Seven Steps to the Rest of God 22

Seven Steps to the Rest of God, 22

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20)

If we open the door of our heart to Jesus He will come in to us. He will dine with us, giving us to eat and drink. The food that we shall eat is His flesh. The drink that we shall drink is His holy blood (Luke 22:15-20).

To be married to the Lamb is to eat His flesh and drink His blood. To be married to the Lamb is to live by Him as He lives by the Father. When the Lord comes to us and is dwelling in us we shall know that He is in the Father and that we are abiding in Him and He is abiding in us. This is the inner dimension of the marriage of the Lamb and the personal fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles.

If we are living by the Lamb, then, when He appears in the clouds, we will be caught up to be with Him forever. The eagles will gather where the Carcass is (Matthew 24:28). Christ's Life in us is our resurrection from the dead and that resurrection will be manifest when He appears. If we, believer or not, are not living by His Life within us, we will not be gathered to Him when He appears.

Our doctrine cannot enable us to rise to meet Christ when He appears. Imputed (ascribed) righteousness cannot enable us to rise to meet Christ when He appears. It is His Life in us that will enable us to rise to meet Christ when He appears.

If we do not receive Christ the King into us today to the degree that His Life fills every area of our personality, we will not participate in the first resurrection from the dead. The first resurrection from the dead must be attained, as we come to know the power of Christ's resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings (Philippians 3:10,11).

The trumpet of warfare is sounding in the churches today announcing the coming of the King, our Redeemer. As we open the everlasting doors of our heart the King of Glory enters us and abides with us. The Lord is a Man of war. He has come to wage war against every force in our life that is not in submission to Himself.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. (Psalms 24:7,8)

The Blowing of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) is New Year's Day in the contemporary Jewish calendar.

The trumpets announce the feast that follows in a few days—the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). The coming of the King brings us immediately into the Day of Atonement, into the work of reconciling us to all the Person and will of God. It is only after our warfare has been accomplished, after reconciliation to God has been made, that we are able to enter the feast of Tabernacles (Succot), into the promised-land rest of God where God and Christ are abiding with us and we with Them.

To be continued. Seven Steps to the Rest of God 23