Far above all heavens
To a Christian, understanding who you really are is contingent upon your understanding of the scriptures. If your understanding of the scriptures is based on something other than the epistles of Paul then you will miss the secret that is found in the scriptures as to who you really are.
Every writer in the Bible leaves out the fact that God is our very own personal Father except the Apostles Paul and John. When believers fail to come to theunderstanding of God that Paul had they will have an Old Testament concept of God. If the believer knows God as the God of the Old Testament then that believer will self-impose the law upon himself. God will remain the Omnipotent God who rules and reigns in power and righteousness. Righteousness and Holiness will remain external from the believer and will belong only to God. As long as the believer knows God as the Old Testament God the believer will look at himself as one under Old Testament times, rules and regulations.
He will think of himself as a covenant person, a person who needs promises, one who needs miracles to survive in this life. God will remain on His throne, “dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;” (I Timothy 6:16).
Will God humiliate Himself to the point that He will run to me and fall on my neck, hug me, kiss me, and put His best robe on me, a ring for my finger, and shoes for my feet. We never think of God in this fashion do we. We have a picture of Him in our minds where He sits on His throne dwelling in the light of His immortality while we are somewhere afar off. He is sitting on His throne crowned with clouds of glory and righteousness from which proceed lightning and thunder. The angels fall prostrate before Him and continuously cry Holy, Holy, Holy. If He left His throne of power and glory and ran to me and fell on my neck and hugged me and kissed me would not this be degrading Himself. To the contrary our Father has waited an eternity for this moment! This will be a moment which will far exceed any throne upon which He might sit. A throne of power and glory brings Him many things but it can never bring Him the glory that just one son brings to Him. Listen to what the scripture declares. “He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things” (Ephesians 4:10).
This verse declares that Christ ascended up “far above all heavens” He ascended far above the heaven wherein dwells angels, which there are streets of gold and gates of pearl and a river and tree of life. If He ascended above “all” heavens where did he ascend to.
He ascended to His Father. God’s
Fatherhood is far above all else that He is in His omnipotence. He by His omnipotence can create multitude of heavens and fill each with glorious angelic beings. But He by His omnipotence cannot create one son. Sons must be birthed, not created. Greater than all is our Father who has run to us fallen on our necks and hugged us and kissed us and loved us with His ever expanding love. What a glorious moment this is for which He has awaited through eternity past. This far exceeds any majestic throne upon which He sits and rules and reigns with eternal authority and supremacy. YOU are the greatness of His glory. As grand and glorious as heaven, the ever-expanding universe, worlds without end, and angels in all their glory, all of them together can never compare to just one of those whom He hath birthed. They are spirit of His Spirit and life of His life.
No, it will not be degrading for our Father to leave His throne and run to those whom He loves with an eternal, unconditional love. It is a moment in which all creation will stand in awe at this omnipotent God who is Father and those who are His offspring through Christ in them. It will be the crowning glory of Him who is Father. The glory of His offspring is that He is our Father.
This understanding far exceeds anything that is found in any scripture other than the epistles of Paul. The believer will never understand who he really is until he sees himself as does our Father. This
understanding comes only through the writings found in the epistles.
To a Christian, understanding who you really are is contingent upon your understanding of the scriptures. If your understanding of the scriptures is based on something other than the epistles of Paul then you will miss the secret that is found in the scriptures as to who you really are.
Every writer in the Bible leaves out the fact that God is our very own personal Father except the Apostles Paul and John. When believers fail to come to theunderstanding of God that Paul had they will have an Old Testament concept of God. If the believer knows God as the God of the Old Testament then that believer will self-impose the law upon himself. God will remain the Omnipotent God who rules and reigns in power and righteousness. Righteousness and Holiness will remain external from the believer and will belong only to God. As long as the believer knows God as the Old Testament God the believer will look at himself as one under Old Testament times, rules and regulations.
He will think of himself as a covenant person, a person who needs promises, one who needs miracles to survive in this life. God will remain on His throne, “dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;” (I Timothy 6:16).
Will God humiliate Himself to the point that He will run to me and fall on my neck, hug me, kiss me, and put His best robe on me, a ring for my finger, and shoes for my feet. We never think of God in this fashion do we. We have a picture of Him in our minds where He sits on His throne dwelling in the light of His immortality while we are somewhere afar off. He is sitting on His throne crowned with clouds of glory and righteousness from which proceed lightning and thunder. The angels fall prostrate before Him and continuously cry Holy, Holy, Holy. If He left His throne of power and glory and ran to me and fell on my neck and hugged me and kissed me would not this be degrading Himself. To the contrary our Father has waited an eternity for this moment! This will be a moment which will far exceed any throne upon which He might sit. A throne of power and glory brings Him many things but it can never bring Him the glory that just one son brings to Him. Listen to what the scripture declares. “He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things” (Ephesians 4:10).
This verse declares that Christ ascended up “far above all heavens” He ascended far above the heaven wherein dwells angels, which there are streets of gold and gates of pearl and a river and tree of life. If He ascended above “all” heavens where did he ascend to.
He ascended to His Father. God’s
Fatherhood is far above all else that He is in His omnipotence. He by His omnipotence can create multitude of heavens and fill each with glorious angelic beings. But He by His omnipotence cannot create one son. Sons must be birthed, not created. Greater than all is our Father who has run to us fallen on our necks and hugged us and kissed us and loved us with His ever expanding love. What a glorious moment this is for which He has awaited through eternity past. This far exceeds any majestic throne upon which He sits and rules and reigns with eternal authority and supremacy. YOU are the greatness of His glory. As grand and glorious as heaven, the ever-expanding universe, worlds without end, and angels in all their glory, all of them together can never compare to just one of those whom He hath birthed. They are spirit of His Spirit and life of His life.
No, it will not be degrading for our Father to leave His throne and run to those whom He loves with an eternal, unconditional love. It is a moment in which all creation will stand in awe at this omnipotent God who is Father and those who are His offspring through Christ in them. It will be the crowning glory of Him who is Father. The glory of His offspring is that He is our Father.
This understanding far exceeds anything that is found in any scripture other than the epistles of Paul. The believer will never understand who he really is until he sees himself as does our Father. This
understanding comes only through the writings found in the epistles.