The Lord is heading straight back for Jerusalem, and He is indeed travelling by the speed of light. He is the light of the world- and the speed of light is the speed of the Lord. For the Father said, “Let there be light”, and the power of the Holy Spirit went forth in the speed of the light of the Word of God, who is Jesus, and brought into existence every detail of God’s creative imagination. And the momentum of the Lord’s current movements as He drives hard to reach His goal and as He brings with Him those who are dressed and ready for service, will catch anyone off guard if they are not standing at the door, waiting for His knock and hearing His voice. (Rev 3:19) It will catch them off guard if they have not been listening to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. His return will take by surprise anyone whose hearts are weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close in on them like an unexpected trap. (Lk 21:34) They will not know at what time He will come back to the earth, and they will not recognise the time of His personal visit to them- for He will again come like a thief as He did when He was born into this creation.
Who will be caught in the whirlwind of the force of the Holy Spirit? Who will be prepared for the days of distress? Who will go down to take anything out of the house or go back into the field get his cloak? Did not the Lord instruct us to leave our houses and fields for His sake and the sake of the gospel, so that we may be fit for service in the kingdom of God?
We are in the likeness of the days of Noah. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Noah’s ark was established in the first covenant between Noah and the Father- and the second ark of God was established in the covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the descendants, when the power of the Holy Spirit delivered Israel and carried them on eagles’ wings. The third ark is established in the new covenant of Jesus. It is a covenant of peace because it is not only based on deliverance, but on love and forgiveness. And where there is love and forgiveness, there is peace. Not peace for all mankind- but peace for God.
See: The ark is the covenant- the covenant is the ark. For without a covenant established by God with us, there is no word. And where there is no word- there is no life, no light and no hope of glory. Since the fall of Adam and Eve who were banished from His presence, which is paradise, God gave us His word established in a covenant to bring us back to Him- to bring us close to Him- because God so loved the world He gave His only Son, whose outpouring of Himself sealed the covenant with blood. And in the new covenant, the Father is ushering us back into light of the knowledge of the glory of Himself in the face of Christ, for we have all sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. His covenant, which is His word that stretches across the spectrum of the Alpha and the Omega, fills and closes the gap of the height from which we have fallen. And through our faithful obedience, patient endurance and steadfast loyalty to do what benefits God our Father, it will give rise to a stature that is worthy of His Name and image- worthy of His love and His kingdom- worthy of His Fathership and kingship- worthy of the blood that was shed in so much pain and suffering that people are still offended by its portrayal. And they prefer to gloss over the salvation of Christ and transform it into a wishy-washy act of God that does not take into account the reconciliation of the Son of Man and the Son of God. And as such, they will never grasp the enormity of the resurrection of Christ on the third day, for they never died with Him on the first day. They never developed the faculty to grasp the speed by which the Holy Spirit resurrected Jesus, and they cannot comprehend the speed at which the power of the first resurrection is moving ahead and will pass over them if do not have the sign of the blood of the new covenant on them, but instead have accepted the enslaving mark of beast on their forehead and right hand.
For it is not so much about a sense of haste or delay, for God is never late or early as we understand it- but rather the heartbeat behind each move of God which does reflect the desires of His heart, the urgency of His mood, the warmth of His palm and the delights of His Spirit. The strike of the sword of the Lord fell upon His enemy so fast that the Lord saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. And His sword will again swiftly strike the house of the enemy with the force of justice and righteousness in the mastery of sin- turning the tables on them with their own weapon- that we will see Satan fall like lightning from the earth into the Abyss and into the fiery lake, never having the chance to recover or recoup what He stole from our God.
Justice for Jesus is not that people come to believe Him and repent in His Name and be saved- eventually. That is only correcting an injustice. It is not the grade of justice that is marvellous to God. To even begin to understand justice of Jesus, we have to take into account the speed of which it must be delivered to Him. To have all people believe in the Name of the Lord TODAY - to have all people healed and delivered and cleansed TODAY - to have the stage set in place for the false prophet and the beast TODAY - to be heartened, ready and courageous TODAY to prepare us for days of distress so that we may survive and meet the Lord at the Mount of Olives, even if we are in the same battered condition that the Lord reached Golgotha where He was crucified- it doesn’t matter- at least we made it. To bring to fruition all that is required, so that the word of God may be fulfilled to bring His Son back into TODAY- that is justice for Jesus. To do all that in a lukewarm manner and a lethargic time frame is an insult and an injustice to our God who gave us His salvation in the incredible speed of TODAY- who poured out into all flesh the gift of the Holy Spirit in the fantastic speed of TODAY- and gave us revelations of Himself in His Word all in TODAY.
At what speed was the Father going when He first entered into a covenant with Noah, and when He gave Noah the instructions about the ark? At what speed was the eagle the Holy Spirit flying, swooping down onto the nations which were the enemies of Israel? At what speed did the wall of Jericho fall?
At what speed did Jesus head for the cross as soon as these words came out of His mouth, “The time has come. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near”? (Matt 4:17 and Mk 1:5) At what speed did the Lord say, “Take it; this is my body. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many”? How fast was His heart beating when He said, “I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.” Does the stillness in His voice or the steady gaze in His eyes disguise the eternalness of this truth, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you”?
God’s covenant with Noah was sealed with a rainbow in the sky. The sign of His covenant with Abraham was in the flesh- and the sign of His covenant with Israel was in their observance of the Sabbath. (Ex 31:13) And the Lord is getting more intimate because the new covenant of Jesus is sealed with His blood which we partake in. It is outward like a rainbow when we open our mouths to testify with the Holy Spirit. It is also physical as our observance of His law is not only on the flesh of our forehead and our hands (Ex 13:9), but His law is written in our hearts and in our minds. But the new covenant is the only covenant that allows for oneness and unity- to be one with the Father as Jesus is in Him and we are in Jesus, and to remain in His love. For it is the new covenant which takes us into eternal life, eternal sonship and kingship-as it is sealed not by bull’s blood but by the blood of the Lamb who was slain before the creation of the world- He whose Godly eternalness makes Him the firstborn over all creation. Jesus is the firstborn male who consecrated Himself for the world as the author of salvation, and by His suffering, He brought many sons and daughters to glory so that we too may be truly sanctified. He is the Beginning and the End- He is the Firstborn and the great Amen.
For the Lord is not only taking us into the new covenant, removing the smokescreens which veil the Word by each revelation of the Holy Spirit, so that at last we hear Him clearly and without figures of speech. His word is now clearer than it ever is- like the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring. Are not our hearts burning as He opens the new covenant in the Scripture to us? It burns with the speed by which the Holy Spirit is working to transform us into His likeness with ever increasing glory, before He is taken out of the way. Did not the 11 disciples say to the Lord, “At last you are speaking plainly and not in parables” (John 10:29 NLT), after He had revealed to them the new covenant with its commands and decrees, that are buried in His words like treasures? After that, the Lord prayed to the Father- for His work was done, except for His crucifixion – the final act of the work of salvation for all mankind.
And by the power of the Holy Spirit, we received by revelation from the Lord the commands of kingship in the prophetic words of the apostle John. And because of these surpassingly great revelations we are given, He shows us that first resurrection only encompasses one of the 12 rewards of kingship, and that there is so much more to strive for- because what He is really taking us into is the New Covenant Kingship.
For kingship was one aspect of God’s covenant with Abraham when He said, “I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.” (Ex 17:6) But no king of Israel could obey the commands of the Old Covenant Kingship- except Jesus who through the same covenant, was born into the royal family line of King David. It made him the legal heir to King David’s earthly throne- for the human ancestry of Christ and royal lineage of King David is the Son of God’s lawful access to the kingdom of the world. Jesus alone fulfilled the commands of the Old Covenant Kingship- and we who are in Him and Him in us as we abide in Him and His words abide in us have also fulfilled the Old Covenant Kingship, and now face the commands of the New Covenant Kingship- for the glory of the present covenant is greater than the glory of the former covenant.
10 Commands of Old Covenant King- which Jesus has fulfilled
1. Do not place a foreigner over the people, one who is not a brother Israelite. (Deut 17:15)
2. Do not go back the old way again, and do not make the people return that way. (Deut 17:16)
3. Do not acquire great number of horses. (Deut 17:16)
4. Do not take many wives. (Deut 17:17)
5. Do not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. (Deut 17:17)
6. Do write for yourself a scroll of the copy of the law, taken from the Levite priests. (Deut 17:18)
7. Do let the copy of the law be with you and read it all the days of your life. (Deut 17:19)
8. Do learn to revere the Lord your God, and follow carefully all the words of the law and decrees. (Deut 17:19)
9. Do not consider yourself better than your brothers. (Deut 17:20)
10. Do not turn from the law to the right or to the left.
And does not the Lord bear these 4 hallmarks of an Old Covenant King?
4 Hallmarks of an OT King
1. He is chosen by the Lord and is a brother Israelite.
2. His heart is steadfast and is not led astray by horses, women, silver and gold.
3. He is faithful and close to the copy of the law.
4. He is humble as he does not consider himself better than his brothers.
The Lord has fulfilled all righteousness and the Law and the Prophets. And we who are in Him and believe in Him have done the same things He has, must now move on to fulfil the New Covenant Kingship, which is the greater thing. And these are the commands the Lord gave us in regards to the New Covenant and to Kingship- when combined gives us the 10 commands of the New Covenant Kingship:
10 Commands of the New Covenant Kingship
1. Love one another. As Jesus loved you, so you must love one another- (Jn 13:34) Do not forsake your first love. (Rev 2:4)
2. Trust in God, trust also in Jesus. (Jn 14:1)- Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. (Rev 2:10)
3. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid. (Jn 14:1; Jn 14:27)- Do not renounce your faith in Jesus- remain true to His Name. (Rev 2:13)
4. Testify about Jesus with the Holy Spirit. (Jn 15:26)- Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. (Act 18:9)- Do more now that you did at first. (Rev 2:19)
5. Remain in Jesus (Jn 15:4) and remain in His love (Jn 15:9) - Remain in Him and His words remain in us. (Jn 15:7)- Do not fall asleep. (Rev 3:2) and Do not be lukewarm. (Rev 3:5)
6. Do not go astray. (Jn 16:1)- Do not deny His Name, and keep His word. (Rev 3:8)
7. Listen to the Holy Spirit when He guides you into all truth and tells you what is to come. (Jn 16:12)
8. Stop doubting and believe. (Jn 20:27)
9. Feed His lambs; take care of His sheep; feed His sheep. (Jn 21:15)- Endure patiently (Rev 3:10)- Persevere and endure hardships for His Name and do not grow weary (Rev 2:3)
10. Receive the Holy Spirit. (Jn 20:22)- Do not hold on to the teachings and practices of the Nicolatians. (Rev 2:15 and 2:6)- Do not hold on to the teachings of Balaam. (Rev 2:14)- Do not hold on to the teachings of that woman Jezebel. (Rev 2:20)- Do not learn Satan so-called deep secrets. (Rev 2:24)
The first and greatest commandment of the old covenant is “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments- which Jesus has fulfilled and we have fulfilled them with Him. Now the elect hang on to these first two commands- for the first shall be last and the last shall be first:
1. Love one another. As Jesus loved you, so you must love one another. Do not forsake your first love.
2. Receive the Holy Spirit. (Jn 20:22)- Do not hold on to the teachings and practices of the Nicolatians. (Rev 2:15 and 2:6)- Do not hold on to the teachings of Balaam. (Rev 2:14)- Do not hold on to the teachings of that woman Jezebel. (Rev 2:20)- Do not learn Satan so-called deep secrets. (Rev 2:24)
When we fulfil these two commands, the First and the Last, the fulfilment of the other 8 commands will flow with greater ease because our house will be built on solid rock. We would have dug deep and laid its foundation on the rock, and we would be unshakable because the foundation of the New Covenant is love and forgiveness. God’s love for us and forgiveness towards us is unshakable, because His foundation is built on the Rock, which is His Word. So the flood came, and the solid rock of His covenant with Noah preserved Him, and through His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Israel, it has led us to Him.
That is why we respect the old covenant, we uphold the spirit of justice and we praise the Lord for His love of kindness, justice and righteousness. But we follow the new covenant- even if we feel overwhelmed by the enormity of a revelation whose words had always been right in front of us- even if we feel slightly disoriented and a bit weathered- and even if it may initially seem unnatural that our first love should be each other. But that is how the Lord desired it to be- for that is how Jesus wants to show all men who He is- by the love His disciples has for one another.
For the flood will again come as the Lord has spoken, but it will not be a flood of water that destroys all life- but a flood of fire because the Gardener will pull up the weeds and burn them in the eternal fire prepared for the devil and the sons of the devil. The Lord did come to being fire on earth, the Holy Spirit is here to baptise us with fire from heaven, and the word of God is a fire shut up in our bones- and the speed by which this fire burns through us is to be the pace at which our hearts are beating for the Lord’s every move up to His return. Our hearts should be beating even faster than the rate of revelations He is giving us through the Holy Spirit- because it glorifies and pleases and honours the Lord that we should desire and have in mind the things of God faster than He can give it. Only then will we not be foolish and slow of heart to believe and act on all that the Lord and the Spirit have spoken- because God’s truth and the speed of which He is bringing His Word into fulfilment is seared in our hearts and minds. The heat of the Bright Morning Star is indeed more powerful and more intense than the scorch of the sun on any given day- and we have to be hotter than the sun to be able to receive from the Lord the morning star.
We thank you Father because we are beginning to see clearly at last- and we thank you Holy Spirit for taking us through all the revelations in the past years, taking what belongs to Jesus and making it known to us. We look back on the time with such fondness and adoration of you- every teaching and every lesson learnt, and the love of our God which was cultivated and grown in us because of you.
And now, Holy Spirit, let us understand the speed by which you are working, so that we may work with you, and not against you. Help us understand the urgency and desperation we are feeling, and teach us how to harness it to the best of God’s honour. Teach us, Lord, how to grasp the speed of light which is the speed of the Spirit of the word of God- so that it will not pass us by, but we may take hold of it, and master it according to the Father’s good pleasure. We praise you for all your rebukes, corrections and discipline- we thank you for them for we desire to think and act in the same pace as you. Lord, it is possible for the Father and it is beneficial for the Jesus not to have us left behind while He rides on ahead to His destiny. May our destiny in Christ be as one with His destiny in us- for only then are we true sons and daughters of our Father who is the great and almighty King.
We thank you Holy Spirit for TODAY.
Long lives the KING in ever increasing glory and joy forever!
AMEN HOLY SPIRIT
