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A place of worship without the Divine presence of the Lord in a display of His everlasting glory is not acceptable to the Lord. The last day Temple, the church, the Bride of the Lord Jesus will be a people who are the vessels of His glory. The woman of Revelation twelve is His Bride and is associated with every light giving body in the universe. In other words, she is the very epitome of light. He has completely filled her with His brightness and glory. Every fiber of her being will be of the most brilliant light. The very pure light, perfect light, outshining all other sources of light. The glory of the Lord is the full manifestation of our God, who is light. I John 1:5 A light which is incomprehensible to man for its shining far outshines any light seen by man. No man has seen God, in the completeness of His glory and splendor. 1 John 4:12 The redeemed will not only see Him but will bear His absolute likeness. Like Moses, because they have been in His presence they will have assimilated and will become saturated with the glory of the eternal Lord. An open spirit, a hungry heart for longing for all that the Lord has for His people will result in a people, the true Temple of the Lord, of which every fiber will be in His absolute likeness. 2 Cor. 3:18 We do not wait for the process to take place but even now the process is in operation. Daily we are building for our spiritual future.
Once again, Ezekiel is privileged to hear His voice which he described to be as the sound of many waters. It can be like the murmuring of the brook or the roar of a mighty sea or flood of waters. Eze. 43:2 John on the isle of Patmos not only heard it as many waters but add to his description the voice of great thunder. Not just a clap of thunder but intensively loud thunder. How frightening, such a voice if one were not accustomed to hearing it would strike great fear into the heart of the hearer. Rev. 14:2 When will His voice be more meaningful than at the time of His second coming, called the rapture. Paul had the true understanding of His second coming and left us with these words of description. The one who is coming is the Lord Himself, that is, the Lord Jesus Christ. His descent will be from heaven for He has been exalted to the right hand of His Father. At the time of the rapture His voice will be heard by all who have inhabited the earth, for even those in the grave will hear it. John 5:28. He comes with a SHOUT. The same voice which Ezekiel heard. It is the voice of an Angel of the highest standing, an Archangel, the Lord Jesus. The trumpet of the Lord shall also be sounded awakening the dead in Christ to participate in the first resurrection.
1 Thess. 4:16 With all of this happening at the time of the rapture, how can it be said that when He comes the redeemed are caught away secretly and the ungodly did not know what had happened. 2 Tim. 2:15.