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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Blowing of Trumpets, #8
Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. (Daniel 9:24—NIV)
So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Hebrews 9:28—NIV)
God has promised that in the last days He will remove the presence of sin from His Church, and from the nations of saved peoples of the earth. Righteousness will be imputed to those who cooperate with the Lord Jesus as He, through the Holy Spirit, drives out of us the love of the world, the love of sin, and the love of self-centeredness.
Righteousness will not be imputed to the individual who maintains that since he believes in the atonement made by Jesus he is righteous even though he is not following the Lord Jesus with a pure heart. God will not impute righteousness to him, in spite of his profession of faith, because he is not obeying God in all matters.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (Psalms 24:6)
The idea here is related to the oft-repeated exhortation of the second and third chapters of the Book of Revelation: "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches" (Revelation 3:6).
The believer who intends to press on past Pentecost to the fulfillment of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles, must seek the face of the Lord Jesus until he has an ear to hear what the Spirit of God is saying to the churches.
It is not enough to continue in our religious practices, even if those practices include unremitting service in the Lord's vineyard. There must be an intense seeking of the Lord, although it may mean letting go of some of our activities and our status in our religion, as the Lord leads.
There must be a seeking of the Lord. Seeking the Lord requires time and concentration. Seeking the face of the Lord can be difficult, especially if we have been accustomed to uttering hasty prayers as we carry out numerous responsibilities.
The Lord is doing a new thing today. He is preparing the nation of Israel, the Christian Church, and the nations of the earth for His coming to the earth as King of all kings and Lord of all lords. There will be an increase in our understanding and some changes in the manner in which we are accustomed to doing things. Guesswork is not enough. Good intentions are not enough. We must hear from God.
It is the generation that seeks the face of the Lord that will succeed in ruling in Zion.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. (Psalms 24:7)
The everlasting doors are the doors of the hearts of people. The Lord Jesus, the King of Glory, has come through the Spirit to the personality of each member of the elect. If we open our heart to Him He will enter and drive out what is not pleasing to Himself. Every other god must leave. Jesus alone is to be exalted on the throne of our life. The coming of the King of Glory is the spiritual fulfillment of the Old Testament blowing of Trumpets.
To be continued.