As we said before, we do not "see" Jesus clearly in the present hour. As we receive Him into our personality, and especially as we come to live by His Life rather than by the life of our flesh and soul, we shall begin to see Him more and more distinctly. The hour will come when we shall see Christ clearly, provided we press forward in the program of reconciliation and indwelling.

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (John 14:20)

"At that day" is speaking of the day when we are crucified with Christ and the life that we are living actually is the Life of Jesus. The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. Then will all the trust and joy of Isaiah, Chapter 12 be true in us. Then will we be at rest in Christ in God.

And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. (Isaiah 12:1-3)

Notice the expression: "for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song, he also is become my salvation." This parallels Jesus' promise, "because I live, ye shall live also."

Speaking of the "water out of the wells of salvation," the Lord Jesus, while He was observing the celebration of the feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, said:

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:38)

The feast of Pentecost (Weeks) is associated with the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on us from above. The feast of Tabernacles, by contrast, is associated with the flowing of the rivers of water from our personality. The rivers of living water cannot flow from our personality until the Throne of God has been established in us because the waters of eternal life flow only from the Throne of God.

The "sea" of mankind is spiritually dead. When the saints enter the fullness of the spiritual fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles the Glory of God will flow from the saints and cover the dead sea of mankind, causing the saved peoples of the earth to receive eternal life. Thus the Glory of God will cover the earth as the waters (of eternal life) cover the sea (of mankind).

The worldwide redemption that will take place as the result of the saints coming into the feast of Tabernacles is described as follows:

And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. (Ezekiel 47:9)

To be continued.