Pattern of Renewal
Spiritually, everything happens from the "inside out." the physical follows the spiritual.
What I mean is this: Jesus is renewing all things. When the fall of man occurred, the earth "fell" into darkness. Jesus is much brighter than the sun. His light is much different than the sun. The "fruit" of the spirit, or what that light produces, is much more full than the sun. There is love literally woven into the light, or glory of God...peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control...these are literally impregnated into, or woven into, the light of His glory. that is why John said He is the light of mankind and the life is in the light:
John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Although the glory of God is the most wonderful light, it is also INFINITELY bright. That means it is incredibly powerful, and thus, very dangerous to places unable to receive it. Adam and Eve had an infinite capacity for infinite light...choosing to eat some evil...some darkness...brought that infinite capacity down a notch or two...and anything less than infinite is infinitely less. Mankind has a math problem when it comes to infinite light coming back into the garden. The trees and grass and birds...they are groaning for infinite light to come back... they are tired of the dim light of the sun that lacks love and patience and joy. The grass literally wants to sing in the light of joy again but instead it groans:
Romans 8:18-25 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
So, for thousands of years, creation has been increasing in its groaning. It longs for the light it was made for to come home. Believers should be literally groaning inside us, longing to be with the one who's face literally contains all we need...all we long... to feel. A joy money can't buy is in His cheeks. Literally, one glance of that reflection...that light...in its strength... satisfies every longing. BUT, He refuses to force the world to love Him... so God wrote a brilliant plan....
God is orchestrating the circumstances of the earth... the wind and the waves... to get the people who want to long for Him to actually put on the longing. God's plan is so brilliant. It NEVER violates free will or desire, instead, it feeds desire for 7 years.
For 7 years, the world is getting more and more of what it wants...from the inside out. God does the same thing with you. You get saved, He sends the Holy Spirit to live in your innermost man, your spirit, which is the most ready place to receive Him. Then, you get to pick how much of that glory you want to touch your heart... your mind, will, and emotions... choice by choice, event by event, trial by trial... "do I want to pull the power of God from my spirit into my physical reality, or do I want to handle this situation the old way?". That is the choice presented to a man or woman that has God living on the inside hundreds of times a day.
The earth is experiencing the same reality! Jesus is getting the earth ready to physically receive Him...but His light is deadly to unready places. You gotta get ready to receive Him:
I Timothy 6:14-16 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
SO, in order to make ready, God is giving good and evil desires alike their "day in the sun" so to speak. Everyone is getting more of what they want right now. But, Jesus starts in the most ready place, and let's the glory spread out from there.
God has always operated like this. He put Adam and Eve in the middle, in a garden, and told them to spread out from there. Sin entered the garden and spread out from there. The flood started in the middle east and spread out from there. The ark was built in the middle east, came to rest a year later in the middle east, and Noah spread life out from there (of course sin followed again). Jesus came to the middle east and salvation spread out from there...tribulation was promised to start in the middle east...called "Smyrna" in Revelation 2, which means myrrh or the spice used to prepare for burial... and is spreading out from there over a period of ten years. For seven of those ten, the tribulation would start to become global...for the last 3.5 of those ten years, called the Great Tribulation, it would become the worst trouble earth has ever seen, because it will be the biggest resistance darkness has ever staged against the coming glory. This is a ten year...or ten "day" process starting in the place most used to persecution, or tribulation, Smyrna:
Revelation 2:8-11 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” ’
The "Arab Spring" which began on December 19, 2010 marked the beginning of the revival of the Islamic Caliphate...the last global empire to dominate the middle east. This was prophesied to Daniel and John to be the final empire through which, God would judge Israel...just like He used Assyria, then Babylon in Isaiah's day. the end time antichrist empire is the reaction of the earth...the evil desires of mankind given to the darkness... in order that the good desires for Jesus to return would come to the mouths of God's people. Jesus is orchestrating the perfect incentive for a global prayer movement to arise from the inside out, so that we would get what we ask for, glory would cover first the Church, the most ready place, then the earth, to adjust the eyes of the earth for the infinite light it was made to grow in can come home.
This requires the sons of God be revealed. The darkness is growing so the light will choose to respond. What will it take to get the light to cast off dark desires and respond?
Seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls. But you don't have to wait. Respond now and you won't need the seals, trumpets, and bowls to convince you... instead, you will help release them with the very songs and prayers they are designed to produce!
Psalms 149:1-9 Praise the Lord ! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the assembly of saints. Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples; To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute on them the written judgment— This honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord !
What I mean is this: Jesus is renewing all things. When the fall of man occurred, the earth "fell" into darkness. Jesus is much brighter than the sun. His light is much different than the sun. The "fruit" of the spirit, or what that light produces, is much more full than the sun. There is love literally woven into the light, or glory of God...peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control...these are literally impregnated into, or woven into, the light of His glory. that is why John said He is the light of mankind and the life is in the light:
John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Although the glory of God is the most wonderful light, it is also INFINITELY bright. That means it is incredibly powerful, and thus, very dangerous to places unable to receive it. Adam and Eve had an infinite capacity for infinite light...choosing to eat some evil...some darkness...brought that infinite capacity down a notch or two...and anything less than infinite is infinitely less. Mankind has a math problem when it comes to infinite light coming back into the garden. The trees and grass and birds...they are groaning for infinite light to come back... they are tired of the dim light of the sun that lacks love and patience and joy. The grass literally wants to sing in the light of joy again but instead it groans:
Romans 8:18-25 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
So, for thousands of years, creation has been increasing in its groaning. It longs for the light it was made for to come home. Believers should be literally groaning inside us, longing to be with the one who's face literally contains all we need...all we long... to feel. A joy money can't buy is in His cheeks. Literally, one glance of that reflection...that light...in its strength... satisfies every longing. BUT, He refuses to force the world to love Him... so God wrote a brilliant plan....
God is orchestrating the circumstances of the earth... the wind and the waves... to get the people who want to long for Him to actually put on the longing. God's plan is so brilliant. It NEVER violates free will or desire, instead, it feeds desire for 7 years.
For 7 years, the world is getting more and more of what it wants...from the inside out. God does the same thing with you. You get saved, He sends the Holy Spirit to live in your innermost man, your spirit, which is the most ready place to receive Him. Then, you get to pick how much of that glory you want to touch your heart... your mind, will, and emotions... choice by choice, event by event, trial by trial... "do I want to pull the power of God from my spirit into my physical reality, or do I want to handle this situation the old way?". That is the choice presented to a man or woman that has God living on the inside hundreds of times a day.
The earth is experiencing the same reality! Jesus is getting the earth ready to physically receive Him...but His light is deadly to unready places. You gotta get ready to receive Him:
I Timothy 6:14-16 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
SO, in order to make ready, God is giving good and evil desires alike their "day in the sun" so to speak. Everyone is getting more of what they want right now. But, Jesus starts in the most ready place, and let's the glory spread out from there.
God has always operated like this. He put Adam and Eve in the middle, in a garden, and told them to spread out from there. Sin entered the garden and spread out from there. The flood started in the middle east and spread out from there. The ark was built in the middle east, came to rest a year later in the middle east, and Noah spread life out from there (of course sin followed again). Jesus came to the middle east and salvation spread out from there...tribulation was promised to start in the middle east...called "Smyrna" in Revelation 2, which means myrrh or the spice used to prepare for burial... and is spreading out from there over a period of ten years. For seven of those ten, the tribulation would start to become global...for the last 3.5 of those ten years, called the Great Tribulation, it would become the worst trouble earth has ever seen, because it will be the biggest resistance darkness has ever staged against the coming glory. This is a ten year...or ten "day" process starting in the place most used to persecution, or tribulation, Smyrna:
Revelation 2:8-11 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” ’
The "Arab Spring" which began on December 19, 2010 marked the beginning of the revival of the Islamic Caliphate...the last global empire to dominate the middle east. This was prophesied to Daniel and John to be the final empire through which, God would judge Israel...just like He used Assyria, then Babylon in Isaiah's day. the end time antichrist empire is the reaction of the earth...the evil desires of mankind given to the darkness... in order that the good desires for Jesus to return would come to the mouths of God's people. Jesus is orchestrating the perfect incentive for a global prayer movement to arise from the inside out, so that we would get what we ask for, glory would cover first the Church, the most ready place, then the earth, to adjust the eyes of the earth for the infinite light it was made to grow in can come home.
This requires the sons of God be revealed. The darkness is growing so the light will choose to respond. What will it take to get the light to cast off dark desires and respond?
Seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls. But you don't have to wait. Respond now and you won't need the seals, trumpets, and bowls to convince you... instead, you will help release them with the very songs and prayers they are designed to produce!
Psalms 149:1-9 Praise the Lord ! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the assembly of saints. Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples; To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute on them the written judgment— This honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord !
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