We must show no mercy to the enemy in our personality. He must be totally destroyed, not a hair or claw left. Total, total, total destruction of the enemy. Only then will we be able to participate in the majestic revelation of Christ in His Church that is at hand.

The full maturing of righteousness and the full maturing of wickedness will be awesome. God is ready to bind the wickedness and throw it all into the fire. But because there is so much wickedness in His own people His hands are tied.

Now is the time for all that offends God to be removed from His Kingdom. If we are willing and obedient, Satan will be driven from us and we will shine forth in the righteousness wrought in us by Christ.

But if we do not cooperate with the Holy Spirit in the present hour, then we ourselves will be driven from the Kingdom. It does not matter if we make a profession of faith in Christ. If we do not obey the Spirit of God in the present hour we will be driven from the Kingdom of God! There shall be no sin whatever in the Kingdom of God!

The feast of Tabernacles follows the feast of Pentecost. We have been at Pentecost throughout the twentieth century. Now God has a great new dispensation of grace ready for us in the present evil hour. It is the spiritual fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles.

Two aspects of redemption will take place in us as we press past Pentecost into the feast of Tabernacles. First, Christ will be formed in us. Then, the Father and the Son will enter that which has been formed in us. Now we have become the Throne of God and of the Lamb. Now we can triumph over all wickedness because the Presence of God in us will overcome the wickedness that comes from Satan.

If you look around you will notice that the moral darkness is increasing. It appears people are becoming ever more wicked. We do well if we take heed to what is occurring and go to Jesus to find out what He is saying.

When you go to Jesus He will tell you to seek His face constantly that you might be purified from sin; that you might have Him created in you; that you might become the dwelling place of the Father and the Son. This is the "Tabernacles" experience.

Salvation and Pentecost have brought us to where we are now. They have sufficed for the present. They will not suffice in the future. We absolutely must have much more of God if we are to survive and help others to survive.

God is not going to remove His Church from the battleground. How would our evacuation help the peoples of the earth who are groaning in their spiritual chains?

Rather, God is going to fill us with His Presence so the greatest witness of all time can shine forth. Then the nations will come to the Glory of Christ in His saints.

This is what you and I desire—that the Christ we serve will be exalted in the earth. Be encouraged! This is precisely what God is going to do, and you can be a participant if this is what you desire with all your heart.

Jesus has kept the good wine until now.

Hallelujah! (from The Time Is At Hand)