December 2001

THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES TO EARTH
Paul & Emily Meuller

Part Four     April 2001

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                Also on this Day, the Lord said He would do this as well: 'I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even A MAN than the golden wedge of Ophir' (Is. 13:12). A man is growing to maturity in this day; it is the manchild company, the sons of God, or the body of Christ. This corporate man will be made more precious than fine gold by the Lord Himself, for He dwells within them in all the power, glory and authority of the kingdom of Love. The term 'the golden wedge of Ophir, ' is a reference to the source of the finest gold available in that day, which was the gold of Ophir. From the mines of the region of Ophir the Israelites obtained the most precious and highly refined gold in the days of Solomon. When the Lord completely delivers us of this Adamic man of sin, which is within us all, we shall then become that MAN that is more precious than the finest gold of Ophir. That MAN shall then be the savior of the world (Obadiah 21). He shall show forth the spirit and power of reconciliation and restoration to all mankind, bringing deliverance to the whole, groaning creation.

                Another prophet, the prophet Malachi, also prophesied of this Day. He declared, 'For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch' (Mal. 4:1). Every prophecy about this great Day speaks of deliverance, restoration and salvation, not of war, destruction or desolation for mankind, when properly understood by the mind of Christ. There is but one man who does wickedly, and that man shall be made as stubble on this Day, to be burned up in the fiery oven of the presence of the Lord. And that one man is the carnal, Adamic man, the man of sin that is in every person. The Lord shall bring forth the fullness of His salvation on this great Day by removing that old man of sin from all mankind, beginning with His elect and chosen ones.

                  The prophet continued his anointed prophecy, by saying. ‘But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of tile stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under tile soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts' (Mal. 4:2-3). Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, shall arise with healing and delivering power for those who truly fear or respect His name, which includes His nature and His authority. By this rising of Christ within them to deliver them. or by the reign of Christ to put every' enemy under their feet. those elect ones shall then ascend to the highest of the heavens to commune with their Father. in the Spirit and by the Spirit. They will grow up spiritually to tread down the wicked man that is also within them. That old, carnal man shall then be as ashes under our feet. Thus bringing 'him' to 'his' final end.

                The prophet Micah also spoke of this Day, when he said, ‘the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh ‘ (Mic. 7:4). The watchmen are those who have the ability of a prophet. The word ‘watchmen,' from the original means to lean forward, to peer into the distance, by implication, to observe, await (from Strong's). The watchmen are all the elect of this great Day. They are leaning forward and looking up to the realm of the Spirit. They are observing all that God is doing now, believing it, and awaiting all He shall vet do in the earth, by His Spirit. Each of the elect is a prophet, for the Lord has anointed them with the Spirit and power of Elijah. They have the ability to see in the Spirit and to restore, by the power and authority of the spirit of Elijah, which is that portion of the Spirit of God that restores all things.

                Back in the day's of Moses, he had just appointed seventy elders to shoulder some of the responsibility for the Israel nation and people. The Lord came down in a cloud in the midst of the people and anointed the seventy elders with the same spirit that was upon Moses. After this, two men among them began to prophesy in the camp. One young man ran to Moses and told him about those two who were prophesying in the camp. Joshua asked Moses to forbid those two men to prophesy. But Moses replied, 'would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them' (see Num. 11:24-29). In this new Day, the Lord has raised up and anointed the best trained and the most mature of His people. He put their feet on the path to sonship, and has also anointed each one of them with the anointing of the prophet Elijah. This made is possible for them to see in the Spirit and to minister restoration, by the Spirit and power of Elijah, which was given them by the Lord.

                The day of thy watchmen is also the day when thy visitation cometh. In other words, this Day is also the day of our visitation. It is the day when we shall be visited by the Spirit of the Lord. In that visitation to come, the true sons of God shall experience their full salvation. They shall be transformed in their bodies and brought to a full and complete manifestation of their sonship, which is the manifestation of the sons of God. It will be that blessed in-a-moment, in-the-twinkling-of-an-eye experience, when they shall be changed into the full image and likeness of the risen and glorified Christ of God.