Eelya,
This is really amazing to me. For God was dealing with me about writting a message on this very subject just two days ago.
but since I have had such full work days this week, I have not had time to get into it.
My daughter and I have been working with the same two patients for a while. Since she has been sick this week, I have had to do mine and her shifts.
Tomorrow I will do a double shift again.
SO I do not have time right now to do justice to this subject.
But I will explain this to you, so you can be studying on this.
There are THREE heavens and earths. THREE.
The third heaven is the one which will be the ultimate perfection. In that third heaven and earth, (heaven being the spirit, and earth the body) we will be in the glorified state.
Not everyone will reach this perfection, for they have not sanctified their lives to God here.
Very few entered into the second heaven and earth, which began for us on the Day of Pentecost.
The second heaven and earth is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, in which we have been made a new creation in Christ. Without the actual experience which the Apostles had and taught, people are still in the first heaven and earth, which actually passed away.
But they drug back up that dead old head and still worship it. Maybe Isaiah or Axes will have time to explain some more of this before I get into it more.
There is a realm of the spirit here, now, which some of us entered into, by being baptized into the body of Christ. ... I mean for REAL,,,,, not just words.
We must put on Christ by the Baptism of the holy Ghost and water baptism in His name for the remission of sins.
See, how many fight this true way of salvation? They refused to enter into his rest.
Just as that group under Moses rebelled and refused to enter in.
Those who refuse, when the first resurrection occurs, will NOT put on the glorified body.
They will NOT enter into the third heaven or earth.
They will be ruled over with the rod of iron, law.
These will still be natural, carnal folks. They will still sin and be punished and will die at the hundred year mark. This is the amount of time alloted to them to repent in and come under subjection to Jesus and Us, his ruling bride.
Death will still be here then. But after that period of taking over the kingdoms of this world, and bringing everyone into subjection to Christ, is finished, all who stayed rebellious, will then be thrown into the lake of fire, then the last heaven and earth, of perfection will begin.
Some of us will have entered into it ahead of the others. Those who have made themselves ready during this time period alloted to the churches, will enter into that third heaven and earth at the resurrection.
Well, seems like I could not stop. I have just about done a whole message here.
Hope this gives you something to study on, until I can write a full message on this.
and thanks for bringing up this great subject. I was just speaking with Isaiah on the phone and telling him how God had moved on me to teach this. Then you started it.
I say It is the move of God.
Love ye,
gotta go now and prepare for bed and a long work day tomorrow.
Jo