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(All bracketed [ ] words inserted into the following scriptures are the author’s paraphrase.)

If you and I were to sit down together, bible in hand, I think it would be an easy thing for me to convince you that we are living in the time of the seventh seal as described in Revelation, chapter 8. Of course, I’m speaking to those of you who have the background of understanding – the Son of God and the abiding truth, and understanding the origin and meaning of the sin nature as we have studied in the past. I think if we could sit down and take the book of Revelation, recognizing the fact that it was signified or "put in symbols" (symbol form), and to explain the symbols – putting them inward – you would see that the Lord has brought us through the seven churches, called us out of the lie as described in Revelation 4:1, saying, "Come up here," and He has begun opening our "sealed book" – the mind. He has been helping us see who we are, why we have done what we’ve done, what has brought us to this place, and that we are living in this time of Revelation, chapter 8, where the Lord is opening the seventh seal, putting us through a cleansing and preparing us, preparing His people to sound the trumpets.

I don’t think there is one of you that would disagree when I say that we are living in the last days and that Christ is going to come in our lifetime and, if that be the case, He is going to have a group of people reach a completed perfection – we’re going to see that. It’s important to me then, to be accurate in my understanding, to be honest in heart – to be open to the Lord, to allow Him to teach me, but that He would be allowed to show me myself. I’m telling you, for a person to see themselves – that’s a hard thing – and sometimes the Lord has to use things that would put a tremendous amount of stress on a person, to bring you out, to bring you to the place where you will have to admit: This is how I am; this is what happens to me. You see, sometimes, in fact many times, those things are too hard for us and unless the Lord makes us – brings us to the place where we have to look at ourselves – we’re not willing to look.

In Revelation, chapter 8, I want to read down through verse 5 and we have read this, I don’t know how many times, how many studies I have put this in, but the Lord has brought new things out to me. I want to say this too – it’s been quite awhile since I made the last study, and it isn’t because I’m not seeking the Lord or I just don’t want to make one. The Lord hasn’t impressed me to make one and, in fact, there are times I feel frustrated because I feel like – Well it’s time to send out a study – and the Lord has not impressed me to do so – He isn’t giving me any information that I feel like anyone needs. You know, in my studies, I go from "a" to "b" to "c," and the next study picks up where the last one left off, and I try to continue that way, and I’ve reached a point where to go forward into the next step – it’s like: Well, what is that; how do you get there? What is it the Lord would have us know? And it hasn’t been just the last few days that I have recognized that this is what the Lord would have me say, and there is information I feel like that is coming in, pouring in from the Lord, but it hasn’t been anything that I could put together until now – not anything that I could bring it all together and say: "Look, this is what the Lord is telling me." But I have reached that place now, and I know what we’re going to look at is deep and I know that these things are easier said than done – it’s hard to accomplish the cleansing. Like I say, it’s hard to look at yourself.

I want to begin reading Revelation 8, verse 1, just simply to refresh our minds of these verses – to have them rolling in our thinking, and then I want to tie in some other bible verses. I have a lot of things to read – whole chapters, in fact, that I want to read for you – starting in Revelation 8, verse 1:

Revelation 8:1-2

1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was [there came to be] silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

And I have put in the last study: The only silence for me, that I have experienced, is when and who to give this message – who do you give it to? When would He have me do it? ...other than the people who get my tapes regularly, the people who have been building up with me in these concepts, I haven’t felt impressed to tell anyone – and I seek the Lord. That is the only silence where it just seems like dead silence – just don’t do anything with it yet – and I know the Lord is preparing His people to trumpet the message of His love. But see, here’s the catch: The only thing that gives us authority to go out and speak of God’s healing love is the fact that we’re healed! You have no authority with anyone, to go read them a verse and say, "I think this is what that means" – you have no authority to do that. You see, this has bothered me for some time – I have told people: "You know, if the Lord would only give us the gift of healing where you could go out and lay hands on someone and heal them, then you would start to get people’s attention. Then they would listen to you as you declared the gospel." It isn’t going to work like that. You are not the one healing; you’re the one who was healed – that is what gives you authority. When a person comes up and says, "This is what I did; this is what I understood, and this is how it has healed me," that cannot be argued with. And when you read a verse and say, "This is what the Lord showed me this meant – it brought healing to my soul," now you have authority. And if they want to call you a liar and say, "Well that hasn’t happened to you; you haven’t been healed," – you see, how can you say that to someone and challenge their experience?

The verses that the Lord gives us of explanation of His love – I’m telling you, people have never heard these things before. That coupled with the fact you’re saying you’re healed – and again, you know, I may make some of you angry when I say this, but I am not asking if this message of God’s love is accurate – I’m telling you it’s accurate. I’m telling you this is healing me like nothing ever has. I’m not asking, "Could this be?" I’m telling you, this is it; this is the message of God’s healing love. He is preparing His messengers to sound, and we are in this preparation time.

He is going to describe "in symbol," in the following verses, the mechanics of the healing. By God’s grace, I want to take you back through some verses, especially in the Old Testament, but I want to eventually bring us to Romans 8, so that you can see the practical application of the symbols we’re getting ready to read.

So Revelation 8 again, verse 3:

Revelation 8:3-5
3 And another angel [messenger] came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. [And if you’ll look in your margin, it’s that he should add it to the prayers.]
4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were [there came to be] voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Now, here you see a cleansing taking place of God’s people. How do I know this is a cleansing? Because when I read Revelation 8, it just smacks of Isaiah 6. Let’s turn over and look at Isaiah, chapter 6, and again, we’re covering old ground but in new concepts of it – Isaiah chapter 6, verse 1:

Isaiah 6:1-8

1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain [two] he covered his face, and with twain [two] he covered his feet, and with twain [two] he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and [he] said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine [my] eyes have seen the King, the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and [he] said, Lo, this hath [has] touched thy [your] lips; and thine [your] iniquity is taken away, and thy [your] sin [is] purged.
8 Also [That’s when] I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send [Whom am I going to send], and who will go for us? Then said I [And I said], Here am I; send me.

What do we see here? Isaiah sees the Lord, high and lifted up, and acknowledges that he is a man of unclean lips. The messenger, the angel, brings a hot coal from the altar and touches his lips, and says, "You’re now cleansed; your iniquity is taken away, you’re purged." Just like you see in Revelation 8, where the coals are poured into the earth, this coal touches the lips of Isaiah and he says, "You’re purged." Isaiah then, hears the Lord say, "Who is going to go for us? Who can we send?" And Isaiah says, "Send me." Just like you’re reading in Revelation 8, he is preparing them to sound – he pours the coals into the earth and then the seven messengers, they’ve got their trumpets, they’re prepared to go speak to the world the healing that God has given them.
 

Now, how many times I have read this in Isaiah chapter 6, and the Lord has shown me something new about it that will apply to what we’re reading in Revelation 8. The way he begins this in Isaiah 6, In the year king Uzziah died... What does that have to do with what Isaiah is talking about? Listen, "Uzziah," if you look that up, it means Yahweh is strong – the name, the character – Yahweh is strong. When King Uzziah died, the Lord was able to reveal to Isaiah a cleansing that pictures what He’s going to do with the last generation. Who is King Uzziah? I first turned to 2 Kings 15, and I want to read to you just a short statement about King Uzziah – 2 Kings 15, verse 1:

2 Kings 15:1-6

1 In the twenty and seventh [27^th] year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. [Look in your margin and Azariah is Uzziah.]
2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty [52] years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
4 Save [Except] that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
5 And the LORD [Yahweh] smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
 

Well, what leaped out at me was the fact that he did what was right in God’s sight, and yet God struck the man with leprosy, and he died a leper. That got my attention, so I wanted to turn to the Chronicles – I want to ask you to turn to 2 Chronicles 26. This entire chapter is about Uzziah, King Uzziah, and I’m not going to read all of this about the man’s life – I want to get over to verse 16:

2 Chronicles 26:16-21

16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD [Yahweh] his God, and [he] went into the temple of the LORD [Yahweh] to burn incense upon the altar of incense. [Now this is exactly what we’re reading in Revelation 8.]
17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore [80] priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and [they] said unto him, It appertaineth [appertains] not unto thee [you], Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD [Yahweh], but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast [you have] trespassed; neither shall it be for thine [your] honor from the LORD [Yahweh] God.
19 Then [And] Uzziah was wroth, and [he] had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD [Yahweh], from beside the incense altar.
20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence [there]; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD [Yahweh] had smitten him.
21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD [Yahweh]: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
 

What happened? Here you have the "king" whose name is Yahweh is strong going into the sanctuary, grabbing the censor, wanting to offer the fire with the incense before God, a priest telling him, "You cannot do this; you are not consecrated to do this. God has said who is to do this." When that king became angry, he became a leper – Yahweh smote him with leprosy and the man died a leper. Who is to offer the incense before God? "Aaron and his sons" – who is Aaron, and who are his sons? Aaron is the high priest – what is the difference between being a "priest" and being a "high priest"? If you’ll look at Exodus 19, verse 5:

Exodus 19:5-6

5 Now therefore, if ye [you] will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye [you] shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall [you’ll] be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt [you’ll] speak unto the children of Israel.

What’s the difference between a priest and a high priest? A "priest" is someone who understands the abiding truth and enters into the everlasting covenant with God. The "high priest" is the person who takes the next step out of "Laodicea" and ascends out of the lie and begins to receive healing in his heart. Now, this is key, this is important, because God has taken us from "Ephesus" to "Laodicea" – the seven mindsets – and He has shown us at "Thyatira" that He was the Son of God. We accepted that and moved into "Sardis," and He brought us the abiding truth – and we accepted that and moved into the "Philadelphia" mindset, where the Lord began to reveal all kinds of truth to us. And you naturally become "Laodicea" because you begin to think: All I have to do is hear God and obey Him – the Lord says, "No. You’re wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked still. There is such a thing as a sin nature." For you just simply to listen to God, think all I’m going to do is "listen and obey" – you are a true "Laodicean," until the Lord speaks to you and He breaks that lie in your heart (the lie from the womb) and you know that you know that He has told you the value that you have to Him, so that you ascend out of "the sea," out of the lie.

At this point, you’ve entered into Revelation 4, verse 1, and He begins, now, to open the "perfectly sealed book" – it’s the book of your mind – it’s perfectly sealed to you. Don’t think all you have to do is "hear and obey," – it doesn’t work like that. At one point, that was what He was asking us to do, but He has now given us another step and, of course, as He opens the book, you see in the seals of Revelation the steps that He has brought you through, the changes He has taken you through – again, until you come to the seventh seal – and here you see a "messenger" offering incense with the coals of fire. He’s giving us a story, leading us from Isaiah 6, where you see the cleansing; you see where the coals are a cleansing thing. And He says, but this was in the year King Uzziah died – King Uzziah was not called to do that, he wasn’t a high priest – he hadn’t received healing. Turn to Exodus 30, and I want to read for you the "law" of the altar of incense – Exodus 30, starting at verse 1:

Exodus 30:1-10

1 And thou shalt [you shall] make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou [you] make it.
2 A cubit shall be the length thereof [of it], and a cubit the breadth thereof [of it]; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof [of it]: the horns thereof [of it] shall be of the same.
3 And thou shalt [you’ll] overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof [of it], and the sides thereof [of it] round about, and the horns thereof [of it]; and thou shalt [you’ll] make unto it a crown of gold round about.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou [you] make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof [of it], upon the two sides of it shalt thou [you] make it; and they shall [they’ll] be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
5 And thou shalt [you’ll] make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And thou shalt [you’ll] put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will [I’m going to] meet with thee [you].
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon [on it] sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth [dresses] the lamps, he shall [he’ll] burn incense upon it.
8 And when Aaron lighteth [lights] the lamps at even [evening], he shall [he’ll] burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD [Yahweh] throughout your generations.
9 Ye [You] shall offer no strange incense thereon [on it], nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye [you] pour drink offering thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make an atonement [a covering] upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements [atonement]: once in the year shall he make atonement [or, a covering] upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

Here is the law of the altar of incense – this was for Aaron to do. Daily, as he lit the lamps, he could burn the incense and once a year on the Day of Atonement, he would burn the incense – and I know this, when I come to Revelation, chapter 8, I know what I’m reading – the messenger performing this action in Revelation 8 is someone who has received healing. It is someone who has received healing – they are a high priest of God. Remember, Jesus Christ entered into His High Priestly role after His resurrection – after His ascension, when He sat down on the right hand of God and He was made a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. All of that happened after His ascension, and His life is a picture of ours. After we ascend out of the lie, we enter a role of being a high priest – someone not simply abiding, but someone who can express the healing and can help bring healing to your soul by showing you where you can find Christ; by helping you see Him, by understanding Him, and bringing that love of God to your heart.

Revelation 8, the word "incense" comes up and we just saw in Exodus, no strange incense is to be offered. This message on the incense is huge – this is key, this is key for us – because when you take the incense and you put it with the coals of fire, it creates the smoke. Let’s read the verse and, again, this is something we’ve looked at in the past – Leviticus 16, let’s look at Leviticus 16, and this is the Day of Atonement being described – Leviticus 16, verse 12:

Leviticus 16:12-13

12 And he shall [he’ll] take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD [before Yahweh], and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and [he’ll] bring it within the vail:

13 And he shall [he’ll] put the incense upon the fire before the LORD [Yahweh], that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

All right, why is it significant? Because in Leviticus 16, you see "coals of fire" with the "incense." In Revelation 15, verse 8:

Revelation 15:8

8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power [the power of God]; ...

"Coals of fire" – fire and incense – but in another place, "power and glory" (fire and incense – in another place – power and glory). Listen, the two things have to come together because they create a smoke– that "smoke" is the symbol of the combination of "fire and glory." This "smoke," according to Revelation 8, comes with your prayer, and we’ll see the practical application of it in Romans 8 – so let’s define it. Talking about "fire" and "incense": which one of those is the power and which one is the glory – "fire and incense"? Well, remember in Jeremiah 5 – I want to read this – in Jeremiah, chapter 5, verse 14:

Jeremiah 5:14

14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD [Yahweh] God of hosts, Because ye [you] speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy [your] mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall [will] devour them.

So, what if I said the coals of fire represent the power of God, the word of God? The power of God to heal us is in His word. Well, that would make then, the "incense," the glory – another word for "glory" is character. Suddenly, we find ourselves looking at the character of God. Now just bear with me – let me tell you why this is key: How a person perceives the character of God has everything to do with how you discern His words. Think about it: Already in my lifetime, I know I’m speaking for us all, but as I took this book and considered it to be the word of God (not understanding the abiding truth at that point, but saying this is "the word of God") and reading this book, I discerned all kinds of things about God, because I thought He was like me – I made God like unto myself. So therefore, when I would read these verses, I would translate them or I would interpret them according to my definition of God. Now listen, to bring healing – I don’t want us to lose this point – but healing happens when the "glory" and the "power" come together creating the "smoke," and the "smoke" goes up with my prayer.

If the incense isn’t right, the Lord says, "That is strange incense" – the picture you have of God isn’t accurate, and you put that picture with those words, it isn’t going to make sense. It isn’t going to bring healing; it isn’t going to ascend up with your prayer before God. Interesting, isn’t it? – looking at the "glory" of God. When I read this book before (and I want to key on "satan" just for a minute, because that’s going to come up when we read about the character of God, and so I want to stay with it, and try to keep all of this together), when I considered the Catholic doctrine of "satan" being this individual out here – this "Lucifer" – and you go read the statements concerning Lucifer and the anointed cherub (another one in Ezekiel 28 – Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, all the "satan" verses in the bible), when you put all these together, what you see is a "being" created by God, living in the heavens – the greatest in wisdom. This "being" was able to lift up Jesus and tempt Him, and carry Him to show Him all the kingdoms... You know, the description that we had of this thing, and how much he hated God, and he hated humanity, and he wanted to kill us – but he was so great in wisdom and power – that was the picture I had. That was the Catholic drawing – the Baptist church has picked it.... they teach this, see – I was raised a Baptist.

This is what was laid on me, and I’ll never forget Mabel Haak saying to me, "How could God take a being like that and turn him loose on humanity? How in the world could He do that?" You see, what kind of picture are you painting of God like that? How are you perceiving God to be? Do you see God taking a creature like that and turning him loose on two people in this Garden of Eden, and then punishing these two people because he tricked them? See, I wouldn’t do that to my children. If I give my children.... if I tell them don’t do something, and an adult comes along who’s greater in wisdom and power and might, and convinces them, "Oh, it’s OK, you’re not going to die; your father’s not going to say anything. Go ahead." Who do you think I would be angry at? My children? No! They didn’t stand a chance against this guy, against this adult who is manipulating their thinking. God’s no different than you – like that, is He?

Come on; be honest with your own heart here. When we look at God and we recognize the loving God that He is, taking His words and His definitions of things, that helps us to come back and believe something different about "Lucifer" and "Satan" – in fact, as the Lord began to unravel that, it began to make so much more sense to me, that Lucifer, that Satan, that that diablos, the "dragon" – is between my ears. And now I was able to go back and see Christ in the wilderness – made of a woman, made under the law, tempted in all points like we are, yet without sin – seeing Him deal with His adversity that He was born with as a man. It made much more sense to me – and seeing how He overcame it. How you perceive God – the glory, the incense – is going to have everything to do with the fire of God.

Censer [4289] is rooted in

"DESTRUCTION" [4288] which is rooted in

"TO TAKE HOLD OF" [2846]

Let me tell you something about a "censer": When you look up this word "censer," when you take it to the Old Testament, the word "censer" is equivalent to another word that means destruction, and the root of the word which means destruction means to hold on to. Hence, you have a "censer" full of fire – see, this word "censer," it is a word for a vessel capable of holding fire. So they have translated it "snuff dishes" and "censers," and so on. But what you see is that the censer is holding a destructive force called fire, and it’s "the fire of God," and it is a cleansing fire – it will destroy sin. Hence, the censer, and notice it has to be a son of Aaron who holds that censer. A son of Aaron has to hold it and a son of Aaron has to mix the incense with it to create smoke that will ascend with my prayer – the fire of God and His true character coming together.

I want to read to you a song of Moses. Now when we talk about the song of Moses – I don’t know about you – my mind goes to Exodus 15. But there is another one that the Lord had him teach the children of Israel and I’m going to do quite a bit of reading here, but I think you’ll find this very interesting – and this has everything to do with the incense that we offer with the fire of His word. Deuteronomy, chapter 31, I want to start reading at verse 14:

Deuteronomy 31:14-17

14 And the LORD [Yahweh] said unto Moses, Behold, thy [your] days approach that thou [you] must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

15 And the LORD [Yahweh] appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

16 And the LORD [Yahweh] said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt [you shall] sleep with thy [your] fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither [where] they go to be among them, and will [they’ll] forsake me, and [they’re going to] break my covenant which I have made with them.

17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall [they’ll] be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that [circle "so that" – so that] they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

In other words, He lets the troubles happen for you to recognize that He is not with you – it’s a loving gesture to allow the troubles, so that you’ll understand that He isn’t with you and you can seek Him out. Verse 18:

Deuteronomy 31:18-30

18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

19 Now therefore write ye [you] this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth [flows] with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and [they’ll] break my covenant.

21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall [will] testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination [imaginings] which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and [he] taught it the children of Israel.

23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and [he] said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt [you shall] bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware [swore] unto them: and I will be with thee [you].

24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD [Yahweh] your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee [you].

27 For I know thy [your] rebellion, and thy [your] stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye [you] have been rebellious against the LORD [Yahweh]; and how much more after my death?

28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

29 For I know that after my death ye will [you’ll] utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye [you] will do evil in the sight of the LORD [Yahweh], to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

30 And Moses spake [spoke] in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended [finished].

Now, we’re getting ready to read the song, and let me tell you what comes to mind when I read this – when I look at Moses, the "giver of the law" – it was through Moses the law was given. I think of us entering into the abiding truth, and I think of us entering this Promised Land, and walking in the spirit, and recognizing the way we’ve looked at the law was inaccurate – but then, just turning ourselves loose and doing anything we wanted to do because we no longer had the law as a guide. Now, "the law is spiritual" (Romans 7:14), I am carnal – but the law is still there. It is a spiritual thing, and it has spiritual truth to guide me, and the bottom line of the law is to "Hear, O Israel" – it is for us to hear God, and when we hear God, we obey God and the result is a love for our brothers and sisters. And I can see, now listen, as I stand here, I know there are those of you who are not manifesting that love. Believe me, I hear of the backbiting, I hear of the things spoken – I hear of things going on; I witness things. My word to you is: We have a responsibility toward God. I’ve got to read this verse – it’s Romans, chapter 8, and you know, no one can say it like Paul says it – verse 12:

Romans 8:12-14

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye [you] live after the flesh, ye shall [you’ll] die: but if ye [you] through the Spirit do mortify [put to death] the deeds of the body, ye shall [you’ll] live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God [As many as are led of God’s Spirit], they are the sons of God.

You see, you are a debtor to not live according to the flesh, and that is the whole idea of this cleansing process and what has brought us to looking at the "fire" and the "incense," the power and the glory. Somewhere, somehow, this has to stop and, I’m telling you, if you’re upset with me or if you’re upset with anybody, then you have got the problem – you need to deal with it. You have got to ask yourself: What is happening to me that is causing me to say what I’m saying or feel what I’m feeling, or do what I’m doing?
 

In this study, where the Lord is going to reveal His glory, I would simply ask that you have an open heart, and let’s read this together starting at Deuteronomy 32:

Deuteronomy 32:1-3

1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall [or, my knowledge will] drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD [Yahweh]: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

"Ascribe greatness to our God." Here we go – He says, "I will publish the name of Yahweh." "Name" is character; "character" is glory; "glory" is incense. He is going to give us a lot to chew on here concerning His "name" and how you take His glory, combine it with His fire to cleanse the heart. Verse 4 – as we read this, I wish you would just circle "character" verses because He is going to talk about Himself, and He is going to talk about us; and then He’ll talk about Himself, and He’ll talk about us.

Deuteronomy 32:4-8
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do ye thus [Do you] requite the LORD [or, do you do good to Yahweh], O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy [isn’t He your] father that hath bought thee [that bought you]? hath [has] he not made thee [you], and established thee [you]?
7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy [your] father, and he will shew thee [and he’s going to show you]; thy [your] elders, and they will tell thee [you]. [And before we read this, recognize the fact: He is speaking this, giving this to us through Moses, and He is talking about a time before Moses.]
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam [and I just put in my bible: Genesis 11:8], he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

That is before Israel, literally Israel (literal Israel, before they existed) – Israel, according to what Paul says in Romans, is a spiritual group of people who are hearing God and doing His will – that is Israel. Israel is not this literal group, and He says: When He separated the sons of Adam, He did it according to the children of Israel. To me, that says Israel existed even before Abraham – in God’s mind, they were Israel. Verse 9:

Deuteronomy 32:9-10
9 For the LORD's [Yahweh’s] portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He found him [Jacob] in a desert land [place], and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

The difference between Jacob and Israel: It was when Jacob wrestled with Michael, and clung to Him, that his name was changed to "Israel," and you have in that name of Jacob and in Israel – in this person, you have the two stages of growth that we go through as believers.

Deuteronomy 32:11-40
11 As an eagle stirreth [stirs] up her nest, fluttereth [and flutters] over her young, spreadeth [spreads] abroad her wings, taketh [takes] them, beareth [bears] them on her wings:
12 So the LORD [Yahweh] alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst [you did] drink the pure blood of the grape.
15 But Jeshurun [or, the blessed people – or, the blessed one] waxed fat, and kicked: thou art [you are] waxen fat, thou art [you’ve] grown thick, thou art [you’re] covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and [he] lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art [you, you’re] unmindful, and hast [you have] forgotten God that formed thee [you].
19 And when the LORD [Yahweh] saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will [I’m going to] hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21 They have [They] moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have [they] provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine [my] anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell [grave], and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will [I’ll] heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24 They shall [They’ll] be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also [I’ll] send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison [heat] of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall [will] destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners [blow them away into corners – King James put "scatter"], I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should [would] behave themselves strangely, and lest they should [would] say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. [Yahweh didn’t do all this, we did it.]

28 For they are a nation void of counsel [purpose], neither is there any understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand [of them], and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD [Yahweh] had shut them up?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons ["wine" is doctrine or understanding], and [it’s] the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me belongeth [belongs] vengeance and recompence; their foot shall [will] slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the LORD shall [Yahweh will] judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth [sees] that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
37 And he shall [He’ll say] say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand [hands].
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

Stop – we’re going to finish reading this. Two things just leap out at me when I read verse 39. When He says, "There is no god with me," go back to the Catholic definition of "satan" and "Lucifer," how he has been the god of this world, and we have piled everything on him – death and everything – and the Lord is saying, "No, there is no god with me. I kill, I make alive, I wound and I heal. There is no god up here doing that to you – it’s Me," He says. Hard to swallow? Is that a hard one for you? The first thing that just leaps out at me is this whole Catholic "satan" that was given us, and we even devised our own devisings. You know, you get ready to go to church and you have a flat tire and – oh, satan doesn’t want me going to church – or you get fired – oh, satan doesn’t want me having that job. We’ve got this guy ... and the Lord is saying, "No, there is no god with Me. I’m doing this."

The second thing that leaps out at me is that God Himself says, "I kill." You know, I can remember dealing with the people who say God will not destroy and, at one time, the people I studied with in Arizona and in California, they were showing me how every time it said "God" and "Yahweh," that it could have been "satan," and here they had this other "god" – satan – and they were saying, "Well, sometimes when you read this in the bible, it’s him – it isn’t really God because God wouldn’t destroy." And here the Lord is saying, "No, there is no god up here. There is no god but Me – I’m killing. I’m doing this and I’m giving life, and I’m wounding, and I’m healing – I’m doing this." How are we going to take the character of God in our incense and mix it with His word, so that it will bring healing to our hearts, if we’re not going to accept the truth of His character? You can’t do it. You’re not going to be healed except you take the truth of what He’s trying to say, and you let His words with His character bring truth to your heart. Let me show you how important this is, as we continue reading this. I want you to see what He says about it – Deuteronomy 32, verse 41:

Deuteronomy 32:41-47
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine [my] hand take [takes] hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine [my] enemies, and will [I’ll] reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine [my] arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his [this] people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spake [spoke] all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea [Joshua] the son of Nun.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day [today], which ye [you] shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47 For it is not [isn’t] a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye [you] shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye [where you] go over Jordan to possess it.

Jesus said, "For this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." Moses just said, "Well, this is your life – this isn’t a vain thing for you – this is your life." I know God takes vengeance against the sin in our hearts, and I know when He talks about "firing His arrows" and "using His sword," He’s talking about words, and He is talking about a cleansing that He wants to give, and that He wants to have take place in the human heart. But, on the other hand, I cannot say He doesn’t kill. On the other hand, I cannot say He will not destroy, because He most assuredly says that He does, and He says, "This is your life."

Now I want to bring this back to Revelation 8, and I want to tie this in to Romans 8 and I want to express the "cleansing" and what takes place. Listen, I have an example to give you of something that I want you to imagine with me. Look at Revelation 3 – the message to "Laodicea" – he says, in verse 19:

Revelation 3:19-20

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door [of your heart], and [I] knock: if any man [will] hear my voice, and open the door, I will [I’ll] come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Here we have the message... to me, it is the message of the supper... the marriage supper – how can I say that? Walking through Revelation, stepping fast, you come to the Lord – you begin with the mindset of "Ephesus," and you go through that progression of understanding until you come to "Laodicea." And it is to the "Laodicean" that He gives the first hint of the supper. See, if you back up and look at "Thyatira," He gives the message of, "If you can continue to the end, or unto the perfection," so you see, at "Thyatira" He reveals Himself as the Son; "Sardis" the abiding truth. You become "Philadelphia"; enter into "Laodicea," where He gives you the sin nature truth, and it’s at this point He makes the offer to come into your heart and sup with you. Listen to me – He isn’t supping with you if you’re not being cleansed and He hasn’t sat with you like that from "Ephesus" to "Laodicea." From "Ephesus" to "Laodicea" you are receiving doctrinal correction. Until He straightens you out doctrinally, He cannot give you the love of God and heal you emotionally. You might intellectually understand "God loves you," but until He speaks it to you and proves it to you with the death of His Son at Calvary, you’re not going to have the healing. And when He can say unto you, "Come up here," see, that brings in Psalms 24 – He says, "I’ve created the earth, I’ve laid it on its foundation. Who’s going to ascend out of it and stand or abide in My holy mountain?" He describes them in Revelation 14 – the 144,000.

But this message of the supper is given to "Laodicea." Once you can come out of "Laodicea" – the only way out of it is to ascend out of the lie – you start Revelation 4, where you ascend up; you’re now "in the heavens" in a true and living way. Listen, we’ve been abiding on "the earth." When you come out of the lie, you have a new foundation and you’re now in the heavens – truly in the heavens. That picture is shown us in Revelation 19. To set up Revelation 19, Chapters 17, 18, 19 and 20 all go together. "Babylon" falls in Revelation 18 – for "Babylon" to fall, you have been from "Ephesus" to "Laodicea," and He straightens you out doctrinally – "Babylon" is fallen. And the way it begins is in 19:

Revelation 19:1

1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven [in the heavens – they’re in the heavens], saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

See, you’re now ready for the supper – you’re now ready for the cleansing. Now, imagine with me this: Imagine literally sitting down with Jesus Christ where He is right... you can reach out and touch Him, He is that close to you. Imagine now, just imagine.... and here we understand Him to be a human being – the divine Son of God, having reached a completed perfection, the Creator of the universe – this man is powerful, and we know in God’s eyes this is His only begotten Son, and He loves His Son. And as you sit across the table and you look at this man and you’re quiet, and you’re watching Him, and you hear when He laughs, you see when He smiles, you hear the words coming out, you see the way He responds to what people say and, as you watch this man, His actions are devouring your carnality, your fleshiness – as you watch – this is what’s funny to Him; this is what isn’t funny, this is... And you begin... this is perfection, and you know, my goodness, His Father is God; He’s listening; God has given Him His words... He’s perfect. The man is perfect and, as you watch perfection, it just devours the imperfections out of you! Can’t you see that happening? Can’t you imagine that? See, that’s the marriage supper.

You know, at one time in my life, when I took every bit of this literal, I pictured us all being raised from the dead, and going to heaven – and you see the Father and the Son on the throne, and they teach you righteousness... you know, all of these literal things. Listen, praise God, the bride, the 144,000, have that happen now, and that’s what makes you more like Him than any people who will ever live on this planet, because you will be brought to a completed perfection in sinful flesh as Jesus was brought to a completed perfection in sinful flesh – no one else is being given that opportunity. That is what makes you the fit man (Leviticus 16) – the "fit man," look it up – it’s a man of opportunity – God chose the time and place that we live. He’s offering us a gift of being the bride of Christ, of being made complete in Jesus Christ; of being healed thoroughly from all iniquity – He’s offering us a perfect healing. We can sit and sup with Him now – it is "the marriage supper of the Lamb." This is what it means in Revelation 19; let me start reading at verse 6:

Revelation 19:6-9

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth [reigns].
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath [has] made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.9 And he saith unto me [And He said], Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me [And He said], These are the true sayings of God.

How does she make herself ready? Babylon’s fallen – she has gone from "Ephesus" through "Laodicea," has been called, and she now is standing in the heavens – and she’s made herself ready. Doctrinally straight – she is doctrinally straight – and she is ready to allow Christ to rid her of all the iniquity, and that is what you see in Revelation 19: The heavens opened; the understanding of God opens, and there is Christ on a white horse with His armies all on white horses. Don’t look at it like it’s you and a bunch of people ... It isn’t. This is happening in your understanding, and His "armies" are the truths that He is giving us – and the "devil," diablos, battles this. Listen, the battle has just begun. When He begins to cleanse your heart, you might discover that you’re going to start having problems with your children, in a marriage, on the job, financial problems – things could just come crushing in as you resist the truth of your pride, and of who you really are. The "devil and his armies" battle against "Christ and His truth" and, like I put in the last study, it’s a positive thing when He calls all the fowls to come and devour the "flesh," eat the "flesh." I’m telling you, a picture of that is saying if you could just picture yourself sitting across, and letting His words and His actions devour your fleshliness – you’re slain with the sword out of His mouth, and the birds devour your flesh – that is "the marriage supper."

As we go through this cleansing now, I think we can come to this place now, in Romans 8, where we look at the mechanics of it. There’s a concept I want to pick up out of Jeremiah 18 that will help us bring all of these ideas into Romans 8 – to bring the cleansing into Romans 8. In Jeremiah 18, I want to read verse 20 and I want you to just consider these words, and consider the picture this paints of Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 18:20

20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee [you] to speak good for them, and to turn away thy [your] wrath from them.

Now, on the surface, when you read this verse, you get a picture of Jeremiah standing before God to turn away His wrath from these people. You get a picture of him pleading before God to have mercy on them – and yet when you back up and you go through Jeremiah, when you read what is actually taking place – what you see is the prophet coming to God in order to receive God’s words, that He might turn and give it to the people. I want to read this again:

Jeremiah 18:20

20 ... Remember that I stood before thee [you] ...[This word "before" is [6440] and it’s "before your face." I stood before your face] to speak good for them, and to turn away thy [your] wrath from them.

You see, the truth is, that is the work of a prophet – the Lord will deliver the message to Jeremiah. Jeremiah then will turn and give it to the people, he says, to turn away God’s wrath from them. He isn’t pleading before God to have mercy, He is coming to God to receive the truth. As the Lord reveals the truth to Him, He turns and gives it to the people, so that they might walk accurately before God. You see, this is the picture that has been given us of Christ – that He is pleading before God to have mercy on us – when the opposite is true. He is standing before God, to receive God’s words to give to us. Hebrews 9 connects to what we just read in Jeremiah 18 – Hebrews, chapter 9, reading verse 24:

Hebrews 9:24

24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear [King James has put...] in the presence of God for us [it literally is "now to appear before the face of God for us" or "in our behalf."]:

See, there is the picture of the prophet – there is the Christ at the right hand of God, expecting His enemies to be made His footstool. His "enemies" are the lies and deceptions that are in the minds of His people and, just as you see Jeremiah standing before the face of God so that he might turn either evil, or God’s wrath away from His people, this is Christ’s work – to bring the message of truth to us; the message of healing to us. And, in John 16, the message concerning the Comforter...this is the work of the Comforter; this is the work of Christ. Look at John 16:13:

John16:13

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear [whatever he hears], that shall he speak: and he will shew [show] you things to come.

So here we have, I believe, a better picture of the work of Christ – that He is only going to speak what He hears. He is going to bring that to us, and He’s going to help us see; He’s going to bring us into all truth. When we talk about all truth, it isn’t just simply doctrinal, but it’s personal – unraveling the iniquity of the heart. When He says the 144,000 speak no guile, it isn’t just doctrinal – it’s that they’re honest with themselves – they deal with self, and allow the Lord to unravel the iniquity of the heart. So Romans, chapter 8, I want to begin reading in Romans 8, starting at verse 22:

Romans 8:22-25

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth [groans] and travaileth [travails] in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth [sees], why doth [does] he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that [what] we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Now, the first word of verse 26 has always thrown me... to start off and say "Likewise" or "In this way," because in my mind, he has just spoken concerning hope, and he says, "In this way the spirit helps our infirmities" – and I finally have realized verses 24 and 25 could be put in parentheses and set aside, because verse 26 of Romans 8 is going back to verse 23. In verse 23, he makes the statement, "we groan within ourselves." Verse 26:

Romans 8:26
26 Likewise [In this way] the Spirit also helpeth [helps] our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh [makes] intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

For years, I’ve read this text and I haven’t felt like I really had a handle on what he was saying until now, because it’s something I have experienced myself – something taking place in my own heart. In this verse, when he talks about "the Spirit," he is talking about "the Spirit in us." Now, when I say that – when I talk about a person who is abiding in Christ – when you see that person, you see Christ. If they are listening – if they are allowing the Spirit of Christ to lead them... if you see them, you see Christ. And when we talk about the Spirit within, it is the Spirit of Christ moving through that person. What’s interesting is, when you look at Proverbs 18 (and I believe its 18:14), he makes the statement that "the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity." Yet, in this verse of Romans 8:26, the Spirit is helping the infirmity – the Spirit within. Listen to me – our sin problem, the infirmities spoken about, are emotional. When you read Romans 8:26, if you get the picture of the Holy Spirit outside of you, groaning and moaning before God because you can’t utter it – that’s nonsense. His Spirit is moving through you.

Remember, the ministry of Christ is to bring God’s thought, God’s truth to you – to bring this to you. It isn’t just simply doctrinal, it is who you are – it is what you need to see yourself – with groanings that cannot be uttered. What if I said, with reasons to groan which cannot be uttered? The spirit moving through you, with groanings ...what is causing... with reasons to groan, that you cannot utter. Why can’t you utter it? Why can it not be uttered? Because it is something that you have been hiding all of your life – I am talking about the iniquity of the heart, and the lies that we tell ourselves that keep us in darkness concerning self. And I have many instances that I could give you, things that I have already put in past studies, where I would think one thing and the Lord would show me that that was not true – that I was creating my own lie. So I want to go back to Romans 8 – I want to read this again and paraphrase it.
 

Romans 8:26
26 Likewise the Spirit [within us] also helpeth [helps] our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit [within us] itself maketh intercession for us with...

Now, the King James has put "makes intercession" and if you go back and look it up, it just simply means to consult. See, His Spirit within our spirit is consulting in our behalf. With who? With you. I guess that’s the point I’m trying to make. How honest in heart can you be? I have had times when I recognize I have a problem – my anger is rising up, I’m recognizing my pride... whatever it is – and I take that to the Lord, and He consults with me to help me see myself. This, what you’re reading in Romans 8:26, is the Spirit of God moving on your own heart with groanings that you cannot utter and, as these things come to mind, if you truly are honest in heart and you are weighing the thoughts, He will help you see yourself. And then comes in the next verse – 27:

Romans 8:27

27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit [He who is searching the heart knows the minding of the Spirit], because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God [because He is consulting in behalf of the saints according to the will of God].

Again, I want to try to verbalize what it means to have an open heart. When the Lord brings a truth to you and you can just be quiet, and you can say, "Ok, I admit it. I see it; I see my error – I see my darkness." Why is this so important? Because this is what will make the 144,000 who they are – to have the iniquity of the heart unraveled, and to be clean before God while in sinful flesh. And it is a work that all of us are to do. This work is going to be done even with the saints who are asleep in the grave right now – when they come out of that grave, they have got to be given the truth, and the iniquity of the heart unraveled. We have an opportunity to do it now – to go before the Lord, allowing the Spirit of God to reveal things to us that we cannot utter, to help us see those things we cannot utter. And He who is searching the heart, He knows the minding of the Spirit. What does that mean? If He knows it, He will reveal it to us. He knows the minding of the Spirit – that the Spirit is making intercession; it is consulting for us according to the will of God. Listen, when you take the will of God, and you take us, and you put them together, there’s going to be a cleansing... and what I’m talking about happening is not something that is just easily done – where the Lord reveals things to you concerning yourself that you have hidden – that you have put away; that you have kept covered up from your own self. Do you think "salvation" is an easy thing? If you keep "salvation" out here in a big book in heaven and my name is in it... all I have to do is believe, maybe it would be easy. But to face yourself in the presence of God, and to allow Him to deal with your heart honestly, is not that easy.

I personally cannot wait to hear the testimonies of people who are seeing themselves, and are growing in an understanding of self. Revelation 20 – remember, the messenger has the key to the abyss and the chain in his hand. This is how you understand the abyss so that He might put a seal on satan, that he won’t deceive you anymore. God is trying to help you see that inward working of your own adversity so that when it comes up, you can recognize it and not be deceived by it anymore; not follow that path anymore. Again, when I think of the conflicts going on in this movement of people, and I think of the struggles – I know that we’re all going to have struggles, but may we all walk in harmony – be of one mind, of one heart – and allowing the Lord to cleanse us.
 

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