Experiencing Heaven On Earth:

Third Heaven Encounters, Meeting God, Seeing Angels

Simon Peter

Copyright © 2012 Simon Peter

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 1480287121

ISBN-13: 978-1480287129

DEDICATION

Dedicated to my fellow travelers. May we boldly go where few have gone before.

CONTENTS

Introduction

My Story

1

Biblical Foundation

2

Biblical Basis for Third Heaven Encounters

3

Other Travelers in the Bible

4

Open Our Eyes Lord

5

Activations: Practice Makes Perfect

6

Angelic Encounters

7

Travelling in the Spirit

8

God Encounters

9

Third Heaven Ministry

10

Recommended Resources

INTRODUCTION

There are so many books being written these days about heavenly experiences, God encounters and interacting with angels. There is a worldwide hunger for a reality beyond what we see just with our eyes. This book is a both a training manual and a treasure map that will help to guide you beyond just reading the experiences of others but having your own one and one encounters with God and truly experiencing Heaven on earth.

MY STORY

I have a lifetime of experiences to share, its so hard just to pick one. I have always had the sense of the presence of God even as a small child. I could always feel God and experience ecstatic pleasure but my eyes were still closed. So I could feel Him and knew I was being taken places but I had no awareness of where I was going.

My first real heavenly experience was when I was just a young man of about 27. I was in a hotel waiting for a business meeting to start. Since I was the only one in the room I proceeded to start reading a book that I had just received. It was called Angels on Assignment by Rolland Buck. I had barely started reading the book when suddenly I was aware that I was being taken up. My eyes were closed and I had the sensation that I was rising up and being taken away. I wasn’t scared but excited at what God would be showing me. I could see what was happening. I was rising higher and higher in the spirit through the roof ,in to the sky. Higher and higher I went until it seemed like I was in outer space. It may sound hard to believe but I saw the sun and the moon. I even saw the international space station and astronauts working on it to repair it. I went to the moon and tried walking and bouncing around. It was a delightful experience and I enjoyed every moment of it. When It was over I could scarcely believe. I thought my mind was playing tricks with me. Only later did I see a news report that confirmed everything I saw. Astronauts were working on the space shuttle at the very time I saw them. I was amazed . I had traveled in my spirit to outer space. This was the first of many other similar experiences.

1  BIBLICAL FOUNDATION

Revelation 4:1

New International Version (NIV)

4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

The door is still open and God still says come.

There is an unseen realm, the world of the Spirit, the spiritual world. Like the matrix that exists parallel to our world

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

There is a visible realm and there is an invisible realm.

2 Corinthians 4:18

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

What is invisible is more “real". It has substance. It is weighty.

But how do we become aware of this other dimension.

We need to have our eyes opened to see into this new spiritual realm.

2 Kings 6:13–17

13 “Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and capture him.” The report came back: “He is in Dothan.” 14 Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.

16 “Don’t be afraid, the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

One simple prayer was all it took for this servant to become aware of the spiritual world all around him.

What is Heaven?

Heaven is where God lives, where He rules in authority.

Matthew 5:34 But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;

Isaiah 66:1 This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

What is the Third Heaven?

It is only found once in scripture.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know--God knows.

The highest Heavens.

Deuteronomy 10:14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.

Psalm 148:4 Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.

Paul Also calls it Paradise.

2 Corinthians 12:4

Was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell.

Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Revelation 2:7

New International Version (NIV)

7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Paradise, Throne room, Third Heaven and Heavenly can be used interchangeably

Ascending and Descending into the Heavenlies

Genesis 28:12

King James Version (KJV)

12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

John 1:51 He then added, "I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

Jesus is the way to Heaven and we go through Him.

2 BIBLICAL BASIS FOR THIRD HEAVEN EXPERIENCES

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE “A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST?

2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

1 Thess 5:23  And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

Body - relates to the physical

Soul  - relates to the emotions, reasoning’s, will, relational realm Spirit - relates to the spirit realm

John 3:6  What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Our born-again spirits are sensitive to the Spirit of God and contain the nature of God/life of Christ.

The scripture says that we are “in Christ” if we are a believer.

Eph 2:6 And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

We are all right now as believers seated with Jesus in heavenly places. It is a spiritual reality. The reason why we don't know this is that we are aware, our eyes have not been opened to that reality. We have not yet understood the fullness of the redemption of what Jesus did for us on the cross. He has brought us near to God. We are not far away. If we are already in heaven, then we don't need to travel to heaven to experience heavenly realities, because we are already there. We just need to open our eyes and look around to partake of the glory of God in heaven.

You no longer need to ask who shall ascend to Heaven (Romans 10:6), because we are there already.

Eph 2:10 10 For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

Eph 2:13  13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near.

We are not far from God, but we have been brought near. Jesus paid a price so that we re now accepted by God and welcome to enter his courts.

ARE BELIEVERS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE SPIRIT REALM?

Yes.  Our spirits were created in us to make us sensitive to that realm.  There are many examples throughout scripture of God’s people having spiritual experiences.

Even though, each individual will have different experiences depending on the leading of the Holy Spirit, all believers are invited to enjoy the reality of the Lord and His Kingdom.

ARE BELIEVERS ABLE TO ACCESS THE THIRD HEAVEN REALM?

On the basis of being “in Christ” (If Christ is seated on the throne in the highest heaven, and if we are in Christ, then we also in our spirits would be able to access the throne room position by faith.)

Ephesians 1:17-23

[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He

may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,

18By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),

19And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,

20Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],

21Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.

22And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church],(1)

23Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything

everywhere with Himself].

See how high up God raised Jesus and if we are in Him, then we too are raised up to these heights as well.

Ephesians 2:5-6

Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved..

Revelation 4:1, 2

AFTER THIS I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard addressing me like [the calling of] a war trumpet said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place in the future.

2At once I came under the [Holy] Spirit's power, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne!

We are citizens of Heaven

Heb 12:22-24  But rather, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering,

23And to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect,

24And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance]

Eph 2:19 Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God's own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God's [own] household.

Heb 11:16 But the truth is that they were yearning for and aspiring to a better and

more desirable country, that is, a heavenly [one]. For that reason God is not ashamed to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God--the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob], for He has prepared a city for them.

We are citizens of Heaven. We have a right to enter and come and go as we wish. God has made the way for us to enter.

John 14:2, 3, 4  2In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. 3And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.

4And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.

Jesus said there are many mansions in His Father's house. There are so many dimensions and rooms and places to visit in the spirit. It is unlimited. So many places not just the throne room and the glass sea and the streets of Gold. Every time you go there , its someplace different, someplace new . Each time it’s a new adventure.

ARE BELIEVERS ALLOWED TO OR ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS THE THIRD HEAVEN?

(Webster’s Dictionary)  ACCESS

1.  the act of coming toward or near to; approach

2.  a way or means of approaching, getting, using, etc.

3.  the right to enter, approach, or use, admittance

4.  increase or growth

Col 3:1-3 IF THEN you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

2And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.

3For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.

Revelation 4:1, 2  AFTER THIS I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard addressing me like [the calling of] a [1]war trumpet said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place in the future.

2At once I came under the [Holy] Spirit's power, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne!

Heb 4:16  Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favour to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].

Heb 9:24 24For Christ (the Messiah) has not entered into a sanctuary made with [human] hands, only a copy and pattern and type of the true one, but [He has entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the [very] presence of God on our behalf.

Heb 10:19-22  19Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the [Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Jesus, 20By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh,

21And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,

22Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in

unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SOVEREIGN ACT OF GOD AND A FAITH ACT OF BELIEVERS?

1.  SOVEREIGN ACTS:  God initiates.

Why?  Usually as a forerunner or as a sign and wonder to encourage believers to walk in faith.

2.  FAITH ACTS:  The believer accesses the promise of covenant by their faith.

Romans 1:17 “… the righteous shall live by faith”… NOT “… the righteous lives by sovereign acts.”

HOW DO WE EXPERIENCE THE SPIRITUAL REALM?

All experience in the Kingdom must be based on the authority of God’s Word and His covenant promises.

John 3:35  The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.

We are joint heirs with Christ, therefore all things have been given unto us.

2.   We are IN CHRIST and:

a.  Are given EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING in the HEAVENLY    PLACES Eph 1:3

b.             Are given everything needed to live a godly and fulfilling life. 2 Peter 1:2-4

BELIEVERS EXPERIENCE THE SPIRITUAL REALM BY FAITH.

All things in the Kingdom are able to be brought into our experience through faith in the Word and promises of God (i.e. salvation, healing, freedom) as the Spirit leads. Hebrews 11:6; Mark 11:24

John 20:25-29

So the other disciples kept telling him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the marks made by the nails and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe [it].

26Eight days later His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, though they were behind closed doors, and stood among them and said, Peace to you!

27Then He said to Thomas, Reach out your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place [it] in My side. Do not be faithless and incredulous, but [stop your unbelief and] believe!

28Thomas answered Him, My Lord and my God!

29Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, Thomas, do you now believe (trust, have faith)? Blessed and happy and to be envied are those who have never seen Me and yet have believed and adhered to and trusted and relied on Me.

OUR SPIRITS WERE CREATED TO HELP US RELATE TO THE KINGDOM REALM.

The born again spirit man is already very acquainted with the Kingdom realm. The spirit man is already completely united with the Lord, His covenant promises, and His purposes.  It is important then that we learn to follow the leading of our born again spiritual nature and allow our souls and bodies to become sensitive to all that is within the Christ-life within.

Much of the western church is “afraid” of spiritual life and experience. We are quite happy to eat healthy, exercise and study to develop our intellect, but we tend to neglect our spirit man.  On a general corporate level within the church we tend to experience very little in the area of Kingdom Spiritual life.  Were afraid of it, and we shouldn’t be.  The very same Spirit that raised Christ lives in us.

UNDER THE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

(invite His leading - submit to Him and to truth)

John 14.   The Holy Spirit is our helper - our “paracletos” and comes along side us to lead us and guide us into all truth.

When we engage in Kingdom life and experience, we must be in complete submission to the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to lead, teach, and convict us.  In no way are we to pave our own way into the heavenlies.  Jesus is the Way and the Holy Spirit is our guide. Our own soulish tendencies to rule in Kingdom experiences must be laid down.

3 OTHER TRAVELERS IN THE BIBLE

ARE THERE EXAMPLES OF GOD ENCOURAGING PEOPLE INTO THE GLORY/HEAVENLY REALM?

Isaiah

Isaiah 6

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Moses and 70 Elders

Exodus 24:9-13

King James Version (KJV)

9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Daniel

Daniel 7:9-14

New International Version (NIV)

9 “As I looked,

“thrones were set in place,

and the Ancient of Days took his seat.

His clothing was as white as snow;

the hair of his head was white like wool.

His throne was flaming with fire,

and its wheels were all ablaze.

10 A river of fire was flowing,

coming out from before him.

Thousands upon thousands attended him;

ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.

The court was seated,

and the books were opened.

13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[a] coming with the clouds of heaven.He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Micaiah

1 Kings 22:19-23 – Micaiah was caught up to a court room

19 Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1 and 10 – Ezekiel saw the throne being carried by cherubim and wheels

Ezekiel 1

New International Version (NIV)

Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision

1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 10

New International Version (NIV)

God’s Glory Departs From the Temple

10 I looked, and I saw the likeness of a throne of lapis lazuli above the vault that was over the heads of the cherubim. 2 The LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the wheels beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.”

Ezekiel 8:3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.

Ezekiel 1:1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Zechariah

Zechariah 3

New International Version (NIV)

3 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan[a] standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin,and I will put fine garments on you.”

5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood by.

6 The angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.

8 “‘Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. 9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes[b] on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the LORD Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

10 “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree, ’ declares the LORD Almighty.”

Jesus

John 3:13

And no man has gone up to Heaven except he who went down from Heaven: The Son of Man - he who is in Heaven.

Only Jesus has the absolute right to be in Heaven as He came from Heaven. However He opens that opportunity and possibility to us all as believers.

Peter, James And John

Jesus - invites 3 disciples up to the mountain where He was transfigured. Peter, James and John experience the spiritual/glory realm and heard the audible voice of God from heaven.  This was a Jesus invitation - He “took them” into the experience (en masse - all of them)

Paul

2 Corinthians 12:2-4

New International Version (NIV)

2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4 was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.

John

Revelation 4:1

New International Version (NIV)

4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

In the End times

Revelation 12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.

4 OPEN OUR EYES LORD

Open heavens and heavenly encounters are like receiving Visions.

You will see images that may be faint at first on the screen of your mind. You may even think you are making it up, but you are not. You may be expecting grand panoramic Technicolor visions and might be disappointed when you see simple images in your mind. But please do not despise the day of small beginnings or allow your expectations ruin the experience. Receive what God has to give you regardless of what form it comes in.

You may get faint light impressions (like the still small voice) but yet these light impressions are themselves very powerful.

SANCTIFIED IMAGINATION

We receive these experiences in our sanctified imagination - the eyes of your heart (understanding)

Ephesians 1:17-20

[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,

18By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),

19And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,

20Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],

From Strong’s:

Understanding

1271 dianoia dianoia dee-an’-oy-ah

AV - mind, understanding, imagination

•  The mind as a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring

•   Understanding

•  Mind, i.e. spirit, way of thinking and feeling

•   Thoughts, either good or bad

Much of our spiritual revelation is fed into our imagination or mind.  We are oftentimes afraid of using our mind or imagination to receive revelation from the Lord.  The eyes of our heart (imagination) is however, frequently used by the Lord to enable believers to envision Kingdom truth.

The activation of the sanctified imagination during times of worship, Bible study and prayer is very common historically in the biblical meditation and contemplation practices of western Christianity.

Eyes of our Hearts

Spiritually Blind

Some of us are spiritually blind and we can not perceive the things of the Spirit.

For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM." (John 12:39-40)

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:11)

And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind." Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see, your sin remains. (John 9:39-41)

Open eyes

We need to pray that God would open our eyes so that we may see.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (Eph 1:18)

Matt 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Visions in our mind

Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar show us how we are to experience these heavenly dimensions. God Speaks to us through our imagination.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace. "I saw a dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me (Dan 4:5)

Now these were the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a tree in the midst of the earth and its height was great. (Dan 4:10)

Here we see Nebuchadnezzar has an angelic encounter but in his mind.

I was looking in the visions in my mind as I lie on my bed, and behold, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven. (Dan 4:13)

Daniel’s saw his visions in his mind. So our imagination is the breeding place for these visionary experiences.

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it.

(Dan 7:1-3)

5 ACTIVATIONS: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

BY REASON OF PRACTICE

Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for full-grown men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law.

James 2:17,18  So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). 18But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith.

Activation is valid.

Worship:  Worship is a great place to activate faith. You can spend some time in intimate worship with the Lord while playing some soaking or instrumental prayer music. Just spend some time worshipping the Lord and ask Him to reveal aspects of his character such as his love, his beauty and his glory.

Prayer:  Prayer time is also a wonderful time to activate. We are commanded to “Come boldly before the throne of grace…”

So by faith, we come into the very presence of god and make our petitions known to Him.

Bible reading:  Meditating on the word is a wonderful opportunity for intimate encounters with Jesus. The more time you spend just thinking of the word and keeping it in your mind the closer you get to the Lord.

The benefits of journaling: Journal your experiences. Write down all that you see , hear and experience when you have these encounters. That way you can document and look back on what God has shown you. Write the vision and make it plain.

Activations

Activation 1: Starting at Home

This activation will get you started in experiencing Godly revelations using the eyes of your heart/ Your imagination. You have five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. This activation will get you to experience all of these senses in your mind. Its an excellent primer for those who wish to experience the reality of heavenly encounters.

Activation:

Picture a room in your house. Imagine yourself in that room, eating your favorite meal And drinking your favorite beverage while listening to some music that you love.. Fully immerse yourself in the experience. Taste the food. Feel the texture of the food. Taste the food too. Feel the coolness or heat of the drink. Look around the room. Walk around and explore it. Touch things. Hear the music and dance to the beat of the music. Feel the carpet etc.

Spend 5 minutes and experience everything. Use your five senses: Taste, Touch, Hear, Smell, see everything around you.

Activation 2: Open Heavens

This activation will get you into experiencing the realities of heaven. John saw a an open door in Revelations 4 and a voice saying come up here. So in this activation, we are simply going to picture a door and us stepping through it and expect Jesus to take you on a journey. There is no need to fear. Just trust God completely to take you on an amazing adventure.

I will present you with 3 variations of the same exercise, but they are essentially the same thing.

Quick and Easy way:

Picture  a door in heaven. Picture a key in your hand. Open the door and step through it and be open to what God has to show you.

Method 1:

1. Wait for an opportune moment when you can be alone with God, generally later at night when everyone is sleeping.

2. Put on soft, instrumental soaking music.

3. Spend some time in worship.

4. Go to the screen of your mind (the same place where we imagine), and see yourself standing at the gate of heaven.

5. It may sound silly, but,  stand up in the room of the house that you are in, and use your hand to "Open the gate" and walk in.

6. Then  just wait inside the gate until Jesus comes, and whatever happens after that is on Him. Follow His lead. Whatever He wants to show you, just let Him.

Method 2

Find a quiet place where you can be alone and undisturbed. Turn your attention and your affections to God. In prayer commit all your physical and spiritual senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing) to the guidance of Holy Spirit, and also devote the powers of  your imagination to him. Then by faith take a key in your hand and open whatever door he shows you, and ask Holy Spirit to guide you through the rooms of the Father's house.

You will never know what will be on the other side of the door. It has always been the case, though, that the pictures/vision/experience itself is not even the main thing, but rather the REVELATION of God's ways that you receive through the experience.

Method 3

Worship and focus all your heart, mind and emotions on the Lord. Commit your physical and spiritual senses to the Lord and ask for the Holy Spirit to guide. Reflect and remember past times of encounters with HIM and thank Him for them. Then wait with expectancy. Sometimes You may hear Him say, do you want to come up? just say Yes! with great excitement and He will lead you into a heavenly encounter. Other times you can imagine yourself at your garden gate waiting for Him and He comes and leads you into an encounter. He always leads and reveals and just learn to respond in awe and wonder at the new things He speaks to you about and reveals to you. Then afterwards as you ponder it the Lord may bring a scripture to mind or lead you in the word to confirm it. You will learn more of His amazing love and who He is, what He is like and what is on His heart. Sometimes He speaks, sometimes He is quiet and just shows you things and you ask questions and then He answers you. He is gentle, kind, honoring, gentlemanly, loving, thoughtful, fun, etc. He is truly amazing and wonderful! Don't you just love Him???

Activation 3: Seeing Jesus

In Matthew 28:20, Jesus says that He is with us always, even to the very ne d of the world. But often it doesn't seem like that. It seems like we are all alone. But could it be we are like Jacob, who exclaimed, " "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it."" (Genesis 28:16). It's not that god is not there, its just that we are not aware of his presence. So this exercise will help you become more aware of Jesus' ever presence with us.

Activation:

Ask God to show you where Jesus is in the room that you are in. Look on what Jesus is wearing. Look on what Jesus is doing. Ask Jesus why is he here. Listen to what He says. Talk to and interact with Jesus. Record what you see, hear and experience.

Activation 4: Seeing Spiritual Beings

In 2 Kings 6:17, the Prophet Elisha prayed a simple prayer, Open His eyes Lord so that he may see. Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. There was a spiritual world all around us. But many times we are unaware of our interactions with the angels and other spiritual beings around us. This simple exercise will allow your eyes to be opened to perceive the spiritual beings that are in your midst, even now.

Activation:

Ask the Lord to open your eyes to the realm of the angelic demonic in your room. Don’t be afraid. Ask God to show you the spiritual beings in your room. Make note of what you see.

Ask God if this being is from Him or from the enemy. If its from God ask God why is he here.

Observe if this being has any wings, is carrying anything with him such as weapons, scrolls etc.

Ask God what is He carrying and why. Ask God if he has a message for you.

If the being is not from God, ask God what was it sent here to do. Cancel that assignment and tell that being to leave in Jesus name. Then ask God to show you another, and then repeat the process.

6 ANGELIC ENCOUNTERS

I have had a few angelic encounters which I would like to share.

Angels in Human Form

In my early 20’s I was a part of an online prophetic mentorship group. the person mentoring me had had quite a few angelic encounters and it caused a holy jealousy in me. I too wanted these kind of experiences. I cried out to God almost daily for him to do the same in my life. God answered my prayer but in an unexpected way. Hebrews 13:2 says be careful how you entertain strangers for some have entertained angels unaware. Angels can come in human form as we see in Genesis 19 when God took two angels to visit Lot and they appeared as men. Not every angelic encounter involves them appearing in a glorified form with wings and scrolls and swords.

In this particular experience I was at the canteen at school and two guys approached me. They said they were out of town and needed some money for the return voyage. I was a bit skeptical and told them I didn't have any money. They left shortly after. god made it clear tome then that those men were angels and they wanted to bless my finances. I tried to run after them and when I went they were nowhere to be found. I looked up and own and they could not be seen. They disappeared right out of sight. God had given me an angelic appearance but I was too blind to realize.

Meeting the Angelic Minister of Finance

I was a young working professional working for an international professional services firm. I was a also apart of a Christian businesspersons group. Even though I was working for a very prestigious firm I hardly had any money due to some unwise financial decisions in my past. I was called on to attend a conference in Israel. However I had not a dime to my name and I knew not where it would come from. In the previous two years I had travelled to Europe strictly by faith. But this experience seemed different, it was a much further distance and would require much more resources. As it stood I had absolutely nothing so I had to rely entirely on the resources of Heaven. I really wanted to go and felt heaven nudging me to make the pilgrimage and that it was a once in a lifetime experience and that I could not miss it not for anything. So I made up my mind and god confirmed that decision in so many ways that I was so sure that it was He that was sending me. I decided to go on a 40 day fast to seek God for the required resources to go on this trip. at the same time I was also reading a book entitled the Keys to Heaven's Economy by Shawn Bolz. In it the author recounts a tale of meeting a heavenly minister of finance. I decided to seek hard after God and desired to meet this angelic being. God was gracious and granted me an audience with the angelic minister of finance. We spoke for a while and the end of the matter was that he granted my request for the funds to go on the trip. The vision ended and I re entered the real world. The end of the story is that yes I did end up going on the trip. god did something creative with my finances and led me to business deals ,liquidating investment accounts, finding fantastic deals on airfare, getting staff discounts on flights and staying with friends in transit. I had absolutely no money but God made a way each and every time a need came up. I went to the conference and stayed at a 5 star hotel and even got a free ride, a place to stay and a got meal on the journey back to Tel Aviv airport from Jerusalem. I got to go to the wailing wall and even go on a scenic tour. The very fact that I was able to goon the trip was proof positive that that angelic encounter was the real deal.

7 TRAVELLING IN THE SPIRIT

Travelling in the Spirit is a biblical phenomenon. Its where one's spirit or even your body is taken from one place to an entirely different location. It may be that you are aware of what is happening at another location while still being physically present where you are. Or your entire body could have been physically transported to a new location. This is not for new agers but is a kingdom technology. There is ample proof in the bible of this phenomenon. Paul, Phillip, Elisha, Elijah, Ezekiel, John and many other have demonstrated this in scripture. We need to reclaim this experience and use it for kingdom purposes.

Traveling in the Spirit Bible Verses

“What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah, “that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death?  As surely as the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you.  But now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ I don’t know where the Spirit of the Lord may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshiped the Lord since my youth. Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord? I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water.  And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”

Elijah said, “As the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”  1 Kings 18: 9-15

”Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.”  2 Kings 2:11

"Now he went in and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you go, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”  Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you?"   2 Kings 5:25-26

8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”

9 The man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.” 10 So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

11 This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

12 “None of us, my lord the king,” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”  2 Kings 6:8-14

"I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, THE LORD, WHO call you by your name, AM THE GOD of Israel."  Isaiah 45:3

"‘Call to ME, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’"  Jeremiah 33:3

“And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but THE LORD hid them.”  Jeremiah 36:26

10 And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you. 11 Go now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says,’ whether they listen or fail to listen.”

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the Lord rose from the place where it was standing.[a] 13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound. 14 The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord on me. 15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River. And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days—deeply distressed.  Ezekiel 3:10-15

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8

“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?  If you , then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him!” Matthew 7:9-11

“Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward…”  Matthew 10:41a

“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing and forceful men lay hold of it.”  Matthew 11:12

He replied, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.  Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.  Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.” Matthew 13:11-12

"Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea."  Matthew 14:25

"Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and HE was transfigured before them. HIS face shone like the sun, and HIS clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with HIM.” Matthew 17:1-3

He replied, “Because you have so little faith.  I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there’ and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you.”  Matthew 17:20-21

Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.  For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.  Matthew 18:19-20

Jesus looked at them and said “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”  Matthew 19:26

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.  If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”  Matthew 21:21-22

“His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant!  You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.  Come and share your master’s happiness!”  Matthew 25:23

“NO one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment.  If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.  And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.  If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.  No, he pours new wine into new wineskins.”  Mark 2:21-22

“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you – and even more.  Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”  Mark 4:24-25

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”  Mark 10:27

"So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way."  Luke 4:28-30

“Now it came to pass, while HE blessed them, that HE was parted from them and carried up into Heaven.” Luke 24:51

"Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”  John 1:47-48

"No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven." [Jesus is talking w/ Nicodemus, and acknowledges that He takes day trips to heaven.]  John 3:13

"But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going."  John 6:20-21

"And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”  John 20:26

“Now when they came up out of the water, THE SPIRIT of THE LORD caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.”  Acts 8:39

"Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.”  So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him."  Acts 12:5-10

“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.” Romans 12:2

“And GOD is able to make all Grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.”  2 Corinthians 9:8

“It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of THE LORD: I know a man in CHRIST who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, GOD knows—such a one was caught up to the Third Heaven. And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, GOD knows— how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”   2 Corinthians 12:1-4

“Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet THE LORD in the air. And thus we shall always be with THE LORD.”   1 Thessalonians 4:17

“By Faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ‘and was not found, because GOD had taken him’; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased GOD.”  Hebrews 11:5

“And so we have The Prophetic WORD confirmed, which you do well to heed as a LIGHT that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and THE MORNING STAR rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of GOD spoke as they were moved by THE HOLY SPIRIT.”  2 Peter 1:19-21

"I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet..."  Revelation 1:10

”After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.  Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a Throne set in Heaven, and One sat on the Throne.”  Revelation 4:1-2

“So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness.  And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”  Revelation 17:3

“And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me the great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God.”  Revelation 21:10

8 GOD ENCOUNTERS

Excerpts from my Journal

Here are a few excerpts from my journal of some third heaven and other travelling in the spirit journeys I have taken..

In the Garden

Introduction:  In this encounter I went to what is known as my garden in heaven and through a series of visions/ pictures God spoke to me about my life.

Encounter:

So I went to the garden today and I saw two sights. One was a thick tree that grew up in the middle of my plot. Its trunk was there but it kind of curved to the ground and went back in the ground so only a small portion was exposed.

God said that’s flesh and that the roots are thick which speaks to the strength of the stronghold.

It points downwards for it will only drag me down and lead me to death and destruction.

It is almost totally beneath the surface, so I am deceived as to how big it really is and that it grows secretly.

The other sight that I saw was a beanstalk that grew fast and strong and towering to the heavens.

God said anytime I want to come up I can there is instant access.

Outer Space and Beyond

Introduction: In this encounter God shows me a series of images/pictures/ visions and then applies them to certain areas of my life.

Encounter:

Saw myself high and lifted up, above the enemy, above the world, above my problems. like he was literally under my feet, like my feet were so long and dangling in space.

Walked in space too and it was like solid ground, kind of like Peter walking on water. It was firm under my feet although nothing was there.

Reigning with Him, yet still connected down here.

Here and there at the same time.

On Earth even as I am in Heaven.

At first I thought this was a fantasy, a dream. but a seer confirmed it exactly. I was awed.

I saw fields, not ripe unto harvest, but ready to be plowed  and awaiting workers.

I saw that my job was to prepare the workers, both to reap the harvest and to come into the garden.

Saw a pitchfork in each field – weapons of war.

I saw a pool and swimmers diving in – training others to dive in the spirit, enter the new deeper realm, breathe under water.to live there too.

This dream/vision/fantasy realm is the truth. The real truth. Like the matrix. The dream world is the REAL world and what we consider reality is temporary, passing and subject to change, it is not real, not solid.

Travelling Mercies

Introduction:         This encounter recounts my one of my first experiences with travelling in the spirit and third heaven ministry. Anyone can do this.

Encounter:

I have not done much time in the Heavenlies recently nor have I been spending time in the Garden but what I have been doing is third heaven intercession. Which is going into the third heaven for others to bring healing and deliverance. It is like distant or remote healing, but it is not just interceding or commanding at a distance. It’s a visionary experience where you see in the Spirit realm what’s going on and just by observing healing or deliverance results. You don’t do anything other than observe. You just go there with the intention of Healing or deliverance and you just see what unfolds. What the Father is doing there in the heavens and it affects the earth(their natural Human condition).

So today a friend contacted me on Facebook saying she was oppressed. She suggested that I travel to her and lay hands on her and heal her. I traveled there twice. First in the third heavens. There I saw her in a cage being tortured/tormented by a demon. Then I saw a huge foot crush that demon and then a hand took her out of the cage and operated on her removing inner bondages. She confirmed it all. She said that she felt better instantly and felt lighter and the evil manifestations were gone. She confirmed my visionary images too as she was visited in the past by poltergeist spirits which would bring on these demonic attacks.

The second time I traveled to her physical location. She told me she sensed my presence. I “saw” a number of things. I saw that the room was very dark which she confirmed. I saw the colors blue and green. She confirmed that her bedspread was blue and her walls were green. I missed it though, when I said her room was carpeted. unconfirmed was a black thing on the wall with red letters, she said that was either her LCD TV or a painting on her wall.

It is kind of freaky though. She confirmed both things. The third heaven was confirmed by her healing/deliverance. The traveling was confirmed by the clues I saw and her detecting my presence. So this is real, even though it blows my mind.

I did Traveling with a friend of mine that I have been ministering to online for healing and she got some healing as a result of this trip.

I did this with someone I was ministering to online  and she got delivered from some stuff too.

I did traveling three times with a good friend of mine and each time I went the details I saw were confirmed by my friend.

Did traveling once or twice with a friend of mine in another country and when I asked him about specific details I saw while travelling , I got it right too.

I did this with someone who was not yet a Christian and she got touched and had an encounter too.

It is so fun. You always come back with some glory on you.

9 THIRD HEAVEN MINISTRY

Intercession, Prophecy, Healing And deliverance

Intercession

There  are several ways that third heaven experiences can enhance your intercessory ministry.

You could:

1.   Picture them in your mind and discern what’s going on around them. You might see the circumstances and the situations affecting them. You might get further insight on their situation. You might even be able to see in the spirit and get an idea of the spiritual forces affecting them.

2.   See Jesus and ask him about them:

You can do the Seeing Jesus exercise and when you see Jesus just ask him about who you are interceding for. Ask him for spiritual insight. Ask Jesus what is his heart towards that person. What would he have to say to/about that person. Ask Jesus how he will move on their behalf to solve any issue they are facing. You can just dialogue with God and see him move on their behalf.

3.  Go to rooms in Heaven and return with a blessing:

If person you are praying for is struggling with worry and anxiety, then you can ask Jesus to take you to a place in heaven that is peaceful. You can stay there for a while and receive the blessing on peace. You can then ask God to send that blessing to them or you could volunteer for Jesus to send you to them. Just imagine yourself carrying that blessing to the person. After the session you can contact the person and you will be amazed at the transformation they would have experienced as a result of your ministry to them in the Spirit.

You simply ascend to heaven with them on your heart and you return to earth with a blessing for them and give it to them in the spirit.

Prophecy

This type of ministry can also be effective in prophetic ministry.

You could:

1.            Step Forward : Ask Jesus to take you to the meeting beforehand and show you who will be healed. If you are ministering in a public event, this method works well. Ask Jesus to take you to the venue on the night that you will be ministering. Stay tuned to the vision He shows you then ask Him to show you people who are there at the venue. You can then ask details about each face he shows you. He may give you names and other details such as illnesses, phone numbers etc. Keep Pressing in and asking questions and make sure you record or remember all He told you. Then when you go to the meeting you can read the grocery list of Words of Knowledge you have just received.

2.            Market Place Ministry: Ask Jesus to show you who you will meet today and how you will minister to them. Just ask Jesus for a preview of your day. If you have a planned agenda then you can go to each place beforehand in the Spirit and Ask Jesus who you will see there and what He would have you to say to them.

3.            Person on Hand: If you are ministering prophetically to someone and they are right before you, then take a few minutes and ask Jesus to take you to the persons home and show you details in their life. Whatever Jesus shows you,  you can tell them and you both will be amazed at the accuracy of what is shared.

Healing and Deliverance

Third Heaven encounters can be used as a potent tool for Ministering Healing and Deliverance.

When you are ministering to someone for healing there are a number of ways that you can use this ministry for healing. You could :

1.            Do what Jesus Does: Ask Jesus where he is near the person, then once you see Jesus near the person, you could ask Jesus to minister to their affliction. You may see Jesus lay his hands on them or do something unique. The person may be healed just by Jesus touching them or you may have to duplicate what Jesus is doing and as you do what Jesus did the person would get healed.

2.            Ask for Advice: Ask Jesus what to do So you are ministering to this person who is before you. Simply ask Jesus where He is and once you see him dialogue with Jesus and ask him questions about the persons illness and how you can minister to them more effectively.

3.            Spare Parts Room: There are many different rooms in heaven. One of them that others have visited is the heavenly spare parts room. This is where there is a stock of replacement body parts. If the person you are praying with needs a new body part such as a brand new knee or a heart etc, then you can use third heaven ministry as a  way of getting a creative miracle.  Just stand at the door, use your key and ask Jesus to take you to the spare parts rooms. Once you are there then take whatever body part you need. Give it to that person while praying for them and then ask them to test it out. You would be surprised at the results.

4.            Pray as if you are in Heaven:  While praying for that person before you, take a trip to Heaven and be with Jesus. Keep your hands on the person but engage your spirit in worshipping and praising God and experiencing the delights of heaven. While your spirit prays and your mind is caught up to the Glory of God , Gods power and presence will flow through your hands and heal that person of whatever affliction they may have been experiencing.

I have used this particular method personally many times when ministering healing. I find it to be very powerful and effective. It is  almost effortless. You don’t have to DO anything, just BE with Jesus and watch healing flow naturally. As you worship Jesus the very atmosphere of heaven enters where you are and where the Kingdom is there is healing and deliverance. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty and when Jesus comes he sets the captives free.

10 RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Books:

The Reality of the Supernatural World: Exploring Heavenly Realms and Prophetic Experiences

http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Supernatural-World-Exploring-Experiences/dp/0768426707

Open My Eyes, Lord: A Practical Guide to Angelic Visitations and Heavenly Experiences

http://www.amazon.com/Open-Eyes-Lord-Visitations-Experiences/dp/0975262203

Experiencing the Heavenly Realm: Keys to Accessing Supernatural Experiences

http://www.amazon.com/Experiencing-Heavenly-Realm-Supernatural-Experiences/dp/0768436516

My Trip to Heaven: Face to Face with Jesus

http://www.amazon.com/My-Trip-Heaven-Face-Jesus/dp/0768436540

REVEALING HEAVEN

http://www.amazon.com/REVEALING-HEAVEN-Kat-Kerr/dp/1602665168

Revealing Heaven II

http://www.amazon.com/Revealing-Heaven-II-Kat-Kerr/dp/1609578635/

Heaven Awaits The Bride: A breathtaking glimpse of eternity

http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Awaits-Bride-breathtaking-eternity/dp/1599791749

The Heavens Opened: Revealing a Fresh Vision of God's Love for You

http://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Opened-Revealing-Fresh-Vision/dp/0884195988

Face-to-face Appearances of Jesus: The Ultimate Intimacy

http://www.amazon.com/Face---face-Appearances-Jesus-Ultimate/dp/0768431476

Peter Tan - THe Spiritual World

http://petertan.net/newsite/books-spiritualworld.html

Spiritual Revolution: Experience the Supernatural in Your Life-Angelic Visitation, Prophetic Dreams, Visions, Miracles

http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Revolution-Experience-Supernatural-Life-Angelic/dp/0768423562

Audio

Ian Clayton

www.sonofthunder.org/

http://companyofburninghearts.podomatic.com/

Patricia King - The Glory School

http://store.xpministries.com/content/ShopProduct.php?30/0/1414

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Simon Peter is an active disciple of the Lord for over 20 years. He regularly trains and activates believers into experiencing these heavenly realities. He has had a number of God encounters and visitations of angels along with numerous trips to the heavenly realms and other places. He believes that he is in no way special nor should his experiences be unique to him. He believes that God is raising up heavenly worshippers in these end times wants everyone to experience the glory of Heaven.

Table of Contents

Introduction

My Story

Biblical Foundation

Biblical Basis for Third Heaven Encounters

Other Travelers in the Bible

Open Our Eyes Lord

Activations: Practice Makes Perfect

Angelic Encounters

Travelling in the Spirit

God Encounters

Third Heaven Ministry

Recommended Resources