What
is Epikaizo?
Epikaizo (overshadow) is a
Hebrew word used in the Bible to talk of the highest manifestation of God’s
power. This is when God’s presence overwhelms (overshadows, overtakes) man and
causes the physical faculties of man to lose their earthly essence and take
upon the form of the Spirit. This is when the natural is quickened by the
concentration of God’s power to materialize into the supernatural.
Moses experienced the
Epikaizo when he spent 40 days 40 nights on the mountain.
What
can I do to experience Epikaizo?
The key to Epikaizo is Revelation – Go for the Word!
1
Peter 1:13
‘‘Wherefore gird up the
loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be
brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;’’
King
James Version
Whether you are meditating
more in His word, studying to know Him more personally, praying in other
tongues, associating with those in the Epikaizo experience, confessing the
promises of God or fasting and prayer, the master key is revelation. Revelation
gives birth to a relationship and relationship gives birth to experience.
When Abraham saw God as Jehovah
Jireh in that He believed that even if he offered Isaac as a burnt sacrifice,
God was faithful and able to bring Him back to life, that is provide another
Isaac, God manifested Himself Him as Jireh (the Lord, My provider).
So, if you see God as the healer, you will
know Him as the healer; if you see Him as the sanctifier, you will experience
Him as the sanctifier.
Be transformed by the
renewal of your mind!
Romans
12:2
‘‘And
be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
God.’’
Ephesians
3:9
‘‘And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of
the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: ‘’
Colosians
1:27
‘‘26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from
ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27 To whom God would make known what is the
riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ
in you, the hope of glory:’’
King James Version
God’s glory put simply, is the revelation of his nature
and attributes. When you grasp the revelation of Christ by consistently growing
in your knowledge of the person and principles of Christ, Epikaizo becomes a
by-product of your fellowship with the Lord.
To communion or fellowship with the Lord means to come
into common union with Christ; to share everything mutually to the point where
it becomes difficult to distinguish between you and God. It is a level of mutual
exchange where God takes more of your weaknesses and gives you more of His
strength; where He takes away your sinfulness and freely gives you His
righteousness because of His eternal and unconditional love for you. In other
words, this is the working of grace (mercy and unmerited favor) in a man where
all that is of the sinful nature of man, be it sin, frailties or whatever
(past, present and future) are checked into Christ’s account and all that
belongs to Christ is checked into your account.
‘‘ 3That which we have seen and heard
declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly
our fellowship is with the
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And
these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have
heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all. 6 If we say that we
have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the
truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he
is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.’’
King James Version
The
main purpose of salvation is for every believer to come into fellowship with
God through His Son Jesus Christ. What a privilege?
1 Cor 1:9
‘‘God
is faithful, by whom ye were
called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.’’
King James Version
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