(Amos 8:11,12) Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but
of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to
sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to
seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
1.
God’s Word is a covering hedge (Heb: for protection and restraint:
Job 1:10). God’s Word is being exorcised from the world (aion) – John
1:14, and in the place of “peace”
is “chaos.” But fear not dear brothers and sisters, you have
God’s Word – inside you.
2.
(John 1:14) And the Word
was made flesh, and dwelt among [en; “in”] us, (and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
grace and truth.
3.
(Luke 17:20,21) And when
he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he
answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not
with observation [ocular evidence (sight)]: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo
there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is
within you [entos; within (inside)].
4.
(Jer 31:33) But this shall
be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days,
saith the LORD, I will put my law in
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people. [“I will
put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts”
Heb 8:10]
5.
In Luke 17:20,21, Jesus Christ was addressing the Pharisees who were a
type (symbol) of all unbelievers, then and now (we were all unbelievers
at one time). The tabernacle in the wilderness, which is another type of
covering hedge, is a representation of the kingdom of God given for your
protection and restraint – metaphorically, it is the Law. It is the bones of
the Body of Christ. The pattern of the tabernacle (the Law) has indeed been
placed inside all people, but without
the accouterments to the furniture, i.e. without fire on the brasen altar,
without water in the brasen laver, without bread upon the table of shewbread,
without oil in the golden candlestick, without fire in the golden altar, and
without the two tables of testimony (God the Father), the golden pot of manna
(God the Son), and Aaron’s rod the budded (God the Holy Ghost) inside
the ark of the covenant (which ark is a clear type of us). And Chaos,
“the destroyer” (Exo 12:23 & Ezek 28:11-19; Mat 24:15; John 10:10; 2
Cor 4:4) stands in the ark in place of the covering mercy seat. This entire
picture of darkness represents “a
famine in the land… of hearing the words of the LORD.” Please note the
absence of bread (Jesus Christ) and water (the Holy Spirit); a famine unto
“Death, and Hell followed” (Rev 6:8).
6.
The latter description is the tabernacle ascribed to the Pharisees by
Jesus. We note that in the Strong’s Concordance Hebrew definition of
tabernacle, #4908 means “the lair of animals, the grave” (death: for the
unsaved). Whereas, this exact same tabernacle is, in the exact same Hebrew
definition #4908, “a shepherd’s hut, and a residence” (life: for the
saved) - when God smites (lights) the brasen altar of sacrifice in you
(salvation: John 12:24) with fire (the Holy Spirit), and all the accouterments
to the furniture are immediately set in place with the mercy seat - being
occupied by God.
7.
We also may note that the “ark” of the covenant is made of shittim
wood, a type of man, and is covered
inside and outside with gold (Exo
25:10,11), which is a type of the purity of God in the OT, and a type of the
“blood” of Jesus Christ in the NT – it certainly covers and is pure, is
it not? “Ark” has the Hebrew meanings of “chest,” i.e. treasure chest,
and “coffin.” Your ark, your choice.
8.
[THE
OUTSIDE BLESSING] (Mat 5:45) That ye may be the children of your Father which is
in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on [epi;
upon] the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on [epi;
upon] the just [innocent,
holy: righteous] and on the unjust [wicked; heathen: unrighteous].
9.
[THE
INSIDE BLESSING] (Rom 11:29) For the
gifts [charisma; spiritual endowment, miraculous faculty: (free) gifts (1 Cor
12)] and calling [invitation (of
salvation)] of God are without repentance [irrevocable].
[“and whom he called, them he also justified (innocent, holy:
righteous)” Rom 8:30]
WHEN “THE OUTSIDE BLESSING,”
i.e. THE HEDGE OF GOD’S PROTECTIVE AND RESTRAINING WORD, THE COVERING OF
GREAT LIGHT, IS EXORCISED FROM THE LAND, GREAT DARKNESS IS UNCOVERED,
REVEALED, EXPOSED:
THE TWO BEASTS (therion;
dangerous animals: venomous, wild beasts)
(2 Th 2:6-12) And
now ye know what withholdeth [is
restraining] that he might be revealed
[to take off the cover, disclosed cf. Rom 8:18] in his time. For the
mystery of iniquity
[illegality, violation of the law, wickedness] doth already work: only he
who now letteth [restrains] will let [restrain],
until he be taken [to become]
out of the way [from restraining
and hindering - evil]. And then shall that
Wicked [lawless: without law; the
first beast, secular (Rev 13:1)] be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth [“the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” Eph 6:17 & Rev 19:15],
and shall destroy with the brightness
[manifestation, the advent of Christ:
appearing (Gk: epiphaneia; 6x)] of
his coming [in us - the Sixth Seal]:
Even him [the second beast, religious
(Rev 13:11) in alliance with the first beast], whose coming is
after the working of Satan with all
power [miraculous power: miracles, mighty wonderful work] and
signs [miracles] and lying
wonders, And with all deceivableness
[delusion: deceit] of
unrighteousness in them that perish
[are destroyed fully]; because they received
not the love [agape] of the
truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion [a
straying from orthodoxy or piety: deceit, to deceive, delusion, error],
that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned
who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness [(legal)
injustice: iniquity].
1.
(Mat 4:16,17) The people
which sat in darkness saw great
light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light
is sprung up. From that time Jesus
began to preach, and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
2.
(Gal 3:22-24) But the scripture hath
concluded all under sin
[i.e. darkness], that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ [i.e.
the Light] might be given to them that believe.
3.
(John 8:12) Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I
am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.
4.
(John 9:5) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
5.
Some other types of the hedge of God – for your protection and
restraint (Job 1:10): the Garden of Eden, Noah’s ark, the Ten Commandments,
the Tent, the Tabernacle, the ark of the covenant, the Temple, the ship sent
to the other side (Mark 6:45), the Promised Land, the barn (Mat 13:30), the
church, the Body of Christ, the whole armor of God, and the Bible (KJV)
– the whole Bible, e.g. the Old Testament: “And ye shall let
nothing of it remain until the morning (the Lamb of God)” (Exo 12:10); and
the New Testament: “And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to
them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament,
which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Mat 26:27,28). Eat and
drink all of it!
(Rev 13:11-15) And
I beheld another beast [a
dangerous animal: venomous, wild beast (the false prophet – religious
leader)] coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns [king-priest] like [in appearance or
character] a lamb, and he spake
as a dragon [the great dragon, that old serpent, the Devil, Satan: Rev 12:9].
And he exerciseth all the power
[the power of fear] of the first
beast [secular leader: “that
Wicked” 2 Th 2:8; Rev 13:1-10)] before him, and causeth [how?] the earth and them which dwell therein [who are walking by sight] to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed [for they
deem themselves as Gods, deceiving themselves: 1 John 1:8; “strong
delusion” 2 Th 2:11]. And he doeth great
wonders [miracles], so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the
earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth
them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight
of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image [eikon, i-kone':
icon. Dict: a picture, image, or
other representation] to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and
did live [fallen Adam – unsaved man].
And he had power to give life
[i.e. animation – only God has the power to create] unto the
image of the beast, that the image
of the beast should both speak, and
cause [how?] that as many as would not worship the
image of the beast should be killed [Great
Tribulation (tribulation intensified) – the Fifth Seal: Rev 6:9,10;
7:13-17)].
1.
(Luke 4:25) But I tell you
of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the
heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all
the land; [1 Kings 18:38; “and
fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them” Rev 20:9]
Amen