Het Echte Eden
Assepoester - 23.04.2005 12:35
Christus
Veel christenen denken nog steeds dat de hemel en het paradijs hetzelfde zijn - of liever gezegd, een ver weg planeet. Maar het enige paradijs dat in de bijbel voorkomt was Eden. In zekere zin is elke christen Eden. Het hemelse koninkrijk, zijn de christenen zelf en niet een geografische plaats ver weg. En er zijn ook geen 72 maagden. Wat er wel is staat in dit mooie verhaal:
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The following testimony by Sharon Dibenedetto is a remarkable witness to this beautiful truth. She writes, "On July 28th, 2002, I was in bed and was talking to the Lord. I had been praying that He would teach me how I could walk in the Paradisical realm and how I could walk in a higher realm all the time. The, I fell asleep. Around 3 a.m. I woke up and began to pray that the Lord would release me from all the bondages of the flesh so that I could walk with Him.
"The first thing that happened was that I saw this beautiful golden light. It was so powerful! I knew I couldn’t look directly into the light because it was so bright, but I could surely feel it. I cannot describe in words this glorious light! Then the light came very close to me and I heard a voice say, ‘Come up higher.’ I felt as though my spirit was being lifted up in the light and now I could see Jesus. The light had carried me over to where Jesus was standing. I felt so overwhelmed at seeing my Lord that, at first, I couldn’t even talk to Him. I just stood there for some time. I know I was praising and singing and could also hear and see a heavenly host, singing in perfect harmony, ‘Holy, holy, most holy, Hosannah.’
"The light was becoming brighter and brighter. Then I saw Jesus standing on the bank of this beautiful river. It was crystal clear, clean and pure. I exclaimed, ‘Lord, I have never seen a river like this on earth!’ He answered, ‘There is none like this on earth. It is the same substance that is within my people. Put thy hand in the water.’ I did so and was amazed to see that this river flowed in four directions. After dipping my hand in the river, I could feel something very different. Jesus asked me, ‘What does it feel like?’ I said, ‘The water feels like pure energy and power.’ I had never felt anything like this before! Then the Lord said, ‘Go deeper into the water.’ As I could feel the power going from my feet up my body, He said, ‘Now, go down and cover thy head and come back up again.’ As I came up out of the water I felt a sudden change and asked the Lord, ‘What is happening?’ Jesus answered, ‘You are being transformed. Whatever touches this water shall be made alive. This is your new body.’ Then the golden light became brighter. ‘This is your celestial body. You are in the paradisical realm and I will teach you to walk here.’
"I cried, ‘O Lord, I want more! I want all of my full inheritance.’ He spoke to me again, ‘One step at a time, daughter. As you grow higher I will bring you higher — one step at a time.’ I was praising the Lord while I was still standing in the river. I felt wave after wave of energy going through every fiber of my being. Then I felt the Holy Spirit upon me and I knew I was being baptized with fire. The light was all around me and Jesus said, ‘Walk in this light. All must come to me and each will experience what you just had. You are full of light and soon it will shine forth for the whole world to see. And I will teach you how to speak life to the world! I am training my sons and my daughters in this day, as well as my warriors.’
"The light became brighter. At this time I awoke. I could still feel this golden light all around me. Even though I was awake, I was hardly aware of anything but this glorious light. It was about 4 a.m. I asked the Lord, ‘Was I really in Paradise with you?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ I went back to sleep. Again this golden light came closer and closer to me. I was so full of joy that I was just praising the Lord. I heard a voice say, ‘You can now walk in Paradise at will. Practise walking here day and night without ceasing, and you will walk victoriously.’ I asked the Lord, ‘May I ask you to teach me how to walk in this Garden?’ Standing in the light He spoke to me again, ‘For you to walk in my Garden you must go deep within.’
"I said, ‘Lord, how?’ As the light shone brighter, I found myself at the edge of a beautiful Garden. In this Garden was the River of Life and the Tree of Life. Jesus said, ‘Take off thy shoes and follow me. You are now walking on holy ground.’ I cried, ‘O Lord, I never want to leave this Garden!’ He reassured me, ‘You can be here in this Garden and work from this realm while your feet are still upon the earth. There is much work to be done and there are so few willing to do my work.’ I could feel myself going in and out of the Garden many times. Then this voice spoke to me, ‘Now you can go from this realm and into the other realm at will. You can be in Paradise and still have your feet walking and doing my will upon the earth.’
"Again, I was awake with tears of joy running down my face. I felt so different! I know I’ll never be the same again. By now it was 4:15 a.m. and the sun was just beginning to rise. I knew I had been with the Lord and felt so blessed. I knew that all I had to do was to look within and walk. My spirit was in Paradise while my flesh was still here on earth. I also had heard the Lord call out the names: Abraham, Noah, Jacob, Isaiah, and Joseph — like a roll-call. I was there too and felt like they all were a part of me."
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