Another Wave Of Shaking
Rick Joyner
South Carolina
The Ring Of Fire Is Now Shaking With Earthquakes Almost Weekly--The West Coast Is On The Same Ring Of Fire
October 19, 2006
It is hurricane season again. One storm last year, Katrina, brought the wealthiest and most powerful nation on the earth to its knees. It revealed huge problems in the very fabric of the nation, that if we do not address, will prove even more devastating in the time to come. The primary weakness is stated in II Kings 17:33, They feared the Lord, but served their own gods.... We have a nation where the overwhelming majority of the people call on the name of the Lord. The majority even claim to be born again, and they actually may be, but the same ones give themselves to serving many other gods.
The Lord disciplines those whom He loves, and great discipline will come upon the United States because of God's love for it.
The Ring of Fire (a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions which encircles the basin of the Pacific Ocean) is now shaking with earthquakes and tsunamis almost weekly. The West Coast of the United States is on that same Ring of Fire, and is especially vulnerable to earthquakes and volcanoes. The only reason why there has not been far more disasters on the West Coast has been the grace of God, which is restraining them.
There were many great churches and Christians along the Gulf Coast region who were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Though they may not understand it, Katrina was in response to the prayers of those provoked by the growing wickedness around them. Likewise, many great churches, church movements, and some of our greatest spiritual heritage are found along the West Coast of the nation. Though they themselves may not understand it, a shaking is coming for their sakes.
Warnings about the bird flu are now nearly a daily drumbeat, and though authorities are trying not to cause panic, it is obvious that this could be a disaster of Biblical proportions, overshadowing all other natural disasters in history. It is by far the most frightening of all potential natural disasters looming over the world, but like all of the others, it can be stopped or lessened in its impact by our intercession, and where needed, repentance.
Even worse than the potential natural disasters are the disasters that men try to inflict on one another. News that Iran already has weapons-grade plutonium recently stunned the world. North Korea tested missiles with increasingly frightening range. Then a new conflict broke out in the Middle East that threatens to widen into a much bigger conflict, while terrorists strike a terrible blow in India. Then we must absorb the daily body count from Iraq. Could the great tribulation be much worse?
It is understandable that a huge and growing percentage of people are now suffering from panic attacks where anxiety simply becomes overwhelming. On every front, problems are growing beyond any human remedy.
However, we are not to fear these times, but can rest in the fact that the Lord has everything perfectly under control. He knew they were all going to happen, and He spoke specifically of these times. As we read in Luke 21:25-28:
And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the Heavens will be shaken.
And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
The Lord clearly warned His people about these times. They are upon us now, and we can rejoice because His Kingdom will soon come. When His Kingdom comes, not only will every human problem be resolved, but both mankind and the earth will be restored to the paradise they were created to be. It is going to be better than we could have ever imagined.
Though it may seem that events are cascading out of control so fast that the end of this age must be imminent--the time until the end of this age and the beginning of the new will be measured in decades, not years. The next two years will be some of the most dangerous and critical yet, but they will resolve some things that must be addressed so that the world can have a few years of relative calm.
Peace will break out for a period of time. However, we do not want to waste the present trials, and we will need to use the coming reprieve to prepare the emerging generation for what will mark it for eternity as one of the greatest ever.
Some of the greatest messengers of power the world has ever seen are being prepared right now to preach the gospel of the Kingdom throughout the earth.
Just as true warriors run to the sound of battle, not away from it, there are Kingdom messengers who will not run from disaster and problems, but to them. They will not shrink back from any level of chaos, but rather bring order and peace to it. As the world continues to fall apart, they will stand on solid ground, and in due time begin to draw the attention of the world because of it. These will not lose their peace in the midst of any threat or problem because they will have built their lives on the Kingdom that cannot be shaken by anything happening on the earth. Their peace will calm many storms.
We are in the time when those who have built their lives on the Kingdom of God, and those who have not, will become increasingly clear.
One of the basic characteristics of those whose lives have been established on the Kingdom of God, is that they will have peace and come alive, even thriving during times of trouble. This is because they have been prepared to live in the greatest time of trouble the world has ever known. They prepared by building their lives on the Kingdom, not on the things of this world that are so easily shaken.
This new breed are the friends of the Holy Spirit, who saw the world and moved upon it in its original state of chaos, and will do so again upon the chaos mankind has created by trying to live without God. Just as the Holy Spirit brought forth a beautiful creation before, He will bring forth a new creation after this chaos, that even eclipses the first in its beauty and harmony.
It is simply impossible for mankind to mess up things so badly, that the Holy Spirit cannot fix them, quickly and easily. All we have to do is turn to Him and ask. In preparation for the restoration of mankind and the earth that is coming, He will begin to move upon the problems and chaos in the lives of all who call upon the name of the Lord. We are going to know the Holy Spirit as the One who can fix anything, easily and quickly. As we are charged in Philippians 4:6-7:
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
There is a saying in aviation that there are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are not many old, bold pilots. The inference is that if you are too bold as a pilot, you will not live to be old. That may be true in aviation, but it is not true in the Kingdom. Those who will last the longest in the time to come, will be those who have walked in the boldest faith.
Faith is a combination of boldness and courage, which is rooted in a profound trust in the Lord
Spiritual Leaders
Rick Joyner
South Carolina
October 2, 2006
As we are still discussing the important subject of church government, which will also become a pattern for the coming kingdom government, the first principle in establishing and maintaining true spiritual authority is keeping the Lord as the Head of the church. Even the most perfectly biblical form of church government can be used to supplant His headship if we do not keep this main thing the main thing.
It was King David who established the throne, or seat of authority, which Christ sits upon. If there is a single phrase that describes how David did this, it is the phrase that is actually used the most in relation to David, which is "...and David inquired of the Lord." He prayed. He sought the Lord's mind and heart for every major thing. He then obeyed what was revealed to him.
The greatest spiritual leaders will always be those who are the greatest followers of the Lord. These always give more time and attention to the Lord than they do the people. If we would get closer to the Lord than the people, we would be far more beneficial to the people than we would otherwise. In all that we do and build, we must seek the mind of the Lord. He will be the One who builds His church. If He does not build it, there can be a lot of good accomplished by our own efforts and projects, but they will not be a part of His kingdom and will not have true, lasting fruit. As Abraham, the father of faith demonstrated, those who have true faith are seeking to be a part of the city that God is building, not man. It is not a matter of just doing good, but of doing God's will. Our pursuit is not just God's government, but God Himself.
The New Testament does give some general guidelines for church government, but they are actually remarkably general for such an important matter. The reason for this is His government requires seeking Him more than government. His government is very simple—it is to abide in the King, knowing His voice and doing His will. As Paul warned in II Corinthians 11:3,"But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ."
To stay on course, we must keep the simplicity of devotion to Christ. We will lose this simplicity quickly and things will start getting complicated fast when we take on the people's yokes in place of Christ's yoke. We do this by responding to human needs instead of simply doing what we are shown to do. If we take His yoke it will be easy, and we will actually find refreshment for our own souls by doing His work.
Always being devoted to maintaining the simplicity of devotion to Christ, the simple biblical pattern for local church government is that it is to be overseen by the elders who are called and appointed to this position. To support the elders, deacons are appointed for service when it becomes needed, so that the elders and equipping ministries of the church can devote themselves to the Word, prayer, and their calling.
The Apostle Paul came through a region, preached the gospel, established the new believers into a fellowship, and within just a matter of months came through again and established elders in each of these congregations. How could any of these new converts have qualified as elders that fast? It is apparent that even these elders were quite immature, but immature government is better than no government. During the few months in which there was really no government in the local church, Paul allowed those who had the gift and calling to leadership become manifest. He then came through and appointed them.
Again, it is better to have an immature government than no government. It is also better to have almost any form of government than no government, but to have the right form is even better. We do not just want to establish a government, but we want to see the Lord's government, His kingdom, established with His people. Our ultimate goal should be to see every individual so close to Him, knowing His voice and doing His will, that they do not need anyone standing between them and the Lord. However, this must be the goal, not the beginning of government. Just as the Lord heals through those He has given gifts of healing to, and speaks through those He has called to be prophets, the Lord leads through His appointed leaders. However, leadership's goal should be to help establish the Lord's authority with His people, not their own, so that they are needed less and less as leaders.
In the Old Testament government of Israel, which the New Testament church government was modeled after, there was a king and his court, and then there were elders who sat in the gates of their cities and judged the local issues. In the New Testament, Jesus is the King, and He has His court of apostles, prophets, and elders who are called to a general sphere of authority representing the King. When Peter and John were called elders, it was not elders of just a local church, but they were recognized as elders universally in the body of Christ at that time. Likewise, we have a few spiritual leaders today who are of such stature and respect within the church that they are universally recognized and respected. It would be wonderful if such could sit together in council. We can expect those of that stature to one day do this.
After this we have local church elders. Their counterpart in the biblical nation of Israel would be the local elders who sat as judges in the gates of the cities and towns. They were not directly on the king's court, but they still represented the kingdom on the local level. Some of these might rise to the stature of members of the king's court if they did their jobs with excellence. Likewise, today many ministries are of such significance and excellence that they are suddenly promoted in stature to a more universal level.
As we have covered previously, in Old Testament times, the gates of a city all had a specific purpose of function. One may have been for the military, another for the nobility, another for the merchants, another for the trash to be carried out of, etc. The elders at each gate had authority over their gate, but not the other gates. For example, the elder over the merchants' gate would have authority to determine if a certain merchant would be able to enter their city and sell their products there. The elder may want to inspect the products, the measures used for weighing, etc. before determining to let a merchant enter the city. These elders had a responsibility for their city and only wanted to allow in those who would be beneficial to it.
Likewise, New Testament church elders should have specific authority over the realm or sphere that they have a ministry or anointing in. For example, there may be elders over the "healing gate" who are responsible for allowing ministries of healing to come, or for ensuring that ones with integrity are raised up in the church. Ideally, they should have this gift themselves and be discerning of the true gift so that what is released to the people is truly beneficial. The same should be true of the "prophetic gate," the "worship gate," the "teaching gate," the "children's ministry gate," etc.
As in the Old Testament, elders should have specific authority and not general authority. The elder over finances may not have any real wisdom or authority in children's ministry and should not have authority over it. However, the elders all need to sit in council together, and may have authority or influence with each other, but not over each other. For example, even though the elder of church finances should not have authority over the children's ministry, he must have influence there because of budget considerations. Even so, elders that are just appointed as general elders over the congregation without being given a specific domain or sphere of authority can cause problems.
Elders are almost always referred to in plural in Scripture, and of course "two are better than one . . . a cord of three strands is not quickly broken" (Ecclesiastes 4:9, 12 NIV). Even so, there should be one designated leader of each group of elders over a "gate," though that lead position can, and usually should, be changed from time to time.
As we also saw when Moses first appointed the seventy elders over the congregation of Israel, they were chosen from "among the elders" (see Numbers 11:24). There were probably thousands of elders in the camp of Israel, but only seventy were chosen for leadership or to be governing elders. The point is there are many elders who have proven faithfulness and wisdom over time, who should be honored as such, but not necessarily given authority to lead in the church.
Now let's apply this to "the goose principle," where the leader is changed periodically so as not to wear him out or slow down the whole flock. These who are now "drafting" behind someone else should still be honored and respected as elders but, at least for a time, not be burdened with the responsibility of leadership. They may still have wisdom for the elders who are presently sitting in "their gate," but they should not have authority to dictate policy except when they are seated there.
If all of this sounds too complicated, it really isn't when it is implemented in the right sequence and timing in a church's development. Even if a congregation has a church government which needs serious reorganization, this can be done in a very simple, peaceful, and edifying way. The genius of the biblical form of government is its simplicity. Even so, every system of government, including church government, can gravitate toward becoming an impersonal bureaucracy fast if the most important element of church government is not maintained as the main purpose and devotion of the government—which is to do the Lord's will.
Again, we only have true spiritual authority to the degree that we are abiding in the King. All authority must be exercised with Him, seeking His mind and heart. This does not mean we have to pray and receive an answer for every petty little decision, as we should be appointed to a position because we have matured to the point of having His mind and heart in most matters, but we are to still seek Him continually. There will be issues that almost all are confronted with that we will need to receive wisdom or direction from Him about.
Taking Initiative
Rick Joyner
South Carolina
October 9, 2006
Last week we covered a number of practical issues concerning the kingdom of God, especially how elders or anyone given authority in the church need to be given specific authority, not general authority. Those appointed need to know their sphere of authority and stay within it or there will be an open door for confusion and division.
Even so, the government of God is intended to be both free and flexible. To have specific authority and to be free and flexible may seem like contradictory concepts, but only when we build more on the form than on people. Elders who are put in a position of authority need to have the wisdom and maturity of knowing how to rule over their own sphere of authority, while having the grace and flexibility to interface with those whose realms touch theirs. They also need to be free to fill a vacuum of authority with the grace that has been given to them.
One of the great examples of this in the natural was the way that the U.S. troops performed on D-day when seeking to establish a beachhead in Normandy. Most of the senior officers had either been killed or wounded, and many had come ashore so far from their appointed landing zone that they even had trouble identifying their location. To make matters worse, the pre-invasion bombing and shelling of the German strongholds had mostly missed their targets, and the Germans had the U.S. forces pinned down with merciless fire. Seeing that there were no senior officers around, and that if they stayed where they were they would all eventually be killed, junior officers and sergeants took over, devised new plans because of their unexpected situation, and saved the day by taking initiative.
On the other side, if the Germans had brought up their reserves immediately they would have almost certainly won the battle on the beaches, but no one was willing to give the orders to do this without checking with Berlin, and Hitler's aids did not want to wake him to get his permission to do this. This one factor could have been the deciding point in the whole war.
The point is that obedience, knowing our sphere of authority, and sticking to it is important, but there must also be a freedom to take initiative when needed. True leadership is founded on initiative—the willingness to step out and take chances. Finding the balance between promoting obedience and good order and the freedom to take initiative is a crucial factor in building leadership, which is government. This is not something that can just be learned by conforming to a form of government; it is based on the wisdom and maturity of the individuals who make up the government.
Again, establishing the government of God is one part getting the form and many parts seeking grace, wisdom, and character. It is built far more on the people in the government than it is on the form of government. The form of government will always be first a kingdom, with the Head always being the King, but from this there is a great deal of flexibility in its application to relate to different people, circumstances, and times, as is needed.
Hurricane Katrina brought out many issues concerning the practical application of government on many different levels, which I am sure we will be studying and hearing about for years to come. Some of the most incompetent were the first to start blame-shifting, even trying to use the race card, which some have tragically learned to use as a smokescreen when trying to cover up personal mistakes or faults. There certainly was some incompetence. One of the worst problems was that many people, in trying to comply with regulations, became so entangled in bureaucracy that they were virtually immobile. Also, there were not many willing to take the initiative to just forget some of the regulations for a while and get the job done, with the exception of the military.
Good government is good leadership, and good leadership knows when to throw out the rules and make up new ones if they are needed. One way that I have tried to promote this in our own ministry is to say regularly that sometimes it is easier to get forgiveness than permission. We have tried to develop a culture of initiative, but also with responsibility. If someone takes initiative and breaks the rules, somehow they will have to answer for it, and they will get the chance. If it was for a good reason and was a wise thing to do, they will be commended for it. If it was not, they will have to take responsibility for it. However, I always try to convey to them even if they made a mistake that I appreciate their initiative.
Faith is fundamental to God's government. You don't need faith to follow rules. Many try to fix every problem with a new rule, and the result of this will always be a dead bureaucracy that can hardly move, much less rise up to do great exploits. God's government is a living government built on leaders who are full of both faith and wisdom. This is why the church government He established was so ambiguous. It was built more on people who compelled others to follow them because of the substance of who they were, not just a title.
The authority of this world is built more on positions and titles, but true kingdom authority is really built on how close we are to the King. Only those who are also in pursuit of the King will recognize this. In the world, if you are the president of a company or an officer in the military, you can order people to do what you want them to do, but the authority in the kingdom is very different. We can't order people to come to church, or to do what they should, but we have to lead them, and they have to want to follow. Of course, many try to start ordering their people by using a control spirit, but that will ultimately fail. If we want to help build the kingdom and establish the true government of the kingdom, we must simply get closer to the King. Nothing else will work without this, and truly we do not need anything else.
Your Light Has Come
Rick Joyner
South Carolina
"Your Light Has Come--The Glory Of The Lord Is Rising Upon His People"
The Church Must Seize the Opportunity
The last two decades have witnessed the greatest advance of the gospel in history. It has been estimated that more people have become Christians in just the last two decades, than have from the first century until this time. This is partly due to more people being alive now than the previous two thousand years. Without question, Christianity has made its greatest advances in recent years on a worldwide basis than ever before in its history.
The coming times are filled with even greater potential for the advancement of the gospel. With more and more churches, networks of churches, and ministries beginning to take advantage of these opportunities, it is likely that this present generation will seal its place as having been more fruitful in reaping the harvest than all of the other generations of Christians combined.
Other studies also reveal serious problems with immorality and eroding integrity eating away at the very foundations of the church in the West, where it has had its strongest base for the last five hundred years. These problems cannot be ignored without tragic consequences. If the church seizes the opportunities now open for the gospel, while also addressing these problems, the next few years will be even more fruitful and glorious. The gospel of the Kingdom will be preached as we prepare the way for the Lord.
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis can be described by the process through which a caterpillar is changed from a worm, that has to crawl and conform to the contours of the earth, then turn into a butterfly that soars above the earth. This is the process that the church is now going through.
However, just as breaking out of its cocoon is the greatest struggle a butterfly will have to endure, for the church to break out of its cocoon, will also be its greatest struggle yet. Even so, just as this struggle is required to strengthen the butterfly so it can flap its great wings, this struggle will be required to strengthen the church so that it, too, can use the great wings that it is being given.
The church is changing very dramatically in its appearance and function. What is now taking place will be so dramatic, that few will be able to compare the caterpillar that she was, to the beautiful butterfly that she will soon be. However, the caterpillar stage was part of the process and was necessary. We must never forget those who walked through some of the church's most difficult times, enduring the difficulties to build the highway for those who followed. We must also go on to our purpose and begin to fly.
True last day apostles and prophets are now maturing and will start to be released throughout the earth over the next few years. The witness of the Holy Spirit through the church will increase until it is impossible to escape this witness in any place on the earth that Jesus Christ is the Lord. The Lord is soon coming back to possess what He purchased on the cross. A great army is being raised up to prepare the way for Him.
True Riches to Come
The currency of the age to come is the true riches of the Kingdom. These true riches are the authority over the conditions of this age. This authority will be given to the faithful who have built their lives seeking first the Kingdom. The Lord is at this time preparing messengers who will be entrusted with more power than has ever been witnessed on the earth before.
These are the times that even the prophets of old desired to see, and to be chosen to live and serve in them is one of the great honors that Heaven can bestow. These are the times that those who live for God have dreamed about. Let us not waste this greatest of all privileges, but resolve to give ourselves to this great cause with the devotion that it deserves.
Church life itself will become so radically different than it has been, having broken out of the cocoon of being reduced to a couple of meetings and a few hours a week, to being a living, functioning body of Christ twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. "Church" will begin breaking out in every place that you find people.
Likewise, the Lord is raising up those who will be apostles and prophets to industry, education, the media, and government. These apostles and prophets are the surveyors and engineers who are now preparing for highways to be built into these realms. Many will be possessed for the Kingdom and become a foundation for the coming Kingdom to be built upon.
Unprecedented power, authority, and resources will be coming into the church as she begins to take on her true calling and purpose, having been transformed from the worm into the glorious Heavenly creature she is called to be.
This transformation of the church is going to begin with many who will not wait for the church before making their own transformation. Just as the breakthrough created by Gideon's little band of three hundred woke the whole nation up to finish off their enemies and take the spoil, breakthroughs by a few will result in glorious victories for many.
Light and Darkness
For the unbelieving and unfaithful, the times that are unfolding will not be a dream, but a nightmare. We are entering the time of increasingly devastating disasters--human, political, and natural. This is the time that was spoken of in Hebrews 12:26-27, "And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, YET ONCE MORE WILL I SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.'" And this expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
In the time ahead, everything, including every government, industry, business, organization, and individual life that is not built upon Kingdom principles, will be shaken until it totters and ultimately collapses. By the grace and mercy of God, this will come in increasing waves, giving all time to repent before the next, bigger wave comes. The Lord is being faithful to warn all who will hear His voice.
Acts of Man
The unrepentant blame God for every bad thing that happens. Even the insurance companies call tragedies "acts of God." However, most of what is coming upon the world is man's doing, not God's. The reason for the great time of trouble, or the great tribulation that is at the end of the age, is found in Galatians 6:7-8, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life."
Even many of the things that are considered "natural disasters" are the result of man, who was given authority over the earth, being in rebellion, and therefore out of harmony with the Creator and the creation. This is not God doing it, but man bringing it upon himself.
At the same time that the seeds of trouble are being reaped, so are the seeds of the Kingdom maturing. In the midst of the increasing instability and shaking, there will emerge realms of stability and peace such as the world has not seen since the Fall.
This is articulated in the verses that follow, Galatians 6:8-10, "For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith."
It is for this reason that disaster response and relief will become one of the most important mission fields of the church in the future. This is a calling upon the church, and our response to it, that will determine to a large degree how much of the currency of the Kingdom we will be entrusted with. Now is the time to prepare for this.
Sow Mercy and Reap Mercy
We need to also underline in our thinking the command, "while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially those who are of the household of faith." Let us never forget that God loves all, and as we are told in I Timothy 2:3-6, "This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony borne at the proper time."
As troubles increase, we must not take the position and mentality that people are just getting what they deserve. Which one of us wants what we deserve? "...Mercy triumphs over judgment" (James 2:13). As we are told in Romans 2:4, "Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?"
The kindness of God demonstrated through His people during the coming troubles will lead many to repentance.
In the coming times of trouble, we must fortify ourselves, not just for the sake of our own safety and preservation, but for showing and extending the grace, mercy, and kindness of God. Because we, too, will reap what we sow. If we want to reap grace, we need to sow grace. If we want to reap mercy, we need to sow mercy. The wise will do this every chance that they get.
As the Lord said in Matthew 13:39, "...the harvest is the end of the age...." The harvest that is the end of the age is the reaping of everything that has been sown in man, both the good and the evil. The great troubles are the reaping of what man has sown by trying to live and rule without God. For all of eternity, what has taken place on the earth will be a witness to all of creation that this should never be tried again.
There has also been much good sown in man, even the seed that brought forth Christ, and seeds whose fruit will give birth to His Kingdom. These, too, will become increasingly manifest. For this reason, we will see an increasing polarization. The righteous will become more righteous, and the evil will likewise increase.
Nations Will Come to Your Light
This is the ultimate conflict between the light and darkness that is prophesied in such places as Isaiah 60:1-2, "Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples, but the Lord will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you."
As we see here that darkness is covering the earth, and deep darkness the peoples, the glory of the Lord is rising upon His people, and appearing upon them. This appearing of His glory will be a literal, visible glory that begins to appear on His people. The result of this is stated in the following verses, Isaiah 60:3-5:
"And nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes round about, and see; they all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried in the arms.
Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and rejoice; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you."
Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries