~The New Jerusalem~
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Chapter:# 61
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The Bulwarks
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Psalm 48:1-14
1 <A Song and
Psalm for the sons of Korah.> Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for
situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the
north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in
her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the
kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and
so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold
upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the
ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard,
so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God
will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought
of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy
name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is
full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion
rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion,
and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her
bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation
following.
14 For this God is our
God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah;
We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open
ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he
trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
everlasting strength: For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty
city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it
even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and
the steps of the needy. The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright,
dost weigh the path of the just. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have
we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the
remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with
my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Let favour be
shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of
uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be
ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall
devour them. LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought
all our works in us. Isaiah 26:1-12
Revelation 21:22-27
22 And I saw no
temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had
no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God
did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24 And the nations
of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the
earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of
it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall
bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:
but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
( 2 Visions )
“I beheld in man two doors.
Both doors were within the body of man. In this body as the two doors were set,
both doors were opened so that I could see into the inward parts of man. The
first door was immediately below the flesh of man and it was the door which
revealed the spirit of man, that core element of spirit by which man directed
his will. It was this will which held within it the mystery of iniquity. For
that mystery caused such a man to walk in “self will” and thereby be defiled,
even with the rebellion of Adam who rebelled against the Lord and walked in the
suggestion of his own self will. Therefore the spirit was defiled. Then inside
the first door and inside the spirit of man was the second door, this door was
just like the first door, however this door was open to the soul of man which
soul the last Adam died to redeem and cleanse by His blood. This door of the
soul held the seat of man’s emotion and the character of his person, that
yielded part of his nature which is tied by death to this fallen natural earth.
This too was defiled for it held itself in a state of self exaltation and self
righteousness apart from the Lord and was defiled even worse than the first
door and the spirit which was in man. So then the inner part of man was defiled
and alive in this world which is held under the curse of death because of
Adam’s transgression.”
( End 1st Vision )
“I beheld then in man two
trees amongst many other trees. These were the trees of the garden wherein Adam
had been placed to rejoice in it and to keep it. The trees were all of the
Lord’s original creation and were elements of character of the person and of
the image of the Lord by which man was created. My sight was directed however
to two trees in the midst of man, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
and the tree of life in the midst of the inner most part of man. These two
trees both flourished. The Lord was teaching each one in time to turn to the
tree of life in the midst of their soul.”
( End Vision )
During the course of time when
the Spirit of the Lord moves upon this world we will see much shaking in all
the core elements of man’s life in this world. Upon this earthen creation will
this shaking take place for the sole purpose of bringing mankind to the place
where they will behold the Lord as the answer and hope for all nations. As this
shaking takes place elements of our society and structure will collapse and
self destruct along with every evil work. This collapse of the structure of man’s
world is a prelude to the revelation of the purpose of the Lord and for the
manifestation of the Sons and Daughters of God. Such manifestation will take
place as sure as the promise of His election, nothing will prevent it. It is
going to happen and every single person in this world will be effected by this
for it is the very next motion of our creator as relates to this earthen
creation.
Every rock and every bit of
soil and every element of the natural creation will become completely new
during the course of this shaking that is taking place, all the elements that
were originally made by God in the beginning of time will find themselves made
new, their age will be swallowed up into this new creation that God is going to
bring forth.
This shaking is also to be
known as part of that which no man completely understands. No man can set a
watch by this or schedule a time frame for this to happen nor can man denote or
estimate the time of the coming of the Lord or the manifestation of the Sons of
God or the full revelation of the Kingdom of God upon this earth. No prophet
can give you a time frame. No preacher can predict the outcome other than the
fact that the Lord Himself will be that desire of all nations which will be
seen in His glory at the end of the shaking process. But how long this will
happen has not been given to any man, angel or person at any time. There is
however ONE THING that IS given to us NOW at this time. And in this we can have
full understanding, know even as we are known and be seen for what it is, and
that is the full knowledge of His will to those who have ears to hear.
The Lord is revealing the
bulwarks of the New Jerusalem, those barriers before the walls, the steepened
slopes by which no one can ascend to touch the walls if there be anything in
them that is defiled or of this present world filled up with the knowledge of
good and evil. The bulwarks are the steep slopes prior to the walls of the
City, those embankments which one would need to climb in order to view the
purposes of the Lord for this hour. It is these bulwarks that are right now
causing His church, His company of Overcomers TO BE JUDGED. And these bulwarks
will stop ANYTHING from approaching His City that is defiled or unclean or new
age or otherwise! For you cannot enter the things of the Lord for this hour, or
be part of His great unveiling if you are defiled by deception or wrong
doctrine or anything that itches the ears! These bulwarks defend the City! They
keep out of it anything that is not written in the book of the life of the
Lamb! They hold testament that only that which is holy in the holiness of the
Lord can enter any further, all else is self exalting and aggrandizing and is
based on false prophecy or doctrine!
The common element in man in
this day we are in is a lukewarm response to the things of the Lord. A common
taint is ours to share. And that is that we think that no matter what we
believe or what we do, we will still inherit the promises. We will still be
part of the glorification process of the manifestation of the Sons and
Daughters of God. NOT SO. For defilement can follow you if you cease from your
daily task of self denial. In fact, the only “religious exercise” you should do
is SELF DENIAL. That same self denial which makes my words sound like a broken
record, and that is the DAILY taking up of your cross to deny your life in this
world. The manifestation of the Sons and Daughters of God is the same as the
first resurrection, they are not separate, but are in fact the same. And you
cannot be part of the first resurrection if you are still defiled with the
world! If the bulwarks of the City of the Lord hold testament against your
walk, you will not be part of what the Lord is first about to do!
The very thing the Lord is
judging in those that would overcome is “false assumptions”. Those things and
elements which give sway to the invention and discovery of false doctrine. I
cannot warn anyone of this enough. It is the element of our day, that false
assumptions create lukewarmness and lukewarmness will never give you the
righteous standard needed to ascend into the fullness of the Lord at His
appearing. The myriad of doctrines we have in this hour have robbed the people
of the Lord from that simplicity that is in Christ, and I say to you, the
reader, that this myriad of doctrines that has assailed us have come because of
“false assumptions”. The Lord is shaking this to the very core. And those who
are falling away are manifesting doctrines which tickle the ears and which
place mankind into their same belief system. This belief system makes all who
listen become lukewarm also, so much so that they love nothing else and
doctrines are invented and maintained out of a love for this laid back walk
which costs one nothing. The sharing of the fellowship of His suffering is not
known by these and it is by these that many will fall short of the first
resurrection. Why? Because they will not have obeyed that doctrine first
delivered to us in the scriptures. That doctrine which once again will bring you to the denial of your “self” and to take
up your cross to follow Jesus. I have seen that every single doctrine that
places the believer up where the Lord alone is exalted has this taint within
it.
In the early part of this very year I had a vision of two timelines, one straight and true, the other crooked and cloudy which came to an explosive end during the course of this year. I will quote part of that vision here.
QUOTE: “I beheld a
silver line across the sky above me. The silver line was smooth and straight with
no imperfection, bright in silver color and very straight and true. I could see
that it extended to the left from the foundation of the creation of the world
and to the right it extended into a space that was beyond my eyesight. I knew
that this was a TIMELINE of the Spirit in the Kingdom of God’s dear Son.
Running parallel below this line was a second line, a swirling trail of a brown
cloud, thick and dirty. This cloud started in Eden on the left in the heart of
Adam and extended through history. It ran completely parallel with the silver
line however it was not straight but very crooked. I noticed that at key
periods of history this line would dip and thicken where iniquity increased in
the earth. I saw the brown line of cloud extend through the main kingdoms in
history gone by, the crucifixion of Jesus, wars of various kinds and the world
wars in our recent history. However what I saw on this line to the right
stunned me. For I saw it come to an explosive end. The explosive end of this
line was a greater measure of thickness
and of the increase of iniquity unlike any other area of history before it. The
explosion of this line was as if it ran into an invisible wall. He who has ears
to hear let them hear this. The line exploded and ended in the year 2007” END
QUOTE
This entire writing can be found HERE.
About two weeks after this vision the Lord said to me that this timeline explosion had already taken place. Looking around in the newscasts and in the world in general I did not see any nuclear explosion, any torrential storm that caused world wide destruction. Iniquity was and is still rampant, the mystery of iniquity is still revealing that perdition which loves to deceive. There was nothing that could suggest to me that the world as we see it now had suddenly changed direction. The manifestation of the Sons of God had not taken place and the New Jerusalem was not seen settling somewhere on the dust of the earth! So what did the Lord mean when He said that this had already happened?
My steadfast belief is that the Lord has counted the final number for those whom He has chosen to be part of the Army of the Lord that will be manifested at His appearing. Those who have borne faithfully their crosses and who have not fallen into this lukewarm assumption about the purposes of the Lord for this day we are in. The exploding timeline against that invisible wall is clear to me now. The wall was the Lord Himself cutting off from His purposes those who will not repent of their iniquitous doctrines! These who itch the ears and who take God’s Word and water it down to a supple conclusion rather than the seriousness of this day we live in.
If you think that EVERYONE will be part of what the Lord is about to do, YOU ARE RIGHT. Everyone WILL BE PART OF IT. But not everyone WILL BE MANIFESTED IN A GLORIFIED BODY. Only they who have been part of this explosion will He manifest to carry His unlimited fullness. Everyone else will be effected by it FOR THIS PRESENT WORLD ORDER WILL END AT THE TIME OF THIS MANIFESTATION. Those who held on to these false assumptions and lukewarm doctrines WILL SUFFER THE LOSS OF THOSE VERY SAME DOCTRINES. These things will fail when the crunch time comes, when the shaking tears apart their belief system and only the holiness of the Lord and of His City remains. The bulwarks rise in testament against these who hold such things dear and as truth. They will not enter the City with such defilement upon them.
The purpose of the Lord is to restore all things, but it will be done IN ORDER. Not by assumption, but by the spirit of burning, not by self aggrandizing doctrines, but by the simple exaltation of Jesus Christ Himself ALONE. And the Lord will not manifest large masses of people to do this, BUT ONLY A VERY SMALL CORE OF HUMANITY, A SMALL COMPANY, A LITTLE STONE CUT OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN. This will be so that all men in all generations and for all time will know that the Lord is the one doing this, not men, His great love, not man’s choice.
Some are going to accuse me now of many things in regard to this, it matters not. The purpose of the Lord is still sure. The Lord Himself will be that anointing which will teach every man and admonish every man and bring every man to perfection in Christ. The things leading up to that are only temporary, only for a time, they are not permanent but they pass on by as time marches on. Each one will come into the full knowledge of the Glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea, that is the final outcome of all that happens from now until that time. The Lord IS the restorer of all that has fallen away from Himself. He WILL bring all men into the holiness of His City which is HIS BODY, HIS FULLNESS which will in time fill All in All. The stage is set for this, and yet one thing at a time will be brought into the play. The end result will be a completely redeemed humanity with the mystery of iniquity being completed and done in each and every one. The timeline of the Lord’s purposes continue to move forward and that which remains is perfect and entire and in need of nothing. That is what we have received for this day.
May the Lord hasten it in His time.
To Be Continued………..Kenneth B Visscher
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