THE LAST EVE.

by Pastor Sharron Scott October 20, 2011

This word was given to me in the Spirit, and the passion to give it to others has only grown in my life.This was the first of my "core messages" God gave me to preach to the nations. It is my calling to wake up the passion in others, to remind them of their beloved and His call to their hearts. He is causing a season of Great Awakening for us... and is calling us to awake and hear His voice and walk out our calling. I am constantly amazed at how many Christians suffer from fear, anxiety, depression, hopelessness, helplessness and loneliness. God is calling us to “Arise”, and be renewed in the spirit of our mind.

When I speak to people about this subject I see a change in them. They become energized, and reminded of who they really are in God. In this season of Great Awakening, we are called to change this world. There is no way I could have thought of this message on my own. My imagination isn't that vivid. I believe God has given it to others who deliver it to people in their own unique way. I know God has given it to me to deliver to people in a way only I can. He formed me for this. And it's not because I am any more special than anyone else. I need to hear this as much as anyone.

There are many points that I don't expand upon in this writing, and these are basically my notes and scriptural references--but when I speak I am careful to only say what I hear God saying, and what the Holy Spirit whispers in my ear. I pray that God may open your heart to hear His voice, and what this means to you.

God does not renege on His gifts or promises. (Isaiah 31:2 , Hebrews 13:8... “He does not take back His words.”) He gave us the earth to command and subdue. (Genesis 1:26-28, 1 John 5:5)

When we are born again, we are “ a new creation” in Christ. Through His Holy Spirit who resides in us, we can access (exist in, be empowered by) the earthly realm as well as the heavenly realm. But do we TRULY dwell in the heavenly realm as well, or just in the earthly realm?

Heaven is perfect. It has to be if it is God's home! It is His Kingdom! And as Philippians 3:20 shows us, those who know Him are citizens of the Kingdom. Jesus taught us to pray:

Matthew 6:9-10: “Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy, make sacred) be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Bringing heaven to earth is not something we are to ask God to do, or just hope for. Jesus is teaching us that it is our responsibility, as Christians who are temples of the Holy Spirit, to bring Kingdom reality and Heaven to earth now. How? By faith!

Our power on earth depends upon how deeply we dwell in the heavenly realm. How do we do that? We must believe, first. We must soak in God's Word, gaining His Knowledge. And we must have faith to access the power of the Holy Spirit within us. God gives us a measure of faith (Romans 12:3).

Jesus illustrates this in Matthew 17:14-20 (also in Mark 9:17-29), when He healed the young man after the disciples said they could not:

“14 And when they approached the multitude, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying, 15 Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water. 16 And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to cure him. 17 And Jesus answered, O you unbelieving (warped, wayward, rebellious) and thoroughly perverse generation! How long am I to remain with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to Me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out? 20 He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.”

Jesus was frustrated with the lack of trust of the Holy Spirit within them. He trusted God 100%, and relied on the Holy Spirit within Him to help him heal. He tells us that we have the same ability, if we have but a little faith! (Luke 17:6, John 14:12) Faith in God, the Holy Spirit, and (in my opinion) in ourselves!

In Mark 16:15-20, Jesus gives us what is now called by many “The Great Commission”:

“And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race]. ¹⁶ He who believes [who adheres to and trusts in and relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] and is baptized will be saved from the penalty of eternal death]; but he who does not believe [who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; ¹⁸ They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well.

Notice it says “and they WILL get well” (emphasis mine). Not “may” or “occasionally”.

Again in Acts 1:8-- “But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.”

And again, after the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, Peter had to explain to over 1,000 people from the surrounding area (people from many different regions) who had come to see what the noise was (people speaking in foreign tongues after the filling of the Holy Spirit) what they were seeing and hearing:

Acts 2:38-39:

“And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and to and for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself. “ (emphasis mine)

Was this power only available to us after Jesus' resurrection? If we look back to the beginning of creation in Genesis, prior to the sin in the garden Adam and Eve lived in both the heavenly and earthly realms. We know this because when Adam was created by God, he wasn't yet “in” the Garden”. God created Adam and placed him in the Garden. God spoke directly to Adam (face to face). God , Adam and Eve all lived in the same “realm”, where heaven and earth were together. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters (Genesis 1;2). God's Spirit was able to “walk in the Garden” (Genesis 3:8). Adam heard God walking (Genesis 3:10). God was therefore Spirit and physical. God spoke to spirits and principalities .

Because of the sin of Adam and Eve, God took the gift of His presence away. The heavenly realm (spirit) was taken away from their knowledge base. We could no longer live in the same place as God:

Genesis 3:23:

“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. ²⁴ So [God] drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life.”

Jesus became our “Last Adam”, bringing back our access to heaven. In His very touching attempt to prepare the Apostles for what was coming, Jesus explained in John 14:11-21:

“Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father’s name convince you.] ¹² I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. ¹³ And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son. [Exod. 3:14.] ^{14 [}Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]. ¹⁵ If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever— ¹⁷ The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.”

Because the Holy Spirit lives with us and in us (if we have chosen to accept Christ as Savior, and received the Holy Spirit), we have constant contact and access to the heavenly realm. The depth of our interaction with the Holy Spirit, and therefore the spiritual (heavenly) realm is totally up to us. How deeply we interact with God, how intimate our relationship with Him, how much we walk in the Word, how much we talk the Word, is a matter of choice. Our God is a gentleman, and does not ever force Himself upon us.
We are again in the same situation as Adam and Eve. We are given a choice as to whether or not we choose to walk with God, or entertain the enemy. The enemy has no voice in this decision, unless we give him that ability. The enemy cannot interfere in our interaction with God, unless we allow it. He has no power other than what we give him. Remember, he is just a jealous, fallen angel. Do not ever make the enemy equal to God. He is not omnipotent (all powerful).
When God took away access to the tree of Life (see Genesis 3:23 as quoted above), He did not take away our dominion over the earth. However we are unable to subdue the earth without the power of the Holy Spirit. Without the Spirit, we are merely humans, existing solely in the natural (earthly) realm. We have no powers to perform signs, wonders and miracles. We can only do these things by being temples of the Holy Spirit, accessing heaven on earth, utilizing His power. In order to do this, we must:

1. Accept Christ as our Savior.
   
2. Believe in the Word of God, and all it says we are and can do.
   
3. Gain Wisdom from the Word, and from God directly (spending time with Him)
   
4. Accept and receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 12)
   
5. Mature in faith by trusting God, increasing prayer with Him, and developing an intimate relationsip with God, to learn His heart and see His Kingdom.
   
6. Ask God to manifest His presence in you, renewing the baptism of the Holy Spirit until the gifts that were promised are manifested through you.
   
7. Begin to ACT out Kingdom principles now. That is not about making right choices, never making mistakes and being a good person. It's about living more in the spiritual realm (supernatural or heavenly), bringing God's Kingdom to earth, in whatever way He asks you to, even in your imperfection. It is His perfect heart that brings signs, wonders and miracles in the Holy Spirit, if we humbly allow Him to use all that we are.
   

If we, as Christians walking in the example set for us by Jesus begin to utilize the power of the Holy Spirit to battle against every effort of the enemy, we will remove sickness, poverty, spiritual blindness and deafness, and every other presence of evil from this earth. That is what it looks like to subdue the earth!
Take a minute and ask yourself: Which realm do I spend more time in—physical or spiritual? What can I do today to live more in the Kingdom realm? How can I bring heaven to earth today? Am I thwarting the efforts of the enemy at every opportunity? Am I utilizing the Holy Spirit power given by God? As Randy Clark puts it, “Do I believe He can use even Little Ol' Me?”

Jesus is the”Last Adam”, as we read in 1 Corinthians 15:

“Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the Last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]. [Gen. 2:7.] ⁴⁶ But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual. 47 The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the Last Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven. [Gen. 2:7.] ⁴⁸ Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded). ⁴⁹ And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.”

We are called to be as “the man from heaven” (heavenly-minded) and bear the image of Christ.

We, as Bride of the Last Adam, are the Last Eve:

Revelation 19:7--”Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself.”

Are we prepared for the final battle against the enemy? What decisions will I make when presented by temptations and interference from the enemy? God gave us everything we need. As the Last Eve, what will your decision be-- because In the end, we win!

We must restore the earth to it's original, pre-sin state.

Keep in mind, we know that God's promises are irrevocable (Romans11:29). Isaiah 31:2 says “He (God) is wise and..... does not retract his words.” I feel that from that we can believe that God's promises and gifts will not be taken away from the faithful. And the same can be said of His commands.

God created a new commandment that includes all the previous commandments in one word: Love. We must subdue the earth in love. We must overpower the enemy's interference in the lives of all God's beloved. We must love each other with His love, and our enemies, too (Matthew 5:44).

We must overcome the enemy.

Revelation 2:7 He who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of Life, which is in the paradise of God.

We are The Last Eve.