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GOD SECRET PLACE (PSALM 18:11) "THE DEEP"
Jonah, Paul, David and Jesus (1 Peter 3:18-19) are examples of people that God took into the supernatural "Deep" to give them revelations, dreams and visions. This article explains what the Deep and Paradise are:
1) God had "thrown" David into the "Deep" (Psalm 69:1-3; read that entire chapter)
Jesus Christ was also in the "Deep" (Romans 10:7)
2) This Deep "Pit" that David was thrown in (Psalm 119:85) has acts of perversions (Psalm 119:78), afflictions (Psalm 119:92, 107; 153)
Demonic Princes (angels/messengers of Satan) persecuted David in this pit (Psalm 119:161, 84, 86, 157; Daniel 10:13; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 2:15)
3) Apostle Paul was buffeted and persecuted in the same way by the messenger of Satan (2 Corinthians 12:7, 10).
4) Notice how Paul faced this Demonic persecution (buffeting) when Paul entered "Paradise"/Third Heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2, 4)
5) Jesus promised "Paradise" to the malefactor (criminal) on the cross as Darkness (Luke 23:43-44) filled that area during the sixth hour.
6) It was also the "sixth" hour when Jesus met the woman at the well and this well was (the) "deep" (John 4:6, 11).
7) Jesus entered Paradise with that criminal during that sixth hour of Darkness (on the Cross). God's "Secret Place" is always associated with Darkness (Psalm 18:9-10). Paradise is the lower (lowest) parts of the Earth that the Bible talks about. Job and all Israelites went to this place (Sheol) when they died. They waited until the CROSS to be "delivered from sheol (deep/pit)" by Jesus. This "pit/deep" is Abraham's Bosom and Paradise (Acts 2:27; Job 14:13-Douay Version; Luke 16:23).
During the Time Of The Crucifixion and His Death Jesus entered "Paradise" where Jesus freed Abraham and Abraham's seed (Luke 16:23; Luke 23:43-44).
Jesus also entered the Evil Spirit Prison which is the "Deep (lower parts of the Earth)" (1 Peter 3:18-21; Romans 10:7; Ephesians 4:10).
8) The Bible implies that Christ descended into that "Deep" and ascended from it to give spiritual gifts and teaching positions to others (Ephesians 4:7-13). I know I have a calling in these areas.
9) Now just think about how many Bible people are associated with great waters, floods (the deep), being thrown into the sea (Jonah), the sea (Red Sea), Beast out of the Sea, pits, sheol, cave, Noah, ark, sepulchre, valley of the shadow of death, tempted in the wilderness, and so on.
The "Deep" is an actual place in a Christian's mind/thoughts/heart (Psalm 64:6; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5).
This article can be utilized but cannot be edited without contacting the author (Gary Colin).
