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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Seven Steps to the Rest of God, #36
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)
How will Christ reveal Himself to the saints and still not allow the world to see Him? He will accomplish this through the personal spiritual fulfillment of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles.
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)
This is how we become a dwelling place in the Father's house. The Greek noun translated "abode" in the Authorized Version of John 14:23, is the noun translated "mansions" in John 14:2. So it is obvious we still are on the subject of the Father's house.
John 14:2 is speaking of the "booths" of the feast of Tabernacles. Each of us is a "booth" in which the Father and the Son can settle down to rest. Here is the eternal rest of God.
Paul prayed for the saints in Ephesus that they would be strengthened by the Holy Spirit until they were able to be "filled with all the fulness of God" (Ephesians 3:14-19).
The last two chapters of the Book of Revelation point out the coming to the new earth of the new Jerusalem, which is the Wife of the Lamb. The new Jerusalem is the Tabernacle of God come down to dwell among the nations of saved peoples of the earth.
The new Jerusalem is the Body of Christ, the Church, the Kingdom of God, the eternal Temple of the living God. It is the Throne of God and the Lamb. It is the expression and revelation of what is being accomplished today in the hearts of those sincere saints who are willing to press forward in God to the "prize of the high calling of God in Christ" (Philippians 3:14).
And the heathen [nations] shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. (Ezekiel 37:28)
We Christians must learn that God's intentions always are toward Israel. We Gentiles are not the natural branches. We were cut out of the wild olive tree and grafted on the olive tree of God, that is, on Christ.
The time of the Gentiles is nearly over. The full number of elect Gentiles soon will have been grafted on the olive tree. Then the natural branches will be grafted back on their own tree, on Christ.
The Kingdom of God will come to the Jews. We of the Gentiles will bring the eternal Life of God to physical Israel. Then will the Jews be grafted back on the tree. They will be reborn by the Spirit of God. There will be a convergence of what is of the heavenly Jerusalem and what is of the earthly Jerusalem.
Christ will rule on the throne of David in Jerusalem.
To be continued.