It can be seen, therefore, that God in His love will not raise into Christ's fiery Presence a believer who has not been redeemed fully. Should such an unfortunate soul appear among the "guests" while clothed in his worldliness, sins, and self-seeking, the King soon will come and command His servants to bind the sinner and cast him into outer darkness.

Today Christ is coming to each of us as an individual. He is knocking at the door of our heart in fulfillment of the Old Testament Blowing of Trumpets. He desires to enter our heart and dine with us, and we with Him in fulfillment of the Day of Reconciliation.

If we will allow Him to do so He shall cleanse us from all sin and self-seeking until we find rest in His Presence. He will bring the Father and They shall sit on the throne of our personality in fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles.

We understand therefore, from the pattern of the feasts of the Lord, that we have come as far as the feast of Pentecost. Three more feasts must be fulfilled in us before we are prepared to descend with Christ and establish the Kingdom of God on the earth.

This makes sense, doesn't it? As we look around us in the churches we can see that numerous Christian believers are not mature enough to rule as a king on the earth. We often are silly and immature, not exactly prepared to be a member of the royal priesthood.

The good news is that there is more of salvation yet to be experienced by us. Christ was in that which went before, and Christ will be in that which lies ahead. We are pressing toward more of Christ until we attain spiritual maturity as measured by the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Jesus Christ is constructing the house of God. He is preparing each stone so it can be filled with all the fullness of God. The stones are being fashioned "at the quarry."

And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. (I Kings 6:7)

When the last stone has been perfected the whole temple will flow together "without the sound of a hammer." The unity of the Body of Christ is not a goal that will be accomplished by the efforts of well-intentioned believers. The unity of the Body will come into being naturally as each living stone is brought into the image of Christ and into union with Christ.

When the Lord builds up Zion He will appear in His Glory. Then shall the eternal Temple be filled with all the fullness of God. (from The Fullness of God)