When Kings Collide
In the fall of 1998, I was visiting with friends Savannah Georgia. As the evening grew late I was tired and needed to go to bed. I went to bed believing that I would wake up in the morning refreshed anew and ready for a new day. What happened next would rock my world for the next 10 years.
As I lay in my bed I began to meditate as I usually do right before I doze off into sleep. As I was meditating I found myself self falling into a type of trance and the next thing I knew I was caught up in the spirit and the Lord was speaking to me.
I heard the voice of the lord speak to me, “When kings collide harmony is restored in creation!” I said, “What Lord? I do not understand what you’re trying to tell me.”
The Lilies of the Field
Instantly, I was in the midst of a great gathering of people. Jesus was teaching the parable about the lilies of the field. As He spoke, the people were mesmerized by his words.
I was amazed at the peacefulness and the gentleness of his voice as He spoke. At first, I was fascinated at the response of the people to his teaching. They were a captive audience listening intently at the words He was speaking.
When He spoke the words “See these lilies of the field. They do not toil and spend as you do. But I tell you Solomon in all his splendor were not a adorned as one of these.” While He was speaking, my gaze turned towards the lilies of the field. As He spoke, the lilies of the field began to dance and sway in the wind.
They were responding to his very words. Creation itself was alive and responding to his very words. The lilies of the field knew Jesus was calling them by name. And they were responding to the sound of his voice. And the Lord said to me, “When kings collide harmony, is restored in creation.”
I said to the Lord, I still do not know what you’re trying to tell me. Instantly the Lord reminded me of the Scripture in Isaiah 55.
The word of the Lord will go forth and not return void. It will accomplish that it has been set forth to do and hills and valleys will burst into song and the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Isaiah 55
The Animals
Instantly the scene changed and I found myself in another place. This time I saw Jesus heading for the wilderness, looking for a quiet place to pray. I saw him in an open field, crying out to the Lord. And as He prayed, I saw animals coming from every direction. There were all the different types of birds.
I saw deer. There was the lion and the bear and many different types of wild animals gathering from all directions. I saw oxen and sheep and horses and goats gathering all around. The animals that crawl upon the ground, snakes and lizards and even scorpions, all were gathering to the spot where Jesus was praying.
I was amazed. All of these animals were gathering in a solitary place where Jesus was praying and yet not one of them attacked the other. They pressed in so close to him, I wondered if He would be crushed under their weight. They seemed to be at total peace and complete unity responding to his voice. It was as if they too were in agreement with him praying and crying out to the father.
Again, I heard the voice of the lord speak to me, “When kings collide harmony is restored in creation!” I said, “Lord, I still do not know what you’re trying to tell me.”
Once again the Lord reminded me of the Scripture in the Gospel of Mark which says, When Jesus would go to a solitary place to pray that the Angels and the beasts of the field would comfort him. The Lord also reminded me of the Scripture in Romans 8 which says, “For the creation groans in expectation of the sons of God to be revealed.”
Watching through Time
I then began to realize. I was not watching something that had taken place in the past, but I was part of the landscape. Somehow, I had been caught up in the spirit and taken back in time. I was watching these scenes in real time I was there. I was also aware of the fact that I could see them but that they could not see me. Somehow, I was being kept hidden by the hand of the Lord and still watching history unfold before my very eyes.
I have always loved science fiction. When I was a boy my favorite TV shows were Star Trek, Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, and any other shows involving science fiction. My favorite stories from these TV shows were always about time travel. I was always fascinated with the concept of the space time continuum.
Not being a scientist, of course, I never understood the concept of how time travel worked, but I was always fascinated of the possibility that it existed.
As the Lord was allowing me to explore these places, I realized heaven does not exist in the concept of time. Heaven consists of eternity. There is no time in heaven. There is no time where Jesus is. Eternity is a world without time.
We live in a realm where seconds turn to minutes, minutes turn to hours, hours turn to days, and days turn to years. We are conscious of this fact constantly because we see the changes in our bodies from year to year as we grow older. As the Lord continued to speak to me I was beginning to see glimpses of what He was trying to tell me about when kings collide.
Learning from the Storm
Once again the scene changed. I was in the midst of a boat upon a great sea. The disciples were there. And Jesus was asleep in the bottom of the boat. Suddenly a great storm appeared the disciples were afraid and awakened to Jesus.
You must understand this was a bad storm. These disciples were fishermen. They fished this sea many times and survived many storms. They were having a bad day. Panicking, they woke Jesus from a great sleep and begged for his help.
Then Jesus stood in the middle of the boat and spoke peace to the storm and instantly the storm subsided and the waters were calm and in an instant they were at their destination. The disciples stood there in silence not knowing what to say to Jesus, amazed at his authority. And once again I heard the voice of the lord speak to me and say, when kings collide harmony is restored in creation! Now I was beginning to understand what the Lord was trying to tell me.
Revelation chapter 5 tells us that we are kings and priests in the earth. And that in order to serve the Lord properly we must learn to reign in the earth.
When Kings Collide
We realize Jesus is the great King of Heaven. He created us in his own image in his own likeness. Then He placed Adam in the garden and made him a king. He told Adam to rule over what God had created.
But Adam allowed sin to enter into the equation. This threw creation into great chaos and Adam was banned from the garden. Instead of man ruling in the mist of creation, man became subject to the elements and the concept of the space time continuum. He then became subject to creation.
After the fall, this is why man had to work by the sweat of his brow and the toil of his own labor in order to subdue creation. God created the heavens and the earth and placed it in our very hands to rule over. But apart from God we can do nothing. Our rule and our authority is in vain. This is what the lord was telling me, “When kings collide harmony is restored in creation.”
When Kings Collide
Back when Jesus appeared in the earth his destiny was to live as an example to us and die upon the cross and rise again on the third day in order to break the curse that man had placed upon the earth when he fell from the garden of God’s grace.
What the Lord was showing me all along was that the lilies of the field understand. All the beasts and fish on the earth and the Sea understand. Even the wind and the rain and the storms understand. For once again as Romans 8 says, “The creation groans in expectation for the sons God to be revealed.” And once again as Isaiah 55 says, “When the word of the Lord goes forth hills and valleys burst forth into song and the trees of the field clapped their hands.”
We are kings. The Lord created us to rule in the earth. Our rule and our rain is after his nature of peace and righteousness. And it is when the king of Heaven collides with kings in the earth that our life becomes subject to His.
Think of it as this: kings stand upright. Two kings confront one another. When two kings confront one another one must succeed in battle. One kingdom represents the kingdom of man the other kingdom represents the kingdom of heaven.
When these two kingdoms come together there is a collision in the space time continuum. The kingdom of man must and will always submit to the kingdom of heaven this is the work of the cross to vertical lines meet. One succeeds in battle and stands vertical and upright. The other bows low and submits to the horizontal limitations of his own sinful nature realizing he is alone and naked without the covering of his God.