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Part 2 DIMENSIONAL OVERLAP
A few weeks ago I posted a blog regarding a word I believe the Lord spoke to me about a Dimensional Overlap that is occurring between heaven and earth in greater measure.
The first part was titled the Words We Speak referring to Joshua 9:19. You can read it on tumblr or the Gathering website if you are interested.
This section which will be in 2 parts refers to Exodus 28:19
‘THE THIRD ROW WILL CONTAIN AN ORANGE JACINTH, AN AGATE, AND AN AMETHYST.”
The entire chapter of Exodus 28 gives explanation of the priestly garments worn by the Levitical priesthood. The priesthood was not a place for selfish ambition or self-glory, but it was an office with the responsibility to minister first unto the Lord and then to the people.
As part of the shift or dimensional overlap that I believe is happening the Lord is calling us back to a place of focusing our attention first on our ministry to Him, a greater place of intimacy with Him…and then ministry to and with others.
You might say, “Big whoop…of course we are to be intimate with Him. That’s no revelation.” Maybe…maybe not. But, don’t we also know we SHOULD be intimate with our spouses, yet are we? We know we SHOULD eat fruit and vegetables for good health but how many choose instead to eat Big Macs and Twinkies? Knowing and doing are two different things.
Jesus said we are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love others as we love ourselves. In other words love God, be intimate with Him, seek Him above all else and then love your neighbor.
We hear of wars and rumors of wars. We see famine and pestilence. We hear “time is short” and “all hell is getting ready to break loose”. A sense of urgency is continuing to build and with this sense of urgency many well meaning, loving, compassionate people are doing as much as possible as quickly as possible to evangelize the world and release the Kingdom of God on earth.
Charismatics and Evangelicals both have been busy preaching and doing “the stuff” they do. Yes, Charismatic stuff is different than evangelical stuff and within both are good stuff, right stuff, gospel stuff, but nevertheless it is “stuff”.
The Church for the most part has been so busy doing whatever their particular brand of Christianity does that things have gotten turned around and the “love for God” is many times merely PROVEN by how much “stuff” is done for Him in order to fulfill the Love of Neighbor.
Is this “bad, evil or wrong” in itself? No! Of course not.
But God is bringing an alignment of Heaven and earth…a dimensional overlap where more will be accomplished in a shorter period than ever before for time is truly speeding up.
This will require or perhaps come about as a right-side ‘upness’ of Jesus’ admonishment to “love the Lord first…then your neighbor.”
As we minister to the Lord first…as we spend time with Him on purpose seeking His presence for ABSOLUTELY nothing more than Himself we will see an EXPONENTIAL INCREASE in the “results” of our doing whatever “stuff” we do.
As we, a Royal Priesthood ministers unto the Lord first, as we become intimate with Him, as we rest in Him we will experience a subsequent release of more of the Kingdom that is within us into the world outside of us.
Instead of the occasional miracle in a third world country, true miracles will become commonplace in the streets of America. We will SEE the Light of God that is resident within us pouring out of us in ways that will cause demons to shriek and shrink back. We will SEE hundreds and thousands drawn to those who have been in the Secret Place…We will SEE churches and street corners filled with desperate hungry people who want what we have. IT WILL NOT BE because of fancy advertising, or social media, but Kingdom media…love and power flowing through the atmosphere at the speed of light…God’s light.
Power and authority and the “ability” to see God’s Kingdom come and His will being done on earth as it is in Heaven will not come from reading a book (or a blog), from attending a supernatural school or from listening to a “good message”.
All those things are good and necessary as part of our growth and discipleship, waking us up to truths we may have never seen before. They may activate spiritual gifts lying dormant within us…but the ever increasing flow of Love, Grace, Power and Authority to both see and be part of God’s Kingdom coming and His will being done on earth as it is in Heaven comes from being in the presence of the King…
How that happens for you is not my call…how you get in THAT Presence is no one’s call…no One but the Spirit of God.
Next part will about the 3 stones of the ephod mentioned in Exodus 28:19.