1. Living under Open Heavens
Myth or Must?

2. Living under Open Heavens
It’s Real and a Must
God promises He will open the Windows.
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven Mal 3:10
Bring All – It will Open the Heavens
Promise to Nathaniel
49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter[o] you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” John 1
Simple faith – He opens the Heavens

3. Open Heavens Many Questions??? Is it for everyone
How can I experience it
Is it just a one off experience or can I stay under it
How will that benefit me
How does it benefit the Kingdom
Can I experience it today

4. Open Heavens Jesus Only did what He saw his father do
In the storm He was asleep - the world He lived in there was no storm
Multiplied Bread – Looked at heaven and saw there was no lack of bread – pulled it down …

5. Open Heavens Early Disciples
Such as I have – Got into the realm of Heaven
Stephen seeing the heavens opened
Paul taken to third heaven …

6. Jacob – Gen 28 OPEN HEAVENS
10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. 12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep[c] you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”

7. Place, Pressures, does not stop Presence
OPEN HEAVENS
Jacob – Gen 28
Some Takeaways
Place, Pressures, does not stop Presence
Encounter leads to Extraordinary Shifts in Mind Set
“you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
New Language and Decrees Gushes out of you
“How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”

8. Isaiah - 6 OPEN HEAVENS Key Learning
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” 4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 So I said:
“Woe is me, for I am [a]undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin [b]purged.” 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Key Learning
Suffering leads to Glory
True Repentance happens under open heavens
Call is Clear and Confirmed under open heavens

9. Many Others OPEN HEAVENS John in the Island of Patmos Ezekiel
Zachariah
Daniel
Jeremiah
…..

10. Living under Open Heavens
Visitation Vs Habitation

11. Elisha’s Example – 1 Kings 19 and 2 kings 1 - 13
Lived Constantly under Open Heavens
 Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.” 9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.” 10 Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice.11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?”12 And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.” 13 So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” And it was told him, saying, “Surely he. is in Dothan.”14 Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”16 So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 18 So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, and said, “Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.” And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

12. Elisha’s Example Lived Constantly under Open Heavens
Connected Constantly
You can tap into open heavens anytime
You can open other’s eyes to open Heavens

13. 2. Criteria for Open Heavens (2 Kings 2)
Elisha’s Example
2. Criteria for Open Heavens (2 Kings 2)
It’s all in or all out
Continue till you Cross Over (It was when they had crossed over, Elijah said Vs 9)
See and it Shall be (If you see me Vs 10)
Tore and then Took (Vs 12, 13)
Strike the water and not just Stumble around (Vs 14)

14. 3 Culture under Open Heavens
Elisha’s Example
3 Culture under Open Heavens
Elevated Sight and Heavenly Strategies (2 Kings 3)
Sound and Sight of heaven is needed (Vs 15 Bring me a musician)
Moved by Heavenly Principles and not Possession or Position (Vs 13)
Speaking Strategies of Heaven that confronts Humanistic Thinking (Vs 17)

15. Open Heavens
It’s Yours