~The New Jerusalem~
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Chapter:# 60
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The 3ddd’s |
A
Prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, YOU have been our dwelling place and our
refuge in all generations [says Moses]. Before the mountains were brought forth
or ever You had formed and given birth to the earth and the world, even from
everlasting to everlasting You are God. You turn man back to dust and
corruption, and say, Return, O sons of the earthborn [to the earth]! For a
thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a
watch in the night. [II Pet. 3:8.] You carry away [these disobedient people,
doomed to die within forty years] as with a flood; they are as a sleep [vague
and forgotten as soon as they are gone]. In the morning they are like grass
which grows up-- In the morning it flourishes and springs up; in the evening it
is mown down and withers. For we [the Israelites in the wilderness] are
consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath are we troubled, overwhelmed, and
frightened away. Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would
so like to conceal even from ourselves], You have set in the [revealing] light
of Your countenance. For all our days [out here in this wilderness, says Moses]
pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told [for we
adults know we are doomed to die soon, without reaching Canaan]. [Num.
14:26-35.] Psalms 90:1-9
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day
that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that
I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my
fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon
the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. From beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine
offering. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein
thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst
of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty
because of my holy mountain. I will also leave in the midst of thee an
afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. The
remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a
deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and
none shall make them afraid. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad
and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The LORD hath taken
away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the
LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. In that day it
shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be
slack. The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will
rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee
with singing. Zephaniah 3:8-17
( 2
Visions )
“I
saw the corporate man child company as ONE MAN bearing a cross moving along at
a great angle under the burden of the weight of the cross. This ONE bearing the
cross would at times run with the cross as if they were an athlete, and at
other times walk or struggle to bear it. All the while though the weight of the
cross was upon this ONE. As the ONE went forward under the cross there was time
and again a falling down, then a getting up, falling down, getting up under the
crossbeam of this instrument of death. Up and down went this ONE who bore the
cross, first upright under it, then flat under it upon the ground.”
(
End Vision )
(
***NOTE*** - Genesis 11:1-9 describes men building the tower of Babel and the
Lord discomfiting their work and confusing their tongues. The following vision
now brings this up to our present day, to this very hour in which we live.
***END NOTE*** )
“I
found myself in a vision beside the Lord moving very fast through the
atmosphere of the earth. I heard the Lord speak the first part of the very same
verse in Genesis 11:7 except that there was a much different tone to His voice
which once was, but now is in the purpose of the Lord for this hour. “Come, let us go down,,,,,”
However,
I did not hear the Lord say that He would confound speech, but rather I watched
and saw that He would bring to an end the ways of the kingdoms of men and of
the confusion in the earth. I beheld then upon the earth that the nations had
built once again that tower to unify their language and to make a name for
themselves. The Lord by the power of His Spirit flattened the tower, but rather
than scattering the nations as He did the first time, the Lord turned them to
look up towards His person and towards His face, that the nations would see Him
and behold Him and know that He is Lord. To them all the Lord poured forth His
Spirit which turned them to purity and to holiness and to call upon the Lord
with one voice and one tongue. The tower was no more, just a rubble of ruin,
but the nations therein were saved and came to worship the Lord in a pure voice
with pure tongues and with one consent. All the while they all beheld the face
of the Lord.”
( End Vision )
At
the very end of all things there will be an element of the Lord’s purpose
revealed which will cause all men to once again become one with the Lord for
the rest of eternity. The Lord is going to gather together every nation, every
tongue, every kindred and tribe before Him in full redemption. This redemption
includes every fallen spirit who at the present time work as minions of hell
under the command of their leader who no longer has any power except it be
given him by the Lord. This commander and all the minions of hell are also part
of this gathering which shall be. All of mankind, no one exempt, will appear in
this gathering before the King of Kings as He sits upon His Throne and as He
removes death off of all that has been created. With one voice in perfect unity
and harmony this mass of creation will lift up their voices in perfect accord
and will worship the Lord in the beauty of His Holiness. There will not be
anything that will restrain them in that day and all that they sing unto the
Lord will be the highest praise possible with the greatest resounding glory and
praise given unto Him. The worship of the Lord in this perfect unity will come
from glorified lips, for each soul of man will be clothed upon with their
glorified body, not just those that overcame, but at that time it will be all
of humanity, no one exempt. This body of glory will have within their skulls
glorified eye sockets containing glorified eyes which will behold the King of
Kings in all His unmeasured glory.
As this crescendo of worship ascends unto
He that sits upon the Throne, His glory will, like a blanket, descend and cover
this mass of mankind and will envelop them fully until not one person shall
ever be seen again. All that will be seen will be the Lord Himself, all of that
which His cloud of glory enveloped will have become one in Him. That is the end
purpose of the Lord. He is going to swallow up all His creation back into
Himself. That which was estranged away from Him is going to return to Him in a
state of absolute perfection, glorified with no death anywhere to be found. And
it is this mass of creation and every creature, which His glory cloud will
consume. No one will be left outside of this glory cloud. Not one man, not one
woman, not one fallen spirit, not one animal or anything that had its origin in
the breath of the creator who breathed upon this world and created it by the
power of His word.
So the Lord Himself is the
final Tabernacle that mankind will be lost in. We are going to be fully
enveloped in His glory and nothing from this time on to the end of time can
stop this from happening. Your future is that you will be in a glorified body.
Your glorified body cannot die and you will with eyes glorified behold the Lord
and will become one with the Lord as His glory descends upon you. That dear
reader, is your precise future.
At that time there will be no
more the mystery of iniquity, for it will have been completed and fulfilled in
each life. No longer will anything of the sorrow of this world and your life in
it be remembered any more. All the tribulations and griefs that were carried
here will not be known in that time of the descent and settling of His glory
upon you. All that you lost in this world will be given again in the next, not
monies and values that man has made, but the wealth of His very person, His
love which is unbounded and which love is the true eternal reward. There will
be nothing of the former world that will be when this comes to all creation. No
one will fall short of entering the glory of the Lord and no one will be
refused to become part of the entire whole, that portion of the Lord which you
personally shall become. A living stone within a living temple of the Glory of
God and of the Lamb. This is your eternal destiny. The sorrows of life you have
now will not be known there, it shall be a thing forgotten in favor of this
light and glory which will now swallow you up.
At the present time however we
are traveling from where we are now, to that point. It is this traveling
through that presents to us our present circumstances and tribulations and
trials to effect in us ONE SINGLE WORK. That work is:
THE SEPARATION OF FLESH FROM SPIRIT,
DEATH FROM LIFE,
THAT WHICH IS OF THE LORD FROM THAT
WHICH IS OF YOUR CARNAL NATURE.
This separation of your flesh
from your spirit is why you have tribulation. It is the occurrence of this
duality you have within you that causes this separation to happen. And it is by
the measure of this tribulation that you are being presently judged of the
Lord. You are under His judgment.
The hand of the Lord gives
something to us which none of us enjoy. This thing given can come in mild soft
tones and waves, or strong overwhelming tempests that assail the Overcomer time
and again. The Lord gives us all this peculiar working which binds us to our
burdens, keeps us humble and gives us the humility needed to lay all things down
at the Lord’s feet to get through the trials we find ourselves in. This thing
He gives us is given in present tense, it is a storm in life which those who
desire all the Lord has for them must endure. I call this thing from the hand
of the Lord the 3ddd’s. No one that I know of who is an overcomer can overcome
buy just simple confession of mouth or by walking in the absolute dictate that
is provided to us through a correct interpretation of the scriptures by the
Spirit of Truth. The 3ddd’s come to us regardless of our obedience to the Lord
or the joy of life that He gives. These things that the 3ddd’s give us are in
fact part of the working of the Lord in actual separation of your flesh from
your spirit, your old nature from your new nature. The 3ddd’s are;
**DESPONDENCEY** **DEPRESSION**
**DISCOURAGEMENT**
Can you “HEAR” this? You are
being prepared for the coming of the Lord and for your perfect fitting into the
New Jerusalem, into that perfect place in the Lord and in His body which cannot
be taken up by any other person. Your life is measured by the Lord for this
absolute perfection by first being groomed for it, much like a prince is
groomed for becoming a king. So you are being groomed to fit into the New
Jerusalem in absolute perfection and holiness. Holy in every part in the very
same image of holiness that is the person and character of the Lord. Even as
holiness is part of the verbiage and character of the Lord Jesus Christ, so it
is to be your portion also. To cause this to happen the Lord first gives you
the 3ddd’s.
Your life in this natural
world of men will suffer the 3ddd’s and will become a picture of one who at the
first won’t fit in anywhere with anyone. Your life will be a spectacle unto men
and even unto yourself when you look in the mirror. Rather than knowing the joy
of your salvation you may be at this time overwhelmed by sorrows and
tribulations which assail your thoughts and burden your life. These thoughts
and burdens spawn this despondency. Despondency defined is “depression of spirit from loss of hope, confidence, or courage;
dejection.” The great joy of your salvation at this present time may
seem to be a distant memory, a façade of that which once was. Even a ruse. This
despondency then lends itself to depression. Depression defined is “the condition of feeling sad, a
reduction in activity or force, a lessening of vigor and of activity.” The
result of depression is a deep sadness which seems insurmountable. This then
lends to the last of the 3ddd’s by giving you total discouragement.
Discouragement defined is “a
deterrent”. Or if you will, that which causes you to stop completely in
your tracks and makes you cease from trying anything at all.
Believe it or not, it is the Lord that puts this upon you. The Lord
uses many means to do this.
1)
The Lord
uses: The futility of your own life in this world.
2)
The Lord
uses: The futility of this world and the work of earning wages or
pensions to do this which causes one to see how utterly foolish and futile the
world really is.
3)
The Lord
uses: Your own divided natures against you. He brings up your fallen
condition which He has plainly stated is dead with Jesus upon the tree, but
then uses that dead nature to persecute and attack your true joy in the Lord,
that which is of your new nature. This attack is that duality that I write of
often in all my papers.
4)
The Lord
uses: The prodding’s and confusions of the myriad of fallen spirits of
wickedness which sit in high places to persecute you and to stop you from
having any positive confession in the things of the Lord without a great war
being ensued. This is not unlike the many scenes of this in the Old Testament
where Israel was continually opposed by those nations which once occupied the
land of Canaan.
There are definitive results
that the 3ddd’s have in you as you continue to yield your life as a servant of
righteousness unto holiness before the Lord. The 3ddd’s will cause you to have
two very definitive results. These results are a “prelude” to this perfection
we desire, to be found in Christ totally without any duality or old nature or
sinful tendency of the flesh. It is by this false negative given to us by the
Lord that we actually gain total victory and conquer every single force that
would stop you from being all you were to be in the things of the Lord and of
His everlasting Kingdom. If you can “hear” this, know that the
3ddd’s will bring you to nothing so that you can become everything you are to
be as a living stone in the New Jerusalem, His body that spans earth and heaven
and in time which will be swallowed up and disappears in the glory of God and
of the Lamb. Here exactly is what the 3ddd’s will do for you.
1)
The 3ddd’s - will divide
in you flesh from spirit, life from death, that which is of the Lord from that
which is of the fallen nature in you.
2)
The 3ddd’s - will
actually cause you to CEASE from walking in your own iniquity (self will)!
The realm of discouragement we
endure in this world will cause one to so abandon themselves unto the Lord in
pure faith that they will not choose their own way, but will instead choose to
walk in the way of the Lord. This discouragement, coming through the 3ddd’s I
have described, will give you that answer you are looking for. That answer is
that you can practically see the actual separation in your soul of one from the
other, that the two men in you will in time be divided and only the righteous
man will remain.
How different this is from those who are caught up in new age
deceptions! Those who are caught up in deception always have the same
attitude in them which belays their delusion. And that is that everything is
“fine” and “new” and there is nothing that they are not “complete in”. Do not
mistake this writing for being one that says we do not have a completed new
creation. That is the whole point I am presenting. We DO indeed have a
completed new creation which cannot sin. But that is the problem also! The
problem is we still have the old nature born after Adam to die to! We are most
definitely still in the quandary of duality! If you are deceived, you will
“forget” this duality and will not see it as something that yet needs to be
processed in you by the judgment of the Lord. If you are real, and if you are
in tune, you will know that this duality does indeed cause you this tribulation
daily, and that you are being required to overcome this by simple obedience in
suffering before the Lord. By the tools of the 3ddd’s your two natures are
being divided the one from the other and you are slowly, over time, being set
free.
How different this is from Christians caught up in their
denominational circles! For these
have given themselves an even greater malady which will eventually lend itself
to great loss. Their adherence to religious effort will prove to be nothing
more than hay, wood and stubble which will cause them to suffer total abasement
as they find themselves without a leg to stand on! When one is in the mindset
of religious effort, they have no clue or idea that the things outside of their
“belief system” is in fact a very real working of the Spirit of Truth. It is as
if the Lord passes them by. They have blessings to a measure and are content to
camp in that measure, but they are never able to learn all that the Lord has
for them to learn and as a result they end up falling short of full overcoming
victory. Their duality ends up in the flames of judgment with the rest of those
in the world because they did not pursue hard after the Lord to be known of Him
and to partake of the measures needed to gain full deliverance by way of the
cross.
So it is, we are not sitting
in a cloud of delusion or in an effort of religious exercise that will give us
complacency and lukewarmness but makes us think we are fine in the things of
the Kingdom of God. Instead, we bear the 3ddd’s as a faithful cross, a burden of
our present life, something that we’d rather not have, but we do have. The
3ddd’s make us look strange to others. It separates us from everyone else, it
gives us NO place anywhere in which we can stand or claim as our own ground. We
lose EVERYTHING because of these 3ddd’s. How strange we look with the fire of
God burning upon our heads! How strange we look stripped of anything we can do
for ourselves and of any effort in even trying. How strange we look when men
look upon us and say that we are of no value because we find ourselves in a
great internal war that nothing seems to assuage. How strange indeed this
company of those who will be counted as part of Gideon’s 300, those who
overcome and who conquer every foe by simply enduring this simple 3ddd measure
that the Lord puts upon us!
Endure it dear reader, bear it
daily as a cross. The end of this will be no more 3ddd’s no more burning of
stubble or hay or wood. No more any effort on your own to be counted as one who
overcame. Instead the Lord will present you to Himself in absolute holiness and
perfection, and you in turn will deliver the rest of creation into the very
same thing. This is your true heritage.
To be continued………… Kenneth B Visscher
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