During the present century the power of God has rested on several people, such as William Branham, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Kathryn Kuhlman. There have been awesome displays of God's healing grace.

But the power given to the witnesses of the latter-rain revival will not only heal but also destroy. For this reason the power has been hidden until saints come forth who are dead to worldliness, lust, and self-will and who have the love of Christ in them. God will not trust to human beings the power of judgment until He is satisfied they have been crucified and Christ is living in them.

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time [delay] no longer: (Revelation 10:5,6)

There shall be delay no longer. The disciples of the Lord know what it is to wait patiently in a barren state. It is these—the ones who have waited for the Lord—who will experience the fullness of power of the latter-rain outpouring. They have waited a long time for God and so the Word is confirmed with a solemn oath.

Other believers may dash about and accomplish many things in Gospel work. But the end-time revival will sweep all else aside. God Himself is getting ready to move in a sovereign manner! Let those who have waited patiently for Him say Amen!

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Revelation 10:7)

The mystery of God is Christ in you.

The blood atonement made by the Lord Jesus on the cross of Calvary is the most significant, the most crucial event of all eternity. But the blood atonement is not the mystery of the Gospel.

The bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus is the beginning of the new creation of God. Our faith is founded on the resurrection of Jesus. But the resurrection of Jesus is not the mystery of the Gospel.

"Christ in you" is the mystery of the Gospel and remains a mystery to the present hour. Although we speak of letting Jesus into our heart, the bulk of our thinking and speaking has to do with Jesus with us, not Jesus in us.

The writer has read several accounts of saints who have died, who have experienced visions of Heaven, and who then have returned. Never once has there been an emphasis on the forming and dwelling of Jesus in the individual. The account always focuses on mansions, Paradise, and seeing an external Jesus.

Now that we are moving past the spiritual fulfillment of Pentecost and approaching the climactic feast of Tabernacles, we will begin to understand that the central purpose of God is to fashion an eternal living temple for Himself. The mystery of Christ in us will unfold in the present hour. There shall be delay no longer.

We shall have more to say about this a little later on, God willing.

To be continued.