We've all been living in what a lot of people in the world are calling a time of crisis. Actually, the crisis that we're enduring at the present moment is a small thing compared to some of the things that the Lord is about ready to release in the earth. One of the definitive things that the Lord commissioned me to do is to get the people ready because at this present moment, we think we're ready, but we're really, really not ready.
If we're not living from our position in the Heavenly Realms and viewing things from the heavens downward, we're going to be very frustrated and a little bit upset by some of the things that we see happening because we're not actually going to believe it is God. But the truth of the matter is, it's all Him. He is still sovereign; He is still doing a very, very magnificent and huge thing on Earth at this present moment. Therefore, it's really important for us to come to a place where we can begin to see things from the heavens down and not only see things but also decree and declare things in the earthly realm, but to actually function and live from a heavenly position.
So, I'm going to talk a little bit today about how to respond in times of crisis because, like I said, there's a crisis coming, and what we've experienced to this present moment is a very small thing compared to what the Lord is going to do.
So, how then are we going to live above and not below the darkness that is coming to the Earth? We're now in a very strategic movement that is moving us through this crisis towards the finish. Our purpose in the age of the church was to make God relevant to humanity, but our purpose during the age of the kingdom is to make ourselves relevant to Him. This is a very, very important difference because the current move of God is not about us, not about our business, not about our finances, not about our health, not about all the things that we consistently lift up to God, which are all very self-centric in their applications.
So, if our purpose then is not about what God is going to do for us but what are we going to do with Him and for Him, why then are we going to be operating through a crisis? Why does God choose this pathway to get us to the end, and how are we going to prepare for it?
Crisis is the new normal in our lives through the coming crisis, and part of the reason is, and I've been prophesying this forever, that we're going to do things that have never been done before. We're going to see things that have never been seen before; we're going to hear things that have never been heard before. We're going to do the undoable and become what we are not currently. That means the revelation of the mystery of God that has been hidden in Christ since the very beginning is about ready to be revealed.
I want to clarify because a lot of people in the body of Christ believe that we're not going to endure anything during this coming crisis. It's true that we are going to be protected and provided for in the midst of it, but we are going to go through some stuff. So why does God choose this pathway to get us to the end, and how do we prepare for it through the coming crisis?
We're supposed to do what we cannot do and become what we are not, which is the revealing of the sons of the living God. Our total dependence then has to be upon Him for our provision, and there is going to come a day when He is actually going to provide through us — through us water from rocks, quail from the sky, and manna from heaven.
When I talk about getting ready for the coming crisis, there are people who can prepare in a measure. We can store up food; we can store up munitions; we can store up building materials; we can do all of those kinds of things. But those are only temporary fixes for the ultimate shifting out of this age of the Earth and into the final creation, which is the coming down from heaven of the kingdom of God and its establishment here on the earth with its center in Jerusalem.
We're going to begin to do what no other generation has ever done. We're actually co-creating together with Him, and the day is going to come — and this is a word from heaven, so you can take it to the bank — the day is going to come when we are actually going to be empowered by God to create enough food to feed the entire Earth.
That seems like a preposterous statement, but we're already being reconfigured for that level of creativity. So when the Lord says in 2 Corinthians 6 that we're called to be co-workers and co-creators together with Him, that co-creation goes way above and beyond anything that humanity has ever experienced before this time.
Number one, we have to be the same in the days of crisis as we are in the days of peace because Jesus is our peace, and Jesus lives in us. Therefore, when crises or times of crisis come, we cannot be moved by the crisis; we have to remain in love, joy, peace because He gives peace not as the world gives but as only He can give peace that passes all understanding to keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
So how ready are we then, and what can we do to be even more prepared? Establishing the kingdom within has to come first, and when I talk about the difference between ascending and descending and ascension life, ascension life emanates from within. He cannot trust us to govern our nation, our planet, our galaxy, our universe if we can't first govern ourselves.
So, what does that mean? The governments and the kingdoms of this Earth will not be put into the hands of a church whose government is skewed and whose foundations are inaccurately built. Nor will it be put into the hands of individuals who lack sufficient internal government to govern themselves, their families, their churches, their businesses, and every other sphere of influence under their domain.
In order for us to bring accurate alignment to our lives, in order to become the visible, tangible lights in the midst of the darkness, we first have to deal with the kingdom within. So, I'm going to talk about the difference between ascending and descending and living an ascended life. We're going to go into more detail about that later, but these are just some thoughts that you might want to jot down.
A true ascended human being is one who is incarnated by the kingdom. In the beginning was the word; the word was with God, the word was God, and the word was made manifest in mortal flesh. So, the desire of the Lord is to manifest His word, which is Jesus, in our mortal flesh. That's going to produce transfiguration.
Ascension life is an external expression of an internal position; therefore, it is much less locational than it is positional. There are many different positions of ascension, one of those being manifested from the kingdom within. There's a direct link then between the quality of your internal life and the quality of your external life. If your internal life becomes the perfect reflection of God's glory, which is what we were created to be in the earth — the perfect reflection of His glory — then our external life will also produce that manifestation in a visible form.
There is coming a time when the Lord says in the end time the kings of the earth and the rulers of nations will come to us, saying, 'Show us your ways.' The reason why they're going to come to us is that in the midst of chaos, in the midst of trial, in the midst of tribulation, we maintain ourselves on a platform of peace that comes only from Him.
The ascended life emerges then from within you. Success is not an outward appearance; it's the degree to which you are conformed to the image of Christ. These are just a few thoughts that I want to talk about when I talk about creating the platform to actually live in the Heavenly Realms and walk in the Earthly realm.
Ascension life is not a new doctrine; it is a way of life and a lifestyle. Therefore, your lifestyle must begin to reflect the light that came to light the whole earth and the light that lights the heart of every man.
It's a way of life that manifests the complete unhindered government of the kingdom of the person called Christ. That means we have to become stable, we have to become predictable, we have to come to a place where we're no longer ruled by our thoughts, our will, our emotions, or anything else other than our ascended life in Christ.
The word became flesh. So, everybody tap your chest and say, 'The word became flesh.' I'm watching; nobody's tapping their chest. Tap your chest and say, 'The word became flesh.' What's happening right now is the word Christ in us, the hope of glory, is now going to begin to manifest in our flesh.
In John 1:1, it says, 'In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.'
Actually, when Jesus says in John 14:12 that the things that he did, we will do also. I'm here to tell you that the life inside of us is going to soon become the light of men. 'And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.' There was a man sent from God whose name was John. I'm just reading through these because I'm coming to a point. The same came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe.
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