually come into that same place
where Jesus was--in a place of
government. You will also be translated out
of the "without" world into the "within." But
once you enter into that "within" realm
where the throne of God is, and when you
are seated IN Him, you can never judge
anybody from an outward standpoint; you
have now come beyond judgment. You
cannot judge even the vilest sinner. You
can only say, "Father, forgive them; they do
not know what they are saying and doing"
(Luke 23:34).
You have now become a priest that the
people need. People need a priest. Jesus is
the High Priest. He experienced the pain,
sorrow and the anguish of soul; He bore the
sicknesses and diseases of the world. Then
he gave up the ghost, died and entered into
a different realm. He ascended into that
throne room realm where the Father is, and
where you are seated once you come
through the judgment. If you are still
comparing notes as to what is and is not
true, you will never get to the place where
you will no longer judge.
"What about you, Tony? Do you still judge?"
If I find myself judging, I must repent. I must
acknowledge that what I am saying is not
coming from the throne room of
God--because my Father judges no man
(Jon 5:22). If I'm a son of my Father, I have
to do the same as my Father. Like Jesus
said, "I speak only those things which I hear
my Father say."
Jesus was so successful because His pure
consciousness drew people to Him; and He
loved every one of them, regardless of their
behavior. Jesus came to deliver us from the
cosmic (or karmic) law of "as ye sow, so
shall ye reap." Karmic law works, whether
you are good or bad, black or white. And it
continues to work until the curse of it is
broken by you receiving the free gift. You
must begin to acknowledge that Jesus bore
your sin and carried your diseases.
Jesus took upon Himself the nature of what
I would call the "without." He was born of a
woman, born under the law; He therefore
bore the curse of the law. Unless you get to
understand the two ways of Jesus, you
cannot enter into the mystical realm or the
new heaven, or the place where all
government is, which is the throne of God.
You can enter into that realm only by
acknowledging that your "old man" (or your
humanity) was crucified and is dead. And
dead men don't judge anyone. If one died
for all, then we are all dead (2Cor 5:14).
First there has to be the death of that thing
that caused all the trouble--which was
Adam and his fear and anxiety about life.
That was the serpent man. "But I thought
the serpent was the devil." That's right; man
became the devil. That devil was not an
opposite to God, but to himself. There are
no opposites to God, nothing that fights
God. How can you fight God? How can a
bunch of darkness fight the brightness of
God's light? Can the darkness overwhelm
the light? What happens to the darkness
when it approaches the light?
If all that is dense and dark, if all the forces
of evil would try to attack the light, they are
consumed by fire the moment they come
even close to the light. When I came to the
light, I was consumed by fire, by the
baptism of fire. God did not forgive me my
sin. God cannot forgive sin; He just
wipes it out. God cannot make darkness
into light. God cannot improve darkness.
Darkness has no substance, no nature, no
constitution. It is simply a non-existent thing
that God never ordained. But we have lived
in it so long that we have thought it is real.
Everything that God has not ordained is not
only a lie--it is just simply not real.
Revelation 14:3 And they sung as it were
a new song before the throne, and before
the four beasts, and the elders: and no man
could learn that song but the hundred and
forty and four thousand, which were
redeemed from the earth.
That simply means that they went from the
outer (earth) realm to the inner realm. From
the realms of war, conflict, resistance and
constant arguments to that "within," that
knowingness. "I know whom I have
believed, and am [fully] persuaded" (2Tim
1:12); I am here, there and everywhere; I
am "THAT"--but not in my humanity.
1John 1:1That which was from the
beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have
looked upon, and our hands have handled,
of the Word of life; 2 (For THE life was
manifested, and we have seen it, and bear
witness, and shew unto you that eternal life,
which was with the Father, and was
manifested unto us;)
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father,) full of grace and truth.
We saw it and tasted it. That's the
substance. And Jesus could say, "Before
Abraham, I am THAT." I am that which was
from the beginning. I am the Word. I am the
living essence that lives and abides
forever--never, ever ceasing. It contains
everything that you need. There is no
disease or death in it. There's nothing else
but light, love, peace and joy in the Holy
Ghost. Come out from among them, all ye
that suffer and are heavy laden. Be ye
separate, saith the Lord. Touch not the
unclean--the outer. For the outer (the
"without") is the unclean, no matter what
you call it.
People think perhaps God will be pleased
with them if they give up something or obey
some laws or the ten commandments. No,
God cannot be pleased with you because
you try to obey a commandment. If you
could obey the ten commandments to the
letter, you would be the only one who ever
did; not even Jesus did it.
Jesus fulfilled the law by dying. Whatever
law there is, you cannot be freed by it. If
you want to really experience the law of
the spirit of life that was also in Christ
Jesus (Rom 8:2), you must die.
John 4:7 There cometh a woman of
Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto
her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples
were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him,
How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest
drink of me, which am a woman of
Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and
said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of
God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give
me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of
him, and he would have given thee living
water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou
hast nothing to draw with, and the well is
deep: from whence then hast thou that
living water? Art thou greater than our
father Jacob, which gave us the well, and
drank thereof himself, and his children, and
his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto
her, Whosoever drinketh of this water [outer
water] shall thirst again: But whosoever
drinketh of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I shall
give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life. The
woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this
water, that I thirst not, neither come hither
to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy
husband, and come hither. The woman
answered and said, I have no husband.
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I
have no husband: For thou hast had five
husbands; and he whom thou now hast is
not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive
that thou art a prophet. Our fathers
worshipped in this mountain; and ye say,
that in Jerusalem is the place where men
ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her,
Woman, believe me, the hour cometh,
when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor
yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye
worship ye know not what: we know what
we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But
the hour cometh, and now is, when the true
worshippers shall worship the Father in
spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh
such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and
they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.
It is now no longer salvation for the Jews;
all those who are true worshipers will
experience salvation. You don't have to be
a Jew or be good or bad. You simply have
to recognize the Spirit and the wisdom by
which Jesus pointed out that if you think
you can look to a husband or wife for
satisfaction and fulfillment in life, you have
not found the well from which living waters
will spring up.
Out of your innermost being shall flow rivers
of living water in which there is the fulness
of life and joy--everything that you need.
There is no attachment to anything or
hanging on to anyone for your security. You
have found self-fulfillment. When you have
found self-fulfillment, you are coming
closer to that place called the throne.
What kind of judgment is the white throne
judgment? The white throne is the place of
the inner kingdom where everything is
already perfect and harmonious. When you
come to that recognition, you begin to
overcome all feelings of "I want" or "I
desire." You will find total satisfaction as
you awaken into that place where all things
are already there.
Wherever you go, it is there. If you find
yourself thirsty on a raft in the middle of a
sunny ocean--if you recognize that "'I' am
here, there and everywhere," suddenly a
little cloud will appear above the boat and it
will begin to rain. For out of your innermost
being that water will flow. And fish will jump
into the boat so that you will not hunger
either. Jesus said, "Eat of my flesh; drink of
my blood; and it it ye shall find satisfaction."
Are you eating it? Are you feeling this
substance?
The realization of it is coming now. God is
preparing a people that are willing to lay
down everything that they have trusted
in--even physical life--to the point where
they say, "Lord, here I am; speak, your son
(or daughter) is listening." There is
something happening that is breaking the
barriers of self preservation.
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a
Lamb stood on the mount Sion. . . .
Mount Zion is that perfect government out
of the throne, out of the perfect order that
God has ordained after the order of
Melchizedek. It is the avenue through which
all life comes and everybody is completely
satisfied. Eventually this whole world which
we know today as black or white, good or
evil, Baptist or Moslem is going to be
consumed. It is all irrelevant and is all going
to go--until "I" is the only one left. When "I"
am lifted up, "I" will draw all men unto
myself (Jn 12:32).
Everybody has this "I" that governs within
himself. But, unfortunately, the whole of
humankind is overshadowed by a feeling of
lack, fear and anxiety about "What shall I
eat or drink?" "I'm losing my house", etc.
Who cares about the house? Go, sit in the
park and the birds will bring food to you.
The ravens will feed you. You don't need
anything. And if you let go of all these
feelings of needing and wanting
security, all things will be added to you.
You have previously worked so hard. Now it
is time to "be still and know that I am God"
(Ps 46:10). "I" is your total sufficiency.
But if you think that you are going to be
something in your humanity or that people
are going to acknowledge your deity, it will
all vanish and pass away.
People have mistaken the book of
Revelation to be an account of things that
are going to happen in the "without"--wars,
earthquakes, famines, etc. But those things
are happening right now. You don't have to
be afraid of the future. People are dying by
the thousands right now and we are
wondering why God is letting these things
happen. It is not God that is letting them
happen; it is our stupidity. It's all because
we desperately want to live. We want to
protect our assets and our lives.
But Jesus said, "If you try to preserve your
life and do everything possible to secure
yourself, you will lose it" (Mt 16:25).
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a
Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with
him an hundred forty and four thousand,
having his Father’s name written in their
foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from
heaven, as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard
the voice of harpers harping with their
harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new
song. . . .
What song are you singing?
There's a river of life flowing out from me.
It makes the lame to walk and the blind to
see,
Opens prison doors and sets the captives
free.
There's a river of life flowing out from me.
It's no longer a river of life coming towards
me to bless me; it is now flowing out to the
world to bless the world.
Verse 4 These are they which were not
defiled with women. . . .
It doesn't mean physical. "For they are
virgins" (v 4). That doesn't just mean
women; it means men also. And this has
nothing to do with sex. They are totally and
completely dedicated and married to Him
that rose from the dead. And they bring
forth fruit unto God.
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye
also are become dead to the law by the
body of Christ; that ye should be married to
another, even to him who is raised from the
dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto
God
--thirty-fold, sixty-fold, and a hundred-fold.
Many children are born into this realm. For
when you are married unto that, you will
bring forth children unto God.
And the church as a whole in that
recognition brings forth the "man child" (Rev
12:5). The man child is not referring to a
male, but to this child which in the
beginning was ordained by God to have
authority and dominion. And that child lives
within you; but it is still overshadowed. It
comes out into expression when we
surrender.
Revelation 14:4 These are they which
follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.
These were redeemed from among men,
being the firstfruits unto God and to the
Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no
guile: for they are without fault before the
throne of God.
They are not only before the throne of God,
but are seated in the throne of God. The
throne of God is a light which is so
bright that it is called the white throne. It
speaks of wholeness, purity and
completeness; but, more than that, it
means the tremendous authority and the
dominion that is in that throne realm
company.
Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white
throne, and him that sat on it, from whose
face the earth and the heaven fled away. . .
.
This "heaven" is called the lower heaven; it
is actually the psychic realm, the realm of
human and mind activity. It is all fleeing
away because there is no activity other than
God--no more mind realm, no more trying
to be, no more concentration and
visualization. This is the throne of pure
recognition.
So when people come to you, they will
sense your non-judgment. You are no
longer anything. I am nothing, I am nobody;
but at the same time I am "that"; and "that"
draws all men unto "me." Not to Tony, for
there is no Tony. There is no Jesus
either. There is only that life-giving
Presence that draws everything into
Itself without judgment.
But we'll have to come. God will not force
you to come. When things are not going so
well in what we call the outer world, when
you are going through divers temptations,
you must say to yourself, "I don't care if
they take everything away from me; I'm
looking at Jesus, the author and finisher of
my faith, who, for the joy that was set
before Him, endured the cross, despising
the shame, lest I should be weary and faint
in my mind" (Heb 12:2-3).
Jesus conquered death, the devil, every
principality and power and every ruler of the
darkness; He made an open show of them
and triumphed over them in it (Col 2:15).
So we are breaking through what I would
call the outer realm. It's like the rocket that
goes up and drops one of its sections so
that it can go into a different dimension and
eventually come to the place where there is
no more gravitational pull--then it just orbits.
I am here, there, and everywhere. I am in
heavenly places, far above all principalities
and powers and all the rulers of the
darkness. I am all over the place. If you
think you see me sitting here in a chair, you
are in the "without."
As you enter into that realm of the
throne room, the white throne, then you
are actually coming into a place where
all the darkness is going to be judged.
You come to the throne. And as you
come, all the dirty rags, all your false
securities, all your feelings of guilt, all
your fears and anxieties are falling off;
they are judged and cast into the lake of
fire never to be remembered again.
You come closer and closer until you see
yourself the way you are known. Then God
says, "Sit down, you have overcome the
world even as I have overcome the world."
Then you will sit and begin to do the same
thing. People will come, and their rags will
fall off. They will say to you, "I used to know
you, but now you are so different;
something is happening to you." No, it is not
happening; it is already done; it is finished. I
am dead, but at the same time I am alive in
the very Presence that contains everything.
And everywhere around the world, people
will touch the hem of the garment and will
be made whole.
It's just a matter of time. But there is going
to be a time when there is no more time.
"And time shall be no more." Time itself is
fiction. God doesn't know what time is.
There is only an eternal now.
We have now risen into that realm Jesus
was referring to when He said, "I go to
prepare for you, that where I am ye may be
there also" (Jn 14:2-3).