I hear the voice of the Lord calling to those who have ears to hear. These are tumultuous
days. There is so much fear and distrust (well-founded) among the people of God. There
is a famine of the word of God among those who call themselves by the name of Christ.
Few and far between are those who have heard the voice of the Lord calling them outside
the camp of the clamoring throngs of those seeking a new high experience about which to
boast. The masses have been programmed by charismatic soothsayers masquerading as
servants of the Most High to seek God for what will benefit them. Seldom does anyone
testify of the power of the word of the Lord to transform men and women into sons and
daughters of the Living God, in whom the Father's own Spirit dwells. The groanings of
travail and frustration from all of Creation have come before the ears of the Great
Architect of the Universe crying, "How long, O Father, till Your sons and daughters will
rule and reign in Your Kingdom?" Yes, the call is going out among those who have ears
to hear the true words of our Lord. But, as certain as the Spirit of the Living God dwells
within temples not made with hands, it breathes clear testimony that the first must be
dissolved to make way for the latter. The kingdoms of this earth are being dissolved into
thin air so the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, can be established in the
entire world. No longer will there be those running to and fro trying to persuade mankind
of the grace and mercy of our Father, for the knowledge of the Lord will flood the earth
as the waters flood the sea. Every single individual who has breath will know the Lord,
and will seek His pleasure only! "Let Your Kingdom come; Your will be done, on earth as
it is in Heaven!" Let us be among those few who have heard the voice of the Good
Shepherd and follow Him wherever He goes. The long, dark nights of lying on our face
before a Holy God as part of a solemn assembly of those who mourn and repent will give
way to the dawn of the bright rays of the Son of God appearing in the clouds to receive
His prepared Bride. Let the celebration begin! The time of watching and waiting
throughout the dark night of the soul has ended. "Come, Lord Jesus, Your Bride has made
herself ready! Our lamps are full of Your holy oil! We are prepared for You!"
It should not be a surprise to those who have spent time in the presence of our eternal
King and Bridegroom to feel estranged from the 5 foolish virgins who sought to be
forgiven and receive special consideration for having allowed their light to grow cold and
dark. You see, the cares of this life and the deceitfulness of riches have choked the
precious life from the tender plants of the Kingdom. Only those who have heard the voice
of the Lord and walked hand in hand with Him daily were able to receive the true, pure
lamp oil of God's own Holy Spirit, which can never be extinguished. To these few souls,
the blessed Holy Spirit of God has granted the true light of revelation in the face of Jesus
Christ. There has never been a man, woman, boy, or girl who has been left unchanged
after having received the light of the true revelation of Jesus Christ and sat in His
presence. It is a complete impossibility! This is the call being sounded loud and clear
today. The Son of God, our Messiah, is the only door through which we can enter into the
presence of the Father. There can be no other way. He has provided for us "a new and
living way" into the Holy of Holies. Only through the precious blood of our Savior can
we enter into His kingdom. No amount of begging or manipulating of His great power
can accomplish in us that which will provide entrance into that blessed rest of our Lord.
"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit
of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the
glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to
us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in
Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and
hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the
church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all." (Ephesians 1:17-23)
"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we
have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and
not of us." (2Cor 4:6-7)
Yes, there is a call going out across the land... a clear and a certain call to those who will
obey and follow the Lamb. It is a call which has stood on the pages of our Bibles for
nearly 2000 years. It is the call to those who will cast aside everything else, including
their own care for their earthly existence to gain the approval of their eternal King...
"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not
the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be
my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." (2Cor 6:17-18), and again we hear it
sounded clearly in John's Revelation, chapter 18, verse 4. As those stand so often alone
and rejected of men, their ears seek for more sounds of the voice of their Heavenly
Bridegroom calling them up into the mountain alone; far away from those curiosity
seekers who trample the beauty of Creation with their greedy feet. There to see the Lord
in His beauty and fullness alone.
Here are some selected Scripture verses from Hebrews, chapter 3 and 4 to further show
the simplicity of the Gospel of the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The
key points here are first of all, to hear the voice of the Spirit of God calling us forward to
a place of rest and peace in Him where His glory fills our temple. Secondly, our response
of obedience to the voice of the Spirit of God is what is expected by God after we have
heard His voice calling us toward Him. So, in the simplest terms possible, the key to
entering the Kingdom of Heaven is to enter in through the Doorway provided through the
atoning sacrifice of Christ’s blood. Read the following verses with a heart which seeks
after the True and Living Way into the Holy of Holies:
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle
and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus… For this man was counted worthy
of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more
honour than the house… But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are
we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end…
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness…
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their
heart; and they have not known my ways… So I sware in my wrath, They shall not
enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil
heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another
daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning
of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, To day if ye will hear his
voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation… to whom sware he that they
should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they
could not enter in because of unbelief… Let us therefore fear, lest, a
promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to
come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but
the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that
heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have
sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world. For he spake in a certain place of the
seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. And
in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth
that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in
because of unbelief: Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after
so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of
another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is
entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same
example of unbelief… Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need