AAllll rriigghhttss rreesseerrvveedd ©© CCooppyyrriigghhtt 11999999 -- 22000088 FFrreesshh FFiirree MMiinniissttrriieess PPrriinntteedd && MMaannuuffaaccttuurreedd iinn CCaannaaddaa No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing by the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to Fresh Fire Ministries; P.O. Box 2525 Abbotsford, BC, Canada V2T 6R3 MMaannaaggiinngg EEddiittoorr:: KKeevviinn PPaatteerrssoonn AAssssiissttaanntt EEddiittoorr:: JJaacckkiiee MMaaccggiirrvviinn AAssssiissttaanntt EEddiittoorr:: MMiicchhaaeell KKeerrrryy LLaayyoouutt && DDeessiiggnn:: DDaann BBrreennnnaann Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Spirit Filled New King James Version – Copyright 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. 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How many of you are hungry for an open heaven in your life? If you really want the supernatural to be natural and common in your life, this course and this lesson is for you. Is your heart’s cry, “I want heaven to touch the earth. I want heavenly glory. I want to open up the windows of heaven and I want to live in the supernatural provision of God’s grace, power and presence”? In my life and in the ministry of Fresh Fire, we have been living, on a daily basis since 1998, in the reality of the spiritual realm. Through this lesson I want to lay a foundation for understanding the spiritual realm. I want to raise our expectations of how much of God we can receive and walk in now. Let’s grow in faith to encounter and experience God in ways that we have never encountered before. Let’s get hungry for that spirit of wisdom and revelation to come upon our lives, for God to open up the windows of heaven. 11.. SSeeeeiinngg IInnttoo tthhee SSuuppeerrnnaattuurraall ((JJoohhnn 33::55--1133;; EEpphh.. 22::55,,66)) 22.. OOnnllyy BBeelliieevvee ((MMaarrkk 99::2233;; LLuukkee 88::4499,, 5500;; MMaatttt.. 88::77--1100)) SCHOOL OF THE SUPERNATURAL REALMS OF HEAVEN -- BY TODD BENTLEY 5 LESSON ONE – REALITY OF THE SUPERNATURAL AA.. Angels ((Gen. 18:1-16; 19:1; Judges 6:11,12; Dan.10:5-21; Gen. 28:10-12; Luke 1:26-30) BB.. Prophetic Experiences (Ezek. 8:3-4; Hab. 2:2; Obadiah 1:1; Acts 10:9-15; 2 Cor. 12:1-4; James 5:17,18) These past saints are looking at our generation, at the last day anointing on the last day’s army. Yet, many of us still think of supernatural experiences as something that was for the early church or just for special saints of God. Christians today have lowered their faith expectations for personally touching the heavenly realms that bible characters did. But how can we shut our eyes to the realm that God’s people walked in from the beginning of the Bible to the end of the Bible. I want to pray like Elisha prayed—that the eyes of Gehazi’s heart would be open so he would also see in the spirit into the second heaven. That’s the realm of angels and demons. I’ve decided that I would live with that expectation that my eyes would remain open to the supernatural. Why can’t that happen to me or to you? Why wouldn’t we want that to happen to us? Let’s ask the Holy Spirit to let the anointing of Ephesians 1:17, “the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation,” come upon us. 33.. NNaattuurraallllyy SSuuppeerrnnaattuurraall ((HHeebb.. 44::1166;; EEpphh.. 66::1122)) Now we’re not to actually ask angels to come visit us, to look for trances or to try predetermining where we are going to go in heavenly experiences. We are to just make ourselves available by faith and by recognizing how real the spiritual realm is. Paul said that we don’t wrestle against flesh and blood but against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. He knew there is a realm and there is a world that is even more real than natural realm or this world which we live in. God wants to make our spiritual senses acutely aware of the heavenly realm so we can constantly be aware of what the Father is doing. AA.. Using Our Spiritual Senses (John. 1:1; Heb. 5:14) SCHOOL OF THE SUPERNATURAL REALMS OF HEAVEN -- BY TODD BENTLEY 6 LESSON ONE – REALITY OF THE SUPERNATURAL BB.. Heaven is Real (2 Kings 6:15-20; Matt. 7:11) Yes, there is always a possibility of deception in everything. However, we must walk in faith, not fear— we must trust that God’s ability to keep us is greater than the Devil’s ability to deceive us if our heart is right. If I am pursuing and loving God, meditating in the word day and night and praying, “Holy Spirit come,” then we will not be deceived. The Father doesn’t want His children deceived. If we are keeping our hearts pure and staying in relationship with others who can speak into our lives, God will not allow us to fall off the cliff. Although we need to test all things and hold fast to what is good, at the same time, as members of the Western church, we need to keep our hearts and minds from the temptation to become unbelieving and skeptical of the supernatural. When we hear somebody say, “I saw an angel last night!” we tend to automatically start thinking “Awwwww, c’mon, an angel?” When I tell people about my angelic visitations or about the healing angel that manifests in our meetings, I often sense people putting up walls of skepticism. “Oh, really Todd?” I know that some of this stuff can sound a little spooky, but for me it’s real. As modern Christians, we can often live too much in our minds and in the natural realm. We have to realize that the spiritual realm is very real. Heaven and the supernatural realm, to me, is often more real than the natural realm. 44.. SSeett YYoouurr MMiinndd OOnn TThhiinnggss AAbboovvee ((CCooll.. 33::11)) 55.. HHeeaarriinngg HHiiss VVooiiccee ((JJoohhnn 1100::2277;; JJoohhnn 55::1199)) 66.. HHeeaavveennllyy GGeeooggrraapphhyy 77.. MMaaddee ffoorr SSiiggnnss aanndd WWoonnddeerrss ((IIssaaiiaahh 88::1188,, 1199)) SCHOOL OF THE SUPERNATURAL REALMS OF HEAVEN -- BY TODD BENTLEY 7 LESSON ONE – REALITY OF THE SUPERNATURAL 88.. EEnndd--TTiimmee RReelleeaassee ooff tthhee SSuuppeerrnnaattuurraall ((AAccttss 22::1177--2222)) God is uncapping the ancient wells so that we can again see into the spiritual realm. We are living in an exciting time! God wants to anoint you for prophetic vision; He wants to give you spiritual eyes and wings. As the Lord opens the eyes of your heart you will come into the reality of the spiritual realm. God wants to make you naturally supernatural. It’s time for your launch into new realms of the Spirit. RReeiinnffoorrcceemmeenntt HHeellppeerrss:: 11.. The _____________________ realm is just as real as the ____________________ realm. {2 marks} 22.. Jesus said that all things are___________________________ to _____________________________ who . {3 marks} 33.. The centurion in Matt. 8:7-10 said that Jesus could just speak the word and his servant would be healed. What do you think the centurion believed about the supernatural realm? {2 marks} 44.. Briefly mention five situations in the bible in which people had angelic encounters.{5 marks} 55.. Describe three prophetic experiences (one sentence each) that three different biblical characters had. {6 marks} SCHOOL OF THE SUPERNATURAL REALMS OF HEAVEN -- BY TODD BENTLEY 8 LESSON ONE – REALITY OF THE SUPERNATURAL 66.. Whose spiritual eyes were opened when a prophet prayed? How were they opened?{2 marks) 77.. God’s ability to _________________ me is greater than the devil’s ability to ___________________ me. {2 marks} 88.. (Jesus) the Son can do nothing Himself, but what _________________________________________ {1 mark} 99.. God’s children are made for _____________________ and _______________________. {2 marks} 1100.. According to Acts 2, when God pours His Spirit out in the last days, His sons and daughters __________________, see ___________________ and __________________________. {3 marks} TToottaall——2288 mmaarrkkss LLiiffee AApppplliiccaattiioonn:: (cid:57) Ask the Lord to remove hindrances and mindsets that keep you from walking in the supernatural realm. (cid:57) Ask the Father to show you what steps He wants you to take to walk into a deeper place in the supernatural. PPrraayyeerr:: Holy Spirit I ask for you to impart to me that supernatural anointing of eyes and wings—eyes to see what you’re doing and the wings to go into the heavenly realm with you. Lord, please open up my eyes to the realm of angels, trances, visions and dreams! I ask that You would remove every thought and belief that hinders me from seeing into the heavenlies. Let the supernatural realm become totally natural for me. Thank You Lord that You created me for signs and wonders! The lost don’t need mediums, wizards or spirits of the dead—they need the living God! Let me be a supernatural testimony to the world. Make me be a vessel, a channel for signs and wonders in heaven and on the earth. You promised to pour out your Spirit on all flesh—here I am Lord; pour your Spirit out on me. I desire to walk in the reality of the ministry of Jesus on a daily basis—seeing into the heavenlies; healing every sickness and disease; casting out demons as well as preaching and teaching your word. Let me only want to do those things that I see the Father do. Lord, please fill me with the spirit of wisdom and revelation that my life would be a living testimony of the reality of the supernatural realm. AMEN SCHOOL OF THE SUPERNATURAL REALMS OF HEAVEN -- BY TODD BENTLEY 9 LESSON ONE – REALITY OF THE SUPERNATURAL SCHOOL OF THE SUPERNATURAL REALMS OF HEAVEN -- BY TODD BENTLEY 10