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ORACLES OF GOD---THE URIM AND THE THUMMIM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
by  Dr. Wesley A.
Swift------11-6-68 This subject ‘the Oracles
of God’ is a tremendous subject of great spiritual power. The Oracles of God of course, contain the vital truths that the
MOST HIGH has for HIS Household, HIS Race, HIS People. The Oracles of God are the things HE tells
HIS people or instructs HIS people in, including areas vital to the laws of God
for the Kingdom in the hands of administration of HIS people. The areas of the Oracles is a definite
spiritual revelation. All of the things
which God says are not necessarily Oracles, but the deep and vital spiritual
truths, the areas of spiritual law, and the areas of instruction for conquest
over the enemy are Oracles of God.Â
Therefore, we turn over to the book of Romans, chapter 3, and here the
translation is not necessarily accurate, but we read:-- ‘What advantage then
hath an Israelite?’ The word translated
here is Jew, but it is very erroneous because in the days when Oracles were
first bestowed, they were never bestowed on anyone but Israelites, never on the
Jews. Because in those days there were
none called Jew, altho they did refer to the hill country people as Yehudin,
who came in to confuse the House of Israel.Â
 ‘Thus, what advantage then hat
an Israelite? Much in every way
(chiefly because) unto them are committed the Oracles of God.’ Now, the Oracles of God
are the mysteries, the areas of great spiritual wisdom that are bestowed upon
the children of the MOST HIGH GOD. What
advantage then hath an Israelite?Â
Mainly, he is an offspring, a child of the spirit, and to him is
committed the Oracles of God. The Jews
could never understand them, neither could any of the pagans. The household of Lucifer would be unable to
understand these Oracles. When the
Oracles of God come forth out of the lips of the embodiment of God as a mighty
prophet, they could not understand what HE had to say, and Jesus said unto
them, ‘You cannot understand what I say because you cannot even hear My
words.’ The Oracles of God are
therefore tremendous areas of great mystery. I would like to point out
to you that over in the book of Acts, we find again mentioned, the Oracles of
god. This is when Stephen is standing
to speak to the House of Israel, to the chief priests and to all those around,
before they stoned him. And he
therefore said in Acts 7:37:-- ‘This is that Moses which said unto the children
of Israel, a prophet shall the LORD your God raise up unto you of your
brethren, like unto me, his shall ye hear.’Â
‘This is he that was in the wilderness with the Angel which spake to him
in the mountain, and with our fathers who received the lively Oracles to give
unto us.’ Now, these Oracles are
sometimes referred to as the vibrating Oracles, are sometimes referred to as
the vibrating Oracles of God. In
otherwords, they vibrated with the spirit of the Living God. They are vibrating also in a very unique
way. What did he mean when he said ‘a
lively or vibrating Oracle?’ ‘For this
is that which our fathers received.’Â
The vital Living Oracles. I
would point out to you that the God of the Heavens is the God of Light. In the book of John, we are told that HE is
the Light of the World. HE is the Light
which lighteth every man which comes into the world. HE is the Light in the world and the darkness comprehends it
not. Therefore, HE talks about the
‘lively Oracles.’ This, my friends, is
an area of great mystery. So great a
mystery that in the talking about it, you will find that commentators are not
able to comment on it. Matthew Henry
has a little comment on this subject, and Shaffer and other commentaries barely
speak about it. When they come up to
the actual facts of ‘mystery’ of the lively and vibrating Oracles, they have no
explanation. So we turn inside the book
of Exodus and we find it speaks:-- ‘Therefore, God told Moses to create a
breastplate for the High Priest. And
‘Thou shalt set in the setting stones---12 stones. They shall be in 4 rows, and there shall be one stone for each
tribe of Israel. The first row shall be
a Sarus (Ruby), a Topaz, and a Carbuncle.Â
The second row shall be an Emerald, a Sapphire, and an Diamond. And in the third row, a Ligure, an Agate,
and an Amethyst. And in the fourth row,
a Beryl, an Onyx, and a Jasper. They
shall be set in gold in their enclosing. (Exodus 28:17-21). This shall be the breast plate of the High
Priest. And under the 12 stones, shall
be the names of the 12 tribes of Israel, twelve according to their names, like
the engravings of a signet. Every one
with his name shall be according to the 12 tribes. Therefore, thou shalt place these on the breastplate of the High
Priest and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel. And the breastplate of Judgement upon his
heart; when he goes into the Holy Place, for a memorial before the LORD
continually. And thou shalt put in the
breastplate of judgement, the Urim and the Thummim. And they shall be upon Aaron’s heart when he goeth in before the
LORD continually.’ Thou shalt put into
the breastplate over the heart of Aaron, the Urim and the Thummim. Now I want to ask you,
what is the Urim and the Thummim? Go
into your commentaries and they have no answers except as you find it widely
explained as the ‘vibrating Oracles.’Â
Then turn over in to the book of Leviticus 8:8, and here it tells you
that he put the breastplate upon him, Aaron, and put in the breastplate the
Urim and the Thummim. Thus the Urim and
the Thummim are very vital factors in the identification of the Household of
God---of the High Priest of HIS Children.Â
Because after the fall of the Adamic race, the Light of God and the
glory of God went off of them. And the
basic pattern of aura did not rest on the family of YAHWEH (God). Therefore, YAHWEH had to pour out HIS wisdom
upon a prophet or upon a leader, or upon a High Priest. And thus, thru this High Priest, HE had to
speak to these people HE chose to raise up.Â
HE did raise up Patriarchs. HE
did raise up Prophets. HE poured out
upon them various areas of guidance.Â
And then guiding the House of Israel, HE raised up a High Priest. And in the breastplate, which was placed on
the High Priest, was this Urim and the Thummim. But you will discover,
that altho you go into the commentaries of find the Urim and the Thummim, they
say they do not understand anything about these mysteries. This is only because they have cut off so
many of the deep volumes of scripture.Â
They don’t go in to them today like most of the ministers don’t even go
into the Bible and don’t know what it has to say. I will wager that 75% of the ministers of today, don’t know what
the Urim or the Thummim are, don’t even know where to find out about these
mysteries, don’t even know where to find them in the Bible. And yet, the Urim and the Thummim were two
very powerful, very mysterious objects. Well, the word Urim means
‘lights’---burning lights or burning lights and color, or the fire lights of
color. It means then the lights of
color and fire. The word ‘Thummim’ means
perfection, and perfection in understanding.Â
So in the Urim and the Thummim, came forth two things out of the area of
Divine Light---came forth as mystical answers.Â
And the area of full cognition of what was on the mind of God which
would descend to the Priests and would also be discovered in the Thummim. Now these two objects were
placed in the breastplate over the heart of the High Priest. And there are some strange situations in
this which we can discover. Even Enoch
talks about how YAHWEH would give a lively Oracle to HIS people. A vibrating Oracle, until such times when HE
poured out HIS consciousness upon men, and they had the Oracle--in their
hearts. Now, not only is this in
the books of Enoch, but also in ‘The Book of the Bee,’ we discover the great
mysteries of the Living Oracles of the MOST HIGH. That whatsoever that YAHWEH declared as a positive and effective
work was referred to as an Oracle. But
under the loss of spiritual awareness which Adam-man lost, under his fall,
YAHWEH was providing a mechanical way for them to receive the guidance of the
MOST HIGH, or this was a way for Israel to receive the Living Oracles of the
MOST HIGH. Therefore, let’s go
further into the pattern of this. And
in the writings of Moses, he talks about being told as to how to construct the
Urim and the Thummim. And they were to
take the stone of fire and color, which is the Opal, and this stone was to be
set on a band of gold. And the gold
would be set inside a sounding box, and it was to vibrate. Therefore, the High Priest, when he entered
in to the Holy of Holies, where the Light of YAHWEH was to dwell, then the
Spirit--this Light of YAHWEH, would descend upon the Holy of Holies, and the
Light of YAHWEH’S presence shining on the jewel of fire would stat it vibrating
if the answer was yes. The Priest
placed his hand over the vibrating stone effected by the vibrating Light which
shown from the presence of YAHWEH, and the Light shining off the stones in the
breastplate of the House of Israel would shine on this Opal, and the strange
fire which came out of the Opal, sent the Light of the Opal into the Thummim. Now, the Thummim was lines
with precious stones so the High Priest would place his hand over the Thummim,
and instantly, into his physical body, would flow a wave of spiritual consciousness,
and he would know the exact thing which the MOST HIGH wanted to tell the House
of Israel. He would hear it as tho you
would listen to a telephone. And as one
would send a telephone message into your consciousness, into the spiritual
consciousness of the High Priest, came the wisdom and knowledge out of the
Light of YAHWEH from the presence of the MOST HIGH into the Urim and into the
Thummim. And as the one was referred to
as the reception of the radiant light, the other was the perfection in understanding. Thus, it was, as the great
problems which were to effect Israel, any mystery they would be confronted
with, then the High Priest would go once a year into the Holy of Holies for
sacrifice and for atonement for Israel.Â
But he could enter into the Holy of Holies for an answer from the MOST
HIGH, on any question which effected Israel or the Tabernacle, at any
time. Thus, it was that the Light of
YAHWEH shining down on the stones of the breastplate and then in to the center
of the Urim, somehow, the flame and the fire that ignited the light of the
Opal, then reflected to the Thummim and then came out as the High Priest placed
his hand upon it just like a tube in a radio set, or you would watch or hear
the transmission of sound. The
intelligence of the High Priest would place his body in gear, and with this
tremendous phenomena, the ‘vibrating Oracles of God,’ he could speak with
accuracy and with truth. Today, we are entering
some strange situations. We are
entering the day of the laser beam. And
we are finding that the laser beam is the concentration of light coming down
thru various fields and stones. We find
that the Emerald and these various stones are used in the laser beam. We find several other things also used in
the laser beam. And we are doing all
kinds of things with this beam. You can
do surgery with the beam without a knife.Â
And disintegrate or destroy, like with weapons. You can bore thru the hardest of stone, and
the strongest of iron and steel. You
could do miracles with the concentration of light as it comes thru the various
jewels and prisms. And also one of the
secrets they are telling you is that out of the solidified areas of fire, and
out of the areas of the Opal, they are getting the strength for this type of
laser reactions. They are not telling
you about these things---but out of the Opal, light coming out of the Universe,
out of space focused on an Opal, comes forth with a tremendous light and
vibration. They do not understand what
makes it vibrate, or what the vibrations mean.Â
But this, my friends,---this Opal was the stone of fire and color placed
in the Urim which was in the breastplate of the High Priest of Israel over
which he placed his hand, and it was called a ‘lively vibrating Oracle.’ Now, the presence of the
MOST HIGH is found thru out HIS Universe.Â
HE is before all things. And by
HIM all things consist. HE is the
Master power of creation and vitality.Â
And out of HIS spirit comes knowledge, wisdom and understanding. It was said therefore, that unto them was
given the Oracles of God, unto Israel--was given the Oracles of YAHWEH. And not only could they understand the
mysteries of great doctrine as HE unveiled these things to them, but HE spoke
to Moses, and out of the Light and Fire, on Mount Sinai, HE gave a verbal
declaration to Moses of the Oracles, and the laws, and these things which
Israel was to know. Then thru the High
Priests of Israel, HE gave them directions as to how to live and all the things
which pertained to their work on earth. You will note that in
Joshua’s time, that as Joshua went out on his conquests, that first he went to
the High Priest. And the High Priest
would consult the Urim for Joshua and he would receive the right answers as to
what he was to do. As the day came for
the invasion of the land of the Cainanites, the High Priest went in to the Holy
of Holies, and the Light shown down and vibrated the Urim, and he received a
‘yes’ answer as to the time to march. He placed his hand over the Thummim and
was told how to do it, where to go, how to march around the city, how many
times, and what to expect as they do as ordered. Thus, Joshua went out and did these things, and great victories
resulted. But first he consulted the
Urim and the Thummim. I want to point out that
there came serious and troublesome times to the House of Israel when the Baal
priests came in. They destroyed the
Temple and a lot of the items which belonged to the House of God. In fact, for a long time, the High Priest
did not have the breastplate. They didn’t even have the Urim and the
Thummim. It tells you in the book of
Nehemiah, and also in Ezra, that they had great problems. For some of Israel had brought in strange
women and mongrelization was taking place, complete integration was to take
place if this was not stopped. And
areas of cursing and trouble had come in because of the violation of Divine
Law. So Israel in trouble went to the
High Priest, but he did not have the Urim and the Thummim. These of Israel were very disturbed. And they waited for a High Priest to come
who would have the Urim and the Thummim, for they did not have the breastplate
of Israel either.  Again, this was an
area of mystery. But of course, if they
had consulted the works of Enoch, and the other passages, and volumes, they
would not have become involved in this violation of law. The commentaries as they
came out surely have consulted those same passages. But they said, ‘we don’t understand what the Urim and the Thummim
are. We don’t understand how the High
Priests found out anything by this method.Â
We don’t understand anything about it.Â
This must have just been a great supernatural miracle which happened in
the breastplate. My friends, this is what
happened in the breastplate of Israel:-- The Light of YAHWEH shown on the
breastplate and it vibrated the Urim when the answer was ‘yes.’ The clear pattern of spiritual vision, and
the understanding of the mind of YAHWEH, came as tho it were received by a
transmitter, and a receiver was picking it up as the High Priest placed his
hand over the Thummim. As his hand
touched the vibrations it translated into thoughts and ideas in his mind. Now, I want to point out
to you that the Apostle Paul tells you certain things like for instance, he tells you that your body is the Temple of
the Holy Spirit. He also cited in the
book of Jeremiah, that HE would make a new covenant with the House of Israel
and the House of Judah.  That HE would
give you a heart of flesh instead of stone, that HE would be able to unveil HIS
mind unto you.  One of the things Jesus
told you, was about the outpouring of HIS Spirit, and divine presence that HE
would usher in when HE came upon HIS people.Â
Thus, HE said HE would bring you to the knowledge of ‘all truth.’ Bring back to you the thoughts of the spirit
which you possess as the spiritual children of the MOST HIGH. And then HE would bring all things to your
remembrance. And HE would lead you to
the knowledge of all truth. And as this
takes place, then you no longer need a High Priest as an intercessor for
you. But HE will come and speak unto
you, and then you can go into the HOLY of HOLIES that is deep within the heart
center of your spiritual consciousness.Â
And you can consult with the Urim and the Thummim and get the answers of
God which will activate the processes of the conscious, and also the areas of
information. This discernment is to be
given to the Household of God. As they
approach and ask of God, then they can receive the answer. And as they seek HIS face, they can catch
HIS advice. Now, a lot of people say,
‘I can’t get anything from God.’ Well,
then maybe you haven’t been practicing very much. You haven’t been approaching HIM. A lot of people never think of God very much, never seek to
understand HIS Law, and HIS will. And
then when they seek an answer, they can’t even hear it, because they don’t know
how to listen. Again, HE gave these
vibrating Oracles to Israel. HE gave
them to no one but You. Now, the Apostle Paul was
taken into the heavens for a vision of the Oracles. And he came back and told
us how we had been before in the bosom of the Father. How we had dwelt in the heavens, had been spiritually begotten,
and one of the basic patterns of the Oracles was to declare unto the children,
that we were with HIM thru the Eternities of yesterday. And that altho now embodied in the flesh,
still the presence of God’s Spirit never forsakes HIS children. And HE develops and brings upon them with
each outpouring of the spirit a new wave of their restoration. More than this, HE promises them Eternal
Life. And two of the most important
Oracles are:-- the vital truths of God that the Children existed with HIM
before the foundation of the world.Â
They existed in HIS abiding presence, and reached out to enter its
tomorrows with a pattern of Eternal Life.Â
These are two of the tremendous Oracles of the MOST HIGH. And they are to be constantly temporized
with the vibrating Oracles of the Old Testament. And the Living Witness of God’s Spirit will give HIS people the
knowledge and understanding as they approach unto HIM in the New.   Thus, it is that we
understand the mystery of the Urim and the Thummim. How the Divine Light of the presence of the MOST HIGH caused the
Urim to vibrate and the Thummim to unveil the mysteries of the MOST HIGH. Then HE says, ‘I stand at
the door and knock. I come in.’ You are the children of the MOST HIGH
GOD.  You are a CHRISTED people. And it is the Christ in you which if your
hope---in radiant light and glory. The
Light of God shall descend on your race, and spiritual witness will come out of
the Household of the MOST HIGH. Now, let’s turn to those
scriptures where the Apostle Paul talks about the areas of the Oracles of the
MOST HIGH. HE speaks to the children of
this mystery and tells them, ‘Here at the time when ye ought to be teachers, ye
have need that one teach ye again, that ye understand the first principles of
the Oracles of God. Ye have become as
tho ye need milk, not strong meat.’ So
instead of having sought after a contact with the MOST HIGH, instead of
accepting HIS Truth and meditating upon it, moving in to become the receivers
of the Oracles of God, now they still needed someone to teach unto them once
again, these Oracles of God. Then Peter was to say, ‘If
any man speak, therefore, that is now a minister of God, let him speak with
authority, with accuracy. Let him speak
as the High Priest spoke when he touched the vibrating oracles. Let him therefore reach into the Holy of
Holies and speak the very Living words of God as HIS ministers.’  Thus, these are the words of
Peter----Living Oracles. I want you to know that we
stand at the greatest area of revelation.Â
I wish today, that the ministers in this nation of God’s Kingdom, and in
the other nations of HIS Kingdom, would understand that as ‘living Oracles’
they can reach in for the ‘Yes’ or the ‘no’ for guidance, for
instructions---all of them going along with the pattern that fills the
spirit. That as offspring of God, the
reflection of God’s mind, the desires of God’s heart, the patterns of law which
works out to the best interest of the Kingdom are vital and important unto
them. Then let them answer the race
question. Let them answer the idea of
integration. Let them answer the
question of this trouble we have today with Mystery Babylon dominating our
society, and controlling our areas of income.Â
Let them answer the question as the High Priest long ago asked for
Joshua and God will give you the instructions vital for Armageddon. And you will come out victorious. Then as victory comes, there will be no
strangers left in the House of God; no areas of idolatry left, no Christ
deniers left. There will be no man on
the Supreme Court saying you must teach evolution in the schools, you must teach
the lies of hell. I want you to know, my
friends, that here again, the instructions of the laws of God should be sought
by the people of this nation, because the states no longer control education to
determine as to whether they will teach lies or truth. The excuse of the man on the Supreme bench
is that this defines religion when you say you have to go by what the Bible
says. My friends, the Supreme Court has
already ruled that this is a Christian nation.Â
But until America’s people rise up and defy this pattern of evil, which
now rests in our midst by impeaching the Supreme Court members who have revoked
the areas of our Faith, not until then, will we return to the time when we had
righteous judges. Yes---YAHWEH says, ‘I will
speak with My people. I will lead My
people. And at the hour of My return,
the Light of My glory will descend over the House of Israel. And as it descends over My people, they will
know ME, from the least to the greatest.Â
They are going to see and to understand. And every man is going to know as he is known. His mind is going to work like MY mind
works.’ Because the very Living Oracles
of God are going to come into the consciousness of Adam-man. Immortality will have descended upon him and
death will have been swallowed up in victory. Again, this is like the
words which you have in the book of Romans where it tells you that if the
spirit of the Light of Life which raised up Christ from the dead dwell in you,
then it shall quicken your mortal body. The electrons will go
faster around the nucleus. It stiffens,
strengthens, the molecular masses of the body, makes them immune to sickness
and disease. It makes them
indestructible, gives them immortality.Â
This makes it impossible for the enemy to wound the body of a single one
of God’s people. In otherwords, God is talking
about how the spirit of ‘Light and Life,’ when it moves upon the House of God,
surrounds and emanates as an aura of God from them who now have placed upon
them, Immortality. No longer, will they
die. They will be filled with the
wisdom of the MOST HIGH, and when they speak, they will speak with the voice of
God. This, my friends, is why
the laws will go out of Zion. This is
why the nation will be born in a day---born of Light and Glory. As we see these things transpire, we will
know again, that we have become vital and ‘Living Oracles’ ourselves. The Temple of God’s Holy Spirit as YAHWEH
hath promised will not stand forth. So it was, as HE pointed
out that when HE poured out HIS Spirit upon that early Church, there at that
time, the Urim and the Thummim was in their hearts, and they started to
vibrate. And Peter who had denied his
LORD, came forth as an eloquent orator.Â
And Stephen came forth and addressed the people with eloquence until
thousands and thousands listened and they understood. As we move in to this
period of the ‘latter rain,’ this out pouring of God’s Spirit, and come into
the climax of the hour, as HE will soon be appearing, then in a moment in the
twinkling of an eye, we shall think as HE thinks, and we shall know as HE
knows. We shall be united with our
spiritual heritage as the Eternal Children of the Father. And one of the important things is that we
will know that we have been with HIM in the endless yesterdays and we will be
with HIM in the tomorrows. That the Law
of God, the Mind of God, the Will of God has been revealed to HIS
Household----all this shall come to pass. We will have more to say
on this subject at a later day, for there is much that we are discovering about
these things learned as the High Priest used the Urim and the Thummim as he
approached God for answers and guidance.Â
The emanation of the Light thru the jewels and into the Urim and the
Thummim was only until such time as the spirit and light of HIS own consciousness
would descend upon the ‘Living Temples’ and emerge out of the hearts of HIS
people with Light and Truth. Thus with all these things
then we say:-- Arise and shine for your light has come and the Glory of
YAHWEH-YAHSHUA HAS RISEN UPON US. (End of Sermon)
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