Limited in Time and Space
By Linda C Dipman

      Do you ever wonder what it would be like to jump off a cliff and fly like a bird?  Wouldn't it be fun
to breath under water and explore the ocean.  No, I'm not talking about airplanes or submarines, I
mean exploring the world with this kind of freedom in the our human bodies of flesh and blood.  
      
      If I could choose, I would be impenetrable so nothing could ever hurt me.  I could walk through
fire, stand barefoot on the Artic ice, or stand in the middle of a gunfight.  Unfortunately, these things
are impossible, because this world has limits.  But why?     

      I unexpectedly received the answer to this question.  The night was calm and I peacefully slept
undisturbed.  My dreams were tranquil and in a moment a vision immerged from the Spirit of the
Almighty God.

      A massive rock stood prominently behind a tiny housing development built into a valley.  Many
smaller rocks were scattered uniformly throughout the landscape.

      I was standing on a path looking and wondering what this scene was all about.  Suddenly a kind
eyed middle aged man appeared and asked me about what I was seeing.

      I quietly said I did not understand and the man smiling at me stated that the rocks are limits.

      Immediately my dream changed and a light of understanding flooded my thoughts. God was the
prominent rock and from His throne in Heaven He oversees the world and all of it's vastness.   

      God created the world and everything in it and He has given it limits.  Limits written down before
the beginning of time.  Limits that require that we must believe in Jesus in order to win in the Great
Game of Life.  

      1Peter 2:1&2, "Rid yourselves, then, of all evil;  no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or
insulting language.  Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by
drinking it you may grow up and be saved."

      We are placed in this world to do service for God.  In order to serve we must let go of this
present age.  We must gain wisdom from the suffering and persecution we face and allow these
growing experiences to make us stronger.

      No one has the ability to navigate this world separate from God.  We must hold onto the rock of
Jesus and allow Him to work in us.  

      1Peter 2:4-&5, "Come to the Lord, the living stone rejected by man as worthless but chosen by
God as valuable.  Come as living stones, and let yourselves be used in building the spiritual temple,
where you will serve as holy priests to offer spiritual and acceptable sacrifices to God through Jesus
Christ."

      The tiny houses are people.  They have been given the message of salvation and have
accepted their calls.  They have taken their human temples and grown in knowledge from the limits
God placed in their lives through the experiences they have faced.

      Why did God give me this vision.  Many people do not understand why God does not show
Himself to the world.  They want a God that is concrete and not spiritual.  

      They want God to walk beside them in human form and not a God that is invisible.  They don't
understand that a human God has the same weaknesses as man.  

      God came as a man in Jesus Christ.  He walked beside people loving and healing them of all the
pain inflicted on them from Satan.  But as a human being Jesus was limited!

      When God is Spiritual He has no limits.  He can talk anytime He wants to His children on the
earth.  He can walk within them giving them supernatural strength and the ability to fight against
Satan and win this world for God.

      When Jesus walked this world He realized that the only way that God's children could win was
through the teaching of the Holy Spirit.  He called the Spirit the comforter, helper, and the counselor.

      John 16:5-8   "But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me where I am
going.  And now that I have told you, your hearts are full of sadness.  But I am telling you the truth; it
is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you.  But if I do go
away, then I will send him to you.  And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that
they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment."

      Because the church refuses to teach people more about the spiritual aspect of the world many
people have given up on faith in the unseen God.  They look at religion as a crutch for the weak
because they don't understand they we are in a world game.

      A Spirit has the ability to strengthen and help people in their individual fight against Satan.  If
God were just a man He could only help a few people at a time, but as a Spirit, He has the ability to
help billions at a time.

      John 16:9-11, "They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me; they are wrong
about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me anymore; and they are
wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged."

      My vision started with God showing me how important it is for people to put their faith in Jesus.  
Jesus is a solid rock who loves people and directs a person's life to the truth about this world.

      That is the reason He is called the Light of the world. He parts the darkness of evil placed here
by Satan and He teaches people the right path that leads to understanding the difference between
good and bad.

      Satan is a demon who goes throughout the world to devour people.  He has taken the world that
God created and destroyed it by using evil human beings who do his will.  These are people who are
so corrupted by the desires of this world that they will do whatever the devil demands.

      Because Satan is king of this world, he hides the good and replaces it with bad.  That is the
reason why our world is full of injustices.  Satan has multiple personalities and he will even back stab
the very people who do his will. His ultimate goal is to destroy all people in order to defeat Jesus from
saving the world.

      He uses the earths resources to destroy human life.  He does this though drought, floods,
earthquakes and all forms of disasters.  Drought produces poverty, floods breed diseases,
earthquakes destroy families and displace cities.

       When an evil god reigns, corruption builds evil governments and societies that place bad people
in control.  People who only care about money and not human life. The courts become corrupt and
evil people are allowed to murder, commit incest and perpetrate all forms of injustices on good
people.

      Jesus, in human form, was limited in time and space according to the boundaries of the world,
but Jesus in Spirit form has the ability to aid his followers and win the fight against the evil god of this
world.  Jesus has the ability to take on the Spiritual realm and crush the demon forces of Satan.  

       This is the reason why our world has a limited time.  God will not lose the battle and He will not
allow His servants to be defeated.  God created all things including the devil and from the very
beginning of time He has known the outcome of the battle of the great world game of life.