March 2013 – The Thought of the Day

March 26, 2013

Receiving The Kingdom (Part 13)

Hosea 6:3 _[KJV] declares: < ³Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. >

Joel 2:23-24 _[NKJV] also similarly declares: < ²³Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you – the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. ²⁴ The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. >

The Early Rain and the Latter Rain being poured out – together – points to the end-time outpouring of the HOLY SPIRIT, on all flesh _{[see Joel 2:28]}, that will bring in the final harvest of the Kingdom _{[see Matt 24:14]} at the end of the Age, before the 2^nd Coming of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Joel is prophesying that “the threshing floors shall be full of wheat”. Joel is also prophesying that “the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil”.

Revelation 6:6c pointedly declares that the oil and the wine will not be touched during the tribulation. Isaiah 4:4-6 _{[KJV + YLT + NASB]} points to an end-time “Goshen” being revealed where the Assemblies of Mount Zion are gathered.

As our LORD explains in the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13:38, the wheat represent the sons of the Kingdom. The sons of the Kingdom are ministers of CHRIST and stewards of the Mysteries of GOD _{[see 1 Cor 4:1, NKJV]}. The sons of the Kingdom have eyes and ears opened to the Mysteries of the Kingdom _{[see Matt 13:11, 16-17]}. This end-time revival will manifest in practical terms the reality of the Kingdom of GOD and the Gospel of the Kingdom in the midst of a collapsing Babylonian System.

The purpose of the revival will be to reveal and demonstrate – practically – the Testimony of JESUS before a humanity immersed in great darkness. Through the revelation and manifestation of the Testimony of JESUS, the Body of MESSIAH will lift up the Name of the LORD JESUS so that He will draw all nations to Himself as His glory is made manifest through the Body of MESSIAH.

Two passages of Scripture, however, warn us of those who will take the glory unto themselves _{[see Eze 28:13-16]}:

Hebrews 6:4-8 _[NASB] declares: < ⁴For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, ⁶and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. ⁷For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; ⁸but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. >

In Matthew 7:21-27 _[NASB], YESHUA declares: < ²¹“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. ²²“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ ²³“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ ²⁴“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵“And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶“Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷“The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell – and great was its fall.”

Some 20 years ago I read a book by St. John of the Cross who talked about sin and its dark consequences. If I remember rightly, I think the title of the book was “The Dark Night of the Soul”. One of the things he wrote about was the most powerful form of temptation: the lust for power.

The lust for power only surfaces when we actually have power in our hands. This is why there needs to be a genuine purging and cleansing of the filthiness of the Daughters of Zion _{[see Isa 4:4]}. Our dying to self is a necessary reality for the success of this end-time revival; Galatians 2:20, must be genuinely alive in the fabric of our realities for us to navigate the end of this Age.

The lust for power is the fruit of satan’s own heart and soul.

One third of the angels in heaven lost their GOD-given destiny because of Lucifer’s lust for power _{[see Isa 14:12-14]} that led to his willingness to merchandize the anointing _{[see Eze 28:14-19]} and attempt to build empire in opposition to YHWH.

The lust for power facilitates the development and growth of the spirit of error _{[see 1 John 4:6c]. The spirit of error} is at the heart of the mystery of lawlessness _{[see 2 Thess 2:7,9-10]}.

YESHUA warns us in Scripture:

In Matthew 6:21-23 _[NASB], YESHUA declares: <²¹for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ²²“The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. ²³“But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! >

Revivals in Church history, especially in the last 100 years, have inevitably demonstrated that there will be those who misuse the power of GOD by embracing the spirit of error _{[see 1 John 4:6]} and opening the Mystery of Lawlessness.

In 1 John 2:16 _[KJV] the Apostle John points to the strongholds of the spirit of error: < ¹⁶For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. >

In 1 Timothy 6:10 _[KJV] the Apostle Paul points to the root of all evil, and the root and source of all error: < ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

In Hebrews 6:4-6, the writer to the Hebrews is talking about individuals who were once enlightened _{[see John 8:12]} and then fell after:

Having actually tasted of the heavenly gift – JESUS CHRIST _{[see John 8:23; 3:16; 1 John 5:10aWord that has to be written in our hearts and manifested in our lives]}.
Having actually become partakers of the HOLY SPIRIT _{[see 2 Cor 3:17a + 1 Cor 6:17]}.
Having actually tasted the good Word of GOD _{[see Jer 1:11-12; 1 Peter 4:11]}.
Having actually tasted the powers of the age to come _{[see John 14:12]}.

The crucial passage of Scripture that we must pray into our hearts and actualize in our lives and in our lifestyles, in order to safely and successfully navigate the times of the end, is Galatians 2:20 _[KJV]: < ²⁰I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. >

The Early Rain and the Latter Rain being poured out – together – will result in us being enlightened to behold and to understand heavenly realities as the Mysteries of the Kingdom and the Mysteries of GOD _{[see Rev 10:7; Col 2:2-3, NKJV]} are opened to our inward parts _{[see Matt 13:11, 16]} through the revelation of the Heavenly Gift [see John 8:23; 1 Peter 4:10-11, KJV] – YESHUA MASHIAH – in our inward parts [see 2 Cor 3:3, NKJV; John 1:16-18, KJV+NASB]. There is an appointed time when this Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation will manifest.

As James 1:17 _[NKJV] declares: < ¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights …. >.

The communication of every good and perfect gift is made in what YESHUA declares is the Light of Life [see John 8:12 + John 1:4].

The spiritual construct of the Mystery of CHRIST revealed in us [see Col 1:26-27] is the Light of Life which is the Armor of GOD [see Rom 13:12c + Eph 6:10-11].

The spirit of error strips the disciple of CHRIST of the Armor of Light, the Armor of GOD.

In Matthew 6:21-24, YESHUA declares: < ¹⁹“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰“But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; ²¹for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ²²“The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. ²³“But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! ²⁴“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. >

Amen: come, LORD JESUS.

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James Niles

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March 9, 2013

Receiving The Kingdom (Part 12)

In Hosea 6:3 _[KJV]the Prophet declares: < ³Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. >

In Joel 2:23-24 _[ASV] the Prophet declares: < ²³Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in JEHOVAH your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month. ²⁴And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. >

Both Prophets are pointing to a time when the LORD ^[YHWH] the SPIRIT _{[see 2 Cor 3:17]} will come to us as the Latter Rain and the Former Rain, a composite outpouring, so that “the floors shall be full of wheat and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil”.

The Early Rain and the Latter Rain being poured out – together – points to the end-time outpouring of the HOLY SPIRIT that will bring in the final harvest of the Kingdom _{[see Matt 24:14]} at the end of the Age, before the 2^nd Coming of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

There are two end-time passages that refer to wheat and to new wine and oil.

In Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 _[ASV]YESHUA MASHIAH explains the harvest of the Kingdom at the end of this Age: < ²⁴Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: ²⁵but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. ²⁷And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? ²⁸And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? ²⁹But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn. ……. ³⁶Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. ³⁷And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; ³⁸and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; ³⁹and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. ⁴¹The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, ⁴²and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. >

In Revelation 6:5-6 it is written: < ⁵When He ^[YESHUA] broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.” >

It is my opinion that the oil and the wine, “the products”, the functional outcomes of this great outpouring of the early and latter rains of the HOLY SPIRIT, as prophesied by the Prophets Joel and Hosea, will be in place in the inward parts of the Body of MASHIAH _{[in us and amongst us]} before the seals are broken by YESHUA [see Revelation 6].

It is my opinion that the Body of MASHIAH will be fully equipped for battle before the Seals are broken.

In order to ensure that we are fully equipped to accomplish the purposes of our King, Isaiah 4:4-6 declares that we must ensure that the LORD has cleansed us from our filthiness. Through this cleansing from all our filthiness, YHWH will equip us to stand and operate under a “Canopy” _[NASB], and a “Defense” _[KJV] and, a “Safe-Guard” _[YLT] of an end-time spiritual Goshen [that will manifest in the natural according to the Gift of Faith bestowed upon us by the HOLY SPIRIT], wherever we are located across the Nations.

Although there will be martyrs amongst us, YHWH will be our Defense. YHWH will overshadow us – “upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night”.

Isaiah 4:4-6 _[KJV] declares: < ⁴When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning _{[see Rev 1:14; 5:6b]}. ⁵And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. ⁶And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. >
Isaiah 4:4-6 _[YLT] declares: < ⁴If the Lord hath washed away the filth of daughters of Zion, and the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. ⁵Then hath Jehovah prepared over every fixed place of Mount Zion, and over her convocations, a cloud by day, and smoke, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, that, over all honour a safe-guard, ⁶and a covering may be, for a shadow by day from drought, and for a refuge, and for a hiding place, from inundation and from rain! >

The outpouring of the HOLY SPIRIT will achieve with the Body of MASHIAH all that is in the FATHER’s Heart; that we – personally and in our assemblies – will be positioned for battle, from the “dwelling places” and the “fixed places” of Mount Zion, the Mount of YHWH _{[see Gen 22:14; Ps 24:3-4; Ps 15:1-2; Isa 33:15-17; Heb 12:22-24]}. And the Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed with the Authority and the Power of the King who is in us, amongst us and, who rules over us – by the SPIRIT.

And, the Body of MASHIAH will be conduits through whom and over whom YHWH will manifest: what “eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him” _{[see 1 Cor 1:9, NKJV]}.

And the powers of the age to come _{[see Heb 6:5c]} will be opened over us, in us and through us. And, this will manifest as we function in the Heavenly Gift _{[YESHUA MASHIAH in His Fullness manifested in us and amongst us – see Heb 6:4]}; and, as we function as partakers of the HOLY SPIRIT _{[see Heb 6:4]} who have the good Word of GOD _{[see Heb 6:5]} in our mouth and in our heart _{[see Deut 30:14-15]} which YHWH will perform _{[see Jer 1:11-12]}. We will see every reality of salvation manifest as the Righteousness of YHWH is released from the altar of our heart _{[see Rom 10:10]}.

As the Prophet Ezekiel declares: < ²¹And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ²²“Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Israel _{[see Eph 2:14-22]}, which says, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’? ²³Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.” But say to them, “The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision. ²⁴For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. ²⁵For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it,” says the Lord GOD.’ ” ²⁶Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ²⁷“Son of man, look, the house of Israel _{[see Eph 2:14-22; Eze 37:1-28; Deut 32:8]}is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ ²⁸Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done,” says the Lord GOD.'” Amen!

Please understand that all this will only open to us personally if we give heed to Hosea’s words. As the Prophet declares _{[in Hosea 6:3a, KJV]}: < ³Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD …. >

It is time, especially for the leadership of the Church, to pray with intensity, to unfold an online connection with YESHUA our Head, by the HOLY SPIRIT, so that we walk before the FATHER in righteousness and holiness of the truth – by the SPIRIT, in CHRIST JESUS in fulfillment of the Law of Life _{[see Rom 8:2]}. Amen!