All end times is looked at by heaven through the bride/groom prism.
The gathering of the bride.
The ones betrothed to their groom.
The ones with oil.
The ones intimate.
Amazing how half the church casts this down.
They have no interest in the groom.
Their focus is on the coming of the AC and suffering.
Hmmmm..now that is interesting. Because half the church is left behind as the Bible teaches
This is a real good point. No man gets to the Father without going through Jesus.
So how do we get Jesus? int, it's not by a sinners parayer, lol. That's merely a introduction.
We get to Jesus through the work of the Holy Spirit.
How do we get the Holy Spirit? By reading the word of God, the Bible.
Having oil is having the Holy Spirit. Are you on a first name basis with Him? Are you led by the Spirit like is said in scripture? It's a real easy formula on paper. Praying + Reading= Doing what it says to do + being led by the Spirit = Relationship with Him. It's inevitable.
John 14:21-26
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you
all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.../KJV
See, Jesus laid it all out in John 14. If you
do it like Jesus says to do then He will manifest Himself to you, and when He chooses to do that...There is no mistake. I say again, there is No Mistake. Now Jesus has never manifested for me yet so that my eyes could see Him, but He has manifested Himself to me in other ways that are unmastakeable. That one time that He walked into my room and spoke audibly to me, I knew who it was before He even spoke and perhaps even odder than that was when He did speak, I instantly recognized His voice! That was a little spooky to me and I thought, well maybe we knew each other before I was in the womb?! (We got born with Amnesia dangit!)
But the point is, when Jesus walks into the room...nobody dont know who it is! The entire atmosphere of the room changed and filled with power. I could feel it. So I suppose I am on my way to not being one that He will be forced to say, I never knew you, to me. He walked right in on me, He knew who I was, lol! He told me to pray for a certain Brother in Christ to get help he needs help right now....
And...(shaking my head in shame) I messed up. I began questioning the Lord! (Idiot!) I said, why? WHat happened? is He ok?
And the Merciful Lord did not rebuke me directly for that...but He repeated Himself but with that special parental tone of doom that us parents use on our kids when we want to send the nessage, Do it or you in Big Trouble Mister! That tone. It struck terror in me I tell you! He said, he needs help now, pray for him now...(in that tone) and I learned a very valuable lesson at that moment and I said Yes Lord, and immediately went into prayer for the man while Jesus stood there and listened to me and when I said my Amen, the presence of the Lord went away and I was left sitting there all alone wondering what happened to my friend? And I started thinking about how Zachiriah got struck dumb in the temple for talking back. Anytime the Lord would come to you and audibly speak to you, and tell you what to do, the only correct answer is, Yes Lord.
He could have struck me dumb in an instant like He did to Zachariiah. He didnt even need me to be able to help that man! He was extending me a privlege and oppurtunity to particiapte and help! And I almost blew it!
The man did get help I found out later, but that's whollee nother Testimony! A good one too. Yes Lord, that is the answer. Geez if Jesus came to me and asked me to do something audibly, then time was prolly of the essence and ol' Ed wanted to chit chat, Doh! Yes Lord. I think He did that audibly that way because I had not learned to hear His voice yet. So He came closer and spoke louder! Praise the Lord He was so good to me while I was being insolent.
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