Christ is entering the members of His Body in the present hour, preparing each of us for the fullness of God. He is casting out what does not belong in the eternal Temple of God, in the Wife of the Lamb. The entering of God into us will continue to increase until the fullness is revealed at the time of the appearing of Christ in the clouds of glory. We are growing together until the fullness has been attained and received.

There are at least seven aspects of the Christian salvation:

Salvation from guilt to forgiveness.

Salvation from spiritual death to spiritual life.

Salvation from spiritual bondage to spiritual freedom.

Salvation from disobedience to obedience.

Salvation from Satan's image to Christ's image.

Salvation from emptiness to fullness.

Salvation from bodily corruption to bodily incorruption.

The Apostles of the Lamb pointed toward the fullness of our salvation as coming in the future, maintaining that what we have now is a guarantee, a deposit on what is to be presented in full at a later time. We have been purchased by the blood of the Lamb and sealed by the Spirit of God. These constitute a pledge, a guarantee concerning future acts of redemption.

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest [pledge] of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:13,14)

Peter speaks of the future salvation:

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (I Peter 1:5)

Our inheritance, our redemption, our salvation, our restoration, is reserved in Heaven for us. It is ready to be revealed in the last days.

Our redemption will come from Heaven in the end-time as a series of Divine acts. We can notice in the following passage that the promises of the Prophets concerning salvation will be fulfilled in their appointed times and seasons:

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution [restoration] of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. (Acts 3:21)

Only those believers who are watching carefully in prayer will partake of the "latter rain" outpourings (Zechariah 10:1)—the spiritual "comings" of the Lord (compare John 14:18-23). The parable of the ten virgins, for example, may be portraying one of the comings in the spirit realm.

The Lord will come in judgment and revival glory before His appearing in the clouds.

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 3:1)

To be continued.