Mary meets the risen
Lord
~The New Jerusalem~
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| JUDE LEBBAEUS, THADDAEUS– Confession |
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of
Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your
affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for
the faith of the gospel; And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is
to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of
God. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on
him, but also to suffer for his sake; Having the same conflict which ye saw in
me, and now hear to be in me. Philippians
1:27-30
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:9-13
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise
thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but
godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all
acceptation. For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust
in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that
believe. These things command and teach. 1
Timothy 4:7-11
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 2 Timothy
1:11-14
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life,
purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, Persecutions, afflictions,
which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured:
but out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yea, and all that will live godly in
Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax
worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things
which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast
learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which
are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ
Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Timothy
3:10-17
Wherefore let
them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls
to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 1
Peter 4:19
( 3 Visions )
“In the slime pits of
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden
manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” Revelation
2:17
(***NOTE***) This vision of
the Israeli slave is akin to the Overcomer enduring daily trials with no relief
or end of the trial in sight. It is important to know that this is but a
picture of our present condition of enduring daily these testings.
( End Vision )
“As I walked the sky suddenly
opened and I beheld the coming of The Lord Jesus Christ. I could see Him
descend from heaven with a loud shout from His voice. He was wearing the
garments of the great High Priest including the Royal Ephod upon His chest.
Upon His brow was a crown of glory and great light and He was covered in glory.
He descended through the clouds to the atmosphere of the earth. As He descended
the rays of His glory spread outward and downward as rays of bright golden
light which illuminated everything on the earth. I saw then that the rays of
His glory melted and dissolved everything that man had built. There was nothing
of the structures on the earth or of the decisions that man made that endured
the rays of glory of the coming of Jesus, everything melted and dissolved right
to the soils of the earth and all man had made for the past millenniums of time
was dissolved in an instant at the coming of Jesus. The rays went out in every
direction from His person, dissolving all that was in the earth.”
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught
up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of
these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To
execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of
all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their
hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” Jude
1:14-15
( End Vision )
( 3rd Vision, a continuation from the second vision )
“I saw then the rays of glory penetrate with no resistance the
soils of the earth. Hidden in the soils of the earth were many precious gems
and stones of great value, rubies, diamonds and the like all of which were of
great worth. As the rays of His glory penetrated the soils these gems were
exposed and they were brought to the surface and they were gathered by the
Spirit of the Lord into a cluster which was then caught up and presented to the
person of The Lord Jesus Christ as precious gems found deep in the earth, but
presented to Him as a reward for Him and for His Glory and Crown.”
( End Vision )
“Then they
that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and
heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared
the LORD, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the
LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as
a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked,
between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.” Malachi
3:16-18
JUDE LEBBAEUS, THADDAEUS or Jude who wrote
the book of Jude was a man who knew the extent and humility needed to be a
disciple of the Lord. In the foundation of The New Jerusalem he is equated with
the Diamond Stone, known for perfect unity. The unity that we find in this
in-worked nature in the Overcomer is unity in the fellowship of sufferings and
that same unity carried through to full overcoming victory and triumph in
ruling and reigning with the Lord when He comes. The stark contrast written by
Jude was seen as a judgment for those who bore lives of flesh and carnality
verses those who learn the judgment of the Lord in their lives and who now bear
the name of Jesus. Jude’s name Lebbaeus Thaddaeus distinguished him from Judas
Iscariot in the gospels. He was also the flesh and blood brother of Jesus being
born of Mary and Joseph and being also a disciple of the Lord. Only two of
Christ’s flesh brothers were disciples, James and Jude Lebbaeus, Thaddaeus.
Rather than getting into how his name came about I would rather speak about how
his name is worked into us.
One thing that is needed in this hour more
than at any other time is the knowledge of His righteousness in us, the company
of Overcomers. I say the company of Overcomers because I equate the Overcomers
to being the wheel within the wheel, the church within the church, the company
of those who are hidden away outside the rest of Christendom, separated OUT
from all realms of Christianity and have therefore become targets of
persecution from the Christian churches. I see the Overcoming company as being
those who bear crosses which are extremely personal and which are done in
obedience to the Lord so that they can be, in time, “saviors” to the rest of
the Christian world and mankind in general. They are not bearing their cross
with the aim of being exalted above their fellow man or of being better than
anyone else. They bear these things so that there can be no other motive in
them but to be found in Christ with His righteousness as a part of their very
nature. That is the motive of those who Overcome at this time outside the
Christian world.
And so, the Overcomer in this very hour at
this very time during this very minute is cast aside bearing their cross and
bearing their crucifixion process faithfully unto the Lord. The actual working
of crucifixion in the Overcomer is foreign to the Christian world. I do not
believe that modern Christendom is bearing a cross at this time. But they that
overcome all things are bearing very heavy crosses and are somewhat in fear for
their lives at times, at other times they are brave and able to bear this even
unto death. They know that crucifixion is a process of death but not the
finality of death. That the finality of death in them wherein their lives die
out to that which is of the fallen nature will not happen fully until Christ
appears. When He appears, they will have ended in them the process of
crucifixion and the process of death and dying. How marvelous to know that the
end of this is ahead of us at His appearing.
What is worked into the
Overcomer by the layer of the foundation stone of Diamond? PERFECT UNITY. And
what is the unity we desire? THE UNITY AND THE FELLOWSHIP THAT COMES OF
***SUFFERING***. Then, when this suffering is complete, THE UNITY AND THE
FELLOWSHIP OF PERFECTION. For there is an end. There is a conclusion and it
will come to the Overcomer at the appearing of Christ which appearing will
signal the end of the crucifixion process and of the fact that they live in
denial of their lives in this present evil world. I prophecy to you that the
Lord is about to come, and we will see the destruction of man’s ways in this
world and of all the works of carnal men, but we will also see the government
of the Lord arise as an Army to set this creation free from death and from
dying.
To explain the heart and unity
of fellowship that Jude Lebbaeus Thaddaeus had with his fellow disciples at the
time he lived in one must realize that his faith was also based on prophecy.
For he prophesied of the coming of Christ and of the judgment of the world. “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of
these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To
execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of
all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their
hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are
murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh
great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.”
Jude 1:14-16 This
prophecy continues to amaze the carnal mind in that it reveals a unity which
carnality has no ability to reproduce. You have heard me say that there is a
true Jesus and a false Jesus which we need to discern. The entire writing on
The Royal Ephod was to teach the difference between Christ and antichrist who
looks like Christ. One cannot tell the difference between Christ and antichrist
except by looking at the Ephod the High Priest of Glory wears upon His chest.
The 3rd row of Stones is missing on the antichrist’s ephod. Now I
will show you that there is another way of recognizing the true Jesus from the
false, all found in the unity of the Diamond Stone as the layered portion of
The New Jerusalem in the person of Jude.
This other way of recognizing
the true Jesus from the false Jesus comes by TRUE UNITY. This unity cannot be
produced by the false Jesus. It can be “implied”, it can be “imitated”, it can
be “emboldened as character” but it cannot be IN TRUTH. There is a unity that
the Overcomers have one with the other than cannot be discerned for any other
thing. That unity comes of SUFFERING THE CROSS. There is a unity in suffering
tribulation that marks the true saint from the false saint with a false
blessing. True unity BRINGS FIRST THE CROSS. This unity cannot be imitated by
the minions of hell because IT BRINGS WITH IT A LIFE LAID DOWN. When you come
across a true Overcomer, YOU WILL SEE UPON THEM THE MARKS OF CRUCIFIXION. This
cannot be imitated. If it is imitated, it can only be SELF PITY. But for those
who overcome all things, CRUCIFIXION IS THE RESULT AND THE MARK OF IMPALED
NAILS ARE THE SCARS THEY BEAR.
The book of Jude, the life of
Jude, the confession and the triumph of Jude, COME BECAUSE OF THE CROSS. We
live in a time where there are many itching ears. Doctrines have emerged in the
Son companies which state that Jesus is in everybody, that no one is without
Jesus, that all a troubled soul need do is “look within” to see Jesus as the
answer to their problems. We also see many of these who are of this persuasion
state that there is no more death process in them, that they have moved from
death to life and that there is no more self-sacrifice needed. These are
doctrines heaped upon itching ears being brought about by motives that are akin
to the Jews casting in the teeth of Jesus the temptation to come down from the
cross if He be the Son of God. We have many teachers and preachers in the
Kingdom Ministry movement that are proclaiming doctrines such as these as if
they were truth when in fact they are false doctrines and are no more than the
blind leading the blind and calling themselves “gods”.
There is a unity of Spirit
that the Overcomer has that comes BECAUSE OF THE SUFFERING OF THE CROSS. It is
a fellowship. It is the ONLY FELLOWSHIP IN THIS WORLD THAT IS TRUE. It is a
fellowship where one recognizes the other by the same suffering, by the same
fierce impaling of the nails and by the hardness of the slivery wood of the
cross. A camaraderie comes which is created in truth by the identity of the mystery
of His suffering lived out in each life in each day that comes before them. And
there is one thing that identifies this true suffering more than any other
thing. And it is that these who suffer the death of the cross, do not flinch
away from it even though they have the hope of it coming to an end, but rather,
they know that as long as they live in bodies of flesh and blood, the cross
will continue to work in them. The ear itching doctrines teach one to come down
off the cross. They teach us that the work is done and nothing more is to be
added to it. That the finished work of Jesus means I don’t have to suffer. That
Jesus suffered so I don’t have to. What they don’t know is that the first place
for true fellowship with the Lord IS THE SUFFERING OF CRUCIFIXION. I call this
“The Fellowship Of The Mystery”. Whereby, when
ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in
other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto
his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be
fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by
the gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace
of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am
less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach
among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see
what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all
things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of
God, According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord:” Ephesians 3:4-11 ( Italics and underline are mine ). It is impossible to duplicate
this fellowship in delusion or by antichrist means. It is a fellowship which
joins Overcomer to Overcomer in a unity of Spirit that cannot be destroyed at
all by any spirit or minion of hell or carnal Christian ministry. This is the
true identity of the Overcomer with the living Christ.
Paul said “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians
5:17 However
at the same time when one lifts that scripture out of context, one would become
deceived. For you cannot be a new creature in Christ without knowing that death
also at the very same time continues to work in the lives of they that
overcome. We are counted daily for death, daily to die, daily to suffer the
reproach of the cross. The greatest persecution we could ever receive is not
from men persecuting us, but from the Lord Himself IF WE CAME OFF THE CROSS TO
ALLEVIATE OUR SUFFERING. The Lord would then become our persecutor. But the
Apostle Paul agreed with Jude when he wrote that death is a continual process
just as life is a continual process. Paul said to the Corinthian Christians, “I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus
our Lord, I die daily.” 1 Corinthians 15:31 He also said: “As it is
written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep
for the slaughter.” Romans 8:36
But that is not all, Paul also stated that if we were to walk out the working of the cross in us, that the cross would be the key to overcoming. It is this same cross that delivers us from living in this world to dying to this world. It is the cross that keeps us from being used for anything other than coming into true fellowship of those who are of the same mind. “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-11 So HEAR THIS DEAR READER. DEATH WILL NOT END WORKING IN YOU TILL HE COMES. WHEN JESUS DOES COME, YOUR DEATH WILL END.
To Be Continued..............Kenneth B Visscher
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