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Parabola: Experiencing Jesus As Reality (Second Edition)

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Kelly Deppen in "The Parabola" has written a Divine book which unlocks great mysteries from Heaven. It is a Bridge to the other side. You, the reader, will become closer to the One who loves you more than you will ever know. This book is a must read for "King's kids." In this book, one may discover that they have a friend in Heaven, and that life is not about "me" or self. The Bible says that "In Him we live, and move, and have our being." "He must increase, and we must decrease." We are not "human doings," but rather we are "human beings." When one is aligned with Heaven, parabollically speaking, the power of Heaven jumps to the other being. In this symbiotic relationship, that which was lost is found - "Christ in you, the hope of Glory." Keith Green once said that Christians are people that are "Bananas for Jesus." You will find this to be true in this book, and you too may find that you have a friend in Pennsylvania (and that is a good thing!). There is a greater reward in this book than one can imagine, it is an impartation from the Throne of God. May His love embrace you as you read it!

Kelly Deppen's book, "The Parabola" is a gateway revelation into experiencing Jesus Christ as reality. If it is your desire to access that place of living and moving and being in Him, this prophetic impartation will assist you in entering and prospering in that realm. This book is an excellent source in the press to "cast your net on the other side for a draught" and to open both your natural and spiritual eyes to the hidden things and the goodness of God. It is truly off the deep end!

Many Christians are raised knowing that Jesus Christ died for their sins but few are raised to know that they can have a relationship with Jesus.
Kelly Deppen has written a awesome book that takes us deep into an understanding of the relationship that we can have with Jesus Christ and who we are in Him.
I recommend THE PARABOLA highly for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of what it means to really KNOW Jesus Christ.

"Parabola: Experiencing Jesus as Reality,"
through the lens of parobola, "aims to explore the Person of Jesus Christ as
Reality and as The Realm in which His people live..
..and also explore the convergence of recent discoveries in mathematics and quantum theory and the scriptures.."

No wonder she had me from page one..

That's the point, I think; read it from page one.

If you started (or she started) with her vision of Fulton Sheen in his glorified state on page 85, you might not even bother with the rest of the book. (Uh, pretend you didn't hear about that yet!). But by that point, even a cessationist is likely to believe her. (:
(Good thing she didn't recount the whole episode in tongues (: )

If you started with page 112's
"Hello, earth to the scientists: We could have told you that. Could it be that this 'higher dimensional space' is our higher reality we know as 'in Christ Jesus'?," you...and more importantly any skeptic scientists reading...might have unnecessarily not read on, reading her as one of those fanatic fundies in their undies, and a reductionist one to boot. But in context and sweep of the book, she earns her authority by page 112. She has done her homework. And as the back cover suggests, she has a gift of "prophetically provoking."

Much of the book is corraboratory evidence, midrash even, from scripture and physics, of the reality of being in the Kingdom, in the heavenly realms, and most significantly "in Christ Jesus." In college, one of my professors assigned us a paper around the question, "Based on the Epistle to the Romans, is the phrase 'in Christ,' meant to signify a spiritual, metaphysical reality/ mystical union and relationship, or is it merely a figure of speech?"
I always assumed the expected answer was the latter, but I have hungered for, and find the Scripture itself hungering for us, more of the former.

I got an "A" anyway.

It is risky for a believer with a bare-bones knowledge) to plunder an attempt to back the Bible up from math and science, it only makes us look as dumb as we sometimes are.

I usually prefer to read non-Christian PhDs who...without trying to..build beautiful cases for God. Try Pulitzer Prize-winner Douglas Hoftsadter's "Godel Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid." After deeply (and longly: 719 pages) studying math, art and science, he has no better phrase than an awed "eternal braid" for the Godhaunted connectedness and convergence of them all.
He believes in the eternal braid, but not necessarily in the Eternal One as we know him.
Or Frances Collins, an evangelical beliver in Jesus, PhD and head of the Human Genome Project who wrote the landmark, "The Language of God"
(interestingly also a commentary on a diagram with God-impliations: the double helix)

Suffice to say it is a good and God thing that we also have believers and thinkers like Deppen. She need not be a Pulitzer Prize winner or PhD ("I often say, "You can have more degrees than a summer day in Fresno, and still not know what you're talking about") to speak and write well (in a mere 119 pages) in this area of potential landmine and embarrassment to the cause of Christ. She is charismatic (in both senses of the word)....and if you really need a PhD's recommendation of her, there is a glowing endorsement of the book by one in the intro...so
the book reads like some kind of morphing, parabola even, of:
passionate devotional theology
and
easy to understand, but not watered down physics.

How cool is that?

So, having said all that I have said about reading her from page one, especially if this is new turf and territory to you, let me lift from the book just a few quotes (in paginated order of course) that I have underlined. This may give you a taste of the vibe and flow. But what you are missing here is the brilliant emergence and progression with which she builds her case.

Religion has historically explained reality dualistically, meaning it has separated spiritual and physical reality, and never the two shall meet. This dichotomy has had many names; 'the spirit and the flesh,' 'heaven and earth,' and my least favorite: 'the church and the world.' That just smacks of judgement, doesn't it?
-p.32

Einstein reframed our picture of physical reality.. in less than a month in 1905.
-p. 43

(In particle-wave duality....the photon exists in two dimensions...This is what I like to call the proof of the possibility of being in two places at once. (48)... Here is where our parabola serves us well...This is the land of being in two places at once. You are simultaneously in the physical earth realm and in the metaphysical Body of Chist. (61)

I never under any circumstance ask the question 'What denomination are you?' The Lord taught me to refer to denominations as expression of Him. So I am incorporating that into my awareness and the way I speak. (80)

Strangely, the five ...solid, yet separate String Theories remind me of the current state of the fivefold Christian ministries: apostolic, prophetic, evangelical, pastoral, teaching...What the manifold ministries need is a unifying convergence-a singularity. I believe with all of my being that this place of unity is called 'in Christ Jesus.' (p 109)

This revelation changed my life. It has 'expanded' my consciousness. I have been stretched. Knowing Christ as reality and location is exactly the type of understanding we must all embrace if we are to live the life that our Father intended. I love when she teaches in this book 'It has never been the intention of the Father for us to be separated from our Source'... WOW! Praise God for the Parabola. You will not be disappointed with this book. It's a milestone. You will read it again and again. I appreciate the revelation and the sections with Quantum Physics as well... God bless you Kelly and PLEASE continue to write.

It answered a lot of questions I had for long time; both books made me understand God, why I was created, what I am doing here, where I am going, etc. What an eye opener! I recommand anyone to read both books! It is a must!

Although it is a deep book, it still holds the interest of the reader. I very much enjoyed this book and look forward to reading her newest release.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was difficult to put down. The author is wise, breezy, fun, intellectual, real and a joy to be with. For this is how the book makes one feel it is like enjoying THE BEST OF CONVERSATIONS WITH A CLOSE FRIEND. Uplifting, inspirational and impacting!

There are books & then there are BOOKS!
Parabola is an extraordinary book written by a very extraordinary woman with an even MORE EXTRA-Extraordinary Person LIVING inside of her. His initials are JC.
Some books make me laugh hard (I'm talking belly-laugh!),
some books bring me to tears,
some books expand the realms of my thoughts of what is possible,
some books exhort me to a up-close & personal, face-to-face, cheek-to-cheek, hand in-hand, second-by-second,in His Lap, face down on the floor deeper intimacy with my Maker,
some books stretch my very existence,
some books I read over & over and get new revelation with each read,
some books I have a hard time putting them down,
some books give me something to chew on, the ultimate result is however MORE hunger & thirst,
some books are just sooooo packed with Good Stuff that you can not help buying several copies for the ones you love to share life with,
some books inspire me to birth a song,
some books contain sooooo much raw high voltage lightening power that I'm whacked and messed up for days,
some books are so refreshing, like a breath of fresh air & like lying under a heavenly waterfall,
some books cause me to be touched by the very essence of His Glory,
some books carry His Fragrance,
some books cause me to dream BIGGER DREAMS,
some books make JESUS more real to me...& more aware & receptive to His never-ending LOVE;
Kelly's book; Parabola does ALL of this and MORE!
I'm eternally grateful to Holy Spirit that He inspired her to write Parabola & I'm waiting with great anticipating expectation for her next book to be released.
Teri Johnson
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I highly recommend this book. Jesus Christ Himself taught in parables, or stories that painted an impression on the hearts of those with an ear to hear. Kelly Deepen does the same as she motivates us to change our thinking with powerful parallels to scientific truths, that even the foolish things of the world confound the wise! (1 Corinthians 1:27)

"Parabola" by Kelly Deepen, gets us as Born Again believers to see ourselves in two places at once, on earth and in heavenly places. She challenges each reader to come to grips with that truth and to have a kingdom mentality that will override earthly limitations. In "Parabola", Kelly teaches us that our utmost desire should be for our reality to be "In Jesus" and that is so even now as we receive it! The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Rev 11:15). Thank you Kelly, for a wonderful book!