It will definitely be easier to start from the beginning, but not just as we know it. So permit me to call this, The beginning of beginnings.

There was God, who is I Am That I Am, without past nor future. He is always in the now. He is not controlled by time. He controls time rather, because He created time (Genesis 1:14). Now our God does not like loneliness at all just as we see in Adams’ story, so God decided to get Himself a family. One He could trust and love, knowing fully well that the feeling was truly mutual and in a bid to achieve this He decided to create two worlds.

The First world was going to be the “TEST” world, where He would give absolutely all of His creation free will and a limited revelation of who He really is, so as to know for certain those that will love Him fully in view of the world to come. Out of free will, Satan chose evil and got one-third of the angels in heaven to join him. Out of free will, Balaam’s donkey refused to move so as to save the life of his master and many more examples are recorded in the bible that point to the truth that everything that exists in this world both in the spiritual and physical realms all possess free will especially the man created in the image of God.

This Test World that we all exist in is also a timed world. It will only exist for a while and then it will pass away for the next and perfect world which will last forever. It is just like a normal school test in which the examiner is God himself and the pass score is in faithfulness to Him, but it will not last so long because soon He would say, Pens up! And then the scoring will begin. Though this time seems to be so long, you should know that it will soon be over. All God is waiting is for is just the right time He has set, when He will have had enough number of faithful people, as His family members. And then the new world will begin. The world of no marriages, because there shall be no more death, (Luke 20:35-36). This world will just be for God and His family. Anyways things about the coming world surely surpass our comprehension as at now. We will know better when we get there, (1 Corinthians 13:12). Then God will let His Spirit rule over us, such that all things are made easy. Nothing outside the nature of God will be found there. However, with our free will in this test world comes a decision for anyone that wants to make it to this awesome next world to remain steadfast and stable in Jesus. Why?

Jesus (Son of God) represents the Nature of God which was lost through Adam (Genesis 5:1-3, Luke 3:23-37, Romans 5:17) and in Him through faith we are being transformed to that same image so that we can be accepted into the world to come. By accepting Jesus, staying faithful to Him and shunning sin we are directly accepting the nature of God which totally transforms our whole being, (Titus 2:11-14). So don’t be confused, the rules never did say “…once saved, forever saved” because if you give your life to Jesus and return to your evil ways, it is tantamount to denying Jesus before men. And Jesus says He will also deny anyone who denies Him. ( 2 Timothy 2:10-13)

It also brings to mind that in this Test world, there are a lot of exams but when you must have completed them all successfully a new name will be given you, just as it is done in the normal Tertiary education system. (Revelations 2:17, Revelations 3:12)

As I said earlier, in this test world, the revelation of God, as He is, will be limited to all creatures such that only those that will seek Him will find Him over time, so that they grow in the process (only through true and thorough desire can we access the fullness of God, Proverbs 18:1).

Still this test is an open test because of the presence of grace, (Ephesians 2:7) Which means you can do anything you like, and the truth is, for grace’ sake God will not be angry. But if you don’t watch it, you just might be hurting Him and making Him sad. This goes further to explain why there is going to be hierarchy in the new world to come by reason of levels of faithfulness to God in this present world. ( Luke 19:16-26)

Still for those who are saved by the lamb, we have hope also in this world. For we have an access to the Holy Spirit, Who is set of God the Father to see us through this Test world, guiding us and reminding us the Word of Truth (Jesus) . Holy Spirit is our heaven-sent Father to be with us in this earthly adventure. Jesus says, I will not leave you (us) comfortless (being interpreted as not leaving us as orphans). John 14:16-18.

But we can only enjoy all this and have our journey of following Jesus Christ fun-filled, by our choices. And even though Jesus Christ had his free will, yet He gave it up for the will of the Father, which is the reason why in the world to come He shall be the firstborn Son of the brethren. And He is now already, according to the Scriptures.

Confess this: Thank God I belong to the family of God! (2 Corinthians 6:17-18)

Sure a whole bunch of this doesn’t make sense and that is because they cannot be discerned by your physical senses, because we walk by faith and not by sight. They will make sense in your spirit, when you search the scriptures for yourself and let the Holy Spirit through. I tell you, there is no limit to the wealth of revelation you can access for yourself. Blessed are those who have not seen yet believed, Jesus said (John 20:29). This is in itself an active faith!

Abraham’s faith in his day opened up a door for God to introduce Himself to the world and sure He was so blessed. Still when it was time for the Saviour to come into the world to start another era, God did not forsake the door that once was made available to Him through faith.

And you need to come to accept that you are a spirit. In fact you are a quickening spirit, re-created in Christ Jesus, as the tripartite nature of God. In essence, you are a trinity (triune being-spirit, soul and body) after the order of God, and the devil, who exists only as a spirit (uni-being) should not know the spiritual more than you do. That’s why you need to activate your spirit, as to start assimilating truths such as this. The more you do this, the more you realize it is a love affair. On this side, it never gets boring I can assure you. More so, your reigning begins now till the world to come, where we will reign with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)

To activate/build your spirit you need to make fellowshiping with the Holy Spirit and the Word of God a necessity. The Word is the way. Anything outside the Word of God, according to whole gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, let it go! These Scriptures were hand-chosen by God to build us up and it is complete to the latter. Now with an active spirit you must understand that the physical is controlled by the spiritual realm, such that when something happens in the physical, you can always switch to the spirit (your true identity in Christ Jesus) and correct it. That is the wealth of the power God is made available to us in Christ Jesus. (John 6:63). We must learn to source our faith from our spirit already in the kingdom of God. Remember the next world does not come by outward/physical show or appearance. (Luke 17:20-21)

Confess this to yourself:
I AM A CHILD OF THE RESURRECTION, OF THE WORLD TO COME, OF GOD.

Grace
Adebayo Funmi
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