TABERNACLES
PENTECOST, 2005
“BLESSED ARE THEY WHO DO
NOT SEE,
AND YET BELIEVE”
In the
opening of this writing, it was stated:
A number of years ago, I recorded in a
journal: Failure is not because we
fail; failure is because we fail, and quit. As the first ever Tabernacles Pentecost approached on
December 25-26, 2005; based on the testimonies we had seen, we were expecting
the sun and the moon and all the stars.
And why not?
What
specifically were we expecting as we approached this first-ever event? We were wondering if this man, and as
you will see actually another man as well, would ascend alive for eight days in
order to intercede for the latter rain Pentecost outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
even as Yahshua did so. We were
anticipating that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob would literally come into our midst
and have dinner with us. We were
anticipating that on December 25 Yahweh would do something overt that would
give this man authority, or as testified in numerous ways, give him the signet
ring. And of course we were looking
to Yahweh to provide a bursting forth of His Spirit in the latter rain.
It has
already been stated that there were many reasons for us to have this hope, some
of those reasons presented beforehand in e-mails sent out in the days
prior. Those e-mails can be read
by clicking here. And
even as we approached these days and even went through them, continual evidence
and encouragement and instruction was seen.
In the next section we will begin giving an
account of what took place in those nine days per this gathering, but in regard
to those days let us examine the experience and teaching of Rees Howells, the
example in the flesh that the Holy Spirit specifically gave to this man, and
see how Yahweh has unfolded His work in the Bride.
In Rees
Howells, Intercessor, 1980
edition, chapter 28, pages 211-212, we read:
In pursuit of some great aim which the Lord had
given him, he would, en route, seek and ask and believe for some particular
deliverance or provision, which he would not obtain in the exact form in which
he asked for it. To those who were
watching from outside, this would often appear a failure or mistake, and there
would be plentiful criticism; but the effect on him – and those on the
inside with him in the battle of faith – was the opposite: it only
strengthened him in the pursuit of the main objective of faith until he had
obtained it. He would regard a
temporary disappointment en route, not as a failure, but as a stepping stone
– rather like a climber who scales a peak, mistakenly thinking it is the
summit, only to find higher ones beyond, and only to have his determination
increased to reach it.
In October,
1981, the Holy Spirit told me to ask for an example in the flesh, and He gave
Rees Howells as that example. I am
an intercessor, and I have learned this very truth that Rees himself
experienced over and over. Yahweh
will lead us to something that is His will, but will not fulfill it in the way
we suspect or in the timing we might think. For example, He called this man to help the poor, and for
thirteen years I pursued that purpose, finally arriving at the seeming goal of
a home for the needy, for women and children. But upon reaching it, I found that there was a higher goal
and purpose yet before me – the Remnant Bride. So, for eleven-and-a-half years now I have pursued that goal
and purpose, with the realization that the price I paid in the ministry to the
poor, was for the true fulfillment per the Bride.
When in 1994
I walked away from the home I had built for women and children, as well as the
entire ministry, I looked like a failure in the eyes of many people. But such are the ways of Yahweh. Obedience to His ways will indeed cause
us to look like a failure, but it is in fact a stepping stone, as Rees called
them. Thus, in like regard, those
things that took place in 2001 and 2002, were stepping stones for the
fulfillments in 2004 and 2005.
Another
example of this is found in the “Legal Transfer of the Office of the
Twelfth Apostle,” signed on the Day of Atonement, September 25,
2004. We had anticipated that
Yahweh might do something per the Bride on July 4. Then when that day came and went, it looked like He was
extending it to July 25, twenty-one days later. And when that day came and went, once again we were given
hope that He was linking that Day of Independence promise to the Day of
Atonement, September 25, when in fact the contract was signed. (You can read the e-mails that
addressed this transition by clicking here.)
What Yahweh
did by leading us this way was to tie this nation’s Declaration of
Independence to the “Legal Transfer of the Office of the Twelfth
Apostle,” its own declaration of independence. But in order to get there, we had to walk out that which
Yahweh was leading us to do. Faith
leads, it bears witness to that which we are to do; but it may very well lead
one through apparent failure. Look
at the cross if you doubt this way of faith. It too looked like failure, and to many still has that
appearance. Or look at the first
Remnant, who had the promise of not dying. They failed as well, and would not be fulfilled for another
2,000 years. They too are a
promise, a seed, that their work will indeed be fulfilled!
The July
4/September 25 fulfillment took less than three months. The strong messenger fulfillment is a
delay of three years over a total of six years. For thirteen years I reached for a goal with the needy, only
to find that the true fulfillment was yet before me – the Bride –
for which I have now labored for eleven-and-a-half years. And the two Remnant are delayed for
almost 2,000 years for their fulfillment!
But one thing is certain – that which is evidenced and dies, will
be resurrected.
There is a
passage in Millennial John that has resonated in this man’s mind since
the Tabernacles Pentecost. Seeing
how Yahweh has worked in the last five years to produce the strong messenger
intercession, that which Yahshua said to Thomas when he believed after placing his
finger in His hand and his hand in His side is obviously being fulfilled. When Thomas replied, “My Lord and
my God!,” Yahshua then stated – “Because you have seen Me,
have you believed? Blessed are
they who do not see, and yet believe” (John 20:28-29).
How entirely
relevant this is to what is being noted here about the ways of Yahweh. When we did not receive the promise on
July 4, we believed that He was pointing to July 25. When we did not receive the promise on July 25, we believed
He was pointing to September 25.
We believed when we did not see; and we believed again when we did not
see. So what did we finally
receive? We were finally blessed
at Atonement with a contract that transferred to a man the office that had
belonged to Satan.
What if we
had cut short our believing? What
if we had quit after July 4 or 25?
Then we would have never reached the goal! We would have fallen short. What if Rees Howells had cut short his believing? Then he too would have never reached
his goal. The fact is, we are to
be led by Yahweh and trust in Him irregardless of the outcome. If we are confident that what we
believed was of Him, then we are to go forward from there continuing to trust
that He is leading us. A
circumspect walk is critical in this, and if we walk circumspectly, carefully
examining that what we are doing is of Yahweh and that He is leading, then the
outcome is left in His hands and we do not have to look back, but forward to
where the promise will indeed be fulfilled.
So does this
man doubt or even regret writing those things in advance? Not in the least! For I knew at the time that to have
done otherwise would have been a lack of faith. I knew I had to make a choice, I knew I was taking a risk;
but to have ignored what I saw would have been to fall short, not being honest
with what I was seeing. I would
far rather fall short on the outcome and trust Yahweh for all that He has for
us, than to fall short in my honesty with how He is dealing with us. If I fall short, let me fall short when
reaching for the goal, and not by failing to reach.
Case in
point: per the question that was
raised in the last section – Would we have received all that we did in
2004 and 2005, if we had not reached for what we did in 2001 and 2002 and came
up short? Unquestionably not! Do we then regret what was done in
2001-2003? Of course not! That which we sowed in 2001 and 2002,
we reaped in 2004 and 2005. The
principle is true – you reap what you sow. So, how in any regard could we regret sowing what we did in
the days leading up to the Tabernacles Pentecost? As far as this man is concerned, and we had no reason to
shrink back, we saw and declared the truth, even as we did regarding July 4 or
even as Yahshua declared concerning the first Remnant – “you shall
not taste death” (Matthew 16:28).
And most importantly, that which we declared, is a promise that belongs
to those “who do not see, and yet believe.”
Therefore, we the Bride have several promises
and hopes – that we will indeed ascend alive, that we will have a dinner
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and that this man will receive the signet
ring. And quite frankly, it is
obvious that we have begun to receive the latter rain, but as a trickle from the
“right side” that will ever increase. I would rather sow a seed in faith unto death and wait for
the growth, than to stare at bare ground and hope something will somehow come
forth (though it has not for 2,000 years). As is true with any garden, at least I know what has been
planted and what to expect. We now
wait for Him who waters and for the light and for the fourth dimension of time
to bring us the harvest according to His provision.
Having said
this, let us see what did take place during the nine days pertaining to the
first-ever Tabernacles Pentecost.
Continue to page 4 of Tabernacles Pentecost, 2005 for DECEMBER 18-26