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January 28, 2026 · 11:57 am

Who is Christ? The Visible God Revealed

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Introduction

Blindness is one of Scripture’s most persistent metaphors—not merely the inability to see with physical eyes, but the deeper inability to perceive who God truly is. Throughout the Gospels, Christ heals the blind, yet each miracle points beyond itself. These healings are signs, shadows, and living parables of a greater work: the opening of humanity’s spiritual eyes to recognize the identity of the Son (John 9:39; Matthew 13:13). For the greatest blindness is not physical; it is the inability to see Christ as He truly is. And the greatest healing is the revelation of His identity.

Many pursue spiritual truth with zeal, sincerity, and even sacrifice, yet remain unaware of the central mystery: Christ is Yahweh made visible—the Father dwelling in human form, the Seed and the Word made flesh (Colossians 1:15; John 1:14; 1 Timothy 3:16). Until this truth dawns upon the heart, the eyes remain dim. But when this revelation breaks through, the blindness lifts, and the believer begins to walk in the light of who God is.

This essay explores that revelation. It traces the mystery of the Son, the Seed, and the Word; the nature of spiritual blindness; and the eye‑salve Christ offers to those who desire to overcome. For those “going for all the marbles”—those who long to feed lambs and sheep (John 21:15–17), to bear one‑hundred‑fold fruit (Matthew 13:23), and to sit with Christ on His throne (Revelation 3:21)—seeing Him rightly is not optional. It is essential.

I. Who Is Christ? The Visible Manifestation of the Invisible Yahweh

The question “Who is Christ?” is not academic; it is the axis upon which spiritual sight turns. Christ is not merely a teacher, prophet, or moral example. He is the visible manifestation of the invisible Yahweh (Colossians 1:15), the Creator God who spoke the worlds into existence. His Hebrew name, Yahshua, declares His identity openly: “Yahweh is the Savior” (Matthew 1:21).

The Son of God is not a second divine being standing beside the Father. Rather, the Son is Yahweh Himself come in human form. The Father, who is Spirit, took on flesh and walked among His creation (John 4:24; John 1:14). The Son is the human vessel with the Spirit within; the Father is the indwelling Spirit. Together, they form the one Christ—the Anointed One who reveals the Father perfectly because the Father dwells within Him (John 10:30; John 14:10–11; 1 Timothy 3:16).

II. The Seed, the Word, and the Mystery of the Son

Christ often spoke in parables—mysteries designed to conceal truth from the unready and reveal it to the hungry (Luke 8:10; Matthew 13:35). He declared, “The seed is the Word of God” (Luke 8:11). This is not a botanical lesson but a revelation of identity. The Seed is the Word; the Word is the Son; and the Son is the Father dwelling in flesh.

Thus, when Scripture says, “The Word was made flesh,” it unveils the mystery: Yahweh, the eternal Word, took on human form as the Son (John 1:14). The Seed planted in the earth is the Father’s own life embodied in the man Yahshua. To see the Son is to see the Father (John 14:9); to receive the Seed is to receive the very life of God (Galatians 3:16).

III. The Human Condition: Blindness to the Identity of Christ

Yet humanity remains blind to this truth. People may admire Jesus, respect Him, or even worship Him, yet still fail to perceive who He truly is. This blindness is not intellectual; it is spiritual. It is the inability to recognize that the Son is not a second divine person but the Father revealed in flesh (2 Corinthians 3:14; John 1:5).

This blindness is the same condition Christ addressed when He healed the physically blind. Each miracle was a sign pointing to the deeper healing He came to give: the opening of spiritual eyes to behold the Father in the Son (John 9:1–7; John 14:10–11).

IV. The Healing: Eye‑Salve of Truth

Christ diagnoses the condition plainly: “You are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation 3:17). But He does not leave His people in that state. He offers gold refined in the fire, white raiment, and—most crucially—eye‑salve to restore sight (Revelation 3:18).

This eye‑salve is the revelation of who the Son truly is. When the believer meditates on the Son—not as a figure within a three‑person framework, but as the human form containing the fullness of the Father—something shifts. The eyes begin to open. The heart begins to see. The blindness lifts (Ephesians 1:18; 1 John 5:20).

The believer beholds Christ not as a partial revelation but as the complete manifestation of Yahweh (Colossians 2:9). This is the healing Christ offers. This is the anointing that restores sight (John 14:9).

V. The Purpose: Preparing Overcomers for the Throne

This revelation is not merely doctrinal; it is transformational. Christ extends a breathtaking promise: “To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with Me in My throne” (Revelation 3:21), just as He overcame and sat down with His Father in His throne.

Those who receive the eye‑salve—those who see Christ as Yahweh in human form—are being prepared to rule with Him. They are the one‑hundred‑fold fruit bearers (Matthew 13:23), the kings and priests who will reign with Christ during His thousand‑year Kingdom (Revelation 20:4–6).

To see Christ rightly is to be equipped for this calling. To remain blind is to fall short of it (John 8:24). To see Christ rightly is to be equipped for this calling. To remain blind is to fall short of it (John 8:24).

Conclusion

Spiritual blindness is not cured by effort, intellect, or tradition. It is healed by revelation—specifically, the revelation of who Christ is. When the eyes are anointed with this truth, the believer sees the Son not as a distant figure or a partial expression of God, but as Yahweh Himself made visible, the Father dwelling in human form, the Seed and the Word made flesh (John 1:14; 2 Corinthians 5:19).

This is the eye‑salve Christ offers. This is the gold refined in the fire. This is the white raiment of the overcomer (Revelation 3:18). And this is the revelation that prepares the sons and daughters of God to sit with Christ on His throne (Revelation 3:21).

For those who are “going for all the marbles,” nothing matters more than this: to see Christ as He truly is. For in seeing Him, the blindness lifts, and the believer steps into the fullness of God’s purpose (John 17:3). Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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January 24, 2026 · 6:45 am

THE ABIDING OF GOD: TRUTH, PURITY, AND THE SPIRIT WHO REVEALS THE SON

Trying to grasp Christ’s mystical thoughts is like reaching for a golden butterfly shimmering in the sun—beautiful, near, yet always slipping beyond the grasp of our earthbound minds. And then we blink, and the revelatory thought evaporates before our outstretched arms.

Yet Christ did not speak to bewilder us; He spoke to draw us into the mystery of God’s own indwelling. He declared, “I am…the truth” (John 14:6), and truth is the condition of His abiding presence. God will not take up residence where falsehood remains. Christ teaches that the Spirit of truth comes only when we cease knowing Him “after the flesh” (2 Corinthians 5:16) and begin to see Him as the ascended Son who sends the Comforter.

Therefore, the central claim of this essay is that God’s abiding presence enters the believer only when false concepts are purged, for the Spirit of truth—whom Christ sends after we stop clinging to Him as a mortal—guides us into all truth and reveals the Father dwelling in the Son.

1. God’s Abiding Presence Requires Truth

God offers us His abiding presence—His very life dwelling within us. But because He is truth, He will not inhabit a heart governed by falsehood. Christ’s own words establish this: “I am…the truth” (John 14:6). Truth is not merely a doctrine; it is the very nature of God. Therefore, abiding cannot occur where untruth remains.

Before God takes up residence in us, the old belief system must be purged of its errors. False concepts about God create a dwelling place unfit for His presence. The heart must be cleansed of misconceptions, distortions, and inherited traditions that obscure the true knowledge of Christ. Only then can the abiding begin. [Several false teachings are found here: false doctrines | Immortality Road]

2. The Spirit of Truth Is the Means of Abiding

Christ reveals that the abiding presence comes through the Comforter, “the Spirit of truth.” He says, “When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth…he shall testify of me” (John 15:26).

The Spirit of truth does not speak of Himself. He speaks of Christ. He unveils Christ as He truly is—not as we imagine Him, not as we have been taught by human systems, but as the Son of God in His present glory.

Abiding begins when the Spirit comes. And the Spirit comes only in truth. He cannot testify of Christ to a heart still clinging to falsehood. He cannot reveal the Son where the mind refuses to be renewed.

3. Christ Must Depart Before the Spirit Can Come

Christ makes a startling statement: “If I do not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send him unto you” (John 16:7).

This departure is not merely physical. It is spiritual. Something in our perception of Christ must depart. We must release our limited, flesh-bound view of Him.

As long as we cling to Christ as a mortal man—full of passion, pain, and the limitations of flesh—we cannot receive Him in His ascended form. The Spirit cannot reveal the glorified Christ to a heart still fixated on the earthly Christ.

The departure Christ speaks of is the departure of our old way of seeing Him.

4. We Must No Longer Know Christ “After the Flesh”

Paul echoes this truth: “Though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more” (2 Corinthians 5:16).

This is not a denial of Christ’s incarnation. It is an invitation to move beyond it.

We must not cling to Christ merely as the suffering man of Galilee. We must see Him as He is now—the ascended, spiritual-bodied King who reigns at the right hand of God. Only when we release the fleshly view can He return to us in a spiritual way, in the capacity known as the Holy Spirit.

5. The Spirit Reveals the Father in the Son

The Spirit of truth guides us “into all truth” and “shows us things to come” (John 16:13). This is not abstract knowledge. It is revelation. It is the unveiling of the Father in the Son.

Christ pleaded with His disciples, “Believe me that the Father is in me…doing the works” (John 14:10–11). This is the truth the Spirit reveals. The Father dwelling in the Son, and the Son dwelling in us through the Spirit—this is the abiding.

The Spirit’s work is to manifest Christ within us, and in manifesting Christ, to manifest the Father. This is the mystery of the abiding presence. Knowing Christ “after the flesh” must go before He can come to us “after the Spirit.”

Conclusion

Christ’s teachings on the abiding presence are not easily grasped. They shimmer with spiritual light, always just beyond the reach of natural understanding. Yet He has given us the key: truth. God abides only in truth. The Spirit of truth comes only when we release our fleshly view of Christ and allow Him to reveal the Son as He truly is. When the Spirit comes, He guides us into all truth, testifies of Christ, and unveils the Father dwelling in Him. And in that revelation, God takes up His residence within us. This is the abiding. This is the promise. This is the life of God in the soul of man.     Kenneth Wayne Hancock   [If this and other articles have helped you, please hit the “like” button and subscribe.]

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January 19, 2026 · 10:29 am

THE CALL TO GROW: WHY SPIRITUAL FRUIT MATTERS

Christ and His apostles taught a real, measurable spiritual growth—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and hundredfold—and that this growth is not optional. It is the very purpose for which Christ chose us: to bear enduring fruit, to grow into His likeness, and to make our calling and election sure.

The Vision Many Cannot See

Someone may say, “I just cannot see this spiritual growth you speak about—this thirty‑fold, sixty‑fold, and hundred‑fold fruit‑bearing. Why is it so important? I don’t believe we can be like Christ.”

To such a person I would answer kindly; it is understandable. This vision of sonship is not given to everyone. It is the Creator who calls and chooses. Christ Himself said, “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and ordained you, that you should bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain” (John 15:16). There goes Christ again, talking about fruit bearing. Read John 15 alongside the parable of the Sower in Matthew 13, and the pattern becomes unmistakable.

Many gladly receive His gift of salvation but never move beyond it. Not because they are evil, but because they have never been taught the spiritual growth cycle. They assume they do not need it—or worse, they simply do not believe it.

The Tragedy of Refusing the Call

But imagine realizing that you were not chosen to walk with Christ as the early apostles did. Would that not wrench the stomach with a bitter churn of regret? The doubters received salvation, yes—but they rejected His invitation to sit with Him on His throne (Rev. 3:20–21).

They resemble the lukewarm Christians, the five foolish virgins, who missed the great celebration because they dismissed the oil—doctrinal truth—as unimportant. They would not study it, believe it, or walk in it. These five virgins were indeed Christians (Matthew 25:1), yet their unbelief barred them from the royal feast. They hid when they should have feasted with the King. And Christ warns that such loss brings weeping and sorrow.

The Command to Grow

Scripture does not leave us passive. We are told to “make our calling and election sure” and to “examine ourselves, whether we be in the faith.” And what should we find in that examination? A young Spirit of Christ within us—alive, growing, maturing.

So, when someone says, “I don’t believe we can be like Christ,” they are not merely doubting themselves—they are limiting God and rejecting His own declaration: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” I understand the struggle; decades ago, I wrestled with the same doubts. But a mentor helped me cast them off and pursue the calling with certainty. All doubt springs from spiritual blindness. And Scripture tells us plainly what restores sight.

The Seven Additions: God’s Eye Salve

Peter teaches that the seven additions to faith—listed in II Peter 1—is the very eye salve that heals spiritual blindness. Speaking of the additions, Peter writes: “For if these things be in you and abound, they [the additions] make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off…”

These additions are the engine of spiritual growth. They move a believer from barrenness to fruitfulness, from blindness to sight, from mere salvation to sonship. Some will answer this call to bear 100-fold fruit and be His manifested sons and daughters in the end times. Christ spoke it; I am only repeating His words.

Conclusion

Spiritual growth is not an optional doctrine or a private theory. It is the clear teaching of Christ and His apostles. We were chosen to bear fruit, to grow into His likeness, and to walk the path laid out in Scripture. Those who embrace the seven additions to the faith will see; those who refuse remain blind. The call is before us. The fruit is promised. The choice is ours.  Kenneth Wayne Hancock [If you believe me, hit that like button, subscribe and make a comment.]

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December 27, 2025 · 6:55 am

John the Baptist—Forerunner of Yahweh in Human Form

From the moment John the Baptist stepped out of the wilderness, his voice shattered the silence of four hundred years with a message that demanded attention: “Prepare the way of the Lord.” His cry was more than a call to repentance — it was the announcement that Israel’s God was drawing near in an unprecedented way.

John’s mission as the forerunner only makes sense when seen through the lens of the oneness of God: the eternal Yahweh was coming to His people clothed in human flesh. John the Baptist’s ministry points directly to the mystery and majesty of the incarnation — that “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself,” and John’s role was to prepare hearts for the arrival of the Son of God, who is the visible expression of the one true God Yahweh.

John the Baptist was unique, for he pointed a nation to the Son of God. The Son was going throughout the land doing miracles, claiming that it could only be the Father Yahweh working the miracles (John 14:10).

The miracles gave life, for Life was in the Son of God. “And the Life was the light of men” (John 1:4). John the Baptist was “not that Light but was sent to bear witness of that Light” (v. 8). The voice of one was crying in the wilderness, telling all to repent, for the Son of God—the Light—had come. He had studied the words of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter—words through the pen of Isaiah (Isaiah 40:1-5).

“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.” This shows us that the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, is come. “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me.” He will testify the truth as to who I am.  (John 15:26).

The Spirit of truth will reveal secrets concerning just who the Son of God is. The secret is this: The Son is the Father clothed in human form. Proof: Isaiah 9:6 speaks of Christ, the Son of God, calling Him the “Everlasting Father.”

The Way of Yahweh Is Yahweh’s Way

In Isaiah 40: 3, the voice of the Comforter’s forerunner cries in the wilderness saying, “Prepare the way of the LORD—Yahweh, Yahweh in human form.

We are on the way of Yahweh when we “make straight in the desert a highway for our God. [He is speaking of a desert highway for the Christ, the Son of God.] Every valley [the lowly and humble] shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill [the proud nations] shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight…and the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it” (verses 3-5).

The voice of the forerunner commands us, “Prepare the way of the LORD, who is Yahweh.” John the Baptist was speaking of Yahshua of Nazareth, of course. Therefore, the Son of God is the “way of Yahweh.” For Yahshua said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life—of Yahweh.”

The Son of God is the way of Yahweh. He is Yahweh’s way to manifest love unto this world. The Son is Yahweh’s way to provide forgiveness of sins. The Son is Yahweh’s way to give man hope in the resurrection. The Son, the appearance of Yahweh in human form, is the way that Yahweh makes Himself known to His creation (“I and my Father are one… If you have seen me you have seen the Father.”)

John the Baptist was that voice of one,” the forerunner of Yahweh, who came in the Son of God. “Prepare the way of Yahweh. Make His paths straight.” The Savior Yahshua is the path, the way, that leads us from death to life, from mortality to immortality.

The Spirit said to prepare the way of Yahweh. And sure enough, Yahweh came right after John the Baptist’s announcement. Yahweh came in human form, in the form of a servant, a humble man “acquainted with grief.” And He wept over His creation, for He had created them, and they had gone astray and were scattered as “sheep without a shepherd.”

And so, it goes on today. The everlasting Father is reaching out to whomsoever will come. Who will believe that it is the Father Creator God Himself who walks in human form among us? Who will believe that He “tasted death for every man. He then was raised from the dead, His body changed into a spiritual body which matches the original spirit body that He created everything in, in the beginning.

But “few there be to find this way of truth.” Yahweh’s way. How important is all this? The Son said, The only way that one may worship God is “in spirit and in truth.” The truth about God, His nature, where He is found, how He reveals Himself—all this is the truth. And the Son said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

Conclusion

John the Baptist’s ministry forms a vital bridge between Israel’s prophetic hope and the revelation of God in Christ. His message prepared the hearts of the people for more than a teacher or miracle‑worker; it prepared them for the arrival of Yahweh in human flesh. Through the lens of the oneness of God, John’s role becomes even more astonishing: he was announcing that the God who promised to come to His people had finally arrived, not through another, but in His own incarnate presence. John’s voice still echoes today, calling us to behold the Lamb of God — the Son who reveals the Father because He is the very presence of the one true God among us (John 20:28; 1 Timothy 3:16).      Kenneth Wayne Hancock

Study Guide–John the Baptist’s Forerunner Role

•           “Prepare the way of the Lord” — Isaiah 40:3; fulfilled in Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:2–3, Luke       3:4, John 1:23

•           John’s baptism of repentance — Mark 1:4, Luke 3:3

•           John preparing for the One who would baptize with the Holy Ghost — Matthew 3:11,      Mark 1:7–8, Luke 3:16, John 1:33

•           John as the divinely sent forerunner — Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:5–6, echoed in Luke 1:17

The Oneness of God Revealed in Christ

•           “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself” — 2 Corinthians 5:19

•           Jesus as the visible image of the invisible God — Colossians 1:15

•           The fullness of God dwelling bodily in Christ — Colossians 2:9

•           The Word was God and became flesh — John 1:1, John 1:14

•           Jesus/Yahshua as the express image of God’s person — Hebrews 1:3

•           “I and my Father are one” — John 10:30

•           “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father” — John 14:9

John’s Testimony About Jesus/Yahshua

•           “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” — John 1:29, John 1:36

•           John declaring Jesus “preferred before me” because He “was before me” — John 1:15, John 1:30

•           John saying he is unworthy to loosen Jesus’ sandal — Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:7, Luke 3:16, John 1:27

•           John identifying Jesus as the Son of God — John 1:34

Christ as Yahweh Come in the Flesh

These passages support the theological claim that Jesus is Yahweh revealed:

•           Prophecy of Yahweh coming to His people — Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 35:4–6

•           Jesus identified as Immanuel (“God with us”) — Matthew 1:23

•           Jesus forgiving sins (a divine prerogative) — Mark 2:5–7

•           Thomas’ confession: “My Lord and my God” — John 20:28

•           The mystery of God manifested in the flesh — 1 Timothy 3:16

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December 23, 2025 · 4:01 pm

A Biblical Examination of the Pre‑Tribulation Rapture Doctrine

For generations, millions of Christians have been taught that the church will be removed from the earth in a “Rapture” before the Tribulation begins. Yet when this teaching is examined by the biblical standard for establishing truth, the evidence does not support a pre‑tribulation rapture.

This article argues that Scripture consistently places the resurrection, the transformation of believers, and the gathering to Christ after the Tribulation, not before it. By applying the biblical method of establishing truth “in the mouth of two or three witnesses,” we find that the pre‑tribulation rapture doctrine lacks standing and contradicts the plain testimony of Scripture.

To determine what is true or false, Scripture provides a clear method. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 13:1 that “in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” The term established (Strong’s G2476) carries the sense of standing firm or being supported by evidence. Just as a court case cannot stand without sufficient proof, a doctrine cannot stand without scriptural evidence.

Paul reinforces this principle in 2 Timothy 3:16–17, teaching that all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction. Truth, therefore, must be established by Scripture itself, not by tradition or popular teaching.

Applying this standard to the doctrine of a pre‑tribulation rapture reveals significant problems. The term rapture does not appear in Scripture; instead, the doctrine is built on interpretations of a few passages. One commonly cited text is Matthew 24:40–41, where “one shall be taken and the other left.”

However, Jesus sets the context in verses 37–39: “As it was in the days of Noah.” In Noah’s day, it was the wicked who were taken away in judgment, while the righteous were left. Far from supporting a secret removal of believers, the passage warns of sudden judgment and calls for faithful readiness (v. 46). Thus, this text provides no standing for a pre‑tribulation rapture.

Another key passage is 1 Thessalonians 4:17, where believers are “caught up… in the clouds.” Yet Paul’s subject is not escaping tribulation but comforting believers about those who have died. He emphasizes that “we which are alive and remain” will not precede the dead at Christ’s coming. This aligns with 1 Corinthians 15:52, which places the resurrection and transformation of believers “at the last trump.” Revelation identifies seven trumpets (Rev. 8:2), and Christ returns at the seventh—the last. This timing places the resurrection after the Tribulation, not before it.

Additional witnesses confirm this pattern. In Revelation 7:13–14, the great multitude “came out of great tribulation,” implying they first went into it. In Revelation 12:17, the dragon wages war against the remnant who “keep the commandments of God” and hold the testimony of Yahshua. If all believers were removed beforehand, who are this faithful remnant?

In conclusion, when Scripture is allowed to interpret Scripture, the pre‑tribulation rapture doctrine cannot be established. The biblical evidence consistently places the resurrection, gathering of believers, and return of Christ after the Tribulation. By the standard of two or three witnesses, the pre‑tribulation rapture has no standing and must be regarded as a false teaching. May all who seek truth be strengthened and blessed in Yahshua’s name.    John Boyer

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December 13, 2025 · 9:04 am

Our Royal Destiny

The Overcomers Are Coming
“Many are called, but few are chosen.” What distinguishes the elect from Christians who never mature? They will have overcome all things and added to their faith the divine attributes spoken of by the apostle. Thousands will break through the suffocating conventions of churchianity, armed with the knowledge of their destiny. They will purify themselves with the cleansing power of the Spirit.

These overcomers have a stupendous destiny. Forged in the fires of Yahweh’s creative energy, they become vessels worthy to contain the fruit of God’s ultimate vintage—His Spirit. And they will walk humbly with their God and with mortal men, for humility is the requirement of those who “go on to perfection.”

These are the elect of God—His princes and future monarchs. To them God will delegate authority during His thousand‑year reign of peace, for they will have proven themselves worthy of this glory and honor. Truly, they have been crowned “with glory and honor,” for “they were redeemed from among men.”

The Plot of a Fantasy Novel

The plan of God reads like the plot of a thousand‑page fantasy novel. Picture it: The Supreme Being, an Invisible Spirit/Force of Love, desires to reproduce Himself. Yet being invisible and immortal, He cannot demonstrate the greatest love—laying down His life for another.

So He creates a prototype vessel of Spirit, then forms Adam from the dust of the earth. Mortal men fall into bondage to an evil adversary until their Creator incarnates Himself in a son of Adam who can die. He suffers death for their ransom, rises again, and delivers them from despair.

He cleans them, trains them, and sets them on the ancient path preserved by prophets and apostles. As they grow, old desires melt away like dirty snowbanks in the afternoon sun. Light begins to shine through them. And one day they hear a knock. They open the door, and their Master comes in and breaks bread with them, granting them His approval and the promise that they will sit with Him on His throne.
That is the destiny of the overcomers. That is The Destiny of the Chosen Ones, the elect.

[This is from my book The Royal Destiny of God’s Elect, Ch. 22. For a free copy go here: https://immortalityroad.com/free-new-book-the-royal-destiny-of-gods-elect/] KWH

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December 1, 2025 · 2:55 pm

The Scapegoat Symbol—The Laying on of Hands

Believers “shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover,” said Christ.

In the Aaronic priesthood, the priests laid hands on the head of the goat. This symbolized the transferring of the sins of the people onto the sacrificial goat. One goat was sent out into a forgotten wilderness where God would no longer remember their sins. The other was sacrificed and placed on the altar to be burned as a sacrifice to Yahweh.

That passage is found in Leviticus 16:7–10, 22. It describes the Day of Atonement ritual where two goats were chosen: one sacrificed to the Lord, and the other (the “scapegoat”) symbolically carried the sins of the people into the wilderness. That was under the Old covenant.

Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection bring us the New Covenant where our sins have been forgiven. By believing in His Sacrifice for us, our sins are completely forgotten, removed far away, as though they had never happened. He has transmitted our old sinful self unto Christ by the laying on of hands of the pastor, His death symbolized when we are baptized. Christ is our scapegoat, and with his shed blood, our sins are departed. They are sent far away, never to return. This is the forgiveness that God has given us.

“For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin” (Romans 6:6-7).

The Parallel Between Sins Departing and Healing

There is a meaningful correlation between the Old Testament ritual of Aaron laying hands on the scapegoat and the Christian practice of laying hands on the sick. In both instances, the act of laying on of hands represents the departure or removal of something harmful—sins in the case of the scapegoat, and sickness in the case of healing. This parallel invites reflection on Christ’s words: “Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are departed, sent away from you,’ or ‘Your disease is departed, sent away from you’?” Both declarations emphasize the power of faith and the transformative act of laying on of hands, symbolizing the removal of burdens, whether spiritual or physical.  kwh

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November 12, 2025 · 11:09 am

Asking God in a Proper Manner Brings Power

You may think you’re asking God in prayer simply because you use the word “ask.” I used to believe the same—until I realized I wasn’t truly asking. I was announcing. Saying, “God, I am asking You to heal William,” is a statement, not a question. There’s no humility in a declaration. It’s a proclamation of what I want, not a request for what He wills.

Instead, I should have prayed, “God, would you please heal William? Would you touch him and comfort him? Would you make him whole?” These are questions—humble, heartfelt, and open to God’s response. As I wrote them, I felt my heart soften. Asking invites intimacy. It acknowledges God’s sovereignty and our dependence.

God already knows our needs. He doesn’t require updates or explanations. What He desires is humility—a posture of the heart that seeks Him sincerely. “He is near to the humble,” Scripture reminds us. Asking cultivates that humility. It aligns our hearts with His, drawing us into deeper communion.

Moreover, God delights in being asked. He welcomes the boldness of faith-filled questions. He relishes opportunities to show His love and power. Asking demonstrates trust—it reflects the same faith that flows from His own heart. He tests and proves us, not to shame us, but to transform us. He invites us to challenge Him with His own promises: “Prove me now herewith… if I will not open you the windows of heaven…” (Mal. 3:10). He rises to the occasion, not for our glory, but for the sake of His name.

Asking God questions—when done with reverence—places the outcome in His hands. It’s not manipulation; it’s surrender. He has bound Himself to His word: “Ask, and it shall be given.” “Pray for the sick, and they shall recover.” These are not empty phrases. They are divine assurances. But they begin with a humble spirit that dares to ask: “Father, would you please heal him?”

This kind of prayer doesn’t just seek results—it seeks relationship. It tunes our hearts to His rhythm. It opens us to His will, His timing, and His grace. And it builds faith. As Mark 11:24 declares, “Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

Faith is the key. Not faith in our words, but faith in His goodness. So let us move from announcements to true asking. Let our prayers be shaped by humility, softened by surrender, and strengthened by faith. God is listening—not to our demands, but to our hearts. And when we ask truly, He answers.     Wayne Hancock

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November 3, 2025 · 9:14 am

Loving Your Wife Like Christ Loves Us (Conversations with the Seer)

(Formerly in Israel, if a man went to inquire of God, he would say, “Come, let us go to the Seer,” because the prophet of today used to be called a Seer. I Samuel 9:9)

My wife Linda and I were twenty-six. Two years prior, we had sold all that we had and had donated it to a little ministry in the piney woods of East Texas. We now were in northern Mexico being visited by the Seer, the one that sent us here.

My wife and I were having problems I was learning that we men do not naturally have it in us to love our wives properly. We are to love them the same way that Christ loves us, His church. But it takes a supernatural, spiritual connection to Christ, that will enable us to love our wives like that. “Without Him we can do nothing.”

This was the theme of a conversation I had with the Seer. His wisdom and knowledge really helped me. It hurt at first, but joy came with the morning light:

“I get this feeling that she just really doesn’t love me,” I said, head hanging down slightly.

“What makes you say that?” the Seer asked, looking right through me.

“She is like a bobcat, beautiful at first glance but then, when things don’t go her way, she erupts.”

“Is she faithful to you?” the Seer asked.

“Yes.”

“Does she do things for you like clean the house, take care of the children, wash your clothes?”

“Yes, she does, but I am not sure that she is doing it for me.”

“Have you considered that she is doing all those chores without modern appliances? And she keeps house despite the dust and dirt of our current missionary efforts here in the Sierra Madre mountains?”    

“She does all that. She’s very industrious. She is working all the time” I said. Wait a minute. I was building a pretty good case for her through this line of questioning.

The Seer said, “You should be grateful. Many men have lazy wives and would love to have a wife like that. The opposite is true: Many women have lazy husbands and would love to have a husband that works hard. What do you expect from her?”

“As busy as she is, I still feel like I’m #5 on her list.”

“And you want to be number one?

“I want her to look up to me and respect me, especially now that I’ve found the truth and am endeavoring to walk in it.”

“So, she does not sit at your feet gazing longingly into your eyes?”

His tone was not sarcastic; it was piercing. “I am not exactly expecting that. But she is so independent. She doesn’t seek my advice or counsel. She has her own agenda and platform of action,” I said.

The Seer looked at me and smiled. “Don’t you see that she is a direct reflection of how you have been toward Christ? She is inadvertently doing to you the same thing that you are doing toward God.”

“I don’t get it.”

“Listen. You have acted independently, doing things with no regard as to what God’s thoughts would be concerning a matter. Even in your first endeavors to serve God, you strike out on what you think would please Him, but you speak and do whatever pops into your mind.”

“I know. But I’m trying,” I said.

“Did you ever think that your wife just may be trying, too? In her own way. Maybe doing the household chores is the only way she knows how to show her love. Let me ask you a question. How has God treated you lately even though you have not been dependent upon his true direction for your life?

The cold heat of pride began to exude through every pore of my torso. I know my face was red, and my cheeks were beginning to twitch in the steam. “Well, He has been patient with me.” The temperature began to lower a bit.

“Yes, patience is part of His divine nature. And we are to add patience to our faith. Patience is endurance. When we endure the spiritual growing pains in each other, then His Spirit is manifesting Himself in us. Now you are to add patience, and God is using her to show you that you need to add it. For with great mercy and patience he has loved, and, yes, endured your meanderings.  And now He is requiring you to show forth the same degree of patience with her as He has had with you. ”

“That is great, but I can’t do it. I have tried.”

“Of course, you can’t do it. That is the whole point. It will have to be “Christ in you” doing it. That is the great lesson that wives teach husbands, and very few husbands are spiritually attuned to be able to receive it. Husbands get frustrated and throw up their hands, and say, I just can’t live with this woman.”

“I have felt that way, I have to confess,” I said smiling.

The Seer paused. “The revelation is this: you don’t have it in your old nature to love her as you should. It is only the Spirit of God in you that will bring forth the patience and the love to really meet her need. For a wife’s heart is crying out to be loved the way Christ loved all of us. They can tell. That is true love, the melting kind of love that softens the heart.”

“She would love to hear this.”

“She would rather hear your words, born of patience and mercy. And it will come to pass. But it won’t be overnight. Not until “Christ be formed in you.” Not till your thoughts to God and to her are pure. When she feels the purity of your intent, then she will look inside her own heart and see a bit of the vacuum created by not trusting you now in your regenerated state. She will then come to you and long to be close to you, and she will realize that you are her life. All those other things that she had put before you–they will fall away in importance and will be seen a bit trivial when compared to the great love you share.”

Another seeker came to ask questions of the Seer. So, I got up and thanked him and left, thanking God for a revelation that would not really come for another twenty years.   Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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October 20, 2025 · 9:31 am

The Spiritual Life Cycle

It is all about God’s Law of Harvest and us His Manifested Sons.

To grasp God’s purpose of “bringing many sons unto glory,” we need to understand the spiritual life cycle. Christ compared spiritual growth to a seed: it must die and lose its original form, then absorb water (symbolizing the word), before new life emerges and grows toward the light (Matt. 13:18-30)

This process starts with babes in Christ, to little children in him who do not mature. They do not grow up into him. Or he does not grow up in them. These spiritual children are like natural children–mostly alive to see what they can get from their father. These babes in Christ never grow out of asking God for things for themselves. They rarely glimpse the full vision of what their Father has in mind, not only for them, but also for those who mature and finally produce  100-fold fruitbearing.

For there is a responsibility that we all bear. First, “God has commanded all men everywhere to repent” of their evil ways. Those that do, then, are expected to “study to show [themselves] approved unto God,” servants unto the king who can divide the word of God correctly.

Then prayer enters the growth process. True prayer and study of his word is the watering of the little blade of grass. For the little spiritual child of God cannot grow unless it be watered. But, we have that responsibility!

And this is where the problem lies for most professing Christians. Most are not taught the vision of God reproducing himself from the “seed, the word of God.” they are not given the pure water, the pure teachings, the pure spiritual nutrients that promote growth into a manifested son or daughter of God.

The Same Old Food for His Lambs and Sheep

Most Christians dwell in a dry land, trying to feed their souls on the same spiritual food that was fed to the flock hundreds of years ago. And how can we tell if we are in that situation? “When the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). If you are not being led into more truth in your Christian walk, then you are not being led by the Spirit of truth. Christ’s words are sharp, cutting right to the heart of the matter.

While in Hawaii, visiting my daughters, I visited a Baptist church on a Sunday morning. It was the same denomination I went to as a child in Texas. The message and the Invitational song were identical to what I experienced as a child–right down to those old solemn lyrics sung at the end, “Just as I am without one plea.” It was sad to me. I so wanted to share with them the new spiritual light that Yah was giving to me. But the pastor took no testimonies from his flock. The pastor prevented the Sower from sowing the Seed, the word of God. The Sower is the Spirit of Christ in us.

And so it goes…. The ancient Hebrew prophets faced the same dilemma. They cried, “Woe unto you shepherds who feed the flock of God with lies…” (Ezk. 34:2). This is why true spiritual growth is slow in the body of Christ.

Many will be content to stay a babe in Christ, but others will break out-of-the-box.

Some will feel a higher calling, one that pulls them upward, one that plants a yearning in their hearts to know the truth. These little children of God will be drawn by the Father, nourished by His teachers and prophets, those who will help them leave the old way station for the next stage of growth.

They will begin a deeper walk and thereby become spiritual young men and women of God. No longer “tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine,” they will have “overcome the wicked one” with all Satan’s deceptions and temptations.

They will mature into spiritual adults, capable of guiding others with his spirit.  Like Paul said to Timothy, “I have fathered you in the gospel.”

Understanding the spiritual life cycle is essential for grasping God’s purpose in revealing His sons and daughters during these latter days. This manifestation brings glory to God through His Spirit working within them. Seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness ensures that we are cared for by Him, resulting in joy, peace, and security.      Kenneth Wayne Hancock {Hey, my brothers and sisters. What are you waiting on? I have many copies of my books for you. God has already paid for them so that His children won’t have to buy them. The postage is free, too. If you don’t have time to read it, order one and give it to somebody. Go to this link: Ordering My Free Books in Paperback | Immortality Road] “Give and it shall be given.”   

It is all about God’s Law of Harvest and us His Manifested Sons.

To grasp God’s purpose of “bringing many sons unto glory,” we need to understand the spiritual life cycle. Christ compared spiritual growth to a seed: it must die and lose its original form, then absorb water (symbolizing the word), before new life emerges and grows toward the light (Matt. 13:18-30)

This process starts with babes in Christ, to little children in him who do not mature. They do not grow up into him. Or he does not grow up in them. These spiritual children are like natural children–mostly alive to see what they can get from their father. These babes in Christ never grow out of asking God for things for themselves. They rarely glimpse the full vision of what their Father has in mind, not only for them, but also for those who mature and finally produce  100-fold fruitbearing.

For there is a responsibility that we all bear. First, “God has commanded all men everywhere to repent” of their evil ways. Those that do, then, are expected to “study to show [themselves] approved unto God,” servants unto the king who can divide the word of God correctly.

Then prayer enters the growth process. True prayer and study of his word is the watering of the little blade of grass. For the little spiritual child of God cannot grow unless it be watered. But, we have that responsibility!

And this is where the problem lies for most professing Christians. Most are not taught the vision of God reproducing himself from the “seed, the word of God.” they are not given the pure water, the pure teachings, the pure spiritual nutrients that promote growth into a manifested son or daughter of God.

The Same Old Food for His Lambs and Sheep

Most Christians dwell in a dry land, trying to feed their souls on the same spiritual food that was fed to the flock hundreds of years ago. And how can we tell if we are in that situation? “When the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). If you are not being led into more truth in your Christian walk, then you are not being led by the Spirit of truth. Christ’s words are sharp, cutting right to the heart of the matter.

While in Hawaii, visiting my daughters, I visited a Baptist church on a Sunday morning. It was the same denomination I went to as a child in Texas. The message and the Invitational song were identical to what I experienced as a child–right down to those old solemn lyrics sung at the end, “Just as I am without one plea.” It was sad to me. I so wanted to share with them the new spiritual light that Yah was giving to me. But the pastor took no testimonies from his flock. The pastor prevented the Sower from sowing the Seed, the word of God. The Sower is the Spirit of Christ in us.

And so it goes…. The ancient Hebrew prophets faced the same dilemma. They cried, “Woe unto you shepherds who feed the flock of God with lies…” (Ezk. 34:2). This is why true spiritual growth is slow in the body of Christ.

Many will be content to stay a babe in Christ, but others will break out-of-the-box.

Some will feel a higher calling, one that pulls them upward, one that plants a yearning in their hearts to know the truth. These little children of God will be drawn by the Father, nourished by His teachers and prophets, those who will help them leave the old way station for the next stage of growth.

They will begin a deeper walk and thereby become spiritual young men and women of God. No longer “tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine,” they will have “overcome the wicked one” with all Satan’s deceptions and temptations.

They will mature into spiritual adults, capable of guiding others with his spirit.  Like Paul said to Timothy, “I have fathered you in the gospel.”

Understanding the spiritual life cycle is essential for grasping God’s purpose in revealing His sons and daughters during these latter days. This manifestation brings glory to God through His Spirit working within them. Seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness ensures that we are cared for by Him, resulting in joy, peace, and security.      Kenneth Wayne Hancock

{Hey, my brothers and sisters. What are you waiting on? I have many copies of my books for you. God has already paid for them so that His children won’t have to. The postage is free, too. If you don’t have time to read it at this time, order one and give it to somebody. Go to this link: Ordering My Free Books in Paperback | Immortality Road “Give and it shall be given.”]   

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