(Revelation 21:2-3) “Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, THE TABERNACLE [the home…] of God is with men, and HE WILL DWELL / LIVE WITH THEM, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. (*)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then He who sat on the throne said, “BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.”
THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM (ISRAEL) IS NOT THE FINAL TEMPLE
The Temple that will soon be rebuilt in Jerusalem (Israel) with the hands of men [and women] is the same temple the anti-Christ will sit in; from this temple he will claim that he is God before the whole world (not just the Jews). As the Bible tells us, from this temple he will cause many to accept the mark of the beast and perform many other evil deeds.
(Matthew 24:15-24) [Jesus said] “Therefore when you see the (1)‘abomination of desolation [anti-Christ],’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place [the physical temple in Jerusalem, Israel]” (whoever reads, let him understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be GREAT TRIBULATION, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be again. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but FOR THE ELECTS SAKE THOSE DAYS WILL BE SHORTENED. “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”
I have heard so many Christians say, including myself, that “FOR THE ELECTS SAKE our DAYS have been SHORTENED.” We need to re-read this scripture. Please Notice: If you are alive when God shortens the days for the “elects sake” you will also be alive during the Great Tribulation.
ABOMINATION AND TRIBULATION IN JERUSALEM (ISRAEL)
(Luke 21: 20-28) “But WHEN YOU SEE [old physical] JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY ARMIES, THEN KNOW THAT ITS DESOLATION IS NEAR. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. FOR THESE ARE THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE, THAT ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN MAY BE FULFILLED. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And [physical] Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and ON THE EARTH DISTRESS OF NATIONS, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them [heart attacks] from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be [literally] shaken (see Eph 6:12; Hag 2:6; Heb 12:25-29). THEN they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with POWER AND GREAT GLORY. Now when these things BEGIN to happen, LOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, BECAUSE YOUR (*)REDEMPTION DRAWS NIGH [near].
“In Matthew 24:15, above, Jesus described an event known as the “Abomination of Desolation.” The Abomination of Desolation is when the Antichrist stands in the temple claiming to be God. Jesus told His disciples that the Abomination of Desolation would transpire in the “holy place.”
The disciples knew Jesus was talking about a future event that would take place in a future physical temple because (a) He had just told them that the current physical temple was going to be destroyed (b) His prophecy of the Abomination of Desolation was foretold to occur at the end of the age, not during their era.”
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(2 Thessalonians 2:1-4) Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ AND OUR GATHERING TOGETHER TO HIM, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, AS THOUGH THE DAY OF CHRIST HAD COME. Let no one deceive you by any means; for THAT DAY WILL NOT COME UNLESS THE FALLING AWAY [from God/Christ/Spirit] COMES FIRST, AND THE MAN OF SIN [anti-Christ] IS REVEALED, THE SON OF PERDITION, WHO OPPOSES AND EXALTS HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD OR THAT IS WORSHIPED, so that HE SITS AS GOD IN THE [physical] TEMPLE [in Old physical earthly Jerusalem] OF GOD, SHOWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD.
We want to remember: “The day of Christ’s return will not come unless people have FIRST FALLEN AWAY from God, Christ, Holy Spirit; AND THE MAN OF SIN [anti-Christ] IS REVEALED, THE SON OF PERDITION, WHO OPPOSES AND EXALTS HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD OR THAT IS WORSHIPED, so that HE SITS AS GOD IN THE [physical] TEMPLE [in Old physical earthly Jerusalem] OF GOD, SHOWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD.
I was amazed as I studied this verse. We are told that as the “son of perdition opposes God, and exalts himself (above all that is called God, or worshiped),” he “shows HIMSELF that he is God.” It is all to prove TO HIMSELF that he is God!
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN
(Matthew 24:29-31) “IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE [Great] TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. THEN THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN WILL APPEAR IN HEAVEN, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN ON CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER.
CHRIST’S ONE BODY
In this Study Series we have been taught that WE ARE GOD’S BUILDING, THE TEMPLE OF GOD; AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN US. Again, the Spirit of God dwells within us both individually and as Christ’s One Body.
In this Chapter, Chapter 9, we will see that as we become a member in Christ’s One Body we also become a part, or member, within His one final Heavenly Temple in New Jerusalem. Despite what some may teach today, THIS ETERNAL TEMPLE IS NOT A PHYSICAL BUILDING, IT IS SPIRITUAL. This Temple, or Body of Believers is the eternal Oneness of God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and GOD’S CHILDREN; each member within Christ’s Body, including Christ, is a stone in God’s FINAL and ETERNAL SPIRITUAL Temple (see Ps 118:22).
As Jesus said the following, I am sure that He was speaking of this coming time:
(John 2:13-21) Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up. (also see Ps. 69:9)” So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” Jesus answered and said to them, “DESTROY THIS TEMPLE, AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL RAISE IT UP.” Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” But HE WAS SPEAKING OF THE TEMPLE OF HIS [Spiritual] BODY.
The Note on John 2:19 in New King James Version Study Bible says the following: “… Jesus did not say, ‘I will build it [the temple] again.’ He was referring to His resurrection, three days after His death. The sign Jesus gave the Jews was the sign of His death and resurrection (see Matt 12:39; Matt 16:4).”
In other words, this very act and sacrifice would establish HIS NEW SPIRITUAL TEMPLE and HIS ONE BODY: thus HIS Congregation, HIS Church, HIS Wife…
We are one member within Christ’s multi-membered One Body. In John 2:19-21, above, Christ refers to His one Body as “THE TEMPLE OF HIS [SPIRITUAL] BODY.” Thus, WE KNOW POSITIVELY that we are also a member, or stone, within His One Eternal and Spiritual Temple.
YOU AND THE HEAVENLY NEW JERUSALEM, THE HOLY CITY
(Hebrews 12:18-29) For you [Christians] have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. (For they could not endure what was commanded: “And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.” And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.” But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the HEAVENLY (NEW) JERUSALEM, to an innumerable [can not be numbered] company of angels, to the general assembly [a mass-meeting;… universal companionship] and CONGREGATION/church of the firstborn [Jesus Christ] who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (*)MADE PERFECT, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. SEE THAT YOU DO NOT REFUSE HIM WHO SPEAKS. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made [physical], that the things which cannot be shaken [Spiritual] may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom [Spiritual] which cannot be shaken, let us have grace[God’s Divine influence upon your heart, and it’s reflection in your life; including gratitude; Strong’s #5485], by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire. (also see Gen 4:10-11).
Above, in Hebrews 12:18-29, we read that our spirits have been “MADE PERFECT.”
How did and does God do this for mankind?
Previously, we were told in Ephesians 4:11-13, that Jesus “Himself gave some to be Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers, for the equipping [teaching the Word] of the saints for the work of His ministry, for the EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, UNTIL WE ALL COME INTO THE UNITY OF THE [ONE] FAITH AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, TO A (*)PERFECT MAN [Christ’s One Body]…” (Ch 3 & 4 of our Study Series).
In James 3:2-3 we are also taught that, “For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in Word, HE IS A (*)PERFECT MAN, able also to bridle the [His/Her] whole body. (Ch 3)]We again realize that it is through our mouth and heart, as we hear or read God’s Word, whether it is through Apostles, Prophets… or our diligence and persistence in the study of God’s gospel that CAUSES our Perfection: PERFECT MEN AND WOMEN WITHIN CHRIST’S ONE BODY.
CHRIST’S ONE ETERNAL TEMPLE
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The following Excerpt was copied from Christ’s Prophetic Love Letters To His Children (published in 2014)” by Christine Williams
January 9 “My Temple Is Spiritual”
…’Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: “Behold, the Man [Jesus] whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, and HE [Christ] SHALL BUILD THE TEMPLE of the Lord; Yes, HE SHALL BUILD THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD [God Almighty His Father]. HE SHALL BEAR THE GLORY, and shall sit and rule on His throne; so He shall be [High] priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace…”‘ (Zechariah 6:12-13)
“Harvest time is upon My earth, saith He who knows all things. During this time, great grace is given to Mine as I prepare them for My appointment with mankind. Mine walk in grace now, but within a short time this power, MY POWER, will become My greatness upon My earth.
[NOTE: The power of God that will become His greatness upon the earth is His Grace, His Divine influence upon all of our hearts, and it’s reflection in our lives. This has begun, and is still happening daily all over the earth (as of 2019)].
Each Child that is born within Me will see this abundance of power flow through My Love already within them. Each will personally experience My beauty. Each will see and feel the purity of My flow. Each will feel Me within them; some will feel Me for the first time. Each is able to give, and they will give Me and My gifts freely. Each possesses My desire within them; they desire to gather and multiply My love among others.
Millions will become saved within the sincere heart of Christ and His love for them and for all. Millions begin to see the very thing that they seek become their reality. As they experience Me and My reality they will no longer undergo loneliness, fear, and despair. As they experience My reality, they will see that I live within each of them as well as all of those in heaven. During this time, all darkness is shed as they see who I am creating within them.
When we rise into heaven, we will rise together as the One Body that we are (see 1 Cor. 10:16-17; 1 Cor. 12:12 thru 13:1). This is because there is no separation within God, and I will never leave you nor forsake you (see Heb. 13:5-6).
Until now, many have risen; [and have then] been transformed and transfigured after their individual resurrection. Today, as I BEGIN TO MOVE MY ONE BODY INTO THE TEMPLE OF GOD, many begin to see a time of total transformation and transfiguration while on earth. My temple is Spiritual, and it is now on earth as well as in heaven. Through My Spirit, who is holy, that which is missing [ie sincere love for all, compassion etc.] is filled in and given to all. This filling comes so that Christ’s and God’s One Body is completed, Amen Amen and again Amen…”
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GATHERING THE TEMPLE STONES: The Family Of God and Christ
(1 Peter 1:25 thru 1 Peter 2:10) “But the word of the Lord endures forever. Now this is the Word which through the gospel was preached to you. Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. COMING TO HIM AS A LIVING STONE, REJECTED INDEED BY MEN, BUT CHOSEN BY GOD AND PRECIOUS, YOU ALSO, AS LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT UP A SPIRITUAL HOUSE, A HOLY PRIESTHOOD, TO OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion [New Jerusalem] a CHIEF CORNERSTONE [Jesus Christ], ELECT, PRECIOUS, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.’ Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE,” and ‘A stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense.’ They stumble, being disobedient to the Word [Gospel], to which they also were appointed. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE [ACCEPTABLE SPIRITUAL] PRAISES OF HIM who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”
As we look back at our physical examples in the Old Testament, we realize that though Abel’s sacrifice was acceptable to God, Cain’s wasn’t. Not all sacrifices are acceptable to our God. We are a chosen generation, a royal Priesthood, a holy nation, and His own special people so that we MAY proclaim acceptable praises, the sacrifice of our lips to God our Father.
1 Peter 1:25 thru 2:10, above, teaches us that we were chosen by God, and that as living stones we are being built TOGETHER into HIS SPIRITUAL HOUSE [Temple], HIS HOLY, ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, under our High Priest Jesus Christ, SO THAT WE MAY OFFER UP SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD [our Father, God Almighty].
What are the Spiritual Sacrifices ACCEPTABLE TO GOD? Hebrews 13:14-16, below, informs us that when we enter and live in New Heavenly Jerusalem, our future and continuing city, we are to OFFER [through Christ] THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE, the FRUIT OF OUR LIPS [mouths] whichGIVES THANKS TO Jesus’ NAME. We are to do this continually.
(Hosea 14:2) Take words with you, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously [with favor], FOR WE WILL OFFER THE SACRIFICES OF OUR LIPS.
(Hebrews 13:14-16) For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come [New Jerusalem]. Therefore BY HIM[Jesus] LET US CONTINUALLY OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE [High Praise] TO GOD, that is, theFRUIT OF OUR LIPS, GIVING THANKS TO HIS NAME. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is [also] well pleased. NKJV
“By Him” means “as He Himself speaks through our mouths, using our lips by His Holy Spirit.” “Psalms 149:3-6 defines these very special sacrifices, calling them “HIGH PRAISE.” This scripture is the only one in the Bible that mentions and defines “High Praise.” Their definition goes on to preach a beautiful teaching:
(Psalms 149:3-6) “Let them praise His name with the dance; let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the HIGH PRAISES OF GOD BE IN THEIR MOUTH … KJV
Do you remember why Jesus Christ baptizes us with the “Fire Baptism”? In Chapter 6, “The Fire Baptism” we were told that the “Fire Baptism” is the baptism of our tongue, and thus our heart. Our tongue, the most evil member in our flesh body, is purified and made holy through this baptism. You MUST have this Baptism before you (*)MAY offer HIGH PRAISES AS A PRIEST to God our Father (within His Spiritual TEMPLE), whether on earth or in Heaven.
(*) May: “Is used to take or give permission to/from another person.” (Internet Free Dictionary)
YOU WILL BECOME ONE WITH THE ETERNAL TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD
(2 Corinthians 6:16) For YOU [all within Christ’s One Body] ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD. As God has said: “I WILL DWELL IN THEM [together as One] AND WALK AMONG THEM. I will be their God, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.“
(John 14:1-6) “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me [Jesus]. IN MY FATHER’SHOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS [residences]; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and RECEIVE YOU INTO MYSELF; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me [Christ, the Intercessor].
We are promised by Jesus that He will take us into Himself, and that we will live where He is: within Him, His One Body (which is within His Father’s House).
Please notice that ALL MANSIONS [residences] ARE WITHIN our Father’s House, or Temple. Your home, even if it is an individual residence, as some teach, will still be part of our Father’s House and Temple.
This Temple is built with all who have come, or will come to believe and confess that Christ is their Lord and Savior, and be FILLED by the Holy Spirit. We are the One Spiritual Body of Christ, and thus the One Spiritual Temple, or House of the LORD God Almighty and the Lamb [Jesus]!
(Ephesians 2:4-10) But God, who is rich in mercy, BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, MADE US ALIVE TOGETHER WITH CHRIST (by grace you have been saved), and RAISED US UP TOGETHER, and MADE [all of] US TO SIT TOGETHER IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST JESUS[the Lamb].FOR BY GRACE [… God’s influence upon our heart, and its reflection in our life; including gratitude]. YOU HAVE BEEN SAVEDTHROUGH FAITH, and that is NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS A GIFT OF GOD, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED WITHIN CHRIST JESUS[Christ’s One Body] for good works, WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFORE HAND that we should walk in them.
(1 Corinthians 3:16-17) Do you not know thatYOU ARE [one stone in] THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE [Holy] SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU?If anyone defiles the TEMPLE of God, God will destroy him. FOR THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY, WHICH TEMPLE YOU ARE.
Above, Ephesians 2:4-10 confirms 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. We are indeed the Temple of God, and the Holy Spirit of God lives in us both individually and as the completed One Final Temple of God. Praise God!
(John 14:15-21) “If you love me [Jesus], you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the SPIRIT OF TRUTH. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him [the Truth]. But you know him, for he lives with you and WILL BE IN YOU. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I [and everyone within Me] AM IN THE FATHER, and YOU ARE IN ME, AND I AM IN YOU. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” NIV
THE FINAL SPIRITUAL TEMPLE IS REVEALED IN HEAVENLY NEW JERUSALEM
BUT I SAW NO TEMPLE IN IT [New Heavenly Jerusalem], FOR THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for THE GLORY OF GOD ILLUMINATED IT. THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it [New Jerusalem]. Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an ABOMINATION OR A LIE, but ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from THE THRONE OF GOD AND THE LAMB. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. 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 [New Jerusalem], AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM. THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE ON THEIR FOREHEADS. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever. In this generation we will see the manifestation of, and BECOME part of God’s One Spiritual Temple along with God our Father and the Lamb, Jesus Christ. This is why God is, even now while we are on earth, preparing us to live eternally as His Wife, Family, Congregation, and Church WITHIN HIS ONE BODY, HIS TEMPLE.
“Over this last year [2017] many have been positioned in places as pinnacles in My [Spiritual] Temple: as pillars of strength so that My final days hold My final Temple within the hearts of Mine.”
The Prophet Haggai wrote:
(Haggai 2:6-9) “For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I WILL FILL THIS TEMPLE WITH GLORY ,’ says the Lord of hosts [God our Father]. ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘TheGLORY OF THIS LATTER [Spiritual] TEMPLE SHALL BE GREATER THAN THE FORMER [physical temples],’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace [Jesus, the Prince of Peace; continual Peace],’ says the Lord of hosts.”
As we become ONE BODY, God’s One Congregation of Believers, we are brought together with the Lamb, Jesus Christ and God our Father to form the final Temple. All Spiritual Beings in Heaven and those still on earth will merge and become God’s FINAL SPIRITUAL TEMPLE in NEW HEAVENLY JERUSALEM? We will be His GLORIOUS One Body, and therefore the LAMB’S, CHRIST’SWife. We will have been completed and perfected.
There is no question in my mind that this is true. Again, John said:
(Ephesians 2:19-22) So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but YOU ARE FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, IN WHOM THE WHOLE STRUCTURE,BEING JOINED TOGETHER, GROWS INTO THE HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD. IN HIM [His One Body] YOU ALSO ARE BEING BUILT TOGETHERINTO A DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD [our Father] BY THE SPIRIT.
WOW! As we are Spiritually joined together within Christ’s One Body by God’s Holy Spirit, we are also growing into the Heavenly Eternal Temple within the Lamb, our Lord Jesus Christ; thus, we are “also being BUILT TOGETHER [unified as one Spirit] INTO THE DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD OUR FATHER.”
CHRIST’S WIFE and HER RELATIONSHIP TO GOD’S SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
Jesus says, “Dance with Me, your Lord, in the light and glory of God our Father. Think how wonderful it will be when we continuously remain within this joy. As we dance our wedding dance together, see all of the beauty that surrounds us. Today, we rehearse; but soon this dance begins our new and glorious life together as Husband and Wife.
I have waited for you, and even now consider you My one and only. In the eyes of God, your beauty is so grand that nothing else compares to it; nothing else brings Me such joy. I am your Husband and you are My Wife.
My Loves, as I wait for you, and FOR YOUR COMPLETION AS ONE, only My Wife’s love for Me fulfills Me Amen. Christ your Love, Lover, and Husband, Amen.”
[Copied from Christ’s Prophetic Love Letters To His Children” August 13 “Dance With Me”]
(Ephesians 5:22-33) Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For THE HUSBAND IS HEAD OF THE WIFE AS CHRIST IS “HEAD” OF THE [CONGREGATION]/Church; and HE IS SAVIOR OF HIS/THE BODY. Therefore, just as THE CONGREGATION/CHURCH IS SUBJECT TO CHRIST, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED HIS CONGREGATION/CHURCH and GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER, that He might sanctify and cleanse her WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD,that HE MIGHT PRESENT HER TO HIMSELF A GLORIOUS CONGREGATION AND CHURCH, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it,JUST AS THE LORD DOES HIS CHURCH [and CONGREGATION]. FOR WE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS BODY, OF HIS FLESH AND OF HIS BONES. “For this reason A MAN SHALL leave his father and mother and BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, and THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH (also see John 17:1-5; 1 Cor 15:50-57).” THIS IS THE GREAT MYSTERY, BUT I SPEAK CONCERNING CHRIST AND HIS CONGREGATION [CHURCH].
(1 Peter 1:3-5) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE AND UNDEFILED AND THAT DOES NOT FADE AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU,who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation READY TO BE REVEALED IN THE LAST TIME.
(1 Cor 15:50-54) Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; NOR DOES CORRUPTION INHERIT INCORRUPTION.Behold, I TELL YOU A MYSTERY: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed —in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED. For this CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, and THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY. So WHEN THIS CORRUPTABLE HAS PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL HAS PUT OM IMMORTALITY, THEN SHALL BE BROUGHT TO PASS THE SAYING THAT IS WRITTEN: “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.”
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“… I, Chris Williams, stood in the Holy Spirit and was about to drink the Communion juice/blood when I heard God our Father tell me to first raise my glass in a toast to His Son, Jesus Christ. As I lifted the glass of juice high above my head and toward our Father, I saw that our Father also held a glass in His lifted left hand and arm.
He explained that He and I had raised our glasses together in honor and thanks [memory & remembrance] for His Son, Jesus’ perfect Nature and Being, and all that He had done for both of us: our Father and God’s Children: Christ’s One Body. I did not see myself, or Jesus Christ, or our Father drink…”
GOD’S WEDDING COVENANT WITH HIS NEW CREATION
God said, “You/Christ’s Bride will be wed by Me as you stand with Christ Jesus, your Husband to be… You will be joined in marriage as you take God’s Communion/Eucharist with your new Husband, Christ the Lamb and all members within His Wife, His One Body; and Me (your Father). This marriage will be CONSUMMATED as you are wed to, and BECOME ONE FLESH WITH CHRIST. This consummates [completes, perfects in every respect] Christ’s marriage to His Wife….”
“Consummated” is defined as: “TO BRING TO COMPLETION … FULFILL… PERFECT in EVERY RESPECT…; TO COMPLETE A MARRIAGE… [SPIRITUAL VERBAL [non-sexual] INTERCOURSE (Conversation)…]”
In today’s Revelation, God is very specific. He tells us that, without a doubt, we will all partake in His Communion/Eucharist during our Wedding ceremony. God later told me that as we take Communion on earth now we are participating in our Wedding Rehearsal.”
[NOTE: In August 2019, while writing this study, God said (and has since confirmed many times) that our Wedding to Christ, the Lamb of God, is within God’s Spiritual Temple. We literally become one within Christ’s Spirit, Heart, Mind, and our consummated New Flesh through God’s Wedding Covenant with His New Creation: which is Christ’s completed One Body, His Wife, and Congregation. Praise God!
(Revelation 21:1-11) Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, SAW THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD, PREPARED AS A BRIDE ADORNED FOR HER HUSBAND. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle [home] of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then He who sat on the throne said, “BEHOLD I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I WILL BE HIS GOD AND HE SHALL BE MY SON. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I WILL SHOW YOU THE BRIDE, THE LAMB’S WIFE.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a GREAT AND HIGH MOUNTAIN, and SHOWED ME THE GREAT CITY, THE HOLY NEW JERUSALEM, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. (also see Ezek 48:30-35)
