KNOWING THE TIMES

KINGDOM BUILDERS

“BUILDING THE KINGDOM THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD”

PIERCING THE VEIL

KNOWING THE TIMES

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. (1 Chronicles 12:32).

The “children” of Issachar are by definition members of a nation, sparks, stars, arrows figuratively, and a member of a guild, order, class.  They are a shadow and type of what we are supposed to be.  We are the members of God’s Holy Nation called Spiritual Israel.  We are the fire that burns as sparks amongst a wicked and perverse world.  We are the stars of heaven like the messengers who are angels who proclaim the Good News.  We are the assignment headed for its mark like a ready made arrow shot out of the skilled archer’s bow headed to the target which is complete dominion of the world.  We belong to a peculiar super class and order of people known as priests and kings unto him, but more particularly we are known as the Sons of God. The name Issachar means there is recompense and there is a reward.   In reference to Leah's opinion, the birth of Issachar was a divine reward for giving her handmaid Zilpah to Jacob as a concubine so that she might have offspring.   The Blessing of Jacob  pronounced Issachar as a strong ass lying down between two burdens: and he saw that settled life was good, and the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.  So, today, like Issachar, we shall receive a reward for work well done, and we will settle down to the task at hand by shouldering the cross and following him being a servant to mankind along the way of life to every one we meet. 

One of the main goals of Issachar was to get understanding. They were to perceive and see, find out and discern,  discriminate and distinguish, to know by experience, to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess, consider, know, be acquainted with, to know how, be skilful in, to have knowledge, be wise, to be made known, be or become known, and to reveal the hidden.  They especially had to know the times or Chronos of occurrence and occasion and to know, perceive, see, find out and discern God’s time table.  Israel must know the times in order “to do’ or accomplish, appoint, ordain, and put in order that which was lacking.  Even so, the Church particularly as the mature Sons of God must be like Issachar to “understand the times and know what to do.” Cunningly devised fables, prophets who errantly prophesy old wife’s tales drawn from a dream some 200 years ago, and ongoing fear doctrines about some figure called the Anti Christ, and an imminent rapture to be taken out of a chaotic earth is not good understanding nor can one discern what to do except to wait and escape. 

No move of the Holy Spirit has slipped up on God except He orchestrated it.  Now, the church on the other hand has been slow to move on many occasions.  It would seem that as much wisdom and knowledge the Church is purported to have, one would never be left behind.  However, the wisdom and knowledge of secular things or tenets could never replace a move of the Spirit.  Several things cause the movement of God to slow down.  One, people are not prone to like new things.  In fact, once they get settled, little can move them even if they know the truth.  If you continue in my Word, then are you my disciples indeed;  and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  (John 8:31,32).  The Word “Continue” is key here.  Too often, folks get a good doctrine, form a religion out of it, give it a name or denomination, and there they are.  Stuck!  Two, bad doctrine can shut a movement down especially if one is looking for a different outcome.  Settling for good ole’ normal church life, going through the motions of religion, the sit-down, rise-up, kneel, raise your hands calesentics are all methodology in physical exercise but nothing to do with the spirit man.  Three, some folks are just simply carnal and not spirit led.  For as many are led by the spirit of God, these are the Sons of God.  (Romans 8:14).  Carnal Christians are much like the world in their thinking and ideologies.  They are not much different from Israel who wanted a King like every other nation rather than be led by the spirit of God through a Prophet/Priest/Judge. 

When Moses led the Hebrew children out of Egypt, God went before them as a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.  When the cloud would stay, they would camp.  When the cloud moved, they would break camp, pack up and move with the cloud to the next strategic position.  We may not see the physical cloud anymore, but the Spirit of God moves from one place of encampment to the next.  If the church misses the move, they entertain a dead religion going through the motions but not having the power of the Spirit in their midst.  The Word is clear that there are those who have a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof, we should turn away from them.  (2 Timothy 3:5).  And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken .  And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy.  And he had judged Israel forty years.  And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken , and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.  And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.  And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.  And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.  (1 Samuel 4:17-22).    Israel, that great nation who once had all the power, glory, and anointing of God with them was now nothing more than an empty shell. 

After the Holy Ghost fell on 120 believers in an upper room after the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, they were filled with power from on high with the Holy Spirit.  They immediately went out preaching, and in that same day, three thousand souls were added to the Kingdom of God.  Shortly, over five thousand men believed and were added to the Kingdom.  Apparently, the way that the disciples proclaimed was not held in high esteem with the religious folks of the day namely the priests and Sadducees for they were grieved with this message of the resurrection from the dead, and laid hands on the disciples and put them in hold or a prison unto the next day.  (Acts 4:1-3).  Obviously, the disciples went against the grain of the teachers of the law of Moses, and it just was not acceptable in their sight.  Never mind if it was of God or not.  They had their belief system and nothing was going to change them. 

Much later, Saul is haling Christians to prison and even unto death.  He assents to the stoning of Stephen as being a friend of God as he tries to stamp out this heretical preaching.  The question is, “What was the heretical preaching that incurred the wrath of all the religious leaders?”  Stephen preached through the history of the Hebrew people from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob then Moses, and he talked about idolatry, but it was when he began to talk about the Tabernacle and the Temple, and more particularly how God was going to deal with man as his new tabernacle thus abandoning the known religious structure that they turned on him to stone him.   Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.  Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.  Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;  Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.  But Solomon built him an house.  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,  Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?  Hath not my hand made all these things?  Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.  Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:  Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.  When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.  But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,  And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.  Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,  And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.  (Acts 7:42-60).  And so it is today when men start to preach about the Kingdom of God and how God is changing the way he does business with the world by skirting the known religious institutions that the priests and clergy get up in arms.  Why do you think that is?  For the most part, their paycheck is going to be affected, their control over men is going to be abated, their pet doctrines that are man-based are going to be tested and found lacking, and their fame in the religious community is diminished.  God is going to get the Glory in every facet of our lives.  He will not share it with anyone. 

The Roman Catholic Church rose up after the first century claiming apostolic succession for its Popes after Peter.  In fact, St. Peter’s Basilica is built over Peter’s grave so called proving that “Upon this rock, I will build my church.”  Peter’s name meant rock.  If the foundation is bad, the building is flawed.  One can’t build a living church on dead men’s bones and have a vibrant organism.  The pomp and ceremony, religious rituals, mass, indulgences, priestly robes, fair mitres, holy water, observance of laws, consecration of departed saints, crosses, prayer beads, high holy days, chanting, and many other forms of religion does not make a universal church.  Two things were missing then as they are now;  the powerful anointing and moving of the Holy Spirit amongst believers and power to do miracles and signs and wonders.  These have been replaced with ceremony.  And, the people did not even know Christ was gone.  Why?  Because religion replaced the glory.  Just as it was in Moses’ day, the Egyptians had their magicians and their form of religion, but Moses had the real deal, the induement of power from on high.  Not long after the 4th Century, Constantine became Emperor of the Eastern church.  He proclaimed everyone to be Christians.  Of course, as noble a gesture as that was, everyone must have their own personal relationship with Christ.  The Church broke into 2 factions the East and the West and remained dominant until the 1500’s, all without power.  

Catholic doctrine was challenged by a man named Martin Luther who wrote 95 Theses and nailed them to the church house door.  Many of those doctrines were still very Catholic, but he varied greatly with with his doctrine called “Justification by Faith, Not By Works”.  He was excommunicated for this breach, but it spawned the Protestant Reformation.  Other men such as John Wesley, Jan Hus, John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, along with Martin Luther all paid a dear price to buck the religious system.  Literally, thousands of converts were executed by hanging or burning.  Another man responsible for the spread of the Gospel was Johannes Gutenberg who invented the printing press which was capable of mass producing all types of literature and books, and the Bible.  More and more people could get educated and enlightened through his writing and make up their own minds about what good ole’ church life was supposed to be.  Those that broke off from the Catholic Church formed denominations that exist today such as Anabaptists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalian, Methodists, and Baptists.  Some started out with power, but soon relegated their services to a form of worship.  Each one was so bent on being the successor of Jesus just like the Catholic Church that a rivalry as to how far back they went ensued.  The Baptist went back further than the Catholic Church who espoused Peter as their founder, but the Baptist went to John the Baptist who baptized and immersed in water.  The foolishness of all such bickering divided those in the new Protestant Reformation and they remained divided today.  Little did they know that the Glory had departed from them all as well.  They had a form of godliness but denied the power thereof.

In April, 1906, a revival broke out in Los Angeles, California spearheaded by a black preacher by the name of William Seymour.  This revival continued until 1915 with power, miracles, ecstatic manifestations, speaking in tongues and other signs and wonders.  It became the foundational beginning of the Pentecostal Church today.   Unfortunately, like all other religions, Pentecostalism became inward, formed legalistic doctrines, dress codes, prescriptions on how a woman must wear her hair, makeup and jewelry and other such regulations.  If you didn’t speak in tongues and were not baptized in the name of Jesus Only, and go to a Pentecostal Church, you were not saved.  It didn’t matter if you went through the cross or not.  All you had to do was speak in tongues.  It lost its power so much that many church affiliations began to break off and form their own autonomous churches without Pentecostal doctrine. 

The Charismatic movement began in 1960 and espoused many things like the Pentecostal Church without the legalism.  They believed in speaking in tongues, ecstatic in-filling of the Holy Ghost, and they also believed that the typical lay person could perform the “Charismata” or charismic gifts of the Holy Ghost such as speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecy, gifts of miracles, healings, discerning of spirits, supernatural gifts of faith, knowledge, and wisdom as outlined by 1 Corinthians 12.  The movement spread rapidly among denominational churches such as the Episcopalian Church, the Lutheran Church as well as the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.  Charismatics enjoyed much revival for nearly 20 years with preaching outside the local church in homes, shopping centers, apartment complexes and the like until it too became inward and receded into the four walls of church structure.  It died a slow death much like all the other revival and reformation movements did when it became inward. 

Apostles and Prophets were considered to be dead with the original disciples until a man by the name of Bill Hamons came along in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s and began to raise up apostles and prophets amongst the people.  The five fold ministry was now complete.  Most folks had recognized pastors, evangelists, and teachers, but not apostles and prophets for they were considered holy, untenable, and unreachable by mere mortals.  Bill also started an “all saints movement” in the late 90’s and early 2000’s.  In his book, The Day of the Saints, he prophesied that every saint would manifest the supernatural; be ministers in the marketplace and in all arenas of society; and that the saints would become the Church 24/7; and that people of all ages would become activated as ministers for Christ. This Reformation would bring about a paradigm shift in the goal and purpose of the Church. He opines that most Evangelical and Pentecostal theologians see no purpose for the Church other than to win more souls to Christ so they are made ready for Heaven. Now we are receiving revolutionary, reformed thinking from the heart and mind of God. The expanded goal and vision of the Third Reformation Church is to co-labor with Christ in His passionate desire for the fulfillment of Revelation 11:15:"...there were loud voices in Heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"

For sure, from the early beginnings of Christ and his 12 disciples, the Church has gone through many revivals, reformations, and upheavals to this present day.  Every time the Spirit began a fresh move, man would intervene, I think ignorantly more than on purpose to build God a house.  And every time, the Spirit would quench.  God would use these movements for a season, but then have to shut it down to fulfill his purpose in the earth.  In my mind, his main goal is to convert all the nations not just a sinner on the street, and manifest the Kingdom of God throughout the Earth.  It is a monumental task for sure, and it  cannot be attained by our narrow view of religion.  God wants all men to be saved, he wants all nations to glorify his name, he wants the Glory of the Lord to cover the Earth as the waters cover the seas.  Fighting, bickering, schisms, denominationalism, and the lack of love and forgiveness do not work the power of God.  The new job is to take the planet and restore the Edenic state lost 6000 years ago for all mankind.  No matter how one sees the return of Christ, the scriptures say “The heavens must receive him until the times of restitution of all things.”  (Acts 3:21).  In other words, heaven must retain Christ until the times or Chronos of restitution.  The word restitution is Apokatastasis in the Greek and it means “Restoration” of a true theocracy and the perfect state before the fall.  Do we see this when we look around?  Of course, not!  God is waiting on us establish his Kingdom, but we have bad religion that keeps us looking and waiting on him to come and restore all things.  It is amazing to me how we have gotten 1800  off course.  We are as far as the east is from the west in accomplishing God’s perfect will.  Mainline denominationalism, bad doctrine, dead religion, and corrupted teaching has stymied the church over the centuries.  Maybe now we can break out of the four walls, stand strong against the enemy, repudiate hypocritical ministers, and proclaim loudly “Christ is Lord and the Kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ!

Multitudes of the church espousing bad doctrine have long awaited the return of Christ.  As a result, the church has been paralyzed from its mission of converting the world and every nation.  And, how could they as long as its members only want to leave this planet to go to their heavenly home somewhere in this galaxy or another where they will walk through fields of green grass and beautiful flowers beside a flowing bubbly brook to a city made of pure gold where everyone loves one another, and all they have to do everyday is play their harps and sing worship songs.  Although that is a lovely figure, it is light years from reality.  The truth is, God made this planet to be inhabited.  He created a people who would worship him, but it doesn’t have to be with their golden harps which they can’t play anyway.  One’s life should be dedicated to God which is the highest form of worship. 

Most folks are looking for Christ to return and establish the kingdom, but let’s see the order the scriptures really teach.   And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.  He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.  And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.  But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying , We will not have this man to reign over us.  And it came to pass , that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.  Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.  And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.  And the second came , saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.  And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.  And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:  For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.  And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:  Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?  And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.  (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)  For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.  But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.  (Luke 19:14-27).  If you will notice, the disciples thought Christ should immediately appear in his power and glory.  It is the same argument today.  People are looking for his immediateness, his imminence, his nowness, and have missed the total message.  Jesus, in speaking this parable intended it to be for the ears of those who were spiritual only.  Carnal man or carnal Christians can’t hear it because they continually want to see everything in the flesh realm.  And it just ain’t happening.  When Jesus spoke in parables, he spoke of natural things to explain a spiritual message not the other way around.  One of the big reasons for that is if he told of spiritual things, we being in the flesh would not understand what he meant for we do not walk in the spiritual realm as a rule.  The things we see with the natural eye is temporal, but the things not seen are eternal.  In the parable, a certain nobleman (Jesus) went into a far country (heaven).  And that far country is Ouranous in the Greek meaning the heavens which is in this atmosphere below the clouds.  His Shekinah Glory continually abides here over the affairs of men.  He is to receive for himself a kingdom, then return.  I didn’t invent this.  It is what the scriptures teach.  Many see the opposite, that he went away, waited for the world to get into utter chaos, then appear on the scene, destroy his enemies, execute righteousness, put his foot on the mount of Olives, say, “I have arrived”, and establish peace throughout the earth through force.  NOT!  Wrong doctrine.  He first receives for himself a KINGDOM then returns.  There is only one way for that to happen.  We, the Sons of God must establish the Kingdom in the Earth, and deliver it up to him.  It is imperative that we restore all things back to its Edenic state before he comes again.  Do you not know that the Heavens must RECEIVE Him until the times of RESTITUTION (Restoration) of all things.  Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out , when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;  And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:  Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. the Heavens must RECEIVE Him until the times of RESTITUTION (Reformation) of all things.  (Acts 3:19-21).   The TIMES he speaks of is NOW.  Jesus is received or retained in heaven until these times of refreshing.  The RESTITUTION OR RESTORATION of all things by definition is restoration of a true theocracy and the perfect state of planet Earth before the fall.  When that day is complete, then I would say Jesus will return.  In the meantime, the job of the Church, the body of Christ, the Sons of God is to take dominion in every facet of life through the love of God. 

So, what time is it?  I have mentioned this before, but it would behoove us to be reminded again of the time.  The world now has an atomic or nuclear clock that is accurate to one second in 300 million years.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I can improve on that.  If you have been an ardent student of the word of God, likely you have tried to ascertain the time by interpreting scripture through the many generations of the patriarchs.  But, what measure must we use to calculate a generation?  Forty years, fifty years, a hundred years for a generation or some other measure.    Many other calendars purport to have the accurate time such as the Russian calendar, the Mayan calendar, the Chinese calendar, the Islamic calendar, Buddhist calendar, the Roman calendar, the Gregorian calendar and many more.  The Jewish calendar measures 30 days to a month, or 360 days in a year, and they add months every so often to make up for the difference.  To them, it is the year 5775.  This does not correspond well with our Gregorian calendar which is 2014.  The Jewish calendar is based on a lunar cycle while the Gregorian is based on the Solar cycle.  On a solar cycle, there are 365 ¼ days in a year.  Of course, the Jewish new year has started already where ours will not start until January 1.   The difference of 240 years glares at us because it appears there is a discrepancy.  Since Adam, there has been nearly 6015 years to this date.  That is 4000 years from Adam to Christ and 2015 years from Christ to today.  Why the disparity?  Apparently, to make a long story short, the Jews made a mistake in calculating their dates.  Secondly, it appears they wanted to disprove the coming of Christ, so they adjusted the calendar accordingly.  It is common knowledge that the calendar is incorrect.  The correct date should be 6015 which is the time from the creation of Adam.  This would correspond perfectly with the Gregorian calendar.  I have read many arguments and assertions from scholarly people as to the date of historical events until now.  Though they all have good arguments, it is impossible for me to argue with a nuclear calendar or time that is so accurate.  It would be akin to arguing with a compass in the middle of the woods as to which direction north is.  Is it the direction of my misguided instincts or is it north on the compass?  If you have ever been lost in the woods as I have and you argued with your compass as I did, you will find yourself miles away in the opposite direction of your intended goal as I did.  Never again!

Let’s settle it then.  If we are to be as the sons of Issachar knowing the times and knowing what we must do, can we now say it is the year 6015 according to a revised Jewish calendar or 2015 in our Gregorian calendar which is 6015 years from Adam or will we still argue with it?  I’m settled!  I know what time it is.  By the way, if that is correct, and I believe it is, then we are over 6000 years from Adam and we have entered into the 7th 1000th  year which is commonly known as the Millenium.  Amazingly, Jesus did not come at the turn of the millenia, nor did we have a period of 7 years known as the Great Tribulation, nor did the so called man of sin called the Anti-Christ raise his head, nor did we have a ten nation confederacy of the revised Roman Empire raise its head in Europe, nor did the Roman Catholic Church reveal itself as the beast or antichrist, nor was there a battle to end all battles in the field of Megiddo known as the battle of Armageddeon, nor did China or Russia attack Israel with a million man army, nor did the false prophet raise the anti-christ to life again, nor did Jesus split the eastern sky and rapture the masses of believers out of the earth, neither has the 3rd temple been rebuilt and desecrated, nor is Jesus ruling bodily in person over the earth.  Then something else must be happening.  These fairy tales that men have believed until now have crippled the church.  The Kingdom is going to be built on a solid foundation, not cunningly devised myths.  The Kingdom we are to build is here.  There is no need for an exodus.  The devil would love for folks to believe in some fable that never has a chance of coming to pass.  If he  could, then he has won.  But, we are as the Sons of Issachar.  We know what TIME IT IS!

Now, what must we do?  This is the big question.  We are not without an answer, however.  Just as the Sons of Issachar knew the times and what Israel must do, so we also with the same anointing and power know what time it is and what we must do.  Just like an arrow shot out of a ready bow and speeding to its intended target, so should the Sons of God know clearly their destiny at hand.  WORLD DOMINION is the targeted destination.  It’s means is by the “Love of God” showing to the world that Love never fails.  Religious wars over the centuries have failed to bring the world under the subjection of Christ mainly because God is not nor has he ever been trying to subdue the world through force.  It is through the cross where he makes all as one.  The cross brings all men at peace with one another.  And through the power of his Resurrection, he justifies all men, male and female and  Jew and Greek.  Never in the history of the world has there been such an opportunity to bring all nations to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  Jesus has come to save all men.  None shall be lost.  Christ has come to save all nations.  There will be no goat nations, only sheep nations.  There will only be one tabernacle and that is the souls of men.  No longer will men build elaborate edifices for God to live in for he will live in the flesh of all men.  Rivers of living water will run out of our own soul and not out of the temple in Jerusalem.  Christ will be the light of the world in all men.  There will be no darkness within us as his light ever shines within.  Jesus is the tree that bears fruit and leaves for the healing of the nations within us.  We are speeding to our destination.  With a small beginning in Christ’s day of .000004% of the world population to over 30% of the world population today, we are taking dominion little by little.  We will see in the next 50 years, 100 years, 500 years, and by the end of the next 1000 years total dominion of this little planet that God has found favor with and set his Sons in the midst to rule and control all living things.  The role of the church will be the same.  Save and win souls.  Their instruction for these new converts will be to become MATURE Sons of God not only to win souls, but to change their environment.  Literally, everything around them will come under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  The seven fold nations greater and mightier than Israel are the seven fold lusts of the flesh which will come under the dominion of Christ as we crucify our flesh and live the life of God in this flesh.  The seven fold societal kingdoms that affect our soul such as the family, religion, education, economics, government, arts, and media will come under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  Every facet of our daily life will know the glory of God.  The seven fold spirits of God within us will come under his Lordship.  The Spirit of the Lord, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, the fear of the Lord, the spirit of counsel and the spirit of might will dominate our very being and make us just like the Son of God.  Without a doubt, we are moving to perfection until we are formed into his image. 

As Sons of God, once the Kingdom is established, Christ comes and doles out his rewards.  The one who had one pound gained five pounds and was made to rule over five cities.  Another who had a pound gained ten pounds and he was made ruler over ten cities.  The Kingdom has already been established.  There is no mass exodus.  There is no heavenly respite for seven years or anywhere in between.  It all happens down here on planet Earth.  The reward for multiplying the talents or pounds was authority over proportionally as many cities as one made increase of their talents and pounds.  What we do here now is BETA testing for the age to come.  Everything we do counts.  We must multiply our God given gifts making increase continually according to the power that works in us.  The day will come when we have won every creature on the planet to Christ, every knee shall bow to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, every nation will be a sheep nation, the Edenic paradise will be fully and completely restored, and all the kingdoms of this world will be the kingdoms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Then we will say to the Lord, receive the Kingdom we have restored in your name.  And then He will come and the end will begin as God becomes all in all.

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