Has The Door Already Opened to the Next Age?

[jabcat]

This is sent out by Thomas Kissinger.  I believe it goes a ways to answering a question I've had about what does "come out of her my people so you won't partake of her plagues" mean.  Perhaps when God starts moving to knock down mountains and strongholds, man;y of those still wrapped up in mainstream/orthodoxy will be so shocked and chagrined to see the walls of their institutions crumbling down, there will be much sorrow and distress.  While those, who by the grace and mercy of God have been called out into the desert ahead of time, will know it's coming, be filled with the power of the Lord, and move forward with the flow of the river rather than shaken by earthquake.  Be blessed.


Nearly ten years ago, I was at a meeting April 19, 2001, where a prophecy was spoken. I recorded it as much as I was able, and my notes read this way:
"The glory of the Lord shall be revealed in a way man has not seen. It is a new thing. We are to listen and discern what is spirit. It will be revealed in the natural. The glory is like a ball in the distance. It is coming."

The Glory Shakes the Earth
Our conference in San Francisco began with a 9 Richter earthquake in Japan on March 11. We were expecting to see the glory of the Lord in some form, but this was quite unexpected. Even so, Haggai 2 tells us,
5 As for the promise which I made when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear! 6 For thus says the Lord of hosts, "Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. 7 And I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations; and I will fill this house with glory," says the Lord of hosts.

Hebrews 12:26-28 comments on this passage, telling us in verse 27,
27 And this expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
The glory is the coronation of these new apostles who are being sent out with a fresh Word. It is the "word of reconciliation" that the world needs to hear. Paul spoke of it in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20,
18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

The early Church preached this gospel which Paul calls "the word of reconciliation." Certainly, Paul did. To be precise, he preached the word of conciliation. The Greek word is katallaso. It is a military term, where one side declares a unilateral ceasefire and sues for peace, asking the other side to reciprocate so there can be reconciliation.
John the Baptist recognized this when he pointed to Jesus and said in John 1:29, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."

The apostle John recognized this, writing in 1 John 2:2,
2 and He Himself is the propitiation [covering of the mercy seat] for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

Paul's gospel was universal reconciliation, instigated by God, empowered by His Love, overwhelming and utterly unfailing in its power and ability to succeed.
By that gospel, the Roman Empire was overcome. But when the Church ceased to feel the fire of persecution, the leaven in the Pentecostal feast began to grow. Eventually, the pure gospel of the conciliation was replaced by a new gospel, where fear replaced love, and the power of hell was used to coerce men into believing in Jesus.
When the Protestant movement began, a few began to rediscover Universal Reconciliation, but by this time the majority assumed that the doctrine of eternal torment had been the foundation of apostolic teaching from the start.
So the missionary movements of both Catholics and Protestants continued to be based upon the word of eternal torment, rather than the word of conciliation.

Ten years ago we fought a prayer campaign to build effective apostleship. According to the ten-year "Hezekiah Factor," we are just now seeing a clearer picture of what that meant.


Love Wins
On March 15 a new book was released, written by pastor Rob Bell, entitled: Love Wins. It is very well written, asks many very good questions, and presents a simple version of Universal Reconciliation. It is not a theology book, nor even an in-depth Bible study, but I can see that it is a very good starting point for beginners.
His questions create a need for answers—answers that the Church has difficulty answering—about the character of God, the nature of hell, and its aionian duration. This will inevitably create a need for more in-depth answers, and we ought to be ready to answer those questions.

More importantly, though, we must be ready to present to all men the true character and heart of God, so that He is not misrepresented when men look at our lives to see Christ in us.
The fact that Love Wins has been released in March of 2011 tells us that this is a major foundation in the divine plan to build effective apostleship. God is preparing the world to see His glory, to know His heart, to understand His plan for creation, and to hear the word of conciliation.  Love Wins is a book whose publication at this particular time in history makes it a primary answer to prayer from our spiritual battle March 22-24, 2001. It helps define the battle-line issues only dimly understood at the time.

The good news (for us) is that we won that battle ten years ago, and we are just now seeing solid evidence that proves our victory. I believe this book will bring many secret Reconciliationists out into the open. Many will find courage in the face of persecution and loss of positions in their denominations. But it will soon become apparent that the majority of the theologians of most denominations have believed in Universal Reconciliation for a long time but were afraid to admit it.
I recall many years ago hearing of a poll taken among theologians and top leaders of various denominations about their beliefs. Universal Reconciliation was believed by no less than 40% of them and in some denominations it was as high as 70%.
They understood this personally, but were content to allow their parishioners to believe in eternal torment. They did not want to rock the boat.

Christian publishers even were willing to practice some deception by editing the writings to remove all references to their belief in Universal Reconciliation. For example, Andrew Murray, the well beloved author of a century ago, taught Reconciliation, but his writings were edited to hide this fact.
But we have now come to the next phase of the Kingdom of God. Saul has died, and David has come to the throne. It is a new era, and a new world. The Kingdom of God is emerging with greater clarity and power. The Passover Age was empowered by God's presence that came down on Sinai; the Pentecostal Age was empowered by the fire of God in the upper room. We are now at the beginning of the Tabernacles Age, where we will see a third manifestation of power as the fire of God accepts and sanctions the word of conciliation for the age to come.

We are pressing in to this even now. We pray for it. We fight for it in spiritual warfare. We follow the leading of the Spirit as He shows us what to do and where to go in preparing the way for the greater glory that is coming.
I believe that this glory will begin an era of irresistible evangelism. When the glory of God is poured out, no man will be able to resist its power. No power of the flesh will stand in its presence. No king, president, or prime minister will be able to use His glory for personal gain.

It is coming, and no man can stop it. All we can do is to prepare ourselves so that we are not shaken as badly as the rest of the world. There is a great shaking about to take place. The more we prepare our hearts today, the less we will be shaken tomorrow.

I believe that the feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled on a historic level at some point in time. It will be a historic event which, like Pentecost before it, will mark the start of a massive earth change. How much of this will we see ahead of time? I do not know, but I will take all I can get.

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[onlytruth]

As was with Noah,noone listened and scorned him.The rain is coming, what needs to be put together is being put together,in the meantime lets love each other and encourage each other.
blessings :icon_king:

[redhotmagma]

I believe it is.  A few years ago I went to a small group (basically home church) conference at Willow Creek Church (a gigantic church in chicago which spawned the small group movement, and happens to have a large contingent of UR people).  It had to do with Ancient traditions: house ekklesias, contemplative prayer,  (which was taught by Judge Reinhold[beverly hills cop]), community was the big deal.  I felt that this was the direction God was taking His people, back to His original design.  Since then I've been moving toward a home "church".

Then a couple months ago I had my first ever "clear" revelation from God.  The word was eternal, which led me to the beautiful victorious gospel.
The only other time throughout my entire life (christian since 5) that I KNOW God was talking to me was everytime He saved my hide from some ridiculous situations
(I should be dead, in jail, a bum) I would of course be praying like mad or thanking Him after, He would always tell me "I have something for you" for some movement of His for His glory.  I've never been totally on board with the church programs.  I am on board every ounce with HIS movement.  Not that I am anything, but to me it has begun, at least in my life.

We are definitely in labor

[jabcat]

 Amen to both.  :thumbsup:

[micah7:9]

I believe it is.  A few years ago I went to a small group (basically home church) conference at Willow Creek Church (a gigantic church in chicago which spawned the small group movement, and happens to have a large contingent of UR people).  It had to do with Ancient traditions: house ekklesias, contemplative prayer,  (which was taught by Judge Reinhold[beverly hills cop]), community was the big deal.  I felt that this was the direction God was taking His people, back to His original design.  Since then I've been moving toward a home "church".

Then a couple months ago I had my first ever "clear" revelation from God.  The word was eternal, which led me to the beautiful victorious gospel.
The only other time throughout my entire life (christian since 5) that I KNOW God was talking to me was everytime He saved my hide from some ridiculous situations
(I should be dead, in jail, a bum) I would of course be praying like mad or thanking Him after, He would always tell me "I have something for you" for some movement of His for His glory.  I've never been totally on board with the church programs.  I am on board every ounce with HIS movement.  Not that I am anything, but to me it has begun, at least in my life.

We are definitely in labor

I can identify :bigGrin: