God Speak Dimensions

    The amazing thing about God and the way He speaks, including through the Bible is that He speaks with varying viewpoints, dimensions, facets and nuances.  With us and our English, we speak bluntly, our language being blunt.  However, God is not so restricted.  The study of the Word is made so wonderful when you can discern how God is speaking at a particular time and you begin to see the different dimensions .  Let me give you some examples

Viewpoint:  In the Bible God speaks from the view of a fallen man, a redeemed man and mature man and most importantly, from His own view.  Usually when we begin our Christian journey, we see the fallen man view but as we truly mature we begin to see from God's view. All views are correct and they were all there, all the time, only our understanding was not sufficient to see and hear all that God was saying.

Condition & Position:  Watchman Nee wrote of this many years ago. The same Bible shows you both your condition and your position. If you don't understand this, you might think there is a contradiction but that is not true.  For example, your condition is that you are on earth, going through earthly trials but your position is that you are already seated in heavenly places. Your condition says you need healing, you position says you are already healed.   Agreeing with your position ultimately changes your condition.  

Signs, Wonders and Growth:  Often God speaks by a sign, wonder or sovereign display of His power.  Then, He teaches us how to step into and walk in that same thing without the sign and wonder.  For example, He sometimes heals the most unqualified faithless person in the building.  Sign and wonder!  And then, He teaches us how to apply the Word, walk in faith and arrive at healing the slow route.  He gives joy like a cloudburst (sign and wonder) and then sets out to teach us how to enter in and walk in that same joy.

Extremes Variances:  The Bible is filled with extreme variances.  For example, you won't know how wonderful heaven (variance) is if you do not know how horrible hell (variance) is. Same Bible tells you both.  If you don't know how awful it is to be lost, you won't know how wonderful it is to be found.   If you don't know how much you could be held accountable for, were it not for mercy and grace, you won't know how wonderful is mercy and grace.   Same Bible tells you both.

    Even the languages God chose to put forth the documents that make up the Bible (Greek, Hebrew, Arabic) are languages that lend themselves to multi-dimensional speech.  There are some words, for example, in the Greek that have no English counterpart.   As a result, English translators often had to translate and spell different words all the same way.  For example the word "will".  There are two different words with different meanings but  when translated into English, come out the same.  One word means the iron clad will of God with no human influence, (boulema). Another word, spelled the same, means the heart-wish of God with great possibility for human influence, (thelema). Then there are some words that cannot be accurately translated.  You have to see the circumstance in which they were spoken and try to discern the sound that was made in order to fully understand.  This is why, as you study the Word, and do word studies, it is important to take note of the place and circumstance.  

    Does it all matter?  Maybe not, for some, but as for me, it makes the study of the Word wonderful.  I am continuously learning and re-learning.  This does not mean what I first learned was wrong, but now God allows me to see a different dimension of the same truth.   Of course, for those who take comfort in "formulas" this can all be disconcerting.  We want to trust our formula, which may be one dimension and quite accurate.  It might also just be our understanding at the present time.  We tend to not want to go beyond that trusted formula.  Oh, but the Word is richer than our comprehensive skills allow us to see at any given time.   My faith in God's word remains the same, but my faith in my understanding is to be constantly challenged.  You see, we really do not lean upon our own understanding but we trust in the Lord with all our heart and in all ours ways acknowledge Him.