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Worldwide Kingdom Awakening News and Views
Published by Ron & Barbara McGatlin - Basileia Publishing
In This Issue
1. One Person Living In Two Places Simultaneously
2. Top News Headlines
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1. One Person Living In Two Places Simultaneously
By Ron McGatlin
Are you aware of supernatural heaven on earth?
We have always known or believed that we could not be in two places at the same time. A few centuries ago we also knew or believed that the world was flat and that solid matter and energy were two entirely different things. To the scientist, when fresh understanding through research becomes manifest, it is like a fresh awakening of an exciting new day. Truth is that they did not discover anything new; they only became aware of what had always been there.
Scientists have continued to uncover increased knowledge that awakens minds to new areas of awareness, of realms of existence that change their previous beliefs. Scientific knowledge of matter and energy when investigated to its deepest visible point of origin disappears into a spiritual realm that cannot be seen or perceived by natural human minds.
Natural or physical things including this world and all that is in it were not made by things that are seen (Heb 11:3). All creation emanates from an unseen spiritual realm that can only be seen by spiritual eyes of spiritual beings. Among all natural earthly beings only redeemed and restored humans have the potential to access and enter into the heavenly spiritual realm in Christ Jesus. The spiritual realm from which all creation emanates is far greater and far more significant than the physical or natural realm created by the spiritual.
Mankind in Adam was originally created in the image and likeness of God and the breath of the Spirit of God breathed into him. At the fall of Adam, a separation occurred between sinful man and the heavenly spiritual realm. In Christ Jesus full redemption and restoration to man’s original created state is provided for those who will receive the transforming work of Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit.
In Christ Jesus we become redeemed spirit beings restored to full access into the spiritual realm. Because of the fall, natural unredeemed humans have no access to the things of the Spirit realm. Full redemption and restoration includes full access into the heavenly spiritual realm, to see and hear the mysteries of God that transform us into sons of God with the life potential of Christ Jesus as joint heirs with Him (Rom 8:17).
There are two realms of life: the heavenly spiritual realm and the natural or physical realm. We, as redeemed spirit beings in Christ Jesus, exist in both realms at the same time. The earth realm and the heavenly realm overlap and come together in us. We are seated with Christ in the heavenly realm and at the same time functioning in the natural earth realm (Eph 2:6). We can actually walk in the Spirit realm while also in the natural earth realm.
The two realms or:
· Earth Realm and Heaven Realm
· Human Being and Spirit Being
· Natural and Supernatural
· Temporal and Eternal
· Physical and Spiritual
· Finite and Infinite
Awareness is the key to participation in both realms.
Not unlike the natural unredeemed person who has no awareness of the heavenly spiritual realm, many redeemed people have little to no awareness of the spiritual realm. They are by default much more focused on and aware of the natural realm and all that it involves. Believers in this condition are referred to in scripture as carnal (1 Cor 3:1-4). Many are led to believe that the heavenly realm is only available in an after life, and certainly not fully available while still in the natural realm. This belief greatly hinders the manifestation of the kingdom ofGod coming forth on earth as it is in heaven.
Provision of God along with our willingness and focus are required to become more fully aware of the heavenly spiritual realm. The provision of God includes a developing inner hunger for more of the heavenly realm brought about by the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit not only brings the desire but also provides the empowerment to enter into full awareness of the heavenly realm and the things God has prepared in it for those who love Him.
For all believers who do not yet have spiritual awareness of the heavenly realm, a greater provision or experience of the Holy Spirit is provided by God. All followers of Christ have received the Holy Spirit bringing the Spirit of Christ Jesus to abide with them. The Holy Spirit has come to you, and Christ is in you.
The greater provision to be experienced is you being taken by the Holy Spirit through the rent veil into the awareness of the Spirit realm. It is you being completely filled, immersed, and saturated with the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit of God that raised Christ Jesus from the dead raising you from a position of being dead (unaware) to the Spirit realm to becoming intensely aware in the Spirit realm (Rom 8:11). The scripture refers to this as being baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5) (Mat 3:11).
Knowing and relating to God intimately is only in the Spirit realm. The love of Father God expressed in Christ Jesus consumes us in the Spirit realm. Loving Him and being with Him is everything we ever desired and needed. We are fulfilled and we are greatly enlightened in the mysteries of God. In the heavenly spiritual realm, we are empowered and instructed in how to function in the natural earthly realm. We receive from God in the heavenly realm and bring it to the natural realm. The gifts and works of God are of adequate measure to complete every work of God that you are sent from the heavenly realm to do in the natural earth realm.
This living reality is simultaneous. We are in two places, two realms at one time. We are truly seated with Christ communing with Him and in the world bringing the reality of the heavenly kingdom to earth. The kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy flowing through the love of God in us touches earth, and the world becomes a bit more as it is in heaven. This is not a positional teaching. It is a living experience of spiritual/natural reality.
Christ In You – You In Christ
In the heavenly spiritual realm we are IN CHRIST. In the world doing the works of God from heaven, CHRIST IS IN US. We are at the same time in Christ Jesus, and Christ Jesus is in us. We are in the world but not of the world.
God Family and Human Family
As natural beings we are well aware of our earthly families. Many believers are just now in this opportune season coming into the real experiential awareness of their heavenly family.
Being filled, immersed, and saturated in the Holy Spirit and abiding in the Spirit realm, we become aware of our place in our Heavenly Family. We know and experience our Heavenly Father in His love and secure assurance. We also experience our gentle, passionate, and loving Husband Jesus. In the Spirit realm we experience our place as His purified holy Bride completely engulfed in His love.
We also become aware of our place in the heavenly family on earth as sons of God whom Jesus speaks of as brethren. In the earthly realm we are Sons doing God’s works and Jesus is our King. In the heavenly realm we are His Bride intimately relating to and loving our glorious Lord and Husband.
How wonderful and beyond imagination are the things God has prepared for those who love Him.
Spiritual life is not subject to natural life. Natural is always subject to the Spirit. The creator is never subject to the created. The created is always subject to the creator. The Spirit realm is not changed by the natural realm. The natural realm is changed by the Spirit realm. The heavenly spiritual realm is not penetrable by the darkness of the natural realm.
However, because of man’s God-given dominion on earth and his subsequent ability to choose, our entrance and participation in the heavenly realm can be greatly hindered by the natural realm. That is to say our focus on the natural realm can obstruct our focus and awareness in the spiritual realm.
We must become willing volunteers and set our focus or affection on things above not on things on the earth (Col 3:2). The vast amount of contaminating religious and secular influence and training flooding the earth from ungodly sources seeks to prevent us from being baptized with the Holy Spirit, thereby preventing us from becoming aware of what God has already prepared for us in the Spirit realm. We already have it all fully paid for through Christ Jesus but are unaware of its availability to us in the Spirit realm now. Therefore, many believers who have not experienced the full baptism with the Holy Spirit go through life unaware of the heavenly reality of intimately relating and truly abiding in Christ Jesus in the heavenly spiritual realm.
Leaving the Natural Realm as Primary
There is a leaving of focus on the natural realm to increase focus on the heavenly kingdom realm thereby increasing our awareness. The natural realm is not our source. We are the natural realm’s source for the release of the heavenly provision and guidance from the spiritual kingdom of Christ Jesus. The leaving and receiving the greater was demonstrated in the disciples of Jesus who had left their natural lives to follow Christ and His kingdom.
Luke 18:28-30: Then Peter said, "See, we have left all and followed You." So He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life."
Hidden Wisdom and Things Unseen and Unheard in the Heart of Natural Man
Heavenly supernatural life that goes beyond all the understanding of man waits in the realm of” in Christ Jesus” – the realm of the Spirit - completely satisfied life of extreme and intense peace and joy in perfect righteousness and holy union with God – wisdom and understanding that supersedes all human wisdom – knowledge that is not learned but imputed by the Spirit are some of the things.
Perhaps the overriding supreme reality is the passionate love of Father God and the exceeding joy of pleasing Him in ultimate worship and passionate love. Just the reality of being there with God in the pure, white, holy fire of His glory consumes us completely into Him. Our hearts melt in His glorious presence. We are supercharged with His glory and love beyond all reasonable measure.
Life on earth can never be the same as we walk in sync with God in the Spirit realm and walk upon the natural earth at the same time. Faith is consumed in the Spirit realm with Him. It is replaced with simply knowing that anything God says of any magnitude is completely done the moment He has you to speak it forth on earth.
1 Cor 2:6-10: However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
1 Cor 2:14: But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Melted in His presence
Consumed in His love,
Ron McGatlin
2. Top News Headlines
Ground Zero Mosque Tied to DC Mosque that Allegedly Aided 9-1-1 Hijackers - 8/23/2010
Federal investigators say Dar al-Hijrah is a dangerous breeding ground for terrorists. Former members include a fugitive Hamas leader, a top al-Qaida fundraiser currently serving 23 years in prison for terrorism, and a would-be al-Qaida presidential assassin. The New York imam behind the Ground Zero mosque has struck a partnership with the founder of Dar al-Hijrah. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33845&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Obama Administration Blocks Release of Abstinence Study - 8/23/2010
Not even a repeated Freedom of Information Request could get the administration to budge. The taxpayer-funded study found parent and peer factors influence teen attitudes toward sex and abstinence more than classroom instruction. It also found most teens agree with their parents that pre-marital sex is wrong. Perhaps the information can be "de-classified" in 50 years. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33847&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Accused Christian says Blasphemy Charge Based on Personal Grudge Against Him by Muslims - 8/25/2010
Waris Masih was charged on Aug. 21 for allegedly insulting Muhammad after entering a mosque in Rajkot village, Gujranwala, a predominantly Muslim village of north-eastern Pakistan. if convicted of the charges, Masih faces a mandatory death penalty. He denies the allegations. Muslims blocked roads to press for blasphemy charges. Christians fear an outbreak of violence. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33871&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Reinhard Bonnke preaches to 450,000 people at final meeting in Karu, Nigeria - 8/25/2010
Watching the multitudes streaming onto the field by the thousands one pastor said, "It looks like the Children of Israel entering the Promised Land". As the Gospel was preached, the people were absolutely captivated. They responded with such eager enthusiasm that when they prayed, calling upon the name of Jesus for salvation, it seemed the ground was trembling. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33866&a mp;PN=1
The Christian response to Muslims - 8/25/2010
Crescent Project has trained over 15,000 people to share the Gospel with Muslims. Suicide bombers yesterday struck a hotel in Somalia killing at least 32 people. As Muslims continue to carry out attacks around the world, the concern is whether or not Islam can be considered a peaceful religion. Christians can't ignore the tragedies taking place in the name of Islam. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33864&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
North Korea Executes 3 House Church Leaders - 8/22/2010
North Korean police raided a house in Pyongan province, and arrested all 23 believers who were gathered. The leaders were sentenced to death and quickly executed. The other 20 were reportedly sent to the infamous prison labor camp, Number 15, in Yodok. The 23 Christians had come to faith after some traveled to China on business and met with church members there. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33836&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
City Tells Church It Cannot Burn Korans - 8/21/2010
Gainesville Deputy Fire Chief Tim Hayes says the city's refusal to allow the burning has nothing to do with the church's motive. Dove World Outreach Center says, by email, that it still intends to burn copies of the Koran on September 11th. Police are keeping an eye on the situation. Ordinarily, violating a burning ban could result in a fine. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33832&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Football Player Leaves Big NFL Bucks to Pursue God's Call - 8/20/2010
Some Christians dream of a marketplace ministry, where they draw people to Jesus as they prosper in prominence. Not so for Glenn Coffee. He's just "retired" from the San Francisco 49ers at age 23 with only a vague idea of his future. He believes it includes finishing college, but is not sure what's next. Entering the ministry perhaps? He's not ruling it out. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33820&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
Separation of Church and State Case: Two California Schools “Under the Guardianship of Lucifer” - 8/20/2010
Wake Forest University has the "Demon Deacon" as its mascot. Duke University has its "Blue Devils." But two schools in California have a fallen angel, not as their mascot, but as a "guardian." According to "The Waldorf Teachers Survival Guide," ''most of what contributes to our work as teachers ... is under the guardianship of Lucifer.' It's no surprise there's a lawsuit. Read On: http://archive.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=33819&a mp;PN=1&TPN=1
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