New Season
Today’s Topic: Ground Zero in the New Season
Scripture: Genesis 28:11-19; John 1:47-51
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now I know this is a unique topic but it is vital for knowing and understanding when we talk about the New Season. We talked about how God prepares us by giving pictures and visual presentations of a greater reality to come, but where does He do it? How does He get something from the eternal to time? We know God is the Almighty and He can do whatever He wants, however He wants but God has actually shown us one way He does it. Let’s see how.
When we look at the scripture from Genesis 28 we see the story of Jacob’s dream where he sees a ladder extended from Heaven to Earth and angels were descending and ascending on this ladder. Now Jacob wakes up from this dream and realizes he is in a unique place and declares that place which was called Luz and named it Bethel. Now we know Beth means “house” and El comes from Elohim or God. So that is why Beth-El is called “The House of God”. This is vital. Now if we stopped there then all it would be is a story and for many that is all it is but remember this is a type and shadow of a greater reality to come. What is that reality? Let’s go to John 1:47-51 and we see Jesus talking to Nathaneal and giving Nathaneal this revelation in John 1:51: “Verily, verily I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” So the ladder which extended from Heaven to Earth is a type and shadow of Jesus Christ. Now when Jesus was resurrected His new body can cross dimensions. Now what I am saying is that he could eat fish (time). He could also come in a room through a wall (eternal). But the resurrection also was the beginning of this new and living way and everyone who accepts Jesus Christ is placed somewhere. This somewhere is called the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ is the connector between Heaven and Earth. So what does all of this mean?
The Body of Christ is ground zero where the eternal comes into time! Let me explain! The Body of Christ is composed of many members but one body (1 Corinthians 12:12,13). Now the key is for all the members of the body to work together in unity and when that happens God fills that thing or being with His presence. This is how: The Body of Christ is where people are joined by the Spirit under Lord Jesus. It also moves together in the Earth by a divinely inaugurated government (Kingdom of God). The Body of Christ moves by the authority and rule of Lord Jesus. As a result of all of that, God will fill that thing or being with His presence. Now there was a part of that scripture in John that we did not discuss and I want to take the time to discuss it.
Now the ladder from Heaven to Earth and the angels ascending and descending represents a unique relationship. This ascending and descending function means that there are “sent ones” or messengers of earth that go up to Heaven, not physically but are given by the Spirit of God access to the hidden mysteries of God in Heaven. Confusing? Let’s break it down. Now that the Body of Christ is established no longer does God need to send angelic messengers in the sense of the supernatural beings to come and bring the messages from God. God now begins to employ human messengers who oddly take on the title of angels. So let’s stop for a moment! So is Bro. Calvin saying that there are humans who have ascended into Heaven, not physically and come back to Earth to bring a message? Yes! Has it happened before? Yes! Two examples and we will continue this in the next message:
1 Corinthians 12:2,4: “I knew a man (human) in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third Heaven.
So Paul tells us that there was a man that he knew that was caught up to the third Heaven and the key was Paul said he was in Christ. So he was a member of the Body of Christ.
Revelation 4:1: “After this I looked and behold a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter” So John is another example of a believer who was taken or caught up into Heaven to witness something but John was instructed to write what he saw down in a book (Revelation).
These two examples are great examples of how God will call up a human to Heaven to be shown a revelation to a hidden mystery of God and they become the messenger of God for that season so that we in the Body of Christ will know what is happening in the season or whether the season is about to change. I know it sounds weird but we are eternal creations so God does things eternally and many times it defies natural rationale. See each member of the Body of Christ, under the Lord’s Will, can be called up to Heaven right from Earth. Will all of us have that privilege? No. But do not fret, when you continue to operate in the Spirit of God He will prepare you and let you know it is now time to change seasons. In the next message we will look at Grace and what it truly means.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
