Heaven on Earth

[eaglesway]

Folks talk about going to heaven.....

I'm not so sure we ever really leave this earth. We are born into it. We live in it. We die and our bodies go back to it. Then, in the resurrection, we come back to it again, because heaven is coming on earth. The veil is rent. Heaven is pouring in. "And God separated the waters above from the waters below, and He called the waters above heaven".....

The only separation is the veil of death, but death is being swallowed up by immortality.

The life we receive now is the same life we will always have. it is expanding from within us like the leaven in the dough. The aperture is opening wider and wider.

"Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven" is the vision and the goal.

"Yet once more will I shake the heavens and the earth until only that which cannot be shaken remains"

"And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm."

And what is the temple of God that is in heaven?

"In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit"......""Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?"


And what is the ark of the covenant that appears in the temple?

"Christ crucified", the Word in the wooden box within which the branch that was cut off still bears blossoms of life and the manna from heaven- crowned by the cherubim on either side of the mercy seat where God came to receive the offering of the blood of the spotless firstborn lamb

"I shall be their God and they shall be my people and I will live among them and walk among them"

Yea, I dont think we are "going to heaven", I think heaven is coming to us.

"But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells."

That is why the whole creation groans in the pangs of childbirth even until now.

"Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time."(Peter at Pentecost)

What was Pentecost all about but the pouring out of heaven into the earth, and as Christ was lifted up in them, they lived as if the new heavens and the new earth had come among them- because it had....

"And they were all as one soul....no one among them had any need..great grace was upon them all....signs and wonders took place at the hands of the apostles.

"Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.... And you shall receive the promise of the Holy Spirit...... ""Whom the heavens must receive UNTIL the period of the RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS spoken of by all the prophets since ancient times.


To me it all sounds like it is "coming down out of heaven"


"Lift up ye gates, and be lifted up you eternal doors- that the king of glory may come in....who is this King of Glory- the Lord strong and mighty"

The kingdom of heaven is within, and the deeper the higher, "Deep calls unto deep at the sound of Thy waterfalls O Lord!"

"And I heard His voice and it was like the sound of the rushing of many waters, like the praises of ten thousands od ten thousands of His holy ones"

"Come, all you that thirst, drink freely of the water of life"

"He that believes in me, out of His innermost being shall flow rivers of living water, this He spoke of the Spirit that should be given to all them that believed, but the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified"

"And those He predestined He also called, those He called He also justified, those He justified He also glorified."

Christ in us, the hope of glory.

"Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!"

[sheila]

 :2c:  woe unto the earth and those that dwell upon it..for the devil has come down to you. We better go up..at least 3 times in that

year..... the testimony[two wittnes] of Jesus Christ and God..is killed by the beast and put to death in the earth until that upward call..

  'Come up here!"

  The mind of Christ is at union with God's mind..and His thoughts are much higher. 3 times/3 measures of leavening......OT law

covenant....Gospel covenant..and then the inheritance of ALL

  overcomers in that new heavens [Rev 21;17] have the measure of a man,that is the angel......and Rev 21;7 and inherits ALL

things..not just the ministry of the believers of Christ on this side of the veil.

   He always takes out a firstfruits...in that 3 measures to leaven...that Grace..into the all[of the Father...all live unto me]

  that overcomer portion..suffers no loss of all men..in the LOF. in that new heavens...and no death on the earth because they

have the mind of the Father..and know that ALL LIVE UNTO HIM.........

   the Kingdom of Heaven is in your midst[as the leavening of Grace/free gift of Life]...and it must proceed to the 3rd measure of all

   just as Paul said to widen your affections....Zion must widen her tentclothes..to make room........her heart must expand

  to receive the FULL NUMBER/MEASURE..........ALL....all things are yours..and this is all the fruit..when I take away all their sin.

    no more death..but the free gift of eternal life...no more curse..but God has poured out His spirit on all flesh and blessed

       that camp of the Holy city..in the midst...though it be surrounded by those deceived of the adversary that fight against it......

   is an acceptable sacrifice..received by God[Elijah's sacrifice accepted]...a journey of 3 days in the wilderness to offer an acceptable

sacrifice[if you will] even though due to wandering in the wilderness it take 40 years of exodus to the promised land.

[sheila]

 :2c:  1 Cor 15;24...........the Kingdom delivered to God...ALL LIVE UNTO ME.

[sheila]

Prophecying to dry bones..Ezekiel ch 37;1-14   Come from the four winds o" breath and breathe upon these slain..that they may live.

       

[sheila]

Now where sin abounds..grace abounds more abundantly[satan loosed]    celestial bodies shaken[old heavens/satan cast down/abyssed

then loosed on earth to fight against the camp of the NEW Heavens]]   end of 1000 years= Jesus expire/breathe out on those

slain...dry bones.......the third measure of leavening Grace..free gift..and the prophesy/bearing witness of Jesus Christ that as all men

have bore the image of the corrupt so,too,shall ALL men bear the image of the incorrupt.    then comes the end[expire/breathe out/

pour out my spirit on ALL flesh] and Jesus turns the Kingdom over to the Father...the ALL final 3rd measure fullness of Grace

through Christ.


   I see the dry bones signifying those whose hope in God seemed cut off.[spew from Christ's mouth]..slain by satan's loosing and

deception/Gog and Magog's..........those of the body of Christ/GOD..of whom He said..destroy this temple and I SHALL RAISE IT ON THE

THIRD DAY.[those that take the mark of the beast and can not live]...God ask's Can these bones live? ask inquire of me concerning my

sons..in the valley of Hamongog....Speak to the Rock..inquire of the Lord..and LIVING WATER POURS FORTH....

     I hope somebody get's this..it is so hard to put in the right word's

crod

[marie glen]

  end of 1000 years= Jesus expire/breathe out on those

slain...dry bones.......the third measure of leavening Grace..

Amen! The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was alll... leavened. Matthew 13:33

All who ever returned to the dust will rise.. Even those who gather and are "loosed on earth to fight against the camp of the NEW Heavens" (just before day of judgment) - will repent, will be reconciled.. Glory!

as all men

have bore the image of the corrupt so,too,shall ALL men bear the image of the incorrupt.    then comes the end[expire/breathe out/

pour out my spirit on ALL flesh] and Jesus turns the Kingdom over to the Father...the ALL final 3rd measure fullness of Grace

                :cloud9: :cloud9: Amen, Sheila! 1 Corinthians 15:22-->28


  "Heaven on Earth" I totally believe in.. The Book of Revelation is such a different sort of book.. All that symbolism, metaphor and not strictly in order.. Yet I still take it as quite literal. In a particular sense, but in no way making it any less 'literal'. He really is Quite the genius.

Another reason I take the book as very 'literal' (not that we're going to see any dragons in the air) is Revelation 13:13. Oh heck I don't even think I'm going to explain it, it's that obvious. I will say, the verse, imo, does not point to a person or individual, but to an office. A two horned one. Two seats? Like a lamb, but ends up speaking like a dragon? A literal office, and literal event. (A proof. Not that I need proof. :smile: )

So also, I take as literal, a "new heavens and a new earth" and "all things made new"..  I also lean toward a literal city 'coming down'.. And definitely Yhvh Himself will Tabernacle, dwell with, man upon earth.. The Tabernacle.. the meeting place..

It sounds like the very throne of God is coming to the Earth! :faint: :faint: :faint: Is there aNything better than that!?

.I'm so happy I tripped over this thread today.. blessings! :HeartThrob:

[marie glen]

How's this for a glorious verse?! - Isaiah 60:13 - prophecy about the land of Israel where will be the New Jerusalem.. capital of God (has spiritual meaning, but also literal, imo :thumbsup: )

"The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,
to adorn my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place for my feet."

    :dsunny: :banana:

Is. 11 -
10 "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious."

15 The Lord will utterly destroy the gulf of the Sea of Egypt (Euphrates);
With a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the River, (Bk of Rev?)
And strike it in the seven streams,
And make men cross over dry-shod.
16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people (a spiritual highway too, called The Way)
Who will be left from Assyria,
As it was for Israel
In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

(All these fulfilled partially during the millennium? Fully after Yhvh and New Jerusalem come to Earth.. And even partially now within believers..?)

Isaiah 65 -
17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people;
The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.

20 "No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and another eat;
For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain,
Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.

24 "It shall come to pass
That before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
And dust shall be the serpent's food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,"
Says the Lord.

IS. 11 -

6 "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.
           .... :cloud9:

[eaglesway]

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