I felt a strong inspiration from the Holy Spirit deep within my heart one day while I was earnestly praying. In the secret chamber of my heart, I heard a voice speaking to me, “Pastor Cho, what is one dimension?”
“It’s a line between two points,” I said.
I could sense God smiling as He said, “No, you’re wrong.”
“No? One dimension isn’t a line?” I responded.
“That’s right. Sure, there is a line in one dimension, but it must not have any depth or width to it. Because one dimension doesn’t have any thickness or width to it, the line is imaginary.”
“I see ...”
His explanation was crystal-clear to me. If a line is drawn with a pencil, that line takes on thickness from the lead. This means that the minute a line is drawn, the line isn’t one-dimensional any longer. The line now has depth, which means it is two-dimensional, so to speak. To the extent the line is drawn, it has now become a flat plane. That means that one dimension must not have any depth or space but remain a line, so the conceptual, one-dimensional line is purely imaginary at its core.
Therefore, the one-dimensional figure that we draw to represent something enters the two-dimensional realm and is ruled by that dimension. But if one looks at that illustration from the one-dimensional point of view, one understands that the one dimension has the two-dimensional realm embedded within it.
Let me give you another illustration of this same principle. A plane is two-dimensional, but the minute we draw it, the line takes on depth so, mathematically speaking, it is two-dimensional; but in actuality, it becomes a three-dimensional solid. Of course, one must view it under a microscope to look at these fine details.
Like the one dimension we discussed earlier, the two-dimensional plane, in actuality, is an imaginary plane; a plane that has no thickness whatsoever is two-dimensional. That, too, is imaginary. This means that two-dimensional space, by fate, becomes part of a three-dimensional realm and is controlled by it. From the two-dimensional standpoint, therefore, a two-dimensional realm has the three-dimensional realm embedded within it.
Likewise, the three-dimensional realm, a physical body, includes both time and space in its continuum. Once those two elements came into being, the element of space already belonged to infinity, and the element of time, likewise, became part of infinity. In other words, space is part of infinity, but that space now includes the infinity that is within it.
Similarly, time belongs to eternity, but time also includes eternity. Infinity is embedded in space, and time is embedded in eternity. On that premise, we can say that the fourth-dimensional realm is both a time-space realm, a three-dimensional realm with the element of time added to it. It is a spiritual realm, a world of spirit, a world that completely transcends the physical world.
God is the owner of eternity and infinity. God is eternal and infinite. The Holy Spirit made that point explicitly clear to me in order for me to understand these concepts more clearly.
He said, “I am not trillions and billions of light-years away. You believe that I’m incapable of understanding what you secretly talk about and your daily life affairs. But you couldn’t be more wrong. I am closer than the very heart that pumps inside your chest cavity.”
Humans are three-dimensional beings. Because humans are part of the three-dimensional realm, once the three-dimensional realm came into being, it became part of the fourth-dimensional realm and is, therefore, under its rule.
When the three-dimensional realm was created, it became susceptible to infinity; and when time came into existence, because it also is part of the three-dimensional realm, we became susceptible to eternity. This principle applies to all humans whether they are Christians or non-believers. We, the three-dimensional beings, were created as beings that are under infinity and eternity.
Therefore, whether we are sitting, standing, sleeping, or awake, we are under God’s rule. This is an important beginning to the understanding of God being in our lives. The law of the higher dimension ruling over the lower dimensions is scientifically logical.The first dimension is under the control of the second dimension; the second dimension is under the control of the third dimension; and the third dimension is under the control of the fourth dimension. That is why God, who is eternal and infinite and who lives in the fourth dimension, can rule everything that is under the three-dimensional world in which we live.
THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLD WAS CREATED BY THE GOD OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION
The Bible tells us that God is in all creation, and He transcends all. We can interpret this truth in light of our understanding of the different dimensions. The fourth dimension transcends the third dimension even though they belong to each other; the third dimension transcends the second dimension even though they belong to each other; and the second dimension is over the first dimension even though it is part of it. Even though the fourth dimension is susceptible to time and space, it transcends them both.
This means that the fourth-dimensional realm is the spiritual world. The book of Genesis records that the Earth was without form and void; and it tells us that darkness was on the face of the deep. (See Gen. 1:2.) This means that this created world is three-dimensional. Notice how the Holy Spirit hovered over creation like a hen hovers over her eggs.
The Holy Spirit is a Person, a member of the infinite and eternal Godhead. When the Holy Spirit began hovering over the world, His creative work over the three-dimensional world began.
God said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3,NKJV).
Immediately, light came into being. Light was created out of the void; it didn’t evolve from something that had existed before.
God then said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters” (Gen. 1:6, NKJV).
Thereby the firmament came into being. God called the firmament “Heaven.” Even in the creation of the firmament, God created something beautiful from nothingness, and not from something that had existed before. Therefore, we can see that the three-dimensional world did not evolve.The Holy Spirit who belongs to the fourth-dimensional realm personally created it.
The fourth-dimensional world is spiritual. Humans belong to the fourth-dimensional world even though they exist in the three-dimensional world, because they are beings that have both souls and spirits.The spirit of human beings is not equal to that of God, but because we were made in the image of God, we are capable of knowing eternity and infinity.The flesh of men and women returns to dirt, but our spirits either go to Heaven or to hell, and we will forever exist in either of these two places.
From the fourth-dimensional standpoint, human beings are entities that will live forever. The human spirit rules over the flesh that comes from the three-dimensional world. If the spirit grieves, then the flesh becomes ill; when the spirit is sound, then the flesh is healthy. The spirit, even though it resides in the flesh, does not succumb to its rule, but transcends it.
The apostle John ascended into Heaven and saw the glory of God. This experience transcended his flesh even though his body was clearly on the Isle of Patmos. He recorded what he saw in the book of the Revelation. Animals cannot transcend their flesh, or think or speak for that matter. That is because they don’t have a spirit.
Isn’t that amazing? Because the spirit belongs to the fourth-dimensional realm, it transcends the three-dimensional world. We reside in our flesh, but if our three-dimensional bodies die, our spirits aren’t affected by death. The spirit transcends the three-dimensional realm; therefore, it goes directly to our Lord upon death.
