We Need the Nameless Servant

I would like to point to an Old Testament account that vividly portrays the requirements necessary to be raptured by Jesus when He appears. Then we will take a look at a New Testament illustration confirming the fact that a majority of the current church world is not ready to meet the Lord when He comes to take away His Bride. Let’s examine the 24th chapter of Genesis. This Scripture tells the story of Rebecca being found as a bride for Isaac and illustrates the fact that Rebecca would not have made it home to wed Isaac the Bridegroom or meet his father, Abraham, without obedience and faithfulness to the nameless servant. To understand this relationship, you must first know how the characters correspond to the members of the Godhead. This particular passage is a word picture portraying the relationship of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and God the Holy Spirit with the Body of Christ. Abraham represents God the Father, Isaac is symbolic of Jesus, and the nameless servant is the Holy Ghost. You and I are depicted as Rebecca, the bride chosen for Isaac.

Abraham sent the nameless servant to seek out a woman who was worthy to be the bride of his son. In Genesis 24:8, Abraham states that if the woman chosen by the nameless servant refuses to follow him, she is to be disregarded and not brought near his son. He trusted the discretion of the nameless servant to choose the appropriate individual; one who was not a “daughter of the Canaanites” because the Canaanites were worshippers of false gods. Based on this criterion, the nameless servant found a virtuous, holy, and honorable woman to wed Isaac. The servant then gives Rebecca gifts to identify her as the chosen bride and Rebecca leaves behind all she knows in order to get to her bridegroom.

Brothers and sisters, we must maintain a daily communion with the One that God has sent to us, if we expect to be accepted by God the Father and received by Jesus at His coming. The only qualification for our admission to heaven and reception by Jesus when He comes is to be filled with the Holy Ghost of God. Without this baptism and infilling, there is no way to identify you or me as the Body of Christ. The Holy Ghost is to the Body of Christ what blood is to our bodies: it gives us life and allows our minds to communicate with our bodies. Jesus, the head of the Body of Christ, can only operate in and communicate with you to the degree that the Holy Ghost fills you.

Most of the church world has been brainwashed into believing that the mighty Baptism of the Holy Ghost is not for today. Some preachers even go so far as to say that speaking in tongues is of the devil and is not given to present-day church members. Friends, this is a lie birthed right out of the pit of hell! You need the Holy Ghost now more than ever. Don’t let anyone stop you from receiving the Third Person of the Godhead. Seek, ask, and knock on the doors of heaven until you receive the power of your salvation…the mighty Baptism in the Holy Ghost and with fire!

The Holy Ghost is the One who prepares you to receive Jesus, provides you with spiritual gifts to access in the midst of persecution and engages you in a victorious war against Satanic forces. Above all, He prepares the Bride for the Rapture and without Him you are not ready to see the Lord, no matter what you presently think. Now let’s take a look at a New Testament depiction of the rapture given in Matthew 25:1-13:

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Five foolish virgins and five wise virgins were all in some type of relationship with the Bridegroom, but they were not all prepared to go with Him when He returned for them. What was the problem? Five of the virgins did not have any oil in their vessels when the Bridegroom arrived!

The vessels referred to here are the bodies of the individual believers who are waiting on Jesus to appear. When Jesus returns, He will receive the five wise virgins with oil, while the others go scurrying around trying to find oil. While they are gone, the Bridegroom comes and seals the door of His house. When the five foolish virgins return and beg Him to open the door, He says in verse 12, “I know you not!” It would be terrifying to assume you are prepared for the ‘Marriage of the Lamb’ only to find out (at the last minute) that you have no oil in your vessel. Please note that the ‘oil’ is representative of being filled with the Holy Ghost.

You need to fast and pray that God will use you in these last days. Seek the Lord fervently until He fills you with the Holy Ghost and with end-time power! Jesus Christ is returning to the earth soon to redeem His Bride and eternally secure His saints from the wrath of God that will be poured out on the nations. He gave explicit directions to us for the end times in Mark 16:15-18:

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

There are visible signs that follow the believer. The only critical questions are: Are you a believer or have you fallen prey to the subtle deceptions of the Jesus Cult?