THE HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB. Of the three patriarchs it is Jacob who is a type of the Holy Spirit. Abraham, the Father. Isaac, the offered Son, the Lord Jesus. This then, is the word of the Spirit. The teaching of the righteous ways of the Lord. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Lord to teach us the things of Christ. The Spirit opens and reveals the Word of Truth to us and enables us to reach the high standards established by the Word. It is Christ in you, that will lead us in all the right paths of the Lord. The WORD of the Lord shall go forth with the great commandment that we love the Lord our God with our whole being and our neighbors as ourselves. Mt. 22:38-40. The totality of the law and the prophets hang on this great commandment given us by the Lord Jesus. There is a tremendous hunger in the hearts of believers today for the depths of the WORD. This is not a time to be telling stories nor to manifest the fact that we are eloquent, words, the words of men will not prepare the church for the terrible and yet exciting events that lie ahead. The WORD is our preparation and our stronghold. A knowledge of the WORD will enable us to be overcomers in our generation.
A SONG OF TRIUMPH TO BE SUNG. Isa. 26:1-4 A City of great strength. How comforting, how secure to know that the Zion of the Lord is the stronghold of our God. Rev. 20:5 The last sentence of verse five belongs to verse six and to the resurrection of the Righteous which will take place at the beginning of the Millennial reign of Christ on this earth. Rev. 20:8 The nations are the ungodly, unrighteous who are resurrected at the end of the Millennium and will be deceived into thinking that they can take the city of the Lord, under the leadership of Satan Rev. 20:7 He will be released from the bottomless pit for his final destruction. This is Gog and Magog. Short work is made of those who surround the city for the Fire of God will fall on them. We have not only a city of great strength but a city well defended. It is His Zion.
THE CITY WITH WALLS OF SALVATION. The peace and tranquillity of that glorious city is to be noted in Isaiah sixty, eighteen. No disruption, no violence to be found there. What a contrast as we see so much violence in the world today and it will only increase. This is the age of which Jesus spoke in Matthew twenty-four as He described the condition that would prevail. Isa. 60:18 Not only will her walls be salvation but her gates are gates of PRAISE. It is a good thing to praise the Lord. Zech. 2:5 Fire will fall from heaven to defend the city and the Lord will be a wall of fire around and about her. Then, more wonderfully still, He will be the GLORY within her.