God spoke the entire universe into existence - with words. The most exquisite, stunningly beautiful (adjectives are inadequate) expression of God is HIS revealed WORD, both spoken and written. Nothing else in life compares to it. This Living Word exists in both the physical realm and the spiritual realm. In today's understanding and terminology, it is "interdimensional"!
Each genuine disciple of Jesus Christ has the gift of holy spirit, literally, the "breath of God". This is your new nature! You have passed from death to life. You are a new spiritual being, with a new spiritual nature, and a new spiritual identity. Right now each of us exists in the physical realm and the spiritual realm. Thus, in today's understanding, we are "interdimensional" beings! We function as "portals" between the physical realm and the heavenly realm and the heart of God!
I use such words to express who we are in Christ, to refute the fearful reports and narratives circulating these days, such as reports of "scientists" attempting to open portals to "other dimensions". There are other reports of occult practitioners attempting to open portals to the demonic realm. These reports spread the fear of death through the gross ignorance of an audience who is eager to hear something new, exotic, scary, and dreadful. Regardless of the foolish efforts of humanity, nothing they work can compare to what God has worked in us through Jesus Christ. What are the effects of our "interdimensional" life?
John 7:37–39
[37] On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. [38] Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers (plural) of living water.’” [39] Now this he said about the spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Some may disregard this declaration of truth due to contrary "authoritative" teachings which produce spiritual blindness. Yet, the function of the indwelling gift of holy spirit in each disciple continues, just as Jesus declared. These rivers of living water originate from the spiritual heavenly realm and continuously flow into the physical realm - through us! Is this not a description of a "portal"? Here is one example of the continuous impact of what God is working in each and every disciple of Jesus Christ:
2 Corinthians 2:14–16
[14] But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. [15] For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, [16] to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? (ESV)
Jesus Christ is the mediator of the second covenant which God has made with His people. God declares that under this second covenant HE writes His Word, His Laws on their minds and implants them in their hearts (Hebrews 10:16)..
As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are what God says we are. We have what He says we have. We can do what He says we can do. God always gives us The Truth, unlike our feelings and physical senses. Embrace The Truth, recognize and embrace who you are in Christ! Refuse to fear the dreadful narratives of the world. Live with great confidence, live fearlessly, understanding that God in Christ has already made you completely sufficient to live for Him!
2024 Keith Radcliffe
Thank you Keith. We are truly empowered if we live from the indwelling spirit of Christ. Have courage believers.
Very well-stated, Keith. Indeed, so much utter "invocation" of evil out there, as if it is "hip and cool and fun." Tried that in my youth, found disaster and only the mercy of God brought me back, in my desperation, as a returned Prodigal. I greatly appreciate all of the wonderful men and women of God who write here on Substack, with Dr. Phinney's group (myself in the group but not yet as prolific as all of you...). God certainly knows how to take our travails and weave them into holy transformation under His loving Hands. Thank you again, Keith!