A NAME CHANGE TO BE MADE. Isa. 62:4 The message of a perfect church can isolate and cause one to feel forsaken, particularly in a Laodicean church age. The message is founded on the Word of the Lord and regardless of all attacks against it will remain secure. Desolate, times of spiritual dearth. A time of testing and trials of lesser and greater degree. We all experience them but the Lord does not forsake us in the valleys. We are more than conquerors in Christ. Hephzibah, my delight is in her.Could she only understand how entirely He loves her. She is the joy and delight of His heart. Every act of commitment and obedience to His Word is an expression of joy and gladness to Him. Beulah, married. She is totally His. Committed with her whole being, body, soul and spirit, to His will and way of life. And what a joyous life it is. Christ will rejoice over her. Zeph. 3:17 A song of love sung by the Lord to His bride. He will express His strong feelings to her and for her. There has never been a song like this one. The singer is heavenly, the tune is heavenly, the words are heavenly. All our songs will fade into insignificance at the majesty and beauty of this one. Lord haste the day!
TRIBULATION CONDITIONS. Isa. 32:6-14 It is not difficult to apply these verses to the great tribulation. When the prophets speaks of a vile, hypocritical, evil person it is portraying the condition of the hearts of men at that time. In particular, their leader the antichrist. Chaos and destruction will be the order of the day.
UNTIL THE SPIRIT BE POURED OUT FROM ON HIGH. Isa. 32:15 Prior to the tribulation there will be that final outpouring of the Spirit, a move of God such has never been. Multitudes will be swept into the kingdom of God. This is the visitation of mercy, prior to the tribulation period. Is also to prepare the Bride for the Bridegroom. How desperately we need a great sweep of the Spirit in the church world. A move that will open the mysteries of the Word to the entire body of Christ. Too many Christians are satisfied to have just a get by experience. In the kingdom, but only conveniently involved.
THE WILDERNESS TO BE A FRUITFUL FIELD. How many times we have seen this mighty work of the Lord. A place prepared for His very own. The garden of the Lord. Certainly every exotic plant and plants of rare beauty will be found there. A garden even more wonderful than Eden. There will be no sin found in this garden, only people of perfection. v.16 This is the dwelling place of justice. The Just One and the justified will be found there, and none others. The Righteous One and those who have been made altogether righteous make their abode there. v.17 The operation of righteousness always brings about peace. Our hearts are at peace today because of His righteousness having been revealed in us. How much more in that day when the church is protected and sheltered by her Lord. The effect of righteousness quietness, rest, untroubled by the storm and tribulation whirling around and about her. She has absolute confidence,assurance and hope in the one who has brought her to this place of safety. v.18 His people, the people who were not a people but have now become the choice one of her Lord, will have a peaceful dwelling place. A place of absolute security and protection. They have entered into His rest, while the millennial day will not as yet have dawned the circumstance of the wildness will be equal to it. Perfect absolute tranquillity. v.19 When it shall hail, one cannot but think of the hail storms predicted for this period of time. Rev. 8:7 A threefold judgment, blood, fire and hail leading to the destruction of one-third of all plant life. Rev. 16:21 The great hail of ice stones weighing up to one hundred twenty-five pounds. In all this the Bride remains untouched by these horrific judgments that are poured out upon the kingdom of the antichrist and those who follow him.