A life of Biblical Reality should be the norm for born again believers. It’s a simple viewpoint. The scriptures were written under the anointing of the Holy Spirit and contain the written word of God. But they cannot be understood well without the direct help of the author. If you ask the Spirit what things mean, where they are found, and how you are to react, the Holy Spirit will answer you directly.

the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26

That’s the nature of the New Covenant where the Torah is written on our heart, and the Holy Spirit helps us live it out. It’s based on a close personal relationship with the Messiah, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Haugean Lutherans had been working on bringing that to the church. But the seminarians had wiped them out. In fact, most of that had been forgotten. but Yeshua hadn’t forgotten—and He had powerful plans to fix the problem. But no one knew that.

Edvard & Astrid Odegaard moved to Northfield, Minnesota to build another gallery more focused on the weekly Meeting with Jesus. They were surprised when the Lord made it clear they were starting a profit making school, as well. They were surprised by a lot. For example, they discovered that there was a fairly large group of Spirit-filled Lutherans who had received the left foot of fellowship. They had been forced out of the “normal” churches and had become a pariah to the local culture.

The life of Biblical Reality was much stronger than anyone knew

A human is made in the image of God, but is corrupted by sin. So, radical repentance is required, followed by asking the Messiah to be your Lord and come to live in you. The Spirit gets you cleaned out and holy, filled you to overflowing—as long as you cooperate. There’s the rub.

The first real surprise is a profit-making school of mentors and trainees. They discover the school is more important to the Lord than they thought. Yeshua’s plans go far beyond their own. All they can do is readjust their faith and understanding to deal with reality.

As the end rapidly approaches, our Messiah takes things into his own extremely capable hands—much like he has been doing for several decades in the Middle East, speaking directly to people. He is now directly involved with the rebirth of damaged people. These are not salvation prayers, but direct relationships with the Messiah, Lord of the Universe. No false starts. People are radically converted—and what a difference true rebirth makes.

Plus, the Lord is so kind, loving, and funny. What can you do when He does something else and your only possible response is worship &/or laughter? You fall into worship, singing in the Spirit—or maybe just laugh in joy. 

But once the school is running and working, the Lord makes a major move up on the campus of St. Olaf College. He had told Fiery Spirit that His plan was to bring back the personal relationships with Him, discovered by Hans Hauge at the end of the eighteenth century.

A student, Harld Fenberg was touched first, meeting Jesus at the Meeting with Jesus weekly Bible study. Technically, he was second. But, Naomi was too shy to have been noticed. The Lord anoints Harld to lead a lot of students to the Lord. The students have trouble because there’s no one at St. Olaf who has any idea what they are going through. But then Harld and Naomi bring them to the love, freedom, and power of the Meeting with Jesus. That gives them answers, help, and a safe place to communicate.

When the Lord begins bringing professors in through rebirth, he sends them to the leadership of the Haugean School of the Arts. The Lord helps the reborn faculty with wonderful wives, and delightful marriages. That’s commonly His plan in the Kingdom of God.

Now, everyone is forced to deal with the fact that Jesus has just started his work in Northfield and St. Olaf. It goes far beyond what anyone had expected. The church has a lot to learn. Have you noticed that CEO and manager are not listed in Ephesians four with the leadership gifts from the Lord? Or that Jesus expects church leaders who are radically reborn believers, not highly trained employees?

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