Spiritual Space/Spiritual Time
Acts 2:23
“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did
by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 23Him,
being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have
taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24Whom
God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not
possible that he should be holden of it.”
In
Acts 2:23, the Word informs us that by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God, Christ was delivered into the world. When
studying the concept it becomes clear that the process consists of the reality
that God does not exist in time, He transcends time. Jesus Christ was delivered
out of timelessness or eternity, into time memorial. Yet, God does exist in
space. God is not bund by time, but because He is omni-present, His domain is
space. Not outer-space, like the cosmos, although He exists there as well, but
in what we know as space general. There is no space where we cannot find the
presence of God.
Thus
our terrestrial dilemma becomes the abuse of our God-like character. We have
been created in His image and after His likeness. Therefore, we have been given
freedom, intellect, ability to intuit, subdue, and power through dominion.
Those elements make the human, not just the Christian, possess certain elementary
qualities of God. Because of that, we begin to act out of recklessness, due to
an abuse of God-like qualities. Consequently, like God, we attempt to exist in
space, forgetting that our total earthly existence is not celestial, but
terrestrial, strongly and specifically predicated on time. When such a physiological and spiritual
condition is ignored or rationalized, spiritual urgency in terms of salvation
and a seeking from heaven is impaired.
When the
invitation to meet Jesus is extended by the preacher or teacher, and people
fail to respond because the believe or hope for more time, they transition into
a space-existence, which is highly dangerous considering humanities intimate
relationship with time. From a spiritual perspective, remainconnected with the
urgency of time because it is the biblical barometer the children of Christ
must live by. Stay connected to time and remember, you are the clay In The Potter’s Hands.
God has paved a way to save you today!