Here I am!

I Stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with him and he with me.
(Revelation 3:20)
Here I am!

The eternal Christ is the I am.
He has always been and always will be.
The First and the Last the Beginning and the End,
The Alpha and the Omega.
The present everywhere, self-existent, God.

I Stand At The Door And Knock!
From the Creation, to this day
Christ Jesus has been a knocking at the heart of every person
In every nation, every believer and every Church.
He is knocking at your heart and my heart.

If Anyone Hears My Voice!
In Revelation 3:20, He is speaking to believers.
This is a continual knocking, a continual revelation of Himself.
Christ Jesus speaks to the heart of each person;
He speaks through His Word to each person and to His Church.
He speaks through prophesy, dreams and visions
To each believer and each Church.

If Anyone Opens The Door!
Those who hear His voice must then open the door for Him.
He is knocking continually,
But each believer and each Church must open the door.
Each person and each Church must receive Him personally,
Intimately, as He is.
Not something they heard from someone else,
Not some concept of Him,
But the real person of Christ Jesus.
The Church in the time of Christ
Thought that they would recognize Him, but did not.
They had a preconceived ideal of how He would come
And what He would look like.
They were diligent students of the Scriptures,
But failed to recognize their Messiah.
They heard His voice, literally, but shut the door in His face.

On the other hand the first apostles heard His voice
And opened the door for Him.
They left all they had to follow Him.
His sheep heard His voice.

I Will Come In And Eat With Him And He With Me
Christ Jesus will always come in through an opened door
And have intimate communion with that person and that Church.
The first apostles and disciples enjoyed such communion.
Every true believer since that time has had the same experience.
This communion will culminate
In The Wedding Supper Of The Lamb,
Which the Bride of Christ will be privileged to enjoy.

Christ Jesus goes on to say to the Laodicean Church:
To him who overcomes,
I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,
Just as I overcame
And sat down with my Father on his throne.
He who has an ear,
Let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
(Revelation 3:21-22)

After a person is “saved”
There is an overcoming that must take place.
We are “saved” to overcome this world and its ways.
Christ Jesus showed us the Way.
He is the Way and the Truth and the LIFE.
We can do all things through Christ in us, if we will.
If we will continually “knock;”
Continually hear the voice of Christ in us;
Continually have intimate communion with Him.

Christ Jesus says to the Church in Laodicea:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
The ruler of God's creation.
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold or hot.
I wish you were either one or the other!
So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold--
I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
You say, 'I am rich, I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.'
But you do not realize that you are wretched,
Pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,
So you can cover your shameful nakedness;
And salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.
So be earnest, and repent.
Here I am!
I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
(Revelation 3:14-20)

When we fail to stay in continual communion with Christ Jesus,
We enter into a man made Christianity,
That does not confront the culture we live in.
We enter into the I'm OK, your OK attitude of the world,
Which is wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
As Christ Jesus says, we must buy from Him
Gold refined in the fire
To cover what is otherwise our shameful nakedness,
And salve to put on our eyes so that we can see.
Gold refined in the fire are righteous acts we have taken
In response to the voice of Christ in us;
Standing for Christ in the face of the inevitable opposition
That occurs
In a world controlled by the devil.

We do not necessarily seek confrontation
But we do not turn away when we are confronted.
Communion with Christ Jesus is salve for our eyes,
Which enables us to see the world as he sees it;
Lost and destined for hell.

After His Crucifixion He commanded His disciples
To wait in Jerusalem
To receive what the Father had promised.
120 out of all those He had ministered to waited.
They had no idea what they were waiting for.
They were simply being obedient.

Scripture records:
He appeared to them over a period of forty days
And spoke to them about the kingdom of God.
On one occasion, while he was eating with them
(His disciples),
He gave them this command:
'Do not leave Jerusalem,
But wait for the gift my Father promised,
Which you have heard me speak about.
For John Baptized with water,
But in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

So when the met together they asked him,
'Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom
To Israel?'
He said to them:
'It is not for you to know the times or dates
The Father has set by his own authority.
But you will receive power
When the Holy Spirit comes on you;
And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
And in all Judea and Samaria,
And to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:4-8)

Hear I am, Christ Jesus said in Revelation 3:20,
And there He was on The Day of Pentecost;
Christ, the Holy Spirit, entering in to His disciples;
The Kingdom of God entering into them;
The Kingdom of God restored to the earth in the 120
And all those who subsequently received the same experience,
Up to this very day.
Here I am!

After the resurrection of Christ Jesus Scripture records:
Then they returned to Jerusalem
From the hill called the Mount of Olives,
A Sabbath day walk from the city.
When they arrived,
They went upstairs to the room where they were staying.
Those present were Perter, John, James and Andrew;
Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew;
James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot,
And Judas son of James.
They all joined together constantly in prayer,
Along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus,
And his brothers. (Acts 1:12-14)

They all joined together constantly in prayer;
In other words they constantly, persistently,
“Knocked.” on the door of the “I am.”
Who was with them, and soon to be in them.
Then on that day, The Day of Pentecost,
They received the fire of God making them “hot” for Him.
The received “vision” from Christ Jesus,
Enabling them to see as He sees.
They went on to “overcome” the world by the blood of the Lamb
And the word of their testimony.
They obtained gold refined in the fire of their passion for God;
Righteous acts inspired by Christ in them.

Worship God In Spirit And In Truth

The Purpose of God In Creation
The purpose of God in creation was to obtain a Bride for His Son;
A Bride who of Her own free will would choose to marry His Son;
A Bride who would be commensurate with His Son in character and being;
A Bride who would love His Son as He loved His Son;
A Bride who would become ONE with His Son
By the power of His Holy Spirit.
A Bride with whom His Son could enjoy intimate communion for eternity.
This purpose of God is the framework for all of Scriptural history.

In The New Covenant God Seeks Three Things
1.Those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:23)
2.Glory (John 8:50)
3.The lost (Luke 19:10)

It seems only logical that the Church of God would endeavor
To give to their God what He seeks when it is possible for them to do so.
When the people of God worship Him in Spirit and in Truth,
He releases His manifest, tangible Presence; His Glory;
This brings about a God consciousness in believers and unbelievers,
And all know assuredly that Christ Jesus was sent as their Lord and Savior.
Today, Christ Jesus is seeking those who will worship Him
In Spirit and in Truth,
Who love Him with all their heart, soul, mind and strength
So that the whole world will know that Christ Jesus
Was sent by God the Father.

True Worshipers
Jesus said to the woman at the well:
Believe me woman, a time is coming
When you will worship the Father neither on this mountain
Nor in Jerusalem.
You Samaritans worship what you do not know;
We worship what we do know;
For salvation is from the Jews.
Yet a time is coming and has now come
When the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth,
For they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
God is Spirit, and his worshipers must worship in Spirit and in Truth.
(John 4:21-24)

When the people of God worship in Spirit and in Truth,
They are worshiping in and through Christ, who is the Spirit, who is the Truth;
Then God manifests Himself.
It is not a specific place; it can be any place where this occurs.
When the people of God worship Him in His Spirit and in His Truth;
Through Christ in them; having been born again of His Spirit;
Then He will reveal His manifest Presence and His Glory.
The people of God must worship in Spirit and in Truth,
Or it will be only empty noise emitted into the air.

Your Kingdom Come On Earth As In Heaven
The primary objective of God on earth is to raise up a Bride for His Son;
A Bride who will become ONE with Him by the power of His Spirit in Her.
Then His Kingdom will come to earth as in Heaven.
The Lord taught His disciples how to pray.
Part of the prayer was that the Kingdom of God would come to earth
As in Heaven.
From Scripture we can see that in Heaven there is continuous worship.
The Bride of Christ brings the Kingdom of God to earth as in Heaven
When we worship God as it is done in Heaven.
This is what occurred in The Tabernacle of David and is our example.
The Psalms, many of which were born out of the Tabernacle of David,
Are our teacher.

When the Kingdom of God comes to earth as in Heaven,
The devil is excluded, his work destroyed.
The devil has no access to the Kingdom of God;
When the Kingdom of God comes to earth as in Heaven
The Presence and Glory of God is manifested unhindered
By the evil, demonic principalities and powers in the heavenly realms.

Meetings Consecrated By His Glory
The primary purpose in Christians gathering together
Should be the same as it was in the days of Moses
And the original Tent of Meeting, the “prototype” for the Church today;
That is to meet with God, that He might speak to us.
When we meet for this primary purpose,
Then God will consecrate the meeting by His Glory;
Then He will dwell in our midst;
Then we will know that He is our God who brought us out of Egypt;
Then we are differentiated from all the other peoples of the earth;
Then the peoples of the earth will know where to come to meet with God;
In the midst of the people of God; in the midst of His Glory.

For generations to come this burnt offering (worship)
Is to be made regularly
At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord.
There I will meet you and speak to you;
There I will meet with the Israelites,
And the place will be consecrated by my glory.
So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar
And will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
They will know that I am the Lord their God,
Who brought them out of Egypt So that I might dwell among them.
I am the Lord their God. (Exodus 29:42-46)

It is the desire of God to meet and speak with us,
To consecrate our meetings with His glory;
Then His Kingdom comes to earth as in Heaven;
Then it is clear who belongs to God and who does not;
Then the people He calls by His Spirit know where to come to meet Him;
Then He adds people to His Bride according to His will.
The whole purpose of “Church” or assembling together
Is so that God can meet with us and speak to us and add to us.

Pentecost Began A Never Ending Revival
The Day of Pentecost ignited a never ending Revival;
The Father imparted His Holy Spirit to indwell His saints;
He baptized (immersed) His saints in the Holy Spirit and Fire.
They received power when this happened;
Power to live for Christ and power to do the works of Christ.
Christ Jesus said He came to bring a fire;
This fire was ignited on The Day of Pentecost
And has been burning in every generation since.
The only people who can worship in Spirit and in Truth
Are those who have received their personal Day of Pentecost.
Christ Jesus is “The Charismatic” and the “Inventor of Pentecost.”
On the Day of Pentecost He gave birth to a “Charismatic people;”
He, reproduced Himself in His people, Christ in them their hope of Glory,
As the Book of acts clearly demonstrates.

Revivals Are Times And Meetings Consecrated By God's Glory
God consecrated the meetings of John Westley and George Whitfield
With His Glory as they broke from the Church of England
To preach the Gospel to the common people
In the open fields of the countryside.
God consecrated the meetings of the First Great Awakening in America.
For approximately ten years God reawakened America
To the reality of His Christ;
Falling upon whole communities and regions,
Using Johnathan Edwards as one of the instruments of His Glory.
God consecrated the meetings of the Second Great Awakening
For many years,
As He reawakened America to the reality of His Christ;
Using Charles Finney as one of the instruments of His Glory.
God consecrated the meetings of Maria Etter with His Glory,
Falling on whole communities and regions,
Healing the worst diseases and afflictions.
God brought the America and the world to the Azusa Street Mission
And William Seymour in a great move of the Spirit of God,
Revealing His Glory.
God poured out His Spirit on mainline churches,
In the Charismatic Renewal, revealing His Glory.
God brought the world to Toronto Canada to experience His manifest Glory;
Consecrating the meetings with His Glory.

These are but a few examples of the meetings and Revivals
God has visited upon His Church, consecrated by His Glory.
The out working of each of these “Revivals” continues to this day.

When We Meet With God Our Face Will Shine
When Moses met with God his face shone with the Glory of God.
God wants the face of His Church to shine with the Glory of God.
When Steven testified for God his face shone with the Glory of God;
He looked like and angel;
When you stand in the Presence of God your face will shine with His Glory.

When You Meet With God You Will Be Forever Changed
Abraham heard from God and was willing to leave his homeland
And go to a place he never knew.
God changed Abraham's name and his destiny with a covenant.
Jacob wrestled with God and had his name and his nature changed;
God gave him a permanent physical mark of that meeting.
Moses met God and was commissioned with a task and destiny;
To deliver Israel from Egypt.
He was changed from shepherd to deliverer.
David met God and had only one desire in life; to be in His Presence;
He was changed from shepherd to king.
On the Day of Pentecost, the Church met God
And were intoxicated with His Glory,
Spoke in languages they did not know,
And went on to change the world through Christ in them.

When God met you, you were changed from being dead,
To being alive in Christ.
You can now do exceedingly and abundantly
Above what you can thing or ask
Because of the power of Christ in you.

Access To The Presence Of God:
The Mercy Seat Which Was Over The Ark Of His Presence
In The Most Holy Place
The Mercy Seat provides our only approach to God.
Because it has been sprinkled with the blood of Christ,
The same blood we have applied to our lives having received Christ by faith.
The Mercy Seat, sprinkled with the blood of Christ Jesus
Allows God to meet with us and speak to us.

Access To The Most Holy Place
The sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving allows us to enter the courts of God,
And place our offering on the Brazen Altar,
But the Mercy Seat, where God speaks to us, is in the Most Holy Place.
To get to the Most Holy Place we must enter the Holy Place.
To enter the Holy Place we must be a priest, consecrated to God,
Washed, anointed, clothed with Christ
And sprinkled and applied with His blood.
To enter the Most Holy Place we must then offer sacred incense,
Acceptable to God;
True worship from our hearts that touches His heart;
Worship in Spirit and in Truth.

We Know That Our Worship Has Touched The Heart Of God
When He Speaks To Us And Reveals His Presence And Glory
That is God's way of acknowledging that our worship has reached Him,
And is acceptable to Him.
God lives in the praises of His people;
We become ONE with Him as we praise and then worship Him;
We are transformed by the words of our mouth, coming from our hearts;
We may begin in the natural but we then allow Christ in us to take over,
Which allows us to enter the supernatural, the realm of the Spirit of God;
The Gory realm of God.

In the Book of Revelation the apostle John said
That he was “in the Spirit” on the Lord's day.
In this condition, Christ Jesus was able to speak to him
And give him a great revelation; the Book of Revelation.
Praise and Worship enables us to get “in the Spirit;”
When we are “in the Spirit” God can speak to us as He desires.
To hear from God we must get “in the Spirit.”
All those “in the Spirit” are ONE with God and each other.

When we are in the Glory realm of God
He manifests His Presence and Glory;
He speaks to us, He communes with us, He loves on us
And we love on Him.
In the atmosphere of His Presence and Glory sinners come to Christ Jesus;
Then the sick are healed and the dead are raised.
All things are possible and come to pass in the Glory realm of God.
In the atmosphere of the Presence and Glory of God the devil is driven out.

We must not satisfy ourselves with glimpses of His Presence and Glory.
God wants to immerse us in His Glory continually;
He wants us to live in “The Secret Place of the Most High God;”
He wants His Kingdom to come to earth as in Heaven and reside there,
Continually.
His objective is that we become ONE with Him and live in His Presence.
We need to press into worship
Until we are immersed in His Presence and Glory.

True worship lifts Christ up and allows God to manifest His Presence;
Then He draws all men to Himself;
This is New Covenant evangelism and the Glory He is seeking;
God is glorified when His people worship Him in Spirit and in Truth;
God is glorified when people accept His Christ as their Lord and Savior
Every Christian can participate in this most glorious enterprise;
No one is excluded; nothing is more important.

The Bride Of Christ Will Join With David
In Asking But One Thing

One thing I ask, this is what I seek
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life
To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
And seek Him in His temple. (Psalm 27:4)

As God Seeks those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth,
The Bride of Christ seeks to worship Him who is the Spirit and the Truth;
And they become ONE; the Glory of Christ Jesus is manifested;
Sinners come to Christ Jesus as the incense of Praise and Worship
Covers the Mercy Seat and access to the Presence is opened.
True Worship To The Living God Comes From The Heart
The Tabernacle of David, Zion, Exemplified This Worship

Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.
(Psalm 127:1)

The Lord is the architect and builder of Zion; David was an instrument.
The house of God is built with living stones,
Those filled with Christ, who is LIFE.
The fire of God is in Zion, his furnace in Jerusalem (His Church).
(Isaiah 31:9)
God infuses The Bride of Christ with His fire.
Her love for Him is as strong as death and burns like a blazing fire.
The House of God is built with Living Stones on Fire.

True worship is born out of the fire of God.
And comes from a consecrated heart.
It is based on an understanding of who is being worshiped.
You have to “know” God to be able to worship Him as God.
You have to “know” God to worship in His Spirit and in His Truth.
King David was a man after God's own heart.
David sought one thing above all else: the heart of God.
King David sought the heart of God and found Him as the Psalms attest.
David knew where he came from; watching over the sheep.
He knew that God had brought him from death to LIFE,
From shepherd to king;
That his LIFE was found in the Presence of God by the Holy Spirit within him.

God showed David, Gad and Nathan what true worship was to consist of,
And David built his Tabernacle and operated in it accordingly.
It was not elaborate, only a simple tent.
The Tabernacle of David exemplified the praise and worship that God seeks.
Because there He was worshiped in Spirit and in Truth.
That is why it is called Zion, the City of God, where the fire of God resides,
Foreshadowing the New Jerusalem that was to come;
The final and eternal City of the Living God, The Bride of Christ.

God revealed Himself to David and all Israel through His manifest Presence;
God supernaturally “kept” and prospered Israel for 36 years
During David's reign.
The Tabernacle of David, was the vehicle that brought this about.
It is the prototype of God's desire for His Church today.
God was enthroned on the praises
That emanated from the Tabernacle of David.
He desires to be enthroned on the praise of His Church today.
That is what it means to “lift Jesus up.”
He is lifted up when we enthrone Him on our praise and worship.
He then draws all men to Himself; New Covenant evangelism.

God will “keep” and prosper His Church today
When we enthrone Him in our praise and worship from our hearts;
Then, He will live in the praises of His people and manifest his Presence;
Pushing back the evil, demonic authorities and powers
In the heavenly realms
Giving the people of God victory wherever they are;
Creating the “open Heaven” so often spoken of, the Glory realm of God.

The Tabernacle of David was and is called Zion,
God's “Holy Hill,” the City of God,
The Israel of God, the Church of God, the Bride of Christ, the Heart of God;
Zion comprises a people, abandoned to God, who have laid down their lives,
And become ONE with Christ Jesus and the Father,
In accordance with the prayer of Christ Jesus in John 17;
A people in complete unity; ONE with God,
By the power of the Spirit of God.

In the last days, in our day, God promises to rebuild David's fallen tent:
After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
That the remnant of men may seek the Lord,
And all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord,
Who does these things
That have been known for ages. (Acts 15:16-18)

The Tabernacle of David will be rebuilt
That the remnant of men may seek the Lord in the last days.

Worship In Spirit And In Truth Eliminates The Veil
The Ark of the Covenant in The Tabernacle of David was not behind a veil.
There was no need for this because there was continuous worship
The worshipers were ONE with their God
And there was no need for separation.
Their worship was a sweet smelling incense offered up to God
That covered the Mercy Seat.
Worshiping in Spirit and in Truth protected them
From the awesome holiness of God;
The same holiness that killed Uzzah when he irreverently touched the ark.
King David understood this and set up The Tabernacle of David to this end.
The Tabernacle worshipers offered God continual worship, 24 hours a day.
The Tabernacle of David is the type worship
That God intended that we possess in the New Covenant;
That we continually worship God in Spirit and in Truth.
That we live continually in His Presence, continually in His Glory.

On The Day Of Pentecost, And Thereafter,
God Poured Out His Spirit On All Flesh
To enable us to get “in the Spirit” and out of the flesh,
So that He might meet with us individually and corporately and speak to us.
The apostle Peter declare about this day:

In the last days (the final two thousand years of “Time”)
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy
(That is hear from God and speak that received to His people),
Your young men will see visions, your old men dream dreams.
Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
(Acts 2:17-18)

The Day of Pentecost was the beginning of a Revival that was to never end,
And it continues to this day in the hearts of those called by God.

Give Me No Rest And Give Yourselves No Rest
Until Zion Is Made The Praise Of The Earth
God says to every Christian: “Give yourselves no rest,
And give Me no rest, until Zion is made the praise of the earth.” (Isaiah 62)
Zion will be made the praise of the earth by the power of the Spirit of God
In those who worship God in Spirit and in Truth, in the here and now,
And bring the Kingdom of God to earth as in heaven.

The Old Covenant And It's Ark
The Ark of the Covenant
Was first made to reside in The Tabernacle of Moses.
It contained the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone,
The container of manna and Aaron's rod that budded.
The Ark stood behind the veil in the Holy of Holies.
Daily, the high priest burned incense before the veil
Which was before the Ark.
This incense was symbolic of the worship in The Tabernacle of David.
The worship in The Tabernacle of David
Allowed God to have the Ark of His Presence, unveiled;
It allowed God to continually release His Glory and Presence.

In the Tabernacle of Moses, once a year,
The high priest went behind the veil,
Without his priestly garments, barefoot,
To sprinkle the Mercy Seat with blood, to atone for the sins of the nation.
He went before the Mercy Seat, vulnerable, risking his life.
Just as with the high priest, in worship,
We come before the Mercy Seat of Christ.
When we worship in Spirit and in Truth our worship is acceptable to God.
We are testifying that we filled with Christ, and living in the New Covenant
Purchased by the blood of Christ Jesus
That He, Himself, sprinkled on the Mercy Seat in Heaven for us.
Our very lives have been purchased by the blood of Christ Jesus.
Christ Jesus found us dead and has given us LIFE.
Our worship is our response to that reality.

The New Covenant Ark
In the New Covenant God, takes His law out of the box, the Ark,
And puts it in the minds and writes it on the hearts of His people,
Immersing them in the Holy Spirit; saturating them in the Holy Spirit.
Again and again, forever;
Continually satisfying their never ending thirst for His Living Water.
Christ Jesus is the Bread of Heaven for those who eat of Him, continually.
Christ Jesus is the rod that budded, the “Branch” who blooms His Church.
In the New Covenant worship in Spirit and Truth
Removes the veil to His Presence,
And allows God to release His Presence and Glory.

When we fail to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth
He cannot release His Presence and His Glory, otherwise we would die;
If we are not in a consecrated state before Him,
And His Presence is released, we would die.
God is God of the Old and new Covenants, He never changes.
His Presence is sacred and awesome;
No unsanctified, unconsecrated person can stand in His Presence.
At the Battle of Armageddon,
Christ Jesus defeats Satan with the Glory of His appearing; His Presence
And the word of His mouth.

In the New Covenant the Church,
The Bride of Christ, contains His Glory; Christ in us,
But this Glory is only manifested
When she is in a sanctified, consecrated state before Him.
Jesus declared that He had given the people of God His Glory in John 17;
That is for a remnant, and it has always been a remnant, throughout the ages.
It will be true for The Bride of Christ in The Time Of The END.
It will be true for those who love God
With all their heart, soul, mind and strength;
Who have a passion for the New Covenant
And the “new wine” it consists of.

Many will say the “old wine” is better
As Christ Jesus said of the Jewish religion of His day;
Many prefer a religion that has “form,”
And demands virtually nothing except rote tradition and rules made by men.
Such religion is a useless pretense,
And does not have the power to save anyone.
Such religion always resists the Holy Spirit;
And hates those who are filled with the Spirit and operate in the Spirit,
As Stephen, the first martyr of the Church testified,
Before he was stoned to death.

His Presence Makes A Way Where There Is No Way
The Presence of God parted the Red Sea
Allowing the Israelites to escape their enemies.
The Ark of His Presence parted the Jordan River
And allowed the Israelites to cross over into the Promised Land.
God's Presence cause the walls of Jericho to fall down.
His Presence will take The Bride of Christ into the desert.
His Presence makes a way where there is no way.
Worship in Spirit and in Truth brings His Presence.

Christ Jesus, Lifted Up, Draws All Men To Himself
When Christ Jesus is lifted up in true worship,
When He is enthroned on the praises of His people.
He draws all men to Himself;
This is the purpose of worship and the plan of salvation;
That men get saved and live saved,
In an environment of continual worship, on earth as in Heaven.
God intended that every Christian be a full participant
In this glorious enterprise.

An Old covenant example of this involved Moses a “type” of Christ:
The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Moses said to Joshua, 'Choose some of our men
And go out to fight the Amalekites.
Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill
With the staff of God in my hands.'
So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered,
And Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.
As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,
But whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
When Moses' hands grew tired,
They took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it.
Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side , one on the other--
So that his hands remained steady till sunset.
So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner.
He said, 'For hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord.
The Lord will be at war against the Amalekites
From generation to generation.' (Exodus 17:8-16)
(The Amalekites represent the godless in every generation.)


The power of God is released on our behalf
When we lift up our hands to the throne of the Lord in the New Covenant,
And we gain victory over our enemies. Lifting hands to the Lord is worship.
It is also instructive that Moses could not do it on his own, he needed help.

In the New Covenant as we lift each other up the power of God is released.
The more of us lifting up Christ Jesus and each other
The more power is released.
The Lord is our Banner and our hands uplifted to Him become His banner,
Before which His enemies and ours are defeated.

True Worship Is Irresistible To All Who Hear God's Call
God is continually speaking to, calling, every living person.
True worship is irresistible to those who hear the call of God.
When the Body of Christ worships God in His Spirit and in His Truth,
The manifest Presence of God comes.
His Presence clears the Church and the geographical area
Of the domineering, demonic spirits that otherwise rule;
Unsaved people are released from their control and bondage,
And become free to choose Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior;
Free to be immersed, baptized in His Spirit and set free.
True worship, sets everyone free
Free to worship their God in Spirit and in Truth.

As true worship progresses,
Whole regions and nations can be brought to Christ Jesus.
This is what is called “Revival”
That has occurred many times since the resurrection of Christ Jesus.
The Day of Pentecost was a “Revival” that was to never end
And it never did end.
And all subsequent Revivals
Will have the characteristics of The Day of Pentecost,
Because Christ Jesus is “The Charismatic,” “The Inventor of Pentecost.”

Worship In Spirit And In Truth

Causes The River Of God To Flow
And The River Of God Brings The Water Of LIFE
Christ Jesus came to give us LIFE in His Spirit.
He is LIFE, the eternal, unchangeable LIFE; the Self-Existent LIFE.
The essence of God is found in His River of LIFE.
The River of God runs through the middle of the City of God, Zion,
The Bride of Christ, the Church of God, the Israel of God.
Bringing continual LIFE to it.
The River of LIFE contains the Water of LIFE
That Christ Jesus came to bring.
Christ Jesus said that those who were thirsty could come to Him
And He would give them streams of Living Water
That would flow from their innermost being.
This flow is initiated by the immersion or baptism in the Holy Spirit
Just as the 120 received on The Day of Pentecost, and all those thereafter.
We find LIFE in His Spirit when we allow Christ, the River of LIFE
To flow in and through us.

Worship in Spirit and in Truth is produced by Christ in us.
He is the Spirit and He is the Truth; He is the Water of LIFE.
We worship in Spirit and in Truth,
When we allow the Spirit to worship in and through us.
Then we experience the freedom and victory Christ Jesus came to bring;
Then He releases His Presence and Glory.
The joy we find in this reality is our strength.

To Those Who Have, Even More Will Be Given
Wherever we are in God He always has more for us, forever.
Our infinite God has an infinite amount to give.
We all must have something, to be given more.
Christ Jesus begins by giving us a measure of faith in Him.
We then make a confession of that faith.
As we press into that faith He gives us more faith;
He immerses us, baptizes us in His Holy Spirit.
This is just the beginning of what can be a never ending increase.
There is an infinite supply of the Water of LIFE in the River of LIFE.
To those who have, even more will be given, forever.

When we worship God in Spirit and in Truth,
We are drinking from the River of LIFE;
The more we drink the more LIFE we have,
The more LIFE we have the more He can give to us.
Having more is only determined by how much we want.

For Christ Jesus, His zeal for God consumed Him.
He had food to eat that no one knew of, that came directly from His Father.
For the apostle Paul,
God did exceedingly and abundantly above what he could think or ask.
No eye has seen, no ear has heard what God has prepared
For those who love Him
But He has revealed it to us by His Spirit,
And the Spirit searches all things even the deep things of God.
David asked for one thing: More of God
David knew that one day in the Presence of God
Was worth a thousand other days.
One meeting in the Presence of God is worth a thousand other meetings.
One word spoken by God is worth a thousand words spoken by man;
One “quickened” word from God is priceless.

Jesus said:
To Him who is thirsty
I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.
He who overcomes will inherit all this,
And I will be his God and he will be my son. (Revelation 21:6-7)

All this is the infinite provision of the Spirit of the Living God.
Every Work For God Must Spring From True Worship
When the people of God submit themselves to Christ Jesus
And worship their God in Spirit and in Truth
God manifests His Glory and accomplishes His plan and purposes.
Every work for God must spring from true worship,
And be infused with His Glory;
Then its yoke is easy and its burden light.
The people asked Christ Jesus what work God required of them.
He told them the work required of them was to believe in the One God sent.

If we believe, we have faith, if we have faith, we seek the face of God.
If we seek the face of God, He reveals Himself to us;
He reveals His Glory, His manifest Presence.
Then all things are possible;
Then His plan and purposes are accomplished.

True Worship Comes From An Altar Of Uncut Stones
True worship is accomplished in us, through Christ;
We do not create it, He creates it in us.
Often, we begin in the natural, but must allow Christ to take over.
If He does not take over, it is not true worship in Spirit and in Truth.

Elisha needed a word from God.
He called for the harpist to help him get out of the natural
Into the supernatural.
Once in the supernatural, he received the word from God he needed.
The key to worshiping in Spirit and in Truth is to allow God to take over.
To loose our self-consciousness and become God conscious;
To get “in the Spirit;” to abandon ourselves to God.
Skill can be helpful or a hindrance depending ones willingness to let go.
If we hold too tightly to the “form” we will miss the substance.
As has been said, We must let go and let God.

Manifestations of uncut stone, altar worship include:
Prophetic words, words of knowledge, words of wisdom
A new song, born out of the Spirit of Christ in us;
Singing in the Spirit; dancing in the Spirit; marching in the Spirit;
Running in the Spirit; Shouting in the Spirit;
Impromptu instrumentals, involving one or more instruments, etc.
These are all expressions of the freedom Christ died to bring to His people;
Expressions of worshiping in Spirit and in Truth.

Extravagant Worship Releases The Fragrance Of Christ
The sinful woman who came to anoint Christ Jesus
Is an example of true worship.
Profound gratitude compelled her to show Him extravagant worship
For the extravagant act of forgiveness and salvation He had extended to her.
She willingly expended a years wages
To anoint Him with a precious perfume;
She gave to Christ Jesus all that she had to give,
Just as Christ Jesus gives us all He has to give,
Which is everything worth having.
This woman sets a standard for the Body of Christ.
It is a high bar.
What is LIFE worth? LIFE comprising all that Christ gives to us.
Why do we worship? Because He loves us and gives us all He has to give,
Which is wonderful, beyond calculation; holding nothing back!
This woman's act of worship released a fragrance.
As we worship the fragrance of Christ is released,
And there are no limits to the extent of its influence.

We Do Not Struggle Against Flesh And Blood (Ephesians 6)
Our struggle is against the devil's schemes;
Against rulers, authorities and powers in this dark world
And against the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms.
Only the Lord, Christ in us, is able to bring victory against these adversaries.
These were the real enemies that came against King Jehoshaphat and Israel,
And through the praise of His people, the Lord brought them victory.
The devil must stand down, stand back and depart,
When the people of God praise their God.

Put On The Full Armor Of God (Ephesians 6)
What is our part in the battle?
To be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power;
To put on all that the Lord has given us, the full armor of God:
The belt of Truth
The breastplate of righteousness
Readiness to proclaim the good news
The shield of faith
The helmet of salvation
The sword of the Spirit
Then we are to stand in this armor and pray in the Spirit;
Worship in Spirit and in Truth.

The Battle Belongs To The Lord
This principle is taught to us in 2 Chronicles 20.
King Jehoshaphat is told that a vast army was coming against him.
He was alarmed and determined to inquire of the Lord as to what to do.
He proclaimed a fast for the nation;
The whole nation came to Jerusalem and the temple
And stood before the Lord.
King Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord.
He declared that the Lord is the God of heaven
Who rules over all the kingdoms of the earth;
Who promised that if His people would stand in His Presence
And cry out to Him,
He would hear and save His people.
King Jehoshaphat said, we do not know what do do,
But our eyes are fixed upon You.

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon one of the Levities,
And he prophesied, do not be discouraged
Because the battle belongs to the Lord.
The Lord instructed the people to march down against the enemy,
Telling them that they would not have to fight.
Then some of the Levities stood and praised the Lord, the God of Israel
With a very loud voice.
The next morning King Jehoshaphat stood before the people and told them
To have faith in the Lord and His prophets and they would be successful.
After consulting with the people, he appointed men to sing to the Lord
And to praise Him for the splendor of his holiness;
They went out at the head of the army, singing:

“Give thanks to the Lord, for His love endures forever.”
As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the enemy,
And they were completely defeated.
The Lord rose up on the praises of His people and destroyed the enemy.
The Lord will rise up on our praises today and give us victory.

The Kingdom Of God Advances Forcefully
And Forceful Men Lay Hold Of It
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven
Has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.
(Matthew 11:12)

Jehoash king of Israel came to see Elisha who was dying:
Elisha said, 'Get a bow and some arrows,' and he did so .
'Take the bow in your hands,' he said to the king of Israel.
When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.
'Open the east window,' he said, and he opened it.
'Shoot!' Elisha said, and he shot.
'The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!'
Elisha declared. 'You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.'


Then he said, 'Take the arrows,' and the king took them .
Elisha told him, 'Strike the ground,'
He struck it three times and stopped.
The man of God was angry with him and said,
'You should have struck the ground five or six times,
Then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it.
But now you will defeat it only three times.'

What Elisha told king Jehoash is a worship principle.
If we want victory in our worship we must persist into His Presence
And through His Presence to complete victory.
We must not stop before we have complete victory.
We must stop only when the Spirit releases us to stop.

God desires that we achieve victory over our enemy in our worship;
He has provide the means for us to do this by His Presence.
However, if we do not press in forcefully, until our enemy is destroyed,
We will have only a partial victory at best.
We cannot content ourselves with partial victories;
Our enemy does not.
He wants to see us completely destroyed and eternally dead.
This is similar to the concept of “praying through.”
We can “pray through” until God lets us know we have victory in our prayer.
Likewise in praise and worship we can persist
Until we know we have the victory;
Heaven is opened and the enemy defeated.
In fact our persistence can create a continuous open Heaven.

Jacob wrestled with God until he was blessed:
So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
When the man saw that he could not overpower him,
He touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched
As he wrestled with the man.
Then the man said, 'Let me go, for it is daybreak.'
But Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'
The man asked him, 'What is your name?'


'Jacob,' he answered.
Then the man said, 'Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,
Because you have struggled with God and with men
And have overcome.'
Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.'
But he replied, “Why do you ask my name.'
Then he blessed him there.
So Jacob call the place Peniel, saying,
'It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.
(Genesis32:24-32)

Jacob knew he needed the blessing of God,
And he was not going to let go of God until he was blessed.
This needs to be the attitude of our worship.
We must not let go of God until He manifests His Presence;
Until we see Him face to face; until we are blessed.

Praise Until The Spirit Of Worship Comes
Worship Until The Glory Falls
Then Experience Intimacy With Christ Jesus.
This was the admonishment and attitude of Ruth Ward Heflin,
And came from her life long pursuit of God and her experience in God.
We can begin to praise God in the natural;
This enables us to get “in the Spirit.”
Once we are “in the Spirit” we can worship Him until He releases His Glory,
His manifest Presence.
Then, we can enjoy intimacy with the love of our LIFE, Christ Jesus,
For as long as we desire.
This intimacy was the intoxication of The Day of Pentecost.
Once you have experienced this intimacy you will never be the same again;
You will know why David asked for “one thing” above all else.
One hour in this intimacy is worth a thousand hours
Experiencing what ever is second best.
You will never want to leave this intimacy; it is Heaven on earth.
For the rest of your life you will desire this intimacy with Christ Jesus
Above all else;
Nothing else will satisfy you; you are spoiled for life,
Which is exactly what God wants to do for you.
The only thing standing in your way is your willingness to enter in.
Christ Jesus is waiting for you!

The Song Of Songs Teaches Us The Intimacy Of Worship
The following are paraphrases out of the Song of Songs
Put into poetic form;
It is The Bride of Christ speaking to her Lover, Christ Jesus
And Christ Jesus speaking to His Bride.

The Bride of Christ Speaking To Christ Jesus:
I belong to you my King
My desire is for you alone
Place me like a seal over your heart
Like a brand upon your arm
For my love for you is as strong as death
It burns like a blazing fire
An ocean of water cannot quench my love
A river cannot wash it away

All the wealth of this world
Is as nothing compared to our love.
Every delicacy both new and old
I have stored up for you my love
For my love for you is as strong as death
It burns like a blazing fire
An ocean of water cannot quench my love
A river cannot wash it away

Come away with me my lover my friend
Let me be your complete contentment
Let me be your complete contentment

Christ Jesus Speaking To His Bride:
Who is this that appears like the dawn
Fair as the moon Bright as the sun
Majestic as the stars all beautiful you are
There is not flaw in you

You have stolen my heart my sister my bride
With one glance of your eyes

How delightful is your love my darling
Better than wine, fragrant as perfume
You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water
There is no one like you

You have stolen my heart my sister my bride
With one glance of your eyes

True Worship Creates Unity In The Body Of Christ
Unity In Worship Commands The Blessing Of God
True worship and praise to God creates “Oneness” with God
As nothing else can,
And “Oneness" with God creates unity in the Body of Christ.
In Heaven, all are ONE,
And therefore they praise and worship the Living God.
On earth, when we worship in Spirit and in Truth, God makes us ONE,
By the power of His Spirit;
We are transformed by the words of our mouth, by Christ in us,
And He brings the unity in His Body He desires.
Unity in worship commands the blessing of God.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious ointment poured on the head,
That ran down on the beard,
Even the beard of Aaron [the first high priest],
That came down upon the collar and skirts of his garments
[Consecrating the whole body]; [Exodus 30:25,30]
Like the dew of [lofty] Mount Hermon,
And the dew that comes on the Hills of Zion;
For there the lord has commanded the blessing,
Even life forevermore [upon the high and lowly].
(Psalm 133, Amplified)


The Worship of Every Saint Matters And Makes a Difference
We are “living stones” built into The New Jerusalem, The City of God,
Who's architect and builder is God.
The worship of every saint adds to the whole, a living, necessary part,
And adds to the power of God released.
In worship every single saint makes a difference.
Every heart set on Christ makes a difference.
Every voice makes a difference.
Every pair of hands lifted up makes a difference.
Everyone dancing makes a difference.
Every act of worship makes a difference.
There are no insignificant acts of worship before the Living God.

The Remnant Who Turns Back The Battle At The Gate
In The Time of The END,
The Bride of Christ will turn back the battle at the gate.

In that day the Lord Almighty
Will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath
For the remnant of His people.
He will be a Spirit of justice to Him (Christ) who sits in judgment,
A source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
(Isaiah 28:5-6)


We have learned that the battle belongs to the Lord,
But we are His instruments of battle
As we enthrone Him in our praise and worship.
Lord make us instruments for Your Glory!

A Glimpse Of Heaven Inspired Praise
Praise the Lord
Praise God in his sanctuary;
Praise him for his acts of power;
Praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Praise him with the sounding trumpet,
Praise him with the harp and lyre,
Praise him with tambourine and dancing,
Praise him with the strings and flute,
Praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the lord
Praise the Lord. (Psalm 150)


The Psalms Are Our Teacher
Many of the Psalms were born out of the Tabernacle of David;
Out of Zion, The City of God, where the fire of God resides.
The Psalms are our teacher.
They teach us the nature and character of Heavenly praise and worship;
Praise and worship that brings the Kingdom of God to earth as in Heaven.
Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done, On Earth As In Heaven
This is the heart cry of the Church of the Living God;
This is the object of their unquenchable zeal;
This is what happens when the people of God worship their God
In Spirit and in Truth.
This is what happened on that “Holy Hill,” Zion, in The Tabernacle of David;
This is the foreshadow of The New Jerusalem.

Christ Jesus intends for us to live continuously in His Presence.
When we worship God in Spirit and in Truth
We can live continuously in His Presence and His manifest Glory.
Then there is continuous victory over our enemies;
Then the plan and purpose for our lives and His Church is made complete.
This is where Christ Jesus is leading us at this time.
He is going to bring about the answer to His own prayer (John 17)
And make us ONE with Himself.

Shake off the spirit of religion that is only empty form,
Abandon yourself to God and see what He will do through you;
Exceedingly and abundantly above what you can think of ask
By His power at work in you!
Christ in you the hope of glory!
Hallelujah!

The Devil Seeks Worship
The devil seeks those who will worship him in his spirit, deceived by his lie.
He seeks those who will worship him in his spirit,
And embrace his lie, which he puts forward as the truth, as an angel of light;
That each person can be like God, doing as they please,
Ignoring the God of Heaven.
It is also notable that he receives what he seeks;
In terms of numbers, exceedingly more than does the God of Heaven.
The people of this world give to the god of this world, whole heartedly
The worship and glory that he wants.
Virtually all that goes on in the current culture, ie.: television, movies, politics,
Social events, rock concerts, sporting events, etc., are testimonies to this fact.

The people of this world are abandon to their god,
And this abandonment leads to eternal death.
The glory of the god of this world,
Is the willingness of most of humanity to follow him to their eternal death.
The world controlled by the devil puts on a show, a pretense,
Like a movie prop;
When you look behind it it is empty, without substance, without life;
The devil is the puppeteer, pulling the stings of a world he has deceived;
A world lost and destined for hell.

True Worship Stops The Expansion of Hell
True worship mitigates, arrests
And stops the enlargement of the mouth of hell,
And the eternal carnage that the worship of the devil brings,
Worship of the True and Living God in His Spirit and in His Truth,
Brings Him the Glory that is due to Him,
And brings His Presence that destroys the works of the enemy.
This worship brings about the God consciousness
That causes men to turn to Him.
All other endeavors for God must begin here.
Abandonment to the God of Heaven leads to eternal LIFE.
God gains glory when individuals
And His Church abandon themselves to Him.
This is the destiny of The Bride of Christ;

Her love for Christ Jesus is as strong as death,
And burns like a blazing fire; Forever!
He brought Her from death to LIFE and She will never forget that!

The Kingdom Of God Is For Children Only!

I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like children,
You will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child
Is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.
(Matthew 18:2-5)

Jesus said:
Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. (Matthew 19:14)

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us,
That we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1)

Every person is in fact, a child in comparison
To the all knowing, all seeing, all powerful, present everywhere,
Self-existent, God of creation.

Children trust their fathers and are completely dependent upon them.
They love and idolize their fathers; they live to please them.
They rest in the assurance of their father's love.
They love to be in the presence of their father more than anything else;
They seek the approval of their father in all they do.
They allow their father to guide, direct and teach them.
This requirement of child likeness, as access to the Kingdom of God,
Has been an insurmountable barrier for many in every age.
It will be a insurmountable barrier for many in this day.
The Kingdom of God was made for children, by God, who is Love.
The River of God that runs through the middle of the City of God
Is a River of delights; it is delightful for children in the here and now
As well as the by and by.

A predominant characteristic of children is their desire to play.
A defining characteristic of a good father
Is his desire to play with and enjoy his children.
Our Heavenly Father is the Father of fathers.
He created the River of Delights specifically for His children.
Those who were privileged to experience the Renewal of the 90's
And it's continuation and other moves of God know this.
Laughter and shear happiness were characteristic of every Revival.
Yes, there was conviction of sin and the revelation of the holiness of God,
Repentance and forgiveness.
But along with this, and in equal measure,
Came the revelation of the goodness and love of God.

Christ Jesus said:
I praise you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth,
Because you have hidden these things
(The reality of the Kingdom of God on earth as in Heaven)
From the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. (Matthew 11:25-26)

God has said:
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
The intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate. (Isaiah 29:14)

Christ Jesus said:
Wisdom (The Bride of Christ)
Is proved right by her actions. (Matthew 11:19)
Wisdom embraces Christ Jesus who is LIFE.

The Kingdom Of God Is Available To All Children
Who Come To Christ Jesus In Faith
In the Gospels, Christ Jesus said:
'Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is near.' (Matthew 4:17)
The Kingdom of God was near because Christ Jesus was near
And He embodied the Kingdom of God.

The “good news,” is that the Kingdom of God is available
To any “child,” who comes to Christ Jesus in faith
With a gentle and humble heart.
On The Day of Pentecost the Kingdom of God came to earth as in Heaven;
That is Christ, the Holy Spirit came and inhabited His people
And there was a manifestation of that reality.

The Kingdom of God is the supernatural realm of God,
Created by the Father for His children.
It may be proclaimed by a man
But belief and confession can only be produce by God.
In salvation, it is God, touching the heart of a “child”
And reveling Himself to them.
Out of this revelation they are able to believe
And make their confession of faith.
This revelation is initiate by God and completely supernatural;
The only part the “child” plays is to agree with the Father.

What does God say that the New Covenant is?
He tells us, that unlike the Old Covenant that remained in the natural,
In the New Covenant He places His law in our minds
And writes it on our hearts;
This is a supernatural impartation done by God,
Creating a new supernatural being, a “born again” child of God.

Entering the Kingdom of God
Entails receiving a supernatural revelation from God,
That imparts belief, faith and Christ the Holy Spirit.
An impartation of His Kingdom on earth as in Heaven.
The Kingdom of God on earth
Is Christ in you the hope of glory, manifested;
That is the glory of Christ Jesus, manifested.

God's Kingdom Is The Realm Of His Spirit,
The Realm Of His Glory, Where He Rules And Reigns.
By definition any kingdom is where the king rules and reigns.
Christ Jesus teaches us to pray,
To ask the Father to bring His Kingdom to earth as in Heaven;
That His will would be done on earth as in Heaven.
That everything we do on earth as as followers of Christ
Would be as it is done in Heaven;
That everything that happens in and through His children
Becomes supernatural, a manifestation of His glory.

Christ came to inhabit His children;
To rule and reign in them; to manifest Himself in and through them.

When Christ Jesus sent His disciples out,
He sent them out to preach this message:
“The Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
Today, we preach that the Kingdom of God is “here.”
He sent them out with His Glory, the Glory of His Kingdom.
He told them to heal the sick, raise the dead;
That what they were freely given (God's Kingdom Glory)
They were to freely give.
This was before The Day of Pentecost;
It was an example of what was to happen, typically, after Pentecost;
It was an example of what did happen, typically, after Pentecost.

Where Christ Rules and Reigns
His Glory Will Be Made Manifest
The Scriptures teach that Christ Jesus worked with His disciples
And confirming His Word by the signs that accompanied it. (Mark 16:20)
The disciples testified to the Word of Christ,
And Christ Jesus manifested His glory.
Wherever Christ rules and reigns this will be the case,
Where ever He rules and reigns,
His glory will be revealed in and through His children
With signs and wonders.

Christ Can Only Rule And Reign
Where The Freedom He Brought, Rules and Reigns

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then,
And do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
(Galatians 5:1)

Christ will only manifest his glory through “children”
In whom He rules and reigns;
Children who He has set free from sin
And the bondage of the rules and devices of men.
Christ can only be “lifted up” by “children” in whom He rules and reigns;
Children who have been set free by the Spirit of Christ;
Those who worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
When He is “lifted up” by “children” who have been set free,
In who He rules and reigns,
Then He draws all men to Himself;
Then there is the continuous revival he came to bring.
Christ will share His glory with no man.
He will not allow man to appropriate His glory.
That is exactly what the devil seeks to do.

Christ Jesus set us free from all forms of bondage.
In the New Covenant God eliminated any bondage of man
By eliminating any hierarchy of man
Between Himself and His children;
He made His children all priests before Him.
He did this by His initiative; putting His law in their minds,
And writing them on the hearts of His children,
So that it would not be necessary for anyone to teach them to “know” Him,
Because they would all “know” Him from the least to the greatest.
God eliminated all intermediaries to “knowing” Him,
By the giving of the Holy Spirit, the anointing of the Anointed One.
God will have no one between each of His children and Himself.

Christ Jesus said we have One Teacher, the Christ.
(Jeremiah 31 and John 2)

Man made religion always creates a hierarchy that empowers a few.
People, in the natural, gravitate to a hierarchical religion,
Because it relieves them of their responsibility.
In the New Covenant
Each child is responsible for their relationship with their Father.
No one will have any excuse for not coming to “know” their God.
Each of us is “free” to “know” God the Father.
No one can keep this from us,
And God the Father continually pursues each one of us.

Christ Jesus said:
If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. (John 8:31-32)

Freedom is beautiful;
It is Christ Jesus ruling and reigning in and through His children.
This is the only freedom that exists on the earth.

I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Now a slave has no permanent place in the family,
But a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:34-36)

The antithesis of freedom is man made religion.
It is specifically designed by the devil to bring bondage,
Because through bondage men gain control, which is their objective,
Under the deception of the devil.
Remember, the devil masquerades as an angel of light
And man made religion is his primary tool.
Christianity is the primary target of the devil.
The freedom Christ Jesus brought is his only adversary.
The natural tendency of men is to lay burdens on people,
Whereas Christ Jesus is a burden lifter.

The apostle Paul said:
But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin,
You wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching
To which you were entrusted.
You have been set free from sin
And have become slaves to righteousness. (Romans 6:17-18)

Therefore, there is now no condemnation
For those who are in Christ Jesus,
Because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free
From the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2)

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing
With the glory that will be revealed in us.
The creation waits in eager expectation
For the sons of God to be revealed.
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice,
But by the will of the one who subjected it,
In hope that the creation itself will be liberated
From its bondage to decay
And brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
(Romans 8:18-21)

Now the Lord is the Spirit,
And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
(2 Corinthians 3:17)

How do we know where the Spirit of the Lord is?
Where there is the freedom Christ died to bring.

It is sin for any one of us to allow anyone or any thing
To get between us and God the Father.
The Spirit of the Lord has set His children free from all forms of bondage,
Spiritual or man made.

The children of God have been set free by Christ in them
To be holy, free to live righteous, free to love without conditions;
Free to worship in Spirit and in Truth.

For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die;
But if by the Spirit, you put do death the misdeeds of the body,
You will live,
Because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear,
But you received the Spirit of sonship.
And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father.'
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit
That we are the children of God and co-heirs—heirs with Christ,
If indeed we share in his sufferings in order
That we may also share in his glory. (Romans 8:13-17)

The “children” of God will not tolerate any form of bondage in their lives.
Bondage is repulsive to them; it opposes freedom.
All forms of bondage are anti-Christ.
Christ Jesus came to set His children free.
Where Christ Jesus rules and reigns His children are free.
The Bride of Christ has fought for freedom in every generation;
She, like her Savior, gave her life in every generation, to be free.

Father, give us resolve in Christ, to be free in this generation;
To allow Christ Jesus to rule and reign in and through us.

Children Express Their Freedom In Christ
By Their Praise And Worship To Christ
From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise.
(Matthew 21:16)

The simplest way I have found to determine if there is freedom in a body
Is to observe their praise and worship to the Father.
If they are able to praise and worship as the Psalms instruct us,
Then, most often, there is freedom in that body.
If they do not, then there is usually bondage.
This is especially true of the leadership of a church.
If the leaders can express freedom themselves in praise and worship,
Then, they are usually able to be free and allow freedom.

The whole purpose of leadership in a church
Is to provide an atmosphere where Christ Jesus can rule and reign;
An atmosphere of freedom,
Where Christ Jesus is allowed to do what only He can do;
Manifest His glory, which is revival, in every assembly.
Christ Jesus intended that His people be in continuous revival
From The Day of Pentecost till today;
That His people prophesy, dream dreams and have visions;
He is the Spirit of prophesy and all illumination for His children.
Christ Jesus provides “vision” for His children;
Without which they perish and with which they thrive.

Christ is the Spirit that produced the Psalms;
The Spirit that produced the Tabernacle of David
And continuous praise and worship;
The Spirit that said in the last days
He would rebuild the Tabernacle of David;
Zion where the fire of God resides;
The New Jerusalem, which is God's furnace.
The Bride of Christ, in these last days, will manifest the glory of God.
She will lift Christ Jesus up, and He will draw all men to Himself.

The Gospel According To Christ Jesus

The gospel, the “good news” that Christ Jesus preached was:


Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near. (Matthew 4:17)

It was near because it was embodied in Himself.
On The Day of Pentecost it was imparted to His children;
Christ in them the hope of Glory.

Christ Jesus said:
The Kingdom of God does not come visibly,
Nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,'
Because the kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:20-21)

The Kingdom of God is the realm of His Spirit.
Where His Spirit rules and reigns.
The Kingdom of God is in us positionally
When we make a confession of faith
And are immersed (baptized) in the Spirit of God.
It is then manifested
When the Spirit of God rules and reigns in us;
When He lives in and through us;
Then His Kingdom has come to earth as in Heaven.

Christ Jesus said to His disciples:
This is how you should pray:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name
Your kingdom come, your will be done
On earth as in heaven. (Matthew 6:9-10)

Jesus said:
‘But seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness,
And all these things (everything you have need of)
Will be given to you as well.’ (Matthew 6:33)

Above all else in this life we are to seek the Kingdom of God
And His righteousness.

The Father promises that when we seek him (His Kingdom)
With all of our hearts, we will find Him.

The Kingdom Of God Has Multiple Aspects:
The personal aspect:
The Kingdom of God is the “Secrete Place of the Most High God.”
This is where we meet with God privately and personally.
The “Secrete Place” is found in our personal prayer and worship.
It is our personal “Tent of Meeting”
Where we meet with and hear from God.
We must meet with the Father here before the other aspects can be realized.

King David was speaking about the “Secret Place” when he said:
One thing I ask, this is what I seek
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek Him in His Temple.
He had been to the “Secret Place” and never wanted to leave.
The “Secret Place” is heaven on earth.

The manifestation in works aspect:
That is the Kingdom of God manifested in our own lives;
Manifested in the works that God does in and through us.
Christ Jesus manifested the Kingdom of God in His ministry;
He healed the sick, raised the dead and cast out demons.
The Kingdom of God manifested is a marvelous evangelistic tool
As can be seen from the ministry of Christ Jesus
And throughout the Book of Acts.

The corporate evangelism aspect:
That is The Kingdom of God manifested
As a pervasive atmosphere produced by His Spirit.
This is commonly called Revival or Renewal where the Spirit of God;
Manifests His Presence and Glory which is felt by many.
Sometimes this atmosphere invades a whole church,
A whole town or a whole region.
This was the atmosphere that invaded Israel
And brought the people to John the Baptist in the desert
The people were compelled by the Spirit of God.

Sometimes this atmosphere comes and remains for a period of time.
The First Great Awakening in America lasted for ten years.
The Second Great Awakening in America lasted for many years.
The Azusa Street Revival lasted for approximately three years,
However, its outworking has never ended evern to this day.
The outworking of the Toronto Renewal which began in 1993 is still is alive.
This aspect is the ultimate evangelistic tool of God.
During these times multitudes come to Christ Jesus
Or are renewed in Christ.
This is the atmosphere that God will work throughout the world,
Through His Bride
For the three and one-half years prior to The Great Tribulation.
It will be the greatest in-gathering
And harvest of souls the world has ever seen.
It will be like The Day of Pentecost, only world wide.

The vision aspect:
The Scriptures teach that without “vision” the people perish.
Prophesy, visions and dreams
Are God given manifestations of the Kingdom of God,
To give His Church vision, direction, motivation,
Strengthening, encouragement and comfort.
Christ Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would lead us into all truth;
That He would tell us what is yet to come.

On The Day of Pentecost Peter declared from the Prophet Joel,
That the sons and daughters of God would prophesy.
Christ Jesus is the Spirit of prophesy;
The Spirit of vision, dreams and all necessary illumination for His church.

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

The woman with a holy, unquenchable passion for her God.

Christ Jesus was slain from the foundation of the world.
He was slain to bring forth a Bride.
After His death and resurrection
God the Father has sent the Holy Spirit to obtain a Bride for His Son.
The Bride He will marry and who will be ONE with Him for eternity.
In what follows we will look at what the Scriptures teach us about this Bride.

In Ephesians 5:25-27, Paul says:
'Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church
And gave himself up for her to make her holy,
Cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
And to present her to himself as a radiant church,
Without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish.'

In 2 Corinthians 11:2, Paul says:
'I promised you to one husband, to Christ,
So that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.'

In Isaiah 62 the Lord speaks of His zeal for His Bride:
'For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
For Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
Till her righteousness shines out like the dawn,
Her salvation like a blazing torch.
The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory;
You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
You will be a crown in the Lord’s hand,
A royal diadem in the hand of your God.


No longer will they call you deserted, or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah;
For the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married.
As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you;
As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
So will your God rejoice over you.

I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They will never be silent day or night.
You, who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest,
And give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
And makes her the praise of the earth.'

Examples of women who were types of the Bride of Christ are as follows:

REBECAH
The young woman chosen by God to be the wife of Isaac,
Who bore Jacob, who is in the lineage of Christ Jesus,
And was a demonstrator of the attributes of the Bride of Christ Jesus.
(Genesis 24)

MIRIAM
Miriam was a type of the Bride,
Leading the people of God into praise and worship of the Living God.
After the children of Israel had walked through the sea on dry land, it says:
hen Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister,
Took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her
With tambourines and dancing.
Miriam sang to them;

‘Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted
The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.’ (Exodus 15:20-21)

Here Miriam is exhibiting the nature of the Bride.
She was a prophetess
And Scripture declares that Christ Jesus is the Spirit of prophesy.

DEBORA
Judges 4 is the account of Deborah.
Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel
She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel
In the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her
To have their disputes decided. (Exodus 4:4-5)

Deborah received a word from the Lord
That would save Israel out of the hand of their enemies,
And it required that she risk her life to carry it out.

RUTH
Ruth was a young woman who held steadfast to her faith in the face of hardship.
She obeyed her mother-in-law, a follower of God
And the Lord delivered Ruth and the mother-in-law from ruin.
The child that Ruth subsequently bore was in the lineage of Christ Jesus.
(The Book of Ruth)

ESTER
Ester was a young woman who risked her life
To save the Israelites from extinction.
(The Book of Ester)

PROVERBS
In Proverbs we are introduced to “Wisdom”, she;
A type of the Bride of Christ.

Wisdom calls aloud in the street
She raises her voice in the public squares;
At the head of the noisy streets she cries out,
In the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
How long will you simple ones love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
And fools hate knowledge?
If you had responded to my rebuke,
I would have poured out my heart to you
And made my thoughts known to you. (Proverbs 1:20-23)

The Wife of Noble Character
A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value
She brings him good, not harm,
All the days of her life. (Proverbs 31:10-12)

THE SONG OF SONGS
Introduces us to the intimacy of Christ Jesus and His Bride.
The Song of Songs is a book that describes the love affair
Between Christ Jesus and His Bride.
The following are paraphrases from that book, put into a poetic form:

WHO IS THIS?
(Christ Jesus speaking of His Bride)
Who is this who appears like the dawn?
Fair as the moon
Bright as the sun
Majestic as the stars
All beautiful you are
There is no flaw in you

You have stolen my heart my sister my bride
With one glance of your eyes
How delightful is your love my darling
Better that wine, fragrant as perfume
You are a garden fountain
A well of flowing water
There is no one like you

You have stolen my heart my sister my bride
With one glance of your eyes

For the King is captivated by your beauty
The King is captivated by your love

I BELONG TO YOU MY KING
(The Bride of Christ speaking to her King)
I belong to you my King
My desire is for you alone
Place me like a seal over you heart
Like a brand upon your arm
For my love for you is as strong as death
It burns like a blazing fire
An ocean of water cannot quench my love
A river cannot wash it away

All the wealth of this world
Is as nothing compared to our love
Every delicacy both new and old
I have brought to you my love

For my love for you is as strong as death
It burns like a blazing fire
An ocean of water cannot quench my love
A river cannot wash it away

Come away with me my lover my friend
Let me be your complete contentment

Come away with me my lover my friend
Let me be your complete contentment
Let me be your complete contentment

ARISE MY DARLING
(Christ Jesus calling to His Bride)
Arise my darling my beautiful one
Arise my darling my beautiful one
Come with me

The winter is past and the rains are all gone
The flowers appear, the time for singing has come
Arise my darling my beautiful one
Arise my darling my beautiful one
Come with me

The cooing of doves is heard in our land
The fig tree forms its early fruit
The blossoming vines spread their fragrance
Arise and come with me
Arise and come
Arise and come
Arise and come with me

Arise and come
Arise and come
Arise and come with me

Christ Jesus has been calling forth His Bride in every generation.
The relationship between Christ Jesus and His Bride
Is an exquisite, beautiful, intimate relationship.
A comparison would be the courtship between a man and a woman
When it is as God intended.

This is the nature of the relationship that Christ Jesus has with His Bride.

THE MARRIAGE OF CHRIST JESUS AND HIS BRIDE
Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,
Like the roar of rushing waters
And like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
‘Hallelujah!’
For the Lord our God almighty reigns
And give Him the glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come
And His bride had made herself ready.
Fine linen, bright and clean, was given to her to wear.
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)


Then the angel said to me,
‘Write: Blessed are those who are invited
To the wedding supper of the Lamb!’
And he added, ‘Theses are the true words of God.’
(Revelation 19:6-9)

THE NEW JERUSALEM, THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
John goes on to say:
'Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,
And there was no longer any sea.
I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem,
Coming down out of heaven from God,
Prepared as a Bride beautifully dressed for her husband
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
'Now the dwelling of God is with men.
They will be His people,
And God Himself will be with them and be their God.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain,
For the old order of things has passed away.'


He who was seated on the throne said,
‘I am making everything new!’
Then he said, ‘Write this down,
For these words are trustworthy and true.’
He said to me:
‘It is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End
To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost
From the spring of the water of LIFE.
He who overcomes will inherit all this,
And I will be his God and he will be my son.
But the cowardly, the unbeliever, the vile, the murderers
The sexually immoral,
Those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--
Their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
This is the second death.’


One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls
Full of the seven last plagues
Came and said to me,
‘Come and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.’
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high,
And showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem,
Coming down out of heaven from God
It shown with the glory of God,
And its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel,
Like jasper, clear as crystal.
It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,
And with twelve angels at the gates.
On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south
And three on the west.
The wall of the city had twelve foundations,
And on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold
To measure the city,
Its gates and its wall.
The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide.
He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 1,400 miles in length,
And as wide and high as it is long.
He measured its wall and it was 200 feet thick,
By man’s measurement, which the angel was using.
The wall was made out of jasper,
And the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.
The foundations of the city walls were decorated
With every kind of precious stone.
The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire,
The third chalcedony, the forth emerald, the fifth sardonic,
The sixth carnelian,
The seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz,
The tenth chrysoprase,
The eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl.
The street of the city was of pure gold like transparent glass.


I did not see a temple in the city,
Because the Lord God almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it,
For the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp
The nations will walk by its light,
And the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
On no day will its gates ever be shut,
For there will be no night there.
The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.
Nothing impure will ever enter it,
Nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,
But only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of LIFE.'
(Revelation 21:1-27)

At the point in time spoken of here in Revelation 21:1-27
God has now achieved His purpose in creation,
He has redeemed a people to Himself,
And made them ONE with Himself, by the power of His Holy Spirit;
Living stones built together to comprise the City of God;
A Bride who has fully submitted Her will to His will;
A Bride who has made Her WAY, His WAY, Her TRUTH, His TRUTH
Her LIFE, His LIFE.
A Bride who is LOVE, as He is LOVE.
A Bride who is ONE with Christ Jesus.

THE ROMANCE OF ALL THE AGES
Is now consummated,
The Lord of Glory has His glorious Bride
A Bride commensurate with Himself in character and being
By the power of His Holy Spirit
And they live happily ever after

TODAY
Today God is calling a people to Himself;
Those who have ears to hear Him;
Those who hear His voice;
Those who worship God in Spirit and in Truth;
Who have been crucified with Christ and no longer live,
But Christ lives in and through them;
Those who have the humility of a child;
Those who have guarded their hearts;
Those who seek first the Kingdom of God above all else;
Those in whom the love of Christ lives;
Those who live in the Secret Place of the Most High God;
Those who know God and are known by God;
Those who possess eternal LIFE in the here and now;
Those who God honors with His anointing;
Those who do the will and works of Christ Jesus.

This people who God is raising up today
Will join those from all previous generations
Who made Him their LIFE;
A Bride who will come on the scene as Christ Jesus did
When His ministry began in Israel 2000 years ago;
Startling the whole religious community and the world;
Shaking them out of their complacency;
Making it impossible to sit on the fence;
Making it impossible to be lukewarm;
Requiring that a choice be made;
Bringing the Word of God to LIFE;
Verifying its authenticity;
Revealing Christ Jesus in all His Glory.

The name of Jesus will be upon every heart mind and mouth,
Every man women and child,
In every place and every nation on the face of the earth,
And every person will be invited to make Christ Jesus
Their Savior, Lord and Bridegroom.

Isaiah speaks of the Bride of Christ:
'In that day the Lord Almighty
Will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath
For the remnant of his people
He will be a Spirit of justice
To Him who sits in judgment,
A source of strength
To those who turn back the battle at the gate.' (Isaiah 28:5-6)

Just before the end of time,
The Lord Almighty becomes a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath
For the remnant of His people, the Bride of Christ.
In the strength of her God,
She holds back the battle at the gate,
Until her mission is complete.
Her mission is to proclaim and demonstrate
The reality and power of Christ.

Ready or not, here I come
Give all glory to my Son
Get aboard the glory train
Give praise to His holy name

The wind of my Spirit is blowing over the land
Convicting souls, tell me where do you stand
This is the last and final call
Love Jesus go tell all

Take your stand in the victory He won
Everyone else is going to be undone
Stand for Christ, you will not stand-alone
He’s coming to take you home

MARANATHA, come soon Lord Jesus!
Your Bride awaits you!

*The Scriptures are italicized and from The New International Version.