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The Cross and Hyperspace

drywind — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:00:30 +0000

One of the more persistent myths is the “non-physical” nature of spirituality. The average person thinks of spiritual things, if they believe in them at all, as “ghostly” or vaporous and somehow unscientific. Yet modern physics is rapidly moving to understand that there are many dimensions beyond the ones we perceive. (Refer to this article)

The Bible has made it clear that there are states of being beyond our physical reality, and these realities are tangible- indeed more tangible that our own existence that is subject to the decay and ephemerality of time. (Refer to http://khouse.org/articles/1998/62/)

All of this is important when we approach the resurrection of Yeshua (Jesus), the son of God; he bodily rose again with a new type of body that was physically here in our dimension as human and yet could also transcend the all the space-time barriers of our physical world.

The account of Luke, who was a learned Greek physician, notes that Yeshua demonstrated His new ultra-dimensional reality by performing ordinary physical acts like eating in conjunction with with trans-dimensional acts like appearing and disappearing instantly.

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. (Luke 24:30-31)

Yeshua specifically challenges their artificial understanding of the spiritual vs. physical world in his appearances to people following his resurrection from the dead. He was physical and yet transcended our limitations:

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. (Luke 36-39)

Paul, who was one of the most schooled men of his day, as a free born Roman citizen studied under Gamaliel in Tarsus, the capital of the province Cilicia. He directly addresses this new type of existence Yeshua enabled for those who accept him:

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (I Corinthians 15:44)

In the original Greek, the word body is “Soma” which strongly suggests a whole, tangible state, most definitely not a ghostly existence. This existence that Yeshua, being the Christ, ushered in with his suffering and death is a radical idea, challenging the dominate philosophies from the Gnostics to the Platonists; where intangible spiritual vs. the tangible physical was the undercurrent of the teaching.

Through his death there is made possible a new existence; one that is more real than our own transient reality, because it lasts forever, transcending the dimension of time and therefore death:

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (I Corinthians 15:50-54)

No amount of meditation and enlightenment can achieve this; one only needs to ask for this free gift from God.

Look Upon the Serpent? And be Supernaturally Healed?

drywind — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:03:37 +0000

Don’t fear – this is not some article about fringe people in the backwater handling snakes as part of some sort of pseudo-Christian ceremony :). However, in the Bible there is a mysterious event involving serpents that occurred while the ancient Jewish people were wandering in the desert. If we understand the meaning of the event, it provides a great revelation of what supernatural healing really means.

The event begins in Numbers 21 with the people complaining and turning away from God. A highly unusual rash of venomous snakes came into the camp, and many people died. These snakes were so poisonous that anyone who was bitten died; there were no exceptions. The people came to Moses, and Moses went to God for a solution. God’s unusual solution was:

The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived. - Numbers 21:8-9

Now the images of the serpent in the Bible was hardly a good one. The multidimensional being who is the essence of evil took the form of a serpent when seducing humans into making The Fall – when sin entered the universe and all creation fell under entropy and death. The additional detail that the image was made of brass is even more strange, as brass is associated with sin in the ancient Judaic priesthood. So why would God choose a serpent on a pole made of the metal of judgement and sin to be a symbol of healing and redemption?

This question is answered by Christ himself:

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. – John 3:14, 15

What does Christ mean? Why would Christ compare himself with the serpent; a symbol of evil in Judeo understanding? The fact is, when Christ died on the cross, he took upon himself every sin, hurt, pain that had ever and will ever torment the human race; past, present, and future. Christ literally became every hurt and sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) – the pain of every human who has and will ever live was in Christ. This explains why when Christ was anticipating his death he sweated blood. Christ’s death was not ordinary; it was the most massive supernatural event ever- God himself became sin. But it did not end with death. Christ came back to life and conquered this sin so we all could share in this eternal life and healing. Hundreds of years before Christ came the prophet Isaiah foretold this healing power in his death and life.

Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

So when Moses was told to have the people look upon the brass serpent he was foreshadowing the healing and redemption that only comes through the death of sin itself, which came upon God the Son. Through this sacrifice we look not on a symbol, but a very real hope of eternal life – the cross and the empty tomb of Christ.

The Longing

drywind — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:07:18 +0000

The modern world has done its best to try to deny the existence of God. In the western world, the Judeo-Christian ethic has been largely marginalized. Yet despite this a longing remains for many people, who are discovering that no amount of money, drugs, or momentary pleasure can satisfy a desire for something more- a greater reality beyond this all-too-short life.

With the God of the Bible no longer acceptable, the longing is pushing many towards a worship of the alien: a belief that benovelent, helpful otherwordly creatures with superior technology will pull humans out of the pit they have dug for themselves.

UFO religions are well documented, and are only increasing with time. The most recent of these religious movements is guised in the “exopolitic movement,” whose goal is to “out” the existence of a so-called benevolent extraterrestrial intelligences. The goal is not objective and scientific, but is the harbinger of a spiritual movement for “earth transformation.”

In my opinion (and I welcome dissenting views), while these UFO religions will indeed result in spiritual experiences, they will not produce the legitimate peace that only God through Christ can provide. The reason is that this expolitic religion is tied in with an age-old practice of worship of non-human intelligences who are absolutely deceptive and opposed to God. Wrapped in a costume of light, these entities can only duplicate fleeting emotion and spectral titillation , but cannot duplicate the eternal salvation and lasting internal peace available through faith in Christ, God’s only son who died and resurrected for all who choose to accept his free gift.

His Star in the East – Stranger than a UFO

drywind — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:47:10 +0000

Some make the mistake of calling the star that appeared following the birth of Jesus a UFO. If you dig into the ancient texts, the reality is much stranger and more wonderful.

There came wise men from the east to Jerusalem saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him – Matthew 2:1-2

One of the titles given to Daniel was Rab-mag, the Chief of the Magi. Daniel apparently entrusted a messianic vision (to be announced in due time by a "star") to a secret sect of the Magi for its eventual fulfillment. -- Khouse.org

The wisemen in this story are not the three quaint figures as seen in a plastic nativity scene, but were in fact a much larger group of “Magi” who were a particular priestly sect in the Medo-Persian Empire. Six hundred years earlier a Jewish man named Daniel introduced this group of Magi to the prediction of a Messiah – the Son of God who would come. Daniel was referred to as Rab-mag, the Chief of the Magi (Daniel 6). Daniel was an expert in the Mazzeroth, the story of God’s creation written in the constellations. The Babylonian corruption of the Mazzeroth become the Zodiac and astrology of today- which is very different than the Mazzeroth. The Mazzeroth laid out the story of Jesus – From the virgin who bore him (the constellation Virgo) to his ultimate future kingship as the Lion of the tribe of Judah (the Constellation Leo).

I propose that for 600 years the teachings begun with Daniel were passed down through the ranks of this group of Magi, so that when the “star” appeared to them, they knew exactly what was going on; the Messiah had been born. This was no astronomical star; it moved and appeared over the small humble house where the toddler Jesus was living. Yet it was not some kind of spacecraft as we understand it. The sign had been expected for over 600 years. When Jesus came to the earth for the first time it was not a surprise to the Magi; his star was identified and long expected, not at all what we now call UFOs.

Hundreds of years before the star of Christ appeared over these verse were written in the Bible:

Numbers 24

17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

Isaiah 60

1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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Sources:
Who Were the Magi? by Chuck Missler – Khouse.org

Uncovering The Mazzeroth – Berean Bible Study

What would you do if your Child was killed? Would you believe there is a God?

drywind — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:17:21 +0000

It’s a horrible thought. What if your child, or the person you love most in the world, was killed? Many would point to that and say “there is no God.”

Well, evangelist Greg Laurie lost his son just recently on July 24 in a horrible traffic accident here in DryWind’s home of Southern California. There are a lot of fake, money grubbing false teachers that call themselves evangelists. Make no mistake, Greg Laurie is not one of them. However, put no faith in man; this tragedy has once again shown how firm a foundation Jesus can be to our lives.

I know we discuss a lot of strange things on this site, but underlying this material is the stark reality that the God of the Bible is real, and his son, Jesus, is real. Jesus really did die for your sins and rose again to sit at his Father’s side. The spirit world that the Bible describes is real; this is not a movie. Hell is a real, a horrible dimension of the dead, and the only way to avoid this fate is Jesus. Please make the choice today to choose Jesus.

Watch Greg Laurie’s testimony only 3 days after the death of his son, Chris: