From the Void to the Throne

Now, unexpectedly, I had the dreadful revelation that spiritual beings without bodies were in hot pursuit. I fell under a tree and realized that with my eyes open or shut I was seeing the same scene. Grotesque figures moved in martial arts style configuration before my eyes. They had horrible countenances with bugged out eyes, fanglike teeth and flames for hair. They were living testimony to the statues of gods or demons one sees in places like Bali, Indonesia. It was a shocking revelation, to realize these idols are representations of real living spirit beings, in the unseen (to the natural eye) spiritual realm. It dawned on me that there were real spiritual beings that these statues depicted. These beings were not loving, compassionate or merciful in any way. These demons were also superhuman and powerful, no person of flesh and blood could hope to overcome their strength, without the help and authority of the One True God.
The atmosphere was filled with malevolence; it was quite simply your worst nightmare come true. The whole atmosphere seemed to be thick and heavy with tangible evil and darkness. I was desperately grasping for some area of knowledge or expertise, which would remove me from this horrific world. Often, people in critical and life threatening situations speak of their whole life flashing before their eyes, almost instantaneously. Well, this is exactly what happened to me. Every talent, knowledge, skill and belief I possessed flashed up before me but seemed to melt in impotent uselessness in relation to the crisis confronting me. All the spiritual research, I had sown so much time into, now was powerless to deliver me. In fact, I became aware that the spiritual entities, which were now so vehemenently threatening me, had in fact been the source of the spiritual revelations I had trusted and believed. It almost seemed that the demons sneered at my naïve foolishness.
I am convinced that my whole eternal future was at stake in this dilemma. I was cornered by spiritual beings vastly more powerful and intelligent than myself. Indeed my position seemed hopeless, in the face of such spiritual firepower arrayed against me. I was filled with terror and despair, there was no escape. I felt I was the helpless prey, with the demons closing in for the eternal kill, so to speak.
Just at the point where all seemed lost and there seemed absolutely no hope, an amazing and magnificent, miraculous intervention occurred.
For some unknown reason, The Name of Jesus, exploded out of my mouth and spirit with overwhelming, dynamic force, It was like a space shuttle burning rocket fuel, developing escape velocity and thrust at Cape Canaveral, I know that sounds facetious to some but it was such an explosive and intense utterance. It was as though every fibre of my spirit, soul and body proclaimed His Name. It was not just an oral proclamation. It was massively authoritative and it came not out of my head or my mind but right out of my heart. My mental processes were not involved with what took place; God bypassed the old brain or grey matter and revealed Himself directly to my spirit man, what the Bible calls “THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART”. (1 Peter 3:4) Some may now be saying, “Surely God would not lobotomize someone”, that is absolutely true, God created the mind and intellect for His Glory but there are realms of direct spiritual experience, where the Holy Spirit will totally bypass the mental computer and manifest Himself directly to the spirit of the individual.. Remember, we are a spirit, we have a mind but we live in a body. Paul expounds this truth, in relation to the area of praying in the spirit below.

1 Corinthians 14:13-15.
“FOR IF I PRAY IN A TONGUE MY SPIRIT PRAYS BUT MY MIND IS UNFRUITFUL. SO WHAT SHALL I DO? I WILL PRAY WITH MY SPIRIT, BUT I WILL ALSO PRAY WITH MY MIND. I WILL SING WITH MY SPIRIT, BUT I WILL ALSO SING WITH MY MIND.” King James Version

I know in my particular case, it was Gods chosen method to bypass my chatterbox mind and flood my spirit, with pure love and dynamic Power. In retrospect, I can appreciate His wisdom, as my mind was absolutely steeped in eastern mysticism, and cosmic philosophy. I prided myself in Zen humor and Taoist dualism. This meant that I perceived the entire universe as one huge cosmic joke and that everything was the same anyway, i.e. all paths eventually wind up in the same place. I saw evil as containing good (dualism) and evil containing good. Mentally, I was a slippery one to pin down with the Gospel; my mind was steeped in a myriad of cosmic refutations. I was a spiritual truly a spiritual chameleon. The reptile called a chameleon is able to change his colors to match his surrounding. I changed my beliefs according to my company, as this philosophy claims to embrace all belief systems.

1 Corinthians 2:14 14 But [a]a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually [b]appraised. (NASB)

Personally, I believe I was so deceived and had my mind programmed with so many spiritual beliefs that the only way for God to reach me, was by this massive manifestation of His Person and Reality to my spirit, this by far superseded any other spiritual experience I have ever had. Thank God for His Mercy! (Actually dear reader, it is a far greater testimony, to be able to say that one had become a Christian at age 5 and had never strayed from the courts of the Lord, than to be rescued as an adult.)
The Bible and Jesus Himself make it abundantly clear that the faith of Abraham (faith that does not require sight) is a far more blessed thing than the faith of Thomas (faith that demands evidence).

Jesus SAID TO DOUBTING THOMAS IN John 20:2 (NASB)
29 Jesus *said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

Chapter2
EXPLOSION OF LIGHT
Suffice it to say, at the sound of that Name of Jesus, there was a massive and glorious explosion of Gods life and Love and Power. Instantly, there was a total and stupendous release from the power and presence of the demon spirits. They left as quickly as the darkness leaves, when a powerful light is switched on in a dark room. It was just “zap” and the Love and Light of Jesus Christ permeated every part of my world. I started weeping and sobbing, right out of the innermost depths of my being. With each sob, it seemed that a great wave of liquid fiery love and light, would course through my very bone marrow. My emotions and mind were also injected with a deep impartation of Divine healing and freedom from the many hurts and sorrows, that life had dealt me. It was totally and absolutely awesome, in the deepest and truest meaning of the word. Thank God for His Supernatural Divine intervention. I knew that I had met the Living God; this was not the mere embracing of a set of rules, commandments or doctrines. This was a Spiritual “heart” collision with the Risen Christ.

Hebrews 7:16 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. (KJV)

Yes, indeed this was more than mental assent to a written code, on tablets of stone or paper and ink. This was a life altering, regenerating, converting encounter with the Living Word Himself, even Jesus Christ of Nazareth the Son of the Living God. .