Revelation 12:12 “Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
In the above passage, there are two contrasting situations- rejoicing and wrath. Depending on your vantage point, you will experience one or the other. The wrath described as woes will be for a short time. Since most of mankind has not taken part in the Order of Melchizedek, they will experience the woes for this short time. This time bespeaks of exposure and judgment of the carnal nature of man. Whether on a personal level or corporate level, the illusions brought on by the adversary will be revealed and there will be a great battle as a result. When mankind’s eyes are opened, the overcomers will minister on a broad basis with signs following. Their Love will be irresistible and the wisdom proceeding out of their mouths will draw all men unto them. They will operate in the fullness of THE SPIRIT and have the LIVING WORD in theirs mouths and it will be a two-edged sword. It will come forth as fire and devour the wood, hay, and stubble in men’s lives.
IN CHRIST we have our being! We will have put on the incorruptible and shed all those weights that beset us in the past. The trappings of the world are but a distant memory placed in the shredder and converted to dust. We will look back at the LORD’S doings and see how we were being led and navigated through the times of preparation, testing, and trials in order that we are fully prepared and perfected for such a time as this. There is rejoicing in our heaven to be given this mandate to bring forth Heaven on earth both individually and corporately. We not only live outside the box of men’s understanding, but the box has been placed in the shredder as well. Nothing is impossible for those who believe IN HIM fully and completely. Our level of anticipation of change has grown dramatically as our interest in the worldly things as evaporated.
We will rejoice as we see the lawlessness fully revealed, not because we have escaped it, but we are called to be the answer to it, as a standard of Truth and righteousness. We have been prepared to confront it and have been conscripted into the overcoming army of THE LORD. We have been made aware of this coming battle and this is what we have been trained for. Paul speaks of this confrontation in 2 Thessalonians 2:
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.
8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,
12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
With the Mind of Christ, we are no longer moved by the other realms or those who dwell in them. We see turmoil all around us yet we remain unmoved in our walk and are no longer drawn into debates and arguments in order to vindicate or justify the positions of those dwelling in the “sea”. We know that FATHER will gather us together at the appropriate time by any means necessary. Jesus eluded to this in Matthew Chapter 24:
30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
His elect are gathered from heaven, not the earth or sea. The elect have already matured to walk and be blessed in heavenly places, being ordained to do so before the foundation of the world as Paul shares in Ephesians Chapter 1:
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
It is my belief that only those who are exposed and pursue the fullness of this understanding have been set apart and chosen. This group must not be apologetic or reluctant to press forward to serve all of mankind in Love. Consider that the masses are rejecting this message of Love by the billions. Just as Jesus did not surround Himself with thousands of disciples to spread the Gospel in the 1st century, do you think FATHER needs some huge army to usher in the Age of Tabernacles? Gideon’s army was whittled down to just 300 from 32,000. Aren’t these parallel stories given to us in order that we might see that it is quality, not quantity, that matters to FATHER when implementing HIS Plan? A small acorn brings forth a huge oak tree and the same is true for a mustard seed. This assures mankind that FATHER accomplished the Plan rather than some group of men claiming credit for HIS results. Let HIS GREAT POWER AND AUTHORITY speak of HIS MAJESTY for all of mankind to behold. You and I are chosen to be vessels of honor pointing to the salvation brought to all mankind by Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Commander of the army.
In the natural, the odds are overwhelming against the elect. Ahhhh! Just the way FATHER wants it. Let THE LORD be magnified as the Army of THE LORD rides. Let those true worshippers in Spirit and in Truth carry the Living Word to the world, backed by the power and authority from Heaven. The “place” of worship is in Heavenly places, not some building or patch of ground FATHER departed from centuries ago. Those buildings and that land are not sacred any longer thus they become of none effect, they are “no more” in Heavenly terms. FATHER moved HIS glory from the external to the internal and that is why we are called the temple of the Holy Spirit. As a Holy Priesthood, we are called to minister outward after having received from FATHER inward. We are those who stand in the gap between Heaven and the world. As we take on our callings established before the foundation of the world, the Heavens will rejoice! Let the rejoicing begin for those who dwell in them! Are you rejoicing as a result of this revelation of Love being revealed to you, in you, and through you? Let us not tarry for the woes are upon the earth and the sea and our Love for mankind causes us to place a great priority to curtail the suffering as we are empowered. After all, that is what Love does. We get it! Rejoice O Heavens, Rejoice!