Don’t disassociate yourself from heaven

Some people have zero revelation or insight into heaven.

Heaven isn’t just a place we go when we die. Heaven is a reality. God intended for heaven to be on earth. That’s why he sent a river out of the City of Eden to water the garden. He divided it into four rivers that flowed into the earth, Genesis 2:10-14

Jesus taught us to pray, ‘thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ He promised the children of Israel that he would multiply the days of their lives and give them days of heaven upon the earth, Deuteronomy 11:21

Facts

The Garden of Eden is a part of heaven because it is a part of the city of Eden, the City of God.

• Jesus came preaching the kingdom of heaven is at hand, Matthew 4:17
• Jesus said, “If I cast out devils with the finger of God, then the kingdom has come unto you, Luke 11:20
• Ephesians 1:3, We have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. All of the spiritual forces of heaven have been made available to you
• It is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom, Luke 12:32
• God has chosen the poor rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, James 2:5
• We have received a kingdom that can not be shaken, receive grace, Hebrews 12:28
• You have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son, Colossians 1:13

The battle is between our two ears. Heaven and earth were created to be one system. God has gathered all things in heaven and earth in Christ, Ephesians 1:10

“One God and Father of all, Who is over ALL and THROUGH ALL and in ALL.” Ephesians 4:6 (KJV)

Why is it difficult for people to receive?

Choice

Our fore-parents chose to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We became judges of good and evil. We judge good and evil based upon what we know. Usually, it doesn’t include God’s way of doing things.

God, in his goodness, has saved us from our sin and restored the tree of life.

1 John 5:11, if we believe the testimony of man, the testimony of God is greater! His testimony is life, eternal life, the gift, the fruit, the reality. He that hath the Son hath life 1 John 5:12

The breath of life is what transformed dust into a living creation. Life working in you delivers you from death into life.

The problem

The Word of God, who made everything that was made (John 1:3), was revealed to us.

“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN, AND HE OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT. BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM; TO THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME.” John 1:10-12

Did God have any problem with revealing his glory to Israel? Did God have any problem revealing himself through Jesus?

Yet, the world did not know its creator! He came to his own, and they did not receive him. The problem is not with God simply because as the Bible declares

“In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and darkness comprehended it not.”

Darkness can not extinguish the light. The Devil knows he can’t stop God, but he knows he can convince people like he did Adam and Eve in the Garden. Satan lies and lies. Jesus called him a murderer and father of the lie. Darkness appeals to your senses and your emotions!

When difficulty comes, we don’t consider heaven. We make judgments on whether we have enough health insurance. Can we borrow the money from the bank.

“… this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.” John 3:19

Here are some suggestions

This has to be a matter of daily decisions.

-Seek first the kingdom of God

• Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, which means believing with the heart and confessing with your month what God says in his word about you! Matthew 6:33
• Be being! Which means to be actively engaged consistently! There is no middle ground. You are either in or out. God said in Genesis 1:3, “Let there be light.” God said in Isaiah 55:11, “So shall my word be…”
• Come to the well and drink living water (John 4:10). Come to the Source! The gift of God is living water (John 4:13) it satisfies every thirst! Jesus is the Bread of Life. Ephesians 5:18-19 says, ‘Be filled with the Spirit speaking, singing, playing music in your heart.’

Here is a thought: The world is full of sad and oppressive songs. How about singing a new song. Sing praises to God for all he has done for you! In Revelation 5:9, millions of the heavenly angels began to sing a new song. A new chapter of creation has been opened for us. We are redeemed by the Blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God!

Grace & peace!