Servias Ministries Blog

2015 appears to be a year of change.

If there is one thing I have learned in the last nine years, the carnal man will resist the message of agape Love and Truth.  You can speak on any other topic without much resistance but when you focus on Love, plan on resistance.  Jesus spoke on Love, John spoke on Love, and Paul spoke on Love, but most people do not want to hear and embrace that aspect of the Gospel.  Why?  It is the carnal man who knows that when the whole Truth of Love is embraced, his days have ended.

Revelation 12:4   His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.

The dragon stands ready to devour the manchild.  What better way to prevent the Gospel of full and complete restoration from coming forth than to attack as early as possible when it is fully birthed.  The devil is the agent of resistance and can be found in every move of the HOLY SPIRIT.  His job is to infiltrate the Truth with lies and we have seen this play out in past moves of the SPIRIT.  In reading about the latter rain movement, those who led the movement let pride enter into their walk.  We see over and over that a major revelation comes forth and finally is converted to a tradition by men.  This has been true of many if not all of the church denominations that exist today.  However in the above Scripture, the devil failed.  What was the difference in this situation?

Revelation 12:11   And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

The overcomers have a true revelation of Love and understood the need to die to the flesh thus starving the carnal man by removing themselves from his dominion and influence.

Revelation 12:5   She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.

We see that this manchild is immediately caught to the third Heaven, before FATHER.  This is where we find those around the throne proclaiming “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”.  This is a far cry from those on earth hearing “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth”.  This provides and excellent contrast of blessing versus cursing, life versus death.

This agent of resistance is found throughout the Bible.  Pharaoh feared the male children, King Herod demanded all the male children be slain, and here we have the devil awaiting the arrival of the manchild in anticipation of once again attempting to thwart FATHER’S plan of restoration.  Just as Moses was protected from Pharaoh and Jesus was protected from Herod, the manchild is protected from the devil’s final attempt to prevent the Body of Christ from coming forth.  What a glorious deliverance!  Those who are called as Sons are not dissuaded from the calling by the peer pressure of the religious leaders and those around them who want to maintain status quo.  This remnant is willing to “go it alone” and give up relationships of the past.  Those relationships were not based on agape Love but instead were found to have conditions attached.  The carnal nature will raise up its head when there is a challenge to its doctrine and it will use any means necessary to prevent anyone from challenging its exalted position.  Guilt, arrogance, separation, condescending attitudes, and insincerity are all used to keep the relationship in control.  Those who succumb to the lies receive the woes of those who choose to dwell at the earthly level and they are unknowingly submit to this evil spirit.

As we are subjected to those who challenge what FATHER has shown us, we must never forget that we are to continue to Love them.  We are not to promote division but minister life and Truth in Love as we get the opportunity.  In the end, we all will come into the fullness of understanding.  We simply must not be moved by any challenges to the revelation FATHER has given us in order that we will be able to walk in the fullness of our calling.  I know that this message of Love isn’t popular among many readers of blogs.  Many want to hear the bad news of the current system and focus on those who are in temporary control of the financial system.  We need to overcome this bondage to the current system and focus our attention on those higher Truths found in Heaven.  These higher Spiritual Truths will prevail over the current, lower fleshly realm where all the death and destruction resides.  Life will swallow up death!

Notice that the dragon is in heaven standing before the woman clad with the sun.  This denotes the fact that we are challenged at the spiritual level.  Lies are believable when they contain some Spiritual Truth but are off just enough to move the recipient away from the purity of the Gospel.  This is how a false prophet can take an obscure verse and build a doctrine around it.  Jesus was tempted by the devil who used the Word of GOD in an trying to manipulate Jesus into sin.  Do you think it will be any different this time?  Without the motivation of Love behind a teaching, the message will move off center at some point.  We must rely on FATHER to keep us properly focused so that we are not led astray.

Those of us who believe this call to Sonship know that Our Heavenly Father will bring forth victory through HIS power, not ours.  We are to overcome our flesh and respond to HIS Word.  But by HIS power and authority will the fullness of each person’s calling come forth.  We provide food to promote strength in our spirit at the demise of the carnal man or, we provide strength to the carnal man by lusts and pride.  Which nature are we going to sustain?  It is our choice.  When we resist Love and Truth, we feed the carnal nature but when we embrace Love and Truth, our spirit grows and matures.  Knowledge by itself won’t fulfill the need or else everyone with a PhD would be moving in HIS power and authority.  There is a simplicity in Christ that does not demand complexity as a prerequisite to move in the Spiritual realm. 

Those who hear and respond to the Divine Intent of FATHER are those who will receive HIS power and authority.  When you are able to clearly hear and respond to HIS Voice, you cannot be deceived, discouraged, troubled, influenced, used, manipulated, corrupted, or defiled in any way.  HIS Truth has set you free and you are able to ascend to Heaven in HIS Presence.  The devil can be standing there waiting to devour you but he has no power or influence over you for have willingly died to the flesh.  You are now able to see through his lies and deception.  You have become a mature Son and with a pure heart you are able to be caught up to FATHER and HIS throne.

Revelation 12:5   She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.

6   Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

The dragon awaited the birth of the manchild who is to bring forth Truth in order that this Truth would once again be perverted into another religious movement infiltrated with lies and selfish motivations.  It worked in the past centuries and the dragon is expecting it to work again thus making it a greater power in the world.  This time it is different for the woman’s Child is caught up to GOD and His throne.  This is the Life-giving Truth that will not be devoured by the the father of lies.

We are told the tail of the dragon is used to cast down a third part of the stars to earth and Isaiah 9:15 divulges that this tail represents lies from a false prophet:

“The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.”

This is exactly why I urge each one of us to pursue and hear Our Heavenly Father’s Voice individually and not count on others as the primary source of Truth.  The father of lies would have you believe you are not qualified and unable to directly communicate with FATHER. What a lie!  Jesus made it very plain in John chapter 10 that we can and do hear His Voice:

22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.

26 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

30 I and My Father are one.”

Jesus made these statements in the midst of Hanukkah.  This year the Feast of Dedication concluded its eight day celebration on the night of Christmas Eve, corresponding to the conception of Jesus in 2 B.C.  Could this be the time of the manifestation of the Sons?  We will surely know it as it occurs.

Stars signify Divine Truths well as those messengers who walk in the light of those truths who proclaim them.  They emanate light rather than reflecting it as a moon yet they are dragged down to a lower level and perverted by self-motivation.  They have been perverted by mixing them with lies brought on by “self” exaltation.   The carnal man is able to receive these half-truths and follow them as a religion.  This is extremely dangerous to those who are called and can cause them to be separated from those who are then chosen.  With all diligence, we must hear FATHER’S Voice for ourselves if we are to be included in the initial squadron to be “caught up” to FATHER and HIS Throne and be a part of those who are called to deliver mankind from the bondage of corruption.  Surely by now, each of us can detect that little “check” in our spirit when we read or hear someone speak or prophesy in HIS Name.  That is the HOLY SPIRIT indicating that there is some form of corruption in what is being said.  These messengers who are cast down progressively focus on the earthly realm rather than the highest realm of the Gospel, or good news.  The earth isn’t on its last leg but instead is being readied for the greatest impact ever seen and experienced by mankind.  The perversion will give way to the rod of iron and revealed for what it is.  The Love of FATHER will be shed abroad for all men to see the standard by which they will be judged.  This will be the time of great restoration, not the final destruction as taught by those who have been cast down to earth.

Carnal Christians follow and support carnal teaching, that is the reality.  They will support what their souls crave.  Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness ascend toward the Heavenlies.  Their time, resources, and actions support their focus as well.  One group is caught up to Heaven and the other group is cast down to the earth.  In Revelation chapter 12, we can see the distinction between the two groups:

10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,

“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

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.”

Many are called but few are chosen.  Those who are chosen know verse 12 all too well.

Revelation 12:3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.

4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.

The ministry of the church is to build up the body of Christ. The ministry of the Sons of FATHER is to deliver creation from the bondage of corruption and you can be assured that there will be great resistance as this ministry comes forth just as there was similar resistance at the time of the birth of Jesus.  The parallels at the beginnings of the Ages helps us to understand what John saw in the third Heaven.

Jesus did not announce His birth and neither will the manifested Sons.  His announcement came from messengers sent forth from FATHER’S Divine Intent of Love and we should expect the same.  When the Spirit and Law fully manifest in the Sons there will surely be changes in the world.  “It is all about timing":

Galatians 4:1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,

2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.

4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Just as Jesus came on the scene in the fullness of time, so shall the Sons.  Many of us have yearned for the day of fulfillment in what we have been drawn toward as we have pursued the revelation of Sonship.  We also understand that we were taken out of an environment contrary to this revelation by HIS perfect plan, will, and purpose.  There were times of isolation so that we could shed those traditions of men and allow the process of purification to have its perfect work.  We have all earnestly waited for that appointed time of birthing.

The second sign describes a fiery red dragon, one of great strength, power, and bloodthirstiness.  This dragon began as a serpent in the Garden of Eden and now has worldly power.  Its power is adversarial to the Sons of FATHER and is in direct conflict with them, hoping to consume the manchild at the time of birth.  I can surely tell you today that with the interconnectedness throughout this earth in the areas of communications and finances, the stage is set for a showdown.  We are told who this dragon is in the very same chapter:

9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

This “prince of the world” now dwells in the minds of men as a spirit.  The global financiers all view themselves above any law, including FATHER’S Law and they have been left to their own devices to pursue their path of death and destruction even though the illusions in their minds paint a different picture.  These are the same ones who are described in Ephesians chapter 2:

2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

Paul understood where the conflict was at and that it did not originate in the physical realm but instead the spiritual, unseen realm.  We only see the outworking through the corrupt fruit.  Paul went into greater detail later in the letter to the Ephesian in chapter 4:

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest off the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

This confrontation between the Body of Christ and the devil can have but only one outcome- victory for the Sons who are called to rule with a rod of iron.  Why?  It is because FATHER raises them up and it is HE Who is the Possessor of Heaven and earth.  HIS SPIRIT is sufficient to over the the prince of the world.  Paul writes of the futility of this spirit and speaks of the revealing of Christ and being renewed in the spirit of our mind:

20 But you have not so learned Christ,

21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:

22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Our minds our transformed by the Living Word and HIS Spirit resulting in us maturing into the fullness of the Body of Christ.  The apprehended ones know deep down that the time draws near for the fullness of Love to forth and benefit all mankind.  One only has to look at the perverse conditions that the prince of the world has brought forth in this current system.  At every turn there is greater depravity and greed.  Lies have infiltrated every aspect of government, religion, and finance.  The lawlessness demands constant redefinition of the law so that those who are guilty can remain free to further their selfish agendas.  To the human mind, the odds are insurmountable yet Our Heavenly Father is not moved by this widespread sin and lawlessness as HE has been preparing HIS plan for its full implementation and manifestation.  HIS plan looks like foolishness to the reprobate mind and that is exactly how it should be less the manchild be attacked prior to his full maturity in the womb.  These lawless ones are those HE gave up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of GOD for the lie, and worshiped and served the created rather than the Creator.

This fiery red dragon became one with man in the Garden when he was only a slithering serpent.  His influence has grown to become a monstrous dragon.  This dragon is to be slayed.  Each of us must surrender our own will for the FATHER’S Will that this dragon have absolutely no power in us.  As man’s own ideas have increased, the serpent has grown into this dragon.  His days are numbered for the Day of THE LORD is at hand.

“Seven heads (with crowns) and ten horns” speaks of authority and power.  We do not need to go look for some external, physical definition and description.  We only need to look inside to see who has power and authority over us internally.  Are you led by THE SPIRIT or led by your lusts and pride?  Which one have you given power over you?  Have you handed authority to your members or do you submit to the authority of the Living Word?  Seven is the number of spiritual completion and maturity, whether it be positive or negative.  Someone can become a mature vessel of dishonor just as another will become a mature vessel of honor.  The one of dishonor will be ground to powder.  The seven heads represent to us the full and complete deception of the deceiver in men’s lives, given over to the reprobate mind as Paul mentioned.

The number ten denotes a restriction or allotment of time or action.  FATHER gave the 10 Commandments to place a restriction on behavior.  Judgment came to the earth the 10th time Noah’s name was mentioned (Gen 6:13).  This number denotes a limitation of power for the ungodly.

“His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth” speaks of the deceptions brought forth by false prophets and teachers.  This tail is described in Isaiah chapter 9:

14 ​​Therefore the LORD will cut off head and tail from Israel,

​​Palm branch and bulrush in one day.

15 ​​The elder and honorable, he is the head;

​​The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

16 ​​For the leaders of this people cause them to err,

​​And those who are led by them are destroyed.

Those aspiring overcomers who succumb to false doctrines, tempted and seduced by false teaching, and who lose their first Love are those who are cast down to the earth.  “If it were possible, even the elect would be deceived”.  This is why it is so important to not allow past teaching to remain as your foundation as greater revelation comes forth to bring you to a higher level of understanding.  Most of us based our future on the rapture doctrine when we were immature Christians.  We embraced what we were told by the elders and did not question its veracity.  Isolated verses were used to build an entire doctrine.  As we began to see FATHER’S Character, we knew that HE would not let 95% of HIS creation burn in hell forever for GOD is Love.  That prompted us to search out the Scriptures for Truth in Love and then the revelation of restoration came forth, blasting away the former foundation of “turn or burn”.

As we would expect, the dragon who is waiting to devour the manchild at birth is unsuccessful.  Two-thirds were not affected by his tail of deception and lies.

As the this year comes to a close, I want to thank those who have communicated their words of encouragement to us at Servias Ministries.  Some do so by phone, some by emails, and others send a hand-written note such as the one I received today.

Thank you and I am grateful to be your beloved brother!

On the 8th Day of the Festival of Lights (Christmas Eve), we had our own candle lighting ceremony… there were eight of us around the fire pit singing Silent Night.  Even our 2 year old grandson was singing!

Who else but the Bride of Christ could birth the manchild?  This woman described in Revelation 12 with the following description:

1   A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

The true Bride of Christ is the group of the “called out” ones, often referred to in the New Testament as His church.  Paul spoke of this bride in 2 Corinthians 11:

2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

And John the Baptist referred to Jesus as the bridegroom in John chapter 3:

28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’

29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

The word “bride” is a term of relationship.  The bride relationship must occur before the son can be born in a lawful and righteous manner.  It is important that we embrace this understanding as we aspire to be counted among the Sons of FATHER.  The relationship of the bride and bridegroom is centered around Love and there is no other primary consideration at the time of the wedding.  The bride retains that title during the early relationship and as the relationship matures, they become known as husband and wife.  The bride is “being” the object of His affection and the wife denotes “doing and acting”.  Let us return to Revelation chapter 2 and reread:

2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;

3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary.

4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

We must focus on the simplicity of our first Love for Jesus Christ, in full submission to Him.  We must always consider His words as we dwell on His character since He is the full manifestation of FATHER.  Only after we have fully become His Bride are we able to bring forth the manifestation as a Son to FATHER.  Our full submission to Jesus as His Bride allows us to become “one” with Him and we take on His Name and attributes.  As we take on His Name, He embraces us to the fullness and His banner over us is Love.

In order to qualify for sonship, we must first be a “bride” who does not lose her first Love.  You can labor for THE LORD but if you do it out of duty expecting to be rewarded for service rather than out of Love, you will be saddened in the end.  Your lampstand will be removed.  You must forsake all other suitors of your focus and attention.  The world would entice you away from this first Love only to serve up disappointment and despair.  Only after we become “one” with Him are we able to be fully birthed as Sons to the FATHER.  What a mystery!  Now consider what Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 5:

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church (called out ones) and gave Himself for her,

26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

This glorious woman clothed with the sun is His Bride and has overcome the moon, the lesser light.  This lesser light includes past, incomplete revelation and prophetic words arising out of a lower level of understanding.  At best these words could only point to the light rather than having the full illumination of the Word contained therein.  Many of the rituals performed reflect the reality of Heaven though they are only representations, not the real thing.  The physical ark was a reflection of the Heavenly Ark. Though impressive in its own right, it could not fulfill the Heavenly function of the ark, in the middle of the illuminated Temple.  The same is true for the Bride.  The earthly church can walk out customs, rituals, quote the Lord’s Prayer, and other such acts, but they will not materialize into the true Bride of Christ.  The true Bride is cloaked with the sun, not its reflection.  This Bride has the fullness of Christ-centered revelation coming forth enabling her to birth the manchild.  She is clothed with the incorruptible and has become one with Jesus Christ.  What a wonderful picture!

Paul wrote:

Ephesians 5:31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

This Beloved Bride is a chaste virgin just as Mary was a virgin.  This Bride is a many-membered virgin “church” who brings forth a manchild just as Mary brought forth Jesus.  This parallels Mary’s calling but in a progressive manner in that many Sons are coming forth from this single birthing process.  This Bride has twelve stars on her head representing Divine government and her child will rule nations with a rod of iron.  This birthing is the consummation of manifesting the manchild.  Just as Jesus was born to Mary by the Power of FATHER through the Holy Spirit so shall the Sons come forth by this same Power.  This Bride’s pureness remains intact.

When manifestation comes, the prophetic is no longer necessary.  I was given the Word “Now is the time!” in recent years and was led to write about it.  I have been in earnest expectation of a major change since the mid-1990’s and at every turn I would look for HIS indication of the manifestation coming forth.  Twenty-one years ago I saw great miracles and salvation take place in the small villages of Romania and I received a taste of HIS power and authority but it was not yet time for its fullness.  The progression continued but we all know that the fullness of time has not yet arrived.  The maturing process of the Sons is not done in a light manner for the entire earth is awaiting the completion of their perfecting.

We have now seen the processing of the seven trumpets and how they apply to the internal maturing of the elect and that when we view the fifth Gospel as a book of Love, our entire perspective changes.  What was preached to us as utter destruction have been changed into Good News.  There will be those who critique my understanding of various details but I would submit that if they fully understood all facets of this last book, we would be sitting at their feet awaiting the next words coming from the mouths.  Only Our Lord Jesus Christ was 100% infallible in every word He spoke.  My goal is to convey the Spiritual reality I see in words that those with ears to hear can understand.  I have no interest in impressing you with some sophisticated, hard to understand, superior rhetoric.  I simply want to look at the words that the Beloved Disciple used to describe a book of mysteries originating out of the highest Spiritual realm.  Look beyond any details that may appear to be off with eyes of forgiveness so that you can grasp the essence of the beauty.  Don’t be distracted by any apparent inaccuracy and miss the point.  When I see a rose, I look beyond its imperfections and behold its beauty.  Let’s all do the same as I continue with this focus on the Revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus used many parables to convey the same Spiritual Truth.  He would speak about a Truth from one vantage point and then go to another so that any could comprehend the Truth if they had eyes to see.  Once we see a Truth from a myriad of views, we gain a mature understanding.  It is no different in the fifth Gospel, the book of Love.  We have proceeded from the midst of the Temple to a woman with child, both present different facets of the same Truth.

Revelation 12:1   A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.  2  She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.

Life began for the child nine months before birth but the manifestation is a result of the maturing process being completed in the womb.  Each part of this body needed to be enveloped in a protective cocoon until it was sufficiently formed to be functional and operational.  The child was hidden away and protected so that it could fully mature without being exposed to the harsh elements that would prevent its maturing process.  This woman is in Heaven clothed with the glory of the sun and this particular manchild would rule the nations with a rod of iron.

The first verse begins with “A great sign appeared in heaven”.  This great sign is in the Spiritual, not the physical thus we need to set aside all of the physical signs men point to as an indication of the imminent arrival of Christ.  I have been hearing of these “imminent” signs personally for 43 years, none came to pass.  After they failed to materialize, the prognosticator would then look for some obscure caveat to push the arrival further out.  Jesus dealt with this blindness to the Spiritual when He confronted the Pharisees:

Matthew 16:1  Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.

2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’;

3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

All the signs mentioned in the book of Revelation are seen in Heaven, not on earth in the physical…  Think about it.  The great sign of this woman is a prophetic sign of the birth of the manchild and “She” is of a great and glorious appearance for she is clothed with the sun, a Divine illumination originating from her and the moon that reflects light is at her feet yet she is in travail and distress for she is pregnant with child.  This manchild is the answer to the restoration of all mankind.  Paul eluded to this Truth in 1 Timothy chapter 2:

13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.

15 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

This word saved is the Greek word “sozo” meaning to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction, to be delivered from judgment.  The purpose of the manchild is to bring forth many sons as the Body of Christ for the deliverance of all mankind.  Only after their processing through the seven trumpets are they able to come forth and be fully birthed to fulfill their function.  This great sign of childbirth is our assurance that the maturing process in the womb is fulfilled.

Revelation 11:19   Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

When the Temple is opened where the Presence of FATHER’S Glory resides, there is much commotion.  This is due to direct action taken by FATHER.  A storm occurs when two aspects of the atmosphere collide and in this case it is between the “earth” and Heaven.  When Our Heavenly Father spoke the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20, a similar outworking occurred:

18 Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.19 Then they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

20 And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.”

21 So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

When they “trembled”, that word nuwa` means:  to wave, quiver, vibrate, swing, stagger, tremble, be unstable.  The closer you are to an earthquake, the greater the shaking.  When you are in HIS midst, you will encounter a great earthquake and great hail referring to HIS TRUTH.  This great hail is referenced in Isaiah 28 when HE lays the foundation beginning with Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone:

16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:

​​​“Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation,

​​A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;

​​Whoever believes will not act hastily.

17 ​​Also I will make justice the measuring line,

​​And righteousness the plummet;

​​The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,

​​And the waters will overflow the hiding place.”

The lightnings speak of Divine Illumination that break the darkness we were once surrounded by.  No longer are we in darkness but HIS light has come forth and illuminated our own sky so we are now able to see HIS great purpose in our lives.  We know who we are IN HIM without any doubt.  HIS Sovereignty over the entire earth is now fully comprehended.  Psalm 97 expresses this reality:

1 The LORD reigns;

​​Let the earth rejoice;

​​Let the multitude of isles be glad!

​2 ​​Clouds and darkness surround Him;

​​Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

3 ​​A fire goes before Him,

​​And burns up His enemies round about.

4 ​​His lightnings light the world;

​​The earth sees and trembles.

5 ​​The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD,

​​At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

6 ​​The heavens declare His righteousness,

​​And all the peoples see His glory.

There were voices!  These voices are the Living Word spoken out of the mouths of those around HIS Throne.  One has become many and Jesus is being joined with “His Christ”, the many-membered Body.  Ezekiel experienced these voices as is recorded in chapter 43:

1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.

2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.

3 It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw—like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city. The visions were like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.

4 And the glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east.

5 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

HIS Glory is now filling the Sons who make up the Body of Christ and their voices are speaking forth in unison and according to HIS Divine Intent of Love.  There is complete and absolute unity among them.  No one is competing for position for each knows his place and occupies it with tremendous gratitude.  Each supplies every other joint according to his purpose.  They sought not for a man to act as mediator between them and FATHER as did the children of Israel at Mt. Sinai.  Instead, they drew closer to Our Loving Father to hear HIS Voice and to submit to HIS individualized plan for their lives in full and complete trust.  Can you hear HIS Voice or do you just hear thunder?  Pursue HIM and HIS Voice so that you may be counted among the many voices speaking Spiritual things, not carnal.

Psalm 81:7 ​​You called in trouble, and I delivered you;

​​I answered you in the secret place of thunder;

​​I tested you at the waters of Meribah (strife and contention).

When the thunderings occur we can be assured that lightnings will accompany the event.  Lightning is the power and thundering is its audible expression.  It is HIS Living Word illuminated in such a fashion that we both see and hear.  This bespeaks of eyes to see and ears to hear thus we fully comprehend those voices in Heaven.  We are no longer blinded to HIS plan and purpose.  The Living Word when expressed, releases a mighty power in a thunderous manner. 

When this Living Word reaches its full expression in us, there comes an earthquake.  When FATHER descended upon Mt. Sinai in Exodus 19:

18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly (violently).

When the Spiritual arrives on the scene, the physical goes through a great shaking.  At an individual level, anything and everything that is not of HIM will be shaken loose and removed.  Any foundation that has been laid and is not of HIM,  will not withstand this earthquake.  Men’s creeds, doctrines, past successes, past revelations of a lower nature, knowledge, earthly wisdom, and any other past sources of stability derived from man’s intelligence, all will be removed by this great quake.  This shaking will remove the letter of the Word and replace it with the higher Living Word.  It will remove our natural understanding with the higher Spiritual understanding.  Those weights that so easily beset us are shaken off so that we may attain to the high calling without hindrance.  This great quake is a great awakening in us.

Finally, we see the great hail before us.  This great hail is the water of The Word but it has been hardened for the purpose of judgment.  It brings the end to man’s carnal nature as it plummets to our earth, destroying everything in its path.  All of our works outside of HIS mandate will be pummeled.  The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies.  The illusions, perceptions, the falsehoods, and any other aspect of carnal thinking will be dealt their final blow.  Once the commotion of lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail have come, the focus is now directed to the manchild, the elect.

Revelation 11:19   Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

The manifest presence, glory, and power of Our Heavenly Father is now accessible to the apprehended ones who have been processed through the seven trumpets to Spiritual perfection.  This Most Holy Place has been hidden, concealed, and protected from the unrighteous.  Only after the trials and testings, the purgings and cleansings, have the elect been qualified to enter into HIS Presence.  As Jesus stated in Matthew chapter 5:

8  Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.

This secret has been hidden until the initiated have been prepared to receive it.  These willing servants were selected before they were formed in the womb to be called forth for such a time as this.  They have submitted to HIS perfect plan and will to mature through HIS dealings along HIS selected path.  They have been exposed to man’s systems and their gross imperfections so as to contrast them against the perfect government arising out of HIS Divine Intent of Love.

This scene inside the temple is the glorious presentation of ark of HIS Covenant must have overcome John.  Consider the Old Testament references as well as the stories that must have been passed down from generation to generation about the Ark.  But here we have the original rather than the earthly copy.  This is where HIS manifest Presence resides.  This glory has not yet filled the holy city but resides in the Temple hidden until now.  This hidden place is within our temple and cannot be accessed by the carnal man but instead by only those with a pure heart.  The carnal man cannot begin to see into the Spiritual and thus looks at any attempt to pursue something unseen of this nature as foolishness.  Yet the carnal man is the epitome of foolishness.  All of creations bespeaks of an unseen Creator WHO has wisdom, understanding, and knowledge superseding any man’s ability to comprehend.  Inside this Temple IS the “secret place”:

Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

​​Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 ​​I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;

​​My God, in Him I will trust.”

When we have finished our testing and processing, we will experiencing the full revealing of the “ark of HIS Testament” in us.  We have been led down this narrow path for a specific purpose.  This secret path has been hidden in a deeper Spiritual realm where the enemy of Christ is unable to enter in.  The flaming sword of the Living Word has protected its entrance and only those willing to die to the flesh and forsake the trappings of the world are found worthy not only to see the entrance but to pass through it as well.  Your life has brought you to this place in time.

When Christ is revealed in us and we bare witness of HIS Testimony by putting on the incorruptible, the fullness of our callings will be at hand.  Oh how we have longed to be truly fruitful in the fullness of HIS bidding.  No longer are empty words spoken in an effort to muster up some anointing but now the Word coming forth is living and energized, overcoming death at every corner.  As we hear FATHER and are now empower to say “Arise” to those suffering, we are assured of the result.  As we have our being in this spiritual body, we can fully appreciate the comparison spoken by Paul of moving from the mortal to the immortal:

1 Corinthians 15:  42  The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Now that we have been processed into full maturity by following the path of the first begotten Son, we have become acceptable not only to view the inside of the Temple, but to enter in:

Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,

20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

21 and having a High Priest over the house of God,

No longer is there a veil to separate us from the Ark for there is no mention of it in this sight to behold.  The veil was rent two thousand years ago but now it is no longer to be found, the barrier has been totally removed.  The Ark has always resided in the midst of the Temple but has been concealed until now.  The mystery being revealed is that we are the Temple and the Ark is in us but has been protected until our hearts have been purified.  Access is only granted to those who are prepared.  It is an inward work that moves outward, not the reverse.  Christ is in us and no man can see this but by the revelation given by FATHER and as you pursue this revelation, understanding, and knowledge, it is because HE is revealing this to us now.  It is not for just an exercise in mental awareness, it is for a purpose which has been held back until this point in history.  The latter rain movement was a hint of things to come and by necessity it had to die in 1952 so that the seed could lawfully enter into the earth and bring forth a much greater manifestation later, all part of the plan.

Inside the Ark are the two tablets of the Law which is HIS nature, and this is the Law written in our hearts:

Jeremiah 31:33   “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

HIS Law or HIS Character is an inward Law that motivates us rather than an outward law causing us to simply modify our behavior accordingly.  We are one with HIS Character and Divine Intent and our outward walk reflects the inward.  Once the outward Law becomes “inward”, we will not commit adultery because we are faithful.  We will not worship other gods because we know the Truth, we are selfless, and We know the Love of FATHER.  With this Love, we Love our neighbor.  We are not compelled to submit by an external set of regulations, but it comes from within us, at the center of the Temple.  Can you grasp this reality?

Jesus stated in Revelation 2, “To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat.”  This is the manna inside the Ark.  It is His Body, His incorruptible life.  This manna did not decay after one day but remains in its incorruptible state for our consumption.

Aaron’s rod was the third article inside the Ark and it represents Divine Authority given by FATHER.  None of us earn nor should expect authority.  It is by HIS good pleasure to authorize us to do HIS bidding.  We were first called by HIM and those who responded to HIS call are then chosen:

1 Peter 2:9  But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

In light of this calling and choosing process, consider what Paul wrote in Romans chapter 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.

Can you not see how critical this revelation of Love is?  This Love is in the essence of calling, being predestined to be conformed, justified, and glorified.  Here we see the process and it is enveloped in our Love for FATHER.  Love is the key!  Aaron was chosen, not as a volunteer, but he was predestined.  Neither are we selected because we volunteer but instead HE foreknew those who would be called into service at this time.  The pressure is not on us to perform for it is HE who puts this desire to serve HIM in us.  We are simply to be led by HIS SPIRIT and be sensitive to HIS VOICE and respond to HIS commands.  We agreed with HIM.

You might ask, “With all my shortcomings and failures, how could I be selected for service?”  HIS Mercy Seat covers the contents of the Ark.  By HIS mercy are each of us able to fulfill the high calling on our lives.  HE is the Potter Who formed us and thus knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts and it is HE Who will change our hearts, thoughts, and intents to conform to HIM.  How glorious is that reality!  HIS Love for us is expressed by HIS kindness in dealing with our humanity.  This mercy becomes our example as we are charged to deal with mankind.  We are now finally seeing the Ark in the fullness of its reality for the Temple has been opened.