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December
6, 2006
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Rick
Joyner: "THE CHURCH IS BEING PREPARED TO RULE WITH HER KING--AND THE WEALTH
OF THE NATIONS WILL BE COMING TO US"
"We are about to witness the
greatest darkness AND the greatest glory at the same time."
Purpose
in Israel's Slavery
Immediately after His victory on
the cross and His resurrection, Jesus had legal authority to cast the devil into
the lake of fire and to establish His Kingdom on the earth. He did not do this
at that time for several reasons, which we will look at briefly. In these
reasons, we can
perceive some of the things that must be completed before the end of this age.
In Genesis 15:13-16, we see three of these reasons in relation to Israel. We
also know from I Corinthians 10:1-11, that this
was a type that would come at
the end of the age. Genesis 15:13-16:
"God said to Abram, 'Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers
in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four
hundred years.
But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve; and afterward they will
come out with many possessions.
And as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a
good old age.
Then in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the
Amorite is not yet complete.'"
Israel would have to experience slavery before they could be used to help set
the world free. This is a basic spiritual principle, which is why it is by the
Lord's stripes we are healed. By being wounded, He received authority for
healing others.
The same is true for us--in the very places where we have been
wounded, mistreated, or abused, we can receive authority for healing others of
these same things. This is because Kingdom authority is founded on compassion,
and someone who has been wounded will have a basis for true compassion for
others suffering the same way.
After their slavery, Israel had compassion for
the oppressed. This is why every bad thing that has happened to us was allowed
to happen--to give us compassion for others who are suffering, so that we can be
used to heal them. This is why when Paul the Apostle had his apostolic authority
challenged, he pointed to his afflictions as the basis of his authority.
Coming Out of Our
Slavery
"The wealth of the nations will
be coming to us."
The Lord then told Abraham that his descendants would come out of their slavery
with "many possessions." They were to go from slavery (the worst poverty there
could be, which is being owned and owning nothing), to having more treasures and
possessions than they could have ever imagined. This is why there has been such
an emphasis on financial issues in the body of Christ.
We, too, are about to
come out of our slavery, and the wealth of the nations will be coming to us.
What are we going to do with it? The Lord is trying to prepare and mature us, so
that it is not frivolously wasted or greedily consumed on ourselves, but is used
for what will be of maximum benefit to us and to all of mankind--to build
Him a dwelling place just as Israel did in the wilderness.
Having the manifest presence of the Lord with us, is far more valuable than
anything else this could be spent on. The Lord Himself is the answer to
every human problem, but He is also more than that--He is the true desire and
satisfaction for every human longing. What we need above all things is for God
Himself to again dwell among us.
The last reason given by the Lord was because "the iniquity of the Amorite is
not yet complete." What Israel did in possessing their Promised Land was a
Biblical model of what Christ is going to do through the Church over all
nations. Like Israel, the Church has been in slavery, is being set free, is
learning how to manage unprecedented wealth and resources, and is being prepared
to rule over the earth with her King as soon as the iniquity of the world is
complete. That is, when sin has come to full maturity so that the earth can no
longer bear it.
The End of the Age is the Harvest
"All that has been sown in man, both
the good and the evil, is about to come to full maturity and be reaped."
As we have discussed a number of times, the Lord Jesus said that the end of the
age is the harvest. In other places, it is also referred to as the great time of
trouble or the great tribulation. The harvest is the time when what has been
sown comes to full maturity and is reaped. All that has been sown in man, both
the good and the evil, is about to come to full maturity and be reaped.
In Isaiah 60, when darkness is covering the earth and deep
darkness is over the peoples, the Lord's glory will rise upon His people. We are about to
witness the greatest darkness AND the greatest glory at the same time. The
troubles and tribulation are the result of human problems growing beyond human
remedy in every way, because we sought to rule over the earth without God. After
this, all of mankind will know forever the results of trying to run our own
lives, and the earth, without our Creator.
The Key to the Kingdom
We are also told in
Hebrews 12, that everything that can be shaken will be
shaken, but we have a Kingdom that cannot be shaken. Those who have not built
their houses on the Rock by hearing and obeying the Lord, will soon be made
manifest. The "key to the Kingdom" is Matthew 6:33-34:
"But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be
added to you.
Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own."
The key to the Kingdom, or the key to building our lives on the Kingdom, is to
make every major decision based first on Kingdom interests rather than personal
interests. To do this is in our best interest, but this is often hard to see
until after the decision. These decisions should include our education,
professions, where we live, what we do with the gifts and resources we have been
trusted with, our local church, everything.
Be
Anxious for Nothing
If we live our lives by this basic
code of the Kingdom, we will not be anxious about the future. If we do not live
our lives by this code of the Kingdom, we will be increasingly and perpetually
anxious because everything we have built our lives on will be increasingly
shaky.
We should note here that the Lord does not say we should not plan for tomorrow,
but to not be anxious for tomorrow or the future. Planning certainly has its
place, but our primary motive in planning anything major, should be to do the
Lord's will and serve the interests of the Kingdom first.
If we have anxiety about the future, it should be a sign to us and a wake-up
call that we have not built everything on the Kingdom. What are we anxious
about? Examine the foundations of it to see if it was built on the Kingdom,
seeking Kingdom interests first, as well as hearing the words of the Lord and
obeying them.
If we are anxious, and we realize that there are things in our lives that were
built on selfish interests more than Kingdom interests, or that we did not hear
or obey the word of the Lord, then it can still be corrected. We must first
repent of our sin.
Resolve to
Repent and Realign
"We can no longer delay
whatever repenting and realigning we need to do."
To paraphrase C.S. Lewis, "In the Lord, the wrong road never
becomes the right road." To get back on the right road, we need to go back to
where we missed the turn, which is called "repentance."
Then we must resolve to no longer make major decisions based on anything but the purposes of the
Kingdom
first and foremost. Next, we must resolve to hear the word of the Lord and obey
it. This is the time to get our lives aligned right with the Lord and His
purposes, so that we will not be shaken along with the rest of the world.
Our goal is to get closer to the Lord, to abide in Him, and to do His will. It
does not take a prophet to see that the whole world is getting shakier by the
day.
We can no longer delay whatever repenting
and realigning we need to do, so that we stand firmly on His Kingdom--as
citizens of that holy nation, preparing the way for the King to come.
Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
www.morningstarministries.org
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December 29-31, 2006
New Year's Conference
MorningStar Fellowship Church--Heritage International Ministries
375 Star Light Dr.; Fort Mill, SC
Contact: 800-542-0278 or click
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January 31-February 3, 2007
Blueprints of Heaven Conference
The Fathers House
202 Sugarhollow Rd; Pigeon Forge, TN
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