~The New Jerusalem~
~The New Jerusalem~
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Chapter:# 51
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| Matthew - Given A Reward |
And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called
Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he
arose, and followed him. Matthew 9:9
The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice,
together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah returneth to
And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every
tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into
the fire. I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh
after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall
baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire: whose fan is in his hand, and he
will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into
the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. Matthew 3:10-12
But 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. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:9-16
( 2 Visions )
( 1st Vision )
“I saw the Lord as a great and
high mountain and the mountain was the Lord. As a strong stalwart of the
( End Vision )
“As I was in my house the Spirit of the Lord was upon me and His hand rested heavy upon me. As I was carried I saw a huge red dragon in the atmosphere, swallowing up the nations of the earth, but also I saw that this dragon had changes of color. There were waves of grey moving through the color of red and I saw that this dragon was causing the Sons and the Daughters of God to have contentions between them over true and false doctrine over the Word of God. Power was given unto this dragon to cause a warring and a strife to arise in the company of those who would overcome. I feared for the loud noise which thundered from its voice and from the size of this dragon which resisted the Word of God in the lives of the Overcomers. The Angel then moved me past the dragon to an even higher place in the atmosphere. There I beheld a great storm coming from God who did send this storm in waves and in periods of time to the earth. Storms of fire mixed with hail, winds, rains and a great tempest of cloud and darkness which no element on the earth could endure. The cloud of this storm was one cloud that God had made, but spinning off of this cloud were storms and elements of wind and rain and hail which would from time to time cover areas of the earth. It was this storm that covered the earth in gross darkness. Then even higher the Angel did carry me and I beheld God upon the Throne of Heaven. He was drawing to Himself the Overcomers out of the earth, catching them up into the eternal glorified state. I saw that the Overcomers were as points of light, bright with the glory of God being the light that was within them. They were being drawn up together unto the Throne, however what I saw was HOW FEW IN NUMBER THEY TRULY WERE. There were only a very small core group out of the storms of the earth that now assailed it who overcame and did rise to be caught up to the Throne of God.” ( End Vision )
Matthew was formerly named
“Levi” from his home in
In our day this becomes a
present testimony, a prophecy for this hour in that we see the washing of
regeneration effecting a lively change in the lives of they which would
overcome. Not only so, but we see that this portion of the foundation of the
City of God is worked into us solely because we recognize the grace of God that
has brought us to this point and can boast in nothing of ourselves. The
Overcomer in this hour stands out from all the rest of mankind having the true
light of the Lord within them in that they do not allow themselves to be
tainted by any of the traditions or religious efforts of men or of
denominations. The Lord is forming us into the New Jerusalem, that the New
Jerusalem IS the body of the Lord, and this City, including its foundations are
necessary to our walk as day by day we work out our own salvation. True
Overcomers discard any doctrine that is not based on scripture and that is not
founded upon the person of Jesus Christ the Lord. If it is not giving glory to
Jesus, they do not accept it as true doctrine. They know that the Lord alone is
to be exalted in this day and they will not do anything but worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness while they endure their daily temptations and trials.
Not only so, but the
Overcomers reject any doctrine that gives a false glory to Jesus, one that
tickles the ears and gives men an automatic avenue into the Holy things of the
Lord. They do not accept shortcuts. Overcomers know that the cross must be
carried, whether the bearing of the cross is a long term thing or a short term
thing to them, it still must be carried. False doctrines in our day give a
sense of an automatic work being accomplished and therefore no one is excluded
from the Spirit of the Lord. These have forgotten that the Lord is HOLY and
that one cannot just approach the Lord as one would a next door neighbor or a
person on the street. It is true we have access to the Lord because of the
grace He manifested in our salvation, but this approach to the Lord comes after
the heat of testing and trial has removed iniquity from your life. For you
cannot come with iniquity upon your lips and deceit in your heart. The Lord is not
to be taken so lightly, but He is to be feared, especially in this time of much
delusion.
The Overcomer is separated
more and more from all those around them, especially from those who also
profess to know the Lord in truth. Even from these, it seems that the
separations are happening as if it were a great cutting away of their lives
from even being seen or known in the world. Instead of coming together into
unity to worship the Lord with one heart and mind, the Overcomer finds
themselves separated more and more, alone more and more, cut off more and more.
They do not rejoice in meetings or gatherings, nor do they wish to hear any new
word from any preacher or prophet if that word given does not spark worship
unto the Lord. They have fixed their gaze solely upon Jesus and nothing else
will do for them. These stand alone, lost as it were to the world, gone from
the assemblies of men and from the institutions men make to arrange their lives
around the grace of God. The Overcomer is not found in this hour out there
exposed for others to see. They are hidden, alone, cut off, separate. They may
be meeting in little groups of a very few people, but they are not taking part
in any other thing. They know that the will of God will cost them everything,
and they are presently paying that very price to be found perfect in His will.
The true Overcomer has entered into a realm of silent suffering in fellowship
with Jesus who did the very same. They commune with Him in the midst of this as
He perfects in them His will. No one else on earth can even perceive this work
that is being done in the lives of the Overcomer who looks like an ordinary
person in the world, seen day by day, but not known for their true identity in
the
The reason the Lord relates
Matthew to the cut off Overcomer is because it is the Overcomer which will
receive the reward of the inheritance in God who will withhold nothing. “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and
not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance:
for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the
wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.” Colossians
3:23-25. Matthew
represented one who was thus separated, as was the Amethyst Stone from the
false Ephod, so was the life of this man who DID overcome and who will indeed
be a part of this great thing the Lord is about to do in the earth.
Hear this well dear reader.
This is not just another writing, but it is a test for you to test your own heart to see if you are indeed in
the will of the Lord. For if you are heaping to yourself teachers who are
telling you doctrines not founded in scripture nor by the Spirit of Holiness,
then you are not going to overcome in the end but will be found wanting. If the
doctrine you hold to gives an “automatic blessing”, then you have not heard
right, your life is bound in deception, and your attitude is one of a false
joy and a false hope. True Overcomers are not going to listen to
doctrines that give men place without having the Holiness of the Lord worked
into them. They know that if the doctrine does not glorify the Lord IN TRUTH,
it won’t also at the same time work in them the cross. The Overcomer DOES NOT
SHIRK THE CROSS. Doctrines that tickle the ears has the cross removed from you.
When the Spirit of the Lord is quenched, it is quenched by the removal of your
personal cross. Overcomers know the power of the cross to save, and to them it
is the only standard they have when weighing ‘new’ doctrine as to its impetus in
their lives to make them more of an Overcomer than they were before.
The world’s top physicist has
made a statement that man needs to find another planet in the solar system
which can support life. That migration from this planet is the only way man can
survive. Now science has found a planet several trillion miles from the earth
that has a 13 day year and can support life. Man in his vanity will point to
that as the hope for man being saved in this hour. Even if man did migrate to
this new planet, they would do so with the same level of personal iniquity as
they have now.
Man is also doing what ear
tickling Christians are doing. They are trying to preserve life. They are
trying to ‘live’. Instead of laying down their lives for each other, they are
attempting to preserve their own life. To extend their days, to pile up wealth
against the day of famine. Opposite to the example of Jesus, modern Christians,
even those who deem themselves to be part of this latter motion of God’s
Spirit, are saving themselves rather than laying down their lives completely
for the sake of the love of God. New age spirits are having a heyday with the
ear tickling Christians in this very hour.
The Lord is building the true
Overcomer into rank in the Army of the Lord. That is indeed the true reward,
the true inheritance. Here is a description of what is going to take place. The
Lord will appear in full glory and in the brilliance of His glorified body to
these who have overcome. Suddenly this shall be. And these will be glorified
with Jesus, raised from the dead, no more any sinful nature or duality shall be
in them, but as complete new created people these FEW will begin their march.
Their march will be more fearsome than anything seen before. There has never
been nor will there ever be seen in the world of men the Army which will be in
that day. These will march forward and they will destroy EVERYTHING that man
has built. Not one thing of the initial building of men will survive the march
of this Army. And any army of men, any force of nature, any bomb or bullet or
flame thrower or munitions of men will effect them in any way. No shot fired at
them from a gun will cause them to have any effect, for these will be in bodies
which cannot die. The march of these who are glorified with Jesus will end
completely what man has built. And this is not just wishful thinking, this is
part of God’s overall purpose. Jesus who left this world, is coming back, and
He is coming back as an uttered voice before His camp, and His camp is very
great.
Man has built again this
1)
It is built by men making a name for themselves because of worldly
wisdom.
2)
It is built by men making a name for themselves because of tickling
ears.
3)
It is built by men who make a name for themselves by the invention
of new doctrines which bypasses the cross.
Add to this mix of the
building of
“I saw then another mountain,
one high and lifted up, created not by the rocks and stones and foundations of
the structure of the earth, but a mountain created by men for men and for the
cause of men. This mountain was the accomplishments of men in every area, in
governments, in economies, in social structures and the mores of society. I
also then saw the true Overcomers, hidden away by the Hand of the Lord. The
Lord began to arise in them and also before them, appearing as the risen Lord
to them, even though they were but a few. I saw then that those who formed the
company of Moses withheld from the North American continent the rain. The Lord
sent to the continent of
( End Vision )
To be continued………..Kenneth B Visscher
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