Chapter 13

HOW TO KEEP HOLY PLACES HOLY

By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze

And the glory of the LORD came into the temple
by way of the gate which faces toward the east.
The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court;
and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple,
while a man stood beside me. And He said to me,
"Son of man, this is the place of My throne
and the place of the soles of My feet,
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.
No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name,
they nor their kings, by their harlotry
or with the carcasses (corpses) of their kings on their high places.
When they set their threshold by My threshold,
and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me,
they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed;
therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
Now let them put their harlotry
and the carcasses (corpses) of their kings far away from Me,
and I will dwell in their midst forever.
Ezekiel 43:4-9

Then He said to them, "Defile the temple,
and fill the courts with the slain (dead bodies).
Go out!" And they went out,
and killed in the city.
Ezekiel 9:7

A Vision Of Holiness
         In a vision, I saw a funeral procession into a church. In place of the usual coffin, was an open Holy Bible, being carried into the church.
         Interpretation: It shall come to pass that churches shall stop defiling the temple of God by carrying corpse into it, when they learn the will of God and delight to do it. Likewise, they shall remove corpses and all graves from the holy places.

Importance Of Holy Places
         Holy places provide the following benefits:
  1. They serve as centers for fellowship with Angels, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit and God.
  2. Holy places serve as centers for healing, deliverance, solutions, enlightenment, inspiration, prophecy, etc
  3. Keeping holy place holy makes God or the Angels to step on the ground. Otherwise, they hang in the air, stay outside or stay in the clouds.
  4. When Angels touch the ground, powers in their body become released into the ground. When people ly down on the ground, they receive healing, deliverance, etc, even without praying, and without being prayed for.
  5. People who are distressed or depressed go to holy places and find peace, joy, protection and consolation. You may be surprised to learn that your church members go to holy place to sleep because of thieves, kidnappers, etc, for security reasons, without your knowing it.
  6. Travelers stay in holy places for rest and security when they have no alternatives.
Stop Defiling The Churches With Corpses!
         Jesus answered and said unto him, "Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?" John 3:10 (Are you a child of God, and you do not know this? Examine in spirit and see the truth. The Holy Spirit, the Angels and Saints abhor the practice. The life we live is entirely a different thing, spiritually.)
         Churches and members have to stop bringing dead bodies inside the church or temple of God. This is because corpse remains one of the worst defiled things in life. Those who have spiritual understanding, knowledge and discernment should be given the chance to enlighten the clergy. There are several issues, which assumptions do not solve, yet we often take such things for granted. “It doesn’t matter,” we may say. Yet, it matters so much. There is need for re-evaluation of certain practices. You may not believe it. Yet, the spiritually awake know the truth. The practice continues, because people do not physically feel any negative effects. But, discern spiritually. You will be amazed …how bad, how improper, how disgusting, how devastating and how deactivating! Abomination upon abomination! Breeding abominations!!

Jesus Warned About It
         "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea (trusted and important places that are affected) flee to the mountains (the holy and secure places):" Mark 13:14

"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." Matthew 7:6

The Consequences Of Defilement
         Once the Holy Spirit and Angels know that you are about to bring a corpse into a church or holy palce, they leave the place before you bring in the corpse.
         The Holy Spirit will not return to the church or holy place until the place is purified. The Angels will refuse to enter the place again. Instead, they stay in the sky or hover in the air. Unfortunately, majority of the reverend fathers and teachers do not know that purfication is necessary and they do not know how to purify the place.
         A corpse is evil and by its strong electromagnetic nature, it attracts numerous evil spirits, demons, ghosts and black energies. After a corpse has defiled the temple of God, the temple becomes the abode of evil spirits, witches and cultists, who are busy destroying the destiny - lives and fortunes - of children of God.
         Unfortunately, many people do not see these things with the ordinary eyes. That is why the practice continues. The worth of a church is not measured by its magnificence, size or population. It is determined by its holiness and presence of the Holy Spirit.

         Bad effects of the corpse or grave on people are:
  1. It keeps the Holy Spirit and yiur Guardian Angels away from you. When the Holy Spirit and the Angels know that you are going to touch a grave or enter a room in which there is a corpse, they leave you before you touch the grave or enter. Therefore, you become like an abandoned house full of darkness, and like an empty rusted vessel rolling into a bottomless pit, without knowing it.

    15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say,'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' — and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked — 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. Revelation 3:15-19

  2. The grave or corpse has both magnetic and electric fields. Because of these fields, your spiritual talents cannot develop.
  3. It pulls you down the spiritual ladder, such that you are always retrogressing (falling backwards) instead of progressing.
  4. It first renders you powerless, and then attracts evil spirits, demons, ghosts and black energies into you and your life.
  5. The evil spirits, demons, ghosts and forces of darkness hinder your progress in life.
  6. Also, they cause problems, difficulties, failures, promise and fail, disappointments, bad luck, sickness, etc.
  7. Through you, the grave or corpse spreads defilement, failures and sickness to the general public: to the houses you visit, to the churches you attend, to the offices you go into, to the buses you enter, etc.
  8. In a vision I saw a child on the grave. However well the child tried to stand up, the grave pulled him down. Defilement causes failure in life.
  9. In another vision, I saw two persons. One was standing on the ground and the other standing on a grave. While the person on the ground was strong and full of of light, the person on the grave was full of darkness and emptiness.
  10. It disconnects and disables your communication antenna between you and God. The spiritual communication antenna is on the top of the head. It is called Crown.
  11. It deactivates and disables your spiritual eye. The spiritual eye, called the third eye, is on the forehead. It is used for vision, clairvoyance and prophecy. Jesus spoke about the dead spiritual eye when He said, "22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great (terrible) is that darkness!" Matthew 6:22-23
  12. It destroys your power of expression on the throat, which corresponds to the thyroid gland. When this spiritual center is dead, people can no longer say the Truth or defend what is right. Observe the society, and notice that the adults, parents and leaders are no longer giving corrections to the youths. The current trend is that everybody is free to live as he likes. In this world, that statement seems to be good and proper,. But in spirit, it simply means mass exodus of people into the hell fire.

    None corrects another.
    No one is ready to accept corrections.
    Each one encourages the others
         Unto everlasting death and destruction.
    Thus is terrible, indeed.
Watch! Search Out!
         You will discover that churches founded by visioners, prophets, dreamers, pastors, etc do not allow corpse into their premises. Some people would argue that Jesus touched dead bodies. Yes! He touched dead bodies with a difference. For every dead body he touched, he destroyed death, cast it out and restored life. In everyday circumstances, people touch dead body, but the death remains! Likewise, the defilement caused by the death remains with people. Majority do not have the spiritual power which Jesus had to withstand death. The proof is both clear and certain. Nobody would like to be thrown into the river just because Jesus walked on the water. Who is ready to have his finger cut off, so that he would replace it after three days without going to hospital, just because Jesus died and ressurrected after three days?

The Parable Of Two Cleaners
         Consider the parable of two cleaners: one cleaner uses water to wash out dirt, and thereafter wash his body and clothes. The other does not use water or broom. Therefore, the dirt stains his body and clothes, and remains with him. Some would argue that God sent Michael to recover the dead body of Moses.

"Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee." Jude 1:9

         The fact is that the way Angels move things is not the way human beings move things. Human beings move things by touching and carrying them. But, Angels move things by commanding things to move or do what the Angels want. Michael did not touch the corpse if at all he moved it. Corpse is so negatively powerful that it defiles even a holy place.

"Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him." Numbers 19:13

"But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean." Numbers 19:20

         Evaluate: if a person defiles a holy place because he touched a dead body, then the dead body itself defiles far more!

"And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even." Numbers 19:22

"And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days." Numbers 19:16

Priests And Reverend Ministers Should Avoid Corpses And Graves
         About the Priests God says,

"And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD." Ezekiel 44:25, 27

Remove All Graves From The Holy Places

"And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcasses (dead bodies) of their kings in their high places. In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcasses (dead bodies) of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever." Ezekiel 43:4-9

         In olden days, a prophet prophesied about an altar of Baal. He said,

"And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you (the sacrifice/presence of dead bodies renders the altar permanently defiled and useless), and men's bones shall be burned on you.'" 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out." 4 So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Arrest him!" Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself. 5 The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. 6 Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and became as before." 1 kings 13:1-6

The Difference Is Clear
         Of course, the difference is clear: pastors, visioners, prophets, etc, who avoid contact with dead body perform miracles, healing, deliverance, exploit, etc as Jesus said in Mark 16: 17.

"And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16:17,18

         Those who are often in contact with corpse do not or cannot perform similar wonders. The major problem is that sometime in the past, the true worship of God was adulterated by some influential people. Their successors (some of the churches) have not been able to understand that such changes were made. Therefore, the successors whole heartedly continue and defend the wrong worship.

"But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?" Matthew 15:3

         This is to fulfill the prophecy of Jesus Christ that many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. Observe closely and see how the new generation churches are gradually and steadily reforming the entire Christianity.

Discourage The Line Up
         The practise of people lining up to go inside and see a corpse should be discouraged. It is unnecessary, and causes a lot of consequences in the spiritual lives of people. Only close relations need go in to see the body of their loved ones.

God’s Laws Are Eternal
         The laws of God are natural, universal and eternal. It does not matter whether human beings call those laws theories, doctrines, principles, procedures, processes, methods, inventions, or discoveries.
         About touching a dead body, God said,

"He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean." Numbers 19: 11, 12

         About corpse itself, God said,

"This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent (room): all that come into the tent (room), and all that is in the tent (room), shall be unclean seven days. And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean." Numbers 19:14, 15

About Graves In The Family Compounds
         The same explanations apply about graves in the family compounds. Often, you see people who sleep or sit down on them. Children play on them. Doing so does not make a person a sinner, but it defiles the body which is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and keeps your guardian Angels and Holy Spirit away from you.

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." 1 Corinthians 3: 16, 17

         The Bible approves that where a loved one or relation dies, believers can come in contact with corpse. In that way, it is possible to console and help relations who are mourning. However, the same Bible specifies that purification after burial is compulsory.

         Likewise, those who bury corpse inside a house should desist from doing so. Once you bury a corpse inside a room, it fills the room with its magnetic and spiritual fields which are evil. And people should not enter or live inside the room.

How Did Jesus Describe A Grave?
         He said,

"Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity." Matthew 23: 26, 28

         The within Jesus meant is the spiritual side of the church, while the outside refers to the physical side of the church. Hence, the worth of a church is not measured by its magnificence, size or population. It is determined by its holiness and presence of the Holy Spirit. The grave is so bad and evil only because a dead body or bone is inside it!
  • The practice of bringing a dead body into the church was not so in the history of Israel.
  • It was not so during the time of Jesus.
  • It was not so during the time of the Apostles.
  • It was not so during the time of early Christian church.
  • It was a later addition by ordinary men of the world.


    • How To Avoid Defilement From Corpse And Graves
             By The Ordinary People:
    1. Reduce the number of times you enter a room in which there is corpse.
    2. Avoid frequent touching of corpse or grave.
    3. Allow the defilement only when it is necessary or unavoidable. In a necessary case of death of relations or close friends. In the unavoidable case of sudden death.
    4. Do not eat or drink in the presence of corpse.
             By The Ministers Of God:
    1. First, reduce the number of times you get defiled by corpses and graves.
    2. Stop allowing corpse into the churches or holy places.
    3. Stop touching dead bodies or closed coffin.
    4. When you go for burial mass in a compound, move straight to the altar/table, and stay there. Do not enter the room wherein is corpse to greet the mourners. You can enter the room after corpse has been removed.
    5. For burial, wait outside for people to bring out the corpse (already encased and locked) in a coffin.
    6. At the graveside, stand at such a position where it is not possible to touch coffin or grave when the corpse is inside it.
    7. When you get home after the burial, bath with holy water. (Until there is specially consecrated water for cleansing.)
    8. Every dress worn during burial should not be used again, until it is washed with water.
    9. Stop giving or receiving Holy Communion in the presence of corpse. “And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.” Numbers 19:15
    10. Instead of people bringing corpse into the church or holy place, perform the funeral riles at their homes or burial places.
    11. Stop entering the cemetery. If you do so, observe the laws cleanliness and holiness.
    Why You Should Avoid A Corpse
             A corpse has a spiritual field which is highly negative, and therefore detrimental to our spiritual life. The spiritual field is like the field of a magnet or the electric field of a charge.
             The field of a corpse extends in all directions, and terminates on the walls, on the objects within the room. That is why God directed that all open vessels inside a room where a corpse is are defiled and should be broken and thrown away.
             When a person touches the corpse or comes within its field, the person becomes filled with forces of death, which can kill a person who is not spiritually strong. The person becomes a living dead or a moving dead body.
             A similar case is observed of metals (e.g. nails) placed near or in contact with a magnet. You observe that the metal soon becomes a magnet, which can attract or repel other metals.
             Another reason why you should avoid corpse is that a corpse attracts numerous evil spirits, demons, ghosts and black energies. And wherever these evil spirits, demons and ghosts are, they are busy destroying the lives, fortunes and prosperity of the children of God.
             Consider the case of the demonic encountered by Jesus. He stays in burial ground, and said that his name is legion, which means they are a company of numerous evil spirits, demons and ghosts, with all the black forces following them.

    Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness
             All over the world, humanity know that cleanliness is next to Godliness. However, majority do not know the importance of that statement, as the understanding always starts and ends with environmental neatness. The real point is that God (including the Son, Holy Spirit and Angels) like a clean environment, and they readily appear and stay in such clean environment! But what is obtainable in some of the churches today? During worship you see:
    1. Children urinating here and there. The adult feel it does not matter. We seem to forget the fact that a child’s urine has the same characteristics as an adult’s urine: the same waste, the same odour, the same colour, the same chemistry, the same decomposition, etc.
    2. Even adults join in the practice.
    3. Children defecating here and there.
    4. A reverend is praying at the altar, with his eyes he sees the altar or the Holy Communion, and with the same eyes he sees urine, faeces and nakedness. Please, God and the Heavens do not work that way.
    5. Believers spit here and there within the church premises. And they feel it does not matter. We forgot that saliva is also waste product from the body. Nobody would like to be spat upon. Yet, people spit here and there in the church premises.
    6. Some churches now add toilets and bathrooms, to their sacristies, church or altar. What a misconception!
             Believers and churches should observe the following rules:
    1. No spitting within the church premises.
    2. No urination, except in a well located toilet and urinary.
    3. No defecating (stooling).
    4. No throwing of refuse over the church walls. The walls are the defence line of the Angels; they move along the walls to defend the church and congregation as well as battle against the forces of darkness.
    5. Outside the church compound (not outside the church building), people must not urinate on the wall or very close to it.
    "12 Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out; 13 and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse. 14 For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you." Deuteronomy 23:12-14 GOD NEVER CHANGES!

    Control Of Children During Worship
             In many churches, children are now left to behave discordantly:
    1. They are busy eating one type of biscuit or another.
    2. They are busy drinking pure water or juice.
    3. They are restive, as they move about, play, run or joke inside the church.
    4. Some of them are so careless that they even back the altar, and/or jeer at people.
    5. Some of them keep moving in and out of the church to buy one type of snack or another.
    6. Adult see these things and keep quiet.
             The child must be trained to respect the church and its environment. That is a practical training in wisdom, which begins with the fear (love) of God.

    Observe Silence And Peace In Holy Places
             Silence is the dwelling place of the Most High.

    Do Not Go Up By Steps To The Altar
             25 And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. 26 Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.' Exodus 20:25,26

    How To Select Land For Building Churches And Holy Places
             A land selected for building a church or holy place should: Design Of Church And Holy Places
             The design of church buildings and holy places should not contain any form or symbol that is cultic, demonic or evil. To include such signs and symbols is to invite evil spirits into the place.

    Materials Used For Construction.
             Do not use materials that belong to the Devil, evil spirits, cults, or secret societies. Do not even buy such materials from them.