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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.
Lets 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.
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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. Dont 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 lets
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?
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