HEAVEN NOW Part Two – Ron McGatlin
CHRIST IN MAN ESTABLISHING HEAVEN ON EARTH
We are living in the most significant season on earth since Christ Jesus walked on earth and announced the kingdom of God. The kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God, is now being seen as Spirit God continues to reveal the reality of the magnitude of His love and provision of heaven’s life and glory manifesting in His presence on earth as it is in heaven.
Darkness is being exposed to be dealt with in the light of His love, instigating unimaginable power and wisdom through the love of God, consuming our beings and lives.
Heaven is the manifested love of God. Heaven on earth is the love of God flowing through His people, filling the world with His love. God/Love filling mankind is heaven coming to earth.
In the same way that God in Christ by the Holy Spirit is in man, establishing heaven on earth, the enemy spirit is now being exposed in man, bringing hell on earth.
If God in Christ, by the Holy Spirit, is not filling a person’s heart, then the enemy is by default. The default position of the hearts of mankind in this world without Christ has been the darkness of evil. Satan is seeking to continue bringing forth hell on earth in this life now. (Matthew 15:18-19.)
At any given moment, either one or the other rules or affects the spiritual atmosphere of our lives.
There is no middle ground. Human good without Christ Jesus is from the forbidden tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and not the tree of life.
Hell is separation from God. The absence of God/Love flowing through man is the way of hell on earth. Unlove/satan flowing through mankind produces hell on earth.
The heart of God in Christ within man speaks heaven into this world through words, actions, and prayerful profession of love that release God’s unlimited creative power from heaven to earth.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45). As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. (James 1:26).
God in Christ within us through the Holy Spirit is our source of empowerment, guidance, wisdom, and creativity to bring forth the God-given plans for this life and the created world.
The heart of man is who we are in awareness of existence and experience. The heart is made up of our spirit and our soul. Our soul is our mind, will, and emotions.
Our spirit is a God-created spirit-being, originally made in the image and likeness of God. Our spirit connects us to the spirit realm. Our soul connects us to life in this world.
Our heart exists in a physical earthly body for our lifetime on earth. The spirit, soul, and body are marvelously connected to work together to establish the kingdom of God, the will and purposes of God on earth as it is in heaven.
We are designed to operate in both the natural realm on earth and the Spirit realm of God in heaven. Especially, to receive God’s kingdom plans and purposes in heaven and establish them on earth by His power and wisdom. Matthew 16:19.
OUR HEARTS ARE GOD’S CREATION CENTER ON EARTH
Our hearts are like the soil of the earth; they will grow whatever seed is planted in them. If the seed is from the enemy or from our unsaved flesh, our heart soil will produce evil works. If the seed is from God, the work or plan of God will grow into the world. Our heart is designed to grow the seed from God into fruition in the world.
“And He (Jesus) said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.’” Mark 4:27-29.
Words are like seeds that carry a living pattern or picture that, when planted in the heart soil of mankind, will grow into an idea or vision and, when grown to fruition, will become a physical reality in the world.
Consider a pecan seed that is very tasty to shell and eat. However, if planted in the soil, it can grow into a very large tree that produces many pecans for many years. In that small seed is the living tree in seed form. The shape of the tree and its leaves, the type of bark, and all the characteristics of the tree are in that small seed.
Words like seeds carry the living pattern in thoughts that produce ideas or visions that grow in the heart soil of mankind.
The seed or word is planted in the heart when it is received and believed. It sprouts and grows when watered with prayer and the energy of the “Son light” of God.
It is in the world when in the heart, yet it must be planted from the heart into the world to grow into existence in the natural world. The growing seed or word must be sown into the world and into the hearts of others who will believe and receive in agreement with the word, idea, or vision.
As the seed grows, it will be like a natural fruit-producing plant in the hearts of others who will embrace the vision and become part of its fulfillment. All the raw materials from this world begin to come together to build the vision.
This is the work of Spirit God and Holy Angels moving on the hearts of mankind to produce or gather the materials and to create some assemblies of parts that will become part of God’s plan.
Spiritually and supernaturally, God will speak words or thoughts into people’s hearts anywhere in the world to help bring about this vision, even if they have not heard of it at the time.
Ministering spirits or angels will work to help establish the vision in the world. God will plant in the hearts of chosen people worldwide to do things that prepare the way for the vision. It will eventually come together, and the vision will be built as God designed it in heaven.
Seeing the vision from God is the first part. It must be developed. It may be written or drawn, and refined over time as we PRAY THE VISION BACK TO GOD AND ASK HIM TO BRING IT ABOUT.
As we remain with the vision over time and speak it out, the pieces begin to come together. We must keep our eyes open, looking for the parts to appear and be ready to receive them.
All this and more is happening now in our lifetime as we awaken and truly walk in love with God. Wake up to the life of love, power, and wisdom of God, using our lifetime to transform the world to “as it is in heaven.”
LACK IS NEVER THE REAL ISSUE
God is not lacking in anything. His people walking in His Spirit in love with Him always have enough to accomplish His will and plan for us at the time.
God will sometimes expose us to an “in the face” situation of desperate need in a person, a family, or a nation, calling us to work with Him to change that situation.
In this age of the manifesting love kingdom of God, our response will be different from a typical church emphasis-age response. Our old response might have been to pray for them and ask God to help them. We might think something like this, “If I had the money, I would surely help them,” or “If I were a pastor or had more knowledge and experience, I could help them.”
In the kingdom of love age, our first prayer is, “God, what do you want me to know about this situation?”
And after that is known, our next question is, “God, what do you want me to do about this situation?”
The answer could be for a short-term, rather simple action and solution. However, it could also be a long-term, significant change in your life, bringing about a massive plan of God to make major changes in the world.
“Then He said, ‘To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? 31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; 32 but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.’” Mark 4:30.
In any case, it is the work of Christ Jesus in us restoring the kingdoms of this world to the kingdom of God.
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR BUSINESS OR JOB AND MINISTRY
In the kingdom of God on earth, God’s purpose for ministry and business or job is the same. His purpose is to care for and provide for the needs of mankind and the world through our job, business, or ministry. As His created Spirit Sons in earthly bodies, we are to oversee or take care of all created life and the world according to His purposes, plans, and instructions. We serve God by worshiping Him and by serving His people and His world. The only difference in ministry and business is the nature of the service we provide.
MORE ON THIS IN PART 3
Kingdom of God come, will of God be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10).
“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32.
Ron McGatlin
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