THE FULFILLMENT OF THE FEAST OF GLORY - TABERNACLES
PERSONAL APPROPRIATION
Try to imagine what this passage from Romans 8:29-30 
means:
29 “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren; 30 and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.” (NAS)
Question: What does it mean, “He also glorified.”!? Many Christians will testify, “I’ve been predestined!” or, “I’ve been justified!” But, who, among us will boldly declare, “I have been glorified!!!”
Consider this: Before a person is born-again, they can not say truthfully testify that they have been justified. Before a person becomes totally committed, one cannot truthfully say that he or she is a disciple of the Lord Christ, based on Luke 14 . Yet, here it is:
“foreknew” = past tense
“predestined” = past tense
“justified” = past tense
“glorified” = past tense!!!
A person that does not know about being born again might say, “It is not possible to boldly declare that I have been justified, predestined or foreknown, as I am not aware that I have been justified, predestined or foreknown. He may not be aware that such experiences or testimony are possible for him or her, or any body else. In this same way, a person may not even be aware that an experience called “glorification” may even be possible or available, this side of Heaven. Please, once again, see the section in this article, “Kingdom Glory”. By all means, also make absolutely certain that you have a working revelation knowledge of the King’s Greatest Secret!, and the Throne-Room Mentality. You can receive these by writing to our ministry.
For now, however, please be referred to 2 Corinthians, chapter 3: verses, 7,8,9,10,11 & 18. Essentially, these verses tell us that the glory that was on the face of Moses, was nothing, compared to the glory that is available to all of us, today, right now!!! Once again, our articles, “Kingdom Glory”, the King’s Greatest Secret!, and the Throne-Room Mentality, all lead the way into this experience the Bible calls, “glorification”. “Whom He justified, these He also glorified.” Rom 8 .
THE FULFILLMENT OF TABERNACLES FOR THE CHURCH
When is the End going to come?
Tell me if you can, when is the End going to come??? I ask this question, here, and in other countries, of pastors and Christian leaders.
One common answer is: “Any time from now.” Some times they answer, “No one knows.” Then I show them Matthew 24:14 , and Mark 13:10 , “This Gospel (of the Kingdom) must first be preached in ALL the World for a witness to ALL THE NATIONS, and THEN the End shall come.”!!! Of the six to seven BILLION people on the Earth, less than 10 % have been born again!!! Less than ten percent have ever heard the Gospel of the Kingdom. This statistic of ten percent has remained the same over the last century. Yet with the population explosion, over 5 BILLION people have not yet heard the Gospel of the Kingdom!!! With all of the scientific advancements in communication ability and travel, including such giants as CBN and TBN, and SKY ANGEL networks, this enormous task has not been accomplished, nor will it, unless there is a major, miracle, revival, out-pouring upon the Church of Jesus Christ at large. In spite of the invention and development of good roads, airplanes, space travel, language study, computers, short wave, other radio, television, the internet, email, etc., the statistic of more than 90 % of the world’s population is still unevangelized. Less than 10% of the world’s population is born-again, and the Gospel of the Kingdom has NOT been preached!!! Yes, progress is being made, isolated revivals have taken place, miracles have been wrought, but something major is lacking! I believe that there is a real key related to the Feast of Tabernacles, and its fulfillment!
THE COMING WORLD-WIDE REVIVAL!!!
These horrible, horrible statistics WILL NOT CHANGE, unless a great cataclysmic, earth shaking out-pouring and bestowal of glory and might and miracle power is mightily poured out in a world-wide avalanche of God’s Presence!!! Please notice: As the fulfillment of the Feast of Pentecost brought the “Early Rain” and the “First Fruits” and the “Former Glory”, so the Feast of Tabernacles brings the promise of the “Latter Rain”, the “Out-pouring of Glory”, and, the “End Time Harvest of the Ages!!!”
Pentecost celebrated the first fruits harvest. Tabernacles is a Fall Harvest of the summer crops, the final full harvest!!! We are believing that this is the time of the Latter Rain, the Harvest of the Ages, and the Glory of the Latter House, the perfecting of the Bride, the manifestation of the sons of God, the fulfillment of the Great Commission, and the marching forth of “Joel’s Army”. These are the next things on God’s agenda, and NOT the Rapture!!! Matthew 24:14
Let me ask another question: What does it also mean in Romans, chapter 8: 19, when it says that “The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation (revealing) of the sons of God.” (KJV)
I have a question for you. When do you believe that this Scripture from Joel will be fulfilled, and who do you believe this army consists of?
Joel 2:1-11 Who do you believe that this Scripture pertains to? Verse 11 tells us!
Joel 2:21 “Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, for Yahweh has done great things. 22 Do not fear, beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, for the tree has borne its fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded in full. 23 So rejoice, O sons of Zion , and be glad in Yahweh your God; for He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, the early and latter rain as before. 24 And the threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil. 25 Then I will make up to you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you. 26 And you shall have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and praise the Name of Yahweh your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; then My people will never be put to shame. 27 Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel , and that I am Yahweh your God and there is no other; and My people will never be put to shame. 28 And it will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 And even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 30 And I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire, and columns of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome Day of Yahweh comes. 32 And it will come about that whoever calls on the Name of Yahweh will be delivered; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, ‘even among the survivors whom Yahweh calls’.” (NAS)
Whom do you believe the following Scripture pertains to, and what is meant by “The Latter Rain”?
Hag 2:6 “For thus says Yahweh of Hosts (Sabbaoth: the armies of the Universe), ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. 7 And I will shake all the Nations; and they will come with the wealth of all Nations; and I will fill this House with glory,’ says Yahweh of Hosts (Sabbaoth: the armies of the Universe). 8 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares Yahweh of Hosts (Sabbaoth: the armies of the Universe). 9 ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Hosts (Sabbaoth: the armies of the Universe), ‘and in this place I shall give peace,’ declares Yahweh of Hosts (Sabbaoth: the armies of the Universe).” (NAS)
Note this Bible declaration: Eph 5:26 “That He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the Church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless.” (NAS) Tell me, when is the Church going to be sanctified, in all her glory, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing???! Whenever I hear the song “ ‘Tis a Glorious Church , Without Spot or Wrinkle!” I want to laugh in derision or weep with grief. The Church is, and has been, lukewarm, backslidden, passive, sinning and unconcerned. The only thing that can bring the Church to Her glorified state, we believe, is the literal, physical, bombastic, cataclysmic, historical fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles, and in such a way that will make the Day of Pentecost seem like kindergarten, like child’s play, by comparison.
Do you remember those days leading up to the fulfillment of Pentecost? They were waiting in a keen state of expectation, preparation, and anticipation. So we are with Tabernacles. We encourage every Christian to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, in this state of keen excitement and expectation, as though this year could be the Year!!! Celebrate it, not because you have to, or because you must, or because God will be mad at you if you do not. But, picture with me the fact that of the multiplied thousands and thousands of people to whom Christ ministered, there were only 120 in the Upper Room when Pentecost was fulfilled!!! That’s ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY!!! Where were the thousands and thousands to whom Christ had ministered? I can tell you where they were: They were all so busy doing more important things that they did not have time to spend, waiting around in some upper room, and, for what??? Some day, the Feast of Tabernacles will become compulsory, obligatory and mandatory, with the promise of cursing and punishment from God, for any Nation, any family who does not. Why is this Feast so important to God, to us?? I personally do not like the thought of being forced, at gun point, to attend my friend’s birthday party, and, at gun point, forced to present to him a present. This is a major reason I celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles NOW, before being forced to do so, while it is voluntary, while I do not HAVE to.
What about you?
Acts 3:20 “And that He may send the Christ, Who has been appointed for you - - even (Yahshua) Jesus. 21 He must remain in Heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as He promised long ago through His holy prophets.” (NIV) When and how is this going to be?
"Held in the Heavens, until - - -"
Please, Light of the World, Glory of the Father, Beloved Jesus Christ, let us behold and reflect Your glory.
Dear Heavenly Father Papa Daddy Yahweh: Please let us enter into manifested sonship, in that we will do Your works, and greater, healing the sick, raising the dead, stilling storms, being channels of Your miracle judgement, being immune to the judgement of others, traveling to every other country by the Holy Spirit ministering supernaturally to millions by the Holy Spirit, seeing hundreds of millions being born again by Your power, seeing billions fed and saved and filled with the Holy Spirit and brought into the King's Greatest Secret, by the Holy Spirit, and seeing hundreds of millions of churches established by the Holy Spirit, and, forever staying in Your place of favour, by the Holy Spirit, and having an abundant entrance into the Kingdom of God by the Holy Spirit, and doing Your perfect will forever and ever by Your Holy Spirit. Amen.
PREDICTING THE FUTURE?!.
Let’s take a look at tomorrow’s newspapers!
It says in 1 Cor 2:9 “But just as it is written, ‘Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.’ Then it goes on in verse 10 For to us God (has) revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.” (NAS)
From the King James Bible, 1 Cor 2:9 “But as it is written, ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”
In the Book of Joel, chapter 2, from the Bible, and, in Revelation, chapter 12, we have an interesting look at tomorrow’s newspapers.
Here, again, is Joel 2:1-11 :
1 “Blow a trumpet in Zion , and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh is coming; surely it is near, 2 A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, so there is a great and mighty people; there has never been anything like it, nor will there be again after it to the years of many generations. 3 A fire consumes before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but a desolate wilderness behind them, and nothing at all escapes them. 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; and like war horses, so they run. 5 With a noise as of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, like a mighty people arranged for battle. 6 Before them the people are in anguish; all faces turn pale. 7 They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like soldiers; and they each march in line, nor do they deviate from their paths. 8 They do not crowd each other; they march everyone in his path. When they burst through the defenses, they do not break ranks. 9 They rush on the city, they run on the wall; they climb into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief. 10 Before them the earth quakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness. 11 And Yahweh utters His voice before His army; surely His camp is very great, for strong is he who carries out His word. The Day of Yahweh is indeed great and very awesome, and who can endure it?” (NAS)
Some folks think Joel’s Army is some grasshoppers. Some think it is the Russians. But verse 11 tells us who it is. “And Yahweh utters His voice before His army; surely His camp is very great, for strong is he who carries out His word.” It is His Army, His Camp, a great and mighty people, and it consists of those who are committed to do the will and Word of God. We believe that there is a people spoken of in the Bible from beginning to end, of those saints who are totally committed to doing the will of God. Jesus said, “You are My friends, IF you do the will of My Father.” And, “My mother, brother and sister is he (or she) who DOES the will of My Father.” The Bible calls this group of people who uncompromisingly committed to obey God, by various names, such as: the disciples, the saints, the excellent ones, the saviors on Mount Zion, the remnant, the Overcomers, the godly ones, the manifested sons, the sons of God, the friends of God, Joel’s Army, the mother, brother and sister of Christ. Again, the common element that uniquely pertains to them all, is that they do the will of God. “They who are led by the Holy Spirit, ARE the sons of God.” Romans 8 .
TRIBULATION
Note the contrast in Joel 2:2 “A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains . .” Here, as in Revelation 12 , we see glory and darkness at the same time. The New Testament talks about things waxing worse and worse, yet also talks about things getting brighter and better unto the Perfect Day! In Revelation 12 , there are three groups of people: 1) the woman, 2) the Manchild, and 3) “the rest of her children”. All the way through the book of Revelation, there are certain individuals who actually represent people groups. For example, the Mother of Harlots, Mystery Babylon, represents the whole worldly religious, economic, military and governmental/political system, that is not of God. It is an individual, that actually represents many people. We believe that the woman spoken of in Revelation 12 is the Church believers at large, or at least, the intercessors, those who have a mother’s heart to give birth, etc. We believe that the “Man child” is the overcomers, the saints, the disciples, etc., and that the “rest of her children” represents the vast majority of believers, who are luke warm and who have only a percentage level of discipleship commitment.
GLORY? or, GLOOM AND DOOM?
Once, on a ministry trip to Nigeria , I spoke to an American banker who had been in the banking industry for years. I said, “Be honest with me. If I brought $100 to the bank to put it in checking or savings, how many times would the bank be legally able to lend out to lenders.” His reply was terrifying: “If something happened, anything that would shake the people’s faith in the economy, the money would not be available, and the banks would have to close their doors, IF EVEN LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION went to the bank at the same time to ask for their money!!!”
During the “Great Depression” of the 1920’ and 30’s, America was on “the gold standard”, the country was largely rural, which meant that folks had food stored in their root cellars and pantries, and many were not dependent on electricity or modern utilities, nor did most Americans have the horrible debt load of today’s citizens.
The American economy is set to collapse any time from now, and in such a way as to make the “Great Depression” look like a picnic, by comparison. When the economy collapses, there will not even be money to pay firemen, the police, soldiers, postal people, or the utility companies. There will be wide-spread looting, burning, rioting and violence. It will be truly a day of “doom and gloom”, but, as Joel 2 also says, it will also be a day “as the dawn is spread upon the mountains”, so there will be “a great and mighty people.” As the Dragon goes off to persecute “the rest of her children”, the woman will be subsisting in the wilderness, and the Manchild overcomers will be “ruling over the Nations with a rod of iron”!
How and when is this going to happen? The answer is: “any time from now”.
Remember Matthew 24:14 “This Gospel of the Kingdom must (first) be preached in all the World for a witness to ALL the Nations, and THEN the End will come!!!” Will the end come, if this Gospel of the Kingdom is not first preached to ALL the World for a witness to ALL the nations? There are over 1.4 billion Moslems, 1 billion Chinese, nearly one billion Indians.
What has all of this got to do with the Feast of Tabernacles?? Much in every way! Passover was fulfilled when Christ, our Passover Lamb was slain, so that the Blood of the Lamb can be applied to the door-post of our lives so that the Death Angel will pass over us. Pentecost was fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost when the First Fruits of the Holy Spirit was bestowed bombastically and cataclysmically upon the Church. But Tabernacles has never been fulfilled! It is the Feast of Harvest, In-Gathering, and Glory! When it is fulfilled, we believe that it will be the Glory of the Latter House, the Latter Rain, the Full Harvest of the Earth, with mighty signs and wonders, creative miracles, judgement miracles. This will be the time when we see the fulfillment of the promises of God, such as:
1) “These signs shall follow those who believe, they shall lay hands on the sick, and they SHALL recover!”
2) “If two of you agree as touching ANYTHING, it SHALL be done!”
3) “The works that I do, shall you do, and GREATER WORKS!”
4) “What ever you lose, or bind, shall be loosed, or bound.”
5) “This honour have all His godly ones, to bind the kings with chains, the nobles with fetters of iron, to execute upon them the judgement written, vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the people.”
6) “The overcomers will rule over the nations with a rod of iron.”
Be honest with me. Have these promises ever been fulfilled in a very large way by the overcomers??? The time is now, when these promises are to be received, believed and fulfilled in practical experiential ways, as a way of life, as standard procedure, as a regular happening. Amen.
INTEGRITY!
“God desires truth in the inward parts.” “A broken and a contrite heart, God will not despise.” In the past, God allowed certain ministries to move in the power of God without much integrity in many cases. But there has come a change, when God will no longer tolerate this kind of silliness. God is now demanding truth in the inward parts, and is insisting that we be people of pristine integrity, and of the deepest of Christ-like character. People often seek God for His power, His provision of money and numbers and fame. But while we have been seeking these things from God, God has been seeking deeper levels and character and integrity from us! Note: It is not difficult for God to give us unlimited power, etc., but it is difficult for God to find people who have enough character and integrity worked within them, so that when God’s power and provision IS bestowed, people will not:
1) build their own kingdom,
- take glory to themselves and become arrogant and thus, ruined, and
3) bring shame to the Name of Christ.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF GOD’S GLORY
(A fire can burn as well as bless!)
When one does a careful study of the glory of God, an interesting fact comes to mind: that the appearance of the Glory of Yahweh brought JUDGEMENT, a great percentage of the time, sometimes resulting in the bloody deaths of many people, including the people of God.
Ex 16:10, 17; Num 14:10 ; 16;19,42; Deut. 5:24 are just a few of the places where glory and judgement occupied the same story. God’s glory appeared when Korah and his extended family were all killed by God. The Israelites were killed my the multiplied thousands in the midst of the Glory of God when they disobeyed. When Uzza reached out his hand to steady the ark of the covenant, God struck him dead. A New Testament example would be that of Ananias and Sapphira, whom God struck dead, simply because they told a lie, in the midst of the greatest revival the world has ever known!!! Even more modern revivals record the deaths of certain ones who fought against the people and the move of God. While we greatly desire that the hand of God be upon us to bless, yet the Bible declares that it is “a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God!!!” A fire can bless, or it can burn. So, with the glory. The glory can heal or it can kill, depending on our state of being, our attitude, our heart condition. The devil believes, and trembles. Yahweh explained to Moses that no one could see Yahweh, and live. Yet, God prepared a special cockpit seat, and carved out a hollow spot in the mountain for Moses to fit into, and God allowed Moses to see just a part of Him. We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is!!!
The film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, features a time when evil men looked into the ark, and were slain, yet, as was the case with the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, the flames burned off the bonds of the good guys and set them free, while killing the bad guys.
CONCLUSION
We are about to enter in to the greatest period of revival and anointing and spiritual harvest the world has ever seen! It will be greater that anyone can imagine! God, through His humble dear ones, is going to put new arms and legs on people’s bodies, youth will be renewed, people will be given new sets of teeth, new eyes, new brains, new body parts of all sorts and descriptions. There will be supernatural provision and protection. Wastebaskets of paper will be turned into money, stones into bread, fuel tanks will be supernaturally filled, water and fool provided. People will become born-again, Spirit filled, sanctified, and glorified by the many millions. We believe that as with the Feast of Pentecost, so the Feast of Tabernacles, or ‘Sukkot’, or ‘Glory’. or ‘Harvest’, or ‘Ingathering’, will see and be a time of unprecedented glory and revival. God will use the humblest and least known of His people, while passing by and even judging many major ministries who have the best of reputations, because, in their heart of hearts, they lack integrity.
We believe that the best of this revival and outpouring of God’s glory and miracle power, will be ushered in, very soon, during the Feast of Tabernacles. Therefore, we encourage everyone to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles with a keen state of expectation, anticipation, hope, and preparation. Amen. You are welcome to join us at our humble Feast, if you cannot find others of like mind with whom to celebrate. Otherwise, we lovingly and earnestly encourage you to observe the Feast of Tabernacles where you are, with whomever you can find that will be willing to celebrate the Presence of the Lord with you. Amen.
WHY WE CELEBRATE TABERNACLES
Here's why we observe the Feast of Tabernacles: It is NOT, I repeat, is NOT because the Old Testament commands it. It is for the following reasons:
1. Isn't it a lovely idea, to gather together for the purpose of enjoying and celebrating Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for sharing, for worship, for waiting on God, for teaching, for giving each other an opportunity to be used of God to bless others, to allow a creative opportunity for people to allow God to be God through them to the rest of us. Amen.
2. As Tabernacles was commanded and demanded and compulsory in the PAST, AND in the FUTURE, we believe that there is a window of opportunity for us to celebrate it now, voluntarily, but, not because we have to.
3. But NOT because the Torah or Zechariah or the Old Testament commands it.
4. Tabernacles has never yet been fulfilled. We believe that one of these years, soon, perhaps this year, that it WILL BE fulfilled, and that, as the people waited, in the New Testament, in the Upper Room, and as Yahshua Jesus, in the New Testament, fulfilled Passover and Pentecost, that Tabernacles will be fulfilled in a mighty outpouring of the Glory and Presence of God in a way that the World has never seen, and the Church has never imagined.
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This is Part 4 , the Conclusion of "Tabernacles the Feast of Fire and Glory" from John Bohlen
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