Knowing God the Son

In this chapter, we’ll close out this section on Going Onto Perfection with the concept of actually standing in the presence of God the Son in mortality.  Standing in God’s presence here is more than merely seeing Him.  To qualify to be able to be in God’s presence in mortality requires that in some measure that we have become like Him.  In other words, we come to know God by being transformed into what He is.  When we have reached that lofty ideal, God will reveal Himself to us in this life.  So in this review, we’ll compare the two types of knowing, receiving eternal life and receiving the presence of the Father.
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The Process of Perfection
Our Process of Perfection looks like this:                                                                   

Individual Salvation
Born of the Blood
Redemption
Born Again
Sanctified
Born of the Water > Born of the Spirit > Born of God >

Married Exaltation
Going Onto Perfection
Exaltation
Becomes Perfected > Reaches the Full Stature of Messiah > Sees God the Son

Made Like the Son of God
Obtain God’s Power  >  Does the Will of the Father  >  Bound with Heaven

Types of Biblical Knowing
In the Bible, we see two types of knowing.
 
1. Knowing through the awareness of facts.
2. Knowing through shared/common experiences.
 
 
Awareness of Facts
We can know something through our physical senses and acknowledge that it is real. We can see this type of knowing in Thomas who refused to believe that Yeshua had been resurrected. Thomas had to prove that the resurrected Messiah was real.
 
“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.” – John 20:24-28
 
Those who reach the Zion/Jerusalem category of blessedness those who are Born Again who have had their covenants sealed by the Spirit and are sanctified will pass into the Millennium and enjoy living in the presence of God the Son – they will see the Son and know of the reality of His existence.
 
It is this type of knowing that Zion/Jerusalem will receive Everlasting Life in the House of the Son.


Shared/Common Experience
Those who are God’s Sons/Servants/Elect and Angels/Joint-Heirs come to know the Son on a deeper level – they have common experiences.
 
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”  - John 14:12
 
In the Bible, "knowing" (Hebrew: yada; Greek: ginosko) signifies an intimate, experiential, and relational understanding rather than mere intellectual information. It implies a close, covenantal relationship, often describing a deep personal union, such as knowing God’s character or a spouse.
 
God's Servants and Angels experience the presence of the Son in mortality because they have come to know Yeshua through common experiences.
 
“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”  – John 14:18
 
But in order to know God here, it is to be in that class of beings that have reached the stature of the Messiah and have the intimacy of empathizing in similar experiences. To really know someone is to experience what they have experienced.  It is to do what they have done.  To walk in their shoes. They now can connect with Yeshua on a personal level not reached on lower levels. 
 
Dr. Gileadi,
 “As a foretaste of their return “home” to dwell in God’s presence, God appears to his sons/servants on the earth and ministers to them in person. Just as they have ministered to others … God himself now ministers to them and they receive his promise of eternal blessedness. Since that promise depended on their demonstrating "loyalty" and "compliance" with his will - on living a higher law … and serving God at all costs [as God’s sons/servants] - so they have now come to know him.”  (Isaiah Decoded, Gileadi, pgs 177, 178.​)
 
It is this type of knowing that God’s Sons/Servants/Daughters and His Angels/Joint-Heirs will receive Eternal Life in the House of the Father.


Knowing God and Receiving Eternal Life
Speaking to the Apostles, Yeshua declares that those who come to know Him on this deeper level – doing the things that He does – will receive Eternal Life.
 
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” - John 17:3

 
The Presence of God the Father
Those so blessed reaching the image and stature of Messiah not only see God the Son in this life, but enjoy the presence of God the Father in the eternities. It is to dwell eternally with that class of beings who qualified as proxy savior-deliverers who have perfected their lives and suffered unjustly for the benefit of others and who establish peace - to receive life eternal knowing the Father and the Son.​
 
We see this concept when Yeshua connects the Tabernacle with Heaven and Eternity for those who are received into the House of the Father.​​

Tabernacle as a Model of Heaven

Inner Court	Holy Place	Holy of Holies
Realm of the Holy Spirit	House of the Son	House of the Father
Influence of the Holy Spirit	Presence of the Son	Presence of the Father
Saved	Everlasting Life	Eternal Life

​“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” – John 3:14-17