~The New Jerusalem~
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Chapter:# 72
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| Twelve Manner Of Fruits |
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of
the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and
yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing
of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of
the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see
his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. Revelation 22:2-4
In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision
appeared unto me, even unto me, Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at
the first. And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in
Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision,
and I was by the river Ulai. Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold,
there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were
high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. I saw the
ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no beasts could stand
before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he
did according to his will, and magnified himself. And as I was considering,
behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and
touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. And
he came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the
river, and ran upon him in the fury of his power. And I saw him come close unto
the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and smote the ram, and brake
his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he
cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that
could deliver the ram out of his hand. And the he-goat magnified himself
exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of
it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of heaven. And out of
one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the
south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land. And it waxed great,
even to the host of heaven; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down
to the ground, and trampled upon them. Yea, it magnified itself, even to the
prince of the host; and it took away from him the continual burnt-offering, and
the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And the host was given over to it
together with the continual burnt-offering through transgression; and it cast
down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered. Then I heard a
holy one speaking; and another holy one said unto that certain one who spake,
How long shall be the vision concerning the continual burnt-offering, and the
transgression that maketh desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to
be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred
evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Daniel 8:1-14 ASV
And I saw
another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars
of fire; and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot
upon the sea, and his left upon the earth; and he cried with a great voice, as
a lion roareth: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. And
when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard
a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders
uttered, and write them not. Revelation
10:1-4 ASV
( 3 Visions )
“Then being held in the
atmosphere which was beyond the realm wherein dwelt principalities, and powers, the rulers of
the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places, I beheld a great and a mighty prophet upon the earth. Above
the prophet in a cloud sat the Lord in great splendor and in mighty power. The
prophet held before him two huge horns as if they were horns cut off of cattle
or a huge ram. The horns were wrapped in skins at the base and were held up by
the powerful arms of the prophet. He did push these horns over the face of the
earth, trampling down nations and kingdoms and dominions over the entire length
and breadth of the world. No nation was delivered from the destructive power of
these horns in the arms of this mighty prophet. As the prophet pushed these
horns many peoples perished and were no more alive in bodies upon the earth,
those who were proud and resisted the will of the Lord who was above this
prophet. As this prophet pushed the horns many nations lost individual peoples
who were trampled by the horns and by the power of prophecy which came forth
from this one who the Lord had empowered. As the nations were in great
perplexity because of the horns I saw the Lord mock the nations for their many
delusions. Nothing was able to stop the power of these horns being pushed by
this prophet, even unto the uttermost parts of the earth and enveloping all
time.”
( End Vision )
( 2nd Vision ) And when the seven thunders had uttered
their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto
me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Revelation 10:4 KJV “ Standing yet again in the Lord’s day I heard the same
seven thunders that the Apostle John heard and I heard them at the very same
time. The thunders were interpreted to my understanding as the testimonies of
the Overcomers in each church that Christ addressed in the early part of the
book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. As they testified of their victory in
Christ they became mighty and powerful in resurrection victory even as was
Jesus when He emerged from the depths of His own tomb. So too these did arise
and testify in the seven churches of the power of His resurrection life and the
glory that was theirs because of His eternal life. Thus was the interpretation
of the seven thunders given as those who identified themselves with the risen
Lord in the midst of the seven churches. As their words thundered the Heaven’s
and earth were shaken at the power of their word and TIME STOOD STILL, for
everything that had been created entered into an eternal state, even by the
sound of their words.”
( End Vision )
“In the midst of the Paradise of the Lord wherein was the tree of
life I beheld the fruits of that tree. There were twelve manners of fruit given
for each season upon the tree. My heart questioned this for we stood in a
timeless state and I wondered how it was that a tree, which was not bound by
time, could bear fruit in season? Then my eyes were opened and understanding
came to me and I knew the validity of this fruit. For it was not as it was the
fruit of the Spirit that the Lord had given to the church to grow and be
nourished therein, but rather it was a GREATER FRUIT. For this fruit was given
to all that the Lord had created and it was given in season as a manifestation
of the various attributes and characteristics of the Kingdom of God. As each
fruit came forth ripe upon the branches of the tree of life, the Kingdom of God
would manifest itself unto all that had been created with this particular
fruit, and each manifestation was a bit more of the wonder of the Lord’s
everlasting dominion in His Kingdom. The New Jerusalem housed this tree, but
the New Jerusalem will never be hid from anyone or anything that was originally
created by the Lord. There will never be a “hidden” Kingdom or a Kingdom
elevated out of man’s reach, but only an openly manifested Kingdom by which all
men everywhere shall seek to enter and partake of the beauty of the Lord. There
is no such thing as one people being superior to others in this Kingdom, for
all that the Lord created will come into this city to partake of this fruit
which manifests itself as the various graces and attributes of His everlasting
dominion.”
For years in our past there
have been innumerable declarations of the coming of the Lord and of the escape
of Christians from the perils that were coming to the world. In all this time
past, dates were set many times, hopes were raised, people were prepared to be
whisked off to Heaven there to enjoy the Lord and their eternal feast while the
rest of the world endured the mark of the beast and the antichrist as creation
was somehow lost once again to Satan and his evil schemes. By now in this
millennium we are in, everything should have been done. The great tribulation
should have been over. The coming of Christ should have been a thing of the
past, an event that happened for those who made the decision to accept Him and
to ask Him into their hearts. But in all this preaching and predicting that has
happened in the past of Christian history, I found very little at all about the
Kingdom of God being HERE on this earth, then growing and filling the cosmos
itself. There was hardly ever any message about the Lord restoring all things
HERE, and bringing about His will HERE, about the descent and settling of His
perfected church, The New Jerusalem being HERE. Only with those who had gotten
very close to the Lord and had learned how to bear their crosses, how to suffer
alongside of Jesus, only those people knew of this hope that I have been
writing about.
There is an indisputable fact
in front of us. And that fact is that the Lord IS GOING TO COME. And my counsel
indicates that the hope of His coming need not be waned by long time
circumstances or the waiting and watching Jesus commanded us to do. He taught
us to pray “Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be DONE”, not “hang on till I get
there”. Our lives have to be lived. Not just one day at a time, but lived with
the knowledge that the Lord has a perfect plan that cannot be undone. The way
to be encouraged about His coming and the manifestation of your completed
identity is to fix your eyes solely upon Jesus alone in your faith and upon
absolutely nothing else. As you do, your fellowship will become very factual
with the Lord. He will rise in you in measures that will satiate your thirsting
soul and the Lord in your life will give you the resources needed to continue
to wait until the actual day of His appearing.
As the Lord has promised to
come again, His promise is not slack at all, but absolutely perfect in timing.
When you fix your eyes on Him and off of everything else, you will know that by
seeing Him, you will have seen all you need to see to be prepared for the
greater things the Lord is going to do. This fixing of your eyes upon Him does
not interfere with your daily work or labor in this world, nor the responsibilities
you hold to family and friends and those you work for or with. This gaze fixing
has to become addictive, a habit you cannot break. A gaze of watching and
waiting that will never tire you out. And as you do your natural world will
prosper and your life will be caught up in a fellowship heart to heart with
Jesus which will answer any need you have. Remember, the key to this is that
single gaze, nothing else matters around you, for the world is about to fall
apart.
As the systems of men collapse and as they find themselves more and more without answers religiously, politically or in their economies you will see that there will be in the hearts of men great fear rise, much more than at any other time in world history. As this fear rises the shakings by the Lord will rise at the very same time making matters even worse. It will seem like the Lord doesn’t care what happens when in fact He does, and He loves mankind too much to leave them in this worldly bondage. So the shakings that are coming in whatever form are designed by the Lord to create a collapse, and rest assured, it is the Lord who is doing this shaking. When you see it, know that it is the same Lord your gaze is fixed on that is allowing this to take place so that the world can come to a conclusion before it enters the Kingdom of God. The Lord is not doing this to remain in wrath forever, but He is doing this so that the world and all the nations within it may freely enter The New Jerusalem. This City of the Lord will not be situated so only the Overcomer can take part in it, but it will be situated so that all nations will be able to bring their glory and honor into it. This City, rather than being structural, is a City built by the lives of His people, a church wherein the Lord Almighty is housed and it is the gravitational point to which all creation will flow.
In the midst of this City,
before the Throne, and on either side of the river of the waters of life grows
the tree of life with twelve manners of fruits, each fruit growing in season. It
is to this fruitful tree that the Lord is going to bring all the nations and
all of creation that He cursed in the original fall way back in the garden of
Eden. When mankind comes finally to this tree, and the nations begin to partake
of the fruit, the earth itself will become once again that Eden of the garden
of His presence, and all creation will be in perfect balance, no pollutions, no
killings, no raping of the land. The garden will be a creation of the Lord, a
schoolhouse built so that during the millennial reign of Jesus Christ upon this
earth, men will learn of Him and of His love and Kingdom. The gates to the City
of the Lord will never be shut, men will learn that the Love of God was
responsible for ending the ways of men and they will learn to come to partake
of the fruits of this tree in the midst of paradise.
These are not just fanciful
words. This is literally going to happen. And I am going to stress to you dear
Overcomer, you who are right now sweating drops of blood and enduring long trials
and temptations, you who daily day by day wonder how the Lord can even stand
living in your life! You who thinks that the last person who could ever
overcome would be ME! To you I stress that you are being made anew, not into
the figure of a person that will be, but into the figure of life, the life of
the ages, even the life of the Lord in resurrection power. And that life that
you are being figured for comes of those trials you endure. There is no other
way. The Lord is dealing out to you these things so that a separation can
happen in you heart of flesh from spirit. And the end result is that you dear
reader, in company with those who also endured the same as you, will be that
tree of life in the midst of the paradise of the Lord. Your tongues will be those
leaves on the tree for the healing of the nations, and YOU will be the fruitful
boughs! It is your life that will bear these twelve manners of fruit!
Know this dear one tossed with
tempest and prevailed upon by storms, you are being fashioned with your roots
deep in soils of the Kingdom of the Lord, and your branches reach forth unto
the sunshine of His Kingdom. It is through your life that these leaves and this
fruit will manifest. Those fruits are very simple in taste, they nourish the
hungry soul that comes to be restored and those fruits and those leaves restore
each soul that comes into the heaven of the Kingdom of the Lord. Those fruits
are the manifestation of the government of the Lord in succession, each fruit
bringing forth a greater manifestation of His dominion which in turn counters
the demise of the kingdoms of men. The Lord will not just bring man’s dominions
to destruction, but He will REPLACE what is lost by these very fruits! For
these fruits represent His government, His eternal power and glory in the very
final dominion He created Himself for all mankind to one day abide in. It is
those fruits, each given in season which will answer the tribulation of the
earth and bring it into the full governing body of the Lord with no end to His dominion
and peace. These fruits are given in perfect order to restore and to build anew
all that is now to be, not as it was when men walked the earth, but as it is to
now be in the setting up of His eternal Kingdom.
By ‘setting up’, I mean that
the world is to have it set up, not the originality or foundation of the
Kingdom, but that the world system now must change. It must take upon itself a
brand new identity. This that is now cannot be sustained, it must be put off as
one would put off a garment of death, so this world MUST put on the Kingdom of
God. Hence the tribulation of the hour, the smashing of the feet of mixed iron
and clay. That is the fruit of this tree at work bringing about the dominion of
the Lord to replace the kingdoms and the dominions of men. This world is to
cease, His Kingdom, which always has been, will come and remain to fill it. And
to that Kingdom shall all the nations broken, judged and in need of healing
come. Not to build in the world again, but to now partake of the fruit of the
tree of life in the midst of the paradise of the Lord, there to become new
creations in His dominion which has no end.
And to you dear reader, the
one who waits for their Lord, I say that YOU will be this tree. YOU will be
these 12 fruits, your life expended now upon realms of self denial will find it
again as a living tree for all nations and all men will know that you are one
fully identified with that humble Nazarene who rose again for our
justification. At this point when you look in the mirror you wonder how
anything good can come of your life. How can the Lord possibly make me new?
What does He see in me that is of any value? It is to you who have lost your
lives that the power of His resurrection will rise, for you will rise with Him
in the revelation of this day that is now to break forth upon the earth.
The question still arises,
“how long Lord”? A question that has been asked for hundreds of years. The
answer is to keep your gaze upon Jesus your savior alone, and then you won’t
have to ask, for you will know that whether you live or die, wait long or
short, He will still do everything perfectly and nothing will be found wanting
in His perfect plan. You are being built from the inside out, a tree that will
extend its branches and a life that will be boundless in fruit and leaves
flowing forth as the vehicle of the Lord in full restoration of all things and
of all mankind. This honor is upon you who have borne this brief time of
tribulation, of not understanding or knowing your own way or your own ability
to accomplish anything in the Lord. It is your life poured out now like water
that will return as the tree of life in the midst of the paradise of the Lord
that you will be part of. The Overcomers ARE that tree. And you are overcoming
if you keep your gaze upon Jesus alone.
“And this is the will of him that sent
me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:40
He that
findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall
find it. Matthew 10:39
To be continued………
Kenneth B Visscher
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