Blessings Follow Sanctification - David Eells - UBBS 5.26.2024

Blessings Follow Sanctification 

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David Eells 5/26/24 

Sanctification needs to happen individually and corporately before God can give us the promised blessings so let’s look at these blessings and the benefits of sanctification. 

The Lord points out to us in Isaiah 60 that sanctification is the process of bringing His children out of the world and into Zion, which is the Bride, as the book of Revelation tells us. They’re God’s children, even while they’re still in the world, and bondage to the world represents bondage to sin and worldly religion. God wants His children to be sanctified, which means “separated from the world unto God,” and we see this type in the Scriptures.  

God gathers His people out of the nations because we don’t belong to the nations. (1Pe.2:11) Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims.... Our Kingdom is not of this world. (Joh.18:36) Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.  

Like Jesus, we’re just passing through; we’re just sojourners! We are pilgrims in this world and where we’re passing to is God’s Kingdom, which is epitomized as Zion, the Heavenly Jerusalem, which we know from the Scriptures is being born out of Heaven. (Rev.21:9) And there came one of the seven angels … saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. (10) And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, (11) having the glory of God....  

John was also told in (Rev.3:12) He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name. We can see that Jerusalem is coming down out of Heaven now. The Bride is being born-again in spirit and in soul on this earth now.

In (Isa.60:14) ... and they shall call thee The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. The blessings of God come as He separates His people from the world. The people who are separating from the curse are the people who are separate from the world, separate from sin, separate from apostate religion. When we first come to the Lord, we accept the righteousness we have in Jesus Christ and all of His benefits through faith.  

But when God manifests fruit in you, then you’re no longer waiting for it to come by faith and you should be constantly walking in this blessing of God. You should be separating from the world and its ways and its sins, and from the world’s sinful religions that claim to be Christianity. This is what it is to come out of bondage in the world, to be sanctified and come into Zion.  

(Isa.60:18) Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders.... Back in September 2007, the Lord took me in a very vivid vision and He showed me that the Father would give me a large piece of property to be a refuge for His saints in the coming days. The saints were fleeing onto this property and when I looked out past the edge of the property, I saw devastation and destruction, hurricanes and wars, and so on. These were the kind of things going on just beyond the boundaries of this refuge and the saints were fleeing onto the refuge to escape them. I knew that the Lord was showing me that the devastation is the motivating factor that God will use to separate His people.  

Through all these shakings, He will bring them to the place of sanctification, or holiness. He will separate them from the world, from sin, and from bondage of the old man. And He will separate them from the worship of pagan nations. Wars are started by patriotism and people fight for their respective nations because they are respecters of persons. Did you know that patriotism is a respecter of persons? It’s a respecter of nationalities and, in many cases, patriotism is a respecter of race. This is not Biblical! Patriotism is very worldly and it causes the death of many people.  

When God calls His people out of the nations, they are to become what Peter called one “holy nation.” (1Pe.2:9) But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. The word “holy” means “separate” and is the same Greek word for “sanctified.” In whatever physical nation we may be living, we are all one spiritual nation in the world; we are New Testament spiritual Israel. We walk in the type and shadow of physical Israel because Abraham is the spiritual father of all those who walk by faith. So the revelation the Lord gave me was that people would come onto this piece of property and they would be safe, they would be delivered. Of course there is the secret place of the Most High all over the world too. 

(Isa.60:18) Violence shall no more be heard in thy land.... Why is this? It’s because after a person has been sanctified, after they are separated from sin and walking in God’s holiness, it’s not necessary for them to be living under the curse to drive them to God. Jesus bore the curse for us. Back in the Garden of Eden, the thorns came forth because of man’s sin. (Gen.3:17) And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; (18) thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee.... So when God begins to deliver you from worldly bondages, from sin, and the old man, then you’re coming out from under the curse manifestly. 

(Gen.3:18) Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders.... What are these borders and who is He addressing here? He’s addressing the New Jerusalem Zion, the Bride! In the book of Esther, the bride was the most beautiful among all the fair virgins of the kingdom and the king chose her to be his bride.  

In the Song of Solomon, the king said, (Son.6:8) There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number. These are all God’s people. (9) My dove, my undefiled (or “perfect”), is [but] one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; [Yea,] the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. And, of course, the corporate body of the Bride has become one with each other and with the Lord, so destruction will not be “within thy borders.”  

(Isa.60:18) ... but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. “Salvation” is the word soteria in the New Testament and it means “all my needs supplied,” like a little baby. The broad walls of Zion represent salvation, just as when God’s people fled into Zion for safety and preservation whenever an enemy attacked. When you’re still serving the world, but you’re God’s child because you have a born-again spirit, have you manifested your salvation? No, you’ve manifested salvation only in your spirit.  

When you manifest salvation in your soul, that’s sanctification. Sanctification is bringing into your soul what you have in your spirit. Sanctification is separating you from what is worldly and what is sin in your character: in your mind, your will and your emotions. The Bride is sanctified in the soul; this corporate body of people is beautiful to the Lord and He has called them to be His Bride.  

The gates of Zion are praise because the Lord’s already sanctified us! (Heb.10:14) For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. We were sanctified at the cross before we were ever born. We were delivered from bondage to the old man and separated from sin. (Rom.6:6) Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him,] that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; (7) for he that hath died is justified from sin. (11) Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.  

(14) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace. (22) But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life. The manifestation of what Jesus accomplished at the cross is called “sanctification” on this earth.  

(Rom.4:5) But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness. Even as a baby Christian you receive these benefits of God’s Kingdom when you walk by faith, but in your soul, you still need to learn more of God and His ways so you can walk in ever-increasing sanctification. (1Jn.1:7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. So there is a manifestation of the cleansing power of the blood -- not just a covering of the blood, but the cleansing power of the blood to cleanse away the nature of sin. The covering is necessary when you are a young Christian, but the more you walk in the cleansing, the less you need the covering.  

You remember how Esther was in the king’s house and didn’t seem to be in any danger, while the rest of the people of God who were living outside the palace were under a threat of destruction by Haman, who represents the Beast. But Esther the Bride interceded for her people to the king and for that reason they were saved. Can God do this? Can He make a place on this earth where people are actually safe in the midst of a time when all the nations of the world hate and are coming against God’s people?  

Jesus said, (Mat.24:9) Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake. He said that because God wants His name, which means “nature, character and authority,” to be manifested in His people. What’s it going to take to make that happen? Well, sad to say, it’s going to require everything that can be shaken to be shaken. (Heb.12:26) Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven. (27) And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.  

(28) Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: (29) for our God is a consuming fire. It’s going to have to happen because God’s people find so much affinity for the world that without this shaking, they will not run for safety to Zion, spiritually-speaking. God’s going to motivate His people to run from the nations, and from their religions and run to Him. Praise God for that!  

(Psa.89:22) The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. (23) And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him. This was spoken of David, who represents the Man-child, and the Man-child is the head of the Bride. David ruled from Jerusalem, which represents the Bride. And we know that the Man-child is none other than Christ manifested in His end-times firstfruits body by Spirit and anointing. (Col.1:27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. The Lord is coming in His people! He is coming in His firstfruits Man-child and in His Bride, and in the virgins, and on and on through the Tribulation.  

John the Baptist said of Jesus, Who was the Man-child of His day in (Joh.3:29) He that hath the bride is the bridegroom.... Jesus taught the disciples how to walk with Him. Obviously, God is in control of the enemy, whether you’re talking about the principalities and powers, or the Beast, or the D-S, or whatever. (Psa.89:22) The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. (23) And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him. This is a provision that is given to His Man-child and they will pass this on to the Bride.  

This authority is something the Lord keeps in His Hand. There’s no chance of the devil having authority over you. In the Book of Job, God was very careful about what came into the life of Job. The devil had to get permission to afflict Job and God allowed it for a purpose. The Lord was accounting Job as righteous from the very beginning because he was walking in everything that he knew, but the Lord helped Job to see his own self-righteousness by using his enemies and persecution; and, of course, God restored everything at the end.  

God’s authority over evil is something that He uses to sanctify us. For instance, (Pro.16:4) The Lord hath made everything for its own end (or “purpose”); Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. God made the wicked to serve Him in this raising up of His sons; therefore, when a person is sanctified, the Lord can say no to the devil. When it came time for Job to be delivered and he was sanctified of his sin, God would not allow the devil to have dominion over Job any longer.  

(Pro.16:5) Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord (You know when we come to the Lord, we still have a lot of that pride and the Lord has to get it out of us! He doesn’t want us to be an abomination.): [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished. There’s nothing that can defend you from God, Who wants to destroy pride. Nothing can stop Him from doing it and He will use every vessel of dishonor He needs to bring an end to that, but when He’s finished, He can stop them just as easily as He started them.  

And yet we think it hard that God could provide such a place of safety for a people who are holy! Here’s the advantage of being holy and separate from the world; you don’t need chastening if you’ve overcome your sins. (Pro.16:6) By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. All these things that are coming upon the world will restore the fear of the Lord and many will depart from evil. They will run to Zion, which is a place of safety and holiness. It’s a place of separation from the world. 

There’s nothing more important for you to do right now than to repent of your sins and seek diligently to walk in holiness and separation from the world because (Pro.16:7) When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. When you have come to the place where your actions and your ways please the Lord, God can stop your enemies. That’s the place of safety; that’s passing through the walls of Zion and into His place of salvation, the place where God is going to make your enemies to be at peace with you.  

(Pro.16:8) Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice. (9) A man’s heart deviseth his way; But the Lord directeth his steps. Think about that! The Lord directs his steps! People can choose to be good, people can choose to be bad, but God directs their steps and He even directs the steps of their enemies. Some people don’t understand that about God, but they haven’t studied the Bible enough to know, (Php.2:13) ... it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.  

Do you think unrighteous things happen to you? (Pro.16:10) A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment. Job thought that he was being made to suffer for no reason and he accused God wrongfully a few times, but God knew exactly what He was doing and what Job needed. God did not transgress in judgment. He gave the devil permission to afflict Job which brought him to the place of holiness and then God restored everything.  

(Pro.16:11) A just balance and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights of the bag are his work. So just remember that the Lord is sovereign. And we also know that the Lord Jesus was given dominion over all the principalities and powers. (Eph.1:18) Having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, (19) and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe (We need a revelation of that!), according to that working of the strength of his might  

(20) which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places] (21) far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named (Jesus has been given dominion and authority over everything.), not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (22) and he put all things in subjection under his feet....  And He put it under our feet.

(Isa.46:9) Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; (10) declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; (11) calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.  

God sees the end from the beginning and He knows how to get you there. And sometimes, before you’re completely sanctified and behind the walls of Zion, you need a chastening. Job did! And God manifestly perfected him. Job was doing what he knew to do, but he didn’t understand his own heart. He didn’t realize he needed to be delivered of self-righteousness, so God used the devil to help Job understand that. 

(Eph.1:22) And he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, (23) which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Notice that Christ is the head of the body, but all things are in subjection under the feet of the body. So not only has the Lord been given dominion over the principalities and the powers, and so on, but He’s given His people that dominion.  

He exercises His dominion through His people. (Luk.10:19) Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you. Well, if God has this dominion, can’t He take away the power of the enemy, as He did for Job? God can say, “Enough is enough,” anytime He wants.  

(Pro.16:7) When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. There is a place when we have learned sanctification and have been separated and this is a place where God says, “Enough is enough! This is My servant and he doesn’t need anymore.” Some may not believe this but we can’t put limits on God. People may think they’re being humble when they say, “We can’t be perfect.” Well, I agree that we can’t be perfect, but that doesn’t mean God can’t make you perfect.  

God called Job perfect and He called other people perfect. God is the One Who perfects His people; all He wants from us is faith. But maybe your idea of what constitutes being “perfect” is wrong. Maybe you should find out what the Biblical idea of perfection is for you because it’s obviously not the same for everyone.  

A very wise brother explained it to me one time when I was young in the Lord. He said it’s like playing a piano. You hit this key and it makes the sound it’s supposed to make, and you hit this other key, and it makes the sound that it’s supposed to make. So we are not all the same, but we all fulfill our place. When we’re not looking at our neighbor, but we’re doing what God is calling us to do and we’re walking in His holiness, separate from sin, from the world, from idolatry and religion, then that’s where we are when we’re perfect. And that’s when the glory of God is manifested. 

(Isa.60:19) The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. He’s talking about a people who have a glory, which is a “shining forth from”; the glory He’s talking about is the glory of God shining forth from them. God’s people have a light that the world doesn’t have. If you go back to the beginning of this chapter, it says, (Isa.60:1) Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (2) For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.  It’s happening!

(3) And nations shall come to thy light (In other words, Zion will be like a lighthouse! The nations are going to see that light and run to it as a place of provision and safety.), and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Now it doesn’t say anything here about God doing away with the sun and the moon, does it? It just says they won’t need it. The natural man needs light on this earth in order to see because light reflects off objects and that’s what our eye picks up, but do the righteous walk by sight? No, they don’t! A person who doesn’t walk by sight no longer needs the light of the moon or the light of the sun because the glory of God lights them and their way.  

We see the same thing about Zion in (Rev.21:23) And the city (the Bride.) hath no need of the sun (It doesn’t say the sun won’t be there; it just says the sun won’t be needed.),neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it (If you’re not walking by sight, then you’re walking as a Christian.), and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb. (Rev.22:5) And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they (the Bride) shall reign for ever and ever. Now some people think this is in the Millennium, but it’s here that we have to be qualified to minister for the Lord and Isaiah 60 tells us that in the Tribulation period God’s people won’t need the light of the sun nor light of the moon.  

And, (Psa.89:35) Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: (36) His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before me. (37) It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. So as long as the sun and moon are in the sky, we’re going to have a King David. How long do you think Jesus is going to reign on the throne of David? It will be forever!  

(Isa.11:1) And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch (The “branch” is the Man-child ministry.) out of his roots (The “root of Jesse” is Jesus.) shall bear fruit. (Isa.11:3) And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; (4) but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth.... This judge, of course, is the branch out of the root of Jesse that shall bear fruit. The branch is the Man-child ministry and, like Jesus, the Man-child ministry is not going to walk after the seeing of their eyes or the hearing of their ears.  

Jesus only preached to those people who had spiritual eyes and ears. (Rom.8:14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. They don’t have to walk by natural sight and natural hearing anymore because now the glory of God is in them. There will still be a sun and moon, although they’re going to be somewhat darkened, and the world, spiritually-speaking, is going to be in darkness, but the light of God is going to arise on His people (Isaiah 60:2). They don’t need the light of the sun; they don’t need the light of the moon; the glory of God in them is going to guide them.  

(Isa.60:20) Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Praise be to God! Their crucifixion is finished. (21) Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. How can God’s people be “all righteous”? This is not natural Zion; but spiritual heavenly Zion. So Zion represents a people who are holy and around the earth!  

Therefore, (Isa.60:21) thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever.... That is the land of holiness, the Promised Land, the land where their enemies will not be ruling over them. Notice what Paul said about Zion and how God is going to get His people there. (Heb.12:18) For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched (This is not physical Mount Zion which is in corruption.), and that burned with fire (The natural mountain that they came to in the wilderness burned with fire.), and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,  

(19) and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them; (20) for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned.... The Beast cannot touch this mountain! Mount Zion is a place of safety because it’s a place of holiness. You need no Beast to crucify you, if you’re already dead, and that’s what holiness represents.  

(Heb.12:21) And so fearful was the appearance, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: (22) but ye are come unto mount Zion.... If you say that there’s never been a spiritual, Heavenly Mount Zion on the earth, then you have to tear this part out of your Bible. These were the people who had come to Mount Zion. (Heb.12:22) But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.... They came to the Heavenly Jerusalem! Just because it’s Heavenly doesn’t mean it’s not on earth!  

Jesus said, (Luk.17:20) ... The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: (21) neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you. The Kingdom of Heaven is in your midst! Every place in you where God rules and you don’t serve sin, that place is Heavenly Jerusalem. That’s the place of holiness; that’s inside the walls of salvation. (Heb.12:22) … the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels, (23) to the general assembly and church of the firstborn.... The Greek word for “church” is ekklesia and it means “the called-out ones.” What are we called out of? We’re called out of the world and out of apostate religion. From the moment you are born-again out there in the world, you’re called to come to Zion, called to come to Jesus Christ, the King over Zion. (Jer.31:6) ... Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.  

(Heb.12:23) to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, (24) and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel. (25) See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven: (26) whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.  

We’re coming into that day now. I would like to read the next verse from the Numeric Bible because the numeric pattern brings us to the exact Greek wording, which is very important in this case: (Heb.12:27) And this Yet once more (Referring to the shaking that’s coming once more.), signifieth the removing of the shaken.... That’s what it says in the original, without all the added in words put there by the translators, based on their own understanding. (Heb.12:27) And this Yet once more, signifieth the removing of the shaken (That’s what the numerics says word-for-word out of the Greek.), as of made....  

In other words, “as of made” is something that’s manmade. Everything that’s man-made is going to be removed, whether in your life, in your religion or what you may think is “Christianity.” Nothing made by man is going to stand up to the shaking God is about to send both spiritual and physical. And what is the purpose of that shaking? (Heb.12:27) And this Yet once more, signifieth the removing of the shaken, as of made, that those not shaken may remain. “Those not shaken” is talking about people, not about things.  

God is going to shake everything in our lives in order to bring about our sanctification and only those who are not going to be shaken will remain. In the wilderness the unbelieving and unrighteous fell but the righteous remained. God is going to destroy our wood, hay and stubble, so that the gold, silver and precious stones remain. What God is going to have left after He is through shaking are those who will inherit eternal life.  

Some people think that we’re going to have eternal life when we die, but you’re actually coming into eternal life here. Eternal life is, “Christ in you...” If you don’t have eternal life here, you can’t go there! Some people think that they can die just as filthy as they are, and automatically go there, and when they go there, that’s when they get eternal life. Those people are believing a lie. The seed of the life of Christ must bear the fruit 30-, 60- and 100-fold here. (Heb.12:28) Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken (Zion!),let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: (29) for our God is a consuming fire.  

Yes! And this consuming fire is going to burn up the wood, hay and stubble, but we have to cooperate. Our desire should be, “Let’s go up to Zion, the city of the King!” That’s the place where the King rules and there’s a wall separating us from the world and the worldly church. We’ve all been in the worldly church. Jeremiah 50 says that our mother is Babylon. We all started there with our foolish ideas about God, about the Church and the Kingdom.  

But coming out of that and passing behind the walls into Zion is sanctification and separation from all of that to the place of holiness. This is the place where God can protect you and provide all of your needs. So this shaking is coming for us, but can you believe that some people want to fly away? They don’t even want to be here to go through God’s plan to perfect His people in the wilderness. I can tell you that a lot of the Church would go to that other place if they flew away right now! You should appreciate everything God’s going to do and be glad that the rapture doesn’t happen until after the Tribulation!  

(Isa.60:21) Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever.... When Israel went into their Promised Land, they couldn’t inherit it until they put to death the Canaanite and that’s another revelation of sanctification, which is the death of the old man. (2Co.4:16) Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. The outer man has to die for the sanctified, spiritual inner man to come forth and rule. 

I’m going to point out the same thing to you again: (Isa.52:1) Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion (God is raising up Zion. We’re going to see Zion in the earth again and it represents a people whose walk is holy and who are being ruled over by King David.); put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city.... Now, the beautiful garments represent righteous works, both of the Bride and those who are invited to the marriage. (Rev.19:8) And it was given unto her (the Bride) that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. (14) And the armies (Those who are not in the Bride company but are invited to the marriage.) which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure. They have on these beautiful garments.  

(Isa.52:1) … for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. That’s where we’re coming to. The only people in Zion are going to be holy and when they get there, they’ll have that wall between them and the Beast. And if the Beast even touches the mountain, it’s going to be stoned (Hebrews 12:20). (Isa.52:2) Shake thyself from the dust (That’s the flesh.); arise, sit [on thy throne], O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.  

The daughter of Zion is the New Jerusalem, who is coming out of captivity to their old man. That old man is outside the walls of Zion, but we’re coming into the city where David rules and we will be separate from the world. This is the process of sanctification. Inside the walls of Zion is where we have all the benefits of this sanctification, the provision, the protection, the holiness and the fellowship with the Lord. The Lord is the King in the temple in Zion; His presence is in the temple in Zion! Oh, the benefits are just awesome! 

Before we continue in Isaiah 60, I want to look at another example where God’s people have been taken into captivity and God is calling for them to come out from among them: (Jer.3:14) Return, O backsliding children, saith the Lord (Captivity to the old man represents being backslidden.); for I am a husband unto you (The Lord is calling a people out of all of the nations to come to Zion to make them His Bride.): and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: (Jer.3:15) and I will give you shepherds according to my heart.... God has some shepherds who have been set free so that they can help the people to be free!  

(Jer.3:15) … who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. (16) And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land (That’s the Promised Land where you’re living upon God’s promises.), in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more. That was all a physical type and shadow of something that God is going to fulfill in our day. (Jer.3:17) At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it.... Jerusalem in the Old Testament was also the place of the throne of the Lord.  And Israel representing the Church was called to be under their capitol Bride City as it was in history.

(Jer.3:17) At that time they shall call Jerusalem (the Bride) the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it.... Now that we understand the “nations” are all of God’s people from all over the world, we can see this is not talking about the Millennium. It’s talking about right now and Jerusalem here is the New Jerusalem, the Heavenly Jerusalem. The Church, “the called out ones,” are coming out of the nations to be under Zion as it was historically. This is a process called “sanctification”. (17) … and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord.... Zion represents the name of the Lord and sanctification represents the name of Jesus. Name means, His nature, character and authority manifested in His people.  

(Jer.3:18) In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel.... That has a meaning in the New Testament, too. “Judah,” meaning “praise,” generally represents the Spirit-filled people. The house of Israel, who went even further from God and weren’t filled with His presence, had mostly separated from the Spirit-filled groups. And today, those who do not believe in being Spirit-filled, with the evidences in the Bible (John 8:39, 14:12; Acts 4:30, 5:12; Hebrews 2:4, etc.), are the much larger group of people. But God’s going to join people from all those religious backgrounds, just like He’s bringing people out of all the nations and all the races, and He’s bringing them to the Bride.

(Jer.3:18) In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north (That is, out of bondage to the Beast.) to the land that I gave for an inheritance unto your fathers. Our fathers were the early Church fathers, the 12 patriarchs Jesus raised up. Everything that Jesus gave to them is what we’re going to have because it’s our inheritance. That anointing, power, deliverance, and holiness, all of that is coming back to His people as they come out of captivity. (Jer.3:19) But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! (This is a heritage of God.) and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me. When God’s people grow up they will forsake the holy name under the law to a more personal name, “My Father”. Jesus taught us to call Him “Our Father”. Praise be to God!  

So let’s continue in (Isa.60:21) Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting.... What did Jesus say about every branch that His Father didn’t plant? (Mat.15:13) But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up. So these are going to be proven to be the plants that God planted and you’ll know God’s plant because it looks like Jesus! (Isa.60:21) Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. Amen! Everybody in spiritual New Testament Zion, the Bride, is going to be sanctified from the nations and they are all going to be righteous!

Then the authority of their words will shake the nations and bring in the harvest. In the tribulation, especially the last half, when all the nations are gathered together against God’s people, both natural and spiritual. They’re going to attempt to wipe out God’s people! But God is going to be a stronghold for those who have lived the crucified life unto sanctification and live in the secret place of the Most High. Others will need to die to enter the Kingdom for everyone has to die, either to self or in the physical. Jesus said we must lose our life to gain our life. Some will see these things and want to live in God’s presence and be alive and remain until the coming of the Lord.

(Psa 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  2  I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.  3  For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.  4  He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.  5  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;  6  For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.  7  A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.  8  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.

(9) For thou, O Lord, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation; (10) There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. (11) For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways. (12) They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13  Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.  14  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.  15  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.  16  With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.

Notice that the angels won’t let those abiding in the secret place of the Most High so much as dash their foot against a stone! There will be no strangers among His people, no strangers in the Bride in Zion. Many will take the mark of the beast to separate the leaven, leaving a righteous people. “And the Lord will roar from Zion” against those nations. God’s voice will come out of Zion through a multitude of His saints, like the voice of many waters. I believe this is the body of Christ speaking the Word.  

And when the saints speak the Word, what’s going to happen to the nations who are gathered together against them? The nations are going to be scattered! God will fight against those nations as He fought in the day of battle.  How did He fight? By dividing the enemy against one another. They’re going to be slaughtered! They are going to kill each other off. So the people of the secret place are going to be protected.

I’m going to point out something else to you about sanctification: (Deu.28:1) And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: (2) and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Do you want to be set on high above the nations when that judgment comes? Do you want to be set on high in the Tribulation period? Whatever the judgment might be and whenever judgment comes, we need to be justified before the Lord by faith in His promises. As James said the double minded will not receive from the Lord. 

The power to live the Christian life is from God.  We get it from Him by faith. 2Co 3:5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;  6  who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant…  Understand that God has to give you the power to live His life.   the gift to hearken diligently to His voice and do His commandments. The sufficiency that God gives, He gives by grace, by unmerited favor, and He gives it for your faith. It’s not the works of the Law that justify you, but the hearing of faith. (Rom.10:17) So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Believe what God says. 

(Deu.30:14) But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. That’s awesome! In other words, you don’t have to be some superman. He said you, meaning the regenerate spiritual man over the natural man, can do it! And He’s giving you the secret here: Put the Word into your heart and speak that Word out of your mouth “that thou mayest do it.”  

Now let’s look at how the Apostle Paul interpreted this same text: (Rom.10:5) For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby. (6) But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:) (7) or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (That is, to bring Christ up from the dead.) (8) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith (Paul is adding this on here to give interpretation to what was meant by the text.), which we preach:  

(Rom.10:9) because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. So the Word in your mouth and in your heart is the Word of the Gospel. It’s the knowledge of what God has already done for you. He’s already delivered you, already saved you, already perfected you. He’s already delivered you out of the power of darkness. He already bore the curse for you so you don’t have to bear the curse. He’s already taken away your old nature and nailed it to the cross. He’s already done all these things. And that’s the Gospel!  

(Rom.10:9) Because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: (10) for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.... These are the things we have to get into our heart and let come out of our mouth. Do you believe the Gospel? Some people argue with the Gospel because of their theology. Some very religious people are against the Gospel and yet this is the key to which both Moses and Paul spoke. This is the key to the power of God. God doesn’t make His salvation available to every religious person who says they are a child of God. (Joh.1:11) He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. 

And the Bible even says of God that, (Joh.12:40) He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them. But when you repent and turn to the Lord, when you want His grace so that nothing will be too hard for you, then the first thing God asks you to do is to receive into your heart the good news of His Gospel. And then, even before you see it, you speak it out of your mouth, you agree with the promises. (Rom.10:10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. And “salvation” is the term that’s used to cover all these promises we’ve been reading about - everything. (Rom.10:11) For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.  

Going back to our Deuteronomy text: (Deu.30:14) But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. And how do we get the power to do it? You believe in your heart and you confess with your mouth. This is the word of faith, which is Paul’s interpretation of what Moses was speaking here. (Deu.30:15) See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil. (Pro.18:21) Life and death are in the power of the tongue, And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. The power of the tongue is life and death. If you want the power of life, then you have to believe with your heart and confess with your mouth.  

Jesus said, (Mar.11:24) Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye received them, and ye shall have them. Everything that you pray for, believe you received it and you shall have it. So God says to believe it and speak it. (Mar.11:23) Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. And if you don’t doubt that what you say will come to pass, you’ll have what you say. 

You can go to God with every need that you have, pray, believe God and He will bring it to pass. So how can we “hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord ... to observe to do all his commandments” and inherit these blessings? (Php.4:6) In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. We have to do it by faith. (Rom.10:11) For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.  

Now let’s go back and read the blessings, as though these are the jots and tittles that God will fulfill in the New Testament for you, not because you are under the Law, but because you are under grace. (Eph.2:8) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God (9) not by works, so that no one can boast. So the condition to receive is keeping His commandments and the only way you can keep His commandments is He is going to do it in you. Just hearken to His voice with the desire to do His will. (Deu.28:1) And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:  

(2) And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. (3) Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. (4) Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock. If you’re not bearing fruit in any one of these areas, continue to confess what the Bible says about you. Find the promises that have to do with your condition, put them in your heart and confess them with your mouth. Take that authority the Lord gave you over the curse, which Jesus destroyed. Exercise your authority, speak to the mountain and believe you’ve received everything for which you’ve prayed.  

(Deu.28:5) Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. (6) Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. (7) The Lord will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways. (8) The Lord will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.  

(9) The Lord will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. (10) And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord (Remember the name of the Lord is Zion! It’s the Bride!); and they shall be afraid of thee. (11) And the Lord will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.  

(12) The Lord will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. Speaking with your tongue what you believe in your heart is going to give you all of these benefits because you agree that they’re yours! You believe that God has given you the blessings. The Lord spoke about Jesus bearing the curse for us so that we would have Abraham’s blessings.  

(Gal.3:13) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: (14) that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Therefore, He bore your curse and these blessings are yours.  

(Deu.28:13) And the Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them, (14) and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. Sanctification is walking in God’s Word, or God’s Word walking in you. Praise God!  

Now, let go back to (Isa.60:22) The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time. Who is the “little one” who is “the small one”? It’s the Man-child! The number 61 wasn’t there in the original, the text just continued, and it says, (Isa.61:1) The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me.... That was Jesus. He quoted this text and half of verse 2 when He began His ministry (Luke 4:18). So He was “the little one” Who became a thousand, became a strong nation. He was the “small one” Who became the nation of New Testament Spiritual Israel. God used Jesus to sanctify them and raise them up as a mighty Bride. John the Baptist said of the disciples who followed Jesus, (Joh.3:29) He that hath the bride is the bridegroom.... And so this “little one,” this “small one” coming to raise up the nation this time in a repetition of history is the Man-child.  

(Isa.7:14) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign (This is the Hebrew word owth and it means “an omen,” “a sign of something to come.”): behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. “Immanuel” means “God with us.” And that’s exactly what’s going to happen in our day during the Tribulation period (Revelation 12). God is going to raise up a “God with us”! God is always with us and to the extent His Word lives in us, to that extent, the Word is made flesh and Jesus has come in a body of flesh again.  

We are the body of Christ and, if you are the body of Christ. The Bible says, unless you’re reprobate, Jesus is in you (2 Corinthians 13:5). So this is a sign of something to come; the virgin in our day will bring forth Immanuel, “God with us.” And God also tells us, (Isa.8:16) Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. An unusual word for the Old Testament because it’s a prophecy of Jesus speaking in the New Testament. 

(Isa.8:17) And I will wait for the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob... He’s been silent for a long time, but He’s going to come to us as the rain. (Hos.6:1) Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (2) After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. (3) And let us know, let us follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.  

(Isa.8:17) And I will wait for the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. (18) Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion. So the Lord is coming again as a sign and He will dwell in His Bride.  

Isaiah 61 was fulfilled in Jesus’ day and it will be fulfilled in our day, too, because Jesus is coming in the body of the son of David today as a larger corporate body. He’s coming in His people, as the Bible clearly says He will. He’s coming as an epiphany before He comes as a parousia. The “epiphany” is the “shining forth” from God’s people and the parousia is the “appearing” or the “presence” of God. So He wants to come for a people who have been born out of Heaven. (Joh.3:13) And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. We are born from above, from the Word of God Who came down out of Heaven and gives life to the world. That Word is the bread of life and as we eat that Word, Christ grows in us and He goes forth to do His work.  

So this “little one” back in Isaiah 60 will become a thousand. And then we read what Jesus said and what the Man-child in our day could also say: (Isa.61:1) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (That was the Spirit of the former rain and the Spirit of the latter rain is coming now.); because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.... Amen! The good news is going to go forth. Why, when Jesus came, didn’t His people have the good news, the good tidings? They were so caught up in their legalistic, religious system that God didn’t even recognize them anymore and they didn’t recognize Him when He came.  

They couldn’t understand Him when Jesus preached the Gospel and the good news is right here in the text! (Isa.61:1) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives.... You have to tell people the good news: “Hey, you’ve been set free! Jesus bore the sins of the world! He took away your sins and He nailed them on that tree, and you don’t have them anymore! He delivered you out of the power of darkness. He became your curse for you and you are free!”  

The Man-child is going to come with the good news and it’s going to shock a lot of people who are used to religion that has replaced the true Gospel. He’s going to come “to proclaim liberty to the captives.” He’s going to tell them, “You’ve been set free because of what Jesus did at the cross!” (Rom.6:2) ... We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein? It will be a revelation to them: “You mean I’ve been set free from sin? I don’t have to serve sin? I thought the only way I wouldn’t serve sin is when I died and went to Heaven.” And the Man-child’s going to tell them, “No, this is your benefit now. You see, you don’t have to serve sin because Jesus took away your sins.”  

(Joh.1:29) On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! Jesus made a “reconciliation,” which means an “exchange.” He took your curse and gave you His blessing. He took your sin and gave you His righteousness; now we are the righteousness of God in Christ. (2Co.5:21) Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him. And when you start believing that, God starts bringing it to pass. When you put it into your imagination and in your heart and when it comes out of your mouth, then God starts bringing that to pass because the sufficiency is from Him.  

The good news is the first thing the Man-child’s going to manifest and speak. (Isa.61:1) The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound (2) To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.... It’s almost time for us to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. We haven’t known the year of the Lord’s favor yet. “Grace” means “unmerited favor” and, if you don’t have the Good News, you’re not going to have much grace because grace comes from faith in the Good News!  

When Jesus came, there were many people trapped in many curses and bondages, and He set them free. Today God’s people are again in the same shape because they’ve been under the most legalistic bunch of false religious teachings the world has ever seen, but God is going to offer grace. He’s going to tell them that they’ve been set free. They haven’t heard it yet, not with their heart, but they are going to be primed and ready to receive it.  

God’s grace, His favor, is going to pour forth in a great revival! (Isa.61:2) To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God.... The Man-child represents the person, but the One Who lives in that person is Jesus, Who, once again, is going to preach this message. (Isa.61:2) … to comfort all that mourn; (3) to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.... God is going to bring a great blessing with Him! Who is this appointing “unto them that mourn in Zion”? Well, it’s the Man-child, the one of whom this text was spoken. Yes, Jesus, and Jesus today in a larger corporate body is the Man-child.