God has called us to be in the image of His Son. In addition, God has called us to dwell forever in untroubled rest in Himself through Jesus Christ.

There are many enemies that seek to prevent our entering the rest of God's perfect will in Christ. The spirit of the world, the desires of our flesh and soul, and our determination to fulfill our own will all conspire to keep us from flowing serenely with God as He works in us both to will and to do His good pleasure.

Every member of the holy city, the new Jerusalem, will have gained victory, through the Lord Jesus, over every force and desire that is not totally in line with God's will and purposes.

As soon as we are willing to enter God's rest, and cease trying to create heaven and earth in our own image, Christ will return to earth with us and install His Kingdom. Then the nations will beat their weapons into agricultural implements. Then the nations will go up to Jerusalem. Then the eternal moral law of God will issue from Zion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

It has required the four thousand years of the pre-Christian Era, and the two thousand years of the Christian Era, to bring us to the place where we can understand that God is seeking to dwell in us through the Lord Jesus Christ. God's intention has always been stated in the Bible but somehow it was not noticed by most of us.

We can think of all previous Christian movements as base camps. They have brought us this far. Now the summit is in sight. If we are willing we can now proceed to the climax of salvation, that is, the dwelling of the Father and the Son in us in the spiritual fulfillment of the Jewish feast of Tabernacles.

Are we willing to turn aside from the flurry of activity of the present world and wait before God until we have been prepared to receive His Fullness? This is the question facing you and me.

Meanwhile we continue with our present responsibilities, doing the best job we can with His help.

But the Lord has come to His churches. Even in this dreadful time of war among nations He is skipping on the mountains of spices. He is calling to whoever will hear His voice. He is not troubled. He is not bowed down with the weight of the world. He is the King, the Conqueror. He controls all the peoples, and the events that take place on this poor planet of ours.

The world will be in flames soon enough. But each one of us who will turn to the Lord and serve Him will be protected in the time of trouble. More than that, we shall be singing and dancing with Him on the heights of Zion.

We yet shall be the light of the world if we will keep on looking to the Lord Jesus. (from The Light of the World)