Because unclean spirits are preventing the redeeming of the earth and its peoples, even after the blood of Jesus has paid the price of redemption, these arrogant destroyers of the earth shall be driven out by force; not the force of zealous religious crusaders but the force of God the Father in the Son acting through the Holy Spirit in the saints. The sons of God shall release the creation from bondage at the time of the coming of the Lord from Heaven—but not before His coming.

After every trace of rebellion has been crushed, after every knee has bowed to the Lord Jesus and has confessed that Jesus is Lord to the Glory of God the Father, the saints will begin their work of redeeming the earth.

Eternal life, the Presence of God, deliverance from sin, the removal of futility and corruption, the exaltation of Jerusalem and all Israel, the bringing of justice to the meek of the earth, and the restoring of Paradise to the physical environment, will all be brought to mankind through the saints.

But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. (Isaiah 61:6)

Those who love the Lord today, the true disciples of the Lord, are passing from Pentecost to Tabernacles—from the spiritual experience typified by the Old Testament feast of Pentecost to the experience typified by the feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus, Chapter 23).

The feast of Pentecost speaks to us of the former and latter rain, the blessing of the Holy Spirit poured on us from Heaven by the hand of the Lord Jesus. Pentecost is the rain from Heaven.

The feast of Tabernacles also has to do with the water of the Holy Spirit; but in the spiritual fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles the water flows from the throne of God that has been created in the believer. Tabernacles is the well springing from within the saint.

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. (Isaiah 12:3)

Speaking during the celebration of the feast of Tabernacles, the Lord Jesus proclaimed:

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

As we, the Lord's trees of life, with joy draw water from the wells of salvation within us, the "fish" in the dead sea of mankind will live.

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)

In this manner the fullness of redemption will come to every saved person on earth. Redemption will come at first through a warlike remnant, a firstfruits to God and the Lamb, and then will be maintained by the entire Church, the Israel of God, the new Jerusalem, throughout the eternal ages to come.

The role of God's Israel, of everyone who belongs to Christ, is to install and maintain on the earth all that mankind forfeited through the cunning of Satan:

Eternal life and the Presence of God.

Freedom from sin.

Bodily incorruption.

Jerusalem as the center of government of the earth.

Justice for the meek of the earth.

The restoration of Paradise.

When we see the heavens shaken, the powers of nature seemingly out of control, then we are to lift up our head.

Our redemption is drawing near! (from Your Redemption Draws Near)