"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary but what is not seen is eternal" 2 Cor 4:18 The problem that arises from this passage is obvious:
How on earth do you fix your eyes on what is unseen? Stay with me over next few blogs as we tease this one out: It will be well worth it I promise
Spirit is the source substance of everything that exists or ever existed.
The only reality I say it again -- is spirit: Spirit is the source code of all that exists:
Some things move from spirit into material manifestation :
God is spirit .. not a spirit: God no one has ever seen. He does not move into manifestation in material physical form so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth. Jesus is the nearest person to God you will encounter. He is referred to as "the only begotten son .." Like as if God had a baby and that baby was Jesus. When God spoke his word as it were broke outof the spirit arena into the audible zone. Hebrews 1 tells us that Jeus is the effulgence of the father: The flowing out: Just as the rays flow out from the sun and the heat etrc and we nebver see the sun but always refer to those rays as the sun .. so it is with God We are destined for the position of sons but never only begotten sons. Even if we attain to the measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ we are eternally aware that He is special: jeus has that asame awareness of who the father is and at the end of 1 Cor 15 when He has subjected all to himself (God) he will the hand over all to the father (supreme God) and be in subjection to Him
The term GOD means the subjector or the PLACER. It follows then that the sup0reme God would be the supreme subjector or placer. Man is generally unaware of this and lives his 30K days down here as if he is in control of all. Yet as ACTS 17:25ff tells us even his breath is gifted to him: the place he is born is pre arranged: The type of circumstances he comes into are according to divine plan.The social settings and even his religious traditions are apportioned to him prior to his being born: Also his geographical location here on earth: Saudi Arabia or Ireland or USA or India is all pre arranged without man having any input at all. So much for this vaunted free will!
Now to each one born is given a measure of light: Some are given very little and seemtolivea short life in almost total darkness as to spiritual things: Others are apportioned a 10% ration and wrap themselves into a religion or denomination or grouping: They act as if their 10% is really 100% and lecture everybody on what they did to get this great light little knowing that anything they did or did not do had any impact. Romans 8:20 and following tells us what Solomon found out late in life: All is vanity i.e empty useless and purposeless outside of God. God actually has subjected us all to this type of vanity: The reason He does this is that He wants us at a future date to really enjoy the massive contrast when this emptiness and uselessness vanishes and the light of Christ eventually irradiates us
Others are gifted with a little more light and see the broad outlines of the distant glory: They get some inkling of a God who is not working on plan B, has never lost a battle, did not mess things up either in Eden or Babel or Calvary: A God who does not merely guess at the future but declares it before it ever exists and that declaration has a creative effect to bring into actualisation the thing seen. "He declares the end from the beginning" Is 46? (See-izes:) Many translations struggle to translate this aspect of Gods omnipotence and use words like pre destines or ...? A God who will not ultimately lose even one soul and is so gracious He puts up with mans blasphemy of hell and trinities and pagan ideas about the grave. But even those withy this extra light need constant awareness that anything of substance they have is a gracious gift and is not to be used to beat those of lesser light.
The only reality is spirit and man is totally submerged in anti spirit or material. 99% of his experiences are to do with physical or material. Yes he senses the idea of spirit at times but pays only lip service as deep within all is a blur. He is locked into his own private prison of denomination alism or mainstream religion feels others who make a living from such matters should do the thinking for him. Romans 11:32 calls this "being locked into stubborness" and what a job God does. While thge whole world things God wants peoplesaved today the exact opposite is the case. God is making it 100%impossible for anyone outside of those chosen to enter this arena today. You'll notice that man is never held responsible for all this: "The steps of a man are ordered by the Lord" He is held accountable: The difference is that he can't be responsible as he has not free will: He is accountable as in his mind he makes decisions and plans that must be accounted for.
