Is there a way to describe the pathway to fullness – the Kingdom (in us) on earth as it is in heaven? Is there a key for us to better understand this pathway? The answer is a qualified yes – the qualifier BEING, ‘unfettered by the cares of this world.’ The pathway to ‘fullness’ is cluttered (blocked) by human tradition – Human tradition is an arch enemy to Kingdom fullness (on earth as it is in heaven). What are these often unknown traditions? Why do our traditional mindsets make the word of God to no affect? Why does fruit from the wrong tree deny us The Tree Of Life – Communion With God? Why are human and religious traditions a block to Kingdom fullness? The answer – they are earthly and lack heaven’s understanding.
Our Kingdom pathway is ‘accessed’ by acceptance of the fact that it can be cluttered with tradition, often Christian tradition that is as worldly as…well…the world! Many bones (traditions) must break to achieve a level of fullness.
Religious men will always defend their right to eat forbidden fruit, and challenge any who don’t think like them. Every matter is tied to good and evil, right and wrong, always from human understanding. Kingdom men will always seek the face of God to understand His motive and will in all matters. Heaven’s perspective is often far different than the world’s.
The strength of the oppressor lies in the ignorance of the oppressed, and many Christians are bound by their constant feeding from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil – forbidden fruit from a forbidden tree! The best slaves are those who don’t know they are slaves.
To the extent “the cares of this world” rule us, to that same extent do we experience a Kingdom void. We often connect the “cares of this world” figuratively to sex, drugs, and rock and roll, without recognizing the greatest subtlety of them all – eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Eating fruit from the wrong tree is the greatest of “cares of this world,” as it’s fruit is far more deadly – the consumer doesn’t recognize the poison! It is here that I could write an epitaph of Christian causes galore, yet anything done apart from the leadership of the Holy Spirit is fruitless. We judge good and evil all day, everyday. We routinely attach ourselves to causes, candidates, concerns, etc., based entirely on our human understanding without a remote thought of seeking God for His heart on the matter.
We are familiar with scripture that teaches “the cares of this world choke out the word.” We are seeing the ‘new season’ of the Kingdom – the time of fullness (Tabernacles); and the pathways to that fullness are opening before our very eyes. Do we have the courage to walk these hallowed pathways? Or, are we so steeped in our charismatic traditions, surrounded by fields full of sacred cows that we don’t realize ‘death is required to live this life?’
To walk the path into fullness, many traditions must be left behind, including sacred cows (often Charismatic theology). As with the opening Chapter in the Book of Joshua, a virtual fearlessness must be received (adopted), as this road will require levels of courage beyond the norm. Do not be alarmed as you proceed along this path, as you discover (uncover) the power that human tradition (the ways of this world) have over you.
To proceed deeper is to grant God permission to ‘break’ the world as He ‘grants’ you heaven. This is painful! “How will a man receive the Kingdom of God? Through much tribulation” (Acts 14:22). “Many are called, few are chosen.” The Kingdom of God is forcefully advancing, and those who have died unto themselves are stepping into the land, exercising spiritual violence against the god of this world – satan.
Ignorance often comes disguised as tradition. Be open and honest with your Father. Call to Him in prayer, asking that He reveal you to you. Be ready to repent, thereby removing the obstacles and hindrances to a ‘full on’ Kingdom flow in your life. Gain access in ways you have never known when you allow Him to slay your sacred cows (some of which will shock you when these are revealed).
God has come to occupy His temple.
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