Page 71 - The Road from Babylon to Zion

lack, are you content to remain in this state of lack when you see the wicked
prospering around you and you know God could do so much more for you? Will you
remain patient and not murmur and complain against God?

Believe me, I know these are difficult things, and often my flesh and my soul want
to cry out, “Enough! I can endure no more! I will endure no more!” Yet the Spirit
within restrains me from these rebellious declarations. Inside I have felt crushed and
broken time and again, but obedience demands that I do nothing but submit to the
crushing of God. I know that as the hard outer shell of the old man is crushed, the
sweet and aromatic fragrance of Christ is released to come forth.

It would be nice if such transformation to the image of Christ could occur in a
moment of time, but for the last two thousand years man has known this rending of
his being that the life of Christ might be manifested. As a seed that spends much time
under the soil being subjected to drought, flood, frost and heat that the husk might
be broken open and new life spring forth, even so has the germ of Divine life within
man’s flesh been seeking to burst forth in new life without the restraint of the shell
that has hindered it and held it back for so long.

The time is near at hand for man to cast off this mortal shroud and put on
immortality, to put off this body of corruption and put on incorruption. It was
prophesied that after two days (two thousand years) of this torn and anguished state
where our flesh and spirit have waged war in our members that Yahshua would raise
us up and heal us. We are now entering the third day and the promise of Sonship is
at hand, yet it is reserved for those who exercise endurance and walk as Overcomers.

Hosea 6:1-3
"Come, let us return to Yahweh. For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two
days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him.
So let us know, let us press on to know Yahweh. His going forth is as
certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring
rain watering the earth."

As you journey to Zion, keep in mind these words of the apostle Paul.

Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of
God, you may receive what was promised.

Selah