~The New Jerusalem~
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Chapter:# 18
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The Holiness Of The City |
Hebrews 12:22-29
22 But ye are come
unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general
assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God
the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the
mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh
better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse
not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on
earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh
from heaven:
26 Whose voice then
shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not
the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet
once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of
things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving
a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God
acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a
consuming fire.
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast
that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall
overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of
the great city, which spiritually is called
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Revelation 22:11-17
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Philippians 3:17-21
The first doctrine is simple
indeed. It is that those who are “born again” form this City. Each soul, born
of the Spirit, whether they are in a denomination or not are a part of the New
Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem in this doctrine is a picture of the Body of the
Lord with Jesus Christ as the head of the body, which is seen outside of all
previous denominational adherences or opinions. The born again nature cannot be
corrupted as a part of this City in this doctrine. However, these who are
joined this way are yet in DUALITY. They may have a life of flesh and blood in
the earth and they may be at rest in this complacent situation as part of the
Heavenly Host who forms the City. Also, if they have passed from this world
they may not have overcome all things in perfection and would have fallen short
of God’s best for their lives. The members of the New Jerusalem in this
situation are free to live lukewarm lives while they live on the earth, they
don’t have to try too hard to be holy, nor do they have to divorce themselves
from a love of the world. They may suffer loss of reward in the
For the Overcomer, that is
not good enough.
The second doctrine is the
doctrine which consumes me every day.
The New Jerusalem I am
looking for is also the company of Sons and Daughters of God, however, it is
that company WHICH HAS OVERCOME. These form the actual HOLINESS OF THE CITY.
They take on them the full identity of God Almighty, nothing short of God is
their portion. Not only so, the New Jerusalem I am looking for is made up of
Sons and Daughters WHO HAVE NO DUALITY. These are in GLORIFIED BODIES and this
City is YET TO COME. This is the City whose builder and maker is God and the
foundations of this City have no further spiritual progression for it is
COMPLETE.
In this series of studies
now entitled “To They That Overcometh”, I desire to show you THE GLORIFIED
BODY. The fullness of our inheritance. In some of the studies done previous I
have mentioned this body pumping the blood of Jesus in their veins numerous
times. But now in this section I wish to show it unto you in totality so you
can see exactly what it is that you are in the throes of tribulation to
receive. For me, the New Jerusalem cannot be complete in doctrine if one is not
Glorified! It is that simple. And it is this body of glorification and of light
and full of the unlimited measure of God that I wish to reveal.
The other thing I will also
reveal is that to totally overcome all things in your life you must appropriate
all of the cross. This is not a study for those with itching ears who wish to
walk in complacency and with doctrines that are easy. For the glorification of
the Overcomer has to come by way of the cross and death to this world, the full
process of the 2nd death, there is simply no other way.
The New Jerusalem is not yet
a completed structure! It is still being built! It is still being formed as to
its bulwarks and walls, the positioning of the living stones within the walls
and the walk of obedience needed to overcome and become a part of all that this
City is. When I read of this City, I know that it is not complete UNTIL HE APPEARS.
For when He comes, He is bringing with Him 10,000’s of His saints, those who
will with those alive and remaining form this completed City. THEN will this
City descend from God to settle upon this earth in that day when the
Turning now to the
Glorification of the Body, I will write the rest of this as prophecy. For what
I am going to share is truth, and it will happen in God’s time for it, and I
pray daily that this time is NOW. This is the hope that consumes me daily as I
transverse this world seeking the Lord’s fullness in the earth.
I believe that the coming of
the Lord described in 1 Thessalonians
4:14 -18 is FOR THEY THAT OVERCOME. I do not believe this is for the nominal
lukewarm Christian! That the coming of the Lord, His descent from Heaven with a
shout, with the trump of God wherein the dead shall rise first RELATES TO THEY
WHO HAVE APPREHENDED THAT FOR WHICH CHRIST APPREHENDED THEM. The Saints of God,
these Overcomers who died waiting for the promise of God to be fulfilled, who
lay in the dust of the earth in bodies of death, they shall arise in their New
Bodies. Now some believe in soul sleep. I do not, for I know that the Spirits
of the dead are with the Lord in Heaven. My experience with the brain injury I
had proved to me the truth of this and no doctrine can convince me otherwise
for I had a near death experience and was very much alive before the Lord who
was seated upon His Throne. If my body would have died, I would have remained
very much awake and alive in the
At that time when God has
deigned to bring change to this world by bringing to it His government is the
time of the coming of the Lord. This is also the time of the descent and the
settling upon the soil of this ground the New Jerusalem, the completed City of
they who have overcome, those of this second doctrine I have mentioned at the
beginning of this writing. When the Lord comes, the dead OVERCOMERS will rise
out of their graves. They will be coming with the Lord in Spirit, but will be
joined to GLORIFIED BODIES when He comes to bring this which is Spirit to this
which is Natural. And the Overcomers who are alive and remain will be changed.
They will put on IMMORTALITY. They will see change in the very structure of
their bodies and will be clothed upon with their eternal Glorified bodies. THIS
IS ONLY TO THOSE WHO OVERCOME. The rest of Christendom will miss this
completely. Those who are caught up in new age doctrines which itch the ears
and give lukewarm responses will miss this completely! All humanity will miss
this glorification process completely! This is THE FIRST RESURRECTION. They
that overcome will step forward in bodies of light and glory which will never
die.
In Christendom they are
looking for the 1 Thessalonians 4:14 -18 coming of the Lord to take them OUT of
this world. I am looking for this to KEEP ME IN THIS WORLD. I WANT TO STAY
RIGHT HERE. AND I WANT TO STAY HERE IN GLORIFIED FLESH. For the true coming of
the Lord and the true settling of the New Jerusalem IS TO GIVE HOPE TO THIS
CREATION. Not to separate us out because we are HOLY and no one else is, but to
make ALL COME TO THE SAME HOLINESS. Dear Overcomer. When the Lord appears and
comes and glorifies you, THEN YOUR TRUE WORK WILL BEGIN. For we will spend the
entire next age on the earth in bodies of Glory purging mankind from the Adamic
fall. These will cause men to be burned in the fires that the dross of the
fallen nature will be removed from them, and as Holy Glorified Saints of God WE
WILL DO THIS BURNING. Our entire work will be to COMPLETE THE SALVATION OF
JESUS.
The Lord is coming to
Glorify us. When He does, this is what will happen.
** With your glorified body you will ** be
clothed with the body of light and glory which will look like you do look now,
but at a young age, very perfect in feature if your features are unlovely, and
very much perfect in the original creation. The frailty of your natural body
now will be gone as you in perfection have a perfect heavenly body.
** With your glorified body you will ** have the body
of Glory which has nothing of the former life subject to death, dying and
disease and destruction. This body is a body which will only be filled with the
Aonian life of Christ. It is eternal, never aging and perfect.
** With your glorified body you will ** walk forward in THE FULLNESS OF YOUR INHERITANCE IN
GOD. That which Jesus gave us through His atonement will now be your
possession. The full inheritance God the Father promises the Saint of God is A
GLORIFIED BODY. In that body is the full wealth of God Almighty, nothing
lacking of His wealth and of His life.
** With your glorified body you will ** have the unlimited life of God and the person
of God WITHOUT MEASURE UPON YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
** With your glorified body you will ** have the unlimited life of God and the person of God
WITHOUT MEASURE UPON YOU AS A PART OF THE ARMY OF THE LORD.
** With your glorified body you will ** have power to stop death in those who are of this
fallen creation and family members you love and cherish.
** With your glorified body you will ** have power to grant eternal life to those who come to
view the company of Glorified Saints. For they will be so situated in the earth
that all nations will come to be taught of them and to receive the life of God
through them.
** With your glorified body you will ** already be granted the rights and privileges that
belongs to they that Overcome. This includes a seat upon the Throne of God with
Christ as those who rule and reign throughout eternity. Not only so, but power
will be granted unto you which will be the power of God in rulership that was
granted unto Jesus, albeit still in a subservient measure as God is the only
one stated to in time be All in All.
** With your glorified body you will ** be a part of the 144,000 who have Father’s Name
written in their foreheads and who follow Jesus withersoever He goes. This is a
figurative number which represents the government of God. This government will
discomfit and sub serve all the governments and kingdoms in the earth till all
are brought into the
** With your glorified body you will ** in this body
of Glory be seated eternally upon the Throne with God and walking upon a
restored earthen creation all at the same time. Your glorified body will be
seen by man on the earth and at the very same time you will be able to walk the
halls of glory in the New Jerusalem.
** With your glorified body you will ** also at the
same time be ministering to the dead. To those who are bound in hell and to
those who will be cast into the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. Your
ministry of life and salvation in Jesus Christ will be ministering in all these
realms at the very same time. You will be in a physically glorified body of
light and glory but not restricted at all to ministering to those who have left
this world through death and are in hell waiting for the lake of fire to
cleanse them of death. You in this body will remove this very death.
** With your glorified body you will ** during this time of ministry HAVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC.
Your worship and praise to God will be NEW and in a
** With your glorified body you will ** not have any identity with the world in the realm of
money or finance, needs as to the physical body including a dwelling or food or
drink.
** With your glorified body you will ** enter the Heavenly Eternal Feast of the Lord. This
feast is the Feast of ingathering, a type and shadow of it shown in the Feast
of Tabernacles, however this feast is so very much more.
And now we begin to view the
elements, grounds and scene of the New Jerusalem.
To be continued………
Kenneth B Visscher
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