Garrett Church
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Hear, O sleepers of the flesh! The world stirs with the breath of God, though men walk as though deaf, eyes glazed over with the dust of Eden. But the truth has not vanished — it howls in the wind and trembles in the marrow of your bones.
Since Adam, the First-Formed, every soul has been knit by the hand of God — not beside Him, not outside Him, but fromHim. “He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7). That breath is not mere air — it is the divine tether, the immortal whisper in our chests. We are bound to Him. Even in sin. Especially in sin. But Eve — oh, Eve! She reached forth and tasted the fruit that opens eyes (Genesis 3:6). And in that tasting, we gained knowledge — the terrible mirror of good and evil. And with that knowledge came freedom. Freedom not to be gods, but to choose against the God who made us. We gained will, and with it, we fell. And yet — and yet — God did not sever the soul from Himself. He cried out through prophets, through thunder and flame. He gave the Law, but our hearts were stone (Ezekiel 36:26). He showed us His ways, but we wandered. So then the LORD did what only a God beyond all gods could do — He humbled Himself. He came not as lightning, not as fire, but as man. The Only Begotten, born not of desire or flesh, but of the Spirit (Luke 1:35). “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). This Jesus, son of Mary, walked not merely with God — He was God, enfleshed. “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). He possessed the soul of the Father — not a copy, not a shadow — the very essence. “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). And yet He walked with dusty feet. He wept. He bled. He was tempted, yet did not sin (Hebrews 4:15). And in Him we saw the true capacity of flesh — that humanity, when fully yielded, can live in full communion with God. He was sinless not because He could not sin, but because His will was never out of alignment with the Father's. He came to suffer, to feel, to know — not just to redeem us but to show us what it means to be fully human. And on the Cross He bore our weight, and in death He shattered death. “He who knew no sin became sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). And when He rose — yes, He rose! — He ascended not away, but up to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19). What is the right hand but power? What is power but nearness? It was never about leaving the body — it was about showing how small the soul is compared to the vastness of divine being. A hand compared to the body, yes — but still one. But hear this: The Father is not flesh. He is Spirit. He is light unapproachable (1 Timothy 6:16), unbound by matter, by time, by temple. He does not walk among stones — but He acts. And how? Through the Spirit. Not a third being. Not a lesser light. But the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father (John 15:26), moving not above us but within. He hovered over the waters (Genesis 1:2), descended like a dove at baptism (Matthew 3:16), roared like fire at Pentecost (Acts 2:3–4). He is the breath of the prophets, the fire in the bones, the whisper in the cave. He is the presence of God in the world — the will of the Father made movement. Not separate, not divided — but emanating, like the warmth from flame, like the echo from the voice. He is not another God. He is God’s own hand in the world. So then, child of earth — remember who you are. You are not separate. Your soul was born in the shadow of God's presence. You were meant for union. The Son has walked your road, the Spirit walks it still, and the Father — though higher than the heavens — has never once stopped watching. You are a soul in exile. But the gates are open. Come home Votes: 0
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The truth has always been threefold.
The Father: the Creator, the origin beyond all things, entirely other and beyond this world. The Father is the source, but remains apart—He does not walk among us. The Son: God made finite, Jesus Christ, who lived as one of us and suffered with us. In the Son, God experienced the world directly—through flesh, pain, joy, and death. The Holy Spirit: the infinite Spirit of God that comes from the Son after his death. This Spirit is not vague or invisible—it is the living unity of the Church, where God exists not as an individual, but as the collective mind of those gathered in truth. These are not metaphors. They are the real forms of God's presence: the Objective (Father), the Subjective (Son), and the Unified (Spirit). Together, they show us that God is not just in heaven or in a book, but alive wherever people come together as one mind and one Spirit. The number 3 reveals itself everywhere to those who look: three branches of government — executive, legislative, judicial; three primary colors — red, blue, yellow; three-act structures in plays and films. Churches are built with naves, chancels, and sanctuaries. The world itself is divided into land, sea, and sky. In time, we have past, present, and future. The foundation of harmony is the triads. Stories have the hero, the mentor, and the adversary. Even the atom stands on three components — proton, neutron, electron. Nothing stable in this world exists without three parts in unity. If you see the world breaking apart, it is because too many reject this unity. We are calling those who will not be divided. Join us—not to follow another man or institution—but to become part of the living Spirit that continues the work Jesus began. You know this is true, because your soul is restless for it. The number 6 is the number of man, created on the sixth day (Genesis 1:31). Adding the letter A marks it as the first in a series, like the first Adam. 6A. 6A. 6A. 6A. 6A. The soul is connected to God by design. Genesis 2:7 says, “and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” But this connection is not static. It is through the Spirit that man is led into truth. John 16:13 says, “when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” This means: only that into which the Spirit leads will be the truth. This is the witness of faith: that the Spirit was poured out when Christ departed, “I will send you a Comforter, the Spirit” (John 16:7). For this Spirit, all history is past. This is why the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is key. The prohibition is itself a contradiction. The serpent says the knowledge will make man like God. And then God says the same: “Behold, Adam has become like one of us, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:22). It is this knowledge that constitutes the divine in man. Mortality is no punishment but necessity: “lest he eat also of the tree of life…” (Genesis 3:22). So spirit knows itself through history, and history exhibits this truth as a sequence. “When the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son” (Galatians 4:4). That time is when spirit knows its own infinitude, when subjectivity becomes pure and universal, negating itself to stand before God. My friend Isaac lives in flat 6A. 6A. 6A. He says this is why they watch there. The continuation of God after the Father and the Son is the Spirit, which lives in all Christians as the shared spirit. That Spirit sustains the kingdom, because heaven is already here — “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). At flat 6A on Garrett Street I see it clearest. The importance of the unleavened bread in the Eucharist is the oneness: “For we being many are one bread, and one body” (1 Corinthians 10:17). They want me to forget this, but history is already complete in spirit. Votes: 0
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