His Appearing

By Mary Ellen Gilliland

Complete version, with scripture and prophecy.

God will soon release His glory upon the earth. Many sense that the time for this much-prophesied radiance, splendor, joy, strength and power is imminent.

But questions arise. What will this glory look like? How will the King of Glory appear? Who among us will see, witness and experience this glory?

The answer lies in a little-known event, which the Bible calls “His Appearing.” This unprecedented God-happening has heaven astir with joyous expectancy. God will inhabit His people as I AM, expressing His glory in and through them. Christ’s Appearing marks the first phase of a progressive return of the Lord Jesus, a series of happenings highlighted by His Appearing, the Rapture and the glorious Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Each of these events of His Coming, though vitally connected, stands as separate and distinct from one another.

Those consecrated to Him, specifically those who have shared deeply in His sufferings, have built a deposit of glory, according to 2 Corinthians 4:17. His consecrated people will shine forth their now-hidden glory at His Appearing. Those who have beheld His face in worship will display the radiance of His countenance on their own faces, just as Moses did upon his descent from Mt. Sinai. Each of these “sons of God, identified in Romans 8 as those “led by the Spirit,” will shine with the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. They will experience His saturated presence in a way so here-and-now real that the joy of their God-presence will create a heaven on earth while they remain here in the everyday world.

The glory-presence of the Lord upon His people will give the world a first-hand opportunity to see God as He really is, and to come to Him.

A solid weight of scripture describes in detail His Appearing, enough that those seeking to study Christ’s coming revelation in His people will see it in its full-color splendor. The key is to search scripture for Christ’s “appearing,” a word translated from its original Greek, parousia.

The Greek word parousia, or “appearing,” literally means “presence.” In the ancient world, parousia referred to the official arrival of a king in a city or region to establish his reign. Christians adopted the term parousia to describe the glorious coming of Christ. This arrival marked the beginning of a permanent presence from that Appearing onward. The glorified Messiah’s arrival will be followed by a permanent residence with His glorified people.

Sometimes the expression used is Christ’s “revelation” in His people, translated from the Greek word apocalypsis. The Greek word used for the “revelation” of Christ’s glorious presence in His people, apocalypsis, literally means “unveiling.” This word, rendered “apocalypse” in English, appears in the title of the Bible’s Book of the Revelation (Apocalypsis) of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Occasionally, the word translated “appearing” is phaneroo, which means to lay bare, reveal, make visible what has been hidden or unknown. In any case, the words link the idea of the manifest presence of the risen Lord Jesus Christ with its revelation in His people.

 Scriptures:

 Seven key scriptures, shown below, stand among a weight of Biblical references which describe the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

 2 Colossians 3:3-4  For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you will also appear with Him in [the splendor of] His glory.

1 Peter 1: 5 and 13 (You) who are being guarded (garrisoned) by God’s power through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final salvation that is ready to be revealed] (for you) in the last time. So that the genuineness of your faith may be tested [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire [this proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah), the Anointed One) is revealed.
V 13 . . . set your hope wholly and unchangeably on the grace (divine favor) that is coming to you when Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is revealed.

1 Thessalonians 1:10 and 12  When He comes to be glorified in His saints [on that day He will be made more glorious in His consecrated people] and [He will] be marveled at and admired [in His glory reflected] in all who have believed [who have adhered to, trusted in and relied on Him] . . .
12 Thus may the name of our Lord Jesus Christ be glorified and become more glorious through and in you, and may you also be glorified in Him according to the grace (favor and blessing) of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ the Messiah, the Anointed One).  

Hebrews 9:28  Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are eagerly, constantly and patiently waiting for and expecting Him. 

Titus 2:13 . . . awaiting and looking for the realization of our blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus. 

Colossians 1:27   . . . Christ in you, your hope of glory. 

1 John 3:2  When He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God’s children] resemble and be like Him for we shall see Him just as He [really] is.  

Prophecy: 

Along with pointing out these Scriptures and others, the Holy Spirit has spoken to me dozens of prophetic words which highlight and elaborate on the soon Appearing of Our Lord Jesus Christ. What follows are some of these prophetic words. Some of these will also appear with related Scriptures. They focus on five vital matters concerning His Appearing:  

Glory
Transformation
The Day of the Lord
“Suddenly”
Prayer

Glory

 All Creation Awaits His Glory Now
Now go forward knowing that truly the time of trial is over, that truly the time of blessing has begun, that truly a new phase is initiated by the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, and the Lord of Hosts. All across the universe His creation responds to this change. All creation is charged with expectancy, for God will inhabit His people as I AM. Christ the Lord will come in power and majesty to dwell in and express Himself through His people. 
    It will be a time like one never before seen, never recorded in the history of man, unbelievable to some, unprecedented to all. The angels watch with awe.  For "eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to imagine what God has prepared for those who love Him." 

 Psalm 102:16  When the Lord builds up Zion, He will appear in His glory.

God’s Glory Revealed
Praise be to God! Blessing and honor belong to Him. All praise and glory are due His name. For He is everlasting, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. His splendor will be seen in the end much greater even than in the beginning. For then He created the worlds by the word of His command and fashioned them in beauty with great glory. But now, as the end approaches, will His splendor be seen in a way so much greater, so magnified, that even those who know Him in His glory will be stunned. The angels will fall down and worship in awe and wonder. All heaven will rejoice, for His goodness, His glory, will be supremely manifest.

God’s Glory Revealed in Us
Behold My glory, the glory of the Father resting on Me. So shall be your glory, the glory of the Son resting on you. I will be with you all days, with ever-increasing glory and power. No one shall say that My people failed in the day of My power. No, indeed they shall shine like the Son, and in beholding one another, you will behold My glory.
    Why do I withhold now? I do not withhold but you cannot see the glory and power building in you. I do not withhold but I have not yet released and made apparent the glory deposited in you, the vessels of My glory. However, the moment comes on the Day of the Lord for the release of this glory. It is My Appearing. 
    So wait, wait. Believe. Hang on in faith to what, in the natural, is preposterous. "My people shall be willing in the day of My power." (Psalm 110:3) Relax, rest and wait. Wait in faith, fully believing and expecting, for I AM coming, says your Lord.

Matthew 13.43  Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

Behold My Glory
Behold My glory. See Me now as Who I Am. I AM. I AM WHO AM, the One Who was, Who IS, and Who is to come. Behold Me as the resurrected Jesus, fully God and fully man, fulfilling what God dreamed for man to be, a vessel of His glory. Now My people who have consecrated their lives to Me, those who have become like Me, both priest and sacrifice, will carry My glory. They will be seen as shining ones, radiant ones, holy ones. Like Moses, they will have fire on their faces. 
    I am awaiting this prophesied moment with great joy, for it is the fulfillment of all that I have wanted for My creation, the height of My creation, which is man. Not every man, certainly, will carry this glory. But those who don't have it will watch, fixated, those who do. They will observe and learn what is valuable in this world.
     So I say, prepare your hearts! Sanctify yourselves, for on this Third Day I will appear in you as I appeared on Sinai in the time of Moses and Exodus. My glory and power will be demonstrated.

The Glory Inside You Will Shine
Behold My glory! The glory of the Father bestowed on the Son. I shine for you, My beloved. My glory is for you, My people whom I love. I went to the Cross for you, took on suffering and death for you, to acquire a greater glory that I could share and bestow on you.
    Now is the time for the complete transference and gradual revelation of that glory inside of you. You will begin to see it, the shine. You will begin to experience it, the light. You will know it beyond the process of your mind, that is, you will know it in the Spirit.
    I gained this greater glory though obedient suffering. You have gained this glory in the same way, through obedient suffering. So buck up! Don't look at the disintegrating world around you. Look at Me, your salvation—salvation in the fullest sense of that word:  blessing, prosperity, abundance, deliverance and joy. 
    Therefore I ask you now to "put on a happy face." Rejoice. This is what I want and need to see now, your rejoicing. Yank your mind off the negative, the mundane, the miserable facts of existence and fix your mind on the wonders of the truth of My kingdom. It's all yours. Enter in fully and rejoice. 
    Furthermore, My word promises a day of vengeance and a year of favor from our God. My word promises to My people a time of recompense. This is just what you will see, My land-of-Goshen people. Your light will shine while the world suffers darkness. You were not, no not, created for wrath, My people, but for days of heaven on earth. This will satisfy My heart.

1 Thessalonians 5:9  For God has not appointed us to [incur] His wrath but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

I Am Pouring Out a River of Life
Believe Me, I AM. More life than you can dream of or imagine. More alive than you can conceive. Author of life, I AM. Bursting with life, I AM. I AM Life.
    What does this mean for you? More life. I am about to give it. Jesus came that you might have life, even life in abundance. Therefore receive. I am pouring out life. It comes as a river out of the temple of our God, out of the right side of Jesus pierced by a sword on the cross. 
    This water of life rises like the incoming tide. Your feet, ankles, knees and thighs are covered. Then the river becomes deep enough that you must let go and swim. Float, frolic in it, letting it take you where it will go. This kind of life is coming, is coming. 
    Oh, rejoice with Me as I make you fully alive and cause you to come, drink and be submerged in My river of Life.

Ezekiel 47: 1  Then he [my guide] brought me again to the door of the house [of the Lord, the temple] and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple was toward the east; and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the temple, on the south side of the altar.

John 19: 34  But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

God's Splendor Will Show Forth
Praise be to God! Blessing and honor belong to Him. All praise and glory are due His name. For He is everlasting, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. His splendor will be seen in the end much greater even than in the beginning. For then He created the worlds by the word of His command and fashioned them in beauty with great glory. But now, as the end approaches, will His splendor be seen in a way so much greater, so magnified, that even those who know Him in His glory will be stunned. The angels will fall down and worship in awe and wonder. All heaven will rejoice, for His goodness, His glory, will be supremely manifest.          

See Your Spirit As I Do
I AM your God. I sustain you and keep you. I watch over you and guard you. I AM for you. I AM your life. Now realize this, how much I AM in you and therefore who you are, that is, not your own but Mine. Dedicate, oh, consecrate your life to Me that I may use it to the glory that I intend. Oh, believe that all things pertaining to life and godliness have been deposited inside you. Oh, see your spirit man as I see your spirit: full of life and godliness and glory. Live out of that spirit person, not out of the flesh, the old man. Change your perspective to change your way of living.

Transfiguration

The glory of Jesus, unveiled in His Transfiguration, sets the pattern for our transformation, for we follow Him. Just as the presence and glory of the Father was revealed in Jesus, so the presence and glory of Jesus will be revealed in us. The next few Scriptures detail the mystery of this transfiguration:

Scriptures:

Philippians 3:20-21  But we are citizens of the state which is in heaven, and from it also we earnestly and patiently await {the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Savior  Who will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty . .

 Another version, The Jerusalem Bible, phrases the same verse this way:

Philippians 3:20-21 For us, our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes the saviour we are waiting for, the Lord Jesus Christ, and he will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his glorious body. He will do that by the same power with which he can subdue the whole universe.

 2 Corinthians 3:18 And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continue to behold [in the word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [who is the Spirit].

 2 Corinthians 4:6  For God who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is} manifest in the Person and is revealed in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

Philippians 3:10-11  [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him. . . and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit, into His likeness even] to His death [in the hope]
That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee.  

Prophecy: 

Steps to Transfiguration
I believe! Believe with Me. Share and mingle your faith with Mine as we proceed toward the transformation to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ and finally the revelation of that inward reality. Believe with Me that you will be transfigured, showing forth the glory of the risen Christ, your God. Now go on as if you believe that and truly nothing else matters. Everything pales in the face of this glorious event, ongoing even now, in its final stages even now. Rejoice!

Day of the Lord

Scriptures:

Four phases of the Day of the Lord emerge from Scripture prophecy. The Old Testament prophets introduced the concept of the Day of the Lord when they referred to the invasion of Israel by foreign powers. But their prophetic messages spanned the annals of time to prophesy also about the culmination of all things with prophetic fulfillment in the end times. The first coming of Christ launched another aspect of the Day of the Lord with the church operating in His power to overcome the enemy and bring forth blessing. The second coming of Christ will inaugurate another dimension of the Day of the Lord when both blessing and vengeance will prevail. Finally, the millennium with is universal rule of righteousness in Christ the King will witness the restoration of God’s order to the earth.

Favor, recompense and relief for God’s own people will materialize at His Appearing on the Day of the Lord, that is the Day of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Scriptures make this clear:

1 Thessalonians 5:9  For God has not appointed us to {incur His] wrath {he did not select us to condemn us] but {that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

Deuteronomy 11 18a and 21b  Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart . . . that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, . . . as the days of heaven upon the earth.

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Isaiah 61:2 Jesus was “anointed to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God.” 

Isaiah 34:8 The Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8  And to [recompense] you who are so distressed and afflicted [by granting you] relief and rest along with us [your fellow sufferers] when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire.
To deal out retribution [chastisement and vengeance] upon those who do not know or perceive or become acquainted with God and [upon those] who ignore and refuse to obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Message Bible adds a note of celebration:  1 Thessalonians 1: 9 But on that very same day when he comes, he will be exalted by his followers and celebrated by all who believe—and all because you believed what we told you. 

2 Peter 3:14 So, beloved, since you are expecting these things, be eager to be found by Him at His coming without spot or blemish and at peace, in serene confidence, free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts.
And consider that the long-suffering of our Lord, His slowness in avenging wrongs and judging the world is salvation that which is conducive to the soul’s safety . . .

1 Thessalonians 1:10  . . . and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-10  And then the lawless one (the antichrist) will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by His appearing at His coming. 

In Luke 17 Jesus Himself discusses Noah’s day and that of Sodom pointing out, in verse 30, “That is the way it will be on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.”

Prophecy:  

The Day of the Lord
Believe on Me, in My person and character, for I am for you. Beyond what you know or imagine, I am for you. What looks like harsh treatment from God is actually mercy and grace, which results in building up a weight of glory which will last for all eternity. It will glorify Me and give you great joy, everlasting joy that will never pass away
    I AM God, revealed in My glory in Christ Jesus. He is God, revealed in His glory in His people, His body, His holy temple, the temple of His presence. He will be revealed in you when the precise moment comes, when the Day of the Lord reaches its full power, its critical mass. Then both vengeance on the wicked and favor from our God will be dispensed.
     Wait, oh wait, upon the Lord. Be expectant. You will witness some of the happenings which precede and mark His coming. Be a player. Don't be asleep. Things are happening even now that you must notice and ponder in order to keep pace with Me. Take time out to reflect and allow My Holy Spirit to instruct you.

Look at the American president, the leader of the world's leading nation.
Look at the economy.
Look at the environment.
Look at the hearts of the people, their apostasy.
Look at the people of God, especially the (on-fire) youth. (Good sign)
Look at the natural disasters.
Look at the world's culture, TV, media, entertainment. (Violence brought Noah’s flood. What brought Sodom’s demise?)
Look at the rise of homosexuality and abortion, two sins God hates.

Isaiah 34:8  For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Who You Are in Christ Today
Born again! Receiver of salvation. Given righteousness in Christ. All these things you are. And more: friend of God, like Moses. Set apart to escape, like Noah. Anointed to worship, like David. Prophet, priest and king (king in the sense of having Christ’s authority) like Samuel. All that is pictured in the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New.
   So go forward knowing that all the threads of this tapestry are being tied up. The back story is being fulfilled and completed in the new, ongoing story. How does the Old Testament end? With prophecy regard the end of New Testament times, right? The events of the Day of the Lord. Well, that Day is nearly come and already is.
   Watch, therefore, and wait, wait upon the Lord with your eyes focused on Him, your gaze locked on Him. For you do not know what time your Lord is coming. Be ready. Heads up! Be ready by My Holy Spirit, says the Lord.

Two Pronged Move of God: Blessing and Judgment
Be apprised and know with no shadow of doubt that I AM God. Nothing stands in My way. Nothing thwarts or frustrates My purposes. Nothing is impossible with God, for My power is complete and perfect. 
    And yet you are unhealed. And yet your nation and your world is in turmoil, the world in effect spinning off its axis. Yet God is in control, even in perfect control. How can this be?
    Despite the circumstances caused by sin—and these go deep—I work My way and My will. Now in this Third Day My will is two-pronged: blessing and judgment, favor and vengeance from our God. You will see both of these with your very own eyes. Both the blessing and the judgment are withheld for a little while longer, until the cup is full, until the times are full. Then I will release both, according to My prophecy, according to My word. So you must wait a little longer. 
    But expect! Expect full healing, immense blessing, radiant glory, a Heaven On Earth, Here and Now experience of the presence of your God.

The Third Day

The next prophetic message introduces the idea of The Third Day. Not every reader will recognize this prophetic reality, so Scripture and a short explanation of The Third Day appear below, before the prophecies continue.

The Old Testament calls it the Day of the Lord. The Holy Spirit has revealed to the prophetic community in the present-day church that this Day is specifically the Day of the Lord Jesus Christ. “Day” in this context signifies a 1,000 year period. We have now entered the Third Day or third 1,000-year period since Christ’s birth, death and resurrection.

Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday . . .

2 Peter 3:8 Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years one day.

John 6:40, 44 and 54 repeats three times saying, "I will raise him up on the last day."

Hosea 6:2  On the third day He will raise us up that we might live before Him. (i.e. live in His presence.)

The phrase “the third day” appears throughout the Bible to foreshadow end time events. God has accomplished great and mighty acts on the "third day." These acts stand as prophetic for what God intends to do now.

o On the third day of His creation, when God called forth the sun, He declared that it is a sign. It is a sign of the Light of the World.

o On the third day, Yahweh manifested His glory on Mount Sinai amidst cloud, thunder and lightning.

o   Israel left Egypt and went into the desert, where water ran out. On the third day, the Lord turned bitter waters at Meribeh into sweet waters. There He also gave the people His name to call upon, Jehovah Ropheka, translated, "I AM the God that heals you."

o On the third day nearly 40 years later, Joshua led a cleansed and prepared people across the Jordan, then at the height of its annual flood stage. Miraculously, the people crossed the river dry shod into the Promised Land.

o On the third day, Queen Esther who had fasted for three days for favor from the king, entered his presence. He extended his scepter, a sign of favor that ultimately saved the Jewish nation.

o  On the third day Jonah who came out of the whale's belly and preached repentance in Ninevah, witnessed an all-city revival.

o  The prophet Hosea foretold that on the third day, God would raise us up. 

o  On the third day there was a wedding at Cana. There Jesus turned water into wine, or turned the ordinary into the extra-ordinary, His disciple John, writing about it in John 2, called it a "sign." At Cana, Jesus celebrated a wedding, a prophetic sign of the Third Day Marriage Supper of the Lamb, foretold in the Book of Revelation.

o On the third day, Jesus, the Messiah, arose from the grave in a mighty blast of resurrection power.

The New Testament reveals that the Old Testament presented "types and shadows" to prefigure God’s actions in the Jesus era. In both the Old and the New Testament (in Psalms and in Peter) the Scripture states that to God "a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day." We have entered the third 1,000 year period, or "day," since the life, death and resurrection of Christ. We have entered the Third Day of Christ, the day of His power and reign.

Prophecy:

Returning now to the prophetic messages on the Day of the Lord, we find a promise of safety from the judgments to come upon the earth:

Rejoice, for the Lord Comes to Reign
Praise be to God! Let there be praise! And let the earth rejoice, for the dispensation of His justice comes and is. Yes, all the people will suffer to some extent but the truly righteous will not see harm. 
    Let the earth rejoice, the islands and coastlands be glad in the Lord their God, for the Lord reigns and His reign will be seen, will be demonstrated, will become a reality for all to see. The fall of the economy, the fall of "stars" from heaven (people in high position in high places) was a warning. Now comes the justice itself. Remember that justice includes reward for the good as well as retribution  and payback to the wicked.
    I AM God and I will stand it no longer. The evil on the earth has reached critical mass, and I will no longer tolerate it. Go forward knowing that you are living in this God-moment of time, when God will be seen for Who He Is—the Day of the Lord.

Psalm 97: 1  The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles and coastlands be glad.

Son of Righteousness, Rise
On this, the dawning of the Third Day of the Messianic Era, Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing and restoration in His rays. His glory will shine for all to see. He will rise in us, His sanctified and prepared people, and we will cross over into a time of fulfillment of all His promises.

Rule and Reign: Our Role Now
Behold My glory! Behold My majesty. See My glory come down and My glory arise from you. Meet Me in the air, so to speak, the place where heaven and earth converge. There I will take up with you the matters of destiny for which I have called you forth. There I will instruct you as I instructed Moses, on how to lead a people in transition from earth to eternity, on how to pray for them, on how to call forth the judgments of God upon the earth and its peoples. 
    You will be above, safe and above these judgments. I have called you to participate with Me in administering the cleansing of the land through righteous judgment. 
    Do not be afraid. This is what I formed you and made you for, to do My holy works and to participate with Me in rule and reign. First, the land must be cleansed and put in order. Part of this is your job, for I have given you, like Adam, dominion in the earth. Use it under My guiding hand, listening to the voice of My Spirit. 
    Soon this word will be enacted. For now, behold! See with the eyes of faith all that has been prophesied in the Scripture happening before your very eyes. Amen.

Judgment
I AM God. The nations have not only forgotten Me; they have advocated against Me. How long will My long-suffering last and My mercy endure? How long must I endure this stink in My nostrils? How long will My might right arm rest? 
    I tell you the day is come, and is, that I arise and show forth My strength before My enemies. I will topple nations and governments. I will bring man's power to naught. I will demonstrate My power for all to see, that men both high and  low will know that I AM God. 
    Therefore, rejoice, daughters of praise, rejoice, Zion of God, over My just judgments which restore righteousness to the earth. Amen.

Psalm 97:8  Zion rejoiced and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced in relief because of your judgments, O Lord.

As In Noah's Day - 1
Believe on Me, that is, WHO I AM, My character and personhood. That will be your salvation in troubled times, even in tribulation times. For these times are coming and are now. The Book of Revelation is beginning to happen now. Moreover, you will see increase of signs of its fulfillment because the cup of men's violence is almost full—just a few more drops. 
    Evil is flourishing upon the earth as in Noah's time. But now I have a people, even a family, like Noah's family, that I will put into the ark of My safety, that I will secure in My Goshen place, that I will hide under the shelter of My wings, and that people I will favor mightily during this coming time. My people will eat while others can only gnash their teeth. My people will greatly rejoice while others taste their tears in bitterness. My people will rejoice in their children, their sons and daughters, while others will lose their children, even their firstborn.
    So relax and enjoy the hiatus. For even as the sickle goes in, the harvest begins to be reaped and you will have much to do with many gifts to help you accomplish your harvest tasks. I will give you assignments and My people will bring in the spiritual harvest, even the full harvest that I have designated.

As In Noah’s Day - 2
Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world. The world is different now than in Noah's time, when judgment came. This is because of My Cross, because I became flesh, because I identified Myself with the earth, because I AM the Son of Man. So judgment and destruction will now be redeeming, even filled with grace and mercy. Many, oh many, many will turn to the Lord in this time.
    My shed blood changes everything. It allows Me to destroy in love, in great compassion and with delicate precision to preserve the good. You don't understand the ramifications of this now but you will. My judgment shall come as in the days of Noah, with a flood, but it will be a flood of mercy, love, help and compassion that will cleanse and change the face of the earth—a holy fire.

Matthew 24: 37  But as the days of Noah were, so also will be coming of the Son of Man be.

Blessing in a Time of Judgment
Please be with Me on what I am doing in the Spirit. Change is afoot. Notice the rash of earthquakes. Be aware of what is going on with Israel. See in the Spirit the arm of God moving.
    "Arise O Lord, show forth your strength and let your enemies be scattered." This is the phrase for the hour. High things will topple and towers come down. Centers of evil will be reduced to rubble. Our God will arise to take up His reign and let the earth be silent in awe of Him as He unmasks His power, held in reserve for such a time as this. Get ready for blessings to flow as judgment falls, for the move of God is two-pronged: blessing and judgment, favor and vengeance from our God.

Isaiah 61: 1a, 2  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me . . . to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,

Shaking
Continents will shift and the inner forces of the earth erupt as I move My hand of power. Everything will be shaken. Do not be dismayed. I will give you insight by My Holy Spirit. Rejoice that you will be able to help others, to comfort them with this insight, a gift from God.
    Now as I prepare to extend My hand of power, know that you were chosen to live upon the earth at this time and to witness these events. All will be well with you, despite the shaking. Your family will grow and prosper. But you will be called upon to prophesy and speak over the earth and its peoples. Amen

God Is Shouting through the Shaking
Now I cry out to you from heaven, O earth, and My cry rings loud throughout the earth. Hear Me. I am shouting through the shaking. My voice thunders in the shaking of the heaven and the earth, and yet you cannot hear. Your ears are deaf. Your eyes are blinded. You cannot hear and thus cannot heed the warning of your God. Repent! is the word I give you. Change from your wicked ways. I am shaking things up to make you look up and see the face of your God. His anger is still mediated by His mercy and compassion. Take hold, while you still may, of His forgiving love.

The Great Tribulation:  The Church's Finest Hour
You will be here on earth during the Tribulation. It will be your finest hour, the church's finest hour. My power and glory will pour out of you like never, ever before. Not like the time of Elijah. Not like the time of Jesus. Unprecedented glory. Power unleashed at a higher level than ever before. Would you miss that for which the Holy Spirit has prepared you? 
    Surely, there will be a catching away of the church but the timing of it is not an escape from the Tribulation. Your escape will be in the Tribulation. Within it, with all its plagues, pestilences, violence and judgments, you will blossom and prosper greatly. The earth shall be yours, dominion yours. And you, My people, will call down the judgments that both punish and cleanse the earth, to prepare for My coming in glory. Amen.
   There will be a new heavens and a new earth and you will be part of that creation. You will speak it into existence by the words of your mouth. This is the kind of dominion, in Christ, under Christ, that I have given you. I take you back to Adam and glorify you with the new-Adam power, authority and dominion of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

Rejoice, for the Lord Comes to Reign
Praise be to God! Let there be praise! And let the earth rejoice, for the dispensation of His justice comes and is. Yes, all the people will suffer to some extent but the truly righteous will not see harm. 
    Let the earth rejoice, the islands and coastlands be glad in the Lord their God, for the Lord reigns and His reign will be seen, will be demonstrated, will become a reality for all to see. The fall of the economy, the fall of "stars" from heaven (people in high position in high places) was a warning. Now comes the justice itself. Remember that justice includes reward for the good as well as retribution  and payback to the wicked.
    I AM God and I will stand it no longer. The evil on the earth has reached critical mass, and I will no longer tolerate it. Go forward knowing that you are living in this God-moment of time, when God will be seen for Who He Is—the Day of the Lord.

Psalm 97: 1  The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles and coastlands be glad!

Suddenly  

Both the Old and the New Testament repeat God’s warning that the Day of the Lord Jesus Christ and all its much-prophesied events will occur suddenly. Jesus Himself stressed again and again both in parable and plain talk that His Appearing at His Coming will take place as unexpectedly as a thief stealing in at night—suddenly.

Scriptures:

1 Thessalonians 5:2, 4 . . .  you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the return of the Lord will come as unexpectedly and suddenly as a thief in the night.
But you are  not given up to the power of darkness, brethren, for that day to overtake you by surprise like a thief.
For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we do not belong either to the night or to darkness.
Accordingly then let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us keep wide awake (alert, watchful cautious and on our guard) and let us be sober (calm collected and circumspect).

 Luke 21: 34-36  But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to the business of this life, and lest that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose
For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth.
Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready] praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all (these things taken together) that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man. 

Revelation 3:11  (to faithful Philadelphia church) Behold I am coming quickly! Hold fast to what you have, that no one might take your crown. 

Matthew 28:33  So also when you see these signs, taken together, coming to pass, you may know of a surety that He is near, even at the very doors. 

Matthew 24:42-44 Watch therefore [give strict attention, be cautious and active] for you do not know I what kind of a day  [whether it is a near or remote one] your Lord is coming  
But understand this: had the householder known in what part of the night, whether in a night or a morning watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be undermined and broken into.
You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him. 

Luke 12:36-38 And be like men who are waiting for their master to return home from the marriage feast, so that when he returns from the wedding  and comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake and alert and watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will gird himself and have them recline at table and will come and serve them!  
If he comes in the second watch (before midnight) or the third watch (after midnight) and finds them so, blessed and to be envied are those servants! 

Malachi 3: 3:1-3 Behold I will send My messenger and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah] whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger or Angel of the covenant who you desire, behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts.
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fuller’s soap.
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.

Luke 17:24  For like the lightning that flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in His [own] day.

Revelation 22:20   He who testifies of these things says, “surely I am coming quickly.”

Other “quickly” references in Revelation:  2:5 / 2:16 / 3:11 / 11:14 / 22:6, 7 / 12:20 / 22:12

While the Scriptures indicate the startling suddenness of His Coming (Appearing, Rapture, Second Coming), the prophetic word shown below implies an intriguing nuance about the distict event of His Appearing: that it will rise as imperceptibly as the tide rises. The meaning of the word “suddenly” is that once the events of His Coming begin, they will happen with surprising speed.

Prophecy:

Note- A characteristic of His Appearing is this: it does not come down from heaven. Instead, it arises from the earth.

Stay Alert to Recognize His Appearing
Now go forward in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, that His coming, in the sense of His Appearing, will be a groundswell. Like the tide rising, it will be imperceptible but also noticeable to the alert, those watching who have studied this “tide” and “know” it. Therefore rejoice because though the Lord will come like a thief, the one who is awake and watching will both hear and see His approach. Put on your high-alert sensors. Get out your “readiness” apparel. Be watching. Be waiting. Be expectant—now. Even now, put yourself on alert for you do not know the hour in which your Lord is coming.

Now I Come
Now I come. Now I come. I come as the tide rises, slowly, without observation, except by those with knowledge of tide science, almost imperceptibly but yet strong, sure and steady in My coming. This is how I will invade My people, those both willing and prepared, purified by My Spirit to receive the indwelling God in anew and glorious way. Behold I come! I want you to see it. Don’t miss it. Be looking.
     When I come, and My coming is full—which will take a while—then events will begin to come together quickly. When the fullness of My Appearing appears, when the work is done and reaches its height, then and only then will the events of My coming accelerate with lightning speed.
     How long will this take? Only My Father knows. It is your job now to be watching and rejoicing.
     Don’t miss one iota of this God-happening. Praise and rejoice that heaven may be encouraged in the case of man whom God Himself has made.

Note: This rising tide, the flood of His presence represents the New Deluge. God set a rainbow in the sky to seal His promise that He would never again destroy the earth by flood. This new flood is not for destruction, but instead for restoration and glory. In Noah’s flood, God repented that He had made man. In this flood, let Him be encouraged and well-satisfied that He made man. For a full report on the new Deluge, go to A Coming Deluge.

When that rising tide of His glory-presence reaches fullness, then His Appearing is revealed. And then, events of His coming gather velocity, coming in stunning swiftness.

God-Events Will Accelerate
Go forward now knowing that I AM God, transcendent over all My creation, even over all. Now know that I am in charge, supremely in charge, and that My plan is coming to fulfillment. Things will speed up now. God-events will accelerate. The work of God in your life will fast-forward. The pace is picking up. 
    The devil's pace will pick up also; his works will increase in intensity of evil. But you are to withstand, to go on in faith, to endure all because you know that your God reigns. All is ok. Everything—despite appearances—is all right. Believe Me.
    I ask you now to step up your faith, to begin rejoicing in the fulfillment. It is done. It is finished. God's work is a complete whole and what's done in heaven can be done just as perfectly on earth with the match point of rejoicing in faith. 
    So let it be. Let Me see more of this rejoicing on your part. Teach this faith-rejoicing to others, anyone you get the chance to talk to, and let Me see real faith on the earth when I return suddenly and quickly. Actually, My return will happen with stunning swiftness. People will react like a deer frozen in the headlights. One minute things will be one way. The next instant, everything is changed, forever. Amen.

Isaiah 35:4 Behold your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God He will come and save you.

The Time to Change Is Now
Believe on Me. Receive from Me. I am your God. Let no man or any created thing, no desire or plan now divert your attention or misalign your focus on Me. NOW is the time. There is no more time. Realize this. Wake up! Live it. Live alert to My coming, live wired into this reality, that I AM coming soon and suddenly. Turn your full attention then to Me and do all of your daily tasks in concert with Me, rejoicing together, taking counsel together, and deepening our relationship for all time.

All I Have Promised Is Coming
Believe! For it is coming, all I have promised you. It is fulfilled already, the instant I spoke it, and must be birthed in faith. Oh, believe!
    More than that, I want you to know that I am ready to act. Events of My plan will come together and happen quickly, suddenly. Do not be shocked! Only trust and believe, for truly I AM your faithful God. I am pledged to protect and bless you and yours. I am utterly loyal, committed and faithful to you.
    Not so the world, which has turned its back on Me. I will soon turn My back on the world and allow its systems to crumble in the shaking I will bring. Hold tight. I will see you through. I will prosper you and bless you. I will keep you.

I Come Like a Thief
Behold! I come quickly. You see that I have said this a number of times and you see also that I come like a thief. Unexpectedly. Quickly. Suddenly. Stealthily. The element of surprise is necessary for Me that the enemy be caught unaware. You can believe that he is watching. How much more should you be watching, without falling asleep, because I AM coming quickly, suddenly, in a surprising way at an unexpected time.
     Then events will take off with frightening speed. It is necessary for Me to act fast to confront the enemy. But My people will be ready to respond with lightning speed, prepared by My Spirit. They will react instinctively, just as the eagle is drawn to the carrion, without analyzing by logic, just “knowing.” So relax, My Spirit has it all under control. Relax in the sense of being at peace. However, you must stay alert in the Spirit. This is crucial. Stay alert and watch in the Spirit.

Prayer

Pray for Fulfillment of These Promises
Believe on Me, Yahweh, your God. Put your whole trust in Me. Lean your whole person on Me Cause Me to be regarded and honored in this. For the Lord of the whole earth says this: When the Son of Man comes, will He find true faith on the earth? Will He find those among you who are putting their whole selves at risk by trusting Him completely, 100%, nothing held back? This is the kind of faith-trust He needs to accomplish the marvels upon the earth that He has promised.
     When Jesus Christ came the first time, He did so because He found faith on the earth in His promise to come as Messiah. The two figureheads of this faith, Anna and Simeon, prayed in the temple daily under the unction of the Holy Spirit, groaning for the release of the Messiah from heaven into the earth, travailing and weeping, believing and rejoicing. So, I ask My people of faith to pray in faith, asking now for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, indeed His coming in glory in His people.
     Ask. Beseech Me. Come before the throne of grace with My promises, asking Me to fulfill them. Show Me your faith and I will show you My miracles, My deliverance, My salvation and My restoration.

Pray with Rejoicing
"Yours is the kingdom." These are David's words, now prayed at the end of the Our Father.    Yes, Mine is the kingdom. You shall see this demonstrated now, soon and quickly, as My kingdom makes its rise. My kingdom is not of this world, as you know, but My kingdom is definitely in the earth, residing in men's hearts.
    We are reaching, and have in some ways reached, critical mass, to where this kingdom shall be revealed in its strength and power, for this kingdom's king is come. Now watch, watch carefully, watch soberly, watch with alertness, every nerve sensitized to signs of His coming. This is a high state of alert, an elevated watchfulness. 
   Open the gates before Him with praise and acclamation. Shout! Dance. Rejoice. Bow before Him and laud Him at His coming. If you believe He is coming, act like it. Let Him see praise and rejoicing, the highest expression of faith on earth at the time of His coming.

1 Chronicles 29:11  Yours, O Lord is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord.

Release Blessing with Thunderous Praise
Glory! and praise to our God. This is the kind of high praise I need—I actually require it—to move ahead in the unprecedented blessing I want to pour out. Notice the pattern in Solomon's day when the temple was completed. The praise, high praise and jubilation and the sacrifices to Me were unprecedented. Then I came down and filled the temple with glory. Then I gave the people the reign of peace and prosperity they enjoyed under Solomon. I gave their nation status and prestige. Wealth flowed into Israel from every corner of their known world.
    I have even better, richer gifts to give today. Eternal gifts. But I need the high praise, the worship, the rejoicing of a throng of true believers to loose it. Pray for believers that they will break forth in a thunderous chorus of praise that will reach the heavens and rock My heavenly throne with its power. 
    I will, I promise, respond.

Let There Be Praise!
Glory and praise to our God for all that He has done! Let praise be released in the earth and let it rise to heaven as a mighty, thunderous chorus, so that the angels stop and listen, so that all heaven goes silent to hear that torrent of praise. For then will God act, then will God release His prophesied power. Then will God fulfill all that is written for the Third Day and the Day of the Lord, Let it be, says the Lord of heaven and earth. Let it be done.

Note:  See the Prophecy Report, A Coming Deluge for more on the torrent of praise. 

Attitude

How must we respond to the outpouring of power, the splendor of glory, the awesome presence of our God? Psalm 24 asks, who shall approach God on His holy hill? It is, the Psalm teaches, the one with clean hands and a pure heart. It is the one who comes in joy, holy reverence, stark humility, profound awe, and fear of the Lord.

Humility and Awe
Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. I AM God and I will demonstrate My overcoming power in My people in an overt way. I can only say now, prepare, My people, to wield this power in utter humility and awe, doing all by, in and through the Spirit of God. Above all, don't let it go to your head and keep yourself from using it for material gain or power. Many will come to you and bow at your feet, but you must stay clean, with clean hands and a pure heart before Me. I adjure you to prepare your heart in little daily ways as opportunity presents itself to deepen your learning of humility and awe before Me. Amen.

Go Out to Meet the Bridegroom
Be aware and be informed that things will change, and have changed. This is My doing. Let it be. Let it happen. Be God's supple, flexible and obedient child, full of trust in your Lord. The sun and the moon will change (stable things that you take for granted as always being there). Your life pattern will change. All this is from Me, to prepare you for what is coming. You must "go out" to meet the bridegroom. Moses had to "turn aside" from his intended goal to see My glory in the burning bush. So change is necessary, even if it is a challenge to you personally. Just go along with it. Don't buck it. Satisfy My heart with your acceptance of My will.

Exodus 3:3  Then Moses said, "I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn."

Matthew 25:1  Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. (Emphasis by author.)

Proceed With Caution
Behold My glory, the glory of the Father bestowed on Me. I AM. See Me in My glory. Go forward knowing that this glory is yours too, to be revealed in you. 
    Knowing that, proceed with caution. I say, proceed with caution. Do everything to preserve and enhance the anointing, like the five wise virgins in My story. Do not trivialize the things of God and do not twist them into human religion
    But hallow the anointing. Don't humanize it, taking the glory for yourself. Stand in awe, even holy fear, of your God and the power of God entrusted to you. This is instruction in wisdom. Heed it. I will pour out My power in My people and they must handle it wisely. I have spoken.

Let Your Earthly Loves Go
Oh, be joyful! Oh, rejoice and be glad. So, show yourself faith-full, for I am coming in glory, bringing My blessing, My recompense with Me. Your life will change! Oh, expect, oh expect, oh delight in, savor, relish and anticipate with gladness My soon coming.
    Now there is more: I am calling you to rise up and meet Me in the air at My appearing. That requires leaving the things of earth behind. Can you do that? Can you disassociate yourself from the things of earth so that the taffy-strands of love of the world don’t hold you back from the call to “arise and shine, for the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee?” Let your earthly loves go! There is something better waiting for you.

How To Act When the Outpouring of Blessing Begins
Believe! I have asked you to believe. Receive! Now I ask you to receive. Open yourself up to receive. Stretch yourself to receive because the receiving itself must be done in extreme faith, radical faith, preposterous, outrageous faith. It's faith like Moses had when Pharaoh finally said yes, and Moses found himself leading the Israelites out into the desert on the way to Canaan, the promised land. Crazy! But it happened. 
    So don't be stunned. I need the proper response. Be awed with holy awe. Be silent in holy awe. Be quiet before Me and watch what I do with a calm and quiet spirit, rejoicing but acting as if you always knew and expected fully that I would do this, even if it happens all at once!
    I want a people so full of faith that they can handle the unexpected outpouring of My blessing in stride. I want a people I can really bless, fully bless, who won't go crazy like the miner who discovers gold and goes off on a wild spree. Honor Me by being steady, quiet and calm when these good things coalesce and come into being, all together and quite suddenly. Amen

Consecrate Your Life, Detail by Detail      
I am your Redeemer, your Messiah, your Eternal and Sovereign Lord. Please acknowledge Me as such. Your life is not your own. Submit everything to Me. Do everything with the motivation of honoring Me. Make your life consecrated to Me, detail by detail, act by act, thought by thought. This can be done. This should be done, to bring heaven (and the ways of heaven) to earth.
    I love you with an everlasting love and I form you with My lovingkindness. You are being shaped whether you know it or not, changed whether you can see it or not, tested and found true whether you feel that you failed or not. So rejoice in faith over what you cannot see, but is nonetheless real and very real.

Marvel As You Witness My Power
Believe! Receive! Let your faith be at its fullest expression now, for God's hand is ready to release all that He has promised. 
    Yes, I said "all." Everything spoken by the prophets through all the ages of time will come to fruition. I will stand by My word to honor it and cause it to be fulfilled. For the honor of My name, I will do this. 
    Be expectant, My people, for you will see changes in your personal lives for good as your enemies fall before you. The power of God is about to be demonstrated and My greatest wish at this time is that My people both watch and see. Be My witnesses, for I have called you forth for this purpose. The Israelites in the desert quickly took for granted and forgot My miracles. They got used to the pillar of fire and paid it little attention. I want you to marvel, to stand in awe, to wonder and approach with deep reverence the things of God that you will see. Cause Me to rejoice over My people once again by the purity and worshipful love of your hearts. Amen. Cause Me to be satisfied and "well-pleased" with My people. Oh, bring joy to the heart of your Father and delight to the face of your Bridegroom. Amen.

Acts 3: 20-21  . . . that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

Now Is the Time

Never A Time Like This
I am your God! You are My people. There has never been a time like this. Though darkness covers the earth and increases, the conditions are right for your Light to come. And He will come in glory, filling His people with light, love and life. Therefore, rejoice, for you will see it in your time.

Now Is the Time
Go believing. God receiving. Go in faith that all God has promised will come to pass. Act on it. Declare it out loud for everyone to hear. Speak it from your heart and let the words go forth to do their work.
    I have it on good authority, My own, from My Father and My Spirit, that My coming is soon and quickly. The world does not know this but the ones who wait for Me, and the watchmen, sense the growing imminence of My coming. This sense increases in magnitude and presses in on them. They "know" just as an eagle "knows" where there is carrion.
    Study to show yourself approved. Watch in the word of God as well as in current events. Watch in the Spirit by praying in the Spirit. Make yourself to be attentive. Do not be distracted by demands of your daily schedule—your busyness—but make it your business to watch for the coming of your Lord.

The God-Moment Is Upon Us
My own ones need to know the exactitude of the times, for the hour is of great import. My reign comes. My appearing appears. The God-moment is upon us. All heaven is rejoicing and expectant. But even heaven doesn't know the full plan of what will happen. The Spirit has revealed that by impression to certain ones, and they will trumpet the news when the time is right.
    Therefore, rejoice that you are living in an hour when the Acts of God will be seen by men with their own eyes. They will witness what all the Old  Testament saints hoped for and all the New Testament saints believed for. You are blessed to live in such a time as this.

I Come During the Feast of Tabernacles
Be apprised of one fact: I am coming in My glory to fill My temple as I did in Solomon’s time, during the spiritual celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths, dwelling places). Make this known now, for the time is short. When the ark was put in the Holy Place, then the temple was filled with God’s glory. Note that. The ark was empty, containing only the tablets of the law. A new filling came, that of God’s presence.
   It is good that you study the glory, for you will see and witness for yourself the glory. Prepare to stand and to minister in the glory. Prepare to stand before the noon-bright, full-sun face of God. I have called you to this. Stand.
   Remember, if you can stand in the wind of judgment you will also stand in the wind of glory. Amen.

Note: See Mary Ellen Gilliland’s prophetic book, Heaven On Earth, Here And Now, for a full explanation of the spiritual celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. For information go to Heaven On Earth, the book.htm. Or, To order, click here.

The Revelation of the Sons of God

His Appearing will launch God’s promised restoration of the earth. Romans 8 details it in prophesying The Revelation of the Sons of God.

God establishes through the Apostle Paul in Romans 8 that a resurrection experience will occur at His Appearing. Even while we remain alive and still in our bodies here on earth a physical transformation will bring healing, restoration and the radiance of God’s presence within to outward manifestation. Like a fettered eagle released to fly, like a caged lion released to roam, like an acorn bursting its shell to begin its transformation to an oak tree, we will be freed from the constraint of unredeemed flesh.

Romans 8:14-23 describes this splendid transformation and defines those who will experience it as “the sons of God.” These “sons,” according to Romans 8:14, are those “led by the Spirit.” The passage also establishes the cost of sharing His glory, i.e., sharing His suffering. The verses also hint at the new creation, the new heaven and earth, promised by Peter’s epistle and also by John in The Book of Revelation.

Scriptures:

Romans 8:14  For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

Romans 8:17-23  And if we are [His]  children then we are [His] heirs also; heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.

For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].

For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration) not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it—yet that with the hope
that nature (the creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now.

And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons).

2 Peter 3:13 But we look for a new heavens and a new earth, according to His promise, in which righteousness is to abide.

Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and former earth has passed away and there no long existed any sea.”

Prophecy:  

Revelation of the Sons of God And Glory
I am coming in glory to My people Israel, to My sons and daughters of My love and sacrifice. They are the burnt offering on My altar which I will consume with My glory. That is how My glory will fill the temple of My love; that is how I will inhabit My holy people, My Israel.
    The sons of God will be revealed at that time, instantly and suddenly. Did I not say "in the twinkling of an eye?" So know and go now in the knowledge and understanding of My coming, My appearing, that it will result in glory in the temple of My sacrifice, in you, My people, says the Lord.
    And this is not long and far off, says the Lord. It is near, very near, and coming, coming soon.

The Time Is Now
The revelation of the sons of God is coming. The Holy Spirit has done the work in men's hearts. They are misunderstood now and hated but they, the righteous, will shine like to sun. Like moths, the people will be instinctively drawn to your Light. It is Me, Jesus, the resplendent one, shining out in and through you. so be blessed that this hour and moment, this appointed time, is coming and is. It is begun in God and will be finished, completed and perfected by Him.
    
My Children Revealed
Now I prophesy to you: This is My kingdom where I reign. I AM your Father. Watch now as I unfold to you the riches of My glory in Christ Jesus. This is the beginning of the end. And the end is very good. The revelation of the sons of God is coming--My children revealed for who they are. 
    What a glorious moment that shall be! My heart stirs to it, for the love of a parent for a child is rich. So know that fatherly fondness attends your life and that I go with you in My power and mercy wherever you go. Your seal is upon My heart. 
    (I had the impression, one I've had before, that the Father's love, pride and joy in us will be manifest, just as parents show these feelings especially on the day of the graduation or marriage of a beloved child.)

Rejoice at the Revelation of the Sons of God
I am your God. We are ONE. This will be revealed in fullness, when the sons of God are revealed. This is pinned to the redemption of your body, a process that is going on now.
     Rejoice at the revelation of the sons of God, for it is near. This is a subject close to My heart. Wouldn't you like your son revealed for who he is? So I want and desire and yearn for My sons to be revealed in their purity, worthiness, holiness and glory. Oh, yes!

A Blessing for You and Your Children
I want you to experience My heart, to experience My joy at the revelation of the sons of God. I will cause you to experience the joy of My heart over the devotion and purity of My people. This is about to be revealed in you, My people, and in your children. So rejoice! Watch and see this happen with delight. For I am with you, says the Lord, to favor you with My favor and to bless you with My blessing—just where it touches you the most (that is, in the lives of your children).

An Unborn Child Is "Revealed" at Birth
Go forward. Branch outward. Go and grow, for now is the time for fruitfulness, not only the season of the year in the natural but also in the Spirit. If the revelation of the sons of God is like a birth, then this is the frenzy of activity of the ninth month. Much of the unborn child's growth is taking place in the brain, like the renewing of your mind in Christ Jesus in the spiritual sense. So undergo this transformation as the womb gets tight. Know that change is imminent and your cramped, restricted, going-nowhere circumstances will change rapidly. You will be propelled into a new phase, a new life. You will burst into the light and air. And those around you will recognize you for who you are in Me.

Fulfillment of His Promise to Those Who Love Him
Enrich yourself with this hope, for the time is coming for the revelation of the sons of God upon this earth and the days of heaven on earth come with it. This deeply satisfies the Father's heart and deeply gladdens the already-glad heart of Jesus. Go then with the knowledge that the sons of God are revealed in the Light. They are revealed in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose they are.

1 Corinthians 2:9 Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to imagine what God has prepared for those who love Him.

I Announce the Revelation of the Sons of God
Now the day has come when that (the Scriptural promise of what God has prepared for those who love him) will be made apparent and manifest. I announce the revelation of the sons of God. The glory will be upon you the radiance, like on Moses' face. The light of the risen Christ will go with you, dispelling all darkness before you. The enemy will shrink and fall, simply fall before you, because you walk in God's glory. All who see will respond. Some will be attracted, drawn to the light with joy. Others will be repulsed, as the Pharisees were by Jesus, for they are children of the darkness. Know that the revelation of the sons of God is near (and dear to My heart). I will stand with you in this day and go with you when you go. I AM is with you, says the Lord.

The final prophetic words concerning the Revelation of the Sons of God focus on the glory to be revealed in His chosen. Often the word used is hadar, which means splendor, glory honor, majesty.

As I Am Full of Glory, So You Are Full of Glory
Behold My glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father, with all the Father's glory resting on Me and magnified in Me. Behold Me in My word. Behold Me in My creation. Behold Me in other people. This seeking for, this looking for the glory, will actually prepare you for the day when you see Me face to face. So look for the glory now. You will find it.
    More than that, I am with you and in you as "Christ in you, your hope of glory." The glory that is to be revealed in you is unfathomable to your present mindset and understanding. As I am full of glory, so you are full of glory, though it is now hidden by the flesh. But it will shine, it will shine forth, believe Me, at the revelation of the sons of God, which takes place here on this earth and in vital connection with this earth. The glory of the Son of God within shall be revealed. Amen. I have spoken.

Romans 8: 19 For [even the whole] creation waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God's sons to be made known [awaits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].

Nothing Can Stop My Glory
Nothing lies in the way of the coming of My glory. Every obstacle has been cleared away, every high thing has come down, all pathways leveled and smoothed for the flow of My glory. Nothing can stop it now. See My glory come down. See with the eyes of faith, for it is happening before your very eyes. In a time of darkness, My people have seen a great light: Christ in you, shining out, your hope of glory.

Radiant Faces and Healthy Bodies, Due to His Glory
Blessing shall be yours, even spectacular blessing, manifest blessing, highly-noticeable blessing—all because you are Mine. You will know without a shadow of a doubt now who is Mine; they will be identified both by the radiance on their faces and by the blessing by which I bless them. Hale and hearty and healed they will be, robust and strong in body, mature and full alive in spirit. Watch and see. Oh, watch that you might see. Be alert to this and highly expectant, in faith.
    This is one aspect of My glory. Another is peace, a steadfast spirit, unfettered, undisturbed and in full composure. "My heart is established, trusting in the Lord." Events will be perturbing, even distressing but yet My people will maintain their composure in great, great peace.

Radiance of His Glory on Our Faces
Behold My glory. Behold and see, as the radiance of My glory now begins to shine upon the faces of My people, just as it shone on the face of Moses. Look and see, for by this you will know that the sons of God are revealed. You will "know" them, that is, know that their hearts and their spirits are fully devoted and consecrated to Me. Their hearts are circumcised; the flesh is cut away.
     Now reveal yourselves. Let the light shine. Don't hold it back. Make what is hidden inside you and so carefully guarded as the anointing, the God-presence, to shine for all to see. It is the appointed time. So arise! shine! For the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1)

Faith

Does all this sound preposterous? That’s because it is preposterous! The whole idea of our gaining radiant faces, healed bodies, an almost-resurrected state even while still in the body can only be called radical.

Radical, yes. Contained in Biblical prophecy? Clearly, yes. Since the kingdom of God operates on faith, and since the Scriptures cannot lie, then radical faith is required to see the fulfillment of these outrageous and glorious promises. Jesus challenges us to just such a radical faith when He asks in Luke 18:8:, “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

Scriptures:
 

Luke 18:8  When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?

Habbakuk 2:4  The just shall live by faith. 

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. 

Hebrews 10:23 So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable and faithful to His word. 

1 Peter 1:21 Through Him you believe in (adhere to, rely on) God, Who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him honor and glory, so that your faith and hope are [centered and rest] in God. 

Prophecy:

Faith to Move Mountains
Believe in Me, really believe, for the time for real faith has arrived. All God will do now—and His acts will be mighty—will be done in concert with faith on the earth. This must be mountain-moving faith, unexcelled faith, unparalleled faith. Stretch your faith now. Use your faith in order to build it, as an athlete uses his muscles to strengthen and condition them. Practice your faith. Look for opportunities to practice your faith, even small situations. Make faith declarations of the word of God into situations to cause them to budge; that is moving mountains. I am with you all the way to help you in this, to guide you and to stand with you. Go for it.

The Kingdom Turns On A Pivot: Your Faith
Go believing. Go in faith. For all I will do now in this time period rests on one pivot: your faith. It is the key point, the catalyst, for the kingdom, which is coming. The kingdom operates and is administered by faith. Wait till you see it! It is a glorious kingdom. You will be awed at the way the government of peace works.
    Nevertheless, your part, your role, your job, is faith. Build it like a body builder, with regular exercise of your faith, with mental focus and volitional intent. Get absorbed in this: the development and enhancement of your faith.
    Moreover, I ask you to demonstrate your faith on a new and higher level. Step out in demonstration of your faith. You have spoken and declared your belief. You have rejoiced over your promises. That is good. Now take faith-actions, which I will show you. I will lead you into them. These faith-actions will stretch your faith and demonstrate it, as with Gideon. Walk in My power as Gideon did, and believe, despite doubt—and its cause, fear—and I will demonstrate for you My power. Amen.

Radical Faith in a Radical God 
Believe and receive. I have said it to you many times. The faith I need to see is extreme, outrageous and courageous faith, like that of Joshua. I need to see radical faith to believe in a radical God, preposterous faith to believe for the inconceivable. 
    I mean this. I am intently serious about this. Stretch your faith as you would stretch your body. Ask for outrageous things based on the word of God and believe for them. Ask me for a 100-fold harvest on something you have sown in faith and believe. You will get it. I will prove My Self to you. See if I will not pour out from the windows of heaven a blessing you cannot contain. I will be happy to overwhelm you. 
    Step out now and practice. To run the race with success you must stretch not only your muscles but your faith to push to the next level of physical achievement. The analogy holds. Practice. Stretch. Seek and ye shall find. I'm ready to do the  preposterous and unthinkable—to blow your mind. But I need and rely on you to "meet Me in the air," i.e., to meet Me halfway with your strong, durable and radical faith. Amen.

Psalm 85:11 Truth shall spring up from the earth and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Radical Faith for Unexpected Gifts
Believe! And receive. I have repeated this many times for emphasis and reinforcement, for learning. For I do so want you to learn this. I have much to give but faith is required. I have unusual gifts to bestow—the unexpected—and so I need radical faith which believes the unbelievable. Satisfy My heart with this, so I can shower you with the gifts I have reserved for you for all time for just this moment. Please summon up your faith, practice your faith and give Me what I want—which is to give to you what I want to give you.

Believe for the Dead to Rise
Believe on Me. Believe in Me. Let yourself go, fully abandoned to faith, no matter how radical. Believe for the dead to come to life; believe for miracles., for I will do them among you. Prepare for an unprecedented time in the Spirit, better than the time of Acts, by establishing yourself in faith. Build up your faith and your word with signs following it. Believe on Me.

Faith for Miracles
Let Me introduce an idea to you. I AM God. You know this and are learning it. But more than that, I am Sovereign God, God of power and might, Creator of the universe, a God of such majesty and might that you cannot imagine Me. Expand your mind now to know the God that Job knew, the God that Paul knew, the God that Jesus as the Son of Man knew, the God of power whom you have not experienced. 
    I am preparing to unleash My power—Book of Acts and beyond—and I must acquaint My people with the God of Might. Moses knew Me this way. Jesus, the man, knew Me this way. Mighty miracles are in the offing but I must build faith in the God of miracles in order to accomplish them on the earth. Come along with Me and allow Me to instruct you in faith for miracles. Amen.

Let Faith-Praise Usher in the Blessing
Oh, My people, if you only knew what God has in store for you. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man to imagine what God has prepared for those who love Him. (1 Corinthians 2:9)  Delve into it. Study it, so that you can share with Me the joyous anticipation of it and through your praise, actually usher it in and bring it about. Study the promises of My coming glory in you and believe them, for therein lies the key to all that I am doing in My body, the church. 
    Oh, believe! Cause your faith to align with Mine, that we can see this thing happen. Oh, receive! Receive all that I want to give you in this coming time of an open heaven. You will arise to it. I will descend to meet you in the air, a spiritual level where we will begin to operate as one, to rule and reign upon the earth. It is a spiritual place, not a physical place but just the same, it is very real, even more real than what you see on earth, for that will pass away. My kingdom will not pass away, nor will this place, this plane in the Spirit, where I am calling you to dwell.

Romans 8:19  For the whole creation waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God's sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].

1  Thessalonians 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

I Am Pouring Out the Gift of Faith
Believe Me. Fully believe Me, to the point of preposterous faith. This is the faith Abraham had—a preposterous faith for a man of his times—faith in Me, that is, in My character and nature. This kind of faith, being built and established now, is the faith you will need in these end times, the coming hour, when the events of the Book of Revelation unfold before your eyes. 
    Rise up in this faith. It is the faith of God shared with man, the gift of faith. Use it. Test its power. Exercise it. It is a gift I am pouring out in this Day.
    Moreover, I Am a God of faith Myself. Show Me your faith and I will show you Mine. I will reveal matters that are hidden from you now but that I have created by My word of faith. This is revelation of things to come but it is also revelation about (known) things to come, to infuse your mind with joy and hope. 
    This is the gift of faith, to believe and know what God has planned for those who love Him.

God Says, I Put My Faith On the Line for You
Believe! Receive! I am here to give you what you appropriate by faith, even Heaven On Earth, Here And Now. So stretch your faith. Believe in an all-out radical way and I will come through for you. But I need faith, not self-pity, to actualize My power on your behalf. Go for it and see what happens.
    Now I believe and I set My faith alongside yours to accomplish all these things spoken by the Lord and repeated by you, to sow them into the earth and establish them on the earth. I put My faith on the line for you, that it would operate on your behalf and go forth to accomplish the things spoken. Therefore, expect healing. Expect life. Expect restoration. Amen.

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Faith in God’s Goodness

This crucial moment in the history of God’s work in the earth demands from us not only radical faith but a specific kind of faith: trust in God’s nature as good. Absolute conviction of God’s integrity, faithfulness and goodwill is vital right now. We must meditate on His word, contemplate His goodness in His Cross and get rid of the disappointment that causes suspicion of God’s character as good and poisons our faith. We must do this now. The following prophetic passages call forth that specific kind of faith:

Prophecy:

Focus Your Faith on Me
Believe on Me. Focus your faith on Me. Shift your faith to Me, to My person, character and integrity, as the object of your faith. All else will fail you. Faith in faith will no longer sustain you. Keep your eyes on Me. Let your hope settle on Me, not on outcomes you have designed or imagined. Place your whole faith on Me. Entrust yourself to Me. This is son-training. This is important for you to learn now.
    More than that, I would say to you today, buck up. Look up. Your salvation is nigh. Hold on, though you are weak, for your lifeline is in Me. I will be strong to save and deliver and restore.

Believe That I Am Good
Believe on Me, that is, My character and nature, that I AM good. This is the only thing that will get you through. Believe in My integrity against all evidence to the contrary. "How can a good God do this?" people will ask. 
    It is a legitimate question. 
    I am removing My hand of protection over your nation, America, and allowing  Satan to perpetrate his acts of madness and destruction in an effort of My mercy, which is to wake up the people. There must be repentance. Otherwise judgment comes, even wrath, against this nation and its people, in a way unseen before. 
    These disasters, not caused by Me but now allowed by Me for a merciful purpose, are designed for one reason: to serve as a wake-up call. Let their ears be attuned to hear the call to "Repent." Let their eyes see the extent of their degradation, which the earth around them now painfully reflects, and let them turn from their wicked ways.
    Furthermore, My word promises a day of vengeance and a year of favor from our God. My word promises to My people a time of recompense. This is just what you will see, My land-of-Goshen people. Your light will shine while the world suffers darkness. You were not, no not, created for wrath, My people, but for days of heaven on earth. This will satisfy My heart.

1 Thessalonians 5:9  For God has not appointed us to [incur] His wrath but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

Deuteronomy 11:18a and 21 KJV Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul . . . That your days may be multiplied . . . as the days of heaven upon the earth.

Express Your Faith in Praise and Rejoicing

When someone falls in love, they exude a glow that everyone around recognizes. When we overflow with faith, it spills over into praise and rejoicing. Faith’s highest and best expression is joyous praise.

Rejoicing Ushers in God's Present Work
"Oh, bless the Lord! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits! We bless you, Lord!"
    This is a rejoicing prayer and it is the appropriate prayer of the hour. Rejoicing is key, vital to usher in the work that God is doing right now. You don't have to understand. You just have to joyfully obey in faith. Do it and see the happy results for all eternity. Do it now and reap the rewards forever in ways that you do not understand now but will fully know later.
    Now advance in the kingdom. Keep up the pace of progress. Continually grow in the knowledge and love of God. Feed the fires of your first and highest-priority love, that intimate love of your Lord. Where you stand in this during your time on earth will be your entry point, your beginning position, in heaven. So gain knowledge of God now. Focus on loving Him now. You will never regret this. In fact, you will rejoice forever that you had the wisdom to pursue the knowledge, the intimate relationship-knowledge, of God now.

Harvest

Believe for Your Word-Harvest
I have a word for you: Believe even more. Believe for the harvest of every one of God's words that you have spoken and sown as a seed. Believe, for I will call forth a harvest on these words if you believe. I will rain on them and they will spring up with lusty growth, lush, green and luxuriant. Believe. Only believe.

Expect Your Harvest
Go in peace, My child. I have it all in hand. Go forward. All is ordained. From now on, even from today, walk in assurance. Put your faith only in Him, not your desired outcomes. Praise Him in every situation. Cause Him to rejoice in you as you rejoice in Him. 
    Let all things be done according to His word spoken by you into the earth—because in case you haven't noticed, it's harvest time. Your fruit is coming forth. Strawberries in the spirit. Rhubarb in the flesh. Spring refreshment in the soul. The time of birds singing is upon us and the whole earth is wholesome and green with the springing up of the Word which My people have spoken and sowed into good ground. 
    Expect, expect as a farmer expects to see the result of seed sown and watered by the rain which God sends to fall upon the earth. For I prophesy to you that every seed sown by My people in faith, speaking the Word of God into the earth, will have its harvest. Depending on the faith level, the harvest will be 30-fold, 60-fold or 100-fold. I have spoken it and it will be done, says the Lord.

Invitation to the Feast
Behold! And see. See what is happening in the spiritual realm, the kingdom of God. It is being built. Despite the pagan influences around you and the evil culture, the kingdom of God is flourishing. Do not despair. Open your eyes and see that the gates of Zion are being rebuilt in beauty, strength and splendor. The angels are gathering to celebrate a festival. 
    Many are called and invited to the feast on Zion. It is a reality, a real event in the spirit, and you are invited. Come! Taste the fine delicacies held back for this time and eat to your satisfaction the things God has prepared for those who love Him. The feast is laid and ready. The call goes out. Come!
    How do you come? Accept the invitation as an act of your will. Put on the garment, even the garment of praise and rejoicing in the Lord your God. Turn your face to Jerusalem, to Zion, the mountain of His holiness. Await the moment with anticipation, peace and joy.

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Fire

Fire has long represented the presence of God. When Moses encountered the burning bush, a fire which burned but did not consume the bush, he experienced the presence of Yahweh, I AM WHO AM. A fire of the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ will accompany His Appearing. This fire has also preceded Him as a refiner’s fire, purifying His people so thoroughly that they can stand before Him face to face. The fire has consumed hay, straw and stubble; it has consumed evil but it has not consumed His people, who now stand ready to minister in the midst of His glory. People get drunk on the life in His presence. They fall under the weight of His glory. But this people will stand as minister as priests despite the intoxicating life, the weighty presence.

Jesus has long desired to ignite this fire, a life-giving warmth and power which invigorates those refined by fire to vivifying new life.

The life emanating from His presence at His Appearing will burst forth such life in His chosen ones that they will come alive with the strength and joy Adam and Eve enjoyed at creation’s dawn. They will experience being fully alive. Psalm 16 praises God saying, In Your presence is fullness of joy.”

Now the Lord at His Appearing will say, “I will light you like a torch and send you shining to the nations.” The words of God’s anointed ones will come like liquid fire, liquid love, filled with light.

In the fire of His presence, we will walk so closely to God that we will actually be more at home in the heavenly realm than in the earth.

Scriptures:

Exodus 3:2 The Angel of the Lord (the pre-incarnate Christ) appeared to him (Moses) in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but was not consumed. 

Malachi 3:2-3 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness. 

Psalm 97:3 Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries round about. 

2 Thessalonians 1:7  …when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire. 

Matthew 3:11  He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 

Acts 2:3-4   And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them.  
And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit . . .

 Luke 12:49  I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled.

Prophecy:

I Am Your Reward
Rejoice, for I have made you strong in the refiners fire. No chink in your armor now exists. I have refined you for Myself. Now I give Myself to you as My reward.

Behold My Glory
I will show it to you in ways you have not seen before, everlasting ways, the way heaven sees My glory, ways your soul and spirit will not forget, even life-changing ways. I promise this and I will do it. The time is ready for this manifestation, for the times are full.
     Now relentless as My love is in consuming you with its holy fire, there is a hiatus going on, a rest. There is a pause. The remainder of flesh to be consumed and iniquity to be rendered righteous will be accomplished by love and blessing in the very presence of God. The remainder of fire and fire-cleansing will burn in My presence, and that fire will be warmth, light and energy from God—a good fire, even the best fire.
     It is the fire of Rick Joyner's torch, the fire of the burning bush of Moses, the last-days prophesied fire that will burn up and change the earth. The earth will be destroyed by fire and a new heavens and a new earth created. But it is not the fire of destruction and wrath. It is the holy flame of love and glory that warms, energizes, empowers and purifies. This kind of fire will come, even as God's Holy Spirit came in tongues of changing and empowering fire at Pentecost to "make all things new."
     Behold My glory. Amen.

Note: The Torch and the Sword, a prophetic book  by Rick Joyner (Morningstar Publications, Wilkesboro, N C 2003) offers readers a description of Joyner’s vision of this flame of fire.

Heaven On Earth

We stand on the morning of the Day of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Day of His Appearing, in the brilliant hues of a sunset-sunrise. The close of the epoch behind us dips beyond the horizon while the dawning of a new Day shines brighter and brighter as each minute passes. This is the time of His Appearing. This is the era of Heaven On Earth, Here And Now. This is the Day prophesied in Psalm 110, when “His people shall be willing in the day of His power”. This is the time we return to the glory, life-joy and strength of Adam but far more glorious than Adam could have dreamed.

Just Like Falling in Love    
Be of good cheer! I have overcome the world. No weapon formed against you can prosper. I will make all things new. You will look back and say, this is true! My youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Just hang on, for this day is coming, the day of My power.
    Moreover, and this is crazy to the world's way of thinking, I will so dominate your life with My presence that you will not walk on the earth but float. You will be buoyed up by My presence to such an extent that your feet barely touch the ground. It will be like falling in love, exactly like that, when you're in the world, in your daily life, but "over the moon," off somewhere else while you're still here. Wait for this. It's coming.

Fulfillment

Scriptures:

1 Thessalonians 5:9 KJV For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 11:18a and 21 KJV Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul . . . That your days may be multiplied . . . as the days of heaven upon the earth.

Prophecy:

Love Beyond Your Wildest Imaginings
Believe on Me, for I AM God. Amazing God, yes. Untame-able God, yes. Uncontainable God, yes. But a God who loves you with an everlasting love that fails not, a tender love, a merciful love, a forgiving love and a long-suffering love. Remember this: I love you, and that love is not like any you have experienced on earth. No, the love that awaits you, the love you will fully experience, will transform you beyond your wildest imaginings. Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered the heart of man to imagine, what God has prepared for those who love Him. 
    So rejoice that you are OK, supremely OK, because you are Mine, says the Lord.

This Kingdom's King Is Come
Believe Me. Believe in Me. I am your God. You are My people. I have not been able to say this of My people since David's time. Can you understand what this means to Me? A holy nation! A people I have long desired, one totally devoted and consecrated to Me. 
    They are a sweet fragrance of continual sacrifice before Me, an unending chorus, even a thunder of praise offered to Me. Therefore I will place a king of David's line over this people, even Jesus, whom heaven must hold until the restoration of all things spoken by all the prophets through all the ages of time. (Acts 3:19-21) He will restore as David restored in Israel. He is Messiah, and His restoration is on a spiritual and global level. 
    So set your hearts to rejoicing, for this holy kingdom's King has come and is coming. Amen.

A Crown Awaits You
Psalm 21:3 You send blessing to meet the king. You place a crown of gold upon his head.

There is a crown of gold awaiting you, a crown of victory and a crown of life. These the Father has prepared and readied for your coming into the heavenly kingdom.  There all is joy, and the joy is ever increasing as His holy ones come and receive their crowns at a ceremony of great gladness and joy. No more sorrow, no more tears. Far from it, in fact. Such fullness of joy you cannot yet contemplate. Such contentment and satisfaction you have yet to experience. Such wholeness in knowing God's love fully remains for you to experience. All these things await you as your heavenly reward.
   I will now begin to reveal in fuller context just what is prepared for those who love Me.

1 Peter 5:4  And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

God Prays in His People
April 4, 2010, Resurrection Sunday

Great God among us, arise! Arise in us now. Show forth your mighty power through us, says the Lord, the Lord of Hosts and His Spirit together. Arise in us, your people, and let Our glory be shown in them.    
  Let them be like their Lord even as in His Resurrection, that they rise to new life and power. Let them demonstrate resurrection life to the peoples and the nations. Let them arise and shine for now, even now, says the Lord of Hosts, the glory of the Lord is risen upon them. Let it be now that they who suffered with Him will also share in His resurrection glory. 
    Let all things come together. Let prophecy and promises be fulfilled. Let it happen before their very eyes, says the Lord. Let this word be accomplished in their sight. Amen.