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Prophetic Voice Newsletter Issue 21
Suppose that you began your reading of this Issue by
first getting quiet in your
spirit before God. You wait until you are focused
on Him and then say,
"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening" (I Samuel 3:9)
In the solitude and stillness, what might God say to
you?
To
some, He may say, "Come to me, repent of your sin and enter into a
faith-oriented
relationship with Me."
To those who have already entered the narrow gate
through Christ, He may say,
"Return to Me. You have been stumbling in your own
strength. Let's get reacquainted.
Let's have fellowship again."
To those facing trials He might offer words of
comfort: "I know your name and I'm right here.
I know your pain and I'm going to give you
strength... trust Me."
To those faithful through hardships, He might say,
"I Am glad you are being faithful.
I know life has been difficult for you, even
seemingly impossible. I Am pleased with you.
Keep holding to My Word and overcome the battle for I Am
with you and will not leave you
to more than you can bear."
And then to others, He might give you an
assignment. He may say," Follow my leading
and take a risk. Try this direction and walk with Me
toward a new horizon."
We serve a God Who has spoken throughout
history, Who still speaks Today and wants
to speak to us. Let us hear what
the Spirit of the Lord has to speak to us in this Issue.
Greater Works shall you do...
There are two very important aspects of the New
Testament of which we need to
examine. First, are the physical and spiritual
events and principles that apply to the
ministry of Christ before the Cross and the second
are the physical and spiritual events
and principles that apply to the ministry of Christ
after the resurrection and His enthronement.
This is a very comprehensive study and we will only
be able to address the aspects that deal
with what enables the Church to do the Greater Works
as the Lord charged the apostles and
believers to do. First you must believe that
the Lord is sovereign in His authority and power,
Today. He
is alive and King of the Kingdom of God, Today! The provisions He made
during
His 40 days after the resurrection are still valid
for you and me to experience, Today.
The Lord has not rescinded any of the provisions He
made for the church for it to accomplish
it's earthly mission: All nations are to be
brought to the saving knowledge of Christ that the
glory of God covers the earth as the waters cover
the seas. The Holy Spirit without measure
has been given to the Church to accomplish its mission
just as it was given to the Lord Jesus
to accomplish His ministry mission of 3 1/2 years
concluding with His death on the Cross and
victory of Life eternal.
John
3:34 AMP
34
For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims
God's own
message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by
measure, but boundless is
the gift God makes of His Spirit!
Note:
This passage is referring to Christ. Each time (He & Him) is
used in this passage,
it is
not to man (he), but identifies and addresses the Lord. As we dig
deeper into the
scriptures we
are instructed that
the Church is the Body of Christ. Christ is the Head
and
the
Church is the Body. The New Creation is the spirit-man Jesus Christ in
full glory.
The Church has
received His
anointing through the working Presence of the Holy Spirit.
Matt 28:18-20 AMP
18 Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All
authority (all power of rule)
in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
19 Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them
into the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 Teaching them to observe everything that I have
commanded you, and behold,
I am with you all the days ( perpetually, uniformly, and
on every occasion), to the [very]
close and consummation of the age.Amen
This commission is given to the disciples after the Cross
and before Christ's ascension
and inauguration as King. Once the Lord is
crowned and
installed on the throne of David,
all things are credited to Father God's
glorification of Him and entering the church is through
His Name only. This does not negate the Father
and the Holy Spirit.
His Name represents everything He is. He is
the crowned King of Glory administrating all
things in heaven and earth on behalf of the Father, for
the Father and the Son are one in
purpose, will, and principles.
In the Name of Jesus presents all that I AM...
Jehovah God has given to Him....
a name above every name in heaven and in
earth.
John
14:14 AMP
[Yes]
I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My
Name
[as presenting all that I AM]
Yet, the Father is
greater than the Son for Jesus returned to the Father to rule and reign
at His right hand. In the same manner, Christ
has given
the church the bountiful measure
of the Holy Spirit who administrates the gifts-works
of heaven in and
through Spiritual Israel.
Hebrews
1:8-12
AMP
8 But
as to the Son, He says to Him, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever
(to the ages of the ages), and the scepter of
Your kingdom is a
scepter of absolute
righteousness (of justice and straightforwardness).
9
You have loved righteousness [You have delighted in integrity,
virtue, and uprightness
in purpose, thought, and action] and You have
hated
lawlessness (injustice and iniquity).
Therefore God, [even] Your God ( Godhead), has
anointed You with the oil of exultant joy
and gladness above and beyond Your companions.
Ps 45:6-7 AMP
6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the
scepter of righteousness is the scepter
of Your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness, uprightness, and
right standing with God and hate wickedness;
therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the
oil of gladness above Your fellows.
Note:
Scepter
represents authority and power of a king.
Father God sent His Son in the flesh to reveal the
Kingdom and His love for mankind.
He planned before the foundations of the world and today
demonstrates His Son's eternal
Kingship upon the throne of David as promised to King
David and confirmed in the preaching
of the Good News proclaimed by Apostle Peter and
Apostle Paul.
(See Acts 2 and and Acts 13 and observe that Peter
and Paul preach the same Gospel.)
The
Church of whom Jesus Christ is the Head began in
the same manner as the ministry
of the Lord Jesus at the River Jordan when
He was baptized into John's baptism.
(Water baptism to cleanse Israel's sins through
repentance and fulfill the Old Testament
prophets decrees of righteousness... Matthew
3:13-17).
The Lord was
empowered and anointed when the Holy Spirit came upon Him as a
dove
for serving God the Father and men through teaching,
preaching and demonstration of
the Kingdom of God. (See Isaiah 61:1-3)
Luke 3:21-23 AMP
21 Now when all
the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized,
and [while He was still] praying, the [visible]
heaven was
opened
22 And the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily
form like a dove, and a voice came
from heaven, saying, You are My Son, My Beloved! In
You I am
well pleased and find delight!
23 Jesus Himself, when He began [His ministry], was
about thirty years of age,
(being the Son,
of God)...not the son of Joseph as men thought.
John the baptist, the last prophet of the nation of
Israel declared the coming of Christ,
the Anointed One, and decreed that to which
disciples
could look to occur.
Luke 3:15-17 AMP
15 As the people
were in suspense and waiting expectantly, and everybody reasoned
and questioned
in
their hearts concerning John, whether he perhaps might be
the Christ
(the
Messiah, the Anointed one).
16
John answered them all by saying, I baptize you with water; but He
Who is mightier
than I is coming, the strap of Whose sandals I
am not fit to unfasten. He will
baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
17
His winnowing shovel (fork) is in His hand to thoroughly clear and
cleanse His [threshing]
floor
and to gather the wheat and store it in His granary, but the
chaff He will burn with fire
that cannot
be
extinguished.
Note: This prophetic word of verse 16 points
to the baptism of the Holy Ghost after the
enthronement of
the Lord's Kingship and verse 17 foretells the gathering of the
remnant
church (the wheat) who received and followed the the Lord
Jesus,
believing
Him
to be the Son of God,
the Christ, promised to save Israel and identifies those who
denied Him and
persecuted
Him... the chaff were
cleared and cleansed by the Roman
and Edomite
armies as they
began to destroy
Jerusalem in 67 AD and burned Jerusalem
in
70 AD.
The
judgment and Desolation of Abomination was sent upon apostate
Israel.
The study of
Matthew chapter 24 is an exciting revealing of the things Jesus told the
disciples in
regard to what John the Baptist just declared in Luke chapter 3 above.
The
Lord Jesus declared that all He was telling them would happen
within their own
generation and
that the then known world which was the Roman Empire would have
the
Gospel preached
to it before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
The
end of apostate Israel, was the end of the administration of
the Law of
Moses
through blood
sacrifices
of animals in earthly temple worship.
Matt 24:14-15 AMP
14
And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached
throughout
the whole world as a
testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end.
15
So when you see the appalling sacrilege [the abomination that
astonishes and
makes desolate], spoken
of by
the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place--
let
the reader take
notice and
ponder and consider and heed [this]--
[Dan
9:27; 11:31; 12:11.
(Matt
24:34 Verily I say unto
you, This generation shall not pass,
till
all these things be fulfilled.
KJV)
The
Abomination of Desolation would bring total judgment upon the
apostate
nation of
Israel. It
would be the end of an age and make
way for the New Creation,
spiritual Israel,
where both Jew
and Gentile would become One Holy
nation,
New
Jerusalem, the Church age.
We
need to study the Jewish mission of the Apostles of the Lamb and
contrast
it with the Gentile mission
of the ascension-gift apostles to receive a clear
understanding
of the
fulfillment of the church's role from the period of Christ's
ascension
up to and including the events of the destruction of
Jerusalem.
Such
study will also bring clarity to the book
of Revelation, its purpose, timing
and
poetic and
descriptive language.
Within
the time frame of Christ's resurrection to the destruction of Jerusalem
70AD,
the church was formed, empowered and scattered to reach
all the then known nations
with the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. Both the Jewish
mission and the Gentile
mission were working to take the Gospel to the
nations. The Gentile mission was
initiated with Paul 18 years after the Day of Pentecost.
The New Testament is rich in the Acts and history of the
first disciples experiences
both in the miraculous and in persecution. Jesus
instructed and entrusted the building
of the church to the Apostles of the Lamb and to the 1st
century ascension-gift apostles
and 5-fold ministers. Again, He has never
rescinded the way in which He builds the
church. He has not changed His plan we see in the
1st century church to a new plan
for the 21st century church. The church is to be
built
upon the
pattern of the Son.
It takes power to do the Greater Works of the great
commission... that is why the Holy
Spirit is sent... to endue with power. Every
great revival in history reveals the working
power of the Holy Ghost! God is releasing His
Greater
Works power to those who seek
more of the Holy Spirit desiring to do the Greater Works
proclaimed by the Lord.
Greater Works requires the wisdom, knowledge and
understanding only available
through the Word of God and the Person, Holy Ghost.
Zech
4:6 NKJV
'Not by might nor by
power, but by My Spirit,'
Says the LORD of hosts.
Might represents
physical abilities, power represents the
abilities of the mind through
determination...
God's Spirit is the administrating Person
of the Triune Godhead of all power
and
authority. Power and authority is vested in the
kingship of Christ Jesus who sits at the
right
hand of the Father (the source of all power and
authority). Father God sent His Spirit upon
His
Son. Upon inauguration, the Father poured out
the anointing oil of the Holy Spirit upon His
Son
and the book of Acts records this awesome event in
fulfillment as revealed to the prophet
Joel 700 years before the event!
In
John 14:12, The Lord Jesus proclaimed...
I assure you, most
solemnly I tell you,
if anyone steadfastly believes in Me,
he
will himself be able to do the things that I do;
and he will do even
greater things than these,
because
I go to the Father.
The Lord Jesus is preparing the Apostles of the Lamb and
the believing disciples for His return
to the Father's right hand (position of all authority and
power) where the scriptures
reveal He
is
received in the ascension and inaugurated as King on the Day of
Pentecost just 10 days
from
the day He instructed them to go and wait for the promise
of the
Holy Ghost.
John
14:18-20 AMP
18 I will not leave you
as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless];
I
will come [back] to you.
19
Just a little while now, and the world will not see Me any more, but
you will see Me;
because
I live, you will live also.
20
At that time [when that day comes] you will know [for yourselves]
that I am in My Father,
and
you [are] in Me, and I [am] in you.
Read the
passages of Acts 2:14-36 and you will see for yourself how Jesus Christ
fulfills
John
14:18-20... hear the prophetic voice of the Holy Spirit as He anoints
John to record these
events and then anoints Luke to record the events of the
Day of Pentecost in the book of Acts.
The Godhead is one acting in three persons to
perform the plans and purposes of the Father's
Will. You are invited and encouraged to seek
the work of the Blessed Trinity.
At this juncture in our newsletter, it is important
that each of us ponder our personal path
as to how we have been influenced to formulate our
foundation of faith... that which we
believe, practice and hold as doctrinal "light of
truth." Has it been a path of hearing and
believing that which has been "feed" to us and being
convinced that the church with which
we are members or affiliated has the answers to the
richness of the Kingdom?
Or, have we
put our "shoulders to the plow", seeking the illumination of the Holy
Spirit and
searching the Scriptures for ourselves asking the
following kinds of questions?
● What does the passage tell us
about Jesus Christ?
● Why
is the "account" told in a particular way?
● Why
is a particular word or phrase repeated several times? (How many times?)
● What
does a particular "account/story" have in common with other biblical
"accounts/stories?"
● How
does the "account/'story" differ with others?
● How
do minor incidents fit in the Book compared to other Books of the Bible?
● Why
does the text draw our attention to seemingly unimportant details?
●
What literary styles such as metaphors, satire, drama, comedy/humor,
allegories, and poetry
does the author use?
What imagery does it reveal?
● Why
does the Book switch some "stories/accounts" from a strict
chronological account
placing the path of
events out of order?
● How
are the various books and the topics and "stories" related to the
larger "Story"
of Father God's Son, Jesus
Christ and the revelation of His Covenants to us?
● What does each Book and account
have to do with our salvation?
● Why did God give us this
information?
● To whom and what purposes were
the Books with their accounts/stories given?
Let us
return
now to the instructions of the Lord to His disciples at the end
of His
40 days
after the resurrection and just prior to His ascension...
They were instructed to go to Jerusalem
and wait upon the promise of the baptism of the Holy
Ghost. God is eternal and therefore we
have the same privilege to seek the Lord for His promise
of the
baptism of the Holy Ghost.
Also the prophetic word of Joel confirms the promise to
each who desires the gift, Today!
Acts 2:17-21
AMP
17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I
will pour out of My Spirit upon
all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy
[telling forth the divine counsels]
and your young men shall see visions ( divinely granted
appearances), and your old men shall
dream [divinely suggested] dreams.
18
Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days
I will pour out of
My
Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels
and predicting future events
pertaining especially to God's kingdom].
19
And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth
beneath, blood and fire
and smoking
vapor;
20
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before
the obvious
day of the Lord comes--that great and notable
and conspicuous and renowned
[day].
The Day of the Lord was the Day the Lord came on the
clouds of judgment executed
through the Rome army to destroy Jerusalem and
fulfill the
prophesies
given from Moses,
the prophets and the Lord Jesus
(which covered many
centuries.) The army came
unexpected with great strength and fervor to
kill, steal and
destroy the city and its occupants.
The protecting cover of God was lifted because
apostate Israel had rejected Father God's gift
of salvation, and killed His Son Jesus Christ, the
promised savior and King of the Jews.
Beginning with Moses, the prophets declared Him as
Savior and ruler of God's chosen nation.
Exodus
15:16-17
16
Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of Your
arm they are as still as
a
stone--till Your people pass by and over [into Canaan], O Lord, till
the people pass by whom
You have purchased.
Note: Canaan is the promised land of
abundance. Spiritually, it is the promised land of
Spiritual Israel, Zion, the Holy nation, the
New Jerusalem were God has established His
tabernacle...The Holy Spirit abides within His
people of Mount Zion, the temple of God.
Moses saw the destruction of Israel and the
gathering of the remnant of
believers.
One hundred twenty were followers whom had not
as yet been scattered and were instructed
to
wait upon the empowerment of the Holy Ghost.
Remember that the scriptures record 70 who
were sent out and also those who deserted
the Lord when he told them they would have to
eat of His flesh and drink of His blood.
They were not able to discern the spiritual
meaning of the Lord's poetic imagery.
His flesh is the Bread...the Word of God made
flesh, The Life is in the Blood of Christ...
representing the Law of the Spirit. Read
Romans chapter 10 for a comprehensive study
of Life in the Blood, the New Wine of the New
Covenant (the Life in the Spirit).
Matt
26:27-29 KJV
And
he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it;
28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many
for the remission of sins.
29
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the
vine, until that day when
I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Note:
What
a powerful
declaration... can you see that the Lord Jesus was proclaiming the
the Day of
initiation as King of the Kingdom? The Day of Pentecost is the
inauguration
of
the church, the day the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Lord as
well!
It
is the witness to the initiation of Messiah's Day which shall
continue until the coming
of
the Lord for His church. It is a Day that covers centuries for
it is the Living Christ who
is the eternal
reigning King. Father God closed out the age of Moses, destroyed
the
temple of
Jerusalem, the
center for temple worship, and inaugurated the age of the
Church in the
anointing of His King now seated on the eternal throne of David.
He
moved the control of the church to heaven where plans of men or evil spirits
cannot
destroy
it. The gates of hell shall not prevail
against the Church.
Those
who enter the door of heaven through the Way, Truth and Life of
Jesus Christ
are
added to the Heavenly General Assembly and their names are recorded
in the
Book
of Life.
In
order to do Greater Works, we must have the perspective of God's Word
in spirit and in
truth. The following will cause many to be stirred
because of the doctrines that are taught in
many churches based upon "rapture theology"
that
is based on improper timing and lack
of "rightly dividing" the word of truth
basing belief systems upon presuppositions rather than
what the Word reveals. Truth:
we
must learn to relate to physical laws and the laws of God.
We must be able to understand the Law of
the Spirit and walk in Him.
We
must be faithful to God's system of doctrine taught in the Bible not
our own.
reading the Bible with theological eyes
( theo=God, ology=study, eyes= understanding)
in systematic and historical
perspective. God is a God of Order. We must keep in mind
that
the symbols used in the Bible are not isolated...
they are a part of God's system of symbolism
beginning with Genesis 1:2. The whole of the
Bible is an architecture of imagery in which all
the parts fit together.
Apostle Paul catches this revelation in
his discussion of the Jesus Christ being the eternal
spiritual Head and the church being the Body of
the His image where in each redeemed
person is a part of the whole!
Ephesians 4:15-16 AMP
Rather,
let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking
truly, dealing truly, living
truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every
way and in all things into Him Who is the Head,
[even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed one).
16
For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various
parts), closely joined
and firmly knit together by the joints
and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part
[with power adapted to its need] is working
properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity,
building itself up in love.
We of Heart of God
Ministries International look forward to a future, glorious, public,
physical
return of Christ the begotten Son of God that will
conclude temporal history and bring to
fulfillment all remaining aspects of Biblical prophecy.
We do not support the spirtualization of
all of the Bible.
We do not support a literal
interpretation of the poetic and spiritual passages.
We do believe in those passages that are literal
as evidenced by witness and historical
accounts. We believe in the accountings of
spiritual experiences.
Importantly, they must be rightfully
divided per
other passages and criteria such as to whom
they were written in the original text. We
also search
the original languages for the root
meanings of words and compare them to both Hebrew
and Greek
definitions to obtain the
intent of the passage. The Amplified Bible
translation is
written upon this manner.
The
prophets of old expressed poetic
symbolism in there writings.
The Lord Jesus used symbolism and parables in His
ministry. The book of
Revelation is a
record of spiritual experiences that John
encountered. Trances and
visitations into the 3rd
heaven are supernatural and are challenging to
both record and
interpret. John was instructed
to write what he experienced in the trance.
We can observe he was a student of the Old
Testament and we can observe how the Holy Spirit
brought passages of prophetic insight and
significance to light in the writings. The
Old Testament was the "Bible" of the Jews.
It was read faithfully in the
synagogues. We see the demonstration of this in Luke 4:16-21:
(This is an example of "literal" as by
witness and historical.)
16 So He came to Nazareth, [that Nazareth]
where He had been brought up, and He entered
the synagogue, as was His custom on the Sabbath
day. And He stood up to read.
17 And there was handed to Him [the roll of]
the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened
(unrolled) the book and found the place where it
was written, [Isa 61:1,2.]
18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me,
because He has anointed Me [the Anointed one,
the Messiah] to preach the good news (the
Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce
release to the captives and recovery of sight to
the blind, to send forth as delivered those who
are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised,
crushed, and broken down by calamity],
19 To proclaim the accepted and acceptable
year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the
free favors of God profusely abound.] [Isa
61:1,2.]
20 Then He rolled up the book and gave it back
to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes
of all in the synagogue were gazing
[attentively] at Him.
21 And He began to speak to them: Today this
Scripture has been fulfilled while you are
present and hearing.
That those who read this Issue of the Prophetic
Voice Newsletter may better understand the
Greater Works message whose golden threads of
truth transverse the Scriptures presented
as witness and support of the light
contained within them, we share the following:
1,
We hold that the "great tribulation" has already occurred coming to
pass in the
1st
century (Have you ever read the historical account of Josephus of
the destruction
of
Jerusalem and all the
events surrounding the siege of the city by the Roman army?)
The
events of Matthew 24 will take on a clarity and you will receive
enlightenment
of
the words Jesus spoke to His soon to become apostles as He relates
the things
"that
shall come to pass in their generation." The Jewish mission
is behind the church,
not
ahead of it awaiting some temporal throne where Jesus is going to
rule the earth.
2.
We hold upon the passages of Matthew 24 that these scriptures
punctuate the end
of
God's focus on exaltation of the nation of Israel. We do not
believe God has taken
protection off His natural nation Israel... we believe that Christ
Jesus is currently ruling
and reigning as King and
that God is not going to reestablish a temporal throne on the
earth. God has already
built the replacement center of worship with "His Hands"
(the
Holy Spirit).
Exodus
15:17
AMP
(Prophetic decree of Moses in song...)
You
will bring them in [to the land] and plant them on Your own
mountain, the place,
O
Lord, You have made for Your dwelling, the
sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands
have established.
1
Corinthians 3:17 AMP
If anyone does hurt to God's temple
or corrupts it [with false doctrines] or destroys it,
God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and
destroy him.
For
the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you
[the believing
church and its individual believers] are.
1
Corinthians
6:19-20
AMP
Do
you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of
the Holy Spirit
Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God?
You
are not your own,
20
You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid
for,
made
His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.
3. We hold that the prophecies
of the "Olivet Discourse" of the Lord Jesus with His
disciples on the mount of Olives occurring just after they had left the
gate of the temple
in
the City of Jerusalem and clearly viewing the city from the Mount
defines the
beginning of the New Covenant era in God's plan for all mankind [Jews
and Gentiles].
Matthew 24:1-3 AMP
Jesus
departed from the temple area and was going on His way when His
disciples
came up to Him
to call His attention to the buildings of the temple and point them out
to
Him.
2
But He answered them, Do you see all these? Truly I tell you, there
will not be left
here one
stone upon another that will not be thrown down.
3
While He was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him
privately
and
said, Tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign
of Your coming
and of the
end (the completion, the consummation) of the age?
Ephesians
2:13-16 AMP
But
now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through (by,
in) the blood
of
Christ have been brought near.
14
For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He
has made us both
[Jew and
Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the
hostile
dividing wall
between us,
15
By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by]
the Law with its
decrees and
ordinances [which He annulled]; that He from the two might create in
Himself one new
man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace.
16
And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united]
in a single
body
by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and
bringing the feud
to
an end.
4. We hold
that the "Tribulation" judgments are concentrated in local events
surrounding
ancient
Jerusalem, also impacting the eventual demise of the Roman
Empire.
God documented the course of history and
the fall of Rome through many writers.
We
can gain a comprehensive historical account of the events that led
to their
fall. Many prophetic writings are recorded in Daniel, other
prophets and the book
of
Revelation. (Obtain book: "Days of Vengeance" by David
Chilton)
5.
We hold that the "Tribulation" judgments are governed by Christ as a
direct
demonstration of His judgment against apostate Israel, giving evidence
that He
is
in heaven controlling nations.
Revelation 15:3
And
they sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the
Lamb,
saying,
Mighty and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God the omnipotent!
Righteous
(just) and true are Your ways, O Sovereign of the ages (King
of the nations)!
[See
Exodus 15:1; Psalm 145:17.]
The
apostles saw Jesus as the Ruling King! They were not looking
for a Christ that
would reign someday. They studied and believed the Holy writ of
the prophets of old.
Jesus
is already king! He is not waiting to come down upon Mount
of Olives to literally
split the the valley and set up a physical throne in Jerusalem and
restore that
which
is not the will of the Father.
Christ
has fulfilled all things!
Revelation
15:4
4 Who
shall not reverence and
glorify Your name, O Lord [giving You honor and
praise
in worship]? For You only are holy. All the nations shall come and pay
homage
and
adoration to You, for Your just judgments (Your righteous sentences and
deeds)
have
been made known and displayed. [Ps 86:9,10; Jer 10:7.]
This
prophesy of the nations paying homage has been fulfilled... The
allotments around the
world in
each nation come in rank and file as the "day dawns" each nation
according to the
times of scheduled worship and fellowship in the
spirit
before the
King to worship, praise,
break the bread of Life (Word of God), partake
of His "Flesh and Blood" through the
sacraments and to join in corporate prayer and Body
ministry.
The above 5 points are shared that
you
may better understand the dynamic placement
of the Church on the earth for this Day!
We are not living in the generation to whom the Lord
Jesus spoke the Olivet Discourse. That
generation was the first century in which the disciples
lived. We live in the 21st
century. The Apostles of the Lamb (the Jewish mission) and the
Apostle Paul (the gentile mission) finished the
charge to preach the Good News to all the
nations. They did not fail to
accomplish the charge and assignment upon their generation.
They were
victorious!
Matthew
24:34
AMP
Truly
I tell you, this generation ( the whole multitude of people
living at the same time,
in
a definite, given period) will not pass away till all these things
taken together take place.
Again, you are encouraged to read the accounts of
the Greek writer, Josephus, who
documented the years of which Jerusalem was
under siege. You will see the Matthew 24
Olivet discourse open to your understanding in great
detail just
as the Lord Jesus told the
disciples things would happen within their generation.
It
was the Great Tribulation that the
Lord spoke would come upon the earth in their
lifetime. The Lord was focused on
apostate
Israel and the end of the Mosaic age as He answered the
disciples questions. He was not
focused on
some future century and world
holocaust prophesying abolishment of the planet
earth. He used descriptive phrases of many of
the Old Testament prophets.
Check it out. You will be wonderfully enlightened
and made free of the "money machine"
generated through promotion of fear as false
prophets continue to set a date of 'rapture' and
and proclaim a holocaust and planet earth
tribulation disintegration. Dig into
the texts and
words. Observe the places in the Bible that predict
holocaust events and discover what was
being said as the history of the Bible reveals.
We have taken a path to experience worship through
discovery of Truth.
Now let us dive back into the topic of doing Greater
Works as it pertains to the Spirit.
There are many who doubt in their hearts and minds that the baptism is
for
believers, Today!
Yet, the Lord is very specific as to the principles of
faith
and believing.
Matt
21:20-22 NKJV
The
Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree (See
Mark 11:20-24)
20 And
when
the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree
wither away so
soon?"
21
So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you
have faith and do not
doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but
also if you say to this mountain,
'Be
removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done.22 And whatever
things you ask in prayer,
believing, you will receive."
These passages present the spiritual
principles for doing Greater Works.
It takes faith to initiate the promises of God
for our lives.
If you have not
sought the Lord for His blessing of the baptism of the Holy
Spirit...
Begin to seek Him and ask the Father for the
Holy Spirit
to baptize you giving you the sign of
the baptism which is the manifestation of
tongues.. Begin to read the
scriptures that promise
the baptism to build your faith.
Here is God's
promise to you...
Acts
2:38-39 AMP
38
And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to
accept the
will of God in your inner selves instead of
rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of
you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of and release from your sins;
and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit.
39 For the
promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and
to and
for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord
our God invites and bids
to come to Himself.
The promise of the Holy Spirit is not
the act of being born again by the Spirit.
It is a distinct baptism of the Holy
Ghost to which the above scripture witnesses.
Here are two more scriptures to give us
a 3-fold witness...
Acts
19:2-7
AMP
19:1
WHILE APOLLOS was in Corinth, Paul went through the upper inland
districts and came
down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
2
And he asked them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed
[on Jesus as the
Christ]? And they said, No, we have not even heard that
there is a Holy Spirit.
3
And he asked, Into what [baptism] then were you baptized? They said,
Into John's baptism.
4
And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance,
continually telling the people
that they should believe in the one Who was to come
after him, that is, in Jesus [having a
conviction full of joyful trust that He is Christ,
the Messiah, and being obedient to Him].
5
On hearing this they were baptized [again, this time] in the name of
the Lord Jesus.
6
And as Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them;
and they spoke in
[foreign, unknown] tongues (languages) and
prophesied.
7
There were about Twelve of them in all.
1 Corinthians
14:2-4 AMP
2
For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to
God, for no one
understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy]
Spirit he utters secret truths and
hidden things [not obvious to the understanding].
3
But [on the other hand], the one who prophesies [who interprets the
divine will and purpose
in inspired preaching and teaching]
speaks to men for their
upbuilding and constructive spiritual
progress and encouragement and consolation.
4
He who speaks in a [strange] tongue edifies and improves himself, but
he who prophesies
[interpreting the divine will and purpose and teaching
with inspiration] edifies and improves the
church and promotes growth [in Christian wisdom, piety,
holiness, and happiness].
1
Corinthians 14:39 AMP
39
So [to conclude], my brethren, earnestly desire and set your hearts
on prophesying
(on
being inspired to preach and teach and to interpret God's will and
purpose), and do not
forbid or hinder speaking in [unknown] tongues.
Let us bring this part of our study of
Greater Works to bear witness of the Will of the Lord
for His people. The Bible declares that
we worship God in spirit and in truth. We see above
that one who speaks in an (unknown) tongue speaks
to
God.
The Holy Spirit has been poured out of heaven
as we have seen in the prophesies of Joel and
the event of the Day of Pentecost (See the
study Being
Extraordinary)
If you believe the following scripture
and have experienced a valid initiation into the Kingdom
of Heaven, the baptism can be yours as
well. Seekers who participate in Holy Ghost meetings
do so with great expectation of a
visitation of God and many times He pours out the baptism on
those assembled.
Acts
2:33
AMP
3
Being therefore lifted high by and to the right hand of God, and
having received from the
Father the promised [blessing which is the] Holy Spirit,
He has made this outpouring which
you
yourselves both see and hear.
The
cloven tongues of fire were a manifested dynamic of the Holy Spirit's
presence.
The tongues were not the Holy
Spirit. He is not a "word." He administrates the gifts of
the
Spirit such as the "word of wisdom" and the "word
of knowledge" as He speaks to us.
He has a voice and it can be heard
throughout the whole Bible. He manifests as spiritual
Wind, Clouds, Water, Oil, Fire, and Rain...
His gifts are varied and given for exercise through
the church as He administrates them. He is
not the anointing, His presence anoints us for the
works of the ministry. When we have the
abiding
works of the Holy Spirit, all things are
possible with God... only we must believe the
Scriptures. Greater Works are achieved
by His power... the authority of
the blood of Jesus and the Name of Jesus as directed by
the Holy Spirit. We do nothing in spiritual
applications in our own might and power.
We yield to the Holy Spirit and allow
Him to use us in impartation of the gifts upon another
vessel. It is He Who administers the gifts
and many times, He does it in an atmosphere of
our worship. God is not limited as to what
He can do nor as to when He may act.
By His Spirit, the Lord promises to do
Greater
Works as we abide in Him.
The Holy Spirit is co-equal in the
Godhead. He is not to be neglected .
(See the study Blessed Trinity)
John
14: 13-14,16 AMP
13
And
I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as
presenting all that I AM],
so that the Father may be glorified and extolled
in (through) the Son. [Ex 3:14.]
14[Yes]
I
will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My
Name [as presenting
all that I AM]
16
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter
(Counselor, Helper,
Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby),
that He may remain with you forever--
17
The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to
its heart), because
it does not see Him or know and
recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives
with you [constantly] and will be in you.
The
Holy Spirit is a person of God. He ministers as a person in a personal
way.
He is not an it,
not
a wind,
not tongues or power. He is a Person with a
personality.
He demonstrates emotions. He is
the Person sent to represent the Lord Jesus in us.
As the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Truth, His
presence releases spiritual
anointing.
In Christ through the abiding Holy Spirit, we do Greater
Works!
His presence
manifests physical dynamics of the spiritual
works of signs, wonders, miracles,
gifts, revelation, illumination, and
enlightenment.
He reveals Christ to mankind through His presence, the
anointing "oil."
Next Issue, we will examine the foundations of truth about
the Book of Revelation and discuss
its focus on the 1st century church
as a contemporary exposition of Jesus the Christ and not
a book for
predicting the end of a distance future. How many times
have
men declared the
end of the world? We must have the Bible's perspective on
"the end of all things."
Daniel was
instructed to "conceal the words and seal up the book until "the end." (Daniel 12:4)
His book
referred to an "end' in the distance future.
Apostle John is told not to seal up his prophecy because the
time of which it speaks is near.
(Near
is not 2000 years, near was
70 AD, the absolute end of the apostate worship of ancient
Israel.) Revelation
was written to show the early Christians that Jesus is Lord and God's
sovereignty
over all.
One last comment:
Overlaying the whole Bible and especially within the Book of
Revelation is the theme of the
dominion provisions God gave man (first Adam
lost /second Adam restored).
God made covenant provisions to both Natural Israel and
Spiritual Israel... "the Bride Groom
and the people of God, His
Bride."
God
is faithful to His commandments.
He gave the Old and the New.
Let us seek His kingdom and His righteousness.
Ambassador
of Christ,
Ron Gann
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