"Man is governed by an awareness of time, and derives meaning from an ordered sequence of events. People are always late for one thing or early for the next, and there is always more to do than can be done. Hours bulge with priorities, becoming days pregnant with obligation, and the end of each week seems always laden with the undone.
The "Created Realm," [speaking of matter-formed creation] by definition, is that area enclosed by the boundaries of time. This domain includes the observable universe and all physical and spirit beings. Within this realm all things live a fleeting existence of perpetual decay. Unless they are replenished by God they deteriorate, and as time passes, eventually wear out.
Because of this, the Created Realm is the dominion of "death." Created beings are not independent sources of life. Men, angels, and stars must be sustained by their Creator. Their lives are limited, and their continued existence is subject to his constant review.
Because it is a function of position, time is a limitation only for creatures that must live in a fixed place. If you could be in two places at one, you would exist in two different times. This is easily accomplished by increasing your size. If you could grow until you reached three thousand miles long, you could lay down on the United States with your head in Seattle and your toes in Boston. Then you head would exist at a time that is three hours behind your toes, while your toes would be three hours in the future. You would exist in more than one place, and therefore you would exist in more than one time.
If you continued to grow until you could place the earth in your pocket, time would become irrelevant, for you would then be in all the time zones of earth, at the same moment. You would dwell beyond the borders of earthly time. But this would not be a problem for you, because then you would not choose to live in any particular time zone. Rather, you would siimply exist in the permanent "Now."
This is the situation with God. He is very big. Since he exists at all points in the universe, God dwells in every time. He is not limited to the confines of a single time or location. God is ubiquitous and timeless. He is everywhere at once, and all times are open before him. Though he be not far from every one of us; for in him we live, and move, and have our being.
To God, all the places and times of creation are visible and accessible. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. God is not constrained to a linear sequence of events. He is big enough to place the created universe in his pocket, and thus he is larger than time. For wisdom and might are his: and he changeth the times and the seasons.
Because he has unlimited time, God is not "result" oriented, he is "process" oriented. And in the process of time it came to pass. His plans span eons of time and he works in infinite detail, savoring each moment of every process. God is never hampered by any constraint or uncertainty, and never in a rush to accomplish anything. Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return.
God dwells in the ever-present "Now". The instant called "Now" is common to every place. To live in the great "Now" is thus to be everywhere, in every time. Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass.
This is the dwellingplace of God - it is called the "Begotten Realm." The Begotten Realm is much larger than creation. It exists far beyond the confines of the Created Realm. This a habitation of surpassing grandeur that far excels the stiff constraints of mortals. All the created universe and its billions of galaxies appear as a floating speck when viewed from the Begotten Realm.
God easily fills every inch of creation's volume and still exists infinitely beyond its boundaries. Out there, beyond the limits of creation, time has no meaning. All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Begotten beings have no beginning and no end. They are ever-present reactors of self-perpetuating life. In the Begottern Realm, there is no decay.
Begotten beings live in the infinite "Now". This is the home of "I Am," the habitation of God, a heavenly domain where all the strings of time are gathered into a single hand, and converge to a single purpose. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.
To join God in begotten life, his Sons would have to be "born". And like any birth, this would require an interval of "gestation." Gestation is a period of development, a steady transformation from one state of being into another. This is an interval of time that begins at conception and finalizes at birth. Gestation thus requires the passage of time. And time can only be found in the Created Realm.
This is the purpose for creation. God made the created universe as a womb for his soon coming Sons. Since there is no time in the Begotten Realm, there can be no gestation there. For the begetting process, the spirits of men had to be placed into the Created Realm. Here they can experience a sequence of events, a slow, steady transformation from one state of being into another. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by the reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope.
You have been sent to earth in a physical body, to accomplish a spiritual gestation. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. The linear events of earth are like an assembly line, providing the various parts in the proper order, to transform your spirit into a Begotten Being.
By your gestation in the Created Realm your spirit can be born of God. This is your purpose on earth. Your are to traverse the halls of time and be born as a Son of God. When you complete this process, you will exit the Created Realm and enter the Begotten Realm. What is man that thou are mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and has crowned him with glory and honor.
When God designed the reproductive process for man, he made it a physical allegory of his spiritual process. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead.
According to the encyclopedia, the ideal gestation of a human baby takes two hundred eighty days. Two hundred eighty is the product of seven times forty (280=7x40). In the Bible, the number seven represents "spiritual perfection", just as there are seven days in the week, and seven colors in the rainbow. The number forty represents "probation", a period of time devoted to growth and testing.
Allegorically these numbers indicate that spiritual gestation is composed of seven periods of probation (7x40=280). Each of these probations is a period of testing that requires an interval of time. Completing these seven intervals of growth will complete your gestation on earth and bring forth a begotten spirit with you.
These seven steps for the gestation of a begotten sprit are verified in the Bible. They are the seven testings that shine as the gateway to immortality. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. To complete these seven periods of growth is the only purpose for your earthly life. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. As seven washings, they remove the crust of carnality while your spirit is made new in regeneration. Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
The seven probations of gestation represent the development of seven spiritual attributes. For practical purposes these seven attributes are formed in your spirit concurrently and their gestations overlap.
The incubation of all seven traits begins at the day of your physical birth, and ends at the day of your spiritual birth. During this time you must beget the seven enduring qualities of spiritual substance. These are Life, Endurance, Wisdom, Power, Hope, Faith, and Love."
Garrison Russell
from Son Placing
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