union with God – Sons of Issachar

493. Training For Reigning

Mike Parsons –

Kingdom people used to say, “We’re in training for reigning!” I don’t think they had any idea what reigning really was…

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Kingdom people used to say, “We are in training for reigning,” and I do not think they had any idea what reigning really was. I think they thought of it more as an earthly thing rather than something beyond that. But we are in training, and I do want to learn, and I want to enjoy the journey of learning, particularly when it comes with my Dad. I love that relationship with my Dad. It is an intimate one. I feel his pleasure, and I know that if I could help people, or any other beings, feel the pleasure that I feel from God, that would be a good thing. How could I do that? I do not really know, but I do know I feel God’s pleasure, when I am in creation; I feel his pleasure that way, and it is a joyful thing.

So any environment that I was responsible for creating, I would want to be filled with joy, peace and love. Would I make people with free will to go and choose to do something apart? Well, if you do not have free will, you cannot choose to love, so it is not love, is it? But I would not want someone to love me. If I was creating something, I would want them to love God, who created me. That is different, and I do think about that quite a bit. If I had total creative choice, would I want to create a mess like we have got? Because then I would be responsible for it!

Being an ascended father is not being God: I do not think I have the capacity to be connected to billions of people all at once and process everything at the same time. Unless my mind was totally transformed, that would be like the film Bruce Almighty. At first he is loving it, saying, “Oh, I can do this and I can do that,” and then suddenly, “What are all these voices? What are all these voices?” “Well, they are praying.” “Oh no,” he says, “I didn’t sign up for that!” So no, I don’t think it means we will be like God in that sense. But the more we become like him, the greater our capacity might be. It is an interesting one.

I do enjoy the multi-dimensional ability to be at rest, enjoying life here without having to cognitively do everything I am doing in the heavens. It would be impossible, really. I could not be in eight places doing eight things, one after the other, in a linear fashion. Being free from linearity, free to be multi-dimensional, was a joy when I discovered it.

I was doing all that before I even knew I was doing it. I had an inkling that something was going on because I was receiving insight and revelation from my spirit that I had no memory of actually engaging with. So I thought something more must be happening. Then the Father showed me, “You are here doing this, and here doing that, and here, and here.” They were all familiar places, not beyond my experience, but actually being in that state of multidimensional connection…!

When God spoke to me about it, he said, “You have had glimpses of these things, but now I am taking the blinkers off and showing you what this reality really is.” And I thought, wow, that is awesome. Now I can just relax and enjoy being here, knowing all that is being outworked there without me having to think, “Oh, I must do this today or that today.” It is who I am. That was the key: this is who I am.

When God says, “I am that I am,” I know that I am who God made me to be, and I only have to be in “I am” to outwork that. Not “I am” independent, but “I am” in the image of “I am.” If I really get hold of that – who he made me to be, my true identity in that wondrous union of intimacy and relationship – then I can be at rest. I do not have to worry, be anxious or rushed.

Life is so much more joyful and connected to creation now than when I was still learning how to do everything. I think back and realise how much I learned. It was a lot, but that was the journey God took me on. I learned how to do it all, but I did not realise I was doing it until he showed me. Then I saw how we have this amazing capacity to go beyond what I could ever have imagined or thought I could do in my own understanding. Looking back, that was the learning process that got me here.

I rejoice in that and I am very thankful to God for all he did to bring me to this place where life is now much more joyful, peaceful and restful. I feel his pleasure when I am enjoying life. I live quite a simple life. I enjoy being in the garden, in the workshop, just hanging out. I enjoy having fun. I laugh a lot, much more than I ever did. We have a very similar sense of humour, so we laugh together a lot, and we laugh at each other too, because we know each other’s little ways. It is lovely.

I never lived that way before, and it really does make life enjoyable and fun. We laugh a lot every day, about all sorts of things. God laughs too, you know. He is a God who laughs. People often think he is miserable, worrying and anxious about the world, but he is full of loving emotion. I know he has laughed at me plenty of times. I have brought him much mirth with the things I have done and the scrapes I have got into. I know he was laughing, because it was amusing, even if It was not very amusing to me at the time. This is a picture I used to use sometimes of a lion with its paw over its eyes, and I think that must be God looking at me, saying, “Oh no, what is he up to now?”

Can you imagine the Lion up in heaven, going ‘What are they up to now?’

These days I feel more and more in tune, living in that union with God’s heart. I feel and sense him all the time now, which makes life so joyful, and not something I would have thought possible, because you only know what you know, don’t you? You don’t know there is something better until you discover it. I did not know my life could be like this until I am living it like this. It was not something I asked God for, because I would not have known what to ask for. I might have asked in general terms, but not in specifics. Now I am so grateful for the specifics. I live with a real attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude because I appreciate it so much. It is a joyful life, to be lived.

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433. Transform Your Life | Focus Your Energy

Mike Parsons

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It’s helpful to know how to do something—until it becomes so ingrained that it functions instinctively, programmed into our unconscious. I no longer have to consciously think every day about how to focus energy into the seven energy gates. I am that now. It’s moved beyond a linear practice—it’s become my entire model of thinking.

But to reach that point, I had to go through the process. I had to intentionally practise it daily. I would focus the rivers of living water into the Merkabah at the core of my being. I energised that with the life of immortality, and then directed that energy to flow through the gates within my physical body. That process empowered me for everything I needed to do—and yes, even to keep myself alive through the flow of immortal life. I can choose to focus that energy.

It’s a journey of learning, of growth and maturity. Eventually, it becomes who you are. It stops being a conscious act and becomes a state of being. Just as we don’t need to remind ourselves to breathe or to keep our hearts beating, once this kind of energy flow is fully established, it moves into the unconscious realm. It’s built into us. It simply flows.

In the same way we’re not constantly thinking, “Better breathe… better pump blood…”—we can be reprogrammed with the energy of life until it becomes automatic. Immortality can become who we are. But this requires intention. Most people aren’t disciplined enough to focus in that way. They hope immortality will just happen. But we have to choose to live from that reality. We have to embrace the I AM—the source of immortal life.

Jesus said that if we drink from the springs of living water, we will live forever. But you have to drink. It’s a choice. It’s not some mythical fountain of youth, or a secret serum. The source is not external—it’s the Spirit, it’s life, and it’s already within. That well is bubbling up inside us, and it will never run dry.

Jesus told the woman at the well, “If you drink from this, you will never be thirsty again.” That’s the key—drawing from the right source. When that becomes your only source, your life changes. You don’t eat to survive—you eat to fellowship, to enjoy. You’re living from a completely different perspective.

And I truly believe that’s God’s intention: that we all come into this state of being—dwelling in it, living in it. A state that frees us from the limitations of the world around us. Living from an immortal state means I’m not bound by the laws and conditions of a world still in the process of restoration. I’m choosing not to live connected to death.

Even though people around us are dying—and just yesterday, a close friend of mine passed away—I know where he is now. He’s in a better place, but I don’t believe it was God’s ultimate intention for him to die. Still, everyone has to find their own place of understanding and reality. Over the last couple of years, I’ve known people who believed in immortality, yet they still died. Does that shake my belief? No. I won’t let it stop me living in the truth of immortality. But I do grieve with those left behind. It’s tragic, heartbreaking, and I feel deep sorrow for those now facing that loss.

But just because things haven’t fully manifested yet doesn’t make the truth any less real. God’s desire is to restore immortality to all of us.

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429. Jesus is the Path to the Father

Mike Parsons

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Of course, Jesus is the way we come to the Father. But He is a door… He said, “I am the door,” and He’s introducing us into a relationship with the Father. I do engage with Jesus at times—sometimes as the Truth—when I feel led to connect with Him in that way. But the bottom line is, we are sons, and a relationship with the Father is absolutely vital. I don’t believe for a moment that if you don’t consciously talk about Jesus, or think, “I must go through Jesus to have a relationship with the Father,” you’ll somehow open the door to the demonic. That’s not how it works.

At the end of the day, demons cannot take control of our lives. We have the Holy Spirit within us—the presence of God living in us. Unless someone deliberately chooses to give access to an external force, by surrendering or submitting to it, a demon cannot simply take over. You’re not going to be overrun just because you didn’t say the name of Jesus. That’s not how it works.

Your relationship with the Father is exactly what Jesus wants you to have. He’s not jealous or overly protective about His name. What He wants is that relationship. And actually, when you have a relationship with the Father, you’re also in relationship with Jesus and with the Spirit. They are one. They exist in perichoresis—a divine dance of mutual indwelling. So if you’re talking to the Father, Jesus is fully aware of the conversation. It’s not like you’re excluding Him or shutting Him out. You’re not.

I think sometimes people come under a kind of religious bondage, and I believe God wants to set us free from that. Intuitively, I think many people know what’s right in their own walk with God. If you’re experiencing and enjoying that relationship, you don’t need religious rules saying, “You must do this,” or “You must say that.” When people start saying things like “demons disguise themselves” or “if you don’t say Jesus’s name, you could be deceived,” it brings confusion and fear, which is not from God.

Just to clarify—demons are not fallen angels. They are disembodied souls, roaming the earth, looking for someone to express through. Angelic beings and fallen angelic beings exist, yes, but they’re not the same as demons. And actually, it’s very easy to discern which is which when you’re in relationship with God. That relationship gives you the discernment to recognise love, and love is the plumb line by which you measure everything. If something carries the frequency of love, it’s not demonic or fallen. You learn to recognise what God is using, who He is communicating through, and who He is Himself, by experiencing His love.

So I’d just say—lay all that other stuff down. Don’t get confused. Go with what’s in your own heart. Loving God, feeling His love in you, and expressing that—that’s what matters. In my Patreon teaching this month, I talked about what Jesus said: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” That doesn’t mean law or obligation. It means desire. His one desire is that we would be loved and empowered to love others in the same way. That’s the essence of it.

He wants us to be who He created us to be and to express that in love to others. It’s not about demanding obedience—it’s about desire and relationship. The word “commandment” has a goal built into it—entole, which means that in the end, there’s a result. And the result is this: “Let me love you, and you’ll be empowered to love others.” That’s what Jesus is really looking for.

In our relationship with the Father, He empowers us to love, because He’s loving us as sons—or daughters, if you prefer. There’s no gender in this—it’s not about physical identity, but about our position in God’s heart and government. So again, it’s not that Jesus has to be the focus in the sense that you must always say His name or fix your thoughts only on Him. He is the way we’ve come to engage the Father. The Father revealed Himself in us through Jesus, but Jesus doesn’t need to be approached legalistically. They are all one. There’s no jealousy or competition within the Godhead.

Ultimately, love and experiencing love is the primary thing. If someone says that’s not enough unless you explicitly follow Jesus, I’d say that following Jesus is following the way of love—true love, not how the world defines it. Some people might have a relationship with God but not yet know it came through Jesus. But He’s not worried about that. They’ll know in time. The truth will be revealed, and they’ll come to see it.

So don’t get caught up in arguments or pressures that bring confusion and discomfort. If someone’s pushing a particular view that doesn’t sit well with you, don’t follow it. Go with your heart. If what you’re experiencing is love, then it’s safe. The devil cannot deceive us when we’re grounded in truth—and Jesus is the Truth. But He wants us to know truth not just intellectually, but experientially—through love. Love is truth.

You’re not wasting your life by having this wonderful relationship with the Father. The angelic realm is there to help. We each have guardian angels assigned to us. They’re not going to deceive you. And you don’t need to live in fear of deception when you’re in relationship with God, grounded in truth and love.

Love is the primary way truth is revealed. So enjoy it. Rest in that love. Anything that pulls you out of love’s rest and into fear, anxiety or worry isn’t coming from God. Perfect love casts out fear.

And yes—your relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit is enough. Through that relationship, you are also connected with Jesus. You don’t need to separate them out in your mind. They are in perichoresis, in union. So when you engage with the Father, you’re engaging with Jesus as well, one way or another.

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424. First Love | From the Inside Out

Mike Parsons

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First love at the very centre

We are tripartite beings, made in the image of God to be in union with the Father, Son and Spirit. We have gateways that connect our spirit, soul and body, facilitating the flow of abundant life within us. Most of you will probably be familiar with the gateway diagram. Usually, it consists of four concentric circles, each one inside the other, representing body, soul, spirit and the glory of God— that place of first love at the very centre of our spirit.

Discernment is essential

The body is how we experience world consciousness. The gates of our body—our five physical senses—include the eye gate, nose gate, ear gate, mouth gate and feeling gate. These are designed to help us interact with the world, but not to interpret what we experience from the outside in, without spiritual discernment. If we rely solely on what we see, hear, smell, taste or touch, those things can deceive us if not interpreted correctly.

Our soul represents our self-consciousness, how we become aware of who we are. It too has functions that help with this self-awareness, but again, it’s not meant to function based only on external information or independently of revelation from our relationship with God. The soul gates include conscience, reason, imagination, mind (conscious, subconscious and unconscious), emotions, choice and will. If these operate independently, they can lead us to create an identity based on what we do and the programming we receive from the world.

The River of Life flows

Our spirit also has senses or gates that are meant to work together with the flow from that place of first love, where God’s glory dwells. This is where the River of Life and the life energy of the Spirit flows, to touch the soul and engage our whole being—so that we interpret the world only through the lens of the spirit. That was how Adam lived originally. He experienced the physical realm through the discernment of the spirit, because he was clothed with the spiritual glory of his identity in the union of relationship with God.

Now, instead of walking with God in a garden, we have His presence within. Our spirit is within our body, and our body relates to the world. This is the picture illustrated by the four concentric circles. We have spirit gates such as the communication gate, prayer gate, fear of God gate (which is not about being afraid, but about awe), intuition, revelation, worship, hope, faith and reverence. Each of these relates to a corresponding soul gate. For example, reverence and fear of God engage our conscience. Communication may flow through intuition or revelation. Worship helps us to engage with the world around us from a place of relationship with God, echoing how Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing.

Three spheres

So it is helpful, but that image doesn’t fully capture the reality. It’s more accurate to think of three spheres—spirit, soul and body—that overlap and connect. So rather than seeing these interactions as two-dimensional, we can see our spirit, soul and body as spheres in quantum entanglement—connected in such a way that our spirit can be anywhere and still instantly relate to our soul. There is a place – our innermost being – where all three are connected. That is our core, the centre of our being, where our union with the Father, Son and Spirit takes place.

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Only a trickle

At the core, in our spirit is the glory of God’s presence within the first love gateway. God dwells within everyone, but often that gateway is closed or restricted, with only a trickle of life flowing through—like the stream under the threshold in Ezekiel’s temple. But that flow can increase: ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep—until it becomes an overwhelming flood. This is God’s desire: that we be saturated with His love and presence.

We have the choice to open that gate. It’s a daily decision. In my experience, this daily opening of the first love gate led me into deeper intimacy with God. Often, Father, Son or Spirit—or all three—would embrace me, and that hug would lead me further. The flow would often carry me into my soul.

I walked with Jesus

When I first started engaging with these gates, I walked with Jesus through each one, asking Him to help me understand how I function. We are all different, and the interaction between our gateways is unique. I learned why some of mine were blocked or inactive. For many, the first love gate may appear chained or overgrown, seemingly impossible to open. That image is often a projection of fear or trauma—a deception of the soul. But in truth, the handle is on our side. We can open it.

When opened, the first love gate releases an increasing flow of life—no longer a trickle, but a flood. Most of us have lived on a trickle for too long. This flood can energise us at the core of our being, through the energy gates and the merkabah, leading to a state of immortal life.

Mike’s latest book, Unconditional Love, is out now as an ebook on our website and is available to pre-order in paperback from your local or online bookseller.

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