Part III (cont.)
“Though you meet great obstacles and terrible enemies in the invisible and intangible world, remember the name Yahveh in the “everlasting covenant.” For remember that the everlasting covenant is between you and God. “Behold, the days come, saith Yahveh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which my covenant they break, although I was an husband unto them, saith Yahveh, but this shall be my covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days, saith Yahveh, I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” (Jeremiah 31:31-33.)
The difference between the covenant that God made with Israel and the one that God is now to make with you, and you with God, is that this time he says, “I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts.” The old covenant was written on tables of stone, which covenant, God said, the children of Israel broke, as Moses broke the stone when he came down from the mountain; but the new covenant, which contains the same thoughts, will be written in your heart, in your loves, your desires, your sympathies and your emotions, so that your one desire will be to keep that covenant.
Remember that God begins his covenant with the words, “I will be your strength, power, supporter.” Herein is the name Yahveh Elohim, the word “Elohim”, meaning power, and the name “Yahveh”, meaning “I will be what I will to be.” So in taking this covenant, you take the name Yahveh.
Hitherto your life has been dominated by the creative forces, the king of which is the serpent, the psychic power of generation. Our life has rolled on from father to son, mother to daughter, generation after generation, and we have been servants to the creative-forces or to the god of creation; but when you enter into covenant with Yahveh, the God of the universe, you, so to speak, rebel against the god of creation, you declare your purpose no longer to remain under his dominion, to serve his purpose no further, simply because his work is finished in you.
But the dark spirits on the invisible side will to hold you. The god of creation wills to hold you and to dominate you, but Yahveh, the God of the universe, is the God of gods (Power of all powers), the King of Kings. There is no power in the whole universe that is not derived from Yahveh, and as the part cannot be superior to the whole, so that, which emanates from Yahveh cannot be superior or equal to Yahveh, the God of the Universe.
The distinction here made between the god of creation and Elohim, the Creator, is this: The god of creation is the embodied Word of Elohim, whose office and function it is to carry on creation through generation and all its attendant factors. The god of creation is the intelligent power that binds and holds men and women subject to the material laws governing production and reproduction, death and reincarnation. The god of creation was anciently known as the serpent god, and was represented by a mighty sage surrounded by serpents of every character, through whose power (the psychic power) man is held under the law of sin and death for the purpose of developing mind and soul powers, against the time of maturity and the harvest of the world.
God’s part of the covenant is to be your power, your strength, and in taking his name, you, so to speak, rise up in rebellion against the god of creation and repudiate his authority; and knowing that you are begotten of God and are therefore a son of God, you know that you are superior to the god of creation and to the forces of the inferior world. At the same time remember that you are in the world that is ruled by the “god of this world”, and unless you cling closely by loving devotion and by perpetual confidence to God, you will be powerless. But know this, that God cannot lie, therefore he cannot fail you. Trust him; believe him. If you believe God, it will be accounted to you for righteousness, and the power of the God of the universe will be at your command.”
Hiram Butler
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 