In this study, we are considering God to be the very energy that forms all of creation - inside and outside of time and the matter that we recognize with our five senses. So let’s look at what science knows about energy.
Energy is the property of matter and radiation which is manifest as a capacity to do work (such as causing motion or interaction of molecules).
Quantum physics understands the apparent purpose of energy to be two-fold - to both SEE, and BE SEEN.
Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God. Matthew 5:8
The Bible asserts that Jesus came that we could see and know God and his Kingdom - the Kingdom of Heaven (KOH). In this study, we are going to consider “seeing” and “knowing” to be the same as “experiencing” God and Heaven. That by teaching us how to do so, Jesus would save us from ourselves and our “sin.”
By this, we can consider sin to be the part of ourselves that keeps us unaware of God and Heaven; and salvation to be the ability to remember our identity as children of God whose inheritance is the infinite resource of the Kingdom. … that we might see/experience/KNOW it - here and now.
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 46:10
Since we also know that God created us in his own image - to be a clear reflection of his truth and his ways (that more may see him) then we can understand that we are not simply human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings who are having a human experience. An entire journey of birth, life, and death experiences that allow us the opportunity to better understand and know God; and to continually become a better expression of our identity as his children. We are both witnessing expressions of God in others, and being witnessed as expressions of how we understand this truth. In that way, his truth, goodness, and love expand and unfold - in cycles and phases and systematic ways, inside and outside of time.
Our lifetime is a series of opportunities that form a dynamic landscape to enjoy and participate in with gratitude, acceptance, and a sense of security. God does not give us things just to arbitrarily take them away. Experiences are meant to shape our understanding - and when they serve their purpose, they come to an end. Impermanence is part of creation, but the experience shapes us for eternity; and we have the power to let it do that effectively and efficiently.
As spiritual beings living a human expression of what we understand to be true, we have been given tools to fulfill our purpose (to see, and be seen):
Senses - to receive information.
Emotions - to interpret it.
Free ability to develop our perspective according to what we perceive.
Together we are creating a dynamic landscape of our spiritual journey.
The crossroad we find ourselves at is the choice to experience things through beliefs based in security, or insecurity. A faith that our identity as children of God grants us access to the resources of the entire KOH every moment -therefore knowing no lack ; or the belief that it is up to us to figure it out and “get it right,” or pay the price. The later comes with a whole slew of fear-based realities such as:
Desire for control
Need for certainty (not the same as clarity)
Power-over stance
Victim mentality
Determination for Justice (not our job)
Heavy focus on “what/how”
Need to be understood and validated
Need to conform
Need for denial
As humans, it is easy to forget that our identity is not based on the physical realm. “Reality” is merely an expression of how we define our identity. The goal is to continually remember that the authority over our identity is eternally within us now, and is able to define it at any moment when we learn to release what no longer serves our developing understanding of our identity and purpose - in order to be a clearer expression of the love that is our source. This is where we find that surrender is the action of faith in that identity. When we surrender to that belief, and “walk in full awareness of the spirit.” When we believe that God is revealing himself and his kingdom right now, in everything we experience, we want GREATER perspective! We grasp that it will always bring greater understanding when we do.
Blind spots (unawareness) = Enemy
That desire allows us to soften, and become open, curious, humble, and increasingly aware. We have faith and trust that God will continue to define himself and his love for us.
Our intent changes… which is our “why.” We don’t go after a sense of security, because we have it. We stop operating from a place of lack, because we lack nothing. We stop listening for threats, and listen to understand.
This causes all sorts of shifts in our frequency - which is the language of energy. The frequency we transmit determines the frequencies we receive - just like a radio tunes into the station it’s looking for. Which finds us full-circle, ready to experience new parts of our landscape.
The new truths we find allow new shifts in our beliefs, and we transform again… suddenly able to become those same fruits.
Then we express them more strongly and clearly with authenticity and integrity.
We KNOW God and his kingdom more and more.
And we are being known as a part of it all.
Born into new awareness, and as a whole, there will be a great awakening to our identity in this. Awareness of truth always brings greater awareness of that truth.
If sin is about division - because we forget (loosing awareness) that we are one with God and his Kingdom - a return to our unity (& awareness of it) is our salvation. There will be a revelation of the Body of Christ and its wholeness.