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==Tabernacles, and the Coming of the Lord, #5==
<em>Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13) </em><br><br>The churches know that the nightmare of the great tribulation is coming. The doctrine of the pre-tribulation rapture effectively is preventing the believers from preparing themselves (which is what Satan has planned). The Christians are asleep spiritually because of the doctrine of the pre-tribulation rapture. This doctrine is unscriptural and has caused and is causing much harm to the ability of the Lord's people to stand in the hour of testing.<br><br>God has provided something for us that is infinitely better than any pre-tribulation rapture, infinitely better than being forced to flee from the battle because we think Satan has more power than we do.<br><br>God's provision for the dark days is the personal spiritual fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles. God intends to dwell in His people to the extent that they not only can stand in Him throughout every difficulty but finally can be used of God to crush Satan (Romans 16:20).<br><br>God has made a way for us to triumph in the last days, not by fleeing from the conflict but by conquering every adversary through means of the Lord's superior wisdom and power. Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world. (I John 4:4).<br><br>Joel speaks of the hour when the Son of Man is revealed:<br><br>The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. (Joel 3:15)<br><br>And then:<br><br>The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16)<br><br>In the hour when Christ is revealed from Heaven, God will enter His people in fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles.<br><br>"Zion" refers to the Body of Christ (Hebrews 12:22). God will enter the members of Zion, into the Body in Heaven and the Body on earth, and will "roar" from them His words of judgment.<br><br>The firstfruits of the Bride will all be glorified together. We all shall be made perfect together when "that which is perfect is come."<br><br>God in Christ dwelling in us will enable us to stand from now until the Lord appears. God in Christ dwelling in us will prevent our being deceived by Antichrist and the False Prophet. God in Christ dwelling in us will enable us, at the time of the Lord's appearing, to rise up against Antichrist and overcome him. Christ's brightness shining as the lightning through His saints will destroy Antichrist (II Thessalonians 2:8).<br><br>The sixtieth chapter of the Book of Isaiah gives us a clear picture of what will take place at the time of the coming of the Lord.<br><br>In that Day the Spirit of the Lord will speak to the holy remnant whom God has protected from Antichrist:<br><br>Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 60:1)<br><br>

''To be continued.''[[Tabernacles, and the Coming of the Lord 6]]