Theology of being ecstatic in God!
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Zec 9:15-17 The LORD of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar. (16) On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. (17) For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
In the last few years, the Lord has been revealing to me the state of ecstasy in which He desires His beloved people to live in! WOW, is it really real? It is nearly incomprehensible to those who have not experienced it. But, I believe it is supposed to be so normal for every person who would believe it. It makes me feel way better than anything I have ever experienced. Not in some detached spiritual way, but actually in a way that feels like being really drunk or high, without any of the negative effects.
The highs of the sinful world are merely counterfits of what God is pouring out. I would have argued with this even two years ago. But, now I experience it every day. And, I know it is GOD!! It is all over the Bible. And, I believe it could be described in many ways. The drunkenness of the Spirit is a common description of it today. But, I think the Bible may have just called it JOY!!! But, the joy of GOD is more intense, and overcoming than any experience of earth. Drug and drunk language is the most extreme terminology for it, but even that doesn't touch it. Some mystics have called it ecstasy... That begins to get near the feeling. But, how do you describe an ocean of bliss?
Many people think they have experienced it, when they have not. It is the kind of thing that could literally leave you sitting for days with your mouth open. (Ezekiel 1-2) It is better and more intense than human sexual experience. It is better than adrenaline. It is joy inexpressible and full of glory!!
I only write this post now that you might be provoked as I am to believe that this kind of JOY is possible. It is not dependent on things going right. It is not because I have vast earthly pleasures around me, my wife and I live simply. It is something that most Christians have not yet experienced. Yet, anyone who would drink of Him can have it. It is simply living IN HIM. He is the ocean of bliss!
I am learning to live in this ocean of bliss everyday. And literally, I find myself, almost daily, laughing for long periods of time, often unable to speak, rolling on the floor in bliss, feeling like a little child in awe, able to accept others, and FEELING love-drunk almost constantly. This offends alot of people. So, if you see me, and I don't seem to always be laughing in bliss, it's probably because I'm trying to honor my surroundings. People think you're faking, or showing off, or weird, or just drunk/stoned. But, whatever. When you're in ecstasy it's hard to hide it sometimes. I just want everyone to know they don't have to be sad, lonely, depressed, angry, or whatever anymore, no matter what has happened.
Jesus has taken care of it all. And, now He just wants everyone to come to the party!!! Want a drink??
- Matt (from heaven on earth)
Isa 55:1-2 "Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (2) Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
Isa 25:6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
Son 5:1 I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
1Co 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
1Pe 1:8-9 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, (9) obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
In the last few years, the Lord has been revealing to me the state of ecstasy in which He desires His beloved people to live in! WOW, is it really real? It is nearly incomprehensible to those who have not experienced it. But, I believe it is supposed to be so normal for every person who would believe it. It makes me feel way better than anything I have ever experienced. Not in some detached spiritual way, but actually in a way that feels like being really drunk or high, without any of the negative effects.
The highs of the sinful world are merely counterfits of what God is pouring out. I would have argued with this even two years ago. But, now I experience it every day. And, I know it is GOD!! It is all over the Bible. And, I believe it could be described in many ways. The drunkenness of the Spirit is a common description of it today. But, I think the Bible may have just called it JOY!!! But, the joy of GOD is more intense, and overcoming than any experience of earth. Drug and drunk language is the most extreme terminology for it, but even that doesn't touch it. Some mystics have called it ecstasy... That begins to get near the feeling. But, how do you describe an ocean of bliss?
Many people think they have experienced it, when they have not. It is the kind of thing that could literally leave you sitting for days with your mouth open. (Ezekiel 1-2) It is better and more intense than human sexual experience. It is better than adrenaline. It is joy inexpressible and full of glory!!
I only write this post now that you might be provoked as I am to believe that this kind of JOY is possible. It is not dependent on things going right. It is not because I have vast earthly pleasures around me, my wife and I live simply. It is something that most Christians have not yet experienced. Yet, anyone who would drink of Him can have it. It is simply living IN HIM. He is the ocean of bliss!
I am learning to live in this ocean of bliss everyday. And literally, I find myself, almost daily, laughing for long periods of time, often unable to speak, rolling on the floor in bliss, feeling like a little child in awe, able to accept others, and FEELING love-drunk almost constantly. This offends alot of people. So, if you see me, and I don't seem to always be laughing in bliss, it's probably because I'm trying to honor my surroundings. People think you're faking, or showing off, or weird, or just drunk/stoned. But, whatever. When you're in ecstasy it's hard to hide it sometimes. I just want everyone to know they don't have to be sad, lonely, depressed, angry, or whatever anymore, no matter what has happened.
Jesus has taken care of it all. And, now He just wants everyone to come to the party!!! Want a drink??
- Matt (from heaven on earth)
Isa 55:1-2 "Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (2) Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
Isa 25:6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
Son 5:1 I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
1Co 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
1Pe 1:8-9 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, (9) obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
