8) I now turn only to the Overcomers, to their calling and destiny. In Part 7, we already spoke the four groups in the Church, about the four-part spectrum in the Church. The same structure applies also to the Book of Revelation in which the Overcomers from the seven churches form the same four-part spectrum.
Let us look again at the Song of Solomon 6:8-9: “There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. My Dove, My undefiled is but One; She is the only One of her mother (the Church), She is the choice One of her that bare Her (the Church). The daughters saw Her, and blessed Her; yea, the queens and concubines, and they praised Her.”
Today, I praise God with an immense praise! His promise in 1Cor. 2:9 is truthful and it uncovers itself in its impalpable width, depth and height. I note this verse as it is written: “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” What a marvelous and extremely precious truth that is.
For a long time I already know that I SHALL NOT walk on that golden street in New Jerusalem! I shall not drink from the water of Life! I shall not eat from the tree of Life! I shall not even enter into the gates of this City! And if you are shocked, then greatly praise the Lord, because so was I shocked when I saw the truth for the first time. So, you should be shocked just as well. All of you, the true servants of Christ, who love the Lord from all your heart and from all your mind, from all your soul and from all your strength, who love the Lord Jesus Christ more, than anyone else, than anything else, than your own selves – NEITHER WILL YOU be walking on the golden street of New Jerusalem, in the Light and Glory of this Marvelous City of New Jerusalem! Why? Because WE – THE BRIDE & WIFE OF CHRIST – ARE THAT CITY! (Rev. 21:9b,10)
We are that golden street, which is the way of truth (Jn. 14:3,4,6). We are the wall, which sanctifies in us everything for God (Song of Sol. 8:10/ Jn. 17:19/ 1Cor. 6:11/ Heb. 2:11). We are the gates, which is the door to the Kingdom (Jn. 10:9). We are the tree of Life because our tongue now speaks Truth and Life (Pr. 11:30, 15:4/ Jer. 17:7,8/ Rev. 22:2/ Jn. 6:63). We are the pure river of water of Life because that river now flows from our spirit (Jn. 7:38/ Rev. 22:2). We are all this because now we are ONE with Our Father and with Christ bearing His Perfect Image (Jn. 17:21/ Rom. 8:29). The nations, which will walk in the light of it (Rev. 21:24), are NOT PERFECT! They are not One with God because they need healing from the “leaves” of the Bride & Wife of Christ (Rev. 22:2b). He who needs healing is not perfect.
It is impossible for us to imagine this miracle in our earthly existence, but we are spiritually that City and that City is described in the Book of Revelation, chapter 20 and 21. This is WHAT WE ARE! And if you reread those chapters 20 and 21 twelve times, maybe, you will begin to receive from the Lord grains of Reality, which are absolutely outside of all our imaginations, of all our reasonings and of all our perceptions.
And I am going to continue because I have not finished.
A question may be asked: Who are then the nations, which are saved and shall walk in the light of that City? (Rev. 21:24). I believe that no theologian can decipher these great mysteries, only a child of God can, and he, who truly loves the Lord. I was always taught before that I belonged to them and will be walking with them, but it is not so. So, who are those nations that will “walk” on the golden street in the light of the Bride & Wife of Christ (Rev. 21:24)?
These nations include three kinds of saved people, namely (Song of Solomon 6:8):
a) the threescore queens
b) the fourscore concubines, and
c) the virgins without number
The word “kings of the earth” (Rev. 21:24) includes queens, who were legitimate wives of kings, and concubines (in polygamous societies), which were also like wives of kings, but had a lower status than queens (Abraham had one wife and one concubine, Jacob had two wives and two concubines, Solomon had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines, etc). All those included in the “kings of the earth” bring their glory into the City (Rev. 21:24b)
d) the Dove (Song of Solomon 6:9), Who became ONE with Christ and God. She IS the City of New Jerusalem and as such, She has the Glory of God (Rev. 21:11a). She is the ONLY ONE from Her mother (Church). She is also the ONLY ONE, Who carries three names: The Name of God, the Name of Christ and the Name of the City of New Jerusalem (Zj. 3:12)! HALLELUJAH!
Furthermore, She was made a pillar (figuratively) in the Temple of God a She will never go out (of God) no more (Rev. 3:12). At the same time, God the Father and Christ ARE Her Temple! (Rev. 21:22). If, therefore, God the Father and Christ are Her Temple, and She is the pillar of that Temple and will go out no more, then it is clear that God the Father and Christ and the Bride-Wife have been UNITED INTO ONE! I immensely praise God… really immensely… that I caught as it were a glimpse of this amazing, stunning, wondrous Mystery, not in my brain, but in my heart.
The Lord Jesus Christ – AS A MAN – said: “I and My Father are One” (Jn. 10:30), and that’s why they considered Him a blasphemer worthy to be stoned, because in the eyes of the Jews, which were around Him, He was but a man, who was making Himself God (Jn. 10:33).
I myself have never said such a thing, nevertheless, many have accused me that I am “playing God“, that “I am making myself a judge over the Church”, that I am “proud and arrogant”, that I am “flying too high” and I don’t know what else. The majority of these were too emotional and zealous believers with a sharp mind – Christian “lawyers, scribes and Pharisees”. Should I care what people think or say about me, I would have never written anything, I would have never ministered the Truth of God to anybody.
But I do care for those few, who read with their hearts and in simple faith; for those that have eyes to see, ears to hear and hearts to understand. I am not writing only about myself, but about all of you, who are, or will be, the New Jerusalem, the true Bride & Wife of Christ. I am saying this for your sake: “We and Christ are One; We and the Father are One; We – People – and God Almighty are ONE!” Who will understand this apart from you? I do not know. But this is the Finale.For if the Lord is changing me into His Image according to His Word (Rom. 8:29), then I will be able to say the same: “I and my Father are One, I and Christ are One”. This does NOT mean IDENTICAL, but of ONE SPIRIT AND ONE LIFE. And this is how it will be because the WORD OF GOD confirms it in the mouth of Jesus Christ, and also how it is described in the Book of Revelation!
Isn’t this Truth Glorious? Isn’t it worthy of all our present petty sufferings, of all our pride, fear, darkness, stupidity and stubbornness? Isn’t it worthy that we would fall to our knees and repent to Our Great God? Isn’t it worthy for us to give Him really everything that we have and all that we are? Because He is giving to us everything that He has and all that He is. Isn’t it worthy that we would praise Him for ever? And to those that are perhaps still asking: “Well, so what is then the Church? Is the Church not one?” Yes. The Church is the Body of Christ and His Fullness (Eph. 1:22,23). This is the Word of God and no one will change it.
But I will conclude by this: The Church is the New Jerusalem, which is the Bride & Wife of Christ – PLUS the queens, PLUS the concubines, PLUS the virgins without number, which are the nations walking in the light and within that New Jerusalem! This is the Mystery of the Church and this is also the Mystery of our Destiny.
“I praise You, Oh, Lord Jesus Christ and God Almighty. I give You unbounded praises from my whole heart, from my whole mind, from my whole soul and from my all strength. I praise You and thank You for this Glorious Truth, which was a Mystery for all of us – but now it has become a Magnificent Reality. AMEN.
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To be continued next week
brother Hanola
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