Toward an Understanding of the Cross-Dimensional Phenomenon of Emergent Eschatological Informing
Toward an Understanding of the Cross-Dimensional Phenomenon of Emergent Eschatological Informing
Patrick Stanley Millsap | 2024
Abstract
The qualitative study revealed that God crosses over the boundary of the kingdom of God and communicates with Christian leaders and followers in the dimension of humanity in a way they can comprehend through faith. Terms such as revelation, inspiration, prophecy, divine guidance, discernment, word of wisdom, word of knowledge, tongues, dreams, vision, or a word or act emanating from God in some way have been used to denote God’s communication in the world. These forms of communication are combined in the study under the rubric of emergent eschatological informing (EEI), which reveals that God speaks to humanity to bring believers into God’s intention to be All in All in love. EEI is initiated by God and reveals how He directs humanity from creation until the return of Christ as the ultimate eschatological event; thus, God’s living cosmogeny includes eschatological informing that moves humanity toward God’s directed end. The study identifies that God speaks toward His intended purpose, which is accomplished through the logic and processes of the kingdom of God. Thus, the research question of how an individual understands the phenomenon of God’s EEI from another dimension is answered in this study. The methods used for the study consist of content analysis and inner texture. Scripture and literature were analyzed to delineate the domains of the kingdom of God, principalities and powers, and the human dimension. The domain of the kingdom of God was found to emit a tone, or frequency, of the fruit of the Holy Spirit. The domain of principalities and powers revealed a different tone that is grounded in sin and the concept of the self-conceiving self, which does not acknowledge God as the creator and sustainer of all that exists. The dimension of humanity is the dimension that God speaks into, as input, to achieve His intention, vision, purpose, and mission. Nine propositions that relate to EEI were answered in the affirmative in the study. The study also revealed the existence of several flow states that allow for the development of a validated instrument for further research.