CHAPTER 10, SUMMARY

CHAPTER TEN 

IN SUMMARY 

The people of God whether Jew or gentile that have been incorporated into one body by virtue of the shed blood of the Messiah are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Yeshua being the chief cornerstone. Things prophetic are for a prophetic people and we are all called to that same spirit. True, not all are called to be prophets but we all share the same prophetic Spirit of Yeshua. If we are not an apostolic and prophetic people then we are not the true people of God at all. Our foundations need to be fundamental and birthed by the Spirit of the Living God else we are deceived. If our foundations are of an apostolic and prophetic nature then the rest of the building will be so and to be so is to be a people prepared and ready.

The picture presented here is by no means pleasant, on the other hand nor is it all doom and gloom either. As God’s people we must expect that the world will hate us more so at the end of this age, because the spirit of darkness is in direct opposition to the Spirit of Light and visa versa. The mark of the beast as we all know it to be will soon be instituted either by consent or by force. We need to awaken out of our sleep for the day is very near. Without the mark or the name or the number of the beast, no one will be able to buy or sell. This means all trading will cease unless one is authorised to, by submitting to the system that governs the day. You will not be allowed to buy or sell anything or continue your life style as normal when this system comes into effect. Do not think that you can receive the mark of the beast and continue to serve God because whoever does will drink of the wine of God’s wrath in the lake of fire and brimstone that burns forever and ever.

It is true we are not appointed for God’s wrath, but the time of great tribulation is the time of the devils wrath and he will seek to annihilate all those who belong to God. It is also the time when God pours out His judgements on the unrighteousness and rebellion of men. His judgements do not come upon the righteous as they are sealed from that. Many believers will however, lay down their lives for the sake of the Messiah, not holding onto their lives even in the face of death, others will remain alive until the Lord returns and so shall we ever be with the Lord for all eternity. 

We are living at end of this age .God has given us the scriptures and His Spirit to interpret them according to the pattern He has set forth. In them, we have God’s instruction as to what we can expect in these last days, so that we are altogether without excuse. There are places of refuge and provision where many will be sustained and kept. God is our hope and a very present help in trouble; He is there and will see us through to the end if we will but hold fast our faith firm to the end. This time is a call for the faith and patience of the saints. When the Messiah returns at the end of great tribulation, such as never was nor ever will be again, the devil will be bound for a thousand years and He shall reign for a thousand years on the earth after which a new heaven and earth will be established wherein dwells righteousness.

The last days will be marked by unprecedented deception. If we are not awake and watching we will be caught off guard and be taken up in deception. Because of multiplied lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold. There will come a great falling away from the faith. The absolute need for believers to draw near to the Lord in intimate fellowship with Him and out of that relationship develop intimate relationships with each other. We need to go beyond the superficial, casual kind of thing we have been so accustomed to and obey the call of deep unto deep. The body of Messiah in all its diverse aspects needs to function in the depth of fellowship that the human body represents; and our fellowship is going to need to be on a more frequent scale than a Sunday service with a midweek study or prayer meeting. Can your picture the human body functioning for only two or three days a week. What a catastrophe that would be, yet that is how we function in the church, we need to come to daily fellowship.

The relationship amongst believing Jew and believing gentile must come as a revelation to us, so that we can walk in the reality of that relationship as witness and testimony to principalities and powers. God has not finished with the Jew, and His purposes for Israel will go according to His plans. Believing gentiles are made partakers of the household of Israel, they are engrafted in as a wild olive tree to the natural olive tree. Out of the two, He has made one, who will glorify Him in a priestly role to all the nations of the earth.

The unity of the Spirit is already given, we don’t strive to attain it, we do however endeavour to maintain and keep it. We are in dire need of the revelation of this unity in order for the body of Messiah universal to function in the depth of it that we are called to. We are comprised of many members or parts, yet we are one. The unity to which we are called is none other than the very same unity that is shared in the Godhead, between Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Can you imagine for one brief moment, that dissension of any kind or any depth whatsoever exists amongst the Godhead? Nay, this can never be so, never, never, no never ever; but because we have been lied to and deceived by our arch enemy, the devil, we have settled for something so inferior, something so contrary to the revealed will of God. Our divisions within the one true body of Messiah are a shame and disgrace to our God and we all need to repent of that sin. Know this that there will not be so many leaders in this one body, many who are apparent leaders now, will be moved out of their place and those whom God has genuinely appointed will take their own place.

The unity of the faith is the sum total of what we believe and we shall all come to that maturity where we all believe the same thing. Then we will no longer be children tossed to and fro by every teaching with the intent to deceive. God has already given the injunction that His house should be built and not our little insignificant denominations, those who have ears to hear, then hear and take heed. His house shall be built according to His own pattern. Even as Moses was given the pattern of the tabernacle on Mt. Sinai and was told to build it exactly as was shown him by God, even so, the Messiah of God has been given the pattern of the house His Father wants Him to build, so that we may be built into the dwelling and habitation of God in His fullness. What a glorious reality this is, and so shall the glory of the latter house be greater than the glory of the former house. Until the fullness of the kingdom of God comes saints, let us draw near to Him in faith and strengthen each other in Him being in close fellowship with each other all the more, for the days are evil. To Him is the glory, both now and evermore. Amen!