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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Seven Steps to the Rest of God, #9
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. (Isaiah 50:10,11)
The believer who would choose to do God's will must allow the Lord Jesus to come to him and purge him from the filthiness of the flesh and from his self-will and self-seeking. He must learn to be quiet in the Presence of the Lord Jesus. The clamor of his heart must be stilled.
Christ is coming to the churches in our day. The High Priest of God is walking among the golden lampstands. He is knocking at the door of the hearts of men in the Laodicean Age. We are to listen carefully because He is in the process of revealing Himself to us (Revelation 3:20). Listen! Listen! Listen!
Let us never forget that two witnesses are required if the testimony is to be valid. Christ will not bear witness by Himself. We cannot bear witness by ourselves. Christ working in us and with us will bear the end-time witness of the soon coming of the Kingdom of God to the earth.
A third aspect of the two loaves that were waved during the Jewish celebration of the feast of Pentecost is the concept of the double portion. The Scriptures speak of a double portion, a "latter rain," an unprecedented outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will bring the harvest of the earth to maturity.
The symbolism associated with Elijah and Elisha refers to the anointing and then the doubled anointing. The events of the life of Elisha typify the ministry of the two witnesses of Revelation, Chapter 11. As Elijah (the Holy Spirit working through John the Baptist) prepared the way of Christ, so will "Elisha" (Jesus working through the saints) prepare the way of the King, Jesus Christ, as he returns to receive His inheritance in the earth.
If one loaf were waved during the feast of Weeks, the Book of Acts would be the record of the greatest of all Christian revivals. Because two loaves were waved we know that the greatest of all Pentecosts will take place at the close of the age—just before the Lord Jesus returns.
The latter rain, and then the burning sun of tribulation, will bring the Lord's wheat to maturity in preparation for the harvest day.
The latter rain revival is upon us now but a much greater outpouring is yet to come.
Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter [harvest] rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. (Zechariah 10:1)
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. (Hosea 6:3)
To be continued.