A major aspect of the heavenly realms is the governmental perspective. There are different levels of governmental authority relating to the different realms.
Our mountains and our thrones are positions of governmental authority that are in different realms.
Zech 3:7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If you will walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here.’”
The realms of heaven are arranged in increasing levels of governmental authority relating to our different positions.
Kingdom of God – lordship.
Kingdom of heaven – kingship Heaven – kingship.
And sonship Heaven of heavens – mature sonship.
The positions of authority within God’s kingdom family are dependent on maturity, not age .
Lordship is the first level to function at, under the authority of the King.
Kingship being more mature and having a greater level of responsibility.
Sonship, under the authority of the Father, with greater access and authority and influence.
All of the heavenly realms can be accessed by invitation to observe and then to function as we mature to different levels of authority. Lords, kings and mature sons.
We are all part of the family and therefore sons of God; but as in a natural family there are babies, infants, toddlers, children, teenagers and adults.
Maturity includes purity of heart, character and abilities
Prov 8:15 I empower kings to reign and rulers to make laws that are just. 16 I empower princes to rise and take dominion, and nobles to govern the earth.
Different types of authority and different functions of authority. The intimacy of knowing our Father and discovering our sonship inevitably leads us to see what the Father is doing and want to be involved in the family business responsibly.
Luke 2:49 Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” (or ‘in the things of my Father’)
Responsibility flows from relationship.
Responsibility has two meanings.
Definition: the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over something.
Synonyms: authority, control, power, leadership, management, influence; duty, obligation, burden
Definition: the state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something.
Synonyms: blame, fault, guilt, culpability, liability.
Without relationship and identity, responsibility brings fear.
Ezra 10:4 “Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act.”
1 Tim 5:22 Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; What comes with responsibility?
Accountability – and that produces expectation of performance.
If we are in a place of rest, knowing our identity relationally, we will know that our acceptance and being loved by God is not performance oriented. Expectation can produce fear.
Expectation – strong belief that something will happen or be the case Does God have high expectations of us?
Are we filled with dread or excitement by that thought?
Expectancy is living with a positive outlook or optimistic view.
We can see responsibility as the ability to respond.
The authority and power to respond.
What are we to respond to?
Any mandate or authorization given to us by God both individually and as a representative of mankind that we are responsible for.
Gen 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over … it.
As God’s children His sons and heirs we have been given this mandate or authority to rule.
We also have an eternal destiny that predates the sonship mandate given to mankind and includes other creational responsibilities.
We can re-engage with creation and find our positions within the fabric of creation – tree of life, Metatron’s cube etc.
Romans 8:19-21 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
The heavenly realms are governmental; they are about God’s kingdom and His will or purpose .
There are seats, thrones or positions of authority there.
If the kingdom and heaven’s government are to manifest on earth we need to understand the importance of position.
What is a position?
A strategic area occupied by members of a force.
An advantageous place or location Social standing or status; rank .
A post of employment; a job.
The area for which a particular player is responsible.
The right or appropriate place. Position in government e.g. prime minister, chancellor of the exchequer, defence, education. Position in the team GK RB MF CF .Position in heavenly or earthly dimensions .
Who I am as a son of God gives me a position.
I have an identity with a position within creation.
I am a dwelling or house of God, I am a mountain, I am a gateway of heaven, I am a son of God, I am a priest, I am a king, I am a scribe, I am an oracle, I am a judge, I am a chancellor, I am an ambassador.
I am who He says I am. Because I am… I have a position that enables me to rule the house and have charge of courts .I have a position of heavenly governmental kingdom authority so who I am can be outworked in heaven and on earth.
I have a position of sonship I have an appointed position.
I have a mandated position.
I have a governmental position.
Each of our destinies has heavenly positions attached to it.
We need to know our position our eternal identity and authority.
Engaging the Father reveals our identity Here, within our hearts, within our spirit, in Eden, in the Father’s garden, at the arc, record room, the eternal now of God’s heart.
Identity releases position and position releases authority.
Our inheritance has a inherited position of priest and king.
That position of kingship carries with it responsibility to be and fulfil its purpose.
When Jesus came of age, He discovered His eternal destiny cognitively.
Luke 2:49 “Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” (or ‘in the things of my Father’)
The intimacy of knowing our Father and discovering our sonship inevitably leads us to see what the Father is doing and want to be involved in the family business.
This is a responsibility, but it is not a heavy burden if we are yoked to Jesus and at rest.
Eph 2:6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Where are we positioned in the heavenly realms?
Zech 3:7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If you will walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here.’”
Govern or rule the house – where do we do this?
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ.
Eph 2:6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus,
Psa 24:7 Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty,
Heads represents authority
Gates represents access points Everlasting doors: heaven touches earth
Psa 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.
Psa 45:6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Your kingdom.
Depending on who is on the throne or seat of rest in our spirit, we will either be at rest or seeking to meet our own needs in our own strength.
Key to being able to fulfil our destinies is to experience living from the place of rest.
All responsibility must flow from relational rest.
Investiture – we are all invested with His identity as sons with the birthright of a heavenly position and heavenly roles and responsibilities.
Succession – old king or queen dies or abdicates – separation of soul and spirit, surrender of the seat of rest and government.
Enthronement is the private ceremony where the king or queen is given the position and authority that is rightfully theirs.
Coronation is a public recognition of what has been done privately.
If the rightful heir is under the age of responsibility they would be tutored and trained for their position.
We are in a process of maturity in which being a living sacrifice and open to continual training is vital.
We are sons of God so what position does our Father, Mother and Brother have.
Where are they positioned and how are the realms of heaven framed?
Mountain with a throne.
Ezek 28:13 “You were in Eden, the garden of God; 14 …You were on the holy mountain of God; Psa 68:16 Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has desired for His abode?
Surely the Lord will dwell there forever. God dwells on a mountain.
When God started coming and appearing to man, it was unsurprisingly on mountain tops.
Gen 22:2 He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you. 14 Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord it will be provided.”
Ps 48:1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
The city of God and the mountain of God are synonymous terms.
There will be a connection between where God dwells and rules in heaven and where He dwells and has His throne in us.
We are His ambassadors, living in heaven and on earth under heaven’s government.
So, we can be manifested as sons on earth as it is in heaven.
The Bible uses lots of different terms to describe where God dwells, rules and where His throne is .
Sometimes it will be like a temple, like a city, like a mountain, but they are all talking about the same thing.
Ps 2:6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
His throne is on the mountain.
God did everything on mountains. Eden was a mountain. Mount Moriah – Jerusalem Mount Horeb – Sinai, God’s Mountain. Israel described as God’s Mountain. Jerusalem described as God’s Mountain.
We are now God’s Mountain.
Ex 15:17“You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, The place, O Lord, which You have made for Your dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.”
Ps 2:6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” His throne is on the mountain.
Our spirit is a mountain, symbolic of authority and God’s throne and dwelling place.
Our spirit is a place of governmental authority.
God’s Kingdom resides within our spirit.
God has called us to rule as His sons.
You are a mountain a place or position of authority.
When God dwells on your mountain you reflect the heavenly realms.
You also have mountain ranges in the heavenly realms.
You have thrones on those mountains .
As a mountain you are a position of heavenly authority as a son.
Matt 4:8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
He was shown all the kingdom governmental spheres including yours and mine.
We each have mountains or governmental spheres under our position or seat of government in the heavenly kingdom of God.
The mountain ranges in the heavenly realms are patterned after God’s Mountain.
Our mountain positions represent the redemptive governmental aspects of our destiny.
These spheres of authority are our destined roles in the manifestation of sonship that will bring about creation’s restoration.
In Hebrew language each letter is a picture. Each word is therefore a comic strip.
Mountain, äÈ֫øÇø harar, means “Behold the ruler of rulers”
Mountains are places of authority, rulership and government; that is our position.
Think Hebrew and not Greek. We need to think function, not form.
The function of a mountain is authority.
The function of a throne is rulership.
When we come across mountains in the Bible, dreams, visions etc. can we now stop thinking about them as big lumps of rock, things to climb and plant a flag on?
Isaiah 2:2-5, 12-14, 17-18 Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the Lord Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
The destiny of God’s people and the true Ekklesia of God, the true government of God, is positioned above.
Isa 9:7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness.
The purpose of true government is to bring rest and peace.The rest of relationship leads to the position of responsibility for rulership.
He must be on the seat of rest and government in me, on my mountain and on my throne – until I am seated on my throne in heaven as a fully mandated and manifested son of God.
Kingdom is within us and there is no end to the increase of His government (kingdom) and peace, shalom, wholeness.
Therefore, the kingdom must also increase, expand and grow in me and through me and around me.
So there is a position where we rule; we are the mountains which have thrones to rule from.
The nature of the rulership we are called to is to raise people up into their own places of authority and power, not to keep them down and subservient.
Our position in Christ, in God, in Him, in YHVH, gives us authority to rule in His name as sons.
The Order of Melchizedek is position within the 4 faces of God with YHVH.
We are all kings, priests, oracles and legislators: they are all positions of authority we hold.
Engage our mountain and see our mountain spheres. We can meet our angels who have been caretaking our position until we mature. There may be things you will see around your mountain. There may be room within your mountain.
Steps like Jacob’s ladder leading up to heaven There is a door standing open in heaven Hear the invitation to come up here Walk up those steps to the door Now step through the veil into the kingdom realm Jesus is standing in the doorway Present yourself to Jesus your High Priest as a living sacrifice Turn the desire of your heart towards your position of heavenly government Receive the scroll for your mountain Let Jesus take you by the hand to your mountain, your position of government as a Lord See your throne; there is an angel, a King (Malachim), caretaking Engage the angel ask it its name It will be your reference point Module 8 Heavenly Realms 04 Positions Look down at your mountains and ask Jesus to reveal them to you Do you see anything on or around those mountains – take note .
Let Jesus call forth your identity and position. Jesus may take you into your mountain. There may be rooms, scrolls, weapons and other things to discover there.