LET THE LORD BE GLORIFIED. Like the Apostle Paul, zealots who feel that their opposition is ordained of God. Self appointed watchmen who in word or deed think that they are justified in their doings. May the Lord be as gracious to them as He was to Paul, who acted in ignorance. After his conversion he became the strongest of proponents and suffered persecution in many ways and to great degrees. Every example in the scriptures points to persecution and even the antichrist coming from within the body of believers, consider Judas. We are about to consider just that kind of a subject but first; He shall appear to the joy and rejoicing of His chosen people. He will reveal Himself to the church of this generation as He has to none in the past. Eph. 1:23 The body of Christ is that which contains His completeness, His fullness. She is filled, she is saturated, she is inundated with the copiousness of who and what He, Himself is. Eph. 3:19 She has been perfected and has become the very temple of God in whom He dwells in absolute and complete measure. All that God is, is literally crammed in to her. Eph. 4:13 HERE IT IS. Perfect in unity of doctrine, in knowledge and understanding of who and what He is. Measuring up to Christ. Standing as tall as He. In His image. Bearing His exact likeness. Coming to the completion of our destiny. Col. 2:10 Complete in Him. There is an ultimate status that will be reached by His Bride. She will pay a price because of Her consecration and will be persecuted. BUT, OH THE GLORY! HALLELUJAH! HE WILL ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSES IN HIS CHURCH.
UNBELIEVABLE, BUT TRUE. Isa.66:8 What needs to be known of the purposes and plans of the Lord are found in the Word of the Lord. 1 Cor.2:9 The preparation of the Lord far exceeds that which has been seen or heard or even thought of, for that matter. The ability of the Lord knows no limitation or boundary. Nothing is impossible with Him. Amos 3:7 Before the Sovereign Lord executes His plans, He first makes them known to His prophets. The blueprint of what He will do in these last days is recorded in the Word. May the Spirit of the Lord rest upon us as we search the scriptures to understand this most awesome act of God. Eph. 5:32 The mystery, of which we are about to enter into is most sacred. It staggers the imagination. There is no more holy and blessed event in all of the Word than that of this wedding and the consequences of that marriage.
SHALL A NATION BE BORN AT ONCE? Obviously the answer is, YES. A nation will be born at one time and in a moment. The question is, what nation? The word nation that is used here would prohibit that nation from being Israel. In the Bible the word nation is used in reference to the heathen. It is the Hebrew word, gowy, meaning a foreign nation, the Gentiles or the heathen. Mt. 12:18 Jesus came to show justice to the Gentiles. Lk. 2:32 Jesus was a light to enlighten the Gentiles. Acts 9:15 Paul was chosen of the Lord to minister to the Gentiles, and so on. Eph. 2:14 The Jew and Gentile meet together as one. Both having been born of the Spirit and made to be that new man in Christ. The Bride of Christ is neither Jew nor Gentile, but is that new creation, created in the likeness of the Lord Jesus. Gen. 18:14 As the Lord said to Sarah, Is ANYTHING too hard for the Lord? Even today?