Father, God, I thank you and I praise you. Lord, you have brought so many people across my path and I thank you for every one of them. Lord, I ask you to bless them in a mighty way. Blow your breath over them, fill them with a refreshing and a revelation of your goodness. Blow over them a fresh wind of your glory. Let them know your touch and your love in ways they have never imagined. Lord, fill them with your nature and bring them into line with you in new ways. Lord God, pour your blessing not only upon your people but pour it in abundance upon those of your people who are hungry for you in ways that reaches down to the pits of their souls. Lord, God Almighty, I thank you for all the love these people have shown me in these past difficult times and I ask that you bless them and then bless them again. Lord, bless them abundantly and without end. Raise them up in Jesus' name, amen.
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We are in the last age. What does that mean? Quite simply, this current period of time, is the last 1000 years when the entire world will be under the reign of Christ. Let's look at a brief history.
God gave Lucifer and the angels free choice.
- Lucifer shared his plan with ALL the angels, convincing 1/3 that they could overthrow the reign of God in their lives.
- Because this age was to do with the angels, there was a mighty war in heaven resulting in Michael and the 2/3 loyal angels winning the fight and throwing Lucifer and his gang of 1/3 rebel angels out of heaven into the second heavens or hell.
- God created man with free choice.
- Man followed Lucifer thus opening the door Lucifer was looking for allowing he and his buddies to enter into the first heavens (our domain) from the second heavens.
- Lucifer became the god of this world.
- God repented of making man, destroyed all life (save 8 and a few critters) in a flood and shortened man's lifespan, basically to slow the advance of Lucifer's influence.
- Jesus was born, he shared his message and was crucified to pay for our sins.
- Jesus gave us the keys to the kingdom that we might cleanse the world of Lucifer and his fallen angels
- Jesus reigns through His people for 1000 years
- Jesus returns as head of His heavenly armies driving Lucifer, his fallen angels, fallen mankind, hell and this earth into the lake of fire; everything that has experienced the touch of Lucifer's lies will be thrown into the lake of fire
- New heaven and earth are created in an instant
- The age of New Jerusalem lasting for the rest of eternity – the eighth day of New Birth and New Beginnings
Alright, that is it in a nut shell. Now let's look at it in detail.
One day = 1000 years.
"Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year " (Ezekiel 4:4-6).
"But, 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... " (2Peter 3:8,10).
"Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city ... from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks ... And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease..." (Daniel 9:24-27)
"Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations...You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men." For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night." (Psalm 90:1, 3, 4)
There are 7 days in the creation week. This is the basis for man's time on earth living under the influence of Lucifer and his fallen angels. (Remember, fallen angels can come here from hell, but dead, fallen man cannot)
Day 1: light
Day 2: firmament in heaven
Day 3: land/herbs/grass/fruit bearing trees
Day 4: lights put in the heavens – sun and moon
Day 5: air and sea creatures
Day 6: land animals/man/woman
Day 7: God rested
Now, I am going to say, yes, we will be on this earth (in its present state of sin) for 7000 years. However, I do believe that each 1000 year period is not exactly clearly defined where it begins and ends but that it is marked by events rather than years. That is to say that events in heaven do not exactly line up on a calendar with the event on earth that happens as a result of the heavenly occurrence. And, of course, there is surely far more detail yet to be revealed.
So, we can break up the 7000 years with these events:
Day 1: 1000 begins with Adam's and Eve's sin
Day 2: 2000 begins with Enoch being taken
Day 3: 3000 begins with Noah dying
Day 4: 4000 begins with Israelites entering Promised Land
Day 5: 5000 begins with the birth of Jesus
Day 6: 6000 begins with the Muslim rule taking over the Promised Land
Day 7: 7000 begins with Last age- current time period
Day 1: 8000 begins with New Jerusalem coming down (new creation of Earth and Heaven)
God continues to use this numerical grouping to make sure we get it. In the Bible there are so many groups of 7 (without having to search very hard) that we need to look at them side by side and compare what they say.
Alright, first off, what does the number 7 mean biblically speaking?
7 is mentioned 735 times in the bible = 7 x 7 x 15
7 = Resurrection; Spiritual completeness; Fathers perfection
15 = Rest
When man began to analyze and combine numbers, he developed other interesting symbols. He took the perfect world number FOUR (north, south, east, west) and added to it the perfect divine number, THREE , and got SEVEN , the most sacred number to the Hebrews. It was earth crowned with heaven — the four-square earth plus the divine COMPLETENESS OF GOD . So we have SEVEN expressing COMPLETENESS through union of heaven with earth. This number is used more than all other numbers in the Word of God, save the number ONE .
There are 7 churches, 7 spirits of God, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 bowls, 7 personages in Revelation, 7 feasts of god, 7 last words of Christ, 7 barren women/miraculous births, 7 petitions in the Lord's prayer, 7 “I AM” statements by Jesus, 7 mysteries of the Kingdom, 7 crisis mentioned, 7 commandments to hear, and finally, 7 things God is to His people.
We will return to SEVEN later.
The first age: The day of the first fruits of mankind/earth.
One is the number of unity. It is the day that light was created. This is the day that “Hallowed is Your Name” was to have been proclaimed in the earth. The day when the Garden of Eden was whole, healed and restored. It is the first age of man upon the earth. It is the day (age) that the Spirit of the Lord was upon the earth as mankind walked in the Garden with the Lord in the cool of every morning. It was the day when the bride was created and she was called Princess for she was to be the Queen of the Lord, bride of the King. This was the age when Jesus walked in the Garden with His people and He was the Bread of Life, everything they needed for sustenance of life. This was the age when He sowed seed in the earth by producing mankind, His bride, and it was the time when He warned man that if he were to survive and keep that relationship strong and healthy with his Lord, it would behoove him to heed the Lord's instructions and commandments. It was the age when the Lord, as long as Adam and Eve walked with Him, was a shield to His people…as long as they remained behind/under His protection. This was the age of the sun-clothed woman, the bride of Christ.
This was the age when the beast began his assault on mankind, the bride of Christ. This was the age when Adam and Eve fell prey to the wiles of Lucifer and they sold themselves into slavery, now in the service of Lucifer. And it is the age when the Lord cried out, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do!” It is the age of the fall of man when not only Adam and Eve were sold into slavery, but each one of their descendants was sold into slavery. We cannot escape being born with the nature of sin.
This is the age that begins with the sin of Adam and Eve and ends with Enoch being taken into heaven. This was the age when the visible presence of God was in the earth, in the Garden of Eden. No one could argue with its presence. They could see from whence they came and they could see the angel with the fiery sword that prevented them from going back. However, Enoch found a way, not to go back, but to go on. He took the inherited hand he was dealt from Adam and Eve, decided sin in his life was not an option, and he walked from mortality to immortality and from corruptibility to incorruptibility. He was the first to call on the name of His Lord and He was the first to walk into the arms of His Lord and be taken to the place where His Lord lived. And he did this without first seeing death.
This first age is seen in the church of Ephesus which was the first church established right after Passover. It boasted the largest temple to Diana in the world, built over a 220 year period; besides being one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, it was the safest bank in the world where kings and nations stored their treasures. These two features are representative of the two strongest spirits working in the world to this day: the spirit of mammon and religious spirit.
By the time of the flood He determined to free mankind from the slavery of Lucifer and let man begin again through Noah and his family. Throughout this age they still had the evidence of the Garden of Eden with them and the angels with the sword of fire standing at the entrance. The Spirit of the Lord was known to mankind even though they rejected Him. It was the time when the beast (Lucifer) began his conquest of the earth and mankind. It was the age of global judgment for the sins of mankind and for the disease that had spread throughout the world. It was the age of pre-flood mankind. This age closes with Enoch being taken from the land because he walked with the Lord; a man who walked so closely it was not appropriate for him to stay amongst such evil; a man whose walk and love for the Lord was so awesome that no other man has since come close enough to simply walk into immortality and incorruptibility. It is also worthy to note that Methuselah, the last righteous man of Seth's line other than Noah, died 7 days before the day the flood began so that he would not have to die with the unregenerate population left behind. His death was of such note that there was a 7 day period of mourning for him before the Lord began the flood. This is the first age, the age of the great falling away.
This first age is when the world was divided into two camps: the sons of Cain and the sons of Seth. It is the age of the church of Ephesus . It is the age when the sons of Seth sent two missionaries to the sons of Cain and these missionaries were killed plunging the world into a war that lasted until the flood. It was the time when the Lord promised they would again have access to the tree of Life which was in the Paradise of God IF they would only repent of their fall and overcome, and let me tell you it would have been a lot easier to do it back then than now. It was a promise they knew firsthand for they had the evidence always before them. But the Nicolaitans were already with them…for in that time they ate, drank, married and partied….
Revelation 2:1-7 "To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, 'These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name's sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-- unless you repent. But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. "' (NKJ)
The Nicolaitanes were a sect of the Gnostics, who taught the most impure doctrines, and followed the most impure practices. The Nicolaitanes taught the community of wives that adultery and fornication were not to be concerned about, that eating meats offered to idols was quite lawful; and mixed several pagan rites into the Christian ceremonies.
Hebrews 11:5-7 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death , "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God . But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. (NKJ)
This was the age when the earth and all the firstborn were destroyed by the flood for the redemption of mankind from slavery to Lucifer. This is the age of the Passover feast when those of God were hidden away/covered in His mercy behind the blood of the lamb on the lintel of their doorways so that the angel of death would pass by them.
Research:
Day 1: 1000 From – Adam and Eve sin – to – taking of Enoch/flood
7 Days of creation week: Light
7 Events: Adam and Eve sin
7 Crisis: Fall
7 Petitions of the Lord's Prayer: Hallowed be Your name
7 Feasts: Passover
Meaning: Death of the firstborn/redemption from slavery
7 Churches: Ephesus (permitted)
7 I AMs: I AM the bread of life.
7 Spirits of God: Spirit of the Lord
7 Seals: Beast begins his conquest
7 Trumpets: Hail of fire
7 Bowls: Malignant ulcers
7 Personages: Sun-clothed woman
7 Last Words of Christ: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do
7 Barren Women/Miraculous Births: Sarah -“princess” married to Abram -“exalted father”
7 Parables: The Sower (Matthew 13:1-23)
7 Hearing Instructions: Give ear to My commandments (Exodus 15:26)
7 Things God Is To His People: A shield (Genesis 15:1)
The second age: The day of hardships of Noah and of his family's flight from slavery during the prediluvian world.
Two is the number of witness and division. This is the age that begins with the taking of Enoch. This is the age where firmament was now in heaven. Enoch did not die. He simply walked into the third heavens from the first heavens, bypassing completely the second heavens. Enoch was made from the dust of the earth – he was firmament. He was now found in heaven. This is the age where Methuselah, the last great warrior of the Seth line (the reason Methuselah was so old was because of his famed reputation in battle – simply, he survived well). Noah was not a warrior. He was spared this task to fulfill the destiny of his name “Rest.” It was the age when man had irrefutably chosen not to heed the word of God. The saints were losing ground, their numbers were quickly diminishing so that the minds of men were thinking only evil all the time. It was the time when the plea of those who were left could be heard, “Your kingdom come!”
It is the age of the wheat and tares which laid the foundation for the revelation of how God deals with mankind. The people who were unrepentant and were not found righteous were taken out of the earth, blown away like the tares. He removes the tares and leaves the wheat. This is shown in every example in the Bible, yet man has taught that the Lord will rapture His people (the wheat whose inheritance is the earth) and leave the tares (the unjust who will slug it out for 7 years or so). Selah.
Let's look at some.
The war in heaven: the fallen angels were removed and the faithful angels remained
The flood: the people of Cain were removed (killed) and the people of God remained in the earth.
Egypt and Israelites: the firstborn of Egypt were removed (killed) and the firstborn of Israel remained
Golden Calf: the sinners were removed (killed) and the repentant remained
Achan and stolen booty clothes: Achan and his family were removed (killed) and the Israelites remained
Promised Land: the evil inhabitants were to be removed (killed) and the Israelites were to remain (they disobeyed)
Wheat and Tares: the tares are blown away in the wind- removed, and the wheat remains on the threshing floor to be gathered
The last age: the rebellious sinners will be removed and the people of God will remain in the earth
This is the age of unleavened bread when the bitterness of the flood was still in the mouths of those who left the Ark. There was no leaven in their hearts, the trauma of the voices of the screaming dead were left echoing in their ears. It was time when God's wisdom could once again flourish in the land of men, His bride. But, it was the age when nation was against nation and the fiery mountain was hurled into the sea with so many deaths, over 7 billion souls, that sea turned to blood. It was the age when Lucifer, that great dragon, took pause to rethink his strategy. The fear of the Lord now resurfaced was clearly a possibility he hadn't factored. It was the age when there were two types of people in the land: the unrepentant thief on the one side of Christ and the repentant thief on the other side. They were representative of the sons of Cain and the sons of Seth that were left. And despite the death of mankind in the flood, it was the age that those who were left of the sons of Seth held onto the promise that this day they would be in paradise with Jesus.
It was the age when the Lord hung His head in sadness for although He will not shy away from judgment upon sinners, it is not His heart or his first choice. He longs to answer the cry, YOUR KINGDOM COME, FATHER!
The children of Noah were once again divided into their two camps. The sons Japheth and Shem (2/3) joined forces with their father and continued to follow his teachings and faith. But Ham (1/3) followed the steps of Cain and went to a different land setting up his kingdom of Canaan . The wisdom and understanding Ham presumably learned during the flood could have spread throughout the land and taken hold. But it was short lived. Man once again went his own way under the sway of the dragon. No longer was Lucifer the wooing serpent in the Garden, he was a full-fledged dragon devouring the bones of men in his massive teeth.
The Lord's promise of being an exceeding great reward to those who followed Him fell on deaf ears and sin once again flourished in the land and darkness blotted out the light of the world.
It was the age of Rebekah, the ensnarer. It was the age of Semiramis, wife of Nimrod, who founded the Babylonian religion. It is the time of the ziqqurratu creation called the Tower of Babel (tongue-tower). It is suggested that this tower took well over a century to build with the co-operative efforts of all the peoples of the plain. And the Lord smote all the people with a different tongue to slow down the progression of their sins. It has taken us a lot longer than 1000 years to get to the same point as the Adamic population.
Were truer words ever spoken? The earth has never gone through such global tribulation as it has during this age. It was horrific for all concerned. But the promise remains that those in the ark who overcome would not be hurt by the second death.
Revelation 2:8-12 "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death."' (NKJ)
Flood timeline:
Noah enters the ark 7 days before the deluge
7 = resurrection and spiritual completeness
Rains for 40 days
40 = trials/tribulations/testings
150 days the water recede
3 x 5 x 10 = divine completeness x grace x testimony/law and responsibility
74 days later the tops of mtns visible
70 + 4 = punishment and restoration + the world
2 x 37 = the word of our Father x union/witnessing
40 days later Noah opens window
40 = trials/tribulations/testings
7 days later he sends out a dove
7 = resurrection and spiritual completeness
7 days later he sends out a dove
7 = resurrection and spiritual completeness
7 days later he sends out a dove/does not return
7 = resurrection and spiritual completeness
29 days later Noah removes covering from the ark
29 = departure
57 days later the earth was completely dry
50 + 7 = Holy Spirit + resurrection and spiritual Completeness
Total number of days: 378
100 + 100 + 100 + 70 + 8 = Children of Promise (Seth)
+ Children of Promise (Japheth)
+ Children of Promise (Ham)
+ Punishment and restoration of Israel + New Birth/New Beginnings
Research:
Day 2: 2000 From – the t aking of Enoch/flood – to – the death of Noah
7 Days of creation week: Firmament in Heaven
7 Events: Enoch taken
7 Crisis: Flood
7 Petitions of the Lord's Prayer: Your kingdom come
7 Feasts: Unleavened bread
Meaning: Hardships of flight from slavery in Egypt
7 Churches: Smyrna (myrrh)
7 I AMs: I am the light of the world
7 Spirits of God: Wisdom
7 Seals: Nation against nation
7 Trumpets: Fiery mountain hurled into the sea
7 Bowls: Sea turns to blood
7 Personages: Dragon
7 Last Words of Christ: This day you shall be in paradise with me
7 Barren Women/Miraculous Births: Rebekah -“ensnarer” married to Isaac -“he laughs”
7 Parables: The Wheat and the Tares (Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43)
7 Hearing Instructions: Bow down your ear and hear (2 Kings 19:16)
7 Things God Is To His People: An exceeding great reward (Genesis 15:1)
The third age: the day of entering the Promised Land.
Three is the number of divine completeness and perfection. This is the age of promise, hope and opportunity. This is the age of understanding, the age of the Lord teaching a people His laws and their responsibilities. “Give ear to My law”. This is the age when the 10 commandments of God were inscribed on stone in the hope they would be embraced and written in the hearts of God's people. This is the age when God called Abraham out of the land of Ur . The same land that was shadowed by the very ziggurat that caused God to disperse man. Abraham was God's man in the world, the one that would follow Him. Abraham would be a man who would bear fruit and whose seed would produce all those who have faith in God calling him father. This was the age when faith entered the world because God was no longer visible in the earth. Fashioned after Abraham's faith which was as tall as a mustard tree, even the willingness to offer up his only son in obedience, knowing the Lord would provide. This ultimate sacrifice was then declared before the universe, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” He promised Abraham plenty. This is the age when He restored the Promised Land to His people; a land rich and plentiful with herbs and grasses and fruit.
This was the age of the Barley Harvest, barley was cultivated in Egypt . This was the harvest of the poor man; Jesus had not yet come to enrich him. It was the first harvest, the early harvest. It was the harvest of the poor man for we are poor without Jesus in our lives. This is the time when the last patriarch of the old order dies and mankind is raised up in a new order, one that is brought out of slavery into the Promised Land. The Lord created mankind to be His bride and He suffered as they walked away from Him seeking the thrill of another. The Lord removed the oppression of that age and brought Noah and his family to the other side of the flood offering them the choice to stand up, free of slavery, and follow Him. He brought them into the Promised Land to give them all the bounty of the earth from all time still to come and He told His people that He is a jealous God and will not share their love with another. This is the age when mankind could walk through the door into the promises and provision of God…if only they would.
But it is the age when Satan fell to the earth to the dismay of mankind. While Moses was up on the mountain receiving the 10 Commandments right from the Lord's finger Aaron was down on the plain making a golden calf for the people of God. There was once again 2 camps, 2 people. The understanding God carved into the stone tablets with His own finger was shattered and destroyed.
This was the age of Rachel thinking she would have to do the work herself, the work of finding favor for her son by her own hand, forcing the issue instead of trusting God. But God would make this supplanter (Jacob) into the seed of Israel proving that God prevails in every situation…and in every situation He would meet His people and change their walk forever.
In the last age, the salty seas overflowed all the earth and turned red with the blood of man. Their god Leviathan could not save them from the growing seas. But this time Satan was not going to wait for the judgment of God to fall on man, he was going to effect the very water man depended on for sustenance. Man can only survive on fresh water like the water that flows from the Throne of God and it is this very water that is turned to blood so the water and truth is altered, tainted and poisoned. And this is what happened when the children of Israel entered the Promised Land – they failed to clear out the evil from the land but chose to co-habitate with the very people and teachings the Lord told them to destroy. It brought a famine in the land and the people of God perished time and again.
This is the age of Pergamus. This is the age when the word was sharp as a two-edged sword. There was no mistake about the word; there was no more guess work. There was the 10 Commandments, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy…the law was spelled out in detail. There was a period of time when the people of God remained the people of God but they got tired of it, unable to resist temptation. There remained those who did not deny their faith, but in the same camp were those who never had faith in the Lord God, their provider. They stood at the entrance of the Promised Land, all those who were rebellious lay dead in the wilderness. Once again, God's provision to give His people a fighting chance to stay faithful by removing all those tares who would challenge their faith. But there still remained those children who had been taught the ways of Balaam in the wilderness; a teaching that requires effort to overcome.
The teachings of Balaam that come from outside, once embraced within the hearts of God's people, become the practices of Nicolaitans within the body of Christ. But the Lord will not take a passive role by just removing their candlestick because He is jealous for His people; He will come and fight against them with the sword of His mouth. And to those who overcome, He will provide their sustenance and life with the sustaining manna of the wilderness – His law and precepts – that He fulfilled and replaced with liberty. And He will give them a white stone of purity with which they can build their new altar bearing a new name known only by the one holding the stone and by the Lord, for that relationship with the Lord is personal and precious.
Revelation 2:12-17 "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, 'These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel , to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate . 'Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.' He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat . And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it."' (NKJ)
Research:
Day 3: 3000 From – Noah dies – to – entering the Promised Land
7 Days of creation week: Land/herbs/grass/fruit bearing trees
7 Events: Noah dies
7 Crisis: Babel
7 Petitions of the Lord's Prayer: Your will be done in earth as it is in heaven
7 Feasts: First Fruits
Meaning: Crossing Red Sea/first fruits of the Barley Harvest (cultivated in Egypt )
7 Churches: Pergamos (height of elevated)
7 I AMs: I AM the door
7 Spirits of God: Understanding
7 Seals: F amine
7 Trumpets: Satan falls to earth
7 Bowls: Rivers turn to blood
7 Personages: Man Child
7 Last Words of Christ: Woman behold thy son
7 Barren Women/Miraculous Births: Rachel -“ewe” married to Jacob -“Supplanter” (who became Israel (God prevails))
7 Parables: The Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31-32)
7 Hearing Instructions: Give ear to My law (Psalm 78:1)
7 Things God Is To His People: A jealous God (Exodus 20:5)
The fourth age: the day judges, prophets and the Savior is born.
Four is the number of the world and creative works. To me this is perhaps the most exciting age of the church and mankind. It is the age of entering the Promised Land, judges, prophets and the birth of a Savior. It is the age when the Lord went all out to reach His people but they remained the most dim. Time and time again the Lord sent His judges and prophets only to endure rejection, beatings and death…and then He sent His Son….but that is a story for another age.
This was the age of the law as seen through the judges and prophets. This is the age of the Wheat Harvest (wheat was cultivated in Israel/Palestine) as seen through the birth of Jesus. God's people are no longer slaves…or they were not supposed to be slaves, but free men (and women) in the Promised Land. But they sold themselves, again, back into slavery by their disobedience of not completely ridding the land of the 7 occupying nations. Their disobedience, as seen in Saul, was their downfall and bane. As with Saul, they cut off the body (the people) but left the heads (the kings) and confiscated all their riches and goods. These 7 nations represent 7 spiritual kingdoms looking deceptively good, and sounding convincing in the natural. God gave the people of Israel all the land, houses, and crops needed, but He drew the line at the works of the hands of the 7 nations.
This is the age when the lights were put in the heavens. God did not leave His people alone, without guidance, when He removed the pillar of fire and cloud…He gave them the judges and prophets who were to be a light unto His people. Instead of reaping the riches of milk and honey, the Israelites, because of their disobedience, reaped the whirlwind of plagues – famine, death and destruction. Instead of a time of celebration and excitement in the wonderful counsel of God, this was the age of death and scorching heat and this age can truly be called “Odor of affliction!” Instead of receiving the water of God, the people built high places and suffered under the burning famine of their disobedience.
This is the age when the people were required to remove the leaven from their camp. It was the time of God's graciousness to His people. This is the age of Minoah, whose name means rest, and she birthed the son Samson, whose name means “sun.” This was the age when God's people could rest in His provision for He would send hornets to chase out the nations that were in the land…there would have been nowhere for them to hide. And in that rest they were to have the sun, the producer of every good thing in the earth. But as Samson was found in disobedience just as the people of Israel , the very thing that was to set them apart and safe became their curse – their need to follow a god. The sun burned their land and made them unfruitful until the time when the true SON was born. Minoah's husband's name means “hornet” and the very thing that was intended to drive out their enemies plagued the people themselves.
This was the age when the Lord's heart was to give the people their daily bread, when the Lord's heart was to be His people's daily bread. But they chased after strange food sacrificed to idols…the cakes of the high places brought in by Jezebel. This was the age when the Lord was to be their good shepherd…keeping the people safely in the camp…instead they continually wandered off getting lost in the hills and crevices of their disobedience.
This was the age of “MY GOD! MY GOD! WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!” God's people were distraught. They lost their way. Even their kings committed heinous crimes and levels of disobedience that were astounding. Saul was removed because of blatant disregard for God's way by assuming the office of High Priest. David, although a man after God's own heart, was a man with blood on his hands. Solomon who was of great promise and given so much lost his way with strange women and strange ways, bringing the evil right into the very highest levels of the kingdom itself, infecting not only the body but the head with the disease.
This was the time when the Archangel appeared in Revelation. Just as it was Michael who cleansed the heavens from the evil, he would do the same on earth, but instead, in the land, the Archangel Lucifer who brought evil to the land.
This was the age of Thyatira…These were God's people, the Israelites and Hebrews. They followed the precepts of God, the laws and practices of God, keeping the feasts that God had laid out. They were faithful in their works and they were greater now than they were in the beginning. In fact, by the time Jesus was born into the earth, their works were so great that they strained at a gnat and missed the beam in their eye. They brought Jezebel in from a distant land as if the high places they had struggled with were not great enough disobedience. They embraced her teachings (Jezebel: follower of idols) and made her their queen. She resurrected the practice of Balaam who taught them from afar…bringing the evil right into their own hearts. They allowed her to kill the prophets of God in the guise of being a prophetess. They were blind and lacked discernment hoping their works would pull them through.
They were to hold fast to the knowledge that the age would end with the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah and Savior of the people of God. And to those who understand and keep the works of GOD until the end, He will give them power over the nations that remain in their land and they shall rule over them with a rod of iron. So many think this is to rule over every one else, but it is to rule over ourselves…this one thing we seem to have missed altogether since the first fall of Adam and Eve. And those that overcome will receive the Morning Star- Jesus, and we shall freely receive as He has received from His father.
Revelation 2:18-29 "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, 'These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first . Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent . Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works . Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden. But hold fast what you have till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations--'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels'-- as I also have received from My Father; and I will give him the morning star. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."' (NKJ)
Research:
Day 4: 4000 From – e ntering the Promised Land – to – Jesus is born
7 Days of creation week: Lights put in the heavens
7 Events: Enter Promised Land
7 Crisis: Plagues of Egypt
7 Petitions of the Lord's Prayer: Give us this day our daily bread
7 Feasts: Pentecost
Meaning: Law given at Sinai/first fruits of Wheat Harvest (cultivated in Palastine)
7 Churches: Thyratira (odor of affliction)
7 I AMs: I AM the good shepherd
7 Spirits of God: Counsel
7 Seals: ¼ of earth dies
7 Trumpets: 1/3 heavens
7 Bowls: Sun = scorching heat
7 Personages: Archangel
7 Last Words of Christ: My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?
7 Barren Women/Miraculous Births: Minoah -“rest” married to Zorah -“hornet”
7 Parables: The Leaven (Matthew 13:33)
7 Hearing Instructions: Incline your ear to wisdom (Proverbs 2:2)
7 Things God Is To His People: Graciousness (Exodus 22:27)
The fifth age: the Savior is born through to slavery to the Muslims.
Five is the number of grace. Grace be unto mankind who fell from grace in the Garden. Grace returned to mankind in the form of their Savior who brought to mankind the heart of the Father – Forgive us our debts as we forgive others their debts.
This is the age of the Feast of the Trumpets which the Lord blew forth to regather Israel unto Himself. Age after age as He extended His hand ended up with mankind, the very people He nurtured and reached out to, walking away to go their own way, going after their own theories and thoughts in the strength of their own works. This feast was proclaimed in the 7 th month, a Sabbatical month when mankind was free to answer the call, to enter in and rest from their own works and misconceptions.
This is the age when Jesus was born – the first coming of the Lord upon the earth. It was the age of Hannah who cried out to the Lord every day for a child that she could dedicate to the Lord. It was the age when the bitterness of the burden of a fallen Israel under the leadership of oppression and dead teachings had stolen the fruitfulness of the women of Israel , the children of God. But the faithful could be seen at the Tabernacle of the Lord, before His presence, beseeching Him for a Savior…while the leaders called the faithful drunk and shameful.
It was the age of Resurrection and Life in the Lord if we would but incline our ears to His sayings – the word of God walking upon the earth bringing light on the misconceptions and breathing life into word that was dead and emaciated with complicated rabbinical twisting. It was the age of the Might of God upon the earth – that might hidden in the human vessel, the virgin birth that so many overlooked. It is the age when the Lord showed Himself HOLY to His people. It was the age when He revealed to all of mankind just what that Holiness entailed, for a God who is called Holy has no meaning to His people without understanding. His Holiness is seen in the words of the Lord's prayer…forgive us our debts. His Holiness is His forgiveness, forgiveness that is not dependent upon our works because He made the provision for that forgiveness before we were ever created and He extended that forgiveness to anyone who would partake of its graciousness.
This is the age when the creatures of the air (controlled by Lucifer, the prince of the air) and the creatures of the sea (sea is the symbol of the unregenerate “sea” of humanity in the Bible) were put into place. (Behemoth and Leviathan are the two heads or controllers of these creatures). It was the time when the pit was opened and smoke rose from the pit darkening the sun and the air. It was the time when the beast kingdom was plunged into darkness and the Beast came out of the sea. It was the time when the demons arose and covered the land and they were allowed to harm everyone who did not bear the seal of God. It was what mankind refers to as the dark ages of our history. It was the time of the Spanish Inquisition, the witch hunts, the massive martyrdom of the Saints of God. The Son of God was crucified; the apostles were dealt terrible deaths; those who followed the Lord were either killed or swallowed up by the marriage of the church to pagan practices. Those that knew forgiveness were used as torches for the Roman Empire . But those who had never inclined their ears to the words of Jesus and learned forgiveness were part of the great Roman Empire and indulged in self righteous persecution.
It was the age when the Holy Land of God, the land He gave to His chosen Israelites who He had hoped would embrace His Son and live, was plunged under the hand of Islam. By one account (the one most accepted) Muhammad was the 23 rd generation of Ishmael – 23 is the number of death; by another account Muhammad was the 29 th generation of Ishmael – 29 is the number of departure. Either way, the number of his generation speaks of the havoc he brought to the world. He received his revelation while meditating in a cave and rose up as the leader of Islam plunging his followers into what seems to be a perpetual state of Jihad against themselves and their various sects and most recently, the rest of the world. The Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad) was the supposed mother of all true Muslims and it was this sect that conquered the Holy Land replacing the freedom and truth brought by Jesus with submission (meaning of the word Muslim) to Muhammad.
This was the age of Sardis (red ones), refugees of the fleeing/migrating Hittite (meaning terror) peoples. “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive but you are dead. 50 short years after the death of the apostles, the churches fell under religious compliance with the Roman Empire and their pagan religion. They kept the name Christian but their practices were dead and not of God…they had the name of being alive but their works and faith were dead. It would be 300 years before the persecutions under Roman rule ceased and Constantine made the terrified, persecuted Christian belief the national religion. But the years of merciless persecution and death took its toll until the weary believers no longer held fast to what they had received. But that was the instruction – hold fast and repent! They fell into religious ceremony and practices with the emergence of the national church where works and subjugation replaced truth and life. But there has always remained a remnant that have stayed true to the Lord in every age; the same is found in the age of Sardis . To those that overcame and held fast, they would be robed in Christ's righteousness and not be blotted out of the Book of Life; those that would confess the name of Jesus as their one true Savior in the face of death and torture would have their name confessed in the heavenly courts before the Father and His angels. It was perhaps the hardest time God's people have endured.
Revelation 3:1-6 "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, 'These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you . You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy . He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels . He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."' (NKJ)
Research:
Day 5: 5000 From – Jesus is born – to – the Muslim rule over the Holy Land
7 Days of creation week: Air and Sea creatures
7 Events: Jesus born
7 Crisis: First coming of Jesus
7 Petitions of the Lord's Prayer: Forgive us our debts as we forgive others their debts
7 Feasts: Trumpets
Meaning: Regathering of Israel; 7 th month a sabbatical month
7 Churches: Sardis (red ones)
7 I AMs: I AM the resurrection and the life
7 Spirits of God: Might
7 Seals: Martyrdom of Saints
7 Trumpets: Satan (opens abyss)
7 Bowls: Beast kingdom plunged into darkness
7 Personages: Beast out of the Sea
7 Last Words of Christ: I thirst
7 Barren Women/Miraculous Births: Hannah -“grace” mother of Samuel -“asked of God”
7 Parables: The Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44)
7 Hearing Instructions: Incline your ear to My sayings (Proverbs 4:20)
7 Things God Is To His People: Holy (Leviticus 11:44-45)
The sixth age: The Muslim rule over the Holy Land – Second coming of Jesus ( Azusa Street )
Six is the number of the weakness of man, manifestations of sin and evils of Satan. This is the age when evil reigned over the whole world with horrific consequences. It is the time the dark ages intensified and spread to distant lands. It is the time when men of science were hung or burned and the whole world groaned and rebelled under the yoke of Catholicism. It is the time of reformation and truths slowly being revealed and trickling down to the people of God who lived under the iron rule of the Holy Roman See. It is the age when mankind rose up slowly to stand like man and woman – the very man and woman God created.
It was the age of getting back to the truth of the Garden experience of relationship with their Lord. It was the age of the second coming of Jesus when the atonement of God's people would take place, when the people would come together and afflict their souls. The people were called to join together and humble themselves…saying “Lord, you are right and we are wrong!” In Psalm 35:13 , David humbled his soul with fasting. But the fast of the Lord is not the fast of man.
Isaiah 58:5-14 “…Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' "If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light shall dawn in the darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday. The LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to Dwell In...." (NKJ)
We need to fast and humble ourselves with the works of the Lord God Almighty, not the works of religion and erroneous teachings. We need to get back to that fast and getting back to that fast will be through much tribulation. Whatever it takes to stand in the truth against some current views and practices within “the church” today.
But this is the age of earthquakes that will shake apart the church, shaking the very foundations of false religions and teachings within the church. It is the age when the stars will fall from heaven – those very fallen angels that have set themselves up as our gods and leaders. They will fall from the grace of our eyes and be revealed and exposed as imposters. It is the age when the knowledge and revelation will pour out on mankind from the throne of God and that very truth will shake us to the core, freeing us from every trap and bondage. But in the light of all the revelation a great army shall arise, for Lucifer knows his time is short, and he shall go about seeking whom he can devour. He and his minions will kill as many as they can. But there shall remain a remnant of God's people who will remain true and steadfast following Him wherever He wills to take them.
Sell all that you have to purchase one pearl…that is the parable. But what is a pearl? A true pearl is made of 100% nacre which gives it the iridescent appearance. The nacre's thickness of the aragonite platelets are about 0.5 micrometres which is comparable to the wavelength of visible light. This results in constructive and destructive interference of different wavelengths of light, resulting in different colors of light being reflected at different viewing angles.
This speaks of the truth of the Lord, even the Bible. The same truth appears as new truth because of the way it is viewed – one level of light or truth builds upon another. That truth is precious and life-giving. It speaks unlimited depths of I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE! And we are to bow down our ear in humility to HIS understanding, to once again regain the truths that have been lost since the fall of Adam and Eve. And what is the promise?
Numbers 18:20 Then the LORD said to Aaron: "You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel . (NKJ)
This is the age that ends with the second coming of Jesus. But what is the second coming of Jesus? Is it a mighty rapture taking God's people out of the earth, out of the tribulation, and then Jesus returning with His angels to defeat Satan once again? I do not believe that to be the case. There is no scriptural basis that I have found for God taking His people out of the earth that was given as their inheritance. However, there is tons of scriptural basis to support God removing the sinners (tares) out of the earth so His people will be free of their influence as they stand yet once again for His name – giving them every opportunity to walk with Him. This is the seventh age of mankind, the final age. It is at the dispensation of the fullness of times that He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth – in Him.
Eph 1:1-23 “…that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth-- in Him…you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession…And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” (NKJ)
The second coming of Jesus is in the hearts of His people who follow Him so completely and so closely that they themselves are transparent and He is seen, recognized, evidenced, in His people. The restoration of truth and freedom is the basis for the second coming of Jesus in our hearts and through our lives.
It is the age of Elisabeth (oath of God). She births John the Baptist whose message is “Repent!” This is the age when we are called to begin the reclamation of our inheritance through repentance…and forgiveness. We need to repent of the generational sins of our fathers who sinned and left the truth of God, choosing their own way instead of the way of the Lord. We need to repent and return to our roots – the Garden experience relationship with the Lord – and finally become the people of God we were created to be, we were intended to be.
It is the age when Jesus said, “It is finished.” For this is the age when God's people begin to return to the Lord and will never again leave or wander after strange gods. It is the time when Lucifer will begin to be defeated by the very people who followed him as they return to their Lord. It is the age when mankind's struggle will be finished and we will enter the day of rest – the seventh age.
It is the age of the church of Philadelphia (brotherly love). I weep in my heart at the words spoken to Philadelphia because they are our hope and promise. Each one of us that is alive right now have moved from this age with this promise to the seventh and final age of man. And it is before us that He has put an open door that no one can shut. That open door is the revelation of spiritual realities and truth pouring out on His people – we can freely go in and partake of whatever we want. We can freely go from this heavens, the natural earth, to the spiritual realm and throne room of God. And all those who have not accepted Jesus shall suffer the consequences of their own choices until we have cleared the earth of the deluge of spirits that Eve and Adam allowed to enter. And that door will be closed behind as those very spirits are sealed within the pit for 1000 years.
The Lord does not promise that those that persevere will be taken from this earth in a mighty rapture, but that we will be kept from the hour of trial that will befall everyone else. He will be our provision and protector. His word will keep us. And we will have written on our hearts and our minds and our bodies the name of His God and the name of the city of His God , New Jerusalem, and the New name of Jesus.
OH LORD! Strengthen us so that we can persevere. Strengthen our resolve and our hearts to be counted with the seal of the Holy Spirit so that we can walk through that open door freely. Lord God Almighty, keep us from temptation so that we can walk straight and pure before You so that not only others might know that You love us, but that we might know that You love us! Lord, open our hearts and our minds to Your truth so that we know the times we are in and the times we are entering. Lord free us from the bondage and chains of altered truths that have plagued our thinking and darkened our minds.
Revelation 3:7-13 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, 'These things says He who is holy, He who is true, "He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens": I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it ; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie-- indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. And I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."' (NKJ)
Research:
Day 6: 6000 From – the Muslim rule over the Holy Land – to – Second coming of Jesus
7 Days of creation week: Land animals/man/woman
7 Events: Muslims rule
7 Crisis: Second coming of Jesus ( Azusa Street )
7 Petitions of the Lord's Prayer: Lead us not into temptation
7 Feasts: Atonement
Meaning: Tribulation/atonement of priest and people
7 Churches: Philadelphia (brotherly love)
7 I AMs: I AM the way, the truth, and the life
7 Spirits of God: Knowledge
7 Seals: Earthquakes/stars fall
7 Trumpets: 200 million man army
7 Bowls: Army kills 1/3 mankind
7 Personages: Jewish Remnant
7 Last Words of Christ: It is finished
7 Barren Women/Miraculous Births: Elisabeth -“oath of God” mother of John the Baptist -“Jehovah is a gracious giver”
7 Parables: The Pearl (Matthew 13:45-46)
7 Hearing Instructions: Bow down your ear to My understanding (Proverbs 5:1)
7 Things God Is To His People: Their part (Numbers 18:20)
The seventh and last age: Second coming of Jesus (Azusa Street) – New Jerusalem
Seven is the number of Resurrection, Spiritual Completeness, and Father's perfection. This is the age all Christians hold onto with hope although there seems to be little understanding of what that entails. There is plenty of speculation and mythology surrounding this age, all built upon the weakness/ blindness of Christians wanting desperately to escape the hardships of life on this earth. To escape its sin rather than having to do the work of cleansing their own lands.
Azusa Street is the landmark revival that marked the change of the age of man…the condition and aspirations of man have returned to actively seeking the Lord and His ways. It began with the call to repentance throughout the land, and as man repents he returns to the Lord. Repentance alone is the beginning of the return to the Lord. Repentance at every turn until it's done.
I will begin this age with the words to the church of Laodicea (justice for the people). It is the study of these words at the beginning of our age that will bring us to this required repentance. Our works are neither cold nor hot. Lukewarm comes from the Greek word “chliaros” which means tepid or lukewarm and is used of the condition of the soul wretchedly fluctuating between a torpor and a fervor of love…sitting on the fence. We cannot make a decision because some days the cost is too high and sometimes it is easily paid. We think that we have so much but in reality we are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and oh, so very naked…showing every wrinkle, scar, wound, and misshapen lump. We think we are beautiful but we are not because our beauty is our own, not what God originally created. We need to humble ourselves and admit our condition, repent of our own works and understandings and be clothed in the righteousness of Christ, seeing through the eyes of the Holy Spirit. We need to be zealous and repent. And for our troubles, we will reign with Him as the bride because we have overcome as He overcame. We will sit with His Father on His throne. We need to overcome. It is the age of repentance and overcoming, the age of walking from mortality to immortality, corruptibility to incorruptibility.
This is not a future promise but it is the promise of this seventh age when we cease from our own strivings and labor. And rest in the provision of the Lord. We will put on incorruption and immortality and we will not die; death is swallowed up in victory. When we have walked for a time in this truth and commitment, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, in the age of the last trumpet, we who are born in sin and headed for death will be raised up and changed. We will put on incorruption and immortality and like Enoch, we will leave this age by walking into the presence of the Lord. This is not to say that we will not stay here. I do not see any evidence of a rapture, but it does mean that the second coming of Jesus will be here on the earth, walking in His people, seen in their lives.
1 Corinthians 15:52-58 “…in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” (NKJ)
Revelation 3:14-22 "And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, 'These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing'-- and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked-- I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent . Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."' (NKJ)
This is the age of the 7 th trumpet when Christ returns in His people. It is the age when the Lord will deliver us from all evil and we will drive the evil from the earth. Adam and Eve let that evil into the world when they sinned; Jesus gave the keys to victory on the cross – the authority passed to those in whom He is; we must drive the demons from this earth into the pit and reign for 1000 years in the last age; then the demons and all the dead are released so that Jesus (as the commander in chief) along with the angels and all the armies of God will drive the demons and unrepentant fallen mankind into the Lake of Fire along with hell and this heavens; New Jerusalem will come down and a new heaven and earth will be created. It will then be the 8 th and final everlasting age of mankind.
It is the age of the Feast of Tabernacles when God's deliverance and protection reign in His people and usher in the millennial age. It is the age when Jesus finally has a place to rest His head for the body of Christ will be in full unity and agreement with him. It is the age when the Lord and His people say, “Into Your hands I commend my spirit,” not unto death but unto resurrection life.
It is the age of Mary who gives birth to the Son of God, the salvation of mankind. It is the age when the Beast of the earth is revealed, exposed and driven from the land so that we may dwell in peace. It is the age of lightning, hail, earthquakes and judgment upon all the evils that Lucifer has used to influenced us.
It is the age of the drag net when ALL mankind will be taken in by a drag net so large that it pulls all the fish out of the sea, both edible and inedible. The inedible fish, like the tares, will be removed and the edible fish will be saved like the wheat.
This is the age when we will know, without a shadow of a doubt, that Jesus is indeed the true vine. It is the age when we will have an ear and we will hear the word of the Lord, and we shall receive our true inheritance – the Lord God Almighty is our inheritance.
It is the last age of mankind and it is the age when God rests in us and we rest in Him and He will say, “It is very good!” It is the age when Eve, the bride, is prepared and created for Adam, our beloved Jesus. Let us be amongst the 5 wise bridesmaids who have bought enough oil to allow the Lord to work within us preparing us for kingdom living as Esther was prepared for kingdom living in her time.
This is the age of God reigning on the Earth and restoring to mankind our inheritance through miracles, blessings and revival.
Research:
Day 7: 7000 From – the Second coming of Jesus – to – New Jerusalem
7 Days of creation week: God rested
7 Events: Last age
7 Crisis: New Earth
7 Petitions of the Lord's Prayer: Deliver us from evil
7 Feasts: Tabernacles
Meaning: God's deliverance and protection/millennial age
7 Churches: Laodicea (justice for the people)
7 I AMs: I AM the true vine
7 Spirits of God: Fear of the Lord
7 Seals: 7 trumpets
7 Trumpets: Christ returns
7 Bowls: Lightning, hail, earthquakes
7 Personages: Beast out of the earth
7 Last Words of Christ: Into Your hands I commend my spirit
7 Barren Women/Miraculous Births: Mary -“their rebellion” mother of Jesus -“Jehovah is salvation”
7 Parables: The drag net (Matthew 13:47-50)
7 Hearing Instructions: He that hath an ear, let him hear
7 Things God Is To His People: Their inheritance (Numbers 18:20)
Let me finish this study with the revelation that before Aaron and his sons entered their priestly work they were consecrated SEVEN days. (Leviticus 8:31-36) Here is a picture of a life COMPLETELY and WHOLLY consecrated or dedicated to the Lord for service.
And finally, the SEVENTH time Noah's name occurs is where it says, “Noah was a just man, and PERFECT in his generations.” (Genesis 6:9)
I would like to go into greater detail and I will at some point. I feel a book coming on.
God bless you
Jessica
