Synopsis:
The breakthroughs
we are looking for and are experiencing have a much
more dynamic affect on what is transpiring in both
the earth and the heavens than just being relegated
to our own individual releases. As we break
through, the kingdom breaks through; as we change,
the kingdom changes. It is not a singular or linear
experience; it may happen to us on a certain level,
but it is like a pebble which has been dropped in
the water; the rippling effects are much more
expansive and effecting changes on a much broader
scale in the realm of spirit than we have
understood. Our release, even incrementally,
affects changes in the spirit realm and in the
natural realm simultaneously - whether thrones or
dominions, governments or rulers, it matters not.
Any release or deliverance that is being
experienced at this time is inter-connected to every
level of the kingdom, whether visible or invisible,
and is bringing forth changes on every plane of
existence. Romans 8 - as the sons come forth, so
every level of creation changes and is affected.
Nothing should be taken “too” personal at this
juncture in time, for the ministry of sonship is far
broader and more reaching than we have understood.
The One World of Christ
4/1/09
And He is before all things,
and in Him all things hold together.
Col 1:17
For some time now scientists have searched to find
the answers to creation and to understand just what
this cosmic “glue” is that holds everything in its
order. There have been numerous hypothesis, but
everything always comes back to trying to understand
just what, at the most minute level of creation, is
holding everything together. What is this cosmic
glue, just what keeps everything in order and in
array? Of course we know that answer, for that
answer is God, the Father. Just as Paul spoke in
Colossians, in Him all things are held together.
What this means of course is that within the very
fabric of your being, at the most minute level of
your consciousness, God is there, holding all things
in place. As the psalmist spoke, He knows your
inner thoughts, He knows when you sit down and when
you stand up. Amazingly, every fiber of our being,
every vibration of energy that we are composed of is
held together in God. You can no more be separate
from God than all of His creation.
Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise
up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. Thou
dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, And art
intimately acquainted with all my ways.
- Psa. 139:2-3
When we wait upon God, we quiet ourselves. We come
into a state of listening. We go inside because
there we find Him…not in the Heavens, but in the
deep recesses of our heart and being. God is always
there. We are never separate from Him. The enemy
would seek to convince us otherwise; that we must
work up to God. That we must storm the gates of
Heaven that He might listen and take account of us.
But in truth, He is as close as our innermost
thoughts, His energy rides upon the vibration of our
very essence. For without Him, we cannot exist. We
don’t have to work up to God, we just must OPEN up
to Him. And realize how very, very close He is to
us. He knows our struggles, our sorrows, our
victories, and the path He is orchestrating
specifically to bring each of us into the fullness of
sonship, as a mature son.
We are coming to realize that in Christ all things
are held together. Whether past, present or
future. Whether principalities, powers, thrones or
dominions, all things are held together in Christ.
This is important for us to understand because the
true ministry of sonship in this hour is based upon
this “inter-connectedness” of all of creation in
Christ.
Now, let’s take a look at Romans, Chapter 8:
For the earnest expectation of the creation
waiteth for the revealing
(literal: manifestation)
of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected
to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him
who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself
also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the liberty of the glory of the
children of God. For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
- Romans 8:19-22
In the book of Romans Paul speaks about the travail
of all creation, awaiting the release &
manifestation of the Sons of God. We have referred
to this passage many times, in varying context. But
there is something that has escaped our awareness
for the most part with respect to the fulfillment of
this passage.
As these days of the kingdom come into full view, we
are beginning to see that there is an intrinsic
connection between the progressive manifestation of
the Sons of God, and the progressive release of all
of creation. And with the mantle of sonship
resting upon us we are beginning to not only know
"who we are", but actually understand "what
we are" in Christ.
Let me explain…
We generally see ourselves as individuals who are walking with God.
Our bodies we view as both the temple of the Holy
Spirit and the housing of our soul and spirit.
For the most part
this is how we have generally viewed ourselves
- as a single
entity, a unique individual in Christ, but still,
somewhat singular. I do not believe we have really
been able to grasp how inter-connected we are to all
of God’s kingdom, and as such, how much more we are
than just what we perceive in this shell that houses
our spirit and soul.
As we become fully identified with Christ, in totality,
we cease to exist as a singular individual. We
are immersed into a connection or blending, into all
of that which comprises God’s kingdom, and every
level of creation that exists. How can it be
anything less? If you are to walk in oneness
with Christ and the Father, which is what we are
experiencing on progressively deeper levels during
this season of His parousia, then you must understand the
interpenetration you are beginning to take on with
respect to all of God’s kingdom. And as such, you
must understand that every aspect of your being will
begin to have radiating effects across the entire
realm of the spirit.
The Ripple Effect
I call it the “ripple affect”. Because the
progressive release of the Sons of God brings with
it the progressive release to all of creation as
well. They go hand in hand; line upon line,
precept upon precept, one step at a time. The
easiest way to imagine this would be to visualize a
pebble being dropped in the water, and the rippling
effects of that moment as it radiates out.
There is no release, there is no deliverance, there
is no judgment that you experience that does not
have a ripple affect across every level of the
Kingdom bringing commensurate releases and
deliverances.
God has tied you, irrevocably, to the
releasing of all of His creation. He has done
this. He has chosen that as His sons come forth, as
His sons break free from futility, then all of His
creation experiences the same freedom, the same
release.
What a destiny, what a calling. What an endowment.
When Christ died, the word says that He passed thru
the “heavens” and sat at the right hand of the
Father. Christ passed through every level, every
dimension of creation as He sat down at the right
hand of the Father. His release, His manifestation,
affected every level of creation. And it will be no
different for us. As the sons come forth, their
release, their deliverance, will affect changes on
every level of creation, known or unknown to us.
We have not seen, nor understood, just how
intrinsically bound we are to all of creation.
All of creation can be seen to exist almost like in
a web, all parts bound and interacting together.
One movement in the web affects movement in another
sector of that web. It is inter-connected.
I know I may be saying the same thing over and over,
but as God’s sons manifest, that "God level energy" is
radiating out and reverberating across every level
and dimension, affecting changes and releases.
I don't want you to think we are expressing some New
Age mis-information here; for us to be, for us
to function, and for us to live, is God. Is
Christ. It is that simple.
Years ago we used to watch and study the reactions
or responses in the spirit world or the natural
plane to prayers that were being made. You would
pray over something only to find, if you were
carefully watching, to see the affect of that prayer
manifesting across the planet in some situation
which would seem to be totally unconnected.
Fascinating study. The words and prayers you speak
are spirit. They are not dead air, they are
spirit. And the responses which come back in the
spirit can often times be seen in a myriad of ways.
Some of you have written in and shared those types
of experiences.
But, you need eyes to see, because often times the
answers to prayers, without revelation, will be
almost impossible to recognize or discern.
As human beings we have functioned too much through
our mind, approaching things from the mental, rather
than from our heart, much more what I would call
“linear” thinking, or 3 dimensional, rather than
understand that there are a whole set of dynamics
that we do not see or understand that are happening
with every movement we make, every prayer, every
release, every flow of judgment. Nothing is a
singular experience. As I have said before, our
release, EVEN INCREMENTALLY, affects changes
simultaneously in many different realms and on many
different levels.
As the Sons of God - The Kingdom Priests - change...
so does this age
How can that be? Well, how can that not be.
Because we are Christ, we are the energy and essence
of the Father, and as are our oneness intensifies,
so the effect intensifies every time we change and
come forth. Every word we speak, every aspect of
our being, even the slightest perceptions within
our mind has a rippling effect of energy that
affects every level of creation.
That is why it is so vitally important that we break
through, because the release of the Cloud of
Witnesses spoken of in Hebrews 11 and 12, is tied to
the release and change which is happening within
each of us. …they without us are not made
perfect….
The general perception of “creation” is that which
can be seen with the eye; the flora, the fauna, the
earth etc.. But we have come to understand that
creation includes far more than just what our eyes
might see.
We understand that creation includes a spirit world,
unknown or seen by most, but very much alive and
active. This spirit realm comprises many orders of
creation; from the elemental beings that work in
synergy to keep the earth in balance, to the Cloud
of Witnesses who have died in the faith, awaiting
their release. And yet more.
As I mentioned before, when Christ died He passed
through the heavens, and sat down at the right hand
of the Father. There are so many orders of
creation; whether the Angels, or the other levels of
created beings, that exist on other dimensions of
God’s kingdom that are both participating with us in
these last days, but whose release is tied once
again to our release. They have come from time to
time, and we are aware that there are so many that
have been awaiting this time, and awaiting the
changes and releases which have been prophesied over
the sons.
Our release, our change, even moment by moment, is
having a wide and broad effect in the realm of the
spirit, and of the kingdom. It is time to refresh
our vision, for we have not understood how the
Father has tied us into the release of all of His
creation. It is – the One World of Christ.
Our breakthroughs, our releases, our battles, our
victories, are not a singular event in time, but
they have far reaching ramifications.
In all wisdom and insight He made known to us
the mystery of His will, according to His kind
intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an
administration suitable to the fullness of the
times, that is, the summing up of all
things in Christ, things in the heavens and
things upon the earth. –Eph 1:8b-10
We will see the summing up of ALL things in Christ,
for we are a fundamental part of that process.
We are the leaven, the leaven upon this age, that is
affecting a change across every level of creation
and dimension.
We are the handful of corn, cast upon the mountains,
the harvest which will shake the cedars of Lebanon.
We are the little flock, and it is the Father’s good
please to give us the kingdom. Now more than ever,
we understand just how dynamic this is, how far
reaching the ministry of Christ and the
ministry of sonship is.
Now we begin to understand just what our presence in
the earth at this time really means….