Part Two

 

Psalm 102:16&17 -

"When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory. HE will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer"

We are Zion, spiritually,  but we, as that great Heavenly city, cannot be built up without His appearing among us, in His glory. He is the wise Master builder, He alone has the blueprints for the Body of Christ  - unless HE builds the house, the house is built in vain. His glory is manifested among us today by his Spirit, for the Holy Spirit is the glory of God and it is by His Spirit that He builds us into a "Holy Temple of the Lord" "In whom ye also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit"      And just who does He appear to as He builds us up into a worthy habitation? The destitute and poor. Blessed are the poor for He will never despise or turn away from them. We should always cry out to Him from a position of need. When we draw near to Him - next to Him, we are all in extreme poverty  - thank God He draws near to us, thank God He seeks us, as a shepherd searching for a lost lamb.

Yet another benefit of having Him appear in our midst, both in our hearts and in our gatherings, is, because He alone is righteous,  He alone can "put away sin" both private and public  Heb:9:28 - "So Çhrist was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation"  

Verse 26 - "hath appeared to put away sin"  Do you see it? It is to "them that look for him" that he will appear the second time. Today, (as the Holy Ghost saith, if you will hear His voice (many will not), harden not your hearts - take heed, brethren,  lest there be found in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God)"   He will only draw near to those who draw nigh to Him. If someone chooses to harden their heart and they do not love His appearing but rather they depart from Him, no amount of pious looking religious ceremonies can hide this truth - for in those ceremonies He will not appear  - and if someone carrying His presence comes in among them, they will crucify him anew, casting him away from them, for they prefer to worship a dead Christ  not a living, because they themselves are dead. Dead saints prefer a dead Christ.  Living saints prefer a living Christ. 

Part three coming soon