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Theology vs Revelation:

The Second Coming of Jesus vs The Continual Coming of Jesus (6)

By Lanny Swaim

 

And when he [Jesus] had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.  And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven:  This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Acts 1:9-11

 

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Luke 21:27

 

In this Kingdom Manna teaching we will look at one of the misconceptions or misinterpretations of scripture that puts a coming of Jesus somewhere off in the future rather than His coming being continual like we have been studying.

 

According to Acts 1:12 the narrative that took place in Acts 1:9-11 happened on The Mount of Olives, with Jesus ascending into the sky until He was hidden by a cloud.  Because the angels told those gathered there that Jesus would come in like manner, it has been assumed that at some point in the future He will touch down on The Mount of Olives, and that The Mount of Olives will then split in half.

 

The Mount of Olives splitting in half is based on Zechariah 14:4:

 

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

 

In his book, Secrets of Golgotha, Ernest L. Martin (the author) states that a rabbi named Jonathan witnessed the departure of the Shekinah glory of God (the glory cloud) from the temple in AD 66.

 

If this is true, God’s presence had not left the temple after the veil was torn in half from top to bottom on the day Jesus was crucified (see Matthew 27:50-51/Mark 15:37-38), signifying that everyone, not just the High Priest, now had access to God.

 

When the glory cloud left the temple, it then allegedly rested on The Mount of Olives for three and a half years before ascending into the sky several months prior to Titus and his army arriving in Jerusalem in AD 70, fulfilling Zechariah 14:4, which states that God’s feet (not Jesus’ feet) (see Zechariah 14:3) would stand on The Mount of Olives, and that The Mount of Olives would be split in half.

 

The Mount of Olives was in fact split in half when the Romans built a road from east to west in the first century, creating a valley through the middle of it.

 

So, the belief that Jesus will at some future time touch down on The Mount of Olives and split it in half is not in the Bible.  It is an assumption based on Zechariah 14:4, taking that verse out of context, because it has already occurred and is definitely referring to God’s presence resting on the Mount of Olives, not Jesus’ feet touching down on the Mount of Olives.

 

In our next teaching on the continual coming of Jesus, I want to look closely at the cloud that hid Jesus as He ascended from the Mount of Olives and the cloud spoken of in Luke 21:27.

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Theology vs Revelation:

The Second Coming of Jesus vs The Continual Coming of Jesus (7)

By Lanny Swaim

 

And when he [Jesus] had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.  And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven:  This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Acts 1:9-11

 

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Luke 21:27

 

My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you.

Galatians 4:19 AMP

 

In our last teaching we looked at The Mount of Olives being split in half, determining that occurrence to be a historical event rather than a future event. 

 

In this teaching we will focus on the cloud of Acts 1:9-11 and Luke 21:27.

 

In both these scripture references, the Greek word for cloud is nephele, which literally means a water vapor cloud, unlike the cloud spoken of in Hebrews 12:1.  The Greek word there is nephos, indicating a metaphoric use of the word, cloud; a great cloud of witnesses.

 

However, there is the possibility and indication that even though the word for cloud in Acts 1:9 and Luke 21:27 was literally a water vapor cloud, it may have been used metaphorically there as well.  I believe this is confirmed by the fact that several other places in the Bible use clouds metaphorically.

 

If that is in fact the case, at Jesus’ ascension He was received by the great cloud of witnesses spoken of in Hebrews 12:1, and His return will be in a great cloud of witnesses.

 

I believe this to be the case.  And I believe this is what the apostle Paul had in mind when he spoke of Jesus being fully/completely and permanently formed in believers.

 

We all know that Jesus took up residence in us when we were initially born again.  But Paul indicates there is a process of Jesus being fully formed in us; fully indwelling us with the fulness of His character and power.

 

This is how Jesus will return to rule the world as King of kings and Lord of lords.  Think about what the terms King of kings and Lord of lords actually mean.  These terms indicate that He will rule in and through a people He has completely indwelled with His character and power.

 

This is part of the continual coming of Jesus.

 

There is no second coming of Jesus.  Only a continual coming.

 

Many, perhaps most believers are missing His coming today just as most of the Jews missed His coming as the Son of Man when He was born in Bethlehem.

 

But, glory to God, there is a remnant who is beginning to see and walk in the reality of His continual coming.

 

Surely we were born for such a time as this!

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Theology vs Revelation:

The Second Coming of Jesus vs The Continual Coming of Jesus (8)

By Lanny Swaim

 

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.  For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.

Isaiah 28:9-10

 

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.  Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

Daniel 2:44-45 (emphasis added)

 

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.  This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.  This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:22-24

 

The coming of Jesus, which has been a continual reality since the foundation of the world (see Revelation 13:8) until the present time and on into the future, is about His superimposing Himself into creation, bringing all of creation to completion/perfection, not in the sense of bringing it to an end, but instead bringing it to an ongoing completion/perfection, being overwritten by eternity; this being made possible by The Kingdom of God coming in/on Earth as in Heaven.

 

Daniel 2:44-45 (above) is a picture of this.

 

While the iron, brass, clay, silver and gold in Daniel 2:45 represents specific kingdoms, the implication is that Jesus will set up a kingdom that will supersede not only these five kingdoms but all the nations of the earth.

 

I find it very interesting that Jesus’ kingdom will come into existence not after these kings, but in the days of these kings.  This implies that the nations of the world aren’t going away, but instead will be overwritten by the Kingdom of God.

 

Revelation 11:15 is a prophetic scripture that confirms this reality.

 

The kingdoms [nations] of this world are become the kingdoms [Kingdom] of our Lord [Jesus], and of his Christ [the Body of Christ]; and he shall reign for ever and ever [in and through His people].

 

While much of the Church is looking for Jesus to come back in the flesh and rule the world from Jerusalem, Jesus is preparing a people to rule by revealing the workings of His Kingdom to them. These people, who at the present time are only a remnant within the Church, are taking their rightful positions in the politics and societies of the world, implementing The Kingdom of God precept by precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little, until the stone that the builders rejected becomes the capstone.

 

Surely we were born for such a time as this!

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Theology vs Revelation:

The Second Coming of Jesus vs The Continual Coming of Jesus (9)

By Lanny Swaim

 

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:8

 

The Book of Revelation is not the revelation of the end-times, as many have interpreted it to be.  Verse one of chapter one clearly says it is The Revelation of Jesus Christ.

 

Actually, the term end-times, which we will look more into in our next teaching, cannot be found in the Bible.  The Bible does speak of last days, but that must be put in the context of 2 Peter 3:8.

 

Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

 

There is a parallel between the seven days of creation and the seven thousand years the Bible focuses on.

 

On The Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit first descended on about 120 believers in an upper room in Jerusalem, Peter said they were in the last days (see Acts 2:17).  Actually, they were in the fifth day, which is the latter part of the week.

 

Using the Gregorian calendar, which I believe God has made provision for, we are now in the seventh day (millennium), which is also the third day of the Church.

 

In Luke 13:32 Jesus said:

 

Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

 

He wasn’t talking about the third day after the crucifixion when He walked out of the tomb.  His body was not perfected even though it had become immortal.  He still had the scars of the crucifixion in His hands, feet and side.

 

So when will His body be perfected?  In the third day of the Church.

 

As we have now crossed the threshold of the third day of the Church, which is the seventh day of/since creation, there is a remnant of believers who are getting a glimpse of the perfection that awaits us all.  Many of us have been severely tested and tried, giving us a taste of that perfection as we have come through the tests and trails as overcomers.

 

We are a firstfruits company, trailblazers and pilgrims, paving the way for many more to follow until all of creation becomes God’s original intent, perfect and complete.

 

We are coming to an understanding that we will eventually be filled with all the fulness of the Godhead, mature and complete in Him, which is His continual coming in a people, ultimately filling all of creation with Himself.

 

My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you.

Galatians 4:19 AMP

 

This is our destiny, fully mature and complete, with His character fully formed in us.

 

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.

Jude 14

 

As we have previously studied, the Greek word translated as with is en, and should have been translated in. 

 

He is and will be fully formed in a people in this seventh day (millennium) of/since creation, which is the third day (millennium) of the Church, enabling the Church to become experientially holy and without blemish, not having spot, wrinkle or any such thing, a glorious, unified Church, taking her place as the Lord’s Ekklesia (Greek for Church meaning a governing/legislative body), literally bringing the Kingdom of God in/on Earth as in Heaven.

 

This is the ultimate purpose of the Lord’s continual coming, and why we must understand His coming is continual.

 

Surely, without a doubt, we were born for such a time as this.

 

All glory to God!

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Theology vs Revelation: End-times

By Lanny Swaim

 

Unto him [God] be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.  Amen.

Ephesians 3:21 (emphasis added)

 

We’ve been studying terminology widely accepted by Christians that is not in the Bible.  Today, we’ll look at the term, end-times.

 

Many interpret the term last days in scripture as end-times, but there are no end-times.  That term cannot be found in the Bible.  Last days is simply referring to the last days of the week.  And, I believe that while God uses the Hebrew calendars in Biblical prophecy, He also has made provision for and uses the Gregorian calendar as well.  And while the Gregorian calendar was not in existence when Peter made the following statement, I believe his statement plays out on the Gregorian calendar.

 

Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2 Peter 3:8

 

Using Peter’s mathematical statement, the world has lasted for six days so far and is now entering into the seventh day; the last day of the week.  But the Bible also gives us a hint of the eighth day, which can be found in The Feast of Tabernacles.

 

As I frequently state in my writings, The Feasts of God contain a blueprint for the timeline that plays out in scripture.  There is an entire book on this website on The Feasts of God that can be read there free of charge.

 

Simply go to “More” at the top of any page and scroll down to read the book.

 

There are seven feasts total, with three main feasts, Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles, with Tabernacles being considered a seven day feast.

 

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:34

 

But the Feast of Tabernacles was to be sandwiched between two Sabbaths, and was to continue on into the second Sabbath, actually making it an eight day feast.

 

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Leviticus 23:39

 

Why do you suppose Tabernacles was considered to be a seven day feast when it actually continued on into the eighth day?

 

Perhaps there is a mystery here for us to understand.

 

Seven in scripture is the number of completion or perfection.  The Bible focus on seven days (millennia). 

 

Eight in scripture is the number for new beginnings.

 

This tells me that the message of the Bible plays out in seven days (millennia), which will be followed by a new beginning.  This also tells me that time will continue on after the seven days the Bible focuses on instead of coming to an end.

 

There is a parallel between the seven days of creation and the seven millennia the Bible focuses on.  When God rested on the seventh day of creation, it wasn’t the end of anything but instead was the beginning of history as we know it.

 

During this seventh day (millennium) of/since creation, God will bring His creation to completion/perfection, paving the way for a new beginning that will be beyond anything we can presently think or imagine.

 

So there are no end-times, only the end of a week and the beginning of another.

 

World without end.  Amen.

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Theology vs Revelation:

The Kingdom Within vs the Kingdom Among

By Lanny Swaim

 

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! Or, low there! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Luke 17:20-21

 

The Greek word for within is entos, and can be also translated as among or in the midst of.   The Amplified Bible makes the above scripture reference much clearer.

 

Now having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed or with a visible display: nor will people say, ‘Look!  Here it is!’ Or, ‘There it is.’  For the kingdom of God is among you [because of My presence].”

 

We must remember that Jesus was speaking to Pharisees in this scripture reference.  Because of the Pharisees’ ritualistic, religious stance, obviously the Kingdom of God did not reside in them.  So Jesus wouldn’t have been saying to them that the Kingdom resided in them.  Instead, He was saying that the Kingdom was among them or in the midst of them, without their recognizing its presence.

 

It has been thought that within is the correct translation, giving the assumption that the Kingdom is completely spiritual and in no way visible and certainly not political.  But if the correct translation is among or in the midst of instead of within, that changes the way we recognize and understand the Kingdom, and it’s manifestation in the earth.

 

After all, Jesus did teach us to pray that His Kingdom would come in earth as in Heaven (see Matthew 6:10 & Luke 11:2).

 

The apostle Paul informs us in Ephesians 2:22 that we, the Body of Christ, are corporately a habitation of God through the Spirit.  We are indwelled by the Godhead.  Therefore, I suppose you could say that the Kingdom of God lives within us.  But God doesn’t just live in us, He lives in and through us, establishing the Kingdom in Earth as in Heaven.

 

We are the vehicle through which the Kingdom is manifesting throughout the earth, in every aspect of mankind’s involvement in the earth.  Because of us, the Kingdom is among all the inhabitants of the earth, in the midst of all the goings on of the earth.

 

And as we step up to the plate, so to speak, more and more becoming the Lord’s Ekklesia (Greek for Church, meaning a governing/legislative body), the presence of the Kingdom in the world will literally change the world, bringing about the ultimate and complete fulfillment of Revelation 11:15:

 

The kingdoms [nations] of this world are become the kingdoms [Kingdom] of our Lord [Jesus], and of his Christ [the Body of Christ]. And he [we] shall reign for ever and ever.

 

Surely we were born for such a time as this!

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Theology vs Revelation: The Millennial Reign

By Lanny Swaim

 

I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 20:1-2, 6

 

John’s Revelation of Jesus Christ is not a chronological order of events nor is it the revelation of so called end-times, a term we have already established cannot be found in the Bible.

 

Revelation 19:10 informs us that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

 

A few years ago I was in an incredible meeting in York, Pennsylvania and it was prophesied in that meeting that prophecy was no longer going be perceived as someone standing up and saying, “Thus saith the Lord,” but that we are going to become prophecy.

 

As Christ is fully formed in us (see Galatians 4:19 AMP), our lives will become a testimony of who Jesus is, revealing His character, authority and power, as He lives His life in us and through us; the result being His testimony will become our testimony, one and the same as we will experientially become one and the same with Him.

 

When people see us, they will see Him. 

 

This is not something we accomplish by changing our behavior, it is who we are because He indwells us and that is changing our behavior.

 

As His testimony becomes our testimony, with His testimony being the spirit of prophecy, we will literally become the spirit of prophecy.

 

While prophecy does sometimes reveal future events, that only happens in the context of prophecy revealing Jesus.

 

Positionally we are already there, but as we experientially walk this out, Satan is finished.  Actually, when Jesus said on the cross, “It is finished,” the devil lost all the power and authority he may have appeared to have.

 

The only reason he appears to have any power and authority on Earth is because Christians don’t realize he was completely defeated two thousand years ago.

 

But the time will come when the Lord’s Ekklesia (Greek for Church meaning a governing/legislative body) will walk in this revelation and reality, diminishing the devil's power and influence on Earth.

 

Will this be a literal thousand years, as Revelation 20:2 states?  I don’t know.

 

But this I do know:  If Christians had been walking in the knowledge of who we are in Christ and who He is in us, the devil would have been locked away for the past two thousand years.

 

Perhaps the reason Revelation 20:2&6 speaks of a thousand years is because it has to do with revelation coming forth during this seventh day/millennium of/since creation, which is the third day/millennium of the Ekklesia.

 

Maybe the thousand years of Revelation 20:2&6 is not a literal thousand years but takes place during a literal thousand years.  I’m not ready to say that is revelation to me.  It could simply be speculation on my part.  But in any case, I think it is worth considering.

 

Regardless, there is coming a time when our realization of who we are in Christ and who He is in us will literally change the world.

 

And that, saints of God, is our destiny.

 

The term Millennial Reign or Kingdom Reign as it is sometimes called, is not in the Bible, but is probably taken from the thousand years of Revelation 20:2&6.

 

But the important thing is that we understand what is occurring, rather than exactly when it will occur.

 

Having said that, I must say again, surely we were born for such a time as this!

 

Theology vs Revelation: The Sons of Issachar Company

By Lanny Swaim

 

Much we have studied in this series on Theology vs Revelation has to do with events on the timeline of history, past, present and future.  Without a correct understanding of these events, it is impossible to plot a course of action that will line up with God’s plan for mankind and planet Earth.

 

There is a remnant of believers today who are coming into a much better understanding of these events, and like the sons of Issachar, are carrying an anointing to communicate their understanding of the times to The Body of Christ.

 

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

1 Chronicles 12:32

 

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

 

There have been times in my life as a believer that one statement from God literally changed everything for me.  Other times I have read a book that was divinely ordained for me to read at that specific time, and it opened up revelatory knowledge to me that changed the way I read the Bible.

 

I was walking my dog one day, thinking about the gnawing feeling I had inside that something wasn’t right about the so called end-time doctrine I had accepted as true for a number of years.  So I asked the Lord to give me understanding and teach me concerning future events, and how they would play out on the timeline of history.

 

Sometime later I read a book entitled, The Feast of Tabernacles by George H. Warnock, written in 1951, the year I was born.  As I read this book, I became aware that Warnock was a forerunner, seeing decades ahead of his time.  I wondered if anyone was able to read his book when it was first published and have any understanding of what he was saying.

 

An Open Door

 

After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Revelation 4:1

 

It seems to me that reading Warnock’s book was much like the experience John had that day on Patmos, when he saw an open door in Heaven and heard a voice talking with him that sounded like a trumpet, if you can imagine that.

 

When this verse is read in light of a prophetic understanding of The Feast of Tabernacles, which is a three part feast, the trumpet talking with John begins to make sense.  The first part of The Feast of Tabernacles is The Feast of Trumpets. 

 

Trumpets were blown in ancient Israel when an important announcement was about to be made, perhaps calling an assembly or preparing to go to war.  This trumpet voice that was talking with John was announcing to him that he was about to be shown future events.

 

After reading The Feast of Tabernacles, I read a book by Joseph Good, a Messianic Rabbi, entitled Rosh HaShanah and the Messianic Kingdom To Come.  Rosh HaShanah is the Hebrew name for The Feast of Trumpets.

 

In the author’s foreword, he makes this statement:

 

It is hoped that this material will aid students of the scripture as they read the Gospels and the Epistles, which were written in the language of the festivals (feasts).

 

Then on page seventeen, Good writes this:

 

If one can obtain a good working knowledge of the festivals, then he will have in his possession God’s blueprint for mankind.

 

I am convinced that without a working knowledge and understanding of the prophetic significance of The Feasts of God, it is impossible to understand The New Testament.  Much has been believed and taught concerning The New Testament that is in error, simply because those reading and studying it did so without an understanding of the importance of the feasts as rehearsals for future events.

 

Interestingly, Jews who did not accept Jesus as Messiah, continued to rehearse His coming every year as they kept The Feast of Passover right on up until the present time, when in reality, the first prophetic fulfillment of that event had already occurred with the coming of Jesus as the Son of Man.

 

Likewise, many today who are expecting so called end-time events to play out in a certain way, are missing the reality that what they perceive to be future is happening right now, in a different way than they anticipate.

 

Two Prophetic Fulfillments of the Feasts

 

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…

John 1:14

 

When Jesus came to Earth as The Son of Man, He was the first prophetic fulfillment of The Feasts of God, which the Hebrew people had kept yearly since Moses led them out of Egypt into the wilderness and on to Canaan.

 

Jesus was born during Tabernacles, crucified on Passover, and the Holy Spirit came on Pentecost.  But there is a second prophetic fulfillment of the feasts that must be understood in order to understand the times (history past, present and future).  It is only in understanding the times that we know how to proceed as we walk out our destiny as believers.

 

The Church has, at least to some degree, experienced Passover (salvation) and Pentecost (power and church government)

 

The Feast of Passover did not allow leaven.  Before the Israelites left Egypt, they were ordered to bake bread without leaven.

 

Leaven in scripture is representative of a mixture.  Passover is about the salvation that Jesus’ crucifixion paved the way for.  Jesus crucifixion is the only way to salvation, so there can be no leaven in Passover.

 

However, Pentecost did allow leaven.  The Church was birthed on The Day of Pentecost as recorded in the second chapter of Acts.  The continual prophetic fulfillment of Pentecost has been what I refer to as The Church Age, as we have seen the powerful Church of the first century digress into a dead religious organization by the fourth century.

 

This happened because of leaven.  We found in the Church a mixture of God’s ways and man’s ways.  A mixture of scriptural truth and religious tradition.  A mixture of sin and righteousness, of right and wrong, of truth and lies, causing much division in the Church, splintering it into many denominations and various sects.

 

And yet, God continued to work in this broken system, gradually restoring what had been lost, line upon line and precept upon precept, here a little and there a little (see Isaiah 28:9-10), which has brought us to the present time.

 

Not only has He allowed leaven in the Church, He seems to have blessed it at times.  We’ve watched great ministries accomplish much for the Kingdom, only to end in disarray and defeat.  We’ve seen mega-ministries and mega-churches teach doctrine that eventually proved out to be wrong and in some cases, destructive.

 

So we have seen the second prophetic fulfillment of Passover and Pentecost, at least to some degree.  But we have not yet seen the second prophetic fulfillment of Tabernacles, which is about God fully indwelling a people.

 

We know that when we were born again (born from above), Jesus took up residence in us.  But His being fully developed in us is a process that takes time.  The apostle Paul prayed for the Church at Galatia that Christ would be fully formed in them (see Galatians 4:19 AMP).  This comes about through the process of sanctification, as we become like God in character.

 

Throughout Church history we see imperfect men being used by God to move the Church on toward perfection.  Martin Luther, who is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation, received revelation that righted some of the wrongs of The Catholic Church.  But later in life, Luther wrote that it was an honor to kill a Jew.  It seems Luther’s view of grace was greatly flawed.

 

Luther is but one example, but I dare say that no one has yet reached the full indwelling of Christ (the Godhead).

 

The Second Prophetic Fulfillment of Tabernacles

 

And these all [those mentioned in this chapter], having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:39-40

 

Hebrews 11:39-40 is a prophetic scripture revealing to us that God will have a people who reach perfection, while in physical bodies on Earth, which has to happen for all who have gone before to be perfected.

 

Saints of God, I submit to you, that this will be the second fulfillment of The Feast of Tabernacles.

 

Currently we are in the prophetic fulfillment of The Feast of Trumpets, the first part of The Feast of Tabernacles.  There is a remnant of The Body of Christ today, who has glimpsed and tasted of the coming fulfillment of The Feast of Tabernacles, which will take place sometime during this seventh millennium since creation, which is the ultimate Sabbath of all Sabbaths; the day of the Lord and that day spoken of throughout the Bible.

 

This remnant is a Trumpet People, actually the last trump of 1 Corinthians 15:52 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16.  They are also an Issachar Company, understanding the times in which we live, like the sons of Issachar did as recorded in 1 Chronicles.

 

The sons of Issachar were only two hundred men, a small remnant of the entire nation of Israel, with special ability and anointing to discern the times and to communicate that knowledge to the entire nation.

 

So it is with The Sons of Issachar Company today, a remnant of The Body of Christ, proclaiming the coming second prophetic fulfillment of The Feast of Tabernacles, for any and all who are able to hear.

 

It seems that down through history prophetic voices have spoken and in some cases demonstrated the Word of the Lord, which often and probably usually went against the status quo.  Often these voices were shunned and persecuted by those who refused to hear anything that challenged their traditional thinking.

 

But those of us who are getting a clearer understanding of the time in which we live and of the future, in concert with greater revelation of The Kingdom of God, have done so in such a way, orchestrated by God, that we cannot doubt what we have come to know.

 

And we cannot shrink back simply because of opposition.  Like the prophets of old, we must speak what we know to be true.  And not only speak it, but become the example of it.

 

Surely we were born for such a time as this.