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But this time Christ is not coming as a human, to die and give His
life for us! This time He is coming IN SUPREME POWER AND GLORY to RULE ALL
NATIONS! He is coming as the all-SPIRITUAL GOD! And He is not coming to a
physical people who, 1900 years ago, rejected Him--or to a temple of stone,
gold, silver, and wood. You find the temple to which He will come this
time described in the NEW Testament:
"Now therefore ye are...fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the
household [family] of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom
all the building fitly framed together groweth unto AN HOLY TEMPLE IN
THE LORD" (Eph. 2:19-21).
Brethren in Christ, WE ARE THAT TEMPLE!
How GLORIOUS shall it be? The Church shall be CHANGED! The dead in
Christ shall rise first--at Christ's coming. "For this we say unto you
by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming
of the Lord shall not prevent [precede] them which are asleep. For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord" (I Thess. 4:15-17).
But now we come to the IMPORTANT PART of this letter!
Notice the picture of the Church--as the BRIDE, or wife of Christ,
at His coming: "Let us be glad and rejoice and give honour to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready" (Rev.
19:7).
When Christ comes this Church shall have MADE HERSELF READY! HOW
READY?
Notice how ready: "...Christ also loved the church, and gave himself
for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it...by the word, that he might
present it to himself a GLORIOUS CHURCH, not having spot, or wrinkle, or
any such thinq; but that it should be holy and WITHOUT BLEMISH" (EPh.
5:25-27).
BRETHREN, WE A R E N O T R E A D Y !
And TIME IS NOW SHORT!
We still have many blemishes to remove (spiritually)--many spots to
clean off and wrinkles to iron out!
THAT IS WHY THIS COMING FEAST OF TABERNACLES IS SO IMPORTANT!
In the past year Jesus Christ our HEAD has moved swiftly through me,
whom He brought back from death, to set many parts of the Church back on
GOD'S TRACK! True, many blemishes have been removed--many spots, and
wrinkles ironed out. Praise GOD for that! BUT WE ARE NOT YET READY!
Satan is now pulling out all his stops to defeat this Church! We
are persecuted by the state government. A few disloyal ministers have