Knowledge and Time

Ephesians 3

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Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

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that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

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In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

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which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

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Understanding requires a knowledge base. That means, that formal knowledge must be available to understand why something is happening. In terms of faithfulness, the Holy Spirit guides us, and we require no understanding. For example, parables spoken by Christ. Their meaning is set upon us by the Holy Spirit. But when it comes to understanding why something happens we must have some form of knowledge. And because knowledge varies, understanding is only as complete as the knowledge that is available at the time.

A good example of this is found throughout the bible, old and new testament. Knowledge is not complete, so understanding is not complete. The flood is said to have covered the entire world, yet, the entire world was not recognized for thousands of years. To Enoch, the world was a disk, the weather was supplied through storehouses, and the stars rotated around the earth. What the angels showed him, was limited by his knowledge base. So his understanding was only as complete as his knowledge.

The tree of knowledge is however, complete. As it is a part of God who is all things, and in terms of creation, He is of its beginning and end and everything in between. As well, His Authority, the Truth, is within all things. So knowledge itself is best understood through the Truth. The Truth does not supply knowledge to mankind, mankind endeavors to survive through its knowledge. Knowledge does not sustain faith, in fact, the incomplete understanding from incomplete knowledge serves only the will of the individual.

Individuals react to what is in front of them. Their actions are based solely on their understanding. It is the key reason we must be renewed by our faith. Our knowledge base is set aside when we set ourselves aside to rely on the Holy Spirit to act through us. Worldliness is in itself based on not just desires, but our reliance on knowledge.

This is how we know that judgement is not meant for believers. Judgement is worldly, based solely on the individual or groups understanding, which is stunted by it's incomplete knowledge. And even if it was possible to have perfect knowledge, that understanding would be incomplete without the Truth as a guide. It is the undoing of man to assume judgement and 'control'.

Wisdom comes from faithfulness. Wisdom speaks in terms of the spirit, and is devoid of reliance on knowledge and understanding. Wisdom is founded in Love and supported by Truth. Wisdom is eternal because of this.

So today, we are in a time that knowledge is ever increasing, and with it, understanding. But both are nothing without the Truth. The enemy would have believers rely on knowledge and put aside their faithfulness. Because knowledge is of the physical and approaches God on its own terms. Knowledge will replace love with its understanding of love. Knowledge will approach goodness with its understanding of goodness. Knowledge will replace peace with its understanding of peace. And it will continue to do this will all the unseen qualities of God, until reliance on knowledge replaces faith and mankind considers itself and its conscience as God.

Faith and acts based on faith are spiritual. They honor the Holy Spirit, the Authority of Jesus whose blood paid for the grace we have so we could reconcile our souls to the Father. In a world of corrupted knowledge, that does not recognize the Truth, how few believers will be able to stand in front of Jesus and say they carried the Truth forward.

Judgement comes for all besides the chosen few. Judgement is necessary because time and knowledge have deceived the world into reliance upon them.

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Romans 12:2

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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