From “Feast of Tabernacles,” Chapter 14- Tabernacles – The Feast of His Appearing, continued
Can we not see, then, how simple a matter it will be for the overcomer to administer help and comfort and deliverance to a persecuted and suffering Church? For he shall be an overcomer in the fulness of Christ’s victory over the world, the flesh, and the Devil. Sin, sickness, or death shall have no claim on him. He will be even as his Lord and Master as He walked upon earth and ministered among men. No man could take His life from Him. But He testified, “I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again” (Jn. 10:18). So shall it be with His “many brethren,” If they lay down their life, it shall be for the sake of the brethren and for the Truth; and as surely as they lay it down, they shall take it again in greater glory and fulness, nevermore to see corruption. No man could lay their finger on Christ until His hour had come; and then He gave Himself willingly that He might finish the work which God had given Him to do. So it shall be with His many brethren. They shall be completely triumphant over all the powers of darkness that are arrayed against them–and shall in no wise partake of the world’s coming Tribulation, except to fulfill the works of God on behalf of the Church. If they suffer or die, it shall be for the brethren’s sake, and according to the plan of God and the power of Christ that worketh in them.
These things may sound fantastic to many Christians; but if so it is only because God’s people in this modern age are so earthly-minded that they cannot appreciate nor understand the realities of the Spirit. Many, many more miracles than we have mentioned–or even imagined possible-shall be performed by the Sons of God in the day of their manifestation. They will not even require a glorified body in order to do these things. This, of course, will become their heritage when their work on earth is finished, just as in the case of Christ. But they will not require a glorified body to work the works of Christ. Daniel was human, even in the lions’ den. The three Hebrew children had flesh and blood the same as we all have–and yet the fire meant nothing to them, except release from their bondage and a visitation of One like unto the Son of Man. Philip was a natural human being, with a natural body–and yet was caught away in the Spirit without the aid of any human means of transportation. Peter likewise, and yet the locked doors flew open and forth he went out of the prison by the hand of the Angel of the Lord.
These things are really all quite simple and small, compared to some of the unseen, unheard-of things that God has prepared for those that love him. Jesus meant exactly what He said when He promised: “Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove: and nothing shall be impossible unto you” (Matt. 17:20). GHW
Does this excite you as it does me? What is the “this” I refer to? God’s supernatural power suspending natural laws at His will to accomplish His plan for His people in His time. When John the Baptist was in jail, he sent messengers to Jesus asking if He was the One, or should they look for another. How did Jesus respond? Matthew 11:4-6 tells us, “Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Go and report to John what you hear and see: those who are BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM. ‘And blessed is any person who does not take offense at Me.’”
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