November 2001

Part Thirty-two

The Super Highway (FF)

We continue with thoughts from the book, “Eagle Saints, Arise”, written many years ago by a beloved brother, Bill Britton, who has long been home in glory, yet the Anointing on each word is most propitious in these unsettled times.

              “The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. As we have borne the image of the earthy, so we shall also bear the Image of the heavenly [the Spirit of holiness]!” (1 Cor 15:47-49) “Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we ALL, with open (unveiled) face- beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are CHANGED (transformed, transfigured) into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2 Cor 3:17-18)
             “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ....which He has wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and set Him at His Own right hand in the heavenly places...as He has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus...to MAKE ALL MEN SEE [Amplified Version is: “to ENLIGHTEN ALL MEN and make plain to them what is the plan regarding (unbelievers) and providing for the SALVATION OF ALL MEN”] the fellowship of the Mystery which has been hid from the beginning of the world in God Who has created all things by Jesus Christ (that is, the Power of His Saving Anointing) with the intent that through the church, the manifold Wisdom of God might now be manifested to the ruling principalities and powers (of darkness) in heavenly places according to the eternal purpose which He has purposed in Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Eph 1:3, 20; 2:6; 3:10-11)
             “All holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling...desire a better country- a heavenly place where God is not ashamed to be called their God; and so He has prepared for them a Holy City...so we now may come to Mount Zion and the City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.”(Heb 3:1; 11:16; 12:22) “For we know if our earthly house, this tabernacle, were dissolved, we have a building of God, a House not made with (human) hands which is eternal in the heavens.” (2 Cor 5:1) From these Scriptures we can readily see that:

OUR CALLING IS A HEAVENLY CALLING. THEREFORE LET OTHERS TEND THE THINGS OF THE EARTH! (Jesus told His disciples) “LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD!” LET THE FEW WHO ARE CALLED TO THIS HIGH CALLING BE ABOUT THEIR FATHER’S BUSINESS!!

             This earthly body, or “house” is only temporary. What God has prepared for His Own is eternal in the heavens. Praise God! The City of which we are a part (which is) the Bride of Christ, is above all, a heavenly City, not part of this earth’s systems. But notice that the place in the heavenlies- which we are to inherit- is now occupied by demons, principalities and powers, a place they usurped from (the first) Adam. And from this place, they are “rulers of the darkness of this world”. But God has purposed to bring forth a people that will ascend, or be caught up, to this place and cast Satan and his army down. JESUS DID IT, AND HE WAS THE PATTERN!! BUT HE PURPOSED NOT TO BE ALONE IN THIS SO HE WAS PLANTED AS A LIVING SEED THAT SHOULD BRING FORTH A GREAT HARVEST IN HIS LIKENESS!!
             Notice that the Scriptures above show us that the image of the earthy nature which we have borne in time past is to be changed! We are to bear the Image of the Heavenly- the One Who has been exalted higher than the heavens- Jesus Christ our Lord. Even now, the beholding of His glory is bringing about a transformation from within us! Glory to God! Notice, too, that the heavenly places where we are to dwell are not in some geographical location a few billion miles from the earth!! They are “Heavenly Places IN CHRIST!”
             It would be comforting to know, if it were true,that Satan and his army were right now a few million miles away in outer space, but this is not so. You don’t have to look far to discover that the powers of darkness are right here on earth working in the hearts and lives of men and women (of flesh). Rather they are, as Paul says, “wicked spirits in the heavenlies”
             Instead of just accepting and believing what the Bible says about these things, the imagination of men has made a fable and a myth out of the Truth of God’s Word. But now God is taking the veil away from our minds and revealing His Truth!! [End quote]

[TO BE CONTINUED]