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BACKGROUND
The background to this teaching is found in the book 'Eagles Fly High!'.
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Online links to scriptures (New International Version [NIV] unless otherwise stated) are shown in blue
| A CHURCH OF VICTORY ….. Reflecting God’s Glory upon the Earth. |
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 The Tabernacle church is to become the victorious church, reflecting the glory of God upon the earth, as prophetically illustrated in the joyous Feast of Tabernacles itself. These victorious reflections include:
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| 16. An Outpouring of the Holy Spirit: |
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 Such as has never been experienced in history! As the Holy Spirit is poured out upon the earth in abundance for a short time at the end of the age, signs, wonders, miracles and healings will form a natural part of the Tabernacle church. Christ however, will make these supernatural abilities available only to those who have proven themselves trustworthy, through obedience to the will of the Father. Otherwise chaos would reign!
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| 17. The Time of Final Harvest: |
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 The final and greatest harvest, as promised throughout the Bible and looked forward to by most believers. The Holy Spirit will do a quick work in people’s lives. Churches will overflow with new believers, each one needing to be discipled and trained in the ways of the Lord. All Bible Believing churches will experience rapid growth. For some will be saved into the truths of Passover, others into those of Pentecost, while still others will proceed rapidly into Tabernacles. There will also be a great movement amongst present believers, as the Holy Spirit convicts many to seek further truths, to increase their level of commitment to their Saviour and Lord. However, there are many that resist change. Sadly, they will be highly resentful of the new ‘spiritual upstarts’, those prepared to make the required sacrifices to move into a deeper relationship with God. Deeper levels than they are prepared to commit to. Much opposition will come from this group.
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| 18. A New Concept of Church: |
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 The Tabernacle church will not regard itself as a ‘church’ of the type we know today. It will not be just another denomination meeting in a building, separated from others, celebrating the truths that have been revealed to it. For Tabernacle church followers will regard their bodies as temporary dwellings, to be lived in but for a time, while eagerly awaiting the receipt of their eternal, heavenly bodies. This concept of ‘temporaryness’, with its focus on what is ahead, will result in a distinct lack of interest in permanent church organisational structures and buildings. For they know that the return of Christ is near. ‘Tabanaclers’ will be motivated to work within existing churches, seeking to lead others into the Tabernacle experience, while promoting unity in God’s will amongst all churches. Barriers between churches will lessen as groups of like-minded people develop and mature within the various denominations. Denominational barriers will become of increasingly less significance as more and more attention is focused upon preparing for and eagerly awaiting, the Lord’s return.
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| 19. Aspiring to Perfection in Christ: |
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 A church focused upon and fully committed to its ultimate destiny – to be the perfect Bride of Christ. This is not possible by human effort, attainable only through the complete submission of our wills to that of the Father. To become like Christ - for His will was totally submitted to His Father. An ‘idealistic impossibility’ when considered from the viewpoint of current experience, but attainable in the future through absorbing the principles of Atonement, in being healed by the power of the anointing of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. It simply has to be possible, in order that the word of God may be finally fulfilled.
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| 20. Total Sacrifice: |
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 A people totally committed to seeking and living by the will of the Father, as reflected in the example of Jesus; even unto death, if required; washed clean by the water of the Word as well as saved by the blood of the Lamb; to be pure, as well as forgiven.
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| 21. Eagerly Awaiting the Return of Christ: |
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 The major motivation in life will be to be personally prepared, and to help others prepare, for the triumphant return of Christ, in total victory over the final barrier separating man from God – death. Hallelujah!
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| A MATTER OF TIME |
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 As emphasised throughout, the attainment of these objectives is a process, not an event. For as the Holy Spirit convicts us, in new areas in our lives, so He guides us closer and closer to the scriptural ideal. We are not to be discouraged when we fail. We all fail, for not one of us has yet been made perfect. But if we diligently apply these principles to our lives, through the saving grace of Jesus, in the full power of the Holy Spirit, and in submission to the will of the Father, to the very best of our ability, changes will occur. For the Lord sees and honours our true heart. As we surrender to Him, so He teaches trains and encourages us in the application of His ways to our lives.
For the sacrifice of Atonement must be built into the heart of our very beings. Then we will be able to celebrate the victory, power and wonder of the Feast of Tabernacles. As individuals and the church, we will not experience the glory of the promise of Tabernacles until we have built God’s Tabernacle within us. Glory follows, not precedes sacrifice! “My people, prepare yourselves,†is the Lords heart cry.
Each one of us can make a start today. Final revival, the end –time harvest, the glory of God being manifested in the church, is dependent upon the sacrifice of our lives to Him, not upon an ‘easy miracle’ from the heavenlies. For God’s Tabernacle is being built in each of us. His collective glory will shine forth as His Tabernacle builds within each one. For Tabernacles is an individual, not a corporate experience. But God’s glory will be greatly magnified by the collective witness of His Tabernacle church movement.
Let us then, get ready today for the victorious return of the Lord Jesus to collect his perfect bride, in accordance with the pattern established in the Tabernacle Feasts.
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| NOT THE FINAL WORD |
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 Revelation, like the development of Christ in us, is an ongoing process, not a single event. It is the perfectly natural desire of every person with an apostolic or prophetic gifting, to receive brand new, supernatural, life and church changing revelation from God. Unfortunately when such revelation comes, it frequently leads to spiritual pride, accompanied by the belief that ‘their word’ (God’s really!) is the final and ultimate word of God. God’s next revelation has then to be given to someone else!
Naturally, being human, I would like to believe that there is some element of revelation in what has been written here concerning the development of God’s end-time Tabernacle church movement. However it is neither all new revelation, nor the final word. The teaching on which these premises are based has been progressively revealed to many within the church over the past 50 years or so. While this has not yet all become mainstream Christian theology, bit by bit, piece by piece, these truths are gradually being absorbed into the wider church. For change and revelation in God’s order, as in the exploration of a new country, is first carried out by a few pioneers, before being settled by the mass of its inhabitants.
As individuals, God takes our natural talents and breaks them down, before rebuilding them in His will, rather than our own. He does not make us ‘Christian Clones’, according to the human ideals of any one person or group. For we all have individual, God given personalities, each uniquely incorporating differing strengths and weaknesses. God will use our strengths, once they are submitted to him, while at the same time strengthening us in our areas of weakness, to making us better all-round people in Him. My three natural talents happen to be in the areas of envisioning the future, putting things into perspective, and explaining complex issues in a simple way. These are likely to be reflected here. I have many weaknesses. He is still working upon these!
Because we are human, every revelation contains elements of both God and the writer. This is no exception! I have tried my very hardest to ensure that as much as possible is of God, and as little as possible of David. This picture of the Tabernacle church movement has been carefully composed scripture upon scripture, word upon word, to line up, to the best of my ability, with God’s word as developed in ‘The First and Last Word.’ You need to be the judge of my success or failure in this regard.
Finally, this is not the final word! (I can see David in that!) It is an attempt to provide a framework which others, more spiritual and knowledgeable than I, will be able to amend, expand and enhance. As time marches on, God continues to reveal more and more of his nature to us. But it won’t be until the glorious day of His return that all will be revealed. Then He will have the final word! For the final ‘Word’ is indeed Jesus. To Him be all the honour and glory. Amen.
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| <i>NEXT WEEK:</i> 25 SPECIFIC COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS |
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 As contained in the 4 Gospels. Not clearly numbered and listed, as in the Old Testament outward Law of the 10 Commandments, they are found among the teachings of Jesus for all who have a heart to seek them.
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| A NOTE FROM DAVID |
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 Yes, the promise is that we are to be a 'church of victory'!
I am so much looking forward to the future when the church as we know it becomes the church that God desires it to be! A pure and sanctified bride, ready for His return. You too?
Gilgamesh Tablet
This is part of a tablet on which the Epic of Gilgamesh, a Babylonian version of the Flood, is recorded. (2000 BC).
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