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CHECK YOUR REFORMATION LENSES

Do you ever pause to consider if your opinions and decisions are in harmony with a biblical worldview or are your thoughts in need of some level of reforming?

After viewing the video, answer these few questions to evaluate your reformation lens:​​

1. Genesis 2 describes God planting a garden east of Eden and placing man in that garden.  God’s presence, His throne, His angelic hosts were all present in Eden. From what you know of that narrative, give an example of God’s presence being there, of His throne being operative from Eden, and of the angelic host being present in the garden. Since all the above mentioned components of heaven were present in Eden, is it accurate to say that Eden was heaven on the earth? If your answer is yes, defend your position.  If your answer is no, explain why you have come to that conclusion.
2. Man’s home was in Eden, therefore Eden was a training ground for Adam’s dominion assignment, which was a charge to be applied to the whole earth even though the garden was only a portion of the whole earth. Adam’s assignment would have been to learn earth management from his home base of heaven on the earth (Eden) and then to conform all the rest of the earth to the patterns of heaven. Compare this concept to how earthly fathers train their children while the children are at home and prepare the children to be sent into the culture to reproduce what they learned at home. With this question in mind, how important is it for family homes and parents to create a holy (wholesome) home and train their children in biblical principles?
3. If Eden was home base for Adam and if Eden was heaven on the earth, then the assumption could be made that Adam was trained in a place where he could see, eat, work, and learn from a fully developed paradise. There was no lack or scarcity. All the trees, all the animals, and Adam himself were created fully developed. Before Adam would have planted a seed from a tree, he would have known what the next generation of the tree would look like. Everything Adam did and all the things Adam worked with would have been understood from a framework of how to reproduce heaven in the earth. Adam lived in the glory realm and was assigned the job of building more of the glory into the earth. Is this principle still in operation post fall? Can a man in Christ access the glory realm and reproduce glory – or bring heaven to the earth? How does this idea fit into the narrative of the heroes of faith found in Hebrews 11? For men who cannot access glory because of the fallen condition, how do these earth-workers build? Where do fallen men find their patterns for the dominion mandate assignment?

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Did the above questions help you see yourself with more clarity or was your view a little blurry?  If you are unsure and unclear, perhaps I could help you apply reformation lenses in order that you can more deliberately reform your world according to biblical patterns. 

 I am hosting a monthly mentorship call in which I will go into more details about each question.  I will response to your questions and help you discover how and where to apply reformation truths. 
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