I believe, as we awake from our slumber(it is high time).......
Awake O sleeper and arise from the dead and the light of Christ will shine on you
......the prophetic word becomes the Day of God(today if you hear my voice)....
Therefore we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as a Lamp shining in a dark place until the Day Dawns and the Daystar rises in your heart.
..... as we awaken in this growing Day I believe the images in the revelation Jesus gave to John represent, more and more, spiritual realities that are ALWAYS LIVING AND ACTIVE IN THE NOW
I believe for instance that the strong messenger of Revelations chapter 10.....
I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven(His will being revealed on earth as it is in heaven...proving what is the good, perfect and acceptable will of God), clothed with a cloud(Heb 12 surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses); and the rainbow was upon his head(the Head is in heaven, a rainbow[hope for all] surrounds the throne), and his face was like the sun(His face brings the DAY, the light of the gospel of the glory of God in the face of Christ), and his feet like pillars of fire(as burnished bronze, the suffering evangel of good news); and he had in his hand a little book which was open(the sealed book is open, the seals are broken, the mature man receives the whole counsel of God). He placed his right foot on the sea(the nations) and his left on the land(the churches); and he cried out with a loud voice, as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the seven peals of thunder uttered their voices. When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them."
..... is the fulfillment of the prophecy in Eph 4
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
(Eph 4:11-16)
I believe the strong messenger "coming down out of heaven" is the "mature man" in the "unity of faith" brought to "the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ". FULLY BUILT! BUILT as we call it when we see a man who is exercised fully to the "masteries"(olympic sports).
"Coming down out of heaven" means an open revelation to the world...an unveiling...a manifestation, even as the Bride manifested in Jerusalem at Pentecost 2000 years ago.
All true revival is a "coming down out of heaven" of the Bride, the city of God.
If the revival lasts long enough, "the woman clothed with the sun(filled with the manifest presence/glory/Spirit of Christ) will gestate a manchild, caught up to the throne(seated with Christ in the heavenly realms), prepared for war against the dragon."
Seated means "caught up" experientially manifesting sonship.
As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
(Eph 4:14)>>>the DRAGON sends the flood, to prevent the "coming down out of heaven" of the "mature man".... the warriors who conquer by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of their testimony and who love not their lives unto death.
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT, that there will be delay no longer, but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets.
When the mature man is revealed he roars like a lion in the boldness of his heritage, as a son of God.
This corporate man is ALIVE NOW IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS IN CHRIST JESUS. He will "come down out of heaven" when we are filled with the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, for all those who are led by the Spirit, even they are the sons of God....
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
(Eph 3:14-21)
Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land." So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he *said to me, "Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey." I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. And they *said to me, "You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings."
(Rev 10:1-11)
To the church at Ephesus, to the church at Sardis, to the church at laodicea..... A letter is being written to the church wherever we are whenever we are.... TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE
The testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Prophecy The Spirit and the Bride say COME and the one who testifies to these things says YES, I AM COMING QUICKLY. Even so come Lord Jesus.
Although these images are ALWAYS LIVING AND ACTIVE IN THE NOW, THE DAY, BEYOND THE VEIL...... I believe many if not all of them have a pen ultimate fulfillment in time/history- some past, some yet to come....BUT ALL ALWAYS PRESENT IN THE I AM- ALREADY BEGUN, and indeed, fulfilled in Christ in eternity. I believe that before the coming of the Lord the "mature man" will "come down form out of the heavens" speaking a "new" (renewed in newness of life) word that is sealed until then. The patient husbandman labors patiently over the fields, awaiting the early and the latter rains, watching over seed, shoot, stalk, and full grain to harvest.
Others have labored, we have entered into their labors. I would like to hear some other prophetic unveilings that are appearing to some others out of this book of completions.
:cloud9: Amen.......good post. :thumbsup: Blessings....
:bigGrin:Amen I like that.
Continue on with the fresh breeze, please. :goodpost: :egyptdance: :iagree:
This second of two "strong" angels, a spirit quickening to life according to the message he bears, in standing with his feet on the earth and the sea raises up the two witnesses, God's servants as flames of fire. These correspond to the angel's two feet as pillars of fire. These pillars are mature members that raise and support the sheltering of the temple, making and maintaining space or liberty, a house where many can fellowship. As this mighty angel lays claim to the earth, so John measures the possession and the witnesses by their word enforce lawful possession.
Amen!
Rev 3:12 'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.
Glory!