It has been over a month since I posted anything, not because there is nothing ‘to write home about’ but because there is so much!
Over the last month Brian Rupe and I completed the third ‘victory lap’ as we traveled to Korea and back.
Korea like Ireland is a nation divided into North and South.
The division was made at the 38th parallel
I discovered my song “(Lord) Jesus We Enthrone You” proclaiming Jesus as King, is number 38 in the Korean hymn book!
In Hebrew the number 38 is made up of 2 characters, one representing authority and the other the heart. The authority each person carries in their heart is their ‘calling’
I know our calling is, as the song says, to proclaim Jesus King wherever, whenever and to whomever Father directs.
It is with the coming of the King and His Kingdom that all man made divisions national and beyond are dissolved and we come into unity with him.
“For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.” (Rm.11:36)
On Sunday morning in Seoul I was invited to share with a congregation of North Korean refugees and on Sunday evening with a packed house of South Korean young people.
I sang Father’s affirmation over both groups…….
‘On the day you were born I danced over you…….You’re the child of my love you’re my choice.’
On returning home, Father then invited us to extend these 3 Victory laps to 5, over the next two weekends.
A few days after we arrived home, I received the fourth invitation, to sing at the GKM Tabernacles conference that was being held just 10 minutes from our home.
I recounted to the group our ‘3 victory laps’ to the USA’s birthplace, to Ireland and to Korea and how in each place we were lead to invite a group to sing by faith, not only for themselves personally, but then also for the nation they were citizens of on earth, the Zephaniah) 3.17 song,
‘On day you were born I danced over you……..You’re the child of my love you’re my choice.’
……..you’ve come this far now step father put out of the vale of tears.”
Then at the Tabernacles conference I encouraged people to sing this in faith for all the nations of the world according to Psalm 67
“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us— so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.”
Finally last weekend our fifth (grace) lap occurred right here in the Upper Room of our Big Green House where Father had gathered folk for another wonderful ‘Your Smiling Face’ encounter🙂
Our last action together was to sing the song once more in faith
………………..this time for “The Whole of Creation.’
‘You’ve come this far, now move farther in, while all of heaven cheers,
“Freedom! Freedom!” Let all creation sing,
As we take the hand of our Father, as we take the hand of our King.’
For as we read…..
“The entire universe is standing on tiptoe, yearning to see the unveiling of God’s glorious sons and daughters! For against its will the universe itself has had to endure the empty futility resulting from the consequences of human sin. But now, with eager expectation, all creation longs for freedom from its slavery to decay and to experience with us the wonderful freedom coming to God’s children. To this day we are aware of the universal agony and groaning of creation, as if it were in the contractions of labor for childbirth. And it’s not just creation. We who have already experienced the firstfruits of the Spirit also inwardly groan as we passionately long to experience our full status as God’s sons and daughters—including our physical bodies being transformed. For this is the hope of our salvation.”
(Romans 8:19-24 TPT)
As we closed, Michael O’Connor strode over to eagerly remind me that as we had danced in a circle singing we had found ourselves caught up in the very ‘song and dance’ or the *** ‘perichoresis’ of the godhead.
Hallelujah!
***The following is an excerpt from UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY:The Search for the Mystery Offspring of Genesis 3:15. Volume 2. MIchael John O’Connor. Unpublished.)
Several theologians have referred to the loving interaction among the trinitarian godhead as “perichoresis.” This word can be translated as rotation, co-inherence, circumincession, etc. As a concept, it conveys the characteristics of an active verb as opposed to a static noun or adjective. It implies dynamism, activity, living in harmony, and loving each other. Something is happening. As a theological concept, it describes the nature of the Trinity as an ongoing relationship among its three members.
Moreover, this term can be extended to characterize not only divine, trinitarian interaction within its own collectivity, but also God’s interaction with his people. “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us” (John 17:21).
The creation of Israel as the collective people of God entailed certain characteristics that could not be found in one individual. This feature was a reflection of the collectivity of love found in the Trinity.
Both terms contain the Greek morpheme khor (‘going forward’), as seen in the Greek word, khoreia, meaning a round dance, a band of dancers, and later in the Latin word, chorus, meaning a dance in a circle where the participants are singing and dancing. Each participant has a distinct identity and role, yet each works with the others in such a harmonious manner that their individuality is swallowed up and obscured in their common work. One participant merges into the oother,and vice versa. They flow together in harmony. An example of this is the relationship of God with the Son: “I and the Father are one.”
There are also other common features. We also see in the love of this trinitarian collective a yearning to multiply that love among others. Subsequently, God created mankind as a collective unit with the complementary roles of male and female. In this way, mankind was created as a reflection of the collective Godhead. Man was created as a sexual being capable of union with the corresponding sex and was commanded to be “fruitful and multiply.” This command was constantly repeated to subsequent generations, including Israel. The command to be “fruitful and multiply” also reflects an essential characteristic of God’s ever-expanding kingdom. This characteristic finds its origin in the words of God: “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply”(Gen. 35:11).