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And, as lively stones, each and every one of you comprises a unique and vitally important place in his Temple; thus, you will fit exactly together, in perfection! This building of this Temple shall become a prodigious and wondrous undertaking, more precious than rubies; the very habitation where Messiah shall now be worshipped and shall marvelously manifest Himself to this inter-age generation.
Therefore, you Nazarite stones, you costly stones, you hewed stones, you glistening stones, Hear the Word of the Lord! He shall now lay your stones with jasper and gold, and your foundations with sapphires, and all your borders with pleasant stones — all because you shall now be taught by the Holy Spirit of the Lord! Being transformed into invincible strength and everlasting duration, and honored by God as the congregation of spiritual Nazarites, in Jerusalem. The Holy Temple, Him dwelling in you by the operations of the Holy Spirit — an earnest of our dwelling with Him for eternity.
Therefore, it is established: The Most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? Saith the Lord; or what is the place of my rest? Has not my hand made all these things? Therefore, it is further established: The glory of Jerusalem shall be in the Living Temple, founded upon Jesus Christ, the Messiah. This is the Restoration of the Temple of God, as prophesied by the Lord and introduced by the ministry of Elijah2.
Therefore, the Headstone is now erected, becoming the Jerusalem Temple, from where the Lord will administer his Millennial Reign. Yes, the Universal Temple has been built upon Christ as the Foundation Stone, united in Christ as the Corner Stone, and has come at length to be glorified in Him as the Top Stone, in whom Jew and Gentile are now built together, the habitation of God through the Holy Spirit; O Jerusalem, now glorify yourself in the Top Stone! Accordingly, Christ is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End: the foundation as well as the summit! In your day, the crowning Top Stone shall now be emplaced in resounding glory!
Therefore, to facilitate the building of this Temple, you shall now be cleansed in the fountain, now opened for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, and He shall now diffuse to you much greater light upon the Holy Scriptures, for your enrichment; and there shall now be a plentiful effusion of his Spirit of grace, to teach you all truth, for none teaches like the Lord, and those whom He appoints under his direction and blessing. Accordingly, the beauty and honor of the Temple will be divine knowledge, holiness, and love, in the very image of the Lord, as you were created, shall now be renewed, and shall soon be restored.
You born again Nazarites shall now become the standard-bearers of the Temple; the Lord Himself now taking care of your New Covenant education. He will then sow you among the people, and your nobles shall be of yourselves, and your governors shall proceed from the midst of you, and all your leaders shall incline unto Him and approach Him with an engaged heart. Yes, He will give you pastors according to his heart; they shall now feed you with covenant knowledge and prophetic understanding. These wise and born again shepherds shall abundantly feed you; and by this you shall no more be dismayed, neither shall you be lacking in anything spiritual.
Therefore, you shall learn to edify one another in love, for God is love. You shall also learn to speak those things which become sound doctrine, for the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men and women, apt to teach, patient, and in meekness instructing those who are not yet born again; if God will, peradventure, also give to them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth concerning Messiah.
By this godly concern for one another, the Lord will make you to increase and abound in love, one toward another, and toward all that are yet without the Temple. You shall become strong as you exhort one another daily, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, for you are made partakers of Christ if you hold the beginning of your confidence steadfast unto the end. Yes, you shall learn to sanctify the Lord in your hearts, and shall be ready always to give an answer to every person that asks you the reason of your hope; you shall give solemn testimony, in meekness and fear of God’s honor and prophetic intent to save all Palestine. In all things, you Nazarites will show yourselves a pattern of good works; in covenant doctrine, prophetic gravity, loving sincerity, and preaching which cannot be condemned.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall He sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats, and He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, for I was hungered, and you gave me meat, I was thirsty, and you gave me drink, I was a stranger, and you took me in, naked, and you clothed me, I was sick, and you visited me, I was in prison, and you came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungered, and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? Or naked, and clothed thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
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