John Paul Jackson - 7 Days Behind the Veil: Throne Room Meditations

7 Days Behind the Veil: Throne Room Meditations by John Paul Jackson

Copyright 2008 by John Paul Jackson

All rights reserved. Third edition.

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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version, Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. Used by permission.

This book incorporates content from John Paul Jacksons audio teaching Mystery of Movement (Copyright 2006 John Paul Jackson, Streams Ministries International) and other sources.

Editor: Lauren Stinton

Editorial Assistant: Leslie Herrier

Cover and interior design by Jonathan Bohy

ISBN: 1584831235

ISBN: 9780985863838

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006931931

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DEDICATION

To seekers of God who are not content with the outer courts.

To men and women who are beside themselves in love with God.

Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.

St. Augustine

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

N othing I do is ever separate from my wife, Diane; this book is no exception. Her intimacy draws me closer to God, and her faithful support carries me through.

I am grateful to the Publishing staff who helped bring this book to life: Lauren Stinton, who oversaw the writing and art development; Leslie Herrier, who served as editorial assistant; and Jonathan Bohy, whose creative talents fashioned this book into the work of art it is.

Many thanks also to proofreaders Mary Ballotte, Susan Stinton, Joni Cooper, and Judy Sargent, who took time out of their schedules to help perfect the manuscript.

And as always, the rest of my staff deserves recognition for the effort and support theyve shown Diane and me, not just during the production of this book but continually.

INTRODUCTION

H ow do you describe a spiritual experience with human words? It is like trying to speak an entirely different language, one that only you know. For example, if the thought comes to you in English, it wont be exactly the same thought when its translated into Chinese. Even if the translation were given by the best interpreter in the world, no one could possibly know what was going through your head when you said it. Except for God, no one heard your thoughts or saw the pictures in your mind. And so it is with a spiritual experience expressed with human words. No matter what one says, words alone will not be able to say it all.

When an individual visits Gods throne room, no matter how brief that visit may seem, that person is changed. At some level, his or her spiritual makeup and even physical cellular structure have been altered. When I say, You are never the same again, it is not meant to be a clich. It is literalit is a very, very real change that happens.

Some years ago, I had a spiritual encounter that has affected every subsequent moment of my life. It has made me realize how desperately we need to have a greater and grander view of eternityone that dramatically reworks the small view we have from earth. In order to implement the fullness of God into our daily lives, our view of eternity and spiritual life must be so much larger than our temporal existence here. We are not human beings having a temporary spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a temporary human experience. We could never describe the whole of eternity, its beginning or ending, for God has no beginning. He has no ending. All was created by the sound of His voice or with His own hands. He has always simply been, stretching on and on before us, and on and on after us. He will always be.

Just that one thought will play with your mind if you spend much time on it. This is another reason it is hard to explain spiritual thingsbecause most of us simply do not have the mental framework for them. Logic can be a cruel master.

Timeless is a descriptor we assign to a special movie or book that really speaks to us; we cant comprehend what it means with God. Timelessness is far superior to this temporal realm we live in.

Simply put, we need to let go of every small concept we have gripped in the past and reach for what is truly real. This metamorphosis is one of the first spiritual shifts that happens when you visit the Fathers throne roomyou realize very quickly what is important in life and what is not. In the blink of an eye, priorities are laid out in proper order. Your life takes on new meaning, new depth, because you cannot not be changed when standing before the throne of the most powerful, most dangerous, most attractive Being in, or out of, the universe. In one nanosecond, everything about you is affected by Him. Everything is changed, both the physical and the nonphysicalthe spiritual quickly becomes more tangible, more consuming, and more real than the physical ever could be. This is why it is extremely important to fully grasp Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. We can understand God only with Gods mind. Nothing else is big enough.

Eternity is timeless and it is the realm God lives inthe one He wants us to live in with Him, even here on earth. It is a realm that reaches beyond our imagination, beyond our capability to understand, and beyond our mental, time-constrained reasoning. Entering Gods realm teaches us, stretches us, and prepares us in ways we never thought possible, for it is unimaginable.

It is my hope that in reading this book, you will touch something youve only dreamed about, and at that moment of touch, you will realize that your dreams were far too small. Intimacy with God begins in His throne room.

John Paul Jackson

CONTENTS

DAY ONE

By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;

His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,

And how small a whisper we hear of Him!

But the thunder of His power who can understand?

JOB 26:1314

STANDING BEFORE THE THRONE

N othing can truly prepare you for standing before the throne of God. For the first time in your life, nothing holds Him at a distance. There are no boundaries; there are no safe zones. His power is all-consuming, and each wave convinces you more and more of two things: You are dead should the thought ever cross His mind and nothing could ever be like Him.

Nothing can prepare us for this sort of experiencethis sort of realization. Every inch of our body is incredibly aware of and terrified by His power. Every inch of our soul burns at His proximity. He is more than we could think possible. Being in the throne room is one of the most glorious, most frightening experiences we could ever have.

Standing there, I thought I was going to die. I was not a brave man before Him. Touched by His fervent, burning power, I knew that if He were to even think a single, random thought, it would be done. Just like that. I prayed that random thought would not be about me.

At the same time, I was aware that God knows every detail about every single thing in existenceeven those things that are not yet. There is nothing outside His knowledge. He knows what it is, where it is, why it is, and what will happen to it before the end. He knows its past, present, and future. He knows every cell in every physical and nonphysical bodyevery subatomic particle. He knows every piece of sand in every crystal in every stone in every mountain. He knows every