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The Voice
of the Lord Behold,
I stand at the door and knock: If any man hear My voice, and open the
door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with Me. Revelation 3:20 This
verse immediately follows the message to the That
we are living in the time of the Because
you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing;
and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,
and naked. I counsel you to buy of Me gold tried in the
fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed,
and that the shame of your nakedness
do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Revelation 3:17-18 We
live in a time of unprecedented prosperity rich and increased with
goods in things both natural and spiritual.
For years, I said that this is the reason why the Lord is without,
knocking on the door of the Instead,
the Lord is within this Church, actively perfecting a people for His end-time
purposes. The present day abundance
of natural goods provides ample opportunities to overcome. Thus, the problem is not the abundance of all
these things, but in our being satisfied with them, seeking nothing further
and have need of nothing. But
seek you first the Beginning
with The
response of John to this knocking confirms this, as the next
word is to come up. After
this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet
talking with me; which said, Come up here, and I will show you things
which must be hereafter. And immediately
I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. Revelation 4:1-2 Toward
the end of the Laodicean Church Age (the time in which we
presently live),
the Lord will begin the progression of His return. Thus, He is saying, If you hear My voice
and respond, I will come and make Myself personally known to you
(Revelation 3:20). When
He shall come to be glorified in His saints. II Thessalonians
1:10a There
is a progression of revelation, concerning the manifestation of the presence
of the Lord, that begins in Genesis. And
they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool
of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of
the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8 The
fact that the voice of the Lord is walking, tells us that there
is a progression in what He speaks. In
Genesis, His voice is walking but in Revelation, He is knocking. This speaks of the urgency of our hearing what
He has to say to us - a present word that is beyond the word
to any past generation. From
the time of Adam, the Lord walked through history for a thousand years,
and the flood cleansed the earth. He
then walked another thousand years and Abraham was called apart to become
the father of faith, and the friend of God.
He walked another thousand years and Solomon dedicated the temple
in manifest glory. As the Lord walked through another thousand
years, John the Baptist was called apart to be prepared to introduce Jesus. After
His resurrection and ascension, Jesus walked through the two thousand
years of the Church Age. Concerning
this, He spoke the following word. On
that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, Get out and depart from
here, for Herod wants to kill You. And He said to them, Go, tell that
fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and
the third day I shall be perfected.
Luke 13:31-32 NKJV Today
and Tomorrow refers to the two thousand years of the Church Age. Being perfected the third day refers
to Jesus taking His place as the active, manifested head of His corporate
Body. At this present time, Jesus
is standing at the door of the third-day (Millennial Kingdom) knocking - seeking out a corporate John the Baptist, to prepare
the way for the closing out of the Church Age and the establishing of
the Millennial Kingdom. If
any man hears tells us that He is presently walking within
the range of our hearing, seeking for those who will respond to His knocking. There are many today who are spiritually hungry
and are searching for something further.
If these will become quiet and intently listen, they will hear
this present knock of His desire to make Himself personally known,
beyond that which was available to any past generation.
Intimacy with Jesus has become a present word. In
the first coming of Jesus, He came as a lamb to submit Himself
to the cross in order to accomplish redemption in our behalf. But in His second coming, He will come in a
very different way. We have a description
of how He will look in Revelation 1:14-15. His
head and His hairs were white like wool, as
white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; And
His feet like to fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice
as the sound of many waters. His
feet being like fine brass as if they burned in a furnace speaks
of the baptism of fire in which those who respond to His voice
will be prepared for the outworking of His purposes at this present time. We are the feet that will take Jesus
where He desires to go. His
voice being as the sound of many waters tells us that the Lord
is preparing a corporate body who are all saying the same thing, having
been lifted into apostolic enabling power.
This unity is the spirit of prophecy which speaks through
our intimacy of relationship with Jesus, because we have become so at
one with Him, that our voice has become His voice. I
am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives
in me. Galatians 2:20a After
this I looked, and behold a door was opened in heaven (Revelation 4:1a). The Lord has walked as far as He
can go in the earth realm. Now
the word of the Lord is for us to come higher, into the Kingdom. And
the first voice which I heard was, as it were, of a trumpet talking with
me; which said, Come up here (Revelation 4:1b). This is a call to spiritual warfare, in order
to bring us above all that hinders. Here,
through intercession and prophetic revelation, Jesus will show us things
which must be hereafter (Revelation 4:1c). That is, the Lord will reveal to us the process
of the closing out of the Church Age, the birthing of the Kingdom Age,
and our placement or part in this process. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold,
a throne. This is a time of
transition from the Church into the It
is of vital importance that we so arrange our lives in this present time
of intense busy-ness, that we will, as an over-comer, hear the present
knock of the Lord upon the door of our spirit. He
that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Revelation 3:22 |
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