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If the Kingdom of God (Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew) is the goal of our salvation what is that kingdom like?

It is about a different dimension, a different realm, a spiritual dimension. What can we liken this realm or dimension to? Going to the internet and searching dimensions will give you an idea what a huge leap it is to go from one dimension to the next. Only one dimension is but a flat line (not much) - two dimensions gives height and width. Going to the third dimension (adding depth) is unquestionably far superior to two. Yet to go to the fourth dimension requires one to give up all we understand about our three dimensional world.

Is God’s Kingdom in the fourth dimension? Maybe, but it is beyond all the boundaries of our three dimensional world.

Dimension: Measurement of size - aspect (The spiritual dimension of life) - lifelike quality - level of reality (level of consciousness, existence, or reality) - coordinate for space and time

By looking into God’s Word we can get a glimpse of our future heritage in the Kingdom of God, in a dimension beyond our imagination.

Yeshua (Jesus):

Why did Yeshua say:

• "Seek first the Kingdom of God…"?
• "God is Spirit…"?
• "He who believes in me shall have eternal life"?

What is the Kingdom of God?

• Is this kingdom of another realm or dimension?
• Can we see that dimension?
• What is that city to which Abraham looked and we read about in Revelation?
• Can we find clear evidence of this Kingdom Realm, in Scripture?

May this message inspire your imagination toward the dimension of God’s Kingdom, eternal life and the true hope of your calling.

There is a spiritual realm - this realm has two aspects, one is of the light and life; the other is about death and darkness. Our focus will be on the dimension of the kingdom of Light - the truth about the kingdom Yeshua proclaimed. He is the Door to that Kingdom.

In the Scriptures we see some were granted a view into that Kingdom Realm.

One of Ezekiel’s encounters (read all of chapter 1 and chapter 10 for a fantastic description of heavenly realities and powers beyond imagination):

The point being there is another realm - another dimension we cannot normally physically see, hear, or touch. However it is real; our desire should be to seek these glimpses from Scripture to strengthen our faith and to press on to the high calling in Yeshua.

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The Supernatural: Not of the natural world - relating to or attributed to phenomena that cannot be explained by natural laws. Call them miracles if you will, but in God’s realm they are natural.

And brothers we have not yet touched on the area of angels and their function in YHVH’s plan for mankind. We have not touched on the New Heavens and New Earth or the city of our God coming down to be on earth. Not the mention of spiritual gifts and our anointing.

Man is not left alone; consider some of the miracles of Scripture (many of them are listed in separate section below); witness the Kingdom of God for yourself.

Salvation = God’s Kingdom = Eternal Life

The Kingdom of God is life eternal. The Proverbs instruct us thru wisdom to seek this life.

Wisdom and righteousness the pathway to Kingdom and life.

"Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple." C.W. Ceran

How easy it is to make the Gospel message complicated with all the do’s and don’ts because of the doctrines of men. But Yeshua came with a simple message:

Preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God: the good news and glad tidings of the kingdom of the Messiah… in righteousness, peace, and joy; in peace and pardon by the blood of Christ, in justification by his righteousness, and in free and full salvation by him.

Andrew Murray here points out the reason Paul could claim victory over the enemy of sin and death - by yielding to the holiness that is from God and a life in the power of the Holy Spirit. The sad commentary [it] "…is seldom realized or expected in our day."

With help from the Holy Spiritual realm we to can walk as Yeshua walked. We too can claim with Paul the righteousness of Yeshua.

Last time we considered the great prayer of wisdom at the dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem as given by Solomon (1Kings 8). I am personally moved by it whenever I consider this earnest prayer with its prophetic vision. The Great Almighty God of heaven and earth also was moved because He answered Solomon - the second recorded response by YHVH to Solomon.

Is this not our goal, our aim, our reason for praying to the Holy God? To be heard? To receive an answer? Studying the life of David and his heart for YHVH will give us insight into the Heart of YVHH. We have Yeshua’s promise:

And if we do not receive - examine yourself:

So I say with Paul:

How does God feel about issues we face today?

Being whole hearted isn’t just about a choice, a decision you make one day, "I’ll think I’ll be wholehearted now." It’s a walk, a deliberate action to continue in a path.

Wholeheartedly is everything all the time focused on God and His goal for you and then doing it to the best of your ability day after day.

It isn’t about being perfect. It is about being wholehearted seeking after God. Passionately desiring to do what He wants you to. It isn’t the perfect life, the smartest person, the most politically correct speaker that He uses - it is a person who desires to serve Him to the best of their ability with everything they understand and know. To be willing to change in the face of truth and unwilling to back down from your desire to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and spirit. With every fiber in your being every minute of your life no matter what circumstances or hardship or blessing you find yourself in. That is passion, whole heartedly being His.

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 CAR TUNES

Radios are so much a part of the driving experience, it seems like cars have always had them. But they didn’t. Here’s the story.

One evening in 1929 two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy , Illinois , to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in the car.

Lear and Wavering liked the idea. Both men had tinkered with radios - Lear had served as a radio operator in the U. S. Navy during World War I - and it wasn’t long before they were taking apart a home radio and trying to get it to work in a car. But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds: automobiles have ignition switches, generators, spark plugs, and other electrical equipment that generate noisy static interference, making it nearly impossible to listen to the radio when the engine was running.

SIGNING ON

One by one, Lear and Wavering identified and eliminated each source of electrical interference. When they finally got their radio to work, they took it to a radio convention in Chicago . There they met Paul Galvin, owner of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. He made a product called a "battery eliminator" a device that allowed battery-powered radios to run on household AC current. But as more homes were wired for electricity, more radio manufacturers made AC-powered radios. Galvin needed a new product to manufacture. When he met Lear and Wavering at the radio convention, he found it. He believed that mass-produced, affordable car radios had the potential to become a huge business.

Lear and Wavering set up shop in Galvin’s factory, and when they perfected their first radio, they installed it in his Studebaker. Then Galvin went to a local banker to apply for a loan. Thinking it might sweeten the deal, he had his men install a radio in the banker’s Packard. Good idea, but it didn’t work - half an hour after the installation, the banker’s Packard caught on fire. (They didn’t get the loan.)

Galvin didn’t give up. He drove his Studebaker nearly 800 miles to Atlantic City to show off the radio at the 1930 Radio Manufacturers Association convention. Too broke to afford a booth, he parked the car outside the convention hall and cranked up the radio so that passing conventioneers could hear it. That idea worked - he got enough orders to put the radio into production.

WHAT’S IN A NAME

That first production model was called the 5T71. Galvin decided he needed to come up with something a little catchier. In those days many companies in the phonograph and radio businesses used the suffix "ola" for their names - Radiola, Columbiola, and Victrola were three of the biggest. Galvin decided to do the same thing, and since his radio was intended for use in a motor vehicle, he decided to call it the Motorola.

But even with the name change, the radio still had problems:

• When Motorola went on sale in 1930, it cost about $110 uninstalled, at a time when you could buy a brand-new car for $650, and the country was sliding into the Great Depression. (By that measure, a radio for a new car would cost about $3,000 today.)
• In 1930 it took two men several days to put in a car radio - the dashboard had to be taken apart so that the receiver and a single speaker could be installed, and the ceiling had to be cut open to install the antenna. These early radios ran on their own batteries, not on the car battery, so holes had to be cut into the floorboard to accommodate them. The installation manual had eight complete diagrams and 28 pages of instructions.

HIT THE ROAD

Selling complicated car radios that cost 20 percent of the price of a brand-new car wouldn’t have been easy in the best of times, let alone during the Great Depression - Galvin lost money in 1930 and struggled for a couple of years after that. But things picked up in 1933 when Ford began offering Motorola’s pre-installed at the factory. In 1934 they got another boost when Galvin struck a deal with B. F. Goodrich tire company to sell and install them in its chain of tire stores. By then the price of the radio, installation included, had dropped to $55. The Motorola car radio was off and running. (The name of the company would be officially changed from Galvin Manufacturing to "Motorola" in 1947.)

In the meantime, Galvin continued to develop new uses for car radios. In 1936, the same year that it introduced push-button tuning, it also introduced the Motorola Police Cruiser, a standard car radio that was factory preset to a single frequency to pick up police broadcasts. In 1940 he developed with the first handheld two-way radio - the Handie-Talkie - for the U. S. Army.

A lot of the communications technologies that we take for granted today were born in Motorola labs in the years that followed World War II. In 1947 they came out with the first television to sell under $200. In 1956 the company introduced the world’s first pager; in 1969 it supplied the radio and television equipment that was used to televise Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon. In 1973 it invented the world’s first handheld cellular phone. Today Motorola is one of the second-largest cell phone manufacturers in the world. And it all started with the car radio.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO….

The two men who installed the first radio in Paul Galvin’s car, Elmer Wavering and William Lear, ended up taking very different paths in life. Wavering stayed with Motorola. In the 1950’s he helped change the automobile experience again when he developed the first automotive alternator, replacing inefficient and unreliable generators. The invention lead to such luxuries as power windows, power seats, and, eventually, air-conditioning.

Lear also continued inventing. He holds more than 150 patents. Remember eight-track tape players? Lear invented that. But what he’s really famous for are his contributions to the field of aviation. He invented radio direction finders for planes, aided in the invention of the autopilot, designed the first fully automatic aircraft landing system, and in 1963 introduced his most famous invention of all, the Lear Jet, the world’s first mass-produced, affordable business jet. (Not bad for a guy who dropped out of school after the eighth grade.)

Two elderly people were living in Fort Meyers, he was a widower and she a widow, they had known each other for a number of years. One evening there was a community supper in the Clubhouse.

The two were at the same table, across from one another. As the meal went on, he took a few admiring glances at her and finally gathered the courage to ask her, 'Will you marry me?'

After about six seconds of 'careful consideration,' she answered 'Yes. Yes, I will!'

The meal ended and, with a few more pleasant exchanges, they went to their respective places. Next morning, he was troubled. 'Did she say 'yes' or did she say 'no'?'

He couldn't remember. Try as he might, he just could not recall. Not even a faint memory.

With trepidation, he went to the telephone and called her.

First, he explained that he didn't remember as well as he used to. Then he reviewed the lovely evening past. As he gained a little more courage, he inquired, 'When I asked if you would marry me, did you say 'Yes' or did you say 'No'?'

He was delighted to hear her say, 'Why, I said, 'Yes, yes I will' and I meant it with all my heart.' Then she continued, 'And I am so glad that you called, because I couldn't remember who had asked me.'

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50. Run from ungodly, spasmodic movements and endless empty prophesying. (Jer 5:13; 1Cor 14:33, 1Jn 2:16)

51. Run from preachers who tell mostly stories and jokes. (Eph 5:4; Tit 1:8; 2:12)

52. Run from those that are only after money, who use one gimmick after another to get your money. (2Pt 2:3; 2Cor 12:14; 1Cor 9:18)

‘Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?’

We know these things are coming! We have known it for decades now, but this is no time for panic, but rather a time to dig deeper into our faith, to cement our relationship with God, and know His will for our lives as individuals. This is no time to cry our ‘do you not care that we are perishing’, but rather a time to say, ‘I have enough faith in my heavenly Father, I trust Him enough, that nothing will move me, nothing will shake me, nothing will hinder my stride toward eternity.’

The statement I just read often troubles readers of the Torah. When God appeared to Moses he told him that he did not make himself known to the forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by the name (in Hebrew) yod, hei, vav, hei, [YHVH] often translated in English as LORD with full caps. This is sometimes written out as "Yahveh," or "Yahweh." This is where we get the mispronounced name "Jehovah". This name is derived from the Hebrew verb for "to be" and signifies God as the eternal Being, the self-existing one from whom all existence is derived.

There are people today that think it is essential to use God's actual name, thinking that something special would happen or that God would be more pleased with us if we did. But what God desires for us is that we would know his name in the way that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not. He is not far off, existing simply to warm our hearts through gentle reminders of intangible thoughts. But rather he is a God of action who wishes to powerfully break through into our lives in order to reveal his tangible reality to and through us.

There is power available for His People - He promises.

Above list courtesy of Nave's Topical Bible which is in the Public Domain

Restoration Miracles:

Nature Miracles:

1. A loud command (the voice of the archangel and the trumpet call of God) - 1 Thessalonians 4:16

2 Priest

3. Samaria - 1Kings 16:29

4. Humble himself - Luke 14:11

5. That Joseph would hold a grudge against them and pay them back - Genesis 50:15

6. Isaiah - Isaiah 37:1-4