The Lord woke me up this morning with the Scripture, “I am from above…”
All morning, half-in, half-out of sleep, this Scripture kept repeating over and over in my mind. I had been wrestling with sharing a word that the Lord gave me last week. But He has now confirmed in multiple ways that it is indeed a word that He wants shared. So here it is:
The Lord showed me a pillar.
Those in Christ are both a physical creation and an eternal reality. We are creatures of limbo, whose flesh is bound in time and space, but, in a peculiar way, we have also existed since before the foundations of the world as God's thought, will, and purpose in mankind in Christ Jesus. I was born in 1975 in the U.S., but I was foreknown and predestined in Christ before earth ever existed. My name was known to the Creator and written in His Book of Life long before it was ever written on a birth certificate in Louisiana. I am rooted and built up in Christ, and Christ is eternal, existing since before the foundations of the world.
When we place our faith in Christ, we are plucked out of linear time, and become seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus in the eternal realm. Those in Christ become pillars, whose foundation is the rock eternal, the chief cornerstone of all creation, and whose top reaches out of created time and space and into the eternal realm. The earth and all that is in it will pass away, but all who are in Christ will not pass away. All will fade to black, except those who dwell in eternal Light. In the evil day, we will indeed stand firm as the waves of chaos tear this world apart. “Yet not a hair on your head will perish. By your patient endurance, you will gain your souls.”
This is the word the Lord has given me to share. This world is destined for destruction, there is no escape from this truth. Do not be shaken as you see the scaffolding continue to crumble. You are a pillar whose foundation is not rooted and grounded in this world (John 15:19), and whose top exists beyond this world. We are not of this world, even as He is not of this world (John 3:31; 8:23). We are a new creature (2 Cor 5:17). We are a new man in Christ (Eph 4:24). We are “other than”. We are “more than”. We are “beyond than”. We are eternal: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish.” (John 10:28)
“Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.” (Col 3:1-6)
These are the Scriptures that this understanding is based on:
Our eternal foundation: (Rom 8:9)(Eph 1:4-6)(1 Cor 2:6-8)(2 Tim 1:9,10)(Col 2:6,7)(Matt 25:34)(Rev 13:8)
Our eternal reach: (Eph 1:3; 2:4-7)(John 14:2,3; 18:36)(Luke 17:20,21)
All will pass away, but we will not pass away: (Matt 24:35,36)(1 John 2:17)(Heb 12:25-28)(Ps 102:25-28)(Is 51:5-8)(2 Pet 3:10-12)
Pillars: (Ps 144:12)(Rev 3:12)(Jer 1:18)(Ex 24:4)(1 Kings 7:21)(Ps 75:2,3)
All morning, half-in, half-out of sleep, this Scripture kept repeating over and over in my mind. I had been wrestling with sharing a word that the Lord gave me last week. But He has now confirmed in multiple ways that it is indeed a word that He wants shared. So here it is:
The Lord showed me a pillar.
Those in Christ are both a physical creation and an eternal reality. We are creatures of limbo, whose flesh is bound in time and space, but, in a peculiar way, we have also existed since before the foundations of the world as God's thought, will, and purpose in mankind in Christ Jesus. I was born in 1975 in the U.S., but I was foreknown and predestined in Christ before earth ever existed. My name was known to the Creator and written in His Book of Life long before it was ever written on a birth certificate in Louisiana. I am rooted and built up in Christ, and Christ is eternal, existing since before the foundations of the world.
When we place our faith in Christ, we are plucked out of linear time, and become seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus in the eternal realm. Those in Christ become pillars, whose foundation is the rock eternal, the chief cornerstone of all creation, and whose top reaches out of created time and space and into the eternal realm. The earth and all that is in it will pass away, but all who are in Christ will not pass away. All will fade to black, except those who dwell in eternal Light. In the evil day, we will indeed stand firm as the waves of chaos tear this world apart. “Yet not a hair on your head will perish. By your patient endurance, you will gain your souls.”
This is the word the Lord has given me to share. This world is destined for destruction, there is no escape from this truth. Do not be shaken as you see the scaffolding continue to crumble. You are a pillar whose foundation is not rooted and grounded in this world (John 15:19), and whose top exists beyond this world. We are not of this world, even as He is not of this world (John 3:31; 8:23). We are a new creature (2 Cor 5:17). We are a new man in Christ (Eph 4:24). We are “other than”. We are “more than”. We are “beyond than”. We are eternal: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish.” (John 10:28)
“Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.” (Col 3:1-6)
These are the Scriptures that this understanding is based on:
Our eternal foundation: (Rom 8:9)(Eph 1:4-6)(1 Cor 2:6-8)(2 Tim 1:9,10)(Col 2:6,7)(Matt 25:34)(Rev 13:8)
Our eternal reach: (Eph 1:3; 2:4-7)(John 14:2,3; 18:36)(Luke 17:20,21)
All will pass away, but we will not pass away: (Matt 24:35,36)(1 John 2:17)(Heb 12:25-28)(Ps 102:25-28)(Is 51:5-8)(2 Pet 3:10-12)
Pillars: (Ps 144:12)(Rev 3:12)(Jer 1:18)(Ex 24:4)(1 Kings 7:21)(Ps 75:2,3)
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