On Earth As It Is In Heaven

Jan15
by Michael King on January 15, 2019 at 8:00 am
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Speaking Of Heavenly Things

Jesus Says,

“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

John 3:11-13

We believe in many things we can’t see. We take by faith, on good authority, many things which scientists tell us all the time. In the natural realm, from the subatomic to the galactic, we rely upon those “in the know”.

Likewise, what I am about to share with you is beyond what many have experienced. Though it may be more than what you’ve directly observed, I invite you to consider what I say. As always, trust God to lead and guide you into all truth and hold fast only that which His Holy bears witness too.

On Earth as it is in Heaven

The fact is, if you are born again, you exist in two places at once. The first place is this natural world and the second is the the New Heavens and New Earth. Most people view God’s New Creation as a future event, however, through the foretaste of our inheritence, we are already there.

Though a very difficult concept for the natural man to grasp, those who are lead by His Spirit feel this deeply. In fact, the deeper you go with God the less you feel attached to this present creation. We actually begin to miss “home”. What the ratpure is, therefore, is simply the culmination of walking in the Spirit from this world into the next.

The glory that was set before Him

Paul says,

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

Jesus lived on earth as he did in heaven. The mount of transfiguration, while an singular event for Peter and John, was where Christ lived all the time. The only difference that day was God opened the disciples eyes to see their master as he presently existed in God’s new creation. This is similar to what happened to John the apostle in the book or Revelation. He did not see a future event, but only a present reality.

Likewise, as we begin to walk more and more in the Spirit, we are in this world, but not of it. As this happens, the things of this earth grow strangely dim through experiencing the power of the world to come.

The third heaven

Paul states, 

“I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”

2 Corrinthians 2:2-4

Most assume that God translated Paul into heaven. However, God took the apostle to a place that currently existed. The temple and New Jerusalem are extend now, just like seeing Jesus was a revealing of a present reality.

The city of our Great King, which is called New Jerusalem in the book of Revelation, is not a new city, but rather the first city. On the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north, in Eden, God dwelt with Seraphim, Cheribum and Angels. When Adam sinned, God removed Himself and His dwelling place into the heavenly realm. However, upon the creation of the New Heavens and New Earth, He, along with His city, returns.

Love is the tie that binds

Love is the tie that binds us together, both with God and each other. Intimacy, expressed from God through us, makes us one in ever deeper ways throughout eternity. Knowing God never ends, and since God reveals Himself in each one of us, knowing God’s love through one another never ends either.

Being made in the image and likeness of God, we are created with and infinite capacity to love. There is just no limit to how deeply we can love God and each other. It is this love that binds us together on earth and, for those who know salvation, makes us one in God’s new creation. Amen.

Here As It Is In Heaven by Elevated Worship

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Spiritual Connections: Finding God In Our Brethen

Jan13
by Michael King on January 13, 2019 at 11:55 am
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Paul says,

“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:  From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”

When you finally come to it, the truth I am about to share with you seems totally obvious. It’s like “why didn’t I see that before?” However, don’t feel badly, all these things are given by revelation from above and until He gives it, you can’t see it.

Jesus prays,

“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:”

John 17:20-12

We are the representation of God in the earth right now because, through being Spirit filled, that same Spirit which raised Christ from the dead now dwells in us. We are the manifestation of the sons of God.

God used to work through Angels, now He works through us

It used to be that God brought messages to earth and demonstrated His power through angels. However, now we are the messengers of God, sent forth as sheep among wolves, to do His will. Therefore, if you want to find God, look towards those who are filled with His Spirit. If you want to hear God, let them speak to you. If you want to see God look into their eyes. Do you desire to feel God? Let Him hold you through them. Other people, are in fact, our source of God.

Being Spirit filled is not something we do on occasion, but is a continous way of life. As fundamental to life as breathing, when we walk in the Spirit, we naturally do the things of His Spirit. God is in us, reveals Himself through us, and we speak and act like Jesus Christ.

Finding God in our brethren

Walking in the Spirit is not something hard to do when we cease from our own labors. Like being carried down a large river, the Spirit takes us wherever he desires. The only time our journey becomes difficult, is when we fight against the current of His love.

When I see Jesus in your eyes, it makes me love you. Finding God in your brethren causes trust. Moreover, when they speak as Christ speaks, we listen.

The Tabernacle Experience is all about letting God have His way in whatever He wants to do. Since God is love, we become love. Loving those around us as He does, our lives become filled with joy and wonder as we see God manifest through us. Blessings become common place as we do and say the right things at the right times to those we meet.

We have more than enough to do God’s will

We also find we have more than enough to do God’s will. Things that seemed too little before, because we were afraid, are easily enough now. Our time becomes His time as our thoughts become His thoughts. We see as God sees and the things of this life become strangely dim as heaven becomes so real to us.

In conclusion, YHWH resides in our brethren so let them be our source of God. Stop looking at the sky and dare to look into the eyes of other believers. If you are fortunate and Spirit led, you will find God looking back at you. Amen.

You Are Lovely by Bob Fitts

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