In Christ's preeminence is where we reside now in the heavenliest at Fathers right hand of all authority, far above the heavy toils and constraints of the worlds false orders and systems, of mans evil hearts devising.
Colossians 3:1-4 "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." (KJV)
Colossians 3:1-4 "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory." (ESV)
Colossians 3:1-4 "See yourself co-raised in Christ! Now ponder with persuasion the consequence of our co-inclusion in him. Relocate yourself mentally! Engage your thoughts in the Throne room realities where you are co-seated with Father with Christ in the executive authority of GOD's right hand. Become affectionately acquainted within the Throne room thoughts, these will keep us from being distracted again by earthly (soul-ruled, i.e. flesh-ruled) realm. ("Set your minds upon the things that are above and not upon the things below!" (RSV) Whatever we face in our daily walk and lives, we are to acquaint ourselves with greater realities! The things that are above! Do not engage your energy in the things that are below! Also note Romans 1:18, where the word (G2722) katecho is used - to echo downwards is the opposite to (G463) anoche, to echo upwards - of Romans 2;4 and 3:26. Look also at 2Corinthians 4:18, "We are not keeping any score card on what seems so obvious to the senses on the surface; it is fleeting and irrelevant; it is the unseen eternal realm within us which is to have our total and full attention and captivation of our gaze!" A renewed mind conquers the space previously occupied by worthless pursuits and habits. Which for the notes on Earthbound vs. Heavenly Dimension Realities at the end of Revelation Chapter 16...should we get that far.) Our union with his death broke our association with that of the world; see yourselves located in a fortress where your life is hidden in Christ in GOD! ( "In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me and I am in you." [John 14:20] Occupy your mind with this new order of life; we died when Jesus died; whatever defines you before defines you no more. Christ, in whom we first existed and filled us then with his deity now dwells again in us, by the fullness of his deity dwelling in us, defines us now! The word, "hidden" can also be translated, secret; the secret of our life is our union with Christ in GOD! Look at Colossians 2:9-10, "Risen, then, with Christ we must lift our thoughts above where Christ now sits at the right hand of GOD, we must be heavenly minded; not earthly minded, we have undergone death, and our life is hidden away now within Christ in GOD. Christ is our life, when he is made manifest in us, we are made manifest in his glory." For we are indeed that glory once known and lost by the actions of Genesis 3. That slate has been deleted and wiped clean by our exoneration given us by GOD. Totally newborn ones as if birthed through a virgin's womb.) The unveiling of Christ, as defining our lives, [1]immediately implies that, what is evident in him, is equally mirrored in us! The exact life on exhibit in Christ in now actively repeated in us. We are included in the same bliss and joined-oneness with him; just as his life reveals us, our life reveals him. (This verse was often translated to again delay the revelation of Christ to a future time and event! The word, [1, G3752] otan, often translated as "when" is better translated as "every time." Thus, "Every time Christ is revealed we are being co-revealed in his glory." The same glory lost by the actions of Genesis 3, leaving woman and man to know their nakedness in GOD'S presence. According to Walter Bauer's lexicon, otan is often used of an action that is repeated. Paul declares our joint-glorification in Christ! We are co-revealed in the same bliss. [Look at 1Corinthians 2:7-8, Romans 3:23-24, 8:30 and 2Peter 1:3] In him we live and move and have our being; in us he lives and moves and has his being! [Acts 17:28] ) (The Mirror, with editing)
Our new life is Christ's life. Until our next visit may the LORD bring to bear in you and yours his Life.
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