Those who know me are starting to realize that I am stuck on this “Revolution”, let me give some background understanding on that before I talk about repentance’s role in the Revolution – afterall, if we have no context, we cannot understand each other.
A revolution in physics is when something comes back to its original place of origin. The human race was not made to be dominated by demonicly empowered media that controls and manipulates every person into an impotent and insignificant pauper. Rather, we were made in the image of the Almighty, therefore, we were made to be like the Omnipotent One. Our destiny is to have all power. Read Paul’s prayer for the Colossian church (verses 1:9-12) to see how that works. The revolution is man becoming what he was made to be in the first place. The revolution is men, women, children being filled with the Holy Spirit and not having to TAKE authority over things, but WALKING in authoirty.
When Jesus, the Founder of the Revolution, first presented His main message, it was this: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” For sermon junkies like me, you know that Bill Johnson and other great prophetic teachers of our day talk about repentance meaning “to change the way you think about something” or “to turn your mind around”. Now Jesus was not preaching this message to born-again, Spirit-filled believers, He was the only One at that point. Too often preachers take messages intended to be directed at the world and apply them to the Church, this does not work. Granted, we have to change the way we think, but the message “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” is our message to the world, not so much God’s message to us.
“The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” is a revelation to us that we have Heaven’s resources and power as close to us as in our hands. The Old Covenant prophet Habakkuk saw that the Messiah would have light flashing from His hands. If we are made in His image, and we are, and if we are being transformed into His likeness from glory to glory, and we are, then when we see Him, we see us as we are meant to be. Not only will we be like Him, we can be like Him right now. We will do greater works than Him (John 14:12). But the Messianic Message was directed to us, it was directed to those who were yet in need of a Savior. We don’t need a Savior, we already have one.
Everything that the Lord does or says is a multi-level revelation. Meaning that just because we were not the subject of His message, does not mean that we should not glean understanding from the message. We are indeed ambassadors of the Kingdom, that means we carry the authority of Heaven’s Kingdom with us, it is at OUR hand. This is where the Revolution meets repentance. We repented to get in, now our message is to do the same. By releasing the power, authority and peace of the Kingdom from our hands, the world has no choice but to repent. When a man goes to Walmart with crippling back pain and an ambassador touches him and his decade-long bout with back pain ends, the man must change the way he thinks. His mind must turn, either in faith towards God’s love for him or into dillussion and denial.
This is how the conversation goes:
Ambassador: “Repent”
Lost Sheep: “Why?”
Ambassador: “Because the Kingdom of Heaven is in my hand.”
Lost Sheep: “Prove it.”
Ambassador: Receives and presents a word of knowledge for healing that is correct, lays hands on the Lost Sheep and they are healed.
Lost Sheep: “How did that happen?”
Ambassador: “My Kingdom is a better Kingdom than the one you are living in and you are officially invited to join it and immediately receive an inheritance.”
The Lost Sheep then either believes and responds or rejects reality and chooses dillussion.
When an ambassador lives in the Revolution, Heaven is on hand, ready to back up what they say. When an ambassador releases the power of the Kingdom of Heaven, the atmosphere changes around the unrepentant and a door is open for them to step out of the domain of darkness and into the Kingdom of the Christ. We bear fruit in keeping with repentance by continuing to keep our minds set on the things above and call the dizzy sheep to fix their eyes on the Resurrected One whose love covers the multitude of their sins. Our job is to display His power as evidence of His love.
