The Revelation of Christ in All - part 2

before time had a name. There was a garden, a

place where heaven and earth walked as one. This

is the Echoes of Eden where we rediscover ancient

roots and awaken to our eternal purpose. Well,

hey guys and welcome back to week two of the

revelation of Christ in all This week we're gonna

dive a little bit more into the concept before

Adam found in Christ I believe I said this last

week and it bears repeating Any time I get the

opportunity to share this and the truth is this

You were found and discovered in Christ long

before you were lost in Adam Listen guys, the

truth is the cross was not plan B It was not

a backup plan for the Trinity when Adam fell

it did not leave the Trinity biting their nails

pacing back and forth Scratching their heads

trying to figure out what do we do now? No This

was in the original design all along Listen to

Trinity knew we'd mess it up They knew this we

would mess it up. You're gonna mess it up get

it wrong all this but here's the cheers the truth

None of it hinges on you. Now, let that settle.

You wrestle with that if you have issues with

that. But none of this hinges on you. This is

about accepting and living from the finished

work of the cross, the finished work of Christ.

I find it funny, I've been told before that I

put little value on the cross. And the truth

of the matter is, I put extreme value on the

cross. I actually believe that the cross did

what it was intended to do and that when Jesus

hung on the cross and said and declared, it is

finished, I personally believe he meant that.

And there's nothing left for us to complete.

we now get the opportunity to live from and rest

in the finished work of Christ advancing the

kingdom of heaven here on earth as it is in heaven

we get to walk around and engage with humanity

we engage with creation and release heaven from

within us because the kingdom of heaven is within

us christ is in you Colossians I believe it says

the hope of glory you have the answer for the

world around you Man, that's powerful if you

think about it. Well, so last week we established

some important things And so we'll go over those

just a little bit not to go back in and teach

the whole thing But just as a refresher from

last week, I know you can go back and watch the

video but Let me start with this and I opened

up with this last week. The journey is not about

dishonoring what came before. In no way shape

or form is what I am doing or teaching meant

to attack people. I do, however, intend on attacking

a religious system, a mindset. That is my aim.

To tear down the old Adamic mindset, the religious

system that keeps keeps people on the treadmill

of life. So, again, it's not about dishonoring

what came before. I value people. I personally,

wholeheartedly believe that the pastors and leaders

that I had in my life are good people. They love

people. They love God. It has nothing to do with

attacking people. Very well respected people.

I would not be where I'm at today without them

in my life, in the moment that they were in my

life. It's not about dishonoring what came before,

not about dishonoring people. It is about growing

into what was always intended. So today we're

going to take another step deeper, not by speculation,

but by scripture. And let me say this clearly,

if what we're about to explore feels unsettling

for you, that does not mean that it's wrong.

I want you to hear that. Often it means it's

challenging a foundation that was never meant

to stay shallow. I want you to consider when

Jesus spoke with the Pharisees. Go read Matthew,

Mark, Luke, John and watch the interaction that

Jesus has with the Pharisees. And remember this,

the Pharisees were the religious scholars of

this day. They knew the scriptures. I want you,

I want to, let me read this to you, because I

think this is powerful. In John 5, 39 through

40, it says this, you are busy analyzing scriptures,

pouring over them. He's talking to the Pharisees.

It says you just speaking to the Pharisees. You

were busy analyzing scriptures, pouring over

them, hoping to gain eternal life. Everything

you read points to me. Yet you still refuse to

come to me so that I can give you the life you're

looking for, eternal life. Think about what that's

saying, my friend. That's John 5, 39 through

40. He came to challenge the mindset. Look at

the life of Paul before he was Paul. He was Saul,

one of the greatest Pharisees there were. He

knew the law. He was very passionate about defending

what it was that he believed scripture said even

if that meant killing followers of Christ Now

think about that think really don't check your

brain at the door take a step back if you have

to pause this video take a step back sit with

Holy Spirit and Think about what's being said

with that? Paul Pharisee, what Saul at the time,

Pharisee of Pharisees. Very passionate about

defending the scripture, so much so that he was

willing to kill followers of Christ. Think about

this concept. Moving on, because I can't spend

time there. Here's the story that most of us

were taught, if you... at least if you're in

the area that I'm in, growing up in the Bible

Belt type situations, growing up in the western

church world. This is kind of how the story went

for, I would say most of us, is you have in Genesis

God creating humanity, then you have Adam and

Eve falling because they took a bite of fruit.

And then after that everything falls apart everything

breaks everything is screwed up There's separation

in play all of this and God is scrambling to

fix the mess Now take it take a step back here

for just a moment Everything breaks We believe

that at that moment That separation enters the

picture and man is separated from God But if

you believe and I'd have to go back and look

at it To find it, you can use Google, you'll

find it. But there's a scripture that says, no,

you were alienated in your minds. If you go all

the way back to Genesis and look, even after

the fall, God, Trinity, still shows up for the

walk with Adam and Eve. It was not Adam, it was

not God who moved, it was Adam who forgot who

he. was. They forgot how good Abba was. Man.

So God creates humanity, Adam falls, everything

breaks, God's scrambling to fix the mess, and

then Jesus comes on the scene to repair what

Adam has ruined. But when we slow down and read

scripture carefully, that storyline does not

hold up. Because scripture tells us something

shocking that Union came before the fall Yes,

that's exactly what I said your union and inclusion

with Christ Came before the fall of man. This

is why I say and declare You were found in Christ

long before you were lost in Adam the lamb slain

before the foundation That's in revelations revelation.

Let me clarify that Revelation tells us it's

in chapter 13 verse 8. I believe that the lamb

was slain from the foundation of the world Now

think about it Not slain after sin He's not slain

because of Adam but slain before the foundation

of the world Slain before creation's foundation.

Before the things that you see outside existed.

Before the world existed. I know that's hard

to even fathom the world not existing. That the

trees and the oceans and the rivers and the lands

not existing. But before all of that existed.

The lamb was slain Do you catch it Before the

foundation Of the cosmos the lamb had already

been slain Many many many times if not every

time things happen in the spiritual before we

ever see him in the natural realm. The lamb was

slain before the foundation of the world, yet

we do not see the lamb slain until Jesus comes

on the scene. The word who is made flesh. This

means that the cross was not God's reaction.

This means that redemption was not improvised.

This means that Jesus did not enter history as

plan B. No, the cross reveals the eternal heart

of God, not his emergency response. I was actually

reading before I started hitting record here

in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 19. I want to

2 Corinthians 5:19

read this actually from the mirror translation.

It says Jesus did not act independently of his

father God was present in Christ When they reconciled

the total cosmos to themselves Deity and humanity

embraced God's act of reconciliation takes every

other conclusion out of the equation. No amount

of trespasses can match God's evaluation of the

human race. Redeemed friendship is now announced

from within us. Listen, the cross did not change

God's mind. No, the cross revealed the Father's

heart. towards us, towards you. It wasn't about,

Jesus did not come on the scene to try to change

his father's mind. This is not, as Damon Thompson

says, this is not a good cop, bad cop. I was

taught things like God can't look on sin. I was

taught things like Jesus came, how would I want

to say that? God can't look on sin. Jesus was

on the cross and when he saw that we go what

thank you, Holy Spirit When Jesus is on the cross

and he says my God my God why have you forsaken

me that that was in that moment? God had turned

his back on his father and To believe that is

to believe that somehow the Trinity has turned

on itself But this right here 2nd Corinthians

5 19 says a different story that God was inside

of Christ, reconciling the entire world back

to himself. The passion says it this way. In

other words, it was through the anointed one

that God was shepherding the world, not even

keeping records of their transgressions. He's

not even keeping record of transgression. He's

not counting your sins against you. This is the

moment. This is the moment that the heart of

the father is being as being revealed to you

and I sons and daughters It's it's the Trinity

essentially saying yes to our punishment We were

the ones saying crucify Crucify crucify And it

was the truth that it was the Trinity who was

surrendering and submitting themselves to death,

yes, even death on a cross. Basically declaring

this, if this is the place we have to go to redeem

you, then that's what we'll do. Jesus operating

with the Father and with the Holy Spirit, redeeming

you and I. Putting into action what happened

What thousands of years before when it says that

the lamb was slain before the foundation? It

already happened Ephesians tells us this This

is the Ephesians chapter 1 verse 4 says he chose

Ephesians 1:4

us in him before the foundation of the world

You know what that means before sin before failure,

before you believed or did not believe, before

your obedience and before your disobedience.

Ephesians 1 -4, he chose you in Christ before

the foundations of the world. Let me just go

ahead and turn there and let me pull that scripture

up because I think it's important just to go

start with Ephesians chapter 1. Bear with me.

Ephesians 1 · chapter mention

I'm not using my phone at the moment because

I'm recording with my phone, so that doesn't

work that way. Ephesians chapter one. Catch this.

I'm going to start at verse three. It says, every

spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has

already been lavished upon us as a love gift

from our wonderful heavenly father, the father

of our Lord Jesus, all because he sees us wrapped

into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with

all of our hearts and in love he chose us before

he laid the foundation of the universe because

of his great love verse five uh nope still verse

four because of his great love he ordained us

so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes

with unstained innocence Before he laid the foundation

of the universe, he already chose you. Why do

I believe that Christ is in all? Right here is

a perfect example. Because my friend, this was

written before you were ever even considered,

before your grandparents were even considered

and thought about. You were in the heart of God.

You were on the mind of Papa. You were chosen

in Christ long before the foundation of the world

was even laid. Before sin, failure, before you

believed or you didn't believe, before you obeyed

or disobeyed, before you felt like you got it

all right or you screwed it all up, before any

of that, you were chosen in Christ. Humanity

already found in Christ. This tells us something

very crucial. Crucial, Adam did not define humanity.

Listen my friend, I don't care what you've been

told by religion, Adam is not your origin. He

is not your starting point. No, Adam did not

get to define humanity, Christ already defines

you. Christ is your starting point. In John chapter

three, when Jesus is having a conversation with

Nicodemus and he says, you must be born again.

That's a horrible translation, but Nicodemus

is trying to figure out, what do you mean by

this? I cannot crawl back in my mother. No, Jesus

says, you are a great teacher and you don't even

understand this, that you must be born from above.

Go study the original language. It is not about

a rebirth. He is telling Nicodemus, you need

to wake up my friend and understand you may have

come through your mom and dad, but you did not

come from them. No, you existed in Christ, Ephesians

1. You existed in Christ long before the foundation

of the world. You existed in the Trinity. You

were found in Christ long before you were lost.

Inside of Adam and my friend you were born from

the Trinity you were born from heaven Whoo Adam

was never meant to be the center of the story

and for some odd reason in our part of the world

in the western part of the church It feels like

to me that we have more faith in what Adam did

than what Christ did we have more faith in what

that's the fall of Adam than the Restoration

of what Christ performed and completed That makes

zero sense and for a long time. I believe the

same kind of way I taught the same kind of religious

BS And that's the nicest way I can put that So

I get it. I was there. I taught this nonsense

I taught teenagers and young people that when

Jesus was on the cross and said my god my god

Why have you forsaken me that it was in that

moment? The father had to turn his back on his

son Because he could not look at him and my friend

I'm telling you this I would not turn my back

on my son, so either I'm a better dad than he

is, or we have him wrong. And I will choose option

B for that, because I know that he is far better

than I am. My God. I taught this nonsense. I

know what it is to deal with these thoughts and

to have this wrestling match. The stuff that

I am believing and declaring today, I wrestled

for two to three years in silence. Because I

knew the things that were lit listen, I'm not

talking about people I'm talking about a religious

mindset That trained most of the church in the

West it's still being proclaimed in most churches

today If we can only if we could only stare at

the Christ Allow him I can remember I don't think

I said this last week it bears it bears if I

did it bears repeating I don't really care. I

remember hearing a very A very respected pastor

at the time No, he's still respected pastor In

my life. He was ministering on something and

I was I was listening and at this time I was

learning something different by way of Holy Spirit

And so what he was, as he was preaching, I began

to have a different conversation. I said, Holy

Spirit, why do you allow stuff like this to continuously

be taught? And he said, son, it's all about the

lens. And I said, do tell and do explain. And

what he gave me a picture of, and I wish I had

them, I don't know where they're at in my office

right now. But what he gave me a picture of is

something I used as a kid I can remember these

little paper glasses that had red tinted lens

I can remember them being red and blue and He

said son he said if you put those on and look

and everything is red Are you wrong in what you

see and that answer for me was no he said they're

not wrong He said but let me adjust your lens

He said they just need a lens adjustment he said

be willing to allow me to adjust your lens and

see through my perspective and i'm telling you

this has changed everything for me i know the

things i'm called people comment on my facebook

stuff and say all kinds of nice gives me the

warm and fuzzies inside i don't care i cannot

be shaken from this this This is the revelation

the Holy Spirit has given to me. Man can't shake

it. Call me what you will. They said the same

things about my Jesus. They said the same things

about the Christ. The fall did not create separation

in God. See, I'm ahead of myself. I should just

go through my notes because I'll get there in

a minute. Here's where many misunderstand the

fall. Because the fall did not create separation

in God's heart. It created separation in humanity's

perception God didn't in no way shape or form

did God move away for human from humanity Remember

go back to the garden when the fall happened

Who was hiding in that moment and who was looking

for somebody? Not because he lost Adam but because

Adam lost Adam. It was not God hiding. It was

not God coming in with the whip or a stick to

beat Adam. It was them. It was Trinity, Father,

Son, and Spirit showing up for the walk to continually

walk with Adam. It was Adam who was hiding from

God. It was humanity hiding from God. Humanity

still today hides from God. The distance was

not G - Excuse me, if I could read my own stuff.

The distance was not geographical. There we go.

The distance was not geographical. It was relational

and perceptual, which means this. Separation

was never ontological, which is about being.

It was experiential, which is about awareness.

Separation was never the truth of who you are.

It was what you became aware of. God remained

present. If you don't believe me, track through

the lineage of Adam and get to Enoch because

Enoch refused to participate in Adam's delusion.

That's why scripture says Enoch walked with God.

Enoch was and then was not. Enoch figured out

something. Enoch refused to participate in Adam's

delusion. He was going to walk with God. And

that's before the cross, my friend. So God remains

present consistently. Even today, when we screw

it up, He is still present. He's still holding

up His end of the bargain. He still has the same

thoughts about you. His thoughts never change

about you. Humanity is the one that became blind.

And as Colossians says, we became alienated.

in our own minds. Think about the cross. When

Jesus declares and cries out on the cross that

it is finished. He is not saying that it's now

available. He is not saying that it's accessible

if you qualify and meet these standards He is

not standing outside of a roller coaster saying

if you meet this height requirement Then you

can be on board heat and he's not saying that

it will be applied when you believe no he is

declaring completion Complete and utter completion

it is finished, not it is possible. He said it

is finished. The Greek word speaks of this. It

speaks of fulfillment. It speaks of completion.

It speaks of bringing to its intended end. Jesus

did not open a door and wait to see who walks

through. He ended something. And what did he

end, my friend? He ended the complete separation.

He ended the separation that you were experiencing.

He ended the power of death. He ended the power

of sin. He crucified the Adam on the cross. This

is why scripture tells you that you have been

co -crucified with Christ. You were co -crucified,

co -buried. co -resurrected, you co -ascended

and now you are co -glorified and co -seated

with Christ in heavenly places. You my friend

right now are seated at the right hand of the

Father in Christ. It is now sitting at the right

hand of the Father is the Son of Man. Do we grab

hold of what this means? How can we even fathom

what he is saying in this moment? That it's finished.

This is the part I actually believe. You know

what, let me back up and say this. This is the

part that I'm actually beginning to believe.

Because I don't know that I actually have it

believed fully yet. Because there's a lot of

stuff that I am still having to unlearn and allow

Holy Spirit to Give me more of them I want said

this way give me more of the mind of Christ and

allow me to see things through the perspective

of Papa So this is the part I'm coming more more

to believe that he actually meant what he said

when he said it is finished quit resurrecting

Listen, I know we want to talk about crucifying

ourselves daily, dying daily. Listen, you were

co -crucified on the cross with Christ. Stop

resurrecting a dead man. When Paul was talking

about dying daily, he was not trying to tell

you and I to crucify our flesh every single day.

No, he was telling people in that moment, hey

listen, I face death every single day. Paul was

literally saying that he faces the possibility

of death every day, not trying to tell you and

I to keep crucifying a nature that was already

crucified with Christ. That's a mouthful, I know.

But think about this. Think about this revelation,

that it is finished. So why does this matter

for identity? If humanity... Was in Christ before

the fall then salvation was never about reattachment

It's about revelation You were not restored into

Christ you were revealed in Christ Sin did not

remove Christ from humanity. It obscured humanity's

awareness of Christ and my friend this revelation

changes everything what see this is why and i'll

do some teaching on some of these different words

later on but this is why we have to understand

that sin is a distorted identity i wrote a devotional

before about the topic of sin and if you'd have

asked me probably let's see if you were probably

asked me five or six years ago what sin was i

would have probably named off sin things such

as you know lying sex before marriage, murder,

all those kind of things. I would have listed

these things. Until Holy Spirit revealed to me,

no son, that's not sin. That's the fruit of sin.

Sin is the word ha martia, and it literally means

if you study it out without form, without the

intended blueprint, without the original design.

It's an identity. It's a distorted identity.

That's why if you keep telling people that they're

sinners, they're going, listen, I may have said

this last week, and I will say this probably

many more times, behavior follows identity. So

if you continually call people sinners, behavior

will follow that identity. It's a distorted identity.

It's not the truth of who you are, which means

if they believe that they're a sinner, the fruit

that will follow is the things that we deem as

sin. But the sin is the distorted identity that

we have to correct by partnering with Holy Spirit

and revealing them as a son or daughter of Yahweh.

I really hope this makes sense. I really hope

this makes sense. This changes everything. You

are revealed in Christ. What is the Holy Spirit

here to do is to unveil who you are. How do you

discover who you are? You stare into the eyes

of Jesus. You will not find who you are created

to be looking anywhere else but into the eyes

of Yeshua. You stare into those eyes and understand

that that is your mirror image and you are His.

You stare into those eyes. You become fascinated

with Him and the more you become fascinated with

Him, the more you begin to understand who you

are. That you, my friend, listening to this right

now, you are holy. You are righteous. You are

forgiven. You are redeemed. You are perfect.

You are whole. You are complete. You are restored.

You are loved beyond measure. In fact, the Gospel

of John says you are loved with the same nature

and measure that the Father has for the Son,

Jesus. That's how much you're loved. Yeah, but

you don't have no more buts You are loved in

the same way that the father loves the son And

I don't believe that yet I Don't know that I've

I Don't know that I've met anybody who believes

that yet I Can understand why he loves Jesus

but to say that he loves me with the same passionate

love that he has for his son You want to know

who you are? You're revealed in Christ. Christ

changed everything. The cross changed and completed

it all. Here's the danger. Here's the danger

of making Adam greater than Christ if Adam's

failure affected all people and I think again

think about what this is saying stop check checking

your brain at the door if Adam's failure affected

all people but Christ's obedience only affects

some Then Adam had more influence than Jesus.

We put more emphasis on Adam who ate a piece

of fruit than what we put on the Christ who went

through all he went through for and as you and

I. This is simply Not the gospel Paul repeatedly

says how much more Grace does not struggle to

keep up with sin grace overwhelms it We'll talk

more next week about You know one man affected

all how much more Christ We'll discuss that very

idea, how much more. You see, the gospel is not

you were separated and now you might be reunited.

No, the gospel is you were always included and

now you're being awakened. I feel a burning in

my spirit when I talk like this. When I'm revealing

this that it's like electricity runs through

me I can't explain it But like life surges through

me This is not the stuff that I was taught you

were always included Listen my friend wherever

you're at Papa never Never changes his mind about

you He never has a negative thought toward you

He always sees you as son or daughter He always

sees you with the eyes of love with the eyes

that burn like fire And my friend he's coming

to you to burn out everything in you that does

not resemble him The cross does not create union

It reveals union and the resurrection declares

what was true before Adam Is now unmistakably

true in Christ All because of Christ All because

of Christ You are who you are because of Christ

I Want to declare this declare with me You are

not an afterthought You may be an afterthought

for some people But in the heart of Papa you

were not an afterthought You are chosen in Christ

The fall does not get to define you anymore Adam

is not your starting point. You do not have a

sin nature You have a divine nature inside of

you Christ is the one who is able and gets full

privilege to define Who you are from this day

forward? You are awakening to what has always

been true. Holy Spirit is unveiling the Christ

within you so that you can unveil the Christ

in someone else. I hope this is helping you.

I hope this is helping. I really do. And that

you maybe will begin to even more so understand

that Christ is in every single person you meet.

Many just don't know it yet, but they will if

we as sons and daughters would light it up and

call it out. Be blessed, my friends. Until next

time.