Sep 22
Heaven, Earth, and the Four Pillars of Deity
“Our help is in the name of the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.”
Psa. 124:8
Before you get too caught up in Heavenly and Eternal things it might be good to take one more look at where you are. You might want to take notice that you are standing on the dirt of this Earth! Every step you have taken in your journey through the Tabernacle has been done with your feet on and in this dust of the Earth. No matter how Holy the moment, intense the event, or beautiful the sight, you have not stood on some finely woven carpet, nor on some beautiful wood or elaborate stonework. Your feet are touching the dust of this Earth.
THE TABERNACLE BUILT ON THE GROUND
That is important to grasp. When your feet are touching the Earth, it helps you to pray, “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. It is here, right where you are standing, that Heaven and Earth intersect and they intersect within you. No, I a not telling you to take your shoes off, unless God is telling you to, it is a metaphor - reminding you to walk on Earth and help others even while you re experiencing Heavenly things. This Earth is important to God - perhaps that is why He did not order the ground within the Tabernacle to be covered before you stepped on it.
Before you enter into the fullness of His presence on the other side of this Veil, God wants you to know more about what the “Fullness of His Presence” means. You start with the Four Golden Pillars.
ASPECTS OF DEITY
These four golden Pillars begin to define the realm of the spirit where God’s throne resides - outside of time - and simultaneously deep within you. As you journey deeper into the Sanctuary, or the Mountain of the Lord, you are being prepared for the deeper mystery. It will take the leaving of the rule of your soul to do it and even now that is still difficult, very difficult. I know, I keep saying that - but it must become part of your spirit before you go much further.
THE VEIL, THE SOUL, AND THE SPIRIT
That is why it takes the Word of God that is sharper than any two edged sword to reveal or separate the soul from the spirit or said another way to separate one Room of Mystery from the other. That Word is the Veil, the Veil is the Word; the Veil and the Word are Jesus. That is why John wrote, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God … and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” In the crucifixion process, when Jesus’ body was torn and He gave His life for us, the Veil was torn for us at the same time. I’ll write more on the Veil later. However, we have to cover the Four Pillars so you understand the Eternal.
GOD REVEALING HIMSELF TO US
I want to stress one more matter, and I know I have stressed it before … the Tabernacle is more about God revealing Himself to us than us following laws. God is three in one, the Tabernacle is three in one. At God’s command, Moses built what He saw when He peered into Heaven. The Tabernacle and the Garden of Eden are a parallel expressions of God. Heaven is within the existence of God and within Him is the complete fullness of all that exists. Therefore, when we see the Tabernacle we see the manifestation of a reflection of Heaven on Earth. The same was true for the Garden of Eden.
As we understand the ways of the Tabernacle we will understand the ways of God. SELAH
THE FIRST PILLAR
Now for the first Pillar which is the Pillar of Immutability. Immutability applies to each of the other three Pillars - it is the only one to broadly do so. This attribute of God’s deity expresses the unchanging nature of God. God has told us that He does not change in any manner. He has not gained or lost anything - that would mean He changed. He is not a God who used to do anything - if He can no longer do something or if He can now something He once could not do, that would mean He changed. He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
With Immutability we find that God’s Name(s), God’s acts, and God’s Glory are inseparable. For example, He is not a God who is named Jehovah Rapha, yet never heals. That would mean His name is a lie. Thus, every name of God requires a corresponding action. None of the acts of God can be done by man, that’s what gives God Glory - only He can do them. Further, He never diminishes or increases in His ability to do them.
THE GLORY OF GOD
There is no Glory for God if the created can do what the uncreated can do. Inherent in the Glory of God is the supremacy of the uncreated creator to create a means by which He can, through His creation, touch, change, heal, and redeem others in His Creation. Nonetheless it is not the created performing the glorious action, but the Creator. Thus to share in God’s glory would be to claim to be equal to the Creator.
Blessings,
John Paul
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I just found your website today and I have a question? I started a new church and it was very nice. I was accepted by everybody. Eventually, I became the administrator of this church. It was a small church. We catered to the homeless, fed the homeless, and people were really excited about the going-ons at the church. The pastor would have us out to his house for cookouts, sleep-overs, and what not. He had a young wife from another country in South America who came from a very poor family. This pastor turned out to be working for Satan. He was using the homeless to build up himself and his church. He used me and hurt a lot of people especially his wife. I pray to God everyday that there will be a stop to this false preacher and to stop him from preaching the word of God while serving Satan. What should I do?
“…it is a metaphor - reminding you to walk on Earth and help others even while you re experiencing Heavenly things…”
The other day I was picturing what it would be like for God, to look upon the earth, and speak to a person and that person do what He said.
Then I pictured God looking upon the earth and speak to a person and that person said what He said. Then I pictured the power of God flowing through that person and spread out before him…
It looked like a remote speech activated light, coming from Him like a beam, moving upon a dark earth. Like when you point a torch in the night at a distance, there’s a beam of light and there’s a circle of light where the light hits a surface…It moves as the torch moves…
What you said above, reminded me of that…
God Bless…
We were sent here to earth. That is why as children in your heart you knew that there was more to life than what you were being told. The Lord kept you empty and gave you a seeking heart. He that begun that good work in you will perform it until the day of the Lord Jesus.
So Romans 8:17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
This is a different kind of glory than mentioned above?
I know alot of Christians, including myself, who know all about suffering but haven’t got that glory part down yet
-Shaun
Looks like I just answered my own question. (Got to love the concordance.)
Gods “glory” is synonymous with notoriety. The greek word used on that one in Romans 8 is “syndoxazō” which could better be translated as “marked with approval, with”
I find that interesting that its translated as “glory”
-Shaun
Jesus said, “The Father who dwells in Me does the works.” John 14:11
Can we be persecuted? Can we evangelise? Can we love our enemies? No.
The works bear witness of Me. Not Peter, Paul or Apollos.
Who is doing the works? Who gets persecuted? Who is evangelising? Who is loving? Christ.
Christ lives in me, i have been crucified with Him, its no longer i who lived but Him. Gal 2:20
It is Jesus and not Paul.
Why?
Paul died. Gal 2:20
Hi,
Everything dynamic and very positively!
Thanks
Elcorin
J. found the answer to her question. Jesus showed her that she is the pastor and not the phony guy. And that the church is not a building but in us.
Its not only being in a building and giving sermons but its being out there on the streets among the people teaching them the difference between good and evil. Some people don’t even realize that they are under the power of the evil one. If it takes one heart and one soul at a time to bring people to the Lord this is what we need to do. Let God guide you every step of the way and there will be no wrong turns. Love, J.
Alex, right on.
I would like to hear some good teaching on putting to death the sinful nature via the spirit:
Romans 8:13 (NIV) For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
Putting to death missdeeds of the body by the Spirit. How would this be accomplished? Prayer, fasting?
-Shaun
I do realize we’ve been reading how to accomplish what I just mentioned from John Paul’s writings. Its easy to deduce that the dark nights are all process’s of Romans 8.
Its not us, its God, but that means its out of our hands and from a personal perspective not having control of a situation makes people nervous. (I’m talking about me of course!)
-Shaun
“The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying,: Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look at the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!” Jeremiah 18:1-6
We are nothing but dust and dirt, that the Lord God has breathed His breath into us and made us a living
being. He adds a bit of water to us, continues the process of molding us after His image, and puts us through the fire.
Thank God He reworked us and did not leave us in that marred state (the old nature)… Through Jesus we can enter into His fullness and walk where He leads us because He washes our feet. Hallelujah!!!
The barefoot gal,
Linda
Linda Burns writes:
We are nothing but dust and dirt, that the Lord God has breathed His breath into us and made us a living
being. He adds a bit of water to us, continues the process of molding us after His image, and puts us through the fire.
Shirley C’s Response:
Thank God that He doesn’t leave us in our former states of being. He has more faith in us getting there than man does. By our own words, we can stop the process of transformation for ourselves or others if we are negative in thought word, deed or attitudes, especially in the way that we view those leadership. Some of us at times can view a leader, like they are some kind of diety above prayer and beyond reproach, when they are not. However, we also need to respect their role on authority through offering up our prayers on their behalf as this will aid in the transformation of their lives, those they lead and ours as we die to self daily in our obedience and humility.
In His Peace & Love,
Shirley C.
You said “Inherent in the Glory of God is the supremacy of the uncreated creator to create a means by which He can, through His creation, touch, change, heal, and redeem others in His Creation. Nonetheless it is not the created performing the glorious action, but the Creator. Thus to share in God’s glory would be to claim to be equal to the Creator.”
I used to look to the books, media, and teachings on “How to Heal the Sick.” I thought there might be some way to learn how to do it. It always seemed a little weird to be honest. Shouldn’t that be what doctors are learning to do? However, we as Christians really can’t do much of anything other than position ourselves to be a conduit for God’s power.
I think a better name could be found for what we really mean. Perhaps “How to be a disciple of God” could be a better title. I’m not sure that would draw as many people to a conference. Funny thing is, without a relationship with God you may heal the sick and cast out demon’s! We know this from the Scripture. Remember those folks who claimed they healed the sick and cast out demon’s in Jesus name? Jesus said to them to go away because He never knew them.
I don’t think the answer is more teaching on how to do it but how to be a friend of God. Won’t the power of God naturally flow when we are His disciples? Why are people hungry for the power of God? Because it’s cool…exciting…yes, maybe so, but what about a genuine compassion for those suffering? It’s a good thing some of us don’t have the ‘power’ to do what we want. We sure could drive ourselves down the wrong road.
The servant mentality is so important. When ending the suffering of the people is more interesting than the thrill of a supernatural event I think we are closer to where we should be. I’m guilty of a wrong focus. Maybe we should all evaluate our goal or reason for desiring a move of God. It might help us get closer to God’s heart cry for the world.
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Ahhhhhhh…the “Fullness of His Presence”…that sums it all up, right there!
God Bless!
For he made us in his likeness so the DNA of our Lord speaks to us as we just exist,for he breathed us, knew us before we existed in our mothers womb, our breathe,very life & being revolves around His supremacy and omnipotience,being ever present within us as he places us and allows us to exist because he exist and gave us life. Thru Jesus our salvations gift of becoming a temple for the Holy Spirits dwelling place expands are knowledge of Father God creator and lover of our souls, keeper of our spirits and The Eternal Most High Magnificent One. Who is revealed to us more & more, ever increasing always as we grow in him through his Son, the word,our walk on this earth,overcoming,serving and moving closer, thru his word and communioning with him and one day immortal with our glorified bodies with him.