WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:22.660 Welcome to the podcast Alright guys, welcome 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:27.019 back to the podcast this will be the final episode 00:00:27.019 --> 00:00:35.820 of Season one. Next season will begin in September. 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:40.799 I got a plan for it. I hope between now and then 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:46.000 to have a few different conversations. Unless 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.979 God steers me in the other direction, the next 00:00:49.979 --> 00:00:53.140 season, season two, will go on from September 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:56.820 to November, and it will be focusing on men. 00:00:57.450 --> 00:01:00.270 I'm not saying women, you can't listen to it, 00:01:00.530 --> 00:01:05.250 but the target audience will be men. That will 00:01:05.250 --> 00:01:10.390 be our goal. And also, just so you have a heads 00:01:10.390 --> 00:01:14.549 up, I'm revamping a lot of the podcast. It'll 00:01:14.549 --> 00:01:18.150 have a new name. Starting in September, I'll 00:01:18.150 --> 00:01:21.109 have a new opener, a new logo. It'll be called 00:01:21.109 --> 00:01:24.590 Echoes of Eden. That's just something that's 00:01:24.590 --> 00:01:28.209 been on my heart. I use metanoia ministries for 00:01:28.209 --> 00:01:32.730 my first one. Just to kind of test the waters, 00:01:32.769 --> 00:01:34.890 this has been a learning experience. I've never 00:01:34.890 --> 00:01:38.629 done anything like this. So this has been new. 00:01:39.930 --> 00:01:42.510 I hope those that have listened have got something 00:01:42.510 --> 00:01:46.209 out of it. But I'm hoping in season two to start 00:01:46.209 --> 00:01:49.750 really being more intentional with it, taking 00:01:49.750 --> 00:01:51.790 the things I've learned with this first season. 00:01:52.129 --> 00:01:54.129 This will be the 13th episode. I think that's 00:01:54.129 --> 00:01:59.189 pretty good for the first season. But yeah anyhow 00:01:59.189 --> 00:02:06.310 jumping into this podcast I thought since Season 00:02:06.310 --> 00:02:09.669 two will begin the echoes of Eden I'm changing 00:02:09.669 --> 00:02:13.210 the name and everything of it. I Wanted to talk 00:02:13.210 --> 00:02:16.210 tonight or I'm recording this at night, but I 00:02:16.210 --> 00:02:19.370 wanted to talk on this podcast about restoring 00:02:19.370 --> 00:02:24.150 Eden And the concept of you have all that you 00:02:24.150 --> 00:02:30.610 need I want you to think about Eden is that the 00:02:30.610 --> 00:02:34.409 name Eden means land of delight. It's a place 00:02:34.409 --> 00:02:40.110 of pleasure and a place of delight. Imago Dei, 00:02:40.210 --> 00:02:42.409 and I may have butchered that, is the image of 00:02:42.409 --> 00:02:48.289 God. It's the image of God in me. And I want 00:02:48.289 --> 00:02:50.469 to start with this scripture as we begin. It's 00:02:50.469 --> 00:02:54.870 Jeremiah 6, 16, and it says, Stand at the crossroads. 00:02:55.310 --> 00:02:57.969 Now consider your ways and ask for the ancient 00:02:57.969 --> 00:03:03.129 paths, which is God's way. Walk on His path and 00:03:03.129 --> 00:03:06.050 you'll enjoy a resting place for yourselves. 00:03:07.930 --> 00:03:10.449 There seems to be a longing, at least in my own 00:03:10.449 --> 00:03:14.949 personal life, for an ancient path. The ancient 00:03:14.949 --> 00:03:20.129 ways. The passive old. Not previous generation 00:03:20.129 --> 00:03:23.349 old, but like old as in the original design. 00:03:23.419 --> 00:03:26.639 the original intent of the Father, the original 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:32.219 design of Yahweh. And the ancient path is His 00:03:32.219 --> 00:03:36.099 way. It's the good way. It's the path that I 00:03:36.099 --> 00:03:38.340 wholeheartedly believe Jesus is referring to 00:03:38.340 --> 00:03:41.340 in Matthew 7 when He says, enter through the 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:43.699 narrow gate. The narrow gate and difficult way 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:49.139 leads to eternal life. So few find it. And now 00:03:49.139 --> 00:03:52.159 this is my personal opinion, and again, I don't 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:55.509 claim to be right necessarily, and I don't even 00:03:55.509 --> 00:03:57.949 believe that right and wrong is the conversation 00:03:57.949 --> 00:04:00.949 anymore. I believe the conversation is let's 00:04:00.949 --> 00:04:05.050 go on a journey. And we're all in different parts 00:04:05.050 --> 00:04:08.370 of that journey. The Father has to speak to us 00:04:08.370 --> 00:04:10.449 differently because we all have different lens 00:04:10.449 --> 00:04:13.789 that we see through. We're all at different points 00:04:13.789 --> 00:04:15.909 in life, and He knows how to get our attention. 00:04:17.269 --> 00:04:19.949 So again, I'm not saying my stuff is right. I'm 00:04:19.949 --> 00:04:23.000 just hoping that it entices you to go on a journey 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.899 and you begin to ask Holy Spirit the questions 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:34.579 yourself. My personal opinion based on my conversations 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:38.620 with Holy Spirit and the context is that this 00:04:38.620 --> 00:04:42.199 verse about the path has nothing to do with heaven 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:47.480 and hell. Consider the church, a large majority 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:52.120 is just as medicated as the world. just as confused 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.660 as the world, just as stressed out as the world, 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:59.639 just as hopeless as the world. And that list 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:04.180 can go on and on and on. Most of the church, 00:05:04.220 --> 00:05:06.959 I would have to argue, has not found the narrow 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:10.540 path. They're on a path leading to destruction 00:05:10.540 --> 00:05:13.399 and I think it's very simply because they do 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:16.579 not honestly know who Abba is and therefore do 00:05:16.579 --> 00:05:19.970 not know who they are. I believe the largest 00:05:19.970 --> 00:05:23.889 threat facing the church, at least in the western 00:05:23.889 --> 00:05:29.110 part of the world, is identity. And I'll never 00:05:29.110 --> 00:05:31.490 forget one of the statements made in the movie 00:05:31.490 --> 00:05:34.410 The Shack that said this, you were made to be 00:05:34.410 --> 00:05:38.910 loved. If you haven't seen the movie, I would 00:05:38.910 --> 00:05:43.569 encourage you to go watch it. Be forewarned, 00:05:43.569 --> 00:05:48.850 it will challenge your theology like crazy. But 00:05:48.850 --> 00:05:50.970 I want you to think about Eden and the very meaning 00:05:50.970 --> 00:05:54.430 of Eden is place of pleasure or delight. Yet 00:05:54.430 --> 00:05:56.550 I was taught growing up in the church I was meant 00:05:56.550 --> 00:06:00.889 to struggle most if not all of my life. You're 00:06:00.889 --> 00:06:02.730 supposed to struggle with sin, struggle with 00:06:02.730 --> 00:06:05.990 the enemy, with myself, you name it. And I do 00:06:05.990 --> 00:06:10.170 not, I have to say this at this point in my life, 00:06:10.709 --> 00:06:13.269 I do not believe that is the original design. 00:06:14.310 --> 00:06:17.589 That was not Papa's original intent for his children. 00:06:18.909 --> 00:06:21.209 I want you to think about it. Ask the questions. 00:06:21.790 --> 00:06:24.730 I never felt freedom to ask questions growing 00:06:24.730 --> 00:06:28.649 up in the church world. And I'm not saying, I 00:06:28.649 --> 00:06:31.709 don't believe anyone ever said you can't ask 00:06:31.709 --> 00:06:34.790 questions. But I think it's just the culture 00:06:34.790 --> 00:06:38.430 that was created. And I had some amazing pastors 00:06:38.430 --> 00:06:41.310 in my life. This is not to throw any kind of 00:06:41.310 --> 00:06:44.370 shade at anybody. I believe it was the church 00:06:44.370 --> 00:06:50.379 world that I had grown up in. But I grew up believing 00:06:50.379 --> 00:06:52.620 you don't question God and you don't question 00:06:52.620 --> 00:06:56.579 the man of God. Yet I am discovering that questions 00:06:56.579 --> 00:07:01.279 are an important part of maturing. As I think 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:03.279 about this, I think about my own children, and 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:08.360 as they grow, there are constant questions. Innocent 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:10.319 questions. Questions that they're looking for 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:16.889 answers to. They want to understand life. And 00:07:16.889 --> 00:07:19.069 I think we, sometimes as parents, believe they 00:07:19.069 --> 00:07:20.730 have it all figured out and that they're supposed 00:07:20.730 --> 00:07:23.810 to just do exactly what they're supposed to do, 00:07:24.529 --> 00:07:27.089 forgetting they're only, let's see, my kids are 00:07:27.089 --> 00:07:34.110 10, 6, and almost 7 months. And I think we forget 00:07:34.110 --> 00:07:36.410 that they're not supposed to have the answers. 00:07:36.689 --> 00:07:39.009 They're going to ask questions because that's 00:07:39.009 --> 00:07:44.290 who they are as a child. I hope that makes sense. 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:47.959 But questions, they stir up thoughts. They hassle 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:50.339 our conscience and push us to find answers through 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:53.839 deeper study. They encourage conversation and 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:57.300 investigation. Good questions can be transformative. 00:07:58.540 --> 00:08:01.600 Questions, they stimulate discussion and creative 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:04.879 and critical thinking. When you ask a question, 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:07.040 instead of giving the answer, the entire brain 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.139 gets active as it reflects, releasing serotonin, 00:08:11.300 --> 00:08:14.569 allowing it to relax. This encourages gathering 00:08:14.569 --> 00:08:16.990 intelligence from all areas of the brain allowing 00:08:16.990 --> 00:08:19.769 for more insight than would happen if you provided 00:08:19.769 --> 00:08:23.689 solutions to others. So questions are a good 00:08:23.689 --> 00:08:26.389 thing. They're not bad. They're not meant as 00:08:26.389 --> 00:08:29.189 disrespect. They're not meant as anything more 00:08:29.189 --> 00:08:33.129 than you trying to grow. My whole point of doing 00:08:33.129 --> 00:08:36.110 this podcast and bringing a different viewpoint 00:08:36.110 --> 00:08:38.990 than maybe what you've heard before is to cause 00:08:38.990 --> 00:08:44.419 you to ask questions. I think, I want to get 00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:47.860 on a soapbox, but I think about the current situation 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:51.299 that we have in our world. We just was watching 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:57.220 Iran and Israel do all this, and people are like, 00:08:57.259 --> 00:08:59.919 oh, this is going to be World War III. The problem 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:02.899 is, Israel and Iran has always been in conflict. 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:06.519 And they're going to continuously be in conflict 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.360 until Israel figures out actually who they are. 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:14.100 And I know you can... We can have the political 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:16.139 discussion as do we back Israel all the time 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:18.779 or yada yada yada? I'm not here to discuss that 00:09:18.779 --> 00:09:21.539 but this this is one of the concerns that I have 00:09:21.539 --> 00:09:25.159 And you can cut me off after this if you won't 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:27.220 I mean it's it's going to be what it is But I 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:30.840 want to challenge your mindset. I Remember watching 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.080 a documentary I believe it may be on Netflix. 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.639 I don't remember or YouTube or something That 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:40.200 people who knew the scripture and how the end 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:44.059 was supposedly quote -unquote to come They would 00:09:44.059 --> 00:09:47.639 make decisions based off of their understanding 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:55.320 of scripture Now follow me My concern is I know 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.220 even with this prayer our current president there's 00:09:58.220 --> 00:10:02.980 a Christian cabinet, I don't know I forget what 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:05.539 they called them But there's a bunch of Christian 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:10.059 pastors and leaders. And my concern would be 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:15.340 this, and this is just a thought. This whole 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:17.559 thing goes about questioning and journeying. 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.399 You've got a bunch of people that the president 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:27.779 has, that they have the president's ear. Are 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:29.799 they going to make suggestions based off how 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:32.440 they believe the world is quote unquote supposed 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:36.720 to end? and help encourage His decisions and 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:40.419 sway His decisions to fit their end -time theology. 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:46.379 That's a legit question and concern that I have 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:52.059 with the present world that we live in. Anyhow, 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:53.580 I'm going to get off my soapbox for a minute. 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.200 But I want you to think about the questions. 00:10:57.620 --> 00:11:01.620 Exodus 4, 2 -9, God asks, what is in your hand? 00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:06.220 2 Kings 4, 2 -4, the prophet says, what do you 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:10.539 have in your house? The first question God asked 00:11:10.539 --> 00:11:16.960 in Genesis 3 -9, where are you? John 1 -38, what 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.139 do you want or what do you seek? That's Jesus' 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:24.580 first words in the Gospel of John. Understand 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:26.720 that God never asks you for something that He 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:29.840 has not already given and supplied you with. 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:34.340 I want you to think about Luke 17 verse 20, it 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:38.679 says the kingdom is within you. Jesus understood 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:42.679 that. He remained in union with the Father. The 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:44.980 Trinity walked just as you and I are supposed 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:48.379 to do. We have the same spirit within us as the 00:11:48.379 --> 00:11:54.700 Christ did, as Jesus did, as Yeshua did. We have 00:11:54.700 --> 00:12:02.220 the same spirit within us. Deuteronomy 30, 11 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:04.820 -14 says, This command I am giving you today 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:08.759 is not too difficult for you. And it is not beyond 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:11.279 your reach. It is not kept in heaven so distant 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:14.240 that you must ask, Who will go up to heaven and 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.879 bring it down so we can hear it and obey? It 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.200 is not kept beyond the sea so far away that you 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.500 must ask, Who will cross the sea to bring it 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:24.899 to us so we can hear it and obey? No, the message 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:28.759 is very close at hand. It is on your lips and 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:34.600 in your heart so that you can obey it. Ephesians 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:39.580 1, 1 -11. I'm writing this letter to all the 00:12:39.580 --> 00:12:42.360 devoted believers who have been made holy by 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:44.960 being one with Jesus, the Anointed One. You've 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:46.759 already been made holy just because you're one 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.980 with Him. And you didn't get a say in that. The 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:53.679 more you understand that you are one with Him, 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:56.299 and understand your authentic identity, only 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:58.720 reveal to the Christ you will begin to live from 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:03.820 that. May God the Heavenly Father of our Lord 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:06.440 Jesus Christ release grace over you and impart 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:11.980 total well -being into your lives. Every spiritual 00:13:11.980 --> 00:13:15.399 blessing in the heavenly realm has already been 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.799 lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:21.700 Heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus. 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:25.639 All because He sees us wrapped into Christ, that 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:28.960 is why we celebrate Him with all of our hearts. 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:32.919 Verse 4, And in love He chose us before He laid 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.419 the foundation of the universe. Because of His 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:39.179 great love He ordained us, so that we would be 00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:42.980 seen as holy in His eyes and with unstained innocence. 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:47.620 For it was always in His perfect plan to adopt 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:50.279 us as His delightful children. through our union 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.580 with Jesus the Anointed One, so that His tremendous 00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:56.399 love that cascades over us would glorify His 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.539 grace for the same love He has for the beloved 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:05.440 Jesus He has for us. And this unfolding plan 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.740 brings Him great pleasure. Verse 7, Since we 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.899 are now joined to Christ, we have been given 00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:14.200 the treasures of redemption by His blood, the 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:18.100 total cancellation of our sins all because the 00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:21.659 cascading riches of His grace. You know the exciting 00:14:21.659 --> 00:14:24.419 part of that verse is that was penned before 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:28.679 you and I were ever born. Before you ever messed 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:33.080 it all up, the total cancellation of our sins 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:38.419 was already taken care of. This super abundant 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:41.500 grace is already powerfully working in us, releasing 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:45.519 all forms of wisdom and practical understanding. 00:14:46.350 --> 00:14:48.549 And through the revelation of the Anointed One, 00:14:48.590 --> 00:14:51.289 He unveiled His secret desires to us, the hidden 00:14:51.289 --> 00:14:54.110 mystery of His long -range plan, which He was 00:14:54.110 --> 00:14:56.450 delighted to implement from the very beginning 00:14:56.450 --> 00:15:00.409 of time. And because of God's unfailing purpose, 00:15:00.470 --> 00:15:03.409 this detailed plan will reign supreme through 00:15:03.409 --> 00:15:05.769 every period of time until the fulfillment of 00:15:05.769 --> 00:15:08.649 all the ages finally reaches its climax, when 00:15:08.649 --> 00:15:11.269 God makes all things new and all of heaven and 00:15:11.269 --> 00:15:14.629 earth through Jesus Christ. And through our union 00:15:14.629 --> 00:15:17.610 with Him, With Christ, we too have been claimed 00:15:17.610 --> 00:15:20.629 by God as His own inheritance. Before we were 00:15:20.629 --> 00:15:23.909 ever born, He gave us our destiny that we would 00:15:23.909 --> 00:15:26.590 fulfill the plan of God who always accomplishes 00:15:26.590 --> 00:15:34.970 every purpose and plan in His heart. Now, again, 00:15:34.970 --> 00:15:39.649 we're talking about restoring Eden. And I think 00:15:39.649 --> 00:15:42.570 Ephesians that we just read does a great job. 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:48.659 of helping us understand. We already have everything 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:51.860 that we need. We have the total cancellation 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:54.299 of our stands. We have the super abundant grace 00:15:54.299 --> 00:16:00.440 is already working within us. We are one with 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.919 Christ right now. Right here, right now, wherever 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:08.059 you're at, you're one with Christ. And then I 00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:09.960 love Deuteronomy. I had to read that one because 00:16:11.529 --> 00:16:14.389 At the end of verse 14 it says, the message is 00:16:14.389 --> 00:16:16.649 very close at hand. It's on your lips. This is 00:16:16.649 --> 00:16:19.570 something not in a distant land. Sometimes you 00:16:19.570 --> 00:16:24.889 have to go far away to get it. It's within you. 00:16:25.850 --> 00:16:28.850 Just like Luke 17, 20 says, the kingdom of God 00:16:28.850 --> 00:16:40.299 is within you. Eden is within you. Think about 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:43.639 this thought. I wrote this down. That according 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:46.179 to multiple studies, multitasking is a myth. 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:50.320 The human brain is not designed to perform multiple 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:54.340 tasks at the same time. Instead, people switch 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:57.059 between tasks very quickly, which is called task 00:16:57.059 --> 00:17:01.639 switching. This process uses a lot of brain power, 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:05.029 even if you don't realize it. People who think 00:17:05.029 --> 00:17:07.130 they can split their attention between multiple 00:17:07.130 --> 00:17:09.789 tasks at once aren't actually getting more done. 00:17:09.809 --> 00:17:13.130 In fact, they're doing less, getting more stressed 00:17:13.130 --> 00:17:16.250 out, and performing worse than those who single 00:17:16.250 --> 00:17:20.809 task. I want you to think about that. Because 00:17:20.809 --> 00:17:24.250 I'm guilty of being the so -called multi -tasker. 00:17:25.549 --> 00:17:29.109 And when I begin to read this and study this, 00:17:29.849 --> 00:17:34.049 I'm like, um, no. Maybe that's why I'm so tired 00:17:34.049 --> 00:17:40.509 all the time. But when I read that, and I studied 00:17:40.509 --> 00:17:43.170 that, I began to wonder, could this be why David 00:17:43.170 --> 00:17:47.410 said in Psalm 27, 4 -6, that here's the one thing 00:17:47.410 --> 00:17:51.150 that I crave from Yahweh. The one thing I seek 00:17:51.150 --> 00:17:53.670 above all else. I want to live with Him every 00:17:53.670 --> 00:17:56.930 moment in His house, beholding the marvelous 00:17:56.930 --> 00:17:59.549 beauty of Yahweh, filled with all, delighting 00:17:59.549 --> 00:18:03.039 in His glory and grace. I want to contemplate 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:06.359 in His temple. In the day of trouble He will 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:08.519 treasure me in His shelter under the cover of 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:11.500 His tent. He will lift me high upon a rock out 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:15.180 of reach from all enemies who surround me. Triumphant 00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:18.400 now, I'll bring Him my offerings of praise, singing 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:21.599 and shouting with ecstatic joy. Yes, I will sing 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:27.559 praises to Yahweh. Could this be why Jesus said 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:31.450 in Matthew 6, 31 -34, So then forsake your worries. 00:18:31.529 --> 00:18:33.789 Why would you say, what will we eat or drink? 00:18:34.670 --> 00:18:38.009 What will we wear? For this is what the unbelievers 00:18:38.009 --> 00:18:41.309 chase after. Doesn't your Heavenly Father already 00:18:41.309 --> 00:18:43.490 know the things your bodies require? So above 00:18:43.490 --> 00:18:47.990 all, constantly seek God's kingdom and His righteousness. 00:18:48.910 --> 00:18:50.890 And then all these less important things will 00:18:50.890 --> 00:18:54.670 be given to you abundantly. Refuse to worry about 00:18:54.670 --> 00:18:57.230 tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes 00:18:57.230 --> 00:19:00.190 your way one day at a time. tomorrow will take 00:19:00.190 --> 00:19:05.809 care of itself. The magnificent thing about, 00:19:06.309 --> 00:19:08.869 that I find fascinating, or one of them, I guess, 00:19:10.009 --> 00:19:15.109 when you think about Eden, Adam and Eve in that 00:19:15.109 --> 00:19:17.250 moment would have had to have a single focus, 00:19:17.950 --> 00:19:21.349 and that was on union and intimacy with Yahweh. 00:19:22.670 --> 00:19:25.029 They walked with Him, they talked with Him, they 00:19:25.029 --> 00:19:32.099 communed with Him on a regular basis. There's 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:34.720 nothing in Scripture in Genesis that says that 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:38.359 they were distracted. That they had all these 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:43.460 other things they had to get done. There's nowhere 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:45.759 that you find them going, I've got a cane today, 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:52.420 I've got some stuff to get done. But they walked 00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:56.539 in constant communion and constant intimacy with 00:19:56.539 --> 00:20:03.839 Yahweh. They had a single focus. And I don't 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:05.319 know, maybe they did, I don't know what they 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:10.559 did. I wasn't there. But they had a singular 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:15.519 focus. They focused on being one with Him. They 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:21.039 focused on going for the walk. So I want you 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:24.460 to think back to the garden. Man's focus was 00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:31.380 simply on Him. Their focus was being vulnerable. 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:36.299 and being intimate with him, walking in the garden 00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:43.700 together. I want to read just a note here, because 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:48.700 I find this interesting. Some people probably 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:51.220 won't, but I find this very interesting. But 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:55.440 if you read the passion translation, there is 00:20:55.440 --> 00:21:01.769 a notation in Genesis 2 -3 that talks about The 00:21:01.769 --> 00:21:09.710 Sabbath. And it says this, it says, God was not 00:21:09.710 --> 00:21:12.529 weary, he simply rejoiced in his masterpiece. 00:21:14.990 --> 00:21:17.069 So again, we're talking about the Sabbath, this 00:21:17.069 --> 00:21:19.309 word, Genesis 2 .3, we read, So God blessed the 00:21:19.309 --> 00:21:21.309 seventh day, made it sacred, because on it he 00:21:21.309 --> 00:21:24.329 paused to rest from all his work of creation. 00:21:26.029 --> 00:21:28.769 But He says He was not weary, He simply rejoiced 00:21:28.769 --> 00:21:32.069 in His masterpiece. God's work in us, for us, 00:21:32.210 --> 00:21:35.869 and through us continues through time. God's 00:21:35.869 --> 00:21:41.230 last day of creating was man's first day. As 00:21:41.230 --> 00:21:43.829 soon as man was created, he rested with God. 00:21:43.950 --> 00:21:47.150 In this way, he became one with God, dwelling 00:21:47.150 --> 00:21:49.210 with Him and resting in His accomplishments. 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:53.180 There is no mention of evening and morning completing 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:55.740 the seventh day, for God's Sabbath rest endures 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:59.759 forever, and there is no night there. Our true 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:03.220 Sabbath rest is found in the finished work of 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:09.180 Christ. Only one day of creation was given a 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:12.640 name, the seventh day, which was called Shabbat, 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:18.240 the Hebrew root word for Sabbath. contains two 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:22.420 letters that mean to return to a seat or rest 00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:30.680 and learn. Just think about that. Consider Genesis 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:36.720 3 .7. It says, immediately their eyes were opened 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:38.640 and they realized they were naked, vulnerable, 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:46.480 and ashamed. Their eyes were opened. and they 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:50.819 began to realize that they were naked, vulnerable, 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:55.579 and that they were also ashamed. But my question 00:22:55.579 --> 00:23:01.000 is, was this not the design for us to walk naked 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:07.400 and vulnerable before Him every single day? It's 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:10.059 just like marriage with my wife who was on the 00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:12.940 previous podcast. I have to remain vulnerable 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:18.609 before her and vice versa. That's how you build 00:23:18.609 --> 00:23:24.670 the intimacy. You're vulnerable with each other. 00:23:29.329 --> 00:23:31.450 And skipped into verse 22, the Trinity has a 00:23:31.450 --> 00:23:34.509 conversation. It says, The man has become like 00:23:34.509 --> 00:23:38.529 one of us, knowing good and evil, and now he 00:23:38.529 --> 00:23:41.369 might take in his hands the fruit from the tree 00:23:41.369 --> 00:23:45.069 of life and eat it and live forever. The tree 00:23:45.069 --> 00:23:47.710 of life was never forbidden, but it was love 00:23:47.710 --> 00:23:51.049 that said we cannot allow them to remain here 00:23:51.049 --> 00:23:53.789 and life forever in this state. We have to lay 00:23:53.789 --> 00:24:02.410 down our lives and restore it all back. I want 00:24:02.410 --> 00:24:07.569 you to think about that. The tree of life was 00:24:07.569 --> 00:24:12.500 never the forbidden fruit. But it was the love 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:15.319 that said we cannot allow them to remain here 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:20.680 and live forever in this state. We have to lay 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:25.640 down our lives and restore it all back. That's 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:27.640 why I believe it's also Ephesians that says he 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:32.079 was the lamb slain before the foundations of 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:38.660 the world. Jesus wasn't a Plan B. He was the 00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:41.940 original design all along. He knew we'd screw 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:47.599 it up. That's why He fixed it before He ever 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:50.660 created time. He was outside of time, fixed it 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:54.880 before time ever began. The Lamb that was slain 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:57.220 before the foundation of the world, it was already 00:24:57.220 --> 00:25:00.000 completed before the world was framed, before 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:04.220 time ever began. It was never a plan B. It was 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:06.819 the original plan and heaven just needed to invade 00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:09.779 earth and here again, We are in a place where 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:14.599 we need heaven to invade her. But it will never 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:17.720 happen if we do not allow Eden to be restored 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:22.019 in our lives. It will never happen if we don't 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:25.720 find our secret places as a child and become 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:32.400 one with Him again. There's a couple old church 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:37.559 fathers. Gregory of Nicea, he's a fourth century 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:42.799 theologian in the year 335 to 394. He penned 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.039 this, he said, since with all my soul I behold 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:47.960 the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:53.079 of his form is seen in me. Gregory of Nacianus, 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:55.980 he said, I cannot think of the one without quickly 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:58.440 being encircled by the splendor of the three, 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:02.059 nor can I discern the three without being straightway 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:06.799 carried back to the one. I forgot to write down 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:09.019 who this last one was, but it said He wants you 00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:12.500 to become a living force for all mankind, lights 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:16.119 shining in the world. You are to be radiant lights 00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:18.519 as you stand beside Christ, the Great Light, 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:21.819 bathed in the glory of Him who is the light of 00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:29.059 heaven. Essentially, we have to allow Holy Spirit 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:35.779 to restore Eden within us. And just like in Deuteronomy, 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:41.339 it's not far out. You don't have to leap over 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:44.759 all this stuff to get to it. It's already within 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:53.759 you. Go back and read Ephesians 1 -11. Go back 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:56.539 and read that and understand what's already been 00:26:56.539 --> 00:27:00.180 paid for you. What is already deep inside you. 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:03.950 Luke 17, the kingdom of God is within you. You 00:27:03.950 --> 00:27:10.609 and I. If we would quit trying to multitask and 00:27:10.609 --> 00:27:14.569 to juggle, I know we live in a world where you 00:27:14.569 --> 00:27:18.490 almost have to try to do that. You're pulled 00:27:18.490 --> 00:27:23.329 in a thousand different directions. But if we 00:27:23.329 --> 00:27:25.769 could slow down and understand that He just wants 00:27:25.769 --> 00:27:31.609 a single focus, just like David, here's the one 00:27:31.609 --> 00:27:35.740 thing I crave. The one thing I seek above all 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:40.859 else. It's the words of Jesus that says, seek 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:46.579 the kingdom of God and His righteousness. And 00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:48.339 then all these less important things will be 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:55.900 given to you abundantly. My friends, this whole 00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:59.000 13 weeks, my goal has been to do nothing but 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:01.259 to get whoever listens to it to go on a journey. 00:28:02.090 --> 00:28:06.990 of asking the difficult questions. I'm fully 00:28:06.990 --> 00:28:13.950 aware that my views are not popular. I'm fully 00:28:13.950 --> 00:28:17.609 aware of that and that's okay with me. It really 00:28:17.609 --> 00:28:23.869 is. I'm okay with asking the hard questions and 00:28:23.869 --> 00:28:26.470 understanding that there may be an answer to 00:28:26.470 --> 00:28:28.450 the questions that goes against things that I 00:28:28.450 --> 00:28:32.619 was taught. There may be a higher way than what 00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:35.880 I was taught and that that's I'm okay with that 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:42.539 I'm okay being misunderstood I'm okay with all 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:49.420 of that It does not bother me Most of the time 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:52.160 there are times I think that's with anything 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.619 And again, I'm not sitting here saying everything 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:59.039 you've heard over these 13 weeks or 13, excuse 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:01.359 me, 13 podcasts. It's been much longer than 13 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:07.440 weeks. I'm not saying I'm right. But again, I've 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:09.680 come to the belief that I don't think the question 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:14.660 is about right and wrong. I think the question 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:18.559 is, where are you on your journey? Have you even 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:21.920 started your journey? Are you just going through 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:32.329 the motions? How do I say that? Going through 00:29:32.329 --> 00:29:34.390 the motions and forgetting that there's something 00:29:34.390 --> 00:29:37.829 much deeper within you. There's something inside 00:29:37.829 --> 00:29:41.970 of you calling out for more. And I know you're 00:29:41.970 --> 00:29:44.869 probably listening to this and maybe you're asking 00:29:44.869 --> 00:29:48.369 the question, is this it? And I just want to 00:29:48.369 --> 00:29:52.369 help you. No, it's not. There's much more. There's 00:29:52.369 --> 00:29:55.140 a better way. There's a higher way. There's a 00:29:55.140 --> 00:30:03.859 kingdom way. I'm finding myself more and more 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:06.400 as I look at the stuff happening in the world. 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:12.500 I'm starting to ask more questions such as what 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:14.539 is the kingdom way in this? What's the kingdom 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:19.359 solution to this problem? Because the kingdom 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.640 of God has solutions to the problems we face. 00:30:23.609 --> 00:30:31.910 if we're willing to listen to them. We simply 00:30:31.910 --> 00:30:35.049 got to be obedient to Holy Spirit. Go for the 00:30:35.049 --> 00:30:41.009 walk. Metanoia. Come back to your senses. This 00:30:41.009 --> 00:30:43.849 goes all the way back to one of the first podcasts 00:30:43.849 --> 00:30:47.789 I did on one of your thoughts. Allow Holy Spirit 00:30:47.789 --> 00:30:51.170 to completely renovate your mind. Understand 00:30:51.170 --> 00:30:59.799 that you've been given The mind of Christ. Man, 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:04.359 do we understand what that even means. Honestly, 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:12.880 I don't claim to know what that really entails 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:15.240 when He says we've been given the mind of Christ. 00:31:22.029 --> 00:31:26.490 It's an invitation, friends, to go deeper. It's 00:31:26.490 --> 00:31:29.730 an invitation to go further. It's an invitation 00:31:29.730 --> 00:31:33.569 to come up here. An invitation to go higher. 00:31:38.009 --> 00:31:43.130 That's what I hope these 13 podcasts have made 00:31:43.130 --> 00:31:47.009 you do, is ask questions. Wherever you're listening 00:31:47.009 --> 00:31:54.470 from, ask the questions. Father, I thank You 00:31:54.470 --> 00:31:57.890 for anyone listening to this episode, these podcasts, 00:31:58.049 --> 00:32:02.769 these 13 episodes that You've given me to share 00:32:02.769 --> 00:32:06.250 with people. Maybe it's only a handful right 00:32:06.250 --> 00:32:10.769 now. Holy Spirit, I ask that You would speak 00:32:10.769 --> 00:32:19.009 to their hearts. Holy Spirit, reveal Yourself 00:32:19.009 --> 00:32:27.819 to them. Invite them on the journey. Invite them 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:36.819 on the journey to become more like you. Father, 00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:40.500 I ask that you would restore Eden within each 00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:48.099 of us. To help us to understand that we have 00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:51.559 all that we need already deposited inside of 00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:58.900 us that you have left us without nothing. You've 00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:06.680 withheld nothing from us. Thank you, Holy Spirit, 00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:13.440 for these 13 episodes. I hope and I pray that 00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:17.259 I've communicated what you've given me well. 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:25.099 pray about the next season would you give me 00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:30.640 clarity give me wisdom to be able to communicate 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:33.220 the kingdom and communicate your voice with your 00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:43.259 people as you've given me amen friends again 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:46.460 i hope you've enjoyed this i ask that you leave 00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:51.619 a review Just so I would know that people listen 00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:57.680 sometimes Just a last reminder Again, I don't 00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:00.019 have a marketing team so I put my own plugs out 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:03.220 there I've got two devotionals now. You can find 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:07.380 them on Amazon The one is called echoes of Eden. 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:11.099 It's a 30 -day devotional I actually updated 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:15.639 it to include it's a bigger font and I included 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:20.119 a spot for you to write in that one into Record 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:23.760 your thoughts. It's a 30 -day devotional, but 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:27.460 it's one of those that I do not believe anyone 00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:29.860 will actually get through it within 30 days. 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:35.139 I hope it takes you a whole year to go through, 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:38.519 because it is challenging. It was challenging 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:42.360 for me to write, so I think it'll be challenging 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:46.030 for some to read, and that's okay. But I have 00:34:46.030 --> 00:34:49.150 that one, and I also have Unmasking Your Divine 00:34:49.150 --> 00:34:52.070 Destiny. It's another 30 -day devotional for 00:34:52.070 --> 00:34:55.269 men. I've been told women can read it, too, and 00:34:55.269 --> 00:34:59.170 they could. But both of those you can find on 00:34:59.170 --> 00:35:02.730 Amazon. I just put my name. That's Chris, C -H 00:35:02.730 --> 00:35:05.309 -R -I -S. Last name is spelled C -O -B -L -E 00:35:05.309 --> 00:35:09.769 -R. So Chris Kobler. You can find those both 00:35:09.769 --> 00:35:14.340 on Amazon. Please go get them. You can get the 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:17.739 kindle version the paperback and actually the 00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:20.099 newest one that goes if Eden has a hardback edition 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:25.039 if you'd like to get that But anyhow, I hope 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:28.539 I hope and I pray that these have blessed someone 00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:36.079 And I will see you guys well see you I will talk 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:41.119 to you guys again in September for season 2 Don't 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:44.960 forget stay tuned It will be going, switching 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:47.880 from Metanoia Ministries to Echoes of Eden. Just 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:52.880 know that. Anyhow, be blessed. Love you guys 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.980 and I'm praying for you all.