The Kingdom of God

What do rainbows have to do with the Kingdom of God? What IS the Kingdom of God?

(Note: This article is a work-in-progress)

What Started Me on the Journey?

One day, I went on a journey searching for something mysterious that fulfilled my soul. Over some years, I realized it was impossible to find what my soul longed for in this world or in anything of it. Not career, relationships, accomplishments, spiritual teachers, therapy, science, perfecting myself in anyway etc. etc. As I walked on my journey, I also saw that I no longer trusted anything or anybody of the world (material or spiritual creations) to give me the answers. Nothing I could do would bring me the joy and answers I wanted.

Day by day, as I walked on my journey, the "something mysterious" seemed to get closer until one day, my heart finally opened up to the possibility of The Creator existing and that it might be possible to meet this Creator in some way to get the Truth. When I finally got over the fear of the possibility of meeting a being so vastly and unthinkably powerful to create Love and the Universe itself, my entire Being decided yes, I would be prepared to die there from meeting the source of that power. I wanted the Truth even if I were to die

And then God reached out to meet me.

The Kingdom of God

Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.” -- Luke 17:20-21

There is a whole other way of being in the world and a different level of existence. Jesus spoke about it in the Bible but none of it made any sense to me. In order to know the Kingdom, we can no longer have our mind in charge of our life. Everything in the world functions from an intellectual understanding that is completely cut off from our soul and spirit. After the Reality of God became real for me, I saw that all my previous understanding of emotions, thoughts, life etc were completely wrong. No one seemed to know of this other level of existence. Not teachers, therapists, spiritual gurus etc.

I discovered this dimension of existence was only accessible in one way.

Rainbows

The special thing about rainbows is they reveal all the colours that could possibly be seen by the human eye. Scientists say that the entire spectrum of colours we see within the rainbow lie within a very narrow range of the electromagnetic range. There is so much more we don't see. In fact, biologists have discovered that some creatures can see wavelengths of light we can't see.

Bees, for example, can see Ultraviolet (UV) light. Flowers look completely different to insects. We all know bees prefer some flowers to others and UV light might help them seek out certain flowers and avoid others with less tasty pollen!

Looking at a different wavelength on the the other side of the spectrum is Infrared (IR). Snakes are one example of creatures that "see" IR light. This ability no doubt helps them hunt the little creatures they eat who hide among grasses or in dirt.

In each case, a special organ in the body (usually the eye) is able to sense exactly the right wavelengths the creature needs in order to thrive in their environment.

Wavelengths of Being

"Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." John 3:3-5

What I discovered on my journey is that our body, soul and spirit is built to function and thrive in a world greater than the one we see and are taught about. Plus, our "senses" are not just restricted to the visual spectrum.

The Bible describes how humans have a body, a soul and a spirit. I've found this to be very accurate. Somehow, humans have been very restricted in their understanding of things and we've allowed ourselves to be forced into a very limited way of existing. When I finally allowed God to "connect" with me, my spiritual eyes were opened to this new reality. But I was into loads of spiritual things before I found God, so what was different about things now?

Something very special happened when I was supernaturally born of the Holy Spirit.

Spiritual Realities

God showed me how we all exist in a spiritual world whether we know it or not. Many, if not all, of our issues are significantly impacted by what's happening in our soul and spirit which is, in turn, directly affected by the spiritual reality we live in.

Before I "met" God, my body, soul and spirit functioned and was aware of a very limited "spectrum" of reality. My connection with God was only 1-way. God was always reaching out for me but I was completely blind to Him. Throughout my life, I had had many transcendent spiritual experiences, through meditation and other practices but for a long time I decided "God" was not what the Bible was talking about. Being born of the Holy Spirit showed me how wrong I was in everything.

The limited spiritual reality I functioned in before is a very tiny portion of existence. When we think about the Earth compared to the size of the Universe, the reality God makes available to us is even more awesome. The wonderful thing is that it all exists in the deepest, Unconditional love of God that has no darkness at all.

God's love is a dimension our spirit, soul and body thrive in. We cannot see this dimension of spiritual reality (the Kingdom of God) when it is blocked off from our perception.

What I saw is that humans perceive only a very limited existence that's completely blocked off by a kind of spiritual blindness. When we are children, the world feels and appears very differently. Instead of discovering more about God's reality and being born again in God's Holy Spirit, we allow ourself to become more and more limited and cut off from the Light of God. We don't fewer "colours" and even less of the Light of God as we grow up instead of more. Sometimes we don't see the Light at all which becomes very a Hell-ish existence indeed. Humans are designed to live IN God and His Love, Joy, Peace etc. so without God, even ideal conditions, if depended upon, can become unfulfilling or unsatisfying. Not only that, there is a spiritual reality that also functions outside God's unconditional love which affects all humans.

What I saw was that my body, soul and spirit had deeply longed for the God's Reality and the full, unlimited spectrum of God's Love and eventually nothing in the world could fulfill me. There was also a deep memory of another existence that I knew even before I was a child. This memory stayed with me like a beacon guiding me Home!

At the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, when our connection with God becomes 2-way, we are given the ability to see God's spectrum of reality. Our vision is no longer limited by only what our eyes see. We also become more aware of how the spiritual world outside God has affected us. The Baptism was the start of life IN God and learning to see through His eyes. The Rainbow we see is on a whole other dimension and becomes infinite :)