The Spirit of Understanding

God is The Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit of Understanding brings what the Holy Spirit is speaking on the inside which is a mystery, into this realm of reality. The Spirit of Understanding gives us a material expression of the life of Christ within us. We are engulfed in the Spirit of God as we change from glory to glory. The material expression of this is exhibited in our unique purpose in terms of the original plan God has for us blueprinted from the foundation of the world. The truth of whom we are is an illustration of the power we are clothed in because of the spirit of God dwelling within us. When we become a believer, the Spirit of God indwells us. When we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, He is “upon” us. We are now a “new creature, a mystery being”—a “real” human being in God’s original design.

Jesus was the first New Being as last Adam, this is whey He was called, “the firstborn.” We are New Creatures in Christ in terms of  His nature, ways, character, power, and authority; the Living God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob transforming us into the image of Christ. This means we are Royalty in Christ and being transformed into a brilliant light that changes the world.

New Creation

Our identity, thinking, beliefs, values, culture, and even our family lineage are changed, as we are “re-born” in Jesus Christ. “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person, we are adopted into the Kingdom of God. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are more concerned with transformation rather than “information.” The new person we now are belongs to the royal household of God—we are royalty in Christ in a relationship. We are becoming “real” in nature, ways, character, power, and authority of the living God. The new person we now are is part of a new bloodline in Jesus Christ because we are “engrafted” into the line of Abraham.

The nation we belong to is a “Holy Nation” and our nation belongs on earth today since the time of Abraham. Beginning in Genesis 17, originally called Abram, he is given the name Abraham that means: “father of multitudes” at the Covenant ceremony. “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, ‘I am El-Shaddai–‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.’” Abraham’s story is essentially the history of the establishment of the covenant between Abraham and God: God calls Abraham to leave his land, family, and household in Mesopotamia in return for new land, family and inheritance in Canaan, the new land. Abraham entered a relationship because of His covenant with the one God as He submitted his will to God’s will. He is with us: The Lord is with us; Emmanuel is in Tabernacle with us forever.

• He keeps us in His Way: He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The Lord rebukes the devil on our behalf. The Ways of God are paths of righteousness that do not parallel with the paths of darkness. The Lord covers us with His wings of Holy Spirit in dry places. We are submerged in Him and the enemy cannot come near. His way is our inheritance in His Kingdom as we come to the Tree of Life each and every day saying: “here I am.” This is understanding our new life more and more.
• He gives us bread. Our nature, character, ways, power, and authority is associated with His body that was broken so that we will be another “bread with feet” as His spirit dwells in us. Bread is the Word that transforms us from glory to glory as we become more like Jesus. It is the manna from Heaven that sustains us bringing joy unspeakable and full of glory. It was Melchizedek who gave Abraham bread as a response to His faith. This was the spill-over of God’s gifts (tithe) of blessing and fullness of new life that ever satisfies. The bread of life gives to the nations what is needed just as He gives to us our “daily bread” of wisdom and knowledge in Him. This is the growing understanding of obedience.
• He gives us clothing. Our clothing is the Holy Spirit in us and upon We are “endued” with the Spirit of God with the Pentecost Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Our clothing comes from the inside out and from the outside in terms of the movement of God’s Spirit. “God speaks life happens,” means that our clothing of the Spirit is eternal in nature because it is the clothing of heaven coming to earth in nature to see the Life of the Tree come into our lives. Our clothing, of course, is becoming the light of His nature, character, ways, power, and authority,  Christ within us. We are baptized as His Spirit comes upon us to walk in signs, wonders, and mighty deeds as the Spirit moves within and “with” us. This is “understanding” how God works in our lives “line upon line” in understanding Him.

We need to come to the understanding that God wishes for us to abide in Him on this earth, through this life. The Feast of Tabernacles was a shadow of Jesus dwelling with us–it reflects how God dwelt with Israel in the wilderness in the “Tent of Meeting.” Jesus abides with us: Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me (John 15:4). During this feast, apples are dipped into honey and eaten. Psalm 19 and 119 speak of God’s sweet Word–we are sheltered by the Holy Spirit and filled as well. The tabernacle symbolizes so many things–we have a place in God’s household, He is preparing a place for us, in Heaven, there are many mansions, we are under the Shelter of His wings–all of these images reflect our birth-right as members of The Kingdom of God. On this earth we have humble and temporary dwellings–life is short and difficult. Yet we have a glimpse, an understanding of heaven in the love, hope, and joy we find in our Jesus as we see Him manifest in our daily lives; as He continues to teach us and transform us in the Spirit.

The Spirit of Understanding develops and grows as we see more with the eyes of our understanding Father and our place in terms of “being in the world but not of the world.” This is a big subject and each member of the Body of Christ adds to the Spirit of Understanding from other perceptions, perspectives, and experiences.