PROLOG III
How You Can Spend ETERNITY With God.
By your being “spiritually Born Again,” God has provided the opportunity for you to spend ETERNITY with Him in the Third Heaven/Paradise/Father’s House/New Jerusalem!!!
2 Corinthians 12:2, 4 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows — was caught up to the third heaven. 4 Was caught up into paradise, and he heard utterances beyond the power of man to put into words, which man is not permitted to utter. AMP
John 14:2 In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. AMP
Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband; AMP
I believe most people do NOT fully understand the true value that God has placed on man.
Psalms 8:4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? AMP
Job 7:17 What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him? [Ps 8:4.] AMP
Hebrews 13:5b because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” NIV
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong, courageous, and firm; fear not nor be in terror before them, for it is the Lord your God Who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you. AMP
I believe these Scriptures apply to every naturally conceived human from his/her inception with God and God’s implementing of His plans for them from BEFORE time began in ETERNITY to their personal fulfillment at a specific time and place in history for their ultimate purpose as a foreknown person living in ETERNITY at the end of the Age with Him.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. AMP
Titus 1:2 [Resting] in the hope of eternal life {with God}, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive promised before the world or the ages of time began. AMP
Man is the “center piece” of God’s creation even usurping the created angels at the end of time.
1 Corinthians 6:3 Do you not know also that we [Christians] are to judge the [very] angels and pronounce opinion between right and wrong [for them]? How much more then [as to] matters pertaining to this world and of this life only! AMP
Part of Satan’s work in his kingdoms of the world is to blind and to deceive the peoples’ minds from seeking and seeing the Light of Jesus Christ as their personal Savior using the Gospel Message. Only by YOUR seeking the same sound mind of Christ which God the Holy Spirit attributed to Christ will you be able to look into, understand, and participate in solving the MYSTERIES of the supernatural spiritual Kingdom of God as they are revealed in the Bible:
2 Corinthians 4:4 For the god of this world {Satan} has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God. AMP
Philippians 2:5 Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:] AMP
Isaiah 11:2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him {Jesus Christ. This is the SAME Holy Spirit that lives in and equips us – God’s True Believers.} — the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. AMP
The struggle that we have is how we are to live in the kingdom of the world with its “god” – Satan as Christians? Satan is known as the “deceiver” and a “liar” who continually tries to deceive and blind mankind to the significance in our lives of the supernatural spiritual Kingdom Message of Jesus Christ. We MUST understand how successful Satan is at his deception and his deceiving of the peoples of the world since our beginning! He is EXTREMELY GOOD at what he does!!! He is such a good “counterfeiter” that The Christian Church which is “‘TODAY’ asleep at the switch” is unable to truly counter his kingdom of the world’s teaching and ways which are diametrically opposed to God and His supernatural spiritual Kingdom Biblical teaching and living!
Genesis 3:1, 5 NOW THE serpent {Satan} was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden? [Rev 12:9-11.] 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity. AMP {Surely this deception is happening to the societies and their peoples of the world like never before in the early 21st century.}
John 8:44 You are of your father, the devil, and it is your will to practice the lusts and gratify the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a falsehood, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar {and deceiver} [himself] and the father of lies and of all that is false. AMP
John 12:40 He {God} has blinded their eyes {of ALL generations} and hardened and benumbed their [callous, degenerated] hearts [He has made their minds dull], to keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and minds and repenting and turning to Me {God} to heal them. {God is doing this NOW [2018] around the world to the peoples seeking knowledge in the higher echelons of education. To them, God is truly NOT necessary in their lives!!!} AMP
2 Corinthians 3:14 In fact, their minds {from the beginning} were grown hard and calloused [they had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]; for until this present day, when the Old Testament (the old covenant) is being read, that same veil still lies [on their hearts], not being lifted [to reveal] that in Christ it is made void and done away. AMP
2 Corinthians 11:12-14 But what I do, I will continue to do, [for I am determined to maintain this independence] in order to cut off the claim of those who would like [to find an occasion and incentive] to claim that in their boasted [mission] they work on the same terms that we do. 13 For such men are false apostles [spurious, counterfeits], deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles (special messengers) of Christ (the Messiah). 14 And it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light; AMP
We are about to start our study in PART 1 – “God and ETERNITY.” As we go along, I pray that you will clearly see and understand our necessity of being able to look into the supernatural spiritual realm from whence comes our wisdom and our strength to defend God and the ETERNAL Gospel Message. It is the ONLY TRUE spiritual message for Salvation!!!
2 Corinthians 10:2-5 I entreat you when I do come [to you] that I may not [be driven to such] boldness as I intend to show toward those few who suspect us of acting according to the flesh [on the low level of worldly motives and as if invested with only human powers]. 3 For though we walk (live) in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, 5 [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), AMP
Psalms 18:2 The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower. [Heb 2:13.] AMP
Jeremiah 9:23-25 {I cannot say it any more clearly than this –} Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise and skillful person glory and boast in his wisdom and skill; let not the mighty and powerful person glory and boast in his strength and power; let not the person who is rich [in physical gratification and earthly wealth] glory and boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] riches; 24 But let him who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me [personally and practically, directly discerning and recognizing My character], that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord. [1 Cor 1:31; 2 Cor 10:17.] 25 Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all who though circumcised [outwardly, in the flesh] are still uncircumcised [in corresponding inward purity {in their spiritual heart}] — [Rom 2:25-29.] AMP
Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, with an eternal Gospel (good news) to tell to the inhabitants of the earth, to every race and tribe and language and people. AMP
PLEASE do NOT short change yourself!!! I know the world is marketing “brain enhancing drugs/supplements” to improve your mental health and intellect and are claiming exciting results. The SAME claim has been made over the years for illicit mind altering drugs! What you do NOT know is the long term side effects of these supplements on your physical and mental health! Early tests of these brain enhancing supplements reveal they produce the same negative side effects as many illegal drugs.
But the “sound mind of Christ” does NOT have negative effects on your physical or mental health! Your “new” physical and spiritual mental health in Christ is way more than the world can offer! I can assure you of a very pleasant, gentle, and sustained increase in your intellectual knowledge and wisdom in BOTH the physical AND spiritual realms using the sound mind of Christ! I now ask you to pray for your physical health and use the sound mind of Christ to understand the following supernatural and spiritual concepts about God.
Isaiah 48:6 You have heard [these things foretold], now you see this fulfillment. And will you not bear witness to it? I show you specified new things from this time forth, even hidden things [kept in reserve] which you have not known. AMP
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams] — AMP
Romans 16:25-27 Now to Him Who is able to strengthen you in the faith which is in accordance with my Gospel and the preaching of (concerning) Jesus Christ (the Messiah), according to the revelation (the unveiling) of the mystery of the plan of redemption which was kept in silence and secret for long ages, 26 But is now disclosed and through the prophetic Scriptures is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, [to win them] to obedience to the faith, 27 To [the] only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One)! Amen (so be it). AMP
Christ is the treasury of all knowledge and wisdom! He and His Father and the Holy Spirit {Godhead/Trinity} live in us and will provide for His spiritually adopted children all the knowledge and wisdom that we need to have daily VICTORY in our lives!
Colossians 2:3 In Him {Jesus Christ} all the treasures of [divine] wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and [all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden. AMP
John 14:23 Jesus answered, If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him. AMP
1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own, AMP
1 John 5:4-5 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]? AMP
God’s Love, physical and mental healing, His knowledge, wisdom, and strength are available to YOU/us to give us daily VICTORY in Christ!!! All we Christians have to do is pray for it and obey God’s Word in the living of our lives by giving Him glory, honor, praise, and thanks in our continuous worship and service to Him!!!
Proverbs 3:5-8 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. 6 In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. [Prov 8:13.] 8 It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones. AMP
We MUST learn to separate the living of our lives from the “kingdoms of the world” and their god – Satan to seeking God’s Kingdom and His righteousness!!!
Matthew 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. AMP
You may be wondering why this book contains THREE PROLOGS. To be honest with you, so was I! As I prayed about this “why,” God shared with me this book precedes the book “The MYSTERY of the SUCCESSIVE AGES of MAN REVEALED” which I wrote in 2017. This book contains man’s trek with God from before time began to God’s designated time in history for each naturally conceived person to be conceived, born, live his/her life, their death, and ultimately their judgment. I would suggest you read this book first “The MYSTERY of the ALL-INCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIP of GOD and MAN REVEALED THROUGHOUT ETERNITY” and then read “The MYSTERY of the SUCCESSIVE AGES of MAN REVEALED.”
I pray they will reveal to you a very comprehensive overview of God and His Love and intimate and intricate relationship with not only man but also the rest of His creation. Click on the link to open the second book: http://pastorharrysimons.com