GOD AND THE UNIVERSE. OPTION #1 OPTION #2 GOD HUMANS NATURE.

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GOD AND THE UNIVERSE

WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF YOUR UNIVERSE?

OPTION #1

ONLY WHAT WE CAN RELATE TO WITH OUR FIVE SENSES

THE NATRUAL UNIVERSE AS UNDESTOOD BY EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE

OPTION #2

GOD

HUMANS

NATURE

OPTION #3

GOD

SPIRIT REALM

HUMANS & NATURE

THE SPIRIT REALM

2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18

TWO UNIVERSES – A SEEN AND AN UNSEENTHE SEEN – WHAT WE KNOW, TRANSIENT, TEMPORARYTHE UNSEEN – REAL, PERMANENT, IN ANOTHER DIMENSIONIN BIBLE CALLED THE HEAVENLIES, THE THIRD HEAVEN OR JUST HEAVEN

INHABITANTS OF THE HEAVENLIES?

• THE TRINITY• ANGELS• DEMONS• SATAN • THE DEAD

BIBLE – THIS WORLD AND THE HEAVENLIES

THEHEAVENLIES

WORLD

INTERACTIVE UNIVERSES

WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS WORLD IS DETERMINED IN THE HEAVENLIESJOHN 14:30 SATAN IS THE RULER OF THIS WORLDEPHESIANS 1:20-21 JESUS CHRIST IS THE RULER OF THE HEAVENLIES

CHRISTIANS LIVE IN BOTH WORLDS

EPHESIANS 1:3 BLESSED IN THE HEVENLIESEPHESIANS 2:5-6 “LIVE” IN THE HEAVENLIESEPHESIANS 6:11-12 WAR/FIGHT IN THE HEAVENLIESHEBREWS 12:22-23 WORSHIP IN THE HEAVENLIES

HEAVEN HAS INVADED OUR LIVES

ACTS 2:38 BY RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRITJOHN 14:23 BY THE FATHER AND THE SON COMING TO MAKE THEIR HOME WITH USROMANS 8:15-17 BY MAKING US CHILDREN AND SONS OF GOD1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 BY OUR SHARING WITH JESUS CHRIST

FUTURE

REVELATION 21, 2 PETER 3:10-13PRESENT SEPARATION REMOVEDNEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTHHEAVEN COMES DOWN TO EARTHTHE UNSEEN WILL BE SEENTHE SPIRIT REALM WILL BE OUR NORMAL WORLD AND HOME

WHO WILL INHABIT THE NEW?

• THE TRINITY• THE ANGELS• CHRIST’S RESURRECTED PEOPLEOVERCOMERS WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE