Come Back to Eden

As we began our engagement, Stephanie remarked, “I am standing on the edge of a volcano with Lydia, and she has these glasses that look like thick goggles. What is this about Lydia?”

Lydia began, “What do they say about getting too close to the fire?”

I replied, “You get burned.”

Lydia asked, “What about tapping into the fire of God? Would that same saying be true?”

Stephanie remarked, “Yes, Lydia, I would think so.”

Lydia queried, “Will you get burned?”

Stephanie replied, “Well, not in a bad way.”

Lydia asked, “Is there a good way?”

Stephanie admitted, “Okay, you got me. No, the saying is not true.”

Lydia continued, “What if I stepped in and your first inclination was, ‘You are going to get burned?’”

Lydia then took Stephanie by the hand, and they stepped into the volcano together. Stephanie realized she was not getting burned even though it was an all-consuming fire around her.

Lydia remarked, “The fire of the Lord is not a strange thing. So, why do people refrain from it?”

Stephanie replied, “Because we don't understand it, Lydia.”

Stephanie then started realizing that around her was a quieting that was happening and a peace and a calm as if it were an oasis. She realized many oases were inside that fire.

Lydia continued, “You live and move, and you have your being in him. This fire can ignite you and it can ignite others through you. This can be an all-consuming fire to burn up the things that are not of Him while you are in a protective place and in an oasis if you are willing.”

Stephanie noted that she saw the word “Brave” next.

Lydia added, “To step into this fire, it will ignite something within your heart.

“Step the people into the fire. They will not get burned.”

Stephanie realized that when Lydia gave that instruction it had multiple meanings. We have all experienced times when someone would hurt and betray us, and we refer to it as ‘getting burned’ It is not any of those things. We will not get burned in this aspect.

We will not get hurt with physical fire.

We will not get burned by receiving condemnation at any point, and the fire of God cannot be extinguished.

Stephanie remarked, “Lydia, I have a question. How do we walk this out in the natural world? We have been talking about stepping in and being a part of Heaven, but how do we do this in the natural?”

Lydia replied, “I am glad you asked that. What is one of the biggest hindrances to the Body?”

Immediately and without answering, Stephanie heard “fear.”

Lydia asked, “What are you afraid of? Fear is a culprit here. Many do not want to face the things that need to be burned up in their lives. It is for their good. It is for His glory.”

Stephanie asked, “Lydia, how do we recognize when it is fear? Because I realize now it is not fear like we have thought of in the past.”

Lydia responded, “if you turn your face away from something you know that you need to actively confront, you are walking in fear. Perfect love casts out fear. There is no condemnation in Him. These things must be burned up to walk effectively as sons. So, step in. Feel and find the oasis here. There is also an added measure of protection in this place because it is an all-consuming fire that the enemy cannot penetrate.”

Stephanie remarked, “Then she said something odd.”

Lydia said, “This is Eden.”

Stephanie asked, “What does that mean, Lydia?”

Describing what she was, Stephanie said, “She's showing me a picture of the Garden of Eden and how the entire place was dimensional too. But during those times, it was surrounded by a wall of fire.”

Lydia queried, “What is the thing that Adam didn't govern?”

Stephanie replied, “He didn't govern the voices.”

Lydia remarked, “He stepped out of his Eden, and he did not allow the all-consuming fire to burn up those voices that created a little bit of doubt in his mind.

“Can you believe that your Eden would be protected by the all-consuming fire if you choose to step in it? Was it not the purest oasis? Come back to Eden.”

Admittedly Stephanie felt a little freaked out about what she was hearing, but verbally chose to trust Heaven. Speaking to Lydia she said, “I am assuming, you were metaphorically speaking about Adam stepping out of Eden?”

Lydia replied, “No! He stepped OUT of Eden. Not metaphorically. He did step out of Eden.”

Stephanie then saw the picture of the angels that were placed at Eden were on fire to keep him out at that point. He was not allowed back in after they were driven out of Eden.

She exclaimed, “Wow! Thank you, Lydia. Thank you, Father.”

She then saw that Adam had appeared and he showed her that he has stepped back into Eden.”

Adam instructed, “Govern the voices.”

Then he walked away, through Eden.[1]

[1] See the blog “Govern the Whisperings” at RonHorner.com/blogs.