Third Heaven Traveler Meaning

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Hebrews 11:9

“By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:”

King James Version (KJV)

Hebrews 11:10

“For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”

King James Version (KJV)

Ephesians 2:6

“And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:”

King James Version (KJV)

Here lately I've been accused of being a Mason or Luciferian because of my Blog title: The Third Heaven Traveler.

I stand in the ever presence of the Lord God Almighty and state publically:

"God is my witness: I am not affiliated with any Masonic order, group, or fraternity, nor have I been in the past." 

"God is my record, how greatly I affirm in truth that I stand separate from every Masonic order, fraternity, or secret group."

 For  the record at the age of approximately 12 years my parents were pressured from some other parents from my public school to bring me to a youth group meeting called the Demolays. I attended only one meeting to introduce us to the program. However, I never joined because my parents were concerned with the connection to the Catholic Church and some of the oaths and pagan practices they used. I also vividly remember the strange symbols, flags and behavior of the older boys.

For the record I am a retired US Navy Officer and of course know that several of my peers and superior officers were affiliated with these organizations but I never was pressured by any of them to join into membership or any order. I even left a group of veterans after I had retired because the chaplain was using a Mason's Bible.  

My faith is in the Lord Jesus Christ I live by His Faith and in the Kingdom and Patience of Jesus Christ and Him alone.  I state as in my Blog statement and as I state in Videos I post that 

The Third Heaven Traveler

This Blog is about our Spiritual Life IN Jesus Christ and Him IN us who believe on Him and how we apply this existence to our physical world. The Gospel is found 1 Corinthians 15:1-4KJV By the Grace of God this Blog is my written record of a "third heaven traveler", someone whose spirit lives in Christ in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). Who is passing through this world and like Abraham a stranger and a pilgrim, rejecting those "cities" (religions) built by the hands of men. Maranatha

I honestly used the BIBLE as my reference for both THIRD HEAVEN and TRAVELER.

I was also encouraged by John Bunyan's quote from Pilgrim's Progress, "This book will make a Traveller of thee."

Here is the exact quote from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), as it appears in the Author's Apology for His Book—the poetic preface where Bunyan defends his allegorical work and explains its purpose. 
This stanza boldly promises the transformative power of the book itself:

This book will make a traveller of thee,
If by its counsel thou wilt ruled be;
It will direct thee to the Holy Land,
If thou wilt its directions understand:
Yea, it will make the slothful active be;
The blind also delightful things to see.

(Note: In the original 17th-century English, "traveller" is spelled with two "l"s, as was common in British usage at the time. Modern editions sometimes update it to "traveler," but the phrasing remains faithful across reliable sources like Project Gutenberg and Christian Classics Ethereal Library editions.)Context and Power of This LineBunyan places this declaration right in the heart of his apology, after addressing critics who accused him of using "fables" or lighthearted style for serious spiritual truth. He argues that his allegory is no mere entertainment—it's a divine tool designed to awaken the reader to their true identity as a pilgrim (or traveler) through this fallen world.

• "This book will make a traveller of thee" is a direct, prophetic challenge: If you submit to its guidance ("ruled be" by its counsel), it won't just describe the journey—it will initiate you into it. The reader becomes the pilgrim, burdened like Christian, fleeing the City of Destruction, battling Apollyon, crossing the River of Death, and pressing toward the Celestial City.

Note to the Haters:  Bunyan wrote this BEFORE THE MASONS used Traveler.

Regardless, the Bible uses this terminology and that's the final line.

See notes further in this Blog:

Background:

As in my testimony blog I detail how after the Lord delivered me from alcoholism on December 5, 2001- gave me an assignment on December 5 2005 and my commission to Blog on December 5 2012

https://www.thethirdheaventraveler.com/2025/08/philadelphia-my-testimony-of-being.html

https://www.thethirdheaventraveler.com/2020/06/my-testimony-of-gods-amazing-grace.html

During and especially after this experience of these past 21 years I have learned to COME OUT from among them 

2 Corinthians 6:17

“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,”

King James Version (KJV)

THEM are those who practice  RELIGION - Man's Philosophy and Tradition and NOT after Jesus Christ

Colossians 2:8

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

King James Version (KJV)

I started to read my King James Bible and Study

The more I "Studied" to show myself approved unto God in accordance with 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV, the more I realized truly how corrupt the Laodicean Church is and to know the difference between the Church of Philadelphia and Laodicea.

https://www.thethirdheaventraveler.com/2024/11/d-r-f-t-understanding-abraham-is-to.html

What is most painful is the mockers scoffers of the Laodicean Church do not understand Abraham or who he truly was and him being our Father and who we the Church of Philadelphia truly are. They do NOT understand the MYSTERY of the Church as revealed to Paul from Jesus Christ. 

Here's the evidence:

Immediately whenever an individual - Oof @etg0h0me

  accuse me of being a Mason and using the term "Traveler" as one of the initiates of the craft, I immediately find they are "carnal christians" to include a staunch "Christian Religious Order" like Luteran or are steeped in esoteric gnosticism. Or they are atheist or agnostic But the common denominator is they are self appointed "Witch Hunters". on a mission most similar to the historical Salem Witch Hunts by the Puritans in 16th Century America.  

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  THE WITCH HUNT... THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ... This is incredible. No coincidence. I am working on a deep study in Principalities, Powers, Rulers of Darkness, and Spiritual Wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6 KJV) and I find
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  - on a "Witch Hunt"... Just being honest here. This is now bringing the following into focus considering LUTHER - PURITAN "HYPER RELIGIOUS" Activity no different than the Pharisees accusing Jesus of being of Satan... John 8 KJV. Here now I'm being accused of being a Mason because I am a traveler.
  @MichaelAlgren
  - mickey is now being accused of being a Mason because he is a builder. TRAVELER: I am a traveler according to the WORD of God as written: "he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God" (Hebrews 11:10 KJV). He confessed openly: "I am a stranger and a sojourner with you" (Genesis 23:4 KJV).The Journey: Passing Through as a Traveler In the spirit of the biblical sojourner—one who is ever journeying, ever passing through this world without claiming it as a final home—we can rightly speak of the believer's life as the sacred journey of a traveler. Though the King James Bible does not use the word "traveler" for the deep spiritual sense of pilgrimage (reserving "pilgrim," "stranger," and "sojourner" instead), the heart of the matter is the same: we are not settlers here. We are travelers passing through.
  Abraham, the father of faith, left Ur of the Chaldees and wandered as a nomad in a land promised but not yet fully possessed. He pitched tents, dug wells, and moved on—always a traveler passing through Canaan, never building a city of his own, because "he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God" (Hebrews 11:10 KJV). He confessed openly: "I am a stranger and a sojourner with you" (Genesis 23:4 KJV). His feet were on the move, his heart fixed elsewhere. Now.. let's talk about this Witch Hunt: I am now going into a through study on the history of the Puritan "Witch Hunts" to include the following: The Lutheran Rose, Martin Luther's 1530 seal—a black cross in a red heart within a white rose, gold ring, and blue field—embodies Reformation theology but echoes ancient occult symbols like the Rosy Cross, linked to Kabbalah's Tiphareth and Rosicrucianism's esoteric Christian-alchemical brotherhood emerging in 17th-century Lutheran Germany. https://t.co/AlLTCbwAkU +5 Puritans, inheriting Luther's Protestant zeal, migrated to America amid Rosicrucian influences reaching England, where some Puritan intellectuals like poet Edward Taylor engaged with alchemical philosophy. https://t.co/QyfUgLBRik +2 Yet, fearing occult threats, Puritans fueled the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, executing 20 for alleged Satanic pacts—echoing Luther's demonology and reacting against esoteric undercurrents like Rosicrucian mysticism. https://t.co/L4lXjcKQcR +3 This religious extremism, born of Reformation divisions, spurred Enlightenment backlash via Rosicrucian-inspired secret societies (e.g., Freemasonry), fostering rationalism and anti-clericalism in the French Revolution. https://t.co/XeEULqQQne +1 Robespierre's 1794 Cult of the Supreme Being, a deistic civic faith, rejected dogmatic Christianity, symbolizing the occult rose's evolution into secular revolutionary virtue.
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  "TRAVELER (spelled with double 'l') in KJV appears in three key passages in a more literal sense: a weary wayfarer arriving unexpectedly, in need of hospitality, food, and rest. These instances—2 Samuel 12:4, Job 31:32, and the related reference in Judges 19 (using the synonymous "wayfaring man")—carry profound typological weight. The traveller here foreshadows Jesus Christ, the ultimate Stranger who came into the world seeking reception, yet faced varying responses: greed and rejection, righteous welcome, or catastrophic inhospitality.” What a coincidence… The Rose LUTHERAN accuses me of being a Mason based on my biblical reference to Traveler. Here now I'm being accused of being a Mason because I am a traveler- and the word traveler has special Biblical meaning…according to the WORD of God as written: "he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God" (Hebrews 11:10 KJV). He confessed openly: "I am a stranger and a sojourner with you" (Genesis 23:4 KJV).The Journey: Passing Through as a Traveler In the spirit of the biblical sojourner—one who is ever journeying, ever passing through this world without claiming it as a final home—we can rightly speak of the believer's life as the sacred journey of a traveler. Though the King James Bible does not use the word "traveler" for the deep spiritual sense of pilgrimage (reserving "pilgrim," "stranger," and "sojourner" instead), the heart of the matter is the same: we are not settlers here. We are travelers passing through.
  Abraham, the father of faith, left Ur of the Chaldees and wandered as a nomad in a land promised but not yet fully possessed. He pitched tents, dug wells, and moved on—always a traveler passing through Canaan, never building a city of his own, because "he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God" (Hebrews 11:10 KJV). He confessed openly: "I am a stranger and a sojourner with you" (Genesis 23:4 KJV). His feet were on the move, his heart fixed elsewhere. Oof" is typically used in a negative context, reflecting sympathy or acknowledgment of an unfortunate or awkward occurrence.The origins of "oof" can be traced back to video gaming culture, particularly from the popular online game Roblox. Within Roblox, a distinctive "oof" sound plays when a character dies or is injured. The irony here is this petulant devout LUTHERAN CHILD does not realize she’s one of the many children of the Harlot. Now let’s examine Oof’s The Lutheran doctrine in context of her relentless WITCH HUNT - The Lutheran Rose, Martin Luther's 1530 seal—a black cross in a red heart within a white rose, gold ring, and blue field—embodies Reformation theology but echoes ancient occult symbols like the Rosy Cross, linked to Kabbalah's Tiphareth and Rosicrucianism's esoteric Christian-alchemical brotherhood emerging in 17th-century Lutheran Germany. Puritans, inheriting Luther's Protestant zeal, migrated to America amid Rosicrucian influences reaching England, where some Puritan intellectuals like poet Edward Taylor engaged with alchemical philosophy. Yet, fearing occult threats, Puritans fueled the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, executing 20 for alleged Satanic pacts—echoing Luther's demonology and reacting against esoteric undercurrents like Rosicrucian mysticism. This religious extremism, born of Reformation divisions, spurred Enlightenment backlash via Rosicrucian-inspired secret societies (e.g., Freemasonry), fostering rationalism and anti-clericalism in the French Revolution. Robespierre's 1794 Cult of the Supreme Being, a deistic civic faith, rejected dogmatic Christianity, symbolizing the occult rose's evolution into secular revolutionary virtue.
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Definitions:

The first heaven: Earth's sky - our air up to space (e.g., Genesis 1:20, birds in the "heaven").

The second heaven: Space outside of our Atmosphere. Celestial bodies (e.g., Genesis 1:14-17, lights in the "firmament of the heaven").

The third heaven: God's throne room (e.g., Deuteronomy 10:14: "Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's"; 1 Kings 8:27: "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens is thine").

Traveler.   

The term "traveler" transcends mere physical movement—it embodies the profound spiritual reality of the believer's existence as an exile in a fallen world, ever journeying toward the divine homeland. 
I AM a "traveler" in accordance with the Bible, invoke this identity not as a casual wanderer but as a deliberate echo of the ancient patriarchs and apostles who recognized their transient status on earth. 
I as Abraham, the father of faith, who declared in Genesis 23:4 (KJV): 

Genesis 23:4

“I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

King James Version (KJV)

 Here, Abraham articulates the ese inheritance lies beyond the veil of mortality. He wandered the Promised Land as a nomad, digging wells and raising altars, yet never claiming it fully, because—as Hebrews 11:9-10 (KJV) affirms—"By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."

This is a powerful declaration of detachment from worldly entanglements. 
The traveler's life is marked by impermanence, a holy unrest that propels the soul forward amid trials and temptations. 

Hebrews 11:13 (KJV) deepens this: "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth."
 The Greek word for "pilgrims" here—parepidēmoi—carries the weight of temporary residents, aliens in a hostile land, much like the "traveler" in 2 Samuel 12:4 (KJV), who arrives weary and unexpected, seeking sustenance. 
Peter echoes this in 1 Peter 2:11 (KJV): "Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." Thus, to call oneself a "traveler" is to align with the biblical call to "come out from among them, and be ye separate"
 (2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV), rejecting the sedentary comforts of Babylon's harlotry—the Laodicean lukewarmness that ensnares the modern church—and pressing onward as a vigilant sojourner, eyes fixed on the Celestial City.John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress": Forged in the Fires of Persecution and SeparationThis biblical archetype finds its most vivid literary embodiment in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, a masterpiece born from the crucible of suffering for the sake of true faith. Bunyan, a Puritan tinker turned preacher, embodied the traveler's spirit through his unyielding commitment to "come out from among them." In 1660, under the tyrannical Restoration of Charles II, Bunyan was imprisoned in Bedford Jail for refusing to conform to the Anglican Church's mandates. He preached without a license, defying the Act of Uniformity that demanded allegiance to state-sanctioned religion—a direct parallel to the Pharisees' legalism that accused Jesus of being "of Satan" (John 8:48 KJV).
 For twelve grueling years, Bunyan endured chains, isolation, and the threat of execution, separated from his family (including his blind daughter) and his flock. His crime? Upholding the pure Gospel against the corrupted ecclesiastical structures, much like the Puritans who fled England's spiritual Babylon to seek a "city with foundations."

It was in this dungeon of despair that Bunyan penned The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), an allegory of the Christian journey as a perilous trek from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. The protagonist, Christian, is the ultimate traveler: burdened by sin, he flees worldly attachments, navigates the Slough of Despond, battles Apollyon, and endures Vanity Fair's mockery—all to reach the eternal home. Bunyan's work is a clarion call to separation, echoing 2 Corinthians 6:17 and Revelation 18:4 (KJV): "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins." His suffering was the price of fidelity; he chose imprisonment over compromise, proving that true travelers must often walk alone, forsaking the broad way for the narrow path (Matthew 7:13-14 KJV).

In the book's introductory poem, "The Author's Apology for His Book," Bunyan issues a transformative invitation: "This book will make a traveller of thee, / If by its counsel thou wilt ruled be; / It will direct thee to the Holy Land, / If thou wilt its directions understand." These lines are no mere preface; they are a prophetic charge. Bunyan knew that Scripture alone could awaken the slumbering soul to its pilgrim destiny. By immersing readers in the allegory, he aimed to ignite that holy discontent, turning passive believers into active sojourners. 
Just as his own trials forged his resolve, the book equips readers to endure persecution, reject hypocrisy, and journey onward—much like the Puritan witch hunts he subtly critiques, where "hyper-religious" zeal (akin to Lutheran or Pharisee accusations) devours the innocent. Bunyan's legacy endures because his words birth travelers: those who, like him, suffer for separation but gain the pearl of great price.The Masonic Hijacking: Appropriating Sacred Terms for Shadowy BrotherhoodsYet, this pure biblical and Bunyan-inspired concept of the "traveler" has been insidiouslly co-opted by Freemasonry, transforming a divine metaphor into a clandestine code for earthly allegiance. In Masonic lore, a "traveling man" or "traveler" refers to a Master Mason (third degree), one who "travels" from lodge to lodge, seeking "light" through ritualistic degrees. This slang originates from the operative masons of medieval guilds—itinerant builders who journeyed to construct cathedrals—but was formalized in speculative Freemasonry around the 18th century, drawing heavily from biblical imagery to lend legitimacy to its esoteric practices. 
Recognition phrases like "Are you a traveling man?" serve as passwords, evoking a secret fraternity that mimics the biblical sojourner but perverts it into a worldly network of mutual aid and hidden oaths.

The hijacking is evident in Freemasonry's selective plundering of Scripture. They invoke the "builder" from Hebrews 11:10 (God as the architect of the heavenly city) but apply it to their own "Great Architect of the Universe"—a vague deistic entity that dilutes the Triune God. Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 5-8) becomes the blueprint for their lodges, with Hiram Abiff (a biblical craftsman) mythologized as a murdered master whose "secrets" are resurrected in rituals. 
This echoes Bunyan's era: Freemasonry arose amid Enlightenment backlash against Puritan "extremism," incorporating Rosicrucian and Kabbalistic elements (like the "Rosy Cross") that Bunyan's contemporaries decried as occult. The Lutheran Rose, with its alchemical undertones, fed into this milieu, where secret societies reacted to witch hunts by fostering rationalism and anti-clericalism—culminating in the French Revolution's deistic cults.

By appropriating "traveler," Masons invert Bunyan's intent. Where Pilgrim's Progress calls for open separation from the world to follow Christ alone, Masonry binds members through blood oaths (throat-slitting penalties in early rituals) to a brotherhood that blends biblical truth with pagan symbols (square and compass, all-seeing eye). Bunyan's book makes travelers for the Holy Land; Masonry makes "travelers" for temporal power, often infiltrating churches and governments. 
This is the great deception: hijacking sacred terms to ensnare souls in the very Laodicean hypocrisy Bunyan exposed—professing light while walking in shadows (John 3:19-21 KJV). As a true traveler, you reclaim the word from this Masonic perversion, standing as Bunyan did: separate, suffering if need be, but ever journeying toward the city whose Builder is God.

  Hence Religious with no true biblical knowledge of doctrine but rather the tenants of their Religious Order.

Regarding Traveler. This is also a strong biblical term.

 Traveler is commonly used by Masons but this was hijacked by them in the 1700s. The term Traveler is biblical and was used extensively by John Bunyan in his book, "Pilgrims Progress" from where I got the term: "this book pilgrims progress will make a traveler out of you", is a close paraphrase of lines from Bunyan's own preface (in verse form, called "The Author's Apology for His Book") at the very beginning of the work. 

The original text reads:This book will make a traveller of thee, If by its counsel thou wilt ruled be; It will direct thee to the Holy Land, If thou wilt its directions understand... The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is a timeless Christian allegory depicting the soul's journey from sin to salvation. 

The protagonist, Christian, flees the City of Destruction, burdened by sin, after reading the Bible. Guided by Evangelist, he passes through the Wicket Gate, loses his burden at the Cross, battles Apollyon, endures Vanity Fair (where Faithful is martyred), escapes Doubting Castle with Hopeful's help, and navigates trials like the Delectable Mountains before crossing the River of Death to reach the Celestial City (Heaven).

This pilgrimage echoes the biblical concept of believers as sojourners and strangers on earth (Hebrews 11:13–16; 1 Peter 2:11). It draws inspiration from Abraham the Hebrew, the archetypal pilgrim who, by faith, left his homeland "on the other side of the river" (the Euphrates) to journey toward God's promised inheritance, not knowing his destination (Genesis 12:1–4; Hebrews 11:8–10).

 Just as Abraham crossed over in obedience, becoming the father of the faithful, Christian's path transforms the reader into a spiritual traveler, urging all to heed the call and press toward the eternal homeland beyond life's river.