~The New Jerusalem~
~The New Jerusalem~
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Chapter:# 22
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| The Gate Of Judah |
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens
being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look
for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without
spot, and blameless. 2 Peter 3:10-14 KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains
shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the
rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the
house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
That he might present it
to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing;
but that it should be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:27 KJV
There is in my heart today
such an urgency and expansion that I cannot contain. It is a powerful desire to
be CLEAN before the Lord. Now in our day we will notice that there are some
voices who come across in the garbs of ministry who are saying that the work of
Christ in us is done. It is finished – they say. So those who have itching ears
are well able then to adhere to this doctrine of total completion and to
rejoice in what is being termed as “who they are in Christ”. Apparently there
are some ministries who are teaching the Sons of God with itching ears about
their ‘true’ identity in the Lord Jesus Christ. That one cannot know their true
identity unless they come into this ministry.
The garb of falsehood in
this hour must be preached along with truth so one may discern and know the
difference. For the Word of God says thus:
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not
come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition;” 2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV
We are in
the time of the great falling away. The great falling away is not the
separation of those who believe in Jesus verses those who remain wicked in the
world and do not believe in Jesus. Although the earth is reeling under the
increase in iniquity that the world is overtaken with, the separation of the
believer from the unbeliever is not the great falling away. For the term
“falling away first” denotes that there must have at one point been an
adherence to spiritual things. That there was a point where the walk with Jesus
was a reality, a measured response of faith, an experience in the Love of God.
To fall away when you are already wicked and never had light does not make
sense because you are already fallen. But to fall away when you were once with
the Lord and His people in truth does. The great falling away therefore is done
by GOD’S PEOPLE. They are the ones who take part in this great fall. They are
the ones who reveal openly afterwards this son of perdition, even he whose
working is after the power of Satan. And I say unto you the reader, that we are
in our day witnessing this “great
falling away!”
In my
writings the pen I hold turns into a sword as I continually warn of this great
malady of pressure that is subtly coming upon some of those who once bore the
testimony of Jesus. Again, the falling away IS NOT just those who always have
been wicked and without God in the world. The falling part does not make sense
with them for what would they fall from? The falling away IS FROM THOSE WHO
BORE SALVATION. THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD. THOSE WHO WERE SAVED. And I say to
you that the Lord has given this again as a firm instruction from His Throne
that we who are alive and remain are to remember this and fear this falling. We
are to remain on the simple straight and narrow road that leads us to life with
few finding it.
So the
falling away we have now is being done by several of these doctrines I have
mentioned in the past. Teachers who have arisen to preach as though they had
“new” revelation from God. Revelation such as Jesus being a “seed” in every
man, woman and child on earth right now. That when Jesus said “It is finished”
upon
So now to
these who are alive and remain I say this. That the study we do now in The New
Jerusalem will truly be TO THEY THAT OVERCOME. For the Lord is once again
dividing and separating those who will truly follow Christ upon the mount Zion
as the 144.000 and those who will not but will fall away, even though they knew
these things! The Lord began this week to reveal to me once again the 12 Gates
of the New Jerusalem. In the previous writing I mentioned the meanings of the
Gates. But this time the Lord revealed to me the necessity to enter in BY each
Gate and HOW that Gate does a work in each one who enters thereby. Also that
the Gates of Pearl all represent aspects of God’s grace. What I saw though
about God’s grace was phenomenal. That the grace of God has two aspects to it
at each of the 12 Gates and that these two aspects will in time cause our walk
to be corrected.
Fundamental
Christianity now with the added company of those who were once upon a time on
the overcoming path but “fell away”, teaches that upon entering this
“know-ledge” of who we are in Christ, we simply enter the perfected state
eternally. This however is incorrect.
For the Lord wants each one to go through the growth process and learned obedience
to His Spirit. If you do not, you will enter the little red schoolhouse in the
sky! That learning curve you needed will CONTINUE in the afterlife! And you
will not be counted as one that overcame! The doctrines I deal with daily in
email and from letters from readers deal with thing which give “automatic and
full finish to our faith”. These are the subtle tugs at the hearts of the
deceived. Those who by use of their senses have sensed wrong and have not
discerned this perdition that looks like the Lord. The I AM AS GOD rather than
the I AM THAT I AM that Moses met.
1)
There are
still the necessary steps needed to be cleansed in walk in this life
2)
There are
still the necessary steps needed to become Holy in this life.
3)
That there
is still the necessary need for cleansing from personal iniquity.
4)
That if
you believe it is DONE that it contradicts the parable of the 10 virgins.
5)
That if
you look at this perdition, it does away with the need to overcome.
6)
The
necessity of a Bride being prepared without spot, wrinkle or blemish.
7)
The true
revelation of the lake that burns with fire and brimstone.
For everyone who loveth
and believeth a lie will be IN that lake. And that is the warning I have from
the Lord for this particular writing.
How
marvelous however that the Lord gives us the tools we need to overcome this
hour of tribulation on the earth and the hour of testing for the son company by
the revelation of The New Jerusalem. That City of absolute Holy perfection. I
care not how wealthy or busy or hard working you are in the world now. I care
not if you have a reputation on earth or no reputation. If you have accumulated
wealth and material possessions, lands and houses. If you have nothing. It
matters not. You can overcome IF you allow the Spirit of the Lord to have His
way in you. It is not what we are in this world that counts but what we are in
our Spirit walk that counts. And if
you are a true son of God in the overcoming walk in this hour, you will know
that you do indeed fall far short of what you want to be in perfection.
That there is in your life so much the malady of personal iniquity that you
cannot be but desiring the Lord to continue His perfect work in you until the
day of His appearing. For Jesus will come, the hour of His appearing draws nigh
and if you are looking for this appearing with the hope of being free of your
mortality, you will overcome all things and inherit all things.
Beginning then in this
study I desire to reveal how the Gates do work to perfect in us our life, our
walk and the need for cleansing and purification unto Holiness. Amazing indeed
is the power of God unto Salvation, and the type of this practical outworking
of His Holiness in each one who enters by each Gate.
THE GATE OF
Coming then to the 1st
Gate, the Gate of
“As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so
is a man to his praise.”
Proverbs 27:21 KJV
To overcome
and to conquer and to discern one must be in this attitude of praise and
worship before the Lord. That there be a heart of thankfulness. For me
personally, I cannot thank the Lord enough. He is the ever increasing fullness
in me that I desire. But at the same time when my flesh is confronting my
spirit, this duality arises, then I really begin to thank the Lord and praise
and worship Him for He reveals the difference. Not only so, but when necessary
discernment arises when a truth presents itself, that same truth IS TESTED by
the spirit of worship. If you allow worship to be FROM YOU UNTO THE LORD the
truth that you are faced with shall be tested as to its validity.
“Is it a
truth from the Lord?”
“Does this
truth have any element of instruction in it to give me understanding?”
“Does the
truth I am now hearing give Glory alone to Jesus and not to me?”
“Does this
truth exemplify the living Christ in me as the totally victorious one?”
And the big
test,
“Does this
new truth keep me in a state of normalcy?”
For the Lord
in motion of Spirit in truth will not allow you to be one who looks mystical
and ultra spiritual, but will make you normal in a real world with real
tribulation and real issues of life. But in the midst of the real world as you
walk as a normal person this truth will set you free.
As you enter
into praise and worship, the first element that comes into your being is joy
which I will cover in the Gate of Asher. But the very next element you discover
as your worship God is FIRE. This fire will burn in you and will burn in two
directions. As a streaming course of flames this fire will burn across your
fallen Adamic nature to bring it to naught in whatever area you are overcoming
at that time. Patience is needed for the flames of fire from God to cancel out
whatever area you are desiring to overcome. Long patience while the fire burns
to deliver and to cleanse. The other direction the fire burns is to encourage
your life. For your life becomes a flaming brand, a kindled stock of Barley,
one who is fired on by the blast of His nostrils in a working which is Holy.
That you as a minister of the Gospel will burn in fire towards all elements
around you in the earth. That as a ministry of a flame of fire, so shall you
walk.
“And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the
world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels
he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But
unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.” Hebrews
1:6-9 KJV
Stand with
me at the Gate of Judah praising and worshipping God. As you do the flames of
His great and infinite love will course out from His Throne and will purge you
of all that is estranged from entering the New Jerusalem. Not only so, but you
will become empowered as a ministry of fire to bring forth this cleaning
required to set creation free of death and of dying. I care not from whence you
come or wither you go, come to this Gate first and worship the Lord while you
stand within its arches and see the fiery stream issue forth to consume your
life.
The Gate of
Pearl which represents the Judah Gate has a dual purpose. For it is by Grace
that you are permitted to worship God in spirit and in truth. But at the same
time this same grace works in you His purpose in removing from you the rising
of the dross, the defilements of your lower nature so you would be free to walk
in your higher nature. There is no shortcut for this grace by the pearl of this
Gate to do its work in you for it must be and you must partake of it. This
grace works to cleanse and purify and to enlighten and exhort. It’s exemplary
fashion is to bring both of these to you as a measure of Grace first that you
may indeed be clean and overcome all the elements of the fall in this world.
Come with me
now to stand within the Gate of Issachar
– God who is our reward.
To be continued………………
Kenneth B Visscher
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