We inherit the earth and its peoples. We inherit conformity to the moral image of Christ. The third area of our land of promise is total, untroubled union with God through Christ as Christ enters us and dwells in us.

The ancient doors are the doors of our personality. The King of glory is knocking at the door today. If we will permit Him to enter we will dine with Him on His body and blood, which are eternal life; and He will dine with us on our love, worship, and obedience.

He is the King. When He enters us the Kingdom of God enters us.

Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. (Psalms 24:8—NIV)

It is not the Good Shepherd of the twenty-third Psalm who is seeking entrance, it is the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the Lord. The Lord mighty in battle.

We can see here the change from Moses to Joshua. It is a new day for us. We may have sung "Onward Christian Soldiers" but the fact that we shall be called on to drive the wicked from our inheritance may not be that clear to us.

However, there is no way in which we can take possession of the earth and its peoples, or be conformed to the moral image of Christ, or dwell in untroubled rest in the Father's Person and will, except as we through Christ overcome the enemy. Satan is fiercely determined we shall not have any part of our inheritance, not the earth, not its peoples, not a righteous personality, not rest in God's will. He will fight us every inch of the way. Victory would not be possible to us were it not for the fact that the Lord of armies is going before us, having shed His blood for us so we would be without any trace of condemnation.

Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty—he is the King of glory. Selah (Psalms 24:9,10—NIV)

The church at Laodicea is the church of the rights of people, the church that is filled with the spirit of democracy, every person being a god to himself or herself.

It is to this self-driven, proud group of Christians that the Lord says: "I stand at the door and knock."

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—NIV)

Sometimes we apply the above passage to the unsaved. It is not addressed to the unsaved but to the self-driven believers.

Much of what is going on today is being guided by ministers of the Gospel who are endeavoring to do the Lord's will by their own efforts and talents. Some are seeking to command the Holy Spirit, or angels, so they will have successful meetings attended by large numbers of people.

It is in such a time as the present that the Lord is inviting us to open up the door of our personality that He may enter and dine with us.

But it is not the gentle Shepherd who enters. It is the King of glory, the Lord Almighty. He has come to make war against His enemies, beginning with His enemies in us.

To be continued.