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Colossians 1:26  the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.

27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

My Beloved Sister Shari sent this writing which appeared four days after we were given the Word to Wait on THE LORD back on 2/22:

Let it be said that repetition and remembrance of where we are and who we are as Overcomers is necessary in this day. Remember that we are not to be frustrated with the long time it seems to take for the Lord to work out His purposes in the earth, but rather we are to be thankful that He has included us in this working even though we do not deserve it. No one who is of the company of first fruits can lay any claim that they recognize that trait in their own life. Right now at this present time the company of Overcomers are in a state of frustration over their long drawn out testing and over their deferred hope that makes the heart sick. There is no reason to think your hope is deferred! Hope makes us not ashamed! We are on track if we recognize that the Lord has brought our dross to the surface and has eliminated in us any ability we thought we had in ourselves to make any kind of acceptable stance of faith before the Lord without His enabling. We have learned to not trust in ourselves and to not see our carnality as the guiding rule and principle in our lives. Instead we have learned to trust implicitly the word and promise of God that we are first fruits unto Him, even though the opposite seems to be the truth.

I have said this before many times to many people that the Lord chooses the losers. He chooses those who cannot do anything for themselves not that He would accept that anyways. His promise is still right on track, He has not deferred from His promise and He will bring us forth for righteousness sake and for the sake of co-ruling with Him in this age that is dawning.

There IS going to be a resurrection of your deadened state.
There IS going to be a rising that cannot be undone.
There IS a promise that will not fade away.
There IS a surety of a bond with God which cannot be broken.
There IS going to be a first fruit company of Overcomers which will overturn the world.
You ARE part of it!

When you look at the world around you a continuity is there where things seem unchanged. Things seem to be the same as they always have been. For me I thank God for that because living in a peaceful nation is almost impossible nowadays! When I see peace around my home, I pray it continues! But we know that the end is here, the heat of testing in the nations has been pumped up and the pressure of the Lord to disannul all man has done outside of the parameters of the Lord’s person is now coming into view as being unusable. Man is running out of options and the violence between factions and nations is only increasing each day. BUT THERE IS AN END. The end is very much going to be a peaceful conclusion to a rather drastic pattern. The Lord is going to end for us all that has to end for the world in time. The entire creation groaning in this tribulation has to now come to liberty which can only happen when our manifestation happens.

All you see around you will melt in fervent heat. There is nothing in the world of man that will not be consumed in the fiery jealousy of the Lord. He must and will bring all this to a rapid conclusion and will bring – at last – His Kingdom. We don’t stand here insisting that men turn to the Lord’s salvation because we use weaponry and theatrics and pressures to make men turn. We stand as light bearers shining forth the light of Christ in our hearts which convinces men to know the love of God in truth and to abandon all other things. Yet this will now be placed upon the nations when the manifested Sons of God appear on the horizon, that alone will undo all man has worked to achieve in their own strength. They who have been forgotten and who have hidden themselves away in God not attempting to make any name for themselves, these will be shown forth as Overcomers who come with the Lord to rule and reign with Him in full authority.

Remember that you cannot see this in yourself. In yourself you do not see the manifested hope of His appearing as though it had already taken place, you wait for it with hope and understanding of the promise of the Lord to make all things new. I have stated these things many times before, and am led to state it again. The Lord’s promise and coming are sure. He is not late, He had not forgotten, He has not fallen short of His promise! There is a millennial reign of Jesus in front of us which is going to happen and which you will be resurrected into! Yours will be the right to enjoy this creation with the full measure of the Lord upon you in infinite weight and power. It is not by what you think of yourself with your natural mind now, but what you are in spirit and in faith that will bring this to your mortal body changing it like unto His raised body. There simply is no other hope for this world and there is no other hope for you personally either. If the Lord does it not, then it won’t be done. But to do it He will and it will be fully done and accomplished and you will see it firsthand!

Time is a servant of the Lord. He uses time to His advantage. The next age will also be based on time for those in the nations who will be schooled in the things of the spirit. But for the Overcomer, those who wait for the Lord, time is no more, even now, we are entering a state where time matters not! Our hope secures us whether we live or die waiting for the Lord we are beholding the present promises of God as ours to possess today and not some other day. As far as I can see, we only wait the change of our bodies. Silence has come for the space of half an hour to us, but this half hour of silence is needful for us to come to a rapid decision that our time of waiting on the Lord will in the end bear all the fruit it needs to bear to bring us to completion as risen glorified persons made like unto their savior. We are in such a place that the coming of the Lord is now absolutely next on the very scale of the Lord’s purposes. The dross is risen in us and is ready to be abandoned and our redemption draweth nigh!

Revelation 14:6   Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—

7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

This morning I was awakened by multiple dreams that specifically led to this chapter in the Book of Revelation with the focus on the sickle, the harvesting tool.  In Scripture, this tool is only mentioned when harvesting time is at hand.  I have specifically kept my focus on the here and now rather than future events, knowing that FATHER will have each of us fully prepared for those events to come.  Each dream had the number 1407 as the central and common focus.  When I awoke, I was told it was the Greek Strong’s number which is the Greek word drepanon meaning:   a sickle, a pruning-hook, a hooked vine knife, such as reapers and vinedressers use.

The sickle of harvest occurs in 7 (the number of perfection and maturity) verses of the New Testament:

Mark 4:29  “But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

The other six times are in chapter 14 of Revelation.  The sickle is the cutting tool to remove the fruit of the plant from the rest of the plant that is no longer necessary for its growth whether it be a vine or a stalk.  The appearance of the sickle means that full maturity of the harvest is at hand and when its time has come, judgment has also arrived.

In chapter 14, the 144,000 are now identified with the Lamb and there is no deceit in their mouths.  They now have a new song in their mouths and it is the song of Love which is the ultimate Song of Songs.  Until now, I never linked the Song of Solomon to the new song in Revelation 14.  It is only fitting that our focus should be on the Song of Songs after we have intently focused on the Revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The intent of a harvest is to bring food to the table.  In this instance, it is to supply the Marriage Feast of the Bridegroom and His Bride.  The sickle must be sharp to fulfill its purpose and has been prepared for such a time as this.  This sharpness also denotes a quick work and is not drawn out over an extended period of time.  When the harvest is ripe, one does not let the fruit remain on the stalk or vine beyond its time.  When full maturity arrives, there is no delay.

In the 14th chapter of Revelation, the angels do the proclaiming, not man, thus I see no need to make a proclamation of any type but instead to simply alert those who are on the same path to be made aware.  The harvest denotes the close of a period in Scripture.  The sickle has been sharpened in preparation for this close and the proclamations, calls, and trumpet blasts have all been given.  Now the work is at hand.

The first proclamation is: “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

The second proclamation is: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

The third proclamation is: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.  And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

Once those three proclamations are made, the sharp sickle is in hand and the harvest begins.

In the New King James Version of the Bible, the word “Beloved” is found 37 times in the Song of Songs.  According to  the Biblical Meaning of Numbers, this number 37 represents  “Jesus, as The Word of God”.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the manifested Word of FATHER in the flesh and He encapsulates Wisdom from Above.  As we shift our view of the Scripture from lower levels of understanding to the higher, we begin to uncover mysteries hidden for centuries.  We only have to look to church history to see how such shifts occur.  Consider how life was before Martin Luther came to the realization the the “just shall live by faith”.  On 31 October 1517, Luther wrote his ninety-five theses which eventually turned the prevailing belief system on its head.  We must not assume our past understanding is complete and fully perfected.  The unveiling of revelation continues and will culminate when the close of this age fully occurs.  In the meantime, we will continue to seek FATHER’S Face with all our being.

The word “Shulamite” means "the perfect" or "the peaceful".  It is actually only found in one Scripture:

Song 6:13  Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

It happens that the number 613 is also the total number of laws and statutes in the LAW.  Coincidence?  I think not.  When the Law is perfect and peaceful, at what point does this state exist?  When the revelation of Love is at its full maturity.  Jesus associated wisdom with the revelation of Love as He responded to the scribe in Mark chapter 12:

28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”

29 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

30 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’  This is the first commandment.

31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.

33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

Jesus noted that “doing” offerings and sacrifices was not the purpose of the Law.  Love is the purpose and fulfillment of the Law.  If you pursue the fullness of this revelation, as Jesus said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

Let us put away our carnal thinking and pursue Agape Love.  Ponder and dwell on this Truth.  It will change you.

The term “daughters of Jerusalem” is mentioned 16 times in the Song of Solomon and is generally in contrast to the Shulamite’s motive.  These daughters are likened to thorns by The Beloved:

Song 2:2  As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Thorns denote judgment and foolishness in Scripture.  Proverbs 26:9 says “​​Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, ​​Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.”  Wisdom given to the foolish might as well be a thorn that cannot be removed, once again a form of judgment due to the actions, understanding, and the blindness of the person.

The daughters are warned multiple times:  Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.  When you stir something up, you put it into motion.  The timing is important and we should not be premature or impatient as we expect the fullness of Love to come forth.  Our time of preparation should be used for the perfecting and maturing of our Love for FATHER and mankind.  Those who focus on other endeavors will be seen as foolish and be subject to the judgment brought on by their own foolishness.  This foolishness is emphasized by the Parable of the Ten Virgins, five were foolish and were caught unprepared.  They became subject to the judgment of missing out on the marriage feast.

In Romans chapter 1, Paul speaks of the foolishness of those who focus on the created rather than the Creator.  Their eyes are set on the external rather than the internal.  The Daughters failed to see the revelation of Love and could not comprehend it from the perspective of the Shulamite.  The Daughters lacked understanding.

Jesus exposed the foolishness of men in Luke chapter 11:

37 And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat.

38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

39 Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

40 Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

Those who keep focusing on outward acts rather than inward growth are destined to be called foolish by Our Elder Brother.  You can know the letter of the WORD to the point of being called an expert, but if you don’t understand the Divine Intent behind the written WORD, you will be as the foolish lawyer exposed by Jesus.  You can only know Divine Intent by searching it out through the eyes of Agape Love.

Jesus spoke further about foolishness when He shared the Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:

16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Often rich people tend to think they are “anointed” and set apart by FATHER.  Little do they realize that they simply may be used as a steward to store wealth until FATHER has need for its use.  The rich person was foolish because he lacked understanding about the purpose of wealth and abundance.  His focus was on the external fruitfulness instead of the internal growth and maturity.

Let us not be included with those who are judged to be fools.  Let us no longer look at the external as the source of fruitfulness but instead focus on the internal.  FATHER is in us and will respond as we pursue HIM in the midst of the Holy of Holies.  Let our Love be as oil in our lamp and shine for HIS Glory for HE responds to Love.

In the Song of Songs,  the young woman is described as a Shulamite which means "the perfect" or "the peaceful" and she has fallen in Love.  This particular book of the Bible was penned by Solomon who was known at the time as being the wisest man on earth.  However, his wisdom did not prevent him from becoming lawless and as a result, he followed after other gods.  The Old Covenant was insufficient to turn man from his wicked ways even if he had been given Wisdom from Above.  This reality emphasizes the need for salvation in Christ and the importance of His life-giving Blood.

It is my conviction that the young Shulamite woman represents our soul in search of the Spiritual with the culmination of the search being a union through marriage.  This book is not about doing, it is about “being”.  Yes, women typically like to read this book for its focus on the bride-to-be and her quest for the Love of her life.  In the Jewish circles, young boys are not allowed to read this book until Bar Mitzvah because of its apparent erotic nature.

The Shulamite (perfect and peaceful) is searching for the one who will complete her.  Perfection and peace will only come to full maturity when she becomes one with her Beloved.  This is true for the Body of Christ being one with the Head- Jesus Christ.  As Paul stated in 1 Corinthians chapter 13:

10 But when that which is perfect (Love) has come, then that which is in part (prophecy) will be done away.

Prophecy looks to the future whereas Love is now.  Expectation versus reality, which would you rather reside in?  When we are in HIS Presence, peace springs forth for we are not fretting about some temporal issue or being gripped with fear of the unknown.  FATHER’S Love quiets us as we focus on HIM.  Jesus commanded peace to come forth in Mark chapter 4:

35 On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”

36 Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.

37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.

38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”

41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”

The sea represents the sea of humanity, the flesh.  Jesus Christ is the only way to true peace and the soul is in search of this highest level of peace.  When the flesh leads the search, sin and lawlessness result.  When the spirit is in command through Love, peace from Above comes forth.  The true desire and longing of the soul is to become one with the spirit.  When this occurs time and space are transcended and we no longer are moved by the temporal.  Only by Love will this marriage occur and any other attempt to bring these two aspects of our being together will only end in frustration.  Let us be perfect in HIS Love and we will truly walk in peace!

If we are of the same purpose, we can be in unity.  If our purpose or focus is different then we are on a different path and cannot become as one.  Those who are called to be in the Body of Christ must be separated from those who are not.  This does not mean to isolate ourselves from others although there may be times when we are called to do so for a specific season.  Jesus ministered among the ungodly by day but separated himself by night and had “one on one” time with FATHER.

In 2 Corinthians chapter 6, Paul tells us:

14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

The Greek word for yoke is zygos.  It means to be bound together in a burdensome manner; a balance, pair of scales.  You cannot fellowship with darkness and retain the light in you.  You cannot have a business partner who is lawless and expect to be immune from the judgment associated with his lawless activities.  You simply cannot fellowship with someone who is promoting judgment from FATHER due to their actions and path.

FATHER is patient while you take action to separate yourself from the lawlessness and will withhold the fullness of HIS judgment until you are at a safe distance.  But do not tarry.  As you pursue the revelation of Love, HE will expose the lawlessness of those whom you have a relationship in order that you can make safe passage away from them before the judgment arrives.  You should still Love those who are lawless but from a distance.

You must not be moved by peer pressure.  There are those who appear to have superior knowledge who would try to convince you that you have misread the situation and that you should continue on the same path with them.  In certain cases, they may overwhelm you with Scripture to support their path.  However in your spirit you will have a check about their path.  FATHER will remove your peace until you depart their company.  It is becoming increasingly important to spend quality time with FATHER as we move toward the close of this Age.

Paul continues:

15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?

16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

​​​“I will dwell in them

​​And walk among them.

​​I will be their God,

​​And they shall be My people.”

In the Old Testament, FATHER walked among the people. Now HE dwells in us.  Do you see HIM on some distant planet?  Do you see HIM in some local church or have you finally come to the realization that HE is in you for you are HIS temple?  Your temple is located in the center of your being and it cannot be accessed by lawlessness, unbelief, or by the worshipping of idols.  Paul further states:

17 Therefore

​​​“Come out from among them

​​And be separate, says the Lord.

​​Do not touch what is unclean,

​​And I will receive you.”

18 ​​“I will be a Father to you,

​​And you shall be My sons and daughters,

​​Says the LORD Almighty.”

Oh what a promise and commitment by FATHER!  As we separate ourselves from the lawless and unclean, we gain access to HIS Presence in our temple.  We are told to seek HIS Face and when we do, we can hear HIS specific Word to us.  How can our hearts be pure if we fellowship with the lawless?  How can we remain clean if we dwell with the unclean?  We are told to heed these words in order for us to come into the fullness of our calling as well as our personal safety.

The word for yoke is also the word for balance or scale.  This particular word is found in Revelation chapter 6:

5  When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

Black is the absence of light and color,or lack of understanding.  The black horse denotes a revelation of darkness and exposes the carnal mind and fleshly nature.  It provides a comparison of darkness versus the light of reality and Truth that the Spirit brings.  Once we have a revelation of Love and Truth, darkness is exposed and we must depart from its presence.  The scales denote a comparison against a standard of Truth, light versus darkness.

The Song of Songs is the book of Love in the Bible.  The term “Beloved” is used more in this book than any other and this is the ultimate Song or message.  “My Beloved” is Our Lord Jesus Christ Who dwells in our spirit and our soul is represented by the woman.  Our soul is awaken by HIM and now she seeks Him.  On a corporate level, the Body of Christ is now awakened to the revelation of Love and must prepare itself for the marriage.  On a personal level, our soul and spirit will become.  On a corporate level, the Body of Christ will receive the Head and will receive the power and authority to minister His Love to all mankind.  The result of the marriage will be a glorified body at the personal as well as the corporate level.  Given this understanding, we can appreciate the woman’s own description of herself:

Song 1:5 I am dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon

Given that she represents the soul and Her Beloved represents Jesus Christ, it is time to read the Song of Songs.  It will encourage you to be separated unto Holiness.  Now is the time for the final preparation.  Our Beloved is coming!

Jesus had to withdraw himself from others in order to begin His ministry thus He spent forty days in the wilderness for this final preparation.  Moses had to withdraw from the camp where the stiff-necked people were.  These people were set in their way and were unwilling to submit to change from the status quo:

Exodus 33:7  Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.

The result of Moses inquiring of FATHER concerning HIS Plan:

14  And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

There are times where we must remove ourselves from others who have for whatever reason ceased in their maturing process.  Other times it is for our focused instruction without distraction.  In any case, we must look at this withdrawal to reestablish our priorities in our walk with FATHER.

Separation is for preparation.  Jesus ended his previous activities and their associated requirements and departed to the wilderness.  This allowed Him to enter into the next phase of His calling.  All of the worldly aspects of life had to be set aside so He could complete His final preparation and enter into the new phase of FATHER’S plan thus He had to be removed from the previous attachments of life.

1 Timothy 6:3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness,

4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,

5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself

There is a truth we must keep before us- “We become like the company we keep.”  There are many who use the “Christian” card to get you to drop your guard in business.  Over the years I have come across many who claim to live by the Word of GOD and then proceed to lie, cheat, and steal.  They wear their Christianity as a badge but their actions don’t line up with their words.  It is unfortunate but we must withdraw ourselves from their association.  It is one thing to minister to them but another to have a business relationship.  When their judgment arrives, you do not want to be collateral damage.

As you pursue the revelation of Love, FATHER will expose all relationships that are unwholesome in your life.  HE will then give you the opportunity to decide whether or not to continue in those relationships.  Some may be personal, others may be business.  Business relationships may have been profitable in the past but now that the issue has been exposed, mercy and grace will soon be replaced by judgment.  That person has been given sufficient time to repent from his or her lawlessness.  If we do not withdraw ourselves from this known lawlessness, we too will take on a form of judgment.  FATHER will always provide another opportunity to replace the existing one but the decision is ours.

Don’t look at withdrawing yourself as a bad thing.  Sometimes it is to protect you from an impending judgment and FATHER wants to protect you from others’ lawlessness.  The result will be peace and rest.

1 Timothy 1:5  Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,

6  from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,

7  desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

It is my goal to simply do my designated part and function in the Body of Christ, no more but not less.  “No more” means to only do as I hear FATHER direct and not “help” HIM achieve some result beyond or outside HIS Plan.  FATHER has a unique training plan for each of us and there is no “formula” that I can share that will assure you of reaching some prescribed level of maturity in the Body of Christ.  My primary advice continues to be for each of us to focus on our own personal relationship with FATHER to the point we truly know HE is with us at all times and in all situations.  HE is not on some distant planet barely able to respond to our cry.

As we focus on the purification of our heart, we will be enabled to see FATHER’S Face.  HE tells us to seek HIS Face and if we do HE will heal our land thus we have a responsibility to be active in that pursuit.  The path toward the revelation of Love accomplishes that purification process.  When you pursue that path, the idle talk ceases and is no longer important to you.  What the world thrives on now seems like a waste of time and resources.  Instead, you must be about FATHER’S business.

We have a good conscience in knowing that we are truly pursuing FATHER according to the revelation we have and as HE reveals a mystery to us, we embrace it as well.  The worst thing we can do is become stationary and cease in our pursuit of maturity.  If you are effectively doing things according to a revelation you received ten years ago and nothing else has been revealed to you since, you may want to reassess your path and pursuit.

Those who are called “The Beloved” are the ones who should expect faith to operate in their lives:

Galatians 5:6  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

Your genealogy does not produce anything nor guarantees any position in Christ.  Faith works by Love thus Love is the catalyst for your faith to grow.  The faith movement in the past century by and large did not consider Love as the precursor to growing in faith.  In the end, many people became disenchanted by the lack of fruit as they pursued faith without Love.  Men and women wearing the finest clothes were standing up with empty promises of fame and fortune before the masses.  They tweaked the carnal desires of those in the audience to pursue their message that promised good fortune.  They manage to extract the last pennies from those who could not meet their rent payments.  How sad!  Agape Love was not in the building!  However, there were new planes in the hangar.

There have been those who would promise results if we just walked out a certain formula.  It was all about “doing”.  Revelation became rituals and rituals became traditions of men.  Their formulas would always keep the promised results in the future, just out of reach of the present.  Their motives were not based in the purity of Agape Love.  You once again needed to perform to get the results from Above.  When do you finally judge the fruit and determine the fruit is nonexistent?  Modifying men’s behavior does not change their hearts.  On the contrary, a change of the heart, will modify their behavior and walk to one of fruitfulness.

What does it mean to stray?  In this context, you have lost your first Love.  Remember back when the excitement of the revelation of Jesus Christ being your Lord and Savior burst forth in your spirit.  Your interest in all else was replaced by the Love for your Redeemer.  We must come to the point where our Love for FATHER exceeds our interest in all else.  When we move to that state, our faith is activated at a higher level for our trust in HIS Word to us is assured of coming to pass.  Why?  We know HE Loves us and would only guide us according to the purity and sincerity of that Love.  Since HE knows the past, present, and future, HE alone can and will guide us appropriately in our daily affairs.  We should trust HIM for the small decisions and direction as well as the large.

Works done without the intent of Love are dead works.  Without the understanding of the motivation of Love behind each law given creates idle talk.  Tattoos and piercings are prohibited in the Law yet in the U.S., there are more people with tattoos and piercings than ever before.  Why were those forbidden?  As Dr. Speckhart pointed out, those resulted in an interference of the energy flow of the body.  The result would be poor health in the future.  It is FATHER’S desire that we be in good health even as our soul prospers.  Those who know FATHER’s Divine Intent of Love is behind every law and statute will live a more peaceful and healthy life.

As we pursue walking in Love, our hearts will be pure, we will had a good conscience, and our sincere faith will be exercised in the area HE directs.  We will see good fruit abound to our account.  Life will be simpler and we will be at peace.

Jesus’ earthly ministry culminated on the Cross at the end of the Passover Age.  His 3 1/2 year ministry had fulfilled all that FATHER had instructed.  In the first Gospel written by the Beloved disciple John, we find the following passage in chapter 19:

28 Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture (Psalm 22) he said, “I am thirsty.”

29 A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.

30 When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.

Jesus proclaimed the closing of an Age when He spoke the words “It is finished!”  His only disciple there at the time of His proclamation was the Beloved disciple John to whom Jesus gave charge over His mother Mary.  John was the only disciple to be in close proximity to the declaration made by Jesus.  There were three Mary’s with him.

After His resurrection, Jesus ministered to the disciples for forty days. He presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of GOD.  Fast forward 2,000 years and we are once again at the closing of another age, the Age of Pentecost.  Instead of the only begotten Son being raised up to conclude the age, there are the many sons making up His Body.  These are the Sons who have been called the “very elect” by Jesus Himself:

Matthew 24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

The “very elect” do not rely on other men to show them the Way, the Truth, and the Life for they have a personal relationship with FATHER and know HIS Voice.  They dwell with HIM day by day, moment by moment and are ever aware that it is HIS Will to not only flow in them but through them as well.  Their focus is on the internal rather than the outward and external.  They are sensitive to the Truth- “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”  They understand the importance of guarding their heart.

We are now anticipating another declaration of a similar nature to speak the words “It is finished”.  Paul revealed to us in Romans 8:

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

The very elect have been in the process of being perfected for the closing of this age.  They have understood the necessity of being tried, tested, and matured unto perfection.  They have been given choices to judge or submit to FATHER’S judgment… they have chosen FATHER’S Way.  Their focus has moved away from the things of this world and have fixed their gaze toward Heaven.  They look not at menial tasks as being below them, but instead embrace every task expecting FATHER to be right there to reveal some further Truth or mystery of the Kingdom.  Everything is done in gratitude, not disdain.  They have become sensitive to the Holy Spirit in all things with the expectation of ministering to the next person they encounter, instant in season and out.

Once this maturing process converges on the endpoint of the age, we will hear the Words “It is finished” just as the Beloved disciple heard these age-ending words.

Revelation 10:7   but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

As we have seen over the past several months, the mysteries found in the book of Revelation are a further revealing of the many-membered Body of Christ.  Seven denotes the completion of the maturing process and when the “sounding of the seventh angel” occurs, the manifestation of the Sons’ ministry will be at hand.  This ministry will mark the end of the age.  Prophecy will be replaced by the manifested ministry of Love.  When the revelation of Love has been perfected in the hearts of the Sons, we will have a whole new appreciation for what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 13:

8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.