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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Marriage of the Lamb, #28
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? (John 14:22)
There is a personal coming of Christ to the faithful believer. The personal coming takes place before Christ's coming in the clouds of heaven. It cannot be witnessed by the world. It is the coming of the Lord to us in the spiritual fulfillment of the old-covenant feast of Tabernacles. This experience is as real as being born again, as real as the baptism with the Holy Spirit. It is the third work of grace and it prepares us for the worldwide coming of the Lord.
It is the rising of the Day Star, Christ, in our heart (II Peter 1:19).
As we stated before, the personal coming of the Lord is beginning now and will increase in revelation and power throughout the great tribulation. The personal coming will attain its climax in the revealing of the Lord from Heaven with His saints. The personal coming is for the purpose of building the inner kingdom of God. The inner kingdom of God will come to the Lord's firstfruits before the external Kingdom is revealed to the world.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:23)
The first major work of redemption is repentance, being washed in the blood of the Lord Jesus, and being born again of the Divine Nature of Christ.
The second major work of redemption is the baptism with the Holy Spirit of God.
The third major work of redemption is the entering of the Father and the Son into us through the Spirit. It is this third work that is being emphasized in the present hour by the Spirit. Those of us who have been saved and filled with God's Spirit are to press forward until we are filled with all the Fullness of God.
The experience of Pentecost is that of the rain of the Spirit coming upon us. God pours out His Spirit on "all flesh."
The spiritual fulfillment of the Old Testament feast of Tabernacles is an individual work. It is the developing of a well of water, so to speak, in the believer who "follows on to know the Lord."
The "rain" of Pentecost and the "well of water" of Tabernacles.
Notice what Jesus declared while the Jews were celebrating the feast of Tabernacles:
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38)
Notice also what the priest chanted during the observance of the feast of Tabernacles:
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. (Isaiah 12:3)
It is God's will that each of His saints become a well of the waters of eternal life so that throughout the darkness to come, whoever chooses to do so may drink and receive the Life of God. During the age of oppression that even now is beginning there will be deliverance in Mount Zion, that is, in the true Church of Christ.
The following passage characterizes the saints of the end-time:
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. (Psalms 84:6,7)
To be continued.