I am not sure how many Christians understand these things. Three hundred years ago, almost everyone understood their world in this way. Many people in Africa still think this way, although they focus to much on the dark side of the spiritual. Now, under the relentless pressure of education and the enlightenment, interest in the spiritual dimension of life is labelled old fashioned and superstitious.
I also wonder how many Christians understand these things, but do not live them. How many live as if the spiritual realms are irrelevant?
Many Christians...
Friday, September 25, 2015
Spiritual world 1
Better World View1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. This was not just earth and sky. "The heavens" is the biblical name for the spiritual world that exists in parallel to the physical world. God created a multi-dimensional universe. We can only see the three dimensions of physical space plus time, so we assume that is all that exists. The spiritual dimensions consist of many more dimensions of reality beyond what we can see.
We cannot see into the spiritual world due to the effects of sin, so we think that the physical world...
